| It's Mashed Potato Time | ||||
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| Released | May 1962 | |||
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| Length | 28:26 | |||
| Label | Cameo Records | |||
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It's Mashed Potato Time is the debut album by Dee Dee Sharp. [1] [2] It was released on Cameo Records in May 1962. [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Gravy for My Mashed Potatoes" | Dave Appell, Kal Mann | 2:05 |
| 2. | "Slow Twistin'" | Jon Sheldon (Kal Mann) | 2:30 |
| 3. | "Gee" | George Goldner, William Davis | 2:15 |
| 4. | "Two Loves" | Lewis, Rabkin, Wilson | 2:38 |
| 5. | "One Hundred Pounds of Clay" | Bob Elgin, Kay Rogers, Luther Dixon | 2:15 |
| 6. | "Eddie, My Love" | Aaron Collins, Maxwell Davis, Sam Ling | 2:25 |
| 7. | "Mashed Potato Time" | Brianhert (Brian Holland & Robert Bateman), Jon Sheldon (Kal Mann) | 2:27 |
| 8. | "Dee Dee, Be My Girl" | Eugene Dixon, Jon Sheldon (Kal Mann) | 2:18 |
| 9. | "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman" | Leon René, Otis René | 2:21 |
| 10. | "Remember You're Mine" | Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann | 2:47 |
| 11. | "Hurry On Down" | Nellie Lutcher | 1:58 |
| 12. | "Splish-Splash" | Bobby Darin, Murray Kaufman | 2:27 |
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