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Let the Little Girl Dance

Billy Bland

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LIST YEAR

1960

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.

Genre

R&B

Theme

Party songs

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

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BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Researched recording background

Carl Spencer and Henry Glover wrote the song released by Billy Bland on Old Town in 1960. Its R&B recording crossed into the pop chart, and other performers later adapted the composition, including Ernest Tubb and Hopeton Lewis. Those later versions should not be confused with Bland's recording.

Evidence scope: Reviewed secondary account; scope is limited to this paragraph

Sources for this information

Let the Little Girl Dance - reviewed composition, recording and genre information
Song-specific composition/recording facts and any explicit genre label; not independent testimony about personal motivation | Retrieved 2026-10-11

Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)

Song-specific genre labels located in the cited catalog or secondary source; genre is not a universally fixed classification.

Billboard year-end 1960 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.

ALL 66 ANNUAL COLLECTIONS

1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.

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