45 RPMs 89: The Rolling Stones ~ Harlem Shuffle 12" 45

  ~     

The Rolling Stones ~ Harlem Shuffle

12" 45 RPM front cover detail

photo by Styrous®

    

    

On February 7, 1986, The Rolling Stones shot the video for Harlem Shuffle in New York City and released a month later in March. The promo video for Harlem Shuffle is a brilliant example of excellent editing at it's very finest, quick, accurate and sharp (link below). It is one of my all-time great songs to dance to. The rhythm is a driving force that won't let go!        

The Rolling Stones ~ Harlem Shuffle

12" 45 RPM front cover

photo by Styrous®

The song was written and originally recorded by Bob & Earl in 1963 and mentions several other contemporary dances of the early 1960s, including the Monkey Shine, the Limbo, the Hitch hike, the Slide, and the Pony. There was no pre-existing dance called the "Harlem Shuffle". The song was based on an instrumental number called Slauson Shuffletime (named after a boulevard in Los Angeles) by another Los Angeles singer, Round Robin of Round Robin And The Parlays (link below).      

 

 

The Rolling Stones ~ Harlem Shuffle

12" 45 RPM back cover

photo by Styrous®

 

The music video for the Dr. Dre 1993 song Let Me Ride was shot on location on Slauson Avenue. One of Dr. Dre's lyrics in the song also references the avenue: "The sun went down when I hit Slauson, On my way to the strip, now I'm just flossin'".        

Rapper Nipsey Hussle was from Los Angeles and frequently referred to Crenshaw and Slauson Avenue in his music; he was nicknamed Neighborhood Nip.       

 The Rolling Stones ~ Harlem Shuffle

12" 45 RPM back cover detail

photo by Styrous®

 

 

 

12" 45 RPM, side 1

photos by Styrous®

 

 

 

 

 

12" 45 RPM, side 2

photos by Styrous®

 

 

        

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A - Harlem Shuffle (NY Mix), Remix – Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero - 6:35

Side 2:

B - Harlem Shuffle (London Mix), Remix – Steve Lillywhite - 6:19

Companies, etc.

    Manufactured By – Columbia Records
    Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
    Copyright © – Promotone B.V.
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Grammofoonplaten B.V.
    Mastered At – Masterdisk

 Credits:

 

    Producer – Steve Lillywhite, The Glimmer Twins
    Songwriter – Reif*, Nelson*

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers        

        

    Rights Society: BMI
    Barcode (Text): 0 7464-05365-1
    Barcode (Scanned): 074640536519
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 1): P(T) () XXS−175009−1B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 1): P(T) () XXS−175010−1B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, variant 2): P(T) XXS−175009−1A CJ MASTERDISK RL 1 0
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, variant 2): P(T) XXS−175010−1B CJ MASTERDISK RL 1 D 0

        

The Rolling Stones – Harlem Shuffle
Label: Rolling Stones Records – 44 05365
Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul
Style: Rock & Roll        

        

        

Viewfinder links:       

        
The Rolling Stones        
     
Net links:       

         

LA Times ~ Crenshaw and Slauson intersection to be named in honor of Nipsey Hussle     

         

        
     
YouTube links:      
         

American Bandstand: Round Robin And The Parlays ~ Slauson Shuffletime    

Harlem Shuffle ~          

               Bob & Earl         

               The Rolling Stones          

               The Rolling Stones (promo video)        

        
        
         

        

        

Styrous® ~ Friday, February 7, 2025

~

45 RPMs Archive
MAIN MENU - Blog Articles
~