
The Mashed Potato is a rhythm and blues song that became a popular dance craze in 1962. Made famous by the James Brown’s song “(Do the) Mashed Potatoes” in 1959, it was released as a two-part single in 1960. Although Brown wrote the song, accreditation went to Brown’s pseudonym, Dessie Rozier—with help from drummer Nat Kendrick—in order to keep the recording from Syd Nathan, the head if King Records, who had declined to record it.