Dee Dee Sharp Mashed Potato Time

Dee Dee Sharp hit the biggest with her first record for the Cameo, Parkway label, a blessing that pigeonholed the Philly songstress as a teenybopper forever to be identified with her number one smash from 1962, Mashed Potatoes Living in Philadelphia, the home of Dick Clark s American Bandstand helped her career; she appeared on the syndicated teen dance show many times from 1962 to 1981. The first black female teen idol, Sharp also became a fixture on Clark s Caravan of Stars tours, and a familiar fa