Often billed on his biggest hits as Alvin Cash & The Crawlers, Alvin Cash (… Read Full Bio ↴Often billed on his biggest hits as Alvin Cash & The Crawlers, Alvin Cash (born: February 15, 1939. died November 21, 1999) was born Alvin Welch in St. Louis, Missouri, and was a graduate of St. Louis's Summers High (also attended by singers Luther Ingram, and Anna Mae Bullock who was better known later as Tina Turner). Cash started his career as a tap dancer and performed with his brother in a group called the Step Brothers. He started singing later, hitting the Chicago scene with his group Alvin Cash and the Registers.
Legend has it that Andre Williams saw Alvin and his brothers group performing in the early 60's (as The Crawlers) and had them record a tune, "It's Twine Time", which was a rewrite of a Williams' 1957 hit called "Bacon Fat". The tune became a pop hit in 1965, and while "The Crawlers" proper, i.e. Alvin's brothers, probably did not play on the track, backing band The Nightliters likely did.
Soon after the success of the single, The Nightliters changed their name to The Crawlers and began touring with Cash. They appeared on Ed Sullivan and Dick Clark tv shows and their other funky dance hits were "The Funky Washing Machine," "The Ali Shuffle" and "The Philly Freeze." Cash went solo after a few further singles, and recorded a full-length LP tribute to Muhammad Ali; he also acted in several blaxploitation films, such as Petey Wheatstraw and Black Jack. He continued performing in the Chicago area into the 1990s, and died from ulcer complications in 1999.
Singles
"Twine Time" (1965) US #14, US R&B #4[2]
"The Barracuda" (1965) US #59, US R&B #29
"The Philly Freeze"
"Mr. Penguin"
"Unwind the Twine"
"Keep On Dancing" (1968) US #66, US R&B #14
Legend has it that Andre Williams saw Alvin and his brothers group performing in the early 60's (as The Crawlers) and had them record a tune, "It's Twine Time", which was a rewrite of a Williams' 1957 hit called "Bacon Fat". The tune became a pop hit in 1965, and while "The Crawlers" proper, i.e. Alvin's brothers, probably did not play on the track, backing band The Nightliters likely did.
Soon after the success of the single, The Nightliters changed their name to The Crawlers and began touring with Cash. They appeared on Ed Sullivan and Dick Clark tv shows and their other funky dance hits were "The Funky Washing Machine," "The Ali Shuffle" and "The Philly Freeze." Cash went solo after a few further singles, and recorded a full-length LP tribute to Muhammad Ali; he also acted in several blaxploitation films, such as Petey Wheatstraw and Black Jack. He continued performing in the Chicago area into the 1990s, and died from ulcer complications in 1999.
Singles
"Twine Time" (1965) US #14, US R&B #4[2]
"The Barracuda" (1965) US #59, US R&B #29
"The Philly Freeze"
"Mr. Penguin"
"Unwind the Twine"
"Keep On Dancing" (1968) US #66, US R&B #14
Twine Time
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Eugene Rowland
My older brother threw an 8th grade party at our home (1963). We lived in a 6 unit Victorian frame building (1882). The dancing teens doing "The Twine Dance" all STOMPED to the snare drum (2 & 4) and the entire building shook with a resonant frequency beat. Tenants throughout the structure feared it would collapse. The party continued after the dance was forbidden by Mom. ๐๐
Boogie Boogs
๐๐ You're nice with the number, friend. Must have been a good party!
Phyllis Foster
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Pearla Brennan
Thank you, Alvin Cash for the good times..so honored to have hung out with you a bit. RIP
John Flanagan
Absolutely loved this and it always packed the dance floor(s).
Carolyn Allen
Yes it did
christopher dawson
Yah and I was one of them, This and Shotgun brought all of us out to the dance floor!!
Marsha Johnson
YEAH remember this playing on the radio in 1964, I never knew who the group was. GREAT MEMORIES.
David Jaslow
Wow! This is a cool song. I never heard it before today, but Iโm hooked.
Liz Hicks
I Love this song and can still do the dance at 71 years