Do You Wanna Dance
Bobby Freeman Lyrics
Well, do ya wanna dance and-a hold my hand
Tell me I'm your lover man
Oh baby do ya wanna dance
Well, do ya wanna dance and make romance
Squeeze me all through the night
Oh baby do you wanna dance
Well, do you wanna dance under the moonlight
Squeeze me all through the night
Oh baby do you wanna dance
Well, do ya wanna dance and-a hold my hand
Squeeze me if I'm your man
Oh baby do you wanna dance
Well, do you wanna dance under the moonlight
Squeeze and kiss me all through the night
Oh baby, do you wanna da-ance
Well do ya wanna dance and-a make romance
Kiss and squeeze umm yeah
Do you waanna dance
Well, do ya wanna dance and-a hold my hand
Squeeze and tell me I'm your lover man
Oh baby, do you wanna dance
Yeah, do ya wanna dance under the moonlight
Squeeze and hug me all through the night
Oh baby, do you wanna dance
Well, do-ya do-ya do-ya do-ya
Wanna dance
Do-ya do-ya do-ya do-ya
Wanna dance
Do-ya do-ya do-ya do-ya
Wanna dan-ance
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group
Written by: Robert Freeman
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Bobby Freeman (Robert Thomas Freeman, June 13, 1940 – January 23, 2017) was an American rhythm & blues and soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his two Top Ten hits, the first in 1958 on Josie Records called "Do You Want to Dance" and the second in 1964 for Autumn Records, "C'mon and Swim".
Freeman was born in Alameda County and raised in San Francisco, California. He attended Mission High School. He started singing in a doo-wop group Read Full BioBobby Freeman (Robert Thomas Freeman, June 13, 1940 – January 23, 2017) was an American rhythm & blues and soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his two Top Ten hits, the first in 1958 on Josie Records called "Do You Want to Dance" and the second in 1964 for Autumn Records, "C'mon and Swim".
Freeman was born in Alameda County and raised in San Francisco, California. He attended Mission High School. He started singing in a doo-wop group, the Romancers, in his early teens, and first recorded with them for Dootone Records in 1956. Their recordings included "House Cat", included on several later rock and roll compilations. However, the group soon fell apart, and Freeman started a new group, the Vocaleers (not to be confused with an earlier group of the same name who recorded "Is It a Dream").
When asked by a local DJ if he had written any songs, he wrote several and recorded them as solo demos. These included "Do You Want to Dance", which were heard by a visiting record label executive, Mortimer Palitz of Jubilee Records. He signed Freeman to the label and had the original recording overdubbed in New York by session musicians including guitarist Billy Mure. Released on the Jubilee subsidiary label Josie, "Do You Want to Dance" quickly rose to number 5 on the pop chart and number 2 on the R&B chart in early 1958, when Freeman was still only 17. The song was covered later (as "Do You Wanna Dance") by Del Shannon, Bobby Vee, the Beach Boys, Johnny Rivers, Bette Midler, John Lennon, Cliff Richard, Marc Bolan & T.Rex, the Mamas & The Papas and the Ramones.
Freeman appeared on American Bandstand and toured with such musicians as Fats Domino, the Coasters, and Jackie Wilson. Several of his follow-ups on Laurie, including "Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes" and "Need Your Love", a ballad, also made the pop charts. He left Laurie in 1960 and signed with King Records, reaching the charts again with "Shimmy Shimmy".[6] However, several of Freeman's later recordings for King in the early 1960s went unreleased, for unexplained reasons. He did not return to the charts again until 1964, after signing for the Autumn label, when he had his second top ten hit with "C'mon and Swim". The song was co-written by label owner and radio DJ Tom Donahue (credited under his birth name, Thomas Coman), and 20-year-old Sylvester Stewart, later known as Sly Stone, and was produced by Stewart. Freeman's final hit was "S-W-I-M", later in 1964.
In 1964, Bobby Freeman played nightly at the Condor Club in San Francisco where Carol Doda performed her topless go-go dancing shows. Mainly supporting himself as a singer in clubs by the late 1960s, he continued to release singles on various small local labels through to the mid-1970s but met with little commercial success. He performed at the Bay Area Music ("Bammy") Awards in later years.
He died of natural causes on 23 January 2017.
Discography
Notable singles
1958 "Do You Want to Dance" (#5 Pop, #2 R&B)
1958 "Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes" (#37 Pop, #20 R&B)
1958 "Need Your Love" (#54 Pop, #29 R&B)
1959 "Mary Ann Thomas" (#90 Pop)
1959 "Ebb Tide" (#93 Pop)
1960 "(I Do the) Shimmy Shimmy" (#37 Pop)
1961 "Mess Around" (#89 Pop)
1964 "C'mon and Swim" (#5 Pop)
1964 "S-W-I-M" (#56 Pop)
1974 "Everything's Love" (Uncharted)
Albums
1958 Do You Wanna Dance (Jubilee)
1959 Get in the Swim (Josie)
1960 Lovable Style of Bobby Freeman (King)
1964 C'mon and Swim (Autumn)
Bibliography
The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Pareles, Jon & Romanowski, Patricia, eds., Summit Books 1983
Freeman was born in Alameda County and raised in San Francisco, California. He attended Mission High School. He started singing in a doo-wop group Read Full BioBobby Freeman (Robert Thomas Freeman, June 13, 1940 – January 23, 2017) was an American rhythm & blues and soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his two Top Ten hits, the first in 1958 on Josie Records called "Do You Want to Dance" and the second in 1964 for Autumn Records, "C'mon and Swim".
Freeman was born in Alameda County and raised in San Francisco, California. He attended Mission High School. He started singing in a doo-wop group, the Romancers, in his early teens, and first recorded with them for Dootone Records in 1956. Their recordings included "House Cat", included on several later rock and roll compilations. However, the group soon fell apart, and Freeman started a new group, the Vocaleers (not to be confused with an earlier group of the same name who recorded "Is It a Dream").
When asked by a local DJ if he had written any songs, he wrote several and recorded them as solo demos. These included "Do You Want to Dance", which were heard by a visiting record label executive, Mortimer Palitz of Jubilee Records. He signed Freeman to the label and had the original recording overdubbed in New York by session musicians including guitarist Billy Mure. Released on the Jubilee subsidiary label Josie, "Do You Want to Dance" quickly rose to number 5 on the pop chart and number 2 on the R&B chart in early 1958, when Freeman was still only 17. The song was covered later (as "Do You Wanna Dance") by Del Shannon, Bobby Vee, the Beach Boys, Johnny Rivers, Bette Midler, John Lennon, Cliff Richard, Marc Bolan & T.Rex, the Mamas & The Papas and the Ramones.
Freeman appeared on American Bandstand and toured with such musicians as Fats Domino, the Coasters, and Jackie Wilson. Several of his follow-ups on Laurie, including "Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes" and "Need Your Love", a ballad, also made the pop charts. He left Laurie in 1960 and signed with King Records, reaching the charts again with "Shimmy Shimmy".[6] However, several of Freeman's later recordings for King in the early 1960s went unreleased, for unexplained reasons. He did not return to the charts again until 1964, after signing for the Autumn label, when he had his second top ten hit with "C'mon and Swim". The song was co-written by label owner and radio DJ Tom Donahue (credited under his birth name, Thomas Coman), and 20-year-old Sylvester Stewart, later known as Sly Stone, and was produced by Stewart. Freeman's final hit was "S-W-I-M", later in 1964.
In 1964, Bobby Freeman played nightly at the Condor Club in San Francisco where Carol Doda performed her topless go-go dancing shows. Mainly supporting himself as a singer in clubs by the late 1960s, he continued to release singles on various small local labels through to the mid-1970s but met with little commercial success. He performed at the Bay Area Music ("Bammy") Awards in later years.
He died of natural causes on 23 January 2017.
Discography
Notable singles
1958 "Do You Want to Dance" (#5 Pop, #2 R&B)
1958 "Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes" (#37 Pop, #20 R&B)
1958 "Need Your Love" (#54 Pop, #29 R&B)
1959 "Mary Ann Thomas" (#90 Pop)
1959 "Ebb Tide" (#93 Pop)
1960 "(I Do the) Shimmy Shimmy" (#37 Pop)
1961 "Mess Around" (#89 Pop)
1964 "C'mon and Swim" (#5 Pop)
1964 "S-W-I-M" (#56 Pop)
1974 "Everything's Love" (Uncharted)
Albums
1958 Do You Wanna Dance (Jubilee)
1959 Get in the Swim (Josie)
1960 Lovable Style of Bobby Freeman (King)
1964 C'mon and Swim (Autumn)
Bibliography
The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Pareles, Jon & Romanowski, Patricia, eds., Summit Books 1983
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Paul Rue
Well it's Saturday night and this is song one of my Saturday Night Dance Party.
Do You Wanna Dance
Dance With Me
Let's Dance
Shadow Dancing
Dancing In The Moonlight
He's The Greatest Dancer
Dancing In The Sheets
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Twist Again
Peppermint Twist
Twistin' The Night Away
Twist And Shout
Shake
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
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Soulful Strut
Harlem Shuffle
The Funky Chicken
Walkin' The Dog
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Dancing Queen
Get Up And Boogie (That's Right)
Boogie Fever
Boogie Oogie Oogie
Boogie Wonderland
I'm Your Boogieman
Jungle Boogie
Boogie Nights
Dance, Dance, Dance
Everybody Dance
Le Freak
Good Times
Blame It On The Boogie
Dancing Machine
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Rock With You
Land Of 1000 Dances
Wah-Watusi
Wooly Bully
Wipeout
Tequila
Good Rocking Tonight
Rip It Up
Last Night
Soul Finger
Cool Jerk
Finger Poppin' Time
Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go
TSOP (The Sound Of Philly)
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Saturday Nite...
misfitsboy123
This is such a good song. I learned this song because I'm such a huge Ramones fan, but this is just amazing.
Tj Woodlawn
Same. I love it Live the best.
Valley of the Rogue
Incomparable song of the fifties, one of the best of the decade. The Beach Boys of course covered it and had a hit with it, but the original here is the definitive version. RIP Bobby Freeman.
skiman107
Ahhh...sweet childhood memories. I was very young when this was recorded. My Aunts were in high school during this time so I was exposed to this and all the Doo Wop stuff. This era of music is my favorite!
The59thHooh
I knew The Beach Boys version as a kid, but I didn’t realize the song had this much history. Apparently the Beatles even played it in concerts before they hit it big, with John Lennon on lead vocals. Great song.
Dannie Dorko
So many bands have covered this but this is still the best version....!!!!
A. Iwasa
The Ramones give him a run for his money!
Richard C Hanson
I skated to this 60 years ago and I went skating a few months ago, I am not leaving easy.
Juliet Murphy
Stay young! 💖
Jare Bear
this warms my heart!