Walking the Dog (album) - Composition

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Walking the Dog is the debut studio album by American R&B singer Rufus Thomas from Memphis, Tennessee. It was released in 1963 through Stax Records with distribution by Atlantic. The album peaked at number 138 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States. It spawned three hit singles: "The Dog", "Walking the Dog" and "Can Your Monkey Do the Dog", which made it to the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at No. 87, No. 10 and No. 48 respectively.

Walking the Dog

Studio album by

Rufus Thomas

Released

1963

Recorded

August 1962, October 1962, August–October 1963

Genre

Rhythm and blues

Length

29:38

Label

Stax

Producer

Jim Stewart

Rufus Thomas chronology

Walking the Dog
(1963)

Do the Funky Chicken
(1970)

Singles from Walking the Dog

"The Dog"
Released: 1963
"Walking the Dog"
Released: 1963
"Can Your Monkey Do the Dog"
Released: 1964

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Dog"	Rufus Thomas	2:33
2.	"Mashed Potatoes"	Dessie Rozier	2:16
3.	"Ooh-Poo-Pah-Doo"	Jessie Hill	2:30
4.	"You Said"	Rufus Thomas	2:30
5.	"Boom Boom"	John Lee Hooker	2:42
6.	"It's Aw'rite"	Rufus Thomas	2:45
7.	"Walking the Dog"	Rufus Thomas	2:30
8.	"Ya Ya"	Lee Dorsey Morris Levy Morgan Robinson Clarence Lewis	2:10
9.	"Land of 1000 Dances"	Chris Kenner Fats Domino	2:32
10.	"Can Your Monkey Do the Dog"	Rufus Thomas Steve Cropper	1:53
11.	"Cause I Love You"	Rufus Thomas	2:45
12.	"I Want to Be Loved"	Rufus Thomas	2:32
Total length:			29:38

Chart history

Chart (1964)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[2]	138

References

Henderson, Alex. "Walking the Dog - Rufus Thomas | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
"Rufus Thomas Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2018.

External links

Walking The Dog at Discogs (list of releases)

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