The funky, loping, mono-recorded "Walkin the Dog" made it to number five R&B and number ten pop in fall 1963. "The Dog" was the title of a popular early-'60s dance craze. Hearing what he thought was a hit, Dowd decided to make the track one of the releases that was part of Stax's distribution deal with Atlantic.
As it so happened, Atlantic Records producer Tom Dowd was visiting from New York. Rufus Thomas Walking The Dog.Animated Version of Rufus Thomass Walking The Dog.Please come and visit my new website where you can find mad blogs, pictures. After a few run-throughs, the song "Walkin the Dog" was recorded. He'd had an idea for a song during the church service and seeing the cars, the singer/songwriter decided to see if he could record it. Walking the Dog Lyrics: Mary Mac, dressed in black / Silver buttons all down her back / High to low, tip to toe / She broke a needle and she can't sew / Walkin' the dog / Just a-walkin' the dog. One Sunday afternoon, Thomas was returning from church when he recognized the cars owned by members of Booker T & the MGs parked in front of Stax Records' Memphis recording studio. Giving his rural background, it wasn't so surprising that some of Thomas' biggest success would involve some of his four-legged friends the best singers know to sing about what they're familiar with. Witness the Top Five R&B success of "Bear Cat," "The Dog," and "Do the Funky Chicken" (Top 30 pop). For Memphis soul man Rufus Thomas animals seemed to always equal hits.
Some singers knew what subject is best for them to sing about.
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