1963
THE MONKEY TIME * MAJOR LANCE * COLUMBIA 7099 * UK
This was the record that put Major Lance on the A list for the Mods in the early 1960s, his Delilah had been played, danced to and enjoyed but it had took the them a bit by surprise, and then not all the Deejays had a copy so it wasn't heard everywhere, added to which it wasn't available on record in Britain at the time (it was later issued on an EP), but when The Monkey Time was spun in both the discothèques like the Scene and the big dance halls like the Orchid, they were ready for him and he became the in name, a name he kept and lived up to for a long while.
See also:
Rhythm
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