Boogie Down (Me): Did You Boogie (With Your Baby) (#13)

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Uh-oh, the family history might have caught up with me. Nothing serious, just painful. We’ll see. Meanwhile, it’s my turn on the list of songs with “boogie” in the title. Not that Linda won’t like this one, but I doubt she’ll remember it. I doubt any of you remember it. I’d call these guys a one-hit wonder, but “hit” only in the sense that this did make the top 40. Here we go. #13: Did You Boogie (With Your Baby) - Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids You’ve probably seen these guys. They played Herby and the Heartbeats in American Graffiti. They were also on Happy Days as a 50s band. That was an era of 50s “retro rock,” and Sha Na Na couldn’t be everywhere. This was written by Rod McQueen, who had another one-hit wonder songwriting credit to his name: he co-wrote Daniel Boone’s hit “Beautiful Sunday.” The single version of this song had the ubiquitous Wolfman Jack commenting over the song, but thankfully the album version didn’t have that. It’s just a fun, slightly naughty (totally innocent compared to some of the other songs of the mid-70s) tune that explains why the front of the movie theater was never as crowded as the last rows. Did You Boogie (With Your Baby) Written by Rod McQueen Recorded by Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids From Sons of the Beaches, 1975 Hey little girl, was it so long ago: