the mash potato dance
For other uses, see Mashed potato (disambiguation). The Mashed Potato is a dance move which was a popular dance craze of 1962. The dance move was made famous by James Brown and used in his concerts regularly. It was danced to songs such as Dee Dee Sharp's Mashed Potato Time. The move vaguely resembles that of the twist, by Sharp's fellow Philadelphian Chubby Checker.