["HARLEM SHUFFLE"{1}] Written by: Earl Nelson & Bob Relf Produced by: Fred Smith Arranged by: Barry White Performed by: Bob & Earl{2}{3} First released{4}: Single: 1963 Album: 1964 {1}When released, the single, "Harlem Shuffle," became a modest hit on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at #44 in December of 1963, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Its main success, however, came later in 1969, when it was re-released in the UK and became a Top Ten hit there. {2}The original Bob & Earl duo were Bobby Byrd and Earl Lee Nelson. By 1957, Byrd had started a parallel solo career, writing and recording, for contractual reasons, as Bobby Day. In 1960, Day/Byrd and Nelson began recording together as Bob & Earl, on the Class record label. However, these releases had relatively little success, and Day/Byrd left Nelson to restart his solo career. In 1962, Nelson recruited a second "Bob"--Bobby Relf (who also used the stage names of Bobby Garrett and Bobby Valentino). This duo of Relf and Nelson.....MORE.....(all Harlem Shuffle track/recording details) ←