Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear

"Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear"
Danish picture sleeve
Single by Alan Price Set
A-side"Tickle Me" (double A-side)
Released24 February 1967
GenrePop, ragtime
Length1:58
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Randy Newman
Producer(s)Ivor Raymonde
Alan Price Set singles chronology
"Willow Weep For Me"
(1966)		 "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" / "Tickle Me"
(1967)		 "The House That Jack Built"
(1967)

"Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" is a song written by Randy Newman, about a young man of modest means who entertains affluent diners with his dancing bear. The Alan Price Set released a version as a double A-side with "Tickle Me" on 24 February 1967, and it reached number four on the Record Retailer chart in Britain. The success brought Newman to public attention as a songwriter; he recorded the song himself for his 1972 album Sail Away.

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