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One Monkey Don't Stop No Show

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Googled - just got rubbish.

 

Crops up in lots of class Northern records.

 

Anyone got any quality info on the origin, meaning, history, significance of "One monkey don't stop no show" please?

 

Cheers

 

Richard

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It means one problem shouldn't bring everything to a standstill, but I don't know the origin.

...and another...

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hit for the honey cone

 

hank ballard and the midnighters had a record in '65, rivingtons in '64, joe tex in '65

 

maybe the common date points to a date of origin

Big Maybelle  - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On / One Monkey Don't Stop No Show  - Okeh 7060 from 1955 was released on both 78 and 45.

I always assumed it to be a circus phrase ie one missing monkey won't stop a performance?

Stick McGhee & His Buddies recorded it on Atlantic during 1950, released during 1951.

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