Let the Little Girl Dance

"Let the Little Girl Dance" is a song written by Carl Spencer and Henry Glover and performed by Billy Bland. It reached No. 7 on the U.S. pop chart, No. 11 on the U.S. R&B chart, and No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart in 1960.^[1]

"Let the Little Girl Dance"
Single by Billy Bland
B-side	"Sweet Thing"
Released	January 1960 (1960-01)
Genre	R&B
Length	2:21
Label	Old Town
Songwriter(s)	Carl Spencer, Henry Glover
Billy Bland singles chronology
"Grandmaw Gave a Party" (1959) "Let the Little Girl Dance" (1960) "Pardon Me" (1960)

The song ranked No. 51 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1960.^[2]

Other versions

• Ernest Tubb, as the B-side to his 1960 single "Everybody's Somebody's Fool".^[3]
• Toni Williams, featuring The Tremellos, as a single in 1960 in New Zealand. It did not chart.^[4]
• Grantley Dee, as a single in 1966 in Australia; it charted No. 2 Melbourne, No. 3 Brisbane, and No. 1 Perth.^[5]
• Hopeton Lewis, as a single in 1967 in the UK, but it did not chart.^[6]
• A rendering by Jackie Robinson was released on the 1998 compilation album Get on Up!: Joe Gibbs Rocksteady.^[7]