"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.
The song ranked No. 51 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1960.
Other versions Ernest Tubb, as the B-side to his 1960 single "Everybody's Somebody's Fool". Toni Williams, featuring The Tremellos, as a single in 1960 in New Zealand. It did not chart. Grantley Dee, as a single in 1966 in Australia; it charted No. 2 Melbourne, No. 3 Brisbane, and No. 1 Perth. Hopeton Lewis, as a single in 1967 in the UK, but it did not chart. A rendering by Jackie Robinson was released on the 1998 compilation album Get on Up!: Joe Gibbs Rocksteady.
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