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1411: 22: 1433: 406:, under the title "Dance with Me Henry." That version charted, hitting the top five of several pop charts, including No. 1 on the Most Played In Juke Boxes chart on May 14, 1955, spending three weeks on top of that chart. In 1958, Etta James recorded her own cover of "Dance with Me Henry". 828: 477: 995: 39: 796: 371:'s Top R&B Records of 1955 list, it ranked No. 6 according to retail sales, No. 3 according to disk jockey plays and No. 15 according to jukebox plays. 86: 1478: 1197: 58: 65: 1106: 1547: 72: 1188: 1044: 568: 1256: 708: 54: 1414: 1240: 971: 335:. It was popularly known as "Roll with Me Henry". This original version was considered too risqué to play on pop radio stations. 1512: 1215: 1517: 1160: 680: 454: 438: 1471: 1232: 1224: 821: 524: 1248: 687: 659: 673: 474: 105: 1358: 1099: 79: 1527: 1464: 1330: 1315: 1309: 937: 895: 1452: 1303: 1116: 757: 750: 43: 1542: 1537: 1298: 1264: 1009: 631: 328: 1148: 1092: 964: 902: 582: 1140: 1051: 775: 694: 652: 1502: 701: 638: 383: 1324: 715: 517: 362: 332: 916: 881: 835: 624: 575: 32: 957: 867: 722: 666: 544: 1532: 1497: 1385: 1346: 736: 729: 610: 589: 356:
Under the title "The Wallflower," the single became a rhythm and blues hit, topping the US
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also recorded an "answer to the answer": "Henry's Got Flat Feet (Can't Dance No More)".
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The song is a dialogue between "Henry" and the singer:
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Hey baby, whatta I have to do to make you love me too?
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Rhythm and blues
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