Walking the Dog (album)

Walking the Dog is the debut studio album by American R&B singer Rufus Thomas from Memphis, Tennessee. It was released in 1963 through Stax Records with distribution by Atlantic. The album peaked at number 138 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States. It spawned three hit singles: "The Dog", "Walking the Dog" and "Can Your Monkey Do the Dog", which made it to the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at No. 87, No. 10 and No. 48 respectively.

Walking the Dog
Studio album by Rufus Thomas
Released	1963 (1963)
Recorded	August 1962, October 1962, August–October 1963
Genre	Rhythm and blues
Length	29:38
Label	Stax
Producer	Jim Stewart
Rufus Thomas chronology
Walking the Dog (1963) Do the Funky Chicken (1970)
Singles from Walking the Dog
"The Dog" Released: 1963 "Walking the Dog" Released: 1963 "Can Your Monkey Do the Dog" Released: 1964

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Dog"	Rufus Thomas	2:33
2.	"Mashed Potatoes"	Dessie Rozier	2:16
3.	"Ooh-Poo-Pah-Doo"	Jessie Hill	2:30
4.	"You Said"	Rufus Thomas	2:30
5.	"Boom Boom"	John Lee Hooker	2:42
6.	"It's Aw'rite"	Rufus Thomas	2:45
7.	"Walking the Dog"	Rufus Thomas	2:30
8.	"Ya Ya"	Lee Dorsey Morris Levy Morgan Robinson Clarence Lewis	2:10
9.	"Land of 1000 Dances"	Chris Kenner Fats Domino	2:32
10.	"Can Your Monkey Do the Dog"	Rufus Thomas Steve Cropper	1:53
11.	"Cause I Love You"	Rufus Thomas	2:45
12.	"I Want to Be Loved"	Rufus Thomas	2:32
Total length:			29:38

Chart history

Chart (1964)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	138

External links

Walking The Dog at Discogs (list of releases)