Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | The Coasters |
Album: | Coast Along with the Coasters |
A-Side: | "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) |
B-Side: | Keep on Rolling |
Released: | 14 Apr 1961 |
Recorded: | 1961 |
Genre: | Rock |
Label: | Atco 6192 |
Prev Title: | Wait a Minute |
Prev Year: | 1/1961 |
Next Title: | Girls Girls Girls |
Next Year: | 7/1961 |
"Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" is a 1961 rock song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and was recorded by the Coasters for their 1962 album, Coast Along with the Coasters.[1] The song reached #16 on the R&B chart and #23 on The Billboard Hot 100 in 1961.[2] The subject of the song is depicted as a burlesque dancer or exotic dancer, "wearing nothing but a button and a bow."