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Bob & Earl

Harlem Shuffle

1963 · via Eminem

Bob & Earl’s 1963 recording of “Harlem Shuffle” is the earliest release on file. Earl Nelson and Bob Relf are credited as its writers. Also recorded by The Rolling Stones (released 1986), The Foundations (released 1968) and Mick Jagger (released 1997), among 174 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Eminem’s “Calm Down” (2014) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Bob & Earl cut Harlem Shuffle back in 1963, and the two men who wrote it still share the writing credit on Calm Down. Pull on that thread and you land at the Rolling Stones, who took the same song on later.

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Credited writers: Earl Nelson and Bob Relf.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1963.

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Eminem’s “Calm Down” (2014) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

174 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Eminem's "Calm Down" samples "Harlem Shuffle," a song The Rolling Stones also recorded. Who put it on record first?Bob & Earl
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