{"id":482,"date":"2010-08-06T09:39:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T13:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?p=482"},"modified":"2010-08-06T09:39:58","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T13:39:58","slug":"8610-the-do-you-want-to-dance-cat-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/2010\/08\/06\/8610-the-do-you-want-to-dance-cat-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/6\/10 &#8211; The &#8220;Do You Want To Dance&#8221; Cat Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Friday Night Cat Fight Podcast<\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;Do You Want To Dance&#8221;<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Bobby Freeman's Original &quot;Do You Want To Dance&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/static.rateyourmusic.com\/album_images\/63a77d00c18ba0b91e380710ea5257db\/421143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Bobby Freeman's Original &quot;Do You Want To Dance?&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_tRg73iZIquM\/SHnzfgIbU6I\/AAAAAAAARQg\/LrXCBByq-rc\/s320\/bobby+freeman+do.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Put on your dancin&#8217; shoes for this week&#8217;s Friday Night Cat Fight Podcast over the classic rock n&#8217; roll tune, &#8220;Do You Want To Dance.&#8221;\u00a0 This week, all six of the versions in competition made the pop charts.\u00a0 Of course, some did much better than others, but they all cracked the Hot 100.\u00a0 So I really think we have an even playing ground.\u00a0 Bobby Freeman wrote the tune and scored its biggest hit to date with his 1958 original.\u00a0 The Beach Boys came close to Freeman chart-wise as did Bette Midler (the song that really launched her career).\u00a0 Del Shannon, The Mamas &amp; The Papas and The Ramones all did their own unique versions of the tune, even if they didn&#8217;t chart as high. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">So listen to the podcast, dig the tunes and VOTE for the one you DIG THE MOST!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><div id=\"polls-79\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_79\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/FNCF\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_79_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"239393b500\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"79\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which One Do You DIG The MOST? 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