Meet the Small Potatoes talking head interviews with the band’s friends, manager Lester Koop (McDowell), and man on the street interviews with the band’s fans (all of whom are potatoes). The Small Potatoes’ trajectory roughly follows trends in American popular music through the second half of the 20th century: The Potatoes start as a country and western band in Idaho in the 1940s, before finding popularity first as rock and roll and then doo wop singers in the 1950s. They reach the peak of their popularity in the 1960s as a British invasion style act, followed by their experimenting with psychedelic rock after a
(Do the) Mashed Potatoes including "Dish Rag", "Slow Down", and "Wobble Wobble", but none was successful. Eventually made aware of Brown's outside success, Syd Nathan relented and allowed him to release future instrumentals on King, starting with the 1961 single "Hold It" b/w "The Scratch". James Brown had a second Mashed Potatoes-themed hit with "Mashed Potatoes U.S.A." in 1962. ""Nat Kendrick & The Swans"": Nat Kendricks & The Swans 1960 (Dade Records 1804 US) Brown recorded a remake of "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" for his 1980 album "Soul Syndrome". The British beat group The Undertakers recorded a cover version of "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes"