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Released on Atlantic, also Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin), Back in Black (AC/DC) and Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
Written by Steve Cropper, also (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding), See Saw (Aretha Franklin) and In the Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
Part of The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959–1968, also Big Bird (Eddie Floyd), Able Mable (Mable John) and I Got a Sure Thing (The Dixie Nightingales)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Steve Cropper wrote 70 songs on fono
Steve Cropper’s most frequent co-writer is Booker T. Jones (23 songs together)
Rufus Thomas wrote 20 songs on fono
Rufus Thomas’s most frequent co-writer is Sir Mack Rice (5 songs together)
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Rufus Thomas and Steve Cropper
- Released on
- Atlantic
- Written by
- Rufus Thomas and Steve Cropper
- Released on
- Atlantic
Connected by credits
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Same writer: Steve Cropper
Same label: Atlantic
Same release: The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959–1968
Same writer: Steve Cropper
Same label: Atlantic
Same release: The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959–1968
Same writer: Steve Cropper
Same label: Atlantic
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Can Your Monkey Do the Dog was written by Rufus Thomas
Can Your Monkey Do the Dog was written by Rufus Thomas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Can Your Monkey Do the Dog was written by Steve Cropper
Can Your Monkey Do the Dog was written by Steve Cropper
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3MusicBrainz Can Your Monkey Do the Dog is part of the release The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959–1968
Can Your Monkey Do the Dog is part of the release The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959–1968
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Atlantic is the label of the song Can Your Monkey Do the Dog
Atlantic is the label of the song Can Your Monkey Do the Dog
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Can Your Monkey Do the Dog was released on 1991
Can Your Monkey Do the Dog was released on 1991
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026