Turn the Beat Around

Vicki Sue Robinson (May 31, 1954 – April 27, 2000) was an American theatre and film actress, and singer, closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music; she is most famous for her 1976 hit, "Turn the Beat Around" Born in Harlem, New York, to African American Shakespearean actor Bill Robinson and his European American wife Marianne, a folk singer, Vicki Sue Robinson was reared in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for most of her early years, returning with her family to New York City when she was ten.

[Chorus] Turn the beat around Love to hear percussion Turn it upside down Love to hear percussion Love to hear it [Verse 1] Blow horns you sure sound pretty Your violins keep moving to the nitty gritty When you hear the scratch of the guitars scratchin' Then you'll know that rhythm carries all the action Whoa [Chorus] Turn the beat around (Turn it around, yeah) Love to hear percussion (yeah yeah hey hey!) Turn it upside down (hey hey hey hey yeah) Love to hear percussion (my my my my my) Love to hear it (GOT TO HEAR IT!) Turn the beat around (go on go on go on girl!) Love to hear the percussion (move your feet when you feel the beat, yeah) Turn it upside down (HEY! yeah yeah) Love to hear percussion (whoa!) Love to hear it [Verse 2] Flute player, play your flute 'cause I know That you want to get your thing off But you see I've made up my mind about it It's got to be the rhythm, no doubt about it, whoa whoa Cause when the guitar player start playing With the syncopated rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch Makes me wanna move my body, yeah, yeah, yeah And when the drummer starts beating that beat He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm With the rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat on the drums, hey! [Chorus] Turn the beat around (ooooh I'm talkin' 'bout the beat) Love to hear percussion (Ah my my my my my) Turn it upside down (ooooh yeah) Love to hear the percussion (love the hear the beat nah nah) Love to hear it Love to hear it (WHOA!) Love to hear it Love to hear it (HEY....!!) Turn the beat around Love to hear percussion Turn it upside down Love to hear percussion Love to hear it Love to hear it Love to hear it