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What is Floy?

What is Floy?

“Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy, Floy),” for the vast number of you who have no idea what this guy is talking about, was a very popular song written by Bulee “Slim” Gaillard, Leroy Eliot “Slam” Stewart and Bud Green. And “floy, floy” was slang for a sexually transmitted disease, probably syphilis.

Who wrote Floy Joy?

Smokey Robinson
Floy Joy/Composers
“Floy Joy” is a song written by Smokey Robinson and released as a single in December 1971 by popular Motown female singing group The Supremes.

Who sang lead on Floy Joy?

The Supremes
Floy Joy/Artists

What is the population of Floy Utah?

Grand County is a county on the east central edge of Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 9,225.

What is a Floy Joy?

The song is about a guy known to the ladies as “Floy Joy” because he brings them so much pleasure. They don’t know his real name, and don’t care. This was the last Supremes’ song to reach the US Top 20. Although Lynda Laurence is featured on the album’s cover, she is not featured on any of the songs.

When did the song Floy Joy come out?

“Floy Joy” is a song written by Smokey Robinson and released as a single in December 1971 by popular Motown female singing group The Supremes.

Where did the term Floy Floy come from?

In the second part of the title phrase, “floy floy” was slang for a venereal disease, but the term was not widely known and failed to catch the attention of censors. It was regarded as nonsense and came to have positive connotations as a consequence of the song.

What does Flat Foot Floogie stand for in real life?

Here, “flat foot” is slang for a police officer; Flanagan is reporting that an arsonist has escaped by burning down the jail. In the 1939 film Twelve Crowded Hours gangster George Costain (played by Cy Kendall) takes his “guests” to the Floy Floy Club.