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"Little Brown Jug" is a song written in 1869 by Joseph Eastburn Winner, originally published in Philadelphia with the author listed as Winner's middle name "Eastburn".
Little Brown Jug may refer to: "Little Brown Jug" (song), an 1869 song by Joseph Winner; Little Brown Jug (college football trophy), an American award dating to 1892; Little Brown Jug (horse racing), an American harness race for Standardbreds first run in 1946, or its namesake horse; Little Brown Jug (actor) or Don Reynolds (1937–2019 ...
Miller copyrighted the song with the U.S. Library of Congress on January 23, 1935. [61] The Dorsey Brothers released the song as an A side 78 single in 1935 on Decca Records. The B side was "I've Got Your Number" written by Bonnie Lake. The song, arranged by Glenn Miller, was recorded on February 6, 1935, in New York. Kay Weber was the vocalist.
Miller is shown as disliking the tune "Little Brown Jug" and only performing it in 1944 as a "special arrangement" for his wife. The song was actually first performed and recorded in 1939, [1] became one of his most popular early hits, and was performed numerous times by both the civilian and AAF Orchestras. The 1939 recording went on to sell ...
Joseph Eastburn Winner (c. 1837–1918) was an American composer and music publisher. He is best known for his tune "The Little Brown Jug" (1869).He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he operated a publishing business from 1854 to 1907.
The Viscounts were an American pop group from New Jersey, formed in 1958.They had one hit single, with Earle Hagen's instrumental classic "Harlem Nocturne" in 1959, which peaked at #52 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1960; it was re-released in 1965 and hit #39 the second time around. [1]
Boston radio station WMEX disc jockey Jim Connors was credited with a gold record for discovering the song and pushing it to #1 over the airwaves and amongst his peers in the United States. Billboard ranked it as the No. 15 song for 1972. The song is based on the melody of the 19th-century folk song "Little Brown Jug".
George McKinley Reneau (May 18, 1902 – June 5, 1938) was an American blind street musician who became one of country music's earliest recording artists. Known as "The Blind Musician of the Smoky Mountains", Reneau recorded more than 50 songs on the Vocalion and Edison labels in the mid-1920s.