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A minstrel show song set in the style of a spiritual, the song is apparently a parody of the spiritual "Golden Slippers", popularized after the American Civil War by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. [2] Today "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" is often referred to simply as "Golden Slippers", further obscuring the original spiritual. [3]
Golden Slippers, a spiritual popularised after the American Civil War Oh, Dem Golden Slippers , a United States minstrel song Paphiopedilum armeniacum , the "golden slipper orchid"
He wrote over 700 songs, including "In the Morning in the Bright Light" (1879), "In the Evening by the Moonlight" (1879), "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" (1879) (the theme song for the long-running Philadelphia Mummers Parade), "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" (1880) and "De Golden Wedding" (1880). His best-known song is "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny ...
The Mummers Parade is held each New Year's Day in Philadelphia.Started in 1901, it is the longest-running continuous folk parade in the United States. [1]Local clubs, usually called "New Years Associations" or "New Years Brigades", compete in one of five categories: Comics, Wench Brigades, Fancies, String Bands, and Fancy Brigades.
English: From the Library of Congress' National Jukebox. Names Work, John Wesley -- Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal King, Alfred Garfield -- Vocalist -- Bass Vocal Ryder, Noah Walker -- Vocalist -- Bass Vocal Myers, J. A. -- Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal Recording Label Victor Recording Catalog Number 16453 Recording Matrix Number B-8455 (Matrix ID)
His next single, "Golden Slippers", was released nationally by Dot Records, but it was not a success, and neither was "Pierre the Poodle", his last release before losing his recording contract. He became friends with Willie Nelson in 1961, and his song "Who Can I Count On?"
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His other pieces of this time were Golden Slippers (1941), Story of the Negro (1948), Chariot in the Sky (1951) and Famous Negro Athletes (1964). [4] Critics highly praised his Story of the Negro, which received the Jane Addams Children's Book Award and was a Newbery Honor Book. Bontemps worked with Langston Hughes on pieces geared toward adults.