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"Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" is a song composed by Abe Olman (1887–1984), lyricized by Ed Rose (pseudonym for Edward Smackels Jr.; 1875–1935), [3] and published by Forster Music Publisher, Inc. The music was copyrighted 7 February 1917 and the copyright was renewed 29 December 1944.
Tucker's orchestra produced more than 70 recordings. Tucker's most successful hit was the 1939 recording of the 1917 song "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!," featuring the singer Wee Bonnie Baker. [4] It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. [3]
Abe Olman (December 20, 1887 [1] [note 1] – January 4, 1984), born Abraham Olshewitz, was an American songwriter and music publisher.He composed a number of successful ragtime and popular songs including "Red Onion Rag" (1912), "Down Among the Sheltering Palms" (1915), "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" (1917), and "Down By the O-Hi-O" (1920).
She also sang with other bands. In 1948, she recorded a novelty song, "That's All Folks!," as a duet with Mel Blanc playing the character Porky Pig. She also voiced the cartoon character Chilly Willy in the 1950s. [9] She released an album, Oh Johnny!, with orchestra conducted by Wilbur Hatch, on Warner Bros. Records in 1956.
Ed Rose (née Edward Smackels Jr.; 24 November 1875 Chicago — 29 April 1935 Evanston, Illinois), was an American lyricist who wrote the words to Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! composed in 1917 by Abe Olman. [1]
1973: Songs by Alan O'Day (vol. 1) 1973: Caress Me Pretty Music; 1977: Appetizers; 1979: Oh Johnny! 1994: Music from National Geographic's Really Wild Animals, (Janis Liebhart & Alan O'Day) 2001: Undercover Angel 2001 (City Man Music, BMI, Warner/Chappell Music, ASCAP 634479217920) 2008: I Hear Voices
Johnny O'Neill and the Michael Sammes Singers provided backing vocals on the recording of "I Am the Walrus" by the Beatles in 1967, which required them to do "all sorts of swoops and phonetic noises" according to Paul McCartney: the score George Martin prepared for them included the chanting of phrases like "ho ho ho, he he he, ha ha ha ...
The song is the anthem of a Greek university student partisan unit named Lord Byron that fought in the lines of the Greek People's Liberation Army ELAS during Dekemvriana. The song was written during Dekemvriana and was recorded at 1972 with other Greek partisans songs and shares the same melody with "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye".