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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.
The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the Child Ballads), but others have high ones. Some of the songs were also included in the collection Jacobite Reliques by Scottish poet and novelist ...
The 1942 lyrics to the song as recorded by Glenn Miller were: "It must be jelly 'cause jam don't shake like that / It must be jelly 'cause jam don't shake like that / Oh Mama, you're so big and fat!" The Glenn Miller civilian band played the same arrangement that was performed at least twice, available on a Victor 78 recording, Victor 20-1546-A ...
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".
Her self-written songs often used existing melodies from folk tunes or dances, combined with lyrics she wrote herself. [8] [non-primary source needed] For instance, she wrote the song Les Cinq Jumelles about the Dionne Quintuplets, which was set to the tune of "Little Brown Jug". [4] In other cases, she adapted popular contemporary American ...
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 ...