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1968 song by Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker wrote "Mr. Bojangles" and recorded the song for his 1968 album of the same proper name.

1970 single past The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

"Mr. Bojangles"
NGDB Bojangles cover.jpeg
Single past The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
from the album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
B-side "Uncle Charlie Interview #two/Spanish Fandango" (later replaced with "Mr. Bojangles" westward/o prologue)
Released September 1970[one]
Recorded 1969
Genre State, folk
Length 5:15
3:35 (without prologue)
Label Liberty
Songwriter(s) Jerry Jeff Walker
Producer(s) William McEuen
The Nitty Gritty Clay Band singles chronology
"Buy for Me the Pelting"
(1967) 		"Mr. Bojangles"
(1970) 		"House at Pooh Corner"
(1971)

"Mr. Bojangles" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1968 album of the aforementioned title.

Composition [edit]

Walker said he was inspired to write the vocal afterward an see with a street performer in a New Orleans jail. While in jail for public intoxication in 1965, he met a homeless human being who chosen himself "Mr. Bojangles" to conceal his truthful identity from the law. Mr. Bojangles had been arrested as office of a police sweep of indigent people that was carried out post-obit a high-profile murder. The two men and others in the cell chatted about all manner of things, but when Mr. Bojangles told a story about his dog, the mood in the room turned heavy. Someone else in the cell asked for something to lighten the mood, and Mr. Bojangles obliged with a tap dance.[ii] [3] The homeless "Mr. Bojangles", who was white, had taken his pseudonym from Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878–1949), the best-paid Blackness entertainer of his era.[four]

Notable recordings [edit]

The vocal was first recorded past popular Austin performer Allen Wayne Damron during a live performance at the Chequered Flag folk social club in Austin in 1967.[five] Jerry Jeff Walker recorded his unmarried version (with Bobby Woods, Charlie Freeman, Sandy Rhodes, Tommy McClure, Sammy Creason, and a cord orchestra) in Memphis, Tennessee on June vii, 1968, and it was released past Atco Records on June 20. He likewise recorded a not-string version in New York City for his anthology Mr. Bojangles with David Bromberg, Gary Illingworth, Danny Milhon, Bobby Cranshaw, Jody Stecher, Donny Brooks, Ron Carter, Nib LaVorgna, and Jerry Jemmott. It was released by Atco on September 25, 1968.

Nitty Gritty Clay Ring [edit]

Since then, it has been recorded past many other artists, including U.s. country rock band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, whose version (recorded for the 1970 anthology Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy) was issued every bit a single and rose to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971.

The band'southward unmarried version begins with the Uncle Charlie interview (subtitled "Prologue: Uncle Charlie and his Dog Teddy") that also precedes the song on the Uncle Charlie album. Information technology was originally backed with another interview with Uncle Charlie, also taken from the album. When "Mr. Bojangles" started climbing the charts, the B-side was re-pressed with the same song without the interview. NGDB guitarist Jeff Hanna performed most of the lead vocals on the track, with bandmate Jim Ibbotson performing harmony vocals; the ii switched these roles on the concluding verse.[vi]

Live versions of the song appeared on Walker's 1977 anthology A Man Must Carry On, and his 1980 anthology The All-time of Jerry Jeff Walker and he sang information technology with the Nitty Gritty Clay Band on their 2015 concert album entitled Circlin' Back.

Sammy Davis Jr. [edit]

The song became one of Sammy Davis Jr.'s "long-loved" signature performances,[7] [8] and ane that he sang at president Richard Nixon's invitation at a concert at the White Business firm in 1973.[ix] Study of the Davis version, as released on his "Greatest Hits, Live" album, has formed office of the "Music Studies" syllabus in the United kingdom.[10]

Christian McBride Big Band [edit]

The vocal appeared on the 2017 anthology Bringin' It past jazz bassist, Christian McBride. The anthology won the Grammy Award for Best Big Jazz Ensemble Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.

Chart history [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Jerry Jeff Walker [edit]

Nautical chart (1968) Elevation
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 77
Canada (RPM) Tiptop Singles[12] 51

Al Cherny [edit]

Chart (1972) Superlative
position
Canada (RPM) Top Country Singles[25] 45

Nina Simone [edit]

Chart (1988) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart (OCC)[26] 96

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangles". 45cat.com.
  2. ^ Walker, Jerry Jeff (2000). Gypsy Songman . Woodford Printing. ISBN978-0-942627-57-2.
  3. ^ The Man Who Was Bojangles. BBC Radio 4. 11.thirty, August 23, 2008
  4. ^ Schudel, Matt (October 24, 2020). "Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas troubadour who wrote 'Mr. Bojangles,' dies at 78". Washington Post . Retrieved October 27, 2020. ; Hoffman, Hashemite kingdom of jordan (October 24, 2020). "Singer-Songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker Dies at Age 78". Vanity Fair . Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ^ The Handbook of Texas: Damron, Allen Wayne Linked 2016-09-sixteen
  6. ^ Hanna, Jeff (2013). "The Making of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band'south 'Mr. Bojangles.' " Grammy.com (December 27, 2013). Retrieved 5-29-2016.
  7. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (17 August 1974). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 18.
  8. ^ Gimmicky Musicians. Gale Research, Incorporated. 1989. p. 76. ISBN978-0-8103-2214-1. Davis ... performed a number of signature songs. Chief among these were his tribute to Bill Robinson, "Mr. Bojangles"
  9. ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (May 1973). Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. pp. 98–101.
  10. ^ Ellis-Williams, Huw; Johnson, Maria; Roberts, Susan (three February 2017). OCR AS And A Level Music Study Guide. Rhinegold Educational activity. p. vi. ISBN978-1-78323-893-4.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Acme Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Tape Inquiry. p. 893.
  12. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - August 19, 1968" (PDF).
  13. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.Due south.W.: Australian Chart Volume. p. 219. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
  14. ^ "RPM100 Singles" (PDF). RPM. 27 February 1971. Retrieved one June 2020.
  15. ^ "Nederlandse Elevation forty – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band" (in Dutch). Dutch Top xl.
  16. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 31 May 1971
  17. ^ "The Hot 100". Billboard. 27 February 1971. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  18. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 177.
  19. ^ "Greenbacks Box Tiptop 100 Singles, February 27, 1971". Archived from the original on June 7, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  20. ^ "Top RPM State Tracks: Issue 1592." RPM. Library and Athenaeum Canada. August ten, 1991. Retrieved September eight, 2013.
  21. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, Northward.Due south.Due west. ISBN0-646-11917-half dozen.
  22. ^ "Particular Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on twenty October 2012.
  23. ^ [1] [ dead link ]
  24. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Popular Singles, December 25, 1971". Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  25. ^ "RPM Acme 65 State Singles - December 16, 1972" (PDF).
  26. ^ "mr bojangles | full Official Chart History". Officialcharts.com.

External links [edit]

  • Lyrics at oldielyrics.com

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