who originally recorded the song mr. bojangles?
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Mr. Bojangles  (4:17) Mr. Bojangles is a popular song written and initially recorded by  Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968 and covered since by many other artists.  The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band took the …song to #9 on the Billboard pop  chart in 1971.
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Biography Born on October 13, 1941 in Newark New Jersey, Paul Simon is one of the greatest singer/songwriters ever.In 1957, he and high school pal, Art Garfunkel, wrote and recorded the single, Hey Schoolgirl, under the name Tom and Jerry.n the seventies, Simon emerged as a singer/songwriter with albums such as Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years, Hearts and Bones, Graceland, and Songs from the Capeman.
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- +328 other releases. read more. Broken Wings is a #1 hit song released as a 1985 single by the band Mr. Mister. The band's first single from their 1985 Welcome to the Real World album, Broken Wings reached the number one position on the U.S. charts in December 1985, where it remained for two weeks.
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Bob Dylan â Mr. Bojangles Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance. I met him in a cell in New Orleans, I was down and out. He looked to me to be the eye of age as he spoke right out. He talked of life, he talked of life, laughing slapped his leg stale. Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance. He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick all across the cell. He grabbed his pants for a better stance, oh he jumped so high and he clicked. Up his heels. He let go laugh, he let go laugh, shook back his clothes all around. Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, dance, yeah, dance.
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Wild Thing  (2:30) Related Tags. Wild Thing is a hit song written by New York City-born songwriter Chip Taylor and originally recorded by The Wild Ones in 1965. The song is best known for its 1966 cover by the English band The Troggs, which reached the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1966. The song charted one position lower in Britain, reaching #2.
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Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite. For other songs with this title, see Goodnight Sweetheart (disambiguation). Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite is a popular song that was a hit during the mid-1950s. It was written by Calvin Carter and James Pookie Hudson in 1953. It was originally recorded by the R&B doo-wop group The Spaniels in 1954.
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Jimmy Somerville surprises Berlin busker singing Smalltown Boy by joining in Jimmy Somerville surprises Berlin busker singing Smalltown Boy by joining in. Happening upon a busker performing Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy in Berlin, 1980s pop star Jimmy Somerville can't help but join in. The guitar-playing busker was filmed performing his own version of the British band's 1984 hit in Berlin, Germany when Somerville suddenly appeared and joined in, adding his own distinctive high-pitched vocals.
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- Roger Miller recorded “Me and Bobby McGee” in 1969. It was a huge hit for him on the country charts. All the old timers in country music will remember that Roger had the first hit. This was about a year before Janis Joplin’s hit. She did a great job too, but Roger had the first release.
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Mr. Bojangles The purest country of all the early '70s spate of country-rock singles , having been written by future outlaw country cult hero Jerry Jeff Walker and recorded by the fiercely traditionalist Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ,  Mr. Bojangles  is also a perfectly-executed pop song , movingly sung by Jim Ibbotson and played with a perfectly-realized arrangement ...
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The Muffin Man The Muffin Man. For other uses, see The Muffin Man (disambiguation). The Muffin Man is a traditional nursery rhyme or children's song of English origin. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7922.
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Spark plug A spark plug (sometimes, in British English, a sparking plug, and, colloquially, a plug) is a device for delivering electric current from an ignition system to the combustion chamber of a spark-ignition engine to ignite the compressed fuel/air mixture by an electric spark, while containing combustion pressure within the engine.
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- Mr. Bojangles is a popular song written and initially recorded by  Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968 and covered since by many other artists.
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- MR. BOJANGLES. (Jerry Jeff Walker) JERRY JEFF WALKER performs Mr. Bojangles on The Dinah Shore Show, 1976. Any copyrighted material on these pages is used in fair use for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis only, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s).
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"How To Play ""Mrs. Robinson"" by Simon and Garfunkel on guitar" This beginner guitar lesson is for how Handsome Alvin plays Mrs. Robinson by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. If you want to learn how to play Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel on acoustic guitar, this is the video tutorial for you. Capo 1st (original Capo 2nd). Strumming: D DU UDU.
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- Please Mr. Postman by The Marvelettes. William Garrett, a songwriter friend of group member Georgia Dobbins, offered this to The Marvelettes when she asked if he had anything for them to sing. He wrote it as a Blues song, but Dobbins completely rewrote it (she saved only the title) and taught it to lead singer Gladys Horton.
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The Christmas Song There were several covers of Nat Cole's original record in the 1940s. The first of these was said to be by Dick Haymes on the Decca label, but his was released first – not recorded first. The first cover of The Christmas Song was performed by pop tenor and bandleader Eddy Howard on Majestic.
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Mrs. Robinson Acoustic Guitar Lesson Preview - Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel - Paul Simon sample guitar lesson. Full lesson found at http://www.totallyguitars.com/target-... . Visit the site for free guitar lessons, TARGET program, forum, community, and contests. Mrs. Robinson was originally written for the movie 'The Graduate', starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft.
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- Bill Robinson & Shirley Temple. By the time that Bill Robinson (1878 to 1949) became famous as Bojangles, tap dance shoes were part of the total package. Robinson wore tap shoes with wooden soles and heels.
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- I believe it was sung by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Mr. Bojangles is a popular country folk Song written and recorded by country music artist http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/J…erry_Jeff_Walker in 1968 and covered by many other artists. http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/The_Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band took the song to #9 on the Billboard pop chart in 1971.
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Boys (The Shirelles song) Boys is a song by Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell, originally performed by The Shirelles and released as the B-side of their Will You Love Me Tomorrow single in November 1960. It was covered by The Beatles and included on their first album released in the United Kingdom, Please Please Me (1963).
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Who sang the original Grinch song from 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'? After his death, Lee Marshall replaced him as the voice of Tony the Tiger in the Kellogg's commercials. Ravenscroft was the vocalist of the song You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch in the Christmas television special based on the Dr. Seuss classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas! His name was accidentally left off of the credits, however, leading many to believe (erroneously) that the cartoon's narrator, Boris Karloff, sang the song.
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500 Greatest Songs of All Time 28 weeks; No. 1. Hound Dog was a hit  before Elvis Presley sang it, and he was famous for singing it before he recorded it. Written in 1952 by white teenagers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for R&B singer Willie Mae Big Mama Thornton, it was a smash for her, and was immediately covered by a handful of country acts.
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Jole Blon During the late 40s, as country's nationwide market had solidified, a number of country artists popularized the song Jole Blon. The popularization began in 1946 with Harry Choates and his French version of Jole Blon for Goldstar records.he following are some of the artists have covered Jole Blon: 1  The Balham Alligators. 2  Gary U.S. Bonds and Bruce Springsteen. . 3  The Flatlanders. 4  Joan Baez included a recording of the song on her 1970 album (I Live) One Day at a Time.
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Bob Dylan â Mr. Bojangles Lyrics to Mr. Bojangles song by Bob Dylan: I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you in worn out shoes Silver hair, ragged shirt and baggy...
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Johnny Ashcroft - Little boy lost Video from 1978 film of the same name. Little Boy Lost, sung by Johnny Ashcroft was a smash-hit when first released in 1960 at the time young Stephen was lost. In fact it became the third-biggest selling single in Australia's record history, topped by The pub with no beer and Tie me kangaroo down sport. But even that success ran into trouble. At the height of its popularity Australia was shocked by the kidnapping and murder of young Graeme Thorne.
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Mr. Bojangles The purest country of all the early '70s spate of country-rock singles, having been written by future outlaw country cult hero Jerry Jeff Walker and recorded by the fiercely traditionalist Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Mr. Bojangles is also a perfectly-executed pop song, movingly sung by Jim Ibbotson and played with a perfectly-realized arrangement that ...