Let's Jump the Broomstick
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| "Let's Jump the Broomstick" | ||||
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| Single by Brenda Lee | ||||
| from the album Brenda Lee | ||||
| B-side | "Some of These Days" | |||
| Released | April 1959 | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly | |||
| Length | 2:25 | |||
| Label | Decca 30885 | |||
| Writer(s) | Charles Robins | |||
| Brenda Lee singles chronology | ||||
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"Let's Jump the Broomstick" is a song written by Charles Robins and performed first by a black Nashville group, Alvin Gaines & The Themes, in 1959, then covered that year by Brenda Lee. Her version reached No.12 in the United Kingdom in 1961.[1] The song was featured on her 1960 album, Brenda Lee.[2] The song is based on the popular custom and phrase jumping the broom.
The song was arranged by Owen Bradley.[3]
Other versions
- Sandy Denny released a version on her 1971 album, The North Star Grassman and the Ravens.[4]
- Coast to Coast released a version of the song as a single in the UK in 1981. It reached #28 on the UK Singles Chart.[5]
In media
- The song was used for a lyp-synch contest on the October 4, 1963 episode of Ready Steady Go! (the first appearance of The Beatles - who had once been Brenda Lee's opening act on a UK tour[6]), judged by Paul McCartney, who chose 13-year-old Melanie Coe as the winner; a few years later, after Coe ran off with a boyfriend, her disappearance made the front page of the Daily Mirror, which would serve as McCartney's inspiration for "She's Leaving Home".
- Carly Michaels sang a version of the song May 28, 1994 episode of Stars in Their Eyes.
References
- ↑ Guinness World Records British Hit Singles and Albums, 17th Edition (2004)
- ↑ Brenda Lee, Brenda Lee Retrieved May 5, 2014
- ↑ Brenda Lee, "Let's Jump the Broomstick" single release Retrieved May 5, 2014
- ↑ Sandy Denny, The North Star Grassman and the Ravens Retrieved May 5, 2014
- ↑ Coast to Coast, "Let's Jump the Broomstick" Chart Position Retrieved May 5, 2014
- ↑ http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07050170.htm
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