Let's Jump the Broomstick
| "Let's Jump the Broomstick" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Brenda Lee | ||||
| from the album Brenda Lee | ||||
| B-side | "Some of These Days" | |||
| Released | 27 April 1959 | |||
| Recorded | 11 October 1958 | |||
| Studio | Bradley Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly[1] | |||
| Length | 2:25 | |||
| Label | Decca 30885 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Charles Robins | |||
| Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
| 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.[2] The song was featured on her 1960 album, Brenda Lee.[3] The song is based on the popular custom and phrase jumping the broom.
The song was arranged by Owen Bradley.[4]
Other versions
[edit]- Sandy Denny released a version on her 1971 album, The North Star Grassman and the Ravens.[5]
- Coast to Coast released a version of the song as a single in the UK in 1981. It reached No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart.[6]
In media
[edit]- 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[7]), 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".
References
[edit]- ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Beyond the Blue Horizon: Country and Western". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
- ^ Guinness World Records, British Hit Singles and Albums, 17th Edition (2004)
- ^ "Brenda Lee - Brenda Lee (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. August 1960. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Brenda Lee - Let's Jump The Broomstick / Some Of These Days - Decca - USA - 9-30885". 45cat.com. 1959-04-27. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ Mark Deming. "The North Star Grassman and the Ravens - Sandy Denny | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "Let's Jump the Broomstick (song by Coast to Coast) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. 1981-05-23. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ "'Little Miss Dynamite' returns to her Gospel roots with a little help from some of her best friends". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
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