A pub with no beer
A Pub with No Beer is a country song made famous in Australia and the United States in 1957 by Slim Dusty . Bobbejaan Schoepen published a Dutch version in 1959 under the title Café zonder bier , a German version followed in 1960 under the title I stand at the bar and I have no money .
history
The song was an adaptation by Gordon Parsons of the poem "A Pub Without Beer" originally written by Dan Sheahan of Inham , North Queensland (originally from Newmarket , Ireland ). In 1957, “A Pub With No Beer” became the first Australian gold single. In 1959, Dusty wrote a sequel, The Answer To A Pub With No Beer, which explains the cause of the failed beer delivery.
In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Rights Association (ARPA) celebrated its 75th birthday with a list of the best Australian songs of all time. A Pub With No Beer was number five on the list by a forum of 100 experts . In June 2008 the song was added to the Australian Sounds register of the National Film and Sound Archives.
Europe
The Belgian entertainer Bobbejaan Schoepen has recorded the song in different languages. Its Dutch version (“Café zonder bier”) debuted in 1959 and the German version followed in 1960 under the title “I'm standing at the bar and have no money”. The song became a number one hit in Belgium and Austria and stayed in the German charts for 30 weeks in 1960, where it reached number 6.
“A Pub With No Beer” is also the theme song and title of a Belgian-British film from 1962, which became known under the titles De Ordonnans and At the Drop of a Head . In 1999 the alternative rock band Dead Man Ray wrote a (partly) new soundtrack for the film and went on tour with it in the Netherlands.
America
In 1960, Benny Barnes from Beaumont, Texas Americanized A Pub With No Beer and released the song under the new title With No Beer Bar . The song became a regional hit on the Hall Way label. The melody of this version is almost identical to Stephen Foster's Beautiful Dreamer . In 1985 Bar With No Beer by Tom T. Hall on the album Song in a Seashell added. Johnny Cash , who also played the song, advised him to record it.
List of publications / musicians
Anne Kirkpatrick & Slim Dusty, Bobbejaan Schoepen (Benelux, Germany, Austria, 1959/1960), Johnny Cash, Bluey Francis, Errol Gray, Foster & Allen, Gordon Parsons, The Irish Rovers, Johnny Greenwood, John Williamson (played a parody Version of the song: A Dog With No Hair ), Nokturnl, Richard Clayderman, Rodney Vincent, The Singing Kettles, Stewart Peters and The Ten Tenors. Other sources cite versions of Johnny Ashcroft, The Pogues, Danny O'Flaherty, Patsy Watchorn, The Clancy Brothers, Merv Allen & The Jimmy Johnston Showband and Wilson Cole, Rolf Harris (UK, 1963), Hamish Imlach (UK, 1995), The Dubliners (1967), Adge Cutler & The Wurzels (UK, 1968), Midnight Oil (Australia, 1998), Dead Man Ray (Belgium, 2001), Donut Kings (2009).
Ronny recorded a version called Dreaming Maedchen .
Web links
- Bobbejaan's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ The final list: APRA's Ten best Australian Songs ( memento of August 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on apra.com.au; accessed June 12, 2010.
- ↑ 2008 additions . National Film and Sound Archive . Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2008.
- ↑ Michael Edwards: Aussie sounds protected forever . ABC Radio AM Program. June 19, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2008.
- ↑ De Ordonnans (Café zonder bier / A Pub With No Beer) in the Internet Movie Database (English)