When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin 'Along

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When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin 'Along is a pop song , the Harry Woods wrote and published 1926th

background

The song, written in G major in the form ABAC / A , was presented by Sophie Tucker at the Woods Theater in Chicago . Besides Bye, Bye Blackbird , this was the second bird song in 1926. It takes up the spring symbolism of the robin ; Models are Emily Dickinson ( I Dreaded That First Robin So ) and other poems from the 19th century, such as The First Robin by Dr. William H. Drummond. The melody of the chorus is full of repeated notes and dotted rhythms. The chirping of birds is imitated in the B section with repeated thirds , starting with the words wake up, wake up, you sleepy head .

First recordings and later cover versions

The first musicians to cover the song from 1926 included Lilian Roth , Whispering Jack Smith ( His Master's Voice ), Ben Selvin (Brunswick), Evelyn Preer (Banner), Ipana Troubadours (Columbia, with Franklyn Baur, vocals), The Arkansas / Arkansaw Travelers (Okeh, among others with Miff Mole , Dick Johnson , Arthur Schutt ), California Ramblers (Edison), Eva Taylor / Clarence Williams (Okeh), Hale Byers (Brunswick) and Ruth Etting , in Berlin Gabriel Formiggini . The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 40 (as of 2015) cover versions in the field of jazz , u. a. by Louis Armstrong , Bob Crosby , Dave Lambert , Peggy Lee , Carmen McRae , Eddie South , Sonny Stitt , Mel Tormé and Kai Winding , in later years also the trio Clusone 3 . The song was also covered by Bing Crosby , Al Jolson , Doris Day and Dean Martin . Al Jolson was a vocal double in the films The Al Jolson Story (1946) and Jolson Sings Again (1949); Susan Hayward interprets it in I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955). The song was also used in the soundtrack of the Beatles film Magical Mystery Tour (1967) and in the Woody Allen films Bullets Over Broadway (1994) and Deconstructing Harry (1997).

Notes and individual references

  1. ^ A b c d Marvin E. Paymer, Don E. Post: Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great Popular Songs . 1999, p. 100
  2. ↑ Joseph P. Allocca: When Mama Died! . 2009, p. 92.
  3. ^ Brunswick Records: New York sessions, 1916–1926
  4. ↑ Carl W. McClure: And That's the Truth !: Meaningful Fiction to Stimulate Your Mind and Nurture , 2012, p. 329.
  5. ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz discography (online)
  6. ^ Annette Körbel: Woody Allen - Filmography: From "What's New Pussycat?" to "Irrational Man" . 2015.