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Thread #1723 Message #6008
Posted By: Dale Rose
31-May-97 - 08:52 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Walk Right In
Subject: RE: Walk right in
The song was first recorded by Cannon's Jug Stompers in 1929, and is available on a CD of the Jug Stomper's music, Yazoo 1082/3. The version you are referring to was done in 1963 by the Rooftop Singers, which included Eric Darling, who unlike many of the singers of the era credited the original writer with composition credits, though I recently read that his credit to Gus Cannon was rather grudgingly given after some resistance. I had never heard that before, and cannot vouch for it either way. A good multi-engine search [I use Dogpile] will turn up a fair number of references to the Jug Stompers and their music. I am listening to the Jug Stomper version as I write this, and think it would be a bit foolhardy for me to attempt to translate the lyrics into written words for all to see, but I will try if no one else comes up with them. I have the Rooftop Singers version SOMEWHERE. A better source for the Jug Stompers' music is the original 2 lp set on Herwin [if you can find it], which also includes a number of alternate versions of some of the songs.