"Alabama Jubilee" is a song written with music by
George L. Cobb
George Linus Cobb (August 31, 1886 – December 25, 1942) was an American composer. He composed over 200 pieces of music, including ragtimes, marches, and waltzes. He also wrote columns for music trade publications.
Career
Cobb attended the Sch ...
and words by
Jack Yellen
Jack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jeleń; July 6, 1892 – April 17, 1991) was an American lyricist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for writing the lyrics to the songs "Happy Days Are Here Again", which was used by Franklin Roosevelt as the theme ...
. The first known recording was that of comedians
Collins & Harlan
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in 1915. The song is considered an American popular standard. The most popular versions of the song were
Red Foley
Clyde Julian "Red" Foley (June 17, 1910 – September 19, 1968) was an American musician who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II.
For more than two decades, Foley was one of the biggest stars of the gen ...
's 1951 version (#3 country, #28 pop) and the 1955 instrumental version by the
Ferko String Band, which reached #13 on
Cashbox, #14 on the
Billboard Jukebox chart, and #20 in the
UK. A 1981 instrumental version by
Roy Clark
Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted ''Hee Haw'', a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influen ...
won the
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance
The Grammy Award
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.
The song is a popular marching band song. It was remade as a Tejano song "El circo" by
Tony De La Rosa.
[The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music - Page 80 Ramiro Burr - 1999 "Interestingly, "El Circo" was actually a remake of Red Foley's "Alabama Jubilee," which became a Top 10 hit on Billboard's country charts in 1951."]
Other versions
*1916:
Prince Band
*1926:
Skillet Lickers
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When Gid Tanner teamed up with blind guitarist Riley Puckett and signed to Columbia in 1924, they created the label's earliest so-called "hillbilly" recording. Gid Tanner ...
*1927:
Al Bernard
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Life
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he became a blackface ...
&
Ernest Hare
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*1929:
Cleve Chaffin
*1929:
The McClung Brothers
*1950:
Muggsy Spanier
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*1951:
The Fontane Sisters
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Early years
Born to an Italian family, their mother, Louise Rosse, was both a soloist and the leader of the St. Joseph's Church choir in New Milford. Bea ...
*1951:
Johnny Maddox
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Life and career
John Sheppard Maddox Jr. was born in 1927 in Gallatin, Tennessee. His interest in the ragtime e ...
*1951:
Hank Penny
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*1954:
Chet Atkins
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*1955:
David Carroll And His Orchestra
*1955:
Firehouse Five Plus Two
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*1956:
The Dukes of Dixieland
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*1959:
Ferlin Husky
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*1959:
Teresa Brewer and the Dixieland Band
*1962:
Billy Vaughn
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Vaughn was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States, where his father, ...
*1962:
Los Broncos De Reynosa (El Circo)
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*1964:
Mance Lipscomb
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*1964:
Roy Clark
Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted ''Hee Haw'', a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influen ...
*1968:
Doc Watson
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*1970:
Jerry Reed
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*1971:
Kenny Price
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*1976:
Benny Martin
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*1976:
R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders
*1978:
Leon Redbone
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*1980:
Jerry Lee Lewis
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*1980:
Clarence White
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(and
The Kentucky Colonels) (live performances from 1973)
*1988:
Nokie Edwards
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*1988:
David Grier
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*1999:
17 Hippies
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*2002:
Buster B. Jones
*2005:
Orquestra Mahatma
*2007:
Molly and Jack Tuttle
*2008:
Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne (born January 4, 1954) is an American banjoist, guitarist and music critic.
Life and career
Chadbourne was born in Mount Vernon, New York, but grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He started playing guitar when he was eleven or twel ...
*2008:
Kevin Blechdom
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Early life and education
Kristin Grace Erickson was born in 1978 in Fl ...
*2010:
Zac Brown Band
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*2012:
Stephen Wade
*2015:
Jim Hendricks
*2018:
Roland White
Roland Joseph White (né LeBlanc; April 23, 1938 – April 1, 2022) was an American bluegrass music artist, performing principally on the mandolin.
Biography
White was born in Madawaska, Maine, on April 23, 1938, as Roland Joseph LeBlanc, and ...
External links
"Alabama jubilee" New York: Remick Music Corp., 1915. Fro
Alabama Sheet Music Collection
References
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1916 songs
Songs written by Jack Yellen
Red Foley songs
Roy Clark songs
Chet Atkins songs
Ferlin Husky songs
Teresa Brewer songs
Doc Watson songs
Jerry Reed songs
Kenny Price songs
Jerry Lee Lewis songs
Songs about Alabama
Songs with music by George L. Cobb