"Jingle Jangle Jingle", also known as 'I've Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle", is a song written by
Joseph J. Lilley
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'', in which it was sung by Dick Thomas.
The most commercially successful recording was by Kay Kyser, whose version reached no. 1 in the ''
Billboard
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'' charts in July 1942. Versions were recorded by many other musicians, including Tex Ritter,
Gene Autry
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Glenn Miller
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The song was featured in the 1943 World War II-era theatrical ''
Popeye the Sailor
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It was also featured in the
Famous Studios
Famous Studios (renamed Paramount Cartoon Studios in 1956) was the first animation division of the film studio Paramount Pictures from 1942 to 1967. Famous was founded as a successor company to Fleischer Studios, after Paramount seized contro ...
Kartunes series, in a short entitled ''Snooze Reel'', where audiences were invited to sing along.
See also
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List of number-one singles of 1942 (U.S.)
This article is about the US number-one songs chart held during the 1940s.
''Billboard'' number-one singles chart (which preceded the Billboard Hot 100 chart), which was updated weekly by the ''Billboard'' magazine, was the main singles chart ...