"Jingle Jangle Jingle", also known as 'I've Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle", is a song written by Joseph J. Lilley and
Frank Loesser
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'', in which it was sung by Dick Thomas.
The most commercially successful recording was by
Kay Kyser
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Early years
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'' charts in July 1942. Versions were recorded by many other musicians, including
Tex Ritter
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Gene Autry
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Glenn Miller
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Western Writers of America
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chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
Popular culture
The song was featured in the 1943
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-era theatrical ''
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It was also featured in the
Famous Studios
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Kartunes series, in a short entitled ''Snooze Reel'', where audiences were invited to sing along.