[Dixielandjazz] Who wrote Sing, Sing, Sing

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Maybe Prima got lyric credit? I know he did sing it. 
The California Repercussions just finished playing it (in the rain, for the annual grand opening of 6 Flags Discovery Adventure Marine World Africa USA in Vallejo. )

Dave Richoux



On Mar 19, 2011, at 11:40 AM, "Jerry Gordon" <jerrygordon at juno.com> wrote:

> I've often wondered about the Christopher Columbus reference. I thought it
> might have been a coded reference to some musician who was recording for one
> label when he was under contract to another.
> 
> Jerry
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> I always thought Sing, Sing, Sing was an expansion of Chu Berry's 
> Christopher Columbus as recorded by Fletcher Henderson.
> 
> On 3/19/2011 8:33 AM, Robert Ringwald wrote:
>> Bill Sharp wrote:
>>>> All of you genuine jazzers already know this, but I was surprised to
> find that Louis Prima wrote "Sing,Sing, Sing".  I wonder how often he gets
> mentioned when this song is played.  I would bet that most people introduce
> this song as "Sing, Sing,Sing"  by Benny Goodman.
>> 
>> Dear Bill,
>> 
>> Most of the time when we play Sing Sing Sing, I mention that Louis Prima
> wrote it but BG made it famous.
>> 
>> You can see us, the Fulton Street Jazz Band, playing it in Hungary in 2007
> at:
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0wknBipTw
>> 
>> --Bob Ringwald
>> 
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