Where Did You Get That Hat?
| "Where Did You Get That Hat?" | |
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| Song by Joseph J. Sullivan | |
| Released | 1888 |
| Genre | Comic, vaudeville song |
| Songwriter(s) | Joseph J. Sullivan, James Rolmaz |
"Where Did You Get That Hat?" is a comic song that was composed and first performed by vaudeville artist Joseph J. Sullivan at Miner's Eighth Avenue Theatre in 1888. It was a great success and soon performed by other music hall artists in the 1890s including George Robey and J. C. Heffron.[1]
Sullivan's original song consisted of three verses, each followed by a chorus, and it was soon included in penny broadsides of the period.[2] Then in 1901, James Rolmaz (who had written a sequel in 1891 titled "A New Hat Now")[3] wrote an additional two verses commenting on elections and the Prince of Wales to give the original song a more political twist, which increased its popularity further.[4][2]
It has since been performed by other artists such as Stanley Holloway, Al Simmons and Dave Barnes,[5][6] and Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961).
The song is now also a very popular piece performed for musical theatre exams (grades 4 to 8) and music hall concerts.
References
[edit]- ^ "Where Did You Get That Hat?". folksongandmusichall.com. Folk Song And Music Hall. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Broadside Ballad Entitled 'Where did You Get That Hat?'". digital.nls.uk. National Library of Scotland. 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ "James Rolmaz: A New Hat Now. Sequel to Where Did You Get That Hat. Comic Song". levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu. Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University. 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ James Rolmaz, Johnson Ballads 1373, Francis Day and Hunter, 195 Oxford Street, London
- ^ Theodore Raph (1986), "Where Did You Get That Hat", The American song treasury, p. 218, ISBN 978-0-486-25222-3
- ^ Jack Burton, Larry Freeman (1962), The blue book of Tin Pan Alley, vol. 1, Century House, p. 13
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