Let's Jump the Broomstick

"Let's Jump the Broomstick"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album Brenda Lee
B-side"Some of These Days"
Released27 April 1959
Recorded11 October 1958
StudioBradley Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length2:25
LabelDecca 30885
Songwriter(s)Charles Robins
Producer(s)Owen Bradley
Brenda Lee singles chronology
"Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home"
(1958) 		"Let's Jump the Broomstick"
(1959) 		"Sweet Nothin's"
(1959)

"Let's Jump the Broomstick" is a song written by Charles Robins and performed first by a black Nashville group, Alvin Gaines & The Themes, in 1959, then covered that year by Brenda Lee. Her version reached No.12 in the United Kingdom in 1961.[3] The song was featured on her 1960 album, Brenda Lee.[4] The song is based on the popular custom and phrase jumping the broom.

The song was arranged by Owen Bradley.[5]

Other versions

In media

  • The song was used for a lyp-synch contest on the October 4, 1963 episode of Ready Steady Go! (the first appearance of The Beatles - who had once been Brenda Lee's opening act on a UK tour[8]), judged by Paul McCartney, who chose 13-year-old Melanie Coe as the winner; a few years later, after Coe ran off with a boyfriend, her disappearance made the front page of the Daily Mirror, which would serve as McCartney's inspiration for "She's Leaving Home".

References

  1. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Beyond the Blue Horizon: Country and Western". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  2. ^ Bush, John. Brenda Lee - Anthology (1956-1980) (1991) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  3. ^ Guinness World Records, British Hit Singles and Albums, 17th Edition (2004)
  4. ^ "Brenda Lee - Brenda Lee (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. August 1960. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  5. ^ "Brenda Lee - Let's Jump The Broomstick / Some Of These Days - Decca - USA - 9-30885". 45cat.com. 1959-04-27. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  6. ^ Mark Deming. "The North Star Grassman and the Ravens - Sandy Denny | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  7. ^ "Let's Jump the Broomstick (song by Coast to Coast) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. 1981-05-23. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  8. ^ "'Little Miss Dynamite' returns to her Gospel roots with a little help from some of her best friends". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2012-02-03.



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