BROWN GAL
Created on 28/02/2003Latest update on 04/07/2023
Artist: Lil Armstrong & Her Swing Orchestra
Author: Lilian Armstrong/Avon Long
Label: Decca
Year: 1936
Lilian also wrote Struttin' With Some Barbecue.
Covers:
- 1938:
Ink Spots [feat. Deek Watson]
- 1949:
Al Sears & The Sparrows [as Brown Boy]
- 1952:
Jive Bombers [as Brown Boy on Citation]
- 1954:
- 1956:
Jive Bombers feat. Clarence Palmer [three out of four Sparrows as Bad Boy on Savoy; one of their other famous songs is Cherry; both in film Cry-Baby in '90]
- 1958:
Claude Bolling [as Sale gosse (instrumental)]
- 1958:
Didier Lapeyrère [idem; vocal version]
- 1978:
Ringo Starr [as Bad Boy]
- 1980:
Mink DeVille [idem]
- 1987:
Buster Poindexter [idem]
- 1994:
Doug Sahm [idem]
Not to be confused with all the other Bad Boy's (see there).
