THERE'S A TAVERN IN THE TOWN

Created on 04/03/2018
Latest update on 22/03/2018

Artist: London Concert Orch.
Author: William Hills
Label: Edison Bell
Year: 1906

Cylinder recording.

Covers:

1917:

Peter Dawson

1924:

Kenneth Walters

1934:

Rudy Vallee [as The Drunkard Song]

1938:

Gracie Fields

1938:

Bar-X Cowboys

1944:

Judy Garland & Dick Haymes [as There Is A Tavern]

1953:

Wally Cox

1955:

Four Aces

1961:

Sammy Davis Jr. [als There Was A Tavern In The Town]

1962:

Connie Francis [as Tavern In The Town]

1962:

Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen [hit UK]

1963:

Nat King Cole

1964:

Brothers Four [as The Tavern Song]

1977:

Ashley Hutchings [as Tavern In The Town]

The melody also served 50s children song Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes (Hoofd, Schouders, Knie En Teen in Dutch).

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