Where Did You Get That Hat?

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"Where Did You Get That Hat?"
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Song by Joseph J. Sullivan
Released1888 (1888)
Genre Comic, vaudeville song
Songwriter(s) Joseph J. Sullivan

"Where Did You Get That Hat?" is a comic song which was composed and first performed by Joseph J. Sullivan at Miner's Eighth Avenue Theatre in 1888. It was a great success and has since been performed by many others including J. C. Heffron, Stanley Holloway, Al Simmons and Dave Barnes. [1] [2] The song is now also a very popular piece performed for musical theatre exams (grades 4 to 8) and music hall concerts.

Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961).

A broadside ballad [3] in the Bodleian library indicates that this song was written by James Ralmaz (rather than Joseph Sullivan) and performed by J. C. Heffron.

References

  1. ↑ Theodore Raph (1986), "Where Did You Get That Hat", The American song treasury, p. 218, ISBN   978-0-486-25222-3
  2. ↑ Jack Burton, Larry Freeman (1962), The blue book of Tin Pan Alley, vol. 1, Century House, p. 13
  3. ↑ James Ralmaz, Johnson Ballads 1373, Francis Day and Hunter, 195 Oxford Street, London


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