Let Me Play with Your Poodle (song)
Let Me Play With Your Poodle is a 1942 hokum blues song by American blues musician Tampa Red.[1] His recording reached #4 on the Billboard "Harlem Hit Parade" in March 1943,[2] after first hitting the chart in December 1942,[3] and the song has been recorded many times since by other artists.
Other notable recordings
- Bonnie Davis and the Piccadilly Pipers (1946)
- Hank Penny (1947)
- Lightnin' Hopkins (1947)
- Luke "Long Gone" Miles (with George "Harmonica" Smith) (1962)
- Piano Red (1977, on an album of the same name)
- CeDell Davis (1982, on the compilation album Living Country Blues USA Vol. 5 - Mississippi Delta Blues)
- Dana Gillespie (1982, on the album Blue Job)
- James Cotton (1996, on the Grammy-winning album Deep in the Blues)
- Marcia Ball (1997, on her album Let Me Play With Your Poodle)
- CeDell Davis (2004, on the compilation album Keep it to Yourself - Arkansas Blues Volume 1: Solo Performances)
- Duke Robillard Band (2011)
References
- ↑ Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Blues, Alan Govenar, Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2010, p. 36-7
- ↑ Billboard, March 27, 1943, "Harlem Hit Parade", p. 24
- ↑ Billboard, December 19, 1942, "Harlem Hit Parade", p. 25
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