Let's Jump the Broomstick explained
"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.[2] The song was featured on her 1960 album, Brenda Lee.[3] The song is based on the popular custom and phrase jumping the broom.
The song was arranged by Owen Bradley.[4]
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[7]), 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".
Notes and References
- Book: Stanley, Bob . Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Beyond the Blue Horizon: Country and Western. 13 September 2013. Faber & Faber. 978-0-571-28198-5. 395.
- Guinness World Records, British Hit Singles and Albums, 17th Edition (2004)
- Web site: Brenda Lee - Brenda Lee (Vinyl, LP, Album) . Discogs.com . August 1960. 2016-08-29.
- Web site: Brenda Lee - Let's Jump The Broomstick / Some Of These Days - Decca - USA - 9-30885 . 45cat.com . 1959-04-27 . 2016-08-29.
- Web site: Mark Deming . The North Star Grassman and the Ravens - Sandy Denny | Songs, Reviews, Credits . . 2016-08-29.
- Web site: Let's Jump the Broomstick (song by Coast to Coast) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts . Musicvf.com . 1981-05-23 . 2016-08-29.
- Web site: 'Little Miss Dynamite' returns to her Gospel roots with a little help from some of her best friends . 2012-02-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225736/http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07050170.htm . 2014-07-14 .