Rag Mop

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"Rag Mop" is a popular American song of the late 1940s-early 1950s.

It was written by Johnnie Lee Wills and Deacon Anderson and published in 1949. Considered a novelty song, the lyrics consisted mostly of spelling out the title of the song; because of the spelling used in the song, it is sometimes referred to as "Ragg Mopp."

The most popular version of this song was recorded by The Ames Brothers, and released by Coral Records as catalog number 60140. The song was part of a double-sided hit; the flip side was "Sentimental Me." The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on January 6, 1950 and lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. The group re-recorded the song several times. The 1950 recording is considered an example of pseudo-rock and roll as it contained elements that would later go into the defining of the genre.

Allan Sherman parodied this song in 1963 for his album My Son, the Nut; he renamed it Rat Fink. According to numerous biographies, "Rag Mop" was also one of the first songs Elvis Presley tried out at his first Sun Records recording session in 1954, although no actual recording of him performing the song has to date surfaced.