Alabama Jubilee (song)

Alabama Jubilee is a song written by George L. Cobb and Jack Yellen; the first recording was probably that of comedians Collins and Harlan in 1915. The song is considered an American popular standard. The most popular versions of the song were Red Foley's 1951 version (#3 country, #28 pop) and the 1955 instrumental version by the Ferko String Band, their only charting song, which reached #13 on Cashbox and #14 on the Billboard Jukebox charts. A 1981 instrumental version by Roy Clark won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.

The song is still a popular marching band song.

Other versions

The old-time band the Skillet Lickers recorded the tune in 1926. The song was recorded in 1927 by vaudevillians Al Bernard and Ernest Hare and in 1929 by old time musicians Cleve Chaffin & The McClung Brothers. Other recordings include Mugsy Spanier (1950), Fontane Sisters (1951), Chet Atkins (1954), Teresa Brewer and the Dixieland Band (1959), Ferlin Husky (1959), Roy Clark (1964), Mance Lipscomb (1964), Doc Watson (1968), Jerry Reed (1970), Kenny Price (1971), R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders (1976), Benny Martin (1976), Leon Redbone (1978), Jerry Lee Lewis (1980), 17 Hippies (1999), Buster B. Jones (2002), Orquestra Mahatma (2005), Eugene Chadbourne and Kevin Blechdom (2008), and the Zac Brown Band (2010).

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