Flamin' Mamie
"Flamin' Mamie" is a 1925 jazz classic composed by Paul Whiteman and Fred Rose.[1][2]
Paul Whiteman wrote "Flamin' Mamie" in 1925 with Fred Rose as a "Fox Trot Song" on Jazz Age themes relying on the 1920s image of the vamp: "A Red Hot Stepper". It was one of the top hits of 1925.
Recordings
The song was recorded by the Harry Reser Band, Merritt Brunies and the Friars Inn Orchestra, Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, the Six Black Diamonds in 1926 on Banner, the Toll House Jazz Band, Aileen Stanley in 1925 with Billy "Uke" Carpenter on the ukulele, Hank Penny in 1938, Turk Murphy, the Frisco Syncopators, the Firehouse Five Plus Two, Ray Pearl and His Orchestra in 1947 on Bullet Records as a 78, 1007A, Bob Schulz and His Frisco Jazz Band, and the Coon-Sanders Nighthawk Orchestra led by Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders with Joe Sanders on vocals.[1] The lyrics describe Mamie as a Roaring Twenties vamp: "Flamin' Mamie, a sure-fire vamp/When it comes to lovin'/She's a human oven/Come on you futuristic papas/She's the hottest thing he's seen since the Chicago fire."
Willie Dixon wrote a song with the same title in 1977 with Penny Page whose copyright was registered on August 9, 1979, that uses the same themes and lyrics as the Paul Whiteman and Fred Rose song without acknowledgement.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pops: Paul Whiteman, King of Jazz, by Thomas A. DeLong, New Century Publishers, 1983.
- ↑ Berrett, Joshua (2004). Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10384-7.
- ↑ http://www.lyricstime.com/willie-dixon-flamin-mamie-lyrics.html
- ↑ "Diddy wah diddy. Words and music: Ellis McDaniel a.k.a. Ellas McDaniel & Willie Dixon - song, music - Copyright Info". Faqs.org. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
Sources
- Berrett, Joshua (2004). Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman: Two Kings of Jazz. Yale University Press, p. 123. ISBN 978-0-300-10384-7.
- Paul Whiteman: Pioneer of American Music (Volume 1: 1890–1930), Studies in Jazz, No. 43, by Don Rayno, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2003.
- Pops: Paul Whiteman, King of Jazz, by Thomas A. DeLong, New Century Publishers, 1983.
- Jazz by Paul Whiteman, J. H. Sears, 1926.
- How To Be A Band Leader by Paul Whiteman and Leslie Lieber, Robert McBride & Company, 1948.