Where Did You Get That Hat?

"Where Did You Get That Hat?"
Song by Joseph J. Sullivan
Released 1888
Genre Comic
Composer Joseph J. Sullivan

Where Did You Get That Hat? is a comic song which was composed and first performed by Joseph J. Sullivan at Miner's Eighth Avenue Theatre in 1888. It was a great success and has since been performed by many others including J.C. Heffron, Stanley Holloway and Dave Barnes.[1][2] The song is now also a very popular piece performed for musical theatre exams (grades 4 to 8) and music hall concerts. The song fits perfectly into the pre-1900 section required for the MT examinations.

References

  1. ↑ Theodore Raph (1986), "Where Did You Get That Hat", The American song treasury, p. 218, ISBN 978-0-486-25222-3
  2. ↑ Jack Burton, Larry Freeman (1962), The blue book of Tin Pan Alley 1, Century House, p. 13