The Woodpecker Song

1940 sheet music cover featuring Glenn Miller. Robbins Music, New York.

1940 RCA Bluebird 78 single release by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, B-10598-A.

"The Woodpecker Song" (Reginella Campagnola) is an originally Italian song. The music was written by Eldo Di Lazzaro in 1939, while the Italian lyrics were written by Bruno Cherubini^[1] (pseudonym "C. Bruno"). The English lyrics were written by Harold Adamson. The song became a hit in 1940, recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra,^[2] The Andrews Sisters, and Kate Smith in 1940.

The Glenn Miller recording on RCA Bluebird featuring Marion Hutton on vocals reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1940.^[3]

Recorded versions

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra. Vocalist: Marion Hutton. Recorded on January 29, 1940. Released on a 78 rpm A side single record by Bluebird Records as catalog number 10598 backed with "Let's All Sing Together".^[4] It "ranked third in jukeboxes in 1940."^[2]
The Andrews Sisters. Recorded on February 21, 1940. Released on a 78 rpm record by Decca Records as catalog number 3065A^[5]
Kate Smith with Jack Miller Orchestra. Recorded on February 25, 1940. Released on a 78 rpm record by Columbia Records as catalog number 35398^[6]
Josephine Siao (蕭芳芳). Recorded in Cantonese under the title of "Swallow Flying In Pair" (燕雙飛) in 1967 and released by Fung Hang Record (風行唱片) of Hong Kong under catalog number FHEP400^[7] as one of the theme songs of Cantonese movie You Are My Love (我的愛人就是你).

Other song

The song is not The Woody Woodpecker Song composed later in the 1940s by George Tibbles and Ramey Idriess and used in the Woody Woodpecker cartoon series.

References

↑ The Woodpecker Song Lyrics
1 2 Gilliland, John (1994). Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s (audiobook). ISBN 978-1-55935-147-8. OCLC 31611854. Tape 2, side A.
↑ Song arist 6 - Glenn Miller.tsort.info.
↑ Bluebird Records in the 10500 - 10999 series
↑ Decca Records in the 3000 - 3499 series
↑ Columbia Records in the 35200 to 35499 series
↑ Original soundtrack EP record of movie <You Are My Love (我的愛人就是你)>

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller Orchestra The Modernaires The Crew Chiefs

Compositions	"Moonlight Serenade" "Room 1411 (Goin' to Town)" "Sold American" "Solo Hop" "Introduction to a Waltz" "Annie's Cousin Fannie" "Dese Dem Dose" "When Icky Morgan Plays the Organ" "Doin' the Jive" "Community Swing" "Sometime" "Boom Shot" "Seven-O-Five" "I Sustain the Wings" "I'm Headin' for California" "I Swung the Election" "Wings on Parade: The Flaming Sword of Liberation" "After Tonight" "Morning Mood" "The Technical Training Command" "Jinky" "Let's Give Them a Break" "SHAEF Presents" "Chesterfield #1" "Chesterfield #2" "125 Jazz Breaks for Trombone" "You're Breakin' Me Down" "Tomorrow's Another Day" "Harlem Chapel Chimes" "Basin Street Blues"

Billboard hit records	Solo Hop (1935) Every Day's a Holiday (1938) Moonlight Serenade (1939) Little Brown Jug (1939) The Woodpecker Song (1940) Pennsylvania 6-5000 (1940) Tuxedo Junction (1940) In the Mood (1940) Stardust (1940) Danny Boy (1940) Crosstown (1940) The Nearness of You (1940) The Song of the Volga Boatmen (1941) It Happened in Sun Valley (1941) Chattanooga Choo Choo (1941) I Know Why (And So Do You) (1941) Elmer's Tune (1941) I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem (1941) A String of Pearls (1942) Moonlight Cocktail (1942) (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo (1942) At Last (1942) American Patrol (1942) Serenade In Blue (1942) That Old Black Magic (1943) It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake like That) (1944) Here We Go Again (1944)

Albums	Glenn Miller (1945) Glenn Miller Masterpieces, Volume II (1947) Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" (1954) The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert (1958)

Civilian Band alumni	Trigger Alpert Ray Anthony Tex Beneke Johnny Best Ernie Caceres Addison Collins, Jr. Johnny Desmond Ray Eberle Jerry Gray Bobby Hackett Peanuts Hucko Al Klink Jack Lathrop Norman Leyden Hal McIntyre Ray McKinley Artie Malvin Billy May Ralph Patt Mel Powell Wilbur Schwartz George Siravo Charlie Spivak Kay Starr Paul Tanner

Filmography	The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) Sun Valley Serenade (1941) Orchestra Wives (1942)

Film short	Upbeat in Music (1943)

Books	Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging (1943)

Related articles	Discography Bluebird Records RCA Victor Brunswick Records Dorsey Brothers Orchestra The Glenn Miller Story The Glenn Miller Story (soundtrack) (1954) Glenn Miller Orchestra (1956–present)

The Andrews Sisters

LaVerne Andrews Maxene Andrews Patty Andrews

Singles	"Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" "Nice Work If You Can Get It" "Shortenin' Bread" "Oh! Ma-Ma!" "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" "Ciribiribin (They're So In Love)" "Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy)" "The Woodpecker Song" "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" "Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat" "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" "I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)" "(I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time" "Sonny Boy" "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" "Mister Five By Five" "Pistol Packin' Mama" "Jingle Bells" "Shoo-Shoo Baby" "Down In the Valley" "Straighten Up and Fly Right" "Tico Tico" "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" "A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin" "Don't Fence Me In" "Rum and Coca-Cola" "Accentuate the Positive" "The Three Caballeros" "Along the Navajo Trail" "Get Your Kicks On Route 66" "I Don't Know Why" "House of Blue Lights" "Rumors Are Flying" "Winter Wonderland" "There's No Business Like Show Business" "Near You" "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" "Sabre Dance" "Underneath the Arches" "You Call Everybody Darling" "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" "I Can Dream, Can't I?" "Charley, My Boy" "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" "The Wedding Samba" "I Wanna Be Loved" "A Bushel and a Peck" "Mele Kalikimaka" "Sparrow in the Tree Top"

Book:The Andrews Sisters

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