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The fellow who's video I posted in the "Is Dixieland Music Dead?" thread played guitar on this version of the song (this is the version that went to #1 by the Ames Brothers):

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rag_Mop

 

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


The song, a 12-bar blues, 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[1]. The song was re-released in 1951 by Coral as catalog number 60397, with the flip side "Hoop-Dee-Doo"[2]). The group re-recorded the song several times. The 1950 recording is considered an example of proto-rock and roll as it contained elements that would later go into the defining of the genre.

 

 

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I like this version:

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