3:09
single, 1954
Written by Buddy Johnson
Johnson is the piano player and bandleader here, the vocalist apparently someone named Ricky Harper. His sister Ella often served as Johnson's vocalist, and indeed his recordings on Spotify are credited to them both, but this single, as shown on Discogs, is properly credited to Buddy and the orchestra. This jump blues, reminiscent of Louis Jordan in style, is a genuinely funny song. It's like deadpan-joking-but-serious like Spinal Tap's "Gimme Some Money." Some meta spoken comic patter at the end ("I'm the one that made 'Mush Mouth,'" he proclaims) is an added punchline.
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