Rag Mop

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"Rag Mop" is a popular novelty song from the late 1940s that became a major hit for the Ames Brothers and is closely associated with their musical legacy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rag Mop canonical 1
“Rag Mop” 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
associatedAct Johnnie Lee Wills ⓘ
The Ames Brothers ⓘ
closelyAssociatedWith musical legacy of The Ames Brothers ⓘ
composer Deacon Anderson ⓘ
Johnnie Lee Wills ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decadeOfRelease 1940s ⓘ
firstReleaseDate 1949 ⓘ
genre novelty ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact recognized as a classic novelty hit of the postwar era ⓘ
hasNotableChartSuccess true ⓘ
hasSpellingGimmick title spelled out in lyrics ⓘ
hasStyleCharacteristic call-and-response vocals ⓘ
comic lyrics ⓘ
up-tempo ⓘ
influencedBy Western swing ⓘ
early rhythm and blues ⓘ
isMajorHitFor The Ames Brothers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Deacon Anderson ⓘ
madeFamousBy The Ames Brothers ⓘ
mediaType 78 rpm single ⓘ
originalArtist Johnnie Lee Wills and His Boys ⓘ
partOf American popular music of the late 1940s ⓘ
performer The Ames Brothers ⓘ
recordedBy The Ames Brothers ⓘ
recordLabel Coral Records ⓘ
titleCharacter rag mop ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ames Brothers → notableWork → Rag Mop ⓘ
The Amory Brothers → notableWork → “Rag Mop” ⓘ
linked to: Rag Mop