"Rag Mop" was a #1 hit for the Ames Brothers in 1950. The song was performed by a group of dancing mops on episode 111 of The Muppet Show. At the end of the skit, George the Janitor comments, "Now that's my kind of act!" The song was featured on The Tonight Show on September 14, 1976, intercut with footage of the Muppeteers performing the number on set. The song inspired the Sesame Street song, "ABC Hip Hop."
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| - "Rag Mop" was a #1 hit for the Ames Brothers in 1950. The song was performed by a group of dancing mops on episode 111 of The Muppet Show. At the end of the skit, George the Janitor comments, "Now that's my kind of act!" The song was featured on The Tonight Show on September 14, 1976, intercut with footage of the Muppeteers performing the number on set. The song inspired the Sesame Street song, "ABC Hip Hop."
- Rag Mop was 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 Wiggles and Captain Feathersword sing this song on Let's Eat.
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| - "Rag Mop" was a #1 hit for the Ames Brothers in 1950. The song was performed by a group of dancing mops on episode 111 of The Muppet Show. At the end of the skit, George the Janitor comments, "Now that's my kind of act!" The song was featured on The Tonight Show on September 14, 1976, intercut with footage of the Muppeteers performing the number on set. The song inspired the Sesame Street song, "ABC Hip Hop."
- Rag Mop was 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. The song was re-released in 1951 by Coral as catalog number 60397, with the flip side "Hoop-Dee-Doo". 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. The Wiggles and Captain Feathersword sing this song on Let's Eat.
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