Other popular versions of the song have been recorded by
Ferde Grofé & His Orchestra with vocal refrain by Al Dary on November 21, 1933,
Artie Shaw and his orchestra on September 7, 1940,
Perry Como in 1945,[5] and by
Mario Lanza on 29 November 1951 at Radio Recorders and subsequently released by RCA in January 1952. A British cover version by
Steve Conway was released in 1946.[6]
A parody version, entitled "Tim-tay-shun", was recorded in a
country music style by
Red Ingle with a vocal by "Cinderella G. Stump" (actually a pseudonym for
Jo Stafford) in 1947 and this topped the US charts.[7][8]
An interpretation was featured in the first episode of The Muppet Show, with
Miss Piggy, four chickens, four frogs, and two male pigs being led by
Kermit the Frog in the Muppet
Glee Club, Miss Piggy sang a solo in the third verse until the end, her voice being performed by
Richard Hunt instead of
Frank Oz, her then-regular performer.
An arrangement is regularly played by
University of Michigan athletic bands during events. The song is featured regularly by the marching band during home football games when it is routinely performed following a defensive play that forces an opponent to face 4th down. The
Michigan Marching Band often performs the song as part of their postgame concert where it is paired with the "
Hawaiian War Chant" because, "You can't have one without the other".
Bibliography
Who Wrote that SongDick Jacobs & Harriet Jacobs, published by Writer's Digest Books, 1993
References
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Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 58.
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