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Yankee Doodle
Composer: Traditional
Yankee Doodle was noodled by the Grateful Dead during tuning.

Yankee Doodle is a traditional song that is probably American in origin but the melody may have earlier British or European antecedents. The earliest American version appears to date from the 1750's.

There are many parodies of Yankee Doodle. There are also many other songs that have been inspired by or borrowed from Yankee Doodle.


Recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info George Gaskin, 1897
no info Vess Ossman, 1897
no info W. Paris Chambers, 1897
no info Thomas Clark, 1898
no info Frank C. Stanley and Henry Burr, 1907
no info The Victor Drum, Fife and Bugle Corps, 1907
no info The Haydn Quartet, 1910
no info The Victor Band, 1914
no info The Piper Gap Ramblers, 1927
no info Fred Rich & The Decca Band, 1938
no info Square Dances, Vol. 2, Lawrence V. Loy with Wilbur Waite & His Pokeberry Promenaders, 1949
no info Single (Yankee Doodle / She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain), Tex Ritter, 1949
no info Ballads of the Revolution (1767-1775), Wallace House, 1953
no info Music At Midnight, Roy Harrison Orchestra, 1956
no info American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1, Pete Seeger, 1957
no info Around the World on 88 Keys, Andy Ankers, 1957
no info Children's Marching Songs, Mitchell Boys Choir, 1959
no info Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks, David Seville & Chipmunks, 1959
no info Marches in Hi-Fi, Boston Pops Orchestra, 1962
no info American Game and Activity Songs for Children, Pete Seeger, 1962
no info 60 All-Time Favorites: Community Sing-Along, Robert Q. Lewis, 1962
no info Call of Freedom, Various Artists, 1962
no info Folk Singers Heritage, Robert DeCormier Singers, 1965
no info WNEW's Story of Selma, Various Artists (Pete Seeger and Len Chandler), 1965
no info This Is My Country, Johnny Mann Singers, 1967
no info The Bergerfolk, Vol. 1, Sing for Joy, The Bergerfolk, 1971
no info Great American Marches, Boston Pops Orchestra, 1976
no info Lawrence Welk & His Musical Family Perform 200 Years of American Music, Lawrence Welk, 1976
no info Fifty Sail on Newburgh Bay, Seeger and Renehan, 1976
no info Just You and Me, Herb Alpert, 1976
info Banjoland, Tony Trischka, 1977
no info The Good Old Days, Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra, 1978
no info Peddler's Pack: A Collection of Early Colonial Songs, Jim Douglas, 1979
no info Great Moments of Music, Volume 17: American Classics, Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra, 1980
no info American Jubilee, Erich Kunzel and Cincinnati Pops, 1988
no info 101 Favorite Children's Songs, Vol. 3 R-Z, Various Artists, 1988
no info 1934-1939, Jack Teagarden, 1993
no info Americana Cavalcade, Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra, 1996
no info Nickelodion and Calliope, Various Artists (Milton Kaye), 19??
info Freedom: Songs From The Heart Of America, Various Artists (The Broadway Quartet featuring Charles Harrison), 2002
info American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1, Pete Seeger, 2002