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<blockquote>The record player was in the corner of the living room where my mother did the ironing. When she
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bought it, they gave her a free record of [[wikipedia:The Little Shoemaker|The Little Shoemaker]], by some middle-aged white-guy singing group on Mercury. She used to listen to [[wikipedia:The Little Shoemaker|The Little Shoemaker]] while she was ironing, so that was the only place where I could listen to my new [[Edgard Varèse|Varèse]] album.</blockquote>
  
"The Little Shoemaker" is a popular song.<br>
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<div align=right>-[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
  
It is based on a French song, "Le petit cordonnnier," by Rudi Revil. The original French lyric was written by Francis Lemarque.<br>
 
The English language lyrics were written by Geoffrey Claremont Parsons, Nathan Korb (Francis Lemarque), and John Turner.<br>
 
In the United States, the best-selling version was recorded by The Gaylords, charting in 1954. In the United Kingdom, the song was the first charted hit for Petula Clark the same year.
 
 
Further reading: [[wikipedia:The Little Shoemaker|The Little Shoemaker]]
 
 
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Little Shoemaker, The]]
 
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Little Shoemaker, The]]

Revision as of 03:37, 9 July 2007

The record player was in the corner of the living room where my mother did the ironing. When she bought it, they gave her a free record of The Little Shoemaker, by some middle-aged white-guy singing group on Mercury. She used to listen to The Little Shoemaker while she was ironing, so that was the only place where I could listen to my new Varèse album.

-The Real Frank Zappa Book