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This article is about the song. For other uses, see Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie.

Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! is a popular song that was written by Billy Rose, Ballard MacDonald and Joseph Meyer and was first published in 1925. The song was recorded by several popular singers of the era, including a version by Billy Murray[1] in 1925, but the most popular version at that time was by Johnny Marvin.[2] In the 1930s the song became the theme tune of British dance band pianist Charlie Kunz.[3]

References

  1. ^ "archive.org". archive.org. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 300. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  3. ^ Ades, David; Bickerdyke, Percy; Holmes, Eric (July 1999). This England's Book of British Dance Bands. Cheltenham: This England Books. pp. 11–13. ISBN 0-906324-25-4.

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