"Let's Jump the Broomstick" | ||||
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Single by Brenda Lee | ||||
from the album Brenda Lee | ||||
B-side | "Some of These Days" | |||
Released | 27 April 1959 | |||
Recorded | 11 October 1958 | |||
Genre | Rockabilly | |||
Length | 2:25 | |||
Label | Decca 30885 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Charles Robins | |||
Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
Brenda Lee singles chronology | ||||
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"Let's Jump the Broomstick" is a song written by Charles Robins and performed first by a black Nashville group, Alvin Gaines & The Themes, in 1959, then covered that year by Brenda Lee. Her version reached No.12 in the United Kingdom in 1961. The song was featured on her 1960 album, Brenda Lee. The song is based on the popular custom and phrase jumping the broom.
The song was arranged by Owen Bradley.