Let's Jump the Broomstick

"Let's Jump the Broomstick"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album Brenda Lee
B-side"Some of These Days"
Released27 April 1959
Recorded11 October 1958
StudioBradley Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreRockabilly[1]
Length2:25
LabelDecca 30885
Songwriter(s)Charles Robins
Producer(s)Owen Bradley
Brenda Lee singles chronology
"Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home"
(1958) 		"Let's Jump the Broomstick"
(1959) 		"Sweet Nothin's"
(1959)

"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.[2] The song was featured on her 1960 album, Brenda Lee.[3] The song is based on the popular custom and phrase jumping the broom.

The song was arranged by Owen Bradley.[4]

  1. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Beyond the Blue Horizon: Country and Western". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  2. ^ Guinness World Records, British Hit Singles and Albums, 17th Edition (2004)
  3. ^ "Brenda Lee - Brenda Lee (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. August 1960. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  4. ^ "Brenda Lee - Let's Jump The Broomstick / Some Of These Days - Decca - USA - 9-30885". 45cat.com. 1959-04-27. Retrieved 2016-08-29.