Fannie Mae (song)

"Fannie Mae"
Single by Buster Brown
B-side"Lost in a Dream"
Released1959 (U.S.)
Recorded1959
GenreR&B
Length2:57
LabelFire Records
Songwriter(s)Buster Brown

"Fannie Mae" is a 1959 song, written and performed by the American blues and R&B singer, Buster Brown.[1]

The track made it into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, and to number one on the US Billboard R&B chart in April 1960.[2] AllMusic's Vladimir Bogdanov called the song "one of the most undiluted blues records to ever make the Top 40."[3]

  1. ^ "Fannie Mae - Buster Brown | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 81.
  3. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir (2003). All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781617134968. Retrieved August 29, 2024.