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Jerry Jeff Walker

Mr. Bojangles

1968 · via Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker wrote “Mr. Bojangles” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1968. Also recorded by Sammy Davis Jr. (released 1972), The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (released 1970) and Robbie Williams (released 2001), among 184 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Mr. Bojangles (1968).

Jerry Jeff Walker – Mr. Bojangles
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Walker put it down in 1968, and the song kept traveling, through Sammy Davis Jr., Harry Belafonte, and John Holt, before Robbie Williams took his turn. Play Walker's first, then hear how far one song can wander from the man who wrote it.

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Credited writer: Jerry Jeff Walker.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1968.

On the album Mr. Bojangles (1968).

Other recordings on file · first release year

184 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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