Hoop-Dee-Doo

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title = Hoop-Dee-Doo
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writer =
composer = Milton De Lugg
lyricist = Frank Loesser
published = 1950
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language = English
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recorded_by = Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters
Kay Starr
Doris Day
Russ Morgan and his orchestra
See also #Other versions
performed_by = "Hoop-Dee-Doo" is a popular song published in 1950 with music by Milton De Lugg and lyrics by Frank Loesser.

The lyrics of this song are sometimes cited for their use of the phrase "soup and fish", meaning a man's formal dinner suit. This phrase is commonly thought to have originated with P.G. Wodehouse's "Bertie Wooster" stories, but according to the website World Wide Words ( [ [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sou2.htm World Wide Words: Michael Quinion writes on international English from a British viewpoint] ] ), it was an even earlier American usage.

Recorded versions

Charting versions

The most popular recording of the song was made by Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters, with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra. It was recorded on March 16, 1950 [http://www.kokomo.ca/early_years/hoopdeedoo.htm Discographic data for "Hoop-Dee-Doo" on Perry Como site] ] and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3747 (78rpm) [http://settlet.fateback.com/RCA203500.htm RCA Victor Records in the 20-3500 to 20-3999 series] ] and 47-3747 (45rpm) in the United States of America, and by HMV as a 78rpm record, catalog number B-9925. The flip side of the US release by RCA Victor was "On the Outgoing Tide", and the flip side of the UK release by HMV was "I Wanna Go Home (with You)". It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on April 21, 1950 and lasted 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at #4cite book
last = Whitburn
first = Joel
authorlink = Joel Whitburn
title = Top Pop Records 1940-1955
publisher = Record Research
location = Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
year = 1973 ] . Other sourcescite book
title=Hit Records 1950-1975
last= Lonergan
first= David
publisher= Scarecrow Press
location=Lanham, Maryland
date=2004-01-28| isbn= 978-0810851290 ] cite book
title= Joel Whitburn Presents a Century of Pop Music
last = Whitburn| first = Joel| authorlink = Joel Whitburn| publisher= Record Research
location= Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
date= 1999| isbn= 0-89820-135-7 ] indicate that the Como recording of the song reached #1 on some of the Billboard charts of the day.

The recording by Kay Starr was recorded on March 31, 1950 and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 980, with the flip side "A Woman Likes to Be Told" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/Capitol500.htm Capitol Records in the 500 to 999 series] ] . It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on May 12, 1950 and lasted 8 weeks on the chart, peaking at #14. Other sources indicate that the Starr recording of the song reached #2 on some of the Billboard charts of the day, first entering the chart on May 6. The Starr recording was also issued by Capitol in the United Kingdom in 1950 as catalog number CL-13309, with the flip side "Poor Papa" [ [http://www.globaldogproductions.info/c/capitol-uk-13000.html UK Capitol Records in the CL-13200 to CL-13999 series] ]

The recording by Doris Day was recorded in March 1950 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 38771, with the flip side "Marriage Ties" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/COL38500.htm Columbia Records in the 38500 to 38999 series] ] . It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on May 19, 1950 and lasted 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at #18. Other sources indicate that the Day recording of the song reached #17 on some of the Billboard charts of the day, first entering the chart on May 6.

The recording by Russ Morgan and his orchestra was released by Decca Records as catalog numbers 24986 [http://settlet.fateback.com/Dec24500.htm Decca Records in the 24500 to 24996 series] ] and 28024 [http://settlet.fateback.com/Dec28000.htm Decca Records in the 28000 to 28499 series] ] . It entered the Billboard chart on May 27, 1950 and peaked at position #15. This recording was issued in the United Kingdom by Brunswick Records as catalog number 04510 [http://www.globaldogproductions.info/b/brunswick-uk-pre05000series.html UK Brunswick records in series up to 04999] ] . All versions were released with the flip side "Down the Lane" except that Decca 28024 was issued with the flip side "Metro Polka".

Other versions

*The Ames Brothers (released 1950 by Coral Records as catalog number 60209, with the flip side "Stars Are the Windows of Heaven", also released in 1951 by Coral as catalog number 60397, with the flip side "Rag Mop" [ [http://www.globaldogproductions.info/c/coral-60000-series-us.html Coral Records in the 60000 to 60999 series] ] )
*Milton DeLugg (released 1953 by King Records as catalog number 15037, with the flip side "Zone 28" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/King15000.htm King Records in the 15000 to 15225 series] ] [ [http://www.globaldogproductions.info/k/king-15000-series.html King Records in the 15000 to 15225 series, alternate discography] ] )
*Buddy Lyn Singers (released by MGM Records as catalog number 10702, with the flip side "Down the Lane" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/MGM10500.htm MGM Records in the 10500 to 10999 series] ] )
*The Tavern Polka Band (released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3855, with the flip side "There Is a Tavern in the Town")
*Lawrence Welk (released by Mercury Records as catalog number 5419, with the flip side "If You Can't Get a Doctor" [ [http://settlet.fateback.com/Merc050.htm Mercury Records in the 5000 to 5499 series] ] )

References