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The song was performed and recorded by Brendan Grace the Irish entertainer on Ireland’s Late Late Show in the late '70s. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. The song appeared on the 2017 album Bringin' It by jazz bassist Christian McBride. Bob Dylan īob Dylan recorded a much loved version of the song for his 1973 studio album, Dylan. Study of the Davis version, as released on his "Greatest Hits, Live" album, has formed part of the "Music Studies" syllabus in the UK. The song became one of Sammy Davis Jr.'s "long-loved" signature performances and one that he sang at president Richard Nixon's invitation at a concert at the White House in 1973. Live versions of the song appeared on Walker's 1977 album A Man Must Carry On, and his 1980 album The Best of Jerry Jeff Walker and he sang it with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on their 2015 concert album entitled Circlin' Back. NGDB guitarist Jeff Hanna performed most of the lead vocals on the track, with bandmate Jim Ibbotson performing harmony vocals the two switched these roles on the last verse. Bojangles" started climbing the charts, the B-side was re-pressed with the same song without the interview. It was originally backed with another interview with Uncle Charlie, also taken from the album. The band's single version begins with the Uncle Charlie interview (subtitled "Prologue: Uncle Charlie and his Dog Teddy") that also precedes the song on the Uncle Charlie album. Since then, it has been recorded by many other artists, including US country rock band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, whose version (recorded for the 1970 album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy) was issued as a single and rose to No.
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Other versions including those by Frankie Laine and Harry Belafonte were also recorded. It was released by Atco on September 25, 1968.
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Bojangles with David Bromberg, Gary Illingworth, Danny Milhon, Bobby Cranshaw, Jody Stecher, Donny Brooks, Ron Carter, Bill LaVorgna, and Jerry Jemmott. He also recorded a non-string version in New York City for his album Mr. Jerry Jeff Walker recorded his single version (with Bobby Woods, Charlie Freeman, Sandy Rhodes, Tommy McClure, Sammy Creason, and a string orchestra) in Memphis, Tennessee on June 7, 1968, and it was released by Atco Records on June 20. The song was first recorded by popular Austin performer Allen Wayne Damron during a live performance at the Chequered Flag folk club in Austin in 1967. Bojangles", who was white, had taken his pseudonym from Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878–1949), a Black entertainer and tap dancing pioneer. Someone else in the cell asked for something to lighten the mood, and Mr. Bojangles told a story about his dog, the mood in the room turned heavy. The two men and others in the cell chatted about all manner of things, but when Mr. Bojangles had been arrested as part of a police sweep of indigent people that was carried out following a high-profile murder. Bojangles" to conceal his true identity from the police. While in jail for public intoxication in 1965, he met a homeless man who called himself "Mr. Walker said he was inspired to write the song after an encounter with a street performer in a New Orleans jail.