[THE DONKEY SERENADE]{1} Written by: George Forrest, Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart & Robert C. Wright Perfomed by: Allan Jones featuring Nat Shilkret on Clarinet{2} First released:{3} Movie: 1937 Single:{4} Album: 1968{5}

{1}"The Donkey Serenade" was a song from the 1937 film The Firefly. The stage score was done by Rudolf Friml and was about Americans rushing to fight in the ongoing revolution in Spain (1936-1939).

{2}Originally featured in the film, The Firefly, in 1937, performed by Allan Jones, with a short reprise of the song at the end of the film including Jeannette McDonald. The clip from the end of the movie can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO6gO92Vt5w

Also covered by: The Andrews Sisters Bert Ambrose The Band of the Royal Corps of Signals Buckingham Banjos The Comedian Harmonists Perry Como Martin Denny Duke Ellinton Tennessee Ernie Ford Rudolf Friml Judy Garland Bob Hope José Itrubi Ahmad Jamal The King's Singers André Kostelanetz Mario Lanza London Promenade Orchestra Jeanette MacDonald Mantovani Tony Martin Paul Muriat Billy May & His Orchestra Buddy Merrill Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Vaughn Monroe Jane Powell Tito Puente & His Orchestra Artie Shaw et al.

{3}Appears on:{*} ALBUM(S): (a)Allan Jones Sings Donkey Serenade & Other Great Songs (1) Marble Arch 10-Track, Mono LP, #MAL-789, UK-1968.

(b)Allan Jones: The Donkey Serenade (1)ASV-Living Era, 25-Track, CD, #5348, US-2001{6}. et al.

{*}The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions of the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.

{4}I haven't found any reference to a released single by the Allan Jones, but that doesn't mean there isn't one.

{5}This was the earliest album I could find that contained "The Donkey Serenade," by Allan Jones. That doesn't mean there weren't any before 1968.

{6}Transcribed from the track on this album.