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unusual facts about The Mocking Bird


The Mocking Bird

The first version, made April 16, 1952, was released on Columbia's Okeh label in 1952 (reaching #23 on the Billboard chart that year) and re-released four years later on Columbia (#67 on the 1956 chart.) A new recording was made in 1958, entering the Billboard Hot 100 list on November 24, 1958, eventually reaching #32 on that chart.



see also

Boston Musica Viva

Boston Musica Viva has presented the world premieres of Thea Musgrave’s opera The Mocking-Bird, John Harbison’s A Full Moon in March, Theo Loevendie’s Gassir, the Hero, Martin Brody’s Heart of a Dog, and John Eaton’s Traveling with Gulliver.

Listen to the Mocking Bird

"Listen to the Mocking Bird" was parodied in the television series, The Flintstones, as a swinging jazz tune called "Listen to the Rocking Bird".