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3 unusual facts about Yip/Jump Music


Danny Rapp

Daniel Johnston's song "Danny Don't Rapp" from the album Yip/Jump Music was recorded shortly after Rapp's death in 1983.

Yip/Jump Music

"Speeding Motorcycle" is one of Johnston's best-known songs; it has been covered by Yo La Tengo and The Pastels and provided the title for the 2006 rock opera of Johnston's music.

"Worried Shoes" was covered by Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O. This version was released on the soundtrack to the 2009 film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are.


A Man Called Hero

She identifies herself as Kate (Grace Yip), the daughter of Shadow (Dion Lam), Hero's senior.

Chinese Pagoda

It is a stone carving of a Chinese pagoda, carved in Fujian, China and donated to the city by Wing Yip PLC, a local Chinese supermarket chain.

Erotic Ghost Story

Erotic Ghost Story was a breakthrough film for Amy Yip, who went on to have a career starring in similarly sexy roles such as Sex and Zen, garnering a cult following of fans in the process.

Frances Yip

In her 41-year career, Yip has released more than 80 albums, mostly of songs in American English, Indonesian, Thai, Malay, Mexican Spanish, Japanese, Tagalog, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Ip Ching

At a young age Ip Ching started his training along with his brother Ip Chun, under his master Yip Man (also his father).

Lily Yip

At the US National Championships, Yip was the runner-up in women's singles 4 times and won the women's doubles title 4 consecutive times (1992-1995).

Tang Sang

Despite rumors to the contrary, this early video of Yip Man is NOT the video that Leung Ting purchased from Yip Man's sons.

Teddy Yip

Yip started racing cars for fun in the 1950s at the wheel of a Jaguar XK120.

Yip spoke many languages including six Chinese variants, Dutch, English, French, German, Malay and Thai, which helped him expand his businesses into property and finance.

Yip Ho Nung

Yip Ho Nung (18 October 1909 – 6 October 1979) was an Australian Chinese community leader, general merchant, produce merchant and restaurateur.

Yip Yips

They are "Yip Yipped" by multiple muppeteers including Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Martin P. Robinson, and Kevin Clash.

On the Dutch version, Sesamstraat, the Yip Yips are called "Sjoerd and Hendrik Marsman", referring to the early 20th-century poet Hendrik Marsman.


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