The Woodpecker Song
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The Woodpecker Song Italian Lyric by C. Bruno DiLazzare Music by Eldo Di Lazzaro 1939 English Lyrics by Harold Adamson was a hit recorded by Glenn Miller
, Kate Smith
and the Andrew Sisters in 1940.
The song is not The Woody Woodpecker Song composed later in the 1940s by George Tibbles
and Ramey Idriess
and used in the Woody Woodpecker
cartoon series.
Glenn Miller
Alton Glenn Miller was an American jazz musician , arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known "Big Bands"...
, Kate Smith
Kate Smith
Kathryn Elizabeth "Kate" Smith was an American Popular singer, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America". Smith had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s.Smith was born in Greenville, Virginia...
and the Andrew Sisters in 1940.
The song is not The Woody Woodpecker Song composed later in the 1940s by George Tibbles
George Tibbles
George Tibbles was a screenwriter, contributing to TV series such as Leave it to Beaver, Date with the Angels, The Munsters, Alice, Family Affair and Who's the Boss?...
and Ramey Idriess
Ramey Idriess
Ramey Idriss was an American songwriter, author, composer and musician, educated at Los Angeles Community College.His birth name was Ramez Idriss but he was also known as Ramey....
and used in the Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker is an animated cartoon character, an anthropomorphic acorn woodpecker who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz animation studio and distributed by Universal Pictures...
cartoon series.