Let Me Play with Your Poodle (song)
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"Let Me Play with Your Poodle" is a 1942 hokum blues song written by the American blues musician Tampa Red.[1] His recording reached number 4 on the Billboard "Harlem Hit Parade" in March 1943,[2] after first hitting the chart in December 1942,[3] and the song has been recorded many times since by other artists.
Other notable recordings
- Bonnie Davis and the Piccadilly Pipers (1946)[4]
- Hank Penny (1947)[5]
- Lightnin' Hopkins (1947)[6] and again in 1969, on his album The Great Electric Show and Dance, which was released in 1970.
- Luke "Long Gone" Miles (with George "Harmonica" Smith) (1962)[7]
- Piano Red (1977, on an album of the same name)[8]
- CeDell Davis (1982, on the compilation album Living Country Blues USA Vol. 5 - Mississippi Delta Blues)[9]
- Dana Gillespie (1982, on the album Blue Job)[10]
- James Cotton (1996, on the Grammy-winning album Deep in the Blues)[11]
