The Donkey Serenade

Name: The Donkey Serenade
Duration: 3 min 15 s

~ Recording by Artie Shaw

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.8	Donkey Serenade	?:??	Artie Shaw And His Orch.	Perfect For Dancing Jitterbug Or Lindy	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1955	RCA Victor
1.7	The Donkey Serenade	3:17	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	The Chronological Classics: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra 1939	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	Album + Compilation	FR1998	Classics (French jazz reissue label)	1007
1.20	The Donkey Serenade	3:15	Artie Shaw	Classic Artie Shaw Bluebird and Victor Sessions	Artie Shaw	Album + Compilation	US2009	Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)	MD7-244

recorded in:	New York, New York, United States (on 1939-01-23)

alto saxophone:	Hank Freeman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-01-23) Les Robinson (on 1939-01-23)
bass:	Sid Weiss (on 1939-01-23)
clarinet:	Artie Shaw (on 1939-01-23)
drums (drum set):	Buddy Rich (on 1939-01-23)
guitar:	Al Avola (on 1939-01-23)
piano:	Bob Kitsis (on 1939-01-23)
tenor saxophone:	Georgie Auld (on 1939-01-23) Tony Pastor (on 1939-01-23)
trombone:	George Arus (on 1939-01-23) Les Jenkins (on 1939-01-23) Harry Rodgers (US big-band trombonist and arranger) (on 1939-01-23)
trumpet:	Johnny Best (jazz trumpeter) (on 1939-01-23) Chuck Peterson (trumpet) (on 1939-01-23) Bernie Privin (on 1939-01-23)
orchestra:	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (on 1939-01-23)

recording of:	The Donkey Serenade (on 1939-01-23)

writer:	George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:	Rudolf Friml Herbert Stothart (composer)

later translated versions:	Senjorita Sérénade à la mule (Donkey Serenade)
part of:	The Firefly (Rudolf Friml operetta)
lyrics quoted in:	Jolson and Jones