F.D.R. Jones
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title:
F.D.R. Jones
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"F.D.R. Jones" is a 1938 satirical song written by Harold Rome. It was first recorded and released as a single by Ella Fitzgerald in 1938 and was performed by Judy Garland in blackface in the 1941 musical picture Babes on Broadway. The song satirizes the then contemporaneous practice of African American parents who named their children after Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States. The song was written by Rome for his and Charles Friedman's 1938 satirical musical revue Sin
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1938 single by Chick Webb and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.D.R._Jones
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2023-01-09T20:44:06Z
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