Jumpin' At The Record Shop
Composer(s): Slim Gaillard
Performer(s): Slim Gaillard



May I hear your new releases
I’m in the market for some brand new pieces
Let me read your record list
There may be something I don’t want to miss

Duke Ellington, Count Basie and The Dorseys
Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, they’re the voices
King Cole and Johnny Mercer, just won’t stop
Jumpin’ at the record shop

Artie Shaw, Coleman Hawkins and Harry James
Lena Horne, Dinah Shore, a few of the names
Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat
Jumpin’ at the record shop

Jack Benny and Bob Hope tell the jokes
Bob Wills and Steve Cooley play the folks
Sammy Kaye, Gene Krupa and Johnny Long
Slim Gaillard, the guy who wrote this song
Pied Piper, Calloway, Anita O’Day
Keith Smith, Perry Como, just won’t wait
Eddie Cantor, Frances Langford
Jimmie Lunceford, too
Harry James, Henry Fosse
Betty Hutton, Kay Kyser, all have fame
Don’t feel slighted if we missed your name
Al Jolson, Martin Block, just won’t stop
Jumpin’ at the record shop

Pied Piper, Calloway, Anita O’Day
Keith Smith and Perry Como just won’t wait
Eddie Cantor, Frances Langford
Jimmie Lunceford, too
Henry Busse, Guy Lombardo
Know just what to do
Betty Hutton, Kay Kyser, all have fame
Don’t feel slighted if we missed your name
Al Jolson, Martin Block, just won’t stop
Jumpin’ at the record shop

We only had three minutes
And we’re not to blame
Because we jumped in that record shop