Mother In Law Song

It aced both the pop and the r b charts the spring of 1961.

Mother in law song. The song plays on the stereotype of the meddling mother in law who feels the man who married her daughter isn t good enough for her. Option 1 would be for the groom to dance with his mother for the mother son dance. On both the billboard hot 100 chart and the billboard r b chart. Feb 22 1936 july 5 2001 was known as ernie k doe a colorful performer who became the first artist from new orleans to have a national charting 1 hit actually recorded in new orleans mother in law 1 pop 1 r b 1961 doe was a self promotor extraordinaire nicknaming himself emperor of the world and the greatest boy child ever conceived at charity hospital in.

Most songs of this nature would be labeled novelty records but k doe s sincere delivery kept that tag off the song in most publications. The song was written and produced by allen toussaint who also played the piano solo it was issued by minit records. It was his first and last top 40 hit and anointed him the stigmatic one hit wonder tag. Mother in law is a 1961 song recorded by ernie k doe.

The allen toussaint song and production took ernie k doe to heights he never saw again. Mother in law was the 46 song in 1961 in the pop charts the song was performed by ernie k doe comment below with facts and trivia about the song and we may include it in our song facts. Mother in law accomplished what few songs ever do. It was a number one hit in the u s.

Son mother in law dance songs. Then have his new mother in law cut in to finish the song. After several unsuccessful takes toussaint balled up the composition and threw it away as he was leaving the room.