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The song is well-known today as the unofficial theme song of the Philadelphia Mummers Parade. [5]The song, by then long in public domain, was used in early American television commercials for Golden Grahams cereal in the 1970s, with the refrain reworked in various ways around the phrase "Oh, those Golden Grahams".
The Mummers Parade is held each New Year's Day in Philadelphia.Started in 1901, it is the longest-running continuous folk parade in the United States. [1]Local clubs, usually called "New Years Associations" or "New Years Brigades", compete in one of five categories: Comics, Wench Brigades, Fancies, String Bands, and Fancy Brigades.
Get ready to strut in golden slippers! It's coming back! The Mummers Parade in Philadelphia is taking place again in 2024. The annual celebration of the New Year has a long, long history, dating ...
He wrote over 700 songs, including "In the Morning in the Bright Light" (1879), "In the Evening by the Moonlight" (1879), "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" (1879) (the theme song for the long-running Philadelphia Mummers Parade), "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" (1880) and "De Golden Wedding" (1880).
As the annual Mummers Parade kicked off the new year, Philadelphia city leaders explained the heightened security efforts in wake of the tragedy of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans.
The Joseph A. Ferko String Band or Ferko String Band is a perennial performer in Philadelphia's Mummers Parade ... Golden Slippers Palda 102 [23] 1948 Bowery Boys - I ...
Philadelphia's Academy of Music at Broad and ... Perhaps the most famous annual musical event in Philadelphia is the Mummers Parade, ... dem Golden Slippers" (1879).
Past and present cast members from "Saturday Night Live" reveal what really goes on behind the scenes.