Fannie Mae (song)

"Fannie Mae"
Single by Buster Brown
B-side"Lost in a Dream"
Released1959 (U.S.)
Recorded1959
GenreR&B
Length2:57
LabelFire Records
Songwriter(s)Buster Brown

"Fannie Mae" is a 1959 song, written and performed by the American blues and R&B singer, Buster Brown.[1]

The track made it into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, and to number one on the US Billboard R&B chart in April 1960.[2] AllMusic's Vladimir Bogdanov called the song "one of the most undiluted blues records to ever make the Top 40."[3]

Chart performance

The song is featured in the film American Graffiti (1973).[4]

Recorded versions

References

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