Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
"Man Smart (Woman Smarter)" is a
D. L. Miller, F. Kuhn, and Charles Harris.[1][2][3][4] Span's authorship seems most likely since, as a popular calypso musician and songwriter, he first recorded the song in 1936, and none of the other ascribed composers are associated with calypso.[5]
Miller's music industry career began around 1950.
Artists from many genres, including
Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in 1956, and remained on the chart for 31 weeks. Span is credited as the song's composer on Belafonte's albums. It is performed by Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley and Vivian Vance in the 1957 episode of I Love Lucy entitled "Ragtime Band". Muppet woodland animals performed a spoof of the song called "Man Smart, Critter Smarter" on an episode of The Muppet Show. A brief clip of a recording of Homer and Marge Simpson singing it was also heard in The Simpsons 1991 episode "Treehouse of Horror II".[8]
References
- ^ "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "David Kleiber". discogs.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series". 1958.
- ^ "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-8296-6.
- ISBN 9780312286118. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
Man Smart (Woman Smarter).
- ^ "Grateful Dead Family Discography". Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Man Smart!". YouTube.
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