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The melody is based on an Armenian folk song, and the lyrics reference traditional Armenian customs of hospitality. The song was first performed during a 1950 off-Broadway production of The Son, and did not become a hit until the release of Clooney's recording.
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This novelty tune was written in 1939 by two men of Armenian origin: Ross Bagdasarian and his cousin, the writer William Saroyan. Bagdasarian later had two #1 hits in 1958 as David Seville with "Witch Doctor" and " The Chipmunk Song." Saroyan is not known to have penned any other pop songs.
Originally written in 1939 during a road trip the cousins took across the country, the music was based on an Armenian folk song. The duo wrote the song for their off-Broadway musical, The Son, but Clooney took it to #1 on the Billboard charts, and it has been covered dozens of times since.
Notwithstanding the fact that it is supposed to be based on an Armenian folk melody, what makes the song sound “Armenian” (note the quotation marks, please) is Clooney’s singing.
The song was written by Ross Bagdasarian and his cousin, the Armenian American Pulitzer Prize winning author William Saroyan, in the summer of 1939, while driving across New Mexico. The melody is based on an Armenian folk song. It was not performed until the 1950, off-Broadway production of The Son. The song did not become a hit until the ...
The song Come On-A My House was written by David Seville and William Saroyan and was first released by Rosemary Clooney with Stan Freeman, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Crawford & Frank Carroll in 1951.
Carl from San Francisco Wikipedia also claims this is based on an Armenian melody. the least the people who assert this could do is let us know the title of that song. M from Canada Being of Italian origin, I find the thick stereotypical accent in the song actually quite prejudicial. It is mocking how my parents sounded when they spoke English.
