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This is not the Sister Kate TV show.

Sister Kate is an up-tempo jazz dance song, written by Clarence Williams and Armand Piron in the early 1920s. More fully, the title is I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate. It is variously believed to be based on a bawdy tune by Louis Armstrong (about Kate Townsend, a murdered brothel madam) or transcribed from a version performed by Anna Jones and Fats Waller.

The lyrics of the song are narrated first person by Kate's "sister", who sings about Kate's impressive dancing skill and her wish to be able to emulate it. She laments that she's not quite "up to date", but believes that dancing like "Sister Katie" will rectify this, and she will be able to impress "all the boys in the neighborhood" like her sister.

Over the years this song has cemented itself a small but significant place in the pop culture of the 20th century. It has been performed and recorded by very many artists, including a recent version by pop-folk duo The Ditty Bops.

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-This is not the [[Sister Kate]] TV show.
+:''This is not the ''[[Sister Kate]]'' TV show.''
+'''Sister Kate''' is an up-tempo [[jazz]] dance song, written by [[Clarence Williams]] and [[Armand Piron]] in the early 1920s. More fully, the title is '''I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate'''. It is variously believed to be based on a bawdy tune by [[Louis Armstrong]] (about [[Kate Townsend]], a murdered brothel madam) or transcribed from a version performed by Anna Jones and [[Fats Waller]].
+The lyrics of the song are narrated first person by Kate's "sister", who sings about Kate's impressive dancing skill and her wish to be able to emulate it. She laments that she's not quite "up to date", but believes that dancing like "Sister Katie" will rectify this, and she will be able to impress "all the boys in the neighborhood" like her sister.
-Sister Kate is an up-tempo [[jazz]] dance song, it was written by [[Clarence Williams]] and [[Armand Piron]] in the early 1920's.
-More fully, the title is "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate".
-It is variously believed to be based on a bawdy tune by [[Louis Armstrong]] (about [[Kate Townsend]], a murdered brothel madam) or transcribed from a version performed by Anna Jones, and [[Fats Waller]].
+Over the years this song has cemented itself a small but significant place in the pop culture of the 20th century. It has been performed and recorded by very many artists, including a recent version by pop-folk duo [[The Ditty Bops]].
-The lyrics of the song are narrated first person by Kate’s “sister”, she sings about Kate’s impressive dancing skill and her wish to be able to emulate it. She laments that she’s not quite “up to date”, but believes that dancing like “Sister Katie” will rectify this, and she will be able to impress “all the boys in the neighbourhood’, like her sister.
-Over the years this song has cemented itself a small but significant place in the pop culture of the 20thC. It has been performed and recorded by very many artists, including a recent version by pop-folk duo [[The Ditty Bops]].
 ==References==
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-*[http://www.ohek.co.uk/history/sisterkate.htm "Music History" (Sister Kate)
+*[http://www.ohek.co.uk/history/sisterkate.htm Music History (Sister Kate)]
-*[http://www.heptune.com/iwishico.html "Sister Kate lyrics"]
+*[http://www.heptune.com/iwishico.html "Sister Kate" lyrics]
 </div>