"Fannie Mae"
Single by Buster Brown
B-side	"Lost in a Dream"
Released	1959 (U.S.)
Recorded	1959
Genre	R&B
Length	2:57
Label	Fire 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]

Chart performance

• US Billboard R&B Chart (number 1)
• US Billboard Hot 100 (number 38)

In popular culture

The song is featured in the film American Graffiti (1973).^[3]

Recorded versions

• Joey Dee and the Starliters (1962 - Doin' the Twist - Live at the Peppermint Lounge LP)^[4]
• The Rolling Stones^[5]
• Robbie Lane and the Disciples (1964)^[6]
• The Righteous Brothers (1964)^[7]
• The Steve Miller Band (1968)^[8]
• Domenic Troiano (1973)^[9]
• Gene Summers (1975)^[10]
• James Cotton (1975)^[11]
• Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (1976)^[12]
• Magic Slim (1982)^[13]
• Jaco Pastorius (1983)^[14]
• Elvin Bishop (1991)^[15]
• Canned Heat (1994)^[16]
• Carl Weathersby (1996)^[17]
• Mel Brown (guitarist) (2001)^[18]
• Booker T. & the MG's (2003)^[19]
• Gary U. S. Bonds (2004)^[20]
• Coco Montoya (2010)^[21]
• Playing for Change (Playing for Change Live) (2010) CD^[22]
• Jello Biafra (2011)^[23]
• Gene "Birdlegg" Pittman (2013)^[24]
• Shawn Holt & the Teardrops (2013)^[25]

References