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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"Black Strap Molasses"</th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Durante" title="Jimmy Durante">Jimmy Durante</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Wyman" title="Jane Wyman">Jane Wyman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Groucho_Marx" title="Groucho Marx">Groucho Marx</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">A-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"<a href="/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1951_film)#Soundtrack_and_Camarata_version" title="Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)">How D' Ye Do and Shake Hands</a> (from the film <i><a href="/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1951_film)" title="Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)">Alice in Wonderland</a></i>)"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">August 1951<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1951-08</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">August 12, 1951<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1951-08-12</span>)</span>, with chorus and orchestra directed by <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Burke" title="Sonny Burke">Sonny Burke</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Popular</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">2</span>:<span class="s">39</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Carmine Ennis, Marilou Harrington</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Black Strap Molasses</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Novelty_song" title="Novelty song">novelty song</a> by Carmine Ennis and Marilou Harrington, released in August 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lonergan_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lonergan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ban_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ban-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was recorded by the <a href="/wiki/Movie_star" title="Movie star">movie stars</a> <a href="/wiki/Groucho_Marx" title="Groucho Marx">Groucho Marx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Durante" title="Jimmy Durante">Jimmy Durante</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Wyman" title="Jane Wyman">Jane Wyman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Choir" title="Choir">chorus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Burke" title="Sonny Burke">Sonny Burke</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bakish_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bakish-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song was a popular success, reaching number 29 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_charts" title="Billboard charts"><i>Billboard</i> charts</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Lonergan_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lonergan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eyles_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eyles-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was banned from some <a href="/wiki/Radio_broadcasting" title="Radio broadcasting">radio</a> networks because it was perceived as promoting commercial products.<sup id="cite_ref-Kick_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kick-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Song">Song</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_Strap_Molasses&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Song"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The song was recorded for <a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a> on August 12, 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was sung by a "who's who" of show business at the time: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Durante" title="Jimmy Durante">Jimmy Durante</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Wyman" title="Jane Wyman">Jane Wyman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Groucho_Marx" title="Groucho Marx">Groucho Marx</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The vocalists were accompanied by a <a href="/wiki/Choir" title="Choir">chorus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a> directed by arranger and producer <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Burke" title="Sonny Burke">Sonny Burke</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bakish_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bakish-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song's lyrics discuss popular <a href="/wiki/Health_food" class="mw-redirect" title="Health food">health foods</a> of the time. The verses make "absurd" claims about the supposed benefits of these foods,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Chorus_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chorus (song)">chorus</a> runs: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><a href="/wiki/Molasses#Blackstrap_molasses" title="Molasses">Black strap molasses</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cereal_germ#Wheat_germ" title="Cereal germ">wheat germ</a> bread<br />Makes you live so long you wish you were dead<br />You add a little <a href="/wiki/Yogurt" title="Yogurt">yogurt</a> and you'll be well fed<br />On the black strap molasses and the wheat germ bread.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>One contemporary review interpreted the lyrics as referring specifically to the "Live Longer" diet advocated by nutritionist <a href="/wiki/Gayelord_Hauser" title="Gayelord Hauser">Gayelord Hauser</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reviews_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reviews-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hauser, labeled a "quack" by the <a href="/wiki/American_Medical_Association" title="American Medical Association">American Medical Association</a>, gained widespread popularity in the mid-twentieth century promoting "wonder foods" including blackstrap molasses, wheat germ, and yogurt, as well as <a href="/wiki/Brewer%27s_yeast" class="mw-redirect" title="Brewer's yeast">brewer's yeast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Powdered_milk" title="Powdered milk">powdered milk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Carstairs_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carstairs-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was known as a nutrition guru to many Hollywood celebrities.<sup id="cite_ref-Carstairs_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carstairs-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_and_reception">Release and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_Strap_Molasses&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Release and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The version of <i>Black Strap Molasses</i> featuring Wyman, Durante, Marx, and Kaye was released in August 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-Ban_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ban-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was released as the <a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">single</a>, along with a recording of "How D' Ye Do and Shake Hands", from <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Disney's</a> then-recent film <i><a href="/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1951_film)" title="Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)">Alice in Wonderland</a></i>, sung by the same "all-star" cast.<sup id="cite_ref-Reviews_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reviews-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of a promotion campaign for the single, Decca Records partnered with Balanced Foods, Inc., a company associated with Hauser's diets, to provide <a href="/wiki/Disk_jockey" class="mw-redirect" title="Disk jockey">DJs</a> and record distributors with pint bottles of blackstrap molasses and loaves of wheat germ bread.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Black Strap Molasses</i> was catalogued in <a href="/wiki/78rpm" class="mw-redirect" title="78rpm">78rpm</a> record format as Decca 27748, and in <a href="/wiki/45rpm" class="mw-redirect" title="45rpm">45rpm</a> format as Decca 9-27748.<sup id="cite_ref-Bakish_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bakish-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song was a hit in the US,<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reaching number 29 on the overall <a href="/wiki/Billboard_charts" title="Billboard charts">Billboard charts</a> on September 22, 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-Lonergan_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lonergan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i> magazine's</a> staff review called it "catchy" and a "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sock#Adjective" class="extiw" title="wikt:sock">sock</a> performance", giving it an aggregated rating of "excellent".<sup id="cite_ref-Reviews_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reviews-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Film writer Allan Eyles wrote that the song represented Marx's "greatest success as a singer".<sup id="cite_ref-Eyles_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eyles-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song was banned by some radio networks because it was perceived as containing "free <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plug#Verb" class="extiw" title="wikt:plug">plugs</a>" for molasses and the <a href="/wiki/Patent_medicine" title="Patent medicine">patent medicine</a> <a href="/wiki/Hadacol" title="Hadacol">Hadacol</a>; <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> agreed to program it only after a reference to Hadacol was removed.<sup id="cite_ref-Kick_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kick-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> banned it entirely, on the grounds that it contained "medical advice" which could lead listeners to believe that molasses was "good for <a href="/wiki/Sexual_dysfunction" title="Sexual dysfunction">sexual debility</a>, <a href="/wiki/Insomnia" title="Insomnia">insomnia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anxiety_disorder" title="Anxiety disorder">nerves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Underweight" title="Underweight">underweight</a> condition."<sup id="cite_ref-Kick_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kick-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A different version of <i>Black Strap Molasses</i>, a "rhythm <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paean" class="extiw" title="wikt:paean">paean</a> to Gaylord Hauser" by <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Dorsey" title="Tommy Dorsey">Tommy Dorsey</a> and his orchestra, had been released earlier and reviewed in <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> as "a rambling, rather dull slice."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dorsey's version had been banned from programming by <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> because, representatives said, the song mentioned commercial products in competition with the networks' sponsors.<sup id="cite_ref-Ban_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ban-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The single was released in the UK, catalogued as Brunswick 04794, and later re-released on several record and CD collections.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Black_Strap_Molasses&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3UQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25">"This Week's Best Sellers"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>. 29 September 1951. p. 25.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=This+Week%27s+Best+Sellers&rft.pages=25&rft.date=1951-09-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3UQEAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPA25&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlack+Strap+Molasses" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFYahn2007" class="citation book cs1">Yahn, M. A. (2007). <i>The Music of the Marx Brothers: A Bio-discography of the Works of Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Gummo, and Zeppo Marx</i>. PublishAmerica. p. 25. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4241-6971-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4241-6971-9"><bdi>978-1-4241-6971-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Music+of+the+Marx+Brothers%3A+A+Bio-discography+of+the+Works+of+Groucho%2C+Harpo%2C+Chico%2C+Gummo%2C+and+Zeppo+Marx&rft.pages=25&rft.pub=PublishAmerica&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-4241-6971-9&rft.aulast=Yahn&rft.aufirst=M.+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlack+Strap+Molasses" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lonergan-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lonergan_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lonergan_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lonergan_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLonergan2005" class="citation book cs1">Lonergan, D.F. (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=NP6OdDrutyAC&pg=PR5"><i>Hit Records, 1950–1975</i></a>. Scarecrow Press. p. 5. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-5129-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-5129-0"><bdi>978-0-8108-5129-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hit+Records%2C+1950%E2%80%931975&rft.pages=5&rft.pub=Scarecrow+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-8108-5129-0&rft.aulast=Lonergan&rft.aufirst=D.F.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DNP6OdDrutyAC%26pg%3DPR5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlack+Strap+Molasses" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ban-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ban_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ban_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ban_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/50s/1951/Billboard%201951-08-25.pdf">"ABC Puts Ban on 'Molasses'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Billboard</i>. 25 August 1951. p. 19.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=ABC+Puts+Ban+on+%27Molasses%27&rft.pages=19&rft.date=1951-08-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanradiohistory.com%2FArchive-Billboard%2F50s%2F1951%2FBillboard%25201951-08-25.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlack+Strap+Molasses" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bakish-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bakish_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bakish_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bakish_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBakish1995" class="citation book cs1">Bakish, D. (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=McVxRCJEbPcC&pg=PA238"><i>Jimmy Durante: His Show Business Career, with an Annotated Filmography and Discography</i></a>. McFarland. p. 238. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89950-968-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89950-968-6"><bdi>978-0-89950-968-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jimmy+Durante%3A+His+Show+Business+Career%2C+with+an+Annotated+Filmography+and+Discography&rft.pages=238&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-89950-968-6&rft.aulast=Bakish&rft.aufirst=D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMcVxRCJEbPcC%26pg%3DPA238&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlack+Strap+Molasses" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eyles-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Eyles_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eyles_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFEyles1992" class="citation book cs1">Eyles, A. (1992). <i>The Complete Films of the Marx Brothers</i>. Carol Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8065-1301-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8065-1301-0"><bdi>978-0-8065-1301-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Complete+Films+of+the+Marx+Brothers&rft.pub=Carol+Publishing+Group&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-8065-1301-0&rft.aulast=Eyles&rft.aufirst=A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlack+Strap+Molasses" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kick-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kick_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kick_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kick_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cEUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8">"Stations Kick Vs. Free Plugs Ala 'Molasses'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>. 1 September 1951. p. 8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Stations+Kick+Vs.+Free+Plugs+Ala+%27Molasses%27&rft.pages=8&rft.date=1951-09-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcEUEAAAAMBAJ%26pg%3DPA8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABlack+Strap+Molasses" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRuppli1996" class="citation book cs1">Ruppli, M. (1996). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/deccalabelsdisco04rupp"><i>The Decca Labels: The California sessions</i></a></span>. 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