Title: Here Comes the Judge (Pigmeat Markham song)
Content: Here Comes the Judge (Pigmeat Markham song) "Here Comes the Judge" is a song and single by American soul and comedy singer Pigmeat Markham first released in 1968 on the Chess label. The record entered the UK charts in July 1968, spending eight weeks on the charts and reaching 19 as its highest position. The song originated with his signature comedy routine "heyeah (here) come da judge", which made a mockery of formal courtroom etiquette. Due to its rhythmic use of boastful dialogue, it is considered a precursor to the hip hop genre. The song contained background vocals from future

Title: Here Comes the Judge (Pigmeat Markham song)
Content: soul singer Minnie Riperton, who was credited as Andrea Davis when she was recording for Chess Records, the label which released "Here Comes The Judge". Songs with the same name have been recorded by several artists; most notably, Shorty Long, whose 1968 Tamla Motown song "Here Comes the Judge" also entered the UK charts in July 1968 but only reached 30 as its highest position. Long's song is completely different from Markham's, however it was inspired by Markham's comic act involving a judge, which Markham performed on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". The Markham song was also covered, as a parody,

Title: Here Comes the Judge (Pigmeat Markham song)
Content: by UK band The Barron Knights, as part of their "An Olympic Record". Peter Tosh, The Vapors and the Magistrates have recorded songs called "Here Comes the Judge" but they are different songs. Here Comes the Judge (Pigmeat Markham song) "Here Comes the Judge" is a song and single by American soul and comedy singer Pigmeat Markham first released in 1968 on the Chess label. The record entered the UK charts in July 1968, spending eight weeks on the charts and reaching 19 as its highest position. The song originated with his signature comedy routine "heyeah (here) come da judge",

Title: Pigmeat Markham
Content: Alexander's 1949 revue film "Burlesque in Harlem", which documented the chitlin' circuit. The phenomenal ripple effect of Davis's version of "the judge" led to Markham's opportunity to perform his signature Judge character himself as a "Laugh-In" regular during the 1968–69 television season. Archie Campbell later adapted Markham's routine, performing as "Justus O'Peace," on the country version of "Laugh-In", "Hee Haw", which borrowed heavily from the minstrel show tradition. Thanks to his "Heyeah come da judge" routine, which originally was accompanied by music with a funky beat, Pigmeat Markham is regarded as a forerunner of rap. His song "Here Comes the

Title: Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song)
Content: a comic act on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" about a judge by Pigmeat Markham, whose own "Here Comes the Judge" - a completely different song - charted two weeks after Long's did in June 1968, and became a Top 20 hit. "Billboard" Hot 100 (11 weeks, entered June 1): Reached #8 "Cashbox" (9 weeks, entered June 1): 89, 72, 46, 13, 10, 10, 14, 18, 31 Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song) "Here Comes the Judge" is a 1968 song written by Shorty Long, Billie Jean Brown and Suzanne de Passe, and performed by Long. The song was Long's

Question: Before it was made famous by Pigmeat of Rowan and Martin's Laugh In fame, who first said, "Here comes the judge"?
Answer: Sammy Davis Jr