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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has scored the most career points in NBA history.
This article provides two lists:
A list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season points scored.
A progressive list of scoring leaders showing how the record increased through the past seasons.[1]
Contents
1 Scoring leaders
2 Progressive list of scoring leaders
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Scoring leaders[edit]
The following is a list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season points scored.
Statistics accurate as of the conclusion of the 2017–18 NBA season on April 11, 2018.
^ Active NBA player
* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
† Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration[2]
Rank
Player
Position(s)
Team(s) played for (years)[3]
Total points
Games
played
Points
per game
average[4]
Field goals
made
Three-point
field goals
made[5]
Free
throws
made
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*[6] C Milwaukee Bucks (1969–1975)
Los Angeles Lakers (1975–1989) 38,387 1,560 24.6 15,837 1 6,712
2 Karl Malone* PF Utah Jazz (1985–2003)
Los Angeles Lakers (2003–2004) 36,928 1,476 25.0 13,528 85 9,787
3 Kobe Bryant† SG Los Angeles Lakers (1996–2016) 33,643 1,346 25.0 11,719 1,827 8,378
4 Michael Jordan* SG Chicago Bulls (1984–1993, 1995–1998)
Washington Wizards (2001–2003) 32,292 1,072 30.1 12,192 581 7,327
5 Wilt Chamberlain* C Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors (1959–1965)
Philadelphia 76ers (1965–1968)
Los Angeles Lakers (1968–1973) 31,419 1,045 30.1 12,681 0 6,057
6 Dirk Nowitzki^ PF/C Dallas Mavericks (1999–present) 31,187 1,471 21.2 11,034 1,918 7,201
7 LeBron James^ SF/PF Cleveland Cavaliers (2003–2010, 2014–2018)
Miami Heat (2010–2014)
Los Angeles Lakers (2018–present) 31,038 1,143 27.2 11,280 1,616 6,862
8 Shaquille O'Neal* C Orlando Magic (1992–1996)
Los Angeles Lakers (1996–2004)
Miami Heat (2004–2008)
Phoenix Suns (2008–2009)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2009–2010)
Boston Celtics (2010–2011) 28,596 1,207 23.7 11,330 1 5,935
9 Moses Malone* C Buffalo Braves (1976)
Houston Rockets (1976–1982)
Philadelphia 76ers (1982–1986, 1993–1994)
Washington Bullets (1986–1988)
Atlanta Hawks (1988–1991)
Milwaukee Bucks (1991–1993)
San Antonio Spurs (1994–1995) 27,409 1,329 20.6 9,435 8 8,531
10 Elvin Hayes* PF/C San Diego/Houston Rockets (1968–1972, 1981–1984)
Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets (1972–1981) 27,313 1,303 21.0 10,976 5 5,356
11 Hakeem Olajuwon*[7] C Houston Rockets (1984–2001)
Toronto Raptors (2001–2002) 26,946 1,238 21.8 10,749 25 5,423
12 Oscar Robertson* PG Cincinnati Royals (1960–1970)
Milwaukee Bucks (1970–1974) 26,710 1,040 25.7 9,508 0 7,694
13 Dominique Wilkins* SF Atlanta Hawks (1982–1994)
Los Angeles Clippers (1994)
Boston Celtics (1994–1995)
San Antonio Spurs (1996–1997)
Orlando Magic (1999) 26,668 1,074 24.8 9,963 711 6,031
14 Tim Duncan† PF/C San Antonio Spurs (1997–2016) 26,496 1,392 19.0 10,285 30 5,896
15 Paul Pierce† SF/SG Boston Celtics (1999–2013)
Brooklyn Nets (2013–2014)
Washington Wizards (2014–2015)
Los Angeles Clippers (2015–2017) 26,397 1,343 19.7 8,668 2,143 6,918
16 John Havlicek* SF/SG Boston Celtics (1962–1978) 26,395 1,270 20.8 10,513 0 5,369
17 Kevin Garnett† PF/C Minnesota Timberwolves (1995–2007, 2015–2016)
Boston Celtics (2007–2013)
Brooklyn Nets (2013–2015) 26,071 1,462 17.8 10,505 174 4,887
18 Alex English* SF Milwaukee Bucks (1976–1978)
Indiana Pacers (1978–1980)
Denver Nuggets (1980–1990)
Dallas Mavericks (1990–1991) 25,613 1,193 21.5 10,659 18 4,277
19 Carmelo Anthony^ SF Denver Nuggets (2003–2011)
New York Knicks (2011–2017)
Oklahoma City Thunder (2017–2018)
Houston Rockets (2018–present) 25,417 1,054 24.1 9,088 1,341 5,900
20 Reggie Miller* SG Indiana Pacers (1987–2005) 25,279 1,389 18.2 8,241 2,560 6,237
21 Jerry West* PG/SG Los Angeles Lakers (1960–1974) 25,192 932 27.0 9,016 0 7,160
22 Vince Carter^ SG/SF Toronto Raptors (1999–2004)
New Jersey Nets (2004–2009)
Orlando Magic (2009–2010)
Phoenix Suns (2010–2011)
Dallas Mavericks (2011–2014)
Memphis Grizzlies (2014–2017)
Sacramento Kings (2017–2018)
Atlanta Hawks (2018–present) 24,868 1,405 17.7 8,990 2,106 4,782
23 Patrick Ewing* C New York Knicks (1985–2000)
Seattle SuperSonics (2000–2001)
Orlando Magic (2001–2002) 24,815 1,183 21.0 9,702 19 5,392
24 Ray Allen* SG Milwaukee Bucks (1996–2003)
Seattle SuperSonics (2003–2007)
Boston Celtics (2007–2012)
Miami Heat (2012–2014) 24,505 1,300 18.9 8,567 2,973 4,398
25 Allen Iverson* SG/PG Philadelphia 76ers (1996–2006, 2009–2010)
Denver Nuggets (2006–2008)
Detroit Pistons (2008–2009)
Memphis Grizzlies (2009) 24,368 914 26.7 8,467 1,059 6,375
26 Charles Barkley* PF Philadelphia 76ers (1984–1992)
Phoenix Suns (1992–1996)
Houston Rockets (1996–2000) 23,757 1,073 22.1 8,435 538 6,349
27 Robert Parish* C Golden State Warriors (1976–1980)
Boston Celtics (1980–1994)
Charlotte Hornets (1994–1996)
Chicago Bulls (1996–1997) 23,334 1,611 14.5 9,614 0 4,106
28 Adrian Dantley* SF Buffalo Braves (1976–1977)
Indiana Pacers (1977)
Los Angeles Lakers (1977–1979)
Utah Jazz (1979–1986)
Detroit Pistons (1986–1989)
Dallas Mavericks (1989–1990)
Milwaukee Bucks (1991) 23,177 955 24.3 8,169 7 6,832
29 Elgin Baylor* SF Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers (1958–1971) 23,149 846 27.4 8,693 0 5,763
30 Clyde Drexler* SG Portland Trail Blazers (1983–1995)
Houston Rockets (1995–1998) 22,195 1,086 20.4 8,335 827 4,698
31 Dwyane Wade^ SG Miami Heat (2003–2016, 2018–present)
Chicago Bulls (2016–2017)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2017–2018) 22,082 982 22.5 8,038 463 5,543
32 Gary Payton* PG Seattle SuperSonics (1990–2003)
Milwaukee Bucks (2003)
Los Angeles Lakers (2003–2004)
Boston Celtics (2004–2005)
Miami Heat (2005–2007) 21,813 1,335 16.3 8,708 1,132 3,265
33 Larry Bird* SF/PF Boston Celtics (1979–1992) 21,791 897 24.3 8,591 649 3,960
34 Hal Greer* SG/PG Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers (1958–1973) 21,586 1,122 19.2 8,504 0 4,578
35 Walt Bellamy* C Chicago Packers/Zephyrs/Baltimore Bullets (1961–1965)
New York Knicks (1965–1968)
Detroit Pistons (1968–1970)
Atlanta Hawks (1970–1974)
New Orleans Jazz (1974) 20,941 1,043 20.1 7,914 0 5,113
36 Kevin Durant^ SF Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (2007–2016)
Golden State Warriors (2016–present) 20,913 771 27.1 7,093 1,433 5,294
37 Bob Pettit* PF/C Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks (1954–1965) 20,880 792 26.4 7,349 0 6,182
38 David Robinson* C San Antonio Spurs (1989–2003) 20,790 987 21.1 7,365 25 6,035
39 Pau Gasol^ C/PF Memphis Grizzlies (2001–2008)
Los Angeles Lakers (2008–2014)
Chicago Bulls (2014–2016)
San Antonio Spurs (2016–present) 20,776 1,196 17.4 7,938 173 4,727
40 George Gervin* SG/SF San Antonio Spurs (1976–1985)
Chicago Bulls (1985–1986) 20,708 791 26.2 8,045 77 4,541
41 Mitch Richmond* SG Golden State Warriors (1988–1991)
Sacramento Kings (1991–1998)
Washington Wizards (1999–2001)
Los Angeles Lakers (2001–2002) 20,497 976 21.0 7,305 1,326 4,561
42 Joe Johnson^ SG/SF Boston Celtics (2001–2002)
Phoenix Suns (2002–2005)
Atlanta Hawks (2005–2012)
Brooklyn Nets (2012–2016)
Miami Heat (2016)
Utah Jazz (2016–2018)
Houston Rockets (2018–present) 20,405 1,276 16.0 7,822 1,978 2,783
43 Tom Chambers PF San Diego Clippers (1981–1983)
Seattle SuperSonics (1983–1988)
Phoenix Suns (1988–1993)
Utah Jazz (1993–1995)
Charlotte Hornets (1997)
Philadelphia 76ers (1997) 20,049 1,107 18.1 7,378 227 5,066
44 Antawn Jamison PF/SF Golden State Warriors (1999–2003)
Dallas Mavericks (2003–2004)
Washington Wizards (2004–2010)
Cleveland Cavaliers (2010–2012)
Los Angeles Lakers (2012–2013)
Los Angeles Clippers (2013–2014) 20,042 1,083 18.5 7,679 1,163 3,521
45 John Stockton* PG Utah Jazz (1984–2003) 19,711 1,504 13.1 7,039 845 4,788
46 Bernard King* SF New Jersey Nets (1977–1979, 1993)
Utah Jazz (1979)
Golden State Warriors (1980–1982)
New York Knicks (1982–1985, 1987)
Washington Bullets (1987–1991) 19,655 874 22.5 7,830 23 3,972
47 Clifford Robinson PF/SF Portland Trail Blazers (1989–1997)
Phoenix Suns (1997–2001)
Detroit Pistons (2001–2003)
Golden State Warriors (2003–2005)
New Jersey Nets (2005–2007) 19,591 1,380 14.2 7,389 1,253 3,560
48 Walter Davis SG/SF Phoenix Suns (1977–1988)
Denver Nuggets (1988–1991, 1991–1992)
Portland Trail Blazers (1991) 19,521 1,033 18.9 8,118 157 3,128
49 Terry Cummings PF San Diego Clippers (1982–1984)
Milwaukee Bucks (1984–1989, 1995–1996)
San Antonio Spurs (1989–1995)
Seattle SuperSonics (1996–1997)
Philadelphia 76ers (1997–1998)
New York Knicks (1998)
Golden State Warriors (1999–2000) 19,460 1,183 16.4 8,045 44 3,326
50 Bob Lanier* C Detroit Pistons (1970–1980)
Milwaukee Bucks (1980–1984) 19,248 959 20.1 7,761 2 3,724
Progressive list of scoring leaders[edit]
This is a progressive list of scoring leaders showing how the record increased through the years.[1]
Statistics accurate as of the conclusion of the 2017–18 NBA season on April 11, 2018.
^ Active NBA player
* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
† Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration[2]
Only players with at least 50 win shares are shown for 1st time eligible Hall of Fame consideration.
Win shares is a player statistic which attempts to divvy up credit for team success to the individuals on the team.[8]
Team abbreviations
Team(s) listed is the one player was on when he established the record.
ATL Atlanta Hawks DET Detroit Pistons MIL Milwaukee Bucks PHX Phoenix Suns
BOS Boston Celtics FTW Fort Wayne Pistons MIN Minnesota Timberwolves PHW Philadelphia Warriors
BUF Buffalo Braves GSW Golden State Warriors MNL Minneapolis Lakers SAS San Antonio Spurs
CHI Chicago Bulls HOU Houston Rockets NOJ New Orleans Jazz SDR San Diego Rockets
CHS Chicago Stags IND Indiana Pacers NOP New Orleans Pelicans SFW San Francisco Warriors
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers KCO Kansas City-Omaha Kings OKC Oklahoma City Thunder STL St. Louis Hawks
DAL Dallas Mavericks LAL Los Angeles Lakers ORL Orlando Magic SYR Syracuse Nationals
DEN Denver Nuggets MIA Miami Heat PHI Philadelphia 76ers UTA Utah Jazz
Scoring leader at the end of every season
Season
Year-by-year leader
Points
Active player leader
Total points
Career record
Total points
Single-season record
Points
Season
1946–47 Joe Fulks*000PHW 1,389 Joe Fulks*000PHW 1,389 Joe Fulks*000PHW 1,389 Joe Fulks*000PHW 1,389 1946–47
1947–48 Max Zaslofsky000CHS 1,007 2,338 2,338 1947–48
1948–49 George Mikan*000MNL 1,698 3,898 3,898 George Mikan*000MNL 1,698 1948–49
1949–50 1,865 4,863 4,863 1,865 1949–50
1950–51 1,932 6,099 6,099 1,932 1950–51
1951–52 Paul Arizin*000PHW 1,674 7,021 7,021 1951–52
1952–53 Neil Johnston*000PHW 1,564 George Mikan*000MNL 8,460 George Mikan*000MNL 8,460 1952–53
1953–54 1,759 9,766 9,766 1953–54
1954–55 1,631 Max Zaslofsky000FTW 7,902 1954–55
1955–56 Bob Pettit*000STL 1,849 George Mikan*000MNL 10,156 10,156 1955–56
1956–57 Paul Arizin*000PHW 1,817 Ed Macauley*000STL 10,150 1956–57
1957–58 George Yardley*000DET 2,001 Dolph Schayes*000SYR 11,764 Dolph Schayes*000SYR 11,764 George Yardley*000DET 2,001 1957–58
1958–59 Bob Pettit*000STL 2,105 13,298 13,298 Bob Pettit*000STL 2,105 1958–59
1959–60 Wilt Chamberlain*
000PHW 1959–62
000SFW 1962–65
000PHI 1965–66 2,707 14,987 14,987 Wilt Chamberlain*000PHW 2,707 1959–60
1960–61 3,033 16,855 16,855 3,033 1960–61
1961–62 4,029 17,677 17,677 4,029 1961–62
1962–63 3,586 18,304 18,304 1962–63
1963–64 2,948 Bob Pettit*000STL 19,756 Bob Pettit*000STL 19,756 1963–64
1964–65 2,534 20,880 20,880 1964–65
1965–66 2,649 Wilt Chamberlain*
000PHI 1965–68
000LAL 1968–73 21,486 Wilt Chamberlain*
000PHI 1965–68
000LAL 1968–73 21,486 1965–66
1966–67 Rick Barry*000SFW 2,775 23,442 23,442 1966–67
1967–68 Dave Bing*000DET 2,142 25,434 25,434 1967–68
1968–69 Elvin Hayes*000SDR 2,327 27,098 27,098 1968–69
1969–70 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*000MIL 2,361 27,426 27,426 1969–70
1970–71 2,596 29,122 29,122 1970–71
1971–72 2,822 30,335 30,335 1971–72
1972–73 Tiny Archibald*000KCO 2,719 31,419 31,419 1972–73
1973–74 Bob McAdoo*000BUF 2,261 Oscar Robertson*000MIL 26,710 1973–74
1974–75 2,831 John Havlicek*000BOS 22,389 1974–75
1975–76 2,427 23,678 1975–76
1976–77 Pete Maravich*000NOJ 2,273 25,073 1976–77
1977–78 George Gervin*000SAS 2,232 26,395 1977–78
1978–79 2,365 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*
000LAL 22,141 1978–79
1979–80 2,585 24,175 1979–80
1980–81 Adrian Dantley*000UTA 2,452 26,270 1980–81
1981–82 George Gervin*000SAS 2,551 28,088 1981–82
1982–83 Alex English*000DEN 2,326 29,810 1982–83
1983–84 Adrian Dantley*000UTA 2,418 31,527 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*000LAL 31,527 1983–84
1984–85 Michael Jordan*000CHI 2,313 33,262 33,262 1984–85
1985–86 Alex English*000DEN 2,414 35,108 35,108 1985–86
1986–87 Michael Jordan*000CHI 3,041 36,474 36,474 1986–87
1987–88 2,868 37,639 37,639 1987–88
1988–89 2,633 38,387 38,387 1988–89
1989–90 2,753 Moses Malone*
000ATL 1989–91
000MIL 1991–93
000PHI 1993–94
000SAS 1994–95 24,868 1989–90
1990–91 2,580 25,737 1990–91
1991–92 2,404 27,016 1991–92
1992–93 2,541 27,066 1992–93
1993–94 David Robinson*000SAS 2,383 27,360 1993–94
1994–95 Shaquille O'Neal*000ORL 2,315 27,409 1994–95
1995–96 Michael Jordan*000CHI 2,491 Michael Jordan*000CHI 24,489 1995–96
1996–97 2,431 26,920 1996–97
1997–98 2,357 29,277 1997–98
1998–99 Shaquille O'Neal*000LAL 1,289 Karl Malone*
000UTA 1998–2003
000LAL 2003–04 28,946 1998–99
1999–00 2,344 31,041 1999–00
2000–01 Jerry Stackhouse00DET 2,380 32,919 2000–01
2001–02 Paul Pierce†000BOS 2,144 34,707 2001–02
2002–03 Kobe Bryant†000LAL 2,461 36,374 2002–03
2003–04 Kevin Garnett†000MIN 1,987 36,928 2003–04
2004–05 Allen Iverson*000PHI 2,302 Reggie Miller*000IND 25,279 2004–05
2005–06 Kobe Bryant†000LAL 2,832 Shaquille O'Neal*
000MIA 2005–08
000PHO 2008–09
000CLE 2009–10
000BOS 2010–11 24,764 2005–06
2006–07 2,430 25,454 2006–07
2007–08 2,323 26,286 2007–08
2008–09 Dwyane Wade^000MIA 2,386 27,619 2008–09
2009–10 Kevin Durant^000OKC 2,472 28,255 2009–10
2010–11 2,161 28,596 2010–11
2011–12 1,850 Kobe Bryant†
000LAL 29,484 2011–12
2012–13 2,280 31,617 2012–13
2013–14 2,593 31,700 2013–14
2014–15 James Harden^000HOU 2,217 32,482 2014–15
2015–16 2,376 33,643 2015–16
2016–17 Russell Westbrook^000OKC 2,558 Dirk Nowitzki^000DAL 30,260 2016–17
2017–18 LeBron James^000CLE 2,251 31,187 Abdul-Jabbar*0 35 yrs 38,387 Chamberlain*059 yrs 4,029 2017–18
Season
Year-by-year leader
Points
Active player leader
Total points
Career record
Total points
Single-season record
Points
Season

See also[edit]
List of National Basketball Association annual scoring leaders
List of National Basketball Association career playoff scoring leaders
National Basketball Association portal
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "NBA Progressive Leaders and Records for Points". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b A player is not eligible for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame until he has been fully retired for three calendar years.
Jump up ^ American Basketball Association (ABA) teams other than those admitted into the NBA in 1976 are not included; each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
Jump up ^ Average is rounded to the nearest tenth.
Jump up ^ First adopted in the 1979–80 season.
Jump up ^ Previously known as Lew Alcindor prior to an official name change on May 1, 1971.
Jump up ^ Previously written as Akeem Olajuwon prior to an official spelling change on March 9, 1991.
Jump up ^ "NBA Win Shares". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
External links[edit]
Basketball-Reference.com enumeration of NBA career leaders in points scored
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Shortnin' Bread
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This article is about the song. For the food, see shortbread.
"Shortnin' Bread"
Song
Written
1900
Songwriter(s)
James Whitcomb Riley
"Shortnin' Bread" (also spelled "Shortenin' Bread," "Short'nin' Bread," or "Sho'tnin' Bread") is a song written by James Whitcomb Riley in 1900. A folk version was published by E.C. Perrow in 1915. It is song number 4209 in the Roud Folk Song Index. Shortening bread refers to a fried batter bread, made of corn meal, flour, hot water, eggs, baking powder, milk and shortening.
Contents
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1 Origins
2 Folk version
3 The Beach Boys version
4 Other renditions
5 In popular culture
5.1 Music
5.2 Film
5.3 Television
5.4 Video games
6 References
7 Bibliography
8 External links
Origins[edit]
"Shortnin' Bread" is often thought of as a traditional plantation song. However, the first version was written by white poet James Whitcomb Riley in 1900. His song was named "A Short'nin' Bread Song—Pieced Out", the chorus of which is:
Fotch dat dough fum the kitchin-shed
Rake de coals out hot an' red
Putt on de oven an' putt on de led
Mammy's gwineter cook som short'nin' bread[1]
The verse includes:
When corn plantin' done come roun'
Blackbird own de whole plowed groun'
Corn is de grain as I've hearn said
Dat's de blackbird's short'nin' bread
Folk version[edit]
Titled "Shortened Bread", E.C. Perrow published the first folk version of this song in 1915, which he collected from East Tennessee in 1912.[2] The folk version of the song—as with Riley's— does not have any distinct theme, but consists of various floating lyrics, some relating to "shortnin' bread", some not. The traditional chorus associated with the folk song goes:
Mammy's little baby loves short'nin', short'nin'
Mammy's little baby loves short'nin' bread
The Beach Boys version[edit]
"Shortenin' Bread"
Song by The Beach Boys
from the album L.A. (Light Album)
Released
March 19, 1979 (1979-03-19)
Recorded
1970s
Length
2:50
Songwriter(s)
Traditional, arranged by Brian Wilson
L.A. (Light Album) track listing
10 tracks [show]
Side one
"Good Timin'"
"Lady Lynda"
"Full Sail"
"Angel Come Home"
"Love Surrounds Me"
"Sumahama"
Side two
"Here Comes the Night"
"Baby Blue"
"Goin' South"
"Shortenin' Bread"
The song was recorded by the American rock band the Beach Boys numerous times. Only one version has seen official release as a track on their 1979 album L.A. (Light Album).
During the 1970s, their principal songwriter Brian Wilson was reportedly obsessed with the song, recording more than a dozen versions of the tune.[3] Alex Chilton recalled receiving middle-of-the-night phone calls from Wilson asking him to sing on a recording of "Shortenin' Bread"'; "He was telling me I have the perfect voice for it."[4] Micky Dolenz wrote of in his autobiography that while tripping on LSD with Wilson, John Lennon, and Harry Nilsson, he remembers Wilson playing "Shortenin' Bread" on piano "over and over again".[3] Elton John and Iggy Pop were mutually bemused by an extended, contumacious Wilson-led singalong of "Shortenin' Bread", leading Pop to flee the room proclaiming, "I gotta get out of here, man. This guy is nuts!"[5]
Beach Boy Al Jardine speculates that Wilson's obsession with the song may have begun after he had co-written the song "Ding Dang" with Roger McGuinn in the early 1970s.[6] McGuinn explained that Wilson had one day come to his house for amphetamines while escaping from his therapist. After McGuinn spent some time crafting "Ding Dang" with Wilson, he went to bed. The next day, he awoke to Wilson, still awake, and still playing "Ding Dang" on piano. Only one lyric was ever written: "I love a girl and I love her madly / I treat her so fine but she treats me so badly". [7] During sessions for The Beach Boys Love You, engineer Earle Mankey noted that "everybody who showed up got subjected to 'Ding Dang'."[6]
Innumerable permutations of Wilson's "Ding Dang" and "Shortenin' Bread" 1-to-4-up piano riff exist on studio tape, most of them unreleased with titles such as "Clangin'" (recorded with Harry Nilsson), "Brian's Jam",[3] and "Rolling Up to Heaven".[8] A version was completed for the unreleased album Adult/Child in late 1977.[9] This recording was developed from a 1973 session conducted with Wilson's girl group side-project American Spring.[10]
Other renditions[edit]
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The Andrews Sisters
Al Jolson
Gid Tanner
The Viscounts
Sonny Terry, Sonny Terry's New Sound: The Jawharp in Blues and Folk Music (1968)
Lawrence Tibbett
Fats Waller
Dave Brubeck
Frances Faye
Taj Mahal (musician)
1937 – Nelson Eddy, Maytime
1963 – Mississippi John Hurt, D.C. Blues: Library of Congress Recordings
1982 – Klaus Flouride
1981 – The Kelly Family, Wonderful World
1990 – The Cramps, Stay Sick
1998 – The Tractors, Farmers in a Changing World (reached #57 on the Hot Country Songs chart)
2002 – Laurie Berkner, Under a Shady Tree
2014 - The Wiggles
In popular culture[edit]
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Music[edit]
The tune for a significant portion of "The Happy Organ" (1959) bears a strong resemblance to the "Shortnin' Bread" tune (the portion under "put on the skillet, slip on the lid, mammy's gonna make us some shortnin' bread").[11][12]
In the Elvis Presley song "Clambake," "Shortnin' Bread" is paraphrased as "Mama's little baby loves clambake clambake, mama's little baby loves clambake too."
Allan Sherman did a parody of the song as "Mammy's Little Baby loves Matzoh Balls", as part of the medley of songs entitled "Schticks and Stones" taken from the album, My Son, the Folk Singer (1962)
The 28-minute title track to Charles Mingus's Cumbia & Jazz Fusion album, merges a theme played on reeds and Latin percussion, full-on big-band passages, and a burlesque of "Shortnin' Bread" that climaxes in cries of "Freedom! Freedom!"
The chorus to the song is used as a medley in the song "Pachuco Cadaver" on Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
A version of this song referring to rhubarb pie is used as the jingle of a fictional bakery in A Prairie Home Companion.
The 1994 song Deuces Are Wild by Aerosmith features the line "Mammy's little baby loves short'nin' bread" in the lyrics.
The Ready Men recorded a garage rock cover of this song, which was featured on the Pebbles, Volume 4 compilation.
Hap Palmer wrote a song "Sittin' in a High Chair" for his album "BabySong" while using the music to adapt it.
Johnny Cash mentioned the line "Mama's little baby loves shortnin' bread" in the Mark O'Connor song "The Devil Comes Back To Georgia", a continuation of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and a collaboration with Marty Stuart, Travis Tritt, and Charlie Daniels.
Jaromír Nohavica, the acclaimed Czech singer, has a version of the song with the sang tune entitled "Píjte vodu" (Drink Water), the chorus of which is "Drink Water, Drink Water, Drink Water and Don't Drink Rum."
Film[edit]
A choral version of the song was performed by the Robert Mitchell Choir School of Hollywood in the Academy Award nominated short "Forty Boys and a Song" (1941).
In the Looney Tune Hare Tonic (1945), Elmer Fudd sings the song at the beginning of the cartoon but with the lyrics changed from "shortnin' bread" into "rabbit stew".
Nelson Eddy, as Willie the Operatic Whale, sings in the Disney animated feature Make Mine Music (1946).
In the film Police Academy 4 (1987), the character Captain Harris is seen singing the song into his cane.
Similarities have been noted in the main theme for Driving Miss Daisy (1989).[13]
In the movie Trainspotting (1996), Renton's friends and family sing the song in a celebration after he avoids being jailed.
At the end of the credits in the movie Secret Window (2004), Johnny Depp is heard singing the song.
Chris Rock sings this at a funeral in the comedy Death at a Funeral (2010).
Rod Steiger sings a modified version, "Mama's little Joy Boy loves lobster, lobster" in the black comedy The Loved One (1965), when describing a nightmare he had involving his mother and lobsters.
Television[edit]
Willie the Whale sings the first verse and the chorus of the song in the animated short "The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At The Met" featured in the Disney film Make Mine Music (1946).
Donald Duck sings the song while making pancakes in the animated short Three for Breakfast (1948).
In the Season 4 I Love Lucy episode "Ethel's Home Town" (1955), Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) performs the song onstage.
There is a scene in Here's Lucy where Uncle Harry (Gale Gordon) puts a tape recorder in front of Lucy's desk and she types his dications whenever he's not at work. But after Lucy (Lucille Ball) leaves, Uncle Harry goes over to her desk and sings the two verses of "Shortnin' Bread".
In the Warner Bros. cartoon, Hare Tonic (1945), Elmer and Bugs take turns singing the song, replacing "shortnin' bread" with "wabbit stew".
In 1984, the children's music trio Sharon, Lois & Bram performed this song in Season 1 of their hit TV Show Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show.
In the 1985 Kidsongs video, "A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm", "Shortnin Bread" is sung in a different way pertaining to eating breakfast.
In the Ren & Stimpy episode, "I Love Chicken", Ren Hoek sings the song whilst preparing a meal.
At the end of a The Fresh Prince of Bel Air episode, Will is seen singing the song while scrubbing the floor with his cousin as the end credits roll.
In the Drawn together episode, "Terms of Endearment", Foxxy Love sings the song while cooking, after a tumor has put pressure on "the part of her brain that controls negative stereotypical behavior".
In October 2013, during the Italian version of X Factor, "Shortnin' bread" was sung by Violetta Zironi, a girl who was then chosen to participate in the popular TV program.
The most recent Lalaloopsy commercial, advertising the Lalaloopsy Babies, has a jingle that shares this tune.
In The Loud House episode, "Linc or Swim", Lincoln and Lana sing the first verse of the song.In the same serie,in the episode, "Lincoln Loud:Girl Gúru",when Lincoln and Clyde prepare pies
Video games[edit]
At the end of a trailer titled "Bad World" for the game Battlefield: Bad Company Haggard and Sweetwater sing the song.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Eitel, The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, p. 119.
Jump up ^ Perrow, "Songs and Rhymes from the South," p. 142: "from Tennessee mountain whites, 1912".
^ Jump up to: a b c Chidester, Brian (March 7, 2014). "Busy Doin' Somethin': Uncovering Brian Wilson's Lost Bedroom Tapes". Paste. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
Jump up ^ George-Warren 2014, p. 124.
Jump up ^ Carlin 2006, p. 172.
^ Jump up to: a b Beard, David (Spring 2007). "Ding Dang". Endless Summer Quarterly.
Jump up ^ Badman 2004, p. 368.
Jump up ^ Chidester, Brian (January 30, 2014). "Brian Wilson's Secret Bedroom Tapes". LA Weekly. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
Jump up ^ "The Stylus Magazine Non-Definitive Guide: The Lost Album". Stylus Magazine. September 2, 2003. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
Jump up ^ Lambert 2007, p. 316.
Jump up ^ John Broven (2009). Record makers and breakers: voices of the independent rock 'n' roll pioneers. University of Illinois Press. pp. 363ff. ISBN 0-252-03290-X.
Jump up ^ "Compare Dave 'Baby' Cortez' 'The Happy Organ' with James Whitcomb Riley's 'Shortnin' Bread'". who sampled: Exploring the DNA of music. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
Jump up ^ Bettencourt, Scott. "THE YEAR IN FILM MUSIC: 1989". Film Score Monthly. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
Bibliography[edit]
Badman, Keith (2004). The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band, on Stage and in the Studio. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-818-6.
Carlin, Peter Ames (2006). Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson. Rodale. ISBN 978-1-59486-320-2.
Eitel, Edmund Henry (ed.) The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, Vol 5. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrell Company (1913).
George-Warren, Holly (20 March 2014). A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man. Penguin Group US. ISBN 978-0-698-15142-0.
Lambert, Philip (2007). Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: the Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys' Founding Genius. Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1876-0.
Perrow, E.C. "Songs and Rhymes from the South." The Journal of American Folklore, 28:108 (April - Jun., 1915) 129-190.
Waltz, Robert B; David G. Engle. "Shortenin' Bread". The Traditional Ballad Index: An Annotated Bibliography of the Folk Songs of the English-Speaking World. Hosted by California State University, Fresno, Folklore, 2007.
External links[edit]
[1] - complete text of James Whitcomb Riley's "A Short'nin' Bread Song—Pieced Out".
A traditional version of lyrics and an MP3 clip are here [2].
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The Mother (How I Met Your Mother)
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Tracy McConnell
How I Met Your Mother character
The Mother appearing in "The Locket"
First appearance
"Lucky Penny (unseen)"
"Something New" (seen)
Last appearance
"Last Forever"
Created by
Carter Bays
Craig Thomas
Portrayed by
Cristin Milioti
Information
Aliases
The Mother
Gender
Female
Spouse(s)
Ted Mosby
Significant other(s)
Max (deceased former boyfriend)
Louis (ex-boyfriend)
Children
Penny Mosby (daughter, born in 2015, played by Lyndsy Fonseca)
Luke Mosby (son, born in 2017, played by David Henrie)
Nationality
American
Tracy McConnell (colloquial: "The Mother") is the title character from the CBS television sitcom How I Met Your Mother. The show, narrated by Future Ted, tells the story of how Ted Mosby met The Mother. Tracy McConnell appears in 8 episodes from "Lucky Penny" to "The Time Travelers" as an unseen character; she was first seen fully in "Something New" and was promoted to a main character in season 9. The Mother is played by Cristin Milioti.
The story of how Ted met The Mother is the framing device behind the series; many facts about her are revealed throughout the series, including the fact that Ted once unwittingly owned her umbrella before accidentally leaving it behind in her apartment. Ted and The Mother meet at the Farhampton train station following Barney Stinson and Robin Scherbatsky's wedding; this scene is shown in "Last Forever", the series finale. The Mother's death from an unspecified terminal illness in 2024, also revealed in the series finale, received a mixed reaction from fans.
An alternate ending was released in the ninth season DVD. In the alternate ending, Tracy Mosby is still living when Ted is telling the story in 2030.[1][2] In the video, future Ted is heard saying, "...When I think how lucky I am to wake up next to your mum every morning, I can't help but be amazed how easy it all really was...", indirectly stating that The Mother is alive. The video ends right after the train passes at Farhampton station and credits start rolling, implying that Ted never went back to Robin as he lived a successful married life with Tracy Mosby.[3]
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2 Character history
2.1 Name
3 Death
4 Notes
5 References
Casting[edit]
During its first eight seasons, the successful sitcom How I Met Your Mother often hinted at the unseen character of The Mother. Well-known actresses often made guest appearances on the show. Many fans expected that another would play one of the most-wanted roles in Hollywood, but creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas wanted an unknown. Using Anne Hathaway and Amy Adams as examples, Thomas said that "We didn’t want it to be a big famous star because we didn’t want the wider audience to have associations with whatever actress this would be ... The whole idea is that Ted’s never seen this woman before, so it better feel that way to the audience", similar to how Cobie Smulders being cast as Robin Scherbatsky had "kept the show alive" when it began. Bays and Thomas also did not want a large casting call.[4][5]
They chose Cristin Milioti after seeing her on 30 Rock and Once; her musical ability was also helpful, as The Mother had been described as a band member. After competing for the role against at least two others, Milioti filmed her first scene—for the last episode of season 8—having never watched How I Met Your Mother; she recalled, "I had ignorance on my side. So I didn’t know what it meant." Milioti learned of the character's importance only after binge watching the show during the summer.[5][6]
Character history[edit]
The Mother was born on September 19, 1984.[note 1]
The Mother, joined by her roommate Kelly, awaits the arrival of her boyfriend Max only to receive a call informing her of his death. After the funeral service, she returns to the apartment to open Max's last gift to her — a ukulele. The Mother spends the next few years grieving the passing of the man she believes was her one true love.[7]
In "Wait for It", it is revealed that the short story of how they met involved her yellow umbrella. In "No Tomorrow", Ted finds the umbrella at a club and takes it home after attending a St. Patrick's Day party which she also attended, as it had been two and a half years since the death of Max, her late boyfriend. She is still grieving, but her roommate Kelly encourages her to go out and date again, bringing her to the same bar where Ted and Barney are celebrating. The two women run into Mitch, her old orchestra instructor; The Mother offers to give Mitch her cello for his work at a school and they head to her apartment. After they start talking, Mitch encourages her to pursue her dreams. The Mother expresses her desire to end poverty by taking up economics in college.[7]
On his first day of teaching as Professor Mosby, as seen in the season 4 finale "The Leap", he is seen in front of the classroom of students, one of which Future Ted says is the titular mother. But in the first episode of season 5, "Definitions", it is revealed that he was actually in the wrong classroom — Economics instead of Architecture. At the same time in "How Your Mother Met Me", the Mother sits her first session in Economics 305 and meets another graduate student named Cindy (Rachel Bilson), whom she offers to move in with her as her roommate. They see Ted enter the room, but when he announces the subject, The Mother thinks she is in the wrong room and runs off. She heads back to the room after seeing Ted scramble to his actual classroom.
Later, in "Girls Versus Suits", Ted dates Cindy, not knowing that her roommate is his future wife. Throughout the episode, Ted notes that Cindy had spent most of their first date talking jealously about her roommate. When in Cindy and the mother's apartment he picks up many of The Mother's belongings, attempting to show how compatible he and Cindy are (thinking the items are Cindy's) and glimpses the mother's foot as she disappears into her room after taking a shower. Ted finds out at this time that she plays bass guitar in a band. Ted forgets to take the yellow umbrella with him when he goes out and Future Ted mentions, "this is how your mother got her yellow umbrella back." In "How Your Mother Met Me", it is revealed that, after Ted left the apartment, the Mother had discovered the umbrella and, upon going to question Cindy, finds her in a state. As she tried to console her, Cindy said that she was a much better match for Ted, and began to lovingly list all of the reasons that Ted would find the mother attractive, before spontaneously kissing her, revealing that her jealousy towards her roommate was actually a crush. While this incident made Cindy realise that she is a lesbian, it also made the Mother decide to go back into dating, as the kiss was her first in a long time.
Some time after this, a man named Darren approaches The Mother and is welcomed into her band named Superfreakonomics. Darren gradually takes over the band.[7]
In the season 6 opener "Big Days" it is revealed Ted meets his future wife "the day of" the wedding at which he is the best man. In the episode "False Positive" Robin asks Ted to be her future best man, should she ever get married. In the episode "Challenge Accepted", it is revealed that Ted meets the mother of his children the day of Barney's wedding. In the last episode of season 7, "The Magician's Code" it is shown that Barney will marry Robin, and Ted will meet the mother "the day of" their wedding. On the premiere of season 8, Ted's wife appears after Barney and Robin's wedding, outside at the "Farhampton" station while holding a yellow umbrella and her bass guitar.
In the season 8 episode "Band or DJ?," Ted runs into Cindy on the subway and tells her that the band Barney and Robin hired to play at their wedding cancelled at the last minute. The end result of the encounter is that Cindy's (now ex-) roommate's band plays at Barney and Robin's wedding.
The Mother is first shown meeting Louis in "How Your Mother Met Me" as she is left to carry the band equipment while the now-lead band member Darren talks to his fans. Later at MacLaren's Pub, she tells him she's not yet ready to date. Louis asks her to give him a call if she changes her mind and they begin dating not long after.
The Mother meets all of Ted's best friends (Barney, Lily, Marshall and Robin) before she meets him. The Mother is responsible for convincing Barney to pursue Robin, as revealed through a flashback in "Platonish". In "The Locket", Tracy meets Lily on a train journey.
In "Bass Player Wanted", the Mother picks up a hitchhiking Marshall, carrying his son Marvin, on her way to Farhampton Inn. On their way, it is revealed that the Mother is a bass player in the band, that is scheduled to play at the wedding reception. But the band's leader, Darren, forced her to quit. The Mother ultimately decides to confront Darren and retake the band. She ends up alone at the bar, and while practicing a speech to give Darren, Darren walks up to her furious the groom's best man punched him for "no reason." Amused by this, the Mother laughs, and Darren quits the band in anger.
In "How Your Mother Met Me", it is shown that after this incident, the Mother returns to Louis' summer cottage not far from the Farhampton Inn where she has been staying for the duration of the wedding weekend. As she walks in the door, Louis proposes to her, but she goes outside to think about it for a few minutes. She declines Louis' proposal and leaves his cottage, going to check in at Farhampton Inn. On her room's balcony, she plays the ukulele and sings "La Vie en Rose". Ted hears her singing from his room next door.
In "Gary Blauman", Ted and the Mother are on their first date. Ted picks her up at her New York City apartment and they proceed to walk to a Scottish-Mexican fusion restaurant for dinner. On the way there, Ted is telling her a story when they nearly have a run-in with Louis. She says that she is in the "weirdest place on earth" right now and that it is too soon for her to be dating. Ted walks her back to her apartment. They say goodnight and Ted begins to walk away. The Mother then stops him and asks him to finish the story he was telling her. When the story is over, they say goodnight again. The Mother takes a step towards Ted and they kiss for the first time, before deciding to carry on their date.
In a flashforward in "The Lighthouse", Ted proposes to the Mother at the top of the lighthouse near Farhampton Inn. She immediately accepts. In another flashfoward in "Unpause", the Mother is revealed to be pregnant with their second child, Luke, in the year 2017. She goes into labor while she and Ted are staying at Farhampton.
Name[edit]
The Mother's real name is not revealed until the series finale, "Last Forever". When Ted meets her at the Farhampton train station, she reveals that her name is Tracy McConnell. In the season 1 episode "Belly Full of Turkey", Ted meets a stripper named Tracy and says "...that, kids, is the true story of how I met your mother". The children react encouraged and appear to believe Ted before he admits he is joking,[9] which led some fans to correctly guess that The Mother's name is Tracy.[10]
Death[edit]
See also: Last Forever
In the series finale, it is revealed that six years prior to Ted telling the story to his children, Tracy died in 2024 from an undisclosed illness. In the finale the characters do not directly state that the mother is dead. Ted says that she "became sick" and his children said that she has been "gone" for six years. Many fans expressed considerable disappointment to The Mother's death.[11] Milioti cried when she learned her character was supposed to die, but came to accept the ending was what the writers had planned from the beginning.[12] Bill Kuchman from Popculturology said that The Mother was "an amazing character"[9] and that "over the course of this final season HIMYM made us care about Tracy.[13] Kuchman said that "asking fans to drop all of that with a simple line about The Mother getting sick and passing away was a very difficult request", that the finale "advanced too quickly" and that "HIMYM was a victim of its own success on this issue".[9]
A petition was started, aiming to rewrite and reshoot the finale. The petition has over 20,000 signatures and considerable online news coverage.[14][15] On April 5, 2014, Carter Bays announced on Twitter that an alternate ending would be included on the Season 9 DVD. No new material was shot for this scene.[16][17] In the alternate ending, The Mother is still living when Ted is telling the story in 2030.[18][1]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ The Mother celebrates her 21st birthday on the day that "Pilot" is set.[7] The pilot is set on September 19, 2005.[8]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Debnath, Neela (7 September 2014). "How I Met Your Mother alternative finale leaks online ahead of DVD release". The Independent. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
Jump up ^ Kreps, Daniel (September 6, 2014). "Watch the Happier 'How I Met Your Mother' Alternate Ending". Rolling Stone.
Jump up ^ MacGregor, Rachel (September 23, 2014). "8 reasons why How I Met Your Mother should've used its alternative ending". Metro UK.
Jump up ^ Stransky, Tanner (2013-05-13). "'How I Met Your Mother': Burning questions about the mother". Entertainment Weekly.
^ Jump up to: a b Fallon, Kevin (2013-05-14). "'How I Met Your Mother' Mother Revealed: Meet Cristin Milioti". The Daily Beast.
Jump up ^ Fallon, Kevin (2015-11-03). "How Cristin Milioti Met 'Fargo'—And Left 'How I Met Your Mother' Behind". The Daily Beast.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "How Your Mother Met Me". How I Met Your Mother. Season 9. Episode 16. January 27, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Pilot". How I Met Your Mother. Season 1. Episode 1. September 19, 2005. CBS.
^ Jump up to: a b c Kuchman, Bill (April 4, 2014). "'How I Met Your Mother' 'Last Forever' Recap: A Divisive Finale and What It Means for 'HIMYM'". Retrieved July 7, 2014.
Jump up ^ Rullo, Samantha (10 March 2014). "What is The Mother's Name on 'How I Met Your Mother'? Episode Title Might Hold the Secret". Retrieved July 7, 2014.
Jump up ^ "HIMYM Tomatometer Watch: Series Finale Currently Rotten - Majority of critics disappointed by 'Last Forever'". Rotten Tomatoes. April 2, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
Jump up ^ News, A. B. C. (4 October 2014). "Why Cristin Milioti Sobbed for Her Character in 'How I Met Your Mother'". ABC News. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
Jump up ^ Kuchman, Bill (March 31, 2014). "'HIMYM' Finale Instant Reaction". Retrieved July 7, 2014.
Jump up ^ Guerrero, Danger (April 4, 2014). "Now There's A Petition To 'Rewrite And Reshoot' The 'How I Met Your Mother' Ending". Retrieved July 7, 2014.
Jump up ^ Maresca, Rachel (April 3, 2014). "'How I Met Your Mother' series finale sparks online petition from fans who want ending changed". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
Jump up ^ Update for those who've been asking: Alt #himym ending will be on s9 DVD and also in the series box set. https://twitter.com/CarterBays/status/452299544995184640
Jump up ^ James, Lauren (April 5, 2014). "'How I Met Your Mother' May Get Alternate Ending After Petition, Says Carter Bays". Contact Music. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
Jump up ^ Kreps, Daniel (September 6, 2014). "Watch the Happier 'How I Met Your Mother' Alternate Ending". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
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