Bobby Brown danced as Mr. Bojangles on the BET Music Awards show. I am not sure what year it was. He danced as Whitney Houston song the lyrics to the song.

Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968. Bojangles was a nickname of black dancer Bill Robertson (1878-1968-though the song is actually about a street performer that he met.

The difference between Mr. Bojangles and Mr. Jingles is that Mr. Bojangles was a fictional character that is sung about. Mr. Jingles was an actual character that a person could see on the show, "Captain Kangaroo". Mr. Jingles was the name of the bunny puppet on that show.

Perhaps "Mr. Bojangles" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band?

I have a version by Michael Buble, it was on a compilation album of versions of the song by many artists