[78-L] In The Mood

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "agp" <agp2176 at verizon.net>
> What I have always found interesting about In The Mood is the tangled
> story about the melody beginning in 1930 with Tar Paper Stomp by
> Wingy Manone (Decca 7425) through Hot and Anxious by the Baltimore
> Bellhops (Columbia 2449-D) eventually ending up mashed together with
> She Loves You in The Beatles' All You Need Is Love .... with a bunch
> of stops along the way including a clucked version by the Henhouse
> Five plus Too (Ray Stevens).
>
Well..."...Mood" is bassed on a very simple riff; in fact, only one 
unexpected
note prevents it from being playable on a 10-hole diatonic harmonic!...if
anything, it's something of a surprise that someone hadn't created the tune
much earlier (it's a 12-bar blues riff, in fact!)...!

Steven C. Barr