[78-L] Swingin' Shepherd Blues

[RAY KILCOYNE]

>> From: "Julian Vein"
>>> Just been playing bassist Jimmy Woode's Argo LP-630 ("The Colorful
>>> Strings Of Jimmy Woode"), recorded September 2, 1957. The tune "The Man
>>> From Potter's Crossing" sounds very much like "Swingin' Shepherd
>>> Blues", credited to Woode. Moe Koffman's version on Jubilee was recorded
>>> February 7, 1957.
>>>
>>> It was a big hit, so I wonder how Woode managed to get away with this?
>>>
>> Where does the Johnny Pate Quintet version fit in?  It charted one week
>> earlier than Koffman's.
>> RayK
>>
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> November 29, 1957.
>
>      Julian Vein
>
So Pate had much better promotion.  The Pate version does credit Koffman as 
composer.
RayK