[78-L] Sugar In The Morning....

[Julian Vein]

martha wrote:
>  Also played during the opening credits of MONKEY BUSINESS, 1931 - but the 
> Marx tune doesn't match Sugartime .  Explained at 
> http://marxcouncil.blogspot.com/2009/08/hes-daffy-over-sugar-in-morning.html 
> :
> 
> 
> "Regarding Chico's theme song, this is what the late Frank Bland found out:
> 
> Motion picture audiences first heard what I call The Chico Motif (TCM) in 
> the film version of Animal Crackers in 1930. This is the tune most people 
> confuse with the McGuire Sisters' 1958 hit, Sugartime. While Sugartime bears 
> a strong resemblance to TCM, the fellow who wrote the former wasn't even 
> born when Chico began playing this theme.
> Over the years, this theme became closely associated with Chico and was 
> often used to introduce him on radio and television. Always a solid 
> businessman, Chico knew a good thing when he saw (or heard) it. By 1933 
> Chico had published at least two separate songs using TCM. The first is a 
> song credited (words and music) to Chico Marx and Sol Violinsky, and called 
> I'm Daffy Over You.
> (Note: There is a published version of the script from Monkey Business that 
> erroneously refers to this song as Sugar In The Morning, further confusing 
> the issue. This script was published after Sugartime [aka Sugar in the 
> Morning - MC] was released, and was probably someone's attempt to identify 
> the tune without doing the research necessary.)
> The second tune to utilize TCM is the Chico Marx, Benny Davis, Sol Violinsky 
> collaboration, Lucky Little Penny. While there is a very slight difference 
> in the melody during the introduction and bridge (and the introduction is 
> much shorter), the feel and structure of this tune is identical to I'm Daffy 
> Over You."
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Thanks Martha. So it looks like anyone of Chico Marx, Benny Davis or Sol 
Violinsky could have written the melody, unless it was stolen from the 
classics?

      Julian Vein


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