[78-L] Of Moons and Bad Men

Kristjan Saag saag at telia.com
Fri Dec 30 13:48:07 PST 2011


Here's the full story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_%28song%29
Kristjan
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On 2011-12-30 22:44, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> I was watching "Manhattan Melodrama" (1934) with Clark Gable, William
> Powell and Myrna Loy (and we had a great time... never mind) last night
> on PBS when in one scene a female nightclub singer did a tune called (I
> think) "The Bad In Every Man." Only problem is is was actually "Blue
> Moon" (Blue Moon, you left me standing alone, etc.). The melody line and
> chord progression were an exact match but the lyrics were entirely
> different. So, which came first the Bad Man or the Blue Moon?
> Malcolm
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