[78-L] Of Moons and Bad Men

[Malcolm Rockwell]

Thanks, Kristjan and David.
I never thought to look on Wiki and didn't know the backstory was so 
convoluted!
Malcolm

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On 12/30/2011 11:48 AM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Here's the full story:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_%28song%29
> Kristjan
> --
> 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
>>