[Dixielandjazz] Re: "In the Mood"--lyrics?

[Bill Haesler]

> Great stuff, Bill. If someone has asked and I missed it, pardon the
> query--what are the lyrics to ITM? I remember vaguely, "Mister
> Whatchacallit, Whatcha Doin' Tonight?" but that might have been a
> strange dream.
> 
> Charlie Suhor
> 
> 
> On Jun 22, 2005, at 11:22 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:
> 
>> Dear Phil,
>> Here are some chronological facts regarding the evolution of the ³In
>> The
>> Mood² riff, up to the 1939 Glenn Miller version, which may answer your
>> question.
>> Or were you just stirring the pot - again?    8>)
>> 1.  ³Tar Paper Stomp [Wingy¹s stomp]² (Joe Manone).  Rec. Barbecue Joe
>> Hot
>> Dogs. 28 Aug 1930.
>> 2.  ³Hot And Anxious² (Horace Henderson). Rec. Fletcher Henderson
>> Orch. 19
>> March 1931. (The familiar ŒIn the Mood¹ riff is only used once.
>> 3.  ³There¹s Rhythm In Harlem² (Joe Garland). Rec. Mills Blue Rhythm
>> Band. 9
>> July 1935.
>> 4.  ³In The Mood² (arr. Joe Garland). Rec. Edgar Hayes Orch. 17 Feb
>> 1938. (I
>> do not have this. Who gets composer credit? Does it expand on the
>> now-familiar riff?)
>> 5.  In June 1938 ³In The Mood² was copyrighted by reedman/arranger Joe
>> Garland.
>> 6.  ³Jumpy Nerves² (Manone-Dale). Wingy Manone Orch. 26 April 1939.
>> (Pianist Jimmy Dale was a composer, ASCAP member and an arranger for
>> music
>> publishers from 1929. On this version Wingy follows the 1930 ³Tar Paper
>> Stomp² pattern where the ŒIn The Mood¹ theme is stated twice. Maybe
>> Wingy
>> was making a point by recording it again at this time. But why rename
>> it? In
>> his autobiography (1948) Wingy wrote about his compositions and
>> included the
>> comment: " 'Tar Paper Stomp' which was later 'In The Mood', and I got
>> robbed
>> out of it."
>> 7.  ³In The Mood² was also played and broadcast by Gene Krupa (Nov
>> 1938) and
>> Artie Shaw (several times in Dec 1938).  In 1974 George Simon wrote
>> that Joe
>> Garland had originally given his arrangement to Artie Shaw but that
>> Artie
>> could never record it because it was longer that the usual 3 minute 20
>> seconds maximum for a 78 disc. I have one of the long Shaw broadcast
>> versions on LP. Glenn Miller rearranged the tune by cutting out the 32
>> bar
>> parts in Garland¹s arrangement and concentrating on the 12 bar riff.)
>> 8.  ³In The Mood² (credit unknown) Van Alexander Swingtime Band. Aug
>> 1939.
>> 9.  In July 1939, (according to Andy Razaf in 1992) at Glenn Miller¹s
>> invitation Razaf provided Œlyrics¹ to ³In The Mood" which were the
>> basis for
>> the Œfills¹ characteristic of Miller¹s version.)
>> 10.  ³In The Mood² (Andy Razaf-Joe Garland). Rec. Glenn Miller Orch. 1
>> Aug
>> 1939.
>> It therefore seems that until Ed Garland¹s arrangement, and his
>> naming/copywriting of ³In The Mood², earlier recordings only stated the
>> familiar riff briefly.
>> There you are. As usual much more than you probably wanted.
>> Wingy certainly set it in motion in 1930. Where he got the riff from
>> from we
>> may never know. Probably from when he was a kid in New Orleans.
>> Very kind regards,
>> Bill.
>> PS: If you think that was quicker than usual, it was.
>> I had already compiled most of the above some time ago, in answer to a
>> similar query on another list.
>> 
>> Further to the above "In The Mood" thread, a local mate of mine, Mike
>> Sutcliffe, drew my attention to a longish article by Tom Myrick in the
>> Summer 1991 IAJRC Journal (which I had all the time!).
>> Mr Myrick covers basically what I had summarised above.
>> However, two additional items from his article may be of interest,
>> * Andy Razaf's lyrics are on the published sheet music of "In The Mood"
>> published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. [Does any DJMLer have them?]
>> * On the Al Donahue orch version of "In The Mood" (recorded for
>> Vocalion on
>> 8 Nov 1939 - 4 months after the first Miller outing) vocalist Paula
>> Kelly
>> sings the Razaf lyrics on record for the first time. Although Ms Kelly
>> was
>> to join Glenn Miller's orch in March 1941 neither she, nor anyone
>> else, got
>> to sing on a Glenn Miller version of "In The Mood".
>> Mr Myrick's IAJRC article also mentions that, in a 1972 interview by
>> George
>> W Kay at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Wingy Manone says [in part],
>> "'Tar
>> Paper Stomp" was my tune and I didn't copyright it. That was the
>> biggest
>> mistake I ever made in my life. That tune was later developed into "In
>> The
>> Mood". Glenn Miller got the credit and promised to pay me but he was
>> killed
>> overseas in the war."
>> Mr Myrick also quotes from Variety (4 Dec 1940):
>>    UNTANGLE 'IN THE MOOD'.
>> Joe Garland, also Wingy Manone, Collect In Settlement.
>>   Mixup over the song "In The Mood" was settled last week when its
>> writer,
>> Joe Garland, was paid approximately $3,500 in back royalties and Wingy
>> Manone, Bandleader, received about $500 to settle his claim of
>> infringement.
>> Garland is sax player and sub-leader of the Louis Armstrong Band. "In
>> The
>> Mood", as recorded by Glenn Miller, is one of the records generally
>> credited
>> with helping to shove that band to the top last year.
>>   Argument and subsequent legal troubles came about when Manone filed a
>> claim against Garland and the Lewis Music Co., claiming that "Mood"
>> infringed on his "Tar Paper Stomp". Lewis transferred its rights to
>> the song
>> to Shapiro-Bernstein supposedly because it wasn't in a position to
>> cope with
>> Manone's claim. Transferring the rights, however, somehow confused the
>> respective companies on how much was owed Garland in royalties on the
>> tune.
>> He enlisted legal aid of Goldfarb,Mirenberg & Vallon to represent him.
>> 
>> As I always say, the information is out there, if only you know where
>> to
>> look.
>> Regards,
>> Bill.
>> 
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Dear Charles,
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