[Dixielandjazz] Complete E. Kovacs theme song.

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

"Oriental blues" was written/partly stolen by Jack Newlan in 1934. I
obtained a copy of the published sheet music and made a complete lead
sheet w/chords that includes what I call the "Kovacsisms" (as notes above
the staves, so they're optional).

It's in my "20s-30s Fake Book", but I'll sell it separately.

Ray Templin did it in his CD "Piano Man".

The tune as heard on the Kovacs show was recorded by Ernie's music
director, Tony De Simone, released on a 45rpm disk, included in "Ernie
Kovacs' Record Collection", on Varese Sarabande, now out-of-print, but
Amazon.com has a dozen for sale.

--Sheik

> One section of that theme (the part immediately following the
> introduction, and which repeats itself a couple of times, the
> "diddly-oop-a-doo-da da diddly-oop-a doo-da da diddly-oop-a-doo-da da dum"
> part) is George Gershwin's "Rialto Ripples."  I've always been curious as
> to the origin of Kovacs' theme for that reason.
>
> Hal Vickery