<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">A popular modern jazz pianist in New Orleans (in a Peter Nero vein) had a surprise hit record with his recording of the Batman theme. He was an effective popularizer of modern jazz in the city, had his own club, and is still performing. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Charles</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 20, 2020, at 5:36 PM, Robert Ringwald <<a href="mailto:rsr@ringwald.com" class="">rsr@ringwald.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">For those of you who remember
the theme song to the TV series Batman, composed by Neal <span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" class="">Hefti.</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" class=""> </font></span></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" class=""></font></span></font></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" class="">This anecdote was told by Jimmy Bryant about the
recording session for the theme. Jimmy is the one who sang the ultra-high note
at the end. </font></span></font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes" class=""></span></font></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">It seems that Neal Hefti <span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" class="">came into the studio with
the sheet music at the top of which was written: Word & Music by Neal
Hefti.</font></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""></font></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" class="">Just in case someone
doesn't get the joke, the lyric goes like this:</font></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""></font></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" class="">Batman, Batman,
Batman</font></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""></font></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" class="">Batman, Batman, Batman,
Batman</font></font></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class=""><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""></font></span> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><font style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" class="">Batman, Batman,
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><br class=""><br class="">Bob
Ringwald <br class="">Amateur (ham) Radio Station
K6YBV<br class=""><a href="mailto:rsr@ringwald.com" class="">rsr@ringwald.com</a><br class="">www.ringwald.com<br class=""><br class="">"And God promised man that
good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the earth." <br class="">Then
God made the earth round and laughed and laughed and
laughed.<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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