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pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)64. Frank Sinatra - My Melon Collie Baby
In 1912, William Frawley—who later played Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy—was the first person to perform the song publicly, in the Mozart Cafe in Denver, Colorado. Frawley told this story during a May 3, 1965, appearance on the TV game show I've Got a Secret.
Ernie Burnett, who composed the music, was wounded fighting in the First World War, and he lost his memory together with his identity dog-tags. While recuperating in hospital, a pianist entertained the patients with popular tunes including "Melancholy Baby". Burnett rose from his sickbed and exclaimed: "That's my song!" He had regained his memory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Melancholy_Baby
Ernie Burnett, who composed the music, was wounded fighting in the First World War, and he lost his memory together with his identity dog-tags. While recuperating in hospital, a pianist entertained the patients with popular tunes including "Melancholy Baby". Burnett rose from his sickbed and exclaimed: "That's my song!" He had regained his memory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Melancholy_Baby
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Great band. Just a lot of unfortunate circumstances that kept them from being huge.
bluesbassman
Aug 2013
#37
Mexican War Machine - OLIVE GARDEN BLUES 4 (Do I get extra points for this one, lol?)
pinboy3niner
Aug 2013
#68
An old French tune written in 1866 - "Le Temps Des Cerises" (The Days Of the Cherries)
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2013
#77