"Tar Paper Stomp" is a 1930

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recording by American bandleader and jazz trumpeter

Wingy Manone Joseph Matthews "Wingy" Manone (February 13, 1900 – July 9, 1982) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader. His recordings included " Tar Paper Stomp", "Nickel in the Slot", "Downright Disgusted Blues", "There'll Come a ...

. The instrumental featured a riff that was used in the subsequent releases "Hot and Anxious", "There's Rhythm in Harlem", "

In the Mood "In the Mood" is a popular big band-era jazz standard recorded by American bandleader Glenn Miller. "In the Mood" is based on the composition "Tar Paper Stomp" by Wingy Manone. The first recording under the name "In the Mood" was released by E ...

", "Hot String Beans", and in 1939 in "Jumpy Nerves".

Background

Wingy Manone recorded "Tar Paper Stomp", also known as "Wingy's Stomp" or "Wingy's Blues", on August 28, 1930, in Richmond, Indiana. It was released on September 19, 1930, as a 78 rpm single on Champion Records (16153) credited to Barbeque Joe and his Hot Dogs. The A side was "

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". It was re-released in 1935 credited to Wingy Mannone's Orchestra (40005).

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acquired Champion Records in 1935. The recording was re-released in 1937 as a Decca 78 rpm single credited to Wingy Mannone & His Orchestra.

Horace Henderson Horace W. Henderson (November 22, 1904 – August 29, 1988), the younger brother of Fletcher Henderson, was an American jazz pianist, organist, arranger, and bandleader. Henderson was born in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States. While later a ...

used the same riff from "Tar Paper Stomp" in "Hot and Anxious", recorded by his brother's band,

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and his Orchestra, on March 19, 1931, which was released on

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as by the Baltimore Bell Boys.

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recorded "Hot and Anxious" in 1932 on

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. "Tar Paper Stomp" featured a riff that was used for "In the Mood" by

Joe Garland Joseph Copeland Garland (August 15, 1903, Norfolk, Virginia – April 21, 1977, Teaneck, New Jersey) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger, best known for writing "In the Mood". Garland studied music at Shaw University and ...

, most prominently recorded by

Glenn Miller Alton Glen Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band founder, owner, conductor, composer, arranger, trombone player and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the United States Arm ...

in 1939. The main theme of "In the Mood", featuring repeated

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s rhythmically displaced, previously appeared in "Tar Paper Stomp". Under copyright laws, a tune that had not been written down and registered with the copyright office was not protected. Wingy Manone had pointed out the similarity between "Tar Paper Stomp" and "In the Mood" to Joe Garland and to the publishing company of the song, Shapiro, Bernstein, and Company of New York. Manone also discussed the issue in ''Down Beat'' magazine. "Tar Paper Stomp" was copyrighted on November 6, 1941, as a pianoforte version by Peer International.''Tar Paper Stomp''
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Musical Compositions, 1941. A song entitled "Hot String Beans" released by

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on Vocalion in 1938 also featured the riff from "Tar Paper Stomp". Wingy Manone recorded a new song entitled "Jumpy Nerves" on April 26, 1939, featuring

Chu Berry Leon Brown "Chu" Berry (September 13, 1908 – October 30, 1941) was an American jazz tenor saxophone, tenor saxophonist during the 1930s. According to music critic Gary Giddins, musicians called him "Chu" either because he chewed on the mouthp ...

on tenor saxophone that incorporated the riff from "Tar Paper Stomp" which was released as a 78 single that year on RCA Bluebird. "Tar Paper Stomp" appeared on the compilation album ''Wingy Manone: Wingy Manone's Dixieland Jazz'' on Riverside, the 1998 Various Artists compilation CD ''New Orleans: The Cradle of Jazz'' on Charly Records, and on the 2008 German box set ''Classic Jazz'' on Membran International.

Cover versions

The instrumental has been covered by Tom Baker's Chicago Seven and Friends on the 2004 collection ''Dixieland Jazz'' on Riff Raff, Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band in 1994 on the album ''Live at Hambone Kelly's, Volume 2'',

Papa Bue Arne "Papa" Bue Jensen (8 May 1930 – 2 November 2011), known as Papa Bue, was a Danish trombonist and bandleader, chiefly associated with the Dixieland jazz revival style of which he was considered an important proponent. He founded and led th ...

's Viking Jazzband on ''Live in Dresden'' in 1972 on Miga, the Christiania Jazzband in 1973 on

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, and by Mora's Modern Rhythmists on the 2000 album ''Call of the Freak'' on Mr. Ace Records.

References

Sources

*Clarke, Donald (2013). Chapter 9. The Swing Era Begins. ''The Rise and Fall of Popular Music''. donaldclarkemusicbox.com. *Sullivan, Steve (2013). ''Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 2''. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, pp. 50–51. *Jasen, David A. (2003). ''Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song''. New York, NY: Routledge. {{Authority control 1930 songs 1930s songs Big bands Jazz Instrumentals