In the Mood

"In the Mood" was the signature tune of Glenn Miller and one of the best-known arrangements of the Big Band era. Miller's rendition topped the charts at number 1 in 1940.

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Glenn Miller - Big Band - 1940

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The song was composed by Joe Garland (Joseph C. Garland) and Andy Razaf. The main theme previously appeared under the title of "Tar Paper Stomp", credited to jazz trumpeter/bandleader Wingy Manone, who recorded it several times in 1929 and 1930. A story says that after "In the Mood" became a hit, Manone was paid by Miller and his record company not to contest the copyright.

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Joe Garland - Andy Razaf - Wingy Manone - 1929 - 1930

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The song also charted at number 16 in 1953 with Johnny Maddox.

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1953 - Johnny Maddox

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Other notable big band artists who recorded the song include the Andrews Sisters, Xavier Cugat, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and The Brian Setzer Orchestra.

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Andrews Sisters - Xavier Cugat - Tommy Dorsey - Duke Ellington - Benny Goodman - Artie Shaw - The Brian Setzer Orchestra

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Non-big band renditions were recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Lee Hooker, Chet Atkins, and Ernie Fields Jr.

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Jerry Lee Lewis - Johnny Lee Hooker - Chet Atkins

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Glenn Miller's version is known to many younger people through its use as the instrumental theme in the sampled medley "Swing the Mood", a number 1 hit in many countries in the late 1980s by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers.

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1980s - Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

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"In The Mood" was played at the funeral of Peter Sellers in 1980. It was a ghoulish joke on Sellers' part; the comedian hated the song. Perhaps he would have liked the Ray Stevens version, by a "group" called "The Henhouse Five", the "vocals" consisting entirely of imitation chicken-clucks.

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Funeral - Peter Sellers - Ray Stevens

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