Topsy

Composer:	Eddie Durham and Edgar Battle (click to list other tunes)
Submitted by:	David Luebbert
Posted:	10/11/04; 7:49:39 PM
Msg#:	4333 (top msg in thread)
Prev/Next:	4332/4334
Reads:	6316

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Chord changes for Durham and Battle's Topsy. This was played by Count Basie's orchestra and other big bands in the 1930's. I remember hearing it frequently on Warner Brothers "Loonie Tune" cartoons in the mid-1950s.

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