Posted on 01/19/2020 7:38:12 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
IIRC the song lyrics were originally written on a napkin by a song writer who’s name escapes me. He and others were at a show featuring Jimmy Lunceford (?) and his singer or one of the bandmates, was, well 5x5...the song was about him. The napkin ended up being thrown in a drawer and it was a few years later was re-discovered and made into a song.
I could be wrong about it being a Jimmie Lunceford show, but the basic thrust, that it was written about a band member stands correct. Love that song...Solid avedupois (sic)
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