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Gershwin on Mel-O-Dee
By John Rutoskey

Regarding George Gershwin's music, I would like to comment that I have
never been a very big Gershwin fan. However, I do have a roll on the
Mel-O-Dee label played and written by Gershwin (according to the label)
called "Come to the Moon". It is a beautiful fox-trot melody from the
early 20's, with lyrics related to a new, fun and carefree lifestyle you
can have if you would simply move to the moon!

I have always liked this roll, and have never been able to find out much
about it. There were a lot of Mel-O-Dee rolls in the batch that I found
this one in, among them Eubie Blake playing his "Home Again Blues".

If any Greshwin fans have information about "Come to the Moon", I'd like
to hear it.

John D. Rutoskey


(Message sent Tue 2 May 2000, 18:46:25 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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