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Fact #115476

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Barbecue Joe And His Hot Dogs record Tar Paper Stomp, composed by their cornet player Wingy Manone, for Champion Records in Richmond, Indiana, USA. The main melody of the song will inspire Joe Garland and Andy Razaf to write an arrangement with the name In The Mood, which will become an international hit for Glenn Miller And His Orchestra in 1940.