Moody's mood for love.wmv

[86crazy8ts]

Heard it first on Frankie Crocker as well... couldn't remember the name of the song, so went down to J&R jazz section... mentioned Crocker's show, the guy knew exactly what song, who sang it, and who wrote the lyrics ... which brings me to my point... Eddie Jefferson. Check out his version - I actually like Pleasure's version better, but Jefferson's version is definitely worth a listen.

[1deleau]

HAHAHA to the door...i thought you guys were just a bunch of whiners....but DAMN! ♪ it DOES ruin it! lol

[LadyLash69]

MY MOTHER UES TO PUT ME TO BED EVERY NIGHT WITH THIS SONG..IT USE TO COME ON THE FRANKIE CROCKER SHOW AT 8:PM EVERY WEEKNIGHT...

R.I.P. MA.....THIS ONES 4 U!!!!

[wtesoro]

Irvin..Hey!..I grew up in the Williamburg projects in the late 50's- early 60's. Went to PS 49 too..

[TheIrvinlopez]

I dedicate this song to the Williamsburg projects....

[Thesupernova711]

R.I.P. AMY WINEHOUSE

I ALSO LUV HOW SHE COVERED THIS SONG..BUT

THEIRS NOTHIN LIKE ...KING PLEASURE VERSION!

[Morn2moon]

I also remember Frankie Crocker closing his show with this...I havent heard it near 30 yrs now! lol Oh boy...I am sure happy you have posted it. WOW Brilliant!

Thanks *XXX*

[Geemoney1020505]

first dance song at my aunt's and uncle's wedding about 50 years ago!!

[Geemoney1020505]

first dance song at my aunt's and uncle's wedding about 50 years ago!!

[bobbyW84thST]

ahhhhhhhhhhhh, so coooooool, now this takes me back to Flatbush, Brooklyn. I was just 15 or 16 when I first heard it. I am now 54 and its like it was yesterday. I thank whom ever is responsible for posting it, I loved it then and still love it today.

[lonhillyer]

THANK YOU!!! BUT PLEASE REPLACE THIS WITH A VERSION WITHOUT ALL OF THAT "DOOR SLAM" NOISE. IT RUINS THE SPIRIT AND THE VIBE OF THIS VERSION. THANKS AGAIN FOR POSTING THIS, NONETHELESS.

[infinitepowersound69]

No doubt Frankie Crocker wbls days New york

[megan71457]

WBLS, radio New York City! If you hear this song you know it's 6 o'clock and Frankie is signing off. I miss old Harlem, 125th Street sitting on the roof and relaxing....

[5chocolatedrop]

@megan71457 Yes I remember that is where I first heard this song while stationed there in the Coast Guard. Reminds me of New York every time I hear it.

[BodyContactContract]

@megan71457 8:00PM

[sonicscreamingblue]

Oh how I remember classic AOL. You never needed reminding as to when your buddies would log on or off.. lololol. Anywhoo...thanks for the post- I've been looking for this.

[Angelo5106]

what is that noise afew seconds after 1:20 ???

[wtesoro]

@Angelo5106 - Probably an old AOL door effect.

[blaztradiouz666]

@Angelo5106 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[rexboogie]

Frankie its him my idol Crocker

[sigmaticone]

Do it to em Frankie!! Do it to em!!! Bed-Stuy 1975

[JerseyTjej]

My sister called me to ask if I remembered this song...How can anyone forget it that ever listened to "The Chief ROCKER FRANKIE CROCKER on WBLS 107.7 in New York...Thank you SO much for making my day, and week!

[DAngelo136]

Sad to say King Pleasure (Clarence Beeks) died in Los Angeles in 1976 or 1977. He fell out from popularity during the '60's. The Manhattan Transfer and other groups perform some form of vocalese nowadays, but King Pleasure was one of the pioneers of the technique.

[dorthhop22]

I can't find the Eddie Jefferson version!

[gerryluis1969]

Remember, if Frankie Crocker isn't on your radio, your radio isn't really on!

[romarado626em]

whats with the sound of the door shutting twice, you might want to consider re recording......really really good song!

[belldust]

Brings me to new york ....I remember this so well .....Driving around Central park with my brothers and best friend

[bigbruta13]

I love it. I first heard this song on the Cosby Show maybe 8 years ago and now I can't get it out my head. Wonderful timeless piece.

[automatan]

The DJ from Miami who ended each of his nightly sessions with this song was probably from New York.

A

[worthyones]

You ruined the recording with the door slamming!

[dixielatino]

@worthyones the door slammin is the ghost of Frakie Crocker on his way out ....

[TheSkateSTEEZ]

Hal le Lu Yah - the best of the best, am 69 years young and still feel like i t was just yesterday when I first heard it. 

[whijea]

Frankie Crocker - All day Baby!!! -- WBLS

[paultfarina]

I SENT THIS OUT TO ALL MY FRIENDS FROM EAST HARLEM, AND THEY'RE STILL THANKING ME. FOR THE MEMORIES. I WAS SEVENTEEN AT TIME. AND NOW AT 76 I'M STILL ENJOYING IT. ( THIS FROM AN ITALIAN KID FROM EAST HARLEM.) AND FRANKIE CROCKER, WHAT ELSE U NEED RIP GUY'S

[yvettehall]

Thanks for sharing and posting this classic song! I can't stop listening to it.

[Jazz4Joe]

A classic for sure. For my wife and I, this is our song. James Moody was a wonderful musician and clearly a gifted lyricist of saxophone. He will be missed. King Pleasure and Blossom Dearie, with their vocalese rendition, is a perfect tribute to a bebop icon. Rest in Peace, James. Fact is, "You can come on in, man, and blow if you want to. I'm through."

[Realtormac1]

WOW this really reminds me of those New York days and Franie Crocker's sign off song....RIP James Moody

[leroycampbell54]

when i was a little boy.my father played this continuously.i loved it then and i still do.

[yvettehall]

@leroycampbell54 Just wanted to say what a lovely memory you shared, it made me cry... :)

[1slicchick]

R.I.P .... CLASSIC will never be forgotten

[MrVampiredog]

nice

[blastmaster801]

Rip James Moody......... Thanks for the memories.

[jmadtoyou]

Wow. I just found out.

RIP Mr. James Moody.

[Miousic2000]

R I P

[HARLEMGIRLSQUARED]

RIP.....Mr. Moody....one of my most favorite songs of all time......thank you and GOD BLESS.

[enevola]

RIP James Moody... Thanks for the memories.

[VAMPYBITES]

I LOVE THIS SONG!

R.I.P James Moody.

12-10-10

[nillawafers96]

Gone but not forgotten. Thanks for the contributions, you will be missed...truly.

[bkny2vegas]

RIP James Moody. Thank you for your contribution to this world!

[crossbronx63]

Frankie and the song are now synonymous. RIP James Moody. Damn you pancreatic cancer.

[dkb218]

This song brings back so many memories. RIP Mr. Moody.

Frank Crocker's 8 PM song for years on WBLS.

[MrJuanjv]

R.I.P. James Moody, This song will forever be in My earliest childhood memories as I developed My lifelong passion for music,~PeaceJahLove,JohnnyV~

[nubianmonarch]

Rejoice In Paradise, James Moody

[HaliB75]

"Bye Bye Honey..."

[dixielatino]

When this song came on the radio back in the the day in NYC you just knew that the Frankie Crocker show is ended for the night,. beautiful song. Oh Man the memories....

[rage702]

Did Frankie Valli cover this as well?

If so, does anyone have it or know where i can find it?

It is sung in the "Jersey Boys" Show

[MrBee718]

That's all folks...

[danawadd]

Frankie Crocker

[mrblakksmif]

im glad it found the right version!!! This is the version i grew up with!!! Thanks for the post!!!

[MikeIdy6000]

Please post "DB Blues" and "It Might As Well Be Spring" from the Blue Note CD! Thanks!

[snookerfan75]

favourit song of Peter Boyle :)

R.I.P. ---> fantastic guy

[mpny]

Remembering the Chief Rocker.... WBLS ..... Frankie Crocker | Closing theme song. Radio will never be the same... shrugs

[sweetlove1171]

HARLEM NYC 70's DJ-FRANKIE CROCKER-WBLS radio station,

played this every night in the  at 8;55 P.M. for his closing song!

Besides that this was my father & mothers favorite song he use to

sing to her(& May I ad Mighty nice voice)! I dedicated this to my parents

who I miss:(

[tinkerbell1138]

New Yorks finest DJ FRANKIE CROCKER Ended his SHOW with this... Much Love FRANKIE>>> RIP

[beaugarsNYC]

This song makes me nostalgic for my New York teen years!

[missycah1]

May we each live to be one hundred, but me 100 minus a day so that i never know that people like you passed away......Frankie Crocker, radio isn't the same without you.

[loh711]

Much like other people on this page, I was 3-4 years old when Frankie Crocker played this on WBLS. THAT was a smooth cat.

[1208mc]

Wow!!! Many memories come flooding back to earlier years listening to BLS in New York. Frankie Crocker playing this song each night at 8 pm. Soooooooo Cool.

[steveknows62]

The original came out in '52. I've always considered knowing this song to be the ultimate divider between the hip and the not.

[TheViewFromSugarHill]

Please people: this song was not written nor originally recoeded by King pleasure!!!!

King Pleasure's version is a cover and is inferior to the original. " Moody's Mood for Love" was written and first recorded by the late great Eddie Jefferson, who invented this style of Jazz vocalese when he wrote lyrics to tenor sax virtuosso Coleman Hawkins' recording of "Body and Soul." If you think King Pleasure is hip, check out the original!

[bradhurstjoe]

I can remember when my father brought this record (78) home when I was a kid. I liked it very much then. Long before Frankie Crocker used it as his closing music it brought back memories. I can also remember when Symphony Sid used to play it. Great music for real music lovers.

[lionelsqueen1]

WBLS -Frankie Crocker (R.I.P.)

My big sis-Diane & I used to sit on her porch and listen to WBLS-Frankie would play this song every night @ 8pm.

[crazlop123]

Great Memories WBLS 8pm song... summers of the 70's NYC... the best times ever.. :O)

[automatan]

The disc-jockey at Widow McCoy's bar in Coconut Groove, Florida, back in the mid 70s, would end each night with this song. I've been searching for this song since! Thanks for sharing this and bringing me back such great memories!

BTW, what year did the original version come out?

A

[wtesoro]

@automatan THANK YOU! THANK YOU! ALL FOR RESPONDING TO THIS JAZZ/VOCAL CLASSIC BY THE GREAT KING PLEASURE. A big one with Symphony Sid to

[automatan]

@wtesoro Sorry I took such a long time to answer...thanks for the information buddy! You're the best...and my you live to be 100 and me 100 minus a day...

A

[automatan]

@wtesoro 

[BARBARALACERDA]

@wtesoro Thanks! brings back great memories growing up in the Bronx listening to the symphony sid show on the radio in the park on hot summer nights! luv it!!! (and it sounds like something fell in the background @ 2:23) but no matter, still love it!

[retroflow44]

@automatan The initial instrumental arrangement by James Moody is from 1949. The King Pleasure hit was from 1954.

[DAngelo136]

@automatan That's funny; Frankie Crocker who was a DJ for WBLS-FM in the '70's would sign off with the instrumental version and then the King Pleasure version for years.

[DAngelo136]

@automatan He also opened his show with "Flamingo" with Jimmy Smith on the Hammond B4 organ; brings back memories of NYC in the '70's

[kmason685]

@automatan

I read somewhere that the original version came out in 1959.

[CSMHBH]

Thank you, thank you. I'm a teenager again, living in Edenwald Houses.

[cbostic817]

THANK YOU!!!!!

[SkeeterVT]

As a native New Yorker who gre up listening to Frankie Crocker on WBLS, I recall King Pleasure's version of "Moody's Mood for Love" very fondly. But crocker ended his show with TWO versions of the song. Immediately after the end of the 7:50 pm Mutual Black Network newscast, Frankie played an instrumental version of the song, during which he talked his way to his final sign-off for the night, followed by King Pleasure's version. Does anyone out there remember who recorded the instrumental?

[djmarkanthony69]

This used to be Frankie Crocker's signature sign-off around 8:00PM on WBLS 107.5 FM in a class by itself. Back in the day (Disco Fever 70s) in NYC whenever you heard this on the weekends you knew that it was time to make your party plans for an all night into the dawn extravaganza.

[ptrallan01]

Ah, I'm a teenager again, its 1973,4,5,?, I'm in evander park playing basketball and we all stop to sing there i go, there i go, there i go,.....Thanks

BTW does anyone remember the Jazz guitar tune he started his show with?

[DaNotoriouzNatty]

Classic!

[sweetdrk1]

Man when I was coming up..you had better make it in the house before this song ended or that was you butt! LOL! thanks for the memories!

[rexboogie]

I think this is a song only people who listened to WBLS and Frankie Crocker can appreciate. I'm a DJ and I end every party with this song.

[BeezoHow]

@rexboogie Ahhh, Yeah!!! WBLS! I remember Frankie Crocker always ending his show with this song! You are following in a great tradition! My father used to play this LP all the time. The memories are so strong and lovely! Awesome!

[edwardjames50]

This is the CD I have, and this is indeed the version that Frankie played nightly at 8. It's also King Pleasure's best arrangement and vocal.

[EC4400]

This is a family classic I listened until I learned all the words. So did each of my children. Amazing to hear them sing this together. It is now a family heirloom. Thanks. It was so nice hearing it again. I have to email it all over the country now.

[bronxsushi]

Excellent song. The memories of hearing this song on WBLS radio in NYC in the 1970s came flooding back. I have not heard that song in over 25 years, but I still remember all the words and I was able to sing along with it.

[gerryluis1969]

Reminds me of the good old days when Frankie Crocker was on WBLS 107.5 FM in New York City. This was the song he always closed his show with. Thanks for posting. R.I.P. Frankie, you were truly one of a kind.

[summerdiva1]

@gerryluis1969 I remember those days and as of today, R.I.P James Moody and thank you!

[ShadowHawk4219]

@gerryluis1969  I agree 100% with you, some real good memories from those days,especially in the summer with a boom-box listening to Frankie,Vy ,and The Voice and playing ball in Wingate Park in Brooklyn. The memories keep you young.

[theosaka69]

@gerryluis1969 Yes, I remember that like it was yesterday! Frankieeee Crockerrrrr! Good ole days.

[gilltorres]

Great post!

thanks Warren..