Music to Be Thankful For
The liner notes of Basie's "Complete Decca Recordings" indicate that the original title of "One O'Clock Jump" was "Blue Balls", and the change had to do with that latter phrase not being clean enough to be uttered on radio broadcasts of the time.
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The liner notes of Basie's "Complete Decca Recordings" indicate that the original title of "One O'Clock Jump" was "Blue Balls", and the change had to do with that latter phrase not being clean enough to be uttered on radio broadcasts of the time.
What a great article...