Composer:  Ray Henderson    (click to list other tunes) Submitted by:  David Luebbert Posted:  8/3/2002; 9:24:54 PM Msg#:  2769 (top msg in thread) Prev/Next:  2768/2770 Reads:  16647

Chord progression for Ray Henderson's Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue, which was first recorded in 1925. Charlie Parker loved to quote the melody of first phrase of the tune's chorus during his solos. In live performance he was very likely to use the phrase when a pretty girl walked into the joint.

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