Biography:
Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. (Also Known as Uncle Louie) (born 19 December 1952) is a pianist, composer, and arranger who had a massive hit with the instrumental, "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of some passages of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its popularity.
Murphy was born in 1952, in New York City, New York, USA and grew up in Manhattan. He attended the Manhattan School of Music there, where he studied jazz and classical piano.
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intro stab: C
four counts to each chord except when bunched together, 2 counts each.
F G7 Gm7 F-F7
Bb-Bdim7 F-Dm7 G7(hard stop) C(3counts)-B(1count)
chorus:
Bb-Bdim7 F-Dm7
Gm7-C7 Am7-Dm7
G7-A7 Dm7(hard stop)
the pick up chord before the ending stabs is: Db7(b9)
the ending stabs:
C-C# Bb chord w/D bass note - C chord w/E bass note
F-Bb F
four counts to each chord except when bunched together, 2 counts each.
F G7 Gm7 F-F7
Bb-Bdim7 F-Dm7 G7(hard stop) C(3counts)-B(1count)
chorus:
Bb-Bdim7 F-Dm7
Gm7-C7 Am7-Dm7
G7-A7 Dm7(hard stop)
the pick up chord before the ending stabs is: Db7(b9)
the ending stabs:
C-C# Bb chord w/D bass note - C chord w/E bass note
F-Bb F
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