1953 King Pleasure Red Top (with Betty Carter)

As he had done so effectively a year earlier with James Moodys Im In The Mood For Love (aka Moody Mood For Love) , the artist known as King Pleasure gives us a vocalese treatment of yet another late1940s jazz instrumentalthe Gene Ammons recording of Red Top King Pleasures real name of Clarence Beeks will be familiar to fans of the Eddie MurphyDan Aykroyd comedy film Trading Places, as it was the name that director John Landis gave to the villain character played by Paul Gleason, purportedly in tribute to the jazz artist. Billboard R B Chart Peak: 3 (sales juke box charts) The original single was issued on Prestige 821 Red Top (HamptonKynard) by King Pleasure with Betty Carter the Charlie Ferguson Band, dedicated to Gene Ammons