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appalachiablue

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Fri Jul 17, 2026, 01:15 AM Yesterday

⛵ Am I Blue - Hoagy Carmichael, Lauren Bacall ⛵


1944. - Am I Blue?" is a 1929 song composed by Harry Akst (music) & Grant Clarke (lyrics). It has become a standard covered by numerous artists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_I_Blue%3F
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🐟 To Have and Have Not is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1937 by Charles Scribner's Sons. The book follows Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain out of Key West, Florida.

🎬- Film adaptations. The novel was adapted into a 1944 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The film, directed by Howard Hawks, changed the story's setting from Key West to Martinique under the Vichy regime. There were also significant alterations to the plot, including removing themes involving economic inequality and class conflict, and turning the story into a romantic thriller centering on the sparks between Harry Morgan and Marie Browning...
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⛵ Am I Blue - Hoagy Carmichael, Lauren Bacall ⛵ (Original Post) appalachiablue Yesterday OP
Love This Song ProfessorGAC 8 hrs ago #1

ProfessorGAC

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1. Love This Song
Fri Jul 17, 2026, 07:30 PM
8 hrs ago

I play a bossa nova version on guitar. Was a big hit for Billie Holiday than decades later for Cher.
There are 20 distinct chords on this song, if we count all the diminished chords based on the intended root. (There are really only 3 diminished chords, but the inversions define the root.)
Overall, I change chords over 75 times!
Awfully fun to play.

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