Five Guys Named Moe

Nomax, has just been dumped by his girlfriend and he is without money.
Then emerge from his radio five jazz singers: Big Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe and Little Moe to comfort him. They sing the hit songs of songwriter and saxophonist Louis Jordan, whose new approach to jazz paved the way for rock and roll in the 1950s.

Find the song "Five Guys Named Moe", performed by the London troupe during West End Live in 2017:

General information

Style : Musical Jukebox, Rock, Feel Good, Comedy
Theme : Jazz, Rock, Dream
year of creation : 1990

Music

Composer : Louis Jordan
Lyricist : Louis Jordan
Librettist : Clarke Peters
famous songs : "Early in the Morning" "Five Guys Named Moe" "Beware Brother Beware" "I Like 'em Fat Like That" "Messy Bessy" "Pettin' and Pokin'" "Life Is So Peculiar" "I Know What I' ve Got" "Azure Te" "Safe, Sane and Single" "Push Ka Pi Shi Pie" "Saturday Night Fish Fry" "What's the Use of Getting Sober" "If I Had Any Sense (I'd Go Back Home)" "Dad Gum Your Hide Boy" "Let the Good Times Roll" "Reet, Petite and Gone" "Caldonia" "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" "Choo, Choo, Ch'boogie" "Look Out Sister" "Hurry Home" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't Ma' Baby"
Famous performers : Kenny Andrews, Paul J. Medford, Peter Alex Newton, Omar F. Okai, Dig Wayne, Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Clarke Peters, Tee Jaye Jenkins, Jeffrey D. Sams, Edward Baruwa, Ian Carlyle, Dex Lee, Idriss Kargbo, Timothy Martin, Emile Ruddock.

kinships

Inspired by another work : This musical review includes the greatest hits of Louis Jordan which allowed him to be renamed "The King of the Jukebox".
Exists in film : In 1995, the show was filmed and is available on DVD!