12th Street Rag for Accordion

12th Street Rag for Accordion

TV Show "Family Affair" (1967) Movie "The Beguiled" (1971)

The composer the the 1960's Television Show Jeff Alexander wrote this memorable hit. I remember this Television Show "FAMILY AFFAIR" as being the first of my T.V. experiences a child. The red freckle face kid "Jody" (Johnny Whittaker) and the unforgettable "Mr. French" (Sebastian Cabot, who voiced the narration of Winnie the Pooh.), and Uncle Bill (Brian Keith the Red Headed Father) who I remember seeing later in many random Cowboy Westerns.

Last night after seeing this show again I had to pen down the melody and chords and play on the piano. Although it did not sound right because the original song is played on a Harpsichord! The episode I saw was Ms. Beasley gets lost and the little girl in the apartment below (Cathy Silvers) was the actress who grew up to play Jenny Piccolo from "Happy Days".

I saw Kathy in this weird 1970's Clint Eastwood movie called "The Beguiled" where she played the 8 year old blonde pigtailed girl who takes a liking to a sly Civil War Veteran, damn Yankee. The story line with this soldier being hidden by a school of all girls was compelling. I would say it was unpredictable the whole way through.

I think the song has a syncopated rthyme rithythem, rthim, rythym rythem rythm um . . . in melody line, a lot like "Ragtime".