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Copyrighted by Monk under the title "Nameless" in April 1944. The tune was also called "Bip Bop" by Monk, and he claimed that the tune's latter title was the origin of the genre-defining name bebop. It quickly became popular as an opening and closing tune at the clubs on 52nd Street in Manhattan where Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker played. It was first recorded by Dizzy Gillespie's sextet on February 22, 1946, under the title "52nd Street Theme.”