"In a Mellow Tone", also known as "In a Mellotone", is a 1940 #jazzStandard composed by #DukeEllington, with lyrics written later by #MiltGabler. The song's chord changes are based on the 1917 standard "#RoseRoom" by #ArtHickman and #HarryWilliams, which Ellington had recorded in 1932.
Contact pinball (Pacific Amusement Mfg. Co., 1933). Contrary to popular belief, 'Contact' was not the first game to use electricity. Dick Bueschel notes in Pinball 1 that there were pinball games and bagatelles of the early 1900’s with electricity that "rang bells, flashed lights and kicked balls around in all directions." 'Contact' did, however, put several exciting ideas into one game that proved to be an enormous success and prompted many copycat versions by other manufacturers. Its success transformed Harry Williams into a major player in the industry. In an interview with pinball historian Russ Jensen on April 7, 1982, Harry Williams estimated that the production of all four cabinet models totaled between 28 and 33 thousand units. He said the first models had neither a tilt mechanism nor bells, but that both were added somewhere during the first 100 games produced. He then said that later models used an electric "pull-chain" tilt mechanism he designed, having an indicator on the playfield which pointed to either "OK" or "TILT".
