Mose Allison was one of those guys who was more popular with those inside the business than he was with the general public.
I think I heard somewhere that while in primary school, a young Mose Allison proposed—as his entry into the upcoming science fair— to map each of the twelve tones of the chromatic scale to its complement among the 12 pairs of cranial nerves emanating directly from the floor of the human brain. He believed there was a direct correspondence between these entities, and that this was the basis of our comprehension of music.
They said that several notebooks, including a fully developed theory supporting his hypothesis were discovered by his teacher shortly before the precocious Mose could collect subjects and put his experiment into motion. Most agree that despite it being a setback to scientific progress, this timely intervention was on the whole of benefit to humanity.
I’ve been unable to confirm this story despite hours searching for evidence, including once reviewing every single entry returned from a Google query. I nevertheless remain unconvinced that it is total bullshit.
I suppose that Mose was most popular inside the business because he provided so much they could steal from. The general public derived much enjoyment from him as well, only, second hand.