Charlie Parker - Scrapple from the Apple - 1948 " Scrapple from the Apple " is a bebop composition by Charlie Parker written in 1947, commonly recognized today as a jazz standard, written in F major . The song borrows its chord progression from " Honeysuckle Rose ," a common practice for Parker, as he based many of his successful tunes over already well-known chord changes. While the A section is based on " Honeysuckle Rose ," the B section or " middle eight " comes from the rhythm changes which are based on George Gershwin 's " I Got Rhythm ."