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Gambling Jack (Jelly Roll Morton)Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1318Blue Rhythmakers 1373Rec. Morton 10/9/30, Victor 23307, HMV JK-2859, Biltmore 1074.Victor label credits Morton. No copyright1930-31.Garden of Allah, The (Robert A. Keiser)Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band 1123LP had Garden of Allah, dated 1913.Confirmed by 10/14/12 copyright reg., THEGarden of Allah, pub. Harold Rossiter.Vermazen later sent sheet music (c) 1913 pub.Shapiro Music, so obviously it was transferedthat year from Rossiter to Shapiro.Garland of Flowers (Boyer)Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble 11979/5/96, Baker at LC: Prob. not the right one,but for what it's worth:Garland of Flowers; an orig. service forchildren's day. Words Elsie Duncan Yale;music J. Lincoln Hall. 5-22-16. Publishedby Hall-Mack Co., Philadelphia.5/5/11 Google search found two refs to thathymn, both identifying only Boyer ascomposer. Don Rouse did further research,establishing that the tune by Boyer was inpublication by 1895 and that it was presentedboth as a funeral dirge and a march. Also,Cyprien Boyer was a French organist andcomposer of religious material (c. 1852 - c.1924) but I am unable to hook him up withGarland of Flowers.Gate Mouth (Louis Armstrong)Black Eagle JB 1054New Yankee Rhythm Kings 1067Abi Hübner’s Low Down Wizards 1093Jean-François Bonnel & Friends 1104Lyttelton–Fawkes Troglodytes 1238See notes at Do What Ory Say.Gates Blues (Jimmy Wade)Back Bay Ramblers 1374Rec. Wade Dixielanders, 10/10/28, Vocalion1236, V-1029; Brunswick 80041.No copyright. Brunswick label confirms himby first-last name.Gee, [Baby,] Ain’t I Good to You(Don Redman–Andy Razaf)Kustbandet 12942011: Unanimous? Huh? Must look for sheetmusic or cy card.2013 review: Rust calls it “Gee, Ain’t I Good toYou?” Rec.McKinney’s C.P., 11/5/29, Victor V-38097, J-5208; Bluebird B-5205, B-10249, B-11590;HMV B-4967, JK-2155, K6950.Don Redman aho (as “Ain’t I Good to You?”),5/18/39, Victor 26266.Chu Berry, 9/41, Commodore 1508, 17302;Embassy 148.Aha! Copyright isAin't I good to you; words by Andy Razaf,music by Donald Redman. [Words andmelody only] © 1 c. Nov. 18, 1929; E unp.13345; Joe Davis, New York.Now what about the record labels?Victor Project says “Gee, Ain’t I Good toYou” by McKinney’s, based on record label.And actual V-38097 label confirms this.Library of Congress has 20 records with thistitle on them:6 x Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You5 x Gee, Ain’t I Good to You4 x Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You?3 x Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You1 x Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You?1 x Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to YouYep, that sure makes it unanimous!It was copyrighted (unpublished) as simply“Ain’t I Good to You,” but it was “published”(the original McKinney’s record) as “Gee Ain’t IGood to You.”I expected I’d find that the “Gee Baby” hadcrept in from the lyrics, so I listened to it. Theline “baby, ain’t I good to you” is sung twice,just that way.So the “Gee,” got added to the record labelout of sheer fancy, and later recordings pickedup the “baby” from the lyrics and threw themin in all possible combinations of punctuation.The only one that adhered to the originalcopyright was Don’t Redman’s in 1939 (butI’m relying on Rust to have that right, althoughRHJA and Online 78 agree, but he did add thequestion mark.So I’ll go with the original “published” version,but put the Baby in as alternative title since itappears to frequently, especially in therecording that revived the song, by Nat KingCole, who also had the “Gee” in his lyrics.And it appears it was published as sheetmusic in 1944 with Cole on the cover as “GeeBaby, Ain’t I Good to You.” (I couldn’t find anyevidence of a sheet music issue in 1929.)Gee, It’s Wonderful (Buck Evans)Brahmin Bellhops 1305See the note about Evans at Blue Bungalow.Turns out that all 19 tracks on 1305 werewritten by Evans, who played piano on thesession.Georgia Blues (W. Benton Overstreet–Billy Higgins)Leigh–Dapogny Mysterious Babies 1087Rec. Ethel Waters 5/22, Black Swan 14120,Paramount 12177. Again 6/7/29, Columbia14565-D.Lanin’s Arkansas Travelers, 5/24, OKeh 40124.Black Swan label confirms, as does OKeh,Copyright has was it presented as a very oddgenre marker:Georgia blues; lovesick moan, w BillyHiggins, m W. Benton Overstreet. of U.S.Mark bro. ed. © Sept. 15, 1923; 2 c. Sept.17; E 569381: Edward B. Marks music co.,New York.Georgia Bo-Bo (Fats Waller–Jo Trent)New Yankee Rhythm Kings 1015Tomas Örnberg’s Blue Five 1043Minerva JB 1117Jacques Gauthé’s Creole Rice YBJB 1170Grosz–Ingham Paswonky Serenadrs 1214Black Eagle JB 1346South Side Jazz Serenaders 1420Rec. Lil’s Hot Shots, 5/28/26, Vocalion 1037,Oriole 1009, Brunswick 80060 et al.Jelly James & His Fewsicians, 1/25/27,Gennett 6045, Champion 15216, Silvertone5023 et al.Aha:Georgia bo-bo; words and music by JoTrent and Fats Waller [pseud, of ThomasWaller] © Apr. 23, 1926; 2 c. Apr. 24; E637273; Shapiro, Bernstein & co., inc., NewYork.[and in copyright cat discovered Jo’s fullname is Joseph H. Trent.But how about this: Lil’s Vocalion label hadthe hyphen, but Brunswick 80060 did not. Soeither is acceptable, but let’s add it to matchthe copyright reg.Georgia Cabin (Mary E. Karoley–Sidney Bechet)South Side Jazz Serenaders 14201420 had just Bechet.Rec. Bechet’s N.O.F. 4/28/41, Victor 27904,HMV K-8664.Oops, found the Victor label: composers areMary E. Karoley-Sidney Bechet! Not in 1941-41 copyright books.