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FH aho, 11/4/27, Columbia 35670, BF-563;Parlophone R-2783, A-7397, PZ-11134.Columbia 35670 says Williams-Waller--andnotes that this take was unissued in 1927.Parlophone R-2783 also W-W.FH aho, 9/14/28, Brunswick 4119, 1004,A-8044, A-500389. 4119 label says Waller.Well, copyright is; by Clarence Williams: pf. © Jan. 23, 1928;2 c. Feb. 17; E 686068; Clarence Williamsmusic pub. co., inc., New York.Looked for later reregistrations adding othernames, which does happen, through 1930with no luck.Two of my Henderson reissues say justWilliams; third says just Waller. Grrrr!And for what it’s worth, the big multivolumereissue of Fletcher Henderson recordings putout by Columbia in 1961 credits Fats Waller-Spencer Williams for the 11/4/27 recording,didn’t even include the other two.Haesler reports:This copyright is not shown in TomLord's'Clarence Williams' book in Chapter17C: CWMPC Compositions Recorded ByOtherArtists, compiled from "a fewmiscellaneous sources."However, the title only is listed in Chapter17D: Compositions by Clarence Williams,Owned Ny CWMPC.But is not under Thomas 'Fats' Waller inChapter 17E: Selected list of ComposersAnd Compositions Od CWMPC.Does anybody have anything to contributehere? At this point, I think the prudent thing isto reject both Waller and Jordan asaberrations and go with the copyright:Clarence Williams.Hop-Scotch (George L. Cobb)George Foley 1088LP had Hop ScotchBrier says never published as single sheet,only in Melody magazine. And has hyphen,which agrees with most of the refs to it on theweb.Hopfrog (Humphrey Lyttelton)Creole JB 1051Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band 1160Black Eagle JB 1346Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1432Rec. by Lyttelton 4/26/50, Parlophone R3286,label confirms Lyttelton.Hoppin’ Mad (Humphrey Lyttelton)Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1432Rec. Lyttelton 9/25/51, Parlophone R3460,label confirms Lyttelton.Hors d’Oeuvre (Dave Comer)Marty Grosz’s Orphan Newsboys 1225CD was Hors d’Oeuvres.Rec. Ambrose, London, 1/4/35, Decca F-5375,F-7204; Brunswick A-9724 et al. Comer &Blanche, London, 4/15, Regal G-6936.Murray’s Ragtime Trio, Hayes, Middlesex,4/8/15, HMV C-399. And six of my otherrecordings of this tune show Comer--amazingin their unanimity.But oops, the copyright is singular:Hors d'oeuvre; fox trot by David Comer, ofEngland; piano. © Apr. 21, 1915; 1 c. Apr.23, 1915; E 351836; B, Feldman & Co.,London.And well, well, well: In yahoo chat group onnon-U.S. ragtime composers, we find:Hors d'oeuvre (fox trot)David ComerLondon; B. Feldman & Co., 1915[I have a photocopy of the original 1915sheet music I could scan]Many online refs to the Ambrose recordinghave it in the singular. Likewise refs. to Comer& Blanche recording. And Murray. AND Ihave recordings of it in singular by DickZimmerman, Lou Busch, and Brit. Geoff Love.Obviously Comer wrote it singular and it’sbeen changed to plural inadvertently bypeople (i.e., nearly all of us) who never see theexpression in the singular.Further research: No! The final “plural” s is anEnglish bastardization to begin with. FromWikipedia entry on the term:The French (singular and plural) is horsd’œuvre; in English, the œ ligature is usuallyreplaced by the digraph oe with the pluraloften written as hors d’oeuvres andpronounced the same.My God, the things you learn when you pokearound!Horse Feathers (Cliff Jackson–Marvin Smolev)Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra 1320Red Rose Ragtime Band 1399Rec. Cliff Jackson Krazy Kats, 1/30/30, GreyGull/Globe 1839, Madison 5098, Radiex/VanDyke 923, Van Dyke 81839. (Good God, talkabout obscure!)Not in copyright books 1929-32. Chrono.Classics reissue says Jackson-Smolev forGlobe 1839. Madison label says Smolev-Jackson. And Van Dyke 81839 label isSmolev-Jackson!Horseshoe Rag (Julia Lee Niebergall)Wally Rose 1057ASM, 1911, J. H. Aufderheide; Horse Shoe oncover, but Horseshoe on (c). Also on 4/1/11copyright reg.Hot Aire (Elmer Schoebel)New Century Ragtime Orchestra 1385Les Rois du Fox-Trot 1407Confirmed by 10/8/25 copyright reg.Hot and Ready (Richard M. Jones)New Jazz Wizards 1244Rec. Jones Jazz Wizards 10/28, Paramount12705, 14001, Jazz Collector (UK) L-75, AF(Association Francaise...) A-050 .No copyright 1927-29. Paramount 12705label has no composer credit, nor doParamount 20928 (not mentioned in Rust) or14001, but all secondary sources say Jones.But, tellingly, neither of my Jones reissues hasa composer credit. Nor does it make sensethat Jones, both a composer and publisher,would fail to copyright one of hiscompositions.Haesler notes:The monograph “Richard M. Jones.Forgotten Man of Jazz” by ChristopherHillman and Roy Middleton (1997, CygnetProductions) includes a list of the "known"compositions of Richard M Jones. Hot AndReady (and It's A Low Down Thing) are notmentioned.Jones seems more and more questionable--atbest might cite him as a “maybe” (?)composer. Can anybody tie him to this tunewith a primary source?Hot Cabbage (Homer Denney)John Hancock 1025Confirmed 7/21/08 copyright reg.Hot Cinders (Joseph F. Lamb)Bob Wright 1239Matthew Davidson 1252Unpublished in his lifetime, posthumouslypublished in Joseph F. Lamb, RagtimeTreasures Piano Solos (New York, NY: MillsMusic, 1964), now out of print.And confirmed by 11/16/59 copyright reg.Hot Coffee (Bennie Krueger–Bartley Costello)West End JB 1042Rec. Five Musical Blackbirds, 3/26, PatheAktuelle 36404, Perfect 14585. Also couple ofLondon bands.Copyright isHot coffee ; fox trot, words by BartleyCostello, music by Bennie Krueger, arr. byMerle T. Kendrick. © Jan. 2, 1926; 2 c. Dec.