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Hot Time in the Old Town, A [There’llBe a Hot Time in the Old TownTonight] (Theodore A. Metz–Joe Hayden)Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra 1108St. Louis Ragtimers 1267Down Home JB 1273ASM, 1896, Willis Woodward, as “A Hot Timein the Old Town,” m. Theo. A. Metz/w. JoeHayden.Also has 1897, same publisher, without lyricsorl yricist credit.Hotter Than That (Lil Hardin)Pierre Atlan’s Piccadilly Revelers 1181Bob Helm’s JB 1310Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1363Rec. Hot Five 12/13/27, OKeh 8535, Vocalion3237, Parlophone R-2704 et many al.Hotter than that; melody by Lill Hardin. © 1c. May 10, 1928; E 690496; Consolidatedmusic pub. house, Chicago.John Gill reports 5/10/28 copyright deposit,showing Lill Hardin.House of David Blues, The (BillyMeyers–Elmer Schoebel–Irving Mills)Down Home JB 1264Orig. Memphis Melody Boys, 5/30/23,Columbia A3923, Regal G8096.Broadway Syncopators, 8/14/23, Vocalion14670, Beltone 371, Guardsman 1425.The Virginians, 9/6/23, Victor 19140,Zonophone 3629.Synco JB, 9/14/23, Pathe Aktuelle 021075,Perfect 14178.Orig. Memphis 5, 10/25/23, Banner 1282,Regal 9573, Apex 8132, Imperial 1249.Greenwich Village Orch, 11/26/23, Paramount20288, Claxtonola 40288, Harmograph 886,Pennington 1288.Fletcher Henderson (as The House...),7/17/31, Banner 32733; Domino 127;Melotone M-12216, Oriole 2677; Perfect15753 et al.Labels: First recording, Columbia A3923, noThe. But of the 15 recordings I could find, 9had The, 6 did not.Copyright:House of David blues; by Billy Meyers,Elmer Schoebel and Irving Mills of U.S.;melody with piano acc. © 1 c. June 26,1923; E 563315; Jack Mills, inc., New York.But then later the The was added:House (The) of David blues; w and m ElmerSchoebel, Billy Meyers and Irving Mills, ofU.S. © Aug. 23, 1923; 2 c. Sept. 4; E570807; Jack Mills, inc., New York.Obviously, it could go either way, but since thecopyright was updated (evidently) for theexpress purpose of adding The to the title, weshould as well.House Rent Blues (The Stomp)[Copyrighted and published asThe Stomp (House Rent Blues)but recorded using the subtitle](De Koven Thompson–Will H. Hendrickson)Des Plantes’ Washboard Wizards 1325Le Petit Jazzband 1403On both CDs as “House Rent Blues (TheStomp” by Reginald DeKoven Thompson andWill H. Hendrickson.Rec. Monette Moore, 10/24, Ajax 17064.Bessie Smith, 7/23/24, Columbia 14032-D. Cl.Williams Blue 5, 11/14/23, OKeh 8171.According to Rust, only the Williams recordhad (The Stomp) subtitle.Couldn’t find any of the labels, but the usuallyreliable index at LC SONIC says composerTed Wallace on Columbia, DeKovenThompson on OKeh 8171 (and confirms thesubtitle).Ah, here it is:Stomp (The); house rent blues, words bvWill H. Hendrickson, music by De KovenThompson iof U.S. © Feb. 15, 1923; 2 c.Feb. 19: E 560145 ; Ted Browne music co.,Chicago.Note that De Koven split in this entry, but Ifound many others, and it jumps aroundbetween solid and split. Same is true of othersearches for his name.And aha: Found the cover at IN Harmony.Title is“THE STOMP”(HOUSE RENT BLUES)And it’s m. De Koven Thompson, w. Will H.Hendrickson. Ted Brown Music Co., 1923.So this is a quandary: It was copyrighted andpublished as “The Stomp” with a subtitle, butthe world, at least the jazz/blues world, knowsit the other way around. OK, we’ll keep itunder House Rent, but with an explanationand a cross-ref from real title.ALSO, the Reginald was a mistake from thestart. In searching the copyright books for ourguy, I learned that there was another veryprolific composer in the same years namedReginald DeKoven.How Am I to Know? (Jack King–Dorothy Parker)Ingham–Grosz Hot Cosmopolites 1323Copyright 8/9/29, from film Dynamite, w.Parker, m. King but no question mark oncopyright.MTSU listing shows the ? as do all the otheronline indexes, and it’s on the cover as well.How Can You Face Me? (Fats Waller–Andy Razaf)Butch Thompson /Berkeley Gang 1127Neville Dickie 1176Prague Jazzphonics 1236Paris Washboard 1261Neville Dickie 1397Rec. Rhythm 9/28/34, Victor 24737, BluebirdB-10143 et al.Couldn’t find a copyright entry 1933-35, butthese and other labels at LC SONIC agree ontitle and composers.How Could I Be Blue?(Dan Wilson–Andy Razaf)James Dapogny & Butch Thompson 1183Neville Dickie & Louis Mazetier 1302Des Plantes’ Washboard Wizards 1325We had Daniel Wilson, but...ASM, 1926, pub. by Clarence Williams. DanWilson & Andy Razaf. We also have DanWilson & Andy Razaf for “Mama Stayed Outthe Whole Night Long,” so he must be Danhere too.How High the Moon (Morgan Lewis–Nancy Hamilton)Baker–Baldwin Radiogram Wshbrds 1243Confirmed 1/30/40 copyright reg., w.Hamilton/m. Lewis, from Two for the Show.How Long How Long Blues(Leroy Carr)Golden State JB 1006Butch Thompson 10371006 was How Long, How Long Blues byLeRoy Carr 1037 was How Long Blues byLeroy.2013 review: Rust lists it under “How Long,How Long Blues,” has a zillion recordings,and notes, “There are several variations onthis title.” Also note that none of the LeroyCarr recordings are listed in Rust; I took themfrom Online 78. (In listing below, titlecharacterization after performer name is from