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2013 review: Rec.Clarence Williams as I’m Through 11/28, QRSR-7040, Paramount 14024. (no credit onParamount)Bechet with Bob Wilber band as I’m Through,Goodbye, 6/8/49, Circle J-1059, L-406;Riverside RLP-12-216, 139 et al. TheRiverside LP jacket credits Bechet.Claude Luter as I’m Through, Goodbye,6/5/61, Vogue (French) LD-555.. . . and many bands since under theexpanded title that Bechet used when herevived the tune in 1949. It’s actually far betterknown under that title that the original shorterone.They’re all the same tune.I’m Through with Love (Gus Kahn–Matty Malneck–Fud Livingston)John Gill Sentimental Serenaders 1424ASM, 1931, M-G-M; w. Kahn/m. Malneck-Livingston.I’m Tickled Pink with a Blue Eyed Baby(Pete Wendling–Charles O’Flynn)Neely’s Royal Society Jazz Orch 1208CD had “Blue-eyed baby”Rec. Roy Evans, 10/31/30, Columbia 2338-D.Red Nichols Big Ten, 11/18/30, Victor 23026,HMV B-5977. Fred Rich, 11/19/30, OdeonONY-36179, A-221334; Parlophone PNY-34155, R-856; Harmony 1246-H; Clarion 5179-C; Regal G-20945. (some had hyphen, somedidn’t in Rust)Copyright reg. 9/20/30 did NOT have ahyphen; w. O’Flynn/m. Wendling. Couldn’tfind any actual labels, but according to LCSONIC, Nichols record had hyphen, Evans didnot; two other recordings split one each. ButMTSU lists it without hyphen, AND I found thecover online--without a hyphen. So sheetmusic and copyright overrules Red Nichols.I’m Travelin’ - don’t have this on SOS yet, butlearned from Bob Pelland at Chattanooga2012 that it’s really a hymn called “When IMove to the Sky,” but that when Ken Colyerand the Crane River JB recorded it c. 1950,Colyer couldn’t remember the real title so hemade one up. Should be easy to check, sinceit’s been recorded under “sky” title by gospelsingers and even Bunk Johnson.I’m Watching the Clock [Watchin’the Clock] (Joe Oliver–ClarenceWilliams)Jacobi’s Bottomland Orchestra 1336Rec. King Oliver, 9/12/28, Brunswick 4469,Vocalion V-1033. Cl. Williams Orch (as just“Watchin’ the Clock”), 12/19/28, OKeh 8663.Here’s the copyright reg.:I'm watching the clock; by Joe Oliver andClarence Williams. [Melody only] © 1 c. Mar.2, 1929; E unp. 4228 ; Clarence Williamsmusic pub. co., inc., New York.Oliver Brunswick label is I’m Watching,composer credit only Oliver! This isinteresting: The Williams OKeh label is indeedjust “Watchin’ the Clock,” and the composercredit is . . . Oliver!Only two recordings, both by majorperformers (and presumably co-composers): Ithink we must put in “Watchin’ the Clock” asan alternative title.I’m Wild About That Thing(Spencer Williams)Rusty Taylor /Southern Stompers 1028Red Onions & Ottilie 1090Barbara Rosene 1431Rec. Bessie Smith, 5/8/29, Columbia 14427-D,DZ-378; Harmony 1086; Biltmore 1009.Confirmed by 4/29/29 copyright reg.I’m Wonderin’ Who (Albert Von Tilzer–Peter De Rose–Jo Trent–Edward Grant)Prague Jazzphonics 1236Neely’s Royal Society Jazz Orch 1250Imagination (Fud Livingston)Hot Antic JB 1099Terry Waldo’s Gotham City Band 1120Lande’s Rhythm Club Orchestra 1327Les Rois du Fox-Trot 1429Confirmed by sheet music and 10/6/27copyright reg. Beware that Rust has sixdifferent imaginations, delineated by year.First is this one 1927, recorded by Livingstonand by Red Nichols and Miff Mole bands.Imagination (Sterling Russell)Les Red Hot Reedwarmers 1435Notes say this is the B ennie MotenImagination, which Moten rec. 12/13/32, Victor23378, Bluebird B-5078. And Sterling Russellis the leader of the Sterling Russell Trio ofvocalists.BUT I couldn’t find any copyright in the books1931-36 (name Sterling Russell not there forany other titles either), nor could I find either ofthe record labels. Oddly, not even LC SONIChas either of them, and they have dozens ofMoten records. Only secondary confirmation Ihave is RHJA and Russell credit onChronological Classics Moten reissue. Guessthat’ll have to suffice, but I’m suspicious.Russell’s name could have been on the labelas featured vocalist, and that could have beenpicked up--possibly incorrectly--as acomposer credit.Well, Bill Haesler did fearsome battle with thistoo. He never found a primary source (i.e.,actual Moten Victor or Bluebird record labels),but he found a little more secondary evidencefor Sterling Russell as the composer, so wemust settle for that. And later he put the icingon the cake: The label of Victor 23378,“Imagination,” by Sterling Russell Trio andOrchestra, composed by . . . S. Russell!Immigration Blues (Duke Ellington)Moonlight Broadcasters 1193Rec. Ellington 12/29/26, Vocalion 1077, Oriole1010, Biltmore 1004.Confirmed by 2/25/27 copyright reg., alsoVocalion label.Impecunious Davis (Kerry Mills)Glenn Jenks & Dan Grinstead 1292