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Tex’s original-looking 1920 sheet music (1920,Jerome Remick; HSM has it too) has onlyRose-Jolson, but it seems painfully obviousthat DeSylva added or revised lyrics and gothis name put on music, and that he’s gettingroyalties (i.e., the ASCAP listing), so weprobably ought to have him in the creditsTelcon 8/28: no DeSylva on theory that guywho added or changed lyrics after the tunewas written couldn’t have made anycontribution to the melody that we play asinstrumental --3>June 2004: Erdos has change of heart, saysto add De Sylva. Repeats this in long note ofchanges sent in Oct. ‘04.June 2011: Bob, I like this less and less. I’vesearched extensively and can find nopublished version of this song after the 1920Jerome Remick original, which credits Rose-Jolson. Yet most sources credit all three. Didfind this blurb in the article on Avalon at theJazz Standards web site: “The original musicshows only the names of Jolson and Rose. Atsome point in time DeSylva’s name wasadded. It is possible that he did have a hand inthe lyrics, as he wrote lyrics to many of thesongs performed by and purportedlycomposed by Jolson” (written by our ChrisTyle).I’d feel a lot better about including him if wecould be sure he had a hand in the originalwriting and didn’t just get his name added bybuying the rights or recopyrighting it later.[A footnote, for what it’s worth, provided byAustralian researcher Bill Haesler on theDJML:For those who are are still following thisrecent thread, I did some research from theoperatic side of the subject and came upwith some more interesting things.It has been claimed that the tune'sopening phrase resembles that of GiacomoPuccini's aria "E lucevan le stele", from theopera Tosca, but in the major key. Theremaining 30 bars do not. Puccini'spublishers sued the song's composers in1921 for use of the melody, and "wereawarded $25,000 and all subsequentroyalties of the song by the court". [Itappears to have been later settled out ofcourt.]Aviation Rag (Mark Janza)Univ. of Wisconsin Symphony Band 1284ASM, 1910, Forster.Awful Sad (Duke Ellington)Andy Stein & Friends 1146San Francisco Starlight Orchestra 1271Confirmed by 1/29/29 copyright reg.BBaby (Santo Pecora–Fred Newman)Le Petit Jazzband 1403