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For what it’s worth, Ellington’s Music Is MyMistress, which has a very extensive andaccurate (we discovered before) list of hiscompositions, does not have a "Jungle Blues."--4>Jungle Crawl (Tiny Parham)Jungle Crawlers 1084Charquet & Co 1195Rec. Parham 7/22/29, Victor V-38082,BluebirdB-5146 et al. Clarence Williams, 9/11/34,Vocalion 2909.Confirmed by 12/7/29 copyright reg. andVictor Project. Clarence Williams record is diff.tune, by Clarence & Ernie Williams.Jungle Jamboree (Fats Waller–Andy Razaf–Harry Brooks)Charquet & Co 1076Rec. Harlem Footwarmers (from EllingtonBand), 8/2/29, OKeh 8720, Parlophone R-1946et al.Oops, title different on copyright reg.:That jungle jamboree; lyric by Andy Razaf,music by Thomas Waller and Harry Brooks.© 1 c. Sept. 17, 1929; E unp. 11050; Millsmusic, inc., New York.But found several versions of the label,including OKeh 8720, all are “JungleJamboree,” from Connie’s Hot Choclates.Jungle Nights in Harlem(Duke Ellington)Charleston Chasers 1287Oops, not in Rust--no, it’s there under 1930,just not in index: 6/4/30, Victor 23022,Bluebird B-6335 et al.But not in copyright books for 1929-31.Confirmed by the Victor and Bluebird labels.Jungle Time (E. Philip Severin)Jack Rummel 1118Confirmed by 2/23/05 copyright reg. Foundcover, which has “A Geniune Rag” as obviousgenre-marker.Junk Man (Joseph Meyer–Frank Loesser)State Street Aces 1011Rec. Benny Goodman, 2/2/34, Columbia 2298-D et al. Five Spirits of Rhythm, 9/14/34, Decca160, Brunswick 01944. Jack Teagarden,9/18/34, Brunswick 7652, Parlophone R-2599et al.Confirmed 1/12/34 copyright reg., w. FL/m JM.Junk Man Rag, The (Luckey Roberts)New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra 1213Tom Roberts 1345New Century Ragtime Orchestra 1385Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra 1402ASM, 1914, Jos. Stern, as “C. LuckythRoberts.Junk Man’s Blues (Red Nichols–Phil Dooley)Des Plantes’ Washboard Wizards 1357Rust says rec. as Junk Man Blues byKing Oliver 10/15/23 for Columbia (but notreleased).Red Nichols 10/2/31, Brunswick 6219 et al.But Rust was wrong, label is Junk Man’sBlues, credit Nichols-Dooley.Lew Stone, London, 11/29/32, Decca F-3313.Label is indeed Junk Man Blues, creditDooley-Nichols.Rust has separate listing for Junk Man’s Blues:Nat Gonella, London, 1/29/36, Parlophone F-392, A-6418; Odeon 031046 et al. Couldn’tfind label, but lots of evidence that it wasindeed Junk Man’s Blues.LC copyright cards:1. Junk man blues melody by J.O. of U.S.10/25/23. Copyright claimed by JosephOliver, Chicago. unpubl.2. Junkman’s blues, w/m Phil Dooley & RedNichols. unpub. 8/18/31, Joe Davis, NY.3. Junk man’s blues (fox-trot) w/m RedNichols & Phil Dooley. 2/8/32, Joe Davis Inc.,NY. published.It appears that Dooley & Nichols firstcopyrighted it as Junkman’s Blues, but whenthey published it, it became Junk Man’s Blues.Seems to me we have to go with that unlesswe learn otherwise.Des Plantes says they got it from Lew Stoneaho in England, but that’s the one record of itthat had title of Junk Man, so I wonder howDes Plantes bunch knew to change it to JunkMan’s Blues.Just a Bird’s Eye View (of My OldKentucky Home) (Walter Donaldson–Gus Kahn)Back Bay Ramblers 1374We had as all solid title, no parens.rec. Jean Goldkette, 9/28/26, Victor 20268,HMV EA-151. Don Voorhees, 11/25/26,Edison, rejected. Jesse Crawford, 1/21/27,Victor 20458.Copyright is shorter:Just a bird's eye view; words by Gus Kahn,melody by Walter Donaldson. © 1 c. Sept.22, 1926; E 650388; Leo Feist, inc., NewYork.Found the cover online and lots of indexlistings for this in collections. It’s title plussubtitle, which is how the majority of therecordings of this at LC SONIC read. Ah, andHassan sheet music confirms it.Just a Cottage Small (by a Waterfall)(B. G. De Sylva–James F. Hanley)Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra 1415Rec. Lada’s Louisiana Lads, 12/25, Sunset1151. Sam Wooding in Berlin, 9/26, DeutscheGrammophon/Polydor 20693. (Rust lists bothwithout subtitle)Copyright implies subtitle:Just a cottage small, by a waterfall; w B. G.DeSylva. m James F. Hanley, of U.S. © Aug.21, 1925; 2 c. Aug. 24: E 622669; Harms,inc., New York.Wooding has the subtitle in parens; of severalrecordings in LC SONIC, half are the shorttitle, half have the subtitle in parens. As withprevious song, cover and a raft of online indexentries make it clear that (by a Waterfall) is aparenthetical subtitle.Just a Little While to Stay Here(E. M. Bartlett)New Orleans Rascals 1113Zenith Hot Stompers 1191Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble 1197All three credited “traditional.”