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Limehouse Blues (Philip Braham–Douglas Furber)Gauthé–Marquet Clarinet Serenadrs 1216Paris Washboard 1326Lande’s Rhythm Club Orchestra 1327Independence Hall JB 1386ASM, 1922, (c) Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew;pub. Harms, w. Furber/m. Braham.Lina Blues (Jabbo Smith)Scaniazz 1056Hot Antic JB 1058Black Eagle JB 1065Jimmy Mazzy & Eli Newberger 1109Original Salty Dogs JB 1233Louisiana Washboard Five 1398Rec. Smith 4/17/29, Brunswick 7087.Confirmed by 10/21/29 copyright reg. andrecord label.Linger Awhile (Vincent Rose–Harry Owens)Paris Washboard 1261ASM, 1932, Leo Feist; w. Owens/m. Rose.Listen to That Dixie Band(George L. Cobb–Jack Yellen)John Gill’s Dixieland Serenaders 1321ASM, 1914, Elizabeth Murray; w. Yellen/m.Cobb.Little Annie Rooney (Michael Nolan)Imperial Serenaders 1351Orig. published 1889-90, but earliest editionsundated; reregistered as arrangement by W.C. Polla in 1925. All sources agree on title andcomposer.Little Bit Closer, A (Tiny Parham)Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1281Rec. Parham 12/27, Paramount 12586,Century 3005. Priscilla Stewart, 12/28,Paramount 12740.Evidently not copyrighted, but Paramount12586 label confirms Parham.Little Bit of Rag (Hawaiian Drag)(Paul Pratt)Tom Brier 1274Unpub., says Brier; exists only as piano roll.Perfesser Bill says it’s “A Little Bit of Rag (AHawaiian Drag),” from roll U.S. Music 8005B,1916. But onwww.bluesrolls.com/Rags_K-Z.htmlI find a very poor image of the roll label: I don’tthink there’s an ‘A’ on title, and it does looklike it might be “A Hawaiian Drag” or just“Hawaiian Drag” under title.Aha: Frank Himpsl has the roll, reports thattitle subtitle is Little Bit of Rag (Hawaiian Drag)Little Bits (Jimmy Blythe)Ray Skjelbred 1124Pam Pameijer’s Classic Jazz Aces 1194Two Clarinet Stompers 1259One More Time JB 1410Rec. Jimmy Bertrand’s wb wizards (w/Blytheon pno), 5/29/26, Vocalion 1035, Oriole 1008,Brunswick A-164.Confirmed by 3/18/27 copyright reg., butname on copyright is Jimmie Blythe. Odd--hehas nine tunes copyrighted that year, seven asJames Blythe, two as Jimmie. And Rust’ssection on him notes that “this artist issometimes credited on his records as JimmieBlythe or James Blythe.Little by Little (Robert Emmett Dolan–Walter O’Keefe)Ingham–Grosz Hot Cosmopolites 1323Back Bay Ramblers 1355See note at Hullabaloo. He was Bobby,Robert, but most often Robert Emmett.Little Girl (Madeline Hyde–Frances Henry)James Dapogny’s Chicagoans 1263Confirmed by 4/23/31 copyright reg., w/mboth; popularized by Guy Lombardo, saysS&P.Little Jack’s Rag (Arthur Marshall)Terry Waldo 1007Pub. for first time in Waldo’s This Is Ragtime,1976. Says it had recently been discovered byMildred Stewart (Marshall’s daughter,presumably).Little John’s Rag (Turk Murphy)South Frisco JB 1240Jazzology bio of Turk says written in 1950 inhonor of birth of Lester Koenig’s son, rec.1951 SFTJF agrees on Turk, says 1949.Little Lawrence (Jelly Roll Morton)State Street Aces 1041South Frisco JB 1103South Frisco JB CD 1143Mike Daniels’ Delta Jazzmen 1203Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1335Back Bay Ramblers 1374Rec. 3/19/30 RHP, Victor V-38135, HMV EA-3680 et al. Confirmed by 7/18/30 copyrightreg. and Victor label.(Everyone in Town Loves) Little MaryBrown (Benny Davis–Jesse Greer)Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra 1234Rec. Eddie Deas & His Boston Brownies as(Everyone in Town Loves) Little Mary Brown,10/22/31, Victor 22844. Ben Selvin, 10/16/31,Columbia 2554-D.Copyright reg. isLittle Mary Brown; words and melody byBenny Davis and Jesse Greer. © 1 c. Sept.16, 1931; E unp. 44966; Irving Berlin, inc.,New York.But then . . .Everyone in town loves little Mary Brown;words and music by Benny Davis and JesseGreer. © Oct. 8, 1931; 2 c. Oct. 9; E pub.25673; Irving Berlin, inc., New York.Eddie Deas Victor label does have theparenthetical pretitle--AND full names ofcomposers as Bennie Davis-Jesse Greer. Butit’s not on the Selvin Victor label.Got the music from MTSU: cover isEVERYONE IN TOWNLOVES LITTLE MARY BROWNcopyright page isLittle Mary BrownThis one kind of hurts. Properly speaking, nopretitle, since it’s not on copyright page andsheet music copyright page is ultimatestandard. But it WAS on the first record labeland the pub. copyright and the cover of thesheet music. I think I’ll just cheat and keep ithere, although technically the version with thepretitle should be an alternative version of thetitle, which would result in the insanelyawkwardLittle Mary Brown [(Everyone in TownLoves) Little Mary Brown]Little Pal (B. G. De Sylva–Lew Brown–Ray Henderson–Al Jolson)Newberger–Mazzy–Thompson 1352Confirmed by 3/5/29 copyright reg., w/m allthree. Introduced by Jolson in Say It withSongs.Little Rock Getaway (Joe Sullivan)John Gill 1066Ray Skjelbred 1097ASM, 1938-39, Leo Feist.Little Wabash Special (Tom Shea)Tom Shea 1022David Thomas Roberts 1132Little White Lies (Walter Donaldson)John Gill’s Calif. Sunshine Boys 1157Confirmed by 6/27/30 copyright reg.Little Willie Blues (Jabbo Smith)Scaniazz 1056Jazz Classics 1061Abi Hübner’s Low Down Wizards 1093Hot Antic JB 1099Original Salty Dogs JB 1233Rec. Jabbo 2/22/29, Brunswick 7058.Confirmed by 6/5/29 copyright reg.