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Little Wonder (Butch Thompson)Hall Brothers JB 1062Written by Thompson 1964 in honor of the oldwashing machine.Livery Stable Blues (Ray Lopez–Alcide Nunez) [also publishedin song version with lyrics byMarvin Lee]Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble 1055ASM has two copies, song version andinstrumental, both 1917 Roger Graham, soconcurrent. Instrumental is Lopez-Nunez,song adds w. Marvin Lee.Livin’ High (Sometimes)(Maceo Pinkard–Alex Belledna*)Swedish Jazz Kings 1188Bent Persson’s London Stompers 1167West Jesmond Rhythm Kings 1255Bob Helm’s JB 1310South Side Jazz Serenaders 14202011: Then wait a minute! Why would Pinkardsign the work with his real name AND apseudonym? Doesn’t make sense. Even ifwe’re still sure that Alex Belledna = MaceoPinkard, we must get a look at that sheetmusic to make sure both names are on it.Aha, look what I found at great sitejazzstandards.com:David A. Jasen and Gene Jones in Spreadin’Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters,1880-1930, explain the mystery surroundingEdna Alexander, variously credited as EdnaAlexander Pinkard and Edna B. Pinkard. In1919 a song crediting “Alex Belledna” waspublished, and in 1920 the name appearedon another composition, but in the smallworld of Tin Pan Alley no one knew thisperson. “In 1921 ‘Belledna’ shared creditwith Maceo Pinkard and William Tracey on‘’Tain’t Nothing Else But Jazz.’ To putspeculation about the mysterious composerto rest, Variety reported on June 3, 1921,that ‘Alex Belledna’ was a pseudonym forMaceo Pinkard.” No one questioned whyboth Pinkard’s real name and pseudonymappeared on the same songs. [Well, I justdid!—DB] “What the trade paper apparentlydid not know was that Pinkard had recentlymarried an aspiring songwriter named EdnaBelle Alexander.” She lists songs with thispseudonym in her ASCAP biography,including one with Andy Razaf, the“raunchy” “Kitchen Man” recorded byBessie Smith. “Edna Alexander’s nameappears on two Pinkard songs (‘Make ThoseNaughty Eyes Behave,’ in 1925, and ‘Sugar,’in 1926), and the ‘Belledna’ alias appears onsix unpublished songs with Pinkard.”Our pseudonyms list followed the Varietymistake above and equated Belledna toPinkard. Now we know.Did find an entry for it at Indiana University.Only cover is online (still in copyright, so can’tshow the rest), showing “By Maceo Pinkard,”but the detailed description lists Alex Bellednaas lyricist, so presumably she’s on thecopyright page.Copyright 6/17/25 is w. Alex Belledna/m.Pinkard.Livin’ in the Sunlight, Lovin’ in theMoonlight (Al Sherman–Al Lewis)Barbara Rosene & Her New Yorkers 1405Oops, S&P use em-dash between phrases.3/22/30 copyright reg. uses comma (but itnever uses other punctuation), w. AS/m. AL.Sheet music cover has dash, but can’t seecopyright page.So bought it from MTSU: And aha, whilecover has dash, copyright page has comma,just the way we had it.Liza (Eddie Condon–Red McKenzie–George Rubin)Chicago Rhythm 1026European Classic Jazz Trio 1142Three Deuces 11851026 had Condon-McKenzie-Rubin; the nexttwo were just Condon.