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But copyright page isLow Bridge! — Everybody DownorFifteen Years on the Erie CanalLow Down Dirty Shame Blues(Humphrey Lyttelton)Creole JB 1051Black Bottom Stompers (Switz.) 1130Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band 1160Something badly screwed up here: all threebands use title “Low Down Dirty ShameBlues,” 1051 (which is a Lyttelton tribute LP) &1130 credit Henry Turner-Joe Sullivan; 1160credits Lyttelton.The records: Rust says that “Low Down DirtyShame” was rec. Joe Sullivan band thatincluded Henry Turner, b, and Joe Turner, vcl,2/9/40, Vocalion/OKeh 5531, Parlophone R-2773. The Vocalion label readsLOW DOWN DIRTY SHAMEBlues Fox TrotVocal Chorus by Joe Turner– Turner – Sullivan –But my record collection tells me that inHumphrey Lyttelton recorded “Low Down DirtyShame Blues (Parlophone R3351. The verycarefully researched Lyttelton reissue seriescredits Lyttelton as composer (as does theLyttelton record on Stomp Off). Somethingtells me that either (a) Lyttelton played theSullivan song and got incorrectly credited withit or, more likely, (b) Lyttelton’s tune is adifferent one entirely.Neither the Sullivan song or the Lyttelton tuneare in Library of Congress copyright books, sono help there.The answer, as I expected, is (b) -- Lyttelton’s1950 tune is nothing like the 1940 Sullivan-Turner song, and all three bands are playingthe Lyttelton tune. Clearly, when the CreoleJB recorded it for Stomp Off in 1983, Erdoslooked in Rust or on his record shelves, foundthat title, and took the credits off it. Repeatsame with Black Bottom Stompers in 1986.When Lyttelton himself recorded it later in1986, the credit got on the LP correctly. But,Bob, you really should have noticed thecomposers discrepancy at that time andflagged it. These bad credits have been in theindex since the very beginning.Low Down on the Bayou (Nat Leslie–Irving Mills)Charleston Chasers 1376Rec. King Carter, 6/25/31, Columbia 2638-D.Connie’s Inn Orch (Fletcher Henderson), 8/31,Crown 3194, Varsity 8053. [Mills] BlueRhythm Boys, 5/12/31, Banner 32240, Oriole2318 et al.Confirmed by 9/18/31 copyright reg., w/mboth.Low-Down Papa (Spencer Williams)Neville Dickie 1269ASM, 1923, Spencer Williams, shows LowDown (as we had it before) on cover, but Low-Down on (c) page.Low Gravy (Jelly Roll Morton)Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1335Rec. RHP 7/14/30, Victor 23334, Bluebird B-8302, HMV JK-2763 et al.Confirmed by 8/10/32 copyright reg. andVictor label.Lucky Boy (Irving Berlin)Barbara Rosene & Her New Yorkers 1393Confirmed by 8/12/25 copyright reg.Lucky Day (B. G. De Sylva–Lew Brown–Ray Henderson)Bruno’s Salon Band 1251James Dapogny’s Chicagoans 12632013 review: S&P says 1926, intro’d in GeorgeWhite’s Scandals of 1926.Rec. Evelyn Preer, 9/8/26, Banner 1848.(Needless to say, I didn’t find that record label)Interesting: Songwriters Hall of Fame tunelistfor Henderson has an entry under “This Is MyLucky Day” that says, “see ‘Lucky Day.’”Lucky Day entry has details, including“Variation: This Is My Lucky Day.” Somethingis afoot.All the online indexes call it just lucky day withno mention of sub- or variant title, but manymention that the first line of the chorus endswith “This is my lucky day,” which is where thevariation obviously comes from. I don’t thinkwe need to fool with it.Lucky Kentucky (Ray Henderson–Billy Rose–Mort Dixon)John Gill’s Original Sunset Five 1094Rec. Bailey’s Lucky 7, 12/23/24, Gennett 5625.Johnny De Droit, 1/12/25, OKeh 40285.Confirmed by 12/22/24 copyright reg., w. BR-MD/m. RH.Lucky Lukacs (Remco van der Gugten)Fried Potatoes 1163Composer is the bandleader/reed player.Lucky Rock Blues (Lillie Taylor*–Katie Winters)Black Eagle JB 1092LP had Ma Rainey as composer.Rec. Rainey 3/24, Paramount 12215, acc. byLovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders.Interesting copyright:Lucky rock blues; w K. W., melody CoraLovie Austin, of U.S. © 1 c. Feb. 9, 1924; E581620; Katie Winters, Chicago.Oh, fer Chrissake: Credit on Paramount labelis “Lillie Taylor-Kattie Winters.” Probably apretty safe bet that Lillie Taylor is pseudonymfor Austin, and that Kattie is a typo.RHJA also lists Lillie Taylor as composer of“Last Time Blues,” rec. Ida Cox 2/24,Paramount 12212, with—guess who?—LovieAustin’s Blues Serenaders. AND the copyrightfor Last Time Blues is w/m by Lovie Austin,registered by Lovie Austin. Time to declarethat Taylor=Austin.Oops, should have looked here first: Motherof the Blues: A Study of Ma Rainey also showsw. Katie Winters, m. Lovie Austin for this song.Lucky “3–6–9” (Tiny Parham)Jungle Crawlers 1084Red Onions & Ottilie 1090Rec. Parham 7/22/29, Victor V-38082, Creole13, and Rust puts the number series inquotes.Oops, the copyright isLucky–3–6–9; melody by Tiny Parham. © 1c. Dec. 7, 1929; E unp. 14378; Southernmusic pub. co., inc., New York. [and thoseare en-dashes, not hyphens]But the record label will be the “published”version, so let’s try to find it. Bingo! And Rustwas right:LUCKY “3–6–9”(again, clearly en-dashes, not hyphens.)Lucy Long (Perry Bradford)Des Plantes’ Washboard Wizards 1231ASM, 1925, Perry Bradford.Lucy’s Sextette (A Ragtime Travestyon the “Sextette from Lucia”)(Harry L. Alford)Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra 1427Well, darn. My Paragon Ragtime Orchestrarecording of this shows the subtitle as “ARagtime Travesty on Donizetti.” Both RickBenjamin and Bruce Vermazen aremeticulous, but presumably they can’t both beright unless, perhaps, they’re working offdiffererent orchestrations (and they do givedifferent dates, 1913 for PRO, 1914 for HRO).