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James V. Monaco)Frederick Hodges 1333S&P confirms, as does 9/22/24 copyright reg.,w. SC/m. JVM. Sheet music cover calls himJimmie Monaco.Me and the Man in the Moon(Edgar Leslie–James V. Monaco)Barbara Rosene & Her New Yorkers 140511/5/28 copyright reg. confirms w. EdgarLeslie/m. Jimmie Monaco. 1405 had Edgar A.Leslie, but we’ve not used that initialelsewhere.Me and the Moon (Walter Hirsch–Lou Handman)Barbara Rosene & Her New Yorkers 1405Confirmed by 7/16/36 copyright reg., w.WH/m. LH.Me Minus You (Paul Francis Webster–Abel Baer–John Jacob Loeb)Barbara Rosene 1368Confirmed by 8/30/22 copyright reg., w.PFW/m. AB-JJL.Meadow Lark, The (Thomas Pitts)Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band 1168Strangely, not in copyright books 1916-17, butfound reprint (by the Ragtime Society ofToronto) of the original copyright page, pub.Chas. N. Daniels, 1916.Mean Blues (Billy Smythe–Art Gillham)Peruna Jazzmen 1020Jazz Classics 1061Pierre Atlan’s Piccadilly Revelers 1181Black Eagle JB 1224Jacques Gauthé’s Creole Rice YBJB 1256Le Petit Jazzband de Mr Morel 1344Southern Stompers 1414ASM, 1923, J. W. Jenkins.Mean Daddy Blues (Irving Bloom–Jimmy Durante–Fred Hamburger)Neville Dickie 1324ASM, 1922, Triangle Music; w. Hamburger/m.Bloom-Durante.Mean Mean Mama (Why Don’t YouMean What You Say?) (EleanorYoung–Harry D. Squires–Mitchell Parish)West Jesmond Rhythm Kings 1255Just Young-Squires on 1255, comma betweenmeans, no ? in subtitle.Rec. (no subtitle in Rust)Benson Orchestra, 8/21/23, Victor 19138, HMVB1717, Zonophone 3635.Vic Meyers aho (no sub), 8/21/23, Brunswick2501.Orig. Indiana Five, 9/7/23, PA 021070, Perfect14173.Bob Ricketts’ Band, 5/14/23, Gennett 5156,Starr 9403.But see the copyright:Mean mean mama, why don't you meanwhat you say; words by Mitchell Parish,music by Eleanor Young and Harry D.Squires tof U.S]i © May 31, 1923; 2 c. June1; E 562731; Joe Morris music co., NewYork. 10946And aha, I found a “professional” copy titlepage:Mean Mean Mama(WHY DON’T YOU MEAN WHAT YOU SAY?)So I just bought the commercial copy fromMTSU: No comma or ? on the cover, butcopyright page matchs the above, w. Parish,m. Young-Squires, pub. Joe Morris, 1923.Meanest Blues (Phil Napoleon–Frank Signorelli)Dave Dallwitz JB 1112LP was Meanest Blues, Napoleon-Signorelli.Rust index says “The Meanest Blues,” rec.under that title byOrig. Memphis Five, 9/11/24, PA 036142,Perfect 14323, Harmograph 975. TILT:Pathe label is “The Meanest Blues, butcomposer credit is blurred. Definite letters= “Ja???on.” Letters 3 and 5 hint at ‘c’ and‘s’, so I’d guess Jackson. LC SONIC has thePerfect, confirms Jackson as composer.But also 10/1/24 as “Meanest Blues,” Victor19480. Victor label confirms title, creditsNapoleon-Signorelli; Victor Project confirms.And again sometime 10/24 as “The MeanestBlues,” Emerson 10815; Broadway/Triangle11445 et al. Broadway 11445 confirms title,composers Signorelli-Napoleon.Oops, copyright isMeanest (The) blues; melody L. K., of U.S. ©1 c. Sept. 10, 1924; E 597231; LouisKatzman, New York.Katzman also collaborated on “The MeanestKind of Blues” that same year; both titles are inRust. Napoleon & Signorelli copyrighted threetunes in 1924 book, but not this one; theywrote two more in 1925, but not this one.Says Dallwitz in notes:I came across Phil Napoleon and FrankSignorelli’s “Meanest Blues” in a recordingfrom about 1924 by the Memphis Five.And Dallwitz is indeed playing the samemelody to be found on Victor 19480.But in Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of theGolden Age of American Song, Dave Jasenspecifically credits Napoleon & Signorelli.The only way any of this makes sense is if (a)the tune they recorded on 9/11/24 as “TheMeanest Blues” is in fact a different tuneentirely (“The meanest kind o’ blues” byJackson, below) or (b) the the same tune butPathe & Perfect got confused by the othersimilar title that year and credited Jackson.(Obviously, variant b is FAR more likely.)But we won’t have to worry about that unlesssome band comes along and records the tunefound on one of those other records. We havethe Victor and the label, so we can keep ourcredit. But why in the hell didn’t Signorelli andNapoleon copyright it?On next trip to LC, must look for the Katzmancopyright deposit, see if it’s our tune; mustalso look for a Signorelli-Napoleon or aJackson copyright for our tune.Meanest Kind o’ Blues, The(B. Lou Jackson)Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra 1275Les Rois du Fox-Trot 1434