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Rec. Sharkey Bonano, 1/29/37, Vocalion 3450,S-112. Woody Herman, with hyphen, 1/10/36,Decca 1064.Both records had vocals by the bandleader.Black Eagle CD refers to the Sharkey record.Not in copyright books 1936-37. Wait aminute . . . looked for Herman first, sincerecorded first, found refs to its having beenwritten by Tharp-Bishop, so figured it wasn’tthe tune we wanted. But then I found a listingof Vocalion labels that showed Tharp-Bishopfor the Sharkey record. So went to thecopyright books and looked again, findingGive me an old fashioned swing; w WinkyTharp, m Joe Bishop; pf. treble. © 1 c. July23, 1936; E unpub. 128879; Isham Jonesmusic Corp., New York. [Joe Bishop wasflugelhornist and arranger for Herman on thesession]Now back to one of the refs I found for theWoody Herman record, which unclearlysuggested it was (Give Me an) Old FashionedSwing. Must keep looking. Aha, LC SONIChas the Herman Decca, confirms title is “(GiveMe an) Old Fashioned Swing” by Joe Bishop-Winky Thorp. AND it has the Sharkey Bonanorecord: Same title, credit Tharp-Bishop.And final aha! Tracked down the Herman andBonano records: They’re the same song.God only knows where Rollini came from ascomposer—perhaps because he wrote “TapRoom Swing” and recorded “Old FashionedLove.”Old Folks at Home (Stephen Foster)Grand Dominion JB 1189Couldn’t view the music online—somehow it’sback in copyright—but earliest publication Icould find indexed was at Washington U. in St.Louis, c. 1851, pub. Oliver Ditson, Boston, withnote “as sung by E. P. Christy.” But strangely,many other copies of it in various librariescredited E. P. Christy.AND then I found the cover of a 15th edition ofit, slugged “Entered according to an Act ofCongress A.D. 1951" by Firth Pond & Co., “assung by Christy’s Minstrels; written andcomposed by E. P. Christy”!Ah, that was in the Wikipedia article, whichsays right next to it:"Old Folks at Home" (also known as"Swanee River," "Swanee Ribber" [from theoriginal lyrics] or "Suwannee River") is aminstrel song written by Stephen Foster in1851. It is the official state song of Florida.Written for performance by the New Yorkblackface troupe Christy's Minstrels, thesong has E. P. Christy, the troupe's leader,appearing as its creator on early printings ofthe sheet music. Christy had paid Foster tobe credited, something Foster himself hadsuggested though later regretted.Foster had composed most of the lyricsbut was trying to give a name to the river ofthe opening line and asked his brother tosuggest one. The first suggestion was"Yazoo" (in Mississippi), which despite fittingthe melody perfectly, Foster rejected. Thesecond suggestion was "Pee Dee" (in SouthCarolina), to which Foster said, "Oh pshaw! Iwon't have that." His brother then consultedan atlas and called out "Suwannee!" Fostersaid "That's it exactly!" He wrote it inimmediately (misspelling it "Swanee" to fitthe melody).Old Folks Shuffle (Fats Waller–Clarence Williams)Keith Nichols’ Hot Six 1063State Street Aces 1106Grosz–Ingham Paswonky Srndrs CD 1214Jacobi’s Bottomland Orchestra 1266Neville Dickie 13661063 had Folk’s.Confirmed by cy card [checked & reconfirmedfrom cy book, reg. 6/18/26, w/m both, noapostrophe]2013 review: Rec.Blue Grass Foot Warmers, 6/21/26, Harmony248-H. Harmony label is Folks’.)Joe Jordan’s Ten Sharps and Flats, 7/26,Domino 3791, Oriole 717*, Banner 1821.(*as Dixie JB). No apostrophe on Dominolabel, or Banner.Jimmy Lytell, 11/20/26, Pathe 36568, Perfect14749.CW Blue Fiive, 4/14/27, OKeh 8465. Label hasno apostrophe.Old Grey Mare (traditional)Lyttelton–Fawkes Troglodytes 1238Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 14321238 was Trad., 1432 was Frank Panella.