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all as Harry Dial, Chicago. None of the tunesfrom the final session was copyrighted.Bill Haesler found the label from the flip side ofPoison, which does indeed credit Dial. And hehas Dial’s own liner notes from an earlySwaggie 7" LP (which contained the sixpublished tracks), in which Dial recounts thatI had no organized band when theserecords were made. I had gotten the idea ofrecording my own compositions after acouple of sessions with Junie Cobb. [Thentells where the sidemen came from.]He also reports thatRoss Laird's Brunswick Discography,allegedly using the Brunswick files, has -Harry Dial - for both titles.I think it’s more than safe to attribute this titleto Dial, in spite of the various reports of Smith,which may have come from John R. T. Davies,since a Frog CD reissue, evidently sourcedfrom 78s provided by Davies also quotes theSmith credit for both sides of 1594, while weknow from seeing label that the side oppositePoison is credited to Dial.And Haesler says the 1996 Frog CD (DGF7)reissue of a series of obscure Vocalionrecordings in Chicago 1929-30 may havebeen the culprit. The Harry Dial sessions arefollowed immediately in their title list by aseries f recordings by Lloyd Smith, with Smithcredited as composer on all titles. Very likelythat a misdirected glance got that Smith creditapplied also to the two Dial sides right aboveLloyd Smith.Poison Rag (C. L. Woolsey)David Thomas Roberts 1317Confirmed by 5/3/10 copyright reg.Polly (J. S. Zamecnik)Wally Rose 1057Confirmed by 4/19/26 copyright reg., repeated6/18/26 with no changes!Ponchatrain [Pontchartrain Blues](Jelly Roll Morton)South Frisco JB 1027South Frisco JB C/CD 1035Black Eagle JB 1048European Classic JB 1070State Street Aces 1106Le Petit Jazzband de Mr Morel 13622013 review: 1st rec. as Ponchatrain with RHP3/20/30, Victor V-38125. Victor label readsPONCHATRAIN—Blues Fox TrotCopyrighted (with a banger!) 6/5/30:Ponchatrain [!]; melody by Jelly Roll Morton[pseud, of Ferd Morton] 1 c. June 5, 1930; Eunp. 22882; Southern music pub. co., inc.,New York.(Jelly doesn’t seem to have recorded it as“Pontchartrain Blues”—so where did that titlecome from?)No recordings of it as Pontchartrain Blues inRust, and first one in Lord isn’t until 1958, but Ihave more of that version of the title on myshelves than any other. My guess is that laterrecorders of the tune accidently or gratuitously“corrected” the spelling of the lake, thenadded Blues because it’s a blues tune orbecause that saw that word (as a genremarker) following the title on the Victor 78.Poor Butterfly (John Golden–Raymond Hubbell)Paris Washboard 1428From Wikipedia:"Poor Butterfly" . . . was inspired by GiacomoPuccini's opera Madame Butterfly andcontains a brief musical quote from the act 2duet Tutti i fior in the verse. The music waswritten by Raymond Hubbell, the lyrics byJohn Golden. The song was published in1916. It was introduced in the Broadwayshow The Big Show, which opened inAugust 1916, and was sung in the show bySophie Bernard.Copyright book confirms.Poor House Blues (Spencer Williams)Helm–Leigh Jazz & Blues Review 1331Rec. Maggie Jones, 12/9/24, Columbia 14050-D.Confirmed by 10/30/24 copyright reg.Poor Jimmy Green (Eubie Blake)Morten Gunnar Larsen 1009Matthew Davidson 1252Based on a strain heard by Eubie from Greenc. 1900, but not recorded by Eubie until 1968on the 86 Yyears Of LP) (Eubie says this inliner notes). Virginia dates it in her CD to1969. And sure enough, found it in thecopyright book dated 10/13/69.Poor Li’l Me (Paul Barbarin–Henry “Red” Allen)Limehouse JB 10142013 review: Rec. Russell 5/29/30, OKeh8830, Parlophone R-2212. And Limehousewas right:Poor li'l me; melody by H. Allen, jr., and P.Barbarin. © 1 c. May 24, 1930; E unp.22323; Henry Allen, jr and Paul Barbarin,New York.However, the record label said only Barbarin.Same for Parlophone.Poor Papa (He’s Got Nuthin’ at All)(Harry Woods–Billy Rose)Jimmy Mazzy & Friends 1219