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Porcupine Rag (Charles L. Johnson)Red Wing Blackbirds 1018ASM, 1909, Witmark.Porgy (Jimmy McHugh–Dorothy Fields)Charquet & Co 1076Confirmed by 6/23/28 copyright reg., w. DF/m.JM, from Blackbirds of 1928.Pork and Beans (Theron C. Bennett)Trebor Tichenor 1282Univ. of Wisconsin Symphony Band 1284Confirmed by 1/26/09 copyright reg. AlsoASM, 1909, Victor Kremer, & on cover, but andon copyright page.Pork and Beans (Luckey Roberts)Morten Gunnar Larsen 1009Tom Roberts 1345Confirmed by 1913 sheet music pub. by Jos.Stern. Also 6/24/13 copyright reg.Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid,A (James P. Johnson–Andy Razaf)Dry Throat Five 1151Les Red Hot Reedwarmers 1416HSM confirms it that way, 1930, Joe Davis.Alas, I felt I had to hyphenate Chambermaidabove because it would have wrapped sooddly if I’d forced it to next line. Can onlyhope that readers don’t presume this meansthat it was Chamber-maid in the original.Porto Rico (Ford T. Dabney)Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band 1047George Foley 1187Chris Tyle’s Silver Leaf JB 1258Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra 1402Strange--found cover on a site, with blurb“Featured by Miss Aida Overton Walker in ‘TheSmart Set,’” with a picture of her, pub. byMaurice Shapiro. Later found full sheet music,confirmed 1910, but it’s not in 1910 book. Ah,copyright reg. is 12/14/10, in the 1911 book.But also on first page noted above was a linkto a sheet music cover of “Porto Rico,” m. Jas.T. Brymn/w. Cecil Mack, “Sung by AidaOverton Walker with the ‘Smart Set Co.,’” pub.by Gotham-Attuck. And I did find that one inthe 1910 book!Amazing: There were definitely two different“Porto Rico” songs, and Ada Overton Walkersang both of them.Portrait of a Silver Lady(Jack T. Rummel)Jack Rummel 1118(Does She Love Me) Positively –Absolutely (Sam Coslow–Jean Herbert)Neely’s Royal Society Jazz Orch 12088/22, Hassan: (Does She Love Me?)Positively-Absolutely is correct8/24, Jim Riley sends copy of music (fromfolio), showing(DOES SHE LOVE ME)Positively – Absolutely8/26, Nancy W. describes her 1927 originalvery carefully, says both cover and copyrightpage have the supra-title, but that only coverhas the ? in it. Alex was obviously looking athis cover.9/8: check sheet at Alex’s house. Nancy wasright.Possum and Taters(Charles Hunter)David Thomas Roberts 1317