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Ray Smith 1162Promenade aux Champs-Élysées(Sidney Bechet)Steve Waddell’s Creole Bells 1301Looks like first rec. by Bechet w/Claude Luterband 5/4/51, issued on Vogue (F)V5059,(F)EPL7671 and many others. Then ClaudeBolling 1956 7127. Not in 1951-52 copyrightbooks.Did find back cover of Vogue EPL 7.663 of the1951 recording, credits Bechet.Proud (of a Baby Like You)(Chris Schoenberg–Leonard Stevens–Paul R. Helmick)Charleston Chasers 1287San Francisco Starlight Orchestra 1296Paul and His Gang 1329Rec. (without parentheses, says Rust) JeanGoldkette, 1/28/27, Victor 20469 (take 4, thatis--take 1 was later issued on several LPs).Hmmm...copyright is justProud; words by Chris. Schonberg andLeonard Stevens, music by Paul R. Helmick;pf. and ukulele acc. © Dec. 2, 1926 ; 2 c.Dec. 7; E 652290; Villa Moret, inc.,SanFrancisco.Victor Project confirms full title withoutparentheses, and our composers. And label isclear, no parens. So where’d we get ’em?From the sheet music. Cover isproudcopyright isOF A BABY LIKE YOUPROUDOf A Baby Like YouPunch (from Puppets) (Billy Mayerl)Tony Caramia 13131927, from Puppet’s [sic] Suite, says Caramia.Looks like, unlike Insect Oddities, Mayerlcopyright this as the suite:Puppets; suite, by Billy Mayerl, of GreatBritain; pf. 1. Golliwog. [2 others] © June 1,1927; 1 c. June 1; E 663678; Keith, Prowse& co., ltd., London.Hassan’s list of Mayerl compositions says theparts were Golliwog / Judy / Punch. Andsheet music cover is clear: Puppets. “Suite”is much smaller and below as genre marker.Purple Rose of Cairo (Armand J.Piron–Steve Lewis–Jimmie Dupre)Black Eagle JB 1048Mahogany Hall Stompers 1221New Orleans Classic Jazz Orch 1223We had just Piron.2013 review: Wow! Rust says Piron’s NO orchtried twice to record it for Victor, on 1/23/24and 2/7/24, but both were rejected. Myearliest recording seems to be Peter BocageCreole Serenaders, 1/26/61, Riverside RLP379, which credits Lewis-Piron-Dupre, butLord shows Paul Barbarin’s JB, 3/3/56,American Music AMCD35 (really no LPrelease?). My New Orleans Ragtime Orch onArhoolie 1971 says Piron-Steve Lewis;AND aha, not successfully recorded in 1924,but copyrighted, and Bocage was right in1961:Purple rose of Cairo; w and m J. Dupre, A. J.Piron and Steve J. Lewis, all of U.S.Clarence Williams blues ed. © June 18,1924; 2 c. June 19; E 589349; ClarenceWilliams music pub. co., inc., New York.In index, it’s J. C. Dupre--but who is he? Aha:The piece was published, and the index for thecopy in the British Library at St. Pancras saysw. Jimmie Dupre/m. AJP & SL. Jasen’s ACentury of American Popular Music: 2000Best-loved and Remembered Songs has thesame info.Pussy Cat Rag (Albert Brunies–Charlie Cordella–Mickie Marcour)New Orleans Classic Jazz Orch 1223CD said by Abbie Brunies, Mickie Marcour,Charlie Cordilla.The Brunies/Halfway House page athttp://www.vjm.biz/new_page_19.htm says,The next year, in January 1925 OKeh cameback [to New Orleans] and again recorded amix of black and white artists. Among thewhite groups was the Halfway HouseOrchestra. On Thursday, January 22, 1925,Abbie’s band recorded Pussy Cat Rag andBarataria. Pussy Cat Rag was a compositionof Abbie Brunies together with two of hisband members, reed player Charlie Cordellaand pianist Mickie Marcour.OOPS! Cordilla or Cordella? The pageaddresses that too:There is some confusion over the correctspelling of Charlie Cordella’s surname. HisWorld War One Draft Registration cardclearly shows ‘Charles Joseph Cordella,’and the 1930 Census also shows his nameas Cordella. The 1920 Census gives thename as ‘Condela’ or ‘Cordela’ (thehandwriting is poor and hurried), but hisbrother Anthony, on the line following, isclearly shown as ‘Cordella.’ His SocialSecurity Death Index shows ‘Cordilla’ but asthe original is not available to view onAncestry.com, this may be suspect. Theweight of evidence tips firmly in favour of‘Cordella’ and that is the spelling we haveconsequently chosen to use throughoutAlas, not in copyright books 1924-27. OKehnumber is 40318, also on Jazz Classic 524.OKeh label says Brunies-Cordilla-Marcour, butRust personnel listing says Charlie Cordella,Mickie Marcour.Finally, Abbie or Albert. While the author ofthe Halfway House article always calls himAbbie, several posters and other documentsshown in the article make it clear that as abandleader, he was Albert.Put and Take (Joe Venuti)Andy Stein Blue Five 1390Rec. JV’s Blue Four, 5/730, OKeh 41432,Parlophone R-973 et al.Typical Venuti--not copyrighted 1929-31. BUTthe OKeh label credits Venuti.Put Another Log on the Fire(Shel Silverstein)Ernie Carson & the Castle JB 1277Not in Rust. “Contemporary country poptune,” says notes-writer Ted des Plantes,“written in 1985 by David A. Nye.”HOWEVER, the Wikipedia article on ShelSilverstein says,Silverstein's passion for music was clearearly on as he studied briefly at ChicagoCollege of Performing Arts at RooseveltUniversity. His musical output included alarge catalog of songs; a number of whichwere hits for other artists, most notably therock group Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show.He wrote Tompall Glaser's highest-chartingsolo single "Put Another Log on the Fire."Don’t know how Ted got it so wrong, butpresumably via Carson. This is definitely thesame song that Tompall Glaser and WaylonJennings and Kinky Friedman recorded, allcrediting it to Shel Silverstein.Put ’em Down Blues(Eloise J. Bennett)Jimmy Mazzy & Eli Newberger CD 1109Swedish–American Hot Jazz Collab. 1136Jim Cullum JB 1148Black Eagle JB 1224Steve Waddell’s Creole Bells 1230Ernie Carson & the Castle JB 1277Bob Helm’s JB 1310Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1363Grand Dominion JB 13791136 says by Lil Armstrong.