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Rag Time ChimesWell, very clear on cy page, but all-caps coverisRAG TIMECHIMESand the space between the two words is VERYtight and certainly could be read as solidunless you study it with a micrometer eye.Ragamuffin Rag (Will Huff)Univ. of Wisconsin Symphony Band 1246Confirmed by 1/3/13 copyright reg.Ragbone Rascals(Stephen Kent Goodman)Pierce College Symphonic Winds 1297Goodman was guest conductor of the band.Ragged Rapids Rag (Joseph F. Lamb)Elite Syncopators 1286Confirmed by 7/9/61 copyright reg.Ragging at the Rumbo(Ronn Weatherburn)John Gill 1066LP said Raggin’.Says liner-note writer Ted des Plantes:“Raggin’ at the Rumbo,” is by one of JohnGill’s closest musical influences, RonWeatherburn. During the 1960s,Weatherburn was the pianist with Kenny Balland His Jazzmen. . . . Since leaving thatband he’s become known as an expertragtime performer with a very personal andpropulsive style. During the middleseventies John Gill lived, studied andperformed as a duo piano act with him for atime.Lord says Weatherburn recorded it forRediffusion (0100170) in 1974 as Ragging atthe Rumbo. Must be that way--lots of onlinehits on that LP all show it as Ragging. Andoops, I had that very LP at one time; mydatabase shows Ragging; and shows Ronn,even though most online hits on his namecome up Ron. Perhaps he changed it fromRon to Ronn in mid-career, because all threeof my early Kenny Ball LPs identify him asRon. But wait: I found the cover of Rediffusion0100170 online, and it’s really Ron; did Ichange it to Ronn in my database because I“knew” that he should be Ronn? Perhapsbecause by then Erdos had put him on LP asRonn? (SOS 1107)I’ve got a bad feeling about this: Googlesearch on Ronn Weatherburn seems to pull uponly references to the Stomp Off LP. 1/5/14telcon with Erdos, who pulled out hiscorrespondence file from SOS 1107:Weatherburn definitely signed his name Ronn.Why? One theory comes from Paul Adams ofLake Records:I didn't know him personally, but I have onlyever known him as 'Ron'. He was christenedRonal John. Trumpet player John Chilton,who compiled the Who's Who Of BritishJazz, and who is as meticulous over detailas you are over composers, called him 'Ron'.I had some correspondence with Ron'ssister, Betty Bartlett, because I sent her anyCDs I had released on which Ron played,and she calls him 'Ron' in her letters. In aseries of articles for Just Jazz about hisexperiences in the Kenny Ball bandtrombonist John Bennett called him 'Ron'. Icould make a wild guess and that is thatalthough he had been married and had sonshe was gay and once he had 'come out' itmight have been an affectation he adoptedwith his name. More than that I know not!Ragging the Baby to Sleep(Lewis F. Muir–L. Wolfe Gilbert)Pierce College Symphonic Winds 1297Rats--we had Muir-Gilbert-Kerry Mills before,but this is one of those “Tune A, introducingTune B” combinations. This part of it is m.Muir/w. Gilbert, pub. F. A. Mills 1912.Ragging the Scale(Edward B. Claypoole)Paramount JB of Boston 1340Blue Rhythmakers 1373Andy Stein Blue Five 1390< Chuck Stewart told you to add Dave Ringleas co-composer, but he must be full of beans.I don’t have the sheet music, but there is aphoto of the first-edition cover in Jasen &Tichenor’s Rags and Ragtime (following p.250). No mention of Ringle there or on any ofthe 16 recordings I have of that tune.Also, I queried Audrey Van Dyke (sheetmusic collector & friend of Hassan), whoreported,Claypoole is the only name listed on mycopy, and the only name listed in DaveJasen's latest book with its huge table ofrags. Wasn't Dave Ringle the lyricist forWabash Blues? Maybe sometime afterClaypoole wrote Ragging the Scale Ringlestuck some lyrics on it, and that's what theband was looking at.Added 7/17/03: Erdos questions our Raggingor Raggin’, which he sees frequently. Foundsheet music at Levy; it’s Ragging on bothcover & cy page.ASM confirms Ragging and Claypoole only,1915, Broadway Music.Ragtime “Betty,” The (James Scott)Jack Rummel 1118Aha! We had The Ragtime Betty, but it’s RagTime Betty on the cover and The Ragtime“Betty” on the copyright page. ASM, 1909,Stark. Many sheets put the entire title inquotes on the copyright page, but when justone word is singled out this way, we mustreplicate it.Ragtime Bobolink (Joseph F. Lamb)George Foley 1187Unpublished in his lifetime, posthumouslypublished in Joseph F. Lamb, RagtimeTreasures Piano Solos (New York, NY: MillsMusic, 1964), now out of print.And confirmed by 7/14/60 copyright reg.Ragtime Dance (see Kerry MillsRag Time Dance)Rag-Time Dance (Scott Joplin)London Ragtime Orchestra 1081We had “The Ragtime Dance,” but sheetmusic is clear: “The Ragtime Dance” oncover, but “Rag-Time Dance” on copyrightpage.Ragtime Dream, The (Joe Goodwin–Lew Brown)Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band 1079LP said 1914, Nacio Herb Brown-AlPiantadosi-Al Goodwin but those composernames also covered an “introducing” tune,“You Look Just Like Your Mother, Mary.”ASM has a “The Ragtime Dream” by JoeGoodwin-Lew Brown, 1913, Leo Feist.2013 review:: And I confirmed the copyrightfor that one:Ragtime (The) dream; words and music byJoe Goodwin and Lew Brown. © Dec. 12,1913; 2 c. Dec. 12, 1913; E 321725; Leo.Feist, inc., New York.AND then in 1914 we find the two-tunearrangement that Vermazen was using:Ragtime (The) dream; medley march,two-step, one-step or trot intro. You look justlike your mother Mary, by Goodwin-Brown-Piantadosi, arr. by Calvin Grooms; band.4to. © Apr. 29, 1914; 2 c. Apr. 30, 1914; E338813; Leo. Feist, inc., New York.It would appear that the arrangement had onlylast names, and Vermazen guessed wrong onGoodwin and Brown.And I suspect we’ll find that Al Piantadosi isthe composer of “You Look Just Like YourMother, Mary.” Yep, found the sheet music,pub. Leo Feist 1913: w. Howard Wesley/m. Al.Piantadosi, and the comma is there on bothcover and copyright page. So we had thisone pretty bolluxed up.Ragtime Eyes (W. C. Powell*)Elliott Adams 1299Confirmed by 1907 sheet music found online.