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ecording was Bob Hudson. This may well beour "unknown" version.But this is odd: Before showing me thecopyright registration files, Caulfield gave mea quick look at the Rieger-Deutsch index,which has the label information from every 78rpm record in the collections of the Library ofCongress and several major universities. Oneof the tunes we looked up was the GeorgiaWhite ”Biscuit Roller” (Decca 7357). The noteI made says just Jones as composer, nomention of Jenkins. I must either return or askCaulfield to double check this.9/10: More research in copyright registrationfiles and with Dave Sager, pulling 78s from theAltschuler collection.1. The copyright registration card saysBiscuit Roller Blues, words & music byMyrtle Jenkins. 6/21/28. (c) Chicago MusicCo.2. Decca 7357, the Georgia White recording,credits just Jones.3. Paramount 12402, the Priscilla Stewartrecording, credits only Jenkins.4. Vocalion 1744, the Memphis Nighthawksrecording, has no composer credits.The Blues on that registration card isintriguing, but it appears that from very start itwas presented to the world as Biscuit Roller,so I guess we stick with that title and with bothcomposers.4/13 afterthought: In hindsight, I want toquestion Richard M. Jones as co-author withMyrtle. What can we find with the power ofgoogle:Priscilla Stewart 9/26 Paramount 12402Memphis Night Hawks 3/30/32 Vocalion 1744Georgia White (acc. by Richard M. Jones)5/19/37 Decca 7357-Vocalion V1038.I’m ambivalent, but lean more toward Myrtlealone, which is, after all, what the copyrightcard says. There’s at least a fair possibilitythat when Georgia White recorded it withJones at piano in 1937, Decca just presumedit was written by Jones, who wrote so manyother tunes.2013 review: I like my previous logic. JustMyrtle Jenkins; Jones was probably a mistakeon the later Decca because he happened tobe the accompanist.Bittersweet (Dick Zimmerman)Dick Zimmerman 1017Black America (A Negro Oddity)(Harry H. Zickel)River Raisin Ragtime Revue 1417Confirmed by cover in Milan book. Actually,tracked down the sheet music, realize thatboth cover and copyright page have subtitle“A Negro Oddity.”(What Did I Do to Be So) Blackand Blue (Fats Waller–Harry Brooks–Andy Razaf)Kustbandet 1294Louisiana Washboard Five 1398Aha: ASM, 1929, Mills, w. AR/m. FW-HB: No? on cover or (c) page.Black and Blue Rhapsody(Bingie Madison)Keith Nichols Dreamland Syncoptrs 1150