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Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra 1400CD had “A Ring in the Name of Rosie.”Oops, the copyright reg. isRing (A) to the name of Rose; fox trot song,from The rise of Rosie O'Reilly, words andmusic by George M. Cohan [of U.S.] © May21, 1923; 2 c. June 1; E 562717; M. Witmark& sons, New York.But second entry isRing (A) to the name of Rosie; lyrics andmusic by George M. Cohan. © M. Witmark& sons, New York. Notice rec'd June 29,1923; recorded, v. 5, p. 160. 208But in the index it’s Rosie.Presumably means written as Rose, but alsoperformed or recorded or published as Rosie.Well, the copyright page shows it asA Ring To The Name OfROSEpub. Witmark, 1923.And two of three sites that indexed, did sounder “Rose.” But we can leave it here if wefeel that it’s better known by its subtitle (and“Rose” alone would be a hopeless title).Ordered the music 9/6/13 to see if it helps, butI rather doubt it. Well, that music turned out tobe a reissue in conjunction with the 1968musical George M.Cover isCopyright page isROSE(A Ring to the Name of Rose)“A Ring to the Name of Rose”RoseBut the page indicates that changes havebeen made since 1923.Technically speaking, we should do what a lotof online refs do and make it “Rose (A Ring tothe Name of Rose),” but I think we can cover itmore gracefully by choosing to emulate the1923 copyright page and make it “(A Ring tothe Name of) Rose.”Rip-Off Rag (Scott Joplin, arr.Tom McDermott)Tom McDermott 1024LP said Joplin-McDermott, but I can’t abidethat: the two of them most certainly did notcollaborate on a composition. SaysMcDermott:“The Rip-Off Rag” steals phrases from over15 Joplin creations. Impress your friends bynaming them all.Ripples of the Nile (Luckey Roberts)Tom Roberts 1345Notes say 1912, but it’s not in copyright book1912-13. Tichenor-Jasen says rec. 1946 onCircle, and reproduce the record label, whichcredits Roberts. But it wasn’t copyrighted in1946 either.Rippling Waters(Willie “The Lion” Smith)Tom Roberts 1392Paris Washboard 1428Not copyrighted or published, say Tichenor-Jasen, rec. c. 1950, Commodore 30.003,Original Compositions.Odd--I had this on the Luckey & the Lion LP(gave it away when left DC), but it wassingular, Rippling Water, there and on the1991 Good Time Jazz CD reissue of that LP.LC SONIC has it on Commodore 522 (78).Waters, and Smith there. Same credits onJack Teagarden record, Columbia 35727.Ah, was on 7-record set on Commodore thatincluded 522; all were billed as originalcompositions of Smith.Riptide (Walter Donaldson–Gus Kahn)Ingham–Grosz Hot Cosmopolites 1237Confirmed by 4/4/34 copyright reg., w. GK/m.WD. S&P says from film Riptide, andcopyright registered by M-G-M.Rising Star (Tom Brier)Tom Brier 1274River and Me, The (Harry Warren–Al Dubin)Back Bay Ramblers 1262Rec. Ellington, 1/16/31, Victor 22614, HMV B-4884 et al. Sid Garry, 1/13-14/31, Melotone M-12069.Hmmm, no def. article on copyright:River and me; lyric by Al Dubin, music byHarry Warren. © Dec. 23, 1930; 2 c. Dec. 26;E pub. 20057; Remick music corp., NewYork.But the Ellington Victor and two differentversions of the HMV labels confirm the articleand the composers, as do the index entries forthe sheet music at Duke U. library and MTSU.River, Stay ’way from My Door(Mort Dixon–Harry Woods)Les Red Hot Reedwarmers 1425Confirmed by 5/11/31 copyright reg., w.MD/m. HW, from film Swanee River. MTSUindex entry for sheet music reads exactly thesame way.Riverboat Shuffle [Free Wheeling]Hoagy Carmichael–Dick Voynow–Irving Mills)Tom Pletcher & the Classic Jazzband 1353Gee, what do we do with this? ASM hasBy Hoagy Carmichael, Dick Voynow, IrvingMills & Mitchell Parish.(c) 1925 by Mills Music.“Republished containing new copyrightmaterial, 1939, by Mills Music.”MTSU has an original 1925 version publishedby Mills, which credits Carmichael-Voynow.And it is a song version.But Indiana university also has a song version,1925, Jack Mills, by Carmichael-Mills as wehad it.Helluva can of worms. 6/26/11 queried JohnEdward Hasse. If no response from him, mustlook for essays on the song after the move toCalifornia. [Never heard from him.]2013 review:S&P confirm it as Audrey’s sheet music has it,Carmichael-Voynow-Mills-Parish, Mills1939/Everbright Music Co. 1925. Then theyadd,Originally a jazz instrumental entitled “FreeWheeling.” Introduced by the Wolverines,featuring Bix Beiderbecke on trumpet. Lyricby Mitchell Parish added 1939.That allows us to remove Parish from theequation, in any case. But what about therecordings and the copyrights and the sheetmusic?Incredibly, the only recording of it as “FreeWheeling” listed in Rust is by Artie Shaw ,7/22/37, Brunswick 7976; Vocalion/Okeh4198.As “Riverboat Shuffle,” a zillion recordings:Wolverine Orchestra (w/Voynow,pno/director), 5/6/24, Gennett 5454 et al.Gennett label credits just Carmichael!Isham Jones aho, 3/12/25, Brunswick 2854.Aha, record label shows River Boat Shuffle,credits Voynow-Carmichael-Mills.Cotton Club Orch, 4/27/25, Columbia 374-D,3717 (as Hannan Dance Band. 374-D labelcredits Voynow-Carmichael-Mills.Richard Hitter’s Cabineers, 5/25, Everybody’s1063.Benson Orch of Chi, 5/23/25, Victor 19688.Label credits Voynow-Carmichael-Mills.Jimmy Joy’s St.Anthony’s Hotel Orch, KC,5/25, OKeh 40388.Frankie Trumbauer aho, 5/9/27, OKeh 40822,Columbia 37805 et al. OKeh label creditsVoynow-Carmichael-Mills.Red Nichols’ Five Pennies (vcl FudLivingston), 8/15/27, Brunswick 3627 etmany al. No credits on Brunswick 3627, butCapitol EBF-215 says Voynow-Carmichael-Mills, as does Brunswick 01806.