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with arr. for guit., etc. © Oct. 15, 1935; Epub. 50877; Irving Berlin, inc., New York.What’s this? Is Malneck getting the shaft?And note the copyright for another song:Eeny meeny miney mo; from To beat theband, w and m Johnny Mercer and MattMalneck; with arr. for guit., etc. © Oct. 15,1935; E pub. 50878; Irving Berlin, inc., NewYork.IMDB credits lyrics Mercer, music Malneck.This is strange: LC SONIC says that both theGoodman Victor and Dandridge Vocalionrecords had “Santa Claus” on one side and“Eeny Meeny Miney Moe” on the other, andboth said Mercer only for “Santa Claus” andMercer-Malneck for “Eeny Meeny.”But to hell with the above: MTSU has the sheetmusic, which credits both Mercer and Malneckand says it comes from To Beat the Band.But then to hell with MTSU, Alex Hassan hassheet music that credits only Mercer. SanJose library has it indexed as Mercer only. Asdoes SIU at Edwardsville. And U. of Oregon.And cover of music on sale at eBay. And GAState U. Can it be that it’s Mercer only oncover but Malneck too on copyright page, andthat of all those university libraries, only MTSUcaught that? Really doesn’t seem possible.More likely that MTSU is mistake and that forwhatever reasons, it was decided that Malneckdidn’t deserve credit when it went to sheetmusic and the recording studio. Fact thatMercer & Malneck collaborated in general onmusic for that film could be cause for Malneckgetting attached to one song that for somereason was Mercer’s alone.And that seems to be what happened. Gotsheet from MTSU: w/m Mercer only, pub.Irving Berlin, (c) 1935.Santa Fe Summer (Jack T. Rummel)Jack Rummel 1118Santiago Waltz (A. Corbin)Bo Grumpus 13881894, says the CD. And it’s in 1894 bookunder publisher H. E. McMillen, Cleveland,OH. There’s an A. Corbin in the book ascomposer of “Nymphs and Satyrs.” And he’sour Corbin, according to the Victor Project—the Victor Dance Orchestra recorded it twice,in 1904 and 1911. Columbia Orchestra onColumbia A-0152 in 1902.I even found the sheet music, but he’sidentified only as A. Corbin on it. And foundmany other references online, but nobody hasmore than the first initial.Saratoga Shout (Luis Russell–Charlie Holmes)Hall Brothers JB 1062Rec. Russell 1/24/30, OKeh 8780, ParlophoneR-2225.Confirmed by 2/28/30 unpub. copyright reg.,w/m both, also OKeh label.Saratoga Swing (Barney Bigard)Pam Pameijer Trio 1172Grand Dominion JB 1189Mike Daniels’ Delta Jazzmen 1203All three LPs credit Bigard-Ellington.2013 review: Rec. Ellington (as theWashingtonians), 3/15/29, Cameo 9175,Lincoln 3202, Romeo 977. Again 5/3/29,Victor V-38058, Bluebird -6565 et al.6/5/29 copyright reg. is by Bigard alone.Cameo 9175 label credits Bigard-Mills, asdoes Romeo 977. Victor V-38058 credits justBigard, as do all the Bluebird and HMV labels.Victor Project ledgers say that Irving Mills wasa “session supervisor.” Ellington is obviouslyout, and I’ll do the math and decide that Victor+ copyright outweighs the Cameo-Romeolabels.Sashay, Oh Boy! (Cecil Scott–Don Frye)Dry Throat Five 1151