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Sophomore, a collegiate prance; words andmelody by Alexander Hill. © 1 c. Aug. 1,1930; E unp. 25725; Joe Davis, inc., NewYork.Then rereg. after publication:Sophomore; collegiate prance, words andmusic by Alexander Hill; with ukulele arr. byMay Singhi Breen. © Sept. 22, 1930; 2 c.Sept. 22; E pub. 17943; Joe Davis, inc., NewYork.So where does Causer come from? From theBrunswick label: Hill-Causer.But who the hell is Causer? Can this be theanswer:Sophomore strut; words and music by HenriBerchman, Wesley Ryan and Bob Causer.[Words and melody only] © 1 c. Sept. 24,1929; E unp. 12056; Shapiro, Bernstein &co., inc., New York.But this still makes no sense. If Causer, one ofthree composers of Sophomore Strut, latercollaborated with Alex Hill to write Sophomore,why didn’t Causer’s name get on the copyrightfor Sophomore? Or if Brunswick checked thebooks for a prior copyright of Sophomore,how/why did they pluck out Causer’s nameand ignore Berchman and Ryan?But the bottom line remains that the credit onthe record was Hill-Causer, and it seemslogical to assume that the Causer was Bob.Then got final answer when looked in the AlexHassan collection: Sophomore: w. BobCauser, m. Alexander Hill, pub. Joe Davis1930. So why in the hell didn’t Causer’s nameget on the copyright?Sorry (Howdy Quicksell–Raymond Klages)Peter Ecklund’s Melody Makers 1175Paul and His Gang 1329Louisiana Washboard Five 1398Rec.Bix & His Gang, 10/25/27, OK 41001, Vocalion3149, Parlophone R-3503 et al.Fletcher Henderson, 11/26/27, Banner 6154,Broadway 1122 et many al.Ray Miller, 2/1/28, Brunswick 3828, 3749.Maynard Baird, Knoxville, 8/28/29, Vocalion15834.Jimmy Johnson & His Band, 3/5/29, Columbia14417-D.Confirmed by 11/1/27 copyright reg., w. RK/m.HQ.. But OKeh 41001 label credits justQuicksell.Soudan [Sudan] [Oriental Jazz](Gabriel Šebek)Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble 1055Dave Dallwitz JB 1112Oriental Jazz by W. Hall on 1055; by Dinwittyon 1112.Rec. ODJB 12097, Aeolian Vocalion 12097.Label credit is Dinwitty.Rec. ODJB as Soudan in London, 5/14/20,Columbia 829. Blurred credit is either Sebekor Šebek.Also a Soudan by the Happy Six, 4/6/20,Columbia A-2934 (strange--credit on this labelis Pollack!). Sudan by Art Hickman, England,12/14/20, HMV B-1208, but this is a differenttune.8/23, Matthew Caulfield from Library ofCongress copyright records: Soudan is byGabriel Sebek, of Germany.8/24, Frank Dutton confirms this: Horst H.Lange’s The Fabulous Fives (Storyvillerevision) says, "Oriental Jazz is the same tuneas Soudan," and gives (Sebek) for Soudan.Wow! Here’s our breakthrough, Bob. Clearly,the tune is Soudan by Sebek. Soudan ismerely the French spelling of Sudan; thiscame at a time when French still was far moreand international language than was Englishand would account for why a German wouldcopyright it that way (the German spelling, bythe way is the same as English.So, odd as it may look, this leads usinexorably toSoudan [Sudan] [Oriental Jazz](Gabriel Sebek)with cross-ref from Oriental Jazz, of course.8/28, Matthew Caulfield follow-up to my queryof reg. date for Soudan: File saysSoudan; Eastern fox trot, by Gabriel Sebek(of Germany); arranged by Alolf [Caulfield’stypo?] Lotter (of Austria). March 2, 1920.Oops: ODJB recorded Oriental Jass 11-24-17, then Soudan 5-14-20 (London). Don’tthink this info changes earlier assessment.12/13/03: Another AHA! moment. Found thesheet music at Audrey Van Dyke’s house. Oncover and cy page it’sSoudanEastern Fox-TrotComposer is G. Šebek (note hachek) on cypage, Gabriel Šebek on cover. Pub. Hawkes& Son, London, 1920. Slug across top ofcover says “Created by the Original DixielandJazz Band”.Also found“Soudan” (also known as “Oriental Jass”and “Oriental Jazz”), 1920, recorded inLondon in the UK in May 1920 and releasedas English #Columbia 829; “Soudan” wascomposed by Czech composer GabrielSebek in 1906 as “In the Soudan: A DervishChorus” or “Oriental Scene for Piano, Op.45?. The B- side was “Me-Ow” by theLondon Dance Orchestra.Actually, it must be older than 1906, sinceSousa’s Band recorded it for Victor 2463 in1903 under title “In the Soudan (DervishChorus) by Gabriel Sebek.Sounds of Africa (see Charleston Rag)South (Bennie Moten–Thamon Hayes)Wally Fawkes & the Rhythm Kings 1060Black Eagle JB 1092Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band 1160Smith–Tyle Frisco Syncopators 1211Neely’s Royal Society Jazz Orch 1250Bob Schulz & His Frisco JB 1288Yerba Buena Stompers 1369Naw. It was recorded 1924 Okeh 8194 withcredits Moten-Hayes. It was evidentlycopyrighted in 1930 as Moten-Hayes, thenpublished and recopyrighted in 1941 by PeerInternational (ASM has the 1941 sheet) withlyrics by Ray Charles.2013 review: Rec.Bennie Moten, 11/9/24, OKeh 8194.Moten again 9/7/28, Victor V-38021, 24893, A-1046.Well, OKeh 8194 flip side, Vine Street Blues,carries composer credit of Bennie Moten’sKansas City Orchestra, so it’s a sure bet thatthe South side does too. But Victor credit is B.Moten-T. Hayes, Victor Project confirms fullnames (Hayes was his trombone player).Strangely, though, no copyright in books1923-30.