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with ukulele arr. Dick Konter. © July 31,1925; 2 c. Dec. 21; E 627848; ClarenceWilliams music pub. co., inc., New York.Not in 1938-41 copyright books. Detaileddiscography in Fats Waller on the Air: TheRadio Broadcasts And Discography byStephen Taylor (Scarecrow, 2006) shows titleas[When You] Squeeze MeDetailed discography of a reissue on Naxossays Razaf-Waller-Williams. And aha! TheVictor label by Fats and His Rhythm reads(When You)SQUEEZE MERazaf-Williams-WallerWikipedia entry for song says"Squeeze Me" is a 1925 jazz standardcomposed by Fats Waller. It was based onan old blues song called "The Boy in theBoat". The lyrics were credited to publisherClarence Williams, although Andy Razaf hasclaimed to have actually written the lyrics.This is a bit of a challenge -- to add the WhenYou subtitle as an alternative title and to addRazaf to the composers. Normally, if we foundsuch an aberrant label 14 years after theoriginal copyright and spate of recordings, I’dreject it out of hand. BUT this later recordingis the one and only recording of it by Wallerhimself.I’m going to spit the difference: Add thesubtitle since it did appear on the Fats Wallerrecording, but not Razaf, because his name onthe Waller record was truly an anomaly: Itdidn’t get reflected in an updated copyright,and even more to the point, nobody elsefollowed suit: I tracked down no fewer than 15other recordings during the 78 era, from 1935to the late ‘40s, and every last one creditedWilliams-Waller.1/11/14: Just looked this up in Black and Blue:The Life and Lyrics of Andy Razaf, by BarrySinger. Singer reports that Razaf claimed tohave written the lyric, but goes no farther thanjust reporting the claim--no supportingevidence.’Stamboul Rose (Buck Evans)Brahmin Bellhops 1305See the note about Evans at Blue Bungalow.Turns out that all 19 tracks on 1305 werewritten by Evans, who played piano on thesession.Stampede (Fletcher Henderson)Hot Antic JB 1154John Gill’s Calif. Sunshine Boys 1157Evergreen Classic JB 1202Charleston Chasers 13762013 review: Rec.Fletcher Henderson (The Stampede), 5/14/26,Columbia 654-D, 35669 et al. Columbia654-D label does have THE, but 35669doesn’t (LC SONIC).Ken Moyer’s Novelty Trio (Stampede),10/1/26, Banner 1872, Domino 3841 et al.No THE on Regal label.Savoy Bearcats (Stampede), 10/11/26, Victor20460. No THE on label.Red & Miff’s Stompers (Stampede), 10/13/26,Edison 51854, Steiner-Davis 106. No THE oneither label.Joe Candullo (Stampede), 10/26, Pathe36540, Perfect 14721.Fletcher Henderson (Stampede), 3/22/37,Vocalion 3534, Brunswick A-81216 et al. NoTHE on Vocalion label.Copyright no The:Stampede; by Fletcher Henderson;instrumental. © 1 c. May 27, 1926; E642080; Robbins-Engel, inc., New York.We simply must lose the The: Not oncopyright, not on any other lab el, includingHenderson’s own second recording of it, andnot even on all the 1926 Henderson labels. Itwas a fluke.Star Dust (Hoagy Carmichael–Mitchell Parish)Golden State JB 1006Kustbandet 1294John Gill Sentimental Serenaders 1424ASM, 1929, H. C. Mills. AND like so manyother songs I’ve run into from the period, itwas published simultaneously as aninstrumental by Carmichael and has a song byCarmichael & Parish. And each cover has ablurb for the other version. This to me isfurther reason why we should include lyricistcredits unless we can be very sure that theycame much later, such as was the case with“South” just above.Star of the East Rag (Gale Foehner)Gale Foehner 1023Starvation Blues (Jesse Stone)Keith Nichols Dreamland Syncoptrs 1150Rec. Jesse Stone & His Blue Serenaders, St.Louis, 4/27/27, OKeh 8471.Confirmed by 8/15/27 copyright reg.State and Madison (A ChicagoStomp) (Jelly Roll Morton–Charles Raymond–Bob Peary)Pam Pameijer Trio 1172In 1938 Lomax LC recordings, issued on Circle56-70. Also Joe Herlihy aho, 6/20/27, Edison52076.And here’s the copyright:State & Madison; busy stomp melody, byBob Peary, C. Raymond and Jelly Roll Morton[i.e. Fred [sic] Morton], arr. by F. Morton. © 1c. Aug. 7, 1926; E 643539; Charles Raymond,Chicago.Well, the original Edison label used andinstead of the copyright’s ampersond, and ithad a subtitle that we could use: “A ChicagoStomp.” And confirmed all three composernames in full.Static Strut (Jack Yellen–Phil Wall)John Gill’s Calif. Sunshine Boys 1156San Francisco Starlight Orchestra 1334Paramount JB of Boston 1340Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1363Duke Heitger’s Big Four 1367Independence Hall JB 1384