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a Sailor) (Charles B. Ward–Andrew B. Sterling)Imperial Serenaders 1351Aha! Found online at Duke University, 1900,Charles B. Ward Music Pub. Co.; w.Sterline/m. Ward. And there’s a subtitle onboth cover and copyright page: (Here Comesa Sailor)ASM has the more commonly known tune ofthe same title, by George & Ira Gershwin.Stringin’ the Blues (Joe Venuti–Eddie Lang)Andy Stein Blue Five 1390Rec. Venuti-Lang 11/8/26, Columbia 914-D,4451 et al.Confirmed by 12/4/26 copyright reg.Strokin’ Away (Jelly Roll Morton)Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1318Rec. JRM RHP 7/14/30, Victor 23351, BluebirdB-8302, HMV JK-2763 et al.Confirmed by 12/22/32 unpub. copyright reg.;LC SONIC confirms Morton for Bluebird andtwo later reissues on 78.And I see why I couldn’t find the actual labels:This record (flip side is Each Day) shows upon web page “Victor’s Worst Sellers — Early1930s Race and Country Music SalesFigures.” Only 490 copies were ever sold.Struggling (Jimmy Blythe)Pam Pameijer’s Classic Jazz Aces 1194LP had Struggling, but the copyright reads:Strugglin'; melody by Jimmie Blythe. c 1 c.Mar. 18, 1927; E 660932; Glen M. Colemanco., ChicagoStrange: in Rust index as Strugglin’, but onlyrecording of it is by Jimmy Bertrand’sWashboard Wizards as Struggling: 5/29/26,Vocalion 1035, Oriole 1008, Biltmore 1008,Brunswick A-164, et al.HOWEVER, it went on the original Vocalion1035 label as Struggling. Brunswick A-164was German release, also Struggling.Strut Miss Lizzie (Turner Layton–Henry Creamer)Jimmy Mazzy & Eli Newberger CD 1109Steve Waddell’s Creole Bells 1173Down Home JB 1264Duke Heitger’s Big Four 1367Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra 1419Neville Dickie 1423Aha--12/5/08 found sheet music at Indiana U.library--there’s a comma on the cover, butNOT on the copyright page.ASM agrees, 1921, Jack Mills.Struttin’ with Some Barbecue(Lil Hardin)Peruna Jazzmen 1105Neville Dickie 1341We had Louis.John Gill has the 7/9/28 copyright deposit--Nocomposer listed!Rec. Hot Seven 12/9/27, OKeh 8566;Columbia 37535, DS-1428; Parlophone R-2829 et al. Later LA aho, 1/12/38, Decca 1661,3795 et al.Copyright is clear:Struttin' with some barbecue; melody by LillHardin. © 1 c. July 9, 1928; E 695307;Consolidated music pub. house, Chicago.BUT OKeh label clearly says Hardin, so howdid we get Armstrong?Study War No More (seeDown by the Riverside)Stuff (Harvey Brooks)State Street Aces 1011Rec. Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders,4/29/29, Victor V-38070, 22001. CarsonRobison’s Kansas City Jack-Rabbits, 7/31/29,Victor V-38074, HMV R-14545. CarsonRobison’s Madcaps, 10/2/29, Edison 14085.Frank Powers says they’re playing a stockorchestration of the Paul Howard tune byHarvey Brooks. No Harvey Brooks in 1929book, but there is a Harry Brooks, wellrepresented in this index.Ah, here it is:Stuff; melody by Harvey O. Brooks. © 1 c.Apr. 9, 1930; E unp. 19989; Southern musicpub. co., inc., New York.And here’s the copyright for theirorchestration:Stuff; by Harvey Brooks, arr. by Brewster-Raph; orch. pts. 4to. © Oct. 2, 1930; 2 c.Oct. 6; E pub. 18179; Southern music pub.co., inc., New York.Robison tune of same name was written byRobison.Stuff Is Here and It’s Mellow, The(Willie “The Lion” Smith–WalterBishop–Clarence Williams)Original Salty Dogs JB 1233CD had “The Stuff is Here” by Alex Hill. Notessay by Alex Hill, recorded by Georgia White--and Carol Leigh sings the vocal.Pinsker reportsThe Stuff Is Here - this is incredible.Obviously, must have been one of thosesuddenly popular slang phrases in the early1930s - in 1934, there are at least 3 tuneswith about this title, and at least one in 1935- and the one I know is the 1935 tune. Whichone is the one in the StompOff recording?Can you send me an MP3 of that track orsomething?Stuff (The) is here; by Joe Garland; pf. cDec. 4, 1934 E pub. 45282; Exclusivepublications, inc., New YorkStuff (The) is here; w and melody DickPorter and Sammy Mysels; c 1 c. Dec. 29,1934; E unp. 97360; Rialto music pub. co.,New YorkStuff (The) is here, let's get gay; w and mAlex Hill and Jay M. Williams. c 1 c. Oct.24, 1934; E unp. 94768; State Street musicpub. co., ChicagoThe stuff is here and it's mellow; by WillieSmith, Walter Bishop and ClarenceWilliams, Copyright 1935 by ClarenceWilliams Music Pub. Co. Inc., New York(from the first page of the sheet music (it'sthe LoC copy, and it carries E pub 51202).The CCE shows more specifically that thewords are by Walter Bishop and ClarenceWilliams, music by Willie Smith (this isindeed the Lion, by the way).Recordings in Rust are...Mills Blue Rhythm Band as “The Stuff Is Here(and It’s Mellow),” 2/20/34, Bluebird B-5688.But the Bluebird label is just “The Stuff IsHere,” composer is Jos. Garland.Cl. Williams aho as “The Stuff Is Here and It’sMellow” by Eva Taylor and Her Boyfriends(even though she doesn’t sing on it),8/22/34, Banner 33261, Melotone M-13228,Oriole 3041, Perfect 16032, Romeo 2415.Melotone label confirms title, says by Smith-Williams.Cleo Brown as “The Stuff Is Here and It’sMellow,” 3/12/35, Decca 410, 3683;Brunswick 02021. Decca 410 label confirmstitle, says Smith-Bishop-Williams.Georgia White, as “The Stuff Is Here,” 10/5/37,Decca 7436. Couldn’t find the Decca label,but LC SONIC says credit is Hill.AHA: a 1937 blunder caught at last. I trackeddown all the recordings above and as ithappens, I also have a copy of the Smith-Bishop-Williams sheet music. The song thatGeorgia White (and Carol Leigh) sings is thesong that those gentlemen wrote and thatCleo Brown recorded in 1935. Presumablybad credit got on the Decca 7436 label andfrom there, directly or via a reissue, to CarolLeigh and the Salty Dogs. My reissue of theGeorgia White song is on a Stash compilationof “reefer” songs, and the credit there is Hill.