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Confirmed by 12/17/30 unpub. copyright reg.(to A. Dominique) and Victor label. Curious:Victor Project says composer Natty Dominiquebased on label, but label, like copyright, readsA. Dominique.Sweet Lotus Blossom (see Marahuana)Sweet Lovin’ Man (see My SweetLovin’ Man)Sweet Mama (Duke Ellington–Irving Mills)Dry Throat Fellows 1226San Francisco Starlight Orchestra 1364We had just Ellington.Whoa, have we screwed up here? There’s no“Sweet Mama” in Rust index, and in lookingthrough Ellington recording sessions, we findthat he recorded “Sweet Mama [sic] (Papa’sGettin’ Mad)” 1/9/28, Harmony 577-H.But no, there is a “Sweet Mama” by Ellington,which Rust (presumably mistakenly) listedunder the Papa’s Getting Mad listing: rec.12/10/29, Brunswick 4760, 6811 (as theJungle Band)); again 6/12/30 (as Mills’ TenBlack Berries), Clarion 5332-C, Diva 6062-G etal.But the 1928 Sweet Mamma (Papa’s GettingMad) is by Rose-Little-Frost according to theHarmony label.But copyrighted with two m’s:Sweet mamma; by Duke Ellington pf. © Feb.15, 1930; 2 c. Mar. 7; E pub. 13860; Gothammusic service, inc., New York.But one of those m’s must have stood forMills, because both Brunswick labels saySweet Mama by Ellington-Mills, as does theClarion label for the later recording. Funnybusiness here? Composition list in hisautobiography doesn’t mention Mills for thistitle.Sweet Mamma (Papa’s Getting Mad)(Fred Rose–George A. Little–Peter L. Frost)West Jesmond Rhythm Kings 1255John Gill’s Dixieland Serenaders 1321ASM, 1920, Jack MillsSweet Man (Maceo Pinkard–Roy Turk)Susan LaMarche/Waldo’s Gut. Sync. 1032Carol Leigh & Jim Dapogny 1064Banu Gibson NO Hot Jazz Orch 1073Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks 1260Paris Washboard 1338ASM, 1925, Leo Feist; w. Turk/m. Pinkard.Sweet Mumtaz (Luis Russell - or King Oliver?)Jazz O’Maniacs 1071Charquet & Co 1076Red Onions & Ottilie 1090Charquet & Co 1195New Jazz Wizards 1244Le Petit Jazzband de Mr Morel 1362All SOS records said Russell.Rec. Russell 3/10/26, Vocalion 1010, Oriole1003, Brunswick A-182 et al. Again 11/17/26,OKeh 8454.TILT! Copyright isSweet Mumtaz; melody, J. Oliver, of U.S.,arr. Luis C. Russell. © 1 c. June 6, 1925; E616496; Joseph Oliver, Chicago.I’ll be damned--I have 11 recordings of this,and only one, by Buck Creek, credits Oliver. AGerman band, the Low Down Jazz Wizards,evidently also performs it as by Oliver.Labels? Brunswick A-81003 says Russell.Biltmore 1027 no credits. OKeh 8454,Vocalion V-1015, Vocalion 1010 all = Russell(LC SONIC).What in hell do we do with this? I find itpersuasive for two reasons:(a) Russell is credited as the arranger, andit’s a lot easier to imagine how that creditcould end up on the record label than if heweren’t associated with the tune at all;(b) Luis Russell has five other tunescopyrighted in the 1926 book, and had four inthe 1925 book, so he knew about copyrightingand how to do it, and he presumably wouldhave copyrighted this tune if he’d written it.Bill Haesler’s research:Laurie Wright's 'King Oliver' discographyprovides the following information:Sweet Mumtaz, melody by J. Oliver,arranged by Luis C. Russell; E616496, 6June 1925; Joseph Oliver, Chicago.Renewed: 9 June 1952 by Mrs. Joe Oliver(W): R96004The discography in Richard M. Jones.Forgotten Man Of Jazz by eminentresearchers Christopher Hillman, and RoyMiddleton hasE 2622/3W - Sweet Muntaz (Russell)They indicate what is on the label.Ross Laird's 'Brunswick RecordsDiscography' Index has Louis C. Russell(RLJ = Richard L. Jones, 3818 Rhodes Ave.,Chicago, Ill.). Which I assume came fromthe Brunswick file card.But guess who agrees with the copyright?The Charles Anderson Fakebook!OBVIOUSLY must look for copyright deposit inOliver and Russell folders at LC.Sweet Music (Arthur Schwartz–Howard Dietz)Newberger–Mazzy–Thompson 1352Rec. Fletcher Henderson, 7/31/31, Victor22775, HMV K-6390.Confirmed by 6/5/31 copyright reg., w. HD/m.AS, from The band wagon.Sweet Papa Will Be Gone(Eddie Fennell)Back Bay Ramblers 1279Rec. Eddie [Fennell] and Sugar Lou’s HotelTyler Orch, Dallas, 10/24/29, Vocalion 1514.(vcl Fennell)Not in copyright books 1928-30. RHJA creditsCharles “Sugar Lou” Morgan and Fennell.Online 78 credits Douglas Fennell. Go figure.But I found the label (and even LC SONIC hasit), just Fennell.Sweet Peter (Jelly Roll Morton)Ray Smith 1012Pam Pameijer – Duet /Trio/Quartet 1134Pam Pameijer’s New Jazz Wizards 1318Rec. JRM RHP 11/13/29, Victor 23402,Biltmore 1061 et al.Confirmed by 7/8/33 unpub. copyright reg.and Victor Project.Sweet Pickles (Theron C. Bennett)David Thomas Roberts 1021ASM, 1907, Victor Kremer.Sweet Rhythm (Edwin Wilcox)Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks 1260Rec. Jimmie Lunceford, 6/6/30, Victor V-38141, 760-0005; Bluebird B-5350.Cab Calloway, 11/15/32, Brunswick 6473,01422, A-9340; Columbia DO-1159.CD notes say they’re playing the 1930Lunceford version.Edwin?Sweet rhythm; melody by M. Wilcox. © 1 c.July 30, 1930; E unp. 25668; Southernmusic pub. co., inc., New York.Index also M. Wilcox, no Edwin Wilcox in bookfor 1930, nor 1929 or 1932-33.Well, Victor Project says composer is M.Wilcox, but I see that Eddie Wilcox was thepiano player.Calloway Brunswick label is blurred butdoesn’t look like it could be Wilcox.However, an extended bio sketch of EdwinWilcox at allmusic.com credits pianist EdwinWilcox as composer, explains that he joinedthe Lunceford band in 1929 and stayed there,later leading the band after Lunceford’s deathin 1947. Wrote tunes and made manyarrangements for Lunceford. This must be ourguy.Sweet Savannah Sue (Fats Waller–Harry Brooks–Andy Razaf)