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Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra 1234Ed Berlin says there was a Scott Joplin songby that name in 1915, but it’s lost.12/6/00: Dick Zimmerman sends music to“Jungle Jambouree” by Chris Smith (1913),wonders if this is the same tune. We mustgive it a listen.12/10/00: Wayne Jones points out that this islisted in Rust, recorded by Adrian Schubert &His Salon Orchestra on 1 Apr 30.(SOS index now has a Jungle Jamboree byWaller-Razaf-Brooks.)12/24/00: Charles Davis listened to theNichols Syncopated Jamboree, comparing itto Zimmerman’s music for the Chris Smith’sJungle Jambouree, and finds them curiouslysimilar. Says Syncopated J. sounds like theearlier, march-like Jungle J. of 1913 mightsound like if it were updated in the 1920s in ajazzier, looser style. Did Chris Smith revisit hisown earlier composition?1/26/01: Another spin through the LCcopyright files finds the following progressionunder that title::12/28/12: Jungle jambouree, by Chris Smith,arr. by Will. H. Vodery, pub. 12/28/12 by Jos.W. Stern.6/24/13: Jungle jambouree; one step two stepor turkey trot by Chris Smith, violin & piano.Pub. Jos. W. Stern.10/21/13: Jungle jambouree; one step twostep or turkey trot by Chris Smith, arr. EugenePlatz. Pub Jos. W. Stern.Now a look through the Joseph W. Sterncompany’s claimant cards:12/30/12: Jungle jambouree. Smith, arr.Vodery.6/25/13: “Application for copyright--republished musical composition with newcopyright material.” Jungle jambouree; onestep two step or turkey trot. Author of newcopyright matter: Chris Smith.Then 10/22/13: “Application for copyright--republished musical composition with newcopyright material.” Jungle jambouree; onestep two step or turkey trot. Author of newcopyright matter: Eugene Platzman.All this takes us nowhere, of course, unless wecan confirm Charles Davis’s suspicion thatSyncopated Jamboree is really JungleJambouree updated to the 1920s. But I’mfascinated by the workings of that cardcatalog, and understanding it can help us inmany other places.2/1/01: Let’s call the “Jungle Jambouree”connection a red herring. Robbie Rhodescompared the Keith Nichols recording ofSyncopated with the sheet music to Jungle,reports, “I don’t hear a strong similarity exceptfor the ‘gliding’ two-step feeling. The cycle-offifthschord progression, which dominates‘Syncopated Jamboree,’ is only hinted in‘Jungle Jambouree.’”Robbie contacted Keith Nichols by email, whoreported that Claus Jacobi transcribed“Syncopated Jamboree” off the AdrianSchubert record. He didn’t specifically saythat the composer credit of “Smith” that hegave Erdos came from that same Schubertrecord, but that must be the case. On 1/31/01I asked Nichols to confirm this, and also askedDave Sager to pull the recording and checkthe label, but haven’t heard from either ofthem.Robbie Rhodes dug up the fact that the AdrianSchubert recording has been reissued on “Hotand Rare,” a CD issued by Diamond CutProductions of Hibernia, NJ, DCP-203D.Robbie Rhodes contends that we shouldchange it to “unknown,” that a composercredit of “Smith” is worse than no credit at all,but I don’t buy that. We must leave “Smith”until we learn something else.In note from Oct. ‘04, Erdos says it’s JohnSmith.Well, I’ll be darned. In review 5/5/11 found theErdos note, was about to blast him for notidentifying source of John, but then it occurredto me to consult Online 78 Project for theAdrian Schubert recording, Banner 0804, andlearned that the composer credit on it is . . .John Smith.This is called “doing it the hard way.”2013 review: The happy ending above is badlymarred by the fact that I’ve since figured outthat Online 78 is rife with bad composercredits. I’d change it back to just “Smith”before using it as a sole source. So back towork.The Adrian Schubert record was on Banner0804, Cameo 0404, Jewel 6059, Oriole 2059,Regal 10113, Crown 8149 (as Bud Carlsonaho). Couldn’t find any of those labels.But look at this: In The Dorsey Brothers:That’sIt! by Robert Stockdale, we find a detaileddiscography that includes this session (bothTommy and Jimmy were in Schubert’s band).It specifically credits John Smith as thecomposer, so I guess we quit agonizing overthis. Jazz Oracle CD reissue has it too--I’ll betthis is where Erdos found itSyncopated Troll (Tom McDermott)Tom McDermott 1024TTack Annie (Joe Oliver–Paul Barbarin)Ted Shafer’s Jelly Roll JB 1278Chris Tyle’s Silver Leaf JB 1298Neville Dickie 1309Yerba Buena Stompers 1418Rec Oliver 7/23/26, Vocalion 1049.Confirmed by 2/14/27 copyright reg.Tackin’ ’em Down (Albert Gumble–B. G. De Sylva)Chris Tyle’s Silver Leaf JB 1311ASM, 1918, Jerome Remick; w. De Sylva/m.Gumble.Tailgate Ramble, The (Wingy Manone–Johnny Mercer)Magnolia JB 1016Oops, not in Rust. Lord discography says it’s“The Tailgate Ramble,” rec. Manone’sDixieland Band 3/7/44, Capitol 15285, 1015,(S)T793, CL13327; Mosaic Select MS-028(CD).Then Bechet in 1949, Sharkey Bonano in1949, Singleton Palmer 1950, all asTailgateRamble.But look who else is here:Tailgate ramble; w & melody Johnny Mercer& Wingy Manone. © 1 c. June 30, 1944; Eunp. 381318; Capitol songs, inc.. New York.And, of course, Johnny Mercer = CapitolRecords.But oops again, Capitol Criterion 10024 (lookslike a later reissue on 78, part of a set) indeedsays The Tailgate Ramble by Mercer-Manone.And The TR on Capitol 15285, F1015, andCapitol CL.13327.Well, the fact is that the first recording of it,and the one by its composer, clearly came outas “The Tailgate Ramble.” And it wasrecorded that way before the copyright wasfiled without the The. We must go by that.’Tain’t No Sin (to Dance Aroundin Your Bones) (Walter Donaldson–Edgar Leslie)State Street Aces 1011Ingham–Grosz Hot Cosmopolites 1237