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all three names. Zimmerman in one placecalls him Collis. Jasen-Tichenor book saysWelborn. Brier confirms from sheet that ascomposer he’s Callis Welborn Jackson, aspublisher he’s W. C. Jackson.(The Original) Texas Tommy Dance(“King Chanticleer”) [KingChanticleer] (Nat D. Ayer)Queen City Ragtime Ensemble 1138Down Home JB 1217Steve Waddell’s Creole Bells 1230South Frisco JB 1240Jacques Gauthé’s Creole Rice YBJB 1256Yerba Buena Stompers 1375[this from my letter to Erdos dated 11/30/93]There was one title that I knew all alongwarranted further investigation, but I just nevergot into it. Then at Robbie Rhodes’s house Ifound that he had just done the research forme. Here’s the story.“King Chanticleer” was a relatively simpleragtime song published by Nat D. Ayer(music) and A. Seymour Brown (lyrics) in1910.Then, in 1913, came the tune that looks prettymuch this way on the copyright page:The OriginalTexas Tommy Dance(“King Chanticleer”)The composer is Nat Ayer; there are no lyrics.It is the multistrain rag (two of which comefrom the 1910 song) that Turk and all theothers have played over the years. I presumethat Whitcomb and Zimmerman areperforming the 1910 song on SOS 1049 andthat all the other recordings are the 1913composition.It seems quite clear to me that we need twoentries:Texas Tommy Swing (Sid Brown–Val Harris)Tom Brier 1274ASM, 1911, Jerome Remick.Thank You Most Sincerely(Billy Mayerl–Frank Eyton)Alex Hassan 1322Confirmed by 4/27/31 copyright reg., w. FE/m.BM.Thank You Satchmo (Johan Bijkerk)Hot Dogs /Victoria Varekamp 1033Bijkerk was pianist/arranger for the band.Thank Your Father (B. G. De Sylva–Lew Brown–Ray Henderson)San Francisco Starlight Orchestra 1364ASM, 1930, De Sylva, Brown & Henderson.That Beautiful Rag (see Oh, ThatBeautiful Rag)That Certain Motion (Bennie Moten–Thamon Hayes–Leroy Berry)Lande’s Rhythm Club Orchestra 1327Rec. Moten 7/17/29, Victor V-38104.Confirmed by 1/22/30 unpub. copyright reg.That Cherry Rag (Edna Chappell Tiff)Trebor Tichenor 1282ASM, 1914, Edna Tiff.That Cowboy Band (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.That Da-Da Strain (Edgar Dowell–Mamie Medina)Scaniazz 1004Chris Tyle’s NO Rover Boys 1235Neville Dickie 1324Dan Levinson’s Roof Garden JB 1380We had Da Da.ASM, 1922, Clarence Williams, “That Da-DaStrain” both cover and copyright.That Demon Rag (Russell Smith)Elliott Adams 1299ASM, 1912, I. Seidel.That Eccentric Rag [Eccentric](J. Russel Robinson)Peruna Jazzmen 1003London Ragtime Orchestra 1081New Orleans Classic Jazz Orch 1145Red Roseland Cornpickers 1153John Gill’s Novelty Orchestra 1227Bruno’s Salon Band 1251Chris Tyle’s Silver Leaf JB 1298Duke Heitger’s Big Four 1367Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra 1411June 2011:I wonder if Jasen & Tichenor got thisbackwards. In ASM I found two copies:1. 1912 I. Seidel.CoverTHATECCENTRICRAGbut (c) page isThat Eccentric Rag2. Eccentric(c) 1912 Seidel(c) renewed J. Russel Robinson 1940(c) reassigned 1940 to Fred Fisher Music Co.(c) 1950 by Fred Fisher.So it appears that the original 1912 editionwas “That Eccentric Rag” (although a glanceat the cover could lead one to believe that it’sjust “Eccentric”), and a later version wasreleased as simply “Eccentric.”That Flying Rag (Arthur Pryor)Univ. of Wisconsin Symphony Band 12461911 says CD, but not in copyright 1911-12copyright books. However, label of Victor17021, rec. 11/15/11, confirms Pryor, as doesVictor Project.That Futuristic Rag (Rube Bloom)Matthew Davidson 1252Rec. Bloom 2/21/28, Parlophone R-162, OKeh41073.Not in copyright books 1927-29, butconfirmed by Okeh label.That Good Old Stuff (Louis Mazetier)Paris Washboard 1391Mazetier is pianist with the band.That Jazzbo Jungle Band(Harry Carlton–Jay Whidden)Ian Whitcomb & Dick Zimmerman 1049Oops, the copyright spells it differently:That jasbo jungle band; words and music byHarry Carlton and Jay Whidden [of England]© Dec. 31, 1918; 1 c. Jan. 4, 1919; E435456; B. Feldman & co., London.Amazon reports having had copy of sheetmusic on sale as Jasbo, no longer available.Online biography of Whidden shows title thatway. Whitcomb & Zimmerman must have“Americanized” it.But No! Zimmerman writes,When in England in the 70's I found a bunchof his songs--including ragtime ones. All