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influential label, the MicKinney’s Victor, hastoday.Well, hell, since we put it out under a bad title,we must put a cross-ref from there to leadpeople here, but we won’t show it as alegitimate alternative title. And now I seewhere out bad title came from: almost everyverse of the song ends with “That’s the way Ifeel today.”Way Way Back (Johnny Hodges–Mercer Ellington)Bruno’s Salon Band 1251Not in Rust. AllMusic.com shows a comma,says by Hodges-Ellington, from a 1960 dateby Paul Gonsalves and other Ellington alumnicalled Ellingtonia Moods & Blues.Ellingtonweb.ca listing of Hodgescompositions also shows this, also withcomma. But no comma in the copyright:WAY WAY BACK; m Johnny Hodges &Mercer Ellington. © Tempo Music, Inc.;11May60; EU624603.Nor in the 1988 renewal shown atcopyrightencyclopedia.com.We Just Couldn’t Say Good-bye(Harry Woods)Keith Nichols Cotton Club Gang 1242Barbara Rosene 1431No hyphen on our CDs.Rec. Boswell Sisters, 8/6/32, Brunswick 6360,01347, A-929. Chick Bullock, 8/1/32, Banner32510, Conqueror 7996, Perfect 15643 et al.Annette Hanshaw, 8/16/32 (with quotesaround Goodbye, (says Rust), Banner 32541,Conqueror 8046, Perfect 12835 et al.No quotes, but hyphen, in good-bye incopyright:We just couldn't say good-bye; w and mHarry Woods; with ukulele arr, Haia Kaa. ©July 13, 1932; E pub. 31237; Keit-Engel, inc.Melotone M-12451 issue of Bullock (as RalphBennett & His Seven Aces) has Good-bye. Sodid Boswell Sisters Brunswick. HanshawPerfect has hyphen, no quotes; Panachord nohyphen or quotes.Weary Blues, The (Artie Matthews)Peruna Jazzmen CD 1003Peruna Jazzmen 1020New Yankee Rhythm Kings 1050Wally Fawkes & the Rhythm Kings 1060Black Bottom Stompers (Switz.) 1130Three Deuces 1185Zenith Hot Stompers 1248Black Eagle JB 1257Bob Helm’s JB 1310Chris Tyle’s Silver Leaf JB 1311Bob Schulz & His Frisco JB 1315Helm–Leigh Jazz & Blues Review 1331Neville Dickie 1423Weary Blues on cover, but The Weary Blueson copyright page. ASM, 1915, Stark.Weary Way Blues (Coleman L. Minor–Jimmy Blythe)Two Clarinet Stompers 1259John Gill’s Dixieland Serenaders 1295One More Time JB 1410Yerba Buena Stompers 1418CRAP: 2/7/11: 1410 has added Jimmy Blytheto Coleman Minor as co-composer. How thehell...? 1418 back to Minor alone.5/3/11 sent email to Gill asking about thatsheet music. He says it’s in storage and notretrievable now, but that he gave the info toErdos right off the sheet, which he believespredates the recordings. So we keep it WearyWay Blues by Coleman L. Minor.2013 Review, and it appears that some seriousreviewing is needed.Pinsker has a copy of the copyright deposit:"Weary Way Blues" Words by Coleman L.Minor, Music by Coleman L. Minor and JamesBlythe. It's stamped December 1 1927 E679986, and at the bottom of the page iswritten "Published by Melrose andMontgomery, 36 West Randolph St., Chicago,Ill."And the copyright reg. confirms this:Weary way blues; words by Coleman L.Minor, music by C. L. Minor and JamesBlythe. © 1 c. Dec. 1, 1927; E 679986;Lester Melrose, Chicago.Are we sure there wasn’t another song withthe same title? How else to account for LovieAustin-Ida Cox/Jimmie Cox?Rec. byMandy Randolph (vcl w/own pno acc.),5/29/23, Gennett Special (?)Ida Cox acc. by Lovie Austin, 6/23, Paramount12044. AND aha: label credits them.And this is simply a different song. Copyrightreg. isWeary (The) way blues; w Ida Cox, m LovieAustin, of U.S., arr. L Cox and L. Austin. © 1c. Aug, 27, 1923; E 570576; Chicago musicco., Port Washington, Wis.State Street Stompers (same as two below),8/12/27, Gennett 6232 (The WWB). Labelcredit is Minor.Dixie-Land Thumpers (nearly same as Owlsbelow), 8/27, Paramount 12525. Nocomposer credit on label.Jimmy Blythe’s Owls, 10/5/27, Vocalion 1135.Sidney Bechet-Albert Nicholas, 12/2/46, creditis Cox-Austin on Jazz Greats reissue. Lookslike it came from Blue Note 517, wherecredit also Cox-Austin. AND NOTE thatClaude Luter also credited Cox-Austin. Andnote that the Stomp Off with Cox-Austin wasa European record with a French clarinetplayer.The question is whether Bechet reallyrecorded the Cox-Austin song or the Minor-Blythe song. Well, that’s clear. It’s the Minor-Blythe song, and his bad credits havefollowed behind him. Claude Luter repeatedthem, as did the Two Clarinet Stompers, with aFrench clarinetist in the lead.Very clearly, Bechet and all four Stomp Offbands are playing the same arrangement thatBlythe’s Owls played. The State StreetStompers and Dixie-Land Thumpers versionsappear to be different arrangements of thetune. Thumpers much slower tempo thanothers.Weather Bird Rag (Louis Armstrong)Canal Street JB 1005Minerva JB 1117Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble 1140Jim Cullum JB 1148Chicago Rhythm 1164Down Home JB 1171John Gill’s Dixieland Serenaders 1295Neville Dickie 1309Black Eagle JB 1356Red Rose Ragtime Band 1360Independence Hall JB 13842013 review: Give this another look--wemustn’t be using LP covers for composercredits.Copyright isWEATHER BIRD RAG; melody, by L.Armstrong [of U.S.], arr. by Richard M.Jones [of U.S.] c 1 c. Apr. 14, 1923 E561680; Louis Armstrong, Chicago.