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For what it’s worth, I have 11 recordings of itas Whitewash, 2 as White Wash (Turk Murphyand Tex Wyndham).OK, time for an arbitrary decision. No vocalson Stomp Off records, but we know that oftenWait a minute--perhaps we can indeed tell!1/16/15 asked Robbie to compare ourrecordings with the two versions to see if we’replaying the song or instrumental versions.Whittling Remus (Thomas E. Broady)David Thomas Roberts 1317Confirmed by 1900 sheet music.Who? (Jerome Kern–Otto Harbach–Oscar Hammerstein II)Paris Washboard 1261ASM, 1925, Harms; w. Harbach-Hammerstein/m. Kern.Who Wouldn’t Be Jealous of You?(Larry Shay–Haven Gillespie–George Frommel)Back Bay Ramblers 1355ASM, 1928, w/m Larry Shay-Haven Gillespie-George Frommel. We didn’t have Frommel.MTSU confirms.Who Wouldn’t Love You?(Joe Burke–Benny Davis)Paramount JB of Boston 1205HSM, 1925, Leo Feist; w. Davis/m. Burke.Whoa! Nellie! (George Gould)Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band 1168Confirmed by 1915 sheet music pub. Chas. N.Daniels, SF. (Strange--not in the copyrightbooks 1914-16.)Who’ll Chop Your Suey When I’m Gone(Sidney Bechet–Rousseau Simmons)Swedish–American Hot Jazz Collab. 11361138 had ? I removed it in earlier editionsbased on LC copyright lead sheet/lyrics Ifound in LC files. The actual copyrightregistration (found 5/22/13) isWho'll chop your suey when I'm gone; wRousseau Simmons, m Sidney Bechet, ofU.S. © Apr. 8. 1925; 2 c. May 15; E 618492;Clarence Williams music pub. co., inc., NewYork.Rec. Willie Jackson, 9/3/26, Columbia 14165-D. Margaret Johnson (w/Bechet in band),1/8/25, OKeh 8193. No ? on Columbia; OKehis “Who’ll Chop Your Suey (When I’m Gone).”Even though OKeh with parens published first,let’s go with Columbia and copyright. Andnote that Tulane has an orchestration of it byW. C. Polla, also indexed without parens.Who’s Been Playin’ Papa ’Round HereWhile I’ve Been Gone?(Clarence Woods)Ian Whitcomb & Dick Zimmerman 1017ASM, 1919, Seidel.Who’s Blue (Will Gould–Jimmy Rule)Dry Throat Five 1114John Gill’s Calif. Sunshine Boys 11572013 review: Rust: rec. King Oliver aho, 1/9/31,Brunswick 6046 (as Savannah Syncopators),A-9065.Lord: rec. Count Basie (arr. Benny Carter),11/1/61, Roulette R-52086, RE-118 (sametune?). Kustbandet, 1972, Kenneth KS2037.I wonder about this copyright reg.:Who's blue; you'll find me listed in the Who'sblue, lyrics by Will Gould, music by WillGould and Jimmy Rule; pf. and ukulele acc.© 1 c. Aug. 9, 1930; E unp. 27365; Green &Green music publishers, inc., New York.Brunswick 6046 label confirms Gould-Rule, no?Who’s She Jazzin’ Now? (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.Who’s Sorry Now? (Ted Snyder–Harry Ruby–Bert Kalmar)Paris Washboard 1326Black Eagle JB 1346ASM, 1923, Waterson, Berlin & Snyder; w.Ruby-Kalmar/m. Snyder.Whose Honey Are You?(J. Fred Coots–Haven Gillespie)Ernie Carson & the Castle JB 1277Rec. Red Allen, 1/23/35, Banner 33355, Conq8474, Perfect 16080 et al. Waller Rhythm,3/6/35, Victor 24892, 25027; HMV EA-1500,GY-362 et al.2/6/35 copyright reg. has no ? (but theyusually don’t), w. HG/m. JFC. Indiana U.indexes it with the ? And it’s definitely on thecover.Who’sit (Beatrice Jones)Tomas Örnberg’s Blue Five 1043New Jazz Wizards 1244Paris Washboard 12802--my other records & Rust say Whosit, butErdos goes for Who’sit based on ColumbiaCD and other Hot Five reissues.--2>8/9/13 Pinsker researched this one:Whoosit; melody by B. Jones. c 1 c. Jul 19,1926 E643164; Beatrice Jones, Chicago.That is precisely how that one shows up inthe CCE, pt. III, Vol. 21, no. 2, p. 740.There's a whole paragraph about this in abook about the Hot Five records by GeneHenry Anderson.Can that really be our tune? Rec. Hot 56/16/26, Okeh 8357. YES! I found thatAnderson book online; its index has “Whoosit-- see Who’sit,” and under Who’sit it discussesthe tune. In a later section about differencesbetween copyright depositions and publishedtitles, it notes,Copyright depositions are not necessarilywritten in the owner’s hand. . . . The depositsbearing Lil’s name (given variously as LillianArmstrong or Lillian Hardin), are undoubtedlyin her hand, including Beatrice Jones’s“Whoosit,” which was submitted the same dayLil’s “I’m Gonna Getcha” and “King of theZulus.”And aha! The OKeh label is WHO’SIT.(Actually, it’s WHO’ SIT, with extra space, butthat’s silly.) Confirms Jones as composer.Why (Jelly Roll Morton–Ed Werac*)Terry Waldo’s Gotham City Band 1201Jimmy Mazzy & Friends 1219Aces of Syncopation 137210/15/02: Have sheet music, see that it’sWhy? on cover but Why on copyright page.Found it and confirmed this again, ASM, 1938,Tempo.Bob, this is not the first time that I’ve removeda logical question mark because it’s not on thecopyright page. If you were to insist, evengently, I’d restore it, at least in the cases inwhich we find that it is on the cover. If it’sneither place, we can’t make it up.2013 review:And what did the label say? Rec.JRM Six, 1/23/40, General 1706, Commodore636. The General label has no ? - confirmsMorton-Werac, calls group “The MortonSextet.”10/29/38 copyright (w. Werac/m. Morton) hasno ?, but they usually don’t.