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You Broke Your Promise (George Wyle–Irving Taylor–Eddie Pola)Grand Dominion JB 1408S&P confirms composers (although “Eddie”sted Edward), 1949. And sure enough, it’sEddie on the 1/17/49 copyright reg. and onthe Paula Watson disc. Lord discog. says rec.Paula Watson 1948, Kay Starr (1947-49), LouisJordan (1949), then Kid Sheik Cola in 1961 &1963 and many New Orleans-style bandsthereafter. I compared Louis Jordan withGrand Dominion, and it does sound like thesame tune.You Can Depend on Me (Earl Hines–Charles Carpenter–Louis Dunlap)Oakley’s Lakeshore Serenaders 1013ASM, 19342, Peer.You Can Have It, I Don’t Want It(May Hill–Clarence Williams–Armand J. Piron)Butch Thompson & Hal Smith 1075New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra 12131075 was “You Can Have It”; 1213 was “YouCan Have It, I Don’t Want It.” For somereason, unnotated, I previously had it here withthe second phrase as a subtitle.But 1213 was right! ASM, Williams & Piron.All one line with comma on (c) page, two linesof equal size with no comma on cover.You Can’t Cheat a Cheater(Phil Napoleon–Frank Signorelli–Jimmy Dorsey)Back Bay Ramblers 1262CD had Napoleon-Frank Signorelli-JimmyDorsey.Rec.Tom Dorsey & His Novelty Orchestra (TommyDorsey, Frank Signorelli, Eddie Lang-StanKing), 4/23/29, OKeh 41422, Odeon 238128,Parlophone A-362.Napoleon’s Emperors (with the Dorsey Bros.on tb & cl and Frank Signorelli on pno),5/23/29, Victor V-38069, Bluebird B-7039,HMV B-4955.Oh, boy--this is about to get ugly. Composercredits on label of Dorsey Novelty Orch OKeh41422 are Dorsey, Lang & Signorelli. Creditson Emperors’ Victor V-38069 are Napoleon-Signorelli-Dorsey.Now comes the copyright, with “Tom” Dorseyand possibly a different Signorelli:You can't cheat a cheater; melody by PhilNapoleon, Henry Signorelli and Tom Dorsey.© 1 c. Sept. 28, 1929; E unp. 11391:Southern music pub. co., inc. New York.And as it happens, I have a copy of theoriginal copyright deposit for this one, and it’sa little suspicious. It’s a handwritten leadsheet, with the wordsChorusVerseYou Can’t Cheat a CheaterNapoleonSignorelliDorseyBut someone came along later and enteredthe first names Phil, Henry, and Tom in front ofthose last names using a different pen; can’treally tell if it’s different handwriting.BUT wait a minute: The copyright catalogindex places this under Thomas Dorsey, whoalso wrote “Hokum Boys from Tennessee” thatyear, i.e., Thomas A. “Georgia Tom” Dorsey!And Frank and Henry Signorelli are separatelistings in the index.Well, I guess that of the conflicting labelcredits, we take the one that more or lessmatches the copyright registration. But whatabout the true composer names?The Victor Project entry also shows PhilNapoleon, Frank Signorelli & Tommy Dorseyas composers, citing as source “Disc label(BHC)” or “Victor blue history card,”presumably a recording studio document.Since there’s no other Henry Signorelli in thecopyright books 1927-31, I’m going to crossmy fingers and guess that (a) “Henry” was ajoke played by Frank and (b) “Tom Dorsey” onthe copyright was our trombonist, but thecopyright book compilers presumed he wasthe earlier Dorsey, who used “ThomasDorsey” on his other copyrights that year andwas listed in the index that way.You Can’t Do What My Last Man Did(Allie Moore–J. C. Johnson)Carol Leigh & Jim Dapogny 10648/9/13 Pinsker researched this one:The entry in CCE isYou can't do what my last man did : blues,w and m J.C. Johnson and Allie Moore, ofU.S. © June 5, 1923 2 c. July 17 E568185Chateau Music pub. co., New York [CCEpt.3 vol. 18, no. 2 1923 Music, p. 826]I have a JPG of the cover of the (rare)published sheet - it sold on eBay a while agofor too much money for me to get it. Indeed,the error that it's by JPJ rather than JCJ iscommon, doubtless because JPJ made agood record of it, and it's incorrectly listedas being by JPJ in the back of They AllPlayed Ragtime.You Can’t Escape from Me [I Can’tEscape from You] [San JacintoStomp] (Erskine Hawkins–SamuelLowe–Charles French LaFreniere)Magnolia JB 1016Grand Dominion JB 12682013 review: Not sure I understand the 1993note, which I obviously didn’t question at thetime. Now, nothing goes unquestioned!1016 Magnolia showed “I Can’t Escape fromYou” by Robin-Whiting. 1268 Grand Dominionwas “San Jacinto Stomp” by ErskineHawkins–Samuel Lowe–Charles FrenchLaFreniere; liner notes by Hal Smith say takenfrom the George Lewis recording.I Can’t Escape from YouS&P say “I Can’t--You” by Leo Robin-RichardA. Whiting, 1936, introduced by Bing inRhythm on the Range. Lord shows no fewerthan 105 recordings of it, beginning withBuddy Clark vcl with Jack Shilkret in 1936,then Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey, then(oops! and aha!) Erskine Hawkins and His’Bama State Collegians (w/Sam Lowe, tp/arr.),7/20/36, Vocalion 3280. From then to 1944also recorded by Bunny Berigan, Hal Kemp,Jimmie Lunceford, and Benny Carter. Butthen comes the recording of it under I Can’t[San Jacinto Stomp] noted below under thatunder San Jacinto. What the hell? I’ve alsogot lots of other recordings of this title,credited to Robin-Whiting, by New Orleansstylebands: Max Collie, Climax, Tito Martino(Brazil), Emil Barnes, et al.AND aha, the label on Hawkins’s Vocaliondoes indeed say by Robin-Whiting fromRhythm on the Range.You Can’t Escape from Me“You Can’t--Me” rec. Erskine Hawkins aho(Lowe still tp/arr.), 10/2/39, Bluebird B-10540.But then George Lewis, 1952; but then PeterBocage, Louis Nelson and just a few other NObands also as “You Can’t--Me.”This confirmed by copyright:You can't escape from me; w CharlesFrench LaFreniere, melody Erskine Hawkins& Samuel Lowe. © 1 c. Sept. 30, 1939; Eunp. 206119; Roy music co., inc., New York.The Bluebird label shows composers asFrench-Hawkins-Lowe.