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Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say)." Cansomeone help? --4>8/25: Montgomery sends a later republicationof song (1939, 1940, and 1950 by Tempo-Music Pub. Co., R. J. Carew, prop., Wash,DC). Has note, "As recorded by Jelly Roll.Transcribed and edited by J. Lawrence Cook."Cover and copyright page haveBuddy Bolden’s Blues(I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say)But this isn’t definitive, of course.8/26: This is strange, but Nancy Wyndhamdescribes sheet that is identical toMontgomery’s in all ways (copyright dates,publisher, and subtitle), but "edited andtranscribed by Dick Hyman ‘from recordingsand previous publications.’"9/5, Baker at LC, the Definitive Story:This registered as unpublished in Sept. ’39 asI thot I heard Buddy Bolden say, (c) Tempo(Roy Carew’s publishing company). Thenrecopyrighted Feb. ’40 under same title with"new matter" - evidently the lyrics.The song first appeared in Lomax’s 1938Library of Congress interview with Jelly, whichwas released on Circle; that disk in the serieswas labeled "Early Blues/Buddy Bolden/BuddyBolden’s Blues."Then Jelly recorded it Dec. 39 for General as"Buddy Bolden’s Blues."So Montgomery’s and the Wyndhams’ 1939sheet music is not a "later republication" as Ihad assumed, but the definitive one, so wemust use a subtitle:Buddy Bolden’s Blues (I Thought IHeard Buddy Bolden Say)But we must keep the cross-ref from "IThought..." both because it is widely knownthat way and because of that copyrightregistration entry.Buddy Burton’s Jazz (William E.“Buddy” Burton)Mojo Jazzin’ Five 1086Rec. Blythe’s WB Band (w/ Burton wb-v), 5/26,Paramount 12368, American Music 2 et al.To my surprise, confirmed by 6/21/28copyright reg.Buddy’s Habits [Buddy’s Habit](Arnett Nelson–Charley Straight)High Society JB 1010Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble 1029Hot Dogs /Victoria Varekamp 1033South Frisco JB C/CD 1035Steve Lane’s Southern Stompers 1040Black Bottom Stompers (England) 1045Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ens. CD 1055Pierre Atlan’s Piccadilly Revelers 1181Peruna Jazzmen 1204Southern Stompers (France) 1215Paris Washboard 1308Bob Oliver’s Hot Seven 1312Independence Hall JB 1384High Society JB 1396Yerba Buena Stompers 1406Southern Stompers 1413Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra 1419[previous editions had title asBuddy’s Habit [Buddy’s Habits]Don’t have any notes on why we did it thisway, except that “everybody knows” it’s reallyHabit but often gets presented as Habits.Well, according to Rust, the very first recordingof it was byCharley Straight himself (aho), 6/23, as Habitson Paramount 20244, Claxtonala 40244,National 12244, Puritan 11244.Then came the Midway Dance Orchestra,10/18/23 as Habits on Columbia 51-D.Then King Oliver’s Creole JB on 10/25/23 asHabit on OKeh 40000, Biltmore 1056, HJCAHC-37.Later, the Bucktown Five in 1924 and RedNichols in 1926 as Habits.So Buddy’s Habit would be appear to be thelone exception, odd man out, from all the otherrecordings, most notably the prior recordingby the tune’s author. But, of course, KingOliver made jazz history.Let’s see what recording labels we canactually look at:Charley Straight: Claxtonola 40244 is indeedHabits (as the Rendezvous Dance Orchestra,and confirms our composers); Online 78confirms Habits for Paramount 20244; Red HotJazz Archive confirms composers..Midway Dance Orch: Yep, Columbia label isHabits.King Oliver: Okeh 40000 is indeed Habit.Bucktown Five: Gennett 5418 is indeed Habits.Red Nichols: Brunswick 3477 is indeed Habits.And finally: I found the copyright entry:Buddy’s habits; melody by A. Nelson of U.S.7953. (c) May 11, 1923, E 564026; ArnettNelson, Chicago.It appears that Nelson copyrighted it byhimself, but we must presume that the firstperson to record it, Charley Straight, madeenough changes to get his named added ascomposer; in any case, every recording of itsince that names composers names both ofthem.And what everybody knows is baloney.Buffalo Bill’s Centennial(Stephen Kent Goodman)Univ. of Wisconsin Symphony Band 1246Says Goodman, guest conductor and linernote writer: “written to commemorate thecentennial of the founding of he famous WildWest Show by ‘Buffalo’ Bill Cody in 1884.”Buffalo Blues (see Mister Joe)