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Chicken Reel (Joseph M. Daly)Helm–Leigh Jazz & Blues Review 1332ASM, 1910, Daly & Son.Chicken Walk (Tom Brown)Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra 1411Levinson’s Trans-Atlantic Saxtette 1430Six Brown Brothers reissue on Archeophonesays rec. 6/20/16, Victor 18189, by Brown, arr.Klickmann. However, the only copyright in the1916 book is this:Chicken (The) walk; from The century girl,words and music by I. Berlin, of U.S. © Nov.11, 1916; 2 c. Nov. 13, 1916: E 392370;Irving Berlin, inc., New York.Aha: Victor Project says composers TomBrown and “Slap” White, arr. Klickmann, butthe record label had only Brown. Found thecopyright in 1917:Chicken walk; eccentric fox trot from ChinChin, by Tom Brown, of U.S.; piano. © Mar.5, 1917; 2 c. Mar. 7, 1917 E 399184; WillRossiter, Chicago.Childhood Lullaby (Tom McDermott)Tom McDermott 1024Chills and Fever(Theron C. Bennett)Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra 14271427 has “Chills and Fever Rag,” but “Rag” isjust on cover as genre marker; it doesn’tappear on (c) page. ASM, 1912, Sam Fox.Chimes (Homer Denney)John Hancock 1025ASM, 1910, Denney.Chimes Blues (Joe Oliver)Steve Lane’s Southern Stompers 1040Black Eagle JB 1147Down Home JB 1217South Frisco JB 1307Neville Dickie 1309Independence Hall JB 1384Rec. Oliver 4/6/23, Gennett 5135, Brunswick02201. And indeed, the Gennett label creditsOliver.No copyright found 1922-23-25; only one for1924 is this title w. Arnold Johnson/m. HerbWiedoeft.We’ll just have to trust the record label for thisone.BUT oops, found this by accident much later:Chimes (The) ; melody, by J. Oliver [ofU.S.], arr. by Lillian Harding [of U.S.] © 1 c.May 21, 1923; E 563940; Joseph Oliver,Chicago.Copyrighted as “The Chimes,” recorded as“Chimes Blues.”Chinatown, My Chinatown(Jean Schwartz–William Jerome)European Classic JB 1070ASM, 1910, Jerome Remick, w. WJ/m. JS.Chinese Blues (Fats Waller–Irving Mills)Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra 1275Oops, I have two other recordings of this titleand the sheet music, all of which credit OscarGardner & Fred D. Moore. But that’s 1915,and the recordings are by Irving Kaufman andGeorge Gershwin (piano roll); surely ourChinese Blues is later. Yes, in his notes,Nichols refers to the Dixie Stompers.Rec.Dixie Stompers [=Fletcher Henderson aho],11/22/25, Harmony 92-H. LC SONIC sayslabel credit is Waller-Mills.Original Memphis Five, 1/21/26, Brunswick3039; 1/23/26, Vocalion 15234 (as TheHottentots). Both Brunswick & Vocalionlabels credit Waller-Mills.Boyd Senter, 5/8/28 (as “Original ChineseBlues,” which Rust considers the sametune), OKeh 41163 ; Parlophone R-143, A-3342; Odeon 165577, 193272. OKeh labelcredits Moore-Gardner.Oh, dear. No copyright registration for thattitle 1924-25, 27-28 ; in 1926 we find:Chinese blues ; words by Sam Coslow,music by Irving Mills and Jimmy McHugh: pf.acc, with ukulele arr. by M. Kalua. © Apr. 17,1926; 2 c. Apr. 21 ; E 640304 ; Jack Mills,inc., New York.And here, for what it’s worth (see sheet musicnote above, isOriginal Chinese blues; by Fred Moore andOscar Gardner, arr. by Mel Stitzel; orch. 4to.© May 10, 1926; 2 c. June 1; E 641318 ;Melrose bros. music co., inc., Chicago.Not sure what to make of this--Stitzel bandarrangement of 1915 song that Senterrecorded? Yes, I heard it on OKeh 41163, andit’s the old Kaufman song; credits Moore-Gardner.Can’t imagine why I couldn’t find a copyright,but the two Memphis Five/Hottentots labelssay Waller-Mills, and a detailed Brunswickdiscography found via Google Books hasWaller-Mills credit in listing. I guess we mustgo with it, although it wouldn’t hurt to look forthe Coslow-Mills-McHugh copyright deposit tomake sure their tune isn’t our tune.Chitterlin’ Strut (Lemuel Fowler)Keith Nichols 1159Hmmm. Note say Nichols got this from Fowlerband version from 1922, but according toRust, Fowler’s Washboard Wonders recordedit 7/2/25, Columbia 14084-D. And here’s acopyright:Chitterlin' strutt [sic]; a stomp, LemuelFowler, of U.S.; pf. © 1 c. Oct. 29, 1924; E600941; Edith Smith, New York.The Columbia record label does spell Strut the“modern” way and credits Fowler.8/13 Bob Pinsker notes this about Fowler:In all of this poring over the CCE [Catalog ofCopyright Entries of the Library ofCongress], I have happened upon thingsthat I had no idea about, just nearby. Forinstance, I found a previously unknown aliasfor Lem Fowler - he was just a nut forpseudonyms, using "P. Henry", "RelphowJames", "James Meller", "Ed. Richard", atleast, on copyright registrations in themid-twenties. Now I stumbled across acopyright for "Frisky Feet" under the name"Relphow Jones" (note that "Relphow" is sortof "Fowler" inside-out!). Even MikeMontgomery didn't know that - in his linernotes on Document for the CD of Fowlermaterial he wrote: "'Frisky Feet' (for whichthere never was a copyright) is the workingtitle Lem gave in 1926 to a tune which (in1927) would be called 'Percolatin' Blues'."Ah, but it turns out that there WAS a "FriskyFeet" copyright under this variantpseudonym (Jones instead of James)! Justserendipity! You are now the 2nd person toknow that, I reckon.Chizzlin’ Sam (Clarence Williams)Moonlight Broadcasters 1193