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Come on and stomp, stomp, stomp; wordsand music by Chris Smith, Thomas Waller andIrving Mills; pf. acc. with ukulele arr. bv M.Kalua. © Dec. 27, 1927; 2 e. Jan. 9, 1928; E681048; Jack Mills, inc., New YorkCome On, Baby! (Archie Gottler–Maceo Pinkard–Sidney Clare)Red Roseland Cornpickers 1153Neely’s Royal Society Jazz Orch 1250ASM, 1928, Ager, Yellen & Bornstein.Come On, Coot Do That Thing(Coot Grant*)Scaniazz 1056Leigh–Dapogny Mysterious Babies 1087Blue Rhythmakers 1373May 2013 follow-up: Rust says 9/25 recordingalso released as UHCA 80, Jazz Information 6,Ampersand (Australia) R-104, Jazz Society(France) AA-506.Well, what about the copyright? Oh, ferchrissake, cy is also missing a comma, but ina different place:Come on coot, do that thing; w and melodyL. B. Grant, of U.S. © 1 c. Oct. 1, 1925; E623730; Leola B. Grant, Washington.Ah, the hell with it: leave it the way it appearedon the only recording that most people haveever seen, the original Paramount.Come On In, Baby (Thomas A. Dorsey–George Ramsey)Jim Snyder /Georgia Grinders 1068Rent Party Revellers 1220May 2013 follow-up: Rec. Memphis NightHawks, 3/31/32, Vocalion 1744, HJCA HC-74.Couldn’t find labels, but online 78 confirmscomma, has no composers.Copyright? Nothing definitive (but see below)from 1930 to 1934. Only appearance ofGeorge Ramsey is once as a publisher in1934. The only year in which Dorsey appearsis 1930, where he has more than a dozen titlescopyrighted—but none is near this title.However, many of them were registered byLester Melrose as publisher. So now see this:Come on in baby; melody. © 1 c. Aug. 5,1933; E unp. 74639; Lester Melrose.From the pattern I’ve seen, the Lester Melroseat the end means that he’s the registeringpublisher, not the composer. So what the helldoes this mean?As of 5/20/13, this smells very bad. We werewilling to accept anybody’s word whosounded remotely sure back in 1990, so wenever questioned Abrams—but his work wentinto the Online 78 database, which doesn’tshow any composer credits for Vocalion 1744.CAN ANY OF OUR EXPERTS SHED SOMELIGHT?Comedy Tom (Gus King)Levinson’s Trans-Atlantic Saxtette 1430Comedy Tom march; by Gus King [of U.S.];piano. © Dec. 17, 1917; 2 c. Dec. 20, 1917 E414772 Will Rossiter, Chicago.Complainin’ (A Darky Lament(Luckey Roberts–Alex Rogers)George Foley 1187Tom Roberts 1345Foley:Swing pianist Jess Stacy claimed“Complainin’” as his own in a 1939recording. However, if you listen to thebarely audible piano accompaniment to PartThree of The Two Black Crows by the blackfacecomedians Moran and Mack in 1923,you will hear Luckey playing “Complainin’.”Rec. Stacy 1939 Commodore 506, crediting itto himself, and he even copyrighted it thatway!Complainin'; by Jess Stacy pf. © Mar. 30,1939; E pub. 76059; Bregman, Vocco &Conn, inc., New York.All Music.com article on Roberts says,In the 1920s, he can be heard leading theorchestra on records by comic CharlesHunter and backing up the radio comedyteam of Moran and Mack, "The Two BlackCrows"; Roberts also performed on theirnetwork radio show as accompanist. Onsuch records, Roberts sometimes employeda theme he developed for vaudeville showsaround 1923 called "Complainin.'”Aha. The Victor Project lists “Complainin’ (It’sHuman Nature to Complain),” rec. 7/25/23 byEddie Hunter with orchestra, Robertscomposer and Alex Rogers, lyricist.But finally found earlier copyright thatcomports with the Victor Project entry:Complainin'; a darky lament, words by AlexRogers, music by C. Luckeyth Roberts [ofU.S.] © 1 c. Jan. 18, 1922; E 530326; IrvingBerlin, inc., New York.I couldn’t find any previous copyrights as farback as 1918, so we must presume that this isthe original, adding Rogers as lyricist andincluding the subtitle.Comrades (Felix McGlennon)Imperial Serenaders 1351Well, there’s a “Comrades” by Robert Kingand Ballard Macdonald (1919) that expressesthe same sentiments, but I found a recordingof our song, sung by a chorus from 1915) onYouTube complete with a picture of the sheetmusic, and it shows McGlennon as composer.MTSU has it but just guesses at the date--1870s--80s. Levy has sheet, which is indeedundated.Con-Carol Rag (Gale Foehner)Gale Foehner 1023Concentratin’ (on You) (Fats Waller–Andy Razaf)Back Bay Ramblers 1355Neville Dickie 1397both had “Concentratin’ on You,” but bothcover & (c) page show it asConcentratin’On You