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San Francisco Starlight Orchestra 1334Rec. McKinney’s Cotton Pickers 7/31/30,Victor 23012; HMV B-4931, K-6262. The Victorlabel is indeed Picker’s.Copyright:Cotton pickers scat; melody by Redman andMcKinney. © 1 c. Oct. 30, E unp. 29866;Southern music pub. co., inc., New York.I’m going to leave the apostrophe on thetheory that the McKinney’s Victor was the firstand only publication of the song.Cotton Time (Charles N. Daniels)Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band 1123Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra 1411ASM, 1910, Jerome Remick.Cottontail Rag (Joseph F. Lamb)Matthew Davidson 1252Unpublished in his lifetime, posthumouslypublished in Joseph F. Lamb, RagtimeTreasures Piano Solos (New York, NY: MillsMusic, 1964), now out of print.And confirmed by 11/16/59 copyright reg.Could You Be True to Eyes of Blue IfYou Looked into Eyes of Brown?(Will D. Cobb–Gus Edwards)Ernie Carson & the Castle JB 1283We had “Could You Be True to Eyes of Blue?(If You Looked into Eyes of Brown)”Could you be true to eyes of blue, if youlooked into eyes of brown; words and musicby Cobb & Edwards. Copyright by F. A.Mills, New York, N.Y. Class C, XXc, no.28561, June 14, 1902; 2 copies rec'd June14, 1902.Found the sheet music online at Levy, and I’mhard pressed to consider this a title + subtitle.The cover looks like this:The copyright page isCOULD YOUBE TRUE TOEYES OF BLUEIFYOU LOOKEDINTO EYESOF BROWN?Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue,If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?In both cases, the fonts were of uniform sizeand weight. And, logically, “If you looked intoeyes of brown” is part of the question andlooks odd hanging behind the question mark.So I’m making it one long title.Courthouse Bump (Jelly Roll Morton)Des Plantes’ Washboard Wizards 12901929 says Tex in liner notes. Oddly, I have noother recordings of it. Rec. Morton 7/9/29,take 1 to Victor 741054 (LP), take 2 to Victor V-38093. Victor Project confirms, as doescopyright registration 12/26/29 unpub.Coventry Rag (Jeff Hughes)Paramount JB of Boston 1247Hughes was cornetist/vocalist on CD; leaderRay Smith’s notes specifically credit him.Cover Me Up with Sunshine (andFeather My Nest with Love)(Ray Henderson–Mort Dixon)Back Bay Ramblers 1279Rec. Jean Goldkette 10/15/26, Victor 20588Rust says subtitle (And Feather My Nest withLove). According to Victor Project, GretaWoodson recorded it 9/25/26 as “Cover MeUp with Sunshine,” but it wsn’t issued. ThenGoldkette as “Cover me up with sunshine (andfeather my nest with love).” Victor labelagrees.Copyright isCover me up with sunshine; words by MortDixon, music by Ray Henderson. © Sept. 16,1926; 2 c. Sept. 20; E 650230; Jerome H.Remick & co., New York.Couldn’t find it in any of the big Americancollections, but Nat’l Library of Australia has acopy indexed with the subtitle.Crackerjack (Harry Reser)Howard Alden with Dick Hyman 1200Confirmed by 1931 copyright entry.Crave, The (Jelly Roll Morton)Uptown Lowdown JB 1030Pam Pameijer – Duet /Trio/Quartet 1134James Dapogny & Butch Thompson 1183Rec. 12/14/39, General 4003, Commodore589, Vogue V-2067.Perfesser Bill site has cover of tune publishedby Tempo Publishing in DC (Jelly’s enterprisewith Roy Carew), says copyright 1938, but it’snot in the 1938 (or 39-40) copyright book,although some other Morton titles pub. byTempo are there. Says Biill: “In spite of thelisted copyright date, there are indications thatMorton was playing this ‘Spanish tinge’ pieceas early as 1910.”Crazy Blues (Perry Bradford)John Gill’s Original Sunset Five 1094Des Plantes’ Washboard Wizards 1174John Gill’s Dixieland Serenaders 1321Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra 1419ASM, 1920, Perry Bradford.Crazy Bone Rag (Charles L. Johnson)Elite Syncopators 1358ASM, 1913, Forster.Crazy ’bout My Gal (Jack Pettis–Irving Mills)Back Bay Ramblers 1355Confirmed by 5/14/30 copyright entry.Crazy ’bout Red-Head Mamas(Jean-Pierre Morel)Charquet & Co 1195Les Rois du Fox-Trot 1429Morel is leader of the bands, so he shouldknow.Crazy ’bout That Man I Love(Fats Waller–Spencer Williams–Clarence Williams)Neville Dickie 1397Not in Rust. Confirmed by 6/18/26 copyright.Crazy Chords (Jelly Roll Morton)Louisiana Washboard Five 1398Rec. RHP 6/2/30, Victor 23307, HMV B-4898,Biltmore 1074. Victor label confirms, as doesVictor Project. Not in copyright book for 1930.Crazy Jo’ (Harry Reser)Terry Waldo’s Gotham City Band 12011201 had Crazy Jo, no apostrophe.Copyright’s an oops:Crazy Jo’; by Harry F. Reser [of U.S.; banjoand piano, with solo for ten. banjo. 24280 ©Nov. 23, 1922; 2 c. Nov. 24; E 552190; JackMills, inc., New York.And indeed, Reser’s c. 1922 recording onBrunswick 2308 has the apostrophe.Crazy Quilt (Paul Van Loan–Andrew B. Sterling)Charquet & Co 1008Keith Nichols Dreamland Syncoptrs 1150Hot Antic JB 1154John Gill’s Calif. Sunshine Boys 1157Charleston Chasers 1287Le Petit Jazzband 1389Les Rois du Fox-Trot 1436‘But I wonder . . . what can I find in 2013?Joe Candullo, 7/26, Pathe Aktuelle 36487,11204, Perfect 14668.Goofus Five, 7/15/26, OKeh 40687,Parlophone E-5716.Sam Lanin, c. 8/20/26, Cameo [#?], Lincoln[#?], Romeo 260.Tennessee Tooters, 9/20/26, Vocalion 15487,Brunswick 3332.[Vance] Dixon’s Jazz Maniacs, c. 1/27,Paramount 12446.Chas. Creath Jazzomaniacs, 5/2/27, OKeh8477.