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E pub. 22489; Bobbins music corp., NewYork.Flat Five (Claus Jacobi)Red Roseland Cornpickers 1102Jacobi was the reed player with the band.Flat Foot (Lil Hardin)Waldo’s Gutbucket Syncopators 1036New Yankee Rhythm Kings 1050Abi Hübner’s Low Down Wizards 1093Turk Murphy JB 1161Steve Waddell’s Creole Bells 1348Miss Lulu White’s Red Hot Creole JB 1370And I’ve got many recordings of it as “Flatfoot”(spelled solid), but I’m sure that’s a case ofpeople being influenced by the old commonterm for “cop” before they started ridingSegways and bicycles.2013 review: Rec. 7/14/26, Columbia 14337-D,Biltmore 1085. Credit on Columbia was just“Armstrong,” but copyright tells the tale:Flat foot; melody, by L. Armstrong. © 1 c.July 19, 1926; E 643153; Lillian Armstrong,Chicago.John Gill has the copyright deposit, alsoconfirms Lil.Floatin’ Down to Cotton Town (HaroldG. “Jack” Frost–F. Henri Klickmann)Bob Schulz & His Frisco JB 1349Canary Cottage Dance Orchestra 1400Confirmed by 7/21/19 copyright reg., alsosheet music pub. McKinley, w JF/mFHK.Flock o’ Blues (Rube Bloom)Ted Shafer’s Jelly Roll JB 1278Rec. Sioux City Six, 10/10/24, Gennett 5569,Brunswick 02207. Gennett label confirmsBloom. No copyright reg. 1924-25.Florida Blues, The(William King Phillips)South Frisco JB 13078/21, from Library of Congress copyrightregistration card as researched by MatthewCaulfield:Always registered as The Florida...:1914 unpub: by W. K. Phillips;1915 pub: by Wm King Phillips;1917 pub: words by Hezekihia [sic] Jenkins& Chas. A. Jones, music by William KingPhillips;1926 pub: W. C. Handy, arranger, WilliamKing Phillips, music, Dave Hoffman, ArthurNeale, words.So Phillips wrote it as instrumental in 1914-15.One pair of fellows added lyrics in 1917, thenHandy had another set of lyrics written whenhe republished it in 1926. So let’s just droplyricists entirely.8/25: The amazing Mike Montgomery sendssheet music for all three versions, just asdescribed by Caulfield’s LC copyright records.He too notes that since there were two sets oflyrics and lyricists, we should skip them.Florida Rag (George L. Lowry)Morten Gunnar Larsen 1009Confirmed ASM (forgot to note yearpublisher).Flyer, The (Frieda Aufderheide)Bob Wright 1239We had Flyer Rag by May Aufderheide.Rats! Found the sheet music online. Cover isTHE FLYERRAGBYFRIEDA AUFDERHEIDECopyright page even clearer:The Flyer.RAG.Pub. Carlin & Lennox, Indianapolis, 1908.Perfesser Bill has the answer: Frieda wasMay’s cousin.Flying Arrow (Abe Holzmann)Bo Grumpus 1388Confirmed sheet music, pub. Leo Feist 1906.Fool Such as I, A (Bill Trader)Tom Stuip & Delirium Tremolo 1433Confirmed 1952 copyright--yes, it’s the JoStafford, Elvis Presley song.Foolin’ Around (Ray Smith)Ray Smith 1012Foolin’ Myself (Fats Waller–Andy Razaf)Neville Dickie 1397There was a famous 1937 song of this title,recorded by Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilsonand by several swing bands. By JackLawrence and Peter Tinturin.But CD notes say Neville’s tune neverrecorded, not published until the 1950s.Aha, institute at Rutgers confirms Dickie’sstory:The Institute of Jazz Studies collection ofWaller memorabilia includes several draftsof music in Waller's hand. These arebasically early attempts (first versions orrough sketches) of songs Waller waswriting, made in pencil on music manuscriptpaper. Different drafts in the collection canprobably best be understood as distinctstages of Waller's compositional process.The first stage would have consisted of asingle melodic line on one staff ( "Foolin'Myself").Songwriters Hall of Fame says Waller-Razaf,pub. Mills.EMI Mills Music, Inc./Razaf Music.Don’t know where to look for the 1950scopyright, but did find, at the odd CopyrightEncyclopedia site, what looks like a 1986copyright renewal by Alicia Razaf:Foolin' myself. Music by Thomas Waller,words: Andy RazafType of Work:Musical workArrayRE0000158821 / 1983-01-31EP0000090844 / 1955-06-22Title:Foolin' myself. Music by ThomasWaller, words: Andy Razaf.Variant title:Foolin' myselfCopyright Claimant:Alicia Razaf (W)Names:Thomas Waller (16 documents)example document: Ain't misbehavin'Andy Razaf (124 documents)example document: Little Pops is tops to meAlicia Razaf (45 documents)example document: Jealous of me & 29other titlesAnd Dickie’s tune sounds nothing like theothers, so we can OK this one.Foolish Little Girl Like You, A (seeWhat Can I Do with a Foolish LittleGirl Like You?)Foot Warmer (Anton Lada–Alcide Nunez–Joe Cawley)Dan Levinson’s Roof Garden JB 1380Rec. Louisiana Five, 4/14/19, Edison 50569,Ambassador 3843.Foot warmer; fox trot, by Anton Lada, JoeCawley, and Al. Nunez, arr. by Leroy Walker[of U.S.]; orch. with piano. 4to. © July 3,1919; 2 c. July 5, 1919 E 454658; Leo. Feist,inc., New York. [Copyright is claimed onarrangement.]For a Beautiful Girl Like You(unknown)Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra 1427