[78-L] Questions re airplay of old recordings on radio redux

[Malcolm Rockwell]

AH HAH! Found it!
It's on a 1924 piano roll (rec. 03/24, NYC) released on an LP, "James P. 
Johnson 1921 - 1926", Olympic 7132. I'm listening to it as I type. It's 
the first cut on side one as part of a "Running Wlid" medley comprised 
of "Charleston", Old Fashioned Love" ,"Open Your Heart" and "Love Bug", 
all tunes from the show, but "Charleston" is the only one on the roll 
written by Johnson.
Mal

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Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> Oh, hell, let's try that again...
> "Charleston" was written by pianist James P. Johnson & lyricist Cecil 
> Mack for the stage play "Running Wild" which opened on Broadway on 
> October 29, 1923 and ran for 213 performances. Without digging any 
> further I surmise it was probably composed that same year. What I find 
> interesting is that Johnson was already recording by that time but I 
> could find no instance of his recording the tune under his own name.
> But I could swear I've heard him do it as a piano solo, possibly on a 
> 1960s 33rpm album of  recordings made in the late 40s.
> That's just a guess, I could be misremembering.
> Malcolm
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> Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>> Ken "Silver Showcase" wrote:
>>> martha wrote:
>>>  
>>>> Even a recent MAD MEN episode had a dance band playing an "almost 
>>>> but not quite" fake of Charleston, although "Old Kentucky Home" was 
>>>> okay.  Can it be too expensive, or is there another reason?
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>>>
>>> Well, most every decision in show biz revolves around money.  "My 
>>> Old Kentucky Home" is in the public domain.  If the Charleston was 
>>> written in 1923 or later its possibly still under copyright.
>>>
>>> -- Ken
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>> The Charlseton was written by the pianist James P. Johnson & lyricist 
>> Cecil Mack for thr stage play "Running Wild" which opened on Broadway 
>> on October 29, 1923 and ran for 213 performances. Without digging 
>> further I surmise it was probably composed that same year.
>> Malcolm
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