[78-L] "Willie the weeper" & co.

[Julian Vein]

Stephen Davies wrote:
> No sooner do I close one difficult cataloguing entry than another pops up.
> 
> "Willie the Weeper" (1927) is credited to Grant Rymal, Marty Bloom & either
> Will or Walter Melrose.  Bloom partnered in a publishing business with
> brothers Walter and Lester Melrose.
> 
> I wondered if "Will" was a nickname for Walter, or was Will a third
> Melrose, or was the Internet just wrong, again?  ASCAP credits Walter, so
> that's good enough for me.
> 
> I hadn't realized that Willie preceded "Minnie the Moocher" (1931).  The
> genre continued with "Winnie the Wailer" (1933), and I don't know how many
> others.
> 
> Someone should create a mini-jazz opera by combining the different
> parodies, sequels etc in this vein.  Unless there is no variation in the
> tunes.  That would be tedious.
> 
> - Stephen D
> in Calgary
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"Hector The Garbage Collector"?

      Julian Vein


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