[78-L] Eddie Stone and Hubert W. David

[Jeff Lichtman]

I have a songwriting mystery. The Broadway Bell-Hops recording of 
Show That Fellow the Door on Harmony 159-H shows the songwriters as 
Stone and David. An internet search reveals sheet music for this song 
written by Eddie Stone and Hubert W. David in 1925. The ASCAP 
database seems to indicate that Stone and David were the same person 
- a search for Eddie Stone leads to the record for David, and it 
credits only David with the writing of Show That Fellow the Door.

You can do your own ASCAP search here:

http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?mode=search

Googling the name "Hubert W. David" finds a bunch of info on this 
British songwriter, with lists of songs that he wrote. For example:

http://www.fredgodfreysongs.ca/Collaborators/david_worton.htm

The pages on David don't list "Show That Fellow the Door" as one of 
his. None of the songs listed under his name at ASCAP show up on 
these pages, nor does the name "Eddie Stone."

So, what's going on here? Is the Hubert W. David who wrote "Hold Your 
Hand Out, Naughty Boy" (not shown on ASCAP) the same person who wrote 
"Show That Fellow the Door"? Were there two songwriters named "Hubert 
W. David" who were active at the same time? Were David and Stone the 
same person (why would someone claim to be two different people at 
the same time)?

                        -        Jeff Lichtman
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