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

[David Lennick]

Clem Watts and Al Trace were also the same person, and I think the two names 
appeared on some songs. Don't know about Stone/David.

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Jeff Lichtman wrote:
> 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)?
> 
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