[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 18, Issue 50 Show That Fellow The Door"

[Burlinson Nigel]

Hubert W. DAVID co-writer of "Show That Fellow The Door" was the SON of 
Worton DAVID
the writer of "Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy"

http://www.dbopm.com/link/index/4001/2705

ASCAP seems to be in error linking Eddie Stone to Hubert W. David

Nigel Burlinson

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> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:07:27 -0700
> From: Jeff Lichtman <jeff at swazoo.com>
> Subject: [78-L] Eddie Stone and Hubert W. David
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> 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.
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> You can do your own ASCAP search here:
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> http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?mode=search
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> Googling the name "Hubert W. David" finds a bunch of info on this
> British songwriter, with lists of songs that he wrote. For example:
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> http://www.fredgodfreysongs.ca/Collaborators/david_worton.htm
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> 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."
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> 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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