[78-L] Squeeze Me in 1925?

[Ray Kilcoyne]

From: "Jeff Lichtman"
> According to Lissauer's Encyclopedia of Popular Music in America,
> Fats Waller and Clarence Williams wrote Squeeze Me in 1928. According
> to 78discography.com, the Halfway House Dance Orchestra recorded it
> in 1925 (Columbia 541-D). These can't both be true. Can someone tell
> me which of these is wrong?
>
> Thanks.
>
According to Nat Shapiro's "Popular Music" series, it was published in 1925, 
so by inference that it was written either in the same year, or sometimes, 
the previous year.
You probably already know this but Shapiro says it was adapted from an old 
Buddy Bolden New Orleans song known both by ST. LOUIS TICKLER and BOY IN THE 
BOAT.
RayK