[78-L] Dance with me Henry

[David Lennick]

Just to add that it was "Work With Me Annie", not "Walk..".

dl

On 1/16/2011 10:19 AM, kil wrote:
>
> From: "Gary Herzenstiel"
>> Questions about Georgia Gibb's "Dance with me Henry" from 1955
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIJvlHXEqU"
>> Mercury 70616
>> Wallflower (Dance with me Henry)
>> Otis * Ballard * James
>> BMI
>> with orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser
>>
>> But my copy of the tune, Mercury 70572, shows:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoCgCZ8cF0o
>> Mercury 70572
>> Dance with me Henry (Wallflower)
>> James Etta - P. Otis
>> ASCAP
>> with Hugo Peretti and his orchestra
>>
>> The recording is the same.  No, I did not mis-type "James Etta."  Who is
>> Ballard?  Who's band is it and would someone pay ASCAP or BMI?  How messed
>> up is that!
>>
>> As if that wasn't enough of a puzzle, most copies I've seen of 70572 are
>> backed with "Ballin' The Jack."  I found a copy that was backed with
>> "Every road must have a turning."  Orchestra credit on "Every" is Glenn
>> Osser.  Was one of the pairings pulled?  The labels all have that mid-'50s
>> Mercury half-n-half logo.
>>
>> Who knows the real stories here?
>>
> I certainly don't have all the answers, but to start a discussion, ASCAP
> does not list DANCE WITH ME HENRY and  BMI does.  BMI gives as writers,
> Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard and Etta James.  This does not prove that it  has
> always been BMI, although I suspect it was.
>
> The song was based on an old Midnighters song, WALK WITH ME ANNIE, which
> explains why Hank Ballard retained some credit.
> RayK
>