[Dixielandjazz] Coquette

[David W. Littlefield]

At 12:00 AM 5/23/2004 +0200, you wrote:
>I have some recordings of this lovely tune. All have the same melody, but 
>some are said to be written by Kahn, Lombardo and Green, whereas some name 
>Irving Berlin as the composer/lyricist. Both are written in 1928. On the net 
>I find lyrics that fit the tune, but also I find lyrics apparently written 
>by Berlin, that don't. So I gather that the Berlin tune by the same name, is 
>different. Could anybody provide an explanation? Bill?
>Dick Sleeman, Lelystad, Holland.
><d.sleeman at hccnet.nl>

Hi Dick. 2 different tunes. The Berlin tune isn't in Anderson, but I have a
vintage stock chart of it.

The folks who provided composer credits on the records were
sloppy--probably some one started the whole thing by screwing up, or down,
as the case may be, and others followed them.

Cheers!
--Sheik