[Dixielandjazz] It's Right Here For You

[Bruce Stangeland]

Craig,

I found a reference to "It's Right Here For You" at:
http://www.bluesrolls.com/Blues_A-J.html

This site is selling an old piano roll of this tune. The photo of the label
says:

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MelODee
Song roll.
S2948
"It's Right Here For You

Fox trot Key F

Bradford
Played by Eubie Blake
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137341 It's Right Here For You played by Eubie Blake $12
(originally issued on Mel-O-Dee S2948 / Feb. 1921) - lyric sheet included
with roll

137342 War Bride Blues played by Eubie Blake $12
(originally issued on Mel-O-Dee S2961 / March 1921) - lyric sheet included
with roll

Here are a couple of neat Eubie Blake rolls. It's Right Here For You (If You
Don't Get It, 'Tain't No Fault Of Mine) is a 1920 tune by the famous black
composer Perry Bradford (what a great subtitle!).

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Another site: 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009PJST/102-8884403-7448945?v=glance&n=5
174

has a sound clip from Eubie Blake's recording of this song. The melody
matches the one in Anderson's collection.

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Another site:   http://www.opus3records.com/track/19404.html
describes a CD by the Swedish Jazz Kings. Track 10 is "It's Right Here For
You" by (P.Bradford)

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Another site:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142365/soundtrack
describes the sountrack for "Here Comes The Bridesmaid" (1928),
including "It's Right Here for You" by Perry Bradford Sung by Janet Adair

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The website for Riverwalk discusses Blues singers and says at:

http://www.riverwalk.org/JMN/Archive/html/JMN5_01_03.htm

'Mamie Smith (1883-1946) was the first woman to record blues songs in 1920
with her versions of Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues," and "It's Right Here
for You" on Okeh Records. "

This suggests that Bradford must have written his song no later than 1920.
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The American Big Bands database also mentions Mamie Smith's recording.
http://nfo.net/usa///b8.html

"On Jan. 1920, Mamie Smith recorded Bradford's "That Thing Called Love", and
a few months later, she recorded his "Crazy Blues". Perry wrote a number of
other songs including, "It's Right Here For You," "I'll Be Ready When the
Great Day Comes," and "Lonesome Blues."

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However, other references on the web list other composers.
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One source: 
http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/hoagyrec-idx.pl?type=viewfull&q1=CAV060
1&q2=&display=full

discusses the Hoagy Carmichael Collection at Indiana University.
Included on one disc is "It's right here for ya" / Dickerson, Delledna

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Who knows what's right. Let me know what you decide.

Bruce