[Dixielandjazz] Quick reference tune list of 20 Songs in PublicDomain

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

Thanks for the list Steve - It looks like my play list.
Larry
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:16 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Quick reference tune list of 20 Songs in 
PublicDomain


> Bob Ringwald asked about public domain tunes that you might list when 
> faced
> with the money grubbers from ASCAP, BMI and/or SESAC. And Ray Osnato pays 
> a
> $35 ASCAP fee for more current tunes. Below is my quick 20 PD list:
>
> 1840    Frankie & Johnny Were Lovers
> 1902    Bill Bailey
> 1903    Ida
> 1909    Memphis Blues
> 1909    Some Of These Days
> 1910    That's Why They Call Me Shine
> 1911    Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
> 1911    Alexander's Ragtime Band
> 1912    All The Things You Are
> 1914    St Louis Blues
> 1914    Yellow Dog Blues
> 1915    Jelly Roll Blues
> 1917    At The Jazz Band Ball
> 1917    Back Home Again In Indiana
> 1917    Rose Room
> 1917    Original Dixieland One Step
> 1917    Darktown Strutters Ball
> 1917    Tiger Rag
> 1918    After You've Gone
> 1919    Royal Garden Blues
>
> Others include: My Honey's Lovin Arms, China Boy, Chinatown My Chinatown,
> Sensation Rag, Take Me Out To The Ball Game, Dallas Blues, Peg O' My 
> Heart,
> Ballin The Jack, I Ain't Got Nobody, Pretty Baby, Poor Butterfly 
> (beautiful
> verse), Livery Stable Blues, Hindustan, Ja Da, Dardanella, Mandy, Avalon,
> Whispering, Purple Rose of Cairo, Loveless Love, Wang Wang Blues, There'll
> Be Some Changes Made, Wabash Blues, The Sheik of Araby, Chicago, Runnin
> Wild, My Buddy, Limehouse Blues + many, many more.
>
> All 1922 or prior and in public domain for whenever the Tune Nazis are out
> and about. I do over 100 concerts a year with over 200 people in 
> attendance,
> some with 5000 in the audience and so Ray's $35 fee would become $3500 to
> $5000 a year. That's a lot of money for a scam. And if you've licensed 
> songs
> for a CD, it's approximately $80 per song, 3 minutes or less, so if Billy
> Joel paid $500 for a multi thousand audience, the rest of us get screwed
> licensing 15 songs for a 1000 CD run. (Costs over $1200 for the license)
>
> And what to do if playing for free? Pay a license fee? I don't think so.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
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