[Dixielandjazz] Bebe and Beebe

[Anton Crouch]

Hello Ric

Ah, good - "Bebe" is now sorted-out. In my internet searches I 
concentrated on the Ziegfeld Follies connection and only found cover 
pages of the music with Eddie Cantor's photo.

I, also, came across that Music Australia listing and it reinforced my 
bias in thinking that the spellings were alternatives for the same 
piece. I now know better and, not having seen the artefacts, would guess 
that the different spellings are a clerical error.

I see that you're in Toronto. It's a small world - my son is presently 
there, on his way to London!

All the best,
Anton

Ric Giorgi wrote:
> Greetings Anton,
> 
> There is no doubt that Coslow was smitten and "Bebe" was written for
> Bebe Daniels. I refer you to Arthur Shaw's "The Jazz Age: Popular
> Music in the 1920's" and numerous internet citations. As interesting
> as Nancy Giffin's information is there's no indication in the lyrics
> in "Bebe" of any Spanish influence.
> 
> One of the confusing aspects of this is that Music Australia has a
> listing for two songs, "Bebe" and "Beebe", with the rest of the
> bibliographic information exactly the same (except for where the
> artefacts are available).
> 
> Could this be a clerical error? Or did Coslow and Silver actually
> write 2 different songs in the same year with slightly different
> titles?
>   
> But the origins of Dorsey's "Beebe" are a mystery as you say.
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Ric Giorgi