[Dixielandjazz] Who wrote Sing, Sing, Sing

[Bill Haesler]

domitype (Dave Richoux) wrote [in part]:
> Maybe Prima got lyric credit? I know he did sing it.

Dear Dave,
Please don't damn the multi-talented Louis Prima with faint praise.
Just kidding.
*>)
All record label credits from 1936 correctly name him, including the first versions by Louis Prima, Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Dorsey, Willie Lewis (as Prima-Murphy) and Benny Goodman. 
As does ASCAP.
The original recorded versions include the vocal, with Goodman the first to drop it.
However, in Goodman's initial live performances, prior to his 2-part Victor version (July 1937), it was a feature for Helen Ward.
There is a broadcast of her singing it on LP (Sunbeam 105) which I was never able to acquire. It is not on CD that I know of.
As the Goodman band continued to play around with the tune on tour a new non-vocal arrangement evolved, including the homage to "Christopher Columbus".
Very kind regards,
Bill.