[Dixielandjazz] Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere

[Joe Carbery]

I have a recording (on CD) of the above tune recorded in 1932 by Duke
Ellington. The composer credits are Victor Young, Lee Wiley & Ned
Washington. The song was also recorded by Nat Cole, The Mills Brothers and
by Lee Wiley, *inter alia.
*A tune of the same title was recorded in 1920 by Paul Whiteman's
Ambassador Orchestra on Victor 18694-A. The melody has a striking
resemblance to the one credited to Young, Wiley & Washington, except that
the chorus is 16 bars long rather than 32. However, on YouTube there is a
version on a piano roll recorded by Cliff Hess in 1920. This is 32 bars
long. (ie the chorus) and the resemblance to the Young/Wiley/Washington son
is even more marked. See
http://youtu.be/Tugq-_rJ3G4
Has this similarity been remarked on before?

Joe Carbery.