name that tune please - Classic-Banjo2024-03-28T16:59:50Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A157579&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Steve, Yes I remember seei…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-10-21:2667446:Comment:1584112020-10-21T08:29:26.259ZRichard William Inesonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/RichardWilliamIneson351
<p>Hi Steve, Yes I remember seeing it, 'Popularity' is a good tune which I used to play with Paul Whyman in the 90s (1990s that is) when i could still play the banjo.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Steve Harrison said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment158485"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hi Richard, Some time back, I did do an arrangement of Popularity Rag by…</p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p>Hi Steve, Yes I remember seeing it, 'Popularity' is a good tune which I used to play with Paul Whyman in the 90s (1990s that is) when i could still play the banjo.<br/> <br/> <cite>Steve Harrison said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment158485"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hi Richard, Some time back, I did do an arrangement of Popularity Rag by Cohan which can be found in the library...Steve.<br/> <br/> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment157657"><div><p>I like the JJ medley and am also a fan of Cohan, I just downloaded the Ossman cylinder from the Library of Congress who also have all of the sheet music to the songs and I scribbled a rough arrangement down so that I could play it. My wife seems to have become immune to the banjo and never makes any comment any more, my kids don't live with us anymore but they occasionally catch me playing a tune; I was playing 'Cupid's Arrow' one day when one of them asked me what they called it. I thought that at last that she had become a fan but when i told her the title she said, "I hate that tune, I heard it all the time when I was growing up, I just wondered what they call it"<br/> <br/> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment157589"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hi Richard, was there a published score for "Little Johnny Jones' Medley"? My wife is a fan of Cohan... while most of the tunes are lost on me, she will know them all. I try to play things that she likes as to not be a constant annoyance. </p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment157586"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Joel, I agree that the days of people recognising even songs by the likes of Stephen Foster, are numbered so old ragtime songs are not going to get a look in at all. I had a copy of 'A Bunch of Rags' with the titles of the various songs pencilled in by a previous owner, if i remember rightly they include,'When You Ain't Got No Money You Needn't Come Around'', 'Oh! Mr. Johnson', 'Darktown is Out Tonight', 'All xxxxx look alike to Me' ( a disgustingly racist title which i cannot write down in full) 'I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby'. I recently took a look at Ossman's 'Little Johnny Jones' medley, apart from 'well known' songs such as 'Give My Regards to Broadway' and I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy' this medley contains a song which was unfamiliar even to someone as ancient as me, this is, 'If Mr. Boston Lawson Has His Way'. This turned out to refer to a Stock Market scandal which was big news at the turn of the 19th century.</p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote> Hi Richard, Some time back, I…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-10-21:2667446:Comment:1584852020-10-21T08:18:30.368ZSteve Harrisonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/SteveHarrison
<p>Hi Richard, Some time back, I did do an arrangement of Popularity Rag by Cohan which can be found in the library...Steve.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment157657"><div><p>I like the JJ medley and am also a fan of Cohan, I just downloaded the Ossman cylinder from the Library of Congress who also have all of the…</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p>Hi Richard, Some time back, I did do an arrangement of Popularity Rag by Cohan which can be found in the library...Steve.<br/> <br/> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment157657"><div><p>I like the JJ medley and am also a fan of Cohan, I just downloaded the Ossman cylinder from the Library of Congress who also have all of the sheet music to the songs and I scribbled a rough arrangement down so that I could play it. My wife seems to have become immune to the banjo and never makes any comment any more, my kids don't live with us anymore but they occasionally catch me playing a tune; I was playing 'Cupid's Arrow' one day when one of them asked me what they called it. I thought that at last that she had become a fan but when i told her the title she said, "I hate that tune, I heard it all the time when I was growing up, I just wondered what they call it"<br/> <br/> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment157589"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hi Richard, was there a published score for "Little Johnny Jones' Medley"? My wife is a fan of Cohan... while most of the tunes are lost on me, she will know them all. I try to play things that she likes as to not be a constant annoyance. </p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment157586"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Joel, I agree that the days of people recognising even songs by the likes of Stephen Foster, are numbered so old ragtime songs are not going to get a look in at all. I had a copy of 'A Bunch of Rags' with the titles of the various songs pencilled in by a previous owner, if i remember rightly they include,'When You Ain't Got No Money You Needn't Come Around'', 'Oh! Mr. Johnson', 'Darktown is Out Tonight', 'All xxxxx look alike to Me' ( a disgustingly racist title which i cannot write down in full) 'I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby'. I recently took a look at Ossman's 'Little Johnny Jones' medley, apart from 'well known' songs such as 'Give My Regards to Broadway' and I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy' this medley contains a song which was unfamiliar even to someone as ancient as me, this is, 'If Mr. Boston Lawson Has His Way'. This turned out to refer to a Stock Market scandal which was big news at the turn of the 19th century.</p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</blockquote> I like the JJ medley and am a…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-10-19:2667446:Comment:1576572020-10-19T15:18:07.585ZRichard William Inesonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/RichardWilliamIneson351
<p>I like the JJ medley and am also a fan of Cohan, I just downloaded the Ossman cylinder from the Library of Congress who also have all of the sheet music to the songs and I scribbled a rough arrangement down so that I could play it. My wife seems to have become immune to the banjo and never makes any comment any more, my kids don't live with us anymore but they occasionally catch me playing a tune; I was playing 'Cupid's Arrow' one day when one of them asked me what they called it. I…</p>
<p>I like the JJ medley and am also a fan of Cohan, I just downloaded the Ossman cylinder from the Library of Congress who also have all of the sheet music to the songs and I scribbled a rough arrangement down so that I could play it. My wife seems to have become immune to the banjo and never makes any comment any more, my kids don't live with us anymore but they occasionally catch me playing a tune; I was playing 'Cupid's Arrow' one day when one of them asked me what they called it. I thought that at last that she had become a fan but when i told her the title she said, "I hate that tune, I heard it all the time when I was growing up, I just wondered what they call it"<br/> <br/> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment157589"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hi Richard, was there a published score for "Little Johnny Jones' Medley"? My wife is a fan of Cohan... while most of the tunes are lost on me, she will know them all. I try to play things that she likes as to not be a constant annoyance. </p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment157586"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Joel, I agree that the days of people recognising even songs by the likes of Stephen Foster, are numbered so old ragtime songs are not going to get a look in at all. I had a copy of 'A Bunch of Rags' with the titles of the various songs pencilled in by a previous owner, if i remember rightly they include,'When You Ain't Got No Money You Needn't Come Around'', 'Oh! Mr. Johnson', 'Darktown is Out Tonight', 'All xxxxx look alike to Me' ( a disgustingly racist title which i cannot write down in full) 'I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby'. I recently took a look at Ossman's 'Little Johnny Jones' medley, apart from 'well known' songs such as 'Give My Regards to Broadway' and I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy' this medley contains a song which was unfamiliar even to someone as ancient as me, this is, 'If Mr. Boston Lawson Has His Way'. This turned out to refer to a Stock Market scandal which was big news at the turn of the 19th century.</p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote> Hi Richard, was there a publi…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-10-19:2667446:Comment:1575892020-10-19T14:58:43.930ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>Hi Richard, was there a published score for "Little Johnny Jones' Medley"? My wife is a fan of Cohan... while most of the tunes are lost on me, she will know them all. I try to play things that she likes as to not be a constant annoyance. </p>
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:…</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment157586"></blockquote>
<p>Hi Richard, was there a published score for "Little Johnny Jones' Medley"? My wife is a fan of Cohan... while most of the tunes are lost on me, she will know them all. I try to play things that she likes as to not be a constant annoyance. </p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Richard William Ineson said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?xg_source=activity&id=2667446%3ATopic%3A156464&page=2#2667446Comment157586"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Joel, I agree that the days of people recognising even songs by the likes of Stephen Foster, are numbered so old ragtime songs are not going to get a look in at all. I had a copy of 'A Bunch of Rags' with the titles of the various songs pencilled in by a previous owner, if i remember rightly they include,'When You Ain't Got No Money You Needn't Come Around'', 'Oh! Mr. Johnson', 'Darktown is Out Tonight', 'All xxxxx look alike to Me' ( a disgustingly racist title which i cannot write down in full) 'I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby'. I recently took a look at Ossman's 'Little Johnny Jones' medley, apart from 'well known' songs such as 'Give My Regards to Broadway' and I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy' this medley contains a song which was unfamiliar even to someone as ancient as me, this is, 'If Mr. Boston Lawson Has His Way'. This turned out to refer to a Stock Market scandal which was big news at the turn of the 19th century.</p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote> Joel, I agree that the days o…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-10-19:2667446:Comment:1575862020-10-19T14:41:46.944ZRichard William Inesonhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/RichardWilliamIneson351
<p>Joel, I agree that the days of people recognising even songs by the likes of Stephen Foster, are numbered so old ragtime songs are not going to get a look in at all. I had a copy of 'A Bunch of Rags' with the titles of the various songs pencilled in by a previous owner, if i remember rightly they include,'When You Ain't Got No Money You Needn't Come Around'', 'Oh! Mr. Johnson', 'Darktown is Out Tonight', 'All xxxxx look alike to Me' ( a disgustingly racist title which i cannot write down in…</p>
<p>Joel, I agree that the days of people recognising even songs by the likes of Stephen Foster, are numbered so old ragtime songs are not going to get a look in at all. I had a copy of 'A Bunch of Rags' with the titles of the various songs pencilled in by a previous owner, if i remember rightly they include,'When You Ain't Got No Money You Needn't Come Around'', 'Oh! Mr. Johnson', 'Darktown is Out Tonight', 'All xxxxx look alike to Me' ( a disgustingly racist title which i cannot write down in full) 'I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby'. I recently took a look at Ossman's 'Little Johnny Jones' medley, apart from 'well known' songs such as 'Give My Regards to Broadway' and I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy' this medley contains a song which was unfamiliar even to someone as ancient as me, this is, 'If Mr. Boston Lawson Has His Way'. This turned out to refer to a Stock Market scandal which was big news at the turn of the 19th century.</p> I never really knew that I wa…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-10-19:2667446:Comment:1575792020-10-19T13:36:01.578Znick stephenshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/nickstephens
<p>I never really knew that I was playing piano stuff as I have hitherto just learned any little tune I fancy, some of the marches I have copied from various recordings, some of brass bands ! I enjoy trying to isolate the oompah bass lines and attempting to copy them, of course I cannot get low enough and need to be creative ??? I have certainly come to value a decent fourth string though, coming primarily from a guitar background I sometimes wish for the "thump" of a dropped D !…<br></br> <br></br></p>
<p>I never really knew that I was playing piano stuff as I have hitherto just learned any little tune I fancy, some of the marches I have copied from various recordings, some of brass bands ! I enjoy trying to isolate the oompah bass lines and attempting to copy them, of course I cannot get low enough and need to be creative ??? I have certainly come to value a decent fourth string though, coming primarily from a guitar background I sometimes wish for the "thump" of a dropped D !<br/> <br/> <cite>Joel Hooks said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A157574&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2667446Comment157574"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>This has not been one of my favorites. I would say Ossman arranged it as it is a medley of various songs. These medleys were pretty popular, though I imagine it had to do with people knowing the songs that are included (which I often don't).</p>
<p>George Lansing had a medley titled "Rag Pickings" which had nothing to do with piece FVE played of the the same title. It is also filed with racist titled songs I had never heard of.</p>
<p>I figure the days of people recognizing medleys of even common songs like those by Stephen Foster tunes (which not to long ago were elementary school standards) are numbered. When you get into the now obscure area of ragtime vocal songs...</p>
<p></p>
<p>Hey Nick, have you considered adding a banjo composition or two to your repertoire? It seems so far you have focused on piano music arranged for banjo. Have a look at the vast body of work composed for banjo, lots of great stuff to explore.</p>
<p></p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote> This has not been one of my f…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-10-19:2667446:Comment:1575742020-10-19T13:09:52.520ZJoel Hookshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/deuceswilde
<p>This has not been one of my favorites. I would say Ossman arranged it as it is a medley of various songs. These medleys were pretty popular, though I imagine it had to do with people knowing the songs that are included (which I often don't).</p>
<p>George Lansing had a medley titled "Rag Pickings" which had nothing to do with piece FVE played of the the same title. It is also filed with racist titled songs I had never heard of.</p>
<p>I figure the days of people recognizing medleys of even…</p>
<p>This has not been one of my favorites. I would say Ossman arranged it as it is a medley of various songs. These medleys were pretty popular, though I imagine it had to do with people knowing the songs that are included (which I often don't).</p>
<p>George Lansing had a medley titled "Rag Pickings" which had nothing to do with piece FVE played of the the same title. It is also filed with racist titled songs I had never heard of.</p>
<p>I figure the days of people recognizing medleys of even common songs like those by Stephen Foster tunes (which not to long ago were elementary school standards) are numbered. When you get into the now obscure area of ragtime vocal songs...</p>
<p></p>
<p>Hey Nick, have you considered adding a banjo composition or two to your repertoire? It seems so far you have focused on piano music arranged for banjo. Have a look at the vast body of work composed for banjo, lots of great stuff to explore.</p>
<p></p> I suspect Ossman composed it.…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-10-19:2667446:Comment:1575132020-10-19T11:59:44.148ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
I suspect Ossman composed it. There is another piece published in the period with the same name but it sounds nothing like Ossman's recording.
I suspect Ossman composed it. There is another piece published in the period with the same name but it sounds nothing like Ossman's recording. on re listening, I think tha…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-10-19:2667446:Comment:1575502020-10-19T11:08:19.343Znick stephenshttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/nickstephens
<p><br/> on re listening, I think that is the Essex version used in the radio broadcast but, who composed it ?<br/> <cite>Pär Engstrand said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A157344&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2667446Comment157344"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Quite interesting that they play in exactly the same tempo.... Or is that some "after-editing-thing"?</p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<p><br/> on re listening, I think that is the Essex version used in the radio broadcast but, who composed it ?<br/> <cite>Pär Engstrand said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/name-that-tune-please?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A157344&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2667446Comment157344"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Quite interesting that they play in exactly the same tempo.... Or is that some "after-editing-thing"?</p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote> Quite interesting that they p…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2020-10-18:2667446:Comment:1573442020-10-18T17:17:52.840ZPär Engstrandhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/PaerEngstrand
<p>Quite interesting that they play in exactly the same tempo.... Or is that some "after-editing-thing"?</p>
<p>Quite interesting that they play in exactly the same tempo.... Or is that some "after-editing-thing"?</p>