Appendix B:
Publishing Company Holdings

This is an expanded and updated version of the Appendix found on pp. 365-373 of “Rat Race Blues: The Musical Life of Gigi Gryce” by Noal Cohen and Michael Fitzgerald, Berkeley Hills Books, Berkeley, CA, 2002. Many thanks to Bertrand Uberall for assistance.

Eu No. refers to the registration number assigned by the U.S. Copyright Office. Reg. Date indicates the year of registration. In some cases, a different prefix is indicated, for example, for published works. Items in italics are collections of compositions.

Part 1: Melotone Music, Inc. Holdings 1955-1963

Composer(s)
Title
Eu No.
Reg. Date
Alexander, Roland
Darmon Road
700451
12/26/61
Alexander, Roland
Denise
700451
12/26/61
Alexander, Roland
Monk's Moments
700451
12/26/61
Bailey, Joe
Back to Back
700451
12/26/61
Bailey, Joe
Blue Panorama
700451
12/26/61
Bailey, Joe
Blueology
700451
12/26/61
Bailey, Joe
Con Amore
700451
12/26/61
Bailey, Joe
Fleetwind
671419
05/16/61
Bailey, Joe
Lady In Blue
700451
12/26/61
Bailey, Joe
Lament
671419
05/16/61
Bailey, Joe
Meditation
671419
05/16/61
Bailey, Joe
Modern Melody Booklet
671419
05/16/61
Bailey, Joe
Movin'
671419
05/16/61
Bailey, Joe
Perfume Blue
671419
05/16/61
Bailey, Joe
Prelude To the Blues
700451
12/26/61
Bailey, Joe
Psycho
671419
05/16/61
Bailey, Joe
Say Something
671419
05/16/61
Bailey, Joe
Third Rail
671419
05/16/61
Bailey, Joe
T'ain't Me
700451
12/26/61
Bailey, Joe & Others
Modern Sound Booklet
700451
12/26/61
Belgrave, Marcus
Cellar Groove
687579
09/18/61
Best, Denzil
Forty Five (45) Degree Angle
487039
07/30/57
Bethea, Jimmie
Passion Eyes
648451
ca. 1960
Bethea, Jimmie
Swivel Hips
718952
05/07/62
Bethea, Jimmie
Tea House
718952
05/07/62
Bolden, Walter
Ittapnna
515218
03/04/58
Brown, Clifford
All Weird
460773
01/02/57
Brown, Clifford
Blue and Brown
460773
01/02/57
Brown, Clifford
Brownie Speaks
453249
10/15/56
Brown, Clifford
Larue [rec. as Tribute to Brownie by D. Pearson]
479193
05/24/57
Brown, Clifford
Minor Mood
453249
10/15/56
Bryant, Ray
Little Susie
EP 153207
05/19/61
Carter, Betty
I Can't Help It
534891
07/28/58
Carter, Betty & Others
Modern Melodies
534891
07/28/58
Coles, John & Others
Modern Melodies
670911
05/15/61
Coles, Johnny
Room Three
670911
05/15/61
Copeland, Ray
Somewhere
492002
498850
09/09/57
10/31/57
Copeland, Ray & Others
Modern Melodies
498850
10/31/57
Davis, Charles
Turbo Village (Turbo)
643989
10/17/60
Donaldson, Lou
Cookin'
443312
07/10/56
Donaldson, Lou
Down Home
443312
07/10/56
Donaldson, Lou
Lou's Blues
443312
07/10/56
Evans, Richard & Others
Modern Melody Booklet
621756
04/21/60
Evans, Richard
This Night
621756
04/21/60
Farmer, Art
Stretch in F
517112
03/04/58
Gardner, Billy
Billy's Blues
687580
ca. 1961
Gardner, Billy
One For Elena
687580
ca. 1961
Gardner, Billy & Others
Modern Melody Booklet
687580
ca. 1961
Golson, Benny
And You Call My Name [rec. as Called]
418072
11/28/55
Golson, Benny
Are You Real
444747
07/02/56
Golson, Benny
Beauty and the Blues
498850
10/31/57
Golson, Benny
Beige Blues
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Big Ben (I'm Cool Not Hot)
418072
11/28/55
Golson, Benny
Blue Sophisticate
453249
10/15/56
Golson, Benny
Blue Walk
418073
11/28/55
Golson, Benny
Blues It
498850
10/31/57
Golson, Benny
Bronz
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Celedia
460773
01/02/57
Golson, Benny
City Lights
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Crosstown
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Dancing Silhouettes
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Day Dreams All Come True
444747
07/02/56
Golson, Benny
Duet
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Easy Eyes
446253
08/07/56
Golson, Benny
Elf's Dream, The
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Finger Poppin' and Hip Shakin'
444747
07/02/56
Golson, Benny
Four Eleven West
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Four Strings
479193
05/24/57
Golson, Benny
Hasaan's Dream
428078
03/01/56
Golson, Benny
I Found My Love In Mexico
444747
07/02/56
Golson, Benny & Hendricks, Jon
I Remember Clifford
469878


479193
03/18/57


05/24/57
Golson, Benny
I Want To Mambo Too
444747
07/02/56
Golson, Benny
Just By Myself (All By Myself)
492002
09/09/57
Golson, Benny
Latin Hangover
460773
01/02/57
Golson, Benny
Latin Holiday
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Long Way Home
418073
11/28/55
Golson, Benny
Mesabi Chant
418072
11/28/55
Golson, Benny
Minor Run-Down
479193
05/24/57
Golson, Benny
Minor Shuffle
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny; Weston, Randy
Modern Melodies
471164
03/27/57
Golson, Benny
My Heart Just Told Me So
444747
07/02/56
Golson, Benny
Night In Philly, A
428078
03/01/56
Golson, Benny
Off On a Cloud
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny & Others
Original Melodies
453249
10/15/56
Golson, Benny & Others
Original Melodies
460773
01/02/57
Golson, Benny & Others
Original Tunes Booklet
469878
03/18/57
Golson, Benny
Park Avenue Petite
428078
03/01/56
Golson, Benny
Reggie of Chester
446253
08/07/56
Golson, Benny
Sahara
428078
03/01/56
Golson, Benny
Seven Veils
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Shades of Dameron
444747
07/02/56
Golson, Benny
Slightly Hep [rec. as Slightly Hip]
460773
01/02/57
Golson, Benny
Soft Touch
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Stablemates
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Step Lightly
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Strut, The
418073
11/28/55
Golson, Benny
Theme for Jeri
428078
03/01/56
Golson, Benny
Thursday's Theme
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Tip Toeing
471164
03/27/57
Golson, Benny
Venetian Breeze
419747
12/12/55
Golson, Benny
Voice From the West
444747
07/02/56
Golson, Benny
When You Find the One You Love
444747
07/02/56
Grice, Tommy
New Tune
443312
07/10/56
Gryce, Gigi
Al Ghashiya
444747
07/02/56
Gryce, Gigi
Autumn Serenade (In a Meditating Mood)
407533
08/22/55
Gryce, Gigi
B.G.'s Holiday (Hannah's Holiday)
469878
03/18/57
Gryce, Gigi
Baby G
482979
06/24/57
Gryce, Gigi
Bananas
446253
08/07/56
Gryce, Gigi
Basheer's Dream
405794
08/04/55
Gryce, Gigi
Batland (Bat Land)
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Blue Concept
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Blue Lights
405794
08/04/55
Gryce, Gigi
Blues
407988
08/25/55
Gryce, Gigi
Blues You Choose
428078
03/01/56
Gryce, Gigi
Boxer's Blues, The
418072
11/28/55
Gryce, Gigi
Brown Skins
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Can This Be Love
428078
03/01/56
Gryce, Gigi
Capri
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Casbah, The
469878
03/18/57
Gryce, Gigi
Casino
407988
08/25/55
Gryce, Gigi
Clock Work
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Denise
407988
08/25/55
Gryce, Gigi
Duck Strut Blues
428078
03/01/56
Gryce, Gigi
Early Morning Blues
492002
09/09/57
Gryce, Gigi
Easter's Coming
418072
11/28/55
Gryce, Gigi
Evening in Casablanca (Gina)
405794
08/04/55
Gryce, Gigi
Evening in Pakistan
469878
03/18/57
Gryce, Gigi
Exhibit A
407533
08/22/55
Gryce, Gigi
Fool In Love, A
428078
03/01/56
Gryce, Gigi
For Beauty's Sake
418072
11/28/55
Gryce, Gigi
Hello
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Holiday On Broadway
407988
08/25/55
Gryce, Gigi
Hymn to the Orient
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
I Need You So (rec. as Anne Marie)
418072
11/28/55
Gryce, Gigi
Infant's Song, The
405794
08/04/55
Gryce, Gigi
Junior Bounce
482979
06/24/57
Gryce, Gigi
Just Groovin'
407988
08/25/55
Gryce, Gigi
Kin Folks (Kin Folk)
487039
07/30/57
Gryce, Gigi
Lady Luck
407988
08/25/55
Gryce, Gigi
Latin, The
446253
08/07/56
Gryce, Gigi
Little Folks
407533
08/22/55
Gryce, Gigi
Loneliness
407988
08/25/55
Gryce, Gigi
Lost Love
407533
08/22/55
Gryce, Gigi
Mambo Velasco
428078
03/01/56
Gryce, Gigi
Melody Express
443312
07/10/56
Gryce, Gigi
Minority (Conversation Piece)
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Minor Talk
482979
06/24/57
Gryce, Gigi
Moon Beams
407533
08/22/55
Gryce, Gigi
Movin' (Leila's Blues)
407533
08/22/55
Gryce, Gigi
Nica's Tempo (Playhouse)
405794
08/04/55
Gryce, Gigi
Night At Tony's, A
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Night That We Met, The
407533
08/22/55
Gryce, Gigi
Now Don't You Know
492002
09/09/57
Gryce, Gigi
Now That I Found You (He's (She's) My Baby)
428078
03/01/56
Gryce, Gigi
Original Melodies II
407533
08/22/55
Gryce, Gigi
Original Melodies III
407988
08/25/55
Gryce, Gigi
Original Modern Melodies
405794
08/04/55
Gryce, Gigi
Paris the Beautiful
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Pee Wee
444747
07/02/56
Gryce, Gigi
Salute to Birdland (Reunion, Salute To the Band Box)
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
San Souci (Sans Souci)
405794
08/04/55
Gryce, Gigi
Satellite
407533
08/22/55
Gryce, Gigi
Shabozz
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Smoke Signal
418073
11/28/55
Gryce, Gigi
So That's How It's Gonna Be
418072
11/28/55
Gryce, Gigi
Sol'in
418072
11/28/55
Gryce, Gigi
Steppin' Out
492002
09/09/57
Gryce, Gigi
Stupendous Lee (Au Tabou)
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Tijuana (Tiajuana)
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Wake Up
453249
10/15/56
Gryce, Gigi
Wake Up Young America (March On America)
428078
03/01/56
Gryce, Gigi
Waltz of the Willow Tree
444747
07/02/56
Gryce, Gigi
Where Do We Go From Here
428078
03/01/56
Gryce, Gigi
Wildwood (Music In the Air)
443312


482979
07/10/56


06/24/57
Gryce, Gigi
Wishing (Wishing Song, The)
444747
07/02/56
Gryce, Gigi
You'll Always Be the One I Love
418072
11/28/55
Gryce, Gigi
You're Not the Kind
405794
08/04/55
Gryce, Gigi
Yvette
443312
07/10/56
Gryce, Gigi & Hendricks, Jon
In A Meditating Mood (Autumn Serenade)
407533


479193
08/22/55


05/24/57
Gryce, Gigi & Hendricks, Jon
Reminiscing
428078


482979
03/01/56


06/24/57
Gryce, Gigi & Hendricks, Jon
Social Call
405794


418072


482979
08/04/55


11/28/55


06/24/57
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Club Dues Blues (Blues for Tomorrow)
482979


531531
06/24/57


07/02/58
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Count Ali Carte (Scalpin')
482979


507962
06/24/57


01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi & Others
Modern Melodies
443312
07/10/56
Gryce, Gigi & Others
Original Melody Booklet
492002
09/09/57
Gryce, Gigi & Others
Original Modern Melodies
482979
06/24/57
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Bassology
428078
03/01/56
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
But Most of All
460773
01/02/57
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Echo, The
460773
01/02/57
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Home Boy
460773
01/02/57
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
I'm Going To Skin Your Natural Hide
460773
01/02/57
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Now How Do You Know
460773
01/02/57
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Oh Baby Please
460773
01/02/57
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Rosie (Josie)
460773
01/02/57
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Straight Ahead
460773
01/02/57
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Strange Feelin' (Dancing the Gigi)
687579
09/18/61
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Take a Little Tip from Me
460773
01/02/57
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Transfiguration
428078
03/01/56
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Two French Fries
443312
07/10/56
Gryce, Gigi as Sears, Lee
Wolf Talk
418072
11/28/55
Gryce, Gigi; Golson, Benny
Jazz Interpretations
419747
12/12/55
Gryce, Gigi; Golson, Benny
Jazz Interpretations
428078
03/01/56
Hall, Nancy
Nancy
469878
03/18/57
Hayes (Haynes), Frank
Frankly Speaking
687580
ca. 1961
Hendricks, Jon & Others
Original Songs and Melodies
444747
07/02/56
Hendricks, Jon & Others
Songs
418072
11/28/55
Jones, Hank
Bangoon
487039
07/30/57
Jones, Hank
Ergo the Blues (Jones Bones, Hank's Blues)
487039


507962
07/30/57


01/20/58
Jones, Hank
Hank's Blues (Ergo the Blues, Jones Bones)
487039
07/30/57
Jones, Hank
Passade (Under the Stars)
487039


507962
07/30/57


01/20/58
Jones, Hank
So It's Spring
492002
09/09/57
Jones, Hank & Others
Modern Melodies
487039
07/30/57
Jones, Sam
Blues Funk [rec. as Blue Funk]
531531
07/02/58
Jones, Sam & Others
Modern Melody Booklet
531531
07/02/58
Jordan, Duke
Flight to Jordan (East of Cairo)
418073


507962
11/28/55


01/20/58
Jordan, Duke
Forecast
418073
11/28/55
Jordan, Duke
Oh Yeah!
418073
11/28/55
Jordan, Duke
Scotch Blues
418073
11/28/55
Jordan, Duke
Sheila (Pannonica; Two Loves Part 1)
418073


507962
11/28/55


01/20/58
Jordan, Duke
Sultry Eve
418073
11/28/55
Jordan, Duke
Tracey (Two Loves Part 2)
418073
11/28/55
Jordan, Duke
Vacker Flicka
443312
07/10/56
Keyes, Donald
Night That We Fell In Love, The
444747
07/02/56
Keyes, Donald
There's Love
444747
07/02/56
Keyes, Donald & Springer, Eric
Lady's Sad Now, The
444747
07/02/56
Keyes, Donald & Springer, Eric
Woman Has To Be Told, A
444747
07/02/56
Keyes, Donald A.
Just Last Spring
444747
07/02/56
Keyes, Laurence; Villar, Paul; Story, Van Dyck
So Much To Be Thankful For
585407
07/15/59
Knittel, Wolf
First At Lancaster
687580
ca. 1961
Legge, Wade
Beyond Space
514449
03/11/58
Legge, Wade
Candalabra
514449
03/11/58
Legge, Wade
Cold Breeze
514449
03/11/58
Legge, Wade
Lose Your Head
514449
03/11/58
Legge, Wade
Now You Wonder
514449
03/11/58
Legge, Wade
Rich Folks' Blues
514449
03/11/58
Legge, Wade
Settle Me Down On a Farm
514449
03/11/58
Legge, Wade & Others
Modern Melodies
514449
03/11/58
Lincoln, Abbey & Others
Modern Song Booklet
663474
03/24/61
Little, Booker
Booker's Blues
655414
01/25/61
Little, Booker
Cliff Walk
655414
01/25/61
Little, Booker
Looking Ahead
655414
01/25/61
Little, Booker
Victory and Sorrow
655414
01/25/61
Mance, Junior
Jubilation
514449
03/11/58
Mapp, Norman
Blues In Bloom
642988
ca. 1960
Mapp, Norman
Foul Play
534891
07/28/58
Mapp, Norman
Modern Song Booklet
642998
ca. 1960
Mapp, Norman
Monday Through Sunday
642998
ca. 1960
McGhee, Howard
Belle from Bunnyock [rec. as Bunnycock]
446253
08/07/56
McGhee, Howard
Down Home
446253
08/07/56
McGhee, Howard
Flip Lip [rec. as Flip Lid]
446253
08/07/56
McGhee, Howard
Short Life
446253
08/07/56
McGhee, Howard & Others
Modern Melodies
446253
08/07/56
McIntyre, Ken
Contemporary Jazz Tunes
629426
06/22/60
McIntyre, Ken
Contsy [rec. as Curtsy]
629426
06/22/60
McIntyre, Ken
George's Tune [rec. as Geo's Tune]
629426
06/22/60
McIntyre, Ken
Twinkle Toes
670911
05/15/61
Mitchell, Hal
Confidentially
443312
07/10/56
Mitchell, Hal
Hong Pong Blues
517111
ca. 1958
Mitchell, Hal
I Got Money Too
443312
07/10/56
Mitchell, Hal
Is This Real
443312
07/10/56
Mitchell, Hal
Mitch's Blues
443312
07/10/56
Mitchell, Hal
Rockin' and Rollin'
443312
07/10/56
Mitchell, Hal
Rough Sailin'
443312
07/10/56
Mitchell, Leon
Late Spring
518413
ca. 1958
Mitchell, Leon
To Lady
660089
03/03/61
Mitchell, Richard 'Blue'
Bluzie
534891
07/28/58
Mitchell, Richard 'Blue'
Brother Ball
531531
07/02/58
Monk, Thelonious
Brake's Sake
418073
11/28/55
Monk, Thelonious
Gallop's Gallop
418073
11/28/55
Monk, Thelonious
Shuffle Boil
418073
11/28/55
Monk, Thelonious & Others
Modern Melodies
418073
11/28/55
Morgan, Lee
Ju-Ba
482979
06/24/57
Ousley, Harold
Alpha
507962
01/20/58
Ousley, Harold
Baby You're the Only One
532089
03/07/58
Ousley, Harold
'Cause It's So Groovy
532089
03/07/58
Ousley, Harold
Celestria
532089
03/07/58
Ousley, Harold
Del-A-Vonn
507962
01/20/58
Ousley, Harold
Minor Revelation, A
507962
01/20/58
Ousley, Harold
Original Melody Booklet
532089
03/07/58
Ousley, Harold
Stratus Sphere
507962
01/20/58
Ousley, Harold
That Happy Feeling
507962


532089
01/20/58


03/07/58
Patrick, Pat
A Little Dabl Do Ya
700451
12/26/61
Patrick, Pat
Boogie Cha Cha Blues Man, The
700451
12/26/61
Patrick, Pat
Quiet Stroll
700451
12/26/61
Patrick, Pat
Sumpin' Somewhere
700451
12/26/61
Patrick, Pat
Uptightedness
700451
12/26/61
Patrick, Pat
When and Where?
700451
12/26/61
Payne, Cecil
Arnetta
446253
08/07/56
Payne, Cecil
Blues for O.P. (Bringing Up Father)
446253


507962
08/07/56


01/20/58
Payne, Cecil
Man of Moods
446253
08/07/56
Payne, Cecil & Others
Modern Melody Booklet
507962
01/20/58
Phelps, Tony
Get Yourself Together
663474
03/24/61
Phelps, Tony & Mumford, Cyril
Ain't That a Shame
670911
05/15/61
Priester, Julian
In the Know
663474
03/24/61
Priester, Julian
Juliano (Julian's Tune)
663474
03/24/61
Priester, Julian
Looking Up
663474
03/24/61
Priester, Julian
On Your Toes
663474
03/24/61
Priester, Julian
Push Come To Shove
663474
03/24/61
Priester, Julian
Since When
663474
03/24/61
Priester, Julian
Why Not
663474
03/24/61
Priester, Julian & Lincoln, Abbey
Retribution
663474
03/24/61
Richardson, Jerome
Al's Collins
446253
08/07/56
Richardson, Jerome
Just Walin'
446253
08/07/56
Richardson, Jerome
Minorisms
446253
08/07/56
Roach, Max & Brown, Jr., Oscar
All Africa
655414
01/25/61
Roach, Max & Brown, Jr., Oscar
Driva Man
655414
01/25/61
Roach, Max & Brown, Jr., Oscar
Freedom Day
655414
01/25/61
Roach, Max & Brown, Jr., Oscar
Tears for Johannesburg
655414
01/25/61
Roach, Max & Others
Modern Melody Booklet
655414
01/25/61
Rodriguez, Thomas
Be My Girlfriend
585407
07/15/59
Rodriguez, Thomas
I'll Always Be True
585407
07/15/59
Rodriguez, Thomas & Others
Song Booklet
585407
ca. 1959
Sears, Lee & Others
Modern Melody Booklet No. 1
687579
09/18/61
Silver, Horace
Speculation
418073
11/28/55
Simmons, Norman
A Bun Dance
596612
10/06/59
Simmons, Norman
Ain't That News
700477
12/26/61
Simmons, Norman
Olive Refractions
596612
10/06/59
Simmons, Norman
Message, The
596612
10/06/59
Simmons, Norman
Venus and the Moon
596612
10/06/59
Smalls, Danny (Singh, Darshon)
Don't Weep for the Lady
596612
10/06/59
Smalls, Danny; Simmons, N.
Modern Melody Booklet
596612
10/06/59
Smith, Hale
Beloved One
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Blyss
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Curley
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Daphne
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Darjeeling
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Dolphy'n
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Fancy Tail
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Feathers
660089
03/03/61
Smith, Hale
Heatherstone
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
High 'N' Blind
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
How's That?
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
I Know How To Love You
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Janet's Moods
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Kim
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Marseloni Baloni
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Mount'in Oysters
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Pandora
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Phantasma Erotica
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Phryne
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
She Never Tried To Love Me
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Shooka
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Terry
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Theluminous
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Wake Up To What Love Is
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Where Go'est?
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
Whooz Blooz
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale
You Are the Star For Me
718952
05/07/62
Smith, Hale & Others
Modern Melody Booklet
660089
03/03/61
Smith, Hale; Bethea, Jimmy
Modern Melody Booklet
718952
05/07/62
Stevenson, Rudy
B.M.T. Express, The
700477
12/26/61
Stevenson, Rudy
Begin (see note at end of table)
663474
03/24/61
Stevenson, Rudy
Break Thru
687579
09/18/61
Stevenson, Rudy
Carefree
687579
09/18/61
Stevenson, Rudy
Get Yourself Together
663474
03/24/61
Stevenson, Rudy
Lady Iris B
663474
03/24/61
Stevenson, Rudy
Not a Tear Will I Shed [rec. as Not a Tear]
687579
09/18/61
Stevenson, Rudy
Off Color
660089
03/03/61
Stevenson, Rudy
Reaching Out
663474
03/24/61
Stevenson, Rudy
Smoothie
700477
12/26/61
Stevenson, Rudy
Two Feet In the Gutter
700477
12/26/61
Stevenson, Rudy & Others
Modern Melody Booklet
700477
12/26/61
Tucker, Ben
Flick of a Trick
663474
03/24/61
Tucker, Ben & Dorough, Bob
Comin' Home Baby
700477
12/26/61
Watkins, Julius
Eight P.M.
514449
03/11/58
Watkins, Julius
Eileen
514449
03/11/58
Watkins, Julius
Glad That I Found You
514449
03/11/58
Watkins, Julius
Life of Love
514449
03/11/58
Watkins, Julius
Moods In Motion
514449
03/11/58
Watkins, Julius
Please
514449
03/11/58
Watkins, Julius
Soft Flame
514449
03/11/58
Weston, Randy
Chessman's Delight
446253
08/07/56
Weston, Randy
Earth Birth
487039
07/30/57
Weston, Randy
Fe-Double-U-Blues
492002
09/09/57
Weston, Randy
Ginger Bread
492002
09/09/57
Weston, Randy
Little Niles
471164
03/27/57
Weston, Randy
Pam's Waltz
479193
05/24/57
Weston, Randy
Saucer Eyes
446253
08/07/56
Weston, Randy
Softness
482979
06/24/57
Williams, Richard
Blues In a Quandary
643989
10/17/60
Williams, Richard
Raucous Notes
643989
10/17/60
Williams, Richard
Renita's Bounce
643989
10/17/60
Williams, Richard & Others
Modern Melody Booklet
643989
10/17/60
Wyands, Richard
Candied Sweets
621756


643989
04/21/60


10/17/60
Wyands, Richard
Ferris Wheel
643989
10/17/60
Wyands, Richard
Half 'n' Half
660089
03/03/61

Note regarding “Begin”: This composition was incorrectly attributed to Ben Tucker on p. 369 of the book.

Part 2: Totem Music, Inc. Holdings 1958-1963

Items marked with an asterisk were registered in both companies.

Composer(s)
Title
Eu No.
Reg. Date
Alexander, Roland
Libra
507964
01/20/58
Alexander, Roland
Pleasure Bent
507964
01/20/58
Best, Denzil
Forty Five (45) Degree Angle*
512253
02/20/58
Blakey, Art
Art's Mambo
556056
12/31/58
Bryant, Ray
Calgary
507964
01/20/58
Bryant, Ray
Little Susie*
608029
01/7/60
Bryant, Ray
Reflection
507964
01/20/58
Bryant, Ray
Revival
510962
02/10/58
Bryant, Ray
Stacatto Swing
594972
09/22/59
Cassey, Sara
Very Near Blue
536348
06/16/58
Corday, Leo; Gryce, Gigi
Song Booklet
564193
02/25/59
Dorough, Bob & Timmons, Bobby
This Here
737011
09/18/62
Fuller, Curtis
Bit of Heaven
566728
03/12/59
Fuller, Curtis
Down Home
566728
03/12/59
Fuller, Curtis; Gryce, Gigi
Modern Melodies Booklet
566728
03/12/59
Gaston, Bryant, Mitchell
Modern Melody Booklet
608029
01/7/60
Golson, Benny
'B' and 'B' Bounce
581541
06/19/59
Golson, Benny
A Portrait of Coleman Hawkins: Minor Strut
604044
11/30/59
Golson, Benny
A Portrait of Coleman Hawkins: The Portrait
604044
11/30/59
Golson, Benny
Along Came Betty
510962
02/10/58
Golson, Benny
Are You Real*
548518
10/30/58
Golson, Benny
Blue Thoughts
543551
09/22/58
Golson, Benny
Blues After Dark
594972
09/22/59
Golson, Benny
Blues On Down
510962
02/10/58
Golson, Benny
Blues On My Mind
550458
11/14/58
Golson, Benny
City Lights
507964
1/20/58
Golson, Benny
Cry a Blue Tear
548518
10/30/58
Golson, Benny
Drum Thunder
548518
10/30/58
Golson, Benny
Fair Weather
536344
06/16/58
Golson, Benny
Five Spot After Dark
569936
04/02/59
Golson, Benny
Golson Suite
578859
05/05/59
Golson, Benny
Harlem's Disciples
548518
10/30/58
Golson, Benny
Jam for Bobbie
594972
09/22/59
Golson, Benny
Killer Joe
604044
11/30/59
Golson, Benny
Land of the Blue Veils
510962
02/10/58
Golson, Benny
Minor Strut
604044
11/30/59
Golson, Benny
Modern Melodies Booklet
548518
10/30/58
Golson, Benny; Blakey, Arthur
Modern Melody Booklet
556056
12/31/58
Golson, Benny; Timmons, Bobby
Modern Melody Booklet
543551
09/22/58
Golson, Richardson, Hardman
Modern Melody Booklet
517255
03/28/58
Golson, Timmons, Little
Modern Melody Booklet
576969
05/15/59
Golson, Benny
My Blues House
594972
09/22/59
Golson, Benny
Original Melodies Booklet
581541
06/19/59
Golson, Benny
Out of the Past
536352
07/02/58
Golson, Benny
Paris Suite
556056
12/31/58
Golson, Benny
Soul Me
594972
09/22/59
Golson, Benny
Starfire
581541
06/19/59
Golson, Benny
Strut Time
550458
11/14/58
Golson, Benny
Tempo De Waltz
507964
01/20/58
Golson, Benny
That There Feelin'
581541
06/19/59
Golson, Benny
Theme for Jeri*
507964
01/20/58
Golson, Benny
Thursday's Theme
560066
01/30/59
Golson, Benny
Venetian Breeze
507964
01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi
B.G.'s Holiday*
507964
01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi
Baba's Blues
507964
01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi
Backbreaker, The
616781
03/15/60
Gryce, Gigi
Blues in the Jungle
616781
03/15/60
Gryce, Gigi
Blues Shout
657171
02/08/61
Gryce, Gigi
Brown Skins*
507964
01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi
Capri*
507964
01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi
Dancing the Gigi (Strange Feelin')
660608
03/06/61
Gryce, Gigi
Early Morning Blues*
507964
01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi
Gryce Suite 1, The (Pepsi Cola Trailers)
624746
05/13/60
Gryce, Gigi
Gryce Suite 2, The (On the Sound)
633104
07/22/60
Gryce, Gigi
Hello*
507964
01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi
Kin Folks*
507964
01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi
Kunteta's Blues (Leila's Blues)
616781
03/15/60
Gryce, Gigi
Modern Melody Booklet
514590
03/12/58
Gryce, Gigi
Night at Tony's, A*
507964
01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi
Premonition of You, A
522395
05/01/58
Gryce, Gigi
Premonitions of Basheer
507964
01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi
She's My Baby (Now That I Found You)
514590
03/12/58
Gryce, Gigi
Soul
566728
03/12/59
Gigi Gryce (as played by)
Sounds of Gigi, The (see note at end of table)
EP 160068
06/14/61
Gryce, Gigi
Spot Meant For Two, A
514590
03/12/58
Gryce, Gigi
Steppin' Out*
507964
01/20/58
Gryce, Gigi & Corday, Leo
Night That We Met, The*
564193
02/25/59
Gryce, Gigi & Corday, Leo
Now That I Found You*
564193
02/25/59
Gryce, Gigi (lyrics Hendricks, arr. Golson)
March On, America (Wake Up Young America)*
522395
05/1/58
Hardman, Bill
Politely
536347
07/02/58
Hardman, Bill
Theme for Tomorrow
536345
070/2/58
Hendricks, Jon
Minor Catastrophe
536346
ca. 1958
Hendricks, Jon & Timmons, Bobby
Moanin'
EP 153214
06/01/61
Hendricks, Jon & Weston, Randy
Little Niles*
EP 124870
10/30/58
Hendricks, Jon & Weston, Randy
Where?
536351
07/02/58
Hendricks, Jon; Gryce, Gigi
Modern Melody Booklet
507964
01/20/58
Hendricks, Weston, Gryce, Jones
Modern Song Booklet
522395
05/01/58
Hughes, Langston
Introduction to Uhuru Kwanza
C13986
05/22/61
Jones, Best, Golson
Modern Melody Booklet
512253
02/20/58
Jones, Hank
Get Set
512253
02/20/58
Jones, Hank
Jones' Bones [rec. as Ergo the Blues]*
616781
03/15/60
Jones, Hank
Levitation (In and Out of the Waldorf)
510962
02/10/58
Jones, Hank
Low Bridge
522395
05/01/58
Jones, Hank
Vignette
512253
02/20/58
Jones, Hank & Hendricks, Jon
Let Me Know
512253
02/20/58
Jones, Hank; Gryce, Gigi
Modern Melody Booklet
616781
03/15/60
Lee, Bill
Brownie's Mood
657171
02/08/61
Lee, Bill
Deeds, Not Words
657171
02/08/61
Lee, Bill
Jodie's Chacha
657171
02/08/61
Lee, Bill
Sporty
657171
02/08/61
Lee, Bill & Campbell, Bill
Mirage
657171
02/08/61
Lee, Bill & Campbell, Bill
No More
657171
02/08/61
Lee, Bill & Campbell, Bill
Quiet As It's Kept
657171
02/08/61
Lee, Bill & others
Modern Melody Booklet
657171
02/08/61
Lincoln, Abbey & Waldron, Mal
Straight Ahead
665039
04/04/61
Liston, Gryce, Timmons
Modern Melody Booklet
711732
03/20/62
Liston, Melba
Blues Melba
560066
01/30/59
Liston, Melba
Tone Poem
687716
09/19/61
Liston, Melba
Way I Feel, The (About My Lord)
711732
03/20/62
Liston, Melba
We Never Kissed (What a Shame)
550458
11/24/58
Liston, Melba
You Don't Say
560066
01/30/59
Little, Booker
Dungeon's Waltz
576969
05/15/59
Little, Booker
Jewel's Tempo
576969
05/15/59
Little, Booker
Rounders Mood
576969
05/15/59
Mance, Junior
Jubilation
594972
09/22/59
Mitchell, Leon & Gaston, Charles
I'm Always a Brother
608029
01/07/60
Moorehead, Consuela Lee
Connie's Bounce
657171
02/08/61
Moorehead, Consuela Lee
Prelude
657171
02/08/61
Morgan, Lee
Lee's Blues Lines (Blues Pour Marcel)
717479
04/27/62
Morgan, Lee
Lee's Blues Lines (Blues Pour Doudou)
717479
04/27/62
Morgan, Lee & others
Modern Melody Booklet
717479
04/27/62
Ousley, Harold
Alpha*
628645
06/15/60
Ousley, Harold
And That I Am So In Love
628645
06/15/60
Ousley, Harold
Ar-Ra-Bey-A
628645
06/15/60
Ousley, Harold
Baby You're the Only One*
628645
06/15/60
Ousley, Harold
Celestria*
628645
06/15/60
Ousley, Harold
My Crazy Donna Lee (My Choice Young Lady)
628645
06/15/60
Ousley, Harold
Revival Meetin'
628645
06/15/60
Ousley, Harold
Shout On! Shout On!
628645
06/15/60
Ousley, Harold
Stratus Sphere*
628645
06/15/60
Ousley, Harold
You Mean So Much To Me
628645
06/15/60
Ousley, Harold; Payne, Cecil
Modern Melody Booklet
628645
06/15/60
Payne, Cecil
In the Gallery
628645
06/15/60
Payne, Cecil
Mew Jun
628645
06/15/60
Richardson, Jerome
According to J.R.
517255
03/28/58
Richardson, Jerome
Freelance
517255
03/28/58
Richardson, Jerome
Funk Box
517255
03/28/58
Shihab, Liston, Golson
Modern Melody Booklet
550458
11/14/58
Shihab, Sahib
Hum-Bug
560066
01/30/59
Shihab, Sahib
My Pretty Little French Girl
550458
11/14/58
Shihab, Sahib
Please Don't Leave
536349
06/16/58
Shihab, Sahib & others
Modern Melody Booklet
560066
01/30/59
Timmons, Bobby
Bobby's Theme and Variations (Pasquier)
711732
03/20/62
Timmons, Bobby
Moanin'
543551
09/22/58
Timmons, Bobby
Quick Trick
569936
04/02/59
Timmons, Bobby
This Here (Dis Hyunh)
EP 159746
07/31/61
Timmons, Bobby
This Here (Dis Hyunh)
594972
09/22/59
Timmons, Bobby
This Here (Dis Hyunh)
604044
11/30/59
Timmons, Bobby; Blakey, Art; Morgan, Lee
Bobby's Blues Lines (Blues Pour Marcel)
717479
04/27/62
Timmons, Bobby; Golson, Benny
Modern Melody Booklet
569936
04/2/59
Timmons, Bobby; Golson, Benny
Modern Melody Booklet
604044
11/30/59
Weston, Randy
204
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Babe's Blues
522395
05/01/58
Weston, Randy
Bantu Suite
507964
01/20/58
Weston, Randy
Bass Jones
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Beef Blues Stew
539190
08/27/58
Weston, Randy
Blues for Cannonball
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Blues for Kim
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Bobby 3/4
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Cornet New Blues
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Cry Me Not
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Deep Affection
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Gee Blues Gee (Kucheza Blues)
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Hi-Fly
536350
07/02/58
Weston, Randy
Honk Honk [rec. as Honky Tonk]
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Let's Climb a Hill
539190
08/27/58
Weston, Randy
Lifetime
522395
05/01/58
Weston, Randy
Lisa Lovely
594972
09/22/59
Weston, Randy
Little Dru
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Little Niles*
522395
05/01/58
Weston, Randy
Machine Blues
522395
05/01/58
Weston, Randy
Modern Melody Booklet
539190
08/27/58
Weston, Randy
Nice Ice
507964
01/20/58
Weston, Randy
Portrait of Patsy J.
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Portrait of Vivian
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Pretty Strange
522395
05/01/58
Weston, Randy
Sketch of Melba, A
594972
09/22/59
Weston, Randy
Spot 5 Blues
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Tweetle Drum Dum
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Uhuru Kwanza
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Uncle Neemo [rec. as Nemo]
654674
01/18/61
Weston, Randy
Where?
522395
05/01/58
Weston, Randy & Hendricks, Jon
Babe's Blues
507964
01/20/58
Weston, Randy & Hughes, Langston
African Lady
669138
04/27/61
Weston, Randy; Dorham, Kenny
Modern Melody Booklet
654674
01/18/61
Wilkins, Bryant, Jones, Golson
Modern Melody Booklet
510962
02/10/58
Wilkins, Ernie
Madison Avenue
510962
02/10/58
Wilkins, Ernie
Posterity
510962
02/10/58
Williams, Pinkey A. K.
Stop Cheating on Me
594972
09/22/59
Williams, Pinky A. K. & Golson, Benny
Modern Melody Booklet
594972
09/22/59

Note on “Sounds of Gigi”: This folio, “The Sounds of Gigi – Transcribed from Recordings,” was published by Totem Music in 1962 and contains lead sheets and Gryce’s transcribed solos from the following titles and recordings:
Brake’s Sake (Thelonious Monk) on Signal 1201
Shuffle Boil (Thelonious Monk) on Signal 1201
Down Home (Curtis Fuller) on New Jazz 8230
Reminiscing (Gigi Gryce) on Mercury MG 20628
Let Me Know (Hank Jones) on New Jazz 8230
Gallop’s Gallop (Thelonious Monk) on Signal 1201
Gee Blues Gee (Randy Weston) on Mercury MG 20628

This booklet sold for $1.50 and several of the scores contain the following acknowledgement: “Used by permission of Melotone Music.”