Antedating of "knock me a kiss"

[Paul Johnson]

was written by Andy Razaf, first recorded by L. Jordan and his Timpani
Five in 1942

Benjamin Zimmer wrote:

>On 2/14/06, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>HDAS has
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>>1944 ... Knock me a kiss ...
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>>According to the AMG, a tune titled "Knock Me A Kiss,"
>>written by Mike Jackson, was recorded by Jimmie
>>Lunceford & His Orchestra on May 29, 1935, for the
>>Decca label.
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>I think you're misreading the Allmusic info. The song appeared on the
>compilation "Harlem Shout", which contains material recorded between
>May 29, 1935 and Aug 9, 1945. Other sites say that the "Knock Me A
>Kiss" 78 was recorded and released in 1942:
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>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4831334953
>http://dev.coolforever.com/m/browse.cfm/item/50554/
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>But according to Wikipedia the song was originally recorded by Louis
>Jordan's band in 1941:
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan
>By the time the group returned to New York in late 1941, the lineup
>had changed to Jordan, Bartley, Martin, trumpeter Eddie Roane and
>pianist Arnold Thomas. Recording dates in November 1941 produced
>another early Jordan classic, "Knock me a kiss", which became a
>significant jukebox seller, although it did not make the charts.
>However Roy Eldridge subsequently recorded a version, backed by the
>Gene Krupa band, which became a hit in June 1942, almost a year after
>the Jordan recording came out; it was also covered by Jimmie
>Lunceford.
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>--Ben Zimmer
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