[Ads-l] Plea for NewspaperArchive Search

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

I haven’t attempted to search NewspaperArchive in months. Now, the
user interface I can access has changed. To search you must fill in
the "last name" field as if you are performing a genealogy search. I
do not know how it processes the last name data. When I plug in Baby
Seals Blues into the “last name” field it yields the same December 20,
1915 match found by Dave.

I searched for the close variant "Baby Seal Blues" in GenealogyBank
and found this.

Date: July 11, 1914
Newspaper: The Freeman, An Illustrated Colored Newspaper
Newspaper Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Article: Notes From J. C. O'Brien's Famous Georgia Minstrels
Quote Page 6, Column 2
Database: GenealogyBank

[Begin excerpt]
Prof. Geo. W. Ayers and his famous 18-piece band is featuring the Baby
Seal Blues on concert.
[End excerpt]

There is also a match in the same newspaper for "Baby Seal Blues" on
September 5, 1914.

Please let me know off-list if you wish me to send you PDFs.
Garson

On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM dave at wilton.net <dave at wilton.net> wrote:
>
>
> This is the earliest I can find in a quick search. This Black newspaper includes the sheet music, or at least the first page:
>
> "Baby Seals Blues" (advertisement with sheet music). Freeman (Indianapolis), 19 October 1912, 6. Readex: America's Historical Newspapers.
>
> This is the earliest mention in NewspaperArchive:
>
> "Four Special Player Piano Offerings This Week at Griggs'" (advertisement). Moline Daily Dispatch (Illinois), 20 December 1915, 16. NewspaperArchive.com.
>
> "These Player Rolls
> FREE
>
> "With each Player Piano purchased here this week. Or $10 worth of rolls of your own selection—
> Come on Along, 40c.
> Along the Mississippi Shore, 40c.
> Baby Seals Blues, 30c
> Summer Nights, 40c ..."
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2025 11:09am
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADS-L] Plea for NewspaperArchive Search
>
>
>
> According to the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries, "Baby
> Seals Blues Sing Em - They Sound Good To Me," words and music by Baby F.
> Seals, arranged by Artie Matthews, was copyrighted on August 3, 1912 with a
> second copyright filed on August 7.
>
> JL
>
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
> wrote:
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> > I cancelled my subscription to NewspaperArchive some time ago. Is anyone
> > willing to search it for me ? I am interested in the earliest mentions of
> > the song "Baby Seals Blues." The mentions would presumably occur some time
> > in 1912, and what I am trying to find out is any information about when the
> > song was first published.
> >
> > Fred Shapiro
> >
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