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Issue 1464: Composer of Tune "Nellie the Elephant"

Object
Nellie the Elephant (Tune)
Submitter
Joe Wheadon
Assigned to
Murrough Landon
Priority
Normal
Disposition
Fixed
Description

SCDDB lists this song as “Traditional” I find this rather doubtful, as Wikipedia says “Written in 1956 by Ralph Butler and Peter Hart…” Wikipedia has an article about Ralph Butler (1886-1969…“a British songwriter, responsible for the lyrics of many popular songs of the 1930s and later…”). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_the_Elephant Wikipedia has no article about Peter Hart, but the name is listed on https://www.discogs.com/artist/681488-Peter-Hart as a Nom-De-Plume for one Frederick Peter Hargreaves, and “Nellie the Elephant” is listed as one of his works. Also: The Hal Leonard Publishing website www.halleonard.com has a Link to a Lead Sheet for “Nellie the Elephant”: https://www.sheetmusicdirect.us/sheetmusic/1000250646?redirect=1 Which unequivocally states “Words by Ralph Butler, Music by Peter Hart” So I don’t think this Tune is “Traditional” Joe

Previous Actions

  • Date  July 18, 2018, 1:09 a.m.
  • User  Unknown

New issue submitted

  • Date  Nov. 15, 2018, 1:23 a.m.
  • User  Murrough Landon (murrough)

Assigned changed to »murrough« (previously »None«)
Disposition changed to »Fixed« (previously »New«)

Many thanks for the detailed information and references. Peter Hart has been added to the database and assigned as composer of this tune. Sorry its taken so long for someone to get around to doing this.