Playmates

Written by: Saxie Dowell
Original music written by: Charles Johnson
Copyright date: December 29, 1939
Language: English
ISWC: T-070.166.015-2 ASCAP, GEMA, ISWC, JASRAC
Adapted from: Iola written by Charles Johnson
Comments: The main theme was note-for-note plagiarized from the 1904 intermezzo Iola by Charles L. Johnson, for which Johnson sued, settling out of court for an undisclosed sum.
Published by: SANTLY-BROS INC GEMA
ANNE RACHEL MUSIC CORP ASCAP
Licensing: Request a synchronization license

Versions

Iola written by Charles Johnson instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Iola	Sousa's Band	November 1906	First recording on September 5, 1906 First release
i	Iola	Thomas Mills	January 1907
i	Iola	John W. "Knocky" Parker	1970
i	Iola (Playmate)	Ragtime Ruby Fradkin	2002
i	Iola	The Sedalia Ragtime Orchestra	May 15, 2012

Iola written by James O'Dea English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Iola REC	Harlan and Stanley	April 1907	First recording on January 23, 1907
		Iola (An Indian Love Song) REL	Stanley and Burr	March 1907	First release

Playmates written by Saxie Dowell English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Playmates	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by "The Smoothies"	January 26, 1940	First recording on January 5, 1940 First release
Playmates	Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions in Music - Vocal Refrain by Mary Ann Mercer and Tommy Taylor	February 2, 1940
Playmates	Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Sully Mason and His Playmates	February 1940
Playmates	Harry Roy & His Orchestra	May 1940
Playmates	Dick Robertson and His Orchestra	1940
Playmates	Riley Puckett	January 1941
Playmates	Jimmy Boyd - Acc. by Norman Luboff	June 5, 1953
Playmates	Anne Lloyd, The Sandpipers (2), Mitchell Miller and Orchestra	1953	Unverified
Playmate	Louie Bell with The Astor Trio	1954
Playmates	The Fontane Sisters with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra	May 1955
Playmates	The Bee Bee Sisters	1956
Playmates	Sandy Stewart [US1]	March 1959
Playmates	Gloria Smyth	April 1959
Playmates	The Regents [CA]	1965	Unverified
Playmate	Pearls Before Swine	May 1967
Playmates	The Murmaids	1980	Unverified
Playmate	Willie Nelson	June 1, 2001	Unverified
Playmates	The Puppini Sisters	June 17, 2008

Playmates written by Saxie Dowell instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Playmates	Tony Murena et son ensemble swing	1943	Unverified
i	Playmates	Hack Swain	1955
i	Playmates	Lyle Ritz	1958
i	Playmates	Johnny Griffin Sextet	December 1959

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Forevermore	Katie Herzig	2008	First release