Hi Robbie , I have listened to the sound files of Jack Conway's unknown
titles and can add the following.
Tune 644-2 is "Always Be Honey To Me" (Branen, Lange & Prival).
Tune 644-3 I am not sure of at the moment, but it sounds like an "Irish
Flavoured" song, perhaps of Chauncey Olcott. The problem is there were
lots of these 'Irish' songs around 1914-1916 and many of them sound
much the same!
Tune 644-5, which you have identified as "Ruff Johnson's Harmony Band",
is _not_ that song -- I have three piano rolls of 'Ruff' (or spelled
sometimes 'Rufe') 'Johnson's Harmony Band'. But, I recognized the tune
and after a bit of hunting it down, I can correctly identify the tune
as "In The Valley Of The Nile", written in 1915 by Richard A. Whiting.
It can be heard as the second tune in a medley played by the Victor
Military Band, on the Library of Congress 'National Jukebox' web site.
The record is entitled "Loading Up The Mandy Lee", Medley one-step,
recorded in 1916. You can also hear "Ruff Johnson" on the same site!
Tune 1845-5 is from the musical play "Mercenary Mary"; the song is
"Honey, I'm In Love With You". It can be heard on YouTube being played
by Paul Whiteman's Dance Orchestra on a Victor recording of 1925.
Best wishes for now,
Paul Baker
Gosport, England
[ Good work, Paul! I found these audio recordings as confirmation:
[ 644-2 Always Be Honey To Me (1915, Arthur Lange, Jeff T. Branen)
[ ref. http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/4244
[ 644-5 In the Valley of the Nile (1915, Richard A. Whiting)
[ ref. http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/4519
[ -- Robbie
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