Name and Shame



NAME & SHAME THE WEBSITES THAT HAVE IT WRONG








http://www.sterlingtimes.org/children3.htm
Sterling Times is dedicated to Britishness and patriotism and then has the nerve to alter the TBP words from Mummies & Daddies, as written by Jimmy Kennedy, to Mommies & Daddies.


http://www.grainger.de/music/composers/bratton.html say this:-
"John Walter Bratton was an American songwriter ...whose instrumental piece The Teddy Bear's Picnic (1907) was very popular and enjoyed a revival after lyrics for it were written in 1939 by Ethyl Wood."...elsewhere on the same site they say the words were written by Paul West WRONG

http://www.williamgaddis.org/recognitions/I2anno1.shtml
The Teddy Bears' Picnic: written for solo piano by John Walter Bratton in 1908; lyrics added by Jimmy Kennedy in 1933. The song became famous first as a hit for Bing Crosby and later as the theme for The Big John and Sparky Show, a radio program of the 1950s WRONG DATE FOR MUSIC, WRONG DATE FOR WORDS, WRONG FIRST HIT

www.thestorytelling-resource-centre.com/Teddy.html
The Teddy Bear March & Two Step Music originally composed by J W Bratton and published by Albert A Williams 1907. In1930 American lyricist Jimmy Kennedy added words AS MIXED UP AS MIXED UP CAN BE..COMPLETE & UTTER RUBBISH..well named site!!

www.teddybearandfriends.com/archives/articles/history.html

www.theteddybearmuseum.com/teddyfacts.htm

www.anvil.clara.net/tedhist.htm
The three above all say The Teddy Bear March and Two Step was by J K Bratton and it became The Teddy Bears' Picnic.THERE IS NO COMPOSER CALLED J K BRATTON AND THE TEDDY BEAR MARCH & TWO STEP BY ALBERT A WILLIAMS REMAINED JUST THAT, IT NEVER MUTATED INTO ANYTHING ELSE