Moe Jaffe was my father. And, yes indeed, he and Dwight Latham did write "Grandpa." The Website cited (no pun intended) contains material written by my brother Howard in honor of the centennial of my father's birth. It was put on the Net by our niece, Debbie J. Lonzo and Oscar were only the first of a long line of charlatans who have erroneously claimed that they wrote the song. For some peculiar reason, several people have assumed it was public domain and attempted (with some initial success) to publish it under their own names through BMI. BMI should have checked and seen that it was an ASCAP song. After being threatened with several lawsuits, they now acknowledge that it is not their song.
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