Advice on Locating Songwriters

Subject: Advice on Locating 1930s Songwriters
From: GUEST,Claire
Date: 17 Mar 26 - 06:25 AM

Hello

I wondered if anyone had any research advice for locating a songwriter called A. M. Booth published by a London music publishers in the 1930s. Does anyone have any archival tips to go about finding out more information? The expertise on here is always astonishing.

Many thanks for any advice,

Claire

Subject: RE: Advice on Locating Songwriters
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Mar 26 - 11:33 AM

Can you fill out the information more? What do either or both of the initials "A. M" stand for? Do you have any song titles or fragments of lyrics? Any idea of the publishers involved? Was this a British songwriter in the UK, or from somewhere else?

I have been known to slip behind the university library paywall to do research, but a few more clues would help.

How is it that you are aware of this individual? What other tidbits can you offer?

My first through passes through Google Advanced search and Google Scholar have yielded nothing (there is a sociologist type by the name of Booth who takes up most of that bandwidth when using date constraints.)

Subject: RE: Advice on Locating Songwriters
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Mar 26 - 04:03 PM

Thanks very much for wanting to know more.

I know that the songwriter was a woman, but I don't know her full name. She was the licensee along with her husband, B. Booth, of The Queen Anne pub in Great Hucklow, Derbyshire. I believe that one of the songs she wrote was called Some Day which was likely published in 1933 by a London publisher and had already published five songs with them previously. I discovered this information in the British Newspaper Archives - The Seaham Weekly News on 9th December, 1932.

Any direction you can point me in is much appreciated!