Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1939 September

Wurlitzer Party Is
Huge Success
HOLLYWOOD-Descending on the west
coast August 23rd the top executives of the
Rudolph Wurlitzer Company played host
to California operators at an all day open
house at the Hollywood P laza August 23rd
and at the St. Francis in San Francisco
on August 25th.
"Mike" Hammergren, vice president and
salesmanager, headed
the welcoming
party, ably assisted by W. E. Simmons,
California, Arizona and Nevada representa-
tive for Wurlitzer. Food and drinks were
served throughout the day and strolling
troubadors entertained the operators and
their families. Ninety three were in attend-
ance in Los Angeles and ninety six in San
Francisco.
The get-togethers were part of a series
of meetings being held by the Wurlitzer
executives in various parts of the coun try.

50c Columbia Records
Make Initial Bow
View insid e th e trave ling showroom on wh ee ls maintained by K. F. Wilkin son 's United
Amuse ment Company, San Anton io, Texas. From left to right: Mr. G e orge Prock, David
Styles and M r. Debner exam ining a Rock-O la Lu xury Lightup mode l ready fo r a
demonstration trip .
Henderson Added
To Goodman Band
Song Dividends
Hit New High
SAN FRANCISCO- Benny Goodman
added Fletcher Henderson, famous Negro
pianist, to his band here, recently, and will
feature him in the future.
Henderson's arrangements helped to
make Goodman famous and he knows and
understands the Goodman style completely.
Was ting no time jn introducjng Henderson
to the public, Goodman presented him on
his first Camel program from the Bay City.
Jess Stacy, who is being relieved by
Henderson, and is one of the old veterans
cf Goodman's hand, will take a one month
vacation and then will go to New York
and head a new hand of about eight pieces
which Harry Goodman will manage.
Although mixed bands have never been
successful, Benny believes that the addi-
tion of Henderson to his organization will
NEW YORK-A new top mark in roy-
alty payments for the past decade was
reached this week, when the Big Three
music firms paid collectively almost $100,-
000 to composers and authors for the firs t
six month period of 1939. The sums dis-
tributed totaled $48,000 for Robbins Music
Corporation; $34,000 for Leo Feist, Inc.,
and $15,000 for Miller Music, Inc.
Of special notice in the statements was
the decided increase in royalties on instru-
mental compositions, instruction books and
educational publications. Top royalty on
a single item for the period went to Peter
De Rose and Mitchell Parish for the song
"Deep Purple" which sold over 450,000
copies to date.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Changing the
color of the label from blue to red the
Columbia Recording Corporation, subsid-
iary of Columbia Broadcasting System, an-
nounced that in the future top-flight popu-
lar artists will be available to music oper-
ators under the Columbia label at fifty
cents each list.
Benny Goodman, Kay Kyser, Duke El-
lington, Horace Heidt, Eddy Duchin, Harry
James, Gene Krupa, Matty Malneck, Ray
Noble, Jack Teagarden, Teddy Wilson,
Raymond Sco tt, Ella Logan, Mary Healy
and Martha Raye head the list of artists
announced for the firs t few records under
the Columbia name.
Columbia records will be issued weekly
through the various distributing outlets
and in the future recordings under the
Brunswick label will be released once a
month and feature recordings in that large
category lying between the classical and
the popular fields.

NEW YORK-An estate of approximate-
ly $15,000 was left by Chick Webb, na-
tionally famous hand leader, when he died
here in June, according to an administra-
tor's report.
About $10,000 will go to his widow, Mrs.
Sally Webb, and the remainder will go to
his mother.
The famous Chick Webb orchestra car-
ries on with Bill Beason pounding the
drums. Ella Fi tzgerald, who helped to
bring fame to the group, is in charge of
the band, now being billed as "Ella Fitz-
gerald's Chick Webb Band."

COLUMBIA
VOCAi.iON
COLUMBIA
Every Artist an ARTIST !
T o p s Y our " Must" L ist!
Every Artist an ARTIST !
.
.
Smack, as Henderson 1s known m
band circles, appeared daily at the Golden
Gate Exposition on Treasure Island with
the Goodman hand. His popularity con-
tinues to grow.
Goodman has also added Buford Estes,
20-year-old alto man from Kansas City, to
his band. He was with Lawrence Welk in
Chicago.
Benny is now in Los Angeles at the Vic-
tor Hugo. In July he cut his first records
for Columbia and it is rumored that an
entirely new label, to sell for 50 cents, will
he introduced by Columbia.

Chick Webb's Estate
Totals $15,000
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
Beer Barrel Polka
Nation's Hit
LOS ANGELES-Definite proof that the
"Beer Barrel Polka" is leading the nation's
hit parade was made in August when the
Los Angeles Times columnist Ed Ainsworth
published the fo llowing letter from a read-
er commenting on the "state of the nation":
"Well it stands something like ~his:
Zing! Boom! Ta Rar Re! Sing out a song
of good cheer. Now's the time to roll the
barrel for the gang's all here! From every-
where comes the 'Beer Barrel Polka'. On
the loud-speakers at the New York World's
Fair, from strolling orchestras and in every
cafe in every state we heard the tune on
automatic phonographs.
"Up in Canada the 'Polka' was number
one tune, with Bing Crosby's 'El Rancho
Grande' a close second. The nation seems
to he united on one rollicking song .
'Beer Barrel Polka'!"

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Cinematone Starts
Record l'roduction
Information gladly sup-
plied to interested oper-
ators, distributors and
jobbers on request.
CINEMATONE
CORPORATION
1107 N. HIGHLAND AVE • HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.
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MACHINE
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A number of the local phonograph oper-
ators have purchased the new Phono-Mike
for their music machines and report that
collections have jumped a great deal as the
result of installation of the device. Econ-
omy Production reports a great response
from operators all over the country.
The partnership of the S. & S. Company
has been dissolved and the two operators
will henceforth work individually under
their own trade names. Albert Stern will
o~erate as the Stern Amusement Company,
while Edward Spiegel operates as the Ed
Amusement.
New and beautiful offices will shortly be
opened by the B. D. Lazar Company at
1425 North Broad Street. The showrooms
will be large, enabling the distributor to
show a greater part of the merchandise
carried. B. D. Lazar distributes Rock-Ola
phonographs and has built up a consider-
able clientele amongst local operators.
Dave Kulla and Mike Scherdorf have en•
tered into a partnership and are now oper-
ating several hundred machines.
Trilling & Montague, distributors, will
distribute the United States line of records.
A special record department has been in-
stalled in the headquarters of the com-
pany.
Sam Synderman, popular operator, re-
cently celebrated a wedding anniversary.
Congratulations, Sam.
Jules Wenger is now a music operator.
Ben Fireman is another operator who
has increased his staff during recent weeks.
Cy Glickman, inventor, operator and con-
tinual sweepstake winner, is now offering
local operators a helpful telephone device.
Lewis Sokolove, head of Imperial Vend-
ing Company, reports a steady sale of Ga-
bels to local phonograph ops.
A new member has been added to the
sales staff of High-Point Amusement, op-
I
erated by Mr. and Mrs. M. Finkel. Ethel
Frank is the pretty young miss who will
have charge of record sales.
I. Rothstein, head of Banner Specialty
Company, recently dedicated his Pittsburgh
offices and is very well pleased with the
reception given him by operators in that
territory.
Esther Cutler, in charge of the Coin Ma- .
chine Association headquarters, is now on
vacation.
Local operators are very curious about
the new Penny Phono which is being mar-
keted by the Cinematone Corporation.
Roy Torr, well known distributor, plans
to start his fall sales efforts during Sep-
tember and has plenty to offer operators in
the line of merchandising machines.
Max Brown, likeable operator, is moving
to a new residence and invites his friends
to visit him soon.
Joe Dennison, of the Pasadena Novelty,
became the proud father of a boy this
week. Baby has been named Ronald.

HOLLYWOOD- With eighty- two num-
bers already recorded and in their library•
Cinematone Corporation's Music Depart-
ment, headed by Lindley A. Jones, is cur-
rently hitting its most ambitious schedule
to date with the waxing of fifteen numbers
each week for the exclusive use of Penny
Phono records.
All the waxing is done at Cinematone's
own, fully-equipped recording studio on
Gordon Street in Hollywood. Location in
cinema capital permits Jones to select the
finest of instrumentalists and orchestras
from top-flight night clubs, moving picture
studios and radio networks.
According to Jones, each Penny Phono•
record produced, with ten numbers to a
side, will carry a mixed quota of hit tunes
of the week, and special arrangements of
old favorites, standard melodies including
waltzes, tangoes, rhumbas, fox trots and
novelty compositions. Both male and female
singers are used in singles, trios and quar-
tettes.
Penny Phono record, made for release
during the first week of September, reveals.
a sample of the outstanding talent and com-
bina tions being signed by Jones. Numbers.
include those by Chuck Foster and his
band, a name orchestra which goes into the
Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles on Septem-
ber 21, King Sisters, vocalists now with
Artie Shaw on tour, Kay Kaley, whose
musical aggregation is now at Marcus.
Daly's Restaurant in Beverly Hills, Clark
Ross, outstanding vocalist wi th the Colum-
bia Network, and Johnny Cascales and his
band. The latter being on loan from Para-
mount.

MUSIC OPERATORS
PBONO-IIIIE
offers
3 WAYS
to
Penny Phono Finds
New Locat•ions
HOLLYWOOD-Word from the manage-
ment of Cinematone Corporation, manufac-
turers of the new Penny Phono machine, is
that Penny Phono is finding its place in the
sun in brand new locations, rather than
offering competition to nickel phonographs.
A report from the Penny Phono distribu-
tor in Glendale, California, says in part that
these first ten machines, which he put out,
were easily placed. Only one of the units,
he writes, was installed in a location which
at one time housed a nickel machine. The
others are listed as follows: 1 hotel lunch-
room, 1 drive-in, 1 bus station, 2 grills, 3
malt shops, and 1 lunchroom opposite a
high-school. These remaining nine locations
were never able to support a vending pho-
nograph before, but report substantial busi-
ness with Penny Phono.

COLUMBIA
VOCALION
Every Artist an ARTIST!
Tops Your "Mu st!' Li11t !
INCREASE YOUR
COLLECTIONS
1. Speak, sing , entertain. Use
for announcements.
2.
Patrons can sing , whistle,
etc., using Record playing
as accompaniment.
3.
Patrons must insert Sc to
use PHONO-MIKE.
Price $
15.85
ECONOMY PRODUCTION CO.
20 Bank St.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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