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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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FEATURING NEWJtEMICK SUCCESS
A NEW WAR=TIME^SONQ SUCCESS
OLD POPULAR_SONGS REVIVED
Elaborate Window Display of "It's Time for
Every Boy to Be a Soldier" in Boston
Boosey & Co. to Publish in This Country
"Keep on Hoping," a Number Which Has
Proven a Decided Success in Great Britain
Current Demands for "Goodbye, Little Girl,
Goodbye," Makes Special New Edition Neces-
sary—Other Rejuvenated Numbers
Michael Keane, manager of Boosey & Co.,
recently received a song from the London office
of the concern entitled "Keep on Hoping." This
song had quite a large sale on the other side
and for a time was popular as a song number
among the soldiers in the trenches. It remained
for the manager of the local office to discover
a march time arrangement for the number
which which will make it even more popular.
In its new march time arrangement the song
is excedingly singable, and has a swing to it
that will make it admirable for use in the train-
ing camps throughout the country. Those who
have heard the song predict for it an unusual
success, and it bids fair to become as popular
among the boys who are training for military
service as "Tipperary" was on the other side.
The number is short and easily learned, and
has a melody of the kind that proves lasting.
Not the least peculiar feature of the changes
that the war has brought is the necessity that
has arisen for the revival of old songs. Time
was when it was thought that a "popular" song
once dead remained moribund forever.
But
there are exceptions. When the soldiers were
on the Mexican border, M. Witmark & Sons
were in receipt of many calls for that old-time
hit, "Goodbye, Little Girl, Goodbye," and since
the war with Germany, actual demands for this
number became so numerous that the publishers
found it necessary to issue an entirely new edi-
tion, with a very beautiful title page. This
old Cobb and Edwards hit is more than holding
its own with the newcomers.
Other songs,
not as old, but not of recent publication, for
which renewed demand has arisen, include such
numbers from the Witmark catalog as "You'll
Be There," "For Dixie and Uncle Sam," and—
though this is not from the cheaper popular lists
-—"My Own United States."
With the call for volunteers and the federal
registration for military service, added popu-
larity was given the new Remick song success,
"It Is time for Every Boy to Be a Soldier."
The number is being featured by several promi-
E. T. PAULL CO.'S PATRIOTIC SONGS
"America Forever" and "We'll Stand by the
Flag, Boys" Both Selling Well
Attractive Window Display of Remick Song
nent vaudeville artists, among them Adele
Ritchie, who is now playing on the Keith
Circuit. In featuring these songs in Boston,
Miss Ritchie had the assistance of a squad of
soldiers from nearby encampments, and scored
a distinctive hit. The accompanying illustra-
tion shows the manner in which the song was
featured in one of the Woolworth stores on
Washington
street, Boston, during Miss
Ritchie's engagement in said city.
On account of the war-time conditions at
present existing in this country, stirring patri-
otic march and song numbers are iri great de-
mand. This is particularly the case with the
two song and march numbers issued by the
E. T. Paull Music Co., "America, Forever" and
"We'll Stand by the Flag, Boys," both of which
are timely in melody and lyrics. They are writ-
ten in lively march tempo, and are especially
martial in character, embodying a stirring call
to arms which makes them effective in arous-
ing the spirit of patriotism. The title pages of
these two numbers are specially striking and
attractive, as is the case with all of the num-
bers published by the E. T. Paull Music Co.,
and this should add to their salability.
AN INTERESTING QUINTET
Five New Numbers, Elaborately Produced and
Issued by Sam Fox Pub. Co.
Five particularly interesting new numbers
have just been placed on the market by the
Sam Fox Publishing Co. of Cleveland, Ohio.
Numbers are produced in the usual Fox style
with elaborate title pages in colors and have,
moreover, the musical merit that should insure
salability. The new selections include the pa-
triotic song, "For the Freedom of the World,"
for which Edmund Vance Cooke wrote the
words and J. S. Zamecnik wrote the music,
and four pieces for the piano, "Spirit of
America," by J. S. Zamecnik, "Valse Fascina-
tion," by Frank H. Grey, "Cupid's Frolic," by
Walter E. Miles, and "Marionette," by Felix
Arndt.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT
Four New Publications by
CARRIE JACOBS-BOND
3 Keys
A Little Bit o' Honey
3 Keys
The Soul of You
3 Keys
A Cottage in God's Garden
Instrumental
Betty's Music Box
These Publications Are Possessed of
Exceptional Merit—Ready July 5, 1017
CARRIE JACOBS-BOND & SON
CHICAGO, ILL.