Music Trade Review

Issue: 1917 Vol. 64 N. 8

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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
BIG ADVANCE ORDERS FOR SONG
Kresge Store in Chicago Orders 15,000 Copies
of "Hawaiian Butterfly" Before Publication—
Individual Dealers Also Plunging
CHICAGO, I I I . , February 19.-—If the ordering of
15,000 numbers of a song before it is published
is any criterion of its possible success, then Leo
Feist, Inc., have a sure fire hit for their cat-
alog. The big advance order was placed by the
Kresge store on State street, this city, and is
remarkable for the fact that syndicate buyers
do not purchase music unless it is a hit or prom-
ises to be a hit. In addition various dealers
throughout the country have placed orders
ranging up to a thousand copies each, for the
same song, a situation that has seldom if ever
been reported in popular music circles.
The number is being hustled through the
printers, and if it were not that it is to have a
very elaborate title page would no doubt be
on sale now. Oh, yes! The song is entitled
"Hawaiian Butterfly," and Geo. A. Little wrote
the words and Billy Baskette and Joseph Santly
are the composers of the music.
The "LAST W O R D " in Lyric Writing!
WARNING!
Managers!
Writers!!
Publishers!!!
Earl Carroll has written for Andreas Dippel's
New Musical Comedy
"THE LOVE MILL"
The greatest Novelty Idea ever conceived in a song
Lyric entitled:
CHAS. K. HARRIS^BIG BUSINESS
Reports That He Is Enjoying Greatest Demand
in the History of His Business
Chas. K. Harris recently stated he was clos-
ing a larger volume of business than at any pre-
vious time in the history of the house of Har-
ris.
Mr. Harris said the reason for this no
doubt was the great variety of songs in his cat-
alog, and the fact that this season is proving
fine for ballads, the type of song with which
the house of Harris has always been associated.
Among the ballads having a big call are "You
Came, You Saw, You Conquered," "The Story
of a Soul" and "All I Want Is a Cottage, Some
Roses and You," while "A Study in Black and
White," which was recently introduced by Willa
Holt Wakefield, on the Keith circuit, was imme-
diately accepted as an original novelty story
with heart interest. "My Little China Doll,"
"Let Him Miss You Just a Little Bit" and "She
Came From a Quaint Little Town in Pennsyl-
vania" are all lively numbers.
JOIN PIANTADOSI STAFF
Several
Additions to Force Reported
Week—New Offices Opened
This
Al. Piantadosi, Inc., announce that Victor
Wood, formerly sales representative for M. Wit-
mark & Sons in the Middle West, has been ap-
pointed city salesman for their house. Frank
Goodman, formerly city sales representative, re-
cently took charge of the high-class and produc-
tion department of the concern. Tobey Fitz-
patrick has also been added to the staff of the
company.
Adam Robinson has opened up a
. San Francisco office for Al. Piantadosi, Inc., in
the Pantage's Theatre Building in that city, and
James Beatty has opened offices in the Superba
Theatre Building, Los Angeles, -and will repre-
sent the house there.
FEATURING THE WINN COURSE
Prominent Distributors and Dealers Having
Excellent Success With Teaching Method
As all dealers know the Winn Schools of popu-
lar music have been successfully teaching the
playing of popular music and ragtime piano
playing since the year 1890. It seems, however,
there are still some dealers who are not con-
versant with the "Winn Practical Method of
Popular Music and Ragtime Piano Playing"—or
at least have not investigated the profits to be
derived from handling that excellent course.
However, for some time the Plaza Music Co.,
the Enterprise Music Co. and the Crown Music
Co., New York; the Foster Music Co., Chicago,
and Sherman, Clay & Co., San Francisco, have
been distributing this method with great success
and in increasing quantities. The simplicity of
the course, its ready sale and the follow up
order of the second book all play their part in
making this method popular with the dealer.
WCIM41T
(cu - tey - you - see - I - am - for - you)
the chorus of which is as follows:
Lyric by Earl Carroll
Music by Alfred Francis
This is the chorus—the letters make
Q. T. U. C. I. M. 4.
Y. M. I. O. 2. % U.
G. Y. R. U. &. I. 2.
4. N. S. N. E. N. M.
M. T. M. I. 4. O. I.
U. R. O. K. &. I. N.
Q. T. B. 4. I. —. 2.
M. L 2. y 2 . U. P. D.
the song
U.
2.
B.
E.
C.
G.
U.
Q.
We regard this the greatest idea ever presented to us in our
many years' experience as music publishers, and are proud to
publish such a wonderful song, which we really consider the last
word in lyric writing.
The song is fully protected by copyright, and the exclusive
right for public performance is vested in Mr. Dippel's production
of " THE LOVE MILL." Any violations of the stage rights or
any imitations of the song lyric will be prosecuted to the fullest
extent.
Published and Copyrighted by
LEO FEIST, Inc., Feist Bldg M New York
Other song successes in "The Love Mill" are as follows:
"The Love Mill"
"Why Can't It All Be a Dream?"
"When You Feel a Little Longing
In Your Heart"
"Every Flower Has a Melody"
"Ask Dad — He Knows," etc. etc.
Dealers 9 Special Introductory Price, 20c a Copy
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NOW RUNNING
MREVIEWflEARS
THAT the latest idea in song writing is the
code system with a single letter to represent
each word.
THAT the idea is that of Earl Carroll, who is
Hook up your selling
responsible for the new song, "Q-t-u-c-i-m-4-u-,"
forces with the big mid-
in the Feist catalog.
THAT even a war song pulled off the shelves
winter a d v e r t i s i n g
and carefully dusted is sometimes worth while
campaign of
in an emergency such as this.
THAT it is not always the man with the most
elaborate business card who is the most impor-
tant one in his organization, which same ap-
plies to song pluggers and the like.
THAT Harold Dillon, professional manager for
T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, has
returned from a trip to Chicago and is working
on the company's new ballad, "A Broken Doll."
THAT the Feist song, "Don't Bite the Hand
and make your cash
That's Feeding You," has taken a new lease of
register play a merry
life.
THAT Hawaiian songs refuse to allow any
tune
other class of songs to supplant them.
THAT hardly a week passes by without an ad-
dition to their ranks and with such success that
encourages the publication of others.
THAT now we have "Hawaiian Butterfly,"
231-235 West 40th Street, NEW YORK
which before its release has sold upwards of
30,000 copies.
THAT with such success we can look for even
A PAIR OF BUSYSONG WRITERS
a greater number of Hawaiian songs.
Radford and Whiting Have Excellent Number
THAT the new year has been distributing pros-
in Their "I'm Glad You're Sorry"
perity to the song publishers.
THAT despite the high cost of paper, labor,
Dave Radford and Richard A. Whiting, of etc., business has been so good as to keep the
the writing staff of J. H. Remick & Co., are two most pessimistic from complaining.
of the busiest little au-
THAT publishers seem to be making some nice
thors now producing suc- contracts with the music roll concerns under the
cessful popular numbers. new arrangements permitting the use of lyrics
One of their latest ef- on word rolls.
forts is "I'm Glad You're
Sorry," which has in the
EDW. P. LITTLE HOMEWARD BOUND
short time since its re-
Manager
of Music Department of Sherfcnan,
lease made more than a
Clay
&
Co.
Places Some Orders in East and
f a v o r a b l e impression.
Get Some—Popularity of Hawaiian Music
The number is being is-
sued with an attractive
Edward P. Little, manager of the sheet music
title page done in several department of Sherman, Clay & Co., Sah Fran-
colors, and from present indications will no cisco, left New York Thursday of last week on
doubt prove to be another big success.
his trip home. Mr. Little was in New York
about ten days and his return trip will include
FEATURING JEROME PUBLICATIONS stops at Philadelphia, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Tndi-
anapolis, St. Louis, New Orleans and other trade
The large number of high-class performers
centers. Mr. Little closed some nice business
who are using the numbers published by the
in Eastern territory where he found the demand
Wm. Jerome Publishing Corp. are doing much
for Hawaiian music greatly on the increase.
to popularize the songs in that firm's catalog.
Among those singing the Jerome songs are
ALMA GLUCK SINGING FOX SONG
Walter Lawrence, in the Irish play, "Come Back
to Erin"; Arthur Whitelaw, now playing the Noted Soprano Using "The Prayer Perfect" on
Concert Tour—Is a Musical Setting of James
Proctor houses; Willie Weston, on the Keith cir-
cuit; Bert Williams, in the Ziegfeld's "Follies";
Whitcomb Riley's Famous Poem
and Eddie Cantor, in "Midnight Frolic."
As announced by the Sam Fox Publishing
Co., Cleveland, O., among the prominent con-
cert singers using the company's song, "The
Prayer Perfect," is Alma Gluck, the famous
"THERE'S ONLY ONE LITTLE GIRL"
American prima donna soprano, who is now on
By GEO. M. COHAN
a concert tour over the United States. Miss
"Sometim " (Vocal)
Gluck's use of the song alone is to be accepted
"Sometime" (Instrumental)
as a guarantee of its calibre. "The Prayer Per-
"Top 0' Mornin'" (High Class)
fect" represents a musical setting of James
"Come Over Here It's a Wonderful Place"
Whitcomb Riley's noted poem, by Ervine Sten-
smi, and is a beautiful work.
"That Old New England Town"
"CENTURY
EDITION"
Century Music Pub. Co.
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Supply your local demand by having copies
of these two songs in stock

SPECIAL PRICE TO DEALERS
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Advt. to your order
Illlllllllllllll LEO. FEIST, Inc., FEIST Bid*., New York
"POOR BUTTERFLY" FOR LONDON
That and Other Hits of "The Big Show" at the
Hippodrome in British Production
Philip Klein, representing Alfred Butt, the
London impresario, has arranged for the ex-
clusive producing right in England of "Poor
Butterfly" and "Hello, I've Been Looking for
You," two of the popular song hits of the Hippo-
drome spectacle, "The Big Show." Mr. Butt
intends to use these songs in his new revue at
the Empire Theatre, London.
The other numbers in "The Big Show" have
been turned over to Chas. Cochrane for use in
his production at the Ambassador's Theatre,
London. T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
are the publishers of the music.
THEO. MORSE^AYS IT'S GOOD!
"Sing Me Love's Lullaby," Highly Praised by
Him—He Wrote It!
"Sing Me Love's Lullaby" is the title of a
song which will shortly be published by Leo
Feist, Inc. The lyrics of this new offering are
by Dorothy Terriss, and the music is by Theo-
dore Morse, who says the new number is "the
sweetest, singable, swayable, haunting, taunting
song melody written in years." And he further
states he is not the least prejudiced, because he
knows the composer.
A WONDERFUL LIST OF HITS
"Turn To The Right"
"Erin Is Calling"
"Love and You 5 '
"M-i-s-s i-s-s-i-p p-i"
"My Boy"
"Donkey Trot" (Instrumental)
"Domino Waltz" (Instrumental)
Winn's Practical Method of
Popular Music
and Ragtime Piano Playing
(Original Jass Waltz)
Book No. 1
Book No. 2
Standard Numbers that Sell on Sight at
"You're As Dear To Me As Dixie
Was To Lee"
A Trial Order From Your Nearest Jobber
Will Convince You
Wm. Jerome Publishing Corporation
Strand Theatre Building, NEW YORK CITY
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"50% Profit for the Dealer"
WINN SCHOOL OF POPULAR MUSIC
Established 1900
155 West 125th Street, New York
Correspondence Solicited
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