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MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
ORLDOhffi^lC
CONDUCTED BY B. B. WILSON
COLLECTING SONOS^FOR RED CROSS
THE LATEST STUNT OF LEO. FEIST
Gus Edwards Commissioned to Select a Group
of Songs Best Suited for Soldiers in France
—Big Shipments of Music Ready
Company's Dealers Receive Special Copy of
Saturday Evening Post Mailed Flat and
Opened to Page Upon Which the Feist Ad
Appears—Four Song Successes Are Featured
Gus Edwards, well-known as a song writer,
When, upon the appearance of their last page
music publisher and producer of cabaret re-
vues, has been commissioned by the Red Cross ad in the Saturday Evening Post, Leo Feist, Inc.,
to make a collection of songs best suited to saw to it that each of their dealers received a
the use of American troops abroad, and ar- bright new nickel on the morning the paper
ranged to secure the rights for such numbers. appeared on sale with the request to purchase a
Arrangements have been made by the Red copy and see the company's announcement it
Cross, it is said, for the shipment of 5,000 was thought that the Feist House had set a
copies of patriotic and college airs to France, mark for originality in advertising that would
as well as 2,000 copies of popular songs not of a remain for some time.
warlike nature. It is said that there is a per-
Another Feist page advertisement appeared
sistent cry from the soldiers abroad for "some- in the Saturday Evening Post this week, how-
thing American to sing."
ever, and in calling the attention of the trade to
the fact Leo Feist, Inc., adopted a plan even
GILBERT & FRIEDLAND OPEN OFFICES more clever than the last one. This time each
of their dealers received a heavy cardboard
New Publishing House Arranges for Production folder through the mail enclosing a copy of the
Post flat and opened so that page 92 bearing
of the First Song
the Feist ad came to view as soon as the pack-
Gilbert & Friedland, Inc., the new music pub- age was unwrapped. There was no chance to
lishing firm organized by L. Wolfe Gilbert and overlook the announcement.
Anatol Friedland, the well-known authors of
Four songs are featured in the latest ad, they
popular songs, opened offices this week at 232 including "It's a Long Way to Berlin, But We'll
West Forty-sixth street, opposite the new club Get There," "I Don't Want to Get Well," "Hail,
house of the National Vaudeville Artists. W. Hail, the Gang's All Here," and "Homeward
H. Goodwin, formerly advertising manager of Bound," all of them recognized successes. The
Joseph W. Stern & Co., has been appointed man- advertisement was reproduced in full size in
ager of the new company. The first song of The Review of November 3.
the new firm is entitled "Are You from Heaven,"
announced as the best song the above authors
ARMY 0FFICERSJX)MMEND SONG
have ever written.
"Send Me a Curl" Enjoys Almost Official Status
Among Uncle Sam's Soldiers
HIT of the ANNA HELD
Show
FOLLOW ME
One of the most sensational of the newer war
songs which has been highly commended by the
officials of the United States Army, and which
also appears in the new official song book for
soldiers, is "Send Me a Curl." There is not an
army post or camp in the United States that is
not featuring the song through the medium of
regimental, post and camp bands. All the song
leaders of the various camps are also placing
the number on their programs, and the way the
soldier boys have taken to it marks it as their
own. The words and music of "Send Me a
Curl" are by Geoffrey O'Hara, who is musical
song leader and instructor at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga. The number is published by Huntzinger &
Dilworth.
"MELODY LAND^PROVES A HIT
Nearly 175,000 Copies of Song Success From
"Cheer Up!" Sold up to November 1
In a review of the new Hippodrome produc-
tion, "Cheer Up!" shortly after its opening per-
formance, The Review stated that the song
which held most promise was "Melody Land"
and that it should prove as popular as the
former Hippodrome hit, "The Ladder of Roses,"
and perhaps push "Poor Butterfly" for the
honors. The prediction seems to have had
some basis in fact inasmuch as the statement
of the publishers, T. B. Harms & Francis,
Day & Hunter, presented to Messrs. Hubbell,
Golden & Burnside, indicate that 174,621 copies
of "Melody Land" were sold up to November 1.
STASNY CO. OFFICES IN CHICAGO
ORDER TODAY
7c. Per Copy
A.J.STASNYMUSICCO.
56 WEST 45th STREET, NEW YORK
The A. J. Stasny Music Co. has opened an
office at 143 North Dearborn street, Chicago.
Will J. Hart, the professional manager of the
company, is in charge of the new offices and is
working hard to popularize the company's song
hit, "When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez
Vous Francais," in the Western territory.
The Hit
of the
Century
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A LIVE NEW REMICK NUMBER
"Way Down There" Gives Promise of Being
Phenomenal Hit
"Way Down There" (a Dixie Boy Is Miss-
ing), the new patriotic war song recently re-
leased by Jerome H. Remick & Co., is being
quickly added to the repertoire of the leading
vaudeville stars who know the value of a timely
number. The song has a wonderfully catchy
melody and the lyrics carry a punch in every
line. The Remick staff are all behind the
number and it will be featured for the rest of
the season. A very attractive title page is being
made for this new song and nothing will be
left undone to make it one of the leading hits
of the Remick catalog. Stanley Murphy and
Harry Tierney are the authors of "Way Down
There" (a Dixie Boy Is Missing).
'JEROME H.REIHCK&Cp:S'
.Sensational Song Hit
SONGS
"FOR YOU A ROSE"
'SOME SUNDAY MORNING"
"SO LONG MOTHER"
"SAILING
AWAY
ON THE HENRY
CLAY"
"DON'T TRY TO STEAL THE SWEET-
HEART OF A SOLDIER"
"ROCK-A-BYE LAND"
"MY MOTHER'S EYES"
"SWEET PETOOTIE"
"WAY DOWN THERE (A DIXIE BOY IS
MISSING)"
"SOUTHERN GALS"
"MAYBE SOMETIME"
"SO THIS IS DIXIE"
"THE BRAVEST HEART OF ALL"
"WHERE
THE MORNING
GLORIES
GROW"
"LAST NIGHT"
INSTRUMENTAL
"IN THE SPOTLIGHT" (Waltz)
"CUTE AND l'KKTTY" (Fox Trot)
"CAMOUFLAGE" (One Step)
"COLUMBIA" (One Step)
"SMILING SAMMY" (Fox Trot)
JEROME H. REMICK & CO.