JUNE
THE
21, 1919
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
47
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CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
IF MARRIED WATCH YOUR TITLES
D. W. FOSTER A VISITOR TO GOTHAM
IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT DECISION
One Compo ~e r Finds. Lists of His Songs In
troduced as Testimony in Divorce Case
Manag'er of McKinley Music Co., Chicago, En
thusiastl~ Over "Sweet Hawaii;}n Moonlight"
and B ~' oks Some Good Orders for It
Appellate Division of Supreme Court in Feist vs.
Columbia Co. Suit Holds That Records Made
in Canada Are Liable for Royalty Charges
Under Present Copyright Law
·\ mbitious composers who happen to be
married sho uld, it ,eems, be particularly care
ful regarding the tilk s they select for their
songs. One composer, now mix ed up with the
divorce court, has fOl1'ld in the testimony In
troduced aga in s t him a )lumber of his song
titles, inclu ding "J Love th e Ladies," "There's
a Little Bit of Bad in Every Good Little Girl"
a nd "One In a vl illi on Like Yo u. "
Much
other testim ony revolves aro uncl the app li
cat ion of the titl es in question.
D. VV. Foster, manager of the McKinley Music
Co., Chicago , was one of th ose who attended
the conventions of the music publishers ane!
dealers in New York last we e k. 'vVhile in
CONVENTION OF W. B. &. S. MANAGERS
'vYaterson, Herlin & Snyd er he ld a secon d con
ventiOJl o f the ir out- of-town managers in ~e w
York last week, those present be ing the man
agers who had not attended the lirst confer
e nce severa l we eks ago. One of the en ter tain
nle nt features of the co nven tion was a dinner
at Max im's Chateau Lau rie r at C ity Tsland . The
managers prese nt at t he cO :lfe renc e inc luded
Frank C lark, C hicago; Joe Hiller, P ittsburgh;
Charlie Da le. Detroit; Fred R eeves, Minneapo
lis; B ill y Dow n, St. Louis; Fred Kramer, Clev e
land; ,\ddy Britt, Ne w Orleans; Murray 'vVhi t
IlI a n, Huffalo, and Don }\amsden, Boston.
SEEKING AID OF THE MOVIES
Since th e song "Mickey" in connection with
the film of that name proved such a sensa
(ional success throughout the cou ntry, song
w rite rs and music publish e r s appear to b e
falling over each other in their efforts to dedi
ca te a song to so m e big motion picture star.
o r (0 hook up a nun lber with a promi s ing pro
du c tion. Some of the publishers believe that
the new system has the method of plugging
throu gh va udeville 'hous es hacked off the
board s.
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The "House of Good Bol/na."
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" SWEET HAWAIIAN MOONLIGHT"
Tell He)' of ,My Love
"YOU CAN HAVE IT, I DON'T WANT IT"
"WHEN YOU HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS"
"WHEN I MET YOU"
"WEEPING WILLOW LANE"
"OASIS" (Oriental Song)
, , HAWAIIAN ROSE"
"I WOULDN'T DO IT FOR ANYBODY
BUT YOU"
"IN MY GARDEN OF LONG AGO"
"I WONDER WHAT'S ZE MATTER WITH MY
OO·LA-LA"
" DIXIE MOON"
"LIBERTY BELL, RING ON"
"E-YlP-YOW YANKEE BOYS"
\Velconl e Jlon-.e Ag-uin
"0 LADY, STOP ROLLING YOUR EYES"
"KEEP YOUR FACE TO THE SUNSHINE"
"IN FLANDERS FIELD"
"AT THE SHIMME-SHA- WABBLERS' BALL"
"DALLAS BLUES" (Song and Piano)
"MOONLIGHT BLUES WALTZ"
"SWEET HAWAIIAN MOONLIGHT VALSE"
"VICTORIOUS AMERICA M.ARCH"
D. W . Foster
the East Mr. Foster combined business with
pleasure to a considerable ex knt, and added
to the enjoyment of the trip by booking some
substantial orders for the McKinley Co.'s new
waltz song hit, "Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight. "
Mr. Foster stated that he found th e number
being played by the orchestras of many of the
leading restaurants and theatre~ in and abo ut
N ew York. There are also several othe r num
bers in the McKinley Co. catalog that are com
ing along rapid ly.
Vincent Vitti, of New York, has purchased
the music store of Re id & Son, Beacon, N. Y.
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Tbat the American copyright law cove rs the
manufacturf of r:Jhonographi c records in Canada
wbich are made fr om .\merican copyri ghted
records, and tbat manufacturers wh o make Cana
dian records from .\ merican copyrighted r ec
ords are liable fur royalties on the same, is the
finding of tbe .\ppellate Di vis ion of the Su
preme Court in the suit which Leo Feist, Inc.,
brought against tbe Colull1bia Graphoph one
Co. to recover a judgment for $135.
In a decision hand ed down last week th e
court holds that the Columbia Graphophone Co.
s hall pay Feist royalties o n all the records
whicb were mad e in Canada fr om the ori.g·ina l
American records. It is pointed out that to
all int ents and purposes the Ca~adian-made rec
ords are "Amer ican-made records," also that
unless th e Columb ia company was liable for
royalties on the Canadian r eco rds it could evade
all payment of royalties by making all it s rec
ords in Canada.
Leo Feist, Inc., brought a suit against the
Co lumbia Graphophone Co. for royalties on
copyrighted so ngs which ha ve been made into
record s, and obtaine d a judgment in the Su
prem e Co urt for $4,041..20, but the Columbia
Company refused to pay $135 of the amount
of the judgment on the ground tbat it could not
1)(' helel liable for royalties on any records which
we r e made in Canada.
This case is the first of its kind decided in
any of the courts of t he united Stat es and its
effect will be to protect the .\merican publisher
against the manufacture of Canadian record s
free of royalty.
1t is understood tbat additional action will
be comme nced immediately against other phono·
grap h compani es as we ll as the Columbia
Graph ophone Co.
Gilbert & Gilb e rt represented Leo Feist, Inc.,
and W. L. Goldsboro ugh th e Columbia Grapho
phon e Co.
Nick Koskie, a music deale r of Hornell, N . Y.,
wil l on July I move his sto re to new quarters
ill a building; on Main street w hi ch he re
cently purch ased.
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Artmusic Gems
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"Forever Is A Long,
Long Time"
"When the Evening
Bells Are Ringing"
"Oh! You Don't Know
What You're Missin'"
"Waters of Venice"
Dream
(Instrumental)
"Floating 'Down the
Sleepy Lagoon"
(Song version" Waters of Venice")
ARTMUSIC, Inc.
145 West 45th 51.
NEW YORK
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