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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
MARCH 6, 1920
Remarkable Waltz Song Success. On All Records and Rolls
Chicago
WILLOW i>AN6
McKINLEY MUSIC COMPANY
New York
"YELLOW DOG BLUES" A SENSATION
AN ATTRACTIVE WINDOW DISPLAY
Novelty Number Issued by Pace & Handy Al-
most Creates a Riot in Pittsburgh—Record
Sales Have Passed Half Million
Little Rock Music Store Features Remick
Numbers During Appearance of Well-known
Vaudeville Team at the Local Theatres
The Memphis Blues Band, Inc., under the di-
rectorship of W. C. Handy, has been touring
western Pennsylvania territory during the past
two weeks. While the band makes no effort
to feature exclusively the works of the publish-
ing firm of Pace & Handy, it invariably finds
that the audiences are desirous of hearing both
the old and the new "blue" numbers that the
Pace & Handy firm have featured for the past
several years.
Harry H. Pace, president, who recently ar-
rived in New York to take part in the active
management of the Pace & Handy concern,
made a trip to Pittsburgh while the band was
playing there, for the purpose of calling on
the trade. In the evening he attended the con-
cert and entered the hall just as the number
"Yellow Dog Blues" was being rendered. This
is the selection in which the musicians laugh,
and in which is introduced the famous "laugh-
ing trombone." He reports that the number's
reception was actually a riot. What he felt
was a coincidence was the fact that just prior
to his leaving New York he received a report
that the sale of the talking machine records of
"Yellow Dog Blues" had reached over a half
million. As the sales of the sheet music are
also steadily mounting, Mr. Pace feels that the
band and everybody else connected with the
organization have a very definite reason Tor un-
usual joy.
One of the most attractive window displays
shown in some time recently appeared in the
S. H. Kress ; store, Little Rock, Ark., when the
Jerome H. Remick & Co. number, "When He
Gave Me You" (Mother Mine), was featured.
NEW SONG BY ETHWELL HANSON
Ethwell Hanson, a well-known organist of
Chicago, 111., has placed with the Riviera Music
Co. of thai city a number of songs, including
"Desertland." Mr. Hanson has to his credit
the following numbers, which have been pub-
lished in the past: "Golden Glow," "My Love
for You" and "Sweet Southern Dreams." "My
Love for You" is published by Forster, Music
Publisher, Inc., Chicago, and is a work that has
been highly commended by Geraldine Farrar.
are arranged to give the window a distinctive
effect. It will be noticed that an announcement
of the appearance of Murphy and White at the
local theatre is shown in a prominent place. On
the music counters in the interior of the store
the song was given prominence, and attractive
hangers featuring the title of the number were
placed in a position where they immediately
caught the eye.
In recent months The Review has been re-
ceiving many photographs of artistic windows,
Window Display of Remick Hits in Kress Store, Little Rock, Ark.
During the week in which the display appeared, and there is no doubt that dealers throughout
Murphy and White, a well-known vaudeville the country are more and more coming to see
team, were booked at the local theatre, and the the value of displaying songs in an attractive
above song was the most prominent one on manner.
their program.
Herewith is reproduced the window in ques-
TO MUSIC DEALERS
tion, and it is readily seen that the title pages
"WHEN MY BABY SMILES"
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Biggest Song Hit in the Music World.
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