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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
MAY 22, 1920
NEW FISHER THOMPSON NUMBERS
—a waltz sensation
by OLIVER WALLACE
Montana Publisher Sending Out Copies of "Al-
pine Blues" and "Just a Rose"
The Fisher Thompson Music Co., Butte,
Mont., is forwarding to the profession copies
of two new songs, "Alpine Blues" and "Just a
Rose," and a big campaign will be inaugurated
among vaudeville singers in an endeavor to have
the numbers featured extensively. There has
been some delay in getting the regular copies
of these titles off the press, owing to labor con-
ditions, and some delay was also attributed to
shipping conditions. However, the tirm expects
to be able in the near future to supply the trade
in quantities.
composer of HINDUSTAN
Sweeping the Far West like
a prairie fire—OUR BEST
SELLER.
DANIELS & WILSON, Inc.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
New York Office: 145 W. 45th St.
EASY TO WRITE POPULAR SONQS
Caro Roma, Noted Composer, Tells How Easy
It Is to Write Popular Music
Upon the eve of her departure last week for
her old home in Oakland, Cal., Caro Roma, com-
poser of "Ring Out, Sweet Bells of Peace" and
many other songs, held a reception in the Acad-
emy Assembly, on Seventy-ninth street, in which
she took her friends into her confidence and ex-
plained to them just how easy it was for any-
body who could whistle a tune to compose a
popular ballad.
As part of the concert, in which she was as-
sisted by Aubrey Yates, tenor; Mme. Alta Yolo,
contralto, and other artists who knew her in
San Francisco, Mme. Roma sat at the piano and
composed a song to each motif that any one in
the audience whistled or hummed. She took
no particular credit to herself for this feat,
which to the laymen seemed rather amazing, but
explained that the hard part was to strike upon
some motif which had not been used before.
Asked if she really meant that good popular
songs could be suggested if not entirely com-
posed by persons who did not know how to
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picked it for Imperial Rolls.
HE KNOWS.
RAINBOW ISLE
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Feature theme in D. W. Griffith'* New South Sea Island Picture. " THE IDOL DANCER." don
.hewn in every town.
A WALTZ SONG THAT WILL SURELY SWEEP THE COUNTRY
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Order Direct or From Your Jobber
ECHO MUSIC PUB. CO., Peoples Bank Bldg.,
write the accompaniment, Mme. Roma stated.
"There are many examples of popular songs
properly credited to persons who couldn't play
a bar of music but who really supplied the cen-
tral idea. Once a musician gets a suggestion
for a melody, even from a layman, the rest is
plain sailing."
SPECIAL OFFER
TO ISSUE "IN SWEET SEPTEMBER"
Waterscn, Berlin & Snyder have just accepted
for publication "In Sweet September," a new
song from the pens of James B. Monaco, Ed-
gar Leslie and Pete Wendling. It was the
intention of the authors to start a publishing
firm on their own account, and the above num-
ber was to be their initial offering. However,
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder made such an ad-
vantageous offer for the publication rights that
the co-authors decided they could hardly re-
fuse to accept.
ADVERTISING "BOW-WOW"
Song Hits of Lee Roberts
Please
Patches
Drowsy Baby
Nailo
Montezuma
Mississippi Moonlight
Daniels & Wilson, Inc., have just issued a
clever bit of publicity in connection with their
newest number, "Bow-Wow." The publicity is
in the form of a postcard bearing a picture in
colors of two puppies fox-trotting, the tail of
one dog being of fine spring steel, and being
made to wag continuously. The card bore the
name and address of the publishers and the title
of the song with the comment, "A Sad Tale of
Puppy Love."
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