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JULY 3, 1920
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
MUSIC MEN AT ATLANTIC
S. E. Philpitt, E. F. Bitner and Sam Fox Among
Those Enjoying the Sea Air
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 28.—A goodly num-
ber of music publishers and dealers have been
seen on the Boardwalk during the past few
days. One of the first to arrive was S. Ernest
Philpitt, of Miami, Fla., newly elected president
of the National Association of Sheet Music
Dealers. Next came Edgar F. Bitner, general
manager of Leo Feist, New York, to attend the
meeting of the board of directors of the Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce and spend a
week here with his family. On Saturday Sam
Fox, head of the Sam Fox Music Co., Cleve-
land, came down for the sea air, accompanied by
T. J. Donlon, manager of the New York office
of the Fox Co. Chas. H. Willis, the well-known
music dealer of Cincinnati, was also seen in the
Boardwalk crowd.
RICHMOND SELLS OLD FAVORITE
M. Witmark & Sons to Add "Asleep in the
Deep" to the Black and White Series
Maurice Richmond Music Co., Inc., has sold
to M. Witmark & Sons the big success of sea-
sons gone by, "Asleep in the Deep," which will
be placed in the "Black and White Series" of the
latter company. "Asleep in the Deep" was writ-
ten by Arthur J. Lamb and Kerry Mills, and is
a number that has a steady sale year in and year
out. At the time of the purchase they also ob-
tained the publishing rights to "Any Old Port
in a Storm." Both of these songs are to be fully
revised and edited. An entirely new edition will
shortly be placed upon the market. In publish-
ing the numbers M. Witmark & Sons will not
confine the publication to bass and baritone, but
will issue them in additional keys so that they
may be had for all voices. Vocal duet arrange-
ments and quartet arrangements will be available.
TO MOVE OFFICE TO HOLLYWOOD
Carry Jacobs-Bond & Son to Have Own Build-
ing in Motion Picture City
According to a recent announcement from
Chicago, Carry Jacobs-Bond & Son, well-known
music publishing house of Chicago, will shortly
move their offices of that city to Hollywood,
Cal. They will move into their own building in
that city, which is a very modern building, ex-
cellently equipped. A branch office will be
maintained at 235 South Wabash avenue,
Chicago.
Discovered and
Endorsed
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"THE BAREFOOT
TRAIL"
John
McCormack
IS A CLEAR-CUT SUCCESS
THIS GREAT AMERICAN BALLAD
has a story and a melody unique—•
POSITIVELY A NEW "LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG"
Buy it NOW
at Introductory Rate
BOOSEY & GO.
THE HOUSE OF SONG FAME
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EAST 17th STREET, NEW YORK
RYRIE BUILDING, TORONTO
COURT DISMISSES TIPPERARY SUIT
HAS BIG PLANS FOR RIVIERA CO.
Decides That Chappell & Co. Song Was Not
Taken From "Booster Chorus"
Former Member of McCarthy & Fisher Holds
Conferences With Officials of Chicago House
As stated in last week's Review, the suit of
Alice Smythe Burton Jay against. Chappell &
Co., publishers of "Tipperary," in which she
sued for an accounting on the sales of that
song on the ground that the authors pirated it
from the "Booster Chorus" which she wrote
for a church affair at Green River, Wash., in
1908, was dismissed.
The court decided that the authors of "Tip-
perary" were never in Seattle, Wash., as the
plaintiff alleged, all of which brings to mind that
it is not unusual for songs of the hit class to be
charged with piracy. As a matter of fact, it is
quite usual for a number having a very large
sale to have one or more writers claim that a
part or parts of the lyrics or melody are their
handiwork. This situation, together with the
fact that writers often sell their manuscripts for
nominal sums and regret the same after their
works become popular, keeps the modern popu-
iar publisher on his mettle to defend his hits.
Some publishing houses 'have a method of
somewhat offsetting such conditions, which is to
have a contract with their writers, arranged in
such a manner that it is up to the writer to
defend all suits, where the work is charged with
plagiarism.
Ray C. Blick, who recently joined the staff of
the Riviera Music Co., well-known publishers of
Chicago, 111., has some big plans for his firm's
The secretary of the State of New York has
granted incorporation papers to a firm to be
known as Darch, for the purpose of publishing
musical and literary compositions.
Ray C. Blick
catalog. Mr. Blick has had a series of confer-
ences with the executives of the Riviera organi-
zation, and an announcement regarding details
will be made shortly.
Before joining the Riviera Music Co.'s or-
ganization, Mr. Blick was connected with Mc-
Carthy & Fisher, Inc.