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"SHUFFLE ALONG" OPENS
New Musical Show by Colored Performers a Hit
—Witmark Publishing the Score
A new musical show called "Shuffle Along,"
produced and played by a company of clever
colored performers, evidently marks the return
of the days of Williams and Walker, with some
added improvements of a modern character,
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three most successful numbers are: "Love Will
Find a Way," "Everything Reminds Me of You"
and "Bandanna Days." Others which make up
the musical program and which are by no means
to be overlooked are: "Shuffle Along," "Honey-
suckle Time," "Oriental Blues," "Simply Full of
Jazz," "Sing Me to Sleep, Dear Mammy," "Gypsy
Blues," "Wild About Harry," "If You Haven't
Been Vamped by a Brownskin You Haven't Been
Vamped at All," "I'm Craving for That Kind
of Love" and "Baltimore Buzz." All of the
numbers are published by M. Witmark & Sons.
CHICAGO SONGWRITERS ON STRIKE
Demand Increased Royalties and Resumption of
Drawing Account—Publishers Not Worried
CHICAGO, III., May 30.—The first general strike
of popular songwriters is now under way in
this city and the situation is being watched with
much interest. It is stated that songwriters
have been receiving a royalty of two cents on
all numbers sold and 50 per cent of the royalties
accruing from the reproductions of their works
en rolls and records. The strikers are demand-
ing an additional one-cent royalty on sales and
the resumption of the drawing accounts which
were cut off by publishers some time ago. The
various publishers, apparently, do not regard this
strike very seriously.
JUNE 4, 1921
TO MUSIC DEALERS
WE ARE JOBBERS
OF MUSIC
Popular, Classic, Music
Books and Studies
Our prices on all clasiea of muiic will average the
lowest. Located in the center of the country and
carrying the tremendous stock that we do we are
in a position to supply all your wants at a SAVING
TO YOU OF TIME, MONEY AND EXPRESS
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All orders shipped the day we get them.
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CHICAGO
BIG MUSIC DEMAND IN PORTLAND
Teachers and Students Buying Classical Music
for End-of-season Recitals—Some of the Popu-
lar Songs That Are Selling at Present
PORTLAND, ORE., May 28.—Music teachers and
their pupils are preparing for their June recitals
and as a result there is a great demand for classi-
cal music at this time. Louis Mack, one of
"SE-A-WAN-A": NEW LYRIC DRAMA
Portland's popular music dealers, says that the
demand for this class of sheet music is greater
Indian Operetta for Women's Voices by Mar-
this Spring than for many years. Mr. Mack says
tens and Lester Brought Out by Ditson
that last Friday, which was the thirteenth of the
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake
which make it, if anything, more entertaining.
"Se-a-wan-a" (The: Cherry Maid), an Indian month, was the biggest day he has had since
It has really good music and much dancing, lyric drama written as an operetta for women's he has handled sheet music. As a consequence
with many new and clever novel effects.
voices and providing solo parts for three so- he is not averse to hoodoo days.
Most of the credit for the success of this new pranos and one alto, has just been brought out
"Mon Homme," one of Feist's new numbers,
piece goes to two versatile negroes, Noble Sissle by Ditson's. William Lester is responsible for is being featured this week by Kathleen Benoit
and Eubie Blake, who have supplied all the music its musical parts, while the libretto is the work Campbell, manager of the sheet music depart-
and lyrics and who both play important parts in of Frederick H. Martens.
ment of Lipman, Wolfe & Co., and she reports
the cast, Blake doing'some clever work at the
a
big sale of the song. Among the songs that
The story responsible for the operetta is a
piano and Sissle impersonating with zest a
pretty and novel one surrounding the heroine, are in big demand is "Humming."
political character. Sissle and Blake are in
The sheet music department of the McDougall
Se-a-wan-a, whose blue cornflower, the sign of
vaudeville and are not unknown in the talk-
her assent to the wooings of her lover, Nakowa, Muisic Store, which has been added since they
ing machine record- field. They are well sup-
is taken from its place by her rival Ne-a-qua, moved to their new quarters on Tenth street, is
ported by a cast which includes Lottie Gee and
who puts in its place the nightshade blossom, in charge of Miss Octavia Stone. The depart-
Gertrude Saunders.
which signifies rejection in the -Indian flower- ment has just received a complete Schirmer re-
The trade is to hear considerably more of this language. This threatens a complete upset to print catalog. The sales are greatly increasing
musical offering and as there are some real hits the conjugal plans of the two lovers—Se-a- in this department of the store. Miss Stone says
that "Moonlight Hours," the new hit by Cath-
in the musical program the show will undoubt-
wan-a and Nakowa—for a while, until an appeal
erine Bernard, of this city, is very popular and
edly come in for some national publicity. The
to O-gin-e-o-qua, "The Woman of the Rose,"
that "My Mammy" is in large demand.
results in uncovering Ne-a-qua's treachery. Fol-
lowing this everything ends happily, including
the confession and forgiveness of Ne-a-qua.
'CALLING" THE FEATURE NUMBER
The score evidently abounds in effective and
"Calling," which was added to the catalog of
original solo numbers, while its chorus contri-
Jack
Mills, Inc., has now been made the fea-
butions are many and of apparent strength. The
lyric drama, whose action takes place in a ture song in that company's activities. It has
Mohawk village in what is now upper New been recorded by practically all the talking ma-
York, consumes about fifty minutes in perform- chine record and music roll manufacturing or-
ganizations and it is being featured quite fre-
ance.
"There Is Only One Pal,
quently in vaudeville.
After Air*
"Sighing" (j«st for YOU)
"Sleepy Hollow"
(Where I First Met You)
'It Must Be Some One Like You"
"Dreamy Hawaiian Eyes"
"Moonlight Land"
"June"
"Pond Lily Time"
"Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight"
"Weeping Willow Lane"
"Pickaninny Blues*
"Play Me a Dixie Melody"
"Hawaiian Rose"
"Wishing Moon"
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