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THE MUSIC TRADE
FEBRUARY 12, 1921
REVIEW
45
CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
KRESQE CO. HAS "GRIEVING" DISPLAY
NEW WITMARK FOX-TROT
Good Publicity During Appearance of Eddie
Cantor in "Midnight Rounders"
"Deenah" Proving Very Popular in Dance and
Orchestra Circles
The new S. S. Kresge Co. store in Boston re-
cently featured a Leo Feist, Inc., number, "Griev-
ing," in a full window display simultaneously
"Deenah," the new fox-trot published by M.
Witmark & Sons, is described as "the fox-trot
with the tango flavor." It has a fascinating
SONGS THAT SELL
My Mammy
Rosie
(Make It Rosy for Me)
Home Again Blues
The Broadway Blues
Tired of Me
My Little Bimbo
(Down on the Bamboo Isle)
I Like It
Tell Me Little Gypsy
From ZIegfeld's Follies of 1920
The Girls of My Dreams
From Ziegfeld's Follies of 1920
Bells
From Ziegfeld's Fnilies of 1920
Window Display of Feist Number at Kresge Store in Boston
with the appearance of Eddie Cantor in that city rhythm and dancers seem totally unable to re-
in the musical show, "The Midnight Rounders," sist its alluring urge. It has become so popular
who features the number in question at every in terpischorean circles that several stories have
performance.
gone the rounds as to its merits in making people
As shown in the accompanying photograph, a dance who ordinarily would otherwise resist the
reproduction of Eddie Cantor is given a central impulse.
position with an announcement of the musical
The orchestra leaders have acknowledged and
show of which he is the star, surrounded by welcomed "Deenah" as one of the best fox-
numerous copies of the song "Grieving" placed trots of the season. It might be timely to state
advantageously.
that this number is the work of an unknown; at
It can be discerned that there is mention made least, up to the acceptance of "Deenah" was this
ot the Feist songs, "Honolulu Eyes" and so. Of course, it is quite the usual thing for
"Feather Your Nest." According to the state- an unknown aspirant to invade the Witmark
ment made by the manager of the store, the dis- building with a more or less hopeless manu-
play not only attracted more than usual at- script, but when an unknown enters a pub-
tention, but was the means of making the sales lisher's office with a phonograph record under
in the music department quite active during the his arm—a special and private record of his
period of the display.
own—that he has gone to the particular trouble
of having made in order to demonstrate the
merits of his composition—when this happens
HAVE SONG FROM "ROSE GIRL"
it is, indeed, worthy of attention. At any rate,
Huntzinger & Dilworth, Inc., the well-known M. Witmark & Sons thought so. In short, the
music publishers of New York City, have one number was played at once and from the in-
of the leading numbers in the new musical show terest there developed enthusiasm and it was
"The Rose Girl," which had its premiere at the immediately accepted for publication. "Deenah"
new Ambassador Theatre, New York, this week. has a Spanish-South American flavor and has
The new number is entitled "Wondrous Mid- indications of proving one of the big things nt
night Eyes."
the season.
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Fair One
Beautiful Faces
AfterYouGetWhatYouWant
(You Don't Want It)
I Love the Land of
Old Black Joe
Everybody Knows
Lindy
Rock-a-Bye Lullaby Mammy
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1587 Broadway, New Yorn
INCORPORATED TO PUBLISH MUSIC
The Arrow Music Publishing Co., 576 Newark
avenue, Jersey City, N. J., has been incorporated
with capital stock of $25,000. The incorporators
are: W. A. Morgan, F. B. Morgan and Thomas
Long, all of New York. Robert S. Hartgrove
is named as statutory agent in New Jersey.
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder report "Margie"
as leading their catalog at present.
Songs That Sell - Melodies That Are In The Air
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Danced and played everywhere—everybody is talking about it.
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The orchestras are all playing this one.
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1015 Walnut Street
KANSAS CITY, MO.
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