Music Trade Review

Issue: 1921 Vol. 72 N. 9

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
FEBRUARY 26,
1921
Songs That Sell - Melodies That Are In The Air
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A positive sensation. It caught on over night.
It's being called for by the public wherever music is play
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played.
(A Melody easy to remember.)
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- L V C l ^ Danced and played everywhere—everybody is talking about it.
(Song and Piano Solo)
Underneath The Dreamy Oriental Moon
The orchestras are all playing this one.
Colleen O'Mine An Irish Ballad—A good seller
MAURICE RICHMOND MOVING
Publishing Concern to Occupy New Quarters
at 1648 Broadway—Spring Publicity Campaign
on Popular Catalog Now in Full Swing
Jack Robbins, general manager of the
Maurice Richmond Music Co., Inc., 1552 Broad-
way, New York City, is now making prepara-
tions for the entry of the concern into its new
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warded to the orchestra leaders, and a similar
card designed especially for the trade has also
been arranged. This, together with the usuai
channels used from month (o month, will no
doubt do much to create sales on these numbers
As can readily be seen they are featuring "Mello
Cello," a new waltz; "Now and Then," a ballad
fox-trot, and "Sunshine," a new one-step which
is proving very popular.
NEW T. B. HARMS NUMBER
"Sunshine," in Fox-trot Form, Being Featured
Strongly by That Firm
Card Featuring Richmond Hits
quarters at 1648 Broadway, near Fifty-first
street. In speaking of the move into the new
quarters Mr. Robbins said:
"The new home is much larger and will al-
low us to accommodate the profession to much
better advantage. The progress we have made
during the past eighteen months has been so
gratifying as to make us realize that larger
quarters were absolutely necessary to care for
our ever-growing business."
Despite the numerous details connected with
the selecting and arranging of the new home,
the Maurice Richmond Music Co., Inc.. has in
nowise allowed the Spring campaign on its
catalog to diminish in proportion. The appro-
priation for publicity has been enlarged, and
some very original material is being issued in
order to further exploit the works of the firm.
.Herewith it. reproduced a card recently for-
The T. B. Harms Co. are the publishers of a
new fox-trot entitled "Sunshine." Despite the
fact that there is a one-step with a similar title,
the sales department of the company feels that
inasmuch as the songs are of two different types
the success of each will not conflict. The T. B.
Harms Co. are now making a special drive ex-
ploiting their "Sunshine," and from indications
so far received expect it to lead their popular
catalog in point of sales within a very short
space of time.
RACINE PUBLISHERS ISSUE SONG
Max E. Hasenbein & Co., of Racine, Wis.,
are the publishers of a new song entitled "You'll
Never Know Nor Care," a waltz ballad from
the pens of J. W. Carden and Len Fleming.
The number is being placed with professional
singers, as well as with dance orchestras. .It is
issued with an attractive title page.
VON TILZER TO MOVE
The Harry Von Tilzer Music Co., which for
a number of" years has occupied quarters at
222 West Forty-sixth street, will shortly move
into new quarters at Fifty-first street and Broad-
way.
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STILL RECEIVING ORDERS
Goodman & Rose Exploiting Two Songs Also
. Distributed by Marks Music Co.
Goodman & Rose, Inc., the well-known popu-
lar publishers of 234 West Forty-sixth street,
New York, who recently transferred the distri-
bution of their songs, "Moonbeams" and "Hi-
Yo," to the Edward B. Marks Music Co., are
still receiving orders at their offices, according
to a statement made recently by Justus F. Rose,
the secretary and treasurer of the company. In
commenting upon the transfer of the sales
rights Mr. Rose said: "Our connection with
these two numbers has not been eliminated en-
tirely. We will continue to exploit them in every
way possible, particularly through our profes-
sional department."
OBTAINS AMERICAN RIGHTS
Melville Gideon returned from England some
time ago, and brought with him a fox-trot en-
titled "I Never Realized," which from all re-
ports was quite popular in that country. Leo
Feist, Inc., has obtained the American publica-
tion rights.
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MELOD^
LEGION of VICTORY March
E. T. Paull's New Sensational 1 921 Military March.
Without Exception One of the Greatest March Numbers Ever
Written. Will Be Featured by All American Legion Bands.
Dealers Can Obtain Copies from any Jobber or the Publisher
L T. PAULL MUSIC CO., 243 W. 42nd St., N. Y. C.
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FEBRUARY 26,
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
1921
ROMANCE
THE COMINGS SONG
WALTZ HIT OF THE
THE NEW
DANCE MELODY.
SONG-FOX-TROT
PUBLISHER? GP'
SWEETlAVENDER
D NICE 600.
1544 BRCttDVAY
WONDRINC
NEW YORK CITY
TAKES STAND FOR CLEAN LYRICS
Publishers' Association to Take Action for
Good of Industry—Vaudeville Circuit Puts
Ban on Suggestive Songs and Lyrics
That the vogue of melody songs is not to
mark the end of progress in the standard of
present-day popular songs has recently been
evidenced by the action of the leading vaude-
ville circuit, which has announced that all "Blue"
and double-meaning- lyrics are to be banished
from vaudeville programs. Also no matter how
slight the degree of suggestiveness, it must be
eliminated.
The following letter has been sent out by
E. C. Mills, chairman of the Executive Board
of the Music Publishers' Protective Association,
which also shows that body is to take action on
the works of its members along the above lines
to forestall any outside reform:
"I take the liberty of suggesting a very care-
ful scrutiny of the lyrics of songs hereafter ac-
cepted, with a view to eliminating entirely the
suggestive, lascivious, double entendre or blue
material.
"Outside of the fact that as publishers we do
not wish to be sponsors for indecent material
or songs that are capable of indecent construc-
tion, the fact is that from now on in increas-
ing measure such songs are going to be barred
from the better vaudeville theatres, and the pub-
lisher who sponsors them may find all profes-
sional publicity sources withdrawn.
"Clean fun, wit and humor, yes, and plenty
of it. The more the better. Lyrics that inspire
lewd thought or action, NO! and none of them.
Let us attend to this now ourselves and out of
our own initiative, before others attend to it
for us and compel the action we should be
proud to voluntarily take.
"Will you please make it a point to make
Four Songs ^ibu are Having 3
Calls For.
* DoTfou Ever ThinJc of Me*
(successor to Whispering 1 )
L *Wandcrin^ Home'
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Ballad Hit of the Year
Coral Sea* w A
Novelty Tax Trot Hit
!A\y Wonder Girl/ /
Art HicfotU.Tis Great Pox Trot Hit
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A l l oF these songs are o u t on
WD&t Records and Player Rolls
Sherman {play & Co.
San. Francisco
ere I
your writers understand? The subject will come
up for discussion at our next meeting."
Following the receipt of the communication
there were several meetings between the heads
of various houses and their writing staffs and
the order went out.that in the future no writer
could hope to receive consideration for any lyric
that bordered on the suggestive or lewd.
There is no doubt that many of the present-
day songs are not only objectionable for home
use, but also are entirely out of place in the
theatres or any other places where ladies and
gentlemen congregate.
The large number
which have during the past year or so been pub-
lished and exploited have in almost all instances
foiled to sell in any large quantities, and their
ptesence in the market has doubtless contributed
in some measure at least to the big music slump
from which the business is slowly emerging.
OF a
GOEAT FOJf-TROT S0N6
BY THE WRITER OF
J. FRED COOTS AT HIS DESK
J. Fred Coots, head of the mechanical depart-
ment of the New York offices of the McKinley
Music Co., who has been confined to his home
for the last two months, has returned to his
activities at the McKinlev Music Co. offices.
LEARNING
SOPHIE TUCKERS
VERYiOWN
iVIAZIE
SWEET MAMMA
CUBAN MOON
TO
I LOST MY HEART YOU
MAMMY'S TEARS
MANYANA
CALLING
WELCOME STRANGER
HEART OF MINE
STRUT M«s LIZZIE
JACK MILLS 5*
Music Publishers
152-54 W. 45th St., NEW YORK
FORSTER
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