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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
APRIL 22, 1922
PORTLAND'S SHEET MUSIC TRADE
SUCCESSFULJVITMARK WEEK
BERNSTEIN MAKES ADDRESS
Unusually Good Volume of Business Reported
for Present Year by Dealers in Portland, Ore.
—Some of the Popular Numbers
"Angel Child" Featured During Entire Week by
Dealers All Over the Country—Over 1,000
Attractive Window Displays Shown
Prominent Publisher Talks Before Meeting of
Talking Machine Men, Inc.
PORTLAND, ORE., April 14.—Portland has a good
sheet music trade the year round, but this season
the volume of business done by the sheet music
departments of the various music houses has
been exceptionally good, the trade being con-
tinually on the increase.
The sheet music department of Lipman, Wolfe
& Co., Kathleen Benoit Campbell, manager,
placed a very liberal order with H. E. Schroder,
the traveling representative of the Gamble Hinged
Music Co., who recently visited the Portland
dealers. The numbers included: "Ah, Love but a
Day" and "Tears and Smiles," two numbers by
Daniel Protheroe; "The Bow-leg Boy," by Al-
fred Hiles Bergen; "In Italy," by Jeanne Boyd;
"When Soft Winds Blow," by Claire Guedy, and
three numbers by Palmer John Clark, "That Day
and You," "Mary Jane" and "Someday, Some-
time."
The attractive Remick Song Shop, where if you
want to find anybody musically inclined you have
only to drop in, is also having an increase in
the sale of the popular Remick hits, according
to Clyde Freeman. "Don't Leave Me, Mammy,"
and "California" are in great demand, while
"Ohio" and "Ooo, Ernest," are also much
called for.
Maud McCauley, manager of the sheet music
department of the McDougall-Conn Music Co.,
placed a good substantial order for the standard
catalog of the Carl Fisher Co. with Arthur A.
Hauser, its traveling representative, who recently
visited the Portland trade, and received in addi-
tion good orders from the various dealers.
"Little Grey Sweetheart of Mine," published
by Fred Fisher, Inc., and the new fox-trot, "Tell
Her at Twilight," published by Joe Mittenthal,
Inc., were ordered through W. Beck, its travel-
ing representative, by Louis Mack, Portland's
sheet music dealer. Mr. Mack says he placed
good, substantial orders for these two numbers,
as he anticipated a big demand for them.
Early this month M. Witmark & Sons carried
out an ''Angel Child Week," which was as suc-
cessful as any sales and publicity drive of its
kind ever inaugurated. Over 1,000 window dis-
plays throughout the country featuring this num-
Louis Bernstein, of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.,
Inc., addressed the monthly meeting of the
Talking Machine Men, Inc., which was held at
the Cafe Boulevard, New York City, on April 12.
Mr. Bernstein addressed the gathering at about
the same season in 1921 and at that time he
Leo Feist, Inc., has accepted for publication
a new song by Joe Burke and Lou Herscher,
entitled "Wake Up, Little Girl, You're Dream-
ing." The number is of the ballad type and, it
is said, lends itself readily to harmony com-
binations—duets, trios and quartets.
The -House of Good BnUadt"
SOME OF OUR SUCCESSES
In Old California With You"
"Italy"
"The Trail to Long Ago"
" My Hawaiian Melody"
"Broken Hearted Bines"
"TosH's Good-Bye Melody"
"There Is Only One Pal,
After AH"
"Main Street"
"Sleepy Hollow"
It Must Be Some One Like You'
"Hawaiian Whispers"
"Stop Ticklin' Me"
"You're to Blame"
"Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight"
"Weeping Willow Lane"
Display of "Angel Child" at Kresge Store in Springfield, Mass.
ber were shown. In addition orchestra leaders impressed the Association with the advisability
everywhere, and singers in vaudeville, pro- of stocking popular sheet music as a retail
gramed the number. The writers, Benny proposition. In his talk at the meeting this
Davis, Abner Silver and Georgie Price, who year he stated that he was glad to see that
naturally lent their efforts to making the cam- to-day the average talking machine store is
paign a success, are most enthusiastic over the handling such goods.
results, as well as are the publishers.
Several members of the professional depart-
Of remarkable note, considering the present ment of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., were
sales conditions, is the fact that the sales totaled present and demonstrated a number of new
a very large figure, including sheet music, talking songs in the catalog, all of which will be cam-
machine records and player rolls, due, no doubt, paigned on during the Spring and early Fall.
to the co-operation of the dealers in those re- These include: "On the 'Gin, 'Gin, 'Ginny Shore,"
spective fields.
which has already achieved some success; "Gee,
Herewith is shown a reproduction of the win- But I Hate to Go Home," a ballad which was
dow display made by the S. S. Kresge Co., received with enthusiasm; "Ohio Shore" and the
Springfield, Mass. This is only one of the im- novelty comic song, "Who Tied the Can to the
portant of such, showings made during the week Old Dog's Tail?"
in question and, supplemented on a national scale,
TO THE
as outlined above, produced the unusual results.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
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DEALER
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' N E W YORK
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OOO ERNEST (NEW
YOO-HOO
WHILE MIAMI DREAMS
AFTER THE RAIN
3Q0KEN TOY-
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