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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
MAY 20, 1922
INTKBWORLD
CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
BOSTON MUSIC PUBLISHERS HOLD MEETING AND DINNER
SONGS THAT SELL
Well-attended Gathering Held in Boston Last Friday the Last of the Present Season—Urge Estab-
lishment of Civic Center—Fake Composing and Other Trade Topics Discussed
BOSTON, MASS., May 13.—The last dinner of the
season of the Boston Music Publishers' Asso-
ciation was held Friday evening at the Parker
House, with thirty-five sitting around the board,
and with Walter M. Bacon, the president, presid-
ing. Following the usual good dinner there was
a free discussion of a number of matters pertain-
ing to music, one of which was the need that
exists here for a real civic building with a first-
class organ, a building that will be capable of
accommodating a large number of persons and
which would be available for concerts, recitals,
conventions and lectures, and where the ad-
mission fee would be nominal. It was argued,
primarily by I. H. Odell, a veteran in the music
profession of Boston, that Boston is far behind
other cities in having available places and he in-
stanced the difficulty of finding suitable quarters
where the People's Symphony Orchestra and
the People's Choral Union could give their con-
certs and where only a low price of admission
would be charged. This discussion led to a
consideration of the disposition of the $7,000,000
George White fund, left for the benefit of the
city a few months ago. Among the restrictions
which hedged it about was one that it should
not be used for educational purposes. It was
pointed out that as a civic memorial there could
be nothing better than a big hall which could
house a fine organ which would be a source of
entertainment for the masses. A resolution was
accordingly drafted which was endorsed by the
Association and sent to the trustees of the White
fund, urging that such a building, which would
be of wide benefit, be given consideration.
William Arms Fisher, of the Oliver Ditson Co.,
called attention, in elaborating on the fact that
Boston is far behind other cities in fostering
music for the common people, to Davenport, la.,
as a place that was far ahead of Boston. He said
that on a Western trip he had stopped over in
that city and was surprised to find what they
had there by way of facilities for musical enter-
tainment of the highest order, and he said, too,
that even their motion picture houses were be-
yond anything he had seen in Boston.
Mr. Fisher, at another point of the evening's
program, deplored the promiscuous advertising
that is done in reputable publications of men who
claim to set anyone's words to music—fake com-
posers, he claimed them. He said that he had
been giving a good deal of study to what he at
the outset styled the "Jesse James Music Co.,"
and he gave some statistics which he had gath-
Irving Berlin's Latest,
Greatest Song Hit
ered from Washington. Taking fourteen lead-
ing music publishing houses whose standing was
unquestioned, he said they had had copyrighted
during 1920 2,750 items of music. Fourteen lead-
ing "shark" concerns had entered for copyright
7,847 items. Mr. Fisher outlined their methods
of procedure in getting a person's money, and he
added that there was scarcely a week that he
was not approached by some person who had
had some unfortunate business dealings with
these fakers.
Other matters discussed were the selling at
low prices of music by the chain stores, on which
E. C. Mills, of New York, contributed a lengthy
paper, the effect of the radio craze on the music
industry and the subjects which are to come up
at the sheet music dealers' annual meeting, which
were taken up in the form of a questionnaire.
Some Sunny Day
Granny
You're My Mammy's Mammy
Tuck Me lo Slee0 In My Old
Tucky Home
Poor Little Me
You Can Have [very Light On Broadway
(Give Me One Little Light at Home)
Kicky-Koo-
E. C. MILLS IN WASHINGTON
Lonesome Hours
Attends Hearing on Proposed Change in Copy-
right Law Held This Week
E. C. Mills, chairman of the board of the
Music Publishers' Protective Association, spent
the latter part of last week and early this week
in Washington, D. C. On Monday of this week
he attended the hearing before a committee of
Congress on the bill presented by Congressman
Lampert of Wisconsin, which involves an effort
to change the copyright law, which now gives
the owners of musical compositions the right
to collect the performing rights fees.
The bill has the support of the Moving Pic-
ture Theatre Owners of America, who held their
annual convention in Washington last week and
who wanted a hearing on the bill at that time.
However, through the efforts of the Publishers'
Association a postponement was made until two
days after the gathering of the motion picture
interests.
While in Washington, Mr. Mills was honored
by an invitation to the White House.
I Wonder Where He Went
And When He's Coming Back Blues
Universal Dance Folio No. 2
Say It With Music
From the Music
Gallagher and Shean, the well-known vaude-
ville team, the biggest attraction of the pres-
ent year, authors of the song "Mr. Gallagher and
Mr. Shean," have returned to New York after
a triumphant tour of the Middle West. Jack
Mills, Inc., New York, publishes "Mr. Gallagher
and Mr. Shean."
MR. DEALER! These Numbers Are Advertised
By the Composer who wrote "Dangerous Blues."
The feature song of the biggest Blues and Jazz
singers, and the orchestra favorite Fox Trot.
Box Revue
Everybody Step
From the Muiie Box Revut
They Call It Dancing
From the Music Box Ravu*
The Melody Song Hit 08 the Year
Just a Little Love Song
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway,
NEW JACK jVULLS NUMBER
LONESOME MAMA BLUES
-Klcky-Koo
You for Me—Me lor You
New York
RETURN FROM TRIP
Richard Powers, Eastern manager o f Sher-
man, Clay & Co., and Eddie Van, his assistant,
returned last week from their trip through Penn-
sylvania territory, where they exploited the
firm's song's, "Rosemary," "Tennessee Moon"
and "You Won't Be Sorrv."
From Coast to Coast
SUPPOSE THE ROSE WERE YOU
By Lucien Denni.
He wrote "Starlight Love."
Kitty Gordon's knock-out Hit.
Hundreds of other acts using it.
Make Your Profit—Have Them in Stock!
OTHER BIG SELLERS
12TH STREET RAG-Song
DANGEROUS BLUES
12TH STREET RAG—Instrumental
MANILA MEMORIES
KISS ME DEAR
J. W. JENKINS' SONS MUSIC CO.
Kansas City, Mo.