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THE MUSIC TRADE
FEBRUARY 25, 1922
REVIEW
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CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
THE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT EVIL
PUBLISHERS OFFER AID
Publishers Starting to Reduce Number of Spe- Send Assurance of Support to Officers of Co-
cial Arrangements of Popular Hits
lumbia Graphophone Mfg. Co.
The protest in publishing circles against the
making of special arrangements for orchestras
was brought to a climax by the recent action of
Jerome H. Remick & Co., who have begun a
systematic reduction in the number of special
arrangements made for orchestra leaders.
It is understood that the band and orches-
tra department of the company will in the fu-
ture supply simple dance arrangements only,
with the exception that well-known orchestras
recording for the more successful talking ma-
chine companies will be allowed special material.
It is thought that other publishers will fol-
low suit, as the situation involving the making
of special orchestrations has reached a point
where it entails enormous expense.
Despite the fact that a receivership has been
ask.ed for by creditors of the Columbia Grapho-
phone Mfg. Co., publishers of popular music
who have and are now doing business with the
company are not creditors to any great extent,
the Columbia having paid the publishers their
royalties in cash for the quarter ending De-
cember 31, 1921.
On the strength of their past relations, the
publishers, who are members of the Mus ; c Pub-
lishers' Protective Association, stand ready to
co-operate with the Columbia Graphophone Mfg.
Co. and lend every possible assistance that the
company may request.
The following letter has been sent to H. L.
Willson, vice-president of the Columbia Graph-
ophone Mfg. Co., by E. C. Mills, chairman of
the executive board of the M. P. P. A.: "We
SALES CONFERENCE HELD
note in the press reports of insolvency action
McKinley Music Co. Plans Spring Campaign at having been brought against your company.
Recent Conference
"Being as yet without official information as
to the outcome of the action, we nevertheless
Vincent M. Sherwood, Eastern manager of
wish to say that if by any consistent form of
the McKinley Music Co., returned to New York co-operation or assistance we can be of service
early last week after spending several days at to you please do not hesitate to command us.
the home office of the company in Chicago. A
"We are not unmindful of many years of
conference of the sales executives of the com- pleasant and profitable relationship with you,
pany was held for the purpose of planning a and it is our sincerest hope that you will not
Spring campaign. It was decided to feature at find your present financial difficulties insur-
once in a special professional and trade drive mountable."
the fox-trot ballad, "In California With You,"
Just what form of assistance and co-operation
by E. C. Keithley and F. H. Klickman.
the publishers will give the Columbia firm de-
pends on the wish of the recipient of the above
letter, or, if they are appointed, the receivers.
The request of the Columbia Co. for co-
Evelyn Rose, formerly publicity manager for operation, if any is made, will be taken under
the Robert Norton Co., is occupying a similar advisement by the executive board and action
position with the newly reorganized firm of
taken accordingly.
Richmond-Robbins, Inc. D. M. Winkler, the
Under the Copyright Act of 1909, regarding
general manager of the company, has mapped the rights possessed by copyright proprietors, is
out an intensive sales drive on the fox-trot a thirty-day clause which may figure in the as-
"Marie," and "Old Fashioned Girl."
sistance and possible credit that may be extended
to the Columbia Graphophone Mfg. Co. by the
publishers.
The clause is to the effect that, in the case
of the manufacturer failing to pay (to the pub-
lisher) within thirty days after demand in writ-
ing the full sum of the royalties due at the
date of such demand, upon action being brought,
the court may award to the plaintiff taxable
The Biggest "Blues" Hit Ever Published
costs, a reasonable counsel fee, and may enter
Everyone Is Playing It
judgment for an additional sum not exceeding
three times the amount of the royalties due, and
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may further grant injunction restraining further
reproduction of the composition involved, until
the full award has been paid.
Song—Piano Solo
The waiving of or the failure of the music
Now at Its Height
publishers to take advantage of this clause may
be one of, and perhaps, the most important fea-
ture of the credit or assistance they may lend
the Columbia Graphophone Mfg. Co.
A Beautiful Waltz—Has the Earmarks
of a Real "Hit"
The Triangle Music Co. has accepted for pub-
lication two new songs, "On the Subway," a nov-
TWO OTHER GOOD ONES
elty by Sam Marley and Billy Heatney, and
"Belle of Times Square," a fox-trot ballad by
Eugene West.
EVELYN ROSEJN NEW POST
JENKINS HITS
"DangerousBlues"
12th Street Rag"
"Kiss Me, Dear"
"Sweet Love"
and
"Colleen o'Mine"
EVERY ONE A SELLER
Published by
3
J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Co.
Kansas City, Mo.
FISHER THOMPSON
SONGS
ARE KNOWN THE WORLD OVER
These songs are all
proven Bellers and ad-
vertisements r e t e l l i n g
over 12,000,000 people
are now running In the
n a t i o n a l magazines.
They are being featured
by the leading singers
and orchestras of the
country.
MAMMY'S LOVING LULLABY
BROWN EYES
YOU, JUST YOU
RIO NIGHTS
KITTY
ORDER THRU YOUR JOBBER
SONGS THAT SELL
Successor to 'TUCKY HOME
Granny
You're My Mammy's Mammy
Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old
T u c k y Home
Just a Lit tic Love Song
Poor Little Me
Lonesome Hours
I Wonder Where He Went
And When He's Coming Back Blues
You Can Have Every Light On Broadway
(Give Me One Little Light at Home)
Bow W o w Blues
Birds of a Feather
Universal Dance Folio No. 2
Everybody Step
From the Music Box Revue
They Call It Dancing
—
From the Music Box Revue
The Greatest Song Success
Ever Written
Say It With Music
From the Music Box Revue
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway,
New York
NEW OFFICERS NOMINATED
Officers of Greater New York Publishers and
Dealers' Association to Be Elected Soon
At a meeting of the nominating committee of
the Greater New York Publishers ami Dealers'
Association the following members were proposed
as officers for the ensuing year, the election to
take place at the next quarterly meeting: For
president, J. M. Priaulx; itir vice-president, MPM-
rice Richmond; secretary, C. A. Keller, and toi
treasurer, the present incumbent, Joseph Glass-
macher. For the board of directors: Edward B.
Marks, Paul Stroup, Elliott Shapiro, \V. L. Cog
hill and George Fischer.
ROCCCTVOCCO ILL
Rocco Vocco, Chicago manager for Leo Feist,
Inc., who came East last week visiting the home
offices of the company, was confined to his bed
in the Claridge Hotel for several days, with a
severe attack' of grippe.
She's ~A Sensaiioiif
OLD IASHIQNED
GIRL