Music Trade Review

Issue: 1922 Vol. 75 N. 9

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The "Wonder'$mgfromtfieBalaban
AUGUST 20,
1922
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Novelty FaxTrotSong by WR. Wlliam? and Clarence MJmef
by LOUIS ROBINSON
John ALden and
ror You Dines
Musid by FRANK. WESTPHAL
OUTONALL THE RECORDS! ORDER TO-DAY-WINDOW TRIM MATERIAL FREE_
SPECHT PRAISES "ZORDA'
"MY" OR "THE"?
LATEST OLIVER DITSON RELEASES
Prominent Orchestra Leader Likes S. C. Caine,
Inc, Feature Number
Controversy as to Correct Wording of "My Old
Kentucky Home"
Include a Number of Selections for the Begin-
ner and for Children
Paul Specht and his orchestra, after playing
Atlantic City for two seasons and at prominent
hotels in the Middle West, was finally persuaded
to appear on Broadway. After entertaining audi-
ences at a number of vaudeville houses, the man-
When Stephen G. Foster sang the glories of
"My Old Kentucky Home" in 1858, did he write
the first line, "The sun shines bright in my old
Kentucky home," or did he write, "The sun
sh:ties bright in the old Kentucky home"?
Historical societies want to know because a
bronze tablet to be given Bardstown, Ky., where
the song was written, designates the first line as
"My old Kentucky home."
Foster's first edition is in the Library of Con-
gress at Washington, and that copy shows that
the song was entered for copyright by Firth,
Pond & Hall, of New York, on January 11, 1853.
The first copy was in form of plate proofs, with-
out the title page—probably before the title had
been engraved, as was the custom in those days.
And the first line of the song reads: "The sun
shines bright in the old Kentucky home."
BOSTON, MASS., August 21.—Included among the
latest releases of the Oliver Ditson Co., music
publishers of this city, are a number of com-
positions for students of the piano. These in-
clude: "Volga Boatmen's Song," transcribed by
Gordon Balch Nevin; "A Jumping Jack," "The
Little Men," "Dancing a Tarantella," "Little
Miss Dainty" and others by Cedric W. Lemont;
"A Ukulele Serenade" by Mari Paldi; "Lotus
Flowers," "In Maryland," "Nodding Rose-
bushes," "Listen to the Band," "Myra" and
"The Harp Player," by Carl Wilhelm Kern;
several selections under the title "Teaching
Pieces for Piano," by W. Berwald; "Carry Me
Back to Old Virginny," by James A. Bland, and
twenty-six songs for children under the title,
"Come Sing With Me," by Grace Reese Everson.
COMPOSERS IN NEW ACT
Paul Specht
agement of the Astor Hotel, looking for an ex-
ceptional orchestra for its roof, finally closed ne-
gotiations for a season's engagement, following
which the Paul Specht orchestra received the
acknowledgment of being one of the outstand-
ing orchestras of the country. It makes records
for the Columbia Graphophone Co. and has in
other ways achieved national prominence.
Recently Milt Hagen, publicity manager of S.
C. Caine, Inc., publisher of "Isle of Zorda,"
which is being exploited in conjunction with the
exhibition of the photoplay of the same name,
received an autographed photograph from Paul
Specht with comment on the above fox-trot
number, which speaks for itself. The photograph
is reproduced here.
OUTHER^DWQE^CREA
THEBIGDTXIE'HIT
The songwriters' aggregation that appeared in
"Hitland" last season have formed a new com-
bination in which six of the members of the
former act are to appear. The turn is to be
known as "The Words and Music Makers."
Those comprising the sextet are Sam Ehrlich,
Nat Vincent, Billy Frisch, Willy White, Will
Donaldson, George Fairman.
JACK MILLS' NEVMDETROIT OFFICES
NEW FILM SONG
M. Witmark Sons Publishing "Lorna Doone"
in Connection With Picture of That Name
"Lorna Doone" is being picturized by the
Thomas H. Ince Corp., starring Miss Madge
Bellamy, and M. Witmark & Sons have issued
a song of the same name, suggested and spe-
cially written for the picture production by Ar-
thur A. l'enn and Frederick W. Vanderpool.
The publishers are tying up with the picture
producers on a general campaign in the inter-
est of the song.
The new Detroit offices of Jack Mills, Inc.,
at 223 Adams avenue, Detroit, were formally
opened last week, with Harold C. Berg as man-
ager, assisted by Howard Simon.
REMICKS BEST SELLERS
Sweet Indiana Home
Nobody Lied
(When They Said That I Cried Over You)
California
Lovable Eyes
Down Old Virginia Way
Mary Ellen
Dixie Highway
My Buddy
Childhood Days
WATERSON,
BERLIN & SNYDER CO.
S-O-N-G H-I-T-S
By the Sapphire Sea
Haunting Blues
Dancing Fool
Jimmy, I Love But You
Cuddle Up Blues
Lola Lo
Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in
Dear Old Dixieland
Just Because You're You That's
Why I Love You
Waikiki, I Hear You Calling Me
A Bunch of Keys
Fickle Flo
Little Thoughts
Published by
WATERSON,
BERLIN & SNYDER CO.
Strand Theatre Bid*., New York City, N. Y.
JEROME
H.
REMICK&CO.
DETROIT
N&W YORK
CHICAGO
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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
WITMARK PRODUCTIONS FEATURED
Oliver Ditson Co. Arranges Attractive Window
Display of Numbers From "Little Nelly Kel-
ly" and "Shuffle Along," Each of Which Re-
cently Opened in Boston
15c—4c—He
4c is what the biggest selling
CKNTl'RY numbers oost you.
lie in your profit per
copy, or a 275 per cent
return.
RATHER
WORTH
PISHING,
DON'T YOU THINK?
Will send you a list of these
biff sellers on request!
Century Music Pub. Co.
235 West 40th St.
New York
WRITE "GRANDMA'S BOY" SONG
Special Number Written to Be Featured with
Photoplay of That Name
Pathe Exchange, Inc., has completed arrangements
with Stark & Cowan, Inc., music publishers, in New
York City, for the publication of a song, "Grand-
ma's Boy," to be used as an additional exploitation
accessory for the Harold Lloyd-Associated Exhibi-
tors feature of the same name, produced by Hal
Roach. Herbert Crooker and Jean Havez, well-
known lyric writers, wrote the words, and the mu-
sic is by Pete Wendling, who has many song hits
to his credit. The melody is a fox-trot and the
words the idea of the photoplay theme.
TO RELEASE "NANOOK"
S. C. Caine, Inc., to Release Fox-trot by Writers
of "Isle of Zorda"
Milt Hagen, Victor Nurnberg and Herb
Crooker have written a novelty fox-trot, called
"Nanook," written after the successful Eskimo
picture of the same title, and to be released with-
in a few days. The trio are writers of "Isle of
Zorda," also a picture song, and it was the ex-
ceptional success of the latter which inspired
them to write the "Nanook" song. S. C. Caine,
Inc., is the publisher.
"STAMBOUL^ON TOUR
"Rose of Stamboul," the Viennese musical play,
which had a run at the Century Theatre, New
York, last year, will tour the country, commenc-
ing early September.
335 of the best-selling compositions
of the
Old Masters.
ONIiY the best sellers.
No deadwood.
Carefully edited.
Beautifully produced.
2.000 dealers selling it.
'
Permanent and large results.
SMALL INVESTMENT.
That's what
EDITION BEAUTIFUL
means to YOU.
Write for particulars today.
NOW 18 THE TIME
C C CHURCH AND COMPANY
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
Hartford—New
Boston recently witnessed the premieres of
two of the most successful musical shows that
have ever been produced in that city. The first
was George M. Cohan's "Little Nelly Kelly" at
the Tremont Theatre, a typical Cohan title and
a typical Cohan success, surpassed by nothing
the popular actor-manager-author-composer has
ever done. Mr. Cohan wrote the whole of "Lit-
tle Nelly Kelly," book, lyrics and music, besides
staging and producing it. The result is a
George M. Cohan triumph of the first water.
Among the numbers are such typical titles as
"You Remind Me of My Mother," "Nelly
Kelly, I Love You," "Dancing My Worries
Away," "All My Boys," "The Name of Kelly,"
" 'Till My Luck Comes Rolling Home," "Pretty
Girls," "The Hinkey Dee," "All in the Wear-
ing," "The Voice in My Heart," etc., etc.
The other big opening was the now tre-
mendously famous "Shuffle Along" at the Sel-
wyn Theatre, direct from its run of considerably
over a year in New York, with all the original
stars and company and the same galvanic "pep"
that made it what it always was—the most
talked-of show of the year. All the numerous
song hits, a dozen of them, like "Love Will
Find a Way," "Serenade Blues," "Bandana
Days," "I'm Just Cravin' for That Kind of
Love," "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "Gypsy
Blues" and others were already familiar to
Boston by reason of their enormous popularity.
In recognition of the fact of two such smash-
ing successes simultaneously in the city, the
Oliver Ditson Co. gave M. Witmark & Sons,
publishers of the music of both shows, a solid
window display, divided equally between "Little
Nelly Kelly" and "Shuffle Along." It was a
most unusual display in every sense of the word
and created much comment.
JACK MILLS^RETURNS
Jack Mills, head of Jack Mills, Inc., returned
early last week after a trade trip to the larger
centers of the Middle West. He states that he
found a substantial demand for such numbers as
"Kitten on the Keys," "Deedle Deedle Dura,"
"Finale Hopper" and "Mr. Gallagher and Mr.
Shean."
BIG SELLERS
in the various catalogs of
"fou cant go
wrond>vith
an y Feisty
Song
Stumbling
Three O'Clock in the Morning
Georgia
Swanee River Moon
Virginia Blues
Wake Up, Little Girl, You're
Just Dreaming
Why Should I Cry Over You?
Coal Black Mammy
The Nineteenth Hole
Lovely Lucerne
Silver Stars
Stumbling (Paraphrase for piano
especially composed by Zez
Confrey)
Write for Dealers'
LEO.
New York
FISCHER STANDARD CATALOG
Dealers Receiving Copies of Catalog Featuring
Standard Editions
,

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Some time ago Carl Fischer issued a catalog
on the "Carl Fischer's Music Library," which
is to be distributed to the retailers for general
use. This collection is most comprehensive and
includes standard compositions, instructive
works and musical classics for piano, voice, vio-
lin and various how and wind instruments. The
arrangement of the titles in the catalog and their
particular values appear in simplified form
with the aid of an index. Thus particular works
and their use can be immediately located. The
catalogs have been gotten up in a very attrac-
tive form on quality stock and should prove of
value, particularly to teachers.
, ;i
REMICK PUBLISHING THE SCORE
Jerome H. Remick & Co. are the publishers of
the score of a new musical play, "Ginger Box
Revue," scheduled for early opening at the
Greenwich Village Theatre. Arthur Gutman
wrote the music.
M. Witmark & Sons
ANGEL CHILD
ALL OVER NOTHING AT ALL
FOR THE SAKE OF AULD LANG
SYNE
GYPSY BLUES
GYPSY LOVE SONG
I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY
I'LL FORGET YOU
KISS ME AGAIN
LOVE WILL FIND A WAY
MY WILD IRISH ROSE
MY YIDDISHA MAMMY
ROSY POSY
SAY IT WHILE DANCING
SERENADE BLUES
SMILIN' THROUGH
THAT'S HOW I BELIEVE IN YOU
TIME AFTER TIME
WHERE THE VOLGA FLOWS
(Russian Love Song)
WYOMING
Prices
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