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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
JUNE 16, 1923
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NOVELTY FOX TROT
M. WITMARK & SONS, NEW YORK
NEW BERLINJALLAD A HIT
CENTURY EDITION PROFITABLE
COMPOSERS' COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED
"Down Among the Sleepy Hills of Tennessee"
Proving Very Popular in Vaudeville
Dealers Find It a Steady Seller, Due to Con-
sistent Advertising Behind It
Will Confer With the Actors' Equity Associa-
tion to Settle Differences
"Down Among the Sleepy Hills of Tennes-
see," the newest ballad added to the catalog of
Irving Berlin, Inc., is one of the most popular
numbers with vaudeville singers. Fortunately
for the Berlin organization, its other big ballad
success, "You Know You Belong to Somebody
Else," has not been deleted in programs in or-
der to include this latest issue. On the other
hand, many singers are using both songs, thus
demonstrating their unusual importance. Al-
most invariably when they are sung the audi-
ences demand encores, for both are ballads that
have every factor of popularity.
Some of the new songs that have been added
to the Berlin catalog which will be heard dur-
ing the Summer and which will have reached
the height of their popularity in the early Fall
are: "When You Walked Out Somebody Else
Walked Right In," "Indiana Moon," "Pickles,"
"That Old Gang of Mine," "Love (My Heart
Is Calling You)," "Ala Moana," "I Wish I
Could Crv Over Someone" and "Home."
It has been estimated that over a half-million
dollars in profits were made by retailers
throughout the country on the Century Edition
last year. This is a remarkable quota of profits,
when the retail price of the Century issues is
considered, and denotes a large volume of busi-
ness. This large total is not only the result of
dealer co-operation in placing before music-
lovers the Century Edition, but is the out-
growth of a persistent and consistent advertis-
ing campaign in national publications for going
on to two decades.
The demand created for the Century Edition
through national publicity mediums makes it
practically necessary for all dealers to carry
Century in stock in order to give service to a-
part of their clientele.
The Society of American Dramatists and
Composers recently announced that a commit-
tee selected to represent the Society in its con-
ferences with the Actors' Equity Association
and the Producing Managers' Association fs
made up of Owen Davis, Edward Child Carpen-
ter, Victor Herbert, George Middleton and
William Anthony McGuire. The purpose of the
committee is announced as an attempt to bring
about an amicable settlement of all present and
future differences in the theatre, without preju-
dice to either side.
POPULAR HITS SELLING WELL
There seems to be a lessening in activity
in popular music sales during recent weeks,
with the exception of the outstanding successes,
which are having a little better than fair sales.
Such songs as "Carolina Mammy," "Down
Among the Sleepy Hills of Tennessee," "Bar-
ney Google," "Got to See Mamma," "A Kiss in
the Dark," "No One Loves You Any Better
Than Your M-A Double M-Y," "Just a Bit of
Irish Lace," "Who's Sorry Now?", "Out Where
the Blue Begins," "Long-lost Mamma," "Yes!
We Have No Bananas" and "Saw Mill River
Road" are still holding their own and promise
to keep the dealers' counters active during the
Summer season.
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ALL=AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
AsHEViu.E, N. C, June 13.—All-American mu-
sic characterized the program of the thir-
teenth biennial festival of the National Federa-
tion of Music Lovers, held here June 9 to 17.
Two outstanding features of the festival marked
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organ-
ization, the appearance of a Festival Sym-
phony Orchestra, composed of forty-five first
chairmen of various symphony orchestras, and
a festival chorus of several hundred voices.
McKINLEY HIT SUNG AT CONVENTION
CHICAGO, III., June 10.—The latest McKinley
number, "For Old Time's Sake," proved a big
hit when sung at one of the noonday luncheons
by Rose Fallon during the convention. The
McKinley Music Co. reports that this number
shows indications of being one of the most
popular waltz numbers in its catalog.
hand,
NEW OLIVER DITSON NUMBERS
Several new numbers just released by Oliver
Ditson Co., Boston, for male and mixed voices
include "O God of God" (Chorus of Pilgrims
From "Tannhauser") as an anthem for male
chorus. Other anthems in the same issue are
"O Love Invisible," by H. Alexander Matthews;
"Grace Before Meat," by William Arms
Fisher; "Hear My Prayer," by Louis Baker
Phillips, and "God That Madest Earth and
Heaven," also by H. A. Matthews.
J. Fischer & Bro. publish a fantasia in D
for string quartet, by Ernest Walker. The
composer is a well-known English musician and
writer, whose "History of Music in England"
is a valuable work. His fantasia is in one
movement with a slow introduction.
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