Music Trade Review

OCTOBER
THE
13, 1923
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
49
These ~ong Hits are the talk of the town.
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THE Foxtrot
Sensation
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Melody
Song hit from.
LITTLE J£.SSIE
can't
go
wrong
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with
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A fine swinging
FOX-TROT TUNE
song·
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TWO FORSTER NUMBERS FEATURED
SUMMY CREATES NEW DEPARTMENT
NEW ROYALTY SCHEDULE PLANNED
"Hula Dreams" and "Lou'siana Blossom" Fea­
tured in Attractive Window Display
Clayton F. Summy Co., Music Publisher, Creates
"Summy's Corner" for Convenience of Music
and School Teachers
American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers Preparing New Schedule of Rates
to Apply to Vaudeville Theatres
CHICAGO, ILL., October 6.-The two new waltz
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. CHlCACO, ILl.. , October 6.- .'\n original and Sl1C­
r.umbers that have recently been added to the
catalog of Forster, Music Publisher, Inc., 235
cessful de f)artmcllt bas been added a nd tried o ut
South 'Nabas h ave- I
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nue, namely, "Hula
Dreams" and "Lou'si­
ana Blossom," are
fast be co ming two of
the mo st pop u I a r
songs of the season.
The first number was
written by Will Cal­
lahan and Lee S. Rob­
erts, writers of the
famous "S mil e s , "
while of the second
number, a semi-di a­
lect crooning song,
the lyric was written
by Mr. Callahan and
the music by Rose
Richardville.
Forster, Mus ic Pub­
lisher, Inc., reports
that these numb ers
are making a very
creditable
showing,
in view 0'£ the fact
Featuring New Forster Numbers
that they hav e j us t been issued. Their popu­ by the Clay ton F. Summy Co., music publisher
larity is shown in the large number of sales and retailer, loca ted at 429 South Vv'abash ave­
over the counter, in their being taken up both nue, in the in terest of music and sc huol teach­
by orche stras for dance numbers and by singers ers. It is kno w n as "Summy's Corner," a new
and glee clubs as vocal offerings, and also by department where teach ers may come and in­
their recordin g on playe r rolls.
vestigate new mu s ic publications and familiariz e
The titles pages both lend themselves admir­ themselves with n ew works.
ably to window displays. The accompanying
At the opening of the d epa rtment about a
photograph shows a very attractive w indow ar­ month ago invitations were sent out to a large
ranged by N. ]. Stone, proprietor of The Song list of music t eac hers a nd sch oo l teachers to
Shop in Petoskey, Mich., who featured the two visit "Summy's Corner" an d, accord ing to Miss
songs together in an exclusive windo w. To
Hariet Barnett, manager of thi s department,
this dealer the result of the display proved three
the plan has proved very successfuL
Miss
things in connection with the numbers: that
Barnett says: "The teachers took advantage
window advertising pays, that th e waltz song is of the opportunity to acquaint themselves with
coming into popularity again and that the
new works and to familiari ze th emselves with
Forster house has two exceptional numbers in selections that had been used successfully by
"Hula Dreams" and "Lou's iana Blo sso m."
other teachers. The inauguration of this de­
partment was determined upon in ac cord ance
with our policy of service and we are sug­
E. C. MILLS TO AID THE RED CROSS
gesting to our deal ers that the plan be repeated
E. C. Mills, exe cutive chairman of the Music in other cities."
Publishers' Protective Association, has been ap­
pointed chairman of the committee representing
FREE CONCERTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
the music publishing industr y in the an nual Red
Cross roll call to be held s hortly.
The growing interest shown in public music
in New York is emphasized in the a nnoun ce­
ment th at the Board of Educa tion of the City
of New York has arranged for seventy·five free
concerts to be given under the auspices of
Chas. D. Isaacso n through the medium of the
Lecture Bureau. The co ncerts will be given
on a bi-weekly schedule and in the va rious high
schools of New York.
The A.merican So ciety of Composers, Authors
and Publishers is no w pr eparin g a ncw schedule
of royalty pa yme nts to be made by various
clas ses of theatres. Th e new schedule, w hi ch
is bein g worked o ut by E. C. Mills, chairman of
th e Advi so ry Board o f the Society, was to' hav e
been rc ady on October 1, but has be en held up
pending a revision of rat es as they app ly to
s mall-time vaudeville theatres.
The minimum on th e new schedule provides
for payment of at least ~25 to $50 per year.
Vaud evi lle the atres whose admission pri ce to
th e best seat is less th a n 50 cent s are to pay
from 2 to 5 cent~ per seat pe r yea r, minimum
fee $25. If admission to a vau devill e theatre
exceeds 50 cents per seat they arc to pa y
from 3 to 6 ce nts per sea t per a nnum , with a
mini m um fee of $35 pe r year, all acc ordin g to
the days per wee k on which vaudeville is
pla ye d. Under the cla ss ifi ca tion of the society's
new apportionmcnt of fee s a vaudeville theatr e
is defined as, "Any th eat re regul arly pre­
s en ting thr ee or m ore acts, one to seven da ys
pe r week, with not more than two r ee ls of
pictures." A large proportion of theatr es of
this ty pe are confo rmin g.
Ballad Sensation of the Season
W onderful Waltz Melody
Growing Rapidly
.,
. JUST ONE MORE WALTZ BEFORE WE PART
FOR OLDTIMES SAKE
WAl.TZ SON G
Order from Your Jobber
McKinley Music Co.
CHICAGO
NEW YORK