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."WE HAVE NO BANANAS" IN COURT
Even the Judge in SiUit in Maryland Smiles
When Witness Calls Attention to the Supe
rior Merits of That Very Popular Song
In the s uit of Paul Specht , t he orche st ra
leader, against th e corporat ion o f Ba ltimor e
{o r non-payment for mu s ica l ;;e rvi ces rend ered
Sam T umi n, Baltimore mana ge r for Shapiro,
Bernstein & Co., plu gge d th e la tt e r's hit song,
e ntitled "Y es ! W e H ave N o Banana "," in th e
Superior Cour t.
Tumin was a witn ess for the plaintiff a nd
tes tified that h e had tried to see Pau l Spech t
on the first night of his en gageme nt in Balti
mo re. He said: " J tri ed to see Pau l Specht a l
the Recreation Centr e Ball room s on th e ni g h t
of April 3." The~ he add ed, ill a lo ud ton e: " [
wanted to give him a copy of o ur se nsat ional
encore-encouragers
"home sweet home lullaby"
"little lad 0' dreams"
"sweetheart o'mine"
"music of a baby"
"land o'romance"
"callin' you"
encore-repeaters
"april fool & little pignose"
"three encore songs"
"the lilac tree"
"the newlyweds"
"wishes three"
hinds, hayden & eldredge, inc.
publishers
new york city.
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hit, cnti tl ed 'Yes l Wc H ave No Bana na s'!' T lt e
introduction . o f t h e title of the famou s co med y
song in a di gnifie d Super io r Court ca us ed mu c h
m irth . and even J udge Gorter· la u·g hed, endeav
oring in vai n to cover hi s lau g ht er wit h hi s
gaVf' 1. Specht won th e case.
SOUSA FEATURES FOX NUMBER
"Nights in the Woods," European Success, Spe
cially Exploited by the March King
ru s, by the way, is one of the novelti es in th e
orchestral an d ba nd a rran !!eme nts of th e num
ber a s;d we feel sure that every bo y and gi rl
wil! g·o away from th a t concert hummin g th e
melod y of " Ni ghts in the Woods ."
The H ea rst Mu s ic P ubli s he rs of Canada, Ltd .,
V,·innip eg, Man., has been incorporated with
capita l stock of $1,000,000 to engage in the bu s i
ness o f mu si c publishing.
John Phi li p So usa, no w on tr a nsc ontinental
to ur, is creating a se nsatio n w it h the new Sa m
Fox number "N igh ts in th e Wood s," the hit
m e lody o f th e Fo,lies De r gcre, Pa ri s, for w hich
Sam Fox r ece ntl y sec ured the ,\m er ica n ri g ht s.
New spa per clippi ngs are be in g rece iv ed da il y by
th e hou "e of Fox, in which specia l mention is
made of th is popular number, and the or ig in a l
effe cts th a t the ma rch k ing has in tro du ce d into
his a rr angeme nt ma ke it on e of th e o ut s ta nd
in g numbers on ev ery pr.ogram.
The lar ges t att enda nc e a lon g S ousa's rout e
last year was at C1e vcl a nd, where h e packed
t he l' u bli c \ uditorium, a nd t hi s yea r he is plan
ning a nove l stunt in t hat ci ty w hi ch w il! make
a h it with the bo ys an d girls . He w il1 di s
tribute abo ut 5,000 ka zoos , one to eac h boy a nd
gi rl at te ndin g hi s afternoon co ncert a t Cleve
la nd, a nd w ill a sk them to join in o n th e kazoo
chor uses of "N ig ht s in th e Woods ." This cho-
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"That Red Head Gal"
"Steamboat Sal"
" Ach ! Louie!"
"You Wanted Some
one to Play With"
"S'Nora"
"Israel"
"M T Pocket Blues"
SPLASHING HIT I
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ELIZA DOYLE SMITH
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Barney Google
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Nobody Knows But My
Pillow and Me
Somebody's Wrong .
Do You-Don't You
Beside a Babbling Brook
I'm a Lonesome Cry Baby
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