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MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
GARBER IN WIDE DEMAND
WITMARK EXPLOITATION PLANS
Garber-Davis Orchestra, New Victor Artists,
Has More Engagements Than It Can Fill
"I'm Sittin' Pretty," "Midnight Rose" and
"Bebe" Leaders in Special Week's Drive
Jan Garber and His Garber-Davis Orchestra,
which was r ece ntly added to the mu sical· com
binations p I a y in g
exclusively for the
Yictor Talking :NIa
chine Co., has been
hailed as on e of th e
best musi cal attrac
tions wh ic h ha ve en
t ere d the field in
month,. The orch es
tra is now playing
for a nightly mini
lllum guar a nt ee of
$300 with the privi
lege of 50 per cellt
of the gate rece ipt s.
It is to play at the
Arm y and Kavy
Ball, at th e Amba s
sador Hote l, New
York, on November
23, receiving $1,000
for f 0 u rho u r S '
work with a bonus for every hour aft er that
period. It is also to play a t the Charity Ball,
Elmira, N . Y., and was the added and un billed
surprise attraction of the Talking Machine Men,
In c., Ball, h eld at the Pennsylvania H ote l on
Nove mber 21. Th e records of this orchestra,
re cen tl y rele ase d by the Yictor Co., are havin g
an activ e sale and , following the unu sua l recog
nition this ll1u,i ca l co mbin at ion is receiving, the
mechanical renditions will become ve ry popular.
M. \Vitmark & So ns ha ve increased the num
ber of professionals who are singing their new
The Paul vVhitel1lan offices a roe opening a
su bsid iary br anch in Philadelphia to build up
bo oki ngs throughout the Middle Atlantic States.
Elsie Hild, office manager for l:nited Orche s
tras, Inc ., will spend part of her time in New
York and part in charge of the new office.
Featured by
VINCENT LOPEZ
and his
novelt y son g, "J'm Sittin' Pc-etty in a Pretty
Little City." This has not les sene d their effort s
in behalf of "Midnight Rose" and "Eebe," both
of which are bein g pro·grammed by a lon g li st
of vaudeville artist s. In conjunction with th ese
latter t wo numb ers the Witmark organization,
, as announced in these columns last week, has
inau g urated a "Jubilee Week" on both of the s e
p~pular selections to begin on Monday, N ovelll
ber 26. Be s ides th e vaudeville artists who will
~ing this number with speci a l emphasis during
that period, the song- will be bed up with or
chestras everywhere, motion pic'ture houses, th e
a tres, cabarets, as wel1 as being heard frequently
on the radio.
The week bids fair to create heavy sales for
the se numbers ,
Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra
NOVEMBER
NEW BOOSEY
24, 1923
& CO. SONGS
"Slow, Horses , Slow," Featured by Reinald
Werrenrath, Well-known Baritone - Other
New Numbers in Catalog
Among the new so ngs added to the catalog
of Boosey & Co. and forwarded to th·e trade
is "Slow, Horses, Slow," featured this season
by Reinald vVerrenrath in alI hi s concerts. At
hs r ecen t appearance in New York City this
. song, used as an encore, came in for particular
and favorable mention by a number of the music
critics. The so n g is by Thomas Westwood and
Ro g-er J.alowicz.
Other so ngs worthy of m e ntion in the new
noose\' li s t arc "My Heart Sings to You," words
b\· Hoy
"Th e l.a ve nd e r Seller," words by Anne Page,
JIlu sic by F. S. Breville-Smith; " A prper," by
Seau11las O'S ullivan, with music by Michael
Head; "neati ng Home," words by John . Scaife
son ; "Th e Song of the Hollow Tr·ee," words and
mu s ic bv H. W ake field Smith; "Why Shouldn't
P", words by John Vigor, mll s ic by K en ned y
Hu ssc ll; "Crtra Mia," by G. Hubi-Newcombe,
with music by Kcnn~dy Russel~, and a sac red
so ng, " Lord , Thou Hast Been Our D we llin g
Place," the music of which is by Louis Bak e r
Phillips.
\noth er son g w hi ch is being used frequ e ntly
1.: y Reinald v\ er renrath a nd a long list of other
concert s tar s, wh o find it a particularly welcome
encore numb er, is called "Sittin ' Thinkin'." This
so n g , undoubt edl y, w ill co me in for unu sua l pub
li cit y du r in g- the present conce rt season and
,hould be frequently called for at Illusic coun- .
te l',.
MUSIC CONTEST IN PHILADELPHIA
T'HJl.ADELPHIA, PA ., November l6.--Thirty com
po s itions have been s ubmitted in the $500 prize
conte,t in stit uted by the Chamber Music Asso
ciation of this city which closed on November I.
The jury which has been selected to pass on
thes e consists of Camille Zeckwer, pianist and
compo se r; George F. Boyl·e; Samuel (. Laciar;
Th adde us Rich , concert master of the Philadel
phia Orchestra; Han s Kindler; Luther Conradi,
O rchestra.
JACK YELLEN BACK IN NEW YORK
A. J. STASNY MUSIC
co.,
INC., 56 West 45th St., New York.
Ja ck Yellen , of the firm of Agel', Yellen &
Hornstein, Inc., recently returned to New York
following a five weeks' exploitation campaign
~pe nt in and arou n d Chicago.
Th e first has
opened C hicago offices and is under the manage
ment of nilly Stoneham and a competent staff
of vocalists and piani~ts. A campaign has been
inaugurated on the n ew son g, "You Didn't W .. nt
:vie When I Wanted You."