Music Trade Review

Issue: 1923 Vol. 77 N. 24

DECEMBER
THE
15, 1923
MUSIC
TRADR
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REVIEW
FOUR ACES- A Combination of Hits Thats lIal"d to Beat!
"EVERY NIGHT
I CRY MYSELf
TO SLEEP
OVER YOU·
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"'You can't ~o wronR - with dn~ FEIST song"
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FEATURES "SITTIN' IN A CORNER"
NEW OLIVER DlTSON NUMBERS
"LOUISVILLE LOU" STEADY SELLER
Wolf's Music Store Makes Fine Display of
Irving Berlin Number
Many Piano and Organ Compositions in New
Numbers Issued by This House
Ager, Yellen & Bornstein . Number Maintains
Popularity-New Novelty Issued
Wolf's Music Store, Broad and Columbia
avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., well-known Victor
dealer, which also makes a speci alt y of popular
sheet music, recently made a week's dri ve on
.\mong the new issues rel eased by the O li ve r
D it son Co. are a number of piano and organ
compos ition s. Among these is a "Carnival"
dance by Frederick A. vVilliams, a nd "A Night
in June " by the same writer; "Assembly Grand
March," issued for two, four and six hands, by
Carl \Nilhelm Kern; "Through the Meadow,"
a new piano piece by L. Leslie Loth; a volume
entitled "Memories of th e O ld Farm House,"
by Bert R. Antho ny, which includ es "Song of
the Farmer Doy," "Bee in the Honeysuckle,"
"Uncle Zeb With His Fiddle," "The O ld
Woode~ Clock," "lVIusic of the Brook," "Ghost
in the Ha unted Room" an d "The Old l'l'Iill
\ iVhee l" ; "Five Short First-grade Piano Pieces,"
by Gladys V. Gi lb ert, all in one cove r; "Fo ll ow
the Leader," "Leap Frog" and "Tag," by Doro­
thy Gayn or Blake, iss ued und er the tities,
"Three Just for Fun Piano Pieces." For the
organ arc tw o new numbers by \iV. Cedric
Lamont, ent itl ed: "At the vVindow" and "Ten­
dresse," both arranged b y vVilliam J. Smith;
"Va lse· Mignonne," by Vladimir Ivano vitch
Rebikoff; a piece by Carl Dusch arr an ged by
Orla ndo A. ~fansfield, ent itl ed "Romanza";
"Springtide," transcribed by Go d fried H. Fedcr­
Ie in, from Grieg. A ll of these latter numbers
have beeD added to the third series for · the
organ.
Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, Inc., is having a
steady sa le on "Louisville Lou." This, together
with on e of the outstanding hits of the Fall
season, "Mamma Goes Wpere Papa Goes" (Or
Papa Don't Go Out To-night), is leading th e
catalog in sa les. This latter number has sev­
eral hundred vaudeville acts singing it and, in
addition, it is one of the prevailing fox-trot
dance successes. This firm recently introduced
a nnv nove lty entitled "Oh, Gee! Georgie"; a
dan ce called "Twelve o'Clock at Night" and a
cy ni cal song entitled "vVh at Do Th ey Mean by
Love?" All these numbers are showing up
well with the s heet music d ealers who are push­
ing them
"Sittin' in a Corner"
the V ictor re cord and the sheet music of the
Irving Berlin, Inc., latest suc cess , "Sitt in ' in a
Corner." This number, which has been heard
quit e frequently in Philadelphia a nd adjace nt
communities, has had far above the average
popularity in this territory. Dealers who have
featured either the record or the sheet music
hav e found sales most steady and its po pul a rity,
seemi ngl y, i~ increasing. A campaign in the
vaudeville field and in the dance orchestra field
ha s been arranged by the Berlin company, in
whi ch "Si ttin' in a Corner" will be featured on
a national scal e. All the various Berlin offices
and representatives are taking part in this
effective drive.
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MUSIC BOOKS IN DEMAND
Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc., Report Good
Sales in Series Published by That House
Hinds , Hayden & Eldredge, Inc., publisher of
a popular series of music books, is closing one
of the biggest seaso ns in the history of the com­
pany. All of its books have shown substantial
increases in sales during the present season, but
particularly is this true of the saxophone and
ot her sma ll instrument books. Its book of col­
lege songs has also had a very heavy sale.
"Oh, Susanna," popular in the days of '48
an d whIch is the featured song- in co njun ction
with the motion picture exhibiti on of the book.
"The Covered Wagon," now appearing In va­
rious part s of the country, is included in the
Hinds .. Hayden & Eldredge book, "The Most
Popu·l ar Plantation Songs." This book contains
not only "Oh, Susanna," but 125 other planta­
tion, minstrel and jubilee selections.
Important
Announcement
I DESIRE
to announce to all my friend. in
the profe••ion and trade that I have .ev"
ered my connection with M . Witmark &
Sona, and am now with the
HEARST MUSIC PUBLISHERS
of CANADA, LIMITED
and a"nnounce the opening of our Executive
Offices for the United Statea at:
Fourth Floor, Garrick Building, Chicago, II!.
NEW HEARST LITERATURE
"Twenty-four Successful Song Hits" is the
title of a very artist ic twenty-four-page brochure
just relea se d by Hearst Music Publishers, of
Can ad a, Ltd . This publishing firm, whi ch dur­
in g the past three years has made substantial
progress as a music publisher and distributor,
has iss l1ed this new booklet as one of its plans
for creating sa les for new songs by th e writers,
who ha ve contributed past successes to its cata­
log. It is concise, interesting, artistically pro­
duced, a nd s hould be of true sales value to the
r etai ler.
Monday, December 3rd, 9
&.
m. to 5 p. m.
THOS. J. QUIGLEY.
FEATURING
-.SONGS
IttiI PROFITS
Beautiful Rose-Some Day You'll Cry
Over Somebody Else - 'Ginny ­ Sunset,
the Hills and You -If I Had You
Write Office Nearest You
H
EARST
MUSIC
pUBLISHERS
Of
CaDad.
Limil.d
New York
Chicaco
WioDi.,eg,Toronlo
Hit"
A. J. STASNY MUSIC CO., INC., 56
W~st
45th St., New York.
THE
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MANUFACTURERS' CENSUS TAKEN
Music Publishers' Association Urges Publishers
to Co-operate With United States Government
In co-operation with th e Bureau of Census,
of th e Depa rtment of Commerce, the Secretary
of the Music Publishers' Association of th e
United States h as sent ou t the following noti­
fication which sho uld receive the a tt en tion of
all music publishers:
• "The Bureau of Census will take a census of
manufactures coveri ng the calendar year 1923.
This work is done in compliance with the Act
of Co ngress appr~ved March 3, 1919, and the
schedules have been prepared after conference
with associations and others interes ted in th e
yarious industries.
. "These schedules will be mailed during the
first week of January an d the members of our
as sociations and a ll others engaged in the in­
dustry are urged to make the reports promptly,
as the Bureau has agreed to tabulate th e data
as rapidly as the schedules a re received and to
publish the tables within a few days a ft er the
rece ipt of the last report.
"The Bureau has been co-operating ve r y
closely with the industry and desires to be of
service to us. It is important that the reports
be made by mail, otherwise the Government
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will be put to the expense of sending a sp ecial
agent to the various es tab lishments. It is hoped
that our membership, at least, will co-operate
and make th e reports promptly."
BERLIN PROGRAM WORLD=WIDE
WOR Broadcasts Berlin ' Numbers Which Are
Heard in Europe and Asia
Station WOR in conj un ct io n and co-operation
with radio stations through o ut the world ga ve a
concert at 4 a. m. Friday morning of last week
as its share in a 'round the world broadcasting
program. All stations not taking part in thi s
enterprise "stood by" with the re sul t that a
clear field was given th e add res se s and enter­
tainment. The program was r elayed by sta­
tions in Honolulu, Japan, China and variol1s
European countries.
The N ew York sta ti on program was one
exclusi vel y Irving Berlin and includ ed sllch Sl1C­
cessful s ongs as "That Old Ga ng of Mine,"
"I ndi a na M oon," "If the Rest of th e World
Don't Want You" (Go Back to Your Mother
v.nd Dad) and "I Love the Girl Who Kisses"
(l Hate th e Girl Who Don't). Robert Craw­
ford, sales mana ger of Irving Berlin, Inc., made
an. address; Jimmi e Clark's Entertainers fur­
nished the music.
SETS CHICAGO PACE FOR WITMARK
John Conrad, New Witmark Manager in Chi­
cago, Making a Fine Record
The important bran c h office of M. Wilmark
& Sons in Chicago is now in charge of John
Conrad, w ell known allover the Middle West
in music publishing circles as a hustler and a
go-gett er who not only goes but gets. For a
number of years Mr. Conrad has made his ex­
cellent work the talk of Chicago and 5t. Louis
and hi s a d vent in the Witmark Chicago office
has been greeted with real satisfaction a nd
pleasure by members of the trade and the
vaudeville profession alike. Mr. Conrad has
been in char ge of the Western office but a few
weeks a nd a lrea dy the resul ts he has achieved
are such as to as sur e a futur e in this liv e ly an d
important field . His co untles s friend s in the
profession will be glad to kno w that Mr. Con­
ra d is at all tim es on the job to welcome them
at the
Building.
DECEMBER
IS, 1923
HEARST CHICAGO OFFICES OPEN
N ow Located in Garrick Theatre Buil-ding­
New Offices Last Word in Modern Equipment
CHICAGO, ILL., December 4.-The new offices of
the Hears t Music Publi shers, Ltd., in the Gar­
rick Theatre Building, Chicago, III., were offi­
cially opened on December 3. They occupy the
en tire fourth floor at that a ddress and are com­
pletely equipped for both executive and pro­
fessional work. The rooms are large, well ap­
pointed and furnished throughout in the finest
mahogany. At the ent rance is a larg e reception
foyer which lea d s to numerous piano rooms,
the band and orchestra and arranging depart­
ments and large stock rooms, the general at­
mosph ere being one of business coupled with
go od taste.
On the day of the opening the reception
rooms were filled with floral tribut es, many of
them addressed to Thomas]. Quigley, the gen­
eral m a na ge r for the United States. These came
from his ho st of friends in the tr ade and pro­
fession . .
A reception committee of ladies served re­
freshments throughout the day and in the crowd
surging in and out many familiar faces of the '
music trade and of the vaudeville and concert
field were recognized.
Associated with Mr. Quigley in the Chicago
offices are C. F. Parrish, sales m a na g;e r; Billy
Thompson, profess ional manager; Miss Bernice
Horwitz, secretary; Erwin Schmidt, Billy
Vitchel and Miss Ellen Converse, in ch a rge of
the band an.d. orchestra department.
Much favorable comment was heard regard­
ing the h an d ~ome offices and a new era of prog­
ress was predi cted for this progressive organi­
zation.
In the eve nin g special buses conveyed the
officers, staff and friends of the o·r ganization to
the Edgewater' Beach Hotel, where a banquet
was held, the company being entertained with
a program of Hearst music rendered by the
famous Edgewater Beach Orchestra, under the
direction of Danny Russo, following which a
dance took place.
The main offices of Hearst Music Publishers,
Ltd., of 'Winnipeg, were represented by Joe
Hearst, president of the company, and John
Anderson, professional manager; New York, by
Everett J. E va ns, and Toronto, by Bert Cald­
well.
FEIST DANCE FOLIO POPULAR
PORTLAND, ORE., December 7.--The new Feist
Dance Folio No.6 is m eeting with unbounded
success, accor ding to all local s heet music deal­
ers, who say that this is proving the most popu­
lar folio published by Feist for seve ral years.
The sh ee t music department of the G. F. John­
son Piano Co. displayed the folio to good ad­
vantage and reported many sales made by those
who merely glanced at the title page.
enthusiast.
monica
tive red
thus
other displays of the
A New Song of Unusual Merit
EMD : RysIiDRDEN-~:'
for An Voices.
Victor Record
by
Gwynne IHniti
and
*~
frdnCesAlda ~~
A natural song hit.
By
~CltcUv
.Lucien Denni
Victor Song Record just released. Dance records will be released soon. Published in three keys; Quartets
for mixed, male and women's voices; Orchestra and Band.
Published by J. W. JENKINS' SONS MUSIC CO.
KANSAS:CITY, MO.

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