DECEMBER
THE
29, 1923
SELECTED AS FOLK SONGS
Tenth Recreational Congress Selects Two Wit
mark Numbers as Worthy of That Title
It is int e re"ling to not e that at the Tenth
Cong res s held in S[H in gfl ,' ld, III.,
III
Octobe r, twe nl y Ame ri can songs w~re
se le ct ed by th e song leaders who were prese nt,
and honored as :\m('ri can Folk So ngs, and it
is ev en mor!' interesting to know that of thhe
twenty, t wo, "There's a Lon ,!. L oni' Trail" and
"Mot h er Mac hre e," ar c both co mp arat ive ly re
c<; nt songs. It isn 't often th at a son g' att ain s
the d;gnity of being a fol k Song within th e
lifetimC' oi it s ow n composer, but that i;; what
has happencdto both of th es e. "The r e's a Lon g,
J .ong Trail" wa s written by a col lege ·boy w ho
is still in hi s cady 3V5, a nd yet hi , song can
easily be call ed a folk son g', so deeply illlbccldcd
ha s it b ~c om(' in t he con"e iou sn e~s of tir e
}\me. iean public. The author and compos er of
"M o the r Machrcc" had no idea whe n th e y were
"\'r itin g this I, ish ballad, nl
by Chauncey Olco tt , al so part -compo ser, that
w ithin twe nt y years of its publication it would
be a fo lk song, for it can readily be clas sed as
suc h. Ha th of these m od e rn l'ol k SO I1 !,fS are
published by M. Witmark & Sons and are
alliong the bes t sellers of the famo us Witmark
[Jla ck a nd White Series .
MUSIC
TRADE
47
REVIEW
Get Your Counters Ready
for
"CARRIE JACOBS·BOND WEEK IN SONG"
l~~c ..eat ion al
"SITTlN' IN THE CORNER" GOES BIG
Berlin Number Showing Steady Increase in
Sales and Popularity
\ cco rdin g to the ~ales d epartme nt of Ir ving
ncrlin, lnc , t li t' sa les possibilitic., of it s novelty
foxtrot numb e r, "Sittin' in th e Corner," have
hardl y b een touched, although the trade has
show n unusual co-o peration in placing thi s iss ue
be fore th e co nsu mer. Th e pro ies siona l depart
l!l e nt of th e Ilc ;-lin Co. is co nt illuin ; ~ its cam
pai g n o n "Sittin' in the Corn er" ;,nd tlie sales
(kpartlllcnt looks forward to its bein g o ne of
il s best sellers durin g t h e earl y l!l o nth s of the
co min g year. Of cours e, it will hard ly be ab le
t o reach th e hu ge sa les fi g urcs rolled up by the
Il e rlin nUlTlber, "That Old Ga ng of Mine," but
it, undoubt ed ly, will be quit e large. "That Old
Ga ng of Mine," of co urse, is in a cla ss by it se lf
and ha rdl y needs added cOlTlme nt. It is s till
goi n g big. "Sti ll " s ee m s ou t of place; it is o ne
o f th e b ig g:e s t numb ers of man y season s in the
musi c publi s h in g field.
"TELL THE ROSE" A HIT
THE BOSTON MUSIC CO.
26 West St., Boston, Mass.
Sole Selling Agents for the United States
"MOONLIGHT" SCORES IN DETROIT
AGER, YELLEN & BORNSTEIN SONGS
LeBaf
Favor-Marks Music Co. the Publisher
Among th e active songs in the catalog of
Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, In c ., a rc "You Didn't
Want Me \Iv'hen I Wanted You," "Twelve
o'Clo ck at Night," "I'm Somebody Nobody
r .ovc s," "Oh, Gee ! 'G eorg-ia," "Come L et Us
Danc(: the \lVal t z of Love," and the no ve lt y,
"What Do The y Mean b y Love?" "Lo uisvill e
LOll," fr om this cata log, continues t o have wid e
popularity, and thi s season 's succ ess , "Mamma
; oes \A/here l'apa Goes" (or Papa Don 't Go
O ut To-night), s how s indications of bein g the
b:ggest se ller eVer issu ed by thi s h o use.
DETROIT, 11ICII., December 23.-l'he Lawrence
\ \1 ebe r musical production, "Moon li g ht," had a
success ful premiere at th e Detroit Opera HOLlse
to-ni g ht. Th e ope nin g performanc e surpassed
all expecta tion s and the crit ics are practically
unanimous in tire verdict of the s how 's ,comin g
s ucces s. A n unu ~ua lly important cast g re eted
the fi : s t-ni g ht audience which includ es Ernest
G lende nn in g, I. ouis Si mon, Wanda L yon, H e len
O ' S h ea, Rob in son Newbo ld, Gle n Da le, El sa
E. si and ;"lary McCord, making in all a good
ba lanced singin g and dancing combination.
\ Villi am LeBaron 's book p r o ved highly amusing
and Con Co nrad' s musi c wit h William Fried
la nder 's lyr ics produced some typical musical
come d y songs, some of which should have very
wide popularity. Edwar d B. Marks, pre s ident,
and Cha rles Lang, of the Edward B. Marks
1Ius ic Co., publisher of th e score, were present.
OPERATIC CONTEST IN ITALY
A musical jury composed o f Puccini, A lfano,
Ci lea, Molinari and Se~a fin has h eld meetings
in :(o me to awa rd the Government prize of
25,000 lire for the b est ope ratic compos ition.
The first prize was awarded to the young com
poser, Bruno Barilli, for "Emiral," a work
based on a n Albanian legend.
"Tell tlie Rose ," rece ntl y ad d ed to th e catalog
of th e Edward n. i\ farks Music Co., has becn
placed in seve ra l traveling mu s ica l com edIes.
Owin g to the fact that this is th e feat ured num
ber with the se s ho ws, the demand ha s been
qu it e p .. ono unccd , althou g h unlook ed for by t he
pub lish er who had planned · a 1924 copy ri g lit.
Th e in cr ea sed call, however, fo rced Imme di at e
publication.
1924 Smashing Hits
"I AIN'T NO SHEIK, JUST
SWEET PAPA, THAT'S ALL"
"I'VE GOT A MAN OF MY OWN"
"THE FIVES"
"HOUSTON BLUES"
"MUSCLE SHOALS BLUES" "THE ROCKS"
"YOU HAVE A HOME SOMEWHERE"
and the se nsational waltz success
"AT SUNDOWN"
Order from your jobber or direct.
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Chicago
428 Bowe ll Avenue
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Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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