Music Trade Review

Issue: 1923 Vol. 77 N. 26

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MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
D ECEMBER
29, 1923
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CENTURY WINDOW CONTEST WON BY NEW MEXICO DEALER
Apollo Music Shop, of Albuquerque, Winner of First Prize in Country-wide Contest-Large
Number of Representatives of This Popular Edition Participate With Varied Displays
The recent window display contest, arranged
by the Century Music Publishing Co., in which
several hundred dealers throughout the country
plays related to standard numbers . However,
the fact that man y of the Century publications
are given multi- colored and exc lusive de signed
Prize-winning Window in Century Music Co. Contest
took pa rt , result ed in a series of original and
title pages added conside rabl y to the possibili­
a ttr ac tiv e di spl a ys. Th ese sh owin gs ar e particu­
·ties in arrangem e nts and layouts.
larl y impres s ive when it is reali ze d that the dis-
T he priz es were $50 for the first winn er; $25
for the se cond; $15 for the third, and $10 for
th e fourth. The Apollo Music Shop, Albuqu e rqu e,
N. M ., was th e winner of the first prize.' A
reprodu ction of this particularly attractive win­
dow is herewith shown. A full window display
of Century titl es, ar ran ged to re s emble a pipe
or gan, in the background, before which were
displa yed other title page s giving the impression
of a mo saic floor. This di splay not only won
the un a nimous prai se of the judges, but previ­
ously had cr ea ted a distinct impression in the
eyes of the music bu ye rs of Albuquerque.
The second priz e was won by Hickey's
Ly ceum Music Store, Ithaca, N . Y. This dis ­
play showed over 200 Centur y titles, including
twelve copy rosett es and si x hand-made signs
of imp ressive ch a ract er, all of whi ch made an
unusually attractiv e combination.
The third prize went to the J Raigor Musi c
Shop, St. Loui s, Mo., and th e fourth prize to
J. Ed. B lack , Springfield, Mo. Missouri was,
seemin gly, well represented. Mr. Black, by th e
way, has won other window display prizes and
throughout the trad e is well-known for the
origina lity as well a s the character of his win­
dow dre s sings.
Ten dollar awards of appreci a tion were given
to the following house s, whose windows de­
served more th a n mere comm e nt: Volkwein
Bros., Pitt s burgh, P a.; Escher Music Shoppe,
Pittsfield, Mass.; E. Hegeman, Philadelphia,
Pa., and]. W. La Bai Music Co ., Baltimore, Md.
The following w ere the judges of the Cen­
tury contest: V. D. Walsh, The Music Trade
Review; F . C. Bruns, Federal Ad vertising
Agency, and B. W. McClellan of the Music
Trade s.
A partnership form ed by a singer and a com­
poser was recently comple ted he re and is known
a s The Song Shop, owned by Stone & Verges,
HOllston, Tex. The partners are Billy Stone
and Joseph Verges .
A New Song of Unusual Merit
EMDRYS(6DRDEN-~--
By
for All Voices.
Vidor Itecord
by
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frances Aida ~~~
A natural song hit.
Gw.Ynne J>e.Qiti
and
~Cl/da.,
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.
Ih:cE MHEI{
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
29, 1923
49
A UNIQUE FEIST WINDOW DISPLAY
Kresge Philadelphia Store Uses Feist Times
Square Display Effectively
Some time a go L eo Fei s t, Inc., in a wi d e
ca mpai g n in professio na l, orches tra and trade
publi ca tions, use d a ske tch of Broadway at night
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SlockUp!
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I LOVE YOU
LOVE TALES
NO,NO,NORA
EASY MELODY
SONG OF LOVE
JOURNEY ' S END
HALF PAST TEN
LINGER A WHILE
WONDERFUL ONE
CAROLINA ItiAMMY
BL UE HOOSIER BLUES
MAMMA LOVES PAPA
RIVER SHANNON MOON
STEALING TO l ' IRGINIA
SA W MILL RIVER ROAD
SWINGIN' DOWN THE LANE
CUT YOURSELF A PIECE OF CAKE
EVERY NIGHT I CRY }IYSELF TO
SLEEP OVER YOU
TAKE, OH TAKE, THOSE LIPS AWAY
CENTURY stock is as staple
as wheat, as safe as Government
Bonds and much more profitable
than either.
Carry a liberal sup­
ply, it will safeguard
y ou r interest and
prevent disappoint­
ment to your cus­
tomers.
Our B ig Advertising Cam­
paign is in full sway. Stock up.
Write for Dealer.' Price.
Cell tury Music Pub. Co.
235 West 4rtb 51.
LEO FEIST, Inc., FEIST Bid,., New York
New York
ARMY REGIMENTAL SONGS
Each Unit, He-reafter, to Have Song Closely
Identified With It
\A;A SHI NGTON, D. c., lJecember 23.­ Pcl'haps
Secretary Weeks has heard the Marine Co r ps
sing- at o ne of the Marin e footba ll ga mes. A ny­
way, he (kcided to-day that eac h re g iment in
the Army ou g ht to have a regim ent a l so n g.
" It is d es ired," hi s orde rs sa id, "tha t a ll re g i­
menta l commanders enco ur age in every way th e
co mposition and adop ti on o f a rcgilllcn tal song,
whic h, it is th o ug ht , s ho liid (kal with the pa,;t
exp loits an d ac hi eveme nt , of the orga ni za ti on
which it represents."
The \lVar Departme nt, it wa s said , is prepared
thrOllgh th e Army Musi c Sc hoo l to g ive ass is t­
anc e to th e regime nt s. All so n gs m us t be s ub ­
mitted to the sc ho o l for rcviell' to prc\'e nt du pli ­
ca tio n.
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My Good
Featuring "Songs of the Times"
whi ch vario us Feist titles appea red in the
la r ge e lectr ic signs. Th e captio n a bove th is
publi c it y was "Songs of th e Time s From Times
Sq uare. " B. A. Va n Maa ren , m'ana ge r of the
S. S. K resge Co. store , P hil a d elphi a, Pa., co n­
ceived the id ea of reprodu cin g this "B roadway
layou t" in a full window di splay, rightfully
judgin g that th e scene would not on ly be a ttra c­
tive publicity for hi s mu sic cO llnt e r, b llt wou ld
create unu s ual at tention.
H e rewi t h is show n a reprodu ction of th is
K resg<'. Phil ade lphi a , w indow. Even .in it s re­
dll ced iorlll it ca n be see n th a t the origina l id ea
;., t·ands ou t mo st reali sticall y. Ow in g to th e
fa ct th at th e va rious Fei s t son g titl es appea r in
th e e lect ric sig ns, th e re was no need for the
add ition o f any title pag es, so th e vaca nt spo t s
were decorated with th e lates t Fe is t "Da n ce
Fo li o," a com binatio n th a t added co nsiderab ly
to the week's sales.
The window drew a great de'a l of a tt en ti o n
a nd c rea ted many sa le s.
III
STILL AMONG ACTIVE SELLERS
"Ju s t a Girl That Men Forget" is still amo n g
the most ac ti ve se ll ers of the present seaso n.
J ac k Mill s, In c., th e publi s her, is continuing its
profe ss ional activities on the number and pla ns
to ca rry it s popu la rit )' into the Sprin g seaso n
' have bee n closed.
The Departm e nt of COlllme rce, Washington,
D. C, has a numb e r of r eq ues ts of in terest to
the mu sic ind us tr y. .'\ mong the se Sweden want s
s heet ll1u sic fo r piano, viol in and o rc he s tr a.
BU'
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WATERSON,
&: SNYDER CO.
~ERLIN
S.Q.N.G H.I.T.S
Come . on, Spark Plug
Land of Cotton Blues
My Sweetie Went A way
It's Not the First Time You Left
Me
Not Here, Not There, It's Fifty
Miles From Nowhere
Oh, Geel Oh, Gosh! Oh, Golly I
I'm in Love
Covered Wagon Days
Back in the Old Neighborhood
I've Got a Song for Sale (That
My Sweetie Turned Down)
That's Why You Make Me Cry
Roll Along, Missouri
1
Man's Blues
RIGINAL HOME OFJAZZ
HUSIC PUBLISIfEI?S""3129 South StateSt..Chic!lSO
Publiobed by
WATERSON,
BERLIN &: SNYDER CO.
SII'uc1 T1aeoatre Bid,., New YOI'k City, N. Y.
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