Music Trade Review

Issue: 1923 Vol. 77 N. 3

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Featured lJy Vaudeville's
Leading Artists
WIN SUCCESS IN STANDARD FIELD
Ri : h mond-Robbi n s, In c., P u t O ver Go ld Seal
Series of Standard Ballads Wi t h C o-operation
of Prominen t Vocalists-Wha t t h e Co n ce rn
Has A ccompli s h ed Rece n t ly
It so m c tim cs hap pc n s in th e nlus ic publi s hi ng
indll ~ rr y that a s ta nd ard ho use has bra nc hed
o u t in to the pop u la r li ne, but s e ld o m ha s a
pop ul ar ho use ~{o l\ e in t o th e h ig h-c la ss fi e ld a s
e x te n siv e ly as ha s R ichmo nd -Ro bbin s, I nc.
Th is com pa ny ha s tak e n a d vanta ge of its ex­
pe ri e nce in th e popu la r fi e ld to d eve lo p its
ca ta log of stand a r d a nd moti o n p ic t ure p u b li ca­
l io n s feat u r in g nUnlb e r s b y s uc h co mpose r s as
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T he Go ld S ea l s e l'il's of stand a rd ba ll a ds h a ~
In e t w ith a pp r o va l a illong s uc h vo ca li :it s a s
~'ra n ce s A id a, of th e \1 e tropo lit a n Opera ; Ver­
11011 S til es, a ll d l11 a ny o th er s- a s w e ll a s \' oca l
t eac h e r s a nd th e t ra d e in ge ne ra l.
In th e popu lar fi e ld, H ugo F r ey , D. Sav ino
( D . O ni va s ) and Robe r t H ood ilow e rs have
_co n t r ibu t ed n umb e r s, so m e in preparat io n, th a t
prom is e to be a mo ng th e big s e lle r <; of t he
year. Some few o f th ese, a s w e ll a s th e Go ld
Seal ba ll a d s, are set to ly ri cs b y W a lte r H ir sc h .
Th e fir m h as tak e n rap id str id es in t he past
few ye a r s, a nd to J a c k Robb ins go es th e di s­
tin c t ion of b e ing o ne of the fir st to r eco g n ize
th e va lu e of th e da nce orc h estra as a me diulll
o f pop ul ar izin g llJ usic. H e is a lso r es po nsib le
fo r build in g th e p res e nt orga ni za ti on , in wh ic h
he is a pa r t ner. H a rr y E nge l, ge n era l man age r,
is w e ll know n in th e tr a d e. 1[nt il a bo ut a yea r
a go he t ra ve led in t he int e res t o f th e fir III , ex­
pl o it in g a nd se ll in g. H e is now a m e mb e r of
th e firm a nd sin ce ta kin g his exec u t ive pos it io n
has p r ov e n th a t it ha s been me ri t ed a nd w e ll
ear ned.
Ma n y d ea le rs th roug hout th e co un t ry have
a ll'ea d y s toc ked th e comp le te ph otop lay a nd
co nce r t s e ri es a nd ha ve ag reed to tak e a ll n e w
i, s u e~ t ha t w ill be rel eased f ro m t im e to t im e.
P ract ica ll y e ve r y se le ctio n th at is b ein g p ub­
lis hed by R ic h m o nd- R o bbin s, In c., w ill be r ep­
rese nt ed o n a ll c ue s h ee t s th a t a re CO lllllle'·
t h r o u g h fr o m n ow o n.
I n s ho rt , t h e firm re pr ese n ts o ne o f th e
Qu ic kes t g rowt h s in t he fi eld.
MAKES HfT IN CARNIVAL PARADE·
J oseph C. S mith M u sic H ous e Features " Ye s ,
W e Have No Bananas" in U n usual Manne l
in Rece nt Mardi Gras Parade
T he J os e ph C. S m it li :M us ic S ho p, L a I'o rt e,
I lld ., attr ac ted IllU elt att e nti o n a nd c;o t SOIlI C
c-" celknt a d ve rti s ing in tlt e pa ra de co nn ect cd
w it h t h e F irs t A nn ua l iVI a r di G r as hel d in thai
city u nd e r t he a us pi ces o f th e L a P o rte Cil .,
Lla nd . Th ~ compan y se lec ted a~ a bas is o f ii,
di sp lay th e g r eat po p ul a r so n g hi t, " Y e,; , W I;'
Have N o l3a na na s," and e nt e r ed ill the parad e a
,·ca l I ta li a n o r ga n g ri nd e r w it lt a li,·c 1110 11 1< (')"
th c fo r m e r p us h in ;,; a t \vo -w hee l Il a nd car t fi ll ed
w ith bana na s ta lk s a nd bea rin g th e so ng t it le
0 11 th e s id e.
Th e di< pla y pr ov ed o ne of th e
co m ed y fea t ur es of t he parade , all rac l il1 '; ; 1
m ax imum of a t te nti o l1 .
TO ENTER THE PRODUCING FIELD
F ra n k Gil le n, fo r m e rl y w ith the p rofe ss ional
d epa r t m e n t of Harms, In c., has fo rm ed a pa l'l­
nc rship w ith ;~c d Re ill y fo r th e purpo s e o f p ro­
d ucing a nd d o in g a ge n e ra l th ea t rica l busi nes s.
C ill e n pi a l" t o wr it e th e m us ic fo r se vera l r( ' .'
n les w h iclt th e nc w fir lll ex p ect s t o prod uce.
FEATURING FISCHER PUBLICATIONS
Ka thr y n B ro wn, m e zzo- sopra no of th e C hi­
cago C ivic O pe ra Co. , wh o is now o n a r ec ita l
lo u r thr o ug ll th e M id dle a nd So u t h wes l, is fea­
tu rin g in h er rep e rto ry L ily Stri c kla nd 's Ba yo u
~0 11 g "J)r ea 1l1ill ' Tim e" and
Ma ri ka nt o 's ".'\
Fair y S to r y b y th e Fire," both 1ll1111be r s bein g
pub lis hed by J. F isc he r & Bro .
A Chain of Succes,ses­
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CAROLINA
GOT TO SEE
Mam~SQn6
EV'RYNIGHT
A Lonesome Blues
MAMMY
A RealSoulhern
MAMMA
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"You can' t,8o wron8 -With any'FEIST'so
SWINGIN'
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JULY
21, 1923
"You can't 80 wrons -With any'FEIST'son&'
Hils-
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ROAD
The Irl'esisti hle
A Fo.;x: Trot Bal1ad
F~Tl'ot Hit
Ano! h(J/'.!1~{ar!!lY - Tzr?rl7ey 'Nas!rl!pleCe
By the Writ ers 0/
WhySliouJd I C1°Y OVer You"
SCORE BIG POPULAR SUCCESS
SONGWklTEkS tlOLD BIG OUTING
AN EFFECTIVE WINDOW D1SPLAV
Chappell-Harms, Inc., Has Big Call for "Roses
of Picardy" and "The World Is Waiting for
the Sunrise"
Whitestone Landing, L. 1., Scene of First An­
nual Outing of This Organi zat ion
H. A. Weymann & Sons Feature McCormack
Success, "The Kingdom Within Your Eyes"
Two so n gs that a re makin g a tr e m e ndou s im
pr ess ion, judgin g from publi c a ppr ec iat io n , are
" I~oses of Picardy " and " Th e World I s Wa itin g
for t h e S unrise," publish e d b y Chap p e ll-Hann s,
In c. , 185 Madison avenue, Ne w Yo rk.
These
so n gs are being sung by a numb e r of h e adliners
throughout the countr y and pro illi se to be
a mong the sensational s ell e r s oi the season.
Judson House has been u s ing th ese songs with
.g r ea t success at the Strand Th ea tr e and Vincent
l .o p ez has created quite a sensa ti o n with "Eoses
o f I'icardy" at the I'alace Th ea t re .
It is int eres tin g to n ote that "T h e \ ,Vo rld b
\Na itin g ior the S lInri sc" wa s in te rpolated in
"Ceo r ge W hit e ' s Sca ndal s " a t t h e G lo b e Th e­
a tr e , ~ew Yo rk, and at th e Co lonial Th ea tre in
Chicago, and in each in stance th ese "o ngs ha,'c
won no slllall 1I1('asure of individu a l fa"ol·
:\ distinguished lin e of artists in til e concert
fre ld have endorsed til ese ballads and they arc
n o w being featured on rec o rds and on 1llLlSic
r o lk -\ recent Collllllbia r cica,e featured these
two songs as played by I' aul Spec ilt and Hi.s
O r c h es tr a and the rcc o rd is b c in~' featured b y
th e Co llllllbia Co.
Th e So n gwri ters, a ~c,'" York affiliation of
'\.n unu s uall y e lI ec li ve window displa y of
Illu s ic publi s h e r s and conI po se r s , h e ld th e ir fir s t
s heet mu s ic was tli at a rr a n ge d recently by H. A.
a nnu al OLltin g and c lambak e at \Nhite s tone
We y manll & So n s, we ll-kn own dealers in Phil ­
L a ndin g, I .. I . o n S un­
da y , Jul y \.:;. Th e JlIen
and their wives and
sw eet h ea rt s assc llibled
at Duer', Cas ino for a
noon-d ay shore dinncr,
aft e r which m a ny mock
athleti c sports wer e in­
dulged in. Tilc featurc
oi th ese was a ba se ball
f!,al11e h e t \.vec n 1I\/Vo rd s"
and "Music," w hi c h no­
ho d y too k too se ri o u s ly,
as s ubs titu tes we re he in g
co u " t:lIltl .v s uppli e d b y
hath s id e,.;. In spile 01
the Ilea" y r a in which
fell III th e: ea rly eve­
ning til e afTail' ,vas a
success and it was de­
cided 10 h o ld th e out ­
In.!!, in Se pt e ml)C I' In
llitur c ye ars, in orde r
lilal m o r e wou ld at­
le nd .
O n e o f tile fea tu;' es
of th e affa ir w a s th,:
special lll cnu , each disil
of which "vas headed
by th e n a lll e o f <;O ll1C
publish er, and all the
l eading o n e, were
ther e .
Eyerybody \\ · 110 at­
t e nd ed Ii a d itn ex reed­
\Vindow Exploiting Harms Number
ill g ly ~oo d tilll C, "I ·
thou g h th e att e ncla ll c(' II lig h t Iia \c b ee n gr e ater ,
;r.cklpliia , f e alurin g John McCor mack 's late s t
du e la r ge ly to the Ja c t that a good II la n y In
ballad , u ccess , "The Kin g dom vVithin Your
tli e trade ,\ rc aW;lj' for the S l11l1l1 1e r vaca ti o n
Eyes," w lii c h til 'l t not e d teno r is recordin g for
tile Victor. Practically the entire window wa s
SC Jud g in g by th e r e ports heard about the trade,
g'i"en over to th at single song with a picture
a good lIl a n y of those present ilr o l1 g ht th e ir
oi [,,[cCorma c k in one corner and record s of
the number a lso displ aye d. The window drew
rubh e r s -" Il ot for rain, either.
wide attention a nd it s r es ults were immediat e ly
felt in the lllu s ic d epartme nt.
"The Kin gdom \I\Iithin Your Eyes" is pub ­
li s hed b y Harm s , Inc ., a nd ha s proven one of
t !,C hallacl s u ccesses of the seaso n , bein g fea ­
IIt-It> MAIn, ,(OuR~E
tur ed b y a numb e r of co n ce rt art is ts of reputa­
AT \-lOME
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t io n . Th e nlllllb e r is by Morton Da v id a nd
Horatio N ic holl s.
CUT YOURS
A PlrCE f CAKE
McKINLEV EXPLOlTlNG NEW NUMBER
The McKin ley ?,,[u,; ic C o. is exploiting a new
pOJlular ballad, e ntitl ed "For Old Time's Sake."
,\. I,. Haas e , in c h a r ge of the New York pro­
fc,sional d e p a rtm e nt of the company, will
s h ort ly en la r ge hi s staff, arrangi ng for an unu­
s uall y active Fall seas on.

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