Music Trade Review

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M1 IS Ie TTl, \ln~ lrgYIE'V
JULY
21, 1923
"You can't 80 wrons -With any'FEIST'son&'
Hils-
MILL
RIVER
RYIN
FOR YOU
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
~
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.