Music Trade Review

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THE
M.USIC
TRADE
REVIEW
AUGU ST 4, J 923
A Chain of Successes­
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youVE
GOTTO SEE
MAMMA
CAROLINA
MAMMY
A Real Southern
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SWINGIN
DOWN THE
LANE
EV'RYNIGHT
A Lonesome Blues
Mam",), SQn 6
An OldFashioned Son~
With a FyTrolSwing,
Frye Tl'ol
"You can't,8o w,'o n$ -With any'FEIST'so
E. C. MILLS NOW CHAIRMAN OF THE A. S. C. A. AND P.
Chairman of the Music Publishers' Protective Association Also Becomes Executive
Head of
Composers' Organization-Plans European Trip to Arrange Reciprocal Agreements
E . C. Mill ,;, c hairman of t he exec uti ve board
o f the ~[u s i c Publi s he rs' Prot ec ti ve Assoc ia­
tion, a ft er a series of co n ference...; \\·ith a C0 1\\­
mittee from th e A illeri can Soci ety of Com­
posers, Authors and Publi s h e r s, h as acce pted
the cliztirillanship of th e execut i\'e co rnlllittee
ill that organization.
For the past several Illonth s th e .\. S, C'. .'\.
and 1-'. has endeavored 1' 0 acq uir e the se rVi ces
o f 'Mr. Mills. Howenr, b e ;.dlO\\'eci SO lll e h eS I­
tancy in accCj)tin,C': the offi ce throu g h th e fact
that the Society's original p lea was for hi s ex­
throughout the world and a n equitable distribu­
tion be made of same .
The .\ S.
and P. will s hortly inaugu­
rate some new plan s f o r th e purpose of inter­
c;.:ting more of the s tanda rd publ ishing organi­
zations in its activiti es. This, together with somc
entirely new, ori g in a l an d fair methods of col­
lectinc: lic en;.:c fees from v a udeville, motion pic­
ture theatres, as well as ca barets and dan c e
halls, is plann ed.
c:. \ .
"ROMANY LOVE" IN ENGLAND
c lusive ~ervice:-;.
l ' nder th e pre s ent a rran gC ll\ C llL ~ .\Jr . :\lill s
w ill co ntinue in hi < executi ve capac it y in th e
f"I. 1'. 1) :\. and w ill a lso und e rt a ke th e r es pon ­
., ibilit y of dir e ctin :.,: th e ac ti v iti es of the COIll­
pose r s' Societ y ,
Mr. Hill s plan s a trip to Europ e in th e ea rl y
Fa ll for th e p urp Ose of c lo s in c; arrangeme nts
w itll CO ll lpoo.,ers' societie s of E ur o p e, in c ludin g
th ose in England, France, ltal y an d Ger m a ny,
w h e reby, through a recipro ca l arrang e m e n t,
fn's will be collectcd by th e various soc iet ies
During tlt e pa s t few yea rs A m e ri ca n pub­
li ca tions have s uc cee d ed> in obt a ining wide popu­
la rit y a nd sales for American works of the
better s ort.
A nl ong these lat t e r can be included "1~ol11any
.I.ove ," f rom th e ca talog of the Sam Fox Pub­
lishin g Co., NeVi Yo rk and C le ve land, 0., w hi ch
has jUlllped into ullmual pr o minen ce in En g ­
land. It is tru e that thi s particu lar numb er is
played as a fox -tr ot, bu t it is its lllu s ica l m e rit s
\\ hi ch ha ve attain e d for it a place on th e mu s ic
counters eve r y,vh e r e in th e B riti s h Isl es.
A fittin g d e mon s tratio n of thi s Brilish recog­
llition of " H o manl' I ,O\'c" is shown b y its in­
clusion in the Charle s D. Cochran pla y , "Dover
Street to Dixi e, " now pla y in g at the Lonclon
Pavilion, wherr it is stage d and presented in a
featur e d so n g' ser n e <\nu s uns by Lloyd CatTelt,
the we ll-kn own A ill e ri ca n tenor.
Herew ilh is ,hOWIl a windo,", display in one
of thc forty K e ith-l'rowse s tores showing the
tit le pagcs of ":{otllany 1,ove " to advantaQ'c
and in the center ca n be sce n a placard in which
ils inclu,ion in th e llIusical s how is announced .
PUBLISHERS WIN IN COURT
CUT YOUR)ELF
A PIECEr-CAKE
AtiD MAKE
'fou RSEl.l'
..
AT HO
An Attractive "Romany Love " Display
larity in tlle Ihli.,h Isles
"Vllile it is true
t hat the bl'ge part of this I-ccogn iti o n f o r .\nl(l'­
iea n prints has becn,,~i\ en I n the fox- tr o t type
of lllel0dv, there has abo b ee n c reated POP\) -
i\ final de cree was rece ntl y hand e d dO\\' n hy
the United S tal es Distrin Co urt fo r the Ea s tern
Distril'l of 1'e nn sy lvania wh e r e by a lo n g li st
of theatre own e r s a re p e rp e tuall y e njoin e d and
restrain e d fr Olll pub li c ly p c rf or illin'~:t"' llumb (']'
of popular son gs ,
The ca ses in vo lve SO lli e tw e nt y -nin C' de­
fendant s in s uit s brou g ht by a number of pub­
li s h ers , llleillbus of th e .\Ill e rican Society of
Compo<,ers, A uth ors an d Publishers, which have
bec n befo;'e the co urt s for adjudicat ion for the
past two years.
In addition each ddenda'nt is finecl $250 and
the court costs, involvin g c lose to $100, and
, ti C
c(llllpclkd lo p: :y :: " 'o rn e), fees of $lS0 by
order of the court.
While no n ew legal d ec ision is involved in
the abo\'c GISeS, til e ve rdi ct is a sweep ing v ic­
tory for the Society, ina s mu c h as it in volves
a ,core of def c ndant s in on e particu la r territor y .
"Youcan't,80wron8-With any'FEIST'son&'
RYIN
FOR YOU
A Fo.x: Trot BaI1ad
By ! he WI'/! el's of
WhyShould I C1'Y OVer You"
MILL
RIVER
ROAD
The Irresisti hle F~Trot Hit
And hf/'J1~{ar!f7Y -li'C'l'!zey 'I1as!(?;pI(?CX!
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