THE
38
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
A UGl:5T 11 . 1923
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CONDUCTED BY V . D. WALSH
JACK MILLS MAKES IMPORTANT ARRANGEMENTS ABROAD
SONGS THAT SELL
Obtai ns Am erican Publication Right s to Celeb rated Dix Catalog-Will Represent Wa rton David
and Horatio Nicholls Ballad Series.-- Othe r Numbers Which He W ill Handle
Jack Mi lls, head o f Jack lvIills, In c., who re
ce ntly returned to tltis cou ntr y following sev
e ra l month s SpC llt in t he cap itals of Europe, ha s
acquired a numbe r of European compositions
and closed ar ra n gements w ith several music
pub li sh in g
organ iza
tion s w h i c h sho uld
prove most profitabl e.
A numb e r of A.meri
can publishers have,
durill,-!; th e past t wo
years , made c lose con
n cct ion~ with European
h OIl,;es for the exp lo ita
tion of their cata logs
iu va rious countries.
Much interest ha s been
s hown b y / \merican
publishers also in some
Jack Mills
of the standard cata
lo f''> of Europe, as we ll as c u r rent popular pub
I i" ;1 t io n,·.
O n the other hand, European houses, par
ticularly th ose of England, have been active
bidde rs for th e publication ri g ht s on American
popular prints. These afl'angements are in-
THE
HOTTEST
and Funniest Comedy
Song Written in Years
JUST OFF THE FIRE
PEANUTS!
5 a Bag
Every Dance Orchestra From Coast
to Coast is Playing and Singing-
PEANUTS!
5 A BAG
Watch for Record and
Music Roll Releases
variab ly working out to the advantage of all
partie s concc rn ed and, without doubt, have give n
'\mcrica n songs wide popu larity.
It is now announce d b y Jack Mills tbat he
ha s rec eived from th e English pu bli shers the
American rights to the celebrated Dix catalog,
which includes the famous v\' iener Boheme
V e rla g. .\nother very important dea l included
the transfer to the Anlerican publisher of the
famous hi g h-cla ss edi tion of beau tifu l ballads
by Warton David and Horat io Nicho ll s. These
in clud e "For You a Rose, for Me a Memory,"
"The Night of th e Ball ," "T he Home That
Means Heaven to Me" and "Somewhere in
Some Corner of the World. " From the Lau
l enee Wright Music Co. Mr. Mills obtained
"Egypt, I'm Ca llin g You" an d "Give ::vIe th e
Open Road." An En g lish [ox- trot ballad Sltf
cess, " Ju s t Like a T hief" and "Ar rawarra
\'\'alt z," were also obtained, a s well as "Way
s ide Ro se ," one of the successes in Cochrane's
Illusical show, "Dover Street to Dixie."
Down Among the Sle e py Hills of
Ten-Ten-Tennessee
Indiana Moon
That Old Gang of Mine
When You Walked Oul
Someone Else Walked Righi In
Love (My Heart Is , Calling You)
You Tell Her-I Siuller
You Know You Belong
to Somebody Else
(So Why Don't You Leave M e Alone 1)
Dearest
I
L. B. ELLERT LEAVES WILLIS CO.
General Manager and Seeretary-Treasurer Re
signs From Cincinnati Publishing House-No
Statement on His Future Plans
I
I
Laur ence B. Ellert, who for th e past three
yea rs has bee n ge~e'ral manag e r, secre tary and
treasurer of the \Villi s Music Co., Cincinnati,
0., has severed his con nections wrth that organ
izat ion. Mr. Ellert ha s been in ill health for
th e past few months a nd h as decided to take a
much-needed rest. No plans for the future have
been annou nced by him. Hi s letter, howev er,
ad dr essed to the president of the board of di
rector s of the Wi llis Music Co., is, indeed, inter
es ting, giving as it does more than the u s ual
credit for hi s s ucce ss and ac hi evements as head
of the Willis Music Co. to his co -wor kers:
"To th e President and Board of Directors,
"The Wi ll is Music Co., Cincinnat i, O.
"Gentlemen : In submitting my r es ig nat ion as
genera l manager and sec retary-treasure r I wish
to expre ss my de ep appreciation to each a nd
every employe of thi s company. Through the ir
fai th fuln ess, loyalty and kind co -operation a
hu ge task has been accompli s hed, an ideal r ea l
ize d. If, in your opinion .• 1I1y administrati on
was success fu l attribute it so le ly to those de
se rvin g men and wOlllen w ho wi ll be here to
carryon. In leaving these, I11Y assoc iat es, I am
takin g with me price less recollections of their
u nselfi shn ess .
"May 1 hope I am not overstepp in g th e bou nd s
of prop ri et y in ask ing the board of directors to
s pread upon the ' permanent re cord s of this com
pany, as a mark of my affect ion , a vote of
thanks to all the' employes who spen t thes e
three pl easa nt years here together with me?
"Feeling an assurance that this request will
be gra nt ed I hereby t ender my resignation, ef
fective to-da y.
" Respectfull y,
"LAURENCE B. ELLERT."
"EARLV MORNIN' BLUES" A HIT
Ethel \Vaters, the well-known co lored "b lu es"
singer, who ha s been t ou rin g Southe rn terri
tory thi s season, recentl y appeared at the B ij ou
Theatre, Nashville, Tenn. Before the openin g
of her p rogram she was presented with a copy
of "Ea rly Mornin' Blues," by N. C. Dav is, gen
e ral manager of th e N. C. Davis Music Co., of
-
( You're the Nearest to My Heart)
Ala Moana
Nuthin' But
By the Shalimar
Crinoline Days
Froln Irving Berlin' s New )Iusic Box J'tevu('
Lady of the Evening
F"om I l'v in g Bel'l in's Kcw i'\Iusic Dox ReVUf
Pack Up Your Sins
and Go to the Devil
t"'rom Irving BeJ'Un's Ne,v
~Il1l!iic
Box Revue
I F!!IL§~~en~~~eN~~~~S~~~o~~~!lI~
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway, New York
that city. After p'oing' over the song, Miss
Wate rs decided to place it in her pro g ram and
it was received wit h so much success th a t it
has been given a featu red po , ition at all h er
performances. "Early Mornin' nIues" is havin g
an ·· a:ctive sale: ·
PUBLISHERS SUE BUFFALO THEATRES
BUFI'AlO, N. Y., August 6.- Pape rs ha ve bee n
filed in Federal Court here in the s ui t to be
brou ght by Jnotne H. Remi ck & Co., Irvin g
Berlin, Inc., and L eo Feist, In c., mt1~ic pub
lish ers, to reCOver $250 dalllat:;es and co unsel
fees from two local th eatre owners and a res
taurant owner. The publi::hers claim i.nfringe
ment of a copy ri g ht a nd t he use of songs w ith
out permis sio n.
TO USE NEW MARKS FOX = TROT
'\11l0n g the Ke ith vaucleville acts w hi ch will
program "Ma rch of the Siamese," a fo x- trot,
and "K iss Me With Your Eye's," from the ca ta
lo g of th e Eclward R. Marks Musi c Co., are
Haraban Grohs and Compa ny . ,\mong th e fea
tured perform e rs of this act is Jonathan Hawe.
form e rl y w ith th e l11usi ca l comedy "Tick le Me."
!\mong the n ew so ng s added to the catalog
of Leo Fe is t, Inc., are two novelti es e ntitled
"D uck's Quack" an d "Hot Daw!!."