Music Trade Review

Issue: 1923 Vol. 77 N. 8

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MILLS DISCUSSES BROADCASTING
Chairman of Exe c utive Committee of Music
Publishers' Association and American Society
of Composers , Authors and Publishers States
That the Radio Situation Is Being Investi­
gated and No Definite Stand Taken Yet
J.. C. Mil]';, chai"lllan of th e E"cc uli\'e COI11­
mittee of the Music l'ubli,;Jlcl', ' I'ro lc c ti\·l' As­
'ocialio n , ,111(1 Ihe :\1l1c ri c CO I1IJ)Osn~ and l'ubli s h e r s , whell see ll re,c;ard­
in g th e decision hand c d d01l'1l in Ih e Fcderrtl
Co urt in '\Iell'al' k r eccnl ly ill fav o r of ]\1. \Vit­
mark &. So n s as aga in , [ th e f .. H;\lll berge r Co.,
a Ne\\,;H k d c p " rlm c nt qore OJlera tin g a radio
br oa d cas tin '2; sta ti o n, s l akd thai lh e o r ga ni za ­
lions hc represented h ad 11 0 t t"k e n an\' d efi nite
~talld rcg,trdill g hrOildr r\~ lill .~ :It prcsent ill\'csti "ati n~ (he matter thor o u g hl y.
"\'Vc want t o lind Oll t t h c trl1(h," s;lid :Mr.
(dills_ "rr lhe radi o a 1'(0 rd.s all ;)(iI· l"ediulll of publicit y fo r lliu sica l (,OllIJ)O';iliol1.-',
we will, or COllrse, be Ill ost il1t e resled in its
e!cvelonnlcl1t. Hight a lo n e; Ihis line, 1 can cite
the experience of a \Vcll-know n I1lusic publisher,
n o t a member of 0111' assoc iat io ll, who lried CL
'r ad io plu g ' sevcral weeks agO by W;IV of ex­
perilllen t.
"T hi s man l" ls a b a ll ad-l lill e that hl' is tr y­
ill ~ t o poplilari~e. H(' sec ur e d eig hty-six hrortd­
castin g <; tation :3, lhr oug' h o llt points in Ihl' \\'e.;t ,
", hidl expres,;ed theillsch'cs a' willillt" [0 1'0­
opcrate with his experimenl
Three lime s a
da y for fi~- c (lays thi s number was SlIlig or
p];,yed onT the raelio J. y Ih es ~ eight y-s ix <;la­
tion s, with li Qcncrs totalill g over a million, and
h l' t e ll s Jll e: that hi , sa les of that number h ave
not s hown a 'ripp lc' in th e way 0 '[ an 'ld \·ancc .
"'This kind of data n eeds nO COllllllent .
can m en lion, how eve r , a trial which T IIl y'c if
[)crsonall y made from a largC' New York s ta"
tion.
For a b ou t a week I had a 'p lu g' SOIlg'
scnt o·ut scyera l times a clay. It wa.'i ;1 'b lu es'
nUlllb cr sonall." r cce.i...-a.ct it lIlany timcs clear ,I S a bell
01'(;1' my o\vn >ct ill my office.
'\ftcr a w eek
h a d pa sse d I made inquiry into Ihe ,;li e.s re c'
ord , a nd a"aill til nt' was not a 'ripple '"
Mr. lI·{ill,.; ad mit ted tbat (he t"o lc s t- for
({p lu ggin g" sO ll g"S \·ia rad~o \ \rc rc by no Jll C(t Il:-\
cO ).l. c lu s ive, bllt we re ' .I ron e:· C\' ie! e n ce a g ai n Ihe publicilY c laim s ulade by th e br oa d cas tin g
o rg;(nizat i01)s;. "Fo r th e present we s hall take
no decid e d atlitude, " h e conc illded , "bllt s h a ll
be sat isfied w ith the: deci,ion oj th e COllrt ( I )
thal hr oadcast illg 1t mllsical c'olliposili o n s hall
be cO:bidcred a Ilill s ical performanc e; (2) twat
broad ca sting, in the case of a departmenl store ,
is don e for th " P'UTPOSC of J)"ofit, and (3) tll at
• in th e future music publishers shall be pe,.,IIil ­
t etl th e ir own seleclion of pl1blicilv source:; .."
TO SING AMERICAN SONGS FOR KING
Jas. Hackett, Well-known Tenor , to Program
American Numbers When He Sings Before
King Alfonso of Spain in the Near Future
~ ('\·c raJ ~Oll~~ hy _ \ 1l1cric sung' befor e Kin:,,:- '\lfon 50 of Spain b y Jamcs
H acketl o n th e occas ion o f th e S pani s h ~ O\·
crc ig n 's so j o u r n ;':. Sa n Sebas ti :1.Il ~OO n, sal's a
cable d c' pal c h fr om Pari s . Thi s wi ll b e th e
tirst tinle all A meri call si n gc r h a" app ea r cd b y
ro y'" cOlnnland b efore th e Spa ni s h co urt. Mr.
Hackelt \I·ill be prcsl'ntcd b), Alnba~<;ador
'"I' oo ,- c. The iorn'l'r h ", ,~a ill cll a wiele rcputa­
ti o ll 'IS S"l.~er with the C hi cago C.i v ic Ope ra
Co., of \\·IJich he is a ll1Clllbcr, a ile! will return
t o \IIlcric a sonic lillie dllrin l!; th e CO llli n g opera
seaso n.
NEW JOSEPH HOWARD NUMBER
J osep ll H OII'art!, lI· h o w ill h e r " " 1C lllh ('rc d for
IIl a n y o f his pOlll,]ar a ir s of p;" t sea.-O n s, r c­
cCllt ly placcd \I' ith M . V\ ' ilill ark & :-;OIl S a II e,,­
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entitled firm illllllcdialcil- rl'lca~ e d.
H oward, who ap­
pears in laude\·illc with hi s lI' ifc', Fl hl )'11 Clark,
is featuring' the 1lL1Illbcr hilil sc l f ,d a ll hi s pcr­
io rlll;II1CCS and. l'J1 ;l(lditioll, it appears ire·
'lllelltl), in other progra",-" ;I nd is c\'c rlwhere
grceteci with appiaIL'C.
NEW ORIENTAL FOX=TROT
"C h a rli c C hin " is the title 5i. a n elV ori e ntal
fox -tr ot p ubli s h ed by L nv is Fr e d e ri ck S ta fford
I:\: Co., Snafusc, N. Y. The S taffo rd Co . h a s
is .';lIcd St:\'era l !lumber s , including "Tilli .. '· ;In(]
"llungaloll'," which ha\'~ had SlICCCS S.
THE HOTTEST
and Funniest Comedy
Song Written in Years
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She's Got Another Daddy
Beautiful Rose
Home- - My Lovin' Dixie Home
In The Land of S,,'eet Sixteen
Many Years
Always Looking For A Little Sunshine
Just a Little Gold Watch and Chain
In Baby's Smile
Love is Love For Ever
Lonesome Two
Piano Dream
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A UGUST
THE
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"DREAMY MELODY" IS FEATURED
Remick Walt z Meeting Wide Favor From Both
the Trade and the Buyers
The n c \\' w a ltz "j)r ea m y i\Ie lody, " r elease d
sOIllC t illie ",,0 b y J rro n lc H , Rellli c k & Co",
In c, ha ,; II lvt \,it h " llI c h i;l\ or in ( rctd e c ircl es,
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on e o f the 1I1 0st act ivc a lld s u cc e ssful s heet
Jllu s ic dcpar t tllcilt s o pe rat ed by the s e stO res ,
I:rc d Shaw, m a na gc r o f thc music d e partlll e nt
of til e J) e troit storc, wa s re " p o n,ibl e for th e
accolltpanyi n g' effec ti ve di -p lay whi c h wi ll g'i\' e
the r ea d e t' a b o od idc a of the ar ran getJ lent awl
('I lh e alltOullt ot a lt enti o n it ev identl y rec eive d
from pa, scr s -b y,
Th e Rctllick pro fc!ss ional de p;Htm ent , in con­
junctioll with the band and orc h estra s ta ff , is
t o rUIl a cllltp a ig n on " Dream y ~{elod y ~
throug h out the F a ll sea s on,
It s initial s how­
tn ,,' h as cn co ur aged it to f'x tend its activit ie s
o n the number to a I.:reat exte nt.
"BEBE" IN THE "PASSING SHOW"
J'opul ar fcatllr cs ap lenty are \Q b e found III
t h c r Clllark a bl y va ri e d pr og rall\ o f "The Pa ss
ing S h ow " a t th e \OVi ntcr Gar den th is Summer
;Lnd on e of th e tllo s t o ut s t an dill g of thetlt is th ('
a c t off e r e d by c lever J' hil Ba ke r with hi s pian o ­
ac co rdion ,
At e\'c ry p erfo rman ce hi s p layi n g
o f "I le b e ," in particul ;\r , brin g' S al o n g m a n y en­
co res , " Ilcb e" is oll e o t th e ca t c hi es t of all the
Ill a ny tun e ful fox-t rots published b )f M, Wit­
mark & SOilS and W , LS re ce ntl y introdu c ed by
Fddi e C ant o r w ith hi , usu a l c h;tra c teristi c s u c­
cess both at the 1'" I:LCC and in th c li eg feld
" f o lli es,"
MILT HAGEN IN CALIfORNIA
Kresge Display in Detroit
Tlt e
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p ; \ r ti c ld ;ll' l ~ '
il l lPI' C" ... j \ ' l',
cOIl~ id ­
cring the Ill llllb c r is a ,,' ;r It z SOIl e: , a nd i, , til l
in its yo uth , l{cccntl y (he S , S , I-.:I' (', ).:c s l o re,
of f) c troit , 1I1 ad c a f uil "' ind o\\' displa y of th e
t itle pa g C' s u'rr o undill g a n ctttracti\'c ('enl('1'
pie c e c arn' in ;.: the title ".\)1',,;"11 \ ' .\[(' Iody" II I
b ",,(' , ill'llrc ss i \'c col o r e d lett e r s ,
Thv I ): t "o it " t o r c of th e 1--:1'1''' ).: (' chai n ha s
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:\lilt H ag (' ll, publi c ity 1l1;lna ge r for th e Palll
Specht ()rehl'stras, i ~ nO w va cati o ning it~ Ca li­
fo rllia,
Ha~ e n w as fo rmcrl y inter es ted in t he
w rit i ll.!.2. o f ~cv cr(ll S Oll.~~, but hi s I1Ulll cro u~ ac ­
ti"iti es with the Sp ec ht o r ,c::a lliz a ti o n hav e occu '
pied all of hi s tim e in re c cnt mon th s,
1'aul
S p ec ht hilll sc l( ha s Ju s t return e d froUl Eur o pe,
bein ;', \\'e lc'o illcd ill ,\few Yo rk,
Cons ult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review, In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge £01' men wh" desire positions
NEW EASTMAN OPERA DEPARTMENT
Rochester Music School Offers Scholarships for
the Training of American A rt ist s
Tlte East lll a n Sclt oo l of ~rll s ir ill Roclt c~ ler,
a d c "ctrtnt c nt o f tile L' lli\' e r s i "y o f J-{oc lte ster,
rail , at lellti o ll t o ih op e ra dep a rtment , w hi c h
w ill o pen n ext tllolllh , Th e aut h o ritie s bclic \' e
tiiat th ey ar e offe rin g an uIHt s ual o pportunit y
t o the '\ll1 c r ica n , tu d ellt " who us uall y preparcs
ex t ens ivel y fo r op cr a allt! find s a lm o ; t in su r "
IlloLlntablc barrier s i ll att a iJlil1 ~ th e goal.
By
willn in ).: one of ou r sc h o lars hi p s of :l: I ,OOO a nd
tuiti o n , eve n lh e poo r "t udcnt w ho h a- " hilil.'
has a n opportUllil y t o cl C\'c lo p, ancl, we h ope, t o
In th e tlleanti,tte tlt e " tud e ltl has th e c'Cp c ri
(-n ce of pub li c p e rfol'\tt a n cc ill t h e E,lsltllan
Th ea tr e of Rochc '!(;r, i " CO lljUII Ctio ll \\ ith in ,
" tructi o n , J J) a dditi o n to scho1:> r s hip pupib, a
limited nUlllber w ill be admi t l e d wh o ca n un cl e r­
qllcl y the p rincip ,tl part s ,\ udi t io n s w ill b e h el d in :\f C\\' Yo rk , Bos ton
a nd C h icago during th e fir st ten d ays o f Sep
tUllbn, Tlte el a" c" \\ ill be v in o n Se p( e lllb e r
17 at Ho c h es ler.
SUNG IN GOLDMAN CONCERTS
\OV it:l the E dwin I,' rank o G oldtll:tn n ctlld , the
o fficial ba nd of tlte C it , o f .\e w Yo rk , whic'h
plaved Ill a lly Ili g hts 0 11 lit e :lIIa ll in Central
I'ark, a rc thr e r r eg ular so loist s - Frieda K lill k,
co ntr a lto; L o l(ct .\Iadd c ll, sop ra no, a nd Suza nna
C lou g h , Ille zz o -so pran o,
Th ey ha ve all be e n
feat uring t wo n ew son),s, " Th e He'art Ca ll, " by
Fr e d e rick \.v, \ "nd e rpool, and "S unri se alld
Yo u ," bv \r1hur .'\, J'cnll, ~ Ltt H" \cr y b ea ut i­
full y to the perfect acc otll pa nim e nt of 1YIr,
Gold man ', I\alld t h ese (WO' \-\ltm a rk son g"
wer e r ecc i\'«l c nthu s i;"ti c a ll v I", a Jl I Osl a pprc ­
c iat i\ C CL1Hli(,ll ct' ;'It ('\ ' ( 'r ~' COll ('(-r l ill which titc:-,c
art i sts S llll ~ th elll.
F~ Trot Hit
from
TheMusical Comedy
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