SI'YIIC M BE I<
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1, 1923
:MUSIC
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SINGS THE "GULF COAST BLUES"
Bessie Smith, Well-known Blues Artist. Records
Number for Colurnihia
B ess ie Sm ith , the new colored sin g ing artist,
\\' ho r ec entl y signed up exclusively to r ecord for
th e Columbi a records, made her introduction to
"Century"
Campaign
Is in
Full Sway '
Century Music Pub. Co.
235 West 40th 51.
New York
BAND LEADER FOR INDIAN SCHOOL
Government Seeking Experienced Man to Fill
Vacancy in Oklahoma
TI1e L'nited Sta tes Civi l Service Co mmi ss ion
announ ces th e followi ng ope n competitive ex
amination for o r c hes tra o r band lea der a nd in
, tnl cto r, Ot h er info rmation than that g iven
below and app li cati on blanks m ay be obtained
fr o lll th e U nit ed Sta tes Civil Serv ice Comt11i s
si on, Vvas hin gto n, D, c., or the Sec ret a ry of
the Eoard of United Statrs Civ il S e rv ic e E",
am iner s, at the pos t office or CU St0 111 hou se in
an y cit y :
I< ec eipt of ap pli cat ion s w ill clos e O ctob e r 9,
T he exa min a tion is LO fill a vacan cy at Chil occo
lndian Sc ho ol, Okla" at an e ntr ance sa lar y of
$840 a yea r, plus the increas e of $20 a month
g rant ed by Con g ress, and vaca nci es in p os i,
tion requiring similar qualification s ,
The dutie s a re to te ac h th e r ee d and brass
instruments; to tea c h the violin; to dir ec t th e
orches tra; to sel ect an instrume nta ti o n from th e
orc hestra for forming a ba nd to use during
dr e;;s para de, The appointee mu s t be willing
to a ccommo dat e hi mse lf to the sc hool pro g ram,
which m ean s th at JIlu c h of the ins tru c tion a nd
rehe ar sa ls ar e given in the evenin gs an d early
Inornings.
Competitors will not be required to r eport
for examination a t an y plac e, but will be rated
on thei r edu ca tion, trai n ing a nd experi e nc e.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions,
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th at lab ora tory by s inging " Gulf Coast Blues,"
a Clarenc e Williams Mus ic Publishin g Co. num
be r. ~1is s S mith was her e tofor e unknown, but
with her fir s t rele as e on th e Columbi a "blu es"
enthusia sts thro-ug ho ut the country hail her as
a n exce p t ional find,
Th e dem a nd for "blue" numb ers, mostly ren
de red by colored sin ging arti s ts, has bee n
g r eat ly on th e increase durin g re ce nt 1110 nth s.
111 fa ct, seve ral publishing hou ses have cr eated
d e partments to ca re for th e a rti s ts who confi ne
th eir acti vitie s to s uch numbers and in ord e r
to co-o pera te wi th practically a ll th e r ecor din g
companies w hich are featuring s uch issues,
"Gulf Coa s t BLu es," following the introduc
tion by Miss Smith, has been re cord ed by prac
tically all the tal kin g m ac hin e record com pa-
BIG SELLERS
in the various catalogs of
M. Witmark & Sons
.'\LABAlIIY BLACR SHEEP, WON'T YOl '
RETURN TO MY FOLD!
BEBE
FATE
FOR THE SAKE OF AUT,D J, ANG SYNE
GONE
GYPSY LOVE SONG
HONEYMOON TIllIE
I'LL FORGET YOU
Jl : ST BEEN WOND'RING
KISS lifE AGAIN
LET THE REST OF THE WORI,}) GO BY
LONG LOST lIIAlIIMA - DADDY lIIISSES
YOU
MIDNIGHT ROSE
~roTU:ER lIIACIIR1<:E
MY WILl) IRISH ROSE
NELLIE RELJ-Y, I LOVE YOU
(From Little N e llie I{clly
01' '1' SAN FI~ANCJSCO WAY
Ol' T TilER]'; IN '.rHE SlNSIIIN«: WITll
YOr
SLOW POKE
SlIIILIN' 1'HROUGH
"l ' NRIS'!'; AND YOU
TEN THOI ' S"ND YEARS I'ROllI NOW
THE LAlIIPLET HOl.'R
VIRGINIA BROWN
WHEN WILL THE SI · N SHJNE FOR Mr,?
YOU REMIND lIIE OF MY 1I10THER
(From ,I,;ttle N e llie Reily)
HI-LE-HI-LO
SNARE'S HIPS
APPLE SAUCE
RUNNIN' WILD
JOURNEY'S END
CRYING FOR YOU
WONDER],'FL ONE
CAROLINA 1I1AlIli\lY
DUS1'ING THE KEYS
GOOD NIGHT WALTZ
HOP, SKIP AND JUMP
BLUE HOOSIER BLUES
RIVER SHANNON lIIOON
SA W lIIIT,L RIVER ROAD
SWINGIN ' DOWN THE LANE
CUT YOURSELF A PIECE OF CAKE
THUEE O'CLOCR IN THE 1I10RNING
YOU'VE GOT TO SEE lIIAi\llIIA EVERY
NIGHT
Write for Dealers' Pricea
LEO. FEIST, IDc., FEIST BId,., New York
ni es throughout the co untry, Its sa les ha ve not
o nly been active in record forrn, but th e de
mand for the piano co pie s has s hown sub stan
ti al increase ever s ince th e number wa s first
rele ased.
Fred I<:isher, In c., has ju s t r elea sed a new
son g, entitled "You Wanted Someone t o Play
\"'ith, I Wanted Someone to Love." Th e num
be r h as alr ea dy been introduced in va ud eville
by Barn ar d a nd Co lli e r in their s ket c h, "The
Fun Shop," It is a lso being used by a numb e r
of oth e r well-known acts.
WATERSON,
BERLIN & SNYDER CO.
S-O-N-G H-I-T-5
Stella
Waiting for the Evening Mail
Who's Sorry Now
Bella Donna
That Sweet Somebody 0' Mine
Beale Street Mama
Aggravatin' Papa
That Tacoma Home 0' Mine
Two Time Dan
Roll Along Missouri
Hotsy Totsy Town
Pi'pe Organ Blues
Don't Think You'll Be'. Missed
Keep Off My Shoes
Daddy's Wonderful Pal
I'm a Harmony Baby
Publi.bed by
WATERSON,
BERLIN & SNYDER CO.
StraJId Theatre did,., New Yark City, N. Y.
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