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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
FEBRUARY 23, 1924
SmashingHibi
The most talked of songs this year.
You hear them everywhere. Order
from your jobber or from us.
The West
a Nest, and ^>i
To be had on all
Published by
STierman JMay & Co.
Yecoitds 6- plaifeY rolls
San Francisco
be put to in colleges, where music proves the
chief subject in the curriculum, need hardly be
enumerated. The non-professional buyer—and
how many so-called lovers of music are there
George Fischer, President of the Music Pub- not in the United States willing to spend an-
lishers, Points Out Great Utility of These nually a Ciertain sum of money for musical pub-
lications—will, I know, consult the pages of
New Publications
your catalog freely to the advantage of the local
The standard and popular catalogs, which are dealer and mail-order houses distributing them.
shortly to be issued by Maurice Richmond, are You are listing the best culled from every im-
now in the final stages of preparation. At the portant catalog and therefore I feel certain that
present rate of progress, distribution of these a still wider circulation for many a good pub-
,
products will be made about March 10. Last- lication will follow in the wake.
minute orders for both publications are arriving
"1 sincerely hope it will take but a short time
by every mail and widespread interest has been after the mailing out of your first copies to
manifested by sheet music retailers. Distribu- convince you that your work was not only not
tion is now assured in practically every large entirely in vain, but also that you will be com-
city of the country and hundreds of smaller pensated in a degree which will induce you, now
centers. Undoubtedly, a substantial increase in that the ball has been started a-rolling, to an-
dealers' sales will be felt shortly after these nually if not semi-annually issue more complete
products reach the consumer, as they are a novelty lists than it previously proved the good
fortune of the trade to receive.
direct and forcible selling means.
"Once more extending to you my sincerest
Evidence of the interest in the coining pub-
lications has been shown by hundreds of per- compliments, and accompanied by my best
sonal letters sent to Maurice Richmond from wishes for your continued successes and many
dealers and others interested in music. Mr. more similarly good ideas, which 1 know are
Richmond was particularly gratified to receive also appreciated by every up-to-date music clerk
the following letter from George Fischer, presi- in the United States, I remain,
Very sincerely yours,
dent of the Music Publishers' Association of the
George Fischer."
United States and head of J. Fischer & Bro.,
the well-known standard publishing house:
"My dear Mr. Richmond: While I from the
start, i.e., when you made the first announce-
ments of your plans to prepare, print and dis- The A. J. Stasny Music Co., Inc., which re-
tribute a general catalog, welcomed such, I, cently obtained the American rights to the fox-
however, refrained from making much of any trot success, "Heartbroken Rose," originally in-
comment aside from encouraging you person- troduced and published by Dix & Co., of Lon-
ally to sec the work through. Now that the don, has now acquired the world rights for the
catalog, as 1 learn from you, is almost an ac- number, final negotiations being closed by cable.
complished fact, 1 take this occasion of com- Mrs. A. J. Stasny, while visiting the European
plimenting you on your courageous enterprise. branches of the A. J. Stasny Music Co., Inc.,
A catalog of live numbers cannot but help prov- was greatly interested in this song, which was
ing of great value, above all to the retail trade written by two Americans, Milt Hagen and
at large. Then also, the many good uses it can Sam Goold.
Praise for the New
Richmond Catalogs
Secures Entire World Rights
Berlin Hits Continue
to Sell Consistently
"Sittin' in a Corner" and "That Old Gang of
Mine" Still Hold Own in Point of Sales
Against New Offerings
"Sittin' in a Corner" and "That Old Gang of
Mine," two of the outstanding songs from the
catalog o\ Irving Berlin, Inc., continue to hold
their own in point of sales against newer offer-
ings. Both are of the calibre whose popularity
will not easily wane. In fact, they should be
permanent fixtures in the Berlin offerings over
a very lengthy period.
Despite its other numbers that are having an
active sale, and which are proving tempting
offers to vaudeville performers, the professional
department of the Berlin organization is con-
tinuing its activity on both of the above suc-
cesses. This does not interfere in the plans of
the campaigns on such novelties as "Mindin'
My Bus'ness," "Dancin' Dan," "Lovey Came
Back," the ballads "Cover Me Up With the
Sunshine of Virginia" and "If the Rest of the
World Don't Want You."
"Jelly Blues" Active Seller
The Original Home of Jazz, music publishers,
MZ9 South State street, Chicago, 111., has found
an active sale for "Jelly Blues," described as
Clarence Johnson's "blues masterpiece." John-
son, who has contributed more than one "blues"
success, has undoubtedly found it his best in
the above offering. As collaborators in the
words and music of this issue he was assisted
bv Llovd and Warren Smith.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
~ Heai^t New Issues
"Every number B I G and worth-while.
Not a single poor one in all your releases."
Onlu A Butterfly
Played
FOX TROT - THE MASTER SERMON SONG
You CAN TAKE ME AWAY FROM DIXIE
BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE D I X I E
FROM ME — FOX TROT
With a Melody and Rhythm of Irresistible Charm
Featured
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