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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Jan Garber Orchestra
Signed for Miami Resort
To Appear at Coral Gables, Fla., at Unprec-
edented Salary of $4,000 per Week During the
Winter
At a figure authoritatively stated lo be a
record price for a baud, Jan Garber and his
eleven-piece orchestra have been signed for
eight Winter weeks at Coral Gables, Fla., an
exclusive new Winter resort and suburb of
Miami. The money to be paid Garber accord-
ing to his contract is $4,000 a week, a figure
practically unprecedented for a band that is to
stay longer than a week or two at the same
place.
To Governor-elect Martin of Florida goes
much of the credit for Garber's engagement.
Mr. Martin, spending his vacation in Hender-
sonville, N. C, where the Garber orchestra
plays during the Summer, heard the combina-
tion and became greatly enthused about it. He
brought his influence to bear on the business
men of Coral Gables and when they in turn
came north to hear the band, arrangements were
completed.
Garber is to play dinner-time at the $3,500,000
hotel which is just being completed at Coral
Gables. Dance and supper music will be pro-
vided by him at the country golf club adjoining
the hotel. The latter is owned at present by
George E. Merrick, but it is understood a large
hotel syndicate is dickering to purchase it. The
engagement begins December 1 and runs two
months, but additional options may have Garber
remaining until April if business warrants it.
The engagement of the band at the high price
is in line with the policy of Coral Gables busi-
ness and real estate men to put the Winter
resort across quickly and firmly. To this end
full-page advertisements in the Saturday Eve-
ning Post and other national weeklies are being
used. There is a movement on foot in Miami
to make the local horse-racing track one of the
most important in the country.
By a coincidence Garber himself bought some
Coral Gables real estate two years ago, long be-
fore he imagined he would ever play there. He
has seen this grow more and more valuable with
the development of the resort. A large life
insurance company is reported to be interested
in the town to the extent of $15,000,000.
The rise of Garber to national prominence as
a band leader has been phenomenal, as less than
a year ago he was practically unknown except
in certain sections of the South and Pennsyl-
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vania. Among the conditions of the contract is
one which provides that Garber be allowed to
l*'A\'t: Coral Gables to play at Governor Martin's
inaugural ball at Tallahassee January 6.
Shapiro-Bernstein Plans
for the Fall Season
"Go 'Long Mule," "She Loves Me," "Rose
Marie," "Any Way the Wind Blows" and
Other Songs to Be Widely Exploited
The Fall plans of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.,
Inc., call for a campaign on a number of new
songs and continued activities on some of the
present features of its catalog. "Go 'Long
Mule," by Craemer and King, is a new novelty
which is featured in both song and dance form.
It is already being introduced widely in vaude-
ville. Lew Brown, one of the co-writers of
"Last Night on the Back 1'orch," has con-
tributed a new song, entitled "She Loves Me."
This number is now being introduced as a
dance. Another feature is "Rose Marie" by
Bud DeSylva, Ray Henderson and Bob King.
The campaign on this number is already under
way. It has a striking melody and, from pres-
ent indications, will be one of the outstanding
numbers of the Fall season. "Anyway the Wind
Blows" is by Craemer and Hanley, which is
already appearing in record and roll form. Win-
nie Lightner, one of the stars of this season's
"Scandals," is singing a novelty song "I'm
Scared to Death to Hold My Breath Under the
Water." "Go, Emaline," and "Stop Goggin' Me
'Round" are two blues numbers, and "Nightin-
gale," a waltz, are also included in the coming
activities.
Recorded by Victor
CHICAGO, I I I . , September 6.—The popular hit uf
the Garrick Music Sales, 4040 Dickens avenue,
"Tell Me You'll Forgive Me," will be released
very shortly on Victor records. It is recorded
by the International Novelty Orchestra with
vocal refrain. Since its introduction by Ray
Hibbeler, writer and head of the Garrick Music
Sales, this number has received widespread at-
tention. It is being featured by dance orches-
tras, shows and by radio broadcasting stations
throughout the country.
Ernest R. Ball's New
Ballad Makes Hit
"West of the Great Divide," by Well-known
Composer, Sung by Many Artists With Great
Success
Krnest R. Hall, wiring from t lie Orpheiun
Theatre, San Francisco, to his publishers, M.
Witmark & Sons, sent this message: "L never
wrote or sang a greater success than 'Great
Divide' was to-night." This announcement from
one of the best-known and certainly a success-
ful ballad composer refers to Ball's latest ballad,
"West of the Great Divide," the lyric of which
was written by George Whiting. Mr. Ball him-
self is featuring it in his headline act over the
whole Orpheum Circuit, and the song is proving
its claim to be rightfully regarded one of the
most popular and successful of all the really big
successes Mr. Ball has written. It has a won-
derful swing and an appeal that is as irresistible
as it is general. Other prominent artists have
been quick to recognize its merits and have
already added it to their feature numbers or are
preparing to do so. They include Orville
Harold, Mine. Pasqual, Charles Ditmar, Craig
Campbell, Chief Capaulican, Clark Morrell, Billy
Smythe, Nonette, Wade Booth, Dave Irwin,
Harry Holbrook, Alan Rogers, Bison City
Quartet, Tom Spencer, formerly with the Zieg-
feld 'Follies," and many more. The publishers
are sparing no efforts to make "West of the
Great Divide" another "Let the Rest of the
World Go By," and any dealer can appreciate
the force of that.
"West of the Great Divide" is undoubtedly
out to add another smashing ballad success to
the famous Witmark Black and White Series.
Its easy range enables everybody to sing it, no
matter what voice. An interesting development
in its success will undoubtedly be the release
at a later date of the Metro-Goldwyn Pictures,
Inc., feature film, "The Great Divide."
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