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NOVEMBER 29,
1924
THE MUSIC TRADE
Weymann Features Irving
Berlin Song "All Alone"
Special Window Display Given to Number
While It Was Being Sung in Philadelphia
Vaudeville
Irving Berlin's new song, "All Alone," is
hailed by its publisher, Irving Berlin, Inc., as
the best thing Irving Berlin has done in a
REVIEW
popularity. The singers who are featuring the
"Great Divide" are numerous and practically all
of them report it to be one of the best things
in their acts. It has a typical Ernest Ball cli-
max, beloved by singers and auditors alike.
Music jobbers generally are enthusiastic over the
possibilities of "West of the Great Divide," and
their judgment is a pretty sure index. On top
of this news of the general success of this ballad
comes the news of the tie up with the big scenic
feature picture, "The Great Divide." The Ball
song has been chosen as the theme number for
this remarkable film, and M. Witmark & Sons,
the publishers, have issued a special "Souvenir
F.dition" in connection with the release.
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Frank H. Gillespie
Appoints New Jobbers
McKinley, Carl Fischer and Jenkins to Handle
His Well-known Number, "Moonlight Makes
Me Long for You."
Featuring "All Alone"
popular number in some seasons. Its view of
the song has been substantiated by the recep-
tion it has received by vaudeville singers and
in dance form by orchestras.
Recently Mae Francis, who is now booked
over the Keith theatres, appeared in Philadel-
phia and simultaneously the H. A. Weymann &
Sons store gave a feature window to this Berlin
song. This was due to the fact that Miss
Francis made it one of the features of her at-
tractive program. The Weymann window, as
is usual with its well-arranged displays, created
attention and produced sales.
"West of the Great Divide"
Looms Large as Hit
New Ball Ballad Published by Witmark & Sons
Likely to Rank Among His Greatest Sellers
In his fine new ballad, "West of the Great
Divide," Ernest R. Ball bids fair to equal, if not
surpass, the record for popularity he achieved
with his remarkably successful waltz ballad,
"Let the Rest of the World Go By." There is
hardly any point of similarity between the two.
Undoubtedly "West of the Great Divide" is
more pretentious, and therefore, in many ways,
more effective. But both these Ball ballads
possess the same earmarks of sure and wide
Frank H. Gillespie, Pittsburgh publisher with
executive offices at 1112 Forbes street, that city,
has just appointed the McKinley Music Co., of
Chicago; Carl Fischer, Inc., New York, and J.
W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co., Kansas City, as
jobbers for his song "Moonlight Makes Me
Long for You." This number has been broad-
cast frequently by several stations through-
out the country and already the number has
sold close to 150,000 copies.
It has been programmed by Ted Brownagel's
Orchestra and many others. Recently Mr.
Gillespie received a letter from Fred Tremblay's
Orchestras of the Imperial and Princess Thea-
tres, Quebec, Canada, in which Mr. Tremblay
said: "Acknowledging receipt of second orches-
tration on 'Moonlight' and already it has won
the hearts of the natives here. I had an oc-
casion to use it last night at the Armistice
Dance. It certainly pleased the crowd as they
welcomed eight encores. So you can rest as-
sured it will be played all through the Winter
season as one of my leaders."
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Progressive Australian
House Enlarges Quarters
Musgrove's, Ltd., Perth, Now Occupies Four-
story Building Modernly Equipped—Handles
Cable Company and R. S. Howard Lines
Word comes from Perth, Australia, of the re-
modeling of the large four-story establishment
of Musgrove's, Ltd., one of the leading music
houses in that section of Australia, and operat-
ing under the title of the Lyric House.
The store is modernly equipped in every par-
ticular with spacious show windows facing the
street, soundproof booths in several depart-
ments, and each section attractively decorated.
The company features the Cable Company line
of pianos and Solo Inner-Players, as well as the
R. S. Howard & Co. instruments, in addition to
British and German makes. It also handles the
Brunswick and "His Master's Voice" phono-
graphs, as well as musical merchandise and
sheet music.
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Features "My Kid"
Belle Baker, the perennial favorite, is fea-
turing "My Kid," the ballad leader of Jack
Mills, Inc. Al Dubin, Irwin Dash and Jimmy
McHugh, the authors of this really worth-while
piece of sentimentality, formed a happy trio re-
cently when the Palace (where Miss Baker
appeared) audience left no doubt as to its ap-
proval of the number.
Richmond Does Training
Maurice Richmond, head of the Richmond
Music Supply Co., returned to his office last
week following a week's stay at Brown's Physi-
cal Training Farm, Garrison-on-the-Hudson.
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