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THE
Dixieland Bands Record
Melrose "Milenberg Joys"
New Numbers of Chicago Publisher Recorded
by All of the Leading Record Companies and
Now Issued
CHICAGO, I I I . , September 12.—The popularity of
Southern tunes since the introduction of the
Charleston and other dances has made the new
number, published by Melrose Bros. Music Co.,
"Milenberg Joys," stand out prominently as one
of the most successful Dixieland hits.
All of the Dixieland bands of the various
recording coinpanies have recorded the number,
bringing out the true time and rhythm. These
include The Cotton Pickers, Brunswick artists;
Ted Lewis' Orchestra, Columbia; Tennessee
'Footers, Vocation; New Orleans Rhythm Kings,
Gennett; Seven Missing Links, Pathe; Okeh
Syncopators. Okeh, and a clarinet solo by Boyd
Center on the Perfect.
The number became a hit practically over
night, for as soon as it was released orchestras
in many centers throughout the country began
featuring it, while numerous vaudeville perform-
ers also used the selection in their acts. During
the past week the number was featured by the
Dancing Waltons, a Charleston team appearing
at the McVickers Theatre, where it created quite
a sensation because of its perfect Charleston
time and catchy tune.
Walter Melrose, head of the Melrose Bros.
Music Co. and writer of the words of "Milen-
berg Joys," announces that there is such a large
demand for the orchestrations and there are
indications the number will exceed the demand
and popularity of "Copenhagen," the recent
sensational dance hit published by the com-
pany. A co-operative sales and publicity drive
is one of the features of the extensive campaign
the company has inaugurated in releasing the
number. Various window display signs and
counter signs have been designed of an attrac-
tive nature, making an excellent tie-up with the
release of the number by the leading record
companies.
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ers in point of sales and generally are at least
among the outstanding successes. Such no-
velties as "Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's
Daughter" and "Way Down South in Chicago"
(By the Old Pacific Shore) are good examples.
The latest addition to the Shapiro, Bernstein
catalog in the novelty line is a new number
by Clarence Gaskill and Lew Brown called
"Why Aren't Yez Eatin' More Oranges." It
looks like a real juicy number.
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., has been par-
ticularly fortunate in picking novelty and
comedy songs. Some of these have been lead-
Victor Arden, the record artist and composer,
has placed with the Triangle Music Publishing
Co., Inc., a composition called "Honeymoon
Waltz." Joe Davis, head of the Triangle Co.,
states that a campaign will be started on this
new waltz offering at once. Besides making
phonograph records and recording for the
Q R S player rolls a big campaign is planned.
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19, 1925
The Klassay Music Co., 225 West Forty-sixth
street, New York City, recently issued an im-
portant folio known as "Modern Harmonica
Method." It contains twenty songs with words
arranged with piano accompaniment and is offi-
cially endorsed by M. Hohner, Inc., the organ-
During the recent visit of Maurice Richmond,
ization which made the harmonica so popular
head of the Richmond Music Supply Corp., to
in this country.
the Maritime provinces of Canada, he was ac-
The "Modern Harmonica Method" was com-
companied by his son, Lawrence. This was
piled and arranged by Sam A. Perry, a well-
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monica and the sale which is said to have
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short years and which seems to be increasing,
the publication of the "Modern Harmonica
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been compiled with great care. It is instructive
and educational and its presentation to har-
monica owners or purchasers should entail little
sales resistance and be the means of distribut-
ing several millions of these issues in a short
space of time.
To the dealer it is an important contribution.
Aside from the fact that there should be con-
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the young harmonica enthusiasts which is cer-
tainly a most fertile field for propaganda.
Doubtless among the millions of owners of har-
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ties and was an introduction to a field in which purchasing power which properly directed will
some day he will succeed his father. It was be in the market during the next generation.
educational as well as entertaining. Herewith
is shown father and son. It can be readily
seen as far as size is concerned, the younger
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