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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
FEBRUARY 13, 1926
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted By V. D. Walsh
Richmond Finds the Trade in the City
of the Straits in Flourishing State
SONGS THAT SELL
Detroit, the Home of the Man Who Speeded Up the Country and Is Slowing Down Its Dances,
Described by the Head of the Richmond Music Supply Corp., New York
FJETROIT, MICH., February 6.—Detroit to-
day is recognized as one of the most inter-
esting cities of North America to visit, and no
delegation from foreign governments would think
of visiting this country
without making Detroit
one of the principal
points of its tour. The
manufacturing
indus-
tries have become great
quantity producers, set-
ting out to establish a
s y s t e m of ultra-effi-
ciency. The business
man who is looking the
world over for a place
to settle down can find
no better place t h a n
"Dynamic Detroit." Or-
ganized capital d o e s
Maurice Richmond
not overlook this sig-
nificant city when it casts about for business.
Uncle Henry Brings Back the Old Dances
Henry Ford has speeded up the velocity of
the average man about 300 per cent, so that
every once in a while after a fellow has for-
gotten there is such a thing as a slow-going
vehicle somebody drives by with a horse and
buggy. Uncle Henry is now engaged in a move-
ment in another direction. In this age of jazz
music and the same tempo of dancing he has
undertaken to popularize the old-fashioned
dances, such as the waltz, polka, Virginia reel,
quadrille, lanciers, etc. His orchestra has been
playing the old airs in New York, and just re-
cently this music has been broadcast by many
radio stations throughout the country, thus giv-
ing the whole continent a chance to. join in.
The announcer said that Mr. Ford, himself,
was listening in and dancing at Dearborn, thus
lending practical support to his mission. It is
only a little over a month since "Mellie" Dun-
ham, the veteran fiddler, as well as Mr. Bisbee,
journeyed to play for Mr. Ford at Dearborn,
and now the fiddles are singing through the air,
crowding the place of the whining saxophones
and the resounding traps. Even the "caller off"
is on the scene, as he directs his unseen audi-
ence with the advice, "Lead lady down the cen-
ter," "All join hands," or "Forward again and
pass through." His voice is .gentle, like the
restrained music of the fiddles and the piano,
and the event has not the driving buoyancy and
ruffle and scuffle of the modern dance music
Uncle Henry has a worthy motive in trying to
divert the youth of the day from the dancing
fox-trot and the tumultuous Charleston to some-
thing with grace and delicacy of an earlier day.
Fiddlers' contests are being held everywhere,
causing considerable interest to the young folks,
as well as daddy, mother, grandpa and granny.
Grinnell Bros.
On Woodward avenue is located a music
house that is continually making good. When
the patronage of a store has increased steadily
for many decades there must be some pretty
sound reason for it. The public, in the long
run, does support those firms which serve it
best, which can be depended on for quality that
makes good. In a word, this firm considers
the customer's interest first. Its patrons to-day
choose from a stock that has no limitations
throughout the institution. The manager of the
sheet music department, J. Elmer Harvey, needs
no introduction in the industry. Pages could
be filled of many nice things and splendid quali-
ties that he possesses. But why should I em-
barrass him? The best way I can picture him
is quite the opposite from that adopted by a
friend of mine who tried to describe someone.
He had this to say: "Dick is all right if you
know how to take him, but those people who
have to be labeled like a bottle of medicine are
not among the choicest."
I asked Elmer if he had made any resolutions
for the New Year. He said he hadn't, giving
this reason: "It is better to do a thing every
day without a resolution than to make a reso-
lution every day. It must be remembered that
a broken resolution is a source of weakness;
it undermines our self-respect and opens the
door for further wrongs. The firmest rock upon
which character stands is the rock that is com-
posed of deeds you have done, not of the reso-
lutions you have made."
The results in the music department for 1925
with this firm have been exceptionally good and
the outlook for the year is very promising.
Elmer told a good one about himself. He
came home and told wifie that the new stenog-
rapher was a peach; though his wife is a regu-
lar fellow, she decided to can the peach. Charm-
ing Miss Lentz, while married (not knowing her
adopted name), is just a busy little body. It
seems there is a lot for her to do in taking care
of the requirements in the popular material.
Jerome H. Remick & Co.
After climbing up a long flight of stairs to the
second floor, I passed right by the Bureau of
Information and made a beeline for John En-
gel's office, the personage who directs and keeps
everything in motion. Not only that, but if
you have bills that are to be paid, the checks
are usualy signed by him as well. I asked him
for a line or two and he said: "Richmond, if our
business for 1926 continues as good as the year
just gone we will be satisfied with out lot.
The outlook is splendid and we are going to
have a wonderful business. Orders are coming
to us from dealers who have not patronized us
since 1918-19. Radio has started a demand for
some of our older publications. Our outstand-
ing songs for this year in our catalog are: 'I
Want Somebody to Cheer Me Up,' 'You Flew
Away From the Nest' and 'Good Morning,
Dearie, .What Could Be Sweeter Than You?'
And our two outstanding hits for 1925 are still
on top: 'Bam Bam Bamy Shore' and 'Some-
Always (Irving Berlin) (New)
Remember (Irving Berlin)
Then I'll Be Happy
—
I Never Knew
That Certain Party
In the Middle of the Night
I Wish That I'd Been Satisfied With Mary
I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight?
Cecilia
I Wish't I Was in Peoria
Yes, Sir! That's My Baby
Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
The Roses Brought Me You
Venetian Isles (Irving Berlin)
Yearning
Say It Again
My Sweetie Turned Me Down
Don't Wait Too Long (Irving Berlin)
Miami You Owe A Lot To Me
When Autumn Leaves Are Falling
Take This Rose
Tell Me Why You and I Should Be Strangers
Feelin' Kind O' Blue
The Day That I Met You
I Care For Her and She Cares For Me
—
BOOKS THAT SELL
New Universal Dance Folio
No. 10
Special Edition for 1926
X
—
Peterson's Ukulele Method
World's Favorite Songs
Tiddle De Ukes
Strum It With Crumit
Irving Berlin's Song Gems
from the Musical Comedy Sensation
"THE COCOANUTS"
—
A Little Bungalow
Florida By the Sea
We Should Care
The Monkey Doodle Doo
Lucky Boy
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway, New York
time.' Our collections have improved a great
deal."
„
Daisy Sullivan Covert, whom we all know
as "Daisy," is the head of the jobbing depart-
ment, in fact, of all the buying of outside publi-
cations, as well of the supervision of the or-
ders for the Remick stores. Every other little
thing, it's "Daisy." In her broadcasting through
Station JHR, her attractive two-color bulletin
Every time you sell a customer a
Most Popular Music Book
they're going to get what they always hoped to get—
a thoroughly enjoyable Music Book
Wire for descriptive catalog—order from jobber or direct from publisher
Hinds, Hay den & Eldredge, Inc., Publishers, New York City