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The Music Trade Review
MUSICAL
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SEPTEMBER 4, 1926
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Radio Proves Aid in
Introducing New Singers
Interesting Instance of Youthful Vocalist Who
Won Recognition Through Broadcasting—
Radio Audiences Appreciate Talent
Much has been said and continues to be said
about the effect of radio broadcasting on the
sale of popular songs, but there is no question 1
about the ability of this new avenue to present
new voices and give them unusual publicity.
The publishers may be affected by the inroads
of radio, but the singer is capitalizing it.
The latest voice that radio has found is that of
Merle Cullen, a youth of twenty, who hails
from Flint, Mich., making his initial appear-
ance at station WLS, Chicago, on August 27.
According to reports from the Middle West the
audience quickly discovered they were listening
to a new artist who was destined to be known
far beyond the quarters of his home State.
Appropriately Merle Cullen, who in his off
moments is a bell boy working for a musical
education, sang two songs by J. Will Callahan,
who also comes from Michigan and who is
said to be the original discoverer of the young
man's voice. The songs were "Roses in the
Garden" and "Keep One Hour to Remember
Me."
Marks Publishes Two
Numbers From "Bare Facts"
These Are "Stand Up On Your Feet and
Dance" and "Nice Girl"—Show Is Now in
Eighth Week
The Edward B. Marks Music Co. is the pub-
lisher of two of the song success in "Bare Facts
of 1926." This show is in its eighth week at
the Triangle Theatre, New York. It is quite
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original in character and should place the
young writers who are responsible in an estab-
lished position.
The music is by Charles
Schwab, Jr., son of the well-known orchestra
leader of a generation ago, and the lyrics by
Henry Meyers. The two Marks songs are en-
titled "Stand Up On Your Feet and Dance"
and "Nice Girl." The publishers have issued a
particularly attractive title page.
Quincke & Go. Campaign
on Four Songs in Catalog,
"Mexicali Rose," "Lullaby Moon," "Bluebird
Land" and "Open the Gates of Dawn" Fea-
tured
W. A. Quincke & Co., 430 South Broadway,
Los Angeles, Cal., are carrying out a special
campaign among vaudeville and concert stars on
four songs of their catalog. The numbers are
"Mexicali Rose," "Lullaby Moon," "Bluebird
Land" and "Open the Gates of Dawn."
Recently the Quincke Co. enlarged its pro-
fessional department and in its Los Angeles
home is now able to care for all of the needs
of visiting singers. It does not confine its ac-
tivies, however, to Pacific Coast visitors.
Through representatives throughout the coun-
try it is able to place its songs in many pro-
grams elsewhere.
In addition to the above the Quincke organ-
ization has mapped out a very intensive sales
drive on its numbers by mail and in this way
is able to have these Quincke prints incorporated
in many programs. Orchestrations of the num-
bers are also available, and the company ex-
pects some of these issues to be as popular in
dance form as they are vocally.
Sheet Music Department
in Portland Is Enlarged
Sherman, Clay & Co. Find Move Necessary to
Take Care of Steadily Growing Demand for
Octavo Music—Stock to Be Increased.
PORTLAND, ORE., August 20.^-Owing to the large
increase in business in the sheet music depart-
ment of Sherman, Clay & Co. since it was in-
stalled in 1 Ithe Portland store less than three
years ago, under the supervision of Wm. Purdy,
it has been necessary to again enlarge the space
allotted to the department. It had been found
that there was an increasing demand for octavo
music for school, church and opera, so the de-
partment was stocked up accordingly, and the
demand was so large that the firm determined
to go one step farther and set aside a special
room to take care of the large stock of octavo
music installed. The room is located immedi-
ately in the rear of the main department and
is furnished attractively with piano, chairs and
a large table for the convenience of the cus-
tomers. The room on account of its location is
also very convenient for the sales ladies, and
contains over 1,200 boxes which are devoted
exclusively to octavo music. The buying public
knowing that a large stock is carried by Sher-
man, Clay & Co. of this class of music adds to
the success of this feature.
To Go Abroad
Lucile Crews, of Redland, Cal., winner of the
$1,500 Pulitzer prize for 1926, will spend a year
in Europe. She was present at the Hollywood
Bowl concert, July 16, when her prize-winning
orchestral work, "To the Unknown Soldier,"
received its original production under Emil
Oberhoffer. Miss Crews is the first woman to
win the Pulitzer prize, and her prize-winning
The new Bibo, Bloedon & Lang song, "My selection is her first attempt at orchestral com-
Cutey's Due at Two-to-Two To-day," is prov- position. The judges were Walter Henry Hall,
ing one of the best comedy successes of the sea- Daniel Gregory Mason and Frank Damrosch.
son. Besides its popularity in song form it is Miss Crews also won the Cecil Frankel prize of
an unusual dance. One of the latest record re- $250 this year for her one-act opera, "Jeanne
leases of "My Cutey's Due at Two-to-Two To- d'Arc," on Percy Mackaye's libretto. She has
day" was that made by the Victor Co. and also set to music John Neihardt's "Eight Hun-
played by Ted Weems and His Orchestra. dred Rubles," a one-act opera. Miss Crews has
Charles Lang, sales manager of the above pub- written seventy songs, thirty piano pieces, an
lishing firm, recently stated the hold this new organ fantasy, several violin pieces and a cantata
comedy song has taken in the short time since for chorus and solo voices.
its release is quite remarkable. The sales rec-
ords show that its popularity is steadily in-
creasing.
Decision is to be made this week through the
business representative of the late Rudolph
Valentino and the Brunswick-Balke-Collender
The Virgil R. Bailey Publishing Co., Dayton, Co. for the issuance of two records made for
Brunswick by Valentino. It was not generally
Ohio, has been incorporated for the purpose of
engaging in the business of publishing music, known that the late photoplay star had a voice
the incorporators being Virgil R. Bailey, Helen suitable for record purposes, but the fact that
S. Bach, Flavia Bush, Louis M. Kraus and one of the numbers that will be issued is the
Kashmiri Song" shows his voice was good.
Howard A. Waddell, all of Dayton.
"My Cutey's" Going Big
Issue Records by Valentino
New Publishing House
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