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IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted By V. D. Walsh
Sunny San Antonio, Texas, One of
the Winter Playgrounds of America
SONGS THAT SELL
Maurice Richmond, Head of the Richmond Music Supply Corp., New York, Investigates the
Music Trade There—The Beginning of the Famous House of Goggan—Second Article
At Peace With the World (living Berlin) —
New
Always (Irving Berlin)
\yfORT BOSELEY, who represents Remick's,
•"" walked into the sheet music department at
Goggan's in a lively fashion and stated he was
on what he called the "belt" route, Chicago to
Chicago, covering the
South and Southwest
as far as San Antonio
and back to Chicago.
He was well pleased
with the orders he had
taken for the Remick
catalog, particularly on
"Someone to Love,"
"Sweet Child," "Tam-
iami Trail," "Hi Ho,
the Merrio" and "Bye,
Bye, Blackbird." Mort
never o v e r l o o k s a
thing. He is not only
a s a l e s m a n but a
plugger. Every possible
Maurice Richmond
chance to put over a plug on the road for the
Remick catalog is taken care of by Mort. Go-'
ing without a meal when he should be eating,
if he can catch a musical director or leader,
means nothing in his young life. He gets a
greater kick out of landing a number with a
troupe or vaudeville act, on the radio, or any
other publicity than out of a shore dinner.
Bob Stevenson Bobs Up
Smiling Bob Stevenson, sales representative
for the Richmond Music Supply Corp., of New
York, bobbed up just as I registered at the
Robert E. Lee hotel. We met after a ten
weeks' departure from our headquarters at New
York. Bob worked in different territory. Before
leaving, we said in a joke, "According to our
routes we should be in San Antonio about the
same time. " We were. Bob said: "My trip
so far has been a profitable one and I am
pleased with the many new friends I have
made. Without exception, everyone was mar-
velous to me and I received splendid treatment
everywhere." This sudden meeting was a treat
for both of us and we spent a glorious Sun-
day on a long hike from the downtown dis-
trict starting from the Hotel Robert E. Lee,
way out to Brackenbridge Park. We were in-
fatuated with the beautiful surroundings of this
great wonder spot of nature. After a hike of
five miles or more, we spied a seat with a lot of
velvety grass around it and we sat down to rest.
Within a few moments we noticed a lot of
golfers coming along and our comfortable seat
proved to be within fifteen feet of the fifteenth
hole, of the municipal golf course in the park.
Being admirers of the game, we watched many
good drives during the time we sat there. They
helped us to pass the time away under the soft
warm sunshine.
Next we visited the zoo and found a lot of
activity there. We saw the monkey's cage, the
elephant's trunk, the ducks were wild, the squir-
rels were going nutty, and the zebra was full
of zest. The laughing hyena, I don't know
what he was laughing about, gave Bob the
once-over. Perhaps it was Bob's sporty make-
up. We walked another mile and saw the cam-
els. Bob wondered why they had those terrible
lumps on their backs and thought they had all
bruised themselves. At the aquarium, Bob tried
to get a free ride on the giant turtle's back,
but the caretaker interfered and it is probably
just as well that he did.
Bob related a hair-raising incident to me. He
said it occurred in Paris, Texas, in what he
thought was a barber shop, but which turned
out to be a shooting gallery. Just imagine now
that you are reading a Nick Carter story of the
Wild and Woolly West, where men are men and
women are sharpshooters. One of these real
thrillers where the heroine is desperately in love
with the villain who is trying to give her the
air. He had been hiding in the cow-shed for
several days and raised a full-grown beard.
Thinking he had eluded the "fair one" he goes
into the barber shop and occupies the chair
right next to Bob. And then the fireworks
started. The villain fell dead and luckily Bob
ducked his head to let a bullet fly over it. The
only other objects the girl punctured were mir-
rors and pictures on the walls. Bob, through
living on Long Island, has a long stride and left
the place before he could be called for an "eye
witness." Bob is going to write the story up
in real Western thrilly fashion some day and
make a lot of money from it in the movies.
Bob and I spent several days together call-
ing on the trade. During the time I was with
him, he gave me a few "snapshots" of what he
picked up on his travels. Some are worthy of
mention and are rather "snappy." Watch 'em
go off.
"Wire trouble," cried the fiddle, as the G
string broke.
"I'm carried away with the music," said the
monkey who was perched on the hand-organ.
Yonson knows a girl who paints and she cer-
tainly can draw men.
A girl in a taxi is worth two on the street.
John: "I saw your sister on the street to-
day."
James: "How was she looking?"
John: "I don't know, I didn't see her face."
James: "Then how do you know it was my
sister?"
John: "Oh, I'm very good at figures."
Helpful hints from Lizzie Potcheese, entitled:
"You can excuse a fellow for being blue, but
never for being green."
*
Lady Shopper: "I'd like to see something in
ladies' underwear."
Salesman: "So would I."
A new song entitled: "She was only the gar-
bage man's daughter, but she gave them all the
How Many Times? (Irving- Berlin)—New
Remember (Irving Berlin)
Don't Wait Too Long: (Irving Berlin)
Venetian Isles (Irving Berlin)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (If I Knew
I'd Find You)
When the Red, Red Robin Comes, Bob, Bob,
Bobbin' Along: (New)
Gimme a Little Kiss (Will Ya—Huh?)
Poor Papa (Has Got Nuthin' At All)
Oh!
If I Only Had You—(New)
Say It Again
Oh,
Boy! How It Was Raining:—(New)
In the Middle of the Night
Who Wouldn't—(New)
Hlue Bonnet—You Make Me Feel Blue
That's Annabel—(New)
Put Your Arms Where They Belong:
I p and Down the Eight Mile Road—(New)
Trying; to Forget—(New)
I Found a Roundabout Way to Heaven
And Then I Forgot—(New)
Roses Remind Me of You
But I Do (You Know I Do)
Then I'll Be Happy
I Never Knew
That Certain Party
If You Miss Me as I Miss You
Yes, Sir! That's My Baby
To-night's My Night With Baby
Oh, How I Miss You To-night
The Roses Brought Me You
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Bob is learning fast and had this to say:
"Although young in age and young in the music
business, the twenty-odd Summers and Winters
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