Music Trade Review

Issue: 1927 Vol. 85 N. 3

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The Music Trade Review
JULY 16, 1927
New Jonas Piano Book
Issued by Carl Fischer
Work in Seven Volumes to Be Featured by
Publisher With the Aid of Retail Sales Con-
test
A new text book of piano instruction, en-
titled "Master School of Modern Piano Play-
ing and Virtuosity," has just been published by
Carl Fischer, Inc., which is planning to ex-
ploit the book with a national sales contest.
The work, which is in seven volumes, has been
prepared by Alberto Jonas, with the collabora-
tion of seventeen famous modern pianists. It
is anticipated that this piano method will create
a sensation in the music instruction field, if
properly presented bv the trade and the sales
contest will be run subject to the interest of
the trade in pushing the series.
Any music clerk in the United States or
Canada or person owning or managing a music
store may enter the contest. All applications
must be filed with Carl Fischer, Inc., Cooper
Square, New York, not later than September
27, 1927. Participants will be judged and prizes
awarded on the basis of the number of Master
School books sold by them during the contest
period. The names of all purchasers of copies
must be filed with the company publisher on or
before March 28, 1928, on the special forms to
be supplied. Cash prizes of about $500 will
constitute the awards to winners in addition to
cash bonuses for sales of more than ten copies
of assorted volumes. Equal prizes will be
awarded to contestants who tie.
Banana Song Widely
Featured in Seattle
Berlin Number Handled in Unique Window
Displays by University Music Co., of That
City
SEATTLE, WASH.,
July 7.—The
new
"banana"
song hit, entitled "I've Never Seen a Straight
Banana," published by Irving Berlin, Inc., was
used as the feature of a window and store trim
put in by Ned Douglass, of the University
Music Co., of this city, when the song was
first introduced. "Musical Banana Week" was
celebrated in Al style with a tie-up between
the music store and the suburban branch of
Seattle's largest downtown grocery store,
Augustine & Kyers, which happens to be
located next door.
The window trims were
run together, lavishly decorated with bananas,
both singly and in great bunches, cutout figures
of boys with carloads of the fruit, eating it,
etc. In one window a huge cutout of a per-
fectly straight banana was mounted on top
of a stand in the center, with comic cuts of
surveyors measuring it. Single phonograph
records of the hit were placed here and there.
The second window, in the music store, was
Dealers say —
It's the easiest thing
in the world to sell.
WORLD-FAMOUS
McKINLEY
MUSIC
dressed as a jungle scene, with palm trees,
back drops painted with the same, more
bunches of the fruit, more small boys and
more records. A portable phonograph occu-
pied one corner. The window trims were a
success and both stores reported that they
had never done so much business in their re-
spective lines as they did from this trim
Sophie Tucker Features
Six A., Y. & B. Numbers
Ben Bornstein, of Ager, Yellen & Bornstein,
Inc., has returned to his desk following a short
vacation spent in the Thousand Islands. Mr.
& Mrs. Bornstein while away were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Max Winslow, who have a
Summer home in the Islands. Upon his return
Mr. Bornstein announced that Sophie Tucker,
starring in "Gay Paree," now playing in Chi-
cago, is featuring seven songs in her program.
Six of these are from the A. Y. & B. catalog, by
Jack Yellen and Milton Ager. Among others
they include "Forgive Me," "Ain't She Sweet"
and "Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feel-
ing."
Paderewski Competition
Announcement is made that the Paderewski
Prize Fund competition for 1927 will offer two
awards, one of $1,000 for the best orchestral
work for exceeding fifteen minutes in perform-
ance and another of $500 for the best piece of
chamber music. The competition is open only
to American-born citizens or to those born
abroad of American parents. The judges will
be George W. Chadwick, Frederick S. Converse
and Henry Hadley. Works offered should be
sent to Mrs. Elizabeth C. Allen, Secretary, 296
Huntington avenue, Boston, Mass.
These prizes are made possible from time to
time through the income from a fund donated
some years ago by Mr. Paderewski for the pur-
pose of encouraging serious creative effort
among musicians in the United States.
"Down Kentucky Way"
CHICAGO, I I I . , July 9.—The Wendell Hall Music
Publishers, of this city, will publish a new
"Southern Fox-Trot Chatter Song" known as
"Down Kentucky Way." The writers are
Haven Gillespie, who has been writing success-
ful songs for years; Al Gumble, who is already
credited with many hits, and Wendell Hall,
head of the Wendell Hall Music Publishers, and
well-known radio artist and song writer. The
number has already been recorded by the lead-
ing phonograph companies, and Wendell Hall
personally sang it for Brunswick, Columbia and
Gennett.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
With the Wonderful Catalog,
Fine Cabinet, Graded
Counter Portfolios,
Display Signs,
etc.,
IT SELLS
ITSELF!
You Can't Go Ifrorrti
WithAnyFEISTW
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The Music Trade Review
JULY 16, 1927
Bloom, for Columbia records, is "Sapphire" and
also "Silhouette," which he played as piano
solos in his distinctive style.
Wn
New Fred K. Steele
Number Is Popular
"Yep, 'Long About June," by Billy Heagney,
Being Featured in Vaudeville and Over the
Radio
Fred K. Steele, Inc., has scored another hit
with its new song, "Yep, 'Long About June."
The number was written by Billy Heagney,
staff writer for the house, who is the composer
of "Ev'ry Little While," "Close To Your
Heart" and "Bells of Hawaii." The immediate
popularity of the song is attributed partly to
the radio, over which it has been featured by
Billy Day on the Cavelcade House, on WEAF,
and by Yates and Lawley and Colin O'Moore
and Frank Kamplain on WJZ. Mr. Steele has
left for a New England trip due to the interest
being displayed in the number on vaudeville
circuits in that territory.
A special review
produced by John Murray Anderson for the
Masonic Convention in Boston is also featur-
ing the song.
Prizes Awarded for Verses
to "On Wisconsin" Song
Flanner-Hafsoos Music Co. to Publish New
Lyrics to State Song—Dr. Filip Forsbeck's
Verses Chosen
MILWAUKEE, WIS., July 11.—The campaign to
get a new set of words for the song "On Wis-
consin" which has been conducted here during
the past month by the Flanner-Hafsoos Music
House, Inc., and which has resulted in in-
creased sales of the song in the sheet music
department of the store as well as wide adver-
tisement for the house throughout the State,
has been closed.
Judges in the contest decided that Dr. Filip
Forsbeck, of 615 Summit avenue, Milwaukee,
Wis., had written the best words and he was
awarded a Whippet automobile. Allan W.
Adams, 620 Downer avenue, was awarded a
Brinkerhoff piano as second prize.
The competition was State-wide in scope and
was intended to bring out points of interest to
people in all parts of the State. The new
words together with the original chorus will be
printed on the copies which will be published.
The Flanner-Hafsoos Music House, Inc., have
exclusive publication rights and have an-
nounced that a new set of plates is now being
made for the first edition of the winning verses.
"March of the Dolls"
Rube Bloom, popular pianist and recording
artist, has just written a novelty march called
"March of the Dolls." Joe Davis, of the Tri-
angle Music Publishing Co., Inc., has published
the number and predicts big things for it on
the strength of its present popularity.
The
composer has recorded the selection for Okeh
records as a piano solo and.it will be a special
release. Another recent recording by Rube
HIS NEW SENSATION
_ JWHEN DAY
IS DONE
AMERICAN VERSION o* THE EUROPEAN SUCCESS "MADONNA
H A R M S INC. 62 W. 4 5 T H . ST, N.YC.
Sherman, Clay & Go. to
Open Chicago Offices
Will Be Located at 159 North State Street,
Under the Direction of Harold Lee
Sherman, Clay & Co., who for a number ot
years have had a publishing branch office in New
York City, with trade and exploitation repre-
sentatives in some of the other leading centers,
have announced the opening of Midwest offices,
159 North State street, Chicago, 111. The offices
will be under the management of Harold Lee.
A Summer and Fall campaign along more in-
tensive character will be immediately inaugu-
rated from the Chicago branch featuring such
songs as "Doll Dance," "Dainty Miss," "Char-
maine" and "Idolizing."
New Bloomburg Number
Isador Bloomburg, of the Isador Bloomburg
Music Co., Hagerstown, Md., has written a
number called, "The Voice of Love Came
Back to Me," which the firm has published.
The song is taking with orchestra leaders
and is being featured extensively by the Earl
Simpson Plantation Orchestra in all of its en-
gagements. Bob Fahrney and the Maryland
Serenaders are also using the number, which
is being heard as well over the large radio
stations in New York.
Publish "Bare Facts'
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Broadway
and Forty-seventh street, New York City, are
the publishers of the music for "Bare Facts of
1927," now playing at the Triangle Theatre in
New York. The music is by John Milton
Hagen and the lyrics by Marion Gillespie and
Menlo Mayfield. The score includes such
numbers as "The Moon and You and I," "The
Bluestep," "Ola In Her Little Gondola,"
"Greenwich Village Violet," "Sh! Sh! Shirley"
and others.
New Feist Numbers
Among the new songs added to the catalog
of Leo Feist, Inc., is a fox-trot called "When
Shadows Creep." The writer is Byron Gay, who
will be remembered for his "Horses," "Vamp"
and other successes. There is also a new num-
ber by Walter Donaldson and Paul Ash en-
titled "Just Once Again" and a number by
Donaldson and Joe Burke entitled "Just the
Same."
SUNDAY
THE CAT
SA-LU-TA
COLLETTE
AT SUNDOWN
SHE'S GOT "IT"
LAZY WEATHEB
JUST WOND'BINO
HONOLULU MOON
THINKING OF YOU
IF YOU SEE SiALLV
HE'S THE LAST WORD
CHEERIE BEEKIE BKE
THE DIXIE VAtniMiXU
SING ME A BABY bONO
IN A LITTLE 8TAN 18II TOWN
I ALWAYS KNEW I'D FIND YOU
SAM, THE OLD ACCORDION MAN
YOU DON'T LIKE IT—NOT MUCH
OH! WHAT A PAL WAS "WHOOZIS"
LOVE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
HEAVEN
THERE'S A TRICK IN P1CK1N' A
CHICK-CHICK-CHICKEN TO-DAY
Write for Dealers'
Price
LEO
New Century Catalog
The Century Music Publishing Co. has just
issued a special catalog of its compositions for
violin and piano and saxophone and piano. The
catalog classifies the compositions as to posi-
tions and technical requirements relative to
each number, thus presenting quickly and
simply the various types of compositions. All
of the copyrighted Century numbers for violin
and piano appear in thematic form.
International Competition
An international prize competition offering
a prize for a sacred musical composition has
been announced by the Society for the Advance-
ment of Synagogue Music. The contest is open
to all without qualifications. A special group of
nationally known musicians will act as judges.
Details of the contest can be obtained from
Cantor Reuben R. Rinder, c/o Temple Emanu-
El, Arguello boulevard and Lake street, San
Francisco, Calif.
Some of the
BEST
SELLERS
In
The Witmark Black & White Series
SECULAR
GYPSY LOVE SONG
KISS ME AGAIN
MY WILD IRISH ROSE
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
MY HOUR
WHO KNOWS?
AH! SWEET MYSTERY OF LIFE
DEAR HEART, WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
JUST AN IVY COVERED SHACK
CAN'T YO' HEAR ME CALLIN', CAROLINE?
MOTHER MACHREE
SMILIN' THROUGH
ASLEEP IN THE DEEP
JUST BEEN WOND'RING, ALL DAY LONG
IN A LITTLE TOWN NEARBY
SUNRISE AND YOU
THE LAMPLIT HOUR
THAT WONDERFUL MOTHER OF MINE
THAT OLD IRISH MOTHER OF MINE
SACRED
TEACH ME TO PRAY
I COME TO THEE
THE SILENT VOICE
GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS
A LITTLE WHILE
IT WAS FOR MB
O LORD, REMEMBER ME
GRATEFUL, O LORD, AM I
M. WITMARK & SONS, NEW YORK

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