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MAY 19, 1928
The Music Trade Review
21
Jerome Keit Purchases Full Control
of the House of Jerome H. Remick & Co.
You CAN'T GO WRONG
General Manager of Publishing House Takes Over Full Control, Including All Assets
Save Printing House in Detroit
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EROME KEIT, general manager of the
music publishing firm of Jerome H. Remick
Co., New York, has purchased full control
the business. The Remick house, established
Jerome Keit
close to thirty years ago, has been for many
years one of the leading publishing firms in the
music business, having to its credit hundreds
of successful song hits issued during that period.
Jerome H. Remick, its founder, is a resident of
Detroit, where he controls numerous concerns,
including the Detroit Creamery Corp., and also
serves on the directorate of several prominent
banks.
"He's Our Al" Issued
by Broadway Music Corp.
New Number Based on Al Smith—"Lou'siana
Lullaby" Reported Leader in the Broadway
Catalog at Present Time
A catchy new number, entitled "He's Our
Al," written by Albert Von Tilzer and A. Sey-
mour Brown, ha,s just been released by the
Broadway Music Corp., New York, of which
Will Von Tilzer is president. Although his
name is not mentioned, the song contains a
description in melody of Alfred E. Smith, Gov-
ernor of New York State, and is expected to
be heard from as national interest centers on
the Democratic Convention at Houston. Will
Von Tilzer is enthusiastic over the song, not as
a campaign number, but on its own merits as
a lilting, popular march. Special permission to
use the opening bars of "East Side, West Side"
as the start of the chorus was obtained by the
Broadway Music Corp. from the Pioneer Music
Co., New York, owner of the copyright of the
latter.
The biggest number in the catalog of the
Broa,dway Music Corp. at present is "Lou'siana
Lullaby," the ballad waltz, which is universally
liked by radio and vaudeville stars. The song
is doing nicely in sheet music form and has
also fared well on the mechanicals.
"N'You" Becomes Tongue-
Twister With Dealers
Some amusing twists of the title "N'You,"
a popular waltz published by the Ed B. Marks
Music Co., New York, have been made by deal-
ers ordering the song both direct from the
Marks firm and from jobbers. The title means
Mr. Keit has purchased the entire business on
a cash basis, the deal including everything ex-
cept the Detroit music printing establishment.
The lease on the three-story building at 219
West Forty-sixth street, New York, as well
as about twenty-nine retail stores controlled
by the company, are included. Papers of in-
corporation for the reorganized company, to
be known as the Remick Music Corp., New
York, were filed this week. The firm will here-
after let out its music printing to job houses
in the East, but outside of these two changes
the company will function as before, according
to Mr. Keit. Henry Santley, however, has been
appointed professional manager to succeed
Mose Gumble, who has resigned to enter busi-
ness for himself.
The rise of Mr. Keit in the Remick firm,
since his connection with it, has been rapid
Starting as an assistant bookkeeper, he ad
vanced through the respective position of
cashier, city salesman, sales manager, assistant
general manager, and finally general manager,
succeeding the late Fred Belcher. He enjoys
the respect and esteem of the many employes
in the Remick company, and his friends in the
trade are sending him their heartiest congratu-
lations and best wishes for success in his inde-
pendent venture.
The Remick firm has been decidedly on the
map during the past few seasons with such
numbers as "Blue River," "Just Like a Butter-
fly That's Out in the Rain," "Sweeping the
Cobwebs Off the Moon" and many others. At
present the four leaders in the firm's catalog
are "Laugh, Clown, Laugh," "In My Bouquet of
Memories," "Happy Go Lucky Lane" and "Auf
Wiederseh'n We'll Meet Again."
nothing more or less than "And You," but
through the efforts of radio announcers and
music clerks of various foreign extractions the
name of the waltz is often distorted to
"N. U.," "Gnu," attributed to the cross-word
puzzle influence, "Enyoo" and the like. Accord-
ing to one of the Marks firm, an east side
dealer of Hebrew persuasion continually writes
in for so many copies of "Nu." The writers
of the song, Bob Schafer, Henri Klickman and
Anthony Wayne, are merely amused at this
misinterpretation of their number's title, as tin-
confusion is proving very beneficial to its sale.
Has Preliminary Hearing
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A preliminary hearing on the suit brought by
Jerry Vogel against the John Franklin Music
Co., Inc., New York, and John F. Sheridan, an
actor, presenting a claim of $89,000 by the for-
mer for his services in distributing the ballad
"Marcheta," several seasons ago, was held in
New York on Thursday, May 10, before Justice
Tierney. Mr. Vogel stated that he had received
$10,000 as his share of the profits of the song,
which he was instrumental in putting over as
a hit, but that according, to an agreement with
Mr. Sheridan he was entitled to $100,000. Jus
tice Tierney set October 1, next, as the date for
hearing the case, with Mr. Vogel's agreement
to pay court costs and the traveling expense
of Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan back to California.
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Opens New Store
BENTONVILLK,
ARK., May
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T h r a s h e r has opened a new music store in tli<-
Meteor T h e a t r e Building, called the Bentimvillo
Music S t o r e and Beauty Shop. T i n concern
has taken on a complete line o) sheet music ;i<
well as p h o n o g r a p h records
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