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IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted by Fred B. Diehl
Sheet Music Dealers and
Publishers' Conventions
Songs that Sell
I CAN'T DO WITHOUT YOU
National Sheet Music Dealers' Association to Meet at the Hotel
McAlpin June 11 and June 13, and Music Publishers'
Association at the Hotel Astor on June 12
SUNSHINE
MARY ANN
BACK IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD
UPS AND DOWNS
BELOVED
T
HE fifteenth annual convention of the National Association of Sheet Music Dealers will be
held at the Hotel McAlpin, New York, on Monday, June 11, and Wednesday, June 13. Some
important topics are slated for consideration at the four business sessions, among them be-
ing the following:
1. Co-operation between retailers and publishers.
2. Newspaper reviews of new music and the inserting of retail advertisements in conjunction
with same.
3. Maintaining a contact with the public Music Publishers' Association
schools.
June 12
4. Chain store and mail-order competition.
The
thirty-fourth
annual convention of the
5. Catalogs, the need of bringing these up to
Music
Publishers'
Association
will take place
date. Co-operation with the United States
Copyright Office toward making available in the Hotel Astor, New York, on Tuesday,
June 12, at 10 o'clock. The morning session
complete lists of new publications.
6. Music sent on consignment to teachers will be concluded about 12:30 o'clock and if the
business at hand warrants it,, an afternoon ses-
and schools.
7. Disposal of overstock through announce- sion will follow, starting at 2 o'clock. This be-
ing the case, the usual buffet luncheon for mem-
ments in the trade press.
bers
will be served in the meeting room, be-
8. The penalizing of retailers by publishers on
tween sessions. Several members have drafted
small quantity orders.
9. The using of sheet music as bait by con- important resolutions, which will be presented
at the meeting, and a number of other matters
cerns outside the sheet music trade.
are on the program for discussion.
10. Sales promotion work. The co-ordination
The officers of the Association are Harold
of effort toward increasing the demand for
music publications. The officers of the associa- Flammer, president; W. Dean Preston, vice-
tion are J. Elmer Harvey, president; Robert president; Emil A. Gunther, secretary, and Carl
T. Stanton, vice-president, and Thomas J. Don- T. Fischer, treasurer.
Ian, secretary and treasurer. A large attendance
is expected.
Harms, Inc., Acquires
MORE PROFIT ?!! DEALER
OUR NEW RETAIL PRICE OF
TWENTY CENTS PER COPY
Shows a Profit of
Nearly 2 0 0 % !
OUR LINE GROWS BETTER AND SELLS
BETTER EACH YEAR!
SEND IN YOUR ORDER FOR 50 NEW
Song "Was It a Dream?"
Takes Over Number From Spier & Coslov/,
and Will Make It the Feature of a Slron^
Promotion. Campaign
MOTHER OF MINE, I STILL HAVE
YOU
I'M AFRAID OF YOU
SONG IS ENDED
FOUR WALLS
GOLDEN GATE
HELLO MONTREAL
SPEAKING OF LOVE
I'M CRYIN' 'CAUSE I'M LOSIN'
YOU
GET OUT AND GET UNDER THE
MOON
LOVELY LITTLE SILHOUETTE
TOGETHER, WE TWO
WHISPER SWEET AND WHISPER
LOW
GIGGLING GERTIE
SEVEN TILL
HEAVEN
ELEVEN
I'M
IN
I'LL DO MY BEST
GO HOME, LITTLE GIRL, GO
HOME
I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU HOME
TO MY MOTHER
FROM THE NEW
ZIEGFELD
FOLLIES
OOH, MAYBE IT'S YOU
SHAKING THE BLUES AWAY
The song, "Was It a Dream?" issued a few
IT'S UP TO THE BAND
months ago by Spier & Coslow, music publish-
ers at 745 Seventh avenue, New York, has just
been acquired by Harms, Inc., New York, which
BOOKS THAT SELL
is planning an extensive campaign on this num-
NEW UNIVERSAL DANCE
ber. This song, written by Larry Spier, Sam
FOLIO No. 14.
Coslow and Addie Britt, has been steadily
mounting in popularity since it was first re-
WORLD'S FAVORITE SONGS
leased with practically no exploitation by the
PETERSON'S UKULELE METHOD
original publishers. The ballad is already one
of the ten best sellers in sheet music form, and
some of the mechanical companies report its
sale on records to be even more successful.
Executives of Harms, Inc., are most enthusi-
1607 Broadway New York City
astic over the acquisition of "Was It Drear.i?"
as being a number of the characteristic high
standard of the Harms, Inc., catalog. The
number is in demand by hundreds of big vaude- I lie north side of Frisco avenue, between
ville acts as well as large radio presenta- Seventh and Eighth streets. lioth proprietors
tions. Special window and counter displays arc were formerly associated with the Youngblood
in preparation by the Harms house for use of Music Co.
dealers in cashing in on this strong seller.
IRVING BERLIN In,
Clinton Music House Opens
SKINLEY
nMusic co.cn
Ig'H £Ass T T C H I C A G O
CLINTON, OKLA., May 19.—George Youts an 1
Joseph Hofacre have opened a new music store
here, called the Clinton Music House, which
handles a wide variety of sheet music and small
musical instruments. The store is located on
75
Sidney Camp, who was identified with the
Sacramento branch of Sherman, Clay & Co.
for more than twenty-three years in the capac-
ity of office manager, has acquired a substantial
interest in Ye Music Shoppe, 914 K street, that
city.
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