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IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted by Fred B. Diehl
supply us with orchestrations and chorus slips.
For your information I beg to state that the
Massachusetts delegation, under my personal
direction, leaves Boston for Houston on Tues-
New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut day evening at 5 p. m., June 19, and will leave
on board the Clyde ljner Shawnee from New
Delegates to Use Broadway Music Corp
York City, Wednesday noon, June 20. We will
Song on Way to Convention
have a party of 400 to 600, a large number of
As Democrats from all parts of the country them from Massachusetts, and another group
commence to file into Houston for the conven- from Connecticut, and the balance from New
tion to decide the party's nomination for presi- York and New Jersey. If you will forward to
dent, the Broadway Music Corp., New York, me the orchestrations and chorus slips I will
headed by Will Von Tilzer, finds itself with an see that they are distributed throughout these
Al Smith song which is live in possibilities. delegations on board the Shawnee and we cer-
The number, "He's Our Al," released a few tainly can make use of them on the trip to
weeks ago, has been taking on rapidly at vari- Houston and return."
ous local and State Democratic gatherings in
the East, and is winning favor not only through
its singable melody, but by its tone of praise
for Alfred E. Smith as a great leader.
Restaurant and theatre orchestras have been
particularly fond of the song because of its General Manager of Publishing Division, Keith,
adaptability for "routine" work in special pre-
Prowse & Co., Ltd., London, Attends the
sentations. One of these, Loew's Melba Theatre
Conventions
orchestra in Brooklyn, under the direction of
Frank Silver, composer of "Yes, We Have No
Simon Van Lier, general manager of the pub-
Bananas," has been using the song in a stage lishing division of Keith, Prowse & Co., Ltd.,
presentation which has created much enthu- London, England, was a visitor at the conven-
siasm.
tions of the National Association of Sheet Mu-
Mr. Von Tilzer, who is well known for his sic Dealers and Music Publishers' Association
thoroughness in working out national cam- last week in New York. Mr. Van Lier arrived
paigns on popular numbers, has not been idle here recently for the purpose of making a busi-
and has found Democratic bodies in various ness trip through the country as far as San
States responsive to "He's Our Al." The fol- Francisco, and expects to spend the next few
lowing letter from Charles H. McGlue, chair- weeks calling on many of the large Western
man of the Democratic State Committee, Bos- publishers as well as important retail and job-
ton, Mass., is a good sample of the kind that
bing houses.
have been received. The letter follows: "I beg
While in New York Mr. Van Lier completed
to acknowledge receipt of your letter of June arrangements for representing the catalog of
8, enclosing a copy of your new song 'He's Our the newly organized firm of Donaldson, Doug-
Al.' In your concluding paragraph you desire las & Gumble, Inc., New York, as well as the
to co-operate with us in every way, and further Ted Browne Music Co., Inc., Chicago. Keith,
suggest that if our delegation desires to make Prowse & Co. have for several years repre-
use of this song that you will be happy to sented the Sam Fox Publishing Co., New York
and Cleveland, as well as Sherman, Clay &
Co., San Francisco, and Shapiro, Bernstein &
Co., New York, in the European field.
Mr. Van Lier states that England's tastes in
popular tunes and dance music follow those of
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the United States, but that it is generally four
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found their way into favor with England's
younger set, but the tango has never proved a
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here. England has some good dance composers
and show song writers, but most of them fol-
low America's leads. Such American composers
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"He's Our Al" Sung by
Democratic Delegations
Simon Van Lier Visits
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Songs that Sell
I CAN'T DO WITHOUT YOU
SUNSHINE
MARY ANN
BACK IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD
UPS AND DOWNS
BELOVED
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
IT'S UP TO THE BAND
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F. B. Haviland Sues
Doubleday, Page & Go.
SK1NLEY
CD M U S I C CO.CH
CHICAGO
F. 15. Haviland, New York music publisher
and former partner of the late Paul Dresser,
has entered suit against the book publishing
firm of Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, for
$25,000, claiming infringement on his copyright
of "Low Bridge, Everybody Down," also known
as "Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal." Sigmund
Spaeth, popular lecturer and author on musical
subjects, also is involved in the court action,
as the suit revolves around a book-compiled by
Spaeth entitled "Read 'Em and Weep," which
is published by the Doubleday-Page house. The
"Erie Canal" ditty was incorporated in "Read
?
Em and Weep" without Haviland's permission.
Haviland copyrighted the song in manuscript
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1607Broadway New York City
form in 1912, and in sheet music form the fol-
lowing year. The Doubleday-Page concern is
opposed to paying damages on the ground that
the "Erie Canal" number was in circulation long
before Mr. Haviland copyrighted it.
New Store Opened
A new music store, called the Music Shop, has
been opened in Gainesville, Fla., by Parker &
Miller, of Jacksonville, handling Cable pianos,
Columbia and Victor phonographs and records.