Music Trade Review

Issue: 1928 Vol. 86 N. 3

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The Music Trade Review
JANUARY 21, 1928
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Leo Feist, Inc., Publishes Sketch of
Walter Donaldson as Popular Writer Km Cant Go Wrong
With Any FEIST'
Writer of "My Blue Heaven" Has Had Remarkable Career in Popular Music Field
Song"
With Long List of Outstanding Hit Numbers to His Credit
FOLDER has just been mailed to the
trade by Leo Feist, Inc., New York,
sketching in an interesting way the remarkable
career of Walter Donaldson as a popular com-
poser. This tunesmith, who is said to produce
at least two sure-fire hits a week in addition
to three or four average numbers in that time,
is one of the hardest workers in the popular
music field, and treats his song writing as a
regular systematic business. Day after day and
often into the middle of the night he sits at
his piano revamping and polishing up a tune
that has appealed to him, and when he is fin-
ished, the publisher can rest assured that the
song is just about right. Walter Donaldson is
his own severest critic and will not be satisfied
with a shoddy or mediocre piece of work.
He was born and bred in Brooklyn and still
makes his home there. His first job was in a
broker's office, marking up the stock quotations
from the ticker on a big blackboard, but a
prosaic job of this kind to a boy whose head
was full of tunes held no charms, and before
long he was engaged as a pianist in a music
publishing establishment. Once in the atmos-
phere of song writing, his rise, while not sen-
sational, has been a steady one and a span of
seventeen years has brought him from the ranks
of an ordinary pianist to the peak of popularity
in popular music writing.
The recent sensational success of Mr. Don-
aldson's "My Blue Heaven" has started his
friends reminiscing over some of his past hits
and in addition to his famous "Mammy" song
A
SONGS
THAT HIT THE MARK!
HENRY'S MADE A t A D T OUT OF LIZZIE
AMONG MY SOUVENIRS
BROKEN
HEARTED
WITHOUT YOU, SWEETHEART
PLENTY
OF
SUNSHINE
SWEETHEART
MEMORIES
TIN PAN PARADE
THERE'S
ME
GEE,
ONE LITTLE
GIRL
WHO LOVES
I'M GLAD I'M HOME
I'M LIKE A BIRD WITH A BROKEN WING
he has to his credit some of the outstanding hits
of recent years. Among them are "My Buddy,"
"She's the Daughter of Rosie O'Grady," "How
Are You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm,"
"Carolina in the Morning," "Beside a Babbling
Brook," "Yes Sir, That's My Baby," "That Cer-
tain Party," "After I Say I'm Sorry," "Let's
Talk About My Sweetie," "It Made You Happy
When You Made Me Cry," "Where'd Y'ou Get
Those Eyes," "In the Middle of the Night,"
"Sam the Old Accordion Man," "At Sundown"
and dozens of others, which have been sung,
played and whistled all over the country.
From the above titles it is apparent that ver-
satility is one of his astounding qualities. He
writes "hot" numbers, novelties and ballads
with equal facility, and far from being "written
out" he seems to be just now getting his stride
and his melodies are fresher than ever. Among
his new songs are "A Shady Tree," "That Mel-
ody of Love," "What Are You Waiting for,
Mary," "Changes," "My Ohio H o m e ' and
"There Must Be a Silver Lining," all in the
present Feist catalog.
J& Hot
As They Come!
CHANGES
A Donaldson,
Novelty/.
Singapore Sorrows" Scores
With Act at Palace
Parker & Butler Feature Number in Slow Blue
Tempo—Composition Taking Hold as Dance
Number Also
Parker & Butler featured the song, "Singa-
pore Sorrows" at the Palace Theatre in New
York last week, Miss Ann Butler of the team
singing it in slow tempo, and winning an ova-
tion at each performance. Will Von Tilzer,
head of the Broadway Music Corp., New York,
which published the number, was particularly
enthusiastic over the use of the song by this
act, because of their special interpretation of it.
The story goes that Parker & Butler were
looking for an atmospheric number before
playing the Riverside the week previous
to the Palace and having heard a dance orches-
tra play "Singapore Sorrows" Miss Butler saw
the possibilities of the song in a slow, "blue"
tempo. The number is growing daily in popu-
larity with the dance orchestras who play it in
strict, dance tempo, and as a result Will Von
Tilzer feels that he has released another double
hit similar to "Muddy Water."
Sensation!
MY BLUE
HEAVEN:
/Walter Donaldson.
George Whitini
BABY FEET GO FITTER PATTER
DIDN'T I TELL YOU (That You'd Come Back)
WHO'S THAT KNOCKIN' AT MY DOOR?
Sons Hit* from the Collegiate Mutical
Comedy
''GOOD
NEWS*'
Popular Comedian Sings "Four Walls" and
"The Song is Ended" During Noteworthy
Dodge Bros. Hour
GOOD NEWS
THE VARSITY DRAG
MCKY IN LOVE
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE
FREE
HAPPY MAYS
JUiT IMAOINK
BIG
S E L L E R S
IN
FOLIOS
SAXOPHOLIO
TENOR BANJO FOLIO (2nd Edition)
(Each containing: fifteen great songs)
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Jolson Features Berlin
Songs Over the Radio
StVENTH AVCNV/t MWYOCK
Two hits from the catalog of Irving Berlin,
Inc., New York, were featured by Al Jolson,
celebrated comedian, from New Orleans, on the
occasion of the Victory Hour hook-up, on Janu-
ary 4, when practically every radio owner in
the country tuned in to hear the Dodge Bros,
announcement.
The numbers were "Four
Walls," a very recent release, and "The Song Is
Ended," composed by Irving Berlin. Both
songs were rendered in true Jolson style with
the last chorus done in a recitative and almost
dramatic manner. Mr. Jolson was on the air
again on Sunday evening, January 8, when the
testimonial dinner to William Morris was broad-
cast from New York over the WMCA network.
Although he announced facetiously that his con-
tract would not allow him to sing over these
stations, Mr. Jolson later sang "Four Walls."
A Real , _
Ballad Hit/
MY OHIO
HOME
Walter Donaldson,
Gas K9hn
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The Music Trade Review
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Robbins Music Go.
Increases Sales Staff
27
The Saturday Evening Post
and twenty-six other foremost magazines
are carrying the advertisements of
Century Edition
Sheet Music
to over
27 Million Monthly
subscribers, or approximately
60 Million Readers
To get the full benefit
HOOK-UP
Century Music Pub. Go.
235 W. 40th St.
JANUARY 21, 1928
New York
the Way," "Good-Bye My Lady Love," "I Won-
der Who's Kissing Her Now," "Somewhere the
Sun is Shining," "Break the News to Mother"
a ad "After the Ball."
Phil Wilcox, Andy Stanton and Edmond W.
"After the Ball" is now one of the featured
Eggen Among the Latest Additions to the songs in Ziegfeld's '.'Show Boat," as well as
Company's Sales Organization
Mr. Harris' publication, "Good-Bye My Lady
love," and a big revival for them throughout
The Robbins Music Corp., New York, has the country is anticipated by Mr. Harris.
been increasing its sales staff recently with a
view of getting the firm properly represented
in all the big population centers of the country.
The latest additions include Phil Wilcox, who
will cover the Middle West, Andy Stanton in
Philadelphia and surrounding territory and Ed- Drummer for Waring's Pennsylvanians Dis-
mund W. Eggen, who will look after the terri-
covers a New Way of Rendering Solos—
tory in Seattle and vicinity. Other represent-
Features "Nola"
atives for Robbins Music Corp. are Ben Gold-
berg, Boston; L. H. Moyer, Denver, and Charles
"Poley" McClintock, the smiling drummer of
Virian, Los Angeles.
Waring's Pennsylvanians, offers the public some-
To round out the activities of the sales staff, thing new in a novelty, playing "Nola" on his
Bernard Prager, general sales manager of the teeth. How he does it is a mystery, but it is
firm, has just left on an extended trip through perfect and goes over big on the present tour
the West and to the Pacific Coast. While Jack of the Waring orchestra on the Keith circuit.
Robbins, president of the company, is building The Sam Fox Publishing Co., New York and
up his representation in this country, he has Cleveland, which published and exploited the
also not neglected Canada. Al Sloane is now number during the height of its popularity, con-
in that country and will cover it thoroughly, cluded that the number had heretofore been
after which he will take a trip through the West featured in every conceivable manner, but this
and South.
late development shows that there's never an
end of variety in playing a hit.
"Poley" McGlintock Gets
Music Out of His Teeth
Herbert E. Marks Home
Tinn Pann Allee Corp.
From Visit to Havana
Opens Offices on Broadway Caroline L. Sumner's Songs
Featured Over the Radio
New York Publisher Enthusiastic Over Promi-
New Publishing House Offers Several Numbers
of Interest—Heads of Company All Uni- SYRACUSE, N. Y., January 16.—Considerable
versity Men
local publicity for the concert song, "Hope On,"
written
by Caroline L. Sumner, of this city, has
Returning a few days ago from a honeymoon
The Tinn Pann Allee Corp., New York, one been developed recently through broadcast pro-
spent in Havana, Herbert E. Marks, of the Ed of Broadway's most recent music publishing
U. Marks Music Co., New York, expressed him- firms, has opened offices at 1658 Broadway, and grams and musicales conducted by the Clark
self as being elated over the showing made in is already working on three releases. The num- Music Co. This number, together with "Trifles"
the Cuban capital by the firm's numbers. Where- bers are "Cock-a-Doodle Doo," a Broadway and "Little Telltale," of which Miss Sumner is
ever he went he heard the Marks feature songs, farm melody, "I'm Moooooovin," by Pat O'Con- also the author, will constitute part of a pro-
"Down South" and "A Kiss Before the Dawn" nor and Paul Burns, and "It's the Fashion— gram being given by Louise Boedtker, popular
played constantly, while "Slow River" was one Just a Kiss." A fourth number is in prepara- local soloist and teacher, over Station WSYR,
of several other older tunes that had been rid- tion and will be released shortly. The firm con- on Tuesday evening, January 24, at 7.30 o'clock.
ing the crest of Cuban popularity for some sists of Lou Streveer, Carl De Vilbiss and Paul
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
time.
Burns, all in their early twenties and graduates The Review.
Mr. Marks was interviewed by the Havana of Columbia University.
Post, the leading English newspaper, which
stressed the fact that his father, E. B. Marks,
is the publisher of the famous "Hot Time in
The Music by Lew Pollack, co-
the Old Town To-night," the marching song
writer of Charmaine, Diane and
of the Spanish-American war and a number
Miss Annabell Lee.
that is naturally of paramount interest to all
Cubans and Americans living there. The ar- Charles K. Harris' latest specialty number
The lyric by Sidney Clare, co-
ticle also brought out the information that both entitled "Songs We Love O'er the Radio" was
writer of Then I'll Be Happy and
broadcast
recently
by
Vincent
Lopez
and
his
Mr. and Mrs. Marks were delighted with the
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
famous
orchestra
from
Casa
Lopez
over
the
native music, and particularly the "Danson," a
national Cuban dance, which is not only a grace- National Broadcasting Co. system. This spe-
ful step, but also utilizes the most entrancing oaltv comprises six complete choruses of his
most famous standard ballad hits, "Always in
and unique melodies.
As a result of this interview, Mr. Marks was
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swamped by invitations from Cuban composers
to listen to their music with an eye toward
American publication. While some of it is not
'CAUSE YOU'RE AIL THE VORLD TO HE
particularly commercial, according to Mr.
Marks, a good percentage of it has excellent
possibilities, and he stated that it will not be
Oliver Ditson Company
surprising if the Marks firm issues something
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