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SEPTEMBER 15, 1928
"Ramona" Now Being
Darmstadt Merges With
Sung Around the World
Lyon & Healy, Cleveland
Fe'st Hit Widely Featured in Australia—Sale
of Sheet Music Continues to Go Steadily Ahead
Former Head of Carlton Music Co. Heads
Sheet Music Department in New Cleveland
Store of That Firm
Six months of top-notch popularity for the
sensational Feist hit, "Ramona," have succeeded
CLEVFXANI:, OHIO, Septemiier 10.—(ins Darm-
in making this song one that is heard around stadt, for many years proprietor of the Carlton
the world. Great Britain and the Continent Music Co., has merged his business with the
were the first to catch it up after the United new Cleveland branch of Lyon & Healy.
States and Canada, and since then it has pene-
Mr. Darmstadt, during his proprietorship of
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"Ramona"
Display by
Allan & Co.,
Melbourne.
Australia
Orchestrations of Two
Broadway Numbers Ready
"Dear When I Met You" and "A Happy End-
ing" Now Being Distributed in Arrangement?
by Frank Skinner
trated to the v.u> t remote spots of Mexico,
South America and Egypt. Now it is leading
Orchestrations of "Dear When I Met You" in the sheet niu.^ic world in Australia and music
and "A Happy Ending," two strong, melodic dealers there are cashing in on it in much the
numbers from the catalog of the Broadway same fashion as American dealers did a few
Musie Corp., New York, have just been made months ago. The accompanying window dis-
by Frank Skinner and will be ready for distri- play, being a photograph of the show window
bution shortly. These two songs were written of Allan & Co., 276 Collins street, Melbourne,
by A. Seymour Brown and Albert Von Tilzer, Australia, bears strong testimony of the regard
and have already attracted a wide professional of one prominent music house there for the
following in the rehearsal rooms of the Broad- number.
way concern. Will Von Tilzer, president of
Official records of the actual sale of sheet
the company, anticipates a ballad success in music copies of the song are unobtainable at
"Dear When 1 Met You" that will surpass present, but according to the latest unofficial
the firm's experience with "Lou'siana Lullaby" estimates the sale to date has passed 1,250,000
of last season. The song has already been sung and the executives of Leo Feist, Inc., New
over the radio by such headliners as Vaughn York, have every reason to believe that 1,500,-
De Leath, her performance having been on the 000 copies will soon be sold. The song is still
RCA hour on Saturday, September 8, over a in the lead of the current Feist catalog and the
network of stations.
record sales are moving fast on all the mechani-
The company is planning to tie up with the cals.
trade on its Al Smith song, "He's Our Al,"
which was written by the same team, and which
The Famous Music Corp., New York, has
was released at the time of the National Demo- been incorporated with a capital stock of 100
cratic Convention at Houston. Close touch will shares of common, no par, to deal in sheet
be kept by the firm with dealers in Omaha, music. W. T. Powers, 1540 Broadway, is corre-
Oklahoma City, Denver, Helena, Minneapolis spondent for the new company.
and Milwaukee, during the Governor's visits
there. The song is now being heard in all parts
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of the country and the large jobbers are order-
ing sheet music in big lots.
Jersey Makes It Official
DOVER, N. J., September 8.—The march entitled
"Emblem of Honor," composed recently by
Harold A. Hummer, of-this city, was adopted
last week as the official march of the New
Jersey division of the American Legion meet-
ing for its annual convention at Bridgeton. Mr.
Hummer is the composer of many other
marches, among them being "Defenders of Lib-
erty" and "Spirit of the West," published by
the Victor Music Co., Chicago. The new num-
ber,^ "Emblem of Honor" has already been
recorded on Atlas music rolls and other record-
ings are being scheduled for early release.
The Song Shoppe, handling sheet music and
records, has taken new and larger quarters at
217 Ninth street, Augusta, Ga. Charles
Pritchard, owner of the establishment, has been
in business in Augusta for some time.
BOSTON
the Carlton Music Co., established a wide repu-
'.ation among band and orchestra musicians
throughout the country as a sheet music au-
thority in this classification of the trade.
Familiarly known as "Gus" to thousands of
horn blowers and bow pushers, through the
establishment of a personal service, he at-
tracted a following in Cleveland and throughout
his part of the State, which will no doubt
prove valuable in his new connection.
Mr. Darmstadt at once assumes the duties
of the managership of the sheet music depart-
ment of Lyon & Healy's, in Cleveland.
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