Music Trade Review

Issue: 1928 Vol. 87 N. 21

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IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted by Fred B. Diehl
Teachers' Meet Increases
Sheet Music Sales
Music Dealers in Milwaukee Find Immediate
Reaction—"Singing Fool" Sells Out "Sonny
Boy" Stocks
MILWAUKEE, WIS., November 17.—Sheet music
houses and departments in the downtown shop-
ping district of Milwaukee, including the music
department at Gimbel Bros, store, the Boston
Store, the Edward Tillman Song Shop, Kami's
music store and Hambitzers, saw greatly in-
(Songs that Sell
creased sales when the Wisconsin Teachers'
Association held its annual convention in Mil-
waukee, and when many of its members took
the opportunity of stocking up on classical
music and popular songs, from the complete
stocks of the Milwaukee music dealers.
Showings at local theatres and programs of
bands and orchestras at entertainment places
demonstrated the strong influence they effect
on sheef music sales.
In some stores "Sonny Boy" from "The
Singing Fool," playing for its sixth week at a
Gene Austin Honored
at Testimonial Dinner
Weil-Known Music Publisher Honored by
Friends in Music and Entertainment Fields
at Dinner at Park Central Hotel
A testimonial dinner was given to Gene
Austin, Victor record artist, by his friends in the
music business and entertainment world on Mon-
day evening, November 12, in the grill room of
Testimonial
Dinner
Irving Berlin, Inc.
Songs
ROSES OF YESTERDAY
By Irving- Berlin
HOW ABOUT ME? (New),
By Irving- Berlin
BELOVED
TEN LITTLE MILES FROM TOWN
I WONDER
1 STILL KEEP DREAMING OF VOU
GET OUT AND GET UNDER THE
MOON
I CANT DO WITHOUT YOU
•TAINT SO, HONEY, 'TAINT SO
THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS I
LOVB YOU
ILL GET BY
THE SPELL OF THE BLUES
OLD PALS ARE THE BEST PALS
AFTER ALL
REMEMBER ME TO MARY
LONELY LITTLE BLUEBIRD
JUST YOU AND ME
WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE
A SONG OF INDIANA
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
WATCHA GONNA DO, DO NOW
Picture Theme Songs
THERE'S A RAINBOW 'ROUND MY
SHOULDER from "The Singing
Fool"
I LOVED YOU THEN AS I LOVE
YOU
MOW f r o m
"Dancing
Daughter*"
MARIE (By Irving Berlin) from "The
Awakening"
WHERE IS THE SONG OF SONGS
FOR ME (By Irving Berlin) from
"The Heart Song"
PALS, JUST PALS from "Submarine"
FLOWER OF LOVE from "White
Shadows in the South Seas"
IN A LITTLE HIDE AWAY from
"Excess Baggage"
LONESOME from "Lonesome"
GIVE AND TAKE from "Give and
Take"
LOVB CAN NEVER DIE from "Man,
Woman and Wife"
LOVE, ALL I WANT IS LOVE from
"The Godless Girl"
HEART O' MINE from "Noah's Ark"
JUST A SWEETHEART from "The
Battle of the Sexes"
I FOUND GOLD WHEN I FOUND
YOU, from "The Trail of '98"
LOVE BROUGHT
THE SUNSHINK
Folios
from "The Wind"
UNIVERSAL DANCE FOLIO
No. 16
PETERSON'S UKULELE METHOD
WORLD'S FAVORITE SONGS
IRVING BERLINlnc
\J607Broadway NewYorh City
to
Gene Austin
at
Park
Central
Hotel
local theatre, was sold out, and in all stores
large numbers of this song were sold. The
:>ther hit from this picture, "There's a Rain-
bow 'Round My Shoulder," was also sold out
in many instances. Other songs which en-
joyed record business during the week were
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and
"King for a Day."
Orchestrations, choral arrangements and
classical piano arrangements and songs also
were in exceptionally heavy demand during
the week, it is reported.
Sherman-Clay Numbers
With Moving Pictures
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., November 10.—Just back
from a business trip to Los Angeles and Holly-
wood, Ed. Little, manager of the publishing and
sheet music department of Sherman, Clay &
Co., explained that there is a great deal of
Vitaphone and "movie" music at present for the
pictures. Mr. Little landed several new Sher-
man, Clay & Co. numbers with the picture
people. He is not, however, in a position to
announce their titles at present as the pictures
are not released, and even the titles have not
been given out. He is well satisfied with the
results of his trip to the southern part of the
State.
the Park Central Hotel, New York. More
than a hundred persons, including publishers,
orchestra leaders, radio and phonograph peo-
ple and their.wives, participated in the event,
which proved a delightful affair. Music was
provided by Hen Pollack and his Park Cen-
tral Orchestra, and extemporaneous entertain-
THE OVER-NIGHT
SENSATION
'ries
( Golden Memory Days)
The Musical Theme ol-The Philco Radio Hour_
Godwin on Coast
for Al Piantadosi
Los ANGELES, CAL., November
15.—'Frank
R.
Godwin has been appointed Pacific Coast man-
ager for the music publishing firm of Al
Piantadosi, of New York. Mr. Godwin makes
his headquarters with the L. B. Matthews Music
Co., of this city, and will maintain contact with
theatre, dance and radio orchestras and other
professional entertainers in this territory. He
is enthusiastic over two Piantadosi publications,
"Louisiana" and "Just a Dance Program of
Long Ago," which are being featured widely.
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M.WITMARK6SONS
NKW YORK
Published as follows
SOLO—TWO KEYS, B flat and C DUET—C
OCTAVO
MALE, FEMALE and MIXED VOICES
ENSEMBLE
VIOLIN & PIANO, 'CELLO & PIANO, VIOLIN
•CELLO and PIANO
VOCAL
ORCHESTRA, B flat and C BAND
DANCE—WALTZ
M. WITMARK & SONS, New York
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NOVEMBER 24, 1928
The Music Trade Review
ers were recruited from time to time from the Charles Lang on Trip
talent among the guests.
Gene Austin, accompanied by • his wife,
for Bibo, Bloeden & Lang
Katherine, were, of course, the center of the
party, which was informal throughout. Among Firm Pushing Theme Songs for "Annapolis"
"Captain Swagger" and "Why Girls Go
those present were: Marty Bloom, general
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manager of Gene Austin, Inc., New York, the
publishing firm headed by Mr. Austin, Mrs.
Bloom, Henry Spitzer, of Harms, Inc.; Ed. Charles Lang, of the music publishing firm
Christy, of Irving Berlin, Inc.; Jack Robbins of Bibo, Bloeden & Lang, Inc., New York,
and Jack Bregman, of Robbins Music Corp.; is completing an extensive business trip through
Joe Davis, of the Triangle Music Publishing the trade in the interest of the company's cat-
Co.; Walter Douglas, of Donaldson, Douglas alog. Mr. Lang visited Detroit, Chicago and
& Gumble, Inc.; Ben Bornstein, of Ager, Yel- other points in the Middle West and his let-
len & Bornstein, Inc.; Jimmy McHugh, of ters have been full of orders for both the firm's
Mills Music, Inc.; Bernard Pollack, of Sher- specialties and popular numbers. Bibo Bloeden &
man, Clay & Co.; Danny Winkler, of DeSylva, Lang, organized a little over two years, have tak-
Brown & Henderson, Inc.; Jules Von Tilzer, en great strides this Fall in securing three suc-
of Broadway Music Corp.; Will Rockwell, of cessful motion picture theme songs. Principal in
Villa Moret, Inc.; Abe Olman, of Forster the trio is "My Annapolis," theme of the mo-
Music Publisher, Inc.; George Piantadosi, of tion picture "Annapolis," a Pathe picture, star-
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.; Nat Shilkret, Jack ring John Mack Brown and Jeanette Loff.
Shilkret, Sam Lanin, Edgar Leslie, Joe Young, Charles Weinberg and Irving Bibo are the
Lou Alter, Pat Flaherty, Henry Santley, Abner writers. "Captain Swagger," theme of the pic-
Silver, Addie Britt, Lew Pollack, Louis Katz- ture of the same name, starring Rod La
man, Harry Warren, Sammy Stept, Charlie Rocque and Sue Carol, is another of the three
on which Bibo, Bloedon & Lang are banking
Warren, Charles Weller and many others.
heavily, while the third is titled "That's Why
Girls Go Wrong," used consistently in the
Sig Bosley Joins
musical score of the picture, "Why Girls Go
Staff of Robbins Corp. Wrong."
With the three theme songs and the firm's
Sig Bosley, well-known music publishers' popular catalog containing such new potential
representative, has joined the traveling staff hits as "Jane," "You Lied—I've Cried," and
of the Robbins Music Corp., New York, and "As You Were" and such recognized successes
started this week on his first coast-to-coast as "There'll Never Be Another You," and
"When Sweet Susie Goes Steppin' By" and
"Etiquette Blues," an optimistic feeling is per-
vading the company's offices.
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Triangle Issues New
Type Orchestrations
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Seven-Part Arrangements Made to Fit Needs
of Orchestras in the Average Hotel and
Restaurant
An innovation in the matter of dance or-
chestration sizes has just been introduced by
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Sig Bosley
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Joe Davis, head of the Triangle Music Pub-
trip,in the interest of the firm's catalog. Mr. lishing Co., New York, with the release of
Bosley has had many connections with the four good sellers from his catalog with parts
music publishing world and has about fiffeen for only seven instruments instead of twelve
years of practical experience behind him. His or fourteen. Mr. Davis, who returned recently
most recent.cannection was with Ager, Yellen & from a trip taking him through more than a
Bornstein, Inc., New York. Sig Bosley is not dozen States, has been observing a rapidly
only a first-class music salesman, but is also a growing tendency on the part of theatres, res-
singer and it is expected that he will accomplish taurants and cafes outside of New York in re-
much for the firm with his radio appearances ducing the size of their orchestras to five, six
in addition to meeting the entertainment world and seven men. He states that in no mod-
in right fashion. He will make his permanent erately sized city he has visited recently has
headquarters in the West, covering the terri- he noticed many bands larger than seven
Itory between Denver and the Coast.
pieces. It is these smaller orchestras that are
supporting the orchestration business. Many
leaders have also informed him that they find
Ernest Fowles Will
the larger arrangements cumbersome and un-
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Lecture in America balanced, when adapting them for their own
Ernest Fowles, one of the foremost British combinations.
It is therefore by way of experiment that
authorities on music appreciation and a prolific
Mr.
Davis is releasing these four numbers in
writer for the English musical magazines, will
arrive in New York on December 12 for his smaller orchestration form at reduced prices.
first American tour. He has a wide scope of They bear the name of "baby specials" and
lectures and still has some available dates be- include the following numbers: "Dusky Steve-
tween December 12 and Christmas and also be- dore," "Take Your To-morrow," "Right or
tween January IS and 31. Duncan McKenzie, Wrong" and "I Ain't Got Nobody." What
Oxford University Press, 114 Fifth avenue, New his future course will be with new releases
York, or the Aeolian Co., Fifth avenue and will depend, he states, on the responses he
Fifty-fourth street, New York, is in charge of gets with these new numbers.
the tour.
New Publishing Firm
November 10.—The In-
dependent ' Music Publishers is a new firm,
formed here recently by A. E. and J. D. Bader.
The company has issued its first number,
"When You Know Me and I Know You," which
is being sung and played widely.
HACHITA, NEW MEXICO,
Twenty-one Years Writing
Gus Kahn, well-known song writer, has been
celebrating the twenty-first anniversary of his
entrance into the field of popular music this
month. To Leo Feist, Inc., New York, pub-
lisher of many of his hits, Mr. Kahn has given
his latest composition, "I'm Sorry, Sally," which
promises to be one of his biggest successes.
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