Music Trade Review

Issue: 1928 Vol. 87 N. 21

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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.
WITH
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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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entury
it the message we are sending to
millions of people every day
through the medium of 31 Best
American Magazines directing the
readers to go to their dealers for
copies.
HOOK-UP
Fifteen cents a copy for the
Best existing Edition is the
reason why "CENTURY" is
Best selling Edition.
Century Music Pub. Co.
235 W. 40th SU H New York City
pictures. This trailer is being distributed to
exhibitors by "the National Screen Service as
a prologue to the picture and will do much to
focus popular attention on the number, which
has real merits as a song, judging by its early
reception. "; '
"The Woman Disputed" will have its first
showing at the Rivoli Theatre in New York in
the near future, where it will remain in-
definitely. To announce this event, the United
Artists, Inc., had a full-page pictorial adver-
tisement in the Sunday rotogravure section of
the New York "Herald-Tribune" recently, part
of which was devoted to a photograph of
Harold "Scrappy" Lambert, Brunswick record-
ing artist, holding and looking at a copy of the
song, "Woman Disputed, I Love You." Fifty
thousand copies of this page were sent to
United Artists' exhibitors with a suggestion
that they reproduce same in their local papers.
Music dealers will be provided with tie-up ma-
terials, window displays and the like during the
national run of the picture.
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311 West 43rd Street
Featuring "Sonny Boy"
N. Y., recently and developed a real stimulus
to sheet music sales. Sam Braverman, music
buyer for the thirty-five Neisner Bros, stores,
most of them in Central New York State, was
responsible for the display and used similar
windows in all of the stores. During the week
of the Jolson display, sheet music sales ex-
ceeded those of the previous week by 95 per
cent and sales of Jewel and Perfect records
were increased by 85 per cent over the pre-
ceding week, which was quite a fair one by
itself.
The window was dressed attractively with
sheet music copies, records and music rolls
of "Sonny Boy" as well as with about seven
posters of Al Jolson. To clinch public interest,
a street loud-speaker playing a^ record of the
song caused thousands to pause.
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A strong window display, featuring ex-
clusively "Sonny Boy," theme song of Al Jol-
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FRANCISCO, CAL., November 16.—Frank
With the Wonderful Catalog,
Fin. Cabinet, Graded
Counter Portfolios,
Display Signs,
etc.,
IT SELLS
ITSELF!
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
"Sonny Boy" Increases
Sales Through Display
Fox Go. Theme Songs
in Coast Tie-up
Pallma, Jr., Pacific Coast representative of the
Sam Fox Publishing Co., Cleveland and New
Witmark Number Tied
York, has arranged for a complete tie-up of
Up With "Woman Disputed" leading music stores in this territory with the
initial showing of the sound version of "Abie's
Publisher Sending Out Three-Color Folder Irish Rose" picture. The photoplay has its
Upon Theme Number of New United Artists San Francisco premiere tomorrow at the Cal-
ifornia Theatre. Mr. Pallma is prepared for
Film of Same Name.
a big demand for the two theme songs of the
A folder in three colors has just been re- picture, "Rosemary" and "Little Irish Rose,"
leased to the trade by M. Witmark & Sons, which are featured both instrumentally and
New York, and is devoted exclusively to the vocally throughout the picture. He states that
song "Woman Disputed, I-JLove You," theme other Sam Fox theme songs, "Neapolitan
of the United Artists photoplay, "The Woman Nights," from "Fazil," "Paradise" from Von
Disputed," starring Norma Talmadge. Dealers Stroheim's "The Wedding March," and "Wings"
are urged by the publishers to tie up with their from the Paramount picture of the same name,
big national campaign on this song during the are selling well in this territory.
showing of "The Woman Disputed" in their
An explosion in the repair shop of the Auto-
respective localities. A special synchronized
song trailer, consisting of 125 feet of film, has matic Piano Co., 927 N. W., Seventh avenue,
been prepared by the photoplay producers, Miami, Fla., damaged twenty pianos and an
featuring the lyrics of the song with animated organ to the extent of about $2,500.
Dealers say —
It's the easiest thing
In the world to sell.
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