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DECEMBER 1, 1928
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The Music Trade Review
Triangle Music Pub. Co. Reporting
Response to "Dusky Stevedore" Campaign
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"Dusky
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Triangle
Number,
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*TPHE special campaign on "Dusky Stevedore"
•^ now being conducted by the Triangle Music
Publishing Co., New York, is meeting with
great success, according to Joe Davis, head of
the company. Many dealers have co-operated
with window displays, tying up with record
releases of this song made by the principal
mechanical companies. One of the most at-
tractive of these displays created by music deal-
ers was the one used by H. A. Weymann &
Son, Inc., 1108 Chestnut street, Philadelphia,
where an entire window was devoted to the
single song.
Executives of the Weymann concern are firm
believers in the value of window displays in
building up demand for songs, and much drop-
in business in the sheet music department is
attributed to this source. The "Dusky Steve-
dore" window contained a large poster, por-
traying a scene from the lower Mississippi
River, which is in the mood of the song. Sev-
eral dozen copies were distributed about the
window as well as phonograph records of the
song.
On December 14 the Victor Co. will release
a vocal record of "Dusky Stevedore," made by
the Revelers, and about the time a new Bruns-
wick record will be released, made by the
Clevelanders. A new Columbia dance record
of the song has been made by Thelma Terry
and Her Playboys, with a vocal chorus by Joe
Davis, and will also be released this month.
Mr. Davis anticipates a big sheet music de-
mand in view of the new recordings, all of
which are second recordings in the catalog of
the country.
"Woman Disputed" Tied
Feist Dance Folio
Up With Film Showing
Meets Good Response
Heavy responses for the new Feist Dance
Folio No. 2-A have been received by Leo Feist,
Inc., New York, since the initial announcement
regarding the folio several weeks ago. This
being the first Feist dance folio issued in nearly
a year, trade interest has centered considerably
in the edition and jobbers are pushing it as
well. The most important angle, the popular
demand of the public, is influenced, of course,
by the contents of the book, and with such
numbers as "Ramona," "You're a Real Sweet-
heart," "Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed
Me," and about twenty others, many of which
are still selling as individual numbers, the folio
has made a very strong appeal. Reprints of the
title page of the folio in seven colors have been
distributed to the trade for display purposes
and many dealers have been using them to good
advantage, according to advices received.
W. D. Murphy, a music dealer of Summit,
N. J., will move his store from Beechwood road
to a new building on Springfield avenue that
town early next year.
A striking window display featuring the num-
ber, "Woman Disputed, I Love You," theme
song of the United Artists picture, "The
Woman Disputed," was used recently by the
McCrory store, at Sixth avenue and Eight-
eenth street, New York,. This photoplay,
starring Norma Talmadge, was given its local
release at popular prices last week, moving to
the Rivoli Theatre for an indefinite run. The
sheet music buyer of the McCrory store stated
that sales for this song have mounted rapidly,
due to the window display, and other local sheet
music departments have noticed an increase of
business since the popular release of the film.
The song, "Woman Disputed, I Love You," is
published by M. Witmark & Sons, New York,
who have launched an extensive national cam-
paign behind the number.
The Klingman-Kelsall Music Co., Louisville,
Ky., is sending out a series of musical pro-
grams through Station WHAS, that city, as is
the Louisville Music & Radio Co.
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