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PRESTO
December 8, 1923.
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
SHEET MUSIC DEALERS MEET
Executive Committee of National Association Dis-
cuss Important Topics in New York.
The suppression of the song swindle was an im-
ers in a great many places. The singing of "Big portant topic discussed at the meeting last week of
Blond Mama" in vaudeville houses always increases the executive committee of the National Association
the sales of that number in a town on the circuit. A of Sheet Music Dealers held at the offices of the
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Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, New York.
in a hundred towns recently. The analysis A plan of co-operation with the Chamber and its units
THE COMBINED CIRCULATION dealers
of over three hundred answers showed an intensity was outlined.
OF PRESTO (EST. 1884), AND MUS- of favor in the order named:
A timely topic was the promotion of sales of music
ICAL TIMES (EST. 1881), IS BY FAR
Barney Google, Dreamy Melody, Lou'siana, Do and music books for the holiday trade. It was pointed
THE LARGEST IN THE FIELD OF You, Don't You, Will You, Won't You; Nobody out that sheet music may be so presented in the weeks
Knows But My Pillow and Me, Nearer and Dearer, approaching Christmas that its claim to the attention
THE MUSIC TRADE. COMBINA- Until
Tomorrow, Arizona Stars,. Watchin' the Moon of the holiday buyer would be irresistible.
TION RATES OF SPECIAL AT- Rise, Big Blond Mama, The Ole Folks'at Home!
There, is no gathering of sheet music men nowa-
TRACTIVENESS FOR ADVERTIS- Beside a Babbling Brook, First, Last and Always, days without the introduction of the feasibility of the
general catalog of American music publications. It
ING SPACE IN BOTH PAPERS Somebody's Wrong and Tweet, Tweet.
is an interesting subject and one which evokes the
WILL BE MADE TO MUSIC PUB-
enthusiasm
of prominent dealers for its realization.
PUCCINI WINS FOX-TROT SUIT.
LISHERS.
Giacomo Puccini, composer, of Milan, Italy, has
won his suit against the Ricordi Music Publishing
This department is designed to advance the sales Company in which he complained that his dignity and
of sheet music, and give any current information in artistic personality had been injured by the publica-
the Sheet Music Trade.
tion of a fox-trot containing an excerpt from his opera List of the Geo. W. Thomas Music Co., a Reliable
This publication believes that Sheet Music will "Madame Butterfly."
One for Alert Dealer.
The Ricordi company was
pay the dealer, just as any other commodity pays made to pay damages to the amount which will be
One of the biggest sellers with sheet music dealers
those who merchandise it properly.
fixed at a separate sitting and also to pay two-thirds alert
enough to have secured a supply,, is "At Sun-
The conductor of this department will review of the court costs.
down," a waltz success published by the Geo. W.
any numbers that are sent in for the purpose. It is
Thomas Music Co., 438 Bowen avenue, Chicago.
not the intent to criticise, but to review these offer-
There is a quality of newness in this number that
ings, giving particular information of the theme and
commands sales at store demonstrations. The allur-
a description of the musical setting of the number
ing melody is in keeping with the spirit of the title
discussed.
and the theme of the lyric.
Address all communications to Conductor Sheet
The Geo. W. Thomas MUMC CO. has ar. inviting
Music Dept., Presto, 407 S. Dearborn, Chicago, 111.
list of songs that sell. A winner is "Mammy's Little
Brown Rose." Another with an equal share of popu-
Nearer and Dearer
lar favor is "I've Found a Sweetheart." To com-
Watchin' the Moon Rise
plete the list of winners the sheet music dealer should
have "Shorty George Blues," "Up the Country Blues,"
Until Tomorrow
All Numbers Are Big Hits Somewhere and Favorite
"Muscle Shoals Blues" to give a peppy "blue" flavor
Nobody Knows but My Pillow
to the offerings. But. the following should not be
Is Where You Find It.
and Me
left out of an order list to the Geo. W. Thomas Music
The
Old
Folks
at
Home
Which number in the Remick list is the greatest
Co.: "You Have a Home Somewhere," "The Rocks,"
favorite? You may put that question to a thousand
Arizona Stars
"The Fives," "I've Got a Man of My Own," and "I
dealers and get a thousand opinions. The highest
Barney Google
Ain't No Sheik, Just Sweet Papa, That's All."
number of votes for a number would declare the
Beside a Babbling Brook
highest degree of favor for it, in the natural order of
You Can't Make a Fool Out of Me
things. But would it be accepted by all the Remick
Big Blond Mamma
dealers?
First, Last and Always
Not by a sheet full. Dealers in certain places where
A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music
Somebody's Wrong
the hot fever of "Barney Google" sales is yet run-
Department Are Printed.
Do You, Don't You, Will You,
ning its course would give the laugh to any other
number as first favorite. Amazing is the term ap-
The Pacific Stores, Inc., 981-983 Market street, San
Won't You?
plied to sales of "Barney Google" for the last three
FYancisco, has installed two sheet music counters, one
Tweet, Tweet
months by Mendel I. Crocker, manager of the sheet
on the main floor and one in the basement.
Lou'siana
music department of the Liggett Store, Providence,
Barney Google was extensively featured in Port-
R. I. Thousands of dealers scattered all over the
land during November, and I. E. Sklare, manager of
country have experienced amazing calls for Barney.
the Portland, Ore., Remick Song & Gift Shop had
Which is the Remick favorite at any time is a
the hearty co-operation of the music dealers, and the
New York
Chicago
Detroit
local qustion. '"Dreamy Melody" and "Lou'siana''
various theaters and places of amusement.
would win in a walk if you were t$ canvass the deal-
Charlie Keating, starring in "Huckleberry Finn" at
^^^^
the State Theater, Jersey City, N. J., sings
"In the Land of Sweet Sixteen" and "Al-
ways looking for a Little Sunshine," two
numbers of Hearst Music Publishers.
Harold B. Freeman, Providence, L. I.,
composer of the Remick hit "Lullaby Time,"
is now recovering from an attack of typhoid
fever at the Jane Brown Memorial Hospital
in that city.
An increased demand for church music is
a feature of the pre-Christmas business of
the Ignaz Fischer Music House, Toledo, O.
"Just a Kiss," a song recently composed
by Julius Westermeyer of the Georgia Music
Co., Atlanta, Ga., promises to be one of the
hits of the season, not only in Atlanta but all
over the South.
and make your own conditions instead of being
at the mercy of them.
Joseph B. Carey, of the Carey Music Shop,
100% PROFIT
r
;
San Francisco, has brought out a waltz song,
"You'll Never Be a Sister to Me," and a
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classical song, "In the Harbor of Home
Rings the bell like a bill collector
Sweet Home," written for bass or baritone
BIG PROFITS — QUICK SALES — BIGGER BUSINESS
voice. These songs are being featured in
There is no loss on any HEARST Song. All
his own store and good success is being met
unsold copies fully returnable
with in placing them with the trade in
Prices F. O. B. Nearest Office:
general.
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TO PUBLISHERS
WINNERS IN SHEET MUSIC
REMICK SONG HITS
FINDING REMICK FAVORITE
SHEET MUSIC TRADE NOTES
J. H. REMICK & CO.
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