September 6, 1924.
P R E S T C
22
PHONOGRAPHS AND RADIO
Relation of One to the Other in the Music Business
Outlined by Manager.
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The relation of radio to the phonograph was the
subject of an article by Roy Alto Forbes, manager
of the phongraph department' of John Wanamaker's,
Philadelphia, in a recent issue of the "Sonora Bell,"
published by the Sonora Phonograph Co., Inc.
The phonograph business, Mr. Forbes believes, is
in a period of transition. "Heretofore," he says, "it
lias been building along the lines laid down by the
founders of the industry. But now we have arrived
at a time when a new factor has become involved in
the development of our business, and that is radio.
The question from a retail standpoint of view is:
Mow closely are these two instruments related? Is
the relation close enough so that so that the retailer
can develop them side by side, or is one bound to
hurt the other materially?
"Now it is this last phase that I should like to dis-
cuss briefly—viz., shall the phonograph be perma-
nently injured by radio? By conclusion is that each
has a separate and distinct function to perform. Dur-
ing the period of transition the phonograph may seem
to suffer, but this suffering will not be altogether
from the radio; some of it will be due to the fact
that large communities have swallowed large doses
of unfit phonograph merchandise, which have not as
yet been digested.
"Radio is one of the most fascinating developments
that mechanical genius has given us. In comparing
it to a phonograph, a great deal can be said for the
latter, without in the least detracting from the won-
der of the former. That both are here to stay is
surely obvious.
"Here I will try to set forth a few of the things
retailers should remember, and I am sure that if they
do remember them, they will not slight their phono-
graph business, but will feel that no matter how far
radio may develop nor how much they may interest
themselves in it, yet the phonograph always has had,
has now, and always will have its place among the
thousands of true music lovers. For one thing, there
can be no doubt that, broadly speaking, the phono-
graph is the world's greatest musical instrument, and
that it has done more to spread knowledge and ap-
preciation of music than all other agencies before its
creation."
ALL QUIET IN TIN PAN ALLEY
New York Fiction Writer Says Radio Has Cut
Royalties on Pop Songs.
Lean Days have come to Tin Pan Alley, writes
Mclntyre in his syndicated New York letter. The
radio has cut royalties on songs to almost nothing.
A composer and lyricist who used to make from
$20,000 to $50,000 on royalties is lucky now to make
$200 a week. Many song writers are going into other
work.
Big publishing houses are cutting down their staffs
to half the usual size. There is a composer who has
two song hits this summer. In better days he would
have made $100,000 easily. Now he estimates his
profits at about $15,000.
Tin Pan Alley does not expect to come back. The
biggest publishers are adjusting themselves to the
newer conditions. Even the jangle of the many
pianos in the beehive of compartments has grown
dim.
EDISON LINE ADDED.
Edison phonographs and records have been added
to the lines carried in the talking machine depart-
ment of Lyon & Healy, Chicago, the arrangements
being made through J. B. Thurbett, manager of the
Edison Phonograph Distributing Co. The Lyon &
Healy department already handles the Victor,
Brunswick and Cheney lines.
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The Background
A BUSY ROLL
DEPARTMENT
COLUMBIA
WORD ROLLS
No.
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SEPTEMBER RELEASES
Title
Played by
Tea for Two (From No! No!
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
Nanette)
I Want To Be Happy (From
No! No! Nanette) Billy Fitch Fox-trot
Peaches
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
Bungalow Love Nest
Waltz
Harry Geise
Waltz
Honest and Truly Wayne Love
Waltz
For You Just You Harry Geise
June Night
Nell Morrison Fox-Trot
Covered Wagon Days
James Blythe Fox-trot
Charley My Boy Harry Geise One-step
Doodle-Doo-Doo
Fox-trot
Clarence Johnson
Ray and His Little Chevrolet
Fox-trot
Wayne
Love Fox-trot
Oh! Baby
Gus
Drobegg
949
948 Why Don't My Dreams Come True
James Blythe
Waltz
947 Carolina Blues
Art Gillham
Blue
946 How Do You Do Art Gillham Radio Hit
945 Louise
James Blythe Fox-trot
944 I'm Only a Broken Toy
Billy Fitch Fox-trot
943 School-day Sweethearts
Wayne Love
Waltz
942 Kind Lovin' Blues
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
941 Knock At the Door
James Blythe Fox-trot
940 Cover Me Up With the Sunshine
of Virginia
Paul Jones Fox-trot
939 Hard Hearted Hannah
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
938 Where the Dreamy Wabash Flows
Paul Jones Fox-trot
937 Tonight's the Night
Clarence Johnson Fox-trot
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