Automatic Age

EDDIE PLUGS EDDIE
What’s in a name? A lot of
cooperation, when both names
are the same. For instance,
Eddie Lane and Eddie Ross.
Eddie Lane is the industry’s
songwriting advertising man;
Eddie Ross is the boss of Oriole
Coin Machine Corp., Baltimore.
So Eddie Lane writes a new
novelty song, “ THE TWO LIT­
TLE SQUIRRELS (NUTS TO
Y O U ) ” and has it recorded by
Mitchell Ayres on Bluebird,
Tommy Tucker on Okeh, and
Louis Jordon on Decca — and
Eddie Ross, a big music oper­
ator, goes nuts about the tune
and puts a record on every one of
his phonographs.
Lane is happy because he’s
getting this big plug; Ross is
happy because “ THE TWO
LITTLE SQUIRRELS (NUTS
TO Y O U ) ” is bringing in the
cocoanuts; and the industry is
happy because one of its own
boys has now produced another
hit song that brings him a
further step up the ladder.
P.S. Eddie Lane’s brother is
the well known Bert (Seaboard
Sales) Lane; and Eddie, in addi­
tion to knocking out hit tunes,
knocks out resultful ads for
Byrde, Richard and Pound Ad
Agency’s accounts.
NEW YORK CLAMORS
FOR FOLK SONGS
Western plains and southern
hills are attracting New Yorkers
— phonographically speaking.
Machine operators who for­
merly received calls for little be­
sides the ordinary sweet and
swing run, now must meet de­
mands for “ Mary, the Prairie,
and I,” “ Hillbilly Bill,” “ A Dol­
lar’s All I Crave,” and other hill­
billy and Western songs.
Why? Opinions vary. Promi­
nent theories ar e: (1) a new ap­
preciation of American folks
songs, another phase of the na­
tionalism holding the country’s
attention; (2) lack of good mu­
sic, due to the ASCAP-BMI con­
flict; (3) the increasing number
of western and hillbilly pictures
now being released.
PEANUT PRODUCTS
OPENS OMAHA BRANCH
WORUliEI
For a number of years oper­
ators in Iowa have received the
utmost cooperation from Peanut
Products Co. of Des Moines, in
establishing and maintaining
profitable routes of bulk venders.
Now another group of opera­
tors can share in this excellent
service, as the Peanut Products
Company has opened a branch in
Omaha, Nebraska, at 910 Har­
ney Street. A complete selection
of Northwestern machines, parts
and accessories, as well as a
wide selection of fast selling
merchandise, will be stocked.
TINY HILL HEARS HIS "NOAH'S WIFE" NUMBER
Tiny Hill, America's biggest band leader, whose sensational rendering of "Noah'* W ife
Lived a Wonderful Life," has brought him even greater fame, is pictured above hearing his
number played on a Wurlitzer 850.
Dropping in at the Show Rooms of the Chicago Simplex Distributing Co., 2532 Cottage
Grove Ave., Tiny heard this magnificent Wurlitzer, had this to say about it, "It's as wonder­
ful as Noah's Wife's Life" and that’s saying plenty!
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© International Arcade Museum
AUTOMATIC AGE
Houston— L. A. Gardener and
Zet t a Br ut o n, officials of
Houston Amusement Co., were
hosts to a large open-house
party in honor of their new
showroom and headquarters.
May, 1941
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