Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1942 March - Page 16
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SHEET MUSIC
BE-ST SELLERS
WH ITE CLIFFS OF DOVER
-with the Music Publishers
Speed on War Tunes
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
16
FOR
MARCH
1942
NEW YORK- The music publishers of
the nation were not asleep when the first
Jap bombs fell on Pearl Harbor December
7th. Within almost split seconds the top
song writers of the nation were busy draft-
ing timely patriotic numbers, presses were
ready to print the sheet music by the hun·
dreds of thousands for the music outlets of
the country, recording studios were ready
with name talent, and within a record·
breaking time the music operators of the
nation had these live numbers on their
phonogra phs.
A surprising thing about the first num·
bers was the fact that all of them had defi-
nite merit. Not one of them gave the least
semblance of being the overnight concoc-
tion of a weary brai n. Such numbers as
"You're a Sap, Mister Jap," "We're Gonna
Have to Slap the Dirty Little Jap," "Good-
bye Mama, I'm Off to Yokohama," "The
Sun Will Soon Be Setting For the Land of
the Rising Sun," "They Started Somethin',"
and dozens more immediately sprung into
popular favor and started to challenge old
standbyes on the Hit Parade.
As the country swings into its full war
stride there are bound to be a great num-
ber of revivals from the old days of the
first World War. The parade has already
started and more are joining each week.
A surprisingly eager audience awaits these
revivals for many of the boys now in uni-
form were in diapers during the last fracas
and the song hi ts of 1917 and 1918 get It
big reception today.
Witmark Ballad Clicking
NEW YORK-"She'll Always Remem-
ber," new Witmark ballad with war-time
romantic-setti ng, is pacing the coin machine
field with an impressive array of recordings
by the country's leading performers.
Under the Bluebird label, number has
been waxed by Glenn Miller and Dinah
Shore; for Columbia, Kate Smith and
Claude Thornhill; Woody Herman and
Mary Small have checked in with Decca;
and - Hal McIntyre and Dick Jurgens for
Victor and Okeh respectively.
SONGS MOST
PLAYED ON THE AIR
BLUES IN T H E N I GH T (Re m ick)
LAMP OF MEMO R Y (Marks)
FOOLED (ABC)
HOW ABOUT YOU? (Feist)
W HI TE CL I FFS OF DOVER (Sha p iro-
Bern s t e in )
EVE R YTH I NG "LOVE (Ch appe l )
MI SS YOU (Sa ntl y-J oy-Select )
R OSE O'DAY (To bi as. Lewis)
MANDY I S TWO (Br egman- Vocco -Co nn )
DEEP I N THE HEA R T OF TEXAS
(Me lody Lan ef'-
Introducing
A NEW DEPARTMENT
To th e mo re than 3,000 music ope rator-
re ade rs in th e Un ited States and 17 Pan-
Ame rican countri es we introduc e , with this
issue, a new d e partment inte nd ed to ke ep
musicmen completely inform e d of tre nds and
new numbe rs bein g published and record e d
fo r use on automatic phonographs.
In this departm e nt each mont h we shall re-
co rd , in wo rds an d advert ising, the late st
tunes coming from the top songsmiths of the
nation. To keep abre ast of the times make it
a habit to read this new d e partment each
month , acc e pt th e sugg estions and the ti ps
given, and be ah ead of you r compe tition by
actin g upon th e a dvic e offered .
Hard Luck Song Makes Grade
CAMDEN- "Shrine of St. Cecilia," na-
tion's biggest jinx song hit, attained its
biggest success on the day of all days . . .
Friday, Feb. 13th.
Tune originated in Sweden as "My Sol-
dier," several years ago. William Ortmann,
51-year-old music publisher who had spent
a lifetime looking for one big hit, readapted
it and published it in the States as "The
Shrine of St. Cecilia."
Hard luck dogged the song from the out-
set. First, it was barred last summer from
the networks as sacrilegious until approved
by representatives of all Churches. A
squabble over copyright ownership forced
it to be banned again in September.
Obstacles overcome, Publisher Ortmann
saw his song on the threshold of success
when recorded by Vaughn Monroe and
Sammy Kaye. Then, on a bleak November
day, Ortmann fell dead-an innocent by-
stander in a gunfight between New York
police and a trio of thugs.
Tune attained its biggest success on the
13th when Vaughn Monroe climaxed the
ditty's weird history by featuring it on Bob
Hawk's "How'm I Doin'?" program over
-CBS. Today, the song has been featured
several times on the Hit Parade and is one
of the biggest hits of 1942.
LATE MODEL
SEEBURGS OR WUR·
LlTZER Phonographs
HICHEST PRICES PAID
BUY 1 OR
100
•
For Quiclc Action .-
Write
BADGER
SALES CO.
1612 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles
ROSE O'DAY (Tobias-Lewis)
SHR INE OF ST. CEC ILIA (Braun )
BLUES I N T HE N I GHT ( R em ick)
ELMER 'S TUNE (Robbin s)
C HATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO (Feis t )
TH I S LOVE OF MINE (Embassy)
I'VE GOT I T BAD (Rob b ins)
T HI S I S NO LAUGHING MATTER
(Bl ock)
SOMEBODY ELSE I S TAK I NG PLACE
( Shapiro -Bern stein)
M ills Music Active
,NEW YORK-Mills Music, Inc., an-
nounces that Al Cooper's jumping Decca
disc of "Fish for Supper" has just been
released-in time for operators to use the
number during Lent.
Alvino Rey has been honored by the
Idaho Potato Growers Association for his
recording of "Idaho."
Irv Carroll's first release on his new Blue-
bird Record contract is a novelty, "Let's
All Snore."
Still another Mills tune hitting on all 10--
cations on three top discs is "You're A Sap,
Mister Jap." Dick Robertson's Decca wax-
ing is fourth on that company's best-selling
list, heading all patriotic releases; Carl
Hoff's is a current best-seller for Okeh;
and Orrin Tucker's Columbia recording was
chosen record of the week on the NBC-
Bandwagon (Fitch) Show.
Incidentally, John Redmond, Nat Simon
and James Cavanaugh, who wrote the num-
ber, have a new one that will soon debut on
all labels tagged "There'll Always -Be A
Beach at Waikiki."
*
*
*
*
:):
"Give me a ticket to Springfield."
"Which one? Ohio, Ill., Mass" Mo" _ or
Ky.?"
"Whichever is the cheapest."
*
I nte r ested in coin-o p e r a te d MOV-
IES? THE R EVIEW h as the ' O NLY
d ep artmen t d evoted to this n ew profi t
avenue. Read MOVIES in each issu e
and learn of th e p ossibilities in thi s
new field.
-
MOST POPULAR DISCS
ON COIN MACHINES
WANTED
WILL
(Sh apiro.
Bernstei n )
DR. 4326
An authoritative chart showing the
nation's preference on Automatic Pho -
nographs at pressfime on this issue of
THE REVIEW :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
B lues i n t he Night
Deep i n the Hearl of Texas
I Don't Want t o Wal k
W h ite Clift's of Dover '
A rth ur M u rray Taugh t Me Da n ci n g
6.
7.
8.
R ose O'Day
He's I . A in the Arm y
I Sai d No
9. No Laugh i n g Matter
10. R emem b er P earl Harb o r
II. Every t hin g I Love
12. Ta n geri n e
Guy Lombardo - - only on
DEC C A
Mention of THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW is your best introduction to our advertis ers.
SHEET MUSIC
BE-ST SELLERS
WH ITE CLIFFS OF DOVER
-with the Music Publishers
Speed on War Tunes
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
16
FOR
MARCH
1942
NEW YORK- The music publishers of
the nation were not asleep when the first
Jap bombs fell on Pearl Harbor December
7th. Within almost split seconds the top
song writers of the nation were busy draft-
ing timely patriotic numbers, presses were
ready to print the sheet music by the hun·
dreds of thousands for the music outlets of
the country, recording studios were ready
with name talent, and within a record·
breaking time the music operators of the
nation had these live numbers on their
phonogra phs.
A surprising thing about the first num·
bers was the fact that all of them had defi-
nite merit. Not one of them gave the least
semblance of being the overnight concoc-
tion of a weary brai n. Such numbers as
"You're a Sap, Mister Jap," "We're Gonna
Have to Slap the Dirty Little Jap," "Good-
bye Mama, I'm Off to Yokohama," "The
Sun Will Soon Be Setting For the Land of
the Rising Sun," "They Started Somethin',"
and dozens more immediately sprung into
popular favor and started to challenge old
standbyes on the Hit Parade.
As the country swings into its full war
stride there are bound to be a great num-
ber of revivals from the old days of the
first World War. The parade has already
started and more are joining each week.
A surprisingly eager audience awaits these
revivals for many of the boys now in uni-
form were in diapers during the last fracas
and the song hi ts of 1917 and 1918 get It
big reception today.
Witmark Ballad Clicking
NEW YORK-"She'll Always Remem-
ber," new Witmark ballad with war-time
romantic-setti ng, is pacing the coin machine
field with an impressive array of recordings
by the country's leading performers.
Under the Bluebird label, number has
been waxed by Glenn Miller and Dinah
Shore; for Columbia, Kate Smith and
Claude Thornhill; Woody Herman and
Mary Small have checked in with Decca;
and - Hal McIntyre and Dick Jurgens for
Victor and Okeh respectively.
SONGS MOST
PLAYED ON THE AIR
BLUES IN T H E N I GH T (Re m ick)
LAMP OF MEMO R Y (Marks)
FOOLED (ABC)
HOW ABOUT YOU? (Feist)
W HI TE CL I FFS OF DOVER (Sha p iro-
Bern s t e in )
EVE R YTH I NG "LOVE (Ch appe l )
MI SS YOU (Sa ntl y-J oy-Select )
R OSE O'DAY (To bi as. Lewis)
MANDY I S TWO (Br egman- Vocco -Co nn )
DEEP I N THE HEA R T OF TEXAS
(Me lody Lan ef'-
Introducing
A NEW DEPARTMENT
To th e mo re than 3,000 music ope rator-
re ade rs in th e Un ited States and 17 Pan-
Ame rican countri es we introduc e , with this
issue, a new d e partment inte nd ed to ke ep
musicmen completely inform e d of tre nds and
new numbe rs bein g published and record e d
fo r use on automatic phonographs.
In this departm e nt each mont h we shall re-
co rd , in wo rds an d advert ising, the late st
tunes coming from the top songsmiths of the
nation. To keep abre ast of the times make it
a habit to read this new d e partment each
month , acc e pt th e sugg estions and the ti ps
given, and be ah ead of you r compe tition by
actin g upon th e a dvic e offered .
Hard Luck Song Makes Grade
CAMDEN- "Shrine of St. Cecilia," na-
tion's biggest jinx song hit, attained its
biggest success on the day of all days . . .
Friday, Feb. 13th.
Tune originated in Sweden as "My Sol-
dier," several years ago. William Ortmann,
51-year-old music publisher who had spent
a lifetime looking for one big hit, readapted
it and published it in the States as "The
Shrine of St. Cecilia."
Hard luck dogged the song from the out-
set. First, it was barred last summer from
the networks as sacrilegious until approved
by representatives of all Churches. A
squabble over copyright ownership forced
it to be banned again in September.
Obstacles overcome, Publisher Ortmann
saw his song on the threshold of success
when recorded by Vaughn Monroe and
Sammy Kaye. Then, on a bleak November
day, Ortmann fell dead-an innocent by-
stander in a gunfight between New York
police and a trio of thugs.
Tune attained its biggest success on the
13th when Vaughn Monroe climaxed the
ditty's weird history by featuring it on Bob
Hawk's "How'm I Doin'?" program over
-CBS. Today, the song has been featured
several times on the Hit Parade and is one
of the biggest hits of 1942.
LATE MODEL
SEEBURGS OR WUR·
LlTZER Phonographs
HICHEST PRICES PAID
BUY 1 OR
100
•
For Quiclc Action .-
Write
BADGER
SALES CO.
1612 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles
ROSE O'DAY (Tobias-Lewis)
SHR INE OF ST. CEC ILIA (Braun )
BLUES I N T HE N I GHT ( R em ick)
ELMER 'S TUNE (Robbin s)
C HATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO (Feis t )
TH I S LOVE OF MINE (Embassy)
I'VE GOT I T BAD (Rob b ins)
T HI S I S NO LAUGHING MATTER
(Bl ock)
SOMEBODY ELSE I S TAK I NG PLACE
( Shapiro -Bern stein)
M ills Music Active
,NEW YORK-Mills Music, Inc., an-
nounces that Al Cooper's jumping Decca
disc of "Fish for Supper" has just been
released-in time for operators to use the
number during Lent.
Alvino Rey has been honored by the
Idaho Potato Growers Association for his
recording of "Idaho."
Irv Carroll's first release on his new Blue-
bird Record contract is a novelty, "Let's
All Snore."
Still another Mills tune hitting on all 10--
cations on three top discs is "You're A Sap,
Mister Jap." Dick Robertson's Decca wax-
ing is fourth on that company's best-selling
list, heading all patriotic releases; Carl
Hoff's is a current best-seller for Okeh;
and Orrin Tucker's Columbia recording was
chosen record of the week on the NBC-
Bandwagon (Fitch) Show.
Incidentally, John Redmond, Nat Simon
and James Cavanaugh, who wrote the num-
ber, have a new one that will soon debut on
all labels tagged "There'll Always -Be A
Beach at Waikiki."
*
*
*
*
:):
"Give me a ticket to Springfield."
"Which one? Ohio, Ill., Mass" Mo" _ or
Ky.?"
"Whichever is the cheapest."
*
I nte r ested in coin-o p e r a te d MOV-
IES? THE R EVIEW h as the ' O NLY
d ep artmen t d evoted to this n ew profi t
avenue. Read MOVIES in each issu e
and learn of th e p ossibilities in thi s
new field.
-
MOST POPULAR DISCS
ON COIN MACHINES
WANTED
WILL
(Sh apiro.
Bernstei n )
DR. 4326
An authoritative chart showing the
nation's preference on Automatic Pho -
nographs at pressfime on this issue of
THE REVIEW :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
B lues i n t he Night
Deep i n the Hearl of Texas
I Don't Want t o Wal k
W h ite Clift's of Dover '
A rth ur M u rray Taugh t Me Da n ci n g
6.
7.
8.
R ose O'Day
He's I . A in the Arm y
I Sai d No
9. No Laugh i n g Matter
10. R emem b er P earl Harb o r
II. Every t hin g I Love
12. Ta n geri n e
Guy Lombardo - - only on
DEC C A
Mention of THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW is your best introduction to our advertis ers.
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