Music Trade Review
Issue: 1917 Vol. 64 N. 8 - Page 72
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
BIG ADVANCE ORDERS FOR SONG
Kresge Store in Chicago Orders 15,000 Copies
of "Hawaiian Butterfly" Before Publication—
Individual Dealers Also Plunging
CHICAGO, I I I . , February 19.-—If the ordering of
15,000 numbers of a song before it is published
is any criterion of its possible success, then Leo
Feist, Inc., have a sure fire hit for their cat-
alog. The big advance order was placed by the
Kresge store on State street, this city, and is
remarkable for the fact that syndicate buyers
do not purchase music unless it is a hit or prom-
ises to be a hit. In addition various dealers
throughout the country have placed orders
ranging up to a thousand copies each, for the
same song, a situation that has seldom if ever
been reported in popular music circles.
The number is being hustled through the
printers, and if it were not that it is to have a
very elaborate title page would no doubt be
on sale now. Oh, yes! The song is entitled
"Hawaiian Butterfly," and Geo. A. Little wrote
the words and Billy Baskette and Joseph Santly
are the composers of the music.
The "LAST W O R D " in Lyric Writing!
WARNING!
Managers!
Writers!!
Publishers!!!
Earl Carroll has written for Andreas Dippel's
New Musical Comedy
"THE LOVE MILL"
The greatest Novelty Idea ever conceived in a song
Lyric entitled:
CHAS. K. HARRIS^BIG BUSINESS
Reports That He Is Enjoying Greatest Demand
in the History of His Business
Chas. K. Harris recently stated he was clos-
ing a larger volume of business than at any pre-
vious time in the history of the house of Har-
ris.
Mr. Harris said the reason for this no
doubt was the great variety of songs in his cat-
alog, and the fact that this season is proving
fine for ballads, the type of song with which
the house of Harris has always been associated.
Among the ballads having a big call are "You
Came, You Saw, You Conquered," "The Story
of a Soul" and "All I Want Is a Cottage, Some
Roses and You," while "A Study in Black and
White," which was recently introduced by Willa
Holt Wakefield, on the Keith circuit, was imme-
diately accepted as an original novelty story
with heart interest. "My Little China Doll,"
"Let Him Miss You Just a Little Bit" and "She
Came From a Quaint Little Town in Pennsyl-
vania" are all lively numbers.
JOIN PIANTADOSI STAFF
Several
Additions to Force Reported
Week—New Offices Opened
This
Al. Piantadosi, Inc., announce that Victor
Wood, formerly sales representative for M. Wit-
mark & Sons in the Middle West, has been ap-
pointed city salesman for their house. Frank
Goodman, formerly city sales representative, re-
cently took charge of the high-class and produc-
tion department of the concern. Tobey Fitz-
patrick has also been added to the staff of the
company.
Adam Robinson has opened up a
. San Francisco office for Al. Piantadosi, Inc., in
the Pantage's Theatre Building in that city, and
James Beatty has opened offices in the Superba
Theatre Building, Los Angeles, -and will repre-
sent the house there.
FEATURING THE WINN COURSE
Prominent Distributors and Dealers Having
Excellent Success With Teaching Method
As all dealers know the Winn Schools of popu-
lar music have been successfully teaching the
playing of popular music and ragtime piano
playing since the year 1890. It seems, however,
there are still some dealers who are not con-
versant with the "Winn Practical Method of
Popular Music and Ragtime Piano Playing"—or
at least have not investigated the profits to be
derived from handling that excellent course.
However, for some time the Plaza Music Co.,
the Enterprise Music Co. and the Crown Music
Co., New York; the Foster Music Co., Chicago,
and Sherman, Clay & Co., San Francisco, have
been distributing this method with great success
and in increasing quantities. The simplicity of
the course, its ready sale and the follow up
order of the second book all play their part in
making this method popular with the dealer.
WCIM41T
(cu - tey - you - see - I - am - for - you)
the chorus of which is as follows:
Lyric by Earl Carroll
Music by Alfred Francis
This is the chorus—the letters make
Q. T. U. C. I. M. 4.
Y. M. I. O. 2. % U.
G. Y. R. U. &. I. 2.
4. N. S. N. E. N. M.
M. T. M. I. 4. O. I.
U. R. O. K. &. I. N.
Q. T. B. 4. I. —. 2.
M. L 2. y 2 . U. P. D.
the song
U.
2.
B.
E.
C.
G.
U.
Q.
We regard this the greatest idea ever presented to us in our
many years' experience as music publishers, and are proud to
publish such a wonderful song, which we really consider the last
word in lyric writing.
The song is fully protected by copyright, and the exclusive
right for public performance is vested in Mr. Dippel's production
of " THE LOVE MILL." Any violations of the stage rights or
any imitations of the song lyric will be prosecuted to the fullest
extent.
Published and Copyrighted by
LEO FEIST, Inc., Feist Bldg M New York
Other song successes in "The Love Mill" are as follows:
"The Love Mill"
"Why Can't It All Be a Dream?"
"When You Feel a Little Longing
In Your Heart"
"Every Flower Has a Melody"
"Ask Dad — He Knows," etc. etc.
Dealers 9 Special Introductory Price, 20c a Copy
72
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
BIG ADVANCE ORDERS FOR SONG
Kresge Store in Chicago Orders 15,000 Copies
of "Hawaiian Butterfly" Before Publication—
Individual Dealers Also Plunging
CHICAGO, I I I . , February 19.-—If the ordering of
15,000 numbers of a song before it is published
is any criterion of its possible success, then Leo
Feist, Inc., have a sure fire hit for their cat-
alog. The big advance order was placed by the
Kresge store on State street, this city, and is
remarkable for the fact that syndicate buyers
do not purchase music unless it is a hit or prom-
ises to be a hit. In addition various dealers
throughout the country have placed orders
ranging up to a thousand copies each, for the
same song, a situation that has seldom if ever
been reported in popular music circles.
The number is being hustled through the
printers, and if it were not that it is to have a
very elaborate title page would no doubt be
on sale now. Oh, yes! The song is entitled
"Hawaiian Butterfly," and Geo. A. Little wrote
the words and Billy Baskette and Joseph Santly
are the composers of the music.
The "LAST W O R D " in Lyric Writing!
WARNING!
Managers!
Writers!!
Publishers!!!
Earl Carroll has written for Andreas Dippel's
New Musical Comedy
"THE LOVE MILL"
The greatest Novelty Idea ever conceived in a song
Lyric entitled:
CHAS. K. HARRIS^BIG BUSINESS
Reports That He Is Enjoying Greatest Demand
in the History of His Business
Chas. K. Harris recently stated he was clos-
ing a larger volume of business than at any pre-
vious time in the history of the house of Har-
ris.
Mr. Harris said the reason for this no
doubt was the great variety of songs in his cat-
alog, and the fact that this season is proving
fine for ballads, the type of song with which
the house of Harris has always been associated.
Among the ballads having a big call are "You
Came, You Saw, You Conquered," "The Story
of a Soul" and "All I Want Is a Cottage, Some
Roses and You," while "A Study in Black and
White," which was recently introduced by Willa
Holt Wakefield, on the Keith circuit, was imme-
diately accepted as an original novelty story
with heart interest. "My Little China Doll,"
"Let Him Miss You Just a Little Bit" and "She
Came From a Quaint Little Town in Pennsyl-
vania" are all lively numbers.
JOIN PIANTADOSI STAFF
Several
Additions to Force Reported
Week—New Offices Opened
This
Al. Piantadosi, Inc., announce that Victor
Wood, formerly sales representative for M. Wit-
mark & Sons in the Middle West, has been ap-
pointed city salesman for their house. Frank
Goodman, formerly city sales representative, re-
cently took charge of the high-class and produc-
tion department of the concern. Tobey Fitz-
patrick has also been added to the staff of the
company.
Adam Robinson has opened up a
. San Francisco office for Al. Piantadosi, Inc., in
the Pantage's Theatre Building in that city, and
James Beatty has opened offices in the Superba
Theatre Building, Los Angeles, -and will repre-
sent the house there.
FEATURING THE WINN COURSE
Prominent Distributors and Dealers Having
Excellent Success With Teaching Method
As all dealers know the Winn Schools of popu-
lar music have been successfully teaching the
playing of popular music and ragtime piano
playing since the year 1890. It seems, however,
there are still some dealers who are not con-
versant with the "Winn Practical Method of
Popular Music and Ragtime Piano Playing"—or
at least have not investigated the profits to be
derived from handling that excellent course.
However, for some time the Plaza Music Co.,
the Enterprise Music Co. and the Crown Music
Co., New York; the Foster Music Co., Chicago,
and Sherman, Clay & Co., San Francisco, have
been distributing this method with great success
and in increasing quantities. The simplicity of
the course, its ready sale and the follow up
order of the second book all play their part in
making this method popular with the dealer.
WCIM41T
(cu - tey - you - see - I - am - for - you)
the chorus of which is as follows:
Lyric by Earl Carroll
Music by Alfred Francis
This is the chorus—the letters make
Q. T. U. C. I. M. 4.
Y. M. I. O. 2. % U.
G. Y. R. U. &. I. 2.
4. N. S. N. E. N. M.
M. T. M. I. 4. O. I.
U. R. O. K. &. I. N.
Q. T. B. 4. I. —. 2.
M. L 2. y 2 . U. P. D.
the song
U.
2.
B.
E.
C.
G.
U.
Q.
We regard this the greatest idea ever presented to us in our
many years' experience as music publishers, and are proud to
publish such a wonderful song, which we really consider the last
word in lyric writing.
The song is fully protected by copyright, and the exclusive
right for public performance is vested in Mr. Dippel's production
of " THE LOVE MILL." Any violations of the stage rights or
any imitations of the song lyric will be prosecuted to the fullest
extent.
Published and Copyrighted by
LEO FEIST, Inc., Feist Bldg M New York
Other song successes in "The Love Mill" are as follows:
"The Love Mill"
"Why Can't It All Be a Dream?"
"When You Feel a Little Longing
In Your Heart"
"Every Flower Has a Melody"
"Ask Dad — He Knows," etc. etc.
Dealers 9 Special Introductory Price, 20c a Copy
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