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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CONDUCTED BY B. B. WILSON
JUST YOU" HAS PASSED THE HALF MILLION MARK
. "Just You," the big ballad hit from the A. J.
Stasny Music Co.'s catalog, has sold over 500,000
copies, according to the latest reports. The
You" have been sold in the space of three weeks.
"Just You" continues to be popular and before
many months elapse its sale should pass the
PUBLISHERS GIVE AWAY MONEY
Leo Feist, Inc., Send a Nickel to Each of Sev-
eral Thousand Dealers in Order That They
May Purchase a Saturday Evening Post and
See the Feist Page Ad Therein
Leo Feist, Inc., set a new mark in advertis-
ing originality last week when they sent to
several thousand dealers on their list a bright
new nickel with the request that the recipient
buy a Saturday Evening Post of the current
week and observe the Feist full-page ad. The
letters were mailed so that they reached the
dealers on Thursday, September 27, when the
Post for the week was first offered on the news-
stands. The letter said in part:
"Here's a nickel—an honest-to-goodness-
L'ncle-Samtny's-nickel—which will buy a copy of
this week's Saturday Evening Post, on sale the
day this letter reaches you, September 27, at
any newsstand.
"We are anxious for you to see this par-
ticular issue of the Post, and especially anxious
to have you turn to page No. 87, where you will
Display of "Just You" in S. S. Kresge Store, Chicago, 111.
see our $5,000 advertisement on 'The Four Big
number is still going big and should continue mark of any hit the Stasny catalog has ever pro- Song Hits,' the most daring, costly, and at the
duced. Among other features of the number is same time the most logical advertising campaign
to do so for some time to come, it being a ballad
the fine quality of the pebbled paper used, its the music business has ever seen."
of exceptional merit. Herewith is reproduced
a photograph of the S. S. Kresge Store No. 8, artistic title page in a number of colors, and
This is believed to be the first case on record
in Chicago, where over 8,500 copies of "Just the fine effect obtained in displaying the song. where a music publisher has so far forgotten
himself as to give away real money. Leo Feist,
STASNY SONG STRONG IN THE SOUTH "THE FOX TRAIL" FOR SEPTEMBER Inc., are members of the Music Publishers' Pro-
The high-class song from the A. J. Stasny Full of General Matter of Interest and Fea- tective Association, which forbids the payment
of singers. Now the question is, does the pay-
tures Some New Publications
catalog, "I'm Mighty Lonesome for Some-
ment of dealers also come under the ban?
body," is having a good sale, according to the
The September issue of "The Fox Trail," the
statements of several sheet music dealers. Espe-
house organ of the Sam Fox Publishing Co.,
cially is this true as regards the South, where
Cleveland, O., contains, among other features, a
HIT of the ANNA HELD
it has been featured. The number is from the
short account of the visit of Sam Fox and R.
Show
pen of Bernie Grossman and Leon De Costa.
O. Weiss, publicity manager of the company,
"Long Boy," the Middle West song sensation, to the trade in the Far West, a short sketch
has been purchased by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. about Johnny Zamecnik, one of the Fox Co.'s
after lively bidding by several prominent pub- star writers, some facts about Earl Fuller's
lishers. The number has hitherto been distributed Novelty Orchestra, and some details about the
by the Carlin Music Co., of Indianapolis, Ind. new Fox publications.
An insert calls attention to the fact that Sibyl
Sanderson Fagan, "the artist whistler," is fea-
turing "Simplicity" with great success in her
concert work, and has also recorded the num-
ber of the whistling solo for the Columbia
Graphophone Co.
FOLLOW ME
PARLEZ YOUS FRANCA1S"
SEVERAL JEROME HITS
" I ' M A REAL, KIND MAMA,
LOOKIN' FORALOVIN' M A N "
"GIDDY GIDDAP! GO ON! GO ON!"
WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO WAR
" I AIN'T GOT NOBODY MUCH"
AND NOBODY CARES FOR ME
"GHOST OF THE SAXOPHONE"
"SWEET COOKIE MINE"
"WHEN SHADOWS FALL"
"LET'S GO BACK TO DREAMY
LOTUS LAND"
"PARADISE BLUES"
O PRETTY PAPA! PRETTY PAPA 1
"MY FOX TROT GIRL"
"DOWN THE SUNSET TRAIL TO
AVALON"
While the Wm. Jerome Publishing Co. is
featuring Gco. M. Cohan's "Over There," the
fact that they have several other numbers that
are going big is sometimes overlooked. "If I
Catch the Guy Who Wrote Poor Butterfly" is
having a very good sale, as is "Sometime," which
Raymond Hitchcock featured in "Betty." Among
other numbers having good success are Geo.
M. Cohan's "There's Only One Little Girl" and
"Cotton Pickin' Time in Alabam'."
KARCZAG TO PUBLISH."STAR GAZER"
Franz Lehar's latest operetta, "The Star
Gazer," is now in rehearsal and it is expected to
be produced before the close of this month.
The cast is a very excellent one, John Charles
Thomas and Beth Lydy, stars of Lehar's "Alone
at Last," carrying the leading parts. The Karc-
zag Publishing Co., Inc., publish the score.
I'LL TRAVEL ON TO YOU
MAY SUE TOJPROTECT SONG
"DARLIN"'
"STEPPIN'ON THE PUPPY'S TAIL"
"MOONLIGHT BLUES WALTZ"
"VALSE MARGUERITE"
It is understood that Chappell & Co. will
shortly take action against a Boston popular
publisher to uphold their rights for the title
"Keep the Home Fires Burning." It seems that
the publisher in question has used a title of
striking similarity as well as closely following
the lyrics of the Chappell song.
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