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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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• NOVEMBER 1, 1919
Remarkable Waltz Song Success. On All Records and Rolls
WEEPING WILLOW I>AN€
Chicago
McKINLEY MUSIC COMPANY
New York
Victor November Record.
Emerson November Record.
FEATURE McKINLEY SONGS
Lane" has become a great favorite with orches-
tras and will be issued in November by the Vic-
Prominent Artists Using Popular McKinley Num- tor, Emerson and Pathe recording laboratories.
bers—New Successes Just Out
The latest song published by the McKinley
Music Co. is "My Mother," continuing a delight-
CHICAGO, II.I,., October 27.—D. W. Foster, man-
ful little lyric, which undoubtedly will appeal to
ager of the McKinley Music Co., gives word that the lovers of the better class of popular music.
a large number of prominent stage favorites are "My Mother" is by Floyd Garrctt, with music
now featuring their "Hawaiian Moonlight," among by Henry Clifton. The song starts out:
them being Grace Larue, Rosedale and Holt, in
"I know a silv'ry mantle of hair
the musical comedy, "Hello, Alexander," now
That falls like a drift over furrows of care,
playing in New York; Rath Bros., in the Winter
As if to hide, on a brow so fair,
Garden Show; Adelaide & Hughes, Bessie Clay-
The worry and sorrow that I marked there."
ton, Emma Cams, the Dolly Sisters and a host of
Other titles of the McKinley higher priced
others. "Hawaiian Moonlight" has appeared on
music continue to sell at an ^excellent rate.
all of the talking machine and player records, and
1'Oasis, Song of the Desert" and "Hawaiian
has been featured twice on the Victor and Co-
Rose" seem to head the list. In the popular
lumbia bulletins. The latest Victor record is a
catalog. "White Heather" and "Floating Down
vocal duet this month, and the Columbia list con-
to Cotton Town" have had the best sale. "You
tains the number as a dance record by Prince's
Can Have It, I Don't Want It," "When I Met
Orchestra for the November release.
You," and "When You Hold Me in Your Arms,"
Mr. Foster says regarding this number: "We approach closely the record of the other above-
have received the cordial co-operation of the pro- mentioned numbers.
fession, the manufacturers and dealers. It is
The McKinley forces are working at full capa-
very probable that this song will have as large a city in an attempt to suppl> numbers for their
sale as the famous 'Missouri Waltz,' and it will
new catalog of ten-cent music. The forty new
be a favorite for years to come."
piano and violin selections and songs, added this
Another quite popular McKinley seller of
month to their Standard Edition, are greatly in
recent date is "Weeping Willow Lane," the waltz favor.
ballad, published in the thirty-cent music. This
Says Mr. Foster, "The stock orders from our
number is on the type of "Beautiful Ohio" and
s'x thousand McKinley agents are unusually large
" 'Till We Meet Again." "Weeping Willow this fall, which speaks well for the music pub-
lishing business in the field of teaching standard
music. It is my belief that the demands of the
present season will excel by far those of any past
fall and winter."
'DRIFTING" A NEW WALTZ HIT
Handsome Title Page Not the Least Attractive
Feature of New Number
The new waltz song, "Drifting," by Howard
Johnson and Jos. H. Santly, published by Will
Wood, 233 West 40th street, New York, is proving
one of the most successful of the newer thirty-
Song Hits from Zicgfeld Follies 1919
"MANDY"
" A PRETTY GIRl IS LIKE A
MELODY"
"YOU CANNOT MAKE YOUR
SHIMMY SHAKE ON TEA"
IRVING BERLIN, Inc., 1587 Broadway, N.Y.
SUNG BY MANY EMINENT ARTISTS
"Think, Love, of Me," the Frank H. Grey compo-
sition published by the Sam Fox Pub. Co., is being
featured in the programs of over forty distinguished
artists. In addition it has been recorded by the ma-
jority of the larger talking machine companies. The
number has met with so much success as to call for
comment from several of the professional musical
papers, and even caused one such well-known pub-
lication to carry a full page story on "Think, Love,
of Me." reproducing the photographs of some of the
more prominent stars who are using the number.
There is only one hit from
"Ziegfeld's Follies of 1919"
TULIP TIME
By
BUCK and STAMPER
Tit'e Page of "Drifting"
cent numbers. The song itself, both as to words
and melody, is far above the average, and it is
being issued with a most attractive title page.
For this latter reason many of the dealers
throughout the country are finding that it readily
lends itself for display purposes and some excel-
lent window trims have resulted in its use in this
respect. Herewith is shown the title page of this
number, which is printed in several colors, and
which is going to have long and continued popu-
larity so far as sales go.
C. C. CHURCH & COMPANY
60 AILYN ST., H>PTFOFD. CONN.
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