Music Trade Review
Issue: 1919 Vol. 69 N. 24 - Page 207
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THE
DECEMBER 13, 1919
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
163
SETTING HIT WRITING RECORD
Kendis and Brockman Have Put Over Seven
Big Successes Thus Far This Year
Probably no team of song writers in the his-
tory of the music business has written so many
sensational successes in so short a space of time
as the two "James Boys," Kendis and Brock-
All the numbers listed below are played by the Memphis Blues Band, Inc., now touring
the country—other orchestras play them everywhere in Theatres, Cabarets, and Motion
Picture Houses.
A long list of professional singers feature them — they are Jazz —
successful Jazz and Blues.
Think of Me Little Daddy
That's the Fellow, (Rube song)
A Good Man is Hard to Find
I'm Going Back to my Used to Be
I Never Had the Blues (Till I left Nightie Night (Lullaby)
Ringtail Blues
old Dixieland)
Big Chief Blues
Oh You Darktown Regimental
Suez, (Oriental Novelty)
Band
Most of the Above Are Big Successes on the Records and Rolls
James Brockman and James Kendis
man, and certainly none has done so this sea-
son. They are writing songs with great reg-
ularity, and their numbers are invariably excep-
tional successes. A continuance of such writing
success over any longer period will establish
a record that will be almost impossible for any
other team to attain.
During the past seven months they have writ-
ten and had published seven real big hits, ''I'm
Forever Blowing Bubbles," "I Know What It
Means To Be Lonesome," "Golden Gate," "I'm
Climbing Mountains," "I'm Like A Ship Without
A Sail," "Sunny Weather Friends," and "For
Ev'ry Door That Closes Another Will Open
For You." All the above numbers, with the
exception of the last mentioned, for which they
Remember "Yellow Dog Blues"
Victor Record No. 18618
Send this ad and get Special Offer on Sheet Music
PAGE & HANDY MUSIC CO., Inc., 1547 Broadway, New York
have already received several offers, have been
taken over by the larger publishing houses, and
each has met with success
The money involved in these purchases has
always been quite large, and it is understood
that for at least one of the numbers the sum in-
volved was as large if not larger than any ever
before paid for a song.
In speaking of their successes, one of the
members of the firm recently said: "Our success
illustrates the uncertainty of the popular song
A Distinctive Novelty
dreaminess
INTRODUCTORY PRICE
15c. PER COPY
water
tured in
sway
tlxngljy
melod
game. Before we sold 'Bubbles' for $10,000 we
were spending a great deal of our time each day
studying personal economy. Then 'Bubbles'
broke and started us on the road to a new pros-
perity and success has followed since. As a
result we will in all likelihood be the biggest
winners in the song game of 1919, for we still
hold a royalty on several of the songs we have
turned over to other firms."
Kendis and Brockman are both still young
despite the fact that they have been writing for
a good many years. Much of their success is
due to the fact that they understand and ap-
preciate the value of good team work. When it
comes to the business they do not allow anything
to interfere with the common cause, success.
They are a well balanced team in every respect,
James Kendis having much experience in the
writing and publishing field, and understanding
fully the public's likes and dislikes as well
as its fickleness. James Brockman on the other
hand was for years a successful vaudeville en-
tertainer, and of course he understands what will
appeal to the average performer. In addition
both of the boys are possessed of good common
sense, and this, with their ability and a little of
the gambling instinct, which apparently is neces-
sary after all in the popular publishing field, all
serves them well.
Despite their great successes neither of the
boys has allowed himiself to become in-
toxicated with his own importance. They real-
ize that they are not the only song-writers that
have great possibilities and their knowledge that
in order to continue to be a successful song
writer it is necessary to make good regularly
should serve them well, and be the incentive
that will carry them through at least several
seasons.
ARTHUR FIELDS TO PUBLISH
It is understood that Arthur Fields will short-
ly open up a publishing office, he being the au-
thor of several songs which he intends to ex-
ploit under his own firm name. Arthur is very
enthusiastic over his new compositions and ex-
pects to be known as a "hit publisher" in a
short space of time.
THREE BIG HITS
2 S o n g s — " My Garden that Blooms in the Night "
" M r . Moon-Chaperon"
1 Instrumental—" Jolly Shriners " march
ORDER OF YOUR JOBBER
THE
DECEMBER 13, 1919
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
163
SETTING HIT WRITING RECORD
Kendis and Brockman Have Put Over Seven
Big Successes Thus Far This Year
Probably no team of song writers in the his-
tory of the music business has written so many
sensational successes in so short a space of time
as the two "James Boys," Kendis and Brock-
All the numbers listed below are played by the Memphis Blues Band, Inc., now touring
the country—other orchestras play them everywhere in Theatres, Cabarets, and Motion
Picture Houses.
A long list of professional singers feature them — they are Jazz —
successful Jazz and Blues.
Think of Me Little Daddy
That's the Fellow, (Rube song)
A Good Man is Hard to Find
I'm Going Back to my Used to Be
I Never Had the Blues (Till I left Nightie Night (Lullaby)
Ringtail Blues
old Dixieland)
Big Chief Blues
Oh You Darktown Regimental
Suez, (Oriental Novelty)
Band
Most of the Above Are Big Successes on the Records and Rolls
James Brockman and James Kendis
man, and certainly none has done so this sea-
son. They are writing songs with great reg-
ularity, and their numbers are invariably excep-
tional successes. A continuance of such writing
success over any longer period will establish
a record that will be almost impossible for any
other team to attain.
During the past seven months they have writ-
ten and had published seven real big hits, ''I'm
Forever Blowing Bubbles," "I Know What It
Means To Be Lonesome," "Golden Gate," "I'm
Climbing Mountains," "I'm Like A Ship Without
A Sail," "Sunny Weather Friends," and "For
Ev'ry Door That Closes Another Will Open
For You." All the above numbers, with the
exception of the last mentioned, for which they
Remember "Yellow Dog Blues"
Victor Record No. 18618
Send this ad and get Special Offer on Sheet Music
PAGE & HANDY MUSIC CO., Inc., 1547 Broadway, New York
have already received several offers, have been
taken over by the larger publishing houses, and
each has met with success
The money involved in these purchases has
always been quite large, and it is understood
that for at least one of the numbers the sum in-
volved was as large if not larger than any ever
before paid for a song.
In speaking of their successes, one of the
members of the firm recently said: "Our success
illustrates the uncertainty of the popular song
A Distinctive Novelty
dreaminess
INTRODUCTORY PRICE
15c. PER COPY
water
tured in
sway
tlxngljy
melod
game. Before we sold 'Bubbles' for $10,000 we
were spending a great deal of our time each day
studying personal economy. Then 'Bubbles'
broke and started us on the road to a new pros-
perity and success has followed since. As a
result we will in all likelihood be the biggest
winners in the song game of 1919, for we still
hold a royalty on several of the songs we have
turned over to other firms."
Kendis and Brockman are both still young
despite the fact that they have been writing for
a good many years. Much of their success is
due to the fact that they understand and ap-
preciate the value of good team work. When it
comes to the business they do not allow anything
to interfere with the common cause, success.
They are a well balanced team in every respect,
James Kendis having much experience in the
writing and publishing field, and understanding
fully the public's likes and dislikes as well
as its fickleness. James Brockman on the other
hand was for years a successful vaudeville en-
tertainer, and of course he understands what will
appeal to the average performer. In addition
both of the boys are possessed of good common
sense, and this, with their ability and a little of
the gambling instinct, which apparently is neces-
sary after all in the popular publishing field, all
serves them well.
Despite their great successes neither of the
boys has allowed himiself to become in-
toxicated with his own importance. They real-
ize that they are not the only song-writers that
have great possibilities and their knowledge that
in order to continue to be a successful song
writer it is necessary to make good regularly
should serve them well, and be the incentive
that will carry them through at least several
seasons.
ARTHUR FIELDS TO PUBLISH
It is understood that Arthur Fields will short-
ly open up a publishing office, he being the au-
thor of several songs which he intends to ex-
ploit under his own firm name. Arthur is very
enthusiastic over his new compositions and ex-
pects to be known as a "hit publisher" in a
short space of time.
THREE BIG HITS
2 S o n g s — " My Garden that Blooms in the Night "
" M r . Moon-Chaperon"
1 Instrumental—" Jolly Shriners " march
ORDER OF YOUR JOBBER
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