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THE MUSIC TRADE
50
REVIEW
MARCH 20, 1920
NEW DESIGN FOR BIG STASNY SIGN
Monster Electrical Display on Top of Times
Square Building to Be Used by Music P u b -
lisher for Remainder of the Year
A. J. Slasny, of tho A. J. Slasny Music Co.,
who some time ago startled Hroadway w'.tli a
big electric sign situated on the top of the 1
Times Square Hotel Building, and which is
readily seen from either Broadway or Forty-
s('cond street, now announces that he lias con-
tracted for this space for the balance of the
year. A new design with special electric effects
is now completed and w 11 be installed very
shortly. Several new s ngs will be exploited in
the space and the sign will not be changed again
for several mouths. The numbers for this pub-
licity have been selected with great care and
their merits have been demonstrated before be-
ing given this special exploitation.
It may be of interest to the trade to know
that the sign, which is ninety by forty-nine feet,
is one of the largest in the theatrical district.
When the copy for the sign is changed it re-
quires a force of forty-eight men to accomplish
the task. Despite the work involved, the ad-
vertising company which leased the space does
the work without undue loss of time and in-
variably such signs arc dark hardly more than
one or two nights.
The Dennis B. Owens, Jr., Co's., Inc.
LATEST HITS
Moondrift
A classical Waltz-Ballad by SIDNEY B. HOM OMI* and CHAS. LEWIS.
The Bridge That Crosses Over Lover's Lane (Ballad)
SIDNEY B. HOKOMB and (LAY D. WHITE.
Dreams That By Bring
You Back to Me and If I Go
Wrong
Walt*-Ballad
Blues
By JOHN E. SALISBURY and WILLIAM H. HATCRAFT.
Hush-a-Bye Baby
A Lullaby by HOWARD WADE and ARTHIR VANX.
You'll Be Sorry You Made Me Pay
Prettiest Waltz ever written. By LEN FLEMING.
I've Got the Blues for the Swanee Shore
By FARRELL and S1ZKMOKK, the writers of 'Mall Houfir Blues."
If You Were Up in the Sky (Fox-Trot)
By EDGAR RAY and LEX FLRMINtt.
Alamo Blues
By BENJAMIN F. SHARP.
Artists are iiHlnir these number*.
Write for Dealers' Prices and Big Bulletin of ••Hits" and big SELLERS by "Hit" writer*.
The Dennis B. Owens, Jr., Company, Inc.
(Tbe Garden of WalUes)
FIFTY COMPOSERS RESPOND
Muaic Publithmrt
Submit Compositions for Performance by the
New Symphony Orchestra
Dept* MB.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
FEATURING "VENETIAN MOON"
Artur Bodauzky's request for American music Music Dealers Paying Particular Attention to
Window Displays of Remick & Co. Numbers
for performance by the New Symphony Orches-
tra at three rehearsals in April, first announced
"Venetian Moon" is one of the biggest sell-
last November, is said to have produced about
fifty such works now submitted for considera- ers in the catalog of Jetome H. Remick & Co.
tion. The judges who, with Bodanzky, will pass As a dance it is having success in a large way.
on the compositions have been named. Those
who accepted are, in alphabetical order: Frank
Mamrosch, Lawrence Oilman, Rubin Ooldmark
Maurice llalperson, James O. lluneker, Charles
Isaacson, Fritz Kreisler, Franz Kneisel, Alex-
ander Lambert, Leonard Liebling, Francis Mac-
millen, Daniel Mason, Perceval Monger, II. V.
Osgood, C). O. Sonneck. Jacques Thibaud, Al-
bert Wolff and Kdward Ziegler. The contest
is still open and manuscripts will be accepted as
kite as April 1.
ORIGIN OF "INDIANA MOON"
" I n d i a n a Moon," one of the new songs in
the catalog of Daniels & Wilson. Inc.. of New
York a n d San Francisco, which is having a
good sale in Western territory, came into exist-
ence in rather a unique manner, according to
Mill l l a g e n of the New York office of the com-
pany. Originally it was played by three or-
ganists in the cities of Tacotna, Seattle and
Portland, following which it became quite p o p -
ular in N o r t h w e s t e r n Stales. It has shown up
so well that the publishers will probably make
a campaign upon it.
Display of Remick Hit at Kresge Store
and as a song its popularity is undisputed. The
sales have increased so rapidly that dealers
everywhere are giving it window displays. An
especially attractive display was shown recently
in the windows of the S. S. Kresge store in
Detroit, a reproduction of which appears here-
with. "Venetian Moon" is the type of a number
that jumps intn immediate success. While the
Remick organization have spared no expense in
its exploitation, the fact that it is recognized
everywhere as a number of unusual merit leaves
little for them to do in this regard.
ERLE & LEO PUB. CO. ORGANIZED
One of the recent entries into the music pub-
lishing field is the firm of Erie & Leo Publish-
ing Co., Charleston. 111. The members of this
firm were in vaudeville and musical comedy for
many years. They were the producers of the
miniature musical comedies, "Sherry's at Six"
and "And Then Some." Among the songs in
their catalog are "There's a Good Time a-Com-
ing" and "Ciood-by, My Honey, I Am Gone,
(ionc, Gone."
JOE MCCARTHY SAILS FOR LONDON
Joe McCarthy, well-known song writer, and
who is responsible for the lyrics of the musical
comedy " I r e n e , " now playing successfully in
\ T ew York and London, mailed for Kngiand early
this month.
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