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tract to record exclusively for the Columbia
Graphophone Co. His musicians played
Famous Vaudeville Jazz Orchestra to Make seventy weeks on the Keith circuit with Pat
Records for the Columbia Co. Exclusively
Rooney in his "Rings of Smoke" and were said
to be the highest-paid band in vaudeville. Dur-
Vincent Lopez, the well-known pianist, and his ing that time they played eight weeks at the
jazz orchestra, known as "Lopez and His Har- Palace Theatre, New York. They will shortly
mony Kings," recently signed a two-year con- open in Pat Rooney's new show, "Oh, Pat!"
LOPEZ SIGNS WITH COLUMBIA CO.
DECEMBER 25, 1920
TO PRINT RETAIL PRICES ON SONGS
Music Publishers' Protective Association. Makes
Important Move at Last Meeting
The Music Publishers' Protective Association
recently passed a resolution calling upon its
members to print the maximum retail price on
the title pages of all music. This will apply to
practically all popular sheet music, and will
"TIRED OF ME" WINS ENCORE
without doubt meet the approval of the major-
New Irving Berlin Number Pleases the Audi- ity of dealers. At least, when this move was
ence at the Riverside Theatre
suggested at the annual gatherings of the Na-
tional Association of Sheet Music Dealers it
Julius Lenzberg, leader of the orchestra at the apparently met the approval of the majority of
Riverside Theatre, New York, recently featured those present.
during the intermission "Tired of Me," the new Printing on the title page of music the retail
Irving Berlin, Inc., number. Mr. Lenzberg is price at which it is to be sold will undoubtedly
something of a violin soloist himself, and put do much to stabilize retail and wholesale prices.
over the number so well that he was compelled
This move was found necessary, owing to the
to play the chorus twice. "It is the first time I fact that dealers in various parts of the country,
ever heard an audience demand an encore dur- and particularly some of those along Broadway,
ing intermission," declared Mr. Lenzberg.
New York, have been getting much higher re-
tail prices than was the custom under the oid
MILLS CROSSES THE HOT SANDS
system of marking music 60 cents and selling
The friends of Jack" Mills, head of the pro- it to the general public at one-third off.
The resolution in nowise designates what
gressive music publishing house of Jack Mills,
Inc., are congratulating the popular young pub- the standard retail price of a number shall be,
lisher upon his initiation into the Mystic Shrine. the publisher marking his goods at the maximum
The daily reception at the Mills offices resembles tetail price to conform with what he feels is the
price the merit of the publication justifies.
a convention in full session.
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