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THE
JAZZ WINS DECISION OVER OPERA
Singing Bout in San Francisco Shows That
"Wicked" Music Is Far From Dead There
Several papers have recently printed a report,
emanating from San Francisco, that "jazz" and
"blues" were dead in that city. However, there
has just been closed a two weeks' contest at the
California Tjheatre, San Francisco, in which
"jazz" music triumphed over opera. This was
the first contest of its kind ever staged in that
part of the country and it seemed to meet with
public approval. Mary White and Mort Harris
sang "jazz" songs and Constance Reese and
Frederick La Brun sang grand opera numbers.
FORTHCOMING MUSICAL PRODUCTION
The music for the new Ziegfeld "Midnight
Frolics" will be written by Ballard MacDonald
and Harry Carroll, and will be published by
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. This firm will
also publish the music for John Cort's new
musical show "Jim, Jam, Jems." The music is
written by Jimmy Hanley and the book for the
show is by George Stoddard and Harry Cort.
"HONEYMOON LAND" ACCEPTED
Ray Miller, director of the "Black and White
Melody Boys," who are now appearing in the
"Ed Wynn Carnival," is co-author with Alex
Sullivan and Clarence Senna in a new song
entitled "Honeymoon Land" which has been
accepted for publication by Waterson, Berlin &
Snyder.
RIVIERA MEN BACK FROM TRIP
Ray C. Blick and John A. Tenney, officials of
the Riviera Music Co., Chicago, recently re-
turned from an extensive motor trip throughout
the Eastern part of the country. They visited
the trade in that section and report that deal-
ers are preparing for a Fall boom.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
AUGUST 7, 1920
SIX WITMARK NOVELTY SONGS
Gaskill, a melodious number of the Southern
type which was recently sung by Flo Bert, of
Active Summer Campaign Being Carried on in the team of Brendel & Bert, at one of the Sun-
Behalf of Six Numbers. Which Are Proving day night performances in the Winter Garden,
New York; "My Home Town Is a One Horse
Successful—Ball Writes a Fox-trot
Town, but It's Big Enough for Me," by Gerber
M. Witmark & Sons, who each season have a & Silvers, a fox-trot number and march song,
goodly number of fast-selling popular numbers with a lyric that has a wide appeal. Another
in their catalog in addition to the long list of song in this collection by the above writers is
standard works, have evidently marked a new entitled "Early to Bed, Early to Rise, Never
era from the standpoint of popular numbers, in- Made Anyone Wise." It is a comedy number
asmuch as this season they have at least six and Eddie Cantor has been singing it with much
songs of the novelty class which arehaving good success. Another fox-trot novelty is "Parisola,"
success. According to recent sales reports, the that has a melody which is described as cap-
numbers are finding a ready sale everywhere tivating. A Southern ballad is also included,
and these seem to be gaining in momentum, called "She's the Heart of Dixie Land." This
which gives them the appearance of being des- has touches of the old-time Southern melodies
tined as hits. Most popular publishers, when and the lyric has the sunshiny Southern atmos-
campaigning on novelty numbers, select but one phere.
In any collection of songs from the catalog
or two such from their catalogs, believing that
most effective results can be obtained thereby. of M. Witmark & Sons there is sure to be one
Therefore the present Witmark campaign on six from the pen of Ernest R. Ball, and this collec-
numbers of that variety will be watched with in- tion is no exception. Ball and Benny Davis are
terest. Among these numbers are "I Have Got the author and composer of a fox-trot entitled
the Blues for My Kentucky Home," by Clarence "Forgive Me," carrying the sub-title "Let's Start
All Over Again." This is the first fox-trot bal-
lad Ball has ever written, and its present success
TO MUSIC DEALERS
may lead to our getting other numbers from
Ball's pen in this fox-trot style.
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