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PAY HONOR TO VINCENT LOPEZ
New York Publishers Attend Live Mus'cal En-
tertainment at Asbury Park
The "Dance and Be Merry Club," a society or-
ganization of Asbury Park, X. J., recently gave
an entertainment on the Ross-Fenton Farm, of
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hand to assist in the honors. Among these were
Joe Keit and Billy Cripps, of Jerome H. Reniick
& Co. Cripps rendered "Ain't We Got Fun?"
and "Bimini Bay," Ben Levy, of B. D. Nice &
Co., Inc.. introduced the firm's "Paper Doll," and
Jimmy Flynn, of Leo Feist, Inc., presented
"Cherie" and "Nobody's Baby." Johnny Black
was on hand with his latest song, "Who'll Be
SEPTEMBER 10, 1921
"CHERIE" USED IN PRODUCTIONS
Feist Number Featured in Two Editions of
Greenwich Village Follies and Also by the
Six Brown Brothers in "Tip Top"
"Cherie," the big Feist number, is at present
proving a strong feature in a number of success-
ful musical productions, as well as being fea-
tured in vaudeville and by the orchestras. The
number has just been placed with Ford Han-
ford in the "Greenwich Village Follies of 1920,"
which will open in Wilmington, Del., in a few
weeks and then start a tour of the country. It
is also in the "Greenwich Village Follies of
1921," which opened recently at the Greenwich
Village Theatre, New York, it being featured in
that show by Ted Lewis.
The Six Brown Brothers, with the "Tip Top"
show, now playing in Chicago, are using
"Cherie" and find it one of their best numbers.
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, which made a
special trip to Colorado Springs recently to play
for the National Association 'of Talking Ma-
chine Jobbers, accompanying the Eastern job-
bers the entire distance on a special train, played
"Cherie" very frequently en route and featured
it ,at concerts in Colorado Springs and Denver.
NEW SONG WINNING POPULARITY
Vincent Lopez and His
that city, where Vincent Lopez and his Kings of
Harmony are the feature attraction. The func-
tion was in honor of the entertainers and Lopez
was given the key to the city by the merry-
makers.
Many of- the New York publishers were on
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WESLYN
According to the sales department of M.
Witmark & Sons, the novelty song, "Stand Up
and Sing for Your Father an Old-Time Tune,"
i-i rapidly developing into a big hit. This is a
very recent release, and, to show its growing
popularity, the following incident, which oc-
curred at the Cleveland ball park recently, can
be taken as a criterion:
Robertson',s band featured the number at all
Five Kings of Harmony
.the games and, assisted by the players, had the
the Next One (To Cry Over You)," and Leo crowd standing on its feet every time the players
Friedman, of the Robert Norton Co., pounded and others yelled the words, "Stand Up!" To
out twenty choruses of "Fooling Me," followed make the action effectively humoresque, the final
words on these occasions were- changed to "Sit
by the firm's latest number, "Gypsy Rose."
The surprise act of the festivities was the ap- Down!" all of which made "Stand Up and Sing
for Your Father" quite a byword in Cleveland.
pearance of Pat Rooney and Marion Bent.