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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
SEPTEMBER 2,
1922
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PAUL SPECHT'S REPERTOIRE
AFTER FAKE MUSIC PUBLISHERS
Famous Orchestra Leader Using Wide List of
Late Numbers
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce Takes
Action to Warn Trade and Public Against
the Operations of That Type of Swindler
Below we reproduce a list of the songs which
are currently played by Paul Specht, leader of
one of the most successful orchestras in the East,
and featured in conjunction with the roof dances
at the Astor Hotel, New York City. It demon-
strates, among other things, that Mr. Specht is
not only playing numbers of merit, most of which
have been acknowledged successes, but that he
shows no favoritism in arranging the numbers
on his program.
These include: "Isle of Zorda" (S. C. Caine,
Inc.); "Babbling Brook" (Kendis-BrocWman);
and "How Long Must I Wait?" (Triangle).
Other songs are: "Ziegfeld Follies Music," "Do
It Again" (Harms); "Whenever You're Lone-
some," "The Little Red Schoolhouse," "Rose of
the Underworld" (E. B. Marks); "Sweet Indiana
Home," "Mystic Night" (Remick); "Eleanor,"
"Romany Love" (Sam Fox); "In My Lovin'
Honey's Arms" (Fred Fisher); "All Over Noth-
ing at All," "When You're Near," "Say It While
Dancing" (Witmark).
"In Rosetime," "Don't Stop," "Georgette"
(Shapiro, Bernstein); "Blue" (Starck & Cowan);
"In Bluebird Land" (Rossiter); "The Sneak"
(Sherman, Clay); "Someone" (McKinley); "My
Dream of Romany," "Truly," "Let Us Waltz
Again," "Rose of Bombay" (Berlin); "This
Afternoon," "Vamp Me," "Silver Stars," "Cole
Black Mammy" (Feist).
"Wishing Land," "Moon River," "On the
Alamo," "Castles in the Air" (Forster);
"Pharaoh Land" (Joe Morris); "I Don't Want
'Em Blues" (Goodman & Rose); "Suez," "Ha-
waiian Nightingale" (Triangle); "The French
Trot," "Three Little Words" (Mittenthal);
"Who'll Take My Place When I'm Gone?",
"Rosa" (Broadway); "Just Becajuse You're You"
(Waterson, Berlin & Snyder).
Music stores throughout the country will be
asked to post a warning placard, and distribute
a leaflet describing operations of fake publish-
ers under the title "The Songwriting Swin-
dle," which is being issued by the Better Busi-
ness Bureau of the Music Industries Chamber
of Commerce as part of a campaign to expose
an activity which has been described as the
greatest fraud in the music business.
The language of the placard and an article for
the leaflet by Wiliam Arms Fisher, of the
Oliver Ditson Co., of Boston, were approved at
a recent meeting of the special committee named
by President George Fischer, of the Music
Publishers' Association of the United States.
Those in attendance were: Chairman, J. M.
Priaulx, of C. H. Ditson & Co.; Chas. A. Keller,
of Lorenz & Co.; E. T. Paull, secretary of the
Publishers' Association; E. C. Mills, of the
Music Publishers' Protective Asociation, and
C. L. Dennis, manager of the Chamber Bureau.
The placard reads:
"Warning to Songwriters—Thousands of
amateur songwriters are victimized each year
by fake music publishers, whose output does
not reach any market and has no chance of suc-
cess. Before signing an order or forwarding
money, make sure whom you are dealing with.
Ask your music dealer for a leaflet describing
the methods of fake publishers, or send for one
to Music Publishers' Association of the United
States or Music Publishers' Protective Associa-
tion. Address complaints to Better Business
Bureau, Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce, 105 West Fortieth street, New York
City. Make sure of your publisher."
In addition to the published warnings, the
Better Business Bureau is securing information
about the most flagrant offenders for the post
office authorities, co-operating with the Na-
tional Vigilance Committee of the Associated
Advertising Clubs to reduce the list of publica-
tions which will accept advertising of the fake
publishers, and securing publicity to warn the
amateurs.
RADIO CONCERNS TO PAY ROYALTY
At Conference With Attorneys Representing
Music Publishers Radio Men Agree to Pay
Royalty for Use of Copyrighted Music
After a conference last week between repre-
sentatives of various radio broadcasting sta-
tions and attorneys for the American Society
of Authors, Composers and Publishers it was
announced that the radio people had agreed to
pay royalty on music they used for broadcast-
ing at a rate to be settled later.
The larger radio companies have for some
time past acknowledged the interests of the
copyright owner and have secured permission
to give public performances by radio of copy-
righted music. It is estimated that there are
now about 200 broadcasting stations in the
country, and it is hoped to have them all agree
to pay a royalty without legal action.
ALBERT VON TILZER TO WRITE ACTS
Giving Up Music Publishing Business to En-
gage in Other Line of Work
Albert Von Tilzer, who for some time past
has been conducting a music publishing busi-
ness on his own account, with offices at 1561
Broadway, has been liquidating his business
with a view to engaging practically exclusively
in the writing of vaudeville sketches and acts.
Such songs as Mr. Von Tilzer may write in the
future will be offered to publishers on a free-
lance basis.
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