Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 75 N. 15 - Page 64
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52
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
OCTOBER 7, 1922
i
JCL
331
Good old. d a y s , —
But those £oodold daus,-have pas5dan
1 had rmjhab-its on,-
STAT EMMET BLUES
A Fox Trot Blues
HEAR IT
FEATURING FOX NUMBERS
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jFEIST§
NOW!
NEW WATERSON CAMPAIGN
TRADE NEWS FROM DENVER
"Eleanor" and "Nola" Being Heard in Theatres
and Restaurants
National
Exploitation Campaign on Several
New Numbers Being Planned
Sheet Music Trade in Western City Enjoying
Excellent Business
"F.lcanor," the fox-trot published by the Sam
Fox I'ub. Co., of New York and Cleveland, O.,
will be played by a fifty-piece symphony or-
chestra during the week of October 9 at the
Riviera Theatre, Chicago, 111. The same num-
ber was played and elaborately staged recently
at the Tivoli Theatre, of the same city.
Roy Bargy and his well-known lienson Or-
chestra arc 'featuring the novelty piano number,
"Nola," from the same catalog. This number
is quite popular in fox-trot form and is heard
frequently in Chicago territory. Another Chi
cago orchestra playing songs issued by the Sam
Fox I'ub. Co. is that of Isham Jones, who pro-
grams nightly "Eleanor," "Romany Love" and
"Nola," as well as a new novelty Spanish num-
ber entitled "La Rosita."
Waterson, Berlin & Snydcr have inaugurated
a national exploitation campaign on a series
of songs. The campaign, in addition to the
usual publicity by orchestras and vaudeville per-
formers, will carry a half-page advertisement
in the October 21 issue of the Saturday Evening
I'ost. The songs featured are "Mary, Dear,"
"Just Because You're You" and "Dancing
Fool." In addition mention will be made of
"To-morrow," "You Gave Me Your Heart," "In
My Home Town," "Haunting Blues" and "By
the Sapphire Sea."
Many retailers have already arranged to give
these songs special window displays and a
conspicuous position on their counters. The
publishers have issued much advertising ma-
terial, including circulars and window strips.
Several of the talking machine record and player
roll manufacturers have made special releases
of these songs and will co-operate with the
publishers in carrying out the campaign.
DENVKR, COLO., October 2.—September found
the sheet music department of the Denver Music-
Co, well stocked with up-to-date music. Ac-
cording to Miss Frost, head of the department,
"Kitten on the Keys" is so popular in Denver
it is necessary to reorder time and again, (HIS
Edwards, playing at the Orpheum the week of
September 11, brought a lively demand for his
hit number "Wonderful You." Other popular
numbers at this time are "Through the'Night,'"
by Frederick K. Logan, and "l^or the Sake of
Auld Lang Syne," by Ernest Ball. "Tickles" is
another big hit. "When Winter Comes" was
featured recently at the Orpheum Theatre by
Harry Carroll and as a result the song sold
well.
F. R. Flanagan, vice-president of the Denver
Music Co., is spending his vacation in New
York.
Cleveland Davis, representing FVed Fisher,
Inc., was calling on the sheet music trade Sep-
tember 15. Mr. Davis says the song "Chicago,"
written by Fred Fisher himself, was proving a
big success. In Chicago, he said, every or-
chestra was playing it. The sheet music de-
partment of Charles K. Wells Music Co. re-
ports a big call for "When Winter Comes,"
"For the Sake of Auld Lang Syne," "Lovable
Lyes," "Little Red School House," "Down Old
Virginia Way" and "Nobody Lied," all of whirl)
are recent issues.
"LITTLE NELLY KELLY" A HIT
New Cohan Show Extends Its Boston Engage-
ment—Witmark Publishing the Score
"GALLAGHER AND SHEAN" POPULAR
The new George M. Cohan show, "Little
The wide popularity of the comedy song
Nelly Kelly," which has had a successful run
at the Tremont Theatre, Boston, Mass., has had "Oh, Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean" is making
its engagement indefinitely extended. It had it a favorite with vaudeville acts. One of the
been planned to bring the show to New York, latest to program this number is Long Tack
but its continued popularity in Hoston induced Sam & Co., the Chinese act featured in this
Hippodrome
production,
"Better
the producers to icarrange the schedule. One season's
of the outstanding songs of the show is "Little Times." Jack Mills, Inc., publishes this num-
Nelly Kelly." M. Witmark & Sons publish the ber.
REMICK DISTRIBUTING "CLOUDS'
The song "Clouds," published by Kate Ros-
kopp, of Mt. Clemens, Mich., is being dis-
tributed through the various stores and depart-
ments operated by Jerome H. Remick & Co.
\
^=
NEW JACK MILLS ISSUES
NEW FOX=TROT BY HARRIS
Charles K. Harris is the writer and publisher
of a new fox-trot song entitled "Slim Shoul-
ders, " which is being exploited in conjunction
with the Irene Castle motion picture of the
same name.
rn
il
Jack Mills, Inc., has accepted for publication
a new waltz ballad entitled "It's a Wonderful
World After AH" and a fox-trot comedy num-
ber entitled "For Crying Out Loud." The pub-
lisher plans a special campaign exploiting these
two new issues.
f——i—i
i—
—•
'—J I—(M^—P—1
I &e\ so blue thru and thru vhen the leaves come a turn - b l e - i n £ down from the trees,
The Bi£ Boston Fox Trot H i t
When The Leaves
ComeTumblin^Down
HEAR IT NOW!
52
THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
OCTOBER 7, 1922
i
JCL
331
Good old. d a y s , —
But those £oodold daus,-have pas5dan
1 had rmjhab-its on,-
STAT EMMET BLUES
A Fox Trot Blues
HEAR IT
FEATURING FOX NUMBERS
carit gp wron£
jFEIST§
NOW!
NEW WATERSON CAMPAIGN
TRADE NEWS FROM DENVER
"Eleanor" and "Nola" Being Heard in Theatres
and Restaurants
National
Exploitation Campaign on Several
New Numbers Being Planned
Sheet Music Trade in Western City Enjoying
Excellent Business
"F.lcanor," the fox-trot published by the Sam
Fox I'ub. Co., of New York and Cleveland, O.,
will be played by a fifty-piece symphony or-
chestra during the week of October 9 at the
Riviera Theatre, Chicago, 111. The same num-
ber was played and elaborately staged recently
at the Tivoli Theatre, of the same city.
Roy Bargy and his well-known lienson Or-
chestra arc 'featuring the novelty piano number,
"Nola," from the same catalog. This number
is quite popular in fox-trot form and is heard
frequently in Chicago territory. Another Chi
cago orchestra playing songs issued by the Sam
Fox I'ub. Co. is that of Isham Jones, who pro-
grams nightly "Eleanor," "Romany Love" and
"Nola," as well as a new novelty Spanish num-
ber entitled "La Rosita."
Waterson, Berlin & Snydcr have inaugurated
a national exploitation campaign on a series
of songs. The campaign, in addition to the
usual publicity by orchestras and vaudeville per-
formers, will carry a half-page advertisement
in the October 21 issue of the Saturday Evening
I'ost. The songs featured are "Mary, Dear,"
"Just Because You're You" and "Dancing
Fool." In addition mention will be made of
"To-morrow," "You Gave Me Your Heart," "In
My Home Town," "Haunting Blues" and "By
the Sapphire Sea."
Many retailers have already arranged to give
these songs special window displays and a
conspicuous position on their counters. The
publishers have issued much advertising ma-
terial, including circulars and window strips.
Several of the talking machine record and player
roll manufacturers have made special releases
of these songs and will co-operate with the
publishers in carrying out the campaign.
DENVKR, COLO., October 2.—September found
the sheet music department of the Denver Music-
Co, well stocked with up-to-date music. Ac-
cording to Miss Frost, head of the department,
"Kitten on the Keys" is so popular in Denver
it is necessary to reorder time and again, (HIS
Edwards, playing at the Orpheum the week of
September 11, brought a lively demand for his
hit number "Wonderful You." Other popular
numbers at this time are "Through the'Night,'"
by Frederick K. Logan, and "l^or the Sake of
Auld Lang Syne," by Ernest Ball. "Tickles" is
another big hit. "When Winter Comes" was
featured recently at the Orpheum Theatre by
Harry Carroll and as a result the song sold
well.
F. R. Flanagan, vice-president of the Denver
Music Co., is spending his vacation in New
York.
Cleveland Davis, representing FVed Fisher,
Inc., was calling on the sheet music trade Sep-
tember 15. Mr. Davis says the song "Chicago,"
written by Fred Fisher himself, was proving a
big success. In Chicago, he said, every or-
chestra was playing it. The sheet music de-
partment of Charles K. Wells Music Co. re-
ports a big call for "When Winter Comes,"
"For the Sake of Auld Lang Syne," "Lovable
Lyes," "Little Red School House," "Down Old
Virginia Way" and "Nobody Lied," all of whirl)
are recent issues.
"LITTLE NELLY KELLY" A HIT
New Cohan Show Extends Its Boston Engage-
ment—Witmark Publishing the Score
"GALLAGHER AND SHEAN" POPULAR
The new George M. Cohan show, "Little
The wide popularity of the comedy song
Nelly Kelly," which has had a successful run
at the Tremont Theatre, Boston, Mass., has had "Oh, Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean" is making
its engagement indefinitely extended. It had it a favorite with vaudeville acts. One of the
been planned to bring the show to New York, latest to program this number is Long Tack
but its continued popularity in Hoston induced Sam & Co., the Chinese act featured in this
Hippodrome
production,
"Better
the producers to icarrange the schedule. One season's
of the outstanding songs of the show is "Little Times." Jack Mills, Inc., publishes this num-
Nelly Kelly." M. Witmark & Sons publish the ber.
REMICK DISTRIBUTING "CLOUDS'
The song "Clouds," published by Kate Ros-
kopp, of Mt. Clemens, Mich., is being dis-
tributed through the various stores and depart-
ments operated by Jerome H. Remick & Co.
\
^=
NEW JACK MILLS ISSUES
NEW FOX=TROT BY HARRIS
Charles K. Harris is the writer and publisher
of a new fox-trot song entitled "Slim Shoul-
ders, " which is being exploited in conjunction
with the Irene Castle motion picture of the
same name.
rn
il
Jack Mills, Inc., has accepted for publication
a new waltz ballad entitled "It's a Wonderful
World After AH" and a fox-trot comedy num-
ber entitled "For Crying Out Loud." The pub-
lisher plans a special campaign exploiting these
two new issues.
f——i—i
i—
—•
'—J I—(M^—P—1
I &e\ so blue thru and thru vhen the leaves come a turn - b l e - i n £ down from the trees,
The Bi£ Boston Fox Trot H i t
When The Leaves
ComeTumblin^Down
HEAR IT NOW!
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