Music Trade Review
Issue: 1922 Vol. 75 N. 21 - Page 49
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NOVEMBER 18,
1922
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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"HOMESICKMVEEK BEGINS
HARMS PUBLISHING THE SCORE
PRAISE FOR "PARADE"
Intensive Campaign on Irving Berlin Number
Starts Saturday, November 18
"Queen of Hearts" Music Being Issued by
Harms, Inc.—Several Good Numbers
Vincent Lopez Highly Commends E. B. Marks
Co. Feature Number
On Saturday of this week commences the big
campaign of Irving Berlin, Inc., on the song
"Homesick." This number, written by Irving
Berlin himself, will be featured in vaudeville
theatres, motion picture playhouses, cafes, dance
halls, etc., connecting up with the publicity cam-
paign of the publisher in trade and other circles
on a "Homesick Week." The campaign will run
from Saturday, November 18, to and including
Saturday, November 25. Hundreds of dealers
are co-operating in this exploitation drive and
from present indications it will be one of the
most successful ever arranged by a popular pub-
lisher. Of unusual importance is the fact that
the various talking machine record companies
have made special November releases of this
song in both vocal and instrumental form.
Max Spiegel recently presented Nora Bayes
in a new musical play, entitled "Queen of
Hearts," the book and lyrics of which are by
Frank Mandel and Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd,with
music by Lewis Gensler and Dudley Wilkinson.
The show has been well received. Several songs
of the show seemingly met with favor, including
"Ding, Dong, Ding!", "You Need Someone,
Someone Needs You" and "Tom Tom," which
is a unique and original oriental melody.
Harms, Inc., publish the score.
The Edward B. Marks Music Co. was recently
the recipient of a letter from Vincent Lopez,
leader of the Pennsylvania Hotel Orchestra, in
which particular mention was made of that com-
pany's song, "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers."
Inasmuch as this testimonial was unsolicited, it
has more than the usual importance. It reads:
"It is laughable to look back a few months
at the wise cracks made by a few 'doubting
Thomases' about 'Parade.' They admitted it
was a great number for my orchestra and they
praised its rendition by my boys, but they
thought it was too intricate to ever take on
real momentum and spread all over the country.
They talk differently to-day and they all admit
its supreme popularity over any other musical
piece of its kind in the world at Hie present
time. Some of them are now its most ardent
admirers and go so far as to make me play it
over and over again for their own gratification.
One young publisher who had to be shown is
now such an ardent booster for 'Parade' that
he told me the other night it was another 'Dar-
danella' sure, to which I replied that it is ten
'Dardanellas' rolled in one, because the show
in which it is introduced has only played in
one city, has still the whole United States to
cover and therefore it is sure to last ten times
as long as 'Dardanella,' which had rather a short
life. And the new number which I have picked,
'Down South,' by Myddleton, is equally as great
a fox-trot from a musical and lasting stand-
point."
OPENS SHEET MUSIC DEPARTMENT
BINGHAMTON, N. Y., November 13.—The Flory-
Williamson Co., 132-34 State street, has opened
its new sheet music department, in charge of
Mrs. Meryl Keiser. A very large portion of the
south side of the Flory-Williamson Co. store
has been rebuilt to accommodate this fast-grow-
ing department and now presents a very attrac-
tive display of sheet music.
METRO CO. FEATURING "BOBBSY"
The Metro Music Co. has released a new
song, entitled "Bobbsy," which was written by
James Brockman, Arthur R. Grant and Joe
Hollander. Bf" :Jpcl being a novel number for
vaudeville perform^ it is being received with
favor by dance leaders. A special arrangement
by W. C. Polla has been placed in the hands
of the leading orchestras.
WALTER DONALDSON IN CHICAGO
Prominent Composer Visits Sheet Music Dealers
in Chicago
CHICAGO, III., November 13.—Walter Donaldson,
one of the best songwriters in the country,
was in Chicago last week. He is the writer
of "Away Down East in Maine," one of the
popular hits of the country. Mr. Donaldson is
well known in the profession and this latest
number has excited a great deal of comment be-
cause this is the first time he has written about
the section of the country in which he lives. He
has always written Southern melodies, in-
cluding "Gin Gin Ginny Shore," "Down Home
in Indiana" and "Coal Black Mammy."
TELLER WITH_WILLIAMS CO.
Henry Teller, who has been connected with
some of the largest music publishing houses of
the country, was recently appointed sales man-
ager for the Clarence Williams Music Pub. Co.
This firm publishes "I Wish I Could Shimmy
Like My Sister Kate" and "Got to Cool My
Doggies Now."
NEW FOX=TROT
A. Stafford, of Edmonton, Alta., Canada, is
the writer of a new oriental fox-trot melody,
entitled "Azila Nights."
NOVEMBER 18,
1922
45
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
HEAR IT NOW!
cant £o wron#
Withan/FEISTson£
"HOMESICKMVEEK BEGINS
HARMS PUBLISHING THE SCORE
PRAISE FOR "PARADE"
Intensive Campaign on Irving Berlin Number
Starts Saturday, November 18
"Queen of Hearts" Music Being Issued by
Harms, Inc.—Several Good Numbers
Vincent Lopez Highly Commends E. B. Marks
Co. Feature Number
On Saturday of this week commences the big
campaign of Irving Berlin, Inc., on the song
"Homesick." This number, written by Irving
Berlin himself, will be featured in vaudeville
theatres, motion picture playhouses, cafes, dance
halls, etc., connecting up with the publicity cam-
paign of the publisher in trade and other circles
on a "Homesick Week." The campaign will run
from Saturday, November 18, to and including
Saturday, November 25. Hundreds of dealers
are co-operating in this exploitation drive and
from present indications it will be one of the
most successful ever arranged by a popular pub-
lisher. Of unusual importance is the fact that
the various talking machine record companies
have made special November releases of this
song in both vocal and instrumental form.
Max Spiegel recently presented Nora Bayes
in a new musical play, entitled "Queen of
Hearts," the book and lyrics of which are by
Frank Mandel and Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd,with
music by Lewis Gensler and Dudley Wilkinson.
The show has been well received. Several songs
of the show seemingly met with favor, including
"Ding, Dong, Ding!", "You Need Someone,
Someone Needs You" and "Tom Tom," which
is a unique and original oriental melody.
Harms, Inc., publish the score.
The Edward B. Marks Music Co. was recently
the recipient of a letter from Vincent Lopez,
leader of the Pennsylvania Hotel Orchestra, in
which particular mention was made of that com-
pany's song, "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers."
Inasmuch as this testimonial was unsolicited, it
has more than the usual importance. It reads:
"It is laughable to look back a few months
at the wise cracks made by a few 'doubting
Thomases' about 'Parade.' They admitted it
was a great number for my orchestra and they
praised its rendition by my boys, but they
thought it was too intricate to ever take on
real momentum and spread all over the country.
They talk differently to-day and they all admit
its supreme popularity over any other musical
piece of its kind in the world at Hie present
time. Some of them are now its most ardent
admirers and go so far as to make me play it
over and over again for their own gratification.
One young publisher who had to be shown is
now such an ardent booster for 'Parade' that
he told me the other night it was another 'Dar-
danella' sure, to which I replied that it is ten
'Dardanellas' rolled in one, because the show
in which it is introduced has only played in
one city, has still the whole United States to
cover and therefore it is sure to last ten times
as long as 'Dardanella,' which had rather a short
life. And the new number which I have picked,
'Down South,' by Myddleton, is equally as great
a fox-trot from a musical and lasting stand-
point."
OPENS SHEET MUSIC DEPARTMENT
BINGHAMTON, N. Y., November 13.—The Flory-
Williamson Co., 132-34 State street, has opened
its new sheet music department, in charge of
Mrs. Meryl Keiser. A very large portion of the
south side of the Flory-Williamson Co. store
has been rebuilt to accommodate this fast-grow-
ing department and now presents a very attrac-
tive display of sheet music.
METRO CO. FEATURING "BOBBSY"
The Metro Music Co. has released a new
song, entitled "Bobbsy," which was written by
James Brockman, Arthur R. Grant and Joe
Hollander. Bf" :Jpcl being a novel number for
vaudeville perform^ it is being received with
favor by dance leaders. A special arrangement
by W. C. Polla has been placed in the hands
of the leading orchestras.
WALTER DONALDSON IN CHICAGO
Prominent Composer Visits Sheet Music Dealers
in Chicago
CHICAGO, III., November 13.—Walter Donaldson,
one of the best songwriters in the country,
was in Chicago last week. He is the writer
of "Away Down East in Maine," one of the
popular hits of the country. Mr. Donaldson is
well known in the profession and this latest
number has excited a great deal of comment be-
cause this is the first time he has written about
the section of the country in which he lives. He
has always written Southern melodies, in-
cluding "Gin Gin Ginny Shore," "Down Home
in Indiana" and "Coal Black Mammy."
TELLER WITH_WILLIAMS CO.
Henry Teller, who has been connected with
some of the largest music publishing houses of
the country, was recently appointed sales man-
ager for the Clarence Williams Music Pub. Co.
This firm publishes "I Wish I Could Shimmy
Like My Sister Kate" and "Got to Cool My
Doggies Now."
NEW FOX=TROT
A. Stafford, of Edmonton, Alta., Canada, is
the writer of a new oriental fox-trot melody,
entitled "Azila Nights."
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