Music Trade Review
Issue: 1923 Vol. 76 N. 24 - Page 44
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THE
44
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
JUNE 16, 1923
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WOODS RY
TROT
M. WITMARK & SONS, NEW YORK
HIGH COSTS THE GREATEST PROBLEM
NEW STILWELL ORCHESTRA
'NOLA" FEATURED AT STRAND
(Continued from page 43)
Eleven-piece Band Opened in Pittsburgh on
June 3—To Play Summer Resorts
"Piano Quartet" Wins Tribute With Well-
known Sam Fox Co. Number
After having played in most of the recognized
dance orchestras of New York, including Ben
Selvin, Frank Silver, Paul Specht and Vincent
Lopez, Ray Stillwell has decided to enter the
field for himself. He has organized an eleven-
piece band that opened in Pittsburgh, Pa., on
Saturday, June 3, and will play six or eight
weeks of Summer resorts through Pennsylvania
and Ohio and then come to New York for a
tour of the B. F. Keith theatres. Jim Shields,
the booking agent, has already lined up a route
through the parks and summer resorts of Penn-
sylvania for this combination, which promises
to be one of the leading orchestras in a short
time. Arrangements are also being made for
the large phonograph companies to hear the
combination at an early date.
At the Strand Theatre, New York, one of
the pleasing musical divertissements during the
past week was the rather unique presentation
of "The Piano Quartet," composed of young
lady pianists rendering a selection of popular
favorites. Among the numbers featured is a
piano silhouette, "Nola," from the Sam Fox
Publishing Co. catalog. The special staging
was under the direction of Joseph Plunkett,
who pays particular attention to the musical
programs of the house and stage effects accom-
panying.
that our Fall stock offer to the trade embraces
the most generous discounts we have ever ex-
tended. It has taken courage to do this and
I wonder whether we are wise in taking such
a step at this time."
Mr. Fay smiled hopefully.
"But co-operation between the publishers and
dealers will win the day. If the dealers will
meet liberality with liberality and repay the pub-
lishers with increased sales so that we can re-
duce our overhead, all will be well."
"Do you really think a prosperity wave is on
the way?" I asked.
"It is here and has actually been with us
for several months past. Recently there has
been a slight slowing down of business in gen-
eral, which the conservative business men of
the country generally agree has been for the
best interests of everyone, as the pace had been
too rapid, and the specter of inflation had ap-
peared upon the horizon. Such danger happily
seems to have passed by and it has made us
here more optimistic than ever for the future.
The slogan of both the publishers and dealers
should now be to work whole-heartedly for each
ether's interest, not forgetting the interest of
the great musical public which supports us.
We shall thereby accomplish such trade feats
as to make all that has gone before seem but
weak endeavors."
Irving Berlin returned from London this
week on board the "Aquitania" and reported
that the first Music Box Review at the Palace
Theatre in that city had been highly successful,
playing to capacity and enthusiastic audiences
since it opened.
PLAYING "SUNjaST ROSE"
Among the orchestra leaders playing "Sun-
Kist Rose," from the catalog of the A. J. Stasny
Music Co., are Vincent Lopez, Dan Gregory,
Joe Lannin, Mai Hallet, Ben Selvin, Isham
Jones and Bob Causer. "Sun-Kist Rose" is also
being broadcasted by a number of the leading
radio broadcasting stations throughout the
country. "Panama Twilight," a waltz from the
same catalog, is receiving like publicity.
GOLDMAN CONCERTS IN NEW YORK
The New York Free Summer Concerts by
Goldman's Band are being given in the Central
Park Mall at the invitation of the city authori-
ties. The band recently played the first of sixty
popular programs to continue for five nights of
each week for the next three months. At the
opening the convenience of the park to the
public was evident by an assembly of 15,000
that greeted Edwin Franko Goldman and his
veteran players. Audiences since that time have
continued as large.
Two Pittsburgh writers, Larry Ruppel and
Fred G. Tucker, have released a song which
has had some popularity with Pittsburgh or-
chestras. It is entitled "Who's Gonna Be My
Mammy?"
THREE NEW HITS
JUST A N OLD
LOVE SONG
AFTER
EVERY
PARTY
I CRIED
FOR YOU
Sherman flay & Go.
San Francihco
L/rdcr from your jobber or direct front iis
* J
* r
J
• /
.;."•/- •._-;.;;. • "• •..
THE
44
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
JUNE 16, 1923
f fie oveitfttcttr
innennu
Y/QJQQ
OF
WOODS RY
TROT
M. WITMARK & SONS, NEW YORK
HIGH COSTS THE GREATEST PROBLEM
NEW STILWELL ORCHESTRA
'NOLA" FEATURED AT STRAND
(Continued from page 43)
Eleven-piece Band Opened in Pittsburgh on
June 3—To Play Summer Resorts
"Piano Quartet" Wins Tribute With Well-
known Sam Fox Co. Number
After having played in most of the recognized
dance orchestras of New York, including Ben
Selvin, Frank Silver, Paul Specht and Vincent
Lopez, Ray Stillwell has decided to enter the
field for himself. He has organized an eleven-
piece band that opened in Pittsburgh, Pa., on
Saturday, June 3, and will play six or eight
weeks of Summer resorts through Pennsylvania
and Ohio and then come to New York for a
tour of the B. F. Keith theatres. Jim Shields,
the booking agent, has already lined up a route
through the parks and summer resorts of Penn-
sylvania for this combination, which promises
to be one of the leading orchestras in a short
time. Arrangements are also being made for
the large phonograph companies to hear the
combination at an early date.
At the Strand Theatre, New York, one of
the pleasing musical divertissements during the
past week was the rather unique presentation
of "The Piano Quartet," composed of young
lady pianists rendering a selection of popular
favorites. Among the numbers featured is a
piano silhouette, "Nola," from the Sam Fox
Publishing Co. catalog. The special staging
was under the direction of Joseph Plunkett,
who pays particular attention to the musical
programs of the house and stage effects accom-
panying.
that our Fall stock offer to the trade embraces
the most generous discounts we have ever ex-
tended. It has taken courage to do this and
I wonder whether we are wise in taking such
a step at this time."
Mr. Fay smiled hopefully.
"But co-operation between the publishers and
dealers will win the day. If the dealers will
meet liberality with liberality and repay the pub-
lishers with increased sales so that we can re-
duce our overhead, all will be well."
"Do you really think a prosperity wave is on
the way?" I asked.
"It is here and has actually been with us
for several months past. Recently there has
been a slight slowing down of business in gen-
eral, which the conservative business men of
the country generally agree has been for the
best interests of everyone, as the pace had been
too rapid, and the specter of inflation had ap-
peared upon the horizon. Such danger happily
seems to have passed by and it has made us
here more optimistic than ever for the future.
The slogan of both the publishers and dealers
should now be to work whole-heartedly for each
ether's interest, not forgetting the interest of
the great musical public which supports us.
We shall thereby accomplish such trade feats
as to make all that has gone before seem but
weak endeavors."
Irving Berlin returned from London this
week on board the "Aquitania" and reported
that the first Music Box Review at the Palace
Theatre in that city had been highly successful,
playing to capacity and enthusiastic audiences
since it opened.
PLAYING "SUNjaST ROSE"
Among the orchestra leaders playing "Sun-
Kist Rose," from the catalog of the A. J. Stasny
Music Co., are Vincent Lopez, Dan Gregory,
Joe Lannin, Mai Hallet, Ben Selvin, Isham
Jones and Bob Causer. "Sun-Kist Rose" is also
being broadcasted by a number of the leading
radio broadcasting stations throughout the
country. "Panama Twilight," a waltz from the
same catalog, is receiving like publicity.
GOLDMAN CONCERTS IN NEW YORK
The New York Free Summer Concerts by
Goldman's Band are being given in the Central
Park Mall at the invitation of the city authori-
ties. The band recently played the first of sixty
popular programs to continue for five nights of
each week for the next three months. At the
opening the convenience of the park to the
public was evident by an assembly of 15,000
that greeted Edwin Franko Goldman and his
veteran players. Audiences since that time have
continued as large.
Two Pittsburgh writers, Larry Ruppel and
Fred G. Tucker, have released a song which
has had some popularity with Pittsburgh or-
chestras. It is entitled "Who's Gonna Be My
Mammy?"
THREE NEW HITS
JUST A N OLD
LOVE SONG
AFTER
EVERY
PARTY
I CRIED
FOR YOU
Sherman flay & Go.
San Francihco
L/rdcr from your jobber or direct front iis
* J
* r
J
• /
.;."•/- •._-;.;;. • "• •..
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