Music Trade Review

O CTOBER
THE
13, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE REVIEW
S3
SONG FOR NEWEST RAY FILM
New J. Fischer & Bro. Number Used as Theme
Material for Musical Score of Picture
A t th e time of goin g to press the wo rld 's
pre m iere o f Charle s Ray's m ost el abo rat e, and
likewi se m os t prete ntious, pict ur e, "Th e Court­
ship of Myl es Standi sh ," is bein g sh ow n a t
Gra uman' s Mil lio n D ollar T heatre, L os An-
"Century"
Campaign
I
I
Is in
Full Sway
Century Music Pub. Co.
235
w•• t 40th St.
New York
BEGINS EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
Red Book Song Co., Chicago, Inaugurates Spe­
cial Department fo r Both Dealers and Jobbers
Th e Red Book So ng Co., C hicago, whi ch is
exploit ing l\ati o na ll y the po pular fox-trot, "Ke ep
Tu rn in g," a nn ounces the openin g of it s ex­
change depar tm ent. Thi s inn ovation is for th e
p urp ose of gua ra n te ein g deal ers and jobbers
a gain s t any lo ss es. Retail deal ers, und e r this
pl an , m ay ex change u p to SO per cent of their
last o rde r fo r a ny new numb er o r m ay have a
ref und in cas h. J ob ber s are simi la rl y prote ct ed
up to SO per ce nt of a ll th e s tock o f thi s pub­
lis he r's nu m bers tha t they ha ve on han d. Harr y
1.. Cr ui ks hank is tempo ra rily in cha rge of this
ne Vi d epa rtm ent.
"SUN=KIST ROSE" ON OKEH RECORD
.\ m o ng th e spec ia l O ct obe r releases o f Oke h
re cords is t he rcc ord ing o f th e ver y pop ular
fox-t ro t " Sun -Ki s t R ose," a nu m ber publi shed
by th e A. J. Stas ny Mus ic Co., I nc., w hich has
pr ove n a real hit. T he new Oke h r eco rd is
mad e by V incent Lo pez and His Hotel Pe nn­
sylva nia Orches tra, wh ic h in it se lf should prove
a fac tor in in cre asin g int e res t in th e numb er,
espec iall y w ith S tas ny co-operation.
.JOHN PHILIP SOUSA Is playing
~i~h~stra
] n memory of
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MARION
P re~ ide n t
Band
Hard ing, By Lut ie Horl rte r- Wlwt:ler.
for \'I') ll r rop.\". ('\!' u<;]{ .n )ur dea l er: p rice 35 cen ts.
ARTIST'S RETREAT. RIO GRANDE PUB. CD.
Albuqu erQ ue, New Mex ico
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Wo ,d , by
Mus i' b~
Corinne
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Gertrude ROI>&
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g eles. Th e inciden tal mus ic has bee n w ritten
by Ge rtr ud e R oss, L os Angel es, a t th e requ es t
of Char les R ay. The "cli ma x" s o ng o r theme
is "Why Do n't Yo u Spea k fo r Yo u rse lf, J o hn ?" ,
fo r w hich Ge rtrude Ro ss w ro te a particularly
a ttracti ve m elo dy. The title sugge s rio n was
mad e by Charl es R ay him self. J . F isc her &
Bro ., N ew Y ork, bein g the pu blish ers of sev­
e ral o th er well-known com position s fr om t he
p en of Ge rtr ud e R oss, ar e als o l aun c hi ~g t his
m os t re ce nt nu m be r a nd a re makin g elab o rat e
prepa r a tion s fo r it s introdu cti o n. O rc hes tra­
t io ns, bo th for th e so ng a nd as a n ins trume nta l
nu m ber (fo x-tr o t ), a re no w o n p ress .
A CASE OF TOO MUCH PLUGGING
HI-LE - HI-LO
SN AKE ' S HIPS
APPLE SAUCE
RUNNIN' WILD
JOURNEY'S END
CRYING FOR YOU
WONDERFliL ONE
CAROLINA 1I1AlIIMY
Dl' STING THE KEYS
GOOD NIGHT WALTZ
HOP, SKIP AND JUMP
BLUE HOOSIER BLUES
RIVER SHANNON MOON
SA W MIT.L RIVER ROAD
SWINGIN' DOWN THE LANE
C U T YOURSELF A PIECE OF (JAKE
THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
YOU'VE GOT TO SEE lUAMlIlA EVERY
NIGHT
Write for Dealers' Prices
LEO. FEIST, Inc., FEIST Bid,., N.w York
with vau dev ill e bill s in which acts ha d to dr op
out th ei r son gs beca us e o f se veral other a cts o n
the bill us ing th e sam e numbe r. Th ere now
com es th e sto ry o f a plugger w ho pla ced on e
of h is bes t num be rs w ith al mos t eve ry com­
pa ny in a burlesq ue wh eel with t he res ult that
h o us e m anage rs have ra ised lo ud protest ov er
th e repet it io n of th e so ng. T he pec ul iar thin g
is th a t ea ch of th e co m pan ie s p ro te s ts a gai nst
be in g th e o ne to give it u p. ' Vide r di s t ributi o n
woul d seem to be the a nswer.
Tu s t the sa m e, th e so ng is ev ide nt ly "s ur e
fi re."
Trouble Caused in Burlesque Over Placing
Same Song With Too Many Shows
Exte ns ive plu gging natura lly has th e effect
of givin g a son g con sidera ble d esi rabl e p ub ­
li city a nd is calcula ted to mak e it popular with
the publi c an d pr om ote sa les. It s ometim es
happe ns th a t th e plu gger is m o re ambitious
th an dis cree t. P ubl is h ers have had exp erie nce
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BIG SELLERS
in the variolla catalogs of
M. Wilmark & Sons
ALABAlIlY llL ,\CK SHEEP, WON'T YO U
RETURN TO MY FOLD?
DEllE
FATE
FOR THE SAKE OF AULD LAN G SYNE
GONE
GYPSY LOVE SONG
HONEYMOON TIME
I'LL FORGET YOU
J{TST BEEN WOND'RING
KISS ME AGAIN
LET THE REST OF THE WORLD GO BY
LONG LOST MAMMA - DADDY MISSJ<; S
YOU
MIDNIGHT ROSE
1I10TIIER MACHREE
lilY WILD IRISH ROSE
NELLIE KELLY, I LOVE YOU
(From LIttle N ellie Kelly
O{: T SAN FRANCISCO WAY
OUT THERE IN THE SUNSHIN E WITH
YOU
SLOW POKE
S )U]LIN' THROUGH
SUNRISE AND YOU
TEN THO(TSAND YEARS FROlll NOW
THE LAMPLET HOUR
VIRGINIA BROWN
WHEN WILL THE SUN SHINE FOR ME?
YOU RElIITND lifE OF MY lIfOTHER
(From Little NelIie K elly)
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WATERSON', · ; ' .
BERLIN eft SNYDER - CO.
S-O-N-G H-I-T-S
My Sweetie Went Away
Oh! Gee, Oh! Gosh, Oh! Golly, I'm
in Love
Waitin' for the Evenin' Mail
Who's Sorry Now
Back in the Old Neighborhood
Land of Cotton Blues
Stella
Two Time Dan
You're Trying to Throw Me. DoWn
Wanna Go South Agilin Blue-s
Roll Along Missouri '
Daddy's Wonderful Pal
Publiabed by
WATERSON,
BERLIN eft SNYDER CO.
Strand Theetre Illd,., New York City, N. Y.