Music Trade Review

JULY
THE
14, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
37
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CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
E. C. MILLS OFFERED LEADERSHIP OF A. S.
c.
A. & P.
SONGS THAT SELL
Reorganization Committee of That Organization Makes Offer to Executive Chairman of Music
Publishers' Protective Association-Offer Is N ow Under Consideration
\ , 11a.; bern su>pectcd for SO llle till' e th e r e
;ere pl a n ' under foot by the .\ m eriea n Soc ie t y
of COII'llOSer" ,\uthor., ane! Publish e r s whereby
a ,e lec t e d CO II"11iltce has been auth o ri zed to r e­
o "):;a ni l.e th e soc iety and, jf p oss ibl e , pl aer at
I h e I, c,id o f the orgallilation E, C. ?lIill s, chair­
'" an 01' the board of executi,' es of th e :Musi c
I'ubli s h ers ' J 'rotccti,'c ,\ 1Ii le d h ea d o f tl,c ,'\ 'ller iean Society, with a bs o'
lul l' p owcr <11,,1 co ntrol o,'er i1> d est in)' .
Th e Soc ie ty i, I""s in g thro u g h the 1I1 0, t cr iti­
" d p u io d ill it s hi s tor y, L" J(l o llbt e dl y, a 1l rtt­
l< Ill p t "il l b (' 111ade .grc,;,' to ;l1I1 C11d the Cop ,r ig ht :\ e t of 1909, Thi s,
t Oget h e r with thl' or';;1I1i l.e d OppOSi11g ;lSsoc ia'
ti011S, I1lakes it IlU ('",ar v fO I' th e Soc ie t y to n ot
o nl y <;trcllgthCIl its prcscllt org'a ni /a ti on, but to
1') rCparc to fight fr0111 n'('J')' ang'\c a n y ,,It'e lllpt s
to a bsorb its propCI'ty or to und (, 1'1nin e ih pres­
e nt legal right-;.
'I'h (' eO'lll11ittc(' , forlll('d b ) t h l' \ , S. (' ,\, ;llld
I'" is CO llll'oscd 01 :'II'"" 1)I· c.d ll S, o f Harll",
Tn c,: Louis 1:~r11 <; (l'in, Sl1:1l'ir o . 1:(']' n .; (c i11 .'V, Co"
I l"' " :1 ,"1 ( ;('nl' I:uck ;111(1 Ha,l'UlOnd H uiJi>('I,
",(' II-kn o,,'n w ri le r s . al'd h e ld it ., li r ,.; t Ill e l'lin~
POPULAR STANDARDS IN DEMAND
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re c ently, followin g w hi c h i t ca ll ed upon 1[r.
\ [ill s and Ill Ther e is sO llle doubt as t o w h e th e r E. (' :'IIi11s
\li ll ac(' cpt th e offe r and authority , \Vhile h e
i> " rcat ly intere s t e d in th e Soc ie t y and , ind ee d,
11<1S \la."cd its b;,lt les co ntinu o u s ly and with ex­
«('ptional result..; , h e did thi s , t o a I;,r ge extent,
out of ,;uppoJ'\ fo r th e righ b in \'o "' c d, Indced,
'he has, \I'ithout d o ubt, iJec') ot ."reatcr strength
to thc A S, C. /\, ;tnd I) tl1<111 it s own Incllli>cr,;,
No ne is equippcd lik e I, e t o COVC1' the mall':
angles 01 tl,e quc st io n in\·o "'c(\. II \\,<1' :'II ills
" ho laid down th e l;tll' .'; .go\'crning thc Society
hefore the radi o o r ga ni l.a ti o n . .; last Se[>t('nli>(']'
\I' ith s uch s in'pli('il \' a,"l fa irn e.'" that all left
,. uch n lcc lin g', \l ith il fee lin g that the A, S, C.
You Know You Belong
to Somebody Else
(So Why Don't You Leave Me Alone 1)
Down Among the Sleepy
Hills 01 Tennessee (new)
Dearest
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allta go lli ~ tj c
and \v(lntC'd t o a :-;s i ~t ill s ol v in g th e
problem s 01 'th e br oa d cas t e r s. Later , in a sc ri cs
of conterences and att e ndalH'c at g atherin gs of
l11oti on pictur c t h ea tr e ow n e r s, h e pI'oYcd c\ca r l \'
the contenti o n s of the Soc iet y to such an ext e nt
that (Jrg;;tlliz;tlioJl
\\' is ll c d to a rrall,l!,c a workillg
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agrccl11cllt.
It is Iyell kn ow n that Mr, Mills will not ;,c­
c cpt thc o Ffer if it in a n y way involves his pres­
e nt a c ti v iti es as c h a irl11an o[ the executiv e
board of th e ~IlI , i c Publishers' Protective Asso­
c iati o n. Thi s organization h e has built up from
its infa n cy to a co nstru c ti v e associa tion of lllU ­
sic publi s h e r s, w hi c h h as accol11p li s h ed mu c h
and \" hi c h Mr . ;';f ill s wou ld n o t co unt enance
lea I' i n g.
Th e propOS

Iills
('ontinl1inl?, hi s present po s ition and also actin g
ii' a si11lilar capac it y for (he A. S. C. A. and P.
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ARTISTS CO. IN NEW OFFICES
FOSTER SONGS IN NEW PLAY
'\ numb e r o f th e songs of Stephen C. Foster
will s h or tl y be h ea rd in a new play by Edward
Locke e ntitled "Swanee RiYcr," an ep i ~;ocle in
th e lif c o f Step h e n C. Foster in the year 1848.
A m ong th e more prominent llul110 crs th at m ay
b c heard arc "O ld nlack Joe," "S"'an ee River,"
"Goo dni g ht T.arlies" and "My Old Kentucky
H o ,;, r,"
In r (' (' (' nl r"<1 1 " c, trtt e reporl s appearin g in th e
:\ lC\l' Yo rk Til11e~ Harr y Tierney, writer of th e
Int"i c (or " lr c l1<' ," "Cp She Goes, " "G lo r y" an d
" ,'-cr i ('~ of ,success ful so ngs , has pur c ha se d it
h Ol11e costin" c lo s(' t o $\00,000 in P p lh "111 . N. Y.
When You Walked Out Someone Else
Walked Right In
(new)
I.n dlana Moon (new)
Pickles (new)
That Old Gang 01 Mine
Love (My Heart Is Calling You.)
Ala Moana (new)
(new)
I Wish I Could Cry Over Someone
(new)
Home
(new)
(new)
Some Day Y011'11 Cry Over Someone
Homesick
Nuthin' But
By-.!he Shalimar
Open Your Arms, My Alabamy
Ivy (Cling to Me)
Some Little Someone
Some Sunny Da~
Come on Home
Just a Little Love Song
Yankee Doodle Blues
Universal Dance Folio for 1923
First Release of Company Is "Sweet Old Chesa­
peake Bay," a Fox-trot Ballad
Th e A rti s t ,; Mus ic Publi s hiu g Co., In c, is
n ow in il$ offic es , 14~ \"-"est Fort y -s ix th s tr ec t.
1 n additi o n to publi s hin g thi s firm conte l11pl ates
the op e r a tion of a c hain of r e tail sto r es. Th e
offi cers of th e cO lnpan y arc D. 1'. Prin g le , presi­
dent; Eddie A dams, v icc-pr es id e nt , and Mau·
rice Ros e n , secre tar y . ill r Adams, w h o was
for l11 erly very act i\·c in thc operation of th e
Jcrom e H . Hcrnick & Co, stores, togeth e r with
Jvlr. Ro se n , wi ll o perate thc New York e nd o f
the busin(' ss. ~!fr. Pringle \vill be activ e in the
C le v eland offices of the company. It is und e r·
s tood a lar ge cata log is in prcparation, The
fir ~; t r elease a nn o un ce d is a fox-trot ball ad by
\Valt er Dona ld s on, e ntitled " Sweet O ld C h esa ­
p e ake Dav." Th e number is to b e \vidc ly ex­
pl o it e d
(You're the Nearest 10 My Heart)
You Tell Her-I Stutter
IRVI~G
BERLIN'S NEW
Music Box Revue
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Crinoline Days
Lady 01 the Evening
Porcelain Maid
Pack Up Your Sins
and Go To The Devil
Will She Come From the East?
The Little Red Lacquer Cage
Bring On the Pepper
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway, New York
"FAREWELL BLUES" IN VIENNA
J ;,c k i'vlill s, I~ead of Ja ck :M ill s, In c., who IS
n ow tourin g Europe , r ece ntl y spe nt what he
t er med a wee k-end in V ie nn a , A u s tria.
He
was clelighted to he a r a hi g h- c lass Hun g arian
o rchcstra play "Fare'we ll Blues," a typical
,'\meriean piece which ill that co untr y would be
termed "jan
JAZZ IN NEW PUCCINI OPERA
Ro,YJ£, ltaly, July 4 ,· Puccini's n ew opera,
"T lirandot ," will ha lc r,arts for instruments
previous l)' found on ly in ja/% music. One is an
o ri e ntal go n g; a lso woo d e n t a mb o ur s a nd a spe ­
c i;lI kind of xylophonc ior w hi c h Pu cc ini is
preparin g the 1l11lSic .