Music Trade Review

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)l'LY 14, 192,j
i\·iUSIC TRADE
REVIE'V
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·A Chain of Successes­
CAROLINA
MAMMY
A RealSoulhern
MamnySon~ /
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GOT TO SEE
MAMMA
SWINGIN'
DOWN THE
LANE
EV'RYNIGHT
A Lonesome Blues
An Old Fashioned Son~
With a FyTrolSwil1 g
FtyC TJ'ol
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"You can't,8o wi'ons -With any'FEIST'so
"SAW MILL RIVER ROAD" WIDELY FEATURED BY DEALERS
LOPEZ FEATURES "SUN=KIST ROSE"
An Example in the Pictorial Display Made by Luscher's Music Shop of New York-Title Lends
"\t the appear a n ce of Vi n ce nt Lopez and Hi s
l'cnnsylv this wcek, th e fox -tr o t , "S ul\-Ki s t Ro s e, " from
the cat;; lo g of t h e ,\. J. S ta s ny :'Ii(u s ic Co., In c.,
Ivas gll' ell fea tur e p os iti o n on th e program .
Th e m e lod y JlIet w ith e nthu s ias ti c app la us e at
c;lc h perfol'lllan ('c "n(\ t he L opez o r g anization
fo und it s uc h good m ate ri a l th at it pla ye d it
each ni g ht a\.,o at th e Hotel l'e nnsyll'ania Roof
during the SUlltmer.
Itself Particularly Well to Visualization Through Pictorial Display
play e d an old saw mill in acti ve ope rati on, w it h
"Sa w Mill River H.oad ," which originally ap­
the wat e r rllnmng continuou s ly a r o und the
peared in th e musica l sh ow "Glory" before it
closed and which was
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continu ed in activity
bv the publi s h er, Leo
\:<'eist, Inc., owing to
its univ e rs a l ap pea l,
has been a most pop­
ular fo x -trot.
I\side
from it s popularit y it
is an unu s u a ll y meri­
toriou s pi ece oJ mu­
s ic.
Th e
hom e li ke
and back-hom e c har ­
acter of th e title seem
to have a heart a p­
peal which, in co n­
junction wit h th e
lyric of the son;; and
the melody, assure it
a high client e le.
"Saw Mill River
l~oacl" i,;, too, a titl e
that app ea ls to th e
itnag-j na tion;
it a p­
peals to the child at­
mosphere 0 f man y
Window Display of " Saw Mill River Road"
grown-up s, a nd for
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re ason a nUllib c r of unusually attracti ve
\\· ind ows hal' e appeared o n the number through­
ou t the country.
We b e li<:ve of particular
importance is th e window display which re­
cently was shown by Lu,cher's Music Shop,
2712 Third avenue, N e w York City, Victor
dealers, who, 111 connect ion with a display
of Victor r ecords of this unusual song, dis-
window , g iving the effect of a stream. Many
,mall d e taib worthy of lllcntion, includiIl g' a
brid ge c r oss ing the brook, a donk ey pulling
lo g " over th e road, the usual woodland "l ump s,
cows, horses , dogs and other thin Rs t o g ive a
r<:ali s ti c effect, appear , but these wiH h a rdl y be
see n in lil e reduce d form of the ph o t og ra p h
which appea r s w ith the present s t o r y .
YALE COMPETlTlON UNSUCCESSFUL
th e a nth e m t y pe will be br o ut ht o ut b y th e
compet iti on. The fu ll terlll s of cOlllpctition a rc
a~ foll ows:
\No rd s or mu s ica l s e llings a lr ea d y in exis t­
enc e ma y b e u se d. The COlllmittee lllay awa rd
a ll or part of the total prize to a cOlllp e tit or
w ho Stli.>llli ts a new mu s ical setting to old word,
or n ew worel s t o an old musical settin g . T h ey
ma y also allot a sha re in the a\\·ard to any o ll e
suggesting a n o ld Illusical setting for word s a n­
noun ce d as b e in g ill the final cOlllpetiti on.
lTn1c ss s u c h a spec ial '(ward is lIlad e tile priz e
shall b e divid ed eq ually between the author ot
th e winning wo rd s a nd the composer o f the
"'innin g 1111lsic.:a i se llin g.
.\ cOlll lltitt ec a ppointed b y th e c hairm a n o f
thi s board s hall s up erv ise the competition a nd
se n e as a bo a rd o f jud ges of awa rd . Th e CO llI '
Illilt ee s h a ll co n s is t of th e pres i H ·rs ity Glee C lub an d th e followin g grilduates:
Noa h H . Swayne, '93, c hairman; P r ofessor
George H. ?\T e lt kto n, '96; T'1·ofessor Ha rr y B.
Jep son , '93; D ean Dav id Stanley Smith, 1900;
iVIinott .A . Os b o rn, '07, and Carl A. Lohmann,
'10.
None
of 162 Manuscripts Submitted Judged
Pl'Oper for College Song
:\ EW
H ,\VEN, CONN., July 7.-. \nn o unCetn Cnl
was mad e to-da y of a n ew co ni petition for th e
$ 1,000 anon y mou s prize offered for a new Yale
song.
This prize was placed in compe tition
during the latter part of th e university year, but
the committee of a w a rd , appo inted by the chair­
man of the Yale A lu 1l\ni Advisory Board, de­
cided that no on e of the 162 manuscripts sub­
mitted deserved th e prize.
The new comp e tition, whi c h wil1 close on
iday I, 1924, will be divided into two parts. The
first part, which w ill con tinu e until January I,
1924, is open to Yale a lumni and s tudents on ly
and is fnr ·w ord s on ly. O n Janu one or more se t s of words w ill b e made puhlic
thcn be g in. U nlik e t h e cO lllp e tition for wo rd s ,
that for the mu s ic w ill h e open to the gene ral
public, continuin g until M ay 1.
It is the hope of th e donors that a song of
"STINGO S'fUNGO" IN WHITE SCANDALS
.\mong the son g,; appearI n g In "George
\Vhite Scandals of 192,1" is a n ew number by
I.ew Iirown and jam es F . Hanley, e ntitled
"Stingo Stungo" It is intr od u ce d by \,yinnie
Lightner and is one of tlie 0 1lh t;1I1ding num­
bers of the SllO\Y
Shapil'O, I:e l'll stf'i n 8: Co.,
I nc., arc the publi s h ers.
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