Music Trade Review

DECEMBER
THE
15, 1923
MUSIC
TRADR
45
REVIEW
FOUR ACES- A Combination of Hits Thats lIal"d to Beat!
"EVERY NIGHT
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TO SLEEP
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FEATURES "SITTIN' IN A CORNER"
NEW OLIVER DlTSON NUMBERS
"LOUISVILLE LOU" STEADY SELLER
Wolf's Music Store Makes Fine Display of
Irving Berlin Number
Many Piano and Organ Compositions in New
Numbers Issued by This House
Ager, Yellen & Bornstein . Number Maintains
Popularity-New Novelty Issued
Wolf's Music Store, Broad and Columbia
avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., well-known Victor
dealer, which also makes a speci alt y of popular
sheet music, recently made a week's dri ve on
.\mong the new issues rel eased by the O li ve r
D it son Co. are a number of piano and organ
compos ition s. Among these is a "Carnival"
dance by Frederick A. vVilliams, a nd "A Night
in June " by the same writer; "Assembly Grand
March," issued for two, four and six hands, by
Carl \Nilhelm Kern; "Through the Meadow,"
a new piano piece by L. Leslie Loth; a volume
entitled "Memories of th e O ld Farm House,"
by Bert R. Antho ny, which includ es "Song of
the Farmer Doy," "Bee in the Honeysuckle,"
"Uncle Zeb With His Fiddle," "The O ld
Woode~ Clock," "lVIusic of the Brook," "Ghost
in the Ha unted Room" an d "The Old l'l'Iill
\ iVhee l" ; "Five Short First-grade Piano Pieces,"
by Gladys V. Gi lb ert, all in one cove r; "Fo ll ow
the Leader," "Leap Frog" and "Tag," by Doro­
thy Gayn or Blake, iss ued und er the tities,
"Three Just for Fun Piano Pieces." For the
organ arc tw o new numbers by \iV. Cedric
Lamont, ent itl ed: "At the vVindow" and "Ten­
dresse," both arranged b y vVilliam J. Smith;
"Va lse· Mignonne," by Vladimir Ivano vitch
Rebikoff; a piece by Carl Dusch arr an ged by
Orla ndo A. ~fansfield, ent itl ed "Romanza";
"Springtide," transcribed by Go d fried H. Fedcr­
Ie in, from Grieg. A ll of these latter numbers
have beeD added to the third series for · the
organ.
Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, Inc., is having a
steady sa le on "Louisville Lou." This, together
with on e of the outstanding hits of the Fall
season, "Mamma Goes Wpere Papa Goes" (Or
Papa Don't Go Out To-night), is leading th e
catalog in sa les. This latter number has sev­
eral hundred vaudeville acts singing it and, in
addition, it is one of the prevailing fox-trot
dance successes. This firm recently introduced
a nnv nove lty entitled "Oh, Gee! Georgie"; a
dan ce called "Twelve o'Clock at Night" and a
cy ni cal song entitled "vVh at Do Th ey Mean by
Love?" All these numbers are showing up
well with the s heet music d ealers who are push­
ing them
"Sittin' in a Corner"
the V ictor re cord and the sheet music of the
Irving Berlin, Inc., latest suc cess , "Sitt in ' in a
Corner." This number, which has been heard
quit e frequently in Philadelphia a nd adjace nt
communities, has had far above the average
popularity in this territory. Dealers who have
featured either the record or the sheet music
hav e found sales most steady and its po pul a rity,
seemi ngl y, i~ increasing. A campaign in the
vaudeville field and in the dance orchestra field
ha s been arranged by the Berlin company, in
whi ch "Si ttin' in a Corner" will be featured on
a national scal e. All the various Berlin offices
and representatives are taking part in this
effective drive.
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MUSIC BOOKS IN DEMAND
Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc., Report Good
Sales in Series Published by That House
Hinds , Hayden & Eldredge, Inc., publisher of
a popular series of music books, is closing one
of the biggest seaso ns in the history of the com­
pany. All of its books have shown substantial
increases in sales during the present season, but
particularly is this true of the saxophone and
ot her sma ll instrument books. Its book of col­
lege songs has also had a very heavy sale.
"Oh, Susanna," popular in the days of '48
an d whIch is the featured song- in co njun ction
with the motion picture exhibiti on of the book.
"The Covered Wagon," now appearing In va­
rious part s of the country, is included in the
Hinds .. Hayden & Eldredge book, "The Most
Popu·l ar Plantation Songs." This book contains
not only "Oh, Susanna," but 125 other planta­
tion, minstrel and jubilee selections.
Important
Announcement
I DESIRE
to announce to all my friend. in
the profe••ion and trade that I have .ev"
ered my connection with M . Witmark &
Sona, and am now with the
HEARST MUSIC PUBLISHERS
of CANADA, LIMITED
and a"nnounce the opening of our Executive
Offices for the United Statea at:
Fourth Floor, Garrick Building, Chicago, II!.
NEW HEARST LITERATURE
"Twenty-four Successful Song Hits" is the
title of a very artist ic twenty-four-page brochure
just relea se d by Hearst Music Publishers, of
Can ad a, Ltd . This publishing firm, whi ch dur­
in g the past three years has made substantial
progress as a music publisher and distributor,
has iss l1ed this new booklet as one of its plans
for creating sa les for new songs by th e writers,
who ha ve contributed past successes to its cata­
log. It is concise, interesting, artistically pro­
duced, a nd s hould be of true sales value to the
r etai ler.
Monday, December 3rd, 9
&.
m. to 5 p. m.
THOS. J. QUIGLEY.
FEATURING
-.SONGS
IttiI PROFITS
Beautiful Rose-Some Day You'll Cry
Over Somebody Else - 'Ginny ­ Sunset,
the Hills and You -If I Had You
Write Office Nearest You
H
EARST
MUSIC
pUBLISHERS
Of
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New York
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A. J. STASNY MUSIC CO., INC., 56
W~st
45th St., New York.