Music Trade Review

THE
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MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
JU LY
21, 1923
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CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
MILWAUKEE ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE REQUEST FAILS
SONGS THAT SELL
Local Stations Refused Permission to Broadcast PopUlar Numbers Without Payment of Royal­
ties-Explanation of A . S. C . A. & P. Stand on the Entire Matter
Th e dfo rt s Illa ck r ecent ly by th e Mil wa uk ee
I\ssociati ol] of Co mm e rce to have the A mcri can
Soc icty of Composers, Authors and P ubli sher;;
pe rm it the rad io hroadcas ti ng sta ti ons in Mil ·
" ,alli< cc a lld vic inity t o broadcast m us ic con ­
I rollcd by the Soci e t y withou t r oyalty fee s
lIntil suc h l ime a s th e co urt s dec ide on the
rights of copy ri ght OW Jl e rs in t he matte r of
ra di o, ha\'e 1I1 e t wilh fai lure. The Associatio n
adop te d a resolution add res>ccl to th e Soc ie ty in
", hi c h it wa' poi nte d Ollt that unle ss pnm issi o n
\0 broadcast copyr i ~ l 1t lllusic was g rant e d the
radi o station, would h al ' ~ to c lo,l' . In r ep ly
to th e rl' .'io ltltion the Society o f C0 1l1jJosers,
:\lIthors and l' u b lis hn , lloint ccl (l u t that the
brOil d eastin::, sta ti ons need not c lose becaus e
th ere were ava ilabl e tho usa nd s o f non -co py­
rig'IIL nll11lb e rs , as ,'.'e ll as copy rights not con­
tr ollcd by the Soc iety ava il able fo r us e, a nd
de c la r ed t hat man y ot h er stat ions a re ope r­
,Ili n g' w ith out co nfli cti n g wi th the Society and
\\ il h out. it s li cense.
T h e let t e r also goes o n to say that th e g rca t
profits be in g madc f rolu the sa le of radio ap'
paratu s ar g ue aga inst th c fact t ha t th e hr oa d ­
You Know You Belong
to Somebody Else
cast in g is not done for p ro fit , a nd co ntinu es:
"Radio is a direct compe tit o r of thc theatre,
caba ret and dance 11all.
Ra di o is a direc t
co mpetition of phonograph rccords and t he
playe r· piano ro ll s, E vcry record a n d eve ry r oll
Il1anu factu red and m ec h an ical ly rep ro du ci n g a
copy ri g hte d m us ical composition pays a royalty
t o th e pro pri c tor of the copy right. Would it be
just to pe l'm it ' r a di o' the full use in com pe tition
o f ma t e ri a l fo r w hich it s co mp et it o rs must pay?
"Radio comes int o c ompe titi on w ith the
mu s ic ac ti vities of the home , as is best proven
perhaps by th e fact that never in the history of
this bus in ess has the s ale o i s h ee t mu s ic bee n
so li g h t as s ince r ad io became pop u la r. T hr ough
thi s co mpetition ra dio d epr ives copy ri g ht ed pro­
pr ie tor s of s ub s tant ia l s u ms heretofore realize d
from the sa le of s he et mu s ic. Is it fa ir t hat
radio shoul d do th is to its own profit and
be reliev e d of the legal an d mo ra l o bli gat ion of
ju s tl y compe n sati n g those w ho furnish th e ma­
terial w hi ch makes it,; ex iste n ce possible?"
O n the question o f broadcastin g fo r profit the
Soc iety points out that th e sa les o f radio ap­
pil rat ll s totaled a grea t amo unt in 1922, a nd
th at t he fact t ha t music wa s b ro adcaste d so li b­
Inci ­
e ra ll y ma de suc h a tUrnov e r possib le.
dentally, the fact was emphasi ze d t hat thc So­
c iety gra nt s to sta tion s opera ted by e du cationa l
instit uti ons an d municipalities per mi ssio n to usc
it s works with out c har ge.
(So Why Don't You Leave Me Alone 1 )
Down Among the Sleepy
Hills of Tennessee (new)
Dearest
( You're the Nearest 10 My Hearl)
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Some Day You'll Cry Over Someone
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E. C. l\,[ili s, exec u tiv e c ha ir man of the Music
Pub li s h ers' l'rotect iv e .\ ssoc ia ti o n, h as been in­
viteo to a t te nd the an nual co n ve nti o n of the
exec uti ve Co mm iftee of th e M ot io n Pic tur e
Th ea tr e Owncrs' Association, cons is tin g of th e
hea ds of th e various Sta t e orga ni zat io ns, t o be
h e ld at _\t lant ic C it y o n A u g ust 7-9. At the
co nf e r en ce it is expected that d e fini te progress
w ill be m ade in arriving a t an agr eeme nt be ~
tw('cn the p llblish e rs and m ot io n picture m e n in
rd e rcn ce t o the payment of mu s ic fees, and
th e adv ice o f M r. Mills w ill a lso b e askcd on
vario us orga ni za tion que s tions co nn ec ted di­
rectl y wi th thc mo tion pictu r c fie ld.
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Open Your Arms, My Alabamy
Ivy (Clfna to Me)
Some Little Someone
Some Sunny Da~
Come on Home
Just a Little Love Song
Yankee Doodle Blues
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IRVING BERLIN'S NEW
Music Box Revue
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Crinoline Days
Lady 01 the Evening
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Porcelain Maid
Pack Up Your Sins
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and Go To The Devil
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Will She Come From the East?
The Little Red Lacquer Cage
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Bring On the Pepper
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
Orches tra Featuring Several American Num­
bers-To Start on Long Vaudeville Tour
vValter Do na ldson ha s again s ig ne d up to
wr it e cxc lu s iv e ly for Be rlin, In c., with whi c h
co n cern h e was previously co nn ec ted fo r a
number of years, writing s u c h hit s as "My
Mamm y" a nd other numb e r s,
Homesick
Nuthin' But
!ly the Shalfmar
Universal Dance Folio for 1923
PAUL SPECHT A HIT IN LONDON
AND MAKE:
Home (new)
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E . C . Mills Invited to Attend Convention of
Executive Committee of Motion Picture The­
atre Owners' Association at Atlantic City
'(ou RSEL'F AT HOf"\
I Wish I Could Cry Over Someone (new)
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(UT YOUR)£L F
A PIECE1'CAKE
When You Walked Out Someone Else
Walked Right In
(new)
Indiana Moon (new)
Pickles (new)
That Old Gang of Mine (new)
Love (My Heart Is Calling You) (new)
Ala Moana (new)
MILLS TO MEET WITH MOVIE MEN
Paul Specht an d His Orchestra, whi c h h as
m ade a di s tin c t hit in Lo nd on playing at th e
l~o'ya l Palace Hotel a nd at th(' "Corn e r H ouse ,"
h ave mad e a rr ange m en ts [or an exte nd ed tour
of E n g la nd a nd thc Continent over the lea din g
va ud ev ill c circu its.
Among t h e so n ,~' hils featurcd by t he or c hes~
Ir a is "Yawni n g," published b y Irving Be rlin ,
In c, :--Jew Yo rk , an d "]\;ifty Lou," w rit te n by
B y ron Gay , th e English ri g h ts to which havc
b ee n secu r ed by Boosey & Co. The A m erican
publi cat io n right s to t his numb er have not yet
bee n r eleased .
You Tell Her-I Stutter
1607 Broadway. New York
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"MEMORIES OF LONG AGO"
One of the fca tllres of thc pre se nt ca ta log of
B r o. is l'ictro YOIl'S ba ll a d, " M CIl IO­
ric s of T. o n ~ :\g o," I,,-, h ic h is beil1,C: s un g- SllC ­
cessf ull y in co ncc rt by \ <\f ill iam H.ogerso n, to
w hom the llu mber is d ed ica t ed , a nd w hi ch ha s
bc e n record ed for Colum bi a reco rd s by Ba rbara
Maurcl.
J. F isc h e r &
KERKER WILL FILED FOR PROBATE
Th e wi ll of Gustave A. Kn].,;cr, prominent
Illusi ca l director an d composer, who di ed on
June 29, was Ii le d for probate in New York
last we ek a nd g ives hi s en ti re estate, a ft e r all
debt s a r e p ai d, to h is w ido w, Matti e Belle
Riv e nb erg Kerke r.