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AUGU ST
4, 1923
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with any' EIST'sonS"
REVIVAL IN "BLUES" NUMBERS
Edward B. Marks Co. Declares Such Publica
tions at Height of Popula rity
Acco rdin g to th e s a le" d e partm e nt o f t h e Ed
wa rd B . Ma rks M us ic Co., th e r e has he'en a
revi\'al in t' h e c r a ze for "b lues" 1lL1111ber, . In
fact , it is thi s f,rlll's opini o n th at the d e m a nd
fo r " blu es " i s a t it s h e ig ht. To ju s tif y thi s
co nt e nt io n is th e eag-c rn ('ss o f m ec h a nic a l r e
pro du c tion comp a ni es fo r real "bl ue" numbers.
Th e Ivfarks o r l!a ni zat io n belie ves th a t "blues"
a r e di s tin ct ly th e creat io n of c ol ore d peo ple .
"Th ey Jive th e m, th e y brea th e thelll and t hey
write th e m a nd from thi s v iew point some of
the bes t " b lue" nUlllbns . nat ur a lly, will co m e
f ro m c olor e d w r it e r s .
T h e Edward B. Ma rks Musi c C o . has given
JIlu c h thought a nd a tt e ntion to t h e se lec tion of
" blu e" co mpo s iti o n s. '\ mon g th e ear li e r work s
of thi s t y pe th a t ,ve r e pu b li s h e d b y th at orga ni
lati o n a nd p roved popul ar we re "Ti s h om in g o
nlu es," "('or inne Hlu es" a n d ot hers of lik e ca li
be l', all o·f w hi c h a r e s till hav in g a g o o d sa le.
Reu ntly th e sa les de partm <: n t o f th e lIhrk s
C o . obtained a s('r ics of num be r s w hich had
a tt a in e cl popul a rit y In and a ro un d lvI e mphi s,
T e nn . The s on g s co m pose d b y Bob 1 fil lc r a re
"Strut ' I_o n g, J-'appa " a nd " U ncle Bu d " ( Bu g le
Illu es)
T h csr t \VO offe rin gs have alr eady h a d
so m e po p ul a ri ty in N orth e rn te rritor y a nd "v it h
a campai g n, a,; in a u g urated b y t h e pr es ent p ub
li s h e r, their s u ccess 011 a nati o n a l sca le seelll S
a s s ured.
Amo n g th e reco rdin g a rti s t s that a r e doin g
th ese t wo number s is Da isy lVIartin , an d b o th
of th ese so n g , will , und o u bte dly, be inc lud e d in
encore-encouragers
"home sweet home lullaby"
"little lad 0' dreams"
"sweetheart o'mine"
"music of a baby"
"land o'romance"
"callin' you"
encore-repeaters
"april fool & little pignose"
"three encore songs"
"the lilac tree"
"the newlyweds"
"wishes three"
hinds, hayden & eldredge, inco
publishers
new york city, n. y.
ca rly Fall n /lease s o r pra c ti ca ll y a ll mech a ni ca l
co mpanie s ca t er in g to pur c hase r s of "blu e"
I II u s ic.
Ot h e r out s t a ndin g " blue " numb e r s in the
,'d arks' ca ta log ar e " B r o wn Baby," " Th e r e' ll Be
So m e C h a nges Mad e ," "Me lllphif ' Ma n ," " Two
A . M. Hin es ," " Log Ca bin Hlu es," " Geo r g ia
Il lucs" an d "Pa pa S trin g Bea n s."
MARVIN LEE VISITS PORTLAND
SIGNING A MUSICAL ARMISTICE
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Ac cordin g to r cce nt rep o r ts f rom [lari s ,
Fra n ce and Ge rm any have si g n e d a musical
armi s ti ('c.
The Gc rm a n s be ga n boyc ottin g
Fr e n c h m usic wh e n t he F r e n c h e nt e r e d th e
Ruhr d is tri c t. Fren c h sY I~di ca tel1lu s~. d.:;~,
IT ta ll a t e d With a ban 0 11 Ce rma!t,p.ttJ$H! ;' l1·et't'I'rer
s ide enjo ye d th e plea s u re of le ttin g pa tri o ti :> nl
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i\l te rfer w~ th bu s ine ss; so b oth. r:ce l.ltl { .. ~i.\J I ;d
0 11. the blo·c k a d e a n d a rc dOln ~;j).lrlilJ~S u s ua l
POR TLA X D, ORE. , J ul y 26.- The Po rtla nd she e t
lliu s ic dea lers w e r e v isi t e d last w eek b y Ma rvin
L ee, r ep r es e ntin g VVa t ers on.,J)erlin-S n y d e r. He
wa s · f ea turin g " \ V ho 's S o rr y Now " an d th e n e w
nUlllb e r "S te ll a , Hop in th e Ye llow. "
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