Music Trade Review

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AUGUST 11, 1923
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TRADE
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MINNEAPOLIS LIKES "BEBE"
Witmark Number Featured in Special Window
Display by Dyer & Bro.
'\ spice of no ve lty was introduced in a notable
w indow display last week made by Dyer & Dro .
in th eir bi g sIo re in Minneapolis. The c hoi ce
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for display fe ll o n that current fo x- trot hit
"Hebe," o ne of t he b est pop ular number s iss ued
for some time by M . vVitma rk & So ns. The
co mbination (,f titles and Victor talk in g m a ­
ch in e advertising matter is we ll ca rri ed out and
a d is tinctive touch i ~ mos t effecti ve ly adde d by
the bottom borde r of cards, conta inin g the
printed words of the popular "Debe" chorus.
Thi s fo x -trot s uccess is one more added to th e
list of wo rk s by Abne r S il ve r, one of th e bes t
\"Tit er s of current popul ar s ucc'e ss es, His pre­
v ious \ Vitllla rk w inn ers, a ll of which hit high
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"Bebe" Display
5a les records, included "Angel Ch ild," "Say It
While Dancing," " Carry Me Dack to My Caro ­
lin a Home" and "When Will the Sun Shine for
M e?" It begins to look as though "B eb e" w ill
top them all. Thi s song was originally intro­
duced by Al J o lson in "Bomb o" a nd by Eddie
Canto r in the "Ziegfe ld Follies," As a dance
number it is in co ns t a nt dem and, w hile from
lhe mechanical sta ndp o int it is 100 per cent,
eve ry r ecord a nd roll co ncern having alread y
issu ed it.
TO WELCOME PAUL WHITEMAN
Committee to Meet Orchestral Leader Down
the Bay Upon His Return
The entire mu sic indust r y of Amer ica w ill
celebrate Pa ul vVhitc man' s r eturn to the l' nit ed
States on th e "Le\,jathan" on A ug ll st 13 with
a spectacu lar we lcome in r eco)2' nition of th e
bandma ste r's signal se r vice to American Illus i­
cia ns and music indu s tries, A com m it tee of
welcome r epres ent ing eve r y branch of th e Illu~ ic
world , includi ng the A Ul e ri can Federation of
Musicians, musi c p ublish ers, mu s ic dea le r s, wi ll
pe rsonall y g ree t M I', \Vllit ema n,
.\ steam sh ip carryi ng a forty-p iece Land will
tran sport the members of the CO llllllitl ee of
\ Ve!come an d meet th e "Levia than" down the
bay, where a spe cia l delegatio n will go aboard
t o crow n Paul \Vhi tema n with a h and-w rouglll
go ld crOW11, on which every in SI'rlll1le nt III
\\fhite11lan's band has been e mbo ssed,
Prominent ,1I11ong thc melllb ers of t he spe cia l
we lcomin g delegation are: , -jctor Herb ert,
George Cohan, Ir vin g Berlin, J o hn Philip
So u sa, A lb e rt Von Til zer, G uil ed S tal es Se na­
lor Edward L Ed wa rds, Sen ator J. J. \ Va lker,
Hon, Sol Bloom, Ju les G laenze r, Hu gh C. Ernst,
Jay Witmark, Phi l Korn hei ser, vValt cr Doug­
las , Dan Winkl er, B udd y de Silva, E, C. ~I ill s,
Lou D avis , James N, Thompso n, E dward 1'.
King, J erome Keit , Leo \\food , Otto Jord an,
Juliu s Rosent ha l, Louis Berns tein, Saul J-I ,
Bor ns tein, Elliott S hapiro, :i'v[ose Gumble, Sam
Sa lva n an d other s.
Pa ul Kornheiser is cha irman of th e COlll lllittee
in cha r ge, A dinn er w ill a lso be tend e red .\1r,
\Nhiternan on A u g u st 14 at the 'vVa ld orf.
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NEW MUSIC DEPARTMENT IN AKRON
AK RON, 0" A ug ust n,- Althou gh no t the largest,
a sheet mu sic de partment, uniqu e in its ap­
pointment s and comp lete in detail, has b ee n
opened by the Earle G, l 'oling Co" Mill and
Howard s treets. Ann ou ncement that iVlr, Pol­
in g wou ld operate a de partment of this kind
"vas made in The Review several weeks ago,
Pop ular music, as well as th e class ica l an d
teachers' pi eces, wi ll be featHr ed,
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She's Got Another Daddy
Beautiful Rose
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Home-My Lovin' Dixie Home
In The Land of Sweet Sixteen
Many Years
Always Looking For A Little Sunshine
Just a Little Gold Watch and Chain
In Baby's Smile
: Love is Love For Ever
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Lonesome Two
Piano Dream
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