Music Trade Review
Issue: 1925 Vol. 80 N. 2 - Page 48
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THE
To Book Weil-Known
Recording Orchestras
Famous Phonograph Orchestras Bureau to
Handle Number of Such Leading Organiza-
tions
The Famous Phonograph Orchestras Bureau,
with offices at 1576 Broadway, New York, N. Y.,
has been organized to book the celebrated re-
cording combinations for private parties and
dances, vaudeville and picture tours, etc.
Associated in the new enterprise, which is the
first of its kind, are Charles Dornberger, Victor
record artist and director of the orchestra at
the Silver Slipper; Ben Selvin, one of the most
prolific of contemporary recorders, and George
I). Lottman, publicity and advertising man.
The new firm has outfitted spacious and elab-
orate offices at a prominent Broadway spot and
has already done considerable booking. Among
the orchestras which it is handling exclusively
are: The International Novelty Orchestra, Vic-
tor; Charles Dornberger's Orchestra, Victor;
Ben Selvin's Orchestra, Vocalion; Bar Harbor
Society Orchestra, Perfect, etc.; Cavaliers,
Columbia; Harry Raderman'% Orchestra, Edi-
son; Newport >Soi>ie*y Orchestra, miscellaneous;
Dave Kaplan's Orchestra, Edison; Wolverine's,
Gcnnett; Nathan Glantz's Lucky Strike Orches-
tra, Okeh; Charles Strickland's Palais D'or Or-
chestra, Cameo; Lew Gold's Orchestra, Cameo;
Sam Lanin's Roseland Orchestra, miscellaneous;
The Commanders, miscellaneous Hugo Prey's
Troubadours, Victor, and others.
The Hearst Failure
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Remick Wins Again
JANUARY 10,
Carl Fischer Issues
"Music Library" Catalog
The Jerome Kcmick Co., music publisher of
New York, has won a verdict in the United
States Supreme Cou.t, sitting in Boston, dam- Lists All Numbers in This Edition of Standard
Compositions—Simple Arrangement Makes It
ages having been allowed the house of $250
Very Valuable
and costs of $100. The suit of the Remick
company was brought again§£, the Globe Thea-
Carl Fischer, Inc., Cooper Square, New York,
tre Co. here for violation of copyright, it being
asserted by the plaintiff that "Barney Google," the well-known publisher of standard music,
as played by the Globe organist, was in viola- recently issued a~ hand-size catalog of the "Carl
tion of the copyright, and that the theatre's Fischer Music Library." This is a modern edi-
audiences were entertained without a financial tion of standard compositions, instructive works
return to the publishers of the song. Various and musical classics, including compositions for
witnesses sought to show that "Barney Google" piano, vocal numbers and selections for the
was lifted from other songs, including "Gar- violin and various bow and wind instruments.
den of My Heart," an old French song, an old The catalog educates the consumer to use it
cavalry charge, "Yip I Ady I Aye," and two when ordering music. Each selection is num-
bugle calls, "Cease Firing" and "To Horse." bered and the contents is alphabetically ar-
ranged under the composers' names. There is
an index to the contents which makes readily
available the different type of selections.
New Harris Numbers
Among the new songs to be issued by Charles
K. Harris for 1925 are "Leading Me On," by
Eugene West, writer of "Bruadway Rose," "You
Know You Belong to Somebody Else" and
other popular songs. This new ballad is in fox-
trot plan, arranged by Frederic Watson. Charles
K. Harris .himseff has a new ballad, entitled
"Withotft You," and another number to be fea-
tured is "Levee Lou," by Joseph E. Howard
and sung in his musical offering, "The Toy
Shop," BOW" playing the Keith and Orphcum
circuits.
Npw on His Own
George D. Lottman, for the past four years
in
charge of publicity and advertising for Jack
MONTRKAL, January 2.—The Hearst Music Pub-
lishing Co. of Canada, Ltd., the million-dollar Mills, IhC, music publishers, has severed his
financial bubble which recently exploded, with a- connection with that firm to engage in the pub-
heavy loss to shareholders in Manitoba, trans- licity and advertising business under his own
acted business to the amount of $142,000 during shingle. Lottman is located in the Publicity
its three years of existence, according to an Building, aLyl576 Broadway, and has already
interim report of the Traders Trust Co., which, mS
tion to the directors and shareholders.
Song
In reply to queries from shareholders the
trustees declared that the limited assets of the
company would be completely absorbed to meet
Al Dubin and Irwin Dansh, of Jack Mills,
existing liabilities and that the shareholders Inc., have written a new ballad, entitled "I'm
could not hope to get anything out of the debris. Going Home Again to See My Mother." The
The Traders Trust Co. was appointed as per- song is being released for the 1925 season. It
manent trustee of the estate, while Gordon A. is being presented to the public by way of
Hunter, W. H. Crook and Angus McDonald vaudeville.
were appointed as inspectors.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
New Spencer Williams Blues
The Melody Music Co., 1547 Broadway, New
York, has just released a new song from the pen
of Spencer \yilliams, the popular blues com-
poser, entitled "Trombone Blues." The num-
ber was recently tried in vaudeville throughout
Brooklyn by Wilbur C. Sweatman's Orchestra,
and is now being featured nightly at Roseland,
Fifty-first street and Broadway, by Fletcher
Henderson's Orchestra, and Billie Fowler's Or-
chestra at the Club La Petite. So successful has
the little plugging on the number proven that
the publishers immediately decided to launch
one of the biggest campaigns on this number
ever afforded a blues song. Several of the lead-
ing mechanical companies have already recorded
the tune.
"China Girl" Issued
Sherman, Clay & "Co. have issued a new song
called "China Girl," the words and music of
which are by Henry Halstead, Don Warner and
I.oiiis Singer. The number is issued with spe-
cial ukuTete arrangement in the piano copy. The
Sherman-Clay organization issues only a mini-
mum number of popular compositions each sea-
son. These, however, invariably carry the type
of melodies that have made the Pacific Coast
compositions popular. "China Girl" is no ex-
ception.
Jenkins
Outstanding Sellers
POPULAR
Jdmtiofflaltz
COME AND WHISPER, DEAR
12th STREET RAG—MEAN BLUES
STANDARD
BUY YOUR MUSIC FROM
BOSTON Publishers
Oliver Ditson Company
BOSTON
NEW YORK
Anticipate and supply Every Requirement of Music
Dealers
White-Smith Music Pub. Co.
PUBLISHERS. PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Main Offices: 40-44 Winchester St., Boston.
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago.
MEMORY'S GARDEN
High. Medium. Low
Outt for Soprano and Alto or Contralto and Ban
MY FAITH IN THEE
High, Medium, Low
Outt
TRUSTING
ROBERT TELLER SONS & D0RNER
Music Engravers and Printers
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF
TITLE FOR ESTIMATE
New York City
311 West 43rd Street
Distinctive
Song Successes
Moon Dream Shore
Love Came Calling
The Little Old Garden
Out of the Dusk to You
I Love a Little Cottage
One Fleeting Hour
A Japanese Sunset
Lassie O'Mine
Rosita
High. Medium. Low
Duet for Soprano and Tenor or Soprano and Altt
TRAILMATE
High. Medium, Low
Du*t for Soprano and Alto or Tenor and Bati
J.W.JENKINS SONS MUSIC COMPANY
Kansas City, Mo.
1925
Tito wult z
iiiKt>r* and orchestras are raving: about.
lVfoonligftt IVIaRes IVIe L o n g F o r You
The greatest waltz HIT of the M-nson. Order from the following- Jobber**: McKinlcy Music Co.,
Chicago, III.; Curt FIM-IUT, !»«•., N,-w York City; .1. \V. Jenkins Sons Music Co., Kansas City, Mo.
FRANK H. G1LLKSPIE, Music Publisher, 1112 Forbes St., PITTSBURGH, PA.
42
THE
To Book Weil-Known
Recording Orchestras
Famous Phonograph Orchestras Bureau to
Handle Number of Such Leading Organiza-
tions
The Famous Phonograph Orchestras Bureau,
with offices at 1576 Broadway, New York, N. Y.,
has been organized to book the celebrated re-
cording combinations for private parties and
dances, vaudeville and picture tours, etc.
Associated in the new enterprise, which is the
first of its kind, are Charles Dornberger, Victor
record artist and director of the orchestra at
the Silver Slipper; Ben Selvin, one of the most
prolific of contemporary recorders, and George
I). Lottman, publicity and advertising man.
The new firm has outfitted spacious and elab-
orate offices at a prominent Broadway spot and
has already done considerable booking. Among
the orchestras which it is handling exclusively
are: The International Novelty Orchestra, Vic-
tor; Charles Dornberger's Orchestra, Victor;
Ben Selvin's Orchestra, Vocalion; Bar Harbor
Society Orchestra, Perfect, etc.; Cavaliers,
Columbia; Harry Raderman'% Orchestra, Edi-
son; Newport >Soi>ie*y Orchestra, miscellaneous;
Dave Kaplan's Orchestra, Edison; Wolverine's,
Gcnnett; Nathan Glantz's Lucky Strike Orches-
tra, Okeh; Charles Strickland's Palais D'or Or-
chestra, Cameo; Lew Gold's Orchestra, Cameo;
Sam Lanin's Roseland Orchestra, miscellaneous;
The Commanders, miscellaneous Hugo Prey's
Troubadours, Victor, and others.
The Hearst Failure
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Remick Wins Again
JANUARY 10,
Carl Fischer Issues
"Music Library" Catalog
The Jerome Kcmick Co., music publisher of
New York, has won a verdict in the United
States Supreme Cou.t, sitting in Boston, dam- Lists All Numbers in This Edition of Standard
Compositions—Simple Arrangement Makes It
ages having been allowed the house of $250
Very Valuable
and costs of $100. The suit of the Remick
company was brought again§£, the Globe Thea-
Carl Fischer, Inc., Cooper Square, New York,
tre Co. here for violation of copyright, it being
asserted by the plaintiff that "Barney Google," the well-known publisher of standard music,
as played by the Globe organist, was in viola- recently issued a~ hand-size catalog of the "Carl
tion of the copyright, and that the theatre's Fischer Music Library." This is a modern edi-
audiences were entertained without a financial tion of standard compositions, instructive works
return to the publishers of the song. Various and musical classics, including compositions for
witnesses sought to show that "Barney Google" piano, vocal numbers and selections for the
was lifted from other songs, including "Gar- violin and various bow and wind instruments.
den of My Heart," an old French song, an old The catalog educates the consumer to use it
cavalry charge, "Yip I Ady I Aye," and two when ordering music. Each selection is num-
bugle calls, "Cease Firing" and "To Horse." bered and the contents is alphabetically ar-
ranged under the composers' names. There is
an index to the contents which makes readily
available the different type of selections.
New Harris Numbers
Among the new songs to be issued by Charles
K. Harris for 1925 are "Leading Me On," by
Eugene West, writer of "Bruadway Rose," "You
Know You Belong to Somebody Else" and
other popular songs. This new ballad is in fox-
trot plan, arranged by Frederic Watson. Charles
K. Harris .himseff has a new ballad, entitled
"Withotft You," and another number to be fea-
tured is "Levee Lou," by Joseph E. Howard
and sung in his musical offering, "The Toy
Shop," BOW" playing the Keith and Orphcum
circuits.
Npw on His Own
George D. Lottman, for the past four years
in
charge of publicity and advertising for Jack
MONTRKAL, January 2.—The Hearst Music Pub-
lishing Co. of Canada, Ltd., the million-dollar Mills, IhC, music publishers, has severed his
financial bubble which recently exploded, with a- connection with that firm to engage in the pub-
heavy loss to shareholders in Manitoba, trans- licity and advertising business under his own
acted business to the amount of $142,000 during shingle. Lottman is located in the Publicity
its three years of existence, according to an Building, aLyl576 Broadway, and has already
interim report of the Traders Trust Co., which, mS
tion to the directors and shareholders.
Song
In reply to queries from shareholders the
trustees declared that the limited assets of the
company would be completely absorbed to meet
Al Dubin and Irwin Dansh, of Jack Mills,
existing liabilities and that the shareholders Inc., have written a new ballad, entitled "I'm
could not hope to get anything out of the debris. Going Home Again to See My Mother." The
The Traders Trust Co. was appointed as per- song is being released for the 1925 season. It
manent trustee of the estate, while Gordon A. is being presented to the public by way of
Hunter, W. H. Crook and Angus McDonald vaudeville.
were appointed as inspectors.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
New Spencer Williams Blues
The Melody Music Co., 1547 Broadway, New
York, has just released a new song from the pen
of Spencer \yilliams, the popular blues com-
poser, entitled "Trombone Blues." The num-
ber was recently tried in vaudeville throughout
Brooklyn by Wilbur C. Sweatman's Orchestra,
and is now being featured nightly at Roseland,
Fifty-first street and Broadway, by Fletcher
Henderson's Orchestra, and Billie Fowler's Or-
chestra at the Club La Petite. So successful has
the little plugging on the number proven that
the publishers immediately decided to launch
one of the biggest campaigns on this number
ever afforded a blues song. Several of the lead-
ing mechanical companies have already recorded
the tune.
"China Girl" Issued
Sherman, Clay & "Co. have issued a new song
called "China Girl," the words and music of
which are by Henry Halstead, Don Warner and
I.oiiis Singer. The number is issued with spe-
cial ukuTete arrangement in the piano copy. The
Sherman-Clay organization issues only a mini-
mum number of popular compositions each sea-
son. These, however, invariably carry the type
of melodies that have made the Pacific Coast
compositions popular. "China Girl" is no ex-
ception.
Jenkins
Outstanding Sellers
POPULAR
Jdmtiofflaltz
COME AND WHISPER, DEAR
12th STREET RAG—MEAN BLUES
STANDARD
BUY YOUR MUSIC FROM
BOSTON Publishers
Oliver Ditson Company
BOSTON
NEW YORK
Anticipate and supply Every Requirement of Music
Dealers
White-Smith Music Pub. Co.
PUBLISHERS. PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Main Offices: 40-44 Winchester St., Boston.
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago.
MEMORY'S GARDEN
High. Medium. Low
Outt for Soprano and Alto or Contralto and Ban
MY FAITH IN THEE
High, Medium, Low
Outt
TRUSTING
ROBERT TELLER SONS & D0RNER
Music Engravers and Printers
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF
TITLE FOR ESTIMATE
New York City
311 West 43rd Street
Distinctive
Song Successes
Moon Dream Shore
Love Came Calling
The Little Old Garden
Out of the Dusk to You
I Love a Little Cottage
One Fleeting Hour
A Japanese Sunset
Lassie O'Mine
Rosita
High. Medium. Low
Duet for Soprano and Tenor or Soprano and Altt
TRAILMATE
High. Medium, Low
Du*t for Soprano and Alto or Tenor and Bati
J.W.JENKINS SONS MUSIC COMPANY
Kansas City, Mo.
1925
Tito wult z
iiiKt>r* and orchestras are raving: about.
lVfoonligftt IVIaRes IVIe L o n g F o r You
The greatest waltz HIT of the M-nson. Order from the following- Jobber**: McKinlcy Music Co.,
Chicago, III.; Curt FIM-IUT, !»«•., N,-w York City; .1. \V. Jenkins Sons Music Co., Kansas City, Mo.
FRANK H. G1LLKSPIE, Music Publisher, 1112 Forbes St., PITTSBURGH, PA.
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