Music Trade Review
Issue: 1925 Vol. 80 N. 8 - Page 43
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FEBRUARY 21,
1925
43
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
If It Wasn't
k For You
I Had Some
One Else
I WOULDN'T
£»«««*
NOW
/// Be In Virtfina , ,
In The Morning A
A Dixie Rax Trot Son*/ A
With a Great Melody
A Neu) Ballad
he Writers of
A Great Sony
and d
°
Dandy Fox Trot
You Can't Go Wrong
New Detroit Houses
Scoring Big Success
Bailey Bros, and Pasternacki Co. Have Fine
First Years—Grinnell Bros. Increase Sheet
Music Section
February 16.—Bailey Bros.
Music House, which opened in this city in
June last, is scoring a huge success during its
first year. The firm, headed by John and Wil-
liam Bailey, is located in the Barium Building,
206 Grand River "East. It is known as the house
of "Jack and Bill," and won its preliminary
successes through the wide acquaintance and
personal popularity of the proprietors. Wil-
liam Bailey is president of the Detroit Musi-
cians' Union and both brothers are well known
in Detroit musical circles. Its slogan is "Every-
thing in Music." It handles a full line of sheet
music, including the Century Edition, the Bacon,
Paramount and Vega banjos and the King,
Conn, Buescher, Holton, Vega and York band
and orchestra instruments.
The entry of Bailey Bros, into the retail music
field followed their appearance for over twenty
years as members of Bronson's Band with the
Hagenbeck Circus.
The company now issues a monthly house
organ called The Music Merchant, which is
particularly directed at the newer generation of
orchestra players. It is a constructive little
sheet which undoubtedly is valuable to local
musicians and at the same time has proved a
sales creator for the establishment.
Another new entry into the Detroit retail
music field is the Stephen Pasternacki Co., of
4750 Woodward avenue, Detroit, Mich. This
concern features the Baldwin piano and has the
exclusive Detroit agency for this well-known
instrument and a number of other lines. The
interior of the store is most artistically and
attractively arranged and each department
while part of the whole has an individual at-
mosphere that denotes efficiency and readiness
to serve. This store is in the heart of mu-
sical Detroit, near the Conservatory of Music,
and mainly caters to student and teachers'
trade. Mr. Pasternacki has for a great many
years been associated in orchestra work and
has a wide following among musicians.
Grinnell Bros, have taken over additional floor
space for their sheet music department. The
band and orchestra department has been moved
in its entirety to the balcony, thus giving addi-
tional space for the music stock, which the
growth of the business necessitated.
DETROIT,
MICH.,
Lorenz to Build Plant
CINCINNATI,
OHIO, February 11.—The Lorenz
Publishing Co., of Dayton, Ohio, with an East-
ern office in New; York City, and which issues
church music particularly, has purchased
Should ICryOte
te Someone
eone
You're Gone)
G)
Fox Trot
W/th Any 'FEIST' Song
grounds in t IT is city for the purpose of erect-
ing a modern music publishing plant. The plot
of ground is on the north side of Monument
avenue near Stratford avenue.
Callahan and Grey
Make Successful Team
Lyricist and Composer Place Number of Suc-
cessful Ballads With Several Publishers
J. Will Callahan, one of the best-known
writers of the better type of popular song, and
Frank H. Grey, a composer of note, have, dur-
ing the past year, achieved joint success with
a number of new ballads. Particularly is this
true of the M. Witmark & Son publication,
"Give Me One Rose to Remember," the new
number of Enoch & Sons catalog, "Just Count
the Stars," and three new numbers in the Jack
Mills catalog, "Returning," "Give Me the Right
to Call You Dearest," both ballads of the semi-
classic type, and a waltz ballad entitled, "Just a
Dream of a Waltz With You." It is quite in-
teresting to know that these combinations of
words and music are worked out through cor-
respondence, Mr. Grey residing in New York
City and Mr. Callahan sojourning in his Winter
home, New Smyrna, Fla.
New Janis Show
Proves Big Success
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Publishing the Out-
standing Numbers of the Production
Dangers of Giving
Permission to Use
An Experience of the Edward B. Marks Co. in
Giving the Use of "My Gal Sal"
The danger of publishers giving the right to
use titles and part or all of the music of well-
known compositions to outside industries, par-
ticularly motion picture producers, was recently
demonstrated through the experience of the
Edward B. Marks Music Publishing Co. The
Marks firm consented to the use of the title
page of "My Gal Sal," the composition of the
late Paul Dresser, in a brief flash in a motion
picture to be presented by First National Pic-
tures, Inc. Later the Marks firm learned that
a much broader use of the song was being made,
for not only was it featured but the music was
used extensively in the production. The Marks
firm immediately protested. The distributors,
however, contended that the production would
be a good advertisement for "My Gal Sal." Tin 1
publishers countered with the advice that they
did not wish to advertise the number and were
quite satisfied with the popularity "My Gal
Sal" was getting. The protest was then heeded,
and the music in reference to "My Gal Sal"
which was taken exception to was deleted from
the picture, and it was renamed "Flaming
Love."
"My Gal Sal," arranged in fox-trot form, has
been quite popular in recent months, and the
number is undergoing a revival of popularity
to-day.
Mrs. A. J. Stasny Returns
From European Visit
Elsie Janis, the international favorite and
popular musical comedy star, is again appear-
ing in her own show at the Fulton Theatre,
New York City. In this new offering, called
the "Puzzles of 1925," she has associated with Head of Well-known Music Publishing House
Confers With Trade Representatives in Many
her Jimmy Hussey, also a great favorite in re-
of
the Foreign Countries
cent years.
Some of the outstanding numbers in the new
Mrs. A. J. Stasny, of the A. J. Stasny Music
show are by Bert Kalmer and Harry Ruby. Co., which operates a publishing business in
Among these are "Doo Dab," a fox-trot, which
is not only the big number of the show but is New York and London, recently returned to
in demand on the leading dance floors. Un- the home office, 56 West Forty-fifth street, New
doubtedly this is one of the quickest hits on York, following an extended tour of Europe.
record from a musical show. Other musical Mrs. Stasny not only covered the larger trade
numbers in "Puzzles of 1925" are "Little Ray centers in the British Isles but personally con-
of Sunshine" and "Because They All Love ferred with her representatives in France, Ger-
You." Waterson, Berlin & Snyder are the pub- many, Belgium, Austria and Scandinavian coun-
tries. A number of the Stasny publications are
lishers of the above songs.
having a wide sale in all the countries men-
tioned. These include "Rose Dreams," "Waltz
Me to Sleep In Your Arms," "Arabianna" and
"Back in Hackensack."
Jack Mills, Inc., has secured the American
rights for Franz Lehar's new song, "First
"Ukulele Daly" is the title of a new comedy
Love." This number, by the composer of the song recently released by Phil Ponce Publica-
famous "Merry Widow Waltz," is unusually tions, 1597 Broadway, New York City. The
popular in Europe at the present time, and the number is by Henry Welling and Felix Austed.
American owners expect to duplicate its suc- This number is being introduced in both vaude-
cess on a wider scale in this country.
ville and dance channels.
Gets "First Love'
FEBRUARY 21,
1925
43
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
If It Wasn't
k For You
I Had Some
One Else
I WOULDN'T
£»«««*
NOW
/// Be In Virtfina , ,
In The Morning A
A Dixie Rax Trot Son*/ A
With a Great Melody
A Neu) Ballad
he Writers of
A Great Sony
and d
°
Dandy Fox Trot
You Can't Go Wrong
New Detroit Houses
Scoring Big Success
Bailey Bros, and Pasternacki Co. Have Fine
First Years—Grinnell Bros. Increase Sheet
Music Section
February 16.—Bailey Bros.
Music House, which opened in this city in
June last, is scoring a huge success during its
first year. The firm, headed by John and Wil-
liam Bailey, is located in the Barium Building,
206 Grand River "East. It is known as the house
of "Jack and Bill," and won its preliminary
successes through the wide acquaintance and
personal popularity of the proprietors. Wil-
liam Bailey is president of the Detroit Musi-
cians' Union and both brothers are well known
in Detroit musical circles. Its slogan is "Every-
thing in Music." It handles a full line of sheet
music, including the Century Edition, the Bacon,
Paramount and Vega banjos and the King,
Conn, Buescher, Holton, Vega and York band
and orchestra instruments.
The entry of Bailey Bros, into the retail music
field followed their appearance for over twenty
years as members of Bronson's Band with the
Hagenbeck Circus.
The company now issues a monthly house
organ called The Music Merchant, which is
particularly directed at the newer generation of
orchestra players. It is a constructive little
sheet which undoubtedly is valuable to local
musicians and at the same time has proved a
sales creator for the establishment.
Another new entry into the Detroit retail
music field is the Stephen Pasternacki Co., of
4750 Woodward avenue, Detroit, Mich. This
concern features the Baldwin piano and has the
exclusive Detroit agency for this well-known
instrument and a number of other lines. The
interior of the store is most artistically and
attractively arranged and each department
while part of the whole has an individual at-
mosphere that denotes efficiency and readiness
to serve. This store is in the heart of mu-
sical Detroit, near the Conservatory of Music,
and mainly caters to student and teachers'
trade. Mr. Pasternacki has for a great many
years been associated in orchestra work and
has a wide following among musicians.
Grinnell Bros, have taken over additional floor
space for their sheet music department. The
band and orchestra department has been moved
in its entirety to the balcony, thus giving addi-
tional space for the music stock, which the
growth of the business necessitated.
DETROIT,
MICH.,
Lorenz to Build Plant
CINCINNATI,
OHIO, February 11.—The Lorenz
Publishing Co., of Dayton, Ohio, with an East-
ern office in New; York City, and which issues
church music particularly, has purchased
Should ICryOte
te Someone
eone
You're Gone)
G)
Fox Trot
W/th Any 'FEIST' Song
grounds in t IT is city for the purpose of erect-
ing a modern music publishing plant. The plot
of ground is on the north side of Monument
avenue near Stratford avenue.
Callahan and Grey
Make Successful Team
Lyricist and Composer Place Number of Suc-
cessful Ballads With Several Publishers
J. Will Callahan, one of the best-known
writers of the better type of popular song, and
Frank H. Grey, a composer of note, have, dur-
ing the past year, achieved joint success with
a number of new ballads. Particularly is this
true of the M. Witmark & Son publication,
"Give Me One Rose to Remember," the new
number of Enoch & Sons catalog, "Just Count
the Stars," and three new numbers in the Jack
Mills catalog, "Returning," "Give Me the Right
to Call You Dearest," both ballads of the semi-
classic type, and a waltz ballad entitled, "Just a
Dream of a Waltz With You." It is quite in-
teresting to know that these combinations of
words and music are worked out through cor-
respondence, Mr. Grey residing in New York
City and Mr. Callahan sojourning in his Winter
home, New Smyrna, Fla.
New Janis Show
Proves Big Success
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Publishing the Out-
standing Numbers of the Production
Dangers of Giving
Permission to Use
An Experience of the Edward B. Marks Co. in
Giving the Use of "My Gal Sal"
The danger of publishers giving the right to
use titles and part or all of the music of well-
known compositions to outside industries, par-
ticularly motion picture producers, was recently
demonstrated through the experience of the
Edward B. Marks Music Publishing Co. The
Marks firm consented to the use of the title
page of "My Gal Sal," the composition of the
late Paul Dresser, in a brief flash in a motion
picture to be presented by First National Pic-
tures, Inc. Later the Marks firm learned that
a much broader use of the song was being made,
for not only was it featured but the music was
used extensively in the production. The Marks
firm immediately protested. The distributors,
however, contended that the production would
be a good advertisement for "My Gal Sal." Tin 1
publishers countered with the advice that they
did not wish to advertise the number and were
quite satisfied with the popularity "My Gal
Sal" was getting. The protest was then heeded,
and the music in reference to "My Gal Sal"
which was taken exception to was deleted from
the picture, and it was renamed "Flaming
Love."
"My Gal Sal," arranged in fox-trot form, has
been quite popular in recent months, and the
number is undergoing a revival of popularity
to-day.
Mrs. A. J. Stasny Returns
From European Visit
Elsie Janis, the international favorite and
popular musical comedy star, is again appear-
ing in her own show at the Fulton Theatre,
New York City. In this new offering, called
the "Puzzles of 1925," she has associated with Head of Well-known Music Publishing House
Confers With Trade Representatives in Many
her Jimmy Hussey, also a great favorite in re-
of
the Foreign Countries
cent years.
Some of the outstanding numbers in the new
Mrs. A. J. Stasny, of the A. J. Stasny Music
show are by Bert Kalmer and Harry Ruby. Co., which operates a publishing business in
Among these are "Doo Dab," a fox-trot, which
is not only the big number of the show but is New York and London, recently returned to
in demand on the leading dance floors. Un- the home office, 56 West Forty-fifth street, New
doubtedly this is one of the quickest hits on York, following an extended tour of Europe.
record from a musical show. Other musical Mrs. Stasny not only covered the larger trade
numbers in "Puzzles of 1925" are "Little Ray centers in the British Isles but personally con-
of Sunshine" and "Because They All Love ferred with her representatives in France, Ger-
You." Waterson, Berlin & Snyder are the pub- many, Belgium, Austria and Scandinavian coun-
tries. A number of the Stasny publications are
lishers of the above songs.
having a wide sale in all the countries men-
tioned. These include "Rose Dreams," "Waltz
Me to Sleep In Your Arms," "Arabianna" and
"Back in Hackensack."
Jack Mills, Inc., has secured the American
rights for Franz Lehar's new song, "First
"Ukulele Daly" is the title of a new comedy
Love." This number, by the composer of the song recently released by Phil Ponce Publica-
famous "Merry Widow Waltz," is unusually tions, 1597 Broadway, New York City. The
popular in Europe at the present time, and the number is by Henry Welling and Felix Austed.
American owners expect to duplicate its suc- This number is being introduced in both vaude-
cess on a wider scale in this country.
ville and dance channels.
Gets "First Love'
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