Music Trade Review
Issue: 1925 Vol. 81 N. 10 - Page 59
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THE
SEPTEMBER 5, 1925
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
59
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted By V. D. Walsh
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder's
New Professional Manager
Addy Britt Is Widely Known in the Music
Field and Has Also Been Featured Over the
Radio—Will Work With the Orchestras
Addy Britt, the new professional manager of
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, probably is one of
the most widely known members in the sheet
music field. He came into prominence nation-
The orchestra department of Waterson, Ber-
lin & Snyder will at all times work in close
touch with the branch offices so that plans for
national campaigns can be carried out in detail
from the leading trade centers of the United
States.
Brunswick Recording of
Grey Number by Ghamlee
"Give Me One Rose to Remember," a Witmark
Number, Makes Fine Record in Company's
Catalog
The recent release on Brunswick records of
"Give Me One Rose to Remember," sung by
the famous Metropolitan tenor, Mario Chamlee,
is another evidence of the success that is being
achieved by that now popular ballad, published
by M. Witmark & Sons. Mr. Chamlee's rendi-
tion of the number is unusually fine, his clear
tenor bringing out all of the sentiment of lyric
and melody. The accompaniment by the or-
chestra is also well done, and adds to, as is not
always the case, the beauty of the record as a
whole. J. Will Callahan and Frank H. Grey,
writers of the song, are both enthusiastic over
this and other record releases of "Give Me One
Rose to Remember," as well as the popularity
the song has achieved with vaudeville and con-
cert artists.
New White Publications
Addy Britt
ally through the fact that for the past two sea-
sons he has appeared as a radio artist for
numerous broadcasting stations. Earlier this
year he made a complete tour of some of the
most important stations in the country and his
work in popularizing songs produced excellent
results.
Through his travels he was enabled to meet
orchestra leaders in many centers and he has
kept in close touch with his many orchestra
friends.
The Waterson, Berlin & Snyder program of
orchestra exploitation will continue to follow
the arrangements set by the company earlier
this year whereby its publications are available
to radio orchestras. In addition Mr. Britt is
mapping out arrangements for a closer rela-
tionship with orchestra organizations in other
permanent channels in order to give the Water-
son publications unusual publicity.
The James S. White Co., Boston, announces
the following new releases that they will fea-
ture this Fall: "Honey Chile," featured in Gus
Smith's Hello Dixie Musical Revue, now play-
ing Riverton Park, Portland, Me.; "Maybe
Someday," featured by Ben Conn and His Band
at the Ritz, Worcester, Mass., and "If You
Loved Me As I Love You," a waltz, featured
by Sheridan's Orchestra, Boston.
"Magic Love" for the Film
Joseph Hergesheimer's popular
story,
"Flower of the Night," is soon to be released in
a photoplay production by the Famous Players-
Lasky Corporation, starring the film favorite,
Pola Negri. They have selected as the musical
theme and prologue for this picture the new
song, "Magic Love," which has been appropri-
ately dedicated to Pola Negri.
This photoplay will be featured at first run
theatres all through the country and "Magic
Love" will have a prominent spot on the pro-
grams at these theatres.
Where Is
MY ROSE of
WAIKIKI
n Exotic
fox Trot So
by
Jtoymond B.Z^a
Richard
\
©1925 LEO FEIST tnc
You Can't y Go Wrong
1
She
Was
Just A
SAILORS
SWEETHEART
Post Office Order Filed
Against Manhattan Music Go.
New York Concern Barred From the Use of the
Mails After Investigation Made by Postal In-
spectors
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 28.—The Post
Office department has issued a court order against
the Manhattan Music Co., 1367 Broadway, New
York City, and A. Rossi, the manager anil its
officers and agents as such, on the allegation that
they are engaged in conducting a scheme for ob-
taining money through the mails by false and
fraudulent pretenses.
This is one of a series of concerns that have
had the mails closed to their enterprises and among
those who have been criminally prosecuted.
The scheme is old and has been the subject of
frequent fraud orders. According to department
findings Rossi is an Italian about 30 years old and
resides with his parents in Perth Amboy. He
came to this country as a small boy and had a
common school education and two music lessons
when a small boy, but cannot read music nor
play the piano except to pick out a melody with
one finger. He composes by this method but
some one else has to write the notes for him.
He claims to have composed the melodies for
"When the Yankees Go to Battle," "Where'd
You Leave My Daddy," "Somewhere There Are
a Thousand Broken Hearts" and others.
Rossi told inspectors he traveled about the
country selling these songs on street corners.
This being unprofitable he started the Manhat-
tan Music Company.
Rossi found his prospects from copyright and
other lists and solicited authors. He tells these
prospects that he is informed they have written
some wonderful songs and offers them the op-
portunity to have his company as publishing
and circulating agents. The work, the circulars
say, will be done by various departments of the
Manhattan organization. Rossi constitutes the
lyric department, and the music department is
composed of persons paid $2 to $2.50 for their
composition work, including John T. Hall, alias
John T. Newcomer, who served two years in
Atlanta on the charge of using the mails in a
music publishing swindle; Walter W. Newcom-
er, a brother, now connected with a similar
scheme operated by Harold Kehler and one or
two others who have been connected with sim-
ilar schemes.
The Post Office findings were that'no person
doing business with the Manhattan Company
ever received back more or even as much as
the service charge collected, nor has any author
received fame or renown.
RED HOT
HENRY,
BROWN
A Red Hot
StruttiV
Fox Trot
Sonrf
Joe Burke's
Comic Absurdity
'He Left Her Bwke In Hartford^
y
FRED
ROSE,
With
Any
VFEIST Sonp
THE
SEPTEMBER 5, 1925
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
59
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted By V. D. Walsh
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder's
New Professional Manager
Addy Britt Is Widely Known in the Music
Field and Has Also Been Featured Over the
Radio—Will Work With the Orchestras
Addy Britt, the new professional manager of
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, probably is one of
the most widely known members in the sheet
music field. He came into prominence nation-
The orchestra department of Waterson, Ber-
lin & Snyder will at all times work in close
touch with the branch offices so that plans for
national campaigns can be carried out in detail
from the leading trade centers of the United
States.
Brunswick Recording of
Grey Number by Ghamlee
"Give Me One Rose to Remember," a Witmark
Number, Makes Fine Record in Company's
Catalog
The recent release on Brunswick records of
"Give Me One Rose to Remember," sung by
the famous Metropolitan tenor, Mario Chamlee,
is another evidence of the success that is being
achieved by that now popular ballad, published
by M. Witmark & Sons. Mr. Chamlee's rendi-
tion of the number is unusually fine, his clear
tenor bringing out all of the sentiment of lyric
and melody. The accompaniment by the or-
chestra is also well done, and adds to, as is not
always the case, the beauty of the record as a
whole. J. Will Callahan and Frank H. Grey,
writers of the song, are both enthusiastic over
this and other record releases of "Give Me One
Rose to Remember," as well as the popularity
the song has achieved with vaudeville and con-
cert artists.
New White Publications
Addy Britt
ally through the fact that for the past two sea-
sons he has appeared as a radio artist for
numerous broadcasting stations. Earlier this
year he made a complete tour of some of the
most important stations in the country and his
work in popularizing songs produced excellent
results.
Through his travels he was enabled to meet
orchestra leaders in many centers and he has
kept in close touch with his many orchestra
friends.
The Waterson, Berlin & Snyder program of
orchestra exploitation will continue to follow
the arrangements set by the company earlier
this year whereby its publications are available
to radio orchestras. In addition Mr. Britt is
mapping out arrangements for a closer rela-
tionship with orchestra organizations in other
permanent channels in order to give the Water-
son publications unusual publicity.
The James S. White Co., Boston, announces
the following new releases that they will fea-
ture this Fall: "Honey Chile," featured in Gus
Smith's Hello Dixie Musical Revue, now play-
ing Riverton Park, Portland, Me.; "Maybe
Someday," featured by Ben Conn and His Band
at the Ritz, Worcester, Mass., and "If You
Loved Me As I Love You," a waltz, featured
by Sheridan's Orchestra, Boston.
"Magic Love" for the Film
Joseph Hergesheimer's popular
story,
"Flower of the Night," is soon to be released in
a photoplay production by the Famous Players-
Lasky Corporation, starring the film favorite,
Pola Negri. They have selected as the musical
theme and prologue for this picture the new
song, "Magic Love," which has been appropri-
ately dedicated to Pola Negri.
This photoplay will be featured at first run
theatres all through the country and "Magic
Love" will have a prominent spot on the pro-
grams at these theatres.
Where Is
MY ROSE of
WAIKIKI
n Exotic
fox Trot So
by
Jtoymond B.Z^a
Richard
\
©1925 LEO FEIST tnc
You Can't y Go Wrong
1
She
Was
Just A
SAILORS
SWEETHEART
Post Office Order Filed
Against Manhattan Music Go.
New York Concern Barred From the Use of the
Mails After Investigation Made by Postal In-
spectors
WASHINGTON, D. C, August 28.—The Post
Office department has issued a court order against
the Manhattan Music Co., 1367 Broadway, New
York City, and A. Rossi, the manager anil its
officers and agents as such, on the allegation that
they are engaged in conducting a scheme for ob-
taining money through the mails by false and
fraudulent pretenses.
This is one of a series of concerns that have
had the mails closed to their enterprises and among
those who have been criminally prosecuted.
The scheme is old and has been the subject of
frequent fraud orders. According to department
findings Rossi is an Italian about 30 years old and
resides with his parents in Perth Amboy. He
came to this country as a small boy and had a
common school education and two music lessons
when a small boy, but cannot read music nor
play the piano except to pick out a melody with
one finger. He composes by this method but
some one else has to write the notes for him.
He claims to have composed the melodies for
"When the Yankees Go to Battle," "Where'd
You Leave My Daddy," "Somewhere There Are
a Thousand Broken Hearts" and others.
Rossi told inspectors he traveled about the
country selling these songs on street corners.
This being unprofitable he started the Manhat-
tan Music Company.
Rossi found his prospects from copyright and
other lists and solicited authors. He tells these
prospects that he is informed they have written
some wonderful songs and offers them the op-
portunity to have his company as publishing
and circulating agents. The work, the circulars
say, will be done by various departments of the
Manhattan organization. Rossi constitutes the
lyric department, and the music department is
composed of persons paid $2 to $2.50 for their
composition work, including John T. Hall, alias
John T. Newcomer, who served two years in
Atlanta on the charge of using the mails in a
music publishing swindle; Walter W. Newcom-
er, a brother, now connected with a similar
scheme operated by Harold Kehler and one or
two others who have been connected with sim-
ilar schemes.
The Post Office findings were that'no person
doing business with the Manhattan Company
ever received back more or even as much as
the service charge collected, nor has any author
received fame or renown.
RED HOT
HENRY,
BROWN
A Red Hot
StruttiV
Fox Trot
Sonrf
Joe Burke's
Comic Absurdity
'He Left Her Bwke In Hartford^
y
FRED
ROSE,
With
Any
VFEIST Sonp
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