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The Music Trade Review
SEPTEMBER 3, 1927
ing which has been erected on the corner of
Wisconsin avenue and Broadway. The store
will face Broadway. This removal will make
the sixth music store to be located on Broad-
Former Firm Has Purchased Good Will and way within two blocks. The Kesselman build-
Physical Assets of Dellwoods, Including Hall ing on the corner of Broadway and Mason will
house the Kesselman-O'Driscoll Co. within a
Compositions
short time, and the Badger Music Shop Chick-
ering Warerooms has quarters in the building.
CHICAGO, III., August 27.—Dellwoods Music
House, organized by Wendell Hall in 1927, has In addition to these three removed stores, three
been sold to the new Wendell Hall Music Pub- others, the J. B. Bradford Piano Co., the Flan-
lishers. The entire business, both retail and ner-Hafsoos Music Co., have been established
wholesale, including all the songs, contracts, on this street for some time.
fixtures, etc., has been taken over by the newer
organization. During the past ten years Dell-
woods Music House has been doing a success-
ful business, having been the original publish-
ers of over thirty song hits, including Wendell
Hall's own compositions: "My Carolina Rose," Hotels, Cabarets, Etc., Defendants in Suits
"It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'," "Underneath
Brought by American Society of Composers,
the Mellow Moon" and "Whispering Trees."
Authors and Publishers
Most of these numbers were later transferred
to other publishers.
Twenty-four damage and injunction suits al-
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In this recent transaction, the new firm has leging the unauthorized use of copyrighted
acquired the rights of eight of Wendell Hall's musical compositions were filed in Federal
standard words and music ballad compositions, Court in New York City last week by Nathan
namely: "Dear Heart of Mine," "If I Knew, If Burkan, in behalf of Gene Buck, as president of
1 Only Knew," "Just Pining For You," "Just the American Society of Composers, Authors
Alone With My Shattered Dreams," "Will You and Publishers, and six prominent publishers,
Remember What I Can't Forget," "My Dream all of New York. The suits were brought
Sweetheart," "Old Plantation Melody," and against managers of hotels, cabarets, road-
"Will You Forget Me While I'm Away." Most houses and amusement halls in ten towns in
of these numbers are late releases, but several New York State. The publishers taking action
of them are already in popular demand.
in this matter are: Irving Berlin, Inc., Jerome
In closing this deal the new Wendell Hall H. Remick & Co., Leo Feist, Inc., Harms, Inc.,
Music Publishers have increased their catalog DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, and Shapiro,
to sixteen publications. Mr. Hall, instead of Bernstein & Co.
dividing his attentions, now has all of his busi-
A permanent injunction is sought against
ness under one roof, under his own name, and each of the defendants and damages of not less
as sple owner of his new firm, predicts splendid than $250 in the case of any one. According to
results for the- coming season.
Mr. Burkan, the defendants have ordered or
permitted the infringement of "Rio Rita," "At
Peace With the World," "In the Middle of the
Night," "Bam, Bam Bammy Shore," "For My
Sweetheart"
and other song and dance hits.
MILWAUKEE Wis., August 28.—The Hambitzer
Music House, dealer in sheet music and or-
chestra music, has announced that it will move
The Chrisler Music Co., Prairie and North
from its present location at 417 Milwaukee Main streets, Decatur, 111., has been incor-
street to quarters in the new Guaranty build- porated to deal in pianos and music.
Wendell Hall Publishers
Buy Dellwoods House
Twenty-four Copyright
Actions Are Filed
Hambitzer House Moving
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