Music Trade Review
Issue: 1928 Vol. 86 N. 11 - Page 21
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The Music Trade Review
MARCH 17, 1928
Fine Arrangement of
"Romona" for Whiteman
Feist Number Recorded for Victor by White-
man Orchestra in Remarkable Arrangement
by Ferdie Grofe
The Victor recording by Paul Whiteman and
his orchestra of "Romona," theme song of the
motion picture of the same name, is considered
by Mr. Whiteman and his arranging staff to be
one of the most colorful waltz arrangements
ever recorded by his orchestra, according to
those close to him. This number, by L. Wolfe
Gilbert and Mabel Wayne, writers of "In a Lit-
tle Spanish Town," and published by Leo Feist,
Inc., New York, possesses a charm of melody,
which was readily adapted to a symphonic scor-
ing by Ferdie Grofe, chief arranger for the
Whiteman orchestra. The date of the Victor
release of this record was March 16.
"Fascinatin' Vamp" on
Roxy Theatre Program
Joseph Nussbaum's "Fascinatin' Vamp," pub-
lished by the Sam Fox Publishing Co., New
York and Cleveland, was recently given its
first public performance at the Roxy Theatre,
New York. Under the direction of Leon Leoni-
dofif, ballet master of the Roxy, sixteen Roxy-
ettes, billed as "New York's Smartest Dancers,"
did a novel dance to the tune of "Fascinatin'
Vamp" that made it one of the events of the
week's program. Rendered by the 110-piece
Roxy Symphony Orchestra, directed by Erno
Kapee, the number was applauded all during
the week. The Sam Fox Publishing Co. has
arranged other important plans for the further
introduction and exploitation of this unusual
instrumental number.
"Dreaming of You" Is
Added to Miller Catalog
March 12.—"Dreaming of You,"
a fox-trot number, written by Clitus M. Wick-
ens, has been announced as the latest addition
to the catalog of the Miller Music Publishing
CHICAGO, III.,
SONGS
Co., 124 South Loomis street. The number is
published with ukulele arrangement and will,
no doubt, be one of the popular compositions,
for although just released, it is already being
broadcast by a number of radio stations. It
carries an attractive title page in yellow, brown
and white.
tft Go Wrong
With AnyFEIST
Song"
'Together" Ranking High
in D. B. & H. Catalog
The waltz song, "Together," is running a
close race with "Among My Souvenirs" in the
De Sylva, Brown & Henderson catalog and its
popularity is spreading daily. A recent testi-
monial to this effect followed the broadcast of
"Together" by Frank Munn, tenor, over a na-
tional hook-up of stations. Mr. Munn received
hundreds of letters from radio listeners in all
parts of the country, expressing their pleasure
in hearing him sing the number and requesting
him to include it in his future programs over
the air. The song has been recorded several
ways by the leading mechanicals and is writing
another chapter in the history of the firm's ex-
periences with "natural" song hits.
$15,000 Refused for "I'm
Tired of Making Believe"
Fifteen thousand dollars for the song, "I'm
Tired of Making Believe," was made recently
to Al Piantadosi, composer and publisher of
the song, 1576 Broadway, New York, who flatly
refused it. This latest composition of Mr. Pi-
antadosi, composer of "Pal of My Cradle Days,"
"Curse of an Aching Heart" and other hit bal-
lads of the past, is considered by him a worthy
successor to the latter. A national campaign
is being planned for the song by Mr. Pian-
tadosi and his associates, who feel that the pow-
erful lyric by George A. Kelley combines re-
markably with the beautiful melody of the song,
and should result in a hit.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
Another Great Seller
in THE W1TMARK
BLACK & WHITE
SERIES
Hot
As They Cornei
CHANGES
A Donaldson,
Novelty/
Sensation!
MY BLUE
HEAVEN:
Jt Walter- Donaldson,
George Whitir"
THAT HIT THE NARK!
TOGETHER (New)
HENRY'S MADE A LADY P I T OF JAZ7AK
AMONG MY SOUVENIRS
U M E BIRD SING ME A SONG
ONE MORE NIGHT
WITHOUT YOU SWEETHEART
HERE AM I—BROKEN HEARTED~
TIN PAN PARADE
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE
ONE LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES ME
CHURCH BELLS ARE RINGING FOR MARY
THERE AIN'T NO SWEET MAN
WORTH TH"E SALT OF MY TEARS
SWEETHEART MEMORIES
BABY FEET GO FITTER PATTER
DIDN'T I TELL YOU?
Song Hits from the Collegiate Musical
Comedy
"G O O P N E W S"
OOO
.D_ NEWS
THIS VARSITY DRAG
LUCKY IN LOVE
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE
BIG
SELLERS
IN
FOLIOS
SUPREME DANCE FOLIO (New)
SAXOPHOLIO
TENOR BANJO FOLIO (2nd Edition)
(Each containing fifteen great songs)
lusic Publishers
KiVlVA.BKDWN—ntrtKEiOM BUIIDINS
715 5CVENTH AVCNUt NW YOttK
A Real , _
Ballad
Hit/
Al
k fcv
Walter Donaldson.
6- Gas Kahn
Can be had as follows
SOLO—A keys, Ab (eb to eb) Bb C and D
DUET—2 keys, Bb and D
OCTAVO—Two Part, Three Part, Four Part,
Male, Female and Mixed Voices
Instrumental for Piano
The Dream Melody (Intermezzo) Waltz
Violin and Piano, Cello and Piano, Violin, Cello and
Piano
•
VOCAL ORCHESTRA, DANCE ORCHESTRA, Waltz,
BAND
M. WITMARK & SONS. NEW YORK
LEO. FEIST,
INC
th
231 w. 4 0 St.,
NEW
YORK. N.Y.
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The Music Trade Review
MARCH 17, 1928
Fine Arrangement of
"Romona" for Whiteman
Feist Number Recorded for Victor by White-
man Orchestra in Remarkable Arrangement
by Ferdie Grofe
The Victor recording by Paul Whiteman and
his orchestra of "Romona," theme song of the
motion picture of the same name, is considered
by Mr. Whiteman and his arranging staff to be
one of the most colorful waltz arrangements
ever recorded by his orchestra, according to
those close to him. This number, by L. Wolfe
Gilbert and Mabel Wayne, writers of "In a Lit-
tle Spanish Town," and published by Leo Feist,
Inc., New York, possesses a charm of melody,
which was readily adapted to a symphonic scor-
ing by Ferdie Grofe, chief arranger for the
Whiteman orchestra. The date of the Victor
release of this record was March 16.
"Fascinatin' Vamp" on
Roxy Theatre Program
Joseph Nussbaum's "Fascinatin' Vamp," pub-
lished by the Sam Fox Publishing Co., New
York and Cleveland, was recently given its
first public performance at the Roxy Theatre,
New York. Under the direction of Leon Leoni-
dofif, ballet master of the Roxy, sixteen Roxy-
ettes, billed as "New York's Smartest Dancers,"
did a novel dance to the tune of "Fascinatin'
Vamp" that made it one of the events of the
week's program. Rendered by the 110-piece
Roxy Symphony Orchestra, directed by Erno
Kapee, the number was applauded all during
the week. The Sam Fox Publishing Co. has
arranged other important plans for the further
introduction and exploitation of this unusual
instrumental number.
"Dreaming of You" Is
Added to Miller Catalog
March 12.—"Dreaming of You,"
a fox-trot number, written by Clitus M. Wick-
ens, has been announced as the latest addition
to the catalog of the Miller Music Publishing
CHICAGO, III.,
SONGS
Co., 124 South Loomis street. The number is
published with ukulele arrangement and will,
no doubt, be one of the popular compositions,
for although just released, it is already being
broadcast by a number of radio stations. It
carries an attractive title page in yellow, brown
and white.
tft Go Wrong
With AnyFEIST
Song"
'Together" Ranking High
in D. B. & H. Catalog
The waltz song, "Together," is running a
close race with "Among My Souvenirs" in the
De Sylva, Brown & Henderson catalog and its
popularity is spreading daily. A recent testi-
monial to this effect followed the broadcast of
"Together" by Frank Munn, tenor, over a na-
tional hook-up of stations. Mr. Munn received
hundreds of letters from radio listeners in all
parts of the country, expressing their pleasure
in hearing him sing the number and requesting
him to include it in his future programs over
the air. The song has been recorded several
ways by the leading mechanicals and is writing
another chapter in the history of the firm's ex-
periences with "natural" song hits.
$15,000 Refused for "I'm
Tired of Making Believe"
Fifteen thousand dollars for the song, "I'm
Tired of Making Believe," was made recently
to Al Piantadosi, composer and publisher of
the song, 1576 Broadway, New York, who flatly
refused it. This latest composition of Mr. Pi-
antadosi, composer of "Pal of My Cradle Days,"
"Curse of an Aching Heart" and other hit bal-
lads of the past, is considered by him a worthy
successor to the latter. A national campaign
is being planned for the song by Mr. Pian-
tadosi and his associates, who feel that the pow-
erful lyric by George A. Kelley combines re-
markably with the beautiful melody of the song,
and should result in a hit.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
The Review.
Another Great Seller
in THE W1TMARK
BLACK & WHITE
SERIES
Hot
As They Cornei
CHANGES
A Donaldson,
Novelty/
Sensation!
MY BLUE
HEAVEN:
Jt Walter- Donaldson,
George Whitir"
THAT HIT THE NARK!
TOGETHER (New)
HENRY'S MADE A LADY P I T OF JAZ7AK
AMONG MY SOUVENIRS
U M E BIRD SING ME A SONG
ONE MORE NIGHT
WITHOUT YOU SWEETHEART
HERE AM I—BROKEN HEARTED~
TIN PAN PARADE
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE
ONE LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVES ME
CHURCH BELLS ARE RINGING FOR MARY
THERE AIN'T NO SWEET MAN
WORTH TH"E SALT OF MY TEARS
SWEETHEART MEMORIES
BABY FEET GO FITTER PATTER
DIDN'T I TELL YOU?
Song Hits from the Collegiate Musical
Comedy
"G O O P N E W S"
OOO
.D_ NEWS
THIS VARSITY DRAG
LUCKY IN LOVE
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE
BIG
SELLERS
IN
FOLIOS
SUPREME DANCE FOLIO (New)
SAXOPHOLIO
TENOR BANJO FOLIO (2nd Edition)
(Each containing fifteen great songs)
lusic Publishers
KiVlVA.BKDWN—ntrtKEiOM BUIIDINS
715 5CVENTH AVCNUt NW YOttK
A Real , _
Ballad
Hit/
Al
k fcv
Walter Donaldson.
6- Gas Kahn
Can be had as follows
SOLO—A keys, Ab (eb to eb) Bb C and D
DUET—2 keys, Bb and D
OCTAVO—Two Part, Three Part, Four Part,
Male, Female and Mixed Voices
Instrumental for Piano
The Dream Melody (Intermezzo) Waltz
Violin and Piano, Cello and Piano, Violin, Cello and
Piano
•
VOCAL ORCHESTRA, DANCE ORCHESTRA, Waltz,
BAND
M. WITMARK & SONS. NEW YORK
LEO. FEIST,
INC
th
231 w. 4 0 St.,
NEW
YORK. N.Y.
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