Music Trade Review
Issue: 1928 Vol. 87 N. 1 - Page 18
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The Music Trade Review
18
entury
with M. Witmark & Sons, prior to his connec-
tion with the Brunswick Co. Mr. and Mrs.
Yorke after a short honeymoon will be at home
at 150 East Fiftieth street, New York.
July Releases From
Carl Fischer, Inc.
S H E E T MTJSIC
JULY 7, 1928
Tm Always Chasing
Rainbows" Re-issued
Well-known McCarthy and Carroll Ballad Ac-
quired by the Robbins Music Corp., New
York
A scoop for the Robbins Music Corp., New
York, in the current vogue for revived song
hits, is the acquisition of all rights to the
world-famous, philosophical melody ballad, "I'm
Always Chasing Rainbows," which the Robbins
firm took over last week from Fred Fisher,
Inc. Originally published a decade ago, "I'm
Always Chasing Rainbows," by Joe McCarthy
HOOK-UP
and Harry Carroll, sold 750,000 copies and was
one of the pioneer "standard" song hits.
Founded on a classic Chopin melody (the
familiar "Fantasie impromptu in r*"), Harry
Carroll's fox-trot adaptation in the "Chasing
. Fifteen cents a copy for the
Rainbows" ballad is fortified by a sturdy back-
Best existing Edition is the
ground from an old master. The contemporary
adaptation in the popular vein has merely en-
reason why "CENTURY" is
hanced its original melody charm.
Best selling Edition.
The mechanicals already are preparing to
record the "Chasing Rainbows" song. Along
with the renewed interest in such numbers as
Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime -Band,"
235 W. 40th St., New York City
the Handy "blues" series, the "Parade of the
Wooden Soldiers," "San," "Japanese Sandman"
and many others, the strong public demand for
the popular fox-trot ballad of yesteryear has
MCRAE, ARK., June 30—Lloyd, Ike and Ira created undeniable calls for "I'm Always Chas-
Joe Davis, head of the Triangle Music Pub- Reaves, three brothers from this city, who are ing Rainbows."
The Robbins house is also preparing to in-
lishing Co., New York, is publishing a new, widely known in musical circles in this vicinity
special dance arrangement of "I Ain't Got No- as Reaves White County Ramblers, have just terpolate it into a Broadway production, pos-
body (and Nobody Cares for Me)," done by returned from Chicago, where they have made sibly the 1928-1929 "Vanities" which score,
Bob Haring. It will be printed in large size records of some of their own songs, which they again this year, is a Robbins publication.
and is called a Phono-Dance arrangement. The published themselves. The titles of the first
song was recently made by the Vitaphone Corp., four of their compositions to be recorded are
New York, three different ways, and Mr. Davis "Strawberry Blues," "Hesitation Blues," "Short-
expects to see a reflection in sheet music sales ening Bread" and "Ten-Cent Piece." Some of
OSKALOOSA, IA., June 30.—Frederick Knight
in various parts of the country, when the show- these have been released on Brunswick records. Logan, composer of "Missouri Waltz," and the
In
making
the
records
Lloyd
Reaves
sang
the
ing of these music films is started. The first
"Blue Rose Waltz," died at his home in this
recording was by Gus Arnheim and His Am- songs and the instrumental accompaniment was city recently after a long illness. He was re-
furnished
by
his
brothers.
bassadors; the second by Stoll, Flynn & Co.,
sponsible for a number of successful composi-
and the third by the Roaring Forties. "I Ain't
tions, and when stricken was working on several
Got Nobody" was written by Spencer Williams
manuscripts.
and Roger Graham.
Another Great Seller
BUFFALO, N. Y., July 2.—Midsummer sales of
in THE WITMARK
sheet music have been gratifying in this locality.
Billy McDermott, of the Remick Publishing
Co., appeared in the stage prologue to "Laugh,
Clown, Laugh," at the Lafayette Theatre re-
The new ballad, "Twilight (Shadows Are cently. He reports a brisk sale of the new
Falling)," written by a newcomer to the popular Remick numbers.
James Courtney, of Shapiro-Bernstein, tells
song field, Leland Yost, has commenced to
show up nicely in the catalog of De Sylva, of a fine run in "In the Evening Sweet Sue,"
Brown & Henderson, Inc., New York, publish- "Just You," and other numbers. "After My
ers of the number. The song was given an Laughter Came Tears" was exploited success-
extensive plug during the Republican National fully through a special organ presentation at
Convention at Kansas City last month by sev- Loew's State Theatre recently.
eral of the bands playing there, and was caught
on the microphones on the coast-to-coast radio
BUY YOUR MUSIC FROM
hook-up on various occasions. The trade de-
mand for the song is growing daily.
is the message we are sending to
millions of people every day
through the medium of 2 7 Best
American Magazines directing the
readers to go to their dealers for
copies.
Century Music Pub. Co.
New Dance Arrangement
of "I Ain't Got Nobody"
In the July list of new releases by Carl
Fischer, Inc., New York, announcement is
made that Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, who
recently won the Schubert Centennial Prize
Competition, sponsored by the Columbia Pho-
nograph Co., New York, has had seven teach-
ing pieces published by the Fischer firm. They
are "Rondeau," "Fairy Tale," "Phantoms,"
"Elfin Dance," "Romance," "Goblins" and
"Elegy." New piano music in the Carl Fischer
list includes two numbers by Harvey Gaul, en-
titled "The Singin' Girl o' Antrim" and "The
Whistlin' Boy o' Galway." Rubin Goldmark's
suite "Virginibus Puerisque" in ten parts is also
a notable new piano release as well as varia-
tions on a theme from Gluck's "Armide," by J.
N. Hummel. Vaughn De Leath's song, "Honey,"
and Gaul Harvey's "The Old Bookkeeper" are
important new secular releases.
Reaves Brothers' Songs
Recorded Mechanically
Death of Fred'k K. Logan
Sales in Buffalo
"Twilight" Showing Well
in D. B. & H. Catalog
Music Dealer Adds Kodaks
' PORTLAND, ORE., June 28.—Louis Mack, the
pioneer sheet music dealer of this city, who
recently opened up his-quaint little music shop
at 367 Morrison street, has added the Eastman
Kodak and accessories as a side line in his es-
tablishment. Mr. Mack is an authority on sheet
music, and has one of the most complete stocks
of popular, classical and semi-classical numbers
in Portland.
Emerson Yorke a Benedict
H. Emerson Yorke, of the Brunswick phono-
graph recording studios, was married on Friday,
June 29, to Miss Solita Birdenia Palmer, tht
ceremony taking place at Greenwich, Conn.
Mr. Yorke is well known in the New York
music publishing field, having been identified
BLACK & WHITE
SERIES
BOSTON
Publishers
Oliver Ditson Company
BOSTON
MXW T O M
Anticipate am* Supply Eraiy R««ulr*M«at *f Ktuic
Dealart
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Music Engravers and Printers
8BND MANUSCRIPT AND 1DKA OF
TITU tOB •8TIMATfl
311 Wect 43rd Str**(
New York City
OfyVV PUBLISHER. OUR. REFERENCE
T>O «->o WRITE FOR PRICES ~> ~
~
2 0 5 4 W. LAKE ST. CHICAGO. ILL
Can be had as follows
SOLO—< keys, Ab (eb to eb) Bb— C and D
DUET—2 keys, Bb and D
OCTAVO—Two Part, Three Part, Four Part,
Hale, Female and Mixed Voices
Instrumental foi Piano
Tbe 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
The Music Trade Review
18
entury
with M. Witmark & Sons, prior to his connec-
tion with the Brunswick Co. Mr. and Mrs.
Yorke after a short honeymoon will be at home
at 150 East Fiftieth street, New York.
July Releases From
Carl Fischer, Inc.
S H E E T MTJSIC
JULY 7, 1928
Tm Always Chasing
Rainbows" Re-issued
Well-known McCarthy and Carroll Ballad Ac-
quired by the Robbins Music Corp., New
York
A scoop for the Robbins Music Corp., New
York, in the current vogue for revived song
hits, is the acquisition of all rights to the
world-famous, philosophical melody ballad, "I'm
Always Chasing Rainbows," which the Robbins
firm took over last week from Fred Fisher,
Inc. Originally published a decade ago, "I'm
Always Chasing Rainbows," by Joe McCarthy
HOOK-UP
and Harry Carroll, sold 750,000 copies and was
one of the pioneer "standard" song hits.
Founded on a classic Chopin melody (the
familiar "Fantasie impromptu in r*"), Harry
Carroll's fox-trot adaptation in the "Chasing
. Fifteen cents a copy for the
Rainbows" ballad is fortified by a sturdy back-
Best existing Edition is the
ground from an old master. The contemporary
adaptation in the popular vein has merely en-
reason why "CENTURY" is
hanced its original melody charm.
Best selling Edition.
The mechanicals already are preparing to
record the "Chasing Rainbows" song. Along
with the renewed interest in such numbers as
Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime -Band,"
235 W. 40th St., New York City
the Handy "blues" series, the "Parade of the
Wooden Soldiers," "San," "Japanese Sandman"
and many others, the strong public demand for
the popular fox-trot ballad of yesteryear has
MCRAE, ARK., June 30—Lloyd, Ike and Ira created undeniable calls for "I'm Always Chas-
Joe Davis, head of the Triangle Music Pub- Reaves, three brothers from this city, who are ing Rainbows."
The Robbins house is also preparing to in-
lishing Co., New York, is publishing a new, widely known in musical circles in this vicinity
special dance arrangement of "I Ain't Got No- as Reaves White County Ramblers, have just terpolate it into a Broadway production, pos-
body (and Nobody Cares for Me)," done by returned from Chicago, where they have made sibly the 1928-1929 "Vanities" which score,
Bob Haring. It will be printed in large size records of some of their own songs, which they again this year, is a Robbins publication.
and is called a Phono-Dance arrangement. The published themselves. The titles of the first
song was recently made by the Vitaphone Corp., four of their compositions to be recorded are
New York, three different ways, and Mr. Davis "Strawberry Blues," "Hesitation Blues," "Short-
expects to see a reflection in sheet music sales ening Bread" and "Ten-Cent Piece." Some of
OSKALOOSA, IA., June 30.—Frederick Knight
in various parts of the country, when the show- these have been released on Brunswick records. Logan, composer of "Missouri Waltz," and the
In
making
the
records
Lloyd
Reaves
sang
the
ing of these music films is started. The first
"Blue Rose Waltz," died at his home in this
recording was by Gus Arnheim and His Am- songs and the instrumental accompaniment was city recently after a long illness. He was re-
furnished
by
his
brothers.
bassadors; the second by Stoll, Flynn & Co.,
sponsible for a number of successful composi-
and the third by the Roaring Forties. "I Ain't
tions, and when stricken was working on several
Got Nobody" was written by Spencer Williams
manuscripts.
and Roger Graham.
Another Great Seller
BUFFALO, N. Y., July 2.—Midsummer sales of
in THE WITMARK
sheet music have been gratifying in this locality.
Billy McDermott, of the Remick Publishing
Co., appeared in the stage prologue to "Laugh,
Clown, Laugh," at the Lafayette Theatre re-
The new ballad, "Twilight (Shadows Are cently. He reports a brisk sale of the new
Falling)," written by a newcomer to the popular Remick numbers.
James Courtney, of Shapiro-Bernstein, tells
song field, Leland Yost, has commenced to
show up nicely in the catalog of De Sylva, of a fine run in "In the Evening Sweet Sue,"
Brown & Henderson, Inc., New York, publish- "Just You," and other numbers. "After My
ers of the number. The song was given an Laughter Came Tears" was exploited success-
extensive plug during the Republican National fully through a special organ presentation at
Convention at Kansas City last month by sev- Loew's State Theatre recently.
eral of the bands playing there, and was caught
on the microphones on the coast-to-coast radio
BUY YOUR MUSIC FROM
hook-up on various occasions. The trade de-
mand for the song is growing daily.
is the message we are sending to
millions of people every day
through the medium of 2 7 Best
American Magazines directing the
readers to go to their dealers for
copies.
Century Music Pub. Co.
New Dance Arrangement
of "I Ain't Got Nobody"
In the July list of new releases by Carl
Fischer, Inc., New York, announcement is
made that Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, who
recently won the Schubert Centennial Prize
Competition, sponsored by the Columbia Pho-
nograph Co., New York, has had seven teach-
ing pieces published by the Fischer firm. They
are "Rondeau," "Fairy Tale," "Phantoms,"
"Elfin Dance," "Romance," "Goblins" and
"Elegy." New piano music in the Carl Fischer
list includes two numbers by Harvey Gaul, en-
titled "The Singin' Girl o' Antrim" and "The
Whistlin' Boy o' Galway." Rubin Goldmark's
suite "Virginibus Puerisque" in ten parts is also
a notable new piano release as well as varia-
tions on a theme from Gluck's "Armide," by J.
N. Hummel. Vaughn De Leath's song, "Honey,"
and Gaul Harvey's "The Old Bookkeeper" are
important new secular releases.
Reaves Brothers' Songs
Recorded Mechanically
Death of Fred'k K. Logan
Sales in Buffalo
"Twilight" Showing Well
in D. B. & H. Catalog
Music Dealer Adds Kodaks
' PORTLAND, ORE., June 28.—Louis Mack, the
pioneer sheet music dealer of this city, who
recently opened up his-quaint little music shop
at 367 Morrison street, has added the Eastman
Kodak and accessories as a side line in his es-
tablishment. Mr. Mack is an authority on sheet
music, and has one of the most complete stocks
of popular, classical and semi-classical numbers
in Portland.
Emerson Yorke a Benedict
H. Emerson Yorke, of the Brunswick phono-
graph recording studios, was married on Friday,
June 29, to Miss Solita Birdenia Palmer, tht
ceremony taking place at Greenwich, Conn.
Mr. Yorke is well known in the New York
music publishing field, having been identified
BLACK & WHITE
SERIES
BOSTON
Publishers
Oliver Ditson Company
BOSTON
MXW T O M
Anticipate am* Supply Eraiy R««ulr*M«at *f Ktuic
Dealart
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Music Engravers and Printers
8BND MANUSCRIPT AND 1DKA OF
TITU tOB •8TIMATfl
311 Wect 43rd Str**(
New York City
OfyVV PUBLISHER. OUR. REFERENCE
T>O «->o WRITE FOR PRICES ~> ~
~
2 0 5 4 W. LAKE ST. CHICAGO. ILL
Can be had as follows
SOLO—< keys, Ab (eb to eb) Bb— C and D
DUET—2 keys, Bb and D
OCTAVO—Two Part, Three Part, Four Part,
Hale, Female and Mixed Voices
Instrumental foi Piano
Tbe 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
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