NAB reports (Jan-Dec 1940)

BMI FEATURE TUNES December 16-23 1. THERE I GO 2. I GIVE YOU MY WORD 3. SO YOU’RE THE ONE 4. MAY I NEVER LOVE AGAIN 5. YOU WALK BY 6. I HEAR A RHAPSODY 7. GYPSY MOON 8. AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS Of the ten biggest money makers in the coin machines as listed in Variety this week, three are BMI songs, Practice Makes Perfect, There 1 Go, and 1 Give You My Word, and Billboard’s “Record Buying Guide” puts There I Go at the head of the list. There 1 Go and Practice Makes Perfect both stand higher this week than last on the national list of sheet music best sellers, and So You’re the One appears for the first time on the regional lists for the east and for the west coast. Frenesi, of the Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc., which will be covered by the BMI license next month, appeared last week on the Hit Parade, and Artie Shaw’s record of it shows up this week for the first time on the national list of best selling phonograph records. Frenesi and six BMI numbers make up seven of the top eight on two lists of leaders on the air. Frenesi and five BMI numbers account for six of the first eight on the third list. BMI’s newest hit. So You’re the One, heads all lists on the air. BMPs acquisition of the performing rights in the cata¬ logue of the E. B. Marks Music Corporation, the addi¬ tional music of Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc., United Publishing Company and the Argentine Perform¬ ing Rights Society, which BMI has now acquired through a new contract with the American Performing Rights So¬ ciety, Inc., have received nationwide prominence in the newspapers. As of January 1, 1941, the BMI license will give BMI members their choice of more than 200,000 compositions. The BMI license carries the radio per¬ forming rights to the following catalogues: Alpha Music American Performing Rights Society, Inc. Peer International Corporation (music from Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc., and United Publishing Company) Sociedad Argentina de Autores, Compositores de Musica dc Buenos Aires, Argentina Sindicato de Autores, Compositores y Editores de Musica de Mexico Institucion Nacional de Autores, Compositores y Editores de Cuba D. Appleton-Century Company Coast to Coast Music Corporation M. M. Cole Publishing Company Colonial Music Publishing Company, Inc. O. B. Clow Donald H. Gabor (Csardas Phono Company) Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge Edward B. Marks Music Corporation New Era Music Corporation G. Ricordi & Company — Milan E. C. Schirmer Music Company The new BMI hymnal containing 492 selections is expected to be ready for distribution on December 21st. In addition, BMI has secured non-exclusive broadcasting rights in the American Catholic Hymnal, published by P. J. Kenedy & Sons, in the Union Hymnal — Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship, published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and in the Hymns of the Spirit, published by the Beacon Press, a hymnal of the Universalist and Unitarian churches. Negotiations are pending for similar arrangements as to the hymnals of other denominations. Following the recent meetings in Philadelphia, Penn¬ sylvania, and Orlando, Florida, new subscriptions and pledges to Broadcast Music, Inc., brings the total number of stations backing BMI to 527. At both meetings Neville Miller, President of NAB and also of BMI, was present. The enthusiasm and strong unity of spirit and purpose shown at the meetings paid tribute to his inspiring leadership. BMI’s position and the record of BMI achievement were set forth by Carl Haverlin, BMI’s Director of Station Relations. Much attention was given to ways and means of avoiding copy¬ right infringements after the first of the year and clear, specific directions on this matter were presented. The Philadelphia meeting represented the third dis¬ trict and the Orlando meeting represented the Florida Broadcasters Association and a few stations in Georgia. The results of the former meeting were that all stations in Pennsylvania except two are now with BMI. After the Florida meeting every station in the state was written into the BMI column with one exception and that station was not represented at the meeting. We welcome to the BMI list the following (including the stations signed or pledged at these meetings) : KFBC — Cheyenne, Wyo. KTRI — Sioux City, Iowa KEUB — Price, Utah KINY — Juneau, Alaska KVGB — Great Bend, Kans. WDOD — Chattanooeia, Tenn. WGBI — Scranton, Pa. WNBZ — Saranac Lake, N. Y. WCBT— Roanoke Rapids, N. C. WSLS — Roanoke, Va. WAIR — Winston-Salem, N. C. WEED — Rocky Mount, N. C. WKEU— Griffin, Ga. WB.4X — Wilkes-Barre, Pa. KLCN— Blytheville, Ark. WMBO — .Auburn, N. Y. WPAB — Ponce, Puerto Rico WAPO — Chattanooga, Tenn. WDMJ — Marquette, Mich. WLAV — Grand Rapids, Mich. WDWS — Champaign, Ill. WTAD— Quincy, Ill. WIB.4 — Madison, Wis. WEMP — Milwaukee, Wis. KGBX — Springfield, Mo. KYSM — Mankato, Minn. KOBH — Rapid City, S. D. KOAM — Pittsburg, Kans. KHBG — Okmulgee, Okla. KOME — Tulsa, Okla. KGFI — Brownsville. Tex. KOC.'V — Kilgore, Tex. KPAB — Laredo, Tex. KRLH — Midland, Tex. KM.4C — San .Antonio, Tex. KTEM — Temple, Tex. KID — Idaho Falls, Ida. KWAL— Wallace, Ida. December 13, 1940 — 4875