The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

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106 (World of Music) Sam Fojf Hits Ate Starlight and Tulips The Sweet Irresistible MelodV Sons Hit Leo Feist, Inc., Publishes Sketch of Walter Donaldson Wherever popular music is played there is one writer and composer sure to be represented, and wherever the subject of writing "hits" is discussed this same young men is certain to be one of the topics of conversation. He is Walter Donaldson, who has had an almost unbelievable success in producing numbers that "click" with the public. During the past year "At Sundown" and "My Blue Heaven" were among the most popular of the great number of songs that were placed on the market and both were from the pen of this prolific writer. Recently Leo Feist, Inc., published a brief sketch of the career of Walter Donaldson, listing his outstanding successes. In part, this interesting article reads: "He was born and bred in Brooklyn and still makes his home there. His first job was in a broker's office, marking up the stock quotations from the ticker on a big blackboard, but a prosaic job of this kind to a boy whose head was full of tunes held no charms, and before long he was engaged as a pianist in a music publishing establishment. Once in the atmosphere of song writing, his rise, while not sensational, has been a steady one, and a span of seven Zelma O'Neill teen years has brought him from the ranks of an ordinary pianist to the peak of popularity in popular music writing. "The recent sensational success of Mr. Donaldson's 'My Blue Heaven' has started his friends reminiscing over some of his past hits and in addition to his famous 'Mammy' song he has to his credit some of the outstanding hits of recent years. Among them are 'My Buddy,' 'She's the Daughter of Rosie O'Grady,' 'How Are You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?' 'Carolina in the Morning,' 'Beside a Babbling Brook,' 'Yes Sir, That's My Baby,' 'That Certain Party,' 'After I Say I'm Sorry,' 'Let's Talk About My Sweetie,' 'It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry,' 'Where'd You Get Those Eyes?' 'In the Middle of the Night,' 'Sam, the Old Accordion Man,' 'At Sundown' and dozens of others, which have been sung and played all over the country. "From the above titles it is apparent that versatility is one of his astounding qualities. He writes 'hot' numbers, novelties and ballads with equal facility, and far from being 'written out,' he seems to be just now getting his stride, and his melodies are fresher than ever. Among his new songs are 'A Shady Tree,' 'That Melody of Love,' 'What Are You Waiting for, Mary?' 'Changes,' 'My Ohio Home' and 'There Must Be a Silver Lining,' all in the present Feist catalog." The Talking Machine World, New York, February, 1928 Stage Star Sings Ford Song in Auto Showrooms The novelty song, "Henry's Made a Lady Out of Lizzie," published by De Sylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc., has proven popular not only with the public at large but with the Ford organization and the composition has been used by various Ford agencies throughout the Singing Ford Song in Ford Showrooms country to attract the public into the display rooms. A unique piece of publicity was recently enacted at the Ford Motor Co. showrooms at 1710 Broadway, New York City, when Zelma O'Neill, one of the stars of the musical comedy, "Good News," entertained a gathering of Ford prospects by singing the new Ford song. She received an enthusiastic reception and hundreds of passers-by were attracted into the showroom. Attention was drawn not only to the models of Ford cars but to the song as well. A general order is rumored to have issued recently from the headquarters of Henry Ford, himself, calling on the various agencies to introduce musical entertainment in their warerooms, and most of the leading Ford dealers have secured radios and phonographs This is said to have been suggested by the Ford song as being a suitable means of entertaining the hundreds standing in line to get a view of the new car. In the meantime, the song is being sung and played by leading acts and orchestras, among them Harry Rose at the Paramount in New York, Walt Roesner and his orchestra in their second week at the Capitol Theatre, and a special slide version at Loew's. Plays "Nola" on His Teeth "Poley" McClintock, drummer, with Waring's Pennsylvanians, is offering something new to vaudeville audiences. He plays "Nola" on his teeth. How he does it is a mystery, but it is perfect and is going over very big on the present tour of Waring's Pennsylvanians over the Keith circuit. Triangle Has Three Hits Joe Davis, head of the Triangle Music Co., reports that three of the numbers in his catalog are going over in a most satisfactory fashion. They are "My Blue Ridge Mountain Home," "I Ain't Got Nobody and Nobody Cares for Me" snd "My Carolina Home." The new waltz ballad, "You'd Rather Forget Than Forgive," is another Triangle number that gives great promise. "Serenata," by Rube Bloom, and the "Valse Jewel," a saxophone solo by Eugene Stanley, are also doing nicely.