Exhibitors Herald World (Jul-Sep 1929)

122 EXHIBITORS HERALD-WORLD July 6, 1929 SID SAYS SONGS BEST SELLERS Week Ending June 29 No. i "Pagan Love Song" — (Robbins Music Corp.). No. 3 "Wedding of the Painted Dolls" — (Sherman Clay). No. 3 "Honey" — (Leo Feist). No. 4 "Louise" — (Remiek Music Corp). "I Get the Blues When It Rains"— (Forster). "You Were Meant for Me"— (Robbins Music Corp.). No. 5 "My Sin" — (DeSylva, Brown & Henderson) I'll Always Be in Love With You"— (Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.). No. 6 "Carolina Moon" — (Joe Morris). "Vm Just a Vagabond Lover" — (Leo Feist). "Weary River" — (Irving Berlin) "Broadii'av Melodv" — (Robbins Music Corp.). No. 7 "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling" — (Santly Bros.). No. 8 "Mean to Me" — (De Sylva, Brown & Henderson). No. 9 "Wedding Bells" — (Watterson). "Why Did Yon" — (Wit mark & Sons). "Dream Train"— (Milton Weil). *HUGGABLE KISSABLE YOU"— (Bibo-Lang. Inc.) — A cute little fox trot that ought to make a good dance number. It's being plugged by the sensational Eastern vocalizer. Rudy Vallee. By Irving Bibo. "AFTER THINKING IT OVER" — (Leo Feist Inc.) — A pretty fox trot ballad by the prolific writer Carmen Lombardo of the famous Guy Lombardo broadcasting orchestra. With this combination to start It should develop into a real seller. Words and music by Benny Davis and Carmen Lombardo. * * * THAT'S LIVING — (Irving Berlin. Inc.)— A pretty thought in song. After all what constitutes living is cheap. The song explains everything. Word.s by Ben Ryan, music by Violinsky. * * » OLD FASHIONED YESTERDAYS— (J. W. Jenkins Sons Co.) — A pretty waltz by a popular Western publisher. Will no doubt get a nice plug in this territory. Lyrics by Estelle Sims, music by Edwarl C. Home. * * • OR WHAT HAVE YOU— (Harms, Inc.)— The hit song of the new production now playing in the East. This is really a great song and the lines are marvelous. Has enough prettiness to be a seller and plenty of laughs. Lyrics by Howard Dietz. music by Arthur Schwartz. * * * AN EYEFUL OF YOU — (Leo Feist, Inc.) — Apretty thought by the writers of RAMONA but lighter than that song. Has plenty of sentiment in both lyric and melody. Lyric by L. Wolfe Gilbert, music by Mabel Wayne. * * * I LOVE YOU— I HATE YOU— (For Making A Fool Out of Me) — M. Witmark & Sons)— The theme 6ong of the First National picture CAREERS. It's a pretty song with a strong lyric and if the picture clicks it will do the same for the song. Lyric by Al Bryan, music by Geo. W. Meyer. ORGAN SOLOS Don Isham (Chicago Granada) assisted by the orchestra featured a medley of numbers called Love Songs : consisting of "My Wild Irish Rose," "Jeannine," "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" and "My Dear." Don put his numbers over in great shape and had no trouble in getting the audience to sing. He must believe in the psychology of the old songs the the best songs and in the writer's opinion they are the best and will always get a response where the newer numbers fail. "My Dear" was featured by a member in the orchestra, but with all hi.s coaxing the audience did not want to learn any new songs. The song is good but I would have much rather they had repeated "Let Me Call You Sweetheart." But all-in-all the songs were a success and I joined the rest in their applause. Win. E. Thompson (Atlantic City Strand) as a prelude to the "Fox Movietone Follies" used Remick's latest slide novelty called "Talent for the Talkies." Opening with a series of clever "gag" slides which introduced "Louise." and following with "Some Sweet Day," "Here We Are." "Finding the Long Way Home." As a final chorus, Thompson played "I'd Do Anything for You." Intermingling comedy slides with the featured songs aided materially in putting this clever stunt over. Will Gilroy (New York Proctor's 58th Street) offered an original organ song-fest, in which he featured "Mother's Boy." As an introductory. "Gil" (as he is familiarly known to his audience) started off well with "Heigh-Ho, Everybody Heigh-Ho." He followed with a chorus of "I'll Never Ask for More," then a title 6lide of "Mother's Boy" on which Morton Downey's picture is seen, as well as his voice is heard (in conjunction with a record). For a final punch number, "Gil" played "Weary River" as everyone joined in singing. John Gart (Jamaica. L. I., Valencia) offered "Song Hits of the Day" for his original solo this week. He played "Coquette," "Broadway Melody," "Pagan Love Song." "Wedding of the Painted Dolls" and a final chorus of "Coquette" with the aid of a singer in the organ loft. Something went wrong on the final chorus as the organ and the singer did not jibe. Maybe a cipher stuck, but whatever it was, it was a terrible combination of lost chords. Glenn Shelley (Portland Oriental) has originated a clever organ solo to which he has written the music and illustrated the novelty on the screen with slides the first slide reading "WANTED — Talent for the Talkies," followed by slides "Only a Certain Kind of Voice Records — You May Have It" — "They Want Someone to Sing Opposite, John Gilbert" — "Now Everybody Sing, and I Will Pick Out a Voice for the Job" — "This Is Your Chance, Girls — and You May Sing the Theme Song for the Picture" — "Who Knows, There May Be a Fanny Brice or an Al Jolson in the House Right Now" — "So Sing Out Loud and I Will Make You Famous." At the conclusion of the community sing Shelley went down into the audience and picked out a girl singer inviting her to come "back stage" and sign the contract. The music for this clever organlogue was furnished by I. E. Sklare, Manager of Remick Song Shop. Eddie Meikel (Chicago Harding), organist, featured "Vagabond." "You Were Meant for Me," "Coquette," "Ooh-oo," "Broadway Melody" and several parody numbers. The audience was quick to respond to the slides and seemed to enjoy each of the numbers. Sammy Williams (Chicago Regal). Here's a boy that has been with the Regal 6ince its opening and the funny part about it is they don't get tired of him here. Sammy played six or seven numbers this week and all were received with a bang. Sammy has a 6tyle of his own. He sits at the organ facing the audience, always smiling. The projectionist didn't give Sammy a break this week, turning off the spot before he even took a second bow. Get after him. Sammy. State 5918 O*' c« J o Ait yoc qaaq RUMORS Dropped in to see Mr. Decatur of Feist's and he informed me that some other trade papers carried stories of a suit against Rudy Vallee and Feist by an attorney in Chicago who claims to have written Vallee's and Zimmerman's now popular number. "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover." Decatur informs me that to date there have been nine <9) men claiming to have written the song. Incidently they are all college men, but from universities all over the country. Zimmerman has proof that he wrote this number in 1920 while a student at Northwestern University and it gained popularity at the U but has lain dormant until Zimmerman gave it to Vallee who helped to brush it up and then had it published by Leo Feist. * * ' * Lee Morse, famous colored blues singer has recorded Santly Bros.' "Miss You" with Columbia. Believe me if any one can put over a number, it is she. Cliff Hess of Remick's talks a peach of a game of golf, but I wonder if he plays as well as he talks. He claims to have beaten Jesse Crawford the other day but I will have to have Jesse corroborate it before I'll believe it. Heard at Remick's that their star Chicago representative. Billy Cripps, is seriously ill at Dr. Pierce's Sanitarium, Buffalo, N. Y. I'm sure a lot of his friends here will want to drop him a line. * * * Another well-known music man is laid up at the Pasadena Hospital, California. He is Lew Brown of DeSylva, Brown and Henderson. While recuperating, Lew will undoubtedly write a tune that will be used to advantage by the firm. * * » Bobby Crawford, head of the firm of DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, is soon to leave for the coast again, in the interests of the firm. * • * Eugene Berton, song-writer for M-G-M and Robbins will soon be on the west coast where he will be busily writing the music for a forthcoming M-G-M Novarro picture. * * * For all the years of its long-lived vogue, the song. "Yiddisha Mama" carried the trade-mark, "Sophie Tucker." Though its popular appeal lasted for years, it had to end some time and Sophie has been searching without much success until she found a Witmark number called, "My People." She sang it for the first time at the Palace this week and she has really found a song that may supplant the old hit. The lyrics for this number were written by Paul Cunningham (who is as Irish as can be) and the music by Paul Winkopp. « * » Rudy Vallee, in collaboration with Johnny Tucker and Joe Schuster has written another new number called, "Honest I'm in Love With You," which Warner-Witmark have published. In a recent letter from Bert Feldman, Witmark's representative in Great Britain and Ireland, he enclosed a program of a day's music aboard the Majestic on which he returned to England. The entire programme is made up of Witmark numbers, which goes to prove that Witmark's has a representative that does not let a moment go by without plugging the firm's numbers. Walter Donaldson, Edgar Leslie and Walter Douglas of Donaldson, Douglas and Gumble have left for the coast. Douglas will return in two weeks, while Donaldson and Leslie will stay for six or eight weeks. AAA Santly Bros, have published "Are You Really Mine" as the theme song for Tiffany-Stahl's new English Gainsborough production, "The Wrecker." and they want it distinctly understood that the title is not, "Wrecker. Are You Really Mine," but "Are You Really Mine."