The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

The Talking Machine World, New York, June, 1928 (World of Music) 173 Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble Form Firm Well-Known Trio Inaugurate Business With Catalog of Eight Numbers From Pen of Donaldson — At 1595 Broadway Starting with ' a catalog of eight songs by Walter Donaldson, the new music firm of Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble, Inc., started opera Walter Donaldson tions last week at the company's headquarters at 1595 Broadway, New York City. The three members of the firm, Walter Donaldson, composer; Walter Douglas, general manager, and Mose Gumble, professional manager, need no introduction to publishing circles. Mr. Donaldson has for years been known as one of the most prolific and successful song writers on Broadway. Within the past few years he has produced such successes as "My Blue Heaven," "At Sundown," "My Ohio Home," "There Must Be a Silver Lining," "Sam, the Old Accordion Man," "My Mammy," "My Buddy" and a host of others. Walter Douglas is no less well known, although he has been connected for many years in a totally different capacity — that of sales and general executive. Until the first of the year Mr. Douglas was general manager of the firm of Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, New York City, and the success of many of the outstanding numbers of this firm can be traced directly to the exploitation work and campaigns launched by Mr. Douglas. Mose Gumble, the third member of the new firm, was connected with the firm of Jerome Remick & Co., New York City, for twenty-eight years, since its inception in 1900. Mr. Gumble's wide acquaintanceship with practically all of the leading vaudeville acts and orchestra leaders throughout the country is certain to prove a most valuable adjunct to the growth of the company. At the time of leaving the Remick organization Mr. Gumble occupied the post of professional manager. The initial catalog of the new firm is a varied one and includes the following numbers: "Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky," "Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now," "Out-of-Town Gal," "In a Bamboo Garden," '"Cause I'm in Love," "Little Miss Okeechobee, Oh! Be Mine," "When You Said Good-Night" (Did You Really Mean Good-by) and "Anything You Say." S. A. Matter, music publisher of 1658 Broadway, reports that "Dreaming Away" (to Find a Way) is proving popular with radio artists. Harry Moore, formerly of Wright and Wrong, is featuring it regularly. Whiteman Records "Wooden Soldiers" A new Orthophonic Victor record of "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," electrically made by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, has just been released and is being lauded by everyone who hears it as one of the most superb arrangements ever to have been recorded. This is the sixth Victor disc of "Wooden Soldiers." The others have been fox-trot, concert, characteristic, band and the original German "Die Parade Der Zinnsoldaten." Paul Whiteman recorded it once before, in 1923, arid this record, back-to-back with the then popular "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean," was one of the few that fluttered around the million mark in sales. That Whiteman arrangement was also specially orchestrated and beautifully worked out, but it was in the straight fox-trot tempo of that period. The new Whiteman record is a triumph of the best to be found in ultra-modern music. His arrangers, while conforming just as closely as ever to the spirit of the piece, have achieved something entirely new in its presentation, and Mr. Whiteman's men have interpreted this brilliant instrumentation and scoring as only such thorough musicians can. The result is a record that is positively brilliant. New Triangle Number i The Triangle Music Co., of which Joe Davis is head, is putting its efforts behind a new fast number, "Dusky Stevedore," which has every indication of proving a substantia] hit. This number and a fox-trot ballad, "Right or Wrong" and "All Day Long," are the ace numbers. MUSIC STORE test's Harry Reser's $3.00 Manual of Tenor Banjo in8trudi „ M, Reser.. v„t rtore °'J"'»ieth(fd j, J^hnuni to sons and exercises make tor i Manhattan Serenade By Louis Alter A tone picture of New York in the modern style. The record of Nat Shilkret and his Victor Salon Orchestra has just been released. There is a rare treat in store for those musicians interested in this new style of music 60c Three Shades of BIUe "»y a classic jn ha ' r Plano It is ™* Paul Whitemahna^c°t7r ^ A^ ' . . ine musical " ■ " 11.00 "published by ROBBINS MUSIC CORP. 799 Seventh Ave. New York