Variety (Aug 1932)

48 r num ddiin^ittQt'' 16^^iB^rtlth8• •frdrti Sept. 1, ld32. At the laat minute, following radio-mualc pow-wows, the broadcasters aoueht to modify the- original' unflersfandlnfe by.'re questlrife'-:' that the contrttt"' be ad vanced to Start Jad. 1,1983, ind tun tor two years after • that date: v This was flatly refused by th^ nvuslc In- terests. ' ■ The, opportunity by Tin Pari Alley to ijghf Its ' cause to' a' flhish" was welcomed'with wild acclaim In the ranks'of th<9 sonewrlt^rs and music publlsherfl.'-' They state that by remdvlrigr thelf musIc' from the ■ ether, the full value of poi>ula]:' sohfirs fbr^ broadbostins needtr It ■ WHl ■ bt forcibly; fettv By - starvinisr the United iStates for pop- ular •tnuslft -It 'Ts ho^ed ' that thf» AmeHbani 'pablic^ -v^i thlis bis made muslc-c6hselous ^hd ihlhdful- of the contribution which Tin Pari Alley mak^' td the aesthetic -and llgrhter musical- tiEtstes ;>of the American' .people; .'V-'"''• • -• *. • ■• ' Miitio's Two FaotidVta The hbt-lieadi'd bell'lgrerents aniiorilf' the. music men ffCcusfed their coiit-' mlttele; of ei^ht'/dp^keimtin, oh th«' comidiifl^^e'reprei9[6'ntiri? the S^lety; as belri;ir'''Vebk-kriwd' 'atid''Jelly- backft'd.'l'arid poiMessed'6t'kindred- unklridchtoicterUtlcfl. ''l The^'riiore' conMrvattve': had advo- cated 'the'aiiCeptance' of -the^'dsteris- ible '26%. in^riiase (thd- yteld 'fr6m radio tovthe- 'mtislc men tip* taf ncnir- has been 'betweein '$900:009 arid 000,OdO['. av fyear) for > two" >rea^Dn& Z^incipal One of <thtea«-'tWD 'Was that> it Ttlaoed' the soriKWHt«rs and- pub- lishers;: officially ort theL record aS' anything but an 'artiitio trust,- pbraliie which " had< been employed .tlrii(i-:|u^- again in. the> legislative lobbFing against the cbpyrlghi^ own- ^ers. Tli!&::qecond reason was In def- ' erencev.tQ exjstlos econonilp. condl- tlona.<, It was: ;an acknowiedgment by t. p. a. of the radio interests' supposedly good faith in endeayor- ^.Ing to make some economic reeom-. pense-^f^'^ts.^, supposedly concede obllgai^fuSs' to ' the .^linrltera, and pub- llsheriuj;"''-"' h ' /^ ■' • ■■>■' ■■>'■ •-• • The;' acceptkn^o' by ...ti^s ; Iiiro&d,- <Continned from page 1) • cbast^rBj'*<ff.-*«>a iii^BO/OOO^vlcom^^^ mise . fl^re seemed almost certain, but this reacted negatively to the Society's rank and flle, where It was ffelti that this ■v^atl'b'yflo means ade- '^liate' cbiriperisatfoh lor the ddma'g-' flig Inrbads -v^Iilch' iradic 'had riiade on the ' Song-'publlshlng ' business, As detailed last week Iri ^Variety/ comparative flgures'df preeent-day No; 1 song' sales (of 126,000 to 260. 000) compared to' tha nilllIon>:- and more copies of yesteryear,-plilB fur-<^ ther Inroads xHi.>ther mechanical rey- enu'iB,. told the sad tale in-:dollars and.centSi; ■! ' : ;: . ,• 'With the. r.brQadcastersv asa.ocla- tion finally:- refusing, .to. m^et the nlufiic rii^n hi^f W^y it^eYldences-'to the. t. p. alleyl|fe»' that. the <.radio people ar^ bitter, ^b^ut. being,,indole to, pay ■ this music ta4 at all,. andl pertalnV pblrits^. pay .mufllc execu- tives, thjat radio will never pease Itjs endeavor^' .tp legislate (If possible) jl|he iriuslp inci^i 0ut! of .business. ..;.' ' tjfds prMnlse is . correct, evep.. tbaf ,.\4l;i!'^0,'0Q9 ^cpmprbmise ' deal wouid/^liaye^ tiieeri. pni(y.,a'lull to im almb8]t! .ineirlfabfe''ezplps^^ let' .th6'. ftrewbrks \cbme'-ln6w rather tlian 16 months or iwo yef^s hence, db'clar^^i^bsi; 'of the iriusic 'idctlpri^ ' 'Tb'b''mU^id''men'will i-est'bn their' '^bpjrrlght'prbtebtlbh rights! JOI GAltlCCHIO And His Orchestra Satnrdsiir^fl P.Mr. p> 9i|H) P.iff.. 0D8T ' ir.D.C,, Chloofo PimuP'S DENTAIi UAONESIA WABC^Taes., Than., Bat., S.IS P.H. raofts, vaud^vlUia theatres, stage, and .^ije old paths'of Sbng-pioiliclritr than r^dlo, and while it may take ten t!ltnes-<lbhger, therrdsuUliig-'hlt^ w4il enjoy a lifcL' arid ■'cfubeiBss<<'<Jtist' as lorig.. Again relative figures on song sheet sates afb :'4U0ted< %ith their present-day < ''12i(,00O-26O,'M>0V:mdt3d-a' nyum bbmpared fO' sbHenft'of a m'tl-' lion -to three'and'four'AlHlori «:ot>Ieir.> iRadlo^s highly efflcl«nt m'eanB of popularizing '-songs'.' '(or >>• ansrthiite else) :: hasn't • reobVeid weHi xfoF- 'the' longevity of a. popular sblig..iiiti- - It' hfj9.1onr;been .established' lhat the- ether kills, 'em .as' fast as. lt° makes- 'ein»i . . ..'•■.■'■ • .,>.■■..' \ ..■ ■<.. Radio ..Quizzes . ^ , .MewDtlime the broadcasters', asso-' biatlbnt Is. busiy/engaged in digging around fQr information: that might bo of value in the organization of lia own music publishing company. '.. Pjriiiclpally among the Info now bcjlng soufeht,. Is. wl^kSiX ] pUbtfslitbg h'otues at«' nbt members bf '^the sd- cli9ty;: what successful' -pop- -writers ere ,w^<fQUt^ ajffltiatlofiiV what are the terns of the contract bind- ing ^ both these phases of the music Industry to ASCAP .doinilnatlon. Sfevetal wrltelra and^ sm&ll pub- lishing houses have already ' been approachd by feips bt thb iSlA^B, but Iri 9.11 known Ihsttinbes-tiie cbntacf bari:ie in the form bf a feeler'arid nbt' an actual i>roiibBitiloh.'' Notably ac- tive In tbe inifo aubst^iii dsv^ald p. Schuette of the asnbblatibn'^T WaibK^: lngton-bfljc€tJ'-> ■ •' ' V ;:^>•■ •• ) I: ,WOB—WfdDesdar, 10 F. M. ' .Atop; Etiipli« «tate BId«. JUYMOND PAIGE Uoaloal Director' KldTJ,. £ofl AvyeM OrKST COKDtrCTOB : ■' i Houmroob Bowi/ smPHoire juir 2»th DlrMtiofr GerahwlnV "American tn Paris", and the Belcher BaUet HftL BECKETT Fox; BrooklyttV New York INDEFINITELY JOHN .SHEYLIN-. (TENOR) Tune ill oit WbR The itJt' SI'ObveSbiriehi debi^ae'd a' cbpy- rfglHf aria 'pitbnt^ i^rbtectiori for fere- ^tlVe't^rks 'for'be^lri'^rbasbiid, arid bhe! thirig '■ la 'cerfftld t&"borig inbh: such protectlbn can't 1)e cancelled as' iilppjilbdfWi>a8t 'i^er^oririlarices: '"Any- iUlng? that 'might ^v«nttttte in thb futipe^'tb "iriodify copyright protec-^ tfbtt la sbmethiri^ elise-again:' . <:''Sb, "say-.the-muelo'iinen, let radio: either Uo)pd for-tho-'fut'i^e, or dig bac^'- Uito'-ithe-'old masters'' or Into aate-1>ellum = musical : annals'^. for Stephen^Foster et aL . But tho belief l8!..|hat.^radlo. needs the American Society's , • ¥Ic^br / Herbert,-» i^lml, Bomberg, Kern, ■■ Berlin*. Dorialdson, Gershwin wid' ot|ier popular and. musical, comedy, song, copyrIghlts • .if radio broadcasting Is to flourish. 3d*.bay C^^ncajlatipn. Having < ^ jta-lvUege' of 30-day baricellatlon of any. and all fi^ubllc pertbnotthpe llceri9M(,^'ihe societijr is doii^ii^ tliat'^eri maiBseL' All broadcaiBt- IngiUeensees are now being notified that; on< and after 'Sepb 1 -th» copy<» rights-^- the sodely^S' 4ongs Will 'be. resirlcfed from. • public! performance' on-tbe'radibi' -i'.'■. I^.. the'^ statlMiiti' are '< tntbrested In ;irbt&irilng the tise of these bbmpbsl" ^^tis, 'deaia- -will-be m&de Individu- ally with each' (station on'^a mutually equitable basis since none could be^ Arranged' between ihe eibdety -as a 'body and the National Aitaoclatibn of Broadcasters as a body. If sta- -ilons play copiyrighted knusio -wlth- but;llce'nse permlsslbri, that becomes an Infringement of copyright and Will'be litigated In the usual man- ner, with the society iMtltlonlng for the 1260 minimum.'damages.l>er In- fringement as allowed under the Co&yrlght Statutes. • The fettling among music men ijlght along lias been that it. was a ilolstake. to barter! through a com mlttee wben the society had Its |6O,O0O-a-year spokesman, XL C. Mills, supposedly in charge, 'l^eel- ikig also' was' ezpreissed .that ari IVy Lee tyi^e of publicist- should have long since been' '.retalned'.tb prssent .the tniisib mien's cause to the public .The; broadcasters are well equipped .for i public. relations from every &ng|e, Including ;i>ollticlil' Ibbbyirig and- propaganda.., The- songwriters at rib i^niie' hAy,e'..had .public syrii' pathy ' because of '.the. l^ublic's gen bral ignbraiica 6( th,elr cause... 1 . ■ '.PropaBanda Edab- The composers and'''publishers foresee hiow the radio Interests "can propagandize directly to- the public 'that the music men's selfishness'is depriving you-r^the publlc-^of sbme- thlng'you have had for nothing,- i.e., popular music, When yoU.come home and turn on the dials for a dinner concert or a dance orchestra while at your family repast.' . BUt.^the society hopes to get Its message oyer just as sympathiet- .lcall}r, .thrbiigh . other mediae! prlncl- dally printer's ink. .'It Is stated that ;Iyy li. Lee, the RbCkefeller publit relations counsellor,: may join the society's catise. "this Isn't given credence from the radio end in view of, the now close relationships be- tween Rockefeller Center and Kadib City. As for the loss of the mlbrbphonb for song populart^tlbh, that'a.\the leetst of the music .men's worries, they;aver/ . . . ■ ^ > Th^y w.ouW much -rather continue ImaJting' th^lr . song, Jilts through the old channels o|C dance halls, restau- f. >-.-.,-.-.-,.l40S AjBgeies/.-A-ug,..'!.-.- ■ ,. ^arrlpbn Hblllway, > manager .' of KBWS, dan lYariolscQ, trantferred' to.^lCHJ, the Don I/ee sister. staUon ^Qre, to become.,, cbmmercl^l-vman-i agef\ ..'i.^A^;il-^J..■ \- .Suopeeda'fjiefr. Tyson, moved.uip to ipana$;^r^- ;:Bucbeedirig^' .lictwis- i'^Ueni 'Vi^eiss, resigned, dbdrles '^O." H. ' Evans' did .-a fine ^Jbb' to' announcer' »v«r.- • Statlouj "WFBA, JManchester, N. H.r when It broadcast the ■ ceremonies.^)i,iR;.th^ eathQUQ.vcathearal. at Z^ancb^ster-at rthe ln4vctIon ot, a„ne.vf .btehop for the a(o?pse; It was the first .-ttaie In, this cbuntry that such an eV^nt had been broa;dcajjt"-.'''; ■'" "'' . The iainbertl. .T,rio,' ot^wpynj, bave been booked into the Breakers, swank'Spriiig Lake, N. J., hotel.' Ai)idy'M6aisneld, hrotf tlckWr and warbler, 'bacK with Crb'sley's ;'na- tlori'B station' After 'twoiyear': ab- sence. ■ ; 'Skip .find Step,-.rJiua9 rplano. and Bongi. act, - won v popularity. contest conducted- 'by "VSTpKYr. ^pvlngton, KyJ ■ 'Mike,' canine soloist with Henry FUlmbre's t>and, .Cincinnati, for past seypral years, durlng-iWhlCh h^ .^8.8 frequeritly heard over WLW. Went to dog heaven'|[ai!nb!:wMk; iwlspn^ed. Bdwardl ^lisitiber,- QBS..>t.^;, calls time but on the music tax contro- versy while he takes a vacation. - John I^oyal tried-to ge;t a coat of tan while .Qig^ .tb«^.maiden trip...ipf the 'linerMa-^hatiEa^ 1>ut Instead, gbt; a bad sunburili that. laid, .him iip^ for'several'days. ":': '..'! ''' ' >.,' Nut' CIi(b*s Fbd[r ':E:b.toii Boys top , the mall' 'response' pri' NBC; v - ; - - ]. i3fiir Fllitiken giveri - another perlbd . over- CBSr making "it Tuesday and 'Friday for-blm -now. • --.' .Verna Carega leaves her spot on 'WRNT, New >Torh,; for avvacash. . Paul. ..Tremalne,.! CBS bandman, pulls a hoqietovrn boy.. who: made good In the hig bity .on . the. .village of 3KaiiS(48, City., ,CoL,..,ayid g^ts ; a big i turnbut' tili Brbt I^Bit In four years. Tr'eknalnb ' 'g^oea'to' Elltch'S' gardens,; DeriVer^' foi^ 'tunl The German 'government has'Instructed the broadcasting companies in iSermany.te haye^all emergency decrees which^are In icuture to be broadcast • put .oa ^gramophone -recbrdf .as .w.eU..,',.Tiiesa: instructions' have been issued by the GermaA"MIrilstry..of . the. Interior due»Jto past experiences..' Bruenlng ha^J instituted tiie .^ew faeatw. oC i publication xot emergency. debreeiV 'by-way of broad.ciisting. Thus tha decrees wer& published" earlier by radio thSiri. by tl)*; -preps, and, .erroneous, .coricep.-. tlons thus.ioccurrbd; ^!-i.j''5':•'.'-'>•;•'< 'V "-.i ^ •, . , ..].. . ; ,v .This Wfap trub MdspebtaUyr With Uie publication of the^.tax^ for traveling ab'road!,Which''Mliilster'^TreVfi^hus-ajliiounced over the radio, «uid in btber cases. In order to aVbid-all possible mlsunderstan.dings the gram- opljone -record'is ^b bfaeck the -wording of the' spoketf text '.Each record has to bear the" exact time of ihe 'Spoken. text and .the name of the speaker.'^ - ■-■ •■>■"• .-i. ■ .• ■ .■''•■■; '.' ). -■ •' ; <^llmax Of'^*; ' disinite between NBC oflDlclals and Earle C. Anthony, owner of-Chalu's twb. libs. Angeles bUtlets, KFI and HfEQA* was reached when Anthony ref used to allow either of bis stations, to broadcast NBC's new picture pirogram'-emariatlng frbm the Badlo studlb In Hollywood (29). ; . Skirmish has been' going on for years with NBCX asserting that An- thony -wasn't handling his Coftst NBC programs to sa^lsfaction of the eastern execs; ' - Reported that Anthony was purposely not told of the intention to send the j^rognuri'over KFI or KECA until a few hours before the scheduled time fbr the bi^ener.' Anthony, .mliCCed at being kept in the dark, refUsed to accommodate,'so this-jirpgram was routed bver KFSD,'San Diego. Sports repbrtbr ori an''eastern outlet has so manipulated the asslgn- inent that it's netjting him side money three to five times oVer 'what he's carried on the conxttibrci^s 'vp:Bekly ipayroll.' The nlches alloted him for his. daily spbrts. bonuuefltaries. ,are totally i>ald for by the commercial, but the lad has mada it a, wholesale business of peddling but most of this tUne .fpr i).liigs.bn local sporting events. It's all deftly handled, the local sporis.pro^otluk.coterie being entlr'bly amenable since it co6ts riiuch iiess thari the station's, <^d nite for similar anhouncemerits. Chattier iteimi.'oA.the piersow or'hbbbies of the ether constella- tibii ,bayb dwindled. IvXo minor interest for' fan readers/ iiewspaper ttidib ediijors..report. "What.'.the,^ loudspeaker hahltue'Wantis tb know nowadays. |s not the food^ toggery, pr diverslbris of the favorite but whether he's mai^Ied, has any .bhlldren and a fiock of other Info about his domestic life. Fjew of the letters Inquiry about the'. star's i>rofes'sibnal background, but! many ask about--the: locale of his ppbrlnglng, -whdt -were, his folks' statlori in life and th'elr^ religious affllla.tlbn. . , ... ... ■• •■• '• •■• . Strange ,to sho.yr:. buf^lne^s, minds is the popularity iri Cnilcafro bf ^ the VVfiNR Minstrels.. No,thin^i^ deader in show busliie'ss'proper thari min-' strelsy. Tet this r%dIo act, now thre^ years old and. subsidized by Sin- clair Oil, has a waitjing list p( .10,000 names for ducat's to watch the min- strels .broadcast. . ,v / . , / . ,' ' ' . Tourists appear to. rate seeing the."WEN the stock- yards, the world's I^air ah^ the Lindbergh beacon. The stations' idea of limiting performances of song* nuhibers to twice .(f, night per station resulted in a peculiar pa;radox for Ishatn Jones and his iorchestra." Outfit,was\unable to play its pyrn 'If,Tou Were Only Mine' which Jones composed,;.. Carrie about thro'ugh some band just,before Jones using it; or somebody, after him haying iti previously scheduled). Caused 'JTones tp refrato from depriving somebody. «lse'of .tlie'perfprijriljig preference. Eddie Holden .and Reggie Sharland (Fi-ank Wantanabee and Hon. Archie), who have been on KNX, Log Angeles, for over two years, have no prescribed continuity prepared in advance for their dally broadcast. The two get together dally at three in the afternoon and work out thfe continuity they'use that-night at severi.' it takes them about'two hou'rs to- assemble the 13rmlnute routine. New contract between -BUrris and Allen and John'P^-Medbury .carries no time limit. ' . Under the agrreement Medbury'will write for the .team as lori^ as they are on the air,. ' ■ '. ' . . ' ' , Niim,^i;rathni6i'jfori^l( liifl ei€«ant 'Walniii sanctorum 'for the cboler precincts of Sen Kaney's offices at 1f;9C while Kaney -wals vacaUonlng: . Jim Cook, NBC, has gone to the Ozarks for his vacash. ' BJast and Dumke and-Benny Ross on local . RKO hour for; Chicago whUe,playing.vaude dates In that .burg. ••■. . Dorothy Gardner, WBBM, Chi- cago, refers to. a party as a 'binge,' . -V^TMJ. -^ynwaukee 'Jburnal' sta- tlbn, 'belbbtated' its 'fifth anniversary 6f Indepetidbnt' opbriatlon' July 26 with a special p rogr am. lArpv rreiijh,. . WTMJ, has ^ been with the sl^tion longer , than any Other arinbuh^er. ''The youngstera of: thb JburriaTii Sekiitary' HaWklris Club- have ielbcted him C'aptkiri bo - It's Captain Larry, from now'on. . .'W^m. J.-Bennlngr chief of WTMJ'^ it(nueical jstaff/ -was' for. many years- a musical i directo.r. r.fbr musical 8hpws,.as .weU.as. cpinppser of many melbdies. HIb assistant, Roy Pe-. terson, was likewise recruited frbn^ a tfaeatris'pit and' Is nbw the :tita'.i - tlori'S chief arranger; r;. ' ... '\yi8N;. thfr Wisconsin ^News' sta-* tloti, 1b ,now usirig^ its .riew Atudloq; with facllltleq fpr handling^the larg^. est 'symphony orchestras or chor<^' uses. ; .;;;. . ' " - ■ . ' ' ^yrbii 'Rom'arii drid his Clevelari^ band; dropped'by Iioew's' State for ' Summer; ^oln g' on ' new commercial program over WTAM. . ..: .v - . Mel- Harder, and Eddie. Montague, ' baseball players, ;Wlth .Cleveland :ln< dlaris, ,h^ve. Jbilossppied,out as. radio/ sppg [writers .With flrst one titled 'Swe.6thbart ,0' Mlrie.' • Lyrics, by tfaerii'; Henry Timper lb' di d miisic. First Introdubed over WHK, Clcv'e- lolnd,'by Rocky Austin and Jimmy Ajgue.. • -i' - ' Tris Speaker, ex-manager of Cleveland . Irid^ns and . sports , ari> nouricer, Is conferring With Johtji. Patt of WOAR, Cleveland,' for a series of new programs. Loretta Mayo, one-time vaude slrigjar, H&ft bpen%d a radio ti^ltitrii^r schpol in. .Cleveland for .'.aijlpirin^ Ka^e Smiths. .; ■ '). Art Cook, after trying, to' become' an orchestra leader With.a band-ot.> ,hlsi owri, -: loi- back -announcing ^at^ Wa^Z in Detroit. Ken Carr ls tokV. Ing; oy«r,hi8 h^d>' /' ^ AND- HIS ' CALIFORNIA ORCHESTRA ' '. Colnmbla' BrbadcastlnB Srsteiii ' pHillii»!S dental magnesia i !tde»„ Vfaui./SaiL 8:1B (EaMt) COAST-tO-COAST 1WAB CI Master .Witlibttt Ceremony on the M. J. B. Demi TaBse Kevne N. B. O. Stations Coast Nctirork SEGER ELLIS i.Enjbying Month, with' Fpiks. at r Hoh^e in Hbi|Btonv Texas/ ' Atter-17 Months' RiJh at