Variety (Aug 1933)

Tttesday, Angiiat U.S.$etdes$l M « SIC VARIETT 47 ^ Qani wUi ASCAP ivMm with IPB.OOp tM Am!enca^,,.l?i9?W of 'tJomposers,' Ail.t^'6rs & j IJubllshers lijis settled; Me <^:dllt.ererices Iwith tlie ' li. . S.;' *£rf)4^\ify: , 15epwJ^n«nt- Goyernment driginallir 'h^id eervW the isoc^ety with a;,bill for ,$i;250,- pbO,'* cbV^tln^ alleged , dellnipiuencleB for ^Veral! years^^^^^^^^ 1920. , .Investigation Inatituted Into . the fioclety'B ' hooks' by U. S. -agenti* also put the copyWght cor^bine - tp the veipehse. of. h lrlni^ a cor ps eifferF accqtJ nt8^B"1;tClitelF-^ case^ Ih Washington, 4pd; aisd .the retaining bt ^Irs.; »tabel-..Wkmer ■ Wllle"h^kiidt?d . legale .^sery^cep; I i^ill £or the a,cc&tinta[htH jls' expebt«^d. ^ to cbine to around 15,000/'whl)e' . the "MBJC'ifirsistant : attorney gerieral'B fee is yet to be submitted. ^ invbived' In tli^: original IM? Q.PQO - tax claim Twtiff the'Society^s reserve filnd- foi*' the yearfi ": Jpriyious to Vhtll^ theii it . 'not been practice of the orgahizatlon to tribute; the money practically 4n tbto ' eiich.' quarter . as It does InoW;- iiistead It -retained 4 .major portion of the collections for r contiiigierit uses and It' was- upon these sub ■tahtial surpluses that the _Ggv^ ernm^nt slapped the $1,250^000' claim; i«ater revlsionia of th^t in come ta% law- made orgariiza ti.ons of ^iei- poolety^s, class tax ex<^mpt, but at no time in Its hlstoryi .has -. AfiGAP ;"ftled, . .anr^PPl.IcaUo4_£Qr. such eiemptlon ais required byj law* Follbwln^ the; extended hearings on the.''matter ' held"in "Wafehington tWB treasuipy^jDepartm^nt agreed; to reduce its claim ^o $25,000 biit ih- alsted «»at. the. Society add, the compound interOst. lnV<p>lved. letter came . to abound 123,^00. 1920 the dls Protest against use of the ^Barbn tiee/^an^ His Blue Rhythm Band' titleby tltiie. ,*Cbnnie!s Inn Black- 3ird^', picture house unit has been made J>y > iirylng Mills rto Gohnie Immermah/ owner- of the iHarl^m nlterite:and the act. Miiis has a combo of sln)ilar title, at the Cot- ton Glub; There he's calling it the'; 3l/(llls Blue Rhythm band; ^"^TfimSiy^T^^ :Combo ..with i: t^e • Connie; unit, for- >inesly-. filled tiiest function for Mills In the ! Blue- Rhythm . aggregpition now 'ait the^Gbtton Glub before :tbe 3aTori 'iJtee' prefix was drprpp.ed. LONiKIN Music Beer and Music First beer-coinage .adapta- tion for 3.2 :^8: the. IBeerqipian' brchestr^, Maurice .Henri dl-r' .reetori,. '.' It's the c,oinbo at .Trp.mnier's brewery iteistaurartt' in ' Brbdik- lyn. 'I KosenUatt liiriis For Re Ans; RetoroaU^^ 15 ———— i-^^-'- ■ — ■ — Just prioir,,tp ':hia (. ..;. '< I > ', ; .. .■ ■1 '•' • I.: ■/■ v"-Vl ;i j:' .-..•Pred ■WaTd'ng''s -iPehnsyl-Vanian.s, currently on a ISTew EJfgland dah'ce tour in between their Old .Gold broadcastsr ave slated for a third repeat ill.iPiennay .dftncec vterritdry..^ Getting - $l,ix66, to $1,250. nightly gWantees, th^ Warings broke the attehdince record - at $1 admish at Dorney ■ park, Allehtewn, Pa., last weekV'clotking'2,3l€, 'cfai^toirierB| - At - was week': clotking '■ 2,3l€, 'cfai^toirierB| - A) meeting Ixith H er^bpyr ParU^^ ■i^'*iu^' gj ,'^»Pj j 'i^^°Hjy^^ ys^?..boaird..liii'lY^ithih l^.i^O' o|;,GHy,..Lopj^aWo^ n G.^^alipt ^ii^ala I record.-.' .:,„•„ -,• ..'..n., ! ■it -Domenico SaVino .on;hls: annual- ■ix-moBths in Italy via . the 'Rex,* gailln ef frdm New TTork. Aug^ 19. The -Rbbbin?" Music Corp. arranger and stockholder visits America every Other .half year for his ipro" fesslonal duties and then jretir^S to his natlyei country.- , . ' Harold Arlen's kid-brother, Jerry and Jimmy Van Heusen oif thei col- lar fabtbry, are a" youpg j and . new ■ongwriting combo. j '; ';. Bing Crosby has offers [ east but through the Hollywood studio strike holding iip "Going; • Hollywood' ((Metro^Marlon*-Daviek) in which -flln» he's- employed,- his- New -lork. ■manager* Tommys-Rockwell, can't, enter into, any booTdng; negotiations, Mrs. Jack Robblriii m6v<6s with the family to Hollywood Labor, day. Her husb&nd Is now sitting in on musical production- at Metro. Jack Bregman 'in- New York is- running RObbihis Music Corp." as general manager. Last bachelor of Duke .Ellington's baiid, Harry Brown', trombonist, went and did it with Freddie Wash- ington, nlte club entertainer, as soon as the Elllngtonians returned from; ■ - their European tour. London bands playing for the Prince of Wales or Prince George's private parties receive checks which are . signed either 'Edward, P.',. in the- case of Wales, whereas,-his brother, simply , sighs his checks •George^ and nothing else.. They're small, ordinary 'checks on the Bank of England and are. said to be de- Jiberately Inconspicuous so as. not to encourage collectors or phpto.- static copy makers. ; IrVing Mills is planning to open a London office. Kay Hanson or Ned Williams from the New York. Mills;. Rockwell personnel, with'American methods of operation, may. go- over to head it. irving's son, Sid, will also bb attached to it. The. 20-; yeiar-old youth has ' bben learning the music business with Mills Music, •■■Inc.. iDuke' Eiliiifetoh will ■■ head' a{ cpl-; ored''co'mpani|^ for -Englartd ijnder.- Irviaig VMillsV- irection tb-Vplaiy in foi'thii§fht irei(iuences for' GTC 'alt the i^aUttiiiiiih,''Itondbn,'-an Mills flieuries 30^3fi»' *reekli' book available with- the Ideb,'' -v" ■! ' ' '.. After the ■sh,9w.'breaks ,up,. :^ iiaea^ ^aa-r'worked-'out. with the Gen- eral.! i'heatres'. abrbfid Is to i^pot- boofciithajinppiijtting iak^ thb Elliiigtorilains but oii''a' Cbnti- niental ,cOncert tbur as they d^d in this. ,pkst-' cbiiple of mqiiths.. ^ ; , . ' Mill^ will build thie show, on! t1il6 side. The concert idea -will also be tried put. first- in America after the combinbjtlbn hoiii^e bookings are through.. Some 20 weeks of these ;cd]jffb<><f4ates are /ail • aetr ./Stattlhs •iirtih'V.i'or the. Charlie* :Fre4m4n ;tjH>ttth€|rn houses in early S*«)tei|iber. -Thie 'iadyfthee baily . of; EUlilgjtpn's -ecords Jhas' been a/--surprise all the ^WRA code' ahalyRi,^ , Washington (rt^^Johh G, ^jallpt ^ala U^corf?.- ' approached outside: tlfe, bp^rd room ' by .Oswald. T^. Schuette, copyright I 'director for the National. Associa- 1»1|ti X'lintinilTitPf ^ tion bfBrbadcasters. and asked for f'™,. iWUgTf».l*V« f > 'a 'copy bi'tiie, musVc (industry's codj^,j!, ' rgchuette remarked- that' it i had. occurred to ; him -'that - p'erhapa :he I'bbtiid •be- helpful i*rth' sbifhb isugr gestions an* that- he' was rea^y' to pass up a planned fishing trip'over I ii. UAt, I Purpose I the wbekend IC MS services 'were I required,,.. Palhei- v assured-. ^ '^<!^J,;^3 wh. ...jyKusVif; industry's code has been turned back,,by the goye^nFft^P* a' Abck" of eliminatiohs and • revi- sions. What phases of' the dpcu- meht the" • adminlstratibn -wanted changed was set forth by Sol Ror senbiatt, . co-rOrdinatbr for the iLmuisemeht business, at ia/meeting lA''= ■Waihirtgtbn' Thursday .(17) be- tween John G. Pioiine,'^ chairman Of the tx-ade's code committee, and the NRA's code analysis grou . Until the ( music code has been 'r^-vaTTiped :h' line With'Rosenblatt'fl Instrnlctlons, np- open hearings^ on it will be held. Understood that iWhpn this does take place several -Pub- llsh^rs.from bot)ti the pop and stan- dard factions, tvin be oh hand to interpose pbjectlpns. Of the pop element to date np slisnatures tp. the code h^ve: been obtained j from Robblns-Mu$lc jQo.i -the-Joe - J^prris - Music iCpi, the Sam FOx MUslb Co, and the Joe Davis Music dpt. Purposb for the meeting wltli the analysis Coterie -Was to <s;. around, :■ lodging .by -the.i jUst-ipm-: plete,d European sojourn, ilt. reached il^e^T-^egpe ei that every cnlnred-j-nbt %q , inierftloih, the • -white: FrenChJ a;rid Flnglish-^rchestra- had, ppppeq the Ellington. ar)rangpn^ents. off-the diski; and. were; sii^ulatlng them. [ J This, Irtcidfentally, had -creatbd . a prpbiem fpr Ellingtpn, and Mi'lS; is trying.', to. .work- out ;;sbme copyright protection to halt- tbls flattering <;opy,ing. This will .be accomplii^hed, it ,is, hoped, by only performing .re-; stricted numbers of Ellington's ;pwn .comppsitiort,. ...and...L:hpt' .puWIs'hIng them, .sb-'that, there'can be no out for any AS^^AP-alfiliat^d Usage of n-jni-ber.-. •' required,,... palhe, - assured . i him ceimea w tn ji^JS^^inWSi S «nd'.out what parts of It would pass th^t • everything ;was okay and If songwribrs' contract Cflverin^ ! the 1^^^^^^ py ; Otherwise before the Schuette wak ooj^cemed-about the. P|*'^"''«out the required performance rights pFpvisipnjs, of 1 plete . their assignment -tijei^j^^ ^. ^^^^^^^ the code, there, weren't ahy. Paine].next, two .weeks..- Only -iP^^Pt,the set of :.rules aiid regiilflaiQns~ added that the matter, of perform- which the two ^patlles^ Song^rWers L^^^^ Industry. Onb ithing ances was''strictly the. coijcei^n of Prptectiye As?oei,atipn and the Ha^ ajg^ the American Spciety , ot Com- ofjflce, r,eprep,fentmg tlje:,prpdt cters, l ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^ palne was that the posers. Authors, &. Publishers! and j Are: at loggerheads ia that iyiyp ylng y^j^^ „<it to consider the that.*hb^^ as' bpa^rd chairman of t^ ; the right ;to>Ms^^^hp sain«. c^^ as a contract among the ihera- Miisic tubllsh^r^' Prote,9tive Asso,-Tlt,ipn in^mpre .than; one ;plctvrehrtth- k,^v^ ^^le industry but as thfe law | ciation,rhad"^"TlntehtiPTy=of^Inter^TyutT^ t H^"Tanl^ hce it Is signjaturj^d ^by ferlnig with;the condupt pit the fprr, ;., Sbh'gw^ritrrig'-growpi ^opteiid^ ;the L^^ President.' A»d once anniroved nier Organization,- j cOmposer fehotild'-be'paid for ^yery ■ There was one- feature about th6 ii^gtairtce in /which the ni^ork- is iised, music nien's code that ought to be l evett if the stlpehd ■ mereiy a of help the brOadcasteris, ven^ 1 nominal oAe. Producers? reps take tured Paine, and. that was the Uj|^g .yfg.^poi^t ti^j^^ ppoa^^ jg covenant's ban against bribery of I g^tj^jea ^o insert thb number :-wJher- orchestra leaders. With this, evil | pi^^ggg ^mjo^^. f^tyje,. -qi,. out/of the " ,w-ay,. said .thft,. |4PPA .vi „^^^^ , v \. - head, ^he broadcasters would baVe Xnother point that the-Vriters h^Wcn/^nJard .public stronger control over/Jhelr :Pro- , ^^^^ inaerted' in the fcsic ^e sold. ; «e ,ad^^^^^ be ^rams. Sohiiette: agreed- that the j.^ri^te-^^haj not e^^-^^V l^i^^^^^ ' been incprporatefl, iiito '. ' ' P^ture f^ace » clause ^^^^^^^^^^^'^J^J".*^ o A'AWWW- VAA«^f'^'''«> VitUJ *vift thsit the s^llinjEjof a product or ser- . * itJ^^ u;.? -J" -^^S^Ti-'^^time the i^g,-^ the reisbnable cost Mb TiiroiU^iiJ<>r----<Cnflk>r^^g^^^^^ i»^^9P^atA<?^^^' ^9^m. *'^jKeSaVedJL^pfaUu^etiiod-oiLCQm^ Idvesri^aeri duiger,. cost is to be defined, 4s 'theVcost >of.^irect labor, pl^'r^"il4e bbst'' , ' material, plus an Aiid. once approved it wiil. ,be as diipftcult. to hawe It amended als -it ^as tp have it ;orIg— ^ inaiiy attepted by tiie government. .Oi)jections ^Mfaiii highiights of Rosenblatt's objection tb the. code as it stPpd was the inclusion of list prices at provision ivas; a good thlngr/ "Oof ift i^ Okes Nbn-U^si Hollywood, 21. ., Obtaining permission ..fronl the musicians' unionv Lou Brock Jias hired , three nonTunion men to play special instruments for 'Flying Down to Rip.' Radio, supervisor dug up three little known harmony makers in a marlmbola, chocalhp and cavaquinho,' which his regular musicians couldn't manipulate. ' ^^Broclc^hM""l^fff^15andCTir-^f^^^ ture^ Braznian, Argentine and two American combos. New instru- ments will be in the former. . ibb Wachsman has -taken Irving Aarphsoh and his Commanders un- der personal management. Wachs man also worries about Harold Ar len's business affairs. IT HAD to HAPPEN * • 'Stormy .Weather^ 'Now .^$500,000 Suit igureiB in John Goldfine, who, Isays, he writes - under ^ the name' of John Gold, had started $500,000 worth of litigation over the aiithorship, of •Stormy 'Weather.' Niamed in the complaint which he has filed in the Neyir Yprk Federal Court are Mills MuSio, ".Inc.; Gotham, Music Co., liic; Lawrence Music Co.; CBS, NBC and a long list, of., stations whibh,.. he alleges, broadca.st; .the number :without '.his , permission. Also" served, ip the suit^ were ,Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen, wrjters of the 'Stormy Weather' number. Gbldfine in" his action alleges that 'Stbrmy' Is an' infringement upon three sbrigs that he had. turned^ver to Jack Mills for pubiicatibn. Originally, he says** he brought -the sbngs to irviJig Mills, half -owner of Lawrence Music Co., who,'avers Goldflhe, turned the numbi^rs over to his" brother. Jack, and suggested that the latter get Koehler and Ar- len to doctor-them up before, bring- ing~Tliein'"^iltr~*StDrniy^-Weather7'- Goldfine claims, represents the 'es- 'sence' of the three songs to ."^yhich, he- ^sajrs, Koehler and Arlen had access. Goldline's .three numbers tor which, he says, he obtained a writer's contract in April of this year were 'There's Gotta Be a Love Song,' 'Lazy Love* and 'By and By.' These, ditties,' he adds, were . neyer-^^ actually^giycn,; pubMc^atJon by' Gotham Music. After Ijelng granted an Injunction oh*an order to sliow! .cause against L^h Ray (Hibbaird) and Phil Har- I ris... with. >phose orchestra at; the Hotel-Pennsylvania, New. ■rork, Mlss. Ray Sings, Justlfcfe Edward. Lazan- sky, presiding judge of the brpok- lyii Appellate Division, signed art or- der staying the temporary injtinc- tion Until argument" can . be heard in the suit by . the Hotel Ambassador Operating Co. against both per- I formers. This, In', effect. Is' ah out for both Miss Ray and Harris, since, by the time the Appellate Division reconvenes In October; they ;Will have ended their 'engagement at the Pennsy. Ambassador hotel, Los Angeles, originally had both Harris' band and Miss .Ray under, contract. When Harris left oh' tour, Miss-Ray went With the band aia Vobal soloist. Th^ Ambassador's cau,se'for complaint Is that it grobmed Miss Raiy. and !had her. under contract, but that - she breached it. Julian T. Abeies rep- resented the performers. .regardless of the fact that thp^ork | ^j^.^, .^rie 'dbst-' material, plus an creat^p. -w^iile _,t.h^ ..wrlteii -tialarsf tb' thb' -prb'ducer. '■ was created, while ,t.he . writer: was .i!iiiidei1 SPA in.'its -discussions 'Witii( the producers' reps .has .made -npi at- tempt to establish maiters of'jniaxi-i- mum working lioiirs' br minimum; pripes vnis TAs:£s ixTucKS m ai'squate iaimduht of pyerhead. Mat- stervbf detbtTtalnfng • "what is t quate' Wfll -be left tp the national qpmmlttee;. enforce thte^ code. \ , . ., ' ''RosenbVU said that, the code ex- emptW' fr<«t ^ the. - 40--hbur week maximum executives receiving over $45, This exception came, withitt the. purview- ofthe . .-President-B: Y T nV-li ^ 1 , ' ^ the. purview- OI-^ine . ..xrrBBAMW.vo; J!w \j^^-^^\ ;<'V6r; .forfbianket code, he said, but when it Mills Music, Inc., the maj.or part of ' . _ ^ — the Gptham Attucks Mu'slc Cb, -cat- alog. Another newcomer to the, 'Mills, list is Joe HbVard's 'What's the Use Of Dreiaming.'' Ohatles K. Har- ris Music Co. had the original cbp|yr right on the song and when, Ithat i -- -;-^--- - "^^ iimwynvme^^t. came tb effecting a jeieKmanent;CPde for th% industry the law required that thbse i-cceivlng. $35 or better be also subject to the 4Q-hour max- imum,' Another point he made on this topic 'vas that tliere was to bo no distinction between the hours of o-^rer from Howard. EiilSM^ ON 'SHOWBOA^!' Leo Reisman's orchestra 'is- inow playing ori the Lake George, m Y., 'Show Boat,'. 11 Bailie pay. and" hoOT wonjd be tW same for the dealer diyisibn except that the counter owners may ex- tfend their hours dtu-ing peak periods prbvidcd they pay overtime at "the rate of time and a. third. Another objection voiced by Rb- now i3oax,;, j; Another objection voicea oy xmj- Don Bestbr's band closed itpi ^ec- ggnblatt had to' do with the, fact ond engagement of the \ .season aboard the floating night clbb ilast week. A BEACH BOY! Ballard MacDonaUl, who has been in th6 South Seas, has decided to go native.' -The songwriter plans salhne. f.oi' Bali' in the^ fall and settling .thrre for some time. «(t on the Air Last To familiarize the rest of the country with the tunes most sunlg and played on the air around New York, the following is. the com- pilation for last week; This \tal)uiatibn''ipin contiriue regularly. : r Tahutation ill turn is- trohen down into two divisions*! .^i^'^^j;. her of pliigs on the major networks (WEAF and "WJZ of the chain,, and WABC, key station of CB8), along with the total of plugs on 2few York's Jiob most important independent sta,tions—^ rWpR and WMCA. 'Don't lame Me'..:,............. 'Lazy Bones' 'It Isn't .Fair'....... 'Bless Your Heart' • • 'Beloved' .*........,*.•«•-» 'Under a Blanket of Blue'....... 'Shadow Waltz' . . • • • ^Marching^Along=^ogetherV:.. 'Blue Prelude' .... 'Hbld Your Man'. 'Lying in the Hay*. 'Trouble in Paradise'. •Valley of the Moon' .. *Let'3 Make Up'. 'Blyc Roses- » • • « < » • »•* « * « t t % t 4 » 4 • •'•.• • • thiat department Stores . that sell music were not* included In that portion of the code captioned ?def- inttions'. He asked that this frame be- BP broadened out. that these sources of retailing be noted. In- volved heire was the matter of sheet music cutrating. ' Clause ih the code thait received a. tensC; going over from Rosen- blatt was the bne -thit dealt with unfair methods of explbitatibn bf materiaU He, igave It as his opinipn that the 'extravagant entertain-, ment' angle had been top stringent- ly defined by the'publishers, but If they insisted Upon banning attend- ance at openings-and closines they wbuld~ have tu . revisc-^this—para--— graph so that the tabop would nt^, apply to theatrical openings and closings. Impression he had was that-the plause did pot control the sltuatibn. As originally written the ^ cpdp allq-wed for the attendance at openings and closings ..ut restricted, a publisher's party tP fouir persons, but at the open meeting called to adopts th,c docume nt the pujljs hgrjS vetpcd~fhe. proposition. • Restricting Prchestratiorts Rosenblatt averred that he didn't like that provision In the pop men's end of the code which restricted the giving of orchestrations tO; 2,B00 copies. He said that with the Continued On page 48)