Variety (Jan 1949)

RO OBCIIBSTIUS-MIJSIC VeclneaJay, January 26, 1949 SOHG CAVALCADE; * **«*<♦« (Musical-Historical Revietv: 1800-1948)^^**^ Compiled for p^filETY By JLLIUS MATTFELD (Copyright; Varitly, Inc. AH Right! KMtrvtd) Ugendi and olhai ba«ie background inforinah'an> antndant lo tht campilarfon and pfes«ntD»ion, opptortd in Ot». «, t94», itsu'w when thi Vaihly Song Cavokode f»ar»td pub/ieofion uriolly. ' It. -h luggMftd that tfcest tn«to"m«nrs. bo c/ippad and filed for futuro reforonet, , ■ Attohtion i> horiby talUd to tho focf that fhi» moftrin| i» copyright ond moy not fc'o roproducod oilhor wholly or, in part. (Continuod from last Wock) I the cowboy, and the cattle raising business with which he was assbr elated (fey early 1900 the era was over),, Van Depoele and Sptague in- vented ; the electric trolley: car which Was developed and perfected in the ensuing three years. : L. E. Waterman in this year, and Paul E. Wirt in 1885, worked but the fountain pen. ■ One J. Baker ate 6 pounds of cooked beaiis in 40 minutes at a tourney under Grand Army of: the Republic auspices at TonavVanda, n. y, Oliver Wendell, Holmes' "A Mor- tal Antipathy:" appeared,; as also Mark Twkin'^ "Advienttires , pf. Huckleberry rinn." : , ,,. Chauncey Olcott Was staiirlrig in "The Irish Artist." Financial panic resulted in New York with the failure of the ftrm of Grant & Ward. .' Tornadoes killed several ■hun- dred persons and destroyed; 10,000 ■buildings,-,'',V,,, 1882 I Never Drank Behind the Bar (The McSorJeys). w.; Edward Harri- gan; m., David Braham; Wm; A. Pond & Co., cop. 1882. I'll Be Ready When the Great Day Conies, w.^ m., James S.: Put- man. Chicago: S. Brainard's Sons, cop. 1882. The Market on Saturday Night, w., Edward Harrigan. m.v David Braham; Wm. A. Pond & Co., cop. 1882. McNally's Bow of Flats, w.. Ed- ward' Harrigan; m., David Braham. Wm. A. Pond & Co., cop. 1882, When the Clock in the Tower Strikes Twelve. : w., Edward Harri- gan. m., David Braham. Wm, A, Pond Sn Co., cop. 1882. Cincy Starts a Trend Here's a good example of why music publishers go mad in such an unpredictable busi-> ness. Some tim.e ago, a putsch was started v on the tune "As You Desire Me," by the Words and Music catalog, owiied by Cork O'Keefe and operated for him by Dave Dreyer, Vaughn Monroe made a recording of it for Victor,,. Tony Martin for Mercury, etc. Nothing hap- pened. Recently, Paul Dixon, WCPO, Cincinnati, disk jockey, began spinning a version re- leased only a little while ago by M-G'M, made by Derry Falligant. He got big request action out of it and the stir has begun spreading to the point where Monroe's version i'S being reissued and so is Martin's (he's now on Victor), and Decca is having it cut- by the Ink Spots. Mrs. (Lily) Langtry made her American debut at Wallack's The- atre, N.Y„ as Hester Grazebrook in "An Unequal Match," followed by the role of Rosalind in "The Honeymoon." Jumbo, the elephant, arrived from England and was promptly ^exhibited by P. T, Bamum. Mark: Twain's "Prince and the Pauper" appeared,. On Pearl St., N.Y., the first Edi- son electric lighting station open- ed. Oscar Wilde, the English author •nd esthete, began lecturing in Chickering Hall (lectures and ad- dresses, especially by visiting Eu- ropeans, were highly popular at this time). '■'East Lynn" (with Ada Gray), "Far from the Madding Crowd" | <Sha»e and > "Esmerelda" were popular •'■ ocanl plays. ' 1883 Marg-uerite. w., m., C. , A. White. Boston: White-Smith & Co., cop., 1883. My Dad's Dinner Pail- (Cordelia's Aspirations), w., Edward Harri- gan. 'm., David Braham, Wm,-A. Pond & Co., cop. 1883. Strolling: on the Brooklyn Bridge. W.V George Cooper, ' m., Joseph P. Skeily. Richard A, Saalfield, eop, 1883. When the Mists Have Rolled Away.. Hymn. W'.,-Annie Herbert, m., Ira David Sankey. Cop. 1883, by Ira D. Sankey, When the Robins Nest Again, w., ra., Frank Howard. T. B. Harms & Co., cop. 1883 by J. F. Martin- da'o. At a time when gastronomic de- lights were highly prized, one W. S. Walcott ate two quail daily, be- tween 4 and 5 p.m,, for 30 con- secutive days—a record never even remotely approached. The->Brooklyn Bridge opened, at- tracted vast crowds, and had to be altered at the approaches when 12 peoi)le: were trampled to death in a crush. Congress adopted standard time. The novel of the year was "Bread-winners" by an anonymous author later discovered to be John Hay who, in 1898, became'^Secre^ tary of State. In New York the Metropolitan Opera House was dedicated. Mis. Cyrus Curtis founded The Ladies Home Journal (of which I ]88.'> I At the Cross. Hymn, w., Isaac I Watts. Jii., R. E. Hudson, cop. 1885 by R. E; Hudson. The Gum Tree Canoe, w., S. S. Steele, m.. A. F. Winnemove. Cleve- land: S. Bi'ainard's Sons, cop. 1885 ("new edition"). Poverty's Tears Ebb and Flow (Old Lavender). w„ Edward Harri- gan. m., David Braham, Wm, A. Pond & Co., cop. 1885. Remember, Boyi' .you're Irish (Shane Na Lawn), w., m., William .m. T. B, Harms & Co., cop, 1885. ■ Still as the Night—.Original Ger-| man title; Still wie die Nacht (no. | 27 in: Lieder. No. 326). German words traditional; English words, Mrs. John P. Morgan, m., K, Bohm. Berlin: N. Simrock ri885?]. Pub- lished in the United States b.v Oli- ver Ditson Co., Boston, cop. 1890, and G. Schirmer, New York, cop, 1890. In Boston, Ben.iamin F. Keith, who had begun his career by ex- hibiting' a midget called "Baby | Alice." revolutionissed the existing; entertainment business by starting i vaudeville—a continuous perform- i ance of variety acts, which, among, other things, was simon pure fori the family trade in a day of hair- raising thrillct's and blue jokes, i First electric street railway in j the U.S. opened in Baltimore by j Frank J. Sprague. ! Mergenthalor invented the lino-i type—the type-casting mechanism! that eliminated hand-setting and.L gave a powerful stimulus to mass • publications. - ! Grover Cleveland Claxson Bellamy and Harry Paul- ton, m., Edward Jakobowski. (Pro- duced in New York, May 10, 1886.) What the Dicky-Birds Say (Erml- nie). w , Claxson Bellamy and Harry Paulton. m., Edward Jako- bowski. (Produced in New York, May 10, 188().) On Bedloe's Island, N. Y., the Statue' of Liberty, France's gift to the U. S., was unveiled while 1,000.000 people looked on. In the /Southwest, the Apache Indians buried their hatchets and ■the day of Indian fighting was for^ ever over. ■ Anarchist riots in Chicago, (Hay- market) -resulted in several deaths, followed by, convictions and hang- ings. The United Mine Workers organ- ized. Earthquakes killed 40 in CharlesT ton, S. C, R H Tele-Log FoUotuing is tobwlation of song performances on New York teUvisiari netu!orfc« JVBC. CBS, ABC and DuMont. They are based on ratings of seven iop shows; Texaco (Miltoji Berle) 80; Chester/ield {Arthur God jrey) 65; Emerson ("Toast of the. Town") 50; Chevrolet, 30; Kroft an" Cliestcr/ield' (Perry Como) 25; Arrow Shirt, 25. >. ' • Week of Jan. 13 to Jan. 19 My Darling, My Darllng-ri'"Where's Charley"—Morris en Buttons & Bows—t"Paleface"—Famous A Little Bird Told Me—Bourne 3q On a Slow Boat to China—Melrose, . . ....on Here I'll Stay—^"Love Life"—Chappell It's a Big Wide Wonderful World—BMI jO You Were Only Fooling—Shapiro* 20 Cornbelt Symphony—Mellln , Down By the Station—American Academy , , jq For You—Witmark , jq Galway Bay—Leeds ,.,-,., ^ ' iq' Lavender Blue—t"Sp Dear to My Heart"—Santly jq Little Jack Frost Get Lost—Spitzer , ,.,., ^ Picnic in the Snow—J, J. Bobbins So in Love—*"Ki.ss Me Kate"—T. B. Harms Thai Certain Party—Bourne lo The Money Song-—Crawford.,. .. ......,.,... .• ,,,,,,..., :io Until—Dorsey Bros- .. ■ ■ • ............,. .. .. lo What Did I Do—+"When My "Baby Smiles At Me"—Triangle lo You Walk By—Cavalier ... n iq Cuanto Le Gusta—Southern 5 Far Away Places—Laurel r.. ■ 5 My Own True Love—Paramount 5 1887 Away In a Manager (or ■"Luther's Cradle Hymn"), w., ma erroneously ascribed to Martin Luther, w,, anonymous, m., J. R. M, [James Ramsey Murray] (in his: Dainty Songs for Little Lads and Lasses, p. llOl. Cincinnati: The John Church Co., cop. 1887; renewed 1915 by Mrs, J. R. Murray. (For an Inside Orchestras-Music Leeds Music men blew their stacks last week and cancelled subscrip- tions to Peatman, RH and Accurate Reporting radio performance meas- uring sheets due to the refusal to credit an important plug for "Galway Bay'' on Bing Crosby's: Phllco show of Wednesday (19)., Crosby pulled the unique ;Stunt of playing one of his own Decca recordings of the song ion the'transcription, and singing along with it, meanwhile making comments about the disking. Accurate, which logs N. Y. chain plugs and supplies the info to Peatman and RH for their national compila,^' tions, called the plug a "background" performance because of Crosby's conversation and refused credit.. Accurate has since revised that stand and will give proper credit next week. RH, meanwhile, had heard Leeds' complaint and moved *'Galway" up to where it would have been- had the plug been okayed. That exclusive rights to mechanical reproduction in the U. S. often' depend upon Presidential proclamation when the original eopyright was obtained in a foreign country was again i^olnt'ed up by a recent decision of the U. S. Circuit Court of Jtppeals in affiiminff, a ruling otiij lower district court. In deciding an apj^eal ,from, a dismissal :pf an in-^ fringement suit brought by a: Brazilian tilaintiff against several Amei'- ican recording companies, the high couri: held that the actioh should ' be denied since reciprocal licensing conditions between the U, S; and ^.xvi>><> iJLuiai. Brazil had not been determined by Presidential proclamation. Suit ekhaiTstive''inv^stiiatio^^ tl>c number, "Tico Tico No.Fuba." composed by a Brazilian, hi-story of this carol, consult: Rich-l and copyrighted under the laws of that country and in, accordance with^ ard S. Hill, Not so far away in a I the Buenos Aires convention of 1910. manger, in "Notes," Washington : —r— D. C, Dec, 1945, p. 12-36.) Apparently no one likes "Boys and Girls Like You and Me." Noth- Come [Comei Oh, Come To Me], ing personal, of course. But the BodgerSrHammerstein tune of that Hymn, w., Mrs. James G: Johnson, title has been kicking around for more than six years without ever m., James McGranahan, Cop. 1887 getting anywhere. Originally penned for "Oklahoma!" it was yanked by James McGranahan;.,. . •. i from the musicomedy in the original trimming. Metro bought it in 1943 I Will Sing the Wond'rous Story. 1 for the film "Meet Me In St. Louis," but it wound up'on the cutting Hymn, w., ,F. H. floor, even though it did manage to find Its way into the Decca Biiiiorn. Cop. 1887 by Ira D., an,un, of gongg fr(,„, the pic. Few weeks ago, MGM tried again with if' tii'e WaiPr* CoiilH SnPiit A« ^'^^^^ Sinatra warbling it to Betty Garrett in "Take Me Out to the Thev Flo" w m C Ciaham Game." But—you guessed it—when the film came out of the cut- Willis Woodward & Co.,'cop. 1887: '< ""8 room "Boys and Girls" was on the floor again. If You Love Mc„ Darling, Tell I ■ , . ^. ,n , , . . ' Me* With Your Eyes, w Samuel' Alfred Newman can probably sue himself for plagiarism after a Mintilrn Peck. ni.. Hubbard T.' Songwriting stint at 20th-Fox. Script of "Come to the Stable'' calls for Smitli. Washinston, D. C: John f] ' thesp Hugh Marlowe, playing a songwriter, to be accused by a group of Ellis & Co., cop. 1887 I nuns of using a hymn as basis for a pop tune. To make it^authentie, • The'Outcast Unknown, w., m„! Newman worked with: church music authority Roger Wagner for a Paul Dresser, Willis Woodward & ; month, digging into: old Latin manuscripts and .finally; wrote a chant Co;, cop. 1887. Book-a-bye Baby, w., m., Effie I Canning, Boston: C D. Blake & CO., Cop. 1887. The Song That Reached My I Heart, w.. m., Julian .Tordan, Willis based on others centuries old. Then Newman jazzed it up into modern format and Mack Gordon turned out lyrics for it. Tune is called "Through a Long and Sleepless Night." . Writing some 10 numbers for General Amusement's recent talent shovv, was inaugu- i WnoHwnifi * Pn rnn iR«7 . ''Theatre 49,'' proved the springboard to a pair, of exclusive cdntracts rated president. X S^^^»l-originai french title S'^li ^^^'^'^ songsmiths Richard Adier and Philip Springer. Bryn Mawr, another great insti- Le Cygnc Duet t^r violoncello i ^"^'^ c'eWe^s were handed two-year tickets by company prez Jack Mills, tution of feminine learning, was and piano m Camille Saint-Saens I ''*'««lin' Like a Song" along with "One Easter founded, ■ jparis: A burand et Fils T 1S87J1 f*"*" P"''*''^^'*^ Roller skating was so popular I Though Your Sins Be As Scarlet. that an estimated $20,000,000 was Hvmn. w., Frances Jane Crosby invested m skating properties. I IMrs. Alexander Van Alstynel. m. Cable cars appeared in New William Howard Doane. cop. 1887 ^ , a i . , ^ , i by William H. Doane Arbor Day (advocated by Sterl Richard Adler was represented on Broadway last year as one of the producers of "On Whitman Avenue," Springer has the music for last year's Columbia University varsity: show to his credit. ing Morion) ^became day. a legal holi- 1886 Wait Tin the Tide Comes In, w., Gco)-ge Prophetej-. m;-.' Gussie L, Davis. George' Propheter; cop. 1887. Care with which James C. Petrillo is screening applicants for record- ing franchises is demonstrated by the extent of negotiations with Exclusive Records. Coast label dickered with the AFM chief for 26 daysirbefore getting a five-year ticket. Petrillo is scrutinizing each ap* plication carefully and personally investigates each applicant beforil Edward Bok took charge in 1889), ; At Midnight On My Pillow Lying ] the tclarSter,1l"e ^^^eto^ ! SKe*en XyZ ttiona'iry'sinl^the tn%Su7h'^mori^M presaging the era- of mass-publica- (Erminie): w.,-Claxson Bellamy and \ of American sod^^^^^^ ^^^.^^^ , ZerYef oSed ^drA^M'fL'n^hfsestefS^^^^^ drsrclampdmd became U. S. citizens and were months ago. .,';': ■:" ■•"■, ■-;■ allotted land in individual hold-! x.' j t>- • ' .^TT^T , „ 4 , ^ . ^ ings; f , Pied Py?ers, vocal combo, ankle^^ last week on conj Elsie Hofl'man, the actress, made her American debut. ': : Plays of the season Were "Pa,'^' Dr, .TekyJl and Mr, Hyde." 1 tions, Col. Cody (Buffalo Bill) launch- ed his Wild West Show. Joseph Pulitzer bought the New York World from Jay Gould, and immediately started campaigning against prevailing plutocracy. Those who disagreed with his poli- cies labeled him a "yellow journals i§t" and sensationalist. Harry Paulton. m., Edward Jako- bowski; (Produced in New York, May 10, 1886.1 Darkest the Hour (Erminlel. w., Claxson Bellamy and Harry Paul- ton, m.. Edward Jakobowski, (Pro-^ duced in New York, May 10, 1886.) I Dear Mother, In Dreams I See I' elusion of .five^yeiir. pact, to si^ with BCA-Victor. Teahi had been with Cap Jiliiiost since that label's infancy; Witlj the original deal ex- piring. Pipers' manager George "Bullets" Durgom sought a better 4eaK _ -. , - _ .- xivuc. , Capitol apparently balked and the act immediately inked with the rival ' Her (Erminie). w., Claxson Bellamy |"C.O D." "The Wife" (by David i waxei-y. Understood the new deal provides for a royalty payment Of and Harry Baulton. m„ Edward 1 Belasco and H. C De Mi'lle), and ! 3%c for each disk and are guaranteed 12 sides annually. Cap royalty; in New , "A Hole in the Ground." 1884 Always Take Mother's Advice, w.. lU;, Jennie Lindsay. Willis Woodward & Go:, cop. 1884, Plum Pudding, w., Edward Har- rigan, m., David Braham. Wm. A. Pond Co.. cop. 1884. The Sea Hath Its Pearls. Part song lor SATB. w., Henry Wads- worth- Longfellow, translated from the German of Heinrich Heine, m.. Giro Pinsuti, London: Novello, Ewer & Co. (1884). White Wings. w„ m,, Banks Winter. Willis Woodward & Co., cop. 1884, This year marked tfa» heyday ot (Continued next witrk's Issue) Palitz in Coast Ho<p Hollywood, .ran,: 25, I .Takobowski. : (Produced I York, May 10. 1886), I Forever With the Lord. w„ I ! James Montgomery. : m., Charles: ] Gounod: London: Phillipps and ! Page [18861. |: i pJ,"?^ Gladiator March m„ John 1 Morty Palitz, recording head'for 1 Coleman COP ^886 " Harry , Columbia Records, is in Cedars of I .._ „ _ 1 The Letter That Never Came, w I •loso'tal here, undergoing | of a standard tune owned by another publisher, from Which the melody m,, Paul Dressel^ T, B. Harms & ifu''^''.^H'P'/t'' '^.'■'''''^ '21), Pa-' of his "original" was taken. . Co.. cop. 1886. litz didn t feel well and later that, ' Maggie, the Cows Are In the 1 f"^";^? symptoms of a heart, Capitol will shortly slide two sides by Herb Jeffries into the disK attack. His — ■ ■ • - - . ^ .> . , u. payment was one-t|uarter of a cent less per record. One small New York publisher changed the title of a new tune he is publishing after reading a recent Variety story, which: pointed put that major publishers would legally go after bop bands who were using standard tunes as the basi» for bop originals. Title he had m-' tended using was a pronounceable, but more Or less unrecognizable word. Actually it consisted of the first lettet of each word in the title Clover, w., m., AI. W, Filson. T. B. Harms & Co., cop. 1886. Never Take No For An Answer, w., m., J. F. Mitchell. Willis Wood- ward & Co., cop. 1886. A Soldier's Life (Erminie). w., i ^ '■^"^oved him!slails', before Columbia markets any "biscuUr by tlVe singer, whom it „i,-Plf.?.:.?"'* ''^2?" cardiac; recently signed. Jeflries moved to Columbia after parting eorapapy tests, all of which proved negative. However, Palitz is still hoiSpital- ized, while doctors try to deter- mine what, ff anything, is wrong. with Exclusive Records following his beef that he was getting too little publicity. Capitol acquired the two sides—along with .six olhei- un- released masters—for $800 froin Frank Kelly, who made them three years ago when stai-ting the defunct Frantone B«cords.