MONEY IN SONGS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 278, 20 August 1919, Page 8

MONEY IN SONGS

A .member of a large music publish'ing firm in London recently told "Daily Chronicle" representative that to-dao r , more than ever, there is money in songs. Ho instanced "Tho Rosary,' which brought in hundreds of pounds, and "Soldiers of the Queen," which was a small gold mino for Leslio Stuart, Although "Soldiers of tho Queon" was composed some time ago it is still being printed.' Other songs which • are sources ot steady incomes aro: "Roses of Picardy,'". "Littlo Grey Home in the West,"'i lie Sunshine of Your Smile," "Rosa 111 the Bud," and "Tho Long, Lone Trail." Mr. James \V. Tate, better known as "That," mado JCI2OO out of "If I Should Plant a Tiny Seed of Love," a solig which lie composed in less than half an hour. "Way Back Home," composed in tho trendies by Herbert Mackeuzio, sold to tho extent of over 70,000 copies within tho first six months of publication. "The Tnvil that Leads to Home," by the same composer, brought in several hundreds of pounds. Fifteen hundred pounds a year is a modest estimate of tho-income made by tho composer of a popular song, for to the English ajid American royalties must bo added fcho§a accruing from, granite phono records, j