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Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 33, 22 February 1935, Page 22

ey a booklet recently issued by the American .Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers some surprising figures are revealed regarding the sale of music. In 1927 the song "Ramona" sold to the extent of 1,750,000 copies of sheet music. The full effects of broadcasting on the sale of sheet music ‘became manifest, and in 1931 the "Stein Song," the hit of the year,. gold only 900,000 copies. A song is considered a great success to-day, says the society, if 100.000 copies of it are sold. Constant repetition over the air cuts down the sale of sheet music enormously, and the life of a popular song has been reduced from about a year to perhaps three months. Radio, it is stated, has not only pruned the sales of sheet music, but it has almost similarly. reduced the revenue for composers and authors from the sale of gramophone records and player rolls.