SONG SUCCESSES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18547, 3 November 1923, Page 14 (Supplement)

SONG SUCCESSES.

•"'.■ ; ..— «•» —-— WORLD FAMOUS NUMBERS. : MILLIONS OF COPIES SOLD. AUTHOR VISITS LONDON. World-conquering songs composed it: I •■■ minutes or so! . That is one of the records of Mr. Ernest IL Ball, who is now in London, from New York, looked to sing at the Palladium ninny of the melodies which have made Intn famous. He is the author of soups that sell ...«, {lip million, one result being to prov-Je : choruses of enduring populaiity for great holiday crowds. For one * ni, alone Mr. Rail lias composed over 400 wags. The following arc only a few of his sue resses which have exceeded a million .n output: —- " Let the Rest of the World Go By," three million , <-~«,, " Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold. nearly two million. " Love Me and the World is Mine," one I nnd a-half million. I '•Good-bye. Good Luck, God Bless \ ju, one and a-hulf million. •' Mother Machree." •' Turn Pack the Universe and Give Me I Yesterday." " When Irish Eyes are Smiling." " A Little Bit of Heaven." " In the Garden of My Heart." " I pom pose my songs as the mood tari.\s mr, doing most of my writing in the quiet I after midnight," said Mr. Ball. "1 did 'Who Knows?' and 'The Oar ; den of My Heart.' in the same evening, i Another night. Mr. J. Keirn Brennan and 1 were talking of the mistake <>? .song- j wrttsrs wasting money instevl of invest>t>c ; it in a California!! ranch where one could J ' let the rest of the wo;hi go by.' ' What ; n theme that phrase suggests.' said Mr. | brennan; and straightway he did tlie verses and T. the melody of the song which | hears the titie. j " ' Ten thousand years from now" is ■ -no ) of the compositions! did in ten minutes, j It. is hasrd on an eld Japanese legend, aid | 1 had carried it in my mind for a couple, i of years before settling down to produce j the melody. , I '' Thousands of men who married alter j hearing ' Love Me and the World is Mine.' are blaming me." was one of Mr. | Ball's whimsical comments. That song I v:,s reallv his first great ! a'lad sneces;. j " Mother'Machree." which enthusiasts say . will never die, took him 20 minutes.