T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc.
T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc., based in the Tin Pan Alley area of New York City, was one of the seven largest publishers of popular music in the world in 1920. T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc. was one of seven defendants named in a 1920 Sherman antitrust suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice for controlling 80% of the music publishing business. The seven defendants were:
- Consolidated Music Corporation – 144 W. 37th St., New York, New York
- Irving Berlin, Inc. – 1567 Broadway, New York, New York
- Leo Feist, Inc. – 231 W 40th St, New York, New York
- T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc. – 62 W. 45th St., New York, New York
- Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. – 218 W. 47th St., New York, New York
- Watterson, Berlin & Snyder, Inc. – 1571 Broadway, New York, New York
- M. Witmark & Sons, Inc. – 144 W. 37th St, New York, New York
Owners and executives
- Thomas B. Harms
- Max Dreyfus — The Harms empire owned or backed by Dreyfus, included Harms, Inc., Chappell-Harms, De Sylva, Brown, and Henderson, Remick Music, Green and Stept, Famous Music, T. B. Harms, and George Gershwin's New World Music, publisher of all Gershwin's music".
- Jerome Kern — Kern plugged sheet music at a local department store then took a job with T. B. Harms, Inc., and eventually became vice president.
- Alexander T. Harms
- Frederick Day