Variety (Jan 1949)

48 ORCHESTRAS-MUSIC WcdncBclay, January 26, 1949 ■ Fred Waring Showcases Untried Tunes, Spotlights Contact Men on Airer Fred Waring began spotlighting music contact men as weil as new songs yesterday C/uesday) on his five-tlmes-weelcly NBC broadcasts (10;30 a.m.). Maestro.'who rarely uses ncM' and untried tunes on his broadcasts of the past, has, devel- oped an idea under which . each Tflesday's broadcast will feature pop tunes which have never been submitted for the consideration of" an artist. Aind each of tjiree tunes used weekly_ will be' discussed be- tween him and the,publisher's rep- resentative who is assigned to con- tact him. Idea is set up so that neither Waring nor the men in his band know what, new songs arc. to be presented. Tunes are selected by choosing the contact men in rota- tion with a "spare," or fourth man on tan each week in case one of the skedded three fails to show. Each pub man brings to the broad- cast a number of professional cop- ies, which are distributed to War- Ing's musicians bejfore the show. Songs themselves aire cleared for performance by some one other than Waring. BehutsNew 2-Song Disk at 79c RETAIl S^T BEST SELLERS Chicago, Jan. 25. Universal Records' new. Double | Feature label, with two songs to a ; side. IS setter Immediate release. ! according to prexy Bill Putnum. i DF Label will retail for 79 cents, j same price as regular- 'Universal J disks, with distribution belng'l handled by James Martin, Inc.; Chi I disk distrib. ■ 1 While no changes are necessary for radio stations or home phono- graphs, a new type needle is needed for juke boxes. Sarah Vaughan,Musicraft, Col. Records Tussle In Contract Breach Claim Sarah yaughan, Muslcraft Rec. - ords, and Columbia Records are an involved in a tussle over her re- cordings. Miss Vaughan recently I claimed Musicraft had breached a contract that has 18 months to go and sued the company for unpaid royalties. Meanwhile, she and her manager have been negotiating a deal with CRC. But the latter is wary of signing her for fear that the Musicraft agreement is not clearly cancelled. ° Musicraft asserts in answer to the singer's suit that the main point of argument, unpaid royalties, were offered, but refused. It's acknowl- edged that the statement was not on time as per the contract, how- ever^ Musicraft also contends that the singerJs contract carried a clause extending , the expiration date by the length of the 11-raonth recording ban, which, if true, still- might not have arij? eft'ect on the coin end of the tangle. Siritzky International is preem- Ing its French "Man. to Men" ("D'Homme a Hommes"), at both its Ambassador and Elysee theatres, N. Y.', in mid-February. A Jean Louis Barrault starrert the fita con- cerns the founding of the Red Cross. • From the Current WALT DISNEY Hit Picture . A 9eautifur Ballad SO DEAR TO MY HEART SANTlY-JOr 1619 Broadway New York 19, N. Y. EDDIE JOY, Gen. Prof. Mgr, Coast AFM Branch Moves To Control Band Managers .Hollywood, Jan: 25i Coast band managers are unea.si- ly watching Musicians Local 47's campaign to enlist in AI^'M ranks the personal managers of bands and combos. They fear the. next step is a union ukase preventing managers from collecting: more than 5% of a musical Combo's earnings. AFM has always liked to be- lieve that thac figure is all a man- ager gets although very few re- ceive only that minimum amount, Most managers account for addi- t^pnal slices by asserting lie gives advice in many ways, promotes, publicizes, etc. However, when James Gi Petrillo started out after booldng agencies a few years ago, he laid down the 10% law and made it stick. New campaign for members fol- lows a recent Local 47 decision that the union should extend its influence to managers, who cannot book but do exert authority over 'orchs. There's no cliarge for in- clusion on the Union's list and no dues. Similarly, there is no henefitl to tlie managers. Already signed up are George "Bullets" Durgoni, who manages Page Cavanaugh combo among others, aiid Hal Gordon, manager of the Ike Carpenter orch. Others at whom the union is aiming are Carlos Gastel, Tom Shells and Don llaynes. Aussie Musicians Union Banning Imported Talent Sydney, Jan. 19. Edict by Aussie Musicians Union will deny membership to musi- cians from abroad, execs claiming that presently Aussie members can't find fulltime empjoyment. Frank Kitson, prexy of tlie union, said that the redlighting was not imposed because of any racial discrimination but in an en- deavor to stop the home market .becoming swamped with talent from abroad. Kitson said his union ainied at maintaining a member^ ship consisting of 90% Aussie and lO^'o British who have resided here for 10 years. Union is also strongly opposed to. the overplay of wax via com- mercial and non-commercial units. Will not record music for the air- waves unless such recordings are destroyed after on6 performance. It wants more members employed in both radio and cinemas here. Univ. . Asks Possession of 7 Harmonicats Masters . . Chi(;ago, Jan, 25. Univefgal Records filed petition before IV^asteivin-Chancery William iMcChe.snpy) last week, asking pos- I session, p.f seyen Harmoni'cat mas- ! ters .stjil. li^lci by bankrupt Vita- ! coustic C,qrp_. llarold Moses, attor- I ney jpi* yn;yer^al, claims disks be- llong tp tJ.Jliversal under licensing 1 contyaQt with old Vitacoustic disk- I ery. ,,, ■ ; Pli»t(ie.r;5 i^eqvesfted include top i sellers, . VFpg. O' M!^ Heart," and 1 "Peggy p.'il.e.iil," Meanwhi'le, Uni- I versa! i)l.aAS i;«?lea.se a tlarmoni- ; cats album.'ne^t Ayeelc. ' , Roy Eldridge, sepia trumpeter, has given up liis own band and re- turned to the Gene Krupa orch. Shorty Warren, current at the Blue Mirror, Newark, has signed with Music Corp; of America. RCA Signs Bill Lawrence HC^-Victor last week signed Bill Lawrence, the young new singer on Arthur Godfrey's radio and TV shows. Befoi'e the signing, how- ! ever, Victor and M-GtM Becords I played football 'with him. ; . Lawrence originally was set to go with Victor immediately , after the lifting of the disk ban; Then M-G-M assertedly was leading him up to the dotted line. Victor finally took him on. (He's handied by George Evans, press agent for Frank Sinatra for years.) Victor also signed Alfred Drake;; musical comedy singer. Bands at Hotel B.O.'s FRANKIE LAINE . ON P^GGT LICK'S tiiESTi:itPii!;i:,i> siitj.k club ' Xliursduy livening House-Built Leeds Plugs Hollywood, Jan. 25. Don Jensen, local representative of Leeds Music, takes care of his [own plugs and gets paid for it. j Short time ago Jensen contacted I the producers of Don Ameche's i transci-ibed show for Lucky Strike I (3:30-4 p.m. CBS five days weekly I looking for a plug on "Galway 1 Bay,'' a Leeds pop climbmg up the ' sales ladder. ; Producers of the show suggested that Jen.sen tfiing the song hniisell' since he's an ex-band vocalist and get the plug over the way he i wanted it done; He made the disk ; and On top of getting the plug I drew $50 for it. i . .4 ' ■ - '■ ■ Weeks Band Hotel Wayed Emil Coleman*.. , Waldorf (400; $2) 6 I Gardner Benedicti'New Yorker (400; $1-S1.50) 7 Guy Lombardo ... Roosevelt f400; ?1.50-$2) 12 frankie Carle ... Statler. (450; $1-$1.50) ,' 4 Covers Total I'ast Covers Week On Date 2,100 11,625 900 1,750 1,600 9,225 29,425 6^900 * Waldorf, Dorothy Shay, Jim my Carroll; New Yorker, ice reviie. i . v.:.Chicago.:'' Barclay Allen (Empire Room, Palmer House, 550; $3.50 min -$1 cover) I Jiveiyn Knight charming conventioneers to tune of 4100 I Hemy Brandon (Marine Room, Edgewater, 700; $1.20 cover). Weather nicked here slightly. Still nice 2,700. ' • f lyi-^mei ■ Joe DeSalvo (Swiss Chalet, Bismarck, 200; $2.00 min.-$1.05 cover). . Lester Cole and Debutantes; steady 1,800 f « ' n^l V'^a i""' Sherman, 500; $2.50-$3.50 mm.\ Buzzing 3,200. I Dick LaSalle (Mayfair Room, Blackstone, 350; $3.50 min -$1 cover) Florence Desmond replaced Beatrice Kay Thurs. (20)- 3 000 ConttoJed finl's'^O^**"^^^^'"*^ $3.50'min.-$l cover). Mills Music picked up western hemisphere rights to Donald Philr lips' "Cuban Holiday" from Law- rence Wright Music Co., Ltd., com- position's original publisher ' Los Angeles Carl Brisson, Freddy Martin (Ambassador, 900; $1.50-$2) Jan Garber (Biltmore, 900; $1-$1.50). Good 3,300. Nice 3,800. Location Jobs, Not in Hotels Ted Lewis show kept „ IChtcago): Cee Davidson (Chez Paree, 500; •$3.'50 min) i ropes up all week; big 6,000. " weMTlfhoftoTo's'oo''"' ^"^^ ^P^" ^"^'^"-^ ''"""^ faSSoriiSn:^lar2'5o'o' '" «>"^-Howners like this spSi'^'dTpp'So^So"""' ^'"''^ „ , ^ (Los Aiigele.<!) lex Beneke (Palladium B., Hollywood, 5th wk,). Okay 1,500. Emerson Exits Metrotone, Buys His Contract Back Jacjk., Emerson, who started "Hair of Gold" via a Metrotone disk, severed connections with that company last week. In a dispute with the label for weeks, Emerson ended the tie by buying his con- tract back. It had a year or sO' to go. ■ Actually, Emerson bought the pact, but in an unusual way. Metro-, tone owed him some royalties. In- stead of drawing the full amount due, he accepted a portion, said to be about half,, plus his agree- ment. Start off the New Year with this big novelty hit. i I DANA RECORD NO 2032A TOBIAS and LEWIS U50 troodwaf. New York m 1 ROStS Tor ^ mus MUSIC, INC. 1619 Broadway • N«w Ypik }•>, N, V. I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE Music hy»,. JIMMY McHUGH ROBBINS FARAWAY PLACES LAUREL MUSIC CO., 1619 Broadway, New Yor!