Variety (Jan 1949)

VccTnesday, January 26, 1949 ORCHESTRAS-AHJSIC PetriHo Boosted His D. C. Popularity Hooper Via Inaugural Chores Washington, Jan. 25. ' James C. Petrillo, American Fed- eratioq of Musicians head, is one, entertainment figure who came out I of President Truman's ipaugura- tioii'celebration a lot more popu* lar 'tHatt he went into it. As a job -iif I^- public relations, Pe-. tritfo's efforts in connection with the'various affairs have done himr more good than anything else in i recent years, according to Wash- ington observers. Ui» to last week, the AFM prexy ' was regarded in Washington ns a troublesome, .unreasonable labor leader,v**-—^ ' union dues..' - ' sfcliool or- chest;'«4.and the like. Today- he is known as the man who- lined up the various top name bands- which played the Inaugural Gala- and Inaugural Ball and who saw that they were paid, without the money coming from the Iiinited funds of the D. C. Inaugural Com- mittee. He also provided a snappy AFM float lor the Inaugural Pa- rade. Even Southern Democrats are .saying nice things about him. Coin Boost Bid Rejected By Mpls, AFM Execs Minneapolis, .Jan. 25. i Apparently taking cognizance of [ business conditions in 'various' spots that use music, the local arm ' of the American Federation of:, Musicians last week rejected a re- quest by its members for a general inerease in scales. George-Murk is president of the local, ■ - , - .Murk explained^ however, that i the local's exedutive board is mak-1 "ing a study of conditions to de- termine if there's real need for in-^ ; creases in certain classifications. I 49 -Johnny Xonsr recorded a special ■ tune titled "Listen to Lacy," which Jack Lacy, WINS, New York, disk jockey, will use as his opening and .closing theme., Long cuts for Sig- nature. I A DREAM OF A LULLABY | TARRA TA-LARRA TA-LAR I J0XF(7RD MUSIC CORP. Itt« Broodwotr N»w York r It'taDiHy! 1 LAVENDER BLUE (Dllly Dilly) Santly-iey, Inc. . 1619 Broadway, Niw York RETAIL DISK BEST SELLERS FIVE TOP ALBUMS VAUGHN MONROE SINGS Vaughn Monro* Victor I CAN HEAR IT NOW EtKvord R. Murrow Columbia ROSES IN RHYTHM Fronkle Carlo Columbia, WORDS AND MUSIC Varied Artitit M-G-M AL JOLSON ALBUM NO. 3 Al Jolton Decca AFM Local 47 Okays Cut Seale» Fewer Men For Annual Oscar Set Hollywood, Jan. 25. Johnny Green's impas.^ioned Dra< fory will save the Academy of Mo- tion Picture Arts and Sciences some Sll.OOO if the 1940 Oscar Derby is run on the .small track at the Academy Awai-ds theatre as is now scheduled. Green, musical director for the event, talked American Federation of Mu.sicians local 47 execs into sla.shlnij the mu.'iic budget by that ;imount by lowering both the sc.Ue for the event and the number of musicians reauired. Figuring in the pitch was the fact that looters this year would work only 90 minutes. Acad execs having decided to trim the show to conform to airtimsi since only a relRtive handful of members can fit into the theatre and a lengthy .spectacle would therGiore be noth* ing but an extravagance. De;il worked out by Green calls for 22 sidemen who: will get $104.50 each for the show and eight hours rehearsal. Green; who will baton, and the contractor, will get .$156.75 each, bringing the total music bill to 182,612. Last .year, in thC: mammoth Shrine Auditorium, Ray Heindorf led 67 musicians who received $210 each, including pay for 11 hours of rehearsal. Tab came to slightly more than $14,000. Until Green . made his pitch, stressing the Acad's need for econ- omy, tuners had ruled that a mini- mum of 40 aHen be used this year, at .1)120.75 each. Tops of the Tops Retail Disk Seller . 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Ethel WaterSi accompanied by {Fletclier Henderson, .set for one- I day concert at Opera House, Jan, 130 . i Sugar Chile Robinson, child I jazz, pianist, set for Lake Club, I Springfield, Jan. 28 for one week I ... Red Allen and J. C. Hiffsen- I botham follow Herbie Fields into ! Silhouette Club, end of Feb .. j Pittsburgh I Roy Eldridge back to Carnival ; Lounge, Feb. 14, to sit in with ! Deuces Wild while trombonist. I Tommy Turk goes out again on, I tour with Norman Granz's 'Jazz at- ■ the Philharmonic' . . . Darryl; ! Campbell, former trumpeter with; i Baron Elliott and Luke Rileyfs' I Casino house band .joins Charlie ' Spivak . . . Gene Krupa at Savoy i Ballroom tine - nighter Thursday : (27) . . . With shut-down of An-' 'kara for three months, Walter; ' Gable's band is at Johnny Brown's; I Club, Bast Liberty ... • ' Tooter and Music Fired 2 Ways, Boss Booked Harold Heldt, St. Paul bar opera- tor; was booked for investigation when he fired a musician and al- legedly "fired" his music. Walter Tritchler, drummer, com- plained that after Hejdt axed him, he burned up $100 worth of Tritchler's music in the tiunace. Japs Disked 12,000,000 In '48; Colombia Leader Tokyo, Jan. 18. ,Tap record industry turned out , 12,000,000 disks in 1948, recent ! survey shows. At least 80% was I modern music, mostly jazz. Japan i Columbia led the trade With TOO," [000 copies, of which the popular I "Tokyo "Boogie-Woogie" sold more than 100,000. I : Other figures include: Japan I Victor Co., 300,000; King Record 1 Co., 300,000; Teichiku Co., 300,000; IPolydor Co., 70,000 to 100,000. 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