Variety (May 1950)

-MUSIC We4nM»y» May 1950 I pfeseiithig THE Atnerica^s Top Vocal Trio Goim stROm whh THE OLD PIANO ROLL ■l.liES 'WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS with AL JOLSON DECCA 17024 I WANNA RE LOVED I’VE JUST GOT TO GET OUT OP THE HARIT with Gordon JENKINS DECCA 27007 CHOO'H GUM I'M GONNA PAPER ALL MY WALLS WITH YOUR LOVE letters DECCA 24990 RETAIL DISK BETr MUSKRAT RAMRLE V9ALK WITH A WIGGLE DECCA 24991 CA-ROOMVPA PA YIPSEE—1-^ CARMEN MIRANDA DECCA 24979 Single Records 75c edch (pills tax). DECCA National Ratine This Last wk. wk. -——p^-RJETr ~— Surveu oj retail disk t)est sellers, based on reports ob iatned from leading stores iv 12 cities arid showin g eom- parative sales rating, for this and last iveek: ': Vttk Ea 4 >Hg linil 29 Artisl^ LabeL Title OA 7 10 14 11 10 : 12 13 13 A 8 13B 12 13C 15 14A . 14B : . 15- 13 i6A : 17 15 ANTON KARAS (London) ^^Third Man Thenie?--536 ; . *.. BILLY ECKSTINE (]Nl:-G-M) Foolish Heart^%-10623A < ^ ;SAMMY KAYE (Victor): • “It Isn’t Fair^'—20-3609 . . .. BILL SNYDER (Tower) “BeWHchftl“^473 E. MER"MAN-R. BOLGER (Decca) :“Dcarie“^24873 ■ . EILEEN. BARTON .(Mc-rcury) “Knew Yon Were Comine’^—^53^- ^ERESA BREWER (London) “Music/Music, Miis!c“-^04 . ..; “^TOR YOUNGllb^^) “La Vie En Rose”^243t6 ,,. .>> . • MILLS BROS.-(Decca) . “Paddy’s Little Girl’'--24872 ; .. GORDON JENKINS (Decca) “Bewitched”—24983 AMES BiWS. (Goi^i' ''Sentimental Me”^60140 .. DORIS DAY (Columbia) “Enjoy. YourseU”—38709 .. SAMMY KAYE (Victor) “Wanderin’”—20-3680 ,. TONY MARTIN (Victor) “ThereV No Tomorrow”—^20-3582 SPIKE JONES (Victor) " ' “Chinese Mule Train’’—20-3741 ., GORDON .JENKINS (Pecea) “My Foolish Heart”—24830 JO STAFFORD-G. MicRAE (Cap) "Dearie”-858 DORIS-DAY (Columbia) «*Bewitched”^38698 . . GEY LOMBARDO (DeCca) “Third Man Theme”-24839 MARGARET WHITING (Capitol) “My FooUsh Heart’^934 .. RAY ANTHONY (Capitol) .“.Count . Evjery. Star”:—979 . ...... JUBILAlRES (Capitol) “Old Piano Roll Rliies’’--845 ,. ARTHUR GODFREY (Cdluinbia) “Scattered Toys”—38785 ; .: 4 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 . 103 Continuing Its policy of sponsor- ing dancebaiid appearances in New York’s public parks, Consolidated Edison is scheduling a series of 54 one-night dates t h | s summer These, cuflfo open air oiterings will begirt June 22 in Manhattan's r Central Parkland will run througii Sept. 8./iIoward Sinnott, General Artists Corp* band booker, is boohing the orchs, which will be recruited from GAC’s Stable along with entries fTom Other agencies. Elefinitely, set for the band aii- pearanceS are Central Park, Thurs- day nights; Prospect Park, Brook- lyn, Friday nights, and the Poe Park, Bronx, Wednesday. The i bands will, also play a park in I Queens. Staten Island is the ohty ' boirough onaitted from the route. 2 4 2 ' 2 10 3 ; 10 4 1 1 8 3 5 3 59 3 10 42 1 : 41 7 8 7 8 2 . ^7" .-9 -S . . ->24 3' , - A •4^ . .,"22: 5 4 .... -S., .5, ’;;21. ■. 2 /5 21 4 9 .. 6 8 .. 17 . / Chicago^ May 2;, Frankie Laine starts a midwest tour May 6 with iw" shows at Murtah auditorium^ Indianapolis: Troupe Will* consist of Lairte, Fran ■Watren, Aitari Carney, Gajmor Sc Ross and Robby Sherwood orch. Troupe will do it shoWs in eight cities, closing May 13 in Decatur, 111. Laine, who will pay the cast, gets $23,000 guarantee against 6()% for entire, tour, which was booked by ‘ General - Artists Corp.; Show Will run two . and a half hours. 6 . 8 . ., :5\ - ^6' 10 7 8 ,. 2 12 •7:-- 7 . ! Arranger Jerry Gray, who ier cently formed his own combo, pulled a ’switch in cutting the oldies, “Stardust*’ and “Stormy Weather,” for Decca in mareh time, i instrumentals are- reminiscent ; of the late Glenn Miller's style, j Gray was Miller’s arranger/ . 4 : 10 .. .... w 5 .: 9 . . 3 T'. .ji 2 SOUTH eACinc A HOJIN I Broadway 'Cd»# Harry James, Doris ■Day ■ \ Colu.m bia • .Columbia BARKER WITH STRINGS Chds. Parker ' . I Mercury SONGS OF BIUY ECKSTINE Nlly Eckstine M-G-M INNOVATIONS IN MODERN MUSIC Stan Kentdn Capitol Label London ... Decca ::. Victor ... M-G-M Tower . . Disk Best Sellers by Companies VBqsed on Points Eaimedt .No.,.of..’ Records Pioiiits -Label V 2 ' 127 Mercury .V 6 124 Capitol .... ../,.;. . ... • 4 SO Columbia ................ I 50 . Coral: ...... . . . . 1 41 •• No; of Records ; X ' ..4 ... 3 . . 1 Points 36 35 33 17 Organizos Houston jSynipb Houston, May 2. Sidney J. Palmer, who recently won the Dallas symphony breh’s 1950 Abrams award for his “Gonr , certo for Orchestra,” has^ organ- ized a Houston Symphonette So- ciety of 50 players to give spring and summer concerts' the flrst to be May 6 at the Houston Music Hail. Itv Music by JESSE GREER The Very LovDly JAPRHESE TOYLANO Til* Loti Mytlory Thro off ""Stopjhb MHtlc" CAM! (Skoptro-BorRilotR I A NEW $OiiG * * New York - Alyce King of the singing sisters (now retired) put iii charge, of selection and direction of vocal groiips for Gapitol records in the east . . , Gene Kriipa added an- other vocalist, midwesterner Bobby Soots, making three: with the band : . . .Terry Gray’s summer tour will cover the west coast thoroughly, orch coming east only as far ^ as ; penver . Lyman* Vuiik, . former .Charlie Barnet brdss mail now blowing with radio studio bands in N. Y., opens a ballroom at Greatr Neck, L. I., this: summer. Tommy DorSey into the N. Y, \ . Strand May 26 for his first theatre • appearance in two years. Band set for the Astor hotel roof/ N. Y., I in (Jluly, . . . Bill Bardb oirch winds ' up a run at the Mayo hotel, Tulsa, i May 26, opening three days later at the Miami hotel, Dayton. . . . New on drums with Bardb is Bill Longe. Elliot Lawrence and Fraiikie Laine team again for a Paramount theatre, N.Y.. date May 17. ■ Orch' and singer were paired’in a recent Bop City. N. Y appearance.. Sliep Fields into thb Statler liotel Gale Rouge. May 8' for a' I short stay, following Ray Anthoiiy: i . .Teresa Brewer, expecting a baby in September, is stopping all her career activity until then, ex- cept for waxing sessions . . .Irving Greenwald has taken over the ex- clusiye personal management of Red lUgle and. his Natural 7. Dick Llnke will handle crew’s disk exploitation ... Bobby Byrne orch current; at Arcadia ballroom, N. Y. Sammy Kaye adding bassoon to his instrumetital lineup. Joe De- Rosa, reed man with the orch; will add tootling that instrument to his tenor and soprainp sax, clarL net/flute and piccolo chores^ Erskine Hawkins and his orch wall play at the Farrell (Pa.) Teach- ers Assn, dance being held May 12 . Mabel Scott, vocalist, signed bv King Hecords. Chicago Louis Armstrong into Oriental theatre June 1 for two weeks. . . . Leighton ; Noble Into Elitch Gar- dens, Denver, May 18 for two Weeks. . . . Ray Robbins into Ken-: hywobd Park, Pittsburgh, May i for two weeks. . . . Archie. Leving- ton, Chi : Leeds Music ihanageiv hospitalized with pneumonia. ... Art‘ Kassel' to San Antonio ai^ basek' for eight days starting M’sO I. ■% . . ; 19 Shermaii Hayes to Forest Park Highlands, St. Louis, May 12 for a week. . . . Fred Schaffer to Kenny wood Park' June 5 for ‘12 days. . . . Nick Stuart to Cla- ridge hotel, Memphis, May 26 for three weeks, . 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