Variety (June 1950)

ORCHESTRAS-MUSIC ykniETY 1 and His Orchestra JUST RELEASED! FOR DANCERS ONLY ♦ coupled with FOUR OR FIVE DECCA 27065 — RECENT RELEASES — DEEP RIVER SIESTA AT TVlE FIESTA DECCA 24936 • WE LL BUILD A BUNGALOW NASHVILLE BLUES DECCA 24840 V • BIBBIDI—BOBBIDI—BOO A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES DECCA 24807 \ WHEN YOU DANCED BY! THE LAUGH'S ON ME DECCA 24788 • _ WHEN MY SUGAR WALKS DOWN THE STREET NINE O'CLOCK GAL DECCA 24662 • CARAVAN THAT'S THE GAL FOR ME DECCA 24653 • JUST IN CASE GRAN'MA PLAYS THE NUMBERS DECCA 24594 Single Records 75c each (plus tax) DECCA RETAIL DISK BEST SELLERS National — 1 VARIETY Survey of retail disk' best sellers, based on reports otb tamed from leading stores in 12 cities and showing com- parative sales rating for thi§ and last week . * / _ Week Ending This Last wk. wk. Artist, Label, Title O • 2 C P , G w " o <u w A fa a 2 u I Cfl M o ~ § « h B n ANTON KARAS (London) X 1 “Third Man Theme*’—536....... 8 ANDREWS SIS-G. JENKINS (D) 2 6 “I Wanna Be Loved”—270 07 7 “ GORDON JENKINS (Decca) 3 4 “Bewitched”—24983 4 PERRY COMO (Victor) 4, 7 “Hoop-Dee-Doo”—20-3747 3 ~ BILLY ECKSTINE (M-G-M) 5 2 “My Foolish Heart”- —10623A.... 1, ~ ^ BILL SNYDER (Tower) 6 8 “Bewitched”—1473 .. AMES BROS. (Coral) 7 3 “Sentimental Me”—60140........ 9 ~ GORDON JENKINS (Decca) 8 9 “My Foolish Heart”—24830 > . • SAMMY KAYE (Victor) 9 5 “It Isn’t Fair”—20-3609... ....... 10 FRANKIE LAINE (Mercury) 10A 16 “Stars & Stripes Forever”—5421. . 2 TONY MARTIN (Victor) 10B 11 “Valencia”—20-3755 6 MILLS BROS. (Decca) 10C 16 “Daddy’s Little Girl”—24872 LARRY COOK (Abbey) 11A 18 “Old Piano Roll Blues”—15003 HUGO WINTERHALTER (Victor) 11B 13 “Count Every Star”—20-3697B... .. FRANK PETTY (M-G-M) 12A 15 “Rain”—10669 M. WHITING-B. HOPE (Capitol) 12B . . “Blind Date”—1042 GUY LOMBARDO (Decca) 12C 10 “Third Man Theme”—24839 SAMMY KAYE (Victor) 12D 14 “Roses”—20-3754 JAN AUGUST (Mercury) 12E .. “Bewitched”—5399 DORIS DAY (Columbia) 13A 12 “Bewitched”—38689 . .» KAY STARR (Capitol) 13B .. “Bonaparte's Retreat”—936 DORIS DAY (Columbia) 13C 18 “Hoop-Dee-Doo”—38771 •a m» 3 (8 5 | £ I 1 3 6 1 5 .. 9 6 1 3 77 3 5 4 7 ... 4 3 3 6 10 66 2 .. .. 32 1 1 .. .. 53 i .. 2 7 8 .. 9 7 4 4.. 50 . 10 1 4 4 7 46 6 2 2 .. 32 3 .. 6 .. 7 ,. .. 24 >. 2 3 ..... 7 .. 22 8 ,. .. 5 .. 10 .. 2 10 .. 21 5 *5 8 .. 15 6 13 9 5 10 3 9 10 1 10 2 9 14D RUSS MORGAN (Decca) • “Sentimental Me”—24904. five top ALBUMS 1 2 SOUTH PACIFIC YOUNG MAN WITH n j r . A HORN Broadway Cast _ . Harry James, Doris Columbia Day Columbia MM850 C198 3 4 5 GENTLEMEN PREFER RALPH FLANAGAN DIXIE BY DORSEY BLONDES WAYS Jimmy Dor „ y Broadway Cast _ . , Columbia ’victor 9<,n Columbia MM895 P268 C196 Disk Best Sellers by Companies (Based on Points Earned) No. of I Label Records Decca * 6 Victor v .. 5 London 1 M-G-M 3 Capitol 4 No. of Points Label Records 173 Tower 1 109 Mercury 2 77 Coral 1 63 ] Columbia ... 2 33 1 Abbey 1 Points 32 25 24 18 13 Pubs File Infringement DENISE DARCEL SIGNED Suit Vs. N.Y. Cafe on Tubes TO LONDON DISK PACT Wednesday, June 14, 1950 Morris Office Lets Terpery Switch To Better MCA Deal Hollywood, June 13. William Morris agency has given the Palladium ballroom its release from an exclusive television con* tract inked by both parties last month. Palladium was turned loose by the Morris office when Music Corporation of America came up with a bigger package re- quiring no additional coin. . Both agencies have been dicker- ing with KECA-TV which is inter- ested in the show but will lay out only $450 weekly for the package. Morris office had offered an audi- ence-participation program utiliz- ing the band' currently engaged at the ballroom. t MCA came up with a variety show, Complete with emcee, for the same coin. Pallad- ium is not paying any costs. NEO VICE FLORA ON COL SALES PROMOTION In a reshuffle of Columbia Rec- ords’ promotion department, Wil- liam C. Neu has been named man- ager of the diskery’s sales promo- tion and production division. Neu replaces Jim Flora who has taken a year’s leave of absence from the firm. Columbia’s art department, un- der the new setup, will be headed by Robert Velde while William Greer has been appointed as head of the production division under Neu. Neu and Velde will work under Ken McAllister, Col’s ad- promotion chief. D.C. Seeks Sesqui March Washington, June 13. National Capital Sesquicenten- nial Commission is shopping for an official Sesqui march to be fea- tured throughout the country dur- ing town’s 150th birthday observ- ance. Sesqui group is sponsoring a na- tionwide contest for the march, with a standard publishing con- tract by music publishers Carl Fischer, Inc., as the award. En- tries must be submitted before July 15 to the Commission at 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washing- tin. * Trio of small publishers filed an infringement suit in N. Y. federal court last week against the Saw- dust Trail, a Times Sq. f N: Y., nitery. Plaintiffs are Hill & Range Songs, Acuff-Rose Publications and American Music. Action charges that in Decem- ber, 1949, and at various other times the cafe used H & R’s ‘‘Room Full of Roses,” Acuff’s “Tennessee Waltz” and American's “Cool Waters” without consent. An in- junction, an accounting and dam- ages of not less than $250 for each alleged violation is sought. Penacook, N. H. — Band Leader Vaughn Monroe has purchased an eight-room Colonial house and about 115 acres of land, on the West Parish road here. Accord- ing to reports, the property will be occupied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Monroe of New Haven, Conn. Denise Darcel, French film ac- tress who appeared in Metro's pic, “Battleground,” has been inked to a disking pact by London Records. Stanley Melba’s orch background- ed her first sides for the waxery. Miss Darcel’s initial disks will hit the counters late in June. Cootie Williams’ Orch Off on Southern Tour Cootie Williams’ orch took off on a southern tour Monday (12) with dates to be played in North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia* Tour runs through July 4. * Willis Jackson, featured on tenor sax with the outfit, leaves the band at the windup of the tour to form his own crew. Yaltah Menuhin in N.Y. Concert Debut Next Jan. Pianist Yaltah Menuhin, young- est sister of violinist Yehudi Me- I nuhin, will make her New York; concert bow at Times Hall Jan. 5, i in a joint recital with Israel Baker, i Miss Menuhin has appeared with Baker several times on the Coast. King Inks Millinder Orch leader Lucky Millinder has 1 been inked by King Records, Cin- ; cinnati diskery, to a long term pact. Millinder formerly waxed for RCA Victor and Decca. Initial numbers by Millinder for King are “Let It Roll Again,” backed by “My Little Baby.” Joe Delaney, Coral Record’s as- sistant general sales manager, pre- sented Mississippi Governor Field- ing L, Wright with the 100,000th pressing of Bill Darnell's disk, “M-i-s-S-i-s-s-i-p-p-i” PROGRAM THE NEW WEDDING STANDARD DOROTHY STEWART'S GIVE ME YOUR HAND LAUREL MUSIC CORP. 161V Broadway, N. V. IV 7. Ukii