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The place: N. Y.'s Hotel Pennsylvania. The Occasion: Woody Herman's opening with Len Feather present to offer congrats.
Frankie had been back in the States only a few days when he received his invite, rushed over to join in wishing Woody well.
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BY LEONARD FEATHER
■ The records just keep piling in. So, after a heavy sifting session, well, come on, here we go with this month's best:
ELEVEN SIXTY P.M.— Harry James (Columbia I — Re member last month Harry told me he was interested in owning a music publishing company? He's •got one, now! He's called it Music Makers, Inc.. and his first record (this Eleven Sixty P.M.) stars, of course, Harry's band, with a vocal bv Kitty Kallen.
Actually, about seventy-five percent of the big band leaders have connections with publishing houses. Either own them, or own pieces of them.
Harry, it seems, is almost as popular with the army as he is with the swoon set. He rated second on the recent Billboard poll of Army camps throughout the United States. (Tommy Dorsey came out first. ) Some of the opinions of men overseas are reflected in the poll, too, because many of the soldiers voting were just back from Europe, being reorientated.
For the record, Benny Goodman walked away with number three spot, and Woody Herman took fourth.
There were some rather astonishing results when the poll came to male singers. Bing Crosby got more votes than Sinatra. Como and Haymes all put together! The figures, in Billboard's point system, are:
Bing Crosby: 1188 points Frank Sinatra: 374 points Perry Como: 308 points Dick Haymes: 308 points What Frankie-fans have to remember is that the opinion here is mostly male. Women in service constituted -only about ten percent of those polled.
Dinah Shore came way out in front of the other (Continued on page 71)