Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1959)

THE MONTHLY RECORD continued turntable vox pox continued PV'k' “Open Fire, Two Guitars,” is Johnny Mathis’ latest. His dreamy voice has a soft curl in it as he sings these sit-by-the-fire-and-lean-against-that-manly-chest favorites. There’s a gentle strumming of guitars in the background while curly-voiced Johnny sings “Tenderly,” “You’ll Never Know,” “Bye Bye Blackbird” and others on this top-notch Columbia LP. '/'SV' Here’s some spook music from those long ago days in an RCA Victor album called “Witches’ Brew” with the New Symphony Orchestra of London. So, all right, this is for longhairs, but crewcuts will flip for it, too. Listen to “A Night on Bare Mountain” and see if you don’t send off a shiver. Or give an ear to “Dance Macabre” while skeletons dance before your eyes. Horror music addicts should delight in this eerie collection from great-greatgreat grandmother’s day, when they got just as big a kick out of goose-pimples as we do today. V'V'V Shirley Temple’s back, and the world is happier. Here she is, singing those winning songs from her ageless movies, in a 20th-Fox album titled “Shirley Temple’s Hits.” Shirley takes you on a magical joyride into the polly-wollydoodle land of childhood. If you don’t mellow as you hear Shirley sing “Animal Crackers in My Soup.” “You’ve Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby,” or “On the Good Ship Lollipop,” you’ve turned into a mummy. Taken from the original soundtracks of Shirley’s pictures, the album’s likely to become standard equipment for all baby-sitters. V'V'V' Phil Everly of the popular Everly Brothers team told me a few weeks ago, “When you’re young, you’re open to all kinds of music. Seems to me like it’s the older folks who sometimes close their minds.” Phil went on to say how he was so impressed with the timeless musical church drama. “The Play of Daniel,” recorded by Decca. This Twelfth-Century music-play about Daniel in the lion’s den was recorded recently by the famed New York Pro Musica under the direction of Noah Greenberg. Some Sunday night you ought to play it for your church group. It’s great. HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVERS THERE’S NEVER A QUESTION When you use “Lysol” regularly — you’re sure of feminine daintiness. You know you can’t offend — for “Lysol” brand disinfectant stops embarrassing odor by killing odor-causing germs! Because “Lysol” is so effective — it’s far more reliable than any homestyle douche, including vinegar! Yet new “Lysol” is mild. Won’t harm your delicate insides. Leaves you sweet and fresh— confident of your daintiness! Try it soon. Discover personal cleanliness the “Lysol” way! Now available — Pine-Scented “ Lysol” as well as Regular. For free booklet I mailed in plain envelope) on doctorapproved methods of douching, write to: “Lysol,” Bloomfield. N. J., Dept. TS-459. BRAND DISINFECTANT A Lehn & Fink Product Also available in Canada Easy to listen to: Frankie “Shy Guy” Avalon’s neat rendition of “Too Young to Love” on his new album, “The Young Frankie Avalon.” . . . The late Glenn Miller and his orchestra swing high and low with “Chattanooga Choo-Choo,” “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo” and “In the Mood” in a new 20th-Fox album which features music from all of Glenn’s old movies. . . . Everybody loves a hummable college song, and here are a dozen of them from “The Whiffenpoof” to “The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi” in Warner Brothers’ “Halls of Ivy” album which features the nation’s favorites. . . . “Flower Drum Song,” the big Broadway hit starring Academy Award winner Miyoshi Umeki is on wax, thanks to Columbia, and if you don’t flip for Juanita Hall’s version of “Chop Suey,” then you just won’t ever dig the stuff. . . . Those two peas in a pod, Herbie and Hal, keep parlaying their double-dose of talent into one smash hit after another. In their latest Decca album, “The Kalin Twins,” you’ll hear all of their really big hits — “When,” “Three O’Clock Thrill,” “Forget Me Not” and “Clickety Clack.” . . . “Hugo Winterhalter Goes Latin” is Hugo’s latest, and he plays all those southof-the-border smoothies: “Granada,” “Vaya Con Dios” and “Valencia,” to list a few. ... Of course, no column would be complete without mention of the Kingston Trio’s newest, “From the Hungry i,” which includes French lullabies, calypso, Zulu hunting chants and a space age minuet. 6