Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1950)

facing me music (Continued from page 23) He insists that worrying about the part in his hair would detract from his playing . . . One of the strangest "teamings" of music talent occurred when the Hotel Ambassador arranged for Dinah Shore and Benny Strong's orchestra to work together. Benny sticks to the old-time tunes, while Dinah is really a modernist . . . Hildegarde has switched her recording allegience to Capitol Records from Decca, while Columbia has signed Guy Mitchell, Tony Bennett and Russ Emery to platter contracts . . . Capitol has added Arthur Morton, Fanny Brice and Dottie O'Brien to their list of disc artists . . . The first western or hillbilly singer ever to play the swank Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York is Spade Cooley . . . Spike Jones, at last reports, was still trying to make arrangements for a regular television program — and a better bet for some wonderful viewing couldn't be found anywhere. * * * Despite her youth, Eileen Barton has been a professional singer for a number of years. (Her dad, by the way, is a well-known music publisher.) Yet it was Eileen's recording of "If I Knew You Were Coming, I'd've Baked a Cake" that was the one lucky break all singers hope to get. It was lucky, too, for Lou Walters, who owns the Latin Quarter night club in New York. Now that Eileen is a big star she earns as much as $1,500 a week in night club engagements, but at the end of April she appeared at the Latin Quarter for a whole month at only $200 a week. It seems that Lou Walters signed the contract just a few days before Eileen's great record came out! * * * Tex Beneke is set to become a newspaper columnist in addition to his bandleading chores . . . Sammy Kaye was named honorary sheriff of Honolulu by Duke Kahanamoku, the Olympic swimmer who's been actual sheriff for fifteen years . . . Skitch Henderson gave up his dance band to become accompanist and musical director for Frank Sinatra . . . After seven years as one of the Pied Pipers, June Hutton has started out on a career as a single vocalist. She's the younger sister of band leader Ina Ray Hutton. While it can't be called a "hoax," William Primrose, the world-famous viola player, created a bit of fuss some time ago when he finally told all about the instrument he had been using at more than two score concerts. Tired of hearing people boast about the better quality of old violins and violas, Primrose had a new viola made for him by William Moennig, Jr. of Philadelphia. He used this instrument rather than the extremely valuable Amati viola which he owns. He shocked many people when he announced one day that all the credit given to his "superb Amati" was sadly misplaced. Interviewed by Downbeat, the jazz musicians newspaper, Stan Kenton said, "Everything that's been done in jazz in the past forty years is finished. People have to have something fresh given to them now. Why should they have to choose between listening to some old Mozart or having their ears blown off at Bop City? I think the answer is something between the old legitimate music and popular music." THE MOST EFFECTIVE DEODORANT YOU'VE EVER USED! Only New ODO-RO-NO Cream gives you all these advantages: 1 Stops perspiration quickly and safely. 2 Banishes odor instantly. 3 The only cream deodorant that guarantees full protection for 24 hours. *r Never irritates normal skin— use it daily. Can be used immediately after shaving. 5 Absolutely harmless to all fabrics. 6 New, exclusive formula. Never dries up, never gets gritty or cakes in the jar as ordinary deodorants often do. # Double your money back if you aren't satisfied that this wonderful new Odo-Ro-No Cream is the safest, most effective, most delightful deodorant you've ever used. Just return unused portion to Northam Warren, New York. Don't trust your charm to outdated, ineffective deodorants. Rely on the new Odo-Ro-No Cream, made by the leader in the deodorant field for more than 30 years. ^ODORO-PO CREAM *"%&** COM GUARANTEED FULL 24-HOUR PROTECTION! More cream for your money. New 254 and 504 sizes, plus tax. 25