Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1950)

TONI TWINS Discover New Shampoo Magic Soft-Water Shampooing Even in Hardest Water "Toni Creme Shampoo won us with its very first performance" say radiant brunet twins Katherine and Kathleene Ring of Chicago. "Our hair was so beautifully soft . . . as if we washed it in rainwater. And that wonderful softness made it much easier to manage." Soft Water Shampooing . . . that's the magic of Toni Creme Shampoo. Even in the hardest water, you get oceans of creamy lather that rinses away dandruff instantly. Never leaves a dull, soapy film. That's why your hair sparkles with natural highlights. And it's so easy to set and style. • Leaves your hair gloriously soft, easy to manage • Helps permanents "take" better, look lovelier longer • Rinses away dirt and dandruff instantly • Oceans of creamy-thick lather makes hair sparkle with natural highlights Enriched with Lanolin \g j^jjjf^^ Facing the Music {Continued from page 23) 24 There's little doubt about it now, Vic Damone has really hit the top. He's purchased a big California home and is moving his mother out there from Brooklyn some time this summer. Vic's also about ready to start work on his first MGM film with Jane Powell. Originally called "Nancy Goes To Paris," they've changed the film title to "The Last Time I Saw Paris." They'll probably change it at least three or four more times before it's released. * * * From a chair in the trumpet section of Glenn Miller's band to a baton in front of his own band in the U. S. Navy was a lucky move for Ray Anthony. Right now it looks as though Ray's band is definitely headed for the top. When he recently played a return engagement at New York's Hotel Statler, Ray had Ronnie Deauville singing with the band again. Ronnie had left the band a year previous to try his hand and his vocal chords at being a single. Also new to the band is lovely Betty Holliday, who replaced Pat Baldwin as female vocalist. Betty was discovered by Jackson Lowe, disc jockey on WWDC, Washington, D.C. * * * Although she's only twenty-three years old now, Eileen Barton has been in show business for twenty years and once went into "retirement!" Now that Eileen's recording of "If I Knew You Were Coming (I'd've Baked A Cake)" reached the big-hit status, show people recall her debut, at the age of three, with vaudeville act of her parents. The "retirement" came when Eileen reached school age. She returned to the show world in 1944 as understudy to Nancy Walker in "Best Foot Forward." * * * How does a disc jockey pick the hits? It's easy when your name is Al Anderson, who spins the platters on WDEV, Waterbury, Vermont. Al just plays them for his young son who nods his head in approval or disapproval. Thus far, Al's youngster, Kent, has "picked" such hits as "Cruising Down The River," "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "You're Breaking My Heart." Oh yes, the "little genius" is all of two and a half years old! * * * New York University is now offering a course in jazz history. Teaching is John Hammond, the famous music critic and formerly vice president of Mercury Records. . Thus far John has listed Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Eddie Condon as guest lecturers. The people in Western Europe are getting a break that's being denied to us Yanks. Jo Stafford, the beautiful and talented vocalist is conducting her own disc jockey program over Radio Luxembourg every week. Consisting of eight popular American recordings and Jo's comments, the program is creating quite a stir over there. * * * It's been some time since Frank Sinatra actually recorded his album of Alec Wilder music, but the recent announcement from Columbia Records that the album is now available on a long-playing record makes it opportune to dish out this reminder that Frank conducted the orchestra in this case instead of handling the vocals. Most interesting is the list of unusual titles Mr. Wilder has given his compositions. Take your pick from among "She'll Be Seven In May," "It's Silk, Feel It," "Her Old Man Was Suspicious," and "His First Long Pants.' * * * It's really music in the air now that National Airlines has installed a recorded music system in all luxury flights between New York, Miami and Havana. Not unexpected is the announcement that flights South will take off to the strains of "Moon Over Miami" while northbound passengers will be serenaded with "Sidewalks of New York." * * * Proof that even a mammoth corporation can get into action in a hurry was demonstrated by the speed with which Columbia records issued the unusual Arthur Godfrey-Mary Martin recording of "Go To Sleep, Go To Sleep, Go To Sleep." The duo made the recording on a Tuesday afternoon and it was in all the shops by Friday. * * * Frankie Laine is another recording artist who's now in film-land for motion picture work. Frankie will be seen in a Columbia musical that's been titled and retitled about six times but will definitely feature Kay Starr and Bob Crosby in addition to Frankie. * * * Ezio Pinza was quoted in Etude as saying "I am absolutely against the idea of starting to study singing too early. At sixteen the voice is not yet developed. I suggest waiting at least another two years. I started at nineteen." . . . * * * And now for the third consecutive year, Sarah Vaughan has been voted the nation's Number One Girl singer by the two musicians' magazines, Downbeat and Metronome. . . . The mashieniblick set should be interested in a London Records album called "Shooting Par Golf With Sam Snead." It's golf lessons on wax by the well-known master, himself. . . . Jane Pickens is back in action again making a personal appearance tour of hotels and night clubs singing with a group of six male singers. * * * The Slim Gaillard record of "Organ Oreenie" was actually written and recorded in the space of twelve minutes! It happened when Slim was in the recording studios and saw a Hammond organ. Despite the fact that he had never played one in his life, he sat down at the organ and tinkered with it long enough to come up with a simple blues melody which was then expanded into a regular three-minute recording. Have YOU ever been Jilted? (SEE PAGE 85) Paid Netict