Radio and television mirror (Jan-June 1942)

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Terry Shand, formerly with Freddy Martin, has joined Leo Reisman's band . . . Carmen Cavallaro, one of the slickest pianists in the country, is now heard over NBC from the Rainbow Room, N. Y. His band has been enlarged . . . Another expert ivory-tinkler, Cy Walter, formed a band and has been playing in La Martinique, swank Gotham night club . . . Ted Lewis opens in San Francisco's Bal Tabarin in March . . . Jane Fulton is Joe Reichman's new singer . . . Sammy Kaye is now on tour but he returns to Essex House, New York on May 22. * * * When Fred Waring has his weekly luncheon meetings with the song pluggers he plays gin rummy with one of the salesmen after each repast. Loser pays for the whole check. * * * The votes are piling up in Radio Mirror's annual "Facing the Music" popularity poll. The contest will end shortly so if you haven't balloted for your favorite sweet or swing band, cut out the coupon at the end of this column. Last month I told you that Hal McIntyre, Glenn Miller's former saxophonist, had formed his own band and played a sneak preview at Glen Island Casino. The results were so good that Hal starts a regular engagement there this month and stays there until Claude Thornhill returns in the Spring. * * * The rumors persist that Artie Shaw is tired of it all again and will scrap his band. Another of our temperamental swingsters, Charlie Barnet, has reorganized his band for the umptieth time. * * * If they make the film based on George Gershwin's life, Eddy Duchin is a leading candidate for the role. * * * For nine years music publisher William Ortman searched for a real song hit. He thought he had one in "The Shrine of St. Cecilia." But Ortman never lived to enjoy the tune's popularity. He became the innocent victim of a bitter Times Square gun battle when a stray bullet hit him. Ortman's song is now a best-seller. FATE STEPPED IN IF any prophet had told young Bob ' Allen, the calmly confident vocalist singing with Hal Kemp's band last year, he was destined to become one of the country's promising new bandleaders, Bob would have laughed derisively and said: "Look, my good man, I'm doing fine where I am. I certainly don't want any part of those bandleader blues." The handsome, gray-eyed baritone had good reason to reject such a future. For eight years he had been with Kemp's established musical organization, luckily escaping the cheap honky-tonks, stranded tours, and temperamental leaders most other popular singers experienced. Life for him had been pleasantly secure. His beautiful bride of a few months was expecting a baby and Bob knew his ample salary could easily take care of his family's new addition. Then his peaceful existence crashed suddenly. Hal Kemp was killed in an automobile accident. Legal problems snarled the pilotless band. Plans to keep the men together collapsed when some of the musicians became impatient, accepted other offers. For the first time since he had left his job as a Cincinnati soda-jerker to join a big league dance band. Bob Allen was without work and entirely on his own. "I felt suddenly alone," he recalled, "I didn't have much time to consider my future. All I could think about was Margaret and the baby." After a brief period singing with Tommy Dorsey's band. Bob remembered how often his name had been mentioned in the trade as a potential bandleader. He sought out one of the leading booking agencies, received enough encouragement to map out definite plans. The birth of a baby son in April spurred Bob on. "The first thing I did was get in touch with Harold Mooney, Hal's old arranger. He worked out a library for me. Then we heard about a Dromising young band in Cleveland and rushed out there to see if we could take it over. After a few changes in its personnel we were ready to go." Bob's band broke in last August in a tiny Ohio amusement park, near Columbus. After getting the musical kinks out of their system, the 14-piece band got a test engagement in Brooklyn's Rosemont Ballroom. The first reports were glowing. Critics liked Bob's casual, cheery manner and the band's enthusiasm. They credited arranger Mooney for the smooth coordi Rita Hayworth, lovely Hollywood star, OS she appeared with Orsort Welles on his Monday night CBS show. 72 RADIO AND TELEVISION MIRROR