The record changer (Jan-Dec 1951)

6 NOVIS, BOB EBERLY, BOB HOWARD, IRVING KAUFMAN, LEWIS JAMES, WOODY HERMAN, TONY MARTIN, TEDDY BUNN, JIMMY RUSHING, BUDDY CLARK, BOB CROSBY, JAMES ATKINS, LONNIE JOHNSON, FRANK SINATRA, JOE TURNER, BOB SOOTS, T-BONE WALKER, PINETOP SMITH, CRIPPLE CLARENCE LOFTON, PAPA CHARLIE bass POPS FOSTER 322 ED GARLAND 93 BOB HAGGART 85 WELLMAN BRAUD 72 ALC IDE PAVAQEAU 60 JOHN LINDSAY 60 JIMMY BLANTON 59 BILL JOHNSON 52 SLAM STEWART 45 STEVE BROWN 40 ISRAEL CROSBY 30 ART IE BERNSTEIN 24 CHUBBY JACKSON 23 AL MORGAN 1 6 JACK LESBERG 1 5 OSCAR PETTI FORD I 5 JIM LANNIGAN I I WALTER PAGE 10 MILTON HINTON |0 OTHERS RECEIVING LESS THAN lO POINTS ARE BIDDY BASTIEN, RED CALLENDAR, SID WEISS, ARTIE SHAPIRO, HARRY GOODMAN, EDDIE SAFRANSK I , CEDRIC WALLACE, BILLY TAYLOR, M IN LEIBROOK, JOHN KIRBY, BOB CASEY, PAT PATTON, COUNTRY WASHBURNE, LOUIS JAMES, WALT YODER, DICK LAMM I, PAPA CELESTINE. female vocalist BESSIE SMITH 38l MA RAINEY I 39 B ILL I E HOLIDAY \21 MILDRED BA I LEY 70 ELLA FITZGERALD 63 KAY STARR 56 CHIPPIE HILL 46 SARAH VAUGHAN 33 PEGGY LEE 16 HELEN WARD ,6 BLIND MAMIE FOREHAND |3 ANITA" O'DAY \Z ETHEL WATERS \Z MARTHA TILTON 10 MAMA YANCEY 9 ANNETTE HANSHAW 8 CONNIE BOSWELL 7 HELEN FORREST 7 RUTH ETTING 6 HELEN THOMAS 5 OTHERS RECEIVING LESS THAN 5 POINTS WERE COOT GRANT, MAHAL I A JACKSON, LIL HARDIN, JUNE CHRISTY, CLARA SMITH, MARION MANN, IV IE ANDERSON, JULIA LEE, JOSEPHINE BAKER, PEARL BAILEY, ROSETTA CRAWFORD, SARA MARTIN, ETHEL MERMAN, BEA BOOZE, LEE WILEY, IDA COX, MAGGIE JONES, MAE WEST, LEE SAPPHIRE, DORIS DAY, BETTY GRABLE, DINAH SHORE, ERNESTINE WASHINGTON, EDITH PIAF, LEE MORSE AND JANE HARVEY. L'DCIE LANG 202 EDDIE CONDON |40 BUD SCOTT 1 20 LOtlNIE JOHNSON | 1 1 JOUVNY ST CYR 1 lO CHARLIE CHRISTIAN 82 DJANGO REINHARDT 72 TEDUY BUNN 67 D ICK MC DONOUGH 42 HUDDIE LEAP BETTER 30 NAPPY LA MARE 28 AL CASEY 22 DANNY BARKER 22 BERNARD ADDISON 2| BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON 20 LES PAUL 16 CARL KRESS |5 GEORGE VAN EPS |4 FREDDY GREEN |4 EDMOND SOUCHON |2 BILL NEWMAN |0 CARMEN MASTREN |0 OTHERS RECEIVING LESS THAN 10 POINTS ARE ALLEN REUSS, LEE BLAIR, OSCAR MOORE, HI WHITE, BUDDY CHRISTIAN, ARTHUR SHIRLEY, DICK MC PARTLAND, BILLY BAUER, MANCY CARA, JIMMY SHIRLEY, WILL JOHNSON, the poll winners {Continued from Page 3) edged Jelly Roll Morton for third, 114 to 104. Piano: Morton ran second to no one here, with 412 points. Fats Waller had 160, and Earl Hines and Teddy Wilson made it a dead heat for third place with 67 apiece. Female Vocalist: Bessie Smith, of course — 381. Ma Rainey next with 139, closely pursued by Billie Holiday's 127. Banjo: Johnny St. Cyr, with little competition and a quite high total of 367. Bud Scott had 120, and Lawrence Marrero, 79. Clarinet: Johnny Dodds' 349 points outclassed Benny Goodman's 192. Jimmy Noone ranked next with 79. Drums: Baby Dodds had a high margin of superiority, though slightly less total votes than his older brother, with 337. Zutty Singleton's 156 was next best; Gene Krupa scored 110. Bass: No competition here for Pops Foster's 322. Ed Garland drew 93 points, Bob Haggard 85. Trombone: Kid Ory gathered 304 points; Tea wasn't too far behind with 253. George Brunies had 153. Saxophone: The same winning total — 304 — for Sidney Bechet, in overall ballotting that disregarded the pitch of the sax. Frankie Trumbauer's 108 was a shade better than Stomp Evans' 103. Guitar: Eddie Lang proved to be the only white jazzman to head any category, his 202 points being better than Eddie Condon's 140 and Bud Scott's 120. (That 120, incidentally, was exactly as many points as Bud received as a banjo player, indicating that less indecision on the part of his supporters might have given the late Ory rhythm man a more prominent position.) Tuba: With less voting on this unfortunately semi-obsolete instrument than in any other category, it was Bill Benford with 114, followed by Cy St. Clair (103) and Pete Briggs (91). All in all, much fun and few oddities, and the satisfying of our curiosity as to whether our readers actually do think along pretty much the same jazz lines as we. (You do!)