Screenland (Feb-Oct 1949)

and Buddy's best, so there! Try this with your boy friend or girl friend! Frank Sinatra — Nancy's Daddy's in with .he title deal from "It Happens Every Spring," in most engaging fashion. All about all the weird and wonderful things that happen when the sun crosses the vernal equinox. Back is where you get a little motion in your sacroiliac — "The Hucklebuck" — groovy novelty that T. D., B.G., Paul Williams — originally — and Roy Milton also cut. "Not now — I'll tell you when!" ( Columbia) Bing Crosby and Evelyn Knight — These rascals go together like French fries and ketchup on "Everywhere You Go" and "How It Lies" — powerful team that may be able to sell a few records together. Incident, Evie's done "A Wonderful Guy" and "Cock-Eyed Optimist" from guess where? And the owner of those Pittsburgh Pirates has a brace of fine slabs in "Riders In The Sky" and "Careless Hands" — "Riders" being a real hunk of unhackneyed Americana, Anna. Bing at his most! (Decca) King Cole Trio — "A ride on the axis of the wheel of life to get the feel of life!" Just one great line from Billy Strayhorn's (Duke Ellington's arranger) smartly sophisticated slab of "Lush Life," which Nat does in his best Noel Coward fashion, with strings and stuff behind him. A wonderful thing — highly sophisticated but very effective and listenable. Different for Nathaniel but another example of versatile artistry. Flip is about the millions of Williams who want their Lillians — and is yclept, "Lillian." Chorus behind Nat another new thing. ( Capitol) Billy Eckstine — The savage sweetness of "Mr. B" oozes forth from his freshest slab, "A New Shade Of Blues" and "Night After Night" — just another hunk of fuel in the fire that's seething all around the Robert Soxers newest rave. Billy fractured everyone in his recent date at N. Y.'s Paramount — and this new cookie shows why. Just deserts to a great guy who's been around for years! (MGM) Claude Thornhill — Nab the slabs in this fresh album of bewitching sound by "The Cloud," Mr. Thornhill — who's been dispensing nothing but for eras. There's "Autumn Nocturne," "I Don't Know Why," "Lullaby Of The Rain," "Sleepy Serenade," There's A Small Hotel," and "Where Or When" — all in the most dulcet, ethereal Thornhill tradition. Like pistachio ice cream! (Victor album P 243) Harry Jame* — More of those precious etchings of Jessie James' Daddy in one fresh album . Things you never could get till now — "Ain't Misbehavin'," "I'll (jet By," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "I'm Beginning To See The Light," "My Silent Love," "Strictly Instrumental," "Trumpet Rhapsody." Tonsils included are those of Dick Haymes, Kitty Kallen and Buddy DiVito. An Capitol's Gordon MacRae and lovely Lucille Norman on the "Railroad Hour." other welcome reissue by Columbia — go grab it! (C 182) ALSO EARWORTHY!! MAGGIE WHITING'S shellacking that's blended and splendid of "Every Time I Meet You," from "The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend," and "It Happens Every Spring," from the flicker of the same handle — both by Joseph Myrow and Mack Gordon. Dreamy and creamy! ( Capitol) . . . ELLA FITZGERALD'S "Lover's Gold"— first time for Miss Fitz with strings behind and it's so-o-o utter! Wondrous, too! Sorta like "Nature Boy." Gordie Jenkins is behind her. Ella's like a body by Fleetwood or a symphony by Brahms! (Decca) . . . HARRY JAMES' tale of the kid who lost his head in "Hatsville, U.S.A." at the corner of "69th and Main" — purred by Willie Smith and sparked by a leaping band! (Columbia) . . . GORDIE MACRAE AND JO STAFFORD'S "My One And Only Highland Fling" from "The Barkleys Of you-know-where" — with Mac's Scottish brogue just perf! They're great together! ( Capitol) . . . FRED AST AIRE'S "They Can't Take That Away From Me" and "You'd Be Hard To Replace" fcom the same celluloid and right off the sound track, Jack. That Astaire doesn't have to strop his insteps for this kid's dough! (MGM) . . . DORIS DAY'S "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" — exquisite anguish— but till then these three minutes will help. (Columbia) . . . JOHNNY MERCER'S "Island Queen"— in the "Atcheson, Topeka And Sante Fe" tradition— only 'sabout a Mississippi River boat on a trip down the big creek. ( Capitol) . . . And for smooch music don't miss a brace of Capitol albums: "Noel Coward"— with Georges Tzipine dispensing the bubbling wit and romance of the gifted English kid on "I'll Follow My Secret Heart," "I'll See You Again," "We Were Dancing," "Mad About The Boy," "Someday I'll Find You" and "Zigeuner." T'other is "A Symphonic Portrait Of Cole Porter" — with a fiftypiece gang under Guy Luypaerts' stick weaving thru "Night And Day," "I Get A Kick Out Of You" and other fine portions of the "Kiss Me Kate" guy. These are 12-inch cookies and delicious! . . . HERB JEFFRIES' dynaflowish reissue of "Basin Street Blues" and "These Foolish Things" (Exclusive) . . . BILL LAWRENCE'S "A Million Miles Away" and "If I Could Be With You"— with more warmth creeping into young Wm's. work, and that's what he needs. (Victor) . . . HILDEGARDE'S "It's A Big Wide Wonderful World" — perfect material for Hildy. (Decca) . . . BING AND PATTI ANDREWS tres cute on "Be Bop Spoken Here" — satire on the flatted 5th inspired by a New Yorker cartoon (Decca) . . . BILLY ECKSTINE'S "In The Still Of The Night," "Gloomy Sunday," "I Love The Loveliness Of You," and "Time On My Hands" — on the National label — made before Mr. B. crashed thru on MGM. More of that savage sweetness that will ignite you! (National) . . . IN THE LONGHAIR DEPT.— "Salome," the final scene from Richard Strauss' great music-drama, one of the most exciting and controversial episodes in dramatic literature — with the triumphant Ljuba Welitch — Fritz Reiner combination! Either two 12-inch cookies or a 10-inch LP record (Columbia MX 316 or ML 20 h8) ... A GRIEG PROGRAM— with Morton Gould conducting the Robin Hood Dell gang in a nicely spiced smorgasbord — stuff from "Peer Gynt Suite," "Lyric Suite," etc. Comes on 4 12-inch biscuits or one 10-inch LP ( Columbia MM 824 or ML 2031) . . . MOZART CONCERTO #1 in B flat— Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony on both regular Victor Red Seal and the new 45 RPM . . . MOZART'S elegant and elaborate "Serenade #10" with the Boston Symphony and Serge Koussevitsky — also in regular or 45 RPM* ... and don't miss dropping that needle on SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony 9— with EFREM KURTZ AND THE N. Y. Symphony. On Columbia LP — one 12-incher; also JOSEPH SZGETI and MIECZYSLAW HORSZOWSKI on violin and piano respectively ( dare you to write that 100 times) on BEETHOVEN'S SONATA No. 1 in D Major for Violin and Piano — also on LP. (ML 4133); or MUSIC OF TCHAIKOVSKY — conducted by Andre Kostelanetz on ML 4151 — one fat LP cookie of the great Russian's lush stuff . . . HOT!! DUKE ELLINGTON'S "Singing In The Rain" and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," with Al Hibbler vibrating those tremulous membranes — and lotsa fine solos (Columbia) . . . CHARLEY VENTURA'S "Bop For The People"— "Body And Soul," using baritone sax with marshmallowy tone; and Roy Krai and Jackie Cain raising nice cain on "Whatta Ya Say We Go"— spilling catchy bop-vowels that'll make vou howl! (Victor) . . . BENNY GOODMAN'S "Shishkabop"— number 2 in B. G.'s bop series — full of fertile ferocity. (Capitol) ... JO STAFFORD'S on a bop kick with DAVE LAMBERT and a 12 voice choir behind her with the lollibop fillins that makes for a malted morsel indeed! Same kid that did all the hillbilly stuff has learned her ooo-oooooos and ah-ah-ahs well on "Smiles" and "Jolly Jo" — and everything is very bop 54