We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.
Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.
by Joe CsidM
KGLO TELECASTS ALL
OF THE TOP 15 ONCE-A WEEK SHOWS!
AND 8 OF TOP 10 MULTI-WEEKLY SHOWS!*
* Telepulse Report
KGLO-TV
MASON CITY, IOWA
bad ; »1
Paving the 'Glory Road
In the 25 \ears during which Ive heen engaged in one phase or another of the broadcasting-music-show business I think the single element of activity I enjoyed most was finding, calling attention to. and helping bright young talent along the road to the big loot and loud applause. And I think my track record in this area is moderately good.
I signed a \ oungster named Eddie Fisher to his first record dea and. in fact, sent him on his way to becoming a star and the husbai of two very attractive film ladies. I wrote the first words of prai: about a then-16-year-old lad named Steve Lawrence, on the occasioi of the release of his first record, an artful interpretation of the ol< favorite "Poinciana." The McGuire Sisters were just in from Ohi and had not yet met Mr. Godfrey when I did a piece on their pote tial. At the risk of dating myself and the man, himself, I compos some of the earliest paeons of admiration to a boy from Hoboken, New Jersev. who was singing with the Harry James band at the time. But to prove I haven't lost the touch, it was just two or three \ears ago that I originally called attention, in this very space, to a younffl man I believe will eventually surpass Sinatra as one of the greattsd entertainers and personalities the business has ever known.
I'm talking about Bobby Darin, of course. And I'm very happy to learn that my old friend. Teddv Bergman, now vice president in charge of advertising for Revlon. has just signed a long term dei with Bobby to do a couple of television spectaculars per annum f< ■rl Mr. Revson's cosmetics operations. These will be supershows starring; Bobby, and I assure you right now that the youngster will carry off these big assignments with such polish and verve that he will wid millions of new friends and fans and take several more substantial steps up ve olde ladder. He will be abetted to a good measure lijl such guest stars as his "adopted father." George Burns. Bob Hopd and funnymen and others of that ilk.
At the same time Bobby is getting ready to go to Italy to do his first motion picture with Gina Lollobrigida and a couple of otheJ stars whose names escape me at the moment. And coming out anj day now he has a new record on Atco. which will be one of his biggest hits. It's a driving, swinging treatment of a song called "Artificial Flowers."' which believe it or not, tells the woeful tale of a lit : le girl, orphaned at nine, who earns her few pennies a day maki artificial flowers for ladies of fashion to wear, and who eventual! perishes in the street in the snow, clutching her shears in her froz< fingers.
This tune is from a new musical called Tenderloin, which opens oi Broadway 17 October, and which I believe will be one of the biggi l Please turn to paice 14 I
SPONSOR • 19 SEPTEMBER 19