Variety (April 1964)

iis $ = ‘London, April : 28° . ‘The: smacketfor ‘94c cover: disks “which: duplicate: six pop: hits. on |. one. ‘platter—is.. Now. wide ‘open: Following Pye’s ‘pioneering of this “form “of. ‘marketing ..with its. Top. Six: label, EMI (Electric” &. Musical. ‘Jndustries), a. major: Britishdisk-. -ery,: has. moved into’ the ‘field ‘with. jts own . Hot. Six records. on. the «Regal Zonophone. label. “Ata... time: “when: “'pye's | cover ” waxes; “produced | by. . indié « disker | Bi Wellings,: ‘are -fast’ sellers at |: out: “1 Decca, ‘the. second big diskery, is. still. stoutly’ ‘abstaining, . _But.-as one “Decea. exec “pointed. ’ “If ‘there: is: 4 . significant. -change in .the ‘market, we will un-. | doubtedly revise: our policy.”. ‘This is.. taken: to: ‘mean, “that Af Pye’ s| slipping. pioneering’ and: /EMYI’s: “ followthrough add up to a ‘whole new; Lmoney-spinning ‘market. for’ the _|non-royalty-paying.. “cover.” disks, -Decca fe may: ‘move’ _ into “they field. | the. 100,000 ‘and above :mark,| EMI} = a has | pacted: ‘with’. song © “singles”’ “which. will : be _ in: direct ‘competition: swith Pye’ Ss new’ Tabel. 7 Didference: between the ‘two fs. L sues-is: principally. that the. EMI ‘is: ~ naming —artists on its. Teleases— -4nitially. The. Leroys. atid. The. In-. both. of whom. ' record. -nocents, ° under. their .. own: names. on a-reg -plar.. JEMElabel. . pophits than’ those ‘sung by Pye's| unnamed: artists: on ‘the: ‘Top. ‘Six.}, _waxes. —_ “While EMI: has moved into: ‘this. . of . waxtivity—alt-. “new ‘market. joven possibly. on. 8 less rhythmic basis.. than. “Pye’s: regular : one-a-. _Feleases— nh schedule . of .. ‘indie. “groovery Robert ‘Stigood:. to produce six-.| ~ EMI,. moreover, + “ill: probably feature. different |: Service, © i." | _Of the 10 isereened bya panel ofl: judges: inchiding. some: of the eoun-. try’s writers. from -400° entries), Moshe: Dor. ‘and: Yaacov: Holander’s-’ “Say, Girl”. won the first prize: | of: Nothing,’ ” by: Haim Keynan and}: ae Cohen,,. came next, ‘and the {thir Israeli Fest — ‘Continued from, ‘page vit =} ‘Tel “Aviv, ‘on: Independence: Day, chose’ the most popular’ three: of.-10° ‘hew’.sOngs, performed: each: bytwo |’... ‘top-performers ‘and: premiered. .on |: | cit Richard. 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PLATFORM ‘ASSOC.: . $07 Rockinghem Street _Recheser, New: York 14620 _ Two: From ‘Top: Albums: LY)‘ BEE-BOM of | SAMMY DAVIS JR. ° 7 Reprise): | Music. -has. renewed. members. present. 7h + four: montis. : “inthe Shelter ‘of Your Arras?” 2 Try’s New. -York. Bar. “Hugues “Auffray, a mainly.” folk SOnES and. r&b, getting: ‘more. followers. * : a “surf. group: from at’ ‘The ‘Philharmonic “Concert. in. * This annual ‘affair, sponsored by’ ‘the Prime. Minister’s| : ‘on a “one-night “stand, : .engagements. in Holland, Belgium, | ‘Germany, . ‘Austria, and “France., on:| an upcoming. tour: through Europes’ He will also: visit: Scandinavia. | and. “Matters: — Gontinuea from. page: 169. seems — ~ Wide re as na Sins Ito F Fidd I. writes. her. own. “yolling. and: ‘slow: —_ -songs, is. “holding her: own, 20°, Claude Francois ‘is ‘believed tot ‘is . felt “In: pull * ‘and : interest. Frank. Alamo appears ‘steady, and ' -skiffler ‘with . “Surfs -. (6), ized: ‘monickers, It: ‘Tooks:. like. rock will: go.rolling on .in' musie. ¢ circles: for some, time. Tour: May ‘5 ‘ Glasgow,. ‘April’ 28. Chife Richard, . English.” singer, at’. the. Odeon’ Theatre. here . Friseo’ Chronidle’s -jazz-. ‘columnist: RalphJ. ‘Gleason’ “Wwha’ is also. a 1 sometime VaRiETY correspondent) in a recent..column ‘charged : show, 4 | biz: with: having. “forgotten”: Tommy. ‘Lymian® who: died..March 12. inJ-: | He chided the .wire services for: “nothaving. carried -a line. on him”. and “Variety only. got ‘around. to. running: a brief. one ‘last. “(This ‘took. some. ‘doing: to. férret..out even | in Chi, _Where: ‘the. Prohibition“ era. sentimental ' ‘songster died. Ed.) aa | -While®: -Lymani --has been identified: chiefly“ with: ‘torch’ Songs ike. : V 1 “Melancholy ‘Baby”: which were: lullabies : to” many *.. ‘a Sentimental | ‘Tl drank during’ and ‘post-Prohibition, ‘it:.was ‘little: known that he wrote: | ‘a. pretty good pop: Standard, “Montmartre -Rdse;” which E.“B.. Marks Copyright dates: back: to. 1925.. | another : ‘novelty; “Some: ‘Ambitious Mama: Is.. Hanging Round y..Papa.”: “Lyman :‘ also . “The. wy Univérsity-NARAS, course in 1 Recoiding and: Musi: “dosed ‘Jast. week with: a panel ‘on, electronic music in-which. Princeton. music|." professor ’ Milton’ ‘Babbitt. described _ the. advanses in electronic sounds. | The. panel, although. citing:. the’ new ‘and advanced sounds made: pos-: | sible. by electronic reproduction, ‘ultimately concluded’ that the ‘Edison: | Co.. would: never. take the place of Hhuman*. musicians, although . the} ¥ ‘Th gohere of: the: Jatter. will be advanced: considerably, ‘with. the. new flec +} tonic: aids. © nr rr eae Wate , 4 London label inthe. U.S;-at’ the. end: ‘of May.. Her manager, “George GARAVAN “The ‘Mony: ‘Moods of Tony” | a4 =) 4); | Tony BENNETT. | (Columbia) | . “MILLS MUSIC, INC. : New ‘York, N.. Ye. 10019: | What makes Sammy j nil andrunandrun? JA Roo fl m_ Without Windows: “LD Arts -& Seiences, “The Friendliest Thing My: ‘Hometown. Original Cast’. Album’. ae | ees Columbia’... "Barbara Carroll iim Warner. Bros. . “Clark. Teriy Album: ~ : 20th. Century: Fox music PUBLISHEPS HOLO'NG CORP "4 Britten... “Requiem;’ * dates: and: promotional. stints... marches, ‘R.. B. ‘Hall... AP) of: the year -and best’ female: vocal. perforniance.: > [| Columbia’ Records . LPs” were. nominated. for ‘best. ‘engineering, oo cover: design and. best’ liner: notes... ny , , > Barbra’ ‘Streisand. walked off. with: intost nomiiations: for. the Grammy. awards:‘to be made: next wionth. by. the, National. Assn. She won nominations for record’ of. the ‘year, a New: Directions. ws has: just’ prougtit. ‘out, “The: Complete Poems \-of Wilfred. Owen; many of which ‘form. the: ‘text of the new Benjamin } which“has “been widely: publicized . ‘Via. the ‘performances. by. the. Boston. Sy mphony and the. Londen Fecording. “In® jast. week's Chad’ “Mitehell “Trio: “ad,” “at printer’s. ‘gremlin. jniadw-| vertently’ omitted. the: name of. their: ‘booking, ‘Tepresentatives—Agency | for ‘Performing: Arts, (APA). ae . _ ~{ Elrick, “who ‘also handles Mantovani,: persuaded London Records: exec | Joe Bott. to hear‘her in a niteryand Miss: Martell. was inked: toa threeyear’ eontract. Following : Telease | of ‘the Le. she'll ‘tour "the Uz S. for, tv “ag Adition, her ‘is set for “of. Recording. ethum. pest: | be. ‘consolidating: ‘his®. pull . while. Eddy’ Mitchell \is tagged a. fading flash-in-the-pan. British | ‘songstress ‘Petula’: ‘Clark. seems even. stronger this . year. while’ Sheila’ business | -got.. a= little.” rough. . -he. ‘Tuns.”. Goodman’ ‘said this.” in reference to ‘my: ‘comment: in ‘VARIETY my, “Madagascar, care. gaining “and. Dick |" =| Rivers ‘is also: showing; ‘promise. | Belter Marianne Mille "| sidered: “most. likely: newcomer to. | Succeed.” “Except for. the Surfs f and Miss. Clark, ‘the others-are all Frerich: in: ‘spite.of their. American-: is: -con-; — | BM Pubs’ on lis 7 ; Bd. Stirs ASCAP (7 Paradoxically,it was ; -during: the Jate 1920s.‘that Lyman i” clicked bigger. ‘With “Montmartre: Rose”: while. ‘playing ‘in Paris’ Har|’ For. some reason, ‘both’ ‘the ‘tourists -and. “expatri+ | “Tl ates. ‘then. living: in. the ‘French “Capital, and also the’ bilingual Parisians, . ~ “went, .for this. lachrymdése aean * ‘to. a faded: beauty from the. Butte A “(environs ‘of : Pigalle), | Gleason quotes. “somebody . that” francs‘ at his feet. for him to sing ‘his-songs.” franc notes, .that was. 40° bucks. in’ those days,,. ‘and’ very unlikely, espe-. . + Cially | in :a joint: ‘like Harry’s: New “York Bar: which | American. . Nnews| Papermen: stationed. in--Paris favored. As for owning: “pieces” ‘of joints -in..NewYork,. ‘Lyman. had dubious “percentage” arrangements which: on may: havegiven. ‘him. a. loose rooting. interest:-inthe’ ‘Spots’ economic Wa Success: but: he. ‘was ‘chiefly’ a. throw-money(tips) saleon ‘singer. | ° “dames. “threw : thoiisand | “dollar | American, Society of. Composers, t Even. if it was “1,000|. © 1 Three, | and: ” Leeds : | affiliates. pie John’ F. ‘Kenriedy’ Center. for. the’ Performing Arts: has’ “yeoeived | a ‘a‘first. royalty * payment. of. néarly.. $60,000. from: RCA Victor. ‘on. the ‘gale of more than 200,000: copies. “sold. on: four LPs: featuring the’ bands. ‘of ‘the Army,Marine ‘Corps, ‘Navy ‘and: Air. Force. leased. ‘last May. and’ the: royalties: Tepresent ‘the : sale during: the’ first. ‘The: Center received. an: award: from: the. Freedoms: |:Foundation at Valley. ‘Forge. last: week. for. its Cooperation in making. aif the ‘Service banid. recordings. possible. Be a oo The LPs were re“ministration ‘to ‘eliminate ‘the: so-.|* ‘called dual allegiarice.’ While some |= “ASCAP execs. are’ sympathetic to: the idea of barring such pubs from | “| the ‘board, ‘they do. not : feel’. ‘that | ali.publishers ° “want. te give ‘maxi|: “mum protection: to their. business | “Leia Martell, a ‘young “thrush f from Glasgow: is getting a big ‘buildup. interests. ‘from. Decca -to-prep her‘ for ‘the: Américan wax:marKet. Last. week" she | cut: “her. first ‘album,“Introducing Lena-*Martell,”. for release on the ‘He -had.‘over :100 marches |: Marek 20th. thra | april 1éth--THUNDERBIRD HOTEL, Las Vegas, Nev. Te fae TE = ‘i : Tt ves Pe L Editor,. “Varinry:: “among” other. things. “that. Norman ‘of: over: 300 concerts. during. this ‘period: These. tours have” included With. “Miles:--Davis,: two with MJQ, "three with Basie, .and with “such artists as. ‘Quincey Jones, ‘Kid Ory, Dizzy.|s Adderley, |. + the annual ; ‘ones, ‘with: Ella’ Fitz-} *. . “Al gerald: and. Oscar’. .Peterson . and ‘a. “pop. -eosts:.ofrent -and.-publicity,. the’. take: ‘such a. ‘step... possible,” ” “he: said,. | cause it is. good. business for. 1 us. to In a _Teport . datelined: “April. ”, ‘Tokyo, : -Benny: “Goodman. : said,: Granz. has. always: been ‘called. the: patron saint. of jazz. yet when the {| On the: state. of -jazzand the fact ‘Tl that I--had.. not. presented ‘a Jazz. ‘America.’ ‘since 1957. Well, let's look at: the: ‘record... ; Since 1957 F. have: presented in ‘Europe, Australia ‘and: South’ America “an average | of ‘five: concert. tours::a year, ‘Making. a -total | four with’. Duke: Ellington, ° ‘three Cole, ‘Nat. >: (“King”) Gillespie, ‘Cannonball ': Stitt, Davis, are just a few. of musicians that : cannot | ‘find work — ‘commensurate with their abilities.| No,-you see, Benny’ Ss point of view about. other. jazz musicians is “I’ve made: it, now Jet. them get. out and. do it ” | Dente ma in Hour of Need for. the Tatums, the: Websters. et al. | And. three. weeks. ago on Easter “Sunday 1° presented Duke Eliing‘ton at no’ profit whatsoever, at Car| negie’ Hall ‘because I felt-he should’ be. heard by. ‘America’ ‘whenever ‘possible. When Benny ites. the success of Miles, ‘Monk, Coltrane, and so. on, that. is a measure of just how ‘much. he:: doesn’t. understand the problem. What about. the. hundreds . of unemployed. musicians -Leannot find work? For instance,. Max Roach, Ben’ Webster, Sonny ‘Lockjaw. the ‘good -» Dexter: Gorden, Ni orman Granz. great many, others, ‘ among. them. 7 a | Benny. ‘Goodman ‘and his: orchestra). .--. {a .disaster:. artistically,” and : finana | == cially). . this, ‘transportation, and -promotion-| total is ‘well’ dver $1, 000, 000. ‘This |: ] is “hardly “running.” My profit, | -Yapartfrom ‘the. Ella Fitzgerald. and ‘J: -——~' |'‘Oscar Peterson’ tours, averaged less| | than . 15%, | “not:.much considering |: ¥ .: (the -risks.” And ‘added. to::this was | f° | over. $250, 000. per. year for record|. ings: madé. by. jazz. musicians on|_ I’ve: Jaiad out: approximately $750,|. | 000. in ‘musicians’ ‘salaries during) | | this period : ‘and. when ‘you, add to]: Tour starts’. May” 5 zat Scheven. ‘ingen; ‘Holiand,. Dates_-in. ‘Bélgium’ include’ Liege, Brussels. ‘and : Ant-. werp. In’. .Germany* the. unit ° will : | play.. Frankfurt and~ Munich. Inside Stuf-—Music CONNIE — FRANCIS ~ Sings. Verve Records from 1957 until I}. {sold ‘the’ company in: 1960.. eee . Why. :then, -do I-.sayjazz. was| | ‘never. really: big and infact, why | do I--continue ‘with -it? ‘Well, IT love ‘jazz ‘and. ot feel-I. should subsidize it.as. ‘best: ‘as I can, as I did,. for example, .on -Verve: the sales = i of: Ella. and of Ella..and. Sheliey Berman: “pald {= Pressure. is. building. ‘up ‘in ‘the || | Authors. 8. “Publishers: toprevent. 1 publishers: with Broadeast Music |. : Inc. affiliates td serve on: ASGAP’s'| ‘board: At: the present..time; three publisher board: members; The’ Big |} Shapiro-Bernstein © “Music: “Musie,:. have | BMI | At. a “recent meeting ‘of ASCAP’s publishing advisory board; séveral. publishers ‘pressed. ‘ASCAP’s | ad| ASCAP ‘has ..any legal: Power. toy ~ One:of: ‘the. publisher: board’ members with a BMI. affiliate, said the |: movement ‘against dual’. ‘affiliation |. was “poppycock. ” ‘ASCAP, ‘he said, ‘is. a business .and ‘so is. BMI and . “We. -want... to. make} ASCAP ‘as’. big © ‘and ~ ‘as ‘rich. -as 1 “precisely. ‘be| do $0.” ia Ralph T: Gould; 31: Forest. Road. ‘Cape ‘Elizabeth, “Maine; “Secks! any | Jo |:material ‘or. picture concerning turn: of-the.. century’ composer of: band |% It's a. sentimental. project ‘but ‘biographer: Gould + 8. ft “would. appreciate. comments. by. (other): ‘bandmasters as to their opin-|4% ¢. ——| {fon of. ‘R.. B.. Hall. asa band--composer.. | published,. among’ ‘them. ‘Officerof the Day,” “20th. Regiment.’ “Guard. ; du: Corps,” ‘SLBA: and “Indendenitia.” | waa: a yTOMMY ROE \ April 21st: thr May éth—GASLIGHT RM. Som Diego, ‘Calif, May Tt thew. 30th—-VIRGINIAN. RESTAURANTE, Shaker Heights, Ohio. ‘ due ard thre ‘July 19th—-LOSER'S ctus, Hollywood, Calif. oo 24th thee August Z0th—THUNDERBIRD HoreL,. Les Vegas, Nev. 3 “BOOKED: ‘EXCLUSIVELY: BY ijene. BOOKING NC CORPORATION | SOE GLASER, President . 50: WEST: 57. STREET, NEW YORK: Ve ‘CHICAGO: ° MIAMI. BEVERLY HILLS © LAS. 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