Variety (May 1932)

Tuesday, May 31, 1932 MUSIC VARIETY 61 By Abel Green ■ ■♦———• -Ituu C«lumbo 'Paradise' and 'Aut Wiedersehen' in the popular crooning manner. Nice ' Interpretations by Columbo withex-" pert orcheqtjral embeUlshment. Vlc- ^ tor 22976. f Whiteman-Van Steeden 1 Pfiul l^hlteman and Peter Van Steeden coupled with 'Lawd, Toii ' Made the. Nleht Too Long' and, . "E^rerything; Must Have an Ending.' Bhythihlc foxtrots . In the expert L^ manner !with • Red McKenzle and ~r Chick. Biillodk, respfectively, on the vocalizations. Victor 22984. - -Specht-Miller The sprightly 'You're the One' by taiil Specht and 'Them Good Old Times' by Bob Miller make for ac- «;^ptable foxtrotology. Harris and •the Hooy«r Boys assist Specht's .as' signmeiit vocally, and Dick Robert* s'on solos' the vocal choVus Jn the companion piece. Columbia; 2640. ■■ Dan- Russo , ' Russo; a vet" dance purveyor, .still Tetaihs : hisi .brickies label after his names. . He lis partial to . the 'scat' 'school of rhythmplogy. .'Goof us' and •Ding Dong' Daddy' are his liotcha foxtroterles and okay, too; Colum- bia 2641. Jerry Behrens . To guitar accoihp, Behrens yodels f ♦Carmelita' In the Frank Cruniit- doggerel style. Reverse is a . bit ; more staid, '.You 'Were Glad Yoti i^Had Broken My Heart'; as sad as it ' sounds. Okeh 41562. Joseph White Still billed as the Silver-Masked :1 Tenor, dating back to the pioneer- ' Ing Sllvertown Cord' orchestra radio programs, White balladizes in sym- pathetic Manner. 'I'm So Alone . with the Crowd' and 'That Daddy and Mother of Mine' are tiptop for his style. Victor 22981. Havana. Novelty Orch .'Adlos' rumba and 'Bonlta' tango by. the Havana Novelty orchestra .are a'novelty dance couplet. 'Adios' U better known as the Hotel Bllt- mbre, N. Y., dance band's theme song. , Knric Madreguera,- the Bilt- more maestro, composed it with Ed- die 'Woods. A couple of Argentini- ans. Bill JPolIa and William J. Mc^ Kenna,' turned out 'Bonita/ Victor 22963. Art Kassel ^ ; The maestro of his Kassels In the Air • orchestra^ specially popular ' around . Chicago, knows his dansa^- Ration with 'Strangers' and IWhat a Life.' Expert foxtrotology. Colum bla 2643. Buddy. Campbell Okay dance disc on Okeh 41563 in the. snappy manner by Buddy Campbell. "When Nobody Else Is Around' and '"Wbat a Life,' both brisk foxtrots, leiid themselves to heated interpretations. . Wayn6 King Wayne King's 'waltz king' radio rep Is capitalized by Victor on waltz-foxtrot couplets, although No. 22977 are both four-four numbers of the smooth, melodic style which has become associated with the Chi band leader. 'When the Lights Are Soft and Low' and 'A Moment In the Dark* has Ernie Burchell contributing vocally. . VIotor 22980 sees a waltz, 'When the Sun Goes Down on a Little Prairie Town' backing up 'Deep in Tour Eyes,' with King vocalizing. Waring's Pennsylvanians 'Rhymes' and 'How Am I Doin'?' Is cine of the best by the Warlngs in a' long time. Swell novelty dance couplet, in a rowdy, somewhat ribald hokum manner of the 'scat' school. Will probably panic the collegians. Victor 22978. Ray Noble .Imported records made in Europe by Ray Nobl(2 and his New May- ' fair orchestra (London), Selections are trom "VVerner Richard Hey- manh's 'Congress Dances' (Ufa film), 'Just Once for All Time' and 'Live, Laugh and Love.' Latter wnltz is the better composition Noble does well by 'em both insiru- riehtally. Victor 22964. Broken by Golf Course, Lob Angeles, May 30. Sidney. L. Eastman, singer, ask- ing for bankruptcy status, got in bis difficulties through Investment In a ijninlature golf course and then took slngiilg lessons. ^ Eastman remarks that WHHa-nn Reese's $600 bill for the lessons is unjust, as when he had paid the tjedcher all the money he had, thie latter stated he. would- continue to tt^ch him gratis for the ctiuse of art.-::. Singer's big debt Is $3,500 owed A. L. Eastman, not. due for two and a half years. His only assets are $50 worth of clothes. S-B Suing Chicago Firm For Alleged Infringement Shaplrp-Bernsteln is suing M. M. Cole, Inc., Chicago, for copyright infringement, claiming four of its songs were printed without permis.r sion.'.' The songs, claim S-B, were used in a book titled 'Walter Peterson Folio.' Titles of the S-B songs al- leged to have been infringed upon are 'Death of ;Floyd Collins,' 'Dream of the Miner's Child,' 'Engineer's Child' and 'When the Moon Shines Down Upon the Mountain.'. S-B is suing for statutory dam- ages. • QKEH VS. VICTOR Disc Companies in Suit Over Louis Arn^strong Hollywood, May 30. Okeh Phonograph Co. has applied tp. the federal courts to enjoin Louis Armstrong from recording for the RCA .'Victor Co. Okeh claims exclusive right .to the services of the colored singer under a contract made in 1927. Final option does not expire until May 6, 1933 and then three inonths must elapse before he can . record elsewhere.. Hearing on temporary injunction before, jiidge George Cosgrovfe June 6. ■ Co-op SympH Cleveland, May 30. Summer symphony .concerts on a co-operative basis will be tried out by 60 members of local symphony orchestra. With a dearth' In other musical activities here, boys figure coffee-and-cakes better than noth- ing at all; Expierlment will be carried out over dozen concerts in Severance Hall, beginning June 1, with, a 25c to $1 admission scale. Fix Chi Syinph Scale Chicago, May 30. Local Symphony Orchestra situa- tion has .Anally been straightened out with tiie. musicians' union. The bien will get a slight increase but will play fewer concerts. . Concession by the union followed weeks of controversy. EXPLOITATION DISCS Stept & Powers had Durium make 1,500 midget recordings of 'I Beg Your Pardon, Alademolselle,' for exploitation purposes for $150. Phil Spitalny'ls orchestra did the recording. . Midge discs are being distributed gratis to jobbers and . orchestra leaders. Two Firms Clamping Down Completely on Free Orchiestrations Both . Robbins and the newly formed Lawrence Music Co. (Irving Mills-Tommy Rockwell) are going in for the idea, of cutting .down .completely on. free' !orchestrationsJ Robbins, long established, .will eliminate tbe gratis : supply, relyr ihg on the company's road men to cover; this high, spots, and the others ill ust buy through the .43- pet-annuin orchestra club. Last, y^ar Robbins mailed out 141,000 orchestrations. Now It . is' iritendeoi that less than 100 free orchestrations per new number must needs be dlstribjuted gratis; the rest to be paid for. . Robbins also will inaugurate a $1 & year club for professional copies 9.nd conserve likewise, along those lines. Lawrence Music's idea is even more radical. Mills-Rockwell con- trol a galaxy of radio artists and Lawrence will publish only .songs featured by their, radio clients. Tli^se numbers will be restricted 100% to their own acts. Only ex- ception may be In the case where some special dispensation is ap- proved, in which case ' Lawrence will charge a fee for the arrange- inent. Tliis charge will carry with it an okay for public performance, but otherwise there can be. ho radio or other rendition from any other forn-i of improvired orchestration or Scratch sheet. .Mills and jRockwell■ control .Law- rence. Victor Young is hot.a part- ner, merely a contracted cohiposer and arranger, although "Toiint has tlie special privilege of selling his songs on the outside as well. He is fu.jposedly g.:aranteed $20,000 a year by the M-R firm to take car* of radio programs, ariangements, etc. First group of soni;s which Law- rence Music is publishing for the u!^e of the Mills Brothers and Bos- well Sisters, solely arj 'Old Mun of the Mountains,' 'You Gotta Hey Dey Dey to Get Along With Me' and '.Strange As It Seems.' HERE AND THERE - Joey Stool Aviil be brought into the New York olBcc of DeSylva. He is DeSylva's Chicago man. Bob Myers, band manager and formerly with the Columbia Phono- graph company, is with the new Chi band booking agency, Colum- bia Music Attractions. Villa Moret has : appointed Phil Howax'd as Chicago representative, succeedihg Hal Tommy; Eddie Carr's band opened at the Villa-Richard, New Jer.sey, Satur- day (28). Followed Paul Tremalne. Jimmie Griep Grler was until last week the . maestro at the , L. A. Ambassador hotel's Cbcoanut Grove, whose or- .. chestra he conducted. It's 'the' spot oh the Coast. 'Bon Voyage to Yo.ur' Ship of Dreams' and 'I've ' Paid for Love' on Victor 22970 isn't • as distinguished a couplet as 'One Hour with You' from the Chevalier picture and "Music in the Moon- light.''. Latter is .(Jrler's radio theme, song. Donald Novls and Dick WebsX«r do their stuff vocally in capital fashion. Don C?ive orchestra goes from the Broadmoor C. C, Denver, to Can yon hotel, Yellowstone,. for the summer. SOUTH IN CONGBESS Chicago, May 30. Eddie South with an augmented oight-plece combination goes into the ballroom of the Congress hotel for .1 four-week engagjement, start-, ing. June 11. South and his colored aggregation were formerly at the Club Rubai- yat, which folded for the summer. Band will broadcast nightly over an NBC local hookup. Booking was made, direct with the hotel by Bill Roth.r'.eih :ind .Sam Skolnick. Victor and Woolworth Near Deal For Marketing of New 20c Record Report Wanwrs Wante To Drop Famoos Music Hrllywood, May 3<l.. Lan-y Spier and Sam Coslow, forniei^. Owners of Fambiis Music—^. when il was Spier & Co-slow, and both now under contiact—formeir as general manager and latter as stall wi'iter—botii had their documents extended for an additional three months upon agreemtnt to take a 10% cut. Short tenure of the extension may mean radical'change in thj cdm- pahy. Rumbles, that Warners, which o-vi'ns a half interest through control of Harms, may pull out. Disc Firm's Coast Branch To Wax Film People '. World Broadcasting System and its subsid, Sound Studios of New. York, Inc., have opened a CJoast branch in the Metropolitan (him), studios in Hollywood, as a direct means to 'can' Him talent for disc- recorded broadcast purposes. Pat Campbell is in charge, A. J. Kendrick,. president, of Sound Stu- dios, gpiiig to the Coast to consum- mate details. • Cal. Plugger Shiakeup Los Angeles, May 30. Coast song pluggers ishiftcd- around during the past week, .wlih jack Stei-h, Los Angeles Bei-lin i-cp, resigning to devote an liis time to his KHJ programs. Abe Bloom, S. F. tnan for Berlin, will handle the coast. . Bobbins coast changes leave .Dick Arnold in charge of • the territory from San FraricLsco, . with Harry Coe, L. A. and Carl Wihge, Seattle, out. Artie Mehlinger back from New York to take charge of the local tiemick representation. Mickey Hester, plugger for ' Conrad, is through, leaving Leona Zadeek do- ing a solo.' Coast office of Famous was sealed Saturday (28) with Eddie Janis moving his pro copies over to the Paramount studio. He will repre- sent the Par music subsidiary on the lot as well as handle the Pacific trade. Office shared oy Bobby GrOss w.^th Santley and Fi-ed Denipsey, of Feiat, does a Feist solo beginning the flrst of the month with Gross dealing them out of his derby, "rhls leaves only the DeSylva, Brown and Hen- derson Office, in addition to Demp- sey, in the Majestic theatre build- ing, which formerly housed as many as 15 national music Arms. . Leonard . Wilson is here . from New York to handle the Mills music busine.ss here and in Stin. Francl-soo.- Arrangem;^nts .are being, made be- tween Victor and Woolworth for tho chain store to handle Victor discs exclusivfely to rethil at 20c. ■ Meetings between Victor and Woolworth to complete the. deal were held ail last week; with the last meeting on Friday (27).. Ac- cording to reports ther.o. is one hitch in the negotiations whicii will haver to be cleared upf fpr the deal to go' through, "Woolworth -vvants Victor to pvit out a disc it can retail for less than 20.O, whereds Victor insiats that a retail price. Of 2bc Is the best it can do. This hitch was to be cleared up a,t Friday's meeting, but the results of this meeting have not ' been reported yet. ': .■ __ Ever since Woolworth announced.^ it would experiment with a 20c price top in about iOO of its stores with a view toward aoioptlng this maxir. mum fob its eiitlre chain of 1,800 stores, mechanical men hiatve been trying to tie lip WoolwOrth for ;t 20c disc. M, Kronberg, owner cf Plaza Music, jobbers, and Crowii records, negotiated with Wool-wort;» to supply thein with thedlscs. Ditto with Brunswick. Victor, however, was a step aiiead of both of them. New Brand Namis Woohyorth lias never handled a standard brand of discs due to lis tow price, selling only a rainiatuve size record. What VIctpr?s whpl2,T sale price to Woolworth wilt be if the ileal goes through hasn't been reported. Victor will; release thet~e discs aside from its 76c nunibers, according to repiort, an-l will thei-e- fore have to give another name to . Its Woolworth discs. If the negotiations . go through Victor Is to have the Woolworili outlet for Its 20c discs exclusively, with the chain store to handle ho. other make. . Victor for two years now has been; experimenting with a cheap dl^-o and iritermlttentiy reports have emanated from its jilant in Cam- den that it was ready to place a 2Co disc on the market. Nothing ever ' c.me of these reports. Woolworth outlets for .26c discs is expected to be a mild saviour to the current disc situation. Tlie Woolv/orth situation as r^- gai-ds hapdllni^ sheet music reinalns as it was'nearly two months ago, when Woolworih temporarily put thumbs down on the plan. How- ever, publishers still hope the chain will handle sheet music by fall. Bloom Back San Francisco, May 30. Out for two weeks as local r«»p for Irving Berlin, Abe Bloom ir, back with the ilrm in charge of the- entire Coa.st. He will cohtiniic - to make his heiadquarlers hero, hai-idling Los Angeles and the Norlhwofit as wfll. Inside Stuff-Miisic .\\'iil»- the pop music busines:! now on a par with Pf'ruviain--bur(<l(--i those puhl.i.shers who have large catalogs, especially of KtaiiJard or.';laj sic musir, aie beginning to conceiitrate on the publltjation an»i pJiigging of .b1af;k and white albums and numbers rather than thoir In ii;lia produr.-r. Wlim.irk.Uarms, Sani Fox and Marks are among the Firm.s fi.T.lin profi's in ihe.smaller but stcidler sales of old standby.s. George Ol&en Some TtioFe- 'Hot-Cha' tunes by l..ew Brown and Ray Henderson, | equally as fetchins: as thp .icrrefl- : Itcd hit.s. The show lias, one u£ those well-balanced scores without anything particularly outstanding. '.Say' and 'There's Nothing the Mat- ter with Me' feature Ethel Shutta vocially. She is more effective in the novelty "Gosh Uai-n!' and '.So Alone in the Crowd' couplet on Vic- tor 22968. On VlctAr 2299S Olsen and White- man hack up,. 'Whlteman's waliz, •Voice in the Old Village Choir." tontra.sting -vvith the distinguished 'Lullaby of the Leaves,' foxtrot, by Bcriiicc Pclkere. Ti;" flock of openings last week had the publlshr-rs dizzy. .S.liHilhK on May. 1'3, Buddy Rogers opened at the Penn-sylvania roof. I'ol'lov. ing nifflit Freddy Martin opened at the Bosscrt roof, Brooklyn, and Joe Ji^oas Lowed in aC'the Hotel pierro. Iwham Jo ie.s band opened at Uiit L'e) 'am Hcjiih Inn Thursday, while Friday was marked by the oprinliifrs of the I'avilliun Royal with Smith Ballew's orchestra, and Sal unlay .'r> >::i.s .(jUinaii iircmiered her Valh-y .Stream roadhouse. Columbo Wins Prelim HOllywcod, May 30. Jack Gordcan, . former partner of Con Conrad t.nd in on Russ Cpluni» bo's earnings foif a third, was de- nied an Injunction fn New York to restrain Columbo from worklnp, Gordean's suit charging breach .of contract. New York end was handled by Je^'ome Wllzln, attorney for Gor- dean. Latter and Charles Kenneth Feldman, his local lawyer, go east in two months for the trial. Frisco's Sabbath Jigging San Francisco, May 30. Hotel St. Francis hopes to slip ono over on the-clergy, and cliibwomon by sneaking- In Sunday niisht darn - ing in the Embassy i-oom, replacing the usual Monday night .frolics tli; t haven't been so forte on attendJtricf. Management Is trying the Sabbat li hoO/lng during opening Week of Tr i\ Fio-Rito's band,., This is first time a locar liosteli y has attempted Sunday night Jiggliu'. having previously lieft that to tl!«» i afefi; and clubs; while Kivliig the n;t- tivcH choice chamber music. AViiniark has reissued 'California, Ht-rc I Cumti' and i.s sivin^,' it a pliigr pin;? i;ampniK"- New ortlienration has bofn. madi; l-y L'>..!iH I\aizmai'. ' A) JolMin, im-i of the atith-■•s, ha.s becn u.sl.-ig It frcrim-riily jgain h'-nno |ji> arrived on the Coast. Only f<^mme .song plugg*»r'is j.cona Zad<''!k, \\h<x dcmblos. In i liarKC of Coj) Co ir.T,(l's HiOlywood bWlnch ■ lHw.' Conrod is '■><nti)-,i(iii;; lii.>f 1 y.X 111 ;sic pnbli.'^liing offlwi alth'jiigh his major c<>n"orn In iniinaVlhA,' Ci..l..i.»',o'. ■ - ' • ' • - Schwinn Leaves Col Chicago, May 30.. E.-J- .Soliwinn, w!io lias been in i liaiK« i't the local (..'olurnbia Phon- ognipli and Itadio company brancii .sinro the resignation of A. J. Heath, quits . the organization tomorrow (iil). Ho will Join the local'Crd.slf .- oirtre as as.sistant .credit, manager. While no HUccefisoi- has yet ljfe« i D.amed, th> Vipxt In line Is I'a^ l •frohori, .sales- promotion niiin.-f^t-i here. ■ Ic Freddie EnfleVs orche.stra, hroar) caKtiiig for hoiuc inonths Ov^r W'J^, .'^chcnf'Ctady, from an. Albany rc-.«-- taiii-aijt, c.lo.sod tii»';r) lu.st week anil ()jifn<--d ii.sii.'il sumiiior (•nKag<'Tnri.t at 'i'oiUji'a, LuKo i^uzi;r)Hi, -N, Y,