Variety (Aug 1932)

S2 VARIETY M n s I c Disc Reviews By Abel Gre^ Jeanette NiacDonald Chevalier's- favorite screen prima reprises. In sold tyro , out of their last Paramount picture, 'One Hour With You,' Oscar Straus contrlbut- Ine !We Will Always Be Sweet- hearts,' and Richard A. Whltlngr dit- toing 'One Hour With You,' to both, of which Leo Robin fashioned the lyrics. Miss Ma.cDonald sines both in fine soprano, further enhanced by a skillful orchestration^ Victor 24013. Ruby Newman- Lao R«isman .. Split credits oh Victor 24048 with the Funny Boners 'vocalizing for. Newman's 'If I Gould Call You Swieethf art,' while Lee Wiley" does her stuff vocally with Relsmarils ever-efCc-'tive foxtrotology. Latter'^ 'South in My Soul,' which Inci- dentally w^s co-authored by Mlds Wiley- for Sale,' another waltz, with Small again doing the singing interludes. Ruby Newman" 'Strange Interlude' Is the out- stander on. Victor's 24072 by the Newmanltes. This pip dance tune by Ben Bernie, Phil Baker and ■VYalter Hlrsch rates among the more distinctive foxtrots of the season. It is coupled with 'Another Night Alon€i,' a Koehler-Arleh ditty which Gordon Graham interprets vocally, as he does Interlude.' Victor 24073 has two very populair foxtrots combined for what should prove a, blig. seller. 'So Ashamed' and 'My Heart's At Ease,' with Gra- ham iand the Funny boners trio (of which Graham' Is one-third) splltr ting on the vocals.' J. H. Squire-Bela-Raybould These three 12-lnch Imported Co- lumbia records are Jointly reviewed, although- by different artists, ex- plainable only by the fact they're all of the same Viennese operetta gen- era. ■ J. H. Squlre^s Celeste Octet med- leys Wllloughby's arrangement of •Memories of Johann Strauss,' in- troducing in the first part the im- mortal 'Blue Danube', waltz, 'Ac^ celeratlon,' 'Artists' Life' and 'Tales from the Vienna Woods,' while the . instrumental reverse medley holds •Wine, Women and Song,' 'Morning Papers' and 'Blue Danube' reprised. Columbia 60332. Prom Germany, Dajos Bela's conr cert orchestra plays Lanner's. ^Schonbrunn ' Waltz' and another Strauqs (this time, Josef) 'waltz, •Delirien,' as' only this symphony or- chestra can; Columbia 50323. From England again, Clarence Baybould conducting the Columbia Concert orchestra brings a two-part medley of Franz Lehar'a^ "Merry' Widow' operetta, likewise skillfully 'played, with the cream of a pro- llOcally tuneful score cleverly or-^ ch^strated anii| expertly performed. Harlan Lattiniora-Claucle Hopkina For. contrast, this batch of Har- lemania will satisfy, the dusky nLte :Club addicts. Lattlmore and his Connie's inn orchestra dish up brisk foxtrotolo^v with 'Reefer Mfiii' -and •I Heard' (Columbia 2678); and •Chant of the We^d' and 'South in My Soul' (No. 2675). Lattlmore and Claifde Jones burst into song at the. proper moments. ■Another Harlem tilumnus. Claude Hopkins shows 'em how . with •How'm I Doin'?' and 'Mush Mouth' In the typical, sizzling, negroid manner. Columbia. 2674, Ray Nobia Imported Victor j'ecordings:by the New Mayf^ir drciiestra of two from •Magic Night,' a U. A. film musical. Selections are 'Goodnigrht, Vienna,' tango foxtrot, and 'Living In Clover/ a more spirited f.t., both played ex- pertly. Maurice "Chevalier •Both from 'Love Me Tonight,' his current I^aramount musical, the Frenchman does well by the Rodg- ers arid Hart tunes, 'Miml' and 'The Poor'Apache.' They were recorded on the Coastr Nat Flnstdn, head of Par studio music, batoning this orchestra. Vic- tor 24063. Giis Arnheini - /•Evdning/ by Mr. and Mrs. Gus Kahn and Arnhelm, backed up with •Palm of 'Your Hand,' a livelier fox- trot, serve the Arnheimltes: well for their contribution to the season's dansapatlon. Ditto oil 'It Might Have Been You' and 'You're I'.lase,' the latter from the London musicRi, 'Bow BeUs,' by Brlce Siever and Ord Hamilton. 'Blase,' because ot its rltz. inferencei, has been taken. up by the class dance orchestras, Incl- d ntally,. in this country but it's too intricate a lyric discourse .to mean anything commercially and the Writers will have to be more 'or. less satisfied with an artistic success.. ;BuddJr Clark, the 3 Rhythm Ras- cals and "Meri . Bell, who ofiiciates bri the. Jatter couplet, rate billing for ,assl.9tlng Arnhetm's suave syn- copation with their vocal Interludes. Beating the Mike In order to beat the radio and k(!ep songs fi-esh, certain tunes are being canned hot oil the manuscript for release oh the disks before the ether plug- : glng takes the edge oft. Isham Jones ia thus waxing his own tunes for Brunswick pronto so that he'll ride with the radio plug and hot be too stale by the time the air has killed the songs. George Olsen is canning Ethel Shutta's 'Rockabye Moon' in dance form for, 'Victor for the same reason. Lawrence Music Co. (Mills-Rockwell sub-- sld) is doing the same with the themes used by some' of the M-R attractions. 1; MAYBE Cummins-Waams Bernie Cummins and Ted Weems, who also know their dance public, do things with 'Deep Sea Low Down' and 'Play That Hot Guitar' respectively. Latter is one of those tricky ditties by Phil Baxter, of 'Piccolo . Pete' fame/ and Charles Torres, with the 'hot guitar* nat^ urally getting in its innings. Par- ker Glbbs tells all about it vocally. Cummins himself airs his tonsils with 'Deep Sea,' an equally distinc- tive f.t.' ■ Bobby Crawford has bought out the recently organized Jack Yelleh firm's caitalog for DeSylva, Brown & Henderson. Sale of the . Yellen library is a surprise as iTellen was slated to open his Broadway office the week after Labor Day. Yellen's future plans are.lndeQ-' nite. The' former raember of Ager, Yelleh &. Bornstein -went into busi- ness for himself following his break with his former sonigwritlng part- ner, Miltoh Ager; and Bornstein, . the first part of the year. Yellen's of- fices have been closed the major part of the summer. Ira Schuster and Joe Santly are thinking of forming an Indie song publishihg firm, with, the backing ot Robert Crawford, as a subsld of DeSylva, Brown . & Henderson. Santly resigned from- Santly Bros,, which pub firm his brothers, Henry and Lester, are continuing. That in turn is a Berlin, Inc., subsld. Meantime, Schuster, Little Jack Little and Joe Young have placed It's Gonna Be You' with DeSylva. Gaorga Olsan' The CanEida Dry maestro is re- cording prolifically during his stay around New York. He has a quar- tet of the better numbers, 'Mardi Gras,' the imported waltz .by John Mercer and Alfred OpIer, coupling with 'Someone to Care For.' Paul Small on the vocals and both well done. Ditto 'It Was So Beautiful,' Harry Barrls' melody foxtrot, and 'Songs ..,F YOO SPA-MPPA Parley on Syncro Rigrhts Extended Songwriters' F'rotectlve Associa- tion has agreed to extend the agree- rnent now in force with the pub- lishers until Dec. 4. Meantime E. C. Mills and Gene Buck of the Amer- ican. Society of composers, Autliors and Publishers, have been dele- gated' by both sides to draw up a contract to take the place of the document orlginailly set to expire iSept. 4. Same time the MPPA has agreed to permit a committee from the songwriters group to sit in on all negotiations for a new co.ntract be- tween the MPPA and Electrical Re- search Products regarding ■ syn- chronization rights. Likely that the agreement between the latter two parties, carrying Sept. 4 as the ex plrlng date', will be extended until the'final songwriters' and publish- ers' agreement has been polished oft and accepted by both camps. Meantlrhe the M.t*.P.A. is proceed ing with Its hidve to settle amicably the $;800,0OQ 'bootleg seat' suit it has pending against ERPI. Dance Hall's 3 Stages For Two Bands and Acts Cleveland, Aug. 29. Policy 'of. two bands and stage acts .la .reopening Greystone ball- room, now itnown as New" Rltz, on Sept/3. Louis Pahlco's band, Jan Carlson's and Helen Mae Keim, loctil hoofer, make up opening dance show. . Spot has installed three stages, one for radio name bands; second for sepia orchestras, and third for acts, with three alternating on same nights. Each stage also has a mike for amplifying purposes and broadcasts. JACK HABBIS SAILS Jack Harris, . American band leader now heading the orchestra at the Cafe de Paris, London, returned to the British capital yesterday (29) after a month's holiday in America. Over there for five years, and now a director of the Cafe de Paris' holding company, Harris isn't re strlcted by labor permits. Inside Stitf-Mnsic The pessimists are |l)uzzlng about a pseduo-exlsting Joker In the musM en-radio pact Belief is that the broadcasters aren't such easy givers. men- up. The Natipnar Association of Broadcasters' recent mustering of force* and reorganization for legislative purposes id one of the bothersoma details for the •worriers. . > Unlike the il, S. situation, sheet inuialc and disks sell much better abroad.. They don't get so many chance9 to see their favorite artists in person over there.. In this country they, see them in person or hear ttaeia prolifically for nothing oh the air. Ruth Ettirig, the Boswell Sisters and Mills Brothers are reported the best sellers in England. . Save for Ellington's hot stuff and Armstrong vocally, not his dance disks so much, no American dance records are big abroad. In fact, probably more Jack Hylton and Ray Noble records are ' sold in America than A,merican'jazzlsts abroad oh wax, : Apart from the fact that the new ASCAP-NAB percentage royalty deal for broadcasting rlglits to popular music was a. life and bankroll-saver for . several music publishers, opinion among .the musicians exists that sheet music will never come back. A smash hit will have to be a sen'^ sation to reach 250,000 copy sales, with good times back 'n' everythirig, . The popular laziness which prompts listeners to turn on the radio is the direct answer to why the desire or need for the public to purchase any isheet music is at a minimum. It comes too easily via the ether by the switch of a dial. ' Peter Arno's maideh songwrlting effort, 'Where "Will It End?', niuaio by Dick Himber, will be rewritten by the {artoonist-lyrlcist. Idea ia deemed hot'suited to the tune although Shapiro-Berhsteln already Issifed an edition of the-original song. Tune hai9 been a thematic with quite a few of the society orchestras because of its source of authorship. Himber is a society orchestra maestro on his own with Budy Vallee orchestra units under his' man< agement; also the Mayfair band. Jolly Colburn, and others. Baltimore is .'spniewhat anxious about the fate of Amos 'n' Andy when 'WBAL, 'which carries that program; goes to half-time. Will mean that ah area of more than 1,000,000 population will dp without the Chicago • blackface team unless receiving seta are powerful enough to pull Iri out of town transniitters. Other blue net'work (NBC)'programs will also be .affected by WBAL's time chop. Latest census of aeronautic radio stations reveals 132 ground stations devoted exclusively to aviation, of which 69 are point-to-point stations, and 20 airport transmitters. Federal Radio Commission,' which made the survey, found 335 transport (passenger planes in daily direct communication with ground stations and 20 itinerant aircraft equipped with sending systems. iMf 3?w DEAB GEORGE OI^EN: . Tlut tiordon and . Bevel Minir, 'Listen to the German Band' which. you .recently Introdnccd, Is flIiczIlDir like a bottle ot home bretv and we'll have to pull the cork; - CHARLES MILLER MIM.ER MUSIC, IMC. •> 02 West 4Cth Street, New York Lopez's 4 Wks in Chi at Drake, Follows Milwaukee Chicago, Aug. 29. Vincent Lopez takes up a four- week stand at the Drake hotel Oct. IB. Booking handled through the William Morris offlcci with Kenna- way, here; splitting on the commis- sions. B$nd will spend the previous four weeks at the Schroeder, Milwaukee. PREVIN'S Ant DA1X Chicago, Aug. 29. Charleis Prevln, musical conductor at the Chicago (B&K) the past three months, left Friday (26) for New York. He Is-cohtracted for ; a hew network radio program. Adolphe Dumont will be utilized as stop-gap for one week until B&K can . obtain a regular leader. ' ORCHESTRA—About flV8 piece com- bination Cor year round l>o(ol. road house. Slate lowest price for Im- mediate cngnBcment. Itoom a n d board. Wrlto P. O. Box 284, Ossln- \ng, New York. Bob Chester's Own Combo , Detroit, Aug; 29. Bob Chester, formerly with Irving' Aarohson, has formed his own or- chestra and Is playing at the ex- clusive; Gross Polnte Yacht Club. Chester Is playing for the Harms- worth CommodPie Bail being broad- cast by both NBC and CBS chains. DCPOBTING OBGANIST San Francisco, Aug. 29, Don George sailed this week for Honolulu on a six mohthis' contract asT organist for Consolidated Amuse ment Co.'s Hawaii theatre. He closed at RKO's Golden GoXq, San Francisco. Sailing with him Was his mother, Mrs. Jenny Rosenberg. Bob Schaefer becomes Chi rep for Miller Music, leaving Sherman Clay which he reppcd In N.Y. AL NEWMAN'S SUITE Al Kewniah, musical director at United Artists studio on the Coast and Avho scored the music accom panying 'Street Scene,' has devel oped the thematic strains into i 'Street Scene' suite. Robblns will publish. Robblns is publishing 'Under the Stars,' Jack-Denny's sig song, written by Dave Shell, of Metro studio staff, and Max . Lief. Originally titled Under the Pilms,' number was put together as Gus Arnheim's theme ditty at the Cocoaniit Grove, Los Angeles, but switched lyrically for Denny. Olstn's Winter George Olsen is practically set tor the New Yorker hotel for the win- ter. Dpn Rectpr is currently back there again, following Tom Gerun, who has shifted io San Francisco to reopen at his own Bal Tabarlh cafe Sept,. 8. Olsen will receive around $2,600. He could have had , $3,600 a year ago but refused i|i order to go back to his own roadhouse at Culver City, Cal. Ex-Night Spot Operators Lose Suit Over Lease Hollywood, Aug. 29. Awarded a tear-up of the lease and $962 for back rent and cost of alterations, Edith H. Pyle, owner ot building in which the Pyramid club on Hollywood boulevard was housed, won Superior court suit against Al- bert Colombo, John Di Marco and Charles Di Marco, former operators of the cab. This is the nlghtery where Russ Colombo, Albert's brother, first branched out as a band leader. LUCAS' CLASS SPOT Veloz and Yolanda are slated for a new class spot which Charlie Lucas Is building at Park and 62d strwt. It may also hold Emil Cole- man's music, Coleman, partnered with Ramon and Koslta in the class El Patio for two years, is reported breaking awaj" from that dance team. Byron Calhoun, Hotel Mgr;, Now Band Booker Byror Calhoun, formerly manag- ing director of the Lowry. hotel in St. Paul and the Belle . Reeve in Kansas City, has been engaged by Mill6-Ro'Ck^ell as batid salesman in the flcldi Makes the first time that a hotel nian has held dowh that capacity for a band booking, office. Calhoun's operations will keep, him pretty well confined to. th© midwest and southwest, the terri- tories in which he has held most of his hotel connections.' C-C take 2 Irving Mills has sold the Euro- pean rights ot Lawrence AjCusic Company's 'Love Me Tonight', iand 'Old Aian ot the ^fountain' to Camp- bell-Connelly... Advance cash pay- ments call for $600 on each num- ber. '...■.■. On his -''ecent visit here Jipmy Campbell tried to tie up the two . pieces, dickering right up to sailing time, .but he and Mills couldn't get together on the advance figure, ,I>«al 'was cohs.vimmated by cable. Colurhbo'a Chowmein Date. Cleveland,. Aug. 29. Ai'ler a week at local RKO Pal- ace, making his first vaude appear- ance here, Russ Cblumbo. and band are coming back for a two-hight. stand at Charlie Tend's Chinese cafe, Lotus Gardens. Minimum charge has been hiked to $li60 for Columbo's date. One big-name band a mpnth is new policy, put Ih by Tend; who is dickering for Rudy. Vallee, . who hasn't played in Cleveland yet. No Remit Los Angeles, Aug.'29. Board of directors of the musi- cians .local refused to .remit a> $250 fine .handed Sam Brail, former leader at the Million Dollar, who admitted that he did hot get or pay the scale to his musicians. Checks 'were made out to band men for $50, whicii were then on- dor.sed and. returned by members who were then paid $35. ; Joe Wright oppns Aug. 29 with his band at the Roof Garden, HEIDT'S NEW BLOOD San Francisco, Aug. 29. Horace Heldt's band, currently in at the Golden (3ate (RKO) for a run, is being gradually reorganized with younger men from the Frisco SJ'm- phony. Georg^ Cozier, arranger and trom- bonist, 1^ with Heldt and Cozier's younger brother, formerly with 'Whlteman, a saxophonist. Joins later. Hal Wayne and'll-piece band g Frisco, together with a floor , show into New Yorker club, Hollywood, staged by ^lelen Pachaud. I when > I opens in two weeka. -