Variety (June 1933)

Toesday, June 27, 1933 kiU S IC-^M IT E CI. II n s VARMETT 47 THIS TA^LE 8HOW8 THE LEADING 8IX SELLERS IN SHEET MUStC AND PHONOGRAPH RECORDS GATHERED FRDM THE REPORTS OF SALES MADE DURING MAY BY THE LEADING MUSIC JOBBERS AND DISC DISTRIBUTORS IN THE TERRITORIES 6 B«st Sellers in Sheet Music Ref>oi^«d. by. Leading Jobbers »■ '1 liny-^Phonbgraplr-CQmpwiies^ —^—^ Side responsible for the mltjoir sales onlsr arci reported. Where it is iinposiiible to determine the sid^ responsible for thej .slile>» t>otb sides arie^ BRUNSWICK-^Np. T BRUNSWICK—No; Z BRUNS>yiCK—No. 8 BRUNSWICK^No. 4 BRUNSWICK—-No. B BRUNSWICKr-No.:6 ^Stormy; Weather? :^'Slay^.:0^ Dreams* (Guy Lombai'dQ-Orcli.)- 'Stormy Weather,' 'Sophisticated Lad>r' (Duke ElHngton O'rch.) 'Shuffle Off to Buffalo.' '42d Street' . (Hal^Kemp .Qrch.): -..i - " • • . 'You're' Getting to' Be - a Habit WitH Me,* i 'YouBoI^^and ' ^Healthy V (Bin g . -. Crosbyy <3uy--liotnl>a:f^ — lu^-. fButterflies iii: the. Riain,' 'Bom-Ba'^ Diddy'Bom^Bom'. (Ambrose Mayfalf Hotel Ofcli.) ' . n. r: • i • :' • 'It. Was a Night in June/ 'lt's Sundiay Down' in Caroline' ' (Anebn Weeka' Qrch,). ~ jT" 'Sformy "'Weather* - (Guy liOrobaMO Orch.) ■ '■ ■ 'Stormy Weather* (Ethel Waters) •Stormy Weather^ (Puke Ellington Orch.) . •, . ■ 'Hiawatha's Lullaby' (Hial Kemp Orch.) 'Happ:^ 'as the Day Is Long' (Diike El- llhgtori Orc>.')" ■ 'L Can't - RemembeK (Wayne; King -Orch.) ^Stormy Weather' (Guy Lombardo; Orch.) 'Trees,' 'The Rosary' (Donald NOVis) i'Lover,? 'Maybe It's Because I Lov^. You Too Much? {Guy Lombardo) 'Lover,' 'Maybe It's Because I Love, ;:You Too Much' (Greta Keller) 'Drop Me Off at Harlem' (DUke Elling- ton Orch,).. ' ■• 'Silk Stockings,':'Dim Liighte' (Flori- :dans Orch.) , Bimcliiiig of Sock Tunes Opened Up New May Outlets isheet counters In May saw . * slight fj^Mi Ti g ftff for the gen eral list. - but the pace of the top seller group as the month is&ve way to dicated any thing but i dull " outlook for. the early part of the summer gtretcli. 'Stormy Weath'^r' skyrocket- |-ed-suddenls^outof-ncwhere4o-the-No^: 3 slot, under *ln the Valley of tho Moon/ 'while anbthor picture tune, 'Adorable* <!Fo»),' inade its advent in the'bluerlbbon set. * Recent, profu sion o f click com- posltions may be' held accountable for the increase of reopened couh.. ters- among the syndlcateia; Ther^e hasn't' been as 'many socjc tunes bunched' at' one time in >6ver two years and with the success of each refurbished music sheet rack the chain has been encouraged to dust l off a (Sbunter in somfe other stores More indie dealers are also giving; this source- of income another try. , For the second month .'Have Tou iSver ieen Lonely* (Shapiro, Bern- stein) held a ppot ir. the flrst sextet, bobbins' 'Hold Me* hafd a li£U9 difficulty ca;i*ving out the third niche for; Itsolf* Runneifrup quartet for May Included t'wo more picture melodies, 'Sweetheart Darlih' and 'T^vA ftftnpr ftf^ thft Nile.' both in^the COLUMBIA-rjNb. 1 COLUMBIA^No. 2 COLUMBrA~No. 3 COLUMBIA—No. 4 COLUMBIA—No. 5 COLUMBIA—No. 0 'lii the Park rh Paree,» 'Look What iVo • Gby^(Hotel B0Siaert"O!rjeh;)v - ^ 'Let's Call It a Day/ 'Hold Me' (Hotel ; '. GoniifaQdbrej.Ojrch;).- :. 'In-the'Valley of ihe Moon,' ^Remem- - ber Me^ (Joe Green Orch.) - *We'i^ Together ^gain,' 'When the Sun Bids the Moon Goodnight' (Freddy Majtin Grch.) 'i Can't Remember,'.'I -Lay. Me Down ' to Sleep'(Rudy Vallee) ■ . >Stbrmy Weather/ 'Moonlight Miliroh- aire* <Ted Liewis Orch.) .... 'Stormy Woathir'' (T«?d Lewis Orch;) ' 'We're in the Money' (Ted Lewis Oirch.) .'Shadow Waltx' (Rudy Vallee Orch.) . 'We're! Together Atfairt' (Freddie Mar- . .. tin Orch.) ' ' 'Stay Out of My .DreamsV (Joe Green Orch.)...- ■ V ■■ ' Can't Orch.) Remember* (Rudy Vallee 'How's About It/ 'Was My Face Red"" : (Phil Harrig lOroh.) Robbins - library: Remaining: two- some in the next bes.t class were 'Hiawatha's Lullaby! (Donaldson) 'Let's Call It a Day/ 'Hold Me' (Hotel 'Sunday in Cai^oline.' ' Commodo re Orch;) ■ ' .In the mechanical field the pick- Park in Pare'e/ 'Look What I've Got'I up- ;^^^ small but ohcoufdglh^ (Hotel R ossert Orch.) j | -stormy Weather* had a prominent 'What Have We Got to Lose' (Phil Ujjotting on the best seller lists of Harris Orch.) all three leading companies... 'Have You Ever Been Lonely?' (Tedj ■r Lewis. .Orch.) . . . , ; . 'Ifarewell to Arms' (Charles Carlisle) VJCTOR—No. 1 =VlCTOR=NbT^ yiCTOR-^Nb. 4 VICTOR—No. 6 VICTOR—No. 6 'Stormy Weather,'^Maybe-1 Love You ■ Too Much' (Leo Retsman, Orch.)"- '. '42d : Street/ 'Shuffle Off to (Don": Bestor Orch.) Buffalo' 'l^e-Song-bf^tlw^^r*-,'^ tibn* •<Lco''Reisniia,rt 'Orchi)" 'r Can't Remember/^'Hold Me' (Eddie ■ ■ Diichin Orch.) ,, ,. . ■'■ ^Bliie Prelude/ 'Just Bprn to Be Lone- . some': (Isham-Jones•Orch.) 'Have Ybii Ever Bpen Lonely/ 'Lovb Talest (Ray Noblo CXfch.) . . 'Stormy Weather^ (Leo Reisman Orch.) '42d Street' (Don Bestbr Orch;) • =?-tiJVeiSow x)f :the- Nile' (Leo KWihan Orch.) I . • .' . . 'Drinking SOhg Medley' (High Haitter , Orch.) - ■ 'Lying in the Hay' (Ray Noble Orch.). 'Roll Along, Kentucky Noble Orch.) Moon' (Ray 'Lover'- (Paul Whiteman Orch.) 'Hold Me'. (Eddie Duchin Orch.) 'Lyi BENTORPlN*S,fRISqd',t^^^^ tiihenial Castillan music than .the present irace-horise stufiC; which' won't Jerk" the, tears liked so ■well by thosO 'who .cbnie. to a night'oltib mainly , to Inhale drugstore or other- wise bourbon; and mebbe gush over the aides a little. The show works hard^ doing three a night for the 11.25 dinner custoih ers and those who go for gingerale and ice, aiid 'ohe in the, afternoons 'for the BOcilunpKers^^ • Bock. >- i Eddie Jackson's Place , Debiding that the probability of a_reuhion of the Clayton, Jack son and^"D"uran't<^ .trio' Is" remoTeTTEddie" Jackson, one; of the originators of that ffimous,stage bunch, has gone in ior it himself aig entertainer, ma!nag6r and proprietor of a thr^e- story cabaret. .The cdbaret, called -Eddie Jacksbtf s Rendezvbusi'. and Tavern, is at <46 St. John's plfice, Brbbklyn. It*S Just off the- corner ot Nostrand avenue. Well lighted, ■it can't be missed, and being Just ' off'^:th^•~born'er":1nstead----of on the corner, the rent, difference is a big item. Eddie is. on his home lot ih Brobklyh. He claims to know per- sbriaUy . 90% -of all his patrons in- the -residential section- where he has located hia entertainment, amV without opposition In the neighbor- hood, Operating on- a moderate overhead and with the. Jackson popularity; it's pretty safe to say that Eddie i^ going to make a go of it if the. summer doesn't grow too heatied. Even so thcrie's a bar on the ground floor that does busi- =neBS-=night--and='dayr=and-=the--res-=u taurant' also' iser'veiB lunch in the booths around the bar. Cliff John- ston is the -i-estaur^ateur and Jack- son's- only partner. " Second floor is the cabaret. It'ia about 100 by 20 and nicely laid out, Floor show goes- On the dancing space a:t the head of the room. With the Smiling Jaclc Murray ot chestra playing for both " " ' San Fi[ahciBcp, June 20. Couple of local boys named Eiseh- 1>erg and Rose- decided they -saw p'rpsperity arourid' - the cbrner' i.«i,nd would open. a .lUght club.'Remem- bering^ .a. good, j)lcturej name of a decade ago, they-prb'positlohed Ben Turplh, who. is in' on a percentage deal and fronting for the. money inen; , It's'auite-/apparent that the 'oper- ators are ..experimehting with the place. .They have a-h array of tal- ent and a flock of employees thM., cOita.bined, present a more imposihg group than the. customers. A 10- plece band, eight girls, three sing- ers,-=a;-trlOf and a - hoof ingr act totals up as a, pretty heavy load to carry» But then nniaybe iifesisrs. Eisehberg and .Rose don't expect to be here long. Best indication of that is that the spot hasti't even an elecr trie. sigTi out' front,. but. is more ..or less anonymous, depending, .upon a etrlng of colored bulbs . running from the door to the curb, for its lighting effects: , - As- «n - m.-Ci -Tiirpin is -far-'from the ideal night club jtype. His ,per- sonality is hegliglble, his appear- .ance ditto, his name so what-ish, and the fact that he waves a dummy .stick .in .front of,th§ band, appears to fool no one. The place is called 'Hollywood Jungles' and that sur- pame is. just as poison up. here ais •Frisco* would be down there. The Jungle motif comes from'the scenery stuck aripund the rOom. . Earlv-Sapiro ha.s ian oke band at ^hich Turpin waves the stick. Moni White, blonde with a .cellar Voice, warbles an occasional t-une, .i?*Ji!^>n6Ll^'St.__ Louis 1 Blues.l :Pat ^Buckihan froni .ItJBS chants throughout the evening and is okay. Pay Chllds is 'a little lady singing Irish songs.' Three Ebony Steppers, colored hoys, do a fast routine. Best of all '8 the line of eight gals, all look- ers who can hoof and whb have «ome swell routines as taught by I'eegy O'Neill. The Argentine Tifib, stringed instrumentalists, troiiba- ofC night last week. the. ground. and second floors were "well patronized. Foi* the cabAret shoV the. ritgiime style is ' adbpted;', led by .Eddie Jackson himself . .and his, ^sopg^. There's ho'dbubt'^the "hbuse ^iked' the .. singing. and ■ Jackson's .espe- * cially. For the-more Intimate .cab::.; aret b? the fbirmer kThd that- iiow'" gbes better .with, beer. than any other style, -.the old. ragtime song cycle may return as at preseht be- ing promote^. by ,^die.. In the show, are Jose'and. Peppy, Loia Reese, . Betty; . Cireenwooa,. Miaibel Cliflbrd.and Wilma Kobaick. TWO'or-three performances nightly are given. No bouv^ert or minimum charge. There's J the it^ble d'hote lunch .and table d'hote dinner. Oh the top floor the • rpom. js set aside for bridge parties .or ba.nquets. Eddie says he's put his bankroll into this new place and even had to go -^^intp hock to relatives to -flhish-it off.- - Eddie^hiid a~ibngnBpen of big salaries when a member . of the,, trio for he split evenly wlth- the other , tvpo; Jimmy Durante aind Lou Clayton. With Eddie having a little something oh his partners In ' those days "because Eddie isaved his-sugar. Eddie-says he'd now be satisflied 'with a modest amount weekly and thinks - there. might be a modest amount In^ such a place 'as h'e'-ii3-operatingw ■ - -' -r~- '- Eddie, may.have a surpriise com-^. Ing. Let'is hope so. in such a pliace..as he- is now operating and if}, it. goes over strong, as . it- will next fall if .everything breaks . aU- rlght during the summer, Eddie's place eouid" net from $2,000 to $3,000 a week. That's its possitlill- ties. But. neither Eddie nor his partner seems to have Vet figured this out, for they" are still counting in . the, hundreds. So don't tell Cddle. if you see him the probable fortune that. stainds Just ahead of him. IV« the Song Los Angeles June 26." Reversing the usual order that It'ti it's the artist, not thc numbter. Whfch is bought ambng the discs, '^toriny Weather" ;appe4rs to have been, ;the selling ^.argumont .hen in ^.e<ceni —.— r, —^. ^ ^ weeks. ! jJnlque .situation o,n ..the in the Hay' (Ray NoWe Orch.))]Brunswick llst.brings that^sohg In .,1, 2, 3,^ with Lombard©, EJthel Waters 'One More Night' (Greta Keller) l and Duke Ellington certainly havWe . i little point's bf re^temblahcei other- 'Teir Me ToWight' (Ambrose Oi-cl).) liaise. : , \ ,, isame song also leads the- best ^Remember Mo' (Eddie Duchin Orch.) rUeUers: on the Victor and Columbia )| lists but oddly .enough i^. only, nuna- ber four' among the sheet - muslo HERE AND THERE 1 ^ellers. However, this .failure of the mechanicals and the paper copies to? agree ia hot witiiout plenty of- E. Z. Nutting, fonnerly chief sheetjl p<*ecedence. music buyer for the Pv W. Wool-;| • Month of. May fah^Lwed eQnje.lm LEE IN AIR Monte Carlo trip,for the Baron Lee has. been called off, du<e to dif- ferences over coin. What next for Lee is. up in the air until Irving .Mills gets back from Europe, wherb he's touring with Oni "an puke Ellington. worth Btpres, has several songs of; p^ovement,.generally in the mld- his own composition that hie is plac-ik^restern music outlook foir which the' ing for-publication. • ■ i|world*s Fair can be given credit as „ easily as any other guess. Sonny Thompson no'w a.t the Cres cent Casino on th'b Albany-Saratoga road outside of Cohoes, N. Y. Good .Tunes, Good Times .Los Angeles, June< 17. ijlie.:Griffin now at-Powell-Inn, I - Good tunes,, are bringing . .good Cblbnie, N.'Y. | timeri to Cbaat m^sib counters with an optimistic outlook for the sum-^ Geerde. Gibson's. Embassy ClHb | mer.jnojithi?.-.Peflplt? .<a late start, orchestra playing at the Brauhaus, buti^ide Albany, N. Y. Henry .King replaces Irving Rose biA the Hbter Pierre, N. Y., band< stand Thursday (29). ~A b«~LymaTr-lcaveH-the-coast~ATLigr: 1,for New'York to be on hand.for an -Allied ' Drug program a week later. ■ • * Paul 'Sabih unit doing .duty at Vivian Johnson's place near Long Branch, N. J« Joe Furst and the missus sail for ^ vacation iniEiirope Friday (30).- ■ .Enrique adrPguepa and his combo are .Monte Carloing for .a.ri>>nimum .Qf ^our weeks.. ... .... . Kial Katz, graduate from the old Rbxy usher ranks, doubling as ni.c. when pot. beating time before a band at the Nassau Hotel, Long Beach, L. L Lombardo^s Promise L' <G.uy_Lom>ardo^ passed, up^a,-^^^ holdover .'bid fro.m S^m Hare at The Dells, Morton Grove, 111., in order to itecp his promise to play for Phil Steinberg at the lattcr's Pavilion Rbyale, "Valley . Stream, L. 1„ start- injf? July 11, Lombardo had .made it an oral agrcemoht.. St<^inbcrg in p.iying him $a,Q00, Stormy Weather* clicked solidly as the season's outfltander for mush- room popularity. Three picture i>roduction numbers, •Adorable,' 'Shuffle Off' and liover^ were in the top sextet for May- Two more, . /Tell Me .Ton ight'. and /I 'Cbv<s^the~Wa;t€rfr?mt' arrive^^^ late Xo register. but look gobd for June. Last month*^'runners-Up In- cluded 'Farewell to Arms,' 'Gypsy Fiddleis,' 'I Wake tJp Smiling/ and •Hold Me * In discs; vocals took a turn lor the better, with Greta; Keller riegls- tering on both Brunswick and Vic- tor; Biz on recordings .liot so bad, with" Brunswrbk" and' Vlb Columbia still in the doldriini^ with its pop. catalogs Wo Dow to 'tVanlilherton and ttT' 'BARNEE' featured -with Maxim I.owe'» Hotel. Sliorelifim Orclientra and broadeas.tlng via NBC. .The dlscrlmlnat- Ink thoice of melodlcH makes him the top favbrlto In the Nation's Capitol. P.or Inntaiicc:. "Hold M«" ^ "Lovfl Songi of the Nik" "HoW Your Man" "Left Mako Up" "I'm Thru Saying I'm Thru" ItOBBlNS MUSIC CORPORATION ■III 199 SEVENTH AVENUE nil III • NEW YORK •nil