Variety (Oct 1938)

I.- ^.'; On the Upbeat PANCK Wednesday, October 19, 1938 Network Plugs, 8 AM. to 1AJH. Following is a totalization of the combined plugs of current tunes on NBC (WEAF and WJZ), and CBS (WABC) computed for the week from Monday through Sunday {Oct. 10-16). Total represents dcpumulated performances on the two major networks from 8 a. m. to 1 a. m. In 'Source' column, * denotes film song, t legit tunes, and 'pop' speaks for itself. GRAND TITLE. PUBLISHER. SOURCE. TOTAL. While a Cigarette Was Burning ABC Pop 55 I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams Santly-Joy 'Sing You Si 51 Stop Beating Around the Mulberry Bush. .Bregman-Vocco Pop 36 Lambeth Walk - Mills Pop 34 My Own Robbins *That Certain Age 32 What Goes on Here? Paramount ♦Give Me a Sailor 31 Change Partners Berlin-........' •Carefree 31 I've Got a Date with a Dream .'.. Feist ♦My Lucky Star. 30 Heart and Soul Famous *A Song Is Born 30 If 1 Love You More Words-Music Pop 29 Small Fry Famous ♦Sing You Sinners 29 At Long Last Love Chappell tYou Never Know ;.. 29 So Help Me :... Remick Pop 29 I Won't Tell a Soul Crawford Pop ; ; 28 Summer Souvenirs Breg'man-Vocco Pop ...; ,., 25 Garden of the Moon Harms i •.... ♦Garden of the Moon 24 Don't Let That Moon Get Away Santly-Joy ♦Sing You Sinners 23 You Go to My Head Remick Pop I Used to Be Color Blind Berlin ♦Carefree Who Blew Out the Flame. Feist Pop Lullaby in Rhythm Robbins Pop I Haven't Changed a Thing, Mills Pop ; Sixty Seconds Got Together..., Santly,-Joy Pop Monday Morning Witmark Pop All Ashore..." Shapiro Pop Why Doesn't Somebody Tell Me Things.. Shapiro Pop Alexander's Ragtime Band ABC ♦Alexander's Ragtime Band Simple and Sweet. Miller - Pop 22 21 21 20 .19 19 19 18 17 16 15 Could You Pass in Love? Feist ; ♦Mv. Lucky Star 15 ~ 15 15 15 Love of My Life ABC Pop Love Is Where You Fi Harms ♦Garden of the Moon A-Tisket A-Tasket Robbins Pop You Never Chappell tYou Never Know 14 Don't Cross Your Fingers.- Ager-Yellen .Pop 14 How Can We Be Wrong? Crawford Pop 13 There's a Faraway Look in Your .....Tenney .. ...i ' Pop 13 When I Go a-Dreamin' Lincoln tU. of P6nn. Mask and Wig 13 Shame, Shame '....Davis Pop 12 There's Something About ah Old Love.... Exclusive Pop ^ 12 Forget If You Can Marks Pop 12 My Walking Stick Berlin ♦Alexander's Ragtime Band 11 No Wonder i..Crawford tHellz-a-Poppin 11 Ya Got Me : Lincoln ..' s... tU. of Penn. Mask and Wig II The Yam Berlin ....♦Carefree M Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish Harms •♦Garden.of the Moon. 11 When a Prince of a Fella ; Remick.... Pop 10 Now It Can Be Told Berlin ♦Alexander's Ragtime Band 10 Inside StulF—Music Metro-Robbins publishing group will not be a party to any peace agreement that the music industry enters into with the Songwriters' Pro- tective Association.' Group so put itself on record as reps from the pub'* lisher and writer camps were preparing to meet last night (Tuesday) to discuss the terms of a new standard writers' contract. Covenant form has been drawn up by A. M. Wattenberg, publisher counsel,^ following A talk several weeks ago with John Schulman, lawyer for the SPA. Due. to attend last night's meeting welre Walter Douglas, board chairman of the Music Publishers' Protective Association," Irving Caesar, SPA prez, 'and members of his executive council, and the two lawyers. Metro has taken the attitude that its interests as far as the studio son^ writers are concerned can be best serveji if it stays outside of industry agreements and is free to its own dickering. Bix Biederbecke tune which Paul-Whiteman dug up as an unfinished manuscript and first introduced a couple of weeks ago is getting a radio play these days. It's been given" the tag of 'In the Dark,' Whiteman wiU record it for Decca and Jack Kapp, prez of the latter, plans a special label for the disk, due to the rep of the deceased swing exponent. Bing Crosby only had time for three tunes during his Chicago pass- through, which he waxed during his visit with brother Bob, for Decca. Tunes are 'My Reverie', 'Old Folks' and 'You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby'. Crosby's are now back on the Coast following their Bermuda vacation. Songwriter-publisher L. Wolfe Gilbert is celebrating his 25th year in the business this week, (17-23). Publishing house is tying in his latest tune 'Dancing My Heart Away' written in collaboration with the late Con Conrad with the event. Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Inc., chartered in Albany to conduct an artist management business, .with principal office in Manhattan. Di- rectors are: Benton Cole, William D. Collier, and Andrew W. Weinberger, filing "attorney. Ray Herbeck ot-ch, booked into Willows, Pittsburgh, originally for only fortnight, has had its' option picked up for four additional weeks. Placed by Frederick Bros. Joe Beriek into Riviera, Pittsburgh, for indef stay, replacing Baron El- liott outfit, Latter's going to concen- trate on job as director of staff orch at WJAS; Brad Hunt orch, of Pittsburgh, booked for Home-C!oming dance at Bethany College, Bethany, W. Va., pn Saturday (22). Also played Carnegie Tech's Women's Guild affair last ,week (15). Phil .Harris and band move into the Wilshire Bowl Oct. 25 for an indefinite stand. Harry Owens and the Royal Hawaiians return to the Beverly Wilshire hotel Oct. 25 for an eight- >reek run. Len Leslie set for the Spring Valley Hunt CJub Ball at the Mor- rislown Country Club, Morristown, jsr. J., Oct. 22. Charlie Strongr scrams from the Queens Terrace, Woodside, L, I., this week for a southern one-night tour. rUommy .Whalen, ex-Don Bestor drummer replaces with- a new crew of his own. Lucky Roberts, who has confined !his band activities to supplying out- fits for society dates, is going into the popular dance band field with a new outfit now in rehearsal. Glen. Greys' Casa Loma. orch echeduled for one week at the jPalace theatre, Milwaukee, starting Nov. :11. Jimmie Lunoeford orch. shifts iover to the Vocalion lahel when its present Decca contract expires at the end of the year. Vocalioa term starts Jan. 3. Goes into the Kit Kat, N. Y., tomorrow (20). Chauccey Cromwell stays at the Commodore Club, Detroit, until Nov. 15 under renewal. Lewis Boniclc set for the Miami Beach Dempsey-Vanderbilt, Dec. 26. Benny Meroff opens Oct. 26 at the Golden Gate, San Francisco. Eddy Mayhoff will augment his band for preem of new cocktail room of the Governor Clinton hotel, N. Y., Oct. 28. Ersklne Hawkins and Gray Gordon set for recording dates for Victor Bluebird label by CRA. Paul Dixon, trombone, and Rod Benjamin, trumpet, with Billy ilrooks^ Dixieland Band. Dihny Ban- quer, sax, ofl to New Haven. Charlie Barnet and Lucky Millin- der battle musically on stage of Howard theatre, Washington, week of Oct. 28. Jerry Livingston set for a second Warner Bros, short in November. First completed this month with Adrian Rollini Trio featured. Benny Carter's new band taken Over by Rockwell-O'Keefe. Joe Glaser has taken over the per- sonal management of Don Redman's band and will rejuvenate and re- dress the- vet Redman's crew. Band was formerly handled by Century orchestras which recently folded. Lines have been installed by WFIL, Philly, into the Arcadia-Interna- tional, the Anchorage and Henri's. Will carry 15 minutes nightly from the Arcadia, which gets same amount of time on WCAU. Happy Felton crew in at present Edna Harris Fronts Band Edna Mae Harris, Negro legit and film ingenue, -will enter the band biz fronting an all-male crew. Fred Ful- ton| former fighter, is managing girl. She appeared in couple of legits and last in heavyweight champ Joe Louis' film 'Spirit of Youth.' Malotte Conducts For Thomas in Carnegie Hall Hollywood, Oct. 18. Albert Hay Malotte, composer, checked off Walt Disney's staff to hook up with John Charles TOiomas in a Carnegie Hall concert Nov. 23. Thomas will feature a series of compositions by Malotte, who will conduct the orchestra. BAND BOOKINGS Jan Sc^vitt, Arcadia International, Philadelphia, Nov." 7, four weeks. Plays Charlie Shribman (Niew Eng- land) ballroom' circuit before that from Nov. 2 on. Buddy Fisher, Crystal Terrace, Louisville, Ky., Oct. 27. Lou Breese, Ring ballroom, Wau- kegan, 111,, Oct. 21, one week. Marvin Frederic, Park Plaza hotel, St. Louis, Nov. 4. Exits St. Paul hotel, St. Paul, Minn. Eddie Camden, Madura's Dance- land, Hammpnd, Ind.^ Oct. 29 to Nov. 15. Emiil Velazco. replaces on latter date. 7 Carl Ravazza, Blackstone hotel. Ft, Worth, Tex,, Oct. 21, Jimmy Dorsey, Earle theatre, Washington, D, C, Nov. 11, Rimacs, Hollywood Restaurant,' N. Y„ Oct, 28. Ron Perry, heldover at Daven- port hotel, Wilmington, Del,, indef, Larry Clintoh exits International Casino, N, Y., Nov. 29, Mitchell Ayres, Murray's, Tucka- hoe, N, Y., Oct, 25. Exits Village Barn, N. Y, Orrin Tucker, Palmer house, Chi- cago, Nov. 10 following Guy Lom- bardo. Jan Garber, Blackhawk hotel, Chicago, Nov, 11 succeeding Bob Crosby. Abe Lyman, Roosevelt" hotel. New Orleans, Nov. 11 replacing Anson Weeks. Gene Krupa, Palomar, Los An- geles, Nov. 2, Red Nichols exits two-weeker at! Jung hotel. New Orleans, Oct. 27, Blanche Calloway Bankrupt Blanche Calloway Pinder, orches- tra leader and sister of Cab, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy Thursday (13) in N, Y. Federal court listing her liabilities at $10,182 with no assets. Currently conducting at the Apollo theatre in Harlem, Lists as creditors, her brother foi' a loan of $300; Arthur Fishbein, $200 and the Radio Orchestra' Corp,, $1,000 in commissions. John Burke and James Monaco are doing the songs for the Bing Crosby picture, 'Three's Company,' at Uni- versal, Peewee Bussell i>n Own Peewee Russell, clarinetist, with Bobby Hackett's band, is enlisting men for a crew of his own. Set for a new nitery to be open in 52d street caUed Little Club, Russell is currently with Hiackett at Nick's Tavern in Greenwich Vil- lage. OLD SONG SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR PROGRAMS JIMMY McHUGH'S You're a Sweetheart ROBBINS MUSIC C6RP. SONGS FROM ROBBINS From the New Universal Picture, "Thaf Certain Age" MY OWN YOU'RE AS PRETTY AS A PICTURE By Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh From the 20th Century-Fox Picture, "Straight, Place and Show" WITH YOU ON MY MIND By Lew Brown and Lew Pollack A Smash Hit! MY REVERIE By Larry Clinton Fiom the 20th Century-Fox Picture, "Just Around The Corner" THIS IS A HAPPY LITTLE DITTY By Walter Bullock and Harold Spina The Year's Foremost Production Hits! i MARRIED AN ANGEL SPRING IS HERE By Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers From the Musical Comedy, "I Married An Angel" ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION __799 SEVENTH AVENUE • NEW YORK Announcing the New Song FERDINAND the BULL From Wall Disney's New Film, ^Terdinand the Buir» Will Sweep the Country Overnight And, today, the biggest and quickest No. 1 song this country ever had, "WHILE A CIGARETTE WAS BURNING" By Nick and Chas. Kenny Music Corporation, 799 Seventli Avenue, New York FRANK HEN NIGS. Prof. Mgr.