Variety (Aug 1939)

38 VARIETY MUSIC—DANCE BANDS 'Wednesday, August 23, 1939 On the Upbeat Jay Mills orchestra is down tor this Sunday's (27) Fitch Bandwagon radio program. Alec Tenipleton's initial recordings on Victor cut last week. Will be re- leased in about two weeks. Benny Goodman's first records for American Record Co. will be released starting Sept. 2. Band cut 12 sides. William Scotti currently rehears- ing an all-girl orchestra composed of five Juilliard School of Music stu- dents and five former members of Ina Ray Hutton's band. Miss Hut- ton's now leadiiVg an all-male crew. Bob Zurke currently nursing a bad finger on his right hand. Doesn't bother his playing, though. Clyde McCoy cut a new tune for Decca written by Hal Davis, of CBS press dept., and Walter Bishop. It's tagged 'Shades of Grey.' Glenn Miller has added Jerry Yel- vcrson to bring his sax section up to six men. Buddy Rogers band plays for the international beauty contest at At- lantic City, Sept. 9-10. Benny Goodman played Los An- geles Saturday, Wichita, Kans., Sun- day and Atlantic City Monday. Flew across country. Henry Patrick (Romantic Trou- bador) has given up his batoning job at the Open Door, Philly, to do vo- calizing at the President hotel, At- lantic City. Pinky Tomlln's band touring one- nighters before opening at San Fran- cisco Fair for two weeks. Morrison Code orchestra opens at Old Mill Tavern, Salt Lake City, Aug. 28. Carl Ravazza's orchestra moves Into Sir Francis Drake hotel, San Francisco, Sept. 7. Bobby Sherwood's band renewed for two weeks at Palace hotel, San Francisco. Bernle Whitman's 'Hold Tight' mu- sic set until late fall at Johnny De Santo's Pocono Summit Inn,, Pocono Summit, Pa. Jack Sontag's band remains until October at Billy Loughran's Club, Lacka\u0jU)a trail, near Tobyhanna, Pa. Then to Hotel Casey, Scranton, for winter. Henry King moved into the Victor Hugo, Beverly Hills, following Benny Goodman, who shifted to Atlantic City via Wichita and way stops. Carlos Coblan's rhumba unit Is now the second orchestra at ArroW' head Inn, Saratoga, Ernie Hoist's be- ing the straight dance band. Nielle Goodelle, singer, and Dario and Di ane, dancers, complete the show. soon. He'll return to Denver to en- ter his father's business. Dean Kin- caid, who recently stopped playing sax to do full time arranging, re- turns to the band. Andrew Sisters Will be the only talent on tap at the New York Daily News Harvest Moon Ball at Madi- son Square Garden, N. Y., Sept. 30. Jimmy Dorscy's band also there. Woody Herman brings out a new 'Chopper' number soon to follow his 'Woodchopper's Bi«ll.' It's called 'Chippewa Chopper.' Tony Martin, maestro-singer, try- ing to induce Glenn Miller to come to the Coast in October for a pic- ture he's making; Count Basle goes into the Brooklyn Roseland Ballroom Sept. 7. He'll be replaced at the Famous Door by Teddy Powell, Sept. 5. Buddy Morris Seeks Catalogs to Pave Way Back Into Music Biz Dolores .Brown has replaced Ida May James as vocalist with Erskine Hawkins' orchestra. Jimmy Dorsey follows a record date for Decca Sept. 5 with a two week vacation. Edwin H. (Buddy) Morris, for- mer head of the Warner Bros, pub- lishing group, is still dickering for a catalog or catalogs which he could make the basis for his return to the business. His latest talks have- concerned the Melrose and Lincoln . Music Cos., which are jointly owned by the same inter- ests. Morris has also held similar con- versation with Max Dreyfus over the Crawford Music Corp., catalog. BOHEMIAN N. Y. NITERY MULLING NAME BANDS Cafe Society, Greenwich Village, New York, nitery, is mulling a name band policy. Swing spot, like Nick's, also in the Village and now using the Summa Cum Laude's eight-piece band, led by Bud Freeman, is a gathering place for musicians. Boogie Woogie pianists, who go to Chicago next month, aiid Billie Hol- liday, sepia songstress, were recently there. Miss HoUiday is reported out. Overtures have been made to start the policy oft in the fall with the Duke Ellington orchestra. College Inn Sets Bands Chicago, Aug. 22. Harry James orchestra comes into the College Inn (Panther Room) of the Sherman hotel here Sept. 9. Also in with the group on the same book- ing will be the Boogie-Woogie four- some. Entire line-up will stick until Nov. 4, when Gene Krupa's orch is slated to return to the basement spot. All set through Music Corporation of America. DancehaM Giveaways Lincoln, Aug. 22. Matt Koballer and wife, managers of the Pla-Mor, dancery outside the city limits, are pioneering with the idea of double features in ballrooms. They're uagmenling the usual Wednesday night billing of mixed dances by adding merchandise, night. The cats call it hash nite. Biz remains average, or slightly better. Network Plugs, 8 AJH. to 1 A.M. FoUowiny is a totalisation of the combined plugs of current tunes on NBC IWEAF and WJZ), and CBS CWABC) computed for the week from Monday throuph Sunday (.Aug. 14-20). Total represents accumulated performances on the two major networks from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. Symliol • denotes film soug, \ legit, all others are pop. CANADA EXPO BAND-MINDED Buffalo, Aug. 22. Canada is taking a leaf from the book of the U. S. fair operators and has gone band-conscious with em- phasis. Underlined in the advertis- ing of the Canadian National Ex- hibition at Toronto Aug. 25-Sept. 9 are Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Gleri Gray, Guy Lombardo, Tommy Dorsey. In addition, the Exhibition will import . England's Royal Marines band and also the Dagenham Girls' Bagpipe Band. COURT KAYOES BOBBINS' SUIT OVER WB SHORT Federal Judge John C. Knox Fri- day (18) dismissed the suit of Rob- bins Music Corp. against Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., and the Vita- phone Corp. for failure co serve a bill of complaint, and failure to prosecute. The music company had claimed that Warners had made a short entitled 'Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra' in 1936, containing a song, 'Stairways,' which Robbins claimed to own. It was asserted that the song was written in 1933 by Adolph Deutsch, who assigned his rights to Robbins. When, in early 1936, Vincent Lopez claimed tc be co-author, the music company declares it paid him to relinquish his rights. Pluggers Get AFL Charter on Thursday Formal presentation of a charter from the American Federation of Labor to the Music Publishers Con- tact Employees of New York, newly organized professional men's union, will take place at a meeting tonvir- row (Thursday) at 8 p. m. at the Edison hotel. Event was to have taken place last Wed. (16), but be- cause of the inability of William Col- lins, AFL organizer, to atteitd it was postponed. Jack Rosenberg, president of the New York musicians* union, will speak at tomorrow's meeting. Jackson Teagarden orchestra opened at Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J., last night (Tuesday), replacing Mai Hallet. who had succeeded Charlie Barnet. Teagarden played trombone tor Hackett years ago. Skeets Herfurt, sax-comedian with Tommy Dorsey, leaves that orches- tra and retires from the band biz NOW PLAYING PICCHIANI TROUPE AT.WDK ClRC't.'il. LI.M.\. I'EKU SIX WHIRLWINDS I'L.\Vr,AM>, RYE, N. Y. VIn SAT NAZAKRO NEW YO?K IS Best Sheet Music Sellers (Week ending Aug. 19, 1939) GRAND TOT A I. •... 46 Sunrise Serenade Jewel Beer Barrel Polka Shapiro Moon Love , Famous •Over the Rainbow ('Wizard of Oz')... Feist Stairway to the Stars Robbins •I Poured My Heart Into a Song ('Second Fiddle') Berlin Man With the Mandolin Santly White Sails Feist Cinderella Stay in My Arms Shapiro Especially For You ; Shapiro To You Paramount 'Wishing ('Love Affair') Crawford Lamp Is Low .-. Robbins ■ • In an Eighteenth Century Drawing Room Circle tComes Love ('Yokel Boy') Chappell *Filmustcal. tProduction, 4G 39 38 37 35 32 30 28 TITLE PUBLISHER Over the Rainbow.. .'Wizard of Oz ....Feist Ruimin' Ihrough My Mind ... ABC Lamp Is Low .Robbins .... Comes Love.. .tYokel Boy Cliappell I Poured Heart Into Song...'Second Fiddle Berlin Moon Love. ; Famous .... Oh You Crazy Moon Witmark .... Stairway to the Stars Robbins .. Go Fly a Kite... "Star Maker Santly ,.' Jumpin" Jive Marks 26 Man with the Mandoli Saiilly ' 26 Moonlight Serenade Robbins...!.!,.!..!! 26 To You Paramount ...!!!! " •)5 An Apple for the Teacher.. .'Star Maker Santly 23 A Man and His Dream. ..*Star N^aker Santly 22 Beer Barrel Polka Shapiro .. 22 For Tonight Remick "' 22 My Heart Has Wings Red Star 22 Back to Back.. .'Second Fiddle Berlin 21 Cinderella Stay in My Arms ....Shapiro 21 Wishing. ..'Love Affair Crawford 20 Especially for You ...Shapiro 19 Lot's Disappear Words 19 Well All Right Leeds !.'19 Melancholy Mood Harms ' 17 Soutli American Way.. .tSlreels of Paris Hairms 17 Wliite Sails Feist '. 17 Concert in the Park Witmark is I'll Rcviei-nber.. .*She Married a Cop .....Miller ' ifi Lamp Is Low. Robbins . 10 aunuse Serenade Jewel IG Blue Evening Miller l.'j Day In Day Out BVC \5 Ding Dong Witch Is Dead.. .'Wizard of Oz...... Feist IS Rendezvous Time in Paree.. .tStreets of Paris... Harms !!!!!!!. l.'i You Taught Me to Love Again Spier l.'i Address Unknown... Olman 14 Let's Make Memories Tonight... t ' Chappell.. ..!.!!. 14 Start the Day Right Witmark 14 Ain't Cha Comin' Out Chappell 12 I'gloo Tcnney 12 This Is No Dream 1 ...BVC 12 My Love for You .Chappell 12 Vol Vistu Gaily Star ; Green 12 All I Remember Is You.., ..Remick 11 Still the Bluebird Sings. ..'Star Maker Santly 11 This Heart of Mine Mills 11 Yours for a Song. ..f ' •- Robbins 11 Baby Me ABC 10 IflHad My Way Paull 10 I'm Sorry for Myself. ..'Second Fiddle Berlin 10 18th Century Drawing Room Circle 10 In the Middle of a Dream Spier 11) It's Funny to Everyone But Me Witmark 10 Old Mill Wheel Ager 10 Shabby Old Cabby. Shapiro 10 MAYBELLE WEIL GOES WITH DORSEY TAKEOVER Chicago, Aug. 22. In making a deal with Tommy Dorsey for the Miltoii Weil music firm, Maybelle Weil will remain as an active member ot the organiza- tion ; nd goes to New York as v.p. of th: new outfit. Dorsey will be listed as prexy of the company, while John Gluskin is secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Weil will take over in N.Y. Sept. 1, with offices likely to be set up in Radio City. Band Bookings Glenn Miller, Sept. 8, New York State Fair, Syracuse; 9, Hershey. Pa. Artie Shaw, Sept. 15, Trianon B., Toledo; 18, Wheeling, W. Va. Jimmy Dorsey, Sept. 3, Hunt's Ocean Pier, Wildwood, N. J. Freddie FLsher, Sept, 12, Eagle B., Milwaukee, Wis. Gene Krupa, week Oct. 22, Palace theatre, Dayton; week Sept. 1 ,Earle theatre, Phila.; week Sept. 8, State tlieatre, Hartford. ■ 1 Henry. Busse, Aug. 24, Russell Poitit, Ohio; Aug. 25-31, Cedar Point, Ohio; Sept. ,1-14, Beverly Country Club, Cincinnati, Carl Moore, Sept. 1-3, Meadow- brook Park, Bascom, Ohio; Sept. 5-7, Merry-Go-Round, Dayton. Andy Kirk, Dykes Stockade, Wash- ington; Sept. 2, Potomac River Line, Wash. Louis Armstrong, Sept. 3, City Aud, Atlanta, Ga.; Sept. 4, Aud, Ma- con. Blue Barron, Sept. 21, Alhambra, Twin Lakes, Iowa; Sept. 22,' Turn- pike Casino, Lincoln, Neb.; Oct. 12- 15, State theatre, Hartford; Oct. 17, return to Edison hotel, N. Y. scon QUINTET INTO 14-PC. ORC Raymond Scott will augment his Quintet to a full 14 piece orchestra for dance work in the fall or early winter, and is currently auditioning men for it on the air, unbilled, in several broadcasts per week 011 WABC, N. Y. He's behind Judith Arlen, sustaining singer, on Thurs- day nights and also does the Blue Rhythm session. Quintet is the nucleus of the new outfit and will be used as a hot unit, somewhat like Bob Crosby's Bob- cats. Stasny Refutes Marks' Suit Oyer llancho' Song Stasny Music filed a general de- nial in N. Y. Federal court Mon- day (21) to the suit of E. B. Marks Music Corp., although admitting publication in various arrangements of 'Alia En El Rancho Grande," but claims that the song was written in 1915 in Mexico by Silvao Ramos, and that under M.exican law the copyright has expired. Stasny asks for a dismissal of the action, which seeks an injunction, accounting of profits and damages. ENTIRE SUMMER MABEL SCOTT TK-9 Club, Atlantic City BILL BAILEY Paradiss Club, Atlantic City NAT NAZARBO NEW YO.?K r OUR riRST IIG NOVELTY HIT SINCE "A-TISKET A-TASKETI" THE LITTLE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE Lync by HAROLD ADAMSON -Vusic by BERNARD HANIGHEN I R«corded by GLENN MILLER, BOB CROSBY, LARRY CllNTON, JACK TEAOARDEN, MILDRED BAIIEY ond WAY HERBECK | ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION • 799 Seventh Avenue, New York • MURRAY BAKER, Gen, Prof Mgr, • LEO TALENT, Prof. Mgr.