Variety (Dec 1940)

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Wediie8da7v December 25,. 1940 > at (Presented Herewith!, ds a wkeklv tahuXation-M the estimated cover charge^ business bieinff dptie bw name bands: In waVibus JVcu) yorfc- hotels, ©inner business |7-10; P.M..) not rated.. Figures asief nflme of hotel .give room capacitW; end coutr charge. ; Loryer oniount desioriates tueej^cend and- holiday prtC^^y. . ■'• ■ ■ ■■ ."■ ■,-.V-\-'..CoTers Will Bradley;.;..Biltmort (300; $l-$1.5a>,...... 6 Eddy Duchin*, .» .Waldorf (500; il-$ 1.50).. ... .v..; 15 Sammy Kaye».. .. .Commodore (650; 75c-$l,50), i . , . .. 9 ftay Kinney*.. \.. i .Lexington (300} 75c-$1.50);..... i... .32 Guy Lombardo,.;., Roosevelt (500; $1-$1.50);. 11 Aydody Hermaii*..NeW, Vpi-ker (400; 75c-$1.50),,..;... 0 Olenn Miller...\;. Penrisyjvania: (500;. .75cV$1.50);;., 11 tony Pastor..vLlncolh (225^75c-iii.50)v >. ^ 900 ; i;05O 1,450 1,375 1,250. tl,075 .2,375 .350 Total 'Covers Oir Pate ' ■5;050:. : 14,700 , 13,7iB5 \. 41,850 12.775 ,1,075 22vl70 : 4,800 CRE$CEWDO PRQ^ASCAPp >reg^^r6 Composers Pass Resoiutlbn ot ; Solidarity- ■ • ■ / •'Aslcrisfcs indicate .a supporifi^^^ shouj. aUhoujfji the bond is-the major draw. 13 days.; , ; . Questidii * Stalibns ^NVb^^ Clause Is Exertised .Crescendo C)ub, with a hietnfaer- ship ,oi 40 Negrp, compdsersi last week passed; a resolution expressing Itself as: 100% behind .ASCAP in the latter^s cufrent' fight with the raidid industry. ;eiub: was formed for the purpose of helping petpetuate Negro nitjsici" ■ Officers elected- by the club^ were J. C. Johnson, president; Charles Li Cooke, v p^r W. G. Handy,, treasurer; jahd-.Henry Troy, secretary. LA. MUSIKERS OUST VElto FROM OFFICE . Some bandleaders., aris cHary of ■aigniiig .their, outfits with. Broadcast Music . Inc. for .the . making,'pi tran^. scriptipns. Radio oNraed, music piab- :lishing firm has set ^side a substariT iiai Slim to pay name Bands to cut BMI tunes arranged by BMI writers, i Platters will b^ giVen .free to ita-| tions which becipme subscribers - to •' BMi music as a means of replacing j to som^ iexteht the name liand | recordings of AS.CAP niusic which | : gd;off the air after .Jan. 1. It's not the. fact that BMt is paying only a little above A.;F.M. scale for , .the inaking .of the records that has bandleaders wiary, but the clauses in : the contracts for tlys .wotk. Atli'x injg '.B signature to . the. agreements gives rBMI the right to use the,platters for a year, Clause. states that, in . ,the eyerit the band gets a , commercial program, all recprds made by that outfit will be imnxediately recalled. Leaders. are of the opinion that ordering thieir recall and getting them, back from stations is two: dif- ferent things. The problem is doubly . emphasized by the fact that there is orVseertis to be renewed interest in. the signing oif name bands for spori- • sored shows. In the past couple of months, despite th^ approaching sevr erahce of ASCAP-radio relations, a . fistful of "bands havei been singled put for sponsorship"; ; . BMI is repprted tuirnlng but about 60 transcribed tunes a monthv BiK Bardd Crowded Out : .^^l^iew Orleans; Dec; 24. N An. indication , of .the; throngs, ai"; rea.<Jy. here for. Sugar Bowl gdm^ be- tween .fehnesseie. and Boston, college New Year's Day' is' fact ;that-Bill Bardo, band leader, here for holiday engagement with .crew could hPt find rdom.' at The Roosevelt hotel in whose Blue. Room :his barid: ibpened Mondaiy (23).; He had. to find quarters,In private home; ' .' ^ AL DONAHUE RETURNS TO GENL AMUSEM ENT Last fall Al l}onahue and General Amusement Corp. went io the Amer- ' lean Federation of Musicians to set- tle a; dispute over boiiahua's moving his band to the William Morris agen- cy for bookings.. Now Donahuie is shifting back to GAC. He has signed a'flve-year contract with the agency, to take effect Fpb, 17, when a 6p-day notice to the Morris igency expires, Contract with Morris carried such a severance clause. - Disagreement .betw:een .GAC. and the leader originally centered ardund: the idea pf Donahue; changing book- ing affiliations before his GAC con-; , ttactvwas up. It expired Oct. 25, but;; . Ophahue wanted to hop to the MqVr^ tis igency before then. Union sty- •mied that. - jHe. left GAC owing the agency .vsbnie; $3,000; whi^^^^ - been said, is the reasoa foi: his going back. ; GAC is supposed to .baVe: panted eitheir the money or the band. Dpnahiic's office denies that, saying the. debtHas ftPthinig to do with the return. ^ . " ■ Jesuit CoHege SeU $150 as Top for Bands At Fraternity Dances ■ Omaha, Dec. 24. Expensive naime bands have been tabooed at Creighton University, Jesuit school. . its president, the Very .Rev. Joseph, P. Zuercher, has decreed that $150 will have to be the top price for social events at the college, because as he put it a large percentage of students are facing difficulty In .jmeeting ;_luition and other: school overhead and therefore extravagances Should be frowned upon. ; Order has already' affected 'the year's top event, the ball sponsored by the Phalanx . Military fraternity, Latter had arranged to bring in a name band at $l.b0O-for the ; night and it's now seeking to cancel. the date.' ; Los Angeles, Dec. 24, . After 18 .years as financial, secre- tary of. Musicians' Protective Asso- ciation, Locar 47, Ward B- Harring- ton was ousted from. pfTice at. last ..week*^a aripiiai eiectioii by Alec (j. Meyer.' .Latter, pdlled 1,359; Votes, against 819 cast fpf the veteran exec. ■; • J. k. 'Spike' Wallace was re- elected; president for his second term, havin;g a runaway victory, over Owen Bartlett; former vice prexy. Vote \yas 1,713 for Wallace and 486 for Bartlett.; For the first tirne in niany-years. J. W. Gillette, interna- tional. ..studio representative, will not' be a delegate from Local ;47; .to the American ■ Federation of .Musicians convention; having, been defeated Ijy Frank. D. Pendleton; recording secre- tary..; . Dahlstrand's Sixth Term: Milwaukee, Dec. 24. Volmer Dahlstrand Was..r.er,elepted president of the Milwatikee M.usi-; cians' asspciaiion, local No. 8, A. F. of M., fpt; the sixth, consecutive term in a ,record-breaking election at which 650. votes were cast, • ;• . Walter L, HpmannwaS' nianied vice-president; Roland Kbhler, secr retary; Charles Wagner, treasurer; Jerry. Follansbee, sergeant-at-arms, and George Bach, John Borger, Er- wn, Davlin, Louis De Santis, .Orban Heidrich and Ernst Strudell to the executive board. OBERSTEIN NOW A PERSONAL MANAGER Eli Oberstein, head of much j troubled U. S. Records, becomes I the personal manager of the Harry ' James band next month as the first ' step toward setting up a personal ° management office, -He won't take i the band over until after Jan. 17 when Referee Irwin Kuntz Is ex- pected to. deliver his twlcerdelayed ruling on the future of U; S. Records in federal .'court; New York. \ Regardless of Kxirtx's ruling on It dberstein-claims he'll definitely Sliift to steering bands. . Jack Rosenberi: Wins Resuits of the' balloting of mem- bers of New York local 802 of the Aniericaii Federation, of Musicians swept president Jack Rosenberg and his entire blue ticket into a ;fourth straight two-year term. Voting gave Rosenberg a 2-to-l edge over his oppdnent, Al Pearl, and the rest of the ticket; headed by v.p. [ Richard McCanh, a Srto-l margin. EJectiPn was held last Thursday (19). Candidates for the various execu- tive Offices were; Dick Baravelli, for y.p. against Richard McCann; Eddie Davis, for secretary against Incum- bent William Feinbcrg; Rosi Gor- man, for ' treasurer against incum- bent Harry A. Suber. ' Dalley oh Local. 10 Board Frank Dailey, owner of Meadow- brook, Cedar Grove, N. J., has been elected to. Ihe executive board of. Newark, N. J., local 16 of the Amer-. ican Federation of Musicians. Branch cdmpleted Its balloting Sat- urday (21). : , Dailey's spot is within Newark's jurisdiction. Donahue's, only a imile or. so away from.Meadowbrdok, and another name band stand. Is under the Patterson, N. J., Ipcal. .Brbnlslaw Kaper doing the musi- cal score for Metro's 'Fo^ls Rush In" and 'Rage. In Heaven.* Famous Door, N Y. Cafe Teddy Powell has: sold the^Famous Ddor. N, which he reopened sev^ ;'era! mdiiths agp: as. a shd\Vcase for ' his new band; "The spot served its purpose, having been the spring- board to; other bookings and a record contract with Bluebird; ^o it was dis-- ^posed of tp.Phil Howard, :■ Joe Sulli-: van's small biahd. is iri.'the . sppt cur-: tently. A floor show gpes in after the first of the. year. Powell dpened the Door with the . backing of Alexis Tho.mpsdtv, mdney •man who recently bought the fran- chise of the Pittsburgh. Steclcrs.. pro foptbali teaim. He alSo fl.hanced Ihe .reformings *1 ipowell-'g .band; .: •'■ A F, of M. takes Up Spcial Security Tax Question In Miami Jan. 27 ses Sharing Dance Bands Gives Meadowbook Chances to Choose—Dailey Will Probably Stick to Mutual for Better Breaks Ft/Wayne Reelects Flack : Fort Wayne; Ihd./Dec. 24; ' For the eighth .cpnsecutive year, H.. James FlaCk, an attorney,. has been reeltkited president pf Local'; No. 58, American; Federation of Mu- sicians, O Lheri reelected; were Will - ■ iain> M. Sawyer, vice president; Robert A- Jellisony secretary-treas- urer; and Perry Shober, C, G; Behmer, T.. P. Weaver, and Leo Sttickey,. iiienTbers • of; the board—of- directoi-s. ', The installation will be held Jah., 5.: Murray McEachren H^^^ Lots of Clauses in Contract With Whiteman Murray. vMcEachreh,- one of the. outstanding members' of the" Cnsa; toma band for.years iarid the splpist who. plays some six different iri-sttur. ;ments in Casa Loma stage shows, leaves that group riext month to join Paul Whiteman's new band when It ppens ,: Jan. 16 at , Ben Mardeh's Colonial Inn, Hollywood, • Flai. He joins Whiteman . under . an unusual arrangement. He's to get top. billing under the leader; be in charge of the Whiteman brass- section; be .soloist on trumpet, trombdne; ciaririet, alto: sax and fiddle, and has: Whiteman's okay to make recoi'ds uPder his own name using Whiteman musiGiaris/ • Iii addition he will have White- man's support in building a band of his own next summer which White- man will "persorial manage and the. William Morris agency will booki Meadbwbrook, Cedar Grove, N, J., name. band stand is currently em- broiled : with NBC in an .argument, over sustaining wires. NBC has ad- vised Frank Dailey,. spot's owner, that he must chdpie between NBC or: Mtitual pickups, He muSt either order the Mutual wire taken, but dl; his place or lose the NBC lines, In addftipn .the -het . instituted, new. schedules and sliced the air time emanjiting frdna the place. Instead pf five, ■ ■ and sometimes seven pickups, as it. wa i s getting dn b oth the; Red and.' Blue chains, most of them in the ideal ll-l;l:3Q p,m;' slots; Dailey now gets four shots dn. only one chain, all at 12:30-1 a.m. ..' • Issue will probably be settled by NBC. taking its. wires out.: Dailey .will npt relinquish the ^Mutual time and is already dickering to run a CBS line into the spot. Mutual is prepared, it says to take up the slack . with additiPnal time. : NBC for sprne time has frowned upon sharing . a . pickup point with either ,of the dppositldn nets. It has refused its lines to; spots that insisted on feeding other: networks, alsd. Dailey's MeadowbroOk. was untouched because of the calibre o( bands it played: Both CBS. and Mu- tual, however, are not particular about such ;situatidhs, Jimmy Dorsey' was replaced at Meadpwbrook last night ^Tuesday) by Bobby Byrne's band. Chei Razen and his orchestra suc- ceeded Phyllis Rathburn and her band at the Mahoning Valley Counr try club, hear Youngstown, O. ; Lat- ter now playing at the Embassy club in Jaclcsonyille, Fla- Loui.se Rollins; has quit as hostess of the Mahoning, Musical 'Estate' of 10 Violins; Students- Break ■ Detroit, Dec, 24, the problem.of what to do with lO violins inherited from, an uncle was neatly solved by. James I. Van Keuren, of Lansing. He just donated the 'estate' to the Michigan 'State College where they are to be used by music students unable to afford : instruments in keeping with their talent. . .. '. The uncle's collection numbered mostly expensive violias. 'Van Keuren himself doesn't play. Executive board of the Amierican | Federation d'f Musicians will, \vhen [ it holds' its two-week winter ineeting i in Miami, starting Jan, 27, undertake ■ •to formulate spme' v/aiy pf niakihf I the employer (the premises) pf. a ! hartie dance.iihit directly responsible. for the "payment of' the social se-; ■curity and unempldymcnt taxes, It. was slated. at ; AFM headquarters Monday ' (23) that so . far'.jndthing even.; app.rdximalely -a formula had been Worked-lout, but that the. board was. still hopeful • that a solulibn;- which would meet with Federal and : s ta t e. government. requirements; could be; reached, Emplpycrs;;of name -bands were makifig the' required security pay^ 'men'ts when: the'irilerhal r'evciiue .de-' parimeht in. 1937 ,ruled; tfia^ iij. such instances llie' leader himself .Was.; the- lawful employer and iwas respdnsiblc for th e; pay'men t of the ta x '. ■ Sin.ce tiVen it.has..:been 'a;;Gpnfu.s.ihg',^ as' fiir a.v the Uiiloii s/,mcm.bcr.ship .i-s .cdhcerncd.- In some cases the leader has pii.i.cl the tax, in others the cm- .plp>',er; ha.s .tjikcm' care fit;the mailer, while for a -'{foodly percentage., of musicians .no bociul security tax was paid al all. , While in Miariii the board will also di.scu.ss Ihe; drawinM .uj^-;i>i.i(i; inlro- duclibn to: the. irridc of a standard form of booking cOnlracL ' 6 out bf 15 Best Selling Songs published by THE BIG 3/ ore ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION FERRY-BOAT SERENADE by the writers of ''The Woodpecker Song" ' MAYBE by Allan Flynn and Frank Modden lEO FEIST, Inc. DREAM VALLEY by Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny* Joe Burke YOU SAY THE SWEETEST THINGS :'--::;;,;;;;^V;:J::;:-'--;r(BAflr):':: by Mack Gordon and.Harry Warren. ;; '. frbrn the 20th Century-Fox film "Tin Pan Alley" ''•; MILLER MUSIC, Inc. both songs by Mock Gordon and Harry Warren from the ;20lh Century-Fox filnn /'Down Argentine .Way"