Variety (March 1944)

ORCHESTRAS-MUSIC Pubs Wim Might Benefit By Metro s New Mosk Setup Baifled By It -Independent" music 4 Even those publishers, who might qualify pop tunei lor some Metro, fllrousicals,, and thuj benefit from the new experi- ment on that lot, question the wis- dam ol the company's freelanoing for material among outside music fti-ms. The publishers, many known to be not too friendly to the Jack Robbins-Metvo music dynasty <Kob- bms, Fejbl and Miller Corps.), can't see where .M-G ,would benefit under a plan whereby Fred ' Raphael, of JVIt'tro's N; Y. olTice, would possibly . pick.,. pop songs, from itidie iiiusic houses;: aiid spot them' into produc- .. tioiis at Ltilvov City. '.. Basically, It means- that. Metro woLiid be building up a 56-yeav value lor some "outside" music pub- | lishei-. <The 5(» years refers to the ba^ic 2f!-ycar copyright, plus re- ::fiewal'rightS'C!':;;;' ' ' ■■ii''.'' ' Other ramifications are obvious' one, the hazard of any pop sons since alter all it must fit some spe- cific productic-: and secondly, why cull from outsiders when Hollywood has built up Berlin, Kern, Porter, Warren-Gordon, McHugfa - Adamson >;ii'nd' .'kindred, songWriting- liames''to: i'.'wrlte- iftirectiy for uie screen... ; Birthday Presentation To 'Pops' on Ritz Stage Yesterday tTues.) was Paul White- man's 54th birthday but the occasion was celebrated on the stage of the Rit/. theatre. N Y , following the Ra- dio Hall of Fjme broadcast, on Sun- da\ (.2b) wnh a birthday cake. It's an annual custom, from May and Pete de Rose, and Nina Cordova of the staff made the presentation. Wliitoman, incidentally, has de- fen ed hi'i "Atlantic City" film chore' -for .' RepUbifc until, .after., the . Roxy, H. Y'., engagement, as ■ guest maestro ift 'mid^Apjrji.;;.. This Wili' not iptoiiL'ie with his radio commit- .;:':-^:.::::|^^gltv.::."-: Britid Best Sheet Sellers <We«fc E«di)i||i. Atarch 2, '44) London, March 2, It Can't Be Wrong Chappell Paper Doll Maurice Kiss Me Southern I Wonder Why Cmephpnio Someday Soon Con nelly My Heart Tells Me. .Brad. Wood. Pistol Packin' Mama.. .Chappell Close to You Dash Cow Cow Boog.e Maurice Nevada Southern Either Too Young Feldman Victory Polka .....Sterling. Weilnrsdiiy, March 29, 19ii Frances White, amateur song- stress, loma Will Osborne's orches- tra .next week, replacing; Marianne. She's a Goveinmeut clerk in Wash- ington, who auditioned for someone eU>e at the Earle theatre there re- cently when Osborne overheard her. Kelton to Take Over As Peer Gen'l Mgr. For 3 Firms in N. Y. Frank Kelton. Ralph Pcci-Intcrna- .lioiisl ■ repi'csenlalive .i.on: the Goastt mo\es into N. Y, April 10 to lake o\cr as general professional man- agei of Southern, Peer and Mclody- laue Music firms, all of which are Ralph Peer outlits. This is the spot 'fl'Oin wliifeh 'Bo^ last week.-. : Mellori . as-serts his. .future is.'. in- defiiiite. But he has a deal with BMI thai won't be announced until his notico at Peer expires. Congratulations^ REG CONNELLY! BUMW20 W9 Oi „0«E.» ,,,«eM0O«S SUCCESS, ;\rsrsUro%U*B.eST..SHES. I Music Cos. Get OKonASCAPSnit Suit against ASCAP and individ- ual members of the Society by Gem Music and Denton & Haskins, seek- ing an accounting and chaignig llie organization's execuUvcs with der-; eliction of duty, w lU continue a? a result o£ a decision by the appel- late —division— of - -N. Yv—supreme court last week. Appellate division decided against Justice Benedict Dween, in N. Y. supreme court in his recent decision that the planitifls: had a cause ot action onlv against ASCAP itself, not against individual members. He sustained' the origiiuU complaint. - IWusic houses, therefore, have 20 days to amend their original com- plaint and lenew the action as it j wa'= filed originally m January. 1943 Schwartz. & Frohlich represented j ASCAP, Andrew D. Wemberger acted-'for the plaintiffs';"'--: ' .;■':'-'-,-■. ' Detroit, Youngstown j Joke Ops Wi^k Out Of Proposed Tax Taps .'>;;':■'/■;';■"-' ■ - Detroi:. March 28. "': James :,'Ragg.erty. . representing the- United Music Operators here, won a temporary stay before the Common Council -of a pi-opo*d $13 license fee upon each such musical: device which would have netted Detroit close to $70,000 annualli. , Haggerly argued that-,.the 83 com- panies and individuals who control close to 5,000 juke boxes in. Detroit had "kept out racketeeri.. kept ma-' terial clean through rigid cen.sol'ship, - and; had more than '1^1,000,000 inv .-vested.. ■ ■ >.---.:■ ■ ^ He charged that the : tax was "in- eqmiable, xxnioiir, linjust, indiscrimi- nate; harmful to. the: musical: prefer- ences: of America and a confiscation of property. You are sailing right into -defiance of the U. S. Constilu^; tion when you enioin people Ironi ..-the pursuit of happiness' bv taxing ..iuke boxes out of existence."' - ' ,';: Argtimeht was. : good enough-.;to cause the. Councilmen to back off from the tax at this time. Bands at Hotel B.O/s iPretented herewith, a* a weekly tabulation, u the estimated cover charge husinest beiitfl lione by name bands in various New Yor)i hotels Dinner business (7-10 p.m.) not rofed. Fioiircs after name of hotel give room capacity and cover charae. Larger amount designates weekend and ?io!idau pnce.i Compilation is based on period from Monday to Saiurtty.i „,-.:■- :t'«ver» -..XiiUli Hotel rl«,eil ««.k On nSl Ray Heatherton. Biltmore (400; $1-$1.50)......,,^...»,. 2 Lam Mclntire. ...Lexington (300; 75e-$1.50).,.., Ill Jerry Wald Jfew Yorker (400; $1-$1.50) 3 Frankie Carle... .Pennsylvania (500; $1-$1,50).. 6 Leo Rcisman Walddrf (550- v2) S Boyd Raebuni...Xincoln (275; $1-$1.50) 4 Guy Lombardo ..Roosevelt (400; $l-?i.50) 25 ■Vaughn Monroe Commodore (400; $1-$1,50) 1 1.000 1,675 2.225 201.025 2,025 2,85U 3,023 1,000 2,300 1,630 6,125 17,625: 16,300 3,750 47,625 T Asterisks indicate a snpporfing i/Ioor shoto. New Yorker and BiUmore ' have, ice ."jhoius.: WnidorJ..Ii.(is Gracie Fjeldji;: Commodore, Gicim Miiler'j iVlodern(iiTcg,v Lex'ingtonr H<uniiian floor ^^^^^ .; . . i t 3 days. Chicago Neil Bondshu (Mayfair Room, BKickstone hotel; 400; $2.50 min.X Dwight Fiske and Bondshu maintdinmg healthy 3.100. Jimmy J«y (New Walnut Room, Bismarck hotel; 465; $l.i>0-S2,50 min.). Off some, but ai'ound 4,700, Eddie Oliver (Marine Room, Edgew'atpv Beach hotel; 1,100; 50c and 75c cover charge, plus $1.55 min.). Oliver accounted for fine 6,800. Teddy Powell (Panther Room, Sherman hotel; 950; $l,50-$2 .'50 min)». Split week ot Jimmy Dnrsey and Powell, who opened Thurs. ('23), chalked up great 6,900. ' .Ran; Wilde ..■(Empire Room,;. Palmer- House; - 750: $3--3..i0 mm'*. Hiide- garde and Wilde continue to pack -em , m; 11.300 last week. Los Angeles Freddie Martin (Ambassador; 900; $1-$1.50), End of month dip level- ing off at 4,100 covers I : .lbe Eeichman (Biltmore; 900; $1^$1.50), Hiiting Oh all 16. Neat 4,200 ' tabs. f nuKMnt And thanks again to Jimmy Kendis and Lou Klein, the writers of our (rrcat son*;, IF 1 HAD MY WAY which still remains a reigning favorite with Ameri- rans, shown by many recent nct>vork broadcasts, plus \ arious recordings, such- ai<-^ Bing Croshv. Decca #2448 Ray Noble, Cohimliia ?t».>.577 Glen Gray, Decca i!:2437 and the brand new rolonr^r Kale Smith, Columbia q:36686 And, Reg, we are also proud to have you introduce to the British public our present No. 1 hit, THE SAME LiniE WORDS by Stanley Adains, Jack Rosenberg, Ira Schuster We wish you the same great success with it that you have won with "IF I HAD MY WAY." MAX MAYER PAULL-PIONEER MUSIC C<iRP., 1657 Broadway, N. Y, 19, N. Y. Location Jobs, Not in Hotels (Cliicaso) Gay C'laridge (Chez Parce; 650; .$3-$3..50 min.). Claridge and show head- ed by Jackie Miles pulled around line 5,000. Del Courtney (Blackhawk; 500; $l-$2 50 min.). Courtney pulling big cirowds, averaging 4,900. (Los Alioeies) llal Mvlntyre (Pall.idium B. Hollywood, first week). Wdtch for a sur- prise; Will breeze over :32,5()0. . . .-:- - : -: .; Haraee HeMt (Trianon B. Southgate, 11th week1. Tabs for 8,000. Phil Harris (Slapsy Maxie's, N. Los Angeles). Packed like a sla\e ship. Canacity 5,200 payolas ' .tnjuncllon Granted Ohio Ops Youngslow n. O.. March 28. Right o£ YoLinsstoun City Council to pass, an ordinance taxing legiti-. mate business was questioned in ac- tion .brougl'it: by' courtsei lor YouHfis-' iowh .Automatic'Phon. Dealers Ass'h who obiiect ,tb recent jump front :$5. to $10 in annual ijcen.se iee toi juke -.,;b03;e§.'i'$nd':ari'a:dfi wall connection. Order was to have become,efl'<k;'ljee\]ViAfclT-^ . ':'■:■" ■ 'IVIahonirig County (jommoh 'Pteg Judge . Erskirie Maiden,; Jr.; ..'gr.iiinted -a-tempova'r.v.iiijunction ,'t-d -nine'piain-' lifi's,.ai; box owners, restraining' city -from |infprcin'g,.th^ called the piopOsed fees both "ex- orbitant and exces-ive." and charged the ordinance was "mere subterfuge and enacted for the sole purpose of providing-■re.\ieaiie^lor.;tb^^^^^ ',,'.,.• Lee^ in Move To Increase Rating Leeds Music Co. has stacked all catalogs it acquired during the past couple years under the Leeds firm name; a move designed prinvarilv to increase Its-ASCAP availability rat- ing. Move has not yet been fully completed legally (discarded firm structures are in process of being dissolved), but Olman, Jenkins, Con- solidated, Wabash, Kaycee have all been tiansfened under the Leeds title, Grouping, of the.se catalogs gives Lecd^ 110 poinis m ASCAP. a total that Lou Levy, head of the firm, has petitioned the Society to increase. He was up before the ASCAP avail- ability board last week to piovo his case, but as yet has had no response. Musicopmics Publishers, - Inc:i. has been chattered to conduct a music publishing business in New York,. Capital' stock 2C0 shares, no par value,: Directors are: Albert P. Woll- lieiin, . Louts Krasner and Eleanor Stone, New York City. Woilheim owns thiee shares; the others one. apiece. Al Bratidon, trumpet, left Marty Irwin's band at Penn-McK^e hotel, TVUKee^ioit, to join staff of KDKA^ Pittsburgh; : y .Vr.:".:^'-^: Osborne Man Powders, So Do Instruments Hal Tennyson, .sax player with Wiii Osborne'.s;, ban-d-,'.' "disappeared'-' froin the' Cap:itol theatre. ;N. Y.j^last week be (ween shows ami at the same tinie an alto sax. - <ilal-Jnet - and sax. ease which flicin't belong to him were found misbing. Police discov- ered the instriimcnls in a pawn sliop after the musician's wife, whom he deserted at the same time, found the tickets in their ho:e! room. Tennyson jo'ined O.sborne'.s band months ago. He h;^d ho instruments, and the missing j.ax and clapnet were loaned to. him by other band members. ' Osborna feplaced Tennyson -with Sill Hitz, «tter being forced io round up. an 80^ iijusician tempo- rarily - , Al Friedman, formerly Mjith Leeds j ill Chicago to Southern^'Mnsio bi-aiich ' succeeding Paul Salvalori, now with -'i Chappel. Bert Braun iiuceeds Friedman for Leeds. # COLUMBIA PICTURES MiiH 3x5 VlSliAl* r<?<'«ril «f tniUK liUm of: nv^r 190 i>ti»iit^h- «nt, iiliiv old tiivorhes. 'In.' ' rlrnl**!) Itail nh^et and lyrif^s j^*^ clioniN. Siiini»li>s tree, mm ICl!) KrourlwuT Niiw ?»rk 19 YOU XNOW THE TUNE— HERE ARE THE WORDS of tite Mother's Day version of ' nON^T WORRY MOBS Don't Worry Mom, I'm foeUng fino' today. Don't Worry Mom, ey'rything's ofceh. This Mother's Day, I'm far away And yet I feel you're near; Makes life worth while, I see you smile. As if you were right here. Don't Worry Mom, we've got them on the run Don't Worry Mom, soon you'll have your son Back home, and next Mother's Doy I'll kiss you and say "What a bad dream' we've been thru'!" I miss you, I do, my dearest Mom. Copuiig)it, 1944, by Ford Mjtsio, /nc. If YOU Sing Songs—Here's One You SH0UL.0 Sing! ABE GLASER 1619 Broadway .LONDQfcl. F.MAURICE SAM WIGLER New York 19, N. Y. AUSTRALIA. D. DAVIS