Variety (Apr 1944)

S2 ORCmSTRAS-NIISIC Wcdnesdiiy, April 26, 1944, Decision Seen Possible By Next Week On WLB Review of PetriHo 'Strike Becordiiii; industry attorneys rep- fesentuig CiTlumbia and Victoi be- lieve a final decibion in their row with the American Federation of lVIu.-.icijns, \viU be delivered by tlie Wai Labor Boaid the end of this wepk or early next; Board was scheduled jostciday (Tuesday) lo ■ review teStimoTiy takch recently dur- in? heaiiHH lequested by the AFM Jnquiiy followed the filing, by a N Y panel of recommendation that Pell lUo »-di*c-ban,-is. In efifect, a ■>ti lUe - Victor ih said to be iuUy prepared to begin recording imraeiiUptely, and Columbia ha>, been making plans, too Howevei attorneys in the field, ^ihiiugii' ntit 'TiUcessaviJyv those -directly .iiVv.plved in ilve^cbiTfliet, believe; that, with 4 !decision againKt. PetriUo, the legal biawl will really start, which may prevent the two mamilactureis ^ * IMHC TOPPtRl 10 Best Song Sellers (We«)c EndiJiS April 22) Love, Love, Lo\e Santly Long Ago, Far Away. .Crawford I Love You Chappell I'll Get By Beilin San Fernando Valley Morris Wis,h I Could Hide , .Shi- - Don't Sweetli^L Me.Advanacd_ Rivei of RObcs Shapuo Goodnight Wherever.....Shapiro:' Holida\ Stnng!, BVC from proceeding into recording stu- dios for awhile. > Petiillo IS bdid to be still in d mood to fight an\ mo\e a^am'-t the licens- ing arrangement he silieady has e^-' tablished wuh Decca Records and over 50 othei recoiding and tian"- cription outfits. • Meantime Columbia this week took' on its first new recording name since the stattrof .the ban,,',. l,t: sigi'ied: the .Mbdei'iv;yii.'es, voca'l' SrPMP: Partly made, tip; oC.; sjiigers. forhiorly w.itli Glenn Miilc;:. and nuik:!)!? plan.s. tp enlarge ils;-N. Yv'offices.\iiVvvhJch: it .recoiit(y ilistalled..baths.'a'tvl - pVcss^' mg-UMchhiouy: to vfacll^ tiolvof quiclily needed c(iiscA\ .:: ■ v •, NBC. CBS, Blue, Mutual Plugs Follouiing is list of the most played popular tunes on the netviorkt for the week beginning Monday and through Sunday, April 17-23, from 5 p.m to 1 a.m. List represents the first approximately 25 leaders in al]»babetical older (in some cases there are ties, (tccoifnttntf for a lonflrer list). TJie cw)ipif«(iOJW embrace the NBC, CBS, Bhie and Mutual Wehuorlcs, os repie- sented by WEAf, WABC, WJZ and WOR, N, Y,, and are based on data provided by Accurate'KeporlingSeimcer'rejpairrx^recking source of the mustc publislungi industry. SHE BROKE MY HEART IN THREE PLACES Sherman Hotel, Chi., Tiff Over Armstrong Band Billing Brushoff ... . Ghlcajjo. April 23. . ■ Joe Glaser, inar.agor of Louis •Armsti'png's,; orGhestra, hit.' the . coil- ing upon arrival' here last week to find, that Armstrong s presence in the Sherman hotel s Panther Room was < not .billed anywhere m .; the. hotel Tommy Doise\ who opens Fiiday (28)—Armstrong is in for' only eight da>ys—had his name plas tered all over the place as was that of Gene Krupa, whos with .Dorsey. Glaser squawked loudly, but the best the Sherman would do was to give Armstrong billing outside. Therfi.'s stiU iio mention of the Negro trumpeter Inside anywhere; : , TITLE A Journey ^o a Star— t Gang s All Here ' Amoi—T"B'wa} flhjthm And So Little Time And Suddenly It's Spring—t Lad> in Daik Do Nothing Till You Hcai Fiom Me Don t Sweethcail Me Going My Way— ' Going Mj Waj ' Goodnight Wherevei You Aie How Blue the Night—1 '4 Jillis and a Jeep' I Dream of You . ., .. I Lo^c You— McMcan Hd>ude" I'll Be Around ^.'....^i.'iy^^i'.if Ill Be Seeing You 'rn...G(;t. By—t''Guy; .Nained: Jbei'V\v.';;.;5- I m In Lo\e With Someone Lrii" Ago and Fat A«a^ —i'Co\ 11 Gul" Louise— You Cant Piation Lo\ c My:HeArt!lsh't:In,it--'-f"C3llihg'A Now; 1 Know-^t''tJp: JniArms''^, PolnciEtna : ■. . '. /i -.i., .-i v-; v,.:-.'^ Sart;EernahdO: Valley. .,,^"^'j".> ., .Sdmfcday.^'UMoet'YtoiV'.Again— ■Time-Aiohe W;ilV Tellf^'f''Pij;^ Vp :Girl When They Ask About Irou Marseillbs" 1 Fzlmjisical, Legit Musical. N. Y. Roxy Sets Scott For Late May Opening ■• .Raymond Scbtt'-S CBS sludio or- chestra, which played the Capitol theatre,, N 'Y only last Decembci is booked back into the neaiby Ro\> theatie, N Y opening late in Mix Band will consist of 19 men. :; ■. ■ Scott's .salary ' at. the Cap was S6 500, the Roxv date is undeistood to be above that. Lombardo's Theatre Dates Guy Lombardo, currently at Hotel Roosevelt, N. Y., embarks, on four-, week-. road - tour starting May . 25. Opening stand is the RKO theatre^ Boston. After. the theatres he takes a vacation until the fall, doing only his radio, show. ; . Lombardo has been at the Roose- velt the last 11 years opening there in the fall and' checking out before summer. ■ ■ . ' JIROKE NV lir-AKt IN TimEE VJ.ACTiS ' 'St . .U-tlr.... .Chi*' «• «». jiStf:«rW'-iSttf.-; f.f.^i,i>.,>.^U£ '%KD]C£ HY HEART IH THKF.E fLAC-ES : M-.tk. ' :.Chl. KO. Nt« V«'k.- Wttkh for DECCA release I of riie HAMIM HOT SH01S—Moy m\ Santly to Goast * Lester Santly. to. the Coast this week for a month or so on busjness- pleastii e Georgie: Joy, bis partner, recently back tiom A similar junket John Kirby Swings N. Y. Spot Back to Jiveroo Aquarium Restaurant N Y swings back to aive Sunday (30) when it opens John Kirby s -small band; for four weeks: with options and a Mu- tual wire. For months the spot has u-.ed coin music as dispensed b} Mousie Powell, etc Kirby has played the spot before Berlin's 3 on 'Hit Parade' ^Dave Dreyer. gen. prof. mgr. for Berlini Inc., established., a .first-time high with three tunes on the Hit Pa- lade, 01 33% of the entne piogram consideiing that the progiam onlj did nine songs last Saturday (22). Berlin tunes are/ When Tliey . Ask About You ' 111 Get By and Eaa- ter.Parade.' ..: "If I Had M> W»>," cmrently a big sales hit in £nglandv is published in this countiy by Paul-Pioneei Music, in England by Dash-Connellj Bands at Hotel B.O/s (Presented; fiereiKtlli,. as a weekly tabulation, is the estimated cover charge business: being done by name bands i?i .eonoiis Neiu Vork hotels- Dinner business (7-10 p.7n.) not rated. Figtires after nctnje o/ hotel give room capacity and cover charge. Larqer amount designates weekend and holiday prwe. Compilation IS based on period from Monday to Saturday.) Covers'. ''Totiil" Weo.lts 'rust ;. .Covers Hund Hotel Mii>ed \> rrk On Oiiti- Emil Petti BiUmore (400 $1-$150) 5 87j 5 275 Lam Mclntiie . Lexington (300, 75c-$l 50) 115 1 825 20S 22t Jeriy Wald .. ...New Yoiker (400, $1-$150) 7 1 900 13 ()7)i Glen Gray ,., Pennsjlvama (500, $1-$150) 0 tl 550 1 5i0 Leo Reisnian..i..Waldorf (550; .V2) 9 ■■3,100 27350 Count Basic ... Lincoln (275 $1-$150) 2 1,200 3 200 Guy Lombaido . Rooso\eU (400 $1-$150) 29 1825 54,250 Vaughn Monioe Commodoie (400, $I,-$1.50) 3 1,W5 9 475: ♦AsterisJij •ndieate o ■^upporlvig floor show New Yoiker mid Bilimore hare ice shoa? V/aldoi) his RiiiicU SiLann, Victor Borge, TaUa Leung- ton.. Hawaiian )loor show:-■-, ■■ .;.;,■■.... ^ 3: days. - ■ ;'^.'; Chicago Louis Aimstiongr (Panther Room Sherman hotel 9i0 S150S2iO min ) Te'ddy ;jPowell,, who 'fclosetf ■We.driesday' (iS)' ^nd .AS-mstroiig;;Avho followed,, drew ai'oun'd ■good' 5,0'00:' ■ ;■: ■; ■ „;..;■ ..v..': " ';■' ..■.;, . .■■ , Neil Bondshu (Mayfair R.QO:m;.Blacl{StO;ne\h.0tqt;-. 4G0v:|'2!50 m with Paul Draper; r.iar.agenicnt claims cxccllcn*. 2.900. ' ; ■ ■ ' ' ..'; ' Caimen Cavallaio (Empue Room Palmer Hou^e 750 $3-1.3 50 mm) CavaUaro and Larry Adier heading floor show great 10.900. ; ■,. ■> ,' Jimm% Joy (New Walnut Room, B'smaick hotel, 465, $150-$2 50 nun) Conventior.s keeping figure. up arour.d line 4.000., .. \- i ■ ' j '.^ ^..■ ;- ; EdaievOil'verSVprcties.tr8;.(Ma^ 'BBat:■h■^.hotel•■■:i,W 50o and 75c covei cliaige plus il 2i mm) Band, sans Oluer, i Maiifie, pldved to nifty 5 500 Geofse Olseti (Boulevaid Room Stevens hotel, 700, $2 50 $3 m n i Ri-a lieie m pationage Vo to smooth 3 700 FVBLISIIER Triangle .MeliDdylane .Lincoln Famous Robbms Advanced Burke Shapiro Robbins Embass\ .Chappell .Morris .William.son Beilin Chappell Crawford Pai amount Leeds .Harms : Mai ks .Morns ..Wititiark? ■.; Bicgnuin Beilin HERE'S A SWITCH- ' Artiir Advertises, the fublitheri Thanks To ; ELMORE WHITE (BMI) For the Sensational. Song Mii "^KENTUCKY" Also Srngmg Sammy STEPT and BOB RUSSELL'S "IT'S A CRYING SHAME" SHAPIRO-BERNSTEIN'S "GOOD NIGHT WHEREVER YOU ARE" TOMMY LYMAN MAISON PIERRE 156 East 49»ii St. New Yerk .; Spftciat .Material By . MILT FRANCIS Introducing The iVeic Singing Star — DESPO The Ctrl. . . i CAN'T FORGET TO REMEMBER Music, and Lyrics by TONY DE METRIS SiileH C t>|tltMii .riiroiifirli \oiir tTot>l*er or IJIrevt t0 f: De Mefris Music 152 W. 42£l St., New York 18. N.Y. Top Tunes for Your Books An Ail-Time Favorite Exactly Like You Music by ,,. JIMMY McHUGU Published by Sliapiro-RcriiBtciit Location Jobs, Not in Hotels (Chicago) G«y Clsiidj^e (Che? Paiee 650, $3-$3 50 mm). Coming b.' w ii^e tax CIdiidge and show headed bv Ciois and Dunn reached aior m 4 JOt, Del Ceuitiie^ (Blackhawlv, 500, !pl-$2S0 mm) SliU off i it !, u ,UOi). M G-M STUDIOS . and AIX olln*r fllHarc fitn(1»i»« UMi iUU S\5 MisK \fj iiM»nl »t Noiifc lilts of uv«*r 10*> liitbltHh- er.H. nlni favorJioXi . 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