Variety (Dec 1945)

38 OR! WFSTR AS-MI SIC Wednesday, December 19, 1945 WAX WORKS By BARKY <;il\Y (Vf Omiutuafi AU-N'ighi M.C.) Chuclo "Just a Little Fond Affec- lion"-"Tumbling Tumblewccds" (Co- lumbia SOSVI I; Miss Smith continues to .sell what the customers figure to buy, Willi a, syrupy Jack Miller backing, and the Chicks and Chuck to assist. "Affection"' presents a Kale Smith song with warmth, the usual excellent diction and simplicity of phrase. It'll sell. Air off' nolo. is the singing lady's handbng of the l.es Brown (vocal by Doris Day) "The Last Time I Saw You"-"ArciVt You Glad You're You" (Columbia 36875i. Les Broun. has here waxed a commercial disk. With chirper Doris Day doing an effec- tive vocal on the "Last Time" side, the record is effective. The boys sound a little lei'l-tieldish dur- ing Miss Day's spot but "Aren't You Clad." on the reverse, has a nice beal and shows the rhythm section to advantage. However, the open- ing on "Glad" lacks appeal because it's weak. The full group would sell il better. The intro lo Miss Day's vocal makes the same error. Trouble is that in an effort to arrange. Brown loses the impact of the lull aggrega- tion. A good point is that the disk closes as it should open—driving. Kate Smith (with 4 Chicks and MUSIC I'D CLIMB; THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN (If I Knew M R«"» Yob) BOURNE, Inc. 799 Seventh Aye. Ne» Yar* i; S 1 Top Tunes for Your Books An All-Time Favorite DON'T BLAME ME Music by ... JIMMY McHVGH Published bv BOBBINS MUSIC If you have follojjj band leaders eiltfradio ar tists. a wonderful opportunity awaits you. Write Box 461, Variety, 154 West 46th Street, New York 19. singing word "my" which waxes as "mah." Miss Smith has been up "nawlh" longer than that. The Chicks and Chuck, singing as a group, are not doing any solo tricks and satisfy. Showing low register difficulty on the reverse side. Miss Smith saves it With a strong C&C assist and good Miller arranging. The Modcrnaires. With Paula | Kelly (chorus ancl orch > "Autumn Serenade"-"Coffce Five. Doughnuts Five" (Columbia 368781. The Mod- crnaires. given good support by ba- toncer Mitchell Ayres, have waxed an outstanding example of what a chorus s-hould sound like. The one flaw is something; all grouos seem to attempt in an effort to arrange in a different way. Here it is the solo lines handed to a member of the group, in this case Paula Kelly. Miss' Kelly, in a single that segues out of the good heat, the fullness, and the tone quality of the chorus, sounds too thin surrounded by such volume. Her voice adds light to the male chorus, true, but only in the unison work. On the back label ("Coffee") Ayres again gives the Modernaires good scoring. Rhythm excellent and the foursome sing with neat bounce, but the lyric doesn't wax so well. Tune should be okay in a p,a. Gene Krupa (vocal by Anita O'Day) "Chickery Chick"-"Just a Little Fond Affection" (Columbia 3U877). The drummer man's band is graced with a classy chirper, Anita O'Duy, who really sells "Chickery Chick." which already occupies a top spot on the juke parade under the Sammy Kaye banner. But this one beats 'em all, with accent on beat. Miss O'Day really keeps the wax in the 4-4 groove. Charley Ventura.' tenor saxman. does more than his ■share of artistic valving. Only weary spot is the choral work by the band, lust a Little Fond Affection" on re- j verse opens with some sterling sax- ! ing by Johnny Bothwell. Buddy I Stewart follows with a mediocre vo- j cal. which really isn't needed, for in- strumentally this disk stands alone. With Krupa. Bothwell and Ventura it shows music bright work all through. Benny Goodman (vocal by Liza Morrow> "Symphony" - "My Guy's Come Back" (Columbia 3G874). Showing the same fine rhythm that has kept. BG lasting on the bandstand. '.'Symphony," which was introduced by Freddy- Martin, opens with the still great Goodman stick, and is vo- cally segued by Liza Morrow, new with the organization. Miss Morrow is an excellent rhythm singer and proves it on this, her first date with BG. Although slow moving it's got the beat, it'll be bought. On what was originally intended to be the "A" side. Goodman has i installed "My Guy's Come Back." It's dance- able and definitely Miss Morrow's opportunity to exhibit her talent for the bout)coy-beat. Although caught on other occasions where she shoo- shooed better. Miss M. still sounds like a G l, t!dm:in crew-member, for the. shoe fits.- Helen Forrest.'* disli belter on this. Gray Matter After a six-month disc'lavoff.'the Three Suns have dually straightened | out the difficulty surrounding the I terms asked, and the terms offered. Majestic has signed them for a one- Donohue's, N. J. Dine & Dancery, Mulls Return To Name Band Setup Donohue's, roadside dine and dance spot on Route 23, Cedar Grove, IS'. J., which before the War em- ployed for a short while a name band policy of a sort, is again aim- ing at that style of operation. It Is currently dickering for an. opening baud and may start with Shorty Sherock's oii.tt.it. which occupied Glen Island Casino. New Rpchelle, N. Y.. all sumincr. Donohue's is' in the same area as frank D'iiiley's IVlcadowbrook, some three miles away along the same highway. II used Us first big band around 19:>!). opening with Johnny McGhee and following with Teddy Powell, el al. year period, during which time they will record a minimum of three platters, with a guarantee of 100,000 circulation on everything waxed. First time to be cut will be an original, "Everybody Loves My Baby." Trio are also authors of the new Shep Fields disc\ "It's Dawn Again." . . - wmmm --isS:f' : S : ;':i: By RALPH FREED and HARRY § ARRIS SANTLY-JOY 1619 Broadway. Ne Tommy Valando, Gen New York \<t^%$ en. Prof. Mar. \ Bands at Hotel B O/s •land Hal AlomaV. .. Johnny Long*.., Frankie Carle. .. Emil Coleman 0 .. Art Mooney Guy Lombardo.. Woody Herman. Vaughn Monroe. Hotel Lexington (300; 75c-$1.50) ... 6 :Ne*v Yorker (400; $1-$1.50) 8 .Pennsylvania (500; $1-51.50). 9 . Waldorf (550; $2) 10 . Lincoln (275; SI-SI.50). ... 14 . Roosevelt (400; $1-$1.50) 8 .400 Club (850: $1-$1.50> 3 Commodore (400; $1-$1.50) 0 Cover* Total WoeL.1 I'uni ' Cover* rtajed H'erk Om IMIr 1,725 109,725 1.925 16,350 2.450 22,100 3.250 35,050 825 12,375 2,875 26,575 3.000 11,'775 11.500 1,500 •Asterisks indicate o supporting jfloor shoio. New Yorker litis Ice show. Lexington, o» HffiCaiioit floor show. Waldorf, Hai tmuiis. t 4 Days. I Chicago Sherman Hayes (Walnut Room. Bismarck hotel; 465; $1.50-$2:50 min.). Parties responsible for keeping the family-type Walnut Room's total to 3,100 for Hayes. Paul Sydell and Del Mar & Rita. Ernie Heckscher (Mayfair Room, Blackstone hotel: 350; $1.50-$2.50 min ). Christmas slump felt here, as elsewhere; 2,400 for Burl Ives wasn't bad, however. ; George Olsen (Empire Room. Palmer House; 700: $3-$3.50 mho. Conven- shes helped jack it up to nice 9.200 for Olscn. Mhmeviteh Rascals, etc. Jess Stacy (Panther Room. Sherman hotel: 950.- $1.50-$2.50 min.). Stacy opened Friday (14), dividing small 5.000 with Gene Krupa, who moved out. Ted Weeins (Boulevard Room. Stevens hotel; 650;i$;i-$3.50i. Wcems, Herzogs. 5 Willys, and Hibbert, Byrd & LeRoy played to small 5,500 this time. Los Angeles Freddy Martin (Ambassador: 900; $1-$1,50>. Top social circles prac- tically taking over this spot for annual parties give it 5,000 covers. Jimmy Grier (Biltmore: 900; $1-|1.5<D. Yule festivities are keeping up trade here to solid 4.400 tabs. Location Jobs, Not in Hotels (Chicago) Gay Claridce (Chez Paree: 650; $3-$3.50 min.). Even the town's best- seller, with Danny Thomas headlined, took a dio: 5.200. Harry Cool (Blackhawk; 500; $2-S2.5u min.t. Some 3.600 for Cool Joey Rardin and Rossi Sisters. Buddy Shaw (Latin Quarter: 700: S3-S3.50 min ). Billv Vine-Dorothy Donegan-Jerry Cooper combo closed Thursday <13«. sharing only fair 4 000 with new layout: Jack Durant, Sarah* Ann McCabe, Nicholas Bros, and Gloria Gilbert. Took a heavy slide Doing plenty of WATCH FOR A NEW HIT IN 1946!! TAKE IT AWA Y L ™'C MUSIC A. GAMSE — E, MADRIGUERA MAGNET MUSIC, INC. R.C.A. •LOG.. 1250 Sixth Ave. h. w Y#rk (Lo.< Avgeles) Stan Kenton (Palladium, B, Hollywood. 7th week) to 22.500 admissions.- Holidays hit here hard. Jan Garber (Trianon. B. South Gate," 1st week). Bow-in stanza was inched by the seasonal slump but still managed well at fciJSO customers Malty aMalneck (Slapsy Maxie's. N, Los Angeles, 13th week). No matter what happens, this place will always do capacity business of 4 000 Xavier Cugat (Trocadero, N. Hollywood. 3rd week ). Plenty" of boxofficc draw with Cugat's name to pull in 3.200'tabs. Enric Madriguera (Ciro's, N. Hollywood. 11th week) coin collecting, despite the holidays with 2,950 covers; JAIL TERM FOR SONG PIRATING IN MEX. C. Mexico City, Dec. 18. Pirating songs copyrighted in Mexico is a prison offense. That was revealed with the committing to jail, in default o"t bail, by the first district criminal coUrt here, of Isidro Lopez Ortiz. He was accused by Robert Henkel of selling without authoriza- tion Hen kel's song, "Palabras de Amor" ("Words of Love") which the writer proved he had registered with the Ministry of Public Educa- tion. . Such registration is equivalent to copyrighting in Mexico. Peatman System Hypoes Standards Peatman system or song plugs is giving oldtinicrs a break on the music sheet. Since new system of music tabulation went into elTcct, tunes that have become standard are making more appearances on the list. Example 6C the break writers or standards are getting is the tabula- tion in which Jimmy Mcllugh's and Harold Adamson's tunes "I Can't Be- lieve That You're in Love With Me," 'I Can't Give You Anything But Love" and "Sunny Side of the Street" knocked off three spots in the first 10 two weeks ago. ATTENTION! RADIO ARTISTS AND PROGRAM DIRECTORS THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY IS RAVING ABOUT N I C K A N D C H A S K E N N V A N D N E R S I L V E R 1 6 1 ? ■ R O A D W A Y N y c Recorded 0/ TOMMY TUCKER Columbia PHIL IRITO Musieraft DE MARCO SISTERS Majestic BILLY ECKSTINE National John Kirby orchestra signed to record for Musicraft Records on a contract that also ties up Sarah Vaughn Kirby's -sini«er, as a soloist for the diskersj . . •' DAROANELLE AND HER MEN OF MUSIC COPACABANA, NEW YORK NOW-8TH MONTH i S S 0 c 74 5 -