Variety (May 1946)

W-1newlay, May 1, 1946 ORCHESTRAS-MUSIC 55 Musk Notes _ . M aN wcll, harpist with Matty Mai neck's band, inked as single by r iumbia Records... .Peggy Lee back in Holly wood.... Cass County Boys, • mine trio from Gene Aulry airshow, pacted for platters by ARA .... iwirn Humes has shifted her vocalizing from Aladdin to Black & White 2 cords ...Rafael Mcndez-Cliff Lang and ork combo have cut "Sym- hnle Jazz" album for Pan-American Records.. . .Ben Pollack, prez of 5 vcl Records, east to set up dislribs for his product... .Phil Regan back i Hollywood.. . . Victor Borge leaves Coast late this month on concert toiir Joan Barton, Desi Arnaz band chirp, inked for platters by Pan-Amcr- {"n Sid Talmadge has arrived on Coast .from N. Y. to join Cosmo ltoords' distrib office there.. . .Burl Ives signed by Decca. Waxery will hustle out album of songs from 20lh-Fox's,''Smokey." in which Ives appears Jean Byron'new thrush with Spike Jones' outfit... .Bob Mohr band novf waxing on Winner label... Linda Darnell warbles pair in 20th-Fox Sun "Darling Clementine".. . .Ronnie Ralph set to wax moppctuncs for Spotlight Records, using 12-piece accomp Kay Starr's suit to break her warbling pact with Jewel Records calen- dared for May 23 in Los Angeles' Superior court,.. ."One-Zy, Two-Zy" British rights have been given to Chappell Music, European continent rights to Charing Cross Music and Australasian rights to Allen, Ltd.... Ginger Dinning caught the mumps so Capitol Records on Coast had to cancel recording dates of Dinning Sisters, vocal trio, over weekend. Benny Carter, current at Trlanon : ballroom, L. A., cut a batch of Keynote platters, featuring Sonny White on the 88 Bernard Hermann leaving'for N Y. Sunday (5) upon completion of conducting score of 20th-Fox's "Anna and King of Siam" Lecuona Cuban Boys sighed, by 20th-Fox for "Car nival in Costa Rica." PAT BALLARD CAN'T RESIST LJNDY'S CALL Tyrone. Pa., April 30. Pal Ballard, who took a rest from Tin Pan Alley the past year via pur- chase of a small town jewelry store, lias peddled his property in Tyrone, Pa., and returns to the bright lights to scribble lyrics. . ..'■■-. Starling as a hobby, Ballard got interested in collecting rare violins about five years ago, now does it seriously, and has written a book Outfit.getting $50,000 for four-week stint..,.Harry on the subject, which has been 10 Best Sheet Sellers (Week Ending, April 27) Laughing-on the Outside..BMI All Through Day,.. .Williamson Prisoner of Love Mayfair Gypsy , Leeds Oh What. lt Seemed .Santly Shoo-Fly Pie:/.Capitol Sioux City Sue Morris One-zy Two-zy .. Martin I'm Big Girl Now........World You Won't Be Satisfied:.Mutual ■ at ■ - • ■ tim, Keynote Records' artisls-and-rep chief, back in N. Y. after fortnight on Coast... .Dave Kapp k Decca veepee, in Hollywood on quickie dash .from Gotham Happy Goday, Leeds Music veepee, back on Coast after six months in N. Y Nappy Lamare, currently fronting own outfit at Gay tin, L. A., cut.four new slides for Sunset Records.. . .Bin'g Crosby recorded "As Long As I'm Dreaming" for Paramounl's "Welcome Stranger." one to five new Burke-Van Heusen tunes. ...Bob Wills' oatuncrs into Universal two-recler. Modernaircs featured in same short... ."The Notables," vocal quartet, signed by PRC for "Missouri Hayride"... .Buddy.Rich band disked four sides on Coast for Mercury label... .The Todds, trio on Al Pcarce air- show, pacted by Bel-Tone Records. . . . Helen Humes' contract with Aladdin Records bought by Black & White plaltery.. . .Mort Greene and Leigh Harllne cbllab-on. ditties for RKO's "Beat the Band," Frances Langford- Gene Krupa starrer into production June 10... .Ethel Smith, swing organ- ist, arrived on Coast from N. Y. foe spot -in'Universal'? "Cuban Pete"..... Robert Scott signed by Mercury Records on Coast.... .Henry King band completed rhumba album for Black & White Records... .Desi Arnaz inu- slcrew will wax Latin album for/RCA-Victor when band arrives in N. Y. —: : placed in many college and univer- sity libraries for reference. He has been go-between in many sales of famous violins, including an Amati formerly owned by Jascha Heifetz. Professional writing done by Bal- lard in the past 25 years includes several of the old U, of P. "Mask & Wig" scores, over 100 published pop songs, radio scripts for Fred. Astaire. Fred Waring, etc., and several un- ; produced plays' that were sold to i Hollywood. NBC, CBS, ABC, Mutual Plugs (Peatman System) Follotciiif/ are the Most Played sonyx of the week, April 19-25, based on lite copi/rip/ited survey by Dr. Jofui.PenimaH's Office of Research, using ilie Accurate Reporting Radio Log as'basis of information ire N. Y. All Through the Day—fCentennial Summer"..; .Williamson Atlanta. G. A. .... i. 4Stcvens Come Rain, Come Shine ...'....'.....„.,.' ...........Crawford Day by Day.. ... '., .........;........Barton Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief—fSloik Club"... Melrose Easter Parade— '"As Thousands Cheer" .;.'. ...,...... Berlin Gypsy. The ..'. ... .. .Leeds' i Don't Know Enough About You iC-P I Fall'In Love With You Every Day ....Stept I'm Always Chasing Rainbows—f'DolIy Sisters" ....Miller In Love In Vain—f'Centennial Summer" T. B. Harms It Couldn't Be True .....Santly-Joy Laughing On the Outside '..' ' .......iBMl More Than You Know—•"Great Day" Miller. Oh What It Seemed To Be ....Santly-Joy Otic More Dream .. Barton One More Tomorrow ,. .'. ....Rernick One-zy. Two-zy ....Martin Personality—r'Road to Utopia" ....Burke-VH Pickle In the Middle ...Robbins Seems Like Old Times ...... iFcist. Shoo Fly Pie .Capitol Sioux City Sue :. .Morris Some Sunday Morning— f'San Antonio" ., Harms Symphony , .......; . .Chappell They Say. It's Wonderful—•"Annie Get Your Gun",/...Berlin Welcome To My Dreams—f'Road to Utopia"................Burke-VH We'll Gather Lilacs .... .......... ....Chappell Who's Sorry Now Mills You Won't Be Satisfied .... Mutual t Filniusicnl. : * Leyil Musical, j BMI Licensed. MuUc ficyui 7o -P. eve. OU R N E I n c AL GOODMAN and Orchestra Introducing Pr*J FUhtr Mtiuc Company's laUit Hit "Gee I I'm Glad to Be THE ONE THAT I AM" m the Prudential Family Hour Sunday, May Slh. C.I.S. 5-5:30 P.M. T-Jrlr, hy KAMCT I.KHNKR Hunk b, J. HU&SBI. KUBIK80N SPRIGGENS, COOLEY IN BEEF BEFORE UNION Hollywood. April 30. Deuce Spriggens, leader of west- ern band, was hailed before Local 47 trial board by Spade Cooley. baloneer of rival oalune aggrega- tion, charging latter with solicita- tion. Bands currently alternate on bandstand at Western Palisades ballroom, Santa Monica, and Cooley is charged wilh. trying to ease out or otherwise undermine his podium podduer. Hearing will be held by 1 union board today (Tucs.1. i Bobbie Bennett, operator of Pali- i sades under lease from Walt New- | comb, supports Spriggens" charges, i It is claimed thai immediately after j being booked to share <rcg'ular Sat- 1 urday night dates witli Spriggens. Cooley commenced making over-. ! tures to Miss Bennett to cancel rival. ! Failing to win this point, it is , charged. Cooley went to Newcomb \ and attempted to have Miss Ben- i netl's lease terminated so he could assume operation of the cactus- caperv. Spriggens has been fixture at Palisades since September last. '■ Cooley came in lo split the music- king last month. Coincidentally, Spriggens quit Cooley crew Dick Stabile Set For Bilhnore Hotel, N.Y., Date Dick Stabile's new orchestra draws its first major hotel job in the N. Y. area. It will open May 9 at the Bilt- more hotel. N. Y., for four weeks wilh options. Follows the current Jack Harris. Stabile was discharged from the Coast Guard last fall. Buddy Morrow Shifts To Lincoln, N. Y., May 10 Buddy Morrow's new orchestra, which finished a long run at the Roseland Ballroom, New York, Sun- day (28), moves into the Lincoln hotel, N. Y. May 10, following cur- rent Erskjne Hawkins. Run is short, for only three or four weeks or un- til the band goes into the Capitol theatre. N. Y. the last week in May or first in June, with the Ritz Bros, show. Who'll succeed Morrow then at the Lincoln is unknown. Lee Castle is mentioned. SPIKE JONES' $4,500 FOR BUFFALO QUICKIE Spike Jones' City Slickers, whose antics on RCA-Victor records have boosted them into the big-coin class, will draw' $4,500 for 45 minutes work July 4 at a party put on by the Buf- falo. N. Y.. Evening News. Six-man combo will work as an act on a long bill—drawing $100 a minute for its comedy and corn. Date is part of a string, of one- nighters Jones has booked in eastern and western Canada, for which he's drawing $2,500 a night guarantees. He does 11 dates in Canada all told, in Calgary. Saskatoon. Winnipeg, London, Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Out., et. at. Band Review TONY PASTOR ORCH. (17) Wilh Virginia Maxey, Tommy Lynn, i Tune-Timers (4) ; Hotel Pennsylvania, N. Y. , Tony Pastor's band proves, on this , , date, that it finally has arrived, about H I Working for the first time at the year ago with five other prairie Pennsylvania's Cafe. Rouge, one of] plainlers and formed own outfit. At . >P prestige jobs of the country, I fhat time Miss. Bennett managed ! ^^ ^Z^^^l Cooley; now she manages Spriggens. j fol . p as(ol . himself has long been one ; of the best top name potentials : . . , ■ available. Muslcrart planning a 'Centennial Trn S combo Pastor led into the Summer" album with chirper Lou- ! Penn, consisting of four trumpets, anne Hogan and Alfred Newman's : three trombones, five sax. four orchestra . . Kitty Kallen cuts her ] rhythm, headed by the leader's own Lawrence Starts at Top With Penn, N.Y., Date July 1 Elliot Lawrence, whose new band has started more conversation in the band business in the east than any outfit since before the war. debuts the combo July 1 at the Pennsyl- vania hotel, N. Y. Thai's what is called starting at the top. since the Penn is regarded as one' of the best band spots in the east. Lawrence is in for five weeks, with options, following George Paxton. who suc- ceeds the current Tony Pastor. Lawrence's outfit is another spawned at WCAU, Philadelphia, i He was musical director of the sta- I tion almost two years and during ■ that time excited consistent com- : ment via CBS broadcasts. He fol- ; lows Jan Savitt and several other < leaders who have made a name while at WCAU. Band is being handled by General { Artists Corp. It also is under con- tract lo Columbia Records, for which it makes its first disks today (Wed.) in N. Y. Mc Allen Publications, a Long Island, N. Y.. firm, has republished their tune "Saratoga Trunk Blues" since Warner Bros, release of the film "Saratoga Trunk." Song was originally published in 1941. |0F MR Of yiSfUMWf mNDARB TODAt first sides for Musicrafl in wood end of this month. . . Gcorgie i Auld cutting four sides for Musicraft ' in N. Y. before heading for the Coast on a Columbia Pictures deal. To.ci Lifer at 47 Hollywood, April 30. Arturo Toscanini last week was voted honorary life membership in Local 47 of American Federation of Musicians meeting. Composer is now in Milan, Italy, impression last-fall at Frank Dailey's working on revival of opera in his- Meadowbrook. Strengthening is on :, • r . c ra i a the musical side, replacements in! 10 " 0 ^ acala - the various sections having sharp better outfit Hollv- last .V tenoring, is even a ' nn ,.n';> than that which made such a fine * ^ondard ExplolWlon Oepf 4 Big $ T619 Broadw. .w York »9, Clrde «v NOW WITH GENERAL ARTISTS CORP. MS K. MkhlsiM ATCBgr, Cbkocn Tel«ph«w: Mate fttM STEADILY CLIMBING TO THE TOP "IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE TIME" Feofarcd ly: ' ChtshlR, Dick StoWL. Milton Shrednich. Tkr«« Sum. Vinsent Upei, Georq* lorry. The Ireakfart Club, Al Trace, till McCune, Jack Claud* Hepklui. Coait-to-Ceatt on a iui, Rainbow Houm, Jack hHan, Herbt* Fieldi, Francis Crala, Jack Smith, Joe Oalllccho, Horn * Hardart Children's Hour, Iren* Day, Vera Holley. Jack Harrli. Kora Kobbitrs and othars. GAUMONT MUSIC PUBLISHERS 1*M Iroadway, Naw York II. N. Y. Profassional Mgr.—Ja« SchastM' Mnn. 4-44J* ened the preciseness and enthusiasm ! that was even then so evident in its | performance. A solid beat it has al- j ways had. . ■ | However, Pastor's forte remains • his crack arrangements. His . book. | unusually well stocked with pops, | . standards and novelties, Is oulsland- ■ ing. Not often can it be said that | ah arrangement of this or that tune by any one band is at the same time both commercial and good musical-! )v. That applies to virtually all of this band's library. The stuff is', modern, musical, colorful, and tx-. tremeiy attractive to the lHyman. An example is the writing of "Whis- pering." Pastor himself adds plenty to the. band. His likable personality, com- bined with an unusual song delivery makes him stand- out among mae- : stros who must cater to the public. Virginia Maxey, blonde, cute and lively, holds up her chore neatly. She's an improved singer, too. Tommy Lynn does ballads fairly well ■and a quartet, recently added, help some. Latter group, could stand im- proved costuming arid coiffeurs, how evei. SANTLY-JOY SAIL ALONG SILV'RY MOON By TOBIAS and WENRICH Wood.