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50 •M»BSTRAS-MITSI€ Wednesday, May 8, 1946 Itstined to be Great Meney-Making Records!! STORK RECORDS (Formerly Craiceni- Racordi) Proudly Preierrrt NEW SENSATIONAL RELEASES Ready for Shipment Bill McCUNE and ORCHESTRA Asbory Park, N J., Pool Mulls Name Bands Vs. Convention Hall Policy. Waller Rcade. -film exhibitor who ' controls most of .Iho amusement en- ) tcrprises in Asbury Park, N. J.,; plans use of no me bunds in the I Monle Carlo pool, which he op- I crates. Plan Ls to have the bands II conccrtize several sessions during 1'the day. j Basic reason for Readc's use of v ■ 'bands'is to offset competition H orn | dansants to 'be held at the Conven- tion Hall in .same town. There'll be ; no lerping at the pool. j It's planned to start enicrtainmenl : al the pool July 4 lor three days. | Tony Pastor is likely to be the 'opener. 1 rulloweu by Glen Gray's Casa Lnma band. MONROE HANKERS TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY Vaughn Monroe's orchestra prob- ably will So on being sold inde- pendent of any agency -affiliation Currently at Frank Dailey's Mead- owbrook. Monroe is booked ahead ■ as far as next DeccmlK'r. Some dales . are being handled direct by Willard ' Alexander arid others are being done through Billy Shaw at the Moc Gale ! agency, Monroe, who recently withdrew from the William Morris agency, figures that the demand for his band since the two RCA-Viclor hit re'e- ords.>b#l.started him going upward, obviate'*'' the necessity for aligning with an agency. He'll ink a eon- tract only in the event one of . the agents comes up with a radio deal or a 'dim contract. Former is'an im-. minent possibility: i-he l.ucky Strike Hit Parade talks have been revived by Music Corn, of America. Music Notes CR 1003 ADVENTURE (Vocal by Marshall Young) —Nick Kanny'i Latest Bid for the Hit Parade MAMA'S MOO-LEN-YANNA (l»Hy Buckner-Sam Natal (The Egg Plant Seng) ■Y DANNY 01 MINNO Sere-Fire Comedy Novelty Too. Ex-Bob Crosby Thrush Will Get Back Salary Hollywood. May 7. A! a hearing held last week at • | local offices of American Guild of ' variety Artists. ! Gil Rodin, manager of the, Bob Crosby band, admitted that Jewell Hopkins, songstress re- I cently dropped' from band, still was l owed week's salary of $125 and $25 Ijfor a one-niter. Payment will be I! made. Rodin assured union. Miss Hopkins, in bringing charges ! before AGVA. had slated to union ' officials that she further was f-wed two weeks salary in lieu of fort- night dismissal notice. Rodin proved , that thrush had been given standard notice, and when confronted .with proof. Miss Hopkins explained she Sy Manes Back in N.Y., j Still Tied to Burton Sy Manes, who left the music j business in N. Y. last year to join Billy Burton's management agency on the Coast, is back in N. Y. He has moved into Beverly Music, new publishing firm owned by Dick Haymes and Burton, as associate op- erator or the firm with Larry Shane. : In addition. Manes will continue with Burton, taking care of chores at this end. Dnrolhy Claire vocalizing for Tommy Dorsey's band on UC'A-Viclor labels, though not chirp with oreh... .Exclusive Records this week disk, ing firsl album, (six sides) by Herb Jeffries, quondam Ellington chanior . .. . Kdgar Hayes' four-piece combo inked for week at Billy Berg's. Holly, wood. May 2l..../.utly Singleton has quit Slim Gaillard.Trio and opened as a single at Sw.inee Inn L.A. nilcry... .Mrs. Nat t King i Cole recuiicrat- ing from appendectomy at Madison hosp. L.A... . .Republic Pix lias bought Foy Willing's ditty "Rose of Old Santa Fe"... .Miklos Ros/.a will score "The Killers", Mark Hcllingcr production for Universal.... David Snell will write score for Metro's "Thp Mighty McGurk''... .J. Carroll Naish has waxed "Sermon on the Mount" and "The Last Supper", narrations which will be marketed by Simmcl and Meservy. religious disUors David Bruce and. Ann Hunter this week chirping songs in Buddy Rogers- Ralph Cbhn Comet production "Miss Television", under musical direction of Hal Borne.....M Donahue cuts four sides for 4 Star Records May 16 in Hollywood. . . .Music Maids pactcd by Superior Records for iluimba disks, backed by Chuy Reyes' orch Mel Rose, prcv. of Melrose. N, Y. odd-label plaflery. on Coast setting up western distrib deal... :Kitly Kal- Ich waxed first four sides under new Musicvaft pact. .. .Kddic llcvwood set for eight-weeks at Trocadero Hollywood, June 10. .. . Paula Drew will thrush three songs in initial pie. "Oh. Say Can You See'."' at Uni- versal. ..Roy Webb nain?d musical director for RKO's "What Naiicv Wanted". .. .Aleutian Five, with Dottic O'Brien chirping, will w i(x f ou \. sides lor Ca;>ilol Records Fri. »10» Irving Mills in N. Y. for a week, then hies back: to Coast headquarters. .. .Curl Barrett parted for platters by Meino Records. .. .Harry Kesscl last with Southern Music's Coast of- fice, has joined Carol Music, Coast company, as songplugger. Lionel Hampton's take from a $41,600 week at the Earle. Philadel- phia, last week, amounted to almost 516.000. . . . Don Haynes will super- vise bookings of the Jerry Colonna- Billy Butterficld unit. . . . New spot at Ocean City. N. J.. near Atlantic hadn't recognized notice for what it j City, uaying fancy coin to name was. Singer is now current as single > bands for one-week dales Buddy Harry Cool to Open Glen Isle Casino, N.Y., July 1 for 5 Months Glen Island Casino. New York, has rearranged its schedule so as to open its regular season with Harry Cool's orchestra and use him pos- sibly the entire season. Cool, whose year-old orchestra has worked ex- clusively in the - midwest since its organization, originally was to come in July 17. It now opens June 1 Tor 10 weeks, with a 10-week option. Glen Isle's plans lo split the sea- son., with another band preceding Cool, opening later Ihis month, were shunted aside after difficulty was experienced buying a combo. Out oT this srew a hassle with the American Federation of Musicians, which now E. H. (Buddy) Morris, head of the Morris. May fair. Melrose. Bufke-Van Heuscn publishing group, came into New York yesterday t Tuesday i. on a 10-day visit..' at Club Royale. and Crosby combo' dark and Dorothy Shny to do new |has.been straightened out is on stand at Meadowbrook. Culver J disks for Columbia Records. "City. ' Southern-PRC Pact Hollywood. May 7. Southern Music Co. and PRC have i inked a deal whereby the former Eugenie Baird. former vocalist with I UII TAW CV kf\ EYEf Casa Loma band, lo plav Para- ] UlLlUll, LA'tUt LACl/, PREZ OF MUSICRAFT mount. N. Y..'with that combo as n : single act. opening June 5. Ber- nie Mann orchestra to open neu Anchor Room at Knickerbocker Yacht Club. Port Washington. L. I. ,, Gus Arnheim's band closed at I will publish all tunes from PRC j Sherman's. Saiv Diego, after solid pictures. Heretofore PRC has had no | three-year run. Outfit now on Nortrr- tie-in with music firms at all. CR 1002 BLUE (Vocal by Marthall Young) —Currently taken by <tona ALL WOMEN ARE WOLVES (Nov. Vocal by Tiny Morrii) -From Abeer Silver'* Fooieui look I First film's songs which Southern will issue under arrangement will be the seven ditties Kim Gannon and Walter Kent eleffed for forth- coming "Missouri Hayride." Peter Hilton. former v.p. of Maxon. Inc.. ad agency, was elected president of Musicrafl Records last week, to be assisted by Bobby Weiss, who two weeks ago was named to second the president s chair. Hilton ! west one-niter caper.' Jimmy Jones'^ succeeds Paul Puner. head of Mu combo now on ten-week run at i sicraft Sherman's followed by Wilson Hum- ber's crew for 10.. ... Al Jahn's band set for summer at Navajo ballroom. Big Bear Lake. Calif., opening June 16 . . . Red Nk-hols' quintet works week al Orphcum. L. A.. June 18. . . Leighton Noble set for fortnight at Saltair. Salt . Lake City, starting almost since its inception j who resigned three weeks or so ago due lo illness. Musicrafl is adjudged one of the steadier indie firms of the many that grew during the war. It recently purchased the Guild label, taking lille to thai company's phii i l hi Nor- walk. Conn. This is supplemented N. Y. and THE TALK Of THE TOWN GEORGE TOWNE Curreetiy ANSLEY HOTEL ATLANTA, GA. •roodcattlea Few Timet Weekly WOR-Metuol. Ceait-to-Cewt ■ * OPENING JUNE 4 PELHAM HEATH INN NEW YORK Mat.: MUSIC CORP. OF AMEWCA Pal's Disher Hollywood. May 7 Switch in who peddles and who June 13 . . . Barney Bigard's six-man | by a plant at Ossiniug. buys occurred Monday 161 when combo into Streets of Park. Holly- another in Los Angeles. I George Pal bought the first record ' wood nitery. for summer . . . Noni -— album ever sold for screen rights, i ^'trmed newland which"de- j BrO.WH In Break With Penn, buted as relief for Lawrence Wclk Pal 'purchased Cosmo's "Tubby i and the Tuba" yarn, narrated by ! Victor Jory. with Leon Barzin con- ; al Aragdn ballroom. L. A. . . . Glenn ■ dueling. I NX, Over 3G Guarantee Still Going Strong CR 1001 Band Review Henry crew se for Pacific Square. | Les B , ow „ won . ( ^ ,, is „ ; ,, es . San Diego. MaV 10-12 . . Claude lra inlo the p e , lnsv | Vilniil holel . N V . Lakey. or five years altoman wilh awin , hi , ve ar. He llallv rejects Iho. Harry .lames and a recent Army boslelryV salary ofTers. over which .dischargee, formed new 17-prece llt . bailed for weeks last summer before agreeing lo I he dale he play | George, Shaw's Orchestra Limohotiso Blues Sammertim* (Vocal by Tibby Bennett) VAN'CIIO ORCII (It) With Janie r'ertl Essex House, N. Y. combo already pacled for platters by 4 Star Records. Band now one- niting in California. . Sterling Young out of khaki and forming new band . . . Phyllis Gayle to Chi Playing his first Manhattan dale ; to join Gay Claridge band as-chirp km year and the Penn aooarrnllv since h L s recent discharge from the . . Lo l11s >Tordail d * own toi . week 0 , f - ' yei " ,,,e Pcn " an P !,l^,lU > , CR 100 Al Sims Orchestra She Keeps StHin' on It Love Me Tonight (Novelty Vocal) OPERATORS—DEALERS COST PRICE. .. . PLUS TAX LIST PRICE. . PLUS TAX Wrrfe, wire or phone for immeoVafe shipment STORK RECORD CO. 57* Fifth Ave.. Room 300 New York City, N. Y. Army. Pancho has brought together , an almost entirely new band. With i emphasis on Latin music, band is just right for this semi-swank spot. Apparently the management thinks so. too. since he returns here after a date at the Hotel Plaza. N. Y.. where he opens in June. . ; Strictly on . the society side. Pan- \ ! cho's new outfit mixes smooth bal- ; lads with a library of Latin music. ; : Jump numbers are held to a mini- ; : mum. and only one or two novelty arrangements provide diverse pac- ing. Mostly, it's fast sambas, tangos, i rhumbas. etc.. which have been Pan- eho's slock in trade pre-war. With only four reed, three brass and three rhythm to get by on. the ■ band gets in some surprisingly good ' Ml orchestral effects. Rhythm I sounds okny but is often awkward for tcrping. Latin music is done in Pancho's usually - good Argentine I style, although the rhythmic effects : could be spotlighted more for bet- ! ler results. i Janie Ford handles all the vocals. Gal's a nice-looker and injects a Sept. 7 at Orpheum. L. A., with eight weeks at Billy Berg's. Hollywood nitery. lo follow . . Charley Pick- nell new lead alto with Desi Arnaz and Ernie Walker new concert- master with crew . cd Iheie last December. He drew S:t.fl0n guarantee against the usual VOCAL GROUPS FEATURE ■RO ADC AST RECORD The Sentational Novelty ABSENT-MINDED ll> 111 HI Mil.I.Kit AilvnfU'r r<i|ii**« Brown & Henderson, lec leSO troodway. New York split of covers over a certain figure. Brown won't take the same $.'1,000 isn't lipping the bid. Bernie Tllove has jointed Stan- ford Zucker agency as one-night booker. He was previously wilh Frederick Bros.. Universal Attrac- tions and Gale. Inc. ORCHESTRAS TRAVEL - 14 to 21 Passenger LUXURY AIRLINERS e No reservation er travel werriei Get there refreshed Air Charier Agency 227 i. 57 St.. New York Wl 2-1100 sentimental quality into the pops. ! Novelty numbers, like '■Harriet." ! which she docs with the 1 entire en- | semble singing in unison behind her. are also good. Don Losh (New Act's), current "Hit Parade". crooner, is spotted for a short medley at dinner and supper shows. Bi/. fair on night caught <24i. Stal. SMASH HIT IN ENGLAND! A5HIL2E LA ZOOCH AND ALL OVER THI AMERICAN AIR WITH: FRED ALLEN SHOW IVORINE SHOW TOMMY TUCKER VINCENT LOPEZ RUSS DAVID RON PERRY GORDON MocCRAi JACK HARRIS 6AMPIELL SOUP SHOW HOOSIER HOP IU0DY MORROW JACK IERCH •RAT GORDON AL TRACE FRED WARING SHOW AND MANY OTHERS HORN • HARDART ■IASUY SMITH MILTON SHREONICK GEORGE TOWN! STAN KELLER ■ILL McCUNE UNCLE DON MANHATTAN rYSUSir; • -'J RL i S ;-; " ;• is.