Variety (Jul 1946)

42 ORCHESTRAS-MUSIC Wednesday, July 17, 1946 NBC, CBS, ABC, Mutual Plugs (Peatman System) Fo/lou>i»w are the Most Played songs of the week, July 5-11, based on tlie eoRvrigliied siimcy by Dr. John Peatman's Ojficc o.f Research, using the Accurate Reporting Radio Log as basis oj iii/orinniioii in IV, Y. Adventure ,.. .Siarlisht , All the Time—v"No Leave. No Love" Robbins ' All Through the Day—fCenlennial Summer" Williamson Coax Me a Little Bit. Bourne Conic Rain Come Shine—""St. Louis Woman" .Crawford Cvnthia's In Love ... ABC Do You Love Me?—1"Do You Love Me?"... BVC Doin' What Comes Natur'lly—""Annie Get Your Gun" Berlin Don't Be a Baby, Baby ....; Triangle Full Moon and Empty Arms Barton Gypsy Leeds I Don't Know Enough About You iC-P I Don't Know Why—■:"Faithful In My Fashion".. Feist I've Got Sun In Morning—*"Annie Cot Your Gun" Berlin In Love In Vain—I"Centennial Summer" T. B. Harms More Than You Know Miller Night and Day—'"Night and Day" T. B. Harms One More Tomorrow.. Remick Prisoner ot Love ... Mayfair- Shoo Fly Pic Capitol Should I Tell You I Love You'.'—""Around the World" ....T. B. Harms Sioux City Sue Morris Strange Love—; "Strange Love of Martha Ivers" Famous Surrender Santly-Joy They Say It's Wonderful—•"Annie Get Your Gun". Berlin To Each His Own Paramount Whatta Ya Gonna Do *BMI Who Told You That Lie. . .. .JStevens Without Yon—iMake Mine Music ..Southern You Are Too Beautiful ,. Harms 1 Filmtisicril. 1 Legit Musical, t BMl Licensed. 10 Best Sheet Sellers Week Ending Jun« 13) Gypsy Leeds What Comes Naturally... .Berlin They Say It's Wonderful. .Berlin" I Don't Know Enough ,.C-P Love in Vain Williamson Do You Love Me BVC All Through Day.,. .Williamson Prisoner of Love Mnyf?ir Surrender '. Snnlly-Joy Come Rain, Shine Crawford Barnet Joins 'Dorseys' Hollywood. July 16. Charlie Barnet was signed over weekend to portray himself in Charles R. Rogers' production. "Fabulous Dorseys", which started work yesterday (Mon.). Makes third batoncer set for pic, aside from starring brothers. Others are Paul Whiteman and Woody Herman. Deal now pends lor Stan Kenton, current here at Meadowbrook ball- room, to do a shot in the film. Top Tunes for Your Books An All-Time Favorite DON'T BLAME ME Music by .. . JIMMY McHUCH Published by ROBBINS Towne Wins Verdict Over Ray Anthony On Talk of Town' Priority Arguments over which band had prior right to use a standard tune as a broadcast theme song is a new twist to the band business. The new Ray Anthony orchestra, cur- rently at the Roscland ballroom, N. Y.. and George Towne, at Pel- ham Heath Inn, N. Y., tangled in such a way last week: NBC and CBS acted as mediators. Both bands had time on both chains, and each of the latter ruled that Towne had prior rights to the song. "Talk of the Town," since he had been using it on their facilities before Anthony. Anthony was using the melody and title of the tunc in this way: "It's the Talk of the Town"—Ray An- thony's orchestra. Towne was using the tune in a similar way. After the argument started, both bands went to Santly-Joy, publisher of the song, to get priorities straightened out. S-J ducked the issue by tossing I the ball to the networks. J. Dorsey Gives Up Hollywood Dancery To Brother, Others Hollywood, July 18. Jimmy Dorsey is no longer a stockholder in the Casino Gardens Ballroom, Ocean Park, near here. J. D. gave up his interest in the spot to brother Tommy and the other shareholders in the venture because he's not interested in business angles beyond the operation of his band. Legal details are said to be cleared for the transfer of his in- terest, although it is still not official. It's emphatically denied by the principals that J.D.'s withdrawal from the Casino partnership results from any differences with Tommy Dorsey or the -other shareholders. He is still a co-venturer with T.D. in the Dorsey Bros. Music Co., operated out ot New York. As for the conflict, reported last week in Variety, over how the Dorseys bands will be booked into the Gardens ' nexl month, that re- mains lo be settled. Here again there is no hard feelings between the brothers. Jimmy Dorsey simply dislikes the ideo of doubling from the filming of "The Fabulous Dor- sey." which the brother are making independently for United Artists release. JORDAN 'FIVE' GRANTED COAST HIATUS FOR N.Y. : Hollywood. July 16. j Louis Jordan's Tympany Five i (actually sixl booking into Billy \ Berg's nitcry has been shunted back ' from original -mid-September date j until Jan. 9. General Artists Corp. • had considerable difficulty getting Berg to agree lo switch, which was made to enable Jordan to go into 400 Club. N. Y., in September. Aside from top coin, another 400 lure was fact the Manhattan site has nine radio remotes weekly. For the Berg dale. Jordan will get a fiat $3,500 per stanza, top money ever paid by spot to any act or band. Johnny Mercer autographs his latest hit record of "My Sugar Is So Refined" (or the writers, Sidney Lippman and Sylvia Dee. Scene took place at the offices of Capitol Songs, where Mercer thanked the talented, young writers for the privilege of introducing their new hit song on records and over the air. Thanks to the disc jockeys and juke boxes, tune has assumed hit proportions. Bands at Hotel B.0. s . Covers Toini Nat Brandwynne*.Biltmore (600; a la carte)..... 5 2,200 13475 Carmen Cavallaro .Astor (850; $l-$1.50j ,/■>.. • 4 5,225 20'57'i Guy Lombardo...Waldorf (650; $2) 0 fl,500 1500 Elliot Lawrence . .Pennsylvania (500; $1-$1.60) 2 1,850 4'oofl Johnny Pineapple*Loxington (300; 75c-$1.50) 24 1,400 48475 Joe Reichman Roosevelt (400; $1-$1.50) 3 2,250 l&'esn Chuck Foster ....New Yorker (400; $1-$1.50) 3 1,500 5,550 • Asterisks indicate a supporting floor show. New Yorker has ice show Lexington, an Hawaiian floor show; Biltmore, Dunninger, ' t 3 days. • Chicago Tex Beneke (Panther Room, Sherman hotel; 950; $1.50-$2.50 min.) Beneke and the Glenn Miller orch catching on in its second week with a jump to 6,000. Sherman Hayes (Walnut Room, Bismarck hotel; 485; $1.50-$2.50 min.). Following the trend with a jump to 3,400. Ernie Heckscher (Mayfair Room, Blackstone hotel; 350; $1.50-$2.50 min). A good 2,700.' Ted Straeter (Empire Room, Palmer House; 590; S3-$3.50 min.). Up again to 5,700. Orrln Tucker (Boulevard Room, Stevens hotel; 850; $3-$3.50 min.). Nifly 5,900. Los Angeles Freddy Martin (Ambassador; 900; $1-$1.50). Hitting a sweet clip with wartime pace of 4.000 tabs. Russ Morgan (Biltmore; 900; $1-$1.50). Mightiest figure ot a long time still holds at 4,800 covers. Location Jobs, Not in Hotels (Chicago) Gay Clarldpe (Chez Parce; 650; $3-$3.50 min.). Back to capacity 6,000 after slight drop last week. Del Courtney (Blackhawk; 500; $2-$2.50"Tnln.). Courtney headed for Blackhawk record with 4,700. Henry King (Aragoii; 90c-$1.50). Good 14,000. Georjfe Olsen (Trianon; 90c-$1.15). Heavy rain on Chi's soulhside Wednesday (10) held down attendance but still robust 17,000. Buddy Shaw (Lnlin Quarter; 700; $3-$3.50 min.). Keen 4,300. (Los Angeles) . Frankie Carle (Palladium, B, Hollywood, 5th wk.). Still getting close to 20.000 aclmishes. Henry Busse (Avodon. B, Los Angeles, 3d wk.). Took hefty drive up to 13,000 customers. Tiny Hill (Trianon. B, South Gate, 5th wk.). Closed out with good in- crease to 3,758 payolas. Stan Kenton (Meadowbrook, B, Culver City, 1st wk.). Going full time now and did magnificent 8,500 for initial six days. OLMAN TO VISIT METRO EVERY 3 M0S. FOR BIG 3 Hollywood, July 16. Abe Oiman. Robbihs-Feist-Miller chief, returned to his N. Y. head- quarters Sun. (14) after one-week visit, his first siiicc rising lo the top of ' Metro's The Big Three. Time with few studio execs, cupping an here chiefly was spent huddling ear to tunes r which will be tapped into forthcoming Metro films and casting around for more local office space for outpost here, which is bossed by Eddie McHarg. Hereafter, Olman will visit Metro lot every three months lo listen to composers play their screen tunes and view rushes of pix in produc- tion so he can "get a better appre- ciation of the songs" and decide on their promplion upon publication. Robbins - Feist - Miller outfits will, attempt to bring out ditties about' four months before films in which they are featured are released; Ol- man figures that interval is the time required to start a buildup which will bloom coincidentally with pix reaching public. Too, in the future, distribution of tunes from Metro product will be equally shared among three . films. 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