Variety (Jul 1946)

42 OBCHKSTBAS-JHUSIC NBC, CBS, ABC, Mutual Plugs (Peatman System) Follotciurr nit' I lie IWosi Plnyed songs o/ flip ti'eel.-. July 19-25, based on Hie copj/j-ijj/i(ccl siirrei;Dr. John Pcnlmnii's Oifice of Research, using the Accurate fleportiiio Radio Log as basis ol iii/oniiniion in N. Y. AH'tho Time— "'No Leave. No Love" . .Robbins All Through the Day— ■{"Centennial Summer" . ; ... .Williamson Along- Willi Me :.. ... .Witmark Come Rain Conic Shine—*"St. Louis Woman"..... .• .Crawford Do You Love Me?-* w Do"¥'6u Love Me?" BVC Doin' What Come; Naliu'lly—"•Annie Get Your Gun".......Berlin Full Moon and Empty Arms ......Barton Gypsy ....Leeds 1 Don't Know Why— r Faithful In My Fashion" Feist 1 Don't Know Enough About You....... *.4C-P I've Got Sun In Morning—<"'Annio Get Your Gun".Berlin If You Were the Only Girl Mutual I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time Broadway In Love In Vain—""Centennial Summer", .T. B. Harms Laughing On the. Outside.... .. . ..tBMI- Night and Day—{"Night and Day", ...Harms One More Tomorrow. .Rcinick Prisoner of Love May-fair ghould I Tell You I Love You.'—""Around the World"... .T. B. Harms Sioux City Sue .. v. Morris South America Take It Away—'"Call Me Mister"-,..... , . . .Witmark Strange Love— {"Strange Love of:Martha Ivors" ..Famous Surrender Santly-Joy They Say,It's Wonderful—'"Annie Get Your Gun". :Berlin There's^ No One But You ' ." ...Shapiro To Each His Own—f'To Each His Own" .". Paramount Whatta Ya Gonna Do i'BMI Who Told You That Lie ;'. . ...iStevens Without You—f"Make Mine Music" ■.{Southern You May Not Love Me—{"Road To Utopia".. .... Burke-VH- .t Filmusical. * Legit Musical. t BMl Licensed. Wednesday, Jnly 31, 194$ DORSEYS'PIC UPPED TO JU00,000 BUDGET Hollywood, July 30. Budget on the Dorsey . brothers" independently-made film. 'The Fab- ulous Dorseys," has been stepped up to $1,200,000. Original cost was to have been $750,000. It's understood the increased budget is not.due so much to hiked basic costs as it is to added ideas. Incidentally, it's not lil-ely that the filming of the life of the late Major Glenn Miller will be done this year. Harry Romm, who left General Artists Corp. last spring to come here and produce the film, will return to New York next week. He has encountered a host of difficul- ties preventing production in the.im- mediate future. Romm's principal problem was his Inability to secure studio space. There's been little space available for several years. Too. Romm was unable to secure a lead actor since the screenplay, being written from a synopsis turned out by Richard English, who also wrote the Dorsey brothers' film, is unfinished. yC$ IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY SArl There Are Jut Two I's In Dixie (Two blue ayei that nwan th« world to me) By I.OIIS llr.KSCIIKII A Song You Sang Y«terdoy, You Will Sing Again Today and Tomorrow Copyright renew 111 Bnrt inibllrullnn rljclitN uaglKneri to: BELL SONG PUBLISHING COMPANY 6133 Dp I^mjutrr Avenue Hollywood, CiillforulH Puhllitlirrn Of: "MAMA SAID A WORD ABOUT LOVE." lyrlct by Ruth Htrxher. A Great. Novelty Sana—A Natural far. the Juke Bo«e>. "DRIFTIN" (laiy Ilka I taka it e»iy> by Edward J. Kay I. Loulj Herictm. From the Unlvtrial FeMurette. starring Frankle Carla and sung by Drrry FMIaganl. "SPECIALLY WHEN I'M IN A LOVIN' MOOD," . by ' Jimmy Oav:i. whit wrote "Lover Man." You Mutt Hear Thla! "JUMPIN' DOWN AT CARNEGIE HALL." Dlffarant and Novel! ■ ' "I DON'T WANT YOU IN MY DREAMS" (If I ean't have yau In my arma), by Louie Herieher, Marty Berk £ Jut Lack. A Record Favorite. BELL SONG PUB. CO. Publisher! at BETTER 90NQS far BETTER ARTISTS H'wood Adman Bays Into Cooley Dancery Hollywood, July 30. Dean Simmons, chief of local ad agency, has bought into Santa MO'nica ballroom for $30,000. Deal was with bandleader Spade Cooley, leaseholder at site. Simmons will partner operations with batoncer and split profits. New deal has witnessed exit of Al Levine. ballroom manager, report- edly following sharp disagreement with Cooley. 10 Best Sheet Sellers (Week Ending, July 21) Gypsy Leeds To Each His Own. .Paramount They Say It's Wonderful. Berlin I Don't Know Enough.... .,.C-P What Comes Naturally. .Berlin One More Tomorrow... .Remick Surrender Santly-Joy Sioux City Sue .Morris Prisoner- of Love.,. .. .Mayfair Sun In Morning ....... .Berlin Buddy Morris Gifts Spina With Old Tune Hollywood. July 30. Coast music circles eyes widened to saucer proportions last week when E. H. (Buddy) Morris, chief of publishing combine of Morris, Melrose and Mayfair companies, made an outright gift of "Lullaby to a Debutante'' to the recently formed Spina-Green Music Co. . Surprise was occasioned by fact that Morris paid advance of $500 to spngwriter.-turned-pub Harold Spina when buying ditty nine years ago. Item had merely gathered dust in flies through the years before Spina approached Morris and asked to buy song back, freshen it up and release through own firm. Morris readily returned it, but adamantly refused coin. ' Agcys. Eyeing Top Bands As Contracts Expire There probably will be a hot scramble among the various top booking agencies during the next year iu pursuit of contracts on vari- ous top bai A number of book- ing agreements held on names like Sammy Kaye, Woody Herman; et al., are all expiring at the same time. Some of them have been short-term pacts. Last summer, the top agencies agreed not to tamper with each other's properties or sales person- nel. This agreement was supposed to have been renewed this year. Whether it has or not makes little difference—the pact wasn't lived up to fully last year. And with those contracts expiring, It's every man for himself. Europe Camarata Gets 'Oscar' London. July 30. "Tuttie" Camarata (who now spells his first name that way), re- cently finished directing the London Symphony Orch in scoring he whipped up for the J. Arthur Rank film production of "London Town," has been awarded by the Symph's members a figurine token, properly inscribed. Camarata, former arranger for Jimmy Dorsey and various pop bands, is due back in the U. S. this week. . , S. American Performing Rights Groups in D.C. Meet Confederation of- Music Societies, composed of performing rights groups in various European and South American countries, will con- vene in the U. S. Oct. 20-20. This is the first meeting of the organiza- tion, of which the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publish- ers is a member, since 1941 and the first time, its convention has ever been held in this country. Meet will be held at the Library of Congress, Washington. 24-Man Jazz Combo To Be Formed by Chubby Jackson Chubby Jackson, bassist who moved but of Woody Herman's or- chestra recently, is planning a 24- man combination of his own to be- gin operation around mid-October. He has some unusual ideas for the new band—it will play a minimum of dance music. He expects to work only high school and college dates, presenting mostly jazz music in con- cert form. Jackson intends working as part of a jazz band touring under the aegis of Esquire mag prior to tak- ing the helm of his own combo. He has financial backing for the latter venture, it's claimed, Music Notes Stan Kenton orch hopes to put a cap on the classic fed this week whi> they record tov Capitol Records the batoneer's original, "Concerto to Ei 3 All Concertos"...,Georgie Joy back at NY headquarters of Santly-Jn after five-day flip to Coast to. confer with Dave Berni'e, Hollywood ret) Mac Green, partner in Spina-Green Music, Coast pubbery, in bed witi wrenched back,.. .Jo Stafford will wax four sides for Capitol platters th week—Pee Wee Hunt orch pacted to disk for Mirror Records, Hollywood odd-label. ...Bobby Weiss, Hollywood rep of Musicraft Records, flew into N. Y. yesterday (Tues.) for huddles with plattery prez, Peter Hilton on autumn disk releases... .Marlin Skilcs assigned to compose score of Co. Jumbia Pictures' forthcoming "Gallant Journey".,..T-Bone Walker senia blues-bawler, set for vaude week at Lincoln, Los Angeles, opening Aue I ... ."Granada," Latin standard by Augustih Lara, last week was sold to Universal by Southern Music for inclusion in forthcoming Deanna Durbin starrer, "I'll Be Yours".... .Tex Ritter this week waxing eight sides of rustic-rhythm for Capitol Records... .Julie Losch has set up Const office for Mood Music, recently formed Shapiro-Bernstein subsid,.. .Vet sotw writer Charlie Tobias in Hollywood from N. Y. visiting his brother Harry also established cleffer.,. .Berle Adams, Mercury Records' artists-anoS repertoire chief, back in Chi headquarters after waxing sessions with plat* tery's contractees on Coast... .Walter Gross waxing eight-sided album of Vincent Youmans' tunes on Musicraft label.,. .Jerry Blaine, national sales manager of Cosmo Records, back in N. Y. after Coast checkup.., .Johnny Blackburn may be manager of both Leon Rene Publications and Records Music Co. but he has sold his latest composition, "Wouldn't You Miss Your Wooden-Shoe Miss," to Leeds for fall release. .. .Two of Hollywood's cur- rently top pop songwriters, Jule Styne and Bernie Wayne have been posted by Los Angeles' Musicians Local 47 for non-payment of dues... .Thomas Mitchell, the film thesp, last week Inked to disk album of children's yarns for Mercury Al Weiss, Ashley Music topper, on Coast fronvN. Y., prowl. ing for new song material... .Jack Rigers has cut four sides of oatunes for Trilon Records. San Francisco indie outfit.., .Skip Nelson last week chirped two sides for Bel-Tcne Records, backed by Hal Brooks' band.. Musicraft Records has paid N. Y. commercial ad-artist Jay Koslow-$050 to daub color-cover of forthcoming Artie Shaw album of Cole Porter songs Fee tops the $400 plattery. passed out to George Booth to paint recently issued Jerome Kern cover.... Henry Busse band last week cut first four sides under new platter pact with 4 Star Ben Ellison, who last month quit as general manager of Exclusive Records, now fronting new waxery, Hollywood International Records Tony Martin will slice four sides for Mercury next week. Erroll Garner, Negro 88er, cut two last week. McSbann Band Pulled From LA. Plantation Los Angeles, July 30. Negro Musicians' Local 767 late last week ordered Jay McShann's band out of Plantation, one of burg's biggest black-and-lanncrics, and blacklisted site, which is operated by Joe Morris. Bandleader notified union that Plantation owed his 14-piccc combo total of $812 in back salaries and re- fused to pay off. When local's execs were unable to collect, windjammers wore pulled. Nitery underwent similar ban last year, but finally got back into good graces with American Federation of Musicians. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN By ARTHUR JOHNSTON and JOHNNY BURKE FROM THE IING CROSIY PICTURE "PENNIES FROM HEAVEN" y ValuncJo. Gen. rrof. Mqi ■ w , aJ r Poche Resigns N.O. Post For Own Booking Agency New Orleans, July 30. Resignation of Irwin F. Poche, manager of Municipal auditorium for the past eight years, was an- nounced Friday (26) by Benjamin C. Brown, chairman of the aud com- mission. Poche made the town hall, long regarded as a "white elephant," a paying proposition under his di- rection. He told the commission that he will conduct a theatrical booking agency. Succeeding Poche in the $6,000 per year post is Millard U. Schindlcr; active civic and business worker. Jack Rosenberg Better Jack Rosenberg, president of New York local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians, is Improv- ing steadily in .Polyclinic Hospital, N. Y., following' a heart attack. He is no longer in the oxygen tent which his condition demanded for more than a week. However, he is taking oxygen doses through nasal tubes. Rosenberg suffered the attack on the street in N. Y. last week (23) after n hard day of executive board meetings at local 802. Lou Levy Back to N. Y. For Rating-Boost Fight Lou Levy, operator of Leeds Mu- sic, is due back in New York from the Coast early next week to re- new his battle with the American Society of Composers. Authors and Publishers for a boost in availa- bility rating. Levy has already had two rebuffs. Currently, Leeds Music rates at 750 points, having been jumped last winter to 1,000. later being set back to 750 by ASCAP's director board, which had overruled the decision of the appeals board. Miisicraft's 3d Plant Musicraft opened its new plant in Ossining, N. Y.. last week, press- ing on a full-scale basis. This is the third of the Musicraft wax works to go into operation, with other two in Norwalk, Conn., and Los Angeles. Madeline Russell joined Buddy Morrow's band in vocalist spot. She succeeds Bonnie Law ton, who left to go with Louis Prima. CAP SEES $10,000,000 GROSS AS SALES DOUBLE Hollywood, July 30. Capitol Records' sales for first , half of 1946 more than doubled, volume over similar period lost year, and if pace is maintained the plattery will gross more than $10,- 000,000 during 1946, the waxery re- vealed here last week. First six months of this year, end- ing June 30, saw Capital peddle $5,065,859 worth of platters as against gross of $2,257,955 registered over period In. 1945. Always $119—All Wayi Popular MILLS PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS ROCK-A-BYE MY BABY WITH A DIXIE MELODY • WHEN YOU'RE SMILING ■ ■ • IT MUST BE TRUE MILLS' MUSIC, INC. 141V Iroadway Now Tot* 1 f Top Tunes for Your Books An All-Time Favorite DON'T BLAME ME Music by .. JIMMY MeHUGH Published by ROBBINS LARRY BENNET od tfc* FOUR SHARPS NOW MAYFAIR BEACH CLUB Atlantic Btach, L. I. loakod far Km Mtt Smim, CoKltftJlMj Sopt. 4 EXCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT 00K! V / '-(:; 1 ■ T' 11 /v . 1 .-■■v.' 1 or.r 1 /.