Variety (Sep 1946)

44 xWcdmaidgy, Sepleniber 4, 1946 60c on Dacca Quarterly lUmy, 1st Time Payoff Goes Over 30c Decca Records doiiblpd its quarter- ly; dividend for the third three- niQiUii ponod of this year. Share- holders of , record on Sept. 19 will receive 60e on each Deeca certificate, payable Sept. 30. It's the first time, incidentally, that Decca has gone -0\'or the lisun! .^Oc quarterly payoff. ■Another move by -the company, decided yesterddv (Tuesdayj by the board of directors, but which must be okayed b,v the stockholders: in meeting Nov. 6, is a two-tor-one plan via which shareholders will receive two pieces of Deeca for every one they they: now hold,' All told, the corapany. Viiill boost its authorized shares from 500.000 to i 1,300,000. There are 388.825 ahiires ! . .OlrtStantfitlg. V ^:-':":-;'^;'- ■ Dccca net profit for the first six | months of this: year came to $976,-1 534. which cqtialltfd a $2 49 per earning to stockholders, Thi$ is mora tlian double the net of the first six month:; of IMS, which came to $490.- 284 and $1,18 a share. Estimated taxes set aside for the initial half of this year amounted to $734,329. Lombardo's Gold Cup Guy I^ombardo deserves a lot of credit for winning the Gold Cup on Labor pay in the first year., it :nia,ior speedboat corn- petition with his Tempo VI. :Haying already won the sweepstakes at Red Bank. N. J,,- he only has one more race to go to perform the aquatic hat trick; I.e. the President'.^ Cup race in Washington later this . month. . . BMI ^ SHEET Hit Tones ior Sepiember (On Records) {Eficore) BLUE CHAMPAGNE Jimmy 0«.^-l»« STTJ . rt^H—VI.. JP-lfW COEEEE SONG, THE touit frti«€i-M«{ rW • King S.tt«t fimni «B«tl«-Col 3708' EVRYBOOY LOVES MY BABY, iVolmnl) MY BUY (c«<><>'^ TKr.« Siin.-M«i rtllO • G.n. It,up.-C*l. J707» I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH J<Am.y P«m«Hl-Vl.. J0-<«*1 • r.»<tr »^5"',nt.. tl.nny G.«am.>»-C»l 3705J • Mill. »r.lh.c.-P« 1W3< IT'S MY lAZY DAY Vwfhn M«.r».-Viv aO->»M • E«ly« Kmth.-0« U»M Smi4»y »«rn«n»-»»* «07 ABOUT YOU (Compb«M-Pof9i«) MOON OYER BROOKLYN Gut lamb«r^»-DM IHCV TOO MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE toni fattm-Camo *1» • Otigtr timpt-VU. VEMVEM™ Noro Moia(««-Moi • • fcHicli»--0«.- WHATTA YA GONNA DO : .... . . « .■ ..T Til (»«» Helff. Fo.r«t-t>ec TWOS • loui. '""•"-'''"I- U»i. Arm.rr»n9-V;< KMWl ' Billy Butl.rtWd-C«p IM Mil Brr»ff-MMi«»ff !»«•» • Bobby »yrB.-C«m« l«i<fc l««-Diam«d Ml» • 0.«»» ^'''Y-^'*';'^ ^l. 0»i« c»t«-f<n« n»> »"■• • Mmf A.W*"-*'* Shep fi.W«-V»»y. 7*4 ■ Sunny Skyr«r-M«r«i>ry* , Harb Kern T»rapo' • Jerry W«l*r»»(>«o- . THEht-iYOU WHEREVER THERFS ME S«lly H»IMn-Vic M-W5 WHO TOLD YOU THAT LIB Cnrn. Bo.*.l»-D.c 1»»8l • Voo9»«" ««nr..--Vk. SO-ttM Phrl B.ito-Mu.itraft TM73 ' ««rry «••»-»•• I5«»» WITHOUT YOU '""^ Aorfy Ru...U-C«p M4 • O"! Ari»l-Vic. Jayn. Watlon-M«<ur, JOOl • Ww* Ronrfy Brookf-D'.. 1»»4 • J.«k e«mll-)«.tf« Art 7J^ ■ Uny M«rfin-H.rt»ry 3019 • Chucho M"""'""^* .-iiT K«e Br«h««->f»r* »«»< ' «.« Mirond.-Alphd JMJ, , K«c) <*• S«lv<.-f«l-Anwri<«n 135 • fronlci. CorU-Col. 370»» (St«v«n>1 IMl HIT TUNIS AK AVMItMll/IOQ, «N All THMmcmrtiW sfRVicts 802 Hirec P.A. Local 802, American Federa- tion o£ Musicians, which has been taking a shellacking in th« press during current strike situ- ation with hotel operators, • i» attempting to get more of its side in the dailies. Union has named Ted Zittel. former news- paperman, as its press agent. Stop is 3ii?nifloant inasmucli as the local ha.<i generally had its own way in negotiations and rarely has allowed upped salary demands to reach the strike stages. * Local 47's 'Masic For Wounded' Jams H'wood Bowi for $26,000 Net Hollywood, Sept. 3. Net of aoproximatcly $20,000 will be realized by Local 47. American Federation of Musicians, from its "Miwie for Wotmded" benefit at Hol- lywood Bowl. Aug. 24. Sellout (jvent. which packed some 23,000 into the Bowl's 19,17S seat.s. erfi-<;"-' approximately ,1S46.000. out of which miist ebme 20''^ Federal tax, seven and oncrhaIf percent for the Theatre Authority and $10,000 for expcn.se-?. A1 Armer. a^ociate producer, whipped up a star-studded, show of proportion, pace and plea.'snre. m c.'d by Jack Haley and Lucille B,ill. Ken Carpenter, new prexy of Ameri- can Federation of Radio Arti.st.s. opened proceedmps, mtroing num- het one act. Leopold Stokowski. con- duclina; house sympW band. Manv of the best names in Holly- wood participated: Igor Straviasky, Sigmund Romberg. Frank Sinatra, Bins Crosby. Mickey Booney, Lena Home, Robert Montgomcvy, Eddie Rio and Danny Thomas, Latter nearly stole the show with his an- tics, . Taking turns conducting were David RO.SO. Eddie Paul, Meredith Willbon, T^cnnie Hayton. Axel Stor- dahl and John Scott Trotter, just about the cream of local stick-han- dlers. . Phil Harris. Lawrence Welk. Fred- dy Martin, Billy Butterfleld. Leon- ard Sues, Carmen Cavallero, Harry .lames and Charlie Barnet formed an all-star band, augmented by cou- ple of. unknowns, when Dorsey,*, I Ru.ss Moritan and couple of others I could not make it. . I Highlights were Montgomer.y's reading of a letter from a wounded soldier. Thoma.'i' ribbing of radio, Lena Home's rendition of ''House I Live In," Roniiey's drummingt and Stravinsky'.'! conductinjt of his own •Fiiebird," Inside Stulf-Mudc Mill« Music, pliw a few other pop publishers Jncluding Robbms, are invading the educational music field which hitherto has been confined to such pub* as Schlrmer, Prefer, etc. Year ago Mills came out with two volumes o£ the Michael Aaron piano course and recently the firm brought out two more advanced volumes. Aaron, author of the course, started on a nationwide lecture tour yesterday (Tuesday) sponsored by Mills. He'll addre.ss teacher group.t in 23 states. Besides plugging his piano teaching method, Aaron will do a sellins ,iob for the piano manufactuiei.s in wh'it Mills believes to be the first complete publisher-dealer promotion rrl, tionship. Mills currently is feaping heavy coin from some 61 piano tcat'i" ing compositions in addition to the Aaron course. - Bobby Sherwood docs not intend to break up hi.s band to take llie u-nrl in Arthur Hopkins' Broadway production of Orin Jennings' "Hear Thii Trumptt." Show is scheduled to open in New York Oct. 1 and for the interval he will spend in the show Sherwood figure.'! to give his outfit a vacation. What he will do it the show is a hit, though, ii another mat- fcr, since ifs not likely that he would be able to keep the band losjether indefinitely under such circumstances, Sherwood is currently in N, Y. He recorded for Capitol Records ye<i. terday (Tuesday >. " Although "Someday," bri.sk sheet seller for Bob Miller Mu-u- ha'; had 16 dilTereiit waxings since copyrlffhted in November, 1944. a dance band arrangement i.s yet to have been cat. Jukebox fave, recorded on Bluebird by its writer. Elton Sritt, has proved so popular that the 35e platter was .shelved sis week.-? aqo by Victor which brought the same cuttiii- out later under a 50e label On the Upbeat New York Benny GpodmaiV ' ['.yrfeved; a plane I to fly his band out of New York to I Detroit for a coTjcert at the Music (Hall today (Wed.> and tomorrow ) and on to the Coast lor his opening I at the Meadowbrook Gardens, next week (12) . . Louis Armstrong's orche.itra made another batch ol rfisks lor RCA-Victor in N. Y. be- fore flying west today (Wed.) to be- ; gin work on ''Mew Orleans" film ! . . Tex Bcneke orciiestra cracking I reeord.<! all the way to the Coast; I finished week at Radio City theatre, 1 Minncapofi.s. last week with $4iJ.10O ; gross, a nc\\' mark, and taking out S'20.7S)1 for lis share. At Municipal Aud, Kansa.* City, band worked to I approximately 6,()00 at $L75 advance, I %% at door, to pile up a $10,000 gross 1 . . . Irving Fields, current at the Hotel Wopdv/ard. N. Y., cut four sides, for flCA-Victor Intei'iiational, Kansas City ' Jc-ihua Jotinson's: series of 12 piano boosie records about ready fcir reiea.se by Decta , i Ted Weems and Hal Mclntyre bands playing one-nighfers at the Pla-Mor ball- ■ room ,this week . . , Dutch HoUiind band on (he statld for the closing ■week at Fairyland ■P'arfc;.Bp^ ters for the season Labor Day . . . Jimmy Joy liahd opeiied at the Hotel Muehk'bach last week, one of lii.s unipt?entlv return engagements there; replaced Bob Berkcy crew. Holiywood Hoagy Carmichael, formerly with ARA, in.kcd to play piano and-sing, with band backing for Decea '. .. ; Desi .Arnaz band to Kansas City for £ stint at the. Orpheum' theatre . . . Pied Pipers recorded "Old Man River'' and 'Everybody I.,ove.!i My Baby" for Capitol . . '. Jimmy and Tommy Dor.scy and their musicrews alternate at Ca.sino Gardens, Los Angeie.s, starting Sept. l:! . . . Betty. Perry reiiiac.ing Lyh"! Stevon.<j. a.s votaliit with Woody Herman's band , . . CAPITOL SONGS, Inc. CRITERION MUSIC CORP. M. H. GOLDSEN, Vic« Pres. I New Yofk-RKO Bldg., Radio City Hollywood-U91 No. Vine St. I Orel. 5-7236 Gronite 1050 I DAVE BlUM, Prof. Mgr. RAIPH HARRIS