Variety (Sep 1946)

48 ORCIIi:STIIAS-]»IIJSIC W«^«liie8ilay, Scpleniber 11, 1946 Music Notes Jack Elliott sold four tunes; to Bepiiblic for use in the/Roy BoSCrs weat- ern. "Apache Rose." including the title song, "Wishing Well," "Ride Va- quero" and "There's .Nothing. Lik;e Coffee, in', the Morning".;. .>Hal Roach,. Jr., inked; Heinz Roc)iihord":as,miisito "Curly," "Fabulous Joe" and "Here Comes Trouble'\ ; iPrtjdisriek Hollaiidei' doiiig special songs for "Love and Learn" at Warnersv. ...George Antheil com-' pleted orig:inal score'for Republic's "Thai ;Brcmian Girl". . . .Jimm.v. Mc- Hugh's 12^year-old tune, "I'm In the Mood For Love." coming up for . revival.,. .Robert Ernmctt ..Dol.an . composing background music;for, "My ■ Favorite Brunette ' at Paramount..Emil Coleman collaborating with Ray Hirsch on three songs for "Ready or Not," stage niusicak Howard Jackson to compose score for "The Circus Horse" at Warners ..Merry Maes, inked to warble tor Majestic Record.s. . ...Roy Rogers cut loose .with five dittie.s for RCA-Victor on the western theme. . . .D'Varga, Latin-American pianist, to CO-Art Records to wax four tunes, "D'Vai-ga Jump,""Rhumba b"Varga,""Chopin Fantasy" and "Begin the Beguine" ,., , .Jimmie Dodd inked to wax for Enterprise Records. Spivak Theatre Date May Snarl N. Y. Hotel Charlie Spivak, who went through qUite a deal to get his band back into the Pennsylvania hotel, W, Y„ afteii .■a'.fcouple-;bookings at the. rival Comrn'Odore, tiiay not be. able to play the Penn next, mbiSth even .if the, musician's strike Is settled by then. Spivak is currently at the- Para- mount theatre, N. , y.,. . with Bob Hope's "Monsietu' Beaucaire'''.;(;Par), and the four-week date has .already been slrotched to six and ina,\ go to eight. ■ Spivak is due .into thfi Penn Oct. 14. If, the six-week run at tlie Par isn't extended further he probably will play it. Kit goes to eight, how- ever, the Par will either have to get ell ,1 new boy or the Penn will. British Best Sheet Sellers (Week Endihg Aug. London, Sept. 10. Bless You..,, N. Gay Primiwe Hill L. Wright Laughiiig On; .Qvitside.. CbnneHy There's Harvest Moon. .Strau.ss Can't Begin Tell "You, ,Chappell Cruming Down Rivei.. Ciueph, Money Is Root All Evil.Chappell ..Down in the "VallcY. . . .Leeds. Land, Beginning Again..Feldman Oh, 'Whaf .Seemed to Bet .:. .Sun You Can Be Sure of Me . ,, Dash Maiv Lou F.D.&ir. WHY THE MUSICIANS ARE ON STRIKE AGAINST THE HOTELS According to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost of living in New York City rose 46.8% between January 1941 and July 1946. In the same period, niusidans' wages went up only 15%. There is therefore a gap of 31.8% between the musicians' wages and th^ir cost of living. The hotels, on the other hand, continue in time of peace to reap a harvest of wartime profits. Pespitei this fact, they have HOTEL BUSINESS BOOMING 13% I no rease Reported for June Compared With 1945 Monlh , .Sales by hotels throughout the' country increased 13 per cent during June compared With a year- ago, according to Horwath & Horwath, accountants for many hostejvies. Room sales rose 8 per. cent; total restaurant, 18 per cent- food, 24 per cent; beverage, 6 per ; cent;- and Hie average- daily- rent-- per occupied room, 5 per cent. Occupancy was 94 per cent com- pared with 91 per cent. In , New York City alone,''total sales increased 16 per cent; room sales, 6 per cent; total restaurant. 29 per cent; food, 32 per cent: beverage, 23 per cent; and the average daily rent per occupied room, 6 per cent. Occupancy re- mained the same. 98 per cent. offered musicians a wage in« crease of only 12!/2%—an In- crease that would still leave a gap of 19.3% between musicians' wages and their living costs. This means that musicians and their wives and children would have to contiriue to eat less, wear less and live much worse In 1946 than they did In 1941. That Is why they are now out on strike and ask you to aid them by withholding your patronage from the follow- ing hotels: AMBASSADOR HOTEL ASTOR HOTEL BARBIZON PLAZA BARCLAY BELMONT PLAZA BILTMORE BOSSERT BRITTANr BRYANT CARTERET CHATHAM COLLINGSWOOD COMMODORE CORNISH ARMS DRAKE EDISON ESSEX HOUSE FAIRFAX FORREST FOREST HILLS INN FOREST HILLS INN APTS. GARDEN CITY GLADSTONE GOTHAM GREYSTONE GOV. CLINTON HAMPSHIRE HOUSE HENRY HUDSON HOLLAND HOLLEY HOLLY CHAMBERS KINGS CROWN LAURELTON LEOONIA LEXINGTON LINCOLN McALPIN NEW WESTON NEW YORKER PARK CENTRAL PARK CHAMBERS PARK LANE PARKSIDE PENNSYLVANIA PICCADILLY PIERRE PLAZA PLYMOUTH PRESIDENT RIVERSIDE PLAZA ROOSEVELT RUSSELL SAVOY PLAZA SHELTON SHERATON SHIRRY NETHERLANDS ST. GEORGE ST. MORITZ ST. REGIS TAFT TOWN HOUSE VAN RENESSALER WALDORF-ASTORIA WARWICK WELLINGTON WEYLIN WINSLOW 25 EAST 10TH STREET 25 EAST 67TH STREET ASSOCIATED MUSICIANS OF GREATER NEW YORK Local 802, A. F. of M. IRVING BERLIN, LTD., UNVEILED AT PARTY London, Sept. 10. Official opening of trviiig Berlin; litdi, , nuusic publisher.?, occurred Sept,; 4 at new premi.seis in St, George street, Ilafiover Squaie. Pie,'i.s was given ■ big spread,. including introes to Bcrlui himself, hero for the open- ing, Berlin shoved off tor the provinces following the affair to attend trade .■ihowing.s of his Paramount film "Blue Skies." He goes to Ktanches-. I. ter, Cilasgow, Livorpopl and Bir- mingham, and comes' here for | premiere at Par's Carlton Sept. .27. Jimmie Green, for many years with Chappell, is. the general man- ager ot the. Berlin company. Direc-, tors include' Louis Dreylus and M. E. Ricketts, g.m, of Chappell's. Company : has already .started ex- tensive plugging of "You Keep Com- ing Baciv Like a Song,'' one ot the tune."!, in "Blue Skies." CAPITOL SONGS SETS UP KENTON, COLE FIRMS Capitol Songs, in th« process of setting up music firms for artists apnnected with the Capitol disk label, worked out two more deals la,st week. Publishing houses which will apply for membership in the American Society of Coniposer.s, Authors and Publishers have been established tor Stan Renton and the King Cole Trio. Kenton's firm, into which will b» thi'own most ■ of the originals con- tained in his forthcoming Capitol album, is to be called Leslie Music. Cole's outfit, which also gets origi- nals by him, is to be known as King Cole MusiCi Peggy Lee, another Capitol star, is said to be now iu the process of working out a com- pany deal. Capitol already has: set one up for Tex Hitter. Capitol firm, incidentally, is not directly connected with Capitol Rec- ords. There is an interlocking own- ership involving Mickey Goldsert, operator of Capitol Songs, and the executives of Capitol disks, but there the connection ends. PlugS'cr George Gilbeit moved 'from Berlin. Music, to. new George Simon publishing house. 'Bless You' Hit in Triple Shift From Eng. Back toU.S. American rights to "Bless You," current top British best sheet seller. Words & Music's first big hit in 10 years, have: been acquired by Sha- piro-Bernstein,: Novel -sale was predicated, upon fact that since ■Words & Music now specializes in educational music and choral ar- rangements it no longer maintains a professional staff of. sufficient size to exploit a number as advantag- eously as might S-B, ; Written in 1939 by Eddie Lane and Don Baker, N. Y, Paramount the- atre organi.st, the tune failed to click When first brought out by Words .& Music. Expressing interest several years ago, Noel Gay, British pub firm, bought the British rights from W ; & M; the original copyright own- er for the nominal advance of $200, However a recording by the Ink Spots kindled inferesl in. the song .<JB.i..-lhfi._Bre5ent..suCGess_of "Bless You'' is largely attributed to buildup the disk gave it. Other cuttings of the number were made by Fats Wal- ler and Glenn Miller and a macabre note crops up when it is recalled that both leaders have died. Had Words & Music decided to have brought out the local edition it would have been their first big hit since "Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful" in, 1936. Fred Waring pub house plans choral arrange- ments of "Bless You".and it's ironic that It will now pay royalties to S-B for use of the number, To dispel the possible impression that "Bless You" is a religious number, S-B will add the subtitle, "for being an angel" and plans to exploit the tune following current campaign on "The Old Lamplighter." .tiil.vann Carol has signed with National Records. Singer did sides Friday (6) in N. Y backed by Char- lie 'Ventura band, TODAY For new artist coplet and arrangemen»s, writ* qr pRt>nc PHIL KORNHEISER, Manager. Standard Exploftation Depr., The Big 3, 1619 Broadway, New York ?9, Circle 6-?939 GEORGE PAXTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA AQUARIUM, NEW YORK Starting Sept. 13 MAJESTIC RECORDS EXCLUSIVE MANAOEMENT ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORP. JOE GLASER. Pres. 745 Fifth Ave., New York 22 PL. 5-5572