Variety (Nov 1946)

so 4IRCHRST11AS-MVS1C WedneB»!ay, Novcmlier 6, 191.6 Music Notes At lie Shaw back from his honoyinoon. i-ccordcd two songb from "It Iliippeiiod in Bi'ooklyn" tor Musicral't. Mel Tortile and the Meltohes backed. him on the timcs~"Same Old Dream" and "I Believe"... .Ray Itibbloi', Gorrick Music Co., Ghicago. in town, to work on revival ol! hi.-i oldie. "Melaneholy Lou". .. .Jose and Amparo .Iturbi pre-rpeorded part of "Rumanian Rhapsody" for "The Birds and the Bee.s' at Metro.Artie Wayne sliced a pair of Hucksters label. ,,. Frank Sinatra suest-of-honor iby songpluggers at a dinner at Luccy's... Tony Martin waxed Ben Oak- land's oldie, "If I IjO Agaiit." for Mercury;. Enterprise, Records bought , lijiaster .of ■ "Cpffefi' Sbng," by Dorothy Claire, now on tour with Tommy Doi'sey, ahd will release it under their label.. . .Jerry Gray back to N. Y. aftei- a few disk sessipiis with Margaret Whiting for Capitol and some sblO.? tor. Mercury .... Betty Hutton rocOi'ded two new sides for Victor—a ballad and a novelty... .Bob Thcile. recording chief for Signature, planed . to N. Y. after supervising Skinnay Ennis date.,. ..Ralph Blane. Metro so.ng- smith, being pushed as singer by William Morris agency, who have him up for sale. ■■■■'Meine jKeiiy's cWidreii^s albiims w'XU be released for Christmas trade by : Calitmbia.;.: .Nat .Finstoii. celebrates .his, 2Qth;,anni: in: fllms as musical di- rector this month . Milt Stein li. new ABC Mu.sic man here, replacing Herb, Lutz. .. .Don Kantcr, son of Ben Kaivter, Bourne Music head here, jlKt released from the Army and back to Antioch college,, Jacques JPassey, nephew of Jean Sablon, arri\'es soon, from Paris for singing stint, ■ at Charley iFOy's. , . .Mills. Brothers open at: Nevada Biltraore, Las Vegas, Jan. 1, .Jack Knapp of Decca due m L.A. Mon. (11),.. .Igor Stravinsky will play himself in Woody Herman's hrst indie film, "Concerto for Johnny. " which starts rolling in:'the spring..,:Kenny Delmar pvcp.ping material for first Musicraft album, slated for the moppet market. , Hungry Songsmitht American music bunch was most anutsed by the slightly . herculean appetites evidenced by the visiting Confederation* of International Composers dele- gates. ■ . Paradox was that the Latin . tunesmittis, wheve food is plen- tiful. , realiy did fancy eating jobs on all the viands and viil- ta.Eies put before them, in . con- tra.'Jt to the European songwrit- ers wlio liave been denied fuller _ rations. ~ ' BMI Pa, ^ SHEET Bit r«B%^f.<,r° ,«*«.— dARV \TSMV\J«y,Bls--'-"^ TftftMANV\RONSNTHtHS > Musk Biz Still On the Downbeat Ma.ior music |pub(ishers are just about convinced thai .the njarket for ! sheet music sales is . riot going to j improve again until the troubles ' that have beset the country's in-j dustry are comj>letely settled. After several false spurts back toward i some semblance of the boom war- ' time bi7. sheet sales have settled back into, the slump that has beeii present since last spring. Pubs and jobbers claim there ..are only two I tunes at the mornent selling anything like so-called "best sellers" shoilld. They're "To Each His Own" and "Rumors Are Plying." At the moment, the two songs, one coming up and one going down,! plus the recently expired "Gypsy," are the only tunes whose total sales approacli anything like the figures that were common during the war. Other tunes listed m the top 10 have not s^irpassed 500;000, and some haven't come near it. Latter tiguie during the war represented a moderate hit. However, such a sales total IS four to five times greater than the best sales fignres achieved by the best tunes during the late 30s. STANDARD SUED ON INFRINGEMENT RAP Charging that Standard Radio in- friTiged on hei" copyrighted tune, "In a Hansome Cab with a Hand- some Caballeror' by making an elec- trical transcription and recording, Carol Scott, composer of the tune, filed suit In New York federal court. Action seeks an inumction and ac- counting of profits derived by Standard for selling, of the record- ing -to radio stations throughout the U. S. According to Lsrael Beckhardt, at- torney for the composer, Standard, operated by Gerald King, and Mil- ton M. and Melva Blink, obtained a coi>v of the tune and recorded it and licensed varipus. .radio stations all lor their benefit. The composer contends that she wrote the tune prior to Jan. 22f 1941, and copy- righted it that year in Washing- ton. D: e.• . IP: Sears, Roebuck Into Disk Sales With Muzak Chicago, Nov. 5. Sears,. Roebuck is again entering the record field with an initial al- bum of records featuring 10 top art- ists. Mail order coiTipany frankly ad- mits venture is .in the nature of. an experiment. ■ Record club will opesate just like a book club with a free record with every four bought. However, the teeords sell for one'dollar, and will only compete at present in the semi- ctassical and standard field. Disks, of vmylite, will be produced and distributed for Sears by Associated Muzak Corp. T.Dorsey Gives Nov. 23 Notice to His Band That He's Breaking Up Tommy Dorsey apparently is go- ing through with his intention to disband his orehestia, He has given notice to the musicians in the Outfit, eflleotive Nov. 23. How long the leader will remain a soloist i,'! any- body's guess; ditto as to whether iie is going to Rio de Janeiro, a trip he has been planning for thiS past month or more. Another angle very undecided is whether Dorsey intends playing'.the., Capitol theatre, N. Y.. where lie's supposed to open either Dec. lo/brV 2(),. He's now on a concert tour. National Record:, going into the kiddieialbum field with, a set. of plat- ters ba.sed on "Luke, the Singing Duck." David Kurlah will be narra- ■ tor and singer with band under di- rection of Bernard Thai, ' TOP HITS OF Ymnmm \ GR£AT POPULAR STANIIARDS TODAY ARA Trustee Gets Court Order For Bankrupt Sale Hollywood, Nov, 5. Court order instructing trustee in bankruptc.v for ARA, defunct plat- tery,-, to sell out was handed down m bankruptcy court here last week, with most of the outfit's assets there- upon being taken over by auctioneer Milton J. Wershow. Latter guaran- teed the court that the creditors' group,, represented by attorney Max Fink, will realize net, after auc- tioneer commission of 10%, ot not less than $255,000. Assets to be sold are records on hand, raw materials, recording plant and Its equipment, and office gear. Maste'rs and accounts receivable will not be sold by Wershow. with Fmk pointing out that better deals for the masters can be obtained with individuals. Important precedent on which some of the artist creditors of ARA are basing claims OB: their masters IS the case • of Watterson-Berlin- Snyder-Fain, et al. vei'sus Irving Trust Co., N. Y., in which New York district court .held, on Nov. 11, 1929, for writers of songs after a music pLibliiihing house. Went bankrupt and put ..its assets, including tunes, up lor sale. ■ ' ■ However, on April 13, 1931, the decision was reverSied In N. Y. cir- cuit court of appeals, and the Fed- eral Court judge , who ! recentl.y threvw out, Phil Harris'' claim against AR.A in Los Angeles: .based his .deci- sion on the fact that the final N, Y. decision favored the music house— hence ARA; is {avore<3 iii. this in- stance,' Despite this. Harris, is expected to appeal, and Ginny Simms is men- tioned as one of the former ARA contractees who'll join him in the fight to grab og master platteis they made tor the outfit, Lawrence Into N.Y. Penn Nov. 25 for Les Brown Elliot Lawrence orchestra, which completed a riin at the Pennsylvania hotel, New York, Sept. 1, goes back into the hostelry Nov. 25-Dec. .25. This date, which might have been filled . by Les Brown's orchestra, since that's his usual, period there, !^ad been left open by Brown's re- fusal to play the Penn again unless he got more coin. Succeeding period IS also open and may be taken by Jimmy Dorsey. Frankie Carle is then next. Lawrence's, return follows on the heels of Charlie Spivak's run. He opened Monday 428). Geraldo on the Coast Geraldo (Gerald Bright), on his first U. S. visit in 20 years, is in Hollywood as : liouse-guest ot the Ralph Peers (Southern Music). Mrs, Bright is with her British Broad- ca.sting Corp. maesro-husband. Geraldo seems most impressed with the suave band styles of Lom- bardo and Freddy Martin. He is also taken with the new Joe Mooney quartet in a 52 street nitery. McKinley's N. Y. Encore Ray McKinley's orchestra, which debuted last year at the Commo- dore hotel, N.Y, returns to that hostelry Dec 19 for six weeks He's now booked by General Artists Corp. and managed by Willard Alexander. McKinlev follows Johnny Long's combo, which goes into the Commo- dore tor the first tinie Nov, 21. . For new artiit copies and orrafigemenb, write or phone KORNHEISER, Manqger, Stondord Expl<s»a»»on Dept., The BIsf 3, \6\9 Broadway, New York 19, Circle 6-2939 H'd Tin Pan Alley May ' Move West 8 Blocks Hollywood, Nov. 5. \ Shortage of office space in the Sunset and 'Vine territory, plus am- scray orders to music pubs located in the Warner Theatre building, is | cueing still another Tin Pan Alley .site here. Newest location for the tunemak- ers is on Highland avenue, near Hollywood boulevard, where Leeds Music is opening new ofCices. Also signed up for space in the building are now Warren Music. Martin Mu- sic and new George Simon, Inc. Direct From a Record Breaking Engagement at the BLUE ROOM of the ROOSEVELT HOTEL NEW ORLEANS. LA. DEAN HUDSON and HIS ORCHESTRA' A Great Band and a Great Show CURRENTLY APPEARING ROSELAND, New York P«rsonal Manager MknY K6NNELLY Press Representative DIXON GAYER GBNERAL AKflSfS CORPORATION