Variety (Mar 1947)

K4 OEcaiBsiitAS^iiusic; la Best Sheet Sellers (Weefc Ending, March 8) Anniversary Song ,Mood Gloca Moraa Crawford Managua Nicaragua. ■.., .Encore Guilty ....Feist Heartaches .Leeds , Sonata . .Oxford I'll Close My Byes......Maurice Sentimental Reasons... .Duchess Linda ..... .Mayfair Open Door* Richard. . . Duchess Second 10 Old Lampligliter..... Shapiro-B Oh But I Do Remick Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah .Santly-Joy Always Be One I Love. . .Sinatra Gal In Galico ..Witmaric Wyoming ................ .Peist Rainy Night Rio ....... .Remiolc Girl I Marry., ....Berlin You Can't See Sun Simon It's Good Day Capitol Wednesday, Mareti 12, 1947 Music Notes Jack Kapp, Decca prez, in Hollywood for periodic confab with Leonard Joy, plattery's COast rep... .Milte Gould', new Hollywood rep for Bourne, inciv. .Ted iUttelfleld has left Capitol to become art director of Exclusive Records... . Jack Leonard be'ing accompanied by 50-voice cowboy choir in scerite for Columbia's forthcoming "Swing the Western Way"—Lee Halperin, former general manager of Mutual Music, in Hollywood for a stay. Murray Lazar last week joined, the pub firm as its Coast chief— Bing Crosby slicing last sides of his forthcoming "Emperor Waltz" album this week for Decca... .Hans Salter will mu.sically direct U-I's "Singapore" and "Jeopardy",...Mickey Goldsen, general-manager of Capitol Songs, Inc., in Hollywood from N. Y. to choose sj^Coast rep for Arm to succeed Ralph Harris, who moved over to Harms, Inc... .Mac Green bedridden for week as result of motor smashup,...Lena Home cutting new album, "Classics dn Blue," for Black & White. Phil Moore supplying arrange- ments and leading the backing combo... .Ted WaUersteipi^and Manie Sacks, Columbia Records' topdogs, back in N. Y. after Coast jUnket. Bands at Hotel B.iVs ■ Cover* ,'JCtttal IVcvks Past Covert Kami Hotel Played Weeh On Date Emil Coleman*... Waldorf (400; $2) . 21 2,250 56,050 Frankie Carle.,.. Pennsylvania (500; ■$1-$1.50) 4 1,975 9,22? Chuck Foster"... .New Yorker (400; $i-.'(!1.50)10 1,250 15,000 Guy Lombardo... Roosevelt (400; $1.50-$2).......... , 18 1,650 43,975 Eddy Howard....Commodore (400; $J-$1.50)...... i. . 5 1,200 . 7,525 Johnny PincappJe.Lexington (300; $1-$1.50) •. 17 825 17,725 * Indicotcs Floor iShoto at Waldorf toith Jane PicJcens, Riwsell Swmm; Ice Revue at New Yorleer. Chicago min.). RayiUDndl Ramos (Mayfair Room,' Blackstone;. 350; $2.50-$3.S0 Only 1,,880-for this swank room. Ted 'Vyeesa.s (Panther Room, Sherman; 950; $2-$3.50*min,). Second week of Weems and ice show good 4,000. Joseph Sudy (Walnut Room, Bismarck; 465; $2-$2.50 min.). New non- name'revue opened Friday (7);'strong 8*400 on full week. , Los 'Angele&. Freddy Martin (Ambassador; 900; $1*$1.50>. Strong 8,000 covers. Riiss Moreatt' (Biltmore; 900; $1-$1;60>.'^' Solid 2,600 tabs. location Jobs, Not in Hotels „ (CMcnffo) Russ Carlyle (Blacldiawk; 500; $2-$2.50 min.). Strong 3,900 in third weelt. Sol Klein (Latin Quarter; 700; $2.50 min.). Ted Lewis into third month with healthy 4,00'p. Georgfe Olsen (Aragon; $0.90-$1.15 adm.). Surprising 17,500. . Benny Strong (Trianon; $Q.90-$1.1S adm.). Getting a fine play; 16,000 last week. ■ * . ' ' ' ■ . ■. ; (Los Angeles) 'Oenny Beebner and Sterling Young (Aragon, B, Ocean Park, 2d wk). Pair of orchestras drew'satisfactory 5,800. Boliby Sherwood "(Casino Gardens, B, Ocean Park, 9th wk). As long stand draws near end, solid -7,100 admishcs. Xavier Ciigat'(Giro's" N, Hollywood, 2d wk). First full stanza, slick 3,200 covers, ', Va,U£bnt'Aloitroe (Palladium, B, Hollywood, 5th wk). Still doing the biz the btirg; I'T^OQO adimishes.: King Cole Coasting For Spring Dates Hollywood, March 11. King Cole Trio will return to Coast for a pair of bookings this spring, going into the Lincoln- theatre week of May 20 at a 50-50 split from the first dollar, and immediately after opens a four-week stand, at the Bocage nitery here, for which act will get $3,000 per week guarantee, plus one-third of the take over $5,000. Peggy Lee will precede Cole Trio at the Bocage, opening April 15, along with husband, Dave Barbour. Date will be first for the guitarist since his recent operation,' from which he is still confined to bed. Louisville Merchants Back Local Symph Music Fiesta Louisville, March 11. Town's industi-ies, retailers, civic clubs and churches are cooperating with Louisville Philharmonic Society in promoting the Kentuckiana Jubi- lee of Music, April 28-80, the first city-wide music festival since 1914. Most. of the town's choirs and choruses will take part, including childi'en from city and county pub- lic schools, -private and parochial. Met' stars Rose Bampton, Herta Glaz, Mack Harrell and Frederick Jagel have been booked; 300 more local voices will compose a special festival chorus, representing more than 35 churches. Songs With largest Ralo Aulences Hereunder are the top 3D songs oj the week, compiled bp the Audience Coverage Index Survey Musie Broadcast over NBC, CBS, ABC a^id Mutmi networles, hosed in New Tork on tabulations by Accurate Reporting Service. Ptiblished bj; Office of Research, Inc., Dr, John G. PeaUnan, Director. Survey Week of February 88-March 6, 1947 A Gal in Calico—t"Time, Place, Girl" ...Remick A Rainy Night In Rio—t"Time, Place, Girl". Wilmark Among My Souvenirs T. B. Harms 'Anniversary Song—-fJolson Story" ,. ....Mood At Sundown—fFabulous Dorseys" .Feist Bless You .... .... ..'. .....Shapiro-B For Sentimental Reasons ' Duchess For You For Me Porever-r-fShocking Miss Pilgrim"...... .Chappell Guilty ............ .'^Feist Heartaches , Leeds How Are Things In Glocca Morra—""Finiari's Rainbow" Crawford Huggin' and Chalkin' Hudson I Tipped My Hat'and Slowly Rode Away ................. Robbins If This Isn't Love—*"Finian's Rainbow"... ..Crawford ril Close My Eyes. ',....., ... .Maurice It's a Good Day..;.. .v.................... . ; .... .Capitol It's All Ov.er. Now. ., ... . ,...BM1 Managua Nicaragua.,. .. .. ...... .Encore Oh, But IDo—f'Time, Place, Girl"..'. .. ...Witmark Oh Whv Did 1 Ever Leave Wyoming?.... Feist So Wottldl—V'My Heart Goes Crazy"................ ...Burke-VH Sonata.. Oxford Sooner Or Later—i'"Song of South"... . ... .Santly-Joy This Is'the Night..,. . .....Jefferson To Me—t"Fabulous Dorseys" ........., ,.......Dorsey Bros. Too Many, Times ...... ........ .......Advanced Uncle Remus Said—'l"Song of the South".. ..' . '. .............Santly-Joy ' What Am I Gonna Do About You?—t"Ladies Man"........ .Paramount Who Cares What People ;Say............................. . iHarms Zip-a-De-Do-Daib—f'Song of South!'.,... ...,.«antly-Joy Wf ARE PROUD TO PRESENT OUR NOWEITY RHYTHM SONG IT TAKES TIME By.ArthMr' Korb. ■ CAWTOL-BiNNY ©OODMAN AND JOHNNY MERtEft COLUMBIA-DORIS DAY ' . >ECCA-JOE MOONEY QUARTETTE VICT0R-«>UIS ARMStRON© ., '■,■,'■■ - ' - ^ ... ALL MAtERIAL AVAILABLE LONDON MUSIC CORP., U\9 B'WAY, NEW YORK JOi SANTLY. &m. MGR. Remaining 23 songs of the vieek, u>/iic/i did not have enough perjormmce credits to rate inclMsion in the first 30. And So To Bed i........................ .Famous Another Night Like This . .........E; B. Marks Gotta Get Me Somebody To Love—i'"Duel In the Sun"..... .Morris I Can't Believe It Was .All IVIalce-Believe,................. .BVC I Gotta Gal I Love—t"Ladies Man'', .-v...................... Famous It's Dreamtime, . ... i.................. .Santly-Joy Let's Go Back and Kiss the Girls Good-Night Agaip.. . ... .Stept Linda '. .Morris My Adobe Hacienda ... ......Southern My Heart Goes Crazy—f'My Heart Goes Crazy" Burke-VH There Is No Greater Love ...World Old Lamp-Lighter .... ........ ... ......... v.. .Shapiro-B Open the Door, Richard ........Duchess Roses In the Rain, , Barton That's the Beginning of the End. ABC That's Where I Came In t, Robbins This Time .... . Dor.sey Brofi. We Could Make Such Beautiful Music. BMI What Good Would the Moon Be.,.,,.... .'... ...—Chappell When Am I Going To Kiss You Good Morning.. ...........Martin Years and Years Ago ..... .Bourne You Can't See Sun When You're. Crying,....... ... Simon You'll Always Be the One I Love—t"Song of South".... ....Sinatra t Filru'usicol. ♦ Legit Musical. Toiiy Martin to Make 1st for RCA'April 10 Tony Martin will make his first sides for RGA-Victor, under a con- tract signed with that company last Dec. 3, on the Coast, around April 10. Pirst session will call for four spngSi supervised by EU Oberstein, Victoi"s artists and repertoire head, -vrtio wiU be to Hollywood at that time. Disks will be ready for release about May 1 as per an agreement made with Mercury Records, Mar- tin's former tiisk affiliate. Lattei: company still has some disks by the singer to market, which will be on «ale by that date so as not to conflict with Victor's releases. Stinson Records is releasing a new album of "Jazz at the fihilharmonic" disks. Commodore Hotel, K Y., ■ '.Reverses Self on FoM Of Bands; Edwards In Commodore hotel. New York, which had been set' to shutter its name-band Century Room for the summer with the expiration of Eddy Howard's run, has reversed its decision. Spot remains open for at least another four weeks. With the Jack Edwards orchestra,* which opens tomorrow■ night (Thursday>i succeeding Howard, , . Edwards, handled by Jack Mar- sha.rd, who also directs Vaughn Monroe, hails from 'the Boston area, which also spawned the latter. He's also a singer-trumpeter. Guy Lowbardo's home at Freeport, L. I., was looted Wednesday night (5) by a thief who got oil with two wrist watches valued at $2,500. IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER AiM»tt»»-Oonlon Mac Ra« dork by Jaffe, Vincent and Tobias MOM" 'KciNi Sinilli Blifftltitlit tfrfiH StMriMR TAANSCMinrfON)