Variety (Sep 1947)

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Sammy Kaye and his popular So You Want fo Lead a Band pro- gram are making news.. Exciting news! Millions of radio listeners have been reading big feature stories in leading national magazines about Sammy and his great variety show. What's more, they're tuning in... and they love it! Seems like everybody wants to lead a band! LOOK had a wonderful 3-page word-and-picture story re- cently! Here's a sample: "It'« a musical free-for-all, this So You Want to Lead a Band. It's also a chance for every would-be bandleader to get his hands on the conductor's stick. And if his creative instincts are not sat- isfied, his practical ones are: To the winner goes a chance at fairy- tale prizes. - . "The contestant list of So You Want to Lead a Band reads like the classified directory. Taxi drivers, ministers, undertakers, jockeys, teachers and school kids have all been on the program. So have bus drivers, bartenders and plumbers. The youngest was 13, the oldest 73." And in NEWSWEEK a few weeks ago did you see the big fea- ture story on page 82 titled "They Lead the Band"? It tells the details (complete with photos) of the thrilling finals at Carnegie Hall of this year's national amateur bandleader contest. The winner—his prizes included a two-week trip to the Do- minican Republic,, a television set, matched luggage, a lady's ward- robe valued at 3750, an outboard motor, matched golf clubs, ten- nis racquets, a badminton set, a week's stay in New York, a spe- cially engraved watch and cigarette lighter! —was Rodney An- drews, a 17-year-old high school graduate from Dayton, Ohio.