Variety (Dec 1947)

^ein*»daft Decemlier 3, 1947 IM|CWB$TBAS*JIIIT$IC 41 Turkey Wedk No Turkey f(Hr Biz h Eastern Dates; James Phiny Bolf Thanksgiving weekend );>roduced niuch thanksgiving among eastern name band location iind one-nighter operators. For a change, ljusiness fan from good to exceptional in many location spots, wliile single- date promotions all reported making money, which 1« quite a change from the recent succession ol poor grosses, AU didn't report landojCflce biss, l>ut thejr made some coin. Perhaps the outstanding b,a Job in the east was done toy Harry James, at Franltie Palumbo's Click- Club, Philadelphia. In addition ' to the holiday weekend, Philly was fed with four straight days of football, from, the Penn-Cornell game on Thanksgiving through a Catholic high school championship game Fri- day, Army-Navy Saturday, and the Philly Eagles-Pitt Steelers pro game Sunday, James did $11,000 gross Sat- iU'day niglJt alone, firemen ordering -doors c^p^ed. to newcomers fairly eariy in the-evening. In New VoTk all major hotels did Well, with Stan Kenton at the Com- modore outstanding. He opened Tuesday (25) and in six days racked iip 2,320 covers. Manree Hot in Worcester Worcester, Dec. 2. Vaughn Monroe^ 'playing his third date within the year at Worcester Criterion Shifts Gateley ~ To Hollywood Branch .Bud Gateley, professional manager of Criterion Music, is being shifted to the Hollywood office of that company due to the belief of owner Miclcey Goldsen that the Coast scene is today the focal point of the music business.' Gateley will super> vise all professional activity on that end, with Goldsen and two other staffei-s handling N. Y. Gateley will replace Pete Camr eroi), who . currently handles Cri- terion and Capitol companies -on the Coast; Memorial Awdilorium Thanksgiving Eve,' cracked ail records for gross receipts at a dance here. Understood Frank Duffy, promoter, gave the maestro a ^S,500 guarantee against a 60% cut and Monroe took out $S,- 180 for his end. Monroe grossed approximately $8,- 700 after tax deductions. Yellen-Fain Won't Dissolve After Chas. Ross Leaves Though Jack Vellen, Sammy Fain and CKarles Ross, their new asso- ciate in the Yellen' & Fain music publishing company, are parting, the company " will continue in busi- ness. Only Ross is cutting out of the setup due to a disagreement over terms of the never-signed con- tract proposed between him and, the lirms two owners. Yellen; & Fain had ■ been a part^ nership prior to Ross coming into the organization, and the latter's leaving will not dissolve the com- pany. OpionKviyAffloiiglMFin^ On Meet of Petrillo s Jan. 1 Ban Opinion, is divided among the^ ma^ jor disk manufacturers regarding the Jan. 1 American Federation of Musicians recording ban. On? com- pany has sta.<:hed away so much ma- terial since the AFM's notice of the ban six weeks ago that it states flatly it wishes Petrillf would dou- ble-cress the companies and apply the stop-order immediately; it has that much of a head start. The BETm SHEH BEST SELLEBS Survey of retail sheet music sales, based on reports obtained from leading ttores in 10 citic.?, and shOKjing comparative sales rating for this and last weelc. Natioiisl Batinc This Last wic. wk. Week Ending NOV. 29th Title Publisher u T O T A L P O I N T same outfit also asserts it bale so much material filed, away tliat it doesn't care if the disking Tiiatus lasts three years. Another major, which has been going about pijjng up a backlog in a more deliberate way and at a re- sult probably: hasn't cut as much : material as the iirst, is non-commit- tal. It's going to continue to record right up to the last minute and, re- gai-dless of liow well stuffed it may : bj with advance masters, it is mak- ing no statements about what Petril- lo. can do with his ban. . .. the middle sits Decca, which refuses to be thrown into a panic b;; the ' ban, although it; too, has iiooe about considerably adding to the masters it has been stowing away again.st just such an emer- gency. Decca chief Jack Ki;pp as- serts that hoping the ban will last a long time is like hoping you can stand ott your overhead while go- ing through a "selling out" sale, with dimftiishing profits on outmoded ma- terial being overbalanced by costs. Capitol, on the other banc, is in the throes of selling out; if that deal with the ABC network is con- cluded its executives'will get out nicely from under the headaches that such a company roust encounter over a long ban. ' As for the many indies,' they aren't talking to, for or against Petrillo. and the AFM. They're too busy stacking hay with one eye on the approaching' storm cloud to dare or sass Petrillo. And the only time they take that one eye oil the storm is to look around for additional coin with which to help pay for the next crop of masters. AllecTo Mur<c, 'Inc.; chartered to conduct a music business in New. York City, with a capital stock of 1,200 shares. Directors are: Leonard H. Benson, SeymOur A, Lev;y'and Al- bert A. DeStefano. ' (This firm has no connection 'with Oscar Hammerstein lt'-RicbardRodg.. ers musical, "Allegro.") MILLER MUSIC PARADE OF HITS ff»n«» lytkt ky X»«<r tntf H. Varna • fnglhh Vewion by J. P. 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