Variety (Jan 1948)

S4 OR€lIESTIIAS«llIUSlC Wednesday, Jannary 14, 1948 Eddy Howard's lOG . Demand for N.Y. Date Cued to'New Outlook' Chicago, Jan. 13;' "New outlook" by major New York vaudfllm theatres toward high salaries is evident in Eddy Howard's current tussle witli one of them. Howard, who's a big disk seller tar Majestic Records, as a matter of faet its biggest seller, won't play a N. Y. house until he gets the coin he wants and apparently none of the houses will give it to .him. Howard wants $10,000 weekly. The best he's been offered'is $8,500 and he won't play for that coin. MFCE LIFTS WAir STIGWA FROM FIELDS . Maestro Irving ' Fields has been erased from the "unfair list" of the Music Publishers Contact Employees. Reason given fqr the lifting of the MPck stigma from the maestro was that he no longer is broadcasting from the Crest Room, New York, where he has worked for the past months and that he had been penal- ized hy the MPCE long.enough. Fields was originally marked out of bounds for-music publisher em- ployees holding MPCE cards due to infractions of the latter's regula- tions. Looks Like Tardon' Will Duplicate 'Near You' Sale Lightning is said to never strike twice In the same place, but J'rancis Craig apparently doesn't know of that old wheeie. His "Beg, Your Pardon" tune, performed stmilatly to the interpretation of "Near You," is said by recording companies which cut the tune to be showing healthy signs of duplicating the sales of the latter. Rbbbins Music, which published the tune, .feels a sheet "sales bulge, too, • v Experienced recording men say that if "Pardon" is a hit it will be- the ilrst time a followup on one hit became successful. ■' (a OH OVERLOOK THIS ONE! I'M LOOKING OVER FOUR LE CLOVER THE GOOD LUCK RECORDING ART MOONEY M-G-M—10119 M-G-IVI RECORDS , THE GREATEST NAME iJlr IN ENTEtTAINMINT FRED WARING NAMED PENN STATE TRUSTEE Pittsburgh, jan. 13. . Freia Waring has just been ap- pointed a trustee of Penn State Col- lege by Governor . James !DuiI of Pennsylvania, first time in history anybody in show business has ever been so cited. It's an extra-special distinction for Wai;^ing inasmuch as trustees are usually graduates hold- ing degrees and Waring never got a diploma txotA Penn State, leaving there after only two years. It was at Penn State in 1920 that Waring, who . hailed from nearby Tyrone, Pa., started the campus dance band that was to be the nucleus of his present Pennsyl- vanians. At that time his outfit was comprised of four men, himself, his brother, Tom Waring, and drummer Foley McClintock, both of whom are still with the organization, and the late Freddy Buck, guitarist. Cat Disker Wants To (^t Disk Jocks In On Distributing Gravy Washington, Jan. 13. National Assn. of B*oadcasters is mfuUinjj reports from sevej:al mem- ber stations that a company doing business as the "DiscCovery Record Company" of Sacramento, Calif., has been offering a proposition to an- nouncers and disk jocks in which a commission would be paid to station staffers on sal^ of its records. Letter isent out by the company declares it] inleiids to bypass the normal channels of distribution so that all revenue will be divided three ways, viz.: "The artist,' the announcer " and the Disc-COvery Record Co." Station, execs are sorer than boils, according to- NAB, because the let- ters were addressed not' to station management but directly to the an- nouncers on a personal basis. Songs With Largest Ra£o AuAence The top 30 songs of the week, based on the copyrighted Audience Coverage Index Surveir of Popular Music Btoadcast Over Radio Networks. Published by the Office of Research, Inc., Dr. John G. Peatman, Director. Swrvey Week of January 2-8, ms. A Fellow Needs a Girl—•"Allegro"....v....... Williamson —And Mimi Shapiro-B Ballerina ,............,..... .. .. . Jefferson Best Things Are Free—f'Good News"... ... .. ... Crawford Civilization ..Morris Don't You Love Me Anymore . Oxford Gentleman Is a Dope—*"Allegro" Golden Earrings—t"Gqlden Earrings" . Hey.' Lucky You Are.. "... .. . -How Soon ., ................. I Still Get Jealous—*"High Button Shoes"...,,.,, I Wish I Didn't Love You So—fPerila Pauline". I'll Dance. At Your Wedding I'm A Comin' A rourt'V Corabelle....4..ii, Mick*"'' , N"'.: You Now fathe Hour..,,..;,...,.,........;.. , Papa I3anee Witb Me-i*"High Buiton Shoes' Pass the Peace Pipe—t"Good'News".i.. Serenade Of the Bejls .....;.. i.: So Far—*"Allegro" '...... . They're Mine, They're Mine, ^They're Mine.., Too Fat Polka ........ Treasure Of Sierra Madre ..i.;..'. Two Loves Have I Whiflenpoof Song , Winter Wonderland v.... With a Hey and a Hi 'md, a BSa Ho Ho. *. v W. You Do—t'TVtother Wore Tffihts" ......r.,.. What'll 1 Do....... ......r. . .. . ... WilliamjBon .. .Paramount ...Maurice .. .Supreme .Morris . .. Paramount >.. Simon ...Dreyer ...T. B. Harms ... Supreme ...Leeds ...Aforris , ...Crawford .... .Melrose .... jWiHiamson ......Sinatra " , ....Shapiro-B .....Remiek .... MiUer .....Miller! ....BVC • ..;;;f;ft)uj;ne BVC ,,,, .BerUn The remaining 21 s<Tngs of the week, based on the copyrighted •• Audience Coverage Index Survey of Popular Music Broadcast Over Radio Networks. Published hy the Office of Ue^seaVch, Inc., Dr. John G, Peatman, Director ■ ■ A Girl That 1 Remember.....,...,, ..,.-....,..BMl At the Candlelight Cafe. .,............,...,.,,,,..;> Witmark Beg Your Pardon ................................ i v, .RobbinS But Beautiful Burke-VH Gonna.:Get a Girl ...r,....Miller Kate ,.,,,... ..........Berlin Let's Be Sweethearts A^in ...,....C-P Little Old Mill ,.. .. . .Siiapiro-B Lone Star Moon , Advanced Love Is So Terrific Mellin Made For Each Other. .................. Southern My, How Time Goes By ...ChapppU Pianissimo .. .Santly-Joy Say Something Nice AWut Me. Chappell The Stars Will Remember... .) .........,.:,...Harms Teresa ....i,-^ ,1 Duchess. There'll Be Some Changes Made .Marks Too Marvelous For Words .... Harms True r Santly-Joy Why Does It Have to Rain On Sundiftr.: Johnstone You'v e Changed Southern 1 Filwusicol. •Lejjif Musical. Cleve. APM Voting Marked By Recount; Renew Repp Cleveland, Jan. 13. Results in elections held by Local 4, American Federation of .Musi- cians, were held up a week when a candidate for board of directors, edged out by a narrow margin, de- manded a recount of vdtesi. Mike Thow won the played-over bout by one vote, 449 tallies to Gus Caputo's 448, and took seat as an al- ternate board member, Lee Repp was reelected prez; Hoaj Avellone, vice-prez; Don Dupreyi secretary and treasurer. Sheldon Hendershott and Clayton Johns were new electees to the board, which ineludes John Belj on, Anthony Granata and Al Busso. ' Mack Stark, general manager of Mills Music, and Phil Lang, arranger io"^ the firm, leave tomorrow Whurs.) for a tht«e-day condiave of the Midwest Music. iConferenise due tPj tee off Pridajr <!«) at the tt. oi Slie'tan OMSiirMliflMM | ' fh» New Look ■ MARY LOU ^ The Notion'* Itecerd Hit I Can't Give You Anytbing But Love Rote Merphy (Ma|«*tie 12041 WHEN YOU'RE SMILING MILLS MUSIC, lee. U19 ■roadway New YoA H fs Tour Band Stale? Pep '«m IIP with oiie-oi-a-kind otehtH- tratlonti styled for-your jreftulrtmentn. Oritlnat niisle f6r acts, datioeM. Nn hack tvork. C'onfldential. BeHSonable. AL H b b A $iiii« 2t07t W. 42ml St., N. Y. 1«