Variety (Jan 1948)

S6' ORCHESTRAS-AflTSIC Vtninesday, January 14« .1948 Banii Agencies In Early Sumnier Bids Major Ijand agencies have already Jannohed campaigns to set boolcings .for standard summer resorts along the eastern seaboard, though none ot the resorts opens earlier than May 30, more tlian lour months, hence. What apparently had goaded some of the agencies into activity much earlier than usual is the fact that General Artists' Howard Sinnott last year stole a.march on rivals and had many weeks booked' before the others woke jip to, what was going on. This year they're not going to be . caught napping. « Sinnott and GAC, however, ap- parently anticipating the earlier moves K>1 other agencies^ also are in action. Agency, along with Music Corp. of America, William iMorris, et alj are talking with Virginia Beach, Va.; Steel Pier, Atlantic City: Convention Hall, Asbury Park, and other standard spots. Interest of these buyers in the usual summer band activity indicates that summer bookings will- maintain the usual level, Lott Ley/ Sells Batch Of Masters to Capitol Hollywood, Jan. 13," - Lou Levy, head of Leeds' Music, one of the' publishers who under- wrote the ree{>rdini$ of songs pub- lished'by his firm and its subsidiar- ies, last week sold a batch of mas- ters made in this' manner prior to the Jan-. 1 disk. ban. , Levy turned over to Capitol'Records 10 masters made in Hollywood by Jan Garber's orchestra, all of which tunes be pub- lishes,, along with WO'Wther originals Garber made himself. In addition to .this deal, Levy sold eight sides to Mercury Records in Chicago. Four had been cut by the Les Paul Trio and four by Ghauncey Hayes, a Sart Frahtisco band. - V///,'///('//////t MEN S DINNER SHIRTS Si?.95 & S4.95 istuiay"- V '.iftu-.Wool ■ lahfl 'coijtfottskisw lii .wott'k rtrtj; 'Wfloreit; itfc, "Ottly. Jftrfe knp^ .'liow! In. ■Ml;aiilgilii!';-''>pWet BoyaJt Bltt'ej.:, PtfiVwir; j'Maroon...:.' '■■' mnkt MEN'S SHOP 1693 BROADWAY. NMr 53ni Si. BETAIL DISK BEST SEUEBS — P^ntETY — Surrey oj rexail disfc best sellers, hosed on reports ob- tained from leading .stores in 11 Cities, and showing com- parative'sales rating for fills and last week. National Rating This Last wk. wk. Jon. 10 Artist, Label, Title Oh T VAUGHN MO.VROE (Victor) 1 "Ballerina" .. 4 6 89 PEGG¥ LEE <CapitOl)- 2 "Goldeh Earrings*'., 5 a 72 JO STAI'-rOED (Capitol) •'Serenade «f the l^lls".. 4 • 1 42 ASTHUE GODFUEY (Columbia) "Too Fat Polka"..;,... 3 .10 35 XSantWS SlS^n, KAVE (Decca) "Civilization" ..; 2 . 9 30 FSANCIS CRAIG (Bullet) "NcM fo«'^ 3 7 27 15 B, GLABK-NOBLE OB^. (Col) "I'll Dance at Your Wedding"....... .. ROSS mfSLtm (Maje^iO 7 "I Can't Give AnyOiine But Love".. 1 S 5 10 3 10 9A GRACIE FIELDS (London) "Now Is the Hour" 1 19 9B ART MOONEY (MGM)- "Four Leaf Clover" 2 19 9C SAMMY KA-YE (Victor) "Serenade of the Bells"... 8 19. 12 17 BING CROSBY (Decca) That Peaee Pipe" ft 8 14 13A 12 BING CROSBY (Decca) "WhiffenpQot Song"..,. 12 13B. 16 JACK OWENS (Tower)-' ."How Soon" 5 12 15 BUDDY CLARK (Columbia) "Those Thingfs Money Can't Buy" 11 16A 8 BING CROSBY (Decca) "How Soon" 10 16B DICK HAYMES (Deccat "And TWimI". 10 IS DINAH- SHORE (Columbia) "How. Soon''.... ...... 19A VIC PAMONE (Mercury,) "Serenade of the Bells"... FKAXK SINATBA (Columbia) 19B .. "When « Fellow Needs a Gill". DOITT YOO liOVEHE AmriiroBE OXFORD MUSIC 1«19 B'way, New York Henry Hall Suggested By British Bandleaders For Top BBC Position London. Jan. 6. Henry Hall, who has disbanded Ms orchestra here, is to be offered a top post at BBC's Broadcasting 'House. A number of name dance/bandlead- ers have suggested that Hall be ap- pointed director of Badio Dance and Light Music. -Reason given was that with his • expedience ' h« would be ideally suited to "reorganize com- pletely this BBC division. Light and dance music shows have particularly come under fire during 'the'past year for blatant song'plug-- gihg and lack of showmanship). Hall 'is 'ffespected by both publishers and I bandleaders, who all know he has I never talten "plug moncy.'i THE FIRST BIG HIT RECORD OF 1948 FANTASY Roinbow No. 10050 by Esy Morales WARNING!! WARNING!!' PO NOT PUT THIS RECORD IN THE DARK RAINBOW RECORDS 1S6 W*st 44«i St., New York City YEAR«, NEW YEAR DATES SPARK LONDON London, Jan. 7. London cats leaped into 1948 with a breathlessly paced series of jazz dates. Aside from the traditional Chelsea. Arts Ball, -which cornered the entire market in name bands on Y.'s Eve, there was Ted HEeath's New Year^Hevel' at Sey'mobr Hall,' preceded by Sid Gr.oss's 'first two Swingshop sessions at- the Caribbean Club, Ted Heath^s Swing Session at the Palladium on Dec. 28, the No. 1 Rhythm Club's ■ Sunday session at Maclc's^ Rehearsal Rooms earlier the same afternoon, and the Hot Club of London's ,big» five-hand concert at King George's Hall on the preceding Saturday. • Music heard during the holiday season included anything from old' timer George Webb's Dixielandtirs to a kazoo band, an Australian two- beat outat led by Graeme Bell, a be- bop unit led by an accordionist, ahd ^aVparade of big bands in the Ameri- can manner, led by : headliner Ted Heath. George Webb's Dixieland concert to end all Dixieland concerts tooic 4^ hours to unroll, employed five bands, two announcers, and had the cash customer.*! fighting the police to get in. The New Year Swing session at the Palladium, aside from, featuring such small units as trumpeter Kenny Baker's Swing Group, drummer Jack Parnell and his Quartet, and trumpeter Dave Wilkins' ^ small blues combo, gave prominence to Paul Carpenter's excellent 'm.c.'ing Jind Cab Kaye's raucous bebop vo- cals. No. 1 Rhythm Club featured Vic Lewis'- small group, with the leader himself trying his hand at a somewhat unaccustomed trombone. Best show pf the lot, though, was undoubtedly Dixieland bandleader George Webb's marathon concert, if only because of the presence of two tubas,, thi^ee banjos, t\^o karoos, a comb anct a washboard. Born. AFM Committee Meets To Map Campaign Of Praise for Petrillo Hollywood, Jan. 13. • American Federation of Musicians' pul>lic relatiotis committee, headed by Herman Kenin, set up to ^discuss the"' possibility' of a good-will staff for James C. Petrillo, is meeting in New York this week. Committee has had one confab at which a flock-of flack experts were pruent to ladle out ideas aqd methods for carrying out a sustained campaign on behalf of Prez' James G. ' Petrillo, who's ibeen .' Jiaddled plenty by the daily press for too long.- When ways and means are entirely thought out, a plan will be submitted to the AFM' director board for approval. Louis Bernstein badk from Florida while other music pubs, such as Lester Santly remained and Her- man Starr, Jack Mills due to head south within the next week or so. MPPA, SPA Pad Still in the Future That the IS-months oi negotiations between the Music Publishers Pro- tecf-■■• Assn. and the Songwriters Pro. live Assn. over a new contract won't be finally concluded until March at' least, is indicated by the fact that the current agreement has been extended again until :March 80. This is the lOth time the oltl con- tract, which expired Dec. 31, 1946, has been extended, at first for one month at a time, then for two months, now for three. ■ Reason for the extension of the old deal until after the start of .spring is that the various writers and publishers who comprLse the ne.go- tiating committees take vacations at this tipte of year. Kven so, just prior to the holidays, both sides had come near concluding talks over a new pact, They had reached the point where only a couple major items re- mained .to be adjudicated, pending the settlement of which attorneys for both sides had proceeded to whip results reached thus far into legal language.and to have the latter made up in contract form. Even when vacations are over and meetings between the two factions resumed, it will be some time before a new pact is form|illy signed. Both sides will want to peruse the deal with attorneys, then they'll have to submit re-sults to their respective memberships for final okays. That will take additional weeks. Whicli means that by the'time a new pact is ready it will have been close,to two years in the making. Negotia- tions originally started in Oct., '46, when the SPA'ites submitted de- mands to publishers. Bill Fields started this week as a disk jockey on WSAl, Cincinnati, in a midnight to 1 ajn. slot. He had radio experience with the Army Air Corps in the late war. from M-G-M's New Hil 'THREE DARING DAUGHTERS' \^ Jerry Wayne^ Dell Trio THE fliCKEY-BIRD I SONB I COLUMBIA RECORDS 11 1 ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION 799 SEVENTH AVE HEW YQnK \9 N Y IRVING MILLS sueeesTS for your ntooRAM I GAN't GIVE YOG ANYTHING BGT LOVE, JflAGY ,Miff ie li^. •. , 4mm McHUGH MILi5 ' I^ATMAR MUSIC CO., Inc. " vfroudiy AnneHMM PERRY COMO'S INTRODUCTION o| Their New Hit lallaii A FEW mom KISSES , (and a Few Less HMrtaehtt) on Hit CHESTERFIELD SUPPER CLUB ~ JANUARY 16 All Materials' AvaiiabI* PATMAR MUSIC CO., INC. 1344 N. Col* Placo HOnywood 4131 Hollywood 2t, Calif. JACK PERRIN. 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