Variety (Jun 1948)

DISKW WILL MIS There won't be a recording com- mnv representative in attendance at the American Federation of Musicians convention, whicli opens at ASbury Park. N. J. Monday (7). And the dislc execs who have.been meeting for weehs in the hopes of devising an idea that might appeal to James C. Petrillo and his ex- ecutive board, do not expect that the uniott will devote more than cursory attention to the dislc ban. If. anything else happens they'll be plenty surprised. Though the Industry Committee, made up of execs of the major companies, have been meeting fairly consistently, trying.to come up with a plan to settle the disk fight, nothing concrete has been determinedj Their meetings with Milton Diamond, AFM counsel, have turned up nothing. It has been well known since last fall that the diskers were en- deavoring to blueprint a plan to get around the Taft-Hartley act and continue paying the AMt the coin it wants (cited by Variety last August), but in their search, the diskers realize, they must ex- ercise caution. They were told during last fall's investigation into Petrillb, by Hartley himself, that they weren't showing enough spirit in the fight against Petrillo and that if the companies as a group flouted the T-H Act in laying out a method of by-passing the law's anti-union-fund clause, he would give them more trouble than . Petrillo ever could devise for them. 3'"or Uiat reason they're very wary. "SUU» 'ER DOWNAGHi, PAW" CHOICE MUSIC. INC. Caret Komero, Prof. Mgr. »I09 San8«t Blvd. ISTC Broudwar IfbHjrwood 4e, Qsl. New to*. N. T. CIUltTleir l-tSS* CQInmbM fr-Mso Amtrica'* N«w liHlraMalal Hit! ★ ★ fiddle faddle ★ ★ Sra^ witbl^^ Ralo AuilieDce { The top 30 sotifirs 0/ the wecfc" based on the copyrighted Audi- ence Coverage Index Suirvcy of 'Popular Mjtsic Broadcdst Over Radio Networks. Published by the Office of Research, Inc., Dr. John G. Peofmen. Director. Survey Week of May 21-27. 1948 At a Sidewalk Penny Arcade .......... w.., Robbins Baby Don't Be Mad At Me. .... ......: Paramount Baby Face Remick Beg Your Pardon ......,... -, Robbins Betty Blue Bloom Dickey-Bird Song—1"3 Daring Daughters" Robbins Don't Blame Me :... Warren J'or Every Man There's a Woman—-fCasbah"Melrose Ilaunted Heart—"""Inside USA" Williamson Heartbreaker Leeds ' I May Be Wrong ..... ... Advanced 1 Went Down To Virginia. ...Jefferson It's Magic—1 "Romance On High Seas" Witmark -f Laroo Laroo Lilli Bolero Shapiro-B Little White Lies ........ BVC Long After Tonight ......,..„.......'.....,..... . BMI May I Never Love Again...,.....,...., ...... Lutz Nature Boy ......................... Burke-VH Now Is the Hour . , ,. ..... Leeds Pecos Bill—I "Melody Time " '........ , .... .Santly-Joy Put 'Em In a Box, Tie 'Em With Ribbon ,.. Remick Sabre Dance ;. ,.,. Leeds Tell Me a Story .. . ... .. ...... ... Laurel « Toolie Oolie Doolie C. K. Harris We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye ...... :WordshMusic What'U I Do ..,...........,.V.,.....Berlin Woody Woodpecker ^..Leeds You Can't .Be True, Dear ..... Biltmore You Were Meant For Me—t"YoU Were Meant"i.Miller You're Too Dangerous Cherie .... .Harms The remaining 21 sorigs of the week, based on the copyrighted Awdicnce Coverage Index Survey of Popular Music ^roadcoit Over Radio Netioorks. Published bj/ Itie Office of Research, Ine., Dr. John Gj Peatwon, Director. A Bed Of Roses Johnstone-M A Fella With An Umbrella—-f"Easter Parade" . Feist A Tree In a Meadow Shapiro-B Best Things In Life Are Free—t"Good News" Crawford Beyond the Sea .. . Chappell Blue Shadows On the Trail—^t"Melody Time" Santly-Joy But Beautiful—r'Road to Bio" Burke-VH Dream Girl—^'Dream Girl" Famous Feathery Feelin' I'd Give a MiUioii Tdmorr^s....,. I've Got a crush On You. ..:....,. Manana ....;. .'r .......... My Guitar My Sin Old Ferris Wheel ....... .... Rhode Island Is Famous For You Spring Came ... Paramount ... Oxford ... Harms ,.. Barboinr-L ...Bourne .. Chappell ... Goldmine ... Crawford . Republic " Steppin' Out With My Baby BerUn What Do I Have To Do—i"Are You With It" BVC You Don't Have Know Language—t"Road to Rio".. Burke-VH Yours ,. -.... • ; • .Marks • Legit Musical, t Filmusicol. =THE REAL McCOY= TJiere's Only One ORIGINAL Smash Hit BEST SELLER ' MY HAPPINESS JON and SONDRA STEELE DAMON RECORD 0-11133 In a Class by Itself New iDror HaH-Milliai S«M There's a Distribnlor Near DEMAND THE ORHHHAL DAMON RECORDING STUDIOS, Inc. 1221 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City 6, Mo. Hits That Explode Oireniiiiit' Catches Leeds Short on 'Woodpecker' Demand Nature of the current music bus- iness is such that hits explode al- most overnight, catching publish- ers off'guard and without sufficient copies available to satisfy the ini- tial demand. And it's an axiom of the biz that sheet sales lost are never recovered. Last week Leeds Music got caught sh^rt with its "Woody Woodpecker," which promises to parallel the sudden rise if "Nature Boy." N.Y. jobbers relayed orders to Leeds for over 15.000 copies of the tune before the first batches were off the presses. Same thing happened 'two months ago witli "Boy." ! Music publishers rarely print more than a few hundred copies of a tune .before a demand is created. And today they're warier than ever about rushing ta the presses, since sheet sales are below norm. But, as a rule, they can feel the reactioh to a tune soon enough to be ready with copies when it "breaks." Not so today. Hits skyrocket so sud- denly that they're well on their way before pubs can catch up. > "Woodpecker"" was set rolling by : one recording—Kay Kyser's Co- lumbia disk. Tune was cut by Kyser on th'e Coast just before the disk ban. Lou Levy, Leeds head, took the song for his firm in the rush of acquiring son<;s to record, and promptly forgot sbout it; his N.Y. office didn't know almost until the time Columbia issued Kyser's record that the song was theirs. Tune is based on the Walter Lantz film cartoons of the same title, but is tiot included in one of the films. It will be soon, how- ever,.;,- BMI TSf-^S)^ HIT TVISES FOR JlJJSE (Qi! Reeerds) [ A BED i OF ROSES (John^tone-Montci) Sammy Koye—Vic. 20-2601 * Denny Dennis—london T42 A FEW MORE KISSES (Potmo Dennit Day—Vic. 20-2737 [CHILLICOTHE, OHIO iM«iii»> {Peggy Mann«E<Mie Hey wood—Vic. 20-2839 * let Brown—Col,* Four Tunex—Manor 1087 • Art Mooncy-MGM* LDREAM peddler, TFHE (i>e«r) Frankie Carle—Col. 38036 * Hal Derwin—Cap. 481 Sammy Kaye—Vic.'20-2652 • Snooky Lonton—Merc 5124 Harry Roy—London 225 * Del Courtney—Vita.* FOOL THAT I AM (Hill & RangcMuhial) j Dinah Shore—Col. 37952 • Sammy Kaye-Vic. 20-2601 Georgia Gibbi-Maj. 12013 • Billy Ecksline-HWM 10097 Erskine. Hawkinf«.-Vic. 20>2470 • , Brooks Brot|wn—D«ie. 48049 Dinah Washington—Merc 8050 * Gladys Palmer—Miracle 104 The Ravens—Nat. 904O IT'S EASY WHEN YOU KNOW HOWtPenora) John Paris—Vic. 26-9027 • Joan Edwards—Vita. 932 Buddy Clark-Xavier Cugot—CoL 38135 * Blue Barren—MGM 1018S Eddie Ballantine—Tower * I WANT TO CRY iWWor) ^,, .„.^ Chris Cross—Sterling 4004 * Savanna CburchiH—Manor 1129 «flv£. Dinah yVashinglon—Mercury S082 , * Phil Reed^Dance-Tone 214 LONG AFTER TONIGHT (Bmd 'Kate Smith-MGM 10157 • Andy Russell-Cap. 15055 Betty Rhodes—Vic 20-2737 • Snooky Unson--M«rc 5093 Yvette—Vitacoustit 919 * Russ Tilws—Musicona'14 LOVE IS FUN (Ghcoc) Mills Brothers-Dec. 24382 • Three Swns-^Vit. 24-2599 ^SERENADE (Music Pl«ycd OH a HcarMrilH|) fDaeliM*) Buddy Clark-Ray Noble-Col, 38091 • Jan Gcirber-^ap. 15043 ll Bob Eberly-Russ Morgan—Dec. 24376 • Jerry Wald—Com. 7503 John laurenz—Merc. 5099 SOMEONE CARES (Campb.11-P.r9M Vaughn Mbnroe-Vic 20-2671 * M lund-M6M 10170 Sq Frankie Carle-Col. 38130 • : Mills Brothers-Dec 34409 SPRING CAME (R.p»biici Sammy Kaye—Vic, 20-2886 m TROUBLE IS A MAN (R.9«iti !|8i ' Sarah Voughan—Music. 533 .• Hall Sistersr.LVic 20-2386 ' ^ Martha Davis-Dec 24383 • Maty Ann McCalt-Col,. 38131 Ginny Powell—Atlantic ,860 * Peggy Lce-^ap.* ' WHO PUT THAT DREAM IN YOUR EYEStsniorti Mark Warnow-Coast 8026 * Ray Carfefr-Rep, 122 Jack Mctean—Coast 8015 * Chuck Faster—Merc 512$ OURS (Mwks) Xavier Cogat-Vic. 26384 • Benny Goodman—Col. 364S67 < Andy Russell-Cop. 10112 < Nat Brandwynne—Dec. 3913 E. LeBaron-Dec. 25205 • G. Carter—D & W 3005 • Cuba Libre Six—Coda 5004 < Vaughn Monroe—Vic' Jimmy Dorsey—Dec 25121 Eddy Howard—Col. 37995 Tito Guizor—Vic. 27410 Phil Reed—Dance-Tone T7 ^en Light—Tempo 598 Roy Smeck—Dec. 3790 R. Armengod—Dec 18159 *S«on Te 8« Reieassd. BROADCAST MUSIC INC. SeO t fTH AVfNUi . NfW lOiK N T NEW YOBK . CHICAGO • HOLLYWOOD