Variety (Jun 1948)

OBCWES'mA^-MIJSIC 41 8ETm SHEET BEST SELLEBS P^RfEff Survey of 'retail sheet vmsic sales, based 0)1 reports obtained from leading stores in. 12 cities, and shoiDlng comparative-sales rating for this and Jast vaeek. Week Ending MAY 29 Si'w? TWe.ndPuWtal.er T O T A L P O I ■.N T S 1 "NatrtfB Bay" <Burk&-VH). 5 1 1 1 2 2 '^Wow 1« tWeTtear''(Leeds) 1 2 5 2 3 "3 "IMckey Bird Song" (Robbins).... 2 6 4 5 "Yog Cant Be True" (Bittmo re).. ■. 4 3 6 2 114 83 6 3 6 80 60 "7 "TooUe Oeite DobUe" (O^lLHartig) <t . 3 7 4 59 4 "Baby Fwse" (Remick) 3 9 58 "6 "LaiBO mH Bolero" (Shapiro-B).. . 8 9 3 7 5 8 -g 9 "Hanntcd Heart" (Williamson). 6 6 4 10 53 37 8 "Sabre Dance" (Leeds) 7 7 8 8 23 10 11 "My Hajiitews" (Blasco) — 21 n—10 "Utfle White Mes" (BVC) * .. 10 9 14 12A 9 "Manawa" (Barbour-Lee) ■ ■ .. ■. . ■ . ■ ■ 9 10 12B "Yon Were Meant for Me" (Miller) 13 ••Just Vwniillli^' (Leeds). Court Warns hxf Grove To Lay Off Miss Church Izzy Grove,. former pro fighter and for the past 18 yeacs or so a one«night band promoter in the New York area, was Warned last week in N. Y, magistrate's court to stop annoying Frances Church, assistant to Joe Glaser. Grove was hailed into court on charges of disorderly conduct after he had allegedly made disparaging re- markS'to her. Miss Church was put under the protection of the court, which means that if Grove, repeats his performance he's liable to penalty. There's been a feuld between the two for some time* Ranny Weeks, WCOP disk jock- ey, and one of Boston's top maes- tros, opened at the Sheraton Roof, only rooftop bistro in town, Friday (28). Vf'ggesf JtcqMsf Seng rd Give A Million Tomoxtows (For Jut Om Yitsfcrday) OXFORO MUSIC eonroRATioN 16lf ► ■■d w y . Mkrw Yorii WATCH!' WAITI lANIMftL POUU Best British Sheet Sellers i.Week endiva May 27) London, May 28. Gal way Bay Box & Cox Golden Earrings Victoria Teresa ... v....,. .\ Leeds Solver Wedding Waltz Unit Near You.;......... B^ Wood Civilization , .Morris Serenade of Bells....: .Morris Tree in Meadow Connelly Dream of Olwen L. Wright Reflections Water Maurice Time May Change.. . Connelly Wishing Waltz N. Gray Second 12 Mv Achin' Heart Connelly Tell Me a Story Dash Kissing Her Feldman Wintertime Cinephonic Sweet 16 .Darewski - How Soon Wood You Do Chappell Laroo Laroo,...> ...... -Dash I'll Make Up Morris After All.... .... Cinephonic Cousin Louella F. D. & H. Old Postman .F. Dl & H. Martin Payroll Cut %\m to 3G Weekly . » Hollywood, June 1. Freddy Martin' has been forced to pare the overall payroll of his band from $4,700 weekly to $3,000. As a result, 10 sidemen are leaving the band prior to its teeoff from here for about 19 weeks of eastern dales. A contributing factor to the loss of the 10 men is their reluC' tance to leave their homes in this area for such a long road trip. In making his cuts, Martin sliced individual salaries from $175 |o $130. He has been using two pianos, but will now get along with one, tickled by Roger Spiker. Stuart Wade, one of the band's vocal group, also leaves, being replaced by MeBV Griffin. ' . Martin, currently at the St, Francis hotel,' San Franci$co, leaves there Sunday (6) for onfr- nigliters across country until Aug. 12. He does four weeks at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, N. Y., then three weeks at the Strand theatre, N. Y., and three or four theatre weeks thereafter. NO RCA DECISION ON OBERSTEIN SUCCE^R RiiA-Victor has made no deci- sion jon a replacement for i<U Ober- stein, who pulled out as of last Friday (28), as head of Artists and repertoire. Walter Heebner, Coast rep for the company, is in the east and has been talked of for the post along with Steve Sholes, who heads Vic- tor's hillbilly and race recordings. It's not certain whether the company will select a replacement from within or outside the com^ pany. It may be, .however, that an individual will not get the post. RCA has ideas of a committee of employees. MY HAPPINESS Lyric by BETTY PETERSON Music by BORNEY BERGANTINE Itifroduced by JON and SONDRA STEELE On Damon Record No. 0-11133 Now Pasi the Half-Million Mark Bandwagon->A. and J. NELSON Bmcor—SIMITH and AYRE Bull«fu-R. DEAUVILLE Capitol—PIED PIPERS Colmnbia—MARLIN SISTERS Contintntol^cKAY TRIO Other Recordings by Dana—VINCENT and LASKOWSKI Decca—ELLA FITZGERALD M«rcury—J. LAURENZ Palda—P. SHERIDAN Signaturo—ALAN DALE . Victor—SOON TO BE RELEASED All Material Available BLASCO MUSIC, Inc. LOUIS BLASCO. Pres. 1221 Baitimoro Ave. Kansas City 6, Mo, lltEPS 18ADS y«ll LEtJIS tops g«» tttPS iE*DS li»H tICPS t.tM4 ■iW« S - °»'-^-^ . to« SHUW OUCH""" ^/.^W,^ (LEEPS LEAPS il>B LEEPS LEAPS il «II IBCPS tEAPSTRrTIIPS' tEAOf ftwa the Walter Lantz Cartoon ChartKfer Recorded by KAY KYSER (Columbia) aag-aaaGEaiPi ft«corc(«d by FRANKIE YANKOVIC (Columbia) • EDDY HOWARD (Maiestic) SHELTON BROS. (Decea) • DICK STABILE (DecCa) 4^ it% <U«M^ time i(n.. ."SABRE DANCE" LCIDS MUSIC CORPORATION lOl/ im, er«s. • AL GAtUCO, Ptof. M«r. RKO BU»lDIH<i • RADIO Cm • NEW YORK