Variety (Nov 1948)

42 OBCHBSTytA-mrSlC Wcdnesilay, November 3, 194A Upbeat New York Eddie Sautier rcturneil to ar* ranging for Benny Goodman's new band.. .Barclay'. Allen out of action a week at Syracuse Ijotcl, Syracuse, due to ptomaine , .. Vaughn Monroe added four male ! vocaitsts to liis band at Strand tlie- atre, N; Y., and intends keeping tliem, making nine vocalists with the combo, exclusive of Ziggy Talent, from within the band.. > Arthur Johnson, vocalist and ice revue miC. at New Yorker hotel. Way form, dance band of his own .. . Frank Dailcy launches his new Cherbrook, Little Ferry, N. J., Fi-iday (5) night; it will not use name- bands or acts at any time.. Hollywood Tex Williams inked a new pact with Riverside Rancho to headline at the ballroom for six months, longest holdover date spot has ever given a performer , . . Freddy Martin band charter-planed in from N. Y. last night <1) and will ' vacash until opening three-month stand at Cocoanut Grove; Nov. 9. For ^ engagement orch - .will, get $3,300 weekly, and British come- dienne Florence Desmond, on the bill with band first four weeks* will get $1,750 per frame ..; Ted: Weems band reoptioned by Aragon ballroom until Dec. 5. Chicago Faster Straker, publicist for disk jock Eddie Hubbard, bowing out of setup to write for radio . . . Gene Krupa^ Anita O'Day, Bobby Breen and Darwin Dane set for La Ra- -bida benefit - dance Nov.. 6 RETAIL SHEET BEST SELLERS - Survexj of retail sheet misUs .soles, based on reports obtained , from leading stores in 12 cities, and sJiotoiiig co7npaTative salcj rating for this, and last week. ; National .Ratinf This Last wk. wk. OCT SO ' Title and Publisher Z l.O T O T A L P O I ■N' T S 15 "Say Something Sweet" (Mills) 4 New York '■ Aaron Copland .has composed a concerto for clarinet asd string orchestra, which Bennr Goodman will debut next May at a testimoni- al concert for Serge Koussevitsky . in N. Y. .. . Leeds Music has com- piled an unusual folio of lead sheets of Xmas songs for distribu- tion to artists . . . Chuck Foster band opens the Roosevelt. hotel New Orleans, Nov. 3 .., Associated Booking signed the Blen-T«H«s and Stan Nelson Trio . . , Sonny Kippe replaces Hal Graham at Pel- ham Heath Inn Friday (5) . Exclusive label now distributing Discovery Records in N. Y. . . . Al JtlcKibbon to replace Nelson Boyd on bass viith Dizzy Gillespie band. • .Ben Sabla, formerly with Dave Dreyer, joined Hill and Range I Songs to take charge of the busi- iness dept. of the company's Coast office , . . Ed Adams new midwest 'manager for Mills Music, replay- I ing Carroll Maxwell. Hollywood opens at Aragon Nov. 9, ditto for John Thoma, flaXW^Blackhkwk i Teddy Phillips at Trianon restaurant, takes over national ^"n?*^ .'^JIT.'"^ publicity for Al Trace . « . Benny Strong starts one-nighters Nov. 16, ending with • Chase ; hotel opener^ St; Louis, Dec. 3 . . . Todd Rhodes, orch makes; first . Chi appearance at Pershing ballroom Nov. 28, under Al Benson's spon- sorship . . . Gloria Hart joins Carl Sand's orch at Oriental theatre as vocalist, Noy. 18 . . . Orrin Tucker weeks .at Hotel Bismarck Nov. 17 . . / Lawrence Welk ends- one- nighters Dec. 7 at Schroeder; hotel, Milwaukee V . . Carmen Cavallaro plays Purdue U. Nov; 20 . . . Hotel Graemere pacted an exclusive with Brit. Decca-Capitol Continued from page 35 ASGAP^ITOA Continued from |i:ii;c 35 Fratuml In M-C-irs BIk Hit "DATE WITH JUDY" IT'S A MOST UHUSUALDAY Music hy,,. JIMMY McMUOM ROBBINS U. S. by independent distributors,' any exhibition fee, unless va ;pub- and abroad by distributing points jllsh0i\and/6r wjter is nOt ,a ineijiS still to be set up or announced. |ber of the Society. : Associated" with new policy pre-; This means that U. S. Decca's MusIq publishers are directly Renting one attraction and a band, Coral sides probably, will not be ' placing- the blame I'Or LeibelVS re- «t,^* Dolly Kay opening Nov. 5 with handled in English by British vision of opinion on the writers ' Massey west coast rep. Jack Ivett orch . . Henry Bussc Decca and may have been the The writers had applied to inter-' Jack Perrin. former Coast plug- off for one-mghtqrs, tlien closes at cause ot the latter's deal with vene in the case due to the fact ger for Paramount Pictures'subsid Lookout ' ~.T.«nl-„„ If,,., . 1 1. ... . I . . M Nov.: 7 , Andrea Setaro resigned from Paramount after 20 years as a scorer there . . , Vivienne Green has sold 19 masters to Mercury Records . . . Don Otis. KLAC disk jockey, and Jerry Lester have Karen Music as a BMI firm , .. • Tex Beneke's "Washington and'Le* Swing" and "Sweetheart of Sigma ■ Chi" are being pulled from "Proin Date" album and sent to the stalls I as a single . . Rudy Schrager set to score "The Green Promise," pro- duced by Glenn McCarthy for Samuel Goldwyn . . . Musicians' Local 47 has upped scale for grand ; opera to $22.50 per sideman pev performance, with no free re- 'hearsals. Same scale also prevails for ballet . ; Sues, Young Si Brown have- taken over Califor- nia state distributors of London label . . . Leon Rene Publications: has been accepted by; ASCAP . . . . Harry Weinstein ^named cast coast- professional manager and Ii-vinj . House; Covington Pittsburgh Drummer Hud Davies has left Vogue Terrace in November. JOAN WHITNEYaM(/ALEX KRAMER Ky., Capitol, or at least a contributing it has never been clearly settled fijctor. . : . \who is tlie copyright o\vner-:r-the : Capitol's deal with British Decca t pub or Wl'it(Sr.: . Thcj- asked tliat is for pressings only and differs | ASGAP be alloWed to retain: the from the reoent arrangementmadc i rights—or that the Mrriters be given I Johnny Marino orch at Copa to by Cap with Telefunken, German them. This action caused the pub- li'^join,?.''* "^i''"-"'^'..'*!",'; *^rn*™"*'ieounlerpart of RCA-Victor. This lishers to apply for intervention, tat William Penn hotel s rerrace, deal, with two others made a few, through Chappell & Co. lu a re- ■ • °f°"B-ii r«l^c fl.. l^ir^ • weeks ago with Mexico's Articulos ;quest that the publishers be named ihn.! hPPn held fo? fmir riro, ^°™<^''"cos and Panamericana de copyright owner. And it all so Mmac's Ltin:V«-ica„ unit intS! ^iscs, calls lor an exchange of confused th^^ tie- 'Johnny Brown's Club for two "lasters between Cap and the other , cided ASCAP should retain the ex- ' weeks Tito Rodriguez rhiimba ' P""'^'^!"*'^' f'^i^i' words, British |hib rights, but latter couldn't ex- ' band had option picked up at' Decca will handle Capitol in Eng- ercise them. Carousel. They alternate with land, under Cap's own label name, 1 The case of the songvrilers house orch of Ralph DeStephano , but Capitol will not handle any handled by John Schulnian long .limmy Dprsey set for week at 1 English sides here. lattornev for the Songwriters Pro- Thero's no question but that tectivo'Assn., indicated to Leibell Capitol s arrangenient for circular] that industry chads would result if tion in England, advances its ' ASCAP were to be divested of the prestige in relation to its rival 1 exhib rights and a draWfl-out battle major companiesRCA ^ Victor; Ibetween pubs and \V^^^^^ Columbia, Decca—both in this | them: He settled it sihiplv* but in: country and abroad. Cap's gross j a way that causes the complete, loss billings and earnings statements of the $1,500,000 or so ASCAP had have been eliinhing steadily since been collecting from film theatres | Its inception soine six years ago, I In deciding that ASGAP caniiot; and the overseas deals, instead of f collect thie fees "so long as it re-' placing the company fourth among [mains ^ illegal and a monopoly " j the U. S. diskers, easily could put jhowevieri LeibeU left tiie do^^^^ It past either Decca or Columbia, for ASC3A^» to resuiiie escMb collec-' Another result of the deal un- tions. One way would be to seek ( doubtedly wil] involve the playing [a Government decree under which ! 01, theatit- tune; in Eiigland 'oy.; Ihfe Society would eorae under ■ Capitol , artiste There are dozens jprice regulations established bv^ of hit recordings put out by Capi-1 Washington. This would afeo have ' I tol since its start which have never the effect of protecting it fromI I been heard in England and they; "future nionopoly" and- other ex-' I could create a demand there for jpensive legaV kctions. ' Whether i the personalities involved. Cap ex-1 this will be dofe is undetenTiined,! •pects to work closely with E., R. i but it has: been discussed often ' |(aed) Lewis. British Decca head, J among ASCnAP executives on sending its artists into England i ' '" ' ' i ■ '' ■ ' as. sooii as-pcssible. Capitol,; ineidentaliyi , sighed I DicK Jones to,'handle the b'versee-1 ing of Telefunked material.; • He music firms; new local contact for Hill and Range Music, which aLso has employed Jack Schiffnian t» tout its pop catalog in N. Y. ; . m DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS l/rie by Jamn Irecltmai* Mvtie b/ Ab« Ofmaii • Scoring A Great New Populdriiy THE GREATEST WESTEP^N SONG OF ALL TIME Bob Nolan's Immortal COOL WATER (25 Rctfords Available) AMERICAN MUSIC. INC. , Garet Bomerot Prof. Mgr. 9109 Sunsrt BUd. 1576 BroHdvrn.T Hull) wood 40, Ouli . N*w roi't, N. K. musical director. On British Demand Big London, Nov. 2 Dee. 1, the Decca ^Record FAR AWAY PLAGES LAUREL MUSIC CO. 1619 BROADWAY. NEW YORK ' Co. Ltd. will offer the fii-st British t release of disks made by Capitol! Records. Dealers throughout the country will this week i-eccive of- ' ficial notification of the new issue, including data on Capitol stars. ; Decca's acquisition of the Capi-' tof catalog for British and Afri- ;can distribution will certainly hit the casli registers 6ver here- Tliere is a tremendous hitherto unsatis- ficld demand for disks by Stan Kenton, Nellie Lutcher, Bobbv : Sherwood, Peggy Lee, Ella Mae Morse, Jo Slaftord, Andy Russell, Johnny Mercer, King Cole Trio, ' and Margaret Whiting. ! British dealers also have long- , standing orders for Capitol'* "His- ' lory oi Jaza!,' .albums,, , ; ^ ANDY KIRK ^ And Hit Clouds of Joy Featuring BEVERLY WHITE Now CONGO, Los Angeles Indcf. DECCA Recordings Exclusively ma'nSp. associated booking CORP, JOt GLASEK, rre.. /•tb I'l^tl, ,' New York 22 " 203 No. Wabash ■'■•'ACO Chicago Bovci iy HilU • -Mejzunine Floor, Beverl'^' Wilshire Hotel