Variety (Nov 1948)

Wedneiidaf* Novemlier 10, 1948 OltCIIE.STRA.MIJSIC 45 Band Reviews PACrrA AND HER RHVMBA (6) on the piano and solovox. Other iHiy Room, WUtow Hatel, lane ■ Reach, Cal. After a long career in the east, Sacita has started her invasion of the Coast, dispensing the swivel- hip rhythm that makes her a cinch. Current date, actually a break- In, finds her backed by a five-piece combo of bass, piano, trumpet, drums and sax. She handles the vocals' herself. easing them over for top results. Dacita features a pair of her own tunes, "Shua, Shua" O'The Wash- erwoman's liament") and "Solido, Joaquim." and keeps getting re- the piano, the outfit specializes in quests for them. In the Latin', blues numbers plus an occasional Idiom, each has a simple, extremely 1 free-for-all. catchy melody. With a little plug- Practically all of the musikers ging they could easily become are cut in for solos, with bu.Yom rhumbeat standards like "Jack, pianist-songstress Miss Howard ' Jack, Jack." acquitting herself in sock t^hion As set up now. band could easily both at the keyboard and ia the personnel are Joe Cricchlo, accor- dion; Charley Roeder, drumis and vibes; Ed Bruno, bass, while leader handles the sax. Cilb, ROY MILTON AND US SOLID SENDERS (6> With Camille Howard Apollo, N. Y. ■ Roy Milton's small unit in mak-j ing its bow at the Apollo shapes up as a jive crew with an unlimr ited supply of energy. Compris- ing two reed, guitar, ba.ss drums •Milton) and Camille Howard at move into any of the plushy West Coast niteries which bid for the carriage trade. It's,an extremely danceable combo, and Dacita, a canny showman, gives the custom- warbling department. Self ac comps herself on the Ivories in chirping the bluesy "You Don't Love Me" for a fine salvo Also is equally effective with "I've No ers exactly what they want. Gal Place to Stay." has plenty on the ball, musically ] Coi&stantly maintaining a furious lukd personality-wise, and knows | tempo, Milton's outfit has a style how to keep terpatrons coming that may best be described as a back for more. sledgehammer technique. Milton She's a hot prospect for any of himself contribs some nifty skin- the Coast bistros, particularly the. beating as well as vocaling a Sunset Strip variety, where she' brace of blues tunes in a rusty could easily become a long-run' voice that enhances rather - than fave. Kap. I hampers the lyrics. As a novelty unit the band rates among the better combos: ^How- ever, this type of rhythm has .m appeal that's. primarily confined to Negro, vauders and cafcs; Boys were well received at the Apollo.' Ciib. Bn.L McCVNE OUINTET Broadway Cocktail t>ounge Hotel Astor. N. Y. - Long fronting a larger outfit. Bill McCune switched to a quintet about six months ago. when a book- ing problem called for a small unit. 'His original combo stressed sweet- ness and Latin, rhythms,' and both these components are still well in the forefront of the present group. Moving into the Aster's Cocktail Lounge, where Lenny Herman was a perennial fixture, may be some- what of a handicap to McCune for a shoi t time. However, the room's j the Coast to nrepare for the per- steady patrons won't find it dilli- j manent shift, and moves his family cult to adjust themselves to the 1 ^jji, him on the final trip west. ?.*ch;l,1.d^pttnr ""^ H'egins. now head of Co- McCune wisely points up group , lumbia's Coast branch, comes back vocals and novelties to satisfy those . «nto . the N.Y. scene as soon as who want to "see" the quintet as , Selvm takes over. Selvm. inci- wcll as hear it. Nice rhythmic ef- dentally, will continue as head of fects aie contributed by Ted Husted' Columbia's kiddisk division. Selvin Preps for Shift Ben Selvin leaves New - York Nov. 23 to take over as head of Columbia Records Hollywood branch Dec. 1. He is :naw back in the east after .a two-week stay: on *RH' Logging System Richard Htmber's new det»lopment: in iiHKrin0. broodcosl perfoii^ ances lists twnes m the survev, based on f<mr major netie^ schedirin. They are contpiled on th* basis of 1 point for sustaining instrumentc); 2 points for sustaining vocal; 3' for commercial instrumental; 4 for commercial vocal, respectively, in each of the d ?:iajor tetritories, Neto York, Chicogo and Coast. For example, a Gofhmerdal Vocol in all tliree territories counts 12. Week of October US to NavcMber 4 ratal fimc PuhUsher Ma. You Were Only ij^ooling—Shapiro 196 Buttons and Bows—Famous...'. , 194 You C&W Everybody Darlin'—Mayfair 146 Underneath the Arches—Bobbins .... ,.. . .;., i.;,...,.,, .■ 144 It's Magic—^"Romance On High Seas"—Witmark ; 137 Hair" of Gold—Robert 122 Until-^Dorsey Bros. French BevtoeUer* Paris, Nov. 1. Voulez /Vous Danser.- Grand d'Mere? I Do You Want to Dance, Grandmother?) C'est Si Bon, (It's So Good). Au Chili. Maria de Bahia. (Maria from Bahia). Sans Vous. i Without You). Samba Bresilienne. (Brazilian 5amba), Ma Douce Valee. (My Sweet Valley), Ma Cabane au Canada. (My Cabin in Canoda). La Vie en Rose. (You're Dangerous, Gheric). Let Petit Bal du Samedi Soir. ( Satxirday Night's Little Ball). Le Relour des Cigagnes. (The Return of the Gypsies). Djimbo I'Elephant. (Jumbo the Elephant), Complet Gris. (Grey Suit). Ay Mama. Clopin-Clopant. (CloppiAg Along). Rumba des Cigales. iCacada's Rumba). Un Monsieur Attendant. (A Gentleman Awaits), La Marie. Les Trois Cloches. (The Three Bells). A-vcc Son Tralalala. (With Her Tralalala). C'est le Printemps. -fit Might As Well Be Spring). ' Chacun Son BonheuT; (To Each His Own). Valser dans I'Ombre. (Candlelight Waltz). Loin des Sambas. - (Smith. America, Take it U Allumait les Reverberes. tOtd Lamplighter). Le Plus Belle Valse d'Amour (Italian). (The^ Most: Beautiiul Love Waltz). Civili^tion. Chanson du Bonheur. . ,(Yoa Belono to My Heart) . 5 Mintes de Plus. (Fiec Minutes More), Moi Aussi. (T»»« Slur.s- Will Remember). Major Pubs Refusii^ to Accede To RCA Requests m Breakage Major music publishers are stub- Ijornly refusing to give in to RCA- Victor's requests that it be allowed to deduct 8Vi% from quarterly royalty statements to covet "break- age," etc. Affair has now reached the point where it is bubbling up REVEAL SUIT VS. FEIST FOR lOOG ON MUSICAL Alleged failure of Feist Music to devote proper time to exploit tunes which they wrote for the 1945 Broadway musical, "The Day Before Spring," is the basis of a $100,000 suit filed against the pub'^ lislier In N. Y. supreme court by songwriters Alan Jay Lemer and Frederick Loewe. In claiming Feist breached and violated its fi- duciary duty, plaintiffs ask recis- sion of a 1945 contract plus an accounting of profits. Action came to light when Feist moved for an order requiring the plaintitfs to serve a. verified bill of particulars, Carle Follows T.D. At N. Y/s Peiin Frankie Carle definitely wilt follow Tommy Dorsey's orchestra^ at the N.Y. Pennsylvania hotel's redecorated Cafe Rouge. Carle will open Dec. 27 for six weeks.: No ! band is set beyond him. I. Carle . was origiiially scheduled ' for the slot he's taking at the Pewi, but for weeks there was indecision as (o whether he would' actually flu it; he did not want to. spend more than four weeks at the hotel this trip. He wanted more time for road work, btit finally agreed to the longer run. into a cause celcbce of the mu.sie industry, with RCA continuing to round up smaller pubs In bunches and: the majors continuing to stand , pat against the idea. Victor*s executives had conver- sations with , several top firms last week and couldn't achieve even a promise to go along with the plan if and when the company gets : other majors to agree. One major ; firm, Shapiro-Bernstein, assertedly ■ told Victor that it might entertain an idea of a breakage deduction if : it wais applied only to pops and not"; to recordings of its standai?d: mate- rial, vvtiieh' are good almost any time, but that apparently wasn't suitable. Attitude being taken by the majors is the first time that there ; has been any tough stance taken by them, particularly in view of; the fact that Herman Starr, head of Warner Bros, music group had' already given his consent to Vic- . tor's making the deductions. Usu-: ally, as WB goes so goes the rest of the industry. That has reached the point where anyone or any organization seeking a concession from the niu<- ' sic industry as a rule approaches WB first. Last year, when Victor upped its retail disk price to 75c I and was seeking a 1?4 royalty in- I stead of the legal 2c per side, it approached Starr first |ihd bis okay I helped break the back of subse- I quent resistance. Then the Song- ' writers Prot«tctive Assn. took its new contract to Starr and got a signature before other pubs were signed. Victor took its breakage deal to Starr first,, and last week the Music Publishers' Contact Employees union had con-, fcrences with Stai^ before . hud^:' dling yesterday CTues.) with the- Music Publishers Protective Assn. - on a new basic contract for con- tact men. 112 Ah But It Happens—Bourne Ul 105 104 m »2 -Morris -Harms. Bluebird of Happiness-^T; B. Harms My Darling, My Darling—*"Where's Charley" On a: Slow Boat to China—.Melrose .... Everyday I Love You—•"T«o Guys from Texas" A Tree in the Meadow^^Sliapiro.... ..... Here I'll Stay—(-"Love Life"—ChappcU 84 Maybe You'll Be Tliere—Triangle *4 Cuanto Le Gusta—• "Date With Judj-"-Southern 81 My Happiness—Blasco 77 It's a Most Unusual D.ny—"Date With Judy"—Bobbins...- 72 The Money Song—Crawford - '2 This Is the Moment—-i "Lady in Ermine"—Miller 69 Isn't It Romantic—."^"Isn't It Romantic"—Famous 69 Loye Somebody—Kramer-Whitney '. ■ • f>.'5 For You—Witmark > ■ • ■ ' ^ The Night Thousand Eyes—f'Night Thousand Eyes"—Paramount 60 Twelfth Street Rag—Shapiro Down Among the .Sheltering Palms—Miller 56 1 sun Get a Thrill—Words & Mumc 56 Ain't Doin' Bad, Doin' Nothin —Spitzer . 5S What Did I Do—'"When My Baby Smiles At Me"—Triangle 54 Why Does It Bam On Stinday-^Duchess §1 When the Red Red Robin—Bourne - - 50 Rambling Rose—Laurel > 50 Ai; the Flying-\y—Morris. ™ In My Dreams—Murray,WiwU , *;* A Hundred & Sixty Acres—Leeds *3 Take It Away—Pemora Say Something Svvcel To Your Sweetheart—Mills 41 One Sunday Afternoon—"One Sunday Afternoon"—Bemick BBC EXEC URGES MORE BRITISH MUSIC Jim'Davidson. BBC's dance music dictator, is sending out a new di- rective to all bandleaders "advising them to feature a still higher pro- portion of current British pop songs in their programs." v f Publishers have been playing 1 ball aU along tlie line in their no- plug agreement with the radio chiefs. They have made it plain to the. BBC governors that they ex^ j pect them to keep th,eir part of the I bargain to the full by giving the f maximum possible broadcasting time to current pop music, and par- ticularly new British material.. Davidson, agreeing that BBC ha.sn't in the pa.st months come up to the mark in this direction, has i>rom'' ised publishers policy changes that j will meet their demands. > Davidson revealed that approxi-1 mate proportion of British dance j band numbers broadcast is be-\ tween 12 and VlW/n. Programs i are predominantly American. i, 14 Bistrilis Set By | Decca for Corali : Decca has so far set 14 distrib^ • liters for its new Coral label out j of a probable 65 domestic and forr I Songs with Largest Radio Audenee i: The- top 31 songs of the week based on the copttrighted Aitdt ence Coverage Index Survey of Pomdar Miwic Broadcast Oi;er Radio Netuorka. Published by the Office of Rtxtanh. Inc., Dr. John G. Peatman. Director^ Survey Week of OcUbcr 29-NoTeMkcr «. IMS A Tree In the Meadow Shapiro-B Ah But It Happens .' Bourne Ain't Doin' Bad Doin' Xothin* Spitzer Blue Bird of Happiness T. B. Harms Buttons and Bows—f'Pale Face" . Famous Cuanto Le Gusta—fDate With Judy" Southern Down Among the Sheltering Palms Miller Ev'ry Day I Love You Harms Hair Of Gold Robert Here I'll Stay—♦"Love Life" Chappell I Still Get a ThriU Words & M It's a Most Unusual Day—f'Date With Judy" Robbins ' It's Magic—f'Romance On- High Seas" Witmark Lavender Blue Santly-Joy Love Somebody , Kramer-W Maybe YouH Be There... .Triangle Money Song Crawford My Darling, My Darling—*"Where's Charley". Morris My Happiness Blasco Night Has Thousand Eyes—("Night Has Eyes" Paramount On a Slow Boat to Chiqa Melrose One Sunday Afternoon Remick This Is the Moment t Miller Twelfth Street Rag Shapu-o-B Underneath the Arches Robbins Until , Dorsey Bnut; What Did I Do—t"When My Baby Smiles ' Triangle When the Red Robbin Comes Bobbin' Alimg Bourne Why Does It Have to Rain On Sunday Duchess You Call Everybody Darling Mayfair You Were Only Fooling Shapiro-B : ; When You Left Me—Porgie 39 Lavender Blue—Santy-Joy '■ Lillette—Jefferson '■ Just For Now—Advanced • d<! Galway Bay—Leeds. .. » ^jj I Don't Care if it Rains ail Night—Witmark 30 Beyond the Purple Hills—Goldmine *» You Came a Long Way From St. Louis—Jewel. j5» If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts—Feist .28 Combelt ^mphony—Mellin ' I'd Love to Uve in Loveland—B.V.C - • *J Yoa Walk —Cavalier. v •• * • • *' eign outlets. Initial appointments I cover key cities from coast to < coast, Minnesota to Texas, and subsequent distribs will be set up in other keys as well as smaller cities and towns. ' The 14,so far set include Auto Eciuipment. Denver; Rcmco, Inc. Chicago; C and C Distributors, Seattle; Kemper, Barrett, Inc., San Francisco; Music Suppliers of New England; Inc./Boston; Millner Record Sales. St. Louis; C and C Distributors, Portland, Ore,; Win- throp Co.,- Philadelphia; Brilliant I Music, Detroit; Musical Sales, Memphis; Music Sales,. New Or- leans; South Coast Amus., Hous- ton; Forster Distributing, Minneap- olis; Millner Record Sales, Kansas City. Initial 14 pressings on the new label will be diipped later thi.s- month so as to be on the stands Dec 1. TJie remaining 21 songs of the week, hosed on the eopyrightet Audience Coverave Index Survey of Popular Music Broadcast. Over Hadio Nettoorks. Published by the Office of Research, IntL, Dr. John G. Peatntan, Director. A Hundred and Sixty Acres Leeds At the Flying "W" Morris Cumana , Martin For You Witmark ; } Galway Bay . Leeds I Don't Care If It Rains All Night Witmark 4 I'd Love to Live in Loveland.' , BVC t If We Can't Be the Same Old Sweethearts Feist J In.My. Dreams , Wisiell ♦ Isn't It Romantic—("Isn't It Romantic" Famous t Just for Now. , Advanced X Lillette ; Jefl[er.Son l..ilUe Girl Leeds Rambling Rose .., Laurel Say It Isn't So , Berlin ,Say Something,Sweet To Your Sweetheart Mills Take It Away , , Pemora Walkin' With My, Shadow Johnstone-M You Came a Long. Way from St. Louis , Jewel You Walk By..., Cavalier ; Yours , Maries t * Legit Musical, t Filnitutcal.