Variety (Dec 1948)

WcilneBJay, DcccmlKr 22, 1948 ORCIIESTRAS-MVSEC 41 Bands at Hotel B.Q/s ■,Ho».«|- . ... .\;V-''..,^-l'l«yMl . 2 ■.■ Roosevelt (400; $1.50-$2) 12 ..Pennsylvania (450; $1.50-$2) .. H Duchin* WaldorjC (400; $2) rnrdnei Benedict* New Yorker (400; $1-$1,50) ^'iy Lombardo RnnoPvPlt (400- $1 .-^O-sa) Tommy Dorsey Conn Total Past Coven We«h OilDate 2.025 28,()00 J,250 3,050 1,700 22,175 1,775 22,350 ~T\Vol(Jor/, Moro«ret P»ielo?i, McCar/liiy FarreW New Yorker, Ice Inside Orchestras-Music After 40 years, Harold Orlob, songwriter and producer,' has finally ' tfotten his name pn "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now." as co-composer ( with Joe E. Howard of the melody. Heretofore the venerable song- i writer-entertainer was solely credited. The lyrics are by Will Hough 1 and Frank R. Adams, also still alive. On the subject of old songs, Charles K Hams' "After the Ball Is ' Over" this year becomes public domain Other big songs recently gone pn u-e llic late Ethelbert Nevin's "Narcissus" and Reginald de Koven's "O Promise Me," both Schirmer copyrights originally. Capitol Records uniquely distributed biographical data on its string of recording artists last week, and disk jockeys, newspapermen, etc, will find it extremely helpful. Outfit sent out perforated sheets which can be reduced to file-size cards, each carrying complete information on every Cap artist in alphabetical order The topper I's a short sen- tence on "disposition" on some of the cards- TeX Beneke; who opened at the: Palladium, Hollywood:,Jiist niglit (21). is getting $6,000 against an undisclo.se(l share oi the door admissions. He got $6,500 last year. Harry James crew, which closed Sunday il9), got $5,500 and a split over $13,500. Incidentally. Palladium is .slower than usual in lining up its spring bookings: Dick Jurgens has been set for March; with Benny .Goodman to lollow, but no others have been set as yet. Moppet Toni' Harper's chanting of "Candy Store Blues" will be fea- tured in two Columbia pix. Favorable, audience reaction alter sneaks 'of "Manhattan Angel'' prompted the studio to include the number in "Make Believe Ballroom" as well. In latter pic,; incidentally, .she. also "Little Miss In-Bctween." Sinion to Publish 'All for Love' Score George Simon will publish the score of the Anthony Farrell- Sammy Lambert musical, ".Ml For Love," due in New York Jan. 15. Score is by Gerald Marks, Lester Lee, Herman Hupfield, MichaeJ Enier, Allen Roberts, Sam Lerner and Sammy Gallup. - ' One tune from the score will be handled by Shapiro - Bernstein. That's "My Heart's In the Middle of July," by Roberts and Lee, which originally was to have been included in a Columbia picture and published bv Mood Music. S-B sub- sKl It uiii bo tiansterred to S-B. Krupa, MCA Argue Over His Vacation | Gene Krupa wants to take a rest i tor the mouth of .January, but Music Corp of America, which has ' good dates lined up for the band, ! doesnjt vvant him to. Two are .still' I arguing the situation, but Krupa gave his b<uid notice a week ago Sunday night US) in South Dakota. Krupa has been on the road for months and is far underweight. Alvino Rey Is also temporarily , disbanding to vacation lor awhile; at his California home. He's been I on the road about nine months!: without a break. RCA RENEWS ARNOLD FOR SEVEN YEARS Eddy Arnold has lenewed his recording contract with RCA-Vic- tor, signaturing a new se\-eu-year deal that calls for a miniomiTi of four recordings annually. RCA says it's the longest term deal made with a country-style artist its Vic- tor division has ever made. Arnold is one of the top disk- sellers in any category. He otten heads Victor's sales lists in the pop field, which he did for weeks last summer v/ith his "Bouquet of Roses" recording. sings On the Upbeat New York Bhie Barron's new Broadcast Music publishing firm, to be run by Jack Osfeld with Milt Stavin. got going Mondav t20) m N. Y. after months of delay v . . .Marvin Adler new sales manager of Signa- ture Records, replacing Jerry Ross ... Ben Barton took over "Song of Long Ago" by Milton Berle, Abner Silver, Ted Fetter, from Lincoln Music ; . . Fred Schrciber, 71, won $1 000 prize in Music Fund Society of. Philadelphia competition with "Sinfonietta in G for Orchestra" . . . Larry Brown moving disk jockeying from WPEN, Philadel- phia, to new WVNJ, Newark, Jan. I . . . Modcrnaires into Cocoanut Gi'ove, Los Angeles, March I . . . Bill White, formerly of Consoli- dated Radio Artists, joined Musical Entertainment Agency . ; . Capitol Records signed Babs Gonzales' vo cal group . . . Dizxy Gillespie's I Xinas night concert at Carnegie Hall, N. Y., is followed, by concerts at Bushnell aud., Hartford (26); Academy of Music. Phila. (28); Mu- sic llallj Cleveland 111; Civic Opera House, I Chicago i2i; Cocoanut Grove, Salt Lake City i5V, Me- morial aud., Sacramento (7); Civic aud., Stockton (8); San Francisco (9); Shrine, aud.. Los Angeles (12), and Jan, 13-Feb. 23 at Billy Bei g's, Hollywood. Chicago I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE Music by,, . JIMMY McHUCH RONINS . . Illn lM!imiil)OiiHl Tnri'li liiilliul I'M PI SILLUS IONEP Hill , Somuor to "Sweot OMtrgiit nrunn" OH! WHAT MUST I DO? Ills SuccftuKr to ■■V.lnimtr a T.ltlle , KIw, WUI Vn; lliili'^ ' WHY DON'T CHA MAKE up YA MIND? Alrenily on 1 Bwonl s—Morn Ooinliiic ,"**"<'>• f. Orrat ^on\^ Unt-kKrouiiilH. I onwii, Hnillu .VminKPmrntH, rarts PINKARD PUBLICATIONS U.1 SSpd stnet, \-,.w York 1» riioiit) 01. v-.iAio Vparry Adicr, harmonica player, currently at Palmer House, cutting several sides tor Dccca here . > . Art Wallace, singer, loined Cee Davidson's band at Chez Paree ... June Nielsen, singer, opened Swank Oaks Club . . . Henry Brandon follows Leighton Noble into Edgcwater Beach hotel, Jan. 15 . . i Jo Ann Parker replaced Ij.vnn Richards as songstress with Jimmy Palmer's orch . . . Jimmy: Hilliard, formerly of Mercury Rec- ords,: takes over recording and, talent chores for newly formed, Coral Records subsid of Decca .., Tom Mack, former cocktail-lounge booker with Frederick Bros., moved to Associated Bookers Corp. . . Johnny "Scat" Davis goes back to Silhouette. Dec. 28, lor lour weeks . . : Eddie Kofrers orch returns to Last : Frontier. Las Vegas, Ncv . ,J.m 28 tor indefinilc .stay . . . Lionel Hampton goes into National theatre, Louisville, for one week, Jan 6 . Saul Bourne, head ot Bouinc. Music, in town ; lor few days . . . Charles llassin, general sales manager lor MGM records, in town signing up new talent . . . Ijawrencc Welk returns , to, Trianon ballroom Cliristma.s day i : (Continued on page 42) ■ BLUE XMAS DOYE O'DELL K»rliiKlve 1881^ JESSE ROGERS V'<;ti>r .'<0—KWS . RILEY SHEPARD Ki'Kciit 2008 CHOICE MUSIC, INC. - *«, tal. x«,v Vork, JJ. Y Best British Sheet Sellers .' . {Week ending Dec- 161 London, Doc. 21. Buttons and Bows.. .:. : Victoria My Happiness ... .\ .Chappell In Love Wood So Tired . . Connelly Galway Bay .. Box & Cox Be There . Victoria Dream of Olweii Wright Rambling Rose .:. ... .. .Dash; Can't Be True ... Chappell Ballin' the Jack F D &II, Anything 1 Dream Keid . Underneath Arches . Connelly Second 12 Everybody Darling La Vte en Rose . Betty Blue . Dressed Up Sabre Dance Say It Every Day Guanta le Gusta . Beyond Stars In My Di-cams Love Somebody Heart Shamrock Dickie Bird Song Morris Gay . FeUlman Gineplvonic Leeds , Mcrrin . Southern ; . FeUlman Dash Morris Gay F.D.&II. , Peer Music Enterprises opening< Ottice in Johannesburg. 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