Variety (Dec 1948)

42 OBCHESTptAS-MUSIC VednesJay, December 22, 1948 Sinatra, Day-Clark Do Separate Diskings Of Lyrics, Backgrounds Columbia Records Corp. puUed :a reverse switcli in recoi-ding sides by Frank Suialra and Doris Day- Buddy Clark alter lifting of the ,: ban; Because background arrange* mSnls for the tunes they were to do were in New York at- the time the ban was lifted last week, Sina>- tra and the Day-Clark pairing cut the lyrics, and the masters were . shipped east, where a band batoned by Mitch Ayres, CRC musical di- rector, added the music. It's happened in the past that background music for a vocal was cut first and the lyric added later by singers wearing earphones, but this was a new approach; Sinatra and Miss Day and Clark drew a beat to aid them from the thumping of a piano in a room next to their recording studio. It wasn't loud enough to be picked up by recording raikes and thus interfere with.: the adding of the music later in N. Y. Sinatra cut "Once in Lovp With ; Amy", this way, and Day-Clark did "You Was" and 'If You Will Mdir> Me," to be released later this week. Barry Gray's Shorts Miami, Dec. 21. Barry Gray,' disk jockey and commentator here, due in New York Jan; 5 and .6 to appear in a pair of band shorts to be made by Ben Blake for Columbia release. They will feature the Charlie Spivak and Frankie Carle outfits. Gray has been doing a two-hour nightly interview stint from the Hyde Park hotel. He switches to- morrow (Thursday) to a four-hour: program of disks and interviews from Copa City; new. nitery. , PLACES PERRY COMO VICTOR RECORD LAUREL MUSIC CO., ,J619 Broadway, New York DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS Lytic hy Jamts Braekman Music by Aba OInan Scoring A Great New Popularity MILLER MUSIC CORPORATION RETAIL DISK BEST SELLERS 15B 9 DORIS DAY-B. CLARK (Columbia) "My Darling, My Darling" 16A 16 MILLS BROTHERS (Decca) "Gloria" 10 6 10 16fi MARGARET WHITING (Capitol) "Far Away Places" 17A DINAH SHORE (Columbia^ "Lavender Blue'' . .... ^ . : v 17B 16 PRIMO SCALA (London) "Mistletoe Kiss" 18 BROTHKR BONES (Tempo) "Sweet Georgia Brown" . 19 18 EDDY HOWARD (Mercury) At Switching From Morris Agcy. to GAC General Artists Corp. has so far not made any further progress in signing up bands now tied to the William Morris agency other than those contracts with Red Jngle Hal Mclntyre, Buddy Rich and' Del Courtney. A contract with Duke Ellington is awaiting signature This is all part of a GAC-Morris deal. None of the others has yet indi. cated a willingness ^to go to GAC I Some have been to the Americaii Federation of Musicians to deter- mine whether or not they could demand a release from Morris They were told by the union sira^ ply to sit tight. Meanwhile, both Morris and GAC continues to evplain that no one is forcing any Morris artist to I swing over to GAC. Those that [do not will continue under the Morris flag, and that agency will continue to book them, presumably' v until their contracts expire, Dailey Eyes Names Frank Dailey wiH close his Mead- owbrook, Cedar Grove, N. J., for five days after New Year's. Spot will be folded Jan. 3 to 7 between the current Ray McKinley and the opening of Art Mooney, who stays v lour weeks and three da,vs. Dailey is going into the strongest names he can get at "reasonable" I prices. He .has had- conversations ' I concerning Jimmy Dorsey, Charlie Spivak, JBenny Goodman, Louis Prima, and Tommy Dorsey to fol- - low Mooney. K. .' ' "1 .".- FRANKIE LAINE ON PBCiOy I,I5U',S ciiKSTKRvirf.n si'iThH ci.i'i TlilirNtlii^' l',V4>iiinKr It's a DHly! On The Upbeat . Continued from, pasre 41 ... Jerry Saxon, all-night disk ,iock on WIND, is recording six sides in a "Popular Disk Jockey" series, to be used over 30 stations out of St. Louis, for the Greisedick Beer Co. . ; . Eddy. Howard returns to Aragon ballroom for 17th time in eight years on New Year's . . . David LeWintcr, orch leader at America's No. 1 Saxophonist CHARLIE VENTURA and His ALL AWARD WINNING ORCHESTRA CurrenHy Brealiing All Records ROYAL ROOST, NEW YORK fersonal Rep.: DON PALMER I Ambasador -East holel's • Pump 1 Koom, celebrates third anni at I spot . . . Anita O'Day opens at ; Stage Door, Milwaukee, Xmas day I, . , Dcsi Arnazi set for one week I at Orpheum theatre, Omaha. Jan. ' 14, ditto for Riverside theatre, Mil- ;uaukc'o, Jan. 20 . . . King Cole .! Trio goes into Blue Note, Jan. 24 lor three weeks, at $3,750 per , .-.tan/a . . . Woody Herman set lor Rivoh theatre, Toledo, after Blue I Note engagement here, Jan 27-30 . . Art Kassel roturns to Black- Ihawk restaui-anl, Jan. ii . . Cab ; Calloway goes mto Shouboat, Mil- ■ waukee, Jan. 8-23 . . . Tommy Reed set for 10 days at Blue Moon, WichUa, Kansas, Dec. 24. Hoflywoocl - Arthur IVIichaud off on a slow ,boat to Hawaii until after the holi- days Freddy Martin goes to the St. Francis hotel, Fri.seo, Feb 8. for five frames. He closes at the Ambassador hero .fan. 30 after 12 weeks. Troupe will essay an eastern vaudc tour after the Frisco ,d<Ue, having nixed an offer from the Palladium . , Tommy Dorsey ]band iitarts a concert tour in key j cities April 17, its first in more than four years. Last one brought I the band $.96,000 in 16 fabulous ■stands. This one will be a six- ucek affair . Edgar Hayes com- 1 bo hold another 16 frames at Giro's, Frisco, at $850 per Duke Ell- ington will get a flat 50',^, of the gross for a week's stand at the Mil- lion Dollar here, beginning Feb. 22. He'll supply entire stage bill. Pittsburgh Tommy Carlyn opened six-week engagement at Bill Green's Fri- day (17) Merry Macs will be there with him lor first fortnight , . . George Wells gave up his band to piano for Stan" Bailey three- some at Churchill Tavern . . Baron Elliott's WCAE staff orch set for annual New Year's Eve party of Enoch Kauh Club at Hotel Schcnley . . , Frank Pecoria rhumba band set lor music at now Mayberry Tavern .. . . King Cole Trio booked for Copa week of Jan. 17 . . . Charlie Spivak band, which closed here at Bill Green's Dec, 16, lay's off over Christinas, resuming Dec. 27 with a itriiig of one-nighters in New England . . . LAVENDER BLUE f Dilly Diily) Santly-Joy, Inc. 1619 Broad«ay, New York SAY SOMETH SWEET TO Y NG^ UR SWEETHEART IHK i ^^^^^ MILLS MUSIC. 1 6 1 9 6 ■ 01 J « 1 , V . Mtxvv Cf)rfetma« anb TO ALL MY FRIENDS Vaiaida Smu^