Variety (Mar 1949)

42 ORCHESTttAS-AIIJSlC KLAC LOWERS BOOM ON JOCK CLUB PLUGS Weilncsflay, March 23, 1949 GA€ Losing Hope Of I Stan Kenton Band Reorg? I Leeds Buys 'Hot Canary* Hollywood, March 22. Ocnerai Artists Corp. apparently Hollywood, March 22. ICLAC, indie outlet here, has dropped anclior on free commer- eial.s by disk jockeys over the'sta- tionr Station execs feel that niterie.s being plugged by- jocKs, I carded al) publicity material it has : can well alTord to buy time. i been keeping in its files on the Disk .lockojs liere have long \<^-m\ov. currently sojourning in i been used to plugging night spots i South America. He has given no wiiere tlieir guests are appearing' indication when he 11 return to re-. as a means 0): compensating artists ; 'orm his crew, for being interviewed on their ] Wlien Kenton left last Decern-, shows. In addition) jocks usually [ ber, he said he'd be gone anywhere j plug openings at niteries along ' from six weeks to six months. He ] ■with the playing of talent's plat-'jshinped his car and reportedly is i ters. I •TPBving'an o'vef 'tftTA. ' " ' Leeds Music has purchased the song, "Hot Canary," from Carl Fischer. Originally an instrument- al by I'aul Nero, Leeds will fit the has litllo hope that Stan Kenton { ^^^^^ ^pop.'""^ will be waving a baton in the im- ; ..Ci,„ary" came to attention via mediate iufurc Agency has dis- Paul'Weston instrumental re- cording of it for Capitol Records. Ann Arbor Guests Detroit, March 22. . Twelve soloists and the Philadel- phia Ordiestra, under Eugene Or- mandy and Alexander Hillsberg. have been eiigaged for the annual May Festival in Ann Arbor, May It's A Solid Hiri- - Records, Lyric by MAUA ROSA • Music by FRANZ WINKLSR remdtd by FRAN ALLISON Rondo HELEN CARROLL....Mercury PERRY COMO... RCA Victor GRACIEnaOS London RUSS MORGAN.... Decca DINAH SHORE... Columbia 1^ MARGARET WHITING.... Capitol 1^ -mm mm -^m mm -mm mm mm mm mm mmtt'mm mm mm I I I I You cm Hold Back A Great Song - Another Hmra*' \ l)Mc fay DORCAS COCHRAN • Music by t/ONCt NEWMAN r/ip "sleeper" h\i from 20th Century-Fox's "Road House". neiv re/eases by ■ . VERA LYNN London VIC DAMONE Mercury GORDON JENKINS Decca MEL TORME.. ART MOONEY....M-G-M ROBBIN ^L C ORPORATON . . „ MURRAY BAKER, Gen Prof Mqr Songs.With LargestJRadio Andbce T/ic top 30 sonf;.s o/ tlie week (more in case of ties), bctsed on t/ic capyv\gM(id AuAxcncQ Coveraya Ivdex Survey of Poputar Mil- sic Broadcast over Radio Networks. Published by'the Office of Research, Inc., Dr. John G. Peatman, Director,- Snrvey WCek of March 11-17, 1949 A Bluebird Singing In My Heart, ...,. ,v. Advanced A Little Bird Told Me Bourne A Rosewood Spinet ,Shapiro-B "A"—You're Adorable ... Laurel Always True To You.In Fa.shlon—"'"Kiss Me, Kate". T. B. Harms Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes. r............. Leeds Careless Hands ... ......,......-.........,..... Melrose Clancy Lowered the Boorn ....... v,.,..,'......... Kenmor Coca Boca .i.^.v.. .tjnitcd Cruising Down tlv^^fc'er. Spitzer Dreamer With a Penny—*"A11 For Love".', Simon Far Away: Places , i Xaurel Galway Bay .., Leeds I Couldn't Stay Away From You ...............Johnslone-M If I Could Be With You ..,.. Rcmick It's a Big Wide Wonderful World... ......... .BMt I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm........'. Berlin Johnny Get Your Girl . , .. .. Bourne Just Reminiscing , , . .Encore Lavender filue^1"So Dear To My Heart".. ........ Santlv-.loy Molly O'Reilly , Soutli'ern ' My Dream Is Yours—t"My Dream Is Yours"....... Witmark Once And For Always^—fConnecticut Yankee".... Burke-VH Powder Your Face With Sunshine Lombardo Red Roses For a Blue Lady. Mills So In Love—""Ki-ss Me, Kate" .. . T. B. Harms Someone Like You—f'My Dream Is Yours", Harms Sunflower ....... .. ., ,;. >......, . Famous While the Angelns Was Rmgingi ..... Harris You Was Ci7stal . 21 songs of the week (more in case of ties), based on the copy- righted Audience Coverage Index Survey of Popular Music Brofld- cast over Radio Netioorks, Published by the Office of Research, Inc., Dr. John G..Peatman^ Director. Are You KiSising Someone Else ........... i..... . Cavalier As You Desire Me Words & M Beyond the Purple Hills ................Goldmine Candy Kisses Hill & Range Down By the Station... ,Amer. Acad. Everywhere You Go Lombardo Forever and Ever , Robbhis Green-Up Time—fLove Life" ..., .............. .Ghappell I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore............. Laurel I Got a Gal In Galveston Republic I Got Lucky In the Rain—*"As the Girls Go".. .., Fox I Love You So Much It Hurts... .'. Melody Lane I Wish Somebody Cared Enough To Cry. .London Look Up Patmar My Darling, My Darling—*"Where's Charley?" Morris Once In Love With Amy—*"Where's Charley','".... Morris Tara Talara Tala..., .......... Oxford Underneath the Linden Tree La Salle Why Can't You Behave—1 "Kiss Me, Kate" T. B. Harms You Say the Nicest Things Baby-r-^'"All For Love" .F'ox You, You, You Are the One.;.. . . ,. .Campbell t Film musical, * Legit musical. On the Upbeat SSS Continued from pace 40 ^ Beach, Portland, Ore. . . . Woody Herman herd booked into the Mil- lion Dollar, sole local vaudfilmer, for week of July 26. Herman will pay supporting acts and split 50-50 with house from first dollar. Chicago Clark Dennis in town to cut Jack Fulton's latest, "O'Leary is Leary of Falling in Love," for Capitol . . . Milo Etelt, head of Billboard At- tractions, off for Kansas City, lining up attractions tor Interlude Cafe there ... Bob Burke set for | 10 weeks at Dutch Mill Ballroom, I Delavin, Wis., this summer . . .| Leieh Barron trio passed eighth i month mark at Sheraton hotel here : ... Teddy Phillips goes into Casa i Loma ballroom, St. Louis, April 1, i then into Trianon April 18 on a | repea't ... Benny Strong does ai two-day sesh at Indiana Ballroom, I Indianapolis, March ■ 26-27 ,■ , >. j Pittsburgh | Dell Saunders, Tommy Carlyn's { girl vocalist, is leaving the band. | She's marrying Eddie Meyers, local I musician, and doesn't want to I travel . . Art Farrar, who had I an orcliestra around liere tor years, reorganized in New York under management of General Artists Corp. He's using two Pittsbui-gh men, Bobliy Prince and James Thompson . . . Henry Busse opens week Friday (2.'5) at Bill I Green's . . . Alan Dale at Copa on same bill with Brother Bones . , . Whiley Scharbo, former maestro at Villa Madrid, into Hollywood Show Bar with new crew . . . Johnny Mitchell set for stretch as organist at new Braddock Lounge, Mayfair hotel. Cleveland Sammy Watkius, bandmaster at HoUenden hotel Vogue Room, do- ing his first disk-jockey shows for WERE ... Hal Lynn crew on initial nitery booking at Alhambra Club, pinch-hittlng for Hy Baron's or-1 chestra during its vacation ... Red I Ingle's comedy band into Skyway ; Club here March 29 . , . Sal Gum- minffs pulled his unit out of Lind- says to open Norman Khoury's new Carousel Club . , FRANKIE LAINE A|)|>earIiiK JERRY JONES' RENDEZVOUS I./iKK C'l'i'V, UTAH IDONTSEEME IN YOUR EYES ANYMORE LAUREL MUSIC CO , 1619 Broadway, New York (See page 44) HARP FOR SALE KiiK-Ucnt concritlon mMMA ». & ](enly. nxiiutlful tone. IilenI trAveningTv $485.00 For Inforinntluii uud pliotojtnipli «'"• nnx 1481 Ii-ort Benniiiir, UrorKi*