Variety (Mar 1949)

VetTnesday, Marcit 23, 1949 orchbstbas-aiitsic 43 Int'l Music Continued from pme 37 s American jazz invasion is ever rpalLv threatened abroad, but it so happens th^t „from England. France, Italy, Switzerland, Ger- many, Czechoslovakia, and even from Down Under - (the recent "Now Is the Hour" is an Anzac origination), have come a host of recent hits. This, of course, com- pletely overlooks the Latin-Ameri- can invasion, which has long iiripped America with its crop of sambas, congas and rhumbas. Ever since Ken Griffin, on an Santly-Joy's hit, "Till the End of Time," for which Ted Mossman adapted the melody from the origi- nal of Chopin's vpolonaise." The Spanish "La Paloma" is the melody context for "Be Mine" by Desmond O'Connor and Harold Fields (Chappell of London); and the same duo, with the, collabora- tion of Dominic John, contrived "When You're in Love," based on Par, Famous Staff Revamp paramount and Famous Music Hrms realigned staffs last week. Dick Stone, former band singer and member of the Paramount staff, took over the professional Mooneyes ABC Talenf Show Okayed by AFM Art Mooney's "Talent Tour" pro-| gram, ABC net sustainer, reached manager slot with Famous from | the air last week (15) after'ABC Irwin Garr. Mickey Addy moved | had agreed to pay American Fed- into the Par slot vacated by Stone. eraOon of Musicians scale to Moo- Dave Bernie, Famous rep m Holly-1 , . ; , . , wood, was replaced by h^in'^g neyX muacians. It's not confirm ^eiss *^ ' ' •«> but it's understood that the pro- Eddie Wolpin is general man-!P?'^^^?,^ ^^l'** -P^^u'"^ ager of both Par and Famous, | unexpected bills, because it had ' previously advised chain outlets MO. PREPS $10 YEAR JUKEBOX FEE BILL St. Louis, March 22. State licensing of coin>opcrate4 machines and-jukeboxes would be required under a bill introducjpd.in the Missouri legislature last week by Rep. Gene Nickle. Bill would fix an annual license fee of $10 for each device. Under the terms of the bill pay* . -, Carncffie Hall, N. Y.'s series of I t"^'', PVfg''''"? )■» '"^""^ ^^"^ the Mexican "La Golondrina," pub-1 midnight jazz concerts will feature I couldnt back out when the Al'M (made to the State Director of ReV- lished first i.i America by Ch^p-|a college orchestra for the first insisted that either Mooney or the | g^^^ j^^^j conviction for violations have come to the fore. The beer- ■ stube oldie, "Du, Du, Liegst Mir Im Herzeii" has inspired at least two concurrent Tin Pan Alley adaptations; One is "You, You, You Are the One," almost literally fol- lowing the original lyric context as well as melody. Halted by the war i has picked 'em from such diverse since its original copyrighting in | points as "I Want My Mama" 1941, under the title, "Dance On i (Brazilian) has come up with the Cloud," by Colonial Music, it a Germanic excerpt, "Forever was turned over to Campbell Mu- and Ever," wiitten by Franz sic in '48. A PD melody, its writers Winkler and Mcilia Rosa, based on are Tetos Demey, Fred .Wise and' the originally titled "Fliege Mit Milton Leeds. The same melody is! Mir Bin Die Hem Heimat." In also thd ba.sis of the current "Be-1 England, in late-'47, .lack Mills cause You Love Me." 'bought the Dvorsky catalog from Berie's Tune m Czech refugee, and that's how Of the same mould as Al .Tolson'!; I "I'li'e Skirt Wnliz" lias broken "The Anniversary Song" is "Song, through as one of Columbia's two of Long Ago" (Hamilton Music, i <-0P,disk seller.s on the strength of a subsid of Barton), wrilten by I» f rankie Yankovic lyric and re- anothcr comedian-songsmith, Mil-i^ -.w.. ton Berie, in callaboration witli ; French Hits Abner Silver and Ted Fetter. It's I Erom France, which has spawned an old HuSsian Waltz; likewise in j such great international, tunes in the public domain, originally tilled | the past as "A Little Love, A Little "Expectation Waltz." Last year the r Kiss," "Madclon," "Who'll Buy Same melody was the basis of "The; My Violets?", "Valencia," "Valen- Loveliness of You," by Ted Moss-1 t'ua," etc.. in recent months has man and Bill Anson (George Si- mon). Drigo's "Serenade" (from "Mil- lions of Harlequins") is the mel- odic base for "The Things You Left in My Heart" by Buddy Kaye, Hugo Taiani and Herb Leighton (Lewis Music). Kaye is no novice at adapting classics into pop hits, his luo.st notable excerpt being SANTLY-JOY, INC. Eddie Joy-Gen, Prof. Mgr. 1619 Broadwoy, New York come Edith Piaf's "La Vie en Rose," retitled "You're Too Dan- gerous, Cherie." Les Compagnons de la Chanson, whom Miss Piaf berthed in America, brought over a Franco-Swi.ss tune, "Les Trois Cloches," now better known as "While the Angelus Was Ringing." Another Frenchy, Bruno Coqua- trix's and Pierre Dudan's" Clopin, Clopin" is now better known as "Comme Ci, Comme Ca" (Leeds Music), under .loan Wliitney-Alex Kramer transmutation. The Swiss "Toolie Oolie Doolie" by Ar- tur Beul and Vaughn Horton fC. K. Harris, one of Ralph S. Peer's subsids), is a last-year hit. Peer has another Beul tune cuil-ently, "Underneath the Linden Tree," with Dick Manning's EngH-sh lyric originally titled "Jlegenfeiffer Sing- Dein Lied." - Britain, of course, exported "A Tree in the Meadow," by Billy Reid. "Galway Bay," is from Ire- land. The universality of music, of course, was best illustrated by the manner in which the Allies "adopt- ed" the Germanic "Lilli M!arlene" whose composer, Noi'bert Schultze, was only recently cleared by a de- nazification court. To this day, middle and eastern European standards like "Beer Barrel Pol- ka," "I Kiss Your Hand. Madame," "Moonlight lytadonna," ".When Pay Is Doiiie," along with such isolid British faves as "Isle of Capri," "Lady of Spain" (the Brell Reaves- Tolchard Evans tune is just getting an American revival via its Ray •Noble disking), "Tliree O'Clock in the Morning" and a host of Latin American standards, get top per- formance ratings in the ASCAP logs, and commensurate payoffs. Evcryen* Agram Tops for ANY Program DOWN BY THE STATION AMERICAN ACADlMY OF MUSIC .■ INC. , ■ ■ nit ft Itr»a<lwn.v. N«w Torh lO.N. V. /TS A g'f^ (See page 44> i THAYER VAMPS GAC; I MAY STAY ON COAST ! Ilollyu'ood, March 22, I Lylc Tha.ver has resigned, from the General Artists Corp. local of- fice, effective, it's said, April 1. Thnycr, who joined GAC at the time tlie aticncv absorbed the Mus- Art agency, formed by Thayer, ' Russ Facchine, .lack WhiUemore. all cx-Miisic Coi'p. of America men. Is not saying w hat he will do i after quitting, ll's presumed he'll i i remain in this area, where he's .strongest. r Romors-lhat Thayer would leave; ' GAC have boon consistent in re-1 cent weok.s, alwa.N's denied by the ■ agency. VVhiltoniore, Facchine, ' and ilovi^ard Chnslcnsen. former I personal manager who was ahso a ' Mus-Art partner, all are witli GAC and will continue. Rca.sons for Thayei- cutting out are said to be I known only to himself by GAG I execs. - J-1 1 u 1 o J , I pell's subsid, Crawford Music. I time, Saturday (26), with the ap obscure-Chi disk^labGl (Hondo)] From England comes the cur-1 Pearance of Ohio State Univeraity's catapulted "You Can t Be True rently big "Cruising Down the i Workshop o f Modern Music. Dear,'' an old German tune, into River," written in 1945 by Briton's' hitdom during the Petrillo disk Eily Beadwell and Nell ToUerton. ban, a . wave of _ Teutonic^excerpts Not only is "Cruising" a surprise .smash for the new Henry Spitzer firm but it's a Ripley in the music business in that it won an amateur song contest and, for all its corn— even for the British ear-^was a mopup abroad three years ago. Robbing Music's Abe Olman network pay the musicians' sala-, ,, , . , ,, ries, that they couldn't play the would be punishable as a mis- program for free/ demeanor. ^ Great New Song sung by frank Smtrtt in M-O M's I Lyric by BETTY COMOEN and AHOVfH GRESN • Music by ROGER BDENS I w/tA these smash recordings I FRANK SINATRA... Columbia SAMMY KAYE... RCA Victor I GORDON MiicRAE...Copitol ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATiO^ MURRAY BAKfcR 799 Seventh ivPHu.^ S--V, '9 Prof Mg.r