Variety (July 1949)

106 ORCHESTRAS-iHlJSIC Wednegday, July 27, 1949 betah sheet best sellebs P’SrIeTy Survey of retail sheet music tales, based on reports obtained from leading stores in 10 cities and showing comparative sales rating for this and lost week. National Rating This Last wk. wk. Week Ending July 23' Title and Publisher CD Q k o 2; k 0) .c o I/I k cq U e be ea .S o a CO £ 0) k Pu u (A k o s •> X t) "S be e < X O U o U a a s CD o (/I 3 J CD X •wm 9 O CD o (A 9 s tij CQ : o u o i ^ I ^ ' eq a ! e I I Z ' c cq k I e (q CD C o CA k eq 0) a X 0 u fj •pp ' s k 01 9 K ' e. C ! 2 I « I % "Z ! ^ I V ■ £ o o U o 'S3 9 s CA c c a> •-3 lA cq X e cq id c o £ 9 Q (A "k cq £ O JC a "S TS 43 a o U y 'cA 9 £ 43 y CD X 1 cq y B B T O T A L P 0 1 N T S 1 “Enchanted Evening” (Williamson) 1 1 3 ‘Bali Ha4” (Williamson) 5 ‘Again” (Robbins) 1 4 '2' “Forever and Ever” ( Hobbinst . . r. : 3 2 ‘Riders in the Sky” (Morris) 10 ‘It s Cold Outside” ( Melrose) 7 ‘Wonderful Guy”, (Williamson) . 5 6 7 _1 _4" _7 3“ 2 10 1 4 8 ‘I Don’t See Me” (Laurel) 8 8 4 _1 _3 _2 5 10 “9 1 3 ‘2' 8' 5 4 1 2 8 5 9 A 8 “Cruising Down River” (Spit/er) 6 9B 12 “Breaking My Heart” (Algonquin) 2 fOA “4 Winds and 7 Seas” (Lombardo) 10 10 lOB “Room Full of Roses” (Hill-Range) 4 11 A “You Told a Lie” (Bourne) 8 10 IIB “Old Fashioned Walk” (Berlin) 9 2 9 6 2 96 '5 71 ‘4_ 60 6 56 i ^41 7 37 ]3 24 9_ 21 17 17 11 11 9 9 Bands at Hotel B.O.’s Hotel Band Guy Lombardo .... Waldorf (4 Nat Brandwynne* . New Yorker (400; $1-$1.50) Weeks Covers Past Total Covers Played Week On Date . 3 2,800 8,700 . 13 800 10,825 . . 15 825 5,050 .. 14 925 3,975 . . 4 2,250 10,225 • New Yorker, ice revue. Chicago Johnny Brewer (Swiss Chalet. Bismarck, 200; $2 min.-$l cover) Shriners hiked take here to 2,300 covers. ! Frankie Masters (Boulevard Room, Stevens, 730; $3.50 min.-$l cover) Dropped to 3,225 tabs. Vaughn Monroe (Beachwalk, Edgewater; $2 adm.). Claude Thornhill out Thursday (21). Monroe boosted take to bolT 18.700 admissions Eddie O’Neal (Empire Room, Palmer House, 500; $2 min.-$1.50 cmer) Ted Straeter closed Wednesday (20) as did Sid Caesar. Liberace anci Modemaires. Nice 4.000 tabs. Bill Snyder (College Irm, Sherman, 500; $3.50 min.). “Salute To Rodgers and Hammerstein” fat 3,900 tabs. Los Angeles Emil Coleman (Amba.ssador, 900; $1.50). With Jack Cole Dancers and the Merry Macs. Third wk.; 3,200 covers. Chuck Foster (Biltmore, 900; $1.50). Eighth wk.; 3,000 covers. ' Ted Fio Rito (Beverly Hills, 300; $4 min.). 680 covers. CAVALCABEi ♦ ( ifiggaical-Historicul Kevieiv: i8(H)-I948) ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Compiled for p^^iETY By JULIUS RlAriTLLI) (Copyright. Varioty Inc. All Rightt Rotorvod) Ltgtndt and ethor basic background information, attondant to tho compilation and protontatioH, appoarod in tho Oct 6. 194$. itsuo whon tho Varioty Song Cavalcado ttartod publication torially It is suggested that these instoflments be slipped and fifed for future reference. Attention Is hereby called to the fact that this moterial is copyrighted and may not be reproduced either wholly or in part. 1922 — Continued I. '.AmourToujours-L* Amour — J.uv* Everlasting, w., Catherine Chisholm Cushing, m., Rudolf Friml. Harms. Inc., cop, 1922 b> 11 irars-Friml Corp, .A Brown Bird Singing, w.. Ro.vden Barrie, m., Haydn Wood, London: Chappell & Co. Ltd., cop. 1922. Carolina In the Morning (Passing Show of 1922). w., Gus Kahn, in., Walter Donaldson. Jerome H. Remick & Co., cop. 1922. “Chicago,” That Toddling Town. V . m., Fred Fisher. Fred Fisher, Itu .. cop. 1922. China Boy. w., m., Dick Winfree and Phil Bouteljc. Leo Feist, Inc., CO)). 1922. Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray. Negro spiritual arr, for voice and pi.ano by Henry Thacker Burleigh. C Ricordi & Co., Inc., cop. 1922. C rinoline Days (Music Box Revue(. w.. m,, Irving Berlin. Irving Berlin, Inc., cop. 1922. Dancing Fool, w., Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler, m., Ted SM.\ der. Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., cop. 1922. (Successor Pub., Mills Music.) Dearest, You’re the Nearest to My Heart, w., Benny Davis, m., Harry Akst. Irving Berlin, Inc., cop. 1922. (Successor Pub., Bourne. Inc. Do It Again (The French Doll). V . B. G. De Sylva. m.. George Cvi.shwin. Harms Inc., cop. 1922. Doun the Winding Road of III earns, w., Margaret Cantrell, m.. i:.ii.'.>l R. Ball. M. Witmark & Sens. cop. 1922. Dreamy Melody, w.. m.. Ted Ko.'hler. Frank Magine and C. N iset. Jerome H. Remick & Co., coo 1922. <i''orgelte (Greenwich Village r )''ies). w., Lew Brown, m.. Ray Henderson. Shapiro. Bernstein & Co Inc., cop. 1922. (;''orgia. w., Howard Johnson, r Waller Donaldson Leo P’eist. In top. 1922. Coin’ Home. w.. m.. ^Willi.am A I ll's Fisher, adapted from the I,ai ;o of the symphony, "From the , N’ew World.” 1)y Antonin Dvorak, op. 9.n. Boston; Oliver Dil.son Co., co'v 1922. j Hot Lips, w., nv. Henry Bus.se. Henry Lange, and Lou Davis. Leo. . Fei.sti Inc., cop. 1922. I Gave You L’p Just Before You Threw Me Down, w., m.. Bert Kal ! mar, Harry Ruby and Fred E. j Ahlert. Waterson, Berlin & Snyder! Co., cop. 1922. (Successor Pub.,; Mills Music.) i In the Little Red School-House. ; w., m., A1 Wilson and James Bren' ' nan. Edw. B. Marks Pub. Co., cop. 1 1922. A Kiss in the Dark (Orange Blossoms). w.. Bud G. DeSylva. m., Victor Herbert. Harms, Inc., cop. 1922. The Lady in Ermine (The I..ady in Ermine), w., Cyrus Wood, m., Alfred Goodman. Harms, Inc., cop. 1922. Lady of the Evening (Music Box Revue), w., m., Irving Berlin. Irving Berlin, Inc., cop. 1922. Lovin’ Sam, the Sheik of Alabam.’ w., Jack Yellen. m., Milton Agor. Ager. Yellen & Bornstein, Inc., cop. 1922, (Successor Pub., Advance Music.) Mary, Dear, w'., m., Harry DeCo.sla and M. K. Jerome. Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., cop. 1922. IMistcr Gallagher and Mister Shean (Ziegfeld Follies of 1922) w., m.. Ed. Gallagher and A1 Shean. 4ack Mills, Inc., cop. 1922 by Ed. Gallagher and A1 Shean. 31y Buddy, w., Gus Kahn, m., Waller Donaldson. Jerome H. Remick & Co., cop. 1922. My Lover Is a Fisherman, w., m., Lily ' Strickland. Boston: Oliver Dil.son Co., cop. 1922. ’Neath the South Sea Moon (Ziegfeld Follies of 1922). w., m.. Gene Buck, Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper. Harms, Inc., cop. 1922, Nellie Kelly, I Love You (Little Nellie Kelly), w., m., George M. Cohan. M. Witmark & Sons, cop. 1922 .My Rambler Rose (Ziegfeld FolIie:> of 1922). w.. Gene Buck, m., l.oui.s .A. llir.sch and Dave Stamper. Hanns. Inc., cop. 1922. [O-hi-ol Round on the End and High in the Middle O-hi-o. w.. m., .Allred Bryan and Bert Hanlon. Jerome 11. Remick & Co., cop. 1922. On the Alamo, w.. Gus Kahn, ni.. Isham Jones. Chicago: Forster IMu.sic Pub. Co., cop. 1922. On the ’(xin. ’Gin, 'Ginny Shore, w . Edgar Leslie, m.. Walter Donaldson. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., inc.. ( o)). lt)2J. Ooo Ernest — .Are A'ou Earnest with .Me. w., Sidney Clare and Harry Tobias, m,. ClilT Friend. ,Arr. by ,1. Dell Lampe. .lerome II. Remick & Co., cop. 1922. A Pretty (HrI Is Like a Melody (.Music Box Revue), w., m., Irving Berlin. Irving Berlin. Inc., cop. 1922. Rose of the Rio Grande, w.. Edgar Leslie, m.. Harry Warren and Ross Gorman. Stark & Cowan, cop. 1922. Succe.ssor Pub., Mills Music.) Runnin* Wild! w., Joe Grey and Leo Wood, m., A. Harrington Gibbs. Leo Feist, Inc., cop. 1922. Sixty Seconds Every Minute, I Think of You (Greenwich Village Follies), w., Irving Caesar and John Murray Anderson, m., Louis A, Hirsch. Victoria Pub. Co., cop. 1922. Somebody Stole My Gal. w., m„ Leo Wood. Denton & Haskins Music Co., cop. 1918 by Meyer Cohen Music Pub. Co.; cop. 1922 by Denton & Haskins. Some Sunny Day. w., m., Irving Berlin. Irving Berlin, Inc., cop. 1922. Stumbling, w., m., Ze» Confrey. Leo Feist, Inc., cop. 1922. Three O’clock In the Morning, w,, Dorothy Terris, m., Julian Robeldo. Leo Feist, Inc., cop. 1922 by West’s. Ltd., London. Throw Me a Kiss (Ziegfeld Follies of 1922). w’., m., Louis A. Hirsch, Gene Buck. Dave Stamper and Maurice Yvain. Harms, Inc., cop. 1922. Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Bombo). w., m., Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman and Dan Russo. Leo Feist, Inc., cop. 1922. Trees, w., Joyce Kilmer, m., Oscar Rasbach. G. Schirmer, Inc,, cop. 1922. ’Way Down Yondei* in New Orleans. w., m., Henry Creamer and J. Turner Layton. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., cop. 1922. . When Hearts Are Young (The Lady in Ermine), w., Cyrus Wood, m., Sigmund Romberg and Alfred Goodman. Harms, Inc., cop. 1922. When the Leaves Come Tumbling Down, w., m., Richard Howard. Leo Feist. Inc., cop. 1922. Who Cares (Bombo). w.. Jack Yellen. m.. Milton Ager. Ager. Yellen & Bornstein, Inc., cop. 1922. (Successor Pub.. Advanced Music.) Wonderful One. w., Dorothy Terriss. m., Paul Whiteman and Ferdie Grofe, adapted from a theme by Marshall Nielan. Leo Feist. Inc., cop. 1922. You Remind Me of My Mother (Little Nellie Kelly), w,, m., George Mlichaen Cohan. M. Witmark & Sons, cop. 1922. Location Jobs, Not in Hotels (Chicago) Cee Davidson (Chez Paree, 500; $3.50 min.-.Sl cover). Billy Eckstine, Willie Shore; Shriners, helped somewhat, but dropped to 3,800 tabs' Dick Jurgens (Aragon; $1-$1.15 adm.). Midweek rain cut slightly 11,400 admissions. ' A1 Trace (Blackhawk, 500; $2.50 min.). Mild increase to 2,300 covers Orrin Tucker (Trianon; $1-$1.15 adm.). Holding at 9,800 admissions. (Los Angeles) Desi Amaz (Mocambo, 300; $3-$4 min.). Fifth week; 3,850 covers. Billy MacDonald (Aragon. Santa Monica; 4th wk.). 4.400 admissions. Harry James (Casino Gardens, Santa Monica, 6th wk.). 4,200 ad missions. Russ Morgan (Palladium B., Hollywood; 7th wk.). Good 10,350 admissions. « ff ft Mah Jong, a game played with intricate Oriental equipment, was the rage. Hairdressers said that the bobbed hair vogue was probablv here to stay. The production of U. S. passenger nufomobiles now stood at 2.309.000 — again a new high. IViliiam T. Tilden. 2(1, won the National U. S. Clay Court tennis championship, and held it through 1927. Kootball. racing and baseball w«'re prospering as never before. Ku KIux Klan agitation, and count eragitat ion. went on everywhere, R->flio turned commercial when WE AE.. N('w A’ork, broadcast the first etheri'/ed advertisement — a program snonsored by the Queensborough Corp. (real estate). Following a sensational series of manslaimhter trials, inyolying Roscoo C. (Fatty) Arbuckle. the film companies formed the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors’ Association, with Will Hays as head. Protestant Episeopal Bishops (Continued'on page 109) * Tops of the Tops Retail Disk Best Seller ‘Riders in the Sky’ Retail Sheet Music Seller “Some Enchanted Evening” “Most Requested” Disk “Some Enchanted Evening Seller on Coin Machines “Some Enchanted Evening Best British Seller “Wedding of Lilli Marlene WEISS OUT, KORNHEISER ON COAST FOR MORRIS ! Hollywood, July 26. I Edwin H. (Buddy) Morris has Ipaid Sam Weiss, his longtime gen! eral manager, a flat $27,500 in settlement of his contract, which had one more year to run. Both parties described the parting as {amicable, but there has* been disagreement between them on policy and sharing of profits. Sid Kornheiser comes out from the east to take over as Morris’ j Coast office manager in place of Weiss. Paul Barry replaces him in the Gotham office. Lee Eastman, Morris’ N. Y. attorney, came ^ here for the contract settlement negotiations. Weiss had been getting $350 per week, plus 5% of the annual profits. Morris has also let out Jack Clark, contaetman for Melrose here, with Herb Reis and Jeanette Goldenberg to do the tune-touting under Kornheiser. Kornheiser gets a five-year contract. Clark Is reported planning to start his own music company in partnership with Weiss’ brother, Irving, who recently left Paramount Music. Whiting, Wakely Paired I By Cap for Pop, Oatune Hollywood, July 26. Prospective biz hypo of some magnitude is teaming of Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely by Capitol on two sides for release in August. Pair duet. One side is a popular song, the other is an oatune. Miss Whiting has sold more popular platters than any other chirp at Capitol in past 12 months. Wakeley more westerns. This will he Wakely’s first pop and Mtss Whiting's first sagebrusher. Laine Would Team With Barnet If He Can Avoid Del Date Hollywood, July 26. Frankie Laine will do a one-nite tour of Canada with the Charlie Barnet orch if he can get out of a deal he has ^made to go into the Bowery, Detroit, Oct. 17. Canuck tour would start Sept. 30. Combo would get $3,000 per night and 60''o. All Barnet’s men , and Laine’s two accompanists, j Morey I'eld and Carl Fischer, I would be paid their salaries out of I the net. Barnet and Laine would I then split the remainder, with 30% i to the orch leader, 70% to the warbler. HRST CAPITOL DISKS RELEASED TO SWISS Zurich, July 19. Capitol Records have finally been introduced into this country ! and will be distributed by Tele: funken as a special series. The Capitol repertoire will be enlarged every month. I First 21 platters appearing here include a number of hits by Benny I Goodman, Peggy Lee, Jo Stafford, the King Cole Trio, Stan Kenton, Jack Smith and the Clark Sisters, The Starlightcrs and others. Six Top Jazz Men In ‘Young Man With a Horn’ Hollywood, July 26. I Some of the top jazzists have been hired bv Warner Bros, for background dubbing in “A’oung Man With a Horn.” Musicians are Nick Fatool. drums; Buddy Cole, piano; Harry James. trumf)el: Hoyt Bohannon, trombone; .Artie Bernstein. bass, and Archie Rosate, clarinet. Bernstein and Rosate are members of the studio's .50-man orchestra. Others were brought in from outside. George Tasker Forms Chicago Record F^irm Chicago, July 26. George Tasker, former artist and repertoire head of Universal Records here, has formed North-American Recording Co. He was instrumental in etching the record hit, “Peg O’ My Heart,” by the Harmonicats. Riley Shepard Sells Out Partnership to Cross Riley Shepard, songwriter, sold out his half of Choice Music last week to his partner, Sylvester Cross. Firm has the current pop. "Need You.” and its catalog, affiliated with the American oty of Composers. Authors and Publishcis. will be operated henceforlli by Cross in conjunction with .American Music, a Broadcast Music. Inc., alHliate. Shepard is setting up a new lASCAP firm called Dial Music.