Variety (August 1949)

Jocks^ Jukes and Disks By BEBNIE WOODS RCA to Test New, Untried Times, London, Aug. 9. Wedding of Lilli . .Box & Cox •! I Bf Bl 1)1 I • If If K Duud New Names on Biuebird Label t. MAiirnf> “That Lucky that moves brightly. Karen Ted- /My*?im"“Mak*”elieve” (Victor)! der splUs the vocals with Ingle. ?Sun/’ a new tune with a western Platter Pointers flavor, at least as F.dmundo Ros Orchestra gets the presents the deep-voiced s*® 8 er foj. most unusual calypso with another hit possibimy to fol -1 —“Chocolate Whiskey and Sw his “Riders” and ‘ Someda^y ! yanilla Gin” (London) . . . Pled disks. It’s an unusual tune that, pjp^j.^ jjjj ^ smart stride on Monroe performs commercially,. “Somehow” and “Reckon I’m in backed by a male vocal chorus and I i^ove” (Victor) . . . National disks bis name power'could make it nit. > marketed an excellent version of Flipover is a tune be^ing revived. | “Solitude” by Billy Eckstine. long Working with the Moon Maids., since with M-G-M . . . Horace Monroe imparts a b.o. push to this Heidt label’s best so far is “Put disk, too. You Little Foot Right Out,” by Frankie Laine “That Lucky Old Ewing Sisters and Heidt’s band Sun“-“I Get Sentimental Over | ... An unusual face is Jack Jack- Nothing” (Mercury). Laine’s cut; son’s “My Little Tune” (London) of “Sun” surpa.sses Monroe’s in i . . . Same label’s Bob Dale, appar- manv ways. It fits his style-shout-, ently a newcomer, shows vocal like a glove, but his name: b.o. power on “Oh You Darling. S ower isn’t what Monroe’s is and Oh You Devil” . . . Dinah Wash- tercury’s distribution isn’t what ington turned up two solid tunes Victor’s is. Nevertheless, the face 1 and performances with “I Chal- •hoiild do a swell job with jocks, lenge Your Kiss” and “Am I ■nd jukes. It’s strong. So is the I Really Sorry” (Mercury) . . . Ted hacking a good lyric into which; Heath’s British band hits a bop lllne pours a great deal of warm i groove on “Lady Byrd.” but does i^fort He’s nicely backed by better with a jump-rhythm version Harry’ Geller’s orchestra. of “Song of the Vagabonds” (Lon- j “WntiAintr nf • • • Ravcns arrangement of * Honrs of Sun-i * Love” a smart face (Na- y • • • Gitto Anne Shelton’s S',r side”Mac'Ra.Tad'""et auJed Square Dance- .Lon- solo. If the tune hits, and it ap- j * (Week ending Aug. 6) London, Aug. 9. Wedding of Lilli . .Box & Cox Riders in the Sky Morris Again F. D. & H. Red Roses L. Wright “A” You’re .\dorable Connelly RCA-Victor does not intend to Buy Killamey P. Maurice ( 1 |t» u •! cling exclusively to the recording 1 ^ 9 'if**?!^** WirCU llVlCl 6 nCC of established hits for its reborn ForeverSSd Etfr!.'VF.^a«fH! Dallas. Aug. 16. Bluebird label, being sold at 49c Candy Kis.ses ... Chappell Strains of square dance music (including tax). While the Har- Put Shoes on Lucy Gay from a wire recorder proved to a mony label, issued by Columbia Echo Told Me Lie Chappell judge here that the open^ir pa- Hecord.s. and the Vocalion sidea 19 vilion operated by Joe Lewis was ’ ^ „ oecona ^ public nuisance. Issued by Decca Records at i Neighbor had asked for a court | the same price, carry only known Strawberry Moon ^ ^ ^Yale order against the pavilion on hits and reissues to the public. niiiA Rihhnn Dal Fiach | grounds that it was too noisy. Bluebird will be operated on a Everywhere You Go ■ ChaDDell «tt®mey played the music, t much more flexible basis. Cuckoo Waltz K Prowse ! recorded from a Ja'vn beyond the Originally, it was intended to Dreamer with Penny. .’.Magna revived Bluebird label Clancy Lowered Boom, Leeds ® same hit category as its It’s Maeic Connellv airplanes at a nearby flying rival platters. That policy has been I’ll Always Love You. Clover field, heavy auto traffic noises and revised to call for the lower-priced Put’Em in Box Connelly chat of passersby—but , victor sides to operate independ- Heart of Loch Lomond Unit : ently material-wise. Hits made by ■ - - ■ — music were on the wire. (Victor’s 79 c platters or rival label.s Request for a temporary injunc-' u’ill be channeled into Bluebird 1*01 i denied. grooves, but only when it’s practi- IlllPirCfPIII [\pp|fC ^ „ cal to get them out fa.st enough to Wvl vCvlll Salem Objects. Too take advantage of sales. Otherwise, I Salem, O.. Aug. 16. j Bluebird will carry new and un- If •- ^ Declaring that coinbox music fried tunes, and rei.ssues in the V^rQlfV IlSmPQ from the open-air Brookwood Roll- j^^me manner as any high-priced f Q1 vli y 1 ilUllCd er Rink is a nui.sance, residents of , the district have filed a potition in , ^ ^ division heads feel Eli Oberstein will go on the | Common Pleas Court against Ever- Bluebird line, as well as prowl for name artists for his i M*nameyer, making a cheap Victor label avail- 1 nnpratnr« AskitlC that the rink be . i I u ....... 'Wired' Evidence Dallas. Aug. 16. Oberstein Seeks Varsity ‘Names BOB CROSBY JOINS able in building future names. And unless the artists taken on by Blue- bird get a crack at material that hasn’t already been made a hit by Victor’s own 79r artists, or by a rival company’s top names, the op- portunity to build will be non- ftnlO II llier IV op- , av#* isuntv faet.ao«.o av/*. iiao t . - . U«. — pears to b® ®n Rs MacRae i j varsity label (35c, including tax) ^overed*^bv*a roof ^ ' *ki^ buyers, can be valii- will be in the forefront of lock n/\n rnACDl/ 1AI1IO ' * ir u .. *i, u ®y ® root. abjp m building future names. And and iuke spins. He’s backed by |j(J|> CKUudY JUIpIu ' month. If he goes through , unless the artists taken on by Blue- Ihe Starlightprs and Paul W^eston’s iiinMAMVtc* JAtrnd AADIT CrrWC CTIII imaterial that orchestra and the trio ties the tune UADMQmY x kRS time since Varsity was marketed (]0KAL jfcfcKS rULL .hasn’t already been made a hit by (England s No. 1 seller) into a neat laAitiiivii i u ^ , .... . ,, 'victor’s own 79r artUt*: nr bv a l^clMg.. /lipoy brings up an Bob Crosby is the late.st Colum- ! names al all rcc , nlCTDIO COVERAGE eomp,ai;y s^p name, the o^ jraexDMted melody from a guy I ke ; ogn.zable will be used. | UldllUD tUTtIVHtoJi, SUruSters do weU with it. Ifll, lar 60c (plus lax) Columbia sides ! '<<“ ** •’“■"P'* “P"" I. Cpcp' Heeords. ^cca subsi'"”'?. A" new material submit- he slaved tn the rnmnanv’c »»»/ioa Ut>rm/tnv there ai’c plenty of Tccording art-' IS going after 1009o distributor ted to Victor will be measured as to be played. to the company s new 49c Harmony : ,,..i,„hle with names known to'’<T» 6 e “wp poupIpv begin-i its Victor-value agaimsl the inler- -vlI'A'i' Mv Bun- "‘’’'■P “P''-’''® to disk buvers and rhev'l! bolster imonth- Currently. Coral prelive ability of artists on both (Crmbbi: WhelherorU label.' Varsity, rival labels «?*» 27 Independently - operated the 79c an^^^ “Beimtiful” becomes' a hit. Clark’S Clooney Jeane^^^^^ , dispersal points, which it .> esti- wheie it will fit best. Of course in waxing of it is worthwhile. .\ i Bailey, et at. on Harmony. . , iii Tonr and ^nniliphi) „«;« mated, cover R0% of the buying . the majority of cases new' tunes Tolid m?lodv ancrivril? Ciark’s So far the low-priced label has not Spotlight) use ^ j, ^ perform- . . . aui.. -...4 talfpn nn an niitcido articl* all havrA :4...nir nW.«w,r.a.lc Ke , “Beautiful” becomes'a hit. Clark’s | waxing of it is worthwhile. A i nf* ®n Harmony, solid melody and Ivric. Clark’s So far the low-priced label has not pines slide over it smoothly and taken on an outside artist; all have Mleablv. smart'v backed by a choir i been moved from the Columbia and - Haary /iinmerman’s band, stable. Companion side carries one of the j Incidentally. Harmony will make lesser-know'n tunes from “Miss, every effort to continue to team Lihertv.” Clark does it well. Unveils Coa.st Pressing Plant Los Angeles. Aug. 16. Eli Oberstein, liead of Varsity Pearl Bailey and Hot Lips Page on Records, returned to New York Sammy Kave “Everything They future disks. Pairing made a hit j over the weekend after reopening Said Came True”-“nime a Doxen Harmony’s initial ' his own pressing plant here. Ober- (Vicior). Kaye’s ®ntfi^ ®" sides, with “The Hucklebuck.” stei® had closed his local factory the crest of Four Winds-Seyen , months back when Columbia Rec- S^?iR. hitc th^ trouffn with this. u*-*- u_ii 1 . I nrH- Hoernn nrAccincf fnr him Riil London, Aug. 16 Decea Records itself channels its ■ ance. product into dealer hands through ; Publishers, naturally, are not ex- owned and operated distributing i pocted to fall in love with Victor’s points. ideas, but the company’s execs ari? of the opinion that the current ' practice of a.ssigiiing tunes is a Inlm FirnURn Hup vicious cycle that must be agreed JUUU llllllall 1/UC with by them in most cases, but London, Aug. 16 j blocks out new talent. Pubs want John Firman, head of the music , the best names for new tunes and publishing house of B, Feldman ] the best names want those new Ltd., sails on the Queen Mary ; tunes. That practice continues Sept. 7 on a routine visit to New ; mound and around and a new art- YqpJj^ ; ist doesn’t get a crack at well re- Main obiect of the trip is to re- ^ K 3 *’ded material unless he or she new contacts with U. S. publish-i ®P with a hit inff iifiii 4 !As ®®® * '’^*®*** toward a rep. Vie- “ ' tor hopes to help gather new reps. 10 Best Sellers on Coin-MachinesJ!i!!li^ 1. SOME ENCHANTED EVENING (13) (Williamson) 1 Perry Como Victor I Frank Sinatra Columbia ROOM FULL OF ROSES ( 4 ) (Hill & Range) (wS’HngS'V.V. 3. WONDERFUL GUY (9) (Wllllarason) I FraTwarm/.“"".'vStoi 4. HUCKLEBUCK 5. AGAIN (22) K '■> (DntteO } Tommy Dorsey Viclor (Robbins) 1 „ 1 V ic Danione Mercury 6 . RIDERS IN THE SKY (16) (Morris) 1 of^^®®»’®® 7. YOU’RE BREAKING .MY HEART (1) (Algonquin) Vic Damone Mercury g. BALI HA’I (9) (Williamson) 1 Victor I Bing Crosby Dacca a iJozen. a-niiioiiiy lu^e geuinx •—“ : IV .v-v-gav.. a...... York uoesn i gei a cracK a long strin*» of recordings, har-i j®®'®***,'^•’tists Management, Inc.. i ^ nhieet of the trio is to re- I Warded material unless monized bv Don Cornell and one, N^w has been appointed David Music Co.. Inc., of New' ^ m.hiivh accidentally comes up of Kaye’s gals, is a fair face. tuisiness manager of the Fort York changed its name to Michael new contacts with U. S. publish- | a start toward Jo Stafford ‘.‘The Last Mile Hnd.) Philharmonic. Music Inc. >®g houses. Rome” - “Ragtime Cowboy Joe” 1 | |Sf JH Si; 10 Best Sellers on Coin-MachinesJ!!!!!^ : ^ brown ref t)ie best. Huddling with the Star- y 4 ; PAA nAn iiAr lighters. Capital’s nerenniai soloist Cnmn Virtnr “ HIK ntiK Hill backstoppers. and Paul Weston’s!.. 1. SOME ENCHANTED EVENING (12) (Williamson) ’ orchestra she turns up a ballad ' 4 . ' Columbia - Les Brown’s orchestr : o 2. ROOM FULL OF ROSES ( 4 ) (Hill & Range) I return sells Itself heavily. Ragtime is,., * (Dick Haymes Decca y Hope-Swan Soap .sho different.! 4 , woNnFRPiii rnv loi \ Margaret Whiting Capitol Koes back on NBC in t sniked nicely with backroom piano.! 4 3. WONDERFUL GUY (9) (Williamson) . l Fran Warren Victor ” Brown’s third conseci nut the concoction is more beat , , o-.. ^ ^ ” with Hone than “Joe.” ; 4 iiiir'Ki RRiir'K' <ti iiTniiA«ii ^ Frank Sitiatra Columbia _ Kav Kvjwr “Dime a Dozen’’-, HUCKLEBUCK (.) (United) ) Tommy Dorsey Victor Brown’s orchestra 1 •’Mission Bells and Wishin’ Bells ” - mnhhi„Ri \ Gordon Jenkins Decca ” *®<1 midwest ^Columbia). Kyser got the right, 5- AGAIN (22) (Robbins) .y. _ Mcn-uru j summer working one-i slant on “Dozen.” ounohing it ud i ir > s* ^ I cashing in on last win with a bright rhythm beat, band-j 4 , g. RIDERS IN THE SKY (16) (Morris) , d ^P i Victor | bia disk hit. “I’ye Got clanning a ia “Deen in the Heart! (Burl Ives Columbia *► i Keep Me Warm.” Asso of Texas.” and a bouncing vocal •’ 7. YOU’RE BREAKING .MY HEART (1) (.Algonquin) Vic Damone Mercury o i ®8 handles the band, bv Gloria Wood. Side moves i P^rru solidly and is worthwhile. Samel 4 s g. BALI HA’I (9) (Williamson) .. ran’t be s.iid for the reverse a I Bing Crosby Dccca i Istless ballad vocalled by Bob .► 9 | DON’T SEE ME (13) (laurel) J Gordon Jenkins. Decca l\v/i S livW \JOIInI Wen^^WhiHwind’^ JcapHoU ''' iO. FOUR WINDS. SEVEN SEAS (I) (lAombardo) I Sammw Kaye Victor Yr TOf AftlStl Cap. Dunching in odd directions ;; ' Lombardo Decca ;; RC.VVictor is movi for a hit thence Gordon MacRae’s! 4 ). o I C’ “ ' ioritv of its arti.sts an 24 Hours.” Jo Stafford’s “Ragtime I NCCOnd bFOUD division out of its Rad ^owhov” handed “Dozen” to Miss It. T I^York. offices into n. fi®es it similar to, a \ Whiting-Mercer Caoital ‘^ leased on.23d street, , SUore-aoele ..! i: CoCti Ms record^^^^ i^Tr a^'^aVc^oTp^ila?io^^^^ MAYBE IT’S BECAU.SE (Triangle) T ««?«•• "‘I* "£ll!"®'.fi®wever. one must flip to )► Wanahn Mnurts* 1 /;. .^, “ excepting Red Se, Writer of “Rider.s in the Skv.” ' 1 nttus rsros Deica NBCs Theasaiirus. ’''barfin’ “Give \le‘ Your o \ ErcUjn Knight Decca library, which Victor Jmed. ^our Poor“-"if We Hadn't 4 . AOU RE SO UNDERSTANDING (Barron-Pemora) 1 Blue Barron M-G M sion will operate, wil nroken Up on Wednesdav Night T \ Sinatm-nau !! to the new site. SI H^ve Been a LET’S TAKE OLD FA.SHLONED WALK (Berlin) , p,., Vktor " made about Sept. .5. ‘Victort. Few have tackled, 4 k / . di d ' ^ 'coZ.^'^eoiioro■■ it .'-rsm'r nVeloV’Sellcn?;:- i! T.L4T . NKKD YOU (Fsn..«s, Oom Co„,,,,),m 1,3106 Reill I10.MEWORK (Berlin) .SI,ore oL tj Krsnkie UM.?T™ Ad.rirr/i ,^ j ™ I , l:,;,;,^ I DON’T SEE ME (13) (Laurel) ! d Jenkins Decca I Perry Como Victor 10. FOUR WINDS. SEVEN SEAS (1) (i.ombardo) I Sammy Kaye Victor I Guy Lonibardo Decca Second Croup BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE \ Whiting-Mercer Capitol I Shore-Clark Columbia MAYBE IT’S BECAU.SE (Triangle) SOMEDAY (Duchess) YOU’RE SO UNDERSTANDING (Barron-Pemora) LET’S TAKE OLD FA.SHLONED WALK (Berlin) I • IB «. r r v/ri. YES YES IN YOUR EYES (Remick) Carmen Cacai NOW TH.4T I .NEED YOU (Famous! Doris Day . ( Fran Warren IIO.MEWORK (Berlin) I Dinah Shore Gal" You’re a Doorv (Panii 1 ?^ ® Two-Dollar Pistol” oroa^iP ■ ;J® 8 i®’s parodied an- Yotfvll recent nop hit. “A lind rn. full of laughs ♦hIniP”'' D i®i® s®'®P- bita li.xsi# ®f whether it for in fiuwever. it carries value ♦heir .ni ® comic followup to, Verse of the original. Re- * good, too, a crazy piece • SOMEHOW (Algonquin) EVERYWHERE lOU GO (Lombardo) [Dick Haymes Decca I Connie Haines ('oral [Vaughn Monroe Victor I Mills Bros Decea \ Erelyn Knight Decca I Blue Barron M-G M [ Sinatra Doy Columbia I Perry Como . . Victor [Bine Barron MG-M I Carmen Cucallaro Dccca Doris Day . Cotninhin ( Fran Warren Victor I Dinah Shore (’olnmbia Rilhj Eckstine M GM 1 1 Guy Lombardo Decca J LES BROWN REPACTED FOR ROB HOPE SHOW Les Brown’s orchestra was signed last week to return to the Bob Hope-Swan Soap .show when It goes back on NBC in the fall. FI's Brown’s third consecutive season with Hope. Brown’s orchestra has been in the ea.st and midwest most of the summer working one-nighters and cashing in on last winter’s Colum- bia disk hit, “I’ve Got My I.,ovp to Keep Me Warm.” A.ssociated Book- ing handles the band. RCA’s New Gotham HQ For Artists Division RC.A-Victor is moving the ma- ' iority of its arti.sts and repertoire division out of its Radio City, New i York, offices into new quarters leased on.23d street, N. Y.-. near its recording studios. RCA has taken 8.000 feet of space on one floor, which will house all person- nel excepting Red Seal execs and secretaries. NBC’s Theasaiirus. tran.scription library, which Victor a gt r divi- sion will operate, will al.so move to the new site. Shift will be i made about Sept. .5. , Laine Renews ^ Los Angeles, Aug. 16. Frankie Laine is now tied down for a full seven years to Gabbe, Lutz and Heller management. He t Doris Day Columbia t « ®f'v five-year pact with HOW IT LIES (Morris) CIRCUS (Mas.se>) ( Bing Crosby Decca ^ I Kay Starr : Capitol ♦ j Tony Marlin Victor ^ I Dick Hanimes Di era ♦ ♦ FFipures in parentheses indicate number of u-eeks tong has been in the Top lO.l the agency, though his present one has two years to go. General .Art- ists books him. Sam Lutz first signed T.aino when he was drawing $7.5 weekly warbling at the old Mnro<-cn on Vine street, in 1946. Last ye^ (he singer gros.sed $400,OCO