Variety (January 1950)

S4 OBCUSVBAS-IMIJSIC Wednesday, lanasry 2 S, 1950 DECCA y Vole I Great Moments from Great Plays .V # ■ HELEH HAYES in Victoria Regitia FREDRIC MARCH ond ElDRIDGE in Yoars Ago and The' Sldn of Our Teeth EVA LeRALLIENNE in Hedda Gabler JOHN in kiiig Richard n AyaildbU.'inVBotli 78 RPM . and Long Play. UECCA ALBUM DAU-730 4 12<lliiCh 7(1 RPM 0ECCA1,ITE* Records; ^Unbreakable under normal use Dt 9002 12-inch Long Play Microgrbove . Unbreakable Record DECCA RECORDS RETAIL DISK BEST SEUERS FIVE TOP ALBUMS ■'5:. JOLSON SINGS AGAIN Al Jolsdn Decca Disk Besf Sellers by Coihpanjes . (Based on Points Earned^ . NOiOf Label Victor . Decca . .. . Coral r . . Columbia 'O'-e . Records 8 ..; 5 ... 1 .. 3 Points 136 116 39 38 Label Mercury London . Capitol . . No, of Records 3 . . 1 1 Points 35 39 21 On the Uplieat London Records shifting New ^York. headquarter into larger space bn 25th street ’ . , Joe Csida,' head of RCA-Victor artists and .repertoire, delayed trip to Coast two weeks • . . George piticiis, Shapirp-Bernstein, N. Y., staff, tO Flprida with family; Louis BernT stein, head of the ;firmalso, south Friday (27) . .'. Chunimy ^ Mac^ Greffor, former; Glenn Miller pian- ist, to work for Mutual Music on Coast V . Dick .Liiikc, former disk pro motion head tor Ca pitpl Rec- ords!, took over promotion of Co- lumbia disks via Times-Appliance post . . . Lionel Hampton orches- tra booked for new ."‘Cavalcade of Barids^' tele show March 14 .. . . Don Cornell and Lisa Kirk new duet team for RCA-Victor disks; they cut four sides last week . ,, . Milton Saunders orchestra marks first arini at Tavern-On-Green, N. Y,, tomorrow (Thurs.); band plays a fashion show at Plaza ho- tel, tonight (Wed.) ; . . Jill Warren in Lying-In: hospital, N., Y , recov- ering from dan^fousiy difficiilf of a son . . . Tell Music, Mad- ison, Wis.. and Mid-West tors, Kansas City, will di.Stribute Apollo Records Chicago ' Art Kassel staifts three and one-, half w e e k s of one - nighters throughout -midwest Feb. 3 . . / Duke Ellington will play two con- certs at Chi Opera House Feb. 5 . . , Mitch Miller, Mercury Records N. Y. office, here last week to cut Eddie. Howard on four sides, Two- Ton Baker on six, and Pave LeWinter on four . . Lawrence Welk to'Bill“Greens CjtsihP, Pitts- burgh, Jan. 27 to Feb. 4. Then to I Circle Theatre, Indianapolis, week of Febv 9 . ... Julie. Stearns, BMI professional manager .and Bill Hanson, head of sheet music for BMi, both in town last week . ’ Horace fleidt to Civic Opera House Feb; 18-19, He, will conduct audi- tions here Feb. 7-9 . . . Johnny Lane and Dixieland group now at Eleven-Eleven Lounge here . , . Mike Conners, Decca's head of artists relations in town last week . : , Lane Adams now in 19th week at Brown hotel, Louisville . . . Eerie Adams, head of Preview and Pic Music, in to promote ‘‘Drunk With Love” . ; , Russ Fachinne, Chi GAC, office head, left for. New York with Bill Karzas, in charge of Aragon and Trianon Ballrooms, to talk over setting of GAC harids. Local dancei'ies have been MCA stronghold heretofore , . . Bud Freeman, Dixieland old-timer, opened his own club here. Hollywood Earl Rcttig has become general manager of Patmar Music. He formerly was with Rainbow Pro- duetions . V • Billie Holiday into Melody Glubi San Jose, at fiat $3,0Q0 per week . . . Dick Haymes MnU Robbins Takeover f In Isn' t Fair*. Redvai J. J. Robbins and Cork O’Keefe, oWner'^ of the Words & Mnslc cat^ alog, have been dickering over the idea of Robbins taking over the op- eration of the property. Deal was born because of; the rebirth of the softgi “It Isn’t Fair,” which is com- ing up steadily^ due to the Sammy Kaye BCA-yictor recording of it, vocaled by Don GornelL Disk has - started a revival of the tune, and O’Keefe hasnT the time to devote to it, du6 ip bis personal mahage- ment operations.; Cornell’s part in the recording is an uhUsual break. He recently ieft ;ICaye’s orchestra to do a single, under tbb leader’s eye, aiid the recording is helping him along, Band Biz Locking ■ Paliner Earns l«Nitcr % Chicago^; Jail; 24; Working on d $400 vS. 50%' ; privilege at Dubuque’s Melody Mill- Jimmie Palmer’s brehestra last, week went $223 into percent- age, drawing 1,050 Saturday (14) night patrons. His is the first band . : to have gone over guarantee at this spot for the; past year, and the first band bopked by. General Art-r ists to have done so anywhere on a one-nighter in the mid-west for the past year and one-half. It was Palmer’s first: 'date put of Chicago since the reorgiahiiatioh 6f his band; PaljneT had been broadcasting nightly from the Martinque in Chi over WGN before beginning his string of one-niglit- ers. -' Eliiiigton; Okay At $2,400 Toronto, Jan. 24. At $1.8(> net fop, Duke Ellington orchestra lured a neat $2,400 into Massey Hall on one-nigHter Thurs- day (19). Take was lighter than Ellington’s previous engagement at the.2,600-seater, but still profitable, In stage announcement, Elling- tpn said that he wanted to spike rumors that he. was breakihg up the band to go into concert work himself; that this might have been caused by reports that: he was wilting a Broadway show. An- nouheement of band’s continuance drew ah enthusiastic audience reaction. Admiral Music. Inc. chartered to. conduct a music publishiiig busi- ness. in New York. Capital stock is ^0,000; $10, par value. DiVecr tors;: Walter B. NiCora, James J. Garrano, Nichoias R. Carrano. set on the ABC March of; Dimes show Jan. 30 . . , Doris Day and Harry James waxing on eight-side album of songs Trom “Young Man With a Horn’’for Columbia. Cecil Stewari formed the Royal Rogues, ^quintet ^of three tenors, two baritones . . Larry Shayiie Paramount Music, pulled out for New York tp . plug tunes from ‘?Ridirig High,” “Copper Canyon” and “Paid in Full.” . . . Lee East- man in from Gotham to huddle with E. H. (Buddy) MorHs . ; Dave Dexter to Detroit to Wax Sugar Chile Robinson for GapitolV then jumps down to New Orleans to slice a set of Sharkey Bonano’s • • Bitty Kalleh makes Coast nitery debut at Mpeambo March 14 . . Robert Music has publish- ing rights to Lew Porter-Teepee Mitchell’s “Smilin' Joe.” Pittsburgh Tommy Carlyh’s band back^into Bill Green’s for an indefinite stay after wrapping up fiock of one- night commitments . . . Hal Kanner orchestra at Terrace Room, replac- ing Joe Sudy, now at Statler hotel, Detroit . . : Btan Bailey Trio fol- lowed Slim Bryants’ Wildcats into new Corral on Northside ... Mau- rice Spitalny’s radio Tap Time orchestra got house nod from Lpew’s Penh theatre for its first stage show in 15 years, headed by Frankie Laine . . . Although floor entertainment has been dropped at Ankara, Walter Gablets band stays on for dancing FRANKIE LAINE —Currently COPA ClTV MIAMI BEACH^ FLA. I»’« Mttilc ly Prpgrani Toddy Yesterdoy't Oyllie Ladder of Love’’ (Froin Earl Corroirt '’VanitiesV) (Robbins Music) ALLEN TAUR Cbiin poser of melody to fiong eiktitled “Ever Since You Left Me.'* Please communicate with: SALVATORE VETRO 1771 6«h street Brooklyn 4, N. Y.