Variety (November 1950)

48 ORCHESTRAS-MVSIC PSSUETY Wednesday, November 1, 1950 2 NEW DIXIELAND SPOTS IN BOSTON Boston, Oct. 31. That Hub has caught the Dixie- land fever is evinced by fact two jazz bistros opened here last week, with each i.’eporting okay business. Previously Hub’s jazz spots ha'e been concentrated in the uptown district centering around the Savoy, vyhere Dixieland is featured, and the Hi-Hat, whose policy is more on the ^‘progressive” kick. But new spots have decentralized that situation. Most impressive at present is Story ville, located in midtown’s Gopley Square hotel and operated by George Wein, himself a jazz pianist and recent Bosto- U* grad, Current bandstand lure is the Bob Wilber group with sUch names as Sidney Catlett and Wilbur and Sid- ney de Paris, Whh future policy continuing with name attractions. Downtown spot, temporarily tabbed the Rathskeller, is Ideated in basement of Rio Casino, in the- atrical district, and- is owned by Steve Connolly, formerly a partner in the uptown Savoy. Several em- ployees long identified With the Savoy moved into the downtown spot. Vic Dickenson and Buster Bailey are cp-featured in the pres- ent group, with Jimmy iVIacPart- land skedded for :% lear-future stint. King Sets WUliams Gene Williams orch last week was signed to a longterm contract by King Records, Cincy label. Band further augments diskery’s grow- ing pop stable, which now has the Johnny Long orch and singers Bob Haymes, Margaret Phelan and Bettie Clooney. Williams is scheduled to cut his first four sides next Tuesday (7). GREAT STANDARDS by MABEL WAYNE RAMONA IN A UTTLE SPANISH TOWN IT HAPNNED IN MONTEREY lEO FEIST INC Song Cavalcade in ’51 Prentice-Hall's publication of the “Variety Song Caval- cade” has been deferred to the spring of 1951 because of the considerable additional mate- rial which Dr. Julius Mattfeld, CBS musicologist, who com- piled it, has added. The vol- ume will round but the mid- century by including the 1950 Cavalcade of Hits, plUs an his- torical-biographical appendix. This portion, too, is being ex- tensively revised and reedited by Abel Green, editor of Variety, who has written • a special introduction. The proposed $4 publication price will more likely be nearer'- $7, because of the added material. Those ad- vance-orderers . who have re- mitted $4 to Variety are hav- ing their checks held, for final billing, or they can have the remittances returned. Other- wise ’ their. orders are being kept, along with others Which are to be billed upon publica- tion. Vocal Coach Asks lOG ! From Damone in N.Y. Suit Singer Vic Damone earned at least $50O,OOO from October, 1949,; to date, vocal coach Peter A. Foglia asserted in a $10,000 suit hied ; against the singer in N. Y. supreme ; court. Under an alleged 1946 agreement between them, the voice teacher claims his one-tim pupil should kick in with the lOG which represents 2% of his gross earn- ings. Disavowing the five-year pact, Damone last week made a general denial of his former mentor’s charges and maintained that the deal was dissolved by mutual agree- ment shortly after it was nego- tiated. Supreme Court Justice Ed- ward Koch set trial of the action for Nov. 24 and also directed the warbler to produce a bill of par- ticulars outlining the circumstances by which the contract was allegedly cancelled. Apollo Signs Male 4 The Rhythm Kings, male vocal quartet, have been signed by Apol- lo Records, N. Y. Grroup, formerly with Ivory Records, N. Y., has waxed two Christmas tunes as its first release for Apollo. The Gay Sisters, spiritual group, with four-year-old Preacher Donald Gay, have also been pacted by Apollo. RETAIL SHEET BEST SELLERS yAniETY Survey oj retail. sheet music sales, based on reports obtained from leading stores in 12 cities and showing comparative sales rating for this and last week. National Rating This Last wk. wk. Oct. 28 Title and Publisher Q S m i :0 U Qi 45. fa .M ■ W u e bj) C9 o 43 o a a B <u <u u fa (U o Cft 0) bJl e. < OQ o (U >». 0^ B o W ' 13 fa fa P. W u ■ tn P OT P O a. C/3 . (A ■ P. .o W ■ I o PQ c • C u O 'O p p o B - p • P (0 a> 73 rt 45 o '•A 43 Pi "S *0 n 43 fa o O u CO p E a; 45 P 0 w ■ O 1 fi <4 cn tn P fa (0 O 0) « 0) (f) tn- O Th pq u o p tn 0) 12: h tn 4) ' 43 . o o fa tn O u m <i> o > ' R JP 'p JO 42 'o O tn P '■ 6 >S w R X0i •m mm s a 0) P P T O T A L P 0 1 N T S New York Songwriter Abel Baer left the Park East hospital this week after a month’s stay . . . Dick Bradley, president of Tower Records, Chi indie label, in to cut the Bernie Mann orch . . . Organist Lee Miller opens at the Governor Clinton hotel Nov. 6 for an indefinite stay . . A1 Donahue orch out on four weeks of private club dates in Texas and Oklahoma . . . Dominico Savino, J. J. Robbins Music editor, back from five-month visit to Rob- bins’ Italian reps in Rome, Milan and Naples , . . Erroll Garner set for concert at 'Town Hall night of Dec. 3 . . . Gene Krupa orch off on a series of one-nighters through the south that will carry into December. Chicago Les Brown, now in Korea with Bob Hope, is slated to return NoV. 10. He tees off bn series of college B U T Sonny Calello star Of The TED STEELE TV Show Singing “WHEN YOU KISS A STRANGER" backed by “Cuban Love Song” I . . . . Great tune$: ' . . . . . . . A Great Voice . . . . . 4: . . . A Great RECORD NO. 1170 dates Nov. 16 at Kansas State, Manhattan, Kan., nloves to Iowa Univ., Iowa City, Nov. 17, and Oklahoma Univ. date, Qkla. City, Nov. 18 . . . George Auld, Lee Wiley, Bobby Hackett set for Blue Note, Chi, Nov. 24 for two weeks . . . George Bradley, Chi deejay, into auto business . . , Eddy How- ard to Lake Club, Springfield, 111, Nov. 7 for five days... Art Mooney to Casa Loma, St. Lqo, Nov, 14 for five days . . . Tower Records office manager, Leo Rabens, joined WGN-TV’s “Musicomedy Play- house” combo as pianist in addi- tion to his waxery post . . . Louis Jordan to*" Riviera Club, St. Loo, Nov. 25 for eight days . . . Jau Garber set for Melody Mill,, Chi, NOv. 22 for four Weeks . . . Ted, Weems pacted for Trocadero, Hen- derson, Ky., Dec. 8. Maestro will play automobile show in Sioux Fails, S. D., Nov. 22 for four days . . . Lawrence Welk set for Statler hotel, Buffalo, Dec. 12 for two weeks .,. . Warbler Dick Todd here cutting sides with Paula Wray for Rainbo records . . . Teddy Philips orch held over at Syracuse hotel, Syracuse, till Nov. 25. He then moves to Vogue Terrace, McKees- port, Pa., Dec. 4 for five, days . . . ;Phil Napoleon pegged for Desch- ler-Wallick hotel, Cadumbus, O., Dec. 4 for one month , nitery dates . . . pianist Molly Papile hai started her fifth straight ; year at Horseshoe Bar in Golden Triangle. Hollywood Carmen Dragon sliced four sides with Helen Forrest for World Transcriptions . . . Norman Luboff cuts four sides for Columbia this week with Paiul Weston backstop- ping . . . Overture from the.score of “The Return of Gilbert and Sul- livan” will be waxed by Lyn Mur- ray and used for promotion of pic- ture . . . Patti Clayton and the Bachelors recording 12 tunes for Standard Transcriptions . . . Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke each etched four sides for Decca. Pittsfaiurgh Vaiighn Monroe plays one-night- er at Ches-A-Rena Thursday (2) . . . Buddy Laine orch opens two- weeker Friday (3) at Bill Green’s . . . Frank Jarema band had op- tion picked up again at Majestic Gardens . . , Marcy Lynn, local singer, no longer wih Ray Robbins band and has come back home . , . Mel Torme, tentatively listed Jor Green’s, is <|||t and Bill Darnell comes in for fortnight this week- end , . . Billy Catizone Trio picked up almost immediately at Hotel Roosevelt’s Sylvan Room and stays indefinitely . . . Wilbur Hildebrand, pianist for Hy Edward’s band at Copa, doing arrangements for singer Sylvia Karlion and also go- ing along as her accompanist on Climbing to the Top! “I DON’T MIND BEING ALL AlONr (When I'm All Alone with Yen) RECORDED BY AMES BROTHERS-CORAL ' 100% RECORDED!^ MILLS MUSIC. INC. 1619 Breadwoy Hew York 19 ALL MATERIAL READY “NORTH POLE TOWN” A Real Xmas Jingle Records by RCA Victor Available in 45 and 7$ RPM Prof. Copies and Orks WlkE OR WRITE TO: BURNETT, LTD. Saranac Lake, New York (SOLE SELLING AGENTS) it • • • s over • •' • S • 4 • It! G. I. JIM u. S. and International Copyright, 1944 THE NATION’S TRIBUTE IN SONG TO FALLEN COMRAOES; DEDICATED TO GOLD STAR MOTHERS EVERYWHERE! DEEP IN SENTIMENT! TRUE TO LIFE! FOR WORLD PEACE! Program for Each Nov. 11th and MEMORIAL DAY! FRANZ SCHUBERT, MUSIC PUBLISHER Ft. Worth, Texas (That's where the West begins)