Variety (December 1950)

^'ednciyayi December 20; 1950 Lfi''i!‘.M’) RETAIL DISK BEST SELLEBS Survey o1 retail disk best sellers, based on reports oh tained from leading stores in 12 cities and showing coni’ parative sales rating for this and last week, . Week Ending IB -K g 2 6 c' A S O' ^ Vi is . CO g to « «■ 3 U B ^ Si S 8 It jn P D '« 'T 5 O, - o X Q '§ 1 III CO CO I o: ■b c h .2 t-t CO CO P I: ^ s i ■ W) . G •P « ■ « ; * z o I m i s I 1 5 fl B. 5 (W ^ o o s i S'-l o iJ ca o I I g I &■ e I ? I i « i 1 ^ i 1. C/3 .& < S •« I •= £ « \ t s i S •2 i '.g « 2 2 • g .8 o s S £ g oi o . *0 u Si • w «S . S c j • « js s 5 s S ' 2 •§ '.§ S- 0 ! E ^ S - ^ ©■' S M B .; ■ ■ .‘S' ^ H ^ or S O) ^qu-; PATTI PAGE (Mercury) 1 1 '‘Tennessee Waltz”—5534........ 2 2 2 1 1 .. 5 ' PHIL HARRIS (Victor) .. • • ’ ~ 2 2 ”The Thing”—20-3968B 3 5 1 4 6 1 8 ^ GENE AUTRY (Golumbia) . 3 3 "Rudolph Reindeer”—38610 .... 1 6 7 3 . . . . 9 PERRY COMO-B. HUTTON (Vic ) 4 7 '^Bushel and a'Peck”—20-3930... 5 ., 4 .. .. .. 4 —M^IO LANZA (Victor) 5 9 * "Be My Love”—10-1561A ....... .. 1 .. 2 3 8 .. " G. xMITCHELL-M, MILLER (Col ) 6 4 ‘‘My Heart Cries For You”—39067 8 4 . . 6 2 . . ,. SAMMY KAYE (Golumbia) ' 7 5 "Harbor Lights^*—38963;. . . ..... 10 .. .. .. . . ^ , .. GENE AUTRY (Columbia) $ "Frosty the Snowman”—38907. .. . . ,. .. 5 , . 10 GUY LOMBARDO (Decca) ' ^ 9 .. "Harbor Lights”—r-27208 .. 7 . . .. .. . . 1 don CHERRY (Decca) 10 9 "Thinking Of You”—^27128 6 8 .. .. ,. 2 KAY STARR-T. ERNIE (Capitol) 11 11 "Fll Never Be Free”—112 4 .. .. .. .. .. 6 " BOSTON POPS (Victor) ■ , ^ " 12A .. "Sleigh Ride”—10-1484 3 .. 9 7 EDDY HOWARD (Mercury) 12B 18 *‘To Think Chosen Me”—5517.... .. .. .. .. 5 .. .. MILLS BROS. (Decca) 12C 11 "Nevertheless”—27253 .♦ .. .. .. 3 PERRY COMO (Victor) 13A 8 "Patricia”—^20-3905 . ......... . . 7 .. STAN KENTON-N. COLE <Cap ) 13B 14 "Orange Colored Sky”— 7 II 84 .. .. .. .. 6 . . PATTI PAGE (Mercury) 14A 11 All Aly Love—5455 .. 9 .. .. •• •• RAY ANTHONY (Capitol) 14B .. "Nevertheless”—1190 3 BING CROSBY (Decca) 1 .*) .. "All My Love”—27117 2 bING CROSBY (Decca) 16A, 16 "Silent Night”—23777 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. VAUGHN MONROE (Victor) 16B .. *^Ma^shmallbw World”—20-3942... .. .. .. . . 9 PERRY COMO (Victor) 17A .. "You’re Just in Love”—20-3945.. .. •• ♦. «♦ 4 .. .. M. WHITING-J. WAKELY (Cap ) HB .. "Bushel and a Peek”—^1234.... ' . . 4 .. KEN GRIFFEN (Columbia) 17C .. "Petite Waltz”—39047 .. .. .. EDDIE FISHER (Victor) 171) . . "Thinking Of You—20-3901 ■ • •» .. «♦ «• • ♦ . w BING CROSBY (Decca) , 18 6 "Harbor Lights”—27219- •• •• •• » .. • • • « « • # •• •« • 10 25 2 •. • • ■ • 8:6 13 •' *4 * 4 4 • 4 4 , 4 # No. of f.abel Records Victor 8 Columbia . 5 .'Niercury 3 Disk Best Sellers by Companies {Based on Points Earned) No. of ’ Records Points Label Records . 8 197 Decca 6 1. . . 5 144 Capitol 4 .... 3 112 Point> 77 45 FIVE TOP * Albums SOUTH PACIFIC 1 TOAST OF N. O. ; VOICI OF XTABY MERRY XMAS CALI ME MADAM Broodway Cqtt Columbia MM850 i\IL4l80 Mario Looio Victor DM1417 WDM1417 Ymo Sumoc Capitol GC244 Ding Crotby Decca A-550, 9-65 DLP-5019 Ethel Merman Decca DL-5304 ‘Guys and Dolls’ i^i ii' Continued from paie 1 (l|)ni.3gcs for copyright infringe*- ment and violations of other i'iglit.s." The records Block Is claimod*to have played are in the ‘Guys and Dolls” album just re-, loa.'iod b.v Decca< According to the pioduccrs’ announcement* the nar- )’«(tion of plot* situation, and t lalog "constituted unauthorized (h aipatic use of the play.” Informed - of the situation yes*^ afternoon, an official of 'VNEW said the station knew npth- n)g of the suit and ha(d no state- )nent to make. Attorney for cu(>r ^ Alartin is Howard Rein- nermer. Since the broadcasting of albupi (’(•‘Olds of songs of legit musicals f . practice ("South. Paci* Kiss Aie, Kate,” etc.) the ('Uor - Alarlin complaint against 'Ofk and WNEW apparently the ailegation that the ''k jockey show in question also included narration of ‘Guys and Dolls” plot and dialog. The pro- ducers seemingly regav(i this latter as constituting "unauthbrized dra- matic use of the play.” In a some- what similar connection, author- producers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hanimerstein 2d, h a v e never sought to interfere with the broadcast of songs from their showsi but have repeatedly taken legal steps to prevent "dramatic” performance on the aii* and other- wise. llssss Continued, from, pace 1 sic publishers* viewpoint, the trend towards music has also been noted with the growth of the war threat. This, however, for psychological reasons^ On the ‘Iffy’* side of the future, Rackmil said the disk companies might be severely limited iu the months ahead by the Government’s armaments program. Siphoni ng of material to munitions, he said, may cause tight shortages of essential j chemicals going into the manufac- iture of Vinylite besides the almost certain reduction in the availability i of metals, such as copper and nickel, which are used in the manu. facturing of platters. The prospect : of a manpower shortage also is , darkening the future. Rackmil, however, was (Confident that the disk industry, as in the last war, ; would continue iii business even if the Government drastically cut down the scale of operations. Decca’s recent leadership in in- itiating the price rises adopted I by most of the companies was 'stoutly defended by Rackmil. He ' said the move was not intended to ' beat any anticipated price freeze ' move by the Government. Pointing : out that disks were among the few I commodities to hold the line over I the last five years, Rackmil said i that the pressure of increased pro- * duction costs had reduced the profit I •margin of the industry to a danger- i * ous level. The price rise, he said,! was the o.nJy way the indu.stry i could continue making a fair profit. Presenting 4.nptfi€rJ^ Smash » '* I I I « . •» ^ • y • ' .t ’ *• Of-v- ORIGINAL tAST ALBUM “GUYS ‘"DOLLS’ A Musical Fable of Broadway Music and Lyrics by FRANK lOESSER Featuring Rskerl ALDA, Vivian BIAINE, Sam LEVENE, IsalNl BICUY, Pat ROONEY, Sr and Members of the New York Production wm , N '' •' ... V ?/■ -. . fy. .iiii; ' '' ' '■^< iiji I . .. .-i Selections include: ■ Decca > 27379 (1) Runyoitland Music (2) Fugue for Tinhorns (3) Fellow the Fold STUBBY KAYE, JOHNNY SILVER. DOUGLAS DEANE, ISABEL BIGLEY. and THE MISSION GROUP *9>27379 (1) Morry the Mon Today (2) Reprise: Guys and Dolls VIVIAN BLAINE—ISABEL BIGLEY Decca 27380 The Oldest Established SAM LEVENE. STOBBY KAYE. JOHNNY SILVER with The Guys' ^.9-27380 Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boot STUBBY KAYE ! Decca 27381 I'll Know *9-27381 Sue Me ROBERT ALDA. ISABEL BIGLEY VIVIAN BLAINE, SAM LEVENE Decco 27382 (DA Bushel ohd a Peck (2) My Time of Doy (1) VIVIAN BLAINE and The Hot Box Girls (2) ROBERT ALDA *9-27382 Luck Be a Lady ROBERT ALDA and The Guys Decco ^ ' 27383 Adelaide's Lament *9-27383 More I Cdmiot Wish You VIVIAN BLAINE PAT ROONEY. SR. Decco 27384 Guys and Dolls STUBBY KAYE. JOHNNY SILVER *9-27384 Take Back Your Mink VIVIAN BLAINE and The Hox Box Girls ' Decco'- - 27385 If I Were 0 Bell *9-27385 I've Never Been in tove Before ISABEL BIGLEY ROBERT ALDA. 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