Variety (February 1951)

Page scan 00043 from Variety

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
February 1951
Publisher:
New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company
Volume:
Variety (February 1951)
Leaf #:
00043
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Recorded Sound",Vaudeville,Theatre,Broadcastin
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Early Cinema, and Theatre and Vaudeville
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Founded in 1905 by Sime Silverman, Variety is the best known and most important trade paper in the history of American entertainment. Variety began as a New York weekly publication covering vaudeville, however, its scope expanded over time to include legitimate theatre, burlesque, motion pictures, radio, and television (transitions that the MHDL will eventually document within this record). In 1933, Daily Variety was launched in Los Angeles to offer in-depth coverage of the motion picture industry and serve as a competitor to The Hollywood Reporter, which was founded 'on the Coast' in 1930. In March 2013, Variety's owner ended the print edition of Daily Variety, though as of this writing, the weekly publication and a website offering non-stop news updates still exist. Variety may ultimately be best remembered for its integration of show business slang into entertainment trade coverage. Boffo. Hokum. Quickies. Svelte. Climaxer. Tenpercenter. Coastlander. Skein. We're still feeling zowied. -- Eric Hoyt, 2013
Date Added:
May 23, 2024
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ORCnESTltAS-MUSIC Pft&iiifY Wednesday, February 7, 1951 * /\ . presenting ARTIE SHAW Playing His Latest Release! SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME and IT’S A LONG LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY DECCA 27434 and *9-27434 ’"*v\ THE WEJWERS Sing .. • » A Smash Hit! ^1®$^ THE ROVING KINO and (The Wreck of the) JOHN B DECCA 27332 and *9-27332 CURRENT HITS! DECCA 27376 SO LONG (It's Been Good to Know Yuh) *9-27376 LONESOME TAYELER with GORDON JENKINS DECCA 27077 GOODNIGHT IRENE *9-27077 TZENA TZENA TZENA with GORDON JENKINS -v , JUNE HUTTON An Up-and-Coming Song! IF YOU’VE GOT THE MONEY, I’VE GOT THE TIME and ' TEAR DROPS FROM MY EYES DECCA 27329 and *9-27329 Single Records 85c each (plus tax) ^Indicates 45 RPM Version 'America's ^Fastest -Selling: Records! RETAIL RISK BEST SELLERS National Ratine This Last wk. wk. Pft&IETY Survey of retail disk best sellers , based on reports ob tained from leading stores in 12 cities and showing corry p arative sales rftting for this and last week. Week Ending Feb. 3 Artist, Label, Title a of W) 5? a % 8 G ? ■1 $ p. o A 3 8 a o w %' 2 fl* S m n © 0) CJ 6 6_ 7A 7 7B 5 8 9 10 10A .. 10B 11 IOC 12 11 9 12 8 13A 10 13B 16 14 14 15A .. 15B .. 15C .. 16A .. 16B .. 16C .. PATTI PAGE (Mercury) “Tennessee Waltz”—5534 1 MARIO LANZA (Victor) “Be My Love”—10-1561A 3 PERRY COMO (Victor) “If”—20-3997 2 G. MITCHELL-M. MILLER (Col) “My Heart Cries for You”—3 9067. 7 P. COMO-FONTANITsIs. (Victor) “You’re Just in Love”—2Q-3 945A. 8 G. MITCITeLL-MT MILLER (Col) “Roving* Kind”—39067 ■. WEAVERS-G. JENKINS (Decca) “So Long”—27376 4 PHIL HARRIS (Victor) “The Thing”—20-3968B 6 PATTI PAGE (Mercury) “Would I Love You” —5571 JIMMY WAKELY (Capitol) “My Heart Cries for You”—1328. .. REYNALDS-CARPENTER (MGM) “Aba Daba Honeymoon”—3282 MEL BLANC (Capitol) “I Taw a Puddy Tat”—1360 EDDIE FISHER (Victor) “Bring Back the Thrill”—20-40i6 A 5 PERRY COMO-B. HUTTON (Vic) “Bushel and a Peck”—20-3930 10 EDDIE FISHER (Victor) “Thinking of You”—20-3901 9 DINAH SHORE (Victor) “My Heart Cries for You”—20-3978 .. PERRY COMO (Victor) “Zing Zing Zoom”—2Q-3997A..... .. SAMMY KAYE (Columbia) “Harbor Lights”—38963 G. MITCHELL-R. CLOONEY (Col) “You’re Just in Love”—39052 MILLS BROS. (Decca) “Nevertheless”—2725 3 BILLY ECKSTINE (M-G-M) “If”—10896 GUY LOMBARDO (Decca) “Harbor Lights”—27208 TONY MARTIN-D. SHORE (Vic) “Penny a Kiss”—20-4019 DON CHERRY (Decca) “Thinking of You”—27128 v I S? 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IKjr Broadway Cart „ r# Ca „ Eth.l Merman , Decca Yma Sumac Decca ALBUMS DA - 825 Columbla DA . 818 victor 9 - 2 na MM850 Capitol n dmi ai 7 ALBUMS DA-825 9-203 DLP-8036 MM850 ML4180 CC244 Ethel Merman Decca DA-818 9-166 DLP-8035 Mario Lanza Victor DM1417 WDM1417 « On the Upbeat New York Redd Evans, Jefferson Music head, bedded with attack of in- fluenza . . . Evelyn Knight booked into the Mount Royal hotel, Mont- real, Feb. 14, for two weeks . . . Irwin Zucker promotetd to east- ern promotion rep for Coral Records with Leonard Wolf upped to similar post at Decca ... Bill Raymond replacing Gregg Law- rfence as vocalist with Tex Beneke band with Louis Zeppi named road manager . for the^ crew, replacing Vincent Carbone . . . Hank Sylvcrn recording a series of his own marches for the World Broadcast- ing Co. . , , Ritchie Lisella, mana- ger of Teresa Brewer, now also handling Ai Martino, winner of the Arthur Godfrey “Talent Scout” show , . , Sam Donahue band hit road with date at Gettysburg Col- lege Feb. 2 and another skedded at Lehigh University Feb. 17 . . Dick Linke has talcen on the Honeydreamers, RCA Victor re- cording group, for promotion in New York . . . Lorry Raine, Lon- don , Records thrush, goes into Chubby's, Philly nitery Feb. 26 . r . Sammy Kay& looking for advance- man ♦ . . Dale Craig starts as ad- vanceman for Elliott Lawrence southern tour .. . Artie Mogul has assumed management of4he Smith , Bros. (4) who have been pacted by 1 London Records for two years. Chicago Mars Music Co.’s $1,000,000 in- fringement suit against Metro' has been put off in Chi Federal Court till March 1 . . . Former M-G-M chirp Doris Drew now with. Mer- cury, etched “Somebody Else Has Taken My Place,” her first for new waxery . . . McConkey chief booker Phil Levant off on southern looksee . , . Allen Thomas replaced Frank Taylor as act booker at Associated Booking . . . Will Mahoney pushed back till March 22 for Empire Room at Palmer House . . . Leo (Continued on page 46)