Variety (December 1951)

1MSI Pft t British Shed SeBers ; The lure oI Mint musical stlrar- ♦—■»—— n ' » . ■ tlons hM Uhrn the play away from Y __ ^ _ ■ '. A ballroom* during the past fall M-Cs-M PhCtf Alstonc month* and brought It loto concert Alta Alston*, composer-pianist halls, arenas and auditoriums At- has boon inked to a waxing 5ml by cording to Norman Grans, promotei M-G M Records under which hell of Jan At the Philharmonic, the cut his own compositions in album road was able to tarry four atpa- form Ht is composer of “Sym- rate concert units this season at an phome** and the current ballad overall ha upbeat while the terp- “My Concerto ** ery operators are still battling slug- gtsh attendance Although ;■ there's more coin sround these days. Grsns claims, the kids don't feel they're getting their money's worth with just s single name band and they hold out until «k ajl-otar tineun comes their way Such units as JATP. the Billy Eckstine-George Shearing team, for which he promoted fl dates, and the Dube Ellington- Sarah Vaughn-Net 'King* Cole package got the big teat Stan Kenton, oho roncertisrd sold. was k.. .• kSk'a .I r«ulk A 1st one. oho came to the U S , from Prance six years ago. is now a t S ci 1 1 ten (Week ending Rod. Ml London. Roe. M thonging for You ... Sterling Because of You ....... Dash Too Young Sun Tulips and Heather field# 1 Loot Bunaklne New World Loveliest Night Year F D4H. My Liberty BeUe ... Dash Rosalind . ;V. Rein# Beggar In Love Cl n epkomo Sweet Violeta Morrte Shanghai Harms-Con nelly My Truly Truly fair •■£■ Dash S p e n d 12 Too Late Now New World 1 Be My Uvt ;.,... DAH. Allentown Jail ..... Bourne If You Go . ..... Maurico Vanity ......., Sun 1 Wish I Wus V Maurico Kentucky Walt* *.♦ Southern ChrVpb'r Col mb's Connelly Lullaby of Broodway Feldman Love s Roundabout C'inephonic t nle«s , f DkH. White Wedding ... Arcadia Jocks, Jukes and Disks NaI (Ring) Cole: ‘ Here's Te My former mar bare the edge because Lady"* "Mias Me'* (Capitol i. ''Here • "*•***• slick trombone To My Lady* become# an impur* 9019 ^Mroundlng toilUltedJMn^T Colei ex£rt ^ *tuH^O " V T Mid etching. The romantic lyric and Dnndy - Sophisticated Lady* (Co* warm melody oxcellently showcase lumWa>. A Pair of oldies get an the simple linceiity of his styling expert sampling of Irroll Gamer a lt‘t a captivating side which should keyboard mode miration on this ride high on the jock end juke coupling His Monistic technique list* Colo gets the moot put of and imaginative arrangements “Miss Me s routine number hri«i new color end an exciting Becking of the Lea Baxter orch on flavor to those standards. Tbey r* the coupling is an important pitta standout slices and should bring riM. i iw-k »* a batch of new Gamer de- x ■ i > k t' "SnuslikM*' "f! f||| voters »®d mij9w* < ' .-.s Sl^yU iikiSTfiSr «"f». »■“ Wwolwn IT niokl t _iL_il.ini Kaa m fair » iff |‘rf tllHJIl, WfUlf ^ipniMICBirn commercla^ o!>(errtrnl™' sJfk Mill *■**" dlmalaym hi. change of par# K2T23 dritver With virtuosity In its stylised sloe *85 treatment Gamer is com* impact In rurrswt market, ‘'late- ( " TTi. w ^ flakes** is a pleasant cold season ^ u tl . ditty which Miss Knight sells Mills Bros: “Bo My Ufes Com- nicely tos typical Lombardo back- Psni«o'***'Lovo Uos (Dacca.. The Ell. B~. h.w . pod rh.nr. .. <* th. .Id EmIUX folk tuB. p< ^k oji th. frek »d Juk. rw-m &*** Via 'Life's Companion ** It's a uurrsy arooioi: mue uecem- i .ns » *s.«k«u s..< Cinepbenie the simple sincerity of who I grade •lehrs package got the big loaf Sts* P A Ca a! IFA 7 T. nicely to a tynlcnl Lombardo back - i Krmon »ho roncrrtuMl wl». «»» Lpl Shh/tlt K II Houndibout C liwphooic Rr.rrar U. .pllilrd rrndttloa WlU. Bro. h.». • good rh*Bcr t. BB r.cpt.«m kKMB ftl UCl JtdllUU IVV llBlc . f DBH ot thr .Id r.B(IUh folk «ub» •*« ^k oj. Ih. frek .nd |uk. |oi • Mron( lot low lag ’• ! Whilr Wrddln* ... ArradlB Marr.r ArasW: Bill. „/ihl .... . rtlfthllr hi.i Mali It* |M» way, B.dlB .Ullos ulr. — brr ■* All Or.r Bui Th» MM- Gr.ai nolrd, th*t thrr.'» bm . .round Ih* country h.»* rl.mprd t. onn 'Bind'. Murr.y kp*ld. ^,1 . h.rmooulnk ulroli lu nd. dHInltr growth of jam enthusiasts ... . .. . . , ■■ i n i . n I Cs . who has boon grinding out ton .. . n,., deliver with aa Town., whrrc -r h^rlou.., p.,cd WhoV * Handy BtCX It BCUC St fr^d. BUIttr. o. Ih. Km« UwT f ~ unlv on. *n«M*m*n< h. rlnirord *»cb h.ndl»| out rullo plug, (or _ 7 . . . r dlriw. out ,?1^!LISJVwS mb. to rumr .lo. nrr. .bl. I. carry two .how. and . touring Jan ronert., and band Td r|H9 r OOt D311 (id (DC f f*‘ r , ullld b **J*^,J* lrl f* ““.I’'* dr. pit* another e«p*rt workamr. thMtc when »• prrviooalvhU date, ahrddrd to pU> thrlr town og'tiu'riu plrnu* t(* mSS. *S* “• ■» Mm*: “S* Mat lor txi-thirda caparlty pl.w l t« »BO Th* tin* aalra men h*«* ben With Old JaZZ SldeiSCl d.J-. a ai.rwh.ut lob on Blur “Trnn*^ Saturday Night ' l(*pt- JATP which wound up No*. 22. «,uawkin* at**dlly that th* Jeka '™ ■ ■ Swrmbrr- * moody number tol'. ScmntKnnl" . baler. pUtyed M date, la lO wcka. and have been curtailing th* .latlon a ‘ _ _ M* «» f hto. Pag. * ^ wndlmet.llrc. .(Trrtldy on 1 tempoed tun., ge. a good work- although Gr.iu ctuard to glv* ool revenue by .nnounrlng the plMW W C Handy father ot th* - He get. * good min ® v " *11? **** **5~» any figures,:he admitted th*t the *r>d date of an engagement after blurs** and surviving members of • from the Rom Case orch. 7 I”*® )U I 1 1 , , comi>eiition iron bo t*»kr was more than brtfr A Plnntng the bands planer or a his original band returned to Reste Ooorgie A old “Manhattan-* , t tSt Pe |ts U Sol«mir than last JWte ilnlltejdttmd Ells jam disk Y;cl Street here Monday *V Hi pd Y . "BPMMfii^ <Cem». **Mnte»Hnn. w j Dioine H more ml- Fitsgerald. Flip Phillip*. l ^ lrr j Promoters and advance men have - now 7B y9&n ° ,d w hU b * nd ,n Rodgers A Hart oldie which ' rnt on TenneUrf S aTu7d av Young Hoy Eldridge. C^ne Krupa discovered that the iocka bav« he ^a four Wreet comer concerts got back on the platter parade via miai - an A if A if. flavored Item *nd lll.n.m Jart|u<i .moot other. “uJJ £***'." It! * r ho Xl“‘ , *l"J 'K *"5,” Wdt vonS Gran* to currently mulling plan* and wont use a puff on a comma Wu* *©wl *°® t hall game for the cal. Two Tickets To Breadwar mn dominating the market, it to t:»ke s JATP unit on s European engagement unless some coin has b * n * ftl **. tlutetmas Charity is taken u* • “ E holds up as n strong entry for trek Although there. plenty of been.helied outTo thTrt.Tlli £ Fuftd •« «»• Klk ^ WKiumsf jock and juke spins jaa acceptance there, he admIU spot announcements Moat promot- Lieut Georg* W; Lee. Beale ***[T * r tI u .* mak ^T; The M s d am s ir es: “October Uni there's little payoff for aa Amerl- ers aren't beefing about the extra b u, ia <i Ml *mi. rounded un k h ./m v 1 ist cnaSeitm "Sh ould Stompin' At the Brnmy* 1 can promoter or entertainer The cost With an outright time bu? the surviving mem be mof the band. ±£*7* tette O. > “October 32nd 19W to • dollar exchange on the Continent they can be sure of their radio uro- which around SO to 35 years ago |h# , ,, r ^^Yeverse Aui*l gives attempt with a rou- ts so out of proportion thata troupe motion while, heretofore, they had Pj* v, ' <1 J* dances in all theswank •• Solitaire.* a current pop ballad. * 1 fflu * kiI21r n # to lucky to break even. Such cities to rely on the jock's integrity for “J mid-south spots, le g ftrstrate tenor sax workover. t . j Wff as Brussels: Enrich. Stockholm and the puff announcements * addition to Handy on the trumpet j«d Conten*B Rkythmaire. are okay gSfhJf 1 *° 1 ** UJ® ^ Copenhagen have a large jam fol- According to some ormnoert to. 2 1 * k “ d w “ com P°^d of John in their brief choral backing asatgn- Id^antaeJ h «m lowing, but with the tremendous time^ylng Yancey, comet. Otto Lee trumpet; menu ••;. tSL “ p or l® ^hl ftJndard outlay needed for transportation the irmStMl um,,n« g tl Alex Hunt, trombone: Gilbert I <>w- ^ Ann Glbeen: “If I Can! Have ^linpi^SI"be^Sav^y -^hShJ cm... <Miy w B.il tn.w »* nop, ^k. v»b .. .in inrir? , i r y- a i - T * q?*** w i.d f*u r .b* »«*. IrleMly j£j^?i, SS.’ 1*5! * l,rtaH * ,,h **• U Wt «UW »B I. Cepiljv JS? JR »d jJT WL mor# „ lr i* 1 Tr 1 ** hand in the old days, was ui able femme contingent. Ann Gibson. nLrk .. A# Eclutise-Skearbg WSL & Pack SsKI ltt Is ; STg^StSS Dosble N.Y. Coacert 3 b^S* jS&JirSSl ZZiZZ'XXJZrJZ 2reJ2S24MS & can promoter or entertainer The cost. With sn outright time buy th + surviving mem dollar exchange on the Continent they can be sure of their radio pro- *hioh around 90 Is s# out of proportion that a troupe motion while, hero tef o t e thev had the dances to lucky tojteeak even Such cities to rely on the jock's integrity for Mrm phis and mid as Brussels. Zurich. Stockholm and the puff addition to Handy Copenhagen hove a large jam fol* According to some promoters^ l!" ba * d *“ with ^ IaJ mmd in the old days, was mam# lemm* eeew tte tim^iBo^ 1 ^ U “" * Uot, * d **.■ to appear as he has been In s tee* impresses as ***’ It pi* a I for several months sweeps. She j , - - *—• —*»• to eon* Mnffpnd for e hM of playing mb mAM i mhkah< . . i »»»•« ■ w«m pbpmv du< l * before the spot whore Pee- T^hT^S^ine Mvi.ne h * *>”*** » eddrd Intimacy te and* ouu * ww l ResUumnt once stood, on the iSThe, the romantic lyric which should stoek A u vn! 1 ^' 01 * V Cb F* uJ hunter of which Handy dtd con* bvseir and . w * th the femme trade Tune's stock to 100 shares, no par value. siderabie of kto u.mmi/ - ,n> «nn ^ - ^ simple but charming melody ■ ■tew » T »wuiw vweasissgwam, nun wiumni tvGL IIrmRR! * a tee* im pre sse s as s comer in the platter u Ttwr. mAnfie CLa WnnAftno m luemdm l esAJmw h A liYvllllff ' iwfrps. one nincitrs a ivrir wim ■■ w.-i sa- ^ •ta- clarity Mid undrrvUmHn, .od Sg T*J.“■■-.* „T?!T. , “! tom how le »iwJm« *a tatlauu JJSi *„- l.,, * mood wit h out going ei srheeid “ * wjjm “Bouquet of 1 (Dacca». Dirk >U(Jl»n Of ll Oif s rode potential He brings sn added intimacy tn Billy Kckstlne and George Sheer- st inx. m their second annual concert stand at New York's Carnegie Hall. * pulled a near SRO gross of 910.000 in their two-performance stint last Saturday <l» Duo naturally at* traded mostly their most avid afic ionados end, with enthusiastic nutting to berk them up. socked across a two-and-a-half hour caval- radPsqf their top tunos ot each of t A iscNshows Their tour pr o moted this year by Norman Grant, has hit bigger glosses on the road *ln Seattle, fur example, playing in an audi- torium with a bigger capacity than Camrgie. they pulled $19,000 in a tingle performance » But their N Y take this year was bigger than last year, evidencing that there's a Sufficient audience for such shows in the usually staid coniines of Car- negie Hall to support such a ven- ture at least once a year—or aa lung as Shearing and Erksttne re- main near the top of the record- ing artists. As sn added attraction Gran* had s seven-man “all star" jasi combo. While these musicians were good, it was Shearing and Eckstine the fens had come to see and the concert relied best while they were on Eckstine. of course, projected hep showmanship along with that ultra-smooth baritone His gestures, soft-spoken intros to hti songs and those pash renditions are all g rooved for ksMjmt reac- tion And his fine phrasing and habit of sliding his notes over and around the melodic lines of a tune are mis. Eckstine ran through virtually, Bio entire retsleg of M-G-M disks, tossing in a few ethers he has not j m uj tied as well. Tunes ran the ♦ It Best Sdkn n CmhHmHks WMksffcc .1 AIN (91 ( COLO. COLD HCtIT fill t Acuff R) ... BBTAtJKg OF YOl ? <19) (Broadcast) JKALOL’HY (4) (Harms) • -4 • • » o * o s e o o DOWN YONDER (9) (Southern) / ALOW FORE (ft) (Ridgeway) 1. LITTLE WHITE CLOUD (I) (Spier) 9. IN DECIDED (9) (Leeds) 9. AND SO TO SLEEF AGAIN (2) tFasten) li. DOMINO <♦) (Ptekwiek) .. • . •• • O 0 • • • •. '•■• • V • •. t • O Eddy Houmrd . . .. Mercury tour Acre .... Victoria f Saranuah Churchill ,.... Victor Tony Bennett ....... Columbia I Tony Bennett ..... Columbia l Bob CrOsby ,.,, Cmpttol Frankie Lainc Columbia 1 Champ Butler * Columbia ( Del Wood . . ., ..... Tennessee \ Eddie Smith ............ Kmg Wee Wee King .......... .V-ctoe f Eddie Smsth King l Robert a Lee i .. ... ,... .Deere Johnnie Ray Okeh Ames Bros Let Broun ^ Com! . Petti Page . ... *.. v Mercury I Tony Mortin *. ......... Victor } Mary Mayo .. ..... Capitol ! should also have seme effect on ! the juke spina. “Anytime" to too slow moving to get anywhere. PUttar Pointers Nick Pertte orch revives the oldie. “I'll See You la My Druams.'* tastefully on the Coral label . . . Dean Martin's slice of “Sailor's I'uika** has lots of bounce but slight commercial possibilities Cspitol) . . . Alan H oku m orch has sn okay side in “J Gotta Have Another Chance** (King) . . AI Lyle’s orch gets some spirit into “Amt She Sweet“ (Tuxedo) :*,■ . - Andrews Si st er s workover of The Blond Sailor’ au Dacca makes it a good commercial bet . . Bftdoey Torch orch gets lots of Second Croup CHABto.tlNE II.W ( Mentotmni London • ’ • •and,' I GET IDEAS (19) (H’ll-E) EMHIMT BOATS ( • • * * • his bestseller* as “I Apologise" and ♦ „* . * .. “Caravan" to a straight rendition 1 ON * Mori Of “OM Man River “ which Jud I IN FORGET ABLE longhair svsrlsnxs He also cair.e * •R w* C|V IMbII— 1 ;-. k . * * '• f ^ . . WOBLO IB WAITING COB THE BI NBISB (fl irmrtirtl I TALK TO TWB TUBS IChBM*lll TV BN BACK HANDS OT TIME IS) iCbMevi ............ KLITK VELVET (MmMU.! OUT at COLD AGAIN ItoUi Ji CALLA CALLA (Bsathm) . TTB ALL IN TU GAME (WHmiiBI I WONTCBT ANTMOKE (|)bM*«) . JIBT ONE BOU CHANCE IE.amM> ' » v 4 ■:* t a .• •, • ; e •).♦;•' a a s f t. • ,•■ • »..# a • • • •• I tl • i 1 ease •'« •• ■• • 4 a s a e a .............. i Gordon Jenkeng Deere j Four Kntyhtg ........, Capitol j.'.’- i Touy Martin ■'. • .... * .. . k *. Victor *■* *" •;]/ Louis Armstrong : Deere 1 Jo Stafford . ....... Columbia : ’ I Dolores Gray ........ ..Docce •'i;:.’ Johnnie Rey ,. ,. .. ^. Okeh (Crawford) Leg Paul Mary Ford .. Capitol *...•*.•*••# Touy Bavamr ,♦>■*• *.>.«.*’*,iV'.Victor • • •> • • Eddie Fisher ........ . . Victor Tony Bennett ....... Columbia ................. Richard Hayeg ........Mercury ................. Vic Demone ......... Mercury ............. Tommy Edwards MGM Tony Hennett . ...... Columbia PaulMary Ford ... Capital • Nat “King" Cole Capitol color into a tune of gypsy genre. I "Yaass” (Coral) . . . Dob Eborty : sod the Lee Beater arch have a E »d side in the folksy “I Can t lp It (CspMoD . . . Ian Garber has a fair seasonal entry in “Toy- land Jubilee < Capitol). Standout folk, western, blues, rhythm, religious, polks, etc.: Bed Foley and Em sat Tubb. “I'm In Love With Molly" <Dtcea> . . Paul Gayten orch. “Lonesome For My Baby (Okeh) . . . Bay Emllh. , These Things Shall Pass" (Coral) . . The JuMlairea, “I’ve Done My Work" (Capitol) . . . Rod FeMy and Bo b erte Loo. “Night Train to Memphis'' (Dacca) . . Sunset Jubilee Biagers. “Rosalia Jamb" Okeh) ... Sheets McDonald. “Fuss and Fight'* (Capitol) Tam :.{9EUggBL' Htg Roch Candv Mountain" I Young People's Rec* ...... us perentheses mttuufa number ot w+rlrg erm g has WaHicha to N. Y. For Cap Hdqtn. Switch Glenn WalMchs. Cspitol Records proxy, ar rived in N. Y. from hM Coset headquarters Monday (9*. Hell supervise plans for the disk- snr*i N. Y. office switch to larger _ quarters In the Mutual Ufa Build- l lag Move M expected te take place