Variety (December 1951)

1 At V the MVftty and glwwrtrt imn ef the pool year hwil sift things toqgh enough to Tta Pan Alley. I rash of Juv«ill« cWIm la now breaking o^in the mutlr hex One tun#. "Snowflake* * just given topflight nan coverage by Dacca with a Guy Lamhurdo-Evelyn Knight pairing. Was written according to .the credit a by a nin e y ear-old Brooklyn girl. Marjorie Kuril Tuna recently won top honor* on the CBfl 'Unrig* For Bole* show Some atuale Ms aheptiee point out coin- cidentally that the youngster happen* to be niece of Jim Morehead. composer of ’Sentimental Me * The kid clefler also neither reads music nor Maya an htatfinnant. Lhmksrfla Music la p uh li a hln g (he tune On the Const meantime, a l#-year-old eleffer. Cvnthia Strother, topped a song-writing contest on Peter Potter's disk toe key show Tune "Bermuda* was picked up hy Artie Vat an do Coast rep for Happy Goday Musk firm, and llenrt Rene RCA Vidor artist* and repertory manager on the Coast, inked Cynthia and her Ifl-year-old slater. Kay. to a recording pact Their professional name* will he Cynthia and Kay. Bell earing for this Wank Capitol Record* Invades the musical fan mag field nest month. puV- Ung on new*«*t*nds the Capitol New* which it has been issuing monthly for aorne time a* a promotion gimmick Up In now. Cap has been printing 470 000 copies monthly and art ling ’em In disk dealers at two cent* per mm Retailers use the mag at a free plena of promotional literature Circulation has been climbing steadily an Capital Newt and a tsbuU'mn at the end of the year It expected to indicate t total loss of onli 410.00ft for the promotion Newsstand price of the mag Inti bc» n di icrminid yet. Bud Fist man. who edit* the stag In addi- tion to his other tub-thumping duties at the wasery. will continue tn handle R. Tommy Edward*. playing a return engagement recently at Copa In Pittsburgh, was offered aa on-t he -spot contract right after hi* opening for another week islet in the winter at double hi* salary but turned R down Edwards figured tn ride along on speculation because of hte growing popularity on M-G-M Records and take bis chances an being Worth much more when Copa wants him hock again Hi* second data there paid him more than twice bis original paycheck at same spot Oa rlier in the year w Tm Easy Churls Aal Tables, Says Gevehud lard's Prayer’ By Aaws h Straight Cal Versus Columbia Record* Is releasing a straight version of "The Lord s Prayer." recited by Freeman Gov den. Amos of radio's "Amos a* Andy " The prayer has been frv lured on the comedians* radio pro- gram for the post eight years around Christmas time Recitation la made an the disk Fdith Ptaf and I«e% Comp igmm* De La Chanson have turned out Canadas all-time b -»t»cllin« d^k on Columbia Record* with their etching of "l.es Trots (Torhes - Number adapted for the U. S market under the title of The Three Hells." has already gone over the 700.000 mark In Canada. Columbia issued the number both with French and English lyrics in the U S in Piaf versions but neither stirred activity in this reunti*. Currently, however cuts by Hammy Kayes arch ffl Columbia and June ValH for RCA Vidor have been rlimbtag steadily Local 47 prevy John T Coast American Federation of Mu*id Gnug can t seem to make up hi* mind whether there will or will not be a season of pop concert* under canvas this year In successive sen- ( tenroa. he reported that ‘ we couldn't afford to do that . . It's is the embryonic stage " Undent! mid the local's board of director* has okayed a scale of gift per perfor .nance on a live-day-a-week basis with one j 2* i-hour rehearsal period The average radio station has increased Us use of concert music to • 1 hours per week, according to Cad llaverlin. president of Broadcast < Music. Im . who addressed the 27th annual meeting af the National Miss Trix’s Disk Qix Opera Siaser Yeend Into Pop Duke With 4 Tunn Francos Yeend. soprano lead of the N. Y. City Opera Co. who also sang the s opr a no sfllo In Verdi • "Requiem" with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. It. Y , last week (St), to debuting in the Nearly 300 delegate* hoard Haverlin am procedures for the "Young Composers 1 position contest designed to encourage y< shout 1ft records to the hour Thai adds up so me thing like 229 records played each week. One Individual noire the numb played a tune In a unique tranvAtlantic disking session. Jo Stafford and one of Britain's leading was vocalists. Teddy Johnson, ha* cut two sides which will be distributed both la the U. 8 and England hy Columbia Record*. Hi de s include aa American tuna. Thill's a Email Hotel." and a British number. "The Moment I Haw You." Disk was put to- gether by having Miss Stafford cut her parts In Hollywood on tape tent to England (or completion there by Johnson. . me the dee Jay who has the time to de an honest Job. You and I Edison cylinder in October. IHOH. Since you and A8CAP agree Helen was only Iff at time of deoth. the must have been barely 14 when she started recording career Al- though unusual, this to not un- precedented. since such former greet* as Billy Murray. Walter Sraalaa. Gladys Bice, Henry Burr formed; (2). aid the smaller sta- tions in selecting their music; *3». 1st the publisher know that his man made contact with the "Im- portant" disk jockeys la the Held; 4>. inflate the publisher's ego; tfti, get on the Vaughn Monroe show. Knowing the above facts, I would like Vaairrv to consider the fol- lowing plan ; ; Invite "Important" disk jockeys from el! parts of the country to forward <l> a list of the 10 "most requested" tunes un his shew; if the shew Is not s reque s t shew. 1180's, end they did number of duets together for Victor and Zon- o-phone Mist Tria s Victor disk and her Edison cylinder of the Iff! hit. "The Bird an Nellie's Hat," were among tap hits af their day. She was one of few women who sang Harry Lauder songs I prefer her Zone putter ef "Stop Your Tickling, Jock" tn Victor by Lau- der She alee worked with Billy Murray to few gumhers. including Victor Herbert s "Whistle It." from A “NATURAL" FOR ALL RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS JUNE IN JANUARY Words and Music by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainqer