Variety (December 1951)

Wednesday Pwaater I2» 19S1 HETJUL DISK BIST SELLEBS . OWCHESTItAS-lMrilSlC Dill Snyder’s Decca Pact yjrm&jt Survey of retail disk best sellers, based on reports ob- tained from leading stores in 12 cities and showing com- parative sales rating for this and last week. v o i i « I i O & .3 3 w S 1 1 3 I i r o -,JS O Q H it ■■a ■ s I “ O «) S' & •i; .§ s 9 , I S; £ :| £ . * 9 : O .M 'ft Bill Snyder, bandleader-pianist who clicked with his “Bewitched" cut on London Records last year, has been inked to an exclusive Decca pact, Snyder has been work- ing with his band in Chicago re- cently, Decca has also inked Remo Bi- ondi, accordionist with the Jane Turzy Trio, to a separate pact and has renewed Merv Shiner, folk singer. TONY BENNETT (Columbia) “Cold, Cold tteatt M —3fl449... f ;. 9 FRANKIE LAINE (Columbia) “Jealousy”-—39585 ..... • 2 AMES BROSHE. BROWN/Coral) ~ “Uudecided”-r-60566 .... -... *... 3 JOHNNIE RAY (Okeh) “ “Little White Cloud”—-6840>,..;. .. TONY BENNETT (Columbia) “Because -ojf You”—-39362 ,....... 10 EDDY HOWARD (Mercury) “Sin”—5711 .. 1 .. .. 2 6 . 5 ., 2 3 .. 6 .. 1 5 2 3 7 7 k ... 5 -..Vi 1 .. .. 4 .. 2 .. -.« . .. 3. 2 ., 1 ... ., .. 5 3 1 65 8 7 4 62 3 6 .. 54 2 2 50 7 4 9 43 1 .. 36 JO STAFFORD (Columbia) 9 ... “Shrimp Boats”—39581.. ■ ♦... ^.. . DOLORES GRAY (Decca) iOA 11 “Shrimp Boats”—27832♦. TONY BENNETT (Columbia) 10B ; 9 “Blue Velvet”—39555: PEE WEE KING (Victor): IOC 16 “Slow Poke”-—21*0489,...,........ FOUR ACES (Victoria) 11 8 “Sin”—101,,........ TONY MARTIN (Victor) 12A 4 “Domino”—30-4323 .....,.....,. DEL WOOD (Tennessee)..... ... 12B 10 “Down Yonder”-—775... . . LES PAUL-MARY FORD (Cap) 13 13 “Just One More Chance”—1825.. NAT “KING” COLE (Capitol) 14 15 “Unlorgetable”—1808 . DORIS DAY (Columbia) 15A , < “Domino”—39596 ................ TONY MARTIN (Victor) 15B 5 “I Get Ideas”—20-4141A. FRANKIE LAINE (Columbia) 16 Flamenco”—39585 . 4 7 .. ... .... 21 10 8 8 10 . ... 19 6 ., 2 * • • • • • .* 9 17 9 6 A • * ♦•a • ♦ FIVE TO I ALBUM'S XMAS BONGS Mario /Lanza • Victor LM-155 WDM-1649 DM-1649 AMERICAN IN GUYS AND DOLLS ... PARIS Hollywood Cast M-G-M E-93 K-93 M-93 Broadway Cost Decca DA-825 9-203 DLP-8036 Recorded Treasures chartered to manufacture records, and ‘ record players in New York. Capital stock is 200 shares, no par value: British Pubs Santa Claus Is Cornin' To Town Ml ■\*] CompoiOn Will offer ft por cant of jayoltlo. to any paridn capable of publishing wnd Introducing my - songs within tho Hold of popular music. Con anybody opan tho door* for mo? SAM SCHE* SiOflol, 2675 Henry Hudson Pkway. New York. Kl 14D50. Continued from page 43 market by EMI and British Decca since disks are as important a fac- ^ i tor in making hits in England as they are in America, Existence of another label is also expected to loosen up the British disk field for more U. S. masters. §uch American companies as Mer- cury, for instance* have been un- able to get distribution of their wra i masters in England, except for an occas i ona i standout hit by Patti Page or Vic Damone. Gol Names Deb Ishlon Deborah Ishlon has stepped into the publicity chief’s spot at Co- lumbia Records, filling the vacancy left by Walter Murphy’s switch to the CBS radio division. Miss Isjilon was Murphy's as- sistant and has been handling both pop and longhair publicity: since his departure k couple of months ago. Elliot Horne was recently added as. Miss Ishlon’s assistant. 5 ... .. ... .. 16 ..... 6 4 .. 8 16 ... 3 i0 , ... 14 4 . • ... • ,* ■>. .*.. 12 ,. ,. . . -. .. .. 11 10' 1. , * . , • • 11 4 5 KING AND I N«w Sound Volume * s' Broadway . Cat! Le» Paul-Mary Ford .Decca Capitol DL-9008 H-286 9-260 CCF-286 DA-876 CCN-286 Lombardo’s Car in Fatal Accident; Hearing Set Guy Lombardo is scheduled to appear in the Queens vehicle acci- dent court Jan. 9 as a result of an accident in Which his car killed a man arid seriously injured a wom- an. The accident occurred early Sunday morning (9) while Lom- bardo was on his way to his Free- port, L. I., home after winding up at the Hotel Roosevelt* N. Y„ .Where his band is playing. . At the tiirie of the accident, Lom- bardo was driving 25 miles an hour with the light in his favor, accord- ing to the police; Best British Sheet Seders (Week ending Nov . 21) London, Dec. 4. Longing for You... , .Sterling I Love Sunshine..New World Because of You, . . ,y*.. Dash Tulips and Heather.. .. .Fields Loveliest Night Year.F.D.&H. Too Young ... ’ Sun Rosaline ....... Reine My Liberty Belle. . . . . . Dash Beggar In Love. V. Cinephonic Allentown Jail... . . .Bourne U You Go . . ....... * Maurice Sweet Violets .> .Morris Second 12 I Wish i Wuz... ...Maurice My Truly Truly Fair . • Dash Love’s Roundabout. Cinephonic Kentucky Waltz.... . Southern Be My Love .., ..... F.D.&H. Enchanted Eve,,. .Williamson Vanity * *■ ♦ .• ♦ *■ ^ Sun Shanghai .-,. .Harms-Connelly Too Late Now.,. New World At End of Day.;... . .Chappell Rudolph Reindeer ,. . Sterling Black and White Rag . F.D.&H, Continued from , page 43 eager for disk showcasing, it’s be- come a key exploitation medium for vocal talent “ disk jockey plugging and other promotional plusses of Wax releases. The new talent ha$ found that it takes only one hit, even of moderate dimen- sions, to skyrocket their take for personal appearances. ThOt has been the experience of such names as the Four Aces, Johnnie Ray, Tommy Edwards and April Stevens, who can command much more coin as a result of their growing disk prominence. Such standout best-selling artists on wax, such .as Patti Page, Ben- nett* Miss Clooney, Mitchell, Les Paul & Mary Ford, etc., are now being bOOked in top theatre and nitery spots at even more substan- tial prices. Paris, Dec. 11, Since—the beginning Of thls- month, French disk companies have been forced to press only public domain selections as a result of si wrangle with the BIEM (Bureau of Internationale Editions Mechan- ique), meclianicai collection agency for composers and authors. One of the key issues in the dispute was BlEM’s demand that French disk- ei's pay- royalties on platters pressed in the U. S. from French masters. The BIEM- diskers contract ex- pired Nov.. 30, at which time the BIEM asked for a continuation of the old royalty rate. BIEM also demanded that no disk be released without its okay. The disk indus- try rejected this demand on the grounds that it would give the BIEM a virtual dictatorship over its operations. DECCA EXECS TO NX Decca prexy Milton R. Rackmil returned to. the New York home- office yesterday (Tues.) after a week-long o.o. of midwest opera- tions. Company’s Coast recording chief Sonny Burke also arrived in N. Y. for a two-week stay. Continued from page 43 the theory of “letting the other companies have their hits, we’ll de- velop our own.” Kapp, of course, plans to create special Victor hits as well as covering the opposition. Victor, at the same time, aims to keep its releases down to manage- able proportions although it’s ex- pected there will be an increase from the previous Weekly schedule of three or four pop disks. Neces- sity of keeping the releases down to a minimum is cued by problems Of selling retailers on carrying heavier inventories, particularly In view of the multiple speed setup. NEW BALLAD HIT! Percy Faith—Columbia June Volll, H. Winterhalter—* RCA Victor Victor Young—Decca Hollis Music. Inc* 666 fifth Ava.* Naw York 19, N. Y. MGM 11 OH K 11 OH 78 RPM 45 RPM M G M RECORDS \ E N T E P T A ■N M E N T