Variety (December 1951)

•BCUSIVAS'MIISIC Jocks, Jukes and Disks • By HERM SCH0ENFEL1 Billy Eckstine: “A Weaver of Dreams”-“TakeMe Back’* (M-G-M). A solid commercial coupling of two' fine ballads. “Weaver” is class number which Eckstine belts across in his smoothest, most supple glissando style. This side could catch pn big. “Take Me Back” is a big. tune in a more conventional groove, another potent delivery by Eckstine, Nelson Riddle orch back- ing up With rich fiddles, Nat (King) Cole: “Wine; Woman And Song”-” A Weaver of Dreams” (Capitol). “Wine, Woman And Song” has a fresh idea and dole’s rendition gives this talkyrhythm item a good start. Side has good juke potential. On the flip, Cole comes through with one of his better jobs and should give tne Eckstine cut of this number a close race Lou Biimingr “Trust in Me’VT’U Never LOve You” (Capitol). Lou Dinning did an honest carbon of Johnnie Ray on. her recent- cut of ‘•Little White Cloud That Cried/’ but on these sides she’s doing a parody of Ray in an attempt to come up with a “new sound.” It’s too hokey for the material and lacks the “sincerity” which has made Ray a factor. These sides are complete with booming echo chambers, plaintive glisses, etc. “Trust In Me” Could have possibili- ties with a less burlesqued etching; Bill Snyder: “Dizzy Fingers”- •‘Flylng Fingers” (Decca). These aides are takeoffs on Del Wood’s keyboard workover of “Down Yonder” and additional evidence of the reliance on mechanical tricks for new sounds.. These are jet- speed piano solos accomplished by Speeding up of the turntables dur- ing the recording process. Sides are interesting for a couple of seconds and then get tedious. Ames Bros.: “I'll Still Love You”- “I Wanna Love You”; “Lovely Lady Dressed In Blue”-“Mother, At Your Feet Is Kheeling” (Coral). Two pop and two religious Sides com- prise these first-class disks by the Ames Bros., who are still riding high with “Undecided” on the best- seller lists. “I’ll Still Love You” is a neat ballad while “Wanna Love You” is a bright rhythm entry, Snappily arranged. Both religioso tunes are effectively done for the genre. Freddy Marita Orch-Fontane Sisters: “Snowflakes” - “River In The Moonlight” (Victor); This ver- sion of “Snowflakes” is an addi- tional potent entry on a tune that was launched, by Guy Lombardo and Evelyn Knight on Decca. It’s a charmingly simple item with both juve and adult appeal. “Moon- light” is a promising ballad which the Fontane Sisters and Merv Griffin vocal rhythmically in front of a reedy orch arrangement. , Mantovani Orch: “Wyoming”- “Under The Rooifs Of Paris” (Lon- don). This orch’S current click bn “Charmaine” will rate Spins for (Continued on page 42) Week of Dec. 14-20. The top 30 songs of week (more in case of ties), based on copyrighted Audience Coverage lndeto ft Audience Trend Index . Published by Office of Research, Inc., Dr. John Gray Peatman , Director. Alphabetically listed. And So To Sleep Again.... ......... .Paxton Because Of You—t“l Was An American Spy”..... Broadcast Charmaine ........ ;. Lion Christmas Chopsticks............................ Regent Christmas In. Killamey, ... Remick Domino....... Pickwick Down Yonder LaSalle Frosty the Snow Man .H&R 1 I Ran All the Way Home..... ....,.......... Laurel I Talk To the Trees—+“Paint Your Wagon*' Chappell If You Catch a Little Cold . BVC I’ll See. You In My Dreams—t“See You In Dreams” . Feist It’s All In the Game ........ Wltmark It’s Beginning To Look Like Christmas. Plymouth Just One More Chance . Famous Manhattan—t “Two Tickets to Broadway”......... Marks More More More.............................. ,.Remick My Concerto ......... . Block Once........... ... .......... .Disney Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. ........ St. Nicholas Shrimp ; Boats................ ,■, »............., .Disney Silver Bells ............ Paramount (It s No) Sin Algonquin Sleigh Ride,.-. Mills Slowpoke ............. Ridgeway Solitaire.. ........... Broadcast Uncle Mistletoe,............................,..., Broadway Undecided Leeds White Christmas Berlin Winter Wonderland ..... ....... ........... BVC Second Group A Kiss To Build a Dream On—i “The Strip” Miller Cold; Cold Heart ..... .. . . .Acuff-R Here Comes the Fattest Man In Town Life I Wish I Had a Girl ... ..... ...... Miller In the Cool Of the Evening-—1“Here Comes Groom” Burke-VH It’s All Over But the Memories . Shapiro-B Life Is a Beautiful Thing Famous Love Is Here to Stay DeSylva-B&H Meanderin’ Harms My Dream Christmas *.......... .*.. Life Never—t“Golden Girl”,.....................,.,. Robbins Never Before .............. ................ ,,.; Paramount Out In the Cold Again.. \ . .. Santly-J Painting Clouds With Sunshine^t“Painting Clouds” Witmark Santa Claus Is Cornin’ To Town................. i. Feist Snowflakes.. .... ^ *.......... ... ,v«• • * • Lonibardo Swingin’ Down the Lane., ............... Feist Tennessee Blues. •.•.••••••......... .Beechwood Turn Back the Hands of Time.,,.....,,.......... Choice Up. ahd Down Msmbo. ■'.... Life When. . ..........«,«■.11 Galileo t Filmusical. • Legit musical . And So to Sleep Again . . .....,.. .Paxton Christmas In Killarney.. ...... ......,,... ./.Remick (Sweet Angle) the Christmas Tree Angel,......... Blossom It’s Beginning To Look Like Christmas ........... Plymouth Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer... ....« j •....... St. NI<6b. Santa. Claus Is Cornin’ To Town..... .Feist i, Sleigh Ride,... ...... i. * i»« ..«.... «I. ..... . i. Mills • .Slowpoke ♦. •■ .* 4 *•. • *■,’. .Ridgeway 'Undecided • ... •, ,....; •,... ■. ^ •..; .•,. .•■.. .... I.eeds White Christmas...,.. .Berlin FIVE TOP STANDARDS Because •.•■... ,,... ..^^bappeil Blues In the Night. • • •«......... s ....,*.. Rehuck Daughter of Rosie O’Grady,........ .Wltmark Nola..... *..,.•> ••,',■«•».. . ........ ..■•<»......''i«Sain Fox Stomping At the Savoy,................ . . Robbins Wedandaf, Itolibfr 26, 1951 BETML DISK BEST SEUEBS National Rating This Last wk. wk. Survey of retail disk best sellers , based bn reports ob-. tained from leading stores in 12 cities and showing coni' parative sales rating for this and last meek. Week Ending Dec. 22 Artist, Label. Title • t £ ^, CA ‘ g 6 > o 11 I 5 ^ iS 2'1 f I *§ a s :»■; I, § I g ft. 9 I I ' * i tj 0 3 3 T ii | | r l i I is 1 I I $ JOHNNIE RAY (Okeh) 1 5 “Little White Cloud”—6840 .... FRANKIE LAINE (Columbia) 2 1 “Jealousy”—39585 6 1 9 3 ,. 1 .. 1 3 .. 2 3 70 T 2 6 4 8 .. 1 8 1 .. .. 6 62 JOHNNIE RAY (Okeh) 4 6 “Cry”—6840 .. »■ '4 EDDY HOWARD (Mercury). 5 3 “Sin*’—5711 ^...., 7 TONY BENNETT (Columbia) 6 1 “Cold, Hold Heart”—39449 ...... 8 JO STAFFORD (Columbia) 7 9 “Shrimp Boats”—39581.......... .... MANTOVANI (London) 8 8 “Charmaine”—1020 . .... ....... 5 EDDIE FISHER (Victor) 9 ., “Anytime” ....,. ♦ ♦..... • ♦ TONY BENNETT (Columbia) 19A 4 “Because of You”—39362 n FOUR ACES (Decca) 10B . . . “Tell Me Why”—27860. DEL WOOD (Tennessee) 11 10 “Down Yonder”—775.. ........... DOLORES GRAY (Decca) 12 9 “Shrimp Boats”—27832 3 PEE WEE KING (Victor) 13 9 “Slow Poke”—21-0489 ........... 10 PATTI PAGE (Mercury) 14A 12 “And So to Sleep”—5706,....... TONY MARTIN (Victor) 14B 7 .“Domino**-*—20-4323 ....... .. FOUR ACES (Victoria) 15 13 “Sin”—101 .. ... ,........ FOUR ACES (Decca) 16. . “Xmas Tree in Heaven”. CHAMP BUTLER (Columbia) 17A .. “Down. Yonder”—3953 ... ARTHUR GODFREY (Columbia) 17B .. “Dance Me Loose”—39632. XMAS SONGS FIVE TOP Mario Lanza Victor ALBUMS w ^!?* 49 DM-1649 E-93 K-93 M-93 2 .. .. 6 ■>. 1 1 47 1 ... 3 ,. .. .> r 5 1 .. .. 46 5 .. 9 ... 2 .. 2 2 ... 9 45 1 2 2 8 6 .. ... 40 1 .. 5 .. 7 .. 28 .. ... ■ .. 4 .. • »■ • * 3 2 24 9 . . .. 8 .. .. 9 9 .. 21 5 .. 3 ;. .. .. .. 21 8 .. .. .> 3 4. 4 18 • 9 If) «» •• •• ,•«* , Up , • ♦ • •• t «. •• •• . Aw 6 .. .. ... 4 9 .... .. ... 15 8 .. 9 «• _**_ T- ** Y- 13 10 . S .■• •• 5 »• • • 13 8 .. .. 3 .. .. .. .. 11 .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .* 9 w 4 .. .. .. ,. .. 7 r » 10 •• 5 .. 7 3 4 © KINO AND I GUYS AND OOUS Now Sound Volum* •roadway Cat! , Broadway Cast Loo Pauf-Mary Ford Decca Decca Capitol. DL-9008 DA-828 H-286 9-260 9-203 CCF-286 DA-878 DLP-8036 CCN-286 BETJUL SHEET BEST SEUEBS Survey of retail sheet muitfe sales, based on reports obtained from leading stores in 12 cities and showing comparative sales rating for this and last week* I National Rating This Last wk. wk. Week Ending Dec. 22 Title and Publisher t * § 1 5 S » S O M fl a « 1 & .1*4 s B S- s « U I S p- £ z l w 4 I 4 ! 5 1 ■M C SZ5 . ii B M j 2 t e s S 10 II ■a & & « .3 O | I J! j 1 “Sin” ( Algonquin) ........ < • “Slow Poke” (Ridgeway). .. “Down Yonder” (Southern),..... 10; 3 10 5 6A . 6 8 12 9A 13 9B 10 10 9 11 9 12 .. 5 “Because of You” (broadcast). 6 “Cold, Cold Heart” (Acuff-R)...> 7 “Undecided” (Leeds) ............. 8 “Shrimp Boats” (Disney) .. ..... 12 “Little White Cloud” (Spier)..... 13 “Cry” (Mellow). .....,......... 10 “Frosty Snowmon” (Hill-R)...... 9 “White Xmas” (Berlin);, 9 . “And SO to Sleep” (Paxton) . “Winter Wonderland” (BVC)..... 3 10 7 6 46 8 24 •V . 4 .. 7 16 Seattle Symph Opens Jan.14 •Seattle, peer 25. - The postponed Seattle Sympho- ny season will get Under way on Jan. 14 with Arthur Fiedler con- ducting. Fiedler also conducts the January 28 concert. • ...'Others set for ths- season are:. Stdnley Chappie, Feb: 11; William Steinberg, FOb. 25; Sir Thomas Beechsm, March 7 and 13; Gaetona Merola, April 8, and Alexander Hilsberf, April 22* Parliament Music chartered to conduct a/pUblishing-businesS with offices in New York. Capital stock is 150 Shares, no par Value. Harold Ornsfein^ of N. V., was. filing & totney.