Variety (April 1952)

A Nation-Wide Hit ! FRED WARING and His Pennsylvanians TULIPS AND HEATHER and YOU'LL NEVER 4 '• 4 WALK ALONE DWeea 27M4 (7« RPM) and 9-27944 C45 RPM) One of America’s Top-Pop Pianists ! CY COLEMAN IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN ('Twas on a Night Like This) and SOUTH V S A\ •.V^Wj-.WNvv ;\'o srv K? Decca 28093 (78 RPM) and 9-28093 (45 RPM) Dick Scores Again ! DICK HAYMES . % 4k a I AM A HEART and AND SO \J*y I WAITED AROUND Dacca 28087 (78 RPM) and 9-28087 (45 RPM) Single Records B5c (plus tax) - t c ° ^ America's Fastest ““Selling Records! j£lb ; Wednesday,' ApVU ^ X9S2 BET AIL DISK BEST SELLERS Nation*! Rating; This Last wk. wk. “ i^lkTEty Survey oj 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. 4 , - Week Ending March 29 Artist, Label, Title w O rd «d ^ ne <L> PI • o rt *9 3 S s S H sip- p j i •—I M I £ 3 6 o o § 1 cl 5 r « a a 7J » 9 A s s 0 7 ? S | i J -2 ° <u ti u 52 S 2 3 | co I W & I 8 fe w « M *o w jg O (K 6 8 8 13 9 9 10 11 ‘ 11A 12 11B .. 13A 15 13B 10 15A .. 15B .. 15C 18 10 16 KAY STARR (Capitol) “Wheel of Fortune”—1964 1 2 LEROY ANDERSON (Decca) “Blue Tango”—40220 2 1 JOHNNIE RAY (Okeh) _ ’ “Cry”—6840 9 - ELLA MAE MORSE (CapitolP “Blacksmith Blues”—1922 7 4 EDDIE FISHER (Victor) “Anytime”—20-4359 10 3 WEAVERS-G. JENKINS (DeccaT “Wimoweh”—27928 4 8 •FOUR ACES (Decca) : ^ -“Tell Me Why”—27860 8 DORIS DAY (Columbia) <‘A Guy Is a Guy”—39673 6 5 JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) “Please Mr, Sun”—39636 5 .. JOHNNIE RAY (Okeh) “Little White Cloud”—6840. FOUR ACES (Decca) “Perfidia”—27987 .. 3 7 RAY ANTHONY (Capitol “At Last”—1912 JO STAFFORD (Columbia) “Ay-Round the Corner”—39653 EDDY HOWARD (Mercury) “Stolen Love”—5771 .. .. HUGO WINTERHALTER (Victor) “Blue Tango”—20-4518 .. JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) “Brokenhearted”—39636 LES BAXTER (Capitol) “Blue-Tango”—1966 G. MITCHELL-M. MILLER (Col.) “Pittsburgh Penn”—39663 LOUIS ARMSTRONG (Decca) “A Kiss Build Dream On”—27720 EDDIE FISHER (Victor) “Tell Me Why”—20-4444 1 5 2 4 2 1 4 1 6 £ 29,... 4 . 2 7.. 7 . 5. 3 8 7. .. 9 3 3 10 10 6 107 _5 75 J 46 7 45 2 44 3 34 5 . 7 8 3 8 5 4. 5 .. 8 5 6 4 2 .. 10 FIVE TOP ALBUMS 1 2 AMERICAN IN GUYS AND DOLLS PARIS Hollywood Cost , M-G-M E-93 K-93 M-93 Broadway Ca»l Decca DAr825 9-203 DLP-8036 YMA SUMAC Logond of Sun Virgin . Capitol L 299 DDN 299 KFD 299 GLENN MILLER CONCERT Victor LPT-10 . WPT-25 P-25 3 .. . SHOWBOAT Hollywood Cast M-G-M •M-G-M84 K 84 E 559 Jocks, Jukes — - Continued from page 54 —I enough zest into “Dream” to make it solid spinning fodder. Miss Kal- len’s wax charm gets a top show- casing on this side and brings her into the femme disk sweeps with force. Janies’ trumpet licks also get a top display; Bottom deck is another potent' entry which rates spins because of the topflight orch work and piping. Platter Pointer* M-G-M Records has packagetj a sparkling soundtrack album of the score from the Metro filmusical, “Singin’ In the Rain.”.Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Rey- nolds split the assignments on the Arthur Freed-Nacio Herb Brown oldies with an enchanting gaiety. Such tunes as “Good Morning,” “Fit As a Fiddle,” “All I Do Is Dream of You,” “You Are My Lucky Star” and the title song are excellently executed and should help put album into the top-sales class . . . Bernie Mann orch has a fine rendition of “Waitin’ ” (King) . . . Tony Man- go's W9rkover of “Water Under the Bridge,” a slick commercial number, on the indie Rainbow label rates plenty of spins . . . Edmundo Ros orch scores with “She Met a Handsome Banker” (London) . . . Margaret Whiting is warmly effective on the oldie, “My Ideal” (Capitol) .'. . Liberacc fails to impress on “September Song” (Columbia) . . . Ken Griffin dis- plays some fancy organ work on “Put Your Little Foot” (Colum- bia) . . . Stan Kenton does an okay job on “Delicado” (Capitol) . . . Tony Bavaar dishes out plenty of wax charm on “I’ll Sing to You” < (Victor) . . . Tommy Dorsey orch has one of its best etchings in some time in “Keel Row” (Decca) . . . Sunny Gale and the Eddie Wilcox orch have a strong etch- ing in “A Lasting Thing” (Derby) . . . Charlie Barnet impresses with his sax* licks on “These Foolish Things” (A b b'Fy) . . . Burl Ives makes “One Hour Ahead of the Posse” on the • Decca label a top bet ... Bill Snyder’s keyboarding on .“Ravioli Rag” on the same label is firstrate. ,crew handles a sweet top 10 tune as well as it does the traditional rhythm and bounce numbers, and adds a sizable store of -Latin num- bers. In addition to their fine in- strumental work, they show a wide variety of vocals, with spe- cialties by Pagna, Terry and Conte, by trio work,and by group vocals. In whatever they do there is a good deal of pep and vinegar which sparks the proceedings. Following the date here unit heads east for dates around New York. Qum. Band Reviews - Continued,, from page 54 I or other such rhythm sources, hut depends for the essential beat on the drums and. bass and the par- ticular stylings of the group. With its youthful approach the A Great Song for Your Easter Program “Somebody Bigger Than You and I" BULLS EYE MUSIC CO. 4526 Solmo Ave., Hollywood, Calif. o ■ ■ ■ I ■ ■■■■■ ■ a e ■ ■ ■ (FATHER) and his World Famous Sextette featuring BENNY GREEN on Trombone JONAH JONES on Trumpet 1 ' 11 Engagement* Just Concluded" ' 1,111 RtiuUzYous Club, Phila.—Bluo Note, Chicago- Colonial Inn, Toronto—Coltbrlty Club, PrOYidonce - IMMEDIATELY BOOKED FOR RETURN ENGAGEMENTS! Qptning April 3, BLUE MIRROR, Washington, D. C h x ■: / u <• i v c M o n o c v m i. n t ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORPORATION JOE GLASER. P* N ‘ j CSicnrjo H c * i