Variety (June 1952)

••CaKSTKAS-MfSIC Wednodjiy, June 4 , 1932 posers, Authets and Published |. liams, Also of -WJJ2, stated that IL\ Ck . . 1 t. ir^. * * 1iL«.«. A V I Vsifjl v»vAfyv»nYii O sTlHW SftlOlV Oil- Broadcast Music, Inc., launch an ^all-OUt. effort to develop new writ- ers by sponsoring collegiate song* writing contests. ”ThereV another Gershwin soxnewhere in this .couiv try,” ho said, '‘and American mu- sic needs a spokesman of that type now more than ever before.” “The gimmick sound, was de- veloped by the' diskens to conceal the meagre wrijting material,” he added, “but It won't hold up.” In turning their attention to people who want a cruder type of music, the record men lost an important segment 0/ their disk-buying mark- et and they're now trying,to. win 'em back by increasing their out- put of topflight songs and standout renditions. The'releases are better -thought out than before, he stated, and we're not 'being flooded with as many new issues as we were last year. Still Releasing Too Many Tom Reddy, of WJZ, N, Y„ con- curred that 1 the. diskeries. have cut down on their releases, but claimed ‘that they’re .still putting out too many. Reddy .believes that the vocalists have gone about as far as they can . go and that there's a definite upbeat in the Remand for orch platters. The Leroy And- erson click on the Becca label, "Blue Tango,” and the Billy May platters for ^.Capitol are pointing the Way to a new wax picture. Growing importance of prehs, he asserted, also can be seen.in the headway diskery musical directors have been making In producing waxings with their respective com- panies' star vocalists. Such direc- tors as Gordon Jenkins (Becca), Hugo Winterhalter (RCA Victor), Percy , Faith (Columbia), and LeRoy Holmes (M-G-M) have stepped out as strong .selling entitles for their label. * Reddy also stated that the pub- lishing. firms’ contactmen, in the main, have assumed a new attitude in asking for. plugs. ‘‘They're aware of the bulk of trash that’s being 0®“ produced,” he asserted, “and don't ask for plays if they feel the wax- ing is n.g.” On, the other hand, Vince : Wil- lie’d . program a show solely on pluggers' requests it'd he unfair to his audience, who depend uPb» his choice' pf ispins for - pleasant listening. In various listener-polls that Williams has taken ,during the past few mouths, so many more;) requests havc.come in for old tunes and. old waxing that he gives the current crop of '‘cry” and “trick records about six more months of popularity. Hal Tunis, of WMGM, N. Y.» said that diskerics have gene overboard in their attempts to get a “new sound” and It’s gotten to a.point where they’re beginning to lose deejay support. “A jockey's im- portance to the station that hires him,” he said, “Is his ability to sell—and it's almost Impossible to sell anything in between the spin- ning of the frenetic disks the . com- panies are issuing today.” It's be- coming a little ridiculous flow, he added, and’the fact the disk Sales are way 6ff indicates that there’s an upheaval In the offing* :: ■ “Pubbery and diskery 1 thinking,” he 1 added, “has b£en all wrong. They’ve assumed that this Is what the public wants and this is what they’ve got to give 'em- Just as the “new sound” has been shoved into the public's ear so can they .be reconditioned to. go for “ungim- mieked recordings and better songs.” Make 'Em to Sell 'Em Jack Lacy, of WINS, N. Y., agreed that. the diskeries aren't producing as "many good things as they should but he says they’re In business to sell records and.if the “new sound” platters pay ' off they’ve got to make them*. "The kids-aren't complaining about the lowgrade trend American pop mu- sic has taken,” he added, “and they’re the ones Who buy records and support the disk artists.” The teenagers today make up the bulk' of the disk-buying , market and the record companies aTre catering to them. Lacy, who'-g currently conducting a poll among high-school students in New York, New Jersey and Long Island, noted in the early re- turns’that-there's been no notice- able letup in the "new .sound” kick and that they are as strong for the new crop of singers, as 1 , ever but that there's a growing interest in the new baflds* etchings. Lacy, who tagged himself “an air salesman who plays music,” said that al- though it's not his job to educate the musical tastes-of liis listeners, he’s interjected into, ms program- ming format sonic .solid .standards ahd fave oldies that’ve been greet- ed, with appreciative* response. "A jockey can • never be condemned for playing good music,” he con- cluded. Qd the Houston Symph Set for Summer Houston, Jpne 3. Houston Summer Symphony Or- chestra will open the ‘ first of a series of 18 concerts in the local city parks on June 15. Concerts will be free to the public. Andor Toth will he conductor of the orchestra* • Auditions-are being held for local .talent to appear as guest artists with the symphony at I the weekend to the Falmolive Bldg, each concert.. I. . . Muggsy Spanler cut four more New York Singer Buddy Costa packed Tby General . Artists Corp % * , . Billy May. orch*'begins a ; four*day en- gagement ' at the r’Meadowbwmk, Cedar Grove, N* J., June 19 *'*' • Arco Music, hew pubb.ery headed .by Art Cook has been licensed by Broadcast Music, Inc. - . *■ Xavier Cugait orch plays a one-week en- gagement at the Fox Theatre, San Francisco, beginning July 9 . • • Remington Records added Sunland Music Co., Los Angeles, to its dis- trlb setup . . “Piano* Parade” package featuring Err oil Garner, Art Tatum, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson disbanded until the fall. ^ I V* Chicago William Morris office moved over Lionel Hampton AND HIS ORCHESTRA PLAY DON’T FLEE KINGFISH MGM 11227 K 11227 THE SCENE SALTY 78 RPM 45 RPM M'G'M RECORDS \ * 1 ' Disk Companies' Best SDllers^ CAPITOL » ARTIST J X. I’M CONFESSIN’ .Les Paul-Mary Ford CAEIOCA 2. WHEEL OF FORTUNE Kay Starr i Wanna love you 3. BLACKSMITH BLUES ....Ella Mae Moore LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME 4. OAKIE BOOGIE Ella Mae Morse LOVE YA' LIKE MAD 5. I WAITED A LITTLE TQ@ LONG .Kay Starr & ME TOO t COLUMBIA ; k X. DELICADO Percy Faith FESTIVAL X 2. WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME..... . . .... Johnnie Ray ± GIVE ME TIME % * X 3. SUGAR BUSH Boris Day-F. Laine, HOW LOVELY, COOKS THE MEAT / x 4. HALF AS MUCH Rosemary Clooney I POOR WHIP POORWILL 5. PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA... .T .Guy Mitchell-M. Miller X GIRL WITH SAWDUST HEART .Don Cornell J- CORAL 1. I'M YOURS MY MOTHER'S PEARLS t 2, STARDUST - CRAZY 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU 3. I'LL WALK ALONE ; Don* Cornell’ THAT'S THE CHANCE YOU TAKE * Ames Bros, + .i :: 2. x 3. I s. t MERCURY 4. GONNA GET ALONG WITHOUT YA NOW.,Teresa Brewer* ROLL THEM ROLY POLY EYES ” 5. HERE IN MY HEART : Alan Dale - - I'M SORRY DECCA • BLUE TANGO . Leroy Anderson BELLE OF THE BALL DELICADO ... KISS OF FIRE KISS OF FIRE I’LL WALK ALONE BLUE TANGO AT LAST AT LAST .I'M YOURS I UNDERSTAND # • * » • *Ouy. Lombardo Louis Armstrong Guy Lombardo ...... Four Aces t I isldcs for Merciiry last week and ‘ the Dixieland maestro goes fiX Angelo’s Friday for two weeks 1? ** ®Ue's group £ at the Bras* Rail . . . BUI SnvcW signed Wt* the GAG office and has %een *t ,fOr-Congress Hotel St! Louis, June 20 for three frames across the town Jt the Park Pla?a, St. Louis . Mi has four weeks at Amvet Club, Mason City, la Cy-CIown* icing a repeat at*the Cairo for a month starting June 11 . . Metro-Ttoea inked for Trams. Ketchum, Idaho for four stanzas. Bob- Vincent^ sings at Basil’s, Muncie, Irid,, June 16 for four stints . Ken Grlffeit plays a series ^h^domrents with the S T§ U EPf t, C %’ £* arion - June t 3 1 ;?Jf Ckw ^ c S Syracuse, July 11^17 . , Gay? Crosse into the Supper Club,, Nashville, for a month . . . Tiny Hill goes into the Riviera, Lake Geneva, Wis., for a week Aug. 11 ;. .-Jackie Davis Trio ceught a month's work at the Musi- cal Bar, ^Cleveland, June 23 . Buddy Charles returns to the PreyiewrtQnlght; <]Wed.) (4) . . . Jan Garber does 10 days at Peony Park, Omaha, July 10 and then goes to the Frontier Bays' celebration at Cheyenne, Wyo., July 1 21 for six days at $T,000 for the date . . . Jerl Southern chirps , at El Rancho Vegas, Las .Vegas, .June 11... Paul Grey repeats, at. the Beverly. Shreveport - tonight (Wed.) and has the Capitol, Washington, June 26. ... Elista- Jayne over the border to Monte .Casino,- Mexico City, June .12, Chick Kirdale making the TQUnds-pf the midwest jocks. , Pittsburgh . The Blenders opened a two-week engagement at the Musical Bar in Jeannette Monday - (2)... Maurice Spitalny. planning to present his brother, Phil Spitalny, and the Hourv of-Charm Orchestra in a one- nighter “ ftere this fall.. .Kenny- Wood Park,- 'which used to play bands on a week-long basis every summer, now has daricingtonly two rnghtme- week->. Organist Don Mc- GOvcm’s option picked up at the Oliver Avenue restaurant.. .Jimmy (Continued on page 46) 1. t & - >-■ :: 3. 1 4. * 5. KISS OF FIRE Georgia Gibbs A LASTING THING Georgia wdds $NCE IN A WHILE PM GLAD YOU'RE HAPPY WITH SOMEONE WHISPERING WINDS LOVE WHERE ARE YOU NOW BE ANYTHING r*^ j v HERE IN MY HEART *. Vic Damona TOMORROW NEVER COMES C e . .Patti Page Patti Page 3. A GIRL, A- FELLA, A BEACH UMBRELLA Rim* b 9 M -a« t A MIGHTY PRETTY WALTZ- ” B1Ue Barron I- M-G^M 1. KISS OF FIRE .... NEVER LIKE THIS 2. HARLEM NOCTURNE r> av i d Tt aca ON A LITTLE COUNTRY ROAD Billy Eckstine T Orch -f 5, PLEASE • HERE'S TO US HOLD ME CLOSE TO YOU.... urn., IF THEY ASK ME * ■ y .y.;. .Bill Farrell f Eckstine / + 2 . 4- 3. RCA VICTOR 1. MAYBE WATERMELON WEATHER ' THAT’S THE CHANCE YOU TAKE EdriiA FicViaw i FORGIVE ME Lddie Fisher <f I'M -YOURS JUST A LITTLE LOVIN' LADY'S MAN „ 4 , c , MARRIED BY THE BIBLE, DIVORCED BY LAW S “ 0W + TH^GYPSYTOAtt,’’" .-••■Hugo Winterhalter f -P. Como-E.' Fisher .Eddie Fisher 4 4. 5. A MERCURY ARTIST and his archastra is apptarin? with JERRY MURAD’S HARMONIQATS Singing Star RAY CURA and talented RICHARD HAYMAN all appearing in person in Frank Dailey's Meadow- brook. Cedar Grove, N. J. Currant releases; Ralph Marterie "STREET SCENE" "PERSIAN MARKET" Harmonlcatf "HOOTIN' BLUES" "NIGHT TRAIN" Ray Cura "BLUE BOY" "DESIRE" Richard Hayman "NO STRINGS ATTACHED" "LOST LOVE"