Variety (July 1952)

,• h: V sr« 44 ’’*: •RCaBSTilAj|>>nTSI€ Orchestn^Miim u.r xf- Although * ilock of Nat (King) Cole’* Ci^pitol records currently on release gives co-hlUing to -the Billy May orehr orch leader doesn’t come in for any share of the royalty take. Platters were cut almost a year ago before May, who then did the orch hackings for the Cap artists, broke out as an important hand entity. Diskery, however, is cashing in on his recent upsurge, by giving,him the co-billing. Most recent Cole-May release Is"Walkin’ Hy 'Bahy Back Home” backed by ‘ JFanny" Pfc, Vic Damone,. who recently returned from Germany to wax recruiting disks for the Army, is moving out fast on the first Mercury Eecords platter etched since his return. Pamone cut 'Take My and “Rosanne” for the diskery and the platter topped 45,000 $ale$ m its first three days on the market. Opening of the Warner Bros. “Where’s Charley?” pic at the Music Hall, N. Y., last week has cued Decca’s revival of a tune from the original legit score, “Once In Love With Amy.” Ray Bolgerri star of both of the legit and pic versions of “Where’s Charley?,” waxed the tim^ At4he same time, E. H, Morris, publisher of the legit score, is planning aiibbher drive on the “Where's Charley?” tunes, including *‘My Darling, My Darling,” the original plug ballad. Decca is also reissuing an etching of “Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie,” by Bing Crosby and Mary Martin In conjunction with the 20th- Fox, pic at the same time. Number was sliced by Crosby-Martin in 1942. Major Diskers Covering Femme Air Force Tune Record companies are going all out on “The Girls Are .'Marching,” tune which is currently being used in the drive to recruit women in- to the U. S. Air Force. Song was etched initially for the Air Force by Pfc. Vic Damone who was brought back from Germany a couple of weeks ago for the ses- sion. Since then Damone has cut it for Mercury and the rival diskers have hopped ort with covering platters. Already lined up for re- lease on the song are The Mari- ners for , Columbia; Hugo Winter- halter for RCA Victor; and LeRoy Holmes for the M-G-M labels Tune was penned by Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Buddy Laine Into Rice Hotel Houston, July 1. Buddy Laine and his orch, a newcomer to the area, opened on Thursday (26) at the Empire Room of the Rice Hotel here. . Elaine Foreman is vocalist with band. Stellman Wants ISngar Blues’ for UJK. London, June 24. Marcel Stellman is due in N. Y. Friday (4) to negotiate the sale of U. S. rights to “Sugar Blues,” a British gimmick disk waxed by Frank Ross (4e La Pierre). Disk, which is released in Britain on an. indie label Melodise, is Ross’s first recording in .about 30 years in show biz. A 12-piece band does the backgrounding. Clarence Williams wrote and published the tune In the U. S. Monroe’s Summer Tour Following a month’s vacatiorji through June, Vaughn Monroe hits the road again with his band to- morrow (Thurs.), Monroe is booked through July, with August dates still being pencilled- in. The trek will take him through New Eng-^ land, Canada, Michigan and some eastern states. Monroe will return to N. Y. in September, when he goes into the Starlight Roof of the Waldorf-As- toria Hbtel for the -entire month, Vv/iTH ftod his ORCH^TRA „.G M OROS Disk Comiiitmes* Best Selleirs I CAPITOL artist :: L TAKE MY HEART A1 Martino I NEVER CARED 7. %. IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME... .Les Paul-Mary Ford SMOKE RINGS , ^ . 1 'I’M CONFESSIN’ Les-Paul-Mary Eord I ''" ‘ gar'Iomda ' - 4. 'WALKIN' l^Y BABY BACK HOME..Nat (King) Cole - FUNNY,.'; ' . - ^ ’ S. WHEEL OF- FORTUNE Kay Stari* ^ :: I WANNA LOVE YOU COLUMBIA 1. BOTCH-A-ME Rosemary Clooney ON THE FIRST WARM DAY - Z. HALF AS MUCH Rosemary Clooney | POOR WHIP POORWILL - 3. WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME. Johnnie Ray -4 GIVE ME'TIME . . 4. DELICADO Percy Faith f :: FESTIVAL 5. HIGH NOON Frankie Laine f BOCK OF GIBRALTAR «« - CORAL - 1. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END Don Cornell 4 ^: I CAN’T CRY ANYMORE - 2l AUF WIEDERSEHN,’SWEETHEART .... ..Ames Brothers f :: BREAK BANDS THAT BIND ME ” 3. I’M YOURS Don Cornell MY MOTHER’S PEARLS ■' 4. RHODE island REDHEAD Teresa Brewer EN-THUZ-E-UZ-E-AS-M Eileen Barton :: K. CRAZY CAUSE I LOVE YOU Ames Bros. STARDUST Leroy Anderson hk •<- Peggy Lee-G. Jenkins -- t DECCA' 1. BLUE TANGO :: BELLE OF THE BALL "' ». LOVER ^' YOU GO TO MY HEAD :: 3 . GOD’S LITTLE CANDLE.... Red Foley-Anita Kerr Singers SOMEBODY BIGGER THAN YOU AND I :: 4. BLUE TANGO Guy Lombardo J AT LAST. AT LAST - 5. I’M YOURS Four Aces t I UNDERSTAND ^ «>■ ” MERCURY .L 1.-KISS OF FIRE Georgia Gibbs t ^ A LASTING THING I 2. BE ANYTHING '..-. . .Eddy Howard 4 _ SHE TOOK J 3. ONCE IN A WHILE . Patu page t ;; I’M GLAD YOU’RE HAPPY WITH SOMEONE ELSE - 4. AUF WiEDERSEHN SWEETHEART Eddy Howard :: I DONT WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE - 5. TAKE MY HEART .Vic Damone - ROSANNE t M-G-M .. 1. HOLD ME CLOSE TO YOU Billy Eckstine " IF THEY ASK ME - 2. WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE..... . Fran Warren - ;;; WISH YOU WERE HERE • . . 3. KISS OF FIRE ‘. ..Billy Eckstiiie NEVER LIKE THIS ->• 4. SATURDAY RAG Jack Fiha and Orch. -• :: SOUTH 5 , HARLEM NOCTURNE David .Rose, and Orch ON A LITTLE COUNTRY ROAD IN SWITZERLAND f RCA VICTOR .. * . H. 1, MA'YBE Perry Como-Eddie Fisher II WATERMELON WEATHER ^ 2. LADY'S MAN : .Hank Snow r MARRIED BY THE BIBLE. DIVORCED BY LAW ^ 3. I’M YOURS Eddie Fisher JUST A LITTLE LOVIN’ 4. SLOW POISON Johnnie & Jack ^ :: HEART TROUBLE 5# .>VANi|s.SA Hugo Winterhalter- vSQlSi^HERE ALONG THE WAY M » . ♦♦ ♦ ♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 44 ♦ >.M ■» *4 4 M ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 t Britisk Mttsiciaus Uuion Sets Dinuer for Davis Meyer Davis will be tendered a dinner by the British Musicians Union in London next Wednesday (9). Maestro, who will have three orchs on the superliner United States regularly,' is making the round-trip for the ship’s maiden voyage, leaving tomorrow (Thurs.), and will conduct £^boa^d. He’s also to be guest of legit producer Jack Hylton during the two days (8-9) in London before the return trip. Dallas Dates ^ Dallas, July 1. Baker Hotel has signed Jan Au- gust for its Mural Room, July 7-19, [ succeeding the current Andrews ! Sisters. Bob Cross orch is being held over. Nick Lucas has a fortnight, July 21-Aug. 2, with songstress Betty Reilly set for /.ug. 4-16. Ted Lewis _ orch and revue are dated for Nov. 20-29. Ray’s Coast pates on % Hollywood, July 1. • Johnnie Ray'Will‘play a series of percentage jdates' on the Cpa^t' Singer has been pacted for the .Fox. San Francisco, -week- of Nov. -26 on a straight 50-50 Split. House rec- ord of $104,000 is held by Martin & Lewis. Ray has also been set for one- nighters at Mission. Beach, San Diego, Oct. 17, and • Balboa Ball- room, the following- night, both at $3,000 against 60%', with house fur- ishing a scale, band.., ’46 HERMAN CONCERT In line with the current upbeat around the counti-y, M-G-M is hopping on the . bandwagon with a forthcoming release of Woodv Herman’s 1946 Carnegie Hall N. C., Concert. It’ll be issued in two albums. Besides Herman, albums will feature such top jazz exponents as Red Norvo, Chubby Jackson. Flin Phillips, Bill Harris, Pete Candoli and Sonny Berman.- • r # - Doris Day, Crosby, Cole . Top Nip Disk Lists Tokyo, June 24 “Goodnight Irene,” which peo- ple back in the U. S. buried 19 months ago after four months of juke, box and radio spins, is still a big hit in Japan record sales. Doris Day, meantime, holds the top slot in waxed- vocal sales, fol- lowed clbsely by Bing Crosby and Nat (“King”) Cole. Hits last longer here than in thc'U. S. “Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy,” now virtually forgotten by most Americans, is. still holding its own in the top brackets of the hit parade. “If,” a ballad which came out about a year ago, also Is mdintaining steady sales pace here. Greenberg: Sues H&R On ‘Wiedersehn' Copyright Abner Greenberg head of Man- hattan Music and a music industry lawyer, filed suit in N. Y. Federal Court this week against Hill Jc Range Music and a flock of disk- eries, charging that the current hit, “Auf.Wiedersehn, Sweetheart,” infringes on his copyright. Green- berg contended thatr he wrote a song titled “Auf 'Wiedersehn, We’ll Meet Again” in 1928. Greenberg is asking for an in- junction, ^ accounting of the profits and damages. American premiere of the Puc- cini Mass taking place in Grant Park, Chicago, July 12-13. Prin- cipals are Gabor Carelli, Louis Sudler ' and . Wellington Ezekial. Johnnie’s Sept. Jaunt Dallas, July 1. Johnnie Ray will be presented on a double bill with the Ray An- thony orch at th‘e‘ Sky Club here, Sept. 26-20. The ‘ Show Will hlso play San Anto'hio, ‘ Sept. 22; Hous- ton, Sept. 23; ' SlireVep’ort; Sept. 24, and 'Oklahoma' City,’ Sepr. '25.' Dale Belmont will emcee the local show. A MERCURY ARTIST Introducing her New TV Show July8-7:45-8 p.m. EOT for CHLORODENT ONCBS-TV Tuesdays and Thursdays Current Hit