Variety (July 1952)

OMCIUBSTRAS-Mr$IC July Sd, I952 o * ^ Jocks^ Jukes and Disks .By HERM SCHOENFELDi Guy Mitchell; “Feet Up”-“Jenny Kissed Me" (Columbia). The Guy Mitchell-Mltch Miller and song- writer Bob Me^ill combo has come up with anothS? ^ock Itepi in “Feet Up." It's a'nother bright folk-styled number which Mitchell rides with an ingratiatingly open-voiced at- tack against one of Miller^s horn and choral backgrounds. It’s a natural for the jukes. “Jenny Kissed Me" is a beautifully adapt- ed ballad, also executed finely by Mitchell with a haunting soprano voice in the background. Tony Bavaar; “Blue Tango”- “‘Possess -Me" (Victor). “Blue Tango," which has been riding high as an Instrumental, should get-fur- ther impetus via this Mitchell Par- ish lyric version. Tony Bavaar handles if with a strong interpreta- tion which should, get plenty of spins. Reverse is in the big bal- lad genre' grpoved for Bavaar’s well-conditioned pipes. Bavaar is one of those singers who’s due for a smash hit sooner or later and either one of these sides could be it. Fran Wkrrcn « Woody Herman: “Former Members of the 106th Di- vision"-''One For the Wonder" (M-G-M). This is an xmusual tan- dem of voices bui lt could pay Fran Warren and blues-voiced Woody Herman work over “106th Infantry,” a* boogie-styled march tune with patter interludes, with an infectious be?it that overcomes the deliberately awkward lyric. It’s a clever, firstrate side. The ballad on the flip also gets a neat relaxed slice, the best to date. , M-a r 1 e n e Bietrich - Rosemary Clooney: “Too Old To Cut The Mustard”'-Good For Nothin’ ” (Co- lumbia). “Mustard,” * a. standard hillbilly item, gets a novelty twist with this duet by husky-voiced German-accented Marlene Dietrich and * Rosemary Clooney. It's a bright side wi’.h some of Stan Free- man's harpsichordtng to ?upply additional kick. La Dietrich, in- cidentally, shows a flair for this sort of number. Reverse is another oatune but more obviously con- trived than “Mustard.” Andrews Sisters: “Adios”-" Car- men’s Boogie” (Decca). Andrews Sisters, who have been absent from the hit lists for some time, come up with a contemporary-grooved slice in “Adios." Both in the Latin syncopation and over-wrought vo- cal and instrumental background, this side passes the “neW sounds" test. It could be big. Reverse is- an eight-to-the-bar adaptation of the familiar “(IJannen” aria. A good juke item.^ Woody Herman's New Thirdf Herd: “Jump In the Line”-“Stomp- in’ At the Savoy” (Mars). Woody Herman bows in on his own indie label with an infectious Calypso vocal on “Jump In The Line” but it’s not any number to set the mar- , (Continued on page 62) The top 30 tongt of toeek (move in ca»€ of ties), based on copyrighted Audience Coverage Index & Audience Trend Index. Published by Office of .Research, Inc., Dr. John Gray Peatman, Director. Alphabetically listed. _ 1 Survey Week of July 18-24 A Girl A Fella A Beach, Umbrella Valando Auf Wiedersehii Sweetheart. Hill & R Be Anything* (BurBe Mine) .Shaplro-B Blue Tango Mills Delicado .Remick Easy Street Johnstone-M For the Very First Time Berlin Forgive Me Advanced Half As Much : Acuff-R Hand of Fate General Here Comes That.Mood Life Here In My Heart Mellin How Close Life I’ll Walk Alone .. Mayfair I’m Yours Algontjuin In The Good Old Summer Time Marks Just A Little Lovin’ Hill & R Just For You Burvan Kiss Of Fire Duchess Luna-Rossa Bregman-V Maybe * Robbins Rosanne ABC* Singin’ In The Rain —f'Singin’ Itf The Rain” Robhliis So Madly In Love Shapiro*B Somewhere Along Way United Sweetest Words I Know Life Vanessa Morris Walkin' My Baby Back Home DeSylva-B-H Wish You Were Here—*“Wish You Were Here”... .Chappell Zing a Little Zong-rf'Just For You". Burvan Second Group Am I In Love—t“Son of Paleface” Famous Anytime :, Hill & R Botch-A-Me Hollis Busybody - Alamo From Time You Say Goodbye Pickwick Glow Worm Marks High Noon—i“High Noon” Feist If Someone Had Told Me Witmark Once In a While Miller Padam Padam Leeds Pllnk Plank Plunk Mills Poinciana Marks Scatterbrain BVC Smoke Rings .Am Academy Some Day Famous There’s Doubt In My Mind.. Peer South BMI To Be Loved By You Remick Watermelon Weather Morris Whistle My Love Disney Why Did You Leave Me Roncom Top 10 Songs On TV Am I In Love Famous Auf Wledersehn Sweetheart Hill & R Forgive Me • • • • Advanced Here In My Heart Mellin Ardmore Robbins Rosanne ABC Shapiro-B T" V A.’ Schirmer What Good Is A Gal Miller , , five top standards Country Style . For You * * * i>urK0 1 m Gonna Write Myself A Letter Peer Sentimental Journey ivrnrri<! There’ll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town’ ullks t Filmusical. Legit musical. Compiled from Statistical Reports of Distribution Encompassing the Three Major Outlets Coin Machines Retail Disks Retail Sheet Music as Published in the Current Issue for ■ ■ - WEEK ENDING JULY 26 - \ St NOTE*, The current comparative sales strength of the Artists and Tunes listed hereunder is arrived at under a statistical system comprising each of the three major sales outlets enu- merated above. These findings are correlated with data from wider sources, which are exclusive with Vakiei^, The positions resulting from these findings denote the OVERALL IMPACT de- veloped from the ratio of points scored: two ways in the case of talent (disks, coin machines), 'and three ways in the case of tunes (disks, coin machines, sheet music). TALENT POSITIONS This Last week. week. eek. week. ARTIST AND LABEL TUNE 1 1 rosemary CLOONEY (Columbia) o « T YrxTXT /t ' j n Wiederseh'n 2 2 VERA LYNN (London) Sweetheart 3 3 PERCY FAPTH (Columbia) Pelicado 4 5 JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia)....,. jiu 5 4 AL MARTINO (BBS) Here in My Heart 6 9 TONY MARTIN (Victor) Kiss of Fire 7 8 GEORGIA GIBBS (Mercury) jMlteSove You 8 6 EDDIE FISHER (Victor) „ Were Here 9 FBANKp: LAINE-D. DAY (Columbia) Sugarbush 0 NAT (lUNG) COLE (Capitol) jSw My Baby Hme TUNES - POSITIONS rhis Last ?eek. week. TUNE PUBLISHER 1 1 AUF WIEDEBSEH’N SWEETHEART Hill-R 2 3 HALF AS MUCH Acuff-R 3 2 KISS OF FIRE Duchess 4 5 WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME DeSylva-B-H 5 4 HERE IN MY HEART : Mellin 6 7 I’M YOURS Algonquin 7 6 DELICADO Remick 8 8 BLUE TANGO ' ' Mills 9 9 BOTCH-A-ME Hollis .0 .. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY United rosemary CLOONEY (Columbia) 10 Best Sellers on Coin-Machines POSITIONS This Last week, week. 1. HALF AS MUCH (1) <Acuff-R) 2. AUF WIEDERSEHN (6) (Hill-R) 3. KISS OF FIRE (J.3) (Duchess) 4. HERE IN MY HEART (10) (Mellin). 5. DELICADO (9) (Witmark) 6. WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME (10) (DcSylva-B-H), 7. BOTCH-A-ME (4) (Hollis) 8. I’M YOURS (12) (AlgonquhO * 9. BLUE TANGO (19) (Mills), 10. SUGARBUSH (1) (Schirmer) Second Group MAYBE (4) (Robbins) HONKY TONK ANGELS (Pcer-Int’l) ' TILL THE END OF THE WORLD (Southern)........!....!!!.!. SMOKE ^RINGS (Am Academy) LOVTER (5) (Famous) ! !!! WALKIN' TO MISSOURI (Hawthorne) FOOL, FOOL, FOOL (Progrressivc) BIRDS AND BEES (Duchess) I’LL WALK ALONE (10) (Mayfair) I LOVE GIRLS (Ardmore) I MAY HATE MYSELF IN THE MORNING (Valando) !!!!!, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY (United) MAKE ME LOVE YOU (Pickwick) BLACKSMITH BLUES (Hill-R) !.!... A GUY IS A GUY (9) (Ludlow) !!!!!!, LFigures in parentheses indicate number of weeks Song Rosemary Clooney .... Columbia Vera Lynn London Eddie Howard Mercury T, Martin ." Victor G. Gibbs Mercury B. Eckstine MGM Al Martino BBS Tony Bennett ........ Columbia P. Faith Columbia S. Kenton ...Capitol Johnnie Ray Columbia Nat. (King) Cole Capitol Rosemary Clooney .... Columbia Don Cornell Coral 'Eddie Fisher Victor Leroy Anderson Decca Hugo > Winterhalter Victor Frankie Laine-D. Day.. Columbia P. Como-E. Fisher Victor Kitty Wells Decca Bing Crosby-G. Martin.. ■ Decca Les Paul-Mary Ford Capitol Peggy Lee-G. Jenkins ... • Decca Sammy Kaye Columbia Kay Starr Capitol Three Suns Victor j Don Cornell Coral (Richard Hayes Mercury Arthur Godfrey ... v.. Columbia Betty McClaurin Derby (Nat (King) Cole Capitol (Tony Bennett Columbia Georgia Gibbs Mercury Ella Mae Morse Capitol Doris Day Columbia has been in the Top 101