Variety (August 1952)

cr * » '/.■ .v By M*KB GROSS „• Mitch wper Orch: “Meet Mister Callagban”-“How Strange” (Co- lumbia). “Meet Mr. Callaghan,” the standout'instrumental import frqm. England. which got off to a winging start'in the U. S. pop mar- ket several weeks ago via the Les Paul cut on the Capitol label, is 'given a rich interpretation by Mitch Miller's orch and chorus. Miller uses a predominant horn backing to heighten the tune's in* fectious melodic line and it comes abro'ss for top impact. This side has a good chance to close in on the lead gained by the Paul work- over. “Callaghan” also gets an interesting treatment by The Hany Grove Trio on London and Chet: Atkins on RCA Victor. Both are okay entries but in this strong f(eld they’re headed for only sec- ond money. 'Miller spotlights the smooth, romantic theme of “How Strange” effectively via hi$ sock horn section. Ella Mae Morse: “Male Call”-, “A-Sleepin’ At. the Foot of the Bed” (Capital). ’ Ella Mae Morse has a surefire jukebox:’ udnner in ‘'Male Call/v Platter ha$~he kind of driving delivery and wild beat that gets solid coin play. If the jockeys get .behind it f . it cohld move out on the retail level. ’ It’s strictly a performance tune, how- ever, giving the tune slim chances in the sheet market. Miss Morse gives the reverse plenty of sing, but It remains a mediocre number. Freddy Martin Orch: “You Be-, long to Me”-“ Ain't It Grand to Be Bloomin' Well Dead” (Victor). “You Belong to Me,” one: of the best ballad entries to hit the mar- ket this summer,* is given an aver- age workover by. the Freddy Mar- tin Orch. Following the slick treatments of Patti Page '(Mercury) and Jo Stafford (Columbia) this Victor release will have little chance for jock or juke spins,. Novelty on the flip, an import from England, could get the plat- ter off the hook.. It has a gay spirit and an amusing lyric ex- pertly rendered by Murray Arnold and The Martin Men. Dolores Gray. “Say- #ouni Wait for Me”- M Crazy, He" i Calls Me” (Decca). Dolores Gray has 4 a charming ballad,entry in. which to showcase, her warm , piping tech- nique in “Say You’ll Wait for Me.” Tune is an Italian ’ import and. looms as. a hit list potential. Miss ’ Gray's effective treatment should help it in that direction. ■ Bottom slice is a.firstrate rework of. the oldie popularized by Billie ■ Holi- day. Miss Gray'fc performance is (Continued on pags 50)? The fop,30 songs of week. (more in case of ties), based on copyrighted Audience Coverage Index A Audience Trend Index. Published by Office .of Research, Inc., Dr. John Gray, Peatman, Director . Alphabetically listed. Survey Week of August 8-14 ~ ' Am I In Love 7 Famous ; Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart .;.... Hill,A ft • Be Anything (But JBe Mine) Shapiro-B Blue Tango . 7. *. Mills . Botch-A-Me....! Hollis • Delieado" \ Remick For the Very First Time ..Berlin . Forgive Me • '....... .Advanced Half As Much .J Acuff-R Here Comes That Mood Life Here In My Heart : .Mellin High Noon—t“High Noon’* Feist -How Close .... Life I’ll Forget You ; Witmark In The Good Old Summer Time .* Marks Just For You—t“Just For You” *... Burvan • Kiss Of Fire Duchess Lover Famous Maybe % Robbing Once In A While Miller • Rosanne ABC Roses Of Yesterday. Berlin So Madly In Love ShapirO-B Somewhere Along Way United Sweetest Words 1 Know Life Till the End Of the World.’. Southern Walkin’ My Baby Back Home . v DeSylva-B-H ‘ Watermelon Weather Morris Wish You Were Here—*“Wish You Were Here”... .Chappell You Intrigue. Me Remick Zing a Little Zong—t“Just For You” Burvan Second Group A Girl A Fella A Beach Umbrella Busybody. i * * Ginny Hesitation I Love You So » ! I’m Yours* Just a Little Lovin' Lovely To Look At Luna Rossa .’ • Manhattan I. My Love and Devotion Perfidia Should I Smoke Rings South There’s Doubt In My Mind Vanessa * West Of the Mountains When I Fall In Love Where Did the Night Go You Valarido Alamo Go day Mellin Jerome Algonquin Hill & ft Harms BVC Marks Shapiro-B Peer . Robbins Am Academy Peer BMI Morris Goday Young Chappell Republic Top 10 Songs On TV A Four-Legged Friend Famous Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart Hill & ft I Want A Girl Tilzer In the Good Old Summer Time .Marks Kiss Of Fire Duchess ' * .'Famoua Should I Robbins Watermelon Weather . '.V.. . ’ V.Morris Wish You Were Here—*“Wish You Were Here”.... Chappdll Zing a Little Zong—1“Just For You” Burvan FIVE TOP STANDARDS Blue Skies Berlin My Little Grass Shack .... Miller Night and Day wl™ While We’re Young ‘ .Regent With a Song In My Heart Harms ~ • t Filmusical. * Legit musical. Survey 'of retail disk best tellers. based on reports ob* mined from leading'store* in 12 cities. a.id showing com- parative sales rating for this and last week. II ’Si H 5 <3 .fj o a M •O rj National Rating * • fhi* Laat wk. wk. • 11A *12C Week Ending August 16 , Artist, Label, Tltlo * ^ VERA LYNN (London) “Auf WtedersehV'—1227 6 ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Col.) “Half As Much”—39710 8 5 ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Col.) ‘Botch-A-Me”—3975? ...... 4 X EDDIE FISHER (Victor) “Wish You Were Here”*—20-4 830 ♦ 7 2 FRANKIE LAINE (Columbia) “High Nooil”—39770 1 4 F, LAINE-DORIS DAY (Col.) “Sugarbush”—39693 5 3 PERCY FAITH (Columbia) “Dellcado”—39708 8 .. AL MARTINO (BBS) ‘(Here In My Heart”—-101 .. JO STAFFORD (Columbia) “You Belong To Me”—39811,.... 8 -. JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) “Walkin' My Baby Home”—39750. 10 JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) “All of Me”—39788. . 2 PEGGY LEE-G. JENKINS (Decca) “Lover”—28215 NAT COLE (Capitol) “Somewhere Along Way”—2069.. 9 . .. LEROY ANDERSON (Decca) “Blue Tango”- 1 —40220 NAT (KING) COLE (Capitol) “Walkin' Baby Back Home”—2069 HUGO WINTERHALTER (Victor) “Vanesaa”—20-4691 . SLIM WHITMAN (Imperial) “Indian Love Call”—8156 .. .. SAMMY KAYE (Columbia) “Walkin' to Missouri”—39769 TONY. MARTIN (Victor) “Kiss of Fire”----20-4671 ! 5' -Is 1 ’ i ■ a’ S e H be P" *a ^ J e .*d ? *2 O 6 T B o * I & 2 I 3 2- I? s s a- "5 m •** 3 !■ ! g § #8 O 0 eg a « r 3* I 8 A I £ & L ox;. ■a s 3 * 5 T I 0 B l W 1 - 3 « a* •S *3 n 5 2 a y w co o s 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 37.. ..2 3 5 10 * 4 2 . 7 5 .. 7 6 ^8 9 _• 1 1 91 1 4 2 7fl 3 3 4 fil 5 .. 6 44 • ^ ^ ^ •• ^ .. 42 .. > < 3 .. 3 3 : 7 .. »• »» 8 33 7 8 7 31 1 8 .. 8 '7 5 30 ^ 2 , .. .. 5 .. 4 5 .. 5 4 .. .. 20 4 10 4 .. 15 8 6 10 .. .. 10 10 .... 10 14 10 .'. 6 % 9 5 .. 14 3 14 7 8 EDDY HOWARD (Mercury) “Auf WiederseK’n”—5871.. . FIVE TOP ALBUMS Billy May Capitol * KCF-329 DCN-329 L-329 JOHNNIE RAY WISH YOU WERE ALBUM Columbia CO-6199 C2-88 B-2-88 HERE B'way Ca*t Victor LOC-1007 WOC-1007 OC-1007 f^rETY 10 Best Sellers on Coin-Machines Week of flug 16 1. auf WIEDERSEH'N (9) (Hill-R) 2. HALF AS MUCH (10) (Acuff-R) 3. BOTCH-A-ME (7) (Hollis) .' 4. WISH YOU WERE HERE (2) (Chappell). 5. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY (1) (United) 6. SUGARBUSH (4) (Schimer) 7. MAYBE (9) (Robbins) 8. WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME (13) (DeSylva-B-H) 9. HERE IN MY HEART (13) (Mellin) 10. DELICADO (12) (Witmark), Second Croup KISS OF FIRE (15) (Duchess) FOOL, FOOL, FOOL (Progressive) SO MADLY IN LOVE (Shapiro-B) 1 ZING A LITTLE ZONG (Burvah) VANESSA (E. H. Morris) !,.!!.!!!! I'M YOURS (13) (Algonquin) LOVER (5) (Famous) WALKIN’ TO MISSOURI (Hawthorne) BLUE TANGO (19) (Mills) SMOKE RINGS (Am Academy) # ^ # I'LL WALK ALONE (10) (Mayfair) MAKE ME LOVE YOU (Pickwick) IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (Marks) HIGH NOON (Feist) I MAY HATE MYSELF IN THE MORNING (ValandoL ! t Figures in parentheses indicate number of weeks song (* Vera Lynn . ! London l Eddy Howard Mercury Rosemary Clooney'. Columbia Rosemary Clooney .... Columbia Eddie Fisher 0 Victor ( Nat (King) Cole .Capitol \ Tony Bennett Columbia Frankie Laine-D. Day .. Columbia P. Como-E. Fisher Victor ( Johnnie Ray Columbia \ Nat (King) Cole Capitol ( Al Martino BJ3.S l Tony Bennett Columbia (P. Faith Columbia )S. Kenton Capitol (T. Martin Victor \ G. Gibbs \ \ B. Eckstine MGM Kay Starr Capitol Georgia Gibs Mercury Bing: Cro$by-J. Wyman . • Decca Hugo Winterhalter Victor [Eddie Fisher Victor \ Don Cornell Coral Peggy Lee-G. Jenkins .. • • Decca Sammy Kaye Columbia { Leroy Anderson £- e< i c t \Hugo Winterhalter Victor Les Paul-Mary Ford Capitol (Don Cornell { Richard Hayes Mercury Georgia Gibbs Mercury Les Paul-Mary Ford Capitol Frankie Laine Columbia Betty McClaurin DeT y has been in the Top 101