Variety (September 1952)

^ryiniilur 3, 1$S2 MCaOBSniAS-MUSfC sr ■ u- Storeboard TOP TALENT AND TONES Compiled from Statistical Reports of Distribution Encompassing the Three Major Outlets Coin Machines Retail Disks Retail Sheet Music ■ os Published in th6 Current Issue- for % — WEEK ENDING AUGUST 30 — ' NOTE: The current comparative sales strength cf 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 Variety. 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). POSITIONS TMs Last week. week. TALENT AKITST AND LABEL ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Columbia) 2 EDDIE BTSHER (Victor) ., 3 VERA LYNN (London).... 10 JO STAFFORD (Columbia) POSITIONS This Last week. week. NAT (KING) COLE (Capitol) FRANKIE LAINE (Columbia) ! FRANKIE LAINE-D. DAY (Columbia) HUGO WINTERHALTER (Victor) PERCY FAITH (Columbia) AL MARTINO (BBS) TUNES ^ TUNE (Half as Much *) Botch-A-Me *( I’m-Yours ■) Wish You Were Here Auf Wiederseh’n (You Belong to Me ) Jambalaya. (Walkin’ My Baby Home /Somewhere Along Way , High Noon ► Sugarbush Vanessa . Delicado . Here in My Heart TUNE PUBLISHEK AUF WDEDERSEITN SWEETHEART Hill-R WISH YOU ^VERE HERE Chappell HALF AS MUCH Acuff-R YOU BELONG TO ME Ridgeway BOTCH-A-ME Hollis SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY United WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME DeSylva-B-H HIGHNOON Feist DELICADO Remick BLUE TANGO Mills BETJUl SHEET BEST SEUEBS PSniBfr Survey of retail sheet music sales, based on reports obtained from leading stores in 12 cities mid showing comparative sales rating for this and last week.. Nattonal Ratihr This Last ^vk. wk« Week Ending August 30 Title and Publisher ^^Auf Wicdersch*]ti>=' (RiU-R) ^*HaU Am Much^^ (Acuff-R) *^ah Yog Were Hcrc*^ (Chappell)' ^Blne Tang:*” (Mills) ^«Botch-a-Me^> (Hollis) ^«Walkin* My Baby Homc^* (p.B.H.) *‘Somcwheye Along Way** (United) **ria Yeora" (Algonquin). i **Delicado'* (Remick) Belong To Me” (Ridgeway).. ^*Herc In My HcarV> (Mellin) *T Went to Your Wedding^^ (HUl-R) **JDm ei Fire'* (Duchfess) ♦.. .«■» 11 *Xmia Mama'* (B.V.C.)... 5 I it; P 2 1 6 3 4 4 5 .. 'tTT 9 2 7 6 .. a U} P >» a H B 6 o M « s iz: o «. w *0 3 1 g 14 1 5 8 3 4 5 5 2 3 .. 8 7.. 7 10 9 1 V Ha M O S ® Q •< * p. P* A 0(3 O III •3 ^ -3 o M ffl o fl; « 8 8 10 9 . 3 m w oa (/3 111 3 2 2 8 3 .. 7 5 10 4 3 2 O' 7 6 106 3 §0 4 88 7 54 48 6 .. 2 1 7*— 7 9 8 5 .. 6 .. 10 8 Inside Orchestras-Music M-G-M Records is preppinR release of Sheh Wooley’s “A Cowboy Had Ought To Be Single” along the same lines as Capitol's recent waxing of Tex Ritter's "High Noon;” Ritter, a Cap pactee, sang the tune in the Stanley Kramer pic of the same name and although ho Vasn't seen on the screen, the diskery • us^^ijd the Bitter platter in con- junction with the pic's exploitation. Wooley has a similar chore on a "Cowboy Had Ought To Be Single,” which will be’ heard in the forth- coming Metro pic, “A Sky Full of Moon,” Platter will be used to pro-» mote the pic. Wooley, Incidentally, thesps the role of one of. the heavies in "High Noon,” H. "The Glow Worm.”^ tune written 50 years ago, was dusted olf and given a new lyric treatment recently for a revival push by E, B. Marks Music. Tune was originally’ written by Paul Lincke, music, and Lilia Cayley Robinson, lyrics. The renovated lyric was penned by Johnny ; Mercer. Disk Companies’ Best Sellers CAJPITOl; ARTIST 1. MEET MR, CALLAGHAN Les Panl-Mary Ford TAKE ME IN TOUR ARMS AND HOLD ME 2. TENNESSEE LOCAL .^Tennessee Ernie BLACKBERRY BOOGIE 3. KAWS LAMENT Kay Starr FOOL, FOOL, FOOL 4. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY .Nat (King) Cpje WHAT POES IT TAKE 5. WALKIN* MY BABY BACK H05IE Nat (King) Cole FUNNY t COLUMBIA ■ t X. YOU BELONG TOME Jo Stafford PRETTY BOY h'2. XAMBALAYA • i Jo Stafford f EARLY AUTUMN ; 3, HALF AS MUCH Ro’semary Clooney POOR WHIP POOR WILL 4. HIGH NOON Frankie Lalne ROCK OF. GIBRALTAR 5. BOTCH-A-ME Rbsemary Clooney ON THE FIRST WARM DAY rm CORAL 1. STRING ALONG Ames Bros, ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER ; 2. YOUXL NEVER GET AWAY, .Don ComeU & Teresa Brewer THE HOOKEY SONG 3. TAKES TWO TO TANGO Pearl Bailey LET THERE BE LOVE 4. JAMBALAYA Neal Hefti-Frances Wayne BELLE BOTTOM POLKA 5. TILL THE END OF THE WORLD Pinetoppers TWO FACED CLOCK DECCA 1. SHOULD I Four Aces THERE'S ONLY TONIGHT 2. BLUE TANGO 1... .Leroy Anderson BELLE OF THE BALL ■ 3. WISH YOU WERE HERE Guy Lombardo HONKY TONK SWEETHEART m ^1' • * ; 4. ZING A LITTLE ZONG Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman MAIDEN OF GUADALUPE 5. BLUE A SENTIMENTAL JUST WJttEN WE'RE FALLING IN LOVE .Mills Bros. ^lERCURY 1. YOU BELONG TO ME Patti Page I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING 2. AUF WIEDERSEH'N SWEETHEART Eddy Howard I DON'T^WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE 3. ROSANNE Vic Damone TAKE MY HEART 4. SO MADLY IN LOVE Georgia Gibbs MAKE ME LOVE YOU 5. MADEMOISELLE Eddy Howard I DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER ' ^ M-G-M 1. LUNA ROSSA Alan Dean I'LL FORGET YOU 2. ‘ BEYOND THE NEXT HILL Acquaviva TILLIES TANGO 3. STRANGE SENSATION Billy Eckstine HAVE A GOOD TIME 4. INDIAN LOVE CALL .Four Horsemen SAN ANTONIO ROSE 5. HIGH NOON Bill Hayes PADAM pADAM RCA VICTOR 1. WISH YOU WERE HERE THE HAND OF FATE 2. VANESSA Hugo SOAIEWHERE ALONG THE WAY 3. HOT LIPS HOTTER THAN A PISTOL 4. I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING THE BOOGIE WOOGIE FLYING CLOUD 5. SWEETHEARTS HOLIDAY MY LOVE AND DEVOTION Eddie Fisher Winterhalter Spike Jones .Hank Snow Perry Como •4 •