Variety (September 1952)

OnCHESTRAS-MUSIC P'Srie^ We<Ine8day, September 24, I952 Chhf tteeording Engineer Albert Pulley r*vi«ws Hift Engineering Advances in Records Over the Years * A * on interesting byline piece in the special RCA VICTOR NUMBER in P^Smrf OUT NEXT WEEK Ballroom Assn. Continued from page 45 day, has hypoed attendance over 25% during the summer months with Jejcar expecting a 50% hike this wirxter on. his l^ednesday and Friday offnights- There^s also .a;bone of contention, with the booking offices in that the bands are seeking out the college dates for the better money. Schools are now exempt from Federfd ex- cises and have been making ^some fine offers to the agencies for the proms. Some of these deals have been for bands that nearby owners want and the nod has been going to the universities. In the wind is a growing demand by some of the east coast terperies for more representation in NBOA, most of the important positions and heads of committees being headed by midwest people. Some of the of- fices presumably will be filled by | others than in the midwest in order to stop any rump movement. Convention will ally itself with the other theatrical divisions in an effort to have'amusement tax re- moved and will also ask for support for a drive to increase year-around terping. .with a program to be worked out with the booking of- fices, dance bands and record com- panies. Expansion of the licensing survey, which has been incomplete, due to the lack of BMt numbers in some spots, might be asked for. Loesser's Score For ‘Andersen' Pic Gelff Wide Disk Corerage For the first time in several years the major record companies are all hopping on the score of a pic musi- cal. Score getting the wide diskery coverage is from “Hans Christian Andersen," forthcoming Sam Gold- wyn pic. Tunes Were penned by Frank LoesSer, who, incidentally, is publishing them via his own firm, Frank Music. Already out on the market are Danny Kaye’s etchings for Decca of “Wonderful Copenhagen," “Thumb- alino," ‘.‘Anywhere I Wander" and “No Two People." Latter side was "cut with Jane Wyman. Columbia has etched “Wander" with Tony Bennett and “Copenhagen" with Paul Weston’s orch. “Wander" also was sliced by Jan Pierce for Victor and Fran Warren tot M-G-M. “No Two People” already has been etched by Doris Day and Donald O’Connor for Col and Barbara Ruick and Carlton Carpenter for M-G-M, Guy Lombardo cut “Co- penhagen" and ♦‘Thumbalina" on the Decca label. Latter tune also has been given shellac treatments by Jimmy Boyd (Col), Hugo Win- terhalter (Victor) and Les Baxter (Capitol). Other sings from the pic, VThe Ugly Duckling," “The King’s NeW Clothes," “Hans Christian Ander- sen" and “The Inchworm” have been set for waxings with Johnny Desmond (Coral), Georgia Gibbs (Mercury), Lawrence Welk (Decca), Vic Dam one (Mercury), Arthur Godfrey (Columbia), Robert Q. Lewis (M-GrM), Patti Page (Mercu- ry) and David Rose (M-G-M). Jack Mills to Europe Jack Mills, Mills Music topper, leaves for Europe today (Wed.), for a two month business-vacation trip. Mills is heading for London first for confabs with execs of Mills, Ltd,, his branch in England. He then heads to Paris, where he’s mulling opening a branch of- fice, for several weeks of meets with music pubbers there. hside Orcbestras-Music BILL HAYES HIGH NOON . B/W PADAM-PADAM MGM 1126A 78 RI'M K 112A6 45 KRM Sings SAY YOUTL WAIT For ME B/W MY SEARCH for YOU IS ENDED MGM 11276 K 11296 MGM RECORDS Don Cornell and Teresa Bre^^e^ owe Art Pallan, WWSW, Pittsburgh, disk jockey, for their latest Cora^tune, “The Hookey Song." Few months^ ago Pallan came across a German-Victor platter called “Pack’ die Bodehouse Ein!" (“Take Your Bathing Suit Along") by Die Kleine Cornelia and began to give it a whirl on his WWSW record sessions. It started to catch on almost immediately and impressed by the number of' requests for the platter, Pallan went to Ben Herman, the Coral dis- tributor here. Coral execs thought the thing had possibilities, and had it Anglicized by Vaughn Horton into “The Hookey Song," with Cornell and Miss Brewer getting the first crack at it. Number has only h epn p ut little more than a week and shows signs of catching on big. Novel exploitation stunt being used by the New Jersey Philharmonic this season ■ has aroused interest in the longhair field. Gimmick con- sists of the symph’s season ticket trip, utilizing pictures of various guest artists and brief accompanying explanatory matter on back of the strip, Each picture coincides with the particular concert date on the front ticket. Disk Companies’ Best Sellers CAPITOL ARTIST 1. MEET MR. CALLAGHAN Les Paul-Mary Ford TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS AND HOLD ME 2. THREE LETTERS Kay Starr COMES ALONG A-LOVE 3. BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE ! .Nat (King) Cole I'M NEVER SATISFIED 4. SOMEWHERE-ALONG THE WAY Nat (King) Cole WHAT DOES IT TAKE 5. I’M HOG-TI^)D OVER YOU.. Tennessee Ernle-Ella Mae Morse FALSE HEARTED GIRL COLUMBIA 1. YOU BELONG TO ME Jo Stafford PRE'TTY BOY 2. JAMBALAYA ..Jo Stafford EARLY AUTUMN 3. HIGH NOON Frankie Laine ROCK OF GIBRALTAR 4. PIECE OF PUDDING Frankie Laine-Jo Stafford SETTING THE WOODS ON FIRE 5. MERMAID Frankie Laine RUBY AND THE PEARL CORAL 1. YOU'LL NEVER GET* AWAY.. .Don Comell-Tere^a Brewer THE HOOKEY SONG 2. STRING ALONG Ames Bros. ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER 3. TAKES TWO TO TANGO Pearl Bailey LET THERE BE LOVE ^ 4. MY FAVORITE SONG Ames Bros. Al-LEE-O-AL-LEE-AY 5. TRYING Johnny Desmond WILD GUTARS DECCA X,' 250NG Ring Crosby-Jane Wyman MAIDEN OF GUADALUPE ■ * * • • •••••••»*»*»‘»****Leroy Anderson BELLE OF THE BALL 8. SHOULD I ’ Four Aces THERE'S ONLY TONiGHT *' HaL'as'muCh"^ Lombardo MERCURY 1. I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING Patti Paffe YOU BELONG TO ME ® t rmDN"? KNOW ANi BETiEB Vic Damone 4, RELEASE ME Patti Page-Rusty Draoer WEDDING BELLS WILL SOON BE RINGmO ^ 5. FORGETTING YOU Richard Haves FORGIVE AND FORGET Richard Hayes M-G-M 1. LUNA ROSSA Alan I'LL FORGET YOU Dean 2. EARLY AUTUMN Billv Eckstine BECAUSE YOU'RE MINE ^ iJ^ckstme 8. MY LOVE—MY LOVE Aouaviva CURTAIN TIME . ..Aquaviva 4, JAMBALAYA t . Hank Williams WINDOW SHOPPING wmiams 5. YOU WIN AGAIN : Tommy Edwards SINNER OR SAINT ioramy j^awards RCA VICTOR 1. LADY OF SPAIN Eddie FlsWr OUTSIDE OF HEAVEN Eddie Fisher 2. WISH YOU WERE HERE iCddie Fisher THE HAND OF FATE 3. I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING Hank Snow THE BOOGIE WOOGIE FLYING CLOUD *• ’■ RCA Viefor's Chief of Country^ Western Music Stephen H. Sholes tells ^why he thinks Country-Westerns No Longer "Poor Relations^ of Disk Biz * * * one of the many interesting «di. torlal feotures in the special RCA VICTOR NUMBER of OUT NEXT WEEK TV Remote From Ballroom Near Chi Boosts Biz 25%; AFM Waives Its Video Fee Chicago, Sept. 23. Although it has been only four weeks since Melody Mill ballroom in nearby Riverside, 111., started telecasting its dance sessions Wed- nesday night for a half-hour on WGN-TV, business has already jumped 25% over the same period last year. According to Ben Lej- car, operator of the dancery, the trend indicates a few more weeks will find the business up more than 50%. ‘ Not only has the attendance risen, but the two formerly poorest nights were helped the most. Wed- nesday, the night of the video cast, is packed partly because the pa* trons want to be seen on TV by their friends at home. Friday also was helped. Ballroom is shuttered Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Lejcar picks up the tab for the remote. In this respect, he’s been helped by the American Federation of Musicians, which for this seriei has waived the usual telecast fees, AFM feels such shows will increase interest in music and dancing, and if other dance spots reopen, more Vvork will be provided for the union’s members. Jimmy Palmer’s orch was used on the first four shows; Jan Gar- ber does the next three. <■ Bands are booked by General Artists Corp., and the program’s guest artists are generally supplied by the disk company for whojn the orchestra records. Jay Leipsig took over the post of advertising-promotion manager at Mills Music last week. IPs MmsIc by JESSE GREER Program Today Yasttrdoy'i JUST YOU JUST ME ROBBINS THE EPIC BALLAD FROM THE EPIC FILM (DO NOT FORSAKE M E) lEO fEiS^ INC, MUSIC TEACHERS AND STUDENTS PraotiBi and Tonclilnn studios with plnnoi Kvniinbla . . . part tl^o basis CAfUTO CONSERVATORY Carnagla Hall Annax 132 West 67th Street Circle 7-531* WESTERN SONGS Successful sole right material/ h«v/ to U.S.A. Writer wishes to contact radio recordinfl 'artists to share mechanical royalties. Ford, Jtf, Blm Ave, lEastcote, Rulsllp Middlesex, England.