Variety (October 1952)

ORCHESTRAS-MUSIC PflSSIEfr Wednesday, OctoW B, 1952 Nashville Notes Decca’s recording exec, Paul Cohen, in Nashville for two weeks with sessions planned for label's Red Foley, Ernest Tubb and new names Jack & Daniel, Billy Wal- lace and Billy Talmadgc Tubb (Er- nest’s nephew). Pop sessions are also planned with Dick Todd, Dick Haymes and Jane Turzy using WSM country sidemen combo tagged “Slew Foot Five.” Decca finding such cutting successful— —Bing Crosby’s waxing of “Till the End of Time” cut recently in Nashville topping Der Bingle’s sales figures for last five years, RCA Victor’s Steve Sholes and Capitol’s Ken Nelson due in town during coming week for recording. Columbia's Don Law returned to New York last week after waxing several of that label’s country names. Jerry Byrd, WSM’s top steel guitar stylist, in New York last weekend adding the country touch to a major label’s pop arrange- ments. Tommy Sosebce, Coral waxer, to he Red Foley’s WSM-NBC Prince Albert guest from “Grand Ole Op- ry” on October 18th. Following week will find Red as host to RCA Victor’s Hank Snow and his Rain- bow Ranch Boys. Columbia’s Jimmy Dickens was featured name on “Aunt Jemima’s Home Folks” CBS net show Mon- day. (6). Foley will hold spot fol- lowing week of-Oct. 13. Show car- ried CBS network five days per week. Decca’s Ernest Tubb left Nash- ville last week" after cutting new Decca Christmas sides for a three- week vacation in Arizona and his native Texas. Frank Reeves, scout for Jerry Lester's “Chance of k Lifetime” TV’er, looking over Nashville tal- ent last week. Country Chatter “Jolly Joe” Nixon (KCUL-Ft. Worth) and “Grandpappy Earl” Davis (WBOK-New Orleans) due credit for publicizing Capitol, bought Johnny Standiey “It’s in the Book” masters. Both jockeys instrumental in over 20,000 sales in respective areas along with sending copies to fellow spinners in other areas. Dealers’ orders in Nashville, one such area, pushing. top tile orders with no deliveries at press time . . . George Falder returns to WMPS-Memphis as manager. Falder resigned as WMPS Program Director year ago to manage Nashville inedpendent WMAK . . . Mac Wiseman, top country. warbler of Randy Wood’s Dot label/now airing from WNOX in Knoxville, Tenn. . . . Lee Sutton, long a name country d.j. at KMA in Shenandoah, Iowa, left station last week for an extended rest at his Springdale, Ark., home . . . Smokey Stover recently switched his country record spinning and singing chores from KRCT to KREL, both in Baytown, Texas . . , RCA Victor’s Grandpa Jones i$ newest addition to WSM’s “Grand Ole Opry” roster . . . Columbia’s duo, Lester Platt & Earl Scruggs, back at WNOX in Knoxville, Tenn., after spending two years in other areas. Fulsom Disbands Orch For R&B Package Tour Lowell Fulsom, rhythm & blues orch leader, has disbanded his orch to tour as a single. He joined the Joe Morris Caval- cade of Blues package last week in the kickoff of its 60-date one- niter tour at Muskegon, Mich. Shaw Artists is booking the pack- age. RETAIL DISK BEST SELLERS P'Sriety Survey of retail disk best sellers , based on reports ob- tained from leading stores in 12 cities c d showing com • parative sales rating for this and last week. National Rating This Last wk. wk. 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Enoch Light, •Prom’s artists & repertoire topper, who’s conduct- ing the talent hunt, similarly scouted young singers several years ago in a vaude stunt tagged “Date With a Disk.” Jose Iturbi will open the annual musical season of concerts spon- sored by Edna W. Saunders at the City Auditorium in Houston on Oct. 30. STDRWir FOR LOVE Vtrdt Hu»le kr J*£S T. IIGOJ HURRAY AI Ol / ' PAM MUSIC e«. W amueiej, caufomia * This unique titled song has a special universal appeal inside. This has been especially true for some time; while our boys have been continually departing for military bases throughout the world. We know some are being separated from sweet- hearts/ brides to be, yes, even wives* If time -and distance makes the heart grow fonder; then there are certainly a lot of "STARVIN' FOR LOVE" hearts. There are millions with this mutual feeling who would like to share these sentiments together in song. * Now is the time for all good vocalists to come to the aid of these "STARVIN' FOR LOVE" hearts by releasing their sentimental story in song. JO STAFFORD (Columbia) 2 “You Belong to Me” 2 1 108 86 JO STAFFORD (Columbia) 3 “Jambalaya” 3 8 8 71 EDDIE FISHER (Victor) 4 4 “Wish You Were Here’’ 5 9 6 9 4 53 LES P4UL (Capitol) 5 “Meet Mr. Callaghan” ■... 6 52 FRANKIE LAINE (Columbia) 6 6 “High Noon” « 8 .. 4 .. .. 2 9 8 6 7 8 .. 36 VERA LYNN (London) 7 5 “Auf WIedcrseh'n”.... 8 .. 10 3 7 7 .. 4 6 32 ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Col) 8 7 “Half As Miicli” 9 3 7 .. 6 7 10 „ 9 .. 26 PEARL BAILEY (Coral) 9A 12 “Takes Two to Tango” 4 10 9 19 DEAN MARTIN (Capitol) 9B 8 “You Belong to Me” SLIM WHITMAN (Imperial) 10 10 “Indian Love Call”...; 3 . . 9 5 9 HILL TOPPERS (Dot) 11A 13 “Trying” 2? 18 2 . . 8 7 16 D. CORNELL-T. BREWER (Coral) 11B 17 “You’ll Never Get Away” 3 .. 16 MILLS BROS. (Decca)' 12 15 “Glow Worm” 7 .. . 6 6 14 NAT COLE (Capitol) 13 9 “Somewhere Along Way” 10 7 10 8 .. 7 , 13 14 EDDIE FISHER (Victor) “Lady of Spain” 7 9 12 JOHNNY STANDLEY (Capitol) 15 “It’s in the Book” .. 10 1 SAMMY KAYE (Columbia) 16 14 “Walkin’ to Missouri” 11 8 6 10 HARRY GROVE (London) 17 11 “Meet Mr. Callaghan” 8 18 KAY .STARR (Capitol) “Comes Along A-Love” 5 FIVE TOP ALBUMS NEW FACES OP 1952 Bway Cast Victor OC-1008 WOC-1008 LOC-1008 A.C. Hotel Wins Court Injunction Vs. AFM Try To Hike looters’ Scale Atlantic City, Oct. 7. A temporary injunction has re- strained Local, 661 of the Musi- cian?’ Protective Assn, from* en- forcing new scales which would boost musicians’ wages in beach- front Shelburne Hotel to from $116 to $146 weekly. Superior .Court Judge Vincent S. Haneman will hear the case finally on Dec. 2 after Philip Monheit, counsel for the Kend C©., operators of the hotel, and Emanuel Hurst, attorney for the musicians '(26), were unable to agree on a stipula- tion of the facts. According to the complaint, the hotel company is seeking to pre- vent the union from establishing increased wage rates for Eddie Bradd and his band aflsing from an amendment to its by-laws which reclassified compensation prmfi- visions. The orchestra was engaged on Feb. 19, 1951, and continued under successive contracts at wage rates varying from $85 to $95 weekly, dependent on the length of contracts. The last contract expired on June 15, 1952, but before that the union applied for and was granted wage boosts by the Wage Stabiliza- tion Board to from $90 to $107 weekly. Subsequently the union amended its by-laws and reclassi- fied employment standards where- by separate contracts for playing in different rooms in the hotel were required, which had the ef- fect of boosting the wage range to from $116 to $146 weekly. Tepper-Brodsky Charged With ‘Busybody’ Piracy Songwriting team of Sid Tepper and Roy Brodsky as well as Alamo Music, Inc., were named defendants in an infringement suit -filed in New York Federal Court last week by Paul Alter. Pie charges that the tunesmiths and Alamo pirated his number, “Busybody.” Alamo, according to the com- plaint, published a song titled “Busybody” subsequent to' Decem- ber, 2951. In asking an injunction, accounting and damages, Alter claims that all three defendants hapl knowledge of his tune before “Busybody” saw publication. Emory Davis Pacted For Pitt Symph Post Pittsburgh, Oct. 7. Emory Davis, son of bandleader Meyer Davis, has been signed for the Pittsburgh Symphony, as as- sistant first clarinet and bass clari- net, by William Steinberg, con- ductor of the symph. Davis was tied up with his father in N. Y. the past few seasons, front- ing and playing in several bands. This will mark his first longhair post. Joe Heidt doing special promo- tion for comedienne Anna Russell. A Solid Ballad Hit! ! :r : /I 1 1 ! -> J .■> -.J .! ■ » * , ' ! miller mus-c corporation - It's MniIc by JESSE GREER Program Today Yoitorday't JUST YOU JUST ME ROBBINS America's Fastest *= Selling-Records! a h • ». rv c. •* . U4 Cto A m m » t.