Variety (December 1952)

Wednesday, December 31, 1952 „Disk Companies’ Best Sellers^. :: CAPITOL . ARTIST ;; 1. IT’S IN THE BOOR (2 Parts) ... Johnny Standley *■ 2 BYE BYE BLUES Les Paul-Mary Ford ” :: MAMMY’S boogie ;; 3 MY BABY’S COMING HOME Les Paul-Mary Ford ;; i LADY of SPAIN " 4 MEET MR.. CALLAGHAN Les Paul-Mary Ford ;; take me in your arms and hold me *’ 5 DON’T LET THE STARS Gisele MacKensie o !! MY FAVORITE SONG COLUMBIA ;; - l. KEEP IT A SECRET Jo Stafford " ;; ONCE TO EVERY HEART " <■ 2. JAMBALAYA Jo Stafford ’■ ;; early autumn ■ :> ” 3. MR. TAP TOE Doris Day " ;; YOUR BROTHER AND MINE ;• 4. YOU BELONG TO ME Jo Stafford V. PRETTY BOY \\ 5. HALF AS MUCH Rosemary Clooney } POOR WHIP-POOR WILL * > «. CORAL 1 - L TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU Teresa Brewer 1 HELLO BLUE BIRDS •’ 2. HOLD ME. THRILL ME, KISS ME Karen Chandler - ;; ONE DREAM ;; ° S. TAKES TWO TO TANGO Pearl Bailey !! LET THERE BE LOVE ;; “ 4. I Don Cornell -■ BE FAIR X \\ 5. OH HAPPY DAY Lawrence Welk f YOUR MOTHER AND MINE ^ :: decca :: l. GLOW WORM Mills Bros - ;; AFTER ALL ;; - ■ 2. JUST SQUEEZE ME Four Aces • > ;; heart and soul ;; ■ s. DON’T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES.... Red Foley < • :: sally :: - 4. I LAUGHED AT LOVE Louis Armstrong TAKES TWO TO TANGO " ” 3. TRYING ! Ella Fitzgerald I MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN ■ • > >* :: mercury '■ 1. WHY DON’T YOU BELIEVE ME Patti Page o :: conquest :: « 2. TELL ME YOU’RE MINE .....Gaylords - ;; CUBAN LOVE SONG “ *’ 3. PRETEND Ralph Marterie «» :: AFTER MIDNIGHT * ■ * “ ’ 4. IT’S WORTH ANY PRICE YOU PAY Eddy Howard - I! KENTUCKY BABE ;; 5. SUGAR Vic Damone - AMOR o y M-G-M ' o *< 1. HAVE YOU HEARD Joni James ;; wishing ring . ;; - 2. YOU WIN AGAIN , Tommy Edwards - SINNER OR SAINT H; <k 3. WHY DON’T YOU BELIEVE ME Joni James -► V. PURPLE SHADES 4. WINTER Art Mooney - HEARTBREAK , V. \ 5. YOU BLEW ME A KISS Gmny Gibson ^ TOO FAR BETWEEN KISSES RCA victor - V. 1. DON’T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES. .Perry Como V, - lies - ' ;; «! 2. EVEN NOW Eddie Fisher V, ;; IF IT WERE UP TO ME ' l\ - 3. A STOLEN WALTZ Sunny Gale ;; teardrops on my pillow ;; - 4. LADY OF SPAIN Eddie Fisher «► ;; outside of heaven :: - 3. BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE Mario Lanza -• :: THE SONG THE ANGELS SING ^ P^SiSff OIICIIKSTHAS-MISIC Philly Orch Uses Gift Gimmick to Raise Coin Philadelphia, Dec. 30. A ’'gift” concert for businessmen sponsors is the latest fund-raising gimmick employed by the Philadel T phia Orchestra to counter-act that annual deficit. Concert given Sunday afternoon (28). under Eugene Ormandy’s di- rection, netted $16,500 for the or- chestra fund. IPs Music by JESSE GREER Program Today Yesterday's SLEEPY HEAD SHAPIRO, BERNSTEIN Best British Sheet Sellers (Week Ending Dec. 20) Here in My Heart Mellin You Belong to Me.. .Chappell Isle of Innisfree Maurice Half as Much ... .Robbins Forget-Me-Not Reine Walkin’ to Missouri Dash Faith Can Move........Dash Feet Up Cinephonic Sugarbush Chappell Homing Waltz Reine Zing a Little Zong Maddox Walkin' My Baby Victoria Second 12 Somewhere Along Way . Magna I Went Wedding Victoria Meet Mr. CallaghanToff * Blue Tango Mills My Love and Devotion •. Fields. Take My Heart Dash Auf Wiederseh’n....' Maurice I’m Yours .* . ..... Mellin Because You’re Mine Robbins Faith -Hit Songs Moon Malaya .. .Macmelodies „ Snowflakes to + 4 U * h * « *.4 4 V *1+ Kill'll & * RETAIL SHEET BEST SELLERS Survey of retail sheet music sales based on reports obtained from leading stores in 9 cities and showing comparative sales rating for this and last week. National Rating % This Last wk. wk. 10 10 11 7 12 15' 13A 14 13B 10 13C . . Week Ending f Dec. 27 i H Title and Pub lisher Don’t You Believe Me (Brandom)...... ... ... 5 Glow Dorm (Marks) 3 Mommy Kissin* Santa (Harman) 1 Don’t Let the Stars (Meridian) 4 Because Your Mine (Feist) 8 You Belong To Me (Ridgeway) 7 Keep It A Secret (Shapiro) Rudolph, Reindeer (St. Nicholas) I Went to Your Wedding (Hill-R) 9 ~ Silver Bells (Famous) 2 White Chri stmas (Berlin ) : Outside of- H eav en (B.V.C.) Lady of Spain iFox) 6 Till iTWaltz AgalnTProser) Yours (Marks) ! T~ CO S o » >> w CO <D •» I , S w S 5 2 2 5 1 1 5 “ 4 10 _4 1 6 3 1 4 " *9 2 3 10 3 7 “5 4 • • 'V . 4 8 2 r r-.- ^ ~ TT-r.-r,,nn,„ .nr Gould: “Fall River Legend” (Co- _ _ lumbia, $5,45). The Louis Moreau IaaLp IhL’ACa ahH ViioI/^ Gottschalk tunes which Hershey JOCKSy JUKGS dllU UloKO Kay arranged for the new N. Y. • City Ballet mmstrel-dance hit, Contlnyed from pag* 30 mu “Cakewalk,” make up a sparkling, You” - “Gamblers Blues" (Mer- $3.35). Leonard Bernstein's music rahmoS^tegiltog^spedfl- cury). Dinah Washington’s force- for this ballet, biggest hit in the i y when as gaily played as the ful rhythm & blues styling brings modern ballet world, stands up Philadelphia Orchestra under Eu- new life to the standard “I Cried well on its own as concert piece, £ en€ , P rn ]? T nc * y here. Morton For You.” Miss Washington knows with its varied jazz melodies, 7 Vu * n “ score, to the her way around a lyric and her sharp rhythms, lyric passages and T h® at J e work, is a little rhythm attack demands repeat general wit and style. There’s also sombre and draggy away from the plays. “Gamblers Blues” is pegged a snappy vocal prolog, “Big Stuff,” theatre, but is an interesting, eub- strictly for the blues market where sung by Billie Holiday. Bernstein stantial work nevertheless. The it'll probably be a smash jukebox himself leads th«i Ballet Theatre N Y Philharmonic under Dimitri item. Orchestra in an exhilarating per- , , Tony Bennett: “Congratulations formance of the work. Mitropoulos gives It a fine reading. Tn Mu" (Poinm- Gottschalk-Kay: “Cakewalk” and Bron. Tony Bennett: “Congratulations °£ Ql 6 To Someone”-“Take Me” (Colum- bia). “Congratulations To Some- one” could be one of the first strong ballad entries in the 1953 wax sweepstakes to make some noise. Tony Bennett’s smooth pro- jection of the slick lyric is one of his best jobs in some time. The neat melodic beat is expertly han- dled by the Percy Faith orch. “Take Me,” on thp other hand, Jails into the bigrvoiced groove that seems to be on the way out. Chances for this side to break through are slim. Dick Brown: “Five Wives”- “Ready, Willing and Able” (King). Mediocre material has, for the most part, kept Dick Brown from emerging as a hot wax property. This release is a case in point. Brown shows an ingratiating wax personality and good set of pipes but he’s hampered on both sides >by the so-sb quality of the tunes. "Five Wives” is a folksy-styled en- try which even the cornball devo- tees will find difficult to take. The reverse is a slight rhythm number that has little imagination In lyric or melody. Doris Day: “I Know A Place”- “That’s What Makes Paris Paree” (Columbia). A couple of Vernon Duke-Sammy Cahn tunes from the filmusical, “April in Paris,” have little chance to get off the ground even though Doris Day’s top pip- ing style is apparent on both sides. “I Know A Place” Is a routine ballad item, slow and sentimental, but it’s easy to forget. Novelty on the reverse tagged “That’s What Makes Paris Paree” is a cumber- some-blending of words and music. Tune probably has more meaning in the pic. Paul Weston and the Norman LubofT Choir do what they can to help out. Longhair Disk Reviews Beethoven: “Fidelio” (Vox, 3 LP, $17.85). Beethoven’s seldom-heard, opera, a static but enfdtional and moving story of fidelity under des- potism, is given an impressive per- formance here. Grandeur and poignancy of the music is realized in a well-suhg, well-recorded job. Hilde Konetzni, Torsten Half, Irm- gard Seefried and Paul Schoeffler are first-rate soloists, with Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vi- enna St^te Opera Chorus assisting, all under Karl Boehm’s careful di- rection. Bernstein: “Fancy Free” (Decca, Gottschalk-Kay: “Cakewalk” and JONI JAMES HAVE YOuTwiSHING HEARD ! RING MGM 11390 78 RPM K 11390 45 RPM M G M RECORDS * . A = N T t p T A ! N M E N THE G P c - ■ ES : N A M 7 j ^ E ' . *: N " h ,\ v ' b N t \\ t G 3 < ? \