Variety (January 1953)

PSkiettt Q Wednesday, January 14, 1953 ORCHESTBAS-MCSIC . 41 (Alphabetized by artist. ASCAP* and BMIt sources indicated) Artist-Title Four Aces “Tell Me Why” Leroy Anderson “Blue Tango” pearl Bailey “Takes Two to Tango limmy Boyd “Mommy Kissin* Santa Claus Rosemary Clooney “Botch-A-Me” Rosemary Clooney “Half as Much” Nat (King) Cole “Somewhere Along the Way Don Cornell “I’ll Walk Alone” Don Cornell “I’m Yours” Doris Day “A Guy Is a Guy” Percy Faith “Delicado” Eddie Fisher “Anytime” Eddie Fisher “I’m Yours” ■ Eddie Fisher “Lady of Spain” Eddie Fisher “Outside of Heaven” Eddie Fisher “Tell Me Why” Eddie Fisher “Wish You Were Here” Georgia Gibbs “Kiss of Fire” Hilltoppers “Trying” Joni James “Why Don’t You Believe Me” Pee Wee King “Slow Poke” Frankie Laine “High Noon” Mario Lanza “Because You’re Mine” Vera Lynn “Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart” Vera Lynn “Yours” Mantovani “Charmaine” A1 Martino 1 “Here in My Heart”. Mills Bros. “Glow Worm” Guy Mitchell-Mitch Miller “Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania” Ella Mae Morse ' “Blacksmith Blues” Patti Page “I Went to Your Wedding” Les Paul-Mary Ford “In Good Old Summertime” Les Paul-Mary Ford “Meet Mr. Callaghan” Johnnie Ray “Cry” Johnnie Ray “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home” Jo Stafford “Jambalaya” Jo Stafford “Shrimp Boats” Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me” Kay Starr “Wheel of Fortune” Hugo Winterhalter “Vanessa” Label Decca Decca Coral Columbia Columbia Columbia Capitol Coral Coral Columbia Columbia Victor Victor Victor Victor Victor Victor Mercury Dot M*G-M Victor Columbia Victor London London London BBS Decca Columbia Capitol Mercury Capitol Capitol Okeh Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Capitol Victor Publisher tSignet ’•'Mills ’•'Harman ‘•'Harman tHollis fAcuff-R ’•'United ’•‘Mayfair tAlgonquin Ludlow ’•‘Remick ’•‘Hill-R tAlgonquin ’•‘Fox ’•'BVC tSignet ’•'Chappell tDuchess ’•'Randy Smith ’•‘Brandom tRidgeway ’•'Feist ’•‘Feist tHill-R tMarks w ’•'Lion *Mellin- v, f ' tMarks .? ** . 4 *Santly-J . tHill-R tHill-R tMarks *f*eeds tMellow \ .^Chappell tAcuff-R *Disney tRidegway ’•■Laurel ‘•'Morris Inside Orchestras—Music j Further pointing up importance of disclieks in building a performer’s personal appearance value, is the unprecedented bdoking of Georgia Gibbs into three Broadway theatres during the past year. On the strength of three click ‘Mercury Records releases, “Kiss of Fire, * A Moth and a Flame” and “My Favorite Song,” Miss Gibbs nabbed book- ings into the Paramount (February), Roxy (May) and the Qapitol (De- cember). She winds her three-week Capitol date today (Wed.) and moves into La Vie En Rose, eastside nitery, next month. RCA Victor's ad for ite original-cast album of the legit revue, “New Faces of 1952,” in Variety's 47th anniversary issue (Jan. 8) was sna- fued by an inadvertent makeup error. A wrbng Illustration was used in place of intended cover of the “New Faces” album* A corrected ad is being run in the current issue of the music section. The composer of “In a Little Spanish Town” was erroneously re- ported as Maria Grever in Variety’s 47 anniversary (Jan. 8) issue. Composer of the music is Mabel Wayne, with Joseph Young and Samuel M. Lewis having written the lyrics* Form New Jazz Label. For Reissue of Oldies William Grauer, Jr., and Orrin Keepnews have formed an indie p ! ay l abel > Riverside Records. Riverside plans to issue its. disks under two classifications: Jazz Ar- chives $erie\ reissues of early jazz material, a..J Contemporary Jazz pones, waxings of current jazz art- ists. For the Archive series River- side has acquired exclusive rights lo jazz disks originally issued on jne old Paramount, Black Swann, Broadway and QRC labels, in the Paramount lineup (the diskery operated in the early 1920s )* for example, are such jazz names as Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Ma Rainey, Jelly Roll Mor- ton, Meade Lux Lewis, James P. Johnson, Frank Teschmaker, Muggsy Spanier, Tommy Ladnier, Johnny Dodds, Freddie Keppard and Fletcher Henderson. Riverside also is dickering for reissue rights for disks on several other long defunct jazz labels. Violinist Ruggiero Ricci left New York last week for a three-month tour of Europe. He’ll appear in recital and with orchestra in Ger- many, Sweden, Norway,' Finland, Italy, and The Netherlands. French Bestsellers Paris, Jan. 6. Bestselling disks here last month in pop field were Line Renaud’s rendition of “Ma Petite Folie,” Claude Dupius’ “Si Toi Aussi Tu M’Abandonnes,” the Gallic version of “High Noon,” Edmundo Ros’ “Blue Tango” and “Delicado,” singer Mouloudji's “Comme Un P’tit Coqulicquot,” Edith Piaf’s “Padam,” Charles Trenet’s “L’Ame D’Un Poet (Soul of a Poet); and “Fats Waller’s Recital.” Longhair records in the top pay- off were Beethoven’s Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Symphonies conducted by Bruno Walter and Eric Kleiber. Soloist was Dinu Lipatti with “Cho- pin Waltzes,” and opera was Mous- sorgsky's “Boris Goudonov.” Josefovits Held Over Teri Josefovits, composer-pianist, , has been held over at Doran’s, Westchester (N. Y.) roadhouse, which Alfredo and Ethel Bisetti recently took over. Latter long op- erated Villa d’Este, class midtown Manhattan bistro, and maitre d’ Paul has shifted to the suburbs with them. Josefovits has been a vaude-cafe lounge standard, his last Gotham date being at L’Ermitage. •U.S. Pops Don’t Dent the Arg. Music ! Scene, Though Crosby, Jolson Tops Buenos Aires, Jan. 6. Slick-haired tango dancers have well-nigh vanished from Argentine dance floors. The popular music heard here is less sombre than before. It has developed away from the tango, with the Brazilian baiao and Cuban mambo now in full swing, and a craze for Para- guayan guaranias or Portuguese fados just around the corner. North American influence on Ar- gentine popular music trends is comparatively limited. Cuba, Mex- ico, Brazil and now even Para- guay and Portugal have made themselves felt; but the song and dance tunes most popular here over the last 10 years have not been of American origin. This may be due to restricted film imports over a long period, or to the political gap which keeps the natives out of touch with American magazines, literature and trends. Much is at- tributable to a seeming lack of in- terest by American publishers, who don’t exert themselves unnecessari- ly to have their tunes plugged in Argentina. Disk factory managements also seem indifferent to plugging Amer- ican tunes, and when these/ seep over it Is usually thanks to some independent deejays’ disebveries. Many of the local deejays travel to the States from timtf to time and return with material for their disk sessions on the air/ The most recent trend, that of the Cuban mambo, stemmed from RCA Victor’s importation of the Perez-Prado Brazilian combo for a session in a local nitery in 1952. That composer’s “Mambos 5 and 8” took over with a bang and shared honors with the baiao rhythms. The Paraguayan guarania is reckoned to be about to take over from the mambo in 1953, while the success of “April in Portugal” (Chappell) is starting music pub- lishers to seek out possible new fado hits, so as to cater to the de- mand for sweet, swaying, senti- mental tunes, which came in with the bolero some years ago and dis- placed the tango. The guarania is in a combined 6/8 and 3/4 tempo which seems to fit the mood. For (Continued on page 42) Peatman Annual Survey of Song Hits on Radio and TV * (Jan. 1, 1952, to Jan. 1, 1953) The 35 song hits with the largest radio and television audiences are listed below in order of the total ACI points received in the ACI Surveys during 1952. (Songs in stage or film productions are indicated. Songs currently active are marked with an^ asterisk. Songs whose activity began on the ACI Surveys during the Fall of 1951 are noted by the 1951 date.) Total Number Of ACI Weeks On Survey Song Title and Production 33 Any Time T 26 ’•‘Wish You Were Here (Wish You Were Here) 35 Blu? Tango .. 21 ’•‘You Belong to Me 21 Cry .. .... 24 Be Anything (But Be Mihe) 18 Slow Poke (1951) 22 Please Mister Sun 23 „Be My Life’s Companion '. 31 ’WalkinV-My^Baby BackJHome 24 Kiss of Fire' 1 a... 27 vWheell c of’^Fortune 27' * Stngirf in t*h e' R jfiri ,(Smguri in the Rain) .. 44'* . *Tm Yours'.-? • * 2T„ Blacksmith Bluest 39 LiOver * *, .............. 18 . Tell Me,/Why 27 * *Somwher* Along the Way 1.. 20 Undecided (1951) .* 23 Forgive Me 20 ^Because You’re Mine (Because You’re Mine) 19 * Glow-Worm 20 ’•‘Jambalaya .... f W 19 Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart 23 I’ll Walk Alone (With a Song in My Heart).. 21 Zing a'Little Zong (Just for You) 23 Half as Much 19 ’•‘I Went to Your Wedding 15 Little White Cloud That Cried 19 A Guy Is a Guy ...: 19 Am I in Love (Son of Paleface) 17 Down Yonder (1951) 21 Delicado 2u I Could Write a Book (Pal Joey) 17 I Hear a Rhapsody (Clash.by Night) Top Standards on Radio & TV (Jan. 1, 1952, to Jan. 1, 1953) Total Number Of Song Title Tenderly With a Song in My Heart Somebody Loves Me ... .* Tea for Two Just One of Those Things That Old Black Magic Easter Parade St. Louis Blues % September Song ’S Wonderful On the Sunny Side of the Street Lullaby of Broadway . Tiger Rag Begin the Beguine Blue Skies ..; * April in Paris April Showers t ; I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm I Gpt Rhythm Star Dust Jealousy Christmas Song *. Because of You How High the Moon . Darktown Strutters Ball Lazy River .. Ballin’ the Jack .. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love My Blue Heaven Night and Duy Someone to Watch Over Me..... By* Bye Blues Alexander’s Ragtiipe Band ;. Dancing in the Dark L .... Getting to Know You ,, Publisher . .Hill & R .. Chappell ..Mills .. Ridgeway .. Mellow .. Shapiro-B .. Ridgeway .. Weiss-B . .Morris . .DeSylva-B&H .! Duchess .. Laurel .. Robbins . .Algonquin . .Hill & R .. Famous .. Signet . .United .. Leeds . .Advanced .. Feist . .Marks .. Acuff-R . .Hill & R . .Mayfair .. Burvan .. Acuff-R .. St. Louis .. Spier .. Ludlow .. Famous .. La Salle .. Remick . .T. B. Harms .. Broadcast , .E. H, Morris , .Harms , .Harms .. Harms . .Harms , .Famous . .Berlin .. Handy . .DeSylva-B&H . .Harms .. Shapiro-B . .Witmark . .Feist . .Harms . .Berlin . .Harms ., Harms .. Berlin . .New World ..Mills . .Harms .. Morris . .Broadcast . * Chappell .. Feist . .Peer . .Marks ..Mills . .Feist .. Harms . .Harms ..Bourne . . Berlin . .Harms. . .Williamson