Variety (February 1953)

42 On€HESTBAS-MlTSVC Pfis&iETr Wednesday, February 4, 1953 Jocks, -Jokes and Disks — t» „ *, By WIRE GROSS Frankie Laine: “I Believe’’- “Ybur Cheatin’. Heart" (Columbia). "X Believe*’ is; an inspiring' faith *orig that’s got enough pop appeal to score big in the commercial Jiarket. Frankie Laine gives it a >ock emotional reading, pegged for Jhe jock and juke, trade. It’s a power-packed slice headed for the hit brackets. Jane Froman’s ver- sion on the Capitol label’is a warm and tender etching and it, too, rates plays. Laine gets into the hillbilly groove on “Your Cheatin' Heart’’ for sock results. Paul Wes- ton’s orch capably assists. Joni James; “Your Cheatin’ Heart’’-“I’ll Be Waiting For you’’ (M-G-M). Alfalfa-styled ballad, “Your Cheatin’ Heart,’ f by the late Hank Williams, gives Joni James another top bracket entry. It’s a mood item which the thrush belts out with lots, of feeling. A natural for the, coinboxes as well as the platter spinners. Miss Jamej scores with another ballad on the bottom deck but it’s potential will be min- imized by the top plays given “Cheatin’ Heart." Fontane Sisters: “The Price I Paid For* Loving You"-“Walkin’ I imate crooner and should impfovi with more wax time. Eydie Gorme: “Love Me Nd Just A Little"-’ “Don’t Tell Lies!. (Coral). Eydie Gorme has another potent platter in her pitch for the biscuit bigtime. Gal’s dynamite warbling style gets plenty of ac- tion into “Love Me Not Just A Little" and it 1 could take off. It’s the kind of slice that draws the coin into the jukeboxes. She dis- plays a nice change of pace for the sentimental ballad on the flip, but it’s a little too slow-moving for commercial impact, Dick Haymes: “Let’s Fall in Love”-“All I Need to Know’’ (Decca). Dick Haymes, who’s been out pf the top disk brackets for some time, should win plenty of disk devotees with his workover of the oldie, “Let’s Fall in Love." Haymes is a solid crooner who knows how to blend melody and lyric for top results. If the jockeys get behind it it could make some noise. Reverse is another top qual- ity side which shows Haymes off to advantage, Gordon Jenkins orch gives him a firstclass assist, \ Doris Day: “The Second Star to Best Bets FRANKIE LAINE . .. I BELIEVE (Columbia) . Your Cheatin' Heart JONI JAMES .YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART ■ (M-G-M) ...; • I'll Be Waiting For You FONTANE SISTERS ... .THE PRICE I PAID FOR LOVING YOU (Victor) ; Walkin’ The Floor Over You The. Floor Of You" (Victor). The Fontane Sisters have a payoff slice in “The Price I Paid For Loving You." It’s a. bouncy tune excel- lently suited to the gals’ rhythmic attack. The Fontanes deliver at a merry pace with the kind of mu- sical zest that demands replays. They're hampered by the material on the reverse and side probably will soon be forgotten. Norman Greene Orch: “Blue Porcelain’’-“Suspicion" (M-G-M). With the vogue • for instrumental disks still on the upbeat, “Blue Porcelain" 1$ a standout entry to cash in on thq trend. It’s a class number. Tune’s captivating lilt gets a neat workover via Norman Greene’s orch. Jocks should latch on to this in a big way. “Suspi- cion" 1 is g lush item that rates oc- casional spins. m Kip Hale: “Don’t Fall In Love With, Ariyone"-“Seven • League Boots" (Mercury). Kip Hale, recent addition to the Mercury stable, isn’t likely to ' make, much noise as a contender in the male vocal- ist sweepstakes with this coupling. Hale has a pleasant piping quality but fails to build the kind of shellac excitement necessary for impact today. Material isn’t any help either. Both tunes are minor league entries out of Tin Pin Al- ley’s bottom drawer. Hale, how- ever, impresses as a good, legit- the Right’’-“You Have My Sym- pathy" (Columbia). “Second Star to the Right,” from the Walt Disney pic, “Peter Pan," has its best take- off chance in Doris Day’s standout slice. Thrush is in top form as she caresses each word with a vocal intimacy that hits home. It’s set against a soft melodic line. Her treatment of “You Have My Sym- pathy," an okay ballad, is another example of her class styling and rates some attention. Ernie Rudy Orch; “Say It With Your Heart’’-“You Can Fly, You Can Fly, You Can Fly" (Coral). The Ernie Rudy orch moves into the wax competish with this coupling and although it’s not an outstand- ing debut-it should-attract atten- tion and spins. Orch, comprised of a flock of ex-Sammy Kaye side- men,, delivers with a danceable and listenable lilt and both sides are extremely tasty. Orch has potential for hit shellac. “Say It With Your Heart" is the better slice and rates the spinning time. Don Rogers is effective on the vocal. Platter Pointers Bing Crosby and Fred Waring team up on Decca for a slick work- over of “Hush-A-Bye"...Frank Amato impresses on “Sorrento" on the indie Triple A label... Jack Richards-his an okay cut of^'T Had a Little Too Much to Dream Last Night" (Coral)...Guy Lom- bardo has a clicko cut of “Pretend" Best British Sheet Sellers (Week ending Jan. 24) London, Jan. 27. You Belong to Me.. .Chappell Outside of Heaven Wood Here in My Heart.... .Mellin Walkin' to Missouri Dash Don’t Let Stars in Eyes.Morris Comes Along a Love.Kassner I Went Wedding Victoria Isle of Innisfree.... .Maurice Forget-Me-Not Heine Feet Up .Cinephonic Faith Can Move Dash Because You’re Mine. .Robbins Second 12 That’s-A Why.......Connelly Half as Much Robbins Sugarbush ..., Chappell Zing a'Little Zong Maddox Broken Wings Fields Wonderful Copenhagen. Morris.. Homing Waltz Reine Walkin’ My Baby ... Victoria Takes Two to Tango .F. D. & H. Blue Tango Mills Heart and Soul.........Wood Now Dash (Decca),. ..Lynn Franklin’s work- over of “Deed I Do" on the Mer- cury label rates spins... Standout western,, folk, polka, jazz, religioso. etc.: Johnny Dee Trio, “To Think It Could Have Been Me" (Trojan) . . . The Holi- days, “Apron Strings" (King) . . . Little Esther Sc Little Willie, “Hol- lerin’ and Screamin’ ” (Federal) . . . The Orioles, “Teardrops On My Pillow" (Jubilee) . . . Gene O’Quinn, “Close Your Eyes" (Capi- tol) . . . Annie Laurie, “Give Me Half a Chance" (Okeh) . . . Buddy Johnson, “Just to Be Yours" (Dec- ca)... Jack 'Cardwell, “Two Arms" (King). Hawkshaw Hawkins, “Picking Sweethearts" (King).. .The Ravens, “Don’t Mention My Name" (Mer- cury) ... Kitty Wells, “Paying for That Back Street Affair" (Decca) ... Cliff Steward, “I Don’t Wanna Go Home" (Coral).. .The Maddox Bros. & Rose, “Hearts and Flow- ers" (Columbia)... Arthur Smith “In Memory of Hank Williams" (M-G-M). Artie Wayne Disk Gets 3-Label Play Further pointing up the trend of diskeries to buy up clicko wax product from smaller companies, is recent triple parlay on the - Artie Wayne disking of “Rachel." Plat- ter initially was issued by the in- die Vip label and then was picked up a couple of weeks after it hit the. market by another indie com- pany, Ken Records. Mercury came into the picture last week when it pacted Wayne and bought up the “Rachel" slice from Ken. Along the same lines, Merc also bought up the masters of Jerry Cooper's coupling of “Have You Ever Been Lonely" and “I’m Sorry I Made You Cry.” Sides initially were released via the indie Anchor Label. u Ifest Sellers on Coin-Machines 011x131 TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU (5) , Teresa Brewer Coral DON’T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES (7) { ^ rr 7 y * *;- ’J ic i or , , t • • ( Gisele MacKenzie Capitol WHY DON’T YOU ’BELIEVE ME (13) Joni James * 4 TELL ME YOU’RE MINE (3) 1. 2 . 3. 4. 5. 6 . 7. 8. 9. 10 . M-G-M \ Gaylords Mercury 1 X Mindy Carso ji ; Columbia 4 HAVE YOU. HEARD (3) ... Joni James .M-G-M OH HAPPY DAY (4) (Lawrence Welk ....Coral + |Don Howard .... Essex «, SIDE BY SIDE (I) . Kay Starr Capitol " GLOW-WORM <17) Mills Bros Decca - MY BABYjS COMING HOME (3) Paul-Ford Capitol ^ KEEP IT A SECRET (4) Jo Stafford . ~Columbic [. ’’ Second Group .Columbia .. Mercury <1 .. Cadence <• .Columbia »•«• Coral . * * Capitol 11 MR. TAP TOE • Doris■ Day DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW Patti Page ! ANYWHERE I WANDER Julius LaRosa . SHE WEARS RED FEATHERS ....... ■ Guy Mitchell ...:. TAKES TWO yO TANGO . Pearl Bailey ..... BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE Nat (King) Cole .. WISHING RING Joni James ..M-G-M 4 GPEN UP YOUR HEART Bing Crosby • Decca :: I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING Patti Page Mercury V. .. TRYING Johnny Desmond Coral ' -- HEA RT AND SOUL Four*Aces Decca *"■ « ’ Johnny Maddox Dot < ► HOT .TODDY Ralph Flanagan ..! 11 ~ L Figures in parentheses indicate number of weeks song has been in the Top 10] ***** * * n M M M ft M M M ♦ 1 11 ♦ » t M I t » t M M i I i r tl A Tribute To Lotte Lehmann" (RCA Victor, $5.72). RCA Victor Col lector’s Jssue brings a reprise of 20 German songs by the one-time Met soprano- Selections from Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Franz offer lieder singing at its finest, in beau- tiful artistic and vocal jobs done by one of the world’s great artists Three Schubert - songs, “Unge- duld," “Die Krahe" and “Der Lin- denbaum," are particuarly impres- sive, Ponchielli: “La Gio.conda" (Ura- nia, 4 LP, $23.80). Rousing rendi- tion, in fine Italian vein, of a lusty warhorse, here given complete for the first -time. Principals are strong-voiced and first-rate, with Anita Corrldori in the .title role and Giuseppe Campora a fine Enzo. Professori d’Orchestra of La Scala under conductor La Rosa Parodi in sturdy support. Ravel: “L’Heure Espagnol" (Vox, $5.95). Charming though light- weight one-act opera gets an ex- cellent all-round performance by a well-chosen cast of French sing- ers who know the Gallic style. L’Orchestre Radio-Symphonique de Paris under Rene Leibowitz does good supporting job. Bron. K.C. Symph in Nip Cultural Exchange Kansas City, Feb. 3. Concert of the Philharmonic Or- chestra was transcribed a wek ago and will be sent to Osaka, Japan, as the first longhair salute to the’ Orient by the Voice of America, Regular concert was under the ba- ton of Itans Schwieger, conductor, with Arthur Rubinstein, guest pi- anist. Arrangements were worked out in an exchange of letters be- tween Mayor William Kemp, Kan- sas City, and the mayor of Osaka. Transcription will be played from Osaka over a Japanese net, and a program of the Nippon Philhar- monic. is ,to be sent here for a broadcast in kind. Deal is one of seven which the Voice of America has worked, over the past couple of years, others previously being musical exchanges with European points. K. C. Phil- harmonic engaged in this program by exchanging concerts with Stras- bourg. Details were handled by Walter Ducloux, chief of the music section of the Voice of America, and Arthur Wisner, business man- ager of the orch. V. of A. brought in Yukio Akiyama, Nip announcer, to handle special commentary and interview native Nipponese fiere. t * % T- Songs With Largest Radio Audience The top ■‘SO songs of week (more in case of ties),, based on copyrighted Audience Cover.age Index & Audience Trend Index. Published by Office of Research , Inc., Dr. John Gray Peatman, Director, Alphabetically listed. Survey Week of January 23-29, 1953 A Fqol Such as I Robbins-M A Million Tears Jubilee - April in Portugal — Chappell Because You’re Mine—t“Because You’re Mine".... Feist Bye Bye Blues Bourne Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes. Four-Star 1 Downhearted .. Paxton Glow-Worm Marks Heart and Soul Famous Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me * Mills How Do You Speak to an Angel—*“Hazel Flagg"... Chappell Hush-A-Bye—t“The Jazz Singer" Remick ^ I Confess Witmark • Keep It a Secret Shapiro-B Mister Tap Toe Montclair My Baby’s Coming Home Roxbury My Jealous Eyes .....' Famous Nina Never Knew Jefferson Oh Happy Day .• ;... BVC Open Up Your Heart Longridge Outside of Heaven ’ BVC Say It Isn’t So 'Berlin • Say It With Your Heart Feist Second Star to the Right—t“Peter Pan" Disney Side by Side Shapiro-B . Takes Two to Tango Harman Thumbelina—t“Hans Christian Andersen" Frank ' -Till I Waltz Again With You Village ■ To See You Burvan Why Don’t You Believe Me ■ Brandom Wish You Were Here—*“Wish You Were Here".,.. Chappell You’ll Never Know BVC Second Group A Cute Piece o’ Property ' Duchess A Shoulder to Weep On Laurel Chicago Style Burvan Everyhting I Have Is Yours Robbins Even Now , Pickwick I’m Skipping Rope With a Rainbow Carmen Jambalaya VAcuff-K- Robbins Lady of Spain Vox Life Was Beautiful T. 1!!.! pops Never Smile at a Crocodile—t“Peter Pan" Disney No Moon at All Jefferson Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps Peer Pretend ...Brandom She Wears Red Feathers Oxford Taboo ’/ [ Peer Might Have Been Meridian Wonderful Copenhagen-!“Hans, Christian Andersen", Frank You Belong to Me Ridgeway ^ ours • • Marks Top 10 Songs On TV Appreciation p D Ue t Because. You’re Mine ....: ’. ]. [ * ]. [ ’ ,* * ’ * * * Feist Don t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes Four-Star . First Snow of Winter Duet ’i Give a Cheer * Duet Glow-Worm ’ Marks It’s Autumn Again III11.. 11! 11' 1111 Suet Keep It a Secret I ... 111 Shapiro-B Rockaway Beach Duet Summer Symphony .*. I!. 111 M 11 ’ 11 * Duet There's a Brand New Baby a°t Our House.! Barton Why Don t You Believe Me Brandom i. ' .*<li r- FIVE TOP STANDARDS (More in Cast of Ties) <« is . Darktown Strutter’s Ball i Feist *; Dearie Laurel Falling in Love With Love I, IIIIIIIIIII.il Chappell I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody.Feist Let Me Call You Sweetheart Shapiro-B She s Funny That Way Robbins wno c ares ; Harms T Filmustcal . * Legit musical. * > " p " * 1 1 ‘ • ■ ■ ■ _ ’ . . i_ u . • t » . , ~ «• . * W T r; i.~. •* V ... ^ J,. *