Variety (February 1953)

Wednesday, February 4, 1953 PHniETY OnOIESTRAS-MCSIC 47 Band Review ALEX ALSTONE ORCH (U) With Delores Randall Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas City There is quite a change of pace in music at the Hotel Muehlebach ior this session, since the deluxe Terrace Grill has the Alex Alstone outfit currently. Alstone is the well-known French songwriter, composer of '“Symphonie“Blue Porcelain,” “Sonata” and others. The date here is but his third in the States, his- second since a 16- week run at the,.Waldorf-Astoria last fall. The music which Alstone offers Is definitely in the continental mood, which he gets from a some- what unusual instrumentation. While he leads from the piano the band is more or less fronted by Roy Young on accordion. The soft international flavorfngs are round- ed out with a trio of violins; three reeds, trumpet, drums and string bass. The library naturally features the Alstone compositions, with the leader himself doing frequent vo- cals on these .as well as other con- tinental tunes in French. Delores Randall recently joined the crew as vocalist and adds to the pro- ceedings with her warblings of cur- rent pops and standards. The orch which Alstone heads is definitely different and sure to find / a ready reception on the hotel- and ballroom circuit. General Amuse- ment Corp. already has set him in a number of leading hostelries. Quin . BMI PUBLISHING 'MR. PREZ' BMI Will publish “Mr. Presi- dent,” with lyrics and music by Meyer Davis, which the maestro premiered at the Inaugural Ball in D. C. His “The Windsor Waltz,” in- troed at the Duchess of Windsor ball in N. Y. Jan. 5, where he played, will be published by Marks. 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On the Upbeat New York Ginny Gibson, M-G-M Records* pactee, and her manager Joan Javils- on a disk jockey trek from Boston to Miami . . . Geraldo, Brit- ish orch leader, vacationing in New York . . . Larry Lloyd orch at the Casa Marina Hotel, Key West, Fla., for the winter season . . . Joni James to be feted at a cock- tailery by M-G-M Records back- stage at the Paramount Theatre, N. Y., tomorrow (5) . . . AI Martino opens at the Golden Hotel, Reno, today (Wed.) . . . The Modernaires inked to appear in the. U-I pic, “Walking "My Baby Back Home.” . . . Alan Dean into the Town Casino, Buffalo, for one week be- ginning Feb. 9 . . . Thrush Jose- phine Rremice 9 begins a two-week stand at Storyville, Boston, Feb. 9. . . . Buddy Johnson celebrated the 10th anni of his orch at the Savoy Ballroom, N. Y., Saturday (31). Chicago Norman Lee takes over the helm of the Eddy Howard band and moves into the Martinique Res- taurant. Howard takes a two- month hiatus and will tour the Carribean area with his wife . . . Johnny Lane's Dixieland group pacted for 'the Rivoli, Aurora, 111. . . . Louis Jordan set for Easter Week at the Regal Theatre . . . Eileen Barton does two weeks at the Chicago Theatre Feb. 20 . . . Eddie South takes his violin north to the Frederick JMaftin Hotel, Moorehead, Minn., Feb. 5 ... Betty McGuire and her Belle-Tones do a quick repeat back to Old Heidel- berg April 14. Fats Pichon '88’s at the Harms Club, Rock Island, 111., beginning Feb. 6 . . . Joe Maize and the Chordsmen fly over to Lan Yeee Chai, Honolulu, April 28 for 10 weeks . . . Billy Devore group into the Dome, Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 8 . . . Norm Dygon pacted for the Louis Hotel, Joliet, 111., Feb. 11... Evelyn Knight repeats at* the Lake Club, Springfield, 111., March 6... Muggsy Spanier has cancelled his European tour and starts at the Frolics, Columbus, O., Feb. 18, for 10 days, then goes into the Royal Room, Los Angeles, March 9, for four weeks and follows with four more at the Hangover, San Fran- cisco, April 10. Pittsburgh Jack Mahoney combo into the Four Milo Inn • for an ’ indefinite stay . . . Wayne King booked for a Feb. 12 . . . Gloria Seigle on the piano and Jean Dixon at organ now alternating at the Monte Carlo since management dropped band music for dancing .. . . organ - playing Bonds Bros, back into the Oakhurst Tea Room in Somerset , pianist Lucy Borelli and Alan Hood on violin' dishing out the dinner music at the Hotel Schenley ... Lee Perry quartet back into Jimmy Sundrey's Dream Room, for a run... Tom Ruddy re- placed Frank Vesely on the drums with Artie Arnell’s orch. Vesely had to retire on account of ill health... Frank Paterra band had its option picked up again at the Twin Coaches. Omaha Bill Albers orch in at; East Hills Club, Lincoln ... Trumpet artist Rafael Mendez booked in at Gen- ing, Neb., March 18.. .pianist Wal- ter Scott held over at Airport Hay- den House.. .Bobby Mills band in at Lincoln’s Pla-Mor...Jack Cole and Mai Dunn orchs at Music Box here. Capitol Continued from pace 41 longhair list, Cap also added the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra un- der the direction of Vladimir Gol- schmann and the Indianapolis Sym- phony Orchestra under direction of Fabian Sevitzky to Its roster. Deals were set by Cap’s longhair artists & repertoire chief Richard Jones and Alan Meissner, manager of the Indianapolis symph and William Zalken, manager of the St. Louis symph. Diskery stepped into symph orch field last year with the pacting of the Pittsburgh Symphony- Another BMI "Pin V Hit MUST I CRY AGAIN Publish *4 by Rultigh Alaa*,,. . RK0W * ‘ ThfHHlfopp.ri (C f °„ ra i{ Morgan *’* rttna Mall. . (Dacca) To«M Khod.s — Broadcast Music, Inc. 5*0 Plfth Avanua, Nevr Yark 34 , N.Y; "!"»•<« • tHICM* • (MLWHMk • tlimtO * Mum*! Coast Pubs Continued from page After playing it once on his pro- gram, Story was besieged with re- quests for more. Then the music pubs and waxeries chimed in, all eager to annex it. -- Fred Raphael, head of Walt Dis- ney Music, sent a cable to Disney’s office in Tokyo with instructions to grab the tune. He received a cryptic reply: “Have song.’* Nippon Columbia air-expressed the disk master to Columbia: here with pressing begun at once. Disks should be in retail stores here by weekend. Richard Bowers. is vocalist on the Nip disk. Lyrics were originally written by Dr. Benedict Mayers, then a ser- geant, as a poem. Tune was cleffed later by Raymond Hattori. Mayers, on leaving Japan, had stipulated that proceeds go-to a i Japanese orphanage. s* v v .. •9* •*+ ^ < $ s ^ s/ < v 5, v s V f i/* s s FRAN WARREN SINGS Everyone Knew But Me Unless You’re Near Me MGM 11412 K 11412 78 RPM 45 RPM M G M RECORDS T M t