Variety (April 1953)

so OKCKESTRAS-MUSIC PffilEft Wednesday, April 15, 1953 Jocks, Jukes and Disks By MIKE GJtOSS Tennesse- Ernie: 4l Three Thlngs”-"Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker 4 ' (Capitol). "Three Things” is a sure bet to give Tennessee Ernie a clean sweep in the pop and country Held. It's a dramatic item tailored for mass tastes and Ernie’s effective reading brings it home a winner. Reverse is in a lighter vein okay for the grassroots trade. Cliffie Stone's orch gives the coupling a flavorsome backing. Julius .LaRosa: "My Lady Loves To Dance”-"Let’s Make Up Before We Say Goodnight” (Cadence). This coupling looks like another highrider for Julius LaRosa who hit the'wax bigtime several months ago with his preem platter, "Any- - where I Wander” and "This Is Heaven.” "Dance,” which was kicked off by Perry Como about six months ago on RCA Victor, gets a new lease on life via this LaRosa cut. It’s a gay rhythm number ex- cellently produced. Reverse is a change of pace but also good for plenty of spins. . Trudy Richards: "The Breeze”- "I Can’t Love You Anymore” (Derby). Trudy Richards has a slick takeoff on Kay Starr’s etching of "The Breeze” and it’s. a jukebox natural, particularly since Capitol is not releasing Miss Starr’s album late Jan Savitt’s orch styling. One of Savitt’s trademark tunes, "7:20 Tn The Books,” gets a tiptop shuffle- beat workover and a lilting vocal ‘job by Bon Bon. The oldie, "My Gal Sal,” takes the shuffle rhythm Very well and Reynolds builds it into a slick danceable slice. Dolly Dawn: “Oodle I Ay”-"It's Too Soon To Know” (Jubilee). "Oodle I Ay” has the kind of word and melody blending that appeals to current wax market tastes. Dolly Dawn's ingratiating delivery gives it mid-hit potential. She slows up on the ballad on the reverse for moderate results. ‘ Sunshine Ruby: "Too Young To Tango”-'‘Hearts Weren’t Meant To Be Broken” (Victor). Juve disker Sunshine Ruby will attract atten- tion via this coupling. Gets a neat rhythmic feeling into "Tango” and an effective comball wail into the reverse cut, "Tango” is the better slice and should step out, especially in the hinterlands. Felicia Sanders: "I May Not Re- member Your Name” - "What Should I Do” (Columbia). ■ This coupling gives Felicia Sanders an- other opportunity to impress as a wax comer. She’s warm and ef- fective on both sides. "Name” is tailored for her tender treatment LAWRENCE WELK .and his CHAMPAGNE MUSIC 86th Consecirtivt Waek, Aragon Ballroom, Santa Monica, Calif. Exclusively for .Cora,I Records "MINNIE THE MERMAID” Backed by "SAY IT ISN’T SO” Longhair Disk Reviews Best Bets TENNESSEE ERNIE THREE THINGS ( Capitol ) Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker JULIUS LAROSA . MY LADY LOVES TO DANCE (Cadence) ...... Before We Say Goodnight. TRUDY RICHARDS THE BREEZE (Derby) I Can’t Love You Anymore illce as a single. Reverse is another excellent vocal by Miss Richards on another oldie for her best disk to date. Johnny Desmond: "Danger”- "The Japanese Sandman” (Coral), Background theme for CBS-TV’s ‘‘Danger” is developed into fair pop shellac by Johnny Desmond and the Tony Mottola Quartet. It’s a slow, moody, piece fhat’ll get some spins because of its tieup with the tele show. Oldie on the reverse gets a neat workover. Bobby Breen: "There’s A Bell That Rings In My Heart”-‘‘It’s The End of the World To Me” (A-Bell). Bobby Breen gets only moderate fare for his wax return via the indie A-Bell label. The high-voiced crooner shows up okay on "Heart” but it never really gets off the ground. Bottom deck is a cumber- some ballad. Barbara Ruick: "Now That I’m In Love”-‘‘Ghili, Ghili, Ghili” (M-G-M). Barbara Ruick has one of her best and liveliest platters in "Now That I’m In Love,” pop take- off of the "William Tell Overture.” She’s got tough competish in Patti Page’s Mercury waxing but she , should do well. Flip is a cute nov- elty good for occasional spins. Tommy Reynolds: "7:20 In The Books” "My Gal Sal” (Derby). Orch leader Tommy Reynolds seems to have found a good thing in the and rates top spinning time. The bottom 'deck is grooved along simi- lar lines and will share the plays. Joe Allegro: "Senorita”-"Wan- derlust Blues” (Victor). Lively Latino flavor of "Senorita” shows off crooner Joe Allegro to ad- vantage. He gives it a jaunty treatment in a strictly legit styl- ing. Neat beat to • "Wanderlust Blues,” however, gives It better chances in the jock and juke mar- ket. Frank Sinatra: "My Lean Baby”- “I’m Walkin’ Behind” (Capitol). Sinatra gets off to an auspicious start with his initial Capitol plat- ter, On "My Lean Baby,”- the crooner is in his old form belting out the rhythm beat with captivat- ing charm. The tasty ballad on the reverse is also up his alley. He gives the kind of romantic treat- ment that will have his fans re- questing repeat plays. Russ Morgan: "Dancin’ With S6meone”-"Kentucky” (Decca). Al- though RusS Morgan’s "Dancin’ With Someone” was pegged as a cover to Teresa Brewer’s cut on the Coral label, it’ll probably give the thrush’s slice a run for the money. It’s a standout ballad which Morgan treats with taste and charm. Reverse will get lost in the shuffle. Three McGuire Sisters: "Miss You” - "Tootle-Loo-Siana” (Coral). French, The Easy Way, Really Easy On Disks An excellent album, "Spoken French” (Henry Holt_& Co.; $50) is the one which Francois Denoeu (Dartmouth) and Robert A. Hall, Jr. (Cornell) have prepared in au- ral Franco-English tutoring, ac- companied by a skillful text. This is identical with the edition pub- lished for the U. S. Armed Forces, but takes.the French student deep- er into the language. Apart from the vocabulary, and the prime intent to indoctrinate any grammatical education as a by-product, the major objective is the practical "spoken” language. To this end, Profs. Denoeu and Hall have skilfully grouped the conversations into realistic cate- gories, primarily keyed to "getting around.” That takes the normal amenities, social introductions, or- dering, directions, shopping, sight- seeing and the like. The spoken language course has been prac- tically designed for easiest pho- netic pronunciation as well as word translation. 1 The intent of good accent, along with vocabu- lary, is good because even more inhibiting to the language student than the lack of vocabulary is the self-conscious pronunciation or "foreign” accent. . There is a showmanly manner of repetitive phrasing so that the student can go along with the disk- course discourse, mouthing the same correct brand of French ac- cent. This is one French course that is fun. It can be enjoyed in group classes as well asjsolo. Abel. Wainert Immolation Econo (Got- tordammerun*) and Awakening Sceno. (Siegfried) (RCA Victor, $5.95) Brilliant recording /by Kir- sten hagstad, with a fair assist from Set Svanholm in the Sieg- fried,” and the Philharmoniai Or- chestra backing both sides* Flag- stad’a riGb, luminous tones, orch's lush sound, and the stirring se- lections make this a choice disk and fine Flagstad souvenir. ‘ Dukas: Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Debussy: Afternoon, of a Faun (Columbia, $4), Rollicking "Sor- cerer” and sensuous "Faun” in rich, fresh performances by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eu- gene Ormandy. Glazounov: Raymonda (Capitol, $5.95). Delightful ballet suite, a fine exponent of 19th century clas- sical ballet, colorfully presented by the Paris Philharmonic under Manuel Rosenthal. Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream and Schubert: Ros- amunde (London, $5.95). Incidental music from both works in forth- right performances by the Con- certgebouw, under Eduard van Beinum. Playing is broader, but no less appealing, than from U.S. symphs. There’s a fine horn solo in the Mendelssohn Nocturne, and deft playing of the Scherzo. Dohnanyl: Ruralla Hungarica and Kodalyr Hary Janos Suite (M-G-M, $4.85). Richly - scored Dohnanyl, pastoral and folk-tunish Is impressive, and the amusing suite gets a rousing performance. Philharmonia of London, under Wilhelm Schuechter, plays both. Janacek: Slavonic Mass (Urania, $5,95). Oddly-intersting, offbeat work, this mass, set in ancient Slavonic tongue,-is more lay than liturgical, in a melodic, folktunish yet.highly reverent work. It has fine solo and choral parts, well done here, with good support from the Brn<5 Radio Symphony and Moravian Chorus. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (RCA Victor, $5.45). Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony in a mas- terful recording of the familiar classic. « Bron . Femme trio has an average slice of the oldie "Miss You.” Their harmonizing techniques are slick but the arrangement is unimag- inative. They show up better on the rhythm novelty on the reverse. It’s a natural for the coinboxes. PQfZTETY *4 4.4 4 4 ^ 10 Best Sellers on Coin-Machines 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6 . 7. 8 . 9. 10 . I4 4444I M * 4 »» ♦ * DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW (10) Patti Page Mercury TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU (15) Teresa Brewer Coral PRETEND (7) Nat (King) Cole Capitol SIDE BY SIDE (11) • .-Kay Starr Capitol DON’T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES (17) Perry Como Victor TELL ME YOU’RE MINE (13) Gaylords Mercury TELL ME A STORY (4) ; F. Laine-J . Boyd .... * Columbia HAVE YOU HEARD (13) Joni 'James M-G-M KEEP IT A SECRET (14) Jo Stafford . Columbia YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART (6) Joni James M-G-M Second Group I’M SITTING PN TOP OF THE WORLD Paul-Ford .. ..- Capitol YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART . Frankie Laine Columbia TELL ME YOU’RE MINE Mindy Carson Columbia SOMEBODY STOLE MY GAL Johnnie Ray ......... Columbia SEVEN LONELY DAYS Georgia Gibbs Mercury I BELIEVE Frankie Laine Columbia APRIL IN PORTUGAL... , Freddy Martin Victor + HOW DO YOU SPEAK TO AN ANGEL Eddie Fisher .Victor ANNA Sylvano Mangano M-G-M. DANCIN’ WITH SOMEONE Teresa Brewer Coral APRIL IN PORTUGAL Les Baxter Capitol RUBY Richard Hayman Mercury SWEDISH RHAPSODY Percy Faith Columbia NO HELP WANTED Rusty Draper Mercury (Figures in parentheses indicate number of weeks song has beenj^ the Top 101 *t ftf 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 '4 44 4 I M t 4 444 4 4 4 4 4 4444 Hit Hrf fTTfitHtt Htiiti MMMMM 4 4 4 4+4-4 Songs With Largest Badio Audience The top 30 songs of week (more in case of ties), based on copyrighted Audience Coverage Index & Audience Trend Index. Published by Office of Research, Inc., Dr. John Gray Peatman, Director, Alphabetibally listed. Survey Week of April 3-April 9, 1953 (Listed Alphabetically) A Fool Such As I Robbins-M Anywhere I Wander—t"Hans Christian Andersen”.Frank April In Portugal : .. Chappell Be Still My Heart *..*..,. Broadway Blue Gardenia—t"Blue Gardenia” Harms Breeze, Leeds Caravan „ American Doggie In The Window. . Santly-J Gomen Nasai Disney Hot Toddy ; Coachella How Do You Speak To An Angel—*‘‘Hazel Flagg”.. Chappell Hush-A-Bye—t"The Jazz Singer” Remick I Believe Cromwell I’ll Be Hangin’ Around 7 Broadcast I’m Sittin’ On Top Of The World ....' Feist v Kaw-Liga t , Milene Lovely Weather For Ducks—t‘‘Stars Are Singing”.. Famous My Jealous Eyes Famous No Help Wanted Acuff-R Peter Cottontail Hill & R Pretend * .. Brandom Red Canary Shapiro-B Say It Isn’t So .. Berlin Seven Lonely Days Jefferson Side By Side Shapiro-B Song From Moulin Rouge—i‘‘Moulin Rouge” Broadcast Till I Waltz Again With You Village Twice As Much porgie ' What Would You Do Frank Wild Horses Simon Will-O’-The-Wisp Romance Triangle Second Group Anna—t "Anna” Hollis Can’t I Harvard Dancing With Someone Valando> Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes Four-Star Don’t Let Your Eyes Go Shopping For Your Heart.. Porgie Downhearted Paxton Golden Years—i-‘‘Houdini” Paramount Have You Heard Brandom Haven’t Got A Worry Famous Hello Sunshine Erwin-H Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me. Mills I Conf ess Witmark Keep It A Secret Shapiro-B Nearness Of You Famous Ohio—*“Wonderful Town” Chappell ’ Ruby^-t“Ruby Gentry” Miller S Si. ’; *. Marks Tell Me You re Mine . Capri Why Don’t You Believe Me ’. Brandom Wish You Were Here—*"Wish You Were Here”.. .Chappell Top 10 Songs On TV (More in Case of Ties) Doggie In The Window Santly-J Fool Fool Fool .,, Progressive Give A Cheer Duet High Noon ....; Feist t * Cromwell My Lady Loves To Dance .! United Peter Cottontail Hill & R w-?!? 1 ?? * • Brandom Wild Horses ; Simon Five Top Standards (More In Case of Ties.) Blue Tango ..Mills Easter Parade ,..., Berlin It’s A Lovely Day Today .!!..!!!!!*!.!!!! Berlin Jezebel .... Broadcast Oh You Beautiful Doll Remick t Filmusical. * Legit musical