Variety (April 1953)

©RCHESTRAS-MUSIC On Ae Upbeat SH Wednesday* April 29, 1953 New York Carl J. Swanson and Dan Fusco, deejays on WRUN, Utica, N. Y., in town last week to o.o. the Tin Pan Alley scene . . . Josh White held over at the Blue Angel, N. Y., for an additional two weeks *.. Thrush Josephine Premice into the Bar of Music, Los Angeles, for three weeks beginning tomorrow (Thurs.) . . . Milton Karle handling disk promotion for the Woody Herman orch . , . Nat (King)' Cole under- went surgery at New York Hospi- tal yesterday (Tues.) . . . Nellie Lutcher into the Blue Note, Chi- cago, for two weeks beginning May 8 . . . Archie Levington, Mid- way Music topper, back to liis Chi- cago home base after a two-week business trip in New York . . • Crooner Danny Sutton pacted for a series of appearances on Kate Smith’s NBC-TV show , . . Bernice Parks begins a two-week engage- ment at the Beverly Hills Coun- try Club, Covington, Ky., tomor- row (Thurs.) . . . Marks Music staffers hit the road Monday (27) to plug firm’s “Say Si Si” and "You Too, You Too.” Included in the trek are Lester Collins, Marvin Frank, Bob Marks, Bob Morton, Larry Norett and George Shotler . . . Doreen Davis, M-G-M [Records thrush, appearing at the Enchanted Room, Yonkers, N. Y., May 1-2. Chicago Ronald Bros, do their third re- peat at the Cairo Supper Club May 6, coming in for the rest of the summer . . . Ray Anthony does a string of one-nighters starting May 1 and then swings into the Texas territory in June . . . Russ Carlyle inked for a week at the Aragon May 5 . . . Shep Fields does a re- peat at the Vogue Terrace, Pitts- burgh, May 4 for a week and then has another frame at the Skyway* Lounge, Cleveland, May 21 . Freddy Martin plays the Houston Horse Show June 3 through 7. Joyce Caylor’s girl band does one-nighters in Texas starting May 1 . : . Dick Pierce goes into Lake- side, Denver, May 8 for two.rounds and then is followed by Clyde Mc- Coy for two more . . . Tommy Reed does the Shepard Air Force Base hops from June 27 through July 5 in Wichita Falls, Tex. . . . FOR MOTHER'S DAY PROGRAMMING! Buddy DeFranco has 16 days at Angelo’s, Omaha, May 15 . . . Muggsy Spanier does his third stand since last fall at the Frolics, Columbus, with a trio frame May 9 ... Eddie Wiggins brings his unit into the Brass Rail May 1 . . . Anita O’Day returns to the busi- ness with current booking at the Riviera, St. Louis, with the Three Chocolateers and then headlines the new Bert Miller progressive jazz spot, Beau Coup, May 8 for indefinite stay . . . Norman Dygon to Windsor Hotel, Windsor( Ont., for a two-weeker May 8. Dinah Washington headlines at the Riviera, St. Louis, May 8 for nine days ... Ravens come into the Chicago Theatre May 1 for two stanzas ... Chuck Cabot does a week at the Casa Loma, St. Louis. May 5 . . . Four Freshmen in for a month’s stand at the Crest Lounge, Detroit, May 18 . . . Sax Mallard at the Oasis, Muncie, Ind., May 4 for two stints '. , . Three [ Lads & Lass do 14 days at the ’ Town House, Havana, 111., May 5 . . . Revel-Aires featured at the: Town Casino for a month May 18 . . . Ed Larsen has started Motor City Records in Detroit and has put out four sides with the Three Twins as his first releases . . . Hamish Menzies has a Milwaukee date at the Tic-Toc June 15 for two weeks. Tiny Hill, who has been dormant in Denver lately, starts back again with string of one-nighters May 17 in Cheyenne, Wy., and works the midwest until coming into Peony Park, Omaha, week of June 12... Clyde McCoy stops at the . Aragon June 23 for a month.. .Teddy Phillips also has a month’s stay at the Rice Hotel, Houston May 28... Tex Beneke does a two-weeker at the Claridge, Memphis, June 26. RETAIL SHEET BEST SELLERS i Survey of retail sheet music sales based on reports obtained from leading stores in 12 cities and showing comparative sales rating for this and last week . * ASCAP t BMI •G O National Rating This Last wk. wk. Title and Publisher S & 01 Jg -a J2 8 2 a* w l m I q I to CO o I S - 1 o u w aj a m w g % US w *1 Believe (Cromwell) ♦Doggie in the Window (Santly-J) •Pretend (Brandom) tYour Cheatin' Heart (Acuff-R).. tMonlin Rouge (Broadcast) tTill I Waltz Again (Village) ♦April inJPortugal (Chappell) tDon’t Let the Stars (Four Star).. •Side by Side (Shapiro-B)........ •Anywhere I Wander (Frank) ♦Keep It a Secret (Shapiro-B) •Say It With Heart (Feist) ♦Hot Toddy (Coachella) tSay You’re Mine (Meridian) Tell Me a Story (Montclare) 2 4 3 2 2 1 110 ' 4 3 5 .. 2 9 .. 6 6 8 4 3 ,2 5 5 . 6 2 4 7 10 8 3 2 4 .. 8 9 8 4 8 LEO FEIST. INC. London Francisco Cavez Latin group booked for Eustace Hoey’s new Copacabana nitery, opening May 27. Main name band is being nego- tiated . . . Change of bands at Ciro’s. Sydney Simone leaving. Pianist Ronnie O'Dell coming in with octet, . . Frfeddy Martin, Jr., son of U. S. bandleader, flew in to London on release from U. S. Army . . . British singer* Dorothy Carless, on holiday in London from New York, where she. has lived for seven years, starts a BBC series May 21 with Australian comedian Dick Bentley . . . Edmundo Ros. top Latin-American band here, will do a summer tour, playing at , Blackpool, Scarborough, Bourne- mouth, etc. . . . Julie Dawn, British . Colhmbia songstress, how singing with the BBC Show Band, debuts this week in cabaret at the re- opened 96 Piccadilly Restaurant. Pittsburgh Guy Lombardo has set up a Decca recording session at the George Heid studio here during his four-day engagement this week at Syria Mosque . . . Saxman Sonny Stitt into the Midway Lounge for a limited stay to guest star with the Deuces wild . . . Hazel. Scott plays a special musical program Sunday (3) at Hotel Schenley at dinner commemorating fifth anni- versary of State of Israel’s inde- pendence . Baron Elliott band signed for Pennsylvania State Jay cess Inaugular Ball at William Penn Hotel on Saturday (2) . . . Eddie Andrews and Pat McCully furnishing the music at bandleader Tommy Carlyn’s new restaurant in Brentwood . . . Piccolo Pete orch, after long run at VTW Club in East Liberty, now working the week-end dancing job at Etna Elks. . . . Tiny Wolfe band at Copa for another threejmonth stretch . . . Bobby Cardillo & Reed Jaynes open May 10 as twin-piano team at (i) it.W a e 0 v America's-Fastest ^Selling^Recortls! new Dore’s lounge and restaurant in the Kenilworth Apartments. Omaha * Lee Barron, whose orch Works out of here, rehired as announcer for Playland Park stock car races in Council Bluffs, la. . . . Keri •Griffin into Tomba Ballroom, Sioux City . . . Tommy Morgan band touring this sector ;.. The Conleys, musical trio, succeeded Ish Ka- bibble at Colony Club here. Kansas City Billy Bishop orch into Terrace Grill of Muehlebach for its annual stand, this time with new singer Gini Patton. Bishop replaced the Ray Herbeck crew which took off for the southwest... Tony Caracci held over in the Zephyr Room of Hotel Bellerive second time. N.O. Pops Orch Lines Up Summer Artists Sked New Orleans, April 28. Irwin F. Poche will manage the eight-week season of al fresco sum- mer “pops” concerts in Beauregard Square, starting June 1, with Her- mann Herz, maestro of the Duluth Symphony, to, baton the group of 53 musicians making up the or- chestra. Mimi Benzell will open the sea- son. Artists’ schedule includes Elaine Malbin and Thomas Hay- ward, Dorothy Sarnoff, Thomas L. Thomas, Tito Guizar, Jean I^enn, Morton Gould and Danny Daniels for successive ' weeks starting June 15. ■ — * ■ ^ ■ ■ , Bishop’s Brokerage Post Vet orch^ leader Billy Bishop is exiting the’band biz after 22 years for an account exec spot with Mer- rill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane. He’ll work out of the brok- erage’s Beverly Hills branch. Fpr the past 10 years Bishop had been touring the midwest ter- ritory. Orch winds its bowout en- gagement May 8 at the Claridge Hotel, Memphis. • James Touring Texas Dallas, April 28. Harry James band and troupe are scheduled to make a series of' one-night stands throughout Texas, appearing here yesterday (Mon.) at the Fair Park Auditorium. With James is a revue which in- cludes The Dornan " Bros., The Burns Twins & Evelyn, The Mul- cays, Randy Brown and Ralph & Lorraine. Disney to Handle Erwin-Howard Tune Mel Erwin and Lee Howard, composer-publisher team, have turned over their latest tune, “Somebody Wonderful,” to Walt Disney Music. Disney will handle the song for a three-year term. - Transfer of the copyright re- verses Erwin-Howard practice of publishing their own compositions. They recently scored with “Hello Sunshine,” which they-wrote, pub- lished and waxed with Norman Brooks on their own Zodiac label. Brooks, incidentally, also cut “Won- derful” for Zodiac. J. Fischer & Bro. Mark 90th Year in Music Biz J. Fischer & Bro., standard pub- lishers, is marking its 90th year in the music business this month. The firm was founded in Dayton, O., in 1864 by Joseph Fischer, or- ganist and choir director of Eman- uel Church in that city. In 1884, the firm moved to New York where it’s been headquartered since. Joseph A. Fischer, grandson of the founder, is currently president of the company. Sweden’s Hot ‘Doggie’ Stockholm, April 21. The U. S. tune, “Doggie 1 In the Window,” presented here three weeks ago, has turned out to be a., number one hit tune. Recorded in I Swedish by five disk companies, the Odeon label’s version by Cacka Israelsson and Astrid Soderbaum is the top seller. It is backed with “Don’t Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes.” Brunswick's Kidisks Brunswick Records, Coral-Decca jazz subsid, is moving into the kidisk field with a coupling of fairy tales recited in jive jargon. Steve Allen has written the scripts with Al (Jazzbo) Collins, WNEW, N. Y., disk jockey, set to handle the narrations. I Stravinsky to Baton ‘Rake’s Progress’ in Hub Boston, April 28. Two public performances of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” have been skedded for May 17-18 at the Esquire Theatre by Boston University’s Opera Workshop. This will be the first time the opera has been presented in the Hub and with Stravinsky slated to handle the batoning, the first time the composer has conducted “Rake’s Progress” in this country. It's Music by JESSE GREER Program Today Yesterday's ON THE BEACH WITH YOU WORDS & MUSIC, INC. (1619 Broadway. 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