Variety (July 1953)

OIUIIESTIUS-MISIC Wednesday, July 1, I953 Disk Companies’ Best Two of songwriter Bob Merrill’s current tunes are adding to the confusion of pop song titles. His ‘‘Butterflies'’ tune; cut by Patti Page for Mercury, came out. simultaneously with the Mills Bros, cut of “Pretty ButterflySunny Skylar’s adaptation of Anton Dvorak’s “Hu- moresque,” Merrill’s ballad, “If You Were Mine,” .etched by Mario Lanza for RCA Victor; is. at least the.seventh tune to be published 'under this title,, The ASCAR song index , lists six others plus two tunes under the title of t‘lf You Were Only Mine ” The spotting of jane Rijsseil-with Mar ilyn Monroe in the new M-G-M Itceoi’cls’ "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’* album was; done with ihe okay of Irving Mills, Mills,Music viee-prexy who heads the 'firm’s American Recording. Artists label, Miss Russell is tied up as an exclusive artist to AltA- but Mills released her as -'a' business/ eourtesy to M-G-M Rec- ords’ Coast e*ec, Jessie Kaye, the switch is that previously, when Mills was planning .to put; the Russell-Monroe combo back-to-back on ARA, the 20th-Fpx studio; heads refused to release Miss Monroe for the project. •: /■;■■• . v. • /. “Too Much Mustard,” the oldie Which was heard a couple of weeks ago on the Ford 50th anni TV show, was originally spotted in the RKO Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers starrer, “The Story of Vernon & copyright between SESAC,- which licenses the Macklin tune, and ASCAR, which controls the Neiburg lyric. Schuberth Music publishes both versions. ’ ’-r.'Ywm 4 ' & s: \ .*• .sv.'.'.sv. i ' V, , , , '*■ %i' % V .. 'w$fM - ,V -1 lli I ^ Vi : ' <• flL '**•>%>■.>• - , : ■ ■ , M g BILLY ECKSTINE sings I LAUGH TO KEEPFROM SEND MY BABY BACK TOME MGM 11511 K 11511 78 RPM 45 RPM M'G'M RECORDS THE' GREATEST NAME IN ENTERTAINMENT 7 01 SEVENTH AVE., NEW YORK 36, N Y :: CAPITOL ARTIST : ° L VAYA CON DIOS .................. ..Les Paul-Mary Ford ; JOHNNY ./ . ;; z, aphel in Portugal .... .Les Baxter ; <► 'suddenly / ■- < !' 3. HALF A PHOTOGRAPH ;..,....... .... . -Kay Starr < - ALLEZ-VOUZ-EN . I -4. • RETURN TO PARADISE ............... ..-Nat (King). Cole : f ANGEJL. EYES -• ; v' 5; OH! -,, . ; . . , •. . . • * » »■« •. .Pee/Wce Hunt , QAM ' !! COLUMBIA ° L SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE . .. ;.......... Percy Faith .. o SWEDISH RHAPSODY ^ ■ ’ % '-'I BELIEVE ;. , ;■ v. Ci.......v.'... ? Frankie ; Laine; < o YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART ; ;; 3. KISS ME AGAIN, STRANGER D. Day-P, Weston . -« A PURPLE COW ' '! 4. DOWN BY THE RIVER SIDE *.,............ . . .... Four Lads < - ; TAKE ME BACK -,<i \ . ,1 o 5. CANDY LIPS ;. . ....,';...... .Doris Day-Johrinie Ray ; ; ; ' LET’S WALK THAT-AWAY •• CORAL-Y/V-,; ■<**. i; INTO EACH LIFE ; . . . ....... Teresa Brewer-Les Brown ; ;; TOO MUCH MUSTARD £ ’ SHE LOVES ME. ..... - ..........Don Cornell ‘ WHEN HANDS OF CLOCK PRAY AT MIDNIGHT 3. HEY! MR. COTTON PICKER.. ..., McGuire Sisters*A.. Lund ' ■/ TELL WHERE GOOD TIMES ; ’4. TOYS . . '.\ . .-./.. .•.,. V.. ..•. /.Eileen Barton J ■4> ’‘ I AIN’T GONNA DO IT ;. -. 'J Y 5. CRYING IN THE CHAPEL . . ............... . Art Lund < . LOVE EVERY MOMENT YOU LIVE j :, .bECCA • - ; 1. '■ PRETTY BUTTERFLY- , ........ .. v.v,.. .. .Mills' Bros.:.Y ► •-DON’T LET ME DREAM . ► 2. HONEY IN THE HORN ... .Four" Aces <►' ORGAN GRINDER’S SWING ; ^ 3. MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY ............ . Peggy Le6 - I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN *1"-A. RUBY .. v.',... . .Victor Young • ;; SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE • - 5. CRYING IN THE CHAPEL ........... ....... . Rex Allen ;; I THANK THE LORD :: LONboN 1. TERRY’S THEME FROM LIMELIGHT . .. Frank Chacksfleld “ INCIDENTAL MUSIC FROM LIMELIGHT 2. SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE ............... Mantovani VOLO COLUMBO ; ’ 3. RETURN TO PARADISE ................. Lita Roza 0 TELL ME WE’LL MEET AGAIN ;; 4. CORONATION RAG .. .............. .Winifred Atwell - BOUNCE THE BOOGIE ” 5. THE LAST RHAPSODY ......... S. Black-Mantovani - ■ NILA WALTZ - MERCURY ... ‘ ’ 1, RUBY . ...;.... /... / ... Richard Hay man 1 LOVE MOOD 2. GAMBLER’S GUITAR ;/!..... ..Rusty Draper FREE HOME DEMONSTRATION 3. FOR ME, FOR ME ! /. ^Georgia Gibbs THUNDER AND LIGHTNING 4. TEI>L ME YOU LOVE ME ...... i,.............. Gaylords • COQUETTE 5. SHANE r . .............;..........., , .Richard Hayman LIMELIGHT M-G-M 1. . ANNA . . .................,.......... Sylvana Mangano I LOVED YOU 2. YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART . .....,,..,......... Joni James I’LL BE WAITING FOR YOU 3. IS IT ANY WONDER .. .. . . ...., 'i ..... Joni James almost Always 4. I LAUGH TO KEEP FROM CRYING ....... Billy Eckstine SEND MY BABY BACK TO ME 5. KAW-LIgA ... ,.... ..,■••• > • • .Hank Williams YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART RCA VICTOR 1. I’M WALKING BEHIND YOU Eddie Fisher JUST ANOTHER POLKA 2. NO OTHER LOVE .... . .. .Perry Como KEEP IT GAY 3; CRYING IN THE CHAPEL ..................., June Valli LOVE EVERY MOMENT YOU LIVE 4.; YOU, YOU, YOU . .;...............,,. Ames Bros. ONCE UPON A TUNE . • 5. WITH THESE HANDS ,..;. • .......V. Eddie Fisher : • WHEN I WAS YOUNG Continued from pace 35 sss! jor disk companies to okay his pic tunes. If necessary, lie'said, he will prove the potential of the film music via the ARA disks. The ARA label, moreover,; will enable Mills to give their, own interpre- tations to the; scores. The ARA masters will be available for sale to the commercial diskers 1 and Miils is now talking dearts with Decca and Mercury on several pix album productions planned by ARA,- 'v/ - - Mills stressed^ the value of d^k, jockey plug in the company’s pic score exploitation 'program 'as the only way of protecting; the inter- ests of the film producers and. the songwriters. He ■pointed out that the indie producers, unlike some of the major studios who regard music as “incidental,” are inter- ested in. evCry exploitation angle as well as “earning every last dol- lar,” including the income; to be. d rived: from music. Mills is setting distribution for the ARA masters throughout Europe via afliliations with . regu- lar Continental labels. Outlets are also being •arr^hfecd in, Africa arid: 1 Australia and Irving Mills is due to make a trip to Japan, in : August for a Nippon disking deal. With its new.: studio tieups. Mills is now the largest publisher of Current picture tunes in the . business. The firm is setting cam- paigns with the. following pix.' RKO’S “The French Line,” scored by Josef Myrow, Ralph Blaine and /Bob Wells; RKQ’s “Second Chance,” /with music... by ROy Webb: Columbia’s “Sadie Thomp- son” and . “Let’s Do" It Again.” both scored by Ned Washington and Lester Lee; UA’s “No Escape,” with music by Bert Shefter; and “The Marshall’s Daughter,” scored by Ken. Murray and Stan Jones. Irving Mills was instrumental in making the pic deals via his longtime familiarity with the pro- ducers in Hollywood where he re- sides. He heads homewards from N. Y. late this week but will stop over briefly in Chicago for talks with Irving Green, Mercury Rec- ords chief, and Duke Ellington, . who is playing at the Blue Note ■ : there, MA Swings it, .... and so does PA with the FOUR ACES Decca Re cord American Aca<,demy of Music A Solid Ballad Hit! LEO FEIST, INC. Vv' * ^.. ARIETY says this about Lita’s recent release (1349 and 45-1349) ^RETURN TO PARADISE . . . gets a superlative rendition by British songstress Lita Roza, a consistently fine stylist who gets her best chance to crack the U. S. best- seller lists.. m Other currant refdasei by Lita Rota are: Hi MH. HI Lo—>Tok« Car* Of Yourself 1295 ^45-1295 Ttars—I. Woko Up Crying ...;..... .1281/45-1281 If Someone Had Told Me—-Stars Foil On Alabama ..... ;.■>.,.......... .1213'45-1213 Love Where Are You Now-—. —Hlgh-Noon^^w^r^^^ Come What May—Somewhere In the Moonlight ...... ..,.,.... 1197/45-1197 Allentown Jail—1 Wish I Knew... .. .1176/45-1176