Variety (July 1953)

Wednesday* July 8* 1953 NIGHT AT N.Y. STADIUM Stadium Concerts will offer its 03d annual George Gershwin Night next Thursday evening 116), and its eighth annual Italian Night Saturday, July 18, at Lewisohn Stadium, N.Y. • Oscar Levant will be soloist for tlie Gershwin ‘program, playing both the "Rhapsody in Blue” and piano Concerto, while Alex Smalls will conduct. Alfredo Antonjni will baton for Italian Night, v Kh several name soloists listed. '•Gvrshwdn concept will, mark Ley--•ant's first N.Y. appearance since luting 6f his^ American Federation o( Musicians suspension by prez . James C, Petrillo. Local 47, Palladium In . , Hollywood, July 7. Musicians Local 47 here has sug^ gested that the Palladium, one of live last western strongholds for traveling bands, pay standbys when, its attractions are used on club dates. Ter pery occasionally sells out for a night to private parties with whatever name band is cur> rent at the spot providing dance music; v .. • >■ ; ft's for these "no public allowed” shindigs: that Local 47 wants standbys. Talks have been held between local prexy John te Groen and Palladium manager Sterling Way. They will be resumed this week. Tony Pastor, Ray McKinley Added to Decca Roster Doeca Records has enlarged its . pop band roster with the addition, of the Tony Pastor and Ray McKinley crews, Pastor formerly cut for Columbia while McKinley had been without a disk affiliation for some years, Signings were the first to be made by Milt Gabler since taking over Decca’s artists & repertoire spot a month ago. to In a move to raise finances, the ■Music Publishers Contact Employees Union has mapped -out a plan to assess publishing firms for. the gathering of "sheets” and . "dates.” In the past MPCE has. supplied , "sheets” (listings of tunes plugged on radio and tele) ■cu'ffo to the pubs. Assessment plan was drawn up last week at a meeting of MPCE’S exec council. Initial fee setfor the service will be about $3 weekly. Lnion expects to present the plan to the pubs .within the next few Weeks..' Silver & Benny Davis’ MASTERPIECE . . . 'with thtje han# Recorded by EDDIE FISHER -nd JOHNNY RAY BEN BLOOM MUSIC CO. 1 61 9 Broadway, Now York' U&riety Disk Companies’ Best Sellers CAPITOL ARTIST ’• JOHNnY>N 'Lcs Paul-Mary Ford f i 2 MALTHA PHOTOGRAPH .......... ... . , , . . . ; . Ka^ Starr J; ALLE2-VOUZ-EN X 3 2vDDEK:lY,>0“TUGAL l>s Baxter • » « e • e.e » . f 4. OHt . . . . . • San I 5i RETURN TO PARADISE . . . . ANGEL EYES COLUMBIA f h SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE ... . SWEDISH RHAPSODY f KISS ME AGAIN, STRANGER ; . . 4 ■ A PURPLE COW *3. I BELIEVE V ; YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART t 4. WHERE THE WINDS BLOW . . . . , * : TE AMO . . . Pee Wee Hunt 4 , . .Nat (King) Cole .♦ . Percy Faith 4 4 D. Dny-P. Weston A Name Bob The Mills publishing, clan lost a representative, in name only, last week -when Robert Mills changed his monicker to Bob Roberts. Name switch came on the heels of Robert’s appointment as head of firm’s new film, division . to avoid a • confusion of. mail and ; calls.' Still carrying on the Mills , tag iii the pubbory setup are r proxy . ,1 aeki’ veepoe Irving, ;. general .proi'e's's-ipnal manager . Sidney and Jack’s son, : Marly. • • • f 5. . DOWN BY THE RIVER SIDE . T' TAKE ME BACK ''V'-' . , . . Frankie; Laine , . . . Frankie Laine ....... ... . . . . . Four Lads | CORAL % i* INTO EACH. LIFE . . . . . . , . . .Teresa Brewcr-Les Brown TOO MUCH MUSTARD 2. . SHE LOVES. ME ; . . ... . Don Cornell WHEN HANDS OF CLOCK PRAY AT MIDNIGHT ♦. 3/ TOYS .... , . . . . . . . . , . .... , . Eileen Bai ton ♦ ■: I AIN’T GONNA DO IT 4; CECELIA . ; . . . Neil Hefti EH: LA BAS S. ' CRYING IN THE CHAPEL : : . . . . / LOVE EVERY MOMENT YOU LIVE . .Art Lund t Mills. Bros, . .Rex Allen. . .Four Aces . DECCA • < * 1. PRETTY BUTTERFLY ... . . . , . ♦ DON’T LET ME DREAM t CRYING IN THE CHAPEL . I THANK THE LORD 3. HONEY IN THE HORN i . . , . . v, . .. . . .. . ORGAN GRINDER’S SWING 4; RUBY . ; . ... : . . . •» . . . . .Victor Young SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE 5. HOUSE PARTY . . . i . . , V, . Louts Jordan ^ HOG WASH ■LONDON ■' :v " 1. TERRY’S THEME FROM LIMELIGHT . . . Frank Chacksfield J INCIDENTAL MU$IC FROM LIMELIGHT 2. ' 'SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE ........ . .V.',.:. Mantovani VOLO COLUMBO 3. RETURN TO PARADISE . . .. . . . . ; . . . . Lita Roza TELL ME WE’LL MEET AGAIN . 4 4. THE LAST RHAPSODY . . . ... , , . . .Stanley Black-Mantovaiii .... NILA WALTZ • t 5. WONDERFUL ONE . . . . ...... . . .Anne Shelton-Ted Heath DUMMY SONG ' .Richard Ilayman I MA Swings it • •..and so does PA with the FOUR ACES De cca Record o 1 1 MERCURY t 1. RUBY . . . LOVE MOOD 2. GAMBLER’S GUITAR . . . ....... ....... Rusty Draper FREE HOME DEMONSTRATION t 3. FOR ME, FOR ME . ... . . . , . . . ..... . . .Georgia Gibbs T THUNDER AND LIGHTNING 4. BUTTERFLIES .... .... ............ ... ..... ;. . i Pat tie page THIS IS MY SONG 1 5. TELL ME YOU LOVE ME , . Gaylords COQUETTE X M-G-M I. ANNA ■ ,»'. . Sylvan a ^langano • I LOVED YOU 4 '2. KAW -LIG A Hank ■ W 1 11 ta ms YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART ’ 3*. YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART . . . . . .. . . . ........ . Joni James 1 I’LL BE WAITING FOR YOU 4. IS IT ANY WONDER .Joni James ALMOST ALWAYS ■5. NO OTHER LOVE .David Rose ALL I DESIRE t RCA VICTOR 1, I’M WALKING BEHIND YOU Eddie Fisher JUST ANOTHER POLKA / " t 2. WITH THESE HANDS ........ ... . . . .. .. . ... Eddie Fisher l ,f: ^ . WHEN I WAS YOUNG . ' '-y J 3. NO OTHER LOVE . . . . . . . * . .... . . , . . . ..Perry Como KEEP IT GAY . 4. YOU,. YOU, YOU . . . , . i . . . . . , . . .... . . . . . , . . . . .Ames Bros! ONCE UPON A TUNE 5. SORT A ON THE HORDER . ,, ; , ; , . . . . . . . .Tony Martin £ UNFAIR RCA VICTOR SKEDS . IN JULY’ DRIVE ..Moving consistently ahead of 1st .year’s-, business, RCA Victor’s sales for J une again .exceeded the 19:12 pace with a 1 4f> boost in Sales, t'ompany is (•urrehtly teeing off a ‘’Christmas In July” promotion .campaign aimed at cashing In on their .current clicks lor maxiin u m 1 1 irnover d 1 1 ring' the n o r mia 1 1 y slow sumtner months.. • The hot weather . drive is. being pegged oil Eddie Fisher’s "I’m. Walking Behind You” and Perry Como’s "Say You’re -Mine Again,” ho Hi of which are in the top sales ■bracket. The. two hits are .being used to hypo intention on : Other current Victor, releases by such artists as Dinah Shore,, Eart ha Kiitv June Valli, ; the' Fontane .Sisters and The Melachrlno .Strings. RCA yietor has moved up its launching date for its uew Camden •• Records and will release the first disks under tlie new label sometime in August, instead of in tlie fall. The Camden iabel. will issu4 all types of music from longhair to j jazz in low-piieed $2.^9 albums which will be sold directly' to the ■.syndicate' and depart ment stores. Altliough Victor is hiuulling the distribution, direct from its factories, the regular company dist ribs in the various areas will get their norma 1 overvvide . on the disks. V ici or| tneaht.ihie, is deferring its projected -now indie line, known hr tlie company as ’’Label X,” until next year. Originally, 'Joe Carlton moved over from Mercury to RCA to head this iabel but since was shifted into the top pop artists and repertoire .spot at Victor. This label is planned, as a regiilar-priced pop. line to 1)0 channelled through straight, disk (Rstrihs rather than t he Victor dist ribs which also handle ot her nierchandise lines. Distrib Powwows Capitol and Mercury Records will -brief tlici.r (list ributdrs over the week-end. bri upcoming sales campaigns at their annual distrib confabs. Cap’s sales 'huddle, at Lake Placiil. N. V . tees off tomorrow 1 Thugs.), and will run until Sunday (12). Merc’s meet, at Miami Beach, will rim from Friday CIO ) through Monday ( 13). Diskeries' sales staffers will reveal exploitation and promotion plans on the skedded fail releases. Cap recently-' held a similar meet for its .Coast! distribs at Pebble Beach, Cal. Sift Data in Suit of Cohan Heirs Vs. Vogel The suit of the heirs of the late George Mr Cohan against Jerry •Voge 1 ’s pu bl Isliing coni pa ny fog rer coy cry of Cohan’S music copyrights entered into the cxnmination-before-trial stage last week under an order, issued,, by J ust ice Ernest L. Hammer in N. Y. Supreme Court. Vogel Was ordered to produce all books and records, in connection \yith Vogel’s claim that lie had an oral agreement with Cohan for renewal of the Copyrights. Vogel, in turn, will later examine the liooks of the recently formed George M.‘ Cohan Music firm. Cohan’s son, George M. Cohan's, Jr., is heading the tatter company, which . was given an ASCAl* license late last year. i ♦ 4 9 t t ♦♦+ » ♦ ♦ ♦ » f ♦»» 4 4 ♦ 4 ♦ 4 ♦ 4 ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » 4 th# Knehantlfig Balled MOM M IE DEAR — »nd you'll havo a 'hit Plano-vocal available (cftK, tMERICI( JANOSKA ^_v-j}mposer-ofmjrny^CrtCirHir*01Vfli) 17. Morn* Hti. Sto. New Yort 53, N, Y. . Hazel Scott is returning to the .wax market as a rhythm & blues thrush via the indie Allen label, Miss Scott, whose disk efforts lit the past haye concentrated bn her Keyboard work, cut her initial four Sides for the label this week under the supervision of Pete Doraine, diskery's artists & repertoire head* Doraine plans to rush the first platter into the market early' next -week. -JVfeantime. -Miss!: Scott— IS taking off on a European trek which’il keep her abroad until October. ' Set for NAMM Chi Show Chicago, July 7. .. A total of 260 music merchants are expected to exhibit their' wares at the Palmer House here on July 13 during, the annual National Assn, of Music Merchants show. Musical instruments, radios, phor nographs, TV sets, records, sound equipment and sheet music will be on display. Show will continue through July | 16. • Songstress Martha Lou Harp inked to a Columbia Records pact. . .V-VJA AND HIS ALt l DESIRE and V NO OTHER LOVE MGM 30796 78 RPM K 30796 45 RPM RETURN TO PARADISE and THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL MGM 30783 78 RPM K 30783 45 RPM M G M RECORDS THE GREATEST NAME IN ENTERTAINMENT 7 G i SEVENTH AVE NEW YORK 36 N Y