Variety (January 1954)

Wednesday, January 27, 1954 Yank Tunes Top Arg. Hit Parade , Buenos Aires, Jan. 19. own compositions, ' instead of the A complete reversal of popular tunes the public has a yen for. music trends is apparent in Argen Disk business is flourishing, tina, with American tunes topping There were only two plants, ECA the local Hit Parade. >U.S. pub and. Odeon (which then repre lishers also noted larger gains in sen.ted Columbia), in 1948. Now royalties from this end in 1953. there are also Pampa, Pathe, LonA number of factors contributed don and Decca (Odeon offshoots), to this switch, which created a Columbia, Orieo, Mercury, Surco boom in the disk market for Amcr and Calesita, which makes disks lean warblers arid tunes. Mainly for tots with great success. As this is a boomerang effect of over may be judged,; competition is_ protectionism. The government fierce; Buenos Aires and the sub-” rule here that all public spots must urbs are plastered with small play 50% preponderance of native shops specializing in disks, mostly tune's, has converted foreign tunes imported from the U. S. or Europe into sweet forbidden fruit. Symp by unorthodox means. Locally retom of this is that when local corded and pressed longplay recrhythms arc played, dance floors ords came on the market in 1953 empty, and foreign radio channels and sell big. Disk sales tapered are dialled as never before, in off 70% in 1953 by comparison ...Disk Companies’ Best Sellers CAPITOL ARTIST 1. THAT'S AMOKE . . . . • • r Dean Martin YOU'RE THE' RIGHT ONE 4 J 2. WHA'TTT WAS, WAS FOOTBALL (PART I) . Andy Griffith (PART ID search of relief from the dreary local repertory. Publishers stress that the American tunes go over even bigger once loCal pressings are made with Spanish lyrics written here, which with 1951, Dealers blame this not on the economic slump, button the diskettes’ mistaken policies; They cite the cn.se, for instance, of a d a n c e band, Varela-Varelita, which rarely sold over 1.200 disks. are suitable for all of Latin When a publisher insisted that it America. They point to some songs wax “Que Amargura” (Ceti-Perwith all the qualities of bestsellers nas), the top hit tune of the year, which flopped due to unsatisfactory it immediately sold 78,000 disks. Spanish lyrics set 4o the tunes in The juve trade is now carried CentralAmerican countries. away by a craze for songs that Publishers Contend it’s the tunc that makes the artist and not viceversa and complain that disk managers here stick to oldtime talent which insists on waxing its The New Dance Sensation! THE CREEP MilltR MUSIC CORPORATION can be warbled, rather than for dansation^and the lyrics are as important as the tune. This may Stem from financial reasons, as nitery life is restricted by the exorbitant cost, so the young folk gather in their homes round longplay devices, listening to longhair music or popular platters, and this has boosted the American vogue. * Top hits this year have included “I Believe,” sung by Frankie Laine, followed closely by Doris Day, ‘‘With a Song in My Heart”; Johnnie Ray, with “Cry”; April Stevens, with “Aw C’mon”; Teresa Brewer, with “Till I Waltz Again With You”; Jo Stafford, with “You Belong to Me”; Rosemary Clooney, with “Kiss Me”; Joni James, with “My Love, My Love”; Perry Como, with “Only You”; Eddie Fisher, with “I’m Walking Behind You.” ALAN DEAN sings WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR ANYTIME AT ALL MGM 11658 K 11658 78 RPM 45 RPM MGM RECORDS THE GREATEST NAME 1 N £ N T E R T A I N /V E N 70' SEVENTH AVE NE,W YORK 35 N V 3. 4. 5. WHAT IT‘WAS; WAS FOOTBALL ANSWER ME, MY LOVE WHY I GET SO LONELY ..... I COULDN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU . , . .Nat (King) Cole •* . .. . . . . . . Four Knights • • • • ; VAYA CON DIOS . . johnny COLUMBIA 1. MAKE LOVE TO ME ADI, ADIOS AM10O 2. SECRET LOVE . . DEADWOOD STAGE 3. ' MAN . ... WOMAN . 4. STRANGER IN PARADISE. ., WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE ME? 5. BELLA, BELLA. DONNA MlA WHY (THAT’S WHY) , . . . . Les Paul-Mary Ford ♦ Jo Stafford .Doris Day « « • • • . .Rosemary Cloortey Jose Ferrer + , . . . Tony Bennett . Sammy Kaye^ . . .Teresa Brewer .Eileen Barton .... Four Aces Georgie Shaw ... Bing Crosby * Mills Bros, * .Frank Chacksfield ........ .Mantovani , . Frank Chacksfield Stanley Black Johnston Bros. . . . Gaylords Patti Page CORAL 1. OUR HEARTBREAKING WALTZ BELL BOTTOM BLUES * 2. A SALUTE TO GLENN MILLER (PART I) , Modernaires A SALUTE T6 GLENN MILLER (PART II) 3. WOMAN ........ Johnny Desmond THE RIVER SEINE 4. HEART OF MY HEART : .Cornell, Dale, Desmond I THINK I’LL FALL IN LOVE TODAY 5. DON’T ASK ME WHY ... AWAY UP THERE DECCA 1. STRANGER IN PARADISE HEART OF MY HEART 2. TILL >VE ^WO ARE ONE HONEYCOMB 3. Y’ALL COME . CHANGING PARTNERS 4. THE JONES BOY . V. SHE WAS FIVE AND HE WAS TEN 5. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SWEETHEART . Kitty Kallen A LITTLE . LIE LONDON 1. EBB TIDE WALTZING BUGLE BOY 2. SUDDENLY . .... .. BEAUTIFUL DREAMER 3. GOLDEN TANGO ...... DANCING PRINCESS 4. STARLIGHT SERENADE FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 5. THE 'CREEP":. ; . . CRYSTAL BALL MERCURY 1. FROM THE VINE CAME THE GRAPE STOLEN MOMENTS 2. CHANGING PARTNERS . WHERE DID THE SNOWMAN GO? 3. SOMEBODY STOLE DE WEDDING BELL . . Georgia Gibbs BAUBLES, BANGLES AND BEADS 4. J2UDDLE ME .7 .Ronnie Gaylord OH AM I LONELY 5. THE 'CREEP ....... Ralph Marterie LOVE THEME FROM “THE GLENN MILLER STORY” M-G-M 1. YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING Joni James YOU’RE NEARER 2. TURN AROUND BOY Lew Douglas CAESAR’S BOOGIE 3. I’LL NEVER STAND IN YOUR WAY Joni James WHY CAN’T I ' ; l 4. POPPA PICCOLINO . Nocturnes FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME 5. DON’T STOP KISSING ME GOODNIGHT Sheb Wooley KNEW I HAD LOST RCA VICTOR 1. SOMEBODY STOLE DE WEDDING BELL : Eartha Kitt LOVIN’ SPREE ' 2. OH, MY PAPA UNTIL YOU’VE SAID GOODBYE 4* 3. STRANGER IN PARADISE . . Tony Martin I LOVE PARIS 4. DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL Lou Monte I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ... 5. THE CREEP . . Three Suns JUST ONE MORE CHANCE $3,100 at the Roller Rink, Pittsburgh, and around $8,000 at the Fort Knox (Ky) Armory. Hampton winds up tour with a week's stand at the Apollo, N. Y., beginning Feb. 12. Hollywood, Jan. 26. Ken Hanna, former Stan Kenton arranger and trumpeter, is branching out with his own band, a 16piece crew. Outfit has already etched eight original tunes under the supervision of tunesmith Joe Green and the masters have been purchased by Albert Marx’s Trend Records. Hanna has arranged the Kenton book since 1942. Some of his stuff include the Kenton hits of ‘‘Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and 'Til Remember April.” New band will hav6 a modern sound flavor and lean heavily on originals.y Sidemen include five saxes, Bart Calderell, Bobby Drasnin, Bob Haray, Bill Jurncy and Lepnie Mitchell; four brass, Graham Young, Bill Castagniuo! Johnny Audino and Dudley Stone; trombones Dick Nash, Stan Malley and Jerry Wilbar, and a rhythm section consisting of Frank Capp on drums, Joe Felix or. piano, Ray Pohlman, guitar, and Ralph Pena, bass. Sherli Sonders and Jay Johnson will handle vocals. .Eddie Fisher Col Inks Hillbilly Clan Dallas, Jan. 26. Columbia Records has signed Slim Harbert and his daughter, Mallie Anne, to a recording contract' with the first release set for next week. S&Dtt THOMPSON SONG DON’T ASK ME WHY v recorded by EILEEN BARTON CORAl #61109 HARMS. Inc. HAMPTON GROSSES 20G IN 4 ONE-NITE DATES Lionel Hampton, currently on a one-niter trek following his return from a European tour, has been racking up some impressive grosses. In four engagements last week the bandleader grossed nearly $20,000. Coin rackup .included $3,000 at the Toledo Sports Palace, $5,5Q0 at the Graystone Ballrpoin, Detroit; GOING STRAIGHT to the TOP! “Our Heartbreaking Recorded by TERESA BRIWEK Coral GUY LOMBAftDO Decca PINETOPPER& Coral CLYDE MOODY . Decca VILLAGE MUSIC CO. America's Versatile Entertaining Group THE POPULATES currently PETER STUYVESANT Hotel, Buffalo ★ * ★ . Starting April 15 for EIGHT MONTHS GREEN BRIER, White Sulphur springs Exclusive Management ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORPORATION JOE O L ASE R , Pres, New York ! C h i c a a o ? Hollywood '■;r' Jtu A.,. PI. j 2 0 3 No W3bo^ | 8619 Sun., t Blvd From the Columbia Technicolor Pictura MISS SADIES THOMPSON’;