Variety (February 1954)

56 mrrsic PSstfflFr Wednesday, • February 3, J^54 * 4$ With the slitting of Bud. Gately In the general 'manager’s post at George M. Cohan Music last week, pubbery is prepping a push in the pop and educational field. Firm had been inactive until the take- over of the Cohan copyrights from Jerry Vogel a couple of months ago. Pubbery plans to concentrate on the Cohan material" fat 1 the time being and will not acquire any new times. According to Gately,, there are about 200 unknown Cohan compositions on which he is prep- ping a pop campaign. George M. Cohan Jr. will take an active part in the firm’s operation; George Ronkin will head Bp the education- al department. Gately previously had been asso- ciated with Bourne Music and Frank Loesser. Bourne Fi Suit Vs. Missouri Tavern Bourne Music has filed suit for copyright infringement against Mack’s Tavern, Hannibal, Mo. Bourne alleged that “Steel Guitar Rag’’ was performed without au- thorization. Action asks that the court re- strain defendant from publicly per- forming the song in the future and to award statutory, damages of not less than $50. Suit was filed in U. S District Court for the District of Missouri, Northern Division. Stan Kenton band into the West-? Chester County Auditorium, N. Y., for « one-niter Feb. 10. WILL OSBORNE V. And His Orchestra Booked Solid 1954 Thanks To: H.H. "ANDY" ANDERSON MILTON DEUTSCH BILL GRAHAM Available Jan. 15th, 1955 RETAIL BEST SELLERS FIVE TOP ALBUMS BHI 'Pin DICK COLLINS WITH HERMAN V Hit RECORDS JOSE FERRER. ROSEMARY CLOONEY aL ■ ■ a > _ _ JOHNNY DESMOND ©UY LOMBARDO Published by STUDIO MUSIC Colu rtibia • •.. Corol '***•”•• Decca CO. Cuts 8 Sides In Frisco For Sol Weiss of Fantasy San Francisco, Feb. 2. . Eight members of the Woody Herman orchestra recorded an LP for Fantasy records here on Jan. 27 featuring Dick Collins, young local trumpeter who joined the band that day. He replaced Normie Faye in the brass section, coming in from Dave Brubeck Octet. Nat Pierce, Herman’s pianist, conducted the Herdsmen on the date and eight sides were Cut in- cluding an original, “Honey Baby,” by Pierce. Other Herman Herds- men on the date included trumpet- er Jphnny Howell, tenor sax men Dick Hafer 'and Jerry Coker, bass trumpeter Cy Touff, bassist Red Kelley and baritone sax Jack Nimitz. Drummer was a local man, Gus Gustafson. ' Fantasy a&r chief Sol Weiss plans released irt early spring be- fore Herd takes off for Europe. ..•fla*,***** wriu * x P a »<* ns distribution coverage via Deer? outlets in Birmingham, Miami Memphis and Oklahoma Coral, a Decca subsid, has been operating via separate distrih branches. In addition to the Decta Une, these distribs will now handle Coral and Brunswick releases. The territory now being serv- iced by .the Coral Atlanta branch will be covered by three offices-- Atlanta, Birmingham and Miami The new arrangement will give Coral a total of 36 outlets around the country. Decca factory branches in Atlanta* New Orleans and Richmond will also handle the Coral line. The distrib reshuffling went into effect Feb. 1. * Hollywood, Feb. 2. It begins to appear that Coast disk jockeys are the people to talk to if you Want to hit with a Japa- nese tune. Several months ago it was “Gomeri Nasai,” which broke here after a platter was spun by Ralph Story qn CBS. Now it’s “Sayonara,” introed by Ira Cdok on KMPC. Tune was written in Japan by Tom Oliver, son of local batoneer. Eddie Oliver! and his Air Corps buddy Stan Saget. While overseas they had it Waxed on RCA Victor by Nancy Unieki, the “Doris Day of Japan.’’ Oliver Was discharged last week and promptly gave the only avail- able platter' to Cook who has been Spinning it several times a day. •After the initial spinning on the station, tune was grabbed by Paul Mills for Mills Music. DORAINE EXITS ALLEN Peter Doraine resigned last week as general manager of Allen Rec- ords, a N.Y. indie label. Doraine fprmerly headed the Abbey diskery. Th e New Dance Sensation! THE V CREEP MILLER MUSIC CORPORATION Elliot Lawrence orch will play for the New York Publicists i Guild’s, second annual Ballyhoo Ball at the Hotel Astror, N. Y., March 30. MUSICAL DIRECTOR Now employed, wither to secure another petition. Hat large experi- ence in a|l fields of music busi- ness. Best references. Bex V-4928, Variety, 154 W. 46th St., New York 34, N. Y. America's Fastest ~Selling:Records! F THE CREEP (vocal) A TWO SIDED SMASH b . : ‘ Backed CRYSTAL BALL V 45-1423 BY THE Johnston Brothers awo\ RECORDS