Variety (March 1954)

S4 MUSIC Wednesday, March 10, J .954 First Hi-Fi Fair in D. C. Pulls 30,000 Audiophiles; See Resurgence of FM Washington, March 9. Washington's first Hi-Fi Fair, a three-day exposition which ended Sunday night (7), surprised eyen its most optimistic promoters by at- tracting over 30,000 to view equip- ment displayed in 50 exhibit booths at the Hotel Harrington. Success of the Fair prompted M. Robert Rogers, prexy of radio stations WGMS and WGMS-FM, to an- nounce that the event will be staged again next year. Town’s four newspapers “gave strong support to the Fair, with the Post and the Evening Star, both of which have their own radio outlets, carrying special 'supple- ments well supported by hi-fi equipment ads. Highspot of the Fair was an ad- dress by FCC Comr. George Ster- ling, who saw in hi-fi a new lease on life for FM. Interest in high fidelity, he added, has also spurred record sales of classical recordings. Developments in home recorders and high fidelity records, said Ster- ling, should prove a challenge to the broadcasters, AM and FM alike, to modify their engineering practices to transmit.high fidelity programs. The FM broadcaster, especially, who is not handicapped by limitations of the receiver, can benefit by the interest in hi-fi, he said. fabulous ftrfonwjme! ''SiSs.s JO ! STAFFORD hUBERACE INDISCRETION From the film, "Indiscretion Of An American Wife" on COLUMBIA RECORDS CROMWELL Label X Into Country Field; 2 Disks Monthly Label X, RCA Victor's new sub- sid, is. expanding into the coun- try field with two hillbilly releases each month, beginning in April, The country roster now includes Terry Fell, Jim Hall, Shorty Long and Maybelle Seiger. Victor, meantime, has augmented its hillbilly department with the inking of Bud Isaacs, while Paul Williams has been added to the diskery’s rhythm & blues division. N: Y. Orch Sets 1st Tour In 5 Years At 5^6 Avg. Date The 'N, Y. Philharmonic this month will start off on its first tour in five years, starting March 29 in Huntingtoh, W. Va., and winding April 11 in Washington. In between, on its 14-concert stint, it will hit Knoxville, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Atlanta, New Orleans and elsewhere. Dates are all guar- antees, at. an average $5,500. per concert. The 111-year-old . orch will be making its first visit to some of the cities. Two of the concerts will be broadcast by. CBS on the regular Sunday afternoon, symph series, when the orch will be New Orleans and Washington. Orch will return to New York after the tour ifor three weeks of performances to wind the regular season. Next year, orch plans a much bigger tour, out to California and the Pacific northwest, for a five-week duration. Leigh, Sharlot Team For ‘Peter Pan’ Score Carolyn Leigh has been set to pen the lyrics for Mary Martin’s upcoming legituner, '‘Peter Pan.” Pacting. stemmed from the'top in terest won by her tunesmithing job on ‘‘Young At Heart.” Miss Leigh will be teamed with pop composer Moose Sharlot. It’s their first legit assignment. Musical is slated to preem on the Coast this summer. The Voice All America Loves ★ ★ ★ Julius HAVE A H E A RT b/w WHEN YOU’RE IN LOVE Orchestra conducted by ARCHIE BLEYER Cadence 1237 • 45-1237 CADENCE RECORDS 40 East 49th Street New York Disk Companies* Best Sellers ARTIST t ♦H capitol ”1. I GET SO LONELY Four Knights I COULDN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU 0 2/ I REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW ,. .Les Paul-Mary Ford SOUTH ? 3. YOUNG AT HEART «... Frank Sinatra TAKE A CHANCE 4. THAT'S AMORE '..... Dean Martin YOU'RE THE RIGHT QJVE 1 5. ANSWER ME, MY LOVE . ....... Nat (King) Colo ■.■WHY COLUMBIA I 1. MAKE LOVE TO ME .......... Jo Stafford ADI. ADIOS AMIGO t 2. SECRET LOVE ... <..... Doris Day DEADWOOD STAGE 3. THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT . Tony Bennett MY HEART WON'T SAY GOODBYE 4. SUCH A NIGHT Johnnie Ray DESTINY 5. THE KID’S LAST FIGHT ..... Frankie Laine LONG DISTANCE LOVE t CORAL | 1. BELL BOTTOM BLUES ... ........ Teresa Brewer OUR HEARTBREAKING WALTZ J 2. DO LORD ..... ... ...J. Russell-D. Russell-Haines-Davis I’VE GOT THE JOY / 3. HOLD ME ■ .. f. Don Cornell SIZE 12 t 4. PINE TREE, PINE OVER-ME . . Desmond-Barton-McGuire Sis. CLING TO ME 4 5. I LOVE YOU : .Jimmy Wakely-Lawrence Welk I STOPPED LIVIN’ Jimmy Wakely .. Four Aces I .. .Johnston Bros. DECCA 1. AMOR A SO LONG • 1 2. YOUNG AT HEART .Bing Crosby-Guy Lombardo I GET SO LONELY t 3.v STRANGER IN PARADISE ..... Four Aces 0 HEART OF MY HEART < ► 4. TILL WE TWO ARE ONE .".... .Georgie Shaw HONEYCOMB * { 5. YOU DIDN'T WANT ME Mills Bros. I HAD TO CALL YOU UP t LONDON f 1. CRYSTAL BALL THE CREEP 2. IF YOU LOVE ME Vera Lynn CTST LA VIE > 3. THE BOOK David Whitfield HEARTLESS , 4. AVE MARIA Mantovani ' LARGO 5. GOLDEN TANGO Frank Chacksfield DANCING PRINCESS t MERCURY “V f 1. FROM.THE VINE CAME THE GRAPE Gaylords STOLEN- MOMENTS } 2. CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE Patti Page MY RESTLESS LOVER 3; CUDDLE ME Ronnie Gaylord OH AM I LONELY t 4. CHANGING PARTNERS Patti Page DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE 5. MELANCHOLY ME Eddy Howard I WONDEfft WHAT’S BECOME OF SALLY M-C-M t 1. AM I IN LOVE . Joni James MAYBE NEXT TIME f 2. LOST IN LOVELINESS Billy Eckstine don’t get Around much anymore 1 3. TURN AROUND BOY Lew Douglas CAESAR'S BOOGIE 4. WALL OF-ICE .... Tommy Edwards THERE WAS A TIME { t 5, THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT . Hank Williams MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS A RCA VICTOR I 1. WANTED ...... Perry Como LOOK OUT THE WINDOW 't Z. ANEMA E CORE ; , Eddie Fisher A GIRL, A GIRL * t 3. MAN WITH THE BANJO Ames Bros. MAN, MAN IS FOR THE WOMAN MADE 4. HERE ....Tony Martin PHILOSOPHY I 5. DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL Lou Monte I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL RCA Repacts Flanagan; New Album Deal Added Ralph Flanagan’s orch, which launched RCA Victor's band-build- ing program about four years ago, has been repacted by the diskery for another three years. In addition to single issues, deal calls for Flanagan to make at least three ‘‘Top Pops” album per year. Dacca Fight Continued from page 47 ery’s board. Lloyd, who launched a proxy fight to take over the disk- evy’s control a couple of weeks ago, alleges that he was removed from the board illegally after making a request to examine the company’s books. The conclusive showdown will take place at the stockholders’ an- nual meeting in N. Y., April 13. SI ockholders of record as of March 11 will be able to vote for the Decca board. Lloyd has indicated that he will come up this week with an alternate slate for the board in opposition to the current directors, headed by prexy Milton R. Rackmil. Lloyd’s main target is the formation of a “stockholders protective committee." Label X Jazz Continnei from page 47 -— fevr of the disks have been avail- able la the last 25 years. Although there have been jazz reissues of this kind on occasion. Label X is the first to initiate a comprehensive program to be carried, out qn a steady release basis. - Label X is plannirig special packaging for the albums to hit both the cognoscenti and general markets. The numbers have been pressed from the original metal parts in most cases, rather than shellac copies, and all have been reprocessed . according to modern engineering standards. It’s understood that Victor execs assigned this major jazz program to Label X in order to give the subsld a solid catalog as a base for* its sales operation. In addition, the Label X distribs, who also handle Victor’s rhythm & blues label in most part, are better geared for the jazz market poten- tial. Barney Young Continued from page 47 attempt to take over control of BMI In a proxy battle. During the initial years of his BMI affilia* tion, Young had an unusually high performance* deal and, even though none of his songs ever became hits he managed to garner a consistent- ly high number of plugs from band* leaders. ” — -/ o.xdoa RECORDS “The finest sound on record’ I’VE GOT AN INVITATION TO A DANCE Recorded by i ih mis tun on Mercury #70324 ADVANCED MUSIC CORF. . High On AH Lists! PINE TREE PINE. t. a OVER ME MILLER MUSIC CORPORATION WARD and his Currently UPTOWN THEATRE, Phlla. Mir. 15—HI HAT CLUB, Boston ' Mar. 25—GATIN6AU COUNTRY CLUB, Hull, Qu#be« Apr. S—TOWN CASINO, Buffalo and than In JUNE SAHARA HOTEL, LAS VEGAS ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ KING and FEDERAL RECORDS Exclusive Management ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORPORATION JOE GLASER. Pres New York | Chicago 'n A if PL 9.4 A 00 202 Mo Wabo' 1 ' Hollywood 36 i 9 Sunn ? Bud