Variety (March 1954)

fednetjay x 24» Radio-Orch Sked Victor Zembruski, who has been conducting Polish language and Polish ‘ music programs on radio stations in his native Connecticut sipce 1934, now has his wife Sophie in the act, : *Thls aet: presently, re- quires the pair to travel'weekly to local stations in Danbury (WLAD^ New Haven (WELI); Waterbury (WATR), Bridgeport (WNAB), end Albany, N.Y., (WPTR), At each stand the pair use the station’s tape-recording facilities to tran- scribe Polish disk jockey participa- tion programs averaging 90 min- utes per week per station. Zembru- skis’ share 50-50 on the money take from the spot announcements. Mrs. Zembruski has also taken over the continuity. On the side Zembruski has still another identity, that of leader of a six-man Polish polka orchestra. Dance dates are played not only in the Connecticut area but at such scattered points as Cleveland, De- troit, Milwaukee and certain sec- tors of Pennsylvania where the three-step is esteemed. Zembruski has built up a library of 4.000 Polish recordings.* Some of these he himself has recorded. A typical Polish polka recording sells 5,000 to 10,000 copies; 50,000 is big: one release some years back hit a fabulous 300,000. Admitting that polkas and ma- zurkas with their eighths and six- teenths are very arduous on danc- ers, Zembruski comments: “What * do you think it does to the musi- cians? We have to slow down to foxtrots.” ’ With reference to the radio pro- grams. which are taped under the title, “Mr. and Mrs. Polisfy Eagles,” only about 2 % actual Polish lan- guage is employed. Poles, like Ital- , ia ns, increasingly' prefer to speak and hear the English, of their adopt* . ed land or, as in the second and third generations, their native land. Zembruski’s orchestra has been * nooked for the Danbury Fair next fall and will appear in Polish na- tional costume. AKM, GEM A In Fend Over $40,000 Building Vienna, March 16. A hitter feud has broken out be- tween AKM (Austrian society of J authors, composers and publishers) and GEMA (the German society). Bernhard Herzmansky, as delegate for the members of the old AKM (dissolved in 1938 by the Nazis), won his case before the local courts for restitution of the $40,000 dollar ! building on the Ringstrasse. The [ building was bought by the old; AKM (the now existing AKM is j not its successor) as security for ; the old age pension fund. j Dr. Roman Sas, lawyer for thej GEMA in Austria, notified all mem -1 hers of AKM that the German so- ciety will not accept this verdict, as back in 1939 more than 1.000,000 marks, at that time $40,000, were paid out to the members for the sale of the house to the Perlmoser textile factory. The Germans sold the house to the Perlmoser factory- in 1940, and Perlmoser was ordered to hand the house back to the old AKM. Bernhard Herzmansky informed the members that the claim of Dr. Sas is unfounded, but inasmuch, as no state treaty exists, and cannot be* expected for years to come, the final settlement is far distant. RETAIL DISK BEST SELLEBS Survey of retail dish best sellers based on reports oh tained from leading stores in 20 .cities arid showing com- - barative sales rating for this and lost week. National Rating This "Last wk. wk. 8 10 10 8 12A 22 12B 11 14 15 15 14 16 15 17 12 19A 18 22 20 23A . 23B 17 Artist, Label, Title JO STAFFORD (Columbia) “Make Love to Me” 8 PATTI PAGE (Mercury) “Cro& Over the Bridge” DORIS DAY (Columbia) “Secret Love” 1 PERRY COMO (Victor) '•Wanted” . 2 FRANK SINATRA (Capitol) “Young at Heart” 3 FOUR KNIGHTS (Capitol) “I Get So Lonely” t 9 NAT (KING) COLE (Capitol) “Answer Me, My Love” 7 TONY BENNETT (Columbia) “Stranger in Paradise” 4 GEORGIE SHAW (Decca) “TUI We Two Are One” 5 EDDIE FISHER (Victor) “Oh, My Papa” '6 RONNIE GAYLORD (Mercury) “Cuddle Me” TONY MARTIN*(Victor* “Here” GAYLORDS (Mercury) “Vine Came .the Grape” HILLTOPPERS (Dot) “TUI Then” % CROWS (Rama* “Gee” HILLTOPPERS (Dot* “Vine Came the Grape”. . EDDIE FISHER (Victor) “Anema E Core” EDDIE FISHER (Victor) “A Girl, A Girl” TONY BENNETT (Columbia) “No Teardrops Tonight” FOUR ACES (Decca) “Heart of My Heart” FOUR ACES (Decca) “So Long” DEAN MARTIN (Capitol* “That's Amore” , MILLS BROS. (Decca) — “Jones Boy*.... PATTI PAGE (Mercury) “Changing Partners” FOUR ACES (Decca) “Amor” CD* £ a G iG ti 2 > t *5 £ | C9 •a s £ £ 1 = 6 £ G Y I i 2 ® 4 * ° G P 3 W i £ £ « 0 U 2 I 5 | CO QQ 1 'a £ O - 6 s. CO 3 C 5- o Q, V r \ > ** « ! T i ? i ” c a ? « 1 •Sag W 3 s h « j 00 2, M be 3 7 1 1 1 3 6 2 3 4 8 2 .: • 4 2 2 1& 2 6 3 3 .. 6 4 41 1 5 2 2 6 6 .. 10 1 114 6 5 2 4.. 2 5 1 6 8 3 1 6 2 8 2 1 -9 1 3 10 112 7 7 5 1 6 7 3 1 10 ' . / 7 3 9 1 .. 3 3 4 5 4 .. 10 9 6 3 6 2 1 9 3 1 9 4 1 7 10 4 .. 6 1 1 10 5 2 5 10 2 7 7 8 .. .. 4 10 10 4 5 5 3 8 3 8 6 32 2 7 4 4 .. 8 4 10 7 6 . 5 3 19 4 17 8 , 5 .. .. 16 2 .. 8 9 8 .. 7 .. 5 « * • « * 9 9 ... 10 9 9 7 8 SIX TOP ALBUMS GUNN MIUER STORY film Swndtraclt Decca DL 5519 GLENN MIUER MEMORIAL Glenn Miller Victor LPT 3057 KISMET Broadway Caef Columbia ML 4850 MUSIC FOR LOVERS ONLY Jackie Gleason Capitol 8352 SONGS FOB YOUNG LOVERS Frank Sinatra Capitol H 486 I BELIEVI Perry Coma Victor LPM 3188 Hendl’s Guest Shot Dallas,. March 23. Walter Hendl, conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, will guest conduct the New York Phil- harmonic Orchestra Feb. 5 next season in N. Y. Hendl was assistant. conductor of the Philharmonic before com- ing here. Hoi Tapes I Continued from JfZgB 2 are named as defendants, was ad- journed until April 12. Several fialeri already have stated that they are taking the Urania disks off their shelves and will consent to an injunction. The Urania re- lease is in competition in the U.S. with the RCA Victor disk, which Furtwaengler cut with the Vienna Philharmonic last year. In a prior suit in France, the court ordered that all copies of the Urania waxing be seized and that Furtwaengler’s name be removed from them. Similar French court decisions have been handed down in suits against Urania and its French distributor on disks cut by pianist Walter Gieseking and the Vienna Philharmonic. Carlton Shuttle Joe Carlton is on a shuttle be- tween New York and Los Angeles. Returning to N.Y. after a brief Coast stopover last week, RCA Vic- tor’s pop a&r chief took off for an- other trip to Hollywood yesterday (Tues.) -He’s due to supervise a record- ing session with'Dinah Shore.