Variety (April 1954)

Wednesday April 14, 1954 Teresa Brewer . . . Jackie Lee -Disk Companies’ Best Sellers CAPITOL v ARTIST 1 1 i. I GET SO LONELY ... .Four Knights I i COULDN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU 4 ’ 2. IF YOU LOVE ME .Kay Starr f 4 MAN UPSTAIRS 4 3 . alone TOO LONG . Nat (King) Cole IT HAPPENS TO BE M£ Z 4 , YOUNG AT HEART ... \; Frank Sinatra Z TAKE A CHANCE 1 5. ANSWER ME, MY LOVE .Nat (King) Cole WHY l COLUMBIA . Z 1 . MAKE LOVE TO ME Jo Stafford Z ADI, ADIOS AMIGO 2. SECRET LOVE .., Doris Day DEADWOOD STAGE f 3. EASTER PARADE ............. i........ i.... .7. Liberace ,, THE ROSARY 44 4 . I SPEAK TO THE STARS ,-v Doris Day + ;; BLUEBELLS OF BROADWAY 4 0 5 . THERE'LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT . Tony Bennett MY HEART WON'T SAY GOODBYE t CORAL 1. JILTED LE GRAND TOUR DE L'AMOUR 2 . ISLE OF CAPRI BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON 3. PINE TREE, PINE OVER ME. ..Desmond-Barton-McGuire Sis. I CLING TO ME 4. DO LORD ..J. Russell-D. Russell-Haines-Davis t I’VE GOT THE JOY 4 r t 5. I LOVE YOU Jimmy'Wakely^Lawrence Welk X I STOPPED LIVIN' DECCA 1 1 . LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT Kitty Kallen f I DON’T THINK YOU LOVE* ME ANYMORE * U 1 SHOULD CARE . Jeff Chandler MORE THAN ANYONE 4 • J. AMOR ....... V Four Aces f ;; so long *. 4. TRUE LOVE GOES ON.. Burl Ives-Gordon Jenkins 1 4> BRAVE MAN \\ 5. YOUNG AT HEART Bing Crosby-Guy Lombardo << I GET SO LONELY ;; LONDON ■o 1. HAPPY WANDERER Frank Weir I FROM YOUR LIPS i 2. IF YOU LOVE ME >.... /. Vera Lynn t * C'EST LA VIE ^ 3. CRYSTAL BALL . .Johnston Bros. MY LOVE, MY LIFE, MY OWN 4 4.1 LIVE FOR YOU ; Mantovani LUXEMBOURG POLKA Z 5. LITTLE MUSTARD SEED Lee Lawrence Z MY LOVE FOR YOU MERCURY 4 1. CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE . . . MY RESTLESS LOVER X Z. FROMTrtE VINE CAME THE GRAPE Gaylords STOLEN MOMENTS 3. CUDDLE ME Ronnie Gaylord OH AM I LONELY f 4. MY SIN Georgia Gibbs Z I’LL ALWAYS BE HAPPY WITH YOU 4 5. MELANCHOLY ME Eddy Howard 1 I WONDER WHAT’S BECOME OF SALLY 1 M-G-M i 1. AM I IN LOVE Joni James 4 „ MAYBE NEXT TIME Z 2. .LOST IN LOVELINESS Billy Eckstine 1 DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE ;; 3. HOW CAN YOU REFUSE HIM Hank Williams t 44 A HOUSE OF'GOLD !. .) ’ 4. JONAH Crossroads Quartette < ► I’VE BEEN WITH JESUS 5. THERE'LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT . Hank Williams MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS 1 RCA VICTOR f 1. WANTED ' Perry Como 4 LOOK OUT THE WINDOW Z 2. MAN WITH THE BANJO Ames Bros. MAN, MAN IS FOR THE WOMAN MADE Z 3. HERE Tony Martin PHILOSOPHY % 4. A GIRL, A GIRL Eddie Fisher ANEMA E CORE 5. SOMEBODY STOLE DE WEDDING BELL .....Eartha Kitt LOVIN' SPREE ..Patti Page T Francis, Day & Hunter , Hits B’way Music With 100G Infringem’t Suit Francis, Day & Hunter, British publishing firm, slapped a $100,000 suit turainst Broadway 'Music in N. Y. Federal Court last week al- leging wrongful sale of its copy- rights to pix producers. Action claims that since 1921 Broadway, representing itself to be the own- er of plaintiff’s copyrights, had licensed rights to various film pro- ducers receiving more than $100,- 000 in return, FD&H claims that in 1912 it was assigned world rights, except for U. S. arid Canada, to 34 tunes by York Music. It also claims that in 1921 it was assigned similar rights to 44 tunes by Broadway Music. FD&H contends that it has been at all times since the assign- ments sole owner of the copy- rights. Broadway, on the other hand, claims that it is owner of the rights. . Abeles dc. Bernstein are the at- torneys’for FD&H. . MGM Packages EP Set From ‘Flesh’ Pic Score Four tunes from the soundtrack of MetrpV“Elame-and the Flesh” have been packaged by MGM for an extended-play package release. Set . features Carlos Thompson and George Stoll’s orch. < Score for the pic was penned by Nicholas Brodszky and Jack Law- ♦Vreoco. E ff MUSIC 45 Now It’s Art Carney’s Bid For Disk Sweepstakes Columbia is further dipping into video for wax talent with the ink- ing of Art Carney, comic on the CBS-TV “Jackie Gleason Show/’ to a recording contract. Carney will be spotted on special material tunes. Cpl also has Red Buttons on its roster. . Molly Goldberg Is also set to hit the wax market via Columbia Records. The tv star will wax spe- cial songs for the diskery: Harold Rome, musicomedy tunesmith who penned “Wish You Were Here," is one of the writers who'll write special 4 material for her. The diskery, meantime, }s ready- ing additional assignments for Jose Ferrer in tandem with his wife, Rosemary Clooney. Thfeir first disk together,* "Man,” and "Woman” was a good seller. Chappell Guts Foreign Rights Chappell Music has acquired the foreign rights to "The Birthday Card Song” from Marlyn Music. Tune was penned by Lee Rau- derer, who also operates’the Mar- lyn firm. ■■■■' Bennett-Faith Pull Mild $2,400 in Clcve. Cleveland, April 13, Pop concerts in a 3,000-seat movie house don’t jell in Cleve- land, according to evidence left at RKO Palace last Wednesday (7) by Tony Bennett and Percy Faith orch. Despite heavy touting by dee- jays and press, the musical package pulled only'an estimated $2,400 paid by around 1,100 teenagers at $3.30 top in two evening perform- ances. We take pride in presenting the first KAPP RECORD ALBUM t- Based on the book "ONE COD" by FLORENCE MARY FITCH Dramatized and directed by JEROME LAWRENCE and ROBERT LEE "ONE COD" Song by ERVIN DRAKE and JAMES SHIRL UNIVERSITY INTERFAITH CHORALE, Dr. HARRY ROBERT WILSON, Director In a distinctive album with photographs—special text by the author KL-1000-12 inch LONC PLAYING 5.95 • KE-7000 - 45 RPM-EXTENDED PLAY 5.9J excerpts from this album to be introduced by ED SULLIVAN on "TOAST OF THE TOWN" EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 18 th 8:00 P. M. E. S. T., CBS-TV starring and the ORIGINAL CAST and CHORALE ❖ KAPP RECORDS, INC. 115) West 57th Street, New York 19, N, Y. DAVID KAPP, fntsiilnil