Variety (April 1954)

Wednadiyi April 21 ? 1954 \ MUSIC / OF TOP TAIiNT AND TUNES Compiled ftom Statistical Reports of Distribution Encompassing the Three Major Outlets Coin Machines Retail Disks Retail Sheet Music as Published in the Current Issue NOTE : The current comparative sales strength of the Artists and Tunes listed hereunder is arrived- at under a statistical system comprising each of the three major sales outlets enu- merated above. These findings are correlated with data from wider sources, which are exclusive with Variety, The positions resulting from these findings denote the OVERALL IMPACT de- veloped from the ratio of points scored : tiro ways in the case of talent {disks, coin machines}, and three ways in the case of tunes (disks, coin machines, sheet music}. TALENT POSITIONS This Last Week Week ARTIST. AND LABEL TUNE 7 7 8 8 PERRY COMO (Victor) Wanted ^ . • (Cross Over The Bridge FRANK SINATRA (Capitol) Young At Heart JO STAFFORD (Columbia) ... Make Love To Me FOUR KNIGHTS (Capitol) I Get So Lonely DORIS DAY (Columbia) ................. Secret Love (A Girl, A Girl EDDIE FISHER (Victor),.. iAnema E Core lOh, My Papa NAT (KING) COLE (Capitol) Answer Me, My Love TONY MARTIN (Victor) jigger in Paradise KAY STARR IRR (Capitol) Man Upstairs If You Love Me POSITIONS This Last Week Week TUNES (♦ASCAP. fBMI) TUNE PUBLISHER ♦WANTED ..... : Witmark fYOUNG AT HEART .Sunbeam ♦CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE. Laurel ♦MAKE LOVE TO ME Melrose ♦I GET £0 LONELY.. Melrose ♦SECRET LOVE;.' Remick ♦ANSWER ME, MY LOVE Bourne fHERE 'V T Hill & Range ♦A GIRL, A GIRL • • • Valando fMAN WITH THE BANJO. ..... .Mellin Inside Stuff-Music ij»> •*>*.* Extent of a record company’s commitment on single'releases front a Broadway musical score in order to nab the original cast album rights Is currently pointed up by Capitol’s schedule on the tunes from “By [•rm r77T*raiTT¥73r7TTT.ion«t jiyrnRsto ran Too Long’’ and will follow within the next few weeks with platters by its top pactees. Frank Sinatra etched “The Sea Song.” June Hutton and Gordon MacRae cut “Coney Island Boat,’’ Stan Kenton waxed “Alone Too Long,” Les Baxter recorded “More Love Than Your Love,"' Helen O'Connell was assigned “Hang Up” and Ella Mae Morse got “Happy Habit.” The diskery cut the cast album Sunday (17). E. H. Morris is publishing the Arthur Schwartz-Dorothy Fields score. . As part of its promotional campaign on hi-fi and on the development of music appreciation among children, Capitol Records has prepared two special pamphlets on these subjects and is making them available without charge. Booklets are “Music Appreciation in Children” and “A Better Understanding of High Fidelity.” John Gulshaw, noted English music, authority and Cap’s European classical repertoire chief, penned “Appreciation” in which he com- ments that even a three-year-old child can be taught to appreciate Bizet or Beethoven. Pamphlet explains the simple steps which , can be taken to develop a child's awareness of great music. “Three Coins in the Fountain,” theme song in 20th-Fox’s Cinema- Scoper of the same title, is to get hefty plugging via at. least six different recordings well in advance of the pic’s release. As a rule, a company considers itself lucky if two waxings of a number come oh the market at the time of a film’s playoff. “Coins,” written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, will start, spinning May 1. It’s been recorded by Julius LaRosa on Cadence, Frank Sinatra on Capitol, Toni Arden on Columbia, the Four Aces, Decca, Marti Stevens, MGM, and Dinah Shore, Victor. , Moonlight Music has come up with* an unusual disk jockey promo* tion piece for its new song, "Signpost,” with a combination platter and* sheet music copy. A six-inch disk, constructed out of paper-thin material, is part of the title page and can be torn out along a dotted line for use on a phonograph. Tune was written by Ben Raleigh and Larry Coleman. “Champagne Safari,” upcoming Columbia Pictures release of a short of the Rita Hayworth-Ali Khan junket in Africa, will get a music biz tie-in via the LeW .Gensler-Leo Robin tune of the same name. It’s not yet been decided whether the song will be added to the pic’s track, but it’ll be used in the promotion. Famous Music is publishing the tune.. Franklin MacCormack, quondam radio announcer who clicked on wax back in the 1930s via his song recitations with the Wayne King orch for RCA Victor, is noW back at the same stand for Decca. Mac- Cormack has been teamed with the Guy Lombardo band fqr a couple of recitations on “Why I Love You” and “Younger Than Springtime.” Hildegarde did a “Lili Marlene” segment in the RCA Victor album, “Show Biz,” as part of the World War II chronology, and as result has had to reincorporate the oldie into her currently new act which she is doing with Johnny Johnstoni Kosty Due in N.Y. for Disk COL TO PUSH ENTRE Dates After O’Seas Stints AS LOW-PRICED LINE Judd, Boston Orch Mgr., Retiring After 40 Years Boston, April 20. . George E. Judd, manager of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1936, and with the BSO 40 years, announced that he ‘will retire Sept. 1. His post will be taken over by Thomas D. . Perry Jr,, assistant manager since 1946. ' Joining the organization in 1914, as secretary to Henry Lee Hlggin- son, the BSO’s founder, Judd moved up to secretary td the man- ager in 1915 and i*n 1918 was named assistant manager, continu- ing in that capacity until 1936. In addition to the regular symphony season, his duties include handling [the business affairs of the Berk- [ shire Festival and Berkshire Music Centre, symphony activities at Tanglewood, the Boston Pops and Esplanade concerts. Last week he negotiated a pact with NBC under which the BSO will replace the NBC Symphony next season on the air. His son, William, Is *a veepee of Columbia Artists Mgt; in N.Y., with Judd *divi the Judson, O’Neill sion, and another son, George E. Jr., is assistant manager of the N.Y. Philharmonic. Miller to Coast Mitch Miller, Columbia Records pop artists & repertoire chief, shuttles to the Coast again this Week to head up recording sessions with diskery talent there. On Miller’s schedule are cutting dates with Jo Stafford, DoHs Day and Rosemary Clooney with her husband Jose Ferrer. Miljer will be gone about 10 days. Andre Kostelanetz flies in to N.Y. from London today iWed.Ffor recording sessions at Columbia, to be followed later with 14 outdoor summer concerts in Montreal, Cleveland, Philly, Chi, Denver, Hollywood Bowl and N.Y.’s Lew- isohn Stadium. While abroad, he conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, and made three BBC-TV appear- ances in three dates, conducting the Philharmonia while also discussing the music played. Music Concert With Pic Accomp Set for N.Y. Run A unique music concert with film accompaniment will open for a lim- ited run at the Broadway Theatre, N.Y., May 13, under title of “Piano- rama World.” show will feature five pianists, the Tutti Camarata orch and Milton Cross, as narrator, against a background of. scenes from foreign lands. Pianists will be Ken Clarke, Arthur Ferrante & ■rrrFramraTarnn lliwy Oib •I'lIHsifilMU another yet to be set. Helen Beatty Clarke and Bob L. Roberts are producing and staging the concert, with Ben Boyar as gen- eral manager. Claude Thornhill band booked for Kelly Air Force, Base,. San An- tonio, May 1. In a move to get Entre Records, Columbia’s low-price line, rolling on the distributor and dealer levels, the diskery is launching a “price identification” promotion campaign. Move was sparked by Col’s sales brass belief that the consumer wasn’t being property exposed to the low range ($2.98) of Entre’s 12-inch longplay platter. The campaign also will stress the Entre repertoire as well as the fact that the label is a Columbia Records operation. The Entre promotion will con- sist of bulk mailings of informa- tion kits to distributors around the country. Kits contain catalogs, streamers, display cards and stick- ers. Special browser boxes for Entre’s disks will be included in the package/ Mills Inks Wallingford On 22 Unpublished Tunes Mills Music has entered into a deal with pianist-composer George Wallingford for 22 of the latter’s unpublished works. Firm is issu- ing them in the piano solos ar- ranged by the composer. ,, Mills already has numerous Wal- lingford numbers in its catalog, in- cluding his jazz instrumental hit, “Lemon Drop.” ' THE YEAR'S BIG HIT! THE HAPPY WANDERER Frank Weir Backed by: FROM YOUR LIPS 1448 and 45-1448 DIRECT FROM ENGLAND THE HIT ENGLISH VERSION