Variety (April 1954)

44 MUSIC Wcndcftdayy April 28, 19.>i Chi Ballrooms Pitch For Teenier Trade With Cut-Price Dances Chicago, April 211 Furthering what seems’ to be a general trend hire towards reviv- ing ballroom dancing, the Aragon terparlor Is prepping a regular series of Sunday afternoon teenage dances beginning May 16. Setting admission at 75c, dancery topper William Karzas said he did not ex- pect profits to run high but wasMn- terested in developing future pa- trons from a new generation. “ House will bring in topdrawer re- cording bands for the matinee ses- sions, other than the featured band of the regular week, with -a guest vocalist on each bill and a well- known disk jockey to emcee. First Sunday dance, marking the ball- room’s 30th anniversary, spotlights the Ralph Marterie orch, singer Tommy Leonetti, and dee jay Marty Hogan. CBS will do a remote from the .room. Additionally, house is offering free dancing lessons ^eacli week by qualified instructors and is giving away door, prizes. Promotion is hging done through. high school newspapers, whose edi- tors are being romanced prior to the first dance, and through jocks who will be tied in with the pro- gram. , Sammy Kaye’s 1-Niters En Route to Astor Roof Before opening his summer run at the Hotel Astor Roof in N. Y., Sammy Kaye has embarked on an extensive series of one-niters across the country. After completing a one-week stand at. the Baker Hotel. Dallas, tomorrow (Thurs.), Kaye’s band >.’111 play 15 one-niters. ‘Secret LoveLTops Scot Bestsellers, 'Moon* 2d Glasgow, April 20. “Secret Love,” sung by Doris Day on British Philips, tops the hit parade here, with the Start gazers’ version of “I See the Moon” in second slotting. Third place is taken by the Ober- kichen Children’s Choir in “The Happy Wanderer” on British Par- lophone. MM OF/V^RECORD ratings BY THE TRADE PRESS The top 30 m>ngs of week (more in case of ties), based on copyrighted Audience Coverage Ind&x & Audience Trend Index, Published by Office of Research , lnc„ Dr. John Gray Peatman , Director, alphabetically listed. ' ' Survey Week of April 16-22, 1954 A Girl, A Girl Valando Alone Too Long—+“By The Beautiful Sea” ?. Morris Amor .... Southern Ancma E Core-^-i‘'Three Coins In The Fountain” .. Leeds Answer Me, My Love Bourne •Baubles, Bangles And Beads—*“Kismet” Frank Come Back To My Arms Morris Cross Over The Bridge ... Laurel Darktown Strutters Ball Feist Don’t Worry 'Bout Me .. ..Mills Dream, Dream, Dream ...Feist Happy Wanderer ..Fox I Get So Lonely . Melrose I Really Don’t Want To Know ,. H & R I Speak To The Stars-^r“Lucky Me” .s. Witmark If You Love Me (Really Love Me) Duchess It Happens To Be Me Paxton Knock On Wood—1“Knock On Wood” Famous Little Thipgs Mean A Lot Feist Lost In Loveliness—*“Girl In Pink Tights” . .Chappell Make Love To Me Melrose Man* With The Banjo >N ,. ' Mellin My Sin DcSylva-B-H Oh ... Feist Secret Love—t“Calamity .lane” Remick Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell Morris Stranger In Paradise^-*“Kismet” Frank That's Amore—1 “The Caddy” .Paramount Wanted Witmark Young At Heart Sunbeam t Second Group Am I In Love Miller Angela Mia - ! Chappell Bell Bottom Blues Shapiro-B From The Vine Came The Grape Randy-S Goodbye Southern Hang Up Morris Here 7.H & R Hey Brother, Pour The Wine .Frank I Was Meant For You Duchess I Went Out Of My Way Broadcast Jilted Sheldon My Restless Lover Chappell Oh, My Papa .* Shapiro-B Poor Butterfly Harms South 1 Peer That’s What A Rainy Day Is For-r-1“Easy To Love”.. Robbins There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight Acuff-R This Must Be The Place Lantern True Love Goes On And On Frank Until Sunrise Leeds Y’All Come Starrlte You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me Marks Top 20 Songs on TV (More In Case of Ties) A Girl, A Girl .' Valando And This Is My Beloved—*“Kismet” ! Frank Answer’ Me, My Love Bourne Cross Over The Bridge Laurel Do Lord Rodeheaver I Get So Lonely , Melrose I Love Paris—^ “Can-Can” Chappell Las Vegas Marks Lost In Loveliness—*“Girl In Pink Tights” Chappell Make Love To Me Melrose Man, Man Is For The Woman Made Garland Man With The Banjo Mellin My Heart Won’t Say Goodbye-*“Girl In Pink Tights”.Chappell My Restless Lover Chappell Secret Love—t“Calamity Jane” ."T Remick Soft Squeeze Erwin-H Stranger In Paradise—♦“Kismet” Frank Wanted Witmark What Happened To The Hair BVC Young At Heart Sunbeam t Filmiisical. Legit musical. Fisher Estate Sues For ‘Smiling’ Royalties Lenore Fisher filed suit in N.Y. Federal Court last week against Pauli-Pioneer for non-payment of royalties since 1948 on the tune, "When You’re Smiling.” Plaintiff, heir of tlje late Mark Fisher, who coauthored the song in 1928 with Joe Goodwin and Larry Shay, claims that more than $5,000 in royalty coin is due. Pauli-Pioneer, which dissolved in 1952 when Shawnee Press bought out its catalog, took over the copyright from Harold Rossiter Music in 192.9. “Smiling” was later assigned to Mills Music and revert- ed to Shawnee with the Pioneer purchase. The complaint charges that each assignee of the tune, ex- cepting Mills, had assumed the payments of writer’s royalties. Miss Fisher alleges that since 1948 no one has. received any royalty coin although all assignees knew of the royalty obligation. She added that the mollies Mills paid Pioneer for the tune was to have been split with the writers. Lapham Jap Concert In N. Y. Bow Next Week Vet composer-arranger Claude Lapham will present his Musico- rama of Japan at Carnegie Recital Hall, N. Y. next Monday (3). Event will be a concert of Lap- ham’s compositions, to be played, sung and danced to by a group of Jap and U, S. artists. Robert E. Fisher is staging. • Japan Tourist Bureau is co-op- erating in the event. Lapharti’s opera on Japan, “Sakura” (“Cher- ry Blossom”), was given in the Hollywood Bowl in 1933, and he’s spent some time in Japan compos- ing, recording and conducting. •A-V'-Eevamps Staff In a reshuffling at Audio-Video Records last week, Harry Weiss was upped to supervisor of master control and . Dan Wolfert was named supervisor of the firm’s disk mastering division. Robert Foster also rejoined the sales staff. A-V Tape Libraries, Audio- Video subsid, named Hbvvatfd Law- rence as production assistant while John Beaumont will head up firm’s production operation. George Shearing Sees ♦Variable Hepsters As Top Jazz Headache Top headache for jazz combos is the fans’ ..continuous demand * for innovations. That’s the 'opinion of George Shearing,, who’s managed to weather the jazzophiles’ shifting whims,. but, who has nonetheless felt the critical barbs for adher- ing to the blend"of piano, vibes drums, bass and guitar for the past eight years. . Shearing, currently at the E m . bers, New York’s eastside jazz spot, is relying on extensive Afro-Cubari additions to his repertoire to buck the jazzman's bugaboo — stereo- typed arrangements. The familiar overall sound, a boon to bands like the late Glenn Miller’s, has a tend- ency to diminish a combo’s value on the jazz market, said Shearing. This accounts for the rapid turn- over in top jazz names, he pointed out, .and the general instability of the hipster ranks. The frantic quest for new and different effects has confused the public, which might be taught to go for higher firms of jazz if it were fed a consistent, intelligible diet of modern music, Shearing be- lieves. Dilemma of the Shearing Quintet is its on-the-line standing between jazz and pop. Clubs book- ing ordinarily jazz attractions call for injections of new techniques while better paying class niteries and theatres insist on subdued ar- rangements. Shearing cited the flock of rela- tively new jazz names—Jerry Mul- ligan, Dave -Brubeck, Chet Baker, etc., who are moving in on the territory of such topliners of a few years back <as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, who continued within the jazz scope without trans- cending into the commercial field. Shearing believes that jazzmen can maintain musical integrity and still develop a solid commercial potential by playing melodically. His only argument with jazz as a whole concerns the cult which de- mands endless repetition of riffs and musical cliches. Shearing has added Armando Peraza on conga and bongo drums, but will drop his current two-guitar setup after the Embers date to re- turn to -his original lineup. The Quintet already is pencilled in for a 10-week return stand at the east- side jazz spot beginning June 28. Burrell Named Cap’s C&W Promotion Head Bob Burrell has been upped to country & western promotion man- ager for Capitol Records. Burrell previously had been diskery’s At- lanta branch manager. He’ll head* quarter in Nashville and act as liai- son between the c&w field and the homeoffice. Gene Weiss, who handled c&w promotion for Capitol, ankled the firm for; a tv sales manager’s spot in Scranton. Bloom Joins Gale & Gayles Abe Bloom has joined the con- tactman staff at Gale & Gayles Music. Bloom formerly plugged for Sid Prosen’s Village Music.