Variety (May 1954)

48 NVSIC PBBsnaff Wednesday, May 12, I 954 ‘Jazz Pius 5' Concert Clicks in Philly Date; Nitery Dp, DJ. Promote Philadelphia, May 11. Cafe owner Lee Guber, owner of the Rendezvous Cafe, and deejay Frank Ford, WPEN, have a potent package ’In their “Jazz Plus 5“ show which played two. perform- ances here Saturday night (8) at the Academy- of Music. Both shows had near-capacity attendance with seyeral hundred extra peats on stage, despite .rainy weather and tragic snarlbetween performances when exiting patrons were unable to break through the waiting mob banked solidly outside. Package included Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, George Shearing Septet, Gerry . Mulligan Four, Sarah Vaughan and Gene Krtlpa Trio. Promoters also had show booked for Baltimore (without Shearing) Friday evening (7) at Coliseum, and Washington, D. . C., Sunday night (9) at Uline Arena. Names were prime factor in box- office pull. One slight deterrent here was $4.50 top, high for local jazz session, and all vacancies were in this bracket. Audience at sec- ond show topped opener and each group was vociferously received, with Gene Krupa acting as emcee. Show kicked off brightly with Dizzy Gillespie’s trumpet fronting a foursome that included sax, piano, bass and drums. Mulligan group came on second and proved most novel outfit of evening. Sarah Vaughan, with her own trio, was in ..third slot and offered a half-dozen of her more familiar lieder culminating with always sock “Tenderly” and having to beg off. Krupa’s “Drumboogie” bit with his famous spotlighted traps ca- denza made for’lively finale, which was further frenzied by a finale of “Perdido,” played by combo of all principals with Miss Vaughan's vo- cals. Second show ran almost three hours, breaking at 1:50 a.m. Decca's 'Billy Thrush Wanda Jackson, 16 - year - old country singer from Oklahoma, has joined Decca’s hillbilly roster. She’ll cut her first sides with Billy Gray’s orch. < A ‘‘HIGHLIGHT’ For Every Program JUNE NIGHT l:" feist, inc oreboard OF TOP TALENT AND TUNES Compited from 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 Tune*«Jfsfed 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: two ways in the case.of talent (disks, coin machines), and three ways An the case of tunes idiskk, coin machines, sheet music). /. * POSITIONS This Last Week Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 7 3 6 2 5 4 10 8 9 POSITIONS This Last Week Week 1 2 3 4 9 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 9 4 10 9 6 7 -TALENT ’ / . ARTIST AND LABEL TONE PERRY COMO (Victor) - Wanted ‘ . KITTY KALLEN^(Decca) Little ThingsPMean A Lot FRANK SINATRA (Capitol) Young■ At He^art ^ KAY STARR (Capitol) jn YouReMy Love Me PATTI PAGE (Mercury) Cross Over The Bridge FOUR KNIGHTS (Capitol) I Get So Lonely' JO STAFFORD (Columbia) Make Love Tq Me AMES BROS. (Victor) .....; Man With Th$ Banjo TONY MARTIN (Victor) Here 4 *'* NAT -(KING) COLE (Capitol) Answer Me, My Love TUNES (-ASCAP; fBMI) tune publisher * WANTED Witmark fYOUNG AT HEART Sunbeam ♦CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE Laurel ♦MAKE LOVE TO ME Melrose *1. GET ’ SO ‘LONELY Melrose ♦LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT Feist fMAN WITH THE BANJO Mellin ♦ANSWER ME, MY LOVE Bourne fHERE Hill & Range flF YOU LOVE ME (REALLY LOVE ME) Duchess All-U.S. Concert in Brit. * London, May 11. Gail Kubik will baton the first all-American music concert in Lon- don since the war May 20 when he will conduct the London Phil- harmonic Orchestra* at the Royal Festival Hall here. Program will include works by Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Kubik, Samuel ^Barber and George Gershwin. & ..■■I 1 ■■ NMBMMRNVMNMMARMMfeNNMaNM DICK CONTINO ED SULLIVAN'S Toail of Hio Town (M^y 16) • Followed by . CHICAGO THEATRE. CHICAGO For TWO Weeki * M«rc<uv Records Exclusively ■ " ■ * m * m - ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■_ LiJULU „ Exclusive Management ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORPORATION JOE OL4SER, Pres. . , . New York I Chicago I Hollywood ,J3 3fl ' A-t ’ PL I 203 Nj Wobcvh I 8 61° Sunir-i BUd Resurrect ‘Parade’ Tune For ‘Show Business’ Hollywood, May 11.' One of the five additional tunes written by Irving Berlin for “There’s No Business Like Show Business” at 20th is “Mr. Monoto- ny,” which was actually recorded by Judy Garland for “Easter Parade” but never used in the pic- ture and never published. Now it has been assigned to Marilyn 1 Mon- roe. New song*&fc “If You Believe,’’ to be warb&d by Johnnie Ray; “Peacli Blossom Time in Lichten- burg,”‘by Ethel Merman and Dan 1 Dailey; “A Man Chases a Girl Un- til She Catches Him,” by Donald O’ConnoF, and a tune, still untitled, by Miss Merman and Mitzi Gay- nor. Kings*IV oh Coral Hollywood, May 11. Coral Records has signed the Kings IV, combo which has achieved considerable prominence locally via an initial date at the Rag Doll in North Hollywood. Vocal-instrumental team was show- cased on the Red Skelton television show last week. Quartet cuts its first sides this week# under the supervision of Coral artists & repertoire chief Bob Thiele, who’s out here on an exr tended recording session. Stomps for 11 Hrs. But Doesn’t Draw Too Well Cincinnati, May 11 . Dixieland tnarathon presented by Crosley’s WLW radio and tv sta- tions over the weekend in the Cincinnati Garden was the biggest thing- of its kind ever offered in this region, but the turnout was below expectations. Less than 2,500 attended the 11-hour continuous session, which ended at 2 a.m Bunday (9). Five bands partici- pated. Admission was 50c from 3 to 6:30 p.m., then $1. A midnight jam session by the 30 musicians was the crowning event for the cats. Most of the jazz fans viewed the proceedings from the seats section. Others danced in the big arena nr milled close to the band platform. ‘ Three out-of-town combos were brought in for the show: George Lewis's Ragtime Jazz Band from New Orleans, Saints and Sinners from Chicago, and Gen Mayl’s Dixieland Rhythm Kings, Dayton. Dividing time with them were the popular WLW Dixieland groups headed by Cliff Lash and Esther Hanlon. • MERC DEBUTS‘MOOD’ SETS; UPS JAZZ SKED ' . Chicago, May 11. Mercury; Records this month is initiating a new' series of mood music albums on 12-inch LP’s, kick- ing off with Billy Daniels’ “This Is My Beloved” and Richard Hay- man’s “To My Love.” Latter is an instrumental and the former a rep- lica of Daniels’ nitery act, continu- ous from beginning to end sans tracks on the disk. Merc program will have two such albums each month, with June’s issu.e etched by Georgia’ Gibbs and the Gaylords. . On EmArcy label, Merc’s tag for its jazz series, a 12-inch LP on Ethel Waters* “collectors items" goes into release this month, with keyboarding of Reginald Beane the sole accompaniment on the disk. Twelve brand new sides on the jazz label also are skedded to bow this month, * among them a Sarah Vaughan newie. / SPEAK . TO EHE W RS R 0 c O r ci r d by: DORIS DAY Columbia - -40210 M WITMARK & SONS Angel For Brazil H. E. Morris, administrative di- rector of IndustWas Electricas e , Musicals Fabrica Odeon, Brazilian | subsidiary of Electric & Musical Industries Ltd., of Hayes, England, flew in to New York from Rio de Janeiro last week. ^ He’s discussing plans with Dario Soria, president of Electric & Mu- ’ sical Industries (U.S.) Ltd., to launch EMT’s Angel Records label in Brazil. Another BMI ‘Pin Up' Hit “HERE” Records rONY MARTIN FOUR BELLS y V/efor MTTY CODY ‘ ' Ml ’ ’ ” *! ••••«•••• Victor Published by HILL * songs, INC.