Variety (December 1954)

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Wednesday, December 8, 1934 music Indie Longhair Labels Getting Hot w^'d^ With Jazz Catalogs; Angel Latest SfS£S ^ *5 ,n fi °n his own in a Coronet Rec- Upsurge in the jazz album mar- label;’ for light music from the ° rds LP album ’ % kit is spearheading a move-in by Continent. Rlzo is a top pianist and con- 1 ,,, in flip longhair labels The in- The J azz disks will not be re- ductor ‘ n his own right, apart from tiie mil g leased under a regular time sehed- V s wo,k with Araaz and his occa- dies are finding the addition of a u j e only»as new material be- s ! ona l appearances in local in- jazz line a simple operational pro- comes available. Initial sets in- tirre ! ries - Cast year he was guest cedure and in most cases a profit- clud e Svend Asmussen & His L'n- - sol ‘ )ist with the Mexican Symphony | Melancholy Hanes, Italian Jazz and g “ est conductor of the Havana able one. I Stars, Irvside Jazz Dow n Under and Symphony * The longhairs haven t changed ^e Jazz Hot j their marketing tactics in the segue Ano _ , , 1 CAMDEN INTO PACKAGES »^ a a a nd u ^ 5 Van,uar d - Eso - WITH POPS, LONGHAIR & "'e,s c t o bi ;S LSS n, 4‘ Xei e Situationer Set '~<5 e ^“"oSd 5 S pai.itne.y low costs of cutting jazz den label subsid will release cur- packages is another feature attract- T Alltlinnv ! rent pop *" package sets, ing the longhairs 1UI fllUIlOny Camden is planning a series of • La ‘ s i 1! ! dl ln 0 « , | 1 pArm- 1 !? / 01 . Hollywood, Dec. 7. EPs framed around the hits and jazz tiade is Angel R&coids. Label if a Cuban bandleader mart** thn the first one. sliced hv Stuart Arn BiiHnV r wah own r Disk Ballroom Ops Aim at Fomenting’ Hollywood, Dec. 7. Marco Rizo, longtime keyboard- 1\ /I ■ P IV) 1 IW* r‘: New Dance Iraze to Mark Band Biz t tJ nlk. V. *3 * . . - , . K Tele Situationer Set For Batoneer Anthony WITH POPS, LONGHAIR For the first time since it’s been launched, RCA’s low-priced Cam- den label subsid will release cur- rent pop tunes in package sets. Camden is planning a series of EPs framed around the hits and • La L 1 c An/oi t k i Hollywood, Dec. 7. EPs framed around the hits and jazz tiade is Angel R&coids. Label if a Cuban bandleader made the ! the first one, sliced by Stuart Fos- •will launch its jazz series in mid- grade as a tv personality, why not ler - reached the stands last week. January with sets drawn from Den- a top danceband maestro? i Camden’s EPs sell lor 69c. — - 1,1 ♦ Chicago, Dec. 7. Louvre in the Groove « taS RCA \ ictor has come up summer's convention. National with an unusual twist in Ballroom Operators Assn, held an “mood music albums in a all-industry board meeting here forthcoming package titled | a st week to set stage for its Famous Paintings Set lo attack. Adopting theme that Music. Music composed and there ’ s nothing wrong with our conducted by Henri Rene, was business that a little showmanship inspired by a group ot master couldn’t cure." group decided that paintings ranging from Botti- ballrooms, bands, and bookers all celli to Picasso. must focus their publicity in a 1 he album cover will be . s j nc ie direction to hypo public in- bordered by small prints of Merest in dancing, the paintings. • . " ... . i Accordingly, the committee out- lined a program which future sub- Kpnfnn Irkc Ollintat committees will try to execute: ncmuil lino yuimci (1) To serv i ce ballroom opera- Fnr Io7 TV I okal Rncfor tt)rs U ‘ ,b adverlisin £’matS that seI1 rOl jazzy LdDcl nOSlvi I dancing primarily, and bands see- Hollywood, Dec. 7. j ondariiy. First talent signed by Stan Ken a Capitol rec Disl erv’s ti’eun with EMI (Electric i J ^ a ! a p pears to be the thinking In the longhair field. Camden is ton in his recently launched na- tions. via outside agencies, to as- * Musical Industries) of Eurone L 1 d » the p ™. ject bcin 8 put to- propping a major packaging pro- tionwide hunt for new jazz names certain whether or not they are Will Svf tsuncomini sets an in- ? X* * y f s u cnpt ? r Jean Holloway gram. The label is putting all of is the A1 Belletto Quintet. Ken- being kept up as desirable places ici-national flavor The iazz Droied e .^” t , h ® n 4 ¥ anagement Corp - Tchaikovsky’s six symphonies in ton heard of the outfit in Buffalo, for patronage and whether or not *,iii ho imHpr th*» J w r Ull i* w Inch is the corporate setup one box with specially-written traced them to Calumet City, 111., they are promoting themselves suf- ,. be ."" d ?£ .*?? . ot W ' for batoneer Ray Anthony. Miss notes. The six 12. n,hers will ™ and sinned them for his Stan Ken- neienllv. SicJl output 8 «T"u -blue ‘ &l anS 10 Wm “ Pil0tlhC near A. collection of op^atiV He R oes to Chicago .his week to i,„ d '7^,,', foment __ u e ’ platters will be Similarly packaged, record quintet for first time. dance craze; being kept up as desirable places for patronage and whether or not they are promoting themselves suf- ficiently. • 3) To work out a program for the popularization of dance tunes and if possible to foment a new RETAIL DISK BEST SEI.I.EBS a o _ JC m C/i Survey of retail disk best sellers based on reports ob tained from leading stores in 22 cities and showing com- parative sales rating for this and last week. National Ratine This Last wk. wk. & u i/1 C J c 1 O 3 3 ^ ui Qj 1 1 n. i *•*» ff (U I 5 o I 1 1 I ! s' i Artist, Label, Title 3 A 3 10 A 12 AMES BROTHERS ^Vict "Naughty Lady of Shady 10 10 17A 16 17B 19 21A 24 21B 23 24 21 " 1 25 22 " CHORDETTES (Cadence) "Mister Sandman’’ 1331151 2981 12 2.. JOAN WEBER (Columbia) "Let Me Go, Lover” 211 2.. 151122... 1 11 ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Col.) “This Ole House” 10 4 7 2 3 .. .. 3 3.3.. .. 6 EDDIE FISHER (Victor) "I Need You Now” 3 10.. .. 3 3 2 4.. 5 6 2., .. 5 DeCASTRO SISTERS (Abbott) "Teach Me Tonight” 5 2 3 2 .. ., 3 .. .. 8 5 .. 6 .. PERRY COMO (Victor) "Papa Loves Mambo” 4 6 .. .. 6 7 7 5.. 6 5 6.. .. 4 HALEY’S COMETS (Decca) "Shake Rattle and Roll” 2 8 .. 4 .. .. 7 .. 7 .. 1 0 .. 8 T_ EDDIE FISHER (Victor) "Count Yo ur Blessings’*... 6 5 5.. 6.. .. 9.. 9 6 7 .. DON CORNELL (Cor/l) "Hold My Hand” J 5 8 .. 8 .. 4 .. 9 .. ■ ■ 7 7 5 4 ., AMES BROTHJSRS > <Victor> "Naughty Lady of Shady Lane” 6 7 5 10 ■■ 8 10 10 .. ■■ 9 10 ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Col.) "Hey There" 4 9 6.. .. 4 8 FOUR ACES (Decca) "Mister Sandman” 1 2 DORIS DAY (Columbia) "If I Give My Heart to You”.. .. 4 4 3 ■ • SARAH VAUGHAN (Mercury) "Make Yourself Comfortable”. 8 .. 4 10 •» 8 •• 3 ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Col) "Mambo Italiano” 7 8 7 FONTANE SISTERS (Dot) "Hearts of Stone” 10 ♦ • g • • 3 9 McGUIRE SISTERS (Coral) "Muakrat Ramble” 8 _ HALEY’S COMETS (Decca) "Dim, Dim the Lights” * PAUL-FORD (Capitol) "Whither Thou Goest” 9 *) CHARMS (DeLuxe) "Hearts of Stone” 9 10 •• 4 .. .. ^^ 11 _ THREE CHUCKLES (Label X) "Runaround” l_l_ NAT (KING) COLE (Capitol) "HaJJi Baba” i: U—l: 1:—Ll_ JAYE P. MORAN (Victor) Q Q "That’s All I Want” 8 ‘ LJ— ^—-—H- H. WINTERHALTER (Victor) "Barefoot Contessa” 9 9 .. .. - -—-—-—n—n— Ll — FOUR ACES (Decca) "It’s a Woman’s World” 10 1 170 6 149 9 10 6 10 8 73 10 69 4 63 9 40 SIX TOP ALBUMS STUDENT PRINCE Mario Lama Victor LM 1837 ERB 1837 MUSIC, MARTINIS AND MEMORIES Jackia GUaton Capitol W 509 EAP 1, 2, 3, 4—5091 WHITE CHRISTMAS Cro»by-Kay«-Uo Decca DL 8083 ED 819 A 956 A STAR IS BORN Judy Garland Columbia BL 1201 BA 1201 BM 1201 GLENN MILLER LIMITED EDITION, II GUnn Miller Victor LPT 6701 EPOT 6701 BRIGADOON Hollywood Cot* MGM E 3135 X 263 <4> To hypo dance instruction. 15) And to seek more exposure of bands and bandleaders on tele- vision. Hopping bandleaders at the meeting, Les Brown planed in from Dallas. Bookers were spoken for by Howard Sinnot of General Artists Corp. in the New York, and James Breyley of Music Corp. of America in Chi. NBOA prexy Tom Archer, secretary Otto Weber, Ed Schott of Coney Island Ballroom in Cincinnati, and Joe Barry, old- 1 time operator of Bridgeport, dan- ' eery, represented the ballrooms. Fred Benson, manager of Hay An- : fhony, is also on the committee but | eould not attend the meeting. In coming weeks. NBOA sub- committees will be formed which are to include trade newspapermen, deejays, and other connected with the music or ballroom biz. MAREK, STOKY TO FACE MUSIC CRIX ON ‘DIGEST’ George R. Marek, RCA Victor artists & repertoire manager, is going to have it out face-to-face with his N. Y. daily newspaper critics who severely rapped Vic- tor’s condensation of lo.ighair classics in. its "Listener’s Digest” package. Marek, together with Leopold Stokowski, who wrote the preface to the "Digest,” a Victor paetee, will debate the issue with Harold C. Schonberg, of the N. Y. Times, and Paul Henry Lang, of the N. Y. Herald-Tribune, at the Juilliard School of Music in N. Y., Dec. 14. William Schuman, juil- liard prexy and composer, will moderate. Marek devised the "Listener’s Digest” as a way of introducing the musical masterworks to the masses in easy stages. The “Digest” comprised some 10 basic composi- tions, most of which were edited down to short selections. Burley Blackouts On Next Jubilee Album Next laugh album under the Ju- bilee imprint will be a burlesque package of famous blackouts. Al- bum already is in the works and Jerry Blaine, prexy of Jubilee, which brought out the "Blooper” albums, is rushing completion of the package. Most of the actual recording has been completed and a good portion of the material has been edited. Blaine expects to wind up with such oldtime burley names as Smith & Dale and Bozo Snyder represented — if only through material. Queens Disk Pact Okayed Los Angeles, Dec. 7. Disk contract between The Queens, voeal trio, and Flair Records, was approved here by Superior Judge Arnold Prager. Contract calls for eight sides dur- ing the ensuing year, with the girls to receive of 90% of the 1 gross on the disks. J Trio consists of Shirley Gunter, ■ 20; Blondean Taylor, 18, and Lulu I B. Keney, 17.