Variety (June 1955)

48 MUSIC HARRY JAMES EXITS I COL; TO CUT CAP SET Hollywood, June 28. ^ : Bandleader Harry James, fol- lowing expiration of bis Columbia Records pact June 30, is exiting the dislcery after eight-year asso- ciation. Trumpeter was inked yesterday (Mon.) by.Alan Livingston, Capitol Records artists & repertoire chief, to special disk contract .calling for James to record one album. Initial sides will be sliced July 18. » i Maestro Can’t Double In Pic Studio, Hotel Hollywood, June 28. Freddie Karger, musical director at Columbia Pictures studios; was forced to cancel out a booking he got for his band at the Persian Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel last Tuesday (21). Musicians^ Local 47 invoked its by-law which states, ’‘No member of the local .cah hold two steady jobs simultaneously in one locality/' Consequently, hostelry .inked Barney Sorkin’s orch to supplant Karger for the three-month stand. PtimiETY Publishers ■ / Vocalists Record Companies Producers ★ Collins and Hilperi America's New Song yifrifing Team .wish to announce that their new and complete song cata- logue is ready for your con- sideration. Lead- sheets and demo's are sent special delivery on request — or we appear in person with our material. We are available for musi- cal scores. Call Hubbard 7-4815 or write Collins and Hilpert 86 Euclid Ave. Ridgefield Park, N.J. A TUNEFUL ADDITION TO ANY PROGRAM Styne and Cahn s "PAPA WON'T YOU DANCE WITH ME!" STYNE and CAHN MUSIC Inc. Scoreboard TOP TALENT AND TUNES * > . T Compiled from Statistical Reports of Distribution . Encompassing the Three Mdjor Outlets Coin Machines Retail Disks Retail Sheet Music as Published in the Current issue ' - —r - j— • r ‘ - i ■ i i • • ■ ■ i'.» . ' ii l ‘ i i ■ ■■■ * NOTEt 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, tioo ways in the case of talent (coin machines, retail disks J and, three ways in the case of tunes (coin machines, retail disks and retail sheet music J, POSITIONS This Last. Week Week TALENT ARTIST AND LABEL TUNE POSITIONS This Last Week Week BILL HALEY’S COMETS (Decca) mamboRock ^ C1 ° Ck PEREZ PRADO (Victor) . Cherry Pink Mambo Xearnin’ the Blues FRANK SINATRA (Capitol) ........ Two Hearts, Two Kisses [Not as a Stranger f A Blossom Fell NAT (KING) COLE (Capitol) ,.. J If I May My One Sin ART MOONEY (MGM) iAlabahi^Jubilee LES BAXTER (Capitol) i [Dance With Me, Henry GEORGIA GIBBS (Mercury)'. {Sweet and Gentle (Tweedle Dee GISELE MacKENZIE (Label X) ......... Hard to Get AL HIBBLER (Decca) Unchained Melody { Something’s Gotta Give Love Me or Leave Me That Old Black Magic TUNES (♦ASCAP. fBMi) ‘ TUNE PUBLISHER ♦UNCHAINED MELODY Frank ♦CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE Chappell ♦ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Myers ♦LEARNIN’ THE BLUES Barton fBALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT...... Wonderland ♦HONEY BABE. Witmark ♦A BLOSSOM FELL Shapiro-Bernstein ♦SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE ‘ Robbins ♦HARD TO GET Witmark fDANCE WITH ME, HENRY Modern ARM Smiawkc thailks *° thc citizenry for thclr Sarah Vaughan Heads Arm aquawKs uayos ^, voting a $5oo.ooo bo„ d New Touri Package i I 11 fm Armv I nnrArfc issue for a new armory. The con- ® 1/U11U nimjf l/Ullt/Clld certs wefe tQ haye been sponsore(J George Treadwell has packaged Kansas City, June 28. the c j^y recreation department, a P°P an ^ rhythm & blues concert Opposition from Local 34 of the but no fee was to be paid. show which will kick off next American Federation of Musicians Ted prelier, president of the lo- month and run through August, caused cancellation of a series of cal union, said the bgap looked The package is being booked via three band concerts to have been upon the. concerts as direct compe- the Gale Agency given by the 42d Army Band in tition to .union musicians. It had t n the lineun qarah xr aueht . n Kansas City parks. The 28-piece no objection to the band playing A1 Hibbler Nappy Brown Muddv band, a National Guard unit, had a concert in the armory, it r.e- w a teis Moonelows Card?nals and intended the series as a gesture of Bed Prysock^band. ToSr wm/tee of the bandalready were members oft . in Chica e°- July 10 at'the of the umon The^^on move was ™ a f" twenty-two supported by the Kansas City Star d tes are alread Y set * in an editorial next day. BilIy williams Qrch openg ^ week stand at the Marion Room on ft I ffc "i the Pleasure Pier in Galveston (lOl WIIIS OllltS July 8. Wednesday, June 29, 1955 MELCHER, DAVE TOFF SET UP BRITISH PUB .. London, June 28. British publisher David Toff set’ a deal with Marty Melcher this week to form the Melcher-Toff Music Co., Ltd. Melcher, who is Doris Day’s husband and was over here with her while she was film- ing . “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” has been looking for a British outlet for' his music activi- ties, and the new firm will provide for an exchange of songs between Britain and the U. S. First song to be handled by the Melcher-Toff firm Is “Never Look Back,” from the new Doris Day stai'xer, “Love Me or Leave Me,” a Metro production. The new ar- rangement will not affect operation of David Toff Music, although for the time being the same premises and the same staff will ,be used. Len Taylor is exploitation mana- ger of the two firms. i Indie Label Bows . A new disk label, Cavalcade Records, enters the wax sweep- stakes this week with D’Artega as musical director. First release is a 12 r inch LP tagged “The Caval- cade of Music” with D’Artega batoning a pop symphony orch. Diskery will stick to the pop- symph groove in its future re- leases. (We’re GonnaJ “ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK” Theme of MGM Picture "BLACKBOARD JUNGLE" Recorded by BILL HALEY and his COMETS—Deccc Still Going Strong “MAMBO ROCK” MYERS MUSIC. Inc. 122 N. 12fh St., Philadelphia 7, Pa. support in voting a $500,000 bond issue for a new armory. The con- certs were to have been sponsored New Touring Package George Treadwell has packaged > ■ ■ « « r ■ by the city recreation department, a P°P anc * rhythm & blues concert but no fee was to be paid. show which will kick off next ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORPORATION JOE GLASER , Pres. New York I Chicago 7'15 5?h .Ave, PL. 9-4600 | 203 Klo. Wabash Hollywood 0619 Sunset Blvd. Col Wins Sails Continued from page 45 Col did not press for damages. The original complaint asked for $50,000. Col now has its own pack- age of Ruth Etting “originals” on the market. Renewed wax inter- est in the thrush was sparked by the release of her biopic, “Love Me Or Leave Me” by Metro. Suit marks another major vic- tory by Col against diskleggers. In 1952, Col and Louis Armstrong brought a joint suit against the Jolly Roger label for pirating ma- terial issued earlier by the com- pany. The defendant consented to an injunction and- paid damages. LEO FEIST, INC. 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