Variety (March 1956)

Wednesday? March : 7y: 1956 Pfi&IETY MUSIC ■&7 opened, at Cleveland Hopkins Air¬ port . . Australian. Jazz Quintet returned to Cotton r Club for 10 day stand, this time . . . Ben Silverberg formecT'new string combo for Al¬ pine Village. Pliilly, March 12.. lin who won the award for his scoring of ‘‘Cinerama -- was presented " New York Bcrnie Wayne off on' a European tr ek in mid-April . . .. Vaughn Monroe opens at the Latin Casino, 19 , Jack Shamd- annual ■ Clef ‘ 'ni Holidav,” was presemea with. Time Dex statuette on the Wendy Barrie tv show March 2 . . . Roger Williams at the Radisson Hotel, Minneapolis, through March 14 . . . Lillian Roth set for a stand at Chubby’s Camden, starting Friday ,q) y Decca Distributing. Corp. moved its h.q. from Manhattan to Woodside, Queens . . . Capitol Rec¬ ords throwing a cocktailery tor Irish thrush Ruby Murray today (Wed.) at the Hotel Plaza. Stan Richards, dee jay at WCOP, Boston, switches-to the program dh-ector’s spot at WORL in the same city March 12 . Jimmy Smith Trio and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers take over at the Cafe Bohemia Friday (19) . . .Jacques Belasco back in town after mid- western deejay tour plugging his first MGM disk . . . Don Elliott’s jazz combo opened at the Town Casino, Buffalo, yesterday (Tues.) Richard Hayman begins a month’s engagement at the Hotel Plaza's Persian Room tomorrow (Thurs) . . . Horizon Press prep- ping publication of “Encyclopedia Yearbook of Jazz” to be written by Leonard Feather . . . Ramon Bruce,' rhythm -& blues deejay on Newark’s WAAT, lining up dates on the Jersey shore for a r&b pack¬ age tour • this summer . . . Morty Jay joined the Crew-Cuts as con¬ ductor-pianist replacing Mai Fitch. The vocal group has been set by Annheuser-Busch to make film commercials for Budweiser beer. Bill Heycr held over indefinitely at the Park Plaza, St. Louis . . . The Mello-Larks set for one-week at the Sans Souci, Havana, begin¬ ning March 13 . . . Erroll Garner at Detroit’s Keyboard Lounge Friday (9) for 10 days . . * Renzo Cesana, tele’s “The Continental,” has penned “Don’t Be Afraid, My Dar¬ ling” to be published by Barton Music . . , Crooner Bob Anthony set for a stand at Billy Gray’s Band Box, Hollywood, later this month . . . Marais fc.Miranda con¬ certing at New York’s Town Hall Saturday (10) . . . Rita Reyes, Dutch jazz singer, arrives in the U.S. April 15 . Hollywood Saxists Bud Shank and Bill Perkins inked new three-year con¬ tracts with Pacific Jazz . . . Gail Allan, who, wrote “You Gotta Get a Lot of Livin’ Out of Life,” is Allan Jones daughter . . . Com¬ poser-pianist Phil Moody holding over at the Garden of Allah . . . Decca has inked composer-con¬ ductor Elmer Bernstein to a three year deal . . . Buddy Bregman and Joe Carlton, Victor’s AA&R chief, N.Y. for promotion on Breg- man’s initial sides for label. Chicago Carmen Cavallaro into the Con¬ gress Hotel, l5t. Louis, May 7 for two weeks . . . Art Tatum opens at the London House, .Chicago, to¬ night (Wed.)- for four frames, with JEverett Barksdale and Slam Stew¬ art .. . Johnnie Pat Trio at the London House on Mondays and Tuesdays . . . George Rank orch plays the Peabody Hotel, Memphis, in April for two and segues into the Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans . . . Frankie Laine set for the Chase Hotel, St. Louis, April 26 for two . “Blind John” Davis plays the piano and sings on Mondays and Tuesdays at Chicago's Easy Street . . . Shelly Grey cutting four sides for Deed records Friday (9) . . . Dan Belloc* musical director of Fraternity Records, comes out with his first album on the label in April. Dallas Bob Cross orch held over at the Statler-Hiltdn Hotel . . . Wayne King on one-nighter Texas tour . . . Ben Arden orch, after a long Baker Hotel stint, gives way March 19 to Bernie Cummins’ orch, set for indefinite date . . . Plantation has one-nighters due for Earl Bostic band, ‘ March 17; Faye Adams, Bill Doggett combo, March 19, and Count Basie’s crew, March 23, Pittsburgh A1 O’Brien orch Into the White Elephant for an indefinite stay . . . Ernie Neff, organist* has switched from the Devonshire in Oakland to the 300 Club in Braddock . . . Joe Lecscak band into Almono Club, replacing Whitey Scharbo, whose outfit has transferred to private membership. Sonny Boys AA, for¬ merly. the Bachelors Club, in East Liberty . . . Teddi King plays Easter Week at Vogue Terrace be¬ ginning March 31 . . . Howdy Baum, on the piano, has replaced Frank Natale, guitarist, with Don McGovern Trio at Frankie’s . . . Leonard Eisner, professor of piano in music school at Carnegie Tech, will be the soloist with the Butler County Symphony Orch at two con¬ certs April *10-11 . . . Martene Chord back into Gene’s Musical Lounge for third time within the past year . . . Ink Spots, who hold attendance record there, return to White Elephant for Its first anni show week of March 19. Omaha Chuck Canuso’s band in at Palm Garden of local Legion Club . . . Dave Alexander’s combo held over at the Happy Hour here . . . Ford & Reynolds opening at Seven Seas Friday. (9) for two weeks. Dicker Haley’s Comets For Dates in Britain London, March 6. Latest U.S. group to be offered a tour of Britain is Bill Haley and his Comets. Lew & Leslie Grade are negotiating with Haley for a tour to run about eight weeks starting with a fortnight at the London Palladium, commencing late April. The Comets have made a big impact here through their records. “Rock Around The Clock” has been No. 1 in the best selling charts and all their other disks' are in the bestsellers almost as MARTIN EXITS RAPHAEL FIRM Mack Martin wound up his af¬ filiation with Fred Raphael’s music firm last week. For the past year Martin had headed up Raphael’s operation in New York. Firm's h.q. is on the Coast. RCA 35G Presley Bet Paying Of RCA Victor’s $35,000 bet on sing¬ er Elvis Presley is paying off. The 20-year-old singer, whose contract was bought from the indie Sun Rec¬ ords for $30,000, in addition to a $5,000 personal bonus, is now one of the hottest names on the label. His current release, “I Was the One,” is now around the 300,000 sales mark after three weeks on the market. In addition, all six of Pres¬ ley’s Victor platters, including four made from Sun masters, are in the company’s top 25 bestseller lists. Steve Sholes, head of Victor’s country & western operation, made the deal for Presley after hear¬ ing him In Nashville last fall dur¬ ing the hillbilly disk jockey con¬ vention* From The Broadway Production STRIP FOR ACTION’* TOO YOUNG TO GO STEADY ROBBINS MUSIC CORPORATION RECORDS PRESSED COMPLETE PACKAGE DEAL • Tape* Duplicated • DIjct Converted to Tape • Tapei Transferred to Discs Top Quality Pressings In Small or Large Quantities Send for Descriptive Brochure and Rate schedules Dept. I CREST RECORDS, INC. 220 Broadway Huntington Station. H. Y. Kansas City Tito Guizar will wend his way southward after his date in the Terrace Grill here currently. He’s set at the Baker Hotel, Dallas, and the Shamrock, Houston, in April . . . Carl Ravazza Into Eddy’s March 9, a return date for him, fol¬ lowing the Chuck Miller trio . . . Merry Mac* and Billy Paton are next In the Terrace Grill of Hotel Muchlebach, opening March 16 for two weeks . , . Happy Jesters trio are due back at Eddy’s March 23, their third stand in this club . . . Marge & Her Rhythm Gals playing for dancing in the Ball Park Room . . . Victor Borge does his “Comedy in Music” in the Municipal Audi¬ torium March 20 . . . Spike Jones crew does a one nighter at the Vic¬ toria Theatre March 9 . . . Royal- aires (5) doing string of club dates in area following their week long stand at the annual Auto Show (25-3) in Municipal Auditorium. Cleveland Marty Conn, hospitalized nearly three months by eye hemorrhages, back leading his orch with dark glasses. Povita and George Glil- lont’s orch replaced Ted Huston’s crew at Hotel Cleveland's Bronze Room . . . Bob Bramen’s trio, re¬ cent winners of Arthur Godfrey’s “Talent Scouts” show, into Morns Wexler’s Theatrical Grill for-two weeks following Barbara Carroll . Roger. Steams shifted from Hotel Hollenden club to grand piano at new Sky-Chefs cafe MAURICE SEYMOUR PHOTOGRAPHER 1715 Broadway at'54th Stroot Now York Phono for Appointment : . COlwnbusWIM roPH'K THE WEEK LITTLE THE GAL WITH THE YALLER SHOES