Variety (August 1956)

zSriety On the Upbeat New York Gosi Grant, currently at Salis¬ bury Beach, Boston, swings over to the Riverside Hotel, Reno, for one week beginning Sept. G. She's also set for a shot on Steve Allen’s NBC-TV show Sept. 16 . . . Joan 1 Tietjen upped to exec assistant ; spot at Columbia Records . . . Neai • Hefti-Frances Wayne group waxes its first album for Epic today i (Wed.) . . . Jackie Lee cut four ! sides with Dick Jacobs’ orch for ! Coral release. | Charles (Chick) Farmer has com¬ pleted his screen treatment of “The Mabel Wavne Story,” which is being submitted to several Holly¬ wood studios by his agent Mitchell J. Hamilburg . . . The Four Voices set for Arlhur Godfrey’s CBS Radio show for two weeks begin¬ ning Aug. 27 . . . Lionel Hampton i plays his first Las Vegas date at ! the Dunes beginning tomorrow j (Thurs.) . . . Dizzy Gillespie orch! will lead off the Aug. 25 bash at : Randali’s Island New York Jazz ; Festival. j Hollywood | Freddy Martin orch held over at the Cocoanut Grove for the sav- i enth straight time during Nat ; Cole’s stand Sept. 15 . . . George ! Shearing Qhintet, current at N.Y.’s ; Embers, si. t for a week's engage- \ mont at the Colonia Tavern, To- 1 ronto, Sept. 3 . . . Lionel Manpt-'ii ; orch set for a six-day run at the ’ Downtown Paramount Sept. 6 . . . : Lillian, Rath signed Bobby KroJl as ■musical conductor for her Staller ! stand starting Aug. 30. i Mildred Phillips and Jimmy De Knight are penning a title tune for . “Rumble On the Docks,” Sam I Katzman pic for Columbia release \ . . . Jerry Gray and Red Nichols’ j crews will alternate at the Palla¬ dium’s series of Yuletide private parties beginning Dee. 1 . . . Paul Dunlap signed to score “Dragoon Wells' Massacre” at Allied Artists . . . Warren Baker orch has re¬ leases coming up this month on five different labels—Dot. Sunset, Liberty, Kimberly and Omegatape . . . Aug. 31 is Wolfie Gilbert’s 70th birthday and marks his 50th anni as a tunesmith. j Chicago Mr. Kelly’s, Chi, set to reopen next Wednesday (29), has the Con¬ nie Milano trio, Beverly Kenny and Audrey Morris . . . Phyllis Branch currently at Chicago’s Easy Street on Monday nights; Leigh Travis and the Bill Wallace trio continue there Wednesday through Sunday and Bill Russo’s quintet plays the Sunday afternoon jazz concerts . . . Tommy Reed back to the Muehl- bach Hotel, Kaycee, Oct. 5 . . . Muggsy Spanier plays the Town House, Indianapolis, Sept. 3 for two frames . . . Patti Page set for the Corn Palace Show, Mitchell, f^RIETY Scoreboard OF IP TALENT AND TUNES Compiled 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 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, two 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). POSITIONS This Last W’eck Week POSITIONS This Last Week Week TALENT ARTIST AND LABEL TUNE fHound Dog ELVIS PRESLEY (Victor) .-j Don’t Be Cruel [I Want You, I Need You- PLATTERS (Mercury) .leavenOn Earth DORIS DAY (Columbia) ... Whatever Will Be, Will Be BUCHANAN & GOODMAN (Luniverse) ... Flying Saucers HUGO WINTERHALTER (Victor) .Canadian Sunset PATTI PAGE (Mercury) . Allegheny Moon PAT BOONE (Dot) . I Almost Lost My Mind GENE VINCENT (Capitol). Be-Bop-A-Lula fMore PERRY COMO (Victor) ...Glendora (Somebody Up There GOGI GRANT (Era) . Wayward Wind TUNES (♦ASCAP. fBMI) TUNE PUBLISHER *MY PRAYER . Shapiro-B *'WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE .Artists * ALLEGHENY MOON.Oxford fCANADIAN SUNSET. Meridian tHOUND DOG. Presley f WAYWARD WIND .Warman fFLYING SAUCERS. ..... . Luniverse *ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE. Chappell i-I ALMOST LOST MY MIND.Hill & Range fCON’T BE CRUEL. Shalimar-P orch to handle relief chores, two | America’s New PERRY (0M0 RCA Victor JACK LEWIS Crest « g? « * Epic Inks Jaycee Hill Victor’s Pianist Push Pastor Orch . . . Brian Farnon ] hou ^ e band t n i n • n 1 RCA vlctor is on a keyboard - In HlIfK rlvrc rfPMPV klck - Label has already wrapped Q .1 i 1U DUtlV LIVK> riCMC J up pacts with pianists Eddie Hey- OCOtiana With the diskery prowl for an- wood and Bud Powell and is cur- Mel Torme topping in variety at ? ther Elvis Presle y sti H rolling in rently in negotiations with cool the Empire, Glasgow . . . The Hill- i “^h gear, Epic Records is jump- 88’er Phineas Newborn, toppers to Empire, Edinburgh . . . ! J*)6 into the field with Jaycee Hill. Heywood comes to the Victor Janie Marden, ex-BBC Show Band i Marv Holtzman. Epic s pop artists label after a sess ion with Mer- chirper, pacted for date at Empire, & repertoire chief, picked up four cury Records. His composition, Glasgow, Oct. 1 . . .Lonnie Done- Hill masters last week and has set “Canadian Sunset ” i«s rnrrentlv a gan and his Skiffle Group set for the first platter for Sept. 10 re- hot seller for Hl | g0 Winler halter tick to Edinburgh and Glasgow lease. Both songs were written by on +i ie victor lnhcl . . . Gwen Walters, musical director Hill and are being published by _ at Alhambra, Glasgow, to London Valyr Music, Bob Merrill’s firm. to baton his own orch in 5-minute Epic also added Ralph Young TWra Sicrnc ‘ airing on national network . . and Eileen Barton to its roster last ^ ^ „ oigns i nree airing on national network . .- . and Eileen Barton to its roster last The leenagers’waxing of’’Why Do : W eek. Miss Barton previously lools kail in Love, on Columbia, kvaxed for Coral while Young was topping bestsellers here; Tony L D c t Martin’s “Walk Hand in Hand,” on I a Uecc& pactce ' ,_ IIMV, in second slotting. Another BMI “Pin Up* Hit Decca Signs Three Decca Records bolstered its ros- axed for Coral while Young was last week with the pacting of Decca pactee. three artists. In the signings were __Eddie Fontaine, who’s been waxed previously by Vik Records, the LBC-Par Execs to Coast Sunnysiders, who clicked last year 171 M j n, i .i with “Hey Mr. Banjo” on the Kapp 1 Or I ackaged Material label, and newcomer crooner Mark Recorded by ROBERTO AND HIS ORCH MARIO LANZA H .Corel SAMMY DAVIS, JR . Victor .Decca Published by meuin MUSIC. INC. ABC-Par Execs to Coast Sunnysiders, who clicked last year 171 M j nir 4 . with “Hey Mr. Banjo” on the Kapp 1 Or I ackaged Material label, and newcomer crooner Mark ABC-Paramount execs headed Murphy, for the Coast over the past week- Label is prepping all three for end to scout material for album an early release, projects. In the trek were proxy - -- Sam Clark and artists & roper- TUP UIT xiir lAfmc I toire toppers Sid Feller and Don * tit til I Ut I tit if tE,W | They’il be back at their New Aid AN HEART York base by the end of the week. - ■ A KISS I I’LL SHARE Prado to Far East ■ is forever your tears, Perez Prado will bring mambo ■ LAUGHTER AND tc the Far East this fall in his first DREAMS trek through that territory. H ____ _____ Prado planes to Japan next MGM 12311 K 12311 month for a series of one-niters and performances for Armed Serv- ^ _ ice personnel. He’s also due to ll.fl /i _ _ tour Australia although bookings have not yet been set. Music Corp. ^ of America is handling the tour. JjlHHHHLw WAIT y?'* LITTLE >7 ☆ DARLING + * N ^ Recorc/ec/ by ^ ^ y KAY CEE JONES on Decca PROGRAM TO-DAY YESTERDAY'S FLAPPERETTE Music by JESSE GREER Published by Robbins 799 7th Ave., New York 19 THE HIT OF THE WEEK ALAN DEAN