Variety (September 1956)

Wednesday, September 19, 1956 Mtrsic 75' RETAIL DISK AND ALBUM BEST SELLERS - P'RrTety - Survey of retail disk best sellers based on reports ob tained from leading stores in 20 cities and showing com¬ parative sales rating r or ttiis and last week. National Rating This Last wk. wk. Artist, Label, Title ELVIS PRESLEY (Victor). 2 “Don’t Be Cruel”.. 1 PLATTERS (Mercury) 1 “My Prayer”. 2 DORIS DAY (Columbia) “Whatever Will Be, Will Be”. 3 4 93 7 10 ELVIS PRESLEY (Victor) “Hound Dog”. 3 8 HUGO WINTERHALTER (Victor) 5 “Canadian Sunset”. 4 95 PATIENCE & PRUDENCE (Liberty) “Tonight You Belong to Me”. 5 10 1 76 BILL DOGGETT (King) “Honky Tonk”. SANFORD CLARK (Dot) 10 “The Fool”. 7 10 1 10 3 7 37 EDDIE HEY WOOD (Mercury) 9A 17 “Soft, Summer Breeze”. 9 9 9B 14 ANDY WILLIAMS (Cadence) “Canadian Sunset”. PATTI PAGE (Mercury) “Allegheny Moon”. .. 8 . MITCH MILLER (Columbia) 10 “Song for a Summer Night”.. 10 10 10 JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) 15 “Walking in the Rain”. . 10 14 21 JERRY VALE (Columbia) “You Don’t Know Me” 17 15 25 HELMUT ZACHARIAS (Decca) “When the White Lilacs Bloom Again” NAT (KING) COLE (Capitol) “That’s All There Is to That”.. . 16B 20 PAT BOONE (Dot) “Chains of Love”.. . GENE VINCENT (Capitol) “Be-Bop-a-Lula” . 19 16 AL HIBBLER (Decca) “After the Lights Go Down Low” PAT BOONE (Dot) 20A 22 “I Almost Lost My Mind” PLATTERS (Mercury) “It Isn’t Right”....... 10 CROSBY & KELLY (Capitol) 23 “True Love,”. 23A BUCHANAN & GOODMAN (Luniverse). “Flying Saucer”. 9 10 23B 17 GOGI GRANT (Era) “Wayward Wind”_ 23C JANE POWELL (Verve) “True Love”... .. .. 9 6 IDDY DUCHIN STORY Rim Soundtrack Decca DL 8289 MY FAIR LADY Broadway Cast Columbia ~ OL 5090 3 I CALYPSO Harry Belafonto Victor LPM 1248 EPA 1248 4 KING AND I Film Soundtrack Capitol W 740 EAP 740 ILVIS PRESLEY EtvU Protley Victor LPM 1254 EPB 1254 HIGH SOCIETY Film Soundtrack Capitol W 750 SONGS FOR . SWINGING LOVERS Frank Sinatra Capitol W 653 EAP 653 OKLAHOMAI Film Soundtrack Capitol SAO 595 SDM 595 THE PLATTERS Mercury _ MG 20146 10 CAROUSEL Film Soundtrack Capitol W 694 EDM 694 Finkelstein to Head Bar Assn. Copyright Div. Herman Finkelstein, general counsel for the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publish- 7/V*V ^ I “Saturday Night is the 1 i loneliest night of the week” 1 t* * * i ,«AWH ers, has been named head of the copyright division of the Patents, Trademarks & Copyright Section of the American Bar Assn. In that capacity, Finkelstein will supervise a half-dozen committees covering copyright law revision, Copyright Office affairs, international copy¬ right relations and conventions, program for the revision of the Copyright Act, program for protec¬ tion of industrial designs and re¬ lated rights. Finkelstein has also been named chairman of the Committee on Copyrights for the New York City Bar Assn. Chelsea New Diskery Latest indie to enter the disk race is Chelsea Records headed up by Jerry Leeds. Label already has pacted singer Gwen Tynes, orch leader Clark McClennan and the Silhouettes Quartet, a femme vocal group. America's Fastest Michaelis Record Co.’s ‘Gabs With the Greats’ Arnold Michaelis, former CBS staff producer and lately with CPt lumbia Records Masterworks Divi¬ sion, has started his own recording firm which will wax interviews with noted personalities. First platter, a gabfest with Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson recorded at his Libertyville, (Ill.) farm, goes into . release Sept. 23. President Eisenhower will set down his thoughts in an interview to take place in Gettysburg Nov. 7. Others arranged by Michaelis in¬ clude Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Prime Minister Nehru of India, for¬ mer Premier Mendes-F^ance of France and Yugoslavia’s Marshall Tito. Talks will also he recorded on video tape. 'Michaelis will release under, the AMI label. Hampton Adds UK Time London, Sept. 18. Further dates have now been announced for the Lionel Hampton band in Britain. Following their opening concert at Empress Hall, Earl’s Court, Lon¬ don on Sunday, Oct. 21, the orch will play successive dates at Rams¬ gate, : Bristol, Norwich, ' Hartley, York, Liverpool, Manchester, Shef¬ field, Wolverhampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Brad- Mills’ Brit. School London, Sept. 11, In line with its drive in the educational; and standard .field, M511S Music, Ltd., wilt lauuph a special summer school of music with a' faculty of England’s top musicians and teachers, “ New compositions will be given a showcasing by the resident otch under the : direction of Charles Groves. Epics Epic Aug.; Three-Way Hike; Epic Rpeords hit a hot selling! stride in August to pull the disk- ery’s returns far ahead of the simi-! lar sales period in 1955. : The Columbia Records’ subsid! reported a 500% increase over August ’55 sales in the pop album; field, an 80% increase in the clas-j sical line, while i s pop single sales 1 jumped ahead by 100%. i Leaders in the pop singles field' were Somethin’ Smith’s “Heart-; aches” and The Four Coins’ “Man-; hattan Serenade.” Bestsellers in', the pop album 'field are Leonard, McClain’s “Theatre Organ in Hi-' Fi,” Somethin' Smith’s “Come to! Broadway” and Lester Lanin's i dance music album. ! BRIT.’S ‘WEEKEND JAZZ’ ! AT HOLIDAY CAMPS; Lpndon, Sept. 18. j A British jazz weekend, to bei held at a holiday camp on the; coast, is being promoted by Tony) Hughes, who originated the “Jazz; from London” unit.; The weekend I will run from Friday (Sept. 28) i through Sunday. • Among the bands lined up for the weekend are Ted Heath, John- • ny Dankworth, Freddy Randall, Eric Delaney, "the Kirchins and Eric Winstone. Smaller groups in¬ clude the Tony Kinsey Quintet and Tony Crombie’4 Rock and Roll group. | ; Program will include recitals, jam sessions, concerts, discussions and lectures. There’ll also be con- . tests for a Miss Jazz, the best mod- \ ern group, the best male and fe- i male singers and the best moJern } singing group. There’ll be facil- ; ities for free personal tuition. ; Col Brass to Bermuda To Blueprint ’57 Drive With its 1956 program in opera- tional order, Columbia Records 5 execs are headjing for Bermuda [ tomorrow (Thurs.) for a “let’s get ; away from it all” confab on the ■ ’57 campaign. Last year the Col < braintrusters holed up in Peek- < skill (N.Y.) and; the' year before f they trekked to Miami for the ■ blueprint meets., : • Leading the Bermuda safari will ! be Col prexy Gpddard Lieberson. 1 Others in the trek include national S sales veep Hal Coolf, operational vefep Herb Greenspon, administra- ; tive veep A1 <Earle and publicity , chief Debbie Ishlon. pther staffers j in on the Bermuda planning’meet ; are Art Schwartz, Bill Gallagher, : Milt Saikowitz, Jack Lutz and Stan J Kavan. The confab will run through SefJt. 25. ' HELMUT ZACHARIAS —Drcco FLORIAN ZABACH —Mnra:, LEROY HOLMES - MGM LAWRENCE WELK - Co-,-,1 BILLY VAUGHN - Dc- ERROLL GARNER TRIO Currently tor FIVE WEEKS LONDON HOUSE, CHICAGO COPA, Pittsburgh, Oct. IS CASINO ROYAL, Wash., D. C., Oct. 22 COLUMIIA RECORDS •' ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORPORATION JOE G LASER, Pres. Hollywood