Variety (October 1956)

MUSIC ‘Memories’ Uber Alles in Germany; 1st Reich Platter to Hit 1,000,000 Wednesday, October 31, 1956 Inside Stuff-Music Back-tracking on Bing Crosby's recent downbeat letter about his recent disk career to a British columnist, Capitol is sending a special open-end interview with Crosby to the nation’s deejays to plug his cur* By HANS HOEHN Berlin, Oct. 23. According to Constantine Me- taxas, Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft’s sales manager for Berlin and the entire East Euro¬ pean territory, Polydor’s (Gram- has filed a $500,000 suit in N. Y. ren |. giggle hit “True Love” from the “High Society” score. Supreme Court against Elvis Pres- suc fi open-end plugs are not unusual in the trade, the normal r -- Supreme Court against Elvis Pres- suc h open-end plugs are not unusual in the trade, the normal practice !ey, RCA Victor, Shalimar Music is to sen d them out with the initial release of a platter, rather than Milra fnntlrt* fin TAIAllf’ an< ^ Otis Blackwell, claiming a gome weeks later. Open-ender also features some brief comments from mine LUllllUI UII tcuciu breach-of-contract on a writer-pact Grace Kelly. Copy of “True Love” is on the flip side of the interview Cofovi in Socf Miduracf with . Blackwell. Blackwell, writer and represents the first single record Crosby has had released by any sjaldll in Labi, 1HIUW651 of tbe current Presley hit, “Don’t firm other than Decca in two decades. [ike Conner who exited the Be Cruel,” allegedly entered into Commenting on the letter to the British paper, Crosby, in the inter- Mike Conner, W ho exited the Be an exclusive pact with Davis in v i ew , declares that it was “not, in its entirety,, as dolorous as the pean lerruory, jruiyuui. » \wam- n11 uv:«it v phipf’c ennt nf Ppp , -f i -7%, 7 - 7 : View, aeuidies. it was nut, cutuct#,, as uie mophon’s label for pop music) P UDilcJl y cniei * spot at uecca Kec- 1954 under which Davis guaranteed quoted excerpts might lead a fellow to believe.” Crosby adds that he “Heimweh” (German version of ords several months ago to set up Blackwell $25 per week. Davis didn't mean to indicate that he was. “wallowing in self-pity.” British “Heimweh” (German version of °ras several montns ago to set up jBiacKweii per weex. uavis didn’t mean to indicate that he was. “wallowing in self-pity." Bri “Memories Are Made of This,” his own personal management and' claims that his contract covers the co lumnist quoted Crosby as saying he was “running plumb out sung by Freddy) has surpassed the disk promotion firm is currently tun ®» "Don’t Be Cruel,” .and he’s drive and enthusiasm” and public reaction to his recent records 1 ,000;000 disk sales marker, report- . . .. - asking for the* publishers cut. in the same vein. edly the first German platter hit- tounng the east and midwest for ghalimar Music copublishes the - xi ___ i. _ his stable of clients. Conner has f,i n p with PrpslAvVc nwn firm in t.hp . n.. _ li_j _n tln DGG C is a also°doing big biz with set up ^ is h.q. on the Coast. HilT & Range combine, r&r items, primarily via Bill Haley Already pacted to Conner for The defendants claim that Davis platters. Statistics reveal that five disk promotion are Jerry Lewis, stopped paying Blackwell his guar- out of this label’s (Brunswick) 10 V lcto . r 1S U i n « ™ *7, *£ aye . Tn °’ anteed stipened last year and ff wl l h Presley s ? wn firm in the Under the combined sponsorship of 11 music publishers, “Dutch Hill & Range combine. Popular Music” is an attractive folio comprising 28 compositions, some The defendants claim that Davis instrumenttals and but mostly pop songs with lyrics in Dutch. Some opped paying Blackwell his guar- also have English and/or French words. iteed stipened last year and in Dutch, French, German and English, the foreword details that current bestsellers are Haley Morris Stoloff< Vicki Benet and fi ence terminated his pact with the these are first- and second-prizewinning compositions by Dutch writers. items. “Rock Around the Clock” Elmer Bernstein. backed with “ABC Boogie” is still ■ leader, with 300,000 sold copies so Broido Century Music V .P. Coral, also distributed by DGG Arnold Broido has joined Ce^- far. Broido Century MUSIC V.B. KERR SINGERS' DECCA PACT j. d e Kruyff, Dbetinchem, Holland; Coral, also distributed by DGG Arnold Broido has joined Ce^- The Anita Kerr Singers, a re- London. Full piano parts are publi here, has its local bestsellers cur- tury Music as yeepee and general ligioso vocal group, have joined package for overseas merchandising, rently in “Wayward Wind” by manager. He also takes over the the Decca Records roster. - Objective is international acceptance. The sponsoring publishers are Editions Altona, Editions Basart, Holland Music, Melodia, Metro Music, Editions Nagel, XYZ Music, B. H. Smit, all of Amsterdam, Holland; J. de Kruyff, Dbetinchem, Holland; H. Brauer, Brussels; Mills Music, London. Full piano parts are published, with lyrics, making a ready oackaee for overseas merchandising. Alice Lon and Larry Hooper; “Moonglow and Theme from ‘Pic¬ nic’" with George Gates orch, “A v.p. post at Mercury Music, for which Century is the distributor. The group is regularly heard on Joe Howard, 78-year-old vaude trouper and tunesmith, can’t be WSM in Nashville and a few counted in among the fans of Elvis Presley^or Johnnie Ray. ^ In an Broido was formerly editor and months ago it was'a winner on interview by Peter Laine printed in Florida’s Broward Herald. Howard Sweet Old Fashioned Girl” by production manager of Boosey & Arthur Godfrey's “Talent Scouts” Teresa Brewer; and “The Glenn Hawkes! Miller Story,” a medley of songs -! from the Universal pic. Another stout click along the Teutonic disk line is “So Is Paris,” . from the Gallic Dany Robin star- rer, “Paris Canaille.” Electrola says that “Paris” comes right after “Memories” at present. Angele •Durand does the vocalizing for Electrola’s “So Is Paris.” Heinz Dembeck, chief sales agent for — Philips Records here, calls same tune “the biggest big hit” of his company at present. Here, Cath- se erine Sauvage is on the vocal. Also ta Teldec calls “Paris” one of its cur- 2( rent top melodies. pi Berlin Strong on Yanks ai American names go in Berlin _ better than in any other German area, according to various sales wa “®“ ai managers of Berlin’s diskeries. Philips, for instance, has in two zjf* Frankie Laine songs, “Cool Water” _ WK * and “My Little One,” outstanding draws. Philips, which handles the U. S. Columbia. Records here, has _1_ also in the LP, “Satchmo Plays W. C. Handy” and “Satchmo Plays 2 Fats,” top items. Outfit hopes to have in “Whatever Will Be” (Doris 3 Day) a forthcoming click. (Para- - mount’s “Man Who Knew Too Much,” which features this song, J*_ is due to be preemed here. Electrola’s Berlin branch says it 5_ has in Perry Como (whose “Tina Marie” clicked here) and also in g the Glenn Miller orch top names. - MGM Records* “Anna” (diskery is - Electrola subsid here) is still one - of the surprise hits. It’s been a bestseller now for the past two _ years. j With the exception of Polydor, j)_ (Continued on page 54) Big Three Step Up Push [ For Contemporary Cleffers In Educ., Standard Field The Big Three is stepping up its drive into the educational and standard field. Firm has recently acquired compositions by such con¬ temporary composers as Alfred Newman, Mikloz Rozsa, Mantovani, Louis Alter, Dimitri Tiomkin and Johnny Green. Alfred Newman will be repped by “Hollywood Moods,” a symphon¬ ic band work just released by the Big Three, as well as “Serenade to the Stars of Hollywood,” a folio of his film compositions. Decca has already released an LP of New¬ man’s works under the same title. Mikloz Rozsa’s composition for piano, “Beauty and Grace,” as an¬ other of the firm’s recently ac¬ quired publications. Rozsa has also . contributed a composition for sym- I zuu phonic band, which is as yet un- I titled. Mantovani’s work, “Sere- ( 23 nata D’Amore,” is now in the proc¬ ess of publication for piano and school orchestra. Louis Alter has penned a series of pieces which will be printed as individual piano works. - . Firm’s push on Dimitri Tiom- kin’s works will consist of a flock of new publications for band, or¬ chestra and choral groups based On his pic scores. Johnny Green’s composition “Halloween,” arranged for symphonic orchestra is also Big Three’s list of upcoming con¬ temporary publications. said that if Presley or Ray had appeared on a real old-time vaudeville (Continued on page 56) BET AIL DISK AND ALBOM BEST SELLEBS - Pwriety Survey 0 / retail disk best sellers based on reports ob tained from leading stores in 20 cities and showing com¬ parative sales rating for this and last week. Artist, Label, Title |gl3i»18lgl»SISlgl3lalc8lfll3lalfll ELVIS PRESLEY (Victor) “Love Me Tender”. 2 1 6 3 7 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 JIM LOWE (Dot) “The Greeit Door”.. 3 3 1 .. .. 4.. 3 8 2 5 3 4 3 4 BILL DOGGETT (King) “JEIonky Tonk”. 4 7 2 16.. 4 10.. 6 3 2 6 4.. JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) “Just Walking in the Rain”. 5 9 5.. 2 5 6 5 5 7 6.. 7 6.. ELVIS PRESLEY (Victor) “Don’t Be Cruel”.. 1 10 .. ;. .. . 3 2. 6 ,1 .. 9 HUGO WINTERHALTER (Victor) “Canadian Sunset”..... 6 6 7 9.. 1 . 8 4 3 .. FATS DOMINO (Imperial) "Blueberry Hill”. 9 .. 4 .. 7 .. 4 2 4 .. 10 .. 7 2 CROSBY Sc KELLY (Capitol) “True Love”. .. 4 3 2 4 2 9 8 9 10 9 ,. 9. GUY MITCHELL (Columbia) “Singing the Blues”.. 2 8. 1 2. 2 .. PATIENCE Sc PRUDENCE (Liberty) “Tonight You Belong to Me”. 7 .>3 5. 7 .. 5 .. .. PAT BOONE (Dot) “Friendly Persuasion".. 10 5.. 7 3 6.. .. 4 5.. 4.... DORIS DAY (Columbia) “Whatever Will Be, Will Be". 8 . 9 7.. .. 9 10 .. 2. JANE POWELL (Verve) “True Love". ... 5 .. 8 5 VINCE MARTIN (Glory) “Cindy, Oh Cindy” ... ... 4.. 8 .. 9 ELVIS. PRESLEY (Victor) “Hound Dog”. 9.. .. .8 . EDDIE HEYWOOD (Mercury) “ Soft, Summer Breeze”.. 10 - .. .. . ;. .. .. 6 PLATTERS (Mercury) “It Isn’t Right".. 8. 3. 9. ANDY WILLIAMS (Cadence) “Canadian Sunset”...... 1. HELMUT ZACHARIAS (Decca) “When the White Lilacs Bloom Again". .. .. 5 10. FRANK SINATRA (Capitol) “Hey, Jealous Lover”;. 8 .. .. 7. “JOHNNY CASH (Sun) “I Walk the Line”. 5.. .. FIVE KEYS (Capitol) ? Hput of Sight, Out of Mind"... .. 8 6. J . ML HIBBLER (Decca) “After the Lights Go Down Low". 10. . 5 .. CHORDETTES (Cadence) • “Lay Dow n Your Arms”. . . .,. .. ..10 PLATTERS (Mercury) “You'll Never, Never Know".*. 9 10. MY FAIR LADY EDDY DUCHIN ELVIS PRESLEY Broadway Cast Columbia OL 5090 Film Soundtrack Harry Belafotte p|j m Soundtrack g| v | s p re ,|ey ■ Film Soundtrack HIGH SOCIETY Film Soundtrack. Victor LPM 1248 EPA 1248 Capitol • W 740 EAP 740 LPM 1254 EPB 1254 SAO 595 SDM 595 SONGS FOR SWINGING LOVERS Frank Sinatra Capitol W 653 I EAP 653 I Film Soundtrack Harry Bolafonta Capitol W 694 EDM 694 LPM 1150