Variety (March 1957)

MCSIC PSsti^r Wednesday, Alareli 27, 1957 On The Upbeat New York Eileen Rodgers' Columbia etch¬ ing “The Wall" was ,-ittiadvertently credited with 15 points instead of 25 on last week’s Top Record Tal¬ ent and Tunes chart . . . Art Blakely's Jazz Messengers swing into the Cafe Bohemia Friday (29) for 10 days. The MOes Davis Quin¬ tet opens there April 5 for four weeks . . . Bernie Wayne conducts the orch on the NBC “Bandstand” show the week of April 8 . . . Les Elgart^on a tour of orie-niters to the Coast where he’ll make a short for Universal - . , Jimmy-Lamare will head the band dept, in GAC’s Miami Beach office . . . Stan Pat switched from RKO-Unique to Roulette Records to handle mid¬ west promotion. Hal Graham orch celebrating second year at Golden Slipper, .Glen Cove, L.I., nitery . . . Della Reese, Jubilee thrUsh," going into the Palace Theatre April 4. . . . Kal Kirby will conduct the orch for the annual Arthritis & Rheu¬ matism Foundation telethon April 6 over WABD . . . Charlie Spivak starts a two-weeker at Roseland Dance City April 2 . . . Music Jour¬ nal and Educational Music Maga¬ zine amalgamating beginning .with the April issue . . . Teresa . Brewer guests on Perry Como's NBC-TV show April 6 . . . Sammy Kaye winding up a string of one-niters in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia . . Deejay Nora Tulin starts a, new morning show over WORD, Boston, April 1. Norma Douglas* RKO-Unique thrush, set for a stint at Miami Beach’s Monte Carlo beginning April 10 . . . Sarah Vaughan guests on CBS Radio's “Woolworth Hour” Sunday (31) . . . Art Mooney head¬ ing out on a string of one-niters in the east . . . ConniC Francis mak¬ ing the rounds of the dee jays in Boston, Hartford and Philly for her MGM slicing of “No Other One” . . . Joni James set for the Ed SuUivan Show (CBS-TV) April 28 . . . Pianist Don Evans returned to the RSVP, eastside nitery, Mon¬ day (25) . . . ABC-Paramount prop¬ ping the Rover Boys' “Graduation Day” for another deejay whirl tieing it in with the prom season. * Tommy Steele makes his pic debut in Amalgamated Productions' “Kill Me Tomorrow.” He’ll sing in his newest London release, “Rebel Rock” . . . Dorothy Collins will sing at the annual ASCAP dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria tomorrow (Thurs.) '. . . Arlene DeMarco cur¬ rently at the Lotus Club,. Washing¬ ton . . . Jackie Lee set for th'e Town Casino, Buffalo, April l. He’s also pencilled in for Chubby’s, Camden, April 15-21 . . , Richard Marek, son of George Marek, RCA Victor veep, has a piece tagged “To Enlist Now Or Wait to Be Drafted?” in April issue of Good Housekeeping. Preem performance of “Con¬ certo for Violin and Orchestra” by Dai-Keong Lee will be held in Sep¬ tember at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Composition is available through . Mills Music3s rental library . , . Siobhan Mc¬ Kenna heading the cast of Tradi¬ tion Records’ grooving of W. B. Yeats' play, “Countess Cathleen” ... New bill at Ekim's Calypso Dock beginning Friday (29) will feature Mesmar Nouvelle, The Magnets Steel Band and Lord Nel¬ son . . . Guy Mitchell, Cathy. Cair and Stan Kenton's orch head a package show to tour Australia April 11-27. Hollywood Frankie Ortega parted by,Jubi¬ lee Records . . . Bud Shank, Pa¬ cific Jazz pactee, on tour in Europe along with fellow Lighthouse. All- Star Bob Cooper . . . Chico Hanul- ton will be featured at the L.A. Embassy Auditorium this month . . . Composer-conductor Domliiic Frontiere signed to a new three^ year recording pact with Liberty . . . Terry Gylkeson combo has been cast in Allied Artists’ ^‘Ca¬ lypso Joe” .. . Max Steiner to score RKO’s “Escapade in Japan” , . . Dimitri Tiomkin is writing the liner notes for Spike Jones' upcom¬ ing Verve album of dinner music . . . David Raksin will score Sol C. Siegel’s Metro pic, “Man On Fire.” RETAIL SHEET BEST SEU^S —r-^ J^-RIETY - -— Survey^ of retail sheet music, best sellers based on reports obtained: from lea^ing^ stores in 13 .cities andshowing corn- ..parative sales., rating for thi^ and' IcLst week. * ASCAP t BMI NationaU Ratiiig S This Last , > wk. wk. Title and Publisher S . _ ^ • ■ _ . ^ 1 1 t Marianne (Montclare). 3 2 ' 2 tYoung Love (Lowery). 2 3 7 t Butterfly (Hill & Range).... 4' 4 .3 tBanana Boat Sortg (MarkSr B) 1.0' 6 .* Cha]ntez, Chantez! (Chantez). d "6 9 ■ *Round and Ro und (Rush)... 1 7A 4 tPon’t Forbid Me (Roosevelt) . ♦ 5. tAlmpst jPara^se (Peer)._ 5 (9A ... "^Who Needs You (Korwin)... 7 9B 11 tToo Muc h (Southern Belle-P) .. IIA 13 tParty Doll (Jackie)...:. 8 IIB 10 tTeeh-Age Crush^(Ceritral).. . ^ 13 8 tCinco Robles (Warman)..... .. 14 12 * True Love (Buxton Hill).... .. 15 tWind in Willow (Broadcast). .. lllTf oPTHE f WEEK DICK HYMAN SAM (THE MAN) TAYLOR DRUMMEU BOY BLUES and LOOK UP London Les Conn, Robbins Music Corp. records promotion man, on week’s .visit to Germany for confabs with dee jays . .■ . Mills Music’s hew British song “Silver Madonna,”' banned by BBC, to be released in U.S. on London label. Song’s wax¬ ed by Kirk Stephens . . . Capitol Records prexy Glenn Wallichs in London to sit in on annual meet, of the EMI board of directors. From London, he flies to Monaco to pre¬ sent a gold disk of “True Love” to Grace Kelly . . . Little Richard scheduled for British visit late this year . . . Nixa’s Tony Osborne flies to Berlin Friday (29) to cut two LP’s with a German orch . . . Songstress Marion Williams leav¬ ing the Eric Delaney band to join the Oscar Rabin outfit. Delaney says he’d like to Import a Yank chirper to work with the band ... Trumpeter Bert Courtley to join the Jack Parnell band. | Chicago j Eddie Hubbard whose show ori¬ ginates out of WGN is pacted to cut a hymn album for Bally . . . Former deejay Myron Schulze joined Lenny Garmisa record dls- trib outfit as general manager . . . Dizzir Gillespie inked back to Blue Note for two weeks July 24 . . . Hazel Scott Trio for four frames in London House Sept. 44 . . Jerry Mulligan Quartet booked for one week in Modern Jazz Room. Philadelphia Current week's Hneup at Chub¬ by’s features The Tarriers, George. Hamilton IV, Four Winds and Judy Scott . . . “Cozy” Morley, who turned down a Reno bid two weeks GEORGE SHEARING and his QUINTETTE Currently— COLONIAL TAVERN. Toronto Apr. 3— BLUE NOTE, Chicago (Two WeekrJ Apr. 19-28— BRASS RAIL, Milwaukee Apr. 29— BAKER'S KEY BOARD. Detroit John Levy, ter,. Mgr. Capitol Record. ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORPORATION JOE GL4SER, Pres New York | Chicaqo j Hollywood P'. 9.J6C0 I ?03 No Wabc^h j 861 9 Suntrt Blvd. ago to remain on tv, walked out on his WPFH show (16). Reason for move was that hiji latest disk “I Love My Girl” suddenly took off and ABC-Paramount has picked up the master . . . Vocalist Dick Lee on leave from “Caesar's Hour” to play two-week stand at the Mocam- bo in L. A. . . . Duke Ellington into Pep’s . . . Red Rodney, one-time tmmpeter for Elliot Lawrence and other name bands, dropped from rolls of Musician Union Local 77 . , . Loh Chaiken has returned to bandstand in the Bellevue’s Strat¬ ford Garden . . . Murray Schaf & Aristocrats have secured release from MCA and inked management pact with Suez-Rothbard office . . . Duke of Iron heads Jack Field's “Calypso Carnival” at the Acad- • emy of Music (31) . . . Billy Daniels follows Harry Belafonte at the Latin Casino (April 1-6), with Dia- hann Garroll set for- the week after . . . Dave Appel & Applejackak featured in ‘‘Don’t Knock the Rock,” now at the Cadillac Show Bar . . . Bud Powell Trio into the Blue Note. Cleveland Dave Bnnis, houses maestro at Herman Pirchner's Alpine Village, organizing neW band for new Riviera Club opening niid-Aprll in site of old Borsellino's club. Ennis succeeded Joe Baldl, who quit the Alpine to move his own trio to Tudor Arms' Empress Room , . . Marris “Mushy” Wexler got his Theatrical Grill booked solid for next three months by inking Buddy Greco crew for two frames; Pat Moran quintet April B, Noro Morales quartet April 22; Jonah Jones for four succeeding weeks and then Dorothy Donegan June 3 on another long summer stay . . . Before checking into hospital for kidney operation, Marty Caine, local booker,' lined up five weeks of acts for A1 Naiman's Zephyr Room. Following current Bobby Ramsen it brings in baritone Stuart Harris April 9; Bobby Mel¬ vin April 16; Dorothy Claire April 23; Norman Sc Dean April 30 . . . Frank Warren back at Statler Ter¬ race Room on second two-week visit. Brit. Nixes Work Permit For Johnnie Ray Drummer London, March 26. Johnnie Ray’s American drum¬ mer, Herman Kapp, has been re¬ fused a work permit to tour with Ray during his current visit to this country. Ray opened his tour at Carlisle last night (Mon.) and will play a number of one-nighters at ABC picture hduses. He begins a two-week season at the Palladium April 15, then re¬ turns to the U. S. for a cabaret stint at the Waldorf-Astoria, N. Y., May 6. He's also lined up for a spot on the Ed Sullivan tv show May 12. Shaye Cogan’s Wax Bow Shaye Cogan will make her disk bow this week on the Gee label. Former band-singer is the wife of music publisher Phil Kahl. PEGGY LEE RETURNING TO CAPITOL RECORDS Hollywood, March 26. . After a ftve-year absence, Peggy Lee will return to Capitol Records in April when, her present contract with Decca expires. It was at Cap¬ itol that she first made the grade as a disk artist, with her hit tune “Manana,” which she wrote with her then husband Dave Barbour. All details have been agreed upon between Capitol prexy Glenn Wallichs and Miss Lee and the formal contract signing probably will take place shortly. New deal is understood to be for a flat two- year initial period with two one- year options to follow. It comes on the heels of her recent agreement to do a single album for Frank Sinatra’s Essex Productions which releases its diska through. Capitol. Roger WRliams’ 36 Sets For Kapp in Three Ydars Kapp Records has blueprinted a 36-album release schedole for Roger Williams in the nekP three years. The pianist was launched in the disk mSrket by Kapp 18 months ago with the clicko “Au¬ tumn Leaves.'^ Sipce then, Williams has cut sev^h LPs which have totalled over 380,000 sales. His latest al¬ bum, “Songs of the Fabulous Fif¬ ties,” E two-pocket package, al¬ ready has sold more than 68,000 copies. The 36-album schedule will include pops as well as longhair \vith the releases timed to coin¬ cide with Williams’ concert tours now being ;llned up. Ella to Start ‘JATP’ O’sew Trek April 22 Ella Fitzgerald's European junket with the Oscar Peterson Trio will kick off-April 22. Package, for¬ merly titled “An Evening of Jazz,” will now tour under the familiar “Jazz At The Philharmonic” tag. Trumpeter Roy Eldridge, violin¬ ist Stuff Smith and drummer Jo Jones have been added to the pack¬ age. Norman Granz, VJATP” pro¬ ducer, is currently overseas lining up dates for the tour. So far these include Stockholm, Oslo, Copenha¬ gen, Paris, Zurich, Frankfort, Am¬ sterdam and Brussels. S. America Eyes Satchmo Buenos Aires, March 19. A* deal Is in the works for Con- ciertos Iriberrl to Import Louis Armstrong, with 12 musicians, for a minimum of two weeks between Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Ten days would be played in some B. Aires house, probably the Opera film-theatre. Reported price Is around $2,500 a. day, which means that a big, theatre Is essential if that figure is to be covered. At 38 pesos to the dollar, a minimum 95,000 pesos must be grossed. { Chi’s Aragon Ballroom Sets Sun. Aft. Teen Hops Low on R&R, Sans R&B Chicago, March 26. Aragon Ballroom will start a Sunday afternoon teenag^ record hop Apri^7. The weekly series will be emce^ by Steve Schickel, WGN d.j. and Chi Tribune record col¬ umnist, and Jack Reiling, WAAF disk jock, Reilingj a former pro footballer, has set members of the Chicago Bears grid team for weekly appear¬ ances. Also, the duo has enlisted the cooperation of PTA officials and highschoool authorities for the dances. Schickel said there will be a minimum of rock 'n' roll disks at these sessions, and no rhythm & blues. Recenj;ly, there was strong parental protest to an r&r dance planned in another Chi ballroom by another deejay duo. 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