Variety (March 1959)

Wednesday, March 4, 1959 Dinah Shore Joins Capitol; Ed Wynn To Kidisk (or Riverside; Other Pacts Deal was firmed in Hollywood Label already has four albums for over the weekend for Dinah Shore Anderson in the blueprint stage, to join the Capitol Records fold Singer is currently serving with exclusively. the Army in Korea and is -due back Miss Shore, at one time under m civvies in October when he'll pact to RCA Victor and t)f late a star ^ recording. free agent, was receiving pitches - from other Miskeries at the time Shad: Robert Clary she inked a deal with Capitol. Bobby Shad has picked up Rob- Voyle Gilmore,.a&r exec at Cap, ert Clary for his indie Shad label, will produce Miss Shore’s sessions. Clary, a nitery singer, was previ- Initialer is currently being mapped ously under contract to Epic Rec- out with plans for a fall release. ords. Riverside: Ed Wynn Riverside Records has tapped P&neff British Disk Bestsellers London, March 3. Smoke Gets In Eyes.. Platters (Mercury) As I Love You.Bassey (Philips) I Got Stung .Presley (RCA) Chewing Gum .Donegan (Pye-Nixa) To Know Him ..Teddy Bears (London) Kiss Me Honey.Bassey (Philips) Pub With no Befer.. Slim Dusty (Columbia) Petite Fleur...Barber (Pye-Nixa) Drummer Boy .. Beverly Sis. (Decca) MUSIC Federal Court Upholds Validity Of Trust Fund Vs. Diskery Group Garner SRO $9,570 Ed Wvnn for a series of six chil- F »* roster. He recently recorded 4a wynn ior a series 01 six cnu **«*/•« lahAi Mar. when Wynn wings east for the tv version of “Meet Me In St. Louis.” vciaiuu ui meet me m kjt* uuuio. .. « * » _ The albums will be written and *bf , pa % * ew years a PP earm S produced by Leo Israel. England.__ Mercury: Jo Ann Miller Jo Ann Miller, vocalist appear¬ ing at Club 3525, Dallas, has signed a contract with Mercury Records. Epic: Hugh Downs Label already has four albums for (RCA) --—-♦ The Music of the disk industry, Anderson in the blueprint stage. Chewing Gum .Donegan ft on A fA C7A Performance Trust Fund which Singer is currently serving with (Pye-Nixa) (lliriier jjKU 59,5 IV bas been under assorted legal li¬ the Army in Korea and is due back ^ n tacks for the last few years, came in civvies in October when he’ll P™ • • Teddy Bears Hollywood, March 3. up with a key victory in New York start recording. (London) . Erroll Gamer, one-man jazz show Federal Court last week when - Kiss Me Honey.Bassey touring nationally under auspices Judge Edward S. Gignpux ruled Shad* Robert Clarv (Philips) of So) Hurok, chalked up a capac- that the fund was legaSy consti- Bobbv Shad has nicked up Rob- Pub With no Beer. .Slim Dusty ity $9,570 gross in Saturday. (28) tuted under the Taft-Hartley labor ert Clary for bis indie Shad label. (Columbia) one-nighter. law. He dismissed suits brought by Clary, a nitery singer, was previ- Petite Fleur .. . Barber Pianist appeared at Pasadena a grou P of minority stockholders, ously under contract to Epic Rec- (Pye-Nixa) Civic Auditorium. ° f four disk companies, RCA Vic- ords. ^ y _tor, Columbia, Decca and MGM, _ Drummer Boy . Beverly Sis. against the companies and the - A .. (Decca) Tftnfnf RnJiiir Tomae trustee of the Trust Fund, Samuel A1 901V. Problems -..Everly Bros. 1-OOiCr Bllflfly JWHCS R. Rosenbaum. Fox raster. He recently recorded (London) __ Naw poster PeiTOm A S?“ st the contention of the for MGM’s subsid Cub label. Mar- ■ r - ■■ 11UW i dlUCl I Cllulll plaintiffs that the American Fed- tino broke into the bigtime several « r% . 9 OOP/' n *, I Hartford, March 3. eration of Musicians dominated years ago when he clicked on an LeS IKlXter S 0Z5(l OUlt Former name band saxophonist SSiiSiS-rati 1 ™ Sf* th2 S *h?d n indie Philly label with “Here In _ _ ^ . 4 | . . . . , „ . T administration of the fund, the My Heart.” He’s spent most of A** Rain’ T < Tpfli|||o , ?V an< * clarinetlst ^ ames Perrom °* court ruled that “the trustee is not, the past few years appearing in VII I/C 1UI111 \ lCIflUia »/ • this city has been ordained a priest .and never has been, associated in England. Los Angeles, March 3. h n the Catholic Church. Father 1 my capacity with the AFM or any n M - , - * . . “Misappropriation;' of Les Bax-, perroni said his first mass at St. ^L^^L^lamuk^hXharged' Pst Murnnv S Ousomolc * ers S0D ®’ ^ au *’ used °ng- j Justins Church here. that the AFM had set up the Trust *■ 1TluI r“J 0 ” UttU1 u r IV inaily in Clark Productions’ Indie Father Perroni is a former mem- Fund as an evasion of the Taft- Rnlp at^UHlIlAani RprAVllc film, “Bop Girl Goes Calypso,” was 1 her of the Tony Pastor and Louis Hartley law, which prohibits royal- AUlC dl UtUHICdUl ACLUI Uo charced in _ S325 000 ^-,^0 suit ' Prima orchs, working under the ty payments directly to unions, and Pat Murphy has joined Sunbeam ® f name of Buajy James. He also that Rosenbaum, although an In- Records as special consultant to filed by composer and production | sang with the bands . He started in dustry-appointed trustee, was, in Problems -..Everly Bros. (London) dren’s album basedon the adven- for MGM’s subsid Cub label. Mar- ' " = tures of “Mr. Magic.” Recording tino broke into the bigtime several v QOCP CJi sessions will take place in April [ n ea F s ?{! LCS MXter S jZ5u OQll indie Philly label with “Here In My Heart.” He’s spent most of Pat Murphy’s Quadruple Jack Paar’s tv announcer Hugh handle press, advertising, artists company in U.S. District Court last ] band business at the age of 14 play-1 effect, an AFM employee. P°w ns .will take a crack at the disk relations and talent depelopment week. ing summers with the Mai HallettJ The judge pointed out that the underway E for Downs’ wlmfolk- F ° rm Ideal Publications editor. Named in complaint, which also band, the New England organiza-J late Sen. Robert Taft had advised on the Coast. Urania: Casey Anderson RETAIL DISK BEST SEILERS underwav for Downs who folk- , » ixauieu ui cumpiauit, who ai&u ««««. -tTVL .X, sScsTndo^vs ffuitar torut a ren- Mlss Murphy has been press rep asked an injunction and accounting tion. both the disk companies and the ord in mi^Mafch when he and for Gene Autry for the past seven of pro fits, were Broadcast Music Father Perroni expects most of union that the trust agreement Paar return from a two-week stand K ea F s ’ She’ll continue to handle Inc., CBS, NBC, ABC, Mutual, Cap- his preaching to be done in South would not ^violate the Taft-Hartley on the Coast. add ^ lon to ber chores jtol, Am-Par Records, Challenge Africa at the completion of more * aw *. J be ag F?® ment 19 . 48 ——— Sunbeam. Records and Jat Music Inc. Suit studies at Catholic U. in May. “ He Provided that disk companies Urania: Casey Anderson According to Tommy Valando, claimed that defendants had used anticipates using his musicianship ° f Folk singer Casey Anderson has Sunbeam prez, label is bn a hard Baxter’s song for the hit tune, “as a way of getting close to the 3 P 1 . f 1 been added to the Urania roster, drive to build its roster. “Tequila.” _ native people of Africa ” ^ f^r live V fr- ^^^—i^■ formances given free to the public. ■ '■ In addition to Sen. Taft’s okay, the n VI l|M nff Vh V CP IF VI VP CP PP C* V 1 V V V* VI CP 1 trust fund agreement also was ap- KM AIL II15A otal aLLLLny Trust Fund No. 1, covering the ^industry, and Trust Fund No. m *2 ^ . s 5 ■ 2, for the vidpix industry, were the ^ ^ ^ brainchildren of former AFM -—_ % o M -a - a 3 N 2 -2 S •§ prexy James C. Petrjllo, as a coun- kARIETY S h 3 5 3 terweight to mechanized music. Survey of retail disk best < « g .2 *2 S 2 § 3 g S 3 2 ^ c The payments to the Trust Funds, sellers based on reports ob- ° “t 37].2 o ‘* o p5 S.5®#w i'“ l G 3 ’rsn 0 which will be around $6,000,000 tained from leading stores in S th is year and have totalled $23,- 20 cities arid showing com- a S 000,000 since 1948, are used not parative sales rating for this 3 only to stimulate live music but to and last week. llSlJ,?8S£ < SL'-,25ISl|4?§ he JP unemployed musicians. I S.Y I £ if ® I — K T he plaintiffs in the current suit ' g ."w ■*>*’ .5 *§, *9, 2 1 « 6 g T *0$ T ® 2 a T O did not tie up the disk companies’ Nationa 1 *1 I n « 2 | *gS l | igS'iS'w | |i I payments during the legal action. Bathig r. 5 0 S 'S -S V « w a wSOfi I S N They could have done so but it This Last would have meant posting a siz- wk.wk. Artist. Label. Title 3 £ § I £ 5 g g 3 & 1 6 5 I & S l 3 5 £ £|b able bond.. - ■■ ■ — - ... — ■. - ■ .- ■ . . r■■■■■■ : . —- Meantime, two other actions in- FRANKIE AVALON (ChanceUor) volving the Trust Funds are still ' 1 7 Venus . 1 1 1 5 1 15 .. 9 1 6 1 3 .. 1 6 .. .. 1 5 128 Pending. One was brought by Ros- DAVID SEVILLE (Liberty) n^m^rmfrt^fnr 66 ; H»ra..rira.. 5 4 2 4 4 . 2 .. 8 , 1 2 10 1... . 2 2 96 *j3& ttelfeust Funds telega COASTERS (Atco) Nominal defendants in this suit are. 3 5 Charlie Brown .. ,,10 2 .. 1 5 .. 6 3 4 5 10 10 6 .. 3 3 3 .. 9 .. 85 the disk companies and the AFM. LLOYD PRICE (ABC-Par) Another suit, is also pending on the 4 1 Stagger Lee... 2. 4.. 2.. 8 5 9 2.. 6 2 8 3 70 Coast where a group of musicians ANDY WILLIAMS (Cadence) are suing the AFM on the grounds 5 8 Hawaiian Wedding Song..... 2 .. .. .. 2 2 9 4 9.. 4 5 8 5 9 62 that it has diverted wage hikes for - is:\ --“--:----Studio musicians into the funds. J^AHIETY ——| Survey of retail disk best sellers based on reports ob- > I tained from leading stores in 20 cities and showing com¬ parative sales rating for this and last week. National Rating This Last wk. wk. Artist, Label, Title | 3 | FRANKIE AVALON (ChanceUor) Venus . 1 DAVID SEVILLE (Liberty) Alvin’s Harmonica. . 5 COASTERS (Atco) Charlie Brown . . 10 LLOYD PRICE (ABC-Par) Stagger Lee.. ANDY WILLIAMS (Cadence) Hawaiian Wedding Song... ... 2 RITCHIE VALENS (Del-Fi) Dcmna .. 3 CHRIS BARBER (Laurie) Petite Fleur... 8 RAY ANTHONY (Capitol) Peter Gunn Theme.. .. “BROOK BUTTON (Mercury) ' It’s Just a Matter of Time. 6 MITCH MILLER (Columbia) Children’s Marching Song. 9 LaVERN BAKER (Atlantic) I Cried a Tear.. CYRIL STAPLETON (London) Children’s Marching Song. 9 FLEETWOODS (Dolphin) Come Softly To Me.. BUDDY HOLLY (Coral) « It Doesn’t Matter Anymore. RICKY NELSON (Imperial) There’ll Never Be Anyone But You. MARK IV (Mercury) I Got a Wife.. “BELL NOTES (Time) I’ve Had It.. '“SKYLINERS (Calico) Since I Don’t Have You.. “BILLYWILLIAMS (Coral) Nola .... ANNETTE (Disneyland) Tall Paul. . “’TOMMY EDWARDS (MGM) Please Mr. Sun.. McGUIRE SISTERS (Coral) May You Always... I... BILLY GRAMMER (Monument) Gotta Travel On. . “THOMAS WAYNE (Fernwood) Tragedy ...... .. CHARLIE BLACKWELL (WB) Midnight Oil..... ! 7 1 t i §■ J, a 6 I if i J 4 1 i n 5 5 5 .a ■ 38 a .2 5«« 115 115.. 916 4 2 4 4 .. .. 2 ... 8 1 2 .. 15 .. 3 ..7 .. ,. 5 .. .. 6 8 .. .. .. .. 7 3 4 5 10 4 .. 2 .. 1 .... 5 .. 10 .. 2 3 ■ ... 8 .. 8 .. 5 10 1 4 .. 10 .. .. Rank-Shad Tie I The J. Arthur RanfcWJTg’s plan to . move into the U. S. disk business | scene via a tieup with B&bby Shad blew up last week. Thfr Rank-Shad J agreement on the venture, which would have had latter prexy- j ing the Rank Record Corp. of . America, was terminated by mutual consent. Shad and John Davis, managing director of the Rank org, had worked out an understanding late last December but it was never .fi¬ nalized. It’s understood that Shad decided to bow out of the deal to concentrate on his own indie disk operation with the Time and Shad labels. Rank Records is now replanning its U. S. activities and a new af¬ filiation is in view. It’s already been reported that Rank is inter¬ ested in a U. S. tie to insure the British end of Rank a steady sup¬ ply of .U. S. releases and also to give the British disks a kick,off point in the U. S. «. Shad, meantime, is planning to expand his own disk setup. A sales manager will be added within thb next two weeks and the first LPs will start hitting the market early this month. The LP bow will b« made with releases by the Bell Notes and songstress Dodo Greene