Variety (Sep 1928)

VARIETY MUSIC Wednesday, September 19, 1928 (ISC REVIEWS By ABEL King Oliver dlivcr. is truly unuMiR , the kinKS . of iiiitivo incUtjo jazxai)aiors, With his . torrid Dixie . Kyncopators on .Brunswick- No. 40:JS,^ King QUvcr g-ets plenty mean and low-down with "Uot.'Everything" <i.nd "Four or Five Times." This is a type of couplet that in- spires "raves" from blacks and whites alike. ^ Sam Coslovy ; Xhe songwritei'-music publisher Whose Spier ic Cbslow firm oriijinal- ly published "Was It a Dream?'" which Harms lias since taken over, makes his debut as an exclusive Victor artist with "King for a Day" and "You're a Real Sweetheart," both "outsido" numbers and not of his own creation of popularization. Beneliting from his knowledge of the business. Coslow realizes how Important the song is to the artist and is Jiot handicapping himself ■with not^s well known if original- ly-conceived song material. Coslow first came to attention for recording purposes on the radio, which tested his microphonic transmission capa- bilitie.s. Since the radio and the electrical recording systems are Identical, It was inevitable that Cos- low woiild be annexed for the disks. with all these handi<>aps, the num- ber, because of Us eonsislent plug- ging with the picture, is said to be the No. 2 seller in the Donaldson- Douglas-Gumblc catalog. While a number must have basic merit and this certainly has, there is no ques- tion but that ^s'ithout the picture tlo-iip it would be an also-ran com- pared to other Donaldson tunes. Radio Franks Frank Bessinger, one of the orig- inal Radio Franks, after siplltting both -with Frank Wright and Jerry White, is now teamed with Sammy Fain as the vocal team under that billing. "Come On Along With the Blue Bird" and "ChUly-Poni-Pom- Pce" are theirs, the fir.st rby Fain, and done in charactierisfio pop har- mony fashion. Bix Beiderbecke "Old Man River" and "Wa-Da- t)a" are rhythmic excuses for Bel- derbecke and his gang to make jazz whoopee on Okeh No. 41088. They are among the foremost exponents of ultra^moderhlstic jazzique and no matter the theme as long as they have something around which to trick up their modulations. The Troubadours The theme isong vogue has pro- duced ■ "Some Day—Somewhere (We'll Meet Again)," the new Rape^-Pollock theme to "The . Red Dance/' which Is coupled with "Neopolitan Nights," Zamecznik'g revival for. f'Fazil." Both are Fox features and both fetching waltzes, deftly interpreted by this crack waltz aggregation for Victor release. Paul Ash The Pariamount m. c, has a cou pie of contemporary fox trot favor ites in "Ten Little Miles" and "Out of the Dawn," the latter a Walter Donaldson tune. Each Is done with .vocal refrain a,nd aside from their merits for fox trotting it is Interest Ing to note what this picture song craze Is coming to. "Out of the Dawn" Is coupled with "Warml.n' Up," the Richard Dix feature, a not particularly ro mantle flicker, while the song like wise came Into existence under pressure and quite by accident. Yet, Ruth Etting The "Columbia record sweet- heart" registers as ever With "Happy Days and Lonely Night" arid "Lonely Little Bluebird," a brace of sympathetic ballads that are perfect for the Etting type of vocal salesmanship. Charles W. Hamp This variety songster is new to the disks. With "Dream House" and "Masquerade," Hamp Impresses mightily possesses a convincing lyi'Ic voice that is excellent for lighter serious ballads of this na ture. Hamp should be quite in de mand with the lesser coriipanles un less exclusively signed to Columbia. Walter Curhmms This Walter Cummins tenor will bear close watching. He has the same sympathetic note In his voice as Gene Austin and la -likely to de velop Into a strong vocal, seller Cummins Is with Bernie Cummins' orchestra at the Hotel Biltmore (the leader's brother) and also contrib- utes the vocal refralr\s with the band selections. On Velvet Tone 1711 Cummins has LEADING ORCHESTRAS DIRECTORY Best Sellers Among Pop Music; 2 Picture Theme Songs Lead Music sales are on the tip again with the weather breaklngsbetter and seasonal conditions warranting such purchases. The jobbers seem particularly optimistic for a big season this year, taking the quality of songs and national economic conditions as a standard for their prophesies ■ ^ . ,„ Pop song sellers, in Sequence, from a concensus, finds My Angel ("Angella Mia") on top with another picture theme song, "Jeannine, 1 Dream of Lilac Tlmo," ailohg with it. VRamona," the biggest of •em all, haa dropped back to fifth position, haying long since past Its peak but still holding up well as the picture is being circulated and exhibited throughout the country. "Girl of My Dreams" and "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" are third and fourth, with other.s; VThat's My Weakness Now," "Bo- loved," "Roses of Yesterday," "You're a Real Sweetheart," "Memo- ries of Ffahce," "Laugh Clown, Laugh," "Just. Like. a Melody,". "Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me," "King for a Day," 'ICrazy Rhythm," "Sidewalks of New York" (the old-timer, lent new Im- petus by the presidential campaign and its seml-ofRcIal associa- tion with Governor Al Smith), "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby!" (production, number from "Blackbirds" but as vigor- ous as a pop number in general demfind created via the dance floors and radio), "Chlqulta," "Ten Little Miles From Honie," "Ah Sweet Mystery of Life" and "Hallelujah! I'm a Bum." Of new show numbers; the "New Moon" and. "Cross My Heart" shows auger best for sales. Despite good notices, "Luckee Girl" music is negatively regai-ded. 'Memories of France" and "JiiSt An- (One to flii) other Night"-in couplet, both niak- L,,,^^^j^}'»y'fj^(^^'--9> Ing for a strong sales potentiality. | oeo Bi^atty Violin, cello and piano furnish the instrumental background. Joe Neljneyer Co SAGINAW Tenti>le . 1st half (23-26) Lani* & Voellc Gur Ganp Kldtf (One to nil) 2d half (27-29) 4 Chtindlor Boys (Two to .fill) Paul Whiteman Victor Is still releasing some of Whiteman's stuff, probably liave quite a bit In reserve for intermit- tent marketing, although the jazz king has been with Columbia for quite a spell. "Three O'Clock in the Morning" and "Oriental," the Cesar Cul theme in fox trot tempo, are old Whiteman favorites wiiich have been re-recorded orthophonic- ally In the modern manner. I Stanley-Fabian KAYONNE. N. J. . Opern IIouhv> '. 1st hair (2'»-2«) loleefi & Brcnnnn- Bobby Barry Co CahiU & Wells Dolaney Crcp.aon&C (One to fill) 2d half (27-30) Jiean -.Toyson ELIZABKTir, N. J. Isfhalf (24-20 Annette Hanshaw When Herman Rose left Pathe- Per-ect to ally with Columbia in its new Velvet Tone product, Rose took I worthy & Th'mp's'n Annette Hanshaw, one of P-P's 1 chas Ray stars, along with him. Miss Han- shaw is a torrid songstress, and with her Sizzlin' Syncopators on V-T No 1706 has produced a couple of cork- ing numbers from Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds of 1928" revue, the now ultra-popular "Can't Give You Any- thing But Love, Baby!" and "I Must Have rhat Man." IRVING AARONSON and HIS COMMANDERS Pavilion .Royal on Merrick Road, Uynbiook, L. 1< PHIL FA6ELL0 I GEO. ECKHARDT. JR. And His Orchestra Now One Year at LAFAYETTE CAFE LOS ANGELES, CAL. Office, 635 N. Mansfiefd FROM DETROIT and His ORCHESTRA LOEWS 7th AVENUE THEATRE New York City MAL HALLETT AND HIS ORCHESTRA New England Dance Tour 'Permfuient' Ad'dresiii CnAIlLES SIIRIUMAN, Manager, SALEH. MASS. THE ORIGINAL DINTY MOORE now at ARTHUR MACLEAN'S HUNTER ISLAND INN Pelham Shore Road, N. Y. GEORGE OLSEN AND HIS MUSIC FEATURED IN "GOOD NEWS" CnANIN'S 4GTn STKEEI TUSATBB NEW VOnii CITX Ofllce: 20 West 43d Street New York City FP ARlSIAN R ED HEADSJ America's Greatest Girl Band Week Sept. 16i State Lake, Chicago rrrtnanent AdHrefis M We«t North St., IndianapollR, Ind. JEAN GOLDKETTEl Orchestras VICTOR RECORDS Office:.. 812 Book Tower DETROIT SAMUEL HEGGEN Leading a Great Little Band Proctor's 86th Street^ NEW YORK CITY VINCENT LOPEZ and His ORCHESTRA Exclusive Brunswick Artiet WOODMANSTEN INN Pelham Parkway, N. Y< CHARLIE MELSON The Maestro of Ceremony and His Bands Stanley, Jersey City Branford, Newark PAUL WHITEMAN Miff Mole Mole and his Little Molers, as he calls his Jazz band, have a produc- tion foxr-trot >ack-up.. "You Took Advanta'ge of Me" and "Crazy Rhythm," respectively from "Pre- sent Arms" and "Here's Howe," and those Molers sure do tricks witfi the basic tunes. . They make beaucoup jazz whoopee with mean modulations and torrid interludes. (Tl\reo to flit) 2i half (27-30) Dayton & Ranny (Others to fill) HACKENH'K, N. J. Lyric lat half (24-26) Jean Joyson P McGlynn Co (One to fill) 2d hialf (27-30) loleen & Brennan Hobby Barry Co CahlU & Wells UOUOKEN, N. J. New Fablnn Ist half (24-26) Padlocks Of in23 2d half (27-30) Delancy Creedon&C Mitchell & Durand Arthur Petlcy Co JERSKV CITY Centrhl tst half (24-26) The NlRht Owla Babe £af;an ■ (One to all) 2d half (27-30) ITopI Indians (Two to Hll) : PASSAIC. N. J. Montauk let half (24-20) Odds & Ends (Two to fill) 2d half (27-30) ZpcIc & Randolph Alma Neiluou (Onti to fl'l) rATERSON. N. J ■ Ilc;;ent 1st half (24-26) Z.eck .& Randolph East & Dumko . Alma Netlson 2d half (27-30) Worthy & Th'mps'n Babe E(;an Chiva Ray UNION CITY. N. J LUionln . Ist half (24-26) Dayton & Rancy Babe Eapan (One to fill) 2d half (27-30) Nlpht Owia (Two to flU) Cabarets Bet Charge Dismissed Five men, all arrested during a aid on an apartment at 112 West 44th street on July 26 by detectives of the Third Division, were acquit- ted In Speciar Sessions on a chat'tje of bookmaking:. The defendants were; Jack Burke, 34, clerk, .302 Eldridge. street; Samuel Kbhn, 30, theatre ushei:, 121 West 44th street; George Brlckheart, 29, clerkj 765 Sixth ave- ' iuo; Joseph Haines, 36, actor, Lang, well Hotel, and Fred Brown, 26, waiter, 320 East 116th street. Detective Walter Mitchell testi- fied to entering the 44th Street place with other ofllcers and. finding tlie defendants in possession of numer- ous slips, a:pparenUy bearing tlie names of. horses running that day. The ofHcer also testified that several persons called up the place , on tlie phone seeking to place bets. The Justices decided the evidence was instifUcient. Fairy-Like Dancers In Park and Pinches Seven boys, whose aesthetic danc- ing attracted the attention of Po-. llceman Thomas Mattis of the First Division? while patroling Jeanette Park In lower Manhattan, were gathered in by the officer and ar- raigned before Magistrate Hyman Bushel in the Tombs Court. All wore charged with disorderly con- duct and found guilty. Among them was Joseph Delahey, .' 29, 305 West 42d street, who claimed to ^lave done chorus work on the Coast and was seeking a similar job in New Toi-k. The seven wore given suspended sentences by the Magistrate who warned them to do their dancing In private In the futui-e. According to Mattis, he was at- tracted to the group of men first by their queer actions while seated on. benches In the park and later when they began floating around the grass like fairies. He warned them to beat It but, they Insisted on con- tinuing their terpsichorean act and he gathered them In. Edward Colebrook has tempora- rily retired from the Stage, to en- ter the casting agency field. Cole- brook lias aligiied himself with Les- lie Morcsco as outside man for the MoroscQ Agency. NEW YORK Ohntoaa Madrid Harry Richman Brunswick is plugging its Broad- way talent for everything possible: „.„„..„ And a,n Imposing iaxray of talent I Haro"d"'i"eonard"br Brunswick has, too, on Broadway, I Ai B white such as Richman, Frances White and Arnold Johnson's orchestra from ."Scandals"; Vincent Lopez tripping In "Vanities," the St. Regis and Woodtilansten Inn; Ben Bernie at the Hotel Roosevelt; Bernie Cummins at the Biltmore and Hal Kemp at the Hotel Manger. This accounts for Richman's pro- lific output' On No. 4035 he has "King for a Day" and "Can't Give You Anything But. Love," a couple of dramatlco-pop hits that are well | Landau's Bd suited to the songster. Don & Jerry Alice RIdnour Mary Lee Joey Wagstaft Frivolity N T G Rev Tom Timothy Bd Hotel AmbttSRutlor Mann & Carpenter Van der Zahdcn Or Hotel Ilillmore Nbrthway & Chills B Cummins Or Oakland 'b Torrnce Will Oakland Park Central Hotel Charlotte Ayrea Rudolph MalUnoS Radio Franlca Sybley & Sloel Wm ScottI Orch Pelham Henlh Inn Hal Hlxon Roy Mack's Rev St. RcRis Hotel Vincent Lopez Or Roslta & Ramon Siilon Uoyal Texas Gulnan Tommy 'Lyman Blgolow & Leo Sliver Slipper N T Q Rov Jimmy Carr Orch CHICAGO 1. BILLS NEXT WEEK (Continued from page 41) . Butterfield And HIS GREATER ORCHESTRA On Dance Tour 1560 BROADWAY, N. Y. O. Direction VflVJ^AM MORRIS ADRIAN CroMWcU 2d half (28-21) Wright & Dale Miner & Van Golden Bird ANN ARUOB Michigan' 1st half (23-26) Dance Rhapsodies DATfLB CR£KK 111 Jon 1st half (23-28) R'cfr Ch'nd'n & D £}rj)est HIatt (One to nil) 2d half (27-29) Col Fred Lindsay Sir Cecil Alexander Don Loe & Louisa BAY CITY RoRont —iBt-httlf (23'»«) Ashley Paige Oiineve Butler Co Toby Wilson Co 2d halt (27-2a) Don CummiDga Varsity 8 (Ono to mi) . BKNTON HABD'B Liberty 2d half (27-l») Burns 2 Krnest Hl»tt Hilton .Sis FLINT . CupltoV 2d half (27^29) Cody 6 Ada Brown (One to nil) UALiVMAZOO State let half (23-26) Col rrod lilndsay Chandler. Boys (One to nil) 2d half (27-29) Rich & Cherle Larry Rich Boya (One to nil) LANSING Striuid Ist half (23-ait) Mcyakos Goo lieattr Varfllty 8 Harvey (Two to All) OWOSSO Ciipltol 2d half (27-29) R'ct'r Ch'nd'n & D Toby Wilson C:« (One to nil) PONTIAC State 1st half (I18-t«) Cody C Ada Brow« Aliibam ■ Dale Dyer -.- - IjOw icing Ralph Dart Brnle Adlcr Eddie South Bd Orlental-Duvis Al Handler Artie Collins Lee B ISvans Madelon Mackenzie Sol Wagner -Bd. ' >T«(». Alien LoVita St Angelina Itlarry Norton Ban Its Sis _ . Terrnro GafdcnB. On-vo O'Neill Qua C Edwards Bd TurkInU \lllnee Harry Harris Freddie Jarifa Bd Vanity Fair Larry Vincent Gene Gill Dolly Sterling Johnson-Sis ■. Jane .McAllister Vtsy Snyddr Kolth Beechor Bd FAMILY TREE DRIVE (Continued from page 1) so that his followers may be dis lodged with hlin. Though consid ered a hazardous task the e. e.'s are determined to pursue this course in an attempt to reduce; operating costs by a huge margin. The bankers have been engaged in listing family connections em- ployed in the picturfe business for a^oiig'n ime^^aTTd "if gfemr^iikeiy"tire axe is about to fall in a little while In connection with this story it Is related that a young college grad, applying for a job in the studios, asked if he had any relatives In the company, replied "Tes, the gen eral manager is my uncle. But don't hold It against me." Ho didn't got tho job. Leading Organists in New Yrok PAUL BRASS Solo Organist Keith-Albee Theatres NEW YORK CITY W. J. GILROY FEATURING Organ Novelties PROCTOR'S 86th ST. NEW YORK JOHN GART Thanks to O. C. M. Free practice arranged for stadentfl Phone Nevens 0018 ORGAN STUDIO 291 Lincoln Flttce. BROOKLTN, N. T. JACK SKELLY At the Wurlitzer Keith-Albee WHITE PLAINS THEATRE WALTER WILD Feature Organist AT Keith's Hippodrome NEW YORK Howard Warren Feature Organist at the Albee Theatre, Brooklyn