AUGUST 195© . Vol.8 . No. 8 Stan Kenton says: MODERN MUSICIANS ARE LAZY! CAPITOL NE, CAPITOL NEWS PAGE 3 Whiting, Starr S u rfa c e Renew Their Disc Contracts Two of the nation's most An Old Middlewesterner Goes Back popular singers signed ST. LOUIS: Home o f Turns, Bud and Mississippi River humidii, new long-term recording con­ More eateries per block than any city anywhere, and probat tracts, in late July, with Capitol. more ale houses too. Everyone is pulling for the Reds—oops—th Margaret Whiting, who began Redbirds; Musial could be mayor. They call it the "Mound Cil) her professional career with Cap but it's not as hilly as San Francisco or its little sis, Kansas Ghj in 1942, the year Capitol was They buy more records here, per capita, than in most cities, o founded, renewed her contract for M.AKNNU HfcK bold signature prominently all over a spanking new the radio deejays have become, in just a few years, big, big mi a seven-year period. Kay Starr, long-term contract, Kay S tarr agrees to m ake records only fo r C api­ The newspapers (St. Loo boasts the finest in the world with who waxed her first biscuits for tol for the next five years. She started with Cap in 1945 as a straight highly-competitive dailies) even review the new platters. But the label in '45—she was a strict a show town it is nothing. Not one big theater playing „ £?u w T V " '' h,6r "Ho°P-Dee-D?°" in 195° will proba b ly prove jazz canary then — renewed for u „ ll ------ T.______ u .PJL«J. ...” "er b.ggest-sell,ng plate to date. Witnessing the signature are Hal not one top nitery, no first-rate ballrooms—maybe records arei c*„nio„ u . „ *•'. ' --------~ ~ ,w ,,v*1 five years. J. B. Conkling repre­ Stanley (left) her m anager, and James sented the waxworks. they can get in this overheated, baseball-crazy Mizzou' metrop.1 Í1Í1ÍL C°nklÍn9 ° f C°Pi,ol's ar,is,s and repertoire division in Hollywood. CHICAGO: Lake Michigan keeps it from being a St. Loo ove Whiting and Starr then trained Much talk of TV, much competition for viewers. But radio—wh out from Hollywood for eastern happened? A decade ago, this was the spot, second only to Mo Sacred Music Boom Brings Cap personal appearances. Both will hattan in all the world. Now virtually everything on the nets have new records out this month. from Hollywood & NY. Jockeys here are behind the Petrill Mag is teaming with Joe "Fin­ Benkert 8-Ball, with musicians and bandleaders not allowed gers" Carr, on one etching, and Contracts To Famous Singers Kay has sliced a duet with Ten­ do simple, non-playing interviews. Newspapers? Violently par (Photos On P 8 9) nessee Ernie. san; you have to read at least four a day to determine who tl romrirL„Li „ t S ,n ,a ^ eS. " . really happening. Much talk of the Cubs and Sox, little of it fit sacrecj mus¡ J & nS6 Jn P °P u*ar,ty Ne9' tering. And just between us, wouldn't a little showmanship ot |ancj r ¡ ■ l , . W 'C ° S f cóme as pronounced as the Dixie- old-fashioned ballyhoo liven up that dull Fair? It won't do shgersTst month reCOrdm* C° ntraCtS to ° flock o f e xPert until Sept. 4 and some imported talent might start those creakir Caoitol «ínnorl i k . d D A ~ , turnstiles spinning. ' u A;,Dame'S' fam°us !" ,he North- KANSAS CITY: They're right proud of Harry S. here, reganfi—i .. sm9m9 preacher, as a baritone. His home is in Port- land. Also recording for the first time was the noted Mt. Zion Church him as real home folks. And they still dodge a hoodlum's but Gosoel Chnlr oc~ : j • I~"J" V-" U,CM 5 occasionally; gang wars have gone on here for so long that! with the M t Z b n $i * * s° b [ * 6 ReV' D an'e'S recorded with the Mt. Zion singers as fe a tu re d soloist. Also landing a contract situation somehow doesn't seem unconventional any more. N e " w a s Sister G oldia Haynes o f East St L ' papers? There's only one (the Star). Television? Just one chann for ^er Spir ;tecj caro|j es ° as ' ° UIS' She's nationally known (The Staar's). Radio? Well, NBC's most valuable franchise is owne ;n ^ same Regularly heard on the purple Cap label c. TU Dl II u J !.. CL e, sa m e fle ld a r e Sal|ie and Cora Martin, the renowned St. Paul SUGAR CHILE, the pride of De­ and operated by the Star. The Blues are cellar-bound int Church Choir nf i j i , troit, is rooting home his beloved American Association andi fansZ—___,Li_i. think .L- the v—_i Yankees___ —- should Xsei ¡n „the South- °fR;«nûcf Los Angeles and Juanita Jackson, .of Atlanta , a fave ................... n . i W<v e Ù , B,ggestu,yycsi h,tn,T record,recora, ato t therne moment, is "This Little Light Tigers in the hectic American Joe Kuhel more help (what, and let DetroitD etroit play the Wofjf Mine" hv c* d„.. i League pennant race as it ap­ Series?). Not much doing here in music, Basie and all the oth! M,ne by the St- Paul ch° ir- I* Is outselling the Hit Parade leaders. proaches the stretch run. And his have been gone too long. Buddy De Sylva Dies baseball boogie, "The Bases Were NEW ORLEANS: The fabulous Crescent Dixieland City, ft Damone Playing Loaded," on a new Cap disc, also mention the international situation and they angrily snarl, "yed In Hollywood is proving a winner during the the trouble was all caused by those danged NORTHERN Korean* Death came to George G ard The H'wood Field summer months. His piano, and Lotsa jocks here, spinning discs, and one finds far more excitii Sylva, w orld -fa m ou s song- his singing, have kept him a music in the little Bourbon street bistros than in all Chicago * n*er, showm an and one of "Welcome to Paris" is the title smash box-office attraction since St. Louis combined. 7he Pelicans are having a poor season, ™ Sunders o f C ap ito l Rec- of the film which Vic Damone is he was 4. He's now an old vet nobody cares—the food's as great as ever and that's mi ®r s/ Inc., a t H ollyw o o d Pres­ making in Hollywood, at MGM. a t 10. the best in the whole, wide world. Hot here, bad as St. Lou arían Hospital July 11. Jane Powell is the star and Vic's MARGARET YOUNG'S return to Must be the winding, lazy Old Miss! De Sylva, known as Buddy, role is th a t o f a French boy. He's show biz as a recording star 'Cats, Valdes Filmed DALLAS: Circling above the airport, one is convinced this «tied of a heart ailment after not even trying an accent. strikes her niece, Margaret Whit­ about the prettiest landscaping, and natural setting, of the tr* 0 long illness. With Johnny ing, as something near to hilari­ The Harmonicats, led by Jerry Romantically speaking, Vic is Later, down on the good earth, you ask a muscular Texan abo fiercer and Glenn E. Wallichs, ous. Young Maggie is in New Murad and the orchestra of Mi- dating various film cuties. "My music activity in some of the other states. "Are there OTH e f°unded Capitol in 1942 York this month, guesting on the guelito Valdes made a U-l mu­ heart hasn't been broken by Liz states?" he asks incredulously. p 1 e executive producer of Jack Haley TV show Aug. 10 and sical short together in July. Will And so, back to California again Paramount Pictures. Taylor," he said. Joe Pasternak is the Chesterfield and Coca-Cola Cowan produced it. guiding Vic in his first screen role. stanzas A ug. 2 and 13. PAGE 4 CAPITOL NEW CAPITOL NEWS PAGE 5 Leighton Noble Songwriters To Blame De Haven Bow For Inferior Tune Crop, At The Grove S till on e of the to: MGM Bigwig Charges JOHNNY GREEN, w ho for rooms in the world aft years led a dance band, more than 20 years, A "If we're not getting Movie musicals, he feels, may have a lot to do with getting the without much success, Cocoanut Grove of the Hotel Air great songs today on the music business back to the so- then hit the golden jackpot in bassador in Los Angeles will In same scale as 10, 15 or called "normalcy" that everyone Hollywood as a film musician, out an all-new show and bon:' 25 years ago, it's only because says it's gotten away from. notches another triumph on his stand attraction Aug. 1, a t they are not being written. It is belt Aug. 26 when he conducts which w ill replace the currents not because the public doesn't "The movie musical has already in Hollywood Bowl. headlined by Tony Martin. want them." had a strong effect on the stage musical, as witness "South Pa­ The program, similar to the Shove that in your pipe and Leighton Noble's orcheslr: cific," a production that carefully tribute to the late George Gersh­ smoke it, for those words come which played Catalina Island follows motion picture technique.