The Cash Box Music , Page 49 August 23, 1958 Country Round Up

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Ree Pine infos in his WRVA-Richmond, Va. “New Dominion Barn Dance” Angeles area. He adds that the cities included in Carl Perkins and his band’s newsletter that Aug'. 23rd’s CBS “Country Style” bill will feature banjo picker, tour are San Diego, Calif, on Aug. 15th, Los Angeles on the 16th and 17th, Allen Shelton, Clyde Moody and Barbara Allen doing her latest Decca slicing, Medford, Ore. on the 19th, Roseburg on the 20th, Albany on the 21st, Belfair, “From Midnight ’Til Dawn”. Ree sez that Charlie Daniels’ Rockets moved Wash, the 22nd, Yakima on the 23rd, Portland, Ore. the 24th and Tacoma, northward for a special week-end appearance at the “Tap-A-Keg” in Garfield, Wash, the 25th. Also, sez Stew, Columbia’s Collins Kids, Larry & Lorrie, N.J. The group after learning, from their visit to the Indian Embassy in Wash- will play a series of one-niters in Ore. and Wash, starting Sept. 1st, which’ll ington, D.C. that India is most receptive to American styled rock ’n roll, is follow their month run at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. in the process of arranging a 3 month tour thru that country. Also, notes Ree, Shirlee Hunter, whose daily Les Kangas writes that the KXLA-Pasadena, Cal. appearances on WDBJ-TV-Ft. Lee, Va., have caused deejays have been swamped with requests for his much favorable comment that the lark has been set pubbery’s “Welcome Alaska”, waxed on his newly- for another shot on Aug. 24th. The Country Cava- formed Kangaroo label by newcomers Larry & Dixie liers’ll be appearing with her. Tommy Riddle, who Davis. Jocks who missed their promotional copies visited on Aug. 16th in Danville, Va., has been engaged can have same by dropping a card to Kangaroo Rec- to do a feature roll in one of the big festival affairs ords, 7902 Dewey Ave., San Gabriel, Calif. in Wilmington, Del. The “Barn Dance’s” Janis Mar- % % if. if. if tin was due in for dates at the Wise. State Fair, start- Trini Lopez, new artist on the new indie Volk 16th. ing Aug. Records is busy visiting DJ’s in Texas, New Mexico, * ^ ^ ^ Okla., Ark., and La. plugging his first Volk release Monty Hoyt, KOCY-Oklahoma City, Okla., advises “Right To Rock” and “Just Once More.” Distribu- that after only 2 weeks of exposure the Johnny Hor- tors are also being contacted. Trini invites all dee- ton Columbia waffle, “All Grown Up” has broken wide jays who fail to receive a copy of the record to write open in his area and has taken on smash proportions JANIS MARTIN WILBURN BROTHERS him care of Volk Records, 5513% East Grand, pop and country-wise. Dallas, Texas. % % % % if Harry Glenn, prexy of Mar-Vel Records, phoned to tell us that while Frankie More informs us that Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mt. Boys, featur- Jack Bradshaw is bedded down with the mumps he’s cheered by the fact that ing June Webb, “Bashful Brother” Oswald, “Pap” & His Jug Band and others, his latest release “Naughty Girls” and “It Just Ain’t Right” has been get- started a tour of fairs Aug. 7th thru Oct. 9th., taking the troupe thru Kan., ting a heap of deejay play throughout the south and southwest. Harry an- Neb., Okla., Texas, Mo. and La., with 4 days off, before going overseas for 8 nounced the appointment recently of Shorty Ashford as music director of weeks to entertain our boys at overseas bases. Roy’s latest Hickory etching Mar-Vel’s country & western division. is “The One I Love” b/w “Searchin’ For Happiness”. Frankie also tells us * * * * * that the Wilburn Bros.’ newest pairing on Decca, “Cry Baby Cry” and “Till Dave Lardin wants everyone to know that when he put in his pitch for I’m The Only One” has the makings of a ‘hot’ disk in several markets. Any c&w wax recently he wanted the disks sent to WACA in Camden, South Caro- c & w jockey wanting a copy can get one pronto by writing to Frankie lina. Dave’s station was incorrectly listed as being in N.J. More, 226 Donelson Pike—Nashville 14, Tenn. * * * * * with caller L. D. Keller, are really racking up The Jubilee Promenaders, Casey Clark, c&w deejay-band leader-promoter, has moved from the De- newest Volkswagon bus, traveling Fri., Aug. 15th to the the miles on their troit, Mich, area to WNAX-Yankton, S.D. to reorganize the Missouri Valley Bam fair in Morrison, where they shared the big 111., Dance. Casey brought with him his “Lazy Ranch” stage with such headliners of the Red Foley crew as Boys, ‘ Barefoot Brownie” Reynolds, bass and come- Wilson, Bobby Lord, Suzi Arden and Flash Slim & dian, Terry Brethel, steel guitar, Glen Beeler, vocals Whistler. Aug. the square-dancing young- Thurs., 21st and lead guitar, Carroll Smithers, piano and vocals, gang, plus Billy sters will accompany the same Evelyn Harlene, Drums and vocals and Sage wax ar- Walker, to the fair at Cresco, Iowa, and on the 22nd, tist, and Casey, himself, on fiddle. Clark does a disk they’ll join Chuck Bowers, Norma Jean and the Coun- show in the mornings, 3 live shows per day and 1% try Gentlemen at the fair in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. hours on Sat. nite. He can use the c&w singles and Floyd Tillman guest-starred on Chet Atkins and LP’s and he’d appreciate hearing from any c&w talent “Jubilee” kicked off Floyd’s the Aug. 16th and new headin’ out his way. RCA Victor Album, “Floyd Tillman’s Greatest”, which % if ^ if Chet produced. on the ‘please send the slicings $ ^ ^ ^ Jumping us c&w bandwagon’ are Bill & Bud, WSLM-Salem, Ind. The Jim Reeves, who is currently on the personal ap- twosome needs ’em for their new, lst-in-a-series of closes his tour pearance circuit, present with a 10 day remotes for a drive-in. SHORTY ASHFORD stand at the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee from ^ ^ ^ brief 4 CASEY CLARK August 15th thru the 24th. Following a day In addition to the biscuits he needs, A1 Weaver, he will again hit trail one-nighters respite, the of WKBC-N. Wilkesboro, N.C., wants photos and other with appearances scheduled on network television as well as regular show material for a big country music promotion going on. A1 is trying to push dates. c&w music to record heights in his area while appearing with local c&w bands. August 20th will find him celebrating his birthday, with plans being made A1 adds that his mail pull has doubled since the promotion started. to honor him with a cast party. Members of this years’ troupe include RCA’s Janis Martin and Dave Rich, Brunswick’s Billy Harlan, Magician Dick Lucky Taylor have just formed Sky- O’Shaughnessy Jimmy Day, Pee Wee Kershaw and Royce Morgan. Arcade’s Tex Zario types that he and with headquarters at 1739 N. 3rd St., Phila. 22, Pa. and that Reeves is currently topping the charts with his single release “Blue Boy”, rocket Records will be with the Jesse Rogers Music pubbery. WKOY-Blue- and he has a new LP out tagged “Girls I Have Known”. some of the tunes field, W.Va. deejay, Gordon Jennings’ll be the A&R topper for the label. Tex Cecil Kings and Jennings on “Ramblin’ Lou”, WJJL-Niagara Falls, N.Y. types recently appeared with Surratt & the Swing WHIS-TV-Bluefield. He also spent some time with that everything is going fine at his “Harrison Grove” Clark while in Washington, D.C. Roy, in addi- Country Music Park, Youngstown, N.Y. He had a top Roy out on a soon due coupling, is turn-out for Jim Reeves on Aug. 3rd and had Gene tion to coming MGM the Stardusters in D.C.’s “Ozark” Su’livan set for the 10th, Jerry Lee Lewis for the still appearing with Restaurant. 17th, Justin Tubb, Shorty & Smokey Warren and :«c jj: s»t * Gordon Terry for the 24th, Grandpa Jones for the James O’Gwynn had such large turn- 31st and Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, “Labor Day”. “D” Records’ $: % % % % outs while making appearances in the Anchorage, area that all the folks were clamoring for Johnny Cash, recently voted by the nation’s DJ’s Alaska rn extended stav according to word received from in The Cash Box poll as the “Most Programmed — “Oilfield Jimmy Simpson. James also starred Country Male Vocalist”, has departed from Nash- the Boy” on Jimmy’s KBYR-Anchorage “Far North Jamboree” ville’s “Grand Ole Opry”, it was announced from the Show on July 30th. office of his manager, Bob Neal. However, the de- :J: if parture was on the friendliest of terms and was From the typewriter of west coast press agent, based on a decision by Cash to move to the west coast Curley Gold, comes the following items: Bob Wills RAMBLIN' LOU for television and picture exposure. Johnny, who re- JAMES O'GWYNN & his Texas Playboys are latching on to loads of spins cently signed a 5 year contract with Columbia, is in the far western states with their Decca slicing of planning to do a TV show of his own in the Los Angeles area. This is to be Let’s Rock” and “Sugar Baby”; star attraction on the live, c&w radio and sl weekly show with a variety format. From this position Cash plans to be able “So Street Jamboree”, on CHML-Hamilton, Ont., Can., is to devote more time to his music enterprises. Johnny Cash Music, Inc., and TV show, the “Main Gil McElroy his Northwest Drifters are currently play- several potential moving picture deals. He’ll work a limited number of per- Peggy Jo Stewart; and fans at “Tiny Dumont’s Park” in Portland, Ore.; sonal appearances on the west coast during the balance of ’58 and will plan ing for the western dancing vocalist with Bob Wills for years, has opened a to tour the entire country several times in ’59. Cash Expressed a deep grati- Tommy Duncan, former 17 Grove, Calif, and is in need of record-experienced c&w tude to WSM and the “Opry” for the time he spent as a member of the new dance hall in Oak singers and package shows. For bookings Tommy can be •cast. The basic reason for his move, he stated, was because of the lack of bands, gal c&w Show, Channel Jack London network television opportunity. He also stated that he will welcome visits from reached at the Black Jack Wayne TV 2, Square, his Roving Gamblers can be heard, on wax, all of his friends in the “Opry” when they come to the coast. Exact plans Oakland, Calif. Also, Wayne & Tor the starting date of the TV show and channel are to be announced shortly. via Jack’s own Black Jack label. Also, Cash will be at Buck Lake Ranch, Sun., Aug. 17th, and at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, August 22nd, 23rd and 24th. any information concerning Country music and ' * * * * * Attention: Please address talent to Ira Howard, Country Editor, The Cash Box, 1721 Broadwav, Stew Carnall, west coast promoter and booker, advises that Cash’s Sun New York 19, N. Y. waxing, “Ways Of A Woman In Love”, has broken wide open in the Los “ It’s What’s in THE CASH BOX That Counts—USTERISATIOISALLY”