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... V . ____siij CAPITOL NEWS CAPITOL N E W S PACE 3 news Published Monthly by Jo Stafford Show' CAPITOL PUBLICATIONS, INC. Sunset and Vine, Hollywood 28, Calif. Printed in U. S. A. In Nov. 11 Premiere EDITED BY DAVE DEXTER, JR. jo Stafford’s first broadcast for Revere cameras will come off on Nov. 11 with Paul W eston’s music backing her. The program will be known as the “ Jo Stafford Show.” I To be aired over the A BC net from Hollywood, the presentation Leaves Come Tumbling Down, Etc. also will feature the tenor pipes of Seems like old times, to use a tried and true cliche, with Artie Clark Dennis and songs by Star- At Shaw and both woodshedding new dance bands lighters, vocal group, in addition to N. Y. Site Of And don’t think they aren’t aware of each other’s activity. With the Weston orchestra. PERT PIA N IST featured on the things as they are these days in biz it’s likely that both D eadline Will Continue For Chesterfield New Shaw Ork Meredith Willson show over ABC will strike gold with their newly-formed crews in the east. . . . War- j Jo will continue her regular appear­ is Paulena Carter, who’s also quite Artie Shaw came to Hollywood dell Gray, young tenor saxist who went from to New ances on the Chesterfield Supper Club a composer. Cov. Earl Warren per­ This will be a big month for York with Goodman last spring and who tooted with Basie briefly a few on NBC, it was emphasized. last month, as the Cap News pre­ sonally congratulated her, just last Dennis will be the only holdover act top-flight entertainers in the weeks back, will be one of the key sldemen in the new, full-sized BG unit dicted he would. He was impressed month, on her new “ Cen­ and Buddy Greco is likely to be the singer. Shaw will try to popularize his from the current Revere package, which with the new Bob Keen orchestra tennial Fantasy.” area. old “ Begin The Beguine” music again. features Marion Hutton. She will go But when was it ever unpopular? over to the Jack Carson-Frank DeVol which Dave (Ace) Hudkins had or­ N ig h t clu b s are expected to show on CBS when the new combination ganized with the view of Artie taking Squibs From An Old Notebook jump. The slump, it is hoped, will of Stafford, Dennis, Starlighters and it over. Maggie W hiting gets the call to be the “ Sweetheart” of the Notre Dame M a rtin and Lew is Weston take over. The new series will Then Shaw returned to New York have ended. alumni Dec. 4 at the L. A. Coliseum when the South Benders bend USC be aired every Thursday night. and announced he would start rehearsals around and around. Mag brought Leahy’s men luck last year and they figure Sock Thursday Schedule with Keen and “ about four or five” of O p e ra to rs are spending extra she can t do any harm again next month. . . . The new year will bring Bow On Discs ABC nabobs were licking their chops the California musicians. For personal money— fa n ta s tic sums'— to beat forth more new songs than any year in history. Tunesmiths have been saving (Picture on Page 8) over the forthcoming Thursday eve reasons, Shaw disclosed he would prefer empty tables. ’em up since last Dec. 31 and the recording firm guys already are being to reorganize in Manhattan. But he inundated with notes. lineup across the board, for effective on Pactlng of the comic team of Armistice Day they will be able to offer promised that Keen would be with him You Can Bet Your Life . . . It’s Wrong Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis to a H ere are the most important the new Revere package along with when he goes out, later this fall, to play Chalk up a score for Erroll Garner, the sly and subtle piano-plucker from Capitol Records contract last month events: the Abbott Gr Costello entry. The new theaters again as a bandleader. Pittsburgh, who is making an admirable comeback on the west coast. Gar­ Revere presentation also is unique from It appeared that Tom Rockwell’s CAC came about simultaneously with ner departs Hollywood for a Nov. 17 opening at the “ Say W hen” Club in another standpoint— Jo, Dennis, Weston would book the new Shavian crew, with H a rry Jam es at the Palladium San Francisco. But they don’t say when he will close. . . . Haw! Life mag the announcement that the two and the Starlighters are making records Keen getting billing. It also was indi­ starting Nov. 23. His fee is said pictured greeting Diz Gillespie with a series of phony bop fast-rising entertainers also will be exclusively for the royal purple Capitol cated that Penny Parker, who has been salutations and tagged Carter (who was Dizzy’s boss at one time— and to be “ around” the $5,000 weekly label. working with Keen and Hudkins in Los starred in the Hal W allis production teacher) as a Gillespie “ disciple.” Couldn’t have picked the wronger man. of “ My Friend Irma” which goes into mark. Mike Nidorf agented the deal. Angeles, also would go to N. Y. to be­ . . . The USC and UCLA bands are better to watch, this season, than the come Artie’s girl vocalist. The band will production soon at Paramount. football teams. W hy doesn’t someone stage an annual Rose Bowl for music have only five brass, four saxes, four Martin is not only funny, he’s one of K a y Thom pson at the Hotel with the very best college bands battling it out for the national title? rhythm and Shaw’s stick. the finest singers in America. At New Beverly-Wilshire at a record $10,­ So You Think You’re A Booted Character? York’s Copacabana and at Hollywood’s 000 per week against a percentage How hipped can you get? Gang of young musicians in Los Angeles—all Slapsy Maxie’s he and Lewis proved of the gross. The ornate hotel has under 20— consider bebop, Gillespie, Parker and crop strictly old-fashioned, Cricket Club To sensational. passe, extinct. Seems they’ve devised what they call a “ super-progressive Capitol’s James B. Conkling, head of redecorated its smart F lo re n tin e ” which makes the bop boys as reactionary as Bunk Johnson. Well, when repertoire, rushed their first sides out. room especially for Kay and her in doubt punt. . . . Billie Holiday is now expected in Los Angeles next Get Hodges Ork “ The Money Song” Is coupled with Generally regarded as ’s aides, the William s Brothers. January. For a Stuffy Norman concert, no doubt. . . . And who’d think that “ That Certain Party.” most famous soloist through part of li’l pete Daily of hot horn renown once bested the fabulous Satch Paige in Conkling also signed the veteran Nick the 1920’s, all the 1930’s and most of a mound duel in Cary, Indiana? “ He must have had an off day,” Pete recalls, Spike Jones and band at Slapsy the 1940’s, will appear Lucas to a waxing binder with Capitol. “ but my knuckler was clicking.” , incidentally, tells his buddies Maxie’s beginning Nov. 8. Jones at the Cricket Club in Los Angeles this that Pittsburgh will be in the ’49 World Series. The owners— including Croz— month as leader of his own little combo. will get $10,500 a week for his will spend a million, if necessary, getting the right men for next year’s Hodges, highly-regarded on both alto Old Film Used zany act. N. L. campaign. and soprano saxes, advised Cricket Club Of course you can’t talk to Bob Hope these days— not since “ his” Cleve­ bosses he would feature the vocals of landers became champions. He’s still on Cloud Nine. For New Flick Morton Downey at Ciro’s Nov. , who also Is ex-Ellington. Universal-International has dug up 12 at $5,000 per. Announcing . . . Another Popularity Poll portions of old musical shorts made up All the polls are starting again. And all the winners will be different, Hildy Heads To S. F. by , , Sonny as they always are, every year, in every magazine. W h y not a poll of polls? Freddy Martin at the Hotel Am ­ Hildegarde will open at the Mark Dunham, Henry Busse, Louis Prima, Do readers of the Cap News want a poll to determine which poll is their Hopkins, San Francisco, for a four-week Frankie Masters and Harry Owens and bassador’s Cocoanut Grove com­ favorite? run after her current Cocoanut Grove spliced certain numbers together to Send us your votes. There’s lots of possible winners— Down Beat, Or­ mencing Nov. 9 at a reported stand. She closes here Nov. 7 and bows make a short feature which will soon chestra World, Metronome, your daily paper, your college weekly, the neigh­ $ 3 ,5 0 0 . Hotel also will feature at the Mark Nov. 9. Itinerary after be released under the title of “ Rhythm borhood shopping news, even the polls conducted by theaters and record Florence Desmond with Martin. JOHNNY HODCES, for more than that Includes two weeks at the Coro-' Masters— A Decade of Band Hits.” W ill shops. Vote for your favorite poll. But please, do not vote for your favorite 20 years a stalwart with Duke nado, San Diego; Beverly Country Club, Cowan “ produced” the two-reeler. Ken­ She’ll grab $2,500 every week. more than 763 times. It simply isn’t permissable. The results would be too Ellington’s reedmen, arrives in Los New Orleans during the Christmas holi­ ton, incidentally, will be shown with much like all the other polls. his band performing their theme. It should be a lively winter. Aigeles this month as leader of his days, and Persian room of the Plaza °wn little band. Hotel in N. Y. next March. “Artistry in Rhythm.”

1— PACE 4 CAPITOL NEWS CAPITOL NEWS PACE 5 Here's H ow To Next MOT Put On On Cole Trio's A Jazz Bash! Fall Schedule Two popular Los Angeles disc- “ Jolson Sings Again” actually spinners, Frank Bull and Gene Nor- It was a brief California stay for began rolling on Oct. 25 at Colum- , . .. bia Studios man of KFWB, are giving friendly the King Cole Trio this trip. Nat and his partners, Irving Ash­ Larry Parks and the studio brass m i" gS * f " ^ by and Joe Comfort, have just de­ settled their differences and once P ' * * ° * ^ ^ trained from Hollywood to make again Parks is making with the ^ their Nov. 4 opener at the Tiajuana mammy gestures in a sequel to the The tW° .Californians’ . swePf fabulously successful ‘‘Jolson Story" 0f away with their own enthusiasm for Club in Cleveland. The trio worked three years ago. Henry Levin is the a mammoth carnival of an eight-night engagement at Billy Berg’s last month after their manager, director. There’ll be scads of songs with i;azz which was set to come off portly Carlos Castel, pulled them off Joley himself heard on the soundtrack r ™ , , n n t ­ _____ naTracK. Qct 29 at the huge Pan-Pacific the job at the Red Feather when the THE ALYCE HALL TRIO, a favorite with Californians, just ended another Lineup of Frank DeVol’s second bandl^uditomm in the City of Angels, club’s management argued that the weekly fee paid the trio included a sock run at the L. A. Red Feather Club in the wake of the King Cole Trio. — for the Jack Carson show on CBS— have alreadV contacted so many per- one-hour television show. Alyce plays accordion— but great— with Cliff Johnson on drums and Warren finds Buddy Cole at the piano; Tom formers—and agreed to g ve the Pan­ Pasek at the bass. She’s from Chicago, and has been pushing and pulling Romersa, drums; Don Whitaker, bass; Pacific officials, for rental a fat 20 per Cole and Castel said it was the first her pearly box some 10 years. Carlos Castel guides the group on bookings. Bert Johnson and Joe Howard, trom­ cent of the gross— that they discovered they had heard of it, that they wanted BIN C CROSBY wants to get into bones; Neal Hefti, Bobby Clark and they couldn’t possibly earn a dollar’s no part of the deal, and they refused television— as owner of three video Ralph Fera, trumpets; Pete Johns, Ron­ profit on the event. to face the KTLA cameras. The union stations in the Pacific Northwest. nie Perry, John Cruey and Bob Lawson, $3,000 For Louie’s Unit backed them up, after a hearing, and He’s also starting his newest film reeds. It ’s an entirely different outfit Bull and Norman, for example, agreed the Berg’s date was set to fill in the H ’w ood Caddies M o an chore at Paramount, "Diamond In Red Feather time. than that which DeVol batons on the to pay ’s combo (with A Haystack,” in which Ann Blyth Jack Smith series. The union makes him Teagarden, Hines, Catlett and B gard) Cole’s combo also worked the Club and Barry Fitzgerald also will be divvy up the work. a whopping $3,000 for a short set to Moderne in Long Beach, Cal., before As Dorsey Goes East seen. The Crosby ABC airshow ain’t climax the carnival. They have agreed shoving off for the home of the Indians, doin’ bad, either, with Sonny Burke and Paul Webster col- to pay virtually all the remaining per­ Boudreau, Doby, Gordon, Bearden, W ith back in New former chanteuse, and and handling most of the labbing on a bunch of songs for a forth­ formers (at least 50 including Bud Lemon, et al. York again with his new band after Larry Noble as vocalists. They were with fern vocals from week to week. his California band. coming Broadway musical, "Alive and Freeman, Red Nichols, Pete Daily, Eddie Nat got a chance to play ball with a long stay in Hollywood, a lot of Kicking.’’ Miller, etc.) 50 per cent of everything the Capitol Records team before the Nappy Sticks to W est Coast caddies are finding pickings slim. taken In above expenses for Arm ­ season ended but was forced to drop Nappy Lamare, Doc Rando, Arnold Eight Roy Rogers Los Angeles’ newest newspaper, the strong’s combo and rental of the audi­ off the Cap basketball squad because Dorsey got in his 1 8 holes nearly Ross and others who served with the Mirror, giving lots of space to singers, torium. Films For Re-Release of commitments in the east. His trio every day for more than six months JD gang in California last summer, and Republic will re-release eight of Roy bands, acts, etc. Lou Larkin is radio ed. They pegged advertising costs and is heard regularly as guests on the who made several movies with Jimmy Rogers’ most popular pictures during before speeding east last month ---- I other fees (including $500 for a special NBC Chesterfield Supper Club program. recently, remained in California. the new season. The reissues include to open at the New York Arcadia Florentine Cardens, at one time Hoi- stage constructed strictly for the one "Roll On Texas Moon,” "In Old Cali - Ballroom for a four-week stint which Bauduc will remain with Dorsey lywood’s livest night spot, will reopen knight) at another $2,500. ente,” "Frontier Pony Express,'’ "Saga began Oct. 17. permanently. His wife Edna also moved in late November and thus give at least Nut just Jo o Heavy TB Disc Set To Co from Hollywood to open her own busi­ Of Death Valley,” "Ranger And The Crabs New York Musicians 10 musicians, and several acts, employ- < All of which, they now discover, adds Bob Hope is the emsee on this year’s ness in Houston. Lady,” "Colorado,” "Robin Hood Of Veteran New Orleans drummer Ray ment. A Chicago syndicate will run it. ^„aro un d $15,000 overhead. “ Even The Pecos,” “ Young Bill Hickok.” transcription designed to promote the Bauduc, Charlie Teagarden, trumpet; if we get a capacity crowd,’’ young sale of Christmas seals for the Tuber­ Brad Cowans, trombone, and Art Lyons, Mills Brothers Due Twist of the month— Bill Burton Norman disclosed a few nights before Skitch To Chi Hotel culosis Association. Featured on the clarinet, were the only musicians The Mills Brothers swing into signed to manage the vet Dixieland jazz curtain time, "we can’t possibly make Skitch Henderson comes west this program, which soon will be heard over making the trip east with Jimmy. In the Casbah Club in L. A. on Nov. 23 pianist, Charlie LaVere. But LaVere will a profit." But as the Cap News started month, with his band, for a five-weeker thousands of radio stations, are the New York he gathered other sidemen for four weeks at $3,500 per week. It only sing pash songs, a la Como! Shows rolling on the press, all of Southern Cal­ at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago start­ King Cole Trio, Benny Goodman, Peggy and rehearsed in time to present a slick will mark their first California engage­ what one vocal can do. i^nia—not just the Los Angeles area ing Nov. 5. Skitch has been one-night- Lee, , Andy Russell, Jo crew on the Arcadia stand. ment since they played the old Floren­ ---- -was excited and advance sales indi- ing through the east all summer and Stafford, Paul Weston’s ork and Mar­ Jimmy is featuring Dottie O’Brien, tine Cardens two years ago. Cab Calloway off to Salt Lake City cated that Oct. 29 would go down as fall. garet Whiting. with his little combo for a one-shotter one of the most spectacular dates in at Rainbo Rendevu. Spot, formerly west coast jazz history, 'MY DARLING, MY DARLING’ known as the Cocoanut Crove, was ; Spectacular, that is, for everybody (From the New York Musical “ Where’s Charley") acquired last month by Jerry Jones, the tw0 jocks Nex(. time_ they 'BUTTONS AND BOWS’ And The Starfighters with Orchestra swear, they’ll be more conservative. (From the Paramount Picture "The Paleface” ) Los Angeles newspapers did not make i Real cute western-flavored novelty 'GIRLS WERE MADE TO it clear that the Paul Weston who was t U m i l i l i arrested Oct. 7 in L. A. on charges of TAKE CARE OF BOYS’ acting as a bookmaker is not the Crothers Af Cricket 'SAN ANTONIO ROSE’ (From the W arner Bros. Picture arranger-conductor. Sherman (Scat Man) Crothers, who Men "One Sunday Afternoon") Enchanting version of this with Orchestra fecently made his debut on Capitol wax with the old favorite rejoined the Woody Her­ asa blues shouter and novelty vocalist, Art Van ùamme man band on Oct. 8 on trombone. opened at the L. A. Cricket Club on Quintet JO STAFFORD and GORDON MacRAE Woody expects to hit Hollywood in 13 as star of the Cricket floor- Record No. 15184 January. sh°w. He’s in for four weeks. PACE 6 CAPITOL NEWsCAp|T0L NEWS PACE 7 Martin's Music MEET THE JOCK! 20 Years In Music FRANK POLLACK conducts "Con-j Resumes Nov. 9 trasts in Music” over Station WEXT in! Milwaukee. “ I try to keep away from corn,” he con­ A t L. A. Grove fides, “ and I Finally Pays Off For prefer old stand­ Freddy Martin and his bandsmen ards and high­ shake the dust off their shoes this type new songs, of which there 'Mayor' P.W. Hunt month and return to the Ambas­ are few.” In (This Month’s Cover Feature) Capitol record. sador Cocoanut Grove in Los high school For 20 years he was known Critics Lack Sense of Humor Angeles. . Frank was a “ When Down Beat panned it,” Pee- strictly as a good-natured trombone Martin has been on the road m u s ic ia n . He’s W ee laughs now, “ I knew it would be since early summer, just recently now 29 and his player. But now W alter (Pee- a hit. W e did it strictly as a gag but ambition is to climaxing his long trek with a run W ee) Hunt is the uncontested none of the critics dug that. They were announce a network show. Pollack i “ mayor of 12th street.” the only ones who accepted it as a at the Strand Theater on New proud of his collection of 3,000 j serious jazz plate.” York’s Broadway. records, and proud that his L___ Hunt has been around a long The biscuit had sold in excess of one A t his opening at the Grove Nov. 9 of jazz are a success in a town v..... time. He says he has blown his million copies by Oct. 15 and Hunt — and that’s one of the coast’s big leans heavily to polkas. His theme: Stan tram in 46 of the 48 states and hustled off to clean up on the strength musical events of the year in the Kenton’s “ Artistry in Rhythm.” C».... of his newly-formed popularity. trade— Martin will present several new coming to Milwaukee he spent four Canada to boot. During the 1920’s “ W e open in Chicago at the Oriental faces which have previously not ap­ years in radio in Manitowoc, Wis. he was featured with the^ famous old Theater on Nov. 4 for three weeks,” peared among the hotel’s potted palms. Jean Goldkette band in the Middlewest, Hunt said as he left Hollywood. “ Don’t will be the featured bari­ but it was with the original Casa Loma know when we’ll get back.” tone singer. Eighteen musicians includ­ orchestra led by Glen Gray that he, his Another Up His Sleeve ing five strings will make up the full trombone and his jovial vocals became But he does know he’ll be back contingent. Vaughan, Jacquet nationally popular. eventually, for the genial, wide-shoul­ Freddy will be able to concentrate Tried Being a Disc Jockey dered veteran of the music game has more directly upon his music this Pee-Wee decided to settle in Holly­ remembered another old standard tune season, for he sold his music store last Head For Coast wood during the war after some 12 — never revived— which he is convinced spring and has allowed his music pub­ years with Casa Loma. For a time, he can be another million-topper on wax. Climaxing a long and tiring tour lishing activities to slow to a stand­ SARAH VAUCH AN is due back in worked as a disc jockey on KFW B, but And he wants to use the same studio, still. He will, however, still try to Los Angeles any day now, and eager across the nation, spinning discs wasn’t for him. A couple and the same musicians, who turned the breed champion race horses in his spare to atone for her disheartening Cali­ and the Illinois jacquet combo were of years ago, Hunt formed his own trick with “ 12th Street.” fornia flop of 1947. The former Earl time. expected to hit Los Angeles late ini little combo, a strictly from Dixie group, Pee-Wee thinks he can do it again. Hines singer— and her legion of fans November. with Pee-Wee singing and playing tram — believe she’ll be box-office dyna­ It was probable that they would MEET MARILYN . . . The new and “ tryin’ to make the people happy.” mite this trip. Capitol Grabs appear in formal concert before moving j chirp on the Abbott & Costello ABC But nothing happened. He worked Slickers Open up to San Francisco and the Pacific | show looks like Bankhead, or Die­ intermission jobs at the Palladium, and Northwest. Jacquet is best-known for trich, but actually she’s the daughter occasional niteries. Then he started Nick Lucas making transcriptions for Capitol’s Nov. 8 In L. A. his screeching, steaming high-octave j of the late Ziegfeld queen, Marion Three ‘Names’ Open Slapsy Maxie’s Club in Hollywood will Another new addition to the work on tenor sax. He also is remark­ library which is leased to radio stations. Harris. She calls herself Marilyn W il­ frankly experiment this month when Capitol array of popular singing Club In South L. A. ably adept at imitating the cackling ofr Lee Gillette of Capitol waxed dozens of liams and before she hit on the Spike Jones, tired of touring, sits down A new spot known as the “ Barrel­ a chicken, and reproducing other barn­ numbers by Hunt, some good jazz, some artists was made last month when A & C program she scored success in with his City Slickers on Nov. 8 for House” was opened last month in yard noises via trick fingering and un­ deliberately hokey Dixieland, some en­ Nick Lucas, veteran troubador, Great Britain. Over there they called a one-month stand on the S. L. band­ ...... W atts, on the far south side of Los orthodox embouchure. tertaining vocals. And all of a sudden her “The Shape.” stand. Spike’s mentor, Ralph Wonders, signed to make discs only for Capi- Angeles, under the management of the demand for “ 12th Street Rag’’ was asserts that the group will reap a flat tol in the future, Johnny Miller, former King Cole bassist echoed by thousands who heard the $10,500 per week for four straight Lucas and his guitar have been solid Johnny Otis, drummer and maestro, and Young ’Uns Stars Of Pee-Wee burlesque of the old standard weeks. The Jones comic routines will box-office attractions for 25 years. His Bardu Ali, former front man for the 17 Concerts over radio stations. Washington’s Combo be followed in early December by a first release is a new cutting of his late Chick W ebb’s band. The house Capitol looked up the session reports, return engagement of Jerry Lewis and boff hit of 1928, “ Tiptoe Through the band is perked by Bosses Miller and George Washington, for seven years found the names of the musicians who For Philharmonic Dean Martin, hottest comic turn in the Tulips.” He even sings a duet with Otis. And they’re doing good business, trombonist with Louie Armstrong, has were on the date when “ 12th Street” ! Seventeen pairs of concerts are biz since their Slapsy’s run of last himself! so far. assembled a new combo of youngsters was waxed, then paid them additional summer. for his current run at the Congo in Skedded by the Los Angeles Phil­ money. Then came the release of Hunt’s downtown L. A. A girl, Richie Del harmonic orchestra beginning Nov. Archie, is beating the Baldwin, Moe 11-12 at the Philharmonic Audi- Edwards is on bass, alto is by Billy e g g y l e e orium. with DAYK BARBOUR ami His Orchestra Green and Johnny Lawson slaps the The ork will again be conducted this snares. Washington keeps up with the ,*ason by Alf Wallenstein. Darius Mil- ‘SO DEAR TO MY-HEART’ kids on tram. pd and Howard Hanson (not the Lovely title snogffrom Wall Disney picture. |CLA back, however) are tabbed for ‘Nature Baby’ Arrives ‘est roles with the baton. ‘LOVE YOUR SPELL IS Highlight of the 48-49 season will Mr. and Mrs. Eden Ahbez welcomed a performance of the Beethoven EVERYWHERE' a son, their first, on Oct. 9 at St. ®nth Symphony, a work which is in (From the Motion Picture “ The trespasser” ) Vincent’s Hospital in L. A. Ahbez gained 'trasf to the bop blowings of other Moody a$ the smash hit “ Golden Earrings fame last spring with his “ Nature fists featured, in previous seasons, . . . great listening! Boy” song. f the same auditorium. The hottest Lie ad of the year — Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis will this month make their debut on records. NctnHollywood making their first film, for Hal Wallis Pductions at Paramount after a long and brilliant rur Slapsy Maxie's H ollyw ood nitery, Dean and Jerry \i|be featured regularly in the future on Capitol disi Lewis originally came from Newark; Martin is a ive of Steubenville, O . It is Martin, too, whose grea nging voice gives the act a new twist. Watch out f these guys — they’re really rolling.

DANNY KAYE and are the featured thesps in Sam Goldwyn's just-released “ A Song Is Born" filmusi- cal, and there are a dozen or more Grade-A bandleaders running frantic­ ally through the footage. Some of these are shown on the back cover. It’s the last picture Danny and Virginia made for Sam. CAPITOL N E W S PACE 11 P A C E 10 C A P IT O L NEWS No Plans To Keep Savitt Ork Intact Capitol To Release Telefunken Discs But in 1940, with George (Bon Bon) Stroke Ends His Tunnell on deck as his singer, and with Great Collection George Auld blowing gobs of heated Career At 35 tenor pipe, Savitt hit the jackpot and Envy Of World was rated as having one of the five top There will be no attempt made Much of the greatest music ever American dance bands. Savitt himself to keep the late jan Savitt’s orches­ fronted the crack group, laying aside his recorded in Europe will soon be­ tra together. fiddle. W hen the group broke up and come available to this country on The suave but excitable little guy Jan found It impossible to make re­ the Capitol label. placements for key sldemen, he headed with the fiddle was buried Oct. 7 It all will come about as a result west and concentrated on radio. He at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glen­ was in charge of music on the Louella of an agreement between Capitol dale, Cal. , jack Mass, Parsons ABC show at one time. Records, Inc., and the mighty Tele­ Eddie Dukoff, Eames Bishop, Sam­ In ASCAP Since 1941 funken Corporation of Germany. my Weiss and Ted Sherdeman Savitt also was the composer of “ 720 Negotiations between the two served as pallbearers following final In the Books,” “ Moonrise,” “ It’s a firms were concluded last month Wonderful W orld” and “ Now And For­ rites at Pierce Brothers Chapel. and have just been approved by the ever,” which Bon Bon Tunnell helped Hailed A t 14 U. S. Government authorities involved. Savitt popularize. In 1941 Jan was Savitt, famous throughout the world Great Catalog Involved admitted to membership in ASCAP. as leader of the “ Top Hatters’’ dance According to Glenn E. Wallichs, Capi­ Savitt's father, Josef Saventnlck, was ork, died in the Sacramento (Cal.) tol’s present, the agreement gives said to have been the leader of an County Hospital Oct. 4 following a Capitol the rights to all records pro­ Imperial Regimental band for Tsar cerebral hemorrhage. He had apparently Nicholas. duced for the Telefunken label in been in good health and his passing JA N SA V IT T Europe for release in North and South Mrs. Savitt flew to her husband’s came as a shock not only to his wife, 1913-1948 America. bedside and was with him when he SINCLE, 21, and addicted to the former Barbara Stillwell, but also “ This means,” said Wallichs, “ that died. It Is definite that no attempt will spaghetti . . . that’s Gloria Grey, SAX REARS its lovely head when to his brother Bill, a song publisher’s an up-tempo theme which he called thousands of magnificent musical per­ be made to keep ‘the orchestra Intact, as singer with Ike Carpenter’s Cali­ Joe Lutcher (left) and the tenor ace rep, and to members of the Savitt “Quaker City Jazz,’’ he conducted a formances will eventually be made has been the case In other instances,' fornia band. Gloria also plays a lot of Joe’s band, Bill Ellis, blow chase orchestra. available to record buyers in the U.S.A. crack studio orchestra at Station K Y W when prominent leaders passed on. of Steinway. She’s from Hollywood Only recently, Jan concluded a run The finest classical artists— including choruses to g e th e r. Joe’s jumpin’ (after serving as musical director of High, too, although San Francisco at the swank Cocoanut Grove of the Also Leaves Two Daughters virtuosi like W alter Cieseking and sev­ little crew just got back in Holly­ W C A U ). In 1939 he took the band on is her home town. The spot with L. A. Ambassador Hotel. He was on Lenny Corns, Savitt's arranger, was eral of the finest symphony groups on wood after a long eastern tour and the road and scored many successes. Carpenter is her first with a full­ the road doing territorial one-nighters driving the car in which the maestro the continent— as well as the most are winding up a sock stint at Billy sized dance band. when stricken. was making a jump from Stockton to revered compositions of the masters Berg’s nitery, where they followed Sacramento. He said he thought Jan Diz Gillespie. Owned North Hollywood House will be released on the Capitol label. was napping until the trip ended and Born 35 years ago in Petrograd (now “ It also means that the true folk Stabile To Corns was unable to arouse his boss. Leningrad), Russia, Savitt came to the music of many nations, polkas, native Dick Stabile, who leads the house Jan also is survived by two daughters, children’s discs and semi-classical fare. as a child, and at 14 he songs, dance tunes, will finally be made Devi Marilyn Savitt, 7, and JoAnn Lots O f S ta rs But with the addition of the many ster­ was prominent in Philadelphia music band at Slapsy Maxie’s, will take a available to Americans.” # Savitt, 5. Rabbi Max Dubln conducted ling Telefunken masters to its catalog, circles as a juve “ classical’’ violinist. temporary leave from the nltery when Telefunken is perhaps the most noted the final services. the Hollywood waxery will be able to Spike Jones troupe moves in Nov. 8 for record manufacturer outside the United Mrs. Savitt, who once worked as Jan’s On Elgin Shows offer as fine— and as complete— a cata­ States, it was pointed out, with enviable secretary, said her husband had just a month stand. Dean Martin and Jerry log of classical gems as any other record completed a series of film shorts. The prestige throughout the world. Lewis, comedy team which played Whiting For Short Lineup of stars for Elgin’s two manufacturer in the world. Savitts purchased a house in North Available In “ Near Future” Slapsy's recently, set a deal for Stabile Margaret W hiting has agreed to star Hollywood several years ago and con­ holiday shows has been partially Wallichs asserted that domestic re­ to back them when the open at the in a Paramount musical short skedded sidered California their permanent completed by Cornwell Jackson, lease of the treasure of wax has not Flamingo In Las Vegas and Danny for early 1949. She will sing several Russell Cuts Xmas Wax home. Coast radio head of J. W alter yet been scheduled, but will “ certainly Thomas, who follows them, also wants hit tunes by her late father, Richard Andy Russell has just recorded the It was in Philly, however, that Jan be made available by Capitol in the Stabile. Dick thus will stay In Las W hiting, including “ My Ideal” and Thompson agency. For the two- C h ris tm a s “ Command Performance" rang the bell as a bandleader. Using Vegas for five weeks. near future.” “Sleepy Time Gal.” hour Thanksgiving broadcast, tal- Until the agreement with Telefunken program for AFRS, emseeing a show j ent will include Jimmy Durante and leaders was made public in late October, which features Martha Tilton, Garry Moore, Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Capitol had produced only records in the and Lauritz Melchior. Show is strictly Vera Vague, , Mario field of popular music, plus frequent for men in the armed forces. Lanza, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Andre Previn and Mills Brothers. A t Fidelitone EXCLUSIVE FEATURES! mikeside for the Christmas special will FLOATING POINT Patented V-groove be , , Bob Hope, TEX WILLIAMS Ozzie and Harriet, Cass Daley, Lauritz with orchestra Locking feature on Shaft 1 Melchior, Danny Thomas, Jo Stafford, NYLON NEEDLE Red Ingle’s group and Sandra Berkova. Resilient Nylon Arm ! will emsee both programs. LIFE GITS TEE-JUS, DON’T IT?’ Fillers Record Scratch Seem s everything hail always happens lo Tex Only $125 ; James Next At Pally / , & / ' BIG HAT POLKA’ NOW ON SALE AT ALL Permium (Osmium Alloy) Tip j ’ band will replace Law­ LtiM yn H - Tex in a merry mood ! rence Welk’s at the Hollywood Palla- CAPITOL DEALERS for Long Life, ..TA' icT i with his W estern Caravan | dium Nov. 23. W elk opened there on Record No. 152 J 1 Oct. 19. Produced by PERMO, INC., Chicago TER PRECISION AND DESIGN PACE 12 PACE 13 CAPITOL NEWS CAPITOL N E W S

\Sing ers> iu([ \ p O L LO W IN C THE trail blazed a with Gene Norman over KFWB the other night, because the novelty has year or more ago by Al Jarvis, first, worn off and all the musicians playing and then Gene Norman, KLAC the bop idiom are merely imitating ACC Network executives assert jockies Don Otis and Bob M c­ Gillespie and Parker. Nat said he still that the new Kay Starr program is Laughlin are presenting their own enjoys the originators, but that the hundreds of pseudo-boppers are hurting the freshest” and “ most enter­ television shows in Los Angeles taining” sustmner now being heard music and the profession with their regularly via KLAC-TV. astounding lack of originality and trite, in web radio. noisy, unrhythmic carbon copies. Roc Hillman’s Trio (he was star Kay teed off last month as emcee He told Norman that it was time for guitarist with Jimmy Dorsey and of her own show with Buzz Ad- musicians to come forth with "a lot of lam’s band accompanying her songs Kay Kyser for 10 years) plays for fresh things in music” as Basie, Good­ and with Paramount’s Mona Free­ the guest singers which the two man, Lunceford, Shaw, the Dorseys, man as her first guest. Heard nationally ERROLL G ARNER, as seen by emcees present. But although there Kirk, Hines and others did in the 1930’s. from Ho.1 lywood, Kay airs every Monday Marshall Barer’s pen. The Pittsburgh now are approximately 37,000 TV sets "All those guys,” Cole said, "had some­ in the Greater Los Angeles area, vir­ THAT’S SKITCH Henderson at left fairing a bass passage, while Monica night at 7:30 Pacific Daylight time, just pianist will be featured on the stage thing new. They weren’t copying any­ tually none of the programs over the Lewis, the vocalovely, whams the tubs for Peter Lind Hayes at the New ahead of the new Cordon MacRae rail­ of the Million Dollar Theater in Los one. And it paid off at the box-office.” four stations feature music. The musi­ York Waldorf-Astoria. Henderson’s band has been on tour all fall, and will road stanza (but aired in New York, by Angeles for a week starting Nov 2 cians’ union is admittedly disappointed soon be playing the N. Y. Pennsylvania Hotel’s Cafe Rouge again. transcription, followed MacRae.) For­ along with Jimmy Liggins’ little Shelly Manne is back as drummer in mer "Dow n Beat" editor Ted Toll is combo. Garner last month wound with the number of musicians employed Stan Kenton’s band. Irving Kluger, who the producer and Joan Caulfield and up a long run at the Haig, intime by video producers. As of now, less replaced Manne last year, is out. Jane Wyman followed Miss Freeman Wilshire eatery. than 25 tootlers draw regular checks. as October guests of La Starr. Her pro­ Hotel Gaylord in L. A. is currently gram will snare a sponsor shortly, ABC Twenty Big Behymer KFW B’s Bill Anson now airing from offering Francine Fay, singer, and the bigwigs confidently declared. midnight to 2 a. m. from the Red orchestra of Al Kaylee. Tex Williams Gets Feather, L. A. nitery, a la Jack Eigen. Johnnie Johnston, while working at He also continues his daily stint for Ciro’s renewed Phil Ohman’s music Ciro’s nitery, and his wife, Kathryn housewives. Concerts For L.A. Grayson became parents of a daughter Romay For Pix until the end of December. Mar. 15; Leonard Pennario, pianist, Mar. Mrs. L. E. Behymer will direct on Oct. 7. They named her Patty Kate Ernie Felice finally pulled his little 22; Draper and Adler, Mar. 26; Bartlett Johnston. Lina Romay will get a build-up Dropped by Philip Morris from the the Behymer series of “ classical” combo out of the Ambassador Hotel and Robinson, duo-pianists, Mar. 29; network airwaves, Mel Torme hustled concerts again this season, just as in films soon as a western “ hero­ (the group started there last December) James Melton, tenor, April 4; Artur Dinah Shore and husband, George out of town to a night club Job at the her husband did for so many years, ine.” The former Cugat thrush, and, after a vacation, they'll concentrate Rubinstein, pianist, May 8; and one to Montgomery, allegedly are expecting Town Casino In Buffalo. He opens Nov. on radio for the next few weeks. Felice at the Los Angeles Philharmonic be announced. again, too. The time? "Sometime in who made her name singing Latin 1 for a week, then does a fortnight at is now regarded as the best accordionist Auditorium starting Nov. 16. Three special concerts, not included 1949." tunes, bagged the lead opposite the Milwaukee Showboat, then opens in the business. The entire list of 20 concerts will in any series will be given by Vladimir Tex Williams in U-I’s “ Sun In the Nov. 26 at the Lake Club in Spring­ include the Original Don Cossack Chorus Horowitz, pianist, Dec. 7; Jascha Hei­ Columbia Pictures completed shooting .Sky” and “Cheyenne Cowboy,’’ first of field, III. Musicians who remember when Red and Dancers, Serge Jaroff, director, Nov. fetz, violinist, Jan. 11 ; and Hazel Scott, of “Make Believe Ballroom” in late a series of three-reelers in the sagebrush and Bobbie Nichols were making one- 16; Igor Gorin, baritone, Nov. 23; Ballet pianist, Jan. 29. October. Among the singers featured j idiom. Eddy Oliver’s band is on the A m ­ Russe de Monte Carlo, Dec. 11 and 14; are Kay Starr, Nat (King) Cole, Jack Williams’ first chores for the studio night Jumps with their baby daughter, bassador’s Cocoanut Crove stand during Patrice Munsel, soprano, Jan. 18; Miklos On TV Smith, Frank Laine and Toni Harper. proved so successful that he’s been Dorothy Lorraine Nichols, may want the current Hildegarde engagement. Gafni tenor, Jan. 25; Robert Casadesus, They sing the songs you expect them pacted to a long-term contract. U-l to read this item twice just to be sure. The Milwaukee gal came Into the Crove Adeline Hanson is emseeing a new to sing on the .pic’s soundtrack. For their little redhead up and married immediately following her trek to pianist, Feb. 8; Blanche Thebom, so­ television show over Hollywood’s KLAC bass believe he will someday be as big prano, Feb. 15; San Carlo Opera Com­ a screen draw as Roy Rogers. David 5. Mason Sept. 2 in Hollywood. Europe. which features different songsmiths Al Hibbler, blind baritone whom Jay She’s their only child. pany, Feb. 19 and 22; Marian Anderson, every Thursday at 8 p.m. They play and McShann found in Texas eight years ------Judy’s sister Jimmi Garland winding contralto, Feb. 27; Rudolf Firkusny, sing their own ditties with Adeline ago, and who hit big later with Duke Bebop is beginning to “drag” Nat up a single at Slapsy Maxle’s. She was pianist, Mar. 1 ; De Paur’s Infantry spieling info on their careers, past hits, 40 Men Too Many Chorus, Mar. 5; Isaac Stern, violinist, etc. Ellington, will be featured with the new (King) Cole, he said in an Interview once wed to Bobby Sherwood. Johnny Hodges combo soon to arrive in L. A. For Berg-Moore Phil Moore abandoned his plans to Ex-Covernor Jimmie Davis of Louisi­ take a 40-piece orchestra into Billy . 'ONE HAS MY NAME ana is busy on the Monogram lot Berg’s nitery in H ’wood and, instead, (THE OTHER HAS MY HEART)' making a musical, "Rhythm.” Jimmy is took a quartet into the Le Papillon for Sentimental ballad of a quite a singer— folk music. the Audrey Young engagement. cowboy's broken love. Moore, who plays piano and com­ Frances Langford opens at El Rancho poses, was anxious to "try something YOU’RE THE SWEETEST Vegas, Las Vegas hotel resort, for two different” at Berg’s and he figured he ROSE IN TEXAS' weeks commencing Nov. 24. could get across some of his ideas with Wonderful danceable tune, The Nato top musicians. m m m the mammoth ensemble. His manager, goes to Europe again in phil Bloom, thought otherwise. It would November. He just finished "Happy have cost about $4,000 a week just to Record No. 15162 Times" at Warner Brothers. Pay off the musicians. 1 ■ - - l U i

P A C E 1 4 CAPITOL NEWS wlios w l i e t e Tommy Duncan Will

RED NICHOLS: Hangover Club. : Palladium. Sing On Capitol Label HARRY JAMES: Palladium, opening Nov. 23. By LEE GILLETTE TED WEEMS: Aragon. JAN CARBER: Hotel Biltmore. One of the all-time giants of ■ M i FREDDY MARTIN: Ambassador Hotel, w e ste rn s in g in g has just been opening Nov. 9. signed to a record contract by Cap­ PHIL MOORE: Le Papillon. itol. DICK PETERSON: Red Feather. He is Tommy Duncan, for 16 SPIKE JONES: Slapsy Maxie’s, opening solid years the featured vocalist Nov. 8. with Bob W i l l s ’ popular Texas PHIL OHMAN: Ciro’s. Playboys. Tommy soon will make CEORCE WASHINGTON: Congo Club. his debut on the purple Capitol JEANNE TAYLOR: Solly’s. label and will get top billing sing­ AUDREY YOUNG: Le Papillon. ing brand new tunes he himself has A R T IE W A Y N E : El Rey. written as well as many old faves which are still requested. RED INCLE: Zucca’s. Tommy, a native of Hillsboro, Texas, SCAT MAN CROTHERS: Cricket Club. was playing fine “fiddlin’ guitar” at 16. MORTON DOWNEY: Ciro's, opening He did his first radio broadcast on Nov. 12. Christmas day, 1930, over W D A G in KAY THOMPSON: Beverly-Wilshire, Amarillo. Then came a job with Armie opening Nov. 17. Armstrong’s band in Fort Worth, fol­ T O M M Y D U N C A N has just signed lowed by a slot with Bob Wills, who at to be featured as a western singer that time was heading the Light Crust on Capitol platters. He’s long been Vocal Trio For ‘Cal’ popular, in his specialized field, as The specialty singing trio of Les Doughboys. soloist with the Bob Wills band. Baxter, Barney Park and Leo Orn, plus In 1934, Duncan and W ills moved June Wilson, was signed last month by to Tulsa, where Tommy made his head HEAR THESE Warners for “Two Guys and Cal.” quarters until he entered the army, school. But his big education came as ; After serving, Duncan rejoined Wills, a singer, on the road, playing and sing- j Kaper Scores ‘Saga’ who by now was leading just about the 'n6 thousands of lovers of western | Bronislaw Kaper has been assigned most popular western aggregation ever mus,c- to do the music for M G M ’s “Forsythe assembled. “ I think I can make it okay on my I Saga.” Tommy sang a lot of great hits with own,” he confides. And he admits he I The Pied Pipers’ Harvest Moon Album' will spring a gang of new tunes on his :j Wills’ outfit, including San Antonio featuring THE f lEÎ t D D P IP E R S w ith P a u l W e s to n & His O rch e stra forthcoming discs. Cosmo Band Bows Rose, Take Me Back To Tulsa, Trouble Ned Cosmo’s orchestra, with Diana In Mind, Ida Red, Time Changes Every­ lean back and listen to these great old songs . iv. melodies Richards handling the vocal chores, has thing and I A in ’t Got Nobody. He made that will recall pleasant memories. Listen with lights down low opened at the Casbah nitery. Date is scads of records and became a favorite MEET THE JOCK! lo ‘Girl of M y Dream s,’ ‘M elancholy Baby,’ ‘Poor musicrew’s L. A. debut. "voice” on juke-boxes. JOE MACGIO is first of all, a record Butterfly,’ ‘Alice Blue Gown,’ ‘Can’t You Hear Me Calling, And Duncan, you can bet, is grateful collector, with what he considers a Caroline,’ and of course ‘Shine On Harvest Moon.’ ‘Kissing’ Starts Xmas to his old boss. "The Kissing Bandit,” co-starring “priceless” array of hot wax dating back Capitol Album CC-103 $3.00 plus tax Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson, will “I owe all my training to Bob Wills,” to the early be Metro’s Christmas release. Film, orig­ he says. “W e have parted the best of 1920’s and em ­ inally finished nearly two years ago, friends and I only hope I’ll be a credit phasizing the was revamped with inclusion of Cyd *° His wonderful teachings.” New Orleans Cocktail Capers' Charisse, Ann Miller and Ricardo Tommy was born Jan. 11, 1911, and greats. On KIDO MOAÜW'c featuring the A r t V a n Montalban in top spots. he was educated in a little country in Boise, Idaho, the Art Van Damme Quintette he spins discs 14 Here s music with all the sparkle of champagne. The Art Van hours a week. Damme Quintette is a wonderful combination for perfect JO STAFFORD and GORDON MacRAE “ I hate fan mail,” he says. listening — to songs like ‘Dark Eyes,’ ‘The Breeze and 1/ “It bores me.” I ve Got You Under M y Skin ,’ ‘M e adow land ,’ ‘Lover’ a n d ’ SAY SOMETHING SWEET TO And so he never 'If I Had You.’ Capitol Album CC-105 $3.00 plus tax asks or fills re­ YOUR SWEETHEART' With The Starlighters quests. Joe is a Two top stars have fun ... a real cutie. former drama student, 25, and a native of Baton 'Willard Robison’s Deep River Music' BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS With M ale Choir tMfowfwHi Rouge, La. For two years he has been Willard'Hard Robison s melodies are close to the hearts of plain Thrilling ballad, rich choral a K ID O feature, and he claims he is background, lovely duet. Boise’s first jockey. But don’t write to folks everywhere. These are songs reflecting the tireless spirit Record No. 15207 him— he won’t answer! of the deep river and the fervor and living of people in fhe deep south. A b ove all, it's sincere music that will appeal Jleveryone. Capitol Album CC-104 $3.00 plus tax This copy of CAPITOL NEWS Sec. 562, P. L. & R . * comes to you through the courtesy of

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THE MEN who make the music in Sam Coldwyn’s . Benny Carter, Phil Moore, Page “A Song Is Born” flicker were caught last summer, Cavanaugh and a host of others also are heard on during shooting, in a slight bash. West to east, shown the soundtrack. Stars of the production (you can here are the Mad Mab, Charlie Barnet; Tommy Dorsey, gander them on Page 9) are Danny Kaye and Virginia Benny (Professor) Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Mayo.

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