18 Th; Billboard MUSIC November 6, 1937 Irving Mills geet-Music feaets Reviews of Records By M. H. ORODENKER (Week Ending October 30) ' Abbreviations: V -Victor;6 -Brunswick;D-Decca;BL -Bluebird;VO-VOcalion; Signs Gould Based on reports from leading job- M-Melotone. bers and retail music outlets from Coast to Coast, the songs listed below Iudy Lushes Over Cable with Just Once in a While, If It's the Giving the lyrics a laryngeal lilt of hisLast Thing I Do (V). HAL KEMP is Strengthens hold on mod- are a consensus of music actually superbwiththeGershwinscorein moving off the shelves from week to own design, BING CROSBY is beaucoupThings Are Looking Up Now, Foggy Day ern music composers -week. The "barometer" is accurate,cuddlesome for I Still Love To Kiss Youin London (V), while his Moon With a with necessary allowance for day-to-Goodnight, cutting the' more conven-Hangover (B) is only an overgrown piano Gould educational head day fluctuations. Number in paren-tional cooing with its plattermate Re-concerto in the modern manner with thesesindicatespositioninlast member Me? and the doubler in Can Ibrassesand woodwinds swarmingall NEW YORK, Oct. 30. - Irving Mills week's listing. Forget You?, The Folks Whe Live on theover it.Backer makes you shudder at tightens his corner on the modern com- Hill(D).And pops piped with gustothethought,BORRAH MINEVITCH posers' market in signing Morton Gould Sales of music by the Mauriceamid swingy environsis the pleasingandhisHarmonicaRascalspanting for his personal management.Widely Richmond Music Corporation,Inc., dish served by TEMPO KING with Cryin'heavily on their mouthpieces for The heralded in classic circles as conductor, are not included, due to the exclusive Mood, Our Love Was Meant To Be (VO).Ghost Walk, which only adds to the composer,pianist' andarranger,his selling agreement with a number of JUDY GARLAND steps in her best coy-nightmare on the unwinding. Choral and Fugue was preemed by Leo- publishers. Acknowledgment is made ish character to gush recitatively over More to suit the taste for styles in pold Stokowski and the Philadelphia to Mayer Music Corporation, Music Clark Gable's pulse pushing -upper, YouSHEP FIELDS for Foggy Day in London, Orchestra two years ago, his Swing Sym- Sales Corporation and Ashley MusicMade Me Love You, which is only inter-Nice Work if You Can Get It(BL); phonette is set for a Town Hall hearing, Supply Company, of New York; Lyon estingif you desire memento of hersmart OZZIE NELSON rhythms for Miles and Stokowski has manifest interest in & Healy; Carl Fischer, Inc.; Gamble flickereffort in that direction. DiscApart, If It's the Last Thing I Do(BL); his recently completed Symphony No. 1. Hinged Music Company and Westernmate, You Can't Have Everything (D),Lombardo -like lushof ART KASSEL for Formerly teamed with Bert Shefter for Book and Stationery Company, ofonly goes to prove that the little gal isThings AreAre, Looking Up, I Can't Be Both- two -piano airings on NBC, Gould cur- Chicago. being wasted by .poorselections andered Now and the polished beats rently conducts his modern melodies on overarranging.In a similar manner theof HARRY SOSNICK for Moon at Sea, WOR for a Mutual ride.Still in his 1. Harbor Lights (1) cutting is cruel to DEANNA DUBBIN inHere Comes the Sandman (D). early 20s, Gould's initial capacities will 2. Vieni, Vieni (10) 3. You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming (8) duplicating her flicker tonsiling of It's Fio-Rito Fox -Trots "Firefly"; be with Mills Music, Inc., as, director of 4. That Old Feeling (2) Raining Sunbeams, La Traviata (D). educational music. 5. Remember Me (3) Better suited for ear appeal where the For the more spirited but ever smooth Other makers of modern music under 6. One Rose (6) opticstimulusislacking, FRANCESinterpretations, WILL OSBORNE makes the Irving Mills guidance include Duke 7. My Cabin of Dreams (9) LANGFORD is downright lushiness forjudicious use of his sliding sliders to Ellington,RaymondScott,Franklyn 8. Roses in December (71 Everything You Said Came True, If It'sembellish In the Still of the Night, Rosa- Marks, Joe Myerow, Audrey Call and Kay 9. Moon Got in My Eyes (4) the Last Thing I Do and directed atlie; If I Can Count on You, There'sa Twomey. 10. Have You Got Any Castles, Baby? (5) culling collegiate favor Dredm Girl of PiGold Mine in the Sky (D).Joan Whit- 11. So Many Memories (13) K. A., Little Fraternity Pin (D). And anney, new warbler for Willie, listenswell. 12. Can I Forget You? (121 TED FIO-RITO loses the melodic in- NEW PLAY 13. Blossoms on Broadway apropos pace changer gives the swinge -tonations, in spite of good scoring, two - 14. Josephine (15) lilting MILDRED BAILEY, with Redstepping the three-quarter time stand- (Continued from page 13) It. Oncein a While Norvo and his mallets and musikers, forards of the Firefly flicker, Sympathy, failureinthis modern world of the Bob White, the swing diva lilting onlyGiannina Mia; making more acceptable church that chooses to callitself by PHONOGRAPH RECORD best sell- lightlyforthebacker -upperJustafoxtrotology for the same labelwith the name of Christ.Carefully avoiding ers will be found on page 81. Stone's Throw From Heaven(VO). Don't Cry, Sweetheart, Don't Cry; Blos- the indication of any particular denom- Pollack Picks a Poor Rib soms on. Broadway (B). ination-tho the Episcopalians seem for Among the chamber music rug -cutters BERNIE CUMMINS acquitshimself the most part to be in the authors' mindsend with the hopeful message that therefor that bless -you -sister urge, the TED-commendably for Getting Some Fun Out -the Goodmans, father and son, call up-are thousandsofotherslikehim, aDY WILSON QUARTET do a turn aboutof Life, The Lady Isa Tramp (VO), on the church to take stock of itself, tomessage that has more hope in it thanface after their initial pressing to makewhile stock stuff is well read by JOHN- evaluate its own lack of importance insolid basis in fact. two classic sides for Just a Mood (B).NY JOHNSON for Worried Over You, So the present world, to become again a In synopsis the play achieves its pur-Discologists will worship their phrasingMany Memories(M)and DICK Mc- living and vital factor in the lives of menpose far better than it does on the stageof blueology, the individual efforts ofDONOUGH fronting of the studio band and women and-above all-to return-for on the stage it is eternally clut-trumpeter Harry James, wood -pile whip-for An Old Flame Never Dies, You and I once more (if, indeed, it has ever fol-tered up with Peter's, personal problems,per Red rorvo and Teddy's knucklingKnow (M). lowed them) to the words and rulesmost of them having to do with theas near the real thing as we might hope. BUNNY BERIGAN blasts with brasses, and waysoflifelaid down byitsgirl be loves, who continues to love him makingiit hard on the auditory organs to Founder.. despite her marriage.They are unim- BEN POLLACK will have to pick a bet-fully appreciate their commercializing of The Goodmans have looked upon theportant to the theme of the play andter groove if his "Pick a Rib" boys areI'd Love To Play a Love Scene, I Want a beauty, the love, the simplicity, the finethey take up far too much of its time.to contribute to the general fund. TheirNew Romance; Miles Apart, A Strange common sense, the tenderness and theAs a matter of fact, practically the en-Can't You Hear Me Calling, Caroline?,Loneliness (V). understanding and the shining honestytire first half is thrown away on them,My Wild Irish Rose, You Made Me Love and courage of the words of the Newwhen a single scene would better haveYou, If It's the Last Thing I Do (D) is Testament. They have also looked uponserved the purpose. poor sauce for jam juice in spite of the the compromises, cowardice, worldly in- Also militating against the effect ofoccasional flashes by pianist Bob Laine terest,bigotry,senseless adherence tothe Goodmans' play-which definitelyand clarying Ben Canter. Strictly honky- outmoded rules, intellectual harlotry andpossesses scene after scene steeped intonk fare. running corruption in the organizationsmart and effective stagecraft-is the For the basin street syncopating, FATS inusic gtentis or federation of organizations thatisplaying of the chief roles, playing thatWALLER has the best of his rowdy ses- called inexplicably the Christian Church.loses effect after effect and robs thesions fora Harlem hop party(with And out of the blatant, horrible, ap-centralcharacterofallclarityandsound effects).Even has the black Republic pix purchased three songsby pallinglyironic, contrast between thehonesty of purpose.Peter is played bymaria backing up to the door for hisJohnny Marvin to be used for future two they decided to write a play.ItMr. Alexander Kirkland (who also, ac-The Joint Is Jumpin'. More jiving is cutGene Autry Westerns. . . . SammyFain is a pity that they failed to write it. cording to rumor, produced the show),to good effect for I'd Rather Call Youand Irving Kahal are doing additional ' Many Mansions isn'tthe play thatand Mr. Kirkland gives a reading thatBaby.Plattermates for these numberssongsfor the new stage musical Right they wanted to write;it isn't the playis flatly atrocious-ineffective thruout.find Waller in the lushy mood A Hope-This Way, opening next Monday in Cleve- that they should and could have writ-And making the part of the girl standless Love Affair and Our Love Was Meantland.. .. Connie Lee has the tunesmith ten.They trumpet forth their message,out in dismal relief is the amateurishTo Be (V). assignment for the forthcoming Donald finely and bravely, at the end of theplaying of Flora Campbell, who, on the With a slap -together outfit includingNovis flicker.... Jimmy McHugh is in second act-but they fail to provide abasis of this performance, fails to offerthe Joe Marsala lads and Babe Rusin onNew York confabing with the music drama upon which that message cana single reason for her presence on thetenor sax, WINGY MANNONE establishespubs and recording houses. sensibly be based.Chiefly, that is be-professional stage. a sending delta hotology for Jazz Me cause they are too much taken up with Blues, I Ain't Got Nobody (BL). It's a Bill Wiemann, dapper head of the E. the personal and specific problems of Thesetwoperformancesruinthefiesta of capital proportions. Four more Peter Brent, their protagonist, a finepotential power of the effective scenessides finds the pops burnt a bit, butB. MARKS sales department,isback and honest lad who has a genuine callthat the Goodmans manage to write eventhere's no crispness for cats in I've Gotafter a Coast -to -Coast jaunt, adding an when they forget to develop their chiefMy Heart Set on You, Laugh Your Wayoptimistic note that sheet music sales to enter the ministry.He goes to atheme.But making up in some meas- for his firm are better than ever.Espe- theological institute, against the wishesure is a long line of excellent minor per-Thru Life, Everything You Said Camecially pleased because he found Stardust of his parents and his fiancee, and is True, Getting Some Fun Out of Lifeon the Moon a sellout.... MiltonTobias, 'formances, led by the Bishop Graves of(BL). , appalled to find that the students areVaughan Glaser,adetailed,finished, youngest of the four Tobias freres in just a bunch of boys who have this orfinely effective character portrayal that Leo Lulls With Mellow Music songwriting firmament, has joined the that worldly reason for wanting to liverates with the best performances of the It's not only smart for the snobs, butE. B. MARKS professional department as ' on the bounty of a parish, to find thatseason. Among others doing really out- assistant to Sid Lorraine. . . . Tempo the faculty teaches a theology, hide- for the hyper -smoothness to hypo theKing and his Kings of Tempo cut six bound and rule -ridden, that has no dim,standing work are William Post Jr., Rob-cheek -to -cheek arts of terpsichore, LEO for He isert Mulligan, Paula Miller, Seth Arnold,REISMAN listens as the master maestrosidesat the Los Angeles studios remote connection with religion. Gage Clark,WalterCoy,Petervanwith I Owe You, Sympathy (B); HaveBrunswick, I'd Love To Be in Someone also appalled when his fiancee marriesBuren, Dan Duryea, Maurice Hunt, Wen-You Met Miss Jones?, I'd Rather Be RightElse's Shoes, The Night Before Judg- his beat friend. dell K. Phillips, Franklin Gray and Nell(V).Lee Sullivan is strong on the songment Day, I Want Ya To Sing, Shindig, Later he goes thru many parishes ofO'Day. John Koenig designed serviceableselling for these sides and the silky slid-One Rose and I Can Always Sing.. . many different types, finding always the Al Solomon gets the call as LosAngeles horrible discrepancy between the Churchand effective settings for the play's 15ing of trombonist Cliff Heather enhances and theFounder whose wordsandscenes. the melodic fabrics. repfor Lincoln Music Company. Presi- teachings it itself is the chief factor in Incidentally,Mr.Dick Maney,theiSkillfully knitting their own contrast-dent George Simon is still out of town wrying and nullifying.He goes fromshow's press agent, sent me my ticketsing tonal effects that characterize theiron business. the lonely mining -town church, whereaddressed to "Miss Eugene Burr."Hestyles for the smoother sort of synco- the pastor practices sadistic rigidity andmust have been mixing me Up with onepating, EMERY DEUTSCH couples You Local songpluggersare worried about conformity, to the rich big -city parish,of the other critical lads. Started Something, When the Organthe NBC slashes in sustaining programs where the ministry is a profession of Played "Oh, Promise Me" (B); HORACEand staff musicians and singers.They compromise and pander to the whims of HEIDT sides Once in a While with theexpect- National to pipe in more out-of- the wealthy vestrymen.Finding no -Axelson Play on Coast backer Sweet Varsity Sue (B), confinedtown music.Outlets for plugs, especial- Where the true religion that he seeks, he to the college glee club pipings; JANly during the afternoon, will be tre- establishes a slum mission and has fre- HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 30.-Dump Heap,GARBER has a sugar barrel in Moremendously cut down.Fear is also felt quent run-ins with the policeas heby Mary McDougal Axelson, is slated forPower to You, I'm in My Glory (B),that if the points from which band music saves various unfortunates from theirproductioninNovemberatEdwardwhile GUY LOMBARDO does as muchoriginates are scattered over the country 1.menlightened ministrations. Finally hisGering's Modern Stagehere. Feodorfor I See Your Face Before Me, If It'sinstead of being centered on Sixth ave- bishop takes a hand, and when he re-Chaliapin, son of the famous singer,the Last Thing I Do (V). nue it will mean thatpluggers will have fuses to give up his mission and hisplays the lead role; Louise Carter has the TOMMY DORSEY again demonstratesto start hiking all over on a grand scale. work therein he is tried in ecclesiasticalfeminine top spot and James Bush thehisabilitytocompletely subdue theMay mean alsomore pub out-of-town court and defrocked.The Goodmansjuve lead. swing urge in favor of the sweeter styleoffices.