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M ARCH • 1954 THE CO VER Lovely Connie Russell is one Music Views of the most talented and versa­ Mar., 1954 Vol. XII, No. 3 tile girls in show business. In addition to carving out hit disks ROBERT E. JOHNSON .... Ed ito r like "The Sky Is Extra Blue," Associate Editors: Merrilyn Hammond, she dances, acts, and is a fine Bill Olofson, Lucy Meyer. comedienne. She appears regu­ larly in these capacities on Ed- die Cantor's NBC-TV "Comedy GORDON R. FRASER . . . Publisher Hour" show, in addition to guest appearances on other top Published Monthly By LOVE SONGS ITALIANE shows. These are the primary Tony Romano sings favorite CAPITOL PUBLICATIONS, INC. reasons why she adorns our sentimental melodies from Sunset and Vine, 28, Calif. cover this month, but obviously there is another important rea­ the land of song . .. Printed in U.S.A. to the delightful son: She's so good looking! accompaniment of Subscription $1.00 per year. strumming mandolins. Long Play No. H-478 Extended Play Nos. EAP 1-478 and EAP 2-478 on the sta n d NAT "KING” COLE FOUR FRESHMEN , Nevada 16 Feb. Miami, Fla. 17 Feb. - 2 Mar. Columbus, Ohio 1-13 Mar. , Ohio 19 - 27 Mar. Akron, Ohio 29 Mar. • 25 April Knoxville, Tenn. 19 20 Feb. Foley, Alabama 25 Feb. PEE-WEE HUNT Dayton, Ohio 26 Feb. Starkville, Miss. 27 Feb. Columbus, Ohio 15-21 Feb. Washington, D. C. 28 Feb. FOUR KNIGHTS AND Pensaco.a, Florida 1 Mar. Daytona Beach, Florida 2 Mar. Waikiki, Hawaii 15 Feb.-4 Mar. The mellowest horn there is Cocoa, Florida 5 Mar. Reno, Nevada 10-24 Mar. — Bobby Hackett’s —plays Las Vegas, Nevada 25 Mar. - 8 April beautiful ballads in the lovely BAND lyrical style that has won Dayton, Ohio 18 Feb. Washington, D. C. 20 Feb. Knoxville, Tenn. 19 Feb. Atlanta, Ga. 22Feb. him the nation’s acclaim. , Ohio 20 Feb. Gainesville, Florida 23 Feb. Long Play Album No. H-458 Dayton, Ohio 21 Feb. West Palm Beach, Fla. 24 Feb. Extended Play Albums Nos. Ypsilanti, Mich. 26 Feb. Daytona Beach, Fla. 25 Feb. EBF-458, EAP 1 -458 & EAP 2-458 Albion, Mich. 27 Feb. Tampa, Florida 26Feb. Youngstown, Ohio 28 Feb Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 27 Feb. Miama, Fla. 28 Feb. FRANCES FAYE Jacksonville, Fla. 2 Mar. Miami, Florida 12 - 18 Feb. Valparaiso, Fla. 3 Mar. 3 across thecountry

Doris Day autographs for small visi­ Felicia Sanders, that curly-head NBC singing star' Jane Pickens will Hollywood Models Joyce Cheney tor on "Lucky Me" set. "What Every singer, is current on Columbia with play Las Vegas in May and during an d C a th ie Righter (I to r) take the Girl Should Know," new Colum­ "Ma Curly Headed Baby","For Sale." stay will confer' with Hollywood hint on Tommy Leonetti's first Cap­ bia disk, was released Feb. 1. She's Please note that's two titles. Back­ producers on film of her life story. itol release — "I'm Available." in "Lucky" with Bob Cummings. ground by curly-head . Movie is to be produced in 1954. And, we ask, who wouldn't be?

Nat Cole tells Lena Horne about his Oh, for the life of a chorus girl Old spiritual, "Do, Lord," cut on Jane Froman receives key to the new Capitol disk, "Answer Me, My on the NBC-TV Comedy Hour! The Coral by Beryl Davis, , city from Commissioner Sam Spen­ Love," at El Rancho Vegas, Las Ve­ singing is okay, says Rexene Stev­ Connie Haines, Della Russell, is cer, Washington, D.C. Her current gas. Lena was starring at The Sands ens, but the dance routines make making quite a stir. All four girls key to ¡uke boxes is new Capitol while Nat played at Rancho Vegas. you want to sit down and rub. are active in Youth for Christ. record: "It's All in your Heart." 4 5 CREEPY SONG IDEAS CLOSE AT HAND According to Mr. Webster, T ) OPULAR songs not only are phone Will You Come Back to the word "creep” means: "to played on every kind of musi­ Me?,” "When You Hear Jackson move or advance slowly.” cal instrument, but just about any Moan on His Saxophone,” "Sax­ However, until a few months instrument you can name has ophone Sobs” and "Saxophone ago any high school kid could been the subject of one. A card­ Sam?” tell you that the real defini­ inal rule of song writing seems to As for the harp, there is the tion was: "a goon, a schmoe, be: "When possible, write about old-timer, "The Harp That Once a nowhere square.” Now the some instrument.” Thro’ Tara’s Halls” and the later word has undergone another As a young composer Irving "When Paddy McGinty Plays the change of definition, more Berlin followed this theory and Harp.” The piccolo inspired "Pic­ closely allied to Mr. Webster’s produced "I Love a Piano,” "The colo Pete” and there have been at findings: the "creep” is now Ragtime Violin” and "Pick, Pick, least two operas about its big a dance. Pick on the Mandolin, Antonio.” brother, the flute—"The Magic The step, a sort of reverse For the guitar, there is "An Flute” and "Hans, the Flute tango with the boy always Old Guitar and an Old Refrain,” Player.” moving backward, seems to not to mention "Two Guitars.” Writers also have had a fondness have started in London. There For the banjo—"When Uncle Joe for weird songs about the echoes are several stories as to how it Plays a Rag on His Old Banjo” of instruments. Examples are began, but no one is very sure and "In Banjo Land.” titles beginning with "The Ghost of its origin. One thing is How about the violincello? of the— ” and followed by "Ban­ certain— it has taken England That sounds like a tough one, jo,” "Violin” (Mr. Berlin again), by storm and is creeping up but there’s a song called "When "Ukelele” and "Saxophone.” on the U. S. Antelo Plays the ’Cello” (written The music to which the by Elsie Janis, "The Sweetheart "OUT WHAT, you may ask, about creep is crept is a simple 12- of the AEF” during the first the bagpipe? Surely no one World War) and another old one outside the highlands of Scotland bar blues riff. Although the — "That Fellow with the 'Cello has written a song about the rau­ first recordings were made in cous pipes? England, U.S. labels quickly Rag.” Nor should "The Big climbed on the creepwagon. Viol,” beloved of minstrel bassos, Well, youre wrong. After the Versions by , the be overlooked. success of "Alexander’s Ragtime Three Sons and others have C ” ARSON Robison celebrated the Band” in 1911, its composer— been released. achievements of a rustic horn once more we meet ! Monica Lewis poses for photogra­ tootler in "His Old Cornet.” And —teamed up with his brother-in- It now remains to be seen phers backstage at the the saxophone has inspired doz­ law, E. Ray Goetz, and A. Bald­ whether the creep will go at Paramount theater where she re­ a gallop. cently performed. Newest Capitol ens of comedy numbers. Ever win Sloane to produce "Alexan­ waxing: "Don't Make Me Love You." heard "If I Give Up the Saxo­ der’s Bagpipe Band.” —Jim Walsh. 7 6 Anthony Buys May; HANDY Signs New Cap Pact Tired? Bored? Crazy? Try a gag currently making Ray Anthony, not content with the rounds among the younger having the country’s Number One teen-agers in Southern Califor­ dance band, now owns two. In nia: a recent deal, Anthony bought Have a friend extend his The Billy May Orchestra, lock, palm. Take a ball-point pen stock and baton. and ink four dots on it. Then The purchase included the or­ have him cup his palm and chestra’s name; its style, legally hold it to his ear. defined in the purchase agree­ Ask him what he hears. ment as "unique . . . distinctive He’ll say nothing. Then you . . . popular”; its library of 150 say: arrangements and such "accoutre­ "Well, what did you expect accepts a gold ments” as uniforms, stand fronts —the Four Ink Spots?” plated "mike" from Capitol prexy and library trunks. Glenn E. Wallichs on completion of her 10th year with the label. The May band, which continues • '3 COINS' FOR LUCK New disk: "I Speak to the Stars." to record for Capitol, is currently The past year has seen movies out on the road again, batoned produce several hit songs, but by saxist Sam Donahue. Donahue 2()th-Fox is now hoping that a has been a sideman with Artie song will produce a hit movie. Shaw, and other The studio is so sold on the Jule name orchestras, in addition to Styne- effort, "Three fronting a band of his own. Coins in a Fountain,” that they Although Anthony’s own Cap­ are renaming the CinemaScope itol contract still had two years picture, "We Believe In Love,” to run, a new 5-year pact was after the tune. After hearing recently drawn up between the ’s soundtrack of bandleader and diskery. The new' "Coins,” the studio execs decided contract w'as motivated by the they would release the song first, tremendous success of Anthony’s in an effort to publicize the pic­ recent recordings. ture. "Three Coins In a Foun­ Intently listening to the play­ "” and "Bunny Hop” tain” was the name under which Marguerite Piazza and Gordon Mac- back of his latest disk, "Venus were his biggest singles for 1953, the film originally began pro­ Rae emote for their new Capitol di Milo," is Bob Manning, one of with "Houseparty Hop” and duction, but the title was changed album, "Naughty Marietta." Gor­ Cap's most promising new singers. "Campus Rumpus” leading the several times before ending up don recently hit best-seller listings Flip is "You Made Me Love You." album parade. where it started. with his "Stranger in Paradise." 8 9 NAGGER • 88's ON UPBEAT Sales of close to 200,000 pianos in 1953 have caused some music publishers to drink their beer instead of crying in it. The sales figure represents a substantial in­ crease and publishers are hoping that this return of "music to the home” will increase sheet music sales. Piano sales had reached 350,000 per year in the late 1920’s, then fell off sharply. The story behind Jerry Lewis’ new children’s album. • ONE GOOD TURN . . . The Nagger,” is briefly and Ray Bolger urges saxist Jimmy Some film stars are flopping Maddin to "go, man, go," at re­ as night club performers because Red Skelton turns chorine during unsent i mentally as follows: hearsal of Ray's ABC-TV show. Ray a scene with Cara Williams from Last summer Alan W. Living­ discovered Maddin playing with a they don't take the trouble to his latest MGM production, "The ston, vice jam session group in a nightclub. study the new medium, says H. Great Diamond Robbery." Red is a president in charge of artists D. Hover, operator of Ciro’s, Hol­ folk song fan and loves to sing. and repertoire, was playing lywood, who also books talent host at his Beverly Hills home for the Last Frontier. Las Vegas. to two nephews from New "The public,” says H. D., "is Haven. Conn., Billy and Jim­ no longer interested in going to my Drazen, aged 8 and 12 see a film star who is merely go­ years, respectively. Well, one ing to say how w'onderful it is day Jimmy complained to Un­ to be here and then tell a tired cle Alan that his little brother story about 'a funny thing that was a whiner. ”How you happened to me while I was mak­ mean?” asked Alan, creator of ing my last picture’.” the Bozo albums. lfHe whines ” Hover made his observations said Jimmy. "Why don’t you to Daily Variety, which conclud­ make an album about him and ed: "If more Hollywood names call it The Whiner’.” Uncle had been Boy Scouts, they might Alan, who knon s a good thing be better able to make the tran­ Diana Adams, formerly premier bal­ ivhen he sees it, denies that sition from pix to niteries,” and Andy Griffith, whose comedy disk, lerina with the Cen­ the title was changed to ’The headed its story: "What It Was, Was Football," cat­ ter Ballet, emerge* a* somewhat of Nagger” to prevent Billy from "A Good Name In Pix Isn’t apulted onto hit rosters recently, suing. a comedienne in the - produced musical,"Knock On Wood." Enough For Nitery Demands; is enjoying similar success with Filmsters Need Good Turn, Too.” his new one, "Romeo and Juliet." 10 11 TIP-TOP BANANA When "Top Banana" opened or B ro a d w a y in 1952, it w a s de­ clared an immediate hit, and a personal triumph for its star, Phil Silvers. Neighborhood theatres will soon be showing the film version of the show, filmed ex­ actly as presented on the stage. In addition, 's sparkling score is available in recorded form on a Capitol al­ bum, catching all the flavor of the show and movie.

Frank Sinatra listens intently to com­ Maestro Freddie Martin utilizes an ments by unseen producer Voyle intermission during his engagement Gilmore during recording of disk at Cocoanut Grove, , Movie features original hit, "Young at Heart." Frank's new to bid Jane Wyman fond welcome. cast, includes Rose Marie, album: "Songs for Young Lovers." Miss Wyman's latest pic: "So Big." Danny Scholl and Judy Lynn. Silvers is Jerry BRILL BLDG. THESAURUS Biff le, by his own ad­ For tired advertisers who wish to pep up their sales with music, mission the "funniest man a suggested list of song titles: on TV or anywhere." Diaper Service...... '"There'll Be Some Changes Made” Finance Company...... "You Belong To Me” Income Tax Bureau...... "Oh. Promise Me” Weather Bureau...... "They Didn’t Believe Me” Magician...... "I Wonder What’s Become Of Sally” Deodorant...... "You’ll Walk Alone” Aspirin...... "You Go To My Head” Pawn Shop...... "Everything I Have Is Yours” Undertaker...... "After You’ve Gone” Dentist...... "The Yanks Are Coming” Chiropractor...... "Roll Dem Bones” Manicurist...... "The Touch Of Your Hand” Pictures are "as seen" Optician...... "” in show and movie. (R) Bootlegger...... "In The Still Of The Night” Jackie Gleason visits —Clegg Hoyt. Silvers on movie set.

12 • OPERA HEADACHES The Metropolitan Opera is offering proof this season that concerts aren’t the only af­ fairs where audiences may get out of hand. The recent appear­ ance of a well-known , ap­ pearing in "II Trovatore,” was greeted by boos and jeers from standees. Next performance, 20 Pinkerton detectives and the ten­ or’s wife policed the hall. Addi­ tional headaches for the Met’s • FREE - GOOD TUNES management have been supplied She floats through the air . . . etc. by critics who resent being rele­ New York and Hollywood She's Marian Carr, playing a trap­ gated this year to poor seats in­ are keeping their eye eze artist in "Ring of Fear," new stead of their usual center berths. on a flock of old songs whose Warner CinemaScope production. In Even the artists’ managers are copyrights will expire, throwing addition, they say she can sing! getting into the act, because of them into the public domain, or canceling of the "door list” which anybody’s baby, classification with­ had previously allowed them to in the next couple of years. be admitted free of charge. According to Variety, the fol­ lowing famous titles are among those on which the 56-year copy­ UGH, MAN! right either recently expired or will expire in a short time: Music suitable for pow­ "A Hot Time in the Old wows, medicine dances and Town,” "Sweet Rosie O’Grady,” rain-making is being made "Asleep in the Deep,” "The Stars available by the Library of and Stripes Forever,” 'Recession­ Congress. Three LP albums of al,” "The Rosary,” "When You American Indian Music were Were Sweet Sixteen,” "Hearts recently issued for sale to the and Flowers ’ ' Maple Leaf Rag,” public at $4.50 per album. 'My Wild Irish Rose,” "Banks The music was recorded early Even Southern is sub» of the Wabash,” "Stay in Your Jimmy Grissom does vocal chores in the century and is said to ¡ect to March winds, but M. M. is Own Back Yard,” "A Bird in a on 's "different" be very rare. Each disk is liable to weather the storm. She version of the Rodgers and Hart accompanied by English trans­ has her baseball player to keep Gilded Cage.” "Tell Me, Pretty standard, "Blue Moon." Flipside is lations. her warm. Oh, to be a 300 hitter. Maiden” and "Danny Deever.” Ellington's own "Ultra Deluxe."

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Sparkling compositions for the harp — McDONALD: From Childhood Suite CAPLET: Mask of the Red Death Ann Mason Stockton, harp, with the Concert Arts Orchestra P-8225 Piano concertos brilliantly performed — PROKOFIEV: Concerto No. 3 in C Major THE PASSIONS BARTÓK: Concerto No. 3 — and Orchestra, Vocals by Bas Sheva Leonard Pennario, piano, An unforgettable musical with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, experience . • . Les Baxter's POPULAR INSTRUMENTALS IN FDS Vladimir Golschmann conducting P-8253 unique compositions espe­ Capitol artists Ray Anthony. The cially created for the spec­ Symphony, . Joe "Fingers" Carr. Superb presentation of a great work — tacular vocal interpretations Billy May, Stan Kenton, Pee Wee Hunt, and Les STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring of Bas Sheva. A richly LA L-9 0 2 2 orchestrated musical delinea­ Paul. tion of seven powerful human POPULAR VOCALS IN FDS William Steinberg conducting emotions: Despair, Ecstasy. Ella Mae Morse. Margaret Whiting, the Encores the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra P-8254 Hate, Lust. Terror, Jealousy and Billy May, Yma Sumac, Les Paul and Mary and Joy. lal-486 Ford, the Carr-Hops and Joe "Fingers” Carr, Nat "King” Cole and Gisele IVJacKenzie. LA L-9 0 2 3 CLASSICS IN FDS Selections from the works of Copland. Albeniz, A few of Capitol’s many superb High Fidelity Albums Delius. Beethoven. Villa-Lobos and Shostakovich. LA L-9 0 24 COPLAND. SCHUMAN: VILLA-LOBOS: Nonetto and Quatuor Roger Billy The Kid and Undertow Ballet Theatre Wagner conducting his Chorale and The A STUDY IN HIGH FIDELITY Orchestra conducted by Joseph Levine Concert Arts Orchestra P-819L P-8238 PIANO MUSIC OF SPAIN High fidelity’s first and finest definitive study SHOSTAKOVICH: Concerto In C Minor for Leonard Pennario, piano P-8190 12 popular and classical selections and 2 virtuoso Piano, Solo Trumpet and Orchestra S A L -9 0 2 0 TCHAIKOVSKY: percussion tracks. HINDEMITH: The Four Temperaments Quartet No. 1 In D Major All HI-FIVE records protected by soft plastic Felix Slotkin conducting The Concert Arts BORODIN: Quartet No. 2 In D Major P-8230 sleeve, and handsomely boxed with informative Orchestra with Victor Aller, piano The P-8187 book. BOZO MEDICINE The personal appearances staged by Capitol’s Bozo the Clown include visiting the wards in children’s hospitals. On one such trip—to the Newington Children’s Hospi­ tal, Newington, Conn.—Bozo was approached by a victim of cerebral palsy, 7 years old, who pointed at him, turned to his nurse, and said: "Look at the clown.” Eartha Kitt recently appeared at Billy May relaxes even while he's Bozo says he thought noth­ Francis Faye clowns with "Jazzbo" ing of it until the nurse caught Collins on the stage of the Thun- Mocambo nitery and in "New Faces" recording. Here he's in the mid­ up with him in the hall after derbird Hotel, Las Vegas, during revue at the same time in Los An­ dle of the session which produced he had left the ward. There recent stint. Grin in the back­ geles. Miss Kitt's new album has his new single, "The Breeze and I" ground is trumpeter Bobby Hackett. were tears in her eyes. apropos title: "That Bad Eartha." and very humorous,"Whistle Stop." "Look at the clown,” it w — —— — - -^ jp^rm turned out, were the first *•/•%* t« m Tty a w At**»****’ words the child had ever spoken. MUSICAL SIGN LANGUAGE

• EDDIE ON THE BALL TEEPEE IN A NORTHEASTER Eddie Fisher is making progress in the music business. In addition TEEPEE IN A SOUTHEASTER to singing disclicks, he publishes and even writes them. His pub­ TIRE STUCK IN THE MUD r \ lishing firm, Blackstone Music, already has in its catalogue, "Un­ til You Said Goodby,” the flip- DOLLAR SIGN WITH MEASLES side of Fisher’s "Oh, My Papa.” In addition, they own the title tune from his new album, "May Joni James displays some of many trophies she was awarded as one f f f f I Sing To You,” which Fisher of 1953's top vocalists. Display is SOUND MADE BY A FLAT TIRE co-authored with Harry Akst and designed to plug her new album. Charles Tobias. Its title is "Let There Be Love." if i 19 KNOW YOUR MUSIC The Old Oaken Bucket” was "How dear to this heart are TIMING written in the summer of the scenes of my childhood, No one can dispute the fact 1817. One hot day, the story When fond recollection that ’s timing is goes,Samuel Woodworth came presents them to view. just about perfect. During a into his house, poured out a The wide spreading pond and rehearsal for his CBS radio glass of water and drank it the mill that stood by it, eagerly, exclaiming, "That is show, "That’s Rich,” Stan had very refreshing, but how much The bridge and the rock just read a line which said, more refreshing ;t would be where the cataract fell; "One thing California has to take a good long draught The Old Oaken Bucket, the more than anything else, from the old oaken bucket I iron-bound bucket, is earthquakes.” Just then left hanging in my father’s The moss-covered bucket that Mother Nature provided the well at home!” "Selim,” said hung in the well.” punctuation by shaking the his wife, addressing him by Samuel Woodworth was a studio with a mild quake. his penname, "wouldn’t that native of Greenbush, Massa­ Stan turned to the writers and be a pretty subject for a chusetts, and the well is still poem?”. At this suggestion, there on the farm where he ad libbed: "Alright, stop it! Woodworth seized his pen, spent his childhood. Wood- I believe you! I believe you!” and as the home of his child­ worth was a printer. He wrote hood rose vividly to his fancy, a great number of poems, but he wrote the now familiar this is the only one that has words: survived— Sylvan Breyn. COPYRIGHT 1954 SYLVAN BREYN

• LONGHAIR B. G. • $2,000,000 BONANZA Benny Goodman will make a The windfall of a sizeable concert tour next fall in which check came through recently to the accent will be on classical affiliates of the American Society music. The entourage is expect­ ed to consist of a quintet, quartet of Composers—both to publishers and classical trio, in addition to and writers. The checks were re­ a jazz trio. Spotlight will be on ceived from TV stations follow­ classical chamber music, with ing a court order setting the in­ Goodman performing the clarinet terim television music fee at 80 Harry Stewart pulls another "char­ Formerly a singer, Bev Michaels' literature of Mozart, Beethoven, per cent of the blanket license acter“ out of the hat in the per­ additional talents were brought Brahms, Hindemith, Copland and fee. The stations’ back fee came son of "Claude Hopper." Claude's to the fore in her newly releas­ others. close to two million dollars. first disk is a musical version of ed Green-Rouse picture, "Wicked Chic Sale poem, "The Specialist/' Woman." Hers is the title role. 20 21 from the top

'"T ype casting: Mickey Rooney’s new disk, "Alimony Blues” . . . NBC-TV is prepping a situation comedy show for Dorothy Shay . . . Same gal received a note from Princess Margaret Rose, thanking her for her latest album, "Park Avenue Hillbillie” . . . Variety’s Mike Kaplan explains a new music game: Composers sit around trying to identify the unbilled musi­ cal "bridges” used by TV stations. David Rose has recognized 26 of his own pieces being used without credit . . . The Holly­ wood Stars baseball club is starting a promotion drive which Les Baxter holds the brass down Marilyn Maxwell, here with actor includes possible recording tie-ins . . . Singer Georgia Carr has while the strings take over the Jeff Chandler at Hollywood Ciro's, her own disk show emanating from New York in the wee hours melody on his new Capitol waxing, has sung with bands for years of the morning . . . Pupi Campo, Cuban bandleader says the "Flirtation Waltz." Reverse side but never was recorded until she tragedy of his life is that he didn’t marry Lucille Ball . . . is new instrumental "Atlantis." signed with Crystalette Records Harry Stewart, alias "Yogi Yorgesson,” alias "Harry Kari,” has a new nom de plume— "Claude Hopper.” Claude’s first Capitol BENEFIT release is a version of the Chic Sale classic, "The Specialist” . . . Carl Nutter, arranger for Keefe Brasselle, breaking in his nightclub act at Tops in San , has written a Diego, pointed to a banner outside and quipped: "Gosh, my name song for his granddaughter, up in cloth!” . . . Ella Logan cut an album for Capitol . . . The Holly Ann Nutter, who was most high-priced sextet in history sang the finale a.t the installa­ stricken with polio in 1949. tion of the Las Vegas Variety Club: Nat Cole, Frankie Laine, Don­ The song, "The Man Up­ ald O’Connor, Tony Martin, Ezio Pinza and James Melton—all stairs,” was recorded by Holly singing for free . . . reissued ’s "Secret Ann for Jubilee Records and Love,” cutting a minute off its playing time. This gives more will benefit the National Foun­ time for deejay chatter . . . Several years ago, Capitol gave Mar­ dation for Infantile Paralysis garet Whiting a clock with gold record attached to celebrate her which acted as Holly Ann’s entry into the Millionaire Club. Recently Maggie yielded to her guardian during her crisis. For curiosity and put the disk on her record player. From the speaker each record sold, Republic came the voice of Bud Freeman, formerly of Capitol publicity, Ava Gardner, who now has record­ Music, the publisher, and Jubi­ ing out, relaxes to music during lee Records will donate five chiding: "So you couldn’t stand it! So you couldn’t wait! So you the shooting of MGM's "Knights cents and one cent respectively had t® take the record off and play it!” of the Round Table." She is Lady Guinevere. Anyone for knighthood? to the Foundation. 23 22 Faith in His Pipes IF IT COMES TO A Puts Plumber over CHOICE If you’re trying to break into You take opera, show business, but, like all of us, I’ll take be-bopera. tend to become discouraged at —Richard Armour times, you may want to clip this COPYRIGHT 1954 BY RICHARD ARMOUR out and save it. It’s a press release, designed to be rewritten before publica­ • 1 BELIEVE' TOPS tion, but reprinted here verbatim Summing up the top pops and in order to preserve the moral: standards of the past year, the "At the age of 17 he was sing­ John G. Peatman Office of Re­ ing with name and semi-name search reports that "I Believe,” The life of a leader of a rhumba popularized by Jane Froman, was Eddie Fisher, Victor's top record bands — but nothing important band was never like this! "Lucy" salesman for 1953, shows how he was happening with his career. plants a wifely buss on the count­ the No. 1 song in television and gets that "youthful quality" into He entered the Army for two enance of Desi in scene from new radio audience coverage. "I Be­ his recordings. Eddie now has a years at the age of 21, and upon movie, "The Long, Long Trailer." lieve” earned a total of 34,339 publishing co. and writes songs. his release, he decided not to go • Peatman points or "more than back into show business unless unanimously agreed that 'he’ll be two-thirds of 1,000,000,000 lis­ he could do it the right way, that the country’s next big singing tener-impressions.” is, with recordings, a manager, star.’ The next 72 hours brought Runner-up in the Peatman pop etc. bids from every major record “He, therefore, went into the survey was "Song From Moulin plumbing-supply field, and for firm, with MGM Records win­ Rouge.” "Tea For Two” copped the next three years saved every ning him over with an important, the standard honors. Irving Berlin possible penny, until he had long-term recording contract and got writer’s honors with seven of enough money saved to finance plans to build him up as their his tunes among the top 33 his own recording session of four top male singer for 1954-1955- standards. songs. He rounded up the best 1956, etc. The survey’s top ten pops are, possible arrangers, musicians, etc., "His name is Bob Stewart, a in order, "I Believe,” "Song From and at the same time signed a boy from the Bronx, and his own Moulin Rouge,” "April In Portu­ personal management deal with recording of 'Did I Remember’ gal,” "No Other Love,” "Side by publicist Arthur Pine. and 'Careless’ was released by Side,” "Dont Let The Stars Get Pat O'Day goes over the arrange­ "When the records were made, MGM on December 31st. At the In Your Eyes,” "Till I Waltz ment of her latest MGM disk with he (the singer) took them around age of 25, he is now set for the Again With You,” "Pretend,” conductor Joe Lippman. This ses­ personally to the various New big time—thanks to his belief in "Vaya Con Dios,” "Your Cheatin’ sion produced the current "Tell York disk jockeys, who, in turn, himself!" Heart” and "You, You, You ” Me" and "Until You Came to Me." 24 25 • RUGOLO, ROGERS SIGN # NEW JAPAN HIT? Two alumni of the Stan Kenton Flair Records, Hollywood organization have signed individ­ rhythm and blues label, has en­ ual contracts to make records at tered the pop field with a new the head of their own bands. Pete Japanese song wrhich it hopes Rugolo, former arranger and com­ will become another "Gomen poser for Kenton, has signed to Nasai.” Tune, titled "Sayonara” five years with Columbia Records ("Goodbye”), was written by and is expected to hit the road Tom Oliver and Stan Saget w’hile for concert and dance dates in on duty with the U.S. Air Force addition to waxing. Victor has in Japan. Disk jockey Ira Cook issued two albums by Shorty Rog- i of KMPC, Los Angeles, discov­ ers, former Kenton sideman. ered the song when an RCA

Jo Stafford's latest Columbia re­ Victor record on it was released They laughed when he sat down at lease is "Make Love to Me." She is abroad and made its way into VIENNA WOODS the piano. But then, they're suppos­ now seen and heard weekly on her his hands. ed to. He's nightery comedian Tom­ own CBS-TV show, "The Austria, long one of the my Noonan, who plays Judy Gar­ Show," originating from New York. music centers of the world, is depending almost entirely on C'EST SI YALE land's pianist in ”A Star Is Born.” the U.S. and Germany to pro­ Eartha Kitt, recently con­ vide hit tunes. In 1953 not a single domestic hit was pro­ sidered "too risque” for the duced in the birthplace of the King and Queen of Greece by waltz. "Moulin Rouge,” "Gra­ Los Angeles civic leaders, is nada,” "Half as Much,” "Blue evidently just right for the col­ Tango” and "I Believe” were lege crowd. She reigns as top tunes with the Austrians. Queen of the Junior Prom at Yale University this spring. • LAG IN BRITAIN British music is feeling for the first time the full impact of rec­ • RCA TOUR IN APRIL ords. The fact that songs are being A personal appearance tour by RCA Victor hillbilly talent, Eileen Barton discusses plans de­ popularized by records and not "Country Caravan,” has been de­ Jimmy Boyd, whose face is already signed to entice young men into the sheet music became apparent for layed until April 25. The group well covered by freckles, covers Marine Corps, with her agent Buddy the first time this past year in it with jelly, too, according to Basch and Lieut. Col. L. A. Gilson. originally was scheduled to tour England. This trend has gripped his new disk, "Jelly On My Head.” Her new disk,"Don't Ask Me Why." 10 southern cities in 15 days the U. S. for several years. beginning late in February. Flipside is titled simply "Blues.” 26 27 - COMMERCIAL - Reprinted from Variety Name bands and singers are behalf of Listenne. cashing in on sponsors’ yens There was a time when for topliners’ peddling mer­ Monica Lewis was ”Chiquita chandise. . . There has been a Banana” anonymously— prob­ rash of this sort of ill-advised ably for the same reason that huckstering on commercial started with radio-TV programs, and lat­ calendar art; it was a job. It terly Earth a Kitt has waxed is not unknown that name the ’’Halo” singing commer­ songsmiths also have whipped cial. . . ’s band up those singing commercials. nostalgically does parodies of But will it be ”Calling All yesteryear hits for Rheingold Men to Barney’s” by Irving Sammy Davis Jr. learns that four , of his disks are being re-issued (e’my beer the dry beer”), and Berlin, or the ”Robert Hall” These three pretty lasses are the by Capitol. He just completed a Les Paul and Alary Ford have theme song by , Fontaine Sisters, pride of Victor Re­ stint at Ciro's, Hollywood, with a 5-minute series of vidpix on next? cording Company and the CBS-TV his group, The Will Mastín Trio. " Show." Their newest: "Kissing Bridge" and "Silver Bells."

• THE WILD ALBUMS RCA-Victor and Decca recently found themselves out of the pic­ ture temporarily as both were in the process of releasing title al­ bums from Columbia’s Marlon Brando film, "Hot Blood.” It was suddenly announced that the name of the picture would be changed to "The Wild One.” Hurried consultations resulted in an agree­ ment by Columbia Pictures to

French import Robert Clary is one 7-year-old Brucie Weil learns the Donald O'Connor "assists" fellow foot the bill for new album cov­ of the singing stars of hit revue, recording ropes from Victor exec, comedian George Gobels in taking ers and record labels. The record­ "New Faces," the production which Joe Carlton, who knows them. His a picture at the Sahara, Las Veg­ ing companies then recalled the ^Iso introduced Eartha Kitt. Clary new wax for the Little Dog Label is as, where they appeared recently. albums and reissued them under has previously played nightclubs. "Bimbo" and "Poppa Piccolino." Gobels will soon have own TVer. the new title. 28 29 • ALL HOLES BUT SOLID! Capitol Records’ Dixieland vir­ tuoso, Pete Daily, a top jazzman credited with helping to revive jazz recently in Southern Cali­ fornia, plays a horn that is 40 years old. Although some disk jockeys have quoted its price at $4.15, Pete says he paid a friend $15 for it. There are holes, in the trumpet, but Pete has these taped up. He says he has never found a new horn that blows like this. Tommy Edwards, whose record of Daily's trumpet bears the plate: "Baby Baby Baby" did quite well, "Holton Company, .” The is making another bid with newest Holton company moved its factory pressing, "There Was a Time," with to Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in 1914, offbeat flip-side, "Wall of Ice." Pete recalls, "so the horn must be older than that.” His latest records for Capitol are "Gramaphone Rag” and "Asleep In The Deep.”

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Les Paul and Mary Ford get happy—it ain't hard—over gold records won by hits "How High the Moon," "The World !s Waiting for the Sunrise" and "Vaya con Dios." Gold disks signify sales o f 1,000,000—but "Vaya," having sold 2,000,000, won Les and Mary a second gold record just before Music Views went to press. Gold statuette is a Cash Box Magazine award.