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PAGE 4 CAPITOL NE»CApiTOL NEWS PAGE 5 Leaves DeVol; Whiting Jaunt Helen O ’Connell Off; She W ill OutOnHerOwn Go East Later Blonde Helen O'Con (February Cover Girl) ALTHOUGH HE will continue to clef his "Surface nell, who recently Noise" column and contribute occasional news and Margaret Whiting's oft- emerged from a long retirement feature articles to its postponed personal ap The song, hiked up on the Hit ¡to work as featured vocalist with pearance run at the New York pages, Dave Dexter this Parade chgrts by Nat Cole's sleek Frank DeVol's dance band at the Capitol Theater with Frank De month is stepping aside version, was composed by the Hollywood Palladium, is going Vol's music and Jack Smith as as the editor of Capitol same team of Livingston and out on her own as a singing added attractions again has been Evans which previously scored shoved back. So Mag will remain News to concentrate on single. with "Buttons and Bows" and in Hollywood. finding and recording tal The Ohio finch banged her way "To Each His O w n ." , Busy With Army Dates back into popularity quickly at ent for Capitol Records, The Capitol engagement origi the Palladium, and w as regarded Inc. Moving in to supervise the Coast songwriters honored nally was scheduled for January, * as being partly responsible for m ag—w hich is now in its ninth Harry Tobias at the Hotel Roose but radio commitments on the year of publication—will be John velt. He wrote "Sweet and Love the hefty box-office m arks chalked west coast kept Maggie, DeVol (Bud) Freeman and Lou Schurrer. ly" and many another smash. up by DeVol's new "Music of the and Smith from shoving off for Freeman, a former Variety Century" crew. She is also in de the east. Then, in February, Smith writer, will boss the editorial end The 94-piece Israel Philhar mand for TV shows throughout landed a role in a film at War of the mag and Schurrer, until re monic orchestra, with Dr. Serge the Southern C a lifo rn ia area. ners and couldn't go. cently head of his own advertis Koussevitzky and Leonard Bern With major film factories pon Margaret, meanwhile, has con ing agency, will direct the art tinued her airshow with DeVol's stein alternating as conductors, dering the O'Connell pipes—and ON HER OWN . . . Helen O'Con side. Ray Polley continues as pro band and Smith (Dinah Shore is will perform at the Los Angeles oeauteous face—¡t seemed likely nell, who recently returned to duction head. Dexter, who started Shrine Auditorium March 3, 4, 5. featured on the other days of the lhat she would be testing within music as a vocalist with Frank Peggy Lee, Kay S tarr, N ellie The unit, on its first tour of Amer week) and also piled one army the next fe w weeks. She's no DeVol's ork, has left DeVol and Lutcher, Julia Lee and others on camp show atop another. Prob ica, will play 55 concerts in 40 will work as a single act. An Cap wax, and who with Glenn cities. novice—her scenes in "The Fleet's ably no other singer in the busi Ohioan, "Button Nose" will con E. Wallichs also was responsible ¡In" at Param ount and "I Dood ness has visited as m any m ilita ry tinue to record for Capitol. for Stan Kenton and King Cole |lt" at MGM during the war years hospitals and camps as Whiting recording for the Cap label, will Alfred Hitchcock engaged Max FLUFFS MUSIC. . . . Cleo Mooriestablished her visual appeal, since the Korean war started. frequently be out on the road Steiner to compose and score threw aside her chances to be-And she's had a d d itio n a l film e x Going East Anyway ogling new bands and singers original music for "Strangers On come a singing star and switchedperience m aking shorts w ith Jim - and cutting platters. a Train." Drama features Ruth Russell Near "But I'll be playing eastern the Roman, Farley Granger and Bob over to straight acting. Resull'my Dorsey's band back in the aters this sp rin g ," she said. "W ith Walker. It's being made at War She's got a fancy role ¡«early 1940's. or without DeVol and Smith, I'm Roc H illm an, long fe atured ner Brothers. RKO-Radio's "Gambling House ... , booked now for personals in a . .x , „ Helen w i head east, b ut p ro b Death In S. F. with the old Dorsey Brothers and drama opposite Victor Mature ' r Charles (Pee-Wee) Russell, most dozen eastern cities." later, Jim Dorsey's band, on gui W ell, Betty Grable, June Have. ab|y not before sPrin9- Her Part Vernon (April in Paris) Duke is colorful of all hot clarinetists and "Over and Over Again," a new tar, is leading the music on Joe Gloria De Haven and Doris D«|(ln9 wi,h w°s amicable, in Hollywood, and working with one of the few remaining vets of ballad with strange and exotic Graydon's new TV show over made the same move, too, not tow . . . KLAC in H'wood. Carol Richarck Sammy Cahn on new songs for the old rip-roaring Chicago jazz overtones, composed by a tal long ago. And Cleo thinks a musical tentatively titled "Casey |\6(1 IHQIC lAflll school of the 1920's, was hover ented Polish refugee, Henry Vars, does the fern vocals. can do as w ell. ® Jones." ing near death in a San Francisco meanwhile looms as Whiting's first hospital as this issue went to big smash hit, on discs, in '51. On the same station, Carl Cons, Play In England press in mid-January. No hope for a decade co-owner of Down Bobby Troup's group is now at Pinza Set For Red Ingle and his Seven (na was held for his recovery. Beat (the musicians' newspaper Cafe Gala on the Sunset Strip, tural and otherwise) will start an Al Nicholas To in Chicago) is producing and di with the leader at the piano and Russell, who originally came Comedy Flicker 8-week tour o f G reat B ritain on recting two shows of his own, Lloyd Pratt, bassist, and Al Viola, out of Missouri, has been ill many Ezio Pinza w ill team with Jane! March 4, w ith Ingle fe a tu rin g fo u r with a third skedded to tee off g uita r. months. He came to the west Manone's Band Leigh and former band singer. American musicians and fo u r Brit- in M arch. coast last summer, spent some Spotting Albert Nicholas on Gale Robbins in a comedy film ¡sh sidemen. time in Hollywood and left for clarinet and Cajun Verret on slide Clark Dennis ticketed for two "Strictly Dishonorable," whicf The zany fiddler and singer had San Fran in December. A liver ail trombone, Wingy Manone, his Hollywood music men concede weeks a t the Thunderbird, Las rolls this month at MGM. The for a best-selling record over there ment and multiple complications cornet and combo have been "Mona Lisa" to be an easy win Vegas, starting March 1 at $1,500 mer opera and concert star's first a few seasons back, "Cigarets were blamed for his critical ill playing nightly at Showtime, a ner of.the Academy award, even per week. He just closed in Spo picture, "Mr. Imperium," W-land Whuskey." It will be the first ness. Russell has recorded hun nitery on Ventura Blvd., in Encino. though it was poorly spotted in a kane. Tenor also is recording pro- made last fall with Lana Turner/cappearance of Ingle's combo out- dreds of sides and virtually all of Wingy's billing reads, "Bing Cros mildly popular Paramount film. lifically for Cap label. and is being released this month, side the U. S. them are collectors' items today. by's Favorite Trumpet Player."
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