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NEW YORK—About one week ago Al.OT the morning mail at RCA Victor con- tained a check in the sum of $850. and a heartwarming letter from a York, N. Y. Chicago, III. Los LEO FEIST, INC. Reverend Jack Shuler of Independ- New Angeles, Calif. ence, Kansas. 1. Little Things Mean A lot 1. The Little Shoemaker 1. Little Things Mean A Lot () (Gaylords) (Kitty Kallen! The letter from Shuler explained 2. Hernando's Hideawav (Bleyer) 2. Sh-Boom (Crew Cuts) 2. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer; that he had heard a disk jockey spin 3. Three Coins In The Fountain 3. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) 3. Three Coins In The Fountain ENGLAND'S BIGGEST HIT (Four Aces— Sinatra) 4. Little Things Mean A Lot (Four Sinatra) Stuart Hamblen’s RCA Victor record- Aces— \ Fast Becoming 4. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) (Kittv Kallen) 4. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) 5. Three Coins In The Fountain 5. ing of “This Ole House” and was so 5. Sh-Boom (Crew Cuts—Chords) Sh-Boom (Crew-Cuts) (Four Aces) 6. Sway (Dean Martin) AMERICA'S BIGGEST HIT touched by the message in the 6. The Little Shoemaker 6. Crazy 'Bout You, Baby 7. If You Love Me (Kay Starr) that he communicated with Hamblen (Gaylords) (Crew-Cuts) 8. The Little Shoemaker visit 7. If You love (Kay Starr) 7. If You Love Me (Kay Starr) and asked him to his congrega- Me (Gaylords) "" 8. Some Day (Frankie Laine) tion. Hamblen immediately complied 8. I Understand Just How You 9. The Happy Wanderer 9. I Understand Just How You Feel (Four Tunes) and featured his stirring perform- (Weir— Leonetti) Feel (Four Tunes) 9. Sway (Dean Martin) ance of “This Ole House” at a special 10. I Understand Just How You 10. I'm A Fool To Care accompanied by religious gathering arranged by Rev- 10. Wanted () Feel (Four Tunes— Valli) (Paul-Ford) MANTOVANI erend Shuler. The effect of this per- so the con- Philadelphia, Pa. Detroit, Mich. Boston, Mass. his orchestra and chorus formance was great that gregation on the spot wholeheartedly 1. Sh-Boom (Crew-Cuts) 1. Sh-Boom (Crew-Cuts) 1. Hey There (R. Clooney) took up a collection to buy enough 2. Hernando's Hideawav (Bleyer) 2. The Little Shoemaker 2. Sh-Boom (Chords) 3. Three Coins In The Fountain (Gaylords) 3. The Little Shoemaker records to send out to every radio sta- (Four Aces) 3. Little Things Mean A Lot (Gaylords) tion and disk jockey in the country. 4. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) (Kitty Kallen) 4. They Were Doing The Mambo 5. Little Things Mean A lot 4. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) () “Ordinarily,” says Bernie Miller, (Kitty Kallen) 5. Three Coins In The Fountain 5. In The Chapel In The promotion manager of the popular 6. I Understand Just How You (Four Aces) Moonlight (Kitty Kallen) 6. Goodnight 6. » records division at RCA Victor, “we Feel (Four Tunes) Sweetheart, Good- Cinnamon Sinner (T. Bennett) 7. In The Chapel In The night (McGuires—Spaniels) 7. Thank You would not have sent the Stuart Hamb- For Calling Moonlight (Kitty Kallen) 7. Some Day (Frankie Laine) (Jo Stafford) “ANSWER ME, MY LOVE” blen record to our pop disk jockeys. 8. The Little Shoemaker 8. I Understand Just How You 8. Three Coins In The Fountain However, this touching gesture of (Gaylords) Feel (Four Tunes— Valli) (Four Aces—Sinatra) 9. Somebody Else's Love Song 9. Hey There (R. Clooney) 9. I'm A Fool To Care faith caused us to listen again to the (Georgie Shaw) 10. The Magic Tango (Paul-Ford) I’ecord and to the message it con- 10. If You Love Me (Kay Starr) (Hugo Winterhalter) 10. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) tained. We still don’t think it’s a "THE LITTLE pop record, but it’s so much more Balt., Md./Wash., D. C. Denver, Colo. Atlanta, Ga. than that that are taking the lib- we 1. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) 1. Little Things Mean A Lot 1. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) SHOEMAKER” erty of sending it out to pop disk 2. Three Coins In The Fountain (Kitty Kallen) 2. Three Coins In The Fountain jockeys and radio stations. Asa mat- (Four Aces) 2. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) (Four Aces) 3. Little Things Mean A Lot 3. Three Coins In The Fountain 3. Little Things Mean A Lot ter of fact, we are going to send the (Kitty KaMen) (Four Aces) (Kitty Kallen) record out to every disk jockey list 4. Goodnight Sweetheart, Good- 4. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) 4. Sh-Boom (Chords) BOURNE, INC that we have. Of course we are re- night (McGuire S : sters) 5. I Understand Just How You 5. If You Love Me (Kay Starr) 5. If You Love Me (Kay Starr) Feel (Four Tunes) 6. Thank You For Calling turning the check to the Reverend 6. Steam Heat (Patti Page) 6. If You Love Me (Kay Starr) (Jo Stafford) 136 W. 52nd Street, New York 19 | Jack Shuler and that little congrega- 7. Crazy 'Bout You, Baby 7. The Little Shoemaker 7. Goodnight Sweetheart, Good- * tion in Independence, Kansas.” (Crew-Cuts) (Gaylords) night (McGuires— Spaniels) 8. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) 8. Crazy 'Bout You, Baby 8. Wanted (Perry Como) of Stephen H. Sholes, A & R head 9. Sh-Boom (Crew-Cuts) (Crew-Cuts) 9. If I Didn't Have You the Country division, wrote the Rev- 10. The Little Shoemaker 9. Wanted (Perry Como) (Fontane Sisters) 10. Young erend advising him of RCA Victor’s (Gaylords) At Heart (F. Sinatra) 10. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) decision to assume the cost of distrib- ution to the nation’s jockeys. Richmond, Va. Cleveland, Ohio Seattle, Wash. 1. Three Coins In The Fountai" 1. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) 1. Sh-Boom (Crew-Cuts) (Four Aces) 2. Sh-Boom (Crew Cuts— Chords) 2. Little Things Mean A Lot 2. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) 3. Little Things Mean A Lot (Kitty Kallen) 3. Little Things Mean A lot (Kitty Kallen) 3. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) “Say Hey, Willie Mays” (Kitty Kallen) 4. Three Coins In The Fountain 4. Three Coins In The Fountain 4. If You Lo''e Me (Kay Starr) (Four Aces) (Four Aces) 5. Wanted (Perry Como) 5. Goodnight Sweetheart, Good- 5. The Little Shoemaker

6. I Understand Just How You night (McGuire Sisters) (Gaylords) NEW YORK—Paul Cohen, Decca Feel (Val'i—Four Tunes) 6. The Little Shoemaker 6. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) Records, announced the company, at 7. Sh-Boom (Crew-Cuts) (Gaylords) 7. I Understand Just How You 8. I'm A Fool To Care 7. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) Feel (Four Tunes) recent session its newest vocal a cut (Crew-Cuts) 8. Sway (Dean Martin) 8. Some Day (Frankie Laine) group, the Wanderers. The initial re- 9. The Little Shoemaker 9. Some Day (Frankie Laine) 9. Crazy 'Bout You, Baby lease, “Don’t Drop It” and “Say Hey, (Gaylords' 10. I Understand Just How You (Crew-Cuts) 10. The Man Upstairs (Kay Starr) Feel (Four Tunes—Valli) 10. Sway (Dean Martin) Willie Mays,” will be in the hands of its distributors about August 1. Shoals, Ind. St. Louis, Mo. New Orleans, La. “Say Hey, Willie Mays,” is a tie-in 1. Little Things Mean A Lot 1. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) 1. Little Things Mean A Lot with an expression that has become (Kitty Kallen) 2. Sh-Boom (Crew-Cuts) (Kitty Kallen) 2. 3. Three Coins 2. Three a by-word on the sports pages. The Three Coins In The Fountain In The Fountain Coins In The Fountain (Four Aces) (Four Aces— Sinatra) (Four Aces) s//rS youthful Willie Mays, New York 3. Hernando's Hideaway 4. Little Things Mean A Lot 3. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) A 4. Thank You (Guy Lombardo) (Kitty Kallen) For Calling 5. Giant baseball whiz, and perhaps the 4. I Understand Just How You The Little Shoemaker (Jo Stafford) most publicized athlete in the history Feel (Four Tunes) (Gaylords) 5. Bailin' The Jack (Perez Prado) 5. If You Love Me (Kay Starr) 6. Some Day (Frankie Laine) 6. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) of the sport, prefaces all of his re- 6. The Haopy Wanderer (Rene) 7. Crazy 'Bout You, Baby 7. I'm A Fool To Care 7. Here (Tony Martin) (Crew-Cuts) (Paul-Ford) marks with “Say Hey” and has be- 8. Wanted (Perry Como) 8. Happy Days And Lonely 8. In The Chapel In The come known as “Say Hey, Willie 9. Goodnight S “eetheart. Nights (Fontane Sisters) Moonlight (Kitty Kallen) Goodnight (Sunny Gale) 9. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) 9. Wanted (Perry Como) Mays.” 10. The Little Shoemaker 10. I Understand Just How You 10. I Understand Just How You (Hugo Winterhalter) Feel (Four Tunes) Feel (Four Tunes) The Wanderers are managed by Lee Magid, who with Paul Cohen, Miami, Fla. San Francisco, Calif. Nashville, Tenn.

handled the session. 1. Three Coins In The Fountain 1. Little Things Mean A Lot 1. Three Coins In The Fountain (Four Aces) (Kitty Kallen) (Four Aces) 2. Little Things Mean A Lot 2. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) 2. Little Things Mean A Lot (Kitty Kallen) 3. Three Coins In The Fountain (Kitty Kallen) 3. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) (Four Aces— Sinatra) 3. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) Siegel Signs Sylvan Levin 4. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) 4. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) 4. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) 5. If You Love Me (Kay Starr) 5. Sh-Boom (Crew-Cuts) 5. If You Love Me (Kay Starr) 6. I Understand Just How You 6. Thank You For Calling 6. Wanted (Perry Como) F e el (Four Tunes) (Jo Stafford) NEW YORK—Paul Siegel, Sym- 7. Sh-Boom (Crew-Cuts) 7. Sh-Boom (Chords— Crew Cuts) 7. The Little Shoemaker (Winterhalter— Gaylords) 8. Cross Over The Bridge (Page) 8. Wanted (Perry Como) phony House Music Publishers, an- 8. Hit And Run Affair (P. Como) 9. Isle Of Capri (Gaylords) 9. Isle Of Capri (Gaylords) 9. My Friend Sunny Gale nounced the signing of Sylvan Levin (Perry Como) 10. I Get So Lonely (4 Knights) 10. Answer Me, My Love (Cole) 10. This Ole House (R. Clooney) as a composer for the firm. Levin is HIT VERSION of has THE now conducting the Summer opera Wichita, Kans. Pittsburgh, Pa. Minneapolis, Minn. season at Wallingsford, Conn. 1. Little Things Mean A Lot 1. Sh-Boom (Crew Cuts—Chords) 1. Little Things Mean A Lot (Kitty Kallen) 2. Three Coins In The Fountain (Kitty Kallen) “GOODNIGHT Sylvan Levin was the music direc- 2. Hernando's Hideawav (Bleyer) (Four Aces) 2. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) 3. Three Coins In The Fountain 3. Little Things Mean A Lot 3. Three Coins In The Fountain tor and conductor of the Mutual (Four Aces) (Kitty Kallen) (four Aces) Broadcasting System for many years 4. I Understand Just How You 4. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) 4. I Understand Just How You SWEETHEART Feel (June Valli) 5. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) Feel (Four Tunes) and just last Spring conducted the 5. Some Day (Frankie Laine) 6. The Little Shoemaker 5. Hit And Run Affair (P. Como)

6. I Get So Lonely (Gaylords— 6. Goodnight Broadway musical “Pink Tights.” (4 Knights) Winterhalter) Sweetheart, Good- 7. Isle Of Capri (Gaylords) 7. Moonlight And Roses (3 Suns) night (McGuire Sisters) 7. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) GOODNIGHT” Siegel also announced the appoint- 8. The Little Shoemaker 8. In The Chapel In The (Gaylords) Moonlight (Kitty Kallen) 8. Isle Of Capri (Jackie Lee) ment of Steven to do promotion 9. In The Chapel In The RCA VICTOR 20-5746 Marea 9. The Happy Wanderer (Weir) 9. Sweetheart (Hilltoppers) Moonlight (Kitty Kallen) for Rex Music. 10. Cross Over The Bridge (Page) 10. Green Years (Eddie Fisher) 10. Sh-Boom (Crew-Cuts) “Il’s WhaCs in THE CASH BOX That Counts”

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