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SEPTEMBER 3, 1955 NUMBER 50 Ernest Tubb, one of the featured stars of WSM’s Grand Ole Oprv since 1943, is pictured here congratulating his son, Justin Tubb, who has now signed as a featured per- former for the Opry also. Gabe Tucker, personal manager of the two Decca recording artists, negotiated the contract. Ernest Tubb’s latest record is “Yellow Rose Of Texas" backed with “A Million Miles From Here” while Justin's latest is “All Alone” and “Within Your Arms”. RALPH FLANAGAN AND HIS ^ ORCHESTRA , BEEP BOOP (BOOP BEEP) THERE’S NOTHIN’ LIKE LOVE (FROM COLUMBIA PICTURE “MY SISTER EILEEN”) 20/47-6224 SLOW TRAIN BLUES VIENNESE LANTERN 20/47-6225 rca\7"ictor "NEW ORTHOPHONIC” HIGH FIDELITY RECORDINGS ” ] BILL GERSH JOE ORLECK he Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. 26 West 47th Street, New York 36, N. Y. (All Phones: JUdson 6-2640) JOE ORLECK • CHICAGO OFFICE 32 West Randolph St., Chicago 1, 111. (All Phones: DEarborn 2-00+5) BILL GERSH Dan Parry • HOLLYWOOD OFFICE 6272 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Cal. (Phone: Hollywood 5-1702) JACK DEVANEY • NASHVILLE OFFICE 804 Church St., Nashville, Tenn. (Phone: NAshville 5-7028) CHARLIE LAMB • BOSTON OFFICE 1765 Commonwealth Ave., Boston 35, Mass. (Phone: ALgonquin 4-8464) GUY LIVINGSTON • LONDON OFFICE 17 Hilltop, London, N.W., England Week by week it becomes harder and Since the war there have been two (Phone: Speedwell 2596) MARCEL STELLMAN harder to differentiate between the vari- distinct factors affecting our pop music. • STAFF EXECUTIVE ous categories of the music business. One was the surge of country songs BOB AUSTIN, General Mgr., Music Dept. SID PARNES, Editor-In-Chief NORMAN ORLECK, Associate Editor There was a time when a record auto- which went pop one after another. The MARTY OSTROW, Associate Editor IRA HOWARD, Associate Editor matically fell into either the pop, other was the still continuing impact of CISSIE GERSH, Woman’s Editor Manager A. MARINO, Office rhythm and blues, or country field. Rock ’n Roll on the pop field. T. TORTOSA, Circulation POPSIE, Staff Photographer BRUNO DUTKOWSKY, Art Director Today no such easy distinction is pos- • Today, one can look over a list of ADVERTISING RATES on request. AH advertising sible. loses Friday at 12 Noon preceding week of issue. pop records and not only see it loaded (Advertisements subject to approval of publishers. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $15 per year anywhere in with Rhythm and Blues and Country is he U.S.A. Special listing for jobbers and distributors at What happening more and more word classified advertisement 1148 per year includes 40 songs, but in many cases the original ;ach week for an entire year (52 weeks) plus the full in our national life is also happening in of charge. Airmail, First Class, fear’s subscription free fields Delivery subscription rates on re- artists from those are also leading ill well as Special our music. An integration is taking on quest. Subscription rates for all foreign countries request. in the pop field. A couple of striking I . ... place so that we are developing a taste THE CASH BOX covers the entire music industry, ranging from retail record and music stores to disk examples are “Maybellene” and “Only is of all the regions lockeys, music publishers, recording artists, record which a combination radio manufacturers, music composers and arrangers, You.” The same artists are leading in und TV stations, and all others allied to the music of the United States rather than have ndustry throughout the world. both R&B and Pop with both of these THE CASH BOX covers the entire coin machine in- different tastes kept exclusively for one distribu- dustry all over the world. Operators, jobbers, and suppliers of automatic music, songs. Chuck Berry is the artist on xsrs, manufacturers area, one group of people. rending, service and amusement machines are covered. THE CASH BOX coverage extends to finance firms, “Maybellene” and The Platters are the loan organizations, factors, banks, and other financial expressly interested in the financing of coin iinstitutions, The dominant factor in - the inter- artists on “Only You.” nachines of all kinds. BOX PRICE LISTS” (a combination of " THE CASH change of musical tastes was World War The Cash Box’ former 'Confidential Price Lists’ and The With no more physical frontiers left Cash Box’ former 'C. M. 1. [ Coin Machines Industry Blue Bools’) are the one and only officially recognized II when upheavals in population made price quotations guide for all new and used machines in to conquer, it almost seems as though the United States and all over the world where Ameri- it possible for large numbers of our can made machines are used. " The Cash Box Price Lists we have set out to conquer our regional feature of The Cash are an exclusive and copyrighted country’s citizens to come into contact recognized officially Itiox. “ The Cash Box Price Lists” are frontiers, make the advantages of throughout the country as the “official each by cities and states “ with the ways of life and the culture of price book of the coin machines industry.” The Cash part of our all Box Price Lists are officially used in the settlement of country available to the areas. In the estates, for buying, selling or trading of all types, of coin those who lived in other operated equipment and are also officially recognized for others. taxation purposes. ” The Cash Box Price Lists are used Army, young men from every state in by finance firms, factors, loan companies, bankers, and guide them in the mak- all other financial institutions to the country were thrown together into This can only mean a greater appre- ing of loans to members of the coin machines industry. Lists” have been legally recognized "The Cash Box Price one camp, one barrack where they had ciation of music and songs on the part in courts in the United States, Canada, and many foreign countries. Entire business transactions and legal cases “ fellow of all are based upon the quotations appearing in The Cash to learn to live with their soldiers our people and wider, expanding Box Price Lists.” Copyright under the International Copyright Conven- and where in time they learned to ap- horizons for the music business as a tion. All rights reserved by the Pan American Copy- 1955 The Cash Box right Convention. Copyright by preciate their buddies’ musical tastes. whole. Publishing Co., Inc. I" — The Cash Box Music , Page 4 September 3, 1955 yoviL JUKE BOX TUNES THE CASH BOX Tk« Tog Ten Tunes Netting JONI JAMES Heaviest Ploy In The Notion’s Juke Compiled From Reports Sub- mitted Weekly To The Cosh Bom ly Leoding Music Operotor* WHERE THE Throughout The Country. IS THAT MOMENT DAVE ROSE SOMEONE I SAW CODE AB—Abbott CK—Checker DT—Dootone GR—Groove NG— Norgran SP—Specialty SUMMERTIME AL—Aladdin CM—Combo DU—Duke IM—Imperial PA—Parrot ST—Starlite FOR ME! YOU AP—Apollo CO—Columbia EP—Epic JD—Jay Dee PE—Peacock TA—Tampa AR—Arcade CR Coral Prom MCM 12020 78 rpm. • K 12020 45 rpm — ES—Essex JU—Jubilee PM— Tl—Tico IN VENICE AT—Atlantic CT—Cat Kl—King PR—Prestige TR—Trend FA Favorite AU—Audivacs CW—Crown — LO—London RA—Rainbow UQ—Unique BE— Bell DA—Dana FB Fabor RE Regent VIOLINE (Let Your Song Begin) — ME—Mercury UN—United 8T—Bethlehem RM Rama VI—RCA Victor MCM 30882 78 rpm • K 30882 45 rpm DE—Decca FE—Federal — CA—Capitol MG—MGM SA—Savoy WD—Waldorf DL DeLuxe FI CD—Cadence — — Fiesta MJ—Major SE—Seeco Wl—Wing CH—Chess DO—Dot 4 Star—Four Star MO—Modern SO—Sound X—Label "X" Pos. Last Week ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK BILL HALEY and his COMETS AR-123 (45-123)—Sonny Dee MG-12028 (K-12028)—Charles Walcott BE-1098 (45-1098)—Four Bells o DE-29124 (9-29124)— Bill Haley o & Comets AIN'T THAT A SHAME PAT BOOIVE—FATS DOMINO 0 DO-15377 (45-15377)—Pat Boone PM-1122B (45-1 122B)— Bill Marine 0 IM-5348 (45-5348) —Fats Domino WI-90000 (90000 x45) —Ronnie Gaylord HARD TO GET GISFLE MacKENZIE BETTY MADIGAN GEORGE SHEARING © QUINTET © X-0137 (4X-0137)—Gisele MacKenzie LEARNIN' THE BLUES FRANK SINATRA and CA-3102 (F-3102)— Frank Sinatra CO-40515 (4-40515)—Belmonte Orch. KIND PLEASE BE MCM 12038 78 rpm • K 12038 4S rpm © CA-3147 (F-3147)— Ray Anthony GS-253 (45-253)—Joe Valino MCM 12022 78 >pm • K 12022 45 ipm ACQUAVIVA YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS AND HIS ORCHESTRA MITCH MILLER—JOHNNY DESMOND \soc& CO-40540 (4-40540)—Mitch Miller PM-1122A (45-1 122A) —Maury Laws DANCIN’ © CR-61476 (9-61476)—Johnny Desmond Ch. & 0. and HUMMINGBIRD Mr SOCKS ALONE WITH YOU , LES PALL & MARY FORD—FRANKIE LAINE MCM 30884 78 rpm • K 30884 45 rpm HAPPY 1$ MY H*ART 1 BE-1097 (45-1097)—Tex Stewart CO-21419 (4-21419)—Rose Maddox MCM Y4 ttm K 4* 1 0 CA-3165 (F-3165) — L. Paul & M. Ford CO-40526 (4-40526) —Frankie Laine HI © CD-1267 (45-1267)—Chordettes E P-9 110 (5-9110)—D&L Robertson KAY ARMEN SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE McGCIRE SISTERS SOLDIER BOY BE-1099 (45-1099)—Three Belles CR-61425 (9-61425)—Les Brown : and CA-3096 (F-3096) —Ray Anthony DE-29484 (9-29484)—Sammy Davis, Jr. a and REWARD* REWARD! CR-61423 (9-61423)—McGuire Sisters VI-20-6140 (47-6140)—Fred Astaire MCM UMS ?8 • K riOlS « © WONDER WHEN WE LL EVER KNOW MCM 12045 78 rpm • K 12045 45 rpm UNCHAINED MELODY AL HIRBLER LES BAXTER—ROY HAMILTON JAMES BROWN Les Baxter EP-9102 (5-9102)—Roy Hamilton PETULA CLARK I CA-3055 (F-3055)— and the Trail Winders MARGE AND HELENE I W CO-40455 (4-40455)—Liberace ME-70598 (70598x45)—Crewcuts a Lt.