VOL. 3, NO. 6 JUNE, 1945 SIXTEEN PACES Jo Stafford Stars on NBC Motor Stanza; Andy Russell, Pipers Eye Theatre Tour Program Follows Boston First on Paramount Date Theatre Itinerary £LIMAXING her first year as a H IS W O RK in the motion picture single act, Jo Stafford has just “Stork Club” completed, Andy signed as the star of the Ford Motor program and will be featured on Russell will this month join forces the Sunday air series, coast to coast, with the Pled Pipers and Raymond through October 6 from the NBC Scott’s orchestra for a lengthy thea­ studios in New York’s Radio City. tre tour In the east which will keep the Miss Stafford’s spectacular sweep in­ troupe on the road for at least 10 con­ to the foremost ranks of “ big nam e” secutive weeks. singers also included her recent appear­ Russell, who is featured in the Betty ance at the N. Y . Param ount Th eatre, Hutton “Stork Club" musical produced top vaude house on Tim es Square, fo l­ independently by B. G. (Buddy) De- lowing nitery engagements at La M ar­ Sylva, finished his work in front of the tinique and other swank Manhattan bistros. cameras last week and on |une 15 will Co-featured on the Ford M otor a ir­ leave Los Angeles on the first leg of the show with jo are Larry Brooks and the long swing which begins June 28 at the orchestra of Robert Russell Bennett RKO Theatre In Boston and which will Jo credits her long list of Capitol include every major city. platters for much of her new ly-found Cleveland and Columbus will follow success. Her most recent release pairs the Boston engagement with other key Out of This World” w ith “ T h e re ’s No metropolises following. You” with accompaniment by Paul W e s­ ton s orchestra. Another Stafford record From a chair as drummer in Alvino is to be released July 1. Rey’s orchestra, Russell has skyrocketed Before becoming a singing single into international prom inence as a little more than a year ago Jo w as a singer within the past 19 months. The member of the Pied Pipers vocal quar­ Pipers, who rose to fame with Tommy tet. June Hutton replaced her. Dorsey, also are clicking big on their own. Andy and the Pipers until recently Joe Sullivan to were featured on the “Andy Russell RO LLIN G ALONG in h ig h gear Show” every Saturday night over the Play in Buffalo now as the singing star of the Ford Blue network. Joe Sullivan opens at a B u ffalo (N .Y .) motor program on NBC Sundays, Jo Raymond Scott's combo is one of the Stafford has hit a new popularity ?' ery ^Une 18 after three years in Cali- best in the eastern area and has been °mia. With his wife and son, the peak as her voice is heard and ac­ given a big buildup on CBS for the past Sullivans left L.A. May 28 and will claimed by millions of radio listeners three years. His aggregation, of course, ^Pend two weeks vacationing there be- and record buyers. A native Cali­ will accompany Russell’s virile baritone 0re §oes to Buffalo to open as a fornian, Jo got her start singing with pfano-playing single. Joe records exclu- the Pied Pipers. Now she’s a full- voice and the blending pipes of the Slve|y for Capitol. fledged star in her own right. Pipers.