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AMERICA'S WEEKLY MAGAZINE FOR RADIO LISTENERS TELLS WHAT'S ON THE AIR-ANY TIME-DAY OR NIGHT Vol. Iii - No. 29 New York (2) Week Ending May 12, 1934 In ibis Is s iN BDL ILLS HOW HE WILL CO ON VVTH A 1 -11-T'A: FLt9r)Y EVR' WEEK EDDIE CANTOR LAYS BARE HIS SO-CALLED "FEUD' WITH RADIO CRITICS SECRETS OF THE MOST Irving Berlin FAMOUS OF THEME SONGS STARS' POLL ENTERS THE LAI STRETCH www.americanradiohistory.com SEVERAL to lucky girls have learned that is a the sistersthere asked. "And besides, it's Friday, the thirteenth." "Let's Call safe and sure way to achieve success in radio. The It Starsit Love" and followed that with "i Just was-in the month of April. Neva took her by the arm. Couldn't secret is a simple one; but a girl must have been 'Fake It, Baby." And when that happened. "Of course you're going to stay and take the audi- eighteen of the other girls "couldn't born one of the sisters of the stars to apply it. In other tion!" Neva take it". ' They insisted. "And what's more, you're going walked out without waiting to be heard, words, she must have a Big Sister who has made an to get the job." for they- knew outstanding success on the radio. The they had no chance. latest illustration Well, she didn't run away. She stayed Joy got is that furñished by seventeen -year -old Joy Lynne, add and sang the job. her lovely older sister, Neva of the Follies. Broadcasting has many sweet girl initiates who are being infused with confidence and given help through MINES OF MUSIC older, famous sisters. And somehow the thought is very appealing. Radio, like the stage and screen, has its MORE than sixty million persons daily enjoy dance dangers,- its pitfalls and the long hard road of work music broadcast from less than fifty famous hot which must be traveled by anyone aspiring to star- spots. Tens of millions of fans dance in unison, dom. Fortunate are the young girls who have older . while a fëw örehestras mon-opolize the airwaves --from sisters to help them; for they are able to trust coast to còást. 'During -a single evening twenty or thirty themselves to this exciting, romantic world of hard nationally recognized- batoneers hold sway, to the work and disillusionment, with a simple faith exclusion of all else. Sixty percent of broadcast and confidence not given to many others. The ' entertainment is music. and of this the greater intimacy of the relationship inspires the trust; portion is of the dance variety. and radio has invested sisterhood with new The radio moguls are on an endless search advantages. for distinctive dance bands. They have Such heiresses -apparent of fame and for- spared no expense in obtaining the best tune, include-in addition to young Joy- that money will buy. They think Grace nothing Pickens, baby sister of Helen, Patty of going to California to get a good half and Jane Pickens; Helen Smith, sister of hour of music for the fans through the the famous Kate; and Rosemary and rest of the country to enjoy. "Pat" Lane, kid sisters of Lola Lane of The hot spots of music are those few screen fame. These last two are al- favored places from which some distin- ready on the highway of stardom in guished and popular dance maestro is their own right., holding forth. There are throughout But perhaps the most outstand- the United States more than eight ing example. of. the _ultimate success thousand regularly recognized profes- of this sister -sponsoring is the cast of sional dance orchestras. Most of these the Boswells. It 'was Martha, the at one time or another have tried to eldest, who taught the technique of interest some . radio impresario in broadcasting to the younger Boswells, putting thent,.on the air. Out of this Connie and Vet. wealth -of material, however, not many In the case of young Joy Lynne, have made the grade. it was entirely through, the, help of Each orchestra in the hot spot her sister Neva-and the confidence from which it broadcasts is picked by which Neva inspired in her heart at a the radio moguls for its- distinctive critical moment-that this youngster characteristics.' No two of the great - landed her present coveted radio job -.'as bands on the air today are similar` in any vocalist with Doti Bestor's orchestra' inÿthe. respect. They have developed styles of Hotel Penn's'!vania. Not only. did the,, lovely their own that, defy imitation. Neva coach Joy When the young girl carne Co New. Every hot spot has its own coterie of en- York from her home in Columbus, Ohio, but she thusiasts, which runs the social as well as the also prevented .her from running out, panic-stricken a emotional gamut. From the sophisticated smartness few Minutes beJj re she took the audition which was to of the Waldorf's continental' atmosphere, in New York, start her ön he; read to success. Whó can tell -how to the abandoned freedom of Harlem's Cotton Club, many promising, 'ere have had the hard-won begin- every taste in dance music is satisfied. The distinguish- nine of careers utterly blighted by such an attack of ing qualities of the various orchestras of preeminence stage-fright-because they had no older sister standing are not difficult to define: by to 'calm their., fears and give them confidence? Paul Whiteman-the Biltmore, New York-sym- Fortunately' for Joy, this tragedy Was in her case phonic jazz with Wagnerian deliberation . Rudy only a near -tragedy. It was while she convalesced from Vallee-Hollywood Restaurant, New York-soothing an attack of appendicitis that a friend told her of the ballad type; the effect of crooning ... Dick Himber- audition to he "conducted by Bestor, who was seeking Ritz, New York-smooth, sophisticated legato ... Flor- a new, vocalist. She had been out of the- hospital only ence Richardson-Kings Terrace, New York-a jazz a few days when she went to a hotel, accompanied by sentimentalist ... Guy Lombardo-Pavillion Royal, New big sister Neva, to take the test. York-what good dance music needs, he supplies . When she walked into the Madhattan Room, and Eddie Duchin-Central Park Casino, New York-smooth saw 52 other would-be Bestor vocalists, Joy felt as if high -hat sophistication in the jazz tempo ... Don Bestor her heart were 'in her mouth-and a singer scarcely can -Hotel Pennsylvania, New York-dignified interpreta- perform in that condition! So thought Joy, and she Joy Lynne's first photograph to be taken after her successful audi- tions ... Vincent Loper-St. Regis Hotel, New York --a turned to go. tion, shown above, indicates the pleasure she feels at having the Tango Terror ... Xavier Cugat-Waldorf-Astoria, New "What chance have i against all these girls?" she aid and the sponsorship of her older sister York-effect of chamber music on dance arrangements lack Denny-Pierre-New York-jazz without jar- ring notes . Harold Stern-Montclair Hotel, York-peppy, New peppy, and peppy . Emil Coleman- Plaza Hotel, New York-the nth degree of sophistication ... Jimmy Lunceford-Cotton Club, Harlem-the ex- -..,^.- _.ay, ponent of .34719u,.,.,-.:atHs'... -. :....'. r -^M-r torrid, African rhythm ... Enric Madriguera -Waldorf, New York-sophisticated Meter. lime marches on-for Bill (Voice of the place in Bletchingly, England, 44 and romantic tango years ago. The link- . President) Adams. He is 47 years old on May idiom Wayne King-Aragon Ballroom, Chicago- 9. It John Barclay, now NBC announcer. lilting Viennese was Adams who did too good a touch of Strauss in jazz . job of imitating Presi- e Molina-Congress Carlos dent Roosevelt's voice on the March of Time program. Signed On. Hotel-tango of the pampas variety Luise Barklie, radactress who was ...Ted Fiorito-Cocoanut Grove Sally Ward of "Romantic Melodies," in California-novelty, Curtain. Deep sympathy took her program fast rhythm. and admiration for Grace seriously and married Fritz Blocki, well-known in Chica- Donaldson of the Don Hall Trio. Rather than disap- go dramatic circles. point her public, Grace went on the air just a few hours after having left e the deathbed of her fiance. in . radio Meter. Jack Armstrong, whose fertile' 17e DISH 'I LIKE as elsewhere in imagination BEST the entertainment world, "the show must evolves the scripts for CBS "Buck Rogers in the 25th go on"-and sometimes that takes the finest kind of Century", celebrated his 28th birthday courage. on May 7. By Irene Beasley Static. Should musicians permitted be to enter the MY FAVORITE dish-fried chicken, biscuits and Meter. Father Time, on May 10, awards a four- front doors of swanky hotels? The management of the gravy. How layer cocoanut cake to Pee could any one choose any other for Wee Hunt of the Casa Loma Hotel Pierre, New York, said no; has a damage -suit a favorite? Band. Number of candles -24. on its hands as a result. Neil Marshall, drummer with The chicken must be rolled in Will Osborne when flour and fried in he was playing there, slipped down deep grease to a luscious, crusty, golden brown. It Meter. "Herman"-(Jimmy Murray) of the the iron stair by which the bandsmen were required to is "Mike and Herman" comedy sketch - best made in my home town of Memphis. But my own team now on WCFL enter the hotel; was injured. cook does well with nights, added a year on April 27.