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DENMARK’S

SCANDINAVIA Best Sellers

First Swedish recordings from the recent San Remo festival are on sale 1 Klaus-Jorgen ;re. All the top tunes from the Italian song festival seem to have reached TOP (Grethe Sonck/ Sonet) ie Swedish market immediately after the festival. Of the many recordings Swedish song is milable here one is by Palette Records, headed by Henry Fox, which just 2 Marina Scandinavian leased “Romantica i San Remo” including Swedish recordings of the tunes (Raquel Rastenni/HMV) lomantica”, “Libero”, “Splende l’Arcobaleno” and “Gridare di Gioia”. Livin’ Doll ike Mossmerg, a new name here sings “Romantica”. 3 (Cliff Richard/Columbia) Talents Dj There seems to be great interest in the forthcoming Eurovision Song- 4 The Three Bells estival to be televised from Royal Festival Hall in London on March 29th. (The Browns/RCA) ’S VIKINGS is expected that most of the Swedish music publishers, as well as repre- 5 Schlafe mein Prinzchen intatives of all the leading record companies, will be among the public in BLUE BOYS -BORIS AND HIS (Papa Bue’s Viking Jazzband/ s ondon when the songs are aired. Storyville) JAILERS -LISE REINAU — SAM From we hear that Hede Nielsens Fabrikker has taken over the 6 Oh, Quelle Nuit i; anish representation of Warner Bros., the American label. Hede Nielsens PAYNE -BENGT ARNE WALLIN (Trumpet Boy/Philips) so handles RCA Victor in Denmark. 7 Charlie Brown Recent discovery on Danish record market is Frede Heiselberg, a singer (Blue Boys/Sonet) ho is on the way to the top with his debut recox’d, a Danish version of 8 Morgen VIorgen” waxed by Karusell in . (Eddie Calvert/Columbia) is a country where no restrictions exist as far as “import” of 9 Tiger ' usicians from abroad. However, recently more and more complaints have (Fabian/Sonet) jen heard about this, mainly because of the great interest in Italian and j 10 Piraten Johnny ; panish orchestras at Swedish restaurants. Swedish members of the local (Jorgen Winckler/Sonet) ;u declares that every restaurant is willing to hire a south European band, TOP Danish song ) matter if they can play or not (it has been discovered that not half the 11 Russian Folk Song ^embers were able to handle their instruments), while several Swedish - (Axme Lamberth/Joker) International msicians were without work. So fax , it might not be any result of the - 12 Angelina xmplaints, but in genex-al it is believed that sooner or later thex e will be (Otto Brandenbui-g/Odeon) xme restrictions. This might hurt the possibilities for American jazzbands, - 13 Sugar Baby ho now have a great mai ket in Sweden. From the other Northern countx-ies, Artists (Peter Kraus/Polydor) xere are also complaints heard. 14 Mein Daddy The Swedish song “Ar du kar i mej annu, Klas-Goran?” now tops the -BIG BILL (Conny/HMV) anish Hit Parade after reaching the top in sensational style. There might 15 Pengegaloppen BROONZY- CAPITOL QUINTETTO s little difference between the Swedish and Danish languages, but Swedish- (Hans Kuxri/Odeon) unguage recoi'dings have a small mai'ket in Denmax-k whex-e the “popular ROMA- - Noi’wegian song unguages” seem to be Danish, English, Gex many and Italian, in the order River Valley lentioned. 16 Red - (The Globetrotters/Parlophone) Danish Polyphon has a bestselling LP-i ecording of the Danish “My Fair Travelin’ Light ady”. At present, Philips has 2 among the “most popular LP albums” with 17 (Cliff Richai'd/Columbia) ixe “Lady,” the Danish version on Polyphon the number One and the 18 A Teenager In Love mei'ican (Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews) as number two. Third among (Maiffy Wilde/Philips) ie LP-albums is the soundrtL'ack vei’sion of the music score fi- om “South 19 Waterloo acific”, released by ROA. (Four Jacks/Odeon) Stig Wallgren, publicity director of Knappupp Records (Dot, Kapp, Cali- 20 Svigermor TOP ornia and Knappupp labels) on a business visit to United States during the (Joi'gen Winckler/Sonet) xmmer of 1960. Mr. Wallgren also visited America in 1959, and as a result Danish song f that visit he went back and stai'ted the Pat Boone Fan Clubs here, an U. S. Labels... ilea which grown very big within short time. has a EP IN Growing big in Sweden and the other Northern countries is Frankie ALBUMS DENMARK "CANADIAN-AMERICAN" valon’s “Why”, l’eleased here by Sonet. 1 Diich Passer sings a selection from SANTO & JOHNNY Globe Music Co., Ltd. of London and ITN Recoi- ds, a continental record his TV-show xbel, are expected to start operation in Scandinavia within shoxff time, (Philips) "CHANCELLOR" he distribution oi'ganization of the two projects are being set-up by Sven 2 My Fair Lady, I/II . Winquist. (Rex Hanlson, Julie Andrews/ AVALON - FABIAN A Norwegian song, “Gull og gronne skogei- ” (Gold and g-reen forrests), Philips) >oks like a futui'e big hit in Scandinavia, particularly in Sweden where most 3 My Fair Lady "COLPIX" f the record labels have made recordings of the song. The song is penned by (Lise Ringheim, Hans Kurt/ idar Sandbeck, who recently had great Scandinavian success with his com- Odeon) JAMES DARREN osition “Penning-g-aloppen”. The composer has recorded the song himself 4 Waterloo, Charlie Brown, etc. l Norway on Fontana label. (Blue Boys/Sonet) "ROULETTE" Top 4 5 No. RODGERS -BASIE (Eddie Calveiff, Dickie Pride, Shane Rimmer, Nicola Axlngliano/ Columbia) Ella Welcomed To London 6 Fra rokken og til rullen have made (Selection of old songs: Ove Sopp/ Philips) SONET 7 Trumpet Boy (Philips) 8 Raquel Favoritter (Raquel Rastenni/HMV) 9 Arne Lamberth |stowvvi«-i.e| (Joker) 10 “Far til fire pa Bornholm”, film songs (Lille Per, Ole, Mie & lb Mossin/Philips) 11 Papa Bue’s Viking Jazzband

( Storyville 12 Lys Assia (Telefunken) 13 Marian, etc. (Rocco Granata/Cupol) TOP 14 Serious Charge (Cliff Richai'd/Columbia) Labels in 15 “Pinaforte” (several artists / Polyphon LP ALBUMS IN DENMARK Scandinavia 1 My Fair Lady with of the TOP 10 on the (Original Danish stage version/ 50% Polyphon) recent bestseller chart get top LONirON— Ella Fitzgerald and the 2 My Fair Lady promotion in Scandinavia. at the Philharmonic wex-e wel- (Broadway stage version/Philips) Cannon To Tour Australia comed to London at an EMI reception 3 South Pacific Contact: recently. In the photo are (1 to r) (sound-track/RCA) I/S DANSK GRAMMOFON- Arthur Muxlon, general promotion 4 “For de unge pa 40” Swan recording star RAADHUS- NEW YORK— manager, EMI; disk jockey Keith PLADEFORLAG, f - (Susse Wold & Peter Sorensen/ i eddie Cannon flew to Australia Fordyce; jazz trumpeter Roy El- Tono) STRAEDE 3 A. COPENHAGEN hursday (March 18) for a week’s | dridge; and Miss Fitzgerald. The fastest growing record com- xur (March 21-28). 5 “Jomfruburet” | May 2nd, he plans to start a three- ish Isles, his second trip to (Hans Kui't, Lise Ringheim, etc./ pany in EUROPE. r eek singing engagement in the Brit- in less than a year. Polyphon)

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