AUGUST 1951 . VOL. 9 • NO. 8

KAY STARR

HotD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME OCEAN OF TEARS BONAPARTE’S RETREAT Wabash c a n n o n b a l l OH, BABE IM ™E LONESOMEST g a l in CAPITOL N EW S PACE 3

Bud Freeman's dissonance Les-Mary Under Cap’s Dome Les Paul and M ary Ford have signed a new long A lot of guys have stories to tell. Pentup Miller is lerm contract w ith Capitol usually one o f them . Like so m any lads who always dog Records. The husband and up there is the superstition th a t Pentup is a wise one. TK; wife team are currently on top m ay or m ay not be true. So seldom does Pentup open h n the recording industry. With yap it's hard to find out whether he's smart or stupic 'Chicken Reel," "G oofus," "Mock- When the brothers were talking the other night, Penlu; ngbird Hill," "Tennessee W altz," gets on and tells a yarn. Since this comes from Pentu: How High the M o on ," "W a lk in ' everyone listens, which is quite unusual in a conversant and Whistlin Blues" and th e ir where every word is put in edgewise—just in case. IlA latest, "I Wish I Had Never Seen story that Pentup tells is about Adder Kent, a guy who Sunshine" and "Jo se p h in e " Les blowing in one of those traps where the smoke is and Mary have sold more than dense as yesterday's oatmeal. Suddenly, Adder becomes: three million records since the "rage.*' You ain't been born until you've heard Add; first of January, 1950. Adder blows like no one ever; unless you call Adder "II An established g u ita ris t by v ir­ Ad," you're down as the o'riginal eight pointed cube. Th: tue of his work with Fred W aring Pentup says, is the kind of talk that gets around. It's bd and Bing Crosby, Les Paul joined and it fills the trap. Everyone's happy until some Capitol ranks in 1947. His character who isn't sharp enough to hide his ignorant second record, "Lover" and "Bra­ asks, "what's he sayin'?" zil" released in February o f 1948 That, according to Pentup, starts it. Conversation take was his first hit. Since then he's over. There are 'authorities' on "The Ad," and the had ttop scores on every side he is w ritte n dow n. One critic pens these definitive li« 1,las cut. "Here is alabaster and old acne. 'The Ad' is saying tin Harold Mooney (left) discusses arrangements with Helen O 'Con­ The multiple -guitar system, life is an argyle sock with a hole in it unravelling at nell and Bob Eberly at their first recording session in New York. seam; a cry to an old crone from the dark corner ol with Les playing as many as boxcar; the hope in a stale snipe; the bitter restfullness twelve guitars, is all the more a flophouse bunk." This is, Pentup admits, quite a pluj remarkable in th a t he devised his own system both musically Adder is pretty good, doesn't take any of it took Helen and Bob Teamed and electronically. Les still does Betty Black is billed as "The He just keeps sayin', "I'm tryin' to find myself. I'm Irfii his own recording. He makes his Little Princess o f S ong." She to say somethin'." Some guys, according to Pentup, figi stands an even five feet. Even this pretty smart on Adder's part 'cause once "The H recordings at home, acts as his On First New Discs the British Socialists would not cracks about what he's saying, then the debate is ovr own technician and engineer. The Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly have teamed up want to redistribute her 105 Other characters say Adder is really playing it straigfl numbers are put on tapes which again on "If You're Gonna Love Me, Love Me" and pounds. Betty's currently singing submitted to C apitol. Those and one nuisance claims that if it can be put in wor€ 0re "The Little Things in Life." The pair last recorded in H aw aii. "The Ad" ought to quit blowin' and write a book. chosen are transcribed to dubs together in 1942 when they both starred with the In the end Adder went commercial. That's certainly and ultimately made d ire ctly into records. Jimmy Dorsey organization. Harold Mooney, another Dorsey alum­ twist ending for this kind of story. But the way Pentu; nus, flew in from California to arrange and conduct. told it there was a kind of angle. Adder went way o« Les and M ary are cu rren tly on the deep end, joined the stickiest outfit in the busines: o personal appearance tour of The individual styles of both O'Connell and Eberly were combined w e n t more com m ercial than a C alifo rn ia mortuary. L the East. in an unique fashion that created such hits as "Green Eyes," "A m a ­ E dited By according to Pentup that's really the way Adder felt. TIk pola," "Yours," "Tangerine" and "Brazil." The "Love Me" side o f BUD FREEMAN sweet sound was an eternal lullaby to him. Sure he 1« their new record is in the style that made them famous w hile the commerce route, Pentup a dm itte d, but he's still playj "Little Things" displays a different duet approach. what he feels. For a time he had something to get off DeVol Rises When Helen left show business to become a housewife and Bob 9 5 chest. When he did, that was the end. joined the Army, she had been with the Dorsey band for four years The brothers said that Adder was simply kidding hi» and Bob for nearly ten. During the past year both o f them made self, that he just took the soft way and was justifying With "Tide” strong re-entries to the music world, each as soloists. Helen joined Frank DeVol for a five week stand at the Hollywood Palladium But Pentup stuck to the claim it was how the man reo Frank DeVol has been signed felt. "And," Pentup added, "any fathead may want Qs musical director and arranger while Bob worked as a single in Eastern night clubs. unload, may really want to get something off his die? L°r Proctor and Gamble's "Tide" They were signed by Capitol individually within a period of five Published Monthly by weeks. Bob inked his contract in New York while Helen joined Capi­ CAPITOL PUBLICATIONS, INC. That doesn't mean he's got anything worth listening •&stlow for the fourth consecutive Sunset ond Vine, Hollywood 28, Calif Pentup, after those words, clammed up and to i”! year- Radio program returns to tol in California. Printed in U. S. A. knowledge hasn't opend his mouth since. •he air on August 27th after sum- Helen has also paired up with Dean Martin on several sides in­ mer layoff. cluding "H o w Do You Like Your Eggs in the M orning." P A G E 4 CAPITOL NMypiTOL NEWS P A G E 5

RAY ANTHONY Arnolds Park, Iowa 1 A ug. Sioux Falls, So. Dakota 2 Aug. like a biography in Quick. The Herman the Hermit agement quickly agreed to tear Clear Lake, Iowa 3 Aug. handle, Ross Bagalapudianarout up the contract when the Fresh­ Kathryn Grayson stars Des Moines, Iowa 4 Aug. . . . Marilyn Maxwell switches men called for more lights and Metro Goldwyn Mayer's gi Fort Dodge, Iowa 5 Aug. from Bob Hope to Ken Murray the management requested more musical, "Show Boat." The | Forestburg, So. Dakota 6 Aug. for personal appearances in Chi­ schmaltz. The boys moved to the duction will push the brilli Marshall, Minnesota 7 A ug. cago during August . . . Desi Ar- Waterloo, Iowa 8 A ug. Surf Club, a spot for younger Jerome Kern Oscar Hammers naz and wife Lucille Ball expect Mankato, Minnesota 9Aug. patrons . . . Eddie Fisher is taking score back to the top of then their offspring early in September played lists. St. Paul, Minnesota 10 Aug. his basic training at Camp Hood, . . . Meredith Willson's latest Austin, Minnesota 11 Aug. Kileen, Texas . . . Ernie Felice and Dubuque, Iowa 12 A ug. book, "Who Did What to Fidelia" the Quartet are spotted in War­ Back to song, Mickey Rooney roll Great Bend, Kansas 14 Aug. set for fall publication . . . Car­ ner's "Starlift" in which Doris in Columbia musical "Sound OS] Goodland, Kansas 15 Aug. men Miranda opens a tour of the Day and Jane Wyman are the . . . Jim Henaghan in the HollJ Denver, Colorado 16-29 Aug. south in Atlanta, Ga. on 22 Au­ luminaries. Ernie and the boys wood Reporter tells of a girl, Vil Rock Springs, Wyoming 30 Aug. Barbara Bates, 20th - Century gust. She'll be on the road for also doing a stand in the Jane ginia Hewitt, who made a M Fox starlet, takes over the quar­ Eric Vaehne, Swiss Yodeler. six weeks . . . Add film person­ Frohman story at 20th-Century she could keep two dates simul SHARKEY BONANO terdeck of a sloop. The graceful Fox . . . Donald O'Connor has alises in the warbler lists: Preston taneously in one evening. SrJ San Francisco, Calif. 12 July-12 Aug. miss will be featured in a forth­ Foster and wife on a nite club signed an exclusive TV contract staked o ut the boys in night dull! coming Dan Dailey musical. NAT “ K IN G ” COLE tour singing folk ditties and Joan w ith NBC. He w ill begin to get that were a block apart and™ Lake Tahoe, Calif. 27 July-9 Aug. Fontaine who croons, "I Don't the build-up via appearances on a frie n d w hisk her back and fori Salt Lake City, Utah 10-11 Aug. Want to Walk Without You," in the C olgate Com edy H our . . . by car. N either gent got wise. San Diego, Calif. 13-26 Aug. "Som ething to Live For." Jose Voice in The Ferrer, too, is in the act. He's re­ BOB EBERLY cording a series of folk tunes Wildwood, New Jersey 3-12 Aug. Wilderness East Jewett, New York 14-19 Aug. with guitar accompaniment . . . Billboard reports that during Frank DeVol's novelty tune, "Noo­ MARTIN & LEWIS one o f Tommy Dorsey's sets at dles 'n Soup," accepted for pub­ Minneapolis, Minnesota 3-9 Aug. the Casino Gardens Dance Hall, lication by Johnstone-Montei . . . booking agent Jim Tyson was try­ If Paramount's deal with Judy NELLIE LUTCHER ing to sell Ike Carpenter's band Garland to co-star in the Bing Los Angeles, Calif. 1-14 Aug. to the Casino manager, Tom Cav­ Crosby musical, "Famous," falls Hopi crooner and accompanist. Denver, Colorado 20-26 Aug. anaugh. To demonstrate the pop­ through, G loria De Haven w ill ularity of the Carpenter band, get the role, providing Dinah HELEN O’CONNELL Tyson told Cavanaugh that the Shore doesn't. Harry Warren and Minneapolis, Minnesota 3-9 Aug. Carpenter organization had Leo Robbin w ill do the tunes, and drawn 3,400 paid admissions in LES PAUL that's for positive . . . Irving Ber­ one night at San Diego. This is W a sh ing ton , D. C. 9-15 A ug. line, Cole Porter, Hammerstein a powerful figure and Cavanaugh Ed Sullivan Show, N. Y. 19 Aug. was skeptical. But Tyson had the Wildwood, N. J. 24 Aug.-2 Sept. facts and figures at his com­ SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON mand. He finally convinced Cav­ E ngland 30 July anaugh that the 3,400 count was accurate. Ready to make a deal for Ike's band, Cavanaugh asked as an after thought, "Was there "Pete Kelley's Blues" is the title of "D ragnet" Jack Webb's ne» Nero's Mush North anybody else on the bill with NBC radio show. Program is built around an authentic early twenties Paul Nero and wife Kathryn Carpenter?" nrght spot featuring a Dixieland band. For the two interludes! chestra Concertmas- Steele finished playdates in Van­ "Yes, there was." each show, Dixie is played by George Van Epps, guitar; M* Art Baker on whose couver and Portland. They fly to Schneider, trombone; Nick Fatool, drums; Dick Cathcart, cornet w, "You Asked For Anchorage, Alaska for their next "Who?" Cavanaugh inquired. M arty Carb, bass; and, not in the picture, M atty Matlock, clarinet to "visual" music is stint. "The Hot Canary" will be "B illy Eckstine, b u t" Tyson Ray Sherman, piano. welcome. added, "lie only did the vocals." P A G E 6 CAPITOL N[| CAPITOL NEW S PAGE 7

y f j l & t s No Fall From with y/aihlexs Humpty Dumpty For Hank Stan Freberg, creator The first payroll deduc­ of "John and Marsha," tion Uncle Sam received dares to talk back to one from Hank Thompson totaled five cents. Hank's take home pay, of those imposing cho­ $4.95 per week. He w as selling ruses on his latest disc, "I've Got flour as "Hank the Hired Hand" You Under My Skin" . . . Gene over a station in W aco, Texas. Austin's talented daughter had On his second job, there were her contract option picked up at 1 deductions. Hank w e n t to 20th-Century Fox studios . . . Crowded conditions in N ew York: Mel Torme hemmed in at b work for the U. S. Navy. After Dennis Day played the Riverside Versailles Club opening by (L-R) Murphy Hamlin, Trudy Ridiati! 3;37 months he parted com pany Hotel, Reno a t scale plus. He Marion Morgan, Mel, Eileen Barton and Frances Wayne with his employer by lutual con­ drew $12,500 the week . . . sent and returned to civilian life. Frankie Laine's check for his en­ Hank Thompson relaxes of an evening in his Texas ranch. In case London for a months engagement His first two records were made gagement at the N. Y. Paramount any of his guitar pickin' friends have any doubts, that instrument at the Colony Club . . . Fred W ar­ for small labels and re-released will be a reported $45,000, and belongs to Mr. Thompson. ing has been reappointed to the Basie’s Band by Capitol. The sides w ere, don't ad lib any decimal points board of trustees of his alma "Whoa Sailor" and "Swing Wide Les Gotcher is holding clinics . . . Vivian Blaine departed the mater, Pennsylvania State Col­ Tour Gate o f Love." * for square dance callers on his New York company of "Guys and lege . . . Jo Stafford received a Hits Coast While courting Mrs. Thompson, tour of the northwest. Les is also Dolls" to make a musical, "Skirts crate of frozen fish from an ad­ C ount Basie brings his 15-pie: the former Dorothy Raye of teaching a couple of new dances Ahoy," at Metro. Martha Stewart mirer who said he always repaid aggregation back to the We. Waco, Texas, Hank w as s tru g ­ w ritte n to Les Paul's music. Dr. will take over until January when his trai ned seal, Clarice, with a Coast after playing through I Vivian rejoins . . . Patti O'Connor, gling with a tune, "Rock in the Roger Knapp and his w ife Jean fish when he played "Springtime mid-west. He'll be at the Oaf; Donald's niece, has been signed Ocean." He couldn't get it right, created a number to "Mocking­ in the Rockies" on the horns. L. A. the first two weeks in A as a vocalist by Harry James. for five days he kept re-working bird Hill" and a "Chicken Reel" Jo's admirer liked the way she gust. Lionel Hampton has bee She replaces Shirley Wilson . . . "Rock." Exasperated with the dance w as w ritten by Roy and did the number with Gordon booked for the same spot ope Patti Page opens her personal number, Hank flipped over the Lucille Hodges. MacRae, and he didn't want ing September 24. music and started to scribble the 0 0 0 appearance tour the week of Au­ Clarice to get overconfident. Con­ first thing that came to his m ind, gust 23 at the Riverside Theatre, sequently, the reward. Jimmy Wakely and verse writ­ Milwaukee . . . Russell Nype of ¡n twenty-five m inutes he finished ing columnist Nick Kenny have Broadway's "Call Me Madame" "Humpty Dumpty Heart," an ex­ paired up as a songwriting team. flew to Hollywood following a tremely shrewd move on the part 0 0 0 of first thoughts. "Hum pty Dump­ Saturday night performance, Kenton Label Judy Clark, who was featured made a screen test at Metro, was ty Heart" proved Hank's smash. with Gene Autry on his last per­ signed and flew back to New Like hiS pal, Tennessee Ernie, sonal appearance Four, gets the York. He gets a five week leave Says "Thanks” Hank is ready to go huntin.g or costarring role with Kirby Grant from the show to make "Family fishing at the drop of a station On "Jump for Joe," the flip on KTSL's "S inging Rails" TV Man" for the studio . . . Bambi wagon. He's also a p ilo t, still side of Stan Kenton's current rec­ show. Linn joins Phil Silvers in Johnny ord "Laura," is the note, "Dedi­ flies to many of his engagements 0 0 0 This is a hillbilly? It's Joy Lane Mercer's musical comedy, "Top cated to Joe Rico." For more than in spite of a crash on take off Mollie Beachboard, eleven year of KLAC-TV who sports the new Banana" . . . Vic Damone does 10 years Joe Rico o f B uffalo's at Clovis, N. M. in O ctober, 1950. old folk singer, will become a an impressive job in his motion WWOL has been an ardent Ken­ Hank and manager Jon Hitt look in Western finery. Without permanent member of Cliffie picture debut with Jane Powell ton fan. His admiration for Stan's Walked away from the crash. turning her back on her country Stone's "Hometown Jamboree" in Metro's "Rich, Young and music lead to hassles with the Jon reports th a t H ank is a cousins, Joy is moving into the show. P re tty" . . . Leo G a rib a ld i, West station, but Joe kept plugging for reader of good books and "while pop field, too. 0 0 0 Coast wrestler, has been signed Stan. "Jump for Joe, Dedicated traveling between engagements to a recording contract . . . Nat to Joe Rico" is Stan's "thankyou" Dorothy Shay will do a west­ Hank always has with him a Tennessee Ernie, C arolina Cat- "King" Cole's management is­ to a friend. book such as "How to Stop Wor- ern comedy feature of her own ten will appear in the Hollywood sued a statement saying that Jimmy McHugh runs throuc ;yin9 and Start Living," "Climb- for Universal. Chamber of Commerce's annual rumors to the effect that Nat Candy Back one of his standard composite 'n9 the Executive Ladder," etc. 0 0 0 would give up the trio to work c0 charity ball game between show for Frank De Vol who will Hank has a couple o f his ow n Writers of those hard riding as a single were untrue . . . Dick folk, the "O u t of^ This W orld Candy Candido returns to rec­ duct the program at the Ho! Junes ready to ride a ga in . They're Gene Autry saddle operas are Haymes goes to Korea in Sep­ Series." Bob Hope and Gary ords on a novelty version of Little wood Bowl, August 11 "L°ve Thief" and "How Do You three gals: Polly James, Betty tember . . . Georgia Gibbs off to Jack Little's "Cecelia." honors McHugh. feel." Burbridge and Elizabeth Beecher. Cccper captain opposing teams. W h e n h e r mate fails 10 if$,Finis The Doctor tries to pacify his new bride by The mad Doctor sees a solution to his d iffi­ ¡s n e rv o u s . She wind through telling her how im portant his work is. He culties. He has been attempting to graft th e cavernous appro« Doctor's even offers to give her one of his early fail­ male Hawaiians to guitars, but now realizes o n c ie n l house. Suddenl» linlolhe ures. Finis remains an unregenerate anfi- the blood of a gently bred young lady may la b o ra to ry to find thei icing the Yivisectionist. She threatens to report the do the trick. Suspicious of the doctor from from another world! cause o f science. She« nek. Doctor to the police. the beginning, Gregory breaks in abruptly.

Mary Ford Lindy Doherty Red Doif a s a s a s r. L. Paulenstein, Finis Tinkle Gregory Hertz Justice of the G regory and the Doc'*" ‘ o wild 4.D., Ph.D., ARA. P e a c e struggle, Crafty ondo(|ll!!|0f never fa ils to take an unfair» ias its ow n resource». battle ebbs and flows. one last surge of righi« «

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Rough Road Between ’w a y k > a c k w h e n Pro Status, Stardom In one of those motion pictures about show busi­ ness there is usually a condensed hunk of time which falls between the incidents in A half-dozen bands Tom and Jim Dorsey he went out with him still are interviewed which, first, the sage talent scout He talked his w a y into a nig h t on his own. have been making the about Glenn. discovers the spot, the Copper Kettle, singing -ounds for years, trying to emu- The first M iller band was a The pic below shows the M iller struggling per­ for $£5.00 a week. On the side the late Glenn M ille r's music, flop. Bookers had little faith in band at its peak, posed while ap­ form er and, sec­ he got a* job singing for a mail has actually succeeded. For Glenn's ideas, and Miller became pearing in the motion picture ond, the few order house — an establishment much of the M iller fo rm u la had a cynical, almost bitter man be­ "Sun Valley Days" in 1941. Trum­ nervous — and which received songs from ama­ lothing to do w ith the sound his cause of their unwillingness to pets included Billy May, Ray An­ tres human — teur writers all over the country orchestra achieved. assist him get w ork. The second thony, John Best and Dale Mc- moments before and, for a price, made audition Just sit there and let us loot band started shakily, but Miller's Mickle (the other is a phony—it's Trombone-playing, spectacled opening curtain discs which were mailed back to at you. Susan Cabot had hard drive and am bition rose to in­ really Ralph Brewster of the sing­ Miller was a rare bird in the mu­ of the big show* the authors. For this chore, Fred a w o rd to say in her first big pic spired heights and finally, in ing Modernaires). Trombones sic aviary. His intelligence quo- T h e time b e - received $1.00 per side. But he ture break. She played an Indior 1939, after engagements at comprised Paul Tanner, Jim Prid- lient must have been a couple of tween these two learned to sing anything. The fo rm e r songstress will hav; Meadowbrook and Glen Island dy and Frank D'Annolfo; Chum­ dozen points above his contem ­ events is in d i­ her say in the future at Universe my MacGregor is at the piano; poraries—he was a sound money cated by a se­ where she's headed for stardor Moe Purtill on drums, Trigger Al- man, once he got into the big ries of effect shots showing re­ pert, bass, and Jack Lathrop, money; he was a remarkably hearsal, exhaustion, rehearsal, guitar. The reeds included Ernie adept judge of musicians and Glenn Miller's exhaustion and, for emphasis, re­ Caceres, Hal M cIntyre, W illie men and singers and songs; he hearsal, exhaustion. Doubtless, Page Metro Schwartz (who played the lead possessed a basic sincerity which this is accurate in some cases, or 1941 Band clarinet atop the four saxes to lelped him sock across his ideas certainly no motion picture would get the M iller sound), Tex Beneke to the masses. W ho to d a y is as imply same. Customarily, it Deal Blanked and Al Klink. The g irl is Paula ersatile, so w ell-ba la nce d , as doesn't work that way. The hard­ Plans fo r Patti Page to testfc Casino, the collegiates rallied Kelly (Marion Hutton was having was Glenn? est row to hoe is the one that a picture contract at Metro wer around, his Bluebird plates began a baby that year) and the singers runs between first professional called off when Patti's manag: First Orchestra Failed moving and the hard-working in front of Purtill's drums are Ray recognition and stardom. That's m ent and the film studio reache: There was nothing easy in his Iowan found himself leading the Eberle, Bob's brother; Hal Dick­ where the highest hopes grow, an impasse about TV. Shouldsh climb. Born in Iowa, reared in most popular ork in the world. inson, Chuck Goldstein and Bill the greatest disappointments and, have joined MG M, studio Missouri and Colorado, Glenn Miller's popularity, until he en­ Conway. often, the most bitter struggles w a n te d a "s tric tly no TV" daw started trombone a t 10, escaped tered the army four years later, There was a band — certainly to sustain, at one time, a liveli­ in the pact. Patti wanted freedon ’he University o f C olorado in '26 unquestionably exceeded the unbeatable as a dance crew. hood and a career in show biz. to w o rk in TV. When the partie; popularity of any dance band in When Miller was lost on a short Fred and so ng w rite r Bert Pel- landed In N ew Y ork w ith couldn't get together they agree: hop across the English Channel in Fred Dorian's story outlines lish rehearse. Sen Pollack. Pit jobs w ith Paul history. The records Glenn turned the procedure. A professional to drop the Technicolor test llid Ash and Red Nichols followed; out nearly every week for Blue­ December of 44 and presumed to who sings regularly for an estab­ In the course of making audi­ had been planned. Miller also recorded fre q u e n tly bird and Victor are still being be dead, officially, the smartest, lished transcription company. tion records Fred met plenty of W h ile Patti was extricating with numerous house bands. He sold. They have been pressed in most popular leader of all time Fred works as a cook at Coffee song writers. Among them were herself from the current motior became a valuable member of India and Japan and Australia slipped away into history leaving Dan's on Vine Street. He's on the the authors of "Jezebel." Fred picture-TV struggle her younger the memorable Ray N oble '35 and South Africa and many of millions still hopeful that he may late shift so he can spend his cut a disc of it which came to sister, Peggy Fowler, was wowint orchestra. A fter a p erio d w ith the musicians who performed yet return.—Dave Dexter, Jr. days Seating the Hollywood con­ the attention of the transcription them dow n Tulsa way. Peggi tract bushes. Fred's sure he'll company, and Fred had a deal. w as a big h it as the "Mysten make the grade, land with a Now, as the man says, Fred's Singer" at the Tulsa Horse Sho* major recording company and at the threshold. Does he fall in She follow s sister Patti on static climb up with the big boys. On or out? There's no doubt about KTUL w ith a program of her owr several occasions he has bagged it in Fred's mind. He knows he's KTUL fe a tu re d Patti four years. a break he figured to be the big going in. How does he know? one. But it hasn't happened. Talented people have an inner SUGAR' FOR L... When Fred came to Hollywood certainty that they're going to S ugar Chile Robinson windsi he had a little loot. Figuring he succeed. What makes it even is his H avana, Cuba playdates k wasn't going to make it right that same inner certainty of suc­ in July and flies to Britain. He away, he bought himself a bar­ cess is held by the untalented. d ebut over BBC on the 29th becue stand in San Fernando Val­ Either way, in or out, Fred opens in Glasgow on the ’ ley. The stand went under taking Dorian is living the time between, Follow ing the Glasgow e"; Fred's roll. the hard row. m ent he moves to London. PAGE 12 CAPITOL NEWS CAPITOL N EW S PAGE 13

DJ’s Switch To Television j o c K e y By MERRILYN H AM M O ND

JOCK FRONTS ORK The honorable brotherhood of disc jockeys, an Bill Wright of W SGN, B irm ing­ An a ll-N eg ro show featuring institution of scarcely more than twenty-five years, ham, Alabama joined the station DJ Joe Adam s, is being presented ¡s faced with the possibility of less than tw o DIGNITY FOR DOLLARS weekly by KTIV, being relegated to a minor role years ago after Dumont affiliate. in the entertainment world. If, as Jim Hawthorne, who got his studying at the start as a zany record spinner in " I know I need many of the show world prophets H i School for Ra- various indie stations around a different ap. claim, radio becomes a mere sup­ ^ dio Arts at the L. A. He b ro a d ­ proach on TV- plement of television then the r University of I'm very cold casts nightly Alabama. The disc jockey programs will sink front of the and of fe rs a pleasant kind of too, though deejays will prob­ cameras - and once - a - w eek, f t . / work available ably command an even greater that's what I' half - hour TV to deejays is percentage of future radio. At working on. shot. "I'm get­ demonstrated the moment many established don't intend to stick strictly to ting away from by Bill's ap ­ jockeys are being given their day N egro ta len t; I used Stan Kenton the screwball pointment as personal announcer in television. While the vast ma­ as my first guest. I want my audi­ type," he as­ jority are not professional actors, ences to expect anything." 10 Yolande Betzbe, Miss America poise, facility in speech, person­ serts. ''Y ou of 1950. He was by her side at know I'm changing so I can gain COM MUNITY BENEFITS ality are the characteristics which 011 the major festivities. Bill also have proven most necessary to the mass commercial appeal. Rec­ A very busy guy, Al Jarvis works with the "Teen Talent ords have to be relegated to late transcribes his six-a-week radio TV performers. And plenty of Roundup," a civic sponsored tal­ Gisele MacKenzie, Dotty O'Brien and Helen O'Connell (L-R) plague shows on TV. I would like to go record shows deejays are loaded with that ent quest held each year. On Yogi Yorgesson who's "Yust about to go nuts." to the companies and arrange to and su pp lie s stuff. A hasty Hollywood survey from 11 to m idnight six nights a of those who are televised re­ film old records. Not re-record only live TV pro­ week in addition to working as veals as many opinions as ap­ them, use the same music to re­ grams, both ot staff announcer, Bill finds time proaches. Here's what some of create a nostalgic mood. Nostal­ K L A C . I inter­ Kenton Sets the Deejays have to say: gia hits all mediums of people view fro m 200 lo emcee the Alabama Theatre's on TV and it would be a good to 200 people Saturday morning "M ickey Mouse HONESTY PAYS OF idea to do this with old records." week a n d hire Club." "Innovations” ta len t. I've go! Sophisticate Gene Norman, STILL IN THE DARK The Stan Kenton "Inno­ with Warners' station KFWB as the age bracket KFWB deejay, Pete Potter, who Jerry Crocker of WCUE, Akron, a jock five nights a week, tied of 3 0 and up vations in Modern Music, hops between a daily record interested in everything from ra­ Ohio, is earnestly in search of II" has been definitely set for in with Snader show and a three-night-a-week cial issues to passing a new nor something new the fall. Present plans call for an Telescrip t i o n s Nicholas Brodszky, composer TV program for cotics law in California. Disc in the way of opening in Municipal Auditorium, a n d NBC's TV of "Be My Love," was scoring a the CBS video jockeys have killed records b| deejay shows. St. Louis, 4 Oct. to be fo llow ed outlet in Holly­ picture 17 years ago in Vienna. station, utilizes p la y in g them so much. Television H e h a s even by a two day stand in Chicago wood. "I left He worked with a 75 piece or­ disks and inter­ should bring back the tried broadcast­ on October 5, 6. The tour w ill television alone chestra all day recording the mu­ views in televi­ business stronger than ever." ing underwater. cover a two month period. Nego­ until the right sic he had w ritten. Brodszky sion. "I might (Capitol records, tiations are now under way with deal came CLOUDY PICTURE tho u gh t he had finished when call myself the according to the Hollywood Bowl Association along. I have Off for the summer, but plan­ suddenly the producer asked, delinquent of Jerry's forced to switch the closing date from always felt un­ ning three shows in the fall, "What about that thunder storm TV because I endorsement, re­ scene?" Assuming that thunder December to September and less there was a visual gimmick, don't know very A nson, KFWB disc jock, look? main crisp to the and lightning needed no musical launch "Innovations" in L. A. records were for radio. The Sna­ much about it, even in the y,ear gloomily at last groove.) accompaniment, Brodszky had Essentially the same 40 piece der Telescriptions, revolving I've been on. Records, I think, whole TV setup. Jerry emcees his not w ritte n anything. The scene orchestra which played the "In­ around records, were what I was will be played more on TV if " I can't see ho» own show three had to be scored immediately. novations, .1" tour will play the waiting for. These films flopped someone gets a good visual idea. TV w ill ever hours d a ily . He Brodszky turned to the orchestra. concert stages. It is the a ug ­ on another station because they My aim is to do a good live help records, or likes oddball stunts. His under- "Go to page 20 of the music and mented Kenton dance band which were trying to pass them off as musical show embodying all anything. I*! w°ter gag took place a t the Yan- play everything backward until is heard on "Stan Kenton Pre­ a live vaudeville show. I intro­ kinds of American music. A lot killed every kind ^e Inn, local night spot, and I say stop." The critics raved sents" and "Innovations in Mod­ duce them and talk informally of new singers will be discovered o f business. Jerry took the dive to intervie w about the eerie effect the music ern Music" albums. about the entertainer or have an through video. TV has already Only time fa Divena," billed as "queen of the gave the scene and praised Rehearsals start in early Sep­ occasional guest. Maybe I still helped establish even names like record shows is aclua tease." What Divena said Brodszky as a startingly original tember. Gene Howard, former prefer radio, though—it's become Frankie Laine, Godfrey and Toni in the daytim e because there are composer. Kenton vocalist, will hit the road sort of an invalid these days." Arden. TV gets credit from Variety no good TV programs then. ^ ,0 Jerry underwater is not print- Irving Hoffman in as advance man fo r the tour. The Gene is screened five evenings a for helping Dean and Jerry's big continue to do comedy bits, pro­ a*3'8' but it's a safe bet she week on NBC-TV. program Is now being set. drawing power." duce, sing and emcee." c'°imed the whole thing was art. "The Hollywood Reporter." popular hits

No. 1592 WISH I HAD NEVER SEEN SUNSHINE,” "JOSEPHINE” Les Paul & Mary Ford 1449 "TOO YOUNG,” “THAT’S MY GIRL" Nat “ King” Cole 1451 “HOW HIGH THE MOON,” "WALKIN' AND WHISTLIN' BLUES” Les Paul & Mary Ford 1704 "JUMP FOR JOE," “ LAURA” Stan Kenton No. 1710 "COME ON-A MY HOUSE," “ HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME" Kay Starr 1728 “ HUMORESQUE,” “ THE SONG IS ENDED” Nellie Lutcher "I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN," “THAT'S MY BOY” Stan Freberg 1727 “TEN LITTLE BOTTLES IN THE SINK," “ OKMNX" Mel Blanc 1711 1726 “TENNESSEE BLUES,” "1 CANT FORGET" Dinning Sisters & Garber 1717 "VIRGIN OF THE SUN GOD," "LURE OF THE UNKNOWN LOVE” Yma Sumac 1725 "IF YOU’RE GONNA LOVE ME, LOVE ME," "THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE” B. Eberly & H. O'Connell 1587 "1 LOVE THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE," "SENTIMENTAL FOOL" The Four Knights 1724 “LUNA MEZZO MARE,” “GO GO GO GO” Dean Martin 1501 “ SONG OF DELILAH,” “ BECAUSE OF RAIN" Nat “King" Cole 1723 ” 1 LOVE THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE,” “ YOU BLEW OUT THE FLAME” Ray Anthony 1567 "OCEAN OF TEARS," “YOU’RE MY SUGAR" Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie 1722 "FAIRYLAND," "JOLIE JACQUELINE” Glsele Mackenzie 1373 "MOCKIN’ BIRD HILL,” “CHICKEN REEL" Les Paul & Mary Ford 1719 “THE HUNKIE MAN,” "THE GREEN GRASS GROWS ALL AROUND" Sugar Chile Robinson 1702 “ GOOD MORNING, MR. ECHO,” “RIVER ROAD TWO-STEP" Margaret Whiting 1718 "BORSCHT RIDERS IN THE SKY,” “ SHE'LL BE COMING 'ROUND THE KATZKILLS” Mickev Katz 1594 "THE MORNINGSIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN," "MOON, JUNE, SPOON” Jan Garber 1716 "LA BOTA,” "CASTLE ROCK” Dave Barbour 1715 “ KEEP ON DOIN' WHAT YOU'RE DOIN',” "RAIN IS THE TEARDROPS OF ANGELS" The Jubalaires 1714 “ PUT ALL YOUR KISSES IN AN ENVELOPE,” "MELINDA" Jan Garber 1712 “ LOVE IS SUCH A CHEAT," “ THE ONE FOR ME" Mel Torme I on western and country music 1707 “WALKIN' AND WHISTLIN’ BLUES,” “WHO AM 1?” The Four Knights what's 1706 "IN THE PINES,” "CHICKASAW MOUNTAIN” Lou Ella Robertson 1705 "OL' MAN RIVER,” “ON A SUNDAY AT CONEY ISLAND” Gordon MacRae 1730 “EMPTY HANDS, EMPTY HEART, EMPTY POCKETS," “THE PLAYER PIANO BOOGIE” Deuce Spriggens 1703 “ IN THE COOL, COOL, COOL OF THE EVENING,” “ BONNE NUIT" Dean Martin 1729 "I’M NOT IN LOVE, JUST INVOLVED," "ROSES REMIND ME OF YOU"______Eddie Dean 1599 "PEOPLE ARE FUNNY," "POOL” Red Ingle Roy Hogsed 1721 “FREE SAMPLES," “ I WISH I WUZ" ______1598 “WHO SENDS YOU ORCHIDS?” “ YOU LOCKED MY HEART" Mel Torme Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan 1597 “JUKE BOX BOOGIE,” "SAILOR’S BLUES” "YOU’LL NEVER KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE LONELY," “ THE BEAT O’ MY HEART” Bob Eberlv Jimmy Lee “KNOCKING ON YOUR FRONT DOOR,” "GO AHEAD ANDJTCT 1596 “ HOW MANY TIMES (CAN 1 FALL IN LOVE)," “ BACOA" Les Baxter “TEXAS BOOGIE," “ TRIFLIN' WOMAN (YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN)"______Gene O'Quin 1589 “ MAMA DON’T ALLOW IT," "BREEZE (BLOW MY BABY BACK TO MF)” Julia Lee Carl Butler 1588 "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME," “ HARMONY RAG" Pete Daily’s Chicagoans “NO TRESPASSING,’’ "LINDA LOU” Tex Williams 1586 “ MY MAGIC HEART,” “ SO FAR, SO GOOD" Peggy Lee “BLACK STRAP MOLASSES (WHEAT GERM BREAD)," “LOVE AND DEVOTION” Eddie Kirk 1585 “ EVERLASTING,” “ THE END OF A LOVE AFFAIR" Margaret Whiting "DRIFTING TEXAS SAND," “ ALONE IN A TAVERN" ...... 1584 Eddie Dean “THE WORLD IS MINE (TONIGHT),” "VANITY" Les Baxter "LET ME HOLD YOU WHEN YOU'RE BLUE," ” 1 MARRIED THE GIRL”______1583 "PRETTY EYED BABY," "MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR” Statesmen Quartet Ray Anthony WANNA BE READY," "LISTEN TO THE BELLS” 1579 "DARK IS THE NIGHT (C'EST FIND," "1 CAN SEE YOU” Mary Mayo Tex Ritter 1578 1581 “WEARIN' OUT YOUR WALKIN’ SHOES” "THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EV'RY HEARTACHE," “ DREAM TRAIN” Jan Garber Leon Payne "A MILLION YEARS AGO,” “LONELY AND BLUE OVER SOMEONE" 1577 “ EASY TALK," “ STRAWBERRY TEARS" Dinning Sisters Boots Faye & Idaho Call 1572 “THE SINFUL SONG," “THE WALTZ OF THE WIND" 1576 “ L’AMOUR TOUJOURS (TONIGHT FOR SURE),” "1 DON'T MIND" Bob Crosby 1571 “TEN THOUSAND MILES (AWAY FROM HOME),” "I COULD LOVE YOU BABY” Jenks Carman 1575 “ HOW D'YA LIKE YOUR EGGS IN THE MORNING," “WE NEVER TALK MUCH” Martin & O'Connell 1574 "BELIEVING YOU," "ONE DANCE WITH YOU” Ray Anthony "BLESS YOUR LITTLE OL’ HEART (YOU’RE MINE).^“TODAY I’M MOVIN’ OUT"------Skeets McDonald Oklahoma Sweethearts 1569 “ FORGETFUL,” “THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO” Lindy Doherty ■564 “CALL ME SWEETHEART,” "DON’T STEAL DADDY'S MEDAL' 1568 "WONDER WHY,” “ MINE AND MINE ALONE" Helen O'Connell 1563 "IT’S BARGAIN DAY (IN BROKEN HEARTS),” "I CAN'T T E JlJ4YJlEARTJHAn------Jimmie Skinny 1566 Jess Willard “ HOPPY, TOPPER AND ME," “THIS LITTLE PIGGIE WENT TO MARKET" Margaret Whiting 1562 “HONKY TONK HARDWOOD FLOOR," “ HANG ON THE BALL AND CHAIN” 1565 “ MY BROTHER," "EARLY AMERICAN" Nat “ King” Cole Joe Allison 1553 “LET ME GIVE YOU A CLUE," "DOMINO GAL” 1554 1 LL NEVER DO A THING TO HURT YOU,” "DON'T BE LONELY" Jimmy Wakely Zeke Manners 1525 1552_yT>ATINS^AND LACE," "THERE'S A_RAINBOW IN THE SKY"______“ SHANGHAI," “THAT NAUGHTY WALTZ” Bob Crosby "Big Bill” Lister 1551 “THE LITTLE HOUSE WE BUILT (JUST O’ER THE HILL)," “ COUNTRYFIET

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In 6tan s absence, Nat "King" Cole presents the Kenton a w a rd s fo r g olfin g deejays who topped the lists in the Chicago tourney. Ace club w ie lde rs are (L - R): Sid Fohrman, WIND, WGN-TV; Fred Reynolds, WGN; Ed Roberts, WGN-TV, and Don Hassler, WENR.