200 Name Bands Offer Services! Orks Will Play 4M S. Dearborn, Chicago. Illinois Interni at ueond daw matti r Odokur t, IMS. at the pod office nt I Sirapv, rilinou a*<f. the Aet of March I, liti. Copyright Hit. By Down Beat Publùhing Co., ¡ne. $*bacrllptla« prie««. >3 0C a taar 1« tha United Watai; M-W <» Canada (Canadian Dollar«; 00 auawbara Down Boat I» published fwu:a monthly Printed 1« U.S.A. Roglsterad U.S. Fat. Office. For USO AHairs New York—More than 200 “name” hand* in every section NO. 25 CENTS VOL. 9, 2 CHICAGO, JANUARY 15, 1942 of the United States have volunteered services to the U. S. O. for entertainment of soldiers, sailors and marines in army ramp* and naval 'talion* throughout the land, it Comes Through revealed Blues Shooter Killed After last week by Walter Hoving. U. S. O. president. With a Baby Boy In what is undoubtedly theetribution. “serving the men who largest------ . «“organization----------:——»” ever to serve,” it was necessary to break existing contracts in many -pots Waxing ‘Hearseman Blues’ take place in the band indus­ and to waive stringent union rules. try, the bandleaders accepted by ONAH SPENCER The largest factor in making this Hoving’s appeal for help by possible was the cooperation of Chicago—Less than one month after he recorded Give Me wire within 12 hours after James C. Petrillo, president of the Flowers While I’m Livin’ and Hearse man Blues, Peetie AFM, who served actively on the they were approached. Each committee which made the ar­ Wheatstraw, famous blues Kinger, was killed when the car in leader, moreover, agreed to pay rangements These organizations, expenses (traveling and mainte­ which he and two others were%ide8 are Workin’ on the Project, too, in the band-booking business, riding was struck by a passenger nance) himself, at no cost to the Doin’ the Beet I Can and SOI Blues. made possible the circuit through train. The accident occurred in men in the service who will bene­ their 100 per cent cooperation: Peetie is survived by his wife, fit by “in the flesh” performances. St. Ixniis, Dec. 21- Lizzie Bunch. General Amusement Corporation, Wheatstraw, whose real name Booker« M-o Helping Music Corporation America, was William Bunch, was known by To complete this patriotic con- (Modulate to Page 20) his own descriptive titles as The Devil’s Son in-law and the High Sheriff of Hell. Born thirty-six On the Cover years ago in Little Rock, Ark., The Bobby Byrne Lilli«* Thea­ “Bridges Not a Communist” Wheatstraw started recording blues ter und Music for Special Orca- for Decca as early aa 1926 and it «ion* group puned for the tableau was estimated that Peetie had cut on Down Beat's cover. The Byrne some 400 »ides to date. He origi­ ork 1* rurrentb at Chicago'« Won’t Be Beported nated the long shout “whooee” Hotel Sherman. The uctora from used by so many blues singers to left tu right by CARL CONS day nnd with his singing played Bobby's brother and saxophon­ either guitar or piano ist: Walt McGuffin, trombone The West Coast labor leader Harry’ Bridges, who was held Wheatstraw was one of the few player; Dick Farrrl, drums, vo­ subject to deportation as an alien and a Communist party blues chanters to stay on wax cali*! Dorothy Claire and bos* throughout the depression along Bobby. Pic by Rudy Feist idea member in 1937 by Examiner Charles B. Sears, has won an with such stars as Bessie Smith by Eddie Reaumonte. appeal from the deport order. and LeRoy How Long, How Long Carr. A few of his better known Sears had held that Bridges, a subject of Australia and as a member of an organization advocating the overthrow of the United States government by force or violence, was PURE BUNK!" CRIES BEN New lurk—It’« a boy fur the subject to deportation. Charlie Barnet*. The youngster arrived Dec. 27 at Doctor«’ Hos­ The 4-Man Immigration Appeah^that Democracy is still working in pital in Manhattan und weighed Board unanimously reversed the this war emergency, and though “Through As a Leader? Not order, finding that “Bridges had we felt Bridges was both five pound« «tripped and deliv­ guilty ered. never been affiliated with the Com­ and unpatriotic, we hereby reverse munist party after entering the our decision according to the The mother is the former U. S. and that at the time he was Harriet Clark, who last year democratic procedure of sifting Me,” Pollack Proclaims a member of the I.W.W., that or­ truth for the sake of justice to all sang with the Burnet band and ganization did not advise, advocate the Sonny Dunham orchestra. We hope that if Harry Bridges lot* Angele*—"Bunk.” «aid Ben Pollack, in reply in the report cir- or teach the unlawful, damage, It'* her first baby, and al pres* feels in his heart that his future culuted here that he had finally given up the baton for good und hail injury or destruction of property time no name hud hc«n official­ belongs to labor in America that retired a* a leader to become an agent and “bund builder.” or sabotage or circulate printed he immediately apply for U. S. ly cho»eti. The father flew in matter advocating such.” “This story got uround,” «aid Ben to the Beat man. "Because I hitp­ from Ohio when informed of citizenship and becomes one of us. Democracy Mill Working pened to drop some remarks tof hi* *on'« arrival. He has surely found that Do Jack Teagarden, Harry James and mocracy works. th« effect that when I quit as a ' Other noted bandleader* who Dou n Beat is gratified to know othei well known musicians, stated leader I would , have Im father* that his band had been temporarily ¡MM become a ‘band month* M oody Herman. taken over by Chico Marx, who builder’- but I , Vaughn Monro«, Horae■e Heidi. Johnny Long Hires Carter Writes Negro was appearing with it in a series L am not through Inn Santi. lx-* Brown. Raymond of theater dates at this writing. Scot! and Mitchell Ayre*. Saxist Brad Moon Martial War Song May Organise 802 Banti The veteran New York—Johnny Long has put New York—Benny Carter is the bandleader, who Pollack revealed that early in Brud Moon, tenor saxist, into his first colored composer come organized the January he planned to go to New band, replacing Ted Nash. Moon, through with a war song. Titled hand that later York to readj a band of Local 802 Thorny Gets playing his first Eastern job. hails Harlem on Parade, it is dedicated became the nu­ members for Chico’s eastern dates. from the Rudy Bundy, Wally to the Negro boys in the U. S. cleus of the In spite of Ben’s comment, the Donny Polo Stoeffler and Hugh McPherson armed Redd Evans cob present Bob feeling here is that if the Marx labbed with Benny on the tune, Crosby band brother clicks as a band front and Pollack and who is decides to stick with the music For Faz Spot credited with business, Ben Pollack will stick New York—Claude Thornhill is the discovery of Benny Goodman, with Chico as a personal manager. Goodman Learns of his Poll Victory using Danny Polo as featured clari­ netist in the Thornhill band, now on tour, since Irving Fazola left t? Judge Baps Brewer’s Songs go with the Muggs} Spanier ork at Arcadia Ballroom here. Polo, an Indiana boy like Thorn­ hill, left Jack Teagarden’s band to As Ex-Con Admits Murder go with Claude. New York — Clinton Brewer, twice-convicted murderer, Nick Fatool, drummer, also is out of the Thornhill ork. He was heard a judge sentence him to life imprisonment here recent­ replaced by Lou Fromm from ly, and he never batted an eyelash. But when a probation Teddy Powell’s unit. Fatool joined officer described the music Brewer wrote as “unoriginal, Jan Savitt. Johnny Fresco is in on sexless and elementary,” Brewer flared up angrily. tenor sax for Hammond Russum. Fresco, a Dutch boy, has been in Brewer, who was freed from' probation officer, told the judge prison last summer and paroled that Brewer “had no feeling for America two years now and has New York—Benny Goodman, left, officially notified of hia because he had shown some ability, the interpretation of present day worked with Ben Pollack and winning the Down Beat poll («wing bund division) on Station WMCA’« behind bars, in writing songs, music, and that Brewer’s songs Harry James. He’s playing most "Plalterbrain*” program two weeks ago. Shown above with Dave were unoriginal, sexless and ele- of the hot with Thornhill. killed Mrs. Wilhemina Washing­ Dexter, Jr., the New York editor of the Beat} I.ronurd Feather. British mentary.” Brewer crushed Marty Blitz is Thornhill’s new ton in a Harlem apartment house. when he heard that. bassist, replacing Harvey Cell, and jazz authority, and Milton Gabler, hot record expert, Benny heard the Hr pleaded guilty to a second de­ Brewer before his parole last Marty Berman joined in place of good new* a* "Platterbrains” took the air with Bob Bach etnseeing gree murder charge. Judge Jonah summer had served 19 year.- of a Dale Brown on alto. The draft is The program, one of the favorite musician show* in New York, is life sentence. Count Basie recorded tearing holes in Thornhill’s per­ J. Goldstein last week sentenced sponsored by Crawford Clothe*. Guest arti*t« appear each week and one of his tunes, titled Stampede sonnel and Claude has been endur­ ’hit» to 40 years to life in Sing in G-Minor for Okeh.