spotlight on rhythm and blases THE BILLBOARD FEBRUARY 4, 1956 REG MARSHALL AGENCY 1519 Crossroads of the World Hollywood Major Agencies Booking JOHNNY ROBINSON AGENCY RHYTHM -BLUES NOTES 1645 N. LaBrea By PAUL ACKERMAN Los Angeles Take a look at the best -selling sus! blues chanter- gbhnny Cook. Rhythm & Blues Talent SHAW ARTISTS CORP. pop chart this week -virtually half Good Inck's the word! Happy 565 Fifth Avenue of the disks are covers of rhythm Harold Globenfelt, ÍCGST, Fresno, New York 17 and blues records -or in some cases Calif., has taken over the "House ASSOCIATED BOOKING MILTON DEUTSCH AGENCY Faye Adams the original r. &b. versions. It of Blues" show, formerly handled shows r. medium has by Kay. CORPORATION 9157 Sunset Boulevard Annisteen Allen the &b. stay- Andy Globenfelt is on ing power and stability as an in- seven days a week -the only r. &b. m745 Frith Avenue Los Angeles Sue Allen The Barons gredient in the pop business. In deejay in the area with such a New York GALE AGENCY INC. Oscar Black addition to those on the charts, heavy schedule. Kay has switched The Dominos (Billy Ward) 48 West 48th Street Richard Berry there are quite a few others known to c.&w. and pop shows.... Bob The Flamingos New York 36 Otis Blackwell to be selling strongly in the pop Monroe, WCAM, Camden, N. J., Freddie Mitchell Ork R. &B. Charles Brown market even tho they have not yet picking up new listeners with his The Platters Lavern Baker Olive Brown made the pop chart. all night show (midnight to 6 a.m.) and has grabbed off several addi- Dinah Washington The Bonnie Sisters Ruth Brown The national Solomon Burke r. &b. best- tional sponsors.... Mercury cars Tommy Brown selling this week has BUFFALO BOOKING AGENCY The Cardinals chart has joined George Bannister's show 2807 Milt Buckner Trio two new entries -the Cloven' Erastus Street Savannah Churchill over WBUD, Trenton, N. J. Houston 28 The Cedillacs disk of "Devil or Angel" on Clef Tones Choker Campbell Joe Hathcock has replaced Bud Marie Adams The Counts Atlantic and B. B. King's Hall at WLAY, Muscle Shoals, Edgar Blanchard Ray Charles "Crying Won't Help" on RPM. Larry Darnell Charlie and Ray Ala. He programs his r. &b. "Band- Bobby Bland The Delltones The Clover's disk, it is certain, wagon" show every weekday after- Billy Brooks The Charms is moving with tremendous The El Dorados noon and in addition does a nightly Gatemoutlt Brown Clifton Chennier power - for it jumped right The Drifters Billy Clark r. &b. and pop show. Harold Conner The Fi Tones into fifth place. Earl Forest The Cloven Ella Fitzgerald Cooper Brothers Sol Rabinowitz and Lou Sprung, Joe Fritz The Four Fellows very enthu- B. B. King The Dandeliers of Baton Records, are FOLK TALENT The Four Guys The Dard -Mer -Ky Trio siastic over initial reaction to their Earl (Guitar) King Roy Hamilton Mike" Paul Monday Billy Davis side by "Big Gordon, titled AND TUNES The Ilarptones Margie Day "(Ho Ho Ho) 7tru Don't Love Me Junior Parker Wynonie Harris The Sultans The Diablos Any More." page Screaming Jay Hawkins Bo-Diddley Continued from 53 Willie Mae Thornton Two major clubs in the Al Hibbler Floyd Dixon bessman, flew up to Carl Van Moon r. &b. field have arranged with Spring- Bubber Johnson Bill Doggett field Mo., last to Shaw Artists for late winter weekend be Earl King Fats Domino on hand when his protege, 1rY \1NNNN11w1sN,s and spring bookings. Spots Annie Laurie The Don Juans Sonny James, did his first TV are Gleason's Bar of Music in BILLBOARD BEST BUY J. B. Lenore The Five Dollars network show on his own over i Willie Mahon Cleveland and the Orchid the fabulous The Five Keys ABC via "Ozark Jubilee." Bette McLaurin The Flamingos Room in Kansas City, Mo. James' newest on Capitol, "For Artists set for Gleason's in Sarah McLawlor Trio Earl Gaines Rent," is due out this week. The Nutmegs Roy February include Little Wal- Lois Pierce, wife ANN Gaines ter, Joe Lowell of the Arthur Prysock Don Gardner Trio Turner, Ful- late Jack Pierce, showman and The Rays son and the Moonglows. In of hill- Gene and Eunice will in- booker; and part the COLEOLE Jimmie Reed Rudy Greene March the line -up billy team known as the Mur- singing Lucy Reed clude Chuck Willis, Muddy phy is now John Greer Charles and Sisters, residing in The Royal Jokers Buddy Waters, Brown, Atlanta with her 6-year -old Griffin in April the Five Keys, Bo Jimmie Rushing Guitar Slim daughter, Sondra. Al Savage Herbert Hardesty Diddley, Guitar Slim and ARE YOU The Sensations others. Orchid Room starts After several cancellations, Mary The Heartbeats with Shirley Lee Donna Hightower off February 6 the Di- Ann Johnson (NI-G \t) and Shorty Big Maybelle Smith Lynn Hope ablos and Othella Dallas and Chesser finally made it to Chicago SATISFIEDI follows with Hadda Brooks, January 19 to put each other over The Solitaires Ivory Joe Hunter b/w Bill Doggett and Roy Milton on show on WHAS - The Spiders The Jacks Redd Stewart's thru March. In April, talent TV. Miss Johnson and Chesser do DARLING, DON'T HURT ME The Spaniels Hurricane Jackscn includes Charles Brown, Ray 17 shows a week over WHAS and +215 The Sweethearts Etta James Clay Tyson Charles, Ruth Brown and WHAS -TV, Louisville, with the BREAKING BIG e Lloyd Lambert The Valentines The Leaden Fats Domino, the Turbans, Red River Ramblers. Randy Atcher IMO, HO, HO) Cedillacs and others.... Big was guestar on Stewart's Chi TVer Sarah Vaughan J. B. Lenore Bands Maybelle is due for two weeks last Thursday (26). Ed Watt, 1'olan Lewis at the Crown Propeller, Chi- booker with "Big D Jamboree," YOU DON'T WANT Sil Austin Smiley Lewis Chuck Berry cago, February 21. Dallas, is setting up packages for Memphis Slim spring tours thru West Texas. Al- ME NO MORE Rusty Bryant Amos Milburn The Birdland Stars of 1956, Bobby Charles ready set are the Wilbur Brothers b/w The Miller Sisters which kicks off at New York's and Homer and Jethro. WALKIN', SLIPPIN', SLIDIN' Willie Dixon Roy Milton Birdland February 3, will be on 5215 Erskine Hawkins The Moonglows tour dun February 26 with Sarah Bullmoose Jackson Joe Morris Vaughan, Count Basie and Joe ' "BIG MIKE" Buddy Johnson The Orioles Williams, Johnny Smith, Lester GORDON Lloyd Price C.-ris Powell Young. Bud Powell Trio, plus the A NEW Red Prysock and the Blue Flames East -West All =Stars Jazz Septet Cecil Young Jesse Powell with Al Cohn, Conti Candoli, Roy Little Welkin' Willie The Ray- O-Vacs Haines, Joe Benjamin, Henry Dor- Howling Wolf Ursula Reed ham, Phil Woods and Jimmy Rife HERALD ATTRACTIONS Pauline Rogers Joncs. 40661 South Central Ave. Gloria Smith Jimmy Smith Lavern Baker at the Show- 108 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. Los Angeles Trio boat, Philadelphia, February LABU0 The Spiders fi for one week, Beaulah Swan thence to .gym. Claudia Swann the State Theater, Hartford, The Sweethearts Conn., February 18 and 19. The Tri Tones Pearl Bailey did such great Anita Tucker business at the Howard The- The Turbans ater, Washington, the week of 1W BREAKING BIG January 13, that Joe Mars. 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