East Takes To DOWH BtAT Western Music By BILL MORGAN Oklahoma City —Growing inter­ Ex-Governor Jimmy Davis in town for Decca session . . . est in live appearances of western Jean Shepard and Ferlin Huskey also cut for Captitol . . . bandb. especially those which fea­ George Morgan did a session for Columbia just before de I had ture pop a* well as western type Brill Bui music, was seen in a five-day parting for Hollywood for three weeks. Morgan is transcrib­ but my trip recently completed by Hank ing his Robin Hood show and doing’’1’?— “ — - — Mish-Mus SMALL TALK Thompson. Tour opened in Wash­ personal appearance b double soandtrack ia Panamarrv- and Act I, Act II, and Act III. Thi* ington, D.C., where more than 10,­ Bill Monroe did a Columbia Where ya 000 paid admissions were chalked is the first time this has been dons -*MSion, as did Jimmy Dickens. in the country music field. Snow’s “Gettin Canada’s report of 20 percent increase in C&W record sales up in Constitution Hall. Total at­ Monroe cut Changing Partners, I said, “ is plowin’ up more good pasture that will seed even better also bringing out an all-guitar tendance for the five days passed count' instrumental album called Coun­ Holiday.” boxoffice there. The upswing in all parts of the U.S. was the 25,000 mark. with the Carlisles first solo cut try Pickin’ (no singing). “Billie I lighted by one Chicago BMIer as' Thompson, who has made recent and release, Hello to the Blues is Joyce Moore, relatively os« artist, I being du« to the new country appearances on the Kate Smith showing up well all over . . . Red singer in the country field, jut records. aong materia) that was no longer Folksy TV show, as well as several other Foley made his first tour in completed tour with Hank Thotnti being turned down by pop jocks. ijast-to-cua-it video programs. wi’J months out West with Ernest jon . . . Adlai Stevenaon will be The j are forced to review it due appear as one of the featured at­ Tubb. principal speaker at Jimmy Rod to jukebox exposure, and when Music tractions at the Music Operators Two »1 WSM’s top announcers gers’ memorial celebration on Na­ Bing opened his TVer with ‘Y’all of America convention in Chicago are collaborating on songs, Ernie tional Hillbilly Day, May 26 at “Len, 1 Come, many who were checking By Hinton Bradbury in March. Keller and Bill Carrigan. They Meridian, Miss. Eddie Hill just Mitch sa; th» new C&W -eleuse, knew just Several ranking artists Victor artists now scheduled are air» ndy have tunes out by Kitty signed a new contract with RCA wrote it. where to grab for it. I heir mut: Eddy Arnold, Curtis Gordon, Min- Wells and Bill Monroe . Ernest Victor Minnie Pearl has a fore I co, be about six covers on the original from Nashville, as well as the nie Pearl, Chet Atk ins, Vranupa Tubb starts NBC show first Fri­ new RCA Victor release pockets I Duff verst or west coast, have recently con­ Jones, Johnnie and Jack, The day in March in the old Eddy Brasfield just returned from sheet of The first sleeper of the year— tacted Horace Logan about a Davis Sisters, and Charlene Arnold spot. Goldie Hill will ap­ spending a couple of pleasant days out for some time—Release Me, 50,000 watt Arthur. Staging the Caravan will pear on the show with Tubb . . . ■ >n the coast entertaining nt a by J. Heap, is heap big. Business KWKH’s Saturday night Louisi­ be Col. Tom Parker, Steve Sholes, Hank Brow’s first release with ths district meeting for the National to general is heap big, and top ana Hayride. This is thi big show and Bob McCluskey. new dual guitars recorded on Life and Insurance Co. names country over are in the on which Webb Pierce, Jim Reeves, Skeets McDonald (Capitol) has hottest contention for big records Carolyn Bradshaw, Ginny Wright, personal apearance commitments since November. Real healthy. Mitchell Torok, and many others which will keep him in Canada PERSONAL NOTES — Visited got first real show expt Hence and the Northwest for most of Cincinnati. Saw the Hayride Logar says KWKH would never Feburary and March ... In At­ gang Kay Bre*er and husLand consider a national publicity and lanta every morning, the singing Herb (formerly National Bam advertising campaign to promote composer Zeke Clements greets Dance) light up the stage. Bonnie thousands of his follov.cn on1 Lou stil. selling out and Charlie “We like national publicity,” he WSB radio and then comes back Gore gaining mob end mon fans said, “and welcome all for our in the afternoon for his own show . . . Mary Jane Johnson and my­ show, but we deal in good talent n WSB-TV. On Saturday nights I self thank the umpteen folks fir which is dependable and we do WSB beams his C&W deejay show the congratulate!? wires on our not go in for things which are into many states. He still finds opening at the Sirloin Room of sensational. The south and south­ time for personal appliances central west love our ehow, and now all and writing songs ... In Mobile, time it’s 10:05 til 11 p.m. Satur­ of America is hearing it on the Ala., ut WKAB and WKAB-TV, days. It’s d.j. and interviews and network every three weeks, and Tom and Jack have a daily show when talent travels this way, let us we are groving on a firm foun­ which astounds the industry with know. We just began a new TVer dation. We’re getting big slow, a Hooper which is consistently on Chicap WBBM cahti Tub-n and we wont it that way,” he around 36 to 40 ... In Nashville and Country Song Round-Up. The added. the talk is that veteran deejay cost include« the Meadowlarks for One of Hollywood’s few active Hugh Cherry has a book soon to singing and the Villiagers for cowboy movie stars, Rex Allen, is be ready for the presses which tells playing. We sing songs of the top under contract at Republic for the country music story from 10 in the midwest area Down two more years. The Decca re- Jimmy Rogers to Jimmy Boyd, Beat help* the survey. It’s C&W enrding artist begins work Feb. but that it will be presented in only and guests, let as know . . . 15 on his newest film, Thundering fiction. Hugh is a guy who smiles Jin Lowe (Gambler’s Guitar. Wagon Wheels. when he punches, and holds noth­ originally a country boy turned During February RCA Victor’s ing back He said “No comment C»p, is setting persona! dates for “Country Caravan” will hit the now” when I asked about the book, arch. 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