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• singer with all the asnsurY°"g projection and casua/ craftines rof an old pro but-2-what is rnosts emarkable-- because he gained "n'his rollfirst popularityr in th e rock scamble. i. Effective Mr. e Darin made it evident CRITICAL lthat h had much more to offer 1than a rock 'n'. in ACCLAI M i his recording lastroil appeayear lof i'lefack the Knife' on which followed the arrangement popu- he severallarized yearsby Louisearlier Armstrong a vocal style patternedand clos usedely on Frank Sinatra's. highly effective pe lt was a but it lef t the listenerrf ormanwonder-ce . mg how much it owed to Mr John S. Wilson hoArmstrongw mu ch toan d kr. Sinatra and New York Times , kr. Darin. .i Any doubt s that Afr. Da rin I HIS IS DARIN 'can stand up on his oW n are n. Feb. 21, 196 'dissipated by Thls Is Dapla t !grained(Atc0). se ann w excellently pro lc( 33-115 monaural t o v :linnue/ca sual,slecjeatlrPifeytisnrfalhist hYClhe :fre. n and stereo , finger-snaphOinn. The7-aaerr2he7.3:11.re thP» Kn ensi sIe w. Jr_ gave-h-; gacbkratshheil ‘. ucn of its vitality ialw Just released and present once again in the out..ie. ,ind-out rhythm numbers. but,w tios tune with obvious bor i‘v already a best seller! .i.aZ,./rowings. And Afr. Darin has the si ability In adapt his personality i" f to his material, subduing the !Wiofflipness when it would be ou, of place without sacrificing a. of the strong presence tha ‘‘Ils‘s his faster numbers btib ng. Ne has obviously learned. a lot from Adr Sinatra but the c, thing that distinguishes him e iirieoMsarnotelksresh Itre gone Jo e / MUsical peiso°n°alitsy hee hrnaasgbnuellte 7 on this solid foundation. This is h a disk that belongs with the n. Iwork of such masters of« Mr.the Sinatra.genre 63 Sing Crosby apd 8 IA "• • '....erent kind, ' t' SPRING ISSUE • MARCH 14, 1960 Editor—June Bundy ACADEMY AWARD A complete list of previous winners — 1934-1958 — and the 1959 songs WINNING TUNES nominated this year. Data includes names of writers, publishers, films and Page 49 stars. A valuable programming feature both before and after the April 4 "Oscar" presentation telecast by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. PROGRAMMING A recap of the top 30 best selling LP's, January 4 thru February 15, exclud- THE TOP LP'S ing only Christmas albums. A useful, time-saving list, which provides Page 50 complete info on all selections in each LP—titles, writers, publishers and time. R.&B.-POP A prime programming aid for jocks and juke operators—listing more than STANDARDS 200 rhythm and blues-oriented standards. Disks, originally released in the Page 59 r.&b. market from 1948 thru 1957, which continue today as solid sales and programming items in the pop field. TODAY'S TOP A practical programming guide for disk jockeys and juxe box operators, RECORD TALENT spotlighting biographical and record programming information about all Page 62 recording artists whose records appeared on the Hot 100 or Top LP Charts (excluding Christmas albums) from December thru February, plus any million-seller artist who had a singles release during the same period. 44 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRAMMING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MIN G 45 2/t4lith- ,b,-,/evnstaie;e9 ,e4, dw/le Persona gement: xclusively: 46 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MIN G MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD M i n niiirmak RYDELL ON RECORDS Come,44 KISSIN' TIME-WE GOT LOVE I DIG GIRLS LITTLE BITTY GIRL And His Current Smash WILD ONE Cameo =171 BEST SELLING ALBUM bobby rydell WE GOT e o LOVE o #1006 e RYDELL ON TV: Guest Star on Red Skelton Show By Popular Demand, Back on the Red Skelton Spectccular this Spring. Soon to Appear in his First Dramatic Role, April 21, DANNY THOMAS SHO W — CBS-TV Soon to leave for England & Australia for personal appearances & TV BOBBY RYDELL FAN CLUB: 1405 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. THE BILLBOARD MARCH 14, 1960 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MING 47 Academy Award Winning Tunes The Academy Awards, April 4, provide dee jays and juke operators with a variety of programming ideas. Here is a complete list of previous winners and 1959 nominations YEAR TUNE FILM & STARS COMPOSER(S)-(PUBLISHER) 1934 The Continental "Gay Divorcee," Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire Con Conrad-Herb Magidson Harms) 1935 Lullabye of Broadway "Gold Diggers of 1935," Dick Powell-Gloria Stuart Harry Warren-Al Dubin (Witmark) 1936 The Way You Look Tonight "Swingtime," Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire Jerome Kern-Dorothy Fields (Harms) 1937 Sweet lellani "Waikiki Wedding," Bing Crosby-Shirley Ross Harry Owens (Santly-Joy) "Big Broadcast of 1938," Bob Hope-Shirley Ross Ralph Ranger-Leo Robin (Paramount) 1938 Thanks for the Memory W, C. Fields-Martha Raye 1939 Over the Rainbow "Wizard of Oz," Judy Garland-Ray Bolger-Bert Lahr E. Y. Harburg-Harold Arlen (Feist) "Pinocchio," Cliff "Ukelei Ike" Edwards Ned Washington-Leigh Harline (Boume) 1940 When You Wish Upon a Star (dubbed voice for Jimmy Cricket) 1941 The Last Time I Saw Paris "Lady Be Good," Eleanor Powell-Ann Southern- Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II (Harms) Red Skelton 1942 White Christmas "Holiday Inn," Bing Crosby-Fred Astaire Irving Berlin (Berlin) Harry Warren-Mack Gordon (Bregman, Vocco 1943 You'll Never Know "Hello, Frisco, Hello," Alice Faye-John Payne Conn) Johnny Burke-James Van Heusen "Going My Way," Bing Crosby Rise Stevens 1944 Swinging on a Star (Burke-Van Heusen) Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II 1945 It Might as Well Be Spring "State Fair," Jeanne Crain-Dana Andrews-Dick Haymes (Williamson) 1946 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe "Harvey Girls," Judy Garland Harry Warren-Johnny Mercer (Feist) 1947 Zip a Dee Do Dah "Song of the South," Ruth Warwick-Bobby Driscoll Allie Wrubel-Ray Gilbert (Santly-Joy) 1948 Buttons & Bows "Paleface," Bob Hope-Jane Russell Jay Livingston-Ray Evans (Famous) 1949 Baby Ifs Cold Outside "Neptune's Daughter," Esther Williams-Red Skelton Frank Loesser (Frank) 1950 Mona Lisa "Captain Carey, U.S.A.," Alan Ladd-Wanda Hendricks Ray Evans-Jay Livingston (Famous) Francis Lederer 1951 In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening "Here Comes the Groom," Bing Crosby-Jane Wyman Hoagy Carmichael-Johnny Mercer (Burvan) 1952 High Noon "High Noon," Gary Cooper-Grace Kelly Dimitri Tiomkin-Ned Washington (Feist) 1953 Secret Love "Calamity Jane," Doris Day Sammy Fain-Paul Francis Webster (Remick) 1954 Three Coins in the Fountain "Three Coins in the Fountain," Dorothy McGuire- Sammy Cahn-Jule Styne (Robbins) Clifton Webb-Louis Jourdan 1955 Love is a Many•Splendored Thing "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," Jenifer Jones- Sammy Fain-Paul Francis Webster (Miller) William Holden 1956 What Ever Will Be Will Be "The Man Who Knew Too Much," James Stewart- Jay Livingston-Ray Evans (Artists) Doris Day 1957 All the Way "The Joker Is Wild," Frank Sinatra Sammy Cahn-James Van Heusen (Maraville) 1958 Gig' "Gigi," Leslie Caron-Maurice Chevalier-Louis Jourdan- Alan Jay Lerner-Frederick Loewe (Chappell) Hermione Gingold 1959 NO MINATIONS The Best of Everything "The Best of Everything," Joan Crawford-Louis Jourdan- Sammy Cahn-Alfred Newman (Miller) Hope Lange The Five Pennies "The Five Pennies," Danny Kaye-Barbara Bel Geddes- Sylvia Fine (Dena) Louis Armstrong The Hanging Tree "The Hanging Tree," Maria Schell-Gary Cooper- Jerry Livingston-Mack David (Witmark) Karl Malden High Hopes "A Hole in the Head," Frank Sinatra-Eddie Hodges. Sammy Cohen-James Van Heusen (Maraville) Eleanor Parker Strange Are the Ways of Love "The Young Land," Dennis Hopper Dan O'Herlihy• Dimitri Tiomkin-Ned Washington (Feist) Pat Wayne, Yvonne Craig THE BILLBOARD. MARCH 4 19t0 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRAMMING 49 (2;18) mills Music & ley Musir sear (Felt Weller-H. Breciks-A. Razaf); rem,. Tell Some body (2:11) Fabulous MUSiC & Aberbach Mu. sic-8MI (D. Pombus-M. Shuman); Everything Is Just Right (2:10) Debmar Pub. Cm AS( AP (R. Martucri-f. DeAngelis); Gimme a Little Kiss (1:58) ABC Music & Cromwell Music— ASCAP (R. Turk-M. Pinkard-J. Smith); Learnin' ProgrammiD g (2:25) Debmar Pub. Co.—ASCAP (R. Romano. B. Dukes) SIDE 11—Gonna Make You Mine (2:091 Rembed Pub. Co.—BMI (Gordon Galbraith); I'm Sin- the Top LP's cere (2:22) Rambed Pub. Co.—BM1 (J. Ricci- !). Riccu(ti-P. Demato); You'll Never Tame Me (1:48) Fabulous Music & Aberbach Music— BMI D. Pornus-M. Shuman); Any Ole Time (2:17) Debmar Pub. Co.—ASCAP (R. Streigis); More and more broadcasters have found LP's to be a Give (1:55) Arch Music—ASCAP (A. Schroeder, M Kalmanoff); You Excite Me (2:06) Debmar treasure trove of programming material. For their con- Pub. Co.—ASCAP (R. Marcucci-P. DeAngelis) venience and for others now looking into this source of music, here is a breakdown of the 30 best selling LP's 6. OUTSIDE SHEREY BERMAN (excluding Christmas albums) in the period between January 4 and February 15. Included is complete data (Verve MGV 15007) Various for every selection in each LP, covering title, time, writers Monologs and publisher. 7. LET'S ALL SING WITH THE CHIPMUNKS (LRP 3132) David Seville and the Chipmunks (3:49); The Lonely Goatherd (3:20); How Car 1. HERE WE GO AGAIN SIDE I—Yankee Doodle (1:54) Monarch Music Love Survive (3:02) (Capitol T 1258) Co.. Inc.—ASCAP (George M. Cohan); Chip- SIDE 11—The Sound of Music (2:51); Climb munk Fun (1:54) Monarch Music Co., Inc.— The Kingston Trio Ev'ry Mountain (3:28); No Way to Stop It ASCAP (Ross Bagdasarian); The Little Dog (1:58) Monarch Music Co., Inc.—ASCAP (Arr. SIDE I—Molly Bee (1:44) Highridge Music (3:05); An Ordinary Couple (3:35); Proces- by R. Bagdasarian); Old MacDonald Cha Cha —BMI (John Stewart); Across the Wide Mis- sional (3:49); Sixteen Going on Seventeen Cha (1:52) Monarch Music Co., Inc.—ASCAP souri (3:01) Jericho—ASCAP (Jimmy Shirl- (2:17); Edleweiss (2:07); Climb Ev ry Moun- (Arr. by R. Bagdasarian); Three Blind-(Folded) Ervin Drake); Haul Away 2:26) Highridge tain (1:37) Mice (1:15) Monarch Music Co., Inc.—ASCAP Music—BMI (Dave Guard); The Wanderer (2:28) Arr. by R. Bagdasarian); Alvin's Harmonica Flyweel Music—ASCAP (Irving Burgess); 'Round (2:40) Monarch Music Co., Inc.—ASCAP (Ross About the Mountain (2:39) Brio Music—BMI 4. SIXTY YEARS OF MUSIC Bagdasarian) (Lou Gottlieb); Oleanna (1:55) Dominion Music AMERICA LOVES BEST (RCA Corp.—BMI (Harvey Geller-Martin Seligson) Victor LM 6074) Various Artists SIDE 11—Good Morning Song (1:06) Monarch Music Co., Inc.—ASCAP (Arr. by R. Bagdaser- SIDE II—The Unfortunate Miss Bailey (2:15) SIDE I—Vesti La Giubba from "Pagliecci" ian); Whistle While You Work (1:46) Boume, Highridge—BMI (Joe Gottlieb); San Miguel (3:14) PD (Leoncavallo); Whispering (3:14) Inc.—ASCAP (F. Churchill-L. Morey); If You (2:12) Highridge—BMI (Jane Bowers); E (flu Fred Fisher & Miller—ASCAP (John Schoen- Love Me (Alouette (2:07) Monarch Music Co., Tatou E (1:52) Criterion—ASCAP (George berger); Variations on themes from "Carmen" Inc.—ASCAP (Arr. by R. Bagdasarian); Ragtime Archer); Rollin' Stone (2:30) Vivid Music— (3:25) PD (Bizet-Horowitz); Romano (2:54) Cowboy Joe (2:06) Robbins Music, Fred Fisher ASCAP (Stan Wilson); Goober Peas (2:18) High- (Gilbert-Wayne); Prelude In C-Sharp Minor Music & Alfred Music—ASCAP (L. Muir-G. ridge Music—BMI (Dave Guard); A Worried (3:25) PD (Rachmeninoff); Indian Love Call Clarke-M. Abrahams); Pop Goes the Weasel Man (2:50) Highridge Music & Harvard Mu- (3:24) Harms — ASCAP (Harbach-Hammerstein (1:16) Monarch Music Co., Inc.—ASCAP (Arr. sic—BM( (Dave Guard-Tom Glazer) II-Friml); Ave Maria (5:17) PD (Schubert) by R. Bagdasarian); The Chipmunk Song (2:19) Monarch Music Co., Inc.—ASCAP (Ross Bag- SIDE II—Minuet in G (2:15) PD (Paderewski); den rien) 2. HEAVENLY (Columbia CL Begin the Beguina (3:15) Harms—ASCAP (Por- 1351) Johnny Mathis ter); Hora Staccato (2:00) Carl Fisher—ASCAP (Dinicu-Heifetz); Jalousie (3:47) Harms — 8. THE LORD'S PRAYER (Columbia SIDE I — Heavenly (3:20) Cathyrl Music — ASCAP (Gade); Liebesfreud (3:09) Charles ML 5386) The Mormon Taber- ASCAP (Shaw-Bacharach); Hello, Young Lov- Foley — ASCAP (Kreisler); Sunrise Serenade ers (4:09) Williamson Music—ASCAP (Ham- (3:22) Jewel Music—ASCAP (Frankie Carle); nacle Choir merstein (I-Rodgers); A Lovely Way to Spend Blue Danube Waltz (4:19) PD (Strauss) SIDE I—The Lord's Prayer (3:05) Galaxy Music an Evening (4:01) T. B. Harms Co.—ASCAP Corp.—ASCAP; Come, Come Ye Saints (6:02) (Adamson-McHugh); A Ride on a Rainbow SIDE Ill—And the Angels Sing (3:10) Breg- Dr. Leroy Robertson — ASCAP (Robertson); (4:08) Robin-Styne Music Corp.—ASCAP (Rob- man, Vocco & Conn—ASCAP (Mercer-Elman); Blessed Are They That Mourn (8:30) Public in-Styne); More Than You Know (4:15) Miller Take the A Train (3:00) Tempo Music — Domain (Brahms); 0, My Father (6:02) Dr. Music—ASCAP (Eliscu-Rose-Youmans); Some- ASCAP (Strayhorn); Tchaikovsky Piano Con- Crawford Gates (Gates) thing I Dreamed Last Night (4:30) DeSylva, certo No. 1 (3:12) Maestro Music—ASCAP Brown & Henderson—ASCAP (Magidson-Yellen- (Tchaikovsky); There Are Such Things (3:24) SIDE 11—How Great the Wisdom and the Love Fain) Dorsey Bros. Music—ASCAP (Adams-Meyer- (1:32) Public Domain (Thos. McIntyre); Holy, Beer); Polonaise in A-Flat (6:20) PD (Chopin); Holy, Holy (5:50) Public Domain (Gounod); SIDE II—Mlsty (3:37) Octave Music—ASCAP Bluebird of Happiness (4:53) Harms—ASCAP 148th Psalm (4:42) M.C.P.S. Augener, Ltd.— (Burke-Garner); Stranger in Paradise (4:03) (Harmati-Heyman-Davies) ASCAP (Hoist); For Unto Us a Child Is Born Frank Music—ASCAP (Wright-Forrest); Moon- (4:13) Public Domain (Handel); David's Lam- SIDE IV—Peg o' My Heart (2:55) Feist — light Becomes You (4:04) Famous Music Corp. entation (1:38) Carl Fischer, Inc.—ASCAP ASCAP (Bryan-Fisher); Ritual Fire Dance (3:20) —ASCAP (Burke-Van Heusen); They Say It's (Billings); Londonderry Air (4:06) G. Schir- PD (Falla); Bouquet of Roses (2:33) Hill & Wonderful (3:30) Irving Berlin Music Corp.— mer, Inc.—ASCAP (Arr.: Ralph Baldwin); Battle Range — BMI (Nelson-Hilliard-Brodszky-Cahn); ASCAP (Berlin); I'll Be Easy to Find (4:00) Hymn of the Republic (4:38) Carl Fischer, Inc. Act III: Prelude of "Lohengrin (3:03) PD Johnny Mathis Music—ASCAP (Howard); That's —ASCAP (Wilhousky) All (3:51) Portrait Music Corp.—BMI (Brandt- (Wagner); Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom Haymes) White (2:57) Chappel & Co.—ASCAP (Louiguy- Leonardi-Devid); The Naughty Lady of Shady 9. THE KINGSTON TRIO AT Lene (2:47) Paxton—ASCAP (Tepper-Bennet); LARGE (Capitol T-1199) 3. THE SOUND OF MUSIC Canadian Sunset (2:52) Meridian Music & Quintet Music—BMI (Heywood); Day-0 (3:02) The Kingston Trio (Columbia KOL 5450) Shari Music—BM( (Belafonte-Burgess-Attaway) SIDE I—M.T.A. (2:58) Atlantic Music—BMI Original Broadway Cast (Jacqueline Steiner-Bess Hawes); Blow Ye Winds (1:59) Highridge Music—BMI (Dave All music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar 5. THE FABULOUS FABIAN Guard); Corey, Corey (2:06) Highridge Music— Hammerstein 11; Williamson Music (ASCAP) (Chancellor CHI. 5005) Fabian BM! (Guard-Shane-Reynolds); The Seine (2:38) SIDE I—Preludium; The Sound of Music (a:59); Flywheel Music—ASCAP (Irving Burgess); I Maria (3:19); My Favorite Things (2:46); Do- SIDE I—Remember Me (1:53) nambed Pub. Bawled (1:49) Highridge Music—BMI (Bob Re-Mi (3:50); Sixteen Going on Seventeen Co.—BM( (E. Marshall); Ain't Misbehavin' Shane) 50 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRAMMINI MARC!-1 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD SIDE II—Good News (1:58) Highridge Music— SIDE II-1'11 Remember April (2:19) Leeds— 16. OLDIES BUT GOODIES (Origi- BMI (Louis Gottlieb); Getaway John (2:35) ASCAP (Gene De Paul, Don Raye, Pat John- Highridge Music—BMI (Dave Guard); The Long son); That's the Way Love Is (2:59) Portrait nal Sound OSR-LP-5001) Black Rifle (3:01) Eastern Music—BMI (Law- —BMI (Bobby Darin); Was There a Call for Me Various Artists rence Coleman-Norm Gimbel); Early in the (3:08) Tweed-Josie—ASCAP (Woody Harris, SIDE I in the Still of the Night; Five Mornin' (2:02) Gil Music Corp.—BMI (Randy Marty Holmes); Some of These Days (2:38) Satins (3:04) Angel Music-8MI (F. Parris); Star-Dick Wolf); Scarlet Ribbons (2:15) Mills Jerry Vogel—ASCAP (Shelton Brooks); Where Earth Angel: The Penguins (2:55) Dootsie Music, Inc.—ASCAP (Evelyn Danzig-Jack 0. is the One (3:26) Famous—ASCAP (Edwin Williams, Inc.—BMI (William-Hodge-Belvin); Segal); Remember the Alamo (2:58) Vidor Finckel, Alec Wilder); That's All (2:01) Por- Eddie My Love: The Teenqueens (3:12) Modern Publications—BMI (Jane Bowers) trait—BMI (Bob Haymes, Alan Brandt) Music Co.—BMI (Collins-Davis-Ling); Tonite Tonite: The Mello Kings (2:30) Angel Music— BMI (B. Myles); Heaven and Paradise: Don 10. SWINGIN' ON A RAINBO W 13. THE KINGSTON TRIO (Capitol Julian & the Meadowlarks (2:50) Dootsie Wil- (Chancellor CHL 5004) Frankie T-996) The Kingston Trio liams, Inc.—BMI (Don Julian); The Letter: Medallions (2:50) Dootsie Williams, Inc.— Avalon SIDE I—Three Jolly Coachmen (1:45) Beech- BMI (Vernon Green) wood Music Corp., BMI (Arr. by Dave Guard); SIDE 1-5wingin . on a Rainbow (1:57) Deb- Bay of Mexico (2:49) Beechwood Music Corp. SIDE II—Let the Good Times Roll: Shirley and mar Pub. Co.—ASCAP (R. Marcucci-P. De- —BMI (Arr. by Dave Guard); Banua (1:36) Lee (2:20) Alladin Music Pub.—BMI (Leonard Angel(s); Secret Love (2:30) Robbins Music— Beechwood Music Corp.—BMI (Arr. by Dave Lee); Confidential: Sonny Knight (2:20) Pres- ASCAP (H. Woods-J. Campbell-R. Connelly); Guard); Tom Dooley (3:01) Beechwood Music tige Pub.—ASCAP (Dorinda Morgan); Stranded She's Funny That Way (3:00) Ross Jungnickel Corp.—BMI (Arr. by Dave Guard); Fast Freight in the Jungle: The Cadets (3:10) Peer Intl.— —ASCAP (R. A. Whiting-N. Moret); Sandy (3:46) American Music, Inc.—BMI (Terry BMI (Johnson & Smith); The Way You Look (2:30) Bregman, Vocco & Conn—ASCAP (Al Gilkysnn); Hard, Ain't It Hard (2:23) Ludlow Tonight: Jaguars (2:20) Chappel, Inc.—ASCAP Caiola); Trouble With Me Is You (1:54) Bet- Music, Inc.—BM1 (Woody Guthrie) (Jerome Kern); Dance With Me Henry: Etta mar Pub. Co.—BMI (Pat Genero); Talk, Talk, James (2:23) Modern Music Pub. Co.—BMI Talk (1:39) Debmar Pub Co.—ASCAP (R. Mar- (James-Otis); Convicted: Oscar Mclollie (3:00) cucci-P. DeAngelis) SIDE II—Saro Jane (2:22) Brio Music Co.— ASCAP (Arr. by Louis Gotlieb); Wreck of the Leon Rene Pub. Co.—ASCAP (Rene) "John B" (3:30) Folkways Music Publishers, SIDE II—You're Just Too Much (2:23) Rambed Inc.—BMI (Lee Hays—Carl Sandburg); Santy Pub. Co.—BMI (A. Provenzano); What's the Anno (2:16) Beechwood Music Corp.—BMI (Arr. 17. NO ONE CARES (Capitol Reason (2:15) Boume, Inc.—ASCAP (C. Poe- by Dave Guard); Scotch and Soda (2:28) J. Greer-P. Tomlin-E. Water); Try a Little W-1221) Frank Sinatra Beechwood Music Corp.—BMI (Arr. by Dave Tenderness (3:01) Robbins—ASCAP (H. Woods- SIDE I—When No One Cares (2:40) Tamarisk Guard); Coplas (2:38) Beechwood Music Corp. J. Campbell-R. Connelly); Birds of a Feather Music, Inc.—ASCAP (Sammy Cahn—James Van —BMI (Arr. by Dave Guard); Little Maggie (2:05) Debmar Pub. Co.—ASCAP (A. Caiola-R. Heusen); A Cottage for Sale (3:13) Desylva, (1:41) Beechwood Music Corp.—BMI (Arr. by Ekstrand); Step in the Right Direction (2:32) Brown & Henderson, Inc.—ASCAP (Willard Dave Guard) Arch Music—ASCAP (A. Schroeder-W. Gold); Robison-Larry Conley); Stormy Weather (3:18) Them There Eyes (1:40) Bourne, Inc.—ASCAP Mills Music, Inc.—ASCAP (Harold Arlen-Ted (M. Pinkard-W. Tracey-D. Tauber) Koeher); Where Do You Go (2:31) Trans- 14. MORE JOHNNY'S GREATEST Music Corp.—ASCAP (Alec Wilder-Arnold Sund- HITS (Columbia CL 1344) gaard); I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance 11. BELAFONTE AT CARNEGIE With You (3:12) American Academy of Music Johnny Mathis —ASCAP (Young-Crosby-Washington); Here's HALL (RCA Victor LOC 6006) SIDE I—Small World (3:17) Chappell & Co., That Rainy Day (3:38) Burke & Van Heusen, Harry Belafonte Inc.—ASCAP (Styne-Sondheim); Someone (2:56) Inc.—ASCAP (Johnny Burke-James Van Heusen) SIDE I—Introduction (1:28) No Publisher; Cathryl Music Corp.—ASCAP (Tennyson); Very SIDE II-1 Can't Get Started (3:58) Chappel Darlin' Cora (3:14) Julie Music Pub.—BMI) Much in Love (2:45) Johnny Mathis Music, & Co., Inc.—ASCAP (Vernon Duke-Ira Gersh- (Fred Brooks); Sylvie (4:54) Shari Music Pub.— Inc .—ASCAP. (Stillman-Ellis); You Are Every- win); Why Try to Change Me Now? (3:38) ASCAP 'Huddle Ledbetter-Paul Campbell); Cot- thing to Me (2:56) Cathryl Music Corp. — Consolidated Music Pub., Inc.—ASCAP (Cy ton F4.Ids (4:20) Julie Music Pub.—BMI (C. C. ASCAP (Sigman-Faith); Let It Rain (2:37) Coleman, Joseph A. McCarthy); Just Friends Carter), John Henry (5:12) Julie Music Pub. Johnny Mathis Music, Inc.—ASCAP (S. Wayne- (3:38) Robbins Music Corp.—ASCAP (John —BMI (Paul Campbell; Take My Mother Home Frisch); The Flame of Love (2:45) Cathryl Mu- Klenner-Sam Lewis); I'll Never Smile Again (5:03) Carl Fischer, Inc.—ASCAP (Paul John- sic Corp.—ASCAP (Pockriss-Vance) (3:44) Pickwick Music Corp.—ASCAP (Ruth son) Lowe); None But the Lonely Heart (3:38) SIDE II—A Certain Smile (2:45) Miller Music Sands Music Corp.—ASCAP (Arr. by Gordon Corp.—ASCAP (P. F. Webster-Fain); Call Me SIDE II—The Marching Saints (4:40) Julie Jenkins) Music Pub.—BMI (C. C. Carter); Day 0 (3:41) (2:45) Meridian Music Corp.—BMI (Otis. Shari Music Pub.—ASCAP (Belafonte-Burgess- Hendricks); You Are Beautiful (3:07) William- Attaway); Jamaica Farewell (5:11) Shari Mu- son Music, Inc.—ASCAP (Rodgers-Hammerstein 18. INSIDE SHELLEY BERMAN sic Pub.—ASCAP (Lord Burgess); Man Piaba II); Teacher, Teacher (2:39) Korwin Music, Inc. (6:30) Folkways Music Pub.—BMI (Belafonte- —ASCAP (Al Stillman-Robert Allen); Stairway (Verve MGV 15003) Various Jack K. Rollins); All My Trials (3:52) Julie to the Sea (2:35) Leeds Music Corp.—ASCAP Monologs Music Pub.—BMI (Rita-Greene-C. C. Carter) (Beach-Cioffi); Let's Love (2:41) Cathryl Music Corp.—ASCAP (Ferraris-N. Kaye) SIDE III—Mama Look A Boo Boo (5:23) 19. PORGY AND BESS (Columbia Duchess Music Corp.—BMI (Lord Melody); OL 5410) Sound Track Come Back Liza (3:07) Shari Music Pub.— 15. MARIO LANZA SINGS THE HIT Words by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin, ASCAP (Lord Burgess-Bill Attaway); Man SONGS FRO M THE "STUDENT music by George Gershwin; Gershwin Pub. Smart (Woman Smarter) (4:34) Clara Music Corp. (ASCAP) Pub. — ASCAP (Harry Belafonte-Jack Segal; PRINCE" AND OTHER GREAT Have Nageela (4:00) Clara Music Pub.— MUSICAL COMEDIES SIDE I—Overture (5:20); Summertime (2:38); ASCAP (Harry Belafonte); Danny Boy (5.28) A Woman Is a Sometime Thing (1:57); The Boo m & Hawkes, Inc.—ASCAP (Fred E. Mario Lanza Wake: Gone, Gone, Gone; Porgy's Prayer Weatherly); Merci Bon Dieu (2:50) Shari Mu- SIDE I—Orchestral Introduction (3:15) Harms, (3:00); My Man's Gone Now (4:23); I Got Inc.—ASCAP (Romberg-Donnelly); Serenade sic Pub.—ASCAP (Frantz Casseus) Plenty o' Nuttin' (3:08); Bess, You Is My (3:40) Harms, Inc.—ASCAP (Romberg-Donnelly); Woman Now (5:10) SIDE 111—Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu Paloma (7:02) Peer Golden Days (1:25) Harms, Inc.—ASCAP (Rom- Int1.—BMI (Tomas Mendez); Shenandoah (3:58) berg-Donnelly); Drink, Drink, Drink (3:15) SIDE II—Morning; Catfish Row (1:34); I Can't Public Domain (Traditional); Matilda (13:00) Harms, Inc.—ASCAP (Romberg-Donnelly); Sum- Sit Down (2:03); It Ain't Necessarily So Duchess Music Corp.—BMI (Harry Thomas) mertime ir. Heidelberg (2:25) Harms, Inc. — (3:05); I Ain't Got No Shame (1:18); Whet ASCAP (Drodszky-Webster); Beloved (3:05) You Want With Bess? (2:08); Street Cries: Harms, Inc.—ASCAP (Brodszky-Webster); Gau- Strawberry Woman; Crab Man (2:26); I Loves 12. BOBBY DARIN: THAT'S ALL deamus Igitur (2:10) (Traditional); Deep in My You, Porgy (3:26); A Red-Headed Woman (Atco 33-104) Bobby Darin Heart, Dear (4:15) Harms, Inc.—ASCAP (Rom- (1:09); Clara, Clara (2:13); There's a Boat berg-Donnelly); I'll Walk With God (2:50) That's Leavin' Soon for New York (2:16); Oh, SIDE I—Mack the Knife (3:04) Harms, Inc.— Harms, Inc—ASCAP (Brodszky-Webster) Where's My Bess? (2:32); I'm on My Way ASCAP (Kurt Weill, Bert Brecht & Marc (1:48) Blitzenstein); Beyond the Sea (2:52) T. B. SIDE II—Yours Is My Heart Alone (3:00) Harms—ASCAP (Charles Trenet, Jack Law- Harms, Inc.—ASCAP (Lehar); Romance (3:17) rence); Through a Long and Sleepless Night Bregman, Vocco & Conn—ASCAP (Leslie-Don- 20. PARTY SING ALONG WITH (2:36) Miller—ASCAP (Alfred Newman, Mack aldson); I'll See You Again (2:58) Chappell MITCH (Columbia CL 1331) Gordon); Softly as in a Morning Sunrise & Co., Inc.—ASCAP (Noel Coward); If I Loved (2:29) Harms, Inc—ASCAP (Oscar Hammer. You ;3:251 Williamson Music—ASCAP (Rodg- Mitch Miller and the Gang stein, Sigmund Romberg); She Needs Me ers-Hammerstein II); I'll Be Seeing You (2:50) SIDE I—I Love You Truly (2:33) Boston Music (3:28) Mark VII—ASCAP (Arthur Hamilton); Williamson Music—ASCAP (Fain-Kahal); One Co.—ASCAP (C. Jacobs-Bond); In the Shade of It Ain't Necessarily So (3:28) Gershwin Publ. Night of Love (3:03) Irving Berlin Music —ASCAP (George & Ira Gershwin) Corp.—ASCAP (Schertzinger-Kahn) Continued on pave 106 THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRAMMING 51 I want to say all the thanks in the world to all the wonderful disc jockeys who helped so much to make my first Top Rank Record such a Out now jack Scott's first Top Rank LP a stirring performance of the great Hank Williams' most memorable hits including THE SYMBOL OF QUALITY, PROUDLY TOP RA N K INTE R N ATI O N AL Everyone agrees that our meteoric rise on the record scene in just a few months is due to the terrific support of the nation's disc jockeys and retailers. We want to go on record and say "Thanks for keeping the fire alive." THE FIREBALLS new single release KISSIN' RA 2038 54 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PRO GRA M MIN G M ARC H 14, 1960, THE BILLB OARD tremendous help and support which made our first Top Rank single a hit on this side of the Atlantic. WEAVING ROMANTIC, SUBTLE ENCHANTMENT Erriest Marin tl Ad his orchestra ERNEST MAXIN J'° WHERE The first perfumed album in musical history captures the intoxicating aura of Faberge's f= and Ernest THERE Maxin's romantic interpretations of our most memorable musical melodies. One of England's IS outstandingly gifted arrangers and conductors provides a lingering fragrance to As Time Goes By, Laura, MUSIC That Old Feeling, and other RM 307moN0 wonderful love songs. RS 607 STEREO TOP RAN K T OP RA N K INTE R N ATI O NAL IN TE R N ATI O N AL THE BILLB OARD. MARC H 14, 1960 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT O N REC ORD PRO GRA M MIN G Si PERSONAL MANAGEMENT: BOOKIN GS: WEST SHA W ARTISTS HIGGINS CORP. EXCLUSIVELY: FLICK RECORDS 58 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD • MOST OF ALL, Moonglows Chess 1589 ' MY MEMORIES OF YOU, Harptones ..Bruce 102 • ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE) R.&B.-Pop Standards Platters Mercury 70633 PEOPLE ARE TALKING, Heartbeats Hull 716 PLEDGING MY LOVE, Johnny Ace Duke 136 POOR ME, Fats Domino Imperial 5369 ROLLIN' STONE, Marigolds Excello 2057 Altho most of the following disks were originally re- RUN AROUND, Three Chuckles X 0066 leased in the rhythm and blues market (circa 1948-1957), SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL Joe Turner Atlantic 1026 all of them are solid singles sales and programming items • SHIP OF LOVE, Nutmegs Herald 459 today in the pop field (mainly big cities) as well as r.&b. • SINCERELY, Moonglows Chess 1581 locations. SMOKE FROM YOUR CIGARETTE Lillian Leach & Mellows Davis 797 The list, compiled by a check of dealers, deejays and Kay-Dee 797 juke box operators across the country, spotlights more than • SOLDIER BOY, Four Fellows Glory 234 200 such platters, categorized under the year each disk • STORY UNTOLD, Nutmegs Herald 452 • SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE, A was first released. Pop copies of the songs are not listed — Harptones Bruce 101 only the r.&b. originals. All of these platters are currently TEAR FELL, Ivory Joe Hunter Atlantic 1086 available to disk jockeys and operators even tho some of TIMES TWO I LOVE YOU, Three Chuckles ..X 0162 the labels are inactive today as far as new releases are con- THIS IS MY STORY, Gene & Eunice Aladdin 3282 THIS LITTLE GIRL OF MINE cerned. Particularly strong items are indicated by asterisks. Ray Charles Atlantic 1063 Jockeys should find this collection of r.&b.-oriented TWEEDLE DEE, LaVern Baker Atlantic 1047 VERDICT, THE, Five Keys Capitol 3127 standards an interesting 1960 programming feature—a WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT, THE, Jaguars ..R-Dell 11 striking reminder of the transitional period during the '50's WEDDING, THE, Solitaires Old Town 1014 when r.&b. disks were first integrated into the pop singles WHITE CHRISTMAS, Drifters Atlantic 1048 • WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME, Jacks ....R.P.M 428 field on a major basis. • W004.100 TRAIN, Valentines Rama 196 YESTERDAY'S MEMORIES Lillian Leach & Mellows Jay Dee 807 1948 1954 1956 GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT ANNIE HAD A BABY, Midnighters ..Federal 12195 Wynonie Harris King 4210 GEE, Crows Rama 5 • A THOUSAND MILES AWAY, Heartbeats ..Hull 720 LONG GONE, Sonny Thompson King 4438 * GOODNIGHT, SWEETHEART, GOODNIGHT A THOUSAND STARS, Rivileers Baton 241 Spaniels Vee Jay 107 AIN'T GOT NO NOME 1949 HAVE MERCY, BART Clarence (Frogman) Henry Argo 5259 • HUCKLEBUCK, THE, Paul Williams ....Savoy 1143 Billy Ward & Dominoes Federal 12168 ANGEL FACE, Neons Tetra 4444 TELL ME SO, Orioles Jubilee 5005 HURTS ME TO MY HEART, Faye Adams ..Herald 434 AT MY FRONT DOOR (CRAZY LITTLE MAMA) HONEY LOVE, Drifters Atlantic 1029 El Dorados Vee Jay 147 1950 I UNDERSTAND (JUST HOW YOU FEEL) BABY-BABY, Frankie Lymon & Teenagers ..Gee 1026 GUESS WHO, Ivory Joe Hunter King 5280 Four Tunes Jubilee 5132 • BLANCHE, Three Friends Lido 500 HARD LUCK BLUES, Roy Brown King 5218 LOVEY DOVEY, Clovers Atlantic 1022 • BLUEBERRY HILL, Fats Domino ....Imperial 5407 • I ALMOST LOST MY MIND MAMBO RACY, Ruth Brown Atlantic 1044 CAN'T WE RE SWEETHEARTS, Cleftones Gee 1016 Ivory Joe Hunter M-G-M 10578 MARIE, Four Tunes Jubilee 5128 CASTLES IN THE SKY, Bop Chords ....Holiday 2601 PINK CHAMPAGNE, Joe liggins Specialty 355 SEXY WAYS, Midnighters Federal 12185 CASUAL LOOK, A, Six Teens315 Flip SH-BOOM, Chords Cat 104 CHERRY LIPS, RobinsWhippet 200 1951 TV MAMA, Joe Turner Atlantic 1016 • CHURCH BELLS MAY RING, Willows ....Melba 102 WHAT A DREAM, Ruth Brown Atlantic 1036 CLOSER YOU ARE, THE • CHAINS OF LOVE, Joe Turner Atlantic 939 Channels Whirlin' Disc 100 FOOL, FOOL, FOOL, Clovers Atlantic 944 • WORK WITH ME, ANNIE Midnighters Federal 12169 GLORY OF LOVE, Five Keys Aladdin 806 CORRINE CORRINA, Joe Turner 1088 Atlantic DEVIL OR ANGEL, Clovers Atlantic 1083 IM WAITING JUST FOR YOU 1955 EDDIE MY LOVE, Teen-Queens453 R P.M Lucky Millinder King 4453 • ADORABLE, Colts Vita 112 FEEL SO GOOD, Shirley & Lee Aladdin 3289 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Drifters Atlantic 1078 • FEVER, Little Willie John King 4935 Percy Mayfield Specialty 375 • AIN'T IT A SHAME • GREAT PRETENDER, THE • SIXTY-MINUTE MAN Fats Domino Imperial 5348 Billy Ward & Dominoes Federal 12022 Platters Mercury 70753 ALL BY MYSELF, Fats Domino Imeprial 5357 HEERY-JEEREES/SHE'S GOT IT • TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES ANGELS SAY, Four Fellows Glory 236 Little Richard Specialty 584 Ruth Brown Atlantic 919 • HONKY TONK, Bill Doggett 4950 King WHEEL OF FORTUNE, Cardinals Atlantic 958 RO DIDDLEY Bo Diddley Checker 814 BOP TING A LING, LaVern Baker ....Atlantic 1057 I FEEL SO GOOD, Shirley & Lee ..Aladdin 3338 CLOSE YOUR EYES, Five Keys Capitol 3032 PROMISE TO REMEMBER 1952 CONVICTED, Oscar McLollie Class 243 Frankie Lymon & Teenagers Gee 1018 CROSS MY HEART, Johnny Ace Duke 107 • CRAZY FOR YOU, Heartbeats Hull 711 I WANT YOU TO BE MY GIRL FIVE-TEN-FIFTEEN HOURS CRAZY LOVE, Royal Tones Old Town 1018 Frankie Lymon & Teenagers Gee 1012 Ruth Brown Atlantic 962 DON'T BE ANGRY, Nappy Brown Savoy 1155 I'LL RE FOREVER LOVING YOU FLAMINGO, Earl Bostic King 4475 • EARTH ANGEL, Penguins Dooto 348 El Dorados Vee Jay 165 GOIN' HOME, Fats Domino Imperial 5180 FLIP, FLOP & FLY, Joe Turner Atlantic 1053 I'LL RE HOME, FlamingosChecker 830 JUKE, Little Walter Checker 758 (I LOVE YOU) FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS I'LL RE SPINNING, Johnny & Joe JAS 1762 • LAWDY MISS CLAWDY, Lloyd Price .Specialty 661 Rivileers Baton 207 • I'M IN LOVE AGAIN, Fats Domino _Imperial 5286 MY SONG, Johnny Ace Duke 102 GET UP, GET UP (YOU SLEEPY HEAD) IN PARADISE, Cookies Atlantic 1084 • ONE MINT JULEP, Clovers Atlantic 963 LaVern Baker Atlantic 1087 • IVORY TOWER NIGHT TRAIN, Jimmy Forrest Savoy 1157 HALLELUJAH, I LOVE HER SO Otis Williams & Charms DeLuxe 6093 SAD HOURS, Little Walter Checker 764 Ray Charles Atlantic 1096 KA -DING DONG, G-Clefs PiIgram 715 SWEET SIXTEEN, Joe Turner Atlantic 960 HEARTS OF STONE KISS FROM YOUR LIPS, A, Flamingos .Checker 837 Otis Williams & Charms De Luxe 6062 • LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL 1953 HEAVEN PARADISE Shirley & Lee Aladdin 3325 BABY, DON'T DO IT, Five Royales ....Apollo 443 Don Julian & Meadowlarks Dooto 359 LITTLE GIRL OF MINE, Cleftones Gee 1011 CLOCK, THE, Johnny Ace Duke 112 • I RELIEVE IN YOU • LONG TALL SALLY, Little Richard ..Specialty 572 CRAWLIN', Clovers Atlantic 989 Robert & Johnny Old Town 1021 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, Clovers Atlantic 1094 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL I GOT A WOMAN, Ray Charles Atlantic 1050 MAGIC TOUCH, THE, Platters Mercury 70819 Sonny Til & Orioles Jubilee 5122 I HEAR YOU KNOCKIN' MEXICO, Rocket Tones Melba 113 • GOING TO THE RIVER Smiley Lewis Imperial 5356 • MY PRAYER, Platters Mercury 70893 Fats Domino Imperial 5231 • I LOVE YOU MADLY, Charlie & Ray .Herald 438 NATURE'S CREATION, Valentines Rama 208 HONEY HUSH, Joe Turner Atlantic 1001 IN MY DIARY, Moonglows Chess 1611 • OH, WHAT A NIGHT. Dells Vee Jay 204 HOUND DOG, Willie Mae Thornton Peacock 1612 KO KO MO, Gene & Eunice Combo 14 OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND I'LL RE TRUE, Faye Adams Herald 419 Otis Williams & Charms Deluxe 6080 Five Keys Capitol 3502 LET ME GO HOME, WHISKEY LET'S GO STEADY, Cindy & Lindy PiIgram 702 PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Amos Milburn Aladdin 3164 • LETTER, THE James Brown & Famous Flames ....Federal 12258 MAMA (HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN) Vernon Green & Medallions Dooto 347 • RIP IT UP 'READY TEDDY Ruth Brown Atlantic 986 • LIFE IS BUT A DREAM, Harptones .Paradise 101 Little Richard Specialty 579 MONEY-HONEY, Drifters Atlantic 1006 • LILY MAYRELLE, Valentines Rama 171 • ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN NOBODY LOVES ME, Fats Domino _Imperial 5220 LING TING TONG, Five Keys Capitol 2945 Chiirk Berry Chess 1626 ONE SCOTCH, ONE BOURBON, ONE BEER Otis Williams & Charms DeLuxe 6176 SEE-gAW, Mrionglows Chess 1629 Amos Milburn Aladdin 3197 • LONELY NIGHTS, Hearts Baton 208 • SEVEN DAYS, Clyde McPhatter ....Atlantic 1081 • SHAKE A NAND, Faye Adams Herald 419 LOVE HAS JOINED US TOGETHER SLOW WALK, Bill Doggett King 5000 SOFT, Tiny Bradshaw King 4577 Ruth Brown & Clyde Mcohatter .. Atlantic 1077 Bill Doggett King 5080 *MAYRELLENE, Chuck Berry Chess 1604 Continued on prize 105 THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIG HT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING 59 extert! ,KIE1 TILSO Opening HOTEL THANKS, FELLOWS FONTAINEBLEAU FOR KEEPING MIA MI It! A( II THEM SPINNING. Apoul I MI JACKIE 60 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRAMMING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD CURRENT BEST SELLER BEST SELLING ALBUM e ite d JACKIE WILSON Orchestra and Chorus Directed by DICK JACOBS PERSONAL MANAGEMENT DIRECTION UNIVERSAL NAT TARNOPOL ATTRACTIONS Suite 1012, 1619 Broadway, N. Y. C. THE BILLB OARD, mi,VCrl I 4, 19 60 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT O N REC ORD PROGRA M MING 61 Today's Top Record Talent Who's Who and What's Hot on Wax — `,"'\ `n‘\.,"\\ Vk s. \\. \.• • ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIO GRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office ROY ACUFF (Hickory) NOME TOWN: Maynardsville, Tenn. EDUCATION: College. LATEST SINGLE: Don't Know Why b/w Thanks for Not BACKGROUND: Was one of first stars to ¡oin "Grand Telling Me. 110: Acuff Rose Artists Ole Opry." Turned down contract to play baseball LATEST ALBUMS: Great Speckle Bird (Harmony), Favorite with New York Giants in favor of singing career. Hymns (M-G-M), Songs of the Smoky Mountains (Capitol). MILLION SELLER: Wabash Cannonball. OTHER HITS: Goodbye Mr. Brown (with Kitty Wells), Mother Hold Me Tight, Great Speckle Bird, Wreck on the Highway, Freight Train Blues, Tennessee Waltz, So Many Times. WILLY ALBERTI (London) AGE: About 30. NOME TOWN: Amsterdam, Holland. LATEST SINGLE: Li Fer Li b/w Julia. BACKGROUND: Became professional at the age of 12, LATST ALBUM: Marina. PM: Erberto Landi appearing in a small part in a musical show at the PREVIOUS HIT: Marina. famous Carre Theater of Amsterdam. Sings in Italian proficiently thru his study of the language in addition to German, English and French. AMES BROTHERS (RCA Victor) NAMES: Joe, Gene, Vic and Ed. HOME TOWN: Malden, LATEST SINGLE: China Doll. Mass. EDUCATION: College. HOBBIES: Joe, opera; Vic, LATEST ALBUM: Hello Amigos. PM: Bill Picks drama; Gene, baseball, boxing, painting; Ed, basket- MILLION SELLERS: Naughty Lady From Shady Lane; You, BO: W. M. ball. BACKGROUND: Started singing together in high You, You; Rag Mop, Sentimental Me (Coral). school, winning amateur contests. Night clubs, TV, OTHER HITS: Undecided, Can Anyone Explain, String Along, personal appearances. Melodie D'Amour. ELTON ANDERSON (Mercury) BIRTHDAY: 1932. HOME TOWN: Lake Charles, La. LATEST SINGLE: Secret of Love b/w Cool Down Baby. BACKGROUND: Sold papers, shined shoes to buy PM: Wayne Schuler first guitar. Sang with spiritual group, now sings and plays with the Sid Lawrence Band. Disk is first on this label. Formerly on Vin label. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Guitar. PAUL ANKA (ABC-Par) BIRTHDAY: July 30, 1941. HOME TOWN: Ottawa, Ont. LATEST SINGLE: Puppy Love b/w Adam and Eve. PM: Irvle Feld BACKGROUND: Plays leading role in new M-G-M film LATEST ALBUM: My Heart Sings. 30: S. A. C. "Girls' Town." Extensive night club-p.a, work abroad. STEREO SINGLES: All of a Sudden My Heart Sings b/w Songwriter ("Diana," etc.). Played first U. S. night That's Love; I Miss You So b/w Late Last Night. club in February at Las Vegas, Nev. NEW MOVIE: MILLION SELLERS: Lonely Boy, Diana. "The Private Lives of Adam and Eve." PREVIOUS HITS: Diana, Put Your Head on My Shoulder, All of a sudden My heart Sings, You Are My Destiny, I Miss You So, It's Time to Cry, Lonely Boy, Tell Me That You Love Me, Just Young, Let the Bells Keep Ringing, Crazy Love. MINETTE (Buena Vista) BIRTHDAY: Oct. 22, 1942. HOME TOWN: Utica, N. Y. LATEST SINGLE: 0 Dio Mio. BO: Weft Disney Productions EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Tap and toe LATEST ALBUM: Annette Sings Anka. dancing. BACKGROUND: TV, personal appearances. PREVIOUS HITS: Tall Paul, Jo-lo the Dog-Faced Boy, Lonely FILMS: Shaggy Dog. REAL NAME: Annette Eunicello. Guitar, How Will I Know My Love, First Name Initial. HOW TO USE THIS FEATURE JUKE BOX OPERATORS, in standards. This info, too, is in the ming ideas can be developed from view of the increasing number of record data column. the record info data. stereo juke boxes, will be especially DISK JOCKEYS will find that BUYERS AND BOOKERS OF interested in listings of available the information in this complete TALENT will need no diagrams to stereo singles and EP's in the record easy-to-use directory can be inte- tell them how valuable this compila- tion is, or how to use it. They have data column. Also, operators may grated with nearly every spin. The continuously requested biographical profit handsomely when an artist is wealth of chatter in the brief bio- data as well as for the personal particularly hot by programming, graphical summaries is presented managers and booking offices or not only his current big record, but here alphabetically by artist for easy leading talent. This feature should also the same artist's earlier hit or reference. And Many fine program- answer these requests. 62 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT O N REC ORD PROGRA M MIN G MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD tNOTE: Biographical and disk data was A practical programming guide for disk jockeys and secured from the record companies for which these artists record. Omissions or lack of data is the result of inability juke box operators, featuring biogs and basic record by the record company to provide in- formation to The Billboard. In the case data on all recording artists whose records appeared of artists with lengthy record credits, a representative selection is used to on The Hot 100 or Top LP Charts (excluding provide a basis for programming). Booking offices listed below are ab- Christmas albums) from December, 1959, thru breviated as follows: February, 1960, plus any million-seller artist who had a G.A.C.—G I Artists Corp. M.C.A.—Music Corporation of America singles release during the same period. W.M.—William Morris office \ ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL RECORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office NOME TOWN: Henderson, Tenn. HOBBY: Farming. LATEST SINGLE: Johnny Reb, That's Me b/w Boot Hill. EDDY ARNOLD (RCA Victor) BACKGROUND: Radio, TV. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: LATEST ALBUM: Thereby Hangs a Tale. PM: Burton Management Guitar, songwriting. MILLION SELLER: Bouquet of Roses. OTHER HITS: Wagon Wheels, Cattle Call, Easy on the Eyes, Bundle of Southern Sunshine, Full-Time Job, Eddy's Song, I Really Don't Want to Know, This Is the Thanks I Get, Just Call Me Lonesome, I've Been Thinking, Chip Off the Old Block, All-Time Favorites, Anytime, Chapel on the Hill, Wan- dering; Praise Him, Praise Him.—LP's. BIRTHDAY: June 20, 1924. HOME TOWN: Luttrell, LATEST SINGLE: One Mint Julep; Teensville. CHET ATKINS (RCA Victor) Tenn. EDUCATION: High School. BACKGROUND: LATEST ALBUM: Teensville. Started in local radio. Appeared on WSM's Grand Ole PREVIOUS HITS: Chet Atkins at Home, Chet Atkins in Opry. Personal appearances. Currently a. & r. direc- Hollywood; Boo-Boo Stick Beat. tor (working out of Nashville, Tenn.) for RCA Victor. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Plays guitar. LATEST SINGLE: Why b/w Swingin' on a Rainbow. FRANKIE AVALON (Chancellor) BIRTHDAY: Sept. 18, 1940. HOME TOWN: Philadelphia. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Golf, driving LATEST ALBUM: Swingin' on a Rainbow. PM: Robert P. Marcucci, Peter sports car, trumpet. NEW MOVIES: "Guns of the STEREO SINGLE: Venus. DeAngelis Timberland," "Alamo" with John Wayne. STEREO EP's: The Young Frankie Avalon, Vols. I & 2. BO: G. A. C. MILLION SELLERS: Dede Dinah, Venus. OTHER HITS: Just Ask Your Heart, Gingerbread, You Excite Me, I'll Wait for You, A Bey Without a Girl. Frank ie, The Young Frankie Avalon—LP's. LaVERN BAKER (Atlantic) BIRTHDAY: Nov. 11, 1929. HOME TOWN: Chicago. LATEST SINGLE: Shake a Hand b/w Manana. HOBBY: Decorating. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Song- LATEST ALBUM: Precious Memories. PM: SRO Artists, Inc. writing. MILLION SELLER: I Cried a Tear. BO: G. A. C. OTHER HITS: Tweedle Dee, I Waited Too Long, Jim Dandy; Bop-Ting-a-Ling; Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head); That Lucky Old Sun, Jim Dandy Got Married, Substitute, Humpty Dumpty Heart. LaVern, LaVern Baker, LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith —LP's. BOB BECKHAM (Decca) AGE: 26. HOME TOWN: Stratford, Okla. HOBBIES: Hunt LATEST SINGLE: Crazy Arms. ins, fishing, swimming. BACKGROUND: Personal ap LATEST ALBUM: Just as Much as Ever. pearances, fairs, local TV. PREVIOUS HIT: Just as Much as Ever. BIRTHDAY: May 1, 1927. HOME TOWN: New York City. LATEST SINGLE: Fifteen b/w Round the Bay of Mexico. HARRY BELAFONTE (RCA Victor) EDUCATION: High school, Dramatic Workshop. BACK- LATEST ALBUM: My Lord What a Momio'! 110: M. C. A. GROUND: TV, films, concerts, night clubs. Playing MILLION SELLER: Day-0 (Banana Boat Song). extended f ngagament at famous New York Palace OTHER HITS: Hold 'Em, Joe; Scarlet Ribbons, Matilda, Mama Theater. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Collecting folk Look at Boo Boo, Mary's Boy Child, Jamaica Farewell ; Mary, songs. Mary; Gotta Travel On. Porgy & Bess (with Lena Horne), Belafonte Sings the Blues, Belafonte Sings of the Carib- bean, An Evening With Belafonte, Calypso, Belafonte, Bela - fonte at Carnegie Hall--LP's. BIRTHDAY: 1894. NOME TOWN: Kansas City. BACK- LATEST ALBUMS: A Symphonic Picture of Porgy and Bess, ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT GROUND: Radio-TV, legit arranger-conductor. Bennett Dance Music From West Side Story. (RCA Victor) has long been one of the foremost arrangers of OTHER HITS: Victory at Sea, Vols. I & II (LP's). Broadway musicals. He has been closely associated with all of the Rodgers-Hammerstein hits. TONY BENNETT (Columbia) HOME TOWN: Astoria, N. Y. EDUCATION: High School. LATEST SINGLE: Ask Me (1 Know) b/w Bring You a HOBBIES: Painting, photography, high fidelity. BACK- Rainbow. PM: Dee Anthony GROUND: Movie, TV, night clubs, personal appearances. Latest Album: To My Wonderful One. BO: G. A. C. MILLION SELLERS: Because of You; Cold, Cold Heart; Rags to Riches. OTHER HITS: Smile, Blue Velvet; Young, Warm and Wonderful; I Won't Cry Any More, Stranger in Paradise, There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight, Solitaire, Climb &Ty Mountain, Tony in Person, Tony's Greatest Hits — LP's. Continued on paw, 68 THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING 63 64 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1563 1HE BILLBOARD [HE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD ROGRA M MIN G 65 In answer to your many requests CORAL 3111 »armour littb »tin e ir it.71141- X IL A( .00 --«* • fr •••• CRL 57303 CRL 757303 (S) • Just Released. A Collection of All-Time Inspirational Favorites 66 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD TH E eGII RE SISTERS Exclusively cGUIRI: SISTERS ay you a lways «I» Popular Favorite CRL 57296, CRL 757296(5) Personal Management Direction MURRAY KANE William Morris THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MIN G 67 Today's Top Talent Continued from page 63 \N, N• NN, N \ \ \ • \ \ \ • ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office BIRTHDAY: Sept. 27, 1922. HOME TOWN: Bronx, N. Y. LATEST S9IGLE: Neptune, Pts. I & II. SAMMY BENSKIN AND THE PREVIOUS HIT: The Clouds. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Art, handwrought SPACEMEN (Clock) jewelry, photography. BACKGROUND: Started career as PM: Sammy Ryden pianist for Stuff Smith in early '40's. Was accom- BO: Shaw panist for singer Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, Sarah Vaughn, Al Nibbler and others. Night clubs, TV, personal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Arranging, songwriting, vocal coach. LATEST SINGLE: Baby (You've Got What It Takes) b/w I BROOK BENTON (Mercury) BIRTHDAY: Sept. 19, 1931. HOME TOWN: Camden, S. C. HOBBIES: Baseball, reading. OTHER MUSICAL Do (with Dinah Washington). PM: Dave Breyer LATEST ALBUM: Brook Benton (Camden). INTERESTS: Songwriting. STEREO SINGLE: Thank You, Pretty Baby b/w With All My Heart. MILLION SELLERS: It's Just a Matter of Time/So Many Ways. OTHER HITS: Thank You, Pretty Baby; Endlessly, The Wall, So Many Ways. BIRTHDAY: Feb. 3. HOME TOWN: Chicago. EDUCATION: LATEST ALBUM: Outside-Inside Shelley Berman. SHELLEY IERMAN (Verve) PREVIOUS HITS: Outside Shelley Berman, Inside Shelley High school. Goodman Theater. HOBBIES: Reading. PM:' Frank Hogan BACKGROUND: Actor, writer, comedian. Radio-TV, Berman—LP's. 30: M. C. A. legit, night clubs. Writes all of his own material. ROD BERNARD (Mercury) BIRTHDAY: Aug. 12, 1940. HOME TOWN: Opelousas, LATEST SINGLE: One More Chance. La. HOBBY: Boxing. BACKGROUND: Worked as singer PREVIOUS HIT: This Should Go on Forever. PM: Bill Hall on local radio station when he was nine years old. BO: G. A. C. At 17, joined the Twisters' ork. HOME TOWN: St. Louis. EDUCATION: High School. LATEST SINGLE: Let It Rock b/w Too Pooped to Pop. CHUCK BERRY (Chess) BACKGROUND: Worked as hairdresser before he cut LATEST ALBUM: Berry's on Top. 30: IL A. C. his first big hit, "Maybellene," which he also wrote. PREVIOUS HITS: School Day, Sweet Little Sixteen, May- OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Songwriting. bellene, Almost Grown, Roll Over Beethoven, Too Much Monkey Business, Johnny B. Goode; Oh, Baby Doll; Carol, Anthony Boy, Rock and Roll Music. BILL BLACK (Hi) HOME TOWN: Memphis. BACKGROUND: Played on most LATEST SINGLE: White Sands Pt. 1 b/w The Wheel. of Elvis Presley's records, backing him with guitarist LATEST ALBUM: Smokie. Scotty Moore. Now has own combo. Personal appear- OTHER HIT: Smokie—Part 2. ances, clubs, TV. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Bass. BIRTHDAY: April 5, 1932. HOME TOWN: Wilmington, LATEST SINGLE: Let the Little Girl Dance. BILLY BLAND (Old Town) N. C. EDUCATION: High School. HO ME: Swimming. PREVIOUS HITS: Chicken in the Basket, Chicken Hop. PM: Milton Weinstein BACKGROUND: Personal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriter. BIRTHDAY: Jan. 27, 1930. HOME TOWN: Memphis, LATEST SINGLE: I'll Take Care of You BOBBY BLUE BLAND (Duke) Tenn. EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: Night LATEST ALBUM: Blues Consolidated. 30: Buffalo Booking clubs, PA's. HOBBY: Music. OTHER MUSICAL INTER- PREVIOUS HITS: Farther Up the Road, Sometime Tomorrow; ESTS: Songwriting. It's My Life, Baby; Little Boy Blue. NAMES: Ralph Harrington, Tom Underwood, Jerry Pur- LATEST SINGLE: I Don't Know What It Is. THE BLUENOTES (Brooke) gason, Pat Patterson, Guitar Joe Tanner. BACKGROUND: Formerly associated with background voices for such artists as George Hamilton IV and Gaddy Wilson. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Joe Tanner, arranging and songwriting. HOME TOWN: Nashville. EDUCATION: College. HOB- LATEST SINGLE: (Welcome) New Lovers b/w Words. PAT BOONE (Dot) BIES: Sports. BACKGROUND: Movies, TV, Autobiography LATEST ALBUM: He Leadeth Me. PM: Randy Wood-Jack Spina "Twixt 12 and 20" is best seller. Co-produced last MILION SELLERS: A Wonderful Tinte Up There, Ain't That 30: S. A. C. movie "Journey to Center of the Earth." NEXT FILM: a Shame, April Love, Don't Forbid Me, Friendly Persuasion, "State Fair." I Almost Lost My Mind, I'll Be Home, lone letters in the Sand, Remember You're Mine; Why, Baby, Why. OTHER HITS: Chains of Love, Sugar Moon, It's Too Soon to Know, Wonderful Time Up There, Bernadine, Two Hearts, With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair, Goldmine in the Sky, Beyond the Sunset. Side by Side (with Shirley Boone), Tenderly, Pat Boone Sings; Yes, Indeed; Pat's Great Hits, Hymns We Love, Star Dust, Pat—LP's. JIMMIE BOYD (Columbia) AGE: Late teens. HOME TOWN: Los Angeles. EDUCA- LATEST SINGLE: Dennis the Menace (with Rosemary (looney). TION: High school. BACKGROUND: Clicked big as child MILLION SELLERS: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. disk star on Columbia with "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." Currently making comeback in the Bing Crosby-Fabian pic, "High Time." TERESA BREWER (Coral) BIRTHDAY: May 7, 1931. HOME TOWN: Toledo, O. LATEST SINGLE: Peace of Mind. HOBBIES: Interior Decorating, sketching, gardening, LATEST ALBUM: Venetian Sunset. PM: Bill Monahan horseback riding. BACKGROUND: In show Business since MILLION SELLERS: Ricochet, Till I Waltz Again With You. BO: M. C. A. the dge of two. Toured with "Major Bowes Amateur" PREVIOUS HITS: Music, Music, Music; Jilted, Empty Arms, units aà a child. TV, night clubs, films. Married to Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl, Bell Botom Blues, A Tear Fell, her manager. Has four daughters. Our Heartbreaking Waltz, Too Young to Tango, The One Rose, 68 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD Today's Top Talent ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL RECORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office BROTHERS FOUR (Columbia) NAMES: Bob Glick, Mike Kirkland, John Paine, Rich- LATEST SINGLE: Greenfields. LATEST ALBUM: The Brothers Four. PM: Mort Lewis ard Foley. AGES: 20.22. Home Town: Washington. EDUCATION: College. BACKGROUND: Fraternity Broth- ers, met at University of Wash. Night clubs, personal appearances. BUSTER BROWN (Fire) BIRTHDAY: Aug. 11, 1914. HOME TOWN: Criss, Ga. LATEST SINGLE: Fannie Mae. PM: Waymon Glasco EDUCATION: High school. HOBBY: Fishing. BACK- BO: Circle GROUND: Night clubs, personal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Harmonica. HOME TOWN: Pine Bluff, Ark. NAMES: Jim Edward, LATEST SINGLE: The Old Lamplighter b/w leen -ex. THE BROWNS (RCA Victor Maxine and Bonnie. EDUCATION: Jim and Maxine, LATEST ALBUM: Sweet Sounds by the Browns. PM: Herb Pincher college. HOBBIES: Jim Edward: Hunting, aviation. MILLION SELLER: The Three Bells. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Song writing, piano, OTHER HITS: I Take the Chance, Man in the Moon, Scar- guitar. BACKGROUND: Brother and sister Maxine and let Ribbons Jim Edward started as a team when they won an amateur contest. later they appeared on "Louisiana Hayride." Kid sister, Bonnie, joined the act in 1955. AGES: Jim, 25; Maxine, 27; Bonnie, 22. ANITA BRYANT (Carlton) BIRTHDAY: March 25, 1940. HOME TOWN: Tulsa, LATEST SINGLE: Do-Re-Me b/w Promise Me a Rose. LATEST ALBUM: Anita Bryant. PM: Allan Clark Okla. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Swimming PREVIOUS HITS: Till There Was Yeu, Six Boys and Seven BO: M. C. A. and church activities. BACKGROUND: Former "Miss Oklahoma." Second runner-up to "Miss America" Girls. 1958. Radio, TV. DORSEY BURNETT (Era) BIRTHDAY: Dec. 28, 1934. HOME TOWN: Memphis. LATEST SINGLE: Tall Oak Tree b/w Juarez Town. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Fishing, hunting, PM: Billy Sherman boxing. BACKGROUND: TV, night clubs. OTHER MU- SICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting, instrumentalist. LATEST SINGLE: Chattanooga Shoe-Shine Boy b/w Boston. FREDDY CANNON (Swan) BIRTHDAY: Dec. 4, 1940. HOME TOWN: Revere, Mass. EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: TV. HOBBIES: LATEST ALBUM: The Explosive Freddy Cannon. PM: Beverly and Jack McDermott Swimming, basketball, guitar, horseback riding. OTHER PREVIOUS HIT: Way Down Yonder in New Orleans. MUSICAL INTERESTS: Singer, songwriter, instrumen- talist. LATEST SINGLE: Waltzing Matilda. DAVID CARROLL (Mercury) BIRTHDAY: Oct. 15, 1913. HOME TOWN: Taylorville, Ill. EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: Played in LATEST ALBUM: Solo Encores. high school band. Arranged for name bands while STEREO SINGLES: Let's Dance, Waltzing Matilda. still in high school. Arranger for top radio shows in STEREO (P's: Repercussion, Let's Dance. the '40's, including "Lucky Strike" Hit Parade. Became PREVIOUS HITS: Fascination, Melody of Love, In a Little Midwest Musical Director of Mercury in 1951. REAL Spanish Town. NAME: "Nook" Schreier. BIRTHDAY: Feb. 26, 1933. HOME TOWN: Kingsland, LATEST SINGLE: I Love You Because b/w Straight A's in JOHNNY CASH (Columbia) Love. Ark. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Fishing, work. PM: Bob Neal LATEST ALBUM: The Greatest Johnny Cash (Sun), Songs of 80:.M. C. A. ing in woodshop. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Song- writing. the Soil (Columbia). STEREO SINGLE: I Got Stripes b/w Five Feet & Rising. STEREO EP's, Songs of the Soil, Don't Take Your Guns to Town, That's Enough, Frank ie's Man Johnny, The Troubadour. PREVIOUS HITS: I Walk the Line, Ballad of a Teen-Age Queen, Guess Things Happen That Way, Ways of a Woman in Love, Don't Take Your Guns to Town, What Do I Care, You Dreamer You, So Doggone Lonesome, Don't Make Me Go, Little Drummer Boy. Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous, The Fabulous Johnny Cash—LP's. Continued on page 72 Bobby Darin . . . multi-a ward win- Mitch Miller . triple-threat man— Fireflies . . . follow up "I Can't Say Ahmad Jamal . . . his new album, ner in The Billboard's 1959 Disk a.&r. topper, best-selling LP artist, Goodbye" with "My Pride" b/w "Happy Moods." Appearing at Jockey Poll. Current hit—"Beyond CBS radio star. "My Girl." major collegiate jazz fests. the Sea." THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PRO GRA M MIN G 69 AMERICA'S FIRST Oitfi Aîtht Emit Ow, 3 Mium •frorn the Dece mber Audition fu ll-color supple ment to The Billboard teWAL DI s 6, SOLO %Se e) 1,A EST MASTS Favorite Associated leis Levy 3 Ahmad latvial, Argo Most Played 5 Ahmad 1amal, Argo Most Pro Asso ciate d V)ht‘ Levy m ising 1 Ahmad lame, Argo Associated lohn Levy iSsTRUMEST AI_ GROUPS W Orite lohis Levy y Most PplayAesdsociated 4 Alsmad lame, Argo Most Ahmad lam e, Argo Asso ciate d lohn Lev ronsising 3 Ahead lame, Argo Associated lohn Levy .. Argo LP 628 . BUT NOT FOR ME—Ahmad Jam& Trio. • • • • J AZZ . Argo LP 646 4. AT THE PENTHOUSE—Ahmad Jam& Trio ...... Argo LP 636 6. AHMAD JAM AL ...... 70 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD NAME IN JAZZ ahmaD JailaL HAPPY MOODS: Little Old Lady; F All We Know; Pavanne; Excerpt From The Blues; You'd Be So Easy To Love, Time On My Hands; Raincheck; I'll Never Stop Loving You; Speak Low; happY Rhumba No. 2 (ARGO LP 662 (mono) ARGO LP 5662 (stereo) moods also available on ARGO EP 1081: Little Old Lady; For All We Know; You'd Be So Easy To Love; Time On My Hands. •Iiimunum monor Personal Management Exclusive Booking: JOHN LEVY ENTERPRISES ASSOCIATED BOOKING CORP. 119 W. 57th St. Jos. G. Glaser-Pres. New York City (19) New York—Chicago—Miami—Hollywood THE BILLB OARD, M ARC H 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING 71 Today's Top Talent Continued from page 69 ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office THE CHAMPS (Challenge) AGES: 17 to 22. HOME TOWN: Dave Burgess, leader, LATEST SINGLE: Too Much Tequila. Lancaster, Calif.; Dale Norris, Springfield, Miss.; Bobby LATEST ALBUM: Everybody's Rockin' With the Champs. PM. Stars, Ltd Morris, Tulsa, Okla.; Jimmy Seals, Rankin, Ten.; STEREO EP: Tequila. BO: G. A. C. Dash Crofts, Cisco, Tex. HOBBIES: Fishing, hunting, OTHER HIT: El Rancho Rock. sports. BACKGROUND: Tours, personal appearances, TV, night clubs. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Dave, guitar- arranging-songwriter; Dale, electric guitar; Bobby, bass; Jimmy, sax; Da:.h, drums. AGE: 27. BACKGROUND: Blind since the age of six LATEST SINGLE: Who You Gonna Love b/w My Baby! (I Love Her Yes I Do) (ABC Paramount); Let the Good Times RAY (HARLES (ABC Par) as the result of a childhood illness. Worked as side- PM: Jeff Brown man with bands at 15 and organized first trio at 17. Roll b/w Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying (Atlantic). LATEST ALBUM: The Genius of Ray Charles, 110, Shaw Recently switched from the Atlantic label to ABC-Para- MILLION SELLER: What'd I Say? mount. OTHER HITS: A Fool for You, I'm Movin' On, Hallelujah, i Love Her So, I Got a Woman, That's Enough, Swanee River Rock, Ain't That Love, etc. (all on Atlantic). LATEST SINGLE: Jambalaya b/w Let's Talk It Over (Atlantic). HOME TOWN: Battle, England. BACKGROUND: At 14 FRANK CHACKSFIELD (London) made first public appearance playing church organ PREVIOUS HIT: Tennessee Waltz. and soon after formed own dance band. Noted con ductor and arranger on both sides of the Atlantic. Featured on BBC radio. LATEST SINGLE: Go Jimmy Go b/w I Trusted You. BIRTHDAY. Sept 2, 1940. HOME TOWN: Baton Rouge, JIMMY CLANTON (Ace) La EDUCATION: College. HOBBY: Swimming. OTHER LATEST ALBUM: Jimmy Clanton, PM: Cosimo Matassa MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting, plays guitar. MILLION SELLER: Just a Dream. BO: G. A. C. OTHER HITS: My Own True Love, Letter to an Angel, Ship Dr, a Stormy Sea. LATEST SINGLE: At My Front Door b/w Cling A Ling. BIRTHDAY: Nov. 7, 19313. HOME TOWN: Blythsville, DEE CLARK (Abner) LATEST ALBUM: How About That, Ark EDUCATION: High school. HOBBY: Song writing. PM: Iry Nahan STEREO SINGLES: Just Keep It UP; Hey, Little Girl. 110: Shaw STEREO EP: Dee Clark. PREVIOUS HITS: Hey, Little Girl; Nobody But You, Just Keep It up. 24 Boyfriends. BIRTHDAY: July 12, 1934. HOME TOWN: Kilgore, Tex. LATEST ALBUM: Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3. VAN CLIBURN (RCA Victor) PREVIOUS HIT: Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 —LP. EDUCATION: College. BACKGROUND: Read music and PM: William Judd played piano before he was three years old. Winner BO: Columbia Artists of numerous musical awards, including the Soviet Union's International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in 1958. LATEST SINGLE: Summertime Love b/w Watermelon Heart BIRTHDAY: May 23. HOME TOWN: Cincinnati, O. (RCA Victor). ROSEMARY (LOONEY (free lance) EDUCATION: Nigh school HOBBIES: Fly fishing, read- LATEST ALBUM: A Touch of Tobasco (with Prez Prado) PM: Joe Shribman ing, opera, cooking. BACKGROUND: Began singing with (RCA Victor). sister Betty on WLW, Cincinnati. Girls sang with Tony MILLION SELLERS: (All on Columbia) Come On-A My House, Pastor's ork until Miss (looney came solo to N. Y., Hey There, Half as Much. and signed with Columbia Records. She married Jose OTHER HITS: (All on Columbia) Beautiful Brown Eyes, Hey Ferrer in 1954 and has four children. There, This Old House, Come On-A My House, Botch-A Me, Mambo talieno, Tenderly, Half as Much, For You. LATEST SINGLE: I ovey b/w One Mint Julep. THE CLOVERS (United Artists) BACKGROUND: Johny Bailey, Billy Mitchell, Matthew McQuater, Harold Lucas Jr. and Harold Winley; all from LATEST ALBUM: The Clovers in Clover. PM: Lou Krefetz Washington, O. C. Met and organized in high school. PREVIOUS HITS: Love, Love, Love; Fool, Fool, Fool; One 110: G. A. C. Mint Julep, Ting-a•Ling, Here Goes a Fool, I Played the Previously recorded with Atlantic Records. Fool, Blue Velvet, Don't You Know I Love You, Devil or Angel. COASTERS (Atco) HOME TOWN: Carl, Gardner, Tex; Billy Guy, Hollywood; LATEST SINGLE: Run, Red, Run. Cornelius Gunter, L. A.; Dub Jones, L. A.; Adolph LATEST ALBUM: The Coasters' Greatest Hits. PM: Lester Sill Jacobs, Oakland, Calif. BACKGROUND: Group was formed STEREO SINGLES: Charlie Brown. in 1955. Called themselves the Coasters because all MILLION SELLERS: Poison Ivy, Yakety Yak, Charlie Brown. were living in Los Angeles on the West Coast. OTHER HITS: Searchin', Along Came Jones, Young Blood, Down in Mexico, Smokey Joe's Cafe. NAT KING COLE (Capitol) BIRTHDAY. March 17, 1919. HOME TOWN: Montgomery, LATEST SINGLE: Time and the River b/w Whatcha Gonno Do. Ala HOBBIES: Baseball, photography, golf. BACK- LATEST ALBUM: Tell Me All About Yourself. PM: Carlos Gastel GROUND: Movies, TV, night clubs. OTHER MUSICAL STEREO EP's: You Made Me love You; Give Me Your Love, BO: G. A. C. INTERESTS: Songwriting, piano. I Must Be Dreaming, Madrid. MILLION SELLERS: Nature Boy, Mona Lisa, Too Young. OTHER HITS: You Made Me Love You; Answer Me, My Love; A Blossom Fell, Looking Back, Send for Me, Pretend, Non Dime iticar, Orange-Colored Sky, That's All There Is to That, Red Sails in the Sunset etc. Everytime I Feel the Spirit, To Whom It May Concern, The Very Thought of You, Cole Espanol, This Is Nat King Cole, Just One of Those Things, Love Is the Thing, etc.—LP's. 72 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD Today's Top Talent ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking O ffice DOROTHY COLLINS (Top Rank) BIRTHDAY: November 18, 1926. HOME TOWN: Nind- LATEST SINGLE: Saciare, Saciare. sor, Ont. BACKGROUND: Al an early age became vo- PREVIOUS HITS: My Boy Flat Top. BO: G. A. C. calist with Raymond Scott Ork. Later married the noted leader. Was long-time star on TV's "Your Hit Parade." Personal appearances, night clubs. BIRTHDAY: May 18, 1912. NOME TOWN.: Canonsburg, LATEST SINGLE: Delaware b/w I Know What God Is. PERRY COMO (RCA Victor) Pa. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBY: Golf. BACK- LATEST ALBUM: Como Swings. PM: Dee Belice STEREO SINGLES: Love Makes the World Go 'Round b/w GROUND: Owned own barbershop at 15. Until 1942 BO: G. A. C. was a band singer with Ted Weems ork. Long-time Mandolins in the Moonlight. MILLION SELLERS: Because, Catch a Ealing Star/Magic top-rated NBC-TV star. Moments, Don't Set the Stars Get in Your Eyes, Hot Digitty, Hubba Hubba, Papa Loves Mambo, Prisoner of Love, Round and Round, Temptation, Till the End of Time, Wanted, When You Were Sweet Sixteen. OTHER HITS: All at Once You Love Her, I May Never Pass This Way Again, You Alone, If, Zing, Zing Zoom Zoom, etc. Como's Golden Records, I Believe, When You Come to the End of a Day, etc.—LP's. LATEST SINGLE: On the Beach b/w A Paris Valentine. BOBBY COMSTOCK AGE: 17. HOME TOWN: Ithaca, N. Y. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBY: Swimming. BACKGROUND: Radio, per- LATEST ALBUM: The King and 1 and My Fair Lady (Richmond). (Blaze) (Atlantic) sonal appearances. Formerly with Blaze, now with MILLION SELLERS: Ebb Tide. Atlantic. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Plays guitar. OTHER HITS: Incidental music from "Limelight." RAY CONNIFF (Columbia) BIRTHDAY: Nov. 6, 1916. NOME TOWN: Attleboro, LATEST SINGLE: Too Young b/w Early Evening. Mass. EDUCATION: College. HOBBIES: Music, boats. LATEST ALBUM: Concert in Rhythm, Vol. 2. BACKGROUND: Started career as sideman with name STEREO SINGLES: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing b/w bands—Artie Shaw, Bunny Berigan, Bob Crosby, etc. Please. STEREO EP's: It's the Talk of the Town. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Conducting, arranging, PREVIOUS HITS: (All LP's) Conniff Meets Butterfield, 'S Won- trombone. derful, S' Marvelous; Concert in Rhythm, Broadway in Rhythm, Hollywood in Rhythm, It's the Talk of the Town. LATEST SINGLE: Nobody Can Ever Take Your Place b/w AGE: Early 20's. HOME TOWN: Chicago. EDUCATION: SAM COOKE (Keen) Taint Nobody's Business (Keen)—Teenage Sonata b/w If You PM: Jess Rand High school. HOBBIES: Swimming. BACKGROUND: Sang with the Soul Stirrers, gospel group, for several years. Were the Only Girl (RCA Victor). BO: W. M. LATEST ALBUM: Sam Cooke's Hit Kit (Keen). night clubs, TV. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Guitar. STEREO SINGLES: Teenage Sonata b/w If You Were the Only Girl (RCA Victor), Everbody Likes to Cha-Cha, Only Sixteen, Love Song From Houseboat (Keen). MILLION SELLERS: You Send Me (Keen). OTHER HITS: Win Your Love, Love You Most of All, Every- body Likes to Cha-Cha, Only Sixteen, Lonely Illand, I Love You :For Sentimental Reasons) (All on Keen). Tribute to the Lady. (Keen)—LP. DON COSTA (United Artists) BIRTHDAY: 1925. HOME TOWN: Boston. BACKGROUND: LATEST SINGLE: April Showers b/w Goody, Goody. LATEST ALBUM: Shing Along With Ush. PM: Ken Greengrass Began professional career at 15 with staff orchestra of a local radio station. Arranged for Vaughn Monroe, Vic PREVIOUS HIT: I'll Walk the Line. Damone, Sarah Vaughan, Rusty Draper, Georgia Gibbs, the Ames Brothers and others. Also appeared as ar- ranger-singer on local TV show. Currently a.8r. direc- tor of United Artists. Previously a.8.r. director of ABC- Paramount Records. Continued on page 76 Jackie Wilson . . . opens April 18 Annette ... her latest album, "An- Rod Lauren ... inked by Hal Wallis Ernest Maxin . . . 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HOBBIES: All studying musical World). 80: G. A. C. instruments. NAMES: Johnny Mastro, Jay Carter, STEREO SINGLES: Six Nights a Week, Flower of Love. Harold Torres, Tommy Gough. MILLION SELLERS: Sixteen Candles. OTHER HITS: The Angels Listened In, Six Nights a Week, Flower of Love. CREW CUTS (RCA Victor) AGES: Rudi Maugeri, 29; Pat Barrett, 28; Roy Perkins, LATEST SINGLE: No, No Nevermore b/w It Is No Secret. PM. George Brown 27; Johnnie Perkins, 28. HOME TOWN: All from Toron- LATEST ALBUM: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby! to, Canada. EDUCATION: Toronto Cathedral Choir MILLION SELLER: Sh-Boom I School. HOBBIES: Aeronautics, baseball, sports car OTHER HITS: Earth Angel, I Spoke Too Soon, Ko Ko Mo. enthusiasts. BACKGROUND: TV, personal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Rudi: arranger; Pat: choreographer. BOB CREWE (Warwick) BIRTHDAY: Nov. 12, 1936. HOME TOWN: Normandy LATEST SINGLE: Water Boy b/w Voglio Cantare, Beach, N. J. EDUCATION: college. HOBBIES: painting, PM: Jerry Johnson LATEST ALBUM: Kicks With Bob Crewe. BO: W.M. reading, writing. BACKGROUND: TV, personal appear- STEREO EP's: Kicks With Bob Crewe. ances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: songwriter (with PREVIOUS HIT: Whiffenpoof Song, Frank C. Slay), arranger, record producer. Wrote "Sil- houettes," "La Dee Dah," "Lucky Lady Bug," "Talla- hassee Lassie" (with Freddie Cannon), "Okefenokee," etc. BING CROSBY (free lance) HOME TOWN: Spokane, Watt:. EDUCATION: College. LATEST SINGLE: The Music of Home b/w It's a Good Day PM: Everett Crosby HOBBIES: Golf, piano. BACKGROUND: Started career (RCA Victor). as member of the Rhythm Boys with Paul Whiteman. LATEST ALBUM: Join Bing & Sing Along (Warner Bros.). By 1933 was top radio star and one of motion pic- MILLION SELLERS: Dear Hearts and Gentle People, Galway tures' top 10 box-office attractions. Academy Award Bay, I Can't Begin to Tell You, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Winner. TV, New Film: "High Hopes." MacNamara's Band, New San Antonio Rose, Now Is the Hour, Silent Night; Sunday, Monday or Always; Sweet Leilani, Swinging on a Star, Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral, White Christmas. Play a Simple Melody (with Gary Crosby). Don't Fence Me In, Jingle Bells, Pistol Fackin' Mama; South America, Take It Away (with Andrews Sisters) (all above on Decca). True Love (with Grace Kelly on Capitol). Whiffenpoof Song (with Fred Waring on Docta). Vit DAMONE (Columbia) BIRTHDAY: June 28. HOME TOWN: Brooklyn. EDUCA- LATEST SINGLE: Your Smile b/w Very Warm. PM: Pierre Cosette TION: high school. BACKGROUND: Movies, radio, TV, LATEST ALBUM: This Game of Love. BO: W.M. nignt clubs, personal appearances. NEW MOVIE: "Hell MILLION SELLERS: Again, You're Breaking My Heart. to Eternity." OTHER HITS: Come Back to Sorrento (Mercury), An Affair to Remember, On the Street Where You Live (Columbia). BOBBY DARIN (Atco) BIRTHDAY: May 14, 1937. HOME TOWN: New York City. LATEST SINGLE: Beyond the Sea. PM: Steve Blauner HOBBIES: Collecting odd knives and hotel keys. BACK- LATEST ALBUM: This Is Darin. 80: G. A. C. GROUND: TV, night clubs. Signed by Paramount on MILLION SELLERS: Dream Lover, Mack the Knife, Queen of multi-picture deal. Acts as a.&r. director for his own the Hop, Splish Splash. label, Addison Records. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: OTHER HIT: Plain Jane. Songwriting, plays guitar, piano, bass, drums, vibes. BOBBY DAY (Class) HOME TOWN: Los Angeles. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST SINGLE: My Blue Heaven b/w I Don't Want To. PM: Leon Rene OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting, vocal ar- LATEST ALBUM: Rock in' With Robin. BO: Universal Attractions ranging. MILLION SELLER: Rockin' Robin. OTHER HITS: Over and Over, Little Bitty Pretty One. DORIS DAY (Columbia) BIRTHDAY: April 29, 1924. HOME TOWN: Cincinnati. LATEST SINGLE: Any Way the Wind Blows b/w Soft as the PM: Martin Melcher EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Tennis, painting. Starlight. BO: M.C.A. BACKGROUND: Band singer with Les Brown. NEW LATEST ALBUM: Cuttin' Capers. MOVIE: "Please Don't Eat the Daisies. Nominated as STEREO SINGLES: Sound of Music b/w Heart Full of Love. :andidate for "best actress" Academy Award for MILLION SELLERS: Que Sera, It's Magic, Secret Love. "Pillow Talk." REAL NAME: Doris Kappelhoff. PREVIOUS OR OTHER HITS: Shanghai, Everybody Loves a Lover, A Very Precious Love, Tunnel of Love, If I Were a Bell, Two Hearts, Love Me or leave Me. MARTIN DENNY (liberty) BIRTHDAY: April 10, 1921. HOME TOWN: New York LATEST SINGLE: Banana Choo-Choo b/w Frank ie & Johnny. PM: Gabbe, Lutz, Heller á Loeb City. EDUCATION: College. HOBBIES: Skin diving, col- LATEST ALBUM: The Enchanted Sea. BO: M. C. A. lecting rare instruments, composing, arranging. BACK- STEREO SINGLES: Martinique. GROUND: Liberty's a.&r. director in Honolulu, Hawaii. PREVIOUS HITS: Enchanted Sea, Quiet Village, Martinique, Hypnotique, Afro-Desia, Forbidden Island, Primitiva, Exotica, Vols. I & II.- LP's. DIAMONDS (Mercury) HOME TOWN: Dave Somerville and Mike Douglas, Can- LATEST SINGLE: Tell the Truth b/w Re&I True Love. PM: Nat Goodman ada; John Felton and Evan Fisher, Calif. BACKGROUND: LATEST ALBUM: Songs From the Old West. BO: G.A.C. Radio, night clubs, TV, concerts. STEREO SINGLES: Young in Years b/w Twenty-Second Day. STEREO EP's: The Stroll. MILL'ON SELLERS: [he Stroll, Little Dar lin'. OTHER HIT: She Say. BO DIDDLEY (Checker) AGE: 30. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting, LATEST SINGLE: Road Runner. v,ohn Makes own guitars. PM: Phil Landroehr LATEST ALBUM: Have Guitar, Will Travel. BO: Shaw PREVIOUS HITS: Crackin' Up, Say Man, Bo Diddley, I'm Sorry, Hey! Bo Diddley, Hush Your Mouth. 76 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD Today's Top Talent •.• .4\ \w..„ \\\ ' ' ' ' ''' ,\\7‘',•\\. •\\ \••\\\,. \ , ARTIST (Curried Record Lobel) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL RECORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office BIRTHDAY: 1933. HOME TOWN: Grant County, Okla. LATEST SINGLE: Teen Angel. MARK DINNING (M-G11) EDUCATION: Hich school. BACKGROUND: Night clubs, LATEST ALBUM: Teen Angel. PM: Dee Kilpatrick • personal appearances. Brother of Dinning Sisters Trio. BO: Wesley Rose. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Plays guit6r. AGES: Dion, 19; Fred Milano, 19; Carlo Mastangelo, 20; LATEST SINGLE: Where or When. DION d THE BELMONTS (Laurie) LATEST ALBUM: Presenting Dion & the Belmonts. Angelo D'Aleo, 18. HOME TOWN: Bronx, N. Y. EDUCA- PM: Manny Greenfield TION: High school. HOBBIES: Dion, books on show biz, STEREO SINGLES: Teenager in Love. 30: G. A. C. STEREO EP's: Hits of Dion and the Belmonts, Where or When. water sports; Fred, clothes, water sports, dancing; Carlos, jazz, baseball; Angelo, classical and popular MILLION SELLER: Teenager in Love. OTHER HITS: I Wonder Why, No One Knows, Don't Pity Me, music. BACKGROUND: TV. night clubs. OTHER MUSICAL A Lover's Prayer. INTERESTS: Carlo plays guitar, drums, bongos; Freddie plays piano, guitar; Dion plays guitar; Angelo plays piano. LATEST SINGLE: Lucky Devil. BIRTHDAY: Jan., 1941. HOME TOWN: Cincinnati, 0. CARL DOBKINS, JR. (Decca) LATEST ALBUM: My Heart Is an Open Book. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Singing, dancing. 30: Thornburg Promotions, Inc. PREVIOUS HITS: If You Don't Want My Lovin', My Heart Is OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting, banjo. an Open Book. LATEST SINGLE: Raw Turkey b/w Back Woods. HOME TOWN: Philadelphia. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST ALBUM: On Tour. BILL DOGGETT (King) HOBBY: Baseball. BACKGROUND: Arranger for Ink MILLION SELLER: Hooky Tonk. BO: Shaw Spots, Lionel Hampton, Louis Jordan, etc. OTHER MU- OTHER HITS: Smokie (Part II), Slow Walk, Soft, Ram-Bunk- SICAL INTEREST: Arranger. Shus, Hold It, Yocky Dock, After Hours, Rainbow Riot, Bo-do Rock (with Earl Bostic). LP's—Everybody Dance to the Honky Tonk, Doggett Beat for Dancing Feet, Dame Dream- ing, Salute to Ellington, Moondust, Hold It. LATEST SINGLE: Country Boy b/w If You Need Me. BIRTHDAY: Feb. 26, 1928. HOME TOWN: New Orleans. FATS DOMINO (Imperial) LATEST ALBUM: 12,000,000 Records. BACKGROUND: At 10 played piano and sang in honky MILLION SELLERS: Ain't It a Shame, All by Myself, Blue tonks. Married, six children. Night clubs, concerts, Monday, Blueberry Hill, Boll Weevil, Don't You Leave Me PM: Charles Levy films. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Songwriting. This Way, Fat Man, Goin' Home, Goin to the River, I Lived My Life, I'm in Love Again, I'm Walking, Please Don't Leave Me, Thinking of You, Whole Lotta Lovin', You Said You Love Me. OTHER HITS: I've Been Around, Be My Guest, When My Dreamboat Comes Home, I Want to Walk You Home, I'm Gonna Bc a Wheel Someday. Fabulous Mr. D., Rock n' Rollin', This Is Fats, This Is Fats Domino—LP's. LATEST SINGLE: Mountain of Love. AGE: 22. HOBBIES: Basketball, hunting, fishing. BACK- HAROLD DORMAN (Rita) GROUND: Personal appearances. OTHER MUSIC INTER- EST: Songwriting. LATEST SINGLE: That Lucky Old Sun b/w Anytime. HOME TOWN: Kirksville, Mo. EDUCATION: high school. LATEST ALBUM: Hits That Sold a Million. RUSTY DRAPER (Mercury) BACKGROUND: Movies, TV, radio, night clubs. Appears PM: Arnold Arvitt MILLION SELLER: Gambler's Guitar. in Max Shulman's new TV series, "Split Level." REAL BO: W. M. OTHER HITS: Shifting, Whispering Sands; Freight Train. NAME: Farrell H. Draper. LATEST SINGLE: This Magic Moment b/w Baltimore. NAMES: Johnny Eilliams, lead singer; Elsberry Hobbs, THE DRIFTERS (Atlantic) LATEST ALBUM: Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters. bass; Doc Green Jr., baritone; Charlie Thomas, tenor; PM: George Treadmill MILLION SELLER: There Goes My Baby. and Reggie Kimber, guitar. BACKGROUND: Originally BO: Shaw OTHER HITS: White Christmas, Adorable, Soldier of Fortune, sang with Clyde McPhatter. Tours, theaters, personal Steamboat, Without Love, Treasure of Love, Seven Days, appearances. Honey Love, Ruby Baby; (If You Cry) True Love, True Love; Dance With Me. BIRTHDAY: April 26, 1938. HOME TOWN: Phoenix, LATEST SINGLE: Bonnie Came Back. DUANE EDDY (Jamie) LATEST ALBUM: The "Twangs" the "Thang." PM: Al Wilde Ariz. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Swimming, PREVIOUS HITS: Forty Miles of Bad Road, Rebel-Rouser, SO: G. A. C. fishing, collects records, American History. Movin' and Groovin', Ram-Rod, Cannonball, The Lonely One, Yep, Some Kinda Earthquake, Have Twangy Guitar, Will Travel LP. HOME TOWN: Richmond, Va. EDUCATION: College. LATEST SINGLE: Don't Fence Me In b/w I'm Building Castles TOMMY EDWARDS (M-G-M) HOBBY: Classical music. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Again. PM: Harry Steinman Songwriting, piano. LATEST ALBUM: Step Out Singing. SO: W. M. STEREO SINGLES: My Melancholy Baby, It's Only the Good Times, I've Been There, I Looked at Heaven. STEREO EP's: For Young Lovers. MILLION SELLER: It's All in the Game. OTHER HITS: (New In) The Ways of Love, Honestly and Truly, My Melancholy Baby, I've Been There, It's Only the Good Times; Please, Mr. Sun; Morning Side of the Mountain, Love Is All We Need, It's All in the Game—LP. PAUL EVANS (Guaranteed) HOME TOWN: Queens, N. Y. EDUCATION: High school. PM: Milton Schnapf HOBBY: Building and repairing hi-fi equipment. OTHER LATEST SINGLE: Midnight Special b/w Since I Met You Baby MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriter, radio and TV com- LATEST ALBUM: Paul Evans Sings the Fabulous Teens. 30: M. C. A. mercial writer and producer, folk singer and night club PREVIOUS HIT: (Seven Little Girls) Sittin' in the Back Seat. performer. Continued on page 80 THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING 77 Young America iS sold on . . . CURRENT 4180/11 ANNETTE 78 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC DRD PROGRA M MIN G MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD M . drip -r '44 Tall Paul Lonely Guitar First Name Initial NOW HEADED FOR HER FIRST GOLDEN RECORD o DIF 9 5 Y I I 0 Train of Love Like a Baby Teddy Talk to Me Baby I Love You Tell Me That You Love Me Waiting for You Hey, Mama I Love You, Baby SIDE II It's Really Love 3 SIDE I SINGS !RIKA Lonely Girl And So It's Goodbye THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING 79 Today's Top Talent Continued from page 77 ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office EVERLY BROTHERS (Cadence) BIRTHDAYS: Don, Feb., 1937; Phil, Jan. 19, 1939. LATEST SINGLE: Let It Be Me (Cadence). HOME TOWN: Brownie, Ky. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST ALBUM: The Best of the Everlys (Cadence). (Warner Bros.) HOBVES: Don, antique guns, painting, photography; MILLION SELLERS: All I Do Is Dream, Bird Dog, Bye Bye PM: Wesley Rose Phil, sports cars, horseback riding. BACKGROUND: Love, Wake Up Little Susie. BO: G. A. C. Worked with parents as family singing group on local OTHER HITS: Problems, Take a Message to Mary, (Till) I radio shows from time they were eight and six. TV. Kissed You (all with Cadence). Formerly with Cadence, now with Warner Bros. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting, guitar arrangements. FABIAN (Chancellor) BIRTHDAY: Feb. 6, 1943. HOME TOWN: Philadelphia. LATEST SINGLE: String Along b/w About This Thing Called Lore. PM: Robert P. Marcucci, Peter EDUCATION: Still in high school. HOBBIES: Sports, dancing. REAL NAME: Fabian Forte. BACKGROUND: TV, LATEST ALBUM: The Fabulous Fabian DeAngelis BO: G. A. C. films. NEW MOVIE: "High Time" with Bing Crosby. STEREO SINGLES: Tiger. STEREO EP's: Hold That Tiger, Vols. 1, 2 and 3. PREVIOUS HITS: Come and Get Me, Turn Me Loose, I'm a Man, Tiger, Hound Dog Man, Friendly World. Hold That Tiger—LP. TOMMY FACENDA (Atlantic) BIRTHDAY: November 10, 1939. HOME TOWN: Ports- LATEST SINGLE: I Don't Know b/w Bubba-Diddi. mouth, Va. EDUCATION: High School. HOBBIES: Foot- PREVIOUS HIT: High School, U. S. A. PM: Frank Guida ball, basketball, boxing. BACKGROUND: Toured with BO: G. A. C. Gene Vincent group in U. S., Hawaii, Australia. PERCY FAITH (Columbia) BIRTHDAY: April 7, 1908. HOME TOWN: Toronto, Can- LATEST SINGLE: Theme from "A Summer Place." ada. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Golf, electric LATEST ALBUM: Bon Voyage! PM: Gabbe, Lutz, Heller & Loeb trains. BACKGROUND: Radio-TV conductor, musical di- STEREO SINGLES: Bouquet b/w The Song From Moulin Rouge. DO: M. C. A. rector of Columbia Records. OTHER MUSICAL INTER- STEREO EP's: Estralita, La Cucaracha, Mexican Hat Dance, ESTS: Conducting, arranging, composing. Cuanta La Gusta. MILLION SELLER: The Song From Moulin Rouge. OTHER HITS: Swedish Rhapsody, Delicado, Till, Amor. JOHNNY FERGUSON (M-G-M) BIRTHDAY: March 22, 1937. HOME TOWN: Nashville, LATEST SINGLE: Angela Jones. PM: Cedarwood Publishing Tenn. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Folk songs, baseball. BACKGROUND: Radio, personal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting. ERNIE FIELDS (Rendezvous) HOME TOWN: Tulsa, Okla. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST SINGLE: Chattanooga Choo Choo b/w Work It Out. PM: Marty Williams HOBBIES: Music, hunting. BACKGROUND: Currently mak- LATEST ALBUM: In the Mood. BO: Associated ing personal appearances with own ork. OTHER MU- PREVIOUS HIT: In the Mood. SICAL INTERESTS: Plays trombone. THE FIREBALLS (Top Rank) HOME TOWN: Raton, N. M. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST SINGLE: Bulldog b/w Nearly Sunrise. PM. Norman Petty BACKGROUND: George Tomsco, leader; Dan Trammell, PREVIOUS HIT: Torquay. guitar; Eric Budd, drums; Stan Lark, bass player; Chuck Tharp, singer. Met in high school and have been together for a little over a year. OTHER MUSICAL IN- TERESTS: George Tomsco, songwriting. THE FIREFLIES (Ribbon) AGES: Ritchie Adams, 21; Lee Reynolds, 24; Johnny LATEST SINGLE: Because of My Pride b/w My Girl. PM: Eddie V. Deane Viscelli, 21; Paul Giacalone, 19. HOME TOWNS: Ritchie, PREVIOUS HIT: You Were Mine; I Can't Say Goodbye. BO: G.A.C. Lee and Paul, all from Brooklyn, N. Y. Johnny from Clifton, N. J. HOBBIES: Ritchie, dancing, tennis, swim- ming. Lee, photography, hunting and fishing. Johnny, stock car driving, football. raul, dancing, baseball. BACKGROUND: Night clubs. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Paul, songwriting, drums. Ritchie, guitar. Lee, bais. Johnny, sax. EDDIE FISHER (Ramrod) BIRTHDAY: Aug. 10, 1928. HOME TOWN: Philadelphia. LATEST SINGLE: After You've Gone b/w Summer Time Love. PM: Milton Blackstone EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Photography, swim- LATEST ALBUM: Tonight With Eddie Fisher. BO: W.M. ming, ice skating, water skiing. BACKGROUND: Formerly MILLION SELLERS: Anytime, I Need You Now, I'm Walking with RCA Victor; now owns new label, Ramrod. MOVIES Behind You, Oh Mein Papa! (all on RCA Victor). New film: "Butterfield 8"; TV, night clubs, radio, OTHER HITS: That's the Chance You Take, Thinking of YOU, persona: appearances. Married to Elizabeth Taylor. Lady of Spain, I'm Yours, Trust in Me all on RCA Victor). OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Plays piano, songwriter. TONI FISHER (Signet) AGE: 29. HOME TOWN: Los Angeles. HOBBIES: Skiing, LATEST SINGLE: How Deep Is the Ocean biw Blue, Blue, Blue. PM: "Speed" Kopp hunting. BACKGROUND: Became an entertainer at the PREVIOUS HIT: The Big Hurt. 130: G.A.C. age of seven, performing on local radio. Personal appearances, local radio and TV, night clubs. THE FIVE SATINS (Ember) AGE: Range in age from 18 to 22. HOME TOWN: Fred LATEST SINGLE: Shadows. PM Sam Goldman Farris, Lewis Peeples, Sy Hopkins, Richard Freeman, LATEST ALBUM: The Five Satins Sing. Wes Forbes, all from New Haven, Conn. BACKGROUMO: PREVIOUS HITS: Oh, Happy Day; (I'll Remember) In the Nicht clubs, theaters, personal appearances. OTHER Still of the Night, Wonderful Girl, To the Aisle, Our Anni- MUSICAL INTERESTS: Sy plays bass. versary. 80 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MIN G M ARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD Today's Top Talent ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office BIRTHDAYS: Terry I. Johnson, Nov. 12, 1935; Paul LATEST SINGLE: I Was Such a Fool. FLAMINGOS (End) Wilson, Jan. 6, 1935; Nate Nelson, April 10, 1932; LATEST ALBUM: Flamingo Serenade, PM: Tommy Lavinia Jacob Carey, Sept. 9, 1926; Tommy Hunt, June 18, PREVIOUS HITS: But Not for Me; Goodnight, Sweetheart; BO: Associated 1933; Zeke Carey, Jan. 24, 1933. HOME TOWN: John- Lovers Never Say Goodbye, I Only Have Eyes for You, Would son, Baltimore; Wilson, Chicago; Nelson, Chicago; Carey, 1 Be Crying, Golden Teardrops. Pulaski, Va.; Hunt, Pittsburgh; Z. Carey, Bluefield, W. Va. EDUCATION: High school. Jacob Carey, college. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting. Wilson does choreography for group. WADE FUMONS (Vee Jay) BIRTHDAY: Sept. 25, 1940. HOME TOWN: Battle Creek, LATEST SINGLES: What's Happening. Easy Lovin' b/w Mich. EDUCATION: High school. OTHER MUSICAL Whoops Now. PM: Iry Nehen INTERESTS: Songwriting, plays piano. LATEST ALBUM: Wade F lemons. SO: Shaw BIRTHDAYS: Barbara Ellis, Feb. 20, 1940; Gretchen LATEST SINGLE: Magic Star b/w Outside My Window. FLEETWOODS (Dolton) Christopher, Feb. 29, 1940; Gary Troxel, Nov. 28, 1939. LATEST ALBUM: Mr. Blue. PM: Bob Reisdorff HOME TOWNS: Barbara Ellis, Gretchen Christopher, MILL'ON SELLER: Come Softly to Me. BO: M. C. A. Olympia, Wash.; Gary Troxel, Centralia, Wash. EDUCA- OTHER HITS: Graduation's Here, Mr. Blue. TION: High school. HOBBIES: Barbara, golfing, bowling, cooking, songwriting; Gretchen, fashion design, sketch- ing, sewing, creative writing, songwriting; Gary, com- petitive auto racing, songwriting. RED FOLEY (Decca) BIRTHDAY: 1914. HOME TOWN: Blue Lick, Ky. EDU- LATEST SINGLE: Blues in My Red Wagon b/w Rock in' Chair. CATION: College. HOBBIES: Basketball, track. BACK- LATEST ALBUM: Let's All Sing to Him. PM: Dub Albritton GROUND: Star athlete in high school. Won Atwater- BO: Crossroads TV MILLION SELLERS: Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy, Peace in Kent singing contest at 17. Currently star of ABC- the Valley. TV's "Country Jubilee." His daughter, Shirley, is OTHER HITS: Mississippi, Too Old to Cut the Mustard (with married to Pat Boone. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Ernest Tubb), One by One (with Kitty Wells), Satisfied Mind Guitar, harmonica. (with Betty Foley), Hearts of Stone. FONTANE SISTERS (Dot) NAMES: Bea, Geri and Marge. HOME TOWN: New Mil- LATEST SINGLE: Theme from A Summer Place b/w Darling, PM: Randy Wood-Jack Spina ford, N. J. EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: It's Wonderful. BO: G. A. C. Real family name is Rosse. Radio, TV, theaters, night LATEST ALBUM: Hearts of Stone. clubs, personal appearances. Sang for several seasons MILLION SELLERS: Hearts of Stone. with Perry Como on TV. PREVIOUS OR OTHER HITS: Eddie, My Love; Seventeen, Bibbidi Bobbiti-Boo (with Perry Como). FRANKIE FORD (Ace) AGE: 20 HOME TOWN: Fretna, La. EDUCATION: College. LATEST SINGLE: Time After Time. BACKGROUND: Won music scholarship to Southeastern LATEST ALBUM: Let's Take a Sea Cruise. College, Hammond, La., and formed band with group PREVIOUS HITS: Alimony, Sea Cruise. of other students. Personal appearances, TV. TENNESSÈE ERNIE FORD (Capitol) BIRTHDAY: Feb. 13, 1919. HOME TOWN: Bristol, Tenn. LATEST SINGLE: Sunny Side of Heaven. PM: Cliffie Stone EDUCATION: College. HOBBIES: Hunting, fishing, ranch- LATEST ALBUM: A Friend We Have. BO: M. C. A. ing. BACKGROUND: Has weekly NBC-TV show, personal MILLION SELLER: Sixteen Tons. appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Songwriting. OTHER HITS: Hymns, Spirituals, Near the Cross—LP's. PETE FOUNTAIN (Coral) BIRTHDAY: July 3, 1930. NOME TOWN: New Orleans. LATEST SINGLE: Closer Walk. EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: At age of 10 PM: Jimmy Saphier LATEST ALBUM: Bateau Lounge. studied at John Wigg's State Band School of Music. Joined Lawrence Welk June 1957. Recently left Welk and returned to ¡azz field. Continued on page 84 e Jock Scott ... current single, "What Sam my Turner . . . has another Dinah Washington . . . recently Johnny Horton . . . moving up on in the World's Come Over You," is strong single item on Hot 100 chart guest starred on NBC-TV's "Singin', the Hot 100 chart with new single, hie. on Hot 100. —"Paradise." Swingin' Years." "Sink the Bismarck." THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MIN G 81 Still making history! cSlcee 4re/me&tée /nc 4 etiê 131àetceei 2ed 0-eloeuÁ-pe e /&,d2/2/eaw,6( Personal Management: TILLMAN FRANKS 82 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRAMMING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD CURRENT BEST SELLER' SINK * THE BISMARCK 4 COLUMBIA 4-41568 Best Buy-The Billboard, March 7 Issue Watch for Johnny's new Columbia album . . . "JOHNNY HORTON MAKES HISTORY" I M F 1 1 1 a 1 11011 MO Exclusively : COLUMBIA RECORDS irection: THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING 83 Today's Top Talent Coraiued from page 81 :\•\ \\ .•%\.„ \ \ '\' ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA Personnl Mgr., Booking Office FRANTICS (Dolton) AGE: All five members are 20. NOME TOWN: Seattle. LATEST SINGLE: Werewolf. OTHER NIT: Straight Flush. PM: R. Reisdorff EDUCATION: Attending college. BACKGROUND: Dances, concerts. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: They write all own material. STAN FREBERG (Capitol) BIRTHDAY: Aug. 7, 1926. HOME TOWN: Pasadena, LATEST SINGLE: Old Payola Roll Blues. PM: Lester Linsk Calif. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBY: Architecture. LATEST ALBUM: The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows. BACKGROUND: Operates own advertising firm, Freberg, MILLION SELLER: St. George and the Dragones. Ltd. Did voice for numerous movie cartoons, "Time OTHER NIT: Green Christmas. For Beanie" TV show. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting, guitar. FOUR FRESHMEN (Capitol) NAMES: Ross & Don Barbour, Bob Flanigan, Ken Albers. LATEST SINGLE: Route 66 b/w Candy. LATEST ALBUM: Voices and Brass. PM: Bill Wagner HOME TOWNS: Ross, Don & Bob from Ind.; Ken from PREVIOUS NITS: (All LP's) Four Freshmen and Five Guitars, BO: G.A.C. N. J. EDUCATION: Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music. BACKGROUND: Night clubs, personal appear- Love Lost, Voices in Love, Four Freshmen, Freshmen Favor- ances. ites. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Ross, plays drums and trumpet; Don, plays guitar; Bob, plays trombone, doubles on string bass; Ken, plays trumpet and mellophone. FOUR LADS (Columbia) HOME TOWN: Toronto, Canada. NAMES: Frank Busseri, LATEST SINGLE: Happy Anniversary. Bernard Toorish, James Arnold, Corne Coderini. Hobbies: LATEST ALBUM: High Spirits. PM: Mike Stewart Frank, opera; Bernard, music, hockey; James, music, STEREO SINGLES: Got a Locket in My Pocket b/w The Real 110: G A. C. fine arts; Corne, tennis, ice skating, movies. BACK- Thing. GROUND: Night clubs, TV. Originally signed by Colum- STEREO EP's: Four Lads Swing Along in Stereo. bia as background singers. Backed Johnnie Ray on MILLION SELLERS: Moments to Remember; No, Not Much. "Cry," and started own solo recording in 1953. OTHER NITS: Bus Stop Song, Standing on the Corner, En- All are former choir boys. chanted Island, There's Only One of You, Put a Light in the Window, Who Needs You, Gilly Gilly by the Sea, Four Lads' Greatest Hits—LP. FOUR PREPS (Capitol) AGES: All in early 20's. NOME TOWN: Hollywood. EDU- LATEST SINGLE: Down by the Station. PM: Mel Shaver CATION: High school. BACKGROUND: Formed group in LATEST ALBUM: Down by the Station. BO: M. C. A high school. First big break came via guest shot on MILLION SELLER: 26 Miles. Ernie Ford's TV show. Currently touring Hawaii and OTHER HITS: Lazy Summer Night, Dreamy Eyes, Big Man. making personal appearances, club dates. NAMES: The Four Preps—LP. Don Clarke, Bruce Belland, Glen Larson, Ed Cobb. CONNIE FRANCIS (M-G-M) BIRTHDAY: Dec. 12, 1938. NOME TOWN: Belleville, LATEST SINGLE: Teddy b/w Mama. LATEST ALBUM: Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites. PM: George Schick N. J. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Collecting stuffed animals. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Song- STEREO SINGLES: Lipstick on Your Collar b/w Frankie. BO: G. A. C. writing, accordion, piano. BACKGROUND: Started STEREO EP's. My Thanks to You. as child TV singer, TV, night clubs. MILLION SELLERS: lipstick on Your Collar, Frankie, Who's Scrry Now OTHER HITS: Stupid Cupid, God Bless America, Among My Souvenirs, My Happiness, I'm Sorry I Made You Cry, BOBBY FREEMAN (Josie) BIRTHDAY: June 13, 1941. HOME TOWN: San Fran. LATEST SINGLE: Ebb Tide b/w Sinbad. PM: Milt Somers cisco. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Piano, com- LATEST ALBUM: Do You Vienna Dance. BO: Shaw posing, dancing. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Song- PREVIOUS NITS: Do You Wanna Dance, Betty Lou Got a writer, piano, drums, guitar. New Pair of Shoes. PAUL GAYTEN (Anna) HOME TOWN: New Orleans. BACKGROUND: Has been in LATEST SINGLE: The Hunch. show business for 25 years. Got his start in 1938 when PREVIOUS NIT: Nervous Boogie. he organized his own instrumental group. Currently Western sales representative for the Chess Record firm. Personal appearances. GEORGIA GIBBS (Imperial) HOME TOWN: Worcester, Mass. HOBBIES: Sports, gar- LATEST SINGLE: The Stroll That Stole My Heart b/w Seven BO: M. C. A. dening. BACKGROUND: First break was the old Jimmy Lonely Days. Durante radio show. Radio, TV, night clubs, theaters, MILLION SELLERS: Dance With Me, Henry; Kiss of Fire, personal appearances. Tweedle Dee (all on Mercury). OTHER NITS: Pretend (KaPPs). BILLY GRAMMER (Monument, BIRTHDAY: August 28, 1925. NOME TOWN: Bento, Ill. LATEST SINGLE: On the Job Too Long b/w Loveland. PM Fred Foster BACKGROUND: Married, three children. Plays guitar. LATEST ALBUM: Grammer's Guitar. MILLION SELLERS: Gotta Travel On. OTHER HITS: Bonaparte's Retreat, Kissin' Tree. ROCCO GRANATA (Laurie) AGE: 21. HOME TOWN: Waterschei, Belgium. HOBBIES: LATEST SINGLE: Marina. PM: Jules Nys Autos and auto mechanics. BACKGROUND: Personal ap- BO: G A. C. pearances 8. TV. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Plays accordion and gi,tar. Songwriter. GOGI GRANT (Liberty) AGE: 23. HOME TOWN: L. A. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST SINGLE: Goin' Home b/w All God's Children Got PM. George Greif HO WES: Cooking and decorating. BACKG1OUND: TV, Shoes IL iberty). BO. Milton Deutsch night clubs, personal appearances. Formerly with RCA LATEST ALBUM: If You Wanna Go to Heaven Shout (Liberty), Victor, now with liberty. Granted Its Gogi (RCA Victor). STEREO SINGLES: If You Wanna Go to Heaven Shout (liberty), Granted Its Gogi (RCA Victor). MI WON SELLER: Wayward Wind (Era). OTHER HITS: Suddenly There's a Valley, Torch Time, Helen Morgan Story LP's. 84 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MIN G MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD Today's Top Talent ARTIST (Current Record Label) Personal Mgr., Booking Office BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL RECORD DATA LATEST ALBUM: The 1812 Overture. MORTON GOULD (RCA Victor) HOME TOWN: New York City. EDUCATION: College. BACKGROUND: Appears as guest conductor and soloist PREVIOUS HITS: (All LP's) Doubling in Brass, Blues in tile PM: Walter Gould thruout country. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Composer, Night. Wind and Stars. arranger, conductor. BONNIE GUITAR (Dolton) BIRTHDAY: March 25, 1923. HOME TOWN: Seattle. LATEST SINGLE: Candy Apple Red, LATEST ALBUM: Whispering Hope. PM Jerry Dennon EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Racing horses, golf, tennis. BACKGROUND: Night clubs. OTHER MUS- PREVIOUS HITS: Dark Moon, Mr. Fireyes. ICAL INTERESTS: Songwriter, arranger, combo instru- mentalist. BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS BORN: 1927. HOME TOWN: Highland Park, Mich. LATEST SINGLE: Skokian (Decca), Tamiami (Warner Bros.). LATEST ALBUM: Strictly Instrumental (Decca). (Decca) (Warner Bros.) HOBBY: Dixieland Jazz. BACKGROUND: Musical direc- tor & leader of his own band over WPWA in Chester, MILLION SELLERS: (All on Decca) Rock Around the Clock; BO Jolly Joyce Fa. Night clubs, personal appearances, tours. For- See You Later, Alligator; Shake, Rattle and Roll. merly with Decca, now with Warner Bros. OTHER OTHER HITS: Joey's Song, Dim Dim the Lights, Skinny MUSICAL INTERESTS: Plays guitar, songwriting. Minnie, Sway With Me, LARRY HALL (Strand) BIRTHDAY: June 30, 1940. HOME TOWN: Cincinnati. LATEST SINGLE: A Girl Like You b/w Rosemary. EDUCATION: College HOBBIES: Golf, water skiing, PREVIOUS HIT: Sandy. sports cars. BACKGROUND: Radio, TV OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Guitar. JANICE HARPER (Capitol) HOME TOWN: Flushing, N Y EDUCATION: High school. LATEST SINGLE: Cry Me a River. PM: Mort Farber HOBBY: Interior decorating BACKGROUND: TV, night LATEST ALBUM: With Feeling. BO: G.A.C. clubs. JAMIE HORTON (Joy) BIRTHDAY: March 8, 1943. HOME TOWN: Oklahoma LATEST SINGLE: My Little Marine. C,ty EDUCATION: Is in junior year at high school. PM Eddie Joy HOBBIES: Dancing, record collecting, sports. BACK- GROUND: TV. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Songwriting. REAL NAME: Gayla Peevey. JOHNNY HORTON (Columbia) BIRTHDAY: April 30, 1927. HOME TOWN: 'Tyler, Tex. LATEST SINGLE: Sink the Bismarck b/w The Same Old Tale PM: Tillman Franks EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Fishing, music. the Crow Told Me. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting, arranging. LATEST ALBUM: The Spectacular Johnny Horton. STEREO SINGLES Battle of New Orleans. STEREO EP's: The Spectacular Johnny Horton. MILLION SELLER: The Battle of New Orleans. OTHER HITS: Sal's Got a Sugar Lip, Johnny Reb, Take Me Like I Am, When It's Springtime in Alaska. HUGO AND LUIGI (RCA Victor) AGES: Luigi Creatore, 37, Hugo Peretti, 40. HOME LATEST SINGLE: Just Come Home b/w Lonesome Stranger. TOWN: New York. BACKGROUND: Hugo played trumpet STEREO SINGLE: Just Come Home b/w Lonesome Stranger. in Broadway pit bands and with Charlie Barnet and PREVIOUS HITS: Shenandoah Rose, La Plume de Ma Tante, Guy Lombardo. Chief arranger for "March of Time" during the '40's. Luigi is short story writer. Wrote war novel, "This World Is Mine," in 1947. Have worked together as team since 1950. Prior to joining RCA Victor as independent record producers, the boys were a.Ba. toppers for Roulette and Eastern a.8r. chiefs for Mercury. Luigi's father was famous band conductor, the Great Creatore. OTHER MUSICAL IN- TERESTS: Hugo, trumpet, arranging. BIRTHDAY: July 11, 1931. HOME TOWN: San Fran- TAB HUNTER (Waver Bros.) LATEST SINGLE: Gotta Have My Baby Back b/w Black Coat, cisco. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Skiing, skat- PM.: Dick Clayton LATEST ALBUM: When I Fall in Love. BO: Famous Artists ing (champion ice skater in teens), horseback riding. MILL'ON SELLER: Young Love (Dot). BACKGROUND: TV, movie. New movie: The Pleasure of OTHER HITS: Apple-Blossom Time, Young Love, Ninety-Nine His Company. An established movie star when he cut Ways, Jealous Heart. his first record. "Young Love," a million seller. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Jan. REAL NAME: Arthur Galien. THE ISLANDERS (Mayflower') HOME TOWN: Randy Starr, New York City; Frank Metis, LATEST SINGLE: Blue Rain b/w Tornado. Nurenburg, Germany. EDUCATION: Randy, College; Frank, PREVIOUS HIT: Enchanted Sea. Schillinger School of Musical Composition. HOBBIES: Randy, photography, swimming; Frank, reading, swim- ming. BACKGROUND: Randy is a practicing dentist, grad- uate of Columbia University. Frank, an arranger, has worked with George Shearing and Dave Brubeck. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Both songwriters, wrote "En- chanted Sea." Frank plays piano and accordion; Randy plays guitar. STONEWALL JACKSON (Columbia) AGE: 25. HOME TOWN: Nashville, Tenn. EDUCATION: LATEST SINGLE: Why I'm Walkin' b/w Life of a Poor Boy. PM: Jim Denny and W. E. High school. HOBBIES: Fishing and hunting. BACK- I ATEST ALBUM: The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson. (Lucky) Moeller GROUND: Night clubs, personal appearances. "Grand STEREO EP: The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson. BO: Jim Denny Artist Bureau, Ole Opry." OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Guitar, song- MILLION SELLER: Waterloo. Inc. writer. OTHER HITS: Life to Go, Mary Don't You Weep. Continued on page 88 THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING OS ILLION Agent: Associated Booking Corp. Personal Management: George Treadwell 86 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD HOT SINGLES "What A Diff'rence A Day Makes" "Unforgettable" "Baby"(with Brook Benton) AND THE LATEST... Current Hit Albums DINAH'44etrher WASHINGTON I IIIISCIA•101• I 71/901001111 ARCIA/1 YOU TART S All TWI N IS CO AMA, I *OM , CRY ANY MO M EXCLUSIVELY ON ISO INIIOAMOM ARCM 110 . CRC Mt A MISSY A DR VIIICIICA A DAY MARC • . •11111.1 1.4 111/ORISI THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING 87 Today's Top Talent Continued from page 85 ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office AHMAD JAMAL (Argo) BIRTHDAY: July 2, 1930. NOME TOWN: Pittsburgh. LATEST SINGLE: I Like to Recognize the Tune b/w Should I. BACKGROUND: Played piano since age of three. At 11 LATEST ALBUM: Happy Moods. PM: John Levy was a working "sideman" with orbs, and at 21 had PREVIOUS HITS: But Not for Me; Ahmad lama', A Port- BO. Associated his own band. Night Clubs, concerts, TV. folio. JONI JAMES (MG-M) BIRTHDAY: Sept. 22. HOME TOWN: Chicago. EDUCA- LATEST SINGLE: I Need You Now b/w You Belong to Me. TION: High school. HOBBIES: Clothes designing, interior LATEST ALBUM: Joni Sings Irish Favorites. PM: Tony Acquaviva decorating and cooking. BACKGROUND: Former ballerina. STEREO SINGLES: Are You Sorry b/w What I Don't Know BO: G. A. C. TV, night clubs. Married to conductor Acquaviva. Won't Hurt Me, There Must Be a Way b/w Sorry For Myself. STEREO EP. Joni Sings Sweet. MILLION SELLERS: Have You Heard?, How Important Can It Be?, Why Don't You Believe Me?, Your Cheating Heart. OTHER HITS: There Goes My Heart, Almost Always, There Must Be a Way, I Still Get Jealous, I Still Get a Thrill, Wishing Ring, You Are My Love, Little Things Mean a Lot. AGE. Middle 20's NOME TOWN: Hackelburg, Ala. BACK. LATEST SINGLE: Yo_mg Love b/w First Date, First Kiss, SONNY JAMES (NRC) First Love. GROUND: Comes from showbiz family. Radio, TV, per- sonal appearances. Formerly with Capitol, now with LATEST ALBUM: Church in the Wildwood. PREVIOUS HITS: Young Love, First Date; First Kiss, First National Recording Company. OTHER MUSICAL INTER- Love, Talk of the School, I Forgot More Than You'll Ever ESTS: Fiddle, guitar. Know. LATEST SINGLE: Clementine. AGES: Jan Berry, Dean Torrence, both 18. HOME JAN & DEAN (Dore) (Era) LATEST ALBUM: Jan and Dean. TOWN: Los Angeles. EDUCATION: Jan, high school; PM: Lou Adler Dean, college. HOBBIES: Surfing, sailing. volleyball. PREVIOUS HITS: There's a Girl, Baby Talk. Jennie Lee BO: G. A. C. Jan A Arnie). BACKGROUND: Personal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Both write songs. Jan plays guitar and piano. LATEST SINGLE: Beatnik Fly b/w Hand Storm. JOHNNY & HURRICANES (Warwick) AGES: Johnny Paris, 18; Paul Tesluk, 18; lony Kaye, LATEST ALBUM: Johnny and the Hurricanes. PM: Artists, Inc. 22; David Yorko, 18. EDUCATION: High school. BACK- PREVIOUS HITS: Reveille Rock, Crossfire, Red River Rock. GROUND: Johnny writes songs and plays sax; Paul is an accordionist and organist; Tony plays bass; David, guitar. MARY JOHNSON (United Artists) BIRTHDAY: Oct. 15, 1938. HOME TOWN: Detroit. EDU- LATEST SINGLE: Let Me Love You b/w I Love the Way CATION: High school. HOBBIES: Directing and acting in You Love. PM: Berry Gordie Jr. LATEST ALBUM: Marvelous Mary Johnson. BO: Shaw amateur theatricals. PREVIOUS HITS: You Got What It Takes, Come to Me, l'ng Commn' Home. LATEST SINGLE: Handy Man. JIMMY JONES (Cub) BIRTHDAY: June 2, 1937. HOME TOWN: Birmingham. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBY: Dancing. BACK- PM: Moe Gale GROUND: Night clubs, personal appearances. OTHER BO: Circle MUSICAL INTEREST: Songwriting. Wrote "Handy Man." HOME TOWN: South Philadelphia. AGE: 34. HOBBIES: LATEST SINGLE: Need Me b/w That Old Feeling. KITTY KALLEN (Columbia) LATEST ALBUM: If I Give My Heart to You. PM: Bud Granoff Interior decorating, cooking. BACKGROUND: Professional MILLION SELLER: Little Things Mean a Lot. BO: W. M. singer since child. Was band singer with Jack Tea- garden, Jimmy Dorsey and Harry James. Movies, Night OTHER HITS: If I Give My Heart to You, Besame Mucho, Little Things Mean a Lot, In the Chapel in the Moonlight. :lubs. MONTY KELLY (Carlton) AGE: Early forties. HOME TOWN: Oakland, Calif. LATEST SINGLE: Summer Set. BACKGROUND: Composer-arranger for records, radio and films. Personal appearances. Currently a. & r. director for Carlton. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Plays trumpet. LATEST SINGLE: Home From the Hill b/w El Matador. AGES: All in early 20's. HOME TOWNS: Dave Guard KINGSTON TRIO (Capitol) LATEST ALBUM: Here We Go Again. and Bob Shane, Hawaii; Nick Reynolds, Coronado, Calif. PM: Frank Werber STEREO EP's: The Tijuana Jail, Copias, Oh Cindy, Tom EDUCATION: College. HOBBIES: Dave, surfing, reading, BO: Associated Dooley. song writing; Bob, water skiing, surfing, bull fights; MILLION SELLER: Tom Dooley. Nick, water skiing, sports car racing. OTHER HITS: Worried Man, Coo Coo U; M. T. A.; Tijuana Jail. The Kingston Trio, Hungry i, Kingston Trio at Large— LP's. THE KNOCKOUTS (Shad) NAMES: Robert D'Andrea, leader; Edward Parente; LATEST SINGLE: Darling LErraine. PM. Chic Salerno Robert Collada; Harry Venuta. AGES: Bob D'Andrea, 27; Eddie, 23; Bob Collada, 21; Harry, 26. HOME TOWNS: Bob D'Andrea, West New York, N. J.; Eddie, North Bergen, N. J.; Bob Collada and Harry, Bayonne, N. J. EDUCATION: High school. Bob Collada, college. HOBBIES: Bob D'Andrea, fishing; Edward Parente, writing, Bob Collada, writing; Harry, hunting. BACK- GROUND: Night clubs, personal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Bob D'Andrea, songwriter, plays guitar; Eddie, guitar, songwriter; Bob Collada, piano, arranging; Harry, drummer. 88 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MIN G MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD Today's Top Talent ARTIST ((CCuurrrreenntt Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA POrsonal Mgr., Booking Office MARIO LANZA (RCA Victor) BIRTHDAY: January 31, 1921. NOME TOWN: South LATEST ALBUM: The Student Prince Philadelphia. BACKGROUND: Mario Lanza died in the MILLION SELLERS: Be My Love, Loveliest Night of the Year. American Hospital in Rome, Italy, on October 7, 1959. OTHER HITS: Because You're Mine, Le Donna e Mobile, Vesti His real name was Alfredo Arnold Cocozza. He made Le Guibba. For the First Time, The Great Caruso, Student many monies for M-G-M and was most famous for Prince and Other Favorites, The Seven Hills of Rome, Lanza his title role in "The Great Caruso." on Broadway— LP's. JULIUS LA ROSA (Kapp) BIRTHDAY: Jan. 2, 1930. NOME TOWN: Brooklyn. LATEST SINGLE: Your Hand in Mine b/w Green( ields. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Swimming, foot- MILLION SELLER: Eh Cumpari (Cadence). PM. Bernie Lang ball, baseball and tenriic. BACKGROUND: Arthur Godfrey OTHER HITS: Domani (Cadence), Lipstick and Candy and gave him his first break. Made headlines when God- Rubber Soled Shoes (RCA Victor). frey fired him from show on the air in 1953. Radio, Soled Shoes (RCA Victor). TV, personal appearances. Married to Perry Cornos eu -secretary. ROD LAUREN (RCA Victor) BIRTHDAY: March 26, 1940. HOME TOWN: Fresno, LATEST SINGLE: Listen My Love b/w This I Know. STEREO SINGLE: Listen My Love b/w This 1 Know. PM: Don Gross Calif. EDUCATION: College. HOBBIES: Archery, track, PREVIOUS HIT: If I Had a Girl. 110: G. A. C. water sports, reading, painting. BACKGROUND: Per- sonal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Plays trombone, piano. STEVE LAWRENCE (Am-Par) BIRTHDAY: July 8, 1937. NOME TOWN: Brooklyn, N. Y. LATEST SINGLE: Footsteps b/w You Don't Know (Am-Par). EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Piano, saxophone. LATEST ALBUM: We Got Us (with Eydie Gorme) (Am•PaC. (United Artists) OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Arranging. BACKGROUND: PREVIOUS HITS: (All on Am-Par) Pretty Blue Eyes, (I Don't PM: Ken Greenerass Married to Eydie Gorme. Currently serving in U. S. Care) Only Love Me. BO: G. A. C. Army. Received first big break via Steve Allen TV show. Formerly with ABC-Paramount. Now with United Artists. BRENDA LEE (Decca) BIRTHDAY: December 11, 1944. HOME TOWN: Atlanta. LATEST SINGLE: Sweet Nuthin's. PM: Dub Allbritten BACKGROUND: "Regular" on "Ozark Jubilee." Guest PREVIOUS NITS: Dynamite, Love You Till I Die. 110: W. M. appearances on TV, personal appearances LITTLE ANTHONY 6 IMPERIALS AGES: Anthony Gourchne, 17; Ernest Wright Jr., 17; LATEST SINGLE: Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop, Tracy Lord, 17; Clarence Collins, 17; Gloster Rogers, LATEST ALBUM: We Are the Imperials (featuring Little (End) 16. HOME TOWNS: Anthony, Ernest, Clarence, New York Anthony), PM: Mark A. Bogart & Peter City; Gloster, Memphis. EDUCATION: High school. MILLION SELLER: Tears on My Pillow. Paul OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Anthony, drums; Ernest, OTHER HITS: So Much, A Prayer and a Juke Box, Wishful 110: G. A. C guitar. Thinking, I'm Alright. LITTLE RICHARD (Gone) BIRTHDAY: December 25, 1935. NOME TOWN: Macon, LATEST SINGLE: I Got It b/w Baby. Ga. BACKGROUND: Started as church soloist at 14. LATEST ALBUM: Here's Little Richard (Specialty), At 15 was singing, dancing and peddling herb tonic MILLION SELLER: Long Tall Sally. for a medicine show. A year later he won a talent OTHER HITS: Tutti Frutti, Rip It Up, Keep a Knock in"; contest at an Atlanta, Ga., theater. He retired from Good Golly, Miss Molly. show business last year to concentrate on religious activities, but returned to show business this icar. Formerly recorded for Specialty, now with Gone. LITTLE WILLIE JOHN (King) BORN: 1938. HOME TOWN: Detroit. BACKGROUND: LATEST SINGLE: Let Them Talk. PM: Jim McDougal Started professional career at 17. OTHER MUSICAL LATEST ALBUM: Talk to Me, Talk to Me. SO. Un' I A ons INTERESTS: Songwriting. PREVIOUS HITS: All Around the World, Fever, Talk to Me, You'i c a Sweetheart. Continued on page 92 Connie Francis . . . winner of a Duane Eddy . . . climbing album Dick Haymes ... veteran song man Francis Bay . . . versatile arranger flock of "favorite fern vocalist" charts with new LP, "Twang's the has new album on O mega label and conductor from Belgium has awards. Thong." called - Really Swingin'." new LP, "Big-Band Blast." THE BILLBOARD, M ARCH 14, 1960 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MIN G 89 • • • 14 tf) Current Smash Hit • STOLEN % ANGEL *690 5 Personal Management: JERRY FIELD Exclusively: ENTERPRISES RIBBON RECORDS 90 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD wode THE FIREF I. ES Personal Management: Exclusively: EDDIE V. DEANE RIBBON RECORDS Bookings: GA( THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PRO GRA M MIN G 91 Today's Top Talent Continued from page 89 ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office JIM LOWE (Dot) BIRTHDAY: May 7, 1927. HOME TOWN: Springfield, LATEST SINGLE: Dress Rehearsal b/w He'll Have to Go. Mo. EDUCATION: College. HOBBIES: Golf, reading, LATEST ALBUM: Wicked Women, PM: Ed Burton writing. BACKGROUND: Dee¡ay, WRCA, New York. MILLION SELLER: Green Door. BO: M. C. A. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriter. Wrote "Gam- PREVIOUS HITS: Four Walls, Close the Door. bler's Guitar" and "Talkin' to the Blues." AGE: 26. NOME TOWN: Honolulu. EDUCATION: College. LATEST SINGLE: Bahia. ARTHUR LYMAN (HI-Fi) HOBB•ES: Collecting rare musical instruments OTHER LATEST ALBUM: Bahia. PM: Marie Lyman MUSICAL INTERESTS: Composing, arranging, vibes, gui- STEREO SINGLES: Taboo, Bahia, BO: Associated tar, piano, drums. BACKGROUND: Night clubs, TV. PREVIOUS HITS: Taboo. Arthur Lyman in Hi-Fi —LP. HOME TOWN: Chicago. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST SINGLE: I Can't Give You Anything But Love b/w RALPH MARTERIE (Mercure HOBBY: Outdoor cooking. BACKGROUND: Radio, TV, Diga Diga Doo. BO: M. C. A. tours, personal appearances. Plays many college dates. LATEST ALBUM: Music for a Private Eye. Band is known as the Marlboro Men. OTHER MUSICAL MILLION SELLERS: Caravan, Pretend, INTERESTS: Arranger, plays trumpet. OTHER HITS: Skokiaan, The Moon Is Blue, Theme From Com- pulsion. BIRTHDAYS: Chris, July 30. 1929; Dotty, Feb. 13, 1930; LATEST SINGLE: Living Dangerously. THE McGUIRE SISTERS (Coral) Phyllis, Feb. 14, 1931. HOME TOWN: Middletown, O. LATEST ALBUM: In Harmony With Him. PM: Murray Kane EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Chris, cooking; MILLION SELLERS: Sincerely, Sugartime. 110: W.M. Phyllis, tennis and golf; Dotty, skating. BACKGROUND: OTHER HITS: May You Always, Picnic, Volare, Ding Dong. Won Arthur Godfrey "Talent Scout" contest, "regulars" on Godfrey show for several years. TV, night clubs. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Chris, piano; Dotty, saxo- phone. HOME TOWN: Durham, N. C. BACKGROUND: Started LATEST SINGLE: Just Give Me a Ring b/w Don't Dog Me CLYDE McNIATTER (MGM) career as lead singer with Billy Ward and the Dominos. (Atlantic); Think Me a Kiss b/w When the Right Time Comes PM: Irvin Field Left Ward in 1953 to form own group, the Drifters. Along (M-G-M). 110: C. A. C. Went out as single act in 1956. Left Atlantic Records LATEST ALBUM: Clyde! (Atlantic). this year to ¡oin M-G-M label. MILLION SELLER: A Lover's Question (Atlantic). OTHER HITS: Let's Try Again (M-G-M). White Christmas, Treasure of Love, Without Love, Seven Days, Honey Love, Money Honey, Since You've Been Gone, Rock and Cry, Long Lonely Nights, Come What May, Just to Hold My Hand, Lovey Dovey. HENRY MANCINI (RCA Victor) BIRTHDAY: April 16, 1924. HOME TOWN: Cleveland. LATEST SINGLE: Mr. Lucky b/w Floating Pad. EDUCATION: College. BACKGROUND: Composer, ar- LATEST ALBUM: Mr. Lucky. ranger, conductor for "Peter Gunn" and "Mr. Lucky" PREVIOUS HITS: Peter Gunn, More Music From Peter Gunn, TV series. Peter Gunn—LP's. CARL MANN (Phillips Int.) AGE: 16. HOME TOWN: Huntingdon, Tenn. EDU• LATEST SINGLE: Some Enchanted Evening b/w I Can't Forget PM: W. S. Holland CATION: High school. BACKGROUND: Formed his own band at age of 14. HOBBIES: Fishing. OTHER MUSICAL BO: G. A. C. PREVIOUS HITS: Pretend, Mona Lisa. INTERESTS: Pianist, guitarist. MANTOYANI (London) AGE: 54. HOME TOWN: London. BACKGROUND: Led LATEST SINGLE: Summertime. PM: George Elrick his own quintet at the age of 16. Legit, TV, concerts. LATEST ALBUM: The All American Showcase. BO: Columbia Artists MILLION SELLER: Charmaine. OTHER HITS: Around the World, Separate Tables. Film En- cores, Vols. 1 and 2; Gems Forever, Concert Encores, Continental Encores, Waltz Encores, Charmaine, Favorite Tangos, Favorite Waltzes, Song Hits From Theater Land, Some Enchanted Evening, The World's Favorite Love Songs, Strauss Waltzes—LP's. DEAN MARTIN (Capitol) BIRTHDAY: June 7, 1917. HOME TOWN: Steubenville, LATEST SINGLE: Love Me, My Love b/w Who Was That PM: Mack Gray O. HOBBIES: Golf, cooking. BACKGROUND: Worked as Lady. 110: M. C. A. boxer, mill hand and croupier before he started sing• LATEST ALBUM: Winter Romance. ing in 1941. Joined forces with Jerry Lewis in 1946. MILLION SELLERS: Memories Are Made of This, That's They split up as team in 1956. Since then has made Amore mark as dramatic actor. New movie: "Who Was That OTHER HITS: Return to Me, On An Evening in Roma, Volare Lady?" TV, films, night clubs. (Nd l Blue Dipinto Di Btu). WINK MARTINDALE (Dot) AGE: 26 HOME TOWN: Jackson, lene EDUCATION: LATEST SINGLE: Steal Away. BO: G. A. C. College. HOBBIES: Reading, water skiing. BACK- LATEST ALBUM: Deck of Cards. GROUND: Began professional career as dee¡ay. Married PREVIOUS HIT: Deck of Cards. and has three children. Has own TV show, "Teenage Dance Party" on KHJ•TV, Hollywood. JOHNNY MATHIS (Columbia) AGE: 23 HOME TOWN: San Francisco. EDUCATION: LATEST SINGLE: Starbright b/w All Is Well. PM: Helen Nog. College. HOBBIES: Track. basketball. BACKGROUND: LATEST ALBUM: Faithfully. BO: G. A. C. Top school athlete -high ¡ump, hurdles. Discovered in MILLION SELLER: Chances Are. San Francisco night club by ex-Columbia exec George OTHER HITS: Twelfth of Never, The Best of Everything, Avakian. Night clubs, TV, films. Small World, Misty, It's Not For Me to Say; Wonderful, Wonderful; Come to Me, Someone, Wild Is the Wind, All the Time, Call Me, A Certain Smile, Let's Love; Teacher, Teacher. Heavenly, Johnny's Greatest Hits, More of Johnny's Greatest Hits—LP's, 92 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MIN G MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD Today's Top Talent ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office GEORGE MELACHRINO (London) AGE: 50. HOME TOWN: London. EDUCATION: England LATEST ALBUM: Lisbon at Twi light. Trinity College of Music. BACKGROUND: Started as PREVIOUS HITS: Music for Dining, Daydreaming, Courage theater musician at 18 in London. Formed own ork ro and Continence, Two People Alone, Reading, Relaxation. Also 1939. After World War II he enl isted most of his Beau tiful D reamer —LP's. All ied Expeditionary Forces musicians for his Ma lachrino Strings ork. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Composer, arranger, oboe, clarinet, saxophone. MITCH MILLER (Columbia) BIRTHDAY: July 4, 1911. HOME TOWN: Rochester, LATEST SINGLE: Do-Re-Me. N. Y. EDUCATION: Col lege. HOBBIES: Reading, f ishing, LATEST ALBUM: Saturday Night Sing Along With Mitch. art col lecting. BACKGROUND: A.&R. Director of MILLION SELLERS: Bridge on the River Kwai, Yellow Rose Columbia Records. Radio and TV. OTHER MUSICAL of Texas. INTERESTS: Oboe. OTHER HITS: Song for a Summer Night, Children's Marching Scng. Sing Along Witn Mitch, More Sing Along With Mitch, Sti II More Sing Along With Mitch, Folk Song Sing Along v'Xith Mitch, Party Sing Along With Mitch, Fireside Sing Along With Mitch— LP's. NOME TOWN: Piqua, O. BACKGROUND: A top act for LATEST SINGLE: Oh! Ma-Ma b/w I Miss You So, MILLS BROTHERS (Dot) 30 years in vaudeville, movies, radio, TV, night clubs. LATEST ALBUM: Let Me Call You Sweetheart. PM: Arthur Lake John Mills Sr., a barber and concert singer, taught MILLION SELLERS: Glow Worm, Paper Doll, You Always Hurt BO: G. A. C. them to sing from childhood. OTHER MUSICAL INTER- the One You Love. ESTS: Imitation of musical instruments, composing. OTHER HITS: You Can't Be True, Dear. NAMES: Herbert, Harry, Donald, John Mills Sr. BIRTHDAY: February 27, 1927. HOME TOWN: Detroit. GUY MITCHELL (Columbia) LATEST SINGLE: The Same Old Me b/w Bui Id My Gallows EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Baseball, football, High. PM: Eddie Joy horseback riding and roping. BACKGROUND: Movies, LATEST ALBUM: Guy's Greatest Hits, BO: G. A. C. TV, night clubs, personal appearances, fairs. STEREO FP: Guy's Greatest Hits. MILLION SELLERS: My Heart Cries for You, Singing the Blues. OTHER HITS: Roving Kind, Heartaches by the Number; Belle, Belle, My Liberty Bel le; My Truly, Truly Fair; She Wears Red Feathers, Sparrow in the Tree Top; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Knee Deep in the Blues, Rockabilly. ART MOONEY (M-G-M) HOME TOWN: Lowell, Mass. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST SINGLE: Good Time Special (Part II) b/w Diddy BACKGROUND: Movies, TV, night clubs, radio, personal Boppers. appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Plays sax. MILLION SELLERS: Baby Face, I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf C lover, Honey Babe. OTHER HITS: Roll Out the Barrel, I've Been Working on the Rai Iroad, Five Foot Two, JANE MORGAN (Kapp) HOME STATE: New England. EDUCATION: College; LATEST SINGLE: The Ballad of Lady Jane b/w The Bells of St. Mary's. PM: Johnny Greenhut lull iard. BACKGROUND: Established herself as popular performer in France before she became success here. LATEST ALBUM: Jane Morgan Time. TV, night clubs. Has appeared in many summer stock MILLION SELLER: Fascination, shows. OTHER HITS: Happy Anniversary, With Open Arms, I'm New at the Game of Romance, The Day the Rains Came, To Each His Own. Continued on page 96 Johnnie Preston . still big on Hot Scott Brothers . . latest single on The Falcons . . . new single, "That's Bobby Rydell . . . has double-sided 100 with click single, "Running Ribbon records, "Stolen Angel." What I Aim to Do" b/w "You Must hit with "Wild One" b/w "Little Bear." Know I Love You," has strong po- Bitty Girl." tential. THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRIN G SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MING 93 tagged for star cçaletile r Current Smash Hit Sammy's Great New Album . . "LAVENDER "PARADISE" BLUE MOODS" Big Top 3032 Big Top 12-1301 (Best Buy —The Billboard, Feb. 29) Arranged and Conducted by STAN APPLEBAUM Produced by JERRY LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER 94 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRAMMING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD PERSONAL MANAGEMENT HERB LUTZ EXCLUSIVELY BIG TOP RECORDS THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRAMMING 9S Today's Top Talent Continued from page 93 ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL REC ORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR BACKGROUND: Choir president: Lester F. Lewlett. LATEST SINGLE: The Hallelujah Chorus. Choir director: Richard P. Condie. The 375-voiced LATEST ALBUM: Handel: Messiah. (Columbia) choir is one of the oldest and largest in the world, PREVIOUS HITS: Battle Hymn of the Republic. The Lord's with a repertoire of more than 1,000 numbers. The Prayer—LP. choir has been featured on a weekly radio series since 1929, and has recorded for Columbia since 1949. The original Mormon Tabernacle Choir, forerummer of present group, was organized in Salt Lake City in July, 1847. The group's official name is the Tabernacle Choir of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. RICKY NELSON (Imperial) BIRTHDAY: May 8, 1940. HOME TOWN: Hollywood. LATEST SINGLE: I Wanna Be Loved b/w Mighty Good. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Sports car, calf LATEST ALBUM: Songs by Ricky. PM: Ozzie Nelson roping, horseback riding. BACKGROUND: Debuted on MILLION SELLERS: Be Bop Baby, Believe What You Say, BO: M. C. A. family TV show, "Ozzie and Harriet" in 1949. TV I'm Walkin', Lonesome Town, Poor Little Fool, Stood Up. and films. New Movie: "The Wackiest Ship in the OTHER HITS: Just a Little Too Much, Sweeter Than You, Army." OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting, Waitin' in School, My Bucket's Got a Hole in It, A Teen- guitar, drums. Ager's Romance, It's Late, You're My One and Only Love, Never Be Anyone But You, I Got a Feeling. SANDY NELSON AGE: 19. HOME TOWN: California. BACKGROUND: LATEST SINGLE: The Wiggle b/w Party Time. Played drums with local bands and on recording ses- PREVIOUS HIT: Teen Beat (Original Sound). (Original Sound-Imperiat) sions in Hollywood studios. RO: G. A. C. JACKY NOGUEZ (Jamie) AGE: 30. HOME TOWN: Paris, France. BACKGROUND: LATEST SINGLE: Amapola b/w Mahzel. Started as orchestra leader at 15 with ¡ob at small LATEST ALBUM: Ciao Ciao Bambina. nitery in Paris, a sort of Parisian Basin Street. Popu- PREVIOUS HIT: Ciao Ciao Bambina. lar society ork on continent. OTHER MUSICAL INTER- ESTS: Arranging, accordion and many other instruments. NUTTY SQUIRRELS (Hanover) Voices are Don Elliott and Sascha Bur land. AGES: LATEST SINGLE: Uh! Huh!, Salt Peanuts, Ding Dong, Zowee. Don, 33; Sascha, 32. HOME TOWN: Don, Somerville, LATEST ALBUM: Uh! Ohl, Pt. I. PM: Doris Wiss N. J.; Sascha, New York City. EDUCATION: Both Col- 80: M. C. A. PREVIOUS HITS: Uh! Oh!, Pts. I & It. The Nutty Squirrels— lege. Elliott also attended Julliard. HOBBIES: Don, LP. Hi-Fi and photography. Sascha, writes ¡azz articles. BACKGROUND: Burland: TV producer and performer. Elliott: Played for Shearing and Goodman. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Burland, composer. Elliott: plays vibraphone, mellophone, trumpet. OLYMPICS (Arvee) HOME TOWN: Los Angeles. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST SINGLE: HuIly Gully b/w Private Eye. PM: Effie Smith, John Criner BACKGROUND: Formed in high school by leader, Walter PREVIOUS HITS: Dance With the Teacher, Chicken, Western Ward. Personal appearances. Movies. ROY ORBISON (Monument) BIRTHDAY: April 23, 1936. HOME TOWN: Odessa, Tex. LATEST SINGLE: Uptown EDUCATION: College. HOBBIES: Model airplanes, danc- PM: Wesley Rose PREVIOUS HIT: Ooby-Dooby (Sun) ing, sketching. BACKGROUND: Night clubs. OTHER BO: Acuff-Rose MUSICAL INTERESTS: Plays guitar, songwriter. JOHNNY OTIS (Capitol) BIRTHDAY: Dec. 28, 1921. HOME TOWN: Berkely, Calif. LATEST SINGLE: Mumblin' Mosie. PM: Hal Zieger EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Photography, fancy LATEST ALBUM: The Johnny Otis Show. BO: World Wide Attractions pigeons and bantams, baseball, fishing, hunting. OTHER STEREO SINGLES: Castin' My Spell b/w Telephone Baby. MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting, arrangaing, vibes, PREVIOUS HITS: Willie & the Hand Jive, Castin' My Spell. piano, drums. PATTI PAGE (Mercury) NOME TOWN: Claremore, Okla. BACKGROUND: Started LATEST SINGLE: Promise Me, Thomas b/w Two Thousand, Two Hundred, Twenty-Three Miles. PM: Jack Riel in local radio, band singer, TV, night clubs. Married LATEST ALBUM: Three Little Words. RO: G. A. C. to Charles O'Curran. HOBBY: Art. REAL NAME: Clara Ann Fowler. New Film: Elmer Gantry. STEREO SINGLE: With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming. MILLION SELLERS: Changing Partners, Cross Over the Bridge, Doggie in the Window, I Went to Your Wedding, Tennessee Waltz. OTHER HITS: The Sound of Music, With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming, Old Cape Cod, Left Right Out of Your Heart, Detour, Allegheney Moon, Fibbin', All My Love, Mockin' Bird Hill, Mr. & Misssissippi, Steam Heat, Conquest, Retreat. THE PASSIONS (Audicon) AGES: Jimmy Gallagher, 17, lead; Tony Armato, 18, LATEST SINGLE: This Is My Love b/w I Only Want You. PREVIOUS HIT: Just to Be With You, PM: Jim Cribble. first tenor; Albee Galione, 17, second tenor; Vinnie BO: G. A. C. Acierno, 17, baritone. HOME TOWN: All hail from Brooklyn, N. Y. EDUCATION: All high school. HOB- BIES: Fishing, swimming, bowling. BACKGROUND: TV, personal appearances, record hops. BOBBY PETERSEN (V-Tone) AGE: 20. HOME TOWN: Chester, Pa. EDUCATION: High LATEST SINGLE: Rockin' Charlie (Parts I & II). school. HOBBIES: Football, basketball. OTHER MUSICAL PREVIOUS HIT: The Hunch. INTERESTS: Songwriting, piano. RAY PETERSON (RCA Victor) AGE: 21. HOME TOWN: Tex. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST SINGLE: Answer Me My Love b/w What Do You PM: Stan Shulman BACKGROUND: Started singing while a polio patient in Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? a Texas hospital to amuse other patients. Night clubs, PREVIOUS HITS: Goodnight My Love, The Wonder of You, TV. Has a four and a half octave range. Fever, Come and Get It. 96 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON REC ORD PROGRA M MIN G MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD Today's Top Talent , \ „ •s‘ ,.\•.`N \ %. \\ ' s•\\\•>.,`.'\.\ •% \\\• `\•\\\'',`" \\•:, , \ ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL RECORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office BIRTHDAY: March 14, 1931. HOME TOWN: Lake Charles, LATEST SINGLE: Providing b/w Don't Leave Me. PHIL PHILLIPS (Mercury) La. BACKGROUND: Ex-bell hop, Navy veteran. Started MILLION SELLER: Sea of Love. PM George Khoury local radio-TV as a member of Gateways quartet. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Songwriter. REAL NAME: John Phillip Baptiste. HOME TOWN: Tony Williams, Roselle, N. 1.; David LATEST SINGLE: Harbor Lights b/w Sleepy Lagoon. PLATTERS (Mercury) Lynch, St. Louis; Paul Robi, New Orleans; Herbert LATEST ALBUM: Encore of Golden Hits. PM: Bud Rom Reed, Kansas City, Mo.; Zola Taylor, Los Angeles. MILLION SELLERS: Great Pretender, My Prayer, Only You, DO: Associated BACKGROUND: Four boys formed group when they all Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Twilight Time. worked as parking lot attendants in Los Angeles. Zola OTHER HITS: Enchanted, The Magic Touch, My Dream, I'm joined them after they'd had first hit. TV, night clubs. Sorry, On My Word of Honor, You're Making a Mistake. ELVIS PRESLEY (RCA Victor) BIRTHDAY: Jan. 13, 1935. HOME TOWN: Tupelo, Miss. LATEST SINGLE: Big Hunk o' Love b/w My Wish Come True. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Collecting cardo, LATEST ALBUM: Elvis' Golden Records, Vol. II. PM: Tom Porker Tedddy bears. BACKGROUND: TV, films. Released from MILLION SELLERS: Big Hunk o' Love, A Fool Such as I, I BO: W. M. U. S. Army with sergeant rating March 5. First TV Need Your Love Tonight, All Shook Up, Don't Be Cruel, Show will be with Frank Sinatra on ABC-TV May 12. Hound Dog, Don't Ask Me Why, Hard-Headed Woman, Heart- break Hotel, I Got Stung; I Want You, I Need You, I Love You; Jailhouse Rock, Love Me Tender, Teddy Bear, Loving You, Too Much, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck. BIRTHDAY: Aug. 18, 1939. HOME TOWN: Port Arthur, LATEST SINGLE: Running Bear. JOHNNY PRESTON (Mercury) Tex. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Baseball, PM: Bill Hall hunting, fishing. BACKGROUND: Has band called "The BO: Big Dapper Enterprises Shades" which he formed in high school. Personal appearances. LLOYD PRICE (Am-Par) HOME TOWN: New Orleans. BACKGROUND: Musician, LATEST SINGLE: Lady Luck b/w Never Let Me Go. arranger, songwriter. Started career writing radio com- LATEST ALBUM: Mr. Personality Sings the Blues. PM: Herold Legen mercials. BO: I. A. C. MILLION SELLERS: Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Specialty), Person- ality, Stagger Lee (ABC Paramount). OTHER HITS: Come Into My Heart, I'm Gonna Get Married, Just Because, Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day), Lonely Chair, The Chicken and the Bop, To Love and Be Loved, Baby Please Come Home. LOUIS PRIMA (Dot HOME TOWN: New Orleans BACKGROUND: Numerous LATEST SINGLE: When My Baby Smiles at Me b/w Paradise. radio-TV, film appearances. Night clubs. Married to LATEST ALBUM: Louis and Keely. PM: Barbaro Bello Keely Smith. Prima and Keely recently switched labels PREVIOUS HIT: I'm Confessin' That I Love You. from Capitol to Dot. They have set up a talent man- agement firm and will record their own masters. MARVIN RAINWATER (M-G-M) BRITHDAY: June 2, 1925. HOME TOWN: Wichita, Kan. LATEST SINGLE: Wayward Angel b/w The Paleface Indian. SO: Top Talent EDUCATION: College. HOBBIES: Swimming, skiing. BACK- LATEST ALBUM: Marvin Rainwater Sings With a Heart With GROUND: TV, night clubs. Arthur Godfrey "Talent a Beat. Scouts" winner. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Song- MILLION SELLERS: Half-Breed, My Love Is Real, My Brand of writer, plays piano and guitar, arranging. Blues, Majesty of Love (with Connie Francis). THE RAYS (XYZ) AGE: Hal Miller, Walter Ford, Davy Jones, Harry James, LATEST SINGLE: Mediterranean Moon. all in late twenties. HOME TOWN: All from Brooklyn, MILLION SELLER: Silhouettes (Cameo). PM: Noel Kramer N. Y., except Walt Ford who is from Lexington, Ky. OTHER HITS: Daddy Cool, Triangle, Elevator Operator. BO: Associated EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: Night clubs. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Davy Jonc, songwriter. Wrote "Soldier Boy." Continued on page 98 McGuire Sisters . . . their latest sin- Fireballs . . . have had two big hits Kingston Trio . . . their latest hit, The Mann-Keys ... one of Norway's gle on the Coral label, "Living in "Torquay" and "Bulldog." "El Matador," riding high on the top vocal groups has new single, Dangerously." Hot 100. "Early Bird" b w "Wedding Day." THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING 97 Today's Top Talent Continued from page 97 \ •\`:\ s\\ \\ N \.\\\ \ \ \ „ ""n \wn ‘‘‘ • ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL RECORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office BIRTHDAY: July 6, 1932. HOME TOWN: Detroit. EDU- LATEST SINGLE: Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) DELLA REESE (RCA Victor) CATION: College. HOBBIES: Cooking, designing clothes, b/w Faraway Boy. PM: Lee Magid making hats. BACKGROUND: Gospel singer with Mahalia LATEST ALBUM: Della! BO: G. A. C. Jackson. Radio, TV, night clubs. Formerly with jubi- PREVIOUS HITS: Don't You Know, Not One Minute More. lee, now with RCA Victor. AGE: 32. HOME TOWN: Chicago, Ill. BACKGROUND: LATEST SINGLE: Baby What You Want Me to Do. JIMMY REED (Vee Jay) Spent years in Gary, Ind., steel foundry and sang and LATEST ALBUM: Rockin' With Reed. BO: Circle picked guitar during lunch hour before he turned to a professional singing career. BIRTHDAYS: John Kelly, March 6, 1941. John Grant, LATEST SINGLE: Midnight Stroll. THE REVELS (Norgolde) December 6, 1936. Henry Colclough, February 23, 1938. PM: Hal Norton John Jones, January 5, 1939. Bill Jackson, May 22, 1938. HOME TOWNS: John Kelly, John Grant, Henry and Bill are from Philadelphia. John Jones is from Camden, N. J. EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: Met and organized in high school. Currently preparing for a personal appearance tour. OTHER MUSICAL IN- TERESTS: Bill Jackson, songwriting. John Grant, piano. BIRTHDAY: April 1. HOME TOWN: Burbank, Calif. LATEST SINGLE: Am I That Easy to Forget? DEBBIE REYNOLDS (Dot) EDUCATION: High schcol. HOBBY: Aiding charitable LATEST ALBUM: Debbie. BO: Louis Shurr organizations. BACKGROUND: Signed by M-G-M Studios MILLION SELLER: Tammy (Coral). in 1948 when she won "Miss Burbank" contest with OTHER HITS: Aba Daba Honeymoon, Mating Game, Tender imitation of Betty Hutton. LATEST MOVIE: "The Trap, A Very Special Love. Pleasure of His Company." TV, personal appearances. Formerly married to Eddie Fisher. Has two children, Carrie Frances and Todd Emanuel. OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Plays French horn. LATEST SINGLE: Travelin' Light b/w Dynamite. HOME TOWN: London, England. BACKGROUND: Richard CLIFF RICHARD (ABC-Paramount) PREVIOUS HITS: Living Doll, High Class Baby. is one of England's biggest pop record artists. He re- PM: Tito Burns cently signed a $140,000 personal appearance contract, under which he completed a successful personal ap- pearance tour of the U. S. LATEST SINGLE: Since I Made You Cry. AGES: Homer Dunn & Andrew Jones, 24; Charles Allen, PREVIOUS HITS: Count Every Star, Moonlight Serenade, RIVIERAS (Coed) 23; Ronald Cook, 22. HOME TOWNS: Hackensack & PM: I. d Gaines Englewood, N. J. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Our Love. SO: Capas Management Corp. Basketball, landscaping. BACKGROUND, Night cli.hs, personal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Arranging, composing. LATEST SINGLE: The Happy Muleteer b/w Rhondaly. IVO ROBIC (Laurie) AGE: 31. HOME TOWN: Zagreb, Yugoslavia. EDUCA- TION: High school. Music conservatory. BACKGROUND: PREVIOUS HIT: Morgen. PM: Michael Stewart Has a 15-piece band in Yugoslavia. Top recording SO: G.A.C. star there. Plays piano, clarinet, sax flute and double bass. Sings in German, French, Italian, Spanish and English. Has recorded for Jugoton (Yugoslav record company) and now for Polydor (German record com- pany). Personal appearances and TV. LATEST SINGLE: Saddle Tramp b/w Big Iron. MARTY ROBBINS (Columbia) BIRTHDAY: Sept. 26, 1925. HOME TOWN: Glendale, Ariz. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Boxing, horse- LATEST ALBUM: Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. back riding. BACKGROUND: Radio, TV, personal appear- MILLION SELLER: A White Sport Coat. ances. Frequently appears on "Grand Ole Opry." OTHER HITS: Singin' the Blues, Knee Deep in the Blues, The Story of My Lite, Just Married, She Was Only Seventeen. NAMES: Vic Mizell, leader; Bill Cook, Bill Smith, Paul LATEST SINGLE: Twangy b/w Doggone It, Baby. THE ROCK-A•TEENS (Roulette) LATEST ALBUM: Woo-Hoo. PM: Jess DuBois Evans, Boo Walker, Eddie Robinson. NOME TOWN: PREVIOUS HIT: Woo-Hoo. SO: O. A. C. Richmond, Va. BACKGROUND: Personal appearances. Discovered by disk jockey Jess DuBois. BIRTHDAY: Sept. 18, 1933. HOME TOWN: Camas, LATEST SINGLE: Just a Closer Walk With Thee b/w Joshua JIMMIE RODGERS (Roulette) Wash. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Piano, guitar. Fit the Battle of Jericho. PM: Cobb., Lutz, Heller & Loeb BACKGROUND: TV, filmy. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: LATEST ALBUM: When the Spirit Moves You. RO: G.A.C. Song writing, arranging. MILLION SELLERS: Honeycomb, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, Secretly. OTHER HITS: Tucumcari, Waltzing Matilda, Tender Love and Care. AGES: 17-21. NOME TOWN: Tom Austin and Robert LATEST SINGLE: Believe Me. ROYAL TEENS (Capitol) Gaudio are from Fort Lee, N. J.; Joe Villa and Frank PREVIOUS HITS: Short Shorts, Big Name Button. PM: Leo Rogers Cappola are from Brooklyn. EDUCATION: High school. BO: G. A. C. HOBBIES: Swimming, piano. OTHER MUSICAL INTER- ESTS: All write music. BOBBY RYDELL (Cameo) BIRTHDAY: April 26, 1942. HOME TOWN: Philadelphia. LATEST SINGLE: Wild One b/w Little Bitty Girl. EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: Personal ap- LATEST ALBUM: We Got Love. PM: Frankie Day pearances. His name was given to him by Paul PREVIOUS HITS We Got Love, I Dig Girls, Kissin' Time. RO: G.A.C. Whiteman when Bobby was a regular on his TV show for over a year. Announcer on show was Dick Clark. HOBBIES, Jazz, swimming. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Drums, fender bass, guitar. 98 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD Today's Top Talent „ ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL RECORD DATA Personal Mgr, Booking Office AGE: Santo Farina, 21; Johnny Farina, 18. NOME LATEST SINGLE: Caravan b/w Summertime SANTO & JOHNNY TOWN: Brooklyn, N. Y. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST ALBUM: Santo and Johnny. (Canadian-American) BACKGROUND: Personal appearances, night clubs. PREVIOUS HITS: Teardrop, Sleep Walk. PM: Burton Management, Inc. HOBBIES: Santo, raising homing pigeons; Johnny, fish- BO: G.A.C. ing. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Song writing. Brothers wrote "Sleep Walk." Santo plays steel guitar. Johnny plays rhythm guitar. BIRTHDAY: Dec. 13, 1931. HOME TOWN: Ames, la. LATEST ALBUM: Music to Break Any Mood. DICK SCHORY (RCA Victor) EDUCATION: College. BACKGROUND: Percussionist with STEREO SINGLE: Buck Dance. PM: Creative Music Chicago Sym. Orchestra; Musical Director of Filmack PREVIOUS HIS: Music for Bang, Baaroom 8, Harp LP Studio; author of books and articles on percussion. That s a Plenty, Crocodile Crawl, Woodpile Folka, Currently Educational Director for Ludwig Drum Co., Chicago. Also guest conducting and doing music clinic work in U. S. and Canada. Personal appearances with new Percussion Ensemble. Arranges and conducts for recordings and films. JACK SCOTT (Carlton) (Top Rank) AGE: 22. HOME TOWN: Windsor, Ontario, Canada. LATEST SINGLE: Whet in the World's Come Over You. PM: Minnie Greenfield EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Singing, weight LATEST ALBUM: Jatk Scott. BO: M. C. A. lifting. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Writing, composing, PREVIOUS Hill: My Try* Love, Leroy, Goodbye Baby, With plays guitar. Your Love, The Way I Walk, I Never Felt Like This. NEIL SEDAKA (RCA Victor) BIRTHDAY: Mar. 13, 1939. NOME TOWN: Brooklyn, LATEST SINGLE: Stairway to Heaven b/w Forty Winks Away. New York. EDUCATION: High School, JuWard. HOBBIES: LATEST ALBUM: Neil Sedaka. Music. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriter. PREVIOUS HITS: Oh Carol, The Diary, I Go Ape. BIRTHDAY: Jan. 27, 1919. HOME TOWN: Fresno, LATEST SINGLE: Alvin's Orchestra b/w Copyright 1960. DAVID SEVILLE d Calif. EDUCATION: College. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: LATEST ALBUM: Let's All Sing Along With the Chipmunks. Song writing, arranging, publishing. BACKGROUND: The CHIPMUNKS (Liberty) STEREO SINGLES: Judy, Ragtime Cowboy Joe, 110: M. C. A. Cousin of Bill Saroyan, with whom he wrote "Come MILLION SELLERS: Alvin's Harmonica, Chipmunk Song, On-A My House." He provides voices (vie electronic Witch Doctor. magic) for the Chipmunks. REAL NAME: Ross Bag- OTHER NITS: Armen's Theme, Bird on My Head. dasarian. DINAH SHORE (Capitol) REAL NAME: Frances Rose Shore. BIRTHDAY: Mar. 1. LATEST SINGLE: When the Sparrows Learn to Fly b/w I HOME TOWN: Nashville, Tenn. EDUCATION: College. Have So Many Things to Do. PM: Henry Jaffe BACKGROUND: Movies, TV, Radio. Started singing at LATEST ALBUM: Yes Indeed! Somebody Loves Me. Radio Station WNEW in New York with Frank Sinatra. MILLION SELLER: Buttons & Bows (RCA Victor). First big break on Cantor radio show. NBC-TV star OTHER NITS: Sweet Violets, Scene of the Crime. Dear Hearts since 1951. Winner of TV "Emmy" award five years and Gentle People—LP. (All on RCA Victor.) in a row. Married actor George Montgomery in 1943. They have two children. Elected "One of the 10 most admired women in the world" by 1958 Gallup Poll. Recently left RCA Victor to join Capitol. TENDER SLIM (Grey Cliff) BIRTHDAY: February 9, 1940. NOME TOWN: Columbia, LATEST SINGLE: Teenage Hayride. S. C. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Sports cars, PM: William Parker baseball. BACKGROUND: Movies, TV, personal appear- SO: G.A.C. ances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting, guitar. HARRY SIMONE (20th Fox) BIRTHDAY: May 9, 1914, NOME TOWN: Newark, N. J. LATEST SINGLE: Onward Christian Soldiers b/w Climb Ey'ry EDUCATION: Julliard School of Music. HOBBIES: BO: M. C. A. Mountain. Gardening, writing. BACKGROUND: Radio-TV-Film or- LATEST ALBUM: Sing We Now Songs of Faith. ranger. Fred Waring arranger-conductor, "Firestone PREVIOUS HITS: Little Drummer Boy, Toy Drum. Hour," etc. KEELY SMITH (Dot) HOME TOWN: Norfolk, Va. BACKGROUND: Radio-TV LATEST SINGLE: When My Baby Smiles at Me b.w shows, movies, night clubs. Married to Louis Prima. PM: Barbara Belle Paradise. Prima and Keely recently switched labels from Capitol LATEST ALBUM: Be My Love. to Dot. They have set up a talent management firm PREVIOUS HITS: Bel Mir Bist Du Schoen, That Old (Pack and will record their own masters. Magic. RAY SMITH (Judd) BIRTHDAY: Oct. 31, 1938. HOME TOWN: Paducah, Ky. LATEST SINGLE: Rockin' Little Angel. EDUCAT'ON: High school. HOBBIES: Cars, horses. BACK. PM: Charles Terrell GROUND: Had his own local TV show. Personal ap. BO: G.A.C. pearances, clubs. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Guitar, piano. FRANK SINATRA (Capitol) BIRTHDAY: Dec. 12, 1917. HOME TOWN: Hoboken, N. J. LATEST SINGLE: Talk to Me. LATEST ALBUM: No One Cares (Capitol), Come Back to PM: Hank Sonic°la EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: Started career as band singer with Tommy Dorsey. Films, TV, night BO: W. M. Sorrento (Columbia). clubs. New movie: "Can Can" and "Ocean's II." MILLION SELLERS: Young at Heart, All or Nothing at All (Columbia). OTHER NITS: White Christmas, I've Got a Crush on You, Night and Day, September Song, You'll Never Walk Alone, Chicago, All the Way, Nancy, Love and Marriage. Look to Your Heart, Come Dance With Me, Only the Lonely, This Is Sinatra, Vols. 1 & 2; Come Fly With Me, Where Are You, A Swingin' Affair, Close to You, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, Songs for Young Lovers, In the Wee Small Hours— LP's. Continued on page 100 THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING 99 Today's Top Talent Continued from page 99 ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL RECORD DATA Personal Mgr, Booking Office REAL NAME: John Berry. BIRTHDAY: January 3, 1938. LATEST SINGLE: Gilee. SONNY SPENCER (Memo) HOME TOWN: Orangeburg, S. C. EDUCATION: H'gh school. HOBBIES: Collects records, sports. BACKGROUND: TV, night clubs. Started singing professionally with a group called "The Rainbows." OTHER MUSICAL IN- TEREST: Songwriting. BIRTHDAY: Nov. 12, 1920. HOME TOWN: Long Beach, LATEST SINGLE: Every Night When the Sun Goes In b/w JO STAFFORD (Columbia) Calif. EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: Movies. You're Starting to Get to Me. PM: Mike Nidorf TV, radio, night clubs, personal appearances. Married LATEST ALBUM: Ballad of the Blues. 80: G.A.C. MILLION SELLERS: Early Autumn, Make Love to Me. Tempta- to band leader Paul Weston. Starting own TV seres in England. tion (Capitol). OTHER HITS: You Belong to Me, Jambalaya, Shrimp Boats, The Best Things in Life Are Free. BIRTHDAY: July 21, 1922. HOME TOWN: Dallas aid LATEST SINGLE: You Always Hurt the One You Love b/w KAY STARR (Capitol) Memphis. EDUCATION: High school. HOBB'ES: Sailirg, Gonna Get a Guy. PM. Hal Stanley golf, painting. BACKGROUND: Movies, TV, night clubs, LATEST ALBUM: Loser's Weepers. MILLION SELLERS: Wheel of Fortune. (On RCA Victor) Rock personal appearances. and Foil Waltz. OTHER HITS: I'll Never Be Free, Wheel of Fortune, Kay's Lament, I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town, Bonaparte's Re- treat, Side by Side, Wabash Cannonball. BIRTHDAY: June 3, 1931. HOME TOWN: Pittsburgh, Pa. LATEST SINGLE: Where Did We Go? Out. DAKOTA STATON (Capitol) EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: Started as LATEST ALBUM: More Than the Most. PM: John Levy member of trio, the Staton Sisters. When her sisters PREVIOUS HITS: The Late Late Show. Time to Swing, Crazy BO. Shaw married, she went out as a single. Night clubs. HOB- He Calls Me, Dynamic. In the Night (with George Shearing BIES: Collecting earrings, costume jewelry, cooking. Quintet). OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Song writing, classical music. LATEST SINGLE: Teach Me Tiger b/w That Warm Afternoon. BIRTHDAY: April 29, 1932. HOME TOWN: Niagara Falls, APRIL STEVENS (Imperial) PREVIOUS HITS: I'm in Love Again, Gimme a Little Kiss N. Y. EDUCATION: High School. OTHER MUSICAL INTER- PM. Mike Connor Willya, And So to Sleep Again. EST: Songwriting. BIRTHDAY: August 8, 1938. HOME TOWN: Brooklyn. LATEST SINGLE: Sixteen Reasons. LATEST ALBUM: Hawaiian Eye. (04C STEVENS (Warner Bros.) EDUCATION: High school, Hollywood Professional School. PREVIOUS HIT: Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb. PM. Bob Schiller HOBBIES: Dance, ice skating, horseback riding. BACK- 80: MC A. GROUND: Movies, TV, appear regularly on "Hawaiian Eye" TV series. BIRTHDAY: July 23, 1940. HOME TOWN: Denver. EDU- LATEST SINGLE: Lawdy Miss Clawdy b/w Don't Wanna Say GARY STITES (Carlton) CATION: High school. HOBBIES: Custom building cars Goodbye. PM: David Jones, Inc. for shows. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Writes own PREVIOUS HITS: Starry Eyed, A Girl Like You, Lonely for You. BO: 6 A. C songs. AGE: 18. HOME TOWN: Detroit. EDUCATION: High LATEST SINGLE: Money. BARRETT STRONG (Anna) schooi. HOBBIES: Basketball, ping-pong. BACKGROUND: PM: Berry Gordy Jr. Started in amateur contests; TV, night clubs. OTHER 130: Shaw MUSICAL INTERESTS: Piano, arranging and writing. JOHNNY TILLOTSON (Cadence) BIRTHDAY: April 20, 1939. HOME TOWN: Jackson- LATEST SINGLE: Why Do I Love You So. ville, Fla. EDUCATION: College. HOBBY: Collects PREVIOUS HITS: Never Let Me Go, Dreamy Eyes; True, True records. BACKGROUND: Started singing at early age, Happiness. made first professional appearance on local TV variety show. jOE TURNER (Atlantic) BIRTHDAY: May 18, 1911. HOME TOWN: Kansas City, LATEST SINGLE: Honey Hush. LATEST ALBUM: Rockin' the Blues. 80. Shaw Mo. BACKGROUND: Night clubs, personal appearances, theaters. PREVIOUS NITS: Shake, Rattle and Roll; Sweet Sixteen, Corrine Corrina. SAMMY TURNER (Big Top) BIRTHDAY: June 2, 1935 HOME TOWN: Paterson, N. J. LATEST SINGLE: Paradise b/w I'd Be a Fool Again. EDUCATION: High school. HOBBY: Music. OTHER MUSI- LATEST ALBUM: Lavender Blue Moods. PM. Herbert Lutz CAL INTERESTS: Songwriter, arranger. PREVIOUS HITS: Always, Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly), Sweet 80. W M Annie Laurie. TITUS TURNER (Glover) BORN: 1933. HOME TOWN: Atlanta, Ga. EDUCATION: LATEST SINGLE: We Told You Not to Marry. High school. BACKGROUND: Made his first recording PREVIOUS HIT: Return of Stagger Lee. 80 Shaw for another label while in high school. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Songwriting. CONWAY TVVITTY (11G-N) AGE: 25 HOME TOWN: Mariana, Ark. EDUCATION: LATEST SINGLE: Lonely Blue Boy b/w Star Spangled Heaven. High school. HOBBIES: Hunting, fishing, baseball. BACK- LATEST ALBUM: Lonely Blue Boy. PM. Don Seat GROUND: Married, has three children. OTHER MUSICAL MILLION SELLER: It's Only Make Believe. BO. G A C. INTERESTS: Song writing, guitar. REAL NAME: Harold OTHER HITS: Danny Boy, Mona Lisa, Story of My Love. Jenkins, 100 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD Today's Top Talent ARTIST (Current Record Label) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL RECORD DATA Personal Mgr., Booking Office HOME TOWN: Glasgow, Ky. EDUCATION: College. HOB- LATEST SINGLE: You're the Only Star (In My Blue Heaven) BILLY VAUGHN (Dot) BIES: Baseball, golf, bowling, drawing. OTHER MU- b/w Chop Sticks. PM: Randy Wood SICAL INTERESTS: Writing, arranging, composing. LATEST ALBUM: Billy Vaughn Plays Stephen Foster, Theme from "A Summer Place," and Other Great Themes. MILLION SELLER: Sail Along Silvery Moon. OTHER HITS: Melody of Love, Blue Hawaii, The Big One Hundred, Blue Hawaii, Billy Vaughn Plays, Billy Vaughn Plays the Million Sellers, The Golden Instrumentals, Sail Along Silvery Moon.—LP's. SARAH VAUGHAN (Mercury) HOME TOWN: Newark, N. J. BACKGROUND: Night clubs, LATEST SINGLE: You're My Baby b/w Eternally. LATEST ALBUM: The Magic of Sarah Vaughan. PM: C. B. Atkins theaters. Sang in church choir as child. Started as band PREVIOUS HITS: Smooth Operator, Broken-Hearted Melody, BO: Willard Alexander vocalist with Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine and John Kirby orks. Recently signed pact with Roulette, which becomes Misty, Make Yourself Comfortable, Whatever Lola Wants. effective at expiration of her current Mercury contract. VISCOUNTS (Madison) AGES: Bobby Spievak, 20; Joe Spievak, 23; Clark Smith, LATEST SINGLE: Harlem Nocturne. PM: Marty Foglia 24; Larry Vecchio, 23; Harry Haller, 22. HOME TOWN: BO: G.A.C. All from New Jersey. EDUCATION: High school. BACK- GROUND: Personal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL IN- TERESTS: Bobby, guitar; Joe, bass guitar and arrang- ing; Clark, drummer and bull fiddle; Larry, piano, organ and vibes; Harry, sax. ADAM WADE (Coed) BIRTHDAY: March 17, 1937. NOME TOWN: Pittsburgh. LATEST SINGLE: Tell Her for Me. EDUCATION: College. BACKGROUND: Worked with Dr. PM: Capes Management Salk on the Polio Research Team. Night clubs, TV, per- 110: W. M. sonal appearances. JIMMY WAKELY (Shasta.) BIRTHDAY: February 16, 1914. HOME TOWN: Oklahoma LATEST SINGLE: I Heard an Angel Cry. City, EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Ranching, MILLION SELLER: Slipping Around (Capitol) with Margaret • raising quarter horses. Interested in charitable works. Whiting. BACKGROUND: Started in showbiz as winner of amateur OTHER HITS: I'll Never Slip Around Again (with Margaret contest sponsored by WKY, Oklahoma City. Formed Whiting), One Has My Name. Wakely trio in 1937. Movies, TV. Owns own record label, Shasta. JERRY WALLACE (Challenge) AGE: 27. HOME TOWN: Kansas City, Mo. EDUCATION: LATEST SINGLE: Little Coco Palm. High school. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Plays guitar, PREVIOUS HITS: How the Time Flies, Touch of Pink, Prim- BO: M.C.A. songwriter. rose Lane PM: Cy Redman DINAH WASHINGTON (Mercury) HOME TOWN: Chicago. BACKGROUND: Sang and di- LATEST SINGLE: It Could Happen to You b/w The Age of rected church choir. Band vocalist with Lionel Hamp- PM: George Treadwell Miracles. ton at 19. Night clubs, theaters. REAL NAME: Ruth 110: Associated LATEST ALBUM: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes. Jones. STEREO SINGLES: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes. PREVIOUS HITS: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes, Unforget- able, Baby (You Got What It Takes) b/w I Do (with Brook Benton). LENNIE WELCH (Cadence) BIRTHDAY: May 15, 1940. NOME TOWN: Asbury Park, LATEST SINGLE: You Don't Know Me b/w I Need Someone, PM: Shell Associates N. J. EDUCATION: High school. BACKGROUND: Night BO: G. A. C. clubs, personal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTER- ESTS: Songwriting. MARTY WILDE (Epic) BIRTHDAY: April 15, 1939. HOME TOWN: Blackheath, LATEST SINGLE: Bad Boy. PM: Larry Parnes England. EDUCATION: Charlton Central School. BACK- PREVIOUS HIT: (In England) Endless Sleep. BO: Philips GROUND: BBC-TV, night clubs, personal appearances. Popular British recording star. OTHER MUSICAL IN- TERESTS: Songwriting. REAL NAME: Reginald Smith. ANDY WILLIAMS (Cadence) BIRTHDAY: Dec. 3, 1930. HOME TOWN: Wall Lake, la. LATEST SINGLE: Wake Me When It's Over b/w We Have EDUCATION: High school. HOBBIES: Traveling, reading a Date (Andy's Theme). 110: G. A. C. (non-fiction), tennis, art collecting. BACKGROUND: LATEST ALBUM: Lonely Street. Started career as member of Williams Brothers. Worked PREVIOUS HITS: Village of St. Bernadette, Hawaiian Wedding in Kay Thompson's night club act. Went out as as single Song, Butterfly, Baby Doll, Canadian Sunset, Lips of 'Wine, in 1952. Was on Steve Allen's "Tonight" TV show for Promise Me Love, Are You Sincere, Lonely Street. two and a half years. Star of his own CBS-TV show summer 1959. Night clubs. HOME TOWN: Omaha. EDUCATION: College. BACK- LATEST SINGLE: Sunrise Serenade b/w Cool Water. ROGER WILLIAMS (Kapp) GROUND: Got his start after winning the Arthur Godfrey LATEST ALBUM: Always. PM. Stan G "Talent Scouts" Show, radio, TV, concerts. OTHER MU- MILLION SELLERS: Autumn Leaves, Till, SICAL INTERESTS: Arranging. OTHER HITS: Autumn Leaves, Till, Almost Paradise, Two Different Worlds, The Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Young and Warm and Wonderful, The World Outside, Songs of the Fabulous Fifties, With These Hands, More Songs of the Fabulous Fifties, Songs of the Fabulous Forties, The Fabu- lous Century, Almost Paradise—LP's. Continued on page 105 THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING 101 NO W ON AUSTRALIAN TOUR J O a r i n t l 3 STRAIGHT 2ND HITS! RECORD HIT "BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO" JOHNNY ("Running Bear") "THIS SHOULD GO PRESTON ON FOREVER" does his 2nd hit "ONE MORE CHANCE" "CRADLE and now and now OF LOVE" "LET'S GET JIVIN' GENE TOGETHER "GO ON, b/w TONITE" GO ON" b/w "CITY OF b/w "ONE OF "YOU'RE TEARS" THESE DAYS" JEALOUS" mercury 71598 mercury 71592 mercury #71561 JOHNNY ROD PRESTON BERNARD 102 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD launched under the personal mgt. of WILLIAM G. HALL who also proudly represents BENNY BARNES "TOKEN OF LOVE" b/w "THAT-A BOY, WILLIE" THANKS TO mercury 71600 and the promoters, bookers, JOHNNIE ALLEN d.j.'s, juke ops and rec- ord dealers who helped "LETTER OF LOVE" successfully launch our b/w Mercury records and "ANGEL LOVE' our first mercury 71567 and HALL-WAY OF STARS SKIP STEWART 55-day tour of Texas, and the New Mexico, Arizona, Twisters California, Washington, Oregon, Canada, Mon- BIG BOPPER tana, Idaho and North MUSIC and South Dakota. 2092 Magnolia Ave. Beaumont, Tex. Phone: TErminal 2-1522 TErlinal 2-2306 THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MIN G 103 NEXT EDITION of this special PROGRAMMING and TALENT BUYING Another exclusive service of. EDITION The Billboard THE CO M MU NIC ATIONS CENTER OF THE INDUSTRY NE W YORK • WASHINGTON • CINCIN NATI CHICAGO • ST. LOUIS • HOLLY WOOD COMING JUNE --with more artists more biographies more records more features --in fact more of everything to make this the most valuable long-term programming, chatter and talent buying service in the industry today! 104 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRAMMING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD Continued from page 101 Today's Top Talent -••• \\\\.-.• Personal Mgr., Booking Office BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL RECORD DATA ARTIST (Current Record Label) AGE: 23. HOME TOWN: Detroit. EDUCATION: High LATEST SINGLE: Night b/w Doggin' Around. JACKIE WILSON (Brunswick) school. HOBBIES: Sw mming. BACKGROUND: One time LATEST ALBUM: So Much. PM: Nat Tarnapol member of Blip Ward and the Dominoes. OTHER MU- PREVIOUS HITS: Talk That Talk, Reet Petite, To Be Loved, 110: Universal Attractions SICAL INTERESTS: Song writing. I'm Wandering, We Have Love, Lonely Teardrops, That's Why (I Love You So), Be Satisfied, You Better Know It. LATEST ALBUM: The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters JONATHAN WINTERS (Verve) BIRTHDAY: 1925. HOME TOWN: Dayton, O. EDUCATION: College. Dayton Art Institute. HOBBIES: Drawing and PM: Martin Goodman cartooning. BACKGROUND: TV, personal appearances, BO: W. M. night clubs. Co-authored cartoon-comment book, "Did Anyone Bring an Opener?" FRANK YANKOVIC (Columbia) NOME TOWN: Davis, W. Va. EDUCATION: High school. LATEST SINGLE: My Darling, Ann b/w Town Tap Polka. BACKGROUND: Self-taught accordionist by the time he LATEST ALBUM: Frankie Yankovic's T.V. Polkas. was IS. Has popular polka band. Radio, TV, theaters, MILLION SELLER: Blue Skirt Waltz. personal appearances. OTHER MUSICAL INTERESTS: Piano, songwriting. FARON YOUNG (Capitol) BIRTHDAY: February 25, 1932. HOME TOWN: Shreve- LATEST SINGLE: Your Old Used to Be b/w I'll Be All Right port, La. HOBBIES: Boating, fishing, hunting. BACK- In the Morning PM: Hubert Lent GROUND: Movies and TV. Started career on "Grand LATEST ALBUM: My Garden of Prayer. Ole Opry." OTHER MUSICAL INTEREST: Song-writing. PREVIOUS HITS: Riverboat, Tennessee Waltz, Bouquet of Roses, Chattanooga Shoe-Shine Boy; Live Fast, Love Hard and Die Young; All Right, If You Ain't Lovin', Sweet Dreams, Alone With You, In the Chapel in the Moonlight. R.&B.-Pop Standards Continued from page 59 • SPEED-0, Cadillacs Josie 785 HE'S GONE, Chantels End 1001 RAM-BUNK-SHUS, Bill Doggett King 5020 STORMY, Prophets Atco 6078 HEY! BO DIDOLEY, Bo Diddley Checker 860 RANG TANG DING DONG (I AM THE JAPANESE STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE, Cadets ....Modern 994 HONEY•HONEY SANDMAN), Cellos Apollo 510 Lewis Lymon & Teenchords Fury 1003 STRING AROUND MY HEART, Cleitones Gee 1025 ROCK & ROLL MUSIC, Chuck Berry Chess 1671 I WON'T BE THE FOOL ANYMORE THREE WISHES, Harptones Rama 203 Heartbeats Rama 222 ROCKIN' PNEUMONIA & THE BOOGIE WOOGIE FLU THIRTY DAYS, Clyde McPhatter . Atlantic 1610 Huey (Piano) Smith & Clowns Ace 530 I'M SO HAPPY/LYDIA TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS/BROWN-EYED MAN Lewis Lymon & Teenchords Fury 1000 ROSIE LEE, Mello-Tones Gee 1037 Chuck Berry Chess 1635 I'M WALKING, Fats Domino Imperial 1232 SCHOOL DAY, Chuck Berry Chess 1653 • TREASURE OF LOVE IT WAS THERE, Johnny & Joe J&S 1659 Clyde McPhatter Atlantic 1092 SEARCHIN'/YOUNG BLOOD, Coasters Atco 6087 JENNY JENNY, Little Richard Specialty 606 UP ON THE MOUNTAIN, Magnificents ..Vee Jay 183 SHORT FAT FANNY, Larry Williams ..Specialty 602 JIM DANDY, LaVern Baker Atlantic 1116 • WE GO TOGETHER, Moonglows Chess 1619 • JUST BECAUSE, Lloyd Price ..A8C-Paramount 9792 SILHOUETTES, Rays Cameo 117 WHEN MY DREAMBOAT COMES HOME/SO-LONG Fats Domino Imperial 5396 JUST TO HOLD MY HAND SINCE I MET YOU, BABY Paul Perryman Duke 158 WHEN YOU DANCE, Turbans Herald 458 Ivory Joe Hunter Atlantic 1111 Clyde McF hatter Atlantic 1133 • WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE SO GOOD, Playboys Tetra 4447 Frankie Lymon & Teenagers Gee 1002 KEEP A-KNOCKIN', Little Richard Specialty 611 SO STRANGE, Jesters Winley 218 YOU, BABY, YOU, Cleftones Gee 100 • LET'S START OVER AGAIN, Paragons ..Winley 220 STARDUST, Billy Ward & Dominoes ..Liberty 55071 YOU'RE MINE, Robert & Johnny ....Old Town 1029 LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE SWANEE RIVER ROCK, Ray Charles ..Atlantic 1154 Thurston Harris Aladdin 3398 TEARDROPS, Lee Andrews & Hearts Chess 1675 ZOOM, Cadillacs Josie 792 Bobby Day Class 211 TEENAGE LOVE LITTLE BY LITTLE, Nappy Brown Savoy 1506 1957 Frankie Lymon & Teenagers Gee 1032 • LONG LONELY NIGHTS TEENAGER'S DREAM, Kodoks Fury 1007 AIN'T THAT LOVE, Ray Charles ....Atlantic 1124 Lee Andrews & Hearts Chess 1665 BABY, OH, BABY, Shells Johnson 104 Clyde McPhatter Atlantic 1149 TELL ME WHY Norman Fox & Rob-Roys Backbeat 501 BAD BOY, Jive Bombers Savoy 1508 • LOVE IS STRANGE, Mickey & Sylvia .Groove 175 THAT'S MY DESIRE, Channels Gone 5012 BLUE MONDAY, Fats Domino Imperial 5417 • LUCILLE, Little Richard Specialty 598 * TONIGHT-TONIGHT, Mello-Kings Herald 502 • C. C. RIDER, Chuck Willis Atlantic 1130 LUCKY LIPS, Ruth Brown Atlantic 1125 UNITED, Lovenotes Holiday 2605 CAN I COME OVER TONIGHT, Velours ....Onyx 512 LUCY, Cadillacs Josie 821 VALLEY OF TEARS/IT'S YOU I LOVE CHI•WA•WA (THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU) LULLABYE OF THE BELLS, Deltairs Ivy 101 Fats Domino Imperial 5442 Silva-Tones Argo 5281 MR. LEE, Bobbettes Atlantic 1144 WALKING ALONG, Solitaires Old Town 1034 COULD THIS BE MAGIC, Dubs Gone 5011 OUR ANNIVERSARY, Five Satins Ember 1025 WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO, Dells ....Vee lay 236 • DESIREE, Charts Everlast 5001 OUT IN THE COLD AGAIN Frankie Lymon & Teenagers Gee 1036 WHY DO YOU LIKE ME LIKE YOU DO DON'T ASK ME (TO BE LONELY), Dubs ..Gone 5002 Cleftones Gee 1031 EMPTY ARMS, Ivory Joe Hunter Atlantic 1128 • OVER THE MOUNTAINS; ACROSS THE SEA WITHOUT LOVE (THERE IS NOTHING) Johnny & Joe Chess 1654 EVERYBODY'S SOMEBODY'S FOOL Clyde McPhatter Atlantic 1117 Heartbeats Rama 231 PEANUTS, Little Joe & Thrillers Okeh 7088 WOULD I BE CRYING, Flamingos Checker 853 EVERYONE'S LAUGHING, Spaniels ....Vee Jay 246 PLEASE LET ME LOVE YOU, Jesters Winley 221 YOUR CHEATING HEART, Pearls Onyx 510 • FLORENCE, Paragons Winley 215 • PLEASE SAY YOU WANT ME GLEAM IN YOUR EYES, Channels ..Whirlin' Disc 102 Schoolboys Okeh 7076 YOU GAVE ME PEACE OF MIND • HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Spaniels Vee Jay 229 Tune Weavers Checker 872 Moonglows Chess 1661 YOU SEND ME, Sam Cooke Keen 34013 THE BILLBOARD, MARCH 14, 1960 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING 105 Neapolitan Dance (1:38) Robbins Music Corp. —ASCAP (Still); Hofbrauhaus Song (1:32) Rob- bins Music Corp.—ASCAP (Bette-Hauff); 0, Programming Mon Amour (1:14) Pickwck Music Corp.— ASCAP (Asso-Monnot); Mazurka (1:27) Robbins Music Corp.—ASCAP (Stoll); Pineapple Pick- ers (1:40) Robbins Music Corp.—ASCAP (Stoll) the Top LP's SIDE II—Pagliacci: Vesti La Giubba (3:31) Public Domain (Leocavallo); Otello: Finale (4:36) Public Domain (Verdi); Aida: ACT 1 Continued from page 51 (4:32); Public Domain (Verdi); lch Liebe Dich (2:31) Public Domain (Grieg); Ave Maria (3:02) Public Domain (Schubert) the Old Apple Tree, 'Remick Music Corp. — Up Roses (3:14); Together Wherever We Go ASCAP (H. Williams, Van Alstyne), and In (2:52); You Gotta Have a Gimmick (3:44); the Good Old Summertime, Blackwood Music, Let Me Entertain You (3:02); Rose's Turn 27. SANTO & JOHNNY (Canadian Inc.—BMI (R. Shields, G. Evans, arr. by Lenny (4:35) American CA 1001) Santo and Carroll) (3:15); The Sweetest Story Ever Told Johnny (2:50) Blackwood Music, Inc.—BMI (StuIts— Arr. by Lenny Carroll); Meet Me Tonight in 23. SPIRITUALS (Capitol T-818) SIDE I—Caravan (2:32) American Academy of Dreamland (3:00) Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Tennessee Ernie Ford Music—ASCAP (Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Inc.—ASCAP (B. Whitson-L. Friedman); I Won- Juan Tizol); Summertime (2:45) Gershwin SIDE I—Just a Closer Walk With Thee (2:17) der Who's Kissing Her Now (2:55) Edw. B. Pub. Co.—ASCAP (Du Bose Heyward-George Vera Nova Music—ASCAP (Adapted by Jack Marks Music Corp.—BMI, & Jerry Vogel Music Gershwin); All Night Diner (1:50) Trinity- Co., Inc.—ASCAP (Adams, Hough, Orlob, How- Fascinato); I Want to Be Ready (2:29) Snyder Climax—BMI (Farina, Farina, Farina); Blue Music Corp.—ASCAP (Adapted by J. Fascinato- ard); Goodnight, Ladies, Blackwood Music, Moon (1:58) Robbins Music—ASCAP (Rodgers Tennessee Ernie Ford); Take My Hand, Pre- Inc.—BMI (Arr. by Lenny Carroll), and Home, & Hart); School Day (2:25) Arc Musc—BMI cious Lord (3:41) Hill & Range Songs, Inc— Sweet, Home, Blackwood Music, Inc.—BMI (Chuck Berry); Sleepwalk (2:20) Trinity-Cli- BMI (Thomas A. Dorsey); Stand by Me (3:10) (J• Payne, H. Bishop, Arr. by Lenny Carroll)— max—BMI (Farina, Farina, Farina) Ernest Tubb Music, Inc.—BMI (Ernest Tubb); (3:35) When God Dips His Love in My Heart (2:11) SIDE II—Tenderly (2:33) Edwin H. Morris— Four Star Sales Co.—BMI (W. S. Stevenson); ASCAP (Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross); Slave SIDE II—My Gal, Sal, Edw. B. Marks Mdsic Get on Board, Little Cihldren (2:45) Snyder Girl (2:09) Trinity-Climax—BMI (Farina, Fa- Corp.—BMI (P. Dresser), and Cuddle Up a Little Music Corp.—ASCAP (Adapted by J. Fascinato- rina); Dream (2-00) Michael Goldman, Inc.— Closer, M. Witmerk & Sons—ASCAP (0. Her- Tennessee Ernie Ford) ASCAP (Johnny Mercer); Canadian Sunset bach-K. Hoschna) — (3:22); Ramblin' Wreck (2:17) Meridan Music—BMI (Eddie Haywood, From Georgia Tech (1:25) Blackwood Music, SIDE II—Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of Norman Gimbel); Harbor Lights (1:57) Chap- Inc.—BMI (Arr. by Lenny Carroll); A Bird in a the Lord (2:15) Ludlow Music, Inc.—BMI no' & Co -ASrA (Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Gilded Cage, Blackwood Music, Inc.—BMI (A. (Robert Schmertz); Were You There? (3:32) Williams); Raunchy (2:06) Hi-Lo Music—BMI Lamb-H. Von Titzer—Arr. by Lenny Carroll), Snyder Music Corp.—ASCAP (Adapted by J. (Bill Justis) and Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie. Harry Von Fascinato-Tennessee Ernie Ford); Peace in the Tiller Music Co., Inc.—ASCAP (Sterling-H. Von Valley (3:11) Hill & Range Songs, Inc.—BMI Tiller)—(3: 15 ); Ohl What a Pal Was Mary, (Thomas Dorsey); I Know the Lord Laid His Edger Leslie S. Mills Music, Inc.—ASCAP (E. 28. WITH THESE HANDS (Kapp KL- Hands on Me (1:43) Snyder Music Corp.— Leslie-Kalmar-Wendling), & Harrigan, Geo. M. ASCAP (Adapted by J. Fascinato-Tennessee 1147) Roger Williams Cohan Pub. Co.—ASCA° (G. M. Cohan)—(3:52) Ernie Ford); Wayfaring Pilgrim (2:34) Snyder SIDE I—Gigi (3:49) Chappell & Co., Inc.— School Days, Mills Music, Inc., & Shapiro, Music Corp.—ASCAP (Adapted by J. Fascinato- ASCAP (Lerner-Loewe); O Mio Babblno (Oh Bernstein & Co., Inc.—ASCAP (W. Cobb-G. Tennessee Ernie Ford); He'll Understand and My Beloved Daddy) (2:44) (Puccini-Gianni Edwards), and Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Mills Say "Well Done" (2:34) Hill & Range Songs, Schicchi) G. Ricordi and Co.—BMI—An Affair Music, Inc., & Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. Inc.—BMI (Roger Wilson) to Remember (3:28) Leo Feist, Inc.—ASCAP —ASCAP (M. Nugent, Arr. by Lenny Carroll), (McCarey-Adamson-Warren); Two Different and The Sidewalks of New York, Blackwood Worlds (3:31) Princess Music Pub. Corp.— Music, Inc.—BMI (J. Blake-Lawlor—Arr. by 24. FIORELLOI (Capitol WAO-1321) ASCAP (Wayne-Frisch); Forgotten Dreams Lenny Carroll—(2:33); I'll Take You Home (3:57) Mills Music, Inc.—ASCAP (Leroy An- Again, Kathleen (4:45), Blackwood Music, Inc. Original Broadway Cast derson); Yellow Bird (3:16) Frank Music Corp. —BMI (Westendorf—Arr. by Lenny Carroll) Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon —ASCAP (Luboff-Keith-Bergman) Harnick; Sunbeam Music Corp. (BMI) SIDE II—Bess You Is My Woman (3:03) Gersh- 21. FIRESIDE SING ALONG WITH SIDE I—Overture (3:57); On the Side of the win Publishing Corp.—ASCAP (Heyward- MITCH (Columbia CL 1389) Angels (4:45); Politics and Poker (3:55); Un- Gershwin-Gershwin); Greensleeves (2:55) Gar- fair (2:15); Marie's Law (2:57); The Name's land Music Corp.—ASCAP (Arr. by Roger Wil- Mitch Miller and the Gang LaGuardia (3:16); The Bum Won (2:20); I liams); With These Hands (3:28) Ben Bloom All songs in April Music, Inc. (ASCAP), music Love a Cop (2:57) Music Corp.—ASCAP (Davis-Silver); Strange publither. Music (3:38) Chappell & Co.—ASCAP (Wright. SIDE II—'Til Tomorrow (3:30); Home Again Forrest); Snowfall (2:48) Mutual Music So- (:57); When Did I Fall in Love (4:20); Gentle- SIDE 1—Polly Wolly Doodle, Wait for the ciety, Inc.—ASCAP (Claude Thornhill); The man Jimmy (2:20); Little Tin Box (3:37); The Wagon, The Old Grey Mare (2:45); Funiculi, Syncopated Clock (2:34) Mills Music, Inc.— Very Next Man (3:20); Finale (2:03) Funicula (1:55); Drink to Me Only With ASCAP (Leroy Anderson) Thine Eyes, Vive L'Amour (2:40); Drunk Lest Night (2:44); Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be; Oh Where, Oho Where Has My Little Dog 25. SONGS BY RICKY (Imperial LP 29. THE "TWANGS" THE "THANG" Gone (2:08); My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean 9082) Ricky Nelson (Jamie JLP 3009) Duane Eddy (2:39) SIDE I—Don't Leave Me (2:16) Hilliard—BMI and the Rebels SIDE II—Love's Old Sweet Song (2:49); Juan- (1. Burentte); Sweeter Than You (2:17) Hil- liard—BMI (B. Knight); A Long Vacation SIDE I—My Blue Heaven (2:15) Fiest—ASCAP ita, Sweet Genevieve (3:38); Believe Me If (Donalson-Whiting); Tiger Love and Turnip All Those Endearing Young Charms, In the (2:08) Hilliard—BMI (D. Burnette); So Long Gloaming (4:25); Sweet and Low, All Through (1:57) Hillard—BMI (D. Nelson); Blood From Greens (1:30) Gregmark—BMI (Hazlewood- Eddy); The Last Minute of Innocence (3:05) the Night (4:38); When You and I Were Young, a Stone (2:17) Sherman-DeVorzon—BMI (Bache- Gregmark—BMI (Hazlewood-Eddy); Route No. Maggie (3:51); Annie Laurie, Auld Lang lor & Stephens); I've Been Thinkin' (2:03) 1 (2:00) Gregmark—BMI (Eddy-Casey-Horn); Sync (4:38) Hilliard—BMI (B. Knight) You Are My Sunshine (2:25) Peer Intl.—BM' SIDE II—You'll Never Know What You're Miss- Davis-Mitchell); St. Louis Blues (2:20) Handy 22. GYPSY (Columbia OL 5420) in' (2:30) Hillard—BMI (B. Knight); That's All Bros.—ASCAP (W. C. Handy) (2:01) Portrait—BM1 (Brandt & Haymes); Just Original Broadway Cast a Little Too Much (2:10) Hilliard—BMI (J. SIDE II—Night Train to Memphis (1:43) Peer Int1.—BMI (Hughes-Bradley-Smith); The Battle Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Stephen Send. Burnette); One Minute to One (2:02) Eric— (1:55) Gregmark—BMI (Hazlewood-Eddy); Trom- helm; Chappell S. Co., Inc. (ASCAP) BMI (B. Knight); Half Breed (2:03) Cedarwood BMI (J. Loudermilk); You're So Fine (2:22) bone (1:40) Athens Music—BMI (Atkins); Blue- SIDE I—Overture (4:48); Let Me Entertain Sherman-DeVorzon—BMI (D. Burnette) berry Hill (3:22) Chappell—ASCAP (Stock-Rose- You (1:08); Some People (3:37); Small Lewis); Rebel Walk (2:15) Gregmark—BMI World (2:15); Baby June and Her Newsboys (Hazlewood-Eddy); Easy (2:58) Gregmark— (1:33); Mr. Goldstone, I Love You (2:20); 26. FOR THE FIRST TIME (RCA Vic- BMI (Wilson) Little Lamb (2:36); You'll Never Get Away tor LM-2338) Mario Lanza From Me (2:27); Dainty June and Her Farm- boys (2:19) SIDE I—Come Prima (3:23) A.M.C., Inc.— 30. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ASCAP (Panzeri-Taccani-Di Paola); Tarantella JONATHAN WINTERS (Verve SIDE II—If Mama Was Married (2:25); All I (2:19) Robbins Music Corp.—ASCAP (Stoll); Need Is the Girl (4:48); Everything's Coming 0 Sole Mio (2:27) Public Domain (Di Cebu); MGV 150091 Various Skits 106 SPRING SPOTLIGHT ON RECORD PROGRA M MING MARCH 14, 1960, THE BILLBOARD THE NEWEST SWINGIN' SOUNDS Thanks DJ's for all your plays of eTteiheit 2oun d atoun d Omega's 14 Francis Bay Orchestra Albums, and for spearheading the switch back to music! NE W SIN G LE EA R LY BIR D B/ W W E D DIN G D A Y c, N E W AL B U M DREAMS VIL LE L L 56 •N E W SIN G LE S M R. 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