Music Tops Requests of Men Overseas

N EW S FROM HOLLYWOOD

VOL 3, NO. 8 AUGUST, 1945 SIXTEEN PACES

Music Tops 4 Bands for Requests of 6Kid’ Films; Men Overseas Lyman First AMERICAN fighting men overseas A series of four musical films, watched more “ in person“ shows each to feature a band, will get the in June and July than in any previ green light Sept. 14 at Monogram ous two-month period since Pearl with Maurice Duke and Sam Katz- Harbor. man producing. First of the series, Figures released b y th e H o lly in which Abe Lyman tops the cast, wood Victory Committee, which will be entitled “ High School Kids.” sets up and clears a majority of Freddie Stewart, tenor, and the three overseas appearances of bands, 'singing Ross sisters also will have roles singers, actors and com ics, reveal in the film and the three to follow. that 383 stars personally made 1704 Duke is well known in the music biz appearances in the month of June alone. as an agent and this will mark his first The Men Want Music! attempt at producing. Stewart, who Music remains the most popular form sang for a brief time with Tommy of entertainment. Men in all branches Dorsey this year, also will be baptized of the service, and women in uniform , in celluloid. Lyman has no band at the too, indicate a marked preference for moment but will organize one for the songs of both the vocal and in stru picture. Other bands will be featured in mental variety. No bands made trips the three pix to follow “High School abroad from Hollywood, however. Char Kids,’’ Duke told The Capitol. lie Barnet was slated to go but his mu sicians failed to pass their physical Al Donahue Returns exams. Hal McIntyre’s European trek was from N. Y. and is not counted in To Aragon Ballroom the Hollywood statistics. Last year Spike Al Donahue’s band has just returned Jones’ City Slickers made a European to the Aragon Ballroom in Ocean Park tour, however. after a three-month tour of the Pacific . And More To Co Northwest. His group replaces Denny Among the big name talent which Beckner’s ork, which proved one of the participated in recent overseas treks are best bands to hit the L. A. area this Martha Tilton, Larry Adler, Amos and season. Andy, Irma Aattridge, Gene Autry, Don Barclay, Jack Benny, Ingrid Bergman, BLONDE M ARTHA of the singing Casino Gardens Next Eddie Bracken, Joe E. Brow n, C harles Tilton family is due back from a long Butterworth, Jerry Colonna, M arlene and hectic USO tour of Europe this For Harry James Ork Dietrich, Constance Dowling, Jinx Falk When Harry James’ band returns from month. She is featured singer in the enburg, Reginald Gardiner, Ed Gardner, the east late this month the group will Sonja Henie, Bob Hope, Am paro Itu rb i, Jack Benny caravan, which last year open at the Casino Gardens on Aug. 31, Allen Jenkins, Herbert Lo cke, Ella Lo spent 10 weeks in the South Pacific. following the current Jimmy Dorsey. gan, Dorothy McGuire, Leona Mancie, Another new Cap discing by Martha Larry Finley operates the Gardens. Rosita Moreno, Peggy Ryan, Gale Rob will be released in a few weeks. # bins, Phil Silvers, Frank Sinatra, and Patty Thomas. ------New Basie Thrush Several other overseas troupes headed Shuman Gets Post Ann Moore is Count Basie’s new vo- by victory committee volunteers were Capt. Walter Shuman has taken over calist. She replaced Maxine Johnson and Prepared In July and are now en route MaJ. Meredith Willson’s post as APRS is singing with the band at the Casa overseas or about to go. musical director. Manana in Culver City. PA C E 2 THE CAPITOL THE C A P IT O L P A C E 3

THE Dave Dexter’s Count Basie Fibber McGee Moves Over And Molly Published Monthly by M t/i'pcice' /ìMj'ùw CAPITOL PUBLICATIONS, Inc 1491 No. Vine St., Hollywood 28, Calif. To Plantation On Records Count Basie and his high-powered Fibber McGee and Molly have Edited by Dave Dexter, Jr. H O LLYW O O D is chuckling over Rep. John Rankin’s heated accusa crew will remain on the w est coast just recorded for the first time and Assoc. Editor: Lou Schurrer tions that the Film Capital is a “hotbed” of subversive activities for at least another month before their first records— on the Capitol Columnist Erskine Johnson good-naturedly offers to bet Rankin that returning east to open a t th e H o te l label— are being processed and pre an investigation won’t reveal anything alarming. “ T rying to find a Lincoln in M a n h a tta n in e a rly N o subversive plot,” says Johnson, “will be as tough as trying to find a plot in pared for release in the late fall. a Metro musical.” In short, Rankin probably has been seeing too-many Hum vember. The famous comedy team, who have phrey Bogart movies. Basie, with a revamped presonnel, the largest audience in the history of opened at the Casa Manana Ballroom radio with a Crossley rating of 40 mil Jack Jenney Mulling Maestro Plans Again here July 3 and w ill move over to the lion listeners, are presenting their unique Leicester, England. Plantation Club this month. He also will “Wistful Vista” humor in conjunction I am an air mechanic in the British JACK JENNEY again is weighing his chances as a maestro . The play the Orpheum Theatre in L. A ., a c with Billy Mills’ orchestra, the King’s Fleet Air Arm and I’ve just got hold of noted trombonist, who served a hitch in the navy, is q u ie tly putting cording to Sherrill Corwin, the Orpheum Men and supporting actors. your magazine. I wish to congratulate out feelers to sidemen with an eye toward organizin g a cre w which manager. The records will be released in album you on one of the most interesting and would naturally showcase his exciting tram. . . . A n d B e n n y Lagasse Karl George and Harry Edison, tru m form, according to Capitol’s president, newsy publications I’ve ever seen. Many has good chances of clicking with his new small combo. Benny, a crack pets; Buddy Tate and Lucky Thompson, Johnny Mercer. of my mates also are interested in bands altoist and clary star, is featuring some arranging tricks he learned under tenors, and Shadow Wilson, drums, are and singers and yours is just the mag Raymond Scott, including Scott’s old Sextet style. . . . Abe Lyman and wife, the sparkplugs of the current Basie band for them. . . . In England we could do Rosie Blane, are lapping up sun (and fog!) during th eir summer hiatus in with Ann Moore and Jim Rushing In with a publication like yours, and we Lagasse Shaping Hollywood. Abe owns a chain of eateries in the L. A . area. . . . Coleman charge of vocals. definitely could do with Capitol records Hawkins dedicated an original riff number to Gene (Stuffy) Norman, crack over here. . . . Best of luck to you. Earl Warren, lead alto, did not make GALE ROBBINS, former band New Small Combo KFWB arrjock. Norman reciprocated by using Hawk's w axing of the tune as the trip west w ith the band. He has thrush, went overseas with Bob Hope A. L. REED, A. M. A. a program theme. . . . Benny Carter still insists th at the w ar w ith Japan will hopes of launching his own combo in just as her husband, Lt. Bob Olson, Newest band to be formed in Los 26 Wyngate Drive. end Aug. 8. Hey, that's this month! New York. was making plans for a furlough Angeles is a small combo led by Randolph Field, Texas. from the South Pacific. Gale re Benny Lagasse, long-time featured Moppets Rally ’Round Georgia Auld placed Frances Langford with the In our hospitals here we have an am clarinetist with Raymond Scott and Q EO RGIE AU LD ’S young band at the Trianon is full of vinegar, and Pettiford Leads Hope troupe, Frances remaining in plifying system throughout our wards other name maestros in the east, who Hollywood for her Sunday night cof operated by a central control room. Hav local youngsters who were not well acquainted with th e leader’s recently received a medical discharge fee program on NBC with Spike ing two turntables and an ample supply heated tenorings have quickly become his wildest fa ns. Les Brown’s New Jump Trio from the navy and has been granted a of records, we initiated a request pro Jones’ City Slickers. outfit is much improved, too, which indicates that several of the All-American bassist Oscar Petti Local 47 card. gram for the bed patients. alleged “ big name’’ leaders who have ruled the roost these past few annums ford is back in action again as leader Lagasse intends to work club jobs W e have found Th e Capitol a good are rapidly being overtaken by younger, fresher, more m usical aggregations 'Parade’ Winds Up temporarily until his library Is large source of information in making com of a new trio which opened in late who are not stale with success. enough to handle location and radio ments on the bands and singers. Since On Monogram Lot July at the Club Royal in San Diego. assignments. our presentation is fairly new, we think Harry Romm’s production of the til- Cain’s “ Serenade” to be Filmed Organized in Los Angeles, the Petti It Is a great help to announce interest musical “Swing Parade” at Monogram N A T COLE and Stan Kenton are writing chapters on songwriting j ford trio features Oscar’s bass, guitar DeVol Renewed Again ing facts about the music we play. will be put in the cans this month after for Artie Pine’s forthcoming book slanted toward th e millions of by Charles Norris and piano by Spalding Frank DeVol signed a 44-week con T h a n k you. the orchestras of Will Osborne and Amerks who clef tunes. . . . Benny Goodman, probably the hottest Givens. Frederick Brothers book the Louis Jordan are filmed. The film has tract as musical director of Rudy Vallee LT. CEORCE C. BLAKE, combo. Pettiford recently quit the Cole band property at the moment on the west coast, still isn ’t booked been in production about two months. air program last month. 27th AAF Base Unit. man Hawkins band in favor of remain for a Hollywood engagement this fall. This in answer to readers’ queries as ing on the west coast. He also became Caserta, Italy. to when BG’s new band will debut out this way. . . . Jam es M. Cain’s finest a father recently. His son— firs t to be As I write this the latest issue of The novel, “Serenade,” which found favor with a legion of musicians a few born to Oscar and Mrs. Pettifo rd — w as Louis Armstrong Rolls Toward Capitol is being “eaten up” from cover years back but which went unnoticed by the moom picture blgshots, is next named Oscar, Jr. to cover by one of the boys . . . and to become fodder for the film factories. It’s a gutbucket tale of a baritone’s there’s a line forming to the right for a career and will require careful scripting if it is to pass Hays office restrict- Big August 14 Trianon Opening glimpse of what cooks in the music tions on flicker themes. Frank Sinatra Back The undisputed kingpin of them all, Louis Armstrong , begins an world back home. When we stand in line for anything, well, it just has to be Complete History of Jazz in Four Forthcoming Albums From Long USO Trek engagement at the Trianon Ballroom In nearby Southg ate Aug. 14. Louie good. . . . Best regards from the guys Frank Sinatra is back in H’wood after and his bandsmen played the same bandstand just a y ear ago to big W h a t GOES with those New York music journalists who sit in and myself to you guys at Capitol. his European USO tour. Sinatra will have their ivory towers penning unearned and undeserving praise for crowds and his return here is eagerly awaited by ja z z fa n s . S/SCT. RAY A. ACKERMAN, a new radio sponsor when he returns to 3154th Sig. Serv. Co., third-rate bands and singers? Half of the combos co m ing out to the the air in the fall, Max Factor giving up Velma Middleton is due In with west coast engagement until the Arm the account. Sinatra’s perm anent home strong troupe arrives. C/O Postmaster, NYC. coast with tremendous publicity buildups are on a par with Los the band as vocalist. Armstrong now is North Hollywood. Angeles high school orchestras. Boyd Raeburn’s current o u tfit is a sad While in the Hollywood area the himself, however, will handle the San Francisco. example. . . . The Cus Bivona story is a bum kick. Hired by T . Dorsey im Armstrong band will undoubtedly make Your paper could be interesting. But mediately after his release from the navy — where he underwent terrific Jimmy Crier’s Band bulk of the singing assignments just a film and also appear on “Jubilee” and why all the space given to dance and shelling and saw many of his pals die— Bivona lasted only a few weeks and as he’s been handling them for two other government - sponsored programs jazz bands?) Trashy music has no place is now leaving the music business to rest and readjust him self. Claims he Faces Columbia Cams decades in his famed gravel-throat style. beamed to Yank fighting men overseas. in this war-weary world of today. Stick has lost all interest in music. . . . The long-awaited “ History of Jazz” album Lt. Jimmy Crier and his U. S. Coast Louie’s last picture, made a year ago, Currently at the Trianon is Geòrgie to Koussevitski! series, 40 great sides in all, will be released by Capitol this month. Complete Guard band have checked in at Colum was “ Pillow to Post” for Warner Bros. Auld’s young ofay crew, paced by the R. H. M ACY. details on this unprecedented project will be available in the next issue of bia Studios to appear in “ T a rs and His outfit got a poor break In the pic, Spars, ’ a Coast Guard show which now leader’s sizzling tenor saxophone. however, and Louie’s manager Joe Glaser (Ed’s Note: And spell Mr. Kousse- The Capitol. That’s thirty from Hollywood! is being filmed. Crier was a popular Geòrgie, a former Goodman and Shaw is hoping scomething better will ma vitzky’s name correctly?) California maestro before the w ar. star sideman, holds forth on his first terialize this trip.

■ PA C E 4 TH E CAPITOL THE C A P ITO L PA C E 5 Dorsey Dorn Drives the Music s Middle Ground' Unexplored Rose Pleads for A T LONG LAST, after three years Dogs Wild of hesitation and a short stint in the army, Eddie M iller has hit the road On paper it looked good. An en New Conception with a band of his own. The per terprising young press agent who By DAVID ROSE sonable tenor saxophonist now is handles both Tommy Dorsey and JHERE IS a large middle ground woodshedding his new group at Opie Cates thought that a hog. for serious co m p o sitio n w h ic h is n o t Mission Beach in San Diego with calling contest w ith Dorsey’s golden being sufficiently explored and set the help of Nappy LaMare, guitar, trom bone pitted against Cates’ tled by the contemporary Am eri and Doc Rando, alto, who are the only clarinet would create big news in can composer. holdovers from the old Bob Crosby band. Hollywood last month. On one hand we see our to p -flig ht With Wm. Morris booking, Eddie hopes And so Dorsey, accompanied by symphonic composers devoting most of to go to New York in the near future. their talents and photographers and reporters, ar Al Mack is cn piano and Penny Parker is energies to the chirping. Matty Matlock and Nick rived at Opie’s ranch in the San Fernan production of do Valley outside Los Angeles proper. Fatool, long-time Miller buddies, re large and com mained in Hollywood and won’t quit The clarinetist, it seems raises hogs. All plicated works, their studio work. was ready. The contest was about to often experi begin. t mental in form, Harry James and his Music Makers 20 Porkers in Contest! which are fre return here soon from eastern tour. Opie, who hails from Arkansas, chased quently beyond Dave Hyltone, James’ assistant, set up a 20 little porkers into a sort of corral (he listening new publishing firm for Harry while the while a photographer got ready to shoot, ability of the band was touring. Dorsey, whose home originally was in average Ameri the Pennsylvania coal mine country, can music lover. Xavier Cugat just finished a book of stepped up with his horn. Fresh air was On the other hand, some of our most THAT DRUMMIN’ MAN Cene Krupa is surrounded by Hollywood glamour drawings of famous people soon to be everywhere. It had to be. The whole acc®mplished w riters are satisfied to as he thumps his skins in the RKO picture “ George W hite’s Scandals of 1945” published. The title: “Caricatures I idea smelled. create a good eight- or sixteen-measure Have Known.” First blast from the Dorsey trombone melodic idea and then in the m anner of just released. The lassies include Joy Barlow, June Fraser and Aina Constant. ARKANSAS clarinetist Opie Cates, sent the hogs running madly toward the a pastry chef grab up a tube of “ ar Krupa, who let his strings go recently and is back with a jump band, is now in who led his own band at the Uni Don (KMPC) Otis now handling three other end of the compound. “I guess rangement” material and proceed to the east. versity of Missouri not too many daily recorded shows. He recently re they’re going over to the Mocambo," apply layer after layer of lush decora annums past, is fast breaking into signed as program manager to devote Dorsey said. Opie blew his clarinet and tive effects on top of the m elody ■— top radio circles as bandleader on full time to jockeying. the hogs all but trampled each other to which s o m e tim e s gets lost in the the “ Meet Me at Parky’s” program death trying to get farther away. process. Buddy Rich Shifts Gears, for Old Colds. He’s also Judy Cano- Who Cot the Bulbs? Calls for New Approach Tab Smith, his alto sax and band were va’s maestro. Opie reads a script like Somewhere between these two ex Postpones Plans for Band due to open at Shepp’s Playhouse July Bob Burns and his heated clarinet is They finally got some nice pictures, ; tremes I believe that there is a kind of off the Casino Cardens bandstand to 30. even more listenable. though, proving, photographically, that Buddy Rich has again postponed music soothes the average beast. Tommy music which w ill im m ediately find a open in San Diego at the Mission Beach his plans to become a bandleader. and Opie stood on a pile of hay and by large and enthusiastic American audi Ballroom. Carlson remains in the studios B. C. (Buddy) DeSylva, chairman of Carmen Cavallaro appeared as piano not playing the trombone or the clarinet ence. It is music of a d efin itely serious The young tub-thumper an here. And everyone is awaiting the next Capitol’s board, showing consistent im soloist at George Gershwin memorial the hogs crowded around like slick type. It is music w hich has strong m e announcement that Rich will have his provement after his critical illness. nounced, in June, that he and his concert in Hollywood Bowl last month lodic characteristics of the kind which own band. chicks in front of a bandstand. boss, Tommy Dorsey, had come to with Victor Young conducting. Eugenie require careful and skilled treatm ent in Karl George, Trumpeter with Basie, The whole thing was almost disas an agreement and that he “soon” would Baird was a vocal soloist. I their turning. will remain on the coast to play studio trous, though, w hen the hogs started to step out of Dorsey’s ensemble to start RKO Inks Langford Once created, they call for direct and jobs and teach tyro hornmen. eat the photographer’s flashlight bulbs, rehearsals of his own. honest development. As for harmonic For ‘Blonde’ Film Mort Ruby, formerly with Spike Jones, Opie spent 1 5 minutes snatching bujbs and rhythmic content, the Am erican ear But something happened— even after Frances Langford has just signed to j Bonnie Jean singing with new Benny is new road manager of the King Cole out of their mouths, finally retrieving can handle a wide range of both, so no Dorsey approached southpaw drummer star in RKO’s “The Bamboo Blonde” Lagasse combo hereabouts. Trio and is now out on the road with seven. composer need think in term s o f sparse Frankie Carlson to take over Rich’s which Herman Schlom is producing. The the group. “ How many were there?” he asked I and lean materials. chair. The latest verdict in this off- songcleffing team of Lew Pollack and Jose (Jo-Jo) Iturbi checks in at Metro the photographer. “ Eight,” was the re : Public Deserves Better Music again, on-again endeavor is that Buddy Mort Greene is penning six new tunes for “Holiday in Mexico” in which X. ply. “ Ye gads,” said Opie, climbing back Cy Manes gandering the town on va The American public deserves and is will stay with Dorsey indefinitely. for the film, which goes into production Cugat’s crew also is featured. into the compound. But he never did Ï ' cation. ready for music of a quality beyond that Dorsey and Rich, meanwhile, moved in August. find that missing bulb and if a certain found in overarranged short melodies little pig has a tum m y ache, or some which soon die of their own flabbiness thing worse, from ground glass in his j and inadequacy. stom ach, he can blame the press agent But we are not ready to go all out who dreamed up the whole thing. for the complicated experimental work I’M A SHY GUY’ \ which seems to be the prime interest of Carle Checks Out many of our most com petent serious I THO’T YOU Frankie Carle and his band checked composers. We need a lot of new music off the RKO lot after winding up re in between” — music of character and OUGHT TO KNOW’ Votait by KING COLE * cording and filming for scenes in "River- 1 ine craftsmanship, m usic of direct boat Rhythm.” It is the Carle band's statement and development, music first flicker. which introduces new ideas while con- ^üí.....T*S' t'nuing to make sense. ------—- PA C E 6 THE CAPITOL I THETl CAPITOL PA C E 7 *****, I . Stafford is Queen' to Meet the Jockey! | ¡OWI Airshots Emphasize Music < IRA COOK spins ’em every night « on K FA C ’s “ L u c k y L a g e r Dance Propaganda music in the United States. The best G. I. Network Listeners < Tim----- e’ from the window of Music Japanese recordings at present, for ex 4 City on the ample, are coming out of Hollywood. 4 famous cor- Includes Jiv e Co-operating with American music 4 ner of Sunset publishers, OWI has set up depots for 4 and Vine in IJADIO LISTENERS in scores of American music scores thruout Europe. H o I ly w ood. foreign lands are getting a clearer With each score goes a good recording of the music. Representatives of OWI 4 Duluth is his insight into the musical tastes and play the recordings while interested J home baili- culture of the American people musicians follow the score. ( w i c k , h e through shortwave radio broadcasts Results Are Terrific I ^ studied at beamed to them by the Am erican In this way, OWI serves as an inter i Stanford and government fro m p o w e rfu l e a st mediary between the publisher and 4 got a start European musicians, developing normal coast and west coast transm itters. 4 in radio on peace relations between publishers and ^ KMTR. After a spell in the army he In California there are several Europeans, meanwhile permitting the ^ returned to spin records, write script, such transmitters. San Francisco is publishers to fix and collect whatever emsee and conduct interviews with the focal point in this endeavor and performance fees they decide upon. 4 noted musicians. Cook’s homey, in addition to sending out American jazz This one service, according to the 4 friendly voice is a fave in the L.A. and classical music to the Jap homeland OW I, has done more than anything else ^ area with music fans. for propaganda purposes the m usic also to interest European m usicians in is utilized to build and m aintain good American musical compositions. will with allied and neutral nations. The precise regional listening appeal of OWI musical broadcasts has been so Roy Harris Is N .Y. Chief Louis Jordan built up for over 21/2 years, that it in In New York, vigorous use of the sures a steady audience for other pro- "international language” is being made Sgt. Joe Cuba Sgt. Bruce Collier Sgt. Hy Averback groms of OWI designed to give specific by the OWI on a 24-hour basis every Next at the information to the peoples of Europe day with Roy Harris, prom inent com NEW CALEDONIA (Approved by Censor).— “ Play anything so lo n g on the democratic way of life. This is poser, in charge of the programs. Plantation considered by OWI as perhaps the l as Jo Stafford sings it.” In addition to these direct m usical Louis Jordan and his band were greatest contribution the music section Requests of this sort have made Jo Stafford the num ber one Cl programs, OWI is also sending record has made to the war and peace effort. [ favorite of South Pacific listeners to the “ mosqu ito network’s” early due to arrive in Los Angeles on July ings and music for “ live” performances to 62 outposts in London, Paris, Mos [ morning all-request airshow. 29. His schedule calls for two days cow, Algiers, Casablanca, C hina, South FREDDIE SLA C K ’S piano artistry Johnston on the So many demands for Stafford Welk Ork Due on Coast at Monogram (July 30 and 31) Africa, New Delhi, and elsewhere. is one of many types of American pop music being shortwaved abroad records piled up at one time that Lawrence Welk and his self-styled being film ed for “ Swing Parade” to The OWI music program is part o f an by the OWI. Freddie, a Wisconsin Chesterfield Show \ Sgts. Joe Cuba and Hy Averback, “champagne music” will open at the St. be followed by a week’s engage over-all plan which has as one goal the boy, has eight new boogie-woogie who run the "Platter Happy” program Francis Hotel in San Francisco on Aug. 7, sustaining of hope in the peoples of ment at the Golden Cate Theatre in San sides out in a new Capitol album ! daily, declared a “Jo Stafford Week” replacing the Ray Herbeck combo. W elk Europe who have seen their homes and As Como Coasts Francisco. cities demolished and who still hope for just released. Before becoming a and gave South Pacific radio fans a hasn’t played a west coast engagement Jordan then returns to L. A. to play leader himself he thumped a Stein Johnnie Johnston returned to the i daily half-hour session of songs by the in several years. a re-establishment of cultural a ctivitie s tw o w eeks a t th e Plantation Club start in thir own lands. way for Jimmy Dorsey and Will NBC airwaves as star of the Ches popular chantootsie. Bradley. ing Aug. 9 before returning east to Diversity of Styles terfield show July 20, replacing Cuba is from Clairton, Pa. Collier is Film Short for Tucker open a t the Zanzibar in New York. from Winnetka, III. Los Angeles is the In an effort to present as true a pic- Perry Como for seven weeks while Tommy Tucker and his band just com Berle Adams, his manager, will accom tu?e as possible of Am erican m usical but the American works which have home of Averback ,who before the war Como checks in at 20th-Fox for a pleted a two-reel musical short at Uni pany Jordan to the coast this trip. The been performed by major American or was a radio actor and who expects to tastes, the OWI follows a policy of versal with Will Cowan supervising. new personnel of the group comprises chestras, soloists, and music schools. singing role in “ Doll Face.” resume as such when the Japs collapse. dividing broadcasts and apportioning Tucker and his band also just closed at Bill Davis, piano; Josh Jackson, tenor; records and material for live perform Collection of Folk Music Johnston, whose discings for Capitol the Palladium. Aaron Izenhall, trumpet; Carl Hogan, have helped establish him as a top Alan Courtney, top N. Y. disc jock of ances in roughly the following propor The record library is assembling a bass; Eddie Byrd, drums, and Jordan on tions: 50 percent “hot” and “sweet” collection of folk music of national favorite in the crooner field, is broad WOV, expected to arrive here Aug. 1 on saxophone and vocals. Louis recently Offices of the Theatre Guild in New lazz, Latin-American selections, dance groups of many lands, including Czecho- casting from New York nightly. The a look-see trip, his first in L.A. area. underwent a tonsilectomy which is said York announce that the Guild’s most music, and popular. songs; w , 25 _ percent____ Slovakia, Turkey, Thailand, Russia, Spain, show hits the west coast at 8 p.m . to have improved his pipes. Martin Block announces, the band is led George (Bullets) Durgom expects successful musical production, "Okla (oik music of all forms and 25 percent Poland, Persia, and others. When no re- by Ted Steele and a vocal group known medical discharge from army momen hom a,” w ill open a 12-week engagement symphonic and chamber m usic. cordings are available, consultants in the field are called in to round up the as the “Satisfiers” lend background as tarily and will resume personal man at the Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles Spade Cooley Augments Union Is Cooperating best singers and players of the desired sistance to Johnston’s suave pipes. agement chores in Hollywood. on A p ril 8, 1946. With the co-operation of the Musi Band to 12 Pieces cians Union, domestic netw orks and Spade Cooley has signed joe Bardelli radio station, an extensive record li c*plTOl'S NEW LATIN DISCOVER* p ian ist; George Bamby, accordionist,and brary has been accum ulated over a Dean Eacker, string bass, for his West period of three years. Included in the Carlos Molina ern dance band here. Band now com ibrary are special r e c o r d in g s from AND HIS ORCHESTRA prises tw e lve, including Cooley on fid broadcasts of individual stations thru- dle; “Tex” Williams, bass and vocals; out the United States. Sm okey Rogers, guitar and vocals; Tiny Many special recordings have been H unt, fid d le ; Earl Murphy, steel guitar. made to supplement the library. OWI «oin^ogÊuRNÂi/^ Paul Featherstone, harp; Johnny Weiss, r^w has not only the standard reper- VOCALS bobby--- RIVERA * * - • guitar; Muddy Berry, drums, and Pat °ry of the European classics of the McMahon, vocals. e|g teenth and nineteenth centuries,

- » . r t t t t n ata«»« ° * ^ r« «** P 'e4,¿e‘ P'.««» P‘petoP**°' p^^5!i«"a ,heJ»,or ° 2»-t (^n¿Y 0,r«»<'9e" 'Vine-',P C°etf, l ° ° e PA C E 10 PAGE 11 the Capitol THE CAPITOL Willson Back Les Brown Big Plans tor Autumn Concert Series To Metro; In Solid at Philharmonic to Ten Beethoven Exits Army Palladium Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer gained a OfferTop Names Symphs Skedded “ The most improved band of the valuable artist and the U. S. army The Janssen Symphony Orchestra y e a r .” Even though the first concert of lost one when Maj. Meredith W ill of Los Angeles announces ambitious Th at’s how m usicians are describ the Los A ngeles P h ilh a rm o n ic O r son accepted an honorable discharge plans for their sixth annual season in July and returned to Metro’s music ing Les Brown’s orchestra, which chestra is still many months in the of symphony concerts to begin this department. Willson is chief musical di opéned on July 24 at the Palladium future, plans are shaping up w hich year on Oct. 21 at W ilshire Ebell rector at the Louie Mayer flick factory. for an eight-w eek engagement, its will find an imposing list of guest During his army stay of three years T h e a tr e . third at the spot. artists appearing with the group Willson batoned the famed “Command Replacing Tom m y Tucker on the stand, Under the baton of W erner Jans Performance” and other programs and during the 1945-46 season in Phil Brown’s bombers are creating no small made hundreds of recordings for mili harmonic A u d ito riu m . sen the orchestra has scheduled ten amount of enthusiastic talk among pro tary purposes. symphonies of Beethoven as feature fessionals and fans alike. Les fronts the Egon Petri, Jennie Tourel, Josef attractions. group with his alto and clarinet but Hofman, Marian Anderson, Zino As a special event for their opening Jay McShann’s Band rarely takes a solo. Ted Nash, instead, Francescatti, Gregor Piatgorsky, Josef concert, Janssen announces the world does the heavy with his tenor. Most ol Opens in Sanfran Szigeti, John Charles Thomas, Isaac premiere of “ Genesis,” a suite based on the time he sounds as if he’s playing Jay McShann, young piano wizard, and Stern, Kurt Baum, Lotte Lehm an, A rtu r Biblical scenes by Nathaniel Shilkret, of alto. his madly leaping jump band arrived on Rubinstein and Rudolph Serkin already PRC STUDIOS last month signed MCM. Blonde Doris Day, who at one time the west coast in July to open an en are signed for guest appearances this to a contract busty and lusty Joan Seven composers have contributed to studied to be a dancer and drifted into gagement in San Francisco at the Bomb fall and winter. Barton, former band canary who is the work, including Paul Hindemith, music as a thrush with the old Bob ers Club. McShann’s first records for Alfred Wallenstein, who will hop to now making good in Hollywood as Alexander Tansman, Darius Milhaud, Crosby band, is regarded as one of the Capitol, with Julia Lee as vocalist, will Mexico City to conduct the Mexico City a single. This shot, made by Gene Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ernst Toch, most capable chicks to ever grace a Lester in the hills of Hollywood, in be released in September in a forth BUDDY COLE caresses a keyboard Symphony Aug. 10 and 12, will return Igor Stravinsky, and Shilkret himself. coming jazz album. west coast bandstand. Big Butch Stone, dicates she has just what the film on a recent Capitol recording ses here in late August to supervise final The orchestration will be accompa of Brooklyn, handles novelties and lends sion. Buddy, former piano star with details for the coming season. It will industry wants. Joan just recently showmanship to the group’s presenta nied by a choir and narrator. Alvino Rey’s civilian band, is one of mark his third year as conductor of the returned from a USO tour of the Johnny Duffy Arrives tions. Ben Homer is Les’s chief arranger, Johnny Duffy, who plays piano and the most “in demand” musicians in L.A. longhair group. Seventeen pairs of South Pacific. Brow n, who hails from Pennsylvania and organ simultaneously, is the attraction Hollywood. His first records for Cap concerts are tabbed. Molina and Singers who attended Duke University, will be at the new Judsons Restaurant in Bev itol are soon to be released nation followed by Jan Savitt at the Pally in The new season begins in m id-N o In Universal Short erly Hills. ally. Photo by Charlie Mihn. Septem ber. vember. Right now a big drive is in Four New Sides Universal last month filmed Carlos progress to raise the $1 50,000 necessary Molina’s orchestra for a two-reel fea- to underwrite the venture. Cut By Nichols turette which included shots of Karen Chuck Travis Ork The Los Angeles Philharmonic was Loring (Red) Nichols took his Randle, Bobby Rivera and Manuel Lopez, Molina’s featured vokes. Will Cowan founded in 1919 by W. A. Clark Jr. tarnished gold horn and his Five The officers now serving w ith H arvey produced. Boffo at Cardens Pennies into a recording studio S. Mudd are Mrs. Cecil Frankel, Curney It’s another click engagement for Newlin and C. E. Toberman, vice-presi again on June 28 and waxed four Buddy Baker Back Chuck Travis and his fast-paced dents; Miss Betty Danneman, assistant exciting instrumentals for future From Overseas Trek Q u in te t. A f t e r fo u r w e e k s as inter secretary, and Ben R. Meyer, treasurer. Capitol release. Buddy Baker just returned from the mission band at the Casino Cardens The new executive committee includes Lining up alongside the veteran cor- Pacific, where he rehearsed an army Ballroom, the group has been held over Harry J. Bauer, Robert J. Bernard, M rs. netist on the four masters were Herbie band for Kay Kyser. Kay now is troup- for another four and is sharing the stand Norman Chandler, Henry Duque, Dr. Haymer on tenor, Heinie Beau, clarinet; Lloyd Mills, Ray W . Sm ith, Dr. Charles ing the Pacific with the group while his with Jimmy Dorsey. Paul Leu, piano; Thurman Teague, bass, regular civilian band, under Phil Harris’ Travis, on tenor sax, gets solid as Strub and the officers mentioned above. and Rollie Culver, drums. baton, holds down the Colgate program sistance from Vince Cattolica’s Good The titles included “When You Wish on N BC. man-inspired clary and Violet Trent's Cavallaro Gets H-0 Upon a Star,” “Love Is the Sweetest Steinway-stroking. Thing,” “You’re My Everything” and At Giro’s on Strip "Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man.” Dave Stoloff Retained Radio Room Holds Carmen Cavallaro and his band have Dexter supervised the session. Nichols Morris Stoloff, music chief at Colum proved so popular at Ciro’s on the Sun and his band are featured nightly at the bia Studios, had his option renewed for Fisher’s Cornballs set strip that they’ve been held over El Morocco Club in Hollywood. another year last week. Freddie Fisher, the original colonel of until Oct. 1, at which time Carmen and corn, drew a holdover at the Radio Room his men move up to the Mark Hopkins on Vine street and will continuée there Hotel in San Francisco. through August. Rudy Borup’s crew al ternates w ith Freddie’s Schnickelfritzers. Casa Loma Combo to Swanee Gets Zutty Z u tty Singleton packed his skins and San Diego Ballroom moved over to the Swanee Inn from Glen Gray and the Casa Lom a band Billy Berg’s bistro in mid-July, working are back on the west coast. The band as a single in conjunction with Lil Ran opens Aug. 7 for four w eeks at La rry Now Available at Your Capitol Dealer dolph, Dan Grissom and the pianist Finley’s Mission Beach Ballroom in San Charlie Davis. Diego. PA C E 13 P A C E 12 THE CAPITOL THE CAPITOi Stokowski Hits Peak This Meet the Jockey! SAM BROWN is Mister Big in the Month in Hollywood Howl wax-playing department of Wash ington’s W IN X and his “ Sepia Sere The 24th season of “Symphonies Under the Stars” is well under nade” stan way now after a memorable July 10 opening with Leop old Stokowski za, in par- j occupying the podium. The Hollywood Bowl season w ill hit its full stride ticular, is | this month and will be concluded on Sept. 2 with Is aac Stern as violin FREDDY M ARTIN and his men are proving a po soloist, Stokowski again conducting. taking a vacation in August after an tent attrac incredibly long and unbroken en tion on Sat Highlights of the Bowl’s August A n d N O W it’s bouncing Betty urdays. Hails | Hutton who is off again on an over gagement at the Am bassador’s offerings include Artur Rubinstein’s from Savan seas tour. The blonde singing ac Cocoanut Grove. The band resumes appearance with Otto Klemperer nah originally I conducting on Aug. 2, Menuhin and his tress, star of Paramount Pictures work in September at the Grove and became j violin with Antal Dorati on the podium and Capitol discs, last year made a and on the Jack Carson program via p r o m i n e n t Aug. 11, and an all-Wagner concert un sim ilar tour for fighting men in the CBS. Freddy has been getting his 4 during h i s der Stokowski’s baton Aug. 14. i seven years on New York’s W M CA . £ South Pacific. Betty’s newest pic kicks this summer rearing two crack On Aug. 21 Stokowski will conduct ^ “ I’m willing to program anything ► two-year-olds which he now has the new Seventh Symphony by Shos ture is “ Incendiary Blonde” in which 4 the public will listen to,” he says, stabled at Del Mar. He had hoped to tako vich. she reaches new heights portraying i “and my personal taste leans to good race them at Santa Anita but they Guests in the big bowl last month ^ jazz, schmaltzy ballads and Latin the tempestuous career of the late didn’t reach peak condition. Martin be included Patrice Munsel, Helen Traubel, i music.” At one time Sam was a Tex Cuinan. lieves they’ll be ready this month, how jan Kiepura, Marta Eggerth, Claudio ^ pianist. ever, to take part in the Del Mar meet Arrau, Toscha Seidel, Miklos Rozsa, 4 * w ▼ ▼ ▼ -«r▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ - v - V W ' l T W ' T y r y r V Koshetz, Rubinstein, Klemperer, Percy De Lores Crane, a San Diego high near San Diego. Grainger and Jose Maidana. school brunette, joined Jimmy Higson’s August also is the month for the teen-age band as vocalist. She works Gus Bivona quit Tommy Dorsey as Jimmy Dorsey In, spectacular annual presentation of the w ith the group weekends at the Sleepy featured clarinetist and Buddy DeFranco Russian Ballet. There will be nine per H ollow Ballroom in Laguna Beach. BOOTS MUSSULLI takes off on a was skedded to rejoin in the Bivona formances this month. new Stan Kenton recording of “ Bal chair. Gus wants to retire from music— Tom Dorsey Out The Aug. 28 date on the calendar boa Bash” soon to be released. Mus- at least for a while. schedules the Ninth Symphony of Beet Joe V en u ti pulled a fly one when he sulli, a New Englander, handles the SCREEN TESTED and now aw ait hoven conducted by Stokowski, who inveigled Kay Starr to chirp with his hot alto within the Kenton band, Of Casino Garden band on Monday nights at the Palla which is now winding up a smash earlier this year signed a three-year ing a decision, Gloria Foster is still Helnie Beau joined Red Nichols’ Pen Apparently completely recovered dium. The gal is the brightest vocal engagement at the N. Y. Paramount contract to become the musical con chirping with the Carmen Cavallaro nies at El Morocco, replacing Johnny entry in years but her barrelhouse style Theatre. from his recent operation, jimmy ductor of the Hollywood Bowl orchestra. orchestra which proved a socko suc Schmidt on clary. This is his first year in the position and is not considered commercial by net Dorsey and his “ contrasting music” cess on its Ciro’s engagement here. patrons are pleased, so far, with the re work and film bigwigs. succeeded Tommy Dorsey’s ork on As predicted in last month’s “ Surface sults the colorful silver-haired maestro Gloria is from Pennsylvania. Her the Casino Gardens Ballroom band Noise” column, the Charlie Barnet ork’s has achieved. brother Chuck also leads a band. Vet Jazzmen Bing Crosby w orking in Paramount's trip to Europe via USO was cancelled stand late in July. Jimmy previously “ Blue Skies.” It’s the story of Irving At tlie Jade when several of Cholly’s sidemen had played a short engagement in Berlin. The Groaner recently finished flunked physicals. The group went into San Diego at Larry Finley’s Mission Music w ith a 1 9 2 0 fla v o r is g e t Andy Russell Ready to Start w ork in “ Bells o f St. Mary’s” at RKO; the Pacific Northwest on one-nighters Beach terp palace. another Crosby Paramount starrer has ting a sock reaction as played by instead. Teddy Walters, guitar-playing son of been finished more than a year. It’s New Air show from IF wood Edward (Kid) Ory and his Creole the veteran jazz drummer Danny Alvin, entitled "The Road to Utopia” and co A t the conclusion of his current eastern theatre to ur, in which the jazz band n ig h tly a t th e Ja d e P a la c e Bus travel for bands was again re is the featured J. D. singer. stars Bob Hope. Bing tells his pals he stricted by ODT order. Plenty of coast Pied Pipers are helping him rack up top grosses in one theatre after an w ill soon w rite his autobiography. The nitery in Hollywood. The trom bone- Casino Gardens is an old ballroom on bands, including Artie Shaw, were forced other, Andy Russell will return to Hollywood next m onth to co-star with title , he says, w ill be “ I Never Left ¡sliding leader, long renowned as a New the shore of the Pacific at Ocean Park. Orleans jazz pioneer and for his soloing to cancel tours. Last year the Dorsey brothers — with Joan Davis on the new Swan Soap program which will emanate from the H ope.” on certain revered Louis Armstrong other investors — purchased the spot as film capital. classics of the 1920’s, bagged a regular The California Employment Stabiliza a sort of home base for their own Marva Louis, one-time wife of Big The first program is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 3, via CBS coast to coast. job at the bistro after first appearing at tion Commission slapped a suit against bands. The ballroom recently obtained Joe, chirping hereabouts and planning The time is 8:30 p. m. (EWT) which means the program will be carried on the the Jade on Sundays only for a series of a liquor license but crowds, so far this theatre tour with Johnny Otis’ aggrega Richard Himber, maestro and magician west coast at 5:30 p. m. The Young & Rubicam agency is handling. Crescent City bashes. of sorts, demanding Himber pay $414 season, have not been up to expecta tion. Russell’s long line of Capitol records have done much to establish him as a Rounding out the Ory personnel are alleged to be owed the state. It was tions despite the presence of Harry favorite crooner and his fan clubs (the Russell Sprouts) are solidly established Mutt Carey .trumpet; Joe Darensbourg, claimed that Dick failed to file salary James and both Dorseys as main attrac Tito Guizar off to South America to throughout the nation. Andy will act as well as sing on new show with Miss Davis. clarinet; Bud Scott, g u itar; Eddie G ar reports for 1944. tions. make flickers and personals. land, bass; Buster Wilson, piano; Minor Hall, drums. Scott and Garland, also Marion Bartell, 24, member of the New Orleans pioneers, recently recorded singing trio, “Tailor Maids,” won o with Zutty Singleton’s Creole band for divorce July 5 from Len Short, manager 3 ser'es of Capitol etchings. of the girls, after she testified that her Tuesday is the band’s night off. 41 - year-old husband caused her con- ______tinued nervous strain by telling her she was ruining the act. Marilyn Myers and 00 and Edna Chester getting head- Joline Westbrook, the other members of a&ain with her charges that he’s the trio, corroborated Marion’s charge p*y,nS off maintenance money of extreme mental cruelty. her They were divorced last year. P A C E 14

CEORCIE AULD: Trianon. LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Trianon opening A u g . 14 . LES BROWN: Palladium. |OE VENUTI: Palladium on Monday nights only. LOUIS JORDAN Plantation opening A u g . 9 . RED NICHOLS: El Morocco. COUNT BASIE: Plantation Club. ZUTTY SINCLETON: Swanee Inn. JIMMY DORSEY: Casino Cardens. CHUCK TRAVIS: Casino Cardens inter m issio n s. SAP««*** TAB SM ITH: Shepp’s Playhouse. TED STRAETER: Biltmore. AL DONAHUE: Aragon. CEELLE BURKE: Bal Tabarin. EDDIE HEYWOOD: Billy Berg’s. SLIM CAILLARD: Billy Berg’s intermis sio ns. IT’S THE BEAN and his horn, Coleman Hawkins and his te n o r, who appear in their first motion picture soon to be released by Universal. A musical CHICK FLOYD: Town House. mystery CARMEN CAVALLARO: Ciro’s. for more than one reason, the title is “ The Crimson C a n a ry ” and Josh White KID ORY: Jade Palace. also has a role. Shown in this chummy cafe setting— w h e re a m urder is com FREDDIE FISHER: Radio Room. mitted— are Denzil Best, drums; Howard McGhee, trump e t; H a w k on tenor and Oscar Pettiford on bass. This same group, with Alla n R eu ss added on guitar, VICTOR VINCENT: Hotel Roosevelt. NOW in a new red, white and gold package the famous JOHNNY DUFFY: Judsons. recorded a raft of jazz discs for Capitol last wint er. Two of those sides, "It’s the Talk of the Town” and “Stuffy,” are now available. H a w k has sin ce returned to FRANKIE LAINE and the Make Believe Unchanged in quality . . . the same Quartet: Swing Club. N e w Y o rk . Capitol Sapphire Needle. MANNY STRAND: Earl Carroll’s. EMIL COLEMAN: Mocambo. scientifically shaped and polished genuine sapphire tip . . . guar MILLS BROTHERS: Florentine Cardens. Film Studios Cool Toward d’VARGA: Clover Club. anteed for finer tone, less needle noise and less record wear . . . the HARRY ROSENTHAL: The Players. Name Bands lor Musicali JACK DUNN: Zenda Ballroom. Capitol Sapphire Needle will give you thousands of perfect plays. ABBEY BROWNE: Charley Foy’s. Bands and bandsmen coming to the west coast for ballroom engage LEW SALTER: Pirate’s Den. ments are beginning to worry over the attitude of the motion picture p r ic e BILL EARLY: Hangover Club. studios as regards orchestras. There no longer is a great demand for AVAILABLE FROM YOUR CAPITOL DEALER. *2.50 MIKE RILEY: Riley’s Madhouse. “ big name” combos in pictures, as was true as recently as a year ago, DICK W INSLOW : Bar of Music. LEICHTON NOBLE: Slapsy Maxie’s. and at the present time Xavier Cugat’s combo is the only orchestn FILE YOUR RECORDS VERNE GREENLAW: Happy Hacker’s. being filmed by a major studio. in the new Capitol Director Model JUNIOR FRIM L: Beverly Tills Tropics. The motion picture industry went and Monogram a" scrambling to present Record Library Album . . . JUD CONLON: Casablanca. ,, . , . , , , _ . dance music on the screen, • Beautiful maroon color. PETE PONTRELLI: Figueroa Ballroom. all-out for bands about 1942 when conditions are vastly different today. • Embossed cloth covering. • Heavy ridged covers. HAPPY JOHNSON: San Pedro Club. Glenn Miller’s was the most popular The studios are now lukewarm toward • Solid wood backbone construction. JOE LICGINS: Casablanca. attraction in the field. Metro at one orchestras. Bandleaders, most of whom ROY MILTON: Club Rendezvous. • Gold embossed design. • Title page index. time had twelve outfits under con- indignantly P ° in* out that never once; • Heavy Kraft pockets. • Twelve record capacity. DUSTY BROOKS: Cafe Zombie. tract. Twentieth-Fox was second with in Pictures— has a band been prop«* POPULAR PRICED STAN MORGAN TRIO: Club New six. The lesser names had no difficulty handled and featu red ' are a t. a '“ S.^ Y o rk e r. obtaining picture contracts, either, with ing to ascertain the reasoning behri 1.25 Ten Inch 1.50 Twelve Inch THREE SHARPS Hotel Morris. Universal, RKO, Paramount, Republic the studios’ coolness. Everyonei knows * * ______that the bands today are doing the big* gest business in history on locations and one-nighters alike. But th a t’s the w ay it is. Any way you look at it, someone is asleep at the switch. But that’s not an | uncommon occurrence within the film industry, musicians point out. COLIMAN Hotel Room Reopens Victor Vincent’s combo, a cocktail uni , CAP. 205 reopened the Cinegrill of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood last month. New Vocal Combo Makes Debut Í

ALTHOUGH the Dinning Sisters have previously appeared the current rage of Chicago and his virile baritone voice is on Capitol records, having an entire album to themselves, now to be heard, for the first time, on wax. A score of no less, they offer an innovation this month with the release Farrell fan club members throughout the nation proudly call of “Homesick, That’s AH” and “Love Letters” in which themselves the “Skipperoos.” Skip and the Dinnings are they receive top-drawer support from Skip Farrell. Skip is show n reco rd ing to g e th e r on a recent Capitol session,