DAILY) 46 ORCHESTRAS- MUSIC Crosby Set to Buy Monterey * • Most Played Juke Box Folk f Radio Station; Grant Taking (Country & Western) Records 3w 5 / Jocks, Jukes and Disks Based on reports received May 30, 31 and June 1

By MIKE CONNOLLY Entertainers to Texas GIs .By HERM SCHOENFELD. Records listed are Country and Western records most played in juke boxes according to The , DOWN THE HATCH: Four masked members of Alcoholics Anony- ^~ t^*S , BY WALTER AMES tS~" 3"~ >S~f Andrews Siste s- Gordon Jenkins chances, Fontane Sisters joining Billboard's special weefcly Mrvay among a selected group of juke bc> operators whose locations require Country and Western records. £J.us are slated to make sobriety pitches on KLAC- TV's "Freedom Orch: "I'm in Love Again"- "It Como for a bouncy side. Mitchell It looks as If Bing Crosby is about to add another radio Never Entered My Mind" (Decca). Ayres orch backs up. POSITION jjkrum some Sunday soon. Sunday, by coincidence, is Hangover station to his two- station chain. Over the week end he filed an A click double- decker of standards Nat "King" Cole: "My Brother"- Weeks | Last I this Ay for some of our best friends . . . Jack Schwarz Productions to date| WeekiWeek application with the Federal Communications Commission for by the same team which hit last "Early American" (Capitol). A I •« been refinanced to the tune of 250 G's . . . Local seven- cent year with "I Wanna Be Loved." coupling of dubious tunes for the 6 3 1. 1 WANT TO BE WITH YOU permission to purchase KMBY at Monterey, Cal. l^eets all go to a dime within the next two weeks . . . Reconcilia- "Love Again," a Cole' Porter oldie, pop market. "Brother" is a curious ALWAYS . L Friuell jjns upcoming for China and Ned Marin . . . Mildred Ginsberg The price set in the request was $45,000 and Crosby listed as is the more commercial side, get- tune with a fair melody and a Col(78)20799; (45M- 20799; equal partners in the proposed transaction Kenyon Brown ting a slick vocal by Patti Andrews tolerance lyric. Cole struggles (33)3 20799— BM1 J>ds to Europe while Henry rassles with his new NBC- TV chores on a slow beat with solid choral bravely with this item, Pete of Wichita FaDjj Tex§ and George L. Coleman of Miami, Okla. 14 2. 2. RHUMBA BOOGIE . Hank Snow t> . Anita Loos is doing a legit dramatization of "Gigi," Fiance's and keyboard support. "Entered Rugolo batoning. Reverse, from Both men have* various radio interests. Present owners of retribution to neurotica exotica, for Gilbert Miller . . . There's a My Mind," a Rodgers & Hart tune, the Paramount pic, "You Can V<78>21- 0431; (45)48- 0431—BUI KMBY are L. John Miner and Taft R. Wrathall. Crosby's cur- , fezer system in the washrooms at Motion Picture Center to warn is less rhythmic, but gets an at- Change the World." is another 9 1 3. KENTUCKY WAITZ . E. Arnold rent radio interests are as a stockholder in KMPC and*in KGLC tractive production. wordy number which also gives V(78)21- 0444; (45)48- 0444—BKl gainst setting the plumbing in motion during shooting. The pipes at Miami, Okla. The new company is organized as Monterey Robert Merrill: "My Life's De- Cole a tough time. Les Baxter 3 5 4. HOWIIN' AT THE MOON .H. Williams t i under the stages ... The Cagneys called landsman Dan O'Herlihy Radio- Television* Co. sire"- "The Girls We Never Did orch backs upon this side. MGM(78)10961; (45UC- 109M j> "Come, Fill the Cup" . . . Haw! Patent medicine advertisers Connie Haines: "Too Many One of the hardest- working fellows in local radio is the thin Wed" (Victor). Metopera baritone 12 6 5. COLD COLD HEART ,H. Williams beefing at newspapers that place their copy next to obits . . . man, Johnny Grant, of the KMPC staff. Johnny has a daily Robert Merrill belts out a big- Hearts"- 'T've Got to Fall in Love MGMI78U0904; (451K 10904— BMI ^ick Jean Pettebone's staff gave her a copy of "Mother Goose" sounding vocal on "Life's Desire," Again" (Coral). "Hearts" is a disc jockey show from 2 to 4 p.m. on the station which fea- 1 6. 1 CAN'T HELP IT .H. Williams a class ballad by the composers rhythm tune with a country flavor . •- her birthday. tures his well- timed Johnny MGM(78)10%1; (45)K- 109t>l * * • of "If." It's in the same genre as which could take. Miss Haines on the Spot tape- recorded in- the latter number and Merrill gets beats it out in colorful style with 2 7 7. WHEN YOU AND 1 WERE VCROSS A CROWDED ROOM: Janet Leigh, who covers Life this terviews with visiting celebri- the full flavor of the lyrics. Two Lee Gordon Singers furnishing YOUNG MAGGIE BLUES . J. Wakely M. Whiting good choral framework. "Love iday, will be separated for the next three weeks from Tony ties. It doesn't matter where other firstrate versions are turned the hot spot of the day is, in by Bob Eberly for Capitol and Again" is another bounce tune ^ rtis, her spouse of one week, while he tubthumps "Prince Who brightly rendered, with Four Hits 25 4 8. SHOTGUN BOOGIE . Tennessee Ernie Johnny grabs his recording Don Cherry for Decca. On the Cap(78)1295; (451F- 1295—BMI is a Thief." In Metro's commissary yesterday, Janet flashed us Victor reverse, Merrill delivers a and A Miss backing up Miss unit and goes. Tuesday 5 9 BLUEBIRD ISLAND . H. Snow • platinum- &- gold with which he ringed her, besides accepting highly appealing alumni - reunion- Haines. 9. through Saturday he can be Fran Warren: "January, Febru- ... V(78)21- 0441; (45)48- 0441—BMI • - best wishes of old friend Arthur Loew, Jr. . . . Billy Grady has type number. Henri Rene orch found at the Hollywood Pal- furnishes excellent backgrounds. ary, March"- "Any Time At All" 4 9. DOWN THE TRAIL OE ACHIN' [ ashed a book of poetry and funny yarns, "Kill an Hour" ... Ben (Victor). "January," based on an ladium for a live hour broad- HEARTS H. Snow A. Carter ipman, Stan Laurel's business manager, went into the hospital Doris Day: "My Life's Desire"- old melody, gets a fanciful produc- cast beginning at midnight. "Shanghai" (Columbia). "Desire" ...V(78)21 0441; (45)48- 0441—ASCAP ne day Stan did. Ben's benched with double pneumonia ... All tion on this side with Miss Warren is clearly angled for a male singer Coining Up cats are sharpening their claws for the arrival here June 26 ^ I 9 On the side Johnny has or- delivering the Carl Sipnan lyrics and Miss Day doesn't fare too well in catching style and Hugo Win- Hank and Susan Fonda, both happily married to the complete ganized a touring unit which with the sense of the lyrics. It's Records listed nere in numerical order show signs ol increasing popularity according u a visits local veterans' hospitals terhalter's orch furnishing a rich limited number ot Questionnaires from dealers (operators, disk jockeys) but do not have strength te isternation of the back- knifers . . . Pageant's popping with a a lush side but misdirected. Re- background. "Any Time At All" and camps to entertain serv- verse is a change- of- pace tune be listed in best selling (most played category). low Boat" benison on George Sidney . . . Jules and Anita Gold- is a good pop. - icemen. He has already made with a bright beat and cute lyrics LETS LIVE A LITTLE C. Smith ne take a six- week European siesta in September, after he gets The Mariners: "Only, Only You"- Johnny Grant more than 30 trips, both near which Miss Day socks over for Col(78)2079t>; (45)4- 20796; •nt Liz Taylor set . . . Joan Fontaine and Vic Saville are put¬ topflight juke fare. Paul Weston "Everyone Is Welcome In the (33)3- 20796—BMI and far, with his group and is planning a flying visit to the 1 •House of The Lord" (Columbiai. ? together a pic to follow "Ivanhoe" . . . Money- belted dummy jji iinjjii Jim y i ill wide- open spaces of Texas the end of this month to do four Mariners' polished pipes work out SICK, SOBER AND SORRY J. Bond t Bob Crosby does a bit with in "Two Tickets to Broadway" is I Margaret Whiting: "Hoppy, Top- Col(78)20808. (45M- 2080S, (33;j 20808 shows at Army camps there. per and Me"- "This Little Piggie on a catching ballad in "Only " .posed to represent—who else?—Bing . . . The Wilt Melnicks Hy Averback, 's right- hand man, was finally re- /ent to the Market" (Capitoli You." It's a good side although KENTUCKY WALTZ R. Roley- E. Tubb this choral group tends slightly 0ec(78)46311. (4519- 46311 expecting . . . New type of roadshow: They've upped the price warded for his race from England against the stork when his L'wo sides with juve themes deliv towards an arty style. Reverse is popcorn from a dime to 20 cents at the Egyptian, pic being "The •wife presented him with a 7- pound 11- ounce boy Joel over the ered appealingly by Miss Whiting f'Hoppy" stems from the "Hopa an okay religioso side that picks iwat Caruso." week end. Hy can be heard fencing with the comic tonight | ong Cassidy" pix series and ha nn after a slow opening. Ihh * * * at 9 on KFI. The show was tape- recorded from the Prince good chances for the pop market of Wales .Theater in London with Marilyn- Maxwell and the fA- RlETY «.'AKE CARE OF MY LITTLE GIRL: H'wood Women's Press Club Reverse, a charming adaptation o: 10 Best Sellers on Coin- Machines *$± **! > blackballed a prominent femme pillarist . . . Handout from the British comic,' Jerry Desmonde, also aboard. Ithe nursery rhyme, is from th Paramount pic, "Eight Girls in bassador: "Every gal will get a free lei at the Cocoanut Grove's ( Wearer* Decca 3oat." Lou Busch orch accomps. 1. ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY («) (Folk- W) ,ght in Hawaii" tonight" . . . Mario Lanza inked a fat, fabulous, \ Vaughn Monroe Victor Perry C"""»j- 'Thara'i n Big Nat "King" 5h new deal with his press agent, Jack Keller . . . Maggie Whiting Hottest Item in singdom at the moment is Mario Lanza, the Blue CToucT"- "There'.s No Boat t Cole Capitol 2. -,. a stretch at San Quentin—a p.a. for the cons .1 .' Ruth - Ross tenor. Muriel Horner, CBS' supervisor of tickets, told me Like a Rowboat" (Victor). "Cloud" TOO YOUNG (3) (Jefferson) • j Richard Heyti Mercury •tgned from the Screen Writers Guild secretarial staff, after 14 the requests for ducats to his first radio show Sunday, when is fair material for Como. Remi- HOW IUGH THE MOON («) (Chippell) Let Paul- Mary Ford Capitol >,rs there . . . Glamazon Dorothy Ford unveils a Phil Moore- he replaces Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy for the sum- niscent of "Over the Rainbow" in idea, the tune is not delivered SOUND OFF (3) (Shaplro- B) Vaughn Monroe Victor .aufactured nitery bit in NY come fall . . . Jane Russell, George mer, are the- - heaviest in years, surpassing the recent deluge with much conviction. "Rowboat" JEZKBEL (2) (BMI) Columbia nt and Scott Brady finished "Montana Belle" Dec. 22, 1948. It's for tickets to the recent Janet Gaynor- Charles Farrell Lux is a lively novelty with fair I Let Paul- Mary Ford . . Capitol •A on the shelf at RKO . . . Richard Garland glides from UI's Theater drama. MOCKIN' BIRD HILL (12) (Southern) j pafti Page Mercury Even a father who is a celebrity finds himself on the spot matron Kid" to the lead in "Dark of the Moon," next at the panded his 500- acre San Diego ranch with the leasing of 4000 7. BE MY LOVE (2») (Miller) Mario Lama Victor occasionally with the offspring. Ozzie Nelson ran into a sit- yers' Ring . . . John Lee Mahin is scripting "Beau Brummel" additional acres from the government. Now he has a mountain OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE (2) (Warock) Vaughn Monro* Vt«»r uation last week in which his 10- year- old son Ricky was play- 8. Sam Zimbalist at Metro. While Stewart Granger has been men- of his own and Curt is thinking of renaming it, for personal Billy Ecrt*tin« MOM ing in the Southern California Junior Tennis Championships 9. I APOLOGIZE (4) (Crawford) ed, Pete Lawford looks likely to latch it . . . Charles Laughton reasons, as Mt. Massey. Curt and Martha Tilton are cele- ( - M. Miller ColumMo at Altadena Country Club and his other boy David, 14, at the ped it in front of a Mexican eatery that added breakfasts to the brating their second anniversary as the KNX at 4 p.m. singing 10. SPARROW IN THE TREE TOP (12) (SanUy- J) j Bing Croiby- Andrew* Sit Dtdm same time was giving his all on the Bancroft Junior High m: "Our Hotcakes Sell Like Tacos." duo Wednesday. They started out as a summer replacement School baseball team. Both wanted pop to be present. A bit of * * * show. ».• fast driving accomplished the trick. Second Group TV TIDBITS—Ginny Simms is replacing Marcrarpt. Wilting OMPLETE WITH BATHTUBS: New Paramount pact whereby KALI's major league baseball schedule for this week still on the Jack Smith airer next fall. She can be seen toffignt ROSE, ROSE I LOVE YOU (Chappell) Frankit Laine Mercury I produce two pix annually and supervise direction on both looms finds the Chicago White Sox shut out. Today it's the St. Louis at 8:30 telecasting from Long Beach Naval Station, KTTV (11) t Bitty- Decca C. B. DeMille . . . Bob Strauss, currently copping encomiums on Cardinals vs. Brooklyn; tomorrow and Thursday, the Cards YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE BLUES (2) (Mills) . . . Donald Richards, the Ambassador Cocoanut Grove singer, i Mao Whiting- Jim Wok- fly Capitol ay in "Stalag 17," bartended in a Strip bistro two years ago vs. Brooklyn; Friday, and Philadelphia, and Saturday goes east June 28 to join the Thursday night Broadway, Open H'aTiTPagl* M«*rcury • Loretta Young put the bite on the Hollywood Press Photogs' Boston vs. Cleveland. House show on NBC . . . MR. AND MISSISSIPPI (Shaplro- B) j Dcnnti Day Victor usury, and this is a real switch, for St. Anne's Foundation—100 Curt Massey, the CBS singing man, called to say he has ex- Columbia BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES (5) (American) Rosemary Clooney -is worth . . . RKO is testing a new blonde eyeful, Barbara Dob- t Al Trace •-. A H. Hughes discovery . . . Lois Andrews landed a "Virginia PRETTY EYED BABY (Pickwick) ) lo Stafford Frankie Laine '. Col. ^ type" role in 20th's Fefauver kut- up, "Bloodhounds of Broad¬ t Patti Page Mercury " . . . Faith and Hugo Fregdnese bought a Whittier Drive WOULD I LOVE YOU (12) (Disney) ) 'Men O'Connell Capitol ifin's . . . Sam Goldwyn may beckon Charlie Vidor to direct "Hans Victor 1 stian Andersen" in case Henry Koster isn't available . . . Kitty BRING BACK THE THRILL (Maypole) """l,^ '! ( Guy Mitchell- M. Miller Columow t;«n tests for the Martin & Lewis lark, "At Sea With the Navy" MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU (11) (Massey) j vie Damone Merewif Michael Pate, in on a temporary visitor's permit from Australia Patti Pag* Mercu i, nonths ago for a spot in UI's "Thunder on the Hill," has pocketed TENNESSEE WALTZ (22) (AcufT- R) Eddy Houxird Me- rcurj, ;)00 since. He stays on . . . Bob Surtees sidestepped lensing STRANGE LITTLE GIRL (Frank) Ander n Df en in Rome" in Italy 'cause his signorina is expecting a bambino THE SYNCOPATED CLOCK (Mill.) LeRoy *° ™ nit's the hiatus season in TV, and everywhere you dial you see I LIKE THE WIDE OPEN SPACES (Meridian) *• Godfrey L Ander. ColWlMBr ets dressed as cowboys wrestling! NEVER BEEN KISSED (P.aton) i^Z'^C Carpenter' iSJ KFI- TV Sold; Radio ABA DABA HONEYMOON (12) (Feist) £ Reynolds C. Carpenter MR \ Perry Como VJ5K IF (17) (Shaplro- B) • ) HUly Eckatine

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Hea^toprSlnc, for $2,500,000. .subject to approval Parade of Stars on Charity (X 4u Uhi n < i 7^ bv the Federal Communications Commission. MARGARET WHITING it one Radio Station KFI, also owned* pointed out in Washinp- aricaret Whitinu and spouse by Anthony, was not involved m Marathon Tonight; Designer of 300 entertainer, who will ton that neither the pension mi Hunch guest tomorrow on perform on the giant 15- hour the transaction, which was re- fund nor its banking representa- la I Sawyer's KKCA TV show ported by Anthony, in Washing- tive, the First National Bank of ) TV- Radio Show to aid the Entertains Gracie Allen - aU.. I Ball ji an ton, D. C. . Akron, has anything to do with lii- minutr series on KFI toilay, City of Hope bring a new Rumors that Anthony planned the purchase. BY WALTER AMES Recorecorad reviewl/^e s "At Home With Lionel Harry* cancer hospital to the South- to sell KFI to the National Hollywood celebrities will parade before television cameras more." REAL ESTATE By Ah SCHARPER land. Check KECA and KECA- Broadcasting Company were de- this evening for charity's sake when the all- night TV- radio Sgl. Andre I'revin. guextH to- nied yesterday by George Whit- The pension fund does have morrow on KTTV's "C.inny •>Y TOPPER & ME" and "THIS LITTLE PIGGIE WENt TV, starting at 9_ marathon in behalf of the new cancer hospital of the City of ney, KFI and KFI- TV general investments in real estate used Simmy. Front and Center." Show A1ARKFT" (Capitol) MARGARET WHITING does an exi Hope is unveiled on KECA (7) and KECA- radlo. will originate at Fort Mac manager. by several of the broadcasting fe^ fn "HopPy " but cTpXI? wfllUll UiglEUld to record thil A rthur. properties, but no interest or It's a cooperative venture sponsored by the Greater Los icular item for over a year, has greatly disserviced itself! FIRST LOVE "Pirate Loot of (he Island or wise. By now that all- consuming juvenile demand for any-i connection with broadcasting, it¬ Angeles Press Club and 16 unions have cleared the way for "Radio is Mr. Anthony's first Skiillx" is the title of the new I even faintly fringing the hallowed Hopalong Bill Boyd) self, officials stated. their members to participate in the event, which gets under love, and he Intends to stay In series starting June 1.1 on Carl idy has faded, whereas a year ago it was irresistible. In 50 K3 Included in yesterday's pur way at 9 p.m. and runs through noon tomorrow. George Lait radio," Whitney commented. ton E. Morses's "I Love a Mys- side would have smashed; now so- so, at best. The Nacio chase is the new KFI- TV build- and Frank LaTourette; cosupervisors of the marathon, say tery" program over the Mutual KECA Skeds KFI- TV is not affiliated with > Brown grasp for the lullaby- melody possibilities in the Hop- ing at 141 North Vermont ave- ind night network. „ny network. The new owners more than 300 top screen, stage, radio, teta y character are excellent as here exemplified. The L. Wolte nue, next to KFI. Title of KTSL's •'Cuts and a 'rt lyrical appreciation for same are most facile (unfortu- have an interest in the Yankee club stars will be on hand during the IMun* Terms of yesterday's agree- Fiddle" show, seen Monday fy Capitol erroneously attributes the wordage to Ray tril- Marathon Network, recently formed televi Among those committed to ment require that the transfer night*, haa been chunged to » Miss Whiting exhibits a new and somewhat startling facet eion chain planning coast- to appear are Gene Autry, 1- cna "Chicks and a Fiddle." joing' the lullaby most effectively. In short, the performance be consumated by December 31 rn coast operations. Home, Bob Cummings-. Jo;m Peter Potter's juke box jury on Radio, Video FCC rules require submission of piece are well done, but regardless, biscuit misses the boat, Thomas S. Lee Enterprises Davis, Dan Duryea, Jeff Don- smnza on KTSL has been stretch- the flip, chirp exhumes an oldie, which has scant chance on the conditional sales agreement nell, Edmund Gwenn, Jane ed from an hour to !•<» minutea. KECA's widely- heralded radio- now are wholly owned by jnrcr- counters, but it does afford her the opportunity to dis- within 30 days. _ „ Greer, Spike Jones, Lynn Show's handled on participating TV marathon program to raise TO Pension Fund of the General Tire her acute, crisp phrasing. ^ <>»*^~ t TO Louis G. Caldwell. KFI- TV at Bari, Charlie Ruggles, Jerry announcement basis. funds for the City of Hope can- and Rubber Company of Akron, torney, now in Washington, D_ C. Jan Sterling mikesides with cer hospital at Duarte, Cal., be- o Ohio. Purchase was made last Zy~trULY FAIR" and "PRETTY- EYED BABE" (Capitol). said he plans to apply for FCC Jane Pickena on NBC'a "Picktim T December for a reported $12, ANTHONY band wrings almost all the hillbilly "feelings' gins tonight at 9:30. v TO Party" today. sanction next week 820,000. Peggy Ryan and Ray McDon- of "Truly Fair" and uptempos it into rather an ingratiating The 15- hour all- star show, pre- I Carl Brisson, Teresa Wright, ald gueat on Vaughn Monroes e beat. Further, the lyrics are so lightly brushed off they at sented in co- operation with the By Pat Hogan Fifl D'Orsay, Cesar Romero, become generally acceptable for metropolitan listening. In CRS- TV show In NY tomorrow. Greater Los Angeles Press Club, Jack Smith, Ronald Reagan, • of the fact that the Guy Mitchell (Columbia) version, with v/"ittt? TPTFVTSION SET and radio (KECA and will continue non- stop until 12:30 8 YOUR J^kVl^uw o tomorrow will Robert SI *ck. inor measure of help from the Vic Damone (Mercury) cut, is to KECA- TV) from 9 p. »»• ^"igj tage radio, television king the essentially rustic- appeal roundelay for a brief hit, p.m. tomorrow. Sarah Vau nony can capitalize on the thing in the Big Burgs. He also Scheduled for airing simultane- ford, Barb; I i the same stunt on "Babe" and though he does even a better ously on ABC's local radio and lina Cotto Foy Taylor, Gale Rob- of transmuting the idom of the thing from Ozarkian to where- video outlets, the show is be- 3 Ada Leon a ty Marcellino, Boh sidewalk- starts, the adaptation has less chance because the bins, Dtnal lieved to be the most extensive e Silverman and ic riff is less propitious. Basically, Anthony is wasting his simulcast ever attempted in the Jack Crosby, D piddling around with mere conversions. Pacific Coast. T „e pino, many othe estra will ilso be seen along West. Sponsored by the Greater Los Smith, Ronald ReapBTMarie Mc * * * with 30 P Talent roster of more than 300 5 Annies Club, the mammoth show Donald, Anita Louise, Cesar Ro- •N LOVE AGAIN" and "IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND" Julian K! entertainers Includes Gene 1 Jul be done in the interests of mero. Alan Reed. Ann Ruther- cca). teamed up with Gordon 3 cession of Autry, Lena Home, Edmund the new cancer hospital, City of ;ins last year and exhumed the oldie "Wanna Be Loved" for ford, Robert SUck. Gale Storm as host to Gwen, Spike Jones, Charlie Rug- ^ Hope at Duarte. Sixteen unions, ilid sock;'the combo is likely to repeat the process with Cole . Teressa Wright Bennett P guest gles Jerry Colonna, Dane Clark, - In an unprecedented action, have ;er's evergreen "Love Again." Again, too, it is that slow- beat Barbara Lawrence, Carl Brisson, •f honor. 'arlos Bob' Crosby, Dick Haymes, Mar- 3 542 clearance to all their mem- layor ;i Andrews' piping which gives the productional festooning and Fifl D'Orsay. Reyes Avi garet WhiUpg. Jack Smith, WfrW 2 bers f or the event, which is under punch to the solar plexus. "Mind," too, is hauled out of the Mickey Rooney, Muzzy Marcel- logs. Though it is less luminous than "Love Again" in this aWNRHriarand Robert Stack. the direction of George Lait and lino, Ada Leonard, Charlie and y conceived Andrews- Jenkins conception, it more imaginatively Others in the lineup are Mickey Frank LaTourette. Mary Foy, Gale Robbins, Estelle ;ures the feeling of the tune than did all the fallowings which Rooney, Carolina Cotton, Robert Scheduled to appear on the pro ; been produced since Rodgers & Hart concocted it. With some Taylor. Ann Triola. The Skylarks Cummings, Joan Davis, Den Sheriff Eugene Blscailuz. Chet e promotionally from Decca, there is no reason—consider- g Duryea, Ida Lupino, Cesar Gme Autry. Lynn Bari Scotty the upcoming summer lull—why "Love Again" couldn't almost Huntley. Hank Weaver. J- C- ^P" Romero, Sarah Vaughn, Carl Nina Bara, Bob Cum licate the success of "Wanna Be Loved." Beckett, pen Dinah Washington, Carolina Colonna, Dane ch Hf Brisson, Gale Robbins, Arm mings, Jerry Cotton, Patti Moore, Larry Kent, * * * Clark? Bruce" Cabot, Bob Crosby 0 w, ashlon Triola, Marie McDonald and Tn« Clart Gordon Currie, Gerald Mohr, ! LY AMERICAN" and "MY BROTHER" (Capitol). NAT COLE Davis, Dan Duryea, Jeff ne. Ni nilarly Skylarks. ' Joan Shirley Lloyd. Ed<"« Silverman, Dssed for a loss here by soggy material. "Early American," a Edmund Gwenn, Jane ccially nny Burke- item figured to exploit New DonnelL Ann Whitfield, SO Patricia Stev- Greer, Bill Goodwin, Dick i •land virtues, is too long on wordage and too short on mel¬ en, model, and Eddl. Oliver's Haymes, Lena Home Spike ; it gets pretty so- what? long before the grooves give out. orchestra. other" is a ballad based on tolerance theme; it not only has joni, Charlie Ruggles, Ida Lu- i said a thousand times before; it has been said better, hal, Cole's vocal does more than justice to what was dealt ; he actually exalts the estate of the verbiage. Lee Baxter !S exemplary accomp to "American." Margaret Whitma^ last * * * necfotoektJaiBtWtt* he had • LEFT ME OUT IN THE RAIN" and "THE GANG THAT good. Howard's Kiul'lrr \ VG HEART OF MY HEART" (Mercury). FRANKIE LAINE no chance to start singing before those titles had tossed him for 18- yard loss. These trite sides are patently the biscuit- barrel bot- scrapings by Mercury now that Laine has flown the Merc j and has been captured by Col. Yet, Laine invests them with tlli arl Ravazxa, singer from Charley Foy's Sup¬ i zip and beat- measure he lofts the material two- tenths of a ' , . tnnioht at 8*10 KTI.A (5) per ( lun, crooi it. They still lack seven. ... Ken Murra; almost ran int ». They program at Si C (13). when he disco kiiieaoopeti aho

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