THOMAS "Ids" WALLER Mark Fairs (New York and San Was the Head of the Music Pub- Opening Apollo Theatre, New York, Feb

January 28, 1939 MUSIC The Billboard 13 Songs With Most Radio Plugs A Blue -Blooded Ballad BOSTON, Jan. 21.-Many and com- ARTI5T5` plex are the ramifications behind the "Creepers" Dovetails It, promulgation of a pop song, and Management what is going on toward that end around these parts at the moment has all the earmarks of an interna- Top PAUL tional intrigue. Dian Rowland, strip While "Love" Crashes teaser, believes that her inamorata, WHITEMAN Baron Gilbert DeKnyffe, a playboy AND HIS with a propensity for scribbling mu- Songs listed are those receiving 10 or more network plugs (WJZ, WEAF, WABC) ALL AMERICAN sic, wants to collab on a ditty with between 5 p.m. -1 a.m. week days and 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Sundays, for the week ending BAND WNEW, appearing with George C. MacKinnon, Daily Record Thursday, January 20. Independent plugs are those received on WOR, columnist -songwriter, WMCA and WHN. Film tunes are designated as "F," musical production num- PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA who is doing his best to steam up the idea. So bers as "M." Based on data supplied by Accurate Reporting Service. Syria Mosque, far it's gone no farther Friday, January 27. than the de- Position Title Publisher Pluto Schenley Hotel, Pittsburgh, sire stage, but MacKinnon has a ten- Saturday, January 28. tative date to meet the Baron in New 2 1. This Can't Be Love (M) Chappell 40 29 NO. 1 PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALL, York early next month, and then 3 2. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby(F) Remick 35 22 Mayflower, Washington, D. C., anything can happen -and probably 1 3. Jeepers Creepers (F) Witmark 31 39 January 30. will. 3 4. Thanks for Everything (F) Robbins 30 24 12 5. Two Sleepy People (F) Famous 29 18 Broadcasting Weekly 5 6. Get Out of Town (M) Chappell 28 24 12 7. Between a Kiss and a Sigh Santly 25 26 CHESTERFIELD PROGRAM 4 7. Hurry Home Spier 25 23 Music Mims 25 17 Coast to Coast CBS 6 7. Deep in a Dream Harms Wednesday-8:30 P.M. Music Men and Matters: 8 8. I Have Eyes (F) Famous 23 16 Elmore White joins Leo Feist, Inc., 4 9. I Must See Annie Tonight Bregman 22 17 as professional manager. Herb Reese 5 9. I Go for That (F) Famous 22 14 goes over to Miller Music as a contact 9 10. Umbrella Man Harms 21 16 13 10. I Long To Belong to You Red Star 21 5 man. He was formerly professional 20 13 manager for Exclusive Music. Sam Fox 11 11. Could Be Santly 6 12. They Say Witmark 19 25 is following up his Florida vacation with 23 another trip, this time to Europe on 8 12. My Reverie Robbins 19 business. 10 13. Room With a View Bregman 18 19 5 13. FDR Jones (M) Chappell 18 16 The 14. You're Eyes Are Bigger Than Your Heart Shapiro 17 7 Songs and Such: 14. Swingin' the Nursery Rhymes 17 2 Ray Noble's By Candlelight, featured - 15. What Have You Got That Gets Me? (F) Famous 16 14 in the floor show at Earl Carroll's new - 15. You're a Sweet Headache (F) Famous 16 10 BILTNIORE Hollywood nitery, will be published by 11 15. Lovely Debutante Fox 16 7 Harms. Will Hudson and Ken Cooper 10 16. Ya Got Me (M) Lincoln 15 7 and their are having their Like a Ship in the Night 9 16. It's a Lonely Trail Berlin 15 6 preemed on the CBS Saturday Night 17. Please Come Out of Your Dream Words &Music 14 16 Ii7S ORCHESTRA Swing Session. 14 17. Angels With Dirty Faces Fisher 14 2 Now Playing High 13 18. Have You Forgotten So Soon') Berlin 13 13 Falutin' Newton, by Grace and 13 CARLTON HOTEL. Washington. Scotty, air duo, and Bobby Gregory, gets - 18. Sing for Your Supper (M) Chappell 13 Mgt. CONSOLIDATED RADIO ARTISTS. INC. a publication from Whitney Blake Music - 18. Never Felt Better Miller 13 1 Co. Phil Lang adds two more titles to - 19. I Won't Tell a Soul Crawford 12 18 his series of compos and arrangements 4 19. Simple and Sweet Miller 12 8 published by Exclusive, Plymouth Rock, - 20. Ferdinand the Bull (F) ABC 11 13 12 The Jovial Host of an original, and a new orchestration of - 20. From Now On (M) Chappell 11 Captivating Rhythms, 20. We'll Never Know Berlin 11 10 Listen to the Mocking Bird. - Lot Me Ager 11 9 Al Bernard, radio minstrel, is publish- - 20. You're Gonna See a of 20. Annabelle Feist 11 4 --JACK-- ing Oh, Mother, I Love You, on which - Fox 11 0 he collabed with Clarence Reese and - 20. Little King of Toyland 20. Penny Serenade Shapiro 11 1 Claude Garreau. Also bringing out - Remick 10 7 GILLETTE Mama's Going To Spank - 21. Let's Stop the Clock You, which he 21. Love, I'd Give My Life for You (M) Stasny 10 5 and His Famous wrote with - NBC ORCHESTRA Reese. 21. I Found My Yellow Basket Robbins 10 5 - 10 4 Featuring GRACIE WHITE Lady of swing 21. Singin' in the Saddle Powell Addenda: - ON TOUR. Parts of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Mgt. CONSOLIDATED RADIO ARTISTS, have been used by Hubert Roussel, Henie Pic at the Graduate Club in Pittsburgh. Two music critic of The Houston (Tex.) Post, Berlin Writing songs, Diary of Dreams and Jupiter Has Nine Moons, are by Ade Babson, and to make a shag number called Beethoven HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 21. -Irving Berlin Wrote It But It Swings. Songs of San Nothing Is Too Perfect for You is the is set to do the score for the next Sonja work of Bud Hofmann. Francisco, Warner Bros. San Francisco Henie starrer for 20th Century -Fox. Pic exposition songbook, is in for a big will be titled When Winter Comes and is exploitation campaign. Folio has the based on a George Bradshaw novel. Berlin Song Hit Guild Charters nod of approval of fair officials and will be will do six tunes, several of which ALBANY, 21. Hit contains old pop favorites like Califor- warbled by Rudy Vallee, set for a featured N. Y., Jan. -Song t nia, Here Guild, Inc., New York City, has been I Come and Chinatown. role. Lj,L[itt fy I ñr%uR granted a charter to conduct business TOUR DIRECTION -SOUTHEASTERN ORCHESTRA SERVICE- COLON RIA S.C. in the State. Guild has a capital of 99 Rainger and Robin Leave Davis Gets College Score shares of stock, three having been sub- scribed for, and will engage in the music Para; Pollack Out at Fox NEW YORK, Jan. 21. -Joe Davis, Inc., publishing business. Promoters and is publishing the score of the University shareholders are Martin Goodman, Nath- ORCHESTRA NOTES HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 21. -Latest out- of Pittsburgh's annual Cap and Gown an Zuckerbrot and Fannie Smith, all of (Continued from opposite page) break of songwriter head -chopping oc- Show, which opens for a week April 24 New York City. having fully recuperated after .a hospital curred at Paramount and 20th Century - confinement, BOBBY SNYDER, rejoins Fox this week. Ralph Rainger and Leo his band in Albany, N. y., next week Robin, under contract to Para 8 and 10 RED KENT, guitarist with Maurice years, respectively, reached the expira- Spitalny's studio crew at KDKA, Pitts- tion of their current pacts and left the studio, leaving only Frank Loesser and HELLO!! burgh, leaves the station to join up with Thanks Harry new band . . . ARRIE Frederick Hollander on the lot's song to KURT ROBITSCHEK James' staff. SHAW pencils in March stands on his for two successful weeks at tourings, taking in Lehigh University, Rainger-Robin exodus, along with the Bethlehem, Pa., on the 4th; 14th at Ritz recent severance of relations between MAJESTIC THEATRE, NEW YORK Ballroom, Bridgeport, Conn.; following Harry Warren and Warners, is the most night at Valencia Ballroom, York, Pa.; conclusive evidence that musical pits 16th at Roseland Ballroom, New York, are now definitely out, as predicted in with "Vaudeville Marches On" and the 17th at Princeton University The Billboard last summer. LARRY CLINTON has been pen- At Fox, Lew Pollack was released after ciled in for another fortnight at the tunesmithing association with the stu- To GENE GEIGER for four successful months Paramount dio over a couple of years. Pollack's Theater, New York, taking exit leaves the company with the small- at the two September weeks . . Paramount Theater, Newark, est number of staff songwriters in years, N. J., adds JIMMY only Sidney Clare and the team of Mack NEW YORK YACHT CLUB DORSEY for the March 17 week, and Gordon and Harry Revel remaining. Sam JIMMIE LUNCEFORD for the week after Pokrass stays also MILT BRITTON is a holdover at as an all-round man Downtown Casino, Detroit's theater in the music department. . . YES! YES! restaurant . and so we send our ..... cuffs to the cleaners. Tome on Pop Tunes Ready and to all who helped me stay on top. NEW YORK, Jan. 21. -Lee Furman, Inc., is publishing From Ragtime to For World Fair News Swingtime, a book covering 50 years of popular music in this country, by Isa- Complete news of the World dore Witmark and Isaac Goldberg. Wit- THOMAS "Ids" WALLER mark Fairs (New York and San was the head of the music pub- Opening Apollo Theatre, New York, Feb. 10. Playing Washington, lishing house now controlled by Warners Francisco) will be found on but still bearing his name. Tome will D. C., engagement beginning Feb. 17. 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