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The Cash Box, Music Page 23 November 6, 1954

Surround Sunny Kallen Disk Aids Deejays llingl?eco/t^ Xmas Seal Drive BestSe NEW YORK—A three-way promo- tional tie-up, linking the National Tu- FROM MORE THAN 15.000 RETAIL OUTLETS; 07 berculosis Association, , and Chappell Music, gets under way next week with the release of Kitty Kallen’s new Christmas entry “The • Tunes are listed below in order of their popularity based on a continuing weekly national survey of thousands of record dealers by Jack "One Spot" Tunis. Each list- Spirit Of Christmas”. The song was ing includes the name of the song, record number, artists, and tune on side. Comprising the reverse penned especially for the 1954 Christ- • The number underneath the title indicates the actual sale per 1000 records made mas Seal Sale by Matt Dennis and for the week. If the figure is 67.4, it means that for every 1000 records sold that 100 week, 67.4 were of the tune indicated—a combination of all the records on which Selections Tom Adair, writers of “Will You Still it was available. • Indicates best selling record. Be Mine,” “Violets For Your Furs,” and other hits. A special deejay disk, featuring the 1954 Christmas Seals on the Decca Nov. 6 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Oct. 30 label, is being sent to 2,000 disk jock- LOS ANGELES—RCA Victor re- Use Sayln' 3 2 Hopelessly TI-10-229 (45-229)—JOE LOCO ME-70401 — cording star, Sunny Gale, receives (70401x45)— 5.7 9.7 eys along with an accompanying disk Skokiaan — BOBBY WAYNE male attention from radio BE-1058 (45-1058) plenty of VI-20-5834 (47-3834)— of personal voice-track introductions A String Of Broken SONG SINGERS disk jockeys in Los LEO DIAMOND Hearts station KRKD’s What A Dream to the song by Kitty Kallen pitching left to right are Lisbon ME-70440 (70440x45)— VI-20-5840 (47-5840)— Angeles. From VI-20-5839 (47-5839)— JOE LIGGINS AMES Christmas Seals. George Sanders, Val Clenard and Al- PEREZ BROTHERS PRADO Yeah, Yeah, Yeah One More Time mention the maga- Skokiaan VI-20-3767 (47-5767)— Chappell Music has published the lan Berg. Need we 33 Bandit zine that has captured the attention 7 The sheet music copy showcasing the new 1 Smile 20.2 20.0 Mister Sandman 5.5 9.3 of Sunny and the boys? BE-1059 (45-1059)—B. FRANK A VI-20-5867— (47-5867)— CO-40323 (4-40323) Christmas Seals together with a photo L. CLINTON O. HOMER & JETHRO of Kitty Kallen on a Christmas tree If I Give My Heart Rainfall Hey, There ball ornament. The professional staffs To You 22 CA-2916 (F-2916) CA-2897 (F-2897) My Son, My Son TEX RITTER of Chappell and Decca are hopping NAT "KING" COLE 12.7 — LO-1464 (45-1464)— FRANK WEIR heavily on the song. LO-1501 (45-1 ) It's Crazy 501 — By Candlelight CA-2930 (F-2930) VERA LYNN & FRANK WEIR LO-1470 (45-1470) The National Tuberculosis Associa- — Our Heaven Earth DUKE ELLINGTON On JOHNSTON BROS. tion and its 3,000 affiliates are hope- If I Give My Heart 23 Mambo Italiano Secret Of Our Love ful of a yuletide click to spearhead To You VI-20-5875 (47-5875) 12.6 — their Christmas Seal campaign in the DE-29266 (9-29266)— CO-40361— (4-40361) RONALD CHESNEY VICTOR YOUNG ROSEMARY CLOONEY Chick-ee-Choek-ee fight against tuberculosis. Theme From "Rear We'll Be Together 34 I Want You Window" Again EP-9075 (5-9075)— —All To Myself O. B. MASINGILL 24 In A Little 5.4 4.1 Wither Thou Goest Spanish Town DE-29268 (9-29268)— (45-1494) Columbia OffersDealers 4,0-1494 10.8 11.1 KITTY KALLEN DAVID WHITFIELD CR-61287 (9-61287) Don't Let The Kiddy Dance, Gypsy, Dance LAWRENCE WELK Geddin LO-1488 (45-1488)—LITA ROZA Devil Lips 35 Unbelievable Free Diamond Needles Love Is A Beautiful ME-70444 (70444x45)— — Stranger 5.1 2.7 DAVID CARROLL CA-2949 (F-2949) LO-1487 (45-1487) Bumpty-Bump FRANK CHACKSFIELD NAT "KING" COLE MG-11835 (K-l 1835) Hajji Baba nation-wide pro- Piper In The Heather JERRY JEROME NEW YORK—A ME-70431 (70431x45)— Honey 36 In The Chapel motion to feature their line of Dia- BILLY DANIELS "X"-0055 (4X-0055) In The mond Phonograph Needles at the deal- Mom-B-Fle RUSS CARLYLE Moonlight er-consumer level has just been an- VI-20-5828 (47-5828)— It Was Nice Knowing You MELACHRINO O. X-0070 (4X-0070) 5.0 2.3 nounced by . Theme From 'The Six SMITH BROTHERS CA-2846 (F-2846) special package known as Colum- Proud Walkers' Lovely Little Petunia NELSON RIDDLE A VI-20-5836 (47-5836)— Shadow Waltz bia Diamond Needle Selection “X” 25 Doll Song CA-2859 (F-2859) SUNNY GALE Mama and containing four of the most popu- An Old Familiar Song 9.7 16.0 FARON YOUNG ME-70458 (70458x45)— A Place For Girls lar types of needles in use today is 18 It’s A Woman’s Like You being offered to dealers, and with it, I Can't Tell A Waltz CA-289438— (F-2894) World 19.5 17.3 a free diamond and sapphire combin- CA-2936 (F-2936) From A Tango FOUR KNIGHTS Easy ation needle which carries a retail RAY ANTHONY 26 St. Louis Blues Street Jambo CO-40271 (4-40271)—MARINERS price of $31.00. This is useable with Mambo 9.4 4.9 Oh, Mo'nah DE-29269 (9-29269) many hi-fi-machines. FOUR ACES CR-61277 (9-61277) CO-40283 (4-40283) BELMONTE book- Cuckoo Bird In The O. Window streamers, consumer MIDNIGHTERS VI-20-5820 (47-5820) Don't Worry ‘Bout THE Pickle Tree Me lets on record and needle care, as well PEREZ PRADO CO-40303 (4-40303) MG-11846 (K1 1846) wide-spread tie-ins with Colum- BOB STEWART Tomcat Mambo KEN GRIFFIN as “ANNIE'S AUNT Our Wonderful To Know X-0042 (4X-0042) Favorite Waltz bia’s national advertising on records RICHARD MALTBY DE-29130 (9-291 301- and phonographs are planned by the FANNIE” 19 Mr. Sandman Beloved, Be True KITTY KALLEN Federal 12200 Take Everything But You company to promote this campaign. 16.6 8.4 27 That’s What CD-1247 (45-1247)— DE-29168 (9-29168)- The purpose of this promotion is to CHORDETTES I Like 9.1 7.1 REX ALLEN “ANNIE HA*D A BABY” CA-2870 (F-2870) Chapel Of Memories introduce Columbia Diamond Needles I Don't Wanna See Federal 12195 to You Cryin' DEAN MARTIN JU-5154 (45-5154)—ORIOLES to record dealers and to alert them The Peddler Man Thank The Lord CR-61288 (9-61288)—LANCERS the profit possibilities in sales. EARL BOSTIC Little White Light CW-125 (45-125)— DON, DICK VI-20-5803 (47-5803)— _ DE-29344 (9-29344) & JIMMY RALPH FLANAGAN FOUR ACES DE-29229 (9-29229) Out Of The Bushes “UBANGI STOMP” In Apple Blossom Time PAT MORRISSEY VI-20-5798 (47-5798)— ME-70477 (70477x45)— I Don't Know Whether DARRELL GLENN “TIME ON MY HANDS” BUDDY MORROW To Laugh Once And Only Once Myers Has Several Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie JU-5151 (45-5151) 37 Suddenly VI-20-5767 (47-5767)— JO ANN TOLLEY 4.8 — I Tried Again VAUGHN MONROE CO-40351 (4-40351 ) Once They Doin' Tunes Going At Were 28 Fanny 9.0 19.1 JO STAFFORD The Mambo DE-29304 (9-29304)— Teach Me Tonight 20 Little FRED WARING —Veni, Vidi. Viei Restless Heart 4.7 — , PA.—James E. Shoemaker VI-20-5871 (47-5871) ME-70427 (70427x45)— 14.1 24.9 EDDIE FISHER GAYLORDS Myers, prexy of Myers Music is being- CA-2862 (F-2862) Count Your Blessings A Kiss To Call My Own busy these days with a TEXTOR SINGERS kept pretty Sobbin' Women 29 Drink, Drink, 39 Oop-Shoop number of tunes riding the charts and KI-1371 (45-1371) 4.4 10.2 big- Drink 8.6 — some new releases that promise PETULA CLARK 40 Indigo VI-10-4220 (49-4220)— 'Mood results. Myers is the publisher of Helpless MARIO LANZA 4.3 6.6 LO-1482 (45-1482) “Happy Baby” the latest Bill Haley Golden Days, Etc. 4 1 Mandolino FRANK WEIR big 4.0 12.0 release on Decca and two other The Never Never Land 30 Touch The Haley sellers, “Rock Around The ME-70403 (70403x45)— 7.1 2.6 42 Sisters 3.9 5.3 GAYLORDS CO-40354 (4-40354)— 43 It Worries Me Clock” and “ABC Boogie”. The firm’s Mecgue, Mecque 3.7 6.7 “Rock-A-Beatin’ Boogie” is heading PO-1003 (45-1003)— Muskrat Ramble 44 Time Waits into the hit class with the Esquire LAWRENCE DUCHOW CO-40343 (4-40343)—J. WETZL VI-20-5769 (47-5769)— Grisbi Blues For No One Boys on the Guyden label. This tune HUGO WINTERHALTER DE-29246 (9-29246)— 3.6 3.1 has also been recorded by the Treniers The Magic Tango COMMANDERS 45 I Need Your on Okeh and more recently by Buddy 21 They Doin’ Mister Pogo Lovin’ Were ME-70445 (70445x45)— Morrow and his orchestra on Mer- The Mambo (Bazoom) cury. Other new Myers tunes include 13.7 19.5 Mister Pogo 3.3 6.2 More Tears” by the Variety Boys BE-1057 (45-1057)— VI-20-5874 (47-5874)— 46 Lonesome “No T. STEWART & SONG SINGERS on Rainbow; a Bill Haley Essex rec- 3 SUNS Polecat 3 2 5.7 Goodnight Sweetheart, Southern Star ord, “Sundown Boogie”; and two Goodnight 47 I Cried 2.9 — new Irish tunes on the Arcade label CR-41222 (9-61222)— 31 The Things 48 Yours 2 8 — and the Murraymen, LES BROWN O. I Didn’t Do 49 I Spoke Too by Eddie Roecker The Man That Get Away 6.5 — called “If You’re Speaking Of Heaven DE-29202 (9-29202)— Soon 2.5 — VI-20-5857 (47-5857)— ‘Ireland’ ” backed with “Stories TEX WILLIAMS 50 Toy Or Treasure Say That's The Good Lord Papa Loves Mambo 2.1 — of Ireland”.

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