Cash Box , Music Page 37 March 19, 1960 GERMANY AUSTRALIA
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— The Cash Box , Music Page 37 March 19, 1960 GERMANY AUSTRALIA Under their recently completed agreement with the The latest news out of the record industry is that the producing of pop Rank organization, I estival Records has issued a whole flock records from 50.8 million in 1958 has gone down to 44.8 million in 1959. In of new singles that seem assured include Jimmy Clanton’s the classical field, producing moved up from 6.3 to 8.5 million, which is 16% “Go Jimmy Go”, “What In ihe Worlds Come Over You” by Jack Scott, of the entire production of West Germany. At the same time, the German the Toni Fisher version of “The ilmt and rreddy Cannon’s record import sank, while the export grew. “Way Down Yonder In New Orleans”, festival is preparing to release an Popular publisher and songwriter from Munich, Ralph Maria Siegel, album by Freddy Cannon to coincide with S V1S1 ^ ^his country (mid-March) produced his first LP, titled “Das Herz von Berlin” (The Heart Of Berlin). for the Lee Gordon office. The addition of the Rank material This record has old and new songs of Berlin, sung by Fred Oldorp and to their catalog gives Festival a strong hand in the hit market. Erika Brunning, Chorus and Orchestra of Hans Munsonius. Siegel has pro- In a surprise move taking effect duced old German music for North and South America for a long time. immediately, Coronet Records (which handles the Columbia label here) The producer of Electrola, Nils Nobach, announced that Rocco Granata increased the retail prices of some of its products. Singles went from has signed an exclusive contract with Electrola in Germany, Austria and 9/3d. to 10/., EPs formerly retailing at 15/. are now 15/6 and their powerful Switzerland. While Rocco stayed in Frankfurt he made a short film. Electrola range of albums that sold at 51/. now go to 52/6; this group includes recorded the first prize winning song of the San Remo Festival, “Romantica” most of the Broadway cast show LPs, “My Fair Lady etc. At the time of writing backed with “Quando vien la vera,” by Bruno Martino and his Orchestra. no official advice has been received giving reasons for the increases. Polydor also recorded the two most successful songs of the San Remo In the case of EPs and albums, the lift in retail prices brings them line Festival, the second prize winner, “Libero” in the original version with in with the regular prices of most other major labels. Lunn, Domenico Modugno and the Festival Orchestra of Angelini, backed with Don a leading disk-jockey in Tasmania with Station 7LA, is run- ning a regular “Romantica” by Aehille Togliani and the Orchestra of Eros Sciorilli. weekly series of “exchange” DJ sessions with Conway Balfour of While in San Remo Helmut Zacharia signed a contract which guarantees Station KCJB, Dakota. Don says the Balfour programs he runs from 7LA him 8 TV shows in Italy. They shall begin this summer in Rome, Naples and are proving a good attraction. This exchange method gives Don Lunn the opportunity to be heard in the United States. This type i Sicily. In these shows, Helmut will be his own composer, arranger and soloist. of two-way disk- Hazy Osterwald and his Sextet will appear in Arosa, Switzerland as he jockey traffic is another step towards bringing the trade together on an does each year from May 8th on. He will then tour South Germany. international scale. Miles Davis will be in Germany to tour 8 towns. He will give concerts in The Coca-Cola sponsored “HiFi Club” running weekly from GTV-9 in Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Essen, Keiserslautern and Melbourne and hosted by popular television personality Bert Newton (in Nuernberg. German jazz fans regard him as the best trumpeteer of all. looks, Newton bears a fairly close resemblance to America’s Dick Clark) is “Porgy And Bess,” should have had its first European premiere in London, expanding it’s activities to include the promotion of a series of Saturday 1 but the premiere will now be held in Germany on April 1st under the afternoon teenage dances. First dance, to be held on 12th March, stars patronage of Germany’s ex-President Theodore Heuss. The original sound Johnny Rebb and The Rebels, Frankie Davidson and The La Ronde Brothers. track version on Philips. Already the Coca-Cola “HiFi Club” has several thousand members. One of the leading German conductors, Wolfgang Sawallisch, signed with To tie-in with Maurice Chevalier’s current theatre season for the J. C. Philips and will tour Germany and Austria with the Vienna Symphony. Williamson Circuit RCA has made a rush release of the 12" album “Thank News from Teldec is that the original version of “Red River Rock” by Heaven For Maurice Chevalier”. With the tremendous publicity that Chevalier Johnny and The Hurricanes is second on the German hit parade. Billy Vaughn’s is receiving here RCA should do well with this one, it contains most of the Chevalier hits, “Louise”, i “Unter dem Doppeladler” on London is also very successful. great Maurice “Mimi” etc. Jim Cuff, Merchandising- Germany is awaiting England’s Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band Manager for RCA Records, is very enthusiastic over the sales potential of he arrives at the airport it will disk. ! with great interest. When Hamburg be this filmed for German television. He will appear on the German television show, Big plans are already under way for the forthcoming Australian tour by “Berliner Luft.” Today every concert by Bilk is sold out. His first three LP’s leading American jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, who is scheduled to arrive in were sensational hits. One of his records is now in the Top Ten. His three most Sydney on 16th March. In addition to a concert series, Brubeck is tipped to successful records are, “Mr. Acker Requests,” and LP, “The Noble Art of Mr. video-tape a couple of TV shows for future use. He is also booked to appear Acker Bilk,” and “The Seven Ages Of Acker Bilk” (published in 1960). on “Meet The Press” TV programs soon after his arrival. This is a session Elvis Presley, after a two year stint in the army in Germany is now back where he will be quizzed for thirty minutes by a panel of journalists. Coronet in the United States. At the airport in Frankfurt he hold the press he wants Records is now issuing the new Brubeck album “Time-Out”. It also has his to become a serious actor and singer. “Gone With The Wind” LP slated for immediate release in stereo. This gives Dave Brubeck a total of fourteen albums on the Australian market, one of the biggest disk representations in this country for any artist. Brubeck’s Australian tour is being handled by Aztec Services, a company headed by Germany’s Best Sellers Ken Brodziak. Among new singles we find “Puppy Love” by Paul Anka, “This Could Be The Start Of Something” c/w “Cheek To Cheek” by Eydie Gorme and Steve 1 Fremden Sternen (Under Foreign Stars) — (Freddy-Polydor-Peter Unter Lawrence from their new album, “We Got Us”; “Outside My Window” by Schaeffers) — — The Fleetwoods, “Sweet Nuthins” Brenda Lee, “Forever” by Billy Walker, 2 Marina (Rocco Granata/Will Brandes Columbia/Electrola West-Ton- “Harlem Nocturne” by The Viscounts, Nat Kendricks’ “Mashed Potatoes” and Verlag) “Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy” by Freddy Cannon. Red River Rock (Johnny And The Hurricanes/Die Fellows—London/ 3 G Records has released the first stereo single ever to be issued in Decca—Melodie der Welt) W & this country. It comes from the American Wynne label and features Ted 4 Du musst alles vergessen (You Must All Forget) (Freddy-Polydor- Weems and His Orchestra with “Heartaches” and “Mickey”. The original Peter Schaeffers) disk of “Heartaches” by Weems was a tremendous seller here many years 5 Gitarren klingen leise durch die Nacht (Guitars Sound Softly Through is not available now so W & G should score heavily with this new The Night) — (Jimmy Makulis-Ariola-Edition Montana) ago but issue in both monophonic and stereophonic sound. 6 Traenen in deinen Augen (Tears In Your Eyes) — (Ralf Paulsen-Polydor- Seith) 7 Mr. Blue (Detlef Engel—Telefunken-Seith) Australia’s 8 Wenn die Glocken hell erklingen (When The Bells Sound Clearly) — (Lys Assia-Telefunken-Dr. Marbot-Veidag) 9 Morgen (Ivo Robic-Polydor-Peter Meisel) Best Sellers 10 Sag Warum (Say Why) — (Camillo-Electrola-Seith) 1 Running Bear (Johnny Preston—Mercury) 2 I Want That (Crash Craddock—Coronet) 3 She’s My Baby (Johnny O’Keefe Leedon) Mark Dinning To Australia — Sedaka Int’l Favorite 4 Among My Souvenirs (Connie Francis—MGM) 5 If I Had A Girl (Rod Lauren—RCA) NASHVILLE—When Mark Dinning 6 Pretty Blue Eyes (Steve Lawrence—W & G) 7 Bonnie Came Back (Duane Eddy London) NEW YORK—With his recent RCA —whose MGM disking, “Teen Angel,” — Joey’s Song (Bill Haley Festival) Victor recording of “Oh Carol” cur- is a smash—boards the jet for Aus- 8 — Make Those Eyes rently riding high on the Top Ten tralia this week (18), he will be 9 What Do You Want To At Me For (Emile Ford—Pye) (Crash Craddock Coi-onet) charts in eight different countries, accompanied by W. D. Kilpatrick, 10 Boom Boom Baby — 19-year-old Neil Sedaka looms as one manager of Acuff-Rose Artists Cor- of the brightest prospects among the poration, and a director of the country U.A.-L.P.