April 27, 1958 -THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. C- TEEN. Page 3

- TOP TEEN TUNES -TT- -r r-MgMMfcL - ijfl Singer's Last Lament w By JERRY O'LEARY, JR. By HARRY BACAS I singers like to give themselves BT»r aul Wriw Star Staff Writer | titles and Chuck decided to call .. Baby Ssndrn CutM The last sung* Chuck Willis himself “The Sheik of the WINDING CANTON. By WUmd 5 5* “ Printer*. LU. $3 recorded before he died two I ! Blues The turbans matched ago prophetic! apart week* have a I the title. California is a world from the rest of the United ring to them now. States and this was particularly true In the Chuck Willis may be remem- 1850 s when “Hang Up My it paid a young feller to grow up fast. One was called song Shoes." The bered as a writer rather Rapid development still pays in that West Coast other. “?” than as a singer. He contribut- never-never land, as uncounted youngsters have learned on Hollywood's sound stages, but Winding Canyon is about an ed many hits to other singers. Chuck died after intesti- real guns, real cowboys and bona fide Indians. operation. The Atlanta Among them were "What a nal Dream” for Page and If I have read one girl-of-the-golden-west or run-of- blues singer was Just 30 years Patti Ruth Biown. “From the Bottom the-mill horse opera story. I have read a hundred. But old. My Mrs. Sanders' book has an eager, devoted approach to Cali- “My Rock and Roll Shoes,” of Heart" for Don Cornell “Close fornia that appealed mightily to one who has alway. been like almost all of Chuck's hit and the Clovers. Your Eyes" for Oorine and the more interested in the genuine beauty of the State than songs, wrote himself. Actu- Eydle he Keys any of its more recent tinsel attributes. ally lyrics tell story of Five and “Let Me Ex- the the plain" for Wanda Jackson and This is the story' of the rivalry between- an American a teen-ager is NOT going - - who the Cadillacs. Jk ."*2* iS family and a clan of Californians, in 1850. when only the to hang up his rock and roll own long-time Spanish settlers could honestly claim the Stale was shortened He also wrote his hits, shoes. The title such as "C. C. Rider." “Betty name. Water rights then, as now. were vital and the to fit the record label. Dupree" and “That Train Indians were about as troublesome as the black-jackWrd : .and swaggerers The other song Is the lament Has Gone." Many of them were or the paehuchos are now—annoying but con- of a disappointed lover who .versions of traditional blues trollable. says he'd rather die than go on with new lyrics. This adventuresome period is seen through the eyes young without love. As a singer be developed a of a boy newly arrived from Boston, another boy who There are other ironies In relaxed but expressive style. waa raised aa an Indian and the Californian brothers. Chuck s last days Shortly be- Years before the stroll became Ramon and Upe It is a fascinating view. fore Roing to the hospital for his a popular dance, he had created Bor one thine, their Winding Canyon sounds just like pass saw from operation one his friends a style of singing with a slow a I only once while driving into California was had pleaded for a year but tempo but a strong back beat. Arizona. It called El Cajon and I made up my mind which Chuck kept putting off to live there some day. This book is not sophisticated—but Atlantic still has a number “ —Chuck neither were Kipling's “Jungle Books However, literature until It was too late of Chuck Willis sides to issue Recording IHE LATE CHUCK WILUS is intended to entertain this quite blandly. was at the Atlantic , some time In the future. and one does that Co in New York. He was put- ting the finishing touches on I Comets. “South of the Border”' standards In her clear style. his album. "Chuck Willis. King New Albums is a dazzling array of Latin Here's a singer with good taste every- of the Stroll." DECCA is putting out lots of rhumbas, bolero*, guarachas. i and the ability to sing 1 around the music from “Gigi." sheer exuberance. “A Touch of 1 thing “Ivory Joe Sings He talked at some length of music for dancers. "Dance >< c a noons and such by Roberto In tune the new movie tor which Ler- IBerlin" la m coHecUon of can- Johnny the rhythm-and- 'Del Dado's orchestra. “ICould i tbe Old and New” puts this . temporary popular Ace. Time In HI-FI" features the j -1 ner and Loewe of “My Bair Oerman blues singer who had been his continuous, society music »of Have Cha Cha d All Night” Is rock and roll singer and writer! songs by Hans Carste big or- ] Lady” did songs s Idol as a youngster. Chuck said Howard upper-crust 'also1 Latin dance music, but In up against everything from the One. ' chestra. pleasant listening. Lanin's 1 gospel he had copied his ballad styles orchestra complete with happy ' shuffle rhythm, by Willie Mar- blues to to “111 Take' called "Gigi." is the original 1. BETHLEHEM invites danc- from Ace's and spent hours | ballroom sounds. "Dance. Party 1 tinez’ band. There's something You Home Again Kathleen" j cast album, featuring Leslie l ing and listening with two sets. listening to his records. in Hi-Fi” Is an com- for1 everybody In these sets. and he never falters Joe’s' , “Let’s Go Dancin'" is by a Infectious straightforward Caron. Maurice Chevalier. Louis Chuck. Ace came to ail , bination of walUes. fox trotk. ATLANTIC aims widely too. singing ts per- comparative old-timer. Ted Like fectly by Ray Jourdan. Hermoine Gingoid sudden end. He killed himself; .swing and slow numbers by : In "Funny Fact/Of Thee I backed Ellis ar- and Steele His big band has a i rangements. In “The King of several years ago in the rearj l Werner Muller’s big European I Sing." cocktail pianist Cy Eva Gabor. Andre Previn cad- solid sound and plays conven- was “Just Mozian Along" Walter plays sprightly arrange- the Stroll." the late Chuck ducts the orchestra. “Dick ; 1 swinging arrangements. of a Houston theater. He i orchestra. 1 sings uona playing Russian roulette In the presents Roger King Mozian's ments of 14 Gershwin tunes, Willis his own songs, most The Australian Quintet Plays i i of them blues-derived, with a Hyman Plays Gigi” is light- dark. trumpet and orchestra in easy- i always Inventive but never los- Rodgers and Hammerstein' la slow, powerful beat. Moat of touch jazz by Hyman on piano. Chuck was known for his going swingers reminiscent of ing the melody. "Betty John- anything but conventional. This i i these songs have already made Eddie Safranski on bass more than 59 They the 1930 era. “Rockin' Around;ison." who has gained new 1 and I high-spin led modem jasa turbans. I hits singles. were only a piece of showman- I the World” la heavy-beat rock |i[admirers in her television ap- 1 as Don Lamond on drums. “David > croup produces a great variety ship. Many rhythm-and-blues i and roll by Bill Haley and his i pea1 ranees, sings folk songs and MGM has three albums built Rote Plays Music From Gigi" ’ of textures and sounds. The presents smooth instrumental I ensemble work is intricate and arrangements by Roses big. , well-balanced and the solos suave orchestra. often sing. PICK TOP TEN RECORDS EPIC leads its list with “The TOP DISC JOCKEYS Music Man Goes Dixieland." in Consensus of the Ratings of the Nine. Disc Jockeys which Junmy MeParUand s all- stars have a ball with music Mairr Lml «t I Wks Brnrl Btafrr Iml Wk t Wki from the prize-winning Mere- g. He . Gat tha Whale 1. 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