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OCTOBER 1951 • Vol. 9 • No. 10 NEWS

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\ Bud Freeman's Anthony Voted Top Band dissonance % In the annual Billboard .. Disk Jockey Survey Ray Anthony was chosen top keeping adult deli band quents ofF the street. W hile this is an end not necessarily of the year. Ray led to be desired it still remains that characters who would he voting with 990 points beat- never recognize the inside of a parlor if the furniture pg out Ralph Flanagan w ho weren't carved by Brunswicke-Balke-Collender have lately scored 939. to o k the been observed spending an evening at home—some ever ¡|,ow spot and Stan Kenton was in th e ir o w n —g lim m ing h a lf nelsons and necklines of tv, fourth by the deejays. When Seeley Quaver, Pentup Miller and Moosejov Jockeys were asked to rate Stayle gather in the loges arranged before Mrs. Pizatz'i their preference by answ e rin g the 16" screen a dramatic contest is in the making. Seeley question, "Which band on records Quaver was once technical advisor on the Hades Grove Jo you like most—y o u r current a ll Garden Club production of "Three Men on a Horse, ¡round favorite." First choice W hen the channel is tuned, Seeley focuses. For fifty set rated five points, each succeeding onds he concentrates, then he flays the audience with his ¡pot getting one p o in t less. know ledge o f sta g e craft. An e xpe rt conversationalist b In the specific categories Benny does not make a simple statement! He probes! "Seedol? Goodman took top honors in Seedat? Why lyask, does she not enter from left? Why wing bands w ith Flanagan sec­ does sheyenter from right?" As the lighting, camera move ond. Anthony followed in third ment, direction and script unfold, Seeley's comment spot a small 17 points behind grows more substantial in volume and gesture. flanagan. Les Brown and Stan Ray Anthony, center, accepts enthusiastic congrats of Debbie Rey­ O rd in a rily Seeley's b eh a viou r m ight be annoying, bit Kenton trailed in fourth and fifth. nolds and disc jockey Johnny Grant on being elected country's Pentup Miller has his own point of view to expound, Ratings in the "sweet" division number one band. A lm ost—b ut not q u ite —to him self he asks the profound put Sammy Kaye in the number questions for the musician. "How many ways can you one slot with Anthony placing picture a girl singer? How long can anyone look at ill You photograph her through a doily; through a picket second. follow ed High" Tops Poll Nat Takes fence; through a Cadillac grille . . . for a payoff you Ray. Flanagan and Paul W eston get an intimate glimpse of her adenoids. This is entertain lined up in fourth and fifth. Billboard's poll of Disc ment? Who needs it? * In two years everyone will ho!- Following his S eptem ber en­ Jockeys placed and Single Route girl singers. Do they deserve this, I ask you?" gagement at the Pal­ M ary Ford's "How High the The N at "K in g " Cole Trio w ill To M oosejaw the stage w hispers which Pentup intrude! ladium Ray will do a series of Moon" as the number one be dissolved after current book­ upon the viewing company would prove more irritating "pop" record of the year. ane nighters through C a lifo rn ia ings and Nat will be presented than Seeley's monologue except that Moosejaw himself N at "King" Cole's "Too working his w a y up to O a klan d as a single his m anagem ent an­ is stimulated to express himself. A buck, to Moosejov Young" was the second choice and then back south to San Ber­ nounced. Switch is due to as­ is a lw a ys a buck. There is no fo rm o f entertainmer1 with "Be My Love" by Mario nardino. On the 11 October, the sociation with backings other w hich w ill d iv e rt him fro m the grim , unsuccessful pursu' Lanza third and 's Anthony crew opens at the Thun- of same. As the chanteuse in view continues to interpret! "Tennessee Waltz" fourth. than trio. Nat's big recorded hits derbird Hotel in Las V egas fo r Moosejaw progresses to inspiration. "This is visual? Tliis Western Disc Jockeys se­ of late have been, for the most o two week stand. He w ill con- Inactive in the music business you gotta have tv for? Look, I just thought of a grec; lected Tennessee Ernie's "Shot­ part, with full band. for the past year, Rita Barnet, bnue his one nighters through gim m ick. W h a t d 'y a th in k o f this? It's a gimmick for! gun Boogie" as the topper in A type of trio similar to that lovely wife of bandleader Charlie, November and early December. panel show. Visual! Strictly visual! In this panel $ho' the Hillbilly and Western field. composed of Irving Ashby, gui­ will resume her singing and New York City's Statler Hotel w ill instead of a monitor asking the questions these off tar; Joe Comfort, bass; and John dancing career next month. 9reet Ray and the boys at what spelled out by the University of California card section Constanza, bongo will be used When color vision comes in the card section can holdup bas almost become fhe home port by Nat on personal appearance. of the Anthony crew. E dited By red cards as the contestants get warmer and shades of Neighbors Moves BUD FREEMAN blue of he gets cooler. This has never been done.. By the time Seeley, Pentup and Moosejaw have flippy Paul Neighbors moves into Satch Emotes Whiting Shuttles West Houston's Shamrock Hotel for six through every channel on the dial hundreds of unor Louis Armstrong, without band, Following her Shamrock Hotel, weeks opening 4 December. On swered questions have piled up. And what show do they is set fo r a featured role in finally spend the evening watching? Wrestling, which“ Houston, engagement, M argaret the road for nearly two years "Glory Alley" at Metro. Satch okay with Mrs. Pizatz who has found the grunt ana Whiting returns to Hollywood to Neighbors returns to the West Published Monthly by just finished "Here Comes the groaners have a great advantage. It's one program net make two tv pilot . films then Coast for an indefinite stay at CAPITOL PUBLICATIONS, INC. Groom" and "The Strip." In these moves to Chase H otel, St. Louis, the Claremont, Berkeley, Cal. Sunset ond Vine, Hollywood 28, Calif disturbed by the lousy conversation of her guests. ^ October. after his Shamrock engagement. pix he played himself. Printed In U. S. A. PAGE 4 CAPITOL NEW! CAPITOL N E W S PAGE 5

< b "Too Young’’ Shrine For vm e English Smash In A ll time record for sale of ¡1» sunset music w as set by "Too In England. Tune hit the L. A. Bash one spot less than a month Ifl, Astaire's next dancing partner For the fourth consecu­ Latest entry in the flour­ it w as introduced. Sale of 73,(( . . . Newest comedy team is Bob tive year Disc Jockers ishing filmusical business copies topped previous leads Hope and Alan Young at Para­ Gene Norman and Frank Bull pre­ is "The Lady and the Rocket." "Now Is the Hour," by 5,004 m ount . . . D avid Rose has d e d i­ sent their "Dixieland Jubilee" at Pic features six numbers, stars Just as it w as in Stateside, (1 cated his new work, "Parade of Los A ngeles' Shrine A uditorium , Jean Ruth, Bill Lechner and a line N a t " K in g " Cole version is I the Clowns" to Red Skelton . . . Friday, O ctober 5. of Oldsmobiles. Auto manufac­ big seller in Britain. Irving Hoffman tells this in the turers are also tossing in a speak­ Lining up the biggest roster of Hollywood Reporter, "Back in ing cast o f 14. (No under w a te r two-beat stars ever to jam on 1929 Carl Laemmle made 'Show ballet reported to date) . . . one stage, Norman and Bull an­ Is getting Boat' with Laura La Plante. In Don't Cali Us, and will Mario Lanza's new leading nounced a reunion of the big Bob the rush from Hollywood. The 1936 Universal remade the film |gdy, Doretta Morrow. Miss M is team in a blackface routine for Crosby band with Bob at the pretty songstress is being tested with Irene Dunne. Before they We'll Call You -rently featured in the Broad­ Metro Goldwyn Mayer's "Huck helm of the original Bobcats who at Paramount and if the studio started shooting a Broadway ly musical, "The King and I." will allow her freedom of the tv Finn" . . . That studio believes it A ccording to U. S. government made this band one of the greats character advised against using has a combination tome "The Occupational Outlool Mario is in Oregon whittling range it's a deal. the same tunes. 'You can't use of all time. Bob Haggard, Billy and Martha Raye in Kaye Bal­ H a n d b o o k," prospects for down a forest and some 40 lbs. that same stale score/ the Broad- Butterfield (flying in for this per­ lard . . . Stan Freberg doing the entertainment field are b etter sf excess Lanza. wayite argued. Laemmle hesi­ form ance from New York), Ray voice tracks for three Tom and than fair. While biz is crowded Barnet Shrinks tated, then said, 'I guess you're Bauduc, Jess Stacy, N appy La- Jerry cartoons . . . N. Y. musi- cu rren tly experts say expansion right,' whereupon he commis­ mare, and Matty Matlock will comedy, "Gentlemen Prefer w ill take care of talent on bond Band To Combo sioned his guest to write a new Howard Leaves answer roll. Blondes," will probably be a and more to come. Technical end For the first time in nearly two set of tunes for $25,000. The starring vehicle for Marilyn Mon­ of industry, particularly in elec Other bands to appear include: decades as band leader, Charlie Broadway character was Billy roe at 20th-Fox . . . Oscar Levant ironies offers best bet. Won* Band Biz For Rest Pete D aily's Chicagoans, the Pete Barnet w ill surrender the fu ll size Rose w ho tells the story to d a y ." takes the piano to George Jes- o utlo o k is fo r radio announcers, Following his boo kin g a t the Kelly Big 7, Rosie M cHargue's outfit for a sextet. The combo sel's musical bio of Eva Tanguay, Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Ragtimers, Kid Ory and his opens at Ciro's, Philadelphia on "The I Don't Care Girl." Jessel Eddie Howard announced he Creole Band, the Firehouse Five 18 October. Vern Smith, trumpet will play himself in the picture as vould leave the band business Plus Two, the Banjo Kings, and man with Barnet, is only sideman well as producing, writing orig­ ior an indefinite period. He w ill the Sextette from Hunger. set to join economy combo. inal story and several of the take a long rest before coming songs. Mitzi Gaynor gets her first to any definite decisions as to his starring role in the 20th-Fox mu­ future career. sical . . . will have Norm Lee, vocalist-saxman, w ill Broadway producer Max Gordon front the band which w ill remain to handle the reins of his TV intact. Howard has granted group show when he does battle with permission to use the library but for the Tuesday night 10$ requested th a t his nam e be 8 to 9 audience . . . Lou Holtz twitted from all advertising, pro­ assembling a revue type vaude notion and publicity. Outfit w ill show in Hollywood in the man­ 3e known as the N orm an Lee ner of Ken Murray's "Blackouts" Orchestra. which ran for seven years . . . Nick Castle staging G lo ria De Haven's new nitery act . . . Judy Eckstine - Shearing Garland dropped in on the re­ hearsals of "Top Banana" and entertained the cast by doing Concert Rolls most of Johnny Mercer's new The Billy Eckstine - G eorge "Banana" tunes . . . Dean Shearing Quintet concert tour has After the laughter came one big beef. Russel Nype, center, wo* Martin and Jerry Lewis will play been set to roll on 12 October brought to Metro Goldw yn M ayer on a leave of absence from N/ scoutmasters in their forthcoming from Shrine A u d itoriu m , Los A n ­ musical, Call Me Madam." Singer who has been Gotham rage wos picture, "Summer Camp" . . . gles. More than fifty dates have to play picture lead. Ten days after shooting started studio and Parade of Broadway musical already been booked including Nype decided they were not meant for each other and called list The Ray Anthony opening at the Hollywood Kaiiaaium orougnr stars continues with Nanette QPpearances a t fo u r colleges. whole thing off. The happy moment above Nype shared with ths out Jimmy W akely and Dotty O'Brien. Jimmy recounts an amusing Fabray joining Metro as Fred Eckstine and Shearing w ill wind bright Miss Ruth Roman and Ricardo Montalban. the tour in December. tale while Dotty tries to contain herself. PAGE 6 CAPITOL NEWS C A P I T O L NEWS PAGE 7 Morse Back In F r o mFresh ApproachFromFresh Vocalist Biz H Y/aibleis "Man, it's great to be back diggin' all this jive," says Ella Spark New Band Mae Morse, whose Cap "Cow- Cow Boogie" platter with Freddie An outstanding poten­ First man in the tin t is Mel Slack put her in business back in tial in dance music is the lorme. He's currently on a 13 the mid-forties. Ella Mae opened #eek series over CBS color TV. in September after a five-year band of who has just [here are a reported 5,000 color absence. released six sides on the Capitol ieceivers in the N ew Y ork area. The tall, thin Texas-born gal label. The engaging work of May Meanwhile drab black and white vanished from the bistro belt has drive, humor, an identifiable IV continues to produce a recur- w hen she m arried M arvin G er­ sound framed in an unique style. Cindy Garner, Universal ac­ ng rash of plans. Jo Stafford ber, who is now a Commander There has been little music in tress, has done nothing to make s to do an hour d aytim e strip in the Navy. They have three chil­ the past few years which is so news in the music world, but, her CBS-TV. It's off. Jo prefers dren and have been living in well adapted to current dance studio reports, she hums nice. remain in California. Dinah Palo Alto, California. fashions. In Cindy's case, that's news. Shore was reported ready to do M ay him self is an established half hour show twice weekly conductor. (He will again be mu­ ir NBC. That is currently cool Nero, Sonny Burke, Eileen Wilson sical director on ABC's "Adven­ .. Patti Page and G uy M itchell and Alex Stordahl raise voices tures of Ozzie and Harriet" this ...... , „ broke the all time house record . . . Danny Thomas is a good bet fall.) In the business he's known This happy kid is Billy M ay who spends a few relaxing momenl0|the Riverside Theatre, M ilw a u - to do "The Singer" at War­ as an outstanding arranger. enjoying the test patterns on his tv set. Billy's unusual dance muii l(e 5how belongs to P atti. G uy ners. In Universal's Frank Sinatra He's not over enthused about has launched a new career for the arranger-conductor. ,orks on straight salary for the starrer, "Meet Danny Wilson," the possibilities of the golden In a tra d e pap e r re­ Shelley Winters wanted to sing days returning for the band busi­ view Robert M itchum gathered her own songs. When Frankie ness. "The public's more inter­ Judy Skippers praise fo r his singing a t the walked on to the set, Mike Con­ ested in personalities than in Paramount, N. Y. b ut, "th e big nolly reports in Daily Variety, bands." As far as bands are Palace Opening guy didn't handle lines to o w e ll." she sang for him. When she fin­ concerned Billy says, "Everyone Monica Lewis w ill dance in ished Frank looked her straight is copying everyone else. No one Judy G arland opens New Voil ^ forthcoming Red Skelton pic- in the eye and inquired, "What has any original ideas. Too many C ity's Palace Theatre on 16 c ^ "Excuse M y D ust." . . . else do you d o ? " lousy solos. And the business is October. Famous house whid "$even Wonders of Arkansa s" ELLA MAE overcrowded anyway. In their was the flagship of vaudevil brings Gloria Jean back to the time the bands I thought had returns to the two-a-day polic) screen . . . After fifteen years "It took me a long time to talk fresh sounds were Casa Loma, under which vaude saw it arranger - conductor Vic Schoen this guy of mine into letting me Goodman, Thornhill, Lunceford brightest days. Five other art ond have go back," she says, "b u t he and who had a i r ^ Y ' will appear with Judy. In ancr it quits . . . Kathryn G ray- finally gave me the go-ahead. great ballad sound. All of them records. He'll rangem ent sim ilar to that of jj » '‘ divorce suit a g a in st Johnny Ever since I've been 12 singing's were based on Duke Ellington be heard with Lucille Norman on she will | ltoon in “ urt October 9 . . . been in me and I couldn't forget "Painting the Clouds with Sun­ about it. Some kids called me in except Thornhill who had a more over the last half hour of the II * * 7 ,Keel ,a k in 9 Pia n ° les‘ symphonic sound." shine" Album. on a job in a couple Under her contract Judy » * for h'f LovelV *° L°°k At" of months ago. Man, just a taste B illy is a Pittsburgh lad. He gross as much as $20,000 « « * .' - VlC Dam° ne S. mana9 ^ ' . . . , . . , l j it Marvin Cane, |oins his boy in um - of it was the end! The booking started in the big time arranging if show hits. She is booked« i A . . agency William Morris heard I for Charlie Barnet and later Laine Handles , orm- A captain in the reserves, for a minimum of four weeks, ^ ^ ^ reca||ed _ _ was back singing, you know joined the Barnet organization at news travels fast. I signed up the Famous Door in New York. Heavy Traffic Me Haymes into Bill M ille r's Riviera for O ctober . . . Phil with them. They have a lot of Two years later he went to work Frankie Laine hits high steam in Burke Surrender Moore and Dorothy Dandridge plans for me. for Glenn Miller as a trumpet the fall and winter months after doing a TV show titled, "Take It man and arranger. In 1942 Billy late summer leg operation. Fol­ Official 2 Oct. "Boy, those good old days with tay Time." . . . M a rio Lanza took a staff job at NBC arrang­ lowing his New York booking Sonny 's band and then ing for the outfit on with Les Paul and Mary Ford at - debut . b u t as a playdate bondband w«!.whi . 'n Hollywood , ' ; -early in Slack and 'Cow-Cow'! They tell the side. Landing in Hollywood, the Paramount Laine starts his he _ follows Ray , Anthony into*.. , ' He left for the me I was the first gal singer to tains wearing 238 pounds. Metro Billy has since been associated own weekly CBS radio show. He's Hollywood Palladium on 2 Odo hit the big time with one record. with such network shows as set for a Shamrock, Houston en- ber. In an effort to keep H * 1"" at 180 ■ • ■ The Hymn Toni Arden and Frankie Laine It sold way over a million I DufFy's Tavern, The Red Skelton gagemen t in November and a stand occupied with name orb Hangover Club rehearsing caught at recording session for hear. I wasn't getting royalties. Show, Kraft Music Hall, Bob picture, "The Blues," at Columbia Palladium began romancidi r'stmas carols to sing in vet- their picture, "Sunny Side of the Man, I made 35 bucks on it. Crosby Old Gold Show. in December. Burke some months ago. I erans hospitals. Les Brown, PaulStreet" at Columbia pictures. Isn't that the end!" 2. Pete Rugulo and Stan discuss a new approach, Stan Kenton and the Concert Orchestra rehearse for the nationwide tour of “ Innovations in Modern Music II which opened at the State Fair Auditorium in Dallas, Texas on 27 September. With virtually the same personnel which made 1 Innovations I a brilliant success, the Kenton organization spent the month of September preparing the new program. 4. Stan listens,

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7# Take it once more! And on into the night. PAGE 10 C A P IT O L NEWS CAPITOL N E W S PAGE 11 Eigen Blazes Trail Jazz Is Native Folk Music In Art Venture Jack Eigen, New York disc Sez "Streetcar” jockey, will take a stand at the The vivid music from Warner Brothers' "Streetcar A m bassador H otel, where, in addition to the con­ Mamed Desire" w ill make a lively conversation piece ventional record spinning duties, the music circles th a t tra ve l good.' If it's good, the music he will discuss contemporary art. RAY ANTHONY oroUnd in conversation pieces. doesn't detract from screen Hotel is decorating a g a lle ry Santa Maria, Calif. 2 Oct, Score for the film makes itse lf Fresno, Calif. ^Oi values! where the paintings of screen blown, an accomplishment in the Vallejo, Calif. 4 oC|, notables will be hung. (Claudette Sacramento, Calif. 5 Qd, intense picturization of the play, "We've (Kazan, Heindorf, and Colbert, Clark Gable, Gregory Stockton, Calif. ¿q(| ’erhaps no dramatic picture has myself) tried to stay away from Antioch, Calif. 7 Qd. Peck, Linda Darnell and many ¡ier had a score based so d o m i­ what the trade calls the 'Mickey Oakland, Calif. 8 Od. others in the film colony turn out Hanford, Calif. 9 Oct, nantly on jazz. The music runs, Mouse' approach. That is the old creditable work.) Jack will discuss San Bernardino, Calif. 10 Oct. in turn, hot, cool, modern, pro­ step by step techniques under­ merits of the paintings with cus­ Las V egas, Nev. 11-24 0(1, gressive, classic. Before the w o rk scoring each separate action on Salt Lake City, Utah 26, 27 Od. tomers and artists. All proceeds Elko, Nev. 28Oct, ii chewed over, Alex North, the the screen with appropriate from sales of the paintings will Burley, Idaho 29Od, ioung composer, has a word: themes. In fact, the music has The pensive young lady is Boise, Idaho 30Od. Rhonda Fleming who's singing go to artist's favorite charity. "'Streetcar' offered me a w id e very often been planned to play Pendleton, Ore. 31 Qd, was so well received on a recent If the venture is a success un­ against the scene in an attempt •ange of expression because of tour of Army camps she's set to explored vistas will be open to NAT COLE its locale, the extrem ely p o ig n a n t to bring out dramatic content. do a nitery act. disc ¡ockeys. Art galleries, mu­ Biggest Show of ’51 Tour ¡lory, and the manner in which "I spent some time in New Or­ seums, antique shops and zoos Baltimore, Md. 1 Oct it was directed. (Elia Kazan di­ leans back in 1939. Passing may all wind up with deejays. Philadelphia, Pa. 2,3 Oc rected). The story shows the New Haven, Conn. 4 0(1 through on my way back to New extreme of human emotions. W h ite P lains, N. Y. 5 Od York from Mexico, I stopped off Springfield, Mass. John Q Picks 6 0( "The plot of 'Streetcar' points Montreal, Canada 7 Od N. Y. Station Ottowa, Canada 80t up contrasts of cruelty and bru­ Kingston, Canada 9 Od tality against delicate tenderness, WrongNumbers Toronto, Canada 10 Od and with these extrem ities, I had Kitchener, Canada 11 Ot Disc jockey Peter Potter's "Juke Gets Faith London, Canada 12 Oc 0 rare opportunity to attain the Buffalo, N. Y. 13 Od maximum in mood and style. For Box Jury," a Friday night feature Percy Faith has entered the 140d Syracuse, N. Y. example, the use of a kind of of his TV show seen in the Los disc jockey field over WNEW. Rochester, N. Y. 15 0d Angeles area, has been picking Cleveland, Ohio 16 Od jazz idiom to underscore several the hits and the misses from pre­ Job for Faith gives him com­ , Ohio 17,18 Od scenes seemed e n tire ly a p p ro p ri­ plete circuit in music business. He P ittsb u rg h, Pa. 190d ate against the N ew O rleans releases which the recording com­ Scranton, Pa. 200d is an executive with a recording panies make available. Jury has W a s h in g to n , D. C. 21 Od locale. Jazz, it seems to me, is been in operation over a year. company, a recording artist, com­ Roanoke, Va. 22 Od more native to American life than 23 Od It is composed of different juke poser of "My Heart Cries for C h a rlo tte , N. C. most folk music which actually R a le igh , N. C. 24 Od You," owner of a music publish­ box operators, high school kids, Augusta, Ga. 250d stems from the Scotch or Irish. ing outfit and a ranking radio 260d record merchants and distributors, Atlanta, Ga. "But the score is n ot lim ite d conductor. Birmingham, Ala. 28 Od musicians, white collar workers: to jazz. The situations develop in general a cross section of the ond the problems intensify; the record buying public. Batting av­ ALEX NORTH New London, Conn. 1-7 Od music has to assume a more uni­ erage of John Q. is very limp. Flanagan, Morrow 8-150d Atlantic City, N. J. versal quality. Nearly 75% of the time the jury "I haven't been afraid to use is wrong. "Tennessee Waltz," LES GOTCHER there and somehow just stayed Pledge Plugs dissonance along w ith a long on and on, wandering down "Goodnight Irene," and "Tzena, Salt Lake City, Utah 4,5 Od melodic line. While I don't be­ Tzena, Tzena" were all passed Ralph Flanagan and Buddy Evanston, Wyo. 6 Od those dingy streets and listening Morrow are launched on an Al­ Santa Fe, N. M. 12,13 Od lieve in a lush sound, I do believe up by the panel. Numbers 15-17 Od to the music of this city. I was phonse-Gaston routine that prom­ Plainview, Texas in orchestral sounds, and I par- picked as hits which never made Crane, Texas 20 Od influenced by those memories 24 Od hcularly aimed at using music the grade are too numerous to ises to bring new heights of Ozona, Texas when I did 'Streetcar'." gentlemanly conduct to the band Port Arthur, Texas 27 Od. with flexibility, with plenty of air mention. 31 Od business. Kerville, Texas ,0 penetrate the score w ith m o­ Alex North's score for "Street­ In spite of the poor percentage ments of tension and relaxation. car Named Desire" may achieve Ralph and Buddy are pledged of wins and losses lively and NANCY GATES What I tried to avoid was stature as a concert piece. Ray acute criticism has, Billboard re­ to plug each other on personal ' To R o ll These four young lovelies, appearances, exchange arrange­ "Brass Band underwriting. This th e o ry o f w rit- Heindorf, who conducts the music ports, many recording execs and members of Paramount's "new ments and, in general, give each Famous bands and band»« ln9 unnoticeable music just says, "This score will stand on its artists taking notes on the com­ subject ei mentary. In some instances artists talent" roster, "The Golden other the build. The Flanagan of all time will be doesn't make sense, and neither own, for North has accomplished have changed style and manner­ Circle," will be featured in a mu­ and Morrow aggregations are MGM musical/ ' The Big °es that other 'bugaboo' about one of the freshest approaches isms which jury berated. sical titled, "The Golden Circle." managed by the same office. B a n d ." motion picture music being 'too in ye ars." PAGE 12 CAPITOL NEWS CAPITOL NEWS PAGE 13 Ramblin’ Jim Laine, Paul, Ford Clears Way On N. Y. Date Les Paul, M ary Ford and Dick Richards o f KGNB, N ew Frankie Laine team up on the Sraunfels, Texas, splits his air same bill at the New York Para­ time down the For Career mount for two weeks opening ]Q Ramblin' Jimmy Dolan middle: half o f O ctober. The Boyd Raeburn pop, half hill­ made his big dent on the Orchestra backs the show. Fol­ billy - western. record side of the Hillbilly and lo w in g the Gotham playdate les Outside of the Western field with "Hot Rod and M ary continue their persona early morning Race." His current sides, "Juke JIMMY DOLAN appearance tour. They are tento shows after late Box Boogie" and "Sailors Blues" tiv e ly set to appear in Holly shows the night are pushing "Hot Rod" for the wood's swank nitery, Ciro's early before Dick says | top discs in Jimmy's book. Hooper, Pulse in November but hope to li's a pretty contented guy. He Jimmy signed with Capitol in date back in order to fulfill other ieepsin shape on the g o lf courses 1949. After five years in the serv­ Eastern commitments while Austin and San Antonio. Dick ice as a radiom an w ith the U. S. Give Cooley that part of the country. tomes by the trade via the enter- Navy, Jimmy returned briefly to •ainment field. He was a member St. Louis w here, on KWK, he Long Count if a Western band u n til he de- i started as a hillbilly singer. After Beep Pushes ided three years ago to try Spade Cooley's tv show rode the St. Louis trip he returned to Jotter spinning. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Courtland. Actor Courtland turned up sud­ the crest of the Hooper and Pulse L. A. where he became estab­ denly as musical comedy talent. He had ¡uvenile lead in N. Y. Ratings in L. A. Hooper and Pulse lished as a top artist. Hillbillys Alan Dary of WORL, musical "Flahooley" and is set to head the cast in a forthcoming are a guide to the popularity of Via the mail order route, Jim Beep Roberts, former byli ¡gan his present job by ex­ RKO musical. Mrs. Courtland, Polly Bergen, came to H ollyw ood as radio and tv shows. Cooley's bought his first guitar at the changing pic­ a vocalist. She's getting the dramatic buildup at Paramount. Western and Hillbilly revue rated w riter for Capnews, has formed age of 14. At that time he had tures with listen­ well ahead of wrestling and tv a p rom otion and publicity settled on a career. Since then he ers. He swapped movies. Ina Ray Hutton's Band­ with Hinton Bradbury in Holly has had no occasion to change. the Dary profile stand Review held the third spot w oo d . T hey'll handle hillbilly and STAN KENTON'S He has always done most of his for a snap of in the monthly ratings. w estern artists exclusively. Peg Drops In own promotion, publicity and all who would INNOVATIONS II business. The exploitation which tra d e . A lan is NOVEMBER ITINERARY helped to sock "Hot Rod Race" aired three and On N. Y. Shows into the hit bracket was for the a h a lf hours a continues to be the most part the leg work and the •oy six times a week. His activi- welcome guest in New York ra­ 1 Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada 2 head work of Ramblin' Jimmy. «5 in maintaining complete cor- dio and tv. She joins Frankie Ezerton Sports Arena, Rochester, N. Y. A bear for work Jimmy will do Jspondence w ith a ll w h o w rite Laine when he boots ofF his first 3 Kleinhan's Music Hall, more shows than there are hours we made him one of the top CBS radio show on O ctober 7. Buffalo, N. Y. in a day if he's allowed. A great noil pulling deejays. In a d d itio n Milton Berle plays host to Peg on 4 Stambaugh Auditorium, Youngstown, Ohio believer in personal appearances, the heavy volume of letters, his tv hour 9 Oct. The 13th and 6 Memorial Hall, Columbus, Ohio Jimmy's working any time he's Hon draws boxes o f hom e made 14th o f the month she visits 7 Syrian Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pa. free of his radio committments cookies and candy. Songs for Sale and Celebrity Time 8 Montgomery County Memorial Auditorium, Dayton, Ohio or his KLAC tv show. respectively, and on 17 October 9 Murat Theater, At WFOR, Hattiesburg, Miss., Peg joins . Indianapolis, Ind. ^uick and Elmer hold down the 10 & 11 Civic Opera House, Chicago Skeets, Johnny Mack 12 Concert Bowl, Municipal Aud., e arly morning , Minn. Smokeless At Mono hours six times Military Put 13 Municipal Auditorium Theater, Skeets McDonald has been set a week. Chuck St. Paul, Minn. 15 Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wise. to play Johnny Mack Brown's handles most of To Music KRNT Theater, Des M oines, la . the details and Two outstanding films with 16 singing sidekick in the forthcom­ 17 Music Hall, Kansas City, Mo. military backgrounds have been ing Monogram chase western, manual work 19 Municipal Auditorium, "Smokeless Powder." while Elmer set for the Technicolor musical Denver, Colo. State Fair Coliseum, Skeets has been playing per­ crows over the treatment by Hollywood studios. 20 Salt Lake City, Utah sponsors' prod- The great "What Price Glory," sonal appearance dates in Cali­ 22 McCord Air Force Base, Wash. “c,s- The is accept- fornia and featuring his own World War I pic will get words 25 Civic Auditorium, , Wash. songs latest of which "I'm 0 I® to both parties. The only and music at 20th Century with 26 Public Auditorium, Portland, Ore. Hurtin' " and "Ridin' with the lnt|sual angle is th a t Elmer is a Dan Dailey and Edmund O'Brien The most sanitary music this side of the Pecos is being played b) 28 War Memorial Opera House, Blues" have been recorded. After trained Bantam rooster. Chuck tentatively pencilled in for the the neatly gloved Ellen Drew. The buckaroo who finds her ladylil

1760 ’’BECAUSE OF YOU,” “ SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW, SOMEDAY” Les Baxter 1449 “ TOO YOUNG,” “ THAT’S MY GIRL” Nat “ King” Cole 1710 “ COME ON-A MY HOUSE,” “ HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME” N o. 1573 ” 1 GET IDEAS,” “ TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME” 1803 “ NEVER,” “ LOVE, LOVE, LOVE” ______l______Jan Gate Peggy Lee 1583 1802 “ IT’S DARK ON OBSERVATORY HILL," “ IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN" Bob Eberly - Helen OXwj “ MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR,” “ PRETTY EYED BABY” Ray Anthony 1525 "SHANGHAI,” “ THAT NAUGHTY WALTZ” 1801 “ MORE! MORE! MORE!,” “ BILL"______Margareiwiiiftj 1775 1798 “ SCREAM IN THE NIGHT,” “ IF YOU HADN'T GONE AWAY"______“ KISSIN’ BUG BOOGIE,” “ WOMAN IS A FIVE LETTER WORD” Tennessee Ernie 1584 "THE WORLD IS MINE (TONIGHT),” “ VANITY” 1797 “"HANGING HANGING AROUND WITH YOU," “ AW C’MON"______Deanlai Les Baxter 1451 1796 “"ANGRY," ANGRY,” “"DON'T DON'T TELL HIM WHAT’SWHAT'S HAPPENED TO ME" ~KaySfan “ HOW HIGH THE MOON," "WALKIN' AND WHISTLIN’ BLUES” Les Paul-Mary Ford 1704 U 9 5 "WHEN MY SUGAR WALKS DOWN THE STREET,” "I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLANS" Billy ft) “ LAURA,” “ JUMP FOR JOE” Stan Kenton 1747 1794 “ FAT MAN BOOGIE," “ MY SILENT LOVE" Billy I) “ MAKE BELIEVE LAND,” " I ’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU” Nat “ King” Cole 1408 1793 “ ALL OF ME," “ LEAN, BABY" Billy Hi| "THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR,” “ ARTHUR MURRAY TAUGHT ME DANCING IN A HURRY” Helen O'Connell 1792 “ LOVE ME BLUES,” “ I DON'T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE WITH YOU” Dinning Sistui 1791 “ GOT A LITTLE LIGHT," “ SALVATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT DOWN” ■James & Martha Carsi 1789 “ THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES,” “ I WANT TO BE NEAR YOU" Nellie Lutein 1788 "COME ON-A MY HOUSE," “ SOUND OFF” Mickey Ksl on western and country music 1787 "I GO CRAZY," “ GOT HER OFF MY HANDS” T h e Four Knight 1786 “ NEVER," “ DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME" Bob Ebeti 1785 “ CALIFORNIA MOON,” “ BE MINE TONIGHT" LesE 1784 “ AND SO TO SLEEP AGAIN,” “ ” Margaret Wbllii “ DONE ROVIN’," “ FAITHFUL FOOL” Merle Travis 1781 “ LOTUS FLOWER," “ OON'TCHA COME A’KNOCKIN' Dottle O’Briei ® “ I WANT TO BE NEAR YOU," “ THE COCKER SPANIEL POLKA" Tex Williams 1780 “ HE NEEDS ME," “ TILL WE MEET AGAIN” Pete Kelly's ij "FREIGHT TRAIN BREAKDOWN," “ I’LL SAVE MY HEART FOR YOU” Eddie Kirk 1779 “ LIVING A LIE,” “ AS SUMMER TURNS TO FALL" Th e Jubalaire « "TENNESSEE BLUES,” "ROCK ALL THE BABIES TO SLEEP" Tex Ritter 1778 "99 OUT OF A HUNDRED,” “ HORS D’OEUVRE” Bob M l « “TEACH ME TO FORGET," "IT ’S MANY A MILE BACK HOME” Leon Payne

1777 “ IVORY RAG,” “ DOWN YONDER" Joe “ Fingers"til Hi “YOU TRIED TO RUIN MY NAME," "ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH" Boots Faye - Idaho Call 1776 “ WHILE WE’RE YOUNG," "BIRMINGHAM JAIL” “ I’M HURTIN’,” “ RIDIN’ WITH THE BLUES” Skeets McDonald 1775 “ KISSIN’ BUG BOOGIE," "WOMAN IS A FIVE LETTER WORD” Tennessee Ernie »65 “LIBERTY BELL POLKA,” "T-BONE RAG" Jimmy Bryant 1774 “ FRANCESCA," “ NIGHT WATCH” Stan Kali W “ KENTUCKY AND YOU," “ JOURNEY’S END" Jimmie Skinner 1773 “ STAY AWHILE,” "YOU’LL KNOW” Les B 1/(2 “ANOTHER FOOL STEPS IN,” “ THE SOLID SOUTH” Jimmy Wakely 1770 "KISS ME GOODBYE, LOVE,” “ IN ALL OF MY DREAMS” Dinning Sisl®« "I’M A DO-RIGHT DADDY,” “ TAKE YOUR TIME MAMA” Leon Chappel 1769 “ BUT NOT LIKE YOU," “ A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON” Bob EW® "JAVA JUNCTION," “ OIL THEM HINGES ON YOUR DOOR” Jess Willard 1768 “ J'ATTENDRAI (I’LL BE YOURS)," “ MY GREATEST LOVE” Gisele Mach* B "SOON WE'LL BE MARRIED — POLKA,” "DARLENE — WALTZ” Johnny Pecon 1767 “ WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG," "THE LOVE OF A GYPSY" Bob Sii J i "1 AIN'T DONE NOTHIN’ TO YOU,” "CAN’T GO ON" Smiley Burnette 1766 “ OKLAHOMA HILLS,” “ ASK ME! (BECAUSE I’M )” Dinning Sisters - Bob Cgjl "LOVE THIEF," "HOW DO YOU FEEL?” Hank Thompson 1763 “ ENTRY OF THE GLADIATORS,” "CAN’T HELP LOVIN' THAT MAN” Red Ni# 5 L " L°ST JOHN BOOGIE,” “ LET’S SETTLE DOWN” Merle Travis 1761 “ MY BUDDY,” “ TAKE MY HEART” Melto* BJ'LOVIN’ COUNTRY STYLE,” “ HELP WANTED” "Big Bill” Lister 1760 “ BECAUSE OF YOU," “ SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW, SOMEDAY” Les W? ® L “ EMPTY HANDS, EMPTY HEART, EMPTY POCKETS,” “ THE PLAYER PIANO BOOGIE” Deuce Spriggens 1759 “ WHEN YOU'RE NEAR ME," “ GREEN EYES” Helen O'Ca«1■®L"I’M NOT IN LOVE, JUST INVOLVED,” “ ROSES REMIND ME OF YOU" Eddie Dean 1758 “ROLLIN’ HOME," “ THE FOX” Ray AiH ,Z1 "FREE SAMPLES,” “ 1 WISH 1 WUZ” Roy Hogsed m Add prefix F to above numbers to indicate 45 rpm _____ J T his copy of Sec. 34.66, P. I. & R. * CAPITOL NEWS comes to you through courtesy of

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Regressive Jazz

Bozo the Clown and Jerry Colonna join in a duet tha t may bring back the popularity of silence. Noise took place on Jerry's tv show.