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Opens a ///r.' Songwriter’s Letter ns MSI BOX * Door To Jubilee By®! 0* NEW YORK—The executives of Jubilee Records were startled last JOEY week to receive the most erudite letter they had ever seen from an aspiring Betty madigan mgm H7i6 song writer who wanted to submit her JERI SOUTHERN Decco 29184 Wm Jerry MARGARET WHITING . Capitol 2853 material. So impressed were

ARTHUR NORMAN CHOIR . Ball 5050 Dexter, that they — Blaine and Herb w The Top Ten Records decided that they’d be taking a great Chicago, Los Angeles, LOWELL MUSIC CORP. risk not to see the writer. The letter New York, N. Calif. 1. Hey There (R. Clooney) 1. Sh-Boom (Chords/Crewcuts) 1619 Broadway Hew York, N. Y. 1. Hey There (Clooney/Davis, Jr.) came from Cox’s Creek, Kentucky 2. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) 2. 2. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) Hey There (Clooney/Davis, Jr.) 3. They Were Doin' The Mambo 3. High and herewith we reproduce both the 3. Little Shoemaker (Gaylords) And The Mighty (Vaughn Monroe) 4. High And The Mighty (Victor Young) letter and the answer, which in itself (LeRoy Holmes) 4. Skokiaan (Marterie/Bulawayo) 4. Little Shoemaker (Gaylords)

Doin' The Mambo I is a skillful piece of writing: 5. They Were 5. If Give My Heart To You 5 Little Things Mean A Lot (Vaughn Monroe) (Denise Lor) (Kitty Kallen) 6. Chapel In The Moonlight “Dear Sir: 6. I Cried (Patti Page) 6. Chapel In The Moonlight (Kitty Kallen) 7. High And The Mighty (Kitty Kallen) During the week of September 20-25 7. Little Things Mean A Lot (Kitty Kallen) (Johnny Desmond) 7. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) I will be in New York with a tape 8. Skokiaan (Bulawayo/ 8. Chapel In The Moonlight 8. Sway (Dean Martin) Four Lads/Marterie) (Kitty Kallen) recording of some original songs. An 9. Hold My Hand (Don Cornell) 9. If I Give My Heart To You 9. This Ole House (R. Clooney) interview (Lor Day) 10. Three Coins In The Fountain with a song writer from the 10. Little Shoemaker (Gaylords) 10. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) (Four Aces) shut-my-mouf district of the Kentucky San Francisco, Calif- Detroit, Knobs is as cheering a thought, I New Orleans, La. Mich. 1. Hey There (R. Clooney) 1. Hey There (R. Clooney) to 1. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts/Chords) know, as a challenge Pansy Yo- 2. Little Shoemaker 2. Chapel In The Moonlight 2. Skokiaan (Marterie/Lads/ (Gay lords /Winterhalter) kum’s social position. But could you (Kitty Kallen) Bulawayo) BIG 3. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts/Chords) 3. They Were Doin' The Mambo 3. Mood Indigo (N. Petty Trio) give me fifteen minutes ? (Vaughn Monroe) 4. High And The Mighty M. \RECORDS, (Holmes/Baxter) 4. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) WITMARK 4. Little Shoemaker These professionally 5. songs are con- (Hugo Winterhalter) Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) 5. Chapel In The Moonlight & SONS 6. Little Things Mean A Lot (Kitty Kallen) ceived, written by a pianist, arranger, 5. What A Dream (Patti Page) (Kitty Kallen) 6. Cara Mia (David Whitfield) 6. I'm A Fool To Care 7. Chapel In organist, a member of the club at The Moonlight 7. Little (Paul & Ford) Shoemaker (Gaylords) . (Kitty Kallen) There (R. Clooney) Chicago’s AFM Local 10. The lyricist 7. Hey 8. I'm A Fool To Care 8. They Were Doin' The Mambo (Vaughn mi 8. Little Things Mean A Lot (Paul & Ford) Monroe) (me) is a former night editor on 9. (Kitty Kallen) 9. Goodnight Sweetheart What A Dream (Patti Page) United Press, a radio, magazine and 9. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) (McGuire Sisters) 10. St. Louis Blues Mambo 10. Happy Wanderer (F. Weir) (Richard Maltby) newspaper feature writer. These 10. Magic Tango (Winterhalter) tunes are well integrated musically Boston, Mass- Deadwood, S. D. Minneapolis, Minn.

T. Little 1. and lyric-wise. They define the vo- l. Chapel In The Moonlight Shoemaker Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) (Kitty Kallen) (Hugo Winterhalter) cabulary of lonely summer, the honey- 2. Little Shoemaker (Gaylords) 2. Dream (Four Aces) 2. Little Things Mean A Lot 3. Chapel In The Moonlight 3. Hey There (R. Clooney) (Kitty Kallen) suckle dimension of new-told love, the (Kitty Kallen) 4. High And The Mighty 3. Three Coins In The Fountain 4. Goodnight Sweetheart s*«®B banjo-bright rhythm of a wonderin’ Holmes) (Frank Sinatra) (LeRoy 4. Sh-Boor-. (Crewcuts) (McGuire Sisters) 5. What A Dream (Patti Page) 5. There man. 5. Hern* .do's Hideaway Hey (R. Clooney) 6. I'm A Fool To Care (Guy Lombardo) 6. High And The Mighty l All the prophets of my acquaintance Ford) L#P (Paul & 6. /,'razy 'Bout You, Baby (Holmes/Desmond) BRUCE (Crewcuts) 7. They Were Doin' The Mambo have warned me in disapproving Scrip- 7. I Need You Now (E. Fisher) 7. I Understand Just How You (Vaughn Monroe) 8. Little Things Mean A Lot tural tones that the song field is Feel (June Valli) pop (Kitty Kallen) 8. Skokiaan (Bulawayo) 8. I'm A Fool To Cure of 9. I'm A Fool To Care an Old Testament hirsute world 9. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) (Paul & Ford) (Paul 9. Goodnight & Ford) miracles, damnation, avenging angels, 10. Jf I Give My Heart To You Sweetheart (Gale) — £.0 (Day/Lor) 10. How Blue (Mills Bros.) 10. Happy Wanderer (F. Weir) faith healers and devil possessed elder A Solid Hit! sons of elder sons who speak a Phari- Miami, Fla- Cleveland, Ohio Baltimore, Md. see grammar of chicanery and sub- 1. Sh-Boom -(Crewcuts) 1. Hey There (R. Clooney) Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) 2. Hey There (R. Clooney) 2. Little Shoemaker (Gaylords) Three Coins In The Fountain sidiary rights; that even Gabriel 3. Goodnight Sweetheart 3. Shake, Rattle And Roll (Four Aces) (McGuire (Bill Hey There (R. Clooney) * would have to prove his A.FM stand- Sisters) Haley) X If I Give 4. Little Shoemaker (Gaylords) 4. Skokiaan Chapel In The Moonlight 5. I'm A-Fool To C ar£ (Marterie/Lads/Bulawayo) (Kitty Kallen) ing before he could blow that final _ , , (Paul & Ford) 5. Chapel In The Moonlight This Ole House (R. Clooney) note and where only a bedeviled Con- 6. Rock Around The Clock (Kitty Kallen) Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer)

(Bill Haley) 6. Unforgettable I Understand Just How You j science could get someone’s fifteen My Heart 7. High And The Mighty (Dick Hyman Trio) Feel (Four Tunes) minutes. But I cannot believe that a (Victor Young) 7. Cara Mia (David Whitfield) -little Shoemaker 8. Little Things Mean A Lot 8. High And The Mighty (Winterhalter/Gay lords) multi-million dollar industry premised I'm Care (Kitty Kallen) (LeRoy Holmes) A Fool To 9. Skokiaan (Marterie/Bulawayo) (Paul & Ford) on the discovery and exploitation of 9. Dream (Four Aces) 10. Chapel In The Moonlight Shake, Rattle And Roll To You (Kitty Kallen) 10.~Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) (Bill Haley) M long survive if it re- new songs could fused to cock an occasional listening Washington, D. C. Brodhead, Wise. Seattle, Wash. MILLER MUSIC CORPORATION ear. That’s what it’s all about, isn’t -.1. Hey' There (R. Clooney) 1. This Ole House (R. Clooney) Hey There (R. Clooney) 2. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) 2. Chapel In The Moonlight Little Shoemaker (Gaylords) it? I _ . 3. Little Shoemaker (Gaylords) (Kitty Kallen) Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) These are good, commercially valid 4. High And The Mighty 3. Hey There (R. Clooney) High And The Mighty (LeRoy Holmes) 4. Goodnight (Victor Young) song properties fired with the opal Sweetheart (Gale) j 5. This Ole House (R. Clooney) Chapel In The Moonlight

5. High 1 And The Mighty (Kitty Kallen) light of memory, the amber gaiety of 6. Skokiaan (Ralph Marterie) (Johnny Desmond) Little Things Mean A Lot S V' s 6. 7. Chapel In The Moonlight Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) a summer’s afternoon. (Kitty Kallen) The Whole Nation's talking (Kitty Kallen) 7. I'm A Fool To Care They Were Doin' The Mambo 8. I'm A Fool To Care Will you be able to see me? Thank (Paul & Ford) (Vaughn Monroe) (Paul & Ford) about . . . (R. 8. I Cried This Ole House Clooney) ? 9. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) (Patti Page) you and may I hear from you l Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) 9. THE JONES BOYS 10. Goodnight Sweetheart Italian Huckle Buck (Monte) Goodnight Sweetheart Mai-ilyn Dayton Rommel pinging (McGuire Sisters) TO. Sway (Dean Martin) (McGuire Sisters) (Mrs. G. Irvine Rommel)” “THE SONG IS ENDED” ~ The answer: St- Louis, Mo. Wichita, Kan. Atlanta, Ga. S & 43 #5007 ~~1. Hey^fhere (R. Clooney) 1. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) 1. Hey There (R. Clooney) “Dear Mrs. G. I. R. 2. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) ». - 2. I'm A Fool To Care 2. High And The Mighty 1909 N. C &. El 3. High And The Mighty (Paul & Ford) (Holmes/Baxter/Young) G I am still reeling under the impact Central nunMnnn Monte, (Desmond /Baxter/ Young) 3. Hey There (R. Clooney) 3. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts/Chords) 4. Chapel In The Moonlight 4. This Ole House (R. Clooney) 4. Little Shoemaker Ay«. Calif. of. the brilliantly conceived arrange- _ RECORDS (Kitty Kallen) 5J Little Shoemaker (Gay lords/ Winterhalter) Phone FOrest 04519 ment of verbiage you threw at my 5. Little Shoemaker (Gaylords) — (Hugo Winterhalter) 5. Chapel In The Moonlight - 6. (Patti What A Dream Page) , 6. head. Goodnight Sweetheart (Kitty Kallen) 7. I Need You Now (E. Fisher) — (McGuire Sisters) 6. They Were Doin' The Mambo 7. I Cried (Patti Page) (Vaughn Monroe) Upon receipt of same I went into 8. They Were Doin' The Mambo (Vaughn Monroe) 8. High And The Mighty 7. Skokiaan (Marterie/Bulawayo) (LeRoy Holmes) 8. Goodnight Sweetheart secret conclave with soothsayers and 9. Magic Tango (Winterhalter) 9. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer) (McGuire Sisters) all, interpreters; experts on semantics,’ 10. Goodnight Sweetheart 10. Thank You For Calling 9. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyer] (McGuire syntax, conjugation, declension and Sisters) (Jo Stafford) 10. What A Dream (Patti Page) Bartlett’s Quotations. Muttering im- Denver, Colo. Pittsburgh, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. precations as we sweated and toiled 1. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) 1. Hey There (R. Clooney) 1. Hey There (Clooney/Davis, Jr.,’ deciphering this cabal, we at long — 2. Little 'Shoemaker (Gaylords) Buick 2. Little 2. If I Give My Heart To You Shoemaker 3. There (R. (Gaylords) 59 Hey Clooney) (Denise Lor] Doo 347 last came to a profound conclusion. 4. 3. Sh-Boom (Crewcuts) High And The Mighty 3. Chapel In The Moonlight One thing would have to be wrong .(Baxter/Holmes/Tomkin) 4. Skokiaan (Marterie/ Lads) (Kitty Kallen) 5. Little Things Mean A Lot 5. High And The Mighty 4. High And The Mighty with the products of this monstrous (Kitty Kallen) (Holmes/Baxter) (LeRoy Holmes] j6. Chapel In The Moonlight HEYsenorita brain. The songs would be too 5. Sh-Boom (Chords/Crewcuts) Wm i Doo 348 good! (Kitty Kallen) 6. Cinnamon Sinner (T. Bennett) 6. I Cried (Patti Page) 7. Skokiaan (Ralph Marterie) Dear Lady the door is wide open. 7. I Need You Now (E. Fisher) 7. Little Shoemaker (Gaylords) 3. This' Ole House (R. Clooney) 8. Dream (Four Aces) 8. Muskrat Ramble (Matys Bros. DOOTONE RECORDS I bid you welcome! 9. Three Coins In. The Fountain 9. Cara Mia 9S»2 SOISTH CENTRAL AVE LCS ANGELES 2, CALiF (Four Aces) (David Whitfield) 9. Hernando's Hideaway (Bleyei Herb Dexter, 10. A&R” Happy Wanderer (F. Weir) 10. If I Didn't Care (Hilltoppers) 10. Fortune In Dreams (K. Starr “It’s What’s in THE CASH BOX That Counts” www.americanradiohistory.com