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VOLUME XVIII -NUMBER 46 AUGUST 3, 1957 When Chuck Berry broke across the record horizon a couple of years ago with “Maybellene” on Chess Records, it was the launching of a career that was to establish him as one of the country’s top recording artists. His most recent nationwide, all market hit was “School Day (Ring Ring Goes The Bell)” and is currently followed by “Oh Baby Doll”, already on both the Pop and R&B charts and moving up. ) Already spinning to the top: * Sizzling sales . 18,000 a day! THE VOICES OF THE AMES BROTHERS with JOE REISMAN’S ORCH. & CHORUS WALTER SCHUMANN (from the Universal-International TAMMY film, “Tammy and the Bachelor”) SOFT SANDS , , ROCKIN’ SHOES c/w BAND OF ANGELS 47/20-6930 (from the Warner Bros, film “Band of Angels”) 17/20-6986 BOB JAXON BEACH PARTY I’M HANGIN’ AROUND JANIS MARTIN 47/20-6945 LOVE AND KISSES * DINAH SHORE I’LL NEVER BE FREE p A ^ Jf Jkl A Jkff (from the Allied Artists film M^IAA m M\JIV “Love in the Afternoon”) 17/20-6983 c/w TILL vltf k!/ ^9^ *1* ^^ ^ m* *T* #T^ #T» #1% 47/20-6980 * NOTFOiViVeC-TF * * EVERY MONDAY 7:30-7:1*5 PM (EDT * * MILLION RECORD SHOW * iL4F STARR STARRING * * GEORGIA GIBBS * MY HEART REMINDS ME +X* vl* »4* vj* vi> vL» vj* v|/ v|> vL* vL» vl> v£> vl> ^^ vl> vl> vT> «Jf> « vi# %£# ^ vl> »J> c/w FLIM, ^ ^^^^^^^^ 'J' ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^ FLAM, FLOO 47/20-6981 America’s favorite speed... ftuy 45 RPM RCA\iCTORAMC RICA © V RAOIO CORPORATION OF The GashBox Volume XVIII Number 46 FOUNDED BY BILL GERSH — August- 3, 1957 Publisher* BILL GERSH JOE ORLECK fhe Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. 1721 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. (All Phones: JUdson 6-2640) Cable Address: CASHBOX, N. Y. JOE ORLECK « CHICAGO OFFICE 32 West Randolph St., Chicago 1, 111. (All Phones: DEarborn 2-0045) BILL GERSH Howie Freer Chuck Peele • HOLLYWOOD OFFICE 6272 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 28, Cal. (Phone: Hollywood 5-2129) JACK DEVANEY Bob Martin • BOSTON OFFICE 80 Boylston St., Boston 16, Mass. (Phone: HAncock 6-8386) GUY LIVINGSTON • LONDON OFFICE 17 Hilltop, London, N.W. 11, England (Phone: Speedwell 2596) MARCEL STELLMAN • ADVERTISING STAFF BOB AUSTIN, General Mgr., Music Dept. JERRY SHIFRIN, Music Dept. • EDITORIAL STAFF SID PARNES, Editor-In-Chief Until very recently, the one way in logue, then there should be some way NORMAN ORLECK, Editor MARTY OSTROW, Editor which jazz has been sold to the public that jazz material could be made suit- IRA HOWARD, Associate Editor as far as records are concerned has able for such use. IRV LICHTMAN, Assistant Editor CISSIE GERSH, Woman’s Editor been through LPs. The reasons for this POPSIE, Staff Photographer And now they have found the way. BRUNO DUTKOWSKY, Art Director are clear. First of all, jazz is such a • In the last several months company specialized field that there not A. MARINO, Office Manager may be after company has been going through an audience large enough to warrant T. TORTOSA, Circulation its jazz catalogue, culling the most like- • issuing single jazz records. And second ly material, and ADVERTISING RATES on request. All advertising then editing it. In of all, in the jazz medium individual doses Friday at 12 Noon preceding week of issue. many cases numbers have been cut con- Advertisements subject to approval of publishers. numbers sometimes run to such lengths SUBSCRIPTION RATES $15 per year anywhere in siderably with whole passages being class mailing that they couldn’t realistically be put he U. S. A. Published weekly. Second taken out. Sometimes, they authorized at New York, N. Y. have even irivileges on singles. THE CASH BOX covers the entire music industry, been cut in half or more. Yet they ranging from retail record and music stores to disk However an interesting development jockeys, music publishers, recording artists, record have kept the feeling of the number music composers and arrangers, radio manufacturers, is taking place today which may be and the spirit of what was being record- snd TV stations, and all others allied to the music industry throughout the world. bringing about a considerable change ed. In this way some of the great jazz THE CASH BOX covers the entire coin machine in- in the merchandising of jazz records. dustry all over the world. Operators, jobbers, distribu- recordings, which ordinarily could tors, manufacturers and suppliers of automatic music, It started when some of the LPs were never be heard outside of vending, service and amusement machines are covered. LPs, are now THE CASH BOX coverage extends to finance firms, broken down into EPs and sold to the being made available to the public loan factors, and other financial organizations, banks, public in that form. as EPs, they institutions, expressly interested in the financing of coin Now through the nation’s juke boxes. machines of all kinds. became attractive to juke box operators "THE CASH BOX PRICE LISTS" (a combination of What’s more, this The Cash Box’ former 'Confidential Price Lists’ and The who either had locations which catered development indi- Cash Box’ former 'C. M. I. [ Coin Machines Industry ] to that type of music or who felt that cates that there may be an entirely new Blue Book’) are the one and only officially recognized price quotations guide for all new and used machines in jazz should at least be represented on approach to the recording of jazz from the United States and all over the world where Ameri- now on. :an made machines are used. "The Cash Box Price Lists” their increased capacity machines. But Not that jazz artists will be ire an exclusive and copyrighted feature of The Cash restricted in any way. But Box. "The Cash Box Price Lists" are recognized officially those who tried the jazz EPs were usual- numbers will jy cities and states throughout the country as the “official now7 ly sorely disappointed, for the length probably be done with an eye to price book of the coin machines industry.” "The Cash Box " using Price Lists are officially used in the settlement of of the numbers were a difficult prob- parts of the work for more com- (states, for buying, selling or trading of all types of coin mercial outlets. operated equipment and are also officially recognized for lem. It wasn’t unusual, for instance, taxation purposes. "The Cash Box Price Lists” are used :y finance firms, factors, loan companies, bankers, and to find a particular passage which ran All this bodes well for jazz. For if ill other financial institutions to guide them in the mak- six minutes or more, which made the ing of loans to members of the coin machines industry, the general public can become more rhe publishers reserve the right to refuse advertise- record unfeasible from any commer- familiar with the jazz ments, editorial material and all other subject and idiom through the idvertising matter that does not meet with their com- cial point of view. juke boxes of the nation, it plete approval. means that Yet it seemed to record company greater audiences will be developed for Copyright under the International Copyright Conven- tion. All rights reserved by the Pan American Copy- officials that if there was a potential jazz LPs and the mushrooming jazz con- right Convention. Copyright 1957 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. juke box market for their jazz cata- cert field. The Cash Box , Music Page 4 August 3, 1957 DOT RECORDS GIVES YOU KEMINttflt m MINE 6010MINE IN THE SKY =#= I560Z "Only those records best suited for commercial use are reviewed by THE CASH BOX** The Cash Box , Music Page 5 August 3 , 1957 0 MORE SMASH HITS!!!.. AvW 15606 Sunset and V»ne • bet Hoil/wood Calif • Phon*> HO 3-4*81 THE NATION'S BEST SELLING PECOHOS “It’s What’s in THE CASH BOX That Counts—INTERNATIONALLY” The Cash Box, Music Page 6 August 3, 1957 M CD-1315— Everly Brothers DO-15576—T. Tommy DE-30321—Webb Pierce ME-71 18—Chuck Miller TEDDY BEAR 1 2 ELVIS PRESLEY 5 VI-7000— Elvis Presley LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND PAT BOONE J 2 DO-15570—Pat Boone VP-1003—Vivienne DO-15578—Mac Wiseman I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN 4 BILLY WILLIAMS 6 CR-61830— Billy Williams RO-4014—Larry Storch IT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY JOHNNY MATHIS 5 4 CO-40851 —Johnny Mathis KA-185—Jane Morgan LO-1754— Cyril Stapleton SO RARE JIMMY DORSEY FR-755—Jimmy Dorsey OLD CAPE COD PATTI PAGE ME-71 101— Patti . Page SEARCHIN' THE COASTERS 8 AC-6087—The Coasters AROUND THE WORLD VICTOR YOUNG—-MANTOVANI (TIE) A AP9770—Don Costa 0. LO-1746—Mantovani 0. U CR-61741 — Lawrence Welk 0. MG-12507— Ray Charles Singers t V CR-61856—McGuire Sisters TH-1 956—Jack Haskel DE-30262—Victor Young 0. VI-6677—Eddie Fisher 2^gjnal DE-30398—George Barnes VI-6853—Manny Lopez 0. chartbustbr KA-185—Jane Morgan VI-6947—Eddie Fisher LONG LONELY NIGHTS' I LIKE YOUR KIND OF LOVE AINDY WILLIAMS CD-1323—Andy Williams VI-6891 —Melvin Endsley LEE 11) A WHITE SPORT COAT. 12) SEND FOR ME. 13) DARK MOON. 14) ANDREWS WHITE SILVER SANDS. 15) WHISPERING BELLS. 16) START MOVIN'. 17) SHORT FAT FANNIE. 18) SHANGRI-LA. 19) WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL! ' THE hearts 20) ALL SHOOK UP. 21) OVER THE MOUNTAIN, ACROSS THE SEA. 22) TAMMY. 23) STAR DUST. 24) WITH ALL MY HEART. 25) LOVING YOU. CHESS it 76^5 26) A TEENAGER'S ROMANCE.