Record JARO Ramblings RECORDS (Continued from page 24) LOS ANGELES: Proudly Welcomes Johnny Bond’s waxing of “Hot Rod Lincoln,” on Gene Autry’s Republic Rec- ords’, starting to hit in several areas, according to Challenge Records’ Johnny
Thompson. Disk is distributed nationally by Challenge. . . . Snaring deejay attention in the So. Cal. area is deck “Diamonds and Pearls,” featuring The
. . Sales, recently The Sensational Paradons on the Milestone label. . A1 Sherman, at Record announced they will distribute the Somerset and Stereo-Fidelity labels in the
So. Calif, area. . . . Shell Records looking for things to happen with their new
novelty outing, “Yogi” by The Ivy Three. . . . Vic Damone currently packing
them in at Sunset Strip nitery the Cloister. . . . Capitol Records chip. Sue Ra- ney, set for a five day stand at the Sacramento Fair, bowing 8/31. ... Joe JAN - KJEID Perry, Western Sales Mgr. of Coral & Brunswick, commissioned a colonel on
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the staff of Gov. Jimmie H. Davis of Louisiana. . . . New vocal find, 17-year-old Mickey Turner, out with a pairing on the Revolvo banner, “Honest I Do” b/w
“I May Never See You Again.” . . . Actress-singer Constance Towers gave
birth to a 7 lb. son, Michael Ford McGrath, on 7/15 in Nassau. . . . Bing Crosby, after hitting big with LP “Join With Bing And Sing,” is busy preparing a
Vol. II for Warner Bros. . . . Keely Smith currently jumping on the charts
with a two-sided affair on Dot, “Close” b/w “Tea Leaves.” . . . Charlie Barnet and his Band set for two successive week-ends at the Hollywood Palladium
8/5-6 & 12-13. . . . Lark Connie Stevens winging to New York to plug her
Jimmy McHugh slice “Too Young To Go Steady.” . . . Clock Records reports solid reaction on the Coast with the Dave “Baby” Cortez offering, “Cat Nip.”
. . . Guitarist Duane Eddy, swinging with the Jamie Records smash “Because They’re Young,” has formed his own publishing company under the banner of
Duanelynne Publishing Co. . . . The very pretty Joanne Cole, now doing na- tional promo, working on the Bob Markley Warner Bros, newie, “It Should’ve Been Me” and “Summer’s Cornin’ On.”
Don Blocker at Liberty Records, predicting The Ventures “Walk Don’t Run”
on Dolton, is headed for the #1 slot on all charts. . . . Columbia Records’ West Coast A&R executives Percy Faitb, Irving Townsend, and Allen Emig, just back from the diskery’s Convention at the Americana Hotel in Miami Beach.
. . . Everyone at United Artists Records all excited over Don Costa’s follow-up
to “Theme From The Unforgiven,” titled “Never On Sunday.” . . . Teaming-up for the first time in several years, Capitol’s Nat “King” Cole and the Stan
Kenton Band seem to be headed for another winner with “My Love.” . . . Chal- lenge artists, the Champs, headed for possible two-sided action with “Cocoa-
nut Grove” and “Alley Cat.” . . . Charlie Sims, new Aladdin Records pactee,
out with his debut offering on the label “Take A Batb.” . . . “Tale Of A Don-
key,” featuring Bob Wilson on Era, starting to kick-up interest locally. . . . Pop-jazz label. Golden Crest, has Carmen Leggio doing “Newport Riot” b/w
“Wbat A Difference A Day Makes.” . . . The Lancers, who just completed their 22nd engagement at Harrah’s Club, Reno and Lake Tahoe, back in town to Their First American Reiease In English wax their first r & r tune titled “Fly, Man.” . . . Clock Records introduces the Chavis Brothers on the label with coupling, “So Tired” b/w “I Love You.”
. . . Young singer, Bobby Vee, looking for his first big one on Liberty with either side of his current outing, “Devil Or Angel” b/w “Since I Met You
Baby.” . . . According to Columbia Records, Ray Conniff’s new package, PENNY MELODY “Young At Heart,” is already showing signs of being another smash item. . . . Capitol Records recently hosted a press-deejay cocktail party for Peggy
Lee at Ciro’s, where the chirp is currently doing a two-week stint. . , . Ren- and dezvous Records, who recently purchased Class Records, out with a pair to spark their summer program—novelty “The Little Clown Song” by the Little Clowns, and Frankie Ervin’s “You Hurt Me.” TING-A-LING MY BANJO SINGS HERE AND THERE: J-77032 PHILADELPHIA—Included among the new lines that Bob Heller’s Flying Promotions now handles are: the Somerset and Stereo Fidelity LP’s; Vita with Levinsky Allen’s “Couldn’t Be Done”; Hilltop with the Collegians’ “Saints” (Part 1&2); Duo with “The Punchinellos’ Party Platter” and Dixie with Eddie Reynolds’ “I’m Missing You.” Bob adds that Jimmy Charles’ “A Million To JARO One” (Promo) is Philly’s top tune and that Apex has a smash in the Shep- pards’ “Come Home, Come Home.” . . . Mainline’s Buzz Curtis very high on “Yogi” by the Ive Three (Shell), Donnie Elbert’s “Half As Old” (VeeJay), the JARO Untouchables’ “Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight” (Madison), Wayne & Ray’s “I’ve Got Your Love On My Mind” (Adonis) and Doc Bagby’s “Driftin’”
(End). . . . Barry Abrams, now with (Ihips, buzzin’ about hot decks that in- RECORDS clude Roland Stone’s “Something Special” (Ace), Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” (Parkway), Donnie Brooks’ “Mission Bell” (Era), Barry Russett’s 24 W. 57th St. NYC “Can’t Get Enough” (Vassar) and Joe & Ann’s “Gee Baby” (Ace). . . . Iniapa’s topper Franny Williamson infos that “Bandstand” favorite, Joe Venuti, has recorded a ‘twist’ tagged “Where’s That Love.”
HOUSTON—Prexy Don Robey elated over the new sales surge on Joe Hin- ton’s “A Thousand Cups Of Happiness” and “If You Love Me” (Backbeat) and the Ernie Harris Duke debut, “With You” and “If I.” The Peacock gang is RANK RECORDS LTD LONDON, ENG. propping for a new Gospelaires’ LP. MILWAUKEE—Joe O’Brien distribs report that the Mayflower LP, “The Enchanted Sound Of The Islanders” is going strong in the re-order dept.
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