VOLUME XVIII -NUMBER 39 JUNE 15, 1957 The Diamonds, who achieved a million seller with “Little Darlin’ ”, are shown here with the executives, crew and studio personnel, who all contributed to the Mercury hit. Front row, from left to right are: Carl Stevens, assistant Mercury musical director; The Diamonds, Dave Somerville, Phil Levitt, Ted Kowal- ski and Bill Reed. Second row: Bill Putnam, owner of Universal Recording Studio in Chicago, where the session was held; musicians Johnny Gray and Harold Siegel; Nat Goodman, manager of the Dia- monds; David Carroll, Mercury musical director; Art Talmadge, vice president in charge of A&R for Mercury; and Eddie Matthews, Mercury’s Chicago disk jockey fieldman. Third row: musicians Earl Backus and Frankie Rullo. The Diamonds have just recorded an album of twelve new songs which will be on the market in the next couple of weeks. Their latest Mercury release is “Words Of Love” and “Don’t Say Goodbye”. www.americanradiohistory.com flffi THE AMES BROTHERS with Joe Reisman’s Orch. and Chorus III ( from the Universal-International film, ROCKIN’ SHOES “Tammy and the Bachelor”) 47/20-6930 DAVID HOUSTON HACKIN’ AROUND 47/20-6927 (um u< t< a\kTmk(s)® RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICAm www.americanradiohistory.com ” The CashBox Volume XVIII —Number 39 June 15, 1957 Publishers BILL GERSH JOE ORLECK The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. 1721 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. (All Phones: JUdson 6-2640) DISK JOCKEY POLL! 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 The Cash Box Is Currently 6272 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 28, Cal. (Phone: HOllywood 5-2129) JACK DEVANEY Bob Martin • BOSTON OFFICE 80 Boylston St., Boston 16, Mass. 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The publishers reserve the right to refuse advertise- ments, editorial material and all other subject and advertising matter that does not meet with their com- plete approval. DON’T MISS THE RESULTS OF THIS Copyright under the International Copyright Conven- tion. All rights reserved by the Pan American Copy- right Convention. Copyright 1957 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. POLL IN THE JULY 6th ISSUE. www.americanradiohistory.com —— Page 4 June 15, 19o7 The Cash Box, Music THE NATIONS Top JUNE 3, 1957. Ten THE BILLBOARD'S WEEKLY JUKE BOX TUNES • Review Spotlight on ... (PIUS THE NEXT 25) POP DISK JOCKEY PROGRAMMING TOMMY STEELE London 1735 BUTTERFINGERS (Maurice, ASCAP) TEEN-AGE PARTY (Maurice, ASCAP) Pos. Last of British rock and roll can make a -strong dent in the “The king Week American market with this pairing, and smart jocks will give then- fans an early listen. Great for conversation.” ALL SHOOK UP ELVIS PRESLEY AL-3359— David Hill VI-6870— Elvis Presley LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND L1 PAT boom: 7 DO-15570—Pat Boone VP- 1003—Vivienne DO-15578—Mac Wiseman LITTLE DARLIN' w3 THE DIAMONDS 2 EX-2101—The Gladiolus ME-71060—The Diamonds A SO RARE i1 JIMMY DORSEY 4 FR-755—Jimmy Dorsey q A WHITE SPORT COAT MARTY ROBBINS 5 CO-40864—Marty Robbins CR-61835—Johnny Desmond SCHOOL DAY (RING RING GOES g THE BELL) CHECK BERRY BR-55007— Big Tiny Little CH-1653—Chuck Berry DARK MOON 7 GALE STORM — BONNIE GEITAR (Tie) DO-15550— Bonnie Guitar VI-6910—Hawkshaw Hawkins DO-15558—Gale Storm COME GO WITH ME 8 DEL-VIKINGS 6 DE-30231—Sunny Gale DO-1 5538— Del-Vikings DL-61 12 — Federals ROUND AND ROUND 9 PERRY COMO 8 DA-2121—Walter Solek 0. VI -20/47-68 15— Perry Como GONE FERLIN HUSKY 10 CA-3628— Ferlin Husky ME-71070—Bobby Wayne CO-40852—Joan Weber 11) START MOVIN'. 1 2) FOUR WALLS. 13) I'M WALKIN'. 14) ROCK-A-BILLY. 15) FREIGHT TRAIN. 16) FABULOUS. 17) PARTY DOLL. 18) VALLEY OF TEARS. 19) IT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY. 20) YOUNG BLOOD. 21 ) WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL! 22) BYE BYE LOVE. 23) THE GIRL WITH THE GOLDEN BRAIDS. 24) MY LITTLE BABY. 25) PLEDGE OF LOVE. 26) IT'S YOU I LOVE. 27) SEARCHIN'. 28) EMPTY ARMS. 29) ROCK YOUR LITTLE BABY TO SLEEP. 30) WHY BABY WHY. 31) MY DREAM. 32) A TEENAGER'S ROMANCE. 33) BUTTERFLY. 34) OLD CAPE COD. 35) I LIKE YOUR KIND OF LOVE. c o E AB—Abbott CH—Chess EL—Eldorado GR-Groove MO—Modern SE—Seeco AL—Aladdin CK—Checker EP— Epic HE—Herald NG—Norgran SP—Specialty AO—Apollo CM—Cameo ER— Era IM—Imperial OK—Okeh SU—Sun AP—ABC- CO—Columbia EX— Excello JU—Jubilee PE—Peacock Tl—Tko Paramount CR—Coral FB— Fabor JZ—Josie PR—Prestige UN—United AT—Atlantic DA— Dana FE —Federal KA— Kapp RA Rainbow UQ—Unique BR—Brunswick DE—Decca FI — Fiesta Kl—King RE Regent VE—Verve BT—Bethlehem DL—DeLuxe FR —Fraternity LI —Liberty RM—Rama VI—RCA Victor BY—Bally DO—Dot 4 Star—Four $t< LO—London RO—Roulette VJ—Vee-Jay CA—Capitol DT— Dooto GE —Gee ME—Mercury RP—RPM VK—Vik CD—Cadence DU—Duke GL—Glory MG—MGM SA—Savoy VP—Vip ” “Only those records best suited for commercial use are reviewed by THE CASH BOX www.americanradiohistory.com The Cash Box, Music Page 5 June 15, 1957 “It’s What’s in THE CASH BOX That Counts—INTERNATIONALLY” www.americanradiohistory.com A ——— ‘ —— — June 15, 1957 The Cash Box , Music Page 6 The Gash Box TOP 60 Best Selling Tunes on Records COMPILED BY The Cash Box FROM LEADING RETAIL OUTLETS Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pos. 6/8 6/1 6/8 6/1 6/8 6/1 6/8 6/1 6/8 6/1 6/8 6/1 1—Love Letters 10 It's Not For Me 20—Fabulous 30-—Around The 39— I'm Gonna Sit 49—Empty Arms In The Sand To Say 20 16 World Right Down 46 40 10 21 GRACIE 38 45 AT-1 128—IVORY JOE HUNTER MATHIS Just Lookin' *00-15570—PAT BOONE CO-40851—JOHNNY CR-61830— BILLY WILLIAMS Love's A Hurting And Tender AP-9770—DON COSTA O. Bernadine Warm CR-61 834—STEVE LAWRENCE Date With The Blues Game KA-185—JANE MORGAN Can't Wait For Everybody Loves Pierre DO-15578—MAC WISEMAN Around The World Summer CR-61741—LAWRENCE WELK O. CR-61 805—TERESA BREWER Young Because We Are Champagne Time The Ricky-TIck Song VP-1003—VIVIENNE 1 1 Come Go With DE-30262—VICTOR YOUNG 0. 40—Don't Cry Light A Candle 21 I'm Walkin' Around The World— Me Crosby My Love 17 13 11 8 KA-185—JANE MORGAN 47 49 2—-So Rare DE-30231—SUNNY GALE IM-5428—FATS DOMINO It's Not For Me To Say LO-1729—VERA LYNN 50—C. C. Rider I'm In Please Go The Mood For LO-1746—MANTOVANI 0. By The Fountains Of Love DL-6112—FEDERALS Road To Ballingary Rome 43 32 JIMMY DORSEY FR-755— Cold Cash VE-10047— RICKY NELSON TH-1956—JACK HASKELL Sophisticated Svfing DO-15538— DEL-VIKINGS A Teenager's Romance Away Out West AT-1 130—CHUCK WILLIS Ease The Pain How Can I Find True VI-6677— EDDIE FISHER Love Cindy Oh Cindy 41 Queen Of The 3 A White Sport 22 -Valley Of Tears — — 12 Four Walls VI-6853—MANNY LOPEZ 0.