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Genera Amusement C.orporat+ www.americanradiohistory.com min' , the nickels hu menin' and arts is machines recording will "keep your favorite fORSTERof hits that the nation's A battery and recordedby as featured Okeh No. 5763 BILL CARLSEN ONEó ELSE THE GBELO Vó SOMEBODY Decca No. 3887 BING CROSBY No. 26786 PALE MOON Victor Victor No. 26660 10 OME BELONGS ONE I LOVE H ODY ESE 1HE WHEN I HAPPENED No. 35491 EVERYTHING Columbia EDDY DUCHIN THE ALAMO Decca No. 3608 ELLA FITZGERALD THE ONEó LOVET ELSE SOMEBODY Okeh No: 6237 BEL 31 _- Okeh No JAN GARBER AN HINDUST DANCE OF A 3491 IN THE MIDDLE Decca No. ANDY KIRK HAPPENEDWHEN EVERYTHING I SAW YOU Bluebird No. 811015 FREDDY MARTIN HAPPENEDWHEN YOU EVERYTHING I SAW Bluebird No. 11110 GLENN MILLER ELSE SOMEBODY 811236 THE 014Eó LOTOBELGS Bluebird No. VAUGHN MONROE DANCE OF A IN THE MIDDLE Columbia No. 36212 THE ALAMO ON Decca No. 3620 4_JAdd HINDUSTAN Bluebird No. 811136 811246 HINDUSTAN Bluebird No. DICK TODD DANCE THE MIDDLE OF A 1N Okeh No. 5923 TOMMY TUCKER HAPPENEDWHEN YOU I EVERYTHING lasting s have that Qmakersalit which FORSTER Songs money makes them So.Wabash Ave. 1658 Broadway FORSTER MUSICPuBLISHER,16Inc.Inc., CHICAGO NEW YORK www.americanradiohistory.com ol. 53. \o. 38 September 20, 1941 The Word s Foremost Amusement Week y X2,000,000 FOR TALENT Bands, Acts Get Big Total From Names at Calif. Ask Gas Dispensation NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Despite the 19 N. Y. Hotels; Waldorf Biggest fact that the gasoline shortage in the Fair Pull High East seems to be alleviated, the Calla- han Sisters, current at the Strand, have written President Roosevelt ask- Spender; MCA, GAC Lead Bookers 748,393 Gate ing special dispensation for traveling NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Local hotels ting the lion's share of this pay dirt. pèrformers as a class, and for them- have become the new band and talent In addition, there are hundreds of hotels CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacra- selves in particular. mint. Feeling hotels have supplanted with smaller entertainment budgets. mento, August 29 -September 7. Kenneth. They are worried about their hop night clubs as the build-up spots for These would double, perhaps triple, the R. Hammaker, secretary. Tevis Paine, budget pooled by the leading 19. Paine from the Strand to Pittsburgh, follow- bands, booking agencies have been con- concession superintendent. Tevis ing their closing at the local house. centrating on the smartest hostelries in Here are the hotels and the money and P. A. Van Dusen, attraction super- the largest amusement hub. The they spend in a year for entertainment Gate admissions: Adults, They say their tank capacity will get world's intendents. them only as far as Harrisburg. 19 hotels in New York that spend real in their public dining rooms: day and night, 50 cents. Same for money for talent have shelled out the Waldorf-Astoria $300,000 not under 12; those under 12, They are asking for a card entitling 223,000 children them to buy gas to get from job to job. staggering sum of $2,057,000 to perform- New Yorker free. Auto parking, 25 cents, but does ers and musicians, with the bands get- Park Central 200,000 not include admission to grounds. Astor 175,000 Grandstand: Adults, day and night, 50 Pennsylvania 140,000 same as gate admissions. cents; children, Edison . 250,000 Amusement budget: $60,000. Board of BMI, Biz Flush, Pays Double Lincoln directors' , committee, headed by Fox Lexington 110,000 Case, contracts acts for grandstand Commodore 100,000 show. Midway: Foley & Burk Shows. Biltmore 100,000 Horse racing: Ten days. Contract Fee; 200G 2d Quarter Essex House 90,000 SACRAMENTO, Sept. 13.- Featur- NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Broadcast and Creamer; Una May Carlisle and Bob Roosevelt 75,000 ing a $37,000 talent budget which in- Music, Inc., over the week-end mailed Sour, Ben Riley and Bernie Wayne and Belmont -Plaza 75,000 cluded such names as Orson Welles, Gene out royalty checks for the second quar- Arthtu Hammerstein and Dudley Wilkin- Savoy -Plaza 64,000 Autry and Kay Kyser, the 87th Cali- ter, ended June 30, totaling $200,000. son. Plaza 50,000 fornia State Fair here on August 29 - Checks went to more than 1,000 com- Top songs, judged by performances, McAlpin 40,000 September 7 broke its high attendance posers and some 300 publishers. were My Sister and I, 49,603 perform- Ambassador 25,000 record cf 1940 with 748,393, exceeding BMI paid twice as much as its con- ances; Do I Worry?, 47,405 per- Pierre 25,000 last year's 11 -day total of 713,625 by al - tracts called for, the company stating it formances; Walking By the River, 46,843; Piccadilly 15,000 (See NAMES PULL on page 34) was doing this owing to good business. Wise Old Owl, 44,782; Things I Love, Publishers who must pay their own 39,704; Because of You, 35,869; It All $2,057,000 writers were paid on the basis of 4 cents Comes Back to Me Now, 33,269; Oh, Music Corporation of America, General a performance. BMI's own writers were Look at Me Now, 30,493; South of North Amusement Corporation and the William SAG To Arbitrate paid on a 2 -cent basis. AlI payments Carolina, 29,547. Morris Agency book the bulk of this are in direct ratio to performances. Chains are expected to resume ASCAP talent. The last-named is still having a Checks ranged from $1 to $4,000. music about the end of September, but tough time breaking the ice but has had Abbott and Costello Top money earners in the publishers despite final approval 'of the NAB's exec- fair success in cracking some MCA ranks are, in respective order, Embassy utive board to the ASCAP contract last strongholds in the two years since it in- Tiff With Morris Music (Tommy Dorsey), Melody Lane, Tuesday, NBC still claims it must secure stalled its band department. Consoli- dated Radio Artists had a solid grip on NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Long-standing Beacon, Republic Music, Mutual (Glenn permission of all its affiliates. At press Miller), Nation Wide, Warren Publica- time this had not yet been obtained, but the Edison and Lincoln for many years, dissatisfaction of Bud Abbott and Lou but MCA managed to book Harry James Costello with their booking arrangements tions and Porgy, Debby & Freidman. with NAB's okay, unanimous apporval is Top composers include Zaret, Whitney expected shortly. into the Lincoln last spring and to re- with the William Morris Agency will turn him this fall. CRA, however, still reach a head in an arbitration to be hasn't relaxed the bite on the Edison. held on the Coast under auspices of the Frederick Brothers, which has been ln Screen Actors' Guild and,under the rules Tuthill Group Takes Over NBC the East a little less than two years, has of the American Arbitration Association, been able to dent the night club field it was decided this week. Abbott and management in this territory, but not hotels. Costello, under the personal Management MCA has exclusives on the Waldorf, of Eddie Sherman, will seek to break Bureau's Contracts afid the McAlpin, their current contract with the Morris Essex House, Roosevelt revJal how NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Management setting up a company which would retain (See 2,000,000 FOR TALENT on page 26) office. Neither side would' contracts of the NBC Artists' Bureau "a substantial part" of the Artists' long the contract has to run. will be transferred to a group headed by Bureau personnel, aside from George The Morris office has been reported week. Con- to get verification of its conten- Daniel S. Tuthill, Artists' Bureau exec, Engles, who resigned last In This Issue trying effective January 1, according to NBC tracts with opera and concert soloists tion that it engineered the build-up that Page their present earning executives. At press time NBC said the were held by NBC, not Engles, according brought the comics deal was still not completely ironed out, to information given last week by Mark Broadway Beat, The 4 power and reputation. On the other Burlesque 25 and Costello, together with but expected to close all details early Woods, of NBC. hand, Abbott in the week, perhaps Monday (15). This, Carnival 29-38 Sherman, claim that their present film In addition to retention of personnel, Circus and Corral 40-41 Universal did not however, is regarded as just a formality, NBC package commitment with NBC having apparently agreed to let deal calls for to retain Classified Advertisements 53-55 come thru the efforts of the Morris programs, including properties, as Fibber Coin Machines 64-92 office. The deal was allegedly made by Tuthill break the story in his own way. Information, Please; American Federation of Radio Artists McGee and Molly; Crossroads 50 Arthur and Sam Lyons after the Morris Vic and and others. This is in Derbyshow 27 is keeping a close watch over the situa- Sade News office had received a less favorable bid line with NBC's plan to hire talent and Fairs -Expositions 42-45 from MGM. Because SAG does not allow tion to protect the interests of its artists. 28 Execs Emily Holt and George Heller con- produce package programs for sale, just Final Curtain double commissions, they are being split as Columbia does.