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16 TONS FORD In this issu : -, New Releases from CAPITOL • NOVEL IDEA Music Views Title tunes for motion pictures Dec., 1955 Vol. XIII, No. 12 have become a pertinent part of VIC ROWLAND Editor worthy film productions and so Associate Editors: Merrilyn Hammond, it is with television productions Dorothy Lambert. in many cases. However a new trend is start GORDON R. FRASER Publisher ing in the music world, that of Published Monthly By having a title tune for a novel. CAPITOL PUBLICATIONS, INC. Recent case of this is Bob Syl Sunset and Vine, Hollywood 28, Calif. Printed in U.S.A. vester’s book, "Dream Street.” Subscription $1.00 per year. Willard Robinson created the tune for the book title. THE COVER ALL FOR PROMOTION There#s a Ford out Hollywood way that was "going like 60" Music publisher Sid Mills last month— really had every has discovered it’s no cinch body spinning, and still is for to park a Japanese ricksha that matter. We're with you, Janie Powell of Columbia's gleeful Janet Leigh outside the Brill Building in It was Tennessee Ernie Ford, MGM. We all wish our readers displays plenty of nineteen hun New York. whose sm ash hit, "1 6 Tons," a Gay Noel. Janie, your short- dred fifty-sex appeal ushering was really throwing its weight bobbed petticoat is showing!! in a Happy New Year to us all. As part of the promotion around from coast to coast, for his Marquee label tune, qualifying him more as a "The Japanese Farewell Song,” • CASE FOR COLUMBIA Cadillac than a flivver. • SINGING POWER Mills sought a license from In three very fast weeks Alan Case, recent winner on the An original musical is being the city to park the ricksha Ernie's newest platter for Capi Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout” created for Tyrone Power for his adjacent to the Brill, only to tol had shifted into ultra-high show, has been signed to a record NBC color spectacular on "Pro discover the city dads had gear to crash 800,000 in sales. ing contract with Columbia. Alan ducer’s Showcase” scheduled for only made provision to park Somewhat of a record. Some also will bow soon in a Broad record, too. Get it and go for next March. Power will sing in autos, trucks, motorcycles, bi a spin! Jack Fascinato's fascin way musical, "Reuben, Reuben, his starring role in the pro cycles, and pushcarts on the ating music gave Ford a push. Reuben.” duction. streets but hadn’t given a Merle Travis wrote it. He's a thought to the oriental trans Capitol recording artist, too. • PUENTE TO VICTOR • MERC. TO COL. FOR VIC portation vehicle. Ernie is "wreathed" in smiles RCA Victor has inked Tito Vic Damone, who for the past Mills didn’t discover his on our cover this month. There's Puente and his band, a Latin three years has been a recording dilemma until well after the more of him to see on pages group, to a new contract. Puente artist on the Mercury label, has 6 and 7. Take a sneak-peek. ricksha had been packed and formerly cut for Tico Records, signed a new contract with shipped from Japan. an independent diskery. Columbia Records. 2 3 Lyricist Who Sold 'Among My Souvenirs’ For $50 Still Writing Songs At Age 71 Verse writer Doyle Williams, now 71, has collaborated with Sammy Fain on a new novelty tune titled "The Saw Song,” which has been recorded by Art Mooney. But that’s only the beginning of the story. Williams, in his early days, wrote verse for $5, $7, or $10 fees. One of his biggest sales had netted him $35, so when he was offered $50 from A1 Dubin for a verse titled "Among My Souvenirs,” he sold it on the double. Dubin expected to put the lyrics to music, but after years had passed he hadn’t found time to write the music, he sold it to a song writer named Edgar Leslie for $150. Leslie took time to put the lyrics to notes and came up with the hit it was des tined to be. Since this time, however, Doyle Williams has come up with other verses that hit, among them "Peggy O’Neil” and "Cabin in the Pines.” In addition to the verses, one of the titles he is remembered for is "When You Walked Out With Shoes On, I Knew You Were Gone For Good.” That’s the way Matt Weinstock of the Los Angeles Mirror-News relates the yarn. These Capitol Records artists have come up this month with some bright new Christmas singles that are guaranteed to delight spinners from the very first grooves. Top left is Stan Freberg, who read the book in his hand before recording "The Night Before Christmas" with little 8 year old Babette Bain. Top right photo shows Gordon MacRae at record date Not all admirers of record star M elting ice in their ginger ales where he waxed "(Here's to) A Wonderful Christmas." Bottom photo shows Johnny Ray are bobby soxers. For with their warm personalities at Capitol's hit makers, Les Paul and Mary Ford, whose Yule biscuit is a example, here's Barbara Stanwyck Indianapolis party recently were novel arrangement of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" which is coupled at John's opening night at Ciro's. Cap's Tennessee Ernie, Nat Cole. with "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." You will enjoy all three disks. 4 5 A PHOTO STORY OF "MR. 16 TONS" "TENNESSEE" ERNIE FORD hT'HE HEFTY VOICE behind Capitol’s 6. Ernie’s NBC-TV cast -*• smash record success of "16 Tons” includes, left to right, mu belongs to Tennessee Ernie Ford. What sical director Jack Eascinato, with record dates, five TV and five singer Doris Drew, who also radio shows each week, he’s a busy guy. appears on his CBS Radio Here we see him at work and in some of show; "Mr. '16 Tons’ ” him his more leisure moments. self, singer Molly Bee, an 1. Ernie the hunter bags a big one in nouncer-singer Skip Farrell. Utah. 7. Ernie at home with 2. Ernie with his Production Coor the family, wife Betty and dinator, Red Loakes. sons Jeff and Brion. 3. Ernie with his two boys, Brion 8. Ernie with his mother Leonard, 2, and Jeffrey Buckner, 5, in and dad, Mr. and Mrs. T. the family swimming pool. C. Ford, of Bristol, Tenn. 4. Ernie clowning it up on his NBC- 9. Ernie with the Cheer TV show with his manager, Cliffie Stone, leaders, who appear regu who’s also a Capitol recording artist. larly on his CBS Radio 5. Ernie at a Capitol record session, show. Billy Liebert at piano. cutting "16 Tons,” in Hollywood. Ernie has bought 500 acres near Clear Lake, Calif., 90 miles north of Sacra mento, where he expects to retire some day as a work ing rancher. On the ranch he has $13,000 worth of farm machinery and 10 head of Hereford cattle. 6 • W O RD S FOR J. G. • SKIER ON WAX which he and Dr. Edward E. DAVY'S FIDDLE Ronk purchased from Wyott Jackie Gleason, Capitol Re Europe’s champion skier, Van Ordung. Now Davy Crockett’s fid cords’ top selling album artist, Hall, glides into the record in dle gets into the act! has penned the music to four dustry with an album of yodeling Davy’s own authenticated CBS-TV shows but has called in songs for the Marquis label. The • COAST TOUR a flock of writers to write lyrics fiddle, the property of the first release will contain eight Jazz International, sponsored to his melodies. Witte Memorial Museum in songs. by Howard Lucraft and Capitol’s San Antonio, Tex., was used He has written theme music Hall, in addition to being a Stan Kenton, toured the Coast by Western singing star Red for his "Honeymooners” series, singer, yodeler, and skier also is last month in a concert series, River Dave to record his new for the Dorsey Brothers "Stage an actor. He expects to make the accompanied by the Lester Horton song, "When Davy Crockett Show,” and a recent "Studio One” film "White Fury” in the Alps Dancers, including Lelia Goldoni, Met the San Antonio Rose.” show in which he was starred, soon. This is a story about his Don Martin, Yvonne DeLaval- Dave (last name McEnery), and a special one-time show in own life during World War II, lade, and James Truitte. who stars on WOAI-TV San which he is to appear on CBS-TV. Antonio in "Red River Dave’s Lyric to "H o n e y m o o n e rs” Barn Dance”, is nationally theme was written by Bill Tem known as a composer and re pleton and is titled "You’re My cording artist. Greatest Love.” Words to "This He accompanied himself on Is a Wonderful Night,” theme for the Crockett museum piece "Stage Show,” were written by while recording his new song Lyn Duddy and Jarry Besler, and at the T.N.T. studios in San Sammy Gallop added the lyrics Antonio, while armed guards to the "Studio One” melody, detailed to act as custodians "Good Night, Sweet Nightingale.” stood by. Duke Enston has written the The song is based on his words to "Melancholy Serenade,” torical fact— the dance held theme music for the spectacular in front of the Alamo prior stanza. Gleason’s Songsmiths firm to the arrival of Gen.