YMA SUMAC ‘Such voices happen only once in a generation" t CAPITOL NEWS PAGE 3 D a v e Dexter’s s u r f a c e n o is e n. Artists Put Show On Road O'Connell Beats Kay Starr No So You W anna Make Records? Robins North "Laziest Gal" "Just how does a young singer go about getting Helen O 'C onnell w ho Winding up her role in audition from a big record company?" Billy Johnson retired to occupation Hal Stanley's musical pic­ writes. "I live in Atlanta. And I have no way of getting housewife at the time ture, "Come Out Singing," late in to Hollywood or New York to show what I can do." when she was polled February, Kay Starr planed out of Hollywood to pick up the per­ True, true. Yet most of the waxworks will listen to America's top femme vo­ sonal appearance tour of Eastern home-made acetate disc, no matter how crude it sounds calist will augment her cities begun in January. Here are a few tips one should follow in submitting or already successful come­ Kay will give the early-spring audition platter: back on records w ith personal thaw treatment to citizens of To­ appearances during the m onth o f First, the record company is not responsible for any­ ronto, Canada. She opens there March. at the Casino Theatre first week thing submitted. And that goes for songs, song ideas Helen will drop the latch on in March then moves on to short­ and album suggestions as well as audition biscuits. Don1 her Brentwood California home en the winter in Buffalo, N. Y. expect to have your material returned—hundreds of and trek to Boston to open her where she'll play Town Casino. entries are received every day and it is physically four week tour a t Loew's State The unique style o f the Mem­ possible, as well as unfeasible from the financial stand­ on 1 March. Dates follow at the phis Miss has provided audiences Capitol, W ashington, D. C. o pe n ­ point, for the discery to sort out, keep track and return with a lift that's been missing ing on 8 M arch; Loew's C leve­ everything unsolicited that the postoffice trucks delivei since Sophie Tucker was a girl. land, 16 March, and Loew's S tan­ so re gu la rly. Can't stack those dishes this The evidence: Kay's boff perform­ ley, Pittsburgh, 23 March. time. Pretty Helen O'Connell ance at the Paramount, N. Y. Second—and this could easily be first—label everything Helen will share the headline winds up the household chores Sandwiched among theatre submitted with care. At least half the songs and records spot on all engagements with before leaving on a four week dates, club dates, recording ses­ sent to Capitol are not identifiable—our trash baskets Vic Damone who has just fin­ personal appearance tour. sions and picture commitments fill up fast with poorly-marked entries. ished "Rich, Young and Pretty" The lovely Miss Terry Moore at Metro G oldw yn M ayer. Helen Kay has made TV appearances stars in Columbia Pictures' musi­ Be patient. It takes time, lots of time, to carefully has sung no duets since her pop­ with Paul Whiteman, Don Ameche, cal, "Sunny Side of the Street" Nero Burns Up check over unsolicited tunes and demonstration discs. ular etchings w ith Bob Eberly Jack Harder and Bob Crosby. along with Frankie Laine, Toni when that team warbled for Arden, Billy Daniels and the If they are well above average, you'll hear from the Jimmy Dorsey. Highways Rhythmaires. Now Mrs. Glenn record com pany w ith in 30 days. If they are unimpressive, Paul Nero packs his hot fiddle Davis, w ife of the form er Army Helen hopes to spend a week Nat "King" Cole you may get no answer at all, ever. We can't-although and hits the road for a series of grid star, Terry has Hollywood's in N. Y. before starting tour. we wish we could—report on everything sent us. If we one nighters and promotional en­ most beautiful shoulders accord­ Sleds Northward tried to, we'd never get a record made. gagements during the months of ing to "experts." Who's going to March and April. Paul will hit Nat King Cole heads for the argue with a shoulder expert? Unpublished songs cannot be considered. Get them Anthony Springs most of the bigger cities in a tour real cool country after winding published, then we'll gladly consider them for recording. that will take him from Los An­ a week's engagement at the Club In Meadowbrook geles to New York and back Horlem in Philadelphia, March 12 That's the way to do it. Hardly any big time talent again. Dallas, Oklahoma City, St. through 18. From the Friendly City Ray Anthony's band winds up was born and trained in New York and Hollywood. The Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, De­ Nat takes his group to the Diana a long string o f one nighters greatest stars, singers, musicians, actors—even the men troit, Cleveland, Chicago, Des in Montreal for two weeks then 21 ° ^ H 8s^ with a week's stand at the Click Moines, Denver and Salt Lake and women who produce, engineer, publicize and hustle pushes on to Standish Hall Hotel, in Philadelphia. On M arch 16 City are on the agenda. out and sell the records—have come out of America's Anthony opens a t Frank D aly's Quebec. The jazz violinist who once held small towns, off the farms, from cities and villages far Meadowbrook for an indefinite stay. The band has been set for down first chair with the Pitts­ distant from Broadway and Sunset Boulevard. Nellie Wraps It Up the Cafe Rouge in N ew York's burgh Symphony will ramble across the country alone. Nellie Lutcher carries her late Published Monthly by Hotel Statler during the summer Follow the rules and you'll have your chance, too. February engagement at the Par­ CAPITOL PUBLICATIONS, INC. months and expects to trek back A violin virtuoso as well as an amount Theatre, New York on in­ Sunset ond Vine, Hollywood 28, Calif to the West Coast in the fa ll, accomplished composer, Paul's Printed in U. S. A. opening with an engagement at work has attracted the interest of to the first two weeks in March, the Hollywood Palladium. long hairs and boppers alike. then it's a rest for Nellie. PAGE 4 CAPITOL NEWlCAPITOL NEWS PAGE 5 ( Yma Sumac Story y m e Fabulous Yma Sumac stopped the show, s u n s e t then stopped the traffic w hen she Peruvian Singer’s Life Story tried to leave the theater. Here's the way we see it: There's a deal cooking between Universal Pictures Unusual as Her Great Talent There's a mystic aura about Yma and Spike Jones in which Mr. Jones would star in Sumac. Her mother, Atahualpa, is a full-blooded Inca, directly the story of his own life (tenta­ descended from the Inca rulers. tively titled, "The Spike Jones saYs, 50 suits pending . . . from You probably wouldn't believe it if we told you. (The last of the Inca kings, ex­ Story"). If the picture gets into the computers of such fascinating But it's like this. ecuted by Pizzaro, was Atahualpa. production an unprecedented m*scellani comes the word th a t This unhappy event occurred over number of "crummy" cracks ^e^ty Grable will be seen a gainst Writing about canaries and four centuries ago near Ichocan, about Mr. Jones not being the ^2 different backgrounds in her chirps has been our job for years, Yma's native town, 16,000 feet type may be expected. new picture, "Meet Me After the t's easy. First, get the ang le , then high in the Andes of Peru). . a *i oo j it Show" . . . Bing Crosby and Judy Opening on April 23rd, Muggsy ' Old Sol, nobody's fool, coiJrot ° ut ,he cl!ches:. " smash'" Yma's fa th e r is p a rt Spanish, Spanier and his combo will Garland set to co-star in musical out for M itzi Gaynor, 19 year oli' sensat‘on/ / "a g a* w ‘t*1 a 9 reQt and is a principal authority on about a songwriter who tries to featured dancer and vocalist 9ate w ^ ° stoPs t^ e show and has take over San Francisco's Hang­ civic affairs of the State of Caja- keep his kids out of show busi- who's going places with 20lia 40 mule train pull." (She also over Club for a four week stand marca. Yma was the youngest of ness . . . Olga San Juan set for Century Fox. The cute miss loves her m other and tends pe­ six children, and according to . . . Edmund O'Brien, it is re­ lead in Broadway musical, "Paint 1°ac^ed with talent. tunias in cute shorts.) Inca legend, the royal line is ported from a source close to his passed on through the Your W agon . . To match, Now we have to write about youngest press agent, is taking singing les­ child, on the theory th a t such a How Could You Believe Me Yma Sumac. W e s ta rt w ith a sons because he wants to keep up child benefits from the experience When l Said I Love You When Haymes Treks sheet of copy paper and a tired with his wife, Olga San Juan and wisdom of the eldest of the You Know I’ve Been a Liar All typewriter, like always. . . . Doris Day's brother Bill in fa m ily. She is thus revered as a My Life,” Walter Winchell offers To Shamrock Hollywood from Cincinnati to act That was tw o days ago. A nd princess royal and spiritual his favorite song title, "// Dick Haymes opens at Houston' It leader by the mountain people as her record promotion man . . . Shamrock Hotel on March this morning that paper was still Wasn’t For Your Father Would 2S of Peru, and occupies a unique Dick Haymes plans to do the Along with other top names froir as white and unsullied as a plat­ Your Mother Be Your Mother? position in Inca religion. The na­ stage musical, "Marco Polo," as H ollyw o o d and the recording ter of Yogurt. So Remember Dad On Mother’s tives called her "Princess in the his next venture . . . Faye Emer­ business Dick's finding the elei What's w rong? W h a t's so d if­ Day.” Personally, we cotton to Service o f the Sun G o d ." They son and Skitch Henderson will trie touch of lucre on the niter) " If." ferent about Yma Sumac? That's referred to her low register as emcee the Easter parade along circuit. what we've been asking. And "Voice of the Earthquake" and N. Y.'s 5th Avenue for NBC Tele­ maybe we know the answer now. her highest peak as "Voice of the vision . . . Variety reports that Maybe not. Birds." When she left her native the American Legion dropped Anyhow, we're sure of one Andes highlands, there was al­ $650,000 on their musical revue, thing. The Yma Sumac story is most an uprising among the In­ dians over the loss of their re­ "Red White and Blue," and have true. You don't wisecrack about YMA SUMAC: hired auditors to find out why her and you don't build "angles." vered ritual singer. MYSTIC QUALITY • • • Maggie Whiting worked as Because her own life and her It's thrilling to hear Yma Su­ a press agent for the premiere of voice—her appearance and per­ mac sing. It's even more thrilling "Mudlark," Irene Dunne's latest sonality — make such a te rrific sphere or plumbs sub-contralto to spend some time in her pres­ starring pic. Proceeds from the story that the trick is to get some­ depths with equal ease." ence, realizing th a t here is rare premiere went to St. John's Hos­ body to believe you when you But more than her amazing beauty — a personality, genuine pital in Los Angeles . . . Ralph try to put it into just plain United voice is sending thousands of en­ and inspiring, that brought a new Flanagan's show for the Army States English. thusiastic admirers to the stage dimension to the world of music door, hoping for a closer look, recruiting service will not ema­ We won't dwell on Yma Su­ and entertainment. an autograph, maybe, or just to nate from Army installations mac's voice, because if you It's like we said. There's more be near her for a fleeting mo­ hereafter because the commer­ haven't heard it, you w ill soon. to it than an amazing voice, a ment. And we're not talking cials, pitches asking young men beautiful woman. She has a qual­ Over a hundred thousand of about just teen-age fans, either. ity beyond personality that is, if to enlist, met with such "unenthu­ her first album, "VO ICE OF At her first concert, in the Holly­ siastic" response from the soldier THE XTABAY," ha ve been sold, wood Bowl, the mass of frantic you will, mystic, a tracing in time audiences . . . Dean Martin thinks i _i • c . . , . ------— — «••• • ■•••*« < •« * and disc„ lov. jockeys|v*.iv.eyb are loadingloaaim the admirers ran the gamut from kids that goes back to the ancient Ata­ he o ug h t to make the 10 best with th " 6 wm9 'abo"t *° lower boom on Isister Jean who male: 'ether with her fo u r and a h a lf hualpa, the Virgins of the Sun to grey haired guys and sweet dressed list this I d n , 'he,pear shaped ,ones- The Texas girls have done outstanding--..-octave range which...... critics say old ladies—with all stops in be­ God, the legend of "the Bird who dressed list this year with, Dean work with Gordon MacRae and will be featured on their own records. soars into the acoustic strato- tween. At the Roxy, in New York, became a woman." PAGE 6 CAPITOL NEliCAPITOL NEWS PAGE 7 "Snapshots” Shutters McHugh: Ralph Staub Cameras Catch Composer’s Surprise Party

Franz Liszt, no less a d ip lo m a t Columbia Pictures' outstanding short subject, than a musician, had a stock "Screen Snapshots," unofficial biographers of Holly- reply for young ladies, particu­ [wood's famous, joined film v ill larly pretty ones, who demanded Fields. Her ability to create show [fcelebs in honoring Jimmy McHugh. unmerited praise of their talents. stopping words allowed Jimmy [Ralph Staub, "Snapshot" pro­ "Maestro/7 the young things more scope in developing new ducer, had his cam era and sound would shyly inquire, "do you not ideas than he had when writing crews set up in record time after think I have a good voice?" for the publishing houses of that immy's friends hollered th e ir /7Ah, my dear young lady," time. The Broadway showmen surprise!" "Screen Snapshots' " Liszt would reply, his voice ring­ demanded originality. "Black­ picture of the event soon to be ing with enthusiasm, "good is birds of 1928," the last Ziegfeld NOT the word!" released, w ill p la y in 5,400 th e a ­ Midnight Revue which brought tres over America. Irving HofFman in the Maurice Chevalier to America, Hollywood Reporter. Jimmy McHugh, one o f A m e r­ "International Revue" starring ica's top composers, turned his In a column describing a Harry Richman and Gertrude conversation about "John and 27th year writing tunes that have Lawrence—these shows and many M arsha": been consistent favorites with the others bear the credit line, "words "It's just a mere case of a guy public. The afFable Irishm an and music by Jimmy McHugh and and a dame calling each other. fcasn't kept count o f the years. Dorothy Fields." Is that right?” 'He says he just tries to stay In 1936 Jimmy teamed up with "That’s right,” a press agent fahead of them. The freshness of said. Harold Adamson. Their collabora­ 'his tunes indicates th a t he has "But,” he cried, hanging his tion has been responsible for such succeeded. To celebrate the be­ fist on the table, "if you happen hits as "You're a Sweetheart," ginning o f Jim m y's 28th ye ar in to have a dirty mind, that record "Where Are You," "I Couldn't bong writing his friends surprised is a disgrace.” Sleep a Wink Last Night," "A Paul Coates in the with the party. Joan Fon­ Lovely Way To Spend an Eve­ L. A. Daily Mirror. taine, Shelley Winters, Dorothy ning," "Cornin' In on a Wing and amour, Arlene Dahl, Rhonda "I Just play the way I feel, and i a Prayer." Jimmy and Harold ’¡¡Fleming were am ong the film I always feel the tune. A lot of also did the score for Mike Todd's colony celebrities who joined musicians are putting Lombardo "As the Girls Go," starring Frank DeVol, Helen O'Connell, down and they don't feel the Bobby Clark. song at all. They just want to Peggy Lee and innumerable other As a tribute to Jimmy's contri­ make weird sounds and call it (outstanding m usical artists in bution to American Music, Frank 'How High the Moon'." [celebrating Jim m y's anniversary. DeVol arranged a symphonic por­ Eddie Heywood in Downbeat. Jimmy's first job w as w ith the trait of Jimmy woven around sev­ Boston Opera House as office boy. enteen familiar McHugh tunes. The reason the UN hasn't prop­ é m The DeVol interpretations have er harmony is because there's too Moving to N ew Y ork, Jim m y w en t SHIRTS: SWEAT AND BOILED been recorded and packaged in much brass in the Russian section. to work for the Irving Berlin Pub­ Hollywood gatherings are often of a formal or an informal natu |;shing Coi an album . (Maxwell Droke) om pany as a piano either or both, as the case may be. The studious peacefulness of player. W ithin the year he was Irving HofFman in gentlemen pictured speaks for the well learned attitude, live and ... , Hollywood Reporter. live. Sporting the sweatshirt with the shapeless drape, pinch wi |;” ']9 so" 9*'i Setting them p u b ­

and dropped shoulder line is Eden Ahbez, composer of "Nature Bo) lished and played. A m ong his Top: Shelley Winters and The American public likes corn Eden has been acting as conductor-composer on his latest____ compc earlY bits were, "W h en M y S ugar Jimmy McHugh join in a hand —corn on the cob, popped and in warming conversation. Center: tions. N at "King' Cole, “ ‘ in tux, has not recorded any of the Aht ^dks Down the Street," and "I their entertainment. It's a staple Frank DeVol chats with film tunes since Nature Boy," but did equally well with "Mona Li* Can't Believe That Y ou're in Love dish that nourishes the body and star, Rhonda Fleming. Bottom: his recording being held chiefly responsible for the Academy Awe With M e," both composed for mind. It's relaxing and stimulat­ Ralph Staub, producer of Co­ nomination which the Livingston-Evans tune has received. (At ^Harlem's famous Cotton Club Re ing and it isn't likely to be dis­ lumbia Pictures' "Screen Snap­ writing "Mona Lisa," from the picture, "Captain Carey, U. 5. A, vues. carded for fancier dishes. shots." being quoted ...... Hollywood ' as an even money choice to cop Florabel Muir in the L. A. Mirror. Academy Award.) In 1927 Jim m y m et D orothy The blossoming talent of these youngsters of springtime into the musical world. Already proven artists, the nd youth, the freshness in their work has a lift welcome in show I ny time of year. Top left: Johnny Parker, rising night club singer and artist. Top right: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's great find, Debbie Reyn y 18, Debbie is Hollywood's best bet for future stardom. Bel left to right: This pert strawberry blonde is Virginia Gibson whoo1 much attention in Warner Bros.' "Tea For Two." • Winner ol iter Kent Auditions, Eileen Christy is accomplished, intelligen pealing. • Lindy Doherty has a warm, individual singing styl »parts from standard vocal vogues. • With a haunting tone th sweet, Mary / singing made music critics reach for top drawl itives. • In M musical, "An American in Paris," the piquant Le 1 is Gene Kelly apitol n e w s PAGE 11 'Tennessee W altz” Feudin’ Music Acuff and Tubbs Firms Tangle

By "BEEP" ROBERTS What promises to be the biggest w rangle in the Western music field w as be­ gun when the Ernest Tubb Music iompany published th e ir ow n identical sheet music e ditio n o f "Tennessee W altz." The tune, re­ ported to have sold 1,000,000 sheet music copies and 3,000,000 records, had already been pub­ lished by the AcufF-Rose Music Company. Tubb's claim to "Waltz" is based on the assertion that Red Stewart w as under e x ­ delusive contract to them when the song was copyrighted in 1948. Red gets the sole credit fo r w ritin g words and music on the Tubb's version. AcufF-Rose splits credits between Pee Wee King and Red. AcufF-Rose base their claim on the premise that either collaborator Dorothy and Tex Ritter get some excitement from children's book, a song can make a binding "Punchy," but those old cowpokes, sons Jonathan and Tommy, take agreement w ith a publisher. it all in stride. Photog corralled Ritter family at Tex's San Fernando Valley ranch in California. Tex w ill visit Maryland on a p.a. tour during March. Capitol's W estern page is proud to present an aspiring new "Hometown Jamboree" recently toriums and ballrooms in Eureka, artist to its 1951 roster—Speedy played host to 17-year old San­ Calif., Medford, Ore., Coquille, West, whose guitar work you all dra Grafman "Miss Liz" of 1951. Ore., Albany, Ore., Eugene, Ore., and Klam ath Falls, w inding up heard on Ernie's re ndition o f " I 'll She had been awarded a trip to this series of PA's on April 14th. Never Be Free." J California's glamour city by A Missouri boy Speedy sold his Bridgeport radio Station WLIZ. 200 acre farm and came to the Tennessee Ernie, Cliffie Stone, and Minnie Pearl of "Grand Ole coast to play professionally in Eddie Kirk welcomed her. O p ry " has w ritte n us that the 1946. His first break was with w eather sure is different in Balti­ Red Egner and the Shamrock more than in Southern California. After finishing his tour in Bal­ Cowboys. In 1947 Speedy w e n t She went on to say that her re­ timore this month, Tex Ritter will with Spade Cooley to p la y a t the cent visit to Calif, was just too be appearing at a series of Santa Monica Ballroom. Then brief, and she's presently making dances throughout Maryland. Speedy ¡oined Cliffie Stone's vacation plans to come out this Hometown Jam boree" and m ade Tennessee Ernie is o ff on an­ w a y again. several recordings with Tennessee other tour to spots in Northern bnie. Speedy and his w ife live in California and Oregon after a Van Nuys with their son, and be­ one night appearance in San A thought for all to remember. sides his Capitol records, Speedy Diego on March 30 at the Russ "O f all the things you wear, the does a one-hour radio show daily Auditorium. During the first part most important — your‘ expression Wlth "Hometown Jamboree." of April, Ernie will play audi­ — costs nothing." PAGE 12 CAPITOL NEViCAPITOL NEWS PAGE 13 Red Norvo T ^ v f h j a t s 1 w it h Out on The ’way back when.... y fa ih le is "All Time" Limb The late Bix Beiderbecke Louis Armstrong were the jazz tru m p e t players of all tir Paul Whiteman was right, is "Goldie." Mike Fingi­ was top man on the music totem Aura San Juan, 17r and Benny Carter is the finesth America's most renowned tore stands to the right of White­ pole and nobody argued his po­ year-old sister of Olga a ltoist. m an. sition. San Juan, has been signed by TU ./ , . D J ki ..., landleader for m any years. He That s what Red Norvo think , . r , This was "the" band. During Jan Garber to handle the vocal , . r . i yas born in Colorado, learned Remember some of the White­ at least. In a feature in the o . r .. r +l q '27 and '28, Bing Crosby, Jimmy chores with featured baritone, A i ... i , lL , f mus c from his fa th e r, the late man Victors of the '27 and '28 Angeles Mirror last month, cleft n n rl and Tommy Dorsey, Joe Venuti, Roy Cordell . . . Blossom Seeley, u d r» d i ki i b e rfo rc e W h it e m a n , a n d period? "From Monday On," by Roger D. Beck, Norvo he . . , . r Eddie.. Lang, Red Nichols, Steve one of the late vaudeville's great + +i // it .. „ . aunched his first dance o rk "Louisiana" and "Back In Your tantly listed his all time a -sc , . r i u ui Brown, Harry Barris, Skin Young, jazz singers, will have her life . u t u i horty after he was h on o ra bly Own Back Yard" all spotted fine |azz combo. The group also t „ , , £ .. ,, c Ferde Grofe and Bill Challis also story brought to the screen in Beiderbecke solos; "I'm A fra id O f eludes Sid Catlett, drums; Tedi ‘*c a[ge w r°i^ ¡ ¡n C ai: "Somebody Loves Me." Betty You," was one of Crosby's earli­ Wilson, piano; the late Jim Bio ’ll°Wln9 W°rld W°r Ca' " Hutton gets the Seeley role . . . est efforts; "You Took Advantage ton, bass; Colem an Hawkins, te ornia' Paul Whiteman's of Me" and "Changes" were ex­ Mindy Carson's picture deal with or sax; Benny Goodman, clarine But for all the years that White- 20th-Century Fox cancelled by emplary etchings of the fine, hot, Jack Teagarden and the late Joman fronted a band, and reaped mutual consent. Studio couldn't 1927-28 Band rhythmic sound of the group at Jenny, trombones, and the loworld-wide publicity as a self- find suitable part for the lass a time when it was at its artistic Jaye P. Morgan, just signed by Charlie Christian, guitar. ¡hosen "King of Jazz," he actu- w ere a ll in and o ut o f the PW w ho looks so much like In g rid peak. Frank De Vol to handle vocals troupe, which normally shaped Bergman . . . Shelley Winters "I'll probably make a lot, ^ led a toPnotch crew for with his Music of the Century enemies with this lineup," Nor, ™ years-1927 and 1928. up with 34 musicians and singers. Well, it couldn't last. Most of sings two ditties in Paramount's Band, laughs at one of the boss's the crack jazzmen had left Pops to be retitled, "An American said. He also said that the tree Those were the years that Pops This was the era when radio jokes. by 1930 and although he con­ in '51 is back to dance musically rated as King—and de- was just coming into its own, and Tragedy" . . . Gloria De Haven tinued to lead an ork through the "But jazz w ill never die as lor; ervedly. Look at that rare o ld Whiteman had millions of listen­ has a new contract at 20th 1930's and 1940's, it was never as there are musicians—it is tli hoto below. PW's musicians are ers. He and his musicians fre­ Century-Fox permitting her to the same. Today, W hitem an is o u tle t fo r expressing creative Scattered around the S te in w a y so quently were so frantic doubling make unfilmed TV appearances DeVol Ropes active as a television emsee in sire." iwkwardly that exact id e n tific á ­ and tripling on jobs—radio broad­ . . . Vic Damone will be teamed New York. His musicians are is difficult, but it doesn't take casts, theater engagements and with Esther Williams and Vera widely scattered; many of them, recording sessions—that the "King Ellen in Metro's forthcoming mu­ Jaye P. Morgan a moment or tw o to fin d the like Bix, Lang and Young, are of Jazz" became as much a part sical, "Skirts Ahoy." Esther, ac­ cornet player o f 'em a ll, dead. of the American home as the cording to MGM's suit tabulating (Bix) Beiderbecke (upper Model T Ford, Mah Jong and hip But Whiteman, and the world, department will wear 15 changes To Contract ight) as well as Hall of Famers flasks. Charles Lindbergh was the will remember that one mighty of bathing suits in "Texas Carni­ Frank DeVol has signed rankie Trumbauer, Matty Mal­ nation's idol in those days and crew. It was the best he ever val." A lot of Jantzen glancin' a new thrush for his "M u ­ Gene Grave eck' the M ayhew brothers, everyone was arguing the respec­ had. And there's nothing around, . . . Among those the American sic o f the C en tu ry" band. She is KYW's persoi ■*iar'ie Strickfadden and Chet tive pugilistic abilities of Demp­ today, h alf as good. Legion honored for their labors 19-year-old Jaye P. Morgan. Last able disc jocke) lazlett. Also visible, a t extrem e sey and Tunney. But Whiteman —Dexter in entertaining service men were: with the Hank Penny's western is known aroi Bob Hope, Frances Langford, ork, Jaye P. was discovered by Philadelphia Doris Day. Special posthumous DeVol when she was singing //young it citation went to Al Jolson . . . over local radio station KFWB. with a yawl Sheila and Gordon MacRae DeVol had invited Helen O'Con­ He starts ll moved into their new Encino nell to join his band for the run day at six < home . . . Fuzzy Knight, remem­ of the engagement at the Holly­ singing a | bered for his unique vocalizing wood Palladium. While Helen ody to Glen Gray's famous on "Trail of the Lonesome Pine," was holding the featured spot cording of "Sleepy Time Gi and his character comedy, joins during the dance hall stand De­ Gene programs his show to Vol auditioned more than 100 Whip Wilson in a series of chase own taste. No polls and no aspiring vocalists. He heard Jaye westerns for Monogram . . . Jerry quests and the listeners like P. singing while driving to a re­ Colonna will star in program mu­ that way. In radio since W cording date. line sical, "Kentucky Jubilee." . . . Gene comes from a long In the vital statistic category, show folk. His mother and fatl from the airborne adenoids file: Jaye P. carries 107 pounds in an were both circus people and ..a in a review of the Copacabana, altitude of distributing the spent a fe w seasons under N.Y. show, critic stated in "Down­ poundage within the following big top himself. He's married od beat," "June Hutton came through circumferences: hips 34", waist the father of three small ones* the ordeal with flying tonsils." 23", bust 36". She's a red head. the latest just one week old CAPITOL Nil PAGE 14 Initial Sacker Can't Ge To First With Tunes Babe Dahlgren, at one time a famous and fan fielding first baseman with the New York Yanke PETE DAILY: Royal Room. says it is easier to become a big time ball play RED NICHOLS: Sardl's than a big time songwriter. ZUTTY SINGLETON: Club 47. Now living in California, Babe admits he is discouraged. KID ORY: Beverly Cavern. "Really Rough," He Complains MEL HENKE: Encore. "They talk about it being tough to break into baseball, withj I about 400 ¡obs in the majors, but any kid can get a tryout an I JESS STACY: Hangover. chance to show his stuff. Babe said in an interview with Clio

DEZI ARNAZ: Biltmore Bowl. Park o f the Los Angeles M irro r. ARTHUR VAN: Colonial Ballroom. "But this song writing is really rough. A guy like me just« FREDDIE SLACK: Nick Arden's. get to the right people to get his songs heard." CONNIE HAINES with the Dahlgren, whose far-flung baseball adventures were cut ll in 1947 when he injured a shoulder making a diving catcM Orchestra of Eddie Bergman: the Browns, turned tunesmith about a year and a half ago. Ambassador. Uses Unorthodox System STAN KENTON: Palladium. He's written 18 songs, both words and music, the hard wo I because he doesn't read music. He gets an idea, starts singing u H he's worked out a melody and then sits before a piano picking( ■ notes with one finger and writing "Black Key No. 5, White I I Grant Will 3 ," etc. None o f his efforts has been published, a lthough several hi I Fight Along been aired. Gladys Goodins, organist at Ebbetts Field and Madi I Square Garden, played three of Babe's songs during the 11 I W orld Series. This "Lion” He was listening to the series broadcast at his Santa Anita Ran I Johnny Grant who has disc home when he heard his tunes. ¡ockeyed his way from WGBR, Greatest Thrill Recalled Goldsboro, N. C, to WINS, N. Y. "That was the greatest thrill of my life," he said. " I never H I and then to KMPC, Hollywood home run that gave me as big a thrill, not even the one I got v ■ should know, and Johnny says the Yanks in the World Series with Cincinnati." that deejays have to come up "I Love My Cincinnati Reds" is the title of a song he wrote at I with something new and differ­ request of the club and he hopes it will be adopted officially. I ent, or lose listeners. Currently "There's a Rumor in Town" is a catchy, swingy piece and "V/l I running around the film colony the Lights Are Low" is a pleasing lullaby. Babe's had records ml I with a tape recorder trapping of them on which he sings. screen luminaries for interviews, "I thought it would be a cinch when I started," he admitl I he believes there is enough fea­ "While I wasn't exactly a star, my name was well known an I ture news in any locality to didn't thirtk I'd have any trouble getting my songs submitted. I brighten the disc jockeys long I found I had two strikes on me before I went to the plate. I hours. For what it is worth Johnny is turning a copyright stunt over (Ed's note: Funny, Babe, sounds easy on page two: see Davefl I to public domain. It's simple. Disc ter ■ jockeys just go to their closest lion tamer. Take recorder in cage SATCH'S PALLADIUM DEAL GOES PHFFT! j with lions and tamer. Tape re­ actions. With trainer Mel Kountz Deal to bring Louis Armstrong, get together on price. Sat( and 11 lions Johnny did it, get­ backed by a local 15 piece band management wanted $ 1,750o ting a highly satisfactory running playing straight dance music, in- scale for a guarantee. Palla1 commentary. Kountz can be heard to the Hollywood Palladium fol- couldn't see it and tagged J* making the commentary and John lowing Stan Kenton went into the Gray's band to follow Ken can be heard running. deep freeze when parties couldn't crew instead.

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MEET THE JUDGES . . . Don Swann, Chick Floyd, Al Johns, Kay Starr, Carlton Hayes, Helen Grayco, Benny Short, Turk Murphy, are standing from left to right. Kneeling are Spike Jones, Chuy Reyes and Nick Stuart. Luminaries from music world gathered to judge entries in song writing contest sponsored by disc jockey Tom Payne over KRAM, Las Vegas.

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