news from Hollywood APRII 1949 VOI. 7 NO. 4 Benny Goodman C A P I T O L NEW! c a p ít o l n e w s PACE 3 DAVE DEXTER'S n e w s Krupa Opens Published Monthly by à é \ w m .. CAPITOL PUBLICATIONS, INC. CS p Sunset ond Vine, Hollywood 28, Calif. Printed in U. S. A. S T SURFACE NOISEW At Palladium EDITED BY DAVE DEXTER, JR. The rush to London for per­ T H E CABBIE knew the book. “ I get all kinds of ’em in this April Fifth sonal apearances continues. On hack,” he said, not even turning around, ‘‘and I can spot a April 1 1, at the London Palla­ With the powerful trumpet music man before I get his bags stowed. dium, Kathryn Grayson, her of Roy (Little Jazz) Eldridge ‘‘There’s something different about ’em. A banker just husband Johnnie Johnston and once again sparking his band, Ethel Smith, organist, will be sits and gapes out the window. A lawyer always digs into Gene Krupa will sweep back featured for two weeks. On his satchel and starts shufflin’ through documents or what­ into the Hollywood Palladium April 25, Danny Kaye opens ever it is them guys carry. Yeah, and them bigshot movie on April 5 for four— possibly for six weeks. Frank Sinatra is people are only interested in whatever dame they’re with— five— weeks in the wake of set for July, the Andrews Sisters and they always are. Benny Goodman’s current run. go over in August and Dorothy Eldridge rejoined the drummer’s Lamour and Jimmy Durante also “ But as I said, those music guys act different. They’ll squirm ork last month after leading a appear to be pretty well set. around, light a smoke, roll up the window, demand me to change band of his own sporadically. It As for Benny Goodman’s Euro­ the radio program, squint out the rear window and all the time was in 1940-41-42 that Eldridge pean plans, see Page 10. they talk . talk . talk. And you think they talk Baseball? blew up a hurricane with Krupa in Horses? Women? Naw, Buddy, that’s where you don’t know human a memorable outfit which also Count Basie’s new drummer is nature. They’re not interested in things that are uplifting or classy featured vocals by Anita O'Day, Butch Willard, who takes over the or high tide; they’re mumbling about grosses. Crosses, that’s it. clarinet by Sammy Musicker and chair formerly held by Shadow Always grosses. guitar by Ray Biondl. Wilson, who hopped back east Krupa’s singers this trip will be from Hollywood to join the Woody “ I was three years hauling fares before I got wise to that Dolores Hawkins and Bill Black, Herman herd. jive. Crosses, y ’understand, is a long-haul word for loot, gold, let­ both comparatively new. tuce, green— money. A band grosses so much a week, a record Les Brown is booked to follow Out of the Cricket Club (which grosses two million bucks, a singer grosses, say, five bills per. Get Krupa’s krew in May. But first he folded) and Ciro’s, Savannah the idea? has to go out on another tour Churchill and the King Odom Four ONLY A BOP virtuoso could with Bob Hope’s troupe. open April 8 at Cal-Neva Lodge adopt a garb like this. Latch Sa­ “ Now you’ll find that this old world would stop spinning if in Reno, Nev. hib Shihab, alto saxist with Tadd all grosses stopped. It’s very involved for a gent to savvy if he's BACK TO Hollywood comes Dameron, as he etched a master not hipped like me and the music men I know, so I won’t try to Cene Krupa for an April 5 open­ Meredith Willson’s final broad­ last month in New York with confuse your thinking. But if a druggist doesn’t gross a mess every ing at the Palladium. Big news of cast for Jello was March 30. Spon­ Dameron’s combo. Flip over to day, he’s gotta fold up his store. A railroad has to gross big every Mag Off Air the engagement is that Roy El­ sor will put the money into tele­ Page 9 for more details. minute or it has to stop operatin’ and all the cabooses are ca- dridge will be back with Gene on vision advertising. boosed and the firemen are fired. Temporarily trumpet. ‘ Well, Bud, the music business isn’t grossing these days and Joe Norman, an obscure Cali­ Stars Flock To hasn’t been for years and some of the fares I haul from the Palla­ Margaret W hiting’s decision fornia bandleader, was awarded dium have got me jumpy too. W hat the world needs right this to leave the CBS ‘‘Club 1 5” $54,000 in L. A. Superior Court minute is a really good song, Bud, and a really good band wouldn't Russells Set program doesn’t mean she is for alleged rough treatment by Welcome KTTV hurt things none either. A good song and a good band, a good bouncers at the Hollywood Palla­ retiring professionally. Formal dedication ceremo­ singer and a good record, a good— well, I ain’t gonna get too in­ dium. The dancery has appealed volved. The idea is to gross big. Boffo. Sock. If just one great new NBC Series nies which “ o ffic ia lly ” put But it will give Madcap Mag the decision. thing came along, biff! W e ’re all in. Della and A nd y Russell— KTTV, the television station of a chance to be with her hus­ she’s his wife— are virtually Paula Kelly and the singing CBS and the Los Angeles You want the Sunset or the Vine entrance? Don’t make no band, Hubbell Robinson of the Co­ Modernaires will open in Las Times, on the air last month difference to me, Bud. I’ll gross the same either way. lumbia web. They’ll be together certain to undertake a new ra­ Vegas at the Last Frontier for a in New York for the spring and dio program soon over NBC featured Jack Benny as emsee Hey now, what’s this, a record company? You work there? fortnight April 8. summer and Mag will not have to and a strong lineup of participat­ Jeez, you don’t act like one of them guys. You ain’t even opened from Hollywood. rush around to make broadcasts ing guests. your mouth. Listen, Mister, I’ve got some songs my wife and I Form at of the strip w ill be every other day. She will continue Helen Forrest doing singing single Margaret Whiting, like Benny, wrote that everybody says are better than them Hit Parade things. strictly domestic, the “ Mr. and to record often, in Capitol’s N. Y. at Eddie’s Oasis, campus nitery You won t mind if I park this heap and show a few to you? Why, Mrs.” angle being emphasized. The also made her television bow on studios. near USC in Los Angeles, where the program. Bob Crosby, the this ballad about the boy and the girl and the mule who came deal for the baritone and his sing­ Kay Starr rang the bell last fall. Andrews Sisters, Jerry Cray, Isaac between them can’t miss. Evelyn Knight is said to be the ing frau to air was hashed over in Stern joined in to make the 75- replacement. Bob Crosby, the A n­ Chicago last month while the Rus­ I guarantee, Mister, it’ll gross us five million.” minute program memorable. drews Sisters and Jerry Cray’s band sells were appearing at the Hotel Buddy Clark okay after oper­ will continue as before. Blackstone. ation in Hollywood. PACE 4 CAPITOL NEWS CAPITOL NEWS PACE 5 Tin Pan Alley Wins L.A. Lawsuit " A composer of the stature ot Porter and other celebrated pop Stravinsky Is Stravinsky is far more interested tune cleffers were men of virtual­ in not having music presented to ly no talent, in comparison to Stra­ the public if it is not his own,” he D U K E ELLINGTON “ official­ vinsky, and that the Russian plain­ 250G Loser added. " I feel so strongly on this tiff did not care to be classified ly” denied printed reports that The longhairs lost an impor­ that it clouds the issue.” along with them. his band soon would break up, tant courtroom battle to Tin ‘Critics’ Fail To Impress Judge Vickers refused Leeds’ in last month’s Cap News, but Of extreme importance to the attorneys the right to use as an Pan Alley last month in Los time will tell if he was merely pop music profession was the tes­ exhibit the "Ebony Concerto” by Angeles Superior Court when timony of various “ critics” assem­ stalling until a more opportune Stravinsky which Woody Herman’s Judge Joseph W . Vickers ruled bled by Stravinsky’s lawyers who band recorded with Stravinsky’s time. Igor Stravinsky the loser in his brazenly opined that Irving Ber­ assistance. He said it had no bear­ lin, the late Jerome Kern, Cole ing on the question. For at least four men in his $250,000 suit against the de­ band continue to insist that fendant, Lou Levy’s Leeds M u­ the notice has been posted and sic Corp. that— within the next 60 days No Legal Basis— Vickers Basie Leaves Cotton Club — the mighty Duke will disband Judge Vickers held that the his organization and concentrate composer had no legal basis for Pearl Bailey and Lee coast.