AUGUST 1951 . VOL. 9 • NO. 8

KAY STARRHotD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME

OCEAN OF TEARS

BONAPARTE’S RETREAT

Wabash c a n n o n b a l l

OH, BABEIM ™E LONESOMEST g a l in

Betty Black is b illed as "The Little Princess o f S ong." She stands an even five feet. Even the British Socialists w ou ld not w a n t to red is tribu te her 105 pounds. Betty's curren tly singing in H aw a ii.

E dited By

BUD FREEMAN

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Published Monthly byC A P I T O L P U B L I C A T I O N S , I N C .

Sunset ond Vine, Hollywood 28, Calif Printed in U. S. A.

Bud Freeman'sdissonance

had tli« 1,

A lo t o f guys have stories to te ll. Pentup Miller is usua lly one o f them . Like so m any lads who always dog up there is the superstition th a t Pentup is a wise one. TK; may or m ay not be true. So seldom does Pentup open h yap it's hard to find o u t w he th e r he's smart or stupic

W hen the brothers w ere ta lk in g the other night, Penlu; gets on and te lls a ya rn . Since this comes from Pentu: everyone listens, w h ich is qu ite unusual in a conversant w here every w o rd is p u t in edgew ise—just in case. IlA story th a t Pentup te lls is abo u t A dder Kent, a guy who b lo w in g in one o f those traps where the smoke is dense as yesterday 's oa tm ea l. Suddenly, Adder becomes: " rag e .* ' You a in 't been born un til you've heard Add; A dder b low s like no one ever; unless you call Adder "II A d ," you 're dow n as the o 'rig ina l e igh t pointed cube. Th: Pentup says, is the k ind o f ta lk th a t gets around. It's bd and it fills the tra p . Everyone's happy until some character w ho isn 't sharp enough to hide his ignorant asks, "w h a t's he s a y in '? "

That, accord ing to Pentup, starts it. Conversation take over. There are 'a u th o ritie s ' on "The A d ," and the is w ritte n dow n. One critic pens these definitive "H ere is a labas te r and o ld acne. 'The A d ' is saying tin life is an a rgy le sock w ith a hole in it unravelling at seam; a cry to an o ld crone fro m the dark corner ol boxcar; the hope in a sta le snipe; the b itte r restfullness a flophouse b u n k ." This is, Pentup adm its, quite a pluj

A dder is p re tty good , doesn 't take any o f it took He just keeps say in ', " I 'm try in ' to find myself. I'm Irfii to say so m e th in '." Some guys, accord ing to Pentup, figi this p re tty sm art on A dder's p a rt 'cause once "The cracks a bo u t w h a t he's say ing , then the debate is ovr O ther characters say A d d er is re a lly p laying it straigl and one nuisance claims th a t i f it can be put in wor "The A d " ough t to q u it b lo w in ' and w rite a book.

In the end A dder w en t com m ercia l. That's certainly tw is t end ing fo r th is k ind o f story. But the way Pentu; to ld it there w as a k ind o f ang le . A dder went way o« the deep end, jo ined the stickiest o u tfit in the busines: o w en t more com m ercia l than a C a lifo rn ia mortuary. L accord ing to Pentup th a t's re a lly the w ay Adder felt. TIk sweet sound w as an e te rna l lu lla b y to him. Sure he 1« the commerce route , Pentup a dm itted , but he's still playj w h a t he feels. For a tim e he had something to get off chest. W hen he d id , th a t w as the end.

The brothers said th a t A d d er w as simply kidding hi» self, tha t he just took the so ft w a y and was justifying But Pentup stuck to the c la im it was how the man reo fe lt. "A n d ," Pentup added , "a n y fa thead may want un load, m ay re a lly w a n t to get something off his die? That doesn 't mean he's g o t a ny th in g worth listening •&

Pentup, a fte r those w ords, clammed up and to i”! know ledge hasn 't opend his m outh since.

CAPITOL N E W S PACE 3

Les-Mary Under Cap’s DomeLes Paul and M ary Ford

have signed a new long lerm contract w ith Capitol Records. The husband andwife team are cu rren tly on top n the recording industry . W ith 'Chicken Reel," "G o o fu s ," "M ock- ngbird Hill," "Tennessee W a ltz ," How High the M o on ," "W a lk in ' and Whistlin Blues" and the ir latest, "I Wish I Had N ever Seen Sunshine" and "Jose p h in e " Les and Mary have sold more than three million records since the first of January, 1950.

An established g u ita r is t by v ir ­tue of his work w ith Fred W a ring and Bing Crosby, Les Paul joined

Capitol ranks in 1947. His second record, "L o ve r" and "B ra ­zil" released in February o f 1948 was his first hit. Since then he's

top scores on every side he las cut.

The multiple -gu ita r system, with Les p laying as m any as twelve guitars, is a ll the more remarkable in th a t he devised his own system both m usica lly and electronically. Les still does his own recording. He makes his

H recordings at home, acts as his own technician and engineer. The

f numbers are put on tapes w hich submitted to C ap ito l. Those

chosen are transcribed to dubs and ultimately made d ire c tly into records.

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Les and M ary are cu rren tly on personal appearance to u r o f

the East.

DeVol Rises With " Tid e ”

Frank DeVol has been signed Qs musical d irector and a rran g e r L°r Proctor and G am ble 's "T id e " stlow for the fo u rth consecutive year- Radio p rogram returns to •he air on August 27th a fte r sum-mer layoff.

Haro ld Mooney (left) discusses arrangements w ith Helen O 'Con­nell and Bob Eberly a t their first recording session in New York.

Helen and Bob Teamed On First New Discs

Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly have teamed up again on " If You're Gonna Love Me, Love Me" and "The Little Things in Life." The pair last recorded together in 1942 when they both starred with theJim m y Dorsey organ ization . Harold Mooney, another Dorsey a lu m ­nus, flew in from C alifo rn ia to arrange and conduct.

The ind iv idua l styles o f both O 'Connell and Eberly were combined in an unique fashion tha t created such hits as "Green Eyes," "A m a ­p o la ," "Y ou rs ," "Tangerine" and "B raz il." The "Love M e" side o f the ir new record is in the style tha t made them famous w h ile "L itt le Th ings" displays a d iffe rent duet approach.

When Helen le ft show business to become a housewife and Bob jo ined the A rm y, she had been w ith the Dorsey band fo r fo u r years and Bob fo r nearly ten. During the past year both o f them made strong re-entries to the music w orld , each as soloists. Helen joined Frank DeVol fo r a five week stand at the H ollywood Palladium w h ile Bob w orked as a single in Eastern n ight clubs.

They were signed by Capito l ind iv idua lly w ith in a period o f five weeks. Bob inked his contract in New York w hile Helen joined C ap i­to l in C a lifo rn ia .

Helen has also paired up w ith Dean M artin on several sides in ­c lud ing "H o w Do You Like Your Eggs in the M orn ing ."

P A G E 4 C A P IT O L N M y p iT O L N E W S

Herman the Hermitlike a b iog raphy in Quick. The handle, Ross B aga lapud iana rou t . . . M a rilyn M a xw e ll switches from Bob Hope to Ken M urray fo r personal appearances in C hi­cago during August . . . Desi A r- naz and w ife Lucille Ball expect the ir o ffsp ring early in September . . . M eredith W illson 's latestbook, "W h o Did W ha t to F ide lia " set fo r fa ll pub lica tion . . . C ar­men M iranda opens a tou r o f the south in A tla n ta , Ga. on 22 A u ­gust. She'll be on the road fo r six weeks . . . Add film person­a lises in the w a rb le r lists: Preston Foster and w ife on a nite club tou r s inging fo lk d itties and Joan Fontaine w ho croons, " I D on't W an t to W a lk W ith o u t Y ou ," in "Som eth ing to Live For." Jose Ferrer, too, is in the act. He's re­cording a series o f fo lk tunes w ith g u ita r accom panim ent . . . Frank DeVol's nove lty tune, "N o o ­dles 'n S oup," accepted fo r p ub ­lica tion by Johnstone-M ontei . . . If Param ount's deal w ith Judy G arland to co-star in the Bing Crosby musical, "Fam ous," fa lls th rough , G lo ria De Haven w ill get the ro le, p rov id in g Dinah Shore doesn't. H arry W arren and Leo Robbin w ill do the tunes, and tha t's fo r positive . . . Irv ing Ber­line, Cole Porter, Hammerstein

agem ent qu ick ly agreed to tea r up the contract when the Fresh­men called fo r more ligh ts and the m anagem ent requested more schmaltz. The boys m oved to the Surf C lub, a spot fo r younger patrons . . . Eddie Fisher is ta k ing his basic tra in in g a t Cam p Hood, Kileen, Texas . . . Ernie Felice and the Q u a rte t are spotted in W a r­ner's "S ta r li f t " in w hich Doris Day and Jane W ym an are the lum inaries. Ernie and the boys also do ing a stand in the Jane Frohman story a t 20th-Century Fox . . . D onald O 'C onnor has signed an exclusive TV contract w ith NBC. He w il l begin to get the bu ild -up via appearances on the C olgate Comedy Hour . . .

Kathryn Grayson stars Metro Goldwyn Mayer's gi musical, "Show Boat." The | duction will push the brilli Jerome Kern Oscar Hammers score back to the top of then played lists.

Back to song, Mickey Rooney roll in C olum bia musical "Sound OS] . . . Jim Henaghan in the HollJ w oo d Reporter tells o f a girl, Vil g in ia H ew itt, who made a M she could keep two dates simul taneously in one evening. SrJ staked o u t the boys in night dull! th a t were a block apart and™ a fr ie n d w hisk her back and fori by car. N either gent got wise.

Eric Vaehne, Swiss Yodeler.

Hopi crooner and accompanist.

"Pete Kelley's Blues" is the title of "D ragnet" Jack Webb's ne» NBC radio show. Program is built around an authentic early twenties nrght spot featuring a Dixieland band. For the two interludes! each show, Dixie is played by George Van Epps, guitar; M* Schneider, trombone; Nick Fatool, drums; Dick Cathcart, cornet M arty Carb, bass; and, not in the picture, Matty Matlock, clarinet Ray Sherman, piano.

chestra Concertmas- Art Baker on whose w, "You Asked For to "visual" music is

RAY ANTHONYA rno lds Park, Iowa 1 Aug.Sioux Fa lls, So. Dakota 2 Aug.C lear Lake, Iowa 3 Aug.Des M oines, Iow a 4 Aug.Fort Dodge, Iowa 5 Aug.Forestburg, So. Dakota 6 Aug.M a rsh a ll, M innesota 7 Aug.W a te r lo o , Iowa 8 Aug.M anka to , M innesota 9 Aug.St. Paul, M innesota 10 Aug.A ustin , M innesota 11 Aug.Dubuque, Iowa 12 Aug.G reat Bend, Kansas 14 Aug.G ood land , Kansas 15 Aug.Denver, Colorado 16-29 Aug.Rock Springs, W yom ing 30 Aug.

SHARKEY BONANO San Francisco, C a lif. 12 Ju ly-12 Aug.

NAT “ K IN G ” COLELake Tahoe, C a lif. 27 Ju ly-9 Aug.

S alt Lake C ity , Utah 10-11 Aug.San D iego, C a lif. 13-26 Aug.

BOB EBERLYW ild w o o d , New Jersey 3-12 Aug.East Jewett, N ew York 14-19 Aug.

MARTIN & LEWIS

M inn ea p o lis , M innesota 3-9 Aug.

NELLIE LUTCHER

Los A nge les, C a lif. 1-14 Aug.

Denver, Co lorado 20-26 Aug.

HELEN O ’ CONNELL

M inn ea p o lis , M innesota 3-9 Aug.

LES PAULW ash ing ton , D. C. 9-15 Aug.Ed S u llivan Show, N. Y. 19 Aug.

W ild w o o d , N. J. 24 A u g .-2 Sept.

SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON

England 30 July

Nero's Mush NorthPaul Nero and w ife Kathryn

Steele finished playdates in V an­couver and Portland. They fly to Anchorage, A laska fo r the ir next stint. "The Hot C ana ry" w ill be welcome.

P A G E 5

Barbara Bates, 20th - Century Fox starlet, takes over the quar­terdeck of a sloop. The graceful miss will be featured in a forth­coming Dan Dailey musical.

Voice in The Wilderness

Billboard reports tha t during one o f Tommy Dorsey's sets at the Casino Gardens Dance Hall, booking agent Jim Tyson was try ­ing to sell Ike Carpenter's band to the Casino manager, Tom Cav­anaugh. To demonstrate the pop­u la rity o f the Carpenter band, Tyson to ld Cavanaugh th a t the Carpenter organization had draw n 3,400 paid admissions in one n ight a t San Diego. This is a pow erfu l figure and Cavanaugh was skeptical. But Tyson had the facts and figures a t his com­mand. He fin a lly convinced Cav­anaugh tha t the 3,400 count was accurate. Ready to make a deal fo r Ike's band, Cavanaugh asked as an a fte r thought, "W as there anybody else on the b ill w ith Carpenter?"

"Yes, there w as.""W h o? " Cavanaugh inquired."B illy Eckstine, b u t" Tyson

added, " lie only d id the vocals."

P A G E 6

y f j l & t s

with y/aihlexs

Stan Freberg, creator of "John and Marsha," dares to talk back to one of those imposing cho­ruses on his latest disc, " I 'v e Got You Under M y S k in " . . . Gene Austin 's ta len ted daugh te r had her contract op tion picked up at 20th-Century Fox studios . . . Dennis Day p layed the Riverside Hotel, Reno a t scale plus. He d rew $12,500 the week . . . Frankie Laine's check fo r his en­gagem ent a t the N. Y. Param ount w ill be a reported $45,000, and d on 't ad lib any decim al points . . . V iv ian Blaine departed the New York com pany o f "G uys and D o lls" to make a musical, "Skirts A h o y ," a t M etro. M artha S tew art w il l take over un til January when V iv ian rejoins . . . Patti O 'Connor, Donald's niece, has been signed as a vocalist by H arry James. She replaces Shirley W ilson . . . Patti Page opens her personal appearance tou r the week o f A u ­gust 23 a t the Riverside Theatre, M ilw aukee . . . Russell Nype o f B roadw ay's "C a ll Me M adam e" flew to H o llyw ood fo llo w in g a S aturday n igh t perform ance, made a screen test a t M etro, was signed and flew back to New York. He gets a five w eek leave from the show to make "Fam ily M a n " fo r the studio . . . Bambi Linn joins Phil Silvers in Johnny Mercer's musical comedy, "Top Banana" . . . Vic Damone does an im pressive job in his m otion p icture debu t w ith Jane Powell in M etro 's "Rich, Young and P re tty " . . . Leo G a rib a ld i, West Coast w restle r, has been signed to a record ing contract . . . N a t "K in g " Cole's m anagem ent is­sued a statem ent saying tha t rumors to the effect th a t N at w ou ld g ive up the tr io to w o rk as a single were untrue . . . Dick Haymes goes to Korea in Sep­tem ber . . . G eorg ia G ibbs o ff to

C A P IT O L N [ |

Crowded conditions in New York: Mel Torme hemmed in at Versailles Club opening by (L-R) Murphy Hamlin, Trudy Ridiati! 3; Marion Morgan, Mel, Eileen Barton and Frances Wayne

No Fall From Humpty Dumpty For Hank

The first payroll deduc­tion Uncle Sam receivedfrom Hank Thompson to ta le d five cents. Hank's take home pay, $4.95 per week. He w as selling flour as "Hank the H ired H an d " over a station in W aco, Texas.

On his second job , there w ere 1 deductions. Hank w en t to

b work for the U. S. N avy. A fte r 37 months he parted com pany with his employer by lu tu a l con­sent and returned to c iv ilian life .

CAPITOL N E W S

London fo r a months engagem ent a t the Colony C lub . . . Fred W a r­ing has been reappo in ted to the board o f trustees o f his a lm a m ater, Pennsylvania State C ol­lege . . . Jo S ta ffo rd received a crate o f frozen fish fro m an a d ­m irer w ho said he a lw ays repa id his tra i ned seal, C larice, w ith a fish when he p layed "S prin g tim e in the Rockies" on the horns. Jo's adm ire r liked the w a y she d id the num ber w ith G ordon MacRae, and he d id n 't w a n t Clarice to get overconfident. Con­sequently, the rew ard .

Kenton Label Says "Thanks”

On "Jum p fo r Joe," the flip side o f Stan Kenton's current rec­ord "L a u ra ," is the note, "D e d i­cated to Joe R ico." For more than 10 years Joe Rico o f B uffa lo 's W W OL has been an a rden t Ken­ton fan . His a dm ira tio n fo r Stan's music lead to hassles w ith the sta tion , but Joe kept p lu g g in g fo r Stan. "Jum p fo r Joe, Dedicated to Joe Rico" is Stan's " th a n k y o u " to a fr iend .

Candy BackCandy C andido returns to rec­

ords on a nove lty version o f Little Jack Little's "C ece lia ."

Basie’s Band Hits Coast

C ount Basie brings his 15-pie: a gg re g a tio n back to the We. Coast a fte r p lay ing through I m id-w est. He'll be at the Oaf; L. A. the firs t tw o weeks in A gust. Lionel Hampton has bee booked fo r the same spot ope ing September 24.

Jimmy McHugh runs throuc one of his standard composite for Frank De Vol who will c0 duct the program at the Ho! wood Bowl, August 11 honors McHugh.

His first two records w ere made for small labels and re-released by Capitol. The sides w ere , "Whoa Sailor" and "S w in g W ide Tour Gate o f Love." *

While courting Mrs. Thompson, the former D orothy Raye o f Waco, Texas, Hank w as s tru g ­gling with a tune, "Rock in the Ocean." He cou ldn 't get it r igh t, for five days he kept re -w o rk ing "Rock." Exasperated w ith the number, Hank flipped over the music and started to scribble the first thing that came to his m ind, ¡n twenty-five m inutes he fin ished "Humpty Dumpty H e a rt," an e x ­tremely shrewd move on the part of first thoughts. "H u m p ty D um p­ty Heart" proved Hank's smash.

Like hiS pal, Tennessee Ernie, Hank is ready to go huntin.g or fishing at the drop o f a sta tion wagon. He's also a p ilo t, still flies to many o f his engagem ents in spite o f a crash on take o ff at Clovis, N. M. in O ctober, 1950. Hank and m anager Jon H itt Walked away from the crash.

Jon reports th a t Hank is a reader of good books and "w h ile traveling between engagem ents Hank always has w ith him a book such as "H o w to Stop W or- ;yin9 and Start L iv in g ," "C lim b- 'n9 the Executive Lad d e r," etc.

Hank has a couple o f his own Junes ready to ride aga in . They're "L°ve Thief" and "H o w Do You feel."

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Hank Thompson relaxes of an evening in his Texas ranch. In case any of his guitar pickin' friends have any doubts, that instrument belongs to Mr. Thompson.

Les Gotcher is holding clinics fo r square dance callers on his tou r o f the northwest. Les is also teaching a couple o f new dances w ritte n to Les Paul's music. Dr. Roger Knapp and his w ife Jean created a number to "M ocking ­b ird H ill" and a "Chicken Reel" dance was w ritten by Roy and Lucille Hodges.

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Jim m y W akely and verse w r it­ing columnist Nick Kenny have paired up as a songw riting team.

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Judy C lark, who was featured w ith Gene A u try on his last per­sonal appearance Four, gets the costarring role w ith K irby G rant on KTSL's "S ing ing Rails" TV show.

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M ollie Beachboard, eleven year o ld fo lk singer, w ill become a perm anent member o f Cliffie Stone's "H om etow n Jam boree" show.

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D orothy Shay w ill do a w est­ern comedy fea ture o f her own fo r Universal.

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W rite rs o f those hard rid ing Gene A u try saddle operas are three gals: Polly James, Betty Burbridge and Elizabeth Beecher.

This is a hillbilly? It's Joy Lane of KLAC-TV who sports the new look in Western finery. Without turning her back on her country cousins, Joy is moving into the pop field, too.

Tennessee Ernie, Caro lina Cat- ten w ill appear in the H ollywood Chamber o f Commerce's annual charity ball game between show fo lk , the "O u t of^ This W orld Series." Bob Hope and Gary Cccper captain opposing teams.

W h e n h e r mate fails 10 if$,Finis ¡s n e rv o u s . She wind through th e ca ve rn o u s appro« Doctor's o n c ie n l house. Suddenl» linlolhe la b o r a to r y to find thei icing the

o f science. She« nek.

The Doctor tries to pac ify his new bride by te lling her how im portan t his work is. He even offers to g ive her one o f his early fa il­ures. Finis rem ains an unregenerate anfi- Y ivisectionist. She threatens to report the Doctor to the police.

The mad Doctor sees a solution to his d if f i ­culties. He has been attempting to graft male Hawaiians to guitars, but now realizes the blood of a gently bred young lady may do the trick. Suspicious of the doctor from the beginning, Gregory breaks in abruptly.cause

G regory and the Doc'*" ‘ o wild Crafty ondo(|ll!!|0f neverstruggle,

fa ils to take an unfair»ias its o w n resource».

battle ebbs and flows.of righi«one last surge

from another world!

Mary Ford Lindy Doherty Red Doifa s a s a s

F i n i s T i n k l e G r e g o r y H e r t z J u s t i c e o f t h e

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Rough Road Between Pro Status, Stardom

In one of those motion pictures about show busi­ness there is usually a condensed hunk of time whichfa lls between the incidents in w hich, firs t, the sage ta len t scout

d i s c o v e r s t h e strugg ling p e r ­fo rm er and, sec­o n d , t h e f e w nervous — and t r e s h u m a n — moments before opening curta in o f the b ig show* The t i m e b e - tween these tw o events is in d i­cated by a se­

ries o f effect shots show ing re­hearsal, exhaustion, rehearsal, exhaustion and, fo r emphasis, re ­hearsal, exhaustion. Doubtless, this is accurate in some cases, or certa in ly no m otion p icture w ou ld im ply same. C ustom arily, it doesn't w o rk th a t w ay . The h a rd ­est row to hoe is the one tha t runs between firs t professional recognition and stardom. That's where the highest hopes g row , the greatest d isappoin tm ents and, o ften , the most b itte r struggles to sustain, a t one tim e, a liv e li­hood and a career in show biz.

Fred D orian's story outlines the procedure. A professional w ho sings re gu la rly fo r an estab­lished transcrip tion company. Fred works as a cook a t Coffee Dan's on Vine Street. He's on the late sh ift so he can spend his days Seating the H o llyw ood con­trac t bushes. Fred's sure he 'll make the g rade, land w ith a m ajo r record ing com pany and climb up w ith the b ig boys. On several occasions he has bagged a break he figured to be the big one. But it hasn 't happened.

When Fred came to H o llyw ood he had a little loot. F iguring he w asn 't go ing to make it r igh t a w a y , he bough t h im self a b a r­becue stand in San Fernando V a l­ley. The stand w en t under tak ing Fred's ro ll.

He ta lked his w a y in to a n igh t spot, the Copper Kettle, s inging fo r $£5.00 a week. On the side he got a* job s ing ing fo r a m a il o rde r house — an estab lishm ent which received songs from a m a ­teur w rite rs a ll over the country and, fo r a price, m ade a u d itio n discs w hich w ere m a iled back to the authors. For this chore, Fred received $1.00 per side. But he learned to sing any th in g .

Fred and so ng w rite r Bert Pel- lish rehearse.

In the course o f m ak ing a u d i­tion records Fred m et p len ty o f song w rite rs . Am ong them w ere the authors o f "Jeze b e l." Fred cut a disc o f it w hich came to the a tten tion o f the transcrip tion com pany, and Fred had a deal.

N ow , as the man says, Fred's a t the threshold. Does he fa l l in or out? There's no dou b t abo u t it in Fred's m ind. He knows he's go ing in. How does he know? Talented people have an inner ce rta in ty th a t they 're go ing to succeed. W ha t makes it even is th a t same inner ce rta in ty o f suc­cess is held by the unta len ted .

Either w a y , in o r ou t, Fred D orian is liv in g the tim e between, the hard row .

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C A PITO L NEW :a p it o i n e w s PACE I I

’w a y k>ack w h e n

Tom and Jim Dorsey he went out on his own.

Just s it there and let us loot a t you. Susan Cabot had hard a w o rd to say in her first big pic tu re break. She played an Indior The fo rm e r songstress will hav; her say in the future at Universe w here she's headed for stardor

Page Metro Deal Blanked

Plans fo r Patti Page to testfc a p icture contract at Metro wer ca lled o ff when Patti's manag: m ent and the film studio reache: an impasse about TV. Shouldsh have jo ined MG M, studio w an te d a "s tr ic tly no TV" daw in the pact. Patti wanted freedon to w o rk in TV. When the partie; co u ld n 't get together they agree: to d rop the Technicolor test llid had been planned.

W h ile Patti was extricating herse lf from the current motior p icture-TV struggle her younger sister, Peggy Fowler, was wowint them dow n Tulsa way. Peggi w as a b ig h it as the "Mysten S inge r" a t the Tulsa Horse Sho* She fo llo w s sister Patti on static KTUL w ith a program of her owr KTUL fea tu red Patti four years.

SUGAR' FOR L...Sugar Chile Robinson windsi

his H avana, Cuba playdates k in Ju ly and flies to Britain. He debu t over BBC on the 29th opens in G lasgow on the ’ Fo llow ing the Glasgow e"; m ent he moves to London.

A h a lf-d o ze n b a n d s have been making the-ounds for years, try in g to emu-

the late Glenn M ille r's music, has actually succeeded. For

much of the M ille r fo rm u la had lothing to do w ith the sound his orchestra achieved.

Trombone-playing, spectacled Miller was a rare b ird in the m u­sic aviary. His inte lligence quo- lient must have been a couple o f dozen points above his contem ­poraries—he was a sound money man, once he got in to the b ig money; he was a re m arka b ly adept judge o f musicians and men and singers and songs; he possessed a basic s incerity w hich lelped him sock across his ideas to the masses. W ho to d a y is as ersatile, so w e ll-ba lanced , as was Glenn?

First Orchestra Failed

There was noth ing easy in his climb. Born in Iow a , reared in Missouri and C olo rado , G lenn started trombone a t 1 0 , escaped ’he University o f C o lo rado in '26

landed In N ew York w ith Sen Pollack. Pit jobs w ith Paul Ash and Red N ichols fo llo w e d ; Miller also recorded fre q u en tly with numerous house bands. He became a va luab le m em ber o f the memorable Ray N ob le '35 orchestra. A fte r a pe riod w ith

The firs t M ille r band was a flop. Bookers had little fa ith in G lenn's ideas, and M iller became a cynical, alm ost b itte r man be­cause o f the ir unwillingness to assist him get w ork. The second band started shakily, but M iller's d rive and am bition rose to in ­spired heights and fina lly , in 1939, a fte r engagements at M eadow brook and Glen Island

Glenn Miller's

1941 Band

Casino, the collegiates ra llied around, his Bluebird plates began m oving and the hard-w orking Iow an found himself leading the most popu lar ork in the world .

M ille r's popu larity , until he en­tered the arm y fou r years later, unquestionab ly exceeded the p op u la rity o f any dance band in h istory. The records Glenn turned o u t nearly every week fo r Blue­b ird and Victor are still being sold. They have been pressed in Ind ia and Japan and Australia and South A frica and many of the musicians w ho performed

w ith him still are interviewed about Glenn.

The pic below shows the M iller band at its peak, posed while a p ­pearing in the motion picture "Sun Valley Days" in 1941. Trum­pets included Billy May, Ray An­thony, John Best and Dale Mc- Mickle (the other is a phony—it's really Ralph Brewster o f the sing­ing Modernaires). Trombones comprised Paul Tanner, Jim Prid- dy and Frank D 'Annolfo ; Chum­my MacGregor is a t the piano; Moe Purtill on drums, Trigger Al- pert, bass, and Jack Lathrop, guitar. The reeds included Ernie Caceres, Hal M cIntyre, W illie Schwartz (who played the lead clarinet atop the fou r saxes to get the M iller sound), Tex Beneke and Al Klink. The g irl is Paula Kelly (Marion Hutton was having a baby tha t year) and the singers in fron t o f Purtill's drums are Ray Eberle, Bob's brother; Hal Dick­inson, Chuck Goldstein and Bill Conway.

There was a band — certa in ly unbeatable as a dance crew. When M iller was lost on a short hop across the English Channel in December o f 44 and presumed to be dead, o ffic ially, the smartest, most popular leader o f a ll time slipped away into history leaving m illions still hopeful tha t he may yet return.—Dave Dexter, Jr.

D J’s Switch To TelevisionBy MERRILYN HAM M OND

P A G E 1 2 C A P IT O L NEWS CAPITOL N E W S

j o c K e y

The honorable brotherhood of disc jockeys, an institution of scarcely more than twenty-five years,¡s faced w ith the poss ib ility o f being re legated to a m inor role in the ente rta inm ent w orld . If, as many o f the show w o rld prophets claim , rad io becomes a mere sup­plem ent o f television then the disc jockey program s w ill sink too, though deejays w ill p ro b ­a b ly com m and an even g rea ter percentage o f fu tu re rad io . A t the m oment m any established jockeys are being given the ir day in te levision. W hile the vast m a­jo r ity are not professional actors, poise, fa c ility in speech, person­a lity are the characteristics which have proven most necessary to TV perform ers. And p len ty o f deejays are loaded w ith tha t stuff. A hasty H o llyw ood survey o f those w ho are televised re­veals as m any opin ions as a p ­proaches. Here's w h a t some o f the Deejays have to say:

HONESTY PAYS OF

Sophisticate G e n e N o r m a n , w ith W arners ' sta tion KFWB as a jock five nights a w eek, tied

in w ith Snader Telescrip t i o n s a n d N B C ' s TV o u tle t in H o lly ­w ood. " I le ft te levision alone u n til the r ig h t d e a l c a m e a long. I have a lw a ys fe lt un­

less there was a v isual g im m ick, records were fo r rad io . The Sna­der Telescriptions, r e v o l v i n g around records, were w h a t I was w a itin g fo r. These film s flopped on ano ther sta tion because they w ere try in g to pass them o ff as a live vaudeville show. I in tro ­duce them and ta lk in fo rm a lly abou t the en te rta ine r o r have an occasional guest. M aybe I still p refer rad io , though—it's become sort o f an inva lid these days." Gene is screened five evenings a week on NBC-TV.

DIGNITY FOR DOLLARSJim H aw thorne, w ho g o t his

s ta rt as a zany record spinner in various ind ie stations around

L. A. He b ro a d ­c a s t s n i g h t l y a n d o f f e rs a once - a - w eek, h a lf - hour TV shot. " I 'm g e t­ting a w a y from the s c r e w b a l l t y p e , " he as­s e r t s . ' ' Y o u

know I'm chang ing so I can ga in the mass com m ercia l appea l. Rec­ords have to be re legated to late shows on TV. I w ou ld like to go to the companies and a rrange to film o ld records. N o t re-record them , use the same music to re ­create a nosta lg ic m ood. N o s ta l­g ia hits a ll mediums o f people on TV and it w ou ld be a good idea to do th is w ith o ld records."

STILL IN THE DARK

KFWB dee jay, Pete Potter, w ho hops between a d a ily record show and a th ree -n igh t-a -w eek

TV p rog ram fo r the CBS video sta tion , u tilizes disks and in te r­v iew s in te le v i­sion. " I m igh t ca ll m yse lf the d e l i n q u e n t of TV b e c a u s e I d o n 't know very

much a b o u t it, even in the y,ear I've been on. Records, I th ink , w il l be p layed more on TV if someone gets a good v isua l idea. M y a im is to do a good live musical show em body ing a ll kinds o f Am erican music. A lo t o f new singers w il l be discovered th rough video. TV has a lready helped establish even names like Frankie Laine, G o d fre y and Toni A rden. TV gets cred it from V a rie ty fo r help ing Dean and Jerry 's b ig d ra w in g p o w e r."

JOCK FRONTS ORKAn a ll-N eg ro show featuring

DJ Joe Adam s, is being presented weekly by KTIV, Dumont affiliate. " I know I need a different ap. proach on TV- I'm very cold f r o n t of the cameras - and that's what I' working on.

d o n 't in tend to stick strictly to N egro ta len t; I used Stan Kenton as my firs t guest. I want my audi­ences to expect anything."

COMMUNITY BENEFITSA very busy guy, Al Jarvis

transcribes his six-a-week radio r ecor d shows a n d su pp lie s only live TV pro­grams, both ot K L A C . I inter­view fro m 200 to 2 0 0 people week a n d hire t a l e n t . I've go! the age bracket o f 3 0 and up

in terested in everything from ra­c ia l issues to passing a new nor cotics la w in California. Disc jockeys have killed records b| p la y in g them so much. Television should b ring back the business stronger than ever."

CLOUDY PICTUREO ff fo r the summer, but plan­

n ing three shows in the fall, Anson, KFWB disc jock, look?

gloomily at whole TV setup. " I can't see ho» TV w il l everhelp records, orany t h i ng . I*! killed every kind o f business. Only time fa record shows is

in the daytim e because there are no good TV programs then. ^ continue to do comedy bits, pro­duce, sing and emcee."

Bill Wright o f WSGN, B irm ing­ham, Alabama joined the sta tion

l ess t h a n tw o years ago a fte r s tudying a t the

H i School fo r Ra- ^ d io A rts a t the

r U n i v e r s i t y of A l a b a m a . The p leasant k ind o f

f t . / w ork a v a ila b leto d e e j a y s i s d e m o n s t r a t e db y B i l l ' s a p ­

pointment as personal announcer10 Yolande Betzbe, Miss A m erica of 1950. He was by her side a t011 the major festiv ities. B ill also works with the "Teen Talent Roundup," a civic sponsored ta l­ent quest held each year. On from 11 to m idn igh t six n igh ts a week in addition to w o rk in g as

staff announcer, B ill finds tim e lo emcee the A labam a Theatre's Saturday morning "M icke y Mouse Club."

Jerry Crocker o f WCUE, A kron, Ohio, is earnestly in search o f

som eth ing new in the w a y o f d e e j a y shows. He h a s e v e n trie d b roadcast­ing unde rw a te r. (C ap ito l records, a c c o r d i n g to Jerry 's f o r c e d endorsem ent, re­m ain crisp to the last g r o o v e . ) Jerry emcees his ow n show three hours d a ily . He

likes oddball stunts. His under- w°ter gag took place a t the Yan- ^e Inn, local n ig h t spot, and Jerry took the d ive to in te rv iew Divena," b illed as "queen o f the

aclua tease." W hat D ivena said ,0 Jerry underw ater is not p r in t-

a*3'8' but it's a safe bet she c'°imed the w hole th ing w as a rt.

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Gisele MacKenzie, Dotty O'Brien and Helen O'Connell (L-R) plagueYogi Yorgesson who's "Yust about to go nuts."

N icholas Brodszky, composer o f "Be My Love," was scoring a p icture 17 years ago in Vienna. He w orked w ith a 75 piece or­chestra a ll day recording the mu­sic he had w ritten. Brodszky though t he had finished when suddenly the producer asked, "W h a t about tha t thunder storm scene?" Assuming tha t thunder and ligh tn ing needed no musical accom panim ent, Brodszky had not w ritte n anyth ing . The scene had to be scored im mediately. Brodszky turned to the orchestra. "G o to page 20 o f the music and p lay everyth ing backward until I say s top ." The critics raved abo u t the eerie effect the music gave the scene and praised Brodszky as a s tarting ly o rig ina l composer.

Irving Hoffman in "The H ollywood Reporter."

Kenton Sets "Innovations”

The Stan Kenton "Inno­vations in Modern Music,I I " has been defin ite ly set fo r the fa ll. Present plans call fo r an opening in M unicipal Aud itorium , St. Louis, 4 Oct. to be fo llow ed by a tw o day stand in Chicago on October 5, 6 . The tour w ill cover a tw o month period. N ego­tiations are now under w ay w ith the Hollywood Bowl Association to switch the closing date from December to September and launch "In no va tio ns" in L. A.

Essentially the same 40 piece orchestra which played the " In ­novations, .1" tour w ill p lay the concert stages. It is the a ug ­mented Kenton dance band which is heard on "Stan Kenton Pre­sents" and "Innovations in M od­ern M usic" albums.

Rehearsals start in early Sep­tember. Gene H ow ard, fo rm er Kenton vocalist, w il l h it the road as advance man fo r the tour. The program Is now being set.

No.1728 “ HUMORESQUE,” “ THE SONG IS ENDED” Nellie Lutcher1727 “ TEN LITTLE BOTTLES IN THE SINK," “ OKMNX" Mel Blanc1726 “ TENNESSEE BLUES,” "1 CANT FORGET" Dinning Sisters & Garber1725 "IF YOU’RE GONNA LOVE ME, LOVE ME," "THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE” B. Eberly & H. O'Connell1724 “ LUNA MEZZO MARE,” “ GO GO GO GO” Dean Martin1723 ” 1 LOVE THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE,” “ YOU BLEW OUT THE FLAME” Ray Anthony1722 "FAIRYLAND," "JOLIE JACQUELINE” Glsele Mackenzie1719 “ THE HUNKIE MAN,” "THE GREEN GRASS GROWS ALL AROUND" Sugar Chile Robinson1718 "BORSCHT RIDERS IN THE SKY,” “ SHE'LL BE COMING 'ROUND THE KATZKILLS” Mickev Katz1716 "LA BOTA,” "CASTLE ROCK” Dave Barbour1715 “ KEEP ON DOIN' WHAT YOU'RE DOIN',” "RAIN IS THE TEARDROPS OF ANGELS" The Jubalaires1714 “ PUT ALL YOUR KISSES IN AN ENVELOPE,” "MELINDA" Jan Garber1712 “ LOVE IS SUCH A CHEAT," “ THE ONE FOR ME" Mel Torme1707 “ WALKIN' AND WHISTLIN’ BLUES,” “ WHO AM 1?” The Four Knights1706 "IN THE PINES,” "CHICKASAW MOUNTAIN” Lou Ella Robertson1705 "OL' MAN RIVER,” “ ON A SUNDAY AT CONEY ISLAND” Gordon MacRae1703 “ IN THE COOL, COOL, COOL OF THE EVENING,” “ BONNE NUIT" Dean Martin1599 "PEOPLE ARE FUNNY," "POOL” Red Ingle1598 “ WHO SENDS YOU ORCHIDS?” “ YOU LOCKED MY HEART" Mel Torme1597 "YOU’LL NEVER KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE LONELY," “ THE BEAT O’ MY HEART” Bob Eberlv1596 “ HOW MANY TIMES (CAN 1 FALL IN LOVE)," “ BACOA" Les Baxter1589 “ MAMA DON’ T ALLOW IT," "BREEZE (BLOW MY BABY BACK TO MF)” Julia Lee1588 "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME," “ HARMONY RAG" Pete Daily’s Chicagoans1586 “ MY MAGIC HEART,” “ SO FAR, SO GOOD" Peggy Lee1585 “ EVERLASTING,” “ THE END OF A LOVE AFFAIR" Margaret Whiting1584 “ THE WORLD IS MINE (TONIGHT),” "VANITY" Les Baxter1583 "PRETTY EYED BABY," "MY TRULY, TRULY FAIR” Ray Anthony1579 "DARK IS THE NIGHT (C'EST FIND," "1 CAN SEE YOU” Mary Mayo1578 "THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EV'RY HEARTACHE," “ DREAM TRAIN” Jan Garber1577 “ EASY TALK," “ STRAWBERRY TEARS" Dinning Sisters1576 “ L’AMOUR TOUJOURS (TONIGHT FOR SURE),” "1 DON'T MIND" Bob Crosby1575 “ HOW D'YA LIKE YOUR EGGS IN THE MORNING," “ WE NEVER TALK MUCH” Martin & O'Connell1574 "BELIEVING YOU," "ONE DANCE WITH YOU” Ray Anthony1569 “ FORGETFUL,” “ THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO” Lindy Doherty1568 "WONDER WHY,” “ MINE AND MINE ALONE" Helen O'Connell1566 “ HOPPY, TOPPER AND ME," “ THIS LITTLE PIGGIE WENT TO MARKET" Margaret Whiting1565 “ MY BROTHER," "EARLY AMERICAN" Nat “ King” Cole1554 1 LL NEVER DO A THING TO HURT YOU,” "DON'T BE LONELY" Jimmy Wakely1525 “ SHANGHAI," “ THAT NAUGHTY WALTZ” Bob Crosby

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p o p u lar hitsNo.

1592 WISH I HAD NEVER SEEN SUNSHINE,” "JOSEPHINE” Les Paul & Mary Ford

1449 "TOO Y O U N G , ” “ THA T’ S MY GIRL" Nat “ King” Cole

1451 “ HOW HIGH T HE M O O N , ” "WALKIN' AND WHISTLIN' BLUES” Les Paul & Mary Ford

1704 "J U M P FOR JO E , " “ L AU RA ” Stan Kenton

1710 "C O M E ON-A MY HOU SE ," “ HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME" Kay Starr

1711 " I ’V E GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN," “ THAT'S MY BOY” Stan Freberg

171 7 "VIRGIN OF T H E SUN GOD," "L U RE OF THE UNKNOWN LOVE” Yma Sumac

1587 "1 LO VE T HE SU NSH IN E OF YOUR SMILE," "SENTIMENTAL FOOL" The Four Knights

1501 “ SONG OF D E L I L A H , ” “ BECAUSE OF RAIN" Nat “ King" Cole

1567 "O C EA N OF T EA R S ," “ Y O U ’ RE MY SUGAR" Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie

1373 " M O C K I N ’ BIRD H I L L , ” “ CHICKEN REEL" Les Paul & Mary Ford

1702 “ GOOD M O RN IN G , MR. EC HO, ” “ RIVER ROAD TWO-STEP" Margaret Whiting

1594 "T H E M ORNIN GS IDE OF THE MOUNTAIN," "MOON, JUNE, SPOON” Jan Garber

what's I on western and country music

1730 “ EMPTY HANDS, EM P TY HEART, EMPTY POCKETS," “ THE PLAYER PIANO BOOGIE”1729 "I’ M NOT IN LO VE, JUST INVO LVE D," "ROSES REMIND ME OF YOU"__________

1721 “ FREE SA M PL ES ," “ I WISH I W U Z " _______________________

Deuce Spriggens Eddie DeanRoy Hogsed

“JUKE BOX B O O G I E ,” " S A I L O R ’S BLUES”“ KNOCKING ON YOUR FRO NT DOOR,” "GO AHEAD ANDJTCT

Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan Jimmy Lee

“ TEXAS BO OG IE ," “ T R IF LI N' WOMAN (YOU’ RE GONNA HAVE TO SETTLE DOWN)"______ Gene O'Quin

“ NO TRESPASSING,’ ’ " L I N D A LO U ” Carl Butler

“ BLACK STRAP MOLASSES (WHEAT GERM BREAD)," “ LOVE AND DEVOTION”

"DRIFTING TEXAS SA N D ," “ A LO N E IN A TA VERN" ..... .................. .................................."LET ME HOLD YOU WHEN YO U' R E BL UE," ” 1 MARRIED THE GIRL”_______

Tex Williams Eddie Kirk

Eddie Dean

WANNA BE R E A D Y ," "LI S TE N TO THE BELLS” Statesmen Quartet

1581 “WEARIN' OUT YOUR W AL KI N’ SHOES”Tex Ritter

"A MILLION YEARS A G O , ” “ L O N E L Y AND BLUE OVER SOMEONE" Leon PayneBoots Faye & Idaho Call

1571 “ TEN THOUS AND MILES (AWAY FROM HOME),” "I COULD LOVE YOU BABY” Jenks Carman1572 “THE SINFU L SO N G ," “ T HE WALTZ OF THE WIND"

"BLESS YOUR LI T T LE O L ’ HEART (YOU’ RE M I N E ) . ^ “ TODAY I’ M MOVIN’ OUT"--------- Skeets McDonald

■564 “ CALL ME SW E ET HEA R T, ” " D O N ’T STEAL DADDY'S MEDAL' Oklahoma Sweethearts

1563 "IT’S BARGAIN DAY (IN BROKEN HEARTS),” "I CAN'T T E J l J 4Y J l E A R T J H A n ----------- Jimmie Skinny

1562 “ HONKY T ON K HARDWOOD FLO O R ," “ HANG ON THE BALL AND CHAIN” Jess Willard

1553 “ LET ME GIVE YOU A C L U E ," "DO MINO GAL”Joe Allison

1552_yT>ATINS^AND L A C E , " "TH ER E' S A_RAINBOW IN THE SKY"_________ _1551 “ THE LI TT LE HOUSE WE BUILT (JUST O’ ER THE HILL)," “ COUNTR Y F I E T

Zeke Manners"Big Bill” Lister

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In 6tan s absence, N a t "K in g " Cole presents the Kenton a w a rd s fo r go lfin g deejays w ho topped the lists in the Chicago tourney. Ace club w ie lde rs are (L - R): Sid Fohrman, W IND, W GN-TV; Fred Reynolds, W G N; Ed Roberts, W GN-TV, and Don Hassler, WENR.

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