WardeHGoodman “OnA To Goodman...TheCashBox Page4 January8,7949 OPSREPORTCOINGAMES HELPSMALLBUSIHESS MENTOKEEPGOING PointtoShuffleboardsBringingTavernsBacktoProfitBasis. ClaimPins,One

The rears come and go, but the King of Swing, Benny Goodman, still rolls on. The recent reorganization of his new band caused a ton of

tongue wagging in the music biz, with most critics agreeing that the new band is one of Benny’s best ever. Currently appearing at the

New York Paramount Theatre, Bennv and his boys, featuring Buddv Greco, WardeH Gray and chirp Terry Swope, are reported setting

new house records. Inset at left shows music trade members boarding a plane, which Goodman hired for the hoys to take m the preiniere ofhis new ork at the Hotel Syracuse, Syracuse, N. Y. Current hot one pinning for music ops is “On A Slow Boat To China, with some

great wax reported in the offing now that the disk ban has been lifted. Benny Goodman is exclusively featured on Capitol Records.Personal Manager: Elliot Wexler. Direction: Music Corporation of America. Press Relations: Hal Davis.

**THE CONFIDENTIAL WEEKLY OF THE COIN MACHINE INDUSTRY**

THE CASH BOX IS THE OPERATOR’S MAGAZINEIT IS NOT SOLD ON NEWSSTANDS

BILL GERSH, Publisher

JOE ORLECK, Editor and Advertising Director

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CORRESPONDENTS IN LEADING CITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES

IN THIS ISSUEJanuary 8, 1949 Vol. 10, No, 15

OPS REPORT COIN GAMES HELP SMALLBUSINESS MEN TO KEEP GOING Page 4

MUSIC OPERATORS OF AMERICA TESTIMONIAL . Page 6

RECORD REVIEWS Pages 8 and 10

NATION’S TOP TEN JUKE BOX TUNES Page 9

’ROUND THE WAX CIRCLE Page 11REGIONAL RECORD REPORT Page 12

RACE RECORD REVIEWS Page 13

FOLK & WESTERN RECORD REVIEWS Page 14HOT IN—HARLEM, CHICAGO, NEW ORLEANS& LOS ANGELES Page 15

BIG 5 FOLK AND WESTERN TUNES Page 16

DISK JOCKEY RECORD REPORTS Page 17

TUNIS DISK HITS BOX SCORE Page 18

COIN MACHINE SECTION Page 19

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THE CASH BOX exclusively covers the coin machineindustry, including operators, jobbers, distributorsand manufacturers, and all those allied to automaticcoin operated mnsic equipment; automatic coinoperated vending machines and service machines as

well as all coin operated amusement equipment; themusic and record business, recording artists and pub-lishers of music; and all others in any fashion iden-tified or allied to the coin operated machine industryas well as all finance firms, banks and other financialinstitutions expressly interested in the financing ofcoin operated equipment of all types.

THE CASH BOX has been recognized by variousassociations of coin machine operators thinont theUnited States as their official weekly magazine.

THE “C. M. I. BLUE BOOK,” also known as “TheConfidential Price Lists,” gives prices of all new andused coin operated machines of all kinds, weeklyreporting all market changes and continually addingon all new equipment. The “C. M. I. Blue Book” isofficially recognized by many cities and states through-out the country as the “official price book of the coinmachine industry.” It is an integral part of TheCash Box, The “C. M. I. Blue Book” is used in settle-ment of estates, in buying, selling and trading of ailcoin operated equipment. It is the one and onlyofficially recognized price guide in the coin machineindustry. The “C. M. I. Blue Book” is used by financefirms, factors and bankers to guide them in TimHugloans to the members of the coin machine industry.

Talking It Over

An editorial in The New York Times re-garding higher taxicab fares vnll sound very

familiar to every coin machine operator in

the country. By simply replacing the word“taxicab” and inserting, instead, the words“coin machine” all the readers of The CashBox will recall that this editorial is very,very similar to what The Cash Box has beenwriting for many years.

The Times writes, “It simply does notmeet the test of common sense to expect theoperators of taxicabs in New York City toget along today on the same fare that theycharged fifteen years ago.” (This couldvery easily be replaced with the fact that

“it simply does not meet the test of commonsense” to expect coin machine operators toget along today on the same commissionbasis they used fifteen years ago.)

The Times continues, “If the rate was fairthen it is not fair now. The cost of every-thing that goes into the ride has gone up.This starts with the price of the car, whichhas doubled. Insurance, gasoline, garagerental, tires, maintenance repairs—these,,too, have doubled in many cases. In addi-tion, several taxes have increased and newones have been levied.

“The driver’s cost of living has risen,”The Times writes. “Meanwhile all otherforms of passenger transportation havebeen forced to seek, and have received, ahigher fare.”

The Times also states a very pert fact,“We believe that the taxi-using public fullyrecognizes the need for justice in thismatter.”

All operators know that the price of ma-chines have risen more than double andthat they, too, are faced with general over-head which has, in a great many cases,tripled and quadrupled. The operator’s liv-ing expenses have risen too, just as havethe taxicab driver’s.

And, as The Times writes, the storekeeperand the public are fully aware of these factsand, further, “fully recognize the need forjustice in this matter.”When so powerful a newspaper as The

New York Times at long last recognizes theneed for raising prices to meet inflated costscertainly, then, the operators of Americashould as quickly recognize the fact thatthey, too, are in a position where they mustalso obtain a more equitable share of thepresent gross intake of their machines.And realize, as The Times writes, that thepublic and the storekeepers will agree thatthis is .only “justice.”

That’s why national associations are com-ing into being. To help the operators obtaina more assured income. And now it is timethat the operators stepped into the pictureto make their future more secure by backingup the need for a more equitable commissionbasis.

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OPS REPORT COINGAMES

HELP SMALL BUSIHESS

MEN TO KEEP GOINGPoint to Shuffleboards Bringing Taverns Back to Profit Basis.

Claim Pins, One-Balls and Other Games Have Kept ManySmall Bnsinesses in Good Shape Regardless of Predictionsby Economists That Many of These Would Go Broke.

One of the most outstanding features of coin machines hasheen their ahility to revive and, in most cases, return profits to thenation’s retailers, hy bringing in more customers, holding thosecustomers in that certain place of business, and bringing additionalprofits from the intake of the coin operated devices so that theretailer profits from better business as well as from his share fromthe coin operated machines.

As the buyer’s market became more and more strengthened,even to the point where some of the nation’s greatest retail estab-lishments were actually featuring “sales” before Xmas, and peoplebought only what they felt they absolutely needed, and even thenshopped long and late to better the price of that necessity, econo-mists predicted larger numbers of bankruptcies among smallerbusinesses.

Many small business men have fallen by the wayside. Indus-try after industry has had to face this fact. Industry leaders believethat the “strong will prevail,” and that these would become thenucleus on which a more solid base would be built for the future.(The Cash Box wrote these very words during the war, when coin-man after coinman was forced out of the field.)

But, as businessmen continue to fight hard to survive, wordcomes in from operators that, “Many business men are only stayingin business because of coin machines.”

This is noticeable where shuffleboards have come into beingas coin operated units. Many an operator in areas where tavernswere closing up, now reports that these very taverns are not onlycontinuing in business, but find that their business is much betterthan they believed it would be—only because the shuffleboardshave brought back their customers and have also brought them theextra profit necessary to pay their rent and other overhead so thatthe sales of their beverages and other produccts was being madeon an additional profit basis.

From many other territories come similar reports. New gameshave been responsible for hoisting customer attendance, and alsoshowing retailers enough profit to keep them in business. This istrue in the case of pinballs and one-balls which have lately appearedin the market. These games have, by their economical entertain-ment, held the attention of the customers in retailing establishmentsto the point where this small business man has been able to continueonward.

For many, many years it has been known to all students ofcoin operated equipment of every type, ranging from music tovending machines to the amusement games, that the products

of this field are instrumental in great part in keeping many retailestablishments in business. The smaller business man, especially,knows what a coin machine means to him. Everyone of the officialsand economists also realize the importance of coin operatedmachines.

Never has this fact been openly publicized in any public rela-tions program for the general public’s edification. The time hasarrived when this should be brought strongly to the fore. Espe-cially today, when so many smaller businesses are worried as towhether they will be able to long continue ahead. Such informa-tion, at such a vital period in the history of America’s hundreds ofthousands of smaller businesses, would heap glory and reward onthe coin machine industry.

A very well known coinman wrote the other day, “I was get-ting plenty worried about staying on in business. It wasn’t the factthat my machines weren’t doing a job. It was, instead, that somany of my locations couldn’t see their way clear to continuingonward. I just started in placing some of the new games 1 boughtas well as, in one certain place where I operate, I used shuffle-boards.

“The result was that customers started to come in largernumbers, remained longer, and profits heaped up for both thestorekeeper and myself.”

All these facts, and leaders in the industry have dozens anddozens of such statements in their files, can be made known toeveryone, everywhere in the nation, so that all retailers realize thevalue of the coin operated equipment they have on hand evenmore strongly than they now do and, what is most important, thepublic then learns how much coin operated equipment means togeneral business.

There is no longer any doubt of the great power of coinoperated machines to help keep business flowing. To bring thatnecessary turnover of cash to the average business. And to furtherbring all the public continued work so that all share in the factthat coin operated vending, music and amusement is of vital interestto the further development and success of this business nation.

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January 8, 1949

DISK OF THE WEEK"Run, Rabbit, Run" (2:45)

"Am I All Of Your Future Or Part Of Your Past" (2:43)ALAN FOSTER—THE MACK TRIPLETS

(Regent 138)

ALAN FOSTER

• Zany rendition of this standardtune is tainted with just enoughgloss to make it click—and click ina hig way at that—in thousands ofjuke boxes throughout the land. It’sAlan Foster and The Mack Tripletson deck with “Run, Rabbit, Run.”The mellow skip heat and drivingrhythm offered here, added toAlan’s magnetic vocal charm, makethis bit a potential coin winner.

Take note of the wonderful work ofThe Mack Triplets, spooning de-lightful vocal harmony all over theplace, and ops have a disk that canreally take off. Lyrics and melodyof the song should be familiar tomost ops. It’s a disk that will havewide appeal—going to the youngerset as well aa the older folks.Novelty rendition and the brilliantarrangement displayed here all gotoward enhancing this cookie’s win-ning potential. On the other end,with some romance material, Alanand the girls bounce back with an-other able performance in “Am IAll of Your Future or Part of YourPast.” It’s smooth, full voicedvocalizing that should sit right withthe moon-in-june kids. The lad’spipes pitch beautifully throughoutand are sure to attract loads ofattention in disk circles. Top deck,“Run, Rabbit, Run” is the side toride with. Hop on the bandwagon

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"Love" (3:05)

"All The Things You Are" (3:03)

HELEN FORREST

(Decca 24516)

# Some reissue wax via Helen For-rest and the set up of a pair ofbeautiful songs if there ever weresom.e. Titled “Love” (Your Spell IsEverywhere) and “All The ThingsYou Are,” Helen ably performs a duothat rocked the music world manymoons ago. Both tunes should be wellremembered by music ops. Top deckgets a socko sendoif by the VictorYoung ork, with the lassie’s torridtones spooning some great vocal charmall over the place. The flip is equallyas well delivered, with the Camarataork backing the chirp in excellent man-ner. Ops who need some oldies thatwere and are first rate money-makersshould lend an ear in this direction.

"Crazy Rhythm" (2:29)

"Skitch's Boogie" (2:55)

SKITCH HENDERSON(Capitol 15331)

• Some instrumental wax by maestroSkitch Henderson, with the ivorythtimper in the spotlight on the pair.Wax, tabbed “Crazy Rhythm” and“Skitch’s Boogie” beats thru in ablemanner, and altho it won’t create anyhavoc, it may be used as a flller piece.Topside is the oldie, with Skitch sittin’in on the 88 in flne style. Up tempobeat by the band, plus some higMyrhythmic passages, highlight the plat-ter throughout. Flip, a boogie-parodyon a Paderewski minuet has the maes-tro seated at the piano once again,with the band blending mellow. TheSkitch Henderson fans may go forthe pair.

"A Strawberry Moon" (2:19)"Dainty Brenda Lee" (2:30)

JACK SMITH and THE CLARK SISTERS(Capitol 15328)

O Pair of sides music ops may careto get with are these offered by piperJack Smith and The Clark Sisters.Wax, titled “A Strawberry Moon” and“Dainty Brenda Lee” are there for theasking, and beat thru in fair measure.Stuff won’t cause a traflic jam, butnevertheless it should suffice. Topside, a light, fanciful piece is done upin bright patter, with the girls purringalongside. Flip, a smoother, slowerditty is in there in favorable mannerand might grab some jitney. Ops whohave the fans that go for Jack Smithmight lend an ear.

"More Beer!" (2:01)"I've Got My Love To Keep Me

Warm" (2:39)THE STARLIGHTERS

(Capitol 15330)

• Vocal harmony of The Starlighters,and the set up of some fairly pleasantwax in the offing for music operators.Stuff is fairly smooth and makes formellow listening pleasure. Top deck,a rollicking ditty that is currentlywinning wide favor with juke boxfans, should garner its own fair shareof coin play. It’s a fresh arrangement,ably rendered, and should keep thetavern fans excited. On the flip withthe ever-lovin’ Irving Berlin favorite,“I’ve Got My Love To Keep MeWarm,” the Starlighters bounce backwith another fair piece of wax. Bothsides of this platter can be used asfiller items to excellent advantage.

"The Pussy Cat Song" (2:17)

"Don't Worry 'Bout Strangers" (2:41)

PATTY ANDREWS—BOB CROSBY

THE ANDREWS SISTERS

(Decca 24533)

# Ditty really clicking away andcausing a big stir in the music tradeis this thing tagged “The Pussy CatSong.” It’s a novelty piece, done upwith loads of cute tricks and loads offlavor by chirp Patty Andrews andBob Crosby. Split vocal, with theconstant refrain of “nyot nyow,” beatsthru the platter, while the ork back-ground fills the bill. Vocal refrainby the team is in there all the wayand should grab a load of attention.Coupled with “Don’t Worry ’BoutStrangers,” the Andrews Sisters stepout here to render an old favorite.Wax shows the gals at their best, withthe Vic Shoen ork rounding out theside favorably. Top deck, “The PussyCat Song” is the one to keep youreyes peeled for.

"Once In Love With Amy" (2:09)

"Tarra Ta-Larra Ta-Lar" (2:57)

DEAN MARTIN

(Capitol 15329)

• Click tune from the musical produc-tion “Where’s Charley” is renderedhere by piper Dean Martin in effectivestyling. Ditty titled “Once In LoveWith Amy” is a light, rhythmic bitwith Dean spooning the wordage infavorable manner. It’s Dean’s first“serious” pitch on this label and mightdrum up a bit of noise. Coupled withthe widely popular “Tarra-Ta-LarraTa-Lar,” the platter takes on a moreattractive air. Lullaby mood of thesong, which should be fairly wellknown at this sta.ge, seems to fitDean’s tonsils better. This renditionof the click tune should boost thepopularity of the tune. Ops shouldlisten in.

"Down Among The Sheltering Palms"(3:03)

"Is It True What They Say AboutDixie" (3:02)

AL JOLSON-^THE MILLS BROS.(Decca 24534)

• Here’s a platter hard to beat—andone that will find its way into a zillionphonos throughout the land. Teamedtogether for the first time, A1 Jolsonand The Mills Brothers offer ops aplatter that should wear white. Aconstant threat for phono honors, A1easily displays his ever lovin’ set ofpipes in top notch style to set the stagefor an avalanche of coin play on thisduo. Top deck, the oldie that is cur-rently bouncing back in a strong waygets a terrific sendoff from A1 andthe Mills Brothers. Strong, deep,meaningful tones of beautiful vocalwork ring crystal clear throughout.The Mills boys’ harmony behind A1 ishard to match, and makes for sensa-tional listening pleasure. The flip, inbrighter tempo, is another plu-perfectperformance for the team. Bothsides of this cookie will definitelycatch on with the phono trade. Loadup on this hunk of wax—^but pronto

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"I Want A Little Girl" (2:45)"Gee, But It's Good To Be" (2:49)

PAGE CAVANAUGH TRIO(RCA Victor 20-3016)

• The light, lilting refrain of somesmooth wax, and the Page CavanaghTrio on deck to offer ops some wax.Titled “I Want A Little Girl” and“Gee, But It’s Good To Be,” Page andthe boys easily display their greatvocal and instrumental style on thisduo. Top deck, with the lyrics echoingthe title is warbled by the Trio inrefreshing manner throughout. Theflip, with the maestro in the spotlighthimself, beats thru in much the samemanner and makes for pleasant listen-ing. Aimed at those quiet, intimatespots, this platter should garner itsfair share of phono play. Music opstake note.

"How Am I To Know" (2:36)"He Was A Good Man As Good

Men Go" (3:02)

STAN KENTON ORCH.(Capitol 15327)

# The great Stan Kenton ork into thelimelight, with a pair that make forfairly pleasant listening. Altho thewax won’t top traffic, the many Kentonfans should hold still for this. Tagged“How Am I To Know” and “He Was AGood Man As Good Men Go,” theplatter shows fair promise for musicoperators. Top deck, a distinct, uniqueKenton arrangement, is the old stand-ard dressed up in light, refreshingstyle. Piano tinkling throughout bythe maestro, with a bit of brass blastthrown in highlights the label. Onthe other end, chirp June Christypitches her way thru this noveltynumber in medium tempo, with theKenton crew keeping it down low inthe background. Ops who have thelocations that go for this brand mighttake a look-see.

"Bye Bye Blues" (3:00)

"Congratulations" (3:02)

TEX BENEKE ORCH.

(RCA Victor 20-3237)

9 The wonderful musicianship of theTex Beneke ork is easily shown inthis rendition of “Bye Bye Blues,” atune that has lived thru the years inever increasing amounts of popularity.The smooth, ultra sweet arrange-ment displayed here is definitelyunique. Silken strains of romanticmelody sweep down in azure puremeasure to enhance the platter im-mensely. It’s a disking that is boundto garner wide attention, and one thatis sure to be appreciated by the kidswho love to love. On the flip with“Congratulations,” Tex and the boyscome up with another potential win-ner. Garry Stevens’ vocalizing on thisside makes for pleasant listening, withsome vocal harmony by the MoonlightSerenaders blending fairly well. Bothtunes rate ops’ listening time—andmore.

"You Can Never Shake Love" (2:57)

"You Know What The Trouble Is,Baby" (2:59)

TOMMY DORSEY ORCH.(RCA Victor 20-3237)

• Orkster Tommy Dorsey bouncesinto the musical spotlight with a pairthat should boost ops’ take. It’s adouble-winner for the SentimentalGentleman, and a platter which shouldfind its way into the boxes. Top deck,with The Town Criers in the limelightis tagged “You Can Never ShakeLove.” It’s a lively piece done up witha ton of smart musical passages byTommy and the boys, with the vocalrefrain ringing clear and truethroughout. Ditty has loads of beatand life within it and makes you jumpas you listen. On the flip with “YouKnow What The Trouble Is, Baby,”chirp Lucy Ann Polk grabs the miketo spoon some torchy lyrics. It’s slow,sensuous stuff that makes you stopand listen and warbled in mood andmanner that fits like a glove. Bothsides of this hunk of wax stack upheavily—get with it.

Only Records Considered Best Suited To The Requirements Of The Trade Are Reviewed On These Pages.

January S, 1949The Cash Box, Music

The Top Ten Tunes Netting

Heaviest Play In The Nation's Juke

Boxes, Compiled From Reports Sub-

mitted Weekly To The Cash BoxBy Leading Music Operators

Throughout The Country.

CODEAL—Aloddin DM—Damon NA—NationalAP—Apollo EX—Exclusive RE—RegentAR—Aristocrat JE—Jewel RO—RondoBU—Bullet GR—Grand RA—RainbowCA—Capitol Kl—King SA—SavoyCAS—Castle LO—London SP—specialtyCM—Commodore Ml—Miracle SI—SignatureCN—Continental ME—Mercury TW—fowerCO—Columbia MG—MGMCS—Coast MN—ManorDA—Dana MO—ModernDE—Decca MT—Metrotone VI—VictorDEL—DeLuxe MU—Musicraft WO—World

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BUTTONS & BOWSCA-15292—Bob Hope—Clark SistersCA-15184—Dinning SistersCO-20468—Gene AutryCO-38284—Dinah ShoreCS-8032—Helen O'ConnellDA-2023—Jeffrey Clay

DE-24489—Evelyn KnightLO-355—Gracie FieldsMG-10244—Betty GarrettVA-114—B. BrownVI-20-3078—Betty Rhodes

MY DARLING, MY DARLINGCA-15270—Jo Stafford

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Gordon MacRaeCO-38353—Doris Day—Buddy Clark

DE-24519—Peter Lind HayesVA-121—Barbara BrownVI-20-3187—Eve Young—Jack Lathrop

ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINACA-15208—Benny Goodman Orch.CO-38301—Kay Kyser 0.DE-24482—Larry Clinton 0.ME-S191—Snooky Lanson

ME-5210—Eddy Howard 0.MG-10269—Art LundVA-1 17—Johnny FrankVI-20-3123—Freddy Martin 0.

A LITTLE BIRD TOLD MECA'ls«fZf'“ i!"'' DE-24514—Evelyn Knight

SU-1507—Poula WatsonLO-38386—Jerry Wayne-Janette Davis VI-20-3320—Rose Murphy

YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING

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CA-15226—Kay StarrCO-38323—Eric WhitleyDE-24507—The Ink Spots

UNTILCO-38329—The Charioteers

MG-10185—Blue Barron 0.VA-122—Varsity Orch.

VI-20-3061—Tommy Dorsey 0.

CUANTO LE GUSTACA-15280—Jack Smith-Clark SistersCO-38239—Xavier Cugat 0.DE-24479—Carmen Miranda-

Andrews Sisters

VA-116—Barbara BrownVI-20-3077—Eve Young

FAR AWAY PLACESCA-15278—Margaret WhitingCO-38356—Dinah ShoreDE-24332—Bing Crosby

ME-5198—Vic DamoneVI-20-3316—Perry Como

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS(Is My Two Front Teeth)VI-20-3177—Spike Jones 0. '

TWELFTH STREET RAGBU-1060—Billy BishopCA-I5105—Pee Wee HuntDE-24450—Milt Herth TrioMG-10251—Jack Fine 0.RA-70033—Eddie Miller

RE-125—Freddie FisherS 1-1 5240—LiberaceVA-1 10—Varsity Ragtime BandVI-20-3120—Sidney Bechet 0.

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HIT Tunes for JanuaryAM I ALL OF YOUR FUTURE (FremarO

Ted Martin—DeLuxe 1182 • The Caboosers—Astor 503

Harmonica Gentlemen—Castle 1455 • Alan Foster—Regent 138

BEHAVIN’ MYSELF FOR YOUMaxine Sullivan—MGM 10343

BOUQUET OF ROSES

(Beacon)

IMF

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(Hill & Range)

Dick Haymes—Dec. 24506 • Eddy Arnold—Vic. 20-2806Rex Turner—Var. 8001 • Jackie Brown Quartet—MGM 10336

CORNBELT SYMPHONY (Mellin)Cyril Stapleton—Lon. 282 • Fred Groy—Apollo 1132

Nev Simons—MGM 10257 • Jack Lathrop—Vic. 20-3119Bob Stewart—Mero 7469. • Jack Smith—Cap. 15280

Jack Emerson—Metrotone 3014

CUANTO LE GUSTA (Peer)Andrews Sisters-Carmen Miranda—Dec. 24479

Xavier Cugat—Col. 38239 • Eve Young—Vic. 20-3077Jack Smith—Cap. 15280

(Lutz)DAINTY BRENDA LEEEddy Howard—Mer. 5208 • Peter Lind Hayes—Dec. 24519

Jack Smith—Cap. 15328 • Eastman Trio—Trilon 188Jack Lathrop—Vic. 20-3119 • Don Churchill—Trilon 206

Jerry Wayne—Col.*

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS(Melody Lane)

Mills Brothers—Dec. 24550 • Shorty Long—Dec. 46139r oyd iiilman—Col. 20430 • Reggie Goff—Lon. 312

Frontiersmen—Vic. 20-3188 • Jimmy Wakely—Cap. 15243

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'My Dream Is Yours" (3:07)

"Someone Like You" (2:46)

DORIS DAY

(Columbia 38375)

DORIS DAY

• It’s chirp Doris Day, currentlyhotter than a ten dollar pistol, whosteps out with still another poten-tial winner in this disking. Thegal, clicking like sixty on severalplatters, really displays her torridset of pipes to excellent advantageon this duo. Versatile spooning ofthe best sort, matched with thekind of infectious vocal that worms

its way toward the listener, all gotoward making the disking a greatone. It’s the top deck we’re wildabout, with Doris and the GeorgeSiravo ork blending in fine fettlethroughout. Titled “My Dream IsYours,” the gal pitches her pipesin high, brilliant manner to offerops a scintillating ballad. It’s topdrawer material offered in topdrawer fashion. Add to that theever increasing flock of fans thegal has, and music operators havea platter that should take off andfly. Ditty is set in soft, tenderstrains to which the romance kidscan hug up real close to. Backing,tagged “Someone Like You” picksup a bit in tempo, with Doris chirp-ing the light, flavory wordage insatisfying tones that count. It’s

the invigorating, refreshing vocal

style the lass has that makes youlisten attentively. Ops should latchon this pair.

"You Grew Up To Be Some Baby"(2:57)

"Oh! My Darling" (2:51) '

THE THREE SUNS


• Some wax done up in the light veinby the Tree Suns and the set up of

“You Grew Up To Be Some Baby”and “Oh! My Darling” headed opsway. The many fans The Suns haveare sure to sit still for this duo. Topdeck, featuring the vocal styling of

Artie Dunn shows as a fair picee,with Artie spooning the lyrics weav-

ing around the title. It’s wax that canbe used in those intimate spots to

best advantage. On the other end,The Sun Maids join Artie to pipe“Oh! My Darling” and come up withanother piece that might grab somejitney. Ops who have the room mightdo well to listen in.

"Columbus Stockade Blues" (3:00)

"My Own True Love" (2:59)

VAUGHN MONROE ORCH.


• Orkster Vaughn Monroe into thephono spotlight once again, with apair of tunes that are sure to meetwith wide approval. Top deck, “Co-lumbus Stockade Blues” should findsome top play, with Vaughn and theSons of the Pioneers doing the wailing

in top notch style. It’s done up withwestern flavor—the kind that makesyou wanna listen. Vaughn’s deep vo-cal style added to the smooth, softhush-hush treatment makes this aplatter ops and the many Monroe fanswill want to get with. On the flipwith a strong ballad, Vaughn takes itsolo for the deep intonations of “MyOwn True Love.” Song is truly abeautiful one—this rendition might bethe one to boost it and put it over thetop. Ops should, by all means, payclose attention to this hunk of wax.

"Underneath The Linden Tree"(3.04)

"For Ever And Ever" (2:52)

GRACIE FIELDS

(London 362)

• More wax by thrush Gracie Fields,with the refrain of “Underneath TheLinden Tree” and “For Ever & Ever”hanging around for music ops to takea peek at. Top deck, rolls along inslow tempo, with Gracie spooning thelyrics in fair manner. It’s a pleasantwaltz ditty that should meet withfair reception from the tavern trade.Flip, a meloncholy ballad once againshows Gracie in effective vocal style.Ditty does not showcase the lass’ won-derful set of pipes to best advantage,but nevertheless may find favor withmusic ops and juke box fans alike.Ops take it from here.

"Wolf-Wolf Polka" (2:50)

"Goral" (2:30)

FRANK WOJNAROWSKI ORCH.(Dana 557)

• Some great polka wax in the offingfor music ops who use this brand,with the widely popular Frank Woj-narowski ork sending it ops way. Topdeck is definitely a winner. Mellowtempo plus smart arrangement of thispiece tagged “Wolf-Wolf” beats thruin fine manner and makes for a worldof excellent listening pleasure. You’vegotta hear this thing to really appre-ciate it—and that’s just what we rec-ommend. On the other end with“Goral,” the crew keep the tempomerry and bounce back with anotherwinner. Polish vocal on this sideshould reach the many fans who gofor this stuff and meet with wide ap-proval. Wax rates a spot in your ma-chine.

"Rhumba Matumba" (3:00)

"Cuban Cabby" (2:57)

DESI ARNAZ ORCH.


• Here’s some wax, sure to make thehip-swivelers go wild. It’s Desi Amazand his wonderful crew, slicing ahunk of rhumba that is a cinch toclinch with zillions of juke box fans.It’s the top deck, “Rhumba Matumba”we’re raving about, with Desi wailingthe smart lyrics in strong vocal ex-pressions that score. Metro of thetune is fast paced and makes youshake as you listen. It’s great stuffthat should receive first rate coinplay. On the other end with “CubanCabby,” Desi slows the tempo down abit to tell the story weaving about thetitle. “Rhumba Matumba” is the sidethat’ll go like wide-fire—get with it.

"The Little Old Lady Of ThreadNeedle Street" (2:54)

"It Only Happens Once" (3:03)

KAY KYSER ORCH.(Columbia 38374)

• Orkster Kay Kyser out with an-other pair, with piper Harry Babbittin the spotlight on the duo. Both sidesare done up in light, affectionate tem-po and may catch on with the eyer in-creasing clan Kyser has. Top deck,“The Little Old Lady of ThreadNeedle Street” is done up in slowtempo, with Harry wailing the sad,hearts and flowers saga in effectivevocal styling. Flip, a top drawer bal-lad gets a better sendoff by Babbitthere, with the Kyser crew backing theboy adequately throughout. Ops whoneed some fair filler items might listenin.

"Arizona Sundown" (2:51)

"Marcella" (2:56)

FREDDY MARTIN ORCH.(RCA Victor 20-3254)

• More wax by orkster Freddy Mar-tin and the set up of “Arizona Sun-down” and “Marcella” headed opsway. Altho the platter itself isn’t tooexciting, the many Martin fans shouldclamor loud enough for the disk towarrant a spot in ops machines. Topdeck is the better of the pair. PiperGlenn Hughes and The Martin Menteam up to spoon some slow, melan-choly wordage about Arizona, withthe ork filling out in the background.It’s dreamy stuff that rolls along intender fashion and is patterned aftera cow-tune. Flip, “Marcella” has theMartin Men taking it solo with a fairgirl tune that may stir up. It’s lightstuff, effectively offered. Ops whohave the room in their machines mightlisten in.

"No More" (3:00) »

"If I Had A Penny" (3:01)BERYL DAVIS


• Thrush Beryl Davis out with apair of sides for music operators, withthe refrain of “No More” and “If IHad A Penny” seeping thru the wax.Altho the sides won’t cause juke boxfans to run for the nearest phono,they are satisfactory enough to war-rant ops listening time—and possiblymore. Top deck, “No More” is a fairenough ballad, ably performed intorchy manner by Beryl. Ork back-ing here by Toots Camarata adds tothe splendor of the wax. The flip_ picksup a bit in tempo with Beryl chirpinglightly throughout. Ops who have thespots that go for this brand of musicmight listen in.

"Pappy's Little Jug" (2:40)

"Minnie The Mermaid" (2:42)

PHIL HARRIS ORCH.


• The quick double-tongue vocalizingof maestro Phil Harris and a pair ofsides his many fans may go for. Wax,in the usual rollicking, laugh pattern

of the Harris ork makes for fairlypleasant listening time and should begreeted warmly. Top deck, “Pappy’sLittle Jug” spins in mellow tempowith Phil warbling the attractive lyr-

ics. Flip picks up in temp a bit andonce again has the maestro in thespotlight. It’s grade A material byHarris—listen in.

"Ave Maria" (3:04)

"Bless This House" (3:05)

DENNIS DAY(RCA Victor 20-3251)

• Some wax that music ops withwired music locations can get next toare these done up by balladeer DennisDay. It’s strong stuff, suited only forthe quiet, intimate spots where dinersgather. Both sides, “Ave Maria” and“Bless This House” are rendered inbeautiful vocal style, with Dennis’high tenor ably fitting the mood andmanner of the music. Orchestralbackground furnished by the CharlesDant ork fills the air with a ton ofscintillating strains to back the pipervery ably. Music ops who have a callfor this sort of stuff should take a

look-see.

"The Frogzee And The Flyzee" (2:45)!

"Merry Go-Round Polka" (2:37)

JOY NICHOLS—BENNY LEE

(London 363)

• Light merry wax in the offing formusic ops is this duo by chirpers JoyNichols and Benny -Lee. Stuff won’tstop a clock by any means, but never-theless, ops may care to use the plat-ter as a filler item. Tagged “TheFrogzee & The Flyzee” and “MerryGo-Round Polka,” the duo split vocalhonors to turn in a fair hunk of wax.Both sides are light and dainty, andoffer some fairly pleasant laughs andkicks. Chorus background by TheKeynotes and musical accompanimentby the Stanley Black ork turn intheir bit to round out the platter.Music ops take it from here.

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NEW YORK :Tootie Camarata, musical director for London Records, will leave for

London Records in mid-February, accompanied by Harry Goodman of RegentMusic. . . . Bob Hausfater, prexy of Robert’s Record Dist. Co., St. Louis, Mo.,starting an immediate promotion of Grand record’s “Joey Got A Girl.” . . .

Henry Okun well excited over piper Bill Darnel—and withgood cause. Bill has a couple of platters on Abbey Recordsthat look like winners. . . . Harry Bortnick of RaymondRosen Co., Philly, doing a newspaper column on recordsand disk jockey activities. Column is currently appearingin the Philadelphia Daily News and Atlantic City World,and is being offered to other papers. . . . Frankie Laine’s“It Only Happens Once” looks like a sure-fire winner forhim. Frankie along with Carl Fisher penned the ditty. . . .Like the way Roy Milton keeps getting smash juke boxplay. Latest hit for Roy on Specialty wax is “New Year’sResolution.” . . . Julius Shiff of Manor Records on his wayto the coast for a vacation trip and will stop off at the CMIConvention on his way back. . . . Irving Katz another fellaskedded for a business trip to the Coast and the land of

sunshine. . . . Stan Kenton discloses that he has definitely decided to leave themusic business entirely. Kenton will study m.edicine and hopes to specializein psychiatry. . . . King Cole Trio breaking it up at the RKO in Boston. . . .Make no mistake about it—that Royal Roost is the hottest thing in town. Left

ithe place at 2 in the morning the other day and was greeted hy a mob of howl-

Iing bop fans waiting 6 deep and around the comer to get in. . . . The Pied

1 Pipers back in Hollywood after an extended tour across the country. Pipers

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move into Ciro’s with Red Ingle’s zany crew and Chuy Reyes’ rhumba band;

rounding out the bill. • • • Pee Wee Hunt’s “Wabash Blues” starting to click,i ... Johnny Desmond’s “Tara Talara Tala” getting big play. . . . Ditto Vic

Damone’s Mercury platter of “Susy” just starting out. Wanna catch agreat act—^just for kicks and laughs? Get with the Hep-Skid & Abner groupin that little place off 52nd Street. . . . The Hep part of the act seems like anatural for television . . . and good looking too.

CHICAGO :Bob Bodine of RCA-Victor Records phones in to tell us about the 3 Suns’

latest waxing “You You You Are The One” backed by “I Walk On Moon-beams.” Seems as though last week when the boys were set to cut these sidesthey discovered they didn’t have their arrangement with them. However, theywent ahead with the session, using their own ar-rangement, and we hear the results are slightly ter-rific. Be sure and catch their show at the OrientalTheatre, it’s well worth seeing. . . . Mel Torme andEthel Smith, now holding forth at the Chicago The-atre, doing a bang up job. . . . “Paleface,” the newBob Hope pic now playing at the Chicago, beingpromoted with Bob Hope’s Capitol disk “Buttons AndBows,” which is given away to the first 200 luckyladies to get to the box office. . . . Larry Adler, cur-rently appearing at the Empire Room of the PalmerHouse, cutting several sides for Decca Records here.. . . Saul Bourne, head of Bourne Music, in Chi for afew days looking things over. . . . General sales man-ager for MGM Records, Charles Hassen, in town tosign up some new talent. . . . Don Reddell, field rep forMGM, here conferring with Nathan Hale, local chief distrib for MGM. . . .Johnny (Scat) Davis back at the Club Silhouette, Dec. 28, for a three weekstint. . . . Henry Brandon inked to follow Leighton Noble into the EdgewaterBeach Jan. 15. . . . The King Cole Trio set for three weeks at the Blue Notestarting Jan. 24. With Woody Herman signed for three days beginning Jan.27. . . . Jimmy Hilliard set to take over recording and talent duties for thenewly formed Coral Records. Jimmy was formerly associated with MercuryRecords. . . . Rondo Records releasing the first sides by the Hollywood pianist,Tibor Fejor, with vocals by local disk jockey Lloyd Webb. ... Joe Whalen ofWhalen Music thrilled over the interest being given his new number “Got NoTime.” Joe tells us to watch for records soon to be released on this time.

LOS ANGELES :Still spinning from some of those plattery parties we circled Christmas

and New Years. . . . Note to Paul Reiner, back in New York: Your gang atBlack and White really had themselves a ball. . . . On tap were Johnny Black-bum, all the girls and plant personnel, Owen Flynn of Highway fame, A1

Patrick and Lai Singh with apologies for Paula Wat-son, who was entertaining at a benefit. . . . Promotionman Guy Ward, record publicist Milt Rosner and ahalf dozen assorted disk jockeys and record person-alities came and went. . . . Nothing too pretentious,but a wonderful spread of such holiday delicacies ascorn beef, pickles, Swiss chizz, potato salad, cole slawand rye bread—and no one was obsei’ved leaving thepremises with his tongue hanging out from thirst.

Tempo’s party was a honey, with a nice, big Christ-mas tree heavily laden from all to all, a roaring fire-place and a spread of food fit for four kings and a fullhouse. ... You could call your shot on the liquidrefreshment, with an expert bartender on hand to dothe honors. ... In the midst of all this comfort andcelebration, it was interesting to chat with ColonelIrving Fogel about his recent trip through Europe.. . . By contrast there’s still plenty of poverty and little

cause for celebration in some countries . . . Col. Fogel cites Italy and Belgiumas showing the greatest progress of reconstruction. In France it’s only Paris

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that has been rebuilt to any extent (with most of the country’s money in theI

hands of the farmers, the Colonel says) and England is doing it the hard way,\

with a 66 2/3 per cent luxury tax on almost everything but the most essentialneeds and shoddy stuff at that—the better goods all going exclusively for export.Col. Fogel reports that Tempo products are really catching on in Europe atamazing rate. . . Freddy Martin a winner at the Cocoanut Grove.

FREDDY MARTIN

STAN KENTON

COLUMBIA RECORDS PREDICT GOODBUSINESS YEAR AHEAD FOR DISK INDUSTRY

Citing the introduction of the LongPlaying Microgroove record as a tre-mendous sales stimulant for the com-ing year, Frank K. White, Presidentof Columbia Records Inc., expressedthe belief that 1949 will be a highlysuccessful one for the record indus-try.

In an end-of-the-year statement is-sued at the company’s main plant inBridgeport, Connecticut, Mr. Whitestated that with the end of the banon making new records and with theadded impetus given bv the new LongPlaying Microgroove records, the in-dustry should have one of its biggestyears in 1949. It is his belief that thecoming year will see a gradual con-version from conventional shellac toLP among a great proportion of rec-ord collectors.

In the Popular field, Columbia in-troduced the new team of Doris Dayand Buddy Clark, which produced suchhit recordings as “Love Somebody”and “My Darling, My Darling.”“Name band” recordings began to re-gain prominence in 1948, with KayKyser’s two best sellers, “WoodyWoodpecker” and “Slow Boat ToChina.” Les Brown’s recording of“I’ve Got My Love To Keep MeWarm,” released in the fall of 1948,was acclaimed as one of the top in-strumental discs of the year.

Frankie Yankovic’s polka disking,“Just Because,” which was first issuedon Columbia’s Foreign label, thentransferred to the Popular Catalogue.Arthur Godfrey’s initial Columbiarecord, “Too Fat Polka” climbed intothe 1,000,000 bracket in early 1948.The 1948 vogue for western-typesongs sent Dinah Shore’s recordingof “Buttons And Bows” soaring overthe 1,000,000 sales mark. “HereComes Santa Claus,” a western-fiav-ored Christmas song recorded byGene Autry, became firmly estab-lished in the past year as a seasonal

standard, with sales topping the mil-lion figure.

In issuing his statement, Mr. Whiteexpressed gratification over the en-thusiastic response which has greetedColumbia’s Long Playing Microgrooverecord. “Rarely, if ever, has a newcommercial product been accordedsuch spontaneous acclaim,” Mr. Whitesaid. “We are extremely pleased bythe manner in which consumers, thepress, and our distributors and deal-ers have received the new LP record.It justifies the years of hard workwhich went into its development.Everyone concerned may be sure thatwe here at Columbia are conscious ofthe responsibility this acceptance im-poses upon us. We shall dischargethat responsibility by continuing torelease the type of repertoire the pub-lic desires and by maintaining themost exacting production standards.”

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New York, N. Y,1. BUTTONS & BOWS (Dinah Shore)2l MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)3. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA

(Kyser-Goodman)4. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME

(Evelyn Knight-Paula Watson)5. CUANTO LE GUSTA

(Andrews Sisters-Carmen Miranda)6. FAR AWAY PLACES (Margaret Whiting)7. LAVENDER BLUE (Dinah Shore)8. ALL 1 WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Spike Jones)9. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Blue Barron)

10. MISSOURI WALTZ (Perry Como)

Chicago, III.1. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Evelyn Knight)2. BUTTONS & BOWS (Dinah Shore)3. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)4. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Freddy Martin)5. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Kay Starr)6. WHAT DID 1 DO (Dick Haymes)7. LAVENDER BLUE (Dinah Shore)8. YOU CAME A LONG WAY FROM ST. LOUIS

(Ray McKinley)9. ALL 1 WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Spike Jones)

10. UNTIL (Tommy Dorsey)

Los Angeles, Calif.1. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Paula Watson)2. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)3. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)4. BUTTONS & BOWS (Dinah Shore)5. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (The Ink Spots)6. CUANTO LE GUSTA (Andrews Sisters)7. DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS

(Sammy Kaye)8. UNTIL (Tommy Dorsey)9. FAR AWAY PLACES (Margaret Whiting)

10. GLORIA (Mills Bros.)

Philadelphia, Pa.1. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Paula Watson)2. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)3. CUANTO LE GUSTA (Andrews Sisters)4. BUTTONS & BOWS (Dinah Shore)5. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Blue Barron)6. FAR AWAY PLACES (Margaret Whiting)7. GLORIA (Mills Bros.)8. FOR YOU (Gordon M. Jenkins)9. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (Gordon M. Jenkins)

10. MISSOURI WALTZ (Pery Como)

Pine Bluff, Ark.1. BUTTONS & BOWS (Dinah Shore)2. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Freddy Martin)3. COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES

(Vaughn Monroe)4. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Peter Lind Hayes)5. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Evelyn Knight)6. TWELFTH STREET RAG (Pee Wee Hunt)7. THAT CERTAIN PARTY (Benny Strong)8. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (The Ink Spots)9. LAVENDER BLUE (Sammy Kaye)

10. GLORIA (Mills Bros.)

Charlotte, N. C.1. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)2. BUTTONS & BOWS (The Dinning Sisters)3. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Paula Watson)4. ALL 1 WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Spike Jones)5. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae6. TWELFTH STREET RAG (Pee Wee Hunt)7. LAVENDER BLUE (Dinah Shore)8. UNTIL (Tommy Dorsey)9. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Blue Barron)

10. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (Gordon Jenkins)

Gretna, La.1. BUTTONS & BOWS (Dinning Sisters)2. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Peter Lind Hayes)3. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Art Lund)4. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Blue Barron)5. ALL 1 WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Spike Jones)6. CUANTO LE GUSTA (Andrews Sisters)7. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (Eddy Howard)8. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Evelyn Knight)9. HIGH SOCIETY (Pee Wee Hunt)

10. A TREE IN THE MEADOW (Margaret Whiting)

Shoals, Ind.1. BUTTONS & BOWS (Dinah Shore)2. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA

(Benny Goodman)3. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Peter Lind Hayes)4. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Evelyn Knight)5. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Blue Barron)6. LAVENDER BLUE (Sammy Kaye)7. UNTIL (Tommy Dorsey)8. ALL 1 WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Spike Jones)9. A TREE IN THE MEADOW (Margaret Whiting)m* that certain .party (Benny Strong)

Payefte, Idaho1. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)2. BUTTONS & BOWS (Dinning Sisters)3. A TREE IN THE MEADOW (Margaret Whiting)4. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)5. TWELFTH STREET RAG (Pee Wee Hunt)6. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Kay Starr)7. UNTIL (Tommy Dorsey)8. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (Gordon M. Jenkins)9. THAT CERTAIN PARTY

(Doris Day-Buddy Clark)10. CUANTO LE GUSTA (Jack Smith)

Brodhead, Wise.1. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Freddy Martin)2. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)3. BUTTONS & BOWS (Dinah Shore)4. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Evelyn Knight)5. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Blue Barron)6. LAVENDER BLUE (Dinah Shore)7. SWEET GEORGIA BROWN (Brother Bones)8. SAY SOMETHING SWEET TO YOUR

SWEETHEART (Vic Damone)9. MARCH OF THE BOB CATS (Bob Crosby)

10. ALL 1 WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Spike Jones)

Cincinnati, 0.1. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinah Shore)2. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)3. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)4. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Evelyn Knight)5. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Blue Barron)6. ALL 1 WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Spike Jones)7. UNTIL (Tommy Dorsey)8. THAT CERTAIN PARTY (Benny Strong)9. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (Gordon Jenkins)

10. TWELFTH STREET RAG (Pee Wee Hunt)

New London, Conn.1. ALL 1 WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Spike Jones)2. SIBONEY (Ben Light)3. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Paula Watson)4. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinah Shore)5. SWEET GEORGIA BROWN (Brother Bones)6. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)7. SILVER DOLLAR (Jimmy Dodd)8. HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (Gene Autry)9. NAUGHTY WALTZ (Ken Griffin)

10. WHITE CHRISTMAS (Bing Crosby)

Lowell, Moss.1. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)2. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinah Shore)3. BELLA BELLA MARIE (Eddy Howard)4. GLORIA (The Mills Bros.)5. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Paula Watson)e: BOUQUET OF ROSES (Eddy Arnold)7. TENNESSEE WALTZ (Pee Wee King)8. LAVENDER BLUE (Sammy Kaye)9. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Doris Day-Buddy Clark)10. WABASH BLUES (Pee Wee Hunt)

Gulfport, Miss.1. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)2. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinah Shore)3. WHITE CHRISTMAS (Bing Crosby)4. SILENT NIGHT (Bing Crosby)5. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)6. LAVENDER BLUE (Sammy Kaye)7. UNTIL (Tommy Dorsey)8. UNDERNEATH THE ARCHES (Andrews Sisters)9. BELLA BELLA MARIE (Grade Fields)

10. RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY (John Laurenz)

Butte, Mont.1. HERE I'LL STAY (Buddy Clark)2. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Evelyn Knight)3. DEEP PURPLE (Paul Weston)4. SICILIAN TARANTELLA (Reino Orch.)5. DADDY-0 (Page Cavanaugh Trio)6. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)7. TRAVELING SALESMAN POLKA (Jo Stafford)8. FOR YOU (Gordon Jenkins)9. BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS (Jan Peerce)

10. SHOULD 1 (Andre Previn)

San Francisco, Calif.1. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Freddy Martin)2. MY DARLING, MY DARLING (Jo Stafford)3. A TREE IN THE MEADOW (Margaret Whiting)4. BUTTONS AND BOWS (The Dinning Sisters)5. EVERY DAY 1 LOVE YOU (Jo Stafford)6. LIFE GETS TEE-JUS (Tex Williams)7. COOL WATER (Vaughn Monroe)8. TWELFTH STREET RAG (Pee Wee Hunt)9. BELLA BELLA MARIE (Eddy Howard)

10. THAT CERTAIN PARTY (Benny Strong)

Birmingham, Ala.1. FOGGY RIVER (Kate Smith)2. FAR AWAY PLACES (Margaret Whiting)3. BLUE MOON (Billy Eckstine)4. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Evelyn Knight)5. BELLA BELLA MARIE (Eddy Howard)6. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)7. KE-MO-KY-MO (King Cole Trio)8. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinah Shore)9. ALOHA OHE (Ken Griffin)

10. WHAT DID 1 DO? (Margaret Whiting)

Miami, Fla.1. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Freddy Martin)2. MY DARLING, MY DARLING (Jo Stafford)3. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinah Shore)4. LAVENDER BLUE (Sammy Kaye)5. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Evelyn Knight)6. BRUSH THOSE TEARS FROM YOUR EYES

(Evelyn Knight)7. CUANTO LE GUSTA (Andrews Sisters)8. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Blue Barron)9. DOWN AMONG THE SHELTERING PALMS

(Sammy Kaye)10. GLORIA (The Mills Bros.)

Frankfort, Ky.1. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Evelyn Knight)2. ALL 1 WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Spike Jones)3. HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (Gene Autry)4. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)5. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinah Shore)6. IT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW (D. Washington)7. 1 LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS (J. Wakely)8. EVERY DAY 1 LOVE YOU (Jo Stafford)9. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)10. FAR AWAY PLACES (Margaret Whiting)

Reno, Nev.1. THAT CERTAIN PARTY (D. Doy-B. Clark)2. UNTIL (Tommy Dorsey)3. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (Gordon Jenkins)4. GLORIA (The Mills Bros.)5. SIDE BY SIDE (Nick Lucas)6. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)7. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinning Sisters)8. CHOWDER SPECIAL (Tony Poster)9. CHEATIN' ON YOUR BABY (Korn Kobblers)

10. FOR YOU (Glen Gray)

Seattle, Wash.1. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)2. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinah Shore)3. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Doris Day-Buddy Clark)4. WHITE CHRISTMAS (Bing Crosby)5. THE CHRISTMAS SONG (King Cole Trio)6. TWELFTH STREET RAG (Pee Wee Hunt)7. ALL 1 WANT FOR CHRISTMAS (Spike Jones)8. A TREE IN THE MEADOW (Margaret Whiting)9. WHAT DID I DO? (Dick Haymes)

10. BOUQUET OF ROSES (Eddy Arnold)

Oklahoma City, Okla.1. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Blue Barron)2. BY THE WAY (Perry Como)3. WHAT DID 1 DO? (Ray McKinley)4. DAINTY BRENDA LEE (Eddy Howard)5. BELLA BELLA MARIE (Andrews Sisters)6. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)7. FOOLS RUSH IN (Billy Eckstine)8. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (B. Goodman)9. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinah Shore)

10. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Paula Watson)

Detroit, Mich.1. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Freddy Martin)2. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinning Sisters)3. UNTIL (Tommy Dorsey)4. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Doris Day-Buddy Clark)5. CUANTO LE GUSTA (Andrews Sis.-C. Miranda)6. LAVENDER BLUE (Sammy Kaye) *7. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Paula Watson)8. TWELFTH STREET RAG (Pee Wee Hunt)9. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (Gordon Jenkins)

10. IT'S MAGIC (Tony Martin)

St. Louis, Mo.1. ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)2. BUTTONS AND BOWS (Dinah Shore)3. YOU WERE ONLY FOOLING (Blue Barron)4. THAT CERTAIN PARTY (Benny Strong)5. BASIN STREET BLUES (Pee Wee Hunt)6. COAST OF MAINE (Ron Harry)7. MY DARLING, MY DARLING

(Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae)8. BRUSH THOSE TEARS FROM YOUR EYES

(Al Trace9. DOGHOUSE BOOGIE (Hawkshaw Hawkins)

10. A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Eveyn Knight)


THEcm SOX

"Believe Me, Beloved" (3:00)

'Say Something Nice About Me" (2:59)

BILL JOHNSON & HIS MUSICAL NOTES(RCA Victor 20-3037)

BILL JOHNSON

• Ditty decked out in a blue ribbonpackage and labeled coin winner isthis bit done up by Bill Johnson andHis Musical Notes. “Believe Me,

Beloved” is a slow, soulful balladthat should catch on and go likewildfire. Vocal spotlight shines onpiper Gus Gordon and a chorus whoturn in a brilliant bit of warbling.Smooth, rich intonations of Gusring crystal clear throughout andmake for wonderful listening pleas-ure. It’s stuff that makes you stopand listen—and then come back foranother earful. Lyrics of the songare beautiful and are definitelysuperbly rendered. It’s a big bou-quet for Gus Gordon and anotherfeather in the cap of maestro BillJohnson. The flip, “Say SomethingNice About Me” is a repeat firstrate platter with Gus in the spot-light once again. Both sides arewinners—climb on!

"The Deacon's Hop" (2:39)

"Artie's Jump" (2:33)

BIG JAY McNEELEY

(Savoy 685)

• Pair of instrumental sides in theoffing for music ops are these done upin hep tempo by Big Jay McNeeley andhis crew. Stuff, tagged “The Deacon’sHop” and “Artie’s Jump” featuressome torrid sax work done up with aload of drive and beat. Tempo is merryand should sit well with the hep jazzo-phile crowd. The kids who love tojump may go for the pair. Ops cantake a look-see.

"Robins Horn" (2:31)

"Southside Saturday Night" (2:41)

CANDY JOHNSON ORCH.(Danceland 400)

• Some great wax by the great CandyJohnson ork and the mellow metro of“Robins Horn” seeping thru this plat-ter. Stuff is done up with a ton ofdrive and beat, with Candy displayingsome excellent sax work throughout.It’s wax they go for in a big way

—

especially so in those tavern locations.On the flip with another hunk ofmellow music. Candy switches to aslower tempo to come up with anotherpotential winner in “Southside Satur-day Night.” Top deck is the one wego for—we’re sure you will too.

"I Wish I Didn't Love You So" (2:57)

;

"Hard Ridin' Moma" (2:48)

i MANHATTAN PAUL—THE THREE RIFFS(Atlantic 868)

# Here’s a kid you’ve just gotta listento. Manhattan Paul bows into phono

. spotlight via this cookie and steps offon the right foot. The lad’s pipesshow to excellent advantage on the

;top deck, “I Wish I Didn’t Love You

!

So.” Tune should be familiar to mostops since it scored not too long ago as

1a poj) hit. Soft, hush-hush treatmentoffered here is tops and should winwide favor. On the flip with “Hard

i

Ridin’ Moma,” The Three Riffs breaki it up with some hot and holler in amellow bit. Top deck for the moola.Latch on!

"Laughing Boy" (2:56)

"Shawn" (2:31)

BUDDY STEWART QUINTET(Sittin' In 161)

• Here’s a hunk of wax that’s goteverything. It’s Buddy Stewart andhis boys knocking out a gpreat platterif there ever was one. The soft, simpletones of this unusual disking tagged“Laughing Boy” make for a ton ofexcellent listening pleasure, withBuddy’s fon'd pipes ringing truethroughout. You’ve gotta get withthis one. The flip, “Shawn” has Buddyand the crew knocking out somemellow bop vocal which shines delight-fully. Climb on the bandwagon with“Laughing Boy.”

"I've Got A Right To Cry" (3:20)

"Blue Moods" (2:12)

JOE LIGGINS ORCH.(Exclusive 68X)

# Joe Liggins on the bandstand witha pair that appear to be headed for atop spot in ops machines. Wax, tagged“I’ve Got A Right To Cry” and “BlueMoods” is in there pitching all theway. Top deck should be fairly wellknown to music since it has beenwidely recorded. This rendition shouldadd to its popularity immensely. Theflip “Blue Moods” is an all instru-mental bit featuring the sax stylingof the maestro. T^e many Ligginsfans should go for the duo.

"Hip Shakin' Moma" (2:39)

"Chubby's Confession" (2:47)

CHUBBY NEWSOM(DeLuxe 3199)

O The vocal warbling of chirp ChubbyNewsom and a pair that are definitelywinners for the juke box trade. Topdeck, “Hip Shakin’ Momma” is alreadylacking up a storm in a zillion loca-tions and should come up to be a bigone. It’s slow stuff done up in topvocal treatment with the lyrics run-ning rings around the title.. Flip is arepeat, with Chubby’s great pipesriding thru in fine style once again.Don’t miss this hunk of wax—getwith it.

PROPOSAL FORMOA COAST-TO-COASTRADIO PROGRAM CLICKS WITH OPSPlaque To Appear On Store Windows Of AllMembers. Locations To Tie In With Air ShowAppeals To Assn. Leaders. Foresee Full

National Membership.NEW YORK—The proposal for a

coast-to-coast radio show for theMusic Operators of America (MOA),which appeared first in this publica-tion this past week (January 1, 1949issue), has clicked big with all associa-tion members of MOA, and the beliefnow is that all effort should be bentto make this the bcadline proposal atthe forthcoming meeting of MOA dur-ing the CMI convention in Chicago.As explained in this past week’s

issue, this national network airshowwould feature the nation’s top ten jukebox tunes and would, at the same time,have noted recording stars of all therecording firms as its weekly guests.The individual operator members of

all local associations which compriseMOA would benefit from the programby featuring a plaque on the windowsof their locations. Since MOA collectsits dues from all associations based, onthe number of phonos being operatedby the members, the association wouldreceive as many plaques as the numberof phonos it registers for its dues.

This same would apply to the inde-pendent music ops who do not havelocal associations. They would alsoreceive as many plaques to fasten ontothe windows of their locations as theamounts of dues they pay.As yet no set amount has been

named for dues per phono. It is be-lieved that this may be approximately50c. or $1 per year per juke box. Ifregarded in the light of a goodly per-centage of the 500,000 juke boxes now

operating’ thruout the nation enteringinto this effort, the amount would in-sure a very handsome airshow for agood number of weeks.The main theme of the coast-to-

coast network show would be to “sell”the locations to the public where thespecial MOA symbol is featured on thewindow. In this fashion the membersof MOA would benefit from a businessdrive to get them more customers tolisten to the popular music which theirjuke boxes, wired music, and otherautomatic music systems feature.The result of the first announcement

regarding the suggestion for a na-tional network airshow has broughtmany happy comments from ops.

All are of the belief, too, that thisis what can insure the “fullest possiblemembership in the national (MOA)organization,” not only from localassociations but, most important, fromall independent operators who willwant to be part of this great airshow.Tho The Cash Box was first to bring

this proposal to the fore, George A.Miller, National Chairman of MusicOperators of America, instantly cameforward to advise that he was com-pletely behind such a public relationsprogram.

Mr. Miller has always been a leaderin public relations work for the auto-matic music industry and he feels thatthis effort, especially since it is basedon a coast-to-coast broadcast, is ofgreat help to all the automatic musicindustry.

Thanks to FOUR STAR RECORDSfor the opportunity of Publishing...

SUNSETTRAILby E. P. SIMPSONFOUR STAR Record # 1203

Sung by Stubby Brown

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The Cash Box^ Music Page 14 January S, 1949

MUSIC OPS ASK FOR MOREUNIFORM RECORDINGS

Ask Diskeries Eliminate Long Start;

Hold Playing Time to Less Than Three

Minutes; Maintain Uniform VolumeNEW YORK—From everywhere in

the country ops have entered into aplea to record manufacturers to ar-range for more unifonn recordings.Leading ops have always asked that

this be done. They believe that greateruniformity will mean more play, andwill also help the operator from thestandpoint of offering the generalpublic better tone music.For a long time one of the outstand-

ing bones of contention has been thevarious starting times on the recordsof different firms.

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4. "PRETTY PAPAIBLUES"

Paula Watson—Supreme 510

5. "I'M STILL INLOVE WITH YOU"

T-Bone Walker—Comet T-51

6. "MORE BEER"The Rhinelonders—Manhottan 2003

7. "DON'T GAMBLEWITH ROMANCE'

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JUKE BOX OPERATORS SAY

by Al Kibbler(Miracle 501)

miracleRECORD COMPANY500 5AST 6?rd ST.

CHKAGC I'*. ILL

Some disks have come out with wideblank edges to the point where manyseconds elapse before the music starts.This has been the cause in some casesof damage to phonos and generalmusic equipment, because the playerbecomes impatient and smashes thejuke box or the wall and bar box inthe belief that his coin did not makecontact and therefore the long waitfor the music to start playing.

Operators have, time and again,asked manufacturers to cut down onthe long start. They have also pointedout that such “long start records”have received less play from the pub-lic, even tho they may have been in the“hit” category.One more thing which juke box ops

have asked that the diskeries pay at-tention to is their timing of records.Some disks have appeared with farover three minutes’ playing time and,in the cases of many juke boxes, thetone arm has lifted off the disk rightin the midst of the song. This has leftthe public cold to the juke box.The average music op instantly

eliminates such a record from his ma-chine. Therefore, the ops report, ifthe manufacturers will confine them-selves to disks of three minutes (and,especially, less playing time) the coinoperated music business will benefit.Another big problem which con-

fronts the juke box ops is uniformvolume. Wired music operators espe-cially have been burned in such cases.Some firms will present disks with

the volume so low that, once the vol-ume indicator is set, the record can’teven be heard in the average location.

Immediately afterwards the recordof some other manufacturer is chosenand the volume is so high it almostblows the glass out.“Why,” ops have asked time and

again, “can’t the record manufac-turers come together and arrange foruniform volume recordings?”

These technical problems, all in thejuke box industry believe, can veryeasily be solved by an agreementamong the diskeries, and it will meanmore money for them as well as bettertone for the average juke box.The music machine operator is try-

ing very hard to bring the public finertonal quality. This has been the driveinstituted since the beginning of post-war automatic music.

Ops have tried again and again but,due to lack of uniformity in the diskswhich they are purchasing, they havebeen set back just as many times asthey have tried to better tonal quality.At the forthcoming CMI convention,

music ops will bring these technicalpoints to the attention of officers ofMOA (Music Operators of America)while the meetings of the nationalorganization are under way, in thehope that there will be some methodwhich can be adopted to bring thediskeries together.

DOWN AMONG THE

SHELTERING PALMS

lyric by James Brockman

Music by Abe Olman

Scoring AGreet New Popularity

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"Mansion On The Hill" (2:58)"I Can't Get You Off My Mind" (2:57)

HANK WILLIAMS

usual excellent vocal styling on thisduo to come up with a boffo record-ing. It’s the top deck we’re ravingabout—and we’re sure you will too.Titled “Mansion On The Hill,”Hank lends his affectionate tonsilsto this slow, teasing ditty in beauti-ful manner. It’s a first rate folklament, performed in the very bestof fashion. Lyrics of the songmake you wanna listen all themore, with the slow, dreamy back-ground coming thru to round outthe side. On the flip with “I Can’tGet You Off My Mind,” Hank picksup the tempo a bit to come backwith another potential winner.Once again it’s Hank’s tonsils thathog the limelight. Ops won’t haveto hesitate one second with thisdisking—run out and grab it.

HANK WILLIAMS

• Hank Williams into the phonospotlight with another pair thatare a cinch to garner a ton of coinplay. Hank, always a heavy favor-ite with folk and western fansthroughout the nation, displays his

"You'll Reap These Tears" (2:25)

"I'll Always Care" (2:54)ROY ACUFF

(Columbia 20528)

• Wax by Roy Acuff and a pair thatmake for a ton of musical pleasure.Top side “You’ll Reap These Tears,”is done up in hearts and flowers fashionwith Roy wailing the glowing lyrics infine style. Flip, another onion-winner,should hypo ops phono play immenselyas well. Roy’s ever-growing list offans are sure to clamor loud and longfor this pair. Music operators shouldhop on the bandwagon and get anarmful of this recording.

"Old Paint's Complaint" (2:51)

"Hurry Don't Delay" (2:41)TEX WILLIAMS(Capitol 15321)

• Tex Williams and his WesternCaravan in the spotlight once againwith some wax that is sure to win widefavor with music ops and his manyfans alike. Both sides appear to beheaded for a featured spot on thejukes. Tagged “Old Paint’s Com-plaint” and “Hurry Don’t Delay,”Tex’s deep, heavy tonsils pitch in finestyle to set the stage for some heavyjitney. It’s done up a la Phil Harrisstyle, with the lyrics of the pair offer-ing loads of mirth and merriment. Topdeck is a parody on the perennial nagused in cow-tunes and appears to hethe better of the pair. Either sideshould start silver rolling—but fast.

"You Ain't Where You Come FromNow" (2:50)

"Wide Rollin' Plains" (2:56)ROSALIE ALLEN


• Chirp Rosalie Allen, always a topcontender for juke box honors, offersa pair here that should gamer someheavy play in the phonos. It’s “YouAin’t Where You Come From Now”that makes you wanna listen. Thegal’s pipes, soft and sweet throughout,roll thru this tidy, tasty hunk of musicin top notch style. Ork backing is inthere all the way to round out a firstrate platter. The flip, with the lyricsechoing the title, appears to be attrac-tive too and should cause loads ofattention. The gal’s many fans aresure to go for this duo. Ops shouldget with the disk.

"I Feel That Old Age Creeping On"(2:40)

"Goodbye Old Booze" (2:38)HOMER & JETHRO

(King 749)

the set up of “I Feel That Old AgeComing On” and “Goodbye Old Booze.”Tme popular vocal team display someeffective vocal treatment on the pair,with the^ top deck hogging the lime^light. It s a slow piece, ably rendered,with the soft lamenting lyrics sureto win wide attention. Flip parrotsthe title throughout and features amellow spot of guitar and fiddle. Musicops who have the locations that go fortheir duo, and they are many, shouldlisten in here.

'Someday You'll Call My Name"(2:39)

"You're Gonna Regret It AllSomeday" (2:55)

RED PERKINS(DeLuxe 5082)

• Pair of sides which music ops canuse as effective filler items are theseoffered by folk balladeer Red PerkinsWax, titled “Someday You’ll Call MyName” and “You’re Gonna Regret ItAll Someday,” shows effectively withRed piping the lamenting lyrics infairly attractive manner. The platterwon’t stop traffic, but neverthelessshould account for its fair share ofcoin play. Red’s tonsils pitch in deeptones with adequate instrumentalbacking rounding out the cookie. Opswho have the room in their machinesmight pay attention in this direction.

"Tennessee" (2:25)"Red Head Polka" (2:44)

DOYE O'DELL(Exclusive 73X)

• Rapidly rising favorite Doye O’Dellwaxes a pair of sides here that shouldmeet with first rate reception on thepart of music operators. Doye’s fondpipes wrap around “Tennessee” and“Red Head Polka” in top notch man-ner throughout the waxing. Top deck,with the lyrics weaving around thetitle, spins in slow, moderate tempowith a spot of mellow guitar. Flip,an instrumental bit done up in polkatempo with some pleasant fiddle work,should garner its fair share of coinplay. Top side beckons a ton of coinplay.

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BEWILDEREDRed Miller(Bullet 295)

Amos Milburn(Aladdin 3018)

BEWILDEREDRed Miller(Bullet 295)

Amos Milburn(Aladdin 3018)

BEWILDERED

Amos Milburn

(Aladdin 3018)

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trees

Hibbler

(Miracle 501)

TREES

Al Hibbler

(Miracle 501)

HIP SHAKINGMOMMAChubby Neyfsom

(DeLuxe 3199)

TEXAS HOP

Pee Wee Crayton

(Modern 628)

VLL ALWAYSBE IN LOVEM4 WITH YOUThe Ray-O-Vacs

(Coleman 100)

MERRY CHRIST-MAS BABY

Johnny Moore

(Exclusive 63X)

BLUES FORTHE RED BOYTodd Rhodes

(King 4240)

A LITTLE BIRDTOLD MEPaula Watson

(Supreme 1507}

CHICKENSHACK BOOGIEAmos Milburn

(Aladdin 3014)

BLUES AFTERHOURSPee Wee Crayton(Modern 624)

MERRY CHRIST-MAS BABYJohnny Moore

(Exclusive 63X)


(Aladdin 3014)

I'M FOREVERBLOWINGBUBBLESCharlie Ventura

(National 9057)

I'M FOREVERBLOWINGBUBBLESCharlie Ventura

(National 9057)

A LITTLE BIRDTOLD MEPaula Watson

(Supreme 1507)

PRETTY MAMABOOGIE

Jimmy Grisson,

(Modern)

A LITTLE BIRD#imTOLD ME

Paula Watson


(Aladdin 3014)

NEW YEAR'SRESOLUTIONBLUESRoy Milton

(Specialty)

BLUES FORTHE RED BOYTodd Rhodes

(King)

IT'S TOO SOONaAto know

The Orioles(Natural 5000)

A LITTLE iBIRDTOLD MEPaula Watson

(Supreme 1507)


(Aladdin 3014)

BLUES AFTERHOURSPee Wee Crayton(Modern 624)

NEW YEAR'SRESOLUTION

4|4 BLUESRoy Milton(Specialty)

AM 1 ASKINGTOO MUCHDinah Washington

(Mercury 8095)

TEXAS HOP

Pee Wee Crayton

(Modern 628)

NEW YEAR'SRESOLUTIONBLUESRoy Milton(Specialty)

SWEETGEORGIABROWNBrother Bones

(Tempo 633) *

TEXAS HOP

Pee Wee Crayton

(Modern 628)

PRETTY MAMABOOGIEJimmy Grissom

(Modern)

SWEETGEORGIABROWNBrother Bones

(Tempo 633)

_ WRAPPED UP|Tj\lN A DREAM

Do-Re-Me

(Commodore)

PRETTY MAMABOOGIEJimmy Grissom

(Modern)

BLUES AFTERHOURSPee Wee Crayton(Modern)

GET YOURSELFANOTHER FOOLCharles Brown

(Aladdin 3020)

SHOALS, IND.

1. A Little Bird Told Me(Paula Watson)

2. It's Too Soon To Know(Dinah Washington)

3. Pleasing You (Lonnie Johnson)4. Bewildered (Red Miller)5. Corn Bread (Hal Singer)6. Hop, Skip And Jump

(Roy Milton)’^7. Tomorrow Night (Lonnie Johnson)'8. Good Rocking Tonight

(Wynonie Harris),'9. Daddy-0 (Louis Jordan)

10.

My Fault (Brownie McGhee)

DETROIT, MICH.

1. Bewildered (Amos Milburn)2. Pleasing You (Lonnie Johnson)3. Chicken Shack Boogie

(Amos Milburn)4. Tomorrow Night (Lonnie Johnson)5. Sweet Georgia Brown

(Brother Bones)6. Good Rocking Tonight

(Wynonie Harris)7. Blues After Hours

(Pee Wee Crayton)8. Blues For The Red Boy

(Todd Rhodes)9. I Don't Core Who Knows

(Buddy Johnson)

10.

Pretty Mama Boogie(Jimmy Grissom)

GULFPORT, MISS.

1. Bewildered (Amos Milburn)2. Hip Shaking Momma

(Chubby Newsom)3. Good Rocking Tonight

(Wynonie Harris)4. Blues After Hours

(Pee Wee Crayton)5. Blues For The Red Boy

(Todd Rhodes)6. Pretty Mama Boogie

(Jimmy Grissom)7. 'Fore Day In The Morning

(Roy Brown)8. My Fault (Brownie McGhee)9. Sweet Georgia Brown

(Brother Bones)

10.

New Year's Resolution(Roy Milton)

BALTIMORE, MD.

1. Bewildered (Amos Milburn)2. Blues After Hours

(Pefe Wee Crayton)3. Rainy Weather Blues

(Roy Brown)4. Sweet Georgia Brown

(Brother Bones)5. Trees (Al Hibbler)6. Wrapped Up In A Dream

(Do-Re-Me)7. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

(Charlie Ventura)8. A Little Bird Told Me

(Paula Watson)9. Chicken Shack Boogie

(Amos Milburn)

10.

It's Too Soon To Know(The Orioles)

KANSAS CITY, MO.

1. Trees (Al Hibbler)2. Blues After Hours

(Pee Wee Crayton)3. New Year's Resolution

(Roy Milton)4. Pettin' And Pokin' (Louis Jordan)5. Chicken Shack Boogie

(Amos Milburn)6. Hip Shaking Momma

(Chubby Newsom)7. Sweet Georgia Brown

(Brother Bones)8. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

(Charlie Ventura)9. Jet Propulsion (Illinois Jacquet)

10.

Silent Night (The Ravens)

ATLANTA, GA.

1. Bewildered (Amos Milburn)2. Chicken Shack Boogie

(Amos Milburn)3. Blues After Hours

(Pee Wee Crayton)4. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

(Charlie Ventura)5. Pretty Mama Boogie

(Jimmy Grissom)6. Texas Hop (Pee Wee Crayton)7. Silent Night (The Ravens)8. New Year's Resolution

(Roy Milton)9. Bump In The Road Boogie

(Camille Howard)

10.

Wrapped Up In A Dream(Do-Re-Me)

I'age 16

IWAHTTME

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fORw TT?EE5"by Al Hibbler(Miracle 501)

"JUST IN CASE YOUCHANGE YOUR MIND"

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"LET'S GIVE LOVEANOTHER CHANCE"

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DEEK WATSONand The Brown Dots

Manor # 1163

CAPITOL RECORDS DISCLOSE FINALRESULTS IN ANNUAL SALES CONTEST

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HOLLYWOOD, Cal.—Capitol Eec-ords’ Floyd A. Bittaker, vice-presidentin charge of sales, today announcedthe final results in the company’s recently concluded fall sales contest.Winners include Carl Ertmann of

Cleveland, who led the branch man-agers; Cy Kertman, Buffalo, topeastern regional salesman; GeorgeMansour, Cleveland, No. 1 midwestregional salesman; Angus Hay, Jack-sonville, Fla., who took first placeamong south and southeastern re-gional salesmen, and Dave Lee, SanFrancisco, top western regional sales-man.

In addition to their bonus checks,these men and their wives will also geta one-week trip to Hollywood, withCapitol paying all expenses.

In announcing the contest results,Bittaker stated that the record firmhad paid out a bonus total to all com-peting salesmen of $45,925.54. Highestbonus paid to a salesman amountedto $2,742.92, while the checks averaged$629.11 per man.

Bittaker said that the total amountof bonuses paid far exceeded the com-pany’s pre-contest expectations, andgave full credit for Capitol’s huge

autumn sales volume to the energeticefforts of the sales force in the field.At the same time that contest bonus

checks were mailed out to the sales-men, Capitol recognized the devotionto duty of all other employes by issu-ing Christmas bonus checks totalling$35,000, Bittaker said.

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Columbia Records Add& Drop To Talent RosterNEW YORK—Following reported

shake-ups in all recording companies,artist and talent rosters, ColumbiaRecords Inc., this city, this past weekdropped and added to its artist andrep list.Added to the firm’s label was balla-

deer Herb Jeffries, who has switchedfrom the Exclusive label. It is re-ported that Jeffries has waxed all hissides in fulfilment of his contract com-rnitments and is reported waiting tosign when his contract with Exclusiveruns out on January 31.Dropped were Woody Herman,

Claude Thornhill, Cab Calloway andthe Tommy Tucker bands.

Other diskers were known to be pre-paring similar changes but could notbe reached for details at press time.

APOLLO HAS THE HIT of

"I'M Always Be InLove With You"

by

BOB MERRILLApollo # 404

Order From Your NearestDistributor or Write

APOLLO RECORDS, Inc.457 WEST 45fh STREET NEW YORK

TEN INDIE FLATTERIESSIGN WITH AFM

NEW YORK—Ten more independ-ent recording companies were learnedto have signed with the AmericanFedeiation of Musicians in their re-cently concluded trust agreement ap-proved several weeks ago by the At-torney General’s office.The signing of the latest ten bring

the total number of platteries havingsigned the agreement to 25.

f Spiro, Black &White, Nightingale, -Supreme, Dis-covery, Caravan, Music-You-EnioyAetna, Gala and Technicord.Growing rumors on the West Coast

continued this past week and were laidto the new method of application forrecording license. Under the trustagreement, new applications are re-viewed by Trustee Samuel R. Rosen-baum. It is reported that the AFMIS checking new applications to seewhether these firms have paid royal-ties up to and including January 1st.

Morty Palitz Added ToColumbia Records Artist& Repertoire StaffHOLLYWOOD, Cal.—Ben Selvin,

West Coast Director of PopularArtists and Repertoire for ColumbiaRecords Inc., announced today thatMortimer Palitz has been appointedAssociate Director of Artists andRepertoire for CRI in Hollywood.Well-known in recording circles as

an outstanding musical director, Mr.Palitz first joined Columbia Recordsin 1937 in that capacity. He remainedwith the company until 1943, when heleft to sepe with the Armed Forces.Mr. Palitz rejoins the Columbiaorganization as of January 1, 1949.

Black & White RecordsTo Open New YorkDistributing Office

NEW'YORK—Black & White Re-cording Company, Los Angeles, Cal.,this past week disclosed that they willopen their own distributing office inthis city sometime this week. Firmname of the new organization is to beBlack & White Distributors of NewYork, Inc., and will be located at 447W. 50th Street.The firm will handle, in addition to

their Black & White record line, Su-preme, Comet, Highway, Click, Man-hattan and Solo Records.

In addition to distributing plattersm the Metropolitan New York area,the firm will service Black & Whitedistributors along the eastern sea-board.

Cleveland Phono OpsSelect Rainbow DiskHit Tune For JanuaryCLEVELAND, O.—The Cleveland

Phonograph Merchants Associationhas selected “Don’t Take My Word(Take My Heart)” as the hit tune forthe month of January, it was an-nounced by Sanford Levine, chairmanof record promotions for the associa-tion. The song, which was written byCarl Lampl and Buddy Kaye, is re-corded on the Rainbow label with DelCasino featured on the vocal.Howie Lund, popular disc jockey,

is helping to promote the tune byappearing on every disc jockey showin Cleveland. He has already beenfeatured on Gene Carroll’s “Jake’sJuke Box,” Brooke Taylor’s “MidnightFrolic,”

, Bud Wendell’s show andJohnny Rose’s program. “The MusicBox” devoted a half hour to Lampl’stunes, which include such hits as“Thoughtless” and “Close To You.”The disc jockeys are enthusiasticand are featuring it regularly.

ONE HAS MY NAMEJimmy Wakely

(Capitol 15162)

BOUQUET OF ROSESEddy Arnold


I LOVE YOU SOMUCH IT HURTSJimmy Wakely(Capitol 15243)Floyd Tillman^Columbia 20430)

HERE COMESSANTA CLAUSGene Autry

(Columbia 20377)

THEN I TURNEDAND WALKEDSLOWLY AWAYEddy Arnold(RCA Victor 20-3174)

ADDITIOIUL TUNES LISTED BELOWIN ORDER OF POPULARITY

SWEETER THAN THEFLOWERSMoon Mullican(King 673)

LIFE GETS TEE-JUSCarson Robison

(MGM 10224)

JUST A LITTLELOVIN'Eddy Arnold


A HEART FULLOF LOVEEddy Arnold


ROSE OF OKLAHOMACowboy Copas(King)

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Listings below indicate preferences y/ith disk jockey radio audiences, compiled from reports

furnished by leading disk jockeys throughout the nation, for the week ending January 1.

Hal Tate

WAIT—Chicago, III.1. UNTIL (Tommy Dorsey)2. MY DARLING (Stofford-MocRae)3. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (G. Jenkins)4. BLUEBIRD SINGING (Al Jolson)5. BUTTONS & BOWS (Dinah Shore)6. SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)7. CUANTO LE GUSTA (Miranda-Andrews)8. STILL GET A THRILL (Buddy Clark)9. SAY SOMETHING SWEET (Shelton-Browne)

10. MONEY SONG (Andrews Sisters)

Jackson Lowe

WWDC—Washington, D. C.1. GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM

(Les Brown)2. MY DARLING (Stafford-MacRae)3. SO TIRED (Kav Starr)4. ALL I WANT FOR XMAS (Frankie Laine)5. BLOWING BUBBLES (Charlie Ventura)6. POWDER YOUR FACE (Evelvn Knight)7. HOW HIGH THE MOON (Lionel Hamoton)8. BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS (Jan Peerce)9. XMAS SONG (Kinq Cole Trio)

10. MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE (G. Jenkins)

Larry Gentile

CKLW—Detroit, Mich.1. TWO FRONT TEETH (Spike Jones)2. LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (E. Knight)3. WHITE CHRISTMAS (Vic Damone)4. TOO SOON TO KNOW (Dinah Washington)5. BRUSH THOSE TEARS (Buddy Clark)6. THIS IS THE MOMENT (Tony Martin)7. NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS (Soike Jones)8. LAVENDER BLUE (Dinah Shore)9. MY DARLING (Stafford-MacRae)

10. SLOW BOAT TO CHINA (Kay Kyser)

Myron BargWOAK—Chicago, III.

1. LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME (Evelyn Knight)2. DAINTY BRENDA LEE (Eddy Howard)3. SHELTERING PALMS (George Olsen)4. TARA TALARA TALA (Bing Crosby)5. BLOW THE MAN DOWN (Leonard Warren)6. HOLD ME (Peggy Lee)7. DOWN BY THE STATION (Slim Gaillard)8. BEST YEARS (Eddy Howard)9. UNTIL (Tommy Dorsey)

10. STRAWBERRY MOON (Blue Barron)

Jay SeymourV/PAT—Paterson, N. J.

1. TAKING CANDY FROM BABY (Tony Poster)2. CONGRATULATIONS (Jo Stafford)3. RECESS IN HEAVEN (D

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