St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-09-30
RATING THE
r g G o r b S

DISCS with q couple o. outstanding
artists and two up-and-coning ar
tsist First. Il released the world
premiere disc Of sugar chile
Robinson, nine-year-old piano and
singing sensation who has been
knocking them out all over the
country. but not on records. FOR
his FIRST recording. the plnt-sl1ed
prodigy (he's ~ inches high and
weighs 90 potnda.) dreamed up en-
original composition called Nun
BEERS BooGIE which really d
boogied along. A. powerful a. an
atom bomb, Sugar romps the keys
and skates across the lyrics with
zestful abandon that "a infec-
tious. Paired Is another original
just right for Sugar chile, called
AFTER SCHOOL BLUES. zutty
NY Boy" Singleton lends rhythm
assist.
Out Manhattan way d q new
singing star whose effortless and
original style win cause many 81
the top-notchers 70 look to their
laurels. He's Harry BeIafonte,
dubbed the male Lena Horne.p
Harry. already creating q Juror
among those VINO have heard him,
debuta on Capitol with DEEp AS
THE RIVER, a sleek and sophistl-
Gated item. and CLOSE your
EYES.
sPlTlfvals us Yes AXE Thom
splritnals, a. sung BY Paul
Robson. noted baritone artist Of
international fame. are gems %
hear and TO have IN ones record
collection. Robson, IN the second
Of his waldngs on columhia's Up
(the first was called "spirituals
and q Robson Recital Of Popular
FavoritesD. presents 10 wen
known and time-worn uplritunls
under the heading Of "swing Low,
Sweet Chariot"
The group Of selections. enrich
ed BY the Robeson INTERPRETATION
and vocal quality. 10 timeless IA
It's appeal Lawrence Brown, q
top artist in his own right-he-
ing = composer. pianist and also
q singer accompanies Roboson
both on piano and vocaily o.
SWING Low, SWEET CHAR
lot; Ev'RY TINE / FEEL DE
sPIRITi I GOT A HOME IN DAT
ROCK; o GIMME YOUR HAN;
l HEAR DE TRUMPET; EEK.
IAL SAW DIE WHEEL; POOR
wAYFARIN STRANGER; fEAlg-
MER SONG; DEREs A NAN
COM ROUND; ! KNOW On
LORD; GET ON BOARD, LITTLE
c7ILLEN; and LII DAVID. In
cidentally, Brown also arranged
these numbers.
Two sacred items. both OF pub
lie domain, have been arranged
and are offered by chicago'a own
Mahalia jackson on Apollo label.
Items on the latest disc. which
features an innovation IN AIahal-
las recordings, are LET THE
POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST
FALL ON ME. and CAN PUT
MY TRUST. IN JESUS. The IN
noyation consists Of the addition
Of a guitar 10 the accompaniment
-. The Golden Wing Quintet,
with guitar accompaniment, chant
spiritedly a traditional item,
TRUMPET or THE LORD, and
WORKING ON THE BUILDING
-. The DiSie-Aires are spiritedly
harmonious on their zEBEDEE
FOUND THE MAGIC STONE,
Exclusive label Mate is q kinder
garten roundelay, OLD MAC
DONALD HAD A FARM, fast
paced with appropriate barnyard
sound effects,
Joy Here Gnd There
A tingilng blues rock is pushed
out by Big Jay McNeeley's crew
on Exclusive, labelled JUNE
FLIP. Piece. authored BY Nc
Nicely and Clifford Blivens. who
handled the vocal, uses an echo
chamber for the ensemble vocal.
Flip Is the X and H BooGIE, with
the crew taking 9 novelty count
from one TO five both in Spanish
and English.
Love that girl Kay starr, whose
husky voice sells the Capitol plat
ter BREAK IT TO ME- GENTLY.
Medium paced, this torchie has the
Frank Devol crew backing the
vocal. Faster tempo'd Il the mate,
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