Evening star., 1950-11-16


ica's Most Talked About Tenor"
and he may easily be just that.
People in our set don't seem to
talk very much about tenors. Any
how, II Mr.. Dennis is Americas
most talked about tenor, it is no
accident.
He believes in letting people
know he is in town so they can
talk about him. He is not one
to beg of to avoid the extra work
when a guest appearance is sug-
gested. though this should not
be taken as an invitation for every
club IN town to call Mr.. Dennis
in the hope of getting some en-
tertainment free. Mr.. Dennis,
who currently is doing the major
portion Of his singing at the May
flower Lounge. picks his spots for
the outside appearances.
Before he came to Washing
ton and the Mayflower, for in
stance, Mr.. Dennis put through
q long distance phone call toI
Jerry Strong, conductor of Fame
Forecast" on WNBW and morning
man at WINK. Did Mr.. Strong,
he wanted to know, want Mr..
Dennis to put in an appearance
to his television show? If Mr..
Strong did, Mr.. Dennis would be
more than happy to oblige.
Mr.. Dennis, according to all re-
ports, makes host of new friends
wherever he appears. An old
Flint CMichD boy, he got his
early training from his mother.
an operate singer. His mother
also saw to it that he took piano
and guitar lessons and by the
time he reached high school he
was a professional singer-$5 al
night for Saturday night appear
ances at a place in Flint called
the Teaco Inn.
The tenor started his radio Ca
reer on a hometown station
which billed him as "The Lonely
Troubador." The life of a Lonely
troubador palled suddenly. though,
when a friend offered him "a
free ride to Los Angeles. Accept
ing that was a move MIR. Dennis
never yet has regretted. It led
to a job with Raymond Paige on
a network radio show and that
led to number of other network
programs, finally to a program
Of his own and Capitol recording
contract.
And all of this has led him to
the Mayhower Lounge, which is
a pleasant place to be led, by a
singing career or anything else.
X X X +
Irene Duff is a reader who
sympathizes with Nick CASTOR.
who recently faced the problem
of finding some one to follow
Dwight Fiske in the Sazerac Room
at the Old New Orleans. Her
nominee is a young man named
George Brightwell. II Mr.. CASTOR
is interested, Mr.. Brightwell can
be reached, says Miss Duff, at the
art department at the Hecht Co.
He is, she also says, "a singer
I'd like to hear more and more"
Dwight Fiske Is still the singer
Mr.. CASTOR would like to hear
more and more. And he will do
just that around holiday time
when Mr.. Fiske's schedule will
permit him to sandwich in a |
return week at the Sazerac Room.
X
This may come as a shock to
some, but we are afraid that Miss
Suzanne Dalbert, the new French
contribution to Hollywood who
makes her bow in "Breakthrough."
is something Of a skeptic. She
was grabbing a quick snack at
the Carlton the other day when
someone in the ring of inter-
viewers around her told her that
really was the No. One place in
Washington to eat. She looked
around the table at all the glass
ware and back to her own soup.
Then why isn't somebody else
eating?" she asked with sharp
Gallo suspicion. She had us there.
X X
The Midnight Merry Go :
Round: Barnee. conductor of the
Chamber Music and Eight-to-the-
Bar Society at the Shoreham Blue
Room, has recorded four musical
programs for the Treasury De-