Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-07-14
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In the Dance Parade" series.
were presented classic dance ar
ranGements by a croSs-secuon Of
the top artists in the business.
These included Harry James,
Jimmy Dorsey. Dick JurgenS.
Ray Noble, Claude Thornhill.
Benny Goodman--he had two,
Count Basic. Gene Krupa. and
Frank" Carrie. also with two,
tCulumbial.
In dance singles. there Is the
Les Brown revival Of Taking .
Chance on Love, from Cabin In
the Sky" which has . slight re-
somblance TO the Benny Good
man version. Mate IL Turkey Hop.
an ingenious rhythm jaunt which
unsteady depicts the domestic
fowl hopping about" (ColumbiAl
. And OF course, there's the
CugAt man with a calypso NAM
ba, You Never Had u so Good.
Able Lane on vocal; and strange
Mood. an Afro-CubAn rhythmd
jaunt sung by Leslie Scott (Col-
umbis) -. Perhaps the best OF
the arrangements we've heard on
birmingham Bounce is the Tom
my Dorsey platter. which has
Charlie ShRvers doing the lyrics,
A power-packed jazz vehicle,
Mate Is Happy Feet, with the
Dorsey reeds showing heavily be-
hind Frances Irwin (Victor) &.
The Notwithstanding piano
OF Frank Petty makes for inter
esting listening on his instru-
mental OF A. Shutdown. On the
mate. another oldie. Frank
thumps and vocRliEes on Bless
Your Heart. his successor 20
Rain" (MGM).
SpiriiU0Is
The Roberta Martin Singers
have another pair OF sides which
are "Ncellently done. The new
discs features solo work by Nor
salus MckissiCk and Eugene
Smith, the male members Of the
group. MCKissick, with soft, re-
strained emotion, feellngly han.
dies the Slow-movinE. reVerent
My Eternal Home. On the re-
verse, Smith huHlty-voices Salts
fled, a hand-clapping, happy.
sounding spiritual CApollo) go.
Rev H. G. Campbell and his con-
gregRtion, rcvAmp the spiritual
shine On Me into a spirited COS
pei tune the tempo Of which
ranges from n rather slow 70
moderately fast pace. complete
with double hand-clapping. The
reverse In like vein IL What Could
Z do.
DoII0ds
Ivory Joe Hunter pulls n switch
for his latest disc excursion. He
has an original ballad in Let Me
Dream to which ne anneXes his
smooth and intimately mellow
style. Flip is a bit Of a novelty
entitled Gimme A Pound Of
Ground Round. Both show the
Hunter still climbing up CMGM)
Tony Harper pairs a t0rchy
with a western favored novelty
IN her latest disc appearance. OF
unrequictcd love IL u That Al !
Mean 20 You. OF the trains with
sound effects, Oct Coin Engineer
lCOlumbiaD 80.
What Is perhaps the best OK.
hibition Of close harmony heard
in some time IL that displayed by
a tight little group known aH the
Three Riffs. Perfcctionists in the
art OF blending voice harmony
with instruments, they debut
with four sides all excellent
items. Best liked of the four,
however, IL Driftin' an original
paced by q strummcd guitar. It's
mate In q bounosy. juicy affair,
Barbecue Ribs a dish we enjoy
ed ON the Fourth Of July The
other pair, both novelties, are
Jumping Jack and Cherry In MY
Lemon and Lime. The latter
sounds suspiciously like an ear
lier favorite -- Knock Me .
Kiss" (ApOllo)
Florence Wright and Enroll
(Mr. Piano. Garner got together
for what might have been an eH-
cellent platter " Florence had
forgot 10 come The tune " .
Garner original called Real 0One
Tune. II has the typical Garner
riffs, which always sEcites IN.
Florence, while pattsrning her
vocal delivery in the same swtnEy
style. OverdOes II 10 the extent
that u IrTitAtss. On the mate.
Pie In The Basket, she seemingly
10 In her own element. The tune
10 soTnething on the order Of
Bake q Cake" '"Tiskst-a-TaS-
kst" (Nati0naID 49,. Sarah
Vaughn, however. IL all that We
could ask for On the pair Our
Vsry Own and Don't Bs Afraid.
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