Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-06-28
TheatriicaIIy
Yours
By RIA BARLEY

tul Ruth Bowen, wife of the new
MGM recording artist, Billy (But-
terbalD Bowen, represented her
club, the fashionable Rinkydinks
at Globa's Second Annual Con-
ference Dinner Friday evening, in
the Skyline Room Of Harlem's
Hotel Theresa MGM record
ing star, Tommy Edwards sang
the National Anthem to open the
dinner Nat King Cole going
: over great at Brooklyn's Town and
Country Club j.. . Billy Eckstine
still clicking at New York's Copa-
cabana.
Billy Bowen and his Butterbali
-Four has their first MGM record
released this week throughout the
nation. It's "a Gold Mine In Mat
agascar" backed with "You Broke
My Heart" And, Butterball's
first date under the banner of
GAO booking office is at Coney
Islands Atlantis on the boardwalk.
The Butterball Four will break in
there starting July l for eight
weeks. The beauty of Bowen's
group is that they not only sing
novelty and hillbilly numbers, but
every member Of the group doubles
on a musical instrument for OK
elusive mite location jobs. GAO
has big plans mapped out for the
MGM recording artist and his az
| gregation.
Betty NcLauria is developing
into a first-rate songstress
w. C. Handy, the Father of the
Blues, received an award for out
standing contributions to the COM
munity from the Global News
Syndicate from Director julius J.
Adams and Associate Director,
Lou Swarz, at Globa's Annual
Press Awards Dinner Friday eve
ring Although the Robinson
Maxim fight June % will not be
aired on home tele, RKO has made
no bid for the film rights. But,
a Commute picture will be made
by Joe Roberts, former David O.
Selznick aide =. Josephine Baker
has been offered q role in goth
Century Fox Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes" The singer would play
herself in a "Follies Bergere" Sc
quence of 1924, when she actually
was the star of the French musi-
cal. She'd get co-star billing with
Betty Cradle and Marilyn Monroe.
Ella Fitzgerald still going
strong at Broadway's Birdland
Booker T, Washington Dixieland-
ers at Chicego's Beehive Ben
Smith, his sax and his combo set
ting patrons On their heels at Har-
LENS Baby Grand. By the way,
Ben is the arranger for Billy Bow
ems Butterball Four Willie
Bryant, Mayor" of Harlem and
WHOM disc jockey, received an
award for distinguished commun-
ity service at Global's Award Din
ner :. Hot Lips Paige to Belgium
with MS band Joyce Bryant
into Bill Miller's Riviera next
month . Pearl Bailey might not
accept role in Cabin In The Sky
. Folk Singer Harry Belafonte
has signed a seven-ycar contract
to make movies Tor MGM studies
. Frank Sinatra is Billy Eek
slime fan . . Juanita Hall back
with "South Pacific" as Bloody
Mary.
Co-ownor Charlie Fuqua of the
Inkspots is about to sue co-owner
Bill Kenny. Fuqua claims that
Kenny attempting to freeze him
cut Of the act by not accepting
work regularly, which is a hard
ship on other members of the act.
Fuqua, who has $3.50 share of the
lnkspots' net profits and 500 of
the name said, "Kenny has taken
upon himself to be booked or billed
as the sole leader, record mostly
single, still using the name of the
,lnkspots as a support, signing
contracts for work without nv
consent, not showing me contracts
after he signs, and has his wife
running Inkspots business"
We near Billy Daniels is miffed
with young singer Bobby Lucas.
Bobby IS going over great and
sings in tie manner of Daniels
while both men are booked by the
William Morris office. It's ru-
mored that Daniels is attempting
to get the Morris office to nut
the freeze on this young and tai
ented Bobby Lucas. Personally.
think Lucas is greater and more
stylish than Daniels This
writer thinks Dorothy Dandridce
as pretty, but not a singer to put
over some amateur song writer's
song. The amateurs have A lot
riding on the introduction of their
songs, and in my opinion Miss
cambridge can't put them over TO
pest advantage. (She appeared ON
Songs For Sale" last Saturday,
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