Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-11
TheatriicaIIy
Yours
By RIA BARLEY

Duke Ellington and his DIRK packed
them in at PHILIPS Earle Theatres
last week Enrol Garner iustI
fulfilled a Today engagement al
Storeyville, Boston. The pianist is
now at the Blue Note in Philadell
phla Viviane Greene, now a
the Rossonian Lounge in DenverT
starts a personal appearance tour
THIS month to promote her new
waxing of Lover Boy" MelvyrE
Perry has joined KDET in Centerf
Texas When the "Bigges
Show of '52" plays Florida in Del
tober, it will mark the first timd
Nat Cole or Sarah Vaughan havd
played the State.
Johnny Hodges, the world'k
greatest alto sax man, and his orla
are really rocking the Midwest
rams throughout still claim tina /
Hodges is the greatest. They ard
now at the Colonia Tavern in ToR
ronto, Canada and from there they
invade the Capitol Lounge in Chi
cago Coatesville Harris, afte
a Summer spell at Herman's, At
lantlc City, ushers in the new sea
son at The Web in Philadelphia
Disk jockey and dance promote
George Bannister in Trenton. n
j. and Dinah Washington. have adj
Justed the suit he instituted whef
she didn't appear at a July A dancI
Tor him. Now she headlines hit
first prom Of the season at TrenE
tons Arena, sharing the spotlight
with Sonny Thompson's band.
Percy Mayfield was seriously inI
Jured in an auto accident enrout
to Los Angeles. Several other mem
bers of the band were also iniu1
ed. Mayfield's friends are pullin
for speedy recovery Follow
ing Duke Ellington into the Earl
Theatre in Philadelphia camI
Erskine Hawkins; next cam
MGM recording artist, ivory Jo
Hunter, then Larry Daniel an
Thelma Carpenter.
Wild Bill Davis has been sigrI
ed to put in a total of 10 weeks u
varying times during 1852 at Pep1
Musical Bar, Philly MGM rd
cording artist, Tommy Edwards
has another surprise record to comE
out, and this writer predicts th1
one will be hit . Big news
Boston is the formal opening
Audrey Schwartz new record shol
THE Flying Disc" Decor was don
by album artist, Burt Goldblatt
and Cecil Steen of Records In
corporated, Boston distributor
helped prep the affair. Extra add
ed attraction is the dee jay sho&
which will be aired nightly frol
the premises.
Mr.. Sad Head and the Billy For
ork are packaged with Charlie
Brown and Shirley Haven on
one-nighter tour that starts
Longview, Texas and runs throug
October % when they appear
Little Rock, Ark. Ruth Brown
schedule is so full that she AMI
Willis Gator Tail" had to II
from New York two Fridays Az
after a recording session, i'm orde
to make the opening for thei
weke in the Hi Hat Club in Boston,
Ruth dressed for her opening mum
Der aboard the plane. Bienche Cal
loway handles her business af
fairs.
The Clovers' western tour is re
ported to be an overwhelming sue
cess j.. Joyce Bryant captivating
patrons at Brooklyn's Maksis
Mary Small headed for New York's
Roxy Theatre Ricky Vallo'd
MGM recording of GAS Sure As
There's A Heaven" was selected as
the record of the week in Balti-S
more.
Herb Kenny, the new MGM Reel
ords artist whose first platter of
my Song" in the pop field is
still skyrocketing, did his second
recording session last Friday for
MGM. Kenny's "My Song" first
took off in Phifly, then Albany,
Boston, Cleveland, Kansas City,
New Orleans, Tulsa, Houston, and
IS spreading out throughout the
nation. MGM is so pleased that a
big promotional program has been
launched for Kenny and his Rock
cts. Many Herb Kenny fan clubs
have sprung up throughout the
country, including one at Column
bia University in New York. In adj
dition to all this, MGM Records is
considering plans to place Herb
in forthcoming MGM movie.