Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-08-23
TheatriicaIIy
Yours
By RIA BARLEY

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Hodges the worlds greatest alto
sax player in my book, has been
going great on his own, with his
fine band. Hodges is Mercury re-
cording artist and is the biggest in
strumental seller on that label. His
Castle Rock" sold more than a
million platters. Johnny has. with
his band Lawrence Brown a great
Trombonist. Both Of them were
formerly with Duke Ellington, and
helped make Dukes band what it
was in the beginning. Hodges
band is a record-breaking attrac-
ton wherever it goes throughout
the country. They broke all records
at PHILIPS Showboat, where they
just closed a weeks stand. They
are now at Cleason's Showbar for
one week. From there they will go
to Columbus, Ohio for one week;
Dayton, Ohio for another weeks
stand, then to Toronto, Canada for
two weeks. By the way, Johnny
Hodges just recorded this writer's
song, Laugh" on Mercury. That
ought to break it wide open.
The Dominoes Just completed a
successful engagement at Harlem's
Apollo Theatre Sarah Vau-
CHAN is going great as Masks
Town and Country over in Brook
lyn Josh White still head
lines the show at the Blue Angel
Billy Taylor's Trio is still
clocking at Broadway's Downbeat
Club Eddie Haywood of MGM
Records is still wowinQ them at the
Embers Club Billy Holiday is
back in town, and we hear she and
her former manager will be having
a few things out Fred Nor
man is one of the foremost ar
rangers in show biz. He arranges
for such stars as Tommy Dorsey,
Charlie Spivak, Vaughan Monroe,
and just recently arranged some
TV-movie numbers for Connie Bos-
we'll.
Herb Kenny (the good looking
and very talented brother of Bill
Kenny of the Inkspots) will soon
break into bigtime news, doing big
things. Herb has his own quartet
. all real men, with close har-
mony. So, be on thes lookout for
Herb Kenny and his Gents
MGM recording artist, Billy Eek
stine's Strange Sensation" is sell
ling like hot cakes Fats Domi-
no, whose waxing of "Goin' Home"
has been a big seller for the past
two months, was signed by the
Shaw Artists for club dates, and
one-nighters, starting October Is
Charles Brown has a big
schedule mapped out for the next
three months. He clicked on a one
nighter in Philly. and is now head
ed for Texas, New Mexico, and
Arizona for one-nighters. From
there he will go to California.
Ruth Brown and Willis Jackson
Just completed a successful string
Of one-nighters Roscoe Cor
don will tour throughout Califor-
MIA, Washington and Oregon, start
ing August 20, with Charles Brown
and his CONDO Paul Williams
is set to wax for Norman Granz
for some of the latter's Mercury
jazz diskings. Williams will re-
cord four originals LYNN
Hope is flying to Arabia for a vaca-
ton Billy Ford and Mr.. Sad
head are set to do their initial
disking for RCA Victor this week.
Amos Milburn is at Pops Musi-
cal Bar in Philly. Cootie Williams
just closed this spot Country
Club is the newest of the musical
bars in Philly "Songs For
Sale" which was seen at night
over CBS-TV last season, will re-
sumo with the same m. c. in the
daytime. Reason is that the night
show failed to get a commercial
sponsor, and it is felt that a dav-
time appearance might avoid the
heavy competition with other
shows at night.
Louis Armstrong, playing his
first full tour of one-nighters in
this territory after racking up
three record weeks at the Blue
Note in New York, left a string of
broken house records in his wake
during the first week of the tour.
Closing the Blue Note on July "a.
Armstrong played a private party
IN Chicago and, they say, ''really
raked in some dough-"
Lucky Millinder, who's now rep
resenting Joe Louis Bourbon
Whiskey, will accept position
with major recording company
Sarah Vaughan to play La
Vie En- Rose this fall The
Mills Brothers still going stronp as
"hit" recording artists Ella