Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-01
Electrically
Yours
BY RIA BARLEY

the great Billie Holiday is back
on the main stem once again. All
New Workers are waiting to hear
Lady Day once again in New York
night clubs. Billie, who has been
absent from the New York Cafe
scene for about five years, will
open up again with a bang. After
all, there's only one Lady Day
Duke Ellington and his band are
clicking at Broadway's Paramount
Theatre The Ravens are with
him Ran into Snookie Hubert
of Bullmoose Jackson's Band the
other day The Henry Glovers
(he's King Record exec are cx-
pecting.
MGM Recording artist, Frank
Warren, is clicking at the Chez
Paree in Chicago :. MGM record
ing artist, Billy Eckstine is break
ing all records in his current pack
age deal along with George Shear
ing Rose Murphy clicking at
the Rossiana Lounge in Denver
-. Enroll Garner at Ebony Club,
Cleveland, Ohio Fou. Tunes at
Booker T. Restaurant Washington
Wilbur DeParis' combo into
Savoy in Boston Orioles into
Boston's Hi Hat Club MGM
Records have three big platters
currently in the chit" columns.
They are Tommy Edwords' "You
Win Again, Joni James "Why
Don't You Believe Me- and Art
Moneys, Lazy Rivers"
Mahalia Jackson, outstanding
spiritual singer, stars at Carne-
gle Hall concert in New York on
November II. She leaves for Eu-
rope on November IT Doctor
Willie Jones has joined the Joe
Morris DIRK as a singer and will
soon make his first recording
Lowell Fulsom has disbanded his
DIRK and will tour with the Joe
Morris Cavalcade on one-nighters
throughout the West and South g..
The Five Keys clicking at the Farm
Dell Club in Dayton, Ohio.
Johnny Hodges opened in Chica-
go at the Blue Note Lloyd
Price of "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
fame, will open at the Apollo Thea
ire on November 80, then go to the
Howard Theatre in Washington.
From there to the Royale in Balti-
more :, The Keys, made up of
the four Furness brothers, are cele-
brating their 10th anniversary as
a CONDO at LOUIS Moravian, Phil
adelphia. Then they move down to
Washington bud BaScOmb, eX-
Erskine Hawkins side man, brings
his unit to PHILIPS Powelton Cafe
-. Earl Plummer is leaving Steve
Gibson and his Red Caps to step
out on his own.
The Varetta billiard waxing of
Them There Eyes" is good
PHILIPS Web brings in swing or
ganist Pete Martin and his Trio,
just in from California Chris
Powell back for the sixth time at
Pops Musical Club, Philly -. The
Tropic Musical Bar is the latest
Philly Room bringing in record
names.
Mills Music has now wrapped up
more than $50 radio and televis-
ion programs to play Duke Filing
tons songs and records in honor
of the band leader-composer's sill
yer jubilee in the music business.
The two week celebration in honor
of the event is receiving excellent
acceptance from disc jockeys and
program directors. The Dukes
25th anniversary will be celebrat-
ed from October 22 to November
7.
Commercial shows that will plug
Dukes songs include To-day, "The
Breakfast Club" which will. per-
form an Ellington tune each day
of the week. "Thc Jack Smith
Show" and the Curt Massey
Show" Disc Jockey Stan Dougher-
ty and Program Director. Mark
Russell of KNOX in ST. Louis, will
present half hour live program
of Ellington's favorites on the Col
umbia Broadcasting System net
work. Station WLIB a New York
independent station, will devote
one broadcasting day to the Dukes
records.