Jackson advocate., 1952-12-06
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Yours
By RIA DARLEY

NEW YORK, (GLOBAL)-John-
ny Hodges, his alto sax and his
ork once again wooing JAZZ lovers in
Philly. Hodges, the worlds great
est alto sax man, and Lawrence"
the worlds greatest trombonist,
who is member of the Hodges
ork, are the rave of the nation. =.
Duke Ellington and his famous
ork are at Broadway's Birdland. =.
Dizzy Gillespie clicked onstage at
Harlem's Apollo Theatre two weeks
ago.
Sarah Vaughan seen at Ran
dollph's Shalimar on Harlem's
Seventh Avenue last week. Sarah
will headline the Christmas show at
Broadway's Paramount Theatre be-
fore taking off for her first Euro
pean stand MGM recording
artist Tommy Edwards "You Win
Again" is now among the nations
top thirty Joni James MGM
platter of "Why Don't You Believe
Me?" is heading for the number
one spot among the nations hits
MGM recording artist Art
Mooney is riding high on his latest
hits.
Bette McLaurin, who is heading
toward the top as a pop" singer,
has resigned from a lesser label
and is now signed with Coral Rec
ords. Bette was more than a SEN
satiOn last week at Harlem's Apol-
10 Theatre. She headlined the show
and broke all records, taking the
spotlight away from Illinois JAG
quet's band. The cute little singer
performed with the utmost ease
and simplicity. In my book, Bette
McLaurin is one of the worlds
greatest female singers.
MGM Records president, Frank
Walker, is back from a tour of the
South and Southwest, where he
visited MGM Records distributors
throughout these territories. The
purpose of Mr.. Walkers trip was
to spark wider MGM Record ex-
pansion into other fields Ella
Fitzgerald still clicking Ruth
Brown still rocking Maxine
Sullivan in Europe Armstrong
still taking the Continent by storm.
In "Jet magazines issue of two
weeks ago, there was a statement
to the effect that Gloria Kenny,
wife of quartet leader Herb Kenny,
will go to MiamiQnext month to
get her divorce and marry singer
Bobby Lucas, also that Gloria is
is sister of Damito 10. | don't
know about her going to Miami to
get a divorce, and l don't know
whether or not she's going to mar
ry Bobby Lucas. l also didn't know,
until | read the jet" article that
Gloria is Damito JOS sister. In
fact, l didn't know that she knew
Damito 10 until two years ago. At
any rate, the report is that she
is travelling with the Redcaps as
sister and secretary of Damito 10,
and that's that.
Enroll Gardner still clicking
Billie Holiday will have her New
York City Police Card any day now
Billy Taylor still clicking at
Broadway's Downbeat.
Harlem's famed Apollo Theatre
has switched its Amateur Hour to
WIZ and the American Broadcast
ing Company with the famous
Lucky Millinder as Master of Cere-
monies The Mills Brothers are
clicking with their current hit
Nat Cole still captivating the
hearts of music lovers MGM
recording artist Billy Eckstine is
just about the greatest of the male
singers in my opinion Erskine
Hawkins and his band holding forth
down at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom
Buddy Johnson and ork a
favorite with Southerners.
Billy Daniels going over terrific
at the Copa. Billy is currently full
filling five-week engagement at
the famous New York spot
Count Basie's orchestra clicking
with Eckstine and Shearing on a
package deal.