Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-29
TheatricaIIy
Yours
By RIA BARLEY

were sorry to hear that the great
comedy team Of Howell and Bos-
well had to break up because they
couldn't get bookings due to the
fact that white nightclub owners
maintained that they "aren't coll
ored enough" Howell and Boswell
wouldn't stoop to "Uncle Tom"
tactics in their comic routine.
Johnny Hodges and his ork are
hack around the East, going great
in Philly Ben Webster. the
greatest tenor sax man in the land,
is currently playing at New York's
Snookies, with his combo.
Duke Ellington and his band
were the headline attraction at a
mammoth Carnegie Hall Concert
two Fridays ago. Duke received
an award from ASCAP for his
twenty-five years of writing out
standing songs. On the same Con-
cert were the great Billie Holiday,
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker
Two Saturday nights ago, Billie
Lady Day" Holiday was the fea-
tured attraction in a Philadelphia
concert, with siXtysix piece or
chestra behind her. Lady Day"
was so well received at this CON
cert that she was forced to play
| a midnight concert. The crowd
was more than tremendous. Lady
Day is the greatest exponent of
songs and many singers like Peggy
Lee try to copy her every move.
Two Thursday nights ago i'm
Yonkers, New York, MGM record
ing artists Billy Eckstine and
Count Basie's orchestra appeared
in a concert. They were all in good
form.
Lucky Millinder's WNEW radio
show, "Lucky's Lounge" has a very
high rating-a good %. Now
Lucky is being encouraged to DO
a siX-night-a-week program in
stead of his usual Saturday night
spot. In my opinion 'Lucky's
Lounge" is the best DECAY pro-
gram on WNEW. Lucky really
plays true potential top tunes of
the day and not just tunes or plat
ters that he is trying to push, even
though some of the platters he
plays are not particularly good
Another thing | like about Lucky's
program is that he not only plays
pop" cOlored artists songs, but
plays white ones as well. He is not
prejudiced and gives both colored
and white artists a fair shake In
addition, he doesn't push one par
ticular recording company's label,
he-doesn't give one particular white
artist a spin one in a great while,
and he doesn't wait until other dee
jays throughout the country have
made record before he plugs it.
AS far as Pm concerned, these
things add up to make Lucky the
top man" among disc jockeys.
Congratulations to Hal Jackson
for taking over the sos dee Jay
spot, seven nights a week over
Station WMCAA. Halls all-Ameri-
can program is very good, and it is
strictly "pop" show. Hats off to
WMCA officials for giving this
fine Negro artist a pop" show.
Good going, Hal!
Sarah McLawlor, the pretty
artist of songs, as we'll as a great
pianist, has turned to the Ham
mond Organ. Pretty Sarah plays
the Hammod Organ with much
smooth grace and she swings it
with elegance. And to top it all
off, she also sings devinely. She's
both a great singer and an ex-
ponent of the Hammond Organ.
This writer says that Sarah Nc
LawlOr plays the Hammond Organ
better than any man, with the eX-
ception of "Doc" Harry Bagby. !
have gone on record as saying that
Doc is the greatest exponent of
the instrument. But now III have
to hear both of them again to de-
eide which | think is the better.
Ihat'll be close. Maybe it will end
in a tie.
The Dominoes have purchased
their contract from Universal At
fractions for an undisclosed am
cunt. And, speaking of the Domi-
noes, | must congratulate Chicago's
Al Ducett for the way he has han
died their publicity. AL, you can
count on me.