Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
TheatricaIIy
Yours

Millinder and his band stole th1
whole show last week at Harlem
Apollo Theatre, with their rendiI
ton of George Gershwin's "RhapI
sody in Blue" Stump and
Stumpy were sensational as usual
=, Edna McGriff, the gal who did
Heavenly Father, sang in toJ
fashion The Clovers didn't
come off too well.
The Orioles wound up a success
tul run in Atlantic City before thd
season closed Earl Hines and
Wynonie Harris are set to usheI
IN the fall season at the newly rel
novated Emerson's Grille in Phil
adelphia. Lennie Sloane is now
proprietor . Edna McGriff is j
pretty thrush with a pretty voice
who should be on a major label
singing strictly pop" material
The Orchids, now featured with thd
Sonny Thompson DIRK, have been
clicking .. Arthur Prysock is Stat
ed for Texas road trip next MONTH
He will also play a number of
dates on the West Coast after nd
finished the one-nighter tour.
The Savoy ballroom in New
York has been sold to the CITY od
New York to make way for a housl
ing development. Owners Moe Gald
and Charlie Buchanan will build
a new Savoy Ballroom in a new
nelghborhood. Billy Wards Domil
noes are celebrating their third
anniversary as a vocal unit as thew
headline this weeks show at the
Apollo Theatre. The group playJ
the BandboX on Broadway for twd
weeks starting September 20.
Jimmy Tyler, finishing a season
at the Club Harlem, Atlantic CitvJ
heads for the road with Clarence
Robinson's "Tropicana' revue |
Fabulous Preston returns with his
organ stylings at Ted Johnson q
Cotton Club. Lawnside, n. J. !
Joe Loco back at PHILIPS Blue
Note Clara Ward Singers.
Ruth Brown, Buddy Johnson.I
Dorothy cambridge, Arthur Pry-I
sock, the Ravens, and possibly Natl
King Cole were named for the
Pittsburgh Courier's annual swingI
concert which will be held for theI
first time in Philadelphia's Aca.I
DENY of Music, Septemberl25 !
The New Emerson Club in PhillyI
joins the name" spots in South
Philly with Earl Hines for the
starter. He will be followed bvI
Eddie Haywood, then Bull MooseI
jackson and Joe Morris.
Nat King Cole in New York
City to prepare for his first stint
on "Show of Shows. He is ready
to hit the road with the Biggest.
Show OF '53' -. Thrush 10 Ann
FOLEY plays two weeks at the Bay
brook, Westhaven, Connecticut /
Norman Granz and his "Jazz att
the Philharmonic" has been book
ed for one-night stand at the
Municipal Auditorium, San An
tonic, on October /. He has set his
unit for a three-week tour of theI
Far East in November, after thel
crew winds up the tour. The pack
age will play dates in Tokyo
Japan; Hong Kong, China; Sidney.
Australia, and Manila, P. l., mark
ing the first time the troup has
carried its special brand of COM
mercial jazz to Asia and Australia.
Jazz at the Philharmonic" twice
played through Europe and last
Spring was the first American
group to play England in more than
IL years. The group, which tees off
its American tour in Hartford,
Conn.,, features Ella Fitzgerald.
Gene Krupa, Oscar Peterson, Char
he Shavers, Ben Webster, Flip
Phillips, Lester Young, Willie
Smith, Benny Carter, J. C. Heard.
Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, and Bill
Harris.
MGM Records has signed a new
vocal group known as the "Nor-
nanalres", owned by ASCAP com
posed and arranger, Fred Norman.
'ne OF the greatest in the biz :.
Henry Glover, A & R man of
King Records, enjoys playing in his
Long Island home with his in
ant daughter, Joni . Hank Will
Jams records still going strong
Tommy Edwards has another
sensational number out called. $50
little Time" =. MGM is prepar
ng a special gold record to be sent
'ver to Italian film star, Sylvano
uangano, who is there on location
n Rome shooting a new film,
Ulysses" The gold disc will be
me of his record "Anna" which has
4lready passed the million mark in
ales.
OSAKA, Japan = Osaka police