Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-05-16
TheatricaIIy
Yours
BY Larry Douglas

New York, (GlobalD - Laugh"
recorded by the Swallows, is break
! ing wide open throughout the coun-
try The Blenders, MGM
recording artists, are clicking on
their current engagement in Pitts
burgh Tommy Edwards in
Boston last week The Joe
Louis Revue clicked again last week
at Harlem's Apollo Theatre.
Johnny Hodges and his band
heading for the coast 49,. Billie
Holiday is still wowing patrons
wherever she appears on her cur
rent road tour $500. Babs Gonzal-
es is in Paris =. Dusty Fletcher
going over big in the present pack
age deal show Eartha Kit
recording for Victor Lena
Horne clicking at Bill Miller's spot
in JERSEY Bill Taylor's Trio
still at New Yorl1's Copa Lounge
Singer Dolores Brown at
Snookie's on Broadway Roy
Eldridge at Lou Tarazzi's place on
Broadway.
The fabulous Lucky Millinder in
creasing his Saturday night spot on
WNEW's radio time from s p. NJ.
TO 10, instead of the usual how
from to 9. His ~ ucky's LOUNGE"
program has one of the widest list
ening audiences in all New York.
He will soon be on every dav. He
surely deserves such a break for
he is sincere guy - the same
all the time.
Sarah McLawlor says that she
doesn't want her hubby back even
if he did buy her a $1,000 special
built Lincoln Continental or
so the gossip goes Dizzy
Gillespie running into a snag in
Toledo Joe Louis protege
has pretty fair voice Tyree
Glenn and his CONDO at New York's
Embers Club.
MGM recording artist, Herb
Kenny's waxing IF "Star spanglad
Dawn" is heading for an all-time
high among the nations hits. 1t is
a song that touches all Americans
Phil Gordon, WLIB disc
jockey, is one of the best radio
men in the biz. His program is
very popular Henry Glover is
a swell guy = a fine musical and
fine person who deserves the
best of everything.
MGM recording artists. Herb
Kenny and his Rockets, had anoth-
er recording session past Monday.
Fred Norman arranged the music
and conducted the DIRK for the ses-
sion Ruth Brown set to
invade Broadway's Bandbox Cafe
The Turbo Village over
in Brooklyn is popular spot
MGM recording artist, Joni James
Cheating Heart" is the nations
top ten. That James girl is really
sensational.
Paul Williams and his band
on road tour Frs
kline Hawkins and his Ork back
at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom
Enroll Garner still going strong
MGM artist George Shear
ing currently at Broadway's Band
box Buddy Johnson and his
1rk going great on their current
hit MGM artist, Lionel Hamp-
ton and his DIRK still packing hem
in throughout the country.
Tommy CDR. 1--WE" Smalls and
his WWRL show at Baby Grand
Cafe in New York, are becoming
very popular The Ravens
are becoming one of the nations
top uuartets The Mills
Brothers are kings of all quartets.
They just keep rolling along, mel
lowing with age. The quartet that
will some day take their place is,
in my opinion, the Blenders -
young quartet with plenty of Glass;
Lucille Dixon and her band still
fine music at the Savannah
Club in Greenwich Village, after
seven years in the same spot
MGM recording artist, Lew Doug
las waxing of RUBY" is breath
taking . Savannah Churc-
hill is going great on the road
. Ella Fitzgerald is still holding
her own Sarah Vaughan is
still a magnetic singer In
my book Joe Medlin is the greatest
of all of the male singers.