Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1953-06-26
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NEW YORK (Globa)-The fabulous Lucky Miinders
- ay Is coming August Now, this writer wondering
II Lucky, the powerful WNEW disk Jockey will keep his
promise to present the greatest of his career opening
arlems Savoy Ballroom, 1.-The happy feet on that
ua,e' "hat about 1t Lucky? The public camorng
gam lor Lucky Mllnders DIRK Strange seem, the
national musicians union has gone to soften up Lucky
o eacuVaung MS band because the business needs
like Lucky to fully bring bands We understand that
Luekys new band will be patterned after his oncefamous
Blue Rhythm Band And, of the songs Mlinder
will feature is called Here / Am Again"
Georgia Carr's Capital Recording of Laugh" (Tho'
Feel You Want to Cry really being plugged by the nations
top disk jockeys is selling like throughout country
Miss Carr opens Broadways Brdand on july l6 where
she will feature the song.
MGM recording artist Tommy Edwards recording of Take
These Chains From My Heart" becoming popular
MGM recording artist Joni James onenightng Playland
fafK' Modesto, California Ella Fitzgerald at the Blue
Mirror Washington D. c. MGM Records artist 10 Ann
Tolley New Yorks Cafe Society Nat Cole who's been
consistent hghrder in the wax market is currently get
ting big picture spread Cole has featured song ottng in
Metros Small Town Girl" Warmers
Next on Coles pic agenda Universal short with Russ Nor
gan orchestra in which he sings his click Pretend
The short, incidentally, is BID
Because of the decline in popularity of big bands,
name CONDOS and name singing it's rmored that Har
lens famed Apollo Theatre will build sensational al-star
mouse band to appear two weeks out of each month at the
theatre As to the for this that only
ten attractions have made for the theatre in the
year and the management has had to repeat each of these
twice in order to have 20 successful weeks which still
enough for successful theatre operation By building
tional asar house band hopes save
that particular week This will and pressure by
artists using pickup musicians back them up for parc
uar engagement However this doesn't apply TO Organ
Zaon that together at all times, the Duke Filing
ton ork or the Louis Jordan band If this true then
Frank Scffman of the Apollo should be commended
because this is what very needed knows the
Apollo might also add a line of chorus girls
Bob Hodges, Negro who executive producer Radio
Station WNEW in New York City, his vacation
Canada He has been with WNEW for seventeen years .
Johnny Hedges and his great band clicking Los Ange
les, California Sarah McLawor, the Queen the
mond Organ, at the Howard theatre in Washington
It's always difficult write the ups and downs
two different people especially when both parties
are friends OF the writer However, somewhere along Harem
west l25th street. Radio Row, old friend will
old spot and the friend will the spot
whence he This does indicate failure that he
may be victim of politics Both these friends very
capable in their chosen field.
Fats Dnlno will be at the Celebrity club, July to II
Charlie Chsvs took at Lou Terrasss Jazz club West
4Nh street New York. when Roy Little jazz Edridge had
to keep three week booking commitment Amos Milbun
opens at Sportorees in Youngstown, Ohio, July q.