St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-05-01
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One 0g the most startling
money facts IN the record mairing
world ID that there has been a
steady Increase n the sales 81
the so-called rhythm and (R&B)
records since the end or world
War II. A number Of leading re-
cording artists have Invaded the
R&B field To find good material
Buddy Morrow's band has made
q habit OF recording RAE hits.
Wheel OF Fortune" was first an
R&B tune. Probably one Of the
best reasons for this fields being
80 lucrative Is that the music not
only Is good listening stuff, but
a also good dancing material
you cannot listen 70 q typical
Cgoodl R&B disc without wanting
70 keep time with Il.
For the forks who like 70 dance
at home on saturday nlghts
Boots Brown and the Block
busters Cnobody knows who they
areb have recorded two jump
sides Tor RCA Victor. Blue Fairy
BoOgle and breakfast Ball. 'sBiue
Fairy features a solo boogie bat
lie between q tenor sax and the
49,, and q neat stop-go beat
''Ball' reminds you Of those old
driving, moving numbers Lionel
Hampton used 70 play a few years
ago.
Returning 10 the R&B kick for
change Is Dlnah Washington,
who earned the title, queen Of
the juke boxes,e with her torchy
blues warbllng, on Mercury. Foa-
ture side Is a nice waxing Of You
Let MY Lave Grow Cold from the
pen OF Heasle Mae Robinson, who
wrote such hits as = Went %
Your wedding" and Poor Bache-
lor.p The mate Is bluesy Amt
NOthln' Good. Dinah's fans win
like both sides although neither Is
up to some Of her greats 81 the
past
TIE Ravens does q nice JOB on
their recording OF Come A little
nit Closer. Flipside Is She's Got
To Go by Jimmy Kicks and crew
with Jimmy vocaliEing. lMer-
cury).
Another nice blues recording 10
EIlttin' On Ne as sung BY Ella
johnson with Buddy johnson and
band on Mercury. the coupling
selection with Buddy doing the
singing "a Ecstasy. Sounds a LOT
ike the great mr. b"
joni James, who has come q
long way IN such a short time has
waxed another pair Of ballads
that she docs 80 wen for MGM.
They are II II ANY Wonder which
seems 70 Be making It's way 10
the top, and (my personal favor
ite OF the two) Almost Always.
Joni Il accompanied BY Lew
Douglas and his orchestra who
perform the usual wonderful
backing
From the italian movie Anna
there have been several record
ings of the theme song Anna, All
OF the recordings are 0ne that
should Be IA your c0lieutinn a.
each IN their own fight are good.
First there il the original ver-
sion Of Anna taken directly from
the sound-track Of the film, The
vocalist Is the Eultry silvana Man
gano the star Of the film who por-
trays a nlght-club singer. she IL
superb on her rendition Of H. rip
side Il I Loved You.
The Three sons with the unique
sounds they put into their instru-
mentals have waxed their version
Of Anna for RcA. They give Il a
smooth latin treatment. Mate IL
Little Red Monkey.
Another fine recording Of Anna
Is the one by Al Caiola. Mate IL
their fine recording Of Caohita.
All OF you that are for the sanba
win go for this.
Give a listen 10 all thros and
see which you like the best.
That Duke Ellington oldie,
Caravan seems % b headed for
another lasting revival. Already
Of the top sellers is the one BY
Ralph Marterie. Now there Is an
other which Is q band instrumen-
tai by Leroy Holmes and his or
chestra. This Is the same Holmes
of Blue Tango. Nice Job. Revere
side Is Three On A Match, with
the vocal by Johnny Gorye.
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other discs by MON recording
stars are I Lived When I Met
You and Au ReyOir, couple Of
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