Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-03-21
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at injecting life into a show
+, the boys whose harmony and ex-
pert shoWmanship keeps them in
demand week in and week out
The Dominoes" were called in IN
save the Sugar Ray Robinson-Louis
Armstrong package at the Detroit
Fox Theatre where the show had
tailed IN attendance the first three
days. Prior to calling in "The Domi-
noes" to save its face, reports had
been trucking in from each loca-
ton played by the Robinson-Arm-
strong duo that business had been
disappointing and that a hypo was
in order. And did the colorfuI
'Dominoes" do the trick Thew
literally turned the house upside
down at every show. At one per-
Torrance, Armstrong was stalled
IN the wings for five minutes
while stagehands frantically re-
placed Billy Wards piano on stage
so the group could return for
fifth encore. The audience put on
such stormy demonstration that
owner David Lidsell had to go on
stage and plead with them to al
low the show to continue.
Teddy Williams, new MGM Rec
ords artist in its Rhythm and Blues
Department, seems on his way to
stardOm as a recording artist. Ted
dy's waxing of Bar and Grill
Blues" backed with "Why Do You
Do Things To Cause Me Sorrow"
is solid sender and will click. He's
a young man with a smoothe voice,
who's equally at home with blues
or ballad. Stump and Stumpy
are two of MGM Records new r &
B artists as team. Their release
of "Two-Thirds Dead" and Loud
Woman" takes the comedy end
well.
Charlie Fuqua and his New
lnkspOts" were a smash hit at
Detroit's Fox Theatre, along will
Rosemary Clooney last week. Fu-
qua's 'Inkspots" are travelling
west on their way to California,
where they will play Hollywood's
Macombo. The group is booked by
the powerful Dick Boone and his
Associates, Universal Attractions.
Rumors are spreading that Decca
Records wants to dispose of Bill
Kenny's "Inkspots" and replace
them with Charlie Fuqua's "Ink-
spots"
New MGM recording artist, 10
Ann Tolley (the pretty blonde)
will make the grade. This column
agrees that 10 Ann can sing =.
Ben Webster has really come into
his own as observers at Club Bird
land will attest Annisteen AL
lens King Recording of Baby I'm
Doing 1t" is still climbing to num-
Der one spot. 1t already is among
the nations top ten in the r & B
section Bandleader Il d V
Johnson, recently celebrated his
tenth anniversary as an DIRK leader
at the famed Harlem Savoy Ball
room . . Johnson now records for
Mercury.
Oh! Ny gosh! The King Records
platter of Laugh" (Tho' You Feel
You Want to Cry recorded by
"The Swallows, after only eight
days of release, is already one of
King Records best sellers and that
company says it will hit the best
selling charts in no time. The i'm
pact was such that Decca has wax
ed the tune, "Pop" which will be
released any AM. This writer says
thanks to Henry Glover for giving
Laugh" the break that it needed
Henry Glover's- vocal waxing
in the King label record of soft"
is another pace setter for that
label.
MGM Recording artist Billy
Eckstine's southern tour will take
him next to Greenville, S. c., and
from there to Jacksonville, Fla;
New Orleans, La; Memphis, Tenn;
Houston, Galveston, Beaumont,
Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort
Worth and Amarillo Texas; Okla
homa City and Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Kansas City, Mo-; and Wichita,
Kansas.
A great Easter song is CROWN
Easter Bunny" Your kiddies will
love it Bill Farrell of MGM
Records clicking at the Beaver
Club, Montreal, Canada Eddie
Heywood's trio clicking at Har-
LENS Apollo Theatre F. AL Hib-
bier booked into Bill and LOUIS in
Philadelphia this coming week (.
Harry Belafonte at Chicago's Black
Orchid Room Thrush Linda
Hayes pacted by the Shaw office
Bette McLaurin opens at the
Royal Theatre, Baltimore +. Sarah
Vaughan a smash hit in Europe
Mary Lou Williams signed with
the Jack Payne office for Variety
tour around England in road show
co-starring with British disk-joc-