Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-17
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By RIA BARLEY

NEW YORK (GlobaD- This
! reporter went back stage at Har-
lem's famed Apollo Theatre last
Friday to visit the original Ink
spot member, Charlie Fuqua. Char
lie was performing with his famous
original Inkspots, including Deck
Watson. They survived the Apollo
Theatre audience, and that is the
most difficult audience in the
world. The folks Immediately put
their stamp of approval on Fuqua's
new InkspOts. Fuqua also proved
himself to be an accomplished gui
tarist, making some people eat
their words, because once upon a
time Fuqua was much moderated.
MGM Records president, Frank
Walker announces that MGM Rec
Nrds has taken on many new color
ed artists, some of whom have
a'ready recorded under the banner
If Joe Davis of Beacon Music Co.
He is the new MGM Records artist
and renertoire man in its Rhythm
and Blues Department. Also, this
department has signed up nine
wear old Leslie Uggams Crayne az
a recording artist, featuring kid
dies selections. Among the new
talent with MGM are Eddie Garter
Quartet, Basil Spears, Gabriel
Brown and his guitar, Irene Red
field, The Blues Chasers, Mile
Bosnian, Al King and Beulah Brv-
ant.
Nat King Cole followed his La
Vie En- Rose date with three weeks
at Los Angeles Tiffany Room
Henry Glover of King Records is
about to break with something big
and fine e.. Detroit's JiIla Webb.
the cute MGM recording artist, is
holding her own -. 1t seems as if
Joni James, who hit bio time via
her hit record, "Why Don't You
Believe Me?" is about 70 have an
other hit record: "Have You
Heard" When Louis "Satch-
mo" Armstrong played GEORGE
Veins Storyville Club in Boston,
he damned the place to the rates.
Gale Agency is readying an
other big Show" to play the West
Coast starting February 8. Being
figured to star in the show are
Nat King Cole, Louis Jordan, Stan
Kenton and June Christy.
Johnny Hodges and his ork 60
ing great on present tour Jim
my Tyler into Pops Showbar IN
Philly . MGM recording artist,
Tommy Edwards, who's developing
into big "pop" artist, has a new
one to his credit: "Now and Then,
There's a Fool Such AS l" and 81
Can't Love Another" Billy
Eckstine is going great on his new
est MGM platter, Until Eternity
Ethel Waters currently at La
Vie En- Rose.
Billy Taylor and his trio click
ing at New York's Copa Lounge
=. Duke Ellington has discovered
another great singer. He's Jimmy
Grissom . Camille Howard going
great as a pianist . | like Lula
Reeds recording of "My Story"
=. Lester Young now at Birdland
. Ella Fitzgerald now at Toron-
to's Colonial Tavern King
Pleasure at Detroit's Flame Bar
e. Eddie Haywood at New York's
Embers for five weeks.
Red Saunders now at the Delisa
in Chicago, will observe his 18th
anniversary in that spot January
Is &. Duke Ellington's 18th an
niversary in show biz was honored
at Chicago's Blue Note Cafe.
Rosetta Davis, former singer
with the Duke Ellington orchestra,
has signed with the Billy Shaw
office :. Charles Brown will dis
band his trio at the end of the
month and go out with full or
chestra.
Let's say Happy New Year" TO
Frank Walker, proxy of MGM Rec
ords and to Joe Davis, new RIB
chief for having the foresight to
employ host Of new colored tai
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