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annual Press Public Relations and Advertising Conference
was huge success and it got off start Friday eve
s' WIN te annual Press Awards dinner Among those
otea was MM Records President Frank Walker who was
ed Tor helping to eliminate undesirable stereotvpng OPEN
ing yet another avenue Tor Negro entertainers by giving them
the opportunity to record all types of music for MGM Re-
cs ana Tor giving their recordings benefit of the vast
promotional resources of MGM
Georgia Carr the Laugh Girl" has big Capital re-
cord out on Laugh (Tho You Feel You Want To Crv) will
invade Broadways Birdand July 16 Congratulations
10 DICK Jacobs for being appointed musical director of
Coral Records Lionel HAMPTON clicked at Rroadwa,,s
Bandbox
CHICAGO: Because Johnny Maddox ragtme piano sounds
IKE the mouse music for old silent films Prevew Lounge
where Johnny currently appearing built the entire show
around this theme Large screen TV set flashes on with tho
sound turned off and Johnny accompanies the action The
taken place IN the Duke Ellington aggregation since its last
date here With Louis Beson touring with Pearl Bailey Duke
needed drummer and finally chose Butch
Ballard VINO was with another band Which Mercer
lingtons Dukes son.
LOS ANGELES You'll have to go a long way to top
better SHOW than the 9th Annual Cavacade that
off week Sunday here at Wrglev Field Approximately
9ooo music fans damned the huge bapar to listen to the
greatest aggregation of jazz gathered stage
Cash Box the trade publication which Bible of the luke
operators presented Lloyd Price his award for having won
he 1872 Automatic Music Industry Poll for Iawdy Miss
ClaWdy the best Rhythm Blues record of year Also
on hand for the gala affair Roy Brown band
loS Earl bosc and his ork the Louis Armstrong ASar
oand featuring Joe Bushkn Cozy Cole Arve Shaw, Barney
Blgard, Trummy Young Vernon Brown Vema Middleton
Shorty Rogers and his Cole
It's rmored that Lucky Milnder the fabulous one will
orng back his band in mdAugust the greatest band
assembled under roof Talks flying from coast
that Lucky will have Count Basic piano. on
drums, Floyd Smith guitar. It is also being said that
lnder will take singer Rosetta Tharpe This might
true because Sister Thape hubby be Lucys road
MGM recording artist Tommy Edwars' platter of Take
These Chains From My Heart" climbing up the
ladder It's great platter That MGM artist Joni
James is smashing records wherever she appears which
at present New Yorks Cafe Society Dizzy Gillespie has
Joined the Shaw Artists Agency and for number
location and onengher shots starting in July Dizzy
the pioneers of bop will featured cobo but
will be backed by big Harlems Apollo Theatre
July 10.
Fats Domino at PHILIPS Showboat Ruth Brown
clicked at Bosons Hi Hat She'll play PHILIPS Pops July %
to 27 AT present Miss Brown clicking HarlemS Apollo
Theatre The Jackie Davis trio started three-month
engagement at Facks in San Francisco Enrol Garner
at Broadways Brdand opens August 10 Tffanys in Los
Angeles for threeweek stay. He also for ve-week
stay at Backhawk San Francisco beginning September
Billy Wards Domnoes vocal combo pencled in for the Mich
gan State Fair in Detroit September 10 Harry Bella
onte into the Skyway Lounge July 10 He into Bill
Mlers Riviera, Fort Lee, New Jersey, July % Earl
Hines to play Riviera ST. Louis July II for single frame