Evening star., 1955-11-06
TOPS IN POPS

Never DE-" may be repeated
in the case Of the forthcoming
Warner Brothers CinemaScope
iilm Drum Beat" starring
Actor Alan Ladd. The film
viii represent another song
whose origin and author are
long buried In the mists Of
antiquity.
The tune, entitled Stand by
Your Glasses" was discovered
In q yeIlowed, dog-eared vol
ume of soldiers ditties by Del
rier Dawes, the director Of the
new Aim. Realizing its APP
peal and commercial value. he
scheduled it for q prominent
spot in his Drum Beat" opus.
The opening verse Of the
tune, chanted by cavalrymen
after losing . bloody battle to
the Modoc Indians. goes as
follows:
Then stand by your glasses
steady.
This worlds D round Of lies,
Three cheers for the dead
already
An hurrah for the next who
dies. /"
%tE
Many thanks to those who
entered the record contest
last week. The winner Of the
free 12-inch LIP is Miss Polly
]. Cole. 1903 Biltmore street
NV, whose winning letter Is
as follows:
MY tayorite popular musi-
cal composition is Autumn
Leaves because the song is
musically descriptive and
vivid In portraying all Of the
beauty Of Indian summer and
tt lovely coloring unseen
through sound"
NAA
JUST RELEASED
June Valli- has Q new
LIP featuring q dozen often-re-
corded standards. Her choice
Of material IL 1ine. but quite
frankly. her interpretations
add nothing new or distinctive
to the tunes. and each Of them
has been done better by other
artists. She is over-emotional
and q bit nasal at times, and
she employs q few vocal
cliches. Orchestral support by
Joe Reisman IL good. but 1t
doesn't save the set from
mediOcrity. Included are such
tunes as But Not for Me-"
''Bill, My Man Z Body and
Soul. Il Got 1t Bad. Stormy
Weather" and ak others. tRCA
Victor LMP-ii20)
Sam Taylor Sans tenor sax
Il featured on orchestrations
Of .As Time Goes BY" and
Don't Take Your Love From
Me-" (MGM Kl2O65.)
Johnnie ay-Johnnie cou-
piles Love. Love, Love- With
"Joinnie's Comm Home"
columbia 4-4067S.l
Gisle Mackenzie - Singer,
ably supported by Dick Malt
by's band, has q nice That's
the Chance I've Got to Take"
Backing Of 'repper-Hot Baby"
Is 1lusicaIly poor material.
OK" 4x-OI72.1
David CarrollC CAROLS lush
string orchestra, with Jack
Hailoran Singers, has two ex-
cellert sides IN the beautiful
You Are Mine" and ITS Al
most Tomorrow First tunes
melody Is quite similar to the
current hit 'sHe." tMercury
70717x45.)
Ella Mae Morse-Ella Mae
couples two lively items In
when Boy kiss Girl" and
"Sing-ing-ing-ing." CCapitol
F3263.)
Robert Clary--The French
charm of this diminutive
singer Is evident In his han
ding Of I'm In Love With
Me" and Bring Me Q Blue
bird" epic 5-9l28.9
Ralph Marterie Strings and
3 vocal chorus support Ralph's
soaring trumpet work on the
pretty John and Julie = Re-
verse features the maestro do
ing D fine vocal Job on the
novelty Ring Dang Doo."
tMercury 70720x45)
Tai Farl0w--Another flne
LIP by this distinctive guitar
ist, supported BY other top
jazzmen. as he expertly ham
dies You Came Along"
"Walkin',p moonlight Be
comes You.g aOn the Alamo"
"Will You Still BE Mine. Lo-
rinesque" and Bye Bye Baby"
Norgran MGN-l0300
Art Mooney - The chorus
sings two bright numbers in
Give Me . Band and My
Baby" from Columbia's my
Sister Eileen" and "The Girl
! Left Behind Me-" tMGM
KI2073.)
The Four knights - Vocal
group has 4 nice workover of
the jazz standard "Perdido."
It's backed by the slow and
sentimental AFTER" capitol
F3250)
The Ink Spots The boys
By Ingrid Haebler on . new