St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-08-10
THE LOWDOWN

The DynatoneB have wrapped vi
three consecutive and impressive
victories on Ted Mack's "Origina
Amateur Hour television show
Considered by many 10 be th'
most original and radically differ
ent vocal group 10 emerge in re
cent years, The Dynatones con
sist Of Wee" Riley, Harold Keys
Ray Freeman, Buddy Vann and
the leader, Joseph Cox.
With matchless harmony they
won the winning votes and wide
acclaim Of Ted Mack's nation
wide television audience by sing
ing such numbers as Lover Come
Back To Ne" i've Got You IN
der My Skin" and Dreams"
The Dynatones, all Philadelphia
residents, were discovered by one
OF Macks scouts who heard the
group singing at the Hotel syl-
vania in their home town. Stin
without a recording contract or a
personal manager 10 guide future
moves, the vocal group will be I'M
able 20 make any plans until after
the national finals Of Ted Mack's
Original Amateur Hour" which
will be held some time In septem-
Der In New York's Madison Square
Garden.
Leader Joseph Cox. the only
member Of the group who reads
music, says the one thing / know
wen do after Mr.. Ted Mack's ma
tionRl championships in September
Is to appear on Arthur Godfrey's
Talent Scouts that has al
ready been arranged"
CoNFIDENTIALLY YOURS --
The daughter Of a very prominent
Philadelphia family(high on the
social lisD who In supposed to be
living in New York with her hus-
band. IL actually nothing more
than another girl-friend to the fell
low, since he has been married 10
another woman for some time
Since Althea Gibson and Bill Bor-
den have become an item, we're
wondering II the famous tennis
plying lass has finally found the
right guy Bill Buchanan and
Dick Goodman's Flying Saucer"
record hit tnow enmeshed in q
dozen or more legal suits) is not
the first time that a diskery has
strung together a series or ex-
cerpts containing only a couple Of
bars from each tune. Babs Con-
zalez did II a few years back and
got in hot water when ne recorded
Cool wRiln" The group now at
the Club Esquire in wildwood. N.
]. calling themselves Billy Davis
and His Leasebreakers, are ac-
tually the old Lynn Hope aggre-
CATION, with Davis fronting in the
absence OF Hope. Lynn Is stin
somewhere In Arabia on an an
nual pilgrimage connected with
his Mohammedan religion cult"
PEOPLE AND PLACES: Lang
ston Hughes, says that In "a few
more years Rock and Roll will no
doubt be washed back half-for-
gotten into the sea OF jazz" When
the 26th Annual Central States
Golf Assn. tourney was held in
Memphis, recently. II was Univer-
sal Life Insurance Co, that made
II possible for the gold tourna-
ment to be broadcast live over
radio station wLOK o. A bus
station lunch room In Alexandria,
La, displays a sign saying we
preserve the right TO seat our Gus
toners" Disk jockey George
The Guy with The Goods, E"
Woods, has other members Of his
profession and promoters wonder
ing just how he does II with his
successful Rock and Roll Dance
Parties" Woods last shindig. held
at the city Hall In Norristown.
Pa, drew over 1000 well-behaved.
interracial teen ayers who laughed
and danced In sweltering SO-de-
gree weather for almost five
hours.