St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-07-13

ing better nan most artlstsi SINCE
he feels each word he sings. His
first hit was Drop Me A Line. :"
followed by his biggest seller.
Come on Home" Bubber's new
est King releases are a pairing Of
Have A LATHE Faith In Me" and
MY Lonely Heart" The Low
downs catalog Of coming r & b
hits includes the Cleftones' Little
Girl Of Mine" the Driftsrs'
Ruby Baby, The Clovers' Love.
Love. Love" Until The Day
I Die" by the Teen Queens and Il
Just Got Lucky by the Orioles.
New York-Althea Gibson could
easily become the first world
famous tennis player TO go down
on record as a blues singer. Be
fore her sensational streak Of
tennis wins is Asia and Europe,
Althea was seriously thinking
about quitting tennis and either
Joining the WACs or launching a
new career as a blues singer Dur
ing her spare time in Europe, Al
thea has been charming Euro
peans with her excellent blues
singing voice The Harlem tennis
great has always loved singing,
and has been encouraged by close
friends to make a try at It. When
ever she's in her Harlem neigh
borhood she occasionally sings in
her old friend Buddy Walkers
night club.
Strictly Confidential
Is Chicago's Killer johnson des-
tined to be the next boss OF Sugar
Ray Robinsons Seventh Av. en-
terprises in Harlem? Johnson was
recently in a huddle with Joe
CHASER, one Of Rays managers;
and the fighters cafe, apartments
and cleaning establishment are up
for sale 10 help raise tax loot for
Uncle -. Count Basic never liked
being on CBS's Rock n Roll
Party" radio show from the start,
since II interfered with his nation
wide booking activities vows
pretty and shapely disk jockey
model. Elaina Brooks is replacing
Sara Lou Harris as Harlem's most
popular mannequin. One of
Harlems dashing town
has two wives; one in Harlem and
the other in Florida 90. Gil Turner
the Philly pugilist, is a frequent
guest at Quaker Towns very pop
ular Moonglo Supper Club A.
West Coast schoolmarm and a
Long Island boy from a prom
inent family cancelled their
plans when the laddie
suddenly got cold feet, deciding
that California Is too far away
from mommy and daddy
People and Places
Elvis Presley, the young sensa-
ton Of Wall n Moan blues, was
born at Tupelo, Miss, and won his
first singing prize at the Tri-
state Fair held in his home town.
Eartha Kilt, conspicuous by
her absence from the Negro press
and white dailies, has a new do
it-yourself publicity campaign all
ready to explode ''Moondog,"
the New York street musician who
once sued Allan Freed to stop the
famous disk jockey from using
''Moondog'' as part OF his name.
has signed a three-year pact with
the Prestige label to make some
OF his most wierd recordings
Former lightweight boxing champ,
Bob Montgomery, is the new man.
ager Of the Strand Theatre in
Philadelphia. The theatre is offer
ing. The Jackie Robinson Story
on the screen and Bob hopes to
have Jackie and Roy Campanella
to appear at the filmhouse when
the Dodgers are in town to play
the Phillies The New York
Knicks' Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton
is earning some extra bread"
during the summer off-season by
endorsing soft drink. Clifton
says, This sweetwater is really
super" Morgan Smith, Har-
LENS ace photographer is doing
a sound film documentary for
Time and Life magazines which
takes him to California for all Of
four weeks.
Disk N Data
solomon Burke, the 10 year old
singing sensation discovered by
Philadelphia disk jockey Kae Will
Hams OF WHAT, is doing so well
that his Apollo Records bosses
arcg rooming him TO take aiHng
Roy Hamilton's place In the pop
ular field Tony Williams, The
Platters' lead voice on such hits as
The Great Pretender. only
You The Magic Touch" and
My Prayer" wanted to work as
a single originally. But he was
convinced by Buck Ram lthe
groups personal manager) that II
would be best for both Tony and
the Platters II he worked with the
group. Rams idea is that boy
Tony, individually, and the Plat
tiers could develop together until
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