Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-28
TOPS IN POPS
Georqe Williams Band
In Auspicious Debut

given to Wouldn't 1t Be
Loverly," IT Could Have
Danced All Night" I've Grown
Accustomed to Her Face and
"On the Street Where You
Live" columbia CL-S85)
Ethel Merman--A terrific two-LP set
in Ethel Merman-A Musical Bi-
sings the nu nr s't that '0 nave b.e sn
associated with her fabulous career,
prefacing each tune with enlightenins
dialogue. Not only is It a history OF
Ethefs career, but it's also pretty
much history s Of mg yo hits its during
Norman gems as "Eadie was a Lady"
Il Get a Kick Out Of You" BLOW.
Gabriel. Blow" Anything Goes
'Dearie." Hostess With the Mostes'
on Fri tne BAL Y0Trs ~; lust IN Love-
what comes e Na TiHd "iS "They s saw
It's Wonderful" II Got Lost in His
Arms" You Can't Get a Man With a
Gun Il Got the sun in the MorninR. =
and her trademark. Il Got Rhythm =
(Decca DX-153l
Al GOodman-An excellent LIP Of
sides cut by Goodman a few years ago.
featuring sweeping strings. Perfect
for background music, the set con-
tains, such .favorites as My Heart
stood Still" Some Enchanted Eve
N Ningi .A ARniveT Sa!y SONG" Love
Long AGO and Far Away" and four
others. Camden cAL-317)
Richard Hayman-Hayman and his
orchestra otIer an LIP Of instrumental
selections from the Broadway hit
MY Fair Lady" but unfortunately 1t
petitive LIPS. Dicks use Of the har
monica in some Of the ARRANGEMENTS
detracts rather than adds anything
to the Interpretation. end his ar
rangements don't seem to have the
the sweeping business Of Percy FAITHS.
Mercury MG-201e2)
Ginny Glbson--Her spritely rem
ditton OF Two Innocent Hearts"
featuring a clever twin tempo. Is nit
parade material. Reverse Of Mir
aacle o. Love, is nice ballad. tABC-
Ella FitIEerAld--Ella ably displays
SsSsot E ssin. FRI. Mofnia sHn
tverve 2021x45.l
Tennessee Ernie Ford-Popular
Tennessee Ernie has . new LIP that
consists OF hymns, and 1t should
Prove !Tn. a. 2 pit with his fans Include;
Ases oS F 4s.E cSH: Tb sef RS q!
the Golden Bells" and eight others
Johnny HodEes-More reissues on
two LIP couplings. as the glow OF
Hodses' sax artistry is heard to ad-
E YaStsSs on Ao s.,h R TIMES pao
Latino" "Johnnys Blues" "Throush
For the Nisht" Hodge -Podge." In
Norsran 1898 and 1851.
n JSan on Lsi o Low. yos size; from BY PATHS th:
mounts The PROUD and the Profane. :.
tABC-Paramount 45-9713l
Frances BerEen--Frances MRS. Ed
gar Bereeni debpts on records in this
them. "shivers," an Instrumental By By
Art Van Damme's Quintet. who backs
her on three other numbers. Matty
Matloeks band featuring the warm
sax OF Eddie Miller, backs her on
ing four. are done with the fine
modern Jazz group. Johnny Eaton's
Quintet It's an interesting LIP. with
Frances displaying voice and style
that's very similar e Peggy Lee: it's
doesn't have that certain spark that
makes you sit up and take notice.
Numbers include Il Was Doine Ali
Rieht," For All We Know" IAN /
Need Is You" Better Luck Next
Time" and Let's Besin." (columbi6
NANNY Albam-Erni. wilkin,-rh.
Albam-Wilkins orchestra presents an
LIP entitled The Drum Suite a
composition designed to show four
lazz drummers ct one time Oslo
johnson, Teddy Sommer, Gus john
son, and Don Lamond are the drum
mers who display their virtuosity in
this work Of modern jazz IT'S an
intriguing experiment. and will ap-
peal to the modern Jazz fans The
suite Is n six m q yer Dancers
u ths witch pCs}Ors" !, skim@inS Y.
Octopus lRCA Victor LPM-127g0
Andre KostelanetL-A superb LIP
Of 10 top standards, all wrapped up
in the famous Kostelanetz style.
Plush strings and soft woodwinds
These Foolish Things Love For
Sale. "The. Thrill Is Gone, But Not
For Me" In the Still Of the Might"
What Is This Thing Called Love. .
More Than You Know, Body and
All Rlrht with Ne Jcolumbis