Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-05-11
THE LOWDOWN

A few days ago a young, hand
some white chap named Elv1s
Presley got himself a Cold Record
from RcA Victor because his re-
cording Of "Hsart-break HotsI'
went over the million sales mark.
Another non-Eegro blues special
list called Carl Perkins authored
and recorded pulSating blues
number that's all about pair Of
Blue Suede Shoes" Then there's
the deep-voiced guy named Pat
Boone who's blazing away with his
version OF "Tutti Fruitti." which
has been ahead OF the leading Me-
gro artists waxing OF the same
tune for many weeks.
For many weeks the Teen
Queens had them In the aisles with
their clever Eddy. My Love-" q
Iamenting blues melody about a
guy whose name happens TO be
Eddy. But now even the Teen
Queens are scarcely mentioned on
the trade sheet charts. Why? It's
because the EOntaine Sisters
moved in with an Improvement
lis that the right word7J on Ed
dy, My Love" No matter how you
look at II. there's plenty Of indi-
cation that the white blues sing
ers are trouncing Negro vocalists
at their own game. Once you've
listened 10 Eivs Presley moan his
way through the soul.stirring Tyr
les OF "Heartbreak Hotel" you'll
readily understand why he's Top
Banana In the blues singing de-
partment. Ditto for Carl Perkins.
Pat Boone and many others.
There's some indication that Ne
groes are gradually moving back
into the sweet ballad category.
which was what actually catapuit-
cd the original Ink Spots and Mills
Brothers into the national spot
light and big money. Typical Of
Negro groups singing sweet bal
lads today are the Platters wax
ings Of Magic Touch" and The
Great Prctender", the Sensations
Amt He Sweet" and Please
Mr.. Disc Jockey: the Teen-Agors
why DO Fools Fall In Love" and
Fats pominos My Blue Heaven, d"
and I'm In Love Again"
PEOPLE A. PLACES. Little
Esther. fully recovered from The
| Plague. has become the recording
property OF Savoy Records, the
dlskery that issued many Of her
earlier tunes Sammy Davis,
Jr. viii go To Jack Entratler's
Sands Hotel after closing Mr..
Wonderful on Broadway . Lil-
Ian I'm Cry Tomorrow" Roth,
who shares honors with Katherine
Durham at the Hotel Sahara In
Las Vegas. In the highest paid
single act In show business Si5,-
900 per week.. and has had the
longest consecutive run (23s
weeks that anyone has ever had
In night clubs Walter Huff,
resident manager OF the Liberty
Hotel In Atlantic City. N. J., for
over ~ years, says his hotel In the
only Ncgro-operated one that o.
fers these Honcymooners Special
extras pound box of chocolates,
flowers, cosmetics, special honey
moon certificate, and honey.
mooner's breakfast
l'AtN'' ~ lfNANA'tNAi''fT i'Nt
her chance To play the role of
Tuptim In the movie The King
and I" because lovely Puerto
Rican beauty Rita Moreno was
such good substitute and be.
cause Dots commitments made II
impossible for her 70 80 the
screen tests Dorothy. who had
signed for the part, couldn't make
II Ia the studio when actors were
screen tested for the Lun Tina ro,e
the guy who's her lover in the
ttlml, 50 Rita substituted for her
Rita's substituting and singing OF
We Kiss In A shadow were SO
superb that when Dorothy had "a
bow out the Puerto Rican gal just
stayed where she was
RIG TOWN REPORT Tiny
bradshaw " doing a month Of one,
. ntghterS throughout the South and
Southwest to prove 10 his many
fans that he's far from being
dead. as has been reported many
times while Herman Leon.
ard. one OF New Yorks top photo,
graphers, IL away on a special rs.
s,gnmcnt that involves shooting
actor Marion Brsndc while he's m
location for the movie '~reah0u 81
~ the August Moon his Studio
IL being managed by ace phot ~
Church Stewart Herman and
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