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


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some white chap named Elus
Presley got himself a Gold Record
from RcA Victor because his re-
cording Of "Heart-break Hotef
went over the million sales mark.
Another non-Negro blues special
ist called Carl Perkins suthored
and recorded pulsating blues
number that's all about a pair Of
Blue Suede Shoes" Then there's
the deep-yoiced 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-" a
lamentinK blues melody about q
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 Fontaine Sisters
moved in with an Improvement
lis that the right word - on Ed
dy, NV Love" No matter how you
look at II. there's plenty Of indi-
cation that the white blues sing
crs are trouncin. Negro vocalists
at their own game. Once you've
listened 10 Elvis Presley moan his
way through the soul-stlrring Tyr
les 81 "Hehrtbreak Hotel youll
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 catapult'
ed 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.
lngs Of Magic Touch" and THE
Great Prctendcr," the Sensations
Amt He Sweet" and Pleas,
Mr.. Disc Jockey. the een-Agers
why DO Fools Fall In Love" ana
Fats Domtno's My Blue Heaven,
and I'm In Love Again"
PEOPLE 4 PLACES: Littl,
Esther. fully recovered from Tn,
Plague. has become the recording
property OF Savoy Records, th'
diskery that issued many OF hei
earlier tunes Sammy Davis
Jr., will 40 To Jack Entratler'i
Sands Hotel after closing Mr.
Wonderful on Broadway LII
Ian "Ill Cry Tomorrow" Roth
who shares honors with Katherine
Durham at the Hotel Sahara Il
Las Vegas, II the highest pai'
single act In show business SIS.
900 per week.. and has had tn,
longest consecutive run (2a
weeks that anyone has ever hal
in night clubs o., Walter HUFF
resident manager OF tho Lbert.
Hotel in Atlantic City. ". J., 70
over ~ years, says his hotel Is tn
only Negro-operated one that Of
frrs these Honeymooners Specia
extras pound box Of chocolates
flowers. cosmetics, special honey
moon certificate, and a honey
mooner's breakfast.
DOROTHY DANDRIDGE los
her chance TO play the role O
Tuptim In the movie The Kim
, and T. because lovely puert
Rican beauty Rita Moreno WI
such a good substitute. and be
, cause Dots commitments made
impossible for her 10 do n
screen tests Dorothy, who IN
signed for the part couldn't max
II To- the studio when actors wCr
screen tested for the Lun Tha rol
tths guy who's her lover in IN
flml. 80 Rita substituted for hsi
Ritas substituting and singing q
We Kiss In A shadow were 4
superb that when Dorothy had I
bow ont the Puerto RicRn gal jus
stayed where she was
/" Rig TOWN REPORT Tin
bradshaw Is doing q month ~ on'
r nighters throughout the South an
q. Southwest to prove TO his man
4 fans that he's far from BEN
dead. as has been reported man
8 times While Herman Loot
$ ard. one Of New Yorks top photo
< graphers, Is away on special Al
p. signment that involves shootia
4 actor Marion Brando while he's o
4 location FOR the movie "Teahous
" % the August Neon" his stud
" u being managed by ace photo
Church Stewart Herman an