St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-11-01


Of news we've run across concerns
Huey who was performing at the
Royal Theatre IN Baltimore, Mr..
Huey 20 the flu himself. and In
turn the entire cast Of performers,
including Clarence "Frogman"
Henry and screamin' Jay Hawkins
came down with what Hawkins
later iaughingly described as "the
Rocking Pneumonia And The
Boogie woogie Flu that came
Hue"
PEOPLE & PLACES Steve
Gibson's Red Caps. the exclusive
property OF plush white battle
joints from New York 10 Miami,
are raking imp lanty Of cash with
their harmonizing. and there's
promise OF more TO come. steve's
already booked for over half OF
1858 $50 weeks 10 be exacD
Henry Belafonte started work on |
his END Of The World" movie |
this week Singer Pearl Bailey |
Is doing things twice as fast these
days. Talented Pearl. working at |
the F1amingo in Las Vegas at |
night. hops into an ambulance |
when she has had few hours Of |
sleep and speeds to Paramount In
Hollywood, where she's a big star
in the "Set. Louis Blues" movie
now being shot New York dee
jays Hal Jackson (WLIB) and
Jack Walker WOW are taking
a big package show into the Hunts
Point Palace on Nov. /, Among
the celebs set for the deal are the
Bobbettes, the Rays and the
Debs. "Beulah' the situation
comedy Is being sandwiched into
WABC-TV's two-hour Cartoon
Festival because the shows top
brass learned that there are many
more female listeners during the
$3.50 a. m period than during
earlier and later half-hour STREET
ches in the ayem.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Sing
err Billy Williams, commenting on
the success of his I'm Gonna Sit ,
Right Down and Write Myself A
Il couldn't sleep all night
after making that record, was
sure II didn't ut me and wasn't
my style. It's sold over a million
already and is still going strong"
DICK N DATA: ID. Wendell
Keene, a Philadelphia real estate
Broker is in line for a nice hunk
Of change, since Bill Haley and the
Comets have waxed Rock The
Joint" a tune which Keene
and Doc Bagby elaborated on
several years ago. On the reverse
side OF Haley's How Many" wax
ing the tune Is the same one that
almost figured in $3.50, 900 song
theft suit a few years ago when
the Rock the Joint composers
and publishers felt that Bill ,
Haleys Rock Around The Clock"
hit was direct seal from their
song. Incidentally The Cash Box
trade mag has already tagged the
Rock The Joint"-"How Many"
platter as the Sleeper of the
week" Big Maybelle's newest
album is the Big Maybelle Sings
on Savoy. Msybelle, who's literally
the biggest blues shouter around
(she weighs over 5000, Is heard
singing, stay As Sweet As You
Are" Baby Won't You Please
Come Home, ITS A Sin To Tell
A Lie" and IAN or Me"
Sammy Davis latest is a platter
with Mad BAR and Cool
Credo" on the Decca label.
Juniors work on Mad Ball" is a
to the flick, Opera
ton Mad BAN" from which the
tune was taken
BIG TOWN GOSSIP; In Philly
they're whispering about the fcud
that's brewing between Cannon
ball" and Georgia Woods, two top
decays at radio station WDAS. |
Woods claims that "Cannonball, "
whose real name is Julian Graham
Is stealing his thunder by imitat-
ing him on his new DECAY show
But Graham. a gHb-tongued radio
veteran insists that Il amt so.
People are talking about how
the big New York booking agents
and artist managers are display
ing little interest IN Little Rich
ards announcement, saying he's
quitting show business to devote
hts life 10 church work. Insiders
say that they're the folks who're
In the know, and who can tell you
II Richard or anybody else will
quit or stay in that crazy-qunted