St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-03-15
THE LoWDOWN
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FACES AND PLACES: Harry
Belafonte, Mr. Calypso" himself.
shattered a 22-year old house re-
cord at the Coconut Grove in Los
Angeles. The record was set by
Guy Lombsrdo back in 1888
Despite the sensational rise in pop
ularity Of calypso tunes the radio
and TV broadcast industry still
considers Rum and Coca Cola" as
being unfit for the ears of listeners
and viewers.
Ella Fitzgerald, who was ex-
posed to surgery for appendicitis,
is receiving her get well" cards
at the New York Hospital, where
she'll be recuperating for at least
another week Nat and Maria
Cole are looking refreshed after
spending two weeks in Havana,
Cuba. Mats last two Tv shows
were filmed before he left
Billy Bowen and The Butterballs
adshed into New York from Que
bee City to make a few quick re-
cordings, then rushed right out
to fill a date at the Concord Room
in Toronto Ontario Theatrical
publcist Agnes Jackson Bowen
Jackson Associates) leaves for
Miami on the 2Oth for a three
week fill Of Florida sunshine
Out on the west coast Hildegaarde
Bostic is recovering after serious
surgery at L. AS Cedars Of Le-
banon hospital.
DISK N DATA: Jocko Hender-
son, heard in New York on WOW
and in PhiIly on WDAS, heads a
spanking brand new rock n roll
stage show-and a first at that
at Broadways Loew's State
Theatre now playing Night
club owner and delay Tommy Or.
1--WE" Smalls took another Of his
rhythm n blues units into the
Apollo in Harlem recently
... Out in Windy City the "Old
Swingmaster" Al Benson is stag
ing one Of Chrs first big r & B
shows in many months. He's bring
ing a package TO the Regal that'u
include the likes Of Screamin' Jay
Hawkins, Tab Smith, Gene and
Eunice, Joe Turner and Priscilla
Bowman.
RINKYDINKS CLUB-The Big
Towns fabulous Rinkeydinks
Club is among those listed in that
new book now in the bookstores
that's called Americas 10th
Man" A sort Of Who's Who A.
mon Cullud Folks, the book con-
tains the pictures and background
Of American Negroes who are
supposed to rate" high in society
whatever that is.
BIGTOWN LOWDOWN: Just
about the saddest face in Phiny
belongs TO that well-known mini
ster whose congregation failed to
raise enough dough to send him
off to Africas Gold Coast Cele-
bration 800.
Around New York those in the
know are saying that the real
reason why you never see singer
Billy Daniels on TV anymore is
because Of that shooting incident
and because Of the several reports
of his alterations with white
women g..
Catherine Basic, faced with
that stiff hospital bill, is happy
over the fact that her husband
1.-THE Count is suing Miami's Ball
and Chain nightcIub for 1884 in
back salary.
HarIemites are whispering a.
bout the way Luther Red" Ran
dolph is playing up the name Nat
King Cole on a huge banner in
front Of his shalimar restaurant
They're reminding themselves
that Randolph once got plenty Of
nationwide publicity in a nation
al weekly in which he was shown
breaking up all Cole records he
had on his juke-box, and all be-
cause Nat wasn't a member Of
the NAACP.
Willie Bryant's Purple Slipper,
one Of Harlem's newest and plush
lest night spots is among the
"monitored" coast-to-coast hook
ups heard on radio on Saturday
nights at 1890 p. m.
Hottest gossip in Philly is a.
bout the tough time the super
visors at the U. S. Signal Corps
are having in controlling the acti-
tiTties Of lesbians among the en-
ployees. According to an inside re-
port, one lovely lass, who was en-
gagged when she first reported TO
work at the Signal Corps, sudden
ly broke off her engagement and
went 20 live in the apartment Of
her lesbian "boyfriend."