The Way We Were : April 1949compiled by
JCMarion
Pick hits of the week of April 6 : Whispering Waters / A
Chapter In My Life Called Mary by Buddy Clark (Columbia); Bali Hai /
Some Enchanted Evening by Bing Crosby (Decca; Somehow / What's My name
by Billy Eckstine (MGM); A Fine Romance / 1400 Dream Street by Les
Brown (Columbia); Everywhere You Go / How It Lies by Bing and Evelyn
Knight (Decca); Don't Cry Cry baby / If You Stub Your Toe On The Moon
by The King Cole Trio (Capitol); Hurry Hurry Hurry / I Didn't Know The
Gun Was Loaded by The Andrews Sisters (Decca); Teddy Bear's Picnic /
Mosquito's Parade by Phillip Green (MGM); and Put Your
Shoes On Lucy / Barroom Polka by Russ Morgan (Decca . . . . . . . .The
Ames Brothers to sue National Records for releasing old masters under
the name The Amory Brothers . . . . . .Amos Milburn appears at the
Apollo Theater . . . . . .Of the top ten best selling records in the
country this week, Russ Morgan has four and Art Mooney has three . . .
. . .On April 13, Capitol Records announcves the release of the first
45 rpm record by the company . . . . . .RCA Victor meanwhile is set to
release the first original 45 (not recordings already in their catalog)
. . . . . . . . .Vaughn Monroe's version of "Ghost Riders In The Sky
(The Cowboy Legend)" is a special advance release 45 rpm single . . . .
. . . .The pick hits for the second week in April are : My One And Only
Highland Fling / Thank You by Gordon McCrae and Jo Stafford (Capitol);
A Million Miles Away / If I Could Be With You by Bill Lawrence (RCA);
I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy / Younger Than Springtime by Dinah
Shore (Columbia); Five Foot Two / Again by Art Mooney (MGM); Rhumalero
parts 1 and 2 by Jerry Wald (Columbia); Ditto From Me To You / Chicken
Ain't Nothing But A Bird by Nellie Lutcher (Capitol) . . . . . . . .
.also out this week are Pete / What Can I Say Dear After I Say I'm
Sorry by Dinah Washington (Mercury); Over The Rainbow / Cole Heat by
Hank D'Amico (National); I'll Be There by The Three Riffs (Atlantic);
and Cry And You Cry Alone by The Deep River Boys (RCA) . . . . . . . .
. . .new entries on the best seller charts this week are - Once In Love
With Amy by Ray Bolger (Decca); Again by Vera Lynn (London); and Far
Away Places by Dinah Shore (Columbia). . . . . . . . . . .new long
playing albums released are Manhattan Towers by Gordon Jenkins (Decca)
and To Mother by Eddy Arnold (RCA) . . . . . . . . .Pati Page is at the
Hippodrome in Baltimore . . . . . . Tex Beneke and his band has dropped
the string section and will revert to a strictly Glen Miller revival
style for all future engagements . . . . . . Lionel Hampton headlines
at the New York Strand Theater . . . . . . . Spike Jones and his band
is doing sro business in Chicago . . . . . . . new best sellers for the
last week of April are - Need You by Guy Lombardo (Decca); Some
Enchanted Evening by Perry Como (RCA) and Bing Crosby (Decca); How It
Lies by Bing and Evelyn Knight (Decca); Slaughter On 10th Avenue by
Lennie Hayton (MGM); Careless hands by Bing (Decca); and Timely
In My fashion by Dinah Shore (Columbia) . . . . . . . . best bets of
the week are - Merry Go Round / Canadian Capers by Guy Lombardo
(Decca); A Million Miles Away / Lonliness by Jerry Wayne & Dell
Trio (Columbia); Missouri Walking Preacher / Candy Kisses by
Johnny Mercer (Capitol); Portrait Of Jennie / Dream Of Oliver by
Carmen Cavallaro (Decca); Merry Go Round / Heart Of Loch Lomond
by Art Mooney (MGM); When Tears Come Too Late / It Took A Dream To Wake
Me Up by Al Trace (Columbia); and A Kiss And A Rose / Knock On The Door
by The Inkspots (Decca). . . . . . . . . . other new record
releases for the week are - Tennessee Border / Tennessee Saturday Night
by Billy Williams (Coral); Save A Piece Of Wedding Cake by Franlie
Carle (Columbia); Three Cheers / South Side Boogie by Mike McKendrick
(Selective); Mud Kicking Woman by Sunnyland Slim (Mercury); and
Ugly Woman Blues by Sabby Lewis and Al Morgan (Mercury). . . . . . . .
.Jimmy Dorsey's hit song from 1940 originally called Sorghum Switch has
been retitled as Cole Slaw and recorded by Frank Cully for Atlantic.
Writer Jessie Stone gave his OK for the move . . . . . . . . . Louis
Jordan has recorded a cover version for Decca and that label has
re-issued Jimmy Dorsey's original version (now retitled) on its Coral
subsidiary . . . . . . .Frankie Laine doing big box office at L.A.'s
Cocoanut Grove . . . . . . . .the same for the comedy team of
Martin & Lewis at the Copa Cabana in NY . . . . . .Woody Herman and
his orchestra with Mel Torme and Mary Ann McCall at the Capitol Theater
in Washington D.C.
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