“ Hellzapoppin’.” The tempo is brisk
and the lyrics bright with sparkling
rhythms that hop, pop and stop short
of being an extraordinary release.
"S kip To M y Lou" reverse side. ***
IN T E R N A T IO N A L
"D ow n A t Polka Jo e 's," J o lly Jack Robel,
Decca 4121: A jolly polka well worth
considering for International loca
tions. Jerry Burton does a nifty on
the vocal— lyrics are catchy. This
will click with the Poles and Slavs.
"R ing Those B ells" side “A ” completes
release. ***
20 TUNES TO
TURNTABLE SUCCESS
"C h a tta n o o g a Choo C h o o "
C laude T h ornhill, C o lu m b ia
concentration of large groups of
Poles and workers of Magyar
origin— enormous concentration
of these workers, on defense
projects within a given area.
But why, then, the sudden
rise in popularity in polka re
cordings?-
Throughout
the
United States and from every
town, city and hamlet, families
have been moving in—creating
boom towns— finding work in
defense plants; and from all in
dications, it seems that a great
percentage of these defense mi
grators are of Magyar origin.
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And when the Poles and Mag
yars get together — then is the
time for polka tunes and more
polka tunes — and no other
tune will hit the spot as does the
hoppish rhythms of the polka.
The area in and around De
troit is about the best typical
example of the Polish and Mag-
36472
"M o o n lig h t Sonata"
Glenn M ille r, B luebird
B-11386
"D o n 't Leave Me D a d d y "
Dinah Shore, Bluebird
B -II3 7 0
"The L ittle G u p p y "
Ozzie Nelson, Bluebird
B-1 1403
"K eep 'Em F ly in g "
Gene Krupa, Okeh 6506
"The W h ite C liffs o f D over"
Kay Kyser, C olum bia 36445
"The Shrine o f S aint C e c ilia "
Kate Smith, C olum bia 36468
"C a n ce l The Flowers"
Guy Lom bardo, Decca 4105
"Laugh, Laugh, La ugh"
A b b o tt and C o s te llo ,
"E v 'ry th in g I Love"
Dinah Shore, Bluebird
V ic to r
27737
B-1 1413
"E lm er's Tune"
G lenn M ille r, Bluebird B-1 1274
"Rose O 'D a y "
Kate Smith,
C o lu m b ia
"M a d e la in e "
Bob Chester, Bluebird
"Someone's Rocking M y
Ink Spots, Decca 4045
36448
B-11355
Dream
B oat"
"This Love O f M in e "
Ella Fitzgerald, Decca 4007
"The Biggest A spidastra in the W o r ld "
A r t Kassel, B luebird B-11418
"This Is No Laughing M a tte r"
Jim m y Dorsey, Decca 4102
"The M a rria g e Broker's D aug hter"
C a rl H o ff, Okeh 6538
"Rem em ber Pearl H a rb o r"
C h a rlie Spivak, Okeh 6555
(A n d D o n 't F o rg e t)
Barry W o o d 's grand re cordin g.
27478 "A n y Bonds T o day"
V ic to r
DEFENSE LOCATIONS
POPULARIZE POLKAS
A
ing.
and
this
new era is coming into be
The era of polkas — polkas
still more polkas. And all
happening because of the
GRIFF WILLIAMS ENJOYS HIS LATEST RECORD
G r iff W illia m s , famous recordin g maestro d roppe d in to C h icag o Sim plex D istrib u tin g Co.,
W u rlitz e r d istrib u to rs, and just ab out slayed the boys by slip p in g his newest disc, "W h a t's
C ooking, C o o kie ? " on a W u rlitz e r.
Okeh Record
N o. 6510, this number even had G riff
jig g in g around the d isp la y rooms— th a t's how good it is.
G riff says he never d id a b e tte r
one and a ll present agreed.
January, 1942
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