Automatic Age

Issue: 1944 November

WINNERS ON WAX
B U N N Y BERIGAN ALBUM
(Victor P-134) by Bunny Beri-
gan and his Orchestra....This is
a raucus swing set devoted to
the memory of Bunny Berigan,
the great trumpeter, who died
two years ago. You’ll find use
for the entire set in coin phono­
graphs. Acent will be upon “ I
Can’t Get Started (W ith Y o u ),”
the opening side in the set in
which Bunny’s vocal and trum­
pet steal the choruses. This was
a sensational disc when first
issued. It s h o u l d go well in
s w i n g spots. “ Frankie and
Johnnie” on the flipover is a
natural for the tavern trade but
will also go in soda fountain
spots, etc. “ Trees,” “ Russian
Lullaby,” “ Jellyroll B l u e s , ”
“ Black Bottom,” “ Deed I D o,”
and “ Highway Safety” fill out
the set, all in swing version.
A ny place where swing sells,
including the critical Negro
locations, will want these sides.
W HISPERING and T W O IN
LOVE, by Frank Sinatra and
Tommy D o r s e y ’ s Orchestra
(Victor 20-1597) .... will pull
the nickles wherever you spot
it. Play “ Whispering” first be­
cause of the plugging the tune
will receive in the film “ Green-
which V illage.” Frank is join­
ed on the side by the Pied Pip­
ers and the tune receives top-
notch treatment. You’ll wear
out many copies of this side.
“ Two in Love” will also do well
whereever spotted because of
the T. Dorsey-Sinatra appeal.
The vocal is pure Sinatra and
g o o d ! Play either tune in soda
fountains, restaurants, taverns,
cocktail lounges, dance loca­
tions, swing spots.
IT M IG H T H A V E BEEN and
D A ISY M A Y by Hal McInty­
re’s Orchestra (Victor 20-1599)
This band is building up a good
following....has just completed
two films for Columbia Pictures
in fact. “ It Might Have Been”
is a new Cole Porter number,
never before released. The Por­
ter tune, sung by crooner Jer­
ry Stuart and the Four Lyttle
Sisters, is a natural for the Sin-
atra-Como spots, swing, dance,
restaurants, taverns. “ D a i s y
M ay” is a ‘riff’ tune on the or­
der of Glenn Miller’s “ In The
M ood,” etc.
I D O N ’T MIND and W H A T
A M I HERE FOR? by Duke El­
lington’s Orchestra (Victor 20-
1598)....Y ou remember the fu­
ror created by “ I Got It Bad
and That Ain’t Good.” Expect
a repeat on “ I Don’t Mind”
with the same young lady, Ivie
Anderson, singing the vocal on
this new plaintive torch tune.
W ith Ellington, Ivie, and two
new tunes packaged on a single
record, you have a veritable
goldmine. First naturals are the
Negro locations in which this
SPECI AL S M A L L C A N D I E S FOR V E N D O R S
• Pistachio Nuts
• Salted Peanuts
• Ball Gum
• Boston Baked Beans
• Chocolate Peanuts
• Indian Nuts (Pinion Nuts)
• Charms
• Midget Burnt Peanuts
• Rainbow Peanuts
• Pee Wee Licorice
Pastels
W rite for O u r Price List
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400 W . SUPERIOR ST.
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C H IC A G O
disc will be number one, no
matter which side you put up.
Swing spots, soda founts, near­
school locations, and taverns
will click next.
W H Y NOT CONFESS and
SINCE THE ANGELS TO O K
M Y M OTHER FAR A W A Y by
the Blue Sky Boys (Bluebird
33-0516) .... Cowboy material
for the cowboy spots. W ill go
well in the less sophisticated
taverns and can also be spotted
to advantage in certain of the
‘roadside diner’ locations fre­
quented by country clientele,
truck drivers, and others who
go for a doleful cowboy lament
....and there are more of them
than you think! Don’t spot in
sophisticated locations or swing
spots but you might be surpris­
ed in other places how well
these songs sell.
A N D AN OTH ER T H IN G :
“ The Last Time I Saw Paris”
by Vaughn Monroe on Victor
is clicking in t a v e r n s , soda
fountains, restaurants where
the talk shifts to the war. The
flipover “ A fter It’s Over” is ob­
viously a click on title alone.
A hearing of the tune makes
it sell over and over but the
title grabs nickles from hund­
reds of gals who are making
plans for “ after it’s over” .........
Tommy Dorsey’s “ Boogie W oo-
gie” is one of the biggest phono
clicks in years in swing, school,
soda fountain, tavern spots.
Over a million copies of the disc
have been sold and that means
a flock of nickles have gone in­
to the coin box indicators since
the song’s revival.
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W ANTS LATEX VENDOR
A subscriber wants the name
and address of someone who
could furnish latex vendor that
will handle match book type in
three’s for 25 cents. Anyone
having such an item for sale,
should include a 3^ stamp for
the forwarding of your letter.
A U T O M A T IC AGE
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'Bally" engineers and workers are proving daily that their skill— developed in peace-time pro­
duction of coin-operated games and venders—is a valuable asset to America in time of war. And
"Bally's" performance in war production is a forecast of "Bally’s” performance in the victorious
future. Lion Manufacturing Corporation, Chicago, manufacturers of “Bally” games and venders.
Pinball Games Come Back
The Passaic (N. J.) Herald
News recently published an ed­
itorial observation, and the fol­
lowing parts of its comments
are interesting to the trade for
its realistic approach to the sit­
uation :
The Court of Errors and A p ­
peals having reversed a Sup­
reme Court decision which held
pinball games to be gambling
devices, you may expect to see
these nickle-grabbers in corner
stores and bars once more.
Still on the books is a Pas­
saic ordinance which provides
for a license fee of $25 a year
for each machine operated in
this city, so there will be spirit­
ed competition among the a­
musement device operators for
the best-paying locations.
Passaic’s Director of Public
Safety and Bergen’s prosecutor
have announced that there can
be no free play offers, no high
score prizes and no pay-offs.
Usually these inducements
are offered “ under the counter”
by storekeepers because who
would feed nickles into a slot
machine all afternoon with no
hope of winning a prize? More
often the players, u s u a l l y
friends, play these p i n b a l l
games for winner-take-all side
bets, with which the storekeep­
ers have nothing to do.
These devices are in them­
selves harmless unless they are
set up on school neighborhoods
with a pay-off inducement for
children.
W e wonder if the Passaic
commissioners are not passing
up an opportunity for easily-
made revenue by letting the
pinball license fee stand at $25
a year. That figures out at sev­
en cents a day from each ma­
chine, less than the revenue
from two fast games.
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Evans Buys Paces Races
The consummation of an im­
portant deal was announced in
Chicago with the purchase of
a 1 1 manufacturing rights to
Paces Races by H. C. Evans &
Company, a leading manufac­
turer of amusement machines.
A j o i n t announcement was
made by R. W . Hood, president
of the Evans company, and E.
W . Pace of the Pace Manufac­
turing Co. Involved in the sale
are the transfer of all patents
and copyright patents, tools,
dies, jigs, patterns, and other
real properties. Henceforth, H.
C. Evans & Company will have
the exclusive rights to manu­
facture Paces Races and its
parts.
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Kind Landlord
“ I’m going to r a i s e your
rent.”
“ That’s nice, I couldn’t raise
it.”
AUTOMATIC AGE
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