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Ed (Tiny) Machuf, Jennings Production Departmenf, fakes fime ouf fo engage in a fhree handed
Ciga-Rola confab wifh Frank Kolar, Indi ana D isfribufor and Carroll Vefferick ,
Jennings Sales Execufive.
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Ben Boyer, Manager of Guaranfee Disfribufing Company , W urlifzer Disfribufors of Louisville,
Kenfucky , is shown above clasping fhe hand of Sammy Kaye. Wh en Ben heard Sammy was
coming fo fhe Rialfo he made arrangemenfs fo insfall a machine in fhe lobby for fhe week
before and during fhe week of fhe engagemenf. If affracted fremendous affenfion on fhe parf
of fheafer-go ers and proved mighty smarf merchandising for W urlifzer Phonographs.
Texos Census Goes Up
HO USTON-Tha nks to Mr. and Mrs. J .
B. Belin , th e population of Houston is in-
creased by a future vo ter, Gary Oliver,
born Jun e 11. Belin, associa ted with the
Magnolia Am usement Co. is a prominent
music operator here.
To tune of "You're in the Army Now"
You should be in "The Movies" now,
The Dimes are rolling-and how!
You'll never get rich, unless y ou hitch
To METERMOVIES now!
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Troy to Distrib.
Top Hat Records
LOS ANGELES-W. L. Sexton and
R. A. Lamb of Troy Radio & Television
Co., announced th e first of July th eir ap-
pointm ent as Southern Californi a di strib-
utors for th e new Top H at reco rds b ein g
produced by Ind ependent Record Distrib-
utors of New York.
First stocks have already arrived at Troy
hea dquarters at 1142 Sou th Olive Street
and Sexton reports an enthus iasti c recep-
tion by music operators to the first num-
bers.
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F ew people realize th at Larry Clinton,
the dipsy doodle maestro, is credited with
arrangin g th e orchestrations for as high as
one quarter of all th e popular music pub-
lished in thi s country.
Until a few years ago when he organ-
ized his own outfit and a Victor recording
contract shot him into emin ence, he worked
in semi-obscurity as an arranger for many
top-rankin g dance bands, including Isham
Jones, th e Dorsey Brothers and Casa Loma.
It was th e frankness of F erde Grofe th at ~
steered Chnton to the path of success. As
a youth he began hi s musical career on
the piano, switched to the trumpet and
eventually learned to play a bit on every
instrum ent, although by his own admission
he was a sensation on none. In 1933 Grofe
told him he made a better arranger than a
third trumpeter and Clinton took him
literally.
Hi s knack at arranging started hi m com-
posing a nd he soon laid the foundation s
for the original music library that made
his later Vi ctor records of "Shadrach",
"Satan Takes a Holiday", a nd " Dipsy
Doodle" smash hits. H e is now known for
th e clean drive of his rhyth m section and
freshness of attack th at make hi s records
sure fire.
Clinton himself is one of those serious
arti sts who makes his work his hobby. He
works at leas t twelve hours a day and in-
sists that from five to six hours of sleep are
enough . Blonde and blue-eyed, he does as
much work as is poss ible at home-usually
in pajamas.
Like most musicians, he started out to
be so methin g else, in this case a civil en-
gineer, perh aps due to the fact th at he
claims direct descent from David Bushn ell,
inven tor of th e submarin e. A piano a nd
th e school dance band got in his way-for
whi ch he isn' t sorry.
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