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The Hite of Jive!
NEW YORK-Fo.rtune Music, Inc., has '
a patrio.tic song entitled "We're In It"
reco.rded by Irv Carro.ll fo.r Bluebird which
is no.t Dnly martial and inspiring, but co.n-
tains lyrics that are as "clean" as were
tho.se o.f "Over There."
Irv Carro.ll and his band are featured
nightly at Dempsey's restaurant o.n Bro.ad-
way. It was there that Irv, Nelso.n Oo.gane,
~harltl~ McCarthy and Bert Do.uglas go.t the
inspira#p,n fo.r this tune_ So.ldiers and
sailo.rs o.T the allied fo.rces have made
Dempsey's ,their sto.pping o.ff place and no.w
when Irv ides into. "We're In It" all the
bo.ys sto.p dancing, turn to.wards the piano.
and jo.in in the cho.rus.
Miller Counts On IfApple
COIN
MACHINE
IIEVIEW
24
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APIIII.
1942
Hollywood's heat-wave maestro,
les Hite, relays this puzzler for the
not-so-hep: "The other night I
dreamed I had a super-jam session.
The eats beat out a gang of riffs on
the git-box, the God-box, the gob-
stie~, the doghouse, the sliphorn, the
fish-horn, the vibes, the hides and
the 88. There were nine of us: Ben-
ny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Gene
Krupa, John Kirby, Walter Gross,
lionel Hampton, Fats Waller, Alvino
Rey' and myself. Who played which?"
ANSWER: les Hite on the fish-
horn (sax); Benny Goodman on the
gobstie~ (clarinet) ; Tommy Dorsey,
sliphorn (trombone); Gene Krupa,
hides (drums); John Kirby, doghouse
(bass) ; Walter Gross, 88 (pi'a no);
lionel Hampton, vibes (vi bra harp);
Fats Waller, God-box (organ). and
Alvino Rey, git-box (guitar).
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NEW YORK-Glenn Miller, credited
with th e Number 1 and 2 best selling discs
o.f 1941 ("Chattano.o.ga Cho.o. Cho.o." and
"Elmer's Tune") is banking o.n "Do.n't Sit
Under the Apple Tree" as his to.p reco.rd
o.f '42.
Veteran so.ngsmiths Lew Bro.wn, Charlie
Bo.tias and Sam H. Stept wro.te the "Apple"
hit which is o.ff to. flying starts with excep-
tio.nal reco.rdings by Miller, Andrews Sis-
ters, Kay Kyser, Frankie Masters and
o.thers.
Odd Titles At Colonial
NEW YORK-Co.lo.nial Music Publishing
Co.., takes the cake fo.r having the mo.st
unique so.ng titles alo.ng Tin Pan Alley in
their catalo.g.
Examples o.f so.me o.f the titles are "Ants
in the Pants", "No.t To.night Jo.sephine",
"Dopey Dwarfs", "Pete the Pickleman",
"Carmen's Veranda", and "Sno.o.per-Man".
All are reco.rded and no.w bringing in
nickels o.n th e turntab1e circuit.
So.ngs written in 14 different languages
are published by Co.lo.nial.
Gob Writes Navy Tune
HOLLYWOOD - Immediate publicatio.n
o.f a, stirring new Navy so.ng written by a
bluejacket, Bill Watters, has been an-
no.unced in Ho.lIywo.o.d by Fred MacMur-
ray's Vanguard So.ngs, Inc.
Number, fast gaining po.pularity, has
already aired o.n such netwo.rk sho.ws as
"Ancho.rs Aweigh," "So.ngs fo.r Marchin g
Men" and "King Size Weekly," and is
slated fo.r a large number o.f natio.nal plugs
as well as being featured by Bo.b Cro.sby at
the Io.cal Triano.n.
Merry Macs Publish
HOLLYWOOD - Merrywo.o.d Publishing
Co.., co.mpo.sed o.f the Merry Macs and their
business manager, Harry No.rwDo.d, are un-
derway with five tunes. They are "Tee-o.lI-
ee-go." by Ro.y Chamberlain and Edna Fish-
er; "Never Befo.re" by Jo.e McMichael;
"Olivia" by Eddie Ch erko.se and Jacques
Press; "Hey, Mable" by F red Stryker, and
"Ch eatm
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Crystal and Sid Garris.
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T o k eep up-to- d ate ' o~ matters musi-
cal read the MUSIC section of THE
REVIEW each month. The FIRST de-
P artment in any industry trade paper
devoted to the welfare of music opera-
tors. Started in 1935.
MGM Disc Deal Flops
NEW YORK-To.mmy Do.rsey and Metro.-
Go.ldwyn-Mayer decided to. call it a day
o.n their pro.posed reco.rding firm and
To.mmy has re-signed with Victo.r and cut
five new platters in Califo.rnia.
After several mo.nths o.f dickering, inves-
tigatio.n and speculatio.n, David Bernstein,
vice-prexy fo.r MGM and Lo.ew's, Inc., an-
no.unced that the reco.rding firm plan was
stymied at least fo.r the time being and
that MGM had no. immediate plans fo.r
starting the ,new waxwo.rks.
The pro.po.sed co.mpany faced several diffi-
culties, amo.ng them, a sho.rtage o.f mated'al,
plants to. press the discs, machinery, labo.r
and distributio.n.
Offers. Samples
LOS ANGELES- The Walter L. Scho.tt
Co.., has made available to. manufacturers
a co.mplete set o.f free samples o.f- chemicals
to. prevent co.ntact o.xidatio.n and no.isy o.per-
atio.n, adhesives fo.r many purpo.ses, such as
Speaker Cement, Thermo.-Plastic Cement,
cement fo.r fabrics and plastics and many
o.ther uses. A request o.n co.mpany letter-
head to. 5270 W. Pico. will bring the kit.
Quotes REVIEW Rating
NEW YORK-Nick Kenny, co.nducto.r o.f
a department o.n recordings in the New
Yo.rk Daily Mirro.r, turned the spo.tlight o.n
THE COIN MACHINE REVIEW in his depart-
ment o.n March 28th and paid tribute to.
this publicatio.n's rating Dn "We're In It"
as reco.rded o.n Bluebird by Irving Carro.lI,
po.pular maestro. at Jack Oempsey's .lIes-
taurant.
Kenny listed the reco.rd as to.ps fo.r the
week and quo.ted the REVIEW'S rating to.
back up his o.pinio.n o.f the disc. ,
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LOS ANGELES-Phil Harris, currently
at the Biltmo.re Bo.wl, has fo.rmed a publish-
ing firm in partnership with Matt Dennis.
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Au authoritative chart showiug the popular
musical favorites aDd compiled Irom iDforma-
tiou gathered iu the priucipal lreJ' cities aud
wired to us at pre •• time.
APRIL, 1942
On Phonographs-
1. Deep In The Heart of Texas (Melody
Lane)
2. Blues In The Night (Remick)
3. I Don't Want to Walk Without You
(Paramount)
4. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
(Shapiro-Bernstein)
5_ String of Pearls (Mutual)
6. Moonlight Cocktail (Jewel)
7. Zoot Suit (Green-Revel)
8. Miss You (Santly-Joy-Select)
9_ Jersey Bounce (Lewis)
10. Shrine of St_ Cecilia (Braun)
On Wired Music-
1. Who Wouldn' t Love You
2. I Don't Want to Walk Without You
(Paramount)
3. Moonlight Cocktail (Jewel)
4. Shrine of St. Cecilia (Braun)
5_ String of Pearls (Mutual)
6. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
(Shapiro-Bernstein)
7_ Jersey Bounce (Lewis)
8. Zoot Suit (Green-Revel)
9. 1942 Turkey Iu The Straw
10. Sleepy Lagoon
On Radio-
I. Deep In The Heart of Texas (Melody
Lane)
2. I Don't Want to Walk Without You
(Paramount)
3. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
(Shapiro-Bernstein)
4. Miss You (Santly-Joy-Select)
5_ Moonlight Cocktail (Jewel)
6. Blues In The Night (Remick)
7, How About You? (Feist)
8. Always In My_ Heart (Remick)
9_ I Remember You (Paramount)
10. The White Cliffs of Dover (Shapiro-
Bernstein)
Best Selling Sheet Music-
1. I Don't Want to Walk Without You
(Paramount)
2. Deep In The Heart of Texas (Melody
Laue)
3. Moonlight Cocktail (Jewel)
4. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
(Shapiro-Bernstein)
5. Miss You (Sautly-Joy-Select)
6. Blues In The Night (Remick)
.
7. White Cliffs of Dover (Shapiro-Bern-
stein)
8. Rose O'Day (Tobias-Lewis)
9. Sometimes (Berlin)
10. Taugerine (Famous)
Best Selling Records-
1. Moonlight Cocktail (Jewel)
2.
I Don't Want to Walk Without You
(Paramount)
3. Zoot Suit (Green-Revel)
4. String of Pearls (Mutual)
5. Jersey Bounce (Lewis)
6. Deep In The Heart of Texas (Melody
Lane)
7. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
(Shapiro-Bernstein)
8. Miss You (Santly-Joy-Select)
9. Blues In The Night (Remick)
10. Sleepy Lagoon
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