Automatic Age

AUTOMATIC AGE
108
November, 1940
M AN H ATTAN DISTRIBUTING M AKES DEBUT (Cont’d.)
entertainment by the cream of New
York’s night club and theatre talent,
an opportunity to meet personally
many orchestra leaders and recording
artists, favors for the ladies, award-
ing of valuable door prizes and an
opportunity for everyone to talk with
Wurlitzer factory officials as well as
visiting Music Merchants from many
other cities.
D avid C onrad, G ilb ert H o rto n , W a lte r
Conrad agree w ith
W u rlitz e r
D is tric t
M a n ag er Sam Cass th a t M a n h a tta n D is ­
trib u tin g Com pany knows how to put on a
p a rty.
,
.
Sm all section of th e huge crowd enoying refresh m ents a la Louis S h erry as p a rt of
th e elaborate program m ark in g M a n h a tta n ’s House W a rm in g P a rty .
J e rry M orris, Queen C ity A m u sem en t Co.,
P lain field , N. J., M o rt T e rw illig e r of W u r -
litz e r ’s N e w Y o rk Office and Ed M a rks of
M a rks M a je s tic M usic, one of th e oldest
established Music M erch an ts in N ew Y o rk .
STARS OF RADIO AND STAGE ENTERTAIN CROWDS
Jack Leonard, Colum bia
Broadcasting S ta r w as
besieged by autograph
seekers and honored all
requests.
S inging S ta r of E d ­
d ie C a n t o r ' s a ir-
show, a fa v o rite on
t h e B luebird label,
D inah
Shore
s h o w e d th e crowd
how she has w a r ­
bled her w a y to
fa m e.
Vaughn Monroe,
Columbia artist
and popular leader
of one of th e h it
orchestras o f t h e
c o u n t r y extended
his greetings to Joe
and D ave.
Abe L y m a n , long a to p ­
flig h t name in th e o rch ­
estra w o rld , shown here
ta lk in g w ith W u r litz e r ’s
A ssistan t General Sales
M a n ag er Spence Reese.
D ick S tabile band leader i
and h itte r of th e h ig h ­
est saxophone note in |
h isto ry graced th e oc­
casion w ith his presence.
R ig h t: S tra ig h t
from the “ F a ­
m o u s D o o r 1'
floor, S id T o .
m ack and th e
uproarious Reis
B rothers regaled
M a n h a t t a n ’s
g l e e f u l guests
w ith dittie s and
gags.
A bove: D irect from th e
s m a s h -h it “ H ellzapo p-
pin’” came th e fam ous
C h a r i o t e e r s to ch ant
th e ir rollicking melodies.
R ig h t: B rillia n t B ro ad­
w a y singing star, sen­
sation of “ D u B a rry W as
_
.
.
A L a d y ” and of th e
P op ular M aestro F ra n k ie M asters and his B e a c h c o m b e r ’ s Club,
soloist M ario n Fran cis, big W u r litz e r fa - B e tty A llen took her
vorites,
rendered
vocal
reasons
w h y tu rn a t th e “ m ik e ” to
th e y ’re surging to fo re as O keh’s top ta k e
th e
crowd
by
seller.
storm .
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