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Only records suitable for use on automatic phonographs are rated below.
for rating is listed first in each case.
KEY TO RATING
5* EXTRA GOOD. Cream of the crop for the
past 30 days. Tunely. unique. clever. un-
usual and definitely above-the-average
numbers.
4* VERY GOOD. Possessing universal appeal.
Suitable for any type of location.
BLUEBIRD
4* 30- 1819 Erskine Hawkins
CHERRY (FT VC)
COUNTRY BOY (FT)
CAPITOL
4* 145 Stan Kenton
DO NOTHIN' TILL YOU HEAR
FROM ME (FT VC)
HARLEM FOLK DANCE (FT)
4* 146 Freddie Slack
SILVER WINGS IN THE MOON -
LIGHT (FT VC)
FURLOUGH FLING (FT)
4* 147 Tex Ritter
HAVE I STAYED AWAY TOO
LONG? (OT V)
THERE'S A GOLD STAR IN HER
WINDOW (OT V)
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
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DECCA
4* 18578 Woody Herman
DO NOTHIN' TILL ' YOU HEAR
FROM ME (FT VC)
BY THE RIVER OF THE ROSES
(FT VC)
FOR
MARCH
FOR SALE'
1944
Ten Piece Unit A. M . I. W ired
Music For Sale. Easy Te rms.
ROYAL MUSIC COMPANY
823 Central Avenue
CHEYENNE. WYOMING
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3* GOOD. Suitable for r ounding out balanced
programs.
Numbers fading in popularity.
ABBREVIATIONS
FT-Foxtrot: W-Waltz: FT VC-Foxtrot with
vocal chorus: V-Vocal: N- Novelty: OT-Old
Time: HB-Hillbilly.
4* 4427 Johnny Long
NO LOVE, NO NOTHIN' (FT VC)
YOU BEITER GIVE ME LOTS OF
LOVIN', HONEY (FT VC)
3* 4428 Lawrence Welk
CLEANIN' MY RIFLE (And Dreamin'
Of You) (FTVC)
I WISH THAT I COULD HIDE IN-
SIDE THIS LEITER (FT VC)
4* 18582 Jimmy Dorsey
WHEN THEY ASK ABOUT YOU
(FT VC)
MY FIRST LOVE (FT VC)
3* 4429 Johnny Long
IN A FRIENDLY LITTLE HARBOR
(FT VC)
I'VE HAD THIS FEELING BEFORE
(FT VC)
3* 4430 The Song Spinners
HAVE I STAYED AWAY TOO
LONG? (V)
GOD BLESS MY DARLING, HE'S
SOMEWHERE (V)
EXCLUSIVE
5* 3117 Ce elle Burke' s Orchest ra
WHEN THE SHIPS COME SAILING
HOME AGAIN (FT VC)
3113 Ivie A nderson and Ceell e Bu rke
MEXICO JOE (FT VC)
4* 3116 C eell e Burke's Orchestra
NOW OR NEVER (FT VC)
3114 Ivie Anderson and Ce elle Bu rke
PLAY ME THE BLUES (FT VC)
4* 7073 Sonny Dunham
WHEN THEY ASK ABOUT YOU
(FT VC)
I'LL BE AROUND ( FT VC)
4* 7074 Sonny Dunham
HOLIDAY FOR STRINGS (FT)
DON'T WORRY MOM (FT VC)
3* 7075 Cootie Williams
NOW I KNOW (FT VC)
TESS'S TORCH SONG (FT VC)
MUSICRAFT
4* 15015 Phil Brito and Paul Lavalle
MY HEART TELLS ME (V FT)
L1ITLE DID I KNOW (V FT)
5* 15016 Phil Brito and Paul Lavall e
SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON
TOP (V FT)
BY THE RIVER OF ROSES (V FT)
OKEH
3* 6717 Cab Calloway
I'LL BE AROUND (FT VC)
VIRGINIA. GEORGIA AND CARO-
LINE (FT VC)
PREMIER
3* 100 King Cole Trio
MY LIPS REMEMBER YOUR KISSES
F. S. T. (FT)
VICTOR
3* 20- 1553 Tommy Dorsey
THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY
(FT VC)
ANOTHER ONE OF THEM THINGS
( FT)
4* 20- 1544 David Rose-Artie Shaw
POINCIANA (FT)
DANCING IN THE DARK (FT)
3* 20-1555 Vaughn Mo nroe-Freddy
Martin
ALL FOR LOVE ( FT VC)
EASY TO LOVE ( FT VC)
4* 20- 1556 Duke Ellington
MAIN STEM (FT)
JOHNNY COME LATELY (FT)
Lake Home Looted
HOLLYWOOD-The "squirrel habit" ot
storing away for a future use belongs to
the squirrel family only, according to W.
E. Simmons.
Simmons anticipated the shortage of
bourbon sometime back and bought up a
few cases of Old Taylor and Old Granddad
and stored them up at his summer home at
Lake Sherwood. Then along came a dis·
tress auction of canned goods in the ware-
house building he occupies and he bought
up almost a carload of canned stuffs "just
to have them on hand when friends dropped
in unexpectedly."
On a week-end jaunt up to the Lake in
mid·January Simmons found "the friends
( ?)" had visited the place during the week,
loaded up the bourbon and all of the liquor
in a well stocked bar, the canned goods,
five woolen blankets and a $25 fishing reel,
and left leaving the front door wide open.
Identity of "the friends" has not been es-
tablished.
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