1957-03-02 — Page 14

Cil Stapleton's column

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1957.

The Big New Deal

HOLLYWOOD TUMBLES TO THE TEENAĠE MARKET AND SPENDS MILLIONS ON DISCS-FILMS TIE-UP

the Atlantic. R.K.O. (the com- Ts the teenagers who £1,000,000. "Dol" is the com-

gramophone any which has a big hit at the many that Dlanta Dory works for buy

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the moment with Tab Hunter (also in America) has also bought a recortis.

IM

actor) singing "Young record company called Unique,

Walt Disney, whose Alms teengers, so I am told, who Love,"

A million pounds is quite a consistently produce song hits form most of the audiences

price 1 pay for a record com- ("Davy Crockett" and the reat) at einemus today. look out for the big link-up-but the advantages are pits at his own Disney Land

cbylous. The audience is the dise between Hollywood and the saine for both, and the records can help the fins and the films record companica.

can boost the records.

So now

The other day I had the newer from Hollywood they Parnmount Film there lind bought up the Dui Julet The price paid is

Paramount's buy is not

Already

Metro- violated one. Geldwyn Mayer issue M.G.M. label records on both sides of

My slipped

discs -by Guy Mitchell

"S1

66CAURE P've been suf- Dfering from 'slipped dises'," says Guy Mitchell, "I didn't have a big record seller for meurly two years, but what the heck, I'm a philosophical sort of guy it didn't crush me, men- tally or physically."

Four years gro Guy Mitchell fund more hit re- cords in a row than Any singer before or since.

One after the other they roljed from The record presses-"My Heart Cries For You," "Truly, Truly Fair." The Roving Kind "She Wore Red Feathers." and many others.

out

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Then suddenly he went

of fashion. For months his records stayed on the dealers' shelves-un- wanted.

SMASH-HIT

carcer Blues."

"Singing

ME

(1)

THE TOP TEN

OF "GARDEN

EDEN." Frankie Vaughan, Philips,

2 "YOUNG

LOVE," Tab Itunter. London. (-)

"TRUE LOVE." Bing 6

Crosby and Grace Kelly. Cupitol. (4)

"DON'T YOU ROCK ME 7

DADDY 0." Lonnie Donegan. Pyc/Nixa (5)

PERSUA- "FRIENDLY

SION," fat Boone London. (3)

3

"SINGING THE BLUES." Mitchell, Philips, Guy

(2)

4 "DON'T

ME." FORMID Pat Boone. London. (-)

Fats

9 "BLUEBERRY Domino. (7)

HILL." London.

THE

KNOCK Bili

Haley Chinela Brunswick. (-)

5

"DON'T ROCK."

That is the way the business Hollywood sery gnes Today: success in atrama plus disest, There is just one switch. Amerien the Dorca company Alm bought its own there organism (keszi,

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the around and wait for applause.

It's not important to me.

"Look, you take a watch and line the Igth of the applause you get ut each performance.

You won't find Add it up,

gold

Ile showed wristlet watch, presented to him by Columbia Records. takes much out of your

longer. It is inscribed: "To Guy Eating takes Mitchell for 2,000,000 better in worry about that.” copies of 1,000,000 Singing the Blucs" (that's the way the inscription is written on the walch). "They had to scratch the one million out, because by the time they had the darn thing in- scribed it had sold another Boy, that was a million. fast-selling piece of wax." IT WAS TOUCH

I

ASKED Guy what had happened to him in the Final period between hits. the lack of them made much difference to his earning powers?

hersell,

Show Business Garland,

Her new, long-playing record, valled "Justy," contains some of the most exciting playing and singing I have heard for a long Ume. The musical arrangements are by Nelson Riddle, the man who was responsible for put-

ing the "swing" Sinatra's Lovers."

Into

backgrounde The

he

10 ST THERESE OF THE

Malcolm

ROSES. Vaughan, H.MY. (7).

long

Judy gotten piece of materint,

discarded as having had its day, ብኩር re- may suddenly get

anci come cording treatment

That back to the best-sellers,

about 10 is exactly what happen to British writers Paddy Roberts and Ray Martin.

they wrote a song Frank Together "Songs for Swinging called "You are My First Love," It was sung by Ruby Murray in the Mim "It's Great to be haa Young."

song. The

you the probably remember, was a big It made for Judy are among llte, nest I have ever heard, Judy hit Ins! year. Messrs Martin nicely did very sings with tremendous and Roberis It's bersif

verve and power. She has, for themselves, thank you.

Now they get an unexperter wint in a recording by Nat "King" Cole, This dise is already among the best-sellers In the States, and unless I miss my guess it will soon be push- ing its way in Britain 100. TOMMY'S WAY

STAPLETON & MITCHELL: NO MORE SINGING THE BLUES

about

TO THE TOP

WHEN I introduced

Tommy

S'cele on my television show a couple of weeks ögo I expected his admirers to be pleased at having the chance to

Their favourite bay friend. Not a bit of it. One fan says I ought to be shot for allowing Another Sterte only one song. says should be shot for allow Ing Steele to appear at all!

Incidentally, I have just been

"What "Well, for a while I cousted

the financial mo thin any other artist, the listening to Tommy's recording of "Knee Deep in the Blues," barrage side

of this in-between-record ability to turn on ordinary pop-

emotional cut- and. like his previous recording long happily on that

the period?" I queried.

Fong o

*Singing The Blues," iL And. of successes, but gradually

"Oh, thal," he said. "That's burst which tugs at the heart of

exactly like Guy Mit- Where I'd been doing seven not the most important thing in strings as much as an aria from

chell's recording. shows a day, I began to do life either. Happiness in the Pagliacci.

mentioned this to Guy, my I didn't home comes first.

This record will go into always say

as one of the best said: "Yes. I've heard them seven shows a month. worry was prepared to

go that as long as everything's all collection unek to the Cowboying. I can right in the

L.Ps of all time. And the news both and I think that the récord bedroom,

should at least send t a iving

is that Miss Garland should be company always earn

the kitchen, and the study, nothing

in London herself in May... can bother you in the office," rodeo."

HERE'S AN EXCITING SUDDENLY, IT'S RECORD FOR YOU

work grew

to harder

I asked him if he missed the adulation of The cheering

crowds.

the

A BIG SELLER!

thrill of ON

"Nat much." he replied. "I'm My biggest record

Show the month came from that Now he is back with the not like some people in

biggest smash-hit of his Business. I don't have to si tempestuous lady of song, Miss

VIGNETTES OF LIFE

♪ F

-IN-THE-GOOD-OLD-

- SUM-MER-TIME .......A

NE of the good things about being a song writer is that one never knows when a for

sounds

He

extra tee to my arranger. But I'm delighted to think that young my record has helped Steele to become a star. After all, when you've had a big slice of cake yourself, why begrudge someone else few of the crumbs?"

Most Likely To Succeed

*

HE SAID I'M A

NICE GIRL-BUT

I WOULD ADD TO MY

CHARM IF I

LEARNED TO

SPELL !"

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