Theatricals Music Feat ur es RATING THE RECORDS By FRANK MARSHALL for ANP Swing out the Old Year If you’re planning on throwing a little New Year’s Eve party at home and want some new' records, take yotir choice of the following. They’re the best batch yet in the short life of this column and should satisfy everybody from jit terbugs to those w'ho love to weep in their beer. For sound swing that doesn’t give a hoot about how popular a titlo may be, get a load of these: HOLD TIGHT and JUNGLE DRUMS, by Sidney Bechet’s or chestra on Vocalion 4537. The 1st side is the screwiest number to come along since Flat Foot Floo gec was introduced. It’s a nutty ditty about sea food that it took five men to write, and has vocals by the ‘Two Fish Mongers.” The Drums number is a weird piece that’s plenty solid. Cechet, who is finally getting the recognition he deserves, shows how' a clarinet and soprano sax should be swung. Therels also some fine baritone sax work. Edgar Hayes and band cut loose in HELP ME and WITHOUT LOU on Decca 2193. The first is a Hayes original and the second was writ ten by Clyde Berhardt who does tho vocals. Two fine performances in genuine hot style. A number appealing to the “Until the Real Thing Comes Along” crowd is BLESS YOU MY DEAR swung gently by Andy Kirk on Decca 2004 with Pha Terrell warbling. Should get into the smash hit class. The other side is MESSA STOMP, a torrid tune with a wonderful piano solo by the great Mary Lou Wil tiams who wrote the piece. There’s also a muted trumpet chorus sound ing like a few bars from “Mama’s Gone Goodbye,” popular 13 years ago. Do you like the swing singing of Ella Logan, the Scotch gal who might be called “the white Maxine Sullivan?” She gives out, with grand attistance from Perry Bot kin’s band, in a modern version of I‘M FOREVER BLOWING BUB BLES coupled with ADIOS MUCH-| AOHAS on Brunswick 8277. You| should like it. Vocation 4539 is a reissue in the cheaper price range J of Art Shaw’s famous CHANT j plus FEE FI FO FUM# The white! clarinet wizard had in these titles | jazz discs that belongs in the li-j brarv of every swing fan. I Therols also plenty of food for those who like the day’s popular tunes rendered in hot fashion In this class is Cab Calloway’s BLUE INTERLUDE and TEE-UM TEE UM TEE-I, TAHITI on Vocalion' featuring the tenor sax of Chu 4538. Vab sings the first title. | Berry, and June Richmond chirps the second. I GO FOR THAT plus j SAY IT WITH A KISS, are offer-1 ed by the Fred Feibel Quartet, i built around an electric organ, on Duffy Pharmacy We. 0609 24th and LAKE STREETS PRESCRIPTIONS Free Delivery AV.VJ’.V.'.V.VfAVVVV.V.V1 Vocalion 4530. Teddy Will on’s recording band, with Billie Holliday swinging, swing lightly and politely in YOU’RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF ME and HELLO, MY DARLING on Brunswick 8281. Teddy plays a lot of piano on Vocalion 4536 by George Hall’s orchestra, Dolly Dawn singing. The Voodoo side de scribes a hot dance and the other pieco is an interesting contrast to the Wilson-Holliday treatment. If you’ve heard the sepia singer, Leo Wall-on, render his vocal of JEEPER’S CREEPERS vv ith Gene Krupa’s band on the radio, here’s a chance to get the record. It’s on Brunswick 8280 coupled with SAY IT WITH A KISS. Krupa’s band sounds better al lthe time. Some time ago Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey’s band, then known at the Dorsey Brothers’ orchestra, waxed SOMEONE STOLE GABRIEL’S HORN and STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. They’ve just been reissued on Vocalion 4522 and are terrific. Some Like ‘Em Sweet If you don’t care for hot jazz, have no worry. Ther’ plenty of stuff you’ll like served in sweet or semi-torr'd style. Such, for in stance, is I‘M GETTING SENTI MENTAL OVER YOU plus FALL ING LOVE WITH YOU by Andy Iona and his Islanders on Decca 2185. These are fox trots Hawaiian style. Frances Langford, accom panied by Victor Young’s band, l=.»tisifies the most sentimental with HUP.T YHME and AT LONG LAST LOVE on Decca 2197. Like Kay Kyser’s music? Then get BE TWEEN A KISS AND A SIGH plus I FELL UP TO HEAVEN on Brunswick 8279. Both are quite smooth. SING TOR YOUR SUPPER and THIS CAN’T BE LOVE are on Vocation 4635 by the Champagne Music of Lawrenee Welk Very danceable. Eddie Duehin fans will want I GO FOR THAT and KIND A LONESOME on Brunswick 8278 featuring the leader’s reverse piano style. And if you like hot string dance bands featuring what might bo called “country swing,” the of fering of SWEET TALKIN’ MA MS and FLAMN’ MAMIE by Hank Penny and his Radio Cowboyu can bo had on Vocation 0464n. A lot of rhythm and amusing vocals. For Beer and Highballs Those who must have blues and risque numbers to accompany their beer and highballs will fall head over heels for TRY AND GET IT and JIVE LOVER sung by Bea Foote on Decea "335. This warbler has a voice like that of Ivie Ander son and the accompanying or chestra il5 definitely in the groove. Georgia White, who has mediocre pipes, takes 'em down in the celler with DEAD MAN’S BLUES and LOVE SICK BLUES on Deeca 7534. There’s a barrelhouse piano, bass and guitar accompaniment. Sho sounds as if she means every word sho moans. Rosetta Howard and the Harlem Hamfato are in fine fettle on the pleading OH RIDER and ALL ON ACCOUNT OF YOU. It’s Decca 7531. -O To Appear on “Wings Over Jordan” Program New Orleans, La., (ANP) Dec. 29—James E. Gayle, prominent laymen, business man and civic leader of New Orleans will be the Effective May 1st: 20 Cent Discount on Laundry & Dry Cleaning Cash and Carry Edholm and Sherman Launderers & Dry Cleaners WE 6055 speaker on the “WINGS OVERj JORDAN” Broadcast January 22. ! Mr. Gayle was the co-author ofj resolutions adopted in the District I Baptist conference several weeksj ago, petitioning, the local Columbia chain station to broadcast the pro gram for this section. Mr Gayle is corresponding sec retary for the National Laymen Movement of the National Baptist Convention; Director of the Senior BYPU Department of the National and President of the Lousiana S. Sunday school and BYPU Congress BYPU Convention. Tie has held prominent positions in local civic organizations. ———0O0 INGRAM HEADS CAST OK “LET MY PEOPLE LIVE” . New York, Dec. 29 (CNA—"Let My People Idve,” a twenty five minute film dramatizing the ra rager. of tuberculosis among Ne- \ groes forced to live in segregated slums and prepared by the Na tional Tuberculosi s Association, is the first picture selected for show ing in the auditorium of the Medi cal and Public Mealth Building of : the World’s Fair. Rex Ingram | heads the all Negro cast of the picture. -j -0O0 ACTOR’S CHILDREN FETED AT GUILD CHRISTMAS PARTY New York Dec. 29—With Presi dentNoble Sissle playing Santa Claus, 300 children, the sons and daughters of indigent actors, re ceived Christmas cheer last Satur day at a party tendered them by the Negro Actors Guild of Ameri ca. tieid at St. Mark's Mali, m the shadow of a huge, gaily decorated ■Christmas tree, the party was un der the personal supt^-vision of Laura Bowman, stage, screen, and radio star, and a committee which included prominent professional, social and business women of the community. Those* who acted on the commit tee, in addition to Miss Bowman, its chairman, were Helen Atkin son, Bessye J. Beandon, Mrs. Elmer A. Carter, Arnold C, DeMille, Ger aldyn Disniond, Darlene Duval, Zo lp. King, Mrs. Lemuel T. Foster, Mrs. Will Vodery, Susue Sutton, and Fredi Washington. --oOo RADIO RAVES (by H. J. Houser for ANP) This listing is in effect for the week of January 1st only. All time shown is Eastern Time. Sub tract 1 hour for Central time; 2 hours for M. S. T , and 3 hours for P. S. T (West Coa«t Time) ORCHESTRAS, VOCALISTS, AND INSTRUMENTALISTS CALLOWAY, CAB—CBS, Mon., Thurs.. 11:30 p. m. (Cotton Club, NYC.) CHARIOTEERS. NBC Blue — Tubs., 8:15 2 m.; NlBC Red, Sat., 1.0:30 a. m. DEEP RIVER BOYS, CBS., Tues | Wed., Thurs., 8:15 a_ m.; CBS— \ Mon., and Fri., 11:15 p. m. DUDLEY, JIMMY — WTMJ — 1 ; (620 k)—‘Mon., Wed., Fri.. 1:30 p. j m. (Spirited Saxaphone Soloist j ! with the Rhythm Rancals’ Jam j Crew, from Milwaukee, Wis.) GORDON, JOE—WNEW (1250) k)—Fri., 1 a. m. (Small’s Paradise j NYC). I HINES, EARL—NBC Red—Mon. | 12:30 a m.; NBC Blue—Sun., 12: 30 a. im. (WENR—870 k)—Sun. thin Fri., 11:30 p. m. (WMAQ — 670 k) Tues., Fri., 12:30 a. m., Sat., 12 midnite. HOWARD. BOB—WEAF (660k Thurs., 11 p. m. (NYC). KING COLE JESTERS—NBC Blue—Mon., 8 p. m. (West Coast only) HOT LIPS PAGE—WNEW (12 50 k) Tues., Wed., Thurs., a nd Fri. 12 midnite. (Brick Club, NYC). TATE, ERSKINE—WIND (660 k)—Nitely, 12:45 a. m. (Walka thon, Coliseum, Chicago). VAGABONDS—Club matinee,— NBC Blue—Mon., thru Fri., 4 P. m. and the Jamboree Friday, 8:30 p m. (Vocal quartet). WALLER, FATS—(1250 k) — Tues., 9:30 p< m. (Yacht Club, N YC). WILSON, TEDDY, LIONEL Howard University’s New $1,106,000 Founder’s Library — i . . ■■—mi -i-MMiifimiriiirruiiiimil Howard university’s new $1,10(5. 000 Founder’s Library, pictured a /bove, ready for occupancy next month, will also house the Nation- j al Negro Library and Museum, plans for which have been in the I making 28 years. The Library I and Museum is intended to be u national center for research schol ars and the general public and will house* books, documents, curios, pictures and other rarities on the Negro. —(ANP pohto) HAMPTON with BENNY GOOD MAN’S ORK—CBS—Tuea., 9:30 p. m. Wed., 12 midnite; MBS—Thura. and Sat., 12 midnite. (Waldorf - Astoria hotel, NYC.) INSPIRATIONAL, VARIETY, AND COMEDY PROGRAMS ALL NATION PENTECOSTAL! CHURCH_WCFL (970 k)~-Sun., 12 midnite to 1 a. m. Churehago. AMATEUR NITE IN BRONZE VILLE—WIND (660 k)— Wed., 9:30 p. m. to 10:30 p. m# (Regal Theater, Chicago). AMATEUR NITE IN HARL- | EM—WMCA (670 k)—Wd., 11 p. I m., to 12 midnite. (Apollo Theo-j tre. NYC). BOWES, MAJOR—AMATEU R HOUR—CBS—Thurs., 9 p. m. CROSS RADS HALL— CBS. Thura., 6:.5 p. m. ELZY, RUBY—Soprano, KEHE, Lc« Angeles, Wed., 6:46 p. m# JOHNSON, CHARLIE, WASF— (290 k)—Sat., 12 noon (Duke of the Uke, Chicago.) BC, Blue— MAGNOLIA BLOSSOMS, NBC Blue, Wed.. 10 p. m. MERRY WEATHER, BEGONIA WNEW, (1250 k)—Mon., thru Sat, 9 a. m. (NYC). NEGRO ACHIEVEMENT HR., —WELI, New Haven, Conn., Wed. 6:45 p. m. NEGRO HOUR—KEHE, Los Angeles—Thurs., 1 a. m.—10 p. m. on West Coast. ROCHESTER, JACK BENNY’S RADIO V A LET—NBC Red, Sun day, 7 p. m. (Rebroadcast 11:30 p. m.) ROSE, JIMMY, - NBC Blue, Mon., thru Fri., 11:00 a. m.—NBC Rpi—3 p. m . (Jimmy plays the role of “Merit,” comical jockey in the Story of Mary Marlin air drama.) SOUTHERN AIRES, VOCAL QUARTET NBC Blue—Sun., 11 30 a m. TALES FROM HARLEM with JOE BOSTIC—WNEW (1250 k) Fri., 8:30 p. m. (A huge cast in cluding a guest band; Singing Pal mer Ere res ; Comedy Team, Swan & Lee, et al.) VINE STREET VARIETIES — WHB (860 k)—Sat., 4 p. m. (Kan.' City, Mo.) WAY DOWN SOUTH—WFIL, Philadelphia—Thurs., 10:45 p. m. (Sa. Wooding singers) WINGS OVER JORDAN—CBS. Sun., 9:30 a. m. (Prominent guest) KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS (IBS indicates the Columbia j Broadcasting System; MBS, Mut ual Broadcasting System; NBC Red or Blue, National Broadcast ing Co. (K) is the abbreviation for kilocycle. Consult your in dividual local network stations for broadcasts lists subtracting time! given, K S. T. to your own time zone. Layne Chosen Temporary Actors Guild Secretary New York, Dec. 29—Following the granting of an indefinite leave of absence to Fredi Washington, executive Director and Secretary of the Negro Actors Guild of Ameri ca, Inc., announcement of the 'se lection of Lou Layne, former news paju man as acting executive se cretary, was made by officials of that organization here this week. The choice of Mr Layne was tho result of a unanimous decision; of a special committee headed by j Elmer A. Carter. According to Mr. Carter, Miss Washington, who has been execu tive director of the guild since itj inception a year ago, has been granted the leave to perm'.t her acceptance of the role of ‘Lissa* in Guthrie McClintic’s forthcoming dramatic production of “Mamba s Daughters.” Tho executive board of the guild placed selection of a temporary suc cessor in the hands of a special committee consisting of Chairman Carter, Miss Geraldyn Diamond, Min. Fannie Robinson, Ix>roy But ler, Hum tree Herrington, Noble Sissle, and Will Vodery. Their de cision, in part, read: “At a meeting of the special Committee to select a person to serve as acting executive secretary of tho Negro Actors Guild of Am erica, Ins., during the leave of ab sence of Miss Fredi Washington, pursuant to action taken by tho Executive Board, the Committee, unanimously selected Mr. Lou Layne.” Mr. Layne has been an active participant in Guild affairs, ami i„ one of the original group which saw the adoption of its charter and its actual beginning. As chair man of the publicity committee, he was a member of the executive .board. He was formerly theatrical editor of the New York Amster dam News and the New York Age. ——0O0 TOPEKA CHURCH HOIT) QUARTER Topeka. Kans.,—Sunday was quarterly meeting day at Lane Chapel Church, here. Dr. C. E. Chapman, presiding elder, preached both morning and evening sermons. At 3 P. M., Rev. O. .Blake, pas tor of Brown Chapel AME church preached the union quarterly meet ing sermon and his choir furnish ed the music. Large crowds turned out to all of these services. The Junior Matrons club of I,ane Chapel is planning a tea to be given at the home of Mrs. Mary Walker, 1*25 College St., on Sun day, December 11th from 2 to 5 o’clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Thel ma Hogans is president of the club. -—— oOo Polk Signed to Play Servant in Screen’s ‘‘(Jone With The Wind” Oscar I’olk, considered the out standing colored actor of the Broad way stage, was signed by David O. Selznick yesterday to portray Pork, the O'Hara’s family servant, in ’’Gene with the Wind.” Pork is the faithful bulter v With the characteristic exclusions of the Jews, they denied this right to other nation, whose slaves sought refuge among them. (Deut, 23:15,16.) Baltimore had 10 churches for slaves and free Negroes in 1834. -oO o—,—-—■ .V.V.V.W.W.V.WMWIt CHOP SUEY Open from 2 p. m. until 3 a. ra. 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