PAGE SIX
THE CAROLINIAN
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1946
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By Sitiff LorittpvnJiiil
UNA MAE CARLISLE, a popular artist her« anJ abroad, has onM
•gain eoma into the spotlight. Surely, you must have heard of this to|h
ranking star who is a styled pianist and composer. She has performed
•pectacularly on the air, stage, screen, nite clubs and television, ap
pearing «n the Starlight Room at the Waldorf-Astoria; the Blue Room
In the Hotel Lincoln; at Radio City's Music Hall; the swanky Ruban
Bleu, and also at the Onyx Club, where she is right now, doubling from
Harlem’s Apollo Theatre.
Soundies, recordings, and writing hit tunes, It would seem, are Una
Mae’s hobbles. Her most recent composition, “That's The Stuff You
Qotta Watch," Is popular, along with two most recent Joe Oavis) rec-
^ordings. namely: “The Rest Of My Life,” and “You’re Gonna Change
■■ Your Mind.” Others include, "You And Your Heart of Stone." "With
out You Baby,” "’Taln't Yours," and “You Gotta Take Your Time.”
Back In 1940 Mias Carlisle composed "Walkin' By The River,” which
led the Hit Parade for more than a year. She's considered the most
gifted of modern artists linked with the show business whirl. Under
personal management of Joe Glaser, Una Mae was the l-.t i.. record
for liic Joe Davis Recordina Comoanv.
New York
Showfronts
I t>tj I tcUuric Lciia'a I'lsv Ihul
juLiuiw uiu lucviit I'tfcuiduig uau she-
a cilluilauiur iii a^uw
Volk. When soc recorded u was as
I u V ouiiol M lUi aucli uuiids a;: Ulusv
|oi unailic Bainoi and AiUe Shaw
Uur hluuuiru and Vit'.ur records. It
jv^us aiao uuriinj uus lime that she
leceivod lup oiliing on u lurch sung
I album ' I^luiiamng Luw ' and aliur-
ica biiling wi;n Heniy Levine's NBC
] urchubira uu "The Birth of the
I Lilues d..i. BuUi aibuuis were ic*
I leased by Victor, but nary a single
I disc.
Luring tire recuid ban several of
i-eiia s records witli Barnet and
cihaw were ieleaaed, one, ' Haunted
Town' anu "Good for Nolhi.ig
giving iiei equal bilUiig with
Charlie Barnet.
ilei lust .-larung single' came out
>..si month on the famous Victor
label. It was a coupling of "1 Didn't
Know About You. the ace Duke
Kliin^toii ballad, and "One for My
Baby >And One .Muie fur the
iioodi", uoiilher lorchy song. This
nixiilh Victor has followed up with
another ace pum, T Ain't Got NoUi-
,1. Hut the Blues,' another Eliington
luiu-, and As Long As 1 Live."
On lit 1 new disc Lena makes very
evident the teason we have always
leiidiii lu look upon her as a star,
even before she recorded with slur
oiiliiig K Is oecause she has always
been a slur. . . never mind the bill
ing. Her voice is excellent in gual*
'ily anu impressive in its smeeruy.
.-Viid to s-.-l off this voeal jewel. Miss
iloiiiu is accoinpaaicd on her latest
discs oy Horace llendersuu's oiches-
tia, a jau-pure setting!
'iiie I’hil Mooie Tour created such
a storm of comments on ihcu' first
lecuid lor Victor, a coupling of
I’hils own tune, "I'm Gonna See My
Baby'' and "Together,' that the com
pany lias lushed out another pau
uy the Moore Four, “Yip Yip De
Hooiie. My Baby Said Yes and
"And Her Tcuis Flowed Like Wine,'
the comic saga of the chick with a
iia>sl incoiisideialc husband. If the
irst Moore sides were good, these
Ueseive even an added gold star. .
for they are lops. Vocals are excel
lently blended with Phil's personal
ity bubbling out of the grooves
when he sings. The group plays ex
cellently and the uistromenulisis
f all tops in their field.
I want to show old man Hitler
liisi Sonny Boy don't mean him no
good'' shouts Sonny Boy Williaai-
,on on his latest "Win the War
Blues" on a new Bluebird record.
Sonny Boy sings an excellent nov-
Uy blues with excellent harmonica.
^viuiougu piano, guitar and drums instru-
big siar lor nicnlal work willing m.lhe empty
spots in the blues pat'kOin. FUpovor
tune is unuiner WiUiaiiisun origin
al blues, 'Cl.cck Up On Aly Baby."
AnoUicr new uisc in Uie Bluebird
blues category is "1 m All itighi
Now " and "Vour Money Can't Buy
Me' us dune by Big Joe anu tus
Khythm. Both oi the blues were
wnllen by Big Joe iMcCoyj.
OXHLH GOOD hWLNG; Don't
miss the lerniic Arlie hhiw platter
coupbng "So Wonderlul and '111
Never Be the Same' botti leaturiiig
Artie's liquid claimct und some line
piano work by Shaw s ly-year-ola
keyboard aiiisl. Dodo Marinaioso.
rummy Do^^ey and bano comes on
with a pair of balluda, "I Shouiu
Care" and ' Please Don't Say No."
Also m the sweet but fine category
are "Candy" and "Saiuiday Night
by the Four King Sisters; "Candy
and ■ He's Home lor a Little While”
oy Dinah Shore. "More and More
und "I Wish We Didn t Hava to Say
Goodnight" by Peny Como.
SWING HEADLINES: Duke El
lington will give another conceit
next month in Chicago. Event vv'iU
be staged by Down Beat mugaHne
und held at the Chicago Civic Ope.a
Building where the band and sever-
f the inslrumenlaiisls will re
ceive their awards lor winning
Down Beal's llfH popularity contest.
Phill Motae ha.s turned thite in-
atninienlul tunes over to Robbins
Publishing C>mp.in>. They are
Geechi Love Song," "Soft Jive,”
and •■Come Jump with .Me" Lena
Hurane will appear at the Strand
theater in New York in March.
,^e rtn
All
I a c
AlCi
! orij
n in
uiu
gio oil
EU->^flTZGERALO
i:..ia I'Kg^erslu thrilling di>
in s.ekci» ,11 Miismngluii, D.
C., . Here site t., appearing 'mght-
ly at me Ciub Hah.
Hum ,\ii(l Luca Lola
Hi'itleu liy liidiau
UY DON DE LEIGUBUO
NEW YOliK—Billboai'd Magazine,, between the races .the fact remains
ut u reixmi issue, revealed staus-
ticg on the amouiil of niouey earn
ed uy Negros ui the hot muuc
field that would hit your eyebrows
Jiigiiui' Uiaii the shaue on a bath-
■ ■ILA,!.,. vvmuow. ■
tangible couU'lLuuuii
negligible. They own no radio sta
lions althuugn, accoidmg to these
ligures quoted above, Cuu Calloway,
hlUugoii, Hampton, and Basie would
possibly have pooled eiiougn
I UK LAS I SUIIUI!
e .vai — Hum
■ oca Cola, a iiUuuaU L.alypsa
• tiicii iiUs «oiu ai,ouu HI siivvl ill
ale.', was vviulvn b> a .Nvgio,
I.U Gi'aiil, Known piuUsslonully as
L.OIU liiA.iUvr itpoi,.- iiini- .viagu
me 111 its Jariuaiy aa,a issu>.
ituill aiiU Lula Oola, lecolueU oy
.he Aiidievs.-, Si->leis, sold over j.Hl,
lUO uiscs out liie name will b
changed lo l.,me aim Coeo Cola
when incy Miig n ovli Uie i^dio.
Last wkK at ,he Puramounl
Ihealre opening, i.outs Jordan wiUt
his band had the audience .-,cream-
ing wiUi Ihe Coca Cola iiun.ber plus
eppety West muian brogue thrown
in.
For more than a year, says Time,
Cora Colas' local branch on the is
land failed to recognize the com-
inencial potcntiaiiltes of Uie song;
suddenly they cuugih on. By that
tune, American boys hi'd sung it
,n the barracks and cales and it wi
on Its way to debut in America with
Morey Ainstc-rdan:. a young come
dian. It was fust introduced at the
Paramount rheatre uy blond Jeri
Sulliva nund became most popular
calypso m history.
! The Pepsi Cola Co.mpany, running
' to catch up, tried to change the
Inome to Rum and Pepsi Cola, but
^ ^ j had no success. Thus, Lord Invader
ho is c'urrenUf ' stocky calypso singer with a flair
wir, celebrated or ;IOr writing those kind of songs,
n”c^hicago at The la«* j treated himself a catchy tune that
nitery that la populai ly 'has caught on to all America.
Iradshavt
Tiny
appear >1
Word.
frequ ntcd by diversion seehera
BUY AiN EXTKA B0^D!
J-JaRLEM ^EAM Floyd G. Snelson
-LLflAM txUillDAY I’AU'ii
iVisw ^unK \CNBj — bmart so-
■ tciy tvpicsciiung oie lust iaiUi-
.>es oi out race oi New Jersey and
.lie iiiL-iiopontaii aiea, wneic pie-
oeriu; ‘Airs. Helen Wheatland Bui-
reU, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs. Lewu Tan
ner Moore, MTS. Jean McAlack, Mias
ineinia L^omax of Philadelphia.
Others present were; irora New
.\irs..kiiia i.umitev, Mi->
.«irs. ulyve Tnomus-Hcnderson, Mrs.
ci'ixlu iv^iny. Mis. Vu'giiuu Savoy,
viis J. 'I'numpsun, Aioutclair; Mrs.
i.uiiit vVfUiauis, MIS. Ccrirude Mor
I . ivlii. i uniiy Curus, Patterson,
J-JoLLYWOOD hB
RONZE
BY RUBY BERKLEY GOODWIN
Vt....>EAS SOLDIER SAYS
lAx. EMcDA.-ilEL SETS RACE
;.YCK FIFTY YEARS
itUi^LiWUOD
iCNSi — This
me soui ol a very.
came iroiii Tuske-
eio unu was signed
overse=m. lue let-
ly. was sent to Hai
ti wonuenng where
t.
ace, I aon'i believe
P. 1 believe our Ne-
lou big m spirit to
lie anriuiiynious letters, i inmk
a Negro oflicer had any.hmg he
waiiicu to say to Hatue McDaniel
or anybody else, he would speak
iglu out, sign Ills name ana give
nis complete iiiaiLng address. Here
IS the letter:
My dear Miss Hattie McDaniel:
This letter is intended to be writ
ten with all the venom and sting 1
an possibly put into it, not that 1
think it will do any go^ but it is
natural reaction,
i'or fourteen months, 1 have been
overseas receiving the cream of
motion picture industries’ prixluc'
Huns, free of charge, supposedly to
boost niy morale. The 'dea was won
derful but there was one terribly,
ugly hindrance . . YOU!
i sat in the Augusteu Theatre in
ihe city of Naples, Italy, surrounded
uy l.ouo whites of all nations, pre-
itertained . . . but
fur out of the pro-
OU . . Uncle Tom-
like a moron and
id ugly as hell,
iks like Bilbo and
just how much the race has been ;
prostituted. Du we criticize Hattie
because she isn't an actress or do
we criticize her because she isn't
beautiful as Hedy LaMair with a
peaches and cream complexion. 1
am not saying that Hattie is per
fect. She isn't, she Is only human,
but there are other attributes be
sides beauty and a light complex-
There are many officers in our
army and privates too who can tell
of spending many pleasant hours
in Hattie's home, where she reigns,
hostess without peer, charming,
generous and grateful
Count Basie Embarks
os 1'.'
jeclor
ining,
'mkini
Just w
Kankir
1 ho;
miinoy
ilh J
domesi
fifty y
On Six Weeks Tour
Of Theatres
e making plenty of
y tinie >ou appear
stupid self in some
lOu retard the race
! am closing, hoping
nd to your movie
career.
Sincerely yours.
An Officer From Overseas.
in the syndicated columu of A’
bert Edward Wiggan captioned
Let's Explore Your Mind ’ is this
statement: "Persons who write un-
igned letters of criticism to other
people reveal that they pusses an in
feriority complex, cowardice and
low moral character. It lifts the un-
igned letter writer's feeling of in
feriority to think he has hurt some
one and thus exerted power over
him. Second, these persons lack
courage to come out openly and
state their opinions. Third, they lack
common decency.”
Those most harsh In their criti
cism of the Negro actor base their
premise on the assumption “White
people judge us all by what they see
on the screen.” That Is a lie.
Most of the Negroes who object so
loudly to N^o comedians would
n't miss Abott anl Costello, Bob
Hope, Jerry Colona or Eddie Can
tor. but just let Montan Moreland
roll his eys and we’re on him like
white on rice. Yet. rolling eyes are
the trademark of both Colona and
Cantor.
Every line the writer of the an
onymous letter wrote shows his in
feriority complex. Since when did
being black constitute a social sin.
NEW YORK — Winding up his
thir drecord-breaking stand in the
Blue Room of Maria Kramer's Ho
tel Lincoln last week, Count Basie
embarked upon a six week theatre
tour prior to returning to Manhat
tan in April for a four week engage
ment at the Roxy Theater on
Broadway.
fhe "Jump King," at the Adams
Theater in Newark this week,
smashed all existing attendance
standards at the Lincoln during his
eight week run.
The Count's booking at the Roxy
marks the first time any uana has
landed a repeal date since the thea
tre inaugurated its name bard poli
cy mure than two years ago. The
Basie band did a record business in
Its four weeks stand at the deluxe
Broadway house last March.
Basie's second new Columma re
cording since the Pelrillo ban is
slated for release next week, pair
ing a jump special by the Count
* COOTIE WILLIAMS «
Yes. indeed! It’s Cootie Williams
and His Trumphet and His Orches-
Irat that's sending' the cats at
Harlem's Home of Slap-Happy
Feet (that's how Ted Yates, our
N. Y. corerspendent puts it In
writing).
After this date the band moves
into N. Y.'s Paramount Theetre
to co-star with the celebrated Ink
Spots and Ella Fitzgerald
and Buck Clayton, titled "Taps
Miller," with the latest blues vocal
by he inimitable Jimmy Ruahlng,
appropriately tagged "Jimmy's
Blues.
(^cratchit!^
ft may
, Causa
'Infadhu
Mhleie'afooi. acabirt. rimplrt md oitwr .Khinz
conditxini, lue pure. ctxJing. medicjieii, liqukl
D. D. D. fMtSCMieTlON. A doctor'* fnmiuJa.
OreaaetcM and ttainle«. Sootlm. comforu snd
quickly calni* inCcnae lUhmz Jjc inai bold:
pcovMit.of money back. Don't suffer. Atk your
I ifug|tat today (oc D- O. D. pmscRieriON.
I Uic amount ol iiiuuvy caru-
iieghgiule. They own no laUiu a.u
luJiib alinougn, accoidiiig to these
ligures quoted above, Cuu Calloway,
tlUiigoii, Uainploii, and Basie would
pusiSibly have pooled enough ol
their income to purchase one radio
aUUon at least, over which they
could pipe 'heir music to tin. nauon
without inlerlerence or dictation as
to what they play and wlio Uiey
put on to play iL , , ,
Any combination ol Uiese band
leaders could long ago have poOicd
enough money to buy one or more
of the vauous recoiding companies
that aie flualing around and from
.'Inch millions of dollars are made
If i.ie lalc'iils of Ncgio artists. But
ii.c-y, Uifiii-elves, are lied up on
cunliacls to such companies as Dec-
ca Columbia, Victor, Okeh, and oth
ers, und have nothing to say about
anything except the days the white
man calls them to work.
What Could Be Done
It IS Weil and good to have a lot
of money m your pockets and bt
able to wine and dine and ball a
bunch of friends in hotel rooms
from coast to casL get one's name
and picture m the paper *» shatter
ing tills record, and being the sen
sation here and the sensation there,
but it would be far better il these
newspaper jeporls told how Duke
Ellington was building his own
Town Hall or Carnegie Hall in Chi
cago or Los Angeles; bow Lionel
Hampton was buying or had boi^ht
this major recording label and had
set up a business to give deserving
young artists a chance; how Count
Basie was ear-marking lilty or one
hundred thousand dollars a year
fur musical sci.olarships for deserv
ing kids among whom might be lu-
lure Lester Youngs, Earl Warrens,
or Buck Claytons. ^
The same might go for Cab Callo
way who could be found investing
.^ome of his huge income m the pur
chase of Iheatn-. where Negro at
tractions could nlay under Negro
management and obtain the saUsf^c-
tion of contributing to the building
of a strictly racial enterprise as it
should be built since Negroes are
the main factors in swing music.
So far. the only Negro today I
have talked to among the band
leaders who show any indication of
seeing such a day come about have
been Earl Hines. King Cole, and A1
Cooper, who leads the widely
known Sulvan Sultans which play
dance dates at Harlem's world-
famed Savoy Ballroom. The rest cf
the big monguls of_ swing are con
tent. it seems, to the status quo.
Mi Nugiua m Uiu UOt . .
d that w ould hit your eyebrows
tier Uian the siiaae on a bath-
m window.
:he fabulous lees Uiat have been
allied il* the southern ooe-night
Id and in norlliern vaudeville
uses lor Ncgio name atiiacUons
iOi lanlaslii. Uial oue has to scratch
i iicud 111 woiidermenL
f\ccoruing to William MilUer per-
iiul maiiagei lor both Cab Callo-
ly and Duke Lllmgloii. lUese two
viifcbUas gross between them well
or ^1.125,000 m mi. AlitUer said
ut Cau Calloway s gross ligure
r was almost J7jU.tK)U which
w. li any of itie white oaiids, cau
vul. Duke fcUiiigioii, oil the other
uid. glossed gbOO.tKW. CooUe Wd-
iinis' oiciiesua, with Uie tool ink
pots and LUa FiUgeiald grossed
/er SjUu.OoO -ccoiumg to Moe Gale,
»e agent, 'ilieii there was Uouel
;ampum who, uecordmg to hw man
ger Joe Glassei', Who pulled lU
J50.00U ir 1W4. Hampton did wice
8 much m ly-Ji as he u.d m
nd Coanl Ba.n; grossed $400,000
ccoidmg to Alia Ebouis, his mun-
groes Produce anu tonsuOM
YU these pyiolecnnfcal fiB^rea
i to one thing. Here is a Held
which Negiof-i produce and con-
[lie. Practically all Uiis money
me Horn Negro location jobfr- m
i* deep Soutli wlierc Uie baUrooms
d theatres play exclusively Ne-
o bands and atiractions. and m
t Negro community theatres, such
the Apollo in New York, the
igal in Chicago, Uie Howm'd m
ashinglon, the Royal in Baiumore,
Yet out of aU this money, there
reason to doubt that any of these
■croes hat' Uie controlling say-so
the business and of Uie game.
,l they do is produce, the Negro
•.blic consumes, and the
lys take the money away. Oi
lurse It is obvious that these mu-
cians and band leaders got a pret-
' good taste for themselves out of
hat they earned and their man
gers in most instances took out
wir rlBlilful shares. Bui none ol
lose Negroes has been levealed as
sening any o( Ihc llicattes, iiight.
liibs ballrooms, and amusement
,laces where they play although
hey have enough money to bu>
uch phees at will.
None of them has much say-so
.bout where they are going to play
■xcept those wlio are big enough
n name .ind stature to refuse out-
ight to tour certain places m me
ioulh because of prejudice and the
‘1 jim-crow that prevails down
tA luxiK .Lno/ — bmurl so-
f i\.pii.scuuiig me ni'si lami-
oi oui lace Ol now Jersey anu
iiieitupouiau area, wnere pic-
..uaiHsaiii al loiiuaicyoS Calc itus-
ijuiaiii, lU West j2ua BU'eei. Saiur-
ua> aiici'iioou.
Tm. occaision was a oeliglitlul
oirliiuay pariy leiiueieu nis cuarm-
luxi wile. Alls LiUiaii H- Alexaiiad
oy her husband, Dr. Waiter G. Alex-
luel', ill. D., -iti IV coster place,
caiaiige, N. J- ol the New Jersey
Slate Deparuneiil ol HeaiUi.
It was quite mieicslmg to note
ihat Ute guest list biough together
u oismiguished ariay ol iaUics oi
ueauly and charm, wealth Jud uris-
loeiacy, not lo iiieuioin brains and
iClUUS.
Mrs. Alexander, the vivacious hos
tess, may b«»l be described — the
life ol her own party." Her jocular
iiioou and eiili.raUing maimer was
indeed Uiriliing to her guesU and
marke dhei a cnampiou party-giver
ot Uie first water. Blic was recipient
of many beaulilul gilG, telegrams
and cards that were deUvered lo her
home previously. She returned her
aliccUous lo her admirers by pre
senting eucli one wtih a personal
gift as a token ol her friendship.
Beautifully bowned in chic after
noon attire, the ladies gathered
piumpUy al 1:30 P- m. and clwlted
for sometime while consuming delec-
, table hors dduvics, viands, candies,
cocktails and fruit punch, while a
pianist entertained wiU» lovely mus
ic. The luncheon consisted of tomato
juice frappe, chicken a la King, de
nt and coffee. , . ^
Quests of honor included Mrs.
Eunice Matthews, Wastilngton; Mrs.
Edmonia L. King, daughler-m-law
of President King. Monrovia. LI-
roll, BuUulu, N. Y.; Mrs. Lewis lan-
iiur Aioore, Mrs. Jean AicAlack, Miss
ineima Lomax of Philadelphia.
Diners present were: irom New
York City, Mrs. Etna Bouniee, Mrs.
i,uciUe Calloway. Mrs. Murrell Car-
ler Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Hose Oran-
aay. *Mrs. Bessie Tiolter-Crall, Mrs.
Jennie Johnson, Mrs. Nina Lancas
ter. Mrs. Anne Locke. Mrs. Char
lotte Murray, Mrs. Laura Thomasson.
Mrs. Diville Oliver. Mrs. Lslhei
KolerforL Mrs. Lillian V/clhers, Mrs.
Mai Ui Williams.
From New Jersey: Mrs. Jean Dar
den. Mrs. Bcrthh Hill. Mrs. Chiisline
Jenkins, Mrs. Marie Kellar, Mrs.
Abbie Nevius, Mrs. Bertha Ran
dolph, Newark; Mrs. Berth Cotton.
.ills, J. Tnompsou. Aioiuclair; Mi'S.
i-iuiin wmiuins. Alls. Gertrude Mor-
•s. i uniiy Curus, Patterson;
.•irs. Uiiiega luusuu, batem; Mrg.
Nueiuiue uouiusoii, Asuury Park;
.urs. Alai le Parker, UcU Bank; Miss
Dlia Cannon, Airs. Deckle AlcLean,
Jeisey Cil>; Mrs. bue Oiaddick,
Alornstuwu; AH's. Alujoiie Granger,
Ails. Gaorge Hill, Airs, tvelyii Isaac,
Mrs. Laui'a Loligsliorc, Mrs. Janet
bcoit, Orange; Mrs. Bessie Hill,
buminil; Airs. Eugene Kmckle
June.'i, Flusiiing; Airs. Mabel Robin
son Madison, Mrs. Alice bluart,
Piumfield and Mis. Alildred Wil
liams, KuUierford.
Every line the writer of the an
onymous letter wrote shows his In
feriority complex. Since when did
being black constitute a social sin.
The fact that we all aren't, shows
Atfi
8^ - uid hear Sheila Guyse, popular entertainer and eong.treaa
"This cola tastes best!"
NLW VOBK CITY iCNS)- -M-u-, Murltm Uciun" last wMk, that Cap
r.ce Kbcc°-.»-..b..blp....-.-«‘- -h Abb.- No.-! Ca.upbol, o me
.. ...I I 1..I 11 t« i*ilc i*i‘aaUate.
SEEIN’ STARS With Dolores Calvin
are.
•ed \ Strong Man
There has yet to arise among Duke
lington. Cab Calloway. Lionel
impton. Count Basle, Cootie Wil-
im**. Ixjuis Armstrong, and the
hors a rr.an strong enough to or-
nize. as .IlmT.Ay Petrlllo did with
e American Federation of Musi-
ans which govern the actions of
pse men concerned here. Such a
an would ptobably be a kind of
OSes in the main field ol income
.r Necroes — the hot music sphere,
f would organize and make the
xrd 'e.-wlers get together on a bas-
of full economic cooperation so
; to keep something within the
Despite all the excellent work Ne-
0 mu.siclans have done In break-
r through color lines and In es
5llshing more cordial relaltonships
Andy Kirk At Apollo
NEW YORK (C) — Una Mae
Carlisle, songwriter and singer, will
share the bill next week at the
polio '^eatro wi'h Andy Kirk and
his band. Others in the lineup are
the Clark Brothers. Dixon’s Seal.*
and comedian Tim Moore.
Una Mae makes her initial ap
pearance In Harlem after her re
cording success. ^
After his wind-up at the Plan
tation Club in St. IkOuls where he
has ben a terrific standout. Luis
Russell moves to the Club Riviera
in St. Louis to co-star with Sister
Rosetta Tharpe. After that date he
goes to Detroit for a week’s stand
at the Paradise Theare.
Frank Galbreath. ace trumpet
player, and the sweetheart vocalists.
Nora Blount and Milton Buggs, give
this attraction plenty of sock appeal.
caled an original to the Humphrey
BogaiT-Luui'fU Bacall romance
Deguy Boogie, 'ihey liochestc.
li conaiUeiiiig buy.iig a jugiu cTuJ
111 Uiu city. He make® ^laU.Ovo a
year wiUi Jack Beii..> =Jiow ai.a
look $0,000 lor lus week H**-'
Loew s biaie Theaire. When Lu*a
Horne comes lo lown Xoi Uic Lay-
ilol TheaUe eiiga*emeiil, Ulc baiiU
.vill U* Xavur Cugal's, the pieuuc.
• 'ilie blory of Doiian Gru> wiU)
Coiaell Wilue and Um leading man.
Itoberi Walkei, in person. Ail ia-
lum at Club Downoeal !.•> Coii.-ldci
ed Uic best m Uie bu..uuss. Eu bu.-
hvaii sa>s: "To gel Kad.einie Dun
ham off E. THl btieo, socialr.es
nave ofiered hei a $a0.oi)0 pioHl on
the house. , ,
ARTIE bHAW. Uie bandleader
who found himseif, is tuireiilly a'
Ihe Strand Theaire with hu new
band. In it. is Roy Eldeidge, wlio
siurted his own bano wlien blia.v
was inducted iiuo the Navy. Jolm
Wildberg, the producer of Anna
Lucas-ta," may decide to loin over
production and picluie riguU lof
one million doUar> Louis Arrr-
*vac Deucnineiii, a Fisk graduate,
had set sail in Uu first conUngenl
of colored Wavs for foreign shores.
Thus week, da,iy papers break the
news that they have ainved in Eng
land.
LDMOMA 01L\NT. a mixture of
nee lace.-, whiU-, Negro and In
dian," was recently pioUled in Ihf
N. V. I’os’.. bhes on ihe staff ol
I'l.ik U., her graiiomolher was one
of Uic Inst .sludenls ana her 17 yeai
old daugiiier. iHoria, is a junioi
there majoiing ni s-wiology. Alra
Gi .mt IS ropoiisible for Uie exhibi
tion on iu>'i' i\l;ilions which open-
id at the 42nd Sireel main library
leceiilly foi a moiitli's stay. She
>ayfc; "Y'ou know, actually, the
American Negro is something new.
He is a inixvii people, representing
the African, Un- Indian and the
While. I am typical of them, even
though I m..:' have more of a white
iidinixtuio Uian some ol the others.
.My Latin-Ainricaii Iriends laugh
,.t me luiame 1 class myself as a
N' ri, Tin y :-jiy they are the same
i!,ixlu:e I am. But whether one
.all, iiiit.-.'lf a Negro or not is im
one million dollars Louis Ar.i.- • ' —ajn thing
Eddie Vinaon
Blues siging Eddie Vinson who
in real life is a brother to Cootie
Williams the celcbr.-.ted band
leader, It was rumored that Vin-
'^on at one time was leaving his
broUicr’s band to fill an engage-
mi nl at the Rhumboogie Club in
Chicago. "Just one of those
things.” Vinson is repotred to have
told reporters. Williams said, “You
know how brothers aiC. Once In
a while they scrap but . always
make up. Well, that's the case with
Eddie and me.” So unless Uncle
Sam takes Vinson the blues star
will remain with Cootie Williams'
Orchestra. And that’s that. — Ex
clusive IPS Photo.
zibar keeps busy proof-reading hi
biography "The King ot Perdido"
by PiJjeil Goffiii. A Now OiTt-aii-
iar ^oui roc m •1 ihi stress is a
JOE LOUIS night clubbing with
Ida James, former Lrskine Hawkins
chirper recently-turned on her own
at Cafe Society Up'own. Louis
Kaufman. Hollywood Jewish vio
linist who comes to tow-n each year
on his extensive conceal lour, now
has a bigger one than “vt-r. After
more than 40 conctrts, Kaufman
plays Town Hall March 14th and
brings back the music of war com
poser. William Grant Still, v ith him.
MILDRED BLOUNT, Ht'lywood
hat stylist and only Negro Cesigner
of John-Fedt-rlc's coast shof, wires
that she ha.5 just won the 7.V-a Phi
Beta Sorority noncination fot thb
outstanding Los Angeles womin of
1944. 'Hie woman of the year, be
sides creating chapeaux for mCtion
pictui'e stars and films, is an arilenl
Red Cross worker and takes her
war duties seriously. William Fimk-
lin‘opens ot Cafe Society Upown
as singer of popular-classic fc-ngs.
He’s former Porgy of Porgy and
Bess who was Todd Duncan’s dou
ble. Floyd SneUon, Calvin writer,
is boasting that he scooped all on
the first Negro WACs to leave the
country. He said, in his cohimii
I that
.imld like
lit C'dor value.
DOROTHY UONF.GAN, supposed-
Iv te aching Jc" Lnui piano lessons,
is the new St., of th- ihre.Du i.es.
Wihoii of the Post nocsd
around t'. find this item: "In the
tnid't of Djneg:in'3 hot pianoing a
patuin nod a heart ailacK. Miss
D' lickan was disappointed at such
.ilii rt action, because al her Phil-
..u.lphia .pening. a patron rose and
took off his cltohes!"
Star (y(M*s T(» Town Hal
NEW YORK 'Cl — Muriel Rahn.
natoinal concert soprano and last
season’s star of “Carmen Jones.” will
make her Town Hall debut on Tues
day evening. April 3rd The recital
is being sponsored by Alpha Sigma
Ch.ipter of Dell.i Sigma Theta Sor
ority and proceeds are to be used
for the Sorority's Scholarship Fund
Jimmie Ascindio. former West
Coast newspaperman, is managing
the El Grotto Club in Chicago. Ill
A terrific box office smash. Tiny
Bradshaw and His Orchestra. fea->
luring Billy Ford and Count Hast
Inga, are the sensation of the Kl
Grotto Clu bin Chicago. The bam*
continues there until March 16.