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TEMPESTUOUS EMBRACE Striptease dancer Tempest Storm,
right, greet® sepia singer Herb Jeffries with an embrace upon his ar
rival at Lots Angeles lata last Wednesday from Juarez, New Mexico,
where bo had obtained a quickie divorce from his first wife. Jeffries
and Mhw Storm hare since married. IUPI TELEPHOTO).
* Lou LaTour Mamed “Woman Os
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e*xaa sssmadiy to ahutins in Insti- j
tutlone *ll cm- fee world.
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was* h«r youth; and before moving 1
to New York City, was a leader l
at eevssw! volunteer service orga- ;
niaatipne fe her home-town, St, <
L©uia, Mlaaourl From 1937 to 1944,
when she and a fellow teacher, Mrs. <
Jennie Howard studied painting i
Y with a Notre Dame Sister Seraphi- :
«m, they hand-painted 2.000 cards i
annually for distribution to shut- ;
ins in hospitals in the area. <
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N£W AtBCM RELEASED
Dakota Slaton, whose
albums have sold several millions
recently , lias come up a life an*
other which Is destined to be a
hit. Her latest presentation is
entitled, “Craw He Calls Me,
“Other long playing albums put
out by Miss Staton arc "Dy
namic Dakota Stators” and “The
i Late, Late Show.”
WEEK IN RECORDS
BY ALBERT ANDERSON FOR
ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS
TOP SELECTIONS C* NEW
RELEASES
Following the Lenten season, new
releases in both the single and al
burn categories hit the record mart
with a bang. During the past week,
for instance, your review was kept
busy spinning and sifting material
for the column.
But if the work was time con
suming, the results were gratify
ing, Several top selections were un
covered for the benefit of our
readers. These range from blues
to ha had, to pops and classical. All
pack tremendous appeal.
Here is a list of our choices:
Single?: - "Yon Made Me__
i Lore You-l Musi Be Dream-'
“ In? (Capitol)”, by Nat “King”
Coie; "Magic Mountain” (Boto)
recorded by tee Medallions;
'‘Mpjgte’ My Pillow* (Colum
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there to the Orphans’ Home.
Homer G. Phillips Hospital, the
American Red Cross in the
First Aid Unit-the Blood Bank
and the Canteen. Os the 190
Aid Unit - the Blood Bank Unit
Citations she has received over
the years for her unselfish
volunteer service to mankind,
one is the coveted Seventh Ser
vice Command Citation which
was awarded to her at the close
of World War H by the U. S.
Army for her services with the
Armed Forces and USO.
When Lou TaTour moved to New
York in 1944, she immediately be
gan doing volunteer work at the
Salvation Army Red Shield Club,
Harlem Hospital, Harlem Hospital
School of Nursing and Teen-Town,
at the same time continuing her La
Cheerios’ Program,
At present she is giving her tal
ent as a monologist for the benefit
of youth. Already this year she has
appeared in four benefit perfor
mances for such —the first, a Janu
ary "Fireside Concert” at the home
of Mrs. Mary Paul in East Elm
hurst, N. Y. for the benefit of the
Campettes.
The second—in February as guest,
artist for the Baha’i Assembly on
West 72nd Street here in N. Y. C,;
the third concert took Miss LaTour
out of the city when she gave a
benefit concert at Mt. Gilead Bap
tist Church in Washington, D. C.
for the Youth Crusades and the
fourth was Sunday, April 12 when
she was presented by the Renee
School of French Design in New
ark, N. J. for the benefit, of the
Scholarship Fund. Two coming con
certs for the benefit of youth pro
grams are May 22nd and May
31st; on May 22r.d, she is scheduled
to appear in a concert at Saint
Martin’s Little Theatre under the
sponsorship of The Rutledge So
ciety, and May 31st at Glendale
Baptist Church for the benefit of
the Community Center.
Thus, for these and other equal
ly high services, the Zetas have
selected their own Soror Lou La-
Tour for the distinguished honor,
"Woman of the Year.” and formal
presentation will be made at the
Zetas’ Spring Tea on Sunday, May
3rd*at the Camp Minisink Com
munity Center, 531 West 155th St.,
here in the city, for fee benefit of
Camp Minisink.
bia), by Jennie Smith; “I; Ain't
Necessarily 8a” and “TraveUn’
Man” by Peggy Lee and Red
Foley, and "Autumn Leaves”
' (Blue Note!, starring Julius
“Cannonball” Adrieriey and
t Miles Davis
, Albums: - “Crazy He Calls Me,”
i and “Porgy and Bess," by Dakota
1 Staton smd Hank Jones (Capitol);
“Soul" (Prestige), by Coleman
• Hawkins: “Tribute to the Lady"
- (Keen), by Sam Cooke, one Bach’s
■ three Concertos for Harpsichord
■ and orchestra No 1-5 (Vanguard).
3 “You Made Me Love You” is
l Cole’s latest ballad offering. The
tune gets the usual top treatment
with good background music pro
vided by the Nelson Biddle and
Dave Cavanaugh orchestras. Disc
represents ultimate in fine enter
tainment.
“Magic Mountain” is # hit tune
inspire by the experiences of its
‘The Big Show’ To Draw Top
Stars To A Benefit Affair
CHICAGO (ANP) Louis Pri- j
ms. Keeiy Smith, Johnny Mathis, j
Gorge Shearing and his quintet, j
Henry Brandon with his Chez Pa- j
ree orchestra and Chicago's Don
McNeill of Breakfast Club reknown
will be the ben.efit stars for the
Catholic Interracial Couneii of
Chicago's "The Big Show,” Sunday. ;
May 3. at 8:30 p. m, at the Civic j
Opera House.
Last year’s Catholic Inter
red*! Council benefit ws* call
ed "the best benefit” ever held
in Chicago. (Stars were Duke
Ellington, Danny Thomas, Dick
Shawm, Norman Rote, among
others).
Proceeds from the benefit go di
rectly to the work of the Council
in the Chicago and the midwest
area - to further the Council's work
toward interracial justice and cha
rity for all races and creeds.
Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr . i*
president of the Council. He is
Theatricals
Ethel Waters Is “Solid Sender”
In 1 -Woman Show In The Village
author, Vernon Greene, a polio
victim in his childhood. The Me
dallions, whom Greene heads, do
a bang tip job on this one, which
has already become a best seller.
U.Ts are also giving ii fee merry
spin.
• Huggin' My Pillow” is a ballad
that is slightly off the pace. The
same tune is featured on both sines,
but Side 1 is called ‘Sweet Beat
Side.” while the flip is merely
“Sweet Side.” Fine for teen group*.
”11 Ain't Necessarily So” and
"T'-avelin' Man” both pack sales
appeal to different stars, that
should be heavily is demand by
fans. Miles, playing with muted
trumpet, and Julius, pour a great
deal of feeling into this ballad. A
chart, maker, for sure.
On the album, “Crazy He
Calls Me,” Dakota sings a fine
collection of tunes, including
the title number, “How High
the Moon,” “The Party's Over”,
and “Angel Eyes.” She sing*
most of the song* with & great
deal of verve and vitality
especially the racy numbers
like “How High the Moon”
Three orchesras - Riddle, Sid
Fellc-r, and Howard Biggs -
back up the versatile singer.
“Porgy and Bess" festures Hank
Jones at fee keyboard. It is the
most. Need we say more?
“Soul” features Hawkin# in s
soulful mood. The veteran tenor
man really stars on this one. He
also gets a big assist from ace side
men, including Wendell Marshall
and Osie Johnson. One drawback:
the album features a jazr-humn
number called “Sunday Mornin’”
which doesn’t seem to fit into the
picture.
“Tribute to the Lady” is Cooke's
tribute to Billy Holiday, whom he
claims influenced his rise to star-
MEETS NAT "KING" OOLE~Bra*!J!sB Profit- ,
dent Juseeiino KnbfictoeK applauds Nat “King" • *gJ
Cote's rendition of a popular tune at Hie Fresi
ly. The Awtrfata singer was received br the Pmi- •■•••”
timi shortly after (CPS FSOTC).
j serving his fourth term. A lay or
i ganization, its members are Catho
j lies and non-Catholics,
The Council function® at all
community levels: through
churches, schools, hospitals, in
stitutions, in race conflict sit
uations. in research, in nubile
i relations, in an advisory capa
; city with other agencies, in in
vestigations raided by precept*
of divine Christian principles.
In 1958, the CIC vras host to the
first national meeting of Catholic
Inter-racial Councils in the United
States, and welcomed delegates
from 33 stales as well as observers
from European countries.
Mrs. Russell G. Dahlberg, Jr. Is
general chairman of the benefit
committee.
Out-of-town guests may obia...
tickets by writing the Catholic In
terracial Council of Chicago. 2 1
West Superior Street, Chicago 10,
m.
NEW YORK (ANP) Veteran
Ethel Waters, show business’ gift to
the arts gave*hcr first one woman
show in several years when she
opened at. the newly renovated
Renata Theatre in Village Bleeck
er Street.
She was assisted by her as
sociate of some twenty-one
years standing Reginald Beane
at the piano. Miss Waters flew
from Hollywood where she just
completed the films “Sound and
Fury” with Ynl Brymier and
Margaret Leighton.
Considered one of the great wo
men of the contemporary stage
Miss Waters sang, dramatized and
Contralto To Star In
Big TV ‘"Spectacular”
NEW YORK (ANP) Marian }
Anderson is the first star to be
signed for “America Pauses for the
Merry Month of May”, the Coca-
Cola Company’s second special of
the season, Monday, May 18 (8-9
p. m., EDT), on the CBS Television
Network.
Producer Barry Wood and direc
tor Sid Smith, who collaborated
on “America Pause for a Spring
time,’ the sponsor’s Mar 30 special
with ar, all-star cast in outdoor
settings throughout Use United
dom. Among the tune* he sings
arc “I’ve Got a Right to Sing the
Blues.” and “She’s Funny That
Way.”
Bach’s concerto for Harpsichord
is a treat for lovers of classical
music. The concertos are uniquely
i Bach’s, in that they vary in styling
from fee solo concerto works of
his time. Reproduction is A-l.
STILL ON TOP LaVcrn
Baker, whose records always
seem to stay on top, lias two out
now that are rapidly climbing
on juke box polls and In record
sales. They are “I Waited Too
Long and “You’re Teasing Me.”
Miss Baker appeared with the
“Biggest Show of Stars for 1959”
at the State Fair Arena three
weeks ago.
lived some twenty-five of her songs
which she introduced and made
famous from her numerous stage
and screen roles.
The star has lost none of (he
pathos nerve or instnetive
showmanship which she has
projected in her work through
some several decades in the
field in America and abroad.
She was cheered to the rafters j
on her opening receiving flora! |
tributes and numerous curtain j
calls for the limited engagement i
which is packing them in at Renata >
with fee public demand calling for j
an extension.
! States, are currently scouting
Grand Canyon locales as s possible
backdrop for Miss Anderson's ap
pearance. In the new program, as
in the original, natural locales
will be used as fee stage for the
stars
Marian Anderson, one of this
country’s leading singers and good
will ambassadors, was seen on te
levision last season jn the award
winning “See It Now” production
about her life and career, “The
Lady From Philadelphia.” A best
selling recording artist, Miss And
erson has sung with fee Metropo
litan Opera in New York and is
a favorite of concert-goers in
world capitals.
“America Pauses for the Merry’
Month of May” will be presented
on film, tape and live, with the last
portions originating in New York.
PATRONIZE OTJK ADVERTISERS
Contract Makes Star One
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NEW YORK '(ANP* ln the
short space of three years, rock
‘n’ roil singer Jackie Wilson has
become one of the biggest bo\ of
fice attractions in show business
This was indicated last week by a
10 day, $15,000 contract he signed
to headline the annual Labor Day
show at Brooklyn's Foe theatre.
Under the guidance of na
tionally-known disc jockey Al
lan Freed, this is regarded as
a choice plum for any enter
tainer, and io be contracted for
an appearance' is tantamount
First 50 Performances Os
Robeson’s ‘Othello’ Now
Sold Out; 34-Wk. Season
STRATFORD -ON- AVON, Eng- j .
land (ANP) Paul Robeson prov- ;
Seiiier Wmk | ;
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Recital Set
At Bennett
GREENSBORO—Dates so. recit
als by senior music students at
Bennett College were announced
this week by Mrs. Nina Kudrik, of
the college's music faculty.
A joint recital will be presented ;
on Sunday, May 3 by Misses Doris . ,
Wyche, soprano, of New Canaan, j
Conn., and Helen McEaehem, pi
anist, of Rowland, N. C. On Sunday,
May 10, Misses Jamesena Chal
mers of Fayetteville and Robins
Whitted of Hillsboro, will be pre
sented in a joint piano recital.
Miss Diamia Croslin, soprano, of
Charlotte, will be heard on Sunday,
May 17 and the final program in
the series will be given by Miss *
Gladys Ann Shivers, mezzo--sopran
o, of Aberdeen. Miss., on Sunday,
May 24.
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ON COMEBACK TRAIL
; Antoine “Fata” Domino, whose
. record, “Whole Lotia Lovin,” is
selling “like crazy,” seems to be
on the comeback trail after be
ing dormat for several months.
Domino also sings, “Telling
Lies.” -• |
I Bill Doggett !
Aids NAACP
• \ ;
Fund Drive
CHICAGO fANP> - Not, con
tent, to rest on his laurels as a
S6OO lifetime member of the IS
AAC?, bandleader Bili Doggett
hit upon a novel idea during his
recent engagement here at Rob- ,
erts Show Lounge that enriched
the treasurer of the local branch j
by more than SSOO.
Digging down into his own j
pocket ho bought more than 250 ;
copies of his latest King album
and peddled them in the lobby oi j
the nitespot, after each show ior
$2 each. This sum entitled the
buyer to a year's membership in
the Windy City local of the civil
rights organisation. All monies
collected by Mr. Honky Tonk was
donated to the branch.
Although he's been long a- j
ware of the fight waged by the ;
NAACP for Negroes, it wasn’t
until two years ago that he
started taking an active In
terest in it, Doggett confesses.;
Since that time he’s encourag
ed friends, both white and Ne
groes, to take out membership
as they needed all the funds
that they could raise.
Last year while playing at Har-!
3em’s Apollo theatre he took out
his life membership. Sometimes in
the fail he plans getting with
singer Clyde McFhatfcer, another
life member, and work out a series
of concerts for the youth branch
es! of the association, with all pro
ceeds being donated to them.
Doggett said that more per
formers should become intensely
interested in aiding the NAACP
since they have numerous friends
and fan clubs that could be uti
lised in the membership drive.
-7 ' r BBS GMOUftIAN
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL S 3, 1959
I to having "arrived" in the star
circle.
Since Wilson made an appearance
for Freed 13 months ago. he has
j progressed via the hit recrod route
i to the top.
His new Brunswick release
“Why” took off shortly after it
hit the music shops and bids fan
to outdistance his “Lonely Tear
drops" that hit the million sales
mark. Formerly a member of the
Dominoes quartet, Wilson is in hot
demand by promoters who realize
his name on the marquee is 1 ike
money in the bank.
edhis ailing abiiiy on opening
night for his starring role in Shake
speare's tragedy. “Ohello,” which
marked the 100th season of
Ihe Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.
Seats forthe first 50 pcrfei mances
of the play, which is scheduled for
a special 34-week season, are sold
out.
Queen Anderson,
Gospel Singer,
Dies In Memphis
MEMPHIS (ANP) Mrs. Queen
C. Anderson, a nationally known
gospel singer died last Monday at
Crump Memorial hospital. Until
she became ill she was the featur
ed singer on the Gospel Treasury
Hour program heard each Sunday
night over the Mutual Broadcast
ing System.
A recording star for the Gotham
label, her most famous song was
“I’m Leaning and Depending on
The Lord.”
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RAY CHARLES, a gospel sinq
re. turned blues belter, has four
sure hits on his hands «iih f he
re lease of “Ten All The World
About You," “That's V.nouah."
“Night Time Is The Ki<*h»
Time,” and “Tei! Ale How You
Feel." Charles is currently plac
ing the night club cirevf. hut i, •
rvpectrd to join a package shun
and head this way soon.
Violinist
In Recital
At Bennett
GREENSBORO Kemper Har
reld, violinist, of Detroit, Michigan,
played an eight-number program at
Bennett College Sunday afternoon
Bcnntt College Sunday afternooit.
Mr. Harreld, who recently retir
ed as a mem be! of the faculty of
Morehou.-.e College, Atlanta, Geor
gia, included works from Hand !.
So! ,um :< n! \ Si ■-. u bert. Men do b o n
and Heifetz. He was particularly
effective in Mendelssohn s “C
--cerlo in E. Minor" end Schube. 1 o
familiar “Ave Maria."
Mrs: Nina Kudrik. of the Bom - H
faculty, gave the artist unobtrush c
but effective support at the piano.
A dose friend of Mahalia .Tack
son, Mrs,. Anderson reportedly'
biped the famed singer develop
her technique. She* was 45 years
;>! the ti. .e o. her death.
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