SEPTEMBER 8, 1947

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/40s/47/CB-1947-09-08.pdf

LOUIS PRIMA ORCH. (Victor 20-2400)

"Civilization"
"Forsaking All Others"

First Prima platter out of this diskery’s wax works is primed for peak play from the many fans
ole’ Louis has. Wailing the effective wordage to this jungle story in humored manner, maestro
Louis utilizes his nasal tones and special effects from the boys in the band to best advantage
here as he wails “Civilization.” Mocking our present day status, Louis spills the lyrics in
pleasant fashion, while the crew make merry mayhem behind him. On the flip with a ditty off the
deep end, maestro Louis comes in for a spot with chirp Cathy Allen to chirp “Forsaking All Others.”
Music is mellow and makes for fairly attractive filler material in your phono. Vocal work displayed
by Cathy shines to score and altho the platter itself won’t stop traffic, it nevertheless deserves
your listening time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4k6ZGns27E
https://youtu.be/Wps46WtT6-I?t=19

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ROY MILTON ORCH. (Specialty 518)

"Big Fat Momma"
"Thrill Me"

Royal crew of jazz hounds clicking from coast to coast with every hunk of wax they turn
out, have the makings of more hit material with this duo titled “Big Fat Momma” and “Thrill
Me.” The merry Roy Milton ork offer the topside ditty in rip tempo with maestro Roy coming
in to wail the familiar wordage. The ditty, a coin culler when offered several years back,
looks to repeat and with the adage being that good music never dies; this cookie holds the
line throughout. On the backside with a ditty in the deep blue vein, Camille Howard grabs
the spot to do “Thrill Me.” Both sides are aimed at race spots, and ops needing moola music
should by all means grab this pair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO1vWNIaYto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge8sia6akEw

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JO STAFFORD (Capitol 454)

"The Stanley Steamer"
"When You Got A Man On Your Mind"

It's not Cinderella G. Stump this time, but the thrush of juke fame .Jo Stafford to the mike
doing a ditty that is bound to catch on to many in the near future. From the forthcoming
MGM flicker “Summer Holiday”, chirp Jo steps out to do a cutie that will have grandpop
swinging to its rhythm. Jo wails the pleasing and catchy lyrics to “Stanley Steamer” here,
and with the wonderful styling of the Paul Weston ork and the Starlighters backing our vocal
lass the platter should wind up on top. Tempo spins in fast movement while the vocal combo
pitch in to blend with Jo throughout. On the backside with some sharps and flats in the blue
theme, Jo renders “When You Got A Man On Your Mind.” Her version of this moody wax affair
shapes up for pleasant listening time, and operators catering to those spots that go off the
deep end, should find this side meat to eat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT4LBQUnSpU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANLIUiuo3hs

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COOTIE WILLIAMS ORCH. (Majestic 1165)

"If It's True"
"Ooh La La"

Band with lots of meat and bounce behind it, and long missing from the phonos with a clickeroo
come up with a tune that may reestablish their name as a top crew in the juke trade. Knocking
out some stuff in the person of an oldie, Cootie shows piper Billy Mathews in fine style doing “If
It’s True.” You’ll warm up to Billy from the moment you grab the first note out of his tonsils, and
come back for more later on; Billy’s fine baritone is really something to be heard. And if you’ve
got the spots that love to reminisce, they’ll go for this thing in a big way. On the backing with
some Parisian, the crew and pitch man Bob Merrell spill “Ooh La La”. With the beat in merry gait
throughout the waxing, and the wordage spinning around the title and a gal, the cookie shapes
up as a number for those hep jazzophiles ill the race spots. One for the money is the oldie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Lj7D1JN78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8FgeEpo5RU

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SLEEPER OF THE WEEK

BILLY ECKSTINE (MGM 10069)

"The Wildest Gal In Town"
"On The Boulevard Of Memories"

If you need a platter that carries more meat and weight, and shows heavy signs of winning than a
host of tunes we’ve heard in many a moon—get next to this disking. The Bronze Balladeer of Song,
Billy Eckstine, behind a superb background of incidental music furnished by the Hugo Winterhalter
ork grabs the limelight as he pipes “The Wildest Gal In Town” and “On The Boulevard Of Memories.”
There are no A or B sides to this platter, it’s a smash disking if ever there was one. Billy’s tone
and paced treatment that he gives with on the former is so well knit that he is bound to stop and
make every music lover ask for more. Spinning in the mellow slow mood, just made for dancers the
full throated vocal that Billy gives out with will have his fans in a dither. On the other deck
Billy repeats to score like a spade flush, with “On The Boulevard Of Memories.” Where they like
good music at its best, they’ll go for this one in a heavy way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M0XZ3qY5kg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RA4rqkPt8Y

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DELTA RHYTHM BOYS (Victor 20-2365)

"Every So Often"
"Come In Out Of The Rain"

Vocal combo with heavy following step out here to do a pair that are bound to meet with heavy favor
in many a location. Spooning the mellow wordage to this moon in June music, the combo stack up high
as they offer in pleasing tones “Every So Often.” And it’s ever so often that a group turn out a
job as fine as this. With the biscuit aimed at both race and pop spots, ops are bound to reap harvest
with this one. On the backside with “Come In Out Of the Rain,” a tune currently enjoying peak play in
many a spot, the group once again demonstrate their fine adaptation to music in the blue refrain. Where
they go heavy for rounded notes, they’ll go for this platter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf4Ltgl-Utg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWCtwvxGO9E

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