The Michigan chronicle. [volume], January 22, 1944, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8

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PAGE EIGHT
‘Swinging With
Nitelifers'
By LARRY CHISM
HEK HICK S RU ES KONG
Hepchick Ann
Lost her man
And don’t know where to find him
So she runs aroun’
All over town
Drowming her memories of hirrf
Flyrite Mary
Wasn’t contrary
So she always held her man.
Now she sits at home
But is never alone
'Cause rhe dearly loves her man.
Now Flyrite Mary
And Hepchick Ann
Are sisters under the sk,n.
But Ann flew wrong
And lost love’s song;
While Mary flew rite
And found del.ght.
’Cause she knew how to win
—L. ( hisra.
* * *
MOSTLY STI FF
Charming Catherine Robinson,
fellow scr.be. ha< all the makings
of a swell newspaper person, was
on assignment with us last week
Winsome and dimpled Ruth
Blackwell says
you’ll find the
choices! steaks
it 2034 Hastings,
Victory Case ...
More names to
•>c added to our
iBT (sweet
brown talent >
*nd AYT 'at
tractive yellow
talent) files are
SBT: Helen
Clingman, Vio
let Cason, Mar
quita Ellington,
Catherine Rob
inson. Ruth
|»yv m ar-
Blackwell and Bertina Davis . . .
AYT: Mary Shields. Claire Arter
•nd Margie Wesley BSG
(big stocking gal): Louise Jackson.
Entertainers are the most un
grateful persons, at least most of
them prove to be They seldom give
thanx after asking a ream of favor
able press releases and are hot and
peeved if you tell them they aren't
worth a line of typo They'll
hound you to death for a favor and
then pass you by, so ungratefully.
< How come*’) A few club
owners and employes have the same
habit (It's too bad, too >
Have learned that too much ink
makes that particular person your
enemy (So what?)
* . * *
SO WHAT?
A new female singer being
groomed to hit the nitespots is
Violet Cason, under the tutorship
of music arranger Emory i Buster)
Lindsay of Butler Studio Met
charming Dr. D. S. Moore and AYT
Caroline Murphy at cocktail lounge
Curtis Roberts, genial 12
Horsemen bartender, celebrated his
natal day last week at the club
Tried unsuccessfully to get Yours
Truly drunk (Better luck,
next time. Curtis)
Saw Cornelius Adams and Ed
wardina Arnold, at some place or
other, having fun Music
maker Willie Hawkins and his
L -y...y- 1 ~ Ril« y 5767
*• «*«« rat Zafgtmmtt
AMERICA’S LEADING
COLORED ORCHESTRAS
ENGAGE A NAME BAND
Wot tales and terms, write or wire
FERGUSON BROTHERS
AGENCY, Inc.
Artists Re presents tires
lit N. Sr sate Avenue
Indianapolis, lad
«m* him Wjpn *’ >tar at Wa
MGM’s splendid production "Madame
Curie" brings together again lovely
Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, most
engaging couple on the screen.
* * * *
You remember them as Mr. and Mrs
Mmim? * * * *
You’ll never forget them in this story
of love that begins on the rainy streets
of Pans and soars to the heights of
emotional excitement.
/\S • •
What more romantic situation can ynu
imagine than this drama of two un
knowns—a lonely girl far from home in
the gayest city in the world-a man
who didn't even know that women
existed until he met her!
* * * *
Together, they live a wonderful life
cl fove. * * * *
Together. they make a discovery that
might have brought them millions!
♦*♦ * »
See—through the scenes of this stirring
picture— how these two renounced a
fortune, kept only their love for each
* * * *
A brilliant supporting cast includes
Henry Travers. Robert Walker, Dame
May Whitty, Elsa Basserman. Nan
Johnson. Albert Basserman. C. Aubrey
Smith. Victor Francen. Reginald Owen.
Margaret O’Brien
♦ * * *
Directed by Mervyn Leßoy, produced
by Sidney Franklin. "Madame Cune"
comes to you from its sonUHating run
•t New York’s famous Radio City
Music Hall.
* * * *
There audiences took this picture to
their hearts. So will you.
—i»
PS. Show your heart is behind the War.
•a* Um 41* War Loan!
I family are mourning the loss at
i their father last week Wilbur
1 'Bill) Boyce is vacation.ng with his
family in Ohio Was popular 12
Horsemen bartender.
Wilson Wheeler, the foffow what
knows all about Juke boxes, is t
likeable fellow Hi* cousin
Reuben Ray of Ray Musie Co. is
taking a sojourn for his healtn this
week ... Thanx to Raymond
(Sportreei Jackson for the best
present received during the pat,'
gift giving season He's owner of
Tropical Bar. 2030 Hustings street
Gertrude Wilson dramatic
soprano, was presented in a recital
on Jan 14 at Bethel church. Was
student of the internationally
known singer. Miss Celeste Cole
and was presented by Robert Nolan
School of Music.
FOLKS ARE SAYING . . .
Folks are saying it won't be long
before two well known biz men
will leave fur a long "enforced"
vacation ...... That certain play
grounds are being invaded by an
army of “outside'! pleasure seeking
talent That a certain •‘After-
Hour'* spot had better mark down
some of their prices That
most waitresses are now (after our
wordage to them) putting less
“weight" on your cabaret checks
That all that glitters in a
playchick's eye is not always love
It may be that she's hungry or her
rent isn t paid and she needs some
lettuce leaves That the army
<*f "I don't need you” wives i. 4 on
the increase That the out
cast hubbies are biding their time
to chastise the erring wives
That it is true, there is a shortage
of (good) male talent available
just watch the nitely parade of
lonely twosomes, threesomes and
even sextettes of menless women,
out hunting along the streets of
mirth and laughter, sorrow and
despair.
Twelve Horsemen are staging
weekly Sunday dances at new Civic
Center.
NOTICE: Will the young lady
who loaned me her fountain pen
two weeks ago at Civic Center
plaise contact me’ Am anxious to
return the pen. Thanx.
George (Mickey) Brooks is now a
Marine, leaves on Jan. 31. Friends
are wishing him good luck. . .
Roy Mapp Jr., tavern owner, is now
in Navy. . . . While Charles Nay.
Sunnic Wilson bartender, is once
agiin on the home front. . . . Com
plaints against Checker Cab for not
picking up sepians are named
against cab drivers No. 6 and 83.
as of last Saturday at 4 aycm on
Woodward avenue Met
charm.ng Mary Spencer, a good
friend of winsome Aline Llovd at
12 Horsemen. . . . Also a brief chin
session with Vernon Johnson and
our friend Ward Uamb.
Larry Chism
Hampton And
Band Opens At
N. Y.’s Capitol
NEW YORK—Another milestone
will be reached In the career of
Lionel Hampton and his great band
when they open next Thursday.
Jan. 20. at the Capitol theatre, at
i Broadway and Fifty-first street.
This engagement marks a step up
| for the Hamptonians, sir.ee their
last Broadway theatre date was
! played at Loew’s State, where they
did such a sensational week that
Loews Inc., decided to put them
in next time at their major Broad
way house, the Capitol, and for a
longer run.
Two recent additions to the band
will be heard in the Capitol show—
A 1 Sears, great tenor sax star who
recently gave up his own band to
join Lionel, and Freddie Radcliffe.
a young drum.ner whom Lionel,
himself a percussion king, hails as
a coming star.
Also spotted In the show will
be the sensational Dinah Washing
ton, smooth ballad singer Ruble
Blakey, Milton Buckner at the
piano. Arnold Cobbs on the tenor
sax, and Rudy Rutherford on clari
net.
Two days before his Capitol
opening. Lionel will make his
eagerly awaited appearance at the
Metropolitan Opera House, as one
of the Esquire poll Winners who
are taking part ir an all-star jam
session.
Lucky Millinder
Faces His Draft
Board; Gets Delay
*
NEW YOPH Luckv Millinder
went before hLs draft board Sat
urday but was given a few
s'ny through the men* of a lower
classification caused by an infec
tion recovery of which his ultimate
iqduction will await. Lucky came
here following a tour of the nation
that err- ’ him through practically
every state in the mid west and
south.
Big Mid-Nite Dance
AND CABARET PARTY
SPONSORED BY THE LABOR CLUB
at MIRROR BALLROOM, 2940 Woodward Avenue
Saturday, January 22, 1944
Music by MATTHEW RUCKER
And His Swing Band
Entertainment From 12 Midnite To 5 AM.
TICKETS: ADVANCE 85c - AT DOOR SI.OO
James A. Bromery, Pres. Alfonso Creen, Vice. Pres. Eugene Hatch. Sec’y
A. A. Asborne, Treas. Dave Battle. Business Manager
THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE
AT CLUB ZOMBIE’
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Club Zombie’s current show, called “Harlem to Havana/* has the
dancing stars. Roaul and Rovine as outstanding attractions, along
with singer. Billy Eckstein, famed blues delineator.
Ink Spots, Big Band
At Paradise Friday
The thermometer may be down
around the freezing point on the
streets tonight, but at the P. radise
theatre, it is sizzling around the
melting point.
You can attribute the rise in tem
perature to the Four Ink Spots
These gentlemen are purveyors of
that hot stufl known as "swing.”
They call themselves a novelty
quartet because they ho-de-ho and
hi-de-hi in the best Harlem tradi
tion and then suddenly swing a
ballad in a manner unlike anything
you ever heard before.
These number one men of the
black and tan music world are the
Messrs. Ivory Watson. Billy Kenny.
Hoppy Jones and Charles Fuqua
Their show is a genuine razzle
dazzle, zip-bang, shouting, that
le d.s you to believe, for the time at
least, that the whole town has gone
"whoopee" and that there’s nothing
left but to have jollifications.
The quartet made its debut sev
eral years ago on a Cincinnati radio
station. In 1935. they toured with
Jack Hylton and broke box office
records in England. Since return
ing to this country, they have star
red on several outstanding pro
grams on the NBC network, also
the feature Rroup with Bing Cros
by's "Music Hall" program.
The Four Ink Spots, creators of
“If I Didn't Care" and other sensa
tional tunes, will share the spot
light with Cootie Williams, “the
Growl Trumpet King of Swing" and
his famous orchestra.
Cootie Williams has been playing
the trumpet for seventeen years.
Twelve of those ycirs were spent
with Duke Ellington.
When Cootie joined the “Duke,"
he says. "I used to laugh at Elling
ton's ‘growl music' ”
But it wasn't long before Wil
liams picked up the Ellington tech
nique—and today he is recognized
king of the trumpet.
Playing with Ellington, Cootie
was in the Ziegfeld production,
“Show Girl;’’ worked for Para
mount and RKO pictures; appeared
in a picture called “Murder at the
Vanities;’’ played in several shorts;
THE SONG If I
illy 1 A HOf BERNADETTE raises A-An HH
the screen to new heights! - H
Jenmfer JONES, William A. Ak i -II
EYTHE, Charles BICKFORD, _ ■8
'9r£*WmMM Vincent PRICE, Lee J. COBB I . H
111 and Gladys COOPER bring /ir(.'|jH J iffl
Franz WERFEL'S matchless | j
H novel to life, magically / jj.ll B
P|L directed by Henry KING, ‘lf ,"1 -H
MS produced by William PERLBERG! I /.A - H
Bj' r www c [ *;} 1 , / faj
W Six men, three women at the mercy of the /JXjfc 'H
soys- sea and each other! That’s LIFEBOAT* 11 ;
Ml Alfred HITCHCOCK’S greatest pro--■
| duction, written by John STEINBECK,
■ starring Tallulah BANKHEAD, with
William BENDIX, Canada LEE in his
||p' triumphant screen debut, and
W&r brilliant lineup of stars!
f.nd of course traveled in Europe
on the famous Ellington tours.
Williams played solo trumpet
with Ellington in concerts in Paris.
London. Belgium. Holland, Sweden
and Norway. They played for the
Duke of Windsor when he was the
Prince of Wales, and for the famous
Lord Bcaverbrook—dynamic Brit
ish war-effort production chief.
Louis Armstrong
Will Play Dance
Here On Jan. 30
Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, the
'trumpet king of swing’ and world's
highest paid colored musician, now
acclaimed as the international
"trumpet king of swing,” makes
a personal appearance here at the
Mirror ballroom with his aensation
al orchestra. Sunday, Jan. 30, 9 p.m.
His Majesty, the kingpin of them
all and now universally recognized
as the greatest jazz trumpeter,
brings his entire musical aggrega
tion intact, with a galaxy of
"swing sti rs including his two sen
sational vocalists Velma Middleton
and Sonny Woods. Miss Middleton
is a new addition to the Armstrong
roster.
Louis Armstrong was seen a short
time ago in “Coin' Places." in which
he was co-starred with Dick Powell
and Anita Louise and the latest is
“Cabin in the Sky” for Mctro-
Goldwyn Mayer >and “Jam Session”
for Columbia.
01’ Satchel mouth is a sizzling
trumpet man if there over was one
and he has assembled the finest
array of swingsters possible. Not
only will Armstrong bring his
golden-voiced vocalists, but in his
band will be found such musical
stars as Joe Garland, Louis Russell
and George Washington.
A RELIABLE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY
AUBREY PANKEY
IN CARNEGIE
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NEW YORK. N. Y. - Aubrey
Pankey, young baritone, whose
concert at Carnegie Hall on Mon
day night. Jan 31, sponsored by
the National Negro Congress, looms
js the most important cultural event
of the winter season in the world s
greatest musical center.
Mr. Pankey, who has sung for
the most discriminatory audiences
in Europe. Asia. South America
and the United States, will sing
numbers by Beethoven, Schubert.
Rachmaninoff. Dunhill, Bridge, a
group of South American composers
and Negro spirituals on his forth
coming concert.
The Carnegie Hall recital rounds
out a winter season which has in
cluded appearances in the mid
west, south and in the nation’s
capital, where he has already sung ,
twice this season, receiving enthus
iastic notices from Washington's
most important music critics.
The singer, whose nine-year so
journ in Europe forms one of the
richest artistic careers in America-'
today, went to South America last
season on a good-will tour approved
by the Office of the Coordinator
of Inter-American affairs—the only
Negro singer to be invited to make
such a tour. Other artists who ap
peared on this series included Grace
Moore and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
The Carnegie Hall concert has
already attracted the attention of
hundreds of music lovers through
out the metropolitan area who have
watched Pankey's rise in the musi
cal firmament with great interest.
Cabaret Spot Had
Important Guest
On Last Tuesday
Popularity of the fun sessions
held weekly on Tuesdays at Little
Sam's bar was proven last week
when Benny Carter, bandsman of
stage and radio fame was the guest
of the club manager. James Davis.
Carter and most of the members
of his band thoroughly enjoyed the
floorshow and the Artist Hour con
test at this nitery.
“Sidewalks of New York” Is the
title of the floorshow offering
staged here by Producer Catherine
Moore and which has a variety of
the Moorette girls and the swinging
out music of Bob Perkins and his
band.
Artist Hour contestants were Bob
Roberts with “Baby, Don't You
Cry.” Katy Brown with a blues
medley, Buster Lindsay playing and
singing his own composition. “Have
You Forgotten?” and Lester Cur
rent with "Body and Soul"
Miss Katy Brown was chosen the
winner of the ten dollar prize of
fered by the club manager, James
Davis. Any artist is eligible to enter
the contest. Remember, it is held
each Tuesday at Little Sam’s cab
aret.
A few members of Benny Carter’s
band present were Beoker Samuels,
Porter Kilbert, Lucius Wilborn.
Claude Irvinson, Andrew Saul and
Benny Carter.
BASIE PLAYS FOR SOLDIERS
NEW YORK—Count Basie and
his orchestra played a volunteer
USO-Camp Shows date at ERTC,
Fort Belvoir, Va., Wednesday. Basie
and his band, who have given nu
merous servicemen performances
for Camp Shows since the war.
have volunteered another series on
his preseat ane-nighter tour of
the East.
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Friday and Saturday (Matinee Sat. Open 1:30), |an. 21, 22
Big Fun Show Every Friday and Saturday. One Hour of
Cartoons and Comedies Laughs for the Whole Family
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"^CARTOON
Starting Sat. Midnite, Sun., Mon. and Tues., Jan. 23, 24, 25
in tfca drama at
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Produced by ROBERT FELLOWS • o>r«ct«d
by RICHARD WALLACE • Sera** Play by
John Twist
USUAL ADDED SHORT SUBJECTS
Free Dinnerware To The Ladies Every Wednesday
< n ASIA Aft Ilf f* to toll a bond for oath scat In
4th KilNll MR Vr lhM,ff Sff Mr - John ' on . Mir. Help put ovr»
“ UUIIU UIIIVL M)( for 1500 Oond*.
AT MIRROR, JAN. 30
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The trumpet "King of Swing.” Louie Armstrong, who will return
to Detroit for a special engagamant at Mirror ballroom. Sunday
on January 30. This will be an outstanding sensation of tha yaar.
Crowd Applauds New,
Gala Zombie Show
First niters and ringsiders heart
ily applauded the current floor
board offering at Broad’s Club
Zombie, after the featured star.
Billy Eckstein, former Hines’ sing
er, had made his first appearance
here in a local nitery.
Eckstein, a fjvorite blues singer
with mant. is famed for his ren
ditions of “Jelly, Jelly Blues." and
has a large following of theatre and
radio fans.
The show., is titled “Harlem to
Havana ” and stars Eckstein, Doug
las Brothers. Louise McCarrol
Ro.iul and Rovine, Leroy Pitts and
Canfield and Lewis.
Songs, dances, music and fine en
rertainment, plus the colorful num
Cotton Pickers
To Play Savoy
CHICAGO, 111.—The Savoy baP
room, located in the heart of Civ
cago's Harlem, will be the stomr
ing ground for the famous Carolin •
Cotton Pickers when they mak
their initial appearance Sunday
January 23. The Pickers have "a
very fine swing aggregation and
will give the fans plenty of jump
music for their money. Featured
with the band is Milton Pr-ker,
sensational vocalist.
MRS. LOUIS JORDAN
DALLAS, Texas Mrs. Louis
Jordan, recognized “Queen of the
Blues" and her famous “Serenade
in Blue” revue with Bernice Burns
and Carmclitta La Roche, and the
musical background of the Jimmy
Hinsley orchestra will invade Texas
this month.
LEARN TO DANCE
—AT—
BETTIE TAYLOR’S
DANCE STUDIO
IN THE AIR COOLED
CLUB THREE 666
DM E. Adam* Avenue
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN
TO CHILDREN
Girls from 22 to 20 Yean Old
Trained for Chorus Girls and
Specialty Work
ENROLL NOW
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1944
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bers of the Zombie chorus complete
the show offering.
Musk? Yor dancing is furnished by
Cecil Lee’s band.
LITTLE SAM’S
BAR
5027 BEAUBIEN AT WARREN
Air Conditioned For Your Comfort—Known from Coaat to Coast
CATHERINE MOORE Presents
BILLIE,CARTER, Emcee in
“Gay Nineties on Parade”
Featuring
if EVELYN WRICHT. Bluet Singer
★ "JAZZBO" WILLIAMS. Dancing Comedian
And the ■ MOORETTE" Dancing Ladies
CELEBRITY NITE EVERY TUESDAY
2 BIC FLOOR SHOWS NICHTLY
10:30 P.M. and 1 A.M.
DANCING AND FINE FOOD
★ 808 PERKINS and Hit Star-Studded Orchestra
PRICES TO FIT EVERY PURSE
ATMOSPHERE THE FINEST
For Reservations Call Te. 2-8376 or Te. 2-8540
JAMES DAVIS, Manager
UtS 0t 21 • nd ” M,, *‘ Shnw Drinker,' ldenti- ' I
flcatlon (ertillrate which Mutt be Obtained from County C lerk. |
BUY MORE WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
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Another ALL-STAR STAGE HIT!
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COOTIE
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and his FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
Plus All-Star Stage Revue
* MOKE and POKE
“It Ain’t No |oke"
* EDDIE VINSON
* Blues Song Stylist
* RALPH BROWN
The Flash Dancer! *
Midnight
Show
Saturday
Nite
ON SCREEN As
WM. BOYD H £.X S
"Riders of the Deadline"
Willie Bryant*s
Jive Takes With
Loew’s Patrons
NEW YORK—Willie Bryant, star
of the stage and radio was rushed
onto the stage at Lowe’s State this
week to strengthen a show that
was tops in its own right. In tha
cast besides Bryant are Don Red
man and his band in the latest
tunes; Una Mae Carlisle, Holmes
and Jean Heckle and Jive along
with Dolores Brofca who vocalirte*
in the Redman aggregation. Die*
Vance Is another vocalist who goes
to town- for the Redman outfit.
Bryant put on his first performance
Thursday-and though unrehearsed
was a big hit with the patrons.
FREE DANCE LESSONS
All Typoa Stag* amt Social Dancing
•Including
SAP. ACROBATIC. FOX TRIM.
WALTZ, etc.
Children's ana Adults' Classes
Private Lessons
Stodanta ar* Krtiaaramg for Com Ing
Muatcg| Protuctlon
—ENROLL NOW—
Roam >:3O to ? Dally Eieept Saturday
Unlaii by Appomtmaat
BUTLER STUDIO
OF DANCING
At Madiaon
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