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NEW YORK CITY Well, we're back home again, and there's no point in telling a tale and saying we're happy about it 'cause we're not! The travel bug has bitten deep and our feet aret still itching to tread on strange ground. It's consoling that it's cooler in this neck of the Woods, and at least the Edgartown beachcombers can't sit in the sands pitying us poor city dwellers as they did for so many ninety degree days last month! New Yorkers weren't the only ones bothered by the heat though. One fellow up at Oak Bluffs ran his bicycle into a tre claiming heat prostration because he thought he saw a woman with green hair. Actually he was perfectly alright (except for a couple of bruises from the tree) because jewelry designer Billye Oliver Blondell Cooper had dyed her hair green to match her dress Dr. Buddy and Marv Francis Cowan are enthu siastically talking about their.

new boat and comparing the merits of keeping it at Sag Harbor or Oak Bluffs. The Harlem barmaids union is up in arms over the recent state ruling that they must quit work at midnight. Led by dynamic Terri Denmark, the gals are. getting set to march on Albany armed with petitions signed by thousands of male drinkers who prefer their faces behind the mahogany after the witching hour Josephine Baker, who refuses to give up, is currently at the Don Carlos Ranch Club in Winnipeg with other Canadian dates to follow. Just closed in Denver, the singer received the plaudits of critics and the foreign colony alike, with even the French consul turning out to pay tribute Ex nite club owner Clark Monroe is arranging a benefit for Taps Miller, who had to leave the cast of Jazz Train in London and is confined to a hospital And Johnny Dancer, prominent in the night life of a decade ago, was the star figure of a benefit at Smalls' Paradise last Monday night.

Following the current engagement at Lake Tahoe, Dorothy Dandridge will head back to'Hollywood for her stint in "The King and which will keep her busy until the end of the year The Duke of Windsor, who used to be one of Orlando Roberon's fans when he made "Marie" famous years ago, is touting the singer along the Riviera Ella Fitzgerald got a special party the Sunday night before she closed at Basin Street, titled 'Tete Kelly's Blues Night" in honor of her first major screen role Rollo S. Vest, radio announcer, ad man, will head a delegation of Detroiters to New York in the hope of seeing Archie Moore wrest the crown from Marciano The Fred Weavers have been kept busy denying the stories of party giving which have recently been credited to them, all untrue7 But it is the truth that we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to Bobby Short, Ruth Cage and William L. for the terrific pinch hitting job they all did for Izzy Rowe 2901 Seventh Avenue, New York City, while she was gallivanting! To Roberson: 'Meaningful Music Is Best NEW YORK Orlando Roberson, who is recognized as the first singer of his race to reach the heights singing the swoon type songs, will stick to his habits in his new bid for a return to stardom. Interviewed at Wells' restaurant where the nightly attraction, the for Tift th0 Modern ATLAS HOTEL o4 CtrcH Bar Is St. leub, Me.

AIMMMIttMM tor YMT CMfWt rlnloa and Tl pkm la rooms. DIM and Drink, to to BMUUful XI Kaaeho Dlnlxg Room 0PM 24 HOURS 4267 Matr Oclmor leitcvord N. OU 01M I mer Cotton Club star made it known that he believes that people still have an ear for the beauty that's in a song in spite of the rampage of Rhythm and Blues. Statingthat he intends to continue to sing the songs the way they were written, he dropped the names of several stars who areon top doing just that. High on his list were Arthur Lee Simpkins, Frank Sinatra, Nat (King) Cole, Lena Home and Dorothy Dandridge.

Gearing himself for a fall tour of hinterland night clubs the former Claude Hopkins, vocalist, is setting himself with a new batch of arrangements on the type of songs that are listened to by the heart. His latest record for Coral gives his famous version of an other fine performance and is selling, well. la THE PITTSBURGH COURIER August 20. 1955 izzy rowe's On Ed Sullivan's 'Toast of the Town' IPeaiirl DBsdHey Hinilkedl ficnir Six TTV SDtkidws In Gotham we hear the report that Willie Mays has more than a passing interest in ex Mrs. Billy Kenney And Seventh Avenueites are trying to figure if that old devil prejudice was behind the beating which the after hours club owner took from the police.

In any case he couldn't afford to press charges! Maurice Rocco isn't at all worried about the finance company picking up his car. As "well as his stand up pianistics are going over In Australia he can buy a new caddy when he returns Girl about town Evelyn Roberts is undergoing a series of facial operations which will have her turning a new front to the boat when she welcomes her best beau home from Europe Ethel Sissle sporting a new silver blonde hairdress, which makes her look like she turned1 grav overnight Count Basie was so impressed with that part of Fire Island called "Cherry Grove" that he's writing a tune about the "boys" who live there. The maestro and his madame were guests of Birdland's Morris Levy Catherine's only thought ias how soon could she get back to the kids football team she's starting out Long Island way. Josephine Premice has been set for a Broadway show in the fall, and her manager is set to try his hand at guiding the vocal destiny of Delores Parker All is not rosy in the life of Othella Dallas, and she may have an important announcement in the near future Larry Melville Jr. just was graduated from NYU and the apple of Tiis mother's eye.Js headed West to California to try his luck, against his family's wishes One of Italy's titled gents plans to follow Blondell Cooper and the rest of the Fontaine Trio to America when they head home soon Katherine Bell and that man of "jive" are a romantic twosome if his frequent visits to the Shalimar are any indication And they say that Archie Moore, who hopes to make the bells toll for Rockv Marciano, will make them ring for eye arresting Juanita Hardy if he becomes king What Count Basie musician and his spouse are looking in opposite directions, he at a certain dancer? And is it true what they say about the prizefighter and the lady, that each thinks the other has money and is out to get it? They're both'wrong! NEW YORK Something new wan added to television shows here last week when Ed Sullivan, master of CBS's "Toast of the Town," inked Pearl Bailey to a six shot exclusive guest appearance on his coast to coast Sunday night show.

Under the new pact Miss Bailey will receive upwards to $50,000, the highest guarantee ever offered a teevee guest star to date. The new trend will come closer to insuring Negroes fuller participation in commercial television as it is sure to be followed by other shows in an effort to keep Theatrical on, 'h' world is alwayi news, usually of tha interesting variety, and the performers shown here are no exception. The left photo shows Joyce Winston, "the body with a face," who made her niche in show busi At Can's Beach on Week end WoOd iiiBO aviis JockoDDg Seaboard NEW YORK "Wild" Bill Davis, the originator of the Hammond Organ jazz beat, will take his famous trio into Carr's Beach the coming week end for one of his famous jazz sessions. Starring "Wonderful" Smith and "Crazy" Chris, the trio has been causing the feet to move at the Cotton Club in Atlantic City. tAm ri i rtH groups in the country, "Wild" Bill and his lads are capable of making three instruments sound like a whole bandful due to the many sounds gathered from the Hammond organ.

AFTER THE week end stint at Carr's Beach, Davis and his crew will move into the Tia Juana in Baltimore or a week's fling. From there they will take off on a two week one nite juant hitting Pittsburgh Labor Day. By popular demand Davis will move into the Waluhaje in Atlanta where a special room has been named in his honor. After the session in Georgia (lie group will hit night clubs in Buffalo, Dayton and Chicago. The tour will carry the crew well Into the new season.

Under the personal direction of Walter Thomas, one of the few Negroes in the Broadway sector, Davis may see himself featured in a new jazz teevee series which is being planned for national outlet this fall. BIGGEST and th BEST Luxury, Plus! From Jack Webb HOLLYWOOD Jack Webb's special luxury plane which will take him on his thirty city tour in connection with the opening of his Warner Brothers picture "Pete Kelly's Blues." will be serviced by portable air conditioning units at each landing field. Webb wants members of the fourth estate and civic officials who will be visiting him aboard the plane during stopovers to be comfortable. abreast of "Toast" which is by far the highest rated show of its kind on T. V.

Though the exclusive teevee pact will prevent the Pearl of the theatre from appearing on any other such show it ness as a combo drummer and singer, but now has become one of New York's top models. In the center is the one and only Lionel Hampton thumping the skins with his protege, Paul Togawa, top Nisei drummer, at the Ginza in Los Angeles. At the right is voluptuous Hortense (The Body SDnCDW EB33.2Z IIBllIlZZZZ By Lionel Hampton Here we all are at the fabulous Moulin Rouge Hotel, the show palace In the play capital of the nation, Las Vegas. Folks, this hotel is the most sensational place in the world! Its luxurious surroundings, air of relaxation, fun offered twenty four hours a day, make thia the answer to a vacationer's dream! On our opening night, I had tears in my eyes from the really heart warming turnout. Everybody in show business, it seemed, turned out to the Cafe Rouge for the opening.

Nat (King) Cole gave his gorgeous wife, a birthday party for the second show, and for the dinner show, the place was jammed. In fact, for all three shows, they stopped tajking reservations the day before, and there were iong lines of people waiting to get in. Here at the 3Ioulin Rouge, we put on three shows a night. One at 8:15, at 11:15, and the dawn show at 2:15. Yessir, when the rest of Las Vegas goes to sleep, we start really goin! At that first dawn show, among the dozens and dozens of good friends who came over, Ol "Satch" ouis Armstrong joined me in doing some of our early duets, the same we used to do when I was a kid starting out in his band.

Spike Jones got up and said, "After two kings are on, what can a jester do?" Well Spike is sure the king of the jesters, and he can do plenty! We were very honored that Metropolitan opera star Robert Merrill joined us, and pretty songstress Eileen Barton and Latin rhythm sensation Tony Martinez, and the gang from the Micky Rooney show, and Benny Carter and well, seems like just everybody was there! There are some real hep cats in this town. I've run into more people here, disc jockeys, newspaper writers, people like Don Graven who runs a fine television show, and they can name most of the places I've played and most of them know every musician who ever, blew in my band! They really follow music here. Nate Schlaifer is the man in charge of the Moulin Rouge and he certainly does things right. I was surprised to hear he has cut the rates of his rooms so the prices are just within everybody's budget, and he has a real smooth operation. So far, my only complaint is that I've been putting some nickels in a slot machine, and Im not getting 'cm hack.

But it's good exercise for the muscles, they tell me, pulling tlyt lever. The audiences sure seem to go for our show. Curley Hamner is getting a big hand, and our boys, the Hamptones, are "killing" the people with their bug tlanee. And lovely little Tatti Ann keeps on as pretty as she looks, and believe me. she looks pretty.

But speaking of pretty, there's a collection of the loveliest girls I've EVER seen in the 3Ioulin Rouge cuties. And after watching 'em for a few shows. I suddenly realized those girls can dance mighty nice, too! It took me awhile to get around to noticing their dance routines, but they're fine! And we have two youngsters in our show, those fabulous Hines kids, two little brothers who are just sensational. All the boys in the band are having a good time, swimming the champaigne pool here at the hotel and relaxing during the day. And my wife, Gladys, has run into many old friends, dating back to the days when she designed clothes for a lot of the big Hollywood stars.

One of these friends owns a big dude ranch in town, and she told us there had never been so much excitement before our opening. You had all better pack your bathing suits and tome on out here to the Moulin Rouge, and you'll know what I mean when I ay about Las Vegas, "Love ya like mad, love ya like will not limit her activities in other fields. As a result she's set for an eiht week sensation at the Flamingo Hotel in la Vegas. The deal will enrich her by an additional $150. 000.

She has also been signed by Paramount to appear with Bob Hope in the screen version of the "Ring of Hearts." According to Atty. hauncey Olman, her personal manager, the coming season will be the biggest yet for Pearl whose last appearance on Broadway was in "House of Flowers' which did not bloom well fnr the producer, but was the right seed for its star. 1 Allen, reaching the top of the ladder. The former dancer, who turned producer, has been invited to bring her show to Australia to follow Larry Steele, her former boss. Word comes from the Moufin Rouge Hotel in Las Vegas that Hamp and his group are setting the Western scene on fire.

frit' ''WM' i tmiaisg bzMi Clara Ward in Egypt Clara Ward, leader of the famous Ward Gospel Singers, poses atop a camel, complete with the ancient backdrop of the age leader Buddy Johnson twelve years to reach Broadway with his band, but he finally made it last week. Often spoken of by jazz critics as America's most underrated band, the Johnson crew featuring his sister, Ella, opened to a packed house at Broadway's Basin Street cafe ifor a two week engagement. In Los Vegas Scaftchoinio, AAeinriil Big Hit LAS VEGAS A thing that was a big surprise last year came back to this gambling resort this season accepted and 4 expected in the person of Jazz great Louis Armstrong and I opera star Robert Merrill the top stars of Jack "Ziefcld PoHies" at the fabu lous Sands Jiotel. Playing in the Copa Room these two widely divergent stars are being greeted like no other performers have ever' been cheered here. This reX turn being a demand one, the acceptance is even greater than it was during their first swing, I around the place a year As great in their own fields jas they want to be, Armstrong, land Merrill may well be open less pyramids, sphinx and guides, during her a new field for joint per tour with the, Baptist World Alliance.

Miss jformanrcs of this type as they Ward also visited the great Biblical city of inf 1he most enjoyable i i of marriage between iaza Damascus and Israel. and the classics. There's jus something about Louie and hisw All Stars, Trummie Young, Bilr Buddy Johnson Hit on Broadway NEW YORK It took band ly Kyle, Beraey Bigard, Bar rett Deems, Arvell Shaw ancL Velma Middleton, which defies description. Pops and his group just great in every sense of the word. They bring: a warmth and understanding to music which is yet to be reached by any other group of pleased with the applause that greeted this ork with the "down home beat that he rushed into Buddy's dressing room and inkk him to a 'five year contract to And hen the night was twice yearly at this home owner Ralph Watkins was so'of jazz.

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