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Died. Bernard ("Bunny") Berigan, 33, veteran trumpet virtuoso, topnotch tooter of the jazz and swing eras; of an intestinal ailment aggravated by trumpeting; in Manhattan. He began as a boy musician, appeared with name bands when he was 18, soloed with Paul Whiteman, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, organized his own band...
...dated the woman defendant the night before. In Queens, L.I., a woman member of a jury that had just convicted a man & wife of petty larceny gave the couple $5 as a present. In Southport, N.C., among the names drawn for possible jury duty in the murder trial of Dorsey Cox was one pronounced ineligible: Dorsey...
...dead and buried. Columbia put its purple Okeh label into storage for the duration. Victor still clung to its Bluebird name, Decca to its standard blue label, but all three moved their top names (e.g., Victor's Glenn Miller, Columbia's Benny Goodman, Decca's Jimmy Dorsey) up to the 50? platters. Sole exception: Bing Crosby. This reshuffling was inevitable after the mid-April WPB order, cutting the use of all-important shellac in phonograph records by 70%. Another consequence: manufacturers required from distributors one old record for every three new ones bought. Reason: reclaimed materials stretch...
...Paramount) is exactly what its title suggests: something to entertain the boys on shore leave. Some of this entertainment weighs around 120 lb., looks good and steps lively. The rest is a massive aggregation of singers, dancers, assorted entertainers (rubber-jointed Betty Hutton, et al.) and little Jimmy Dorsey's molten musicians. The result is hot & cold, but makes a cheerful rushing sound...
...Night We Called It a Day; Night and Day (Frank Sinatra; Bluebird). Tommy Dorsey's vocalist, with Axel Stordahl's orchestra; the version of Cole Porter's evergreen classic is tops...