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...rest of the market on records from Walt Disney's Pinocchio by a month, on Broadway Melody of 1940 by six weeks. During his days with Victor he claims to have skyrocketed most of the big name bands to the top, including such best-sellers as Eddy Duchin, Fats Waller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Shep Fields, Larry Clinton, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller. Says he: "I told them how to develop an individual style. A band must have a recognizable style so that when kids start to play a record, they can listen for a minute and then...
Krupa can ride for a long time on his copy of Ellington's "Hodge Podge." It's a magnificent record....Eddle Duchin (Columbia) has recorded his theme, the Chopin "Nocturne" and strangely enough, it makes quite an acceptable record....Jan Savitt's been turning out pop tunes, but they're excellent renditions and been watching. Total output of Woody Herman, Charlie Barnet, and Harry James has been nil lately, mainly due to overplaying. Woody has one coming out this week called "Blues On Parade" that ought to be pretty good, however...
When she hears those chords of Eddy Duchin...
...Heart Belongs To Daddy (Mary Martin; Brunswick). The ingenue discovery of the Broadway season sings, while Eddy Duchin's band plays, a good Cole Porter tune from Leave...
...orchestration, the gloomy Rachmaninoff unbent, expressed himself as "happy" with the results. After the concert he unbent still further, told Philadelphia reporters he disliked swing but greatly admired the jazz of 15 years ago. "Ah," said Pianist Rachmaninoff, "if I could only hear that fine pianist, Eddy Duchin, playing Irving Berlin's Blue Skies, I'd be very happy...