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Show By LYN CONNELLY pERRY COMO popped into Ch. cago for a brief stay to guest on Bing Crosby's radio show befors the tobacco convention recently and startled the press by announcing announc-ing that of all the mediums of entertainment, en-tertainment, he preferred radio ... Metropolitan reporters have como f. IV., to feel radio is sounding its death rattle with more ; and more really worthwhile showi , appearing on TV, but Perry disagrees dis-agrees ... He does admit that in the long run TV will i give more compe- tition to radio than Perry Como tne movi,. but he believes It will be a long time before radio is dead. "Radio is much easier," handsome hand-some Perry drawled. "You've got a script and all you do is stand there and read it. In television you really have to work. Things have to be perfect, and you're more likely to get hammy before the cameras . . . uh-uh, I'll take radio ..." PLATTER CHATTER COLUMBIA: Frank Sinatra has recorded eight of his best numbers In one of his finest album offerings offer-ings to date . . . Songs Include "The Moon Was Yellow," "Where or When," "Always," "Why Was I Born," "None But the Lonely Heart," "Strange Music," "I Love ' You" and "The Musio Stopped" . . . Kay Kyser has a sprightly arrangement ar-rangement of the new cutie, "Wil-helmina" "Wil-helmina" . . . "Tootsie Darlin', Angel, Honey, Baby" backs it but don't let the title scare you . . . Another good Columbia disc Is Dick Jugrens' "You Missed the Boat" with "A Shawl of Galway Grey" on the flip. MERCURY: It was bound to happen hap-pen . . . With the Canasta rage sweeping the country you might know how a song would pop up about it and Clyde McCoy's got it ... In fact, he helped write it . . . Called "The Canasta Song," it'll make a bright little addition to your collection . . . "Sister Kate" backs it . . . Kitty Kallcn does nice things with "Willya Won'tcha" and "Mother, Mother, Mother, Pin a Rose on Me." |