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Show By LYN CONNELLY TED MACK'S recent broadcast and telecast, featuring congressional con-gressional leaders and military brass on behalf of the heart drive, may not have unearthed any terrific ter-rific talent in Washington, but it did serve an ex- cellent purpose in jfi showing the folks If A who vote for 'em 43Sf that the hiSher i, f f echelon in the gov- . - '). ernment can be mighty human . . . f i Watching a rear I il admiral strum a Lul "I Jf banj and another navy captain lead TED MACK a group of six enlisted en-listed men in a Dixieland number 'was a healthy experience for Americans ... As we said, Bob Crosby has nothing to worry about, but the talent was better than average and it made an enjoyable hour amateur show. Hope everyone was able to catch it Although Joan Davis Friday night CBS show jumped to its highest high-est rating recently, the show has been dropped by the sponsor, effective ef-fective March 10 . . . Tex Williams auditioned a western dramatic show for NBC, featuring Smokey Rogers and Deuce Spriggins . . . Radio's "400" turned out recently to see Marie Wilson's husband, Allan Nixon, at the opening night of his . stage play . , . Mutual network net-work is said to have the inside track on signing "Dick Tracy." PLATTER CHATTER COLUMBIA: Cream of the Colombia Co-lombia crop in recent weeks are: Dick Jurgens' recording of "We'll Bnild a Bungalow," a honey, with "Daddy's Little Girl" on the flip; "Hometown Band" and "Oily, Oily Oxen Free" as done by the Modernaires; the very popular "Music, Music, Music," by Hugo Winterhalter and "Glow Worm" on the reverse; Al Trace's "Half a Heart" and "Philosophy;" Dinah Shore's and Buddy Clark's rendition rendi-tion of a cutie, "Nobody Home at My House" with "Lucky Us" backing back-ing it. MERCURY: Natch, Frmkie Laine is making headlines for this company again, this time with a unique folk song, "Cry of the Wild Goose" ... He does a neat job op the flip, "Black Lace," too. |