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Show By LYN CONNELLY THE handicap under which h labors almost kept Johnnie Kay from singing at the London PaL ladium when the local musicians' union denied permission for Sam' my Fede, Ray's American drummer, drum-mer, to go on with him . . . Partlj deaf, Ray depends on Fede's prac ticed beat to give him the temp . . . After talk of closing the show and even of closing the theater-Ray theater-Ray went on with an English drum mer behind him . and with Fed sitting beside him, disguised as a member of the orchestra . . . Fed whispered instructions on chang' ing tempo into the singer's ear. Wally (Mr. Peepers) Cox, th night club comic with the day light touch, made his debut or wax for RCA Victor recently witl! successful results . . . Cox, who is to the half-hour TV show what Chaplin was to one-reel comedies, has cut a monolog called "What 3 Crazy Guy" with the standard ballad, bal-lad, "There Is a Tavern in the T.own," on the flip side . . . Hope RCA has this talented comedian on a long-term contract and that goes for the NBC network also. IDOL CHATTER COLUMBIA: Sweet and appealing appeal-ing LuAnli Simms of the Arthur Godfrey radio and TV shows, does a fine job with "Hand-Me-Down Heart," a custom-made tune for the gal . . . Flip side has "I Wouldn't Want It Any Other Way" . . . Here is one of the most underrated under-rated vocalists in the business . . . The same goes for Columbia's Champ Butler who goes on making mak-ing good records but seems to be unrecognized by disc fans because he's never had one really big smash . . . But he will . . . His latest is "Take These Chains from My Heart" and he does his usual good job on it . . . Reverse has that beautiful new ballad, "I'm Walking Behind You." Still on Columbia, Harry James ioes a beautiful instrumental on "Ruby" . . . It's backed by "Palladium "Pal-ladium Partv." |