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Show By LYNN CON .-.TELLY NWNS RulIo-S.-reeii Edilor TJ)EGGY LEE, vocalovely on NBCV Durante show, and her husband Dave Barbour, have been writing songs for some time but hit the mtij. ,,- , jackpot for the first ' t Wl tlme wlth thelr lat" v I est effort, "Mana- 5S. . - j na ' . . . It's sold f lljj over a million rec- -I,' orJs so far and is fe'V' 4 St'U going strcnB V y I Peggy seems to , be the only one ? who san sing u with vivacity . . . KmoM Slans the Peggy Lee "Gerard" of ABC'S Henry Morgan show, will be a regu- lar slimmer attraction on the air if the deal to star him on his own ieries is consummated. Bobby fcllis, 13 year-olo actor iieaid regularly as "Alexander Bum-stead" Bum-stead" on CBS' Blondie show, has been signed to play Babe Ruth as a boy in the movie on the baseball star's life . . . Wayne Morris, flying hero-star of World War II, sayr aviation will nover be safe unti! automobile rides to the airport are Jone away with! Could be . . . Lionel Barry more recently celebrat-fd celebrat-fd his 70th birthday . . . Dale ETans Is the first woman to be listed as sne of the top ten money-maker stars in the western field. Platter Chatter Johnny Thompson, a lad with a pleasing voice, has a winner in Ma-jestic's Ma-jestic's "There Goes My Heart" backed by "Hold Me" ... On the same label, there's a smoothie by the Sal FranseUa quintet on "Lazy River" with "Minute Samba" on the flip side . . . And you can't go wrong with the Harmonaires . . . their latest lat-est is "Dream" and "You Can Depend De-pend on Me" ... In the new song category, there's a cute ditty called "Dainty Brenda Lee" which Eddy Howard recorded . . . "Put 'Em in a Box, Tie 'Em With a Kibbon" is on the reverse. For those who like good music and prefer instrumental arrangements, Victor's Russ Case has a new album out of old favorites . . . Included are "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "Cari-oca," "Cari-oca," and "Blue Skies" . . . Russ also has a lush recording of a new song that is destined for the big time, "Crying for Joy" backed by "Time and Again." |