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Show j O tSQ By LYN CONNELLY HOLLYWOOD had a prosperous box-office year In 1900, one of Its few since the advent of television, televi-sion, and one of the contributing factors to this new-found success , appears to be derived from the new trend of best-selling movie themes in the record business . . . The "theme" of every big picture was a hit record, and the hit record, rec-ord, in turn, helps make the hit movie . . . This is cooperation at its highest peak . . . Among outstanding "themes" that sold well on records and hypoed hy-poed the box office of the movies were "GI Blues," "Ben Hur." "The Apartment," "North to Alaska," Alas-ka," "South Pacific," "On the Beach," "Can-Can," "Gloria's Theme" from "Butterfield 8" and "Theme From A Summer Place" , . . The latter was the No. 1 record rec-ord of the year ... It was recorded record-ed as a single by Percy Faith and the LP by Billy Vaughn, stayed on the best-selling list for some 37 weeks, which is nice "staying". . . Watch for a revival of "September Song". , . It is one of President Kennedy's favorites. CAPITOL: One of the best albums al-bums of the year will surely be Capitol's "Great Smash Hits," comprised of big bits in the past few years sung by the stars who made them hits. It contains The Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley," Frank Sinatra and his "Young At Heart;" "Oh," by Pee Wee Hunt; Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa;" "Tennessee Waltz" by Les Paul and Mary Ford; Tommy Sands' "Teen-Age Crush" and Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely with their popular "Slipping Around." |