Show ANINEMIPMINIMPOOMIlon11 'r r - Muhl on cl° 1 - f opneiswtacintetsretostbsnegeirtis Bobby 1ere backers are putting hint i i 4 7 IF-- AND mail singing Bobby Wayne find" crashes fame and the big money it will be proof again that stars are not born but made For nobody in Bobby's- precarious game gets to the top by himself For every groaner and king of swoon there are countless unknowns just as talented or more so who are never heard from because they don't get the right sendoff Bobby has everything it takes a robust golden voice looks personality the will to succeed But where these assets would get him withoutt Lou Caponee his "angel" and manager his arranger Jack Pies and a smart publicity "flack" named Ed Jaffe is where Cinderella would have wound up without her fairy godmother This "board of strategy" backed by Caponee's bankroll has one aim: to push Bobby Wayne to the top And the deadline is three years Caponee an olive oil importer figures that with- in that time it will cost him the celestial investment of 5171960-- a stake he figures to get back with lots more added if Bobby makes the grade This bankroll breaks down as a multiplication chart Items nearly double the second year triple -the third:And all Bobby has to do is antCaponee handlei all business lie makes bookings and dines big arranges benefits guest shots wines shots shoots a thousand angles-- to boost Bobby's stock or keep him in the public eye With Bobby he operators recpays court to disc jockeys juke-bo-x -- ord shops radio-antelevision people even' fact9ryfolk who handle Bobby's labels (Bobby has a three-yecontract with London Records to make at least 12 sides a year) Disc jockeys are rajahs who can do a lot to make a singer by playing his records Bobby vists them all over the country and does free guest spots on their shows ' i - - l' - ' '1-'- - '' ( ' ' ? A7-- - (1 ' - 1 ' 01 ! - s 16010t ' ''"''' 1$ ' ' '" 4 - 0 - r I 41AP17''' 1 0 ' 41 1 1 - -- ( ! ""-- i s 11' 1 Singer Bobby Wayne launches into guest request number t 1 N oi ( e UNDER ' photo of China 4 4 - ) 10 Vic Da- - 171 7 ' -- i ' ' 1' 4 ( 1 e t — ex-sh- oe — L: - 1 T k i 1 I A r ! i 1 1 - They Plot His Future The board of strategy is building Bobby slowlyr but with tireless care Pleis finda the right music Jaffe sends feeders to Broadway and Hollywood columns ( with only token success so far) Caponee does everything else including payment of bills It all started last June when Caponee found himself a manager with nobody to manage He had launched and broken with another singer Vic DamoneThen a friend told him about Bobby Wayne a "kid who deserves a break" When Ca ponee hard a small company's recording of Bobby's version of "Dare to Dream" his ears twitched Hunting in vain for Bobby Caponee searched Boston the singer's home town playing the record at agencies and radio stations Finally he hired a private "eye" who took ten days before he tracked Bobby straight to the Hotel Sttier where he was singing full in the public eye with Ruby Newman'a band: Caponee flew back to Boston "feeling Ikea Forty-Winwith a new nugget" As for Bobby an salesman and Navy filer the meeting changed his life Up to then he had the usual singers ups and dawns—and hopes His mother hstd wanted Bobby to play the violin One day she listened t0 him practhe violin and bought him an accorticing broke t er el- REV SAWA a stouncW Coo- poignef talks with lobby in gym 1 TUTU CAMAIATA directs orchestra from control room as llobbywaxes a new dist SPAIADI nightclub i mons Bobby studies Kor - Doll A l fist - ' tt at Broadway's - I JJ 6 fr(4: P — ( r 1 I 't 1 i i 4:- t ( I 1 ! I - 1 ' i' ar i - I d ) I i I 41Nly - 1 1 - - 4 I I I - |