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Show SHOW BOAT'S RED-HEADED BLUEBIRD CHICAGO. r" 1 Dick Todd is one t singer whose 'A' I theme s o n g ) t A might well be ' t' "South of the f Border." A na- t tive Canadian, 'f V 1; he has gained , well deserved , , ,. . fame as one of y v - thebestradiovo- y. -.Vocalists in the -f ? ' i United Slates as t- -J well as one of its I top recording artists. According to, song pluggcrs, Dick Todd has picked J slightly more than 450 songs to singj on his various recording and broad-, casting ventures during the past' three years. And out of that total; number of tunes, the song salesmen, rate Todd as having picked at least 150 hit tunes and not one single flop.; Every song negotiated by the baritone bari-tone has been belter than averaga tune, the song pluggcrs declare. The Todd formula for picking star tunes is something the singer can't put into words. It seems to be a combination of intuition and a personal per-sonal taste that runs very close to what might be described as tho norm of listening appreciation. When he is getting ready to pick a new song lor a iuiure pru'"" .-.n. can usually tell after ten or fiftce minutes whether a song is going t be popular or not. He looks over; the notation, tries out an experimental experi-mental phrasing or two and that all there is to that. Either he want to sing it, or else he doesn't. Among the smash hits which Todd hai picked during his singing career are "Deep Purple" of which h made the first recording; "Stairway to the Stars"; "Imagination I "Singing Hills"; "Little Sir Echo, , which. brole record sales; Ih Wind and the Rain in Your Hair ;. "I Give You My Word" and man other outstanding song hits. The boy Irpm. Toronto has traveled trav-eled a long way. Tops as a radio star is enough for any young man. without mentioning the fact o breaking all records when it come tr records which should be som kind cf a record. It's somc-Cun Vvt Jn-pr'-ns j:-t once in a lifelim 'hat a J'.rJ-Kc-ade-i Bluebird sin's h's way to the top. Todd is heard curren-ly on S'nv.v Bout, MonHar j.;t!.'.s over the I.'UC red nclwoiii, |