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Though mambo has a number of self-styled kings & queens (one of whom, Mexico's flame-haired Maria Antonieta Pons, was already pulling them into a midtown New York nightclub last week), Pérez Prado is its emperor. Discussing his creation, Pérez Prado explains: "I am...
Strauss: Fledermaus (Lily Pons, soprano; Ljuba Welitch, soprano; Richard Tucker, tenor; Charles Kullman, tenor; Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano; John Brownlee, baritone; orchestra and chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Eugene Ormandy conducting; Columbia, 4 sides LP). The Met's hit of the season, minus Patrice Munsel (who has a Victor...
With too few new musical hits to feed a hungry demand, the leading companies have gone off in new directions. Columbia has fattened its current catalogue (Kiss Me Kate, Out of This World, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) by recording older shows in their original spirit, mostly with new performers: 1931'...
Tipped off that there was a judge in the balcony, she stopped and called out, "Say, judge, what does a judge do?" "He judges," said the judge, to everybody's delight. When she sang a sour note, obviously on purpose, she stopped and demanded: "What do you people expect...
Last week, bald, stocky Maestro Kostelanetz and wife, Met Coloratura Lily Pons, were returning to the U.S. from a European vacation. With guest-conducting, a full fall recording schedule and an estimated $100,000 annual royalties to look forward to, the mix master felt well content. "I am fortunate," he...