2146 St. Antoine, corner Columbia. Phone Clifford 2924

PLAN BENEFITAT SIXES FOR

A benefit for Dave Clark, form-... light-heavy weight contender

stable-mate of Joe Louis, willheld at the Three Sixes Club,E. Adams, on Thursday. May

2‘j”dark is now in Ann Arbor

awaiting a serious operation In-tended to save his eyesight./\ced 31. Clark lives with his

,nfe. Mayola, at 621 Belmont.They have one child, a nine year

cld girl. Gwendolyn.Among those on the beneltt

committee are William Hines.Walter Smith. Joe Louis. JohnRoxborough. Frank Bolden.ru »» Cowan, and Ulysses W.Boykin.Those who cannot attend may

send contributions to Hines orSmith at the Three Sixes Club.

berle acceptsnew YORK—(NNPA)) Co-

median Milton Berle this weekaccepted the chairmanship of ther nrertainment division of theUrban League Service Fund, ac-coiding to-Henry R Luce, na-tional campaign chairman.

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(Digging I—the scene |By Dick Jennings

A HEPSTER’S PRAYERA hepster’s prayer is reefers and wineThey often dine with chicks so fineWhen he meets a square, his only prayer is to drop the

hvpe on himThen he will stash his frame and spiel awhile, and keep

him out on a limb.

SHE'SSENSATIONAL

aILOU OWENS,

Blues and Comediennealso

JOHNNY GARDNER THE KILLERSCOMEDIAN Tap D.ncer.

DORIS SMART JIMMY ANDERSON

LEROY SMITH’S MUSIC• at the

CLUB 666“Detroit’s Smartest Supper Club”

666 East AdamsA. H. SNEED, Prop. RA. 2673

FROLIC SHOW BARTHE BEST SHOW IN TOWN AWAITS YOU

STAR ATTRACTIONS ARE:Dinah Washington Sarah McLawer

And H«r Bluet Songt In P«*no MoodtPLUS OUTSTANDING ARTISTSi

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Bill Randall's Jam Session“The World’* Greatest Jazz Artist*”

Every Tuesday, Starting May 20, 9-2 a- m.FEATURING:

TED BUCKNER, Alto Sax GEORGE JENKINS, Drum*BILLY JOHNSON, Trumpet BOBBY STEVENSON, Piano

RUDY RUTHERFORD, Clarinet

PLUS A HOST OF STARSCONTINUOUS ENTERTAINMENT 9 TO 2 A. M.

FROLIC SHOW BAIT 4450 John RCall TE. 2-8533

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I A hepsters prayer and aviper’s dream is like a song

'to me’Cause I stash my frame in

a little blue room, and blowmy righteous tea.

When I get my kicks I knowI’m gay

Then I can dig all things thevipers' way.

So get nip ole square, andbe somewhere, and get downon some time

’Cause a hepsters prayer Isreally in there.

After kicks, he dines andwines.

Now let's get on this mellowcruise, and dig this latest.tiaightest, and most termite

news .. . Sportee's Music Bui,

on Hastings, is packing ’emm nightly with the blues rc-< ording artist, T*Bone Walker,heading the entertainment a iaid spot. T-Bone's rendition oiBobby Sox Baby,’’ “Pineyrown Blues,” and ‘‘lt’s A Loo’own Dirty Deal,” arc reallyleasing to the ears of the pa-ons ai Sportee's. T-Bone reallyings the house down with

ie action he puts down withais electric guitar.

The supporting end of the*entertainment is also a groovyone. It consists of some of th<Motor City’s finest entertainers,

tiev are, Casey Jones, wizard<n the ivories, and the jump-

in' jive rhythm of ‘King" Por-ter and his band. AllenDrew.genial emcee, comes on like atray from the Yukons. The

cat is dow*n with it. and Iiwear he can't quit it. I cansee now why Sportee's is calledthe home of celebrities. I had

| the pleasure of meeting theincomparable Art Tatum, and

■ the cat of “Open The Door Rich-ard” fame. Jack McVea. Both

l were guests at Sportree’s. Be-lieve me when I tell vou. oleman. The place really jumps.

While touring down below theMason Dixie, Cootie Williams,•‘King of .the Growl Trumpet,’'will seek talented college pros-pects in the State of Tennes-ee. While touring that neck of

;ho woods, the growl trumpet.ing will play for the grandnpening of the newly built W.C. Handv Theatre in Memphis.W. C. Handy is the famous “Fa-ther of the Blues . . . Ella Fit*-garald, the Tisket Tasket girl.

lis still knocking ’em dead atthe Club Bali, in DeCee . . .

"Cat” Anderson, sensationalI trumpet star, and his orchestra,

j will open a week's engagemntlat the Regal Theatre, in Chl-

j cago, starting Friday. Andersoni was a former mainstay of theDuke Ellington band. He now

1 fronts his own seventeen Piece! aggregation which he formedI three months ago.

Lionel Hampton and his fa-mous orchestra will invade NewYork's Apollo Theatre for aweek's engagement starling Fri-

j day, May 16. Hamp will dedi-cate this entire week toDan Bur-

i ley, noted newsman, and boogie

DETROIT TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1947

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r v 4 Jrj, * P^mBk ' % ‘{v'jsM $ ■ Wm

BHV*J\‘. I JH

Bill Malone, proprietor of Club El Sino, ia shown welcoming Joe Louia to Detroit'a newest nitery,Joe waa accompanied by (left) Leonard Reed, Miaa Dorothy Curtia. and Beverly White, vocalistwith Andy Kirk's band, who dropped over to the champ's table for a chat.

! JIVIN' ww, JENNINGSBy DICK JENNINGS

THE BIRTH OF JIVE—Many factors have contributed to the development of

the English Language since the days of Alfred the Great,King of the Saxons.

Perhaps the greatest was the Norman Conquest in theyear of 1066. The immortal William Shakespeare didmore than any one individual toward making English a

• itto.'i: tKviuiiiul and expiessivelanguage.

Now in the 20th Century theresprung up a variation of Eng-lish known as "Jive.” It willleave a permanent imprint up-on our English Language, andwill In the future be referredto as one of the sources ofModern English.

There are some who view“Jive” as a passing fad, likethat of the zoot suit. But be-lieve me, ole man, Jive is hereto stay.

Experimentations with jivepotentials is a fascinating pas-time. Here I have done a heDeats paraphrase of one of Wil-liam Shakespeare's famous So-liloquys. It is entitled. “Ham-let’s Soliloquy in Jive." It goesas follows -

To dig. or not to dig the jive;. . . Jack, that is the question:

Whether 'tis nobler in theclock works to suffer

The foul hypes and bogus

beefs of sto.ies laid on me bvi unbooted eats,

Or pick up on my harlem| tooth pick and start some cut-

I tin' and buttin' action against| them,

1 And by puttin' down someaction like this nix .cm out forgood? To hop a twig, ...tocollar some nod -

No more; and. by diggin'some slumber, to say we cop a

i finale onI The bang acts that are pui'on my ticker, and the thous-and natural shocks

That the frame is pickin’ upon . .

. ’tis an endI am really copping a pleif

for. To hop a twig. . . to collarsome nod;-

To dig some slumber! Mightdrill into fairyland; ay, there'sthe catch;

But when I close the glim-mers not to snap the peekers nomore what fairyland taleswill come.

When we have finally beggeda lift out of this unrighteousriff.

Must stop and trig the wiga bit: there’s the respect

That makes this nixing outbusiness such a hard thing todig:

For who would bear thesciffling and scuffling oftime,

The oppressor’s wrong, thebigwig's vulgar spiel,

The tortures of despisedlove, the kill joy’s delay.

The foul doings of cats in

office, and the footworksThat a stud takes without

even being down and 'forty'with the action.When the stud himself might

end all this jive by nixinghimself out with a HarlemToothpick? Who would play be-hind this jive,

To hustle and rustle undera weary life,

But there is something aboutthis nixing out deal thatreally bugs me.

It is when you cross over onthe Jersey Side, and come incontact with Ole Man • Mose

Where vnu will4 sciffle and

scuffle and won't* get back,makes, you stop and trig thewig

And makes us want to put itdown like a square who has justmade his first trill on theturf.

Than to get tight with otherswe know not of?

When your konk don't honkin the right wgy. it will makeyou back down like a squareevery time;

And thus the color of hoo-fing a twig

s sickled o'er by the pale castof thought;

And undertaking of greatpith and moment.

With this regard, theirtrillin’ and drillin’ 'turns andtakes another path.

And the thought of nixingout fades from one's thinkbox. Soft you now!Ophelia, my fine mellow issue,When you cop a stoop on your 'deuce of prayer dukes

Remembr me in your spielto the Head Knock

Max Markowitzand Cos.

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3126 John R. CA. 4577-2963

woogie expert.Sarah Vaughn, newest head-

liner on the female chirpers pa-rade, is scheduled to play anengagement at the famous Sher-man House, in Chicago, start-ing Friday. This is one of thefirst instances In the history ofthe Windy City entertainmentthat a feature act has beencorralled for a midtown spot im-mediately following an engage-ment on the Southside.

Eddie (Mr. Cleanhead) Vin-ton and hit orchestra willplay a limited deal at theswank El Sino Club, St. An-toine and Beacon, startingFriday, May 16. Mr. Clean-head is moving in, and An-dy Kirk and his crew aremoving out.Gene Nero and his trio are

really making with the musicat the Rex Bar on John R.Their versions of "SeptemberSong" and "Laura" are reallygone. They should be put onwax.

The Rex Bar is under themanagement of Murray, a regu-ar little Guy . .

. The charm-ing and shapely, Lucy Ann Wil-liams, who is in charge of the

i boys' department at the St. An-J tolne YMCA, handles her slavesi very sufficiently as to keepingJthe boys in lines. The fellows

I think Lucy Ann is a veryj swell person, and so do I.

A popular spot on Hasting; Street is the Fan Tan Recordand Lunch Bar. You can get jthe best of scoffings there ata very reasonable grief, alsoyou can pick up on the latestwaxings. Every frier who worksin the place is a fine bunch offeminine culture. Thev areOdaal McCrae, Edith Percy,Queen, lona, Ruth Dowdall. Car-rie Bartley, Ernestine Gaines,Warren Davis ia the top kickof the place.

The lovable Raschel Moore.Queen of the Blue Mondav’s atSportree’s Music Bar. is betterknown es ‘Ever Sharp." Sheis real gone

.. . Seleena Rich-

ardson, one of Alabama's finemellow Issues, is well satisfiedon her visit to the Big "D " Shewas seen at Sportree's andPaul (Texas) Wykoff was keep-ing a watchful, eye over her.

The shapely, Louiae Tlnaley.lovelv to look at waitress atthe El Sino, is really my ideaof a fine brown frame. Nowwhat you bet?

Dinah Washington, formerLionel Hampton chirper, is turn-ing ’em away at the Frolf*Show Bar. on John R. Dinahis great as she wants to be

Well I’ve hunched vou likeit was. so I’m Quitting you likeit is. This is Mrs Jennig’s thirdson. Dick, signing off until nextweek when I’ll be seeing youaround

That's all she wrote . • •

VISIT

BIZERTE BAR9006 Oakland

FREE ENTERTAINMENTChoice Whiskey - Beer and Wine

LORENZO LAWSON and ORCHESTA(Tenor sax star, formerly with Louis Armstrong)

No Door Charge

Jos. Nance, Pro p. Edgar Nance, Mgr.

With-LIONEL HAMPTON

—The THEATRICAL EDITOR 4After completing a successful tour of one mghters

and theatre dates we are returning to our old stompinggrounds. New York City. We open a week's engagemen*at the Apollo Theatre, on Lenox Ave., starting Fridav.May 16.DEDICATED TO DAN

This entire week at the Apollo will he dedicated tomy good friend, Dan Burley, noted newsman and RoogieWoogie artist. Dan is one of the most widely read Negro,columnists in the buisness. His columns, “Rack DoorStuff,’ and “Dan Burleys Clothes Line," appear weeklyill the New York Amsterdam News, on vvhich he serves asmanaging editor.PLANNING DIXIE TOUR

Another event that I am looking forward to is mySeptember tour down below the Mason-Dixon Line. Mymain reason for accepting this tour through the South isthat I am hoping to discover hidden talent. Since thisbeing my first tour through the South I am going to makethe best of it by bringing to light the hidden talent thathas been denied a chance to prove his versatility.

We really received a warm welcome from the dancefans in Hartford. Conn., during our three days standthere. The New Englanders are well hipped and up-to.date on the latest thing in music. Because when wemoved on I left the New Englanders singing “Hev Ra-Ra-Re-Bop.’*

ALHAMBRA THEATER- MA. 0234

Wednesday. Thursday, Friday and SaturdayMay 14. 15, 16. and 17

'SAN QUENTIN" "LOVE LAUGHS AT ANDYHARDY"'

starring:with

Lawrence Tierney Mickey RooneyBarton MacLane Lewis Stone

Marion Curn Sara Haden

Starling Saturday at 11 P. M. and ContinuingThrough May 18. 19. and 20

LADY IN THE LAKE"' "THE MAN I LOVE"starring with

Robert Montgomery Ida LupinoAudrey Totter Robert AldaLloyd Noland Andrea King

SATURDAY. Extra Cartoons

Special Double Show Saturday Nigh^^^Como As late At 8:30 P. M. and Sec Features—4

A Friendly Place Wheresci Friends Meet

ex Bar864 JOHN R. at Edmond

Finest Selection of WhiskeysSame Low Price#

Entertaining Nightly„

featuring

Cene Nero and TrioMurray Will Greet You

Sportree’s MUSIC BARCONTINUOUS ENTERTAINMENT .

..

T-BONEWALKER

(Recording Artist) Hit Guitar and Songs

Casey JonesAt The Piano

Allen DrewWitty M. C

| Blue Monday Parties |W 5-8 P. M.

| Sunday Cocktail Hour 1® 5-8 P. M. 7J

CL. 1951 Paul (TVxa«) Wykoff, Mgr.

2014Hastings

Al Adam*

King PorterAnd Hu Band

Hottest Little BandIn Town

%Skippy Williams

Blues Sinfer

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