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Billboard Jan 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard January 3, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Rehearsal At Hollywood's NBC Studios For The Chesterfield
Super Club Show Finds Jo Stafford Working Over
The Arrangements Of A New Tune With The Kind Of Thoughtful Intensity
Billboard Jan 1948
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Billboard January 10, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
This Is The Kind Of Attention To Minute Detail
Which Helps Make Disk Hits
RCA Victor Artist And Rep Chief Eli Oberstein
Billboard Jan 1948
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Billboard January 17, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Lead-Off Lead Sheet For A New Music Firm
Which Has Created Considerable Comment In Trade Circles Is This Copy Of Tell Me A Story
Firm Is Laurel Music
Billboard Jan 1948
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Billboard January 24, 1948
A Special Section
For The Juke Box Operator
Published In Conjunction With The CMI Convention
Long Live The Ops! From Columbia Records
Billboard Jan 1948
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Billboard January 31, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Art Mooney: MCM Records Ropper
Frank Walker, And The Diskery Recording Chief
Harry Meyerson, Plunge Happily Into A Raft of Wired
Billboard Feb 1948
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Billboard February 7, 1948
Agents Tele Donnybrook
Morris, MCA, GAC Scramble For Video Biz
Strike Averted On Stem; Grips Press Bargain
Hold Your Hats! New Tele Firm To Make Pic An Hour
Billboard Feb 1948
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Billboard February 14, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Herb Jeffries, Exclusive Recording Artist
Is Shown Receiving From Paul Whiteman The Metronome Magazine
Award As The Singer Of The Year
Billboard Feb 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard February 21, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Publishers Contact Employees Union
And Disk Exploitation Men
Don't Arise And Revolt Over This
Billboard Feb 1948
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Billboard February 28, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Dinah Shors And Arranger Ticker Freeman Kick Around
Some Of Those Super-Scorings
Which Have Helped Put And Keep Dinah On Top
Billboard Mar 1948
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Billboard March 6, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
In Musical Sagebrush Circles
Capitol Record's Merle Travis Is Among The Top Hands
His Disks Are Consistently Good Sellers And He Has Co-Authored
Billboard Mar 1948
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Billboard March 13, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Probably The Outstanding Job Of Building A Name Band Location In The Past Year
Is That Done By Frank Palumbo Of Philadelphia's Click Nitery
Palumbo Has Executed The Caper Not Only Thru High-powered
Billboard Mar 1948
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Billboard March 20, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
At A Party Tossed By The Juke Box And Disk Distributor
Nat Cohn, Prexy Of Modern Music Sales Corporation
Signature Record's Musical Director
Billboard Mar 1948
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Billboard March 27, 1948
Outdoor Equipment Review
It's Just Good Business
To Provide Entertainment Free
From Annoying Night-Flying Insects
Billboard Apr 1948
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Billboard April 3, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
As If He Needed A Reminder That His Decca Disks Are Potent Nickel-Pullers On The Jukes
Not To Mention Over-The-Counter Sales And Disk-Jockey Plays
Louis Jordan Is Presented With A Blown-Up Box Score Of Win
Billboard Apr 1948
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Billboard April 10, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Returning To The Roosevelt Hotel, New York
After A Highly Successful Engagement In The Grill
There Last Year - Welk Kicked Off The Booking Of His Champagne
Billboard Apr 1948
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Billboard April 17, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Get A Pin-Up Girl Continues To Get A Razzle-Dazzle Promotion Job
Currently On The Jerry Cooper-Diamond
Recording Of The Tune, Written (believe it or not) By A Lad Name Don Wolf
Billboard Apr 1948
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Billboard April 24, 1948
Your Go Sign To Box Office Draw
Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
Associated Booking Corporation
Canadian Tour Of One-Nighters
Billboard May 1948
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Billboard May 1, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Mickey Rooney, Long One Of The Screen's Most Versatile Performers
Is Now In His First Starring Role In Radio As A Scrappy
Reporter In The New CBS House-Built Show Shorty Bell
Billboard May 1948
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Billboard May 8, 1948
Every Year For The Past 20
Nitery-Cafe Owners Frank (Left) And Walter (Chief) Palumbo (Right)
Take Thousands Of Philadelphia's Kids To The Ringling Bros
And Barnum & Bailey Circus On Opening Day
Billboard May 1948
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Billboard May 15, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
That Colorful String-Band Craze!
Here's The Ferko String Band Swinging Around Philadelphia's City Hall
Resplendent In The New Year's Day Costumes Worn For The Famous Annual Mummer's Parade
Billboard May 1948
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Billboard May 22, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Pick A Piano Rack In Practically Any U.S.
Parlor And You Can Be Sure That It Holds Up A Song By Hoagy
Carmichael Whose New Radio Show
Billboard May 1948
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Billboard May 29, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Steadily Increasing In Popularity Year
By Year Are The Auto Thrill Shows
Which Have Reached The Point Where They Are Standard Attractions At A Vast Number Of State And Count
Billboard Jun 1948
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Billboard June 5, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Currently, CBS Is Setting A Fast Pace For The Competition
With Its Hour-Long Dramatic Airer
Studio One, Heard Tuesdays, 10 To 11 P.M.
Billboard Jun 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard June 12, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Could Be There's A New Day A-Comin For Bebop
Willard Alexander, Veteran Talent Handler And Band Manager
Who Made Quite A Rep Counseling Benny Goodman And Count Basie
Billboard Jun 1948
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Billboard June 19, 1948
Nipper Noses Out Some News
Or-What's Been Happening Since Last Year!
Johnny Stranger Is Getting Around!
That Voice Sounds Familiar!
Billboard Jun 1948
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Billboard June 26, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Ever Since The Day The Late Chick Webb Found Ella Fitzgerald
And She Skyrocketed Into National Prominence With Her A-Tisket Record
La Ella Has Been Regarded As One Of The Most Original
Billboard Jul 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard July 3, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Phil Spitalny And His Famed Hour Of Charm All-Girl Orchestra
And Choir, Featuring Evelyn And Her Magic Violin(Inset)
Now In Their Seventh Appearance At New York's Paramount Theater
Billboard Jul 1948
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Billboard July 10, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Always Open Everyone Welcome
Spike Jones And Entire Company
Hotel Flamingo
Billboard Jul 1948
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Billboard July 17, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
This Turntable Get-Together In Detroit Is Centered Around Orkster Sam Donahue
Displaying His Latest Capitol Platter In This Pic
Jockeys Gathered Around Sam Are(from left to right) Todd Purse
Billboard Jul 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard July 31, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Wisconsin This Year Celebrates Its 100th Birthday
And The Highlight Of Its Anniversary Observance Will Be Its Contennial Exposition
To Be Held August 7-29 At State Fair Park
Billboard Aug 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard August 7, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Above Shot Again Illustrates The Promotional Job Being Done By Walter Thornton
Well-Known Model Agency Owner
Via Showbusiness And Specifically
Billboard Aug 1948
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Billboard August 14, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
A Cinch To Prove A Top Attraction At A Number Of The Nation's Major Fairs
This Year Is Adolf Hitler's Personal Automobile
A Heavily Armored Mercedes-Benz
Billboard Aug 1948
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Billboard August 21, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
A Steady Tenant Of The Billboard's Most Played
And Best Selling Fold-Record Charts Is Cowboy Copas
Flanked Here By (Left) Sydney Nathan
Billboard Aug 1948
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Billboard August 28, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Today The Music Of Yesterday And Today Wafts Out Over
Broadway Via The Astor Roof
Where Blue Barron And His Moyat Ork Are Dishing It Out
Billboard Sep 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard September 4, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Among Top Contenders For Cowboy Singing-Acting
Honors Is Jimmy Wakely
Shown Here Second From Left
Billboard Sep 1948
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Billboard September 11, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
There's Probably Something Symbolic In This Hitch-Hike
Shot Of Jack Owens And His Thirteen-Year-Old
Daughter Mary Ann The Well-Known Breakfast Club Cruising Crooner
Billboard Sep 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard September 18, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
After 12 Consecutive Years Of Class Sponsorship On The Airlanes
General Electric, Electric Companies Of America
Phil Spitalny's Hour Of Chard Group Is Being Ogled As A Tele Attraction
Billboard Sep 1948
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Billboard September 25, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Big Leaguers Of The Band And Music Business
Recently Staged Their Own
Out Of This World Series
Billboard Oct 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard October 2, 1948
Thanks Fellows... For The Part You Played
And We Mean Played
We'll Keep The Hits Coming!!!
One Has My Name
Billboard Oct 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard October 9, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Texas's State Fair Is As Big As That Great State Itself
Above Is The Auditorium
Where Shows Featuring Top Show Business Names
Billboard Oct 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard October 16, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Sammy Kaye's All-American Bandleaders
Progressively As Each Year Passes
Sammy Kaye's National
Billboard Oct 1948
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Billboard October 23, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
After His Preem Swan Soap NBC
Coast-To-Coaster Bob Hope Dropped In At Art Mooney's Hollywood
Palladium Opening Recently To Add His Congratulations To The Many Others
Billboard Oct 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard October 30, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
One Of The Trade's Most Impressive Recent Development
Is Stan Kenton's Sock Standing With The Disk Jockeys
He Copped First Place In The Billboard Recent Disk Jockey Poll
Billboard Nov 1948
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Billboard November 6, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Since The Late War Show Business Personalities
Have Shown An Increasing Tendency To Participate In National And International Affairs
Last Week's Issue Of The Billboard Reported The Pro-Truman
Billboard Nov 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard November 13, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
25 Cents
November 13 1948
Billboard Nov 1948
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Billboard November 20, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Most Recent Testimony To The Continued Growth Of Auto Thrill
Shows As A Standout Attraction At Major Fairs
And on Independent Dates Is The Three - Page Spread Life Magazine Carried On Joie Chitwood
Billboard Nov 1948
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Billboard November 27, 1948
Christmas Special Featuring The Cavalcade Of Fairs
Jumping The Christmas Gun
Bob Smith Disguised As Kris Kringle
Leads The Moppet Audience At WNBT's
Billboard Dec 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard December 4, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Mark T. Smith, Internationally Known Horse Trainer
And Ringmaster Associated With Bruce Goar Band Bix Figure
Don Haynes, Ork Leader Tex Beneke And Comic Jerry Colonna
Billboard Dec 1948
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Billboard December 11, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
The Well-Known Long Arm Of Coincidence
Really Reached Into The Record Business Recently
When Johnny Desmond, Mindy Carson And Frankie Laine
Billboard Dec 1948
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Billboard December 18, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Could Be One Of Those Storybook Deals
Publicist George Evans Played A Substantial Part In Building Frank Sinatra
Into The Big Buck Brackets
Billboard Dec 1948
Buying Choices
Billboard December 25, 1948
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
The Years Come And Go
But Guy Lombardo, It Seems Goes On Forever
The Band Business's Big Gay Winds Up 1948 As Successful As The Long String Of Years Preceding It
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