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Billboard Jan 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard January 7, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Judging By The Smiles
This Would Seem To Be A Mutually Satisfactory Agreement
On The Left, Of Course, Is Maestro Tommy Dorsey
Billboard Jan 1950
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Billboard January 14, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
The Lovely Lady, Of Course, Is Fran Warren
Outstanding Vocalist And One Of The Brightest Stars In The RCA
Victor Pop Artist Roster
Billboard Jan 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard January 21, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Frank Folsom, President Of Radio Corporation Of America
Is Shown Here With Vaughn Monroe
Popular Band Leader-Vocalist
Billboard Jan 1950
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Billboard January 28, 1950
Kay Starr Hasn't Been One To Miss The Bus, Or The Train.
For That Matter, Judging By Her Continued Climb In Popularity
Hence, The Above, Showing Her At The Station As The Train Pulls Out.
Appears Misleading At First Glance
Billboard Feb 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard February 4, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Judy Canova Is On A Merry-Go-Round These Days
She's On the National Broadcasting Company's
Coast-To-Coast Saturday Night Colgate-Palmolive-Peet
Billboard Feb 1950
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Billboard February 11, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
The Spotlight Is On Ella Fitzgerald
Shows Here At Cafe Society, New York.
Where She Opened January 26 For A Two-Week Engagement
Billboard Feb 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard February 18, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Guy Lombardo, Always A Top Favorite On Juke Boxes
Calls Attention To His Latest Big Seller
Decca Enjoy, Yourself, On The Nation's Newest Juke Box
Billboard Feb 1950
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Billboard February 25, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Country Warbler Red Foley Is Shown Here On The Receiving End Of A Real-Life
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine,But The Gentlemen Administering Same Don't Really Have To Do This ForALiving
Harry Stone(left) Is Vice-President And General Manager of WSM
Billboard Mar 1950
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Billboard March 4, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
The Two Itinerant-Type Gents Above Enjoying
The Idyllic Existence Of The Road Could Be Orkater
Sammy Kaye And His Vocalist, Tony Alamo.
Billboard Mar 1950
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Billboard March 11, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Spike Jones, With Stars From His 1950 Musical Depreciation Revue
Sir Frederic Gas, Lois Ray, Helen Grayco And Doodles Weaver
Dance The Charleston To George Rock's Tootling
Billboard Mar 1950
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Billboard March 18, 1950
Ralph Flanagan Rehearses The Band He Organized
Six Months Ago In Preparation For The Crew's
First Road Trek Which Opens March 15 At Wrentham, Mass.
On March 23 He Opens At Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook For A Six-Week Run
Billboard Mar 1950
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Billboard March 25, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Leading Juke Ops At The Chicago Convention
Glad-Hand Hank Williams On Long-Gone Lonesome Blues
Current Follow-Up To His Lovesick Blues
Billboard Apr 1950
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Billboard April 1, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Music Master Curt Massey
Whose Voice And Instrumental Work Have His Ratings
Climbing On Alka-Seltzer's Curt Massey Time
Billboard Apr 1950
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Billboard April 8, 1950
Featuring Outdoor Equipment
And Concession Supplies
Spring Special
April 8 1950
Billboard Apr 1950
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Billboard April 15, 1950
Floyd Tillman Still Finds Time To Tinker In His Self-Made
Radio And Electronic Den
In Between Writing For Southern Music
Waxing For Columbia Records And Flying To Personals In His New Navion Plane
Billboard Apr 1950
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Billboard April 22, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Band Leader Artic Shaw
Latest Addition To The New Era Talent Plunge Of RCA's
Thesaurus, And Top Execs Of RCA Recorded Program Services Get Together For An Initial Listen
Billboard Apr 1950
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Billboard April 29, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Either Cliffie Stone (lower right) Cracked A Good One Or His Hometown
Jamboree Gang Is Just Generally Happy
There Is Good Cause For Light-Heartedness
Billboard May 1950
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Billboard May 6, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Between Those Portals Will Pass A Mighty Happy Young Man
Benny Strong, Who Debuts May 2 At The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles. He's Getting A Hearty Welcome From J.E. Benton.
Billboard May 1950
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Billboard May 13, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Dave Halper(right), Owner Of Chicago's Famed Chez Paree
Extends To Executives Of The American Coin Machine Manufacturers Association
To Make The Chez The Entertainment Headquarters For All Coinmen Attending ACMMA's
Billboard May 1950
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Billboard May 20, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Belle Baker, A Smash Hit In The Old Palace Days
Sporting A Mink Jacket, Glances At The Ancient
Handbill In Booker Dan Friendly's Hand
Billboard May 1950
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Billboard May 27, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Spade Cooley(left, seated) Watches
The Spade Cooley Show, On Television
It's Not Done With Mirrors But Thru The Process Of Video Transcription
Billboard Jun 1950
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Billboard June 3, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
This Trio Of Gloom Chasers have Reason For Their Merriment
It's That RCA Victor Disk
Which Warbler Hank Snow(center) Recently Cut And Which Promises To Duplicate
Billboard Jun 1950
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Billboard June 10, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
The Andrews Sisters And AI Jolson
No Mean Parlay Of Song-Selling Talent
Are Shown Here In The Middle Of The Recent Decca Recording Date
Billboard Jun 1950
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Billboard June 17, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Key Item In Columbia Record's King Sized
Drive To Sell Its Baby-Sized(7-inch)
33 1/3d Disk ( Along With The Already Solidify Established
Billboard Jun 1950
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Billboard June 24, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
When Art Fritz Opened Chicago's First Kiddieland 20 Years Ago
He Did Not Realize The Ultimate Scope Of The Movement
He Was Helping To Pioneer
Billboard Jul 1950
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Billboard July 1, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Orkster Lawrence Welk Discusses Plans
For His Current Summer Series On The American Broadcasting
Company's Network(Wednesday, 9 p.m. CDT) With Leonard (Buzz) Blair(left)
Billboard Jul 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard July 8, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
The Three Suns - Artie Dunn, Morty Nevins And AI Nevins, With Top NBC Announcer
Ben Grauer Between The Brothers As Pictured Here
Have Been Beaming Ever More Brightly For The Last Decade
Billboard Jul 1950
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Billboard July 15, 1950
Unanimously Acclaimed! Tested And Approved
Fixtures That Parallel The Phenomenal Public
Acceptance Of The RCA Victor 45 RPM System!
Thousands And Thousands Of Record Dealers Are Fixturing Up To Give More Profitable
Billboard Jul 1950
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Billboard July 22, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Off In A Corner Of The NBC Studios
Rocket-Rising Mindy Carson Rehearses
Her Duet With A Tuba For An Air Performance Of I'm Bashful
Billboard Jul 1950
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Billboard July 29, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Members Of The Newer And Older Forms Of Show Business Got Together
Recently When The Mutual Network's Ace Disk Jockey
Bob Poole, Sat In With The Ringling-Barnum Circus Band
Billboard Aug 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard August 5, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
This Is Probably One Of The Rarest Photos In Showbiz
For It Shows The Ever-Working Joneses Taking A Breather
While At Las Vegas, Spike, And Wife.
Billboard Aug 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard August 12, 1950
In What Looks Like The First Step Toward Carrying On The Crosby Tradition
Bing's Oldest Boy, Gary, Steps Up To A Decca Mike
To Warm Up For His Duet Debut With Papa
First Platter, Billed On The Label As Gary Crosby And Friend
Billboard Aug 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard August 19, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Jimmy Wakely, Jerry Colonna And Bob Hope Blend Voices
Strictly For Laughs And The Cameraman
As They Board A Plane For San Francisco
Billboard Aug 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard August 26, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
When Eddy Arnold Isn't Making His Fast-Selling
Victor Records(Reportedly Sold 12,000,000 In Five Years)
Or Doing His Mutual Monday-Thru-Friday
Billboard Sep 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard September 2, 1950
Helen Grayco Is Hoping To Hit That Five-Deuce
With Her Initial London Disk Release, Or No Dice.
Backed By Diga Diga Doo. Mrs. Spike Jones Here Interprets
The Dice Ditty In A TV Film Featuring The Combined Talents Of Helen
Billboard Sep 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard September 9, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Jimmy Hilliard, Of Coral Records
Presents The Ames Brothers With A Gold-Plated
Record Of Sentimental Me, Commemorating The Sale Of 1,000,000
Billboard Sep 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard September 16, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Welcome To Decca Tommy Dorsey
Decca's Artist And Repertoire Boss
Veepee Dave Kapp, Really Had The Welcome
Billboard Sep 1950
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Billboard September 23, 1950
Sammy Kaye And Columbia's Pop Artist And Repertoire Director
Mitch Miller, Work On The Swing-And-Sway
Maestro's First Date With Columbia Since He Exited The RCA Victor Label
Result Was Harbor Lights And Sugar Sweet
Billboard Sep 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard September 30, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Hitting Early, And No Doubt With His Usual
Wham Impact For The Christmas Season
Is Perry Como - Pictured Here With Son, Ronnie, And The St. Peter's Of Alcantra Church Choir
Billboard Oct 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard October 7, 1950
Disk Jockey Supplement
Disc Jockeys Say Capitol Service Is Out Of This World!
October 7 1950
Billboard Oct 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard October 14, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Between Shows At The Capitol Theater
New York, Where Phil Spitalny And His Orchestra Are Currently Playing
Evelyn (Mrs. S., Of Magic Violin Renown) Dashes Over
Billboard Oct 1950
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Billboard October 21, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
Ray Anthony And His High Flying Aggregation Wing In Via Sky
Coach For Their Hollywood Debut At The
Palladium, October 10. On Hand To Greet The Batoner And Band Are Jim Conkling
Billboard Oct 1950
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Billboard October 28, 1950
The World's Foremost Amusement Weekly
This Is It, Dear Friends And Gentle Readers
The Last Issue Of The Billboard To Be Published In The Magazine Style Format
Illustrated Above Is The Front Page Of The Special Souvenir Issue
Billboard Nov 1950
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Billboard November 4, 1950
Payoffs, Chiselers Move Into TV As Time Squeeze Grows
AFRA Demands Transcription Rate From Library Services
Freeze Heats Worst Aspects Of Competish
Cuffo Appearances On TV Nixed By TVA
Billboard Nov 1950
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Billboard November 11, 1950
Agents Beaf The Bushes For All Kinds Of Acts
Rail Hikes Hit Circuses And Carnivals
Radio Doing Ok In Spite Of TV
50 Could Be Met Swan Song
Billboard Nov 1950
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Billboard November 18, 1950
Sports TV Heebie Jeebies Proves Radio Web Jackpot
Concern Over Gate Receipts Growing
Screen Song Writers Eye French Sacem
Legit Kicks Off Drive
Billboard Nov 1950
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Billboard November 25, 1950
Farewell To Fair 1950 And Crossed Fingers For 1951
Circuses And Carnivals Had So-So Season
Whither Music In Television
Army Gives TV Newsreel Edge
Billboard Dec 1950
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Billboard December 2, 1950
NBC TV Bloodless Surgery Lifts Brows At Peak Time
Net Set To Spring Revolutionary Plan
Actors Soften To rival TVA Peace Moves
East Coast Fun Spots Battered By Raging Gale
Billboard Dec 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard December 9, 1950
RCA Strike Settled In Quick Talks
Washington Once-Over
Any Hassle & Durante Goes Hungarian, See?
Pitt Showbiz Reeling After Double Trouble
Billboard Dec 1950
Buying Choices
Billboard December 16, 1950
Zooming Rates Slam Doors On TV's Local Advertisers
Reps See All But Biggest Buyers Out
RCA Bankrolls Second Legiter 50G In Wish
AGVA Plan Aims To Halt Act Stealing
Billboard Dec 1950
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Billboard December 23, 1950
Big Ten Experiment Clicks; Proves Theater TV A Must
War Crisis Impact Greatest In History Of Show Business
United Para Chain Grosses Are Clincher
Record Companies In Price-Rise Rush
Billboard Dec 1950
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Billboard December 30, 1950
Festive Show Business Eyes Grim Upheavals Coming Up
Exec Call To Arms May Bring Changes
L.A. Gets 1st West Coast Theater TV
Capitol And Arthur Murray Dance On Disks
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