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Tips on Tables - Robert W. Dana - May 2, 1952

The Sunny Side Is Up At the Copacabana

In London's famed Palladium, which books only the cream of the crop from American show business, Billy Daniels recently sang "Sunny Side of the Street" as the rain beat down on the street.

Last night, in clear, coolish weather, daniels 2the ace singer was presented by Jules Podell and Jack Entratter at the Copacabana in the continuation of a policy of frequent changes. In his first American cafe date since the Palladium triumph, Billy wears derby and flourishes an umbrella as he sings the same "Sunny Side of the Street."

Sunny Side Up.

Coming midway in his performance, it touches off a sequence of five numbers that are unmatched for feeling of expression. What -care- we for wind or rain when Billy sings about sunny side. With his musical arranger and piano accompanist, Benny Payne, furnishing occasional excerpts of a duet, you enjoy the game of life with them.

Second in sequence was "Love For Sale," the story of a streetwalker that is a classic usually sung by a woman. Daniels gives it surprising depth. Then from the Harlem days at Dickie Wells' came "Bye, Bye, Blackbird." The poignant "Yiddishe Mama" and the pulsating "Old Black Magic" concluded a cartoondynamic performance.

The Douglas Coudy revue is completely new, with some new beauties in the chorus, new costumes and new songs by Joan Edwards and Lyn Duddy. The first production number is the humorous, witty, "Please, Mr. President, Don't Put a Tax on Love." The middle number entitled "Summer Symphony" mentions the signatures of spring that are all around us when we get out in the country. The last, "Rock, Rock, Rockaway Beach," is a preview of swim time, with the girls starting out in full costume and peeling down to surprise bathing costumes.

Groucho Burlesqued.

Bobby Sargent, young comedian on the bill, warms cartoonnnnup slowly but goes off with adaniels1 good hand for some clever, clean comedy His best number is a graphic takeoff of Groucho Marx.

For the esthetic touch the club is presenting. Harbers and Dale, ballroom dancers. Their entrance features the man swinging the petite girl close to the floor as if he were trying to cover every bit of space in one flourish. The act continues with lifts and aerial work.

Peter Hanley and Betty Johnson are the new team that sings for production numbers. Well picked, they boast strong, clear voices. Michael Durso and the band play the show and for dancing, with Frank Marti's rumba band alternating.

THE REVIEWS
Andrews Sisters - Latin Quarter 1957
Desi Arnaz - w/Diosa Costello 1948
Count Basie - Lincoln 1943
Tony Bennett - Copacabana 1958
Milton Berle - Latin Quarter 1948
Joey Bishop - w/Andy Williams 1959
Ray Bolger - Wizard of Oz Scarecrow, Empire Room 1956
Cab Calloway - Greenwich Inn 1949
Diahann Carroll - Persian Room 1961
Betty Clooney - Waldorf Astoria 1954
Nat King Cole - Copacabana 1958
Perry Como - Versailles 1944
Copacabana - famous night club restaurant is reviewed 1953
Crosby Brothers - Latin Quarter 1961
Xavier Cugat - Waldorf Astoria 1951
Vic Damone - Riviera 1953
Billy Daniels - Copacabana 1952
Sammy Davis Jr. - Copacabana 1959
Phyllis Diller - w/Bobby Short 1958
Nancy Donovan - Copacabana 1952
Jimmy Durante - Copacabana 1951
Billy Eckstine - Copacabana 1951
Duke Ellington - Basin St. East 1961
Eddie Fisher - Empire Room 1959
Judy Garland -Town & Country 1958
Jackie Gleason - La Vie en Rose 1953
Benny Goodman - Empire Room 1956
Dolores Gray - Waldorf Astoria 1954
Buddy Hackett - Copacabana 1956
Connie Haines - Terrace Room 1951
Dick Haymes - Versailles 1956
Horace Heidt - 30th Anniversary 1954
Florence Henderson w/Bill Hayes 1958
Hildegarde - Pierre 1953
Celeste Holm - Plaza 1958
Eddy Howard - Roosevelt 1955
Burl Ives w/Wally Cox - Persian Room
Lisa Kirk - Persion Room 1958
Frankie Laine - Latin Quarter 1955
Julius La Rosa - Romanian 1958
Peggy Lee - Copacabana 1958
Jerry Lewis - Town & Country 1957
Joe E. Lewis - Copacabana 1945
Ted Lewis - Latin Quarter 1953
Liberace - Persian Room 1947
Guy Lombardo - Roosevelt 1957
Vincent Lopez - Grill Room 1954
Tony Martin - Riviera 1953
Martin and Lewis - Copacabana 1950
Ray McKinley - Glenn Miller Band 1957
Mills Brothers - Latin Quarter 1956
Vaughn Monroe - Astor 1955
Constance Moore - St. Regis 1958
Johnnie Ray - Copacabana 1953
Rowan & Martin - Latin Quarter 1961
Della Reese - Copacabana 1961
Sugar Ray Robinson - French Casino
Dorothy Shay - St. Regis 1961
Frank Sinatra - Wedgewood 1943
Danny Thomas - Copacabana 1949
Sophie Tucker - Latin Quarter 1950
Mae West - Latin Quarter 1956
Julie Wilson - Persian Room 1954
EDITORIALS
Dean Martin - thoughts on Mr. Sauve
Peter Lawford - retrospective
Rise & Fall of the big bands
INTERVIEWS
K Baggelaar- Copacabana author
Don Dellair - cabaret performer
Denny Farrell - big band disc jockey
Hal Turner - Performer/Conductor
B Zickafoose - played in WWII Europe
ASSORTED
Bernie Bierman bio
Sammy Kaye - Roosevelt 1957
Dinah Shore - press release and autograph from the 50's
A Letter about a WWII song
Harbers & Dale - Dance Team
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