TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday. August 22. 1958
'Mr. Hot and Mr. Diggity' Hottest Tin Pan Alley Pa
ir
New York U.R) Al Hoffman
and Dick Manning, lometimes
called, "Mr. Hot and Mr. Dig
nity," right now are to Tin Pan
Alley what Mickey Mantle is to
baseball.
In short, they're hot.
I At present the rioilman- Man-, tions 01 tne two.
ning team is represented by noi They've been blending their
fewer than nine entries in the i words and music for about three
Advice of Mark Twain
Taken By Scientists
Riverside, Calif. .U.R) Scien
tists at the University of Calif
ornia are taking a gentle hint
from Mark Twain and are doing
something about the weather
on a small scale.
The scale is so small, however,
that they are experimenting only
with the weather close to the
ground which is known, scien
tifically, as microclimate.
The object of the experiments
is search for various methods
of Drotectinz the growth of
young plants so that vegetable
growers can produce crops dur
ing a season for which they are
not normally adapted.
Two methods have been ex
perimented with "hot caps'
and "brushing."
"Hot caps" placed over tiny
plants will afford about five de
crees of frost protection and can
raise minimum day tempera
tares by 20 to 30 degrees.
"Brushing" involves strips of
paper supported by laths set up
on the north sides ofplant rows.
These afford wind and frost pro
tection as well as raising air
temperature.
Nobel Winner Claims
Viruses Cause Cancer
Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Dr.
Wendell M. Stanley, Nobel Lau
reate and director of the IV
versity of California's virus lab
oratory, said flatly that "the
time has come when we should
assume that viruses are respon
sible for most, if not all, kinds of
cancer."
The viruses, he said, include
cancer in man.
Stanley speaking recently at
a Detroit, Mich., meeting of the
Third National Cancer Confer
ence, said experimental produs
tion of cancer in animals came as
early as 1911. Since then virus
caused tumors in animals have
been widely studied, and suspi
cion has fallen on viruses as the
.cause of some types of human
cancer.
"The newer knowledge of cer
tain properties of viruses," he
said, "warrant today a marked
change in our thinking on the
problem of human cancer. Ac
ceptance of the idea of a virus
causation of human cancer may
yield experimental results of the
greatest benefit to mankind."
Carpenter Killed
In Fall From Bridge
Vancouver, Wash. (U.R)
Lewis C. Walters, a 62-year-old
carpenter, was killed yesterday
when he fell 25 feet from the
new Daybreak bridge in central
Clark county.
Walters apparently thought
there was footing behind him
and stepped backwards, falling
25 feet from the timber of the
new bridge to a rough stone con
struction foundation below, ac
cording to a deputy coroner.
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Another DepembM Cdgani htM
juke box derby, and that's with
out counting Perry Como's million-plus
record. "Hot Diggity."
Of Como's 10 million-seller
records, Hoffman and Manning
have contributed four of the
songs.
Hoffman-Manning titles now
making the best-seller lists in
clude: "Allegheny Moon," "Day
dreams," "Oh, Mama, Teach Me
To Dance." "I'd like to Say a
Few Words About Texas." and
"If You Really Want to Know."
Novelties Included
Their tunes include novelties,
romantic ballads and combina-
years. forming a team after dis
covering that each had the same
ideas about music. Just like "It
Takes Two To Tango"T-another
Hoffman hit they figure two
heads are better than one in the
music business.
Before Hoffman and Manning
present a song to a publisher,
they spare no expense in having
a demonstration record made.
"Sometimes," said Manning,
'we spend more time on the
'demo' than on writing the
song."
The reason is simple.
"We serve up a finished pro
duct fo the busy publisher and
the artist and repertoire man at
the record company," Hoffman
explained. "They don't have to
imagine what the song will
sound like. We have it right
there for them." -'
Almost Nole-for-Note
The recordings of "Hot Dig
gity" and "Allegheny Moon,"
made by Como and Patti Page,
respectively are almost note-for-note
the way Hoffman and Man
ning arranged them for the
demonstration copy. They are
qualified to arrange songs, since.
Manning is a Juilliard School of
Music graduate and Hoffman
once conducted a band.
When writing a tune, both
contribute the words and music.
They often start with a title and
take it from there. '
"There's more knack than tal
ent in this business," said Hoff
man. "You must know what to
write and how to write it."
"And you've got to know your
market," Manning added. "You
learn what not to write only
through experience."
Both agree that there is one
basic requirement for anybody
who wants to become a song
writer. "A sense of humor." they said.
"Without it, you'll never
survive."
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