Music: New Pop Records, Feb. 16, 1953

A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Lizzie

Miles; Capitol). Jazz Singer Miles pours out a gutbucket of raucous sound, notable mostly for the second chorus, sung in gargled French.

Gomen-Nasai (Richard Bowers; Columbia). The title is Japanese for "Forgive Me," and the rest is jukebox remorse for contemporary Madame Butterflys. As a G.I. in Japan, Bowers made the recording with a Japanese dance band which labors pitifully for a Stateside sound.

I Believe (Frankie Laine; Columbia). A new song with a religious theme that has more dignity than might be expected. Howler Laine keeps his...

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