"Tell the old man you're sick of staying at home. Get out on the town. Enjoy music, live music!" So bubbled Jackie Gleason, the Brooklyn boulevardier, on TV and radio last week, seconded by Jimmy Durante and Judy Holliday. In English, Spanish, Yiddish and Italian, 19 New-York newspapers were sprinkled with a dozen other catchy ads. Sample: a migraine victim with arrows piercing his skull and the caption. "Cure for short temper, nagging headache, shattered nerves, daily depressionGet Live Music.'1
The campaign against canned music is being mounted by New York City's big (30,000 members ) Local 802 of the American Federation...
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