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Rosemary Clooney has a thoroughly serious attitude toward success in Hollvwood. But she is not for a moment forgetting her work at the old Adams Memorial Presbyterian Church. She is making as many recordings as she ever did. In a world of stupendous and colossal plugs the one she values most just now is a simply worded little statement by Mister Crosby himself. He made a detour from his own path to shuffle around to her set one day. I just want to tell you," Bing said that I think you're the best singer in the business."
* The latest ballad, like the earliest, is simply a singable song that is also danceable. In Tin Pan Alleyese, the word has a more limited meaning: the slow, romantic number, as distinct from the rhythm tune and the novelty song.