Many a concert classic has been swung higher than Obadiah, but last week a Tchaikovsky theme was swung five different ways at once. The Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor, played straight, had its popular start in the movies last spring; Mary Astor's make-believe pounding of it in The Great Lie got it widely known as "the Mary Astor Concerto." Freddie Martin recorded it, but neglected to give it lyrics which could be copyrighted. So by last week there were four competing versions:

> Woody Herman (Decca) gave his the most accurate title: Concerto No. 1, B Flat Minor.

> Guy Lombardo (Decca) called his version Concerto.

> Tony Martin's (Decca) was a song, Tonight We Love.

>Best record of the lot was Concerto for Two (Columbia), in a subtle arrangement by the fine new band led by piano-playing Claude Thornhill.

> From many a U.S. jukebox, in strict dance time, in moody thumps, Freddie Martin's Bluebird record, Piano Concerto in B Flat, had moved in among the ten best nickel pullers.

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