New Pop Records

Two on the Aisle (Bert Lahr and Dolores Gray; Decca, 2 sides LP). The tunes run second to the comedy in this current Broadway hit, but Lahr's wobbly voice in The Clown is worth the price of the album. Moreover, Songstress Gray can put over a song with vigor and charm; the proof is in There Never Was a Baby Like My Baby, If You Hadn't But You Did, How Will He Know?

Loneliness of Evening and My Girl Back Home (Mary Martin; Columbia). A pair of wistful ballads that Rodgers and Hammerstein didn't consider quite bright enough for South Pacific. With Mary Martin singing them, lots of people will wonder how they could have been left out.

Just One More Chance (Les Paul and Mary Ford; Capitol). An oldtimer, given the Paul-Ford "new sound" treatment (see above). On the second side, Paul's instrumental version of Jazz Me Blues seems to have enough guitars to outfit the King Ranch.

Let's Live a Little (Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely; Capitol). A better-than-average "country" tune, urbanized with an organ accompaniment and some singing of less-than-standard country earnestness.

Burl Ives (Columbia). An early welcome to Christmas, with a spuriously hearty number entitled Grandfather Kringle and a traditional English song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, which is one of the prettiest seasonal songs of the year.

Don't Blame Me (Sarah Vaughan; M-G-M). Sarah gambols over the scale in what sounds like a big try to avoid the melody at all costs. When she does run into melody, she gives it a velvet ride.

Songs of the Ivy League (The Voices of Walter Schumann; Capitol, 6 sides, 45 r.p.m.). A first-class choral recital of well-known songs from Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania.

O! Look at Me Now (Tommy Dorsey; Decca). Trombonist Dorsey first recorded this fine song in 1941 with Frank Sinatra. This time, Bob London and Frances Irvin follow the same vocal arrangement with the Rhythmaires. The orchestra sounds better, but Sinatra's 1941 exuberance is missing.

Judy Garland Sings (MGM, 8 sides). Judy in her best style in some tunes from MGM's old sound tracks: Get Happy, Johnny One Note, Look for the Silver Lining, Who and four others.

O.K. for T.V. (Nat "King" Cole; Capitol). A new tune by Johnny Mercer from the forthcoming Broadway show, Top Banana. Both Mercer and Cole slipped on the skin..

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