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IfEORGE ALBERT •sident and Publisher Cover Story 16-17 Charts 4ARK ALBERT Executives On The Move 6 Top 40 Jazz 12 ’e President and General Manager New Faces To Watch 10-11 Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums 13 It PENCE BERLAND Releases 8 Top 100 Black Contemporary Singles 14 •re :e President Single Releases 9 Top 100 Singles 4 tC! ;b. carmicle :e President Top 200 LP’s 35-36 ed AM DURHAM Top 40 Videocassettes 37 hi ce President Top 40 Compact Discs 38

iOBERT LONG Top 50 Country Albums 42 1 . Radio Report rector Black/Urban Marketing Top 100 Country Singles 43 of Pop 20-25 TEPHEN PADGETT Chart Index 51 inaging Editor Black Contemporary 26-29 Top 75 12” Dance Singles 40 GREGORY DOBRIN Country 30-33 isociate Managing Editor na lEITH ALBERT iC anager. Charts and Research Departments n I^HARI CHAMBLISS News 5, 6, 7, 15, 47 oduction Manager Columns BlackContemporary 13-14 'ew York Editorial EE JESKE, Bureau Chief Points West 10 Dance 40 \UL lORlO East Coastings 11 Video 37 d. Angeles Editorial os On Jazz 12 Country 42-46 ft REGORY DOBRIN. Bureau Chief OB YARDUMIAN AudioA'^ideo 37 Coin Machine 48-49 )U 'esearch Nashville Notables 44 Classifieds 50 ur ECIL HOLMES III OM CHANG ew

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35 ROCK THE NIGHT 35 10 GOOD TIMES 77 3 I WANNA DANCE WITH m EUROPE (Epic 34-07091) (From The Lost Boys) SOMEBODYiWHO LOVES ME) K. Elson (J. Tertpest) WHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista ASI-9598) fNXS AND JIMMY BARNES (Atlantic 7-89237) HAPPY M. Opitz H. N.M. Walden (Merrill/Rubicam) m 41 (G. Young, Vanda) SURFACE (Columbia 38 06611) THESE TIMES ARE HARD FOR 78 3 ALONE D, Conley, D. Townsend, B. m Q Jackson (D. Townsend, HEART (Capitol B-44002) B. Jackson, D. Conley) LOVERS Ron Nevison (B. Steinberg-T. Kelly) JOHN WAITE (EMI/America B43018) BACK IN THE HIGH LIFE AGAIN 42 3 HEAD TO TOE 13 E2 D. Child, F. Fillipetti, J. Waite (D. Child, J. Waite) STEVE WINWOOD (Island/ Warner Bros. 7-28472) LISA LISA AND CULT JAM (Columbia 38-07008) R. Trtelman, S. Winwood (S. Winwood, W. Jennings) fE LA BAMBA DEBUT Full Force (Full Force) LOS LOBOS (Slash/Warner Bros. 7-28336) 38 FLAMES OF PARADISE 40 8 M. Froom (R. Valens) SONGBIRD 13 JENNIFER RUSH/ KENNY G. (Arista 1-9573) DUET WITH ELTON JOHN a STILL A THRILL 75 3 P. Glass (Kenny G.) (Epic 34-07119) JODY WATLEY (MCA 53081) SHAKEDOWN A. Goldmark S B. Roberts, A. Cymone, D. Z. (A, Cymone, J. Watley) E. John (B. Roberts-A. Goldmark) (FROM BEVERLY HILLS COP II) JAM TONIGHT 82 2 FREDDIE (Capitol BOB SEGER (MCA 53094) £2 LUKA 47 JACKSON B-44037) H. Farterm^er, K. Forsey (H. Faltermeyer, SUZANNE VEGA (A&M AM 2937) P, Laurence (F. Jackson, P. Laurence) K. Forsey, B. Seger) S. Addabbo, L. Kaye (S. Vega) m LIES 86 2 ALWAYS 15 EQ DON’T MEANI NOTHING 45 JONATHAN BUTLER (Jive/RCA 1038-7-RAA) ATLANTIC STARR (Warner Bros 7-28455) RICHARD MARX (Manhattan B-50079) B. Eastmond (J. Butler, J. Skinner) D. Lewis, W. Lewis (J. Lewis, D. Lewis, R. Marx, D. Cole (R. Manr, B. Gaitsch) WHY SHOULD 1 CRY 59 7 W. Lewis) ED I’D STILL SAY YES 43 8 NONA HENDRYX (EMI America B 8382) IN TOO DEEP 11 KLYMAXX (Constellation/MCA 53028) J. Johnson. S. Bernard (J. Johnson, N. Hendryx, L. Keith) GENESIS (Atlantic 7-89316) Fenderella Ik. Edmonds READY OR NOT 63 8 Genesis, H. Padgham (A. Banks. P. Collins, G. Scelsa, Fenderella) LOU GRAMM (Atlantic 7-89269) M. Rutheford) EE ONLY IN MY DREAMS 44 Pat Moran, Lou Gramm (L. Gramm, B. Turgon) 8 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON 8 15 DEBBIE GIBSON (Atlantic 7-89322) m UNDER THE BOARDWALK 81 3 KIM WILDE (MCA 53024) F. Zarr (D. Gibson) BRUCE WILLIS (Motown 1896 MF) R. Wilde (E. Holland. L. Dozier, B. Holland) EE MOONLIGHTING (THEME) 46 R. Kraft (A. Resnick, K. Young) 9 JUST TO SEE HER 10 14 ALJARREAU (MCA 53124)I2i) 77 WEAPONS OF LOVE 64 9 SMOKEY ROBINSON (Motown 1877) N. Rodgers (A. Jarreau, L. Holdridge) THE TRUTH (LR.S./MCA 53084) P. Bunatta, R. Chudacoft (J. George, L. Pardini) 44 WITH OR WITHOUT YOU 20 16 D. Greaves, M. Lister)^1 EE POINT OF NO RETURN 12 U2 (Island/Atlantic ILD 99469) 78 DON’T REAM IT’S OVER 67 25 EXPOSE (Arista AS 1-9579) D. Lanois, B. Eno (U2) CROWDED HOUSE (Capitol B 5614) L. A. Martinee (L.A. Martinee) EE ROCK STEADY 51 m. Froom (N. Finn) ED DON’T DISTURB THIS GROOVE 13 13 THE WHISPERS (Solar/Capitol B-70006) E HOLIDAY 87 2 THE SYSTEM (Atlantic 7-89320) L.A., (Babyface," LA.. D. Ladd, B. Watson) KOOL & THE GANG (Mercury/PolyGram 888 712) The System (M. Murphy, D. Frank) EE HYPNOTIZr 52 K. Bayyan, (R. Bell), I.B.M.C.'KooI & The 12 DIAMONDS 13 WANG CHUNG (Geffen 7-28359) _ Gang (C. Williams, J. Taylor, Kool S The Gang) P. Wolf (Wang Cnung) I 2 HERB ALPERT (A&M AM 2929) E3 WHY CAN’T BE YOU? 89 J. Jam, T. Lewis (J. Jam, T. Lewis) 47 BIG LOVE 22 15 THE CURE (Elektra 7-69474) SOMETHING SO STRONG 16 10 FLEETWOOD MAC (Warner Bros. 7-28398) D. Allen, R. Smith (Smith, Galiup, EE Thompson, Williams, Toihurst) CROWDED HOUSE (Capitol B-5695) L. Buckingham, R. Dashut (L. Buckingham) M. Froom (N. Finn. M. Froom) 48 LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE 23 18 ES HERE I GO AGAIN DEBUT EE FUNKY TOWN 17 8 JODY WATLEY (MCA 52956) WHITESNAKE (GeHen 7-28339) A. Cymone, David Z. (A. Cymone, J. Watley) K. Olsen (Coverdale, Marsden) PSEUDO ECHO (RCA 521 7-7- R) B. Canham (S. Greenberg) 49 RIGHT ON TRACK 27 21 82 GIVE ME ALL NIGHT 70 8 15 MEET ME HALFWAY 11 18 BREAKFAST CLUB (MCA 52954) CARLY SIMON (Arista ASI-9587) P. S. Smith (Simon/McMahon) KENNY LOGGINS (Columbia 38-06690) J. lovine (Gilroy, Bray) G. Moroder, T. Whitlock (G. Moroder) 22 IT’S NOT OVER (’TIL IT’S OVER) 66 2 83 ROCK-A-LOT 83 3 EVERY LITTLE KISS 18 8 STARSHIP (Grunt/RCA 5225-7-DCGi ARETHA FRANKLIN (Arista AS 1-9574) EE N.M. Walden (Walden, Johnson, Glass) BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE (RCA 5165-7-R) K. Olsen (R. Nevil, J.V. Tongeren, P.Galdston) B. Hornsby, E. Scheiner (B.R. Hornsby) 51 NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE 48 20 84 I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING 65 20 EE RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU 21 6 MY LOVE (FOR ME) GLORIA ESTEFAN AND MIAMI SOUND MACHINE GLENN MEDEIROS (Amherst 311) AFtRETHA FRANKLIN AND GEORGE MICAHEL (Epic 34-07059) J. Stone, (M. Masser, G. Goffin) (Arista ASI-9559) Emilio. Jerks (G.M. Estefan, E.E. Garcia) Walden (Climie, 52 I’LL STILL BE LOVING YOU 50 13 N. M. Morgan) EE I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND 28 4 RESTLESS HEART (RCA 5065-7-RAA) EE SHATTERED GLASS DEBUT WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR T. DuBois, S. Hendricks, Restless Heart LAURA BRANIGAN (Atlantic 7-89245) Stock, Aitken, Waterman (B. Mitchell, S. Coe) U2 (Island/Atlantic 7-99430) (M.A. Kennedy, P. Bunch, P. Rose, T. Cerney) Lanois, DEBUT D. B. Eno (U2) 2] SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE 60 4 m WHEN SMOKEY SINGS (Columbia 38-071 ABC (Mercury/PolyGram 888 604-7) EE HEART AND SOUL 26 10 THE OUTFIELD 70) ' M.Fry,“y, M, White, r . Edwards T'PAU (Virgin 7-99466) W. Wittman (J. Spinks) (M. Fry, M. White) R.T. Baker (C. Decker, R, Rodgers) WHY TREAT 61 5 El YOU ME SO BAD DREAMIN’ DEBUT 20 WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE 15 13 CLUB NOUVEAU (Warner Bros. 7-28360) m WILL TO POWER (Epic 34-07199) BON JOVI (Mercury/PolyGram 888 467-7) J. King. T. McElroy, D. Foster (J. King, T. McElroy, B. Rosenberg (B. Rosenberg) B. Fairbairn (J. Bon Jovi, R. Sanbora) D. Foster) IN LOVE WITH LOVE DEBUT u\ KISS HIM GOODBYE 24 9 55 WILD HORSES 55 9 m THE NYLONS (Open Air/A&M OS-0022) GINO VANNELLI (CBS Associated/Epic ZS4 06699) DEBBIE HARRY (Geffen 7-28476) S. Justman (D. Harry, C. Stein) B. Henderson(D.n(D Frashuer, G. DeCarlo, P. Leka) G. Vannelli, J. Vannelli, R. Vannelli 22 THE LADY IN REDR““ 14 20 (G. Vannelli, R. Freeland) WANT YOU for MYmygirlfrI lEND DEBUT GIVE TO LOVE 62 4 4 BY FOUR (C^itol B-5690) CHRIS De- BURGH- (MM AM 2848) m Jackson, Ui:ixon (C. Jackson, C. Dixon) P. Hardiman (C. De BurghBurgh) SAMMY HAGAR [Geffen/Warner Bros. 7-28314) C. C. S. Hagar, E. Van Halen (S. Hagar) FALLING IN LOVE DEBUT E] I WANT YOUR SEX 29 £2 r-A I 1 1 in h’an MODie/roiv 766-7)__ GEORGE MICHAEL (Columbia 38-07164) 57 FASCINATED 53 15 FAT BOYSBUT 3 (Tin Pan tople/PolyGram 885 . Gibbs, E. Etectrik (Robinson, Wimbley, Morales Gibbs, G. Michael (G. Michael) COMPANY B (Atlantic 7-89294) y. , W GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS 30 Ish (Ish) Sainsbury) m 91 72 21 MOTLEY CRUE (Eleklra 7-69465) 58 I KNOW WHAT I LIKE 49 14 SERIOUS T. Werman (Lee, Sixx, Mars) HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS DONNA ALLEN (21/Atoo 7-99497) L. Pace (L. Pace, D. Allen, Blitz) 25 ENDLESS NIGHTS 25 13 (Chrysalis VS4 431 08] Huey Lewis And TheT News (C. Hayes, H. Lewis) 73 16 EDDIE MONEY (Colurrbia 38-07035) 92 LA ISLA BONITA Bros. 7-28425) R. Zito, E. Money (J. Cesario, M. Collyer, 59 JAMMIN’ ME 54 11 MADONNA (Sire/Warner S. Mullen) TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS Madonna, P. Leonard (Madonna, CROSS MY BROKEN HEART 33 (MCA 53065) P. Leonard, B. Gaitsch) m T. Petty, M. Campbellbell (T(T. Petty, 84 THE JETS (MCA 53123) 93 BOY BLUE M, Campbell, B. Dylan) (PortraiVEpic 37-07181) S. Bray, M. Verdick (S. Bray, T. Pierce) CYNDI LAUPER 60 (I JUST) DIED IN 58 18 C. Lauper.L. Petze (C. Lauper.S. B. Lunt.J. Bova) 27 LESSONS IN LOVE 19 14 YOUR ARMS CUTTING CREW (Virgin 7-99481) 92 LEVEL 42 (Polydor/PolyGram 883 956-7) 94 SHE DON’T LOOK BACK J. Jansen, T. Brown (N. Eede) W. Badarou, Level 42 (M. King, DAN FOGELBERG (Full Moon/Epic 34-07044) W. Badarou, R. Gould) 61 IF SHE WOULC.D HAVE BEEN 56 16 D. Fogelberg, R. Kunkel (D. Fogelberg) EH WOT S IT TO YA? 34 FAITHFUL. 95 TALK DiftTYTOME 68 17 ROBBIE NEVIL (Manhattan/EMI B 50075) CHICAGO (Full Moon/Warner Bros. 7-28424) POISON (Enigma/Capitol B 5686) Dali, DeVilie, A. Sadkin (R. Nevil, B. VVaish) D. Foster (S. Kipner, R. Goodrum) R. Browde (B. C.C. CAN’T 71 B. Michaels, R. Rockett) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE 38 WE TRY 14 JANET JACKSON (MM AM-2927) DAN HILL (DUET WITH VONDA SHEPPARD 96 DAY-IN DAY-OUT 79 M. Moir (M. Moir) [Columbia 38-07050) DAVID BOWIE (EMI America B-8380) D. Bowie, D. Richa/ds (D. Bowie) 30 SOUL CITY 31 11 H. Medress, J. (bapek (D. Hill, B. Hill) 97 IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND 85 PARTLAND BROTHERS (Manhattan/EMI B 50065) I WANT ACTION 69 E] 7-28334) V. Poncia (C. Partland, G.P. Partland) POISON (Enigma/Capitol B 44004) PRINCE (Paisley Park/Warner Bros. ED HEARTS ON FIRE 36 R. Browde (B Dali, C.C. DeVille) Prince (Prince) BRYAN ADAMS (A&M AM-2948) LIVING IN A BOX 80 98 THE FINER THINGS 88 22 El WINWOOD (Island/Warner Bros. 7-28498) B. Adams. B. Clearmountain (B. Adams, J. Vallance) LIVING IN A BOX (Chrysalis LIB 1) STEVE R.J. Burgess (Vere, Piggot) R. Titelman, S. Winwood (S. Winwood, 32 SWEET SIXTEEN 32 11 W. Jennings) BILLY (Chrysairs MARV^’S 74 IDOL VS4-431 14) PRAYER 99 ARE 90 12 K. Forsey (B. Idol) DANNY WILSON (Virgin 99465) WE ARE WHAT WE 7-99473) D. Bascombe (G. Clark) THE OTHER ONES (Virgin EE SEVEN WONDERS 39 4 C. Neil(The Other Ones) FLEETWOOD MAC (Warner Bros. 7-28317) 66 HEAT OF THE NIGHT 57 15 100 91 15 L. Buckingham, R. Dashut (S, Stewart, S. Nicks) BRYAN ADAMS {A&M AM 2921) SELA (Motown 1883 MF) B. Adams, B. Clearmountain (B. Adams, LIONEL RICHIE ONE FOR THE MOCKINGBIRD 37 5 Richie, J. A. Carmichael (L. Richie, ED J. Vallance) L. CUTTING CREW (Virgin 7-99464) G. Phillinganes) T. Brown. Cutting Crew (N. Eede) m THAT’S FREEDOM 76 TOM KIMMEL (Mercury 888 571-7) B. Szymczyk (T. Kimmel, J.A. Chapman) 'EWS EMI Execs Axed

Sweeping Layoffs In Wake Of Merger By Stephen Padgett

LOS ANGELES-Executive level Some, including vice president crea- layoffs and general uncertainty fol- tive services/merchandising Frcnchy lowed last week’s armouncement by Gauthier and vice president business af- Capitol Indus Cries -EMI vice chairman fairs Mark Berger, were offered six- Joe Smith that EMI America would be month interim positions, their ultimate merged into Manhattan Records and fate to be determined later. moved from the west coast to New Ken Benson and John High, both York. album promotion men, were offered In addition to president Jim Mazza’s and accepted positions in the new com- armounced resignation. Cash Box has pany’s New York headquarters. learned that Colin Stewart, vice presi- Caroline Prutzman, manager nation- E EDDY IS BACKI-Duane Eddy is back with a debut Capitol album. The self- dent of marketing and sales, Tony al press/artist relations, and John Guar- since the debut album, due June 23, will be Eddy’s first U.S. album release Smith, director national album promo- nieri, director A&R have interim posi- Pictured (l-r) congratulating Eddy at his recent Capitol listening party are: Ron tion, Neil Portnow vice president A&R tions as well. Capitol’s vice president, marketing; John Fogerty; David Berman, presi- , and David Budge, director national Just what is in store for EMI of Capitol Industries; Eddy; and Kevin Breen, Capitol’s director of business af- press/artist relations, among many America’s nearly 50 west coast Irs. others, received their pink shps two employees is still to be determined. weeks ago. The sixth floor of Capitol’s famed XTC’s Partridge On The Smith conducted one-on-one meet- Hollywood tower was cleared out the ings with EMI America staffers after same week the merger was announced. “Dear God” Furor Thursday, June 18’s general meeting in Speculation about that space’s new use which the plarmed merger was un- includes the relocation of the Screen ByPaulIorio veiled. In these individual meetings Gems publishing unit from its present

feels he didn’t Smith discussed each person’s future office in the EMI America building to NEW YORK - God is not exactly If anything. Partridge with the company. Most of the west the tower. In addition, whatever kind of guy XTC’s Andy Partridge come across strong enough in the song. coast office was dissolved. Severance presence the new EMI America/Man- ould invite over for fish and chips, “It didn’t get over my opinions in as packages were delivered at this time. (continued hey wouldn’t get on. Partridge pointed a way as I wanted to get them on page 15) puld accuse Him of creating war, pes- over,” he says. Isnce, and the PMRC. God would Yet when Geffen Records released it Capitol Chief Blasts Rumors lame the devil. Partridge would as a single in the U.S. March 2d, some large buck-passing. A cup of mild people in the Bible belt thought he had temoon tea might fly. Smash. gone a bit too far. The song aired and Joe Smith Talks About Or perhaps Partridge would move to phones lit up with listeners who were, it not Two e stereo. “I’ve written a song for to put mildly, amused. Merger )u,’’ he’d say. On would come a riot radio stations, one in Florida and one received threats after By Stephen Padgett t called “Dear God’’ in which in Texas, bomb irtridge calls the Bible “junk,” asks playing the record. Other stations LOS ANGELES-Cas/i Box managing port staff of EMI America? “a big reduction in the amount of canned it after numerous hostile com- editor Stephen Padgett spoke at length Smith—A number of secretaries and ad- ” and says “you’re always letting plaints. When Partridge tried to ex- with vice chairman of Capitol In- ministrative people, we have had a humans down.” Earlier this year, plain himself recently in a Texas radio dustries-EMI Joe Smith about the hiring freeze here at the tower for song provoked bomb threats at interview, they even pulled the plug on recently armounced merger of the EMI about six weeks. So there are a number stations, and irate phone calls him (“All I said was XTC were bigger America and Manhattan labels. He of jobs available for which the Tull,” he quips.) Indeed, this hsteners demanding it be pulled, than spoke about the important issues of per- qualified people are getting the first to the telling what would happen over song came close redefining soimel, the future structure of the new shot. So we hope to relocate a number and chips. meaning of the term bullet. company, the fate of EMI America’s of those people either with Capitol station in Florida, a Over a cup of tea at Warner Bros., “At the radio building on Sunset Blvd. and other is- Records, or in distribution, or interna- who doesn’t tour, mince man phoned in and said if you don’t sues. He also addressed several of the tional or some other area here in the off the air I’m goima or speak to the press very often, take that record rumors that have been circulating in tower. the bomb the station and I mean it,” says about “Dear God,” now that the industry about the recent changes CB-How many employees have been ror subsided. (continued on page 47) has within his company. The interview fol- affected by the merger? lows: Smith-Well, the dust hasn’t settled Cash Box-Might Capitol Industries- (continued on page 15) EMI be opren to lawsuits from artists disgruntled by the merger?

Smith-No, not at all. These rosters remain in tact. There are just a couple of different people at the head of these

companies, that’s all. No, that’s not even a consideration. CB-Havc Ken Benson and John High taken new jobs in the New York com- pany?

Smith-I believe so. I know John High

has. I’m not sure about Ken, but 1 PARTNERS IN KRY.ME - Cttmeo's believe he’s being talked to about a job IT AGAIhl, CARiJi - PolyGram recently celebrated the release of Larry Blackmon wav recently produc- out here in California to be a west coast artist Carla Bley's new album “Sextet” by attending her opening at ing a record by Organized Kryme when album promotion. I’m not sure that’s s Fat Tuesday’s. Bley, who is third from left, is pictured with (I - r): Kathryn Keith Richards dropped by to appear locked in as yet, but I know John High ECM's dir publicity and promo; David Weyner, PolyGram Cla.ssics vp of on the upcoming Atlanta Ar- , of and marketing; Guenter llensler, pres ofPolyGram Classics; Lee Townsend, is going to New York. tists/ PolyGram album. Pictured (l-r) s dir of US ooerations; and ECM staffer Noel Gray. CB-What will bo the fate of the sup- are Blackmon and Richards.

Box July 4. 1987 5 EXECUTIVES ON THE MOVE Ertegun Passes WEA Inti m I Chair Torch To Lopez; Takes New Post At WCI Record Group

LOS ANGELES-Nesuhi Ertegun tion of Phonogram and Videogram will his post as ehairman of Producers, while continuing to produce resign Welzer in records, assist WEA International in ex- WEA International as of July 1 , and his place will be current WEA Interna- panding into new markets and work in tional vice chairman Ramon Lopez, the government relations. Ertegim will also company announced last week. be engaged in formulating a possible Welzer Named-Frank Welzer has been appointed to the position of vi In resigning his chairmanship, Er- new . president and general manager, CBS Discos, it was announced by Robert Sur tegun also signed a five-year contract The announcement was made in mer, president, CBS Records International. In this position, Welzer will 1 with Warner Communications Record Venice by WEA Litemational execu- responsible for all marketing, sales, promotion, and distribution of Lat Group to serve as an executive in tive vice president Robert Morgado, product in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. His most recent position was vice pres charge of special projects. speaking before a meeting of WEA In- dent, marketing, Latin American Operations. In addition, Ertegim will continue as ternational executives. A&M Canada Appoints Two-A&M Records of Canada has appoint^ Jean Pierre Guilbert to the post of vice president of promotion and Jam president of the International Federa- | Monaco to the newly created position of vice president of publicity. Guilbt joined A&M in 1974 and most recently held the position of director of nation Westwood One Names promotion. Monaco is an 11 -year A&M employee who has shared nation directorship since 1984. Minger Joins-Darryl Minger has joined Capitol Records as director, med Sharell and artist relations, black music, it was announced by Dorene Lauer, nation LOS ANGELES-Music and home director, media and artist relations. Minger comes to the label from his positit video industry veteran Jerry Sharell va- of associate director, press and public information, west coast, Columb cates his position as senior vice presi- Records. dent of marketing for MCA Home Polygram Promotion Changes-Polygram Records announces three cha in their staff. Coddington, representati Video this week to accept the newly ges promotion Don local promotion created position of executive vice presi- for the Carohnas, has been promoted to Seattle local promotion manager, ai dent of entertaiiunent marketing for Joe RiccitelH takes over the Carohnas position. Riccitelh had been collej Westwood One, Inc. promotion manager. Chris Lopes has been named to the vacated position Sharell’s new position, effective manager, college promotion. Evans Named-David Evans has been named to the newly created positii July 1, oversees all areas of talent, promotion and music marketing for the of director of strategic marketing for WEA Eiuope, it was announced I company. He will be based in Los An- Sigfried Loch, president, WEA Europe. Evans re-joins WEA Intemation geles, reporting to Westwood One after stints with Atari, Inc., and Apple Computer, Inc. chairman and CEO Norm Pattiz. Alligator Records Appointments-Bruce Iglauer, president of Alhgat following changes: will take “I think this is an opportunity that Records, announces the Blake Gumprecht ov would probably present itself to only a executive positions widi such major AOR promotion and advertising duties; Jay Whitehouse has been promoted handful of people,” Sharell told Cash reaird companies as A&M Records, national sales manager; Chris Young will assume head of retail promotion Box. ‘T feel fortunate the position was Elektra/Asylum Records and MCA Kerry Peace has assumed responsibilty of college/NPR/listener-support rad: offered to me.” Records. promotion director; and Nora KiimaUy will assume tasks of video promotic Prior to joining Universal City-based His departure from MCA is an director.* MCA Home Video in 1983 as its first amicable one, Sharell said. A replace- Passport Appointments-Passport Records president Marty Scott a senior vice president, Sharell held top ment will be announced shortly. nounced two appointments to his staff: Amy Fleischer has been appointed the position of East Coast regional marketing manager, and Mary Kaplan hi been appointed production manager. Fleischer comes from Capitol Recon Drosins Named At PolyGram and Kaplan from A&M Records. Also, at JEM Records Distribution, Brut Gallanter has been added to the East Coast sales staff. LOS ANGELES—Patricia Drosins Grossman Named-Bemie Grossman has been named national marketir has been named senior director, adver- manager for the Welk Record Group, it was aimounced by Kent Crawford, vk tising and creative services, PolyGram president and director of sales and marketing. Grossman was formerly direcU Records, according to Harry Anger, of sales and marketing for Zebra Records for two years. senior vice president of marketing. Hunter Appointed-Tom Hunter has been appointed vice president, mus

Drosins replaces Bill Levy, who is serv- programming for MTV, it was announced by Lee Masters, senior vice pres ing as a consultant to PolyGram while dent and general manager, MTV and VH-1. Hunter was previously progra pursuing other business opportunities. director at KBPI-FM in Denver. In his new position, he will be responsible ft A veteran at PolyGram for 12 years, the scheduling of music and on-air promos, and the interpretation of music r Drosins most recently served as direc- search. tor of advertising. She will retain those Warren Promoted-James C. Warren has been promoted to the position ( resp)onsibilities in her new piosition vice president/information and logistics at Agfa-Gevaert, Inc. He will report while overseeing all creative and ad- Joseph C. Verbraeken, senior vice president/finanee and administration, and i| ministrative aspects of Creative Ser- this capacity, he will be responsible for supervising computer operations vices. systems development as well as distribution and operations functions for Additionally, according to Anger, company. Michael Bays has joined the company tive services and Libby Fried has been Sullivan Appointed-New England Digital Corporation announced the a] as director, creative services, Elena promoted to administi ator, creative ser- pointment of Franklin B . Sullivan to the newly created position of vice pres Petrone has been named manager, crea- vices. dent, marketing and sales. Reporting directly;^ to company president Bradley Naples, Sulhvan is responsible for development and implementation of a lonj term business plan. Dressel Joins-General Artists Management aimounced that Hermie Dress( CASH BOX has joined the firm in the musie division. For seventeen years, Dressel acted £ ANYTHING ELSE personal manager for Woody Herman and his orchestra. ISA COMPROMISE

Cash Box July 4,1 NEWS

Marshall Crenshaw and i Casually Brilliant Careei Paul lorio

(75 NEW YORK - “It is my best album definitely, as far as I’m concerned,” says Marshall Crenshaw of his new LP, “Mary Jean and Nine Others” (Warner Bros.). “A lot of people have already told me they think this is his best album,” says Graham Maby, the bassist in Cren- shaw’s band. HADOWFAXINGShadowfax, newly signed to Capitol Records, are shown Certainly some will prefer the fing congratulated by label executives backstage after their recent performance runaway inspiration of his first album the Universal Amphitheater. The group's debut album on the Capitol label is or the sneak attack of “Field Day.” heduledfor an early fall release. Pictured after the show are ( l-r): Tom Whalley, But on “Mary Jean,” which more MARSHALL CRENSHA W apitol’s vice president, A&R; Phil Maggini, Stuart Nevitt, and Charles Bisharat closely resembles last year’s ' ax; Jean Riggins, artist product development director; Shadowf Capitol's and “Downtown,” Crenshaw refines the “Every time I’ve made an album id David Lewis, G£. Stinson, and Chuck Greenberg of Shadowfax. Kneeling is deceptive musical simplicity that has I’ve changed producers,” he says. on Zimmerman, president ofCapitol Records. become his trademark. “One of the things that entails is that Crenshaw’s songs theoretically have you have to kind of like work out your King Oliver In Digital everything radio should want from a relationship with the person while hit record: memorable melodies, sonic you’re making the record and that can clarity, a great beat, instant acces- be kind of stressful and time consum-

Stereo? Yep! sibility, and familiarity. But for some ing. And I was able to avoid aU that by By Lee Jeske reason, Crenshaw has never had the working with Don because he was my hit the industry has been friend already and we already worked NEW YORK-On June 22, 1923-m and so on. So I was trying to obtain the major that I the lie days when records were made impression, using electronic devices, of predicting for him. “I don’t think together a lot in studio.. ..He was a ’ ’ lirectly onto wax cylinders-King more of the idea of what the perfor- should worry about it very much be- pretty obvious choice. )liver took his Jazz Band, including mance would have been like, as op- cause I’ve been in the record business Maby, who used to play in Joe Jack- for five years and I still have a great son’s band, says that Dixon “definitely .. oung Louis Armstrong, into a posed to what the record actually confidence and instills a feeling well Chicago recording studio and waxed sounds like. It’s a fine distinction.” deal of enthusiasm and of being and con- 1 positive outlook,” says Cren- fidence,” and is quite inventive in the literally) “Sweet Lovin’ Man.” It’s not a fine distinction to the ears. a general I shaw. not going to indulge in studio as well. ome 60 years later, Robert Parker, an The three initial CDs available from “I’m I that sort thing, worrying about oh Australian sound engineer, took Mobile Fidelity are compilations of of “The funny thing about (‘Steel I ‘‘Sweet Lovin’ Man”-along with a early jazz, broken down into “New Or- this song should’ve been on the radio.” Strings’) was there was a harmony line I romanticize the that was needed for the lead vocal '/hole mess of other early jazz record- leans,” “Chicago” and “New York.” Crenshaw doesn’t on I past like those who think there was bet- the choruses and the only person who 1 igs-and turned it into a wide, clear Such legends as Jelly Roll Morton, ter radio in the ‘60’s than could really it was himself. igital stereo track. King Oliver? Digi- Earl Hines, McKinney’s Cotton Pick- stuff on the do Dixon there is today. “I think there was a lot a set at the d stereo? Something gives here, no? ers, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith So he had mike up mixing of schlock back (in the ‘60’s) too,” he board, which was pretty funny,” says Jo. Robert Parker has performed and Ma Rainey are here, as are a num- says. I that there “He’s sitting there doing his iiagic—first on radio for the Australian ber of obscurer artists, but the end “And remember Maby. would like five or six songs that I job and singing at the same time. I [roadcasting Company, then on album result is the breathe. be I same. The songs really liked and then you’d have to sit don’t know if that’s the first time )r the same company. England’s They have width and depth. To A-B ” through a lot of stuff that wasn’t so hot anybody ’ s ever done that. BC picked up both the radio series them to the LP versions of the same to kind wait for your song. For Crenshaw’s cover of Peter Case’s ad the albums. And now, fmally, the songs is to be amazed. The LP trans- of the ardbirds or “Steel Strings” is one of the album’s rst “Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo” fers sound flat and one-dimensional. every record by Y have to hear highlights. “We had to come back and Ds are widely available stateside- Parker’s transfers sound alive. They whatever you’d maybe Petula Clark or some- do ‘Steel Strings,’” says Maby. “Be- lanks to the distribution effort of bear no relationship to the “electroni- Ronnie Dove or cause that one was done live in the lobile Fidelity Sound Labs, who have cally rechannelled” mono-to-stereo thing like that.” Jean Nine Others” has studio with Mitch Easter.. ..We really list begun issuing the BBC Records transfers of the early years of stereo. “Mary And j as much commercial potential as any- had to learn it that day while we were . Ds. “What I’ve done, first of all, is sear- thing he’s done before, and stand-out in the studio so we played it over and i “I somehow felt when LPs were in- ched for good copies of the 78 “This Is Easy” and over. And when we finished the song oduced,” says Robert Parker, who records,” says Parker. “I have to find tracks include Love (At Crying we wouldn’t even stop, we’d just go lys he “started out as a record collec- copies that haven’t been needle- “Calling Out For was co-written with the ir,” “that the sound we were getting damaged to the point where they’re Time),” which (continued on page 47) album’s producer, Don Dixon. Dixon, 1 LP transfers from 78s wasn’t half as just full of distortion. And then I use who has produced records by R.E.M., )od as the sound on the 78s. So I just electronic devices to minimize the sur- Smithereens, Marti Jones, and ;pt working away on various different face noise and not reproduce the clicks, The others, has a reputation for bringing out chniques of my own, experimenting but reproduce the music. You try to ac- artists, his playful, low- ith different ways of treating 78 rpm complish that without interfering with the best in and key style was more than compatible cords. One of the things I was trying the frequency response of the record at with Crenshaw’s way of working. I do, for my own amusement, was to all, or as little as possible. Then I use “I really liked the atmosphere at all y and get the best sense of what the whole banks of equalizers and lots of just very low-key, ' riginal recording sounded like. The techniques that I’ve devised myself to of his sessions: loose, friendly type environ- cord made is a messenger that’s car- try and smooth out the frequency kind of |[ information about something that ment,” Crenshaw says. ing response to give back a much wider - Crenshaw and his brother Robert, LET FREEDOM TOWER .\mnesty I itually happened 50 or 60 years ago range, more akin to a hi-fi recording, Interruitioruil recently announced lluU the band’s drummer, got to know a place. And the actual result, on the that’s just ear. and done patiently by an effort between the organization and Dixon when they played on Marti ono 78 rpm recording, bears very lit- “The stereo is another electronic Tower Records resulted in the release Jones’ “Match Game” album, which j relationship, in fact, to the actual device. All stereo that you listen to is a of a political prisorutr, Huang Huti of Dixon also produced. “1 guess that’s ^ent, because of the technical limita- trick, it’s an electronic Crick. You’re Taiwan. Pictured (l-r) are: Kenny 1 got the idea that 1 should 3ns of the process. It was mono, very not listening to the instruments spread when really Altman, mgr of Tower Records store in an album with Dixon,” says Greenwich Village; Lisa Goren. mgr mited frequency, it was being played across the stage in a modem stereo make Crenshaw. that ume 1 had known of the Tower tape department; and ick on a medium with high back- recording, you’re listening to tlie “By John G. Healey, exec dir of .Amnestv ound noise, dymanics were crushed him for about a year, and 1 knew we (continued on page 47) hu'lUSA. were buddies.” n\ish Box July 4, 1987 7 ALBUM RELEASES OUT OF THE BOX\ OUT OF THE BOX\ STARSHIP-No Protection-RCA SIMPLE MINDS LIVE-In The Citj 6413-Producers: Peter Wolf-Keith Of Light-A&M SP 68S(l-Producer: Olsen-Narada Michael Walden-List: Bruce Lampcov-List: -Bar Coded 9.98-Bar Coded Simple Mind’s highly successfuli In between LPs, Starship scored a SIVPU world tour of 1986 is captured live on Number One hit with “Nothing’s this two-record set. In addition to con- M^DS nr taining live versions of the bright mo- Gonna Stop Us Now.” The first single LIVE from this LP is cutting a fast path on ments of their last three studio LPs, the the current singles ehart. “No Protec- deluxe package includes a full-color tion” is an LP that further underscores booklet and an attractive embossed the band’s pop instincts. Clean, well-ar- cover. It was their third album to debut ranged productions have sparkle and at Number One in Britain.

shine. Watch for the band to have its hit to date. biggest fh OUT OF THE BOX NEWAND DEVELOPING SAMMY HAGAR-Geffen GHS THE FABULOUS 24144-Producers: Sammy Hagar-Ed- BIRDS-Hot Number-CBS ward 'Van Halen On his latest Geffen LP, Hagar com- Edmunds-NoList-Bar Coded bines an uncompromising rock crunch The pairing of producers Edmunds] with, in many cases, songs of real sub- and the Fabulous Thunderbirds struck lind stance like the first single, “Give To gold last time out. Together again, the Live,” and “Returning Home,” blues-based butt rockers are back with “When The Hammer Falls” and another set of rootsy and soulful shuf- “Eagles Fly.” Hagar covers all guitar fle rock numbers and blues ballads. fm! ehores in spite of his rocker pal Eddie Watch for instant retail action. 'av( Van Halen ’s assistance as producer.

I IS SI OUT OF THE BOX NEWAND DEVELOPING

. )I ^t )t •?sT> IN VITRO-Manhattan ST 53052- JESSE COLIN YOUNG-The High Producer: Davitt Sigerson-List: way Is For Heroes-Cypress 661 115-1 8.98-Bar Coded Producer: Jesse Colin Young-Lisd^E

“In Vitro” is the stunning debut by 8.98-Bar Coded >ri a duo of the same name from L.A. It Young’s early seventies band Thi Foi features the stark, revealing, often pain- Youngbloods scored hits with “Dark|eir: ful songs of Shandra Beri and Peter ness. Darkness” and “Get Together.’ Isas

Snell. Beri’s voice is something like a His first LP in several years is a weLG. to his Joan Armatrading/Aimee Mann com- come end Warns. Soulful, acousi jnj

posite, but reaUy hke neither. These tically-based songs continue thiJi songs are disarmingly simple and carry Cypress philosophy of offering intel a punch to the solar plexus upon reflec- ligent, credible musie with an adult apjjjj^ peal. tion. LE FEATURE PICKS iivin MARIANNE FAITHFUL-Strange Weather-Island 90613-Producer: Hal MOONLIGHTING-The Television Soundtrack Album-MCA 6214 The Willner-List: 8.98-Bar Coded Producers: Various-List: 9.98-Bar Coded 'dai Apart from a cameo vocal on the Trouble In Mind soundtrack. Faithful has been MCA should be able to convert massive interest in the hit tv show into meg ilON quiet for some time. She breaks the silence with this wWskey-drenched collection sales with this collection of songs from the series. It includes cuts from sta of interpretive vocals. Some 30s songs stand up to new songs by Tom Waits and Shepherd and Willis in addition to A1 Jarreau’s theme, among other interestir]pve Mac Rebennack and a stunning, remorseful remake of her hit, “As Tears Go By. items. ach. MARILLION-Clutching At Straws-Capltol ST-12539-Producer: Chris Kim- DIONNE WARWICK-Reservations For Two-Arista AS-8446-Producer As sey-List: 8.98-Bar Coded Various-List: 8.98-Bar Coded lime Again sharpening their early Genesis/Peter Gabriel focus, Marillion’s latest is Warwick’s career is in the limehght now with her recent “That’s What Frienj another excursion through progressive forests For’ ’ success. This pairs the distinctive voice rock replete with robust arrange- Are warm new LP of Warwick wit i ments and flowery poetics. among others, Jeffrey Osborne and Smokey Robinson.

j DUANE EDDY-Capitol ST-12567-Producers: Various-List: 8.98-Bar Coded TIREZ TIREZ-Social Responsibility-Primitive Man IRS-42016-Producerl legendary The guitarist’s career was revived last year when Art Of Noise used Mike! Rouse-Julie Baer-List: 8.98-Bar Coded | ‘ him in their Grammy Wiiming Wt ‘Peter Gunn.” His new Capitol LP features the PMRC’s third release is the first domestic LP by longtime underground fa^j^^y talents of a long hst of musical luminaries, including Paul McCartney, George Har- Tirez Tirez. A unique synth-based outfit destined for solid appeal in altematij rison, John Fogerty, Ry Cooder, Steve Cropper and others. circles.

ALISHA-Nightwalkln’-RCA 6248-Producer: Mark S. Berry-List: 8.98-Bar WHITE LION-Pride-Atlantic 81768-Producer: Michael Wagener-List: 8.9l] Coded Bar Coded

Her track record as an indie dance floor sensation landed her a major label deal. This could be that next melodic metal band to make a big commercial splasf^^ ^ Her RCA debut is a bubbling set of intense dance rhythms. Elements of flash and image augment this quartet’s ambitious metallic musicalilt'''^ TROUBLE -Trouble Over Here-Island 90608-Producers: Various- Sterling production and arrangements. j^Sl List: 8.98-Bar Coded THE SILENCERS-A Letter From St. Paul-RCA 6442-Producer: Dave

Trouble Funk’s latest is a foot-pounding, funky tour de force. This is the one combe-List: 8.98-Bar Coded SES likely to push them over the top. Hot from start to finish. British group’s RCA debut is a glistening pop treat which leads off with t£pf

tasty “Painted Moon.” Chiming guitars and pulsing, undulating rhythms suppcIj'Zy Jimme O’Neill’s fragile vocals and reflective lyrics. ^

8 Cash Box July 4, 1 9;L SINGLE RELEASES OUT OF THE BOX

[ADONNA (Sire 7-28341) TWISTED SISTER f A:; r'ho’s That Girl (3:58) (WB-Blue 89215) isque—Webo Girl adm by WB/- Hot Love (3:45) (Snidest/ASCA P) TO, SCAP-Johimy Yuma/BMI) (Madon- Snider) (Producer Beau Hill) i-Patrick Leonard) (Producers: Mad- The drums sound like they were ma-Patrick Leonard) recorded in an airplane hanger and Madonna’s international stardom there’s enough guitar brawn here to

ill skyrocket to ever greater heights strong arm even the toughest ears. All ith this classy cut that features some of the sonic boom, though, is in the ser- panish language segments. The title vice of a truly engaging pop song. jplies as well to her just-laimched Move over Bon Jovi and Motley Crue, lur and an upcoming film, from which the snidest rockers aroimd have the is song is lifted. A sure-fire hit, one sweet smell of success driving them on 'her most compelling musical efforts. with this one.

I OUT OF THE BOX OUTOFTHEBOXl OY GEORGE (Virgin 7-99445) THE GREGG ALLMAN BAND Mverything I Own (3:48) (Screen ^GEORGE (Epic 34-07215) ems-EMI/BMI) (Gates) (Producer: I Can’t Keep Running (4:03) (April-Is ewart Levine) Hot-Rare Blue-Miserable Melodies/- His drug problems apparently be- ASCAP) (M. Bolton-M. Briley) (Pro- nd him, the warming voice of Boy V ducer: Rodney Mills) m 0 eorge intones the Bread song with Southern rocker is definitely on the $ bh intimacy, given new poignancy in comeback trail. His CHR/AOR hit, 'ht of his recent past. Already an in- “I’m No Angel,’’ proved he still had mational hit and likely to make mass appeal. This gritty, melodic aves here. Boy George, sans Culture pop/rock cut will find a solid response iub, is looking for a strong laimch for © among his old fans and new listeners as s solo career. well. FEATURE PICKS

s|i E CULT (Sire 7-28290) JOHN WHITE (Geffen 7-28332) P Devil (2:47) (Chappell/ASCAP) (Astbury-Duffy) (Producer: Rick Rubin) (Can’t) Get You Out Of My System (4:00) (Bus’n Bumin’-Vinewood/ASCAP)

Til Tormer undergrounders have been rising to the ranks of mainstream rockers on (R. Song) (Producer: Rahni Song) rkliiir recent “Electric” LP. This grinding, metallic ass-kicker evidences influen- Geffen continues to enter the Urban Contemporary marketplace. Their latest

s as disparate as Led Zeppelin, Caimed Heat and the blues. light is this 22-year old with a powerful, deep voice beyond his years, captured in SG. DAILY (Chrysalis VS4 43152) this dreamy, sensual ballad. iisiiind Over Matter (4:21) (Ensign/BMI-Famous-Cavesson/ASCAP) (M. Jay-R. LEVERT(Atlantic 7-89217) 'll lombi) (Producers: Stock-Aitken-Waterman) Casanova (3:59) (Calloco-Hip Trip/BMI) (Reggie Calloway) (Producer: Reggie Chrysalis borrows A&M’s sexy Daily for this heated dance groove from the Calloway) m Summer School starring Mark Harmon. Levert’s sensational BC debut last year makes this a welcome single. Smooth, ILEY JASPER ISLEY (CBS Associated ZS4 07254) but funky, Levert specializes in melodically appealing, rhythmic songs like this. vin’ You Back The Love (5:26) (IJI adm by WB/ASCAP) (E. Isley-C. Jasper- PSYCHEDELIC FURS (Columbia 38-07224)

I. Isley) (Producers: Ernie Isley -Chris Jasper-Marvin Isley) Shock (3:18) (Blackwood/BMI) (R. Butler-J. Ashton-T. Butler) (Producer Chris jj.The smooth and creamy sound Isley Jasper Isley hit Top 20 BC paydirt with Kimsey) T^th Wonder Of The World.” This Marvin Gaye-like tune has a jazzy rhythmic Psychedelic Furs are enjoying their greatest commercial success with their

j1 and cool, sophisticated melody. “Midnight To Midnight” LP. They have a rocking groove here that supports ONNE WARWICK & JEFFREY OSBORNE (Arista ASl-9567) Richard Butlers grainy, expressive vocals. live Power (4:09) (New Hidden Valley/ASCAP-Carole Bayer Sager/BMI) CHRIS DE BURGH (A&M 2942) lacharach-Bayer Sager) (Producers: Burt Bacharach-Carole Bayer Sager) Fatal Hesitation (4:16) (Almo/ASCAP) (Chris De Burgh) (Producer: Paul Har- A smokey-but-smooth and soulful ballad featuring a dynamite duet with Os- diman) :erl 'rme on the Bacharach/Bayer Sager time. International pop sensation follows his Top Five “Lady In Red” with this pret- ty, melodic ballad. Should be another runaway success.

RECORDS TO WATCH lANCE DANCE (Epic 34-07160) DORIAN (Total Experience 2704-7-TP) iver Of Love (3:45) (SBK Scandinavia adm by April/ASCAP) (B. Marlene) Madness (3:56) (Plum Madness-TEMP/BMI) (J. Hamilton-R. Adams-L. Sim-

l oducer: Trance Dance) mons) (Producers: Lonnie Simmons-Jimmy Hamilton-Rudy Taylor) 'TMPLES (Columbia 38-07188) G ABRIELLA(Total Experience 2706-7-T) iJII It Like It Is (4:38) (Conrad adm by Arc-Ol Rapp/BMI) (L. Diamond-G. Bottom Line (4:00) (Plum Madness—TEMP/BMI) (J. Hamilton-R. Adams-L. Sim- vis) (Producers: Dimples-Belinda Wilson) mons) (Producers: Lonnie Simmons-Jimmy Hamilton-Rudy Taylor) iYSTIC’SKREWE (J & J 102) MINI CURRY (Total Experience 2707-7-T)

I Wanna Know (3:58) (J & J/BMI) (Larry Hancock) (Producer: Mike Jones) I Think I’m Over You (4:19) (Digital Soul-Montcquc/BMl) (Mini Curry- HE SUPERIORS (Motown 1895MF) Michael J. Powell-Vcmon Fails) (Producer: Michael J. Powell) By Step (3:40) (Maurice Starr/ASC AP) (M. Starr) (Producer: Maurice Starr) (Solar PB -70007) ], ||fp iZYGY (Fraternity F-3515) Can-U-Dance (4:10) (Hip Trip-Hip Chic/BMl) (C. Grccn-D. Mitchcll-L.A.) shetabo (2:59) (Octimes/ASCAP) (C. Fomey-S. Safley) (Producer: Syzygy) (Producers: L.A.-Babyfacc)

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ACKSON TOUR-The initial Pilots, written by Pamela Adams, dates for the forthcoming Angela Rubin and Shelly Speck. Michael Jackson tour, which The homemade single is a benefit for kicks off in Japan, are slated to Love Shy (Love & Shelter Homeless be announced this week at a Youth), a group organized to aid press conference in Tokyo. Manager L.A.’s thousands of homeless Frank Dileo called the conference, youngsters. slated for Tuesday, June 30, in the NAME GAME-Geffen’s recent Ho-Oh room of Tokyo’s New Otani blues rock signing Rock City Angels Hotel and Towers. As for recorded has decided to change its name, and product from the guy who wants the will henceforth be referred to as Elephant Man’s bones. Epic Records Delta City Rebels. According to the remains mute, though the word on the label, the name change came after a street says late-July for a single, trademark search found that several August for the album. bands had names that were “too VERLAINE AND I.R.S.-I.R.S close for comfort.” The five-piece Records has signed Tom Verlaine to act, signed in L.A. by Geffen a&r a multi-record U.S. deal, while also folk Tom Zutaut and Teresa En- picking up the veteran new music senat, have an album due early next recording artist’s current “Flash year. Light’’ LP for U.S. distribution. Ver- WALKOUT WITH JANE- laine, for those of you whose Actress/fimess goddess Jane Fonda, memories don’t stretch as far back as whose Workout videocassettes are the ’70’s, founded Television, one of mega-sellers, is sure to pile some the Big Apple’s more inventive acts more marbles into the Workout cof- of the “New Wave’’ era. He’s long fers with the July release of “Jane since established his solo footing, Fonda’s Walkout,” a double audio though. (“Flash Light’’ is his fifth cassette music and narration package solo LP). from Warner Bros. Records in- tended for walker’s Walkmans. The tapes include 60 selections of library standards, produced by Fonda with Julie LaFond, and adapted by Joey Carbone The all-instrumental line- up, interrupted from time to time with words of encouragement from Fonda, includes such merry little ditties as “We finally found a name “When The Saints Go Marching In,”and “When Johimy Comes Mar- ching Home.” Certain to be another that none of us liked so hot seller for the Pied Piper of excer- cise. we decided for the sake

K.D. LANG—Sire’s ‘Prairie Prin- cess’ was back in LA. recently for a of unanimity we’d choose Showtime taping at the Palomino. K.D. AT THE PALOMINO-Sire’s that one” - k.d. lang, the country kid from Canada with Janis Joplin’s passion and a voice like Patsy Cline’s, brought her farmboy wing Out Sister’s debut album, “It’s Better To Travel” band The SORRY, GUYS-lMrry Bird of the Reclines to the Palomino last week Boston Celtics recently stopped by to (PolyGram) is dance music of the melodic, somewhat ex- for a Showtime taping (Coast to visit with fan Huey Lewis following perimental variety. , whose vocal style Is Coast, to debut in August). The club Lewis and the News’ recent show at somewhat similar to Tracy Thorne’s of Everything But The was packed to the point of Fire Mar- the Pacific Amphitheatre, prior to conjures twilight moods and after-hours ambience on such shall interest, and camera crews from Bird’s defeat at the hands of LA’s Lakers. Ken Ehrlich Productions made the S songs as “After Hours” and “,” while Martin -|ck limited up-front sightlines almost as IN PARTING~Roger Waters’ son and Andy Connell come up with instrumental tracks laced with ava tenuous as those from the rear the “Radio K.A.O.S.” tour comes to of gardisms. far-reaching venue, but lang’s drop- L.A. September 20 for a show at the Jackson, who used to play with Magazine, and Connell, formerly of dead vocals and her band’s energized Forum. Other west coast dates in- brand of western swing/rockabilly clude the San Diego Sports Arena Certain Ratio, formed in mid '84. “Originally there ws kept things charging enough to give September 23, Oakland Coliseum Martin and I and we just used to go in the studio together and fool aroul the sardines (uh ... audience) plenty September 26, Seattle’s Arena Sep- says Connell. “We were just fooling around with technology, we didn’t to cheer about. Obviously, lang and tember 28 ... Sean Penn’s sentencing know what we were doing. We did an instrumental album. It was a bit her band’s L.A. popularity has risen to two months in jail last week is avant garde - sampled voices. Then we got a bit bored and decided v\ drastically since their showcase in begirming to make his marriage to April at the Roxy, which had a fairly Madonna, currently laimching her needed a singer.” solid turnout (mostly biz types), but “Whose That Girl” tour in Japan, served primarily as a curiosity look like a scene out of A Star Is quencher, lang’s new single, “Diet of Born, knowhutimean, Vem? ... The Strange Places,’’ is a moody country axe feU heavily at the EMI America ballad (slightly tongue-in-cheek for Sunset Blvd. digs last week following its incessant digestive references) the announced merge with Manhat- which does more to show off the tan. One of the pink slipped in the singer’s vocal nuances than her first sweep was industry vet David Sire single, “Rose Garden,” a Budge, EMI America’s director of remake of the Joe South chesmut. press and artist relations. Reach him HELPING THE HOMELESS- at (213) 856-4231 with job ops! “Let Our Hearts Be Home” is a new Gregory Dobrin single featuring (and produced by) L. A. bands Sydney, Speck and Lost EAST COASTINGS UP] BANGLES have been reports, h( touring on-and-off behind play the Ritz

“Different Light” (Colum- month. So far . for one niglit in T bia) since its release in late Theatre July 23d - w ‘85, which is a long time - Cat opening), thoug. but who’s complaining? The band shows may be added. I j gets better each time out and the the Metro in Boston with S- album still retains its charm. As part 22, and dates on Long Island of a six-week swing, they played Pier Asbury Park, N.J Heard you 84 (June 18), kicking off the summer missed ’em, well they’re back: The concert series there with the band’s Monkees, or at least three of them, best N.Y. show to date. They had an are on the road again, and N.Y. -area edge and ease and accumulated dates include: momentum that recalled live shows by R.E.M. in ’84 and the Cars in ’80. Last year at the Pier, opening for Mr. Mister, the Bangles’ vocal interplay was merely dazzling and the beat merely driving; this year the interac- 20 tion was almost telepathic and the groove amazing. Some say they’re GANG OF FOUR — This gang of just well-practiced and slick, but even Bangles made some noise at Pier 84 so, that’s no sin given the type of pop- June 18, kicking ojf the venue's sum- rock they play. When this tour ends mer concert series. They start July 11, they’ll start recording their recording their new album in mid- July. next album - and at the Pier they previewed a few new ones. Standout: Jones Beach on Long Island August the melodic “Set You Free.’’ But 19 and Pier 84 in N.Y. August

somehow, four singles deep, I’m still The Cure, touring behind its

The singer they found was "Well I think with the whole term not tired of “Different Light,” and “Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me” Drewery, who had been with the 'dance music’ sometimes it’s just judging from crowd response to this (Elektra) album, also comes east in British band Working Week; next got rhythm and nothing else,” she August, playing show, neither is anyone else. Toronto August 1, hey needed a name. "We spent a says. "Which is all well and good Philadelphia’s Spectrum August 6, ong time without a name because but it’s not really complete as a the Centrum in Worcester, Mass. TOURINGS — There are plenty of /ve didn’t think we were a group,” song. Good rhythms are important August 7, and NY’s Madison Square big tours this summer and here’s the ;ays Connell. had Garden August 10 "We about thirty but it’s an added bonus if you have lowdown on some of them. Tina Tom Kimmel 3r forty optens for Heart on several names, all of which one of some good melodies.” Turner’s 80-show extravaganza east coast js liked of dates, including shows in Providence, and two us didn’t like. The bandmembers tried for a starts August 10 at the Civic Center R.I. June 28; Detroit June 30 and July Ne finally found a name that none cinematic quality to the music, as in Portland, Me., and among the east 1; and Nashville July 3d.. ..Upcoming 3f us liked so we decided for the reflected in the album title "It’s Bet- coast dates are: Jones Beach on Long area sake of N.Y. club shows include: The f unanimity we’d choose that ter To Travel” and a song called Island August 12 and 13; the Olym- Saints at Maxwells’ June 29; a )ne. But we’ve learned to live with “Theme From 'It’s Better To pic Center at Lake Placid, NY August Fourth of July show at the Bottom t now.” Travel.’” "The thing at the time we 15; NY’s Madison Square Garden Line with James Blood Ulmer; The trio already has a proven were recording the album was that August 24; Philadelphia’s Spectrum Nina Hagen at the Ritz July August and the 29; rack record in Britain where they’ve we had this sort of notion that we 25; Forum in Robyn Hitchcock at Maxwells’ July Montreal August 27. Turner will tour lad two top ten singles, with were interested in film theme 12 and 13; Lords Of The New Breakout” and "Surrender.” until Christmas with an eight-piece The music. A lot of tracks had that feel, Church at the Ritz July 3d; Mick band that features James Ralston on irst U.S. single is "Breakout,” per- and we wanted to do something Taylor at the Lone Star July 3 and 4. guitar and laps the album’s Jack Bruno on best track, and that would make it a bit more ob- - drums Roger Waters’ shows this BRIEFINGS The Cavedogs, a he new U.K. single is "Twilight vious,” says Connell. "It’s kind of summer will include some Pink power pxjp trio from Boston, have Vorld.” the key to the album really. It’s a Floyd material as well as tunes from been signed to Relativity Records. Drewery is responsible for the sort of theme from an imaginary his Their first album is expected in /rics and melody lines, Jackson film. You can imagine (the song) January. ...The Force M.D.’s new ioes the drum programming, and sort of opening a film.” album is called “Touch And Go” ionnell plays the rest of the music. The sound on the album is often (Tommy BoyAVamer Bros.), and the never completely come up with a grand and elaborate, and Connell first single is “Love Is A

ong until I’ve heard what Martin admits that it’ll be a challenge to House” Tom Verlaine, recently signed to I.R.S., is plarming to tour in nd Andy have done, when they reproduce the album in live perfor- support of the domestic release of his /ork on the instrumental side of mance when the band starts touring fifth solo album, “Flash Light” tings and come up with rough in- the U.S. “This time I think we got a INDIE TOPPERS - Scruffy The Dates TBA....Thc soundtrack album trumentals,” she says. "I try to be bit carried away in the studio and I Cat's “Tiny Days" (Relativity) cur- for the upcoming midnight-movie, “I s abstract as possible so in a way don’t know how we’re going to rently tops the independent label Was A Teenage Zombie," sounds le vocals can be more of an instru- reproduce it. We’re going to have charts. Not only that but they have the honor opening The hot. The Enigma/Capitol record lent.” to hire in a lot of brass players and of for Replacements July 23 at NY's comes out in early August, and some Swing Out Sister goes beyond go for the big sound.” Deacon Theatre. of the songs are: The Fleshtone.s’ “I andard dance music in that the Paul lorio Was A Teenage Zx)mbie,’’ The new “Radio K.A.O.S.” (Columbia) lelody is as important as the beat. Smithereen.s’ “Time and Time album. Waters also comes east in Again,” The Del Fuegos’ “Have August with the following dates: You Forgotten,” Los Lobos’ “Why Providence, R.I.’s Civic Center Do You Do." Alex Chilton’s August 14; Great Woods Center For “Stuff," The Violent Femmes’ The Performing Arts in Mansfield, “Good Feeling," The Dream Syndi- Mass. August 22; the Spectrum in cate’s “Halloween,” The dB’s Philadelphia August 24; NY’s “Neverland," The Ben \'aughn Madison Square Garden August 26; Combo’s “Vibrato In The Grotto,” the Omni in Atlanta September 2. and The Waitres.ses’ “1 Know What Waters’s band includes keybtiardist Boys Like.” The film, distributed by Paul Carrack....Thc Rolling Stones Horizon Releasing, was directed by may not be touring this year but you John Elias Slichalakias and can hear the next best thing when the prixiuccd by Richard Hirsh. Replacements hit the road this sum- mer. Contrary to widely published Paul lorio

Cash Box July 4, 1 987 11 ONJAZZ^^m The JVC/New York Jazz Festival Monday-A solo piano concert, at CASH BOX JAZZ ALBUMS Day-by-Day, Part One: the Recital Hall, with old Sun Ra, who dug into his roots for some Title, Artist, Label, Number, Distributor riday-The JVC/New York = mossy blues, heady stride piano, fril- ic Available on Compact Disc Jazz Festival started off this ly romanticism, thunderous avant = Platinum (BIAA Certified) year like it starts off every ^ crashes and all sorts of other things. = Gold (RIAA Certified) w, r year-with hot dogs at Gracie It was an expansive, let’s say F Mansion (that’s the official 21 Arkestral, performance. DUOTONESn 1 45 THE GOOD AND home of our scandal-ridden mayor). KENNY G.(Ari3ta AL8 8427) BADTIMESn 22 31 George Shearing then presided Nathan’s did not supply the wieners 2 A CHANGE OF HEARTn 2 23 THE CRUSADERS (MCA 5781) called this year, a big mistake. over a Town Hall concert DAVID SANBORN (Warner 22 LAST NITEn 16 22 Bros. 27479-1) LARRY CARLTON (MCA 5866) a Officially, things got under way (as “Musical ‘Amusements’ of Chef into three 3 NAJEE’S THEMEn 3 31 they always do) with the first of the George,” that was broken RIwonderland 27 9 NAJEE (ST 17241) ^^TANLEY TURRENTINE (Blue Weill sets: dixieland, piano duo and bebop. one-hour piano recitals at MICHAEL BRECKER 5 9 Note BT 85140) dixieland set was spirited and in- (formerly Carnegie) Recital Hall. The (MCA/Iinpulse5980) ^COLLABORATION DEBUT Marian McPartland had the lead- fectious, thanks to the fine players on GEORGE BENSON/EARL KLUGH (Warner Bros. FOUR CORNERS 6 6 25520) off spot and she played a pretty, hand (Kenny Davern, Warren THE YEtXOW JACKETS (MCA 5994) 25MOONLIGHTINGn 25 22 Vache, George Masso, Slam 6 florid hour that mixed a couple of SPONTANEOUS THE RIPPINGTONS (Passport PJ 88019) Stewart and Oliver Jackson) and the INVENTIONSn 4 45 rhythmic swingers into the balladic BOBBY McFERRIN 26TO BIRD WITH LOVE 26 7 brew. leader’s cheerful good humor. The (Blue Note BT-85110) EDDIE DANIELS (GRP GR 1034) Carnegie Hall, two hours later, was set of piano duets with Hank Jones 7 THE OTHER SIDEn 7 28 EdIGITALDUKE 29 2 DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA (GRP GR 1038) the site for some vocal muscle-flex- was musical, but not that successful OF ROUND MIDNIGHT FEATURING DEXTER GORDON (their styles didn’t really come EJcINEMAGIC 31 2 ing from Sarah Vaughan and Bobby (Blue Note BT 85135) DAVE GRUSIN (GRP GR 1037) together). The bebop set-with Dizzy McFerrin (separately, of course). La E JONATHAN BUTLER 11 4 RJROYAL GARDEN BLUESn 32 37 Vaughan sang a no-nonsense set of Gillespie, Jimmy Heath, Eddie (RCA7Iivel032-l-J) BRANFORD MARSALIS (Columbia FC 40363) ballads-the voice magnifique, Gomez and Jimmy Cobb-was some- 9 A NICE PLACE TO BEn 8 31 GEORGE HOWARD (MCA 5855) love debut perfec- thing of a mess. GOlespie’s chops EEforbidden naturalmente, the phrasing NANCY WILSON (Columbia FC 40787) were off, and Shearing ain’t a bebop IE light YEARS 13 5 Tt tion. McFerrin did his delightful solo THE CHICK COREA ELECTRIC BAND (GRPGR 31 NEW LIFE 33 3 Ui thing—a couple of haunting jazz stand- pianist. Heath, Gomez and Cobb, 1036) DAVID MURRAY OCTET (Black Sainl/PSI BSR 0100) d: ards, a couple of wordless improvised however, got some good hcks in. 11 ROUND MIDNIGHTn 10 38 VARIOUS ARTISTS 32 BRIGHT 34 3 explorations, and such items as “The Tuesday-Dick Hyman-that walk- MOMENTS (Columbia SC 4(>1W) MAX ROACH DOUBLE QUARTET (Soul Note/PSI ing repository of jazz piano styles- Beverly Hillbillies Theme’’ and his 12ROLESn 9 8 SN 1159) capsulized version of The Wizard of played an inspired hour of Irving JOE SAMPLE (MCA 5978) IgTHE STARTING FIVE DEBUT JIMMY McGRIFF (Milestone 9148) Oz. The audience, mostly Vaughan’s Berlin tunes (inspired, somewhat, by 13 DOUBLE VISIONn 12 57 BOB JAMES/DAVID SANBORN 34 POWER OF THREEn 19 20 crowd, was on its feet screaming. the death the previous day of Fred (Warner Bros. 25393) MICHELE PETRUCCIANI Astaire). The tunes were mostly Next year, they’ll buy tickets to see 14 CIVILIZATION 14 12 (Blue Note BJ 85133) McFerrin alone (which, in jazz terms, from the ’10s, ’20s and ’30s-eras that TONY WILLIAMS (Blue Note BT 85138) 35 J MOODn 28 42 are right in Hyman’s rag- WYNTON MARSALIS (Columbia is known as building an audience). 15 STANDARDS VOLUME #lQ 15 31 FC 40308) STANLEY JORDAN Miles Davis, the grand old time/stride/swing wheelhouse, and Then (Blue Note BT 85130) 36 IRRESISTIBLE 24 7 Avery the hour purred. man of fusion, shared an IEfreedom at 18 6 FORCES then the eagerly-awaited “Or- Fisher Hall bill with Kenny G, the And MIDNIGHT JACK DEJOHNETTE (MCA Impulse 5992) new superstar of fusion, and there nette In All Languages” program at DAVID BENOIT (GRP 1035) Town Hall that was, almost, worth 37GENERATION 37 9 were some surprises. First of all, 17BLUEMATTERn 17 18 KENNY BURREL AND THE JAZZ JOHN SCOFIELD (Gramavision 18-8702) Miles’ band was surprisingly tight the wait. The problem was that the GUITAR BAND (Blue Note BT 85137) LIVE 23 6 and funky-saxophonist Kenny Gar- concert was too short. The set with IE 380BSESSI0Nn 30 35 THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER BOB JAMES (Warner Bros. 1-25495) rett, guitarist Joe McCreary, and the “original Quartet” (which saw (Allantic 81723) 39 MYSTIQUE 39 7 Ed Blackwell, the real original drum- city 21 6 drummer Ricky Weldman are wel- IEkeys to the SPECIAL EFX (GRPGR 1033) mer, replacing Billy Higgins, who RAMSEY LEWIS (Cdumbia FC 40677) come new members, and the band 40 PHANTOM NAVIGATORn 38 21 20TUTUn 20 39 was more cohesive than any Davis replaced Blackwell shortly before the WAYNE SHORTER (Columbia MILES DAVIS FC 40373) unit since his comeback. However, band came to New York in ’59) was (Warner Bros. 9 25490-1) RM250 old Miles hardly played at all, and only 45 minutes long. It was brilliant surprises, when he did it was the tired “Human and, surprise of they not Nature’’ and “Time After Time” only played Ornette’s lovely new whipped “Lonely (after time, after time, after time...). music, but they JAZZ FEATURE PICKS The other surprise was Kenny G, ’Woman” and “The Sphinx” out of who’s got some serious soprano sax their memory banks. Ornette has IN ALL LANGUAGES-Ornette Greg Phillinganes and Marcus MiUer. chops, though his music ain’t meaty moved on to other things, of course, Coleman-Caravan of Dreams CDP Smooth as a gravy sandwich. but his collaboration with Don Cher- enough (maybe he should have 85008-Producer: Denardo Coleman THE COMPLETE JAGUAR SES- played with Miles’s band). ry, Charlie Haden and either Hig- The bumingest Ornette Coleman SIONS-Steve Lacy-Fresco Jazz FJ Saturday-Town Hall hosted a gins or Blackwell is too good not to album of them aU. A stunning 1-Producer: Frederick Cohen double bill of the World Saxophone continue, even sporadically. Quartet, which played, without ques- Prime Time, the other things, double-LP, single-CD of the fabled An important double-LP reissue of tion, the best set I’ve ever heard them played the first set of the concert and original Ornette Coleman Quartet the first recordings—“progressive Ornette seems to be coohng them play (and that’s saying a lot); and (Don Cherry, Billy Higgins, Charlie dixieland” recordings-of the great Branford Marsalis, who, with down-the set was filled with high- a Haden) doing a passel of new Ornette “poly-free” soprano saxophonist quartet including ex-Wyntonians flying funk rhythms and zipping tunes followed by—get this-Prime Steve Lacy. Waxed in ’54 imder trum- Kenny Kirkland and Jeff Watts, electric basses and guitars, but the played watered-down John music was subtler, less frenetic than Time turning in funkified, electrified peter Dick Sutton’s direction, Lacy, Coitraneisms that were boring at in recent years. Again, the set was versions of the same tunes. A bit of age 20, sounds remarkably like Lacy, best. too short-there’s nothing like listen- harmolodic bliss and, easily, the most age 53. ing to Prime Time smacking you in Sunday-A Carnegie Hall evening important jazz album yet this year. with the Modern Jazz Quartet is al- the ears for a couple of hours. The BLOWN AWAY - Elements-Pass- ways an enticement, and, during the closer was a combined Prime COLLABORATION-George Ben- port Jazz PJ 88029-Producers: second half of the show, it was clear Time/Quartet blow-out on “Theme - why: the MJQ is still one of the most From a Symphony” that was just as son/Earl Klugh Warner Bros. Mark Egan, Danny Gottlieb musical small bands in jazz, and they you’d imagine it-spewing rhythms 25580-Producer: Tommy LiPuma Minimalist new |ge/fusion from a like some kind of harmolodic vol- played a model set of blues and stand- A collaboration made in fusion bunch of guys-Mark Egan, Danny ards and John Lewis tunes. During cano. heaven — the popping Wes Mont- Gottlieb, Clifford Carter, Bill Evans the first half of the show, the MJQ Afterwards, at a post-concert party, gomeryish electric guitar of Mr. Ben- and Joe Caro—who know their stuff. was joined by the New York Cham- I complimented Ornette on the con- ‘ ber Symphony for the Lewis pieces cert and new album. ‘It was a good son and the slick, classical-tinged Egan and Gottlieb wrote the music, that sound so good on “Three Win- idea, wasn’t it?” he asked. acoustic guitar of Mr. Klugh, with the which is a soundtrack to a windsurf- dows” (Atlantic), but sounded so dull Lee Jeske help of such seasoned colleagues as ing movie. in the flesh. -I

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DFS'AS SAY YES-MCAlConstellation artists Klymaxx are presently on tour in support of their latest self-titled LP. Shown backstage at the Universal Am- phitheatre in Los Angeles are: Klymaxx’ s Fenderella; Micki Free of ; Maria Martinez, Cheryl Cooley, Lorena Shelby, Robbin Grider and Lynn Malsby ofKlymaxx; and Shalamar’ s Sidney Justin.

DEBUT-Striped Horse Records act DeBarge will make their TV series in an upcoming episode of Punky Brewster, and will also introduce a cut their new album, “Bad Boys’’ on the series. Also 'appearing in the segment, CELEBRATION TIME-Columbia recording act Surface is pictured celebrating “Reading, Writing, and Rock & Roll," is solo artist Chico DeBarge, another the chart success of their debut single “Happy." Shown (l-r) are: Nancy Wilson, of the hit recording family. Pictured (l-r): Randy, Bobby, Chico James, Philip Bailey, Lisa Lisa, Dave Conley and David Townsend of Surface, Herbie Marty Debarge with Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster). Hancock, Bernard Jackson ofSurface, and Paul Anthony ofFull Force. CASH BOX TOP BLACK CONTEMPORARY ALBUMS

Title, Artist. Label, Number, Distributor = Platinum (RIAA Certified) I B = Gold (RIAA Certified) W w L O L o W C W c injODYWATLEY 1 16 ^ SMOOTH BALIN’ 39 WATER UNDER 39 6 57 SOUL SURVIVOR 50 12 (MCA 5898) THE ISLEY BROTHERS (Warner Bros. THE BRIDGE AL GREEN (A&M SP 5150) 9 25586-1) 2 JUST LIKE THE FIRST* 2 35 (Columbia FC 49486) 58 BRING THE BEAT BACK 60 15 21 DON’T TIME DISTURB THIS 20 16 40 LIVING ALL ALONE 40 41 STEADY B (Jive/RCA 1020-J) FREDDIE JACKSON (Capitol ST 12495) GROOVE PHYLLIS HYMAN (Manhattan/EMI ^LOVERS 64 2 THE SYSTEM (Atlantic 81691 ONE HEARTBEAT 5 14 ST-53029) BABYFACE (Solar/Capitol ST 72552) 1 0 SMOKEY ROBINSON 22 2 LIVE CREW IS WHAT 21 17 41 SENSATIONAL 41 17 ^TAKEIT TO THE LIMIT 70 25 (Motown 6626 ML) WE ARE STARPOINT (Elekba 60722) RAY, GOODMAN & BROW.N 2 LIVE aiEW (Luke Skywalker XR-1 (X)) (EMI-Amcrica ST 17235) ; 4 ALL IN THE NAME 4 12 42STRONG PERSUADERn 42 23 OF LOVE 23SHIRLEY MURDOCK! 24 32 ROBERT CRAY (Mercury/PolyGram 61 THE FINER THINGS 61 9 830 568-1) '1 ATLANTIC STARR SHIRLEY MURDOCK (Elektia 9 6CM33) IN LIVE (Warner Bros. 25560-1) 43 POWER 43 11 CHUCK STANLEY (Dcf Jam/ j [^JONATHAN BUTLER 31 3 LAKES IDE (Solai/Capitol 5 SPANISH FLY 3 7 (Jive/RCA 1032-I-J) 62 ST-72553) EXPOSURE 55 17 I LISA LISA AND CULT JAM EXPOSE (Arista 25 MARVIN SEASE 25 16 AL 8441) (Columbia FC 40477) 44YO! BUM RUSH 44 8 Columbia 405 14) (London/PolyGram 830794-1) 16 KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME 6 15 THE SHOW 63 BOYS NIGHT OUT 54 5 26 IF I WERE YOU WOMAN 36 2 HERB ALBERT (A&M SP 5125) PUBLIC ENEMY (Del Jam/Columbia FIRST QRCLE (EMI America ST 17268) STEPHANIE MILLS (MCA 5996) BFC 49658) GIVE ME THE REASON* 8 38 64 RAISING HELL* IH 27 HOT, COOL & VICIOUS 23 9 58 57 LUTHER VANDROSS (Epic FE 40415) 45 KLYMAXX 45 30 RUND.M.C. (ProCle PRO- 1217) SALT-N-PEPA (Next Plateau PL 1007) (MCA 5832) [E JUST GETS BETTER 11 8 650NE FROM E]female trouble 32 8 THE HEART 65 6 WITH, TIME E^GOTTO BETOUGH 56 5 JOCELYN BROWN (JcUybcai^Wamcr NONA HENDRYX (EMI America ST-17248) MC SHY D (Luke Skywalker XR-10(M) Bros. 1-25445) ! THE WHISPERS (Solar/Capitol ST-72554) 29CONTROL* 22 72 BIGANDDEFFER 9 47VISCIOUS RUMORS... 47 21 660NE WAY XI 62 32 l[E 3 JANET JACKSON (A&M SP 3905) L.L. COOL J (Def Jam/Columbia FC 40793) THE ALBUM ONT WAY (MCA 5823) 30LILLO 30 10 TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB 670H, MY GOD! 63 29 [EWHITNEY 15 3 LILLO THOMAS (Capitol ST-12450) (Dayna/Fantasy F9645) WHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista AL-8405) DOUG E. FRESH & THE GET 31 LICENSED TO ILL* 27 32 48ARETHAn 46 34 FRESH CREW (Reality S-9649) 11 SIGN “O” THE TIMES 7 11 BEASTIE BOYS (DcfJam/Columbia ARETHA FRANKLIN (Arista /VL-8442) 680NE TRACK MIND 66 19 PRINCE (Paisley Park/Wamer Bros. BFL 40238) 25577-1) 491 COMMIT TO LOVE 49 42 EGSTTbkN LOVFJt ^RED HOT RHYTHM 38 5 (Elektia 6(M87) (Macola P.MSR 00773) ' 12SURFACE 10 13 (Columbia 40374) AND BLUES 50SEXAPPEAL 52 10 69SHAKE YOU DOWNn 67 39 DIANA ROSS (RCA 6388-1 -R) GEORGIO (Motown 6229 .ML) GREGORY AB BOTT (ColumbU r I13DUOTONES 13 4 BFC 40437) ' KENNY G (Arista AL 88427) 33DIFFERENT DRUMMER 33 5 51 VICTORY* 48 31 ISLEY, JASPER. ISLEY (CBS Assoc. KOOL& THE GANG 70 DR. C.C. 68 30 t 14 LIFE, LOVES PAIN* 12 29 /Epic FZ4(M09) (Mercury/PolyGram 830 398-1 ClARENCE CARTI-Jt (Ichiban 1003) CLUB NOUVEAU 34 ROCK THE HOUSE 28 20 71 WHITNEY HOUSTON* 69 (Warner Bros. 9 25531-1) ElET ME TOUCH YOU 59 2 113 D J. JAZZY JEFF AND THE FRESI n IH O'JA YS (Philadelphia Inlcmalional/liMI ST (ArisuALl-8212) IIECRUSHIN’ 19 4 PRINCE (Jive/RCA 1026-1 -J) 53036) FAT BOYS (Tin Pan Applc/Polydor 831 948-1) 72AN IMITATION OF LOVE 71 33 35KOOL MOE DEE 29 16 E]4BYF0UR DEBUT MIIXIE JACKSON (Jive/ ij' 116 A LOT OF LOVE 16 44 (Jive/RCA 10251 -J) (Capitol ST 12569) RCA 10161016-J) MELBA MOORE (Capitol ST-1247) 36ZAGORA 35 39 540NFIRE 53 5 73 BA-BOP-BOOM-BANG 72 13 'fil 17NAJEE’S THEME 17 25 LOOSE ENDS (MCA- 5745) GRA.VDNUSTER FTASI STirrSASONIC (Tommy BouTB 1012) 1 (FJektrt 60721) NAJEE(EMI-AmericaST1724) 37 DANCING ON THE 34 43 55ALL BY MYSELF 57 3 74 THE JETS 73 99 1 18 RAPTURE* 18 66 CEILING* REGLNA BIUJ.E (Columbia Bir 40537) (MCA 5567) ' ANITA BAKER (Elektra 9-60444-1) LIONEL RICHIE (Motown 61 58 ML) 56COME SHARE MY LOVE 5124 75SHEILA E. 75 14 7 I19WORDUP* 14 42 38 WATCH OUT! 37 15 MIKl HOWARD (AUantic 8 1688) (Paisley ParkAVamcr Br.». 25498-1) CAMEO (Atlanta Artists/ f. PATRICE RUSI lEN (Arista AI,-8401 ‘ PolyGiam 830-265-1)

THE CASH BOX TOP 75 BLACK COMTEMPORARY ALBUM CHART IS BASED ON SOLELY ON ACTUAL PIECES SOLD AT RETAIL STORES.

Cash Box July 4. 1987 13 CASH BOX TOP BLACK CONTEMPORARY SINGLES

THE CASH BOX BLACK CONTEMPORARY SINGLES CHART IS BASED ON A COMBINATION OF RADIO AIRPLAY AND ACTUAL PIECES SOLD AT RETAIL STORES.

Title w Artist, Label, Number L L O L 0 Producer (Songwriter) W W C W c

39 4 I DON’T THINK I’M OVER YOU 82 2 I FEEL GOOD ALL OVER 4 10 ED JUMP START ““El STEPHANIE MILLS (MCA-53056) NATALIE COLE (Manhattan/EMI B-50073) MINI CURRY (Total Experience/RCA 2707-7-T) Fails) N. Martinelli (Gabriel, A. Hardeman) R. Calloway, V. Calloway (R. Calloway, V. Calloway) M.J. Powell (M. Curry, M.J. Powell, V. STILL A THRILL 2 10 IF YOU WERE MINE 37 4 El MOONLIGHTING (THEME) 78 2 “ ALJARREAU (MCA 53124) JODY WATLEY (MCA 53081) CHERYL LYNN (Manhattan/EMI B-50074) Rodgers (A. Jarreau, L. Holdridge) A. Cymone, David Z. (A. Cymone, J. Watley) C. Lynn, C. Sturken,, E. Rogers (Sturken, Rogers, Smith) N.

I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL 70 5 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY 5 8 36 LATE NIGHT HOUR 35 8 Bi] B (WHO LOVES ME) KATHY MATHIS (Tabu/Epic ZS4-07046) “ ERIC B AND RAKIM (4th S BVvay) S. Hanley, S. Perry (S. Hanley, S. Perry, S. Henderson) Eric B., Rakim (Eric B., Rakim) WHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista AS1-9598) 71 5 N, M. Walden (Merrill, Rubican) ONE HEARTBEAT 42 4 71 A TOUCH OF JAZZ EL SMOKEY ROBINSON (Motown 1897 MF) D.J. JAZZY JEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE WHY YOU TREAT ME SO BAD 1 10 P. Bunetta, R. Chudacoff (S. LeGassick, B. Ray) (JKre/RCA 1042-;^ CLUB NOUVEAU (Warner Bros. 7-28360-A) D. Goodman, L. (joodman 11 J. King, T. McElroy, D. Foster (J. King, 38 YOU CAN’T STOP THE RAIN 28 (D. Goodman, L. Goodman) LOOSE ENDS (MCA-53060) T. McElroy, D. Foster) 13 N. Martinelli (McIntosh, Nichol, Eugene) 72 SONGBIRD 52 SMOOTH SAILIN’ TONIGHT 8 7 KENNY G. (Arista 1-9573) ISLEY (Warner Bros. 7-28385-A) KOO KOO 43 5 BROTHERS E] P. Glass (Kenny G.) SHEILA E. (Paisley Park/Warner Bros. 7-28348) R. Isley, R. Isley, A. Winbush (A. Winbush) 73 HAPPY 23 19 3 12 Sheila E., David Z. (Sheila E.) DIAMONDS SURFACE (Columbia 38-0661 1) HERB ALPERT (A&M AM-2929) 40 D. Y.B.O. 27 8 D. "Pic" Conley, D. Townsend. B. Jackson STARPOINT (Elektra 7-69467) J. Jam, T. Lewis (J. Jam, T. Lewis) (D. Townsend, B. Jackson, D. Conley) LIES 9 11 L. Jobe, P. Glass (E. Phillips) CASANOVA DEBUT IT 47 4 IE JONATHAN BUTLER (Jive/RCA 1038-7-JAA) LET’S TALK OVER LEVERT (Elektra 7-69471) EE VANEESE (Geffen/Warner Bros. B.J. Eastmond (J. Butler, J. Skinner) THOMAS R. Calloway (R. Calloway) E. Poccia, V. Thomas, SHOW ME THE WAY 10 7-28365-A) 15 W. Warnecke (V. Thomas, E. Poccia) 75 BACK AND FORTH 48 REGINA BELLE (Columbia 38-07080) CAMEO (Atlanta Artists/PolyGram 888 385-7) 42 21 14 N. Martinelli (W.Potts Jr., J. Gallow, S. Pomerantz) HEAD TO TOE L. Blackrrxsn (K. Kendrick, T.Jenkins, LISA LISA AND CULT JAM (Columbia 38-07008) I’M BAD 11 N. Leftenant.L. Blackmon) FULL FORCE (FULL FORCE) L.L. COOL J (Def JarrVColumbia 7-28385-A) 76 8TH OF THE 46 14 ONE LOVER AT A TIME 59 3 WONDER D. Pierce, D. Simon, (J. T. Smith, EE WORLD B. Erving, D. Pierce, D. Simon) ATLANTIC STARR (Warner Bros. 7-28327-A) ISLEY, JAPER, ISLEY (CBS D. Lewis, W. Lewis, J. Lewis 10 ROCK STEADY 7 11 Associated/Epio (R. Feldman, J. Scott) ZS4-0701 8) WHISPERS (Solar/Capitol B-70006) Isley, Jasper, Isley (E. Isley, C. Jasper, M. Isley) 44 I DON’T WANT TO LOSE 22 16 L.A., Babytace (Babyface, LOVE IS A HOUSE DEBUT L.A., D. Ladd, B. Wison) IE YOUR LOVE FORCE MD'S (Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. 7-28300) FREDDIE JACKSON (Capitol B-5680) WANT YOU FOR MY GIRL 16 10 M. Lascelles, J. Geossgurd (M. Lascelles, EE G. McFadden (McFadden, FRIEND J. Geossgurd, G. Foster) Vitali, Whitehead, McKinney) 4 BY FOUR(C^itolB5690) 78 STILL WAITING 41 8 COME BACK TO ME LOVER 64 2 C. Jackson, C. Dixon (C. Jackson, C. Dixon) EE RAINY DAVIS (Columbia 38-07072) MIKI HOWARD (Atlantic 7-89232) FAKE 15 P. Warner, R. Davis (Prince) EE L. Humes (M. Howard, K. Philips, K. Harris) ALEXANDER O'NEAL (Tabu/Epic ZS4 07100) 79 CHICAGO SONG 55 15 MERCURY RISING 51 3 J. Jam and T. Lewis (J.I. Harris III, T. Lewis) DAVID SANBORN (Warner Bros. 7-28392) EE POINTER SISTERS RCA 5230-7-RAA) IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND 14 M. Miller (M. Miller) IE R. Perry (A. Goldmark, B. Roberts) PRINCE (Paisley Park/Warner Bros. 7-28334-A) 80 LATE 80 3 47 TIME COMING 49 5 DON’T MAKE ME Prince (Prince) LONG JOHNNY TAYLOR (Malaco 21345) READY FOR THE WORLD (MCA 53099) 14 SHOULD I CRY 6 13 T. Couch, W. Stephenson (G. Jackson, R. Potts) WHY R.F.T.W., G. Spaniola (G. Potts, NONA HENDRYX (EMI America B-8382) M. Riley Jr., J. Eaton) 81 ALWAYS 44 17 J. Johnson, S. Bernard (J. ATLANTIC STARR (Warner Bros. 7-28455) Johnson, N. Hendryx, L. Keith) LIFETIME LOVE 56 4 EE D. Lewis, W. Lewis (J. Lewis, JOYCE SIMS (Sleeping Bag LX-24YB) DIRTY LOOKS 17 D. Lewis, W. Lewis) IE Mantronik (J. Sims) “ DIANA ROSS (RCA 5172-7-RAA) 82 RESCUE ME 84 2 T. Dowd (Scher, Golden) PRIVATE CONVERSATION 60 4 FAMILY DREAM (Motown 1894MF) E2 VAL YOUNG (Amherst AM-312) THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE 19 Dreamteam (R. Pardee, M. Perison, V. Brooks) IE R. James (R. James) JANET JACKSON (AAM AM-2927) EE 711 DEBUT M. Moir (M. Moir) 50 WITHOUT YOU 50 6 RAMSEY LEWIS (Columbia 38-07220) TOUCH (Supertronics RYS017) SATISFIED 20 M. Stewart (M. White, R. Smith) IE Touch (E. McCain) DONNA ALLEN (21//Atco 90548-1) 84 LET’S GET BUSY 58 10 54 5 L. Pace (L. Pace, D. Allen, W. English) Bl TEAR JERKER TEEN DREAM WITH VALENTINO (Warner J. BLACKFOOT FEATURING AND ANN HINES 18 I COMMIT TO LOVE 13 11 Bros. 7-28602) (Edge 7-007) HOWARD HEWETT (Elektra 7-69477) C. Powell. D. Hargrove (C. Powell) H. Banks (H. Banks, L. Snell) H. Hewett, G.J. Barbee (L.F. EE JUST THE FACTS DEBUT Sylvers III, H. Hewett, G, Dozier) LOVE ME RIGHT 57 4 “ PATTI LaBELLE (MCA 531 10) MILLIE SCOTT (4th & BVvay 7443) I'M IN LOVE 26 7 J. Jam, T. Lewis (J. Jam, T. Lewis) IE B. Nazarian, D. Bradley (B. Nazarian, A. Cascone) LILLO THOMAS (Capitol B-5698) 86 GO ON WITHOUT YOU 63 16 P. Lawerence (P. Lawerence, T. Allen) 53 ROAD DOG 53 6 SHIRLEY MURDOCK (Elektra 7-69480) BLAKE & HINES (Motown 1893MF) 20 NEVER SAY NEVER 12 13 R. Troutman (L. Troutman, R. Troutman) P. Ring S T. Eaton (C. Blake) DENIECE WILLIAMS (Columbia 38-07021) GIVIN’ YOU BACK THE LOVE DEBUT Leviene (M. Jeffries, M. JAMMING TO THE BELLS 68 2 EB S. Boyd, D. Williams) m ISLEY, JASPER, ISLEY (CBS Assoc./Epic ZS4 07254) CHUCK STANLEY (Def Jam/Columbia 38-07184) 21 RHYTHM METHOD 18 12 Isley, Jasper, Isley (Isley, Jasper. Isley) F. Bell, Bell, F. Gordon) RJ'S LATEST ARRIVAL (Manhattan/ V. R. Simmons (V.F. 88 I BAD FOR MYSELF 88 2 I’M 65 3 CAN DO EMI B-50071) NOT GONNA LET YOU GO JESSE JAMES (T.T.E.D. 3026j THE WIZ (THE WIZ, D. Leitta) MELBA MOORE (Capitol B-44012j H. Scales (H. Scales, J. Mills, G. Robinson, G. McClelland) P. Laurence (P. Laurence, 0. Dawkins) E DON’T BLOW A GOOD THING 25 8 89 HEY LOVE 66 5 “ VESTA WILLIAMS (A&M AM-2926) I LOVE YOU BABE 75 2 m KING SUN-D MOET (Zakia 51340) B. Loren, B. Valentine Loren) BABYFACE (Solar/Capitol B-70009) (B. Cut Master P. C.. A, Moody ride L.A., Babyface (Babyface) E thigh 29 POUR IT ON DEBUT TAWATHA (Epic 34-071 HOLIDAY DEBUT EH 17) m MASON (Elektra 7-69471) J. Mtume (J. Mtume, T. Agee) KOOL & THE GANG (Mercury/PolyGram 888 712-7) K. Williams Jr. (K. williams Jr.. T. Mason) 24 IF YOU (LOVE 24 K. Bayyan, I.B.M.C., Kool & The Gang (C. Imlliams, J.Taylor, Kool & The Gang) 91 I’MSEARCHIN’ 72 5 ME JUST A LITTLE) DEBBIE DEB (Jam Packed 703-45) NIGHTTIME LOVER 79 2 LA LA (Arista 7080) m T. Butler (T. Butler, J. Diaz) SYSTEM (Atlantic 7-89232) N, Martinelli (W.Potts Jr., J. Gallow, S. Pomerantz) System (M. Murphy, D. Frank) 92 IT’S BEEN SO LONG 74 16 ROCK-A-LOTT 30 (Capitol E CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 76 3 MELBA MOORE B-5681) “ ARETHA FRANKLIN (Arista AS1 -9574) m H. King, Chad (H. King) N. M. Walden (Walden, Johnson, Glass) SHALAMAR (Solar/Capitol B-70008) L. A., Babyface (Babyface) 93 LOVERS 85 12 falling in love 33 BABYFACE (Solar/Capitol B-70004) E3 CAT nnvc /t;„ WOT S IT TO YA 67 3 335 733.7) 122 L. A., Babyface (Babyface, L.A., Dee, Kayo) ROBBIE NEVIL (Manhattan/EMI B-50075) 94 ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH? 86 14 Sainsbury) A. Sadkin (R. Nevil, B. Walsh) , . . STAR (RCA 5149-7-RAA) DO YOU REALLY LOVE ME 73 4 FIVE E3 MIXED UP WORLD 38 Bl R. J. Burgess (P. Gurvitz, N. Trevisick) “ TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB (Dayna/Fantasy D-274) JANICE BULLOCK (WRC/Wilbe 87-206) Bell, 95 BABY LET’S KISS 87 13 J. Logan (M. Marshall) W. A. Burroughs (A. Burroughs) JESSE JOHNSON (A&M AM-2912) 62 TESTIFY 61 6 E] JAM TONIGHT 45 J. Johnson (J. Johnson) SCHERRIE PAYNE (Superstar Int'l 7-+ 61 FREDDIE JACKSON (Capitol B-44037) 96 JUST TO SEE HER 89 19 P. Laurence (F. W. Henderson (A. Woodson, O. Williams) Jackson, P. Laurence) SMOKEY ROBINSON (Motown 1877 MF) AIN’T YOU HAD 63 DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY 62 7 L. E ENOUGH LOVE 34 8 P. Bunetta. R. Chudacoff (J. George, Pardini) “ PHYLLIS HYMAN (P.I.R./Manhattan B-50070) THE O'JAYS (P.I.RTManhattan B-50067) K. Gamble, L. Huff (Garrijie, Huff, Gilbert) 97 RIGHT ON TRACK 91 7 N. Martinelli (Eugene, Macintosh, Nichol) THE BREAKFAST CLUB (MCA 52954) 30 WHAMMY 31 LAST TIME 83 2 8 m J. lovine (S. Bray, Gilroy) ONE WAY (MCA 53005) THERESA (RCA 5229-7-RAA) D. Foster, T. King, Foster, 98 RELATIONSHIP 90 14 E. Deodato (A. Hudson, D. Dudley, C. Gregory) McElroy (J. D. T. McElroy) LAKESIDE (Solar/Capitol B-70005) I WANT YOUR SEX 77 4 31 HEY THERE LONELY GIRL 32 [i S. Shockley (M. Brown) GERRY WOO (Polydor/PolyGram 885 720-7) GEORGE MICHAEL (Columbia 38-07164) G. (G. 99 (SOMETHING INSIDE) 92 9 V. Faster, T. Nazarian (E. Schuman, L. Carr) MICHAEL MICHAEL) TINA 66 UNDER THE BOARDWALK 69 3 SO STRONG 12 CHERRY 36 LABI SIFFRE (China/Chrysalis VS4 43102) GEORGIO (Motown 1892 MF) BRUCE WILLIS (Motown 1896MF R. Kraft, (R. Kraft, G. Johns (L. Siffre) Georgio (Georg io) K. Young) ALL THE WAY WITH YOU 81 2 100 DON’T DISTURB THIS 94 21 I REALLY DIDN’T MEAN IT 40 E) m PEGGI “ LUTHER VANDROSS (Epic 34-07201) BLUE WITH BERT ROBINSON(Capitol B-44014) GROOVE L. Vandross, M. Miller (L. Vandross, M. Miller) C. Jackson, C.F. Dixon (C. Jackson, C.F. Dixon) THE SYSTEM (Atlantic 7-89320) THE SYSTEM (M. Murphy. D. Frank)

ALPHABETICAL LISTING ON INSIDE BACK COVER niEWS catalog, the Liberty, the Imperial dy. Any truth? mith On Merger (continued from page 5) catalogs, and along with that you add Smith-No, no. No- the Blue Note, and now you’ve got a CB-Aie, there any oi Jt. At the moment a total of six people Some have been assured that they’ll catalog company. Plus, you’re adding in the works? e no longer with us. Depending on know as soon as we know. I mean was George Thorogood and Pet Shop Boys, Smith-It’s possible (lauglu,). )w this company is structured by Sal just here yesterday, that was the first and David Bowie and a whole bunch of can talk about now. I’ll .va Kicata and his department heads, we’ll time he’d met these people. He needs other artists to the mix. Now you’ve rumors to start. e how anybody else is affected. some time to meet them, to interview got a real up and going record com- CJ5-Whcn you came to Car’’* i jme people may not choose to move them, to see who he wants to offer jobs pany that can afford the services that January, it was one of your expressed

' t New York if they’re offered it, there to in New York, to see who he wants each one of them alone could not af- purposes to improve Capitol’s north ( ay be redundancies in a couple of on the west coast as a presence here. ford. Now you can really give yourself American market share. Are you meet- her jobs, but I don’t foresee j any enor- That will be expanded, there’ll be some meat, where each company split. ing your objectives? ous letting go of people. So if we’re promotion, publicity, A&R a number It’s just a business judgment that it Smiths think so. We’ve had a rcmtrk- Iking about the human factor here, of other services out here, so they’U doesn’t work well with two. When able jump. But I’m not kidding ere are six or seven now who are have an office out here like most of the Warners put together Warner, Elektra myself Some of that’s attributable to )ne, and I can’t even speculate, but all east coast companies do, so that will ab- and Atlantic, they bought three com- the Beatles. But everybody takes e rest may be relocated. sorb some of the people. panies. They had bought Warner Bros., credit for whatever they sell, so I B-There were some 50 employees at CB—When had you finalized your it was already running. They bought At- shouldn’t be ashamed of it. Whatever VH? decision to to ahead with the merger? lantic which was already miming. And you sell, you seU. But, no, we’ve had a nith-Yeah, I think so. Fifty, 55 Smith-It had been discussed over a then they bought Elektra which was al- remarkable jump. You can’t do that •ople, sometliing like that. period of time, I guess over a period of ready miming. Here, we started two of quickly. What you can do is make a B-A number of people have been of- two years they had been thinking of these labels from nothing. EMI better record company. And the rest fol- red interim positions with no as- doing something like that. When we America and Manhattan. And so they lows. I think anybody whose been ob- xance of being absorbed into the got here in February we let everything have never really matured as yet into serving this business feels that Capitol "ucture in the future? remain in place but it soon became two full blown labels. And the wait is a much stronger label than it was nith—That’s true. We’ve asked clear, to me anyhow, and anybody in was going to be a long one. And so four months ago. It’s a player out there

: erybody to continue along. We management, that it didn’t work well. this just made sense, it’s not hurting now. In the talent market it’s very ag- n’t want to stop this company. It’s We had this promotion force out there, I anybody. All of the artists have the gressive in promotion and marketing. It a business where you can neatly cut both pop and black music, being same promotional representation out And that’s with the infusion of a few iie off one day and then start the next directed from two sides. The priorities there that they always did. It’s not a new people. And there’s a great new y. Projects are out there. John got mixed up. We ran into some case of us throwing all this product out. feeling about Capitol Records. I think laite is out there, David Bowie’s com- tremendous collisions where David They were working on all these artists the same feeling is starting to hit Man- on an enormous tour, there’s a Bowie vis a vis Robbie Nevil, Richard g anyhow. hattan and EMI, certainly—I’ve been leena Easton record ready to be Marx and John Waite, things that were CS-When you made Thursday’s an- working out of EMI for the last couple leased, a Nona Hendryx, you know, a happening out there and we had no con- nouncement, how soon before that had of days—those pieople are really nole bunch of things. So, we’ve trol. The geography didn’t work well. you decided to do the merger? pumped about the new feeling. We’ve iked these support people and a lot of Here we had enough artists, a really Smith-We had finally closed the situa- now removed the clouds, and here’s a ;e department heads to remain in solid artist roster to make one great tion with Sal Licata just a couple of very positive motivating guy, Licata, lere. Some will stay, and some will company, and here was Manhattan days before that and were not able to coming in. And Lundvall remains and oove to other jobs. And hopefully we who was doing very well breaking new announce it, for RCA’s own reasons, he’s a beloved and a very effective :n absorb most of those people either acts—Richard Marx, Nevil, Glass Tiger, they asked us not to announce it, imtil talent guy. I think its a terrific team this company or at Capitol. a few others-but a long haul to really that Thursday. The speculation was and I hope it works out well. And then ^?-When will they know of their fate? get in there with no catalog to back on. Anytime you start the planning of the talent flows and then the records nith^ don’t know if its six months, them up. When we merge them we something like this, a lot of people go. But the first thing is to build a ime have been assured of six months. have the enormous United Artists know about it, and then all the rumors structure. started for six or seven weeks. But, CB—Was former EMI America presi- there was no way for us to shortcut that dent Jim Mazza ever given anything ’Ml/Manhattan Merger (continued from page 5) process. We had identified the man we like an ultimatum to perform? wanted, Licata, and we had to now Smith-No, no. I had a meeting with ttan label will have on the west agreement with EMI America. The wait until he could get clear. EMI people, not with Mazza there, but :ast, it will likely be housed in the deal includes such artists as George Cfi-Was there any pressure on you to with everybody there, and explained to wer. Thorogood and the Destroyers (three hurry up your decision as a result of the them that the clock was ticking here,

|) Sources at EMI America speculate times gold for EMI America), the rumors that had escalated in the last and that there had been a sentiment to

lit the company’s Sunset Blvd. build- move ahead with this it Neville Brothers ( whose recently few weeks? and had been ;g will be put on the market before the released LP is in a critical stage of its Smith-I would have loved to have going on for some time. But I would |ld of the year. Capitol received in promotion according to Rounder) and done this the moment the first rumor have preferred not to do it if things

!'81 a tendered offer of $25 million the True Believers (whose record is hit. It was impossible to do, so we had went well and it looked like it could

,r the real estate that has head- ready to be released pending comple- to live with it. The pressure, of course. work. It just became clear to me after liartered the label since 1977. Its 1987 tion of artwork, a problem exacerbated It was self-imposed pressure. You that that it was never going work really

lue is unknown. let It well. And we just had to bite the bullet I by the dissolution of the west coast of- can’t people hang like that. was Rumors that former EMI America fice). affecting everything. Artists were call- and do this. Resident Jim Mazza had been given an “Bruce Lundvall called this morn- ing, and nervous about whether their Cfi-Would a better performance out of Idmatum in December, 1986 to turn ing,’’ said Marian Leighton, president records were going to come out. To Bowie, Wolf and Hendyrx have

beleaguered company around and co-owner/founder of Rounder, last everybody’s credit, they kept it going. cauterized the hemorrhage and saved thin six months could not be con- Wednesday (June 24). “Everyone has The John Waite and Nona Hendryx EMI America? med. However, Cash Box did learn been very cordial, very supportive, records look terrific. Bowie had a hit Smith-Nah, I don’t think so. You’re

at Mazza called his vice presidents wanting to get things moving along. single all during this period and still talking about a structure that is not

gether in March and told them, ac- But right now, it’s so transitional, I another big AOR record. Everybody efficient and doesn’t work well. And rding to insiders, “We’ve got 90 don’t think anybody on either end has hung in there. And they’re still hanging that would be with Bowie and Hendryx

-ys.’’ any answers to just exactly how it is in there, only Jack Sattcr has moved and anybody else selling twice as many

' Mazza and his staff were counting going to function day to day,’’ she into national promotion, Gerry Griffith records.

I I at least five million in domestic added. has moved into A&R, and Sari Becker CB-Wc had heard that Bowie needed les of David Bowie’s latest release, According to Leighton, Rounder ex- has taken over press, and all these to do a minimum five million?

cording to insiders. In addition, it pects to continue its relationship with department heads, they’re all out here Smith-No, not at all. I think I passed

IS critical that Peter Wolf do two mil- the new company. “We like the brief this week, meeting everybody and look- that in a remark, you know, ‘Gecz, if and Nona Hendryx do one million. contact we’ve had with the new people ing into these projects and reviewing Bowie had sold five million albums, 1 m lese records have fallen far short of at the company,’’ she said, and is glad what we’ve got on the boards here. maybe we’d have been ok.’ But that’s [ that the overall , ese goals. bureaucracy of the new C/J-Another rumor that we’ve been a lot of pressure to put on David Also affected in the merger is label is basically small, similar to EMI hearing is that president of Capitol Don Bowie, or anylxxiy. Certainly David )under Records’ unique distribution America. Zimmerman’s job might be in jeopar- (continued on page 47) ish Box July 4, 1987 15 COVER STORY

“This is the first record I’ve ever

Sammy made that I wouldn’t go back and change a thing,’’ crowed a truly Hagar: In delighted Sammy Hagar. “I’ve never been able to say that Overdrive before.” By Rob Yardumian Hagar licks, aided on most cuts deed, Hagar and his co-producr only by Van Halen on bass and Van Halen were so pleased witi longtime Hagar compatriot David the ambient response that the roorr.

Lauseron drums. It is their synergis- provided that the drums were tic sense of intuitive spontaneity recorded dry, with no reverb or and reckless simplicity that guides echo effects at all. the album through the anthemic For those wondering where the

motifs of life, love, and, yes, cars. Bay Area rocker’s future lies, he as- In 1985, Hagar was preparing to sures fans that Van Halen is his top

enter the studio to record this priority. “When I joined that band, I

album when he received a fateful made a commitment. I think we’re a telephone call from Eddie Van really amazing band, one of the Halen. After replacing the dissatis- best rock and roll bands in the

fied David Lee Roth as Van Halen’s world. I think we’re going to make new lead singer, Hagahs album the record of all time next. Actually was temporarily put on hold, with “5150” was just the baby, we just plans to return after the “51 50” tour. threw that together. We practically

“I Just told myself that I don’t care if there’s a hit, I don’t care if the album stiffs, I’m just going to be happy making this record. Oddly enough, it turned out ” to be the best record i ever made.

When Hagar was finally ready to puked that one out, compared to proceed again on his own, he found what we’ll be able to do now.” Al- that only four of his original songs though the members of Van Halen stood up to the test of time, and maintain “very separate” private that he had written the bulk of lives, the addition of Hagar seemed “Sammy Hagar” material since join- to coalesce their creative energies, ing Van Halen. “I wrote some better bringing the band back into focus. songs, ones that could be singles, More importantly, he was able to

and I threw the old ones out be- rejuvenate their spirit after the

cause I didn’t want the whole album departure of the flamboyant Roth. to sound too commercial,” the rock- In short, he was the perfect draft er explained recently during a break choice. in the shooting of the video for Of course, a conversation with “Give To Live,” the LP’s first single. Sammy Hagar could never be com-

I discussion of his “Instead, 1 just told myself that plete without a

don’t care if there’s a hit, I don’t favorite passion: automobiles. Not

care if the album stiffs. I’m just just any cars, but fast cars. Having going to be happy making this sampled the gamut of Jaguars,

record. Oddly enough, it turned out Porsches, BMWs, and even an

to be the best album I ever made. original racing Cobra (“way too radi- The record company and everyone cal,” he concedes), he has settled

is happy with it. It’s kind of en- down to strictly hard-core Ferraris. lightening after all these years to This is his major concession to his

say 'maybe if you make yourself stardom, and he indulges it in a happy all the time, those around good-humored fashion. “When I’m ” you will be happy.’ driving my Ferrari, I don't even want

Armed with a truckload of solid fans to recognize me, because I material, Hagar approached the love driving those cars. I’m talking studio task with abandon, utilizing hard-core Ferraris, not the ones

the spacious drum room at A&M’s made for rush-hour traffic. I guess I Los Angeles studios to create full- need to start driving in some

tilt jam sessions between the three vintage races or something, be-

What is this? A new Van Halen musicians. This strategy resulted in cause this makes it tough on your album, hot on the heels of their the edgy, taut, live feel of “Sammy driving record and insurance rates!” 55” multi-platinum, chart-topping Hagar.” “Whenever one of us Yes, it is tough to “Drive in a “5150”? Actually, Sammy Hagar would think we could have done our car made to travel 1 80 m.p.h. has more on his mind these days part better, we would all do the Sammy Hagar is a man in the than just fronting one of the world’s whole track again until all three of fast lane with a hot new solo album, most popular rock and roll bands. us said 'Wow, that was a really and another career on hold as ” He has just released a new solo great take,’ Hagar said. “We frontman for a mega-selling rock LP, his tenth, and he is ecstatic wanted that kind of magic on the band. For a final thought on about the results of his studio col- basic tracks, and because it was “Sammy Hagar,” back to the video laboration with co-producer and fel- such a great groove and so locked shoot at San Pedro: “I’m very proud low guitar wizard Eddie Van Halen. in, we were afraid to do overdubs. of this record and very happy with The new LP, entitled simply So there’s very few overdubs, and it. If it sold 150 records or 50 million “Sammy Hagar,” (Geffen Records) very little production. It’s just a good records, it would have no bearing

I it.” is a blistering collection of red-hot sounding rock and roll record.” In- on how feel about TALENT ON STAGE on keyboards. Geoff Dougmore gave the show its stark percussive backbone ^ with his powerful drumwork. ^ he Feelies Currie’s vast assortment of percus- j sive toys, an always enjoyable (though somewhat gimmicky) aspect of the THE RITZ, NY - There comes a Thompson Twins’ music, upstaged the point in everyone’s life when we start other musicians with its novelty. Cym- to lose the signal on our car radio. bals, bass drum, timbales - even a Usually it happens halfway between, medium-sized gong - you name it, Cur- say. New Brunswick and Trenton on rie thumped, banged or poimded it. the Garden State pike, and you can ad- And then, of course, there was her just the dial all you want but it won’t xylophone, the Twins’ signature instru- :ome any clearer. It certainly makes a ment, which she tapped with apparent song more suggestive; once while lis- glee. tening to a fading “Cover Me,” I Lead singer Bailey, who doubled on thought Springsteen was singing “vote guitar and harmonica, prowled the for Carol Bellamy,” and was hugely stage with controlled showmanship disappointed when I learned the real during the band’s hummable, joyous, lyrics. The Feelies, who are from INVISIBLE TOUCH-Atlanlic recording act Genesis recently wrapped up the often sound-alike tunes, at one point Haledon, N.J., a town far-out enough third and final U.S. leg of their marathon 1986-87 world tour with two sold-out wielding a spotlight with which he to have bad signals, capture the chiaras- shows at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. Following the second night's perfor- combed the audience. mance, Atlantic hosted a celebration to honor the British curo of a fading car radio song just as it band for their greatest year ever. The label's entire local, regional, and national promotion gathered becomes mysterious but before static staff “Currie’s vast assort- from across the country to join in the festivities. Shown at the fete are the Atlantic takes over. promotion team and, sitting in front, the members of Genesis (l-r): Mike' Ruther- ment of percussive toys ford, Tony Banks, and Phil Collins. I ... upstaged the other The Feelies’ music is prepares you for the great song that musicians with its emerges from it. All you know is that rich in suggestion and within one minute that random doo- he Thompson novelty. Cymbals, bass thick with the mystery dling has turned into a song of enor- Twins/Chris T - mous percussive force, and in another drum, timbales even a of barely sketched Isaak two minutes, it fireballs into double- medium-sized gong - figures. time cacophony. you name it, Currie The Feelies are best at playing inven- THE GREEK THEATRE, L.A.- ive, vigorously strummed folk-derived Arista’s Thompson Twins didn’t sell- thumped, banged or rock with a great beat. ‘Static’ gives the wrong impression, They tried a out this pine shrouded venue recently, few shouty rave-ups pounded it.” fhe band’s sound, on stage and vinyl, at this show, in- but the legions of fans who showed up cluding a cover of Joan Jett’s s remarkably clear and clean. ‘Clean’ to cheer them on were served a hefty Opener Chris Isaak, a longtime west “Roadrunner,” but it didn’t )robably gives the wrong impression seem to evening of the band’s highly percus- coast club favorite whose 50’s style suit them. Other covers — TJie Beatles oo, and so does ‘clear’ for that matter, sive, mostly upbeat repertoire. guitar rock was an odd pairing with the “She Said, She Said” and Neil jecause there’s a dirty, murky, sub- This first of a two show engagement popishness of the Thompson Twins, Diamond’s “I’m Believer” — were nerged, unconscious feel to most of A here proved a reminder, if nothing else, seemed better suited to small venues. more successful, though they didn’t ap- heir best songs. of the band’s impressive stream of hits. Still, Isaak mastered the Greek Theatre proach the power of their On “The Last Roundup,” for in- own songs “Lies, Lies, Lies,” “Doctor, Doctor,” stage with rock idol presence. (written by Glenn Mercer and Bill Mil- itance, the vocals seem to be coming “Dance With Me,” “Hold Me Now,” Wearing a glistening aquamarine lion). Tom the drumming or the guitar “King For Just One Day,” “Lay Your suit, Isaak’s teen dream looks con- There’s a pastoral flavor ;hords, or marbled into the rest of the to their Hands On Me,” “In The Name of trasted with his gutsy, rumbling, blues- music that is of a piece with their faded- ;ound so that there’s no way you can Love” ... the hits poured forth with inflected songs. His well-honed guitar- radio sound. differentiate the elements. A couple They evoke the spirit of surprising regularity for well over an work, supported by Kenney Dale CCR without trying and ninutes into a Feelies song and you make Michael hour. Johnson on drums, Rowland Salley on Stipe sound like he’s spelling it lave no idea how things ever got so all out. Leads Tom Bailey and Alaimah Cur- bass and James Calvin Wilsey on Spelling it all out is something they »ood so suddenly, or how that riff and rie handled the evening with cheerful guitar, twanged with Duane Eddy-like don’t do, and that makes their hat beat evolved into this groove and music poise, if a mite perfunctorily. A tight expertise through selections from both rich in suggestion thick his song. and with the collection of musicians backed them, of his Warner Bros, albums. Isaak’s mystery of barely sketched figures. “Slipping (Into Something)” ’s including Sara Lee on bass, Simon was an engaging set, augmented by his neandering guitar intro in no way Paul lorio Moore on guitar and Amanda Vincent quirky story teUing. Gregory Dobrin

IJ.Q. IN PRIVATE-Atlantic recording group The Modern Jazz Quartet recently icked off its 35th anniversary year with a private concert at Le Bel Age Hotel in ,os Angeles. Shown at the fe.stivities are (l-r): Atlantic regional sales director Tom WORLD PARTYING — World Party recently played at the Santa Monica Civic lavies; Tower Records founder and president Russ Solomon; Atlantic west coast Center as part of their first U.S. tour. Pictured at a post-concert party are (I - r):\ director artist relations/TV Tony Mandich; of The Modern Jazz Quartet' s John Gwen Roberts, ass't prog dir, KIIS; Steve Rivers, prog dir, KIIS; Bob Cavallo of ,ewis. Milt Jackson, Connie j Kay, and Percy Heath; The MJ.Q.'s manager Monte World Party's mgmt company; Karl Wallinger of World Party; and Daniel Glass, (ay; and Atlantic senior vice president/west coast general manager Paul Cooper. vp i promo. Chrysalis Records. !

I8 Cash Box July 4, 1987 CASH BOX Radio Report

AN IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE MARKETS

Atlantic records recently released the debut album from Fire Town, the critically acclaimed “In The Heart Of The Heart Country.” The first single, “Carry The Torch,” is already established AOR and should cross well to Top 40 radio. MARKETATA GLANCE MOST ADDED Out Of A Possible 110 Stations #1 SINGLES 106 Stations Reported This Week

Luka Suzanne Vega-A&M 22 Adds

It’s Not Over (‘Til It’s Over) Starship-RCA 20 Adds

Living In A Box Living In A Box-Chrysalis 15 Adds

Here I Go Again Whitesnake-Geffen 13 Adds

These Times Are Hard For Lovers John Waite-EMI America 13 Adds RETAIL REQUESTS

Head To Toe I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam-Columbia Whitney Houston-Arista

Alone Head To Toe Heart-Capitol Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam-Columbia

Shakedown Girls, Girls, Girls Bob Seger-MCA Motley Crue-Elektra

Rhythm Is Gonna Get You I Want Your Sex G. Estefan & M.S.M.-Epic George Michael-Columbia

Songbird Always Kenny G.-Arista Atlantic Starr-Warner Bros.

ALBUMALLEY CROSSOVER POTENTIAL DRAGNET-Various-MCA Lil’ Devil-The Cult-Sire/WB AOR-T40 Formats: Top 40 and B/C. Singles: Three out so far -"Just The Facts” performed by Patti La Belle, Art Of Noise’s contribution of "Dragnet (Danger Ahead/Dragnet March)," and the (Can’t) Gel You Out...^ohn White-Geffen B/C-A/C-T40 hilarious “City Of Crime” rap by Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, Comments: La Belle's tune is moving well B/C and should cross pop soon. The Art Of Noise are picking up substantial pop adds with their rendition of the "Drag- 1 Will-Rock and Hyde-Capitol AOR-T40 net” theme. Next single will most likely be New Edition's offering of “Helplessly In Love." Note; La Belle’s and New Edition's tracks were produced by super-team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. NO PROTECTION-Starship-RCA Nighttime Lover-The System-Atlantic B/C-T40 Formats: AOR, Top 40 and A/C.

Single: “It's Not Over ('Til It’s Over)" bullets to #50 in it’s second chart week. Everything 1 Own-Boy George-Virgin T40-A/C Comments: LP features the band’s #1 smash "Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” featured in the film "Mannequin.” AOR should pick up several tracks immediate- ly, with Top 40 and A/C crossover inevitable. Promised You A Miracle (Live)-Simple Minds-A&M AOR-T40 HIGH PRIORITY

JOHN BRODEY Geffen

Sammy Hagar’s “Give To Live” is the #1 most active record this week. The

leaders are having a field day with it. Breaker-bound this week. Both Wang Chung’s "Hypnotize Me" and Rod Stewart’s "Twistin’ The Night Away” are on the soundtrack album from Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster

movie “Innerspace." Wang Chung is closing out and following their previous #1

and #5 records from the “Mosaic” LP. Rod Stewart is hitting early at WTIC, WLOLand KPLZ.

Whitesnake is one of the hottest bands in the country right now - over 1 .2 mil-

lion records sold and over 100 stations total on “Here I Go Again."

Number Two on the dance charts is the very hot Debbie Harry record “In Love

With Love": it’s now crossing over at WPOW, KPWR, Y100, WXKS, WHYT, WCZY, KCPX, KITS and BJ105.

20 Cash Box/Radio Report July 4, 1 987 TOP 40 PLAYLIST SCOREBOih

Curreni LP

Record Lst. Ttl. Popularity Factor Station Request Sales VId. Rot. Curreni This Ttl. Rank Title Wk. Wks. 12-17 18-24 25-34 '34 % Rank Rank Rank Tour Wk. Wks. ;

1 X X X X 1 B Whitney Houston— Wanna Dance...— Arista 2 8 95% 2 10 t ! B Heart—Alone— Capitol 4 0 X/F X/F X/F X/F 98% 1 3 B 5

3 Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam— Head To Toe— Columbia 13 X/F X/F X 87% 3 2 1 8 9

Q Kenny G.—Songbird— Arista 5 13 X X X 82% 20 6 D 22 B Bob Seger—Shakedown— MCA 7 7 X X X 97% 7 4 m 4

6 Atlantic Slarr—Always—Warner Bros. 3 15 X X X 77% 6 14 17 22 12

7 Genesis— In Too Deep— Atlantic 6 11 X X X X 79% 21 7 Y 20 54

0 Kim Wilde— You Keep Me Hangin' On—MCA 8 15 X X X/F X/F 54% 23 54 10

1^ Smokey Robinson—Just To See Her— Motown 10 14 X/F X/F X/F 77% 25 9 30 49 10 ^ Expose— Point Of No Return— Arista 12 9 X X 84% 17 15 ns 19 Q The System— Don't Disturb This Groove— Atlantic 13 13 X X 89% 33 10 6 68 24

12 Herb Alpert— Diamonds—A&M 9 13 X/F X X 51% 35 11 2 17 16

Q Crowded House—Something So Strong— Capitol 16 10 X X X X 86% 26 17 Y 13 21 14 Pseudo Echo— Funkytown— RCA 17 8 X X 87% 29 19 19 m 14

15 Kenny Logglns- Meet Me Hall Way—Columbia 11 18 X X 63% 18 - -

^ Bruce Hornsby— Every Little Kiss— RCA 18 8 X X X X 82% 24 29 53 Q G. Estefan & M.S.M.— Rhythm Is Gonna.. —Epic 21 6 X X X X/F 84% 5 EB 3

4 12 * ^ U2— 1 Still Haven't Found...— Island/Atlantic 28 X X X X 91% 16 Y 3 14 ^ T’Pau— Heart & Soul—Virgin 26 10 X X X 85% 18 35 20 tBil 2 20 Bon Jovl-Wanted Dead Or Alive— Mercury/PG 15 13 X X X/M 68% 8 20 Y B 44 Q The Nylons— Kiss Him Goodbye—Open Air/A&M 24 9 X X X 70% 15 32 Y m 8

22 Chris De Burgh—The Lady in Red—A&M 14 20 X/F X/F X/F 34% 23 33 38 Y 41 15

* i - - ^ G. Michael— Want Your Sex—Columbia 29 5 X X X 64% 5 8

* ^ Motley Crue— Girls. Girls, Girls— Elektra 30 6 X/M X/M 61% 4 12 Y 2 5

25 Eddie Money— Endless Nights—Columbia 27 13 X X X 68% 25 Y 72 44

^ The Jets—Cross My Broken Heart— MCA 33 5 X X X/F 82% 28 13 145 21

27 Level 42— Lessons In Love— Polydor/PG 19 14 X X 52% 21 25 Y 36 12

‘ ^ Robbie Nevil—Wot's It To Ya— Manhattan 34 6 X X 75% 44 HiH 29 ^ Janet Jackson—The Pleasure Principle— A&M 38 7 X X X 60% 30 34 48 71

30 Partland Brothers—Soul City—Manhattan 31 11 X X 52% 37 - -

Q Brian Adams— Hearts On Fire—A&M 36 15 X X X 66% 40 * Y 25 12

32 Billy Idol—Sweet Sixteen— Ohrysalis 32 11 X X 49% 38 Y 78 35

^ Fleetwood Mac—Seven Wonders—Warner Bros. 39 4 X X X X 65% 27 12 10 ^ Cutting Crew—One For The Mockingbird—Virgin 37 5 X X 56% 31 33 16 ^ Europe— Rock The Night— Epic 35 10 X X 23% 39 12 Y 43 25 ^ Surface— Happy-Columbia 41 7 X X X X 70% 31 28 m 8 Q Steve Windwood—Back In The High Life— Island 42 6 X X X X 66% 49 19 51 - - ^ J. Rush (W/E John)— Flames Of Paradise— Epic 40 8 X X 45% 50 ^ Suzanne Vega— Luka—A&M 47 5 X X X X 80% 9 22 21 Y m 8 ^ Richard Marx— Don't Mean Nothing— Manhattan 45 4 X X X 65% 22 43 BH 2

® Soundtrack *MTV— Exclusive NV— No Video Y—Yes, On Tour X—All TEST RECORDS (CONSENSUS BY REGION) NORTHEAST

1 FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS-Stand Back-CBS Assoc./Epic WPHD in Buffalo adding the T-Birds latest, should chad soon

2. REGINA BELLE-Show Me The Way-Columbia Soulstress’ hot B/C cut is crossing at Harrisburg's WNNK.

3 ROD STEWART-Twtslin' The Night Away-GeHen Rod redid his hit for the Speitberg flick ‘'Innerspace," Added at WTIC Hartford. SOUTHEAST

1 CHRIS De BURGH-Fatal Hesitalion-A&M Follow-up to #1 smash 'Lady In Red" added at Greenville's WANS.

2 AMAZULU-Montego Bay-Mango/lsland WBJW/Orlando adding Amazulu's offering Adist established in UK

3 BREAKFAST CLUB-Kiss And Tell-MCA Y106 in Orlando adding band's second single from debut LP. SOUTHWEST

1 FARRENHEIT-Lost In Loveland-Warner Bros. WHHY'Montgomery & Houston's KRBE adding in the SOUTHWEST

2. LL COOL J-I'm Bad-Def Jam/Columbia KITY in San Antonio adding the bad boy of rap to their playlist

3 BOSTON-Hollyann-MCA KEGUDallas adding latest off "Third Stage" LP MIDWEST

1 JOE WALSH-The Radio Song-Full MoonA/VB KJYO/Oklahoma adding of forthcoming "Got Any Gum " LP

2, JELLYBEAN-Who Found Who-Chrysalis Detroit's WHYT adding Mr Bennitez s offering

3. CHICAGO-Niagara Falls-Full MoonWB Chicago added m Chicago at WLS by Rich and the gang WEST

1 KAREN KAMON-Give A Little Love-Alco KCPX Satt Lake City pick up on diva's newest tune

2. DEPECHE MODE-Strangelove-Sire WB UK hitmakers added in the Ventura County at KCAO in Oxnard I

3. E.G. DAILY-Mind Over Matter-Chrysalis KZZU'Spokane add E G.'s offering to the "Summer School" soundtrack

21 p3sh Box/Radio Report July 4, 1 987 ON DECK

Record Let. Ttl. Popularity Factor station Req. Sales Rank Title Wk. Wks. 12-17 18-24 25-34 +34 % Rank Rank Day Parts

43 8 X/F X/F X 59% 26 ^ KLYMAXX-I'd Still Say Yes-Constellation/MCA 10a-6p 44 7 X X X 47% 32 - 52 D- GIBSON-Only In My Dreams-Atlantic 3p 3a ^ AL JARREAU-Moonlighting Theme-MCA 46 5 X X X X 48% 13 29 all

51 5 X X X 46% 11 - 1 52 THE WHISPERS-Rock Steady-Solar/Capitol 10a 0p X X - 52 WANG CHUNG-Hypnotize Me-Geffen 52 5 X 52% 10a 6p ^ STARSHIP-lt's Not Over.. .-RCA 66 2 62% 42 all ^ THE OUTFIELD-Since You've Been Gone-Col. 60 4 X X X X 41% 36 6a - 6p ^ CLUB NOUVEAU-Why You Treat.. ..-King Jay/WB 61 5 X X X 36% 14 all ^ SAMMY HAGAR-Give To Love-Geffen 62 4 X X 36% 6p - 6a ^ DAN HILL-Can't We Try-Columbia 71 4 X X X 31% 41 6p - 6a ^ POISON-1 Want Action-Enigma/Capitol 69 4 X X 30% 16 46 6p - 6a ^ LIVING IN A BOX-Living In A Box-Chrysalis 80 2 X X X X 47% 47 10a-6p ^ DANNY WILSON-Mary's Prayer-Virgin 74 4 X X 27% 10a - 6p ^ TOM KIMMEL-That’s Freedom-Mercury/PG 76 3 X X X 31% - - ^ INXS & J. BARNES-Good Times-Atlantic 77 3 X X X 27% 24 45 ^ JOHN WAITE-These Times Are Hard. ..-EMI Amer. 78 3 X X 28% - ^ LOS LOBOS-La Bamba-Slash/WB Debut X X X X 32% 27 - 21 JODY WATLEY-Still A Thrill-MCA 75 3 X X X/F X/F 21% 48 6a - 6p ^ FREDDIE JACKSON-Jam Tonight-Capitol 82 2 X X X 20% - - 21 JONATHAN BUTLER-Lies-RCA 86 2 X X 24%

MULTi FORMAT PLAYLIST

Format Penetration Station Ret. Req. Title Top 40 Country Urban AC AOR Dance % Rank Rank Comments

1 Whitney Houston-1 Wanna Dance ...-Arista 95% 88% 99% 83% 60.8% 1 2 LP to #1 this week

2 Heart-Alone-Capitol 98% 98% 46% 40.3% 3 1 Moves to #2 pop 3 Suzanne Vega-Luka-A&M 80% 67% 76% 37.1% 22 9 From Top 20 LP

4 Janet Jackson-The Pleasure Principle-A&M 60% 93% 67% 36.6% 34 30 Still gaining pop

5 Lisa Lisa-Head To Toe-Columbia 87% 31% 99% 36.1% 2 3 Huge dance hit 6 Surface-Happy-Columbia 70% 23% 69% 50% 35.3% 28 31 Crossover smash

7 Fleetwood Mac-Seven Wonders-WB 65% 72% 74% 35.1% 27 Still gaining... 8 Jonathan Butler-Lies-Jive/RCA 24% 90% 84% 33.0% Crossing Top 40 well 9 Bob Seger-Shakedown-MCA 97% 10% 76% 30.5% 4 7 Soundtrack smash 10 Al Jarreau-Moonlighting (Theme)-MCA 48% 34% 99% 30.1% 29 13 “Moonlighting" LP soon

11 Bruce Hornsby-Every Little Kiss-RCA 82% 99% 30.1% 24 A/C Champion

12 U2-I Still Haven’t Found. ..-Island/Atl. 91% 27% 59% 29.5% 16 12 Picking up A/C 13 Crowded House-Something So Strong-Capitol 86% 32% 49% 27.8% 17 26 Headed for Top 10 14 Genesis-In Too Deep-Atlantic 79% 87% 27.6% 7 21 Strong without AOR 15 Kenny G.-Songbird-Arista 82% 10% 72% 27.3% 6 20 LP #9 pop, #1 jazz 16 The Nylons-Kiss Him Goodbye-Open Air/A&M 70% 89% 26.5% 44 15 Moves 24-21 bullet

17 Bryan Adams-Hearts On Fire-A&M 66% 87% 25.5% 40 Immediate AOR hit

18 Herb Alpert-Diamonds-A&M 51% 44% 50% 24.1% 11 35 Still strong

19 Starship-lt's Not Over.. .-RCA 62% 80% 23.6 42 Moves 16 to #50 pop 20 Club Nouveau-Why You Treat -King Jay/WB 36% 73% 33% 23.6% 14 Just starting

Cash Box/Radio Report July 4, 1 987 PLAY BYPLAY

W^P/ Birmingham, AL Kevin McCarthy-PD JImbo Wood-MD EAST #1 W. Houston ADDS: S. VMa, Outfield, Whitesnake MOST ADDED -EAST REQUESTS: 1. Motley Crue 2, Lisa Lba 3, Whitesnadro 1. LAURA BRANIGAN-Shattered Glass-Atlantic 95 X(WSSX) Charleston. SC Brian Philllps-PD Dave Allen-MD 2. LOS LOBOS-La Bamba-Slash/WB #1 W. Houston 3. SUZANNE VEGA-Luka-A&M ADDS! Klymaxx, S. Winwood, D. Gbson, S. Hagar REQUESTS! 1. G. Michael 2, Motley C rue 3, Pseudo Echo 4. WHITESNAKE-Here I Go Aqain-Geffen 5. ABC-When Smokey Sings-Mercury/PG WSC V'chariotte, NC Jack Daniel-PD Mark Summers-Asst.PD #1 W. Houston QIOO(WQQQ) Allentown, PA Mark Clifford-MD ADDS: ^slem, R. Nevil, B, Willis #1 W. Houston REQUESTS! 1. S. Vega 2. A. Jarreau 3. W. Houston ADDS: none Charlotte, NC Reggie Blackwell-PD j WROQ Chris Williams-MD REQUESTS: 1. W. Houston 2. Lisa Lisa 3. Heart #1 W. Houston B-1 04 (WBSB) Bahimote, MD Brian Thomas-PD ADDS: Fabulous Thunderbirds #1 W. Houston REQUESTS: 1. Atlantic Starr 2. Lisa Lisa 3. Motley Crue ADDS: Pseudo Echo, D. Hill, Club Nouveau, L. Branigan WS/CZchattanooga. TN Scott Chase-PD Jay Scott-MD WC//? Beckley, wv Bob Spencer-PD Ann Kelly-MD #1 W. Houston #1 ADDS: Outfield, Starship, T. Kimmel, Living In A Box 1 W. Houston ADDS: Moll^ Crue, Surface REQUESTS: 1. W. Houston 2. Heart 3. B. Seger ; 1. 2. ! REQUESTS: W. Houston Restless Heart 3. Heart IVWO/C Columbia, SC Leo Windham-PD Robin King-MD #1 W. Houston KISS 108JWXKS) Bosion, MA Sonny Joe White-PD Susan O’Connell-MD FTouSton ADDS: Fat Boys, S. Hagar, INXS/J. Barnes, Whispers REQUESTS: 1. Motley Crue 2. Nylons 3. D. Gibson ADDS: Klymaxx, S. Hagar, J. Waite, J. Butler, D. Harry, ABC, L. Branigan, Breaktast Club KISS 106(KTKS) Dallas, TX Kevin Metheny-PD Don Crockett-MD ! 103 WPHD Buffalo, NY John Hager-Op.DIr. Bob Richards-MD #1 W. Houston ! #1 W. Houston Surface, F. Jackson, Medeiros, ADDS: A. Jarreau, Wang Chung, Los Lobos ADDS: G. C. De Burgh REQUESTS: 1. Heart 2. W. Houston 3. Atlantic Starr IVWA//C Harrisburg, PA Bruce Bond-PD #1 Lisa Lisa KEZB El Paso, TX Ron Haney-PD Cat Simon-Asst.PD j R. Belle, Los Lobos, L. Branigan, Michael, Starship, The #1 Lisa Lisa j ADDS: G. Cure ADDS: felons, W. Houston, Will To Power, B. Seger, Jellybean, Motley Crue Z100 (WHTZ)Hevt York, NY Scott Shannon-VP Prog Steve Kingston-Op. REQUESTS: 1. Lisa Lisa 2. W. Houston 3. Genesis j ' Man. #1 W. Houston 97,1 KEGLfor\ Worth, TX John Roberts-PD J.D. Ryan-Music Coord. #1 Heart ADDS: Whispers, Will To Power ADDS: S. Bush, Fleetwood Mac, S. Vega, Boston, D. Hill, The Cure, Cutting Crew, Whitesnake REQUESTS: 1. Bon Jovi 2. Bon Jovi 3. G. Michael WANSGreemiWe, SC Tommy Smith-PD POWER 95 (WPLJ) New York, NY Larry Berger-PD Andy Dean-MD #1 W. Houston #1 Heart ADDS: Living In A Box, Los Lobos, C. De Burgh ADDS: G. Michael, Klymaxx, Janet Jackson REQUESTS: 1. Heart 2. Lisa Lisa 3. B. Seger REQUESTS: 1. Heart 2. Atlantic Starr 3. G. Medeiros 93 (KKBQ)y^ous^on. tx Ron Parker-PD John 106FM(WBLI) New 'forK NY Bill Terri-PD Ruth Tolson-MD Q Cook-M.D. #1 W. Houston #1 w. Houston 4 By Four, Starship, S. Vega, Outfield, J. Waite, Whispers ADDS: T'Pau, Cutting Crew ADDS: REQUESTS: 1. Bon Jovi 2. J. Watley 3. Atlantic Starr POWER 104 (KRBE) Hous\on, tx Paul Christy-PD Helene Pina-MD #1 W. Houston 98 lVCi4 L/ Philadelphia, PA Scott Walker-PD Glen Kalina-MD #1 W. Houston ADDS: 4 By Four, G. Estefan/M.S.M., Will To Power, L. Branigan, D. Harry, Farrenhert, Los Lobos, J. Butler ADDS: J. Watley, A. Jarreau, Los Lobos, Whitesnake, L. Branigan, Chicago, S. Winwood JacirsonviWe. FL Bill B94 flVSZZJ Pittsburgh, PA Jim Richards-PD Lori Campbell-MD POWER95 (WAPE-FM) Cahill-PD Kandy Klutch-MD #1 W. Houston #1 W. Houston Living In Box, Nevil, Will 4 ADDS: S. Vega, Fat Boys ADDS: Klymaxx, A R. To Power, By Four REQUESTS: 1, G. Michael 2. Heart 3. Club Nouveau REQUESTS: 1. Bon Jovi 2. Motley Crue 3. Lisa Lisa Johnson City, TN Marc Potter-PD Steve Taylor-MD RI1 04 (WERI) Providence, Ri Jonathon Monk-PD WQUT #1 Heart #1 Heart ADDS: S. Winwood, Janet Jackson, Living In A Box ADDS: L. Branigan, Starship, Outfield, S. Vega, Los Lobos, Breakfast Club, Kool & The Gang l. B. Seger 2. R. Marx 3. Motley Crue REQUESTS: 1. Heart 2. B. Seger 3. Crowded House REQUESTS: 98PXY(WPXY) Rochester, NY Tom Mitchell-PD WOKI Knoxville, TN Ron Harper-PD Gary Beach-MD #1 W. Houston #1 Heart A. Jarreau, Starship, ADDS: L. Branigan, J. Butler, Living In A Box, S. Winwood ADDS: U2 1. Motley Crue 2, W. Houston 3. Nylons REQUESTS: 1. S. Vega 2. Nylons 3. U2 REQUESTS:

WNTQ Syracuse. NY David Laird-PD Gary Dunes-MD WLRS Louisville, KY Lisa Lyons-PD Kevin Robinson-MD #1 Heart #1 E. Money ADDS: J. Waite, A. Jarreau, Los Lobos, L. Branigan, ABC ADDS: S. Winwood, B. Adams i REQUESTS: 1. Heart 2. B. Seger 3. Expose REQUESTS: 1. W. Houston 2, Heart 3. B. Seger POWER 1 05 (WAVA) v^ashingion, DC Mark St. John-PD Gene Baxter-MD B104(KBFM) McAllen/Brownsville, TX Michael Cruz-PD J.J. Montana-MD #1 W. Houston #1 Atlantic Starr ADDS: LL Cool J ADDS: Will To Power, Ana REQUESTS: 1. Lisa Lisa 2. Atlantic Starr 3. G. Michael WMC Memphis, TN John Conley WKRZmkes-Baire, PA Jim Rising-PD/MD Jennifer Starr-Asst MD #1 W. Houston #1 W. Houston ADDS: Chicago, R. Marx, S. Vega ADDS: none Y1 00 (WHYI) Miami, FL Rick Stacy-PD Frank Amadeo-Asst. PD/MD #1 Will To f^wer ADDS: Los Lobos, Jellybean, Sa-Fire, Outfield SOUTH POWER96[WPOW) Miami, FL Bill Tanner-PD Colleen Cassidy-MD #1 Will To Power MOST ADDED - SOUTH ADDS: G. Medeiros, Jellybean 1. STARSHIP-lt's Not Over (Til It’s Over)-RCA WABB Mobile, AL Leslie Fram-PD Lee Chesnut-MD 2. SUZANNE VEGA-Luka-A&M #1 W. Houston 3. LOS LOBOS-La Bamba-Slash/WB ADDS: Whitesnake, D. Gibson, G. Estefan/M.S.M., Nylons

4. WHITESNAKE-Here I Go Again-Geffen REQUESTS: 1. Lisa Lisa 2. Poison 3. Motley Crue 5. WAITE-These Times Are Hard For Lovers-EMI America JOHN WHH /Montgomery, AL Walt Brown-PD Cat Collins-MD #1 W. Houston 940 (WQXI) M\an{a, GA Fleetwood Gruver lll-PD Craig Ashwood-MD ADDS: Whitesnake, Los Lobos, Farrenheit, Breakfast Club, INXS/J. Barnes. Starship, Surface #1 W. Houston V/WK'X' Nashville, TN Mike St. John-PD B.J. Harris-MD ADDS: D. Wilson #1 W. Houston Z93(WZGC) Atlanta, GA Bob Case-PD Lindsey Burdette-MD ADDS: Starship, T’Pau, Surface #1 W. Houston REQUESTS: 1. Atlantic Starr 2. Lisa Lisa 3. Heart ADDS: J. Watley, Jellybean W/H /Nashville, TN Mark Chase-PD/MD REQUESTS: 1. Lisa Lisa 2. Motley Crue 3. Poison #1 W. Houston WSSO Augusta, GA Bruce Stevens-PD ADDS: whispe rs, Crowded Moose, Starship, Suriaoe #1 W. Houston REQUESTS! 1. Heart 2. B. Seger 3. G. Michael ADDS: Starship, Living In A Box, D. Gibson, D. Wilson, Los Lobos, Kool & The Gang B 97 (WEZB)Naw Orteans, LA Shadow Stevens-PD Joey Giovingo-MD KHFI Austin, TX Barry Kaye-PD Selby Edwards-MD #1 w. Houston #1 Heart ADDS: G. Michael, S. Vega, Los Lobos 1. Fat 2. Nylons 3. t ADDS: S. Vega, Wang Chung, Starship, INXS/J. Barnes, J. Waite REQUESTS: Boys G. Medeiros KZZB 3eaunnont, TX Chris Baker-PD J.J. Jackson-MD WRNO FM100 New Orleans, LA Mike Costello-PD Wayne WatkIns-MD #1 S. Robinson #1 Genesis ADDS: U2, J. Watley ADDS: H. Stewart, S. Hagar, Whitesnake

Cash Box/Radio Report July 4, 1 987 23 WA/V'Z Norfolk, VA Chris Baily-PD Cathy Cruise-MD #1 W. Houston MIDWEST ADDS; Club Nouveau, S. Vega, Fat Boys, D. Gibson, Klymaxx REQUESTS: 1. Bon Jovi 2. Heart 3. Whispers MOST ADDED -MIDWEST 97 STAR (WGH) NorioiK va Sheldon Borgelt-PD Doc Michaels-MD 1. LIVING IN A BOX-Living In A Box-Chrysalis #1 W. Houston 2. SUZANNE VEGA-Luka-A&M ADDS: Klymaxx, D. Hill, T. Kimmel, J. Waite, Kool S The Gang, The Cure, Los Lobos 3. LOS LOBOS-La Bamba-SlashAVB REQUESTS: 1. Atlantic Starr 2. Motley Crue 3. G. Michael 4. DANNY WILSON-Mary’s Prayer-Virgin Y106(WHLY) Orlando, FL Jerty Cagle-PD 5. JOHN WAITE-These Times Are Hard For Lovers-EMI America #1 W. Houston Breakfast Club, 4 By Four, Starship, S. Vega, Beastie Boys ADDS: Z95 rW/TZ) Chicago, IL Ric Lippincott-PD Brian Kelly-MD REQUESTS: 1. Fat Boys 2. Motley Crue 3. LL Cool J #1 W. Houston BJ 105 (WBJW) Or\ando. FL Dave Wright-MD ADDS: ABC, Living In A Box, Yello #1 W. Houston WLS->1 Mchicago, IL John Gehron-Op.Mgr. Rich MacMillan-PD/MD ADDS: S. Vega, Starship. S. Winwood, Fleetwood Mac, R. Marx, D. Harry, L. Branigan, R. Belle, #1 Atlantic Starr Amazuiu ADDS: S. Vega, Chicago REQUESTS! 1. Fat Boys 2. Lisa Lisa 3. Motley Crue Q102 (WKRQ) C\nc\nna\\, OH Jim Fox-PD Dave Allen-MD #1 W. Houston WEST ADDS: Expose, S. Vega WMMS Cleveland, OH Kid Leo-Ops. Man. Brian Phillips-PD #1 W. Houston MOST ADDED -WEST ADDS: Whitesnake, Fabulous Thunderbirds 1 . LOS LOBOS-La Bamba-Slash/WB REQUESTS: 1. W. Houston 2. Heart 3. B. Seger 2. ABC-When Smokey Sings-Mercury/PG WWC/columbus, OH Bill Richards-PD Tom Kelly-Asst.PD 3. SUZANNE VEGA-Luka-A&M #1 W. Houston 4. JOHN WAITE-These Times Are Hard For Lovers-EMI America ADDS: Living In A Box, D. Wilson, Whispers, Wang Chung, Los Lobos, D. Gibson, J. Waite 5. STARSHIP-lt's Not Over ... -RCA WXG rcolumbus, OH Adam Cook-PD Kevin Haines-MD #1 W. Houston KRXYoemer. CO Marc Bolke-PD Dom Testa-MD ADDS: Los Lobos, D. Wilson, A. Jarreau, Living In A Box #1 Heart REQUESTS: l. G. Michael 2. Lisa Lisa 3. Whispers ADDS: S. V^a, Klymaxx, T. Kimmel, Pseudo Echo, D. Hill REQUESTo: 1. Heart 2. T'Pau 3. Expose WGTZ Dayton, OH John Robertson-PD/MD #1 W. Houston KYNO-FM Fresno. CA Sue Ryan-PD Rich Cartter-MD ADDS: B. Adams, Club Nouveau, Whispers, S. Winwood #1 W. Houston REQUESTS: 1. G. Michael 2. Heart 3. Atlantic Starr ADDS: Los Lobos, D. Harry, ABC, B. Adams, J. Butler, Poison REQUESTS: 1. Whispers 2. G. Michael 3. Surface WHYToexroW, Ml Rick Gillette-PD Mark Jackson-MD #1 W. Houston Las Vegas, NV Jerry Dean-PD Scott Campbell-Asst.PD Jay KLUC ADDS: Los Lobos, S. Vega, Jellybean Taylor-MD REQUESTS: 1. W. Houston 2. B. Seger 3. Kenny G. #1 w. Houston IVCZ /Detroit, Ml Brian Patrick-PD Kathy Means-MD ADDS: B. Hornsby, S. Vega, Los Lobos, Living In A Box #1 W. Houston KIIS-FMlos Angeles, CA Steve Rivers-PD Gene Sandbloom-MD Adds: none #1 W. Houston REQUESTS: 1. A. Jarreau 2. U2 3. Kenny G. ADDS: ABC, S. Vega, Outfield, T'Pau WDTXoeiroW, Ml Jim Harper-PD Mike Bradley-MD REQUESTS: 1. Lisa Lisa 2. Atlantic Starr 3. G. Michael #1 W. Houston Phoenix, KKFR AZ Steve Casey-PD Steve Goddard-MD ADDS: A. Jarreau, Janet Jackson, J. Waite, ABC, Starship, D. Wilson, The Cure #1 Lisa Lisa REQUESTS: 1. G. Michael 2. Bon Jovi 3. Psychedelic Furs ADDS: Klymaxx WMEE Fort Wayne, IN Tony Richards-PD Tommy Allen-MD KZZP Phoenix, AZ Guy Zapolean-PD Kevin Weatheriy-MD #1 W. Houston Lisa #1 Lisa ADDS: Starship, S. Hagar, Jets ADDS: S. Winwood, Crowded House, Chicago, Janet Jackson, Los Lobos REQUESTS: 1. Atlantic Starr 2. Heart 3. Motley Crue ZIOO(KKRZ) Portland, OR Gary Bryan-PD Chet Buchanan-MD WGffDGrand Rapids, Ml Mat Clenott-PD Michelle McCormick-MD #1 Heart #1 Genesis Whispers, J. Waite, ABC, Breakfast Club ADDS: Los Lobos, ADDS: Night Ranger, Starship, The Cure, Joe Walsh, D. Hill REQUESTS: 1. Heart 2. W. Houston 3. Lisa Lisa - @BVJ REQUESTS: 1. whitesnake 2. Whitesnake 3. Motley Crue KWOD Sacramento, CA Tom Chase-PD Indianapolis, IN Jim Flotiman-PD Steve Stiles-MD #1 W. Houston WZPL #1 Heart ADDS: D. Gibson, Starship, Kool S The Gang ADDS: Janet Jackson, 38 Special, Living In A Box, S. Robinson FM102(KSFM) Sacramento, CA Chris Coiiins-Ops. Man. Kevin Kei/Larry REQUESTS: 1. W. Houston 2. Lisa Lisa 3. System Morgan-Music Dept. Q104 r/CSEO) Kansas City, MO Steve Perun-PD Karen Barber-MD #1 Surface #1 Lisa Lisa ADDS: D. Hill, LL Cool J, Fat Boys, Cover Girls, R. Belle Adds: D. Gibson, Whispers REQUESTS: 1. Club Nouveau 2. LL Cool J 3. Whispers KJ/Ookiahoma City, OK Joe Folger-PD Tony Collins-MD /CCPXsait Lake City, UT Lou Simon-PD Evan Lake-MD #1 Heart #1 Kenny G. A.DDS: Farrenheit, S. Vega, Nylons, Surface, REO Speedwagon, Whitesnake, Fabulous ADDS: sjrstem, ABC, Chicago, Breakfast Club, Los Lobos, J. Waite, K. Kamon Thunderbirds REQUESTS: 1. W. Houston 2. Motley Crue 3. Jets KQKQ Omaha, NE Mark Evans-PD John Michaels-MD KS 103 (KSDO) San Diego, CA Nick Ferrara-OM/PD Greg Roiiing-MD #1 W. Houston #1 Kenny G. ADDS: Starship, Living In A Box, Surface, S. Winwood, S. Vega ADDS: Los Lobos, Kool & The Gang, J. Butler, R. Marx REQUESTS: 1. W. Houston 2. Heart 3. B. Seger REQUESTS: 1. G. Michael 2. Club Nouveau 3. Whi spers KHTRst. Louis, MO Dave Robbins-PD Mark Todd-MD KMEL San Francisco. CA Keith Naftaiy-PO #1 Whispers #1 W. Houston ADDS: S. Vega, Outfield, S. Hagar, D. Wilson, Living In A Box, Los Lobos, A. O'Neal, Klymaxx ADDS: Cutting Crew, Jellybean, Los Lobos, Force MD's, D. Hill 106.5 KWKsk Louis, MO Waylon Richards-PD Jim Atkinson-MD KITS San Francisco, CA Richard Sands-PD Steve Masters-MD #1 Pseudo Echo #1 W. Houston Adds: G, VannelH, D. Wilson, INXS/J. Barnes, J. Waite, C. De Burgh ADDS: ABC, R. Nevil 99 1/2 Sk Paul, MN Gregg Swedburg-PD Karen Wong-MD KWSS San Jose, CA Mike Preston-PD Robin Silva-MD WLOL #1 Heart #1 W. Houston ADDS: G. Michael, Cutting Crew ADDS: F. Jackson, Will To Power REQUESTS: 1. Yello 2. Lisa Lisa 3. Atlantic Starr KUBE 93F/lf Seattle, WA Gary Bryan-PD Wendy Christopher-MD St. Paul, MN Dave Anthony-PD Don Michaels-Asst.PD #1 W. Houston KDWB 101 Atlantic Starr ADDS: none #1 ADDS: Surface, T. Kimmel, Ana, J. Butler, Expose REQUESTS: i. w. Houston 2. Expose 3. B. Seger WSPTsxe'jens Point, wi Jay Bouley-PD Jerry Steffen-MD KZZU Spokane, vjfr. John Langan-PD/MD #1 Heart #1 Nylons ADDS: T. Kimmel, J. Waite, Klymaxx, Los Lobos, INXS/J. Barnes ADDS: L. Branigan, E.G. Daily, WhKesnake, S. WWinwood, J. Farnham, A. Franklin REQUESTS: 1. Motley Crue 2. S. Vega 3. Poison REQUESTS: 1. Heart 2. B. Seger 3. Los Lobos KHYTTocson, AZ Beau Richards-PD Buzz Elliot-Asst. MD WRQN Jo\e

24 Cash Box/Radio Report July 4, 1 987 iPROFiLES

Adams, etc. Our program is definite- says it all.” Cob ROCKLINE: Six Years And ly rock radio - no question about it.” the show has s' "To me it’s easy to believe it’s a quality radio pro-^ been six years (on the air) because que, and has withsiv Still Gain’ Strong Rockline has become such an in- from other competitoro

In the world of syndicated rock fact that every artist that has ap- stitution that it’s hard to believe that complete circuit between d - adio, one show has continued to peared on Rockline has always we haven’t been on the air for sixty of the music industry, frorr i.si ;et the precedent for all that have come back or has always said they years!” She continued, "On the management to promoter to recon

ollowed, Global Satellite Network’s will come back, which means ob- other hand, sometimes I think to company down to the fan lockline. The show, presented by viously, that everyone’s really myself ‘52 Monday nights a year for everybody becomes involved.” - it’s personal statement ^BC Radio Networks, recently pleased.” Why is such a feat so im- six years’ a Coburn owes a debt to the wort of both the staff Tollin, celebrated its sixth successful year portant to the most successful for me and what I’ve been doing and as he

" life! It such a emphatically praised, "The crew k )n the air. Rockline has certainly phone-in program on the air? ... if with my has become

carved the mold for similar-styled we didn’t have repeat business we mainstay that it’s hard to remember fantastic, and I feel that I always chone in radio shows, and has would be out of business - because a time when Rocklined\6n'\ exist.” have a safety net with the quality o ijarnered a reputation for consistent- there are not 52 new superstars their performance. Cindy makes that show work, she directs witf ly booking the top acts in rock and every year. It has become almost me great of expertise oil today. automatic, from the point of the “We were first, we had a amount anc Recently, Cash Box spoke to Bob management company and the has a real knack for getting alone a head start. But I Soburn, the show’s host, and Cindy record label, that when an artist with management and artists anc Tollin, producer of Rockline and puts out a new album they’ll do don’t think that would setting up the show. Without her

of Global it’s of f?oc/c//newouldn’t exist.” Operations Manager the Rockline just a matter which have helped us if we |5atellite Networks. The two dis- Monday night are they going to do really at icussed the program’s past, present it.” weren’t good ROCKLINE ’’ und future; the responsibility of put- Global has maintained success- what we were doing. ling out a a live, weekly, syndicated ful business relationships and they ;how; and what has made Rockline owe a great debt to that gift. Said survive in a sea of syn- Tollin, the reputation with successfully "We have Rockline has continually re- radio. Global Satellite Net- and labels so they all ficated management mained successful due to a team ef- vork has evolved itself as quite a we’re- out to everybody know make fort according to both Tollin and lorce in the radio industry, currently look good - so everybody wins. The Coburn. She emphasized the team- hey deliver three high quality week- artist wins because they have a work at Global as she stated, "I satellite delivered programs in ad- really fun time doing something that y think it’s everybody involved in put- iition to Rockline, "Power Cuts,’’ the record and the company ting together Rockline. Bob Coburn Reelin’ In The Years,” and ‘‘Let management company love ... it’s is the best at what he does, and I "he Times Roll.” artists to Good tough to get some do any think that the artists absolutely When Rockline first hit the air- type of interviews.” adore him. We are a full service net- vaves, air personality B. Mitchell Tollin remembers the early day; work, we don’t just produce shows, as host, but was of Rockline, "When we first starter ^eed served we personally deal with every one orced to resign due to failing the technology wasn’t there, the ar of our affiliates for every one of our lealth. Shortly thereafter, Reed tists weren’t there, the credibility programs ... We have a winning Dassed away. Coburn remembers wasn’t there. We fought and we show, radio stations have a winning ind acknowledged his predecessor worked and it feels very good to be show, listeners have something ... he always served as a mentor a part of what people assume is the they look forward to and love to lis- 0 me. He was somebody that I number one rock radio show ir ten to, the artists have fun which lighly respected - he really taught North America.” She concluded makes the labels and management ne a lot about how to handle “I’m very proud to be a part of e happy and they promote the heck nyself on the air. I’ve tried to carry program that was and is still revolu out of the record. We were first, we ” - )n in his steps ... Coburn em- tionary that was the first, that is had a head start. But I don’t think chasized his love for his job, "It’s still the best and is the president o' that would have helped us if we he most fun thing that 1 do, I really many other things that will come weren’t really good at what we were injoy doing the program. It’s terrific and go ...” doing. And I think the combination 0 meet the artists who make the Tom De Savio Cindy Tollin & Bob Coburn of being first and being the best nusic, and let’s face it, it’s a thrill to ce on over 160 radio stations at Although geared towards the ...” )nce. There’s nothing like it Tol- AOR listener. Rockline offers a n couldn’t be happier working with wide appeal to nearly all demo- ;)oburn on the show, she ex- graphics, each show is presented in

‘‘ cressed, ... he, himself has be- a slick, well produced, entertaining come a star. People look at him as package - accessible to nearly he ‘Rockathorian,’ they ask him all every listener, "We are the only hese questions about all the dif- program that goes out live all over erent bands. He generates tons of to the United States and Canada. ” an mail ... She continued, explain- So we literally cover all of North ng the show’s continued appeal. America.” Tollin continued, "We Rockline has built a very, very primarily hit the major market AOR oyal listening audience of people radio stations but we also have in vho, we believe, tune in every Mon- smaller markets a lot of what we iay night whether they know who’s call contemporary stations, theoreti- in or not because they like the cally they are the only CHR in the .how, they like Bob Coburn and market so they can rock out as hey way he does interviews - as do much as they want to. We are The Source Makes Headroom For Max-Matt Frewer, the Canadian-born ill the artists which is why we con- heard on everi^hing from hip A/C to actor who portrays the computer-generated Max Headroom recently visited sider him our greatest asset.” to AOR to Classic Rock sta- CHR the Source studios for the network's weekly public affairs program. “The are not the only The audience tions. We program many shows Source Report. ” Frewer talked to Source News Director Kevin Roche about ines loyal to the show, Tollin ex- featuring ‘crossover* artists, i.e. his career and alter ego. Pictured (Left to Right): Frewer: Bob Madigan ilained, "We pride ourselves on the Huey Lewis, Genesis, Bryan Source Correspondent: and Roche.

^ash Box/Radio Report July 4, 1 987 CASH BOX Radio Report BLACKCONTEMPORMY AN IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE MARKETS

MARKETATA GLANCE MOST ADDED Out Of A Possible 72 Stations #1 SINGLES

68 Stations Reported This Week

Love Is A House Force MD's-Tommy Boy 16 Adds

Nightime Lover System-Atlantic

1 5 Adds

Holiday Kool & The Gang-Mercury/PolyGram 15 Adds

Givin’ You Back The Love Isley, Jasper, Isley-CBS Assoc./Epic 14 Adds

RETAIL REQUESTS

Why You Treat Me So Bad I Feel Good All Over Club Nouveau-Warner Bros. Stephanie Mills-MCA

I Wanna Dance With Somebody I Wanna Dance With Somebody Whitney Houston-Arista Whitney Houston-Arista

I Feel Good All Over Still A Thrill Stephanie Mills-MCA Jody Watley-MCA

Rock Steady Why You Treat Me So Bad Whispers-Solar/Capitol Club Nouveau-Warmer Bros.

ALBUMALLEY NEWAND HOT 4S'S

Welcome To My Dream-Tawatha-Epic Tawatha steps out of her role of lead Good Intentions-Ava Cherry-Capitol

female vocalist for Mtume, to deliver a strong polished debut solo Album. In- Dance All Night-DeBarge-Striped Horse cluded is the provocative hit single “Thigh Ride", currently #23 on the B/C Can We Do It-James Robinson-Tabu/Epic Charts and rising. Dance grooves “Are You Serious” and “Love Goes Higher" Step By Step-The Superiors-Motown are equally exciting, Ballards “Did I Dream You" and “No More Tears” round Secret Affair-Claudja Barry-Epic out an album that will further showcase her vocal talents and Mtume’s produc- tion and writing talents.

26 Cash Box/Radio Report July 4, 1 987 BLACK CONTEMPORAr SCOREBOARD Current LP Record Lst. Ttl. Req. Sales Current This Ttl. Rank Title Wk. Wks. Rank Rotat. Rank Video Tour Wk. Wks. Hot Cuts

[1 Stephanie Mills-I Feel Good All Over-MCA 4 10 2 H 4 Y Y 26 2

2 Jody Watley-Still A Thrill-MCA 2 10 4 H 6 Y 1 15 3 Whitney Houston-1 Wanna Dance-Arista 5 8 3 H 3 Y 10 3 For Love of You 4 Club Nouveau Why You Treat Me-WB 1 10 5 H 2 Y Y 14 28 Heavy On My Mind 3 Isley Bros.-Smooth Sailing-Warner Bros. 8 8 6 H 10 Y 20 3 A Good Woman 6 Herb Alpert-Diamonds-A&M 3 12 8 H 1 Y 6 15 Love In The Rain Jonathon Butler-Lies-Jive/RCA 9 11 7 H 7 Y 24 3 1 Regina Belle-Show Me The Way-Columbia 10 16 14 H 9 Y 55 3 1 5 1 L.L. Cool J.-I'm Bad-Columbia 11 7 1 H 11 Y Y 9 3 10 Whispers-Rock Steady-Solar/Capitol 7 11 12 H 5 Y Y 8 8

1 4xFour-Want You For My Girlfriend-Capitol 16 10 18 H 24 Y 53 D Alexander O’Neal-Fake-TABU/Epic 15 6 11 H 14 Y Y j < Prince-lf 1 Were Your Girlfriend-WB 14 6 10 H 15 Y Y 11 10 House Quake

14 Nona Hendryx-Why Should 1 Cry-EMI America 6 13 13 H 8 Y Y 28 8 3 Diana Ross-Dirty Looks-RCA 17 7 17 H 16 Y 32 6 B 1 3 Janet Jackson-Pleasure Principle-A&M 19 7 16 H 17 Y Y 17 Donna Allen-Satisfied-21/ATCO 20 7 22 H 19 Y Y 18 Howard Hewett-I Commit 2 Love-Elektra 13 11 9 H 13 Y Y 49 41 [E Lillo Thomas-I’m In Love-Capitol 26 7 19 H 20 Y Y 30 10 20 Deneice Williams-Never Say Never-CBS 12 13 15 H 12 Y 39 6 21 RJ’s Latest Arrival-Rhythm Method-Manhattan 18 12 21 M 18 Y Vesta Williams-A Good Thing-A&M 25 8 23 M 25 j Y Y 3 Tawatha-Thigh Ride-Epic 29 7 20 M 21 Y Y 24 La La-lf You-Arista 24 9 24 M 27 Y 3 Aretha Franklin-Rock-A-Lot-Arista 30 7 25 M 26 Y

y Fat Boys-Falling In Love-Tin Pan/Polydor 33 5 26 M 23 Y 15 3 Timex Social Club-Mixed Up World-Dayna/Fantasy 38 7 32 M 34 Y J 3 Freddie Jackson-Jam Tonight-Capitol 45 3 38 M 39 Y Y 2 35

3 Phyliss Hyman-Enough Love-PIR/Manhattan 34 8 27 M 28 Y 30 One Way-Whammy-MCA 31 8 36 M 30 Y 36 38 31 Jerry Woo-Lonely Girl-Polydor 32 9 37 L 33 Y Y Georgio-Tina Cherry-Motown 36 7 28 M 29 Y 1 j Luther Vandross-I Really Didn't Mean It-Epic 40 4 33 M 35 Y Y j Natalie Cole-Jump Start-Manhattan 39 4 34 M 36 Y j Cheryl Lynn-lf You Were Mine-Manhattan 37 4 31 M 37 Y !! ; 36 Kathy Mathis-Late Night Hour-Tabu 35 8 35 M 32 y ^ Smokey Robinson-One Heart Beat-Motown 42 4 39 M 38 Y 38 Loose Ends-Stop The Rain-MCA 28 11 29 L 22 Y Y ^ Sheila E.-Koo Koo-Paisley ParkA/VB 39 5 40 M 40 Y 40 Starpoint-D.Y.B.O.-Elektra 27 8 30 L 31 Y Y INDIE TOP 20^^^

Lst Ttl. TiHe Wk Wks. Stations

1 Whistle-Barbara’s Bedroom-Select 1 12 WBMX, WKXI, WQIS, WALT, WQQK, WORL, Z103, KDKO, K104. 2 Ann Hines-Tearjerker-Edge 2 9 WGOK, WRDW, WABO, WALT, WXOK, WAPR, WSRC, WCPC. 3 John Burford-Ought To Be A Law-Macola 3 8 K104, WBMX, WGCl, KPRS, WQFX, WALT, KHZ, KMJM, WGPR. 4 Touch-WithoutYouSupertronic 4 7 KQXL, WPDQ, WORL, WWIN-FM, WAMO, WDJY, WNHC, WANM. 5 L.J. Reynolds-Tell Me-Fantasy 6 7 WOWI, WJIZ, WENN, Z93, WVOI, WWWS, WBLK, WDAS, WDIA. 6 Jesse James-1 Can Do Bad...-T.T.E.D. 7 6 WPOM, WEDR, WEAS, WVEE, WHUR, WKYS, WWIN. 7 Sybil-Let Yourself Go-Next Plateau 5 11 WHUR, KDAY, WDKX. WJIZ, WXOK, WENN. WPAL, JET94, WFXC. 8 Khaliq-You Go To My Head-Brofeel 11 6 WYLD, WHRK, WXOK, KQXL, KOKY, KDKS, WKXI, KWTD, WZAZ. 9 Stetsasonic-Faye-Tommy Boy 13 6 WEDR, WIIZ, KJCB, WQIS, KHYS. 10 Delancy-Nice-Acklins 14 6 KSOL, WTMP, WZAK, KJAM, WLNR, WTLC, WDUR. 11 Val Young-PrivateConverstations-Amherst 15 4 WDAS, WDIA, WOWI, WZAK, WDKX, WJIZ, WENN, WPEG, WPDQ 12 Joyce Sims-Lifetime Love-Sleeping Bag 16 6 WBLK, WDKX, WPAL, JET 94, KJCB. 13 Debbie Deb-l’mSearchin-Jampacked 17 4 WDIA, WTMP, KPRS, KMJM, WJIZ, WHYZ, WKXI, WZAZ, WANM. 14 JohnnieTaylor-Make Me Late-Malaco 18 4 WDIA, WFXC, WCIN, Z103, WGPA, K104, WENN. WPAL. KOKY. 15 Doug E. Fresh-Play Only At Night-Danya/Fantasy 8 10 WWIN, WATV, WKXI, WLOU, KDKS, WDAS, WZAK, KDKO.

16 Monet-My Heart Gets. . .-Ligosa/Warlock 9 11 WVEE, WDIA, WHRK, WEDR, K94, WOWI, WTMP, WBMX. WGCl. 17 Cyre-LastChance-Fresh/Sleeping Bag 10 12 WTMP, WKXI, WLOU, WBLX, WWDM. WJIZ, KQXL. WPAL. KJCB. 18 Egyptian Lover-Freakaholic-EgyptianEmpire 12 14 WWIN, WEKS, WXOK, WATV, WPEG, WWWS, KDAY, KJLH. KKDA. 19 J.E. The P.C. From D.C.-HelloRochelle-Alasam 19 2 WANN, WFKX, KCOH, KOKY. WVOL, WUSS, WEAL. WDKS, KXZZ, 20 Mini Curry-I Think I'm Over You-Total Experience 20 2 WWIN. WXYV, WDAS, K104. KDAY. WENN. WPAL. Z93, KHZ.

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WVKO Columbus, OFi K.C. Jones-PD form EAST #1 S. Mills RutI ADDS: L. Vandross, A. Franklin, V. Williams, Sheila E. MOST ADDED -EAST REQUESTS: l.s. Mills 2.J. Butler 3.R. Belle ley- WVOI Toledo, OH Paul Brown-PD Ste\ 1 . LEVERT-Casanova-Atlantic Jets, Levert, 2. FOECE MD’S-Love Is A House-Tommy Boy ADDS: The M. Moore, General Kane. lion 3. SYSTEM-Niqhtime Lover-Atlanlic REQUESTS: I.H. Alpert 2.R. Belle 3.J. Watley Zitn 4. FREDDIE JACKSON-Jam Tonight-Capitol WZ4/Ccieveiand, OH Lynn Tolliver-PD 5. POINTER SISTERS-Mercury Rising-RCA #1 LL Cool J and ADDS: Dimples, Lakeside, Teen Dream, D. Warwick/J. Osborne, The Deele, MC Chill, M. Curry. pern IVDJV' Washington, D C. Brute Bailey PD Chris Barry-MD REQUESTS: i s. Mills 2. Isley Bros 3. Whispers exci Alpert #1 Herb WWOV Milwaukee, wi Robb Hardy-PD Members Only, Levert, Givens Tlie ADDS: C. Lynn, F. Jackson, V. Thomas, Shalamar, Octavia, #1 LL Cool J Family. ADDS: Ray Goodman S Brown, Octavia, Babyface, Force MD's, Klymaxx. aroL REQUESTS: 1.2. 3. 1. LL Cool J 2. J. Butler 3.Club Nouveau REQUESTS: Mici IVD/CXPochester, NY Andre Marcei-PD Clint Works-MD St. Louis, KA TZ MO Cor #1 Whitney Houston #1 S. Mills ADDS: Full House, P. LaBelle, General Kane, Levert. ADDS: Isl^-Jasper-Isley, D. Warwick/J. Osborne, BB & CC Winan, Levert. von REQUESTS: 1. LL Cool J 2. W. Houston 3. J. Jackson REQUESTS: 1. S. Mills 2. J. Watley S.Prince Pan IVHi//? Washington, DC Bobby Bennett-PD Mike Archie-MD #1 J. Butler Tay ADDS: A. Starr, Fat Boys, Foxworth, Slave. wen REQUESTS: 1. Club Nouveau 2. J. Butler 3. S. Mills SOUTH borf WILD Boston, MA Elroy Smith-PD Tonya Pendleton-MD #1 Whispers MOST ADDED -SOUTH bine Tramaine, J. Brown, G. Washington Jr, S. Robinson, M. Curry com ADDS: 1. LEVERT-Casanova-Atlantic REQUESTS: 1. Prince 2. LL Cool J 3. A. O'Neal 2. KQQL & THE GANG-Holiday-Mercury/PolyGram groi WNH ) New Haven, CT Hector Hannibal-PD David Dickenson-MD 3. ISLEY, JASPER, ISLEY-Givin' You Back The Love-Atlantic coal #1 S. Mills 4. FORCE MD’S-Love Is A House-Tommy Boy ADDS: Pointer Sisters, G. Michael, Force MD's, Strait, Levert, General Kane. 5. SYSTEM-Nightime Lover-Atlantic erne REQUESTS: 1. J. Butler 2. S. Mills 3. Club Nouveau

WUSL Philadelphia, PA Frank Cerami-PD KDKS Shreveport, LA C. Erwin Daniels-PD ini #1 Whitney Houston #1 cool ADDS: V. Young, Force MD's, Levert, System, D. Warwick/J. Osborne ADDS: L. Vandross, H. Hewett, Babytace, LL Cool J, Theresa, Shalamar, J. Jackson, REQUESTS: i. 2. 3. Isley-Jasper-Jasper, A. Franklin. recc REQUESTS: i. 2. 3. WWIN Baltimore, MD Don BrOOkS-PD bein #1 KKDA Grand Prarie, TX Terry Avery-PD ADDS: #1 S. Mills lists REQUESTS: i. 2. 3. ADDS: Isley-Jasper-Isley, Levert, R, Belle, D. Warwick/J.Osborne, The Deele. triby REQUESTS: i. 2. 3. l/VX/ VBaitimore, MD Roy Sampson-PD loda #1 Rock, AK Bobby Earl-PD KOKYme The ADDS: #1

REQUESTS: i. 2. 3. ADDS: J. Brown, Levert, Kool & Gang, Force MD's, I. Foster, Tramaine, J. Simms, Dimples. coai

Pittsburgh, PA Chuck Woodson-PD WANM JaWahassee. FI Joe Bullard-PD Jehryl Tooks-MD pror #1 W. Houston ADDS: mak ADDS: Babyface, G. Washington Jr, Levert, Lakeside, Klymaxx, War, General Kane, Romeo, C. WDAS Phiadeliphia, PA Joe Tambarro-PD Barry^ Dimples, M. Tyson Jr. talei #1 REQUESTS: I.LL Cool J 2.R. Belle 3.G. Michaels ADDS: theii Louisville, KY Tony Fields-PD REQUESTS: i. 2. 3, WLOU mus #1 S. Mills Windsor, Ct. Melanie McClean-MD WKND ADDS: Shalamar, M. Curry, Kool & Gang, Levert, General Kane, Lakeside. '12ii #1 Whispers REQUESTS: 1. Isley Bros 2, A. O'Neal 3. Tawatha I has ADDS: Pointer Sisters, N. Cole. I. Foster. J. Jackson, F. Jackson, W. Houston. REQUESTS: 1.LL Coo! J 2.H. Alpert 3. Whispers WORL Orlando, FI MaxwcII St. James-PD lalw #1 Club Nouveau ADDS: I the' MIDWEST REQUESTS: l.s. Mills 2.R. Belle 3.W. Houston 'The WPAL Chaieston, SC Don Kendricks-PD iimn MOST ADDED -MIDWEST #1 S. Mills at If P. Blu. R. Lewis, LaBelle, D. Brown, Bop. I 1. LEVERT-Casanova-Atlantic ADDS: i.S. Mills 2. A. Franklin 3. Isley Bros isa 2. ISLEY, JASPER, iSLEY-Givin' You Back The Love-Epic REQUESTS: 3. FQRCE MD’S-Love Is A House Glass-Tommy Boy WPLZ Petersburgh, VA Debbie Parker-PD Phil Daniels-MD t/eri 4. KQQL & THE GANG-Holiday-Mercury/PolyGram #1 Whispers nar 5. BABYFACE-I Love YOu Babe^olar/Capitol ADDS:R. Nevil, P. Blu, Kool & Gang, Force MD’s. REQUESTS: l.w. Houston 2.S. Mills 3.A. O'Neal KMJMst. Louis, MO Mike Stradford-PD KMJQ Houston, TX Ron Atkins-PD ADDS: Force MD’s, Full House, Isley-Jasper-Isley, 0. Warwick/J. Osborne, Dimples, N. Cole, #1 Club Nouveau General Kane, Levert, Babytace ADDS: J. Blackfoot/A. Hines, Force MD's, Isley-Jasper-Isley, Levert, Salt & Pepa, Dimples, J.

REQUESTS: 1 . 2 . 3 . Robinson. DeBarge. REQUESTS: i. Club Nouveau 2. LL Cool J 3. Isley Bros KPRS Kansas City, KS Dell Rice-MD #1 / ADDS: Slave, Heavy D, C. DeBerry, Dimples, Givens Family, Najee, M. Howard, Babyface, Theresa. REQUESTS: 1. LL Cool J 2. S. Mills 3. J. Watley WEST WSLZHamilton, OH Brian Castie-PD #1 S. Milis MOST ADDED -WEST ADDS: G. Washington Jr, Levert, Force MD's, Kool & Gang, System, Babyface. 1. KQQL & THE GANG-Holiday-Mercury/PolyGram 2. CHUCK STANLEY-^ammind To The Bells-Def Jam/Columbia WBMXoak Park, IL Lee Michaels-PD Lover-Aflantic #1 S. Mills 3. SYSTEM-Niqhtime 4. FORCE MD’S-Love Is A House-Tommy Boy ADDS: First Circle, Levert, Dimples, Isley-Jasper-Isley, Force MD's, Kool & Gang, System, V. Evidence-Solar/Capitol Youi^. 5. SHALAMAR-Circumstantial REQUESTS: 1. Club Nouveau 2. Prince 3. S. Murdock IVCACXcoiumbus, OH Rick Stevens-PD KDAYlos Angeles, CA Jack Patterson-PD #1 #1 Club Nouveau R. Shante, Theresa. Ice Tea, P. LaBelle, Klymaxx, F. Jackson, Microphone Masters, CC ADDS: J. Robinson, Full House, V. ThorTras, System, A. Jarreau. ADDS: REQUESTS: 1.2. 3. & Company WC/A/ Cincinnati, OH Steve Harris-PD KDKO Englewood. CO Ron Ash-PD #1 S. Mills #1 S. Mifls Wan«ick/J. C. Stanley, Cabo Frio, Levert. ADDS: V. Thomas, D, Warwick/J. Osborne, Levert, Lakeside, Dimples. ADDS: N. Cole, Sheila E, D. Osborne, REQUESTS: i. W. Houston 2. Sheila E 3. A. O'Neal KACE Los Angeles, CA Pam Robinson-PD WAWA Elm Grove, WI Bob Collins-PD ADDS: M. Franks, Sherrick, Najee, D. Warwick/J. Osborne, K. Pore, G. Washington Jr. REQUESTS: 1. R. Belle 2. J. Segal 3. Loose Ends ADDS: M. Howard, M. Scott, Sherrick, Ray Goodman S Brown, W. Pickett, M. Jaye, Valentine Bros, Isley-Jasper-Isley, . KJLH Los Angeles, CA Cliff Winston-PD REQUESTS: i. 2. 3. #1 Club Nouveau Cool J, P. Blu, WGC/ Chicago, IL Sonny Taylor-PD ADDS: Family Dream, Eric B, J. Simms, Touch, Miami Sound Machine, LL #1 S. Mills Shalamar, D. Deb, Levert, The Jets.

1 . 2 . 3 . ADDS: LaBelle, M. Moore, Full House, Dimples, Levert, General Kane. A. Starr. A. Franklin. REQUESTS: Force MD's. Isley-Jasper-Isley. Cover Girls. KMYX 'HP Thomas-PD Ojai, CA REQUESTS: l.s. Mills 2.L. Thomas 3.J. Jackson ADDS: Nylons, Fat Boys, F. Jackson, Kool S Gang, System, Camelot 2.

28 Cash Box/Radio Report July 4, 1 987 ^ECLIPSE MUSIC-The newly musician who rates exceedingly formed Eclipse Music headed by high among his peers in the produc- Ruth Zitnik, president, Lynn God- tive side. A most sought after ley, vice president of operations, saxophonist who has played and Steve Fowler vice president promo- toured literally around the world in- tion and jazz production, Deanna cluding performances on various Zitnik, vice president marketing studio albums. Steve has com- and Wendell Bates,national inde- posed and performed theme music pendent consultant is buzzing with for various movies and television excitement. shows. Some of his works include The thrust of activity is centered Chili Peppers for Cannon Film around a group called The Group, the soundtrack for The MicrophoneMasters, consisting of Amazon, Mekong Missouri and Corey E. Byther, Royetta Shel- The Nile for the national endow- vone Campbell, Gerald Jerome ment for the arts and his Parrish and SylvesterTommy memorable saxophone forthe NBC- Taylor. These four young men TV movie Misfits Of Science. were all born in 1 968 and are neigh- Steve is equally at home with his borhood buddies who have com- saxophone on a swinging jazzy set, Microphone Masters bined their talents and are fast be- sitting in the saxophone section of a coming one of the premier artistic big band or symphony orchestra or written by Keni entitled Boogie Los Angeles. He later became a groups coming out of the west wearing the producers hat in a Fever. Other artists who have songwriter and music publisher. coast explosion of rappers. The recording session. Steve, the artist benefitted with hit tunes written by Having written all but one of the emergence of Microphone Masters has a sensational yet to be named Keni include The Spinners, songs on his latest album entitled on the music scene by way of their album due for release on Eclipse Tavares, Peaches And Herb, Tier- SomebodyCares which was heard initial release on Eclipse Music Music. Steve Fowler, a quiet musi- ra, St. T ropez and the late Minnie by Zella Price, star of the play Say couldn’t be more timely. Rap cal force, is a musicians, musician Ripperton. The brilliant career of Amen Somebody. Zella is in the 'ecords, artists and groups are now who will soon be known for his Keni St. Lewis involves a quanity of process of writing a play around the oeing recognized as legitimate ar- tremendous talents as a recording hit singles and albums too title song. Terry C. Clark, a man on ists and are making healthy con- artist. numerous to mention. Now he is the move in music. ributlons in their artistic manner on A name well known and respected stepping into the role of recording INDUSTRY ACTIVITY-Extraordi- odays’ music scene. in the industry is Keni St. artist and performer with Eclipse nary writer/producer Otis Stokes is The explosive eruption of west Lewis( recording underthe name Music. busy on both coast. He is working coast rappers into the spotlight of Hollywood). Keni’s musical career Recently signed to the label is Mag- in Refraze Studios in Dayton, Ohio orominence on the national scene actually started in the early 60’s nificent Marvski who became inter- co-producing his brother Hakim inakes the timing perfect for this when he penned a tune entitled ested in the hiphop scene at age 9. Stokes for Curb Records, whose iaient-laden young group to take Bad Detective for the world He appeared in the hit movie Body first single is entitled One Down, heir place in the world of rap famous Coasters. His early day RocK He was signed to develop Two Down. On the west coast he nusic. The response to their debut track record includes the penning of and release and album of original is producing South American artist

1 2 inch single entitled Francine such hits as I Fooled You This material both rap and singing. Jeronimofor his first english album :ias been nothing short of sensation- TimeforGeneChandler, a co- Eclipse Music, a label of diverse with assistance by first engineer

al with major radio activity around writer on You’re The Best Thing talents making a strong musical Tim Jaquette at Studio Masters in he country. Since Candy for The O’Jay’s statement. Los Angeles. James Alexander, The name Steve Fowler may not be during the early days of Gamble NEW FROM TERRY-Terry C. program director of top rated WJLB hnmediately recognizeable as one And Huff’s Neptune Records. Clarkwas greatly influenced by the in Detroit announced the appoint-

)f the premeir music makers, who KenI laterjoined forces with Fred- dancing and showmanship of ment of Belinda Briggs as music 3 automatically mentioned in con- die Perren and togetherthey Sammy Davis Jr. started dancing director. 'ersations in the industry. But his produced the first gold and platinum when he was a teenager at the Wil- lame is well known as a brilliant single of The Sylvers on a tune lie Covan School Of Dancing in BOB LONG HIGH PRIORITY A HIGH PRIORITY SALUTE TO BABYFACE Songwriter/Recording Artist Solar Records Solar Records’ multi-talented musician/songwriter Babyface has grabbed the musical spotlight as a bonafide lead vocalist on his debut album entitled Lovers, a mellow tribute to romantic love and gallant hearts. Born the fifth of six boys to family in Indianapolis, Indiana, Babyface spent several years playing with various groups in his hometown and nearby Cincinnati, Ohio before he met The Deele in a Cincinnati club called The Zodiac Lounge in his moniker comes from Bootsy 1 981 . The former Kenny Edmonds says Collins when he and The Deele were performing with the famed funk master. In addition to writing all but one of the tunes on his debut album, Babyface has written many other hits including the recent number one(#1) smash Rocksteady for The Whispers, Babyface, another in the long line of midwestern talent has and will continue to be a major force in the music industry.

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II Dancin’ With Myself Tonight The Kendalls-Step One 1

31 Adds I What A Girl Next Door Could Do Girls Next Door-MTM f 29 Adds Island In The Sea E

Willie Nelson-Columbia 1 27 Adds

1 Daddies Need To Grow Up Too The O'Kanes-Columbia t

24 Adds 1 Members Only 2 Donna Fargo/Billy Joe Royal -Mer- cury 2

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All My Ex’s Live In Texas All My Ex’s Live In Texas George Strait-(MCA) George Strait-(MCA)

I I’m Going I Know Where I’m Going Know Where The Judds-(RCA/Curb) The Judds-(RCA/Curb)

It’s Only Over For You Snap Your Fingers Tanya Tucker-{Capitol) Ronnie Milsap-(RCA)

Little Sister One Promise Too Late Dwight Yoakam-(Warner Reba McEntire-(MCA) Bros. /Reprise) Born To Boogie Another World Flank Williams, Jr.-(Warner Crystal Gayle/Gary Morris-(Warner Bros ./Curb) Bros.) Love Someone Like Me Snap Your Fingers Holly Dunn-(MTM) Ronnie Mislap-(RCA) Another World Crystal Gayle/Gary Morris-(Warner Bros.) HOT CUTS

Dwight Yoakam-Little Ways-(Hillbilly Deluxe) Randy Travis-Good I ntentions-( Always And Forever)

Randy Travis-I Told You So-( Always And Forever) Holly Dunn-Small Towns (Are Smaller For Girls)-(Cornerstone)

Holly Dunn-Why Wyoming-(Cornerstone) Vince Gill-Everybody’s Sweetheart-(The Way Back Home)

The Judds-Turn It Loose-{Heartland) Alabama-Vacation-(The Touch)

Dwight Yoakam-Please, Please Baby-(Hillbilly Deluxe) Lee Greenwood-Touch And Go Crazy-{lf There’s Any Justice)

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D George Strait-All My Ex’s Live In Texas-MCA 2 10 2 Hot 2 Y Y 4 22 Hot Burning Flames

The Judds-I Know Where I’m Going-RCA/Curb 4 8 3 Hot 3 N Y 6 20 Turn It Loose

3 Earl Thomas Conley-That Was A Close One-RCA 3 13 15 Hot 14 N Y 25 35 Dancin’ With Flame

4 Randy Travis-Forever And Ever, Amen-Warner Bros. 1 11 1 RC 1 Y Y 1 6 Good Intentions

5 Crystal Gayle/Gary Morris-Another World-WB 6 10 8 Hot 6 N Y - - -

6 Steve Wariner-The Weekend-MCA 7 11 9 Hot 11 Y Y 27 16 Hey Alarm Clock Q Holly Dunn-Love Someone Like Me-MTM 9 10 7 Hot 10 N Y 32 3 Why Wyoming

8 Dwight Yoakam-Little Sister-Warner Bros./Reprise 5 13 RC RC 5 N Y 2 8 Little Ways/Please

9 Ricky Skaggs/Sharon White-Love Can’t Ever.. .-Epic 11 10 22 Hot 13 N Y 49 36 Walkin’ In Jerusalem

10 Ricky Van Shelton-Crime Of Passion-Columbia 12 12 11 Hot 8 Y Y 14 14 Ultimately Fine

11 Lee Greenwood-Someone-MCA 13 8 24 Hot 18 N Y - - Touch And Go Crazy m Reba McEntire-One Promise Too Late-MCA 15 6 5 Hot 9 N Y 40 36 - EE Ronnie Milsap-Snap Your Fingers-RCA 16 6 4 Hot 7 N Y - - -

14 Tanya Tucker-lt’s Only Over For You-Capitol 8 14 RC RC 4 N Y - - Daddy Long Legs

EE Waylon Jennings-Fallin’ Out-MCA 22 7 19 Hot 21 N Y 43 18 Chevy Van/Baker St.

- - - EE Highway 101 -Whiskey, If You Were A Woman-WB 23 6 10 Hot 16 N Y

17 Vince Gill-Cinderella-RCA 19 9 21 Med. 30 N N - - Everybody’s Sweet

18 Baillie And The Boys-Oh Heart-RCA 21 10 32 Med. 32 N Y - - -

19 Larry Gatlin/Janie Frickie-From Time To Time-Col. 20 8 41 Med. 19 Y Y 44 !35 -

Michael Martin Murphey-A Long Line Of Love-WB 25 6 13 Med. 31 Y Y 38 !13 - m Parton/Ronstadt/Harris-Telling Me Lies-WB 27 5 14 Med. 24 N N 3 15 Those Memories

Restless Heart-Why Does It Have To Be...-RCA 28 5 16 Med. 34 Y Y 8 24 Wheels

23 George Jones-1 Turn To You-Epic 24 7 12 Med. 21 N Y 13 36 Don’t Leave Without...

24 Sweethearts Of The Rodeo-Chains Of Gold-Columbia 10 14 RC RC 12 N Y 9 46 Chosen Few m Kathy Mattea-Train Of Memories-Mercury 31 6 43 Med. 23 N Y 12 32 -

26 Anne Murray-Are You Still In Love With Me-Capitol 29 8 42 Med. 17 N Y 16 5 -

Hank Williams, Jr.-Born To Boogie-WB/Curb 35 4 6 Med. 26 N Y - - -

SD T. Graham Brown-Brilliant Conversationalist-Cptl. 34 5 44 Med. 21 Y Y 31 2 RFD 30529

29 K.T. Oslin-80’s Ladies-RCA 30 9 20 Med. 33 N N - - Younger Men

30 Eddy Raven-You’re Never Too Old For...-RCA 14 14 RC RC 15 N Y 30 20 Shine, Shine, Shine

m Don Williams-I’ll Never Be In Love Again-Capitol 37 4 33 Med. 43 N Y - - - 32 John Wesley Ryles-Midnight Blue-Warner Bros. 17 10 RC RC 48 N N - - -

1 SE Glen Campbell-The Hand That Rocks.. .-MCA 39 5 23 Med. 36 N N - - -

Exile-She’s Too Good To Be True-Epic 41 4 17 Med. 38 N Y - - -

I 35 Asleep At The Wheel-House Of Blue Lights-Epic 38 5 18 Med. 35 N Y 21 14 Boogie Back To Texas

gE Pake McEntire-Too Old To Grow Up Now-RCA 43 4 28 Med. 50 N Y - - - m The Statler Brothers-I’ll Be The One-Mercury 45 4 35 Med. 42 N Y - - - m The Oak Ridge Boys-This Crazy Love-MCA 47 4 29 Med. 40 N Y 34 17 -

- 39 Lyle Lovett-Why 1 Don’t Know-MCA/Curb 44 4 34 Med. 51 N Y 35 33

m Steve Earle & The Dukes-Nowhere Road-MCA 46 4 46 Lite 52 N Y 19 3 1 Ain’t Ever Satisfied

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yea I m Judy Rodman-I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight-MTM 48 3 36 Lite - N Y 23 11 What's A Broken Heart jcas jtimi T Michael Johnson-Ponies-RCA 53 3 30 Lite - N Y - - - Bin ! 45 Larry Boone-I Talked A Lot About Leaving-Mercury 49 5 25 Lite - Y Y - - - I lion EE The Forester Sisters-You Again-Warner Bros. 56 2 47 Lite 46 N Y - - - |timi |qui| m Dan Seals-Three Time Loser-EMI America 60 2 - Lite 44 N Y 47 35 On The Front Line 49 TheShooters-’Till The Old Wears Off-Epic 54 5 - Lite - N Y - - - i roc

Ronnie Milsap/Kenny Rogers-Make No Mistake-RCA 64 2 26 Lite 47 - - - He N N I

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64 Tim Johnson-Between The Sun. ..-Sundial 69 3 40 Lite - - - -

The Kendalls-Dancin’ With Myself Tonight-Step One D D - Lite - Y Y - - -

Girls Next Door-What A Girl Next Door...-MTM D D 50 Lite - N Y - - -

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1 Liz Boardo-I Need To Be Loved Again-Master 2 4 34/31 41/38, 42/39 WVAR 32/23, WLET 40/29, WKCW , WKDY KFRD

2 Tony McGill-Taming My Mind-Killer 1 6 WKCW 1 4/1 0, WVAR 31 /25, WLET 30/20, WGSQ 32/29, KRKT 46/37 3 Tim Johnson-Between Sun And San Antone-Sundial 5 3 KBPS 40/28, WGVM 43/38, KFRD 43/40, WSDS 48/42, KHOC 50/44 4 Lynne Tyndall-Looking For A Brand New. ..-Door Knob 6 4 KBFS 41/33, KUUX 47/46, WPAY 49/43, WKCW 45/42, WVAR 47/41 5 Shurfire-Bringin' The House Down-Air 14 2 KWRE 44/36, KNOE D/42, WSCG D/42, WPCM 49/42, WPAY D/45 6 Razorback-Make A Living Out Of Loving You-Compleat 13 2 KIXZ 33/28, WSCG 38/30, WQTE 38/35, KNOE 48/39, WCAO-A 7 Billy Rowe-I May Never Get This Close Again-Sugar Mill 10 3 WVAR 38/32, WKCW 44/37, WOTE 42/39, WLET D/45, WCCN-A 8 R.C. Coin-Rainy Day Lovin’-BGM 12 3 WGVM 40/37, WKDY 40/37, WPAY 50/46, KPOW A/48, KFRD D/50 9 L.B. Turner-lt Could Have Been Me-Sunshine 11 3 WPAY 45/40, WKDY 48/45, WKCW 47/44, WVAR D/45, WGSQ 50/47 10 Rusty Budde-I Always Will-BPC 17 2 WSCG 44/37, WGSQ 48/45, WKDY 47/44, WTVR-A, WLCO-A 11 Marcia Lynn-Looking For A Feeling-Soundwaves 19 2 WCVR 36/32,. WSCP 40/36, WPNX 50/48, KBFS D/46, WFMW-A 12 Burbank Station-In Love (What A Place To Be)-Luv 15 3 WKCW 25/22, KFGO 35/28, WSCG 49/39, KPOW 45/39, KSGM 50/47 s

1 3 Sheryl In Blue D/47, Brewer-Once A Moon-Step One D D WJJC 42/38, KWKH 43/37, KIXZ 46/43, WSCG KTTS-A, WCCN-A C 14 Gail Veach-Would You Catch Baby-Prairie Dust KIXZ 37/31 A/49, KVGB-A, WACO-A, KJUN-A Me D D , WSCG 42/36, WICO hi 15 Ernie Cash-Show Me The Way-Compleat D D WKCW 30/25, WJRD A/50, WXCE-A, KSIW-A, KIXZ-A, KFGO-A SI 16 Lisa Daye-When We Break Up-Centra 7 1 7/1 46/41 47/44, KYKX D/49, D/47 5 WKCW 4, WPAY , WLET KHOC is: 17 Mayf Nutter-Rock-A-BillyMoney-CBT D D KWDJ 50/40, WVAR 44/38, WPAY D/47, WLSA-A, KJUN-A, KFGO-A

18 Wayne Kemp-I Can’t Make It Back To Macon-MSR D D WSCP 33/29, WJJC 40/37, KBFS-A, WTVR-A, WSWN-A, WMTZ-A

1 9 D. Davis & Nvile. Brass/D. Mason-Little Pink...-Jaroco D D WKCW 32/29, WVAR 35/28, WASP 45/42, WQTE 50/47, WLET 42/31 rc 20 Marty Mitchell-ln The Arms Of A Woman-Door Knob D D WASP 42/39, WLET 45/34, WKKN-A, KYKX-A, WICO-A, WPNX-A

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Bob Kirby-Prog ram Director WACO, before moving up to his and listen to these things," he phasis placed oi. says. WACO-Waco, TX present position as Program The station’s involvement format is desig'. with the True Value Country WACO’S Bob Kirby was "born Director. someone calls and . Showdown is another into" radio. He learned it as he Currently, Kirby also has a 10 way they Don Williams, for was growing up during the many - 2 on-air shift, but prefers the try to make sure good talent isn’t they’re gonna hear Don overlooked. "That years his father spent in broad- programming end of it, and was a five- in three to five minutes,’ - week success for us," recalls. casting. In 1 966 he started a full- would like to get off the air even- he says. WACO is not limited o a "I like "It was just fantastic and we car- strict playlist. time radio career, at a station in tually. being a program "We are flexible. I ried that live on the air." Binghamton, New York. The sta- director. I think being off the air think that’s important with the tion was middle of the road at the and in the capacity of program WACO is a unique station all country music audience because time, but as Music Director, Kirby director is much more beneficial the way from it’s format to it’s on- they’re going to relate to you." air personalities, who have quickly converted it to country. to the station and air sound be- been WACO has the kind of at- In 1970 he did a short stint in cause you can concentrate main- in the country radio business for titude toward their listeners that years, rock and roll at WINR in Endicott. ly on all the administrative things many and know country otherstations might do well to fol- He found rock and roll was not and you can tune into what your music both new and old. WACO low. "What we try to do," says still the place for him. "I left it be- station is doing. It’s difficult has an open-door policy to Kirby, "is let the listener tell us when you’ve got an airshift in the country music artists traveling cause I couldn’t stand it," he how we should program our

middle of everything it just through the area, a practice radio station, says. "The people I worked with and used instead of us telling were super people, but country kinda sidetracks you." during the early years of country the listener how we’re gonna music’s my bag." The following As Program Director, Kirby radio. It is quite rare in radio in program it." year he joined country station says one of the things he enjoys modern times. Also considered Sandy Daens iWNYR in Rochester. In 1977 he most is listening to the music. rare these days is WACO’s for- left WNYR, moved to Texas, "There is such a large amount of mat. The 1,000 watt AM station worked at KTON until 1983 and talent that can get overlooked programs a 60/40 oldies-to-cur- then started as Music Director at too easily if you don’t sit down rents format, with much em- COUNTRY PROMOTION OF THE WEEK SAN ANTONIO, TX PROMOTION-9th ALMOST ANNUAL KKYX/MILLER LITE CHILI COOK- KKYX OFF A crowd of 10,000 is expected July 18 for one of South Texas’ largest cook-offs, at the ’’9th Almost Annual KKYX/Miller Lite Chili Cook-Off" in San Antonio. Around 30 "chili-brities" will again be judging this year’s cook-off. In addition to 150 chili teams cooking out in the open, there will be over 50 exhibit booths, arts & crafts, games, food, beverages, and country music by Michael Johnson, John Wesley Ryles, George Chambers, Kenny Dale and other Texas favorites. All this takes place at the Twin Oaks Exposition Center starting at 10AM. Proceeds benefit local San Antonio charities of

I I the BexarKiwanisBexar Kiwanis Club. V/GH PRIORITY

BRUCE SHINDLER Dunn’s "Love Someone Like Me" is MTM looking like a #1 record. Album and single are selling big (thank you,

radio)! Judy Rodman’s "I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight" is her strongest yet, getting requests and good chart movement. Please look for the new Girls Next Door single called "What A Girl Next Door Could Do". We’re feeling very posi- tive reaction on this one.

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/ Cash Box/Radio Report July 4, 1 987 33 s COUNTRYPLAYBYPLAY

WSCG Corinth, NY Stan Edwards NORTHWEST #1 George Strait ADDS: Ronnie McDowell (P), Donna Fargo/Billy Joe Royal, The Reeves Bros., Gerry Baze, KEEDBugene, OR Billy Pilgrim Boots Clements #1 Crystal Gayle/Gary Morris REQUESTS: 1. Lee Greenwood 2. Tom Wopat 3. Larry Boone ADDS: The Kendalls, Barbara Mandrell (P), Foster & Lloyd, The Forester Sisters. Leon (DH), Los Lobos REQUESTS: 1. George Strait 2. Randy Travis 3. Joe Kenyon SOUTHWEST KPQX Havre, MT Lsurs B3k6r #1 The Judds /CrOM Salinas, CA Jeff Her ADDS: The Wrays, Ride The River, R.C. Coin, The Cannons, Foster & Lloyd (DH), Phillip #1 George Strait Sandifer ADDS: The Shooters, Willie Nelson, Ronnie McDowell, The Forester Sisters, Donna Fargo/Billy REQUESTS: 1. Randy Travis 2. The Judds 3, George Strait Joe Royal. Johnny Paycheck, Rosanne Cash (P), Dan Seals, The O’Kanes

KRKT Mbany, OR H. David Allan REQUESTS: 1. George Strait 2. Earl Thomas Conley #1 Sweethearts Ot The Rodeo KUUX Hobbs, NM Bob Wood ADDS: Emmylou Harris, Foster & Lloyd, Joe Kenyon, Barbara Mandrell, Girls Next Door, The #1 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Kendalls ADDS: Earl McCowan, Benji Wilhoite, Bonnie Leigh, Shurfire, Troy Shondell, Randy Anderson, REQUESTS: 1. Randy Travis 2. Holly Dunn 3. Highway 101 Jeanne Pruett, Paul Proctor (DH), The Kendalls, Girls Next Door, The Forester Sisters. Barbara Mandrell (P) NORTH CENTRAL REQUESTS: i. Hank Williams. Jr, 2. Ronnie Milsap/Kenny Rogers 3. Holly Dunn

KCJB Minot, NO Jay Davis SOUTH CENTRAL #1 George Strait ADDS: The Oak Ridge Boys, Glen Campbell, The Forester Sisters, Dan Seals, Foster S Lloyd (P) KHOC Leveland, TX Larry Byers REQUESTS: i, Ronnie Milsap 2. Ricky Van Shelton 3. Reba McEntire #1 Randy Travis Jeff Stevens, Ridge Boys, Larry Dalton, Jeanne Pruett, Willie Nelson (P), KUSA St. Louis, MO Lou Goad ADDS: The Oak #1 Earl Thomas Conley Emmylou Harris, Glenn Sutton, Bobbi Lace, Billy Western (DH), Barbara Mandrell, George Highfill, Earle Lovett. Ronnie ADDS: Hank Williams, Jr., Don Williams. Lyle Lovett, Pake McEntire. Ronnie Milsap/Kenny Rosemary Sharp, Allen Ray, Glen Campbell, Steve & The Dukes. Lyle Rogers, The Wrays, Exile, Steve Earle & The Dukes. The Shooters, The Oak Ridge Boys, The McDowell. LaDonna Andre, Ride The River, Victoria Hallman Statler Brothers. Michael Johnson, Judy Rodman, Larry Boone, Dan Seals, The Forester Sisters. REQUESTS: 1. Randy Travis 2. George Strait 3. Ray Stevens Ride The River KKYX Sarr Antonio, TX Jerry King REQUESTS: 1. George Strait 2. Randy Travis 3. Steve Wariner #1 Earl Thomas Conley KVOX-FM Moorhead, MN Scott Winston ADDS: The Forester Sisters, Willie Nelson, Barbara Mandrell (P), Rosanne Cash, The #1 Crystal Gayle/Gary Morris O’Kanes, Girls Next Door. Foster & Lloyd. Joe Kenyon (DH). Loney Hutchins, Tony McGill, The ADDS: T. Graham Brown (P), Ricky Skaggs/Sharon White Diamonds. R.C. Coin REQUESTS: 1. George Strait 2. Randy Travis 3. Holly Dunn lV>47ZAipena, Ml Elaine Wils #1 Randy Travis KVOO Tulsa, OK Billy Parker ADDS: David Allan Coe. The Forester Sisters. Willie Nelson. The O’Kanes. Rosanne Cash, #1 Earl Thomas Conley The Shooters. Dan Seals, Marcia Lynn (DH) ADDS: The O'Kanes, Donna Fargo/Billy Joe Royal, Girls Next Door, The Cannons. Razorback i. Earl Thomas Conley 2. George Strait 3. Dwight Yoakam REQUESTS: 1. Randy Travis 2. Dwight Yoakam 3. Mel McDaniel REQUESTS: WLCO Clyde, OH Eddie Cruz, Sr. KWZD-FM Abierre, TX Ben Bobbin #1 Randy Travis #1 The Judds (P), Dan Seals. Barbara Mandrell ADDS: Liz Boardo, Kim Grayson, Rosemary Sharp, Dolly Hartt. Tommy Roe. Larry Frye, ADDS: Ronnie Milsap/Kenny Rogers, The O'Kanes Char-lene (P), Barbara Mandrell, Rusty Budde (DH) REQUESTS: i. Ronnie Milsap 2. Waylon Jennings 3. The Judds REQUESTS: 1. Dolly Parton/Linda Ronstadt/Emmylou Harris KYKX-FM Longview, TX Scolt Johnson WMus Muskegorr, Ml Chris Roberts #1 Randy Travis #1 Randy Travis ADDS: Ronnie Milsap/Kenny Rogers (P), The Statler Brothers, Donna Fargo/Billy Joe Royal, Mitchell, Jeanne Pruett (DH), Leon ADDS: Hank Williams. Jr., The Forester Sisters (P), Judy Rodman. Joe Kenyon Troy Shondell, Randy Anderson, Marty Travis 2. Strart 3. Holly Dunn REQUESTS: 1. Randy Travis 2. Holly Dunn 3. Ricky Van Shelton REQUESTS: 1. Randy George /Portsmouth, OH Timothy Shepherd #1 Randy Travis ADDS: Jeanne Pruett. Randy Anderson. Suzi Deveraux, Wayne Kemp, Sheryl Brewer. The SOUTHEAST Kendalls, Debra Meadows, The Reeves Bros., Rosemary Sharp, The Chattertons, Allen Pace, Gerry Baze, Ernie Cash. Perry LaPointe (DH) Cookeville, TN Ron Malone REQUESTS: 1. Ricky Van Shelton 2. Reba McEntire 3. Ronnie Milsap WGSQ #1 George Strait WTHI-FMjetre Haute, IN Barry Kent ADDS: Donna Fargo/Billy Joe Royal, Willie Nelson. Barbara Mandrell (P). Dan Seals, Patty #1 Randy Travis Loveless. Randy Anderson. Gerry Baze, The Kendalls, Victoria Hallman, The Reeves Brothers, Ronnie Milsap/Kenny Rogers (P), Hank Williams, Jr., Michael Johnson ADDS: Rosemary Sharp, LaDonna Andre, Jeanne Pruett (DH), Marie Cain REQUESTS: 1. Judy Rodman 2. Ronnie McDowell 3. Glen Campbell REQUESTS: 1. George Strait 2. Hank Williams. Jr. 3. Randy Travis Avery, wi Eiaina Morley WXCE WJRD Russellville, AL Bili Bailey #1 Randy Travis #1 Randy Travis ADDS: Foster S Lloyd (P), Willie Nelson, Donna Fargo/Billy Joe Royal, Glenn Sutton, Ronnie ADDS: Narvel Felts, Highway 101, Lyle Lovett. Pake McEntire, Exile, Sawyer Brown, Ernie Milsap/Kenny Rogers. Ernie Cash. R.C. Coin (DH), Leon Cash, Billy Rowe, Gail O'Doski, Lynne Tyndall. Ronnie McDowell, The O'Kanes, The Forester i. Ronnie Milsap 2. Michael Martin Murphey 3. REQUESTS: Dwight Yoakam Sisters. Michael Johnson, Doug Bailey (DH) REQUESTS: 1. Randy Travis 2. Moe Bandy 3. Dwight Yoakam W/CD /Spartanburg, SC Tony M. Pcarson NORTHEAST #1 George Strait ADDS: Rosanne Cash, Dan Seals. The Kendalls, The O’Kanes. Exile, Donna Fargo/Billy Joe Royal, Victoria Hallman. Troy Shondell, Leon (DH), The Reeves Bros., Rosemary Sharp, Girls /Brockton, MA Mark Bums Next Door, Gerry Baze, George Jones, Razorback, Wayne Kemp #1 The Judds REQUESTS: i. Steve Wariner 2. The Judds 3. George Strait ADDS: Dan Seals. Johnny Paycheck, K.D. Lang, Ronnie Milsap. The Wrays. The Shooters, Donna Fargo/Billy Joe Royal (P), Rodney Crowell, Johnny Russell/David Wilkins (DH) WSWN Belle Glade, FL Simon Train

REQUESTS: 1. Asleep At The Wheel 2. Highway 101 3. Ronnie Milsap #1 The O’Kanes ADDS: Asleep At The Wheel, Donna Fargo/Billy Joe Royal, Tommy Roe, Razorback, Ride The M//CO Salisbury, MD C.R. Hook River (DH). Lisa Alvey, Wayne Kemp, Billy Western, Jeanne Pruett, Geary Hanley #1 George Strait REQUESTS: 1. Randy Travis 2. Glen Campbell 3. Reba McEntire ADDS: Willie Nelson (P), Patty Loveless, Judy Rodman, Gail Veach, Tim Johnson, The Kendalls (DH). Larry Dalton, Randy Anderson. Craig Southern, Marty Mitchell. Ride The River, WVAR Richwood, wv Dennie Jackson Gerry Baze #1 Randy Travis Kendalls. Marie Cain, The Forester Sisters, REQUESTS: 1. George Strait 2. George Jones 3. Reba McEntire ADDS: Dcin Seals (P), The Reeves Bros., The Kim Grayson, Patty Loveless, Larry Dalton, Barbara Mandrell. Gerry Baze WOZI-FM Presque Isle. ME Michael Carlos REQUESTS: 1. Randy Travis 2. Ricky Skaggs/Sharon White 3. The Judds #1 George Strait

ADDS: Emmylou Harris. Jeanne Pruett, Char-lene. Rosanne Cash, Billy Western. The O'Kanes, WWff/C-F/l/fEiberton, GA Dave Davis Boots Clements, Michael Johnson, Debra Meadows, Gerry Baze, Randy Anderson. Scott Daniels. #1 Randy Travis Kendalls (DH), Emmylou Johnny Paycheck, Geary Hanley, Paul Proctor. Willie Nelson. Danny Davis, J.A. Morrow, Donna ADDS: Herb Ryats, Barbara Mandrell, Girls Next Door (P), The Fargo/Billy Joe Royal, Bob Acres, Girls Next Door Harris, The Wrays, John Conlee REQUESTS: 1. George Strait 2. Sweethearts Of The Rodeo 3. Dwight Yoakam REQUESTS: 1. Ray Stevens 2. Moe Bandy 3. Hank Williams, Jr.

34 Cash Box/Radio Report July 4, 1 987 CASH BOX TOP 100 ALBUMS

THE CASH BOX TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART IS BASED SOLELY ON ACTUAL PIECES SOLD AT RETAIL STORES.

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WHITNEY 9,98 4 3 ES FREHLEY’S COMET 8.98 37 7 68 DON’T DISTURB THIS/ 8.98 69 24 WHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista AL-8405)RCA ACE FREHLEY (Megaforco/ GROOVE 749- Atlantic 81 1)WEA THE SYSTEM (Atlantic 81691)WEA 2 GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS 8.98 2 5 MOTLEY CRUE (Elektra 60725-1 )WEA EXPOSURE 8.98 38 19 69 BREAKFAST CLUB 8.98 67 15 EXPOSe(Arista 8441) RCA (MCA 5821)MCA 3 THE JOSHUA TREE 9.98 1 14 U2 (Island/Atlantic 90581 )WEA 36 RUNNING IN THE FAMILY 8.98 34 12 Ri] JONATHAN BUTLER 8.98 85 40 831-593- LEVEL 42 (Polydor 1 )POL (Jive/RCA 1032-1-J)RCA BAD ANIMALS 8.98 5 0C SURFACE- 40 8 HEART (Capitol PJ 12546)CAP m 71 FORE!- 66 43 (Columbia BFC 40374)CBS HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS (Chrysalis 5 WHITESNAKE 8.98 3 12 OV41534)CBS (Geflen 24099)WEA 38 ALWAYS & FOREVERn- 8.98 39 7 RANDY TRAVIS (Warner Bros. 25568-1) 72 44 Q 72 CAN’T HOLD BACKn- 6 TRIBUTE 6 y EDDIE MONEY (Columbia FC 40096) CBS OZZY OSBOURNE/RANDY RHOADS 39 LIFE, LOVE & PAINn 8.98 33 25 (EpicZX2 40714)CBS CLUB NOUVEAU (Warner Bros. 9-25531)WEA 73 LOUDER THAN BOMBS-12.98 70 12 THE SMITHS (SireA/Varner Bros. 25569- 1)WEA 7 SLIPPERY WHEN WET- 8.98 7 44 EE IT JUST GETS BETTER 8.98 44 9 BON JOVI (Mercury 830 264-1M-1)POL WITH TIME 74 FEMALE TROUBLE 8.98 76 8 WHISPERS (Solar ST-72554)CAP NONA HENDRYX (EMI America ST 17248)CAP 8 SPANISH FLY- 8 9 LISA LISA AND CULT JAM (Columbia 40477) 41 INTO THE LIGHT 8.98 36 15 75 HILLBILLY DELUXE 8.98 73 8 CHRIS De BURGH (ASM SP 5121)RCA DWIGHT YOAKAM (Reprise 25567)WEA. DUOTONES 8.98 10 22 . KENNY G (Arista AL8 8427)RCA EE JUDAS PRIEST...LIVE! 59 3 E FREEDOM-NO COMPROMISE 8.98 81 4 JUDAS PRIEST (Columbia C240794)CBS LITTLE STEVEN (Manhattan ST 53048)CAP 10 GRACELAND- 9.98 9 43 PAUL SIMON (Warner Bros. 25447) WEA 43 THE FINAL COUNTDOWN- 35 25 77 ARETHAn 8.98 77 35 EUROPE (Epic BFE 40241)CBS ARETHA FRANKLIN (Arista AL-e442) RCA e [J] BIGGER AND DEFFER 16 o L.L. COOL J (Def Jam PC 40793)CBS 44 DEAD LETTER OFFICE,' 8.98 42 8 78 WHIPLASH SMILE- 74 35 B-SIDES COMPILED BILLY IDOL (ChrylalisOV41514)CBS 12 TANGO IN THE NIGHT 9.98 11 10 R.E.M.(IRS/ASM SP 70054)RCA FLEETWOOD MAC (Warner Bros.. 25471-1)WEA Q] BANGIN’ DEBUT 45 ELECTRIC 8.98 43 11 THE OUTFIELD (Columbia OC 4061 9)CBS 13 CROWDED HOUSE 8.98 13 21 THE CULT (Sire 25555-1) WEA (Capitol ST- 12485) CAP E] SMOOTH SAILIN’ 8.98 102 40 EE CRUSHIN’ 8.98 56 4 THE ISLEY BROTHERS 1 14 LETMEUP(rVEHADENOUGH)8.98 14 9 THE FAT BOYS (Tin Pan Apple 831 948-1)POL (Warner Bros. 25586)WEA TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS I (MCA 5836)MCA EE LET IT LOOSE 62 3 81 BIG LIFE 8.98 71 13 GLORIA ESTEFAN AND MIAMI SOUND NIGHT RANGER (MCA 5839)MCA 15 ONE VOICE- 12 9 MACHINE (Epic OE 40769)CBS BARBARA STREISAND (Columbia OC40788) 82 SO- 8.98 78 57 48 CONTROL- 9.98 47 71 PETER GABRIEL (Geffen GHS 24088) WEA IE SOLITUDE STANDING 8.98 20 8 JANET JACKSON (ASM SP-3905) RCA SUZANNE VEGA (ASM SP 5136)4)RCA ES RADIO K.A.O.S. DEBUT 49 ONE HEARTBEAT 8.98 49 10 ROGER WATERS (Columbia FC 40795)CBS 17 KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME 8.98 17 16 SMOKEY ROBINSON (Motown 6226 ML)MCA HERB ALPERT (ASM SP 5125)RCA 84 DANCING ON THE CEILING- 8.98 83 45 50 COMING AROUND AGAIN 8.98 46 11 LIONEL RICHIE (Motown 6158ML)MCA 18 LOOK WHAT THE CAT- 8.98 15 46 CARLY SIMON (Arista AL-8443)RCA DRAGGED IN 85 SKYLARKING 8.98 80 28 POISON (Enigma ST 12523)CAP 51 TRUE BLUE- 9.98 51 51 XTC (GeHen/Warner Bros. GHS 241 17)WEA MADONNA (Sire 25442-1) WEA 19 BACK IN THE HIGH LIFE- 8.98 18 51 EE WARREN ZEVON 8.98 DEBUT STEVE WINWOOD (Island/Warner 52 JUST LIKE THE FIRST TIME 8.98 45 35 (Virgin 90603)WEA Bros. 25448-1) WEA FREDDIE JACKSON (Capitol ST 12495)CAP 87 KOOLMOEDEE 8.98 75 11 025-1 20 53 NIGHT SONGS- 8.98 54 48 (Jive 1 -J) RCA INVISIBLE TOUCH- 9.98 22 54 CINDERELLA (Mercury 830 076-1 M-1)POL RAINDANCING 98 3 GENESIS (Atlantic 81641) WEA EE 54 ANOTHER STEP 8.98 55 10 ALISON MOYET (Columbia BFC 40653)CBS KIM WILDE (MCA 5903)MCA R] BEVERLY HILLS COP II 9.98 30 4 IT- 86 18 ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK 89 LIFE AS WE KNOW REO SPEEDWAGON (Epic FE 40444)CBS (MCA 6207)MCA 55 MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT- 50 18 PSYCHEDELIC FURS 90 FOREVERn 8.98 89 32 22 ALL IN THE NAME OF LOVE 8.98 21 12 (Columbia FC 40466)CBS KOOL & THE GANG (Mercury 830 398-1)POL ATLANTIC STARR (Warner Bros. 25560-1)WEA LOVE AN ADVENTURE 8.98 61 14 m IF 1 WERE YOUR WOMAN 8.98 10 23 SIGN "O” THE TIMES 15.98 19 12 PSEUDO ECHO (RCA 5730)RCA EB STEPHANIE MILLS (MCA 5996)MCA PRINCE (Paisley Park/Warner Bros. 25577-1)WEA 57 MEN AND WOMEN 8.98 48 15 92 SHIRLEY MURDOCK!- 8.98 79 25 24 NEVER LET ME 9.98 23 9 SIMPLY RED (Elektra 60727)WEA DOWN SHIRLEY MURDOCK (Elektra 9 60433)WEA DAVID BOWIE (EMI America PJ 17267)CAP 58 GIVEMETHEREASON- 52 38 93 THE RETURN OF BRUNOn 8.98 90 21 25 9.98 LUTHER VANDROSS (Epic FE 40415) CBS INTO THE FIRE 25 12 BRUCE WILLIS (Motown ML 6222)MCA BRYAN ADAMS (ASM SP 3907)RCA 59 MECHANICAL RESONANCE 8.98 57 21 94 COME AS YOU ARE 8.98 82 13 KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS 9.98 41 3 TESLA (Geffen GHS 24120)WEA ME PETER WOLF (EMI America ST 17230)CAP THE CURE (Elektra 60737-1)WEA 60 I’M NO ANGEL- 53 18 95 DIFFERENT LIGHT- 84 74 27 LICENSED ILL- 33 THE GREGG ALLMAN BAND (Epic FE 40531)CBS TO 26 BANGLES (Columbia BFC 40039) CBS BEASTIE BOYS (Def Jam BFL 40238)CBS 61 2 LIVE CREW 8.98 60 11 8.98 94 18 (Luke Skywalker XR100IND 96 NAJEE’S THEME 28 JODY WATLEY 8.98 24 16 NAJEE (EMI-AmericaST 17241)CAP (MCA 5898)MCA 62 READY OR NOT 8.98 63 19 97 WORD UP- 8.98 87 42 29 IT IS- 8.98 29 53 LOU GRAMM (Atlantic 81728)WEA THE WAY CAMEO (Atlanta Artists 830 265)POL BRUCE HORNSBY S THE RANGE EXILES 93 3 (RCA NFL1 -8058) RCA [£ 98 RAISING HELL- 8.98 88 57 DAN FOGELBERG (Full Moon/Epic OE 40271)CBS RUN D.M.C. 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33 BROADCAST 8.98 32 16 67 ROCK THE HOUSE 8.98 58 11 D.J. JAZZY JEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE CUTTING CREW (Virgin/Atlantic 90573)WEA (Jive 1026-1-J)RCA

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(Luke Skywalker XR-1004) DEEP PURPLE (Mercury 831 318-1)POL E STREET BAND LIVE 1975-85- 126 MOSAIC- 128 35 [R!] MARY JEAN & 9 OTHERS 8.98 16 92 (Columbia C5X40558)CBS WANG CHUNG (Geffen GHS 24115) WEA ““ MARSHALL CRENSHAW (Warner Bros. 25583)WEA 194LIKE A ROCK 9.98 189 63 127 NEVER ENOUGH- 120 15 BOB SEGER& THE SILVER PATTY (Colurbbia 8.98 SMYTH FC 40182)CBS rm BRING THE FAMILY 16 72 BULLET BAND(Capitol PT 12398) CAP ““ JOHN HIATT (A&M SP 5158)RCA E little AMERICA 8.98 134 4 1 195 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS- 9.98 190 25 (Getten GHS 24113)WEA rra WORLD FRONTIER 8.98 17 42 GARY MOORE (Virgin 90588)WEA ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE- E LES MISERABLES 17.98 150 3 SOUNDTRACK ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING 163 SHE WAS ONLY A 8.98 158 11 (GeffenGHS 24125)WEA (GetfenGHS24151)WEA GROCER'S DAUGHTER- 196 SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL 9.98 189 15 130 BREAK EVERY RULE- 9.98 THE BLOW MONKEYS (RCA 6246-1-R)RCA 105 41 ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE- TINA TURNER (Capitol PJ 12530)CAP 164 LIVING ALL ALONE 8.98 143 38 PHYLLIS HYMAN (Manhattan ST 53029) CAP SOUNDTRACK 131 TRUE COLORS- 118 40 (MCA 6200)MCA CYNDI LAUPER (Portrait OR 40313)CBS r^KEEL 8.98 DEBUT 132 (MCA/Gold Mountain 420025)MCA 197 LONG TIME COMING 8.98 177 30 UNDER THE VOLCANO 8.98 133 8 READY FOR THE WORLD (MCA 5829)MCA ROCK AND HYDE (Capitol ST 12569)CAP E^UN hombresolo 17 52 198 DONT GIVE UP 8.98 188 let me touch you 8.98 JULIO IGLESIAS (Discos DJL 50337)CBS YOUR E 139 4 DAY JOB i HE O'JAYS (Philadelphia International ST 53036) 167 THE LIVING 8.98 159 11 COST OF JACK WAGNER (Qwest 25562)WEA 134 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 8.98 135 6 STYLE COUNCIL (Polydor 831 443-1)POL 199 LINEn 8.98 ORIGINAL CAST (Polydor 831 273-1)POL 168HIPSWAY- 157 19 THE THIN RED 191 49 GLASS TIGER (Manhattan ST 53032) CAP 135 THE OTHER ONES 8.98 136 6 (Columbia BFC 40522)CBS 200 STAND UP 8.98 195 13 THE DEL FUEGOS (Slash/Warner Bros.

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I ALPHABETIZED TOP 200 ALBUMS fBYARTISTjl 2 Live Crew 61 Cinderella ,...53 Georgia Satellites... .116 Kenny G 9 Moyct, Alisan 88 Robinson, Smokey 49 TNT 143 Williams, Hank Jr. .190 4 By Four 141 Clapton,Eric ..102 Glass Tiger .199 Kool & The Gang 90 Murdock, Shirley ...92 Rock And Hyde 132 Taylor. Andy 114 Willis, Bruce ...93 Abtetl, Gregory 138 Club Nouveau ....39 Gramm, Lou ...62 Kool Moe Dee 87 Najee ...96 Ross, Diana 65 Tesla 59 Winwood, Steve 19 Adams, Bryan 25 Cray, Robert ....30 Heart 4 Lakeside 155 Nevil, Robbie .103 Ruffner, Mason 108 Thomas, Lillo 152 Wire Train .178

Aerosmith 183 Crenshaw, Marshall .. ..160 Hendryx, Nona ...74 Laupcr.Cyndi 131 Night Ranger ...81 RunD.M.C 98 ThompsonTwins 115 Wolf, Peter 94 Allen, Donna 105 CrowdedHouse ....13 Hipsway .168 Uvcl 42 36 The Nylons ...64 Rushen, Patrice 136 Tonight Show Band 182 World Party .106 Allman, Gregg 60 The Cult ....45 Hoodoo Gurus .118 Lewis, Huey 71 The O'Jays ,.133 Sanborn, David. Ill Travis, Randy 38,147 XTC 85 Alpcrt, Herb 17 The Cure ....26 Hornsby, Bruce 29 Lisa Lisa 8 Oingo Boingo 150 Seger, Bob 194 Trio 31 Y&T .149

Anthrax ...... 100 Cutting Crew 33 Houston, Whitney 113,1 Little America 128 Omar And The Howlers .. 145 Sheila E 170 Trower, Robin 148 Yoakam. Dwight 75 Atlantic Starr 22 D J. Jazzy Jeff ....67 Howard, George 179 Little Steven. 76 Osbourne, Ozzy 6 Simon, Carly 50 The Truth. 139 ZevoQ, Warren 86 Autograph 158 Dead Or Alive ..191 Hyatl.John 161 L.L. Cool J 11 The Other Ones 135 Simon, Paul 10 Turner, Tina 130 Baker, Anita 32 Dc Burgh, Chris ....41 Hyman, Phyllis 164 The Long Ryders 186 The Outfield 79 Simply Red 57 U2.. 3 Bangles 95 Deep Purple ..159 Idd, Billy 78 Loose Ends 153 Palmer, Robert 169 Smithereens,The 140 Vandross, Luther 58 Beverly Hills Cop II 21 Beastie Del Boys 27 Fuegos ..200 Iglesias, Julio 166 Los Lobos 121 Petty. Tom 14 The Smiths 73 Vangelis 123 Lcs Miserable 129 Benson, Earle, Steve Klugh 137 ...144 The Isley Brothers 80 Madonna 51 Poison. 18 Smyth, Patty 127 Vaughn, Stevie Ray 185 Little Shop Of Horrors .... 195 The ^ Blow Monkees 163 Europe 43 Isley, Jasper, Isley 122 The Manhattan Transfer ..151 Prince 23 Springsteen, Bruce 193 Vega, Suzanne 16 Mission 173 BonJovi Expose 15 52 7,176 Jackson, Freddie Marx, Richard 112 Pseudo Echo 56 Stacey Q 157 Wagner, Jack 198 Phantem OfThe Opera ... 134 Boston Fat 107,188 Boys 46 Jackson, Janet 48 Me Shy D 125 Psychedelic Furs 55 Starpoint 156 Wang Chung 126 Platoon 142 Bowie, David 24 Fleetwood Mac 12 Jackson, Joe 174 Mcferrin, Bobby 184 R£.M 44 Streisand, Barbara 15 Wames, Jennifer 171 Some Kind Of Wondcrfull96 Breakfast Qub 69 Fogclbcrg.Dan 145 63 TheJets Medeiros, Glen 1 24 Ratt 189 Stryper 109 Waters, Roger 83 Stand By Me 175 jl Bush, Kate Aretha 77 177 181 Franklin, Joel, Billy Miami Sound Machine 47 Ready For The World. 197 Style Council 167 Wailcy, Jody 28 Top Gun no Butcher, Jon ....101 Frchlcy, Ace 34 Journey 187 Mills, Stephanie 91 The Replacements 66 Suicidal Tendencies 99 The Whispers 40 Butler, onathan J 70 Frozen Ghost ...104 Judas Priest 42 Money, Eddie 72 REO Speedwagon 89 Surface 37 Whitesnake 5 Cameo 97 Gabriel, Peter 82 180,119 .54 TheJudds Moore, Gary 162 Restless Heart 117 System 68 WUdc.Kim Chicago Genesis 20 154 Keel 165 Motley Crue 2 Richie, Lionel 84 T’Pau 120 Williams, Deniece 172 VIDEO NEWS . AUDIO/VIDEO m CASH BOX TOP 40 he DAY OF FIVE BIL- LION-Saturday, July 11 is VIDEOCASSETTES the day the United Nations T says the 5 billionth child will W W be bom on the planet (how L O L O they manage to monitor every birth is W C W C hard to imagine, so we’ll assume 5

FERRIS BUELLER'S 1 6 22 HEARTBREAK RIDGE 22 4 billion is a rough estimate). In obser- DAY OFF Warner Bros. Home Video 1 1701 vance of that milestone, Paramount Home V idco 1 890 23 6 230NE CRAZY SUMMER SuperStation WTBS will be present- 2 6 Warner Bros. Home Video 11602 PEGGY SUE GOT ing a 90-minute music magazine MARRIED 24 FROM BEYOND 24 6 RHYMIN' SIMON-Carly Simon Tri-Star Pictures CBS Foot Video 3380 Emprie Picurcs Vestron documentary outlining the current Home Vi^o 5182 performs onstage in Coming Around THE COLOR OF MONEY 3 4 state of humanity and its effects on 25 25 6 Again, her Touchstoce Home V ideo 513 NAME OF THE ROSE forthcoming HBO special Twentieth Century Fox planet earth. Numerous musicians LEGAL EAGLES 4 6 Emb^sy H£. 1342 debuting July 25 have donated their time and talents to MCA Hon* Video 80479 26 KARATE KID II 26 6 project. Stevie wrote a appearance by the Manhattan Trans- STAND BY ME 5 6 RCA/Columbia Pictures 6-2071719 the Wonder RCA/Columbia Pictures Home song, proceeds from which go to fer, segments taped at the Or- Video 20736 27 ARMED AND 27 6 New DANGEROUS various hunger benefit projects, and leans Jazz Festival featuring several CHILDREN OF A LESSER 6 4 RCA HonE Video 20724 GOD so did Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, greats, plus 28FIREWALKER 28 3 a segment taped last Paramount Home Video 1839 Clarence and Nona CANNON FILMS MEDIA HOME Clemmons week L.A.’s legendary Palomino SOUL MAN 7 6 ENTERTAINMENT M895 Hendryx, who collaborated on a tune New World Picture Home Video 1736 featuring Canadian country/rockabil- 29 FLIGHT OF THE 29 6 called “World Song.’’ Another BLUE VELVET 8 6 NAVIGATOR ly artist k.d. lang. The show is hosted Lorimar Home V ideo 399 Wall Disney Home Video 499 original tune, “Running Out Time,’’ by Herbie Hancock, and features NOTHING IN COMMON 9 6 30THE BOY WHO COULD 30 6 was written for the program by The HBO Cannon V ideo TVR9960 several comedy segments. Requisites FLY Neville Brothers. Other musicians in- OTHE FLY 10 6 Lorimar Home Video 351 volved include Peter Gabriel, for the show’s talent line-up, accord- CBS Fox Video 1503 31 MOSQUITO COAST 31 3 Jimmy Cliff, Jose Feliciano, ing to a spokesperson for Ehrlich 1 TOP GUNS 11 6 Warner Bros. Home Video 1 1711 Paramount 1692 Prods., is that it be “unique and hot’’ 3252 PICK-UP 32 6 Crowded House, Youssou N’dour, 2A ROOM WITH A VIEW 12 6 Cannon Film Home Entertainment M892 Nana Vasconcelos, Caetano Veloso NEW AFFILIATEl-Houston-based CBS Fox Video 6915 33SHORT CIRCUT 33 6 and Natalia Silvetti. Also included in Hit Video USA, in the news of late ALIENS 13 6 CBS-Fox Video 3724 the show are interviews with such CBS Fox Video 1504 34 ONE HALF MOON 34 6 for its failed attempts at nailing MTV world leaders as China’s Premier RUTHLESS PEOPLE 14 6 STREET for its exclusivity pacts, recently Touchstone Home Video 485 Twentieth Century Fox Embassy H£. 1328 Zhao Ziyang, Indonisian President changed broadcast affiliates in the 5 TOUGH GUYS 15 6 35 SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT 35 6 Soeharto, Soviet President Andrei Touchstone Home Video 6915 Island Pictures Key Video 3860 L.A. area from KSCI (channel 18) to Gomyko, Norwegian Prime Minister 6TAI PAN 16 4 36 HAUNTED HONEYMOON 36 6 full-power broadcaster KHJ (channel DEG INC. Vestron Video 5180 HBO/Cannon Video TVA3911 Gro Harlem Brundtland, Costa Rica’s 9). The change is a mighty step for- ;7BACK TO SCHOOL 17 6 37TRUE STORIES 37 3 President Oscar Arias, Bangladesh

: (HBO/CannonTVA2988) ward for the indie vid channel. Other WARNER BROS. HOME VIDEO 1 1654 President Hossein Mohammed Er- 8SID & NANCY 18 6 broadcast affiliates recently added to 38MANHUNTER 38 6 shad, Zambia President Kaunda, Zcnilh^nitial Pictures Embassy Lorimar Home Video411 HomeEnierlainment 1309 the Hit Video USA line-up include 39 Tunisia’s President Habib Bourguiba 9ABOUT LAST NIGHT 19 6 WISE GUYS 39 6 CBS-Fox Video 4739 and Dr. Nafis Sadik, Under Secretary W09BF-TV Williamsport, Penn., RCA Home Video 20735 40 FRIEND 40 the United Nations. Detroit, and KDAF Dal- 0 RUNNING SCARED 20 6 DEADLY 6 General for Ad- WXYZ Warner Bros. Home Video 1 1601 MGM Home Video 801-0083 ding further insights to the current las/Fort Worth.

1 MONA LISA 21 4 world situation are authors Kurt Von- ISLAND 25-Celebrating its 25th HBO Video TVR 9955 negut, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, Isaak year in the music business. Island Asimov, with Stanis making THE CASH BOX TOP 40 VIDEO CASSETTES CHART IS BASED SOLEY ON Lem Records is presenting three projections about the future. The RENTAL REPORTS AT RETAIL STORES. television specials featuring Island ar- show is produced by Turner Broad- tists and Island history, each of which casting System and the United Na- is being shown this month on British tions Fund for Population Activities, TV network Channel 4, and two of and will be fed internationally via a which will be shown in the U.S. in worldwide network of satellites (it’ll September. Island ... Still Touch- be made available to virtually every 25 country in the world, in fact). The ing the Soul, to be shown on MTV, program will be shown only once, so features an extensive interview with don’t forget to program the old VCR label founder Chris Blackwell, along

if you think you’ll miss it. with rare footage of Free in concert, SHOWTIME MUSIC-Coast to plus interviews with Steve Winwood Coast is a mostly-music special due and Sly and Robbie (among others).

in August on the Showtime cable net- Island 25 ... Alright Now, slated for work. Podared by Ken Ehrlich Showtime, will be shot live at

Productions, the show is a 90-minute England’s Pinewood Film Studios, cross-section of American music, in- where over 2500 guests will party. cluding a blues session with such ar- Footage of Winwood, L’2, Robert

tists as Chaka Kahn, B.B. King, a Palmer, Julian Cope, Trouble jazz jam session featuring Joni Funk, Buckwheat Zydeco (among Mitchell, Herbie Hancock and others) will be included. Wayne Shorter (among others), an Gregory Dobrin

THE RELEASE BEAT I New from CBS/Fox Video Music arc two Barbra Streisand concerts: Ihc recent Once Voice concert, taped during a political fundraiser held at the Park, a 1967 con- 'PNOTIC-While in Los Angeles, Wang Chung shot the video for “Hypnotize singer’s Malibu estate last year, and A Happening In Central the third single from their “Mosaic" LP. Directed by Olley Sassone, the cert that broke attendance records in the famed greenway. The tapes arc avail- eo is a conceptual black and white performance piece arid was filmed at llol- able for $29.98 each, or $49.98 together, HiFi VHS and Beta ... From Warner ood Center Studios (formerly Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios). Cop- Home Video next month comes Sylvester Stallone’s violence fest Over The ed during a break in the shooting are Wang Chung's Jack Hues, director Sas- Top. Suggested retail price is $89.95, closed captioned, digitally processed HiFi le, and the band' s Nick Feldman. stereo VHS and Beta.

Cash Box July 4, 1987 37 RETAIL SHOP TALK ANGER, WILL ROBIN- Heart have also started out very “kid vid” section? Try this - “Sun- middle of their “Save the LP, Save SON...- Retailers, beware - strongly, as did the star-studded day Sing-A-Long, released by A&M the Rhino” campaign, slated to run the biggest event of your soundtrack from Beverly Hills Cop Records on June 1. Twenty six selec- through the month of July. Now they D year is on the way. Rumors n. Upcoming releases from previous tions are included, recorded in split- are issuing a double album to are flying about an August multi-platinum acts like Starship track stereo, with the voices on one celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Michael Jackson’s follow- and Def Leppard should continue to channel, and musical accompaniment 1967 Summer of Love. Included in up to the trilhon selling “Thriller” bum up retail bins into the fall as on the other. Lyrics are enclosed for the artist list are such 60’s favorites LP. Epic’s official policy includes a well. On the Urban side of the ledger, all cuts, so kids (and parents) can sing as Donovan, The Mamas and The 48 -hour press release prior to the the story is L.L. Cool J. His latest, along. A&M’s Windham Hill label Papas, The Byrds, The Turtles, LP’s street date, and retailers are “Bigger And DefTer” is rocketing has had success before with quality and, yes, The Electric Prunes. With gearing up for a massive late summer up the Cash Box albums charts, paus- children’s programming like the Rab- the phenomenal success of Platoon, run. Camelot Enterprises’ vice ing this week at #11. All of these bit Ears series, and this one is shap- Viemam has once again become the president of purchasing Lou Garrett records are showing strong initial ing up to be no exception. Initial bulk hot issue, especially for those of us remarked that although Camelot has growth, but will probably pale next to orders were taken from Lieberman struggling to understand what we yet to hear anything official, the the onslaught of the gloved wonder- Enterprises, Musicland, and Tar- were too young to experience the first grapevine has targeted August as the boy. get, so it looks like kids will be sing- time around. Perhaps this retrospec- possible month. “It will be a big SPEAKING OF SOUND- ing all summer long. tive on the best music of 1967 wiU record. Shoot, we’U probably order TRACKS-And we were, Columbia SUMMER OF RHINO-Those help to re-define one of the most more of that record than any other is set to release what will probably be crazy cats at Rhino Records have idealistic eras of oiq” recent history. record in the history of our com- this year’s silliest release the third surfaced again. It’s been a busy sum- Rob Yardumian pany,’ ’ he confided to Shop Talk. week of July. It’s the soundtrack to mer so far, as they are currently in the The shyest Jackson sibhng has “Back To The Beach”, and it been busy lately, what with milhon should be almost as much fun as the dollar offers for The Elephant Man’s movie. The film stars, of course, bones, and his press conference in Frankie Avalon and Annette Tokyo this week will announce Funicello, who return to their Japanese tour dates to launch his first favorite Southern California beach to solo world tour. wreak havoc on all the Newport yup- Four weeks release notice to pies. Just kidding. The album’s first retailers is fairly common practice in single, shipping July 14, is Pee-Wee these circumstances, and this ob- Herman’s unique version of the viously does not rule out the August 1963 classic “Surfin’ Bird.” ‘Nuff release. Jackson’s new album should said? Also featured: Herbie Han- easily outshine other summer block- cock’s rendition of “Wipeout,”; busters, since he set the standard last Stevie Ray Vaughan and Dick Dale time out. Whitney Houston’s working out on Dale’s hit GAMS-Wamer Bros.lPaisley Park recording artist Jill Jones recently visited “Whitney” has jumped out of the “Pipeline;” and Dave Edmunds the New York branch of the WEA corporation to hold a promotional planning box with abandon, as expected, but reinterpreting another 60’s classic, session and to thank the stafffor their efforts in marketing her debut album Bully.” Let’s party... may have levelled out by the time “Wooly “Jill Jones." Pictured (Tr): Andy Uterano, sales manager; Pete Stocke, Michael J. hits the streets. The latest TRICKS FOR KIDS-Looking v.p.lbranch manager; Jones; Lisa Jenson, Jones’ manager; Valarie Goodman, releases from Motley Crue and for something to go alongside your WB pop promotion; and Joan Armorui, WB r&b promotion.

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SGT. PEPPERS 1 LONLEY 5 HONE VOICE 10 7 21 THE WAY IT IS 15 32 31 AUGUST 29 11 HEARTS CLUB BAND BARBRA STREISAND BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE ERIC CLAPTON (Warner Bros. 25476-2) (Columbia 40788) BEATLES (Capitol CK (RCAPCD1-8058)RCA 27479-2)CAP 32 LOOK WHAT THE CAT 30 7 12 SLIPPERY WHEN WET 12 29 22WHITE SNAKE 18 11 DRAGGED IN WHITNEY HOUSTON 5 4 BON JOVI (Mercury/PolyGram 830 WHITE SNAKE (Gelfcn 24099-2) 264-2)POL POISON (Enigma CDE-73202) (Arista ARCD-5732) 23NEVER LETME DOWN 24 7 33CLOSE TO THE 31 10 THE JOSHUA TREE 2 14 13STRONG PERSUADER 13 20 DAVID BOWIE (EMI Americal 46677) BONE ROBERT CRAY (Mercury/PolyGram THOMPSON TWINS U2 (Island 2-90581) 83 0 568-2)POL 24KISSME, KISS ME, KISS DEBUT (Arista ARCD-8449) RUBBER SOUL 3 8 THE CURE (Elektra 2-60737) 14CROWDED HOUSE 11 10 34 DEAD LETTER OFFICE 32 6 BEATLES (Capitol CDP^6440) (Capitol CDP 12485) 25 LOUDER THAN BOMBS DEBUT R£Jd. (IR.S7A&M CD70054) REVOLVER THE SMITHS (SireAVamcr Bros. 2-25569) 4 8 15TRIO 14 15 35COMING AROUND AGAIN 33 7 BEATLES (Capitol CDP^6M1) DOLLY PARTON, LINDA RONSTADT, 26SIGN"0" THE TIMES 19 12 CARLEY SIMON (ArisU ARCD-8443) EMM YLOU HARRIS (Warner Bros. GRACELAND PRINCE (Warner Bro3.25577-2)WEA 8 37 2-25491)WEA 36 CONTROL 34 9 PAUL SIMON (Warner Bros. 2-25447) JANET JACKSON WEA 16GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS 22 2 27INTO THE FIRE 20 12 BRYAN ADAMS (A&M CD (A&M CD 3905) MOTLEY (Elektra 60752-2) HELP! 6 8 mUE 3907)RCA 37A CHANGE OF HEART 36 16 BEATLES (Capitol CDP^6439) 17BAD ANIMALS 23 2 28 SO 25 51 DAVID SANBORN (Warner Bros. HEART (Capitol CDP^6676) 27479-2) WB 8 TANGO IN THE 7 9 PETER GABRIEL (Gelfcn 24088) WEA NIGHT 18RAPTURE 16 23 38MEN AND WOMAN 35 13 FLEETWOOD MAC ANITA BAKER (Elektra 6(>444-2)WEA 29LETMEUP 27 5 SIMPLY RED (Elektra 2-60727) (Wamcr Bros. 25471 -2)WEA 19INVISIBLE TOUCH 17 49 (I’VE HAD ENOUGH) 39 BROADCAST 37 4 9 IN BACK THE HIGH LIFE 9 45 GENESIS (AUantic 81641-2)WEA TOM PETTY AND THE CUTTING CREW (Virgin 2- 90573) STEVE WINWOOD (bland/Wamer HEARTSREAKERS (MCA Bros. 25448-2)WEA 20 LIVE AT WINTERLAND 26 4 27479-2)MCA 40LICENSEDTOILL 38 16 THE JIMI HENDRDC EXPERIENCE BEASTIE BOYS (DefJanVColumbia 10DUOTONES 21 14 (RykodiscRCD 20038) i 30 SOLITUDE STANDING 28 8 CK40238)CBS KENNY G (Arista ARCD 8427) SUZANNE VEGA(A&M CD-5136)

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38 Cash Box July 4, 1987 6th ANNUAL VIDEO SOFfWARE DEALERS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION

August 16-20 Las Vegas, Nevada

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• Educationai Seminars! • Hundreds of exhibits featuring computer hardware and software, video hardware and software, accessories, fixtures, p.o.p. signage, T-shirts, buttons and more! • Product Presentations! • Meet manufacturers and distributors! 1st Annua! VSDA Scholarship Awards! VSDA ‘87 Best Seiier Awards Banquet! • lilt

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3 1 EhEART & SOUL 43 3 59 LAY IT ON THE LINE WANNA DANCE WITH 2 6 EbIG love (REMIX) 26 7 47 5 T’PAU (Virgin 0-96779 ELAINE CHARLES (Atlantic ADl-9539) SOMEBODY(WHO LOVES ME FLEETWOOD MAC (Warner WHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista ADl-9599) Bros. 0-20683) Eletmebetheone 53 3 60FASCNATED 58 22 SA-FIRE (Cutting Cr 212) COMPANY B (Atlantic 4 RIGHT ON TRACK 3 16 EWHY you treat 28 6 0-86731 BREAKFAST CLUB (MCA 23684) ME SO BAD 41 ONLY IN MY DREAMS 42 9 61 MR. RIGHT 33 9 CLUB NOUVEAU (Tommy Boy R I’M BAD 10 6 895) ELEANOR MUXS (V inylmania VMR007 LL COOL J (Def Jam/Cdumbia 44-06799 ISON (Atlantic 0-86744) EJROCK steady 27 8 62 NO ONE KNOWS 56 8 WHISPERS 6 HAPPY 2 11 EBREAMIN' DEBUT THE WILD MARYS (Atlantic (Solar/Capitol V-7 1 1 53) 0-86736) SURFACE (Columbia 44-06739) WILL TO POWER (Epic XS9-06830) know you 37 8 63 7 ONLY IN THE NIGHT 5 13 El E'NSECURITY THE MAGNIFICENT 57 18 JAZZY JEFF VOICE GOT SOUL STACEY (Atlantic 0-86716) THE IN FASHION (Adantic Q DJ 0-86719) ERICB. JAZZY JEFF & FRESH PRINCE (Island/4th & B 'way 438) EPOINTOF no return DEBUT (Jivc/RCA 10301 JA) 8 DON’T DISTURB THIS 8 12 EXPOSE (Arista ADI-9580) 64 THE EWHY should I CRY 35 6 TELEPHONE CALL 59 9 GROOVE KRAFTWERK (Wairer NONA HENDRYX (EMI-Amcrica 45 LET’S WORK 20 Bro8.0-20627) SYSTEM (AtlanticO-86741) V-19235/CAP) 10 THE PLEASURE 25 6 IT OUT 65SERIOUS (REMIX) 63 28 E SADIE NINE (dhnni/Allantic ’ PRINCIPLE 27 LOOKING FOR A 19 21 0-967774) DONNA ALLEN (21 Atcc/Atlantic 0-96794) JANET JACKSON (A&M SP-12230) NEW LOVE 46SOMETHING IN 16 10 JODY WATLEY (MCA 23689) 66 LEAN 10LAISLA BONITA 9 12 MY HOUSE ON ME 60 18 DEAD OR ALIVE (Epic 49-06750) CLUB NOUVEAU (Tommy Boy TB-894) MADONNA (Sirc/Wamer Bros. 0-20633) ELIFTIME love 40 3 JOYCE SIMS (Sleeping Bag 47 67 IN LOVE WITH LOVE 67 7 1 1 YOU KEEP ME HANGING 7 20 SLX 0024) MACHO MOZART 36 6 ON LATIN RASCALS ain Pan DEBBIE HARRY (Geffen 0-20654 EfALLING in love 41 4 Apple 885 567-1 KIM WILDE (MCA 23717) 68CLAVE ROCKS 62 9 FAT BOYS (Tin Pan Apple/Polydor AMORETTO (Easy Street 885 766-1) 48DON’TBLOW AGOOD 48 3 PKO-003) IEYOU’RETHEONE 14 8 THING SANDEE (Atlantic 0-86711) 69 LET’S 30IFIWASYOUR VESTA WILLIAMS SP HAVE SOME 64 7 30 4 (A&M 12229) FUN 13 MOVE OUT 11 16 GIRLFRIEND 49 DIRTY MERGE FEATURING DEBBIE A. (Atlantic 0-6734) PRINCE (Paisley Park/Wamer Bros. LOOKKS 50 3 NANCY MARTINEZ (Atlantic 0-8OT 0-20697) DIANA ROSS (RCA 6416-1 RD) 17) 14 LAST CHANCE 12 17 50SOMETIMES 51 70 FEELS LIKE THE FIRST 61 19 CYR£ (Fresh FRE-008 Sleeping Bag) E' WANT YOUR SEX DEBUT 4 GEORGE MICHAEL (Columbia 44 06814) ERASURE (Siie/Wamcr Bros. 0-20614) TIME IE EACH TIME YOU BREAK 17 11 SINITTA (Omni/Atlantic 0-96784) MY 32CERTAIN THINGS 32 8 51 WHAT’S GOING ON 15 11 HEART CYNDI LAUPER (Portruit/Epic 71 SHOW ME 69 21 NICK KAMEN (Sire/Wamcr ARE LIKELY 4R9 -06740) COVER GIRLS (Fever/Sutra 814) Bros. 0-20632) K.TP. (Magnet/Mercury/PolyGram 885-722-1) ELIVING in a box debut 721 KNEW YOU WERE 65 11 [El'M SEARCHIN 22 12 (Chrysalia429 4319) DEBI DEB (Jam Packed 2008) 33CAN’T GET ENOUGH 29 8 WAITING LIZ TORRES ARETHA FRANKLIN & 53SIGN"0" THE TIMES 23 16 [^RESPECTABLE 24 8 (State Street SSR 1002) PRINCE GEORGE MICHAEL (Paisley Park/Wamer Bros. (Arista ADI 9560) MEL & KIM (Atlantic 0-86703) 0-20648) 34 MY HEART GETS ALL 34 7 73AREYOU MAN 66 7 18 BACK & FORTH 13 11 THE BREAKS 54 SHY BOYS 55 3 ENOUGH CAMEO (Atlanta Artists/PolyGram MONET (LigosaLlG 501 Warlock) ANNA(Parc/CBS 4Z9-06771) FIVE STAR (RCA 44-05988) 888 385-1) EmOVIN’ on 46 4 55GO SEE THE DOCTOR 44 6 74 DAY-IN DAY-OUT 68 11 IERHYTHM is gonna 49 3 CAROLYN HARDING KCX)L MOE DEE (Jivc/Arista 1024-1-JD) DAVID BOWIE (EMI America V-19234) GET YOU (Emergency 7145) GLORIA ESTEFAN ANT) MIAMI 56 SECOND CHANCE 39 8 75CAN’TYOU FEEL MY 70 11 SOUND MAQIINE (Epic 49-06772) EfAKE DEBUT FOR LOVE HEART BEAT ALEXANDER O’NEAL (Tabu/Epic 4Z9-06788) NAYOBEE (Sufra/Fever 815) CLAUDIA BARRY (Epic 49-067 18)

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New 12^^ Releases MOST ACTIVE CLUB PICK Make It Funky-Ice-T-SireAVarner ICE-T (SireAVamerBros. 0-20711) Bros. Make It Funky (5:58)(Rhyme Syndicated/ASCAP) (Ice-T, A. Islam) (Producers: DJ: Afrika Islam Afrika IslamAce -T) Club: Performance Location: Los Angeles, CA PUBLIC ENEMY (Def Jam/Columbia 44-06861) Comments: You’re Gonna Get Yours (Vocal ‘ Mix) (4:03) (Def Jam/ASCAP) (C. Ridenhour, ‘The hottest rapper this side of the H. Shocklee) (Producer: B. Stephney Mississippi, guarenteed to make you D.Y.B.O.”

JAMES INGRAM (MCA 23768) Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam-Head To Toe- Better Way (7:25) (FamousAJltrawave/April/ASCAP) (A. Cymone) (Producer: A. Columbia Cymone) RETAILER*S PICK KLYMAXX (Constellation/MCA23761) STRONG ACTIVITY Jump Start-Natalie Cole-Manhat- Divas Need Love Too (Extended Remix Version)(7:15) (Spectrum HerbAlbert-Diamonds-A&M tan/EMI Vn/Klymaxx/ASCAP (B. Cooper, V. Brantley, R. Timas) (Producer: B. Cooper) Janet Jackson-Pleasure Principle- Gemini H A&M Manager: Alonzo Miller Cool Bad-Def THE LL J-I’m Jam/Colum- Location: Chicago ! SYSTEM (ATLATNIC DMD 1067) bia iNightime Lover (6:19) (Science Lab/ASCAP) (M. Murphy, D. Fran! Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound (Producers: The System) Comments: j Machine-Rhythm Is Get Gonna “This song shall re-establish You-Eplc Natalie as one of the top performers in George Michael-I Sex- Want Your her field. A natural Dance floor hit. I Columbia get lots ofrequestsfor instore play." u o. INTERNATIONAL England’s Top Ten stained glass window, arms out- Melody Maker Chart stretched as a Christ-like figure. In a similar vein, Gaye Bikers On Top Ten 45s Acid have released a single, 1. Star Trekkin’-The Firm-Bark “Nosedive.” It’s like Spinal Tap, 2. 1 Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)-Whitncy Houslon-Aii^u but without the humor... 3. 1 Want Your Sex-George Michael—Epic 4. Under The Boardwalk-BruceWillis-Motown 5. You’re The Voice-John Famham-Whealley 6. 1 Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For-U2-Island 7. Hold Me Now—Johnny Logan—Epic 8. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now—Samantha Fox—Jive 9. When Smokey Sings-ABC-Neuiron 10. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now-Starship-Grunt

Top Ten LPs 1. Whitney Houston-WhitneyHouston-Arista 2. The Joshua Tree-U2-Island FUR SURE — Peter Frampton (r) id heroes Duran Duran recently dropped in on a Psychedelic 3. Live-In The City Of Light-Simple Minds-Virgin returned for a stint at Furs gig. Here he tries to scalp a 4. Solitude Standing-Suzaime Vega-A&M Wembley Arena, and they David Bowie ticket to Fur Marty Wil- 5. Keep Your Distance-Curiosity Killed The Cat-Mercury were so wonderful, I could liamson. 6. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts b have Club Band-TheBeatles-Parlophone gone every night and 7. Licensed To 111—The Beastie Boys—Def '8 U not had enough. U2 continue their megastardom, Jam 8. It’s Better . The fans have grown up and so hailed by the critics as the greatest To Travel—Swing Out Sister—Mercury ^ jve Duran. They are now a highly- rock & roll band ever, one cannot 9. Tango In The Night-FleetwoodMac-WamerBros. arged, tight-knit nucleus of the help being somewhat suspicious. 10. Raindancing-Alison Moyet-CBS g ol Nick Rhodes on keyboards, who At their recent Wembley Arena ^cely moves except to grin; John show, Bono said, despite having been 7 News From Spain lylor, who struts with his bass on the front covers of Time and

itar as if it were a rifle; and Simon Newsweek, “I Still Haven’t Found Angel Alvarez What j Bon, who was never more I’m Looking For.” But pretty 19 MADRID-Record sales in Spain Great Symphony Orchestra RTV of Imchy, writhing all over his smug he looked as he was singing it. maintained a steady growth during the Moscow on “Capriccio Ruso” (CBS) crophone stand. He took the pose of an impas- first quarter of 1987. Several albums all went platinum. ' Their music has matured, yet they sioned preacher, while his willing hitting the platinum plateau (100,000) CD sales began to boom in the ; as exciting as ever. From the congregation changed on command. powered the quarter. Nana Mouskouri, Spanish market. Polygram launched a ' fening “A View to a Kill,” the One could not help feeling that for aU with her special Spanish market LP budget series in classical, pop, jazz and 3wd was consumed by the driving his contortions and veins throbbing “Con Toda el Ahna” (Polygram); rock at prices of less that SI 3. CD ik and oozing sexuality that spread on his forehead, he felt passion only “The Final Countdown,” (CBS), by players, also, exhibited spectacular ' ‘oughout the Arena. by proxy. Swedish group Europe, is still Number growth throughout Spain. Steve Ferrone on drums was more Stringy-haired and wriggling, there Two after several months on the chart; The Spanish Administration is iwerful than Roger Taylor could was no doubt that he commanded I Mecano, a young Spanish group, had a developing great musical attractions er be. And new guitarist Warren adoration. But the most irritating big seller with “Entre el Cielo y el for local holidays, celebrations and cul-

I iccurullo thing about is their overcon- looked more like a U2 Suelo” (Ariola); The veteran Duo tural campaigns. Last month. The irannie than fidence. They dare to blend classic Duran themselves, Dinamico (CBS), “Con el Paso del Communards, Neil Young, Spandau leir sound was immaculately Doors, Van Morrison and Joy Tiempo” by singer Jose Luis Perales Ballet, Luis Cobos, El Fary, Cantores lished, their delivery was relaxed Division riffs into their own rantings. (CBS) and Luis Cobos conducting the de Hispalis, Carlos Lyra, Caetano d their attitude arty. Yet they un- Bono believes in the power of over- (continued on page 47) rthed raw passion. statement. His salvation is that he is In this era of new morality, they backed by his alter ego. The Edge, red flaunt sex. Helmut New- on guitar. Halfway through the con- - lesque images of corsetted cert, they became convincing. Bono Italy’s Top Ten is at his riveting er minatrixes flashed onto a bank of most when he is col- Top Ten 45s evision screens for the nostalgic lapsed in a heap with his legs in the 1. 1 Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)-Whimey Houston- ling Blue Silver,” and Simon air. His voice is smoother than ever, RCA/Arista nned his dirty mac to sing it. but still manages to retain emotion in 2. Let It Be-Ferry Aid-CBS “Skin Trade” was bliss, and it is its raw power. The performance was 3. Respectable-Mel & Kim-CGD/Supreme 11 etching its way into my bones, carefully and climactically plotted. 4. Everything I Own-Boy George-EMIyWirgin lere is no doubt that they are poised The sheer power had built up to im- ^ 5. 1 Love To Love-TinaCharles-RC A/Arista cross over from their teenage fol- mense proportions by “New Year’s 6. Dance Around The World-Richenel-CB S/Epic ™ ving and enter and older and wiser Day.” “Pride,” dedicated to Martin 7. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever-Nick Kamen-WEA irket. Quite simply, it was one of Luther King, was a complete frenzy. 8. C’est La Ouate-CarolineLoeb-Polygram/Barclay ; best shows I have ever seen... The audience was forced to wait for a 9. Call Me-Spagna-CBS The Zodiac Mindwarp song second encore to hear “With Or 10. Meet El Presidente-DuranDuran-EMI Yime Movers,” an outrageous Without You,” and were left chant-

ing it to themselves like a football tgue-in-cheek heavy metal ditty, Top Ten LPs s actually made it to the Top 20. crowd long after U2 had departed the 1. The Joshua Tree-U2-Ricordi/Island )uld it be something to do with the stage... [_ 2. Whitney-WhitneyHouston-RCA/Arista Jeo directed by Strip’s Ade Comic Chrissy Hey 3. C’E Chi Dice No-VascoRossi-Ricordi/Carosello

! Imonson? 4. Men And Women-Simply Red-WEA It is one of the most ridiculous 5. Sign ‘O’ The Times-Princc-WEA/PaislcyPark deos ever with schoolgirls made, 6. Never Let Me Down-DavidBowie-EMl ing punkettes zapped into raunchy 7. OK Italia-EdoardoBcnnato-EMlA'irgin d nuns’ heads being blown off. 8. Bonne Soiree-PinoDanielc-EMl/Bagaria )diac comes jumping through a 9. In The City Of Light-Simple Minds Livc-EMIA'irgin 10. Keep Your Di.stance-Curiosity Killed The Cat-PolygramAlcrcury

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•k = Available on Compact Disc = Platinum (RIAA Certified) = Gold (RIAA Certified) W L O L W C W II ALWAYS AND FOREVER 1 6 26 AMERICAN FACES 22 RANDY TRAVIS (Warner Bros. 25568-1) JOHN CONLEE (Columbia FC 40442) * 2 HILLBILLY DELUXE 2 8 27 IT’S A CRAZY WORLD 29 1 DWIGHT YOAKAM (Reprise 25567-1 STEVE WARINER (MCA 5926) 3 TRIO*n 3 15 28 HOLLY DUNN 27 3 DJARTON, LJtONSTADT, HOLLY DUNN (MTM ST-7 1052) E.HARRIS (Warner Bros. 25491-1) 29 AFTER MIDNIGHT 25 4 OCEAN FRONTn 4 22 JANIE FRICKIE (Columbia C 40666) PROPERTY 30 RIGHT HAND MAN 32 2 GEORGE STRAIT (MCA 5193) EDDY RAVEN (RCA 5728-1) 5 GREATEST HITS* 5 7 Ubrilliant conver- REBA McENTIRE (MCA 5979) sationalist 36 6 HEARTLAND *n 7 20 T. GRAHAM BROWN (Capitol ST 12552) THE JUDDS (RCA/Curb 5916-1) 32CORNERSTONE 33 3 7 LIVE* HANK 6 20 HOLLY DUNN (MTM ST-71063) HANK WILLIAMS JR. (Warner BrosZ Curb 9-25538-1) E]Y0U AIN’T SEEN 38 4 8 WHEELS* 8 24 THE LAST OF ME ' RESTLESS HEART (RCA 5648) JOHN SCHNEIDER (MCA 5973) 9 SWEETHEARTS OF THE* 10 46 34 WHERE THE FAST LANE* 30 i: RODEO ENDS SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO THE OAK RIDGE BOYS (MCA 5945) (Columbia FC 40406) 35 LYLE LOVETT* 34 3'. 10STORMSOF LIFE** 9 55 LYLE LOVETT (MCA/Curb 5748) RANDY TRAVIS (Warner Bros. 25435-1 36STILLISTAY 31 9 LARRY GATLIN TEAMS IBYOU HAVEN’T HEARD 17 13 CHARLY McCXAIN (Epic FE 40534) * THE LAST OF ME 37COUNTRY RAP 35 IS MOE BANDY (MCA 5914) BELLAMY BROTHERS (MCA/Curb 5721) WITH FFA! 12WALKTHE WAYTHEWIND*12 32 EBamericana 46 13 BLOWS MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY The Future Farmers of America from the sale of each album. Addition- (Warner Bros. 25500-1) KATHY MATTEA (Mercury 830405-1) were behind Larry Gatlin 100% at a al proceeds from the LP sales will be 39 GUITAR 581 13WINE COLORED ROSES * 1136 TOWN* 37 STEVE recent California convention, when he used to cover expenses for the project. GEORGE JONES (EpicFE4M13) EARLE (MCA 5713)

40 I told of his experiences with drug and Larry Gatlin will speak before a 14WILD EYED DREAM 14 14 WHAT AM GONNA DO*n 40 36 RICKY VAN SHELTON (Columbia ABOUT YOU alcohol abuse. Two thousand cheering number of FFA state conventions in up- FC 40602) REBA McENTIRE (MCA 5807) members gave Gatlin a standing coming months to spread the same mes- FFA 15 BORDERLINE* 15 9 EQCRACKIN' up DEBU1 ovation for his strong stance against sage. Plans are already set for him to CONWAY TWITTY (MCA- 5969) RAY STEVENS (MCA 42020) substance abuse. talk with groups in Florida, Kansas, IEHARMONY 20 5 42S-K-0 43 22 That outpouring of support was also Arizona, Mirmesota and Texas. ANNE MURJCAY (Capitol ST-12562) SCHUYLER, KNOBLOCH & OVERSTREET (MTM ST-71058) in response to Larry and the Gatlin Gatlin entered a rehabilitation center 17THEO’KANES 13 24 THE O'KANES (Columbia BL 4059) 43HANGIN’ TOUGH* 39 18 Brothers project to get behind the Fu- in December of 1984 to treat his sub- WAYLON JENNINGS (MCA 18 AFTER ALL THIS TIME 21 5 5911) ture Farmers of America. The CBS stance abuses. He has recently begun CHARLEY PRIDE (16th Avenue ST-70550) 44PARTNERS 41 35 LARRY, STEVE AND RUDY - THE recording group has joined forces with appearing before groups of young EXIT 0 24 3 IE GATLIN BROTHERS (Columbia Eagle Enterprises of Nashville, current- people to speak about the hazards he STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (MCA 5998) FC 40431) ly being incorporated to American encountered with drugs and alcohol. 20 HOLD ON 16 9 45 ROCKIN’ WITH THE** 47 84 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND nationwide RHYTHM Group Sales, Inc., to promote a Two contests are being (Warner Bros. 25573-1) THE JUDDS (RCA/Curb AHLl-7042) fundraiser for the FFA. American held for the participating FFA chapters, 21 ASLEEP AT THE 18 14 46 1 TELL IT LIKE IT USED 42 56 Group Sales has contracted for the one for the chapter that sells the most ex- WHEEL X TO BE clusive right to sell the Gatlin albums, and another for the chapter ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL (Epic FE 40681 Brothers T. GRAHAM BROWN (Capi-tol ST-12487) 22GUITARS, CADILLACS, 19 81 only Christmas album, “A Gatlin with the most album sales per member. 470N THE FRONT LINE 45 35 ETC., ETC. Family Christmas,” through March of Each winning chapter will host a free DAN SEALS (EMI/America PW-17231 I DWIGHT YOAKAM (Warner Bros/ 1988. concert by Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Reprise 25372-1) 48 PLAIN BROWN WRAPPER 44 41 GARY MORIUS (Warner Bros. 925438-1) ] Thousands of FFA members across Brothers. American Group Sales will 23 A PLACE CALLED LOVE 23 1 JUDY RODMAN ST-71060) 49LOVE’S GONNA GET YA* 48 36 the country are already selling the incur all expenses for the concerts, (MTM I RICKY SKAGGS (Epic FE 24 THE TOUCH** 28 36 40309) ^ album for the price of $8.50. The Fu- while the wiiming FFA chapters wiU ALABAMA (RCA 5649) 50OUTGOIN’ CATTIN’ 49 35 ture Farmers of America chapters in- be allowed to set the ticket price, sell SAWYER BROWN (Capitol/Curb 25TOO MANY TIMES* 26 35 ST-12517) volved, and their participating slate as- tickets, and keep all profits from the ] EARL THOMAS CONLEY (RCA 5619-1 -R) sociations, will earn a total of $2.50 event. 1 ALBUM REVIEWS K. T. OSLIN- 80’s Ladies- RCA RONNIE McDowell- A11 Tied 5924- 1-R Up In Love- MCA/Curb MCA-5725

K. T. is A-OK! She is an in- Personally, I think Ronnie Mc- dividual. She sounds like no one else Dowell is one of the best ballad that I know. That’s good. The music singers in the business. “I Love The industry is always searching for new Way You Say Goodnight” recon- sounds and, if you are too, here she firmed my thought. The album has a is! ‘T’ll Always Come Back” may good variety of songs and tempos, be the standout song on this album, and Ronnie comes on strong on all of I i even though it features the title cut them. He wrote or co-wrote several and current single ‘‘80’s Ladies.” of the album selections, which gives Give producer, Harold Shedd, credit the listener additional insight into the for turning this lady loose and keep- man’s many musical talents. We sug-

ing her voice out front, where it gest you add this one to your collec- belongs. tion.

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ALL MY EX'S LIVE IN TEXAS 2 10 PJ] SHE’S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE 41 4 68 GEORGE STRAIT (MCA 53087) EXILE (Epic 34-07135) NEW HEARTACHE LYNNE TYNDALL (Door Knob DK 87-279) I’M 35 a I KNOW WHERE GOING HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS 38 6 THE JUDDS (RCA/Cufb 5164-7) ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL (Epic 34-07125) El ISLAND IN THE SEA DEBUT WiaiE NELSON (Columbia 38-07202) 3 THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE 3 13 12 TOO OLD TO GROW UP NOW 43 4 EARL THOMAS CONLEY (RCA 5129-7) PAKE McENTIRE (RCA 5207-7) 70 BRINGIN’ THE HOUSE DOWN 80 2 SHURFIRE (Air CP-173) 4 FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN 1 11 Rj I’LL BE THE ONE 45 4 RANDY TRAVIS (Warner Bros. 7-28384) THE STATLER BROTHERS (Mercury 888-656-7) 71 MAKE A LIVING OUT 79 3 OF LOVING YOU 27 J. 5 ANOTHER WORLD 6 10 R] THIS CRAZY LOVE 47 4 CRYSTAL GAYLE & GARY MORRIS THE OAK RIDGE BOYS (MCA 53023) RAZORBACK (Compleat CP-174) (Warner Bros. 7-28373) 25 51 72 I MAY NEVER GET THIS 76 4 39 WHY I DON’T KNOW 44 4 THE WEEKEND 7 11 LYLE LOVETT (MCA/Curb 53102) CLOSE AGAIN ^' (Sugar Mill 32 2 STEVE WARINER (MCA 53068) BILLY ROWE U-18527) E] NOWHERE ROAD 46 4 LOVE SOMEONE LIKE ME 9 10 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES (MCA 53103) 73 SOMEDAY MY SHIP WILL SAIL DEBUT ii HOLLY DUNN (MTM B-72082) EMMYLOU HARRIS (Warner Bros. 7-28302)

!6 41 PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY 40 8 !J 8 LITTLE SISTER 5 13 TOM WOPAT (EMI P-B-43010) 74 RAINY DAY LOVIN’ 78 3 1 DWIGHT YOAKAM (Warner Bros./Reprise 7-28432) R.C. COIN (BGM 40287) !3 3; Pg I’LLBE YOUR BABY TONIGHT 48 3 } LOVE CAN’T EVER 11 10 JUDY RODMAN (MTM PB-72089) 75 IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME 77 L.B. TURNER (Sunshine LBT-3400) IS Si GET BETTER THAN THIS 43 BABY’S GOT A HOLD ON ME 18 14 & SHARON WHITE RICKY SKAGGS 76 ANGER AND TEARS 42 (Epic 34-07060) THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND (Capitol P-B-5705) (Warner Bros. 7-28443) MEL McDANIEL 10 CRIME OF PASSION 12 12 77 HAVE I GOT SOME BLUES 50 16 RICKY VAN SHELTON (Columbia 38-07025) PJ] PONIES 53 3 MICHAEL JOHNSON (RCA 5171-7) FOR YOU 11 SOMEONE 13 8 CHARLEY PRIDE (16th Avenue B-70400) LEE GREENWOOD (MCA 53096) 45 I TALKED A LOT ABOUT LEAVING 49 5 LARRY BOONE (Mercury 888 598-7) 78 I ALWAYS WILL 83 IE ONE PROMISE TOO LATE 15 RUSTY BUDDE(BPC 1003) REBA McENTIRE (MCA 53092) 46 LOVE, YOU AIN’T 26 14 SEEN THE LAST OF ME 79 LOOKING FOR A FEELING 85 FINGERS 16 LYNN (Soundwaves SW^8789) 'IE SNAP YOUR JOHN SCHNEIDER (MCA 53069) MARCIA RONNIE MILSAP (RCA 5169-7) YOU AGAIN 56 2 80 IN LOVE (WHAT A PLACE TO BE) 81 8 E 14 (Luv 14 IT’S ONLY OVER FOR YOU THE FORESTER SISTERS (Warner Bros. 7-28368) BURBANK STATION 133) TANYA TUCKER (Capitol B-5694) THREE TIME LOSER 60 2 81 ONCE IN A BLUE MOON 88 22 £2 SHERYL BREWER (Step One SOR-373) 'EE FALUN’ OUT DAN SEALS (EMI America P-B-43023) WAYLON JENNINGS (MCA 53088) 49 ’TILL THE OLD WEARS OFF 54 5 82 WOULD YOU CATCH ME BABY 87 WHISKEY, IF YOU WERE A WOMAN 23 EE THE SHOOTERS (Epic 34-07131) (IF I FALL FOR YOU) (Warner Bros. 7-28372) HIGHWAY 101 GAIL VEACH (Prairie Dust PD 87128) make no MISTAKE, SHE’S MINE 64 2 19 17 CINDERELLA RONNIE MILSAP/KENNY ROGERS (RCA 5209-7) 83 SHOW ME THE WAY DEBUT VINCE GILL (RCA-51 31-7) ERNIE CASH (Compleat CB CP-171) THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST 61 3 21 10 Q] 18 OH HEART RIDE THE RIVER (Advantage CP169-1) 84 WHEN WE BREAK UP 72 5 BAILLIE AND THE BOYS (RCA 5130-7) LISA DAYE (Centra CT-1) THE WAY WE MAKE A 65 2 19 FROM TIME TO TIME 20 8 E BROKEN HEART 85 ROCK-A-BILLY MONEY DEBUT (IT LIKE AGAIN) MAYF NUTTER (CBT 8888) FEELS LOVE ROSANNE CASH (Colurrtria 38-07200) LARRY GATLIN, JANIE FRICKIE 86 I CAN’T IT (Columbia 38-07088) R] DADDIES NEED TO GROW UP TOO 67 2 MAKE BACK TO MACOr DEBUT WAYNE KEMP (MSR 1955) THE O'KANES (Columbia 38-07187) A LONG LINE OF LOVE 25 Ej] 87 LITTLE PINK CLOUD 90 2 MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY (Warner Bros. 7-2830) R] MEMBERS ONLY 68 2 DANNY DAVIS & THE NASHVILLE DONNA FARGO/BILLY JOE ROYAL LIES 27 5 BRASS/DONNA MASON (Jarooo JR8741) ED TELLING ME (Mercury 888-680-7) DOLLY PARTON, LINDA RONSTADT, 89 3 EMMYLOU HARRIS (Warner Bros. 7-28371) 88 HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST... 55 I NEED TO BE LOVED AGAIN 62 4 LEO RICHARDSON (Tamara TA 1111) LIZ BOARDO (Master MR 03) WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE 28 5 ^ 89 IN THE ARMS OF A WOMAN DEBUT OR RIGHT) 56 TAMING MY MIND 59 7 (WRONG MARTY MITCHELL (Door Knob DK 87-278) RESTLESS HEART (RCA 5132-7) TONY McGILL (Killer K-AA 1006) 18 90 I’M BEGINNING TO GET OVER YOL DEBUT 23 I 24 7 57 TILL I’M TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG 32 TURN TO YOU EARL MoCOWAN (Door Knob DK 87-276) GEORGE JONES (Epic 34-07 107) MOE BANDY (MCA/Curb 53033) 91 COUNTRY RAP 51 8 24 10 14 CHILD SUPPORT DEBUT CHAINS OF GOLD R THE BELLAMY BROTHERS (MCA/Curb 52834) SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO BARBARA MANDRELL (EMI America PB-43032) (Columbia 38-07023) 92 I WILL BE THERE 52 17 59 AMERICAN ME 33 12 DAN SEALS (EMI America B-8377) E TRAIN OF MEMORIES 31 6 SKO (MTM B-720B6) KATHY MATTEA (Mercury 888-574-7) SAVIN’ HONEY FOR 55 6 R MAKE ME LATE FOR WORK TODAY DEBUT 93 THE 26 ARE YOU STILL IN LOVE WITH ME 29 8 RONNIE McDowell (MCA/Curb 53126) THE HONEYMOON SAWYER BROWN (Capitol/Curb P-B-44(X)7) ANNE MURRAY (Capitol B-44005) AFTER ALL DEBUT ] A 58 8 Rj BORN TO BOOGIE 35 4 PATTY LOVELESS (MCA 53097) 94 WHEN A MAN LOVES WOMAN I NARVEL FELTS (Evergreen EV1054) HANK WILLIAMS, JR. (Warner Bros./Curb 7-28369) 62 YOU LAY A LOTTA LOVE ON ME 70 3 57 7 THE WRAYS (Mercury 888-542-7) 95 DON’T IT MAKE YOU WANTA B|] BRILLIANT CONVERSATIONALIST 34 5 T. GRAHAM BROWN (Capitol P-B-44008) GO HOME 63 YOU’RE MY FIRST LADY 36 16 BUTCH BAKER (Mercury 888-543-7) 29 80’S LADIES 30 9 T. G. SHEPPARD (Columbia 38-06999) 96 JENNY DEBUT K.T.OSLIN(RCA5154-7) 69 4 64 BETWEEN THE SUN AND SAN ANT. MATTHEW COLIN PHYE (At Midnight U-18096) 30 YOU’RE NEVER TOO 14 15 TIM JOHNSON (Sundial SR 123) OLD FOR YOUNG LOVE 97 LOVE MY NIGHT AWAY DEBUT R DANCIN’ WITH MYSELF TONIGHT DEBUT ALLEN RAY (Larrxrn LR 10156-45) (RCA 5128-7) EDDY HAVEN THE KENDALLS (Step One SOR-374) 98 TANYA MONTANA 63 3 ni I’LL NEVER BE IN LOVE AGAIN 37 4 WHAT A GIRL NEXT DEBUT DAVID ALLAN COE (Columbia 38-07129) DON WILLIAMS (Capitol P-B-44019) DOOR COULD DO 32 MIDNIGHT BLUE 17 10 GIRLS NEXT DOOR (MTM PB-72088) 99 SHADOWS OF MY PRIDE 66 8 CLARENCE NIEMAN (Texas Soul TSS-1386) JOHN WESLEY RYLES (Warner Bros. 7-28377) 67 LOOKING FOR YOU 75 2 100I HOLLYWOOD HEROES 96 2 12 THE HAND THAT ROCKS 39 5 RODNEY CROWELL (Columbia 38-07137) STEVE GORMAN (CBT 013187) THE CRADLE GLEN CAMPBELL (MCA 53108)

ALPHABETICAL LISTING ON INSIDE BACK COVER COUNTRY OUT OF THE BOXm NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND (Warner Bros. 7-2831 1-A) Fishin’ In The Dark (3:22) (Screen Gems- EMI, Moon and Stars-BMI; Burger

Bits-ASCAP) (W. Waldman, J.

Photoglo) (Producer: J. Lxo) The intro is a muted guitar playing rhythm, followed by the solo vocal. The lyrics contain the phrase, “get ready,” a couple of times. Well, get ready, because the chorus brings on MUSICALCHAIRS..Eoretta Lynn threatens to change duet partners on a rcciiia the full sound of the entire band and episode of The Nashville Network’s weeknight entertainment series “Nashvv\i the vocal harmonies! Mid-tempo Now.’’ Pictured (1. to r.) are new country traditionalist Randy Travis, Loret driving beat, contains some fme har- legendary country singer Conway Twitty, and show host Ralph Emery. monica work in the arrangement. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band follows NASHVILLE NOTE-ABLES one hit with another. Add another 16th AVENUE. link to the chain. “Fishin’ In The ONE MORE DREAM HAS PASSED AWAY ON is name was “Johnny Dreamer”. At least, that’s what he callec Dark” is one super song for the himself, and the was perfect. two words could have bettei F country hsteners! name No described him. Youhaveprobably never heard of him. There wert H a few of us in town who knew him. I didn’t know him very well and yet, I knew him extremely well... He said he was a songwriter. If you went to his favorite “hangout”, yoii

FEATURE PICKS heard him tell everyone in the place each time he was there. And, he was there: i every day, sometimes from opening until closing. I don’t really know where he^i THE DESERT ROSE BAND (MCA MCA-53142) Love Reunited (2:56) came from. It doesn’t matter. He could have been from Anywhere, U.S.A.l (Bar None-affiliate unlisted) (C. Hillman, S. Hill) (Producer: P. Worley) This is what matters. ..“Johnny Dreamer” wanted to be somebody! ! This release is a good “message” song with a light tempo and melody. The No doubt, he chose his favorite hangout because it was located on Music Desert Rose Band gives us some excellent solo and harmony vocals. The song Row in Nashville. He had heard the stories about “you never know who’s: is a blend of contemporary and traditional country. If this is where it may set- going to drop in.” He had hopes of meeting someone important in the music' tle, I’m happy! The pickin’ and pleasing progression in the “ride” lead us business; someone who could help him with his dreams. He also knew, if nol back to the vocals in a fme arrangement. one in that category came around, he could “promote” himself, and hisi PATTY LOVELESS (MCA MCA-53097) After All (3:52) (Goldline- abilities, to the thousands of tourists who stopped by the music row bar location ASCAP; Silverline-BMI) (I. Hinson, H. Stinson) (Producers: E. Gordy, Jr., T. during the season. He was looking for help and reaching for friends. Brown) Johnny had two problems. He over-drank and, when he did, he became over- This time, they have chosen a song which proves the vocal abilities of this bearing. He meant no harm, but he never realized that bragging is not the wayi fine female artist. She keeps getting stronger and stronger. “After All ’’shows to promote one’s self. He would get too close, when he was telling you of hisj Patty Loveless can be strong and tender through her fme vocal control. This is latest song. He thought if he was face-to-face he had your undivided attention. a into the good country song building chorus each time around. Listeners He usually got it, but in a generally negative way. You see, “Johnny" love release. should this Patty Loveless Dreamer”, like so many of us, wanted to be a success. Too, like so many, he COIVWAY TWITTY (MCA MCA-53 1 34) I Want To Know You Before We never knew how to go about accomplishing his goals. It’s a totally frustrating Make Love (3:35) (Irving, Beckaroo-BMI) (C. Parton, B. Hobbs) (Producers: feeling which, no doubt, Johnny tried to overcame, or temporarily forget, by J. Bowen, C. Twitty, D. Heitry) drinking too much and fantasizing. Chart- watchers, get ready for this one! The song has been out before, but, I have heard a couple of his songs. They had some merit. They weren’t this time, it’s Conway doing the magic in his appealing style. The female lis- great, but they weren’t bad, either. I don’t know what Johnny would have teners to this after to are going demand one, time time. He surely knows how done, if he had been a hit-songwriter. I’m guessing he would probably have sing a love song. has proven it again, and again, and now, again! He once been no different. I think, way down deep, “Johnny Dreamer” liked his way KAYLEE ADAMS (Warner Bros. 7-28292-A) You’re Doin’ Real Good ofhfe. Lord knows he was usually smiling and joking. Even that is more than Without Me (3:55) (Writers Group, Scarlet Moon, Bethlehem-BMI) (P. Over- many of us accomplish! street, T. Schuyler) (Producer: B. Beckett) If “Johnny Dreamer” wrote a song on Friday night, June 19th, it was his for This lady is fine country singer! Make room Kaylee Adams! one She last. Johnny was sitting on a barstool in his favorite hangout the next morning, a fan of first I I haven’t made me the time heard her sing, and changed my mind when his dreams ended with an apparent massive heart attack. We know he at all. is This an excellent country song make stronger by Kaylee’s vocal never suffered in death as he did in life, and that is some consolation. presentation. She invovles with voice. you her emotion-filled “Johnny Dreamer” wanted recognition in Nashville. I wish I had been smart enough to write this column last week. Johnny won’t ever see his name ] in print. I’m sorry. However, I only hope aU the other “Johnny Dreamers”

out there will read it. If you really want to succeed in your goals. ..plan your work, and work your plan! Memories are all we leave, except for what we ] write and record. Joe Henderson ]

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BARBARA AND HER BABY. Nathanial Mandrell Dudney tries to steal the sha Donna Fargo and Billy Joe Royal recently teamed up to record the new single, at a recent reception held by Barbara Mandrell Country in honor of the Nashvill

“Members Only’’ , which has just been released on the Mercury!Polygram label. tour industry. Ann Moore (L), tour director for Nashville Tours, joined hundred Royal appeared on the single courtesy of Atlantic America Records. (Photo by of local tour industry employees, owners, directors, and drivers to kick off th AlanL. Mayor) tourism season.

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AMMY SADLER (Evergreen EV THE KENDALLS-Dancin’ With Myself Tonight-Step G.c .S' .. 056 A) What A Memory You’d Just last week, we gave this selection the Indie Spotlight. Ah -i-J, 'lake (2:51) (Bibo, Chappell and stations around the nation have made this record the Dark Horse fii' lo., Robin Hill-ASCAP) (T. Rocco, That certainly proves how strong The Kendalls are with this one. A f

!. Black, R. Bourke) (Producer: J. stations contributing to The Kendalls cause are: WSDQ, WPCM, Kr /lorris) WJJC,WDLWandKSJB.

This is a song filled with strong yrics, and set to a fine country lelody by writers Tommy Rocco, lharlie Black, and Rory Bourke. ’'®4iammy Sadler is an artist with one of nose pleasing voices. Johnny Morris as put some nice “touches” on the roduction of this release, including ae harmony highlights. heCG\/i/

„ flVDIE FEATURE PICKS Jetil’HE HUTCHINS BROTHERS (Lamon LR 10160-45) The Trailer Song

'9 3:08) (Laymond-BMI)(P.D. Ruff) (Producers: The Moody Brothers) This is a “moving” little country song (no pun intended). The theme will ring a smile. However, living in a trailer, making payments, etc. should bring CO'^MAMy ,yoi mass of sympathetic listeners. The Hutchins Brothers do a fine job on vocals lha nd harmonies. Keyboard and guitar highlights in the arrangement add to the rcli ppeal. S.A )ON GRANTHAM (Southern Tracks ST-1083) I’m Going Back (3:10) t^mara Eufaula-BMI) (B. Buie, R. Hammond) (Producers: R. Fowler, G. Archilla) RECORDS

St This is a mid-tempo “goin’ back home” song. Don Grantham does the job presentation. singers 'ho' p his vocal The muted background have a different ar- lusi angement to carry-out. Interesting country release with a novel production, Only I’ll ifi, :RNIE BIVENS 3rd (GBS 749 AA) The Thing Hold Against You CASH BOX — WE TALK TO sMe (Iffin-BMI) (A. Williams) (Producer: J. E. James) hi (2:41) Obvioulsy, the song, by Arm Williams, has a clever hook. It doesn’t stop PEOPLE WHO COUNT here. Ernie has taken this one into the superior product department. Lyrics ave some cleverness, and the song makes for good listening.

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RICKY SKAGGS had his own unique way of "holding” a cup to his mouth EARL THOMAS CONLEY signs an autograph for a happy fan during the R'lj during the All American Country Games. This is not meant to be an advertise- hitmaker's induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museu ment, but Ricky surely seemed to enjoy the refreshment in the heat of the action Walkway ofStars, (photo by Bill Thorup) and the day. (Sandy Daens photo)

RANDY OWENS, of Alabama, was a TALK ABOUT AN ALL LORETTA LYNN and JOHNNYRODRIGUEZare up to something, and Lori popular favorite at the All American AMERICAN! Practically all of ta’s enjoying the idea. The popular country stars were on hand to please th^ Country Games. As you can see, America would have gladly traded manyfans, who came to Fan Fair to see and visit with them. Randy took the charity fund raising places with Cash Box photographer games seriously. (Cash Box photo by Saruly Daens, when she snapped this Sandy Daens) shot of the beautiful Sylvia, as she watched the action on the field.

REX ALLEN, JR. enjoys a break in GARY MORRIS looks as if the All SHELLEY MANGRUM and JIM “ERNEST” VARNEY made\ the games with his wife, Judy, and son American Country Games took his RALPH EMERY appear to be having backfrom camp in time to enjoy a go6( Wyatt. Expressions tell the story, and breath away. Thousands of fans a good time during the festivities. The laugh with Lynn Anderson at the F<#!| the Allens are surely having a good jammed Vanderbilt Stadium to watch popular Nashville Network show hosts Fair celebration. time. (Cash Box photo by Sandy their favorites (irutluding Morris) par- were enjoying the CBS Fan Fair show. Daens) ticipate in the Games this year. Cash (Cash Box photo by Sandy Daens) Box photo by Sandy Daens)

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CHARLEY PRIDE accepts his #1 Award plaque from Richard (Tony) D’An- RESTLESS HEART has the pens in high gear during an autograph session. Th tonio, director ofNashville operations for Cash Box, during his show at Fan Fair. popular RCA group pleased their manyfans with conversation and personal signa ( Cash Box photo by Aruiy Fiduccia tures. (photo by Don Putnam)

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(continued ^mith from page 15 King Oliver (continued from page 7)

towie’s record that has an enormous be able to do it. Put them together and microphones placed and speakers come by in a maimer t!

mount of life left in it with a big tour they’re able to do it. spaced so that your ear thinks it is hear- nary. We think we’re pi v oming here, is not a factor in this. We Cfi—Will the sixth floor of the tower, ing the big spread. Well, you can’t do he’s done some pretty amazi. ^ ad to act regardless of anybody’s per- recently cleared out, be used for the that with modem technology with an This was one of those abs i:- .. ormance. Five million albums or not, new company’s west coast operation? old mono recording. You can’t pluck thoroughly unique situations when,

; was still going to be the same Smith-Our intention is, eventually, to out the trumpet and put it on the left soon as I heard it, I said, ‘This is some Iroblem with the next record. make some more room in this tower for and the clarinet and put it on the right. thing we really should be involve,, "B-So it was purely a structural con- Capitol Records and possibly move It well may become possible, as com- with.’” ideration? some of the departments here that puters get more involved in the And the response? mith-It was a structural thing. aren’t directly affected by Capitol process, but with the present state of ‘‘So far the response has been good ( leither company could afford the kind Records over to the EMI building. the technology, you can’t actually do The more difficult situation is getting f services that a great record company That’s the discussion right now and that. What you can do, though, is to the product from the U.K. We sold ou' hould have, if they stood on their own. there has been nothing decided. split the sound up into frequency bands what we brought in and we’re workinj ’ ’ Each one of those labels is competing, CB-Do you intend to hang on to the and distribute them across the two on the second order. ot only with CBS and Warners and EMI America building on Sunset channels so that you get an impression There are, so far, 20 “Jazz Classic, M/ICA, but they’re competing with Blvd.? of width, which also gives the greater in Digital Stereo” albums available ii ®*,apitol, and Capitol has the sufficient Smith-Oh yes. Absolutely. We’re just impression of depth. I add reverbera- Australia-with ten more on the slate- olume and the sufficient artist roster going to move some things around. tion to the recordings because one of and nine available from BBC Records

3 afford all those services. Product We have a lot of rented space around the limitations of early recordings was Mobile Fidelity has just issued the nex lanagers, all of those things that you town, we can just move some people that they were recorded in dead two in the series-discs of Loui ally want. And standing alone, from. studios.” Armstrong and Fats Waller-with Be leither one of those labels are going to Look, this is one of those you’ve- ssie Smith and Bix Beiderbecke disc got-to-hear-’ em-to-believe- ’ em stories. to follow in September.

The proof is in the hearing, something ‘‘What I’m trying to do,” say Partridge (continued from page 5) Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs president Robert Parker, ‘‘is to take the origina Herb Belkin found out. recording, with its limitations, anc

For all its appeal, the song was not and the art music, aghh. There’s ‘‘Our goal and objective is to try trying to remove some of the limita

ticluded on the original version of the probably Yahama DX7s there. Every and bring people product that, in tions for modem ears, to make it a littl Skylarking” album Geffen released angel gets aDX7.” general, is either difficult to acquire or more acceptable to a modem audience ast December. It wasn’t until Virgin, Certainly Partridge is the type of guy in a form that is of high quality,” says What I’m doing, really, isn’t primaril; CrC’s U.K. label, starting having suc- that causes Church Ladies like Tipper Belkin, whose company puts out gold aimed at the dedicated jazz buff ess with ‘‘Dear God” as an import in Gore to nod their heads and say, ‘‘Now CDs and half-speed masters LPs and, people who have been collectinj

he U.S., that Geffen re-released the isn’t that special.” But what’s really up until now, does it all themselves. records for years and who are used t( Ibum with the track on it, putting it special is that ‘‘Dear God” has helped ‘‘In the case of what the BBC and listening to them. I’m more intereste<

»ut as a single last March. make “Skydarking” XTC’s biggest- Parker have done, I think it fits both in trying to make certain that the musi' ‘‘This record seems to be working, selling albiun to date. areas-you have product that is hard to doesn’t die out as those people die.”

)ecause people listen to it or are react- Partridge. ‘‘One of God’s little ’ ng against it, so somebody up there henchmen dr ng his stuff.’ Marshall Crenshaw (continued from page 7) ;es me,” says the XTC vocalist, Though Partridge claims he pulled right back to the beginning without out of Manhattan — Robert to Vermoi laughing. punches on the song, one wouldn’t be even stopping. Sometimes we played and Marshall to Woodstock, N.' His actual religious views are quite able to guess it from a close listen. it three times in a row without stop- (Maby lives in Hoboken, N.J.). Ho lose to those in the song. ‘‘God must ‘‘Dear God” is a bare-knuckled upper- ping. It’s a good way to learn it and will Marshall’s move to a more bucol a real mean character,” he says. cut to the religious right, a left hook to keep the feel going.” setting change Crenshaw’s music? ‘If there is a god he’s not this kind of the notion of a benevolent deity, and a At one point in the song, the band think there will be less kind of urbt amous aged English actor. It’s not Sir sharp jab at the religion business in gains momentum and breaks into an in- angst themes in my songs now bccaiu ohn Gielgud saying, ‘come in my general. The song perhaps wouldn’t be fectious Bo Diddley beat. ‘‘Bo Did- I’m not here,” says Marshal oy.’” so subversive if a hardcore or speed- dley’s a very big influence on me,” “Whatever I’m working on usual ‘‘What does God do? He wakes up metal band did it, but XTC candy-coats jays Crenshaw. ‘‘I have about three al- does reflect my immediate concen the morning and says I think I’ll the controversial lyrics, making it ac- bums in my collection that I’ve played and immediate surroundings. ...It’s ipe out a bus load of Sri Lankans cessisble to a wider audience. XTC continuously since high school and one real kind of friendly environmentas oj oday,” he says. ‘‘I mean that’s really producer Todd Rundgien even had a of them is ‘Bo Diddley’s Sixteen All- posed to the city which is physical benevolent.” child sing the opening and closing Time Greatest Hits.’” trying to live here.” On heaven: ‘‘You can imagine what lyrics of the song, adding to the in- Crenshaw derives much inspiration Most of the new album was wrilti lazy place heaven must be. You nocent veneer. from early rock ‘n’ rollers, and he before Crenshaw’s move an’t get a drink, no sex, no nothing — covered a Gene Vincent song on Woodstock. “I had most of the woi

“Downtown” and played the role of for the album done before I moved, Buddy Holly in the upcoming film La he says. “....‘This Is Easy’ is kind > (continued from page 41) Spain Bamba. “I’ve been a fan of Buddy like a living in the country kind

I was a child,” he says. song. I mean that was what was kii Veloso, Nana Caymmi, Toquinho, David Bowie’s ‘‘Never Let Me Holly’s since to rock ‘n’ of running through my mind when New Order, Long Ryders, Mecano, Joa- Down.” Both U2 and Bowie will play “My father listened ..We’re kind of a musical family was working on diat song.’’ quin Sabina, Lucio Dalla, Orquesta in Spain in July. Bowie’s dates: July 6 roll.. track c in Barcelona. anyway.” “This Is Easy” is the lead Mondragon, and many others, all in Madrid and 7 and 8 well in Indeed, Marshall and his younger the album, and features Chris Donat layed in Spain. Of special sig- Sade, who has been alive and bassist, backii the past year, is prepar- brother Robert have played music the band’s fomier on ificance were concerts by Genesis and Madrid during other guest appeara ing her new LP which she calls, ‘‘a together since childhood, and Robert vocals. There are aul Yoimg on May 13 at Madrid’s Jont great one.” Julio Iglesias (CBS) was has played on all of his brother’s al- ces on the album by Marti Vicente Calderon football stadium, and and, in Spain recently to present his new bums except “Downtown.” “We Mitch Easter. Gary Burke, Tina Turner on May 17, also in album ‘‘cn espanol” called “Un played together when we were real lit- course, Dixon, who sings backgroui I Mardrid. Turner’s show was so suc- I Hombre Solo.” Manuel Alejandro, a tle kids,” says Robert Crenshaw. on several tracks, .^s for Crenshaw cessful that the artist added three more p songwriter with dozens of hits to his “When there were family reunions and on-going relationship with his no ^ 'shows for July (Bilbao on the 17th, name by such artists as Raphael, Rocio stuff they’d have us play 1 was prtxlucer, he says that “Dixon is wor Madrid on the 18th and another, yet un- got ‘I’ve H, Jurado, Emmanuel and others, wrote probably about tlirec or four when 1 ing on a song of mine called known date in Marbella). lltal 1 I’d like to wri all of the LP’s songs. It is one of the a snare drum. And even before It With Jokers.' And Strong movers with Spanish retailers hottest sellers on the market during its hit tin cans with pencils.” more songs w iih him." jijij of late: U2’s ‘‘The Joshua Tree” have recently moved first weeks of release. Both brothers (40,000 units in eight weeks) and

Cash Box July 4. 1987 COIN MACHINE « Around The Route By Camille Compaslo

A recordbreaker! The recently con- spans nearly half a century. Jim

cluded ICMOA annual state conven- Stansfield Vending Inc. (La Crosse) is tion (6/11-14) attracted about 139 the largest amusement and game opera- registrants, establishing a new record tion in Wisconsin, as well as a major for the state group. In addition, their vending machine supplier. The presen- first time effort at incorporating ex- tation was made at the recent WAMO hibits into the show format, resulted in stat convention and the award was only an outstanding lineup of 20 booths. the fifth ever presented by the state or- The President’s Reception on Friday ganization; the most recent recipient (6/12) was among the most well at- being Stansfield’s closest friend, and tended since the inception of this ftmc- fellow operator, the late Jerome tion; likewise, the Saturday night ban- “Red” Jacomet. quet also drew a packed house. As long On Tuesday, June 16, Bally prexy as we’re focusing on breaking records, Bob Mullane presented a check for the annual ICMOA acution (a highlight $15,000 to SADD (Students Against of the banquet) raised over $20,000 for Driving Drunk). The money repre- PAC (last year’s total was about sented proceeds from the “Score For WAY TO FLYI-ICMOA president Paul Hoffmeister (r) Greets AMOA presideny $9000). Take a bow. Valley prexy SADD” fundrasier which Richard Hawkins upon his arrival was at Decatur Airport to participate in the annua il Chuck for state Milhem, once again outdo- launched in May at the more than 300 ICMOA convention and exhibit, at the Holiday Inn in Decatur, Illinois (6/11 - 14). ing past performances as auctioneer. Aladdin’s Castle locations throught the Hawkins was flown in by Illinois operator Ted Furkin (Allstar Music Springfield) aboard his lear jeil As Chicago operator (and association country, and is but one phase of a three- luminary) Kem Thom was quick to year commitment by Bally to this very note, the exhibits were a key factor in worthy cause. A number of local offi- attracting new operators to the Illinois Operators Promote show, cials and state dignitaries including Il- particularly the good sized contingent linois’ secretary of state Jim Edgar at- who came in from the southern part of tended the presentation, which Industry Unity, Oppose the state. They liked what they saw, received widespread media coverage and what’s more, they will be joining and served the dual purpose of also the Manufacturer Direct Selling' ICMOA membership ranks. Kem launching SADD month in Illinois. also praised the cooperation and sup- Robert Anastas, who founded SADD (Editorial Note: The reported prac- al marketing practices. ICMO^ port of area distributors tice who helped in 1981, accepted the donation, grate- of manufacturer participation in believes it is counter productive to th what is make the show such a success. This fully acknowledging Bally’s contribu- termed location trade shows, future economic well being of our ei year’s event helped to further advance tion and continued support. meaning conventions other that the tire industry, including manufacturer the Illinois group’s major league Happy anniversary. AMOA-N.Y,, traditional shows held within the coin- distributors, operators, locations an status! op industry proper, If the photos are finished in the New York ops association, will be has been a bone of consumer/users of amusement equip time we’ll have contention in the ranks the additional coverage celebrating its 50th anniversary at its of Illinois ment. elsewhere in this issue-otherwise, keep upcoming annual convention. Associa- Coin Machine Operators Assn. Cash Manufacturers may select any Box published letter, tuned to next week’s Cash Box. tion prexy Howard Herman (County a addressing the marketing technique that they deetHi subject, then Communidyne, Inc., producers of Amusement Co.) will be honored as from AAMA president best for their company according toj

‘ the coin-op Alcohol Breath Analyzer, 'Man of the Year’ ’ and Richard Haw- Maury Ferchen in the May 30, 1987 economic realities of the open, com- recently edition. The relocated their Chicago opera- kins, president of AMOA, will be following position state- petitive marketplace. It is also a responJ tion to more spacious facilities in subur- keynote speaker at this year’s event. ment was issued by the Illinois Coin sibility of the ICMOA and the AMOAi Machine ban Northbrook, II. Their product line Covention dates are October 9-12 at Operators Assn, and Cash to protect our special interests as B>o\’ priming it its also includes a condom dispensing Kutsher’s Country Club in Monticello, s in emirety.) private businessmen and support thcf machine. New York. NAPERVILLE, IL — At an Illinois distribution system that we believe will Cash Box fehcitations to veteran Rowe International, Inc. has Coin Machine Operators Association ultimately be the most efficient and board operator Jim Stansfield, who was scheduled its annual distributor meet- of directors meeting on June 12, most effective in serving the complei honored by his Wisconsin colleagues ing for October 1987, members of the board directed needs of consummers — 8 thru October 10, at and contribute td with the 1987 “C.S. Pierce” award, Marriott’s Camelback Inn in Scotsdale, extensive discussion toward the grow- long term market growth in the amusei; in recognition of his numerous con- AZ. ing problem of manufacturer direct sell- ment business. ing to tributions and distinguished career that locations. The Illinois group emphasized that Following that discussion, the board operators have a right and a respon- Aladdin’s Castle Honored of directors adopted a statement unani- sibility in our open competitive market mously condemning the practice of to support those companies that CHICAGO - In recognition of their some manufacturers that bypasses the demonstrate their support of our in- continued support of substance abuse time tested and successful method of dustry. prevention programs, Aladdin’s Castle doing business in the coin machine Since coin machine operators cur- was recently honored with and award operating industry. rently account for a sizeable share of during the kick-off of the “Be Smart! The board discussion was instigated the total sales ’ of manufacturers and dis- Don’t Start! Just Say ’ No! campaign. as a result of reports reaching ICMOA tributors, manufacturer direct sales to Aladdin s Castle, Bally’s national members that various manufacturers locations strikes at the chain heart of of over 300 fun centers, is repor- The official campaign poster for the have been exhibiting at expositions out- operators’ ability to survive. tedly the first corportate sponsor to program is prominently displayed in side the of coin machine industry. To Therefore, we are requesting that the lend its support to the campaign. each of the Aladdin’s Castle locations name a few of the expos-the Licensed Amusement and Music Operators Asi- Launced in April of this year by the nationwide. beverage Operators Show in Las sociation join with us U.S. and take leader- Department of Health and Human Pictured in the accompanying photo Vegas, the National Association of ship in a national effort to Services, promote otlr the “Be Smart! Don’t Start! is Bob Fliday (center) accepting the Convenience Stores, the Nightclub and successful distribution system. Just Say No!” campaign includes a award on behalf of Aladdin’s Castle, Bar Expo in Atlanta, and the National The ICMOA will aggressively repre- music video, tv and radio public ser- from Dr. Donald Ian Macdonald (r), Association of Pizza Operators in Or- sent the interests of coin machine vice announcements, print materials director of the White house office for lando. operators and community-based in Illinois and help inform prevention ef- drug abuse policy and Don M. New- Exhibiting by coin machine equip- our industry of the serious negative forts, all aimed at the 8 to 12 year olds man, U.S. Dept, of Health & Human ment manufacturers at such shows is a economic consequences of direct sell- and those who influence their behavior. Services under-secretary. relatively new departure from tradition- ing to locations.

48 Cash Box July 4, 1987 \fOIN MACHINE Rowe Video Jukeboxes To Rowe ‘Hits the Roa 44 Feature Beta Hi-Fi Tape Operation Blue Jeai

CHICAGO-Rowe International Inc. Decks is taking its top executives out of their IjZHICAGO — Sound and picture cess of compact discs, customers have offices and putting them on the road ility on the Rowe Video Jukebox come to expect excellence in sound with their customers’ routemen who reached new heights with the quality. ‘‘The Beta Hi-Fi delivers that service and maintain Rowe products in lilability of Beta Hi-Fi tape decks kind of quality,” said Friedman. ‘‘In the field. i ich can be ordered on all models, fact one major operator who par- The project is called ‘‘Operation ^owe reports that test results on the ticipated in our test program called the Blue Jeans” and is the first step in a Pictured (l.-r.) Mary Thomas, ARA jta Hi-Fi were positive that sound comprehensive Rowe initiative to in- decks so from the new tape deck equal to Vending Services and Gilman R. King, company ahs accelerated its plans that of CDs.” crease its awareness of and responsive- president of Rowe International. introduce them. Rowe had originally The Rowe Video ness to the problems and situations Jukebox plays 160 throughout the spring and early sum- imed to offer the Beta Hi-Fi decks record selections faced by all the links in the chain of dis- in additon to up to 40 mer of 1987 and that 16 executives— he Fall. video selections. Three types tribution, sales and servicing of Rowe of music begiiming with King himself, and in- '‘Wherever we tested the new tape programs are products. available-rock, country cluding the company’s vice presidents dpks, music operators, location and urban ‘‘Being the leader in your field is an contemporary—and new of marketing and distribution, director Miners and their customers have been programs enviable postion,” explained Rowe are produced every month. of engineering and materials, and with the enhanced sound and Further president Gilman R. King. ‘‘At the lulled information about the new quality control managers-each will be piture quality of the Beta Hi-Fi,” tape same time, we’re well aware of the decks may be obtained through working in field locations for a week. Joel Friedman, Rowe vice presi- commitment it takes to maintain that fked music operators, factory distributors or Spiecifically, they will travel with a position. Like any manufacturer, dit. ‘‘The reports are even better than by contacting Joel Friedman at Rowe we routeman, assisting him with stocking pride ourselves on being sensitive and f expected.” Interantional, Inc., 75 Troy Hills Road, existing machines, placing new He added that, with the current suc- Whippany responsive to our customer’s needs. , NJ 07981. machines in locations, servicing ‘‘We’ve recognized, however, that machines and performing money room our day-to-day contact with dis- procedures. tributors and their clients does not al- ‘‘When we asked several food ser- ways provide us with sufficient feed- vice companies to host our execu- ‘ back,” he continued. ‘We need to bet- Four Sentenced In tives,” King added, ‘‘they responded ter understand how Rowe products are with amazement that we would want to perceived in the field and the specific put our people to work in the field with Counterfeit Games Case problems facing route and service enthusiasm for the opportunity to — people. Acquiring this input first-hand HICAGO Four individuals in- again that individuals are being ‘show us’ rather than ‘tell us’ about the will help us our even ved in the selling of counterfeit prosecuted for distributing illegal make products problems they face.” better.” eo games who were caught in an printed circuit boards. He explained a typical example of King went on to announce that I sting operation, code named the useful input to be gained from Operation Blue Jeans will continue IDGAM, were sentenced in Operation Blue Jeans. ‘‘By having our fishington, D.C. on May 14, 1987 quality control and engineering jl May 26, 1987, as reported by the FIFTEEN YEARS AGO IN CASHBOX managers directly involved in setting jierican Amusement Machine As- up machines at locations, they’ll under- ii:iation. Industry patriarch Bert Lane, whose inventiveness has had profoimd effects stand the difficulties the routemen face yron Sugerman of Livingston, upon the coin-op amusement trade, died of a heart attack at the age of 60. and, hopefully, make the needed chan- w Jersey, who originally plead guil- Lane’s career was studded with many singular ventures ranging from operating, ges that wOl ease the problem. Our ex- to one count of copyright infringe- to distributing, to manufacturing, and he is often credited with inventing the ecutives can’t learn everything about ;nt and one count of federal gam- handling a route in a week,” said King, kiddie ride concept . . . Seeburg Corp. chairman Lou Nicastro has been named ng charges on March 24, 1987 was "Man of the Year" by New York City’s United Jewish Appeal, Coin Machine ‘‘but the exposure and hands-on ex- fenced to five years probation and perience will go a long way in helping Division . . . Allied Leisure’s sales manager Gene Lipkin reveals that he and ered to pay a $25,000 fine. Alan Miss Susan Barringer will tie the matrimonial knot in a ceremony to be held us make good products even better. hkin of Springfield, New Jersey, King pointed out that this isn’t the "at sea" aboard a friend’s yacht . . . Ted Ruby, a veteran of more than 50 years o also plead guilty to one count of in the coin machine business, died at the age of 75. He was president of Marvel first time a company has sent its execu- lyright infringement on March 24, Mfg. Co. of Chicago, which manufactured electric scoreboards as well as game tives into the field. ‘‘\S’hai will make Iteived 3 years probation and a $2500 accessories and parts . . . Rock-Ola intro’s a new concept in wallbox design, this exercise truly valuable to both

the "Tri-Vue" model which takes its name from the unique revolving triangles Rowe and the end users of the products r third individual the I^A by name of that hold the title strips allowing all 160 selections to be visible with just two is what follows the written field Ijalter F. Riggin of Washington, D.C. reports. The input gained will be trans- turns of the knob . . . Williams ships their new single player, target rifle game, pad guilty on May 6 to one count of "Stockade" which features nine moving targets ... A new school for training lated into recommendations for posi- flpyright infringement and was sen- coin-op technicians and service personnel opens in Fort Morgan, Clolrado. It’s tive changes in our plants and market- ijiced on May 26 to three years proba- ing operations; implementation of the called Coin Machine Technical Training Institute Ltd. . . . Some 200 ijn and received a $2500 fine. A tradesters attended the grand opening gala at Modern Vending Co.’s new changes will be followed by monitor- Ihrth individual named Joseph Nes- ing to make certain that the problems building in Indianapolis . . . Wurlitzer vice president Amile Addy announced |e of Silver Spring, Maryland plead that Morris Lerner, president of Advance Distributing Inc., will represent arc indeed being solved,” he stressed. |ilty on January 23, 1987 to interstate field visits will the best the Wurlitzer line in Buffalo, New York territory . . . Chicago Coin intro’s ‘‘Future be jimbling charges and was sentenced "CC Mini-Baseball", a compact game of skill that can be operated as a wall measure of the effectiveness of tlie ij May 26 to three years probation. program.” unit or on a console btise . . . More than 600 New England operators and Judge Harold Greene stated that if spouses, together with employees and friends of Irwin Margold gathered at King regards Opieration Blue Jeans german, Fishkin, Riggin or Neline the Blue Hills Country Club in Canton, Massachusous to pay tribute to the retir- as an effort to continuously upgrade Jl counterfeit video the games in fu- ing Trimount Dist. general manager at his special Irwin Margold Day tes- the character and quality of Rowe’s [ re he could revoke their probation prtxiucts. “We want our engineers to timonial dinner . . . Electronic Sensing Products (ESP) hosts a two day ser- d sentence them to prison. vice school for distributor representives, focusing on the ESP EUvir.?. Dart design prixlucls that can be more easily Robert C. Fay, director of industry Awards for installed and more readily serviced. . . the game . MOA announced the winners of annual Jukebox fairs and enforcement for the - want plant to avoid 1972, as follows: Charley Pride (RCA) "Artist of tlie Year"; Sonny and We our managers nerican Amusement Machine As- - shortcuts that Cher (Kapp) - "Artists of tlie Year"; "American Pie" by Don McLean (UA) any might compromise ciation praised the FBI and United "Pop Record of the Year"; Easy Loving by Freddie Hart - "Country & quality. And, we want our quality con- ate Attorney’s office in Washington Western Record of the Year"; and "Shaft" by Lssac Hayes (Enlcqirisc), which inil pieoplc to push our plant pversonncl r their work regarding this investiga- for even better work on the assembly won both as "Record of the Year" and "Soul Record of ilic Year." m and stated that this case illustrates line,” he concluded.

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GOVERNMENT JOBS $16,040- j. i|i WIRELESS VOLUME Control & Re- |i WANTED $59,230/yr. Now Hiring. Call 805-687- ject Unit— Minute installation time on Old Gumball and Peanut Vending Ma- 6000 Ext. R-4415 for current federal list. Juke box. Choice wall mount or hand held. chines, and parts. Send description and SUCCESSFUL MUSIC AGENT with ma Interference free $180.00. Berkhoff De- price to Don Reedy 251 W. Patrick St., jor international contacts now accepting a signs, 2561 Montaur Hy, Brookhaven, NY Frederick, MD 21701 few new writer-clients. Song material must 11719,(516) 2824527. PUBLICATIONS be original, top-quality, well demoed, com- • • • • • • FREE sample copy of INDIE BULLET pletely contractile (unpublished). SEEBURG Jukeboxes and Used Amuse- write Blue Chip Stock Market Country Music Magazine & ISI Songwrit- PROFESSIONALS ONLY PLEASE ment Games for Sale. Old Style Electro-Me- FOR SALE— happening for Submission Forms. Wall Street tickertapes, Hi-flyers, Dixie- er Newsletter. Find out what’s chanical Pin Balls available. Videos, Shuffle gets lots of (DHO) Donn Hecht Organization, 801 N.E. lands uprights. also carry a complete with new and upcoming acts and Alleys and your specific requests are our & We tips for songwriters. INDIE BULLET, 3318- Fourteenth Street, Miami/Homestead, Command. JUKEMUSIK and Games, Box line of Bingo & Upright parts. Antique slots E SSW Loop 323, Tyler TX 75701. Florida U.S. A. (305) 245-3071. 262, Hanover, Pennsylvania for legal areas. Draw 80 Pokers. Call Was- 17331— Tele- Europe: #88 Hampton Road, Forest Gate sick Dist., Morgantown, West Virginia (304) phone (717) 632-7205. 534-3715. 292-3791. E7-ONU London, England • • • • • • REAL ESTATE DISTRIBUTORS /OPERATORS for Ca WANTED—Rowe Wall Boxes WRD-E-F. GOVERNMENT HOMES FROM $1 (U re- nadian made coin operated Counter Top Cannady Amusement Co., 2819 Detroit pair). Also delinquent tax property. Call 805- Games and Electronic Scales. High quality Rd., Niles, MI 49120. Phone: 616-683-5913. 687-6000 Ext. GH-4415 for information. and profit. Low cost direct from manufac- • • • turer. Contact ASTRO VISION INC., 145-9 CASH BOX Bentley Ave., Nepean, Ont., Canada K2E ATTENTION JUKEBOX OPERATORS RECORDS-MUSIC 6T7, Tel: (613) 226-7515. SUNBELT MUSIC, TEXAS LEADING ANYTHING ELSE SUPPLER TO JUKEBOX VENDORS, HAS SINGERS, MUSICIANS. Record compa- THE BEST SELECTION OF 45S AT THE ny accepting material. Send demo tape and ISA COMPROMISE I ATTENTION JUKEBOX OPERA- BEST PRICE! WITH PREPRINTED TITLE promo material: Dr. Dream Records, 900 E. TORS—Sunbelt Music, Texas leading sup- STRIPS FOR ALL NEW RELEASES Katella, Orange, CA 92667

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I HARTINDEX ALPHABETIZED TOP 100 SINGLES (INCLUDING PUBLISHERS AND license; ;

e (Billy Stcmbcrg/Dcnise Bciry-ASCAP) 2 Hypnotize Me Lies (Zooma-ASCAP/WillcsdoD-BMI) ...... 73 Sou] City (Colgan N; . ys (JocUway-ASCAP) 6 (Chong adm. by Warner Tamcrlanc-BMI) 46 Living In (Empirc/Bramplon) 64 Still AThrill (Ullrawivc/y^i^./j,,:. . Life Again I’d Still ||) InThe (HipTrip/Hip Chic/Mid Star-BMI/Klymaxx- I Looking For (Rightiong BMI) 48 Sweet Sixteen (B

. Limited PRS adm. by WB-ASCAP/WUlin’ ASCAP) Luka (Waifcrsongs/AGF-ASCAP) 39 Talk Dirty (Sweet Cyanide b.Mlj (VBluc SkyRidcr-BMI) 37 I Just (Virgin-Nymph-BMI) 60 Mary’s FVaycr (Copyright Control) ...65 That’s Freedom (Tom Kimmcl/AU^uc/Warrrr . ^vc (Now Sounds-BMl) 47 I Kne w (Chrysalis/Rarc Blue-ASCAO/Littlc Shop of Mor- Meet Me (GMPCyGo-Glo-ASCAP) 15 lane/MagiC'B.MI) f Blue (Not Listed) 93 ganscmgs-BMI) ,...64 Moonlighting (American Broadcasting/ABC CireJe- These Times (Aprri)/Desmobilc/RedAdrnuai.'H....i*c j’ ’ t We Try (Cak/Songs Of Jcnnficr/lf Dreams Had I Know (Hulcx-ASCAP).... 58 ASCAP/BMI) 43 Cards-ASCAP/BMI) - f/j {S^A (Question Of I StiU (ChappclVU2-ASCAP) ZlS Nothing's Gonna Change (Prince Street/Almo- Under The (Allcy/Trio-B.MI) 76 Tial-AS CAP/Scoop-CAPAC) 62 I Wanna (I^ing/Boy Meets Girl-BMl) 1 ASCAP/Screcn Gcms-BMI) ,..51 Wanted Dead (Boo JcFvi/PolyGram-ASCAP)... 20 8 My (Famoua/Black Licn-ASCAP) 26 I Want Action (Sweet Cyanide-BMly 63 One For (Virgin-Nymph-BMI) 34 We Are What (Lunapark) ,99 -In (Jenes-ASCAP) 96 I Want Your (Chappcll/Morrison Lcahy-ASCAP) 23 Only In My (Creative Bloc-ASCAP) 42 Weapons Ofdllegal adm by AUantic-BMl) 77 lends (Flyte Tymc-ASCAP) 1 ril Still (Wamcr-TamcrlaDc/Lovc Whecl- The Pleasure (Ryte Tyme-ASCAP) ..29 When Smokey Sinp (Virgin*Nyiiipb-B.MI).-..«..«...._ .86 t Disturb (Science Lab/April-ASCAP) 1 BMl/MCA/Chriswald/HopiSoim

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ALPHABETIZED TOP B/C SINGLES (INCLUDING PUBLISHERS AND LICENSEES)

l!((>ntujy City/MCA-ASCAP), 83 I Can Be Bad (Zcc-Kidd/Triple Scalc/lwcbbi-BMI) 88 ASCAP/BMI) 36 ASCAP) 10 1 Commit (Jobcte/R.K.S.-ASCAP/Slonc Let’s Satis i'ouch (Ztxnba -ASCAP) 71 Diamond/Lock Get (Rcanco Danccr-BMl) 84 5cd (Triage/Living Dic-BMI) ...... 17 i t You (MCA/BramptoiVVirgin-ASCAP) 29 Scries II-BMI) 18 Let's Talk (Bush Bumin ’/Kma-ASCAP) 41 Show Me The Way (AlmcVHc Gavc/PomcraniVDon’l You J he Way (Baby Lovc/aarity-BMI/ASCAP) 67 I Don't (Bush Bumin'-ASCAP) 44 Lies (Zomba-ASCAP/Willcsdcn-BMl) 7 Know-BMI/ASCAP) 8 ay8(Jodaway-ASCAP) 81 I Feel (On The Movc/Starlighl/MCA-ASCAP 1 Lifetime Love (Beach House/Tawanne Lamant-ASCAP)48 Smooth (Angel Nctes/USAExoiic-ASCAP) 5 You (Rare Bluc/Black Lion-ASCAP) 94 I Know You (Robert Hill) 70 Long Time (MCA-ASCAP) 47 Something Inside (MCA-ASCAP) 99 I Love (Hip TripAJip Chic-BMl) Love Right Soffigbird Iy Let's (Shockadelica/Almo-ASCAP) 95 56 Me (Ackcc/Bcczcr-ASCAP/Island/FrustratioD- (Brencc-BMI) ...... ^^.72 I k And Forth (All Seeing Eyc/PolyGram-ASCAP/Bctter I Really (April/Uncle Ronnie 's/MCA/S unset Burgundy- BMI) 52 Still A Thrill ^olyGram-BMI) 75 ASCAP) 33 Mercury Rising (Nonparcil/ASCAP/Broozcrtoancs/BMI>46 (Ultra Wavc/April-ASCAP/Righi Song-BMI)™_ ™.„2 I I'm } :ago Song (Thriller Millcr/MCA-ASCAP) 79 Think (Montequc-BMI) 68 Mixed Up (Dancia-BMI) 27 Still Waiting (Not Listed) ...... I Wanna (Irving/Boy ( bimstantial Evidence (Hip Trip/Hip Chic/BMI) 59 Meets Girl-BMI) 3 Moonlighting (American Broadcasling-ASCAP/ABC Tear Jerkcr (A. Naga-BMI ...... 51 dL Back(Mardaga-BMl) 45 I Want Your (ChappeU/Morrisan Lcahy-ASCAP) 65 Circle-BMI) 69 Testify (Tall Temptations/Jobete-ASCAP) 62 l|r.B.O. (F^estcVHarrindur-BMI) 40 If I Was(Controvcry-ASCAP) 13 Never Say (Almo/Michacl Jc ffiTCs/Gatcway/Housc/Atomic Thigh Ride (Mtumc/Do Drop In-BMI)^....^..., ..23

• iJataods (Ryte Tyme-ASCAP) 6 If You (Little Tanya/MCA-ASCAP/Forccful/Willesdcn- Age-ASCAP/BMI) 20 Tina Cherry (Gcorgio's/Siooc Diamoul-BMI) |[y Looks (Black Lion/R.CTMatak-ASCAP) 15 BMI) 24 Nightimc Lover (Science Lab-ASCAP) 58 Under The Boardwalk (Allcy/Tric/BMI) ».66 If Heartbeat IIYou Love (Wilbc/Oatie-BMI) 61 Were You Were (Music Carp. Of America/Bayjun Bcat- One Want You (Baby Love/Qarity-ASCAP/BMI). 1

: iyt Blow (Whiz Kid/Irving-BMl) ...22 BMI/MCA-ASCAP)35 (LcGassick/Who-Ray/Chubu/Somkcy-BMI) 37 Whammy (Pcrk’VDuchess-BMI) ...... -30 ivt Disturb (Science Lab-ASCAP) 100 I'm Bad (DefJam-ASCAP) 9 One Lover At (Oera/BMI/Sweet Wot’s It To (MCA/ASCAP) 60

Ifl*tMakcMc( ) ...80 I'm In Love (Bush Bumin'/Willcsdcn/Johnnic Mae- Karol/ASCAP/Trinifold/BMI) 43 Why Should (Ryte Tyme-ASCAP/Eat Your Ikart Oui-

• ip'l Take (Downsaiis/Piano (Aom oy Mignty Ihrce)- ASCAP-BMI) 19 The Reasurc (Ryte Tyme-ASCAP) 16 BMl) 14

1j) 63 I’m Not Gonna (Bush Bumin ’/ASCAP) 55 Pour It On (Pizzazz/Rightsong/Men^bomaniac-BMI)90 Why You (Jay King FV-BMI) ...... 4 l|l Wonder (UI admin, by WB-ASCAP) 76 I'm Searchin' (Music Specialist) 91 Private Conversations (Stone Ci?v adm. by National Wiihout You (Freddy/Eric-ASCAP) 50 ije (Ryte Tymc/Avanl Garde-ASCAP) 12 It’s Been (Music Carp. Of Amcrica/Gunhousc-BMI) 92 League -ASCAP) 49 You Can't (MCA Div. of MCA/BrarapioD-ASCAP) 38

I ^ing In (Fat Brothers-BMI/Lami-Lam- 26 Jam Tonight (Wavcmakcr/ASCAP) 28 Relationship (Masarati-ASCAP) 98 Hin* You (UI adm. by WB-ASCAP)87 Jamming To (Def Jam/First Impulse-ASCAP/BMI) 54 Rescue Me (Bcblica-ASCAP) 82

t On (Troutman's adm. by Saja-BMl) 86 Just The Facts (MCA/Rytc Tyme-ASCAP)85 Rhythm Method ( Arrival-BMI) 21

) rpy (Brampton-ASCAP) 73 Just To (Unicity-ASCAP) 96 Right On Track (MCA/Unicity/Shorl Ordcr-ASCAP) 97

1 idTo (Forceful adm by Willcsden) 42 Jump Start (Colloco-BMI) 34 Road Dog(Darwall/It's Minc^lcclric Doll-BMl) 53

i f Love (Promusc/Robert Hill-BMI) 89 Koo Koo (Girl Semg/Sister Fate-ASCAP) 39 Rock-A-Lotl Housc/Irving-BMI) i ]/ There (Famous-ASCAP) 31 Last Time (Jay King IV-BMI)64 (Gratiludc-ASCAP/GIass 25 Iliday (Dclightful-BMI)57 Late Night (Avantc Garde^hee Sbec/lntcrior/Aggam- Rock Steady (Hip Trip/Hip Chic/Midslar-BMI/Hitwcll-

ALPHABETIZED TOP 100 COUNTRY SINGLES (INCLUDING PUBLISHERS AND LICENSEES)

i (Writers Tanya Montana (Wamer-Tamerlane/ShcmiJ- ...... long Line Of Love Group/Scarlet Moon/Be th- Hand That Rocks The Cradle, The (Corttention-SES AC) . 33 Looking For A Feeling (Waylon Jcnnings-BMl) 79 BMI) 98 l|m-BMI) 20 Have I Got Some Blues Fch- You (Milcne-Opryland- Looking For You (Coolwcll/Atlantic/Chclcait- Telling Me Lies (Chappcl-ASCAP/Fircsign Music Ltd. AU (Gddliite/Silverline-ASCAP/BMI) 61 ASCAP) 77 ASCAP/BMI) 67 ijMy Ex’s Live In Texas (Acuff-Rose-Opryland-BMI)... 1 Have You Heard The Latest Blues (Crosskcys-ASCAP)..88 Love Can’t Ever Get Better Than This (Silver Rain/Jack That Was A Qosc One (Rick Hall-ASCAP) 3 fjcrican Me (A Little Mac/Unde Artie/Writers Hollywood Heroes (Wamcr-Tamcrlanc-BMI/Lodge 'N' Gordon-ASCAP) 9 This Crazy Love (Tom Coll ms-BMI) 38 i .up/Bcthlchcm/Lawycr'sDaughlcr-ASCAl^BMl) 59 Hall^ B/Two Sons-ASCAP) 100 Love My Night Away (Laymond-BMI)...... 97 Three Time Loser (Pink Pig-BMI) *8 t jer And Tears (MCA-ASCAP) 76 House Of Blue Lights (CBS Robbins Catalog- ASCAP) ... 35 Love Someone Like Me (Lawyer’s Daughter-BMI/Undc Till I’m Too Old To Dr Young (Trec/Croas Kcva-Trec iixher World (Fountain Square-ASCAP) 5 I Always Will (Silver Thundcr/Ensin/Puggy-BMI) 78 Artic-ASCAP) 7 Group-ASCAP/BM 0— ~ — -57 (i You Still In Love With Me (Sumise/YoungMusikver* I Can’t Make It Back To Macon (Parion/Trec-BMI) 86 Love, You Ain’t Seen The Last Of Me (W.BM.*SESAC)46 TiU Tl* Old Wears Off (Rick Hall-ASCAP) 49 )jBMI/GEMA) 26 I Know WTiere I'm Going (Dot Schlitz/Colgcms- Make A Living Out Of Loving You (Coal Miner’s Music- Too Old To Grow Up Now (Blackwood/Prcshus Child- tjy’s Got A Hold On Me (Wamer-Eleklra- EMI/April-ASCAP) 2 BMI) 71 BMl/April/Ncw And Used-ASCAP.«~— 36 - . Mum/Mopage BMI/Wamcr* Re fugc/Mool agerous- I May Never Get This Qosc Again (Frcddy-BMI) 72 Make Me Late For Work Today (Trcc/Strawbcrry Train OfMcmoriea (Gold Line- ASCAP) 25 wCAP) 43 I Need To Be Loved Again (Forrest Hflls-BMI/Song Lanc/Trcc Group-BMI) 60 Way Wc Make A Broken Heart, Thr (Bu^iJl BMl).— 52 ween The Sun And San Antonc (Brighter Day-BMI).. 64 Pantry* ASCAP) 55 Make No Mistake, She’s Mine (Moonwalk-ASCAP) 50 Weekend, The (Screen GemVEMI-BMI) — 6 tin To Boogie (Boccphus-BMI) 27 I Talked A Lot About Leaving (DcJamus-ASCAP/Al Gal- Members Only (Malco-BMI) 54 Wiiat A Girl Next Door Could Do (Unde Artie- i Uianl Conversationalist (Tree/Cross Keys* BMI/ lico/John Andcrsan/Mullei*BMI) 45 Midnight Blue (Ensign/Write Road-BMI) ...... 32 ASCAP) 66 LCAP) 28 ITum To You (Trcc-BMI) 23 Nowhere Road (Goldline*BMl) 40 When A Man Loves A W’oraan (Pronto^uinvy-BMl) ^

I login’ The House Down (Hoosicr-ASCAP/Trium- I Will Be There (Slow/Michael H. Goldsen IneVSweet Oh Heart (Colgcim-EMI/MCA/Doo Schlitz-ASCAP) 18 When Wc Break Up (Buttercup HiU-BMI) S4

* ^te/Nc w Qarion-BMI) 70 AngcI'BMI) 92 Once In A Blue Moon (Songmaker-BMI) 81 Whiskey. If You Were A W'oman (Southern Nighis- iiins Of Gold (Irving-BMI) 24 rU Be The One (Slatlcr Bros. -BMI) 37 One Promise Too Late (MCA/Patchwork/Don ASCAP) 16

Jd Support (Screen Gcms/EMl/Writers Group/Bcth- rU Be Your Baby Tonight (Dwarf-BMI) 42 Schlitz/Music Corp. of America) 12 Why Docs It Ha^-c To Be (Wnaig Or Right) 1 Warner- sm-BMI) 58 I’ll Never Be In Love Again (Sabal-ASCAP) 31 Ponies (April-ASCAP) 44 Tamerltne/Kumble Seat/SheddhouacBMl'ASCAP) 22

'derella(Englishlown-BMI) 17 I’m Be ginning To Get Over You (Chip ’N’ Dale* Put Me Out Of My Misery (Jack & Bill//Rangcr Bob/Music Why I Don’t Know (Michael II. Galdjct\l.>'.e iniry Rap (Bellamy Bros. -ASCAP) 91 ASCAP) 90 Corp.of-Amcrica/l-cightoii-ASCAP/BMI) 41 ASCAP) ...39

' me Of Passion (Rick Hall/Beginncr-ASCAP/BMI) 10 In Love (What A Race To Be) (Icic Berg/Kirby- Almarie* Rainy Day Lovin' (Chiplin-ASCAP) - 74 Would You Catch .Me Baby (If I Fall F^v You) iM Jcnc

idles Need To Grow Up Too (QoeskcyVTrec/Kieren BMD 80 Rock-A-Billy Money (Mayf Nutter Music-BMI)... 85 OprylaiuVBav-nc- ASCAP)... — - - >2 ac-ASCAP) 53 In The Arms Of A Woman (Coyote Tooncs-BMI) 89 Savin' The Honey For The HOTcymoon (Fat You Again (NICA/Don SchliU- ASCAP/W'ntrrs

I). acin’ With Myself Tonight (Almarie/Milestone- bland In The Sea (Willie Nelson Music-BMI) 69 Frog/S tccplechasc- BM 93 Group/Scarlet Mono-BMl) . 47

It U/ASCAP) 65 Could Have Been Me (Millbouse-BMI) 75 Shadows Of My Pndc (BMI) 99 You l.ay A lA>na l^jvc On Sic (Stan Comdius ASCAJ't 62 1 1’q'I It Make You WantaGo Home (Lowcry-BMl) 95 It’s Only Over For You (Lodge Hall/Chappell/RMB- She’s Too Good To Be True (Troc/Ptcinc IslamVCarecre- You're My First l.ady (Beginmr ASCAP)....._.._ 63 E s Ladies (Wooden Wondcr-SESAC) 29 ASCAP) 14 BMD >4 You’re Never Too Old Fie Young lose iDrjamusM.-egsn

' lin* Out (Keith Jenny (At Midnight-BMI) 96 Show Me The Way (Gucrricro-BMI).... 83 AcuveA'ou A l ASCAP) Sykes-BMI) 15 30 j it Cut Is Little PinkQoud(Acuff-Rosc-Opryland-BMI) 87 Fingen (Acuff-Rose/Opryland-BMl) 13 ' The Deepest. The (Dutchcss-BMl) 51 Snap Your j Little Sister (Elvis Preslcy/Rightsong-BMI) 8 Will Music-BMI) 73 I ever And Ever, Amen (Writers Group/Scarlet Moon- Sorneday My Ship Sail (Jack U/Don Schlitz-ASCAP) 4 Looking For A Brand New Heartache (Blood, Sweat & Someone (Chappcl/Chriswald/Hopi Sound/MCA- I •rn Time To Time (It Peels Like Love Again) (Larry Gat* IncTHalsey BrosyWamer-Electra* AsyluirVDuck Songs- ASCAP) 11 Wamer-Tamcrlanc-BMI). 68 Taming Mind (Little Bill-RMI) 56 ] BMO 19 My Cyndi lauper is the consummate artist. She continues the success of her multi- platinum album, "True Colors," with the premiere of "Cyndi Lauper In Paris, her HBO® Special and upcoming home video. with the She is currently being honored first celebrity cover of New York Woman magazine. And her cinematic debut will be seen by millions in the major motion plcture,"Vibes."

CBS Records proudly congratulates Cyndi as she takes her career to extraordinary new heights.

the a Cyndi Lauper is the artist. Cyndi Lauper is Compact Di On Portrait® Records, Cassettes and " on MB' See "Cyndi Lauper In Paris now playing

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