UJA Entertainment Honors Neil Bogart

with Summer. Shown above are, from left: (top row) Bogart during More than 2000 leaders of the music and motion picture fields gathered this past Bradley-sang speech; Mrs. Dick Clark, Joyce Bogart, Neil Bogart and Dick Clark; weekend at the Americana Hotel in New York City to raise $700,000 for the UJA's his acceptance Records president Morris Levy, Bogart and, Mrs. Bogart; (second row) annual drive and to pay tribute to Neil Bogart, president of Casablanca Record & Clark, Roulette greetings from President Carter; Jill Bogart, Bradley Bogart, Joyce FilmWorks, Inc., as the Man of the Year for the organization's entertainment division. Costanza bringing Neil Bogart, Timothy Bogart and a cast of characters out of the Olin "Casa- In accepting his award, Bogart urged a "year-round campaign to raise the con- Bogart, Manhattan Borough President Andrew Stein presenting Bogart with a sciousness of young Americans regarding Israel and the work of the United Jewish blanca"; New York City Mayor Ed Koch; (third row) Donna Summer per- Appeal." The program for the evening included Dick Clark as master of ceremonies; proclamation from at the event; Casablanca Record & FilmWorks' executive vice president Bruce Midge Costanza, former assistant to the President of the United States, who brought forming Bogart's son Bradley; Roberta Skopp, Casablanca's east coast director of personal greetings to Bogart from President Carter; a special performance by Donna Bird with press creative projects, with Mike Sigman, senior vice president/managing editor, Summer, which was highlighted by a moving slide presentation chronicling Bogart's and Rick Sklar, vice president of programming for ABC Radio, wish Bogart. career; and a segment during which three of Bogart's children-Jill, Timothy and Record World; Katz Col Pictures Pubbery Sperling Named Chic Picture Disc Phonogram Names Names Holmes VP Wald -Nanas VP Released by Atlantic East Coast A&R VP LOS ANGELES Jeff Wald and Freak" CHICAGO Irwin H. Stein- NEW YORK Robert Holmes - NEW YORK-"Le b/w - - Herb Nanas have announced the "Savoir Faire," the current single berg, president of Phonogram, has been appointed vice presi- appointment of Bruce Sperling as by Atlantic recording group Chic, Inc./Mercury Records, has an- dent of the newly -formed Co- vice president of Wald -Nanas As- has been released as the first nounced the appointment of Publishing lumbia Pictures Music sociates. ever 12 -inch picture DiscoDisc. Steve Katz to the post of vice Group, Jim Johnson, vice presi- Sperling comes to Wald -Nanas The disc, available as a promo- president, east coast a&r. dent, administration of Columbia from a seven-year stint at Capitol tional item only, is Atlantic's first Pictures, and Ed Masket, execu- Records working in promotion picture record, and features dif- tive vice president, administra- and development. Previous to his ferent designs on each side of the tion of Columbia Pictures Tele- tenure with Capitol, Sperling be- record. vision, have announced. gan his career in Baltimore. The four-color paper is embed- Background ded between two layers of clear Capitol Goes $8.98 vinyl rather than in the five -layer Holmes was formerly vice arrangement used in conventional president of business affairs for On Steve Miller LP picture records. The single is avail- the Arista Music Publishing LOS ANGELES - The 14 -song able as a seven-inch single and 12 - Group. Prior to that he was gen- "Greatest Hits -1974-78" Ip by inch commercial and promotional eral counsel of Motown Record The Steve Miller Band, set for re- black vinyl DiscoDisc as well as Corporation, which he joined lease by Capitol Records, Inc. on in the picture record format. gat1fsr_ Steve Katz after practicing entertainment November 13, will carry an SOO "Le Freak" and "Savoir Faire" law for three years with Paul, prefix and will list for $8.98 in are taken from Chic's second Ip, Katz joined Phonogram/Mer- Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton & Garri- both album and tape configura- "C'est Chic," which is set for re- cury in July of last year as east son, a New York law firm. tions. lease shortly. coast a&r director.

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