Chicago Chooses Radio City Venue Dacus As Group’s To Remain Open NEW YORK — Radio City Music Hall will Singer/Guitarist stay open for at least one more year, ac- LOS ANGELES — Columbia recording cording to reports in New York City's daily group Chicago has announced that newspapers. singer/guitarist Donnie Dacus will replace Resolving a last-minute cliffhanger, the band's former guitarist , who trustees of New York State's Urban died in an accidental shooting incident last Development Corp. agreed to provide up to January. $1.8 million in state economic development Dacus, a 26-year-old from Texas, has funds to keep the Rockefeller-owned Music previously played with and Hall in business until April 12, 1979. and has also recently been cast At the end of this time, the Music Hall for one of three leading male roles in the may be placed under a nonprofit state sub- film version of “.” Stills has recorded sidy while a feasibility study is made of Pictured (l-r) are: Richard Bibby, vice president of six songs written by Dacus, including “T urn MCA marketing ; Lorine Mendell, building a high-rise office tower over the national Back The Pages.” secondary promotion director; Sammy Vargas, regional promotion manager; hall. Under one proposal, profits from office Paul Lambert, national Chicago is currently getting ready to promotion director; Denise Moncel, regional promotion manager; rents would be used to sustain the Music Leon Tsilis, regional record a new album at Criterion studios in promotion manager; Wayne McManner, regional promotion Hall in the future. Miami before beginning a summer tour. manager, and Stan Bly, MCA vice president/promotion. Concerts are already scheduled in August Trugman To Fill at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles and at MCA Restructures Promotion Dept. Central Park in New York. Re-election Post Chicago has sold approximately 20 With Adoption Of Regional System million albums in the U.S. according to promotion director, has been named to the For Gov. Brown Jeff CBS, which reports that sales have by Crossan new national promotion director post while LOS ANGELES — Richard S. Trugman, generated $60 million dollars. All of the Lorine Mendel, who previously was local LOS ANGELES — MCA Records has vice chairman of Casablanca Record & band’s 11 albums have been certified promotion manager in Atlanta, has been restructured its promotion department and FilmWorks, has been appointed finance platinum by the RIAA. promoted to director of national secondary adopted a new regional promotion strategy chairman for the re-election campaign of singles. London Gives Pickwick with the creation of four regional manager Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. of California. Four former local promotion managers posts and the appointment of a new Trugman, who will be responsible for Atlanta Distribution have been appointed to the new regional national promotion director and a new handling all campaign finances, will direct posts. NEW YORK — London Records and the national secondary singles director. various fund-raising activities. Trugman's Sammy Vargas, who previously handled distribution division of Pickwick last week The label, which previously directed all estimated goal for the June primary is more local promotion responsibilities in New finalized the deal transferring the London promotional activities from its main offices than $1.4 million. York, has been appointed regional promo- line to Pickwick’s Atlanta branch. (Cash here, has established four geographic dis- Upon the announcement of his appoint- tion manager of the new east coast district Box, April 15). Pickwick will now distribute tricts which will be underthedirection of the which spans the New York, Philadelphia, London in Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, and newly named regional promotion Boston, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Charlotte, all out of the Atlanta Branch. managers. The regional managers will areas. London is already distributed by report to MCA vice president of national Former Detroit promotion manager Pickwick in Miami, St. Louis, and Min- promotion Stan Bly. Denise Moncel has been named manager neapolis. Paul Lambert, former national singles of the midwest district which covers Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Chicago and Minneapolis. The new southeast region, which con- tains Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami and Little Rock, has been placed under the direction of Leon Tsilis, who will be headquartered in Nashville. Wayne McManners has been appointed regional promotion manager of the southwest district. McManners, who will be based in Houston, will be responsible for QUESTION: promotion activities on much of the west coast as well as in the and New Orleans areas. The establishment of the regional D° Y°U KN°W WHICH Richard Trugman manager posts will localize executive ment, Trugman said, “I am very honored by A responsibilities, according to Bly, who said the governor’s confidence in me for this BAND HAS E RNED A the four regional managers “will serve the very important task and I look forward to same function as a national director on a the entertainment industry’s continued miniature scale. PLATINUM AND FIVE support of Governor Brown. In the brief “They will be setting up local conference time that I have been with the campaign, I ALBUMS, GETS calls with the local promotion staff,” he have found that Californians, for the most GOLD little said. “Before they just had a local area part, are supportive of the governor and I to worry about, but now they will be anticipate achieving the goals set forth for CONSTANT AOR AIR- managers of a territory.” the campaign.” A The new regional system, Bly said, will PLAY ON E CH, AND expedite communications in the promotion RCA Records 1st department because “the regional managers will be able to give direction to Quarter Earnings IS ABOUT TO RE- the local people much quicker. In this A business, communication is so important,” More Than Double LE SE ITS SEVENTH he said, “but it is impossible sometimes to NEW YORK — RCA Records’ first quarter have everything nailed down tight from just earnings more than doubled over last year, one national office.” according to RCA Corp. president Edgar CLASSIC F°R Bly said he plans to keep in touch with the ALBUM Griffiths. A regional managers by telephone on a Overall, the corporation reported record weekly basis. And every three weeks he will C PRIC°RN RECTOS? first quarter earnings of $54.9 million, a coordinate a conference call with both the 13% increase over the previous year's local and regional staffs. period. First quarter sales for RCA Corp. The new system should swing into effect, climbed 10% to a record $1.5 billion. Bly said, by the end of April. “We have RCA does not, as a matter of policy, already had a meeting here in Los Angeles break down the dollar figures for its divi- with the four new regional people to run sions. RCA Records officials declined down the parameters,” he said. “There is further comment on Griffith’s statements. quitea bitof areato cover and they will have to learn to work closely with the regional Chic Debut Gets Gold salesmen." NEW YORK — “Dance, Dance, Dance Bly also announced that new local (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah),” the debut

promotion staffers will be hired to fill the single by Atlantic recording group Chic, vacancies created by the promotions. has been certified gold by the RIAA,

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