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VOLUME 99 NO. 47 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT November 21, 1987/$3.95 (U.S.), $5 (CAN.) CBS /Fox Seeks Copy Depth Many At Coin Meet See 45s As Strong Survivor with `Predator' two -Pack CD Jukeboxes Are Getting Big Play "Predator" two-pack is Jan. 21; indi- and one leading manufacturer Operators Assn. Expo '87, held here BY AL STEWART vidual copies will be available at re- BY MOIRA McCORMICK makes nothing else. Also on the rise Nov. 5-7 at the Hyatt Regency Chi- NEW YORK CBS /Fox Home Vid- tail beginning Feb. 1. CHICAGO While the majority of are video jukeboxes, some using la- cago. More than 7,000 people at- eo will test a novel packaging and According to a major -distributor jukebox manufacturers are confi- ser technology, that manufacturers tended the confab, which featured pricing plan in January, aimed at re- source, the two -pack is likely to be dent that the vinyl 45 will remain a say are steadily gaining in populari- 185 exhibits of amusement, music, lieving what it calls a "critical offered to dealers for a wholesale viable configuration for their indus- ty. and vending equipment. depth -of-copy problem" in the rent- price of $98.99. Single copies, which try, most are beginning to experi- Those were the conclusions Approximately 110,000 of the al market. The move comes in re- (Continued on page 78) ment with compact disk jukeboxes, drawn at the Amusement and Music 250,000 jukeboxes in the U.S. are sponse to what the company de- AMOA- affiliated, and that group scribes as a lack of growth in sales purchased 18 million of the 46 mil- of hit titles. lion 45s sold to the American juke- Under the plan, CBS /Fox will of- future? box industry in 1986, according to fer the Arnold Schwarzenegger ac- Is CBS DAT Software In Sony AMOA communications manager tion feature "Predator" at a re- if Sony buys the world's largest rec- wished to thrust DAT on the record Fred Newton. Consequently, the duced price, but only if dealers buy BY KEN TERRY ord company, it will quickly move to business by aggressively promoting fate of the declining 45 configura- a specially designed package con- NEW YORK With Sony poised to break the deadlock over DAT. But the technology through CBS, the tion depends, to a large extent, on taining two copies of the movie. A take over CBS Records (see story, other record and audio business ex- company would have to consider the decisions made by AMOA members. dealer who intends to purchase a page 3), the question of whether the ecutives argue that Sony wants to repercussions of such a move on its All of the five major jukebox single copy of the film must wait at giant electronics firm would place acquire CBS for many reasons oth- software side, according to these manufacturers were represented: least 10 days after the two-pack is CBS' vast repertoire on digital au- er than the furtherance of its DAT executives. No. 2- ranked Seeburg exhibited released. The street date for the diotape assumes new significance. plans. Bhaskar Menon, chairman of (Continued on page 81) Some industry observers feel that Even if Sony's hardware side (Continued on page 72) Big Labels Wary ADVERTISEMENTS Special -Interest Of Mini -CDs As Videos Compete A &M Plans Push For AVC Awards LOS ANGELES A total of 84 videos BY GEOFF MAYFIELD in 21 special -interest categories rang- NEW YORK Most major labels are ing from documentary to comedy reluctant to produce 3 -inch compact have been named as the finalists in disks as a retail product within the the first American Video Conference immediate future, although A &M Awards competition. The awards are plans to break from the pack with an believed to be the first devoted exclu- initial release during the first quarter sively to the special- interest market. of next year. Winners will be announced at a "I think you have to try it and deal closing-night gala capping the first with it," says David Steffen, A &M se- American Video Conference. The con- nior vice president of sales. He hints ference is being held Thursday to that A &M might have marketed such Saturday (19 -21) at the Hollywood disks sooner, but the company was Roosevelt Hotel here. Hosted by comedian/actor Martin concerned there might not be enough One of the classic voices of the 80's -GLENN JONES. Hot on the It s Better To Travel with Swing Out Sister. Their 1st single Mull, the awards banquet will also adapters -which make the 3- inchers heels of his Nc 1 R&B hit, "We've Only Just Begun," comes "OH "Breakout" was a multi- format chartbuster: Top 10 Pop & Dance compatible with conventional CD GIRL" 5364 -7,J, a song destined to become a classic all over darts; No. 1 A /C; Power Rotation VH1; Heavy Rotation MN. honor 15 winners in the ninth annual players -available on the market. again. "GLENN JONES" 1062 -1-J. The Jones to keep up with -on "Twilight World" (888 484 -7) is their next smash sngle. The Billboard Video Music Awards com- for it on all vidlao outlets! "It's Steffen says the label has a history tour with Barkeys, Levert and The Force M.D.'s. Jive /RCA. vxleo world premiered 11/13-watch petition (Billboard, Nov. 4). Better To Travel" (832 213 -1) on Mercury CD's, Cassettes & (Continued on page 58) i (Continued on page 80) Fecords.
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CBS announced Nov. 11 that sult of tax- reform legislation passed since the two parties resumed dis- in his for new talent. In this between Los Angeles and London quest the board had adjourned its regular in 1986. cussions in late October (Billboard, week's One To One,' Potts discusses his job with talent editor Steve monthly meeting without taking ac- CBS chief financial officer Fred Nov. 7). CBS officials declined to Gett. Page 20 tion on Sony's offer, as no agree- Meyer recently told The Wall Street elaborate on the company state- ment had been presented for board Journal he believes there's a 70% ment. Country Record Sales Brisk In October approval. Record retailers say country records sold briskly in October, thanks to Observers point to the complexity of the approximately $2 billion plenty of promotional support from the Na- the CMA awards show and transaction and the number of fi- tional Assn. of Record Merchandisers. Ed Morris reports. Page 32 nancial issues still to be ironed out Can U Guess Who's New 2 by lawyers and accountants. BON JOVI VIDEO Analysts say the major sticking Initial shipments of Bon Jovi's new longform video, "Slippery When Wet: point is the nature of the deal itself. Our Inspirational Chart? The Videos," have topped the 100,000 -unit mark; no wonder PolyGram "What does $2 billion actually mean of Paine NEW YORK Island Records has has released a 12 -inch of "I Still stocking stuffer. Video music edi- here ?" asks Lee Isgur hopes it will be this Christmas' premier Webber. "In other words, how found what it wasn't looking for: Haven't Found What I'm Looking tor Steven Dupler tells the story. Page 39 much cash is to be paid immediate- crossover to the Top Inspirational For" on Doc Records, which is dis- ly? How much cash is to be paid out Albums chart for U2's "The Josh- tributed by Franklin Lakes, N.J. - 1st American Video Conference Special Edition over a longer period? How much of ua Tree," which debuted on the 40- based Rohit International. Music video and special- interest video will be the two prime topics on the the purchase price is in notes as op- slot sales chart Nov. 14 at No. 36. Crossover from the Top Pop Al- is agenda at the Billboard /American Film Institute convention Thursday to posed to cash? And is nonconvert- "We didn't make a conscious at- bums chart to the gospel chart ible debt a of the deal? These tempt to do it," says Bob Catania, virtually unheard of. Although Saturday (19 -21). Trends in these two areas are discussed in a special part significant negotiating issues vice president of promotion for the Foreigner's "I Want To Know 40 are section. Follows page that don't get resolved in a few label. "It's no one's wish here or in What Love Is" received a lot of days." the band to promote U2 as a Chris- Christian radio play, it was not FEATURES Ray Katz, an analyst at Mabon, tian rock act. enough to propel the "Agent Pro- In- 74 Album & Singles Reviews 62 La Radio Latina Nugent, speculates that the disposi- "Some of the songs on 'The vocateur" album onto the Top for instance 'In spirational Albums chart. 22 The Beat 63 Latin Notas tion of CBS' U.S. manufacturing Joshua Tree,' plants may also figure in the ongo- God's Country' and 'I Still Haven't Catania says this is the first 78 Lifelines 24 Boxscore ing talks. "It is possible that Sony Found What I'm Looking For,' ob- time Island Records has placed an 6 Chartbeat 40 MTV Programming doesn't want all those facilities," he viously lend themselves to Chris- album on the chart. "I think it's 62 Classical /Keeping Score 32 Nashville Scene says. Katz suggests that CBS nego- tian radio, however," he contin- pretty amazing but not surpris- 31 Dance Trax 68 Newsmakers tiators may also want to allocate a ues. "We got a lot of one -off calls ing," he says. "It says something us about the roots of the band and its 4 Executive Turntable 10 Out Of The Box portion of corporate debt to CBS from Christian stations asking Records, a move that would affect to send them the record." message. They've kind of called 18 Power Playlists 37 Gospel Lectern the ultimate purchase price. Yet an- U2's Christian identification this album their roots album - 42 Grass Route 45 Retail Track other issue is how retained earnings spread even further when the blues, country, and gospel -and 82 Inside Track 25 The Rhythm & the Blues in the Japanese CBS /Sony venture group asked the New Voices Of now they've made an impact that's 37 Jazz /Blue Notes 15 Vox Jox are to be factored into the deal, ana- Freedom gospel choir to perform spread to a different market." lysts say. with it Sept. 28 at New York's JEAN ROSENBLUTH SECTIONS Nevertheless, observers believe Madison Square Garden. The choir that since Sony still wants to buy 25 Black 61 Pro Audio /Video 67 Canada 10 Radio 48 Classified Actionmart 40A Retailing 9 Commentary 20 Talent CD -Sales Drop May Follow Hardware Dip 32 Country 78 Update 69 Financial 39 Video Music Projections Already Down, Wall St Woes No Help 56 Home Video 50 Video Retailing NEW YORK While retailers are "Slower hardware sales will slow ney" to claim that the Wall Street 65 International still bullish about compact disk software sales somewhere down the stock crash Oct. 19 will have no im- sales this Christmas, one prominent line," he says. Echoing similar pact on sales during and after the MUSIC CHARTS Wall Street analyst, Harold Vogel statements by music retailers, he Christmas season. "Fewer people of Merrill Lynch, believes the slow- notes that the relatively high price are going to spend $200, $300, or Top Albums Hot Singles down of CD hardware sales pre- of CDs may be scaring off some po- $400 on hardware at Christmas this 28 Black 16 Adult Contemporary sages a reduced growth rate for the tential purchasers of CD players. year, and that's going to have an ad- 62 Classical 26 Black digital disks. In addition, he says, it's "balo- verse effect on CD sales," he says. 42 Compact Disks 25 Black Singles Action Even before Black Monday, it was becoming clear that CD hard- 33 Country 34 Country ware sales were not maintaining 66 Hits of the World 32 Country Singles Action their earlier breakneck pace. In ear- 37 Jazz 16 Crossover 30 ly October, the Electronics Indus- 15 Rock Tracks 30 Dance Time for Prince elm tries Assn. lowered its projection of 76 Pop 66 Hits of the World leased by Warner Bros. in April the number of CD machines that BY CHRIS MORRIS 70 Hot 100 under Prince's Paisley Park logo, would be shipped to U.S. dealers The Nov. 20 the- has slipped to No. 61 in its 32nd this year from 4 million to 2.9 mil- 72 Hot 100 Singles Action LOS ANGELES atrical release of Prince's feature - week on Billboard's Top Pop Al- lion units. 63 Latin 50 length concert film, "Sign '0' The bums chart. The revised figure is still above Times," is the next step in the on- Historically, y nen Prince al- the 2.6 million units sold to dealers VIDEO CHARTS going marketing of the star's two - bums have beer/ accompanied by in 1986; but, if the forecast proves 57 Hobbies And Crafts 57 Recreational Sports record set of the same name. films, their chart fortunes have accurate, it would represent a The "Sign The Times" fea- risen and fall in with the movie's growth rate far below that for 1986 50 Kid Video 53 Videocassette Rentals '0' ture, shot on location in Rotter- box -office performance. or 1985. 56 Music Videocassettes 58 Videocassette Sales dam last June during Prince's Eu- "Purple Rain," the 1984 semiau- Nevertheless, Gary Ross, senior ropean tour and at the musician's tobiographical feature that intro- vice president of marketing and ©Copyright 1987 by Billboard Publications Inc., a subsidiary of Affiiated Publications Inc. BILLBOARD MAGAZINE (ISSN 0006 -2510) is published weekly (except for the first week in January) by Billboard Paisley Park Studios in Chanhas- duced the artist to a large audi- merchandising for the Musicland Publications Inc., One Astor Plaza, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Subscription rate: annual sen, Minn., will open on 250 ence, grossed $68.5 million; the al- Group, notes that the addition of rate, Continental U.S. $170.00. Continental Europe £165. Billboard, Quadrant Subscription Service Ltd., nearly 3 million players to the 4.5 Perrymount Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England. Japan "92,C00. Music Labo, Inc., Dempa screens in 30 major U.S. markets. bum of the same name ultimately Building, 2nd Floor, 11 -2, 1-Chome, Nigashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa -ku, Tokyo 141, Japan. Second class The $2.5 million movie could pro- sold 10 million copies in the U.S. million out there at the beginning of postage paid at New York, N.Y.-and at additional mailing office. Current and back copies of Billboard are vide a major boost to its compan- and 13 million worldwide. the year represents a tremendous available on microfilm from Kraus Microform, One Water Street, White Plains, N.Y. 10601 or Xerox Uni- versity Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106. Postmaster, please send changes ion album, which has already been Conversely, "Under The Cherry increase in the total player uni- of address to Billboard, P.O. Box 2071, Mahopac, N.Y. 10541 -2071, 914 -628 -7771. certified platinum. The record, re- (Continued on page 72) verse. "It's still unbelievable (Continued on page 81)
BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 3 www.americanradiohistory.com Company Has New Returns Policy Vestron Cuts Nine Distributors distribution and the consolidation of Vestron's senior vice president of BY JIM McCULLAUGH wholesalers. sales and marketing. LOS ANGELES Vestron Video is "The industry has been making The new policy grants distribu- slashing its wholesale distributor trucking companies rich by having tors a credit allowance based on a base from 23 to 14 and dramatically distributors ship product back to us, percentage of quarterly net pur- revamping its returns policies. only to have us send product back to chases, rather than having whole- The moves, effective Jan. 1, un- them later at reduced prices. It's the salers return product to Vestron. derscore industrywide concern over height of insanity," says Al Reuben, The effect, says Reuben, will be to discount product to distributors in order for them to remarket slow- er- moving titles to retailers. The policy, says Reuben, should virtual- ly eliminate returns. Franks For The Memory. Warner Bros. executives Erol's Vid Exclusive The Vestron developments, says congratulate Michael Franks on the gold certification of his "The Art Of Tea" NEW YORK Erol's, the 134-store In Chicago, the title will be intro- Reuben, were formalized during the album, originally released in 1976. Shown, from left, are Clyde Bakkemo, vice president of video chain, has landed an exclusive duced with a $4.95 tag through a di- company's recent first-ever whole- product management; Lenny Waronker, president; Franks; Mo marketing agreement for a new rect-mail piece that will be sent to saler meeting on the West Coast. Ostin, board chairman; and Richard Burkhart, Franks' manager. special -interest tape. 300,000 homes, says Vans Stephen- "Our industry has reached a point The Diva Communications video, son, the chain's director of public where one could term it mature," titled "Get Rich Quick: By Beating relations. says Jon Peisinger, Vestron presi- The Odds," is an instructional guide The tape's creator is Dr. Debra dent and chief operating officer. about games of chance. Springfield, Gonsher, president of Diva. Recent "It's forced us to recognize that the EXECUTIVE TURNTABLE Va.-based Erol's believes it is the titles on her résumé include the vid- wild growth has slowed down to a first video web to sign an exclusive eos "How To Read A Woman Like reasonable level. That brought us to for a specific title. A Book," "Bizarre Sports And In- a re- evaluation on how we were do- RECORD COMPANIES. Elektra Records in New York promotes Ray Carlton to Under terms of the agreement, credible Feats," and "How To Be- ing business." senior director of top 40 promotion and Jeff Cook to national director of Erol's will be the hourlong tape's come The Love Of His Life." She is The new distribution policies album rock radio promotion. Carlton was national director of top 40 promo- sole marketer in the states in which former vice president of program- were based on a yearlong analysis, tion. Cook was national field director of album rock radio promotion, based it currently has stores through Dec. ming for ScanLine Video and for- says Reuben. Ultimately, he says, in Atlanta. 31, 1988. That territory includes mer director of production of Rain- there were two major options -ei- Island Records Ltd. in New York names Ron Fair head of international Washington, D.C., Maryland, Penn- bow Programming Services, and ther going direct, "which would a &r /staff producer. He was senior director of a&r at Chrysalis Records. sylvania, Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, she once headed production for have been too costly, or else going Maureen Hindin is appointed director of production for Island Records Inc. and Ohio, even though the chain CBS /Fox Video. Gonsher has creat- to fewer distributors." She was production coordinator at Atlantic Records. only has single- market presence in ed a total of 10 how -to videos. Vestron's remaining distributors Manfred Bormann is promoted to vice president of licensee administra- some of those states. The video covers not only casino are Artec, Baker & Taylor Video, Street date for the title is Nov. 27. games but also provides tips on Best Video, Commtron Corp., East The program carries a list of $19.95, how to increase one's odds in state Texas Distributing, Ingram Video, but Erol's will introduce it at a sale lotteries, bingo, sweepstakes, and Major Video, Metro Video, price of $8.95 for club members, radio call -in contests. Schwartz Brothers, Sight & Sound, $9.95 for nonmembers. GEOFF MAYFIELD Star Video, Video Products Distrib- (Continued on page 80)
Senators Wary Of Source Licensing Bill CARLTON COOK FAIR HINDIN tion at WEA International, based in New York. He was vice president of Broadcasters Win Sympathy, product administration. But Little Else EMI -Manhattan appoints John Hey national director of album rock radio subcommittee -Sens. Edward Ken- ers pursue the alternatives to blan- promotion, college radio, and alternative college activities, based in New BY BILL HOLLAND nedy, D- Mass.; Howell Heflin, D- ket licensing available under York. He was album rock radio director for EMI. Jennifer Grossberndt be- WASHINGTON Although they Ala.; Charles Grassley, R -Iowa; Or- current law. Sen. Alan K. Simpson, comes manager of national alternative marketing and college radio. She showed sympathy for broadcaster rin Hatch, R -Utah; Pat Leahy, D- R -Wyo., was not present. was music director for WRAS-FM Atlanta. complaints, most members of the Vt.; and DeConcini -were present The subcommittee members did, Tony Powell is appointed managing director of MCA Records Ltd., based Senate Copyright Subcommittee, at some point during the hearing. however, appear to respect the in London. He was director of marketing for the company. listening to arguments at a Nov. 10 All, with the exception of Grassley, broadcasters' main concerns. Ac- RCA Records in New York names Pietro Alfieri senior art director. He hearing on the source-licensing bill, questioned the necessity of congres- cording to the TV-station owners, joins from Spot Images, his own design firm. questioned the need for Congressio- sional intervention in the controver- it's nearly impossible to bargain MCA-distributed Narada Productions in Los Angeles appoints John Az- nal intervention in the longtime sy or suggested that the broadcast- (Continued on page 78) zaro national marketing director. He was vice president of marketing and fight between independent televi- sales for Living Music Records. Paula Samonte is named assistant promo- sion- station owners and the per- tion and publicity manager. She was West Coast director of promotion and forming rights societies. Sen. Dennis DeConcini, chairman of the subcommittee, said the cur- rent blanket-license method used by Billboard Debuts List Of performing rights societies "smacks of unfairness." The Arizo- na Democrat said he was "search- 8 Music Video Rotations ing for alternatives," but he later NEW YORK As part of an ongo- Bin category (Billboard, Nov. 14). asked, "Is it the business of Con- ing commitment to expand cover- Most of the other lists are abbrevi- gress to get into that kind of micro- age of video music programming ated to indicate videos receiving BORMANN HEY ALFIERI PORRELLO managing [of the two industries] ?" and promotion, Billboard this heaviest exposure as well as those DeConcini strongly hinted he had week introduces the Clip List, a videos newly added to the individ- publicity at Living Music. held the hearing only to honor a re- compilation of reports from eight ual playlists. Peter Pan Industries Entertainment in Newark, N.J., promotes Joey quest from the bill's sponsor, Sen. key national video outlets (see In some cases, such as BET, net- Porrello to senior vice president of product acquisition. He was vice presi- Strom Thurmond, R -S.C., former page 40). works have combined playlists for dent /creative. president pro tempore of the Senate The stations and shows repre- multiple shows to make listing Capitol Records in Los Angeles names Dwayne Alexander national sec- and former chairman of the Judicia- sented in the Clip List cover sever- easier. ondary promotion, black division. He was with A &M, where he handled re- ry Committee. al genres of music and most major The following is a brief descrip- gional promotions for the Midsouth. Responding to a statement by markets. They are MTV, VH -1, the tion of each channel or show and Pow Wow Records in New York appoints Frank Inglese national director Sen. Pete Wilson, R- Calif., that Nashville Network, Black Enter- its approximate audience reach: of a &r. He has been with the company for the past year. there was "no reason for [congres- tainment Television, "Night MTV: 24-hours -a-day; cable; 33 sional] intervention," DeConcini Tracks," the Beam, Hit Video million households; mixed rock! DISTRIBUTION /RETAILING. RKO Warner Theatres Video in New York appoints quipped, "What if a former chair- USA, and the All New Record pop format. David I. Firestein senior vice president. He was vice president of real es- man and president pro temp asked Guide. VH-1: 24- hours -a -day; cable; tate for AMC Entertainment. you to hold hearings ?" The question Billboard continues to print the 23 million households; adult con- East Texas Distributing in Houston promotes Mario Henriguez to gen- brought chuckles from the packed MTV playlist in its entirety, as it temporary. eral manager of its Phoenix, Ariz., branch. He was sales manager of the hearing room. Wilson's reply did the has for the past five years. The BET: 14- hours -a-day; cable; 16 Louisiana branch. Henriguez is succeeded by Martin Datillo. same: "I believe I'd honor that re- MTV list includes the Hip Clip million households; urban contem- quest." (when reported) and the new Buzz (Continued on page 77) HOME VIDEO. Gina Resnick is promoted to director of business and legal af- Six of the seven members of the (Continued on page 77)
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www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard Offices: CMMENTARY New York Los Angeles 1515 Broadway 9107 Wilshire Blvd. N.Y. 10036 Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210 212 -764 -7300 213-273 -7040 Setting The Record Straight telex 710 581 -6279 telex 66-4969 Nashville Washington, D.C. 49 Music Square W. 733 15th St N.W. Tenn. 37203 D.C. 20005 615 -321 -4290 202 -783 -3282 MARKING THE CENTENARY OF THE FLAT DISK London Tokyo 71 Beak St. 19 -16 Jingumae 6 -Chome disk. But Edison's innovation was We've been doing it now for 100 tion -the microphone. Berliner WIR 3LF Shibuya -ku, Tokyo 150 BY OLIVER BERLINER so overwhelming that nobody paid years. sold it to the Bell Telephone Co., 01-439 -9411 03-498-4641 was used in all telephones telex 262100 telex 125735 Have you ever read U.S. Patent No. any attention to the hapless French- Interestingly, the Berliner U.S. and it 372,786? Of course not. But if man. At least not yet. patent doesn't refer to the disk it- for the next 100 years. Publisher & Editor -In- Chief: you're in radio or records, that pat- Eleven years later, Berliner rec- self. But the German and U.K. pat- Penniless at the time, Berliner SAM HOLDSWORTH micro- Associate Publisher /Director of Research: ent is why you're there. It's what ognized the contributions of the two ents, issued simultaneously with was offered $50,000 for the MARTY FEELY go literal- Frenchmen- Scott's lateral modula- the U.S. patent, do. Berliner wasn't phone, and he opted for cash rath- Associate Publisher/Director of Marketing & Sales: makes the music round- ly. tion and Cros' disk base. But how really emphasizing the disk over the er than shares in the new compa- GENE SMITH and General Manager /Directories Publisher. You see, that's the patent issued ny. Had he taken stock instead JOHN BABCOCK JR. Nov. 8, 1887, to Emile Berliner for, reinvested all dividends in the com- International Editorial Director. his stock would have been MIKE HENNESSEY of all things, the disk record. That pany, $1 million to- General Manager /Nashville: makes your industry 100 years old `Edison didn't worth an estimated GERRY WOOD this month. day. But in 1877 Berliner was earn- clerk. Editorial Now, before you invoke the al- the disk ing $3 a week as a dry-goods invent Let's consider these characteris- Managing Editor: KEN SCHLAGER mighty name of Thomas Edison, let Deputy Editor: Iry Lichtman me explain that the "Wizard Of record. Nor did tics of one particular recording Senior News Editor: Ken Terry and manufacturing system: News Editor: Jean Rosenbluth Menlo Park" didn't invent the disk Technology Editor: Steven Dupler record. Nor did he invent sound re- he invent Lower background noise. Art Director: Jeff Nisbet Greater dynamic range. Copy Editor: David Bushman cording. ul Issues: By taking the then -20- year-old in- sound recording' Seven distinct production Editor. Ed Ochs (Los Angeles) vention of Frenchman Leon Scott steps. Assistant Editor Robyn Wells (N.Y.) A made on a glass Bureau Chiefs: and making Scott's recordings play- Oliver Berliner is the grandson of Emile master Dave DiMartino (Los Angeles) able, Edison became the father of Berliner. base. Bill Holland (Washington) One -to-one transfer from the Editors: sound reproduction. He didn't even Radio: Kim Freeman (N.Y.), Yvonne Olson (LA.) coin the word "phonograph." He original record. Talent: Steve Gett (N.Y.), Linda Moleski (N.Y.) into cylinder. Instead, he was demon- Easier -to -store large quanti- Black Music: Nelson George (N.Y.) merely removed the syllable "aut" could he come up with a groove Dance Music: Bill Coleman (N.Y.) from Scott's word, "phonauto- which a playback needle could drop? strating the feature he deemed ties in a small space. Retailing: Earl Paige (LA.), Geoff Mayfield (N.Y.), graph" (meaning sound signature). Berliner reasoned that he could most important -mass production. Increased playing time. Ed Moms (Nashville), Chris Moms (LA.) will recognize Home Entertainment: Jim McCullaugh (LA.) Curiously, the word "phonogra- cover a flat disk, or even a cylinder, This was something neither Scott, No doubt you Home Video: Al Stewart (N.Y.) phy" was already in use at the time with lampblack and let a recording Cros, nor Edison envisioned. these as features of the compact Music Video: Steven Dupler (N.Y.) many decades ago, these Pro Audio/Video: Steven Dupler (N.Y.) to describe a method of shorthand stylus scrape away this material as In fact, Berliner even showed disk. But International: Peter Jones (London) for secretaries. A stenographer's it vibrated in response to sound. how cylinders could be mass-pro- same characteristics were cited as Music Research /Analysis: Paul Grein (LA.) of the Berliner gramo- Album Reviews: Jean Rosenbluth (N.Y.), writing was known as phonograph. Then, if he allowed acid to eat away duced like disks, something Edison advantages Chris Morris (LA.), Ed Moms (Nashville) Like most of us, the creator of the track where the stylus had re- failed at for a decade. phone record over the cylinder re- Singles Reviews: Bill Coleman (N.Y.) cordings it replaced. Administrative Assistants: Debbie Holley (Nashville), phonography had never heard of moved the lampblack, the necessary Berliner called his record player Valerie Bisharat (LA.), Drew Wheeler (N.Y.) Scott and his phonautograph, al- groove for playback would be creat- the gramophone (from the Greek Now we are told the CD will re- Contributors: Bob Darden (Gospel), word for "sound of letters "). In place the gramophone record. As Peter Keepnews (Jazz),Is Horowitz (Classical), though he had heard 9f Edison. He ed. Kirk LaPointe (Canada), Peter Ludwig (Radio), complained bitterly to Edison -to Moreover, one could then electro- France and the Americas, howev- an innovator himself, Berliner Moira McCormick (Chicago), Mark Mehler (Financial), no avail. plate the recording, making a mir- er, the word "phonograph" was wouldn't object if he were alive to- Charts & Research But let's get back to the disk. At ror -image reversal. From this, one applied to disks, which explains day. of why so many people credit Edison The CD is mass -produced on a Associate Publisher/Director Charts: the same time Edison was introduc- could stamp out unlimited copies THOMAS NOONAN ing his machine to the world, an ob- the recording in soft material that with Berliner's creation. press, just as Berliner had envi- Asst. Dir. of Charts /Mgr., Hot 100: Michael Ellis scure French poet, Charles Cros, de- would later harden and be playable. Incidentally, the gramophone sioned for the disk in days long Manager, Country Charts: Marie Ratliff was lis- Manager, Black /Jazz/Crossover Charts: Terri Rossi posited with the French Academy of Recognize this process? Of was not Berliner's first invention. gone. So perhaps someone Manager, Dance Charts: Sharon Russell novel course. It's similar to what we still A decade earlier, the young immi- tening after all. Manager, Latin Charts: Carlos Agudelo Science a paper describing a Manager, Video Charts: Marc Zubatkin recording concept -laterally modu- do today to mass -produce perfect grant from Hanover, Germany, Systems Manager: JoDean Adams lated on, of all things, a disk copies from a single master. had introduced his greatest inven- Research Manager: Jim Canosa tracings New York: Harry Michel (retail supervisor), Ron Cerrito (radio supervisor), Marisol Camacho, Ed Coakley, Anthony Colombo, Angie Gonzalez, Eleanor Greenberg, Cathy Kaslow, Rosemary Perez Marketing When we talk about Jimmy Scott, well as a move away from a rock'n- Who wants irritated listeners? Director of Sales, Vi Ron Willman we're talking about somebody who 'roll format." We've never been de- It's particularly ironic that so- Promotion Director Phylis Goldberg and won't called new age stations are lax about Radio /Singles Mgr.: Margaret Lo Cicero might be the best singer of contem- fined by radio parameters N.Y.: Norm Berkowitz, Ken Karp, Amy Laurie, Karen porary or vintage ballads around. be now. Historically, we have had "backsells." Their assumption that O'Callaghan, Peggy Dold, Jeff Serrette (classified) space somewhere for major successes with many nonal- their type of listener doesn't care LA.: Christine Matuchek, Colette There must be Kreins, Mary Fisher, Emily Vaughn BEFORE ITS TOO LATE him. bum rock artists such as Madonna, about the identity of artists can lead Nashville: John McCartney fan is everybody waiting for? Whitney Houston, Duran Duran, and to the (incorrect) notion that they are London: Patrick Campbell I've been singer Jimmy Scott's What Tokyo: Hugh Nishikawa and friend for almost 40 years. When He's 62 years old. He'll die and there Prince. Playing a video from a for- furnishing a background service Amsterdam: Ron Betist, 0- 20-628483 I first met him he was coming off will be a hot funeral. Everybody will mer No. 1 and upbeat single by Lisa which attracts a passive audience. Milan: Germano Ruscitto, 28-29-158 I Try finding advertisers who want Sydney: Mike Lewis, 612 -412 -4626 r &b hits li "Dearest Darling," "My show up in hip mourning clothes and Lisa is not out of character or, Mother's Eyes," and "Hands Across talk about how great he was. would think, front page news. to spend money to reach a passive au- Production The Table?' At that time, black re- Let's do something now. I've shed Yes, it's true we've modified our dience. Director: MARIE R. GOMBERT cords were called race records and enough tears for enormously talent- playlist standards a small bit, and I'm To my knowledge, ours is the only Advertising Production Mgr.: John Wallace instrumental -based Advtg. Production Coordinator: Michael D. Small seldom crossed over to the white ed friends who died penniless in rela- sure we will again. Still, we remain contemporary Atex System Manager. Raymond H. Heitzman charts. tive obscurity. I'm getting good and committed to rock'n'roll and new art- station in the country to "back- sell" Edit Production Manager: Terrence C. Sanders selection it plays. We rarely go Aut. Edit. Production Mgr.: Renate L Foster His career then was at a semi - pissed at the affluent members of the ists. every Directories Production Mgr.: Len Durham standstill, and he was already start- music community who sit around and Let's not lose sight of the fact that longer than three consecutive songs business. without identifying the preceding art- Administration ing to fall through the cracks. Then pontificate and let such tragedies this is an exciting, dynamic he disappeared, and for the next 20 happen again and again. It doesn't sit well with tight labeling ists and song titles. V.P. & Executive Editorial tor. Lee Zhito Steve Feinstein Divisional Controller: Peter Philipps years I heard very little about him. Jerome Doc Pomus or static formats. KKSF Distribution Manager: Edward Skiba Later, I heard that Jimmy was Stazybo Music Tom Freston, President Program Director, Circulation Manager: Eileen Bell York MN Networks San Francisco Dealer Copy Sales: Brad Lee working in the shipping department New License & Permissions Mgr: Georgina Challis of a Cleveland hotel and singing at New York Directories Editor: Leslie Shaver FORMAT FLEXIBILITY Credit Manager: Jerry Mannion senior-citizen homes and at hospitals. Asst. to Publisher & Gen. Mgr.: Cary Fagan These gigs went on until the mid -'80s. While appreciative of the coverage, NAME THAT TUNE Articles and letters appearing on recent page one story, "Now, Bravo to Sam Sutherland for his com- this page serve as a forum for the Billboard Publications Inc. Then, two years ago he suddenly your turned up in Newark, N.J. I heard Dance Hits Are OK On MTV" (Bill- mentary decrying the failure of new expression of views of general in- President & Chief Executive Officer: him sing, and he was as great as board, Oct. 24), seemed both a little age radio to identify artists (Oct. 31). terest. Contributions should be GERALD S. HOBBS Com- Executive Vice President: Sam Holdsworth ever. He looks healthy and acts fairly misleading and unfair. The point This lack of identification does a submitted to Is Horowitz, Senior Vice President: Ann Haire wise, but wealthy forget about. He's seemed to be that MTV has made a disservice not only to the music in- mentary Editor, Billboard, 1515 Vice Presidents: Paul Curran, Rosalee Lovett, New York, 10036. Martin R. Feely, Lee Zhito, just barely hangin' in. radical left turn in its programming. dustry and the artists, but to radio it- Broadway, NY John Babcock Jr., Glenn Heffernan If you want to know more about The addition of two "dance hits" self. One of the most frequent com- Managing Director, Billboard Ltd.: in focus R. Michael Hennessey his singing ask Quincy Jones, or Ste- (your words) to a playlist of 83 cur- plaints voiced by listeners Publisher, Billboard Operations Europe: Theo Roos vie Wonder, or Frankie Valli, or Nan- rent videos is seen as a "dramatic de- groups is "Station XXXX doesn't Chairman Emeritus: W.D. Littkford cy Wilson. They all idolize him. parture" and "embrace of top 40, as give the names of the songs it plays." 9 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com
New WNEW Promo Seeks To Stick Station's Name On Well-Played Albums NEW YORK Reinforcing its posi- geared mainly toward new and tion as New York City's only main- semiestablished acts. "We wanted stream album -rock outlet, WNEW - to be aggressive in this area be- FM is pitching record stickers that cause we're the only station left in would highlight albums getting town that will play contemporary significant exposure on the 20- stuff," he says. Naturally, Cher- year -old rocker. noff says he'd only give green The proposal, conceived by lights on a sticker after WNEW WNEW promotion director Niel had reason to commit to that rec- Barry and PD Mark Chernoff, con- ord. Shortly after making the offer to all labels, Chernoff says CBS `WNEW stickers has shown the most aggressive in- terest. Says CBS New York branch would be a great manager Ron Piccolo, "CBS has marketing and merchandising Crossover Kings. Hot crossover outlet WPGC Washington, is way to get added plans for developing acts with ev- D.C., a little slow in providing photos from the Bobby Poe ery major retail account. The convention but quick to achieve great Arbitron success. Pictured at the summer confab, from left, are WPGC MD Albie group exposure' Dee, Chrysalis artist Jellybean, Stacie Seifrit the WNEW stickers would be a great of station's music /research department, and Chrysalis singles director stamp of approval, and an excel- Charlie D'Atri. sists of WNEW -FM supplying "As lent way to create added exposure Heard On 102.7 WNEW -FM" stick- for these groups." ers to participating labels. The Based on the size and strength marketing staffs at those labels of its retail team, Piccolo says CBS would then slap them on appropri- would ideally like to get an exclu- Nonprofit Group 111o ate albums at record stores sive deal with WNEW on the stick- throughout the area. ers, but notes that talks with the WXRK Tries to Raise OUTA' Referring to New York's station are still in the very early shift to classic rock early this year, stages. Chernoff says the concept is Air Awareness mc sox WASHINGTON BY YVONNE OLSON tional Assn. of Broadcasters re- LOS ANGELES Immedia Inc., a Programmers reveal why they have jumped on ROUNDUP cently as congressional movers new nonprofit organization, hopes certain new releases. and shakers added a provision to to address, via radio, such issues the Budget Reconciliation Bill that as hunger, homelessness, the TOP40 would slap a 2% tax -more with AIDS crisis, voter stimulation, BY BILL HOLLAND and "Everything they've done so far has been top 10," says KKLQ "Q -106" penalties -on all broadcast license substance -abuse awareness. San Diego PD and Billboard PD of the week Garry Wall of Exposé's transfers and on those who do not Founded by California radio vet- "Seasons Change" (Arista). "It has a great sound to it, and I think it's THE WHITE HOUSE has nomi- obey the fairness doctrine (Bill- eran Jerry Longden and KLSX Los a smash." Another Wall- deemed smash is Jody Watley's "Don't You nated Bradley P. Holmes for a seat board, Nov. 14). NAB lobbyists ral- Angeles air personality Damion, Want Me" (MCA). "If anyone's questioning that, they're crazy," he on the Federal Communications lied to convince legislators and the Immedia's first goal is to attract a says. And Wall also casts a ballot for New Order's "True Faith" Commission. Holmes, currently White House that singling out coalition of broadcasters dedicated (Warner Bros.). "I doubted its mass -appeal quality," he admits, "but chief of the FCC's policy and rules broadcasters to tax for revenue to supporting social causes and the record has really grown on me, and my audience as well. It's more division, has been employed by the was discriminatory and unconsti- provide them with produced an- than just a dayparted record." commission for 41 2 years. The tutional. The NAB's congressional nouncements on the issues. commission seat has been vacant allies advised the group to come up Longden and Damion were also BLACK/URBAN since former chairman Mark with an alternative, which it did. founding members of a popular "A lot of folks need to look at this record," says KKDA "K -104" Dallas Fowler left in April. Senate Com- The NAB has sent a white paper to MD Jimmy Smith of Total Contrast's "Kiss" (Mercury). "This group merce Committee confirmation the Senate Commerce Committee, has always had a problem appealing to American audiences, but this hearings, scheduled to begin Tues- which is holding hearings on public The first goal: time they put a real slick record together. It just might work." Smith day (17), are expected to go broadcastipg funding. In the pa- also says the Deele's "Two Occasions" (Elektra) is turning out to be a smoothly for Holmes. The White per, the NAB offers three alterna- to find a group of big hit in Dallas, and he gives all -around honors to the new Earth, House may soon have to nominate tive ways of raising revenue to aware Wind & Fire album. "Enough said on 'System Of Survival' [Columbia]. another commissioner if current fund the Public Broadcasting Sys- socially This album is a smash, with at least four more singles," he says. FCC member Mimi Dawson is con- tern. Option one is to tax all radio, firmed as deputy secretary of television, and VCR sales; the broadcasters ALBUM ROCK transportation. NAB says a 1.5% tax could bring in "The BoDeans are breaking wide open," says KGB San Diego MD about $264 million next year, and a '70s activist group, the National Pam Edwards. " `Only Love' [Reprise] keeps building and has started TAX ALL, NOT A FEW: That was 2% fee could bring in about $345 Assn. of Progressive Radio An- to sell. Add this to their exposure with U2 and the Robbie Robertson the general message from the Na- million. Evidently some of the nouncers, which produced three al- project and you've got a band ready to explode." Edwards also calls NAB's older members remember bums and a number of television the latest Yes album phenomenal, saying, " `Rhythm Of Love' [Atlan- 1950, when Congress slapped a spots dealing with the vote and tic] is even stronger and more infectious than 'Love Will Find A 10% excise tax on television sets- substance abuse. The albums and Way.' " Edwards also has high praise for INXS, saying 1988 will be a a tax that wasn't removed until spots contained liners and short good year for that Australian band. " `Kick' [Atlantic] is their most 1965. announcements by celebrities and mature and intense project yet, with a multitude of potential hits," she Option two is to authorize the other public figures. says. "See this band in a club while you can, because these guys are ORDER IN ADVANCE! FCC to auction off unused spec- Immedia, which has similar bound for the arenas." trum space. The NAB is DO YOU HAVE YOUR says the goals, currently recruiting per- auction sale of 6 megahertz of sonalities for this effort. Poly - COUNTRY OWN COPY OF spectrum space could bring in $800 Gram records has agreed to press "What can you say about Conway [Twitty] that hasn't already been million. Exempted would be spec- the albums, and Irrmedia has said ?" asks WWWW Detroit MD Kevin Herring. Twitty's "That's My BILLBOARD'S 1987/88 trum used for public safety, radio, merged with the Entertainment Job" (MCA) "got great initial response at the station," Herring says. INTERNATIONAL TV, cellular services, and amateur Industries Council of America to "And Twitty does so consistently well that I don't mind taking chances radio services. coordinate the production and air- on an artist like him." Herring also got much unsolicited response on BUYER'S GUIDE? The NAB's third suggestion: ing of television ads. the new single from Merle Haggard, "Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star" S62 (Includes postage and handling(. Charge an application fee for the Additional information regard- (Epic). "On the first play, people called in asking where they could buy /Nod ca,.e%I.aa .n NY NJ. CA TN lottery used to grant licenses for ing this project can be obtained by it," he says. "There's no doubt that this record is for us." And Rosanne Call TOLL-FREE amateur radio services in 438 writing to Immedia, 4444 Riverside Cash's "Tennessee Flat Top Box" also wins praise from Herring, who smaller markets. The U.S. govern- Dr., Suite 204, Burbank, Calif. says it has a fresh sound and true -to- country quality that make it per- 800- 223 -7524 ment could as much as $43.8 (In New York State 212 764 -7579) J get 91505 -9887, or by calling 818 -841- fect for WWWW. YVONNE OLSON (Continued on page 12) 5289.
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POP SINGLES -10 Years Ago 1. You Light Up My Life, Debby Boone, WARNER /CURB 2. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Crystal Gayle, UNITED ARTISTS 3. How Deep Is Your Love, Bee Gees, RSO 4. Baby, What A Big Surprise, Chicago, COLUMBIA 5. Blue Bayou, Linda Ronstadt, ASYLUM 6. Heaven On The 7th Floor, Paul Nicholas, RSO 7. We're All Alone, Rita Coolidge, A &M 8. Boogie Nights, Heatwave, EPIC 9. It's So Easy, Linda Ronstadt, ASYLUM 10. Back In Love Again, L.T.D., A &M
POP SINGLES -20 Years Ago 1. Incense And Peppermints, Strawberry Alarm Clock, UNI 2. To Sir, With Love, Lulu, EPIC 3. The Rain, The Park & Other Things, Cowsills, MGM Ready For Radio. Epic VP for Los KBOS MD the Real" Don 4. Soul Man, Sam & Dave, STAR 5. Daydream Believer, Monkees, promotion Dan DeNigris poses with the O'Neal, left, and PD Barry Richards, COLGEMS beauties from Big Trouble before right, both of KBOS "B -95" Fresno, 6. Please Love Me Forever, Bobby introducing the group's debut single, Calif., get ready to party with members Vinton, EPIC 7. I Say A Little Prayer, Dionne "Crazy World." From left Trouble are of Slash /Warner Bros. group Los Warwick, SCEPTER makers Bobbi Eakes and Suzy Zarow, Lobos after the hit outlet sponsored 8. It Must Be Him, Vikki Carr, LIBERTY DeNigris, and group members Rebecca their local performance. 9. I Can See For Miles, Who, DECCA Ryan and Julia Farey. 10. Expressway To Your Heart, Soul Survivors, CRIMSON
TOP ALBUMS-10 Years Ago 1. Simple Dreams, Linda Ronstadt, ASYLUM 2. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac, WARNER BROS. 3. Aja, Steely Dan, ABC 4. Live, Commodores, MOTOWN 5. Foot Loose & Fancy Free, Rod Stewart, WARNER BROS. 6. Street Survivors, Lynyrd Skynyrd, MCA 7. Point Of No Return, Kansas, EPIC/ KIRSHNER 8. You Light Up My Life, Debby Boone WARNER CURB 9. In Full Bloom, Rose Royce, WHITFIELD 10. Let's Get Small, Steve Martin, WARNER BROS.
On The Move. GM Tony Berardini of TOP ALBUMS-20 Years Ago The News Is Jazz. Huey Lewis, left, KROQ Los Angeles and WBCN 1. Diana Ross & the Supremes and his dad, Hugh Gregg, right, reveal Boston enjoys a welcome -to -your- Greatest Hits, Diana Ross & the their jazz preferences while stopping Minding Merle Matters. The WDZQ Decatur, Ill., team enjoys the fruits of its new -home hug from Capitol solo artist Supremes, MOTOWN by KJAZ Alameda, Calif. /San labor while relaxing postconcert with Merle Haggard. Backstage, from left, are Martha Davis. Rocker KROQ was 2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Beatles, CAPITOL Francisco to spin their favorites with morning man Griz England, VP /GM David Webb, MD Dale Jones, Haggard, and celebrating its move to deluxe studios 3. Strange Days, DOOM, ELEKTRA morning man Stan Dunn. an unidentified friend. in Burbank, Calif. 4. Four Tops Greatest Hits, Four Tops, MOTOWN 5. The Doors, ELEKTRA 6. Vanilla Fudge, ATCO 7. Ode To Billie Joe, Bobbie Gentry, CAPITOL KTXQ Promotes On The Fly 8. The Bee Gees' First, Bee Gees, ATCO 9. Dr. Zhivago, Soundtrack, MGM Rocker Turns Gripes Into Hypes 10. Groovin', Young Rascals, ATLANTIC DALLAS Album rocker KTXQ "Q- al would be harmful to Plano youth. COUNTRY SINGLES -10 Years Ago 102" Dallas stepped on some subur- In response, Q -102 held a morning FRANK CODY is appointed VP /programming for KTWV "the Wave" 1. Here You Come Again, Dolly ban toes recently when the station show underneath the accused bill- Los Angeles. He'll continue his programming duties for the Wave Parton, RCA revealed its new provocative bill- board, broadcasting live and serv- locally as well as for the Wave network. The network is a 24 -hour, 2. Blue Bayou, Linda Ronstadt, ASYLUM 3. The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want boards. The city council of Plano, ing the "early risers" coffee and satellite, new age service the Metropolitan-owned station produces To Get Over You /Lookin' For a Texas, a predominantly white -collar doughnuts. "We drew an over- for the Satellite Music Network. Feeling), Waylon Jennings, RCA suburb, wasted no time in trying to whelming crowd and received tele- 4. I'm Knee Deep In Loving You, Dave & Sugar, RCA have one of them, which adorns the phone calls supporting our cam- CLIFFORD LEVINE is named president /GM of Cap Cities /ABC's WLS/ 5. You Light Up My Life, Debby main route into the city, removed by paign," says Q -102 promotion direc- WYTZ Chicago. He had been general sales manager for the group's Boone, WARNER /CURB contacting the station and voicing tor Michael Nelson. "Even some of KABC Los Angeles. 6. One Of A Kind, Tammy Wynette, its displeasure. It seems one of the our advertisers called to let us know EPIC 7. Georgia Keeps Pulling On My council members was made aware they were behind us." The story KCWY -AMFM Kansas City, Mo., will be sold to Reagan Henry National Ring, Conway Twitty, MCA of the billboard, a male torso with was picked up by the Dallas dailies, Radio Associates Inc. of Philadelphia for $8.7 million. The seller is 8. Don't Let Me Touch You, Marty the message "Early Risers Love Bo two TV stations, and the Associated Wodlinger Broadcasting, which also owns the financially troubled Robbins, COLUMBIA 9. From Graceland To The Promised ORR (Roberts)" stamped across the fly Press. CHARLENE Hit Video USA. The Wave- formatted radio stations are apparently Land, Merle Haggard, MCA of its pants, by a concerned citizen being sold to help finance the music video channel. Formerly known 10. Take This Job And Shove It, who was worried the subject materi- as KCLO and KZZC, KCWV-AM -FM were bought by Wodlinger in Johnny Paycheck, EPIC 1982 for $1.7 million. SOUL SINGLES -10 Years Ago 1. Serpentine Fire, Earth, Wind & EZ COMMUNICATIONS, WASHINGTON ROUNDUP Fairfax, Va., promotes Trish Dyer to director of Fire, COLUMBIA (Continued from page 10) advertising and promotion for the chain. She had been assistant to 2. You Can't Turn Me Off (In The her predecessor, Wyatt Thompson, who recently resigned from EZ Middle Of Turning Me On), High million a year if it charges a $5,000 and Congress before acting on a to join a television group. Inergy, GORDY application fee, the NAB says. measure passed 3. Back In Love Again, L.T.D., A &M -already by the 4. Dusic, Brick, MALACO The NAB stresses in its white Senate Commerce Committee - RICK SAINTE is named GM at album- rock -formatted WZZQ Terre 5. It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down paper that such revenue -raising that includes sections on a license - Haute, Ind. He was previously GM at WMPG /WADC Parkersburg, Next To Me, Barry White, 20TH CENTURY fees should be shared by everyone, transfer tax and codification of the W. Va. 6. If You're Not Back In Love By not just broadcasters. fairness doctrine. Broadcasters Monday, Millie Jackson, SPRING were recently successful in per- PAUL HOLSOPPLE is named VP /GM of Quincy Communications, owner 7. FFUN, Con Funk Shun, MERCURY ACTION: on 8. Somebody's Gotta Win, HILL "Everything's suading the House to drop a fair- of WTAD /WQCY Quincy, Ill. Most recently, he had managed Somebody's Gotta Lose, hold," says an NAB staffer. The ness doctrine amendment from the WWAZ /WLIU Providence, R.I. Controllers, JUANA Senate Budget Committee is wait- measure, but they're afraid it 9. Don't Ask My Neighbors, Emotions, COLUMBIA ing for the results of the budget might be put back in. The House BENNY MOORE is named GM at WCLY Raleigh, N.C. 10. Native RCA summit between the White House bill has no transfer -tax proposal. New Yorker, Odyssey,
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www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard. transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, D/4 photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. TRACKSTM Programming Takes Big Step Backwards ALBU M ROCK z Compiled from national album rock 1 radio airplay reports. r ` °¢ ARTIST 1 TITLE =w áw 3o = As Oldies Fight It Out For Philly Market I- S'_ C N Q i U LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL ** NO.1 ** OLDIES RUSH: CBS took hit outlet WCAU -FM Phila- up as the company's farm team and looking to fill a TUNNEL OF LOVE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN O 2 8 6 COLUMBIA LP CUT I week at N0. One delphia to "Oldies 98" the evening of Nov. 10, and adult drive -time slot. Entry-level candidates with some experi- CHERRY BOMB JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP rocker WIOQ -FM went to the same format early Nov. ence should apply to group programmer Buzz Brindle. 2 4 12 MERCURY 888 934- 7 /POLYGRAM 11. Word is that CBS put a rush on things when WIOQ Congrats to Matty "The Humdinger" Singer for SHOWDOWN AT BIG SKY ROBBIE ROBERTSON 8 10 6 announced it would go oldies on Nov. 23 in order to beat taking top honors as an indie in the Philadelphia Music O GEFFEN 7.28175 Foundation's first annual Best Of Philly awards pro- GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU GEORGE HARRISON the outlet to the punch. 4 4 6 5 DARK HORSE 7- 28178 /WARNER BROS. gram Kudos, too, to WKY Oklahoma City traffic re- A CBS spokesperson says WCAU had its highest rev- ... ONE SLIP PINK FLOYD enue year ever, but Malrite's new hit outlet WEGX "Ea- porter Mike Rutledge, who recently assisted police in 5 6 5 9 COLUMBIA LP CUT gle 106" has been rising steadily, simultaneous with a apprehending a stone thrower he saw while flying over RHYTHM OF LOVE YES 6 9 11 7 ATCO LP CUT /ATLANTIC 12 -plus fall on WCAU's part. In the summer Arbitrons, a freeway overpass, bringing much local attention to the TIME STAND STILL RUSH . 10 WCAU led narrowly with country outlet .. Bill 7 3 3 MERCURY 888891- 7 /POLYGRAM a 3.4 to Eagle's 3.3. Stallings joins Paul Ta- FARM ON THE FREEWAY JETHRO TULL 8 11 16 CBS introduced WCAU pie in mornings at classic 7 CHRYSALIS LP CUT hits station WNCX Cleve- LOVE WILL FIND A WAY YES in 1981 as a Mike Josephs - 9 5 1 8 ATCO 7- 99449 /ATLANTIC consulted "Hot Hits" out- land. He's spent the last TAGG 10I DON'T MIND AT ALL BOURGEOIS let and is opting out of the six years at various north- O 14 19 6 ISLAND 7- 99409 /ATLANTIC those hotly ern California stations. CRAZY ICEHOUSE format for 11 15 14 9 CHRYSALIS 43156 sought 25 -54s, a demo for- RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME THE ALARM O 21 26 4 mer CBS VP /program- WEST COASTERS ... 12 I.R.S. 53219 /MCA ming Bob Vanderhey- Mona Lapides is upped RAG DOLL AEROSMITH 13 12 12 11 den tagged and touted as from promotion assistant GEFFEN LP CUT to promotion coordinator O LITTLE WING STING the "dollar demo" two 14 17 20 5 A &M LPCUT by Kim Freeman -FM Los An- years ago. at KIIS-AM VALERIE STEVE WINWOOD "We're walking away from the fact that we're No. 1," geles ... Rob Tonkin resigns his post at New York - 15 13 15 7 ISLAND 7. 28231 /WARNER BROS. R.E.M. WCAU VP /GM Vince Benedict. "The main prob- based MEGA. The promotion director at rocker KGB - THE ONE I LOVE says 16 7 2 12 I.R.S. 53171 /MCA lem is that top 40 is not what it used to be in the '60s. FM San Diego for several years, Tonkin will return to O7 UNCHAIN MY HEART JOE COCKER We've got so many stations playing some of what we the market to narrow down his currently broad career I/ 18 22 6 CAPITOL 44072 play. Listeners have such a broad spectrum of stations choices. He can be reached at 619-280 -7625 ... Kudos to ONLY LOVE BODEANS 18 16 18 8 to choose from that I don't think [top 40] will ever domi- PolyGram's new L.A.-based album promotion manager, SLASH 7. 28139/REPRISE Al- THROWAWAY MICK JAGGER nate a market the way it used to." former Atlantic secondaries ace Paula Tuggey ... 19 10 9 9 COLUMBIA 38.07653 CBS, of course, does beautifully with WCBS -FM bum rock KKDJ Fresno, Calif. will introduce a hot new DON'T SHED A TEAR PAUL CARRACK O 5 New York, and it took the former WMRQ Boston from morning duo in a few weeks. Meanwhile, current wake - 20 22 30 CHRYSALIS 43164 But, is no up woman Deborah Catlin has left the station and PD NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS quality rock to oldies last month. word there's 21 20 21 5 ATLANTIC 7 -89188 will other outlets Art Farkas is filling in ... Dave Block is OM and Ray cause to speculate that oldies overtake HYSTERIA DEF LEPPARD O 33 10 in the chain. Randall is PD at top 40 KRMD Shreveport, La. 22 27 MERCURY LP CUT/ POLYGRAM CBS is awaiting FCC approval on the calls WOGL and L.A. programmers were wowed with a sizzling perfor- LIKE DREAMERS DO THE RADIATORS 23 26 28 6 EPIC LP CUT will maintain the Oldies 98 handle. As for the personnel, mance by WaWaNee Nov. 5 at the Roxy. Check out this OA SOMETHING IN THE HEART DAVE MASON Benedict says, "Everyone that's in place is going to stay, band -it's a real treat to encounter white boys with 24 29 38 3 MCA LP CUT as far as I'm concerned." soul. ** *POWER TRACK * ** WIOQ GM Joseph Chairs did not return calls on the Dan McColly exits MOR-formatted KIDO Boise, DEVIL'S RADIO GEORGE HARRISON 2S 40 2 station's flip. Idaho, to program top 40 KIYS across town, following DARK HORSE LP CUTi WARNER BROS. SWEET FIRE OF LOVE ROBBIE ROBERTSON of Tom Evans several weeks ago ... The 42 3 Add WCAU and WIOQ to AM oldies WFIL and the departure 26 30 GEFFEN LP CUT up as a major bat- urban format has been dropped at KPUR Amarillo, Tex- WPGR, and Philly should soon shape Owl THE USUAL BOB DYLAN & ERIC CLAPTON 2/ 31 49 3 tleground for the format. No doubt, both FMs wanted to as, in favor of simulcast activities with sister FM, the COLUMBIA LP CUT the FM oldies corner alone and will now engage album rockin' KATP ... Rich Phillips is named OM at SPARE PARTS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN capture 34 29 6 COLUMBIA LP CUT in a war of profiles and personalities. Malrite now has urban "Jet94" Chattanooga, Tenn.... At urban WXOK ® Of ON THE TURNING AWAY PINK FLOYD the top 40 scene all to itself with Eagle 106. Meanwhile, Baton Rouge, La., Matt Morton becomes director of op- L' 37 40 9 COLUMBIA LP CUT market-dominant rocker WMMR and classic rocker erations and Carlos Beck replaces Rob Neal as PD ... EAGLES FLY SAMMY HAGAR 30 23 24 7 WYSP can carve out cleaner niches with WIOQ out of Al Switzer and Scott Jantzen are named OM and PD, GEFFEN 7 -28185 IS THIS LOVE WHITESNAKE the format. respectively, at urban -formatted WOCQ "OC104" 31 25 13 13 GEFFEN 7.28233 Ocean City, Md. BRILLIANT DISGUISE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 32 19 7 8 TOM CUDDY leaves his OM /PD post at Billboard - COLUMBIA 38 -07595 HAVE MERCY RICHARD MARX award- winning WPRO -AM -FM Providence, R.I., to PHIL STEVENS shakes up Valdosta, Ga., by leaving 2 38 - EMI-MANHATTAN LP CUT on the career ladder and assume the the excellent numbers he programmed top 40 WLGA to 0 jump several rungs BURNING LIKE A FLAME DOKKEN VP title at ABC Entertainment Programming Network. and joining the competition, WZLS, as OM /PD ... Paul 34 33 39 3 ELEKTRA 7.69435 In leaving the Cap Cities /ABC hit outlet, Cuddy rejoins Randall joins AC combo WLAC -AM -FM Nashville, O LONG TIME GONE TRIUMPH 3J 36 48 3 MCA LP ABC Network president Aaron Daniels, another Tenn., as operations manager. Most recently the veteran CUT WE'LL BE TOGETHER STING WPRO graduate ... Also in Providence, Ken Carson is was VP /GM at WNOX /WTNZ Knoxville, Tenn. ... 36 24 25 7 A &M 2983 out as PD of rocker WHJY. Don Moore is the new PD at country stronghold WHEN WE LWAS FAB GEORGE HARRISON 46 2 KBUC -AM -FM San Antonio, Texas. He had been OM o - ER BROS . combo -AM -FM Greenville /Spartanburg, S.C., and STRAP MEIN THE CARS TIM MURPHY joins EZ as PD for country at WSSL 38 28 17 11 ELEKTRA 7.69427 from replaces Ed at KBUC. Chandler is now at KMPS -AM -FM Seattle, leaving leading ratings Chandler KICK THE WALL JIMMY DAVIS & JUNCTION his OM days at KMJ /KNAX Fresno, Calif., to do so. KASE Austin, Texas ... Jerry Paxson is the new after- 39 35 32 7 QMI53107 /MCA Murphy succeeds Jay Albright, who recently stepped noon driver/assistant PD at country outlet WQHK -AM ® 2 HANG MAN JURY AEROSMITH into Michael Meehan is the Fort Wayne, Ind. He's fresh from the PD -ship at WIAK GEFFEN LP CUT down to get consulting ... YES 2 SHOOT HIGH new PD at WCMS -AM -FM Virginia Beach, Va. He's Myrtle Beach, S.C. ... Dan Wright is the new MD at 41 49 - ATCO LP CUT/ATLANTIC Va., replacing Brian Char - been afternoon driver for the country outlets since 1982. AC WQPO Harrisonburg, * * * FLASHMAKER * * * Best wishes to Frenche Be, who's leaving his OM/ ette. THERE'S THE GIRL HEART 42 NEW 1 PD /morning man duties at urban heavyweight WQIM Douglas Knopper becomes promotion director at CAPITOL44089 SNAKEDANCE THE RAINMAKERS New York. He comes from WMTG/ ® 2 10 Be is soft rockin' WNSR 47 Montgomery, Ala. After years with the station, - MERCURY LP CUT / POLYGRAM its "not now pursuing a consulting and public -relations venture. WNIC Detroit. WNSR, by the way, has updated LEARNING TO FLY PINK FLOYD WQIM afternoon drive man Michael Long will serve as too hard, not too soft" TV spot with "livelier than light" 44 32 23 12 COLUMBIA 38 -07363 FM" New GIMME YOUR LOVE MSG interim PD, and JJ McKay arrives from WAWA Mil- inserts, taking a direct shot at WLTW "Lite O 5 45 45 43 CAPITOL LP CUT waukee to handle mornings. York ... We're big fans of all -sport WFAN New York's HARD TIMES FOR AN HONEST MAN J. C. MELLENCAMP series of 10- second TV spots. One features a little man 46 42 36 12 MERCURY LP CUT / POLYGRAM OPENINGS: Glen Martin, PD at WFYR Chicago, is with an enormous baseball mitt saying, "We make JUST LIKE YOU MARTHA DAVIS 47 48 50 3 taking his time recruiting a new morning arrangement sports easy to catch." ... And, WPLJ "Power 95" New CAPITOL LP CUT 40 NO SUCH THING TOMMY SHAW for the steadily up-trending, oldies -intensive AC. He's York has adopted a concept from WABC's top 48 41 46 5 ATLANTIC 7 -89183 a girl lip-syncs looking for a true personality to fit WFYR's foreground days -the "lips" spot where pretty O CLOUD NINE GEORGE HARRISON 49 NEW 1 approach and awaiting quality tapes and résumés. through a montage of Power 95 elements. DARK HORSE LPCUT /WARNER BROS IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT R.E.M. That's all to replace Jerry St. James and Jeff Elliot, 1 ® NEW I.R.S. LP CUT /MCA who left a few months back ... WXTY Ticonderoga, Assistance on this column was provided by Yvonne N.Y., a hit outlet in the Great Empire chain, is shaping Olson in Los Angeles. OTracks with the greates airplay gains this week. The Flashmaker is the highest -debuting track of the week. The Power Track is the track on the chart that shows the largest increase in airplay over the week before.
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©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this Í RADIO publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard® transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. I PROMOTIONS breast enlargement. That promotion and throw pies at each other. has been picked up by KLOL Hous- AoTCONTEMPORARY.. WYHY? WHY NOT! ton, Texas, which is asking listeners CHAMPAGNE FLIGHT z WYHY "Y -107" Nashville has a to Compiled from a national complete this sentence: "I'd like to Sometimes running a successful pro- sample of radio playlists. knack for the outrageous promotion. have a breast enlargement because motion is as easy as putting one and =w áw 3o TITLE ARTIST .11 H _, N¢ a o LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL For Halloween, the station set up a one together. CKDK "K -102" Wood- i coffin filled with cash and asked lis- WYHY has just completed its Day stock, Ontario, arranged to have the ** NO.1 ** to teners guess how much money it Of Decadence promotion, in which General Motor's Hot Air Balloon 9 THE ;TIME OF MY LIFE BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WArRNCESS O 3 7 held. The closest guess won the mon- the winning listener actually had to come to town for promotional flights CANDLE THE WIND ELTON JOHN ey and the coffin. Not a particularly win twice to fully enjoy the prize. The when the station found out that its 2 2 4 8 outrageous, or new, idea in itself. But winner was flown to Las Vegas with head of creative services had always VALERIE 3 7 8 6 STEVE WINWOOD the station also promised to pay, in $10,000, all of which had to be spent dreamed of being married aloft. K ISLANDMCA 7- 28231 /WARNER BROS. BREAKOUT SWING SISTER advance, for the lucky listener's fu- on gambling within a weekend. he 102 4 1 1 OUT If added "on air" to "in air," and the 11 MERCURY 888 016-7/POLYGRAM6 neral. Oddly enough, only two listen- won, he got to keep all the winnings promotion took off. 5 5 6 8 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ers guessed that the coffin contained and was flown back to Nashville in It took the station only 10 days to BRILLIIANToDIISGUISE $1,070. They were both wrong. I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Only style. arrange flowers, rings, a reception, a 6 4 2 12 CUTTING CREW VIRGIN 7 -99425 one listener guessed the correct total However, if he lost or failed to limousine, music, minister, video mo- THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT MICHAEL of $1071.07. spend all the money, he was trans- mentos, a wedding cake, and a honey- 0 9 9 10 BOLTON This summer, the station ran a ported from Las Vegas to Nashville moon for the couple. DON'T MAKE FOR The station 8 6 3 12 ME WAIT LOVE KENNY G. Rich And Famous promotion for on a Greyhound bus. If that sounds a picked up the tab for the whole of ARISTA 1-9625 RESERVATIONS FOR eight weeks, offering trips to exotic bit cruel, remember, is 9 10 7 TWO DIONNE & KASHIF this the same fair. The station then took out a full - 10 ARISTA 19638 places, an air -conditioned dog house station convinced that all of Nash- page ad in the local newspaper to in- LITTLE LIES 10 8 5 12 FLEETWOOD MAC (to keep up with the Jim and Tammy ville's mayoral candidates to come to vite everyone to the ceremony, which WARNER BROS. 7 -28291 Bakkers), and the infamous free the station the day before the election KOOL THE GANG the station broadcast live from the II 11 15 7 & balloon's gondola. MERECIA88gv867- 7 /POLYGRAM GOT MY MIND 12 16 28 4 SET ON YOU GEORGE HARRISON DARK HORSE 7- 28178 /WARNER BROS. THE BEAT GOES ON AIDREAM FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 17 21 6 NEIL DIAMOND Top 40 WZEE "Z -104" Madison, Wis., 0 I DRMBIMEBD ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No of NEVER THOUGHT I part this 14 20 29 4 (THAT COULD LOVE) DAN HILL publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or COLUMBIA 38 -07618 Billboard. transmitted, in any form by or any means, electronic, mechanical, I IDOp TMIIND BOURGEOIS TAGG photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written 0 19 26 5 'YJALL permission of the publisher. SO EMOT410NAL WHITNEY HOUSTON 0 21 32 4 IN MY 17 13 13 15 DREAMS REO SPEEDWAGON xorCROSSOVER EPIC 34- 07255/E PAA SINCE I FELL FOR YOU 30TM 18 14 14 10 AL JARREAU HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH BELINDA z Compiled from national 0 31 37 3 CARLISLE radio w Ñw airplay reports. °,, Yo , TITLE ARTIST 8 SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES RICHARD CARPENTER 20 12 18 A&M 3 - a¢ ao LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL LONELY IN LOVE 21 18 11 18 DAN FOGELBERG * * NO. 1 * * FULL MOON /EPIC 34-07275/E.P.A. I THINK WERE ALONE NOW YOU ARE THE 1 1 2 9 22 15 12 10 GIRL THE CARS 2 weeks TIFFANYOne ELEKTRA 7-69446 CATCIN ME (I'M FALLING) PRETTY 2 2 6 11 POISON 23 22 WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC VIRG 7 -9H 9416 16 15
DONT Y162OU WANT ME 3 4 4 11 JODY WATLEY I MCA 53 ** *POWER PICK * ** 41 2 BROOKLYN BLUES BARRY MANILOW SHAKE YOUR LOVE DEBBIE GIBSON 0 - 4 7 13 5 ATLANTIC 789187 POWER OF LOVE 25 29 30 5 LAURA BRANIGAN IRISTL IT9TO MY HEART TAYLOR DAYNE ATLANTIC 7 -89191 0 9 12 6 DAWNING ON A NEW 26 33 4 DAY MICHAEL TOMLINSON SKELETONS 33 CYPRESS 666 1227 10 1l 5 STEVIE WONDER © Duck If It Bounces. DIDN'T WE The WPXY 27 24 17 17 ALMOST HAVE IT ALL WHITNEY HOUSTON SO EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA 1 -9616 O 14 20 3 Rochester, N.Y., morning team shows BELIEVE ME PAUL JANZ listener Paula Wilson, 28 30 31 5 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON winner of a IE782978 8 3 1 10 EPIC 34- 07418 /E. P.A. recent station contest, what to do if NOUoRá 37 3 OVE NATALIE COLE ® 50 I LIVEFOR ALEIT M EBE THE 9 6 3 13 ONE EXPOSE the $11,000 giant check she won THE STUFF THAT DREAMS bounces. Wilson correctly listed all 25 30 26 20 14 ARE MADE OF CARLY SIMON THE TIME OF MY LIFE ARISTA 1 -9619 10 11 18 4 BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES R 5224 Ways "98 PXY" Makes Your Day as ONE HEARTBEAT 31 25 22 18 SMOKEY ROBINSON I DO YOU MOTOWN 1897 11 THE JETS well as the time and date each one 13 14 5 MCA 53193 was announced on the FAITH station. Top 40 32 40 46 3 GEORGE MICHAEL RVIVAL EARTH, WIND & FIRE COLUMBIA 38 -07623 0 17 22 3 SYSMEñM3OF S6ó WPXY had run the promotion for six NEW YYORK (HOLD HER TIGHT) RESTLESS HEART CAEUSBNGAvCOMMOTION weeks and collected 10,000 entries. CD 39 43 3 13 5 5 11 MADONNA Buried in the entries, from left, are WHY IDOES IT HAVE TO 34 28 24 14 BE RESTLESS HEART HEAAV531EN IS A PLACE RCA O18 ON EARTH BELINDA CARLISLE morning man Scott Spezzano, 14 29 3 MC 81 Wilson, 'S TO1911 and morning woman Diane Banks. 35 43 2 WHATMOTOWN O MUCH SMOKEY ROBINSON DONS MARLON JACKSON - 15 15 17 4 491?47 NO 36 32 25 18 ONE IN THE WORLD ANITA BAKER (BAB293Y T9 ELL ME) CAN YOU DANCE SHANICE WILSON ELENTRA 7-69456 16 20 25 4 &M NGING 38 39 4 TIMES SIEDAH GARRETT 17 8 7 12 SWING OUT SISTER capitalized on the region's wealth of 0 EVERCHA BERREEAKOá 016 7 /POLYGRAM local talent as it welcomed students I JUSToCANT STOP LOVING YOU MICHAEL JACKSON MONYY MONEY BILLY IDOL 38 34 27 16 18 16 19 6 back to the University of Wisconsin BPETCHA 39 23 SAY PTHAT G. ESTEFAN /MIAMI SOUND MACHINE I WANT TO BE YOUR with its second annual Beat 19 10 30 2 MAN ROGER Of The EIC 0 - REPRISE 7-28229 City concert recently. The showcase 45 47 MOTORTOWN THE KANE GANG WE'LL BE TOGETHER STING ® 3 CAPITOL 44062 20 22 3 30 A &M 2983 for five local bands capped a sum - DOING sITALLL FOR MY merlong series of Sunday night con- 41 27 23 18 BABY HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS 2 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL 0 24 - COLUMBIA 38 -07623 certs in area clubs. Three bands COME ON, LETS GOROS LOS LOBOS ANGEL ANGELA WINBUSH 42 35 40 4 29 27 3 played at each of the summer shows, MERCURY 888 831- 7 /POLYGRAM S412, HD'VE KoNOWN BETTER and the best of those were invited 44 49 3 RICHARD MARX PARTY YOUR BODY STEVIE B ® © RE -ENTRY back for the series' grand finale. LOST BIN 44 36 34 9 EMOTION LISA LISA & CULT JAM U GOT THE LOOK The bands may have played for 24 19 9 14 PRINCE PAISLEY PARK 728289 /WARNER BROS. free, but they did get to play for 16 ***HOT SHOT DEBUT*** YOU AND ME TONIGHT DEJA 25 12 16 6 label a &r representatives Z -104 SEEING YOU AGAIN DAN FOGELBERG VIRGIN 799422 45 NEW 1 brought in to scout for talent. Z -104 FULL MOOWEPIC 34- 07640 /E.P.A. COME ON, LET'S GORDS. LOS LOBOS 26 26 - 2 recorded this year's concert, and the ® 49 - 2 CHERRY BOMB JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP MERCURY 888 934-7/POLYGRAM HARD DAY GEORGE MICHAEL LPs and cassettes will be used for on- 1 THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW NEW (/ 1 COLUMBIA 44 -07466 47 50 38 4 TIFFANY air giveaways and sold at retail MCA 53167 SUGAR FREE WA WA NEE 28 28 26 4 stores in the area. Stations that have NEW", I WONDER WHO SHE'S SEEING NOW THE TEMPTATIONS EPIC 34 07283/E.P.A. 4$ 1 MOTOWN 1908 similar projects in the works should CERTIFIED TRUE THE BAR -KAYS WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN NEW 1 49 48 48 CARRIE MCDOWELL MERCURY 888837- 7 /POLYGRAM take note: WZEE's cassettes sold out 3 MOTOWN 1910 CRITICIZE ALEXANDER O'NEAL quickly last year, so this year the sta- MICHAEL JACKSON 3O NEW, 1 50 46 36 8 BPACE4- TABU 407600 /E P.A. tion made sure it produced more. 07418 /E.P.A. OProducts with the greatest airplay gains this week. PETER J. LUDWIG OProducts with the greatest airplay gains this week. Videoclip availability.
16 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com FEATURED three hours. Nov. 23, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Line One, Westwood Nov. 20-22, Alabama, Country Today, MJI One, one hour. PROGRAMMING Broadcasting, one hour. Nov. 23 -29, Sting, The Jazz Show With David Nov. 21 -22, Ray Parker Jr. /Glenn Jones /Deja, Sanborn, NBC Radio Entertainment, two hours. BACK IN JUNE, ex -KMET Los RadioScope, Lee Bailey Communications, one Nov. 23-29, Roger Waters, In Concert, Angeles air personality Randy hour. Westwood One, 90 minutes. Thomas and her husband formed Nov. 21-22, Judy Rodman/Holly Dunn /Kathy Nov. 23 -29, David Gilmour, Rock Today, MJI Chrystal Visions Productions to Mattea, Country Close -Up, ProMedia, one hour. Broadcasting, one hour. fulfill her longtime dream-produc- Nov. 22, Billy Idol, King Biscuit Flower Hour, Nov. 23 -29, Steve Winwood, Part 1, Off The ing and hosting new age shows for DIR Broadcasting, 60 minutes. Record With Mary Turner, Westwood One, one syndication. Industry veteran Tom Nov. 22, A George Martin Interview, Rock Over hour. Griffiths joined forces with the duo London, Radio International, one hour. Nov. 23-29, Holly Dunn, Live From Gilley's, as producer /director, and "Inside Nov. 22, Pink Floyd /George Harrison, Power - Mutual Broadcasting, one hour. The New Age" was born. The one - cuts, Global Satellite /ABC Radio Networks, two Nov. 23 -29, Steve Marriott, Classic Cuts, M11 hour weekly will bow roughly on hours. Broadcasting, one hour. Nov. 22, Stevie Wonder, Live From Australia, Nov. 23 -29, Sheena Easton, Star Trak Pro- schedule in December with its origi- Hamburger Helpers. Everyone says "extra cheese" as Westwood One rolls Hitline U.S.A., James Paul Brown Entertain- files, Westwood One, one hour. nal idea intact. The show's debut into Dallas, Texas, for the annual National Black McDonald's Owners and to coin- ment, one hour. Nov. 23-29, Glenn Jones, Special Edition, was pushed back a month Operators Assn. Convention. WW1 provided the entertainment for the two -day Nov. 22, Bellamy Brothers, Countryline Westwood One, one hour. cide with the sponsor's seasonal event by presenting a concert headlined by the venerable O'Jays. The concert U.S.A., James Paul Brown Entertainment, one Nov. 23 -29, Waylon Jennings, Country Music's campaign. was recorded by the WW1 mobile studios for broadcast on a future installment a re- hour. Top 10, James Paul Brown Entertainment, one "Inside The New Age" takes of the network's "Miller Sound Express." Standing, from left, are Ira Berger and Nov. 23, the Who, Part 1, Legends Of Rock, hour. laxed countdown approach to pre- David Knight of Westwood One; the O'Jays Walter Williams, Ron Hausfeld (the NBC Radio Entertainment, one hour. senting melodic new age and jazz group's road manager), Sammy Strain, and Eddie Levert; and WW1's Richard fusion tracks. The idea is to have Kimball. Kneeling, from left, are WW1's Greg Batusic, Sid McCoy, and Thom the countdown serve the show rath- Ferro and Walt Love, host of Westwood One's weekly series "The Countdown." er than the show serving the count- down. Griffiths says he's aware that for the immediate future, new TOP HITS OF 1986 age top 10 lists will change slowly of the country where the format is Nov. 19, Mick Jagger, Rockline Special Edi- FOR YEAR -END PROGRAMMING from week to week. He calls that an currently strongest. Sales for the tion, Global Satellite /ABC Radio Network, two advantage, saying, "We can count show will be handled by Mega Inc. hours. Also available: hits of 1978 -1985 them down; we don't have to play Crystal can be contacted at 818 -501- Nov. 20 -21, the Cars, On The Radio, On The Inquire on station letterhead: them." A steady seller can be 7201. Radio Broadcasting, one hour. dropped from a particular week's Nov. 20 -22, Aerosmith, Metalshop, M11 program for a new release or anoth- UNITED STATIONS has complet- Broadcasting, one hour. er track from a top album. ed clearances for its Thanksgiving Nov. 20 -22, Bryan Adams, Hot Rocks, United RECORD SOURCE INTERNATIONAL To our ears, the demo uses the ap- weekend special, "Bruce Spring - Stations, 90 minutes. proach well. Randy Thomas hosts steen & The E Street Band Story." Nov. 20 -22, George Benson, Star Beat, MJI A DIVISION OF BILLBOARD with a steady presence that keeps According to US VP /programming Broadcasting, one hour. 1515 NEW YORK, NY 10036 the emphasis on the hour's 10 or 11 Ed Salamon, all of the top 170 mar- Nov. 20 -22, Spencer Davis /Donovan, Cruisin' BROADWAY, tracks. She sets the mood before kets will be giving thanks with "the America With Cousin' Brucie, CBS RadioRadio, each music bloc with a mildly poetic, Boss" this year. 10- second "thought starter" with- The three -hour special chronicles out slowing the pace or becoming Springsteen's career from "Greet- obtrusive. The program also in- ings From Asbury Park, N.J." to cludes interviews, concert listings, the present with guest interviews Warning: Intensifies Listener Response! and a "call- from-home" segment. and about 30 tracks. Philadelphia Crystal Visions had the demo in progressive rock veteran and cur- induce airplay immediately. hand for the National Assn. of rent WYSP air personality Ed Broadcasters meet in September Sciaky hosts. Sciaky, an early and went to Anaheim, Calif., look- Springsteen booster, tells during ing for a syndicator. After two the show how he gave Manfred months of deliberation, Crystal has Mann a copy of "Asbury Park" and decided to go it alone and begin as a suggested that the group look for a regional syndication in the West. song to cover. Mann proceeded to Why? Because, Griffiths says, give Springsteen his first gold rec- those interested at the NAB meet ord with "Blinded By The Light" wanted to make changes in the while Springsteen was tied up in a show. Crystal felt the show's bal- contract dispute. ance was already good. After check- ing the market and the competition, OFF THE BEATEN TRACK. The the company felt it had a product one -hour weekly "Blues Deluxe" is that was commercially viable and available as a national syndication decided not to slice up the pie. from Music Unlimited, Arlington, The regional approach allows Texas. Creator /host David Fusco Crystal to concentrate on that part has been doing the show locally in the Dallas /Fort Worth market for the past two years and is now mak- ing it available on reel -to -reel on a cash basis. The program concentrates pri- GET YOUR OWN marily on electric blues. Fusco ac- COPY OF tively solicits local blues artists from across the country for a "Blue BILLBOARD'S Bloods" segment each week. The INTERNATIONAL "Blue Prints" slot features an origi- nal blues tune covered recently by a DIRECTORY OF pop or rock artist. Music Unlimited MANUFACTURING can be reached at 817 -261 -3520. PETER J. LUDWIG & PACKAGING S2 711ncludes postage_ and hand:inch
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BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 17 www.americanradiohistory.com PLATINUM-- Stations with a weekly cume audience of more than 1 million. Billboard. GOLD -Stations with a weekly cume audience between 500,000 and 1 million. FOR WEEK ENDING SILVER -Stations with a weekly cume NOVEMBER 21, 1987 POWER PLAYLISTS. audience between 250,000 and 500,000. CURRENT PLAYLISTS OF THE NATION'S LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL TOP 40 RADIO STATIONS
PLATINUM 17 12 Swing Out Sister Breakout 15 19 Whitesnake, Is This Love 29 29 Timothy B. Schmit, Boys Night Out 18 18 Stevie Wonder, Skeletons 16 18 Bruce Springsteen Brilliant Disguise 30 EX Taylor a non Tell It To My Heart 19 20 Laura Branigan, Power Of Love 17 17 Whitesnake, Here I Go Again A - Ponce I Could Never Take The Place 20 11 Expose Let Me Be The One 18 21 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love A - Elton John, Candle In The Wind 21 23 Dee, You And Me Tonight 19 20 George Micheal, Hard Day A - INXS, Need You Tonight 22 25 INXS, Need You Tonight 20 n Steve Winwood, Valerie 23 26 Shame Wilson, (Baby Tell Me) Can Yo 21 24 Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me 24 15 larded, Casanova n 15 Prince, U Got The Look 25 29 Prince, I Could Never Take The Place 23 25 Taylor Dayne, Tell It To My Heart Detroit P.D.: Rick Gillette Minneapolis P.D.: Gregg Swedberg ¿U TZ F/1! 26 30 Jellybean Featuring Steven Dante, The 24 26 Need You Tonight 1 New York 0.M.: Steve Kingston 27 31 Natalie Gk I Live For Your Love A25 Michael Jackson The Way You Make Me I Bilk Idol, Mony Mony I 6 Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is A Place 0 28 32 New Order, True Faith 26 30 Michael Bolter That's What Love Is A 2 3 Bill Medley 8 Jennifer Warner (I've 2 2 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor 1 1 Tiff any, I Think Were Alone Now 3 5 Heaven Is A Place 3 4 A29 - Trffany Should've Been 27 28 The Jets I Do you Belinda Carlisle, 0 Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise 2 2 Bill Medley I Jennifer Warner (I've A30 - Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me 28 29 Stevie Wonder Skeletons 4 2 TiffanyTiffany, I Think We're Alone Now 4 7 The Jets, I Do You 3 6 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0 A31 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor 29 EX Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor 5 10 Bruce Brilliant Disguise 5 1 Swing Out Sister Breakout - Washington(kw' P.D.: Morgan Chuck e 4 Billy Idol, Mony Mony A32 - Tory Terry She's Fly 30 EX Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 6 4 Madonna CausinA Commotion 6 II Michael Bolton, that's What Love Is A 5 5 Swing Out Sister, Breakout A33 - Marlon Jackson, Don't Go EX EX Whitney Houston, So Emotional I I Billy Idol, Mony Mony 7 12 Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me Los Let's Go 6 3 Michael Jackson, Bad 8 B Out 8 3 Expose, O EX EX New Order, True Faith 2 2 Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now Swing ister, Breakout LettMn Me BeThe One 7 7 Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise EX EX Elton John, Candle In The Wind 3 3 Bill Medley 8 Jennifer Warner, (I've 9 9 Fleetwood Mac Little Lies 9 12 Squeeze Hourglass 8 9 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love A - George Harrison Got My Mind Set On Y 4 4 Expose, Let Me Be The One 10 13 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 10 14 Richard Man, Should've Known Better 9 8 Madonna Causing A Commotion A - Bangles, Hazy Shade Of Winter 5 5 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0 11 14 Whitney Houston, So Emotional Il 16 Kenny G. (Vocal By Lenny Williams), D 10 11 Jody Watley, Dont You Want Me 6 6 Fleetwood Mac, Little Lies 12 6 Prince, U Got The Look 12 20 George Mkluel, Faith 13 Fleetwood Mac Little Lies K4i 13 16 il 7 7 02 Where The Streets Have No Name Stevie Wonder, Skeletons 13 5 Madonna, Causing A Commotion 12 16 George Michael, Faith 8 Il Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 14 17 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love II 23 Bill Medley 8 Jennifer Warner (I've 13 10 Whitesnake, Here I Go Again 9 14 Richard Marx Should've Known Better 15 7 Expose, Let Me Be The One 15 29 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 14 12 Expose, Me The One Let Be 100 FM 10 10 Kenny G. (Vocal By Lenny Williams), D 16 18 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor 16 n RIM., The One I Love 15 14 Usa Lisa & Cult Jam, Lost In Emotion II 15 Steve Winwood, Valerie 17 20 Taylor Dayne, Tell It To My Heart 17 21 Poison, I Won't Forget You 16 24 So Boston P.D.: Sunny Joe White Whitney Houston Emotional q8( 12 12 Swing Out Sister Breakout 18 21 The Jets, I Do You 18 18 Timothy B. Schmit, Boys Night Out 17 19 Poison, I Wont Forget You 1 19 I Bill Medley 8 Jennifer Wanes, (I've ¡ t Au -FM 13 16 Poison, I Won't Forget You n George Michael, Faith l9 11 U2, Where The Streets Have No Name 18 25 Taylor Dayne, Tell It To My Heart 2 5 Bruce Spnngsteen, Brilliant Disguise 14 8 Head, Who Will You Run To 20 23 Laura Branigan, Power Of Love 20 27 Taylor Bayne Tell It To Heart 19 20 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 3 6 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 21 24 Steve Winwood, Valerie 21 25 Sting, We II B, e Together Philadelphia P.D.: Walker 15 19 George Michael, Faith 20 17 Whitney Houston, Didn't We Almost Hay 4 4 Michael Bolton, That's What Love Is A Scott 16 9 LeVert, Casanova n 25 Glenn Jones, We've Only Just Begun (T n 32 John Cougar Mellencamp, Cherry Bomb 21 LeVert, Casanova It 5 7 Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me 1 1 Tffany, I Think We're Alone Now 17 18 Brute Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise n EX Earth, Wind A Fire, System Of Survive 23 9 Wa Wa Nee, Sugar Free 22 18 Bananarama, I Heard A Rumour 6 8 Laura Branigan Power Of Love 2 2 Billy Idol, Mony Mony 18 20 Pet Shop Boys, It's A Sin 24 EX Alexander O'Neal Criticize 24 33 Steve Winwood, Valerie 23 21 Prince, U Got The Look 7 11 Richard Marx, Should've Known Better 3 3 Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise 19 23 WhitesnakeWhitesnake, Is This Love 25 EX Georgia, Lover's Lane 25 35 Whitney Houston, So Emotional 24 26 Whitesnake, Is This Love EX 26 Got My 8 9 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor 4 4 Fleetwood Mac, Litle Lies 20 21 The lets I You EX The Cure, Just Like Heaven 36 George Harrison Mind Set On Y 25 22 Europe, Carrie 9 12 Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 5 5 Bill Medley 8 Jennifer Wanes, (I've 21 24 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor EX EX Shanice Wilson, (Baby Tell -Me) Can Yo 27 31 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 26 29 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love EX EX The Befor 10 14 R.E.M., The One I Love 6 6 Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is A lace 0 n n Hooters, Satellite Jellybean Featuring Steven Dante, 28 17 Starship, Beat Patrol 30 George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On Y EX EX Eric Carmen, Eyes Any n Il 15 Whitney Houston, So Emotional 7 7 Cutting Crew, I ve Been In Love Befor 23 28 Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me Hungry 29 13 John Waite,Waite Don't Lose Sleep 28 EX Dei Lenard, Animal 12 13 Squeeze Hourglass 8 8 Swing Out Sister Breakout 24 26 Taylor Bayne, Tell It To My Heart EX EX Dionne 8 Nesbit, Reservations For Two 30 34 Bourgeois I Don't Mind At All 29 23 Smokey obinson, One Heartbeat 13 18 Billy Idol Mony Mony 9 9 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love A25 - Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me A - Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me 31 15 Tiffany I Think We're Alone Now 30 27 Dan Hill (Duet With Vanda Shepard), C 14 16 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0 10 10 Michael Jackson Bad 26 27 Whitney Houston, So Emotional A - Natalie Colo I Live For Your Love 32 37 INXS, Feed You Tonight A - Steve Winwood, Valerie 15 21 George Michael, Faith 11 11 Michael Bolton That's What Love Is A 27 29 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) A - George Harmon Got My Mind Set On Y 33 39 Whitesnake, Is This Love 16 17 Sting, We'll Be Together 12 12 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 28 EX Michael Bolton, That's What Love Is A A - Elton John, Candle In The Wind 34 40 Icehouse, Crazy 17 22 The Jets I Do You 13 13 Sting, We'll Be Together Sting, 35 EX Bangles, Hazy Shade Of Winter 13 19 Stevie Wonder, Skeletons 14 14 Squeeze Hourglass 30 EX GeargQe HaImnoe, Got My Mind Set On Y 36 EX New Order, True Faith 19 24 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 15 15 Richard Man, Should've Known Better A - Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes 37 EX Prince, I Could Never Take The Place The 20 2e Los Lobos, Come On, Let's Go 16 16 Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me A - Prince, I Could Never Take The Place 38 EX Heart, There's Girl 21 25 George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On Y 17 17 R.E.M. The One I Love A - Laura Branigan, Power Of Love 39 EX Gloria Estebe B Miami Sound Machine, n 26 Taylor Dayne, Tell It To My Heart 18 18 Los Lobos, Come On, Let's Go A - Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 40 EX Alexander O'Neal, Criticize Lead@ A The 23 28 Steve Winwood, Valerie 19 19 Stevie Wonder Skeletons EX EX Elton John Candle In The Wind - Kane Gang, otortown 24 27 Icehouse, Crazy 20 20 Timothy B. Schmit, Boys Night Out EX EX Squeeze, Hourglass A - Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me I ljlu7 A New York P.D.: Larry Berger 25 34 Cher Found Someone 21 21 Featuring Dante, The 00Oo9 - Def Leppard, Animal 26 INXS, Need You A Paul Carreck, Don't Shed A Tear 29 Tonight n n SteveWinwood, Cleveland 0.M.: Kid Leo - I I Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now 27 31 Terence Trent D'Arby, If You Let Me S n n George Michael, Faith EX EX Billy Idol, Mony Mony 2 2 Bin Medley 8 Warnes, 1 lender (I've 28 EX Natalie Cole, I Live For Your Love 24 24 Icehouse, Crazy 5 Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 3 4 Billy Idol Mony Mony 29 32 The Kane Gang, Motortown 25 25 Whitesnake, Is This Love 2 4 Bill Medley B Inonder Warnes (I've 4 7 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0 3 6 Is A 30 33 New Order True Faith 26 26 Poison, I Won't Forget You - Belinda Carlisle Heaven Place 0 5 6 Swing Out Sister, Breakout 31 35 The Cure, Just Like Heaven 27 27 The Cure, Just Like Heaven 4 7 Whitesnake, Is This Love 6 5 Madonna, Causing A Commotion 32 EX Dionne B Kshif, Reservations For Two 28 28 EarthEarth, Wind B Fire, System Of Survive TAMPA AN 5 1 Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise 7 9 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 33 EX Whitesnake, Is this Love 29 29 New True Faith 6 2 Beau Coup, Sweet Rachel
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Schmit, boys Night Out 3 2 16 16 e The One A - Mick Jagger, Throw Away 38 38 Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 7 7 Anita Baker, No One In The World 15 23 John Cougar Mellenanp, Cherry Bomb 4 4 RHlyoixyyuLichardMar, Should've Known Better 17 17 LeVert, Casanovae EX EX Earth, Wad B Fire, System Of Survive 39 39 Heart There's The Girl 8 12 Whitesnake Is This Love 16 21 Shng, We II Be Together 5 11 Jimmy Davis B Junction, Kick The Wall 18 24 Whitney Houston, So Emotional EX EX John Cherry Bomb 40 40 Wa Wa Nee, Sugar Free 9 15 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0 17 20 The Kane Gang, Motortown Bill Medley B Jennifer Wames, (I've 19 21 Pretty Poise, Catch Me (I'm Falling) gqCougar gMgellencamp All EX A George Harrison Got My Mind Set On Y 10 17 George Michael, Faith 18 18 Richard Man, Should've Known Better 7 5 R.E.M., The One I Love 20 15 Prince, U Got The Look EX EX Lisa Lisa B CultCu Jam Featuring Full Force, EX A John Cougar Mellenamp, Cherry Bomb 11 4 LeVert, Casanova 19 26 George Michael, Faith 8 8 Glen Burtnick, Follow You 21 18 Whitney Houston Didn't We Almost Hay EX EX Hean, There's The Girl EX A The Kane Gang, Motortown 12 16 Debbie Gibson Shake Your Love 20 25 Icehouse, Crary 9 Steve Winwood Valerie 22 26 Taylor Dayne, Tell It To My Heart EX EX Jellybean Faturinl Steven Dante, The EX A INXS Need You Tonight 13 13 Swing Out Sister Breakout 21 9 Wendy And Lisa, Waterfall lÓ 10 Cutting Crew I've Been In Love Befor 23 23 Stevie B., Party Your Body EX EX Shanice Wilson, (Baby Tell Me) Can Yo EX A Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes 14 6 Lisa Lisa B Cult Jam Lost In Emotion n 24 Steve Winwood, Valerie 11 14 Yes Love Will Find A Way 24 28 Squeeze, Hourglass EX EX Jimmy Davis I Junction, Kick The Wall EX A The Cars, Strap Me In 15 19 Richard Marx, Should've Known Better 23 IS Cutting Crew, I ve Been to Love Belon 12 21 Pink Floyd, Learning To Fly 25 22 Dan HM (Duet With Voda Shepard), C EX EX Mn Without Hats, Pop Goes The World EX A Loverboy, Love Will Rise Again 16 Elton John, Candle In The Wind 24 27 Men Without Hats, Pop Goes The World 13 15 Sammy Nagar, Eagles Fly 26 20 Bananarama, I Heard A Rumour EX Paul Gck,Greek, Don t Shed A Tear EX A Mick Jagger, Throw Away 17 28 The Monkeys, Heart And Soul 25 31 Def Leopard, Animal 14 17 Squeeze, Hourglass 27 27 Los Lobos, Come On Let's Go EX EX Eric Came, Hungry Eyes EX A Def Leopard Animal 18 20 Timothy B. Schmit, Boys Night Out 26 30 Whitney Houston, So Emotional 15 12 Fleetwood Mac Little Lies A28 - Whitesnake Is This Love EX EX Beach Boys I Little Richard, Happy En EX EX Mr. Mister, the Border 19 28 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 27 13 Pink Floyd Learning To Fly 16 26 Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) Michael Bolton, That's What Love Is A 28 33 INXS Need You Tonight 17 9 Crue Wild Side - EX EX Laura Branigan, Power Of Love A R.E.M., The One I Love Motley MO - Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me EX EX Jimmy Davis B Junetie, Kick The Wall ZÌ Yes, Love Will Find A Way 29 36 The Cure, Just Like Heaven 18 16 U2, Where the Streets Have No Name 30 35 Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes 19 EX EX Natalie Cole, I Live For Your Love n 24 Poison, I Won't Forget You 19 Swing Out Sister Breakout 23 30 Michael Bolton, That's What Love Is A 31 19 Starship Beat Patrol 20 33 INXS, Need You Tonight 24 25 Def Leppard, Animal 32 32 Billy Idol Mony Mony 21 18 Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now 25 26 Whitney Houston, So Emotional 33 34 Big Trouble, Crazy World George Michael, Faith 26 27 Sting, We'll Be Together 34 39 Elton John Candle In The Wind b Poison, I Won't Forget You 102.7 A27 - George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On Y 35 37 Bourgeois Ta I Don't Mind At All 72 Head, There's The Girl litagiRM ¡`.y/ A28 - Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 37 38 Pmnack Junction, Kick Wall Deb Leopard Animal 37 40 Peul Don't Tear 26 2É Rush, Time Stand Still Boston P.D.: Harry Nelson John Cougar Meliencamp, Cherry Bomb 3Ó23 Billy Idol, Mony Mony 38 EX Heart, Tores The Girl 27 21 Bryan Adams, Victim Of Love 39 EX Bangles Hazy Shade Of Winter I 1 Billy Idol, Many Many /FM A - Taylor Dayne, Tell It To My Heart The Cure, Just Like Heaven Los Angeles P.D.: Steve Rivers B/ 40 EX I Could Never Take The Place 2 2 Bill Medley B Jennifer Warner (I've A Hazy Winter Prince, 29 39 John Cougar Mellencanp, Cherry Bomb Pittsburgh P.D.: Jim Richards - Bangles Shade Of I 1 Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now 3 6 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0 EX EX Heart There's The Girl A - The Cars Strap Me In 30 23 Great While, Rock Me 2 3 A Michael The Swint Out Sister Breakout 4 10 R.E.M., The One I Love I 2 Billy Idol, Mony Mony EX EX Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me - Jackson Way You Make Mn 31 31 Brae Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise 3 9 Belinda Carlisle, heaven Is A Place 0 5 3 Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise 2 3 Big Medley B Jennifer Warnes, (I've EX EX Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes A - Michael Bolton, That's What Love Is A 32 40 The Cars, Strap Me In 4 10 Mony Mony A Hot, Hot, Hot In Billy Idol, 6 4 Pet Shop Boys It's A Sin 3 4 Tiffany I Think We're Alone Now EX EX Dionne 8 Kaehd, Reservations For Two - Buster Poirddexter, U2, Gods Country 5 11 Bill Medley B Jennifer Warner, (I've 7 13 Poison, Worst Forget You 4 8 Richard Marx, Should've Known Better A - Europe Cherokee 3 E)( Wa Wa Nee Sugar Free 6 6 Los Lobos, Come On, Let's Go 8 12 Cutting CrewCrew, I've Been In Love Befor 5 7 Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise EX EX Rush, time Stand Still 35 36 Bourgeois Tag¢ I Dont Mind At All 7 7 U2, Where The Streets Have No Name 9 15 John Cougar Cherry Bomb 6 9 Steve inwood Valerie EX EX Jethro Tug, Steel Monkey 36 37 Sting, We'll Be Together
8 2 Fleetwood Mac Little Lies 10 14 Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now 7 10 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0 EX EX Martha Davis Don't Tell Me The Time 37 38 Icehouse Crazy 9 13 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor 11 5 Swing Out Sister, Breakout B 12 Swing Out Sister Breakout EX EX Mick Jagger Throw Away Marris n, Got My Mind Set On Y 10 15 Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me 12 16 Squeeze, Hourglass 9 13 Michael Bolton, that's What Love Is A EX EX Mr. Mister the Border 39 EX Whitesnake, Give McAll Your Love 11 16 George Michael, Faith 13 19 Los Labos, Come On, Let's Go 10 1 Fleetwood Mac Little Lies EX EX Milliers Like Us, Guaranteed For Life 40 EX Elton John, Candle In The Wind 12 4 Madera, Causing A Commotion 14 17 Richard Mara, Should've Known Better 11 14 Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) EX EX Maria Vidal, Do Me Right Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 13 18 Sting, We'll Be Together 15 25 Whitesnake, Is This Love 12 16 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor 14 20 Whitesnake, Is This Love 16 21 Stevie Wonder, Skeletons 13 17 George Michael, Faith P.D.: 15 5 Pet Shop Boys, It's A Sin 17 20 Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 14 15 Sting We'll Be Together Detroit Brian Patrick 16 l J Bad 8 Michael Jackson, 18 22 Timothy B. Schm' Boys Night Out 15 18 Jody Watley, Dont You Want Me I 1 Bin Medley I Jennifer Wanes, (I've 17 23 R.E.M., The One I Love 19 26 Whitney Houston, So Emotional 16 19 Whdesnake, Is This Love 2 2 Baste Spnngsteen, Brilliant Disguise 18 12 Prince, U Got The Look 20 31 Pretty Poise, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 17 20 Los lobos Come On, Let's Go 3 3 Billy Idol, Mony Mony
19 27 Richard Mara Should've Known Better 21 27 Yes, Love Will Find A Way 18 n Peson, I Wont Forget You 4 4 Swing Out Sister Breakout fife The 20 14 Expose Let Be One n 28 Sting, We'll Be Together 19 23 John Mellenamp, Cherry Bomb 5 6 Tiffany I Think We re Alone Now , OCI 21 EX Taylor b Tell It To My Heart 23 30 Steve Winwood, Valerie 20 24 rCougarHouston 6 7 Steve Winwood, Valerie 26 The Jets I Do You 24 35 George Michael, Faith 5 Kenny bay Lenny Williams), D 7 B Sting, We'll Be Together n Chicago P.D.: Brian Kelly Houston P.D.: Ron Parker 23 17 LeVert, Casanova 25 29 Michael Bolton That's What Love Is A n n George Hanson Got My Mind Set On Y 8 9 Richard Man, Should've Known Better 24 29 Stevie Wonder, Skeletons 26 34 Heart, There'sTher s The Girl n 26 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 9 12 Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is A Place 0 1 2 Bil Idol, Mony Mony 1 Billy Idol, Mony Mony 25 30 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 27 33 Icehouse Crazy 24 28 Head, There's The Girl 10 11 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor 2 1 Tiffany, I Think Wé re Alone Now 2 Poison, I Won't Forget You 26 19 Kenny G. (Vocal By Lenny Williams), D 28 32 George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On Y 25 6 Expose Let Me Be The One 11 13 Stevie Wonder, Skeletons 3 3 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0 3 R.E.M., The One I Love 27 31 Squeeze, Hourglass 29 EX Del rd, Animal 26 30 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 12 15 George Michael Faith 4 6 Bill Medley A Jennifer Warner, (I've Whitesnake, Is This Love 28 33 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 30 EX J alley, Don't You Want Me 27 EX Elton John, Candle In The Wind 13 16 Whitesnake, Is This Love 5 4 Madonna, Causing A Commotion 5 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warner, (I've
29 32 Michael Bolton, That's What Love Is A 31 EX Gibson, Shake Your Love 28 EX The Jets, I Do You 14 18 Whitney Houston, So Emotional 6 8 Swing Out Sister, Breakout 6 NoeL Silent Morning 7 5 Prince, U Got The 30 34 Whitney Houston, So Emotional 32 EX The Jets, I Do You 29 EX Squeeze, Hourglass 15 5 Fleetwood Mac Little Lies Look 7 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling)
31 21 Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise 33 EX Elton John, Candle In The Wind 30 EX Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me 16 20 The Jets, I Do Tou 8 13 Richard Marx, Should've Known Better Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place O 32 EX INXS, Need You Tonight 34 EX Terence Trent D'Arby, If You Let Me S A - Taylor Bayne, Tell It To My Heart 17 21 Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 9 7 Pet Shop Boys It's A Sin 9 Fleetwood Mac, Little Lies A33 - Elton John, Candle In The Wind 35 EX Beach Boys B Little Richard, Happy En 18 10 Michael Jackson Bad 10 11 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor 10 Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise 34 EX Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) A - Michael Jackson The Way You Make Me 19 19 Expose, Let Me be The One 11 9 Michael Jackson Bad 11 Tiffa I Think We' re Alone Now Wa Nee Sugar Free 15 We'llW ll Be together 12 Pet 35 35 Wa A - Prince, I Could Never Take The Place 20 24 R.E.M., The One I Love Sting, S Boys, It's A Sin A - Michael Jackson, he Way You Make Me A - Shanice Wilson, (Baby Tell Me) Can Yo 21 26 Glenn Jones, We've Only Just Begun (T 13 10 02 Where The Streets Have No Name 13 Debbie ibson, Shake Your Love A - Heart There's Te Girl A - Paul Canack, Don't Shed A Tear n 25 Squeeze, Hourglass 14 21 R.E.M., The One I Love 14 The Jets, I Do You A - John Cougar Melknamp, Cherry Bomb A - Laura Branigan, Power Of Love 23 23 ABC, The Night You Murdered Love 15 12 Whitesnake Here I Go Again 15 Sting, We'll Be Together A - Icehouse, Crazy A - Smokey Robinson, What's Too Much 24 30 Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes 16 17 Las Lobos, Come On, Lets Go 16 Kenny G. (Vocal By Lenny Williams), D EX EX Natalie Cole, I Live For Your Love EX EX Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes 25 28 The Kane GangQ Motortown 17 14 Fleetwood Mac, Little Lies 17 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor EX EX 18 19 Def Leopard, Animal 18 Watley You Steve Winwood, Valerie EX EX Natalie Cale I Live For Your Love 26 29 Dionne I Kashd, Reservations For Two zo Jody Don't Want Me EX EX New Order True Faith 27 31 Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me 19 27 George Michael, Faith 19 21 Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) Philadelphia P.D.: Charlie Quinn EX EX Bourgeois Tag, I Don't Mind At All 28 32 John Cougar Mellenamp Cherry Bomb 20 16 Whitney Houston Didn't We Almost Hay 20 22 George Michael Faith GOLD EX EX INXS, Need You Tonight 1 2 Billy Idol, Mony Mony 29 33 Laura Branigan, Power Of Love 21 23 INXS, Need You Tonight 23 Richard Marx, Should've Known Better EX EX Joe Cocker, Unchain My Heart 2 3 Bill Medley 8 Jennifer Wanies, (l'ee 30 14 Pet Shop Boys, it's A Sin 22 20 Bananarama, I Heard A Rumour 22 The Cure, Just Like Heaven 23 25 Whitney Houston, So Emotional 23 25 Taylor Bayne, Tell It To My Heart EX EX Jimmy Davy I Junction, Kick The Wall 3 1 TiffanyTiffany, I Think We're Alone Now 31 34 Smokey Robinson, What's Too Much My Mind Y 4 4 Bruce Brilliant Disguise A32 - Michael Jackson, he Way You Make Me 24 32 George Harrison, Got Set On 24 2B Strypen, Honestly 5 6 Belinda Carliisle Heaven Is A Place 0 A33 - INXS, Need You Tonight 25 28 The Jets, I Do ou A25 Men Without Hats, Pop Goes The World 6 7 Pretty Poi,son Catch Me (I'm Falling) 34 37 Timothy B. Schmit, Boys Night Out 26 n Los Lobos, La Bamba 26 26 Stevie Wonder, Skeletons 7 8 Yes, Love Will Find A Way 35 38 Heart, There's The Girl 27 30 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 27 27 Bangles,Bangles Hazy Shade Of Winter 28 26 Michael Jackson With Siedah Garrett, 28 29 Matte You 're All I Need 8 12 George Michael, Faith A36 - Elton John, Candle In The Wind 9 5 Swing Out Sider, Breakout 37 EX Michael Bolton, That's What Love Is A 29 34 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 29 30 Ws, Love Will Find A Way 10 13 Steve Winwood, Valerie 38 EX Milliers Like Us Guaranteed For Life 30 36 Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 30 31 Squeeze, Hourglass Chicago P.D.: Buddy Scott 11 14 Sting, We'll Be Together 39 EX Joe Cocker, Unchain My Heart 31 40 Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me Def Leopard, Animal 12 18 Whitesnake, Is This Love M0 George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On Y A32 - Whdesnake, Is This Love 32 33 Icehouse, Crazy 1 1 I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany A33 Tiffany, Should've Been 33 So 13 15 Richard ManMarx, Should've Known Better A Cher, I Found Someone - Whitney ouston, Emotional 2 2 Bill Medley B Jennifer Wanes (I've Washington P.D.: Mark St. John - 14 16 Jody Watley, You Want Me A Prince, I Could Never Take The Place 34 EX Icehouse Crazy 34 ÉX Steve Winwood, Valerie 3 6 Heaven Is A Place 0 - Belinda Carlisle, 035 Stryper, honest) 35 EX John Cougar Melknamp, Cherry Bomb I 1 Tiffany I Think We' re Alone Now 15 11 Pet Shop Boys, It's A Sin EX EX Paul Grrack, Don't Shed A Tear - 4 5 Jody Watley Don't You Want Me 2 4 Billy Idol, Mony Mony 16 9 Hooters, atellite 36 38 Tommy Shaw, No Such Thing A Elton John, Candle In The Wind 5 3 Michael Jackson, Bad 3 3 Bill Medley & Jennifer Wames, (I've 17 21 George Harrison Got My Mind Set On Y A37 - Michael JacksonJackson, The Way You Make Me A New Order, True Faith 6 9 George Michael Faith 38 37 Debbie Gibson In My Dreams A George Got My Mind Set On Y 4 5 Fleetwood Mac, Little Lies 18 20 Poison, I Won't Forget You m 7 8 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) A39 Prince, I Could Never Take The Place A Eric Hungry 5 7 Expose, Let Me Be The One 19 23 Whitney Houston, So Emotional - B 4 Prince, U Got The Look 6 11 Belinda Carliste, Heaven Is A Place 0 20 24 Squeeze Hourglass 40 39 Madonna, Who's That Girl EX EX INXS, Need You Tonight 9 7 Madonna, Causing A Commotion 7 2 Europe, Carrie 21 22 Cutting Crew, l'v Been In Love Befor EX EX Laura Branigan, Power Of Love 10 13 Tell It To My Heart Taylor Dayne, EX EX Cher, I Found Someone 8 9 Swing Out Sister, Breakout n 26 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 11 14 The Jets, I Do You EX EX Jimmy Davis B Junction, Kick The Wall 9 10 Noel, Silent Morning 23 27 The Jets I Do You 12 10 Fleetwood Mac, Little Lies EX EX Mr. Mister, The Border 10 13 Richard Marx, Should've Known Better 24 28 R.E.M., the One I Love 13 16 Sting, We'll Be Together EX 11 16 George Michael, Faith 25 30 HeartHeart, There' s The Girl EX Shanice Wilson, (Baby Tell Me) Can Yo 14 19 Whitney Houston So Emotional 12 14 Poison I Won't Forget You 26 EX John Mellenamp Cherry Bomb 15 22 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 13 12 Los Lobos, On, Let's Go 27 EX Michael Bolton That's What Love Is A 16 24 Richard Man, Should've Known Better 14 B Usa Usa L Cult Jam, Lost In Emotion 28 EX Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
18 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com DIO 1 Gary Wall Credits Staff For Success At Q-106 "It's amazing that we were able to came from winning markets, and BY YVONNE OLSON come into this market and accomplish weren't looking for a change. But the so much in a short amount of time, challenge was enticing, and with the GARRY WALL is probably the most but because radio is so good here, long -term commitment of Edens modest man in radio -which proba- and every single one of us had a repu- Broadcasting behind us, I knew we bly makes him the best boss in the tation on the line, we worked hard could concentrate on creativity and business. He's also got one of the and did it. This station is a sum total really have a go at it. best staffs, apparently, considering of everyone involved, including the "This is their station, not mine," the recent ratings success of the sta- audience," says Wall. Wall insists, once again crediting his tion he programs, "I set the game plan, but the real staff. "I supply the system, and they KKLQ -AM -FM honors belong to the people who supply the passion. One can't work "Q -106" in San made it work. Winning requires both without the other." Meetings are held PD Diego. a personal and group commitment, weekly to ensure a "hub mentality," OF THE Coming from a and that's what I looked for when re- keeping a group-oriented goal in fo- varied radio back- cruiting employees. I wanted people cus. And the same is done with mu- WEEK ground, Wall who would root for the team, not sic. Meetings consist of eight to ten worked in the their individual selves." people, coming to a consensus on East, South, and Midwest before what Q -106 should sound like. landing at one of Hartford, Conn.'s Q -106 crept into the market slowly, "Safe means prudent to me, not best stations, WTIC-FM, three- and-a- with all music and no DJs to start. conservative," says Wall of his mu- half years ago. Last year he was ap- The staff was put together carefully, sic- selection process. "An ad is one proached by old friend (Edens Broad- with promotions and advertising on thing, but meaningful airplay is an- casting President /C00) Michael Os- hold until the job was done. Jack other. I think you can only play so terhout about launching a brand new Murphy and JoJo Kincaid were hired many records, because too many in Diego, as drive- Ter- don't get proper rotation. There's a station San and the rest, for times, and eventually The Q -106 Crew. In keeping with PD of the week Garry Wall's refusal to take in point of diminishing returns where they say, is history. ence McKeever joined Murphy the much credit for KKLQ -AM -FM "Q -106" San Diego's success, here's the staff he members in- the audience gets confused over the Wall modestly pays homage to the mornings. Other staff shares the limelight with: In the front row, from left, are Chuck Fritsch, Terrence Q -106 staff, and denies any personal clude Anita Rush (middays), Chuck glut of product and sales decrease McKeever, Donna Cassidy, and Tom Watts. In the back row, also from left, are rather than increase." credit for the outstanding accom- Cannon (evenings), Whitney Allen Jody Huber, Jack Murphy, Wall, Whitney Allen, Chuck "Boom Boom" Cannon, What Q -106 succeeds at, then, is a plishment of the station this summer: (late- nights), Gail Hunter (over- Anita Rush, and JoJo "Cookin' " Kincaid. Q -106 placed fourth overall in San nights), newsman Chuck Fitsch, and consistency and balance of high-level Diego Arbitrons with a 12 -plus share traffic reporter Monica Zech. performance. Considering it all, Wall of 6.6. Garry Wall is a man who has no says that people are the complicating San Diego is no easy market to trouble being motivated, and un- LABELING San Diego a "conserva- each socio- economic group, and big component, and the radio factor is move into. When Q -106 arrived, it doubtedly serves as a big inspiration tive city for California, but a hip city promotions with universal appeal. simple. He adds, "Highly talented was already flooded with signals of to his ranks. "The overall excitement for everyplace else," Wall was lured "The real winners in this town are people seem to bring along a number stations that do radio right. But, at of a radio station has kept me in this by the prospects of commencing an the listeners," says Wall. "Good radio of side effects, and I didn't want to the time, there were no mainstream business," he explains. "I love it operation in perhaps the busiest radio breeds good radio, and it's obviously start out with any adverse attitudes. top 40 stations except the weak-sig- when you pull up next to someone market in the country. The station a challenge for everyone here to keep Everyone understands we're work- nalled KSDO -FM "KS -103" and and hear your station blasting out of has worked hard to recognize the up their winning stamina." ing for a common good, not for the KKOS, leaving a niche wide open for their car. It's a great feeling, being a city's diverse lifestyles, with small "This wasn't a move any of us had benefit of any one person." Edens and Wall to exploit. part of someone else's life." promotions catering specifically to to make," he continues, "Nearly all
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14 IS Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love I 14 4 Tiffany Think WéWe're re Alone Now 28 EX Squeeze, Hourglass 9 ll Bruce Spnngsteee, Brilliant Disguise A20 - Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me 15 6 Fleetwood Mac Little Lies 15 n Men Without Hats Pop Goes The World _ r , 29 11 U2, Where The Streets Have No Name IB 5 The Other Ones, Holiday 29 EX Squeeze, Hourglass 16 20 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) (Baby 16 18 Shanice Wilson, Tell Me) Can Yo - - ® 30 EX Taylor Dayne, Tell It To My Heart 11 13 Swing Out Sister, Breakout A30 - Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 17 23 The Jets I Do You 17 17 Bourgeois Tagg, I Don't Mind At All ' \ A - George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On Y 12 6 U2 Where The Streets Have No Name A - Prince, I Could Never Take The Place 18 26 Men Without Hats Pop Goes The World 21 The Jets, I Do You A in A - Michael Jackson The Way You Make Me 13 l7 R.E.M., The One I Love - Stryper, Honestly Don't You Want Me 19 24 Jody Watley, 19 25 George Michael,Michael Faith A - Bangles, Hazy Shade Of 14 14 Loverbo Notorious A - The Breakfast Club, Never Be The Same 20 28 Stryper, Honesty 20 20 Terence Trent If You Let Me S 15 25 George Michael, Faith EX EX Timothy B. Schmit, Boys Night Out 21 29 Sting, Well Be Together 21 24 Siedah Garrett, Everchanging Times (T 16 18 Wa Wa Nee, Sugar Free 22 25 Michael Bohan, That's What Love Is A Miami P.D.: Steve Peron A22 - Cover Girls Because Of You 17 19 Steve Winwood, Valerie 23 27 Big Trouble, Crazy World n Sting, We'll Be Together I 2 Billy Idol, Mony Mony 18 20 Squeeze, Hourglass 24 30 Laura Branigan Power Of Love 24 10 Bill Medley 8 Jennifer Warnes, (I've D 2 1 Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now 19 21 Kenny G. (Vocal By Lenny Williams), 25 31 Taylor Dayne, Tell It To My Heart 25 27 Earth, Wind á Fire, System Of Surviva 3 3 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0 Z 9 3 20 n Kiss, Crazy Crazy Nights 26 32 George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On Y Deja, You And Me Tonight 26 29 4 4 Bill Medley á Jennifer Warnes, (I've 21 9 Pet Shop Boys It's A Sin KZZP Houston, - 27 35 Whitney So Emotional 27 35 Laura Branigan, Power W Love 5 5 Fleetwood Mac, Little Lies 1 S 22 26 The Jets, I Do You 28 34 Def Leopard, Animal 28 30 Whitney Houston, So Emotional 6 6 Swing Out Sister Breakout ' 23 28 Poison, I Won't Forget You 29 37 Terence Trent D'Arbv H You Let Me S 29 32 Alexander O'Neal, 7 9 Taylor Dayne, TellTo It My Heart 24 27 Pretty Poison, Catch Mn (I'm Falling) 30 33 Yes, Love Will Find Way INXS, Need You tonight Atlanta P.D.: Bob Case 30 33 8 12 Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me 25 EX Elton John, Candle In The Wind P.D.: Guy Zapoleon 31 38 Jimmy Davis á Junction, Kick The Wall Stevie Wonder, Skeletons Y Phoenix 31 31 I My Mind M - Poison, I Won't Forget You 1 1 Tiffariv Think We're Alone Now 26 31 George Barmen Got Set On 32 39 INXS, Need You Tonight 32 34 Squeeze, Hourglass 10 10 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 2 3 Bill Medley á Jennifer Warren, (I've 27 37 Whitesnake, Is This Love 1 1 Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now en Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me - 33 16 Anita Baker, No One In The World 11 14 Whitney Houston, So Emotional 3 4 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0 28 38 Phil Collins, We Said Hello Goodbye 2 2 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warner (I've 34 EX Shanice Wilson (Baby Tell Me) Can Yo 34 EX Whitesnake, Is This Love A 3 9 Heaven Is A Place 0 12 B Whitesnake Here I Go Again 4 7 R.E.M., The One I Love 29 32 Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like Lady) Belinda Carlisle,
35 40 Mick Jagger, Throw Away A35 I - Hubert Kah Military Drums 13 17 George Michael, Faith 5 10 Poison I Won't Forget You 30 33 Bourgeois Tagg, Don't Mind At All 4 4 Billy Ide, Mony Mony 36 Motley Cue You're All I Need 36 A - Gloria Estefan á Miami Sound Machine, 14 19 Los Lobos, Come On Let's Go 6 2 Billy Idol Mony Mony 31 36 Laura Branigan, Power Of Love 5 6 Prince, U Gat The Look 37 EX Stevie Wonder, Skeletons A - Marrs, Pump The Volume 15 18 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love 7 B Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor 32 35 Whitney Houston, So Emotional 6 B Expose, Let Me Be The One I Live For Your Love 38 EX Natalie Cole, A I - Prince, Could Never Take The Place 16 7 Expose, Let Me Be The One B 12 Richard Marx, Should've Known Better 33 16 Michael Jackson Bad 7 7 Tnnere, They're Playing Our Song A39 Bourgeois Tagg, I Don't Mind At All Toe - EX EX Smokey Robinson, What's Much 17 15 Kenny G. (Vaal By Lenny Williams), D 9 5 Swing Out Sister Breakout 34 EX Sting, We'll Be Together 8 3 Madonna Causing A Commotion Icehouse, Crazy 40 EX EX EX Natalie Cole, I Live For Your Love 18 21 Whitesnake, Is This Love 10 21 George Michael, faith 35 EX New Order True Faith 9 16 George Michael, Faith A Lisa Lisa á Cult Jam Featuring Full Force, - EX EX Steve Winwood, Valerie 19 13 Prince, U Got The Look ll 17 Sting, We'll Be Together 36 EX Alexander O'Neal, Criticize 10 12 Noel, Silent Morning Roger, I Want To Be Your Man A - 20 20 Stevie Wonder, Skeletons 12 13 Squeeze, Hourglass 37 EX Bangles Hazy Shade, Of Winter 11 14 Swing Out Sister, Breakout A Jellybean Featuring Steven Dante, The I - A21 - Ea Seasons Change 13 15 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 38 EX Heart There s The Girl 12 5 Whitesnake, Here Go Again A John Cougarq Mellen , Cherry Bomb - at 22 23 Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Befor 14 16 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love A - Paul e,Carrack, Don't Shed Tear A13 - RlEOtSped Mac, n, Lies A Robinson, What s Too Much In My - 23 11 Levert Casanova 15 18 Bruce Sprin sheen Brilliant Disguise A - Prince, I Could Never Take The Place 14 11 REO Speedwa on, In Dreams A The Breakfast Club Never Be The Same - 24 29 Gloria tstefan & Miami Sound Machine, 16 19 Los Lobos, Come On Let's Go A - Roger, I Want To Be Your Man 15 n Salt n Pepe, Push It A Marrs, Pump The Volume - 25 27 Def L eppa rd, Animal 17 23 Whitesnake, Is This Love A - Natalie Cole, I Live For Your Love 16 23 1 Watley Don't You Want Me A - The Kane Gang, Motortown 96TICFM 18 25 You Me A Taylor Dayne, Tell It To My Heart 17 18 De Leopard Animal 26 22 Bruce DQoheen, Brilliant Disguise Jody WatleyWatley, Don't Want - EX EX Cutting Crew, I've1 Been In Love Befor B. A Deja, You And Me Tonight 18 21 Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) 27 26 The Jts,Jets, I Do You 19 Timothy Boys Night Out - EX EX Dionne á Kashrf, Reservations For Two Natalie Cole hump Start 28 26 Anita Baker, No One In The World 20 n The lets, I Do You EX EX Rush Time Stand Still 19 20 EX EX Earth, Wind á Fire, System Of Survive Harrison, My Mind Set On Y EX EX Men Without Hats, Pop Goes The World 20 28 Michael Briton, That's What Love Is A Hartford P.D.: Dave Shakes 29 16 Bee Gees, You Win Again 21 24 George Got EX EX Millions Like Us, Guaranteed For Life A30 New Order, True Faith n 28 Whitney Houston, So Emotional EX EX Jimmy Davis á Junction, Kick The Wall 21 EX Whitney Houston Moment Of Truth EX EX Squeeze Hourglass Your Love 1 3 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warner (I've A - Richard Marx, Should've Known Better 23 26 Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) EX EX Icehouse Crazy 22 29 Debbie Gibson, Shake I EX EX Cher Found Someone 2 4 Pretty PoisonPoison, Catch Me (I'm falling) 24 27 Stevie Wonder Skeletons EX EX Stryper, Honestly 23 24 Poison, I Wont Forget You EX EX Mr. Mister, The Border 3 5 Jodyy, Watley You Want Me 25 29 Taylor Dayne, Tell It To My Heart 24 27 Pet Shop Boys, It's A Sin Hungry Eyes EX EX Eric Carmen, 4 1 Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now SILVER 26 30 The Cure, Just Like Heaven 25 25 Whitesnake, Is This Love 5 Noel, Silent 27 Whitney So Emotional Il Giblbson, Shake Your Love 31 New Order, True Faith - 21 10 evert, Casanova " I You 7 16 Whitesnake Is This Love 29 EX Steve Winwood, Valerie v 28 EX The Jets, Do B 13 Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is A Place 0 30 EX INXS, Need You Tonight 29 EX Taylor Dayne, Tell It To My Heart 9 7 Richard Man, Should've Known Better 31 33 Millions Like Us Guaranteed For Life //7 L LL 30 EX Expose, Seasons Change 10 20 George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On Y r 32 34 Deja, You And fete Tonight L L L EX EX New Order, True Faith 11 14 Cutting Crew I've Been In Love Befor 33 EX Paul Carrack, Don't Shed A Tear EX EX Georgic Lover's Lane Together RUM. Glenn ktedeiros, Lonely Won't Leave Me 12 15 Sting, We'll Be 34 EX Shanice Wilson, (Baby Tell Me) Can Yo St. Louis P.D.: Dave Robbins Fx 13 l0 Swing Out Sister Breakout 35 EX Georgie, Lover's Lane EX EX Whodini, Be Yourself
1 1 I I To Your Man 14 24 George Michael, faith Baltimore P.D.: Brian Thomas 36 EX Prince, I Could Never Take The Place Tiffany, Think We're Alone Now EX EX Roger, Want Be 15 lB Steve Winwood Valerie A - Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me 2 4 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0 EX EX Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 1 2 Billy Idol, Mony Mony 16 19 Taylor Dane, Tell It To My Heart 3 7 Blel Mac, Little Lies EX EX Cover Because You y y y 2 4 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warner, (I've 17 21 Stevie Wonder, Skeletons 1 7 Bill Medley á Jennifer Warner, (I've EX EX Men Withouttic Staf LopPop Goes The World 3 1 Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now 18 B Billy Idol, Mony Mony EX EX Atlantic Start, One Lover At A Time 4 9 Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place 0
BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 19 www.americanradiohistory.com AUNT New INXS Album Takes Off was produced by Chris Thomas. "We the new album, INXS embarked on a CONE TO ONE ! BY STEVE GETT were always a live band, and Chris tour of U.S. colleges and smaller ven- NEW YORK Australian band INXS was able to get that across on the last ues. The tour began Oct. 16 in East Capitol's Simon is enjoying out-of- the -box success album, which hadn't really happened Lansing, Mich., and the band has with its latest Atco /Atlantic album, before," says lead vocalist Michael dates booked here through the end of Potts talks about "Kick." The new release was the Hutchence. "We haven't stayed with November. highest entry on last week's Top Pop the same producer before, but we "This is probably the last chance the a &r scene in Albums chart, bowing at No. 70. This were very happy with Chris." we'll have to do a tour like this for a the U.S. and U.K. week it is bulleted at No. 28. Hutchence says Thomas manages while," says Hutchence. "We wanted The album's leadoff single, "Need to capture the energy and excitement to get back to the places we did a few You Tonight," is making rapid moves of the band's in-concert sound. Plus, years ago and some of the small When Joe Smith took charge at the whole country hears about it up the Hot 100 Singles chart, while its he says, INXS' relationship with towns we never got to do. It just rein- the Capitol tower earlier this within a week. So you can be much accompanying videoclip is garnering Thomas is healthy because "he just forces the fact that we're a real band. year, one of his first moves was more informed. a good deal of exposure. lets the band be the band. He doesn't Next year, starting in February, to hire Simon Potts as the com- Q: Does that make things more That INXS is enjoying immediate go crazy with knobs and dials. He has we're going to be doing major cities, pany's senior vice president of competitive on the a&r circuit? acceptance with "Kick" owes much a good, healthy respect for music and we'll do a good six months of a &r worldwide. A veteran Brit- A: Yes, it's much more competitive to the base established by its 1985 al- rather than gimmickry. He's not real- touring." ish record label executive and over there. England has got to be bum, "Listen Like Thieves," which ly dictatorial, but he'll definitely state Atlantic is taking advatage of the former mahaging director of the probably the world's most expen- spawned the hit single "What You his opinion on things, and he really current tour in its efforts to promote now-defunct Elektra /U.K., Potts sive place to sign a new artist Need." makes the band work." the new album, according to Faraci. commutes between Capitol's Los right now. But it's possibly the "That was their first album to go Hutchence and his songwriting "It's affording us a lot of chances to Angeles and London offices in cheapest in breaking it in terms of platinum in the U.S.," says Vince partner, keyboardist Andrew Farriss, do special promotions with stations," his quest for new talent. During the effect that it has on the world Faraci, Atlantic senior vice president. started writing material for "Kick" he says. "If they play a college town, a recent visit to the U.S., he dis- market. The opposite happens in "And while there was only one giant during INXS' 1986 U.S. tour. "We we can work things like taking a par- cussed his on- the -move job with America. You can actually pick up hit on it for top 40 with `What You wrote a few songs on the road, in- ty bus from a major city. That way Billboard talent editor Steve artists quite cheaply here, and the Need,' that was enough to get them cluding the track `Mystify,' which we you get a larger market involved and Gett. major money goes into breaking over. The first single, `This Time,' came up with in Chicago," says get that promotion from the larger them. was big at album rock radio. But Hutchence. "Then we wrote seven stations while the band is still playing Q: When Joe Smith approached Q: From an a &r perspective, when `What You Need' came out, it songs in Hong Kong, where I live. these small little dates." you, did he come up with a spe- which scene do you consider to just exploded. It was a magical re- Andrew came over, and we went into "Kick" is the sixth album INXS cific outline of what he wanted be healthier -Britain or Ameri- cord and was the catalyst to take the a studio." has recorded during its 10 -year his- you to do? ca? album the distance." Recording sessions for the album tory. Is Hutchence surprised that the Well, to be honest, he said, "What A: I tend to be more excited by Faraci is confident that "Kick" has were held at studios in Paris and Syd- band has been together for more do you want to do ?" So I told him I bands I find in the U.K. Maybe sufficient depth for INXS to reach ney, Australia. "One thing we did on than a decade? "Actually, we didn't wanted to work pri- that's because I find even greater heights. "This is an al- this album was to afford ourselves sort of notice until last year, to be marily between En- bands easier in the bum that could produce hit after hit," the luxury of recording about eight honest," he says. "We started very gland and America `An awf ul lot of U.K. than I do here. I he says. "It doesn't necessarily fol- songs, stopping for three weeks, and young, so you just grow up together and to sign artists U.S. ba nds are find an awful lot of low a theme like `Listen Like then coming back," says Hutchence. and don't really think about it. If from wherever they bands here are for- Thieves.' It has a similar sound, but "We were able to listen to what we'd we'd started when we were 25 and it came and break them formul arized' mularized. It's very every track is a new adventure on done and then write some new songs, was 10 years on, then I think we'd no- from whichever's rel- rare that the innova- this album. There's tremendous vari- which was a good way of going about tice. But I was 17, and most of us evant of the two mar- tive artist comes ety." things." were around that age when we got kets. When I say England, I don't along -[one who] sounds com- "Kick," like "Listen Like Thieves," Immediately prior to the release of (Continued on page 23) necessarily mean just the U.K. pletely different and unusual. And You can break an act from Hol- they're the ones I'm looking for. land, Italy, Germany back into the Q: Have you spent much time U.K. and then hopefully spread looking for new U.S. bands? ARTIST the word into America. So I've A: Yes, I've been traveling around gle, "Believe In Me," is doing the been basically splitting my time America as much as I possibly DEVELOPMENTS trick on adult contemporary radio spending a month based in L.A. can, and I want to do a lot more. after its predecessor, "One Night and a month in England. So far I've found one band that (Is All It Takes)," failed to break Q: Has that been a fruitful way of I've signed, a Boston -based act FISHY BUSINESS on album rock formats. working? called East Of Eden. Fast becoming a favorite at al- Janz' most recent album, "Elec- A: I think so. The prime example is Q: Are you being very selective? bum rock radio is "Like Dreamers tricity," is actually his second ef- picking up a group like the Kane A: Absolutely, and you have to be. Do," the leadoff single from "Law fort. Two years ago, A &M Canada Gang in the U.K. and having a po- To turn a company around, to Of The Fish," the debut Epic al- released his debut, "High Strung," sition within the company in change an image for a company, bum by the New Orleans -based which won him a Juno award as America that one can influence or to do anything like that you band the Radiators. Some 130 sta- most promising new vocalist. Con- the decision on how to work your have to break artists. But you tions were playing the song at sequently, this time around A &M acts- whether they work them or don't break artists by going out press time, according to Harvey decided to release the new album they don't work them as hard as and signing 10 and then throwing Leeds, the label's vice president of in the U.S. others. them against the wall to see what album rock radio promotion. Of the decision to take his music Q: Is it difficult dividing your sticks. In an effort to get an airwave to adult contemporary radio, Janz time in terms of where to base Q: Are you looking to sign acts buzz going, Epic serviced program- says, "I think it was important for yourself? on a worldwide basis or just for mers with rubber fish containing A &M just to find out what the A: No, I've got a great assistant America? cassettes spotlighting the single. market receptiveness was going to here and a great one in England, A: I'm signing for wherever The label then sent out tie-dyed T- be to my stuff. Instead of throwing both of whom are much more ca- they're available. In the past, Cap- shirts-with the theme "Remem- it straight out to top 40, which is a pable than just plain secretaries. itol had certain corporate policies, I ber why you got into this business Drive Time. Ric Ocasek and the Cars lot more expensive, think it was For example, I've signed a young one of which was to never sign an in the first place " -as well as pro- perform songs from their latest Elektra more we're going to go with this, singer in England called Hugh artist for anything but the world. give a big motional CDs encased in special album, "Door To Door," during an Oct. it push at adult contem- be If it was a group like Dire Harris -he's going to enor- Straits tie-dyed covers. 29 concert at New York's Madison porary, and see what happens. mous I've got him working that had been passed on by Poly - They're -and On the video front, the Radiators Square Garden. (Photo: Chuck Pulin) obviously really happy in rehearsals, putting a band to- Gram, Capitol would never be in have been getting exposure with with what happened, and now gether. My assistant over there is the running. Warner Bros. would the clip for "Like Dreamers Do," a they're going after top 40 heavily." very involved in the choice of mu- pick them up and sell 6 million al- recent MTV Hip Clip. Additionally, sicians and all that kind of stuff. bums. the band is out on a nationwide Radiators," says Leeds. LYLE'S STYLE Q: How do you view the differ- Q: Are you interested in high - club tour. Also in the works is an unusual To date, Lyle Lovett's success ences between acquiring new tal- priced signings? Epic will soon be coming with a promotion centered on the track has been in the country format. ent in the U.K. as opposed to the A: I don't think it takes an awful second single, most likely the song "Suck The Head," which, says His eponymous MCA /Curb debut U.S.? lot of skill to do that. It just takes "Doctor Doctor," according to Leeds, is about the "culinary art of album reached No. 13 on the Top A: The major difference that I see a checkbook. Of course, if, say, Leeds. He adds that another eating crawfish." Country Albums chart, spawning is that you don't get to hear about Dire Straits' deal comes up, then quirky, food -oriented promotion is three top 20 hits on the Hot Coun- bands as quickly here as you do of course I'll find out, and we'll try being planned to push the band. ADULT EDUCATION try Singles chart. And this week, over there. A band can play a and get involved. But there's not "In the next two or three weeks, Some people may call it getting "Give Back My Heart," the first great gig anywhere in Britain, and an awful lot a guy like me can do programmers will receive a pre- in through the back door, but single from his upcoming second because they have national press with an act like that. scription telling them why they A &M's Paul Janz can call it a ca- album, "Pontiac," is bulleted at pasta -tively must be playing the reer breakthrough. His latest sin- (Continued on next page)
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ARTIST DEVELOPMENTS (Continued from preceding page) No. 24 on the latter chart. of Passport Records' PolyGram- Chetnick-a few years back, says Though delighted with his solid distributed Paradox label, but the Kral, which Passport president country base, MCA Nashville and members of the trio -Ivan Kral, Marty Scott "loved so much he of- Curb executives are optimistic that Mark Sidgwick, and Frankie La- fered us a deal. He had gotten Lovett's appeal will extend to other Rocka -are by no means newcom- away from signing up rock acts; he formats with "Pontiac," due out in ers to the scene. The three musi- was more into jazz and obscure January. cians have played with a diverse music." Toward that end, in December, cast of musical characters in the The band recently completed its before the title is solicited to ac- past, including Patti Smith, Patty first video, "You Got Love," which counts, MCA will blanket the in- Smythe, Iggy Pop, John Waite, was directed by Russian director dustry with a promo kit containing David Johansen, and Holly & the Victor Ginsburg and has decidedly a cassette of the album and a list Italians. "1984 " -ish connotations. of glowing endorsements from ce- "We've been through the wars," The first fruit of the Passport/ - lebrities like Police -man Stewart says Kral, who speaks highly of PolyGram Paradox label, Eastern Copeland (who says, "America his partners' professionalism. "It's Bloc "hopes to attack the college needs this man "), Rosanne Cash just grown -ups, and I like it." market," says Kral. "The Smither- ( "He's too hip for vinyl "), and Leo The band first put out an inde- eens kind of opened it up for Kottke ( "Great music, great hair ") pendent EP -"Wall To Wall," on everybody." along with Huey Lewis, Steve Winwood, Timbuk 3, Texas foot- BREAKING GROUND ball legends Darrell Royal and Love & Rockets are enjoying Earl Campbell, and actor Harry significant success with their new Dean Stanton. RCA /Big Time album, "Earth -Sun- Cool Guest. John Oates, center, joined Ivan Davies of Icehouse on stage at New "We have a nice buzz going on Moon," No. 83 in its fourth week York's Madison Square Garden when the Chrysalis act opened for the Cars. Oates The this," says Walt Wilson, MCA on the Top Pop Albums chart. sang on "Electric Blue," a track -which he co -wrote with Davies-on Icehouse's Nashville marketing director. British group, which emerged from new album, "Man Of Colours." (Photo: Chuck Pulin) "Now it's time to get that out to the ashes of cult favorites Bau- the public." haus, has been making steady in- Two videos will support the al- roads in the U.S. and Canada since right up to scratch as far as the trots and all the rest of it," says bum, one produced by MCA and the surprisingly strong showing of technical side goes-they still re- Ash. "Because we used to work Curb for "She's No Lady" and one its last album, "Express." cord onto 1/4 -inch tape, and there like that all the time, and I think for the title track, which Lovett is Guitarist /vocalist Daniel Ash at- aren't a lot of effects or gadgets it's definitely better for us. The producing. tributes the band's strong North you can be sidetracked by." mix takes as much-if not more- In March, Lovett will take his American following to its "Ball Of Additionally, in an effort to go effort than the actual recording act on the road with an 11 -piece Confusion" single -"particularly in for something different-in this side of things. We find that much band, including a horn section. Ac- Canada," he says. "It went top 10 case fewer loud rock'n'roll guitars more stimulating, and we get ex- cording to manager Mark Blie- over there." and a more "wooden" acoustic actly what we want." sener, "We hope to expose Lyle to Despite the success of "Ex- sound -the members of Love & Love & Rockets kicked off a a new audience that way, play him press," Ash says the group was ea- Rockets decided to produce the al- North American tour Nov. 7 and in rock clubs -certainly not to the ger that its successor take the bum themselves, says Ash. Assist- will be on the road here through exclusion of country clubs -but band in different directions. "Hope- ing them in the studio was Derek Dec. 11. fully, there's a big difference be- Tompkins, an acquaintance Ash broaden it a little and take it to the Home. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Coming tween the new album and 'Ex- had worked with since the days of Artist Developments is edited by street, because taking it to radio is with Full Force, recently returned to not easy." press,' " he says. "We deliberately Bauhaus. Steve Gett. Reporters: Linda their native Manhattan for two sold - went to a studio where they didn't "It was very refreshing to actu- Moleski and Geoff Mayfield (New out concerts at Radio City Music Hall. EASTERN PROMISE have a lot of toys and gadgetry. ally be there on the finished mix York), and Dave DiMartino (Los (Photo: Chuck Pulin) Eastern Bloc is the first signing The actual equipment there wasn't and actually work the sliding con- Angeles).
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BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21. 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com .1-111-14 Michael Has `Faith' In Solo New Disk Is A Hi4 By George TV Ads Use Clapton, Winwood Songs were disappointed that 'I Want Your NIGHT MOVES: Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood Town." Walter Yetnikoff and other key label execs BY STEVE GETT Sex' didn't take off more at urban are the latest artists to have their music featured in were on hand to party with the stunning Welch ... NEW YORK George Michael's solo contemporary radio, but I think the television commercials for Michelob beer. The two Here's an amusing query from one of those mega- career is off to a flying start. After lyrical content prohibited that. And new 60- second spots, part of the ongoing The Night sharp U.K. weekly music papers: Why is George Mi- scoring a huge international summer we were always warned up front that Belongs To Michelob campaign, began airing Nov. 1. chael sniffing his armpit on the cover of his new al- hit with his controversial single, "I that was going to be a real problem." One features Clapton on camera singing a remake of bum? Want Your Sex" -not to mention the According to Marc Benesch, Co- his '70s hit "After Midnight." The other uses a re- chart -topping success of his duet lumbia vice president of promotion, mixed version of Winwood's "Talking Back To The IRISH NEWS: Just out in the U.K. is "Live For Ire- with Aretha Franklin, "I Knew You "We had some success with 'I Want Night." land," a new fund -raiser album featuring live cuts Were Waiting," earlier this year - Your Sex' at urban radio, but it cer- The Clapton spot shows the legendary Brit guitarist from acts like U2, Elvis Costello, the Pogues, Van the former Wham! vocalist is making tainly wasn't as massive as it was at leaving a sellout concert and Morrison, and the now defunct significant waves with his Columbia Poll" journeying cross town to jam Boomtown Rats. The album debut solo album, "Faith." Still, says Benesch, "I Want Your with a band at a small club. The was recorded at last year's Self- Michael's album, which hit stores Sex" was very helpful in broadening club scenes were filmed at New Aid concert in Dublin, an event on Nov. 2, is the highest new entry on Michael's appeal. "I think it's fair to York's Lone Star Cafe. Accom- organized to highlight Ireland's this week's Top Pop Albums chart, say that he had a more teen audience panying Clapton on the rework EAT unemployment problem. debuting at No. 41. And as the al- before, and 'Sex' really opened up the of "After Midnight" were Dire BY$TEV E QrETT The U2 contribution is the bum's title track rises up the Hot 100 demographics. It sold almost 1 mil- Straits' keyboardist Alan band's version of Bob Dylan's Singles chart, the British singer/ lion copies and its longevity really Clark, veteran session drum- "Maggie's Farm." Costello & songwriter is also enjoying a hit on helped as we got ready to come with mer Andy Newmark, and bassist Nathan East. the Attractions perform Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers the Hot Black Singles and Hot Dance the album. Now, everything is there Previous Michelob commercials have incorporated To Cross." All royalties from the album -no word on a Music charts with a remixed version to break this guy wide open as a solo the music of Phil Collins, Genesis, Wang Chung, Joe U.S. release -will go to the Self -Aid Trust, an organi- of "Hard Day," a track from the new artist." Jackson, and Robert Cray. zation set up to encorage job -creation schemes. album that was originally the B side Michael himself is gearing up for Meanwhile, The Beat was sorry to hear that veteran of "I Want Your Sex." an eight -month world tour, scheduled SHORT TAKES: Bob Seger and his girlfriend, An- Irish singer Christy Moore has been forced to take a Though it appears that Michael is to start in the early part of 1988. In nette Sinclair, secretly tied the knot Nov. 8 at a pri- six-month break from touring and recording after suf- literally everywhere at the moment, addition to playing material from vate ceremony in Las Vegas. The rocker was reported- fering a mild heart attack. Michael Lippmann, who co-manages "Faith," he says he will probably per- ly introduced to his significant other by Don Henley the artist with Rob Kahane, says, form a handful of Wham! songs like . Scorpions are locked away in a West German stu- SHORT TAKES II: Bryan Adams celebrated his "We're trying not to overexpose him "Everything She Wants" and "I'm dio completing their next Mercury /PolyGram album, 28th birthday on Nov. 5 on stage at a concert in imagewise. Our intention is to really Your Man." "I'll also have to play due out in early 1988 ... He gets no official credit on Stuttgart, West Germany. After playing the open- just let the music speak for itself. 'Careless Whisper' because every- the album, but Stevie Ray Vaughan plays a few licks ing number, "Only The Strong Survive," Adams We're not trying to overhype this re- one's going to expect that," he says. on "Come Let Me Make Your Love Come Down," a was shocked to see the 11,000-strong crowd rise to cord or George. People often fail to Has Michael missed touring? track from Stevie Wonder's new Motown set, "Char- its feet and sing "Happy Birthday" ... Be on the realize that George writes, arranges, "I miss playing live, but I hate actors." B.B. King is also featured on the track ... lookout for new PolyGram act Dan Reed. Hotshot and produces his work. Hopefully, by touring," he says. "Touring is kind of "Vet For The Insane," a cut from new RCA act Fields producer Bruce Fairbairn is at the knobs on the pushing the music rather than hyp- the high and the low of most people's Of The Nephilim's excellent debut album, "Dawn - young West Coast artist's debut album, due out ear- ing George Michael, they'll see that careers. As a writer and a performer, razor," will be used in an upcoming episode of "Miami ly next year; Bill Graham is handling management and respect him for it." playing in front of a large audience is Vice" . .. Word has it that the Del Lords' deal with chores. We'll keep you posted ... The Mission U.K. Lippmann is not at all surprised an amazing feeling. But having to EMI America is over, with the band's next album is reportedly working on a new album in London, that "Hard Day" has taken off. spend the rest of the day traipsing scheduled for release in January through Enigma ... with former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones "Wham! started in urban contempo- around and constantly being that Columbia threw a Nov. 10 bash at New York's Tunnel producing ... Richard Marx is donating royalties rary, and they were always success- person-I'll have to be George Mi- club to celebrate the release of Raquel Welch's new from his latest hit, "Should've Known Better," to ful, or at least they had a ground- chael for seven or eight months -I'm 12 -inch dance single and video, "This Girl's Back In the New York University Medical Center. swell of success there," he says. "We going to find quite tedious."
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22 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21. 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com EALEMT I Ron Wood Rocks And Awaits A Stones Reunion where he plans to continue working erful with the Stones - what does he out by the the middle of next year. opened up my exhibitions, and got BY STEVE GETT on a new solo album that he has been want ?" "There's a segment of, like, four the book rolling, I'll get stuck into it NEW YORK "Realistically, every- recording during the past year. Wood says he was disappointed songs that Bobby Womack wrote for early next year and finish it off. body's got their finger in different Though content to involve himself that the group did not tour in support me, and we took them to a stage. In- Wood has yet to sign a deal for his things now and it's going to take a in this potpourri of solo projects, of its last album, "Dirty Work." "I stead of just going ahead with him, I album. "Luckily, I'm a free agent," while to pull them out. But I'm ready Wood says he would much prefer to know that's what Keith misses too, did three or four numbers with Jerry he says. "So I can bash it into shape, at any time." be working with the Rolling Stones. because we're very confused when Williams, that songwriter from Tex- get a real good album together, and That's what Rolling Stones guitar- "Hopefully, things will get sorted we're not touring," says Wood. then take it and get a deal." ist Ron Wood has to say about the fu- out with the band," says Wood. "I Consequently, Wood jumped at the Earlier this year, the guitarist con- ture of the legendary British rock saw Bill [Wyman] recently, and he's opportunity to go on the road with 'Love to work with nected with manager Phil Carson, indifferent as usual, but ready to Diddley. "I love working with the old whose client roster also boasts Jim- work. So's Charlie [Watts]. I know greats," says Wood. "Last year I the old greats' my Page. "I was looking for an active `We're confused Keith [Richards] would really prefer worked with Fats Domino, Ray side to my management," says Wood. to work with the Stones than doing Charles, and Jerry Lee Lewis and as. I also did a lot on my own, work- "I've still got Nick Cowan, who's when we're his own record. He was more or less really got off on that. I've done ing with people like [ex- Smiths' gui- stuck with me for years and is bril- forced into the corner of picking up things with Carl Perkins and Chuck tarist] Johnny Marr, Frankie Miller, liant on the legal side, but Phil is a not touring' one of these offers, and when he fi- Berry, so I thought, 'Well, who else Simon Kirke, and Mel Gaynor. real get-up- and -go type. He's been nally had enough, he signed a solo do I and the Stones owe a lot to ?' And "It's all in the melting -pot stage very helpful in constructing the atti- group. "I reckon you've got to give it deal [with Virgin]. He would never it was obviously Bo Diddley. He's a now. I've had a couple of months to tude towards my new solo album. a couple of years," he adds. "And I'm have done that if the Stones had gentleman and a trooper, and he can look at it from a distance and assess He's had some very interesting sug- an optimist." stuck together." still rock'n'roll." which songs I'd like to use. By the gestions and I'm following up on Although the Stones aren't rolling, What is the bottom line as far as Wood hopes to have his own album time I've done all this with Bo, quite a few of them." Wood refuses to remain idle. On Nov. the Stones are concerned? 4, he hit the road with Bo Diddley on "Time must do its job and heal," the Gunslingers '87 tour, a three - says Wood. "Mick [Jagger] must get week trek through U.S. clubs that cli- his solo stuff off his chest, and he's maxes with a Nov. 25 date at New got a bit of owning up to do and a few York's Ritz club. things to amend. He's just got to feel A Must -Have While on tour, Wood is visiting var- more wanted. Keith can be a bit The First Comprehensive Manual ious art galleries promoting exhibits harsh in his attitude, especially the on the Resource Book! of his screen prints, paintings, etch- attitude that comes across in the Methodology of Sponsorship... ings, and drawings of celebrities. He press. I'm sure if I was Mick, I'd is also pushing Harper & Row's "The think, 'I'm not going to go anywhere Works," a recently published collec- near Keith - he'll stick one on me.' tion of his artwork, accompanied by But they are pals over the years. I anecdotal and autobiographical text. think maybe Mick has just gone too P N Upon completion of the Diddley far in trying to prove it on his own. If dates, Wood will return to Britain, only he could see that he's most pow- P,,rr C S ,,4. q wr, , 4Jni, E veMot.or MOUNTAIN RAILROAD RECORDS M sir np (Continued from page 6) SPONSORSHIP PRACTICES\ \ to Powers. "This was at a time Mountain Railroad's catalog will I when the major independents - begin being rereleased Nov. 20; in Motown, Chrysalis, A &M -were the first batch of product are Tom PRINCIPLES leaving independent distribution." Paxton's "Up And Up" and "The Powers resolved his debts, and Paxton Report," Bob Gibson's he says Mountain Railroad was "The Perfect High," and Jim fully operational when he closed it Kweskin's "Side By Side," "Swing down in early 1984 to become di- On A Star," and "Lives Again." rector of entertainment for the Two new titles are also included in A Practical Guide To Los Angeles Olympic Organizing the release: Kweskin's "Jug Band Sponsorship Principles & Practices Committee. 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BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 23 www.americanradiohistory.com LENT TO P CONCERT ® GROSSES AMUSEMENT BUSINESS® Who Reunion Is Rumored Gross Attendance ARTIST(S) Venue Date(s) Ticket Price(s) Capacity Promoter
JERRY GARCIA Lunt Fontanne Theatre Oct. 15 -31 $809640 26,789 Bill Graham Presents New York, N.Y. $30 sellout
For Hoosier Nov. 1 25th Anniversary Tour U2 Dome 1634,271 38,441 Sunshine Promotions LOS LOBOS Indianapolis, Ind. $16.50 sellout BODEANS
BIG FUN: Barry Manilow is set U2 Arena, St. Paul Civic BY LINDA MOLESKI Center Nov. 3-4 5615,160 35,152 Jam Prods. Ltd. to launch his first worldwide con- BODEANS St. Paul, Minn. $17.50 sellout cert tour in two years on Nov. 25 U2 McNichols Arena Nov. 7 -8 ;605,779 34,000 Fey Concert Co. WHO? WHERE? WHEN? No of- in Milwaukee. It will coincide with BODEANS Denver, Colo. ;18.70/$17.60 sellout ficial GRATEFUL DEAD Arena, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Nov. 6 -8 $474,000 23,700 Bill Graham Presents word, but rumors are rife the release of his new Arista al- Center $20 sellout that the Who is planning to em- bum, "Swing Street." Oakland, Calif. bark on a reunion tour sometime Dubbed Barry Manilow: Big FLEETWOOD MAC Boston Garden Oct. 30 -31 $466,232 26,142 Don Law Co. next year as part of its 25th anni- Fun Tour De Force, the extensive Boston, Mass. $18.50/$16.50 29,936 versary celebration. road trek includes dates in the sellout OINGO BOINGO Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre Oct. 30 -31 $393,683 23,946 Avalon Attractions According to a spokeswoman at U.S., the U.K., Europe, Japan, and Laguna Hills, Calif. $18.50417.50/ 30,000 the group's New York manage- Australia. $14 ment offices, "There has been talk Plans call for a highly theatrical U2 Assembly Hall Oct. 22 $275,281 16,193 Jam Prods. Ltd. of doing something special -it stage show to be co- produced by BODEANS Univ. of Illinois, Champaign $17 sellout Champaign, III. may be a few [tour] dates or a big Manilow and Joe Gannon, who ALICE COOPER Joe Louis Arena Oct. 31 $260,820 14,904 Brass Ring Prods. party in London or New York. But has worked with such artists as ACE FREHLEY'S COMET Detroit, Mich. $17.50 sellout it's all speculation now." Alice Cooper, Blondie, Diana FASTER PUSSYCAT Meanwhile, the invidual Who Ross, and Luther Vandross. Kev- AEROSMITH Cumberland County Civic Center Oct. 27 -28 $250,956 15,573 Don Law Co. members have working will Portland, Maine $17.50/$16.50 19000 been busy in Carlisle choreograph and sellout on an assortment of independent the touring production. stage RUSH Providence Civic Center Nov. 6 -7 $248,853 15,082 Frank J. Russo projects: Roger Daltrey is report- MSG Providence, R.I. $16.50 20,200 edly working in front of the cam- SHORT TAKES: Atlantic new- sellout eras on an upcoming motion pic- comer Silent Running is sched- ROGER WATERS Meadowlands Arena Nov. 4 $233,334 13,517 Monarch Entertainment Bureau ture; guitarist /songwriter Pete uled to hit the road as the opening East Rutherford N.J. $17.50416.50 14,953 John Scher Presents DEF LEPPARD Joe Louis Arena Nov. 2 $225,312 12,875 Brass Ring Prods. Townshend has act for I.R.S. band TESLA Detroit Mich. J17.50 20,666
been in the studio the Alarm Nov. 28 BOSTON Frank Erwin Center Oct. 20 6199,873 11,917 PACE Concerts laying down in Detroit. The FARRENHEIT Univ. of Texas, Austin $17.50/$15.50 12,996 in -house tracks for his next support group is Austin Texas solo outing; and in WHITESNAKE Cobo Arena Nov. 1 $196,630 11,917 Brass Ring Prods. currently the GREAT WHITE Detroit, Mich. 316.50 12,191 bassist John U.K., where it is IONiNE EDDIE MURPHY Frank Erwin Center Oct. 28 $181,689 10,789 A.H. Enterprises Entwistle, who reportedly warm- PAUL MOONEY Univ. of Texas, Austin $11.50416 12,423 in -house has been recording a solo album ing up dates for Little Steven ... Austin, Texas for some time, recently turned up Atlantic's Manhattan Transfer is RED SKELTON Riverside Theatre Oct. 29 -31 1180,864 7,036 Joseph Entertainment Group in New York a Milwaukee, Wis. $29.50/$24.50/ 7,500 for benefit show set to launch the first leg of its 319.50 sellout local 6 that featured act Rat Race North American tour Dec. in Mil- JUDOS Universal Amphitheatre Oct. 15-16 $179,735 10,383 in -house Choir and guitarist Leslie West. waukee to promote its latest re- EARL THOMAS CONLEY Universal City, Calif. $17.50416 12,502 lease, "Brasil." The band will be FLEETWOOD MAC Sun Dome Nov. 7 $172,358 10,313 Cellar Door Prods. supported by Uakti, who will also CRUZADOS Univ. of South Florida $17.50 sellout NEW COMPETITION: While provide instrumental accompani- Tampa, Fla. STEVE LAWRENCE & EDDIE Riverside Theatre Oct. 15-18 $168,655 7,220 Joseph Entertainment Group business would appear to be boom- ment. Dates will wrap Dec. 31 GORME Milwaukee, Wis. $26.75 421.75/ 10,000 ing for New York's Radio City with a New Year's Eve show at $16.75 Music Hall with its ongoing suc- Los Angeles' Universal Amphithe- WHITNEY HOUSTON Myriad Convention Center Nov. 4 $160,738 9,530 Contemporary Presentations cession of sellout, in- house -pro- ater ... Joe Cocker is gearing up JONATHAN BUTLER Oklahoma City, Okla. $17.50 sellout moted for his first in five DEF LEPPARD Arena, Milwaukee Exposition & Nov. 5 $156,503 9,485 Stardate Prods. concerts, the folks at the U.S. tour years, TESLA Convention Center & Arena $16.50 10,000 famed venue are looking toward to promote his new Capitol album, Milwaukee, Wis. serious expansion by presenting "Unchain My Heart." Shows will WHITESNAKE Carver Arena Nov. 8 $152,992 9,562 Jam Prods. shows in other area music halls, commence at San Francisco's GREAT WHITE Peoria Civic Center, Peoria Ill. $16 sellout Jay Goldberg Co. beginning with Broadway's Rose- Warfield Theatre Nov. 22. The MOTLEY CRUE Coliseum, Mississippi Fairgrounds Nov. 8 $147,495 9,833 Mid -South Concerts GUNS N' ROSES Complex $15 sellout land Ballroom. In charge of book- itinerary also includes stops in Los Jackson, Miss.
ings for the new venture is Joe Angeles, New York, Cleveland, DEF LEPPARD Coliseum, Hilton Center Nov. 7 $143,861 9,563 Jam Prods. Ltd. Plotkin, who previously worked and Detroit ... South African art- TESLA Ames, Iowa $15.75 14,678 at the concert division of John ists Ladysmith Black Mambazo DEF LEPPARD Rupp Arena, Lexington Center Oct. 31 $139,409 8,449 Sunshine Promotions Scher's Monarch Entertainment, are back on the road following a TESLA Lexington, Kv. $16.50 9,622 where he made his mark handling WHITESNAKE SIU Arena Nov. 7 $130,874 10,800 Jam Prods. number of successful North GREAT WHITE Southern Illinois Univ. $15413 sellout in-house Manhattan's Ritz club. American dates earlier this year Carbondale, Ill. Radio City also plans to promote as part of Paul Simon's Grace- WHITESNAKE Dayton Hara Arena & Exposition Nov. 4 $127,680 7,980 Sunshine Promotions events at Madison Square Garden land tour. The tour kicked off GREAT WHITE Center $16 sellout Belkin Prods. Dayton, Ohio and the Beacon Theater in Man- Nov. 5 in Chicago and is slated to JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP Centennial Hall Nov. 6 $126,209 7,824 Belkin Prods. hattan; the Nassau Coliseum on run through Dec. 14 ... Univ. of Toledo $16.50 9,662 Long Island, N.Y.; and New Jer- Toledo, Ohio sey's Meadowlands Arena. Look Send information to On The JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP Allen County War Memorial Nov. 3 $120,681 7,314 Sunshine Promotions in in Coliseum $16.50 7,500 for an -depth article an upcom- Road, c/o Billboard, 1515 Broad- Fort Wayne, Ind. ing issue. way, New York, 10036. NY DEF LEPPARD Arena, Kellogg Center Nov. 3 $118,800 7,200 Cellar Door Prods. TESLA Battle Creek, Mich. $16.50 sellout
ALABAMA Spectrum Oct. 31 $116,012 7,492 Keith Fowler Prods. RESTLESS HEART Philadelphia, Pa. $16.50 11,884 MICHAEL JOHNSON
THE BONANZA HEART Barton Coliseum, Arkansas State Nov. 6 $115,680 7,712 Mid -South Concerts BOOKING BOURGEOIS TAGG Fairgrounds $15 10,000 AGENCY Little Rock, Ark. of 116 West Second Street, West - WHITESNAKE Windier Arena, Saginaw Civic Oct. 30 $112,912 7,057 Brass Ring Prods. 19,200 GREAT WHITE Center $16 sellout laco, Texas 78596 is looking for Mariachi bands that will play Saginaw, Mich. lounges, theatres, and churches. HEART Civic Coliseum Nov. 4 $103,485 6,899 Mid -South Concerts BOURGEOIS TAGG Knoxville, Tenn. 10,000 The agency offers $500 per person $15 SIMPLY RED Beacon Theatre Nov. 6-7 5,012 Monarch Bureau per week. Also groups of musica re- 196,277 Entertainment SEATS DANNY WILSON New York, N.Y. $18.50 sellout John Scher Presents gional, tropical for public dances. BURT BACHARACH & DIONNE Riverside Theatre Oct. 20 -21 $92,374 3,796 Joseph Entertainment Group Their fee will be $550 per person WARWICK Milwaukee, Wis. $31.75/$25.75/ 5,000 per week. The jobs will cover Tex- $19.75
as, Illinois, Iowa, Colorado, Florida, TINA TURNER Charles M. Murphy Athletic Oct. 29 $89,915 5,645 Sound Seventy Corp. California, Washington, Oregon, Ar- GO WEST Center $17.50 7,500 Jam Prods. ra izona, Michigan, Utah, Idaho, Geor- Middle Tennessee State Univ. reunion gia, Kansas, New York, and New Murfreesboro, Tenn. arena Mexico from Jan. 29, 1988 to Jan. Street Copyrighted and compiled by Amusement Business, A Billboard Publications, Inc. publication. Boxscores are compiled every Tuesday and 777 Sports 11, 1989. Must be known nation- should be submitted to Kathy Vandercook in Nashville at 615 -321 -4275; Ray Waddell in Los Angeles at 213 -859 -5338; Louise Zepp in Dallas, Texas 75207 wide. If interested please call (512) Chicago at 312 -236 -2085; or Melinda Newman in New York at 212 -764 -7314. For research information contact Karen Oertley in Nashville at (214) 658-7070 968 -4252. 615 -321 -4250.
24 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 Ord. Hot Black Singles SALES & AIRPLAYTM BLACK SINGLES A ranking of the top 40 black singles by sales and airplay, respectively, with reference to each title's composite position on the main Hot Black Singles chart. Y ozY BY LABEL A ranking of distributing labels SALES mz"z AIRPLAY by the number of titles they have on the Hot Black Singles chart. Fw TITLE ARTIST =w ç W TITLE ARTIST 53 =E I _, =á LABEL NO. OF TITLES WINBUSH 1 1 DEJA 7 1 1 ANGEL ANGELA 1 YOU AND ME TONIGHT ON CHART 3 2 4 DON'T GO MARLON JACKSON 2 2 4 SKELETONS STEVIE WONDER 2 COLUMBIA (10) 12 3 3 ANGEL ANGELA WINBUSH 1 3 2 DON'T GO MARLON JACKSON 4 Def Jam (2) 4 8 SKELETONS STEVIE WONDER 3 4 6 I WONDER WHO SHE'S SEEING NOW THE TEMPTATIONS WARNER BROS. (2) 10 4 5 9 SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL EARTH, WIND & FIRE 5 5 7 I WONDER WHO SHE'S SEEING NOW THE TEMPTATIONS Geffen (3) ROGER 8 6 9 SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL EARTH, WIND & FIRE 5 6 10 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN Paisley Park (2) 6 7 12 (BABY TELL ME) CAN YOU DANCE SHANICE WILSON 6 7 7 (BABY TELL ME) CAN YOU DANCE SHANICE WILSON Qwest (2) 10 Tommy Boy (1) 8 2 LOVIN' YOU THE O'JAYS 13 8 11 CRITICIZE ALEXANDER O'NEAL 9 9 MCA 9 16 LET'S START LOVE OVER MILES JAYE 11 9 8 CERTIFIED TRUE THE BAR -KAYS 9 14 RCA (6) 10 10 SO MANY TEARS REGINA BELLE 12 10 12 GAMES SHALAMAR Jive (3) 11 15 CERTIFIED TRUE THE BAR -KAYS 9 11 13 SO MANY TEARS REGINA BELLE 12 ATLANTIC (5) 7 OVER MILES JAYE 11 12 19 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN ROGER 8 12 14 LET'S START LOVE 21 Records (1) 15 13 17 CRITICIZE ALEXANDER O'NEAL 10 13 17 MY FOREVER LOVE LEVERT Island (1)
14 6 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 24 14 15 SHO' YOU RIGHT BARRY WHITE 17 ARISTA (5) 6 23 Jive (1) 15 5 HEART OF GOLD BERT ROBINSON 31 15 18 SHE'S FLY TONY TERRY E.P.A. 6 16 27 MY FOREVER LOVE LEVERT 15 16 3 YOU AND ME TONIGHT DEJA 7 Epic (5) 29 17 16 LUV'S PASSION AND YOU CHAD 16 17 13 MY LOVE IS DEEP LACE Tabu (1) 14 18 19 WHAT'S TOO MUCH SMOKEY ROBINSON 25 18 22 GAMES SHALAMAR CAPITOL 5 18 19 21 I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE NATALIE COLE 20 19 23 CATCH ME (I'M FALLING) PRETTY POISON MOTOWN 5 16 20 5 LOVIN' YOU THE O'JAYS 13 20 25 LUV'S PASSION AND YOU CHAD A &M 3 17 21 22 I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT DAVID RUFFIN & EDDIE KENDRICK 28 21 24 SHO' YOU RIGHT BARRY WHITE EMI -MANHATTAN (2) 3 22 26 IF YOU LET ME STAY TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 19 22 23 LOVER'S LANE GEORGIO 26 P.I.R. (1) 23 30 HARD DAY GEORGE MICHAEL 21 23 24 IF YOU LET ME STAY TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 19 POLYGRAM 3
24 11 BE YOURSELF WHODINI WITH MILLIE JACKSON 45 24 26 RESERVATIONS FOR TWO DIONNE & KASHIF 30 Mercury (2) MORGAN 33 Wing (1) 25 38 1 DO YOU THE JETS 22 25 27 IF YOU CAN DO IT: I CAN TOO!! MELI'SA SOLAR 3 26 18 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN GLENN JONES 49 26 32 HARD DAY GEORGE MICHAEL 21 ELEKTRA (1) 2 THE JETS 22 27 32 MY NIGHT FOR LOVE GIORGE PETTUS 40 27 28 I DO YOU Vintertainment (1) AND YOU) FULL FORCE 27 28 30 LOVE IS FOR SUCKERS (LIKE ME AND YOU) FULL FORCE 27 28 35 LOVE IS FOR SUCKERS (LIKE ME PROFILE 2 20 29 29 (I WANNA GET) CLOSE TO YOU VANESSE THOMAS 36 29 39 I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE NATALIE COLE VIRGIN 2 50 30 37 EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON 32 30 21 DON'T YOU WANT ME JODY WATLEY SO 2000 AD 57 31 35 ME (I'M FALLING) PRETTY POISON 18 31 20 I DON'T THINK THAT MAN SHOULD SLEEP ALONE RAY PARKER JR. CATCH 4TH & B'WAY ANITA POINTER 42 32 34 SHOW A LITTLE LOVE MISSION 34 32 36 OVERNIGHT SUCCESS CHRYSALIS MIKI HOWARD 38 33 14 DON'T MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVE KENNY G. 37 33 40 BABY, BE MINE COLD CHILLIN' CHICO DEBARGE 43 34 - SO EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON 32 34 34 I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU FRESH /SLEEPING BAG 35 33 LOVER'S LANE GEORGIO 26 35 38 NOTHING VENTURED - NOTHING GAINED CHARLIE SINGLETON 46 JAM PACKED 36 - RESERVATIONS FOR TWO DIONNE & KASHIF 30 36 - TOUCH AND GO FORCE M.D.'S 35 LMR 37 - WHAT'S TOO MUCH SMOKEY ROBINSON 25 37 - LOVE CHANGES KASHIF AND MELISA MORGAN 39 NEXT PLATEAU 38 - TOUCH AND GO FORCE M.D.'S 35 38 - SOMEONE TO LOVE ME FOR ME LISA LISA & CULT JAM 47 REPRISE "PENITENTIARY III ") THE GAP BAND 41 39 - I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT DAVID RUFFIN & EDDIE KENDRICK 28 39 33 SWEETER THAN CANDY (FROM SELECT 40 29 I AIN'T NO JOKE ERIC B. & RAKIM 58 40 - LOVE OVERBOARD GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS 48 SLEEPING BAG ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, SUTRA photo,opying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Fever (1)
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85 ,TINT NO NEED TO WORRY (Hip Trip, BMI /Hip Chic, BMI /Mister Johnson's Jams, 100 JUST THAT TYPE OF GIRL (AN, BMI/Welbeck, ASCAP) ASCAP) ,Marvin L Winans, ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP) BMI/Tammi, BMI /Peer -Southern, ASCAP) CPP (Slap One, ASCAP / Cornelio Carlos, ASCAP /Spectrum 46 NOTHING VENTURED - NOTHING GAINED 74 TURN ON THE MOON 51 ILL IN THE NAME OF LOVE 55 GIRLFRIEND VII, ASCAP) CPP (Almo, ASCAP/Wun Tun, ASCAP) CPP /ALM (2000 AD, BMI) ;Irving, BMI /Ujesrika, BMI) CPP/ALM (Kermy, BMI /Hip Trip, BMI) CPP 76 LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON 42 OVERNIGHT SUCCESS 64 TWO OCCASIONS Chic, BMI /Mister Johnson's Jams, 1 ANGEL 21 HARD DAY (Hot Winter, ASCAP/Tosha, ASCAP /Barbosa, (Mibren, ASCAP /Lauren Loo, ASCAP) (Hip Trip, BMI /Hip (Angel Notes, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) (Chappell, ASCAP /Morrison Leahy, ASCAP) ASCAP /Hit & Hold, ASCAP) 73 PARTY YOUR BODY BMI /Peer -Southern, ASCAP/Tammi, BMI) CPP 38 BABY, BE MINE 31 HEART OF GOLD 75 LEFT ME LONELY (Saja, BMI /Mya -T, BMI) 52 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL (BMC, UK) (Black Lion, ASCAP /Captain Z, ASCAP /Billy Osborne, (Flake, ASCAP/Marley Marl, ASCAP) 79 (THE PERFECT) 10 ( Mijac, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI) 6 (BABY TELL ME) CAN YOU DANCE ASCAP) 70 LET ME BE THE ONE (Parisongs, ASCAP) 53 WE'LL BE TOGETHER (Wiz Kid, BMI /Irving, BMI) CPP /ALM 81 HELLO ROCHELLE (Panchin, BMI) 68 THE REAL THING (Magnetic, BMI /Regatta, BMI /Illegal, BMI /Atlantic, 24 BAD (Promuse, BMI /Enjo, BMI) 11 LET'S START LOVE OVER ( Jobete, ASCAP /House Of Fun, BMI) CPP BMI) (Mijac, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI) 63 HOLDING ON (Blackwood, BMI /Huemar, BMI) 30 RESERVATIONS FOR TWO 49 WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN (THE ROMANCE IS NOT 45 BE YOURSELF (Zomba, ASCAP/Willesden, BMI) 71 LOOK AROUND (Catdaddy, ASCAP /New East, ASCAP /Little Tanya, OVER) (Willesden, BMI /Zomba, ASCAP) 61 HOW YA LIKE ME NOW (Bush Burnin', ASCAP /Mr. Campbell's, ASCAP) ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP) (Willesden, BMI/Johnnie Mae, BMI /Lu Ella, 67 BECAUSE OF YOU (Zomba, ASCAP/Willesden, BMI) 95 LOST IN EMOTION 44 RICH MAN ASCAP/WB, ASCAP)
(Amber /Disco Fever, ASCAP /Red Instructional, 58 I AIN'T NO JOKE (Forceful, BMI/Willesden, BMI /My! My!, BMI /Careers, (Petersong, ASCAP/Oliver Leiber, ASCAP) 25 WHAT'S TOO MUCH ASCAP) (Robert Hill, BMI) BMI) CPP 56 SECRET LADY (Taj Mahal, ASCAP /53rd State, ASCAP /Lonnie -K,
18 CATCH ME (I'M FAWNG) 28 I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT 39 LOVE CHANGES (Stephanie Mills' Starlight, ASCAP /Firebolt, ASCAP) (Genetic, ASCAP) (Tight Squeeze, BMI) (Alexscar, BMI) ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP) 93 WHENEVER YOU'RE READY 9 CERTIFIED TRUE n I DO YOU 65 LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS 23 SHE'S FLY (Ensign, BMI /Harrindur, BMI/Snippets, BMI) CPP (Bar -Kays, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Arrival, BMI) (Meow Baby, ASCAP /Rick Kelly, BMI) (Ow, ASCAP) (Shaman Drum, BMI /King Henry I, ASCAP) 88 YA COLD WANNA BE WITH ME (ADRA, /Kadoc BMI/Willesden, BMI) 84 CINDERFELLA DANA DANE 57 I DON'T THINK THAT MAN SHOULD SLEEP ALONE 27 LOVE IS FOR SUCKERS (UKE ME AND YOU) 17 SHO' YOU RIGHT BMI /Forceful, (Protoons, ASCAP/Turn Out Brothers, ASCAP) (Raydiola, ASCAP) (Forceful, BMI/Willesden, BMI) (Seven Songs, BMI /Ba -Dake, BMI) 7 YOU AND ME TONIGHT /Attractive, BMI /Stm, BMI) CPP 97 COLD SPENDING MY MONEY 20 I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE 48 LOVE OVERBOARD 34 SHOW A LITTLE LOVE (Virgin- Nymph, BMI (Def Jam, ASCAP /Juiced Up, ASCAP /Def American, (O'Lyric, BMI/Tuneworks, BMI/Vandorf, (Calloco, BMI /Hip Trip, BMI) CPP (Per Mission, ASCAP) 94 (YOU'RE PUTTIN) A RUSH ON ME BMI /First Impulse, BMI) ASCAP /Renwick -Werfel, ASCAP /Beseme West, 89 LOVE SHOCK 3 SKELETONS (Johnnie Mae, BMI/Willesden, BMI /Bush Burnin', 98 COLD STUPID (FROM "PENITENTIARY III ") ASCAP/Nelana, BMI /Careers, ASCAP /Arista, ASCAP) (West Kenya, ASCAP) (Jobete, ASCAP/Black Bull, ASCAP) CPP ASCAP) (Jay King IV, BMI) CPP 26 LOVER'S LANE 69 SO AMAZING 78 COME INTO MY LIFE 36 (I WANNA GET) CLOSE TO YOU (Georgio's, BMI /Stone Diamond, BMI) CPP (April, ASCAP /Uncle Ronnié s, ASCAP) (Beach House, ASCAP/Tawanne Lamont, ASCAP) (Bush Burnin', ASCAP /KMA, ASCAP /Screen Gems, 13 LOVIN' YOU 32 SO EMOTIONAL 10 CRITICIZE ASCAP) (Downstairs, BMI /Piano, BMI /Mighty Three, BMI) (Billy Steinberg, ASCAP /Denise Barry, ASCAP) (Flyte Tyme, ASCAP/Avant Garde, ASCAP) 60 I WANT HER 16 LUV'S PASSION AND YOU 12 SO MANY TEARS
59 DID I DREAM YOU (Vintertainment, ASCAP /Keith Sweat, ASCAP/Donril, (l'Mo Owe U A Tune, ASCAP /Bush Bumin', ASCAP) (On The Move, BMI /Zenox, ASCAP) (Mtume, BMI /Number 9, ASCAP) ASCAP) 66 MAKE YOU MINE TONIGHT 47 SOMEONE TO LOVE ME FOR ME
90 DINNER WITH GERSHWIN 8 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN (Def Jam, ASCAP) (Forceful, BMI/Willesden, BMI /My! My!, BMI) (Geffen, ASCAP /Rutland Road, ASCAP) (Troutman's, BMI /Saja, BMI) 80 MISUNDERSTOOD 99 STONE LOVE
I NOW (Mashamug, BMI) (Konglather, BMI /Freytown, BMI /Road, BMI) 2 DON'T GO 4 WONDER WHO SHE'S SEEING SHEET MUSIC AGENTS (Vabritmar, BMI) (Geffen, ASCAP /Lucky- Break, ASCAP/Pardini, ASCAP) 15 MY FOREVER LOVE 82 SWEET SOMEBODY are listed for piano/vocal sheet music copies 37 DON'T MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVE 33 IF YOU CAN DO IT: I CAN TOO! (Trycep, BMI /Ferncliff, BMI) (Jobete, ASCAP /Emergency, ASCAP/Green Star, and may not represent mixed folio rights. (Bellboy, BMI /Gratitude Sky, ASCAP) CPP (Bush Burnin', ASCAP) 29 MY LOVE IS DEEP ASCAP /Not Fragile, BMI) CPP 50 DON'T YOU WANT ME 19 IF YOU LET ME STAY (Glasshouse, BMI /Irving, BMI/Harrindur, BMI/Ensign, 41 SWEETER THAN CANDY (FROM "PENITENTIARY III") ABP April Blackwood CPP Columbia Pictures BMI) CPP /ALM (New World, ASCAP) (Rightsong, BMI /Franne Gee, BMI /Ardavan, (Virgin- Nymph, BMI/Young Terence, BMI) CPP ALM Almo HAN Hansen ASCAP /Intersong, ASCAP) 86 I'LL RETURN 92 MY LOVE IS GUARANTEED 5 SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL B -M Belwin Mills HL Hal Leonard 72 DOWNTOWN (Ackee, ASCAP) (Next Plateau, ASCAP/Godsend, ASCAP /Bratton & (Sputnik Adventure, ASCAP /Maurice White, ASCAP) B -3 Big Three IMM Ivan Mogul! (Irving, BMI) CPP /ALM 43 I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU White, ASCAP) 96 THATS WHAT LOVE IS Ali ABOUT 62 EVERCHANGING TIMES (Mazarati, ASCAP) 40 MY NIGHT FOR LOVE (Embee, ASCAP/Kaz, ASCAP /April, ASCAP) BP Bradley MCA MCA (United Artists, ASCAP /April, ASCAP /Carole Bayer 83 JUST BEGUN TO LOVE YOU (Little Tanya, ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP) 54 TO PROVE MY LOVE CHA Chappell PSP Peer Southern Sager, BMI /United Lion, BMI /Blackwood, BMI /New (Music Specialists, BMI /Price & Williams, BMI) 91 NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO (Jay King IV, BMI) CLM Cherry Lane PLY Plymouth Hidden Valley, ASCAP) CPP /B -3 87 JUST GETS BETTER WITH TIME (Beach House, ASCAP) 35 TOUCH AND GO CPI Cimino WBM Warner Bros. 14 GAMES (Morning Crew, BMI /Irving, BMI) CPP /ALM 77 NO ONE IN THE WORLD (Tee Girl, BMI/Vic's Slic, BMI/T -Boy, ASCAP/Buppie,
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PUBLICITY JAMAICA BOYS COMBINE MUSICAL STYLES PRINTS (Continued from page 25) time," says Miller. "It took that ect. He now serves as the trio's as most people are concerned, Lithographed On Heavy Gloss Stock New R&D long to get a deal. When we took manager. we're just a brand new band." BLACK & WHITE 8x10's our demo around to a &r people The Jamaica Boys acknowledge To broaden its appeal, the band 1000 - 85.00 500 - $60.00 they would say, `Well, I really like that their material goes against hired "Hollywood Shuffle" actor/ COLOR it, but I don't know if people will current musical trends, but they writer /director Robert Townsend 1000 - $388.00 be able to get into it.' We hit a say they can still find commercial to direct the video for "Loving Above Prices Include Typesetting & Freight bunch of walls like that until Ben- success. Feeling," and the Jamaica Boys Send 8x10 Photo - Check or M.O. MempbiM ny Medina (head of Warner Bros. "I think we can appeal to large also taped performances to be Full Color & B/W Posters black a &r) heard it. Once he said, numbers of people once we're giv- shown on Black Entertainment Composites - Cards - Other Sizes `Let's go with it,' we completed the en a chance," says Stevens. Ac- Television's "Video Soul" and *sue album." cording to Miller, Warner Bros. NBC -TV's "Showtime At The Send For Catalog 8 Samples MLIIIfllltlMEMPHIS Forfresh, new Throughout the shopping - will probably play up the past as- Apollo." A new single will be re- PICPIJRES material around period, Pat Raines, who sociations of the trio's members leased in January, and after that M iJ 1 C (901) 276-8520 manages Miller and Al Jarreau, because "people who know about the trio hopes to hit the road 1867 E. Florida, Dent. BB - Springfield, MO 65803 was the band's strongest support- music know about us and would be probably sometime next year. 1417) 869 -9433 or 869-3456 1503 Madison Ave. Memphis, TN 38104 er, financing its demos and acting interested in hearing what we as executive producer of the proj- come up with together. But as far
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©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. ALBUMS,m No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored Billboard® in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written TOP BLACK permission of the publisher. 1- 1- á Compiled from a national sample of retail store aCr Nc and one -stop sales reports. Y C) W w ° 1 Y U W U < Z W W Z QS 0 3 ; o c ARTIST TITLE N Ñ 3 ARTIST TITLE I- -J N 3 LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE)* Ñ g N 3 LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE)*
* * No. 1 * * 39 38 34 24 JONATHAN BUTLER JIVE /RCA 1032.1 -J /RCA (8.98) (co) JONATHAN BUTLER A3 1 1 1 9 MICHAEL JACKSON Pic QE 40600 /E.PA. (CD) 8 weeks at No. One BAD 40 40 38 31 GEORGIO MOTOWN 6229 (8.98) SEXAPPEAL
3 6 13 DANA DANE PROFILE PRO 1233 a) (B.98) (CD) DANA DANE WITH FAME 41 45 57 3 SHANICE WILSON A &M SP 5128 (8.98) (CD) DISCOVERY
3 4 4 14 LEVERT ATLANTIC 1 -81773 (8.98) (CD) THE BIG THROWDOWN 42 33 40 33 MARVIN SEASE LONDON 830 794 -1 /POLYGRAM MARVIN SEASE
4 2 2 14 ALEXANDER O'NEAL TABU FZ 40320/E.P.A. (CD) HEARSAY 43 41 32 10 MADAME X ATLANTIC 81774 (8.98) (CD) MADAME X 0 6 8 23 THE O'JAYS P.I.R. ST 53036 /EMI -MANHATTAN (8.98) (CD) LET ME TOUCH YOU 44 43 35 12 COLONEL ABRAMS MCA 42029 (8.98) (CD) YOU AND ME EQUALS US 8 5 13 UTFO SELECT SEL 21619 (8.98) (CD) LETHAL © 45 68 - 2 THE JETS MCA 42085 (8.98) (CD) MAGIC TEREN CE T40964RENT DD)'ARBY 7 5 3 22 STEPHANIE MILLS MCA 5996 (8.98) (co) IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN 46 54 60 3 INTRO. THE HARDLINE ACCORDING TO TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY COL UMBIA BFC (C
8 7 7 22 WHITNEY HOUSTON A4 ARISTA 8405 (8.98) (CD) WHITNEY 47 44 44 9 THE WINANS QWEST 125510/WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) DECISIONS
9 9 9 15 ERIC B. & RAKIM 4TH &BWAYB'WAY4005 /ISLAND(8.98) (CD) PAID IN FULL 48 42 43 23 REGINA BELLE COLUMBIA BFC 49537 (CD) ALL BY MYSELF
10 10 13 5 WHODINI JIVE JL -8494 /ARISTA (8.98) (CD) OPEN SESAME 49 53 55 5 STEADY B JIVE 1000.1 -J/RCA (8.98) WHAT'S MY NAME
I I 15 20 5 ANGELA WINBUSH MERCURY 832 733- 1 /POLYGRAM (8.98) (CD) SHARP 50 46 41 57 LUTHER VANDROSS EPIC FE 40415/E.P.A. (CD) GIVE ME THE REASON
12 11 10 19 NATALIE COLE EMI -MANHATTAN ST 53051 (8.98) (CD) EVERLASTING 51 48 42 22 4 BY FOUR CAPITOL ST 12560 (8.98) (co) 4 BY FOUR
13 16 16 5 THE TEMPTATIONS MOTOWN 6246 ML (8.98) (CD) TOGETHER AGAIN 52 52 63 4 LACE WING 833 451 -1 Y -1 /POLYGRAM (8.98) (CD) SHADES OF LACE
14 12 12 26 THE WHISPERS SOLAR ST 72554 (8.98) (CD) JUST GETS BETTER WITH TIME 53 51 46 13 DIONNE WARWICK ARISTA AL 8446 (8.98) (CD) RESERVATIONS FOR TWO
15 14 14 35 SMOKEY ROBINSON MOTOWN6626ML(8.98) (CD) ONE HEARTBEAT 54 47 54 8 SHERRICK WARNER BROS. 25576 -1 (8.98) (CD) SHERRICK
16 13 11 23 L.L. COOL J A2 DEF JAM FC 47093 /COLUMBIA (CD) BIGGER & DEFFER 55 56 45 16 ICE -T SIRE 25602.1/WARNER BROS. (8.98) RHYME PAYS
17 18 19 35 JODY WATLEY MCA 5898 (8.98) (CD) JODY WATLEY 56 49 49 14 GROVER WASHINGTON,JR. COLUMBIA FC 40510 (CD) STRAWBERRY MOON
I8 21 22 7 GLENN JONES JIVE 1062 -1 -J /RCA (8.98) (CD) GLENN JONES 57 NEW 0, 1 CLARENCE CARTER ICHIBAN ICH 1016 (898) HOOKED ON LOVE
19 17 17 85 ANITA BAKER A3 ELECTRA 60444 (8.98) (CD) RAPTURE 58 55 50 20 GEORGE BENSON /EARL KLUGH WARNER BROS. 25580-1 (9.98) (CD) COLLABORATION
20 22 21 63 KENNY G. A2 ARISTA AL8 -8427 (8.9B) (co) DUOTONES 59 59 71 3 SCHOOLLY D JIVE 1066 -1 -J /RCA (8.98) SATURDAY NIGHT - THE ALBUM
26 27 4 HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ MCA 5986 (8.9s) LIVING LARGE... 0 60 57 52 23 THE ISLEY BROTHERS WARNER BROS. 25586-1 (8.98) (CD) SMOOTH SAILIN'
22 19 18 31 LILLO THOMAS CAPITOL ST -12450 (8.98) (CD) LILLO 61 63 59 7 STEVE ARRINGTON EMI- MANHATTAN MLT 46903 (8.98) (CD) JAM PACKED
23 20 15 24 THE FAT BOYS TIN PAN APPLE 831 948.1 /POLYDOR (8.98) (CD) CRUSHIN' 62 66 51 34 SURFACE COLUMBIA 40374 (CD) SURFACE
24 28 24 34 SALT -N -PEPA NEXT PLATEAU PL 1007 (8.98) HOT, COOL & VICIOUS 63 64 64 4 CHICO DEBARGE MOTOWN 6249 ML (8.98) KISS SERIOUS
25 23 23 15 FORCE M.D.'S TOMMY BOY TBLP 25631 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) TOUCH AND GO 64 58 70 27 BABYFACE SOLAR ST-72552 (8.98) LOVERS
26 29 31 5 MARLON JACKSON CAPITOL CLT46942 (B.98)(CD) BABY TONIGHT 65 NEW 1 ORAN "JUICE" JONES DEF JAM FC 4055 /COLUMBIA G.T.O. GANGSTERS TAKIN' OVER
27 35 48 4 MILES JAYE ISLAND 90615 (8.98) (CD) MILES 66 61 56 30 ATLANTIC STARR WARNER BROS. 1 -25560 (8.98) (CD) ALL IN THE NAME OF LOVE
Zó 34 37 5 THE BAR -KAYS MERCURY 830 305-1/POLYGRAM (8.98) CONTAGIOUS 67 62 61 91 JANET JACKSON A4 A &M SP -5106 (9.98) (CD) CONTROL
29 25 25 28 LISA LISA & CULT JAM COLUMBIA FC 40477 (CD) SPANISH FLY 68 72 - 2 MISSION COLUMBIA BFC 40759 SEARCH ® 39 30 38 EXPOSE A ARISTA AL 8441 (8.98) (CD) EXPOSURE 69 65 69 16 BEBE & CECE WINANS CAPITOL sr 12573 (8.98) BE BE & CE CE WINANS
31 24 26 55 FREDDIE JACKSON CAPITOL ST 12495 (8.98) (CD) JUST LIKE THE FIRST TIME 70 60 53 5 DONNA SUMMER GEFFEN 24102/WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) ALL SYSTEMS GO
32 32 47 3 BARRY WHITE A&M SP 5154 (8.98) (CD) THE RIGHT NIGHT AND BARRY WHITE 71 70 67 63 PHYLLIS HYMAN P.I.R. ST 53029/EMI -MANHATTAN (9.98) (CD) LIVING ALL ALONE
33 27 29 6 RAY PARKER JR. GEFFEN GHS 24124/WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) AFTER DARK 72 69 58 29 PUBLIC ENEMY DEF JAM BFC 49658 /COLUMBIA YO! BUM RUSH THE SHOW ® 37 39 17 SHALAMAR SOLAR sT 72556 (8.98) CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 73 NEW III. 1 CHAD RCA 6610 -1 -R (8.98) FAST MUSIC, LOVE & PROMISES 35 36 36 6 BERT ROBINSON CAPITOL CLX 46921 (8.98) NO MORE COLD NIGHTS 74 NEW OP. 1 GIORGE PETTUS MCA 5826 (8.98) (CD) GIORGE PETTUS
36 30 33 48 NAJEE EMI -MANHATTAN ST 17241 (8.98) (CD) NAJEE'S THEME 75 75 73 4 BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS a BOY 4787 (8.98) CRIMINAL MINDED
37 31 28 30 PRINCE A PAISLEY PARK 1.25577/WARNER BROS. (15.98) (CD) SIGN 'O' THE TIMES Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. (CD) Compact disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units, with each additional million indicated by a 50 65 4 DEJA VIRGIN 90601-1 (8.98) SERIOUS ® numeral following the symbol. *CBS Records and PolyGram Records do not issue a suggested list price for their product.
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W W o CLUB PLAY w W z 3 -:, Ór 3 N or 12 -INCH SINGLES SALES Compiled from a national sample of dance club playlists. Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. 3 = TITLE ARTIST TITLE ARTIST N i á ; = 1 3O LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL F .J N 3 U LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL ** NO.1 ** * * No.1 * * 2 6 5 SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL (REMIX) BAD (REMIX) O EARTH, WIND & FIRE 1 1 1 5 MICHAEL JACKSON COLUMBIA 44 07475 1 week at No. One EPIC 49 07462/E.P.A. 4 weeks at No. One THE REAL HING (REMI)<) 2 1 1 6 BAD (REMIX) EPIC 49 07462/E.P.A. MICHAEL JACKSON 2 3 10 JELLYBEAN FEATURING STEVEN DANTE U CHRYSALIS 4V9 43171 O 6 10 7 LOVER'S LANE (REMIX) MOTOWN 4592MG GEORGIO 3 4 4 11 DON'T YOU WANT ME (REMIX) MCA 23785 JODY WATLEY ® 9 15 5 THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE MERCURY 888 864 -1 /POLYGRAM ABC ® 5 7 6 SHAKE YOUR LOVE (REMIX) ATLANTIC 0.86651 DEBBIE GIBSON 7 O 12 6 HARD DAY (REMIX) COLUMBIA 44 07466 GEORGE MICHAEL 5 3 2 8 CAUSING A COMMOTION (REMIX) SIRE 0- 20762/WARNER BROS. MADONNA
12 13 6 ANIMAL MAGIC (REMIX) CAPITOL V -15334 © BELOUIS SOME © 6 9 8 TELL IT TO MY HEART ARISTA AD1 -9611 TAYLOR DAYNE 11 14 6 YOUR ATLANTIC O SHAKE LOVE (REMIX) 0.86651 DEBBIE GIBSON 7 7 8 9 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW (REMIX) MCA 23793 TIFFANY
8 4 5 12 MY LOVE IS GUARANTEED (REMIX) NEXT PLATEAU NP 50067 SYBIL ® 10 14 7 LOVER'S LANE (REMIX) MOTOWN 4592MG GEORGIO
14 20 5 NEVER THE MCA ® BE SAME 23797 THE BREAKFAST CLUB 9 9 11 10 MY LOVE IS GUARANTEED (REMIX) NEXT PLATEAU NP 50067 SYBIL
10 8 11 8 MILITARY DRUMS CURB 7172 /MCA HUBERT KAH 10 16 27 3 SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL (REMIX) COLUMBIA 44 07475 EARTH, WIND & FIRE
11 15 19 7 PUMP UP THE VOLUME 4TH & B.WAY BWAY 452 M.A.R.R.S. 11 11 12 8 DEVOTION ATLANTIC 0 -86652 TEN CITY
12 21 31 4 AFTERGLOW (REMIX) CAPITOL V.15349 TINA TURNER 12 15 19 5 HARD DAY (REMIX) COLUMBIA 44 -07466 GEORGE MICHAEL
27 33 4 13 JOIN IN THE CHANT (REMIX) GEFFEN 0 -20786 /WARNER BROS. NITZER EBB 13 17 20 7 NOTHING'S GONNA STOP ME NOW JIVE 1071 -1 -JD /RCA SAMANTHA FOX
25 4 NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN /PLEASURE LITTLE TREASURE 32 DEPECHE MODE 14 13 10 9 BREAKOUT (REMIX) MERCURY 8881B8 -1 /POLYGRAM SWING OUT SISTER 0 SIRE 0- 20783 /WARNER BROS. 15 26 27 5 TURN IT UP SIRE 0- 20671 /WARNER BROS. MICHAEL DAVIDSON 15 37 - 2 SKELETONS MOTOWN 4593MG STEVIE WONDER
16 23 26 6 BECAUSE OF YOU FEVER SF 819 /SUTRA THE COVER GIRLS 16 8 6 10 SOMETHING TELLS ME 23 WEST 0-86670 /ATLANTIC TIGER MOON
17 19 21 7 DEVOTION ATLANTIC 0 -86652 TEN CITY 17 14 13 8 LET ME BE THE ONE (REMIX) ARISTA AD1 -9618 EXPOSE
18 24 29 5 TRAMP/PUSH IT NEXT PLATEAU NP 50063 SALT -N -PEPA 18 18 16 16 CATCH ME I'M FALLING (REMIX) VIRGIN 0- 96752/ATLANTIC PRETTY POISON
19 5 4 10 TELL IT TO MY HEART ARISTA A01.9611 TAYLOR DAYNE 19 20 24 4 I DONT CARE FOR YOU PIZAZZ PPI 3004 GENUINE PARTS
40 2 EMOTIONAL ARISTA AD1.9641 0 - SO (REMIX) WHITNEY HOUSTON CI 22 44 4 BECAUSE OF YOU FEVER SF 819 /SUTRA THE COVER GIRLS 21 3 2 8 CAUSING A COMMOTION (REMIX) SIRE 0- 20762 /WARNER BROS. MADONNA 21 12 5 13 POUR IT ON (REMIX) ELEKTRA 0 -66795 MASON DISORDERLY CONDUCT /ARABIAN KNIGHTS 22 22 22 7 LATIN RASCALS 23 28 4 SUGAR FREE EPIC 49 06864 /E.P.A. WA WA NEE TIN PAN APPLE 885- 981- 1 /POLYGRAM ® 23 18 18 9 HERE TO GO /DON'T ARGUE EMI -MANHATTAN V -56067 CABARET VOLTAIRE O38 - 2 LET'S GO SLEEPING BAG SLX.29 NOCERA
24 10 9 8 ROADBLOCK A &M SP -12250 DISORDERLY CONDUCT /ARABIAN KNIGHTS STOCK, AITKEN, WATERMAN , 4 26 32 6 LATIN RASCALS TIN PAN APPLE 885 -981 -1 / POLYGRAM
25 29 34 4 NO NO LOVE PROFILE PRO -7166 RHONDA PARRIS 25 25 30 6 PUMP UP THE VOLUME 4TH & BWAY SWAY 452 M.A.R.R.S.
® 34 46 3 LET'S GO SLEEPING BAG SLX -29 NOCERA Zó 31 49 3 EASIER SAID THAN DONE (REMIX) ATCOO- 96746 /ATLANTIC VANILLA MIX CI 32 36 3 I CAN'T LET GO DICE TGR 1017 CELI BEE 27 27 33 6 JUST LIKE HEAVEN (REMIX) ELEKTRA 0 -66793 THE CURE
28 16 17 8 (BABY TELL ME) CAN YOU DANCE A &M SP -12235 SHANICE WILSON 28 21 15 14 PARTY YOUR BODY LMR 4000 STEVIE B ® 33 39 3 POP GOES THE WORLD MERCURY 888 859- 1 /POLYGRAM MEN WITHOUT HATS ® 39 46 3 IF YOU LET ME STAY COLUMBIA 44 07450 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY ® 36 41 3 IF YOU SHOULD NEED A FRIEND QUARK 006 BLAZE 30 30 38 5 ROADBLOCK A&M SP -12250 STOCK, AITKEN, WATERMAN NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN LITTLE TREASURE 31 37 42 3 CRITICIZE (REMIX) TABU 4Z9 07469/E.P.A. ALEXANDER O'NEAL 31 32 48 3 /PLEASURE DEPECHE MODE SIRE 0- 20783 /WARNER BROS.
31 37 5 32 EASIER SAID THAN DONE (REMIX) Arco 0- 96746 /ATLANTIC VANILLA MIX 32 NEW IIII. 1 CRITICIZE (REMIX) TABU 429 07469/E.P.A ALEXANDER O'NEAL
O39 - 2 MOVE CRIMINAL CR12 -015 JOHN ROCCA 33 33 41 4 BE YOURSELF JIVE JDI- 9628 /ARISTA WHODINI
34 35 7 TIME 35 SATURN GIRL /LOVE IT BIG 6068-1 -BD SOCIETY 34 35 45 4 DOWNTOWN /I'M IN LOVE (REMIX) CAPITOL V -15331 LILLO THOMAS
41 49 3 MOTOWN 4593MG 35 SKELETONS STEVIE WONDER 35 NEW 1 NEED YOU TONIGHT ATLANTIC 0 -86645 INXS
45 2 I CAN'T HELP IT (REMIX) /MR.SLEAZE LONDON -1 ® - 886 212 /POLYGRAM BANANARAMA 36 29 26 9 ALWAYS DOESN'T MEAN FOREVER CAPITOL V -15328 HAZELL DEAN
37 13 3 12 V -19256 IT'S A SIN EMI -MANHATTAN PET SHOP BOYS 37 NEW 1 SO EMOTIONAL (REMIX) ARISTA ADI -9641 WHITNEY HOUSTON
NEW 1 I'M BEGGIN'YOU (REMIX) A &M SP -12254 ® SUPERTRAMP 38 44 36 7 THE OPERA HOUSE MINIMAL MIN -1 /CRIMINAL JACK E. MAKOSSA THE REAL THING (REMIX) 39 17 7 10 JELLYBEAN FEATURING STEVEN DANTE 19 13 CHRYSALIS 4V9 43171 39 17 LOST IN EMOTION (REMIX) COLUMBIA 44 -06872 LISA LISA & CULT JAM
40 28 28 6 JUST LIKE HEAVEN (REMIX) ELEKTRA 0 -66793 THE CURE 40 28 22 11 IT'S A SIN EMI -MANHATTAN V-19256 PET SHOP BOYS
41 42 2 WE'LL BE TOGETHER (REMIX) A &M SP -12251 - STING 41 49 - 2 I WANT TO BE YOUR MAN REPRISE 0 -20771 /WARNER BROS. ROGER
42 NEW 1 NEED YOU TONIGHT ATLANTIC 0 -86645 INXS 0 NEW 1 BREAKFAST IN BED (REMIX) MCA 23796 BRENDA K. STARR 46 2 BREAKFAST IN BED (REMIX) MCA 23796 ® - BRENDA K. STARR ® NEW 1 MILITARY DRUMS CURB 7172 /MCA HUBERT KAH 44 20 8 9 THE OPERA HOUSE MINIMAL MIN -2 /CRIMINAL JACK E. MAKOSSA ® NEW l 1 THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE MERCURY 888 864.1 /POLYGRAM ABC
NEW 1 THE GUN JCI & ASSOCIATED LABELS JCO -9003 CI D.A.F. 45 47 39 3 YOU AND ME TONIGHT VIRGIN 0- 96755 /ATLANTIC DEJA
46 47 - 2 BE THE ONE ATLANTIC 0-86660 JAILBAIT 46 RE-ENTRY WHY YOU WANNA GO VINYLMANIA VMR 011 FASINATION
47 NEW I 1 LOVE CHILD (REMIX) CAPITOL V-15348 JAMIE DEAN 47 41 - 2 DONT TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY NEW YORK GROOVE NYG 1001 LYDIA LOVE
50 50 3 MISUNDERSTOOD COLUMBIA 44 ® 06936 MICO WAVE ® NEW 1 NEVER BE THE SAME MCA 23797 THE BREAKFAST CLUB
49 NEW 1 THE MOTION OF LOVE GEFFEN o- 20744 /WARNER egos. GENE LOVES JEZEBEL 49 NEW 1 POP GOES THE WORLD MERCURY 888 859-1/POLYGRAM MEN WITHOUT HATS
NEW 1 DONT TAKE YOUR LOVE AWAY NEW YORK GROOVE NrG 1001 LYDIA LOVE I ® 50 46 - 2 DO YOU MCA 23798 THE JETS
1. NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP RICK ASTLEY RCA 4fi (A 1. TURN IT UP MICHAEL DAVIDSON SIRE 2. LOVE OVERBOARD GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS MCA 2. AFTERGLOW (REMIX) TINA Titles with future Titles with future TURNER CAPITOL 0 chart potential, 3. I WANT HER KEITH SWEAT VINTERTAINMENT D chart potential, 3. MOVE JOHN ROCCA CRIMINAL based on.on club play 4. COME BACK TO ME PATRICE RUSHEN ARISTA O based on sales 4. I CAN'T HELP IT (REMIX) /MR. SLEAZE BANANARAMA LONDON this reported this week. 5. MANDOLAY (REMIX) LA FLAVOUR SEATHRU i 6. YOU KEEP ME COMING BACK CHARLOTTE MCKINNON BEST 4 7. FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL COLUMBIA W 8. BE THE ONE JAILBAIT ATLANTIC ig la 9. I WANT HER KEITH SWEAT VINTERTAINMENT m m 10. JOIN IN THE CHANT (REMIX) NITZER EBB GEFFEN
OTitles with the greatest sales or club play increase this week. Videoclip availability. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 1 million units. RIAA certification for sales of 2 million units. Records listed under Club Play are 12 -inch unless indicated otherwise.
30 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21. 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com Plenty Of New Album Tracks for Holiday Season
FINYL VINYL: As the dreaded holi- Heller remix retains the classy ele- Brave" (EMI /Manhattan); postpro- Originally released on a small inde- day season approaches, we have ac- ments while enhancing its rhythmic duction and mix from Murray Elias pendent, Castle Beat's "Today, To- cumulated a massive amount of vi- base with a heavier drum pattern ... DANCE and Justin Strauss alter the album night, Forever" (Select) has been nyl, although not all in the single con- "Toy" (Warner Bros.) from Teen track's hard edge with a very funky newly remixed to add a lingering fe- figuration; many of the albums that Dream is one of that act's album TRAIIK rhythm base. Flip includes an extend- male vocal; soothing track is simple have emerged of late sport tracks highlights; this Minneapolis -style ed version of the original. but quite engaging, with a nice break that should be of interest to program- number, with a killer bass line, was ... From the TVT (212 -929-0570) um- mers who wish to stay ahead of the remixed by Taavi Mote ... Motown by Bill Coleman DON'T LOOK IN THE BASE- brella comes the pulsating game. New favorite Sinead O'Con- has issued an "After Hours" remix of MENT: Creating a stir in New York r &b /house (basically) instrumental nor embodies the passion and intensi- "Lovers Lane" by Georgio; this is in dub ... Big Time has licensed Soci- is "Join Hands" (Big Beat, 212 -478- "Rock This House," by the U.K. duo ty of Kate Bush while maintaining addition to the original on the flip ... ety's "Love It" and is preparing a 0772) from Taravhonty; a hypnotic Hotline; perfect for mixing ... Re- the raw intrigue of, say, Patti Cameron Paul has altered the latest few remixes to be released by the house -style club track that is in the act's "Love Reaction" (Minimal, 212- Smith. On her debut, "The Lion And from Ava Cherry, titled "Keep Me month's end; group was formerly same category as the most recent 967 -5465) picks up with a heavy and The Cobra" (Chrysalis), the 20 -year- Satisfied" (Capitol); r &b track has a known as Danse Society ... The hits by C.C. Rogers and Ten City, percussive Chicago-style groove pro- old Irish artist's effective delivery is much more accessible club feel than Red Hot Chili Peppers kick it live with a forthright male lead, pulsating duced by keyboard wiz Boyd Jarvis; captured in a variety of settings. Of her previous release. Note the piano with the semirap "Fight Like A rhythm, and occasional piano riff ... note the two dubs on the flip. particular club interest are the entic- ing, low -key funk of "I Want Your (Hands On Me)" (talk of a dance re- We have a complete selection of all is in DISCO & DANCE 12" mix the air); the riveting, melodic U.S. releases and all import disco rock of "Mandinka "; and the ethereal U.S.A. & IMPORTS records. We specialize in U.S. small (WHOLESALE FOR STORES) label product, call us for best service rhythms of "Jerusalem." Not to be OSA.CANADA- ENGLANDeGERMANY missed, it is a distinctive, refreshing, ITALYeFRANCE.HOLLAND and information. and truly captivating release ... US & CANADIAN 12" Jamie Principal -4 TRACK Standing In the Rain -Marcelo Earth, Wind & Fire's "Touch The It's Alright-Sterling Void I Can Make A Man -Lana Pellay Destiny- Chosen Ones Casanova Rap-Casanova Fly C.C. 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BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21. 1987 31 www.americanradiohistory.com Dealers: Album Sales Brisk In Oct. CMA Awards, NARM Promos Credited dy Travis and George Strait," ways uses the CMA /NARM p -o -p BY EDWARD MORRIS Donihoo says, adding that such material. "It comes in real handy NASHVILLE Record retailers re- newer acts as Holly Dunn, the for us," she adds. port a sharp increase in country O'Kanes, Sweethearts Of The Ro- "There was definitely an up- music album sales during October deo, and K.T. Oslin began moving swing in country sales," says Dave and credit much of the jump to the Roy, head buyer for Transworld Country Music Assn.'s televised Music's 268 stores (including Rec- awards show. The CMA also comes `There definitely ord Town, Tape World, and Peach- in for praise for providing -in con- es). "We saw a dramatic pickup." junction with the National Assn. of was an upswing in Among those particularly benefit- Record Merchandisers- point -of- ting from the CMA exposure, ac- purchase promotional material to sales; we saw a cording to Roy, were Hank Wil- record stores. All the retail chains liams Jr., Reba McEntire, Strait, surveyed say they distributed the dramatic pickup' Dunn, and the Judds. material to their member stores. "We had a huge upsurge," re- Tracy Donihoo, album buyer for more product after the show. ports Howard Appelbaum, vice the 106 -unit Sound Warehouse net- Because of the healthy signs president of Kemp Mill Records. L A `. work, reports that he first saw manifested last year, Donihoo "It took me by surprise. We ended signs of a country music sales re- Sound ran a up selling out of a lot of country Jr. And The Jocks. Hank Williams Jr., center, stops chatting for a moment to says, Warehouse surgence awards preawards -show sale this on music." Most albums pose with WDAF Kansas City, Mo., jocks Steve Williams, left, and Mike after last year's year purchased, show. He albums by all the nominees and a he adds, were in the tape format, Morelock following Williams' appearance at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. says that this year's show sparked increases for CMA postawards -show sale on albums but he says there was a "surpris- The station co- presented the grandstand shows and broadcast all shifts live nominees well winners. "We by Albums ing pickup" in CD activity. Travis from the fair. as as the winners. marked saw a definite resurgence for Ran- for $8.98 were sold for $5.99, al- sold especially well for the 29- bums marked for $9.98 were sold store chain, Appelbaum says, as for $6.99, and compact disks sold did Dwight Yoakam and Sweet- for $12.99. hearts Of The Rodeo. Comedienne Wins Acuff Award For `Service To Mankind' According to Donihoo, Chicago Brian Poehner, who buys al- is emerging as a strong country bums for Turtle's, says that sales market for his chain. He says it of Oslin records were "essentially has opened 10 stores in the region nowhere" before the October CMF Honors Serious Side Of Minnie Pearl during the past l' /2 years, and country music push, after which country music has become a sales "they took off like a skyrocket." TWO OF THE FUNNIEST WORDS in the world of stage personality is nothing at all like the flighty staple for the stores. Carl Rosenbaum, co -owner of country music? Minnie Pearl. Pearl. She attended finishing school in Nashville, is Country sales were up "right the 12 -store The Flip Side network, This week the famed comedienne will receive the married to Dr. Henry Cannon, and lives near the away" for Harmony House Rec- says the show helped sales of Wil- 1987 Roy Acuff Community Service Award. It's an Tennessee governor's mansion. That's tall cotton ords And Tapes following the liams' records, even though they honor that reflects the serious side of Sarah Ophelia for a country girl. awards presentation, says distri- were strong before the telecast. Colley Cannon, aka Minnie Pearl. She was selected Over the years, Pearl has become a mainstay of bution director Sandy Bean. "Ran- Travis sales also jumped. In gener- to receive the award, which is named after her close the Opry. She has been a friend to scores of country dy Travis has done exceptionally al, though, Rosenbaum says, his friend and fellow Country Music Hall of Famer, by music greats, from Hank Williams Sr. to Hank Wil- well here," she says. "Even his stores did not enjoy a noticeable in- the Country Music Foundation board of trustees. liams Jr. first album is still selling well. crease in country movement. The award, which recognizes outstanding service to We congratulate her on winning the Roy Acuff K.T. Oslin is starting to sell." Like Kraft Foods, sponsor of the mankind by country mu- Community Service Sound Warehouse, Harmony CMA awards show throughout its sic artists, has previous- Award. She deserves it. House put country albums on sale television history, announced re- ly been given only to She has bridged the gap, during October and promoted cently it was severing its relation- Kenny Rogers and Wil- and she has given coun- them with newspaper ads. ship with the event (Billboard, lie Nelson. try music a class and ca- Bean says the 23 -store chain al- Nov. 14). "We're honoring Min- 1Vashuille maraderie that it never nie Pearl for all her would have had without involve- her. years of active FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 ment as spokesperson STAR, Yes, Sarah is a sweet- and fund- raiser for heart. But Minnie is a aboard. ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or charitable and humani- Pearl. transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, tarian organizations, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written both locally and nation- by Gerry Wood NEWSNOTES: Looking permission of the publisher. ally," comments Joe Talbot, chairman of the CMF's for interesting gift ideas for the holiday season? The board of trustees. Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's holiday HOT COUNTRY SINGLES ACTION Considering the time she spends at the Grand Ole gift catalog includes many one -of-a -kind gift items, in- Opry and on the road, Pearl devotes an amazing cluding rare record albums and books, satin jackets, RADIO MOST ADDED amount of time and energy to these causes. Among calendars, all sorts of videotapes -cooking lessons BRONZE/ GOLD SILVER SECONDARY TOTAL TOTAL those she has helped are the American Cancer Soci- with Rogers, Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, and ADDS ADDS ADDS ADDS ON ety, American Heart Assn., Outlook Nashville, Unit- 34 other stars; guitar lessons with Chet Atkins; early 27 REPORTERS 57 REPORTERS 61 REPORTERS 118 REPORTERS ed Way, March of Dimes, Children's Hospital, the performances by Hank Williams Sr., and more. Free TWINKLE LUCKY STAR W.O. Smith Nashville Community Music School, the copies of the catalog can be ordered from the Country MERLE HAGGARD EPIC 6 15 25 46 52 Nashville Humane Assn., and the Bill Wilkerson Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Department M, 4 PLEASE PLEASE BABY DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 1 12 21 34 77 Speech and Hearing Center. She has been state Music Square E., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Loveless stole the show. Loveless was sup- I WON'T TAKE LESS... chairwoman for the Tennessee chapter of the Amer- Patty TANYA TUCKER CAPITOL 7 9 18 34 35 ican Society, and she co- chaired that organization's posed to open for Willie Nelson during a four -night TENNESSEE FLAT TOP BOX national campaign with Lawrence Welk in 1972. booking at the Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Ind., ROSANNE CASH COLUMBIA 4 11 18 33 101 Pearl has been around for so long that sometimes last month. On the second night, Nelson, fighting a OH WHAT A LOVE it seems the only things older are her jokes. They problem with his voice, was told by his doctor not to NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND w.e. 3 3 23 29 64 are the cream of country corn. No subtle humor sing that evening. Just before the show was to begin, SURE THING here just corn pone. Who can forget her eternal the audience was informed it would be entertained by FOSTER AND LLOYD RCA 3 7 13 23 86 search for a "feller ": "They named the fire engine in Loveless instead of Nelson. The gracious fans gave I'M GONNA MISS YOU, GIRL Grinder's Switch after me, 'cause just like me it's al- Loveless a standing ovation. M. M. MURPHEY WARNER BROS. 2 9 12 23 23 ways ready but seldom called." Capitol artist T. Graham Brown will donate his tal- WHEELS RESTLESS HEART RCA 4 15 3 22 132 Some of her jokes date back to the beginning of ents to the American Lung Assn. of Tennessee during ONE STEP FORWARD infec- the group's Christmas Jubilee benefit Dec. 3 at the her routine. But audiences, prodded by her DESERT ROSE BAND MCA /CURB 4 6 12 22 103 will include an auc- tious enthusiasm and show -biz savvy, keep on Stouffer Nashville Hotel. The event SOME OLD SIDE ROAD laughing. tion featuring furs, a car, fine art, getaway trips, jewel- KEITH WHITLEY RCA 1 6 14 21 43 Pearl, 74, has been playing the Opry for 47 years. ry, home furnishings, and designer Christmas trees. Radio Most Added is a weekly national compilation of the ten records most added to the playlists With her frequent military -base tours during the The benefit costs $185 a couple. For reservations, of the radio stations reporting to Billboard. The full panel of radio reporters is published periodi- war years, she became the Bob Hope of country mu- call Beth Dow at the American Lung Assn., 615 -329- cally as changes are made, or is available by sending a self- addressed stamped envelope to: sic. She is a native of Centerville, Tenn., and her off- 2674. Billboard Chart Dept., 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036.
32 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com UNTRY Higher Profile Sought For Gospel Music Felton Jarvis Joins Ga. Hall Of Fame GMA Hires William Moms NASHVILLE Former Elvis Pres- open the first ABC Records office dio performances. He remained with NASHVILLE The Gospel Music "What we are, basically, is a fa- ley producer Felton Jarvis has been here. Two years later, he moved to Presley until the latter's death in Assn. here has retained the Wil- cilitator," says Butler. "We try to posthumously inducted into the RCA Records, Nashville, where he 1977. Among the Presley cuts pro- liam Morris Agency to promote make things happen. We're excited Georgia Music Hall of Fame, which worked on sessions with Skeeter duced by Jarvis were "In The Ghet- gospel music nationally, particu- that [William Morris] is willing to lauded his 20 years of service in the Davis, Floyd Cramer, Jim Ed to," "Kentucky Rain," "Suspicious larly through securing corporate do this on our behalf. We think it music industry. Brown, Willie Nelson, Fess Parker, Minds," "Big Boss Man," "U.S. sponsorships and television expo- will bring a whole new aspect to Jarvis, who died of a stroke six Jimmy Dean, Mickey Newbury, and Male," "Don't Cry Daddy," and sure. gospel music we haven't had be- years ago at the age of 46, is widely Presley. He teamed with Presley in "Burning Love." GMA executive director Don fore." recognized as one of most influen- 1966, producing the Grammy -win- Jarvis also produced records for Butler says he visualizes a broad Last year's Gospel Music tial producers in the history of coun- ning "How Great Thou Art" album. Gladys Knight, Vince Everette, Con- area of gospel -music activities for Week -and its Dove Awards cen- try music. He began his career in The same year, he won a Grammy way Twitty, Fats Domino, and which corporate sponsors may be terpiece -was primarily sponsored Atlanta, where his first studio effort for producing the album "Blues In Lloyd Price. He was awarded a spot sought, including the annual Gos- by the Chick -Fil -A fast -food chain. produced the No. 1 single "Sheila" The Street" by Cortelia Clark. in the Walkway of Stars at the pel Music Week, the Dove Awards Butler says the William Morris by Tommy Roe. Jarvis left RCA in 1970 to devote Country Music Hall of Fame and ceremony, concerts, seminars, and agreement will be in effect for the In 1963, he moved to Nashville to full time to Presley's stage and stu- Museum in 1984. DEBBIE HOLLEY scholarships. next three years.
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I- I- ix Compiled from a national sample of retail store a and one -stop sales reports. Y O = w w8 1 3' W Q Z wQ w Z 3 3 ¡ o 3 o `!' rn 3 ARTIST TITLE `Q v~i ; ARTIST TITLE ~ tv 3 LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE). ~ N 3 LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE). MERLE HAGGARD & WILLIE NELSON 39 35 31 6 SEASHORES OF OLD MEXICO ** NO.1 ** EPIC 40293
O2 2 5 ALABAMA RCA 6495 -1 (8.98) (CD) 1 week at No. One JUST US 40 39 35 12 KENNY ROGERS RCA 6484 -1(8.98) (CD) I PREFER THE MOONLIGHT
2 1 3 26 RANDY TRAVIS WARNER BROS. 25568-1 (8.98) (CD) ALWAYS & FOREVER 41 52 52 3 BILLY JOE ROYAL ATLANTIC AMERICA 90658 -1 /ATLANTIC (8.98) THE ROYAL TREATMENT
3 3 1 8 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 42035 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS, VOL 2 42 41 41 52 THE O'KANES COLUMBIA BL 40459 (CD) THE O'KANES
® 5 5 8 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 42030 (8.98) (CD) THE LAST ONE TO KNOW 43 40 38 29 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND WARNER BROS. 1-25573 (8.98) (CD) HOLD ON
5 4 4 17 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. WARNER/CURB 25593 -1 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) BORN TO BOOGIE 44 42 44 11 GLEN CAMPBELL MCA 42009 (8.98) STILL WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
6 6 6 28 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 25567 -1 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) HILLBILLY DELUXE .4 54 53 23 THE DESERT ROSE BAND MCA /CURB 5991 /MCA (8.98) (co) DESERT ROSE BAND
7 7 7 39 THE JUDDS RCA /CURB 5916.1 /RCA (8.98) (CD) HEART LAND 46 46 49 157 THE JUDDS RCA /CURB AHLI -5319 /RCA (8.98) (CD) WHY NOT ME
® 11 12 37 RICKY VAN SHELTON COLUMBIA 40602 (CD) WILD EYED DREAM 47 47 56 35 JUDY RODMAN MTM 71060 /CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) A PLACE CALLED LOVE O 14 10 16 K.T. OSLIN RCA 5924 -1 (8.98) (CD) 80'S LADIES 48 45 46 26 CHARLEY PRIDE 16TH AVENUE 70550/CAPITOL (8.98) AFTER ALL THIS TIME
10 8 8 28 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 5979 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 49 44 42 14 BARBARA MANDRELL EMI -AMERICA 46956 /CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) SURE FEELS GOOD
11 10 9 41 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 5913 (8.98) (CD) OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY 50 55 59 139 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 5567 (5.98) (co) GEORGE STRAIT'S GREATEST HITS
12 9 11 18 HIGHWAY 101 WARNER BROS. 25608-1 (8.98) (CD) HIGHWAY 101 10 67 57 34 ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL EPIC 40681 (CD) ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL HANK WILLIAMS, JR. 13 13 20 50 RESTLESS HEART RCA 5648 (8.98) (CO) WHEELS 52 53 58 158 GREATEST HITS, VOLUME I WARNER/CURB 60193 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) PARTON, LINDA RONSTADT, EMMYLOU HARRIS 14 15 17 35 DOLLY TRIO 53 49 45 17 VINCE GILL RCA 5923-1 (8.98) THE WAY BACK HOME WARNER BROS. 1 -25491 (9.98) (CD)
15 16 13 74 RANDY TRAVIS WARNER BROS. 1.25435 (8.98) (CD) STORMS OF LIFE 54 51 54 6 T.G. SHEPPARD COLUMBIA 40796 ONE FOR THE MONEY
16 12 16 14 TANYA TUCKER CAPITOL 46870 (098) (co) LOVE ME LIKE YOU USED TO 55 NEW 1 WAYLON JENNINGS MCA 42038 (8.98) (CD) A MAN CALLED HOSS
17 19 14 17 ROSANNE CASH COLUMBIA 40777 (CD) KING'S RECORD SHOP 56 62 48 57 ALABAMA RCA 5649-1 -R (8.98) (CD) THE TOUCH
18 17 15 14 THE STATLER BROTHERS MERCURY 832 404 -1 /POLYGRAM (CD) MAPLE STREET MEMORIES 57 50 55 26 CONWAY TWITTY MCA 5969 (8.98) (CO) BORDERLINE GAYLE AND GARY MORRIS 19 18 18 9 SAWYER BROWN CAPITOL /CURB 46923 /CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT 58 61 51 16 CRYSTAL WHAT IF WE FALL IN LOVE WARNER BROS. 25507 -1 (8.98) (CD)
20 21 23 5 EXILE EPIC 40901 SHELTER FROM THE NIGHT 59 60 63 12 VARIOUS ARTISTS K -TEL 2080 (6.98) COUNTRY NOW
21 22 22 6 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS MCA 42036 (8.98) (co) HEARTBEAT 60 56 61 5 S-K-B MTM 71064/CAPITOL (8.98) NO EASY HORSES
22 20 19 14 THE FORESTER SISTERS WARNER BROS. 25571 (8.98) (CD) YOU AGAIN 61 57 50 53 KATHY MATTEA MERCURY 830 405 -1 /POLYGRAM (CD) WALK THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS
23 25 25 6 JOHN SCHNEIDER MCA 42033 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 62 58 64 18 TAMMY WYNETTE EPIC 40832 (CD) HIGHER GROUND
24 23 24 91 ALABAMA RCA AHLI -7170 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 63 63 73 53 GEORGE JONES EPIC 40413 (CD) WINE COLORED ROSES
25 29 27 6 STEVE WARINER MCA 42032 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS 64 48 47 37 MOE BANDY MCA /CURB 5914 /MCA (8.98) YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST OF ME HANK WILLIAMS, JR. 26 26 26 6 GEORGE JONES EPIC 40776 SUPER HITS 65 65 75 90 GREATEST HITS, VOLUME II WARNER /CURB 25328/WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) O 30 30 5 BAILLIE AND THE BOYS RCA 6272-1 (8.98) (CD) BAILLIE & THE BOYS 66 66 68 47 PATSY CLINE MCA 12 (8.98) GREATEST HITS ® 34 39 5 GARY MORRIS WARNER BROS. 1 -25581 (8.98) HITS 67 73 71 20 LEE GREENWOOD MCA 5999 (8.98) (CD) IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE 29 24 21 12 RONNIE MILSAP RCA 6245.1 (8.98) (CD) HEART AND SOUL 68 69 70 3 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP MERCURY 832 465 1/POLYGRAM THE LONESOME JUBILEE
30 28 28 41 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. WARNER /CURB 1- 25538 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) HANK "LIVE' 69 75 69 4 RAY STEVENS MCA 42062 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2
31 32 32 7 DAVID LYNN JONES MERCURY 832 518- 1 /POLYGRAM HARD TIMES ON EASY STREET 70 68 74 8 CRYSTAL GAYLE WARNER BROS. 25622-1 (8.98) (CD) THE BEST OF CRYSTAL GAYLE
32 31 29 22 HOLLY DUNN MTM 71063 /CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) CORNERSTONE 71 12 - 53 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 5807 (8.98) (CD) WHAT AM I GONNA DO ABOUT YOU
33 27 33 105 THE JUDDS RCA /CURB AHLI- 7042 /RCA (8.98) (CD) ROCKIN' WITH THE RHYTHM 72 70 62 6 DAVE ALVIN EPIC 40921 ROMEO'S ESCAPE
34 33 36 22 T. GRAHAM BROWN CAPITOL 12552 (8.98) (CD) BRILLIANT CONVERSATIONALIST 73 64 67 48 DOLLY PARTON RCA 4422 GREATEST HITS
35 38 34 24 STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES MCA 5998 (8.98) (CD) EXIT 0 74 59 60 19 WILLIE NELSON COLUMBIA 40487 (CD) ISLAND IN THE SEA
36 36 37 84 DWIGHT YOAKAM GUITARS, CADILLACS, ETC., ETC. 75 71 101 RONNIE MILSAP RCA AHLI- 5425(8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 REPRISE /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) - 25372
COLUMBIA SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO 37 37 40 66 SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO 40406 (CD) OAlbums with the greatest sales gains this week. (CD) Compact disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units, with each additional million indicated by a 3$ 43 43 4 FOSTER AND LLOYD RCA 6372-1 (8.98) (CD) FOSTER & LLOYD numeral following the symbol. 'CBS Records and PolyGram Records do not issue a suggested list price for their product.
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©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. SINGLES.. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written g COUNTRY permission of the publisher. Z Compiled from a national sample of radio playlists. Y `, p1- y Or =w 6w 38 = TITLE ARTIST =w áw 30 x= TITLE ARTIST 1- 3 - N < 3 o PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) ( ABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL 3 NQ 3U PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL NO * * YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST OF ME MOE BANDY * * .1 51 34 22 17 J.KENNEDY (T.R.SNOW, E.KAZ) MCA /CURB 53132 /MCA IILWO,.,NIN NEED YOU ANYMORE (ALWAYS AND FOREVER) RANDY TRAVRNER O 2 4 13 B. YOUR LOVE TAMMY WYNETTE 52 41 24 17 LYNDA STEVE MARINER S.BUCKINGHAM (T.R000O, B.FOSTER) EPIC 34 -07226 O 4 6 12 (B.LABOUNTY, P.MCLAUGHLIN) WHAT A LOVE NITTY GRITTY D T BAND 66 2 R SOMEIBOADMY( IED RICKY V -07ON - MORGAN,P.WORLEY 1880TSON) 7-28173 5 7 0 14 III BERS, LJENKINS) AMBISHE8 ® PRICE 5 ® R.PENNINGNONN MBERG,tJ MARIASH) STEP ONE 378 6 9 13 ® ?gig(MI NK. C.WAOTERS, T.SHAPIRO) MTM O72091/Y CDAPROL DSARSAVED ME PATTI LOVELESS LAST 55 58 64 4 (C.WRIGHT) 53 S 9 10 GNTRTOBENKNOW REBA MCEN 7 10 31R59 0 * * * HOT SHOT DEBUT * * * ONE FOR E MONK) T.G. RD 8 11 12 pp, 1 TWINKLE, RRDK(MEHAGGARRDY STAR MERLEEPIC 3IÁARD © c UMSHHAPA7áé ® NEW
LOGACN ((MALDDDO LOVE MCGUI T. GRAHAM BROWNWN 9 12 11 THAT'S MY JOB CONWAY TWITTY O 44061 57 71 2 - J.BOWEN (G.BURR) MCA 53200
11 16 11 JUICE NEWTON ® DO EYDArD(K.T.DSLIN) RCA 55239 --71 77 2 ® - R.LANDIS B.MHER,P.KENNERLEY) IF LEE GREENWOOD 9 10 13 13 HENJLGRE IFOITT WAS ANYONE BUT JOHN SCHNEIDER NN WOOD (M.TNOBLE, C.M.SPRIGGS T.COLTON) MCA 53156 59 64 73 3 RpUurn MEMORIES OF YOU DOLLY PARTON, LINDA RONSTADT, EMMYLOU HARRIS 13 17 9 THOSE SHINE, SINE,JSHUI EDDY RAVENEN 0 G.MASSENBURG (A.O'BRYANT) WARNER BROS. 7 -28248 60 49 32 18 GA,E K.BEU) BONNIE DAVID LYNN JONES 11 12 14 14 SOME OLEDRSIDE ROAD KEITH WHITLEY ALBRIGT M1.RRONSONID JJOENÉS (D.LJONES) MERc ól 83 - 2 SOMEWHERE TONIGHT HIGHWAY 101 12 15 .18 9 RIVER P. WORLEY (H.HOWARD, R.CROWELL) WARNER BROS. 7 -28223 70 78 4 ® M.LLOYD (É STEVENS, H.NTER)E ADVANTAGE /COMPLEATTE ROUGH AND ROWDY DAYS WAYLON JENNINGS 16 19 11 13 J.BOWEN,W.JENNINGS (WARNINGS, R.MURRAH) MCA 53158 STANDING ADAM A80ATES((R. 63 69 77 4 LROPTNAM,B.JONES) 74 SWEETHEARTScOOFF O 14 17 20 11 RODE G UCKINGHAEM (AWiAL)Y THE 5 I'VE GOT W. MAKING YOU TALK 64 67 72 16TH AVENUE 70405/CAPITOL5/CAPIITOL PRPREFER THE, MOON tLIWGHT) KENNY ROGERS 15 18 21 7 I RCA ® 1 I WON'T TAKE LESS THAN YOUR LOVE TANYA TUCKER WITH P. DAVIS & R. OVERSTREET NEW, J.CRUTCHFIELD (P.OVERSTREET, D.SCHLITZ) CAPITOL 44100 CRAZY THE BELMCA/CURBRO1HHEAtSA 3 16 5 15 JR.((DD.BMELLTAHMY,HSECAHJ I WANT TO KNOW YOU BEFORE WE MAKE LOVE CONWAY TWITTY 66 54 46 20 J.BOWEN,C.TWITTY,D.HENRY (C.PARTON, B.HOBBS) MCA 53134 MAYBE YOUR BABY'S GOT THE BLUES THE JUDOS 17 1 3 14 IF YOU'RE TELL B.MAHER (T.SEALS. G.LYLE) RCA/CURB 5255-7 /RCA 4 GONNA ME UES ROSEMARY SHARP 67 73 81 B.BARTON (D.ATKIN, LWHINNERY) CANYON CREEK 87 -0908 HEAVEN CAN'T BE FOUND HANK WILLIAMS, JR. 7 ió 22 26 B. BECKETT ,H.WILLIAMS,JR.,J.E.NORMAN (H.WILLIAMS,JR.) WARNER/CURB 7- 28227/WARNER BROS. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE NEW GRASSREVIVAL 68 44 47 8 CAPITOL 21 25 7 i9 E.SCHEEINER (SS.LLEMMA11P.PENNNINGTOON) EPIC 34-0759E 69 IF EVER A FOOL RAZZY BAILEY 75 4 80 R BAILE 001 NNALH WOPAT 20 20 23 13 (B.RICE, M.S.RICE) CAAPMr 84 DYODUCAN'T ,BLAME THE TRAIN 0 2 DONMCLEAN DO(VGSOM IEBhING VINC GILL 23 27 10 5257-7 BOOGIE (BACKKTTO TEXAS ASLEEP AT 71 63 53 6 THE WHEEL ONE 24 28 6 ® HNINGIE.SEALS) DAPITNNS4E4ALS FISo ' IN THE DARK NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND 72 59 49 20 I (WWALDMAN, DLBRAIT RONNIERCAA15259 34 5 O27 RW.MHILESARPE ,KLEHNIINNG (MREID, R.M.BOURKE) -77 DOVE 13 82 85 3 JJ.. STREOIAO(.OVERSTREET,T.SCHUYLER) RODIN%áDs GIVE ((HRmT 29 8 24 26 MCA/CURBB63157 DON'T SAR NO MASON 51 56 7 ARRRREYZETON D.MITCHELL) PREMIER ON STILL WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE GLEN CAMAPBELL ® 28 31 8 75 NO EASY 15 48 30 (T LERJ.F.KNOBLOCH, D.SCHLITZ) MTM 72090/CAPITOL KATHY 6 ® &REYNOLDS (P.ALGER, B.DALE, F.KOLLER) MERCURY 888 MOLAYGRMP ERR STAYING TOGETHER 85 2 0 - TNP 75010 CÁIPROR. TIME IN THE OAK RIDGE BOYS53175 7 O 30 35 (R.MURRAH, R.ALVES, J.D.HICKS) I'M NNANORMMISS MICHAEL MARRNERNBROMSï Q NEW 1 ESTER) --28168 SHAME MICHAEL JOxHNSON 32 37 6 ® &CRYIIERR((M.JOHNSON, D.SCHLfTZ, B.MAHER) A 5279-7 POVMAK LYNNE a89 2 - N (VAAL A BIRDIE, BIRDE) EVERGREEN 1060 PAKE MCCENTIRE 29 31 33 9 GOODTGODD, HADIITLSe OD YOU I 79 76 AGAIN THE FORESTER SISTERS 67 22 STROUD (D.SCHLITZ, P.OVERSTREET) ROS ONLY MLOVE JorAN C.WVTE E NOW 37 43 5 ® WARNER BTROOSS. G28209 NOW YOU'RE MCDANIEL NEW 1 ® P.THOMAS) ME CA(0_CAPITOL 3KAN6 S 31 35 40 6 K.KANE,J.OHARA MANE) /HARA. BABY TONIGHT JJUUDYDROD 'HJÓCOLUMBIA 81 78 I 74 23 TLLLB(B DYLUR MAN AMBOWEBN I GEORGE 53AI65 32 14 1 14 G`STRAIT (D.CHAMBERLAIN) N EiN18, LOUISE MAR A520 82 1 TENDDDEM.TIIMHET(R.ROGERS) ** *POWER PICK /AIRPLAY * * * 7 WHEELS RESTLESS HEART ROLL THE DICE SHURFIRE 42 51 4 NEW 1 ® T.DUBOISSHEIORICKS,RESTLESS HEART (O.LOGGINS) RCA 5280-7 ® M.DANIEL,D.KNIGHT (P.NELSON, LBOONE) AIR 180 / POLYGRAM TELL THE TERS OUROYAN D.GOOOSOUTH RS 36 38 9 ®NEW 1 (B.BORCHERS, ® ALDRIDTGE (OW ALLDRIRIDRGÉ GDDAI(YEBEAACRE) 34-07367 J.MASTERS) BERMUDA DUNES I'LL PIN PILLOW JOE ROYAL 85 MAMA'S JOHN 39 44 6 81 I 69 19 O . N ANOTER .GGOOODMOANR ATLANTIC AMERICA 7 ANTIC GAT.M KINMACRAE) COLLUMBI 308-0 203 RICKPY, 1 TAKE IT REAL EASY DOBIE 40 45 SKAGGS6 GRAY ® 6 R.SKAGGSE(MTILLIS, AR.PEDDY, R.PRICE) NEW L.BUTLER (LBUTLER, D.DILLON) CAPITOL 44087
EL TANCYAPITTUCKER CRAZY OVER YOMTER, FOSTER AND ALSLLOYD 2 18 BUSEDSO 87 68 54 21 37 19 cTGHCRU DA K é e.LLOro)
SCHLIT TM ES LYNN ANDERSON WOULDD THESEJARMS BE IN YOUR WAY 38 38 39 10 REABETEEN 88 87 65 13 KEITH WHITLEY BEONNAG K.BAILLIE) Y 888 3POOMAN RCA
o0C1APPIITOL44066 89 43 48 5 ó. 86 71 18 ® W1WAAMS,NTNDIS (R.M.BAODURKE,M.REID) P.ANDERSONA(D.YDAKAM) REPRISE 7.2831 0/WARNNER BROS. THE FWAA(EESREBROSSISzá208 EVERYBODY NEEDS A,mHERO 45 55 4 90 88 84 15 GENE WATSON ® EYWNIT.SSiÇIINNEMRSSAINNER, ,J.LWALLACE)
ONE STEP FORWARD THE DESERT ROSE BAND EASY TRO FIND 41 47 59 4 91 57 58 6 GIRLS P.WORLEY (C.HILLMAN, B.WILDES) MCA/CURB 53201 /MCA T.WEST MS NEXT DOOR
EARLE THE 1TH T ROCKS THE 42 46 52 6 92 91 87 26 CRADLE GLEN CAMPBELL TT..BBRROWTE.GORDYER R.BENNETT(S.EARLE) MCA MCA 53108 2 TENNNNEESSEE FLAT TOP BOX ROSANNE CASH HE'S LIETTIING( 52 93 65 41 16 BAILLIE AND THE BOYS (J.CASH) PBUNCH, M.A.KENNEDY) 5227-7 ALABAMA 44 25 8 14 20 PLOOVVE REUNITED THE DESERT ROSE BAND H.SHREOO.ALABAMA (ROWER) RCA 94 80 57 EY &HILL)
I WANT A LOVE LIKE THAT JUDY RODMAN 50 60 4 ANYONE NCAN DcO THEMHEARTBREAK ANNgMURRAY 45 TWEST (TSCHUYLER, J.IAN) MTM 72092 /CAPITOL 95 61 42 13 J.WHITE
53 3 DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW VERN GOSDIN THE WEAY WETMAKE A BROKEN HEART CASH ® 66 B.MONTGMERY (V.GOSOIN. M.D.BARNES) COLUMBIA 38 -07627 96 79 63 22 ROSANNE FOSTER ANRCALLOYD I55 70 3 4 BROSGHBFILL BúóYO,R.FOOST R ( R.FOSTER, B.LLOYD) 97 72 75 P.ANDERSON (G.HIGHFILL) WARNER
PLEARRSEONPOAKEABAD. BY 2 I'LL NEVER BE LOVE AGAIN DON WILLIAMS 62 REPmsE 7- 28117C4/WARNOER BBRROSI . 98 90 83 25 ® - ( LAMS RIGHT FROM THE START EARL THOMAS CONLEY L 49 33 15 17 TWO OF ONDA FULLEHOUSE) DENNIS ROBBINS N.LARKIN,E.T.CONLEY (B.HERZIG. R.WATKINS) RCA 5226-7 99 99 98 8 é.KINND((WORKI' MAPLE STREET MEM'RIES THE STATLER BROTHERS 56 61 4 CHANGIN' PARTNERS LARRY GATLIN AND THE GATLIIN ® J.KENNEDY (D.REID) MERCURY 888 920 -7 /POLYGRAM 100 74 50 15 BRAOTHER2S
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34 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 Billboard. HOT COUNTRY SINGLESTM COUNTRY SINGLES COUNTRY A ranking of the top 30 country singles by sales with reference to each title's position on the main Hot Country Singles chart. BY LABEL o'Z A ranking of distributing labels rx SALES op by the number of titles they have =w áw TITLE ARTIST oo on the Hot Country Singles chart. r- a 3 LABEL NO. OF TITLES CORNIH 1 2 LIED RICKY VAN SHELTON 3 SOMEBODY ON CHART
1 2 1 I WON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE RANDY TRAVIS by Marie Ratliff CAPITOL (1 2) 19 3 4 ONLY WHEN I LOVE HOLLY DUNN 4 MTM (5) 16th Avenue (1) WITH SO MUCH ATTENTION being focused on the phenomenal suc- 4 5 LYNDA STEVE WARINER 2 TNP (1) cess of this year's crop of new faces -such as K.T. Oslin, Ricky Van MCA (14) 19 5 9 THE LAST ONE TO KNOW REBA MCENTIRE 5 Shelton, and Foster & Lloyd -it should be pointed out that the perenni- MCA /Curb (5) al hit makers are still very much in evidence as well. 6 3 MAYBE YOUR BABY'S GOT THE BLUES THE JUDDS 17 RCA (1 7) 18 RCA /Curb (1) 7 13 ONE FOR THE MONEY T.G. SHEPPARD 6 WARNER BROS. (10) 13 MERLE HAGGARD, who first hit the charts in 1963 with "Sing A Sad 8 10 SHE COULDN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE T. GRAHAM BROWN 7 Reprise (2) Warner /Curb (1) Song" and has charted more than 75 singles since, adds one more with 9 11 CRAZY FROM THE HEART THE BELLAMY BROTHERS 16 "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" (Epic), the Hot Shot Debut at No. 56. "A COLUMBIA 9 sure top five, his best in a long time," says PD Ted Cramer, WKY Okla- 10 7 AM I BLUE GEORGE STRAIT 32 EPIC 7 6 homa City. 11 15 DO YA' K.T. OSLIN 8 POLYGRAM That feeling is echoed by MD Chuck Collier, WGAR Cleveland, who Mercury (4) 12 6 TAR TOP ALABAMA 44 Advantage /Compleat (1) adds, "It has that country doo-wop sound from the '50s, and people love Air (1) it. We added it right out of the box." 13 16 GOTTA GET AWAY SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO 14 ATLANTIC 1 14 12 LOVE ME LIKE YOU USE TO TANYA TUCKER 37 Atlantic America (1) AVISTA 1 is 15 18 I'LL PIN A NOTE ON YOUR PILLOW BILLY JOE ROYAL 35 STILL MAKING WAVES, too, Conway Twitty, whose chronology of BERMUDA DUNES 1 hits began on the pop chart in 1958 with "It's Only Make Believe." After 12 16 17 SOMEWHERE TONIGHT HIGHWAY 101 CANYON CREEK 1 14 top 40 hits, Twitty took up residence on the country chart in 1966 and DIAMOND 1 has seldom been off it since. His just- released "That's My Job" (MCA) is 17 21 BONNIE JEAN (LITTLE SISTER) DAVID LYNN JONES 11 EVERGREEN 1 charted at No. 57 in its second week. "This record is unbelievable," says 18 20 I CAN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH EXILE 19 MD Scott Johnson, WLVK Charlotte, N.C. "We added it very early, and PREMIER ONE 1 19 23 HEAVEN CAN'T BE FOUND HANK WILLIAMS, JR. 18 the requests are phenomenal -an average of 30 calls a day." SOA 1 STEP ONE 1 PD Dave Wright, WPCV Lakeland, Fla., reports unusually strong ini- 20 24 THOSE MEMORIES OF YOU D. PARTON, L. RONSTADT, E. HARRIS 10 reaction to Twitty "One guy called and said he tial the single, adding, 21 27 IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE LEE GREENWOOD 9 heard it playing on his way to work one morning, and he had to pull off the road because he started bawling. It really moves folks." 22 25 ONE FRIEND DAN SEALS 22
23 8 YOUR LOVE TAMMY WYNETTE 52
CRYSTAL GAYLE has been turning out hits for 17 years and shows 24 28 ROUGH AND ROWDY DAYS WAYLON JENNINGS 13
no signs of slacking off. "Only Love Can Save Me Now" (Warner Bros.) 25 30 I PREFER THE MOONLIGHT KENNY ROGERS 15 is currently No. 30 after just five weeks. "I'm glad they're putting coun- 26 19 YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST OF ME MOE BANDY 51 try back in her songs," says PD Ray Randall, KRMD Shreveport, La. "This one has a real strong gutsy feel." MD Gary Hightower, KFDI 27 26 FISHIN' IN THE DARK NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND 72 Wichita, Kan., says, "This is the best Crystal Gayle record I've heard in 28 JUST LOVIN' YOU THE O'KANES 31 a very long time." - Hightower is also enthusiastic about the new Rex Allen Jr. song, 29 14 RIGHT FROM THE START EARL THOMAS CONLEY 49
"We're Staying Together" (TNP). "This new one is a very positive song 30 22 SHINE. SHINE, SHINE EDDY RAVEN 60 and is doing well here," he says. It's charted at No. 76. ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored n any etrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo- copying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
COUNTRY SINGLES A -Z PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS /SHEET MUSIC 68 UNCONDITIONAL LOVE (Cross Keys, ASCAP/Tree, SMI) TITLE 96 THE WAY WE MAKE A BROKEN HEART (Publisher - Licensing Org.) (Bug, BMI /Bilt, BMI) Sheet Music Dist. 15 I PREFER THE MOONLIGHT (Benefit, BMI/Englishtown, BMI) (Ensign, BMI /Red Ribbon, BMI) CPP 76 WE'RE STAYING TOGETHER (Riverstone, ASCAP /Blackwood, BMI /Lard Of Music, 89 LITTLE WAYS 73 RISE AND SHINE (Writer's Group, BMI /Bethlehem, BMI) 32 AM I BLUE BMI) HL (Coal Dust West, BMI) (Writer's Group, BMI /Scarlet Moon, BMI /Bethlehem, 33 WHEELS (Milene -Opryland, ASCAP) CPP 45 I WANT A LOVE LIKE THAT 37 LOVE ME LIKE YOU USED TO BMI) (MCA, ASCAP /Patchwork, ASCAP) HL 95 ANYONE CAN DO THE HEARTBREAK (Writer's Group, BMI /Bethlehem, BMI /MCA, (Web IV, BMI /Paul & Jonathan, BMI / Rightsong, 83 ROLL THE DICE 23 WHERE DO THE NIGHTS GO (Snow, ASCAP/Tasteful, BMI) ASCAP /Doubletime, ASCAP) HL BMI /Attadoo, BMI) HL (Screen Gems, ASCAP /Uncle Artie, ASCAP) (Lodge Hall, ASCAP/Chappell, ASCAP /R.M.B., ASCAP) 11 BONNIE JEAN (LITTLE SISTER) 66 I WANT TO KNOW YOU BEFORE WE MAKE LOVE 94 LOVE REUNITED 13 ROUGH AND ROWDY DAYS CPP /HL (Mighty Nice, BMI /Hat Band, BMI) (Irving, BMI /Beckaroo, BMI) CPP /ALM (Bug, BMI /Bar None, SMI) aylon Jennings, BMI/Tom Collins, BMI) CPP 88 WOULD THESE ARMS BE IN YOUR WAY 71 BOOGIE BACK TO TEXAS 1 I WON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE (ALWAYS AND 78 LOVIN' THE BLUE 7 SHE COULDN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE (Tree, BMI /Hookem, ASCAP) HL (Paw Paw, BMI) FOREVER) (Tri- Spectra, ASCAP) (Rick Hall, ASCAP/Fame, BMI) 79 YOU AGAIN 100 CHANGIN' PARTNERS (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI /Face The Music, ASCAP /Blue 40 LYIN' IN HIS ARMS AGAIN 60 SHINE, SHINE, SHINE (MCA, ASCAP/Don Schlitz, ASCAP/Writer's Group, (Larry Gatle, BMI) Lake, BMI) CPP (Hall -Clement, BMI) HL (April, ASCAP/Butler's Bandits, ASCAP/Next -O -Ken, BMI /Scarlet Moon, BMI) CPP /HL 16 CRAZY FROM THE HEART TRAIN 65 I WONT TAKE LESS THAN YOUR LOVE 2 LYNDA BMI /Ensign, BMI) CPP /HI. 70 YOU CAN'T BLAME THE (Bellamy Bros., ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP /Don Schlitz, (MCA, ASCAP/Don Schlitz, ASCAP/Writer's Group, (Screen Gems -EMI, BMI) 61 SOME OLD SIDE ROAD (Bocephus, BMI /Paradise Cove, BMI) ASCAP) HL BMI /Scarlet Moon, BMI) 97 MAD MONEY (Uncle Artie, ASCAP) 51 YOU HAVENT HEARD THE LAST OF ME 87 CRAZY OVER YOU ASCAP) HL 39 I WOULDN'T BE A MAN (Fandango, BMI) 3 SOMEBODY LIED (Snow, ASCAP /April, ASCAP /Kaz, (Uncle Artie, ASCAP /Lawyer's Daughter, BMI) CPP (Jack 8 Bill, ASCAP /Songs De Burgo, ASCAP /Lodge 85 MAMA'S ROCKIN' CHAIR (Galleon, ASCAP) CPP 55 YOU SAVED ME 28 CRYING SHAME Hall, ASCAP) CPP /HL (Music City, ASCAP /Intersong, ASCAP /Dig -A -Bone, 12 SOMEWHERE TONIGHT (Above Angel, ASCAP) ( Tonka, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP /April, ASCAP/Welbeck, 59 IF IT WAS ANYONE BUT YOU ASCAP) HL (Tree, BMI /Granite, ASCAP /Coolwell, ASCAP) HL 52 YOUR LOVE ASCAP /Blue Quill, ASCAP) HL (MCA, ASCAP /Don Schlitz, ASCAP /Music Corp. Of 50 MAPLE STREET MEM'RIES 63 STANDING INVITATION (Bibo, ASCAP /Screen Gems -EMI, BMI) HL 8 DO YA' America, BMI) HL (Statler Brothers, BMI) CPP (Tree, BMI /Cross Keys, ASCAP) HL (Wooden Wonder, SESAC) 69 IF LOVE EVER MADE A FOOL 17 MAYBE YOUR BABY'S GOT THE BLUES 25 STILL WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE 46 DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW (Mocassin Creek, BMI) (WB, ASCAP/Two Sons, ASCAP /Good Single, (White Oak, ASCAP) ( Hookem, ASCAP/Blue Lake, BMI) CPP 9 IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE BMI /Irving, BMI) CPP /ALM 47 SURE THING 74 DON'T SAY NO TONIGHT (WB, ASCAP /Bob Montgomery, ASCAP/Warner- 75 NO EASY HORSES (Uncle Artie, ASCAP /lawyer's Daughter, BMI) CPP (Screen Gems -EMI, BMI) Tamerlane, SMI/Writers House, BMI) (Writer's Group, BMI /Bethlehem, BMI /Lawyer's 20 SUSANNAH 91 EASY TO FIND 67 IF YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME LIES Daughter, BMI /A Little More Music , ASCAP /Uncle (April, ASCAP /Swallowfork, ASCAP) HL (Uncle Artie, ASCAP) CPP (Doug And Larry, BMI) Artie, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP) CPP /HL 42 SWEET LITTLE '66 90 EVERYBODY NEEDS A HERO 81 I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT 80 NOW YOU'RE TALKIN' (Goldline, ASCAP) (WB, ASCAP/Two Sons, ASCAP/Tree, BMI) HL (Dwarf, ASCAP) (Vogue, BMI /Partner, BMI) 86 TAKE IT REAL EASY 72 FISHIN' IN THE DARK 98 I'LL NEVER BE IN LOVE AGAIN 53 OH WHAT A LOVE (Blackwood, BMI /Larry Butler, BMI) (Screen Gems -EMI, BMI /Moon & Stars, BMI /Burger (Sabal, ASCAP) HL (Unarm, ASCAP) 44 TAR TOP Bits, ASCAP) 35 I'LL PIN A NOTE ON YOUR PILLOW 6 ONE FOR THE MONEY (Maypop, BMI) 24 GIVE BACK MY HEART (White Wing, BMI /Ensign, BMI /Famous, ASCAP /Blue (Tapadero, BMI /Cavesson, ASCAP) CPP 34 TELL IT TO YOUR TEDDY BEAR (Michael H. Goldsen, ASCAP /Lyle Lovett, ASCAP) Moon, ASCAP) CPP 22 ONE FRIEND (Rick Hall, ASCAP /Song On Hold, SESAC) 26 GOIN' GONE 77 I'M GONNA MISS YOU, GIRL (Pink Pig, BMI) 58 TELL ME TRUE (Bait And Beer, ASCAP /Forerunner, ASCAP /Little (Fourth Floor, ASCAP /Hot Kitchen, ASCAP) 41 ONE STEP FORWARD (April, ASCAP /Irving, BMI) Laurel, BMI /Foreshadow, BMI /Lucrative, BMI /Bug, 36 I'M TIRED (Bar None, BMI) 82 TENDER TIME BMI) (Cedarwood, BMI) HL 30 ONLY LOVE CAN SAVE ME NOW (Sister John, BMI /New Haven, BMI) SHEET MUSIC AGENTS 29 GOOD GOD, I HAD IT GOOD 62 ITS SUCH A HEARTACHE (Tree, BMI /Cross Keys, ASCAP) HL 43 TENNESSEE FLAT TOP BOX are listed for piano /vocal sheet music copies (Blackwood, BMI /Land Of Music, BMI /Englishtown, (DebDave, BMI/Tender Vittles, BMI) CPP 4 ONLY WHEN I LOVE (Rightsong, BMI) and may not represent mixed folio rights. BMI) FIL 64 I'VE GOT WAYS OF MAKING YOU TALK (Lawyer's Daughter, BMI/Tree, BMI /Cross Keys, 57 THAT'S MY JOB 14 GOTTA GET AWAY ABP April Blackwood CPP Columbia Pictures ( Milene- Opryland, ASCAP) CPP ASCAP) CPP /HL (Terrace, ASCAP /Garwin, ASCAP) (MCA, ASCAP) HL 54 JUST ENOUGH LOVE 84 OUR LOVE IS LIKE THE SOUTH 10 THOSE MEMORIES OF YOU ALM Almo HAN Hansen 92 THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (Lyn Pen, BMI /Cavesson, ASCAP) CPP (Ensign, BMI/Tuggy, BMI) (Bill Monroe, BMI) CPP B -M Belwin Mills HL Hal Leonard (Contention, SESAC) 31 JUST LOVIN' YOU 48 PLEASE PLEASE BABY 27 TIME IN B -3 Big Three IMM Ivan Mogull 18 HEAVEN CAN'T BE FOUND (Cross Keys, ASCAP/Tree, BMI /Kieran Kane, ASCAP) (Coal Dust West, BMI) (Tom Collins, BMI /Collins Court, ASCAP) CPP BP MCA MCA ( Bocephus, BMI) CPP Bradley HL 38 READ BETWEEN THiE LINES 56 TWINKLE, TWINKLE LUCKY STAR 93 HE'S LETTING GO CHA Chappell PSP Peer Southern 5 THE LAST ONE TO KNOW (MCA, ASCAP /Don Schlitz, ASCAP /Colgems-EMI, (Inorbit, BMI) (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI /Heart Wheel, BMI) CLM Cherry Lane PLY Plymouth (Tapadero, BMI / Cavesson, ASCAP) CPP ASCAP) HL 99 TWO OF A KIND (WORKIN' ON A FULL HOUSE) 19 I CAN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH CPI Cimino WBM Warner Bros. 21 LETS DO SOMETHING 49 RIGHT FROM THE START (Corey Rock, BMI /Bobby Boyd, BMI) (Tree, BMI/Pacific Island, BMI) CPP /HL
BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 35 www.americanradiohistory.com UN TR Y Christian Index Updated NASHVILLE Resource Publica- Another section cites accompaniment tions, San Jose, Calif., has released tapes by both title and artist. Chris- its revised edition of the Christian tian music publishers are also listed. record directory "The Recording Lo- "The Recording Locator" is updat- cator." The 1,048 -page edition lists ed by three quarterly supplements more than 100,000 Christian song and following the October release of each album titles. new volume. These supplements also Three separate indexes categorize carry a section of Christian music the music by song title, artist, and al- news and articles about Christian bum title. Each entry shows the re- music retailing. corded forms in which a title is avail- The 1988 volume is now priced at able, including compact disk, and the $123.20 but will be upped to $160, publisher and stock number. A new says a spokesman for the publisher. feature lists Christian music videos.
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I- ix Compiled from a national sample of retail store o x and one -stop sales reports. w < z by Peter Keepnews ARTIST TITLE 1 n I- blessing," according to Rappaport, who adds that the and one-time Herman sideman Milt Jackson will be VERVE POLYGRAM (CD) IZ NEWS SHIRLEY HORN 833 235.1 / great bandleader, who died on Oct. 29, "was pleased to among the special guests. I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU know he would have this legacy." Gary Giddins, the artistic director of the repertory 0 NEWS HENRY BUTLER MCA /IMPULSE 2- 8023 /MCA (CD) Once the fund is fully operational, which should be orchestra, sees the concert as a fitting tribute to a THE VILLAGE a JACK DEJOHNETTE'S SPECIAL EDITION MCA /IMPULSE 5992 /MCA (CD) early next year, any jazz artist who is a member of the man who was "a national resource" - and as both 14 11 23 IRRESISTIBLE FORCES Academy (it costs $35 to join) can apply for financial celebration of his contribution and a protest of the DONALD HARRISON & TERRANCE BLANCHARD COLUMBIA FC 40830 (CD) assistance if he or she meets certain requirements. A fact that he ended his life "persecuted as if he were a IS NEWS CRYSTAL STAIR three -person committee will evaluate all applications. criminal" by the IRS. Not long before Herman's death, the Academy "He's somebody who should be honored as a titan of ALBuMSTM staged an all -star benefit concert for him in Los Ange- American musical life," Giddins says. "You wouldn't ToP CONTEMPORARY JAZZ les. Current plans call for an annual series of benefits expect to see what happened to him happen to a classi- to keep Woody Herman Foundation Fund grow- cal musician or someone who fits more into the hierar- ** No.1 ** the SPYRO GYRA MCA 42046 (CD) 1 week at No. One 2 11 ing. "The biggest thing," Rappaport says, "is to keep chy of the cultural elite in this country." O STORIES WITHOUT WORDS this fund perpetuating itself and to have at least one HIROSHIMA EPIC FE 40679/E.P.A. (CD) 2 3 13 GO LARRY CARLTON MCA 42003 (CD) 3 1 17 DISCOVERY PAT METHENY GROUP GEFFEN GHS 24145 (co) 4 5 15 STILL LIFE (TALKING) GEORGE BENSON /EARL KLUGH WARNER BROS. 25550 (CD) 5 4 19 COLLABORATION GROVER WASHINGTON,JR. COLUMBIA FC 40510 6 6 13 STRAWBERRY MOON O 9 5 FATTBURGER INTIMA 73287 /ENIGMA (CD) GOOD NEWS YELLOWJACKETS MCA 5994 (CD) 8 7 25 FOUR CORNERS KENNY G. £2 ARISTA AL8 8427 (CD) by Bob Darden 9 8 39 DUOTONES BIRDS OF A FEATHER DSP /OPTIMISM DSP 7002 (co) RUSS TAFF sings with a power and conviction that "It seems like on past LPs that we've always looked at IO 10 7 belie his size, belie his background, and belie a crit- what the people want, what works best in concert, BIRDS OF A FEATHER LEE RITENOUR GRP GR -1042 (CD) radio wants I've written and per- 21 3 ic's attempts to categorize. It's what Van Morrison what Christian -and II PORTRAIT calls the "yarrggh." It's a catch in the voice, it's a formed material for all of them. But for the past year DIANNE REEVES BLUE NOTE BLJ 46906 (CD) to for me." I2 22 3 moment of unexpected passion, it's an expression of and a half, I've worked create something DIANNE REEVES melancholy, of pain. It is, to be precise, defined as "soul." NEW o, JEAN -LUC PONTY COLUMBIA FC 40983 (CD) 0 THE GIFT OF TIME Soul is that rarest of all commodities. It is easier to The soul of Russ Taff scales MAX BENNETT & FREEWAY TBA 227 /PALO ALTO (CD) 14 13 5 define what it isn't than what it is. In music, it is a gift INTERCHANGE from God. You could practice from now until the last heavenly heights and charts JOE TAYLOR PROJAll CDJ 635 (CD) 15 12 13 bleat of Gabriel's horn-and you still couldn't learn or MYSTERY WALK To help his musical vision, Myrrh master soul. Taff realize TIM HEINTZ TBA 228/PALO ALTO (CD) 16 20 15 Russ Taff's trumpetlike voice has soul. It is the brought in producer Jack Joseph Puig (who produced QUIET TIME voice behind such Imperials' masterpieces as "Eagle "Medals "), singer /songwriter /apocalyptic guitarist I7 NEW KEITH JARRETT ECM 1344/45 /POLYGRAM (CD) Song," "Water Grave," "Trumpet Of Jesus," "Be Still Dave Perkins, and Myrrh Records label chief Lynn BOOK OF WAYS My Soul," and the towering "Praise The Lord." As a Nichols. To that end, the production team -along STEVE KINDLER & TEJA BELL GLOBAL PACIFIC OW 40719 /COLUMBIA (CD) IH 19 5 solo artist, his most notable songs have included "We with Taff's wife and lyric -writing partner Tori and DOLPHIN SMILES Will Stand," "Medals," "I'm Not Alone," and "Here I longtime musical associate James Hollihan -spent PAUL RUSSO TBA 229 /PALO ALTO (CD) 19 18 5 Am." months in the studio. MORNING BREEZE Today, more than two years since his monumental "This album is a lot rawer, more 'street,' not as pol- NAJEE EMI -MANHATTAN ST17241 (CD) 20 14 39 second album for Myrrh Records, "Medals" (which is ished as 'Medals,' " Taff says. "For instance, we got NAJEE'S THEME said to be, incidentally, the best -selling single album the Call's drummer Scott Musick to play on a couple ANDY NARELL WINDHAM HILL 0107 (co) 21 11 19 of all time by a male artist in contemporary Christian of tracks and it shows. The idea was to get away from THE HAMMER AL DIMEOLA EMI -MANHATTAN MLT 46995 (CD) music), comes "Russ Taff." a real polished L.A. sound. 22 raw), It is, quite simply, one of the best releases to ever "Lynn's been responsible for much of that: stretch- TIRAMI SU come out of this still -new genre, joining a tiny handful ing, pushing me. It's real easy for any artist to stick 23 NEW HIRAM BULLOCK ATLANTIC 81790 -1 (CD) of classics by Keith Green, Bob Bennett, Steve Tay- with the same three chords. And Jack Joseph brought GIVE IT WHAT U GOT - new ideas this record fin- DAVID SANBORN WARNER BROS. 1 -25479 (CD) lor, Larry Norman, Leslie Phillips, Michael Omar a truckload of to -he just 24 24 39 tian, Amy Grant, Sandi Patti, Philip Bailey, and the ished two years working on Roger Hodgson's latest. A CHANGE OF HEART KAZUMI WATANABE GRAMAVISION 18- 8706 /POLYGRAM (CD) Imperials. Jack's grown musically since 'Medals' as well. There's 25 17 7 "I made this record more for me than anybody a nice progression from 'Medals' to this album." THE SPICE OF LIFE else," Taff says in a rare break before a photo session. Albums with he greatest sales gains during the last two weeks. (CD) Compact disk available. RecordinE ndustry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500.000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units. BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 37 www.americanradiohistory.com NE EC aTi' Wn@ ME The only video meeting that counts. THE FIRST AMERICAN VIDEO CONFERENCE AND AWARDS COMPETITION 20 PANELS with leading speakers from every sector of the emerging special interest & music video industries. Gala Awards Banquet recognizing outstanding creativity and original achievements in the areas of non -theatrical video with THE AMERICAN VIDEO CONFERENCE AWARDS and BILLBOARD'S NINTH ANNUAL VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS. Showcases and continuous screenings of new special interest video and video music works. 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"Despite the expense, BY STEVEN DUPLER ders," says Joe Parker, PolyGram them on this," says Parker. longform was designed to "show we felt it was necessary to send a NEW YORK With initial ship- Records' vice president for video PolyGram is also bombarding the guys as they really are, give crew to Japan to try and capture ments of reportedly more than and associated label sales. chains with point -of- purchase ma- the fans their money's worth. some new, exciting interviews and Music Parker says the label is heavily terials, including a stand -up easel "We wanted to show as much of backstage footage." 100,000 units, PolyGram high- Video is hoping its new $19.95, 44- promoting the Bon Jovi video, with of the videocassette's cover graph- their personalities as possible, just The video also features minute Bon Jovi longform video- 40 60- second spots purchased on ics, posters, and a special retail let them go with it, rather than use lights from the band's Aug. 11 well as a cassette, "Slippery When Wet: The MTV and Nickelodeon, consumer display designed to serve as a di- a scripted piece as we did with the press conference here as Videos," will be this Christmas' print advertising, and "lots of co- vider card, show card, and a 'Kiss: Exposed' video," Epand unique photo montage employed in clip. In premier stocking stuffer. op advertising." counter -top display -bin card. says. the "Never Say Goodbye" band The video hit the stores Nov. 2. "Any video account you can According to Len Epand, senior The result: Nearly a half -hour of this, shots taken during the "The next day, we already had think of from coast to coast, we vice president of PolyGram Music the tape's 44 minutes is entirely members' early years were assem- new material -an unusually large bled in a "creative edit" to show amount for a supposed compilation the group's long standing solidari- video. Featured on the videocas- ty. I VIDEO TRACK man's clip for "Waning Moon." It upcoming episode of "Miami Vice" as sette are the clips for "Wanted Epand and Parker won't specu- was directed by Storm Thorgerson. well as Jonathan Demme's new (Dead Or Alive)," "You Give Love late on how many units "Slippery The Videos" might ul- NEW YORK David Wunsch produced. Luke film, "Married To The Mob," starring A Bad Name," and "Livin' On A When Wet: Thornton and Steven Saporta were Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Mo- Prayer," all of which have been timately sell. They note that a pre- PICTURE VISION recently had a executive directors. dine, and Dean Stockwell. seen on cable, broadcast, and vid- vious Bon Jovi videocassette, LP la- on the West Coast to shoot Ju- Bill Murray makes a guest ap- Club Soda Music produced "See eo -club outlets. available on the Sony Video crew figures. lio Iglesias' latest video for "Todo El pearance in Buster Poindexter's My Problem" for Primitive Man - In addition, three new clips - bel, is already well into six Amor Que Te Hace Falta." A ballet (aka David Johansen) debut video /I.R.S. recording act Tirez Tirez. It "Wild In The Streets," "Never Say The leading longform music vid- Michael Jack- stage is the setting for this piece in for "Hot, Hot, Hot," the first single was directed by Sheila Divola and Goodbye," and a live version of eocassette remains sold which Iglesias is cast as a man with a from his eponymous RCA album. The supports a track off the group's de= "Livin' On A Prayer" -are also in- son's "Thriller," which has fatal attraction to a ballerina. Peter piece was filmed at various locations but album, "Social Responsibility." cluded. about 500,000 units. Recording In- Israelson directed. Jon Small pro- in Manhattan, including Times Tying the clips together is fresh dustry Assn. of America certifica- 25,000 duced. Steven Saporta served as ex- Square and the Latin Quarter night- LOS ANGELES interview footage shot during the tion figures award gold at ecutive producer. club. Ken Nahoum directed. Glenn Japanese leg of the band's recent units; platinum comes at 50,000. Picture Vision was also responsible Lazzaro edited for National Video ONE HEART PRODUCTIONS world tour. Epand says the new in- Notes Epand, "Everybody's for Island artist Peter Himmel- Center. Poindexter can be seen in an (Continued on next page) terviews were done because the been asking, 'When's the next existing footage in the PolyGram thing coming from Bon Jovi ?' library wasn't up to snuff. Well, here it is. And considering "We compiled tons of existing the price of this video and the fact Bon Jovi material while we were that it's backed up by an album putting this tape together, but that's already sold more than 12 UHF shows have kicked off as well: "Rock Hotel" in when we looked everything over, million copies worldwide, we're ob- Oklahoma City on Channel 43 KAUT -TV is playing an there was only about 30 seconds of viously expecting some heavy eclectic mix of rock, new music, jazz, and urban for an really usable, magical stuff," numbers." hour each Saturday. Program director is Sam Latham, at 405- 943 -7343. And in Oxnard, Calif., a new top 40/al- bum rock mix has begun on KTIE -TV. The show is "KTIE Presents Q105 Videos." Contact Mike Parlota at 805-983-0044. by Steven Dupler THEY SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY: "My Boy Lolli- CHART START: If you look for the MTV playlist in pop-Joshua Tree," the 30-minute special tracing the 25- this week's video music section, you'll see it has some year history of Island Records, will be aired on MTV on welcome company on the page. Our long-promised, long - Thursday (19) at 10 p.m., EST. This is the first time the awaited clip list premieres in this issue, listing adds and show will be seen in the U.S. Chris Blackwell, Island heavy (and in some cases medium) rotations for eight founder and co-owner, narrates the special, which fea- important national outlets around the country. These tures performances by Bob Marley & the Wailers, cover a range of musical genres, and include MTV, VH- Robert Palmer, and Julian Cope. 1, BET, Night Tracks, The Nashville Network, Hit Video USA, The All New Record Guide, and The STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE HOURS: If you Beam. Keep in mind that this is a new Billboard feature haven't had your fill of Paul Simon in the wake of his and still evolutionary in nature. We welcome sugges- Grammy -grabbing triumphs last year, you can slake tions and comments. your thirst by watching all 54V2 straight hours of Simon interviews, concert footage, and clips during the V11-1 THANKS FOR COMING: The Eye would like to ex- "Paul Simon Weekend," slated for Nov.13 -15. The ex- tend an official welcome to all the video programmers, travaganza starts Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. EST and runs record labels, directors, producers, and assorted others through Sunday (15) at 10:30 p.m. EST. who have descended upon the Hollywood Roosevelt for the American Video Conference, featuring the ninth NOW, THAT'S LOW BUDGET: The Pop Tarts' video annual Billboard Video Music Awards. We've ar- for "Another Grey Day In London," which made its U.S. ranged a solid array of panels and speakers, showcases, premiere Oct.11 on MTV's "120 Minutes," reportedly and parties, but the real attraction of an event like this is cost just $500 to shoot. Staff cutbacks may have ac- the quality of the people in attendance. We're glad you counted for the savings: The band conceived, directed, all could make it and hope you have a real good time. and edited the clip, which supports its World Of Wonder And good luck to the awards nominees. record, as well as served as cameramen - which ex- plains why they're never all in the same shot together. CHANGES AT THE CHANNELS: Casey O'Brien, programming director of Catch 22, Anchorage, Alaska, OH, THOSE VIDEO NIGHTS: The Rockamerica club is heading back to the lower 48; he'll rejoin former catch- pool is getting in swing for a new crop of parties in clubs er John Mielke at Laser 25 in Eugene, Ore. No word around the country. The events are designed to promote Blow 'em away with on what O'Brien's new duties will entail, but we wish developing acts' concert tours, by working with video him bon chance. nightclubs. First on the agenda is a soiree for two Vir- gin acts - Public Image Ltd. and the Lime Spiders. is on a 10 -city U.S. tour, and WolfranMdeo. HELLO, GOODBYE: Sorry to see that Miami's "33 The pair set to embark in each Power Tracks" has disappeared from the airwaves. Rockamerica says it will "warm up" the crowd Enjoy impressive results with music video from Wolfram. The daily UHF station had been co-produced with radio city with a party sponsored by a Rockamerica-subscrib- anywhere. try- ing club just prior to the concert date. Featured during You'll be impressed with the widest selection WPOW "Power 96." The producers are reportedly with ing to establish another broadcast deal; we'll report on the parties will be a one -hour video compilation of vin- And you'll be able to impress your customers that as it develops. At the same time, in Monroe, La., a tage Sex Pistols and PIL footage along with new clips our superior audio and video quality. And impress new show, "Video 102," has just kicked off on the local from the Lime Spiders. Individual club IDs will also be your accountant with our low prices. For more de- produced by Rockamerica, featuring spots by PIL and CBS affiliate. The show is seen each Saturday at mid- tails, call the professionals at Wolfram Video, toll- WOLFRAM new Lime Spiders members. night and repeated on Sundays at 4 p.m. Two other free, at 1- 800 -433 -1652. In Wisconsin, 414 -546 -1379. Loud and clear. BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 39 www.americanradiohistory.com AS OF NOV. 11, 1987 A SAMPLING OF PLAYLISTS AT THE NATIONAL VIDEO MUSIC OUTLETS. MUSIC gill, ® Lists do not include videos in rKM recurrent or oldies rotation. TM VIDEO TRACK (Continued from preceding page) Medley /Warnes, (I've Had) The Time Of My Life Mick Jagger, Throwaway Swing Out Sister, Breakout Whitesnake, Is This Love has The Alarm, Rain In The Summertime been active lately. Among the cation in Zuma Beach, Calif., with di- Swing Out Sister, Twilight World projects the production house recent- rector Tony Vanden Ende. Colleen HEAVY Bolton, That's What Love Is All About ly completed are videos for Joe McLean and Lyn Healy produced MIßIC7a¢Y6K1M, Michael HEAVY Ft Bourgeois Tagg, I Don't Mind At All Cruzados, Small Town Love Cocker's "Unchain My Heart" (a re- for Vivid Productions. Continuous programming Kenny G., Don't Make Me Wait For Love 1775 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love Expose, Let Me Be The One make hit), I You of the Ray Charles Nata- Vivid also completed Donny Os- Whitney Houston, Didn't We Almost Have It All Poison, Won't Forget Billy Idol, Mony Mony lie Cole's "I Live For Your Love," mond's new clip for "In It For Love," ADDS Elton John, Candle In The Wind Smokey Robinson, One Heartbeat Richard Marx, Should've Known Better and Bananarama, I Can't Hel It A In Vitro's "I Choose You." Cock- the first single off his upcoming p Dionne Warwick & Kashif, Reservations For Two Pet Shop Boys, It's Sin Breakfast Club, Never Be The Same er's clip was directed by Jack Cole comeback album on Virgin. It was di- Stevie Wonder, Skeletons Michael Jackson, Bad Great White, Save Your Love R.E.M., The One I Love and Whitney Houston, So Emotional Name John Miller. It features a cameo rected by Andy Morahan. Luc MEDIUM U2, Where The Streets Have No Elton John, Candle In The Wind appearance by Clarence Clemons. Roeg produced. Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now Love And Rockets, No New Tale To Tell Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place On Earth Nick Marck produced. Cole's piece Mr. Mister, One Border Natalie Cole, I Live For Your Love Swing Out Sister, Breakout White Lion, Wait Martha Davis, Don't Tell The Time Medley /Warnes, (I've Had) The Time Of My Life was directed by Michael Utterback Production - companies and post Stevie Wonder, Skeletons Gloria Estefan /Miami Sound Machine, Can't Stay Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Before and produced by Tammara Wells, production facilities are welcome Siedah Garrett, Everchanging Times Fleetwood Mac, Little Lies SNEAK PREVIEW The Jets, I Do You the same team that was behind the to submit information on current Levert, Casanova Europe, Cherokee M scenes for In Vitro's video. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, Lost In Emotion r -. .,ytpAE¡_ projects. Please send material to Peter Gabriel, Biko Millions Like Us, Guaranteed For Life k'zs 7 r Epic recording act Big Trouble Linda Moleski, Video Track, Bill- Sammy Hagar, Hands And Knees Irk') Timothy B. Schmit, Boy's Night Out .ni Billy Joel, Back In The USSR wn ni a a Maria Vidal, Do Me Right just wrapped video for "Crazy board, 1515 Broadway, New York, Mellencamp, Cherry Bomb -, John Cougar Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me IF World," a track off the group's self- N.Y. 10036. George Michael, Faith quitIwFi¡jijl named debut album. Portions of the Robbie Robertson, Showdown At Big Sky Sting, We'll Be Together Five 1/2-hour shows weekly performance piece were lensed on 10- Yes, Love Will Find A Way 1000 Laurel Oak, Voorhees, NJ 08043 HEAVY CURRENT The Bangles, Hazy Shade Of Winter Steppenwolf, Hold On (Never Give Up, Never Give In) Aerosmith, Dude (Looks Like A Lady) The Cars, You Are The Girl NEW BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION Larry Jordan Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place On Earth Michael Jackson, Bad Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Before 14 hours daily U2, Where The Streets Have No Name VIDEOCLIPS DEBBIE GIBSON Jimmy Davis & Junction, Kick The Wall 4217 Wheeler Ave., Alexandria, VA 22304 Medley /Warnes, (I've Had) The Time Of My Life Shake Your Love INXS, Need You Tonight Mick Jagger, Let's Work Out Of The Blue /Atlantic Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me Feel ADDS David Van Tiegham, Galaxy Francie Moore /Libman /Moore Productions Def Leppard, Animal Fleetwood Mac, Little Lies David Sanborn, The Dream This weekly listing of new video - Jay Brown Fleetwood Mac, Little Lies Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Before George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On You Micki Howard, Baby Be Mine The Cure, Just Like Heaven clips generally available for pro- SAMMY HAGAR Billy Idol, Mony Mony Gerald Albright, So Amazing Julian Cope, World Shut Your Mouth gramming and /or promotional Hands And Knees Richard Marx, Should've Known Better St. Paul, Rich Man Julian Cope, Eve's Volcano A View From The Hill, No Conversation I Never Said Goodbye /Geffen Pet Shop Boys, It's Sin The Truth, It's Hidden purposes includes artist, title, al- June Guterman Pink Floyd, Learning To Fly Kenny G., Midnight Motion Stevie Wonder, Skeletons Vanice Thomas, I Want To Get Close To You bum (where applicable), label, pro- John Sanborn, Mary Perillo Poison, I Won't Forget You The Truth, Weapons Of Love R.E.M., The One I Love Timbuk 3, The Future's So Bright ducer /production house, and di- WHITNEY HOUSTON Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise HEAVY Cutting Crew, (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight So Squeeze, Hourglass Is rector. Please send information to Emotional Marlon Jackson, Don't Go Lace, My Love Deep Whitney /Arista Whitesnake, Is This Love Stevie Wonder, Skeletons Pet Shop Boys, It's A Sin Billboard, New Videoclips, 1515 The Company Bert Robinson, Heart Of Gold Spyro Gyra, Nu Sungo Wayne (sham Broadway, New York, N.Y 10036. ACTIVE Earth, Wind, & Fire, System Of Survival MICK JAGGER Bourgeois Tagg, I Don't Mind At All Alexander O'Neal, Criticize BEACH BOYS /LITTLE RICHARD Throwaway Paul Carrack, Don't Shed A Tear Deja, You And Me Tonight Happy Endings Primitive Cool /Columbia Terence Trent D'Arby, If You Let Me Stay The Temptations, I Wonder Who She's Seeing Critique /Alto Sharon Oreck /O- Pictures Hooters, Satellite Terence Trent D'Arby, If You Let Me Stay i r i J :- r] Joel Wykeham /MGMM Mary Lambert Icehouse, Crazy Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me Feel ' U/`' CA Denise Thorne Mick Jagger, Throwaway Shanice Wilson, (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance v. KENNY G Regina Bell, So Many Tears REGINA BELL Timothy B. Schmit, Boys Night Out Midnight Motion Starship, Beat Patrol - Continuous programming, -- So Many Tears Duotones /Arista Steve Winwood, Valerie MEDIUM i000 Louisiana Ave., Houston, TX 77002 All By Myself /Columbia Grodin Production Associates Limelight Productions Jeff Schock LeVert, My Forever Love Alex McDowell BUZZ BIN Shalamar, Games ADDS LEAVING TRAINS The Cure, Just Like Heaven Audrey Wheeler, Irresistable Rachel JULIE BROWN Beau Coup, Sweet Temporal Sludge Depeche Mode, Never Let Me Down Roger Troutman, I Want To Be Your Man Mick Jagger, Throwaway Trapped In The Body Of A White Girl Funk /SST Guadalcanal Diary, Litany (Life Goes On) Kenny G., Don't Make Me Wait For Love Cock Robin, The Biggest Fool Of All Trapped In The Body Of A White Girl /Sire Sam Auster The Smiths, Girlfriend In A Coma Ray Parker Jr., I Don't Think That Man Should Gloria Estefan /Miami Sound Machine, Can't Stay John Hopgood Terrence McNally /Hopgood Production Service Sam Auster Barry White, Sho' You Right Taylor Dane, Tell It To My Heart Ray Villa -Lobos Miles Jaye, Let's Start Love Over THE MIRRORS MEDIUM Inus, Need You Tonight ERIC CARMEN Michael Jackson, Bad Eric Carmen, Hungry Eyes One More Kiss The Alarm, Rain In The Summertime Tajo Sevelle, Love Is Contagious Hungry Eyes Natalie Cole, I Live For Your Love The Mirrors /Banger The Only, Love Full Force, Love Is For Suckers The Original Soundtrack From The Vestron Motion Picture Swing Out Sister, Twilight World Dewey Southard Jr. Cher, I Fcund Somebone Dirty Dancing/RCA Phillipe Ory, Dale Welsh Gene Loves Jezebel, Motion Of Love /Mark Joanna Stainton Freedman Productions Jethro Tull, Steel Monkey HEAVY Mark Rezyka SHELLY T BAND Men Without Hats, Pop Goes The World J Cruzados, Small Town Love Hold On New Order, True Faith ( George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On You CHILL FACTOR Out Of Control /Victory Radiators, Like Dreamers Do Terence Trent D'Arby, If You Let Me Stay Never My Love _ Gary Daniel Supertramp, I'm Begging You Pop The World Chill Factor /Warner Bros. rim Men Without Hats, Goes Jeff Brockman Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now Peter Nydrle /Peter Nydrle Productions a EC wore New Order, True Faith Wa Wa Nee, Sugar Free Peter Nydrle THE SILENCERS THE NASHVILLE NETWORK The Jets, I Do You Steve Winwood, Valerie Five 1/21/2-hour -hour shows weekly MICHAEL DAVIDSON I See Red BREAKOUTS The Bangles, Hazy Shade Of Winter F8e Ophour ow weeeklye, TN 37214 Up A Letter From St. Paul /RCA Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me Feel Turn It David Naylor /DNA Productions Big Trouble, Crazy World Who's That Girl Original Motion Picture Soundtrack /Sire Elton John, Candle In The Wind Tamra Davis Boom Crash Opera, Great Walls CURRENT Michael Bolton, That's What Love Is All About Tamara Wells /One Heart Corporation Julie Brown, Trapped In The Body Of A White Girl Steven Greene BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Joe Cocker, Unchain My Heart Juice Newton, Love's Been A Little Hard On Me POWER DEPECHE MODE Brilliant Disguise Crowded House, Now We're Getting Somewhere The Cathedrals, Following In His Footsteps K.T. Oslin, 80's Ladies Never Let Me Down Again Tunnel Of Love /Columbia Martha Davis, Don't Tell The Time Cutting Crew, I've Been In Love Before Bonnie Leigh, Moon Walking Music For The Masses /Sire Michael Hamlin, Ben Dossett/Midnight Films, Ice Ltd. Dream Academy, Indian Summer Medley /Warnes, (I've Had) The Time Of My Life You You The Statler Brothers, Maple Street Mem'ries Midnight Films Meiert Avis Roger Hodgson, Made Me Love Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now Chas & Dave, Ain't No Pleasing You Anton Corbijn Hurrah!, If Love Could Kill R.E.M., The One I Love SWING OUT SISTER Kenny Rogers, Twenty Years Ago It's Immaterial, Drivingg AwayY From Home Jody Watley, Don't You Want Me Twilight World Roy Orbison, In Dreams DUMPTRUCK Kane Gang, Motortown Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) It's Better To Travel /Mercury Steve Earle, I Ain't Ever Satisfied Island Little Steven, No More Parties Wa Wa Nee, Sugar Free Gregg Feinberg, Joni Sighvatson, Bryan Johnson /Propaganda Charlie Daniels, Bottom Line For The Country/Big Time MSG, Gimme Your Love Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love Films Sawyer Brown, Somewhere In The Night Douglas Brian Martin Platinum Blond, Contact Squeeze, Hourglass Nigel Dick John Cougar Mellencamp, Paper In Fire Douglas Brian Martin Pretty Poison, Catch Me (I'm Falling) Timothy B. Schmit, Boys Night Out Schuyler, Knobloch & Bickhardt, No Easy Horses TIREZ TIREZ Rainmakers, Snakedance Stevie Wonder, Skeletons ROBBIE DUPREE AND STRIKE FORCE Tanya Tucker, Love Me Like You Used To See My Problem Saga, Only Time Will Tell Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise Girls In Cars Silent Running, Sanctuary Reba McEntire, The Last One To Know Social Responsibility /PMRC /I. R.S. Icehouse, Crazy I Know Love Piledriver, The Wrestling Album II /Epic Only A Fool Everly Brothers, Club Soda Music Strangeways, John Diaz, Jim Johnston Foster And Lloyd, Crazy Over You - - Sheila Divola Stryper, Honestly T'Pau, Bridge Of Spies Ricky Van Shelton, Crime Of Passion Wendy & Lisa, Waterfall Bob Wickline, Comin' Down Rosanne Cash, The Way We Make A Broken Heart ' ,O? One hour per week MUSIC VIDEO CLIPS \-/T 621 N.W. 6th St., Grand Prairie, TX 75053 11 CURRENT Suet HITS ONE AVAILABLE V ``CC__ Alexander O'Neal, Criticize Continuous programming 14 hours weekly Full Force, Love Is For Suckers on 1 hour compilations to 1775 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 6430 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 Shanice Wilson, (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance Chad, Love's Passion And You Night Clubs, Hotels and other public ADDS ADDS The Temptations, I Wonder Who She's Seeing Miles Jaye, Let's Start Love Over Jonathan Butler, Holding On Beau Coup, Sweet Rachel venues throughout America. Roger Troutman, Want To Be Your Man Our services Kenny G., Midnight Motion Debbie Gibson, Shake Your Love Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me Feel Swing Out Sister, Twilight World Marlon Jackson, Don't Go Terence Trent D'Arby, If You Let Me Stay include Video Systems Design, Sales and Installation. Bruce Springsteen, Brilliant Disguise NOUVEAUX Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me Feel Gloria Estefan /Miami Sound Machine, Can't Stay Kane Gang, Motortown LAWRENCE ENTERPRISES George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On You The Music Video Company Sting, We'll Be Together POWER Taylor Dane, Tell It To My Heart Cuffing Crew, I've Been In Love Before Bob Wickline, Coming Down 85 Union Avenue Nutley, George Harrison, Got My Mind Set On You Bob Wickline, Ski Bumpus N.J. 07110 201 -667 -7575 Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me Feel Carlos Santana, Bella 40 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com SPECIAl R II6 A H 'NERO COMM Fi ERTME EDITION "death of video" pronounce- comedy. ments, and in fact, many feel It is estimated by indust that music video's history so Billboard experts that the "special far is really just the "tip of the terest" area alone (fitne iceberg." cooking, travel, sports, edu At least that's the way that tion and so on) will accou VH -1 vice president Jeffrey for at least 10% of the vid and p 4- Rowe sees it. "You know how tapes sold this year, the anticipation is always sibly for a far greater perce . age. Currently, there a probably a minimum of 6,0 different special interest titi available to the consum The with many more on the way Stores catering to speci American Film nontheatrical genres ha Institute cropped up (such as Music TAKING MUSIC Go Video in Miami), and WHEN THE Video, a Los Angeles -bas VIDEO TO THE ALTERNATIVE NEXT LEVEL: A HITS HOME h. Challenge Yet to Unleashing the Be Met, A History Special- Interest Yet to Be Written greater than the actual event Genie to Answer itself? Well. that's what hap- Every Viewer's By JIM BESSMAN pened with music video," says Rowe, who sees his service as How -To ile many jaded music a prime example of the blos- video industry profes- soming of music video's abili- By CHRIS McGOWAN sionals -not to men- ty to appeal beyond the youth tion the even more jaded ex- market saturated by MTV and n its very young life, non - ecutive music business other outlets. theatrical home video has executives they work for- Rowe blames the "fever aleady emerged as both pitch buildup" which resultec an important forum for a wide from Michael Jackson's variety of original program- "Thriller" videocassette ming and as a potent money - marketer of special inter sales, and the general eupho- makirg force. videos, makes quarterly m ria which greeted the promo- The charts show the sales: ings of 1.5 million copies tional clip form in the early in the 12 months between its catalog, which carries 1 '80s, as incipient causes of a Aug. 2, 1986 and Aug. 1, special interest titles from vague discontent in the medi- 1987. nontheatrical titles different manufacturers. um among some industry fac- captured 26 of the top 100 Affordable price poin tions. But Len Epand, Poly - places or the Billboard video- (generally between $9. Gram's senior vice president cassette sales chart for that and $29.99) have helped s of music video, completely ers take advantage of t discounts the notion that mu- nearly 45 million VCR units sic video l-asn't materialized =SPOTIIGNT ING American homes. Yet, t according to those early opti- overflow of available titles h mistic forecasts. made solid marketing pla "Music video's success has and program selectivity been a little disguised," he sential. says. "Everybody anticipated MUSIC In the last year, nonthea videos to sell like records, cal video has grown up qui rightly realize that the bloom which in fact, they are doing in ly, expanding its distributi has faded from the music vid- cases of artists who are un- IDEO channels, finding myri eo flower, few would agree (Continued on page V -5) (Continued on page V that the flower is withering away out of unmet expecta- tions. AND There are obvious disap- pointments, to be sure, partic- ularly in the slow performance of music videocassettes at re- SPECIAL tail, the limited growth poten- period. Of that group, 10 were tial for video directors and exercise tapes (Jane Fonda producers, and the general INTEREST naturally was No. 1), five were lack of artistic creativity in a "Playboy" videos, five were medium which shoLlc be at music tapes, four were sports the forefront of it. But none of VIDEO or recreation videos, one was this is any cause for hurried a docimenta-y and one was a www.americanradiohistory.com 1 9 8 7 W A R N E R BROS. R E C O R D S I N C. www.americanradiohistory.com ANEDECAH WEEE@D ©©EI© g LABEL CONNECTION: Breakout Power Still the Single VIDEOCLIPS: For Producers and Most Persuasive Argument for Improving Video Ties Directors There's Still Room Enough to Grow, Especially in After lowering too -high expectations, knocking down A &M home video director of sales & marketing Steve Ma- Creative Directions price points, practicing greater selectivity and aggres- con says that music video should be marketed as "the sively pursuing record and concert tie -ins, home vid- fourth configuration" of music product. "We cross- adver- Remember a year or so back when everyone was com- eo manufacturers have found that music video is a tough, tise, cross -merchandise and cross -promote whenever pos- plaining about how bad things were with music video? durable genre that can generate significant sales if handled sible with the record release. The record buyer is buying How everyone was complaining about "clip burnout" correctly. music video and not the movie buyer or renter." and "formula videos" and the like? "Kiss Exposed" (over 50,000 units sold) and "The Several recent tapes have enjoyed the promotional tie -ins Well, such grumbling persists and with plenty of reason. Doors: Live At The Hollywood Bowl" have been hot sellers noted by Macon. CBS /Fox tied the videos and LPs for both But at the same time, both veteran and beginning video di- i this year for PolyGram and MCA, respectively. "Bon Jovi: Judas Priest's "Live" and the Beastie Boys' self -titled tape. rectors and producers sound more upbeat about videoclips Breakout" has topped 100,000 units sold and is still sell- MCA's "The Doors: Live At The Hollywood Bowl" was re- this year. Sure, they recognize that the majority of clips that ing, according to Sony, and "Slippery When Wet -The Vid- leased concurrently with the EP of the same name put out come out these days lack creativity and that record compa- ; eos" is expected to achieve similar figures. by Elektra. And HBO's Tina Turner tape "Break Every Rule" nies tend to stifle prospects of it with inadequate budgets ; Most of the current videocassette sales activity is taking was tied to her tour. and narrow vision. But all things considered, there's still al place outside of both video specialty stores and mass mer- Warner Music Video shipped the Paul Simon tape healthy sense of optimism, even among the most battle chants, bookstores and direct mail -where much of the vid- "Graceland -The African Concert" in August and tied it scarred pros. eo sell- through boom has been achieved. into Simon's tour. "We did it as you would with an LP and Because as everyone agrees, the music video business, if "Ninety -five per cent of our music videos are sold in rec- it's already gone gold," says Warner's Faraci. no longer in its infancy, hasn't passed its "ugly adoles- ord stores," says Vic Faraci, senior vice president of "There's no question that price point and visibility at re- cence," to use the words of award winning director Jeff Warner -Nashville /Music Video, speaking of the four WEA- tail are also key," he adds. "People have to know that the Stein. Despite the creative constraints and conservatism, associated labels: Warner Music Video, Warner Reprise Vid- tape is available. Retailers should stack the video next to the the promotional tool /art form is still evolving, with enough eo, Elektra Entertainment and Atlantic Video. LP and cassette and CD, such as with Paul's 'Graceland.' growing room at the bottom end to allow the emergence of "We're not represented well with the rackjobbers. But we They should all be merchandised together." fresh talent as well as at the top for seasoned directors will- think as this particular configuration grows, there's no Sony takes a different strategy. "We don't have the luxury ing to test technological boundaries. question but that things will change." of tying ours into album releases," comments Sony's Director Simeon Soffer of the Soffer /Pantelich produc- "The video stores haven't really supported sell- through Brecker. "So we try to acquire music video product with lon- tion company, a young director who has nevertheless made video as a general rule," says Steve Brecker, Sony Video gevity and collectability, such as 'The Buddy Holly Story' [a 30 clips in the last three years for artists including Debbie Software product manager for music video. "And music vid- documentary that bows this month]." Sony has scored both Gibson and Lisa Lisa, also feels that music video remains a eo is a sell- through item. People want to collect it; it has re- goals with the aforementioned Bon Jovi success and "Beat- young medium that is accessible for fresh talent. peatability. The video stores have let it slip away from them les Live" (more than 60,000 units sold, according to "A lot of people have written it off, but there's still a lot and go elsewhere." (Continued on page V-6) farther that music video can go," says Soffer. "Many are discouraged, but I think it's still a wide open field with mil- lions of things that haven't been done yet." Of course, one of the reasons why millions of things Frank Zappa answers haven't been done yet is the restrictive follow- the -leader telephone at Honker tendency of music video making, in which a new technique Home Video. is applied by one director and then that's the only one you see for the next six months. "If I see one more 'shakeycam' artificially low budget, cin- ema-verite- without -being- cinema -verite video I'll scream," says Simon. Notes executive producer Curt Marvis, who with director Wayne (sham operates The Company music video production house, "We've become known as the kings of the big performance video, which has become so pre- dominant on MTV because it's the safe way to go and may- be as a backlash against so many of the 'musicians as ac- tors' concept clips which flopped so miserably. "Unfortunately, now we get band after band after band asking us for the same clip, which is wearing itself out. But "Cyndi Lauper In Paris" on that will change, like with last year's animation kick, which CBS/Fox. has slackened considerably." Robert Cray duets with Tina Jeff Stein, whose computer- animated "You Might Think" Turner in "Break Every Rule" Cars clip is still an acknowledged masterpiece of the form, video on Sony. has remained a moving force ever since, most recently di- recting You Are The Girl" for the band as well as Huey Lewis' "Doing It All For My Baby" and the first Breakfast (Continued on page V -6) Willie Nelson tees off on Asleep At The Wheel "Way Down Texas Way" video. "Judas Priest ... Live!" on CBS/ Fox. BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 V-3 www.americanradiohistory.com GHEM¢6M WEE© ©©EER1g ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGY & EDUTAINMENT: Discovering a Cultural PATTERNS: Creating Fresh Renaissance in Tomorrow's Interactive `Oracle' Ideas With Deep Hooks and Strong Market Feedback By BOB YOUNG each lesson. "With the enormous information storage of CD -I, we'll be In the face of an increasingly competitive video business, Call them how -to, hobby or special interest videos. By able to put up to 16 hours of spoken instruction per disk," home video executives are much more likely now to any name, this "edutainment" genre -ranging from Foti says. "Maybe put two hours worth of instruction in have analyzed marketing hooks, demographics, tie -ins winetasting primers to house repairs, from personal fi- eight different languages. CD -I, unlike personal computers, to other media, potential distribution and possible sponsors nance counseling to golf lessons -is one of the most prom- is a world standard, so retailers all around the world will be before a new idea even gets past the brainstorming stage. ising outgrowths of the video revolution. And possibly the able to handle these programs." In the special interest area, we feel tapes must have in- one with the most growth potential. This technology can be applied to all sorts of hobby and teractiveness, repeatability and referenceability," says Ken As video technology advances at a breakneck pace, spe- educational /entertainment programs. By choosing from a Ross, CBS /Fox director of nontheatrical programming. cial interest programs stand to reap benefits from innova- selection of tones, durations and textures, one could com- "When looking at new ideas or submissions, we tend to fa- tions such as interactive CDs and High Definition TV. pose original music, then assemble original animated vor product that has the potential to lead to franchises or These upcoming breakthroughs seem made to order for graphics -in 32,768 colors -to accompany the music. lines of product over those tapes that are just one -offs. Be- special interest programs. The new CD -I format, due out by Views of objects, from car engines to objets d'art, would cause if we get something that works, then we can follow it next Christmas, is a prime example. A sort of all -in -one su- be variable -all angles can be examined from any distance. with more product and built a brand identity. It helps to am- per format, CD -I combines interactive capabilities with digi- Guides on throwing parties or playing golf will be extensive- ortize marketing and production costs down the line. tal stereo, full -color graphics, animation, limited full- motion ly cross -referenced; each facet will be instantly accessible, "We always ask whether or not there'll be a book or a rec- video, up to 300,000 "pages" worth of text and clean video Foti says. ord or whether there is a potential sponsor who can bring stills, all on a single 5 -inch compact disk. Video travel planners -perennially hot videotape offer- cross -promotion or distribution benefits into it." "Teaching music and foreign languages is especially well - ings -will be dramatically expanded. "Not only would do -it- We also let our sales people know in advance about any suited for CD -I," says Laura Foti, director of marketing for yourself CD -I vacation guides let you preview locations and new concept," says Anne Upson, CBS /Fox director of spe- American Interactive Media, a Philips /PolyGram corpora- attractions, they'll let the viewer see inside cruise ship cab- cial projects & acquisitions. "We wait for their feedback be- tion. "The operators will be able to interact with the pro- ins, hotel rooms, restaurants and so forth," says Stan Cor- fore we go into production. It's always a joint effort. Be- grams, get direct feedback on their progress-even com- nyn, president of The Record Group in Burbank, Calif. cause it doesn't work just to acquire a product and hand it pose their own music and notate it." There's more: "Stopovers and accommodations that look over to the sales and marketing people and say, 'here you Language students will be able to instantly access words expecially good could be noted in the system as the video go.' It takes a lot more effort to put a special interest prod- and sentences, hear the proper pronunciation and maybe tour progresses, so that after looking at the program, a uct out on the video marketplace. And if your distributors see an illustration or picture. Using the CD -I joystick, key- complete itinerary would be produced- transportation, don't respond, you lose the market." board or mouse that controls the microprocessor inside the travel schedules, everything you need for the trip," says "We're not focused on vertical, highly- specific magazine - CD -I player or component, the viewer could answer ques- Foti. type subjects," says J -2's Ellen Pittleman. "We're more in- tions or use the words in sample sentences at the end of (Continued on page V -6) terested in entertaining projects with broad appeal, such as our 'Dorf On Golf' tape." Pacific Arts Video seeks longevity. Our key words are: evergreen, collectability, repeatability and price," says Bob Fead, president. Mark Gilula, vice president of marketing and acquisitions at Fox Hills Video, puts ideas for new video projects through a thorough inquisition. "A lot of projects come in and 95% are immediately tossed out," says Gilula. The remainder we look at and consider carefully. We do a lot of research. Say we're considering a bridge tape -then we will ask, 'How many bridge -players are there? What are the demographics? How can we reach them? How many po- tential sales are there through normal video distribution "Boom! Bang! Whap! channels? What makes this tape unique? What makes it Doink! John Madden on stand out? Why is it better than a similar program and did Football" on Fox Hills. that program do? How was it promoted ?' " "The first step is brainstorming," says Twin Tower presi- dent Eric Parkinson. "We come up with a lot of ideas that we throw away. Then, when we have one we think will work, we do manda- "Baryshnikov By tory research. We are a small, privately -owned company Tharp" on Kultur. (Continued on page V -6) Jane Fonda and Dan Isaacson star in "Jane Fonda's Workout With Weights" on Lorimar. Jack Nicklaus in "Golf My "Picasso: The Man And His Way" on World Vision. Work, " two- cassette anthology on View. V-4 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com aHEMIICLE WE E MUSIC VIDEO (Continued from page V -1) derserved by other media but still have very active audiences, i.e. hard rock and heavy metal. And super- star artists like Madonna, Prince, and Whitney Houston, of course, also sell videos like records." Epand mentions three PolyGram Music Video platinum videocas- settes as evidence: Kiss's "Animal - ize Live Uncensored," which took two years to reach the 50,000 sales point at $29.95; the recently released "Kiss Exposed" which took three months to get there at the same pricepoint; and Bon Jovi's "Breakout" compilation of "dated" videoclips which is now nearing that level. "It's a little staggering when you think that a couple years ago we'd have felt that 5,000- 15,000 [units sold] was a wild success, when now we can roll off 50,000," he says, predicting that Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet-The Videos" would ship 100,000 when released in Novem- ber. "If this isn't a big success, someone please tell me what is." Epand is among many who feel that the forthcoming launch of corn - pact disk video will hugely impact music video sales by overcoming the "timeliness" problem prevalent in music videocassette releases. "It will be the same as when there's a record in the store at the time it's heard on the radio -when you see a video on TV you'll be able to buy it in the store," he says, "which is espe- cially great for videos that people want to collect, because with CDVs there's only a couple weeks turn- around in shooting the video, manu- VIDECS facturing it, and distributing it." NIGI-TSONG_ THE Robin Sloane, Elektra Records' vice president of video production, Music Video cautions that it will take awhile for and consumers to be educated as to the for the best brïihtest new video configuration. 1 moil; videos. "It will take five to 10 years for them to adapt the technology into Kos - Exposed their lifestyles," she says, warning that for the industry to get too excit- BON JOIN - Sapperll Yhen Wet: The Wdeos ed about CDV's commercial prom- CINDERELLA Might Songs: The Videos ise would be self- defeating and only SWING OUT SISTER - And Why Not lead to the kind of unnecessary let- 506.3) down already experienced regard- 041 ami other bestsellers - ing the music video industry. Of course, MTV continues to DEEP runrift Video Singles l04 506+01 come under flack in many quarters for having "trivialized" music video, LEVEL 42 - Lire At Wembiy 1044 46O- as Ed Steinberg, head of the Rocka- BANNANIMA - Vigo Singles merica video pool, puts it, through 1A ó1331 overexposure of a narrow range of videoclip product. AND MANY "We haven't heard from all seg- ments of the music industry," says . AVAILABLE Steinberg, pointing to videos from other countries and musical genres Digitally mastered, 1141 udio In VHS. like new age, jazz, country, and clas- 1 sical, which he feels are only start- DISTRIBU-ED AND MARKETED BY POLYGRAM RE CORDS. INC . 310 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. NEW YORK 1)13. ing to penetrate the market. PolyGram Video "Judging the state of music video 110y simply by watching MTV is underes- . (c%y4F7 !f I `'I:iAM RWQRDS INC timating its potential," notes Elek- (Continued on page V-8) BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 V-5 www.americanradiohistory.com aglEMECM WEE© ©©E?© E TECH & EDUTAINMENT "Also, I see CD -I and HDTV as the technology that will liest, Cripps says. By then, CD -I may be taken a step further (Continued from page V -4) store all forms of written language and historical artifacts. A with the introduction of digital information compression user could call up any subject, any object or artifact instant- that will allow full- screen, full- motion video that will match Fitness and sports instruction will be revolutionized as ly, together with complete information and an index of relat- HDTV's resolution capabilities. First generation CD -I hard- well. A runner or tennies player, for instance, could access a ed material. Think of the vast amounts of information the ware and software will sport limited full- motion -moving medically- optimum custom training schedule that would average person will have access to. A single CD -I contains pictures that take up only a quarter or so of the screen. change according to the performance information entered the informational text equivalent of a 20-volume encyclope- "Where is it all leading ?" asks Cripps. "I see CD -I and by the user. dia, complete with sound, narration and pictures." HDTV forming a unified system; a hi -tech oracle, so to "Individual medical concerns would be taken into ac- High Definition TV won't be with us until 1990 at the ear- speak, that everyone can call upon." count," Foti adds. "As the exerciser progresses, the pro- gram would assign more challenging regimens, suggest an LABEL CONNECTION neer Artists). appropriate diet. It would be like having a live -in trainer." (Continued from page V -3) In the area of new age /contemporary instrumental music High Definition TV -a wide -screen medium with 35mm videos, the Windham Hill series (distributed by Paramount photo -quality video-may well further the growth of special Brecker). in the U.S. and Pioneer in Japan) has had great success, interest programs, especially art and graphics -related offer- Price -reduction promotions on music videos have been according to Fritz Kasten, vice president of corporate & in- ings. notably successful for a number of companies, including ternational development for Windham Hill. Our eighth title "It's a perfect marriage, considering that CD -I and HDTV the WEA- associated labels, Sony and A &M. "Our promotion will be 'Tibet,' which is due in the spring of 1988. It features were designed to be completely compatible," Cornyn says. in September and October, 'The Winning Combination,' a Mark (sham soundtrack and we will be tying it to the 'Ti- "CD -1 players will come with a 'Quad Mode' that will, when highlighted some 50 -odd music videos for Warner Music, bet' album release at the same time. switched on, digitally double the amount of resolution on Warner Reprise, Elektra and Atlantic," says Faraci. "It was "Our titles to date have sold steadily. There is a substan- your screen." wildly successful." tial and continuing interest, more sell- through than rental, That's important because HDTV will sport between A &M reduced many $29.95 titles to $19.95 and both here and in Japan, where our tapes have been incredi- 1,000 and 1,200 lines of video resolution, as compared $19.95 tapes to $14.95 in August. "It has worked very bly successful. We've also used clips from the videos on VH- with the current standard of about 330 for broadcast TV well, restimulating interest in our catalog and creating reor- 1 and other cable outlets and they've been very effective. and close to 500 lines for Super VHS, the current state -of- der patterns. And we're pricing new videos accordingly, "The bottom line is that it has to make sense to us, both the -video art. In its normal state, CD -I produces LaserVi- generally with long -forms at $19.98 and short-forms at artistically and financially, to make one of these videos. And sion- quality video-close to 400 lines. The "Quad Mode" $12.98 or $14.98," says A &M's Macon. so far we have been very happy with them. They've been will bring it up to HDTV standards. Sony's "Music Marathon" reduced the prices on 78 mu- quite profitable." How -to music and art programs should benefit greatly sic video titles on Sept. 1 and continues until January 30. Sony, a label with more than 200 music video titles, from this near -future technology. "High Definition TV will The prices went down to between $7.95, for some short shows no signs of losing interest in the genre. perfect all sorts of educational programs, especially interac- programs of three -to -five clips, to $19.95 at the most ex- "In fact, they've created two new positions -mine as well tive tours of art galleries and retrospectives of great mas- pensive," notes Sony's Brecker. as a full -time music video sales manager [Jeff Rabinovitz]- terworks," says Dale Cripps, owner of Worldwide CineDeli- We did it to help retail accounts expand their inventory to develop sales promotional campaigns for catalog and very, a company that's working on converting movies to by lowering prices and to encourage new music video ac- new items. Because in the past there wasn't a lot of market- HDTV. counts in supermarkets, in drugstores and with rackjob- ing effort behind music video," says Sony's Brecker. "The masters will leave their legacies behind on high -defi- bers. And many are indeed trying it out." "Sony sees music video as a growth area. They have nition interactive disks. The interactive capability to call up Sony reaches its jazz and classical audience in a different made a major investment in the catalog, hired us and are their works, retrospectives on their lives and so forth, will be manner. "You really have to go after these buyers and ad- regularly acquiring new product." like having access to these people long past their years." vertise in the magazines they read. These types of tapes in And as the home video industry awaits the launch of 5- Imagine, he says, a 30 to 40 -foot wide TV screen that particular are not supported by the video specialty stores." inch CDV -which should have a profound effect on music churns out crystal clear, magazine photo -quality video. "Ob- One such title, "Celebrating Bird" (a $29.95 documentary video sales -the laserdisk format has enjoyed a surge in viously, learning fingering techniques, art technique and about Charlie Parker) is bowing this month and is Sony's sales, climbing an estimated 40% in the area of music crafts would be much clearer on this type of system," first co- production of a music tape (in conjunction with Pio- product in '87. CHRIS McGOWAN Cripps says. "What's happened is not so much clip burnout but fall- VIDEOCLIPS out," continues Samuels. "A lot of smaller production corn - ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING (Continued from page V-3) panies can't maintain themselves, and the bigger ones band (Continued from page V -4) together and get all the work because of the labels' need to Club videos. trust established entities. So it becomes a self -perpetuating and we can't afford an 'Ishtar.' "MTV is such a fantastic creation in enabling us to blow thing where the same people get used over and over and "Before we will actually spend dollars on a project, we will teenage minds 24 hours a day, but we don't take advantage the smaller and more creative ones have a hard time finding make contacts in the marketplace that we'll be addressing of it any more and play it safe until ennui sets in," says work." and get feedback. Often we'll change our approach to fit Stein. "Where films and Madison Avenue once took notice But Samuels feels that commercial exploitation of music specific needs or input from a customer. We don't want to of MTV and music video, now MTV and music video look to video can lift the form out of promotion and revitalize the create a square film and then find a round marketplace." films and Madison Avenue and end up cannibalizing them- industry. To this end Kevin Godley, who with partner Lol Says Jeffrey Peisch, Vestron director of nontheatrical selves." Creme has directed some of music video's most memorable programming, "Ideas can come from newspaper or maga- Seconding Stein is Limelight's producer Simon Fields, clips, is launching The Video Label home video music soft- zine articles, from trends in fashion, from trends in society. who has long been at the forefront of innovative music vid- ware line as a means of getting back to the reason why they If there's a similar title already out there, we'll research it eo. "Instead of catering to the video formulas of two years got into it in the first place. and see how it did. Or if the subject has appeared in a book, ago we should be convincing the record companies and art- "We started making videos because it was so enjoyable to then we'll look at how the book industry did in exploiting ists to risk it a bit and push it through the walls," says come up with great pictures and great music, not as just that genre. Fields. "We've gone through a cycle of acceleration and self - commercials to sell a song but something that would work "We'll also come up with the marketing concepts concur- destruction, and now we need to have record company ex- as its own entire entity," says Godley. 'But now there's been rently with the programming concept." ecutives who have the instinct to experiment and stretch overkill in the commercial aspect, and underkill in creativity. Potential sponsors and celebrity participation are two key the limits a bit and guide the artists in doing so." Videos have become victims of 1980's disease; the shop- factors sought by Lorimar Home Video CEO Jerry Gottlieb, Stuart Samuels, the producer for director Zbigniew Ryb- ping mall mentality where cars all look the same, music who says, We want to cut down the odds. It's important for czynksi's Zbig Vision production company who previously sounds the same, and videos are alike as well. So we hope the video to be star -driven. We like to have recognizable produced ATI Video's "Night Flight" and "Radio 1990" vid- that The Video Label will allow us and others to push the names and faces, identifiable personalities. Much of what eo shows, says that one of the biggest reasons why the ad- medium's creative aspects." we put out is consistent with that. We're doing this with al- vancement of music video is being held back is that bud- Envisioning the new undertaking as "a record company most all our new sell- through product." gets remain inordinately low compared with those of with eyes," Godley says that the label will release original Budgets for original, special interest videos have grown commercials -that record companies have failed to recog- music video product in approximately 20- minute tape or as high production values have become necessary to sepa- nize that higher budgets are gobbled up by production disk form, thus breaking the strictures of the three -minute rate new product from the flood of releases each month. costs without necessarily bringing higher quality. He adds promo clip. He hopes to be fully operational by next sum- Budgets usually range from $40,000 to the low six -figures that since videos are still made primarily with MTV in mind, mer, and adds that artists of the caliber of Peter Gabriel, interest in its for scripting, filming and post -production. Many companies their content is consciously shaped to meet MTV program- Sting and Dave Stewart have expressed using spend an equal or greater amount in advertising and pro- ming criteria. facilities whenever they are ready. JIM BESSMAN moting the tape. CHRIS McGOWAN V-R BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com t Guitarist, Film Director, Writer, Actor, Video Artist, Designer, Photographer, David Byrne Where Lorimar Hits Home This holiday shopping season, Lorimar Home Video will heat up sales with a great message, a powerful national medium and concentrated local sales power. The message: Lorimar's Home Video Gift Guide-an eye - catching advertising spread with an eight -page booklet bound in, showcasing Lorimar's exciting lineup of home video releases. The medium: TIME Magazine - rated the most effective maga- zine for home video advertising in independent research. And for local sales power, the The Summer's Scariest Movie booklet will appear in TIME in eight regional versions, each list- ing local Lorimar dealers. Lorimar and TIME. Home video for the holidays. TIME Source. Fairfield Research 1986 ©1987 Time Inc. As It saw Eddie look in its www.americanradiohistory.com LI? WECL© ©©EI óg MUSIC VIDEO (Continued from page V -5) tra's Sloane, adding that there are many inventive videos being creat- ed which don't make it on MTV. Lee Masters, MTV's and VH -l's senior vice president and general manager, reports that MTV is for the first time taking a "pro- active" stance regarding clip creativity, MIS WITH A such that it will begin showcasing "spectacular" videos through a spe- cial rotation vehicle similar to the "Hip Clip" segments. Such videos, he notes, could well come from in- die labels and carry low budget tags. "Enough with performance clips!" he says, adding that there's even thought of "penalizing" videos to hit songs and by hot artists if the clips' quality warrants less rotation than it might normally have received. ALTERNATIVE (Continued from page V -1) sponsorship deals, taking advan- tage of book and record tie -ins, nar- rowcasting for specific demograph- ics or broad -basing for a wide range of customers, paying more atten- tion to high production values and in general becoming fiercely com- petitive. The emergence of 5- and ... 8 -inch CD -Video and revival of 12- inch laserdisks may soon bring fur- ti1. ther changes. Tti;f PV I rii i;tiiç, Creatively, original video is pro- 1IIiI`(h1 uöl< fhe mrhexm viding an important new outlet for melhoune eyrrtphimy I111111 music, comedy, documentaries, y+coJeel hile 20 of elhmi all-tinge children's entertainment, instruc- tional and educational programs, video art, made -for -video fiction, and dozens of other areas. Narrow- casting may create new work for countless writers and directors whose work was hitherto too spe- cialized or esoteric to appear on television or in movie theaters. As mentioned above, expanded I and Itetlrlls distribution has helped to fuel the explosion. Sharper Image, Taylor I11' Gifts, Signature, the aforemen- This Holiday Season, give your customers tioned S.I. Video and a variety of a full range of new gift-giving ideas: other catalogs advertise many Video gifts tailored to the special inter- tapes; museum gift shops ests and enthusiasms of their family and carry friends. View Video's "Picasso: The Man And His Work "; and, the Yosemite Now videos can mark an occasion, make For pre -schoolers, the classic video National Park gift shop sells Pacific a statement or celebrate a passion. And version of the world's most cherished Arts Video's "Ansel Adams: Photog- the right video gift can show someone tales, The Mother Goose Video Treasury, rapher." how much you really care about what $14.95 suggested retail. (4 Volumes) For lovers of laughter, Carol Burnett's For those who take cleaning seriously The latter firm direct markets its My Personal Best features her favorite who nothing seriously), makes them special. (and those take "Marty Hogan: Power Racquetball" sketches from the award- winning How to Have a Moneymaking Garage Sale, For those who love rock and roll, a 95- tape through "National Racquet- So stock up with the ultimate stocking minute concert classic, Elton John Live TV show. $29.95 suggested retail. starring Phyllis Diller, $19.95 suggested ball" magazine and its "Undersea stulfers: J2 videos, gifts with the personal in Australia, $29.95 suggested retail. (2 Volumes) retail. World Of Jacques Cousteau" series touch. For friends who savor classic comedy, to the 400,000- member Cousteau For a killer party, The Murder Mystery FOR DETAILS, non -golfers!) who love a 90- minute tribute to the master of Society. For golfers (and Video Party Game puts players right in CONTACT smash, one -liners, Gabe Kaplan as GROUCHO, The Bodhi Tree Bookstore in Los a good laugh, Tim Conway's the middle of a mystery movie! $29.95 YOUR LOCAL $29.95 suggested retail. Angeles carries dozens of videocas- Dorf on Golf, $29.95 suggested retail. suggested retail. DISTRIBUTOR. settes on yoga and t'ai chi ch'uan; For new or expectant parents, the defini- For those with a zest for good food, the La Leche League sells Twin Tow- tive baby care video, Joan Lunden's Your Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen, er's "Breastfeeding Your Baby: A Newborn Baby, $19.95 suggested retail. $19.95 each suggested retail. (2 Volumes) Order now in time jor Christmas. Mother's Guide" to its members; and, golf stores carry J -2's "Dorf On Golf." Eaters of Wheaties can buy Ves- (Continued on page V -10) V-8 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com Once in a while we'll lose a viewer or two. It's bound to happen. Even though our audience loves to watch their music - the best of video music - they have other things to attend to. Like each other. That's why over 23 million viewers make love, soothe their infants, and pay their bills with us in their lives. And they're listening to your music to decide which records to buy. Even if they're not always watching. THE OTHER MUSIC TELEVISION VIDEO HITS ONETM 11 1987 MN Networks www.americanradiohistory.com AMMAR' WEE© ©©EE ALTERNATIVE (Continued from page V -8) tron's "Learning Football The NFL Way" with a coupon from the box and $19.95; bicycle stores sell "Cy- m Dolby is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories. cling For Success" and, auto parts Computers and Commurscabons stores carry Twin Tower's "Darrell Waltrip Explains NASCAR Racing." Jim Jimirro, president of J -2 Communications (which now has 17 original videos in its catalog) es- timates that J -2's distribution falls into the following categories: 30% video stores; 30% mass mer- chants; 10% catalogs; and, 30% distributed differently with each tape. "I think mass merchants will emerge as the most important," predicts Jimirro. "We are moving more towards di- rect marketing, through catalogs and mail -order ads," says Mark Gi- lula, vice president of marketing and acquisitions for Fox Hills Video, another label that is dedicated to the nontheatrical market. Fox Hills currently has 15 titles in the special interest area, with 25 in develop- ment. Says Lorimar Home Video CEO Jerry Gottlieb, "We have a view now of focusing in on those titles that are the most likely candidates for success rather than dispersing our energies over a lot of titles thrown out there. We want to concentrate our efforts on giving select pro- grams the marketing and support that they need. You need the edge that comes with sponsorship, celeb- rities and good product." "Original videos aren't pre -mer- chandised through millions of dol- lars in theatrical campaigns and that there doesn't exist an inherent promotional vehicle such as radio for original video. You must do a lot IMAGINE A ROOM TD'S BATHED IN SOUND. AN ENVIRONMENT of PR and be very clever in the way you get the word out that the pro- YOU CONTROL WITH THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON. NOW IMAGINE A gram exists to begin with," says Ken Ross, CBS /Fox director of nontheat- SINGULAR, SOPHISTICATED MACHINE THAT CREATES THIS THEATER rical programming. "You have to put together a mar- keting jigsaw that consists of a lot of ENVIRONMENT FOR MAXIMUM INTEGRATION OF SOUND AND IMAGE, different pieces," adds Ross. "Di- rect mail, sponsorships, traditional IT'S THE NEC AVR -1000 DOLBY SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER. channels, mass merchants, layoffs to cable TV -we try to work all these avenues. The sum of the parts CERTAIN THINGS IN LIFE SIMPLY CANNOT BE COMPROMISED. make an attractive whole." Avenues of original video pro- gramming may soon expand be- cause of an anticipated boom in CDV (including a resurgence of 12- inch laserdisk popularity). The inter- active potential of CD may make it especially important in the how -to and educational realms. And the ap- parent durability of the software .wx should lend itself well to product (such as fitness programs) that For More Information Call: ( 3121 8(O-95(X) x3210. NEC Home Electronics (U.S.A.), Inc., 1255 Michael Drive, Wood Dale, IL 60191 bears numerous viewings. The expected future sales of three -way combination CD- players should also increase the viability of CD special interest titles, by enor- mously expanding the potential market for laser -read product. V-10 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com Vision for the free world. PH AGAIII A Your contact: 213.936.0943 ART DIRECTION: BOBBY WOODS ILLUSTRATON: RICK MONZON www.americanradiohistory.com 1Eri4ItING Distributors Discuss Exclusivity And Censorship ing three or four distributors in the Dealer knowledge was another Genova said that he requires ac- carry such an album over one titled BY JIM BESSMAN same marketplace where it's not a concern addressed by panelists. counts to send back in- service photos "Have A Nice Day," he castigated NEW YORK Record -distributor ex- priority." "Anything you can do to get [in -store of his materials. He further suggest- SST Records for "stooping to the lev- clusivity may be beneficial for some But Craig Marks, coordinator for exposure] is to your advantage," not- ed that p-o-p be sent directly to chain el" of holding a window display con- indie labels, but panelists in an Oct. Dutch East India Trading's in-house ed Dutch East's Marks, specifically store outlets- rather than going test supporting the Leaving Trains ti- 30 CMJ Music Marathon seminar labels and salesman for its distribu- citing prerelease announcements and through a web's central warehouse - tle (Billboard, Sept. 5). called "The Retail Connection & Inde- tor, admitting that an exclusive dis- photocopies of press coverage among to reach the eager young salespeople However, Wood, in pointing out pendent Distribution" were split as to tributor may be the best bet to get in- who generally lack contact with la- that the name of the game remains its value in a discussion that also die label product into chains, said that bels. On the other hand, he cautioned selling records, guessed that in that touched on chain retailers and dealer that route is "a horrible idea" if the `We can get kicked that mom -and -pop stores "are regard, Leaving Trains "probably censorship. goal is to "saturate" the mom-and- flooded with that stuff." doesn't think [the contest is] such a Graham Hatch, label manager and pop stores, which are so vital to the out if product is Frontier's Hatch added that p-o-p bad idea," and Hatch reported that his national promotions director of the success of small record companies. deemed materials and in -store play copies store surveys showed the Big Black ti- Frontier Records label, pointed out But all panelists were united in offensive' should be worked in the same way as tle to be the topseller among mom - the hazards of exclusive deals. "To hailing the importance of retail to radio promotion, with labels and dis- and -pops for two weeks in a row. put all your eggs in one basket is their operations. "Retail promotion is a "whole host of crap" that can be tributors making follow -up calls to Wood noted that his company, really scary," he said. According to taken for granted as least impor- sent to individual stores, as well as make sure they're being used. which also operates small in -house la- Hatch, such deals offer the potential tant," said Jim Genova, head of retail distributor salesmen, in fighting for a But the panel's liveliest discussion bels, was marketing an expletive -ti- for an exclusive distributor to place promotion for Relativity /Combat piece of indie labels' small market involved the continuing controversy tled album by Overkill "basically for tardy, but important, accounts on Records He noted that radio promo- share. posed by allegedly obscene and sug- their fans." Calling the group one hold. He prefers the option of going tion and publicity may be given Responding to an audience ques- gestive album art and song lyrics. "we expect big sales from," he said through other distributors to get greater attention, but getting the in- tion posed by Rounder Records' Brad "We can get kicked out of malls if the album was released in both un- product to market. die label's titles into store bins is Paul as to whether in-store posters mall management deems (product) censored and censored versions, the Similary, Tom Prendergast, who what really counts, especially when and other p-o-p materials were actual- offensive," said Record Bar's Haw- latter a stickered black sleeve de- operates the Pier Platters store in stores are being "flooded by Michael ly used, Wood said that posters and kins, adding that in the case of recent signed primarily for chains. Hoboken, N.J., as well as the indie la- Jackson and Bruce Springsteen" and "anything giving more exposure" albums by Leaving Trains and Big He also scolded college radio pro- bel Bar None Records there, was other big hitters. worked, even though he estimated Black -both of which carry sexual grammers for resisting Pussy Ga- against the idea of siding with one Genova, who like most panelists that a third of a poster rim ends up in expletives in their titles-the chain lore's "Right Now" because of the distributor. As he put it, "the more noted the significance of mom -and- the trash. won't risk "losing a store" over them. group's name. "If we bring it in and [distributors] that have a record, the pop stores in building indie label To ensure that such materials are While Marks noted the greater stock it, there's no excuse for college more [consumers] can get it." sales, also acknowledged the grow- not wasted, Relativity /Combat's likelihood that a mom -and -pop would radio not to do the same," he said. Prendergast suggested that labels ing role of chain stores. with new artists start off with as "Chains are really willing to work many distributors as possible. From with you if you're willing to work Chain's 45th Outlet Stresses Deep Catalog, Local Music the receiving end, however, panel with them," he said, describing a dis- moderator Kevin Hawkins, who is a play contest at Musicland on behalf buyer at the Record Bar chain, said of Scruffy The Cat's first album. As Store In New Orleans that exclusive distributors saved him a result, he said, the entire chain is Tower Opens First from having to talk to several others "now hip to it." largest selection of local and regional mento or a gift for someone back about the same product and then He added that it helps to send rec- BY JEFF HANNUSCH music. home. "getting banged around" for not buy- ords to individual chain stores in or- NEW ORLEANS Tower Records "Louisiana has a rich musical heri- "At the same time, we can't ignore ing from all of them. der to get managers excited directly. opened its 45th store here Nov. 2. The tage- Dixieland, r &b, Cajun, zy- the people who live here. We're going Keith Wood, vice president of dis- Caroline's Wood also described 11,000-square -foot store occupies two deco- this is where that music origi- to try and woo them by offering our tributor Caroline Records, labeled ex- chain retailers as "very important for floors of the Jackson Brewery Com- nated. We're going to go out of our usual selection and service. We're clusivity a "tricky issue" but noted distributors" and becoming more so plex, a trendy shopping area in the way to build up these sections. To do also offering free parking for cus- the advantages of having an exclu- "because they realize the value of the French Quarter, adjacent to the Mis- that we're going to take product on tomers, which is a major concern for sive distributor's sales staff working product we carry and their buyers sissippi River. consignment and work with as many any business located in the French an indie label's record "very hard [as rely on us to tell them what to sell be- "We like to open stores in cities local distributors as possible. Quarter." a] No. 1 priority rather than spread- cause they're not as knowledgeable." that have a strong musical identity, "Also, our location will determine The New Orleans store has approx- so a New Orleans location was a nat- just what we stock. We're in a heavi- imately 30 part-time and full -time em- ural," says Tower president Russ Sol- ly traveled tourist area, so expect ployees. Of those, a half dozen relo- omon, who was here for the store's that perhaps 50% of our business will cated from other Tower stores. The opening. "We'd been looking at the be with folks from other cities. new store's manager, Dan Shepherd, city for more than two years, but [it] They're going to want a souvenir of moved here from the flagship store in took some time for the right real es- New Orleans to take home with downtown Sacramento, Calif. Assis- tate deal to fall into place. Right now them, so they're likely to buy some tant manager Roger Hille relocated we have a location in the busiest part Dixieland or Cajun music as a mo- from Philadelphia. of the city, right next to the Hard Rock Cafe. We couldn't have hoped for a better spot than this." According to Solomon, Louisiana's America's Largest sluggish economy shouldn't hurt the new store's chances for success. "I think the record business is af- CD Distributor fected less by the economy than most people think," he says. "I'm not say- ing the business is immune to a reces- HERE'S WHY: sion, but I've always felt most people PRICE -Low everyday prices, incredible weekly sales. can afford to buy at least one record no matter what their current finan- FILL -Best fill in the industry. cial situation is. People can't stop from getting excited about music." SERVICE-100% computerized inventory. The order you Like other Tower stores, the New place is the order you get. No disappointments!! Orleans outlet will attempt to lure No surprises!! customers by offering a large selec- tion of records and tapes. The down- DEL/VERY-guaranteed 1 -2 day delivery anywhere stairs portion of the store features a in the U.S. at no extra charge to you. video-screening area; a cassette sec- tion; and racks of pop albums and sin- CALL NOW for our spectacular catalog of gles, both currents and oldies. THOUSANDS of CD's ACTUALLY IN STOCK!! The upstairs section of the store in- cludes a glassed -in room devoted New York Los Angeles solely to classical music. Other up- A red staircase, left, takes customers to the second level of Tower Records' stairs sections include compact disks, (212) 517 -3737 Toll Free (213) 388 -9834 New Orleans store, which was designed by the Sacramento, Calif., firm Bruce jazz, blues, big band, international, Monighan Architect. The upper level features compact disks; an enclosed (800) 826 -0079 FAX Connecticut and inspirational. classical department; and such specialty categories as jazz, blues, big band, and (203) 798 -6590 DEALERS ONLY (203) 798 -8852 Solomon says the goal of the New international. Orleans store is to carry the area's 40A BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com ETAILING Rainbow Web Nippon Columbro Cc , I. , Tokyo, Japan Joins Campaign hA.\\nklZAftl D E NO N air To Fight Hunger BY EARL PAIGE LOS ANGELES Rainbow Records, the 26- store, San Francisco -based chain, is taking part in a 10- county food drive that features 12 acts ap- BERG pearing on televison commercials and 29 more acts doing radio spots on vir- tually all radio stations in the market. Working with Rainbow in the drive are 154 Safeway stores, TV station KTVU, and food banks in each of the 10 counties. The drive involves purchases of prerecorded audio only -not accesso- ries or sell- through video and video ON rentals, which are offered in Rain- bow's 10 combo outlets. For each item of food they bring in, partici- pants will be granted a $2 discount on any LP tape or compact disk not al- ready on sale or purchased as part of some other offer. There is no limit to the number of discounts per partici- pant, but only one $2 discount is al- ENON: lowed per recording. The was by Don Consumers bringing in 25 or more album produced cans at one time are eligible for Grolnick, who also plays keyboards. Other prizes that include a weekend for two at the Four Seasons Hotel in New- artists on the project include bassist Jeff port Beach, Calif.; a $1,000 Rainbow gift certificate; a CD player; a video- Andrews on "Maya;' synthesizer programmer cassette recorder; and a complete, au- Robby Kilgore, and David Sanborn on alto sax tographed Jackson Browne CD cata- log. on the cut "Kalimba." Berg explains, "It was The 10- year -old Rainbow chain is reorganizing and seeking an aggres- Miles who first suggested that Sanborn and sive role in the market, says Jason Gilman, president and co- founder do some trading of phrases, and 'Kalimba' with the now -retired John Tyrell. Gil- gave us a chance to document that" man was away from the firm for five years until this past February. "Short Stories" is a multi -track digital "I can't say enough about how Safeway has played such a crucial recording. Berg confides, "You can't make this role in this [drive], as well as every- recording on a shoe string. Denon body at KTVU," Gilman says. The kind of TV station is providing free studio gave me the support and freedom to express and air time for commercials adver- tising the drive. myself. I'm really happy with the results" The drive, which was planned for new more than a year, is being coordinat- In classical and jazz, the important ed by Horne, McClatchy & Coblentz, music is on Denon. As it should be. a marketing and public -relations firm. Publicist Marcia Morgan there says cooperation from label represen- tatives "has been incredible." Says Morgan, "This has become BOB BERG. HIS NEW DENON CD FEATURES something of an octopus, with so EIGHTORIGINALS -AND ONE GENUINE ORIGINAL. many offshoots, like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, who distribute fli- ers." Morgan works closely with Gil- For three years, Bob Berg's tenor sax was man and Larry Tessler, newly ap- an integral part of the Miles Davis Band. Now pointed executive vice president of "Short Stories," merchandising at Rainbow. Bob has cut a solo Compact Disc, "Short Over .58 minutes, DDD. Gilman, Tessler, and Morgan say Stories;' on the Denon label. We asked him Compact Disc: CY- 1768 they are unable to estimate how Cassette: CC -21 much food will be collected by Sun- about the players on this album. DENON day (15), the drive's cutoff date. Gilman and Morgan say the hun- "A few years ago, Mike Stern, Peter ger problem, which affects an esti- mated 10% of the population in Cali- Erskine, Will Lee, and I played some gigs at the fornia's Bay Area, stirred wide inter- est in the drive. They add that the now -defunct Seventh Avenue South club in San Francisco Food Bank alone dis- New York;" Berg told us. "It was such a musi- tributes 200,000 pounds a month. DENON Celebrities featured in the TV and cally rewarding experience that those musi- The first name in digital recording. radio spots for the drive include Rob- ert Cray, Jefferson Airplane and Jef- cians seemed the natural choice when it came DENON SUPEPAPHON Interface ferson Starship founder Paul time to Kantner, Journey's Jonathan Cain, record: the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, Huey Lewis, Kenny G, Todd Rundgren, Denon America, Inc., 222 New Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054 (201) 575 -7810 members of the Monkees, Chris Denon Canada, Inc., 17 Denison Street, Markham, Ont. L3R 1B5 Canada Isaak, and Level 42's Mark King. BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 41 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored Billboard. in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. TOP COMPACT DISKS. into the Christmas season," he says. Both releases will r be backed by marketing and promotional campaigns. aCc o o POPTM La.I w < Lu Z Compiled from a national sample of retail sales reports. MORE NARM RAP: Independent distributors this i ,i C) year gave their first award to NARM executive vice ` % ARTIST president Mickey Granberg for her longtime support ~ J C' 3 TITLE LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL of the independent community; the presentation took ** NO.1 ** place during their recent wholesalers conference in PINK FLOYD COLUMBIA CK 40599 1 2 2 9 by Linda Moleski Palm Springs, Calif. The award, which is now known as A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON the Mickey Granberg Award, will continue to be given 3 THE BEATLES CAPITOL CCT 46446 2 1 9 IT'S DEFINITE. Navarre has branched out and opened out, when appropriate, to individuals who make out- ABBEY ROAD up a West Coast warehouse, making it the latest distri- standing contributions to the indie distribution network. STING A &M CD 6402 3 4 3 4 bution outfit on the move. ... NOTHING LIKE THE SUN According to sources, the Midwest distributor had put CASTING CALL: Tommy Boy Music is looking for an BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA CK 40999 4 3 1 5 in a concrete offer to purchase California Record Dis- TUNNEL OF LOVE several months back in an earlier attempt to MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC EK 40600 /E.P.A. tributors 5 6 4 10 move west, but the deal never panned out. Navarre heads west, a BAD The new warehouse, located in Gardena, Calif., was R.E.M. I.R.S. 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PolyGram requires 120 pieces, including Rite Record & Tape Co. and its aptly named division, new releases, for its best direct -ship price. Holly Music. "It's a year-round business," reports "What happens is small dealers out in the middle of Sylvan Gross, general manager of Holly. Packing nowhere order their CBS and WEA new releases in on commences in June, with Holly shipping from three [United Parcel Service] and then make their returns to warehouses. A total of 200 titles are available from us," says Bud Libman. Such purchases of PolyGram the company. Cassettes are $3.99, LPs $2.99. Gross goods will now revert somewhat to one -stops. says Holly had product in 10,000 locations last year One -stops may also enjoy something of a functional and will be represented in 15,000 this year. discount because they have an advantage over retail in terms of box -lot purchases. "We serve 600 ac- AT THE GROCERY: The growing involvement of counts; we can always get rid of a box of this and a grocery and drugstore chains and convenience stores box of that," Bud Libman says. "But chains can't al- in home video is being followed up by renewed inter- ways do that. We may also see the chains having to est in audio, says John Maioriello, president of JD warehouse more items rather than have so much drop - Store Equipment Inc. in Los Angeles. Maioriello is shipped to individual stores." overjoyed at landing exhibit space in the Food Mar- But Bud Libman and others seem irritated by the keting Institute show, which drew 28,000 retailers a penalty on returns. "Why should we be penalized to year ago. The event, set for May 8 -11 at McCormick help them clean up ?" he says. "They 're the ones kill- Place, "just blows my mind," he says. "They're ex- ing vinyl. So many of these [pricing] policies and pro- pecting delegates from 55 nations." grams are retroactive and take effect immediately. We made [return -authorization] shipments prior to THE VINYL SOLUTION: Jim Urie, vice president of [Oct. 27], when this went into effect. They are behind sales and branch distribution for PolyGram, says processing these RAs. Now we have two prices to careless buying by some customers led the distributor watch out for." to lower the break -even percentage for LPs in its re- More resigned is Bruce Ogilvie, president of Abbey turns system (Billboard, Nov. 14). Road Distributors in suburban Los Angeles. "The "Most of our accounts actually do a good job," says [PolyGram] returns penalty pretty well takes us out Urie. But, Urie says, at the recent National Assn. of of the classical business," he says. "But it was fading, Recording Merchandisers Wholesalers Conference in anyway, because of the influence of compact disk." Palm Springs, Calif., "Two accounts told us they #2023 bought LPs to merchandise their departments -even GLASNOST IN MILWAUKEE: The Brew City's Ra- though they knew they were probably buying more dio Doctors recently got national publicity in-of all LPs than they would sell. That's just absurd." places-the Nov. 2 issue of Sports Illustrated. In an To rectify the situation, Urie says, the distributor article about a game between the U.S.S.R basketball decided it would be fairer to lower the purchase bonus team and the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Bas- FEATURING: in PolyGram's incentive /disincentive returns plan ketball Assn., the magazine says the Soviet team visit- PATRICK O'HEARN, AZUMA, than it would be to raise the returns penalty. "If we'd ed visited Radio Doctors, "the all -league music store," EDDIE JOBSON, JERRY GOODMAN, raised the penalty, then we might have ended up pun- on the eve of the game. A photo of Radio Doctors ac- ishing accounts that had been buying responsibly," he companies the story. CARLOS ALOMAR & YANNI says. Sports Illustrated says the Milwaukee shop's stock New break -even on PolyGram LPs is 14% for whole- wasn't deep enough for the team's older players, who salers and 12% for retail accounts. Bonuses and penal- were looking for Soviet folk releases no longer avail- ties for the other album -length configurations remain able in their own country. But the younger hoopsters All sarnplers introduce the artists on unchanged: 20% for wholesalers and 18% for retailers gobbled up albums by the likes of Michael Jackson, on cassettes and 12% for all accounts on compact Sting, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, and U2. a label. THE WORLD OF PRIVATE disks. MUS C did much more. It brought Assistance in preparing this column was provid- together diverse pieces of music in a BOXING LOOSE: One -stops have ambivalent feel- ed by Geoff Mayfield in New York. To reach Retail ings about PolyGram becoming the latest major label Track, contact marketing editor Earl Paige 213273- complete listening experience. to institute a new pricing policy. "It was just a matter 70.x0. of time," says Steve Libman, president of Nova Dis- In keeping with this tradition, Private Music presents THE WORLD OF PRIVATE MUSIC, ORIGINAL CD JEWEL BOX VOL. II. LICIENCEE OF CD JEWEL BOX MANUFACTURING ACCORDANCE TO POLYGRAM SPECIFICATION .r COMPACT ACCURATE DIMENSION FOR CD AUTOMATIC PACKAGING MACHINE MUSIC IS AVAILABLE IN SINGLE BOX AND MULTIPACK CASE (FOR 2 CDs, SOME 3 CDs AND 4 CDs) DOCH DIG TAL COMPETITIVE PRICE WITH PROMPT DELIVERY AUDIO sta Private Music. Available on audiophile vinyl, chrome cassette and compact disc. FL, E on Fty Bldg., 14 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong. 16th Manufactured and distributed by RCA in the U.S.A. Tel: 5 -530285 Telex: 83234 VIVA HX FAX: 852 -5- 8731041 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 45 www.americanradiohistory.com Era/LING Promo Pushes New Age Music In Bookstores BY MOIRA McCORMICK CHICAGO New age label Private Music and Nashville -based distrib- utor Ingram Audio have joined forces in a promotion designed to increase music sales in bookstores via in -store play. According to Peter Waraksa, In- gram Audio's marketing manager, seven Ingram bookstore accounts are taking part in the promotion, which began in mid -October and runs through the end of this month. Participating stores re- ceive a free sound system de- signed for either cassettes or com- pact disks, and in turn the stores are asked to stock and push a mini- mum of six Private Music titles on cassettes and CD -the samplers "The World Of Private Music" and "Piano One," Yanni's "Out Of Si- lence," Patrick O'Hearn's "Be- tween Two Worlds," Jerry Good - man's "Ariel," and Leo Kottke's "Shout Towards Noon" (the last three are offered only on cassette). Suggested retail is $10.98 for cas- settes and $14.98 for CDs. The main purpose behind the promotion for Ingram, which in- troduced classical, jazz, and new age recordings to its bookstore ac- counts in 1985, is to "create a test situation with a few accounts to prove how in -store play affects sales," according to Waraksa. "We're providing our accounts with a proven idea on how to pro- mote and sell more music. And Pri- vate Music's director of market- ing, Jeff Klein, was interested in selling more music in bookstores." The bookstores involved in the promotion include Bookworld, a Compact Discs by SKC five -unit Nashville chain; Book - haven in Morristown, N.J.; and Ox- ford Books in Atlanta. "In addition to the sound system, which each With a Firm Pledge of Fidelity store is allowed to keep, we're sup- plying them with point- of -pur- chase material, bag stuffers, and Take a look, give a listen. co -op ad dollars," says Waraksa. If you could see the sound, In the case of the New Jersey store, Waraksa notes, the owner it would have a radiant aura. had already expressed interest in The glow of excitement carrying a line of compact disks; that comes from sheer sensation. the promotion "enables him to get it off the ground." Mirror reflections of your original recording, Waraksa says he has high hopes masterfully reproduced on SKC Compact Discs. for the promotion. "New age They're the medium that makes the difference. evolved from the bookstore level," he says. 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"There is a breadth of inventory and year - "Short term, we're going to con- more frequently, said Bishop. Mount urged racks to develop value in creating a sense of urgency round sales, according to a panel tinue that," said Mount. "We cur- Mount said Warner, too, will have their own merchandising cam- on both the part of the consumer discussion held here during the re- rently have 20% return allowance. fewer titles but more frequent re- paigns -such as horror or west- and retailer, in staging temporary cent second annual National Assn. Long term, we're studying the leases. Louis Feola, vice president erns-and said many vendor cam- promotions." of Recording Merchandisers Whole- WEA program they have for rec- of marketing at MCA Home Video, paigns are "really vehicles for the But Mount criticized "yo-yo" pric- salers Conference. ords, [purchase] credit, and return said the supplier "is trying some- rental business. I don't know if they ing, indicating it worked against se- Home video was pervasive at the charge. We just don't know yet thing different" with five releases make that much sense for you." lection breadth. "Your departments weeklong event, held Oct. 26-30. For where the break -even point ought to per month. The panelists said video manufac- need `Blazing Saddles,' one or two the first time ever, the event saw be." The maturation of the business it- turers do not want to be restricted at least," he said. vendors holding one-on -one sessions In WEA's program -which has self is forcing vendors to reassess by certain types of policies, such as Another area where rental orien- with accounts, just as their prere- since been adopted by other music release programs, said Dan Rosen- a permanent price tag for titles that tation has clashed with sell- through corded -audio counterparts do. distributors -customers receive a berg, director of sales at CBS /Fox are lowered from rental to sell- (Continued on next page) Twenty-one home -video vendors at- determined bonus on gross billing tended. for the purchase of each unit and Home video is "like the music are charged a penalty for each unit FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 business-you have to have assort- returned. Break -even points in ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any ment," said Steve Strome, executive these labels' programs range from retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, vice president of home video enter- 12% -18%, depending on vendor poli- Billboard. recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. tainment at Handleman Co., in a cy and configuration. The system presentation preceeding the panel was designed to reward efficient SALES discussion. buying; customers that keep re- A year ago, 60% of Handleman's turns below the break -even percent- stock was made up of top 100 titles. age actually reduce their wholesale P KID VIDEO Today, the figure is 40%. As for the costs. rcCompiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. year -round trend, Strome said sales In another parallel with audio = of every retail product-"except de- products, Gene Silverman, vice w 3 zo ò i Idú odorant and toothpaste" -bulge president of sales at Orion Home . v TITLE Copyright Owner, `al á ,c Number during the fourth quarter. Video, urged the launching of a Gift m Manufacturer, Catalog >°a° The panel discussion included sev- Of Video merchandising cam- * * NO. 1 * * en vendor representatives and mod- paign- patterned after NARM's erator Chuck Blacksmith, president Gift Of Music -so racks could ex- 1 I 5 LADY AND THE TRAMP Walt Disney Home Video 582 1955 29.95 of rack firm Roundup Music in Seat- ploit sell- through opportunities all Amblin Entertainment 2 9 AN AMERICAN TAIL 1986 29.95 tle. year. 2 MCA Home Video 80536 Home video vendors are constant- David Bishop, vice president of ly reviewing policies, and they often sales at MGM /UA Home Video, 3 3 56 SLEEPING BEAUTY Watt Disney Home Video 476 1959 29.95 look to prerecorded audio vendors said his company reduced the num to learn more about the business, ber of sell- through titles per release 4 4 24 HERE'S MICKEY! Watt Disney Home Video 526 1987 14.95 the panelists said. Dave Mount, vice from 24 to 12 and will probably low- 5 9 112 PINOCCHIO Watt Disney Home Video 239 1940 29.95 Local VSDAs Stage Shows 6 6 24 HERE'S DONALD! Walt Disney Home Video 527 1987 14.95 7 8 112 DUMBO Walt Disney Home Video 24 1941 29.95 Vendor, Attendee Turnouts Vary 8 5 24 DISNEY'S SING ALONG SONGS: HEIGH -HO! Watt Disney Home Video 531 1987 14.95 the Los Angeles chapter's first at- BY CHRIS MORRIS tempt to mount an all -day trade 9 11 75 ALICE IN WONDERLAND Walt Disney Home Video 36 1951 29.95 LOS ANGELES Video Software meet (Billboard, Nov. 7) was less Dealers Assn. regional trade -show successful. 10 19 2 DISNEY'S SING ALONG SONGS: THE BARE NECESSITIES Walt Disney Home Video 581 1987 14.95 attendance grew at the second an- The Chicago VSDA chapter also nual northern California and south- repeated the fourth -quarter exhibi- 11 10 3 MICKEY & MINNIE Watt Disney Home Video 576 1987 14.95 ern New England events. However, tion that it staged last year (see sto- ry, below). 12 7 107 ROBIN HOOD Walt Disney Home Video 228 1973 29.95 Ken Dorrance, trade -show chair- man for the northern California 13 12 84 THE SWORD IN THE STONE Walt Disney Home Video 229 1963 29.95 VSDA group and former chapter Apathy Mars president, reports a 30% increase in 14 13 75 WINNIE THE POOH AND THE BLUSTERY DAY Walt Disney Home Video 63 1968 14.95 attendees and exhibitors at his Chicago Show group's second Bay Area Trade 15 14 23 HERE'S GOOFY! Walt Disney Home Video 529 1987 14.95 Show. The event, held Oct. 18 at the 16 16 75 WINNIE THE POOH AND TIGGER TOO Walt Disney Home Video 64 1974 14.95 BY MOIRA McCORMICK Oakland Hyatt Regency, drew 1,975 CHICAGO A light turnout at attendees representing 852 stores, 17 20 24 WINNIE THE POOH AND A DAY FOR EEYORE Watt Disney Home Video 65 1983 14.95 the annual Video Trade Show according to Dorrance. Last year's sponsored by the Chicago chap- show drew just over 1,600 people, 18 21 74 WINNIE THE POOH AND THE HONEY TREE Walt Disney Home Video 49 1965 14.95 ter of the Video Software Deal- representing 670 outlets. ers Assn. disappointed vendors Dorrance says 103 exhibit booths 19 23 24 THE RELUCTANT DRAGON Watt Disney Home Video 533 1941 14.95 and attendees alike, but VSDA were sold to a total of 97 exhibitors. still plans to continue staging However, he minimizes the impor- 20 NEW DONALD & DAISY Walt Disney Home Video 578 1987 14.95 the show in the future. tance of the revenue that the booth The Video Trade Show, held sales brought in. 21 NEW II. BARBIE AND THE ROCKERS: OUT OF THIS WORLD Hi -Tops Video 00623 1987 14.95 Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. -5 p.m. at the "The idea is not to make money- O'Hare Expo Center in suburban the idea is furthering the industry," 22 22 2 CHIP 'N' DALE Walt Disney Home Video 579 1987 14.95 Rosemont, was expected to draw Dorrance says. "It's doing exactly 1,000 people. But only a "couple what we want it to do." 23 18 54 DISNEY'S SING -ALONG SONGS Walt Disney Home Video 480 1986 14.95 hundred" turned up, according He adds that five new VSDA to chapter president Robert Mur- members signed up during the 24 NEW CAPTAIN POWER: SHATTERED PAST Hi -Tops Video 00633 1987 14.95 ray. show; another 150 attendees re- The two reasons for poor at- ceived applications. The chapter 25 17 35 THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE Family Home Entertainment 26561 1986 14.95 has 300 members from a tendance most frequently heard currently Recording ndustry Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested list price income of $3 million (30,000 o $1.2 on the showroom floor were lack Bay area retail community of 1,800 million for nontheat ical made -for- home -video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification for theatrical films, sales of of publicity and a conflict with stores. 150,000 uni s or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for nontheatrical made-for -home -video product; 50,000 units or a value of $2 million fo music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985, were certified under different criteria.) International Tape Disc Assn. certification for .52) question I got was, (Continued on page "The biggest a minimum sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units or $1 million at (Continued on page 53) suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. SF short-form. LF long -form. C concert. D documentary. 50 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com rLEO RETAILING VIDEO RELEASES Symbols for formats are * =Beta, r= VHS, and * =LV. Where applicable, the suggested list price of each title is given; otherwise, "no list" or "rental" is indicated. Stre.tch ANNE OF GREEN GABLES ypur çhilds Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth r Walt Disney /$59.95 THE ASSASSINATION OF TROTSKY Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider * r Republic /$79.95 BANJO THE WOODPILE CAT Animated imagmation V Children's Video Library/$19.98 BLOODY AVENGER Jack Palance *V Vidmark /$59.95 THE CONFESSIONS OF BERNHARD GOETZ Documentary * r MPI /$39.95 DIRTY DANCING Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Cynthia Rhodes without' stretching * r Vestron /$89.98 EAT THE PEACH Stephen Brennan, Eamon Morrissey * r Ney /$79.98 THE LAST INNOCENT MAN Ed Harris, Roxanne Hart * r Lonmar /$79.95 MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY Tom Bosley, Rich Hall *V HBO/$79.95 your budget. MIRACLE DOWN UNDER Dee Wallace Stone, John Waters, Charles Tingwell d r Walt Disney /$29.95 NOT SO GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORTS Documentary * r HBO/$14.95 THE OFFICIAL 1987 WORLD SERIES VIDEO Documentary a r C85 /Fox /$19.98 THE QUICK AND THE DEAD Sam Elliott, Tom Conti, Kate Capshaw * r Lorimar /$79.95 SLAVE GIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY Elizabeth Clayton, Cindy Beal *V Urban Classics /$69.95 SUMMER SCHOOL Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley * r Paramount /$89.95 To get your company's new video releases listed, send the following information -ti- tle, performers, distributor /manufacturer, format(s), catalog number(s) for each for- mat, and the suggested list price (if none, indicate "no list" or "rental ") -to Learn about New Releases, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. the letter "C and the Learn ,á ,and the A color blue, meet the letter meet "Bumper the Frog" coi downs and more! m °e and Apin l' PRE50, FOR AGES We_come to the happy world of RACKJOBBERS PANEL Peppermint Park. An enchanting new (Continued from preceding page) series of 30- minute adventures that growth is in logo identification on educates your children as well as en- shrinkwrap. Vendors need protec- tion against a tape being "rented 30 thralls them. At your local video store times and then rewrapped," Feola said. now, or contact Mark V International, Gary Khammar, senior vice presi- Inc., Northridge, California, Tel. dent at RCA /Columbia Pictures Home Video, said that with home 1- 800 -433 -9753 or (818) 407-3800. 95 video maturing for the mass mer- EA. chandiser, he wants a better indica- `u.>;,gc,lcd rl.ul hncc tion of what mass -merchant ac- counts need in terms of point -of- purchase displays. "You have to tell us," he said. Rack reaction to a life - size "Crocodile Dundee" display piece "was unbelievable," said Doc - torow. "We had to go to Hong Kong and through all kinds of craziness to keep up." BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 51 www.americanradiohistory.com VaEO RETAILING VSDA CHICAGO MEET (Continued from page 50) the televised Chicago Bears -Kansas City Chiefs football game. Murray refutes the former theory, saying that 20,000 notices were sent out to VSDA members across the Mid- west. As for the Bears, video deal- ers would not have missed much many of TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT Presents A JIM McCULLOUGH PRODUCTION Of had they turned up, as the vendors' booths were equipped with televisions that were tuned to the game. "Maybe the people just don't care, to be blunt about it," says Murray. "They don't want to learn or expand, and with that kind of at- titude they're giving their business to the big guys." Those dealers who were in atten- dance were able to sample the wares of 37 vendors, view a trio of seminars aimed at the small video business, and meet Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Billy Williams, who signed autographs for several hours. Three major distributors, Baker & Taylor, Commtron, and MS Dis- tributing, showed Christmas cata- logs and incentive programs. Baker & Taylor's audio -sales rep Mike Eashkin says his firm was promot- ing in particular the idea of selling compact disks to video stores, not- ing that only 4 %-5% of Baker & Tay- lor's video accounts carry CD. "We have been getting a lot of inquiries, however," he says. Baker & Taylor was also pushing its Nov. 12 open house, designed to introduce dealers to the firm (which bought out Sound Video Unlimited earlier this year). At Commtron, the main emphasis was on the wholesal- er's Re -Grand Opening Sale Nov. 6- 7. Manufacturer /distributor Chica- go Tape Authority, which special- izes in B titles, was promoting the viability of B titles to retailers. Ac- cording to CEO Geoffrey Miller, smaller video stores "must carry B titles to make a profit; they lower the overall cost of doing business, and they maintain a longer shelf life. For mom -and -pop stores to compete, they must get large inven- tories. They have to know that con- venience stores are competing with them, not vice versa." A significant number of vendors were computer companies offering video -store software programs, in- cluding CDS Northeast, IBCM Vid- eo Control System, Visual Audio Sales, Micro System Technologies Corp., and DCM Systems. Also pres- ATTENTION RETAILERS! ent were vendors showing fixtures, soft drinks, snacks, popcorn, adult On top of all the excitement you'll get with Trans World and travel movies, the Checkpoint Entertainment's big new releases, we're offering you a security system, and the Fastag vid- special hideaway dufflebag with every video cassette eocassette tagging system. purchased! Each sturdy bag is made of durable, tear - Chicago One Stop, founded by resistant nylon, and features a handy carrying case former Chicago record retailer that becomes a zippered pocket when the bag is PREBOOK DATE: DEC. 7 Howard Rosen of Downtown Rec- unfolded. This handy dufflebag is just one more reason ords, was showing its Video Brows- to pack up your order today! ON SALE DATE: DEC. 21 er Paks, designed to display a large inventory in a small space. Starring ERIC BROWN, VIRGINIA LORIDANS, JOHN FERITTA A company called Ortron Devel- Music By ROBERT SPRAYBERRY Produced By JIM McCULLOUGH SP. opment of Buffalo Grove, Ill., dis- AT-W, played a prototype of its Video 0614 $79.95 Written and Directed By JIM McCULLOUGH JR. COLOR/ 90 MINUTES TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT U.S.A. Shoppers Gide, a color computer terminal that provides movie trail- ers and information on all videos stocked by a particular store, in- cluding titles, prices, stars, plot syn- opses, running times, and whether or not a given title is in stock. The PC -based touch- screen system will (Continued on next page) 52 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21. 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, Billboard. recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. VIDEO RETAILING VIDEOCASSETTESTURENTALS YSDA REGIONALS TOP (Continued from page 50) r á Compiled from a national sample of retail store rental reports. `Why should I join VSDA ?' " Dor- ganizer, Monitor Productions of w W Ú rance says. "People are familiar Hartford, to oversee the event. d L. 3 6 m members did ó» m with VSDA, but they don't know "Last year, the board u, ti Vi TITLE Copyright Owner, Principal d what they're getting for the buck." all the work, and we busted our I á 3 Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers >et 1 Dorrance credits the smooth op- hump," Vander Wiede says. * * NO. 1 * * eration of the event to Trade Show Offering an overview of this Warner Bros. Inc. Mel Gibson expo, Vander Wiede says, "It 1 NEW 1110. LETHAL WEAPON 1987 R Plus, a San Francisco-based special- year's Warner Home Video 11709 Danny Glover ist that was hired to coordinate the worked out good for the chapter Mickey Rourke 2 2 6 ANGEL HEART IVE 60460 1987 NR show. and met our goals for our custom- Lisa Bonet "It made for a very clean, profes- ers." Paramount Pictures William Shatner Angeles 3 1 5 STAR TREK IV -THE VOYAGE HOME 1986 PG sional atmosphere," says Dorrance, Although Los chapter Paramount Home Video 1797 Leonard Nimoy who adds that the show will return president Jeff Leyton says, "I 4 3 4 LADY AND THE TRAMP Walt Disney Home Video 582 Animated 1955 G to Oakland next year. wouldn't call it a flop by any Connecticut chapter president means," the L.A. meet, held Oct. 25 Andrew McCarthy 5 4 7 MANNEQUIN Media Home Entertainment M920 1987 PG Robert Vander Wiede reports that at the Sheraton Universal in Univer- Kim Cattrall the second Southern New England sal City, was less than a resounding Tri -Star Pictures Kim Basinger 6 6 7 BLIND DATE 1987 PG -13 Fall Video Expo had an increase of success. RCA/Columbia Home Video 6 -20822 Bruce Willis 64% in exhibitors and a 270% hike in Leyton estimates that about 200 Nicholas Cage 7 5 6 RAISING ARIZONA CBS -Fox Video 5191 1987 PG -13 from the previous retailers attended the chapter's Holly Hunter retail attendees year. Four or five new memberships first all -day event, which was held Warner Bros. Inc. Whoopi Goldberg 8 7 7 BURGLAR 1987 R on a Sunday. Of new member sign - Warner Home Video 11705 Bob Goldthwait were collected at the show. At the Oct. 21 -22 conclave at the ups, he says, "a few people were 9 NEW PROJECT X CBS -Fox Video 1592 Matthew Broderick 1987 PG Hartford (Conn.) Civic Center, 96 there for the first time and wanted exhibitors took booths. to join up." Orion Pictures Gene Hackman 9 I 8 HOOSIERS 1986 PG 45, a slight 10 HBO Video 0041 Dennis Hopper "We're not going to lose any mon- Exhibitors numbered ey," Vander Wiede says. "We're go- decline from the 50 -60 who take Touchstone Films Danny DeVito 11 NEW TIN MEN 1987 R Touchstone Home Video 571 Richard Dreyfuss ing to make a couple of thousand booths at the regular meetings, [dollars]. The exhibitors were which are usually held on Tuesday Amblin Entertainment 12 8 9 AN AMERICAN TAIL Animated 1986 G MCA Home Video 80536 pleased with the business. The peo- evenings. Leyton attributes the dip ple with equipment wrote good busi- to the proximity of the northern Cal- Paramount Pictures 10 13 CROCODILE DUNDEE Paul Hogan 1986 PG -13 13 Paramount Home Video 32029 ness." ifornia show the preceding week- But he adds, "The manufacturers end; in his opinion, some manufac- DEG Inc. Judd Nelson 15 9 FROM THE HIP 1986 PG 14 Lorimar Home Video 473 Elizabeth Perkins were not happy, because there was turers were either unable to move no mass volume of bodies. We had a their displays to Los Angeles or un- DEG Inc. Steve Guttenberg 13 13 THE BEDROOM WINDOW 1987 R 15 Vestron Video 5209 Isabelle Huppert little less than 300 retailers come to willing to work a second weekend in - Paramount Pictures Eric Stoltz the show, but they were all good a row. 16 11 7 SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL 1987 PG -13 Paramount Home Video 31979 Mary Stuart Masterson quality leads." "Our thought was to have it on Cannon Films Inc. A poll of exhibitors at the show Sunday, so that the people who 18 4 THE HANOI HILTON Michael Moriarty 1987 R 17 Warner Home Video 37068 indicated that many thought booth couldn't make it on a weekday, be- POLICE ACADEMY 4: CITIZENS ON Warner Bros. Inc. Steve Guttenberg hours were too long (11 a.m.-9 p.m. cause they're working their stores, 12 6 1987 PG 18 PATROL. Warner Home Video 20025 Bubba Smith the first day, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. the sec- could show up," Leyton says. "I Orion Pictures Burt Reynolds ond). The majority of suppliers also doubt if we would do it again on a 19 NEW PO. MALONE 1987 R Orion Home Video 8706 Lauren Hutton believed that a weekend show Sunday. We get a better draw at the New World Entertainment Lois Chiles would be preferable to the Tuesday- Tuesday evening meetings." 20 16 2 CREEPSHOW 2 1987 R New World Video A87003 George Kennedy Wednesday event held this year. Leyton stresses that the Oct. 25 Debra Winger "Many felt that making the show show, which also incorporated a 14 14 BLACK WIDOW CBS -Fox Video 5033 1986 R 21 Theresa Russell simpler would be better," Vander morning panel discussion and after- Hemdale Film Corp. Dennis Hopper Wiede says. "We're going to make noon manufacturer product presen- NEW RIVER'S EDGE 1987 R 22 Nelson Home Entertainment 7690 Crispin Glover it smaller [next year]. We'll proba- tations, was an experiment -an at- Cannon Films Inc. bly have 130 booths, and it probably tempt to do something a little differ- 17 3 STREET SMART Christopher Reeve 1987 R 23 Media Home Entertainment M930 won't be at the Civic Center. We'll ent in conjunction with the holiday New World Entertainment probably have it at a small hotel, to sales period. 23 5 DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR Fred Dryer 1986 R 24 New World Video A86260 make it more homey." "Next holiday season, I doubt if Touchstone Films Like the northern California we'll do this type of thing, because 6 ERNEST GOES TO CAMP Jim Varney 1987 PG 25 19 Touchstone Home Video 593 group, the Connecticut chapter there just wasn't as much re- Rosebud Releasing Corp. Bruce Campbell hired a professional trade -show or- sponse," he says. 20 5 EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN 1987 NR 26 Vestron Video 5212 Sarah Berry Warner Bros. Inc. Whoopi Goldberg 27 24 17 THE COLOR PURPLE 1985 PG-13 Warner Home Video 11534 Oprah Winfrey New Century Entertainment 28 21 7 HEAT Burt Reynolds 1987 R YSDA CHICAGO MEET Paramount Home Video 12584 (Continued from preceding page) Taft/Barish Entertainment Michael J. Fox 29 25 9 LIGHT OF DAY 1981 PG -13 Vestron Video 5200 Joan Jett be capable of storing information on popcorn (Applause, he noted, is now Warner Bros. Inc. Robert De Niro 22 11 THE MISSION 1986 PG up to 5,000 titles, according to presi- selling stuffed animals); circulating 30 Warner Home Video 11639 Jeremy Irons dent Ron Ortscheid. a monthly newsletter ( "If you're not A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: 31 26 13 Media Home Entertainment M900 Robert Englund 1987 R Seminars included presentations talking to your customers every DREAM WARRIORS on competing with mass merchants, month, your competition is "); sell- 32 NEW IIIP. MAKING MR. RIGHT HBO Video 0016 John Malkovich 1987 PG acquiring co-op dollars, and alterna- ing coupon books; putting store tive marketing. Consultant Bob names on bags, balloons, and other Cannon Films Inc. 33 28 11 OVER THE TOP Sylvester Stallone 1987 PG Tacy Jr. repeated the seminar that available surfaces; holding incen- Warner Home Video 11713 he held at VSDA's convention this tive contests for employees; and of- 34 29 2 GOTHIC Vestron Video 5215 Julian Sand 1987 R summer, "You Can Compete With fering services such as gift-wrap- Mass Merchants." "Competing with ping. "Go the extra mile and those Paramount Pictures 35 33 13 CRITICAL CONDITION Richard Pryor 1986 R price is the kiss of death," Tacy customers are yours," Caplan said. Paramount Home Video 1879 said. "Make the mass merchants According to chapter president Terry O'Quinn 36 10 THE STEPFATHER Nelson Home Entertainment 7567 1987 R compete on your turf." Establishing Murray, the regional VSDA intends 36 Jill Schoelen a loyal customer base was deemed to host another trade show next fall, Mary Steenburgen CBS -Fox Video 1987 R primary importance. low 37 27 10 DEAD OF WINTER 5147 Roddy McDowell of "People are despite this year's turnout. sick and tired of no personal ser- "Next year will be done different- RCA /Columbia Pictures Home Video 6- Anne Bancroft 34 3 CROSS ROAD 1986 PG vice 38 84 CHARING 20815 Anthony Hopkins -you can shine by offering cus- ly," he says. "New ideas have to be tomer service." formulated. Everything in this Orion Pictures Steve Martin 31 13 THE THREE AMIGOS 1986 PG in 39 HBO Video 0007 Chevy Chase Allan Caplan, chairman of the show, fact, was modeled after Omaha, Neb.-based chain Applause what dealers indicated they wanted Paramount Pictures 30 17 THE GOLDEN CHILD Eddie Murphy 1986 PG -13 40 Paramount Home Video 1930 Video, delivered his trademark talk to see. The realistic thing is, regard- on "guerrilla marketing" and hand- less of what people are saying, they Recording ndustry Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested list price income of $3 million (30 000 or $1.2 in know want. million for nontheat ical made -for- home -video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification for theatrical ilms, sales of ed out promotional tips to dealers don't what they If they 150,000 units or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for nontheatrical made-for -home-video product; 50,000 units or a value of attendance. Caplan advocated a va- did, we'd give it to them. If anyone $2 million fo music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985, were certified under different criteria.) International Tape Disc Assn. certification for riety of approaches, such as selling has any ideas, we're listening." a minimum sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units or $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. SF short-form. LF long -form. C concert. D documentary. concessions like candy and gourmet BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 53 www.americanradiohistory.com VOEO RETAILING Win Launches Wholesale Store In Warehouse BY JIM BESSMAN NEW YORK New York distribu- tor Win Records and Video Inc., which recently moved from Long Island City in Queens to a bigger facility in the borough's Elmhurst section, has opened an in -house wholesale video store to encourage in- person transactions for neigh- boring customers. The 4,000- square -foot, store - within-a-warehouse outlet -a sep- arate entity within Win's new 44,000- square -foot building -of- fers clientele easy access to the 100 or so new -release titles stocked. According to Win presi- dent Sam Weiss, the company's pickup business has increased more than 100% since the store was opened. "In just a few weeks we've seen at least that much" of an increase, says Weiss. He cites the complex's adjoining, 10,000- square -foot, pri- vate parking lot as a key factor. "No one's concerned about park- ing tickets or getting their ripped off or wasting too much time in making the trip," Weiss says. Although the store has been in operation for only about a month, Weiss can already boast of moving $760,000 worth of Walt Disney product, for instance, "which is something we couldn't have done in the other place. Now, we can blow it right out." Weiss also sin- gles out a current Hi -Tops pro- gram for its "tremendous" perfor- mance at the outlet, but he notes that these early successes oc- curred even before the store had been fully fixtured. "When the new fixtures come in, it will be beautiful, but we've in- creased tremendously even with the stuff set out on the floor," he says. Weiss adds that the pickup center, when completed, will dupli- cate the appearance of a top- quali- ty video retail store. "These are wholesale custom- ers, but they love to touch [prod- uct] just like retail -hold the box- es, touch , feel, and see," he says. "They can come in and pick mer- chandise right off the rack. They can go directly into the warehouse if they want and pick multiple copies of the best -selling items they need. They can even see MAJOR MOTION AT THE BOX-OFFICE! things in the store that they didn't even know existed and pick it up DIRTY DANCING electrified the summer of '87, bumping its way to over $40 million right then and there." in box-office gresses! The summer heat spilled over into fall as well, with a multi -million This "instant gratification," dollar T% and print advertising campaign! says Weiss, is extremely impor- tant for "anybody within driving MAJOR MOTION ON THE SCREEN! im- distance who wants something 1t Heartthrob PATRICK SWAYZE and acclaimed newcomerJENNIFER GREY (FERRIS mediately and can buy it and walk ,. BULLER'S DM OFF) wowed critics aid audier_aes of all ages! out with it rather than wait for [United Parcel Service] delivery." MAJOR MOTION AT THE RECORD STORE! He adds that point-of- purchase DIRTY DANCING'S Original Motion Picture PLATINUM material "and maybe a cup of cof- Soundtrack is a smash. Featuring fee" are available if needed, and hit singles "The Time Of My Life" and "Hungry Eyes," it's burning up the radio and he notes that in the case of p -o -p, RCAthevideo charts nationwide! demand has already proven so great that vendors have begun se- curing display space for it in the store. Weiss says he greatly expanded (Continued on next page) 54 BILLBJARD NOVEMBER 21. 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com IDEO RETAILING Japanese Co. Offers Mobile Rental Service TOKYO A new video-on- wheels rental service has been launched here by the Omiya City-based com- pany Tensho. The service, which uses so- called video liner cars to call on factories, offices, stores, and homes to rent and recover tapes, is being fran- chised to major video rental out- lets throughout Japan. Tensho president Masatoshi Suda says he hopes to have 40 of the cars in operation by year's end, producing annual revenue of about $1.4 million. The target for 1988 is 3,000 cars generating $18.6 million in rental income, and for 1989 Suda hopes to have 13,000 cars generating $43 million. Franchise stores will pay Ten - sho a $2,140 fee and be allocated an area in which to operate the ser- vice. No royalty is payable, but stores will pay a monthly $150 su- pervision fee and $625 monthly for the use of a video liner vehicle. The cars carry up to 300 video- tapes in all, a 42 -tape cart that can be wheeled into offices and fac- tories, and a portable 20-tape car- ton. Stores use their own tape stocks, and their own staff mem- bers drive the video liners. Howev- er, Tensho insists that all drivers be young women, and the company also chooses the drivers' uniforms. According to Suda, the motive for launching the new service is the low level of consumer rental in Japan. Surveys indicate that only 22% of the country's VCR owners rent prerecorded titles. Since cus- tomers will not come to the shops, Tensho reasons, the shops must come to them. "We decided to turn a waiting - for-customers business into a go- ing-to- the -customers business," he says. Stores will charge a $3.50 over- night rental fee. Tensho estimates that an outlet operating one of the company's video liner car 25 days a month should average 80 rentals a day for monthly gross earnings of $7,000 and net earnings of $4,800. SHIG FUJITA WIN OPENS STORE (Continued from preceding page) Win's 37- year-old audio business MAJOR MOTION OFF YOl i? SHELVES! to deepen its catalog inventory and Dance all the wa) to the bank with the perfect pa IRTY DANCING will be in great telemarketing capability. Win's demand. Don't be caught short! Order enough w! video catalog, which he says has "always been extensive," can now MAJOR PRO -MOTION FOR WI ! expand greatly per title both in the DIRTY DANCING debuts on honte ide() on.) , backed by a $1,590,000 -plus warehouse and in the warehouse store. advertising and promotion campaign! 'the bois smash of summer will be °Ski fr your "Because of the increase in first major video hit of 1988. space we can carry 10 or 100,000 pieces of a unit without worrying NATIONAL RELEASE DATE: JAN LIR} 6, 1988 about it," says Weiss. "And in the store, we have at least 100 new re- 171S:1'Á6013 :1B6(113: 105 Minutes: Rated PC-13; 198.'. A.sk your how )eau leases in quantities of 10, 20, and Also available from 1'estron %ideo Espanüi (Catalog #86013). distributor can gel 3 -D. 5'stand up 30 ' 19N %tatron two. P.O. Dm «$N), Stamford 11 nMNI- this exciting or more if necessary." Weiss adds that he has observed as many as 10 customers walk into the new store at a time. "We're having to develop a whole kind of pickup staff, because it's become a very viable part of our business." B6LLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 55 www.americanradiohistory.com NOME VIDEO Trade Group Seeks Increase In Media Coverage VSDA Sets Major Promo Of A Titles ty interviews; a selection of color up satellite press tours, "will work on BY CHRIS MORRIS slides; and a list of publicity contacts. the nuts-and -bolts assembling of the LOS ANGELES In December, the Print outlets will receive the same video side of [Vidnews]," Helper Video Software Dealers Assn. will package, minus the 3/4 inch tape but says. launch an ambitious public relations with 3 -by -5 -inch, black -and -white He adds, "Down the road we hope program aimed at garnering wider stills. Radio will be serviced with the to expand this service by relying on coverage of the home -video indus- audio track of the videotape. satellite." try's A titles in the broadcast and According to Lou Fogelman, presi- VSDA has scheduled a tentative print media. dent of Los Angeles -based Show deadline calendar for Vidnews mail- The program, called VSDA Vid- Industries /Music Plus and chairman ings through next May. The deadline news, is a six -month pilot project of VSDA's Industry Promotion Com- for manufacturers who wish to pro- funded by the video trade group. The mittee, the idea for Vidnews came at vide material for the initial Dec. 7 first bimonthly Vidnews mailing is the trade group's Manufacturers Vidnews mailing is Nov. 23; the dead- scheduled to hit some 200 media out- Committee meeting in 1986. line for the Dec. 28 mailing is Dec. 14. lets, primarily in the top 25 U.S. mar- "The Warner [Home Video repre- All materials should be sent to Vid- kets, on Dec. 7. sentatives] brought up the idea of a news at Suite 2004, 5455 Wilshire VSDA's goal is to see Vidnews campaign to publicize the industry by Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90036. used by domestic media organiza- the use of the media -giving the me- VSDA has hired Martina Barrett tions "that reach over 95% of the U.S. dia more information so that they in as project coordinator for Vidnews; population." turn would talk about the program- she can be reached via the Vidnews Bargain Hunter. CBS /Fox Home Video has announced a unique pricing VSDA says that every two weeks ming," Fogelman says. Hotline 800- 262 -5369 or, temporarily, strategy for "Predator." The action /adventure film, which stars Arnold 213 -934-4356. & it will provide television stations, ra- "It became apparent that it would at Bender, Goldman Schwarzenegger, right, will be released in a specially priced two -pack at a can be contacted 213 -473- dio networks, newspapers, national be difficult to do via the manufactur- Helper at discounted price beginning Jan. 21 (prebook cutoff is Jan. 5). Single copies of magazines, and syndicated TV and ers, so VSDA took it upon itself to 4147. the movie will be available for a list price of $89.98 each, but not until Feb. 1 print outlets with a comprehensive spearhead this thing," says Fogel- (see story, page 1). media package made up of informa- man, who adds that VSDA funding tion on current top home -video re- for the six-month project will run be- leases. The media kits will be assem- tween $50,000 and $100,000. bled by Bender, Goldman & Helper, Although plans call for Vidnews FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 the Los Angeles -based public rela- category or theme mailings on a reg- ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any tions firm that represents the VSDA, ular basis, the program assigns top retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, in cooperation with J -Nex Satellite priority to A titles. Billboard. recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Television News Service. "We want to make sure that the Vidnews mailings will be assem- product we are sending out is good, bled on a discretionary basis from newsworthy product," Fogelman TOP MUSIC VIDEOCASSETTESTM pre-edited clips and written material says. "The objective is to get the á supplied by individual video suppli- most exposure possible. C and D ti- Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. ers. tles aren't going to get that kind of p TV outlets will receive a 10- minute, exposure." time-coded, inch videotape, includ Lee Helper, president of Bender, ÿ ui TITLE Copyright Owner, Principal v e má %/4 F % Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers ing 12-14 clips running 30 seconds or Goldman & Helper, says that more a >rx 1- ,nz less; a one -sheet containing descrip- than 50% of the Vidnews mailings ** NO. 1 * * tions of new releases; Vidnews will be targeted at the electronic me- 1 1 THE MAKING OF THE 'TOUCH OF 6 West Home Video SW -5700 Grateful Dead 1987 D 12.95 Flashes, a compilation of column dia-mainly TV outlets in the top 25 9 GREY' VIDEO AND MORE items about major releases; a sched- markets-with another 40% aimed at A &M Records Inc. 2 2 9 CONTROL -THE VIDEOS, PART II Janet Jackson 1987 SF 12.98 ule of the month's upcoming re- newspapers. A &M Video 6 -21102 leases; a schedule of available celebri- J-Nex, which specializes in setting GRACELAND: THE AFRICAN 5 9 Warner Reprise Video 38136 Paul Simon 1987 C 29.98 3 CONCERT THE DOORS: LIVE AT THE The Doors Video Company 4 4 15 The Doors 1987 C 24.95 HOLLYWOOD BOWL MCA Home Video 80592 Elektra Records 11 ONE Anita Baker 1987 C 24.95 Editing Decks: Getting More 5 9 NIGHT Elektra Entertainment 40105 I.R.S. Records 3 21 R.E.M. "SUCCUMBS" R.E.M. 1987 LF 19.98 Sophisticated All The Time 6 A &M Video 61710 A &M Records Inc. 7 10 51 CONTROL-THE VIDEOS Janet Jackson 1986 SF 12.95 A biweekly column focusing on than one VCR can edit a tape easily A &M Video 6 -21021 - Elektra /Asylum Records products, trends, and develop- enough at home, these new movie 8 8 49 MOTLEY CRUE UNCENSORED Motley Crue 1986 LF 19.98 ments in the hardware industry. making machines allow consumers to Elektra Entertainment 40104 -3 a Polygram Records Inc. transform an unedited tape into 9 9 23 KISS EXPOSED Kiss 1986 LF 29.95 small production. Some of the more Polygram Video 440 -041 -489 -3 BY MARK HARRINGTON Polygram MusicVideo-U.S. commonly known units are available 10 6 43 BON JOVI- BREAKOUT Bon Jovi 1985 SF 14.95 from the likes of Panasonic and Sony, Sony Video Software 95W50030 Island Records Inc. It used to be enough just to see your- but they are aimed somewhere be- 11 12 103 U2 LIVE AT RED ROCKS U2 1984 C 19.95 MusicVision 6 -20613 self on television. The fascination fac- tween professional and consumer Chrysalis Records, Inc. carried you through the blandest markets. 12 7 17 VITAL IDOL Billy Idol 1987 LF 19.98 tor Vestron Music Video 1204 epic wedding or birthday party. Probably one of the more sophisti- CBS Video Music Enterprises to see yourself cated consumer video-editing units is AEROSMITH'S VIDEO SCRAPBOOK Aerosmith 1987 D 19.98 You'd wait hours just 13 NEW CBS -Fox Music Video 5229 smile faintly and wave. You were on a $499 machine from California-based Polygram Records Inc. are VIDEOS Cinderella 1987 SF 14.95 TV. Videonics. The company's roots 14 14 7 NIGHT SONGS -THE Polygram Video 041522.3 But anyone in computers, but its chief engineer, Hill /Dreamvideo, Inc. Windham Various Artists 1987 LF 29.95 who's owned a Mark Hahn, is a videophile. Hahn has 15 20 3 WINDHAM HILL-CHINA Paramount Home Video 12558 HARDWARE camcorder for put together a machine whose versa- Arista Records Inc. Whitney Houston 1986 SF 14.95 more than a week tility rivals that of some professional 16 13 73 THE # 1 VIDEO HITS MusicVision 6 -20631 the units. knows that Picture Music Intl. Genesis 1987 SF 19.98 WATCH fascination fades Videonics just started shipping a 18 9 VISIBLE TOUCH Atlantic Video 50117 -3 Watching product called DirectED. DirectED quickly. 25: YESTERDAY, TODAY, Motown Pictures Co. MOTOWN Various Artists 1983 D 29.95 homemade videos is like watching requires either two VCRs or a VCR RE-ENTRY FOREVER MGM /UA Home Video 300302 but it allows you to someone else's slides -the viewer be- and a camcorder, CBS Video Music Enterprises LIVE Judas Priest 1986 C 24.98 gins to labor through them. do a lot more with half the effort. To 19 RE -ENTRY PRIEST CBS -Fox Music Video 5134 scan through a Enter the latest video -editing use this machine, you MCA Records, Inc. THE NIGHTMARE RETURNS: THE Alice Cooper 1986 C 29.95 decks. A number of sophisticated videotape, mark up start and stop 20 NEW10. ALICE COOPER TOUR MCA Home Video 80635 on market enable you points on segments you want saved, mil ion (30,000 o $1.2 units now the Recording Industry Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested list price income of $3 and RIAA platinum certification for theatrical films, sales of to go through a tape and lop out all disregard segments you don't, million for nontheatrical made -for -home-video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). 50,000 units or a va ue of like fades or 150,000 units or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for nontheatrical made -for- home -video product; your ugly relatives and even add add special effects International Tape Disc Assn. certification for $2 million for music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985, were certified under different criteria.) sweeps. You can also insert titles and released programs, or of at least 25,000 units or $1 million at some sophisticated effects. a minimum sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically 58) C D documentary. While any consumer with more (Continued on page su_ggested retail for nontheatrical titles. SF short-form. LF long -form. concert. BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 56 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, VIDEO recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. NOME BiIIIDc::c:1rcja TOP SPECIAL INTEREST ETTESTMSAL ES INGRAM HAS FINALIZED its buyout of Lieberman Enterprise's distribution VI D EOCASS division, Home Entertainment. The deal between Ingram and Lieber - I- man's parent company, International Video á Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. Entertainment, includes O 2 o U six Home Entertainment outlets located in Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas < City, R vi O Minneapolis, Portland, and Hawaii. According to Harold Okinow, Y lit v_, vi TITLE Copyright Owner, Remarks ,g president of Lieberman, Home Entertainment was sold because "it X N 3 Manufacturer, Catalog Number ÿz was not in line with the overall goals of our company." Lieberman is primarily a rackjobber for mass-merchant outlets while Home Enter- tainment distributes to video -specialty stores. RECREATIONAL SPORTS TM LASERDISC CORP. OF AMERICA will offer discount coupons of up to $4 with * * No. 1 * * the purchase of either "Lady And The Tramp" or "Star Trek IV: The THE BEST OF THE FOOTBALL NFL's best and funniest football 1 1 25 NFL Films Video 19.95 Voyage Home" on the laserdisk format. The coupons can be applied to FOLLIES bloopers fill this compilation. the future purchase of LCA's Disney titles and Star Trek TV series, Easy -to- follow guide for the beginning 2 47 GOLF MY WAY WITH JACK NICKLAUS Worldvision Enterprises Inc. 2001 84.95 respectively. The company is also offering two classic holiday pro- 2 golfer. grams, "Carols For Christmas" and "Messiah," in a special holiday Tim Conway displays the fun -damentals 3 4 19 DORF ON GOLF J2 Communications J2 -0009 gift set with a suggested retail price of $69.95. of golf in this spoof of how-to's. WARREN MILLER'S LEARN TO SKI 4 6 39 Lorimar Home Video 103 A definitive guide to the art of skiing. 24.95 GEORGE HARRISON'S film -production company, HandMade Films, has BETTER reached a distribution agreement with CBS /Fox in the U.K. Under the Beginner's guide to skiing, designed to 5 8 29 SKI MAGAZINE'S LEARN TO SKI Lorimar Home Video 098 19.95 terms of the deal, CBS /Fox will have home video rights to approxi- teach basic techniques. mately 16 titles beginning with HandMade's first production in 1988. Bob Mann's methods increase players' 6 5 47 AUTOMATIC GOLF Video Reel VA 39 14.95 CBS /Fox says it will market the titles in the U.K. under a special drive by 30 to 80 yards. HandMade label. Selluloid /Adam R. Bronfman Golf's Grand Master demonstrates and 7 15 37 GOLF LESSONS FROM SAM SNEAD 49.95 Star Video Productions explains every aspect of the game. NEW WORLD VIDEO was honored during the Focus On Video trade show in SUCCESSFUL WHITETAIL -DEER 3M /Sportsman's Video Proven strategies for finding and taking 8 7 35 69.95 Toronto recently. The company won an award for Best Canadian film HUNTING Leisure Time Video the big buck. with its release of "Decline Of The American Empire." New World was JOHN MCENROE AND IVAN LENDL: Learn tennis secrets and tips from the 9 19 41 Vestron Video 1022 also cited for its promotional efforts in Canada, winning the best -ad- THE WINNING EDGE world's two best players. vertising award for its overall product line. Touching The Clouds Nancy Kwan demonstrates and explains 10 29 T'AI CHI CH'AUN 42.95 10 King Of Video the oriental exercise for mind and body. THE HISPANIC HOME VIDEO ASSN. is trying to drum up support for its sec- ARNOLD PALMER: PLAY GREAT GOLF Mastering the Fundamentals focuses on 11 3 19 Vestron Video 2038 ond annual convention, slated for April 9 and 10 in Hollywood. Show VOLUME 1 the basic mechanics of golf. organizers say the convention will offer Profiles of football greats plus the NFL's dealers the opportunity to par- 12 16 27 NFL CRUNCH COURSE NFL Films Video ticipate in the largest Hispanic home video warehouse sale and exhibi- greatest hits. tion. For more information HHVA, LITTLE LEAGUE'S OFFICIAL HOW-TO Basic instructions for any aspiring young contact 627 Third St., Clovis, Calif. 18 23 Mastervision 19.95 13 PLAY BASEBALL BY VIDEO ballplayer. 93612. AL STEWART 3M /Sportsman's Video Step into the habitat of the Whitetail and 14 RE -ENTRY THE ELUSIVE WHITETAIL DEER 49.95 Leisure Time Video improve your hunting abilities. This program on soccer includes 15 11 11 SOCCER FOR EVERYONE: VOLUME 1 Sports World 29.95 juggling, heading, dribbling & trapping. Red Auerbach & an NBA all -star line -up 16 14 9 RED ON ROUNDBALL Best Film & Video Corp. 8102 29.95 show the strategies behind their plays. 3M /Sportsman's Video Learn to locate deer by understanding 17 13 25 WAY OF THE WHITETAIL 69.95 BILLBOARD Leisure Time Video what they eat, where they live, etc. ARNOLD PALMER: PLAY GREAT GOLF 9 13 Vestron Video 2039 More great tips from the master of golf. 18 VOLUME 2 39.98 THE SUPERFIGHT- HAGLER VS. QMI Video Features the fight in its entirety plus rare 19 12 25 19.95 SPOTLI9HTS LEONARD Forum Home Video QMI -1 interview footage. Coach Bob Knight explains the 20 NEW110. A KNIGHT OF BASKETBALL Kartes Video 19.95 fundamentals of offense and defense. HOBBIES AND CRAFTSTM ** No.1 * * CHEF PAUL PRUDHOMME'S Unique techniques are revealed in this 1 1 47 J2 Communications 19.95 LOUISIANA KITCHEN, VOL. 1 video on Cajun cooking. JCI Video Inc. Common -sense guide to the basics of ITALY 2 3 25 YES YOU CAN MICROWAVE JCI Video 8200 microwave cooking. FRANCE For the fish lover whose time or bad luck 3 4 25 VIDEO AQUARIUM The Video Naturals Co. 19.95 YEAR-END DOUBLE - makes owning live fish impossible. The tips,t tricks, and techniques of 4 2 19 CAKE DECORATING Learn By Video WEEK ISSUE: decorating are at your fingertips. 29.95 CRAIG CLAIBORNE'S NEW YORK Preparation and presentation of over 20 #1 7 AWARDS OF 1987 5 33 TIMES VIDEO Warner Home Video 34025 COMEDY COOKBOOK of his favorite recipes. Relax in the glow of a flickering fire -right 6 5 13 VIDEO FIREPLACE The Video Naturals Co. 19.95 on the T.V. screen! THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF Visit beautiful Hawaii and enjoy an in- 7 NEW International Travel Network HAWAII depth look at the 4 main islands. 95 J A N U A R CHEF PAUL PRUDHOMME'S How to prepare Cajun and Creole 8 10 47 12 Communications LOUISIANA KITCHEN, VOL. 2 classics from scratch. 19.95 d This volume is designed to save 9 9 19 MADE EASY -ELECTRICAL Lorimar Home Video 073 14.95 WINTER CES homeowners money on simple repairs. JULIA CHILD: SOUPS, SALADS, AND Making French bread, tossed salads, and 10 6 29 Random House Home Video 2995 PRO /AUDIO/VIDEO BREAD light and hearty soups. PUBLISHING & LICENSING LAURA MCKENZIE'S TRAVEL TIPS Visits to Oahu, Maui, Diamond Head, and 11 11 33 Republic Pictures Corp. H- 7352 -1 24.95 MIDEM HAWAII Waikiki. SPAGO: COOKING WITH Wolfgang Puck, Inc. Over 15 Spago recipes inluding Wolfgang 12 NEW 2998 CANADA WOLFGANG PUCK Warner Home Video 35048 Puck's famed pizzas & pastas. AUSTRALIA'S 200TH ANNIVERSARY CHET ATKINS: GET STARTED ON Chet's easy style of teaching makes 13 15 15 Atkins Video Society GUITAR learning guitar fun. 6995 HUGH JOHNSON'S -HOW TO ENJOY Simon & Schuster Video A definitive look at wine from cooking to 14 14 33 29 95 IT ALL! WINE Paramount Home Video decanting and buying BILLBOARD COVERS Sewing, fabrics, and pattern choices are 15 8 3 LEARNING TO SEW Learn By Video demonstrated for the beginner. International Tape Disc Assn. certification for a minimum sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units or $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. SF short-form. LF long -form. C concert. D documentary. Next week: Health And Fitness; Business And Education. BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21. 1987 F7 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, HOME VIDEO Billboard® recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. AVC TO HONOR SPECIAL -INTEREST TAPES VIDEOCASSETTESTSALES (Continued from page 1) TOP r The AVC is a joint venture be- More than 400 tapes were sub- a Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. Y U v the American Film Institute mitted to the AFI for the special - w tween u 12 ú and Billboard. A total of 15 panels interest awards. Tapes went a 3 ó c v; TITLE Copyright Owner, Principal ú w ma will be - layers of examina- devoted during the three through several I- á 3 Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers ÿ day conference to various aspects tion by a jury consisting of film, of special- interest video program- video, and television professionals * * No.1 * * ming. as well as experts in special- inter- 1 1 5 LADY AND THE TRAMP Walt Disney Home Video 582 Animated 1955 G 29.95 In addition, the AVC meet incor- est disciplines. Winners will be an- Paramount Pictures William Shatner porates the Billboard Video Music nounced at the awards dinner. 2 2 5 STAR TREK IV -THE VOYAGE HOME 1986 PG 29.95 Paramount Home Video 1 797 Leonard Nimoy Conference, which will be high- For information regarding the Amblin Entertainment by five discus- separate registration required for 3 3 10 AN AMERICAN TAIL Animated 1986 G 29.95 lighted seminar MCA Home Video 80536 sions. the dinner, contact the AVC at 212- Paramount Pictures 4 13 DUNDEE Paul Hogan 1986 PG -13 29.95 Michael Nesmith, chairman of 722 -2115. General information 4 CROCODILE Paramount Home Video 32029 Pacific Arts, is the keynote speak- about the conference can be ob- JANE FONDA'S LOW IMPACT Lorimar/LightYear Ent. Jane Fonda 1986 NR 39.95 er. (Continued on next page) 5 7 57 AEROBIC WORKOUT Lorimar Home Video 070 Paramount Pictures Marlon Brando 5 51 THE GODFATHER 1972 R 29.95 6 Paramount Home Video 8049 Al Pacino HARDWARE WATCH Callan Productions Corp. 7 6 44 CALLANETICS Callan Pinckney 1986 NR 24.95 (Continued from page 56) MCA Home Video 80429 credits as you go along. not. Aside from a few recently re- 8 10 55 SLEEPING BEAUTY Watt Disney Home Video 476 Animated 1959 G 29.95 Best of all, you can do all this from leased consumer decks from General STAR TREK Ill -THE SEARCH FOR Paramount Pictures William Shatner 9 9 105 1984 PG 19.95 your easy chair. DirectED is con- Electric, Panasonic and Canon, he SPOCK Paramount Home Video 1621 DeForest Kelley by an remote, which VHS decks with five -pin con- trolled infrared says, Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise 8 TOP 1986 PG 26.95 directs a microprocessor base unit to nectors are industrial units. As a re- 10 35 GUN Paramount Home Video 1629 Kelly McGillis perform the various functions. You sult, most who use hard -wired editing 11 PLAYBOY 1988 PLAYMATE VIDEO 7 Lorimar Home Video 524 Various Artists 1987 NR 24.95 can press a help button any time dur- machines are semipro or professional 11 CALENDAR ing the process to guide you through. videophiles. Apple Films and United Artists 12 22 2 YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles 1968 NR 29.95 The unit is compatible with all con- Cohen says the advantage of a MGM /UA Home Video M301 1 70 sumer VCRs and camcorders -VHS, hard -wired unit is that, by being Lorimar /LightYear Ent. 13 12 107 JANE FONDA'S NEW WORKOUT Jane Fonda 1985 NR 39.95 VHS -C, 8mm, Beta, and 3/4 inch. wired directly to the deck, the editing Lorimar Home Video 069 Videonics president Mike D'Addio system becomes a two -way ex- Warner Bros. Inc. Mel Gibson 2 LETHAL WEAPON 1987 R 89.95 says the market for video -editing ma- change, passing and receiving vital 14 34 Warner Home Video 11709 Danny Glover chines mirrors that of camcorders information to complete functions. and, accordingly, he sees huge Wireless systems, he says, can only 15 13 23 HERE'S MICKEY! Walt Disney Home Video 526 Animated 1987 NR 14.95 fourth quarter transmit commands one way and the growth for them this DISNEY SING -ALONG SONGS: HEIGH Walt and throughout next year. user can't be certain the deck is com- 16 15 22 Disney Home Video 531 Animated 1987 NR 14.95 "This year there will be an in- pleting them. "In order to do your STAR TREK II -THE WRATH OF Paramount Pictures William Shatner 17 17 163 1982 PG 19.95 stalled base of some 4 million cam- editing properly you really need to KHAN Paramount Home Video 1 180 Leonard Nimoy corders," he says. "Our market is at get information from the deck," he JCI Video Inc. 18 23 74 KATHY SMITH'S BODY BASICS Kathy Smith 1985 NR 29.95 the higher end of camcorder sales. says. "Infrared is only a one -way JCI Video 81 11 We figure conservatively we can tar- path." Julie Andrews 14 75 MARY POPPINS Walt Disney Home Video 23 1964 G 29.95 get around 10% of the 4 million in- Since a tape needn't be duplicated 19 Dick Van Dyke stalled base as the size of our mar- and run through before users can 20 19 11 PLAYBOY VIDEO CENTERFOLD #6 Lorimar Home Video 526 Lynne Austin 1987 NR 12.95 ket." start editing, editing a tape can be Videonics and others in the field es- quicker with the hard -wire machine, JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT WITH Lorimar/LightYear Ent. 21 25 5 Jane Fonda 1987 NR 39.95 timate that more than 50% of those though Cohen concedes that his unit WEIGHTS Lorimar Home Video 076 with a VCR will own a camcorder doesn't offer special effects. Because Julie Andrews 18 120 THE SOUND OF MUSIC CBS -Fox Video 1 051 1965 G 29.98 over the next four years. of the differences between formats, 22 Christopher Plummer "We've seen a huge spread of peo- he offers five different models to dub Amblin Entertainment Michael J. Fox 23 24 43 BACK TO THE FUTURE 1985 PG 29.95 ple buying our products, from doc- between VHS and VHS, 8mm and MCA Home Video 80196 Christopher Lloyd tors doing special scope surgery to VHS, VHS and Beta, Beta and VHS, Touchstone Films Danny DeVito 24 NEW TIN MEN 1987 R 89.95 mom and dad shooting their kid's and Beta and Beta. Touchstone Home Video 571 Richard Dreyfuss birthday party," says D'Addio. The unit allows for audio dubbing, Mark Hamill 25 20 33 RETURN OF THE JEDI CBS -Fox Video 1478 1983 PG 29.98 To date, Videonics has shipped frame advance, insert editing, and Harrison Ford 3,000 DirectED units. D'Ad- forward reverse. An under -$1,000 in- around 26 37 6 KATHY SMITH'S WINNING WORKOUT Fox Hills Video FH1012 Kathy Smith 1987 NR 29.95 dio estimates they'll ship around terface unit called the RS -232, due this fourth quarter alone out in January, will allow users to Universal City Studios 8,000 during 27 RE -ENTRY SCARFACE Al Pacino 1983 R 24.95 and perhaps as many as 40,000 next hook the editing machine up to com- MCA Home Video 80047 STAR TREK: THE MOTION Paramount Pictures William Shatner lye year. puters, allowing "the kind of editing 28 21 82 G 19.95 D'Addio says Videonics considered you see in $50,000 to $100,000 editing PICTURE Paramount Home Video 8858 Leonard Nimoy Total Video, Inc. including a VCR with the unit for systems," Cohen says. "It lets you do RE -ENTRY A WEEK WITH RAQUEL Raquel Welch 1987 NR 29.95 29 HBO Video TVA9965 those who don't have a second VCR PC-based editing and move lines to at home, but economics changed all different places in the script." The in- 30 31 116 PINOCCHIO Walt Disney Home Video 239 Animated 1940 G 29.95 that. "We started in that direction terface will be compatible with Paramount Pictures Marlon Brando but thought the price would be too Futurevideo's EC -1000 Pro controller 38 28 APOCALYPSE NOW 1979 R 29.95 31 Paramount Home Video 2306 Martin Sheen high," he says. "DirectED circuitry is and will be available with special edit- Mickey Rourke like EQ MTS stereo, where you ing software. RE WEEKS MGM /UA Home Video 800973 1986 R 24.95 not or 32 -ENTRY 9 1/2 Kim Basinger can add it relatively inexpensively. While there are advantages to both Marilyn Monroe most people already systems, it seems that the consumer 16 8 GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES CBS -Fox Video 1019 1953 NR 19.98 Plus we feel that 33 Jane Russell have the VCR equipment. Why sell segment will be more amenable to an them another?" He estimates that an infrared -based unit like DirectED. 34 27 23 HERE'S DONALD! Walt Disney Home Video 527 Animated 1987 NR 14.95 additional deck would have hiked the Dave Landis, national sales man- KATHY SMITH'S ULTIMATE VIDEO JCI Video Inc. an Oregon-based 29 101 Kathy Smith 1984 NR 29.95 cost to around $1,500. ager for Vidicraft, 35 WORKOUT JCI Video 8100 The competition for infrared -re- marketer of video special -effects gen- Paramount Pictures William Shatner 26 3 THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT 1968 NR 14.95 mote -based units like Videonics are erators, switchers, and other video 36 Paramount Home Video 60040 -59 Leonard Nimoy hard -wired units, like the one avail- components, says his company has DISNEY'S SING ALONG SONGS: THE 2 Walt Disney Home Video 581 Animated 1987 NR 14.95 able from Futurevideo Products, also been exploring editing controllers 37 35 BARE NECESSITIES in California. Robert Cohen, and will probably market one within based PLAYBOY VIDEO CENTERFOLD #5 38 40 25 Lorimar Home Video 059 Donna Edmonson 1987 NR 12.95 Futurevideo president, says hard- the next five months. "There's been PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR an incredible boom in these products wired units offer certain advantages Paramount Pictures HILLS COP Eddie Murphy 1985 R 19.95 over infrared -controlled units, but he just in the past year," he says. 39 3.3 98 BEVERLY Paramount Home Video 1134 ma- "We've been interested in editing admits that his $450 editing THE DOORS: LIVE AT THE The Doors Video Company The Doors 1987 NR 24.95 chine -which operates via a five -pin decks and I've recommended that we 40 30 16 HOLLYWOOD BOWL MCA Home Video 80592 touch the category unless we connector on VCRs -isn't as univer- not Recording ndustry Assn. of America gold certification for theatrical films, sales of 75,000 units or suggested list price income of $3 million (30,000 or $1.2 sally compatible as DirectED. Most have an infrared -remote piece. I liked million for nontheat ical made -for- home -video product; 25,000 or $1 million for music video product). RIAA platinum certification for theatrical films, sales of with the the Videonics piece, but we'd be look- 150,000 uni s or suggested list price income of $6 million (60,000 or $2.4 million for nontheatrical made-for -home -video product; 50,000 units or a value of 8mm decks are equipped different criteria.) International Tape Disc Assn. certification for a little lower price point." $2 million fo music video product). Titles certified prior to Oct. 1, 1985, were certified under five -pin connector, but consumer ing at a minimum sale of 75,000 units or a dollar volume of $3 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units or $1 million at VHS decks, for the most part, are suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. SF short-form. LF long -form. C concert. D documentary. 5A BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com /OME VIDEO AMERICAN VIDEO AWARDS (Continued from preceding page) tained through the same number. The four finalists in each spe- cial- interest category are the fol- lowing: Cooking, Food And Wine B O B B Y H O L L A N D E R ' S "Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisi- ana Kitchen, Volume 1." "Secrets For Great Dinner Par- ties, Starring Richard Sax." "Spago: Cooking With Wolfgang Puck." "The Wines Of Bordeaux -A Vid- eo Guide." Travel And Adventure "The San Diego Zoo -It's A Wild Life." "Ski: The Best Of The West." "Spain: Everything Under The Sun." "Touring Australia." Science And Nature PREMIER ISSUE VIDEO MAGAZINE "Journey Into Space." JANUARY 1988 "Land Of The Leopard." "Ocean Symphony." RATED R "Wild Alaska." Crafts, Hobbies And Home Arts "Crocheting Made Easy." "Furniture Repairing With Bob Flexner." "Magic Moments, Capture Them EXCITING NEW VIDEO SERIES In Pictures." "Tapestry Weaving, Level II." Home Improvement "Auto Repair For Dummies." THIS MONTH FEATURING "Ceramic Tile Walls." JANUARY 1988 "How To Have A Moneymaking CENTERFOLD Garage Sale." "Inspecting A House Before You SYLVIE Buy Games And Magic "Byrne's Standard Video Of Pool And Billiards." WITH A HOST OF "Games: The Video Edition, Vol- GORGEOUS ume 1." "Murder Mystery Video Party HUSTLER HONEYS Game: Murder At The Guild Inn." "Shari Lewis Presents 101 Things MEET THE SIDE OF For Kids To Do." HUSTLER YOU'VE Careers And Investment Produced By: PETER DAVY "David Brecker's College Success NEVER SEEN BEFORE! Directed By: BOBBY HOLLANDER Video." "How To Really Start Your Own Business." "1986 Tax Reform Act: Today's MOVE AND GROOVE Opportunities, Strategies For To- morrow." TO THE GREAT MUSIC OF "Steve Allen's How To Make A Speech." J7 TASTE OF HONEY Education "American History: The Civil .7 LITTLE RICHARD War." "Hollywood Screenwriters And .I7 JOHN GONZALEZ Their Craft." "Touring Civil War Battlefields." ./7 S.O.S. BAND "The Video History Of The Civil War." .J JOHNNY OTIS Fine Arts, Music And Dance "The Barber Of Seville." AND MANY MORE! "Bone, Flesh, Skin: The Making Of Japanese Lacquer." "Georgia O'Keefe." "Reflections: The Story Of The Exhibition: Treasure Houses Of Britain." Video Art DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED "I Do Not Know What It Is That I CALL YOUR LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR OR VCR Am Like." s "Media: Zbig Rybczynski, A Col- 1-800- 692 -6900 lection." "More Best Of Bill Wegman." 818-701-0181 "Bill Viola, Selected Works." Music Video c "Carl Perkins: Blue Suede Shoes." COPIRIGHT 1987, VCR INC. LICENSED BY HUSTLES MAC-ARNE. INC. APPROXIM E TIME: 30 ' INUTES "Celebrating Bird: The Triumph Of Charlie Parker." "The Last Radio Station." "The Real Buddy Holly Story." Drama (Continued on next page) BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 59 www.americanradiohistory.com áME VIDEO AMERICAN VIDEO AWARDS (Continued from preceding page) "Broken Victory." "Dream To Believe." "Gertrude Stein And A Compan- ion." "Video Violence." / Documentary // "Ephemeral Films, Volumes I & II." "The Fantasy Film Worlds Of George Pal." "Mother Theresa." L __LL "World Without Walls: Beryl Markham's African Memoir." Music And Dance Instruction "Allons Danser!" "How To Play Piano With Richard Bradley, Volumes 1 -8." "Steve Smith, Part One." "Videano: Beginning Keyboard For Real People." Join the winning IVE team with Sports History "Forever Fenway." our rapid expansion in sports "1986 Mets." "Pinstripe Power." specialized pragmmmrng. "That Ball's Outta Here! The Mike and Schmidt Story." Sports Instruction "L.L. Bean Guide To Canoeing." "Cycling For Success." "Pistol Pete's Homework Basket- ball: Dribbling." "Play Ball With Mickey Mantle." Children's Entertainment "Babysongs." "The Little Prince And Friends." "The Looking Glass Video Li- brary: The Elephant's Child." "Sometimes I Wonder." Children's Instruction "Hey, What About Me! (A Video Guide For Brothers And Sisters Of New Babies." "Kids In Motion." "My Sesame Street Home Video: Learning About Letters." "Shari Lewis Presents 101 Things For Kids To Do." Health "Larry Hagman's Stop Smoking For Life." "Loving Better." "Your Newborn Baby." "A Program For Vietnam Veter- ans ...And Everyone Else Who Should Care." Exercise And Fitness "Jane Fonda's Low Impact Aero- bic Workout." "Jane Fonda's Workout With Weights." "Richard Simmons And The Silver Foxes." "Kathy Smith's Winning Work- out." Comedy "Bill Cosby: 49." "The History Of White People In America." "The Stoogephile Trivia Movie." "Robin Williams Live." For further information ontacr Mike Lasky, VP Programr,ring For fast action, use (805) 499-5b27 Ext. 3410 ACTIONMART the Billboard EACH VIDEOCASSETTE Classified. 81.00 FROM TO THE ENTERTAINMENT SOLD WILL BE1CADONATED AMEF Call Serette toll IVf 1991 'SAIL Jeff ExGuù.ey Dstrbuted By.MCA DISTRIBUTING CORP. free at (800) 223- 7524 (NY residents dial 764 -7388). 60 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com Ìo AUDIO/VIDEO High -Definition Teleproduction To Be Discussed ITS Plans Dec. 17 Seminar In N.Y. NEW YORK High -definition tele- film transfer process and show officers, and company presidents. production will be examined at a how HDTV can be down -converted Panel discussions planned for special Dec. 17 seminar hosted by to NTSC. the meeting include "Startups, the New York chapter of the Inter- There is no charge for ITS /NY Mergers, And Acquisitions: An national Teleproduction Society. members; nonmembers will be Analysis Of Expansion "; "Future Host of the meeting, which oc- asked for a $10 contribution to the Technology: Manufacturer's Fore- curs at Rebo Stage, 532 W. 25th organization, which is a nonprofit cast And Timetable "; and "The St., will be Barry Rebo of Rebo group dedicated to promoting tele- ITS Agenda For The Future: Your High Definition Video. Rebo is a production. For further informa- Input And Directives." leading proponent of HDTV, and tion, contact Cece Lazarescue at Roundtable discussions will cov- he will base his discussion on his 212 -629-3266. er "How To Build An Effective yearlong experience with HDTV In another ITS development, the Management Team "; "Employee equipment, working on commer- organization's President's Forum Morale, Motivation, And Compen- cials, music videos, and feature is planning a senior -level confer- sation Packages "; "Marketing, films. ence, dubbed the first annual Man- Market Research, And The Tele- A will Retreat, for Feb. 5-8 production Market Place "; "Capi- More Than Zero. Rock legend Roy Orbison recorded "When Life Fades Away" highlight of the seminar agement set in tal Intensive: Is There Ever An for the film "Less Than Zero" at Hollywood's Hitsville Studios. Dei Jam Records be demonstrations of high- defini- at the Pierre Marques resort Acapulco, Mexico. End ? "; and a comparison of facili- founder Rick Rubin produced the track, Orbison's first in eight years. Shown, tion visuals taken from the first from left, are Rubin; George Drakoulias, feature film utilizing HDTV tech- According to Janet Luhrs, ITS ty operations, called "You Show Rubin's assistant; Orbison; and Glenn You Danzig, co -writer of "When Life Fades Away." niques, "Doing It Up." executive director, the conference Me Yours, And I'll Show Rebo will also demonstrate the is open only to ITS member chief Mine." use of HDTV during the tape -to- executive officers, chief operating I AUDIO TRACK LOS ANGELES SOUND duction has taken delivery of a new compatible with Optical Media's HANS NAUGHTY completed Synclavier, the firm says it is now in CDS3 CD-ROM drive. tracks for its debut album, "Paint INVESTMENT the process of transferring new pro- Scott France, OMI's president, NEW YORK The Town Red" (scheduled for re- grams into the system. Crawford has says the new disk offers sounds and lease on Iron Works Records) at Im- A weekly column spotlighting also just added the Wavefront 3-D sequences that have not been avail- ELLIOT EASTON, lead guitarist age Recorders. equipment- related news in the animation system as well as Sony's able to Emax users in the past. For for the Cars, produced tracks for Sting and José Quintana of A &M audio and video production, post - new digital video deck, the DVTR- more information, call the firm at Canadian rockers Jeffrey Hatcher Records collaborated on the Spanish production, and duplication in- 1000. 408-3954332. & the Big Beat at Platinum Island version of Sting's "They Dance dustries. Lorimar has purchased 18 Nagra Studios. The first single is "99 Alone" at Larrabee. Paul McKen- tape machines for sound recording on NEW ANALYSIS: Newton, Mass.- Years" from the group's debut Up- na engineered with John Hegedes. HEADING SOUTH: Unite) Video such television shows as "Knots based dbx has developed a new tech- side Records album, "Cross Our Also, Tom Lord -Alge remixed plans to establish a southern division Landing," "Dallas," "Falcon Crest," nology that allows the use of any mu- Hearts." Easton was assisted by en- Heart's "There's The Girl" for Capi- at the Universal Studios Florida and "Our House." sic signal to analyze frequency re- gineer Jamie Chaleff and veteran tol Records. Jeff Lorenzen assist- production and entertainment com- The New York Music Deli recent- sponse, and firm has incorporated the keyboardist Tommy Mandel. ed. Bryan Loren, co- producer on plex under construction in Orlando, ly acquired a Soundtracs 6800 Series new technology into a prototype for At Electric Lady, John Luongo Sting's "We'll Be Together," came Fla. The complex is set to open in the audio console, a new 64-channel fully an instrumentation- quality, 31-band /, completed additional production and in to do percussion and bass over- summer of 1988. automated board. V3-octave, real -time analysis system. mixing on the new Aerosmith sin- dubs for the 12 -inch mix. And, Jody Unitel currently provides TV pro- Les Tyler, dbx's vice president of gle for Geffen. Gary Hellman ran Watley's "Some Kind Of Lover" duction facilities for Universal at its HEAVY DATA: Optical Media In- engineering, notes, "This is the first the board and Phil Ashley provided was remixed for MCA Records by Los Angeles headquarters. Alex ternational, the Los Gatos, Calif: time that broadcasters will be able to keyboard overdubs. Andrew Speig- producer Louil Silas Jr. Taavi Geisler, Unitel's co-founder and exec- based company that for two years analyze transmitter- frequency re- leman assisted. Mote engineered with the assis- utive vice president, says the upcom- has been publishing CD-ROM disks sponse using the music being broad- Phuture, featuring former Cam- tance of Elmer Flores and Peter ing move south makes good sense. for the professional music and studio cast instead of test tones." eo members Damon Mendez, Ar- Arata. "Florida is definitely a growing market, is about to release two new According to Tyler, this ability will nette Leftenant, and Steven Moore Robert Rosario finished produc- production center, and Universal's CD -ROM disks -one for E-mu Sys- "eliminate transmitter shutdown worked on an album project with tion work on Sweat Shop Records' huge commitment there will make tems' Emax, called "Universe of [and] its attendant loss of broadcast chief engineer Chris Irwin at Calli- first release, "Hard Body" by the this one of the most important pro- Sounds, Volume I," and the North - time and advertising revenues." ope. Also, Dave Shaw and Paul Shop. The project was produced by duction complexes in the industry," star Gold disk in the Emulator II for- Tyler says the RTA will also be Simpson produced the dance single Darrin Randle with Cecil Dukes at says Geisler. mat. used by sound contractors and sound - "Is It Good Enough ?" for Profile the board. Universal Studios Florida is a joint The Emax disk was shown at the reinforcement enigneers to analyze Records' Chanelle. At Lion Share, Cindy Fee, who venture between MCA Inc. and Cin- recent Audio Engineering Society the frequency response of a stadium Roy Orbison was at Quad to mix has sung background vocals for eplex Odeon Corp. The facility is be- meet in New York; it contains the or concert hall while the audience is the Def Jam Records soundtrack such artists as Dolly Parton, Anne ing built on a 444-acre site, incorpo- equivalent of 505 floppy disks for the present, thus eliminating the trial - for "Less Than Zero" (20th Century Murray, Lionel Richie, and Kool & rating film and tape studios with four sampling instrument with more than and -error process now used for Fox). The session was produced by the Gang, recently put down tracks sound stages. The complex will be 3,200 keyboard layouts. The disk is sound-system setup. Rick Rubin, with Andy Wallace en- for an upcoming album of her own. able to handle eight simultaneous gineering. Also, La La worked on Joe Chemay, who has produced Ju- productions plus full -support assis- tracks for Arista Records. The lio Iglesias and Christopher Cross, tance, United says. Plans call for a tracks were produced by M &M produced. Terry Williams, a found- Universal Florida studio tour to go Cassette Spring Pads Productions and engineered by Pe- ing member of Kenny Rogers & the into operation by 1989. ter Sturge. First Edition, engineered. on reels or At I.N.S., Mel & Kim worked on a NASHVILLE HAIL, HAIL: Sound -system and loose from North America's largest 12 -inch version of "I'm The One speaker- component manufacturer pads manufacturer - shipping Who Really Loves You," produced HANK WILLIAMS JR. was at Turbosound Ltd. recently was pre- worldwide by Stock, Aitken, Waterman. The Emerald Sound Studio on the eve sented with the Queen's Award For new remix is by David Cole and of the CMA awards show to tape a Export Achievement. The award is Robert Clivilles with edits by Chep guest spot on MCA's new national presented annually to companies that Since 1961, Overland Prod- Nunez. Steve "Griff" Griffin was radio program, "Nashville Live." have made oustanding progress in ucts has grown by keeping at the board. Also, Tuesday Knight Amy Grant paid a visit to the export markets. The ceremony took Available quality high and prices low. was in to work on "Out Of Control" Bennett House to record tracks for place at the firm's headquarters in in several May we provide you a quota- (to be released as a 12 -inch dance a new album with producer Brown Surrey, England. sizes tion, soon? mix and 7 -inch pop single) with pro- Bannister and engineer Jeff Bald- ducers Justin Straus and Murray ing. And, David Meece worked on NEW GEAR: Secret Sound, Los Elias for CBS /Epic. Dan Sheehan music for his live-concert show with Angeles, recently added a Solid Special designs on request ran the board. And, Divine Force engineers Paul Mills and Mike State Logic 6048 console with an worked on the 12 -inch version of Clute. events controller, Total Recall, and Call or Write "Ain't We Funky Now" for Yamak- plasma meters. Also, the facility pur- ka Records /You Can Win Produc- All material for the Audio Track chased an Otani MTR-90 II as a sec- Overland Products Co. tions. The project was produced by column should be sent to Debbie ond machine to lock up with Secret's PO Box 567 Fremont, NE 68025 Angel and Jazzy Jay. Gary Clug- Holley, Billboard, 14 Music Circle Studer A820 24-track deck. 402/721 -7270 TELEX 484522 ston was at the board. E., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. In Atlanta, Crawford Post Pro- BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 61 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard® transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, 01.<444/ photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. mouth. KEEPING PASSING NOTES: Harmonia Mundi USA has added TOP ALBUMS.M two more labels- Accent and Ricercar -to its distribu- CLASSICAL tion list of more than 25. Both come from Belgium and were formerly available here under other auspices. The < Compiled from a national sample of retail store sales reports. SCORE o Y o oI West Coast firm is also stepping up its own recording tiW < z o activities, primarily of repertoire thinly represented else- us by Is Horowitz V. TITLE ARTIST where. I-I N 3 LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL Harmonia Mundi's current push centers on an album CROSSOVER CHATTER: Thomas Shepard, head of of 11 arias from a half dozen Handel operas. Called * * NO. 1 * * BEETHOVEN: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 5 ces M 42330 (CD) MCA Classics, continues his romance with show music, "Arias For Senesino," the famous castrato of Handel's 1 2 12 MURRAY PERAHIA even as he steps up the label's release of conventional day, the disk features countertenor Drew Minter, with HOROWITZ IN MOSCOW DG 419 -499 (CD) classics. Among albums scheduled for December record- the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra conducted by 2 1 56 VLADIMIR HOROWITZ ing sessions is one by Sarah Brightman, already titled Nicholas McGegan. Minter will be featured next in an MAN SLEEPS NONESUCH 79163 (CD) "The Ones That Got Away." It will consist of tunes by album of English music performed with the Newberry 3 5 18 WHITE THE KRONOS QUARTET top composers dropped from successful shows for one Library Ensemble, a Chicago group, says Robins POPS IN LOVE PHILIPS 416 -361 (CD) is 4 4 26 reason or another or taken from shows that never quite Young, label producer. Among other albums planned BOSTON POPS (WILLIAMS) made it in the first place. Andrew Lloyd- Webber will BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES 4 & 5 L'OISEAU LYRE 417 -615 (CD) 5 6 14 write a number of the arrangements, says Shepard. ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC (HOGWOOD) In another batch of sessions Shepard will supervise MCA Classics plans Dec. CARNAVAL CBS IM -42137 (CD) 6 3 36 next month, Barbara Cook will record the "The Walt WYNTON MARSALIS Disney Songbook," a collection of standards associated release of show -music disk 7 7 PLEASURES OF THEIR COMPANY ANGEL DS 37351 (CD) 88 KATHLEEN BATTLE, CHRISTOPHER PARKENING with Disney productions over the years. In this case, Luther Henderson will prepare some of the orchestra- a set of the Mozart Horn Concertos played on a valve- GROFE: GRAND CANYON SUITE TELARC 80086 (CD) 8 8 22 CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL) tions. Henderson has also constructed a pair of sym- less instrument. phonic suites based on Webber's "Jesus Christ Super- Musicmasters has signed the St. Luke's Chamber En- BACH: CHACONNE /PARTITA /CELLO SUITE MCA MCAD -42068 (CD) 9 17 4 ANDRES SEGOVIA star" and "Phantom Of The Opera," which will be re- semble for a pair of albums, one of several Bach concer- in in STRAUSS: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS DG 419 -225 (CD) corded London with the Royal Philharmonic Pops for tos for diverse instruments, to be released February, 10 10 8 TOMOWA -SINTOW, BATTLE, BALTSA (LEVINE) MCA. Paul Gemignani will conduct. and the other presenting the Hindemith Octet, due for ADAMS: THE CHAIRMAN DANCES NONESUCH 79144 (CD) taping this month, says Jeffrey Nissim, label president. 11 9 24 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY (DE WAART) VIRGIN RECORDS has done little more than confirm Production entity is Gregg Squires Productions; Tony MOZART: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO ANGEL DSC -47978 (CD) it is readying a classical music division, keeping details Rudel is producer. Coming later will be a pair of disks 12 14 10 ALLEN, BATTLE, PRICE (MUTI) close to the vest. Now we hear that Andrew Litton, with the ensemble's big sister, the Orchestra of St. BEETHOVEN: NO. 9 ANGEL DS -49221 (CD) 13 NEW SYMPHONY who has recently been named artistic adviser and princi- Luke's. Repertoire is yet to be fixed, says Nissim. LONDON CLASSICAL PLAYERS (NORRINGTON) pal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orches- David Chesky, who runs the Chesky Records audio- BRAHMS: PIANO QUARTET NO. 1 CBS M -42361 (CD) 14 15 6 tra, has recorded the Mahler First Symphony with the phile label with his brother Norman, will have his own MURRAY PERAHIA, AMADEUS QUARTET Royal Philharmonic, due to be one of the first releases Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra premiered by the HOLST: THE PLANETS LONDON 417 -553 (CD) 15 12 28 on Virgin Classics when the label debuts next February. Charleston Symphony Sunday [15]. Dominic Derasse MONTREAL SYMPHONY (DUTOIT) Litton, an American and for a time an associate of will be soloist ... The training orchestra New World GREATEST OVERTURES PRO ARTE COD -813 (CD) 16 20 10 WORLD'S Mstislav at the National Symphony in Symphony will introduce a piece commissioned from VARIOUS ARTISTS Rostropovich Washington, D.C., will conduct two recordings a year Charles Wuorinen at its inaugural concert in Miami BOCCHERINI: CELLO CONCERTO CBS M -39964 (CD) 17 14 4. is il YO -YO MA for Virgin. A series of Tchaikovsky symphonies is Feb. Conductor of the orchestra Michael Tilson planned. Litton replaces Rudolf Barshai at Bourne- Thomas. BUTTERWORTH /PARRY /BRIDGE NIMBUS NI-5068 (co) 18 24 18 ENGLISH STRING ORCHESTRA (BOUGHTON) RODRIGO /PONCE /TORROBA MCA MCAD -42067 (CD) 19 22 4 ANDRES SEGOVIA 20 NEW WAGNER: LOHENGRIN LONDON 421 -053 (CD) DOMINGO, NORMAN ( SOLTI) KATHLEEN BATTLE SINGS MOZART ANGEL DS -38297 (CD) 21 13 68 KATHLEEN BATTLE BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES 2 & 8 ANGEL DS -47698 (CD) 22 18 8 AflA10 LONDON CLASSICAL PLAYERS (NORRINGTON) BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 LONDON 417 -800 (CD) 23 23 4 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (SOLTI) CBS MASTERWORKS DIGITAL SAMPLER CBS MK -42070 (CD) IATINA 24 16 18 VARIOUS ARTISTS voice. The strain throughout his performance was pain- HOROWITZ: THE STUDIO RECORDINGS DG 419 -217 (CD) 25 19 66 fully obvious, but the singer gave the public all he had- VLADIMIR HOROWITZ by Carlos Agudelo in voice and in feeling. The second part of the show was opened by the TOP CROSSOVER ALBUMSTM AFTER 19 YEARS of being dormant, the Acapulco Flans, a dynamic trio of adolescent girls. The fast pace World Review festival (XII Resena Mundial De Acapul- of their music, their on -stage choreography, and their * * NO. 1 * * co) has been revived in big fashion by the Mexican gov- perfectly synchronized voices were reminders that when KIRI SINGS GERSHWIN ANGEL DS -47454 (CD) 12 weeks at No. One 1 I 14 ernment and private industry. The purpose behind the young people are involved, the faster the better. Victor KANAWA KIRI TE move, according to Armando Bautista, press coordina- Manuel & Ana Belen, a duo from Spain, sang in Span- MY FAIR LADY LONDON 421 -200 (CD) 2 2 8 tor for the event, is to give new impetus to the Mexican ish, performing pop songs with messages. Then came KIRI TE KANAWA, JEREMY IRONS film industry as well as radio, television, video, and mu- Alaska and Dinarama, rock from Spain again, this time CAROUSEL MCA 6209 (CD) 3 4 6 sic. film -only on BARBARA COOK, SAMUEL RAMEY Originally the review was a festival, but heavy choreography and electronics. Alaska and La organizers of the event hope to make it an international Union, by the way, may represent the immediate future BACH ON ABBEY ROAD PRO ARTE CDD -346 (CD) 4 3 8 JOHN BAYLESS showcase that will help bolster the image of Acapulco of Latin music-a new wave of Latin rock, whose inva- and Mexico as tourist attractions. sion is already being planned. Guadalupe Pineda, a STAR TRACKS II TELARC 80146 (CD) 5 7 10 CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL) For this year's event, the organizers brought together singer with one of the loveliest voices in Mexico, sang GERSHWIN: OVERTURES ANGEL DS-47977 (CD) many top pop artists. The first concert, held at the like Ana Belen and Victor Manuel, especially on "Ma- 6 6 12 NEW PRINCESS THEATER ORCHESTRA (MCGLINN) Teotihaucan auditorium, presented an interesting if in- VOLARE LONDON 421 -052 (CD) complete picture of what the future may have in store 7 NEW ' LUCIANO PAVAROTTI (MANCINI) for pop music in Spanish. The concert showcased such The Acapulco World Review 5 TRADITION ANGEL DS -47904 (CD) established acts as José José and Emmanuel as well as 8 34 ITZHAK PERLMAN rock musicians from Spain, samba rockers from Brazil, festival has been revived STRIKE UP THE BAND RCA 6490 -RC (CD) and singers who line up on the fringes of the pop scene. 9 12 4 CANADIAN BRASS Opening the concert was Brazil's George Benn, who ria Maria," a song by Brazilian musician Caetano Ve- BASIN STREET CBS FM -42367 (CD) 10 8 26 played what could be called progressive samba before a loso. The show was closed, after more than 3'/2 hours CANADIAN BRASS packed house. Audience members looked as if they were of music and television delays, Emmanuel, who per- BOLLING: SUITE FOR FLUTE & JAZZ NO. 2 cps FM -42018 (CD) 11 9 36 hearing music from another world. It might have been a formed his usual repertoire with his usual style. JEAN -PIERRE RAMPAL, CLAUDE BOLLING good warm -up except for one thing -it didn't work, be- Conspicuous by their absence were representatives of SWITCHED ON CLASSICS PRO ARTE CDD -338 (CD) 12 11 6 cause the concert was being recorded for television, and the East Coast of the U.S. and groups from the U.S. - WILLIAM GOLDSTEIN the audience was subjected to the usual delays. Benn Mexican border, among others, who could have given BY REQUEST ...THE BEST OF JOHN WILLIAMS PHILIPS 420-178 (CD) 13 and the festival NEW BOSTON POPS (WILLIAMS) was followed by Jorge Muniz, a standard pop act, greater international appeal. Nevertheless, by Pandora, a female trio that gave a compelling per- it was a very good beginning. IN IRELAND RCA 5798 -RC (CD) 14 10 38 JAMES GALWAY & THE CHIEFTAINS formance. Next came La Union, a rock group from A brief aside: An astonishing total of 114 videos in Spain that showed that proved that good rock can be Spanish by 80 different artists are being shown as part OPERA SAUVAGE POLYDOR 829-663 (CD) 15 13 62 VANGELIS performed in Spanish. The first part of the concert was of the festival. Souldn't someone start a Spanish -lan- closed by José, who unfortunately is losing his guage MTV? (CD) Compact disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of José 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units. 62 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 ©Copyrught 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard® transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. HOT LATIN 50.. z Compiled from national Latin radio airplay reports. =wNw aw1-6 30"o r=óá ARTIST TITLE by Tony Sabournin H3 .J3 m< 3O LABEL * * NO. 1 * * 1987 HAS BEEN A banner year for Discos CBS," Springsteen, REO Speedwagon, and Miami Sound JULIO IGLESIAS QUE NO SE ROMPA LA NOCHE 1 13 says label vp Frank Welzer upon departing a recent Machine. Zamora is especially proud of a promotion- O 3 ce 2 weeks at No. One RIAA JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ Y TU TAMBIEN LLORARAS /ALARM meeting held in N.Y. Such puffery al strategy implemented particularly for MSM Cl 5 24 3 MERCURY isn't unusual in a business where hype is as essen- where a typical pop product was promoted on Span- BEATRIZ ADRIANA LA LUNA SERA LA LUNA tial as oxygen. But there is supporting evidence, like ish- speaking radio stations in Puerto Rico. 3 2 4 8 PROFONO the "new signings" factor: proven favorites like Ra- Then there were the old reliables: Ventura, Yo- LOS LOBOS LA BAMBA 4 3 2 15 WARNER BROS. phael and Sophy; merengue stars Milly, Jocelyn y landita Monge, Roberto Carlos, José Luis Perales, WILKINS MARGARITA Los Vecinos - the first successful band out of the and 1987's apparent chart winners, Braulio's "Lo 5 6 5 7 WEA LATINA N.Y. Dominican community and Johnny Ventura, Bello y lo Prohibido" and Julio Iglesias' "Un Hom- LUIS MIGUEL AHORA TE PUEDES MARCHAR - 4 21 the genre rey turned politician whose sheer artistic bre Solo," each of which have topped the rankings 6 1 WEA LATINA ROBERTO CARLOS NEGRA force secured an additional album production for from their respective release dates till present. C.) 9 18 4 loyal Ven- backup vocalist Roberto del Castillo. (In Still, the confidence success brings goes beyond DDNAANNY RIVERA AMAR O MORIR tura's private conversations he acknowledges that the notes exuded by the grooves and into the mana- 8 7 6 7 MIJARES NO SE MURIO EL AMOR his previous label's failure to provide this recording gerial ranks. Welzer calls it "an aggressive manage- 9 10 9 15 opportunity for Castillo was the single reason for ment team and philosophy." Zamora gives it a mar- EMI JOSE FELICIANO PONTE A CANTAR terminating the relationship.) Tap the young region- keting perspective, one beyond the used -and- abused 0 18 22 4 al talent and out comes Luis Enrique from Miami as clichès. Says Zamora, "it goes from doing compila- AL BANO Y ROMINA POWER SIEMPRE SIEMPRE well as Top Banana and Lourdes Robles from Puer- tions affordable at the lowest economic strata to 11 11 10 12 WEA LATINA JOSE LUIS PERALES AMADA MIA to Rico. concentrating other times on power hits. In other 12 14 21 5 "We made a conscious effort this year to round words, we are reaching different consumers at dif- FANDANGO AUTOS, MODA Y ROCK AND ROLL out our roster," mentions a &r East Coast director 13 13 14 9 ENEILSON NED ME PASE DE LA CUENTA Angel Carrasco who also credited the efforts of his 14 8 7 17 West Coast counterpart, José Béhar. Béhar was re- `We made an effort this LOS BUKIS TU CARCEL sponsible for the signings and /or development of 15 17 15 39 LASER artists like Little La Familia, Tinta Blanca, year to round out our roster' MI HOMBRE Joe and 16 12 8 11 Grupo Mazz, Laura Canales, and Michelle, each of EMI CCHAYANNE FIESTA EN AMERICA whom has received considerable coverage in the ferent price levels." 17 15 12 14 BS West Coast, Southwest, and Chicago markets. New challenges lie on the horizon. One is the in- TOMMY OLIVENCIA NO TIRES LA PRIMERA PIEDRA "When you fuse the success achieved by these art- troduction of the latin -rock concept in the United 18 16 13 6 TH ists with the hits by the labels we distribute (Pro - States, a notion which radio pds haven't been warm ** *POWER PICK * ** fono, Hacienda, in 1C-OS YONICS PETALO Y ESPINAS and Cara), you have to agree that to the past. "We've got to try it because it repre- 0 29 40 3 we've indeed found gold in California," states sents a new direction to go after for the pre -teen and JULIO IGLESIAS TODO EL AMOR QUE TE HACE FALTA Welzer. young- teenager market," says Welzer. There's also TO 27 38 15 PALOMA SAN BASILIO LUNA DE MIEL If California's golden references seem appropiate the almost concluded distribution deal with México's 21 21 20 6 to a vp with the surfer look, Puerto Rico is the man - Orfeón Records and the explicit promise to distrib- FRANCO DE VITA SOLO IMPORTAS TU zana of George Zamora's eye. Discos' national sales ute top -seller Lupita D'Alessio's next 1p on the label. 22 19 17 19 SONOTONE and promotion director openly gushes about the la- In the near future is the Latin Spice Band, a produc- ELIO ROCA UNA ROSA Y UNA ESPINA 23 23 37 6 bel's commitment to La Isla del Encanto's $50 mil- tion of reknowned Christmas songs like "Feliz Navi- PROFONO FRANCO MURIENDO AQUI lion annual record -sales consumption. "Our staff in dad," "Jingle Bells," "We Wish You A Merry 24 30 30 7 PEERLESS Puerto Rico is the largest of any multinational. It's Christmas," "0 Corne All Ye Faithful," and "Silent RCMMANUEL NOTE QUITES LA ROPA 25 20 11 16 meant an additional expense," says Zamora, "but Night." With the strong initial orders, Zamora pre- A it's also translated into more efficient promotional dicts a gold record for the Latin Spice Band. Opti- SANDY REYES MI NOVIA, MI AMANTE, MI MUJER 26 22 29 7 MUSIC CITY services and higher sales." The sales record estab- mistic as the whole Discos CBS staff is for the pros- LOS HLA ERMANOS MIER LA COLORETEADA 32 47 4 lished by the label this year in Puerto Rico, says Za- pects lying ahead in 1988, all Discos CBS executives 27 ARIO mora, is aided by the island's 50% consumption of agree that the label will do even better once the par- JUAN GABRIEL HASTA QUE TE CONOCI ZH RE -ENTRY English products and CBS' strong new commercial allel import and piracy situations are brought under ARIOLA 170SR BUKIS ME VOLVI A ACORDAR DE TI releases such as Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Bruce control. 35 44 23 ® LASE YOLANDITA MONGE CONTIGO 30 39 19 12 LOS CAMINANTES TODO ME GUSTA DE TI CI RE -ENTRY ROCIO NUNEZ CORAZON ERRANTE 32 24 23 22 ARIOLA SONIA RIVAS DE PECHO A PECHO 0 38 28 17 MENDEZ YO NO SE QUERERTE MAS 34 34 33 14 LUCIAARIOLA ***HOT SHOT DEBUT*** 117 e' po, GABRIEL AY AMOR 'TANTrit 35 NEW I CENA VICENTE FERNANDEZ QUE NO TE EXTRANE 36 NEW 1 ORQUESTA INMENSIDAD TE PARECES TANTO A MI 37 36 31 6 FANI 49 2 YOLANDITA MONGE LABERINTO ® CBS TO JOY IH HIE MOMIO ROCIO DURCAL INFIDELIDAD IlTAI 1111.1% 44 2 39 - ARIOLA IH LITTLE. DRUMMER ROY IIIII I HM(51MAti NOCHE DE BODA 40 42 25 41 BUY IIIrzM TIII. HF lüp Slh<,L CBS h 1111 /MO mwau NAPOLEON PARA NO PENSAR EN TI 41 40 2 I .I hu.ul - RCA Ivrrx WOLOF RI THIS MINOI MI.NIIeI/MINIM L. YURI VIVIR SIN TI 42 31 26 4 EMI O VALERIA LYNCH MUNECA ROTA 43 50 27 19 SPACE SONOTONE 2 FLANS CORRE CORRE ® 47 - MELODY TE ESTOY HABLANDO EN SERIO 45 NEW I LOLITA JOSE JOSE SIN SABER 46 RE -ENTRY RCA EDNITA NAZARIO ALMA DE GITANA 47 26 42 11 MELODY DANIELA ROMO VENENO PARA DOS LATIN SPICE BAND -DISCOS CBS INTERNATIONAL. 48 25 16 24 CALL: MARV FISHER EMI The Christmas Album of the year. Includes such favorite tunes L UNNA FUGITIVO AMANTE (213) 273 -7040 as Jingle Bells, White Christmas, and Feliz Navidad. Done in a 49 33 32 3 non -stop merengue beat to "spice up" your Holidays. LUPITA D'ALESSIO NI GUERRA NI PAZ 50 48 41 5 LUNA OProducts with the greatest airplay gains this week. BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 63 www.americanradiohistory.com High PILZ COMPACT DISC LTD. 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HAMBURG Stateside success for always attract a specialist audience low today's top acts. They point out Schutz credits indie labels with the acts including the Scorpions, Accept, and never become a general youth that musical quality, not financial key role in developing the market and and Bonfire has focused West Ger- culture. The sales that can be expect- clout, was responsible for the success scoring good overseas results with man industry attention on the poten- ed certainly justify careful and sys- of bands like the Scorpions and Ac- bands like Steeler, Destruction, and tial of heavy metal. With the domes- tematic investment." cept. Those successes have given the Helloween. Major companies have, to tic popularity of the genre also grow- Care is indeed necessary. Heavy country a growing reputation in date, been less successful in breaking ing and six- figure sales in prospect, metal fans are keenly critical and will heavy metal and made it easier for heavy metal rosters internationally, labels here have acquired the confi- not buy bad product simply because new German productions to get a he says, citing EMI's difficulties with dence to invest heavily in the genre. it is well marketed. The demograph- hearing overseas as well as encour- Eloy, which despite 1.8 million rec- Says SPV's Manfred Schutz: "The ics of the market are precise: males aging greater efforts to seek out and ords sold in West Germany could not heavy metal and hard rock scene will aged 12 -22, according to most label nurture new talent. be placed overseas, and Phonogram's chiefs. Developing new acts can be a Says EMI Electrola's Peter Seven - difficulties with Warlock. long and costly process. Metronome's ich: "Recently the industry has been But Spillman insists: "There are no Bernard Marx says good acts need paying a great deal of attention to major problems in selling abroad. Be- up to four years to develop fully, heavy metal. This sort of music is al- cause Phonogram is traditionally French Move while Breeze Music's Fred Hoock ways planned on a worldwide basis, hard and heavy, we are taken seri- notes that the required investment so the financing basis is the same, ously around the world. Warlock is Up VAT Cut may reach $1 million. Long -term con- but the international interest means known internationally, and everyone tracts calling for at least three al- that we are willing to take the risk." is talking about our new act China." bums are seen as essential. As Phon- MSA's Mario Mendrzycki expresses EMI's Sevenich also denies any diffi- BY PHILIPPE CROCQ ogram's Louis Spillman notes, com- confidence that the second genera- culties, saying, "With the Scorpions PARIS The French record indus- panies that are not prepared to think tion of German heavy metal acts, and MSB [McAuley Schenker Group] try group SNEP has welcomed big should not get involved in heavy which includes Warlock, Victory, we have a significant share of the the government's decision to cut metal. Bonfire, and Helloween, will break heavy metal market. The Scorpions the reduced value -added tax rates Crossover potential and the in- through internationally, but warns have sold 10 million sound carriers for disks and tapes in December, creased sales that go with it are avail- that as with other types of acts, they worldwide, and MSG is on the way to one month earlier than originally able, but only to the more melodic must first establish a sound domestic a comparable position. The only real planned. forms of hard rock, which can gener- base. SPV's Schutz adds: "The super problem is that it is difficult to keep The cut in VAT (Billboard, Sept. ate hit singles and reach both older- groups don't only come from the U.S. coming up with talents as strong as 26) followed prolonged pressure age groups and female audiences. and have names like Kiss and Van Michael Schenker's for the heavy from all sectors of the industry Label chiefs are bullish on West Halen. The super groups of the new metal market." against a backdrop of steadily de- clining sales. Label chiefs believe that lower prices will bring an up- surge in volumes, and to this end U.K. Govt Blasted For Rejecting Tape levy both record companies and deal- ers have pledged not to increase Move To retail prices above the level of in- Termed 'Affront Copyright Community' flation, so that the benefits of the levy has been in force for two years. was collected by a body -set up spe- reduction in VAT from 33.3% to BY MIKE HENNESSEY At the press conference to present cially by [the West German govern- 18.6% are passed on fully to con- LONDON The U.K. government's the bill, on Oct. 30, the minister cited ment] -whose administration costs sumers. 11th -hour rejection of a provision for several reasons for deciding against are financed from income and Lobbying for an earlier change- a private copying levy on blank tape the levy: First, he said, the levy amount to only 7% of its receipts." over date began immediately af- in the new Copyright Bill (Billboard, would necessitate the establishment Says Montgomery: "The system ter the government's decision was Nov. 7) has been condemned by Bob of an expensive bureaucracy to col- works, is far from costly, and, in any announced, with SNEP and other Montgomery, managing director of lect and distribute the proceeds to case, is self-financing." organizations pointing out the im- the Mechanical Copyright Protection copyright owners, and that expense Dealing with the minister's second portance of the end-of- the -year Society, as a sly, confidence -game would be disproportionate to the argument, Montgomery says the dif- sales period. This argument was trick. amount of money involved. Second, ficulties of rebates have been over- accepted at the government's Oc- Montgomery charges that the gov- the minister said the levy would place stated. "They work in other coun- tober budget meeting-reported- ernment arbitrarily changed its posi- tries," he says. "But in any case, the ly without dissent. tion without consulting with those argument falls to the ground because The example set by the music who are hurt most by home taping. `Complete reversal the levy in Germany has not resulted business has encouraged video in- He says the government had given in consumers having to pay more for dustry leaders to press for a simi- every indication that the levy would of attitude' blank tape. The price of blank tape lar VAT reduction for prerecord- be included in the new legislation. has, in fact, gone down since the levy ed video titles, which currently at- Montgomery calls the govern- an unfair burden on blind people who was introduced. It has been absorbed tract VAT at 33 %. The trade ment's move "a complete reversal of use tapes primarily for recording by the tape manufacturers, and this group CSEA, which represents attitude" and "an affront to the copy- noncopyright material. Third, he said seems not unreasonable since they most major producers and distrib- right community." He blames it on distribution of the levy would result gain most from the practice of home utors here, recently succeeded in the fact that a new government min- in most of the money collected going taping." persuading Pierre Christian Tait- ister in charge of copyright matters to artists and composers who are al- Peter Zombik, director of the West tinger, vice president of the recently took office. ready well off. Fourth, he said the German record industry association, French Senate, to table an amend- "The previous minister recognized levy might be marked up by retailers, reports that whereas unit sales of Noi ment to the 1988 budget program the validity of our case," he says. and thus the consumer would have to blank audiocassettes increased from proposing the reduction of VAT "The present one does not. Instead, bear an additional burden. 85.8 million in 1985 to 88.1 million in on video software for both sale he has accepted without question all Says Montgomery, "All four argu- 1986, sales revenue increased by just and rental to only 7 %. the tired and discredited arguments ments are false. Point one is that the 0.9 %. DEEP PURPLE Government discussion current- of the tape- manufacturers' lobby on MCPS submitted a well- documented For blank video tapes, unit sales THE HOUSE OF THE B. LIGHT ly centers on the cost of such a the false assumption that he is com- scheme for collection and distribution jumped 20% from 40.1 million to 48.2 measure, which is calculated to be ing down on the side of the consum- of a levy which would work efficient- million, but sales revenue was slight- THE NAME OF THE ROSE about $46 million. er., ly, inexpensively, and equitably-and ly down. SOUNDTRACK Sell- through product represents "The fact is that it is the tape man- without any government involve- Says Montgomery: "These statis- barely 10% of the overall prere- ufacturers who are reaping the bene- ment. But the government has cho- tics suggest that point four in the SPANDAU BALLET corded video market in France. fit of the large -scale, unauthorized sen to ignore this." minister's list of arguments is unsus- TROUGH THE BARRICADES Retail prices between $42.50 and home taping which goes on in Britain. Montgomery says he has studied tainable." $60 are seen as a major brake on If there were no possibility to record the situation in West Germany, Dealing with the third point, Mont- sales, with even box-office block- copyright music onto cassettes, sales where revenue from the levy in 1986 gomery says he believes it is just that busters selling no more than of blank tape would be a tiny fraction amounted to $12 million from blank the artists and composers whose 10,000 units. The industry believes of what they are today." audio tape and $45.7 million from au- works are copied most should receive union tudios that if lower VAT levels permit Montgomery says none of the ar- dio hardware. the most compensation. But he adds prices to be reduced below the 200 guments against a levy advanced by In the video field, the software levy that the West German system in- Allescherstraße 16 ($34) Kenneth Clarke, new for revenue in 1986 amounted to $17.1 cludes provisions for softening the francs watershed, the sales the minister 8000 Munich market could expand rapidly. trade and industry, stands up to criti- million, and revenue from the hard- disparity between earnings received West- Germany cal examination. And he cites the ware levy was $31 million. by top- earning and less -successful (010 49) 89/79 8314 case of West Germany, where a tape Says Montgomery, "This revenue rights owners. BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 65 www.americanradiohistory.com CANADA (Courtesy The Record) Asofll /5/87 PAN.EUROPEAN CHARTS 11/14/87 SINGLES 1 2 PAPER IN FIRE JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP MERCURY / POLYGRAM HOT 100 SINGLES 2 6 CAUSING A COMMOTION MADONNA SIRE /WEA 1 1 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 3 1 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC /CBS 2 2 YOU WIN AGAIN BEE GEES WARNER BROS. 4 5 MONY MONY BILLY IDOL CHRYSALIS /MCA 3 6 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL EPIC 4 3 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP RICK ASTLEY RCA 5 4 I HEARD A RUMOUR BANANARAMA LONDON / POLYGRAM 5 4 LA BAMBA LOS LOBOS LONDON 6 9 ITS A SIN PET SHOP BOYS EMI MANHATTAN 6 5 PUMP UP THE VOLUME M A R R S 4AD - 7 8 LOST IN EMOTION LISA LISA & CULT JAM COLUMBIA /CBS Vlimi VIRGIN 8 EVERLASTING LOVE SANDRA 8 NEW FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL COLUMBIA/CBS 7 8 9 BALLA BALLA FRANCESCO NAPOLI BCM 9 3 LA BAMBA LOS LOBOS SLASH /WARNER BROS. /WEA E MAC EROS. 9 16 LITTLELE LIES WARNER 10 11 HERE I GO AGAIN WHITESNAKE GEFFEN /WEA 10 16 FULL METAL JACKET ABIGAIL MEAD & NIGEL GOULDING WARNER 11 19 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH BELINDA CARLISLE MCA BROS. oiate 12 12 CONTACT PLATINUM BLONDE COLUMBIA/CBS 11 7 CAUSING A COMMOTION MADONNA SIRE 13 14 ONLY IN MY DREAMS DEBBIE GIBSON SIRE /WEA 12 NEW DAMCE LITTLE SISTER TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY CBs 14 NEW THE TIME OF MY LIFE BILL MEDLEY WITH JENNIFER WARNES BMG 13 NEW JOE LE TAXI VANESSA PARADIS FA PRODUCTION / POLYDOR 15 18 STAY WITH ME TU BMG 14 11 I NEED LOVE L L COOL J DEF JAM /CBS 16 7 WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC VERTIGO /POLYGRAM 15 14 NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN DEPECHE MODE MUTE 17 17 WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME U2 ISLAND/WEA 16 13 IT'S A SIN PET SHOP BOYS PARLOPHONE 18 NEW WE'LL BE TOGETHER STING A &M 17 NEW HERE I GO AGAIN WHITESNAKE EMI 19 15 BRILLIANT DISGUISE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA /CBS 18 NEW BEETHOVEN (I LOVE TO LISTEN TO) EURYTHMICS RCA 19 17 THE CIRCUS ERASURE MUTE V\IIFLD 20 20 THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M. I.R.S. /MCA ALBUMS 20 20 RENT PET SHOP BOYS PARLOPHONE 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication HOT 100 ALBUMS ©Copyright 1 2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF LOVE COLUMBIA/CBS may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any 1 1 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD EPIC 2 3 U2 THE JOSHUA TREE ISLAND /MCA form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, 2 3 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF LOVE CBS 3 1 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP THE LONESOME JUBILEE or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. MERCURY /POLYGRAM 3 2 PINK FLOYD A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON EMI 4 11 STING NOTHING LIKE THE SUN A &M 4 4 PET SHOP BOYS ACTUALLY PARLOPONE 5 5 PINK FLOYD A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON COLUMBIA 5 6 U2 THE JOSHUA TREE ISLAND (Courtesy Music Week /Gallup) As of 11/14/87 BRITAIN 6 6 WHITESNAKE GEFFEN /WEA 6 5 MADONNA WHO'S THAT GIRL SOUNDTRACK SIRE A &M This Last 7 4 LA BAMBA SOUNDTRACK SLASH /WARNER BROS. /WEA 7 11 STING ... NOTHING LIKE THE SUN 8 7 BEE GEES E S P WARNER BROS Week Week SINGLES 8 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS DIRTY DANCING BMG MUSIC 1 5 CHINA IN YOUR HAND T'PAU SIREN 9 9 SOUNDTRACK LA BAMBA LA BAMBA LONDON 9 10 BILLY IDOL VITAL IDOL CHRYSALIS /MCA 2 7 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU GEORGE HARRISON DARK HORSE 10 10 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE 30 12 DEF LEPPARD HYSTERIA VERTIGO / POLYGRAM 3 1 YOU WIN AGAIN BEE GEES WARNER BROS ACCORDING TO CBS 11 9 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD ces 4 3 WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY RICK ASTLEY RCA 11 8 CHRIS REA DANCING WITH STRANGERS MAGNET 12 7 FLEETWOOD MAC TANGO IN THE NIGHT WARNER BROS. /WEA 5 2 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL EPIC 12 12 DEPECHE MODE MUSIC FOR THE MASSES MUTE 13 14 R.E.M. DOCUMENT I.R.S. /MCA 6 15 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE THE COMMUNARDS LONDON 13 13 MIKE OLDFIELD ISLANDS VIRGIN 17 WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA /BMG 7 4 LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE BANANARAMA LONDON 14 14 15 FLEETWOOD MAC TANGO IN THE NIGHT WARNER BROS. 8 12 BARCELONA FREDDIE MERCURY & MONTSERRAT CABALLE 15 13 HEART BAD ANIMALS CAPITOL 15 14 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY ARISTA POLYDOR 16 18 PET SHOP BOYS ACTUALLY EMI -MANHATTAN 16 18 JOE COCKER UNCHAIN MY HEART CAPITOL 9 6 LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC WARNER BROTHERS 17 NEW NEW ORDER SUBSTANCE POLYGRAM 17 20 BLACK WONDERFUL LIFE A &M THE TIME MY BILL MEDLEY WARNES 10 24 (I'VE HAD) OF LIFE & JENNIFER 18 16 YES BIG GENERATOR ATLANTIC /WEA 18 NEW CLIFF RICHARD ALWAYS GUARANTEED EMI RCA 19 19 AEROSMITH PERMANENT VACTION GEFFEN /WEA 19 16 THE SMITHS STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME ROUGH TRADE 11 26 MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME NINA SIMONE GNARLY 20 20 DEPECHE MODE MUSIC FOR THE MASSES SIRE /WARNER BROS. /WEA 20 NEW SUZANNE VEGA SOLITUDE STANDING A &M 12 17 HERE I GO AGAIN WHITESNAKE EMI 13 29 JACK MIX IV MIRAGE DEBUT /PASSION WEST (Courtesy Der Musikmarkt) As of 11/9/87 (Courtesy Australian Music Report) As of 11/16/87 14 8 MONY MONY BILLY IDOL CHRYSALIS GERMANY AUSTRALIA 15 28 PAID IN FULL ERIC B & RAKIM FOURTH & BROADWAY SINGLES SINGLES 16 13 I DON'T THINK THAT MAN SHOULD SLEEP ALONE RAY PARKER JR 1 1 YOU WIN AGAIN BEE GEES WARNER BROS 1 2 ELECTRIC BLUE ICEHOUSE REGULAR /FESTIVAL GEFFEN 2 3 PUMP UP THE VOLUME M /A /R /R /S ROUGH TRADE 2 1 LA BAMBA LOS LOBOS LONDON /POLYGRAM 17 9 CROCKETT'S THEME JAN HAMMER MCA 3 4 WONDERFUL LIFE BLACK A &M 3 6 TOO MUCH AIN'T ENOUGH LOVE JIMMY BARNES MUSHROOM 18 10 WALK THE DINOSAUR WAS NOT WAS FONTANA/PHONOGRAM 4 2 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP RICK ASTLEY RCA 4 7 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP RICK ASTLEY RCA 19 11 THE CIRCUS ERASURE MUTE 5 12 LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC WARNER BROS. 5 3 NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS WEA 20 NEW SO EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA 6 8 SOME PEOPLE CLIFF RICHARD EMI 6 4 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC /CBS 21 14 RENT PET SHOP BOYS PARLOPHONE 7 9 I NEED LOVE L L COOL J DEF JAM 7 9 CAUSING A COMMOTION MADONNA SIRE 22 40 WARM WET CIRCLES MARILLION EMI 8 13 JOHNNY B HOOTERS CBS 8 19 HOLD ME NOW JOHNNY LOGAN EPIC /CBS 23 39 DINNER WITH GERSHWIN DONNA SUMMER WARNER BROS. 9 5 BOYS SABRINA CHIC 9 8 HAMMERHEAD JAMES REYNE CAPITOL /EMI 24 27 NO MEMORY SCARLET FANSTASTIC ARISTA 10 7 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 10 17 RUN TO PARADISE CHOIRBOYS MUSHROOM 25 20 WANTED STYLE COUNCIL POLYDOR 11 8 EVERLASTING LOVE SANDRA VIRGIN /BMG ARIOLA 11 11 YOU WIN AGAIN BEE GEES WARNER EROS. 26 16 CRAZY CRAZY NIGHTS KISS VERTIGO 12 NEW FULL METAL JACKET ABIGAIL MEAD AND NIGEL GOULDING 12 5 STAR TREKKIN' THE FIRM POLYDOR 27 19 THE REAL THING JELLYBEAN FEATURING STEVEN DANTE CHRYSALIS WARNER BROS. 13 10 LOCOMOTION KYLIE MINOGUE MUSHROOM /FESTIVAL 28 NEW CRITICIZE ALEXANDER O'NEAL TABU 13 10 CASANOVA LEVERT ATLANTIC 14 15 OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL BOB SEGER CAPITOL 29 NEW I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN'T ... THE SMITHS ROUGH TRADE 14 15 THE GREAT COMMANDMENT CAMOUFLAGE METRONOME I ABIGAIL MEAD 15 13 WISHING WELL TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY CBS 30 18 WANNA BE YOUR DRILL INSTRUCTOR /NIGEL 15 NEW FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL EPIC GOULDING WARNER BROS 16 14 BEDS ARE BURNING MIDNIGHT OIL CBS 16 11 BALLA BALLA FRANCESCO NAPOLI RCM 31 21 MAYBE TOMORROW UB40 DEP INTERNATIONAL 17 NEW BEETHOVEN (I LOVE TO LISTEN TO) EURYTHMICS RCA 17 17 SOUL SURVIVOR CC CATCH HANSA 32 NEW SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK MAXI PRIEST 10 /VIRGIN 18 12 LET'S DANCE CHRIS REA MAGNET 18 18 COME BACK AND STAY BAD BOYS BLUE COCONUT 33 36 DARKLANDS JESUS AND MARY CHAIN BLANCO Y NEGRO 19 20 DO TO YOU MACHINATIONS WHITE LABEL /FESTIVAL 19 NEW BRIDGE TO YOUR HEART WAX RCA 34 22 DANCE LITTLE SISTER (PART ONE) TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY ces 20 16 LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC WARNER BROS 20 14 TRUE FAITH NEW ORDER ROUGH TRADE 35 25 PUMP UP THE VOLUME M /A/R /R /S 4AD ALBUMS ALBUMS NEW I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR W. A. S. P. CAPITOL 36 1 1 ICEHOUSE MAN OF COLOURS REGULAR /FESTIVAL 1 1 BEE P WARNER BROS /LONDON GEES E S 37 23 COME ON LET'S GO LOS LOBOS SLASH 2 2 INXS KICK WEA 2 2 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD EPIC 38 NEW SHO' YOU RIGHT BARRY WHITE BREAKOUT 3 3 MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK LA BAMBA LONDON /POLYGRAM 3 3 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF LOVE CBS 39 35 REMEMBER ME CLIFF RICHARD EMI 4 7 PINK FLOYD A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON CBS 4 4 JOE COCKER UNCHAIN MY HEART CAPITOL 40 30 I FOUND LOVIN' FATBACK BAND MASTER MIX 5 4 JAMES REYNE CAPITOL /EMI ALBUMS 5 12 STING ... NOTHING LIKE THE SUN A &M /DG BAD EPIC /CBS FLEETWOOD MAC TANGO IN THE NIGHT WARNER BROS 6 8 MICHAEL JACKSON 1 NEW GEORGE MICHAEL FAITH EPIC 6 10 7 11 CHRIS REA DANCING WITH STRANGERS MAGNET /POLYGRAM 2 NEW PAUL MCCARTNEY ALL THE BEST!. PARLOPHONE 7 8 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE ACCORDING TO CBS 8 6 MIDNIGHT OIL DIESEL AND DUST CBS 3 1 FLEETWOOD MAC TANGO IN THE NIGHT WARNER BROS. 8 7 PET SHOP BOYS ACTUALLY PARLOPHONE /EMI 9 10 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP LONESOME JUBILEE MERCURY 4 2 T'PAU BRIDGE OF SPIES SIREN 9 5 DEPECHE MODE MUSIC FOR THE MASSES MUTE 10 5 FLEETWOOD MAC TANGO IN THE NIGHT WARNER /WEA 5 3 UB40 THE VERY BEST OF U840 VOL 1 VIRGIN 10 6 PINK FLOYD A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON EMI 11 9 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF LOVE CBS 6 10 PRETENDERS THE SINGLES WEA 11 9 CHRIS REA DANCING WITH STRANGERS MAGNET /DGG TREE 7 6 PAT BENATAR BEST SHOTS CHRYSALIS 12 13 U2 THE JOSHUA ISLAND 12 11 CLIFF RICHARD ALWAYS GUARANTEED EMI 8 NEW LEVEL 42 RUNNING IN THE FAMILY POLYDOR 13 12 VARIOUS ARTISTS HIT CITY 1987 FESTIVAL ISLANDS VIRGIN 9 NEW BRYAN FERRY BETE NOIRE VIRGIN 13 14 MIKE OLDFIELD 14 16 BILLY JOEL KOHUEPT CBS 17 BLACK WONDERFUL LIFE A &M /DG 10 NEW GEORGE HARRISON CLOUD NINE DARK HORSE /WEA 14 15 15 JOHN FARNHAM WHISPERING JACK WHEATLEY /RCA HOWARD CARPENDALE CARPENDALE EMI 11 8 BEE GEES E S P WARNER BROS. 15 13 16 17 KEVIN BLOODY WILSON BORN AGAIN PISS AGAIN BOTH BARRELS 2 CBS 12 26 VARIOUS FROM MOTOWN WITH LOVE K -TEL 16 15 PETER HOFMANN ROCK CLASSICS 17 14 VARIOUS ARTISTS '87 HOTS UP POLYGRAM 13 15 THE SHADOWS SIMPLY SHADOWS POLYDOR 17 16 JAN HAMMER ESCAPE FROM TELEVISION MCA 18 19 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE 14 11 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD EPIC 18 NEW JETHRO TULL CREST OF A KNAVE CHRYSALIS ACCORDING TO CBs 15 7 THE CHRISTIANS THE CHRISTIANS ISLAND 19 19 U2 THE JOSHUA TREE ISLAND /ARIOLA 19 20 BON JOVI SLIPPERY WHEN WET MERCURY /POLYGRAM 16 5 STING NOTHING LIKE THE SUN A &M 20 18 MICK JAGGER PRIMITIVE COOL CBS 20 18 MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK THE BIG CHILL MOTOWN 17 PET CO BOYS ACTUALLY Nederlandse Top As of 1 1 (Courtesy Ruscitto) 18 9 LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS MAINSTREAM POLYDOR NETHERLANDS (Courtesy Stichting 40) /9/87 ITALY Germano As of 10/22/87 19 12 STEVE WINWOOD CHRONICLES ISLAND SINGLES ALBUMS - REMIXES BREAKOUT /A &M 20 NEW JANET JACKSON CONTROL THE 1 5 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL CBS 1 NEW BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF LOVE CBS FOSTER & ALLEN REFLECTIONS STYLUS 21 18 2 1 PUMP UP THE VOLUME M A R R S MEGADISC 2 2 ZUCCHERO BLUE'S POLYGRAM 22 14 ERIC CLAPTON /CREAM THE CREAM OF ERIC CLAPTON POLYDOR 3 3 I NEED LOVE L L COOL J ces 3 1 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD ces 23 NEW THE ALARM EYE OF THE HURRICANE IRS /MCA 4 2 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP RICK ASTLEY RCA 4 3 MADONNA WHO'S THAT GIRL WEA 24 4 KISS CRAZY NIGHTS VERTIGO /PHONOGRAM VIRGIN 5 6 MAYBE TOMORROW UB40 5 4 PINK FLOYD A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON EMI 25 17 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE ACCORDING HERE I AGAIN WHITESNAKE EMI BOVEMA 6 9 GO 6 10 DEPECHE MODE MUSIC FOR THE MASSES RICORDI TO TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY ces 7 4 SOME PEOPLE CLIFF RICHARD EMI /BOVEMA 7 NEW LUCA CARBONI LUCA CARBONI RCA DIRTY DANCING RCA 26 36 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 8 7 YOU WIN AGAIN BEE GEES WEA 8 NEW SMITHS STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME CGDMM 27 39 RANDY CRAWFORD THE LOVE SONGS TELSTAR 9 NEW DANCE LITTLE SISTER TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY CBs 9 NEW ADRIANO CELENTANO LA PUBBLICA OTTUSITA' CGDMM 28 20 VARIOUS HIT FACTORY STYLUS 10 NEW LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC WEA RECORDS 29 23 THE COMMUNARDS RED LONDON ALBUMS 10 NEW NINO D'ANGELO COSE DI CUORE RICORDI TUNNEL OF LOVE CBS 11 6 VASCO ROSSI C'E' CHI DICE NO RICORDI 30 16 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 1 3 JAMES LAST JAMES LAST IN HOLLAND POLYDOR 12 5 EDOARDO BENNATO OK ITALIA VIRGIN /EMI 31 24 CHRIS REA DANCING WITH STRANGERS MAGNET 2 2 BZN VISIONS PHONOGRAM MUTE 13 NEW TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE 32 21 ERASURE THE CIRCUS 3 1 MICHAEL JACKSON BAD CBS ACCORDING TO CBS 33 32 WET WET WET POPPED IN SOULED OUT PRECIOUS ORGANISATION 4 6 STING ... NOTHING LIKE THE SUN POLYDOR 14 8 SUZANNE VEGA SOLITUDE STANDING POLYGRAM 34 NEW JAN HAMMER ESCAPE FROM TV MCA 5 8 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE 15 NEW CRISTINA D'AVENA TENERAMENTE LICIA FIVE RECORDS /CGDMM 35 19 FIVE STAR BETWEEN THE LINES TENT ACCORDING TO CBS 36 31 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY ARISTA 6 5 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN TUNNEL OF LOVE CBS 16 12 MADONNA TRUE BLUE WEA 37 27 U2 THE JOSHUA TREE ISLAND 7 4 ROBERT CRAY BAND STRONG PERSUADER PHONOGRAM 17 14 PET SHOP BOYS ACTUALLY EMI 38 28 BLACK WONDERFUL LIFE A & M 8 7 VARIOUS NOW THIS IS MUSIC VOL 7 EVA 18 9 WHITNEY HOUSTON WHITNEY RCA 39 30 JAMES BROWN THE BEST OF JAMES BROWN K -TEL 9 NEW HERMAN VAN VEEN IN VOGELVLUCHT POLYDOR 19 7 U2 THE JOSHUA TREE RICORDI 40 35 CLIFF RICHARDS ALWAYS GUARANTEED EMI 10 9 BEE GEES ESP WEA 20 13 MANGO ADESSO FONIT -CETRA 66 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com `ANADA U.S. Radio, Music Biz Reps Deny Anti- Canada Bias All of these questions are typical from, he said. ing director, said it's only natural "if it doesn't happen in America ... BY KIRK LaPOINTE when members of the Canadian and Tom Noonan, associate publish- for labels to give top priority to you're going to be banging your TORONTO An age -old Canadian U.S. music industry get together. er /director of charts at Billboard projects they have personally devel- head against a stone wall" when inferiority complex that usually All have been answered at length and a native Canadian, said his oped and invested a great deal of pitching the record to radio. rears its head at any gathering of before, but no one seems willing to years of experience at labels taught time in. "It's just heritage," he said. Gary Slaight, president of Toron- Canadian and U.S. music industry put the issues to rest. him "there really isn't an anti -Cana- But he and Kim Zayac of CBS to -based Standard Broadcasting's representatives did so again at an "It doesn't matter where an act is dian feeling. I really don't think Records Canada, the label's promo- radio division, said that a good Ca- Oct. 31 meet sponsored by The Rec- from," Phil Quartarano of Virgin there's that kind of prejudice." tional director, were questioned nadian radio station will listen and ord, the Canadian music industry Records in Los Angeles told the about how much decision- making take a chance on a record even if it publication. gathering. He said that when a label power Canadian operations have hasn't shown signs of success below At a session on radio program- commits itself to releasing a record, Gripes aired at even on Canadian artists. the border. ming, U.S. label reps were quizzed it also commits itself to supporting Powers told the gathering that But Bill Shannon of Burback on why so much Canadian music it, but sometimes things don't work panel discussion his label generally must sense U.S. Broadcasting of New York said the seems to fall on deaf ears below the out the way they are planned. interest before it signs an artist - same is not necessarily true with border, and Canadian reps were Marc Nathan of Atlantic Records But some attending the session - although there are exceptions. But U.S. programmers and Canadian asked why they seem so reliant on of New York agreed. Nathan's label and even one member of the panel- Zayac drew snickers from the audi- music. He said many believe that the U.S. to make decisions for them. is still taking heat in Canada for the took issue with those who said Ca- ence when he insisted that he Canadian domestic successes occur Radio programmers weren't left way it handled the debut from Fro- nadian product gets worked in the doesn't feel pressured by the U.S. only because Canadian radio sta- alone, either -a U.S. programmer zen Ghost, this year's Juno winner U.S. as hard as homegrown materi- when deciding which records to tions are required to play a certain was asked why it seems his fraterni- for most promising group. He al. make priorities. amount of homegrown music, but ty treats Canadian successes as if chalked up the fair -sized sales of the Graham Powers, a veteran Cana- Zayac did concede that Canada of- Shannon added that he doesn't they've been legislated, and a Cana- album -about 100,000, he said -to dian executive with U.S. experience ten has to take its cue from the U.S., agree. dian executive was asked why he's uncertainty about which song to re- and now MCA's Canadian market- particularly on black music, because so obsessed with what U.S. radio lease as the first single. It had noth- plays. ing to do with where the band came Tax Plan Is Delayed; Record NEW VHS REEL SPRING > Industry Sighs With Relief OTTAWA The federal govern- ing industry and retailers still ment, which aroused intense oppo- aren't certain how such a tax sition from the record industry by would be applied, they agree the proposing tax changes on records new tax would be levied on a larg- and tapes beginning Jan. 1, has de- er price, and they speculate that it cided to delay plans to implement would result in increases of be- the changes until July 1. Indus- tween $1 and $1.50. Some independent record com- panies openly feared for their Canada's record lives, saying their distributing firms would force them to swallow biz has had a the tax, which would sharply cur- tail their profits. stagnant year, Despite receiving little atten- tion, the move to delay implemen- and reps say the tation of the tax change clearly last thing they represents a backing away by Wil- son of his much -vaunted plans. need is a new tax Initial reaction from the indus- try has been one of relief. The in- dustry, both recording and retail, ECONOMICAL ADVANTAGES tryites oppose the proposals be- is suffering from a stagnant year, - saving of material by reducing width cause, they say, the tax change and representatives say a price in- would increase retail record and crease is the last thing they need. - less weight, less volume. tape prices by at least $1. Now, says Brian Robertson, Without much fanfare, Finance president of the Canadian Record- FUNCTIONAL ADVANTAGES Minister Michael Wilson an- ing Industry Assn., there will be a - no more concentrated and outwards nounced Nov. 3 a series of defer- chance to over cover stresses, study the impact of the but apportioned alternated ments in his plans for tax reform proposal and an opportunity for and opposed ones; in Canada. Among those being de- the industry to have its views - spring force on the reels ferred is a proposal that would heard. The proposal, announced in full compliance with shift the 12% sales tax currently last spring, took the industry by international standard - reel spring flee height reduced almost to a half; imposed on manufacturers to surprise, since it had no advance specifications (IEC -774). - simple and rational packing for automatic feeding. wholesalers. Although the record- knowledge that such a measure was being planned. It drew intense industry opposition to a govern- ment that has otherwise been kind ORDER IN ADVANCE! to it of late. A year earlier, an as- sistance package of $5 million a DO YOU HAVE YOUR year was awarded to the Canadian - OWN COPY OF owned element of the business. And much -delayed copyright re- BILLBOARD'S 1987/88 form seems finally on track now that a House of Commons subcom- INTERNATIONAL mittee is studying such a proposal. BUYER'S GUIDE? But the tax shift, which would S62 (Includes postage and handling). be applied on a racker's or a sub- Add appropriate sales tax in NY on NJ CA TN MA anr1 VA distributor's price -not the Call TOLL-FREE manufacturer's base price -would take about $12 million annually A.T.B. spa 800 -223 -7524 from the Canadian recording in- 20030 Soilage - Milano Italy (In New York State: 212 764 -7579) J dustry, analysts say. That more Via Palmiro Togliatti, 30 than doubles the highly publicized Telefono 02 99899761718 TLX 334457 ATIBIX I subsidy awarded to the business cassette components FAX 02 9986718 last year. KIRK LaPOINTE 1F BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 67 www.americanradiohistory.com I NEWSMAKERS Skynyrd Salute. As a tribute to ILynyrd Skynyri and "Legend," its first album in the 10 years since a plane clash kilted several members of the group, MCk Records presents the group +vith a plaque commemorating sales of 15 mil ion units. Shown, from left. top row, are oa.rd members A-timus Pyle and Leon Wilkeson and MCA's Bill Ber nett, Glen Laje=_ki and Lou Ma:nr. In the second row, from Iett, are MCA's Mavis Brodey and Katy Nelson; band member Carol Bristow; and MCA's Michael Goldstone, Zack Horowit, Bruce Resnikoff, and John Burns. In rovv three, from Ieft are bard co- manages Larkin Collins; band members Randall Hall Johnny Gathering Mc -ss. Marking the distribution and marketing agreement between Van Zart, and Billy Powell; MCA's Richard Pallmese; band member Gary Livirg Music and Moss Music are, from left, Faul Winter, Living Music founder, Rossington; Irving Azoff, MCA Music Entertainment president; band member Dale Rick Bleiweiss, general manager of Moss Musa Group's RE International; and Krantz Fossincton; and MCA president Myron Roth. In the front row, from eft, are Ira Moss, Moss Music Group president. band member Alen Collins and MCA's Liz Helier. Memory Laine. Jazz vocalist Cleo Laine works on he' first recording for RCA /Red Seal, "Cleo Sings: Sondheim. ' Laine interpretations of Brecht /Weill and Ch'les 'vas music are scheduled for 19E8. S'nown at left is Michael Emmerson president of BMG Classics. Mr. Microphone. Teldec managing director Thorras Stein, center, receiies the ASCAP -i'ol HilL Music industry leaders meet at ASCAP's songwriter's Maker O' The Microphone Award recognizing "outstanding contribution tc the workshcp on Capitol Hill, sponsored by the Congressional Arts Caucus, chaired world of sound_' Teldec won the award for its 'invention of a superior dvectii by Michigan Rep. Bob Carr. Shown, 'rom left, aie Carr; David Renzer, creative metal disc- mastering system. Shown at left is Oliver Berliner, grandson of the manage- for music publishers Zomba Enterprises Inc.; producer Phil Ramone; inven or of the microphone; at right is Morris I. Liamond. U.S. representative for songwriter Mike Feid; Russ Regar, president of Motown Records' creative Teldec. division; end Hal David, songwriter and former ASCAP president. Lipman Revisited. BBC radio Something Wild. Songwriter Chuck Wild inks an exclusive writer's agreement songstress Celia Lipmar retlrrs to the The LASS Hurrah. The Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase attracts over 1000 with Lc rimer Music. Shown, from left, are Sam Trust, Lorimar Music president; big -band sound recording her third attendees to its Songwriter's Expo '87 in Pasadena, Calif. Pictured from left are Linda Perry, Lorimar vice president for music pu'afishing; Wild; and Steve Stone, release on Independent Records. At left Phil Ramone, expo speaker; Robb e Nievil; John Braheny, LASS co- director; Ron Lorimar Music vice president /general manager. is her conductor /arranger, Mike Lewis. Anton, BM; West Coast vice president; and Len Chandler, LASS co- director. 68 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com ESP Bee Gees . N6 MA 5 CNARs5, COUNßIES AROUND R II yA IN SAppN NO. IN PI-SO ND IS r G P G RECORD HONG `{G GRMAWy, MpV65 fRG INVIh1C 5IN INpE IP IS NEIR AVgF L EAVIWG 1+` o d8' ARS 4Q E5 WORLD FROP -NE ES. tAOVEG pIN, INS A OVER ONCE c. p1rG5 AND PIRpL cy FCt-OW. TO M 4-SRS YOU W Weo HOT 100 TM SINGLES A ranking of the top 40 singles by sales and airplay, respectively, with reference to each title's composite position on the main Hot 100 Singles chart. BY LABEL ó A ranking of distributing labels x rx SALES ^ró AIRPLAY by the number of titles they have co TITLE ARTIST w TITLE ARTIST óó on the Hot 100 chart. ,i _, =á 1-3 áW_i3 xa LABEL NO. OF TITLES 1 2 MONY MONY BILLY IDOL 1 1 3 (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES 2 ON CHART 2 4 (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES 2 2 2 MONY MONY BILLY IDOL 1 3 8 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH BELINDA CARLISLE 3 3 4 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH BELINDA CARLISLE 3 COLUMBIA (11) 12 Def Jam (1) 4 6 BREAKOUT SWING OUT SISTER 6 4 1 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW TIFFANY 4 E.P.A. 8 5 7 BRILLIANT DISGUISE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 5 5 6 BRILLIANT DISGUISE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 5 Epic (7) 6 1 I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW TIFFANY 4 6 9 SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER RICHARD MARX 7 Tabu (1) 7 10 SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER RICHARD MARX 7 7 5 BREAKOUT SWING OUT SISTER 6 MCA (6) 8 8 12 THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M. 12 8 10 I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE CUTTING CREW 9 I.R.S. (1) 9 3 LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC 8 9 14 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL 10 QM! (1) 8 10 5 IT'S A SIN PET SHOP BOYS 15 10 7 LITTLE LIES FLEETWOOD MAC 8 POLYGRAM Mercury (6) 11 16 WE'LL BE TOGETHER STING 11 11 15 IS THIS LOVE WHITESNAKE 16 London (2) 12 18 I'VE BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE CUTTING CREW 9 12 13 I WON'T FORGET YOU POISON 13 WARNER BROS. (1) 8 13 17 I WON'T FORGET YOU POISON 13 13 16 SHAKE YOUR LOVE DEBBIE GIBSON 14 Paisley Park (2) 14 20 SHAKE YOUR LOVE DEBBIE GIBSON 14 14 17 WE'LL BE TOGETHER STING 11 Dark Horse (1) Island (1) 15 26 FAITH GEORGE MICHAEL 10 15 21 DON'T YOU WANT ME JODY WATLEY 17 Qwest (1) 16 22 HOURGLASS SQUEEZE 18 16 24 SO EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON 19 Sire (1) 17 23 SKELETONS STEVIE WONDER 22 17 22 CATCH ME (I'M FALLING) PRETTY POISON 21 Slash (1) 18 24 DON'T YOU WANT ME JODY WATLEY 17 18 25 VALERIE STEVE WINWOOD 23 ATLANTIC (4) 7 19 29 IS THIS LOVE WHITESNAKE 16 19 23 HOURGLASS SQUEEZE 18 Island (2) Atco (1) 20 33 SO EMOTIONAL WHITNEY HOUSTON 19 20 8 CAUSING A COMMOTION MADONNA 20 ARISTA 6 21 9 CAUSING A COMMOTION MADONNA 20 21 26 THE ONE I LOVE R.E.M. 12 CAPITOL (5) 6 22 11 WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME U2 28 22 18 COME ON, LET'S GO LOS LOBOS 25 Enigma (1) 23 27 CATCH ME (I'M FALLING) PRETTY POISON 21 23 11 IT'S A SIN PET SHOP BOYS 15 GEFFEN 5 24 15 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 24 24 27 THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT MICHAEL BOLTON 30 VIRGIN 5 25 30 DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) AEROSMITH 27 25 34 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU GEORGE HARRISON 26 CHRYSALIS 4 26 39 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU GEORGE HARRISON 26 26 12 BAD MICHAEL JACKSON 24 EMI-MANHATTAN 4 27 32 LOVE WILL FIND A WAY YES 31 27 32 I DO YOU THE JETS 29 ELEKTRA 4 28 13 LET ME BE THE ONE EXPOSE 32 28 36 DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) AEROSMITH 27 RCA (2) 4 29 40 I DO YOU THE JETS 29 29 37 TELL IT TO MY HEART TAYLOR DAYNE 33 Grunt (1) 30 14 DON'T MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVE KENNY G. 37 30 39 CHERRY BOMB JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 34 Jive (1) 31 25 COME ON, LET'S GO LOS LOBOS 25 31 35 LOVE WILL FIND A WAY YES 31 A &M 3 32 37 VALERIE STEVE WINWOOD 23 32 30 BOYS NIGHT OUT TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT 35 MOTOWN 3 33 35 TELL IT TO MY HEART TAYLOR DAYNE 33 33 20 LET ME BE THE ONE EXPOSE 32 4TH & B'WAY 34 38 ANIMAL DEF LEPPARD 36 34 38 SKELETONS STEVIE WONDER 22 AMHERST ENIGMA 35 34 SUGAR FREE WA WA NEE 41 35 - NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 38 NEXT PLATEAU 36 21 BOYS NIGHT OUT TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT 35 36 19 WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME U2 28 REPRISE 37 28 U GOT THE LOOK PRINCE 39 37 - CANDLE IN THE WIND ELTON JOHN 42 38 - CHERRY BOMB JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 34 38 - ANIMAL DEF LEPPARD 36 39 19 CASANOVA LEVERT 40 39 - THERE'S THE GIRL HEART 43 40 - THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS ALL ABOUT MICHAEL BOLTON 30 40 - THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL MICHAEL JACKSON 44 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 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BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 73 www.americanradiohistory.com LBUM REVIEWS jingle -jangling guitars, original Sims weaves seductive passages that POP harmonies, and strong songwriting. spin their magic on title tune, "It The prolific Dixon has honed the SPOTLIGHT Wasn't Easy," "All In All," and r &b group's sound to a fine point on this ttiE i^p+ à.s standard "Love Makes A Woman." Sims grasps dance dynamics and club BILLY COBHAM distinguished debut, which should Picture This catch fire initially on the college front. appeal better than most and PRODUCERS: Billy Cobham. Michael Abene, Wayne DOKKEN consistently creates ear -fetching Cobham GRP GR-1040 Back For The Attack TOWER OF POWER grooves. PRODUCER Neil Kernon Power Power drummer is heard here with Elektra 60735 PRODUCER: Emilio Castillo George Duke, Grover Washington Jr., L.A. -based metal act has been a comer Cypress /PolyGram 661 -120 Randy Brecker, Ron Carter, and for a long time; this album (which Veteran ensemble resurfaces on folkie others in a commercial return to form clocks in at over an hour) could be the label Cypress after long layoff; record COUNTRY that should satisfy both new and old package to put it over the top. Don runs the gamut from the soul strut of fans. Dynamic material, mostly Dokken's pipes are in fine fettle here, "Credit" to the soulful ballad "Some Cobham -penned, includes Prince's and George Lynch's fret -strangling Days Were Meant For Rain" to the "Sign '0' The Times." will win applause among 40-aimed "Baby's rather soulless, top JANIE FRICKIE Like A metalmongers. "Burning Got The Power." Lead vocalist Ellis Celebration RONNIE LAWS Flame" plays like a bust-out album Hall Jr. has since left the group. PRODUCERS: Various All Day Rhythm rock track. Columbia C2 40684 PRODUCERS. Wayne Henderson, Ronnie Laws Columbia 40902 JOHNNY CLEGG & SAVUKA STEVIE WONDER Double album chronicles Frickie's ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Third World Child cut sounds like Laws is Characters vocal triumphs of the past 10 years. Opening Less PRODUCER: Hilton Rosenthal Than Zero PRODUCER: Stevie Wonder of one trying to rekindle heat of "Always Capitol CLT-46778 Twenty cuts are representative EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Rick Rubin Motown 6248ML of country's most versatile and There," the 1975 fusion anthem that Def Jam C 44042 whose White South African Clegg, Wonder's finest album in years will be distinctive stylists. ignited his career. Afterward, to -angst flick based Soundtrack teen records with the interracial duo received enthusiastically in the however, his sax takes a back seat to on Bret Easton Ellis novel is a mixed Juluka were slightly ahead of their marketplace. Filled with diverse his vocals for most of the album. who do - bag; except for the Bangles, time, stands to win attention post melodies and stunning hi -tech & "Hazy Shade Of Simon Garfunkel's "Graceland" with this new integrated production, set carries on in the best its Winter" more justice than sextet; melodic, often politically tradition of "Songs In The Key Of black originators, the acts steal the potent songs, sung in English and Life" and showcases a surprisingly THE SHOOTERS PRODUCER: Walt Aldridge CLASSICAL show. L.L. Cool J's "Going Back To Zulu, may collect listeners from the mature, personal lyrical approach. is his most powerful cuts Epic BFE 40885 Cali" one of Simon camp. Sonic textures alone here are The are less vocally intense to date; new label signing the Black gorgeous; Wonder's capabilities never Shooters THE SOUP DRAGONS than Restless Heart and less cloying Flames revitalize the Chi -lites' "Are fail to surprise, yet here they amaze. You My Woman ?" Poison's cover of Hang -Ten! than Sawyer Brown, but they have Guest appearances by Michael MOZART: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 23; PIANO Kiss' "Rock And Roll All Nite" could PRODUCERS: Soup Dragons, Pat Collier the smooth harmony vocal appeal Sire 25666 Jackson, B.B. King, and Stevie Ray SONATA NO. 13 win spins. common to both. Best: "I Taught Her Vaughan and a number of potential Vladimir Horowitz, La Scala Orchestra, Giulini Twangy Scottish quartet plays Everything She Knows About Love," hit singles add up to a massive best Deutsche Grammophon 423 287 PRETENDERS catchy -and very short -pop tunes "Dancing Alone," "They Only Come revealing influence of the Undertones, seller. Heavy advance promotion has only The Singles Out At Night." spurred the already intense PRODUCERS. Various Buzzcocks, June Brides, Orange Juice, one of rare Sire 25664 and similar cult faves. Well-written anticipation for Horowitz's DOBIE GRAY into literature. From the still-stunning 1979 Kinks tunes should find much acceptance on forays the concerto Love's Talkin' His communicative powers remain cover "Stop Your Sobbing" to last college radio. NEW AND PRODUCER: Larry Butler year's "My Baby," this generous 16- Capitol CLT-48051 undiminished and rise to alpine in the concerto's slow cut hits compilation, which includes VARIOUS ARTISTS Gray is the quintessence of heights movement. The sonata speaks with the Chrissie Hynde -UB40 Epic Presents The Unsigned -Vol. II NOTEWORTHY romanticism, as exemplified here by collaboration "I Got You Babe," is PRODUCERS: Robert K. Haber, Joanne Abbot Green the stately and reflective "I Should similar conviction. A shoo-in as top-of- occupant. exemplary in every way. Certain to be America's top unsigned bands -as ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK Know By Now," the softly seductive the -chart an immensely appealing holiday voted by CMJ and college and Chuck Berry-Hail! Hail! Rock'N'Roll "Stay Awhile," and the endearingly outlets laid out PRODUCER: Keith Richards argumentative "He Don't Love You." seller. progressive radio -are MCA -6217 on this second annual compilation package. "Alternative" is the Tribute concert that was the focus of Taylor Hackford's documentary on operative word here; album consists BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9 of a variety of polished tracks but the Grandfather of Rock'N'Roll serves here as the perfect topper to JAZZ Kenny, Walter, Power, Salomaa, London Classical may appeal only to the college crowd. Players, Norrington DAVE MASON MCA's recent Berry Chess reissues. Angel CDC 7 49221 Two Hearts THE CUCUMBERS Robert Cray shines on "Brown Eyed Hotz A new perspective (through a period PRODUCERS: Dave Mason, Jimmy PRODUCER: David Young Handsome Man," as does Etta James Voyager/MCA-42086 Profile PRO-1239 on "Rock And Roll Music." Fittingly, telescope) of the towering work. It's GERRY MULLIGAN Major -distributed album follows on New York club veterans release a however, Berry's solo take on the not only the use of authentic different indie Symphonic Dreams instruments that sets a different tone; the heels of an entirely collection of bright, energetic pop standard "I'm Through With Love," PRODUCER: Vining Steven it's also the brisker beat in the "slow" LP released two months ago. Mason's tunes that recall the power-pop captured at a rehearsal session, is the PAR -Intersound COP 703 movement and unexpected agogics in vocals here are in fine form, but at profusion of the late '70s. Standout album's highlight. Should be Berry's Baritone vet's quartet joins Houston the finale spark continuing times they're overbearing; on cuts include "My Boyfriend," "Just biggest seller in many moons. Symphony and Erich Kunzel, a that interest. Stimulating and absorbing. "Dreams I Dream," however, they are Don't Tell Me What To Do," and the conductor of many hybrid pop -classic tempered nicely by guest Phoebe danceworthy "Don't Drop The Baby." encounters. Polished project, which Snow's commanding pipes. Steve makes high chart debut this week, TELEMANN: FLUTE CONCERTOS; SUITE IN E Winwood also makes an appearance. Christmas" compilation. MINOR features new Mulligan orchesteral Jean -Pierre Rampal, Franz Liszt Chamber piece plus some of his older songs - Orchestra, Rolla YEAR ZERO several rearranged in the styles of CBS M 42362 PRODUCER: Ron Fair BLACK Mercury BFV 41623 classical music's best known Rampal and the expert ensemble Debut from Texas quartet sounds like composers. bring a stylish fluency to these Bob Welch-era Fleetwood Mac -in MICO WAVE attractive works, a sound argument impressively melodic. Cookin' From The Inside Out!!! THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER that modern instruments in the right other words, PRODUCER: Bootsy Collins ROGER Brasil persuasive Programmers, give this one repeated Columbia 40909 PRODUCER: Tim Hauser hands remain interpretive Unlimited! spins; phones won't light up Atlantic 81803 vehicles for Baroque literature. PRODUCER: Roger Troutman Although Collins -of P -Funk and immediately, but once they do they Reprise 25496 Rubber Band fame -runs the board Jazzy in a vocal context only -and may not stop. Best: "Hypnotized," Title hits it-Troutman is a player of and plays, Wave's set seems to owe then just some of the time -album "Out To Play," "The Whiter I Get," almost limitless versatility, and his more to the likes of Prince and Jam & deftly captures the flavor and feel of and the first single, "Hourglass." latest is a showcase for his abilities in Lewis than to George Clinton's heavy Brazilian pop; one song is even in a variety of styles. Single "I Want To funk. A smooth ride, both on dance Portuguese. Contributors include Jeff AZTEC CAMERA Be Your Man" is headed for the black tunes and ballads. Lorber, Amanda McBroom, the Love top 10; next hot number from this Knack's Doug Fieger (!), and Djavan, PRODUCERS: Various who wrote most of the music. An Sire 25646 excellent album is anybody's guess, AUDREY WHEELER Let It Be Me ambitious, accomplished effort. SPOTLIGHT: Predicted to hit top 10 on Bill- Scotsman Roddy Frame is back after although the wacky remake of New Bag" could PRODUCER: Lionel Job, Preston Glass board's Top Pop Albums chart or to earn plati- is "Papa's Got A Brand CLX a protracted hiatus with what Capitol -48289 DAVE VALENTIN num certification. certainly cut a hot groove. A big NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Highlights new and essentially a solo album that utilizes a Session singer has worked with Billy Mind Time winner. developing acts worthy of attention and other diverse battery of production teams. Ocean, Bruce Springsteen, and PRODUCERS: Dave Valentin, Michael Abene GRP 9554 releases of special interest. Project shows off Frame's many skills Madonna. Solo debut is snappy and Releases predicted to hit the top half VARIOUS ARTISTS PICKS: far better than the misguided Mark but lacks creative Set plays to flutist's strength; it's a of the chart in the format listed. Christmas Rap somewhat engaging "Knife." Fine - light, Latin- spiced mix of slick salsa RECOMMENDED: Other releases predicted Knopfler -produced PRODUCERS: Various spark to set it apart from similar to chart in the respective format; also, other al- single "Deep & Wide & Tall" could Profile PRO -1247 sounding releases. First single, and smooth ballads. Earl Klugh adds win new fans. guitar, and for extra kick, celebrity bums of superior quality. All the homeboys and girls out there "Irresistible," is not quite that but available in the king Bill Cosby gives package his seal All albums commercially will have themselves a merry little does have appeal. U.S. are eligible. Send review copies to Jean THE REIVERS Christmas with this sprightly package of approval. One minor gripe: Rosenbluth, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New on Saturday of seasonal raps; best are Spyder -D's JOYCE SIMS Valentin's more convincing York, N.Y. 10036, and Chris Morris, Billboard, PRODUCER: Don Dixon 9107 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, Calif. Sweet Tee's "Let The Come Into My Life standards like "Passion Flower" and Capitol CLT -46926 "Ghetto Santa," 90210. Send country and gospel albums to Bells Rock," and Run -D.M.C.'s PRODUCERS: Mantronik, Joyce Sims "It Might As Well Be Spring" when Austin -based quartet originally known Jingle Sleeping Bag TLX 10 Ed Morris, Billboard, 49 Music Square W., which is also he plays live. Tenn. as Zeitgeist makes its major label bow "Christmas In Hollis," /producer Nashville, 37203. Very Special Dance singer /songwriter with a solid sender that emphasizes found on A &M's "A BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 74 www.americanradiohistory.com INGLE REVIEWS Rhino RNOR-74409 accordion touches. PRODUCERS: Matt Noble, Kevin Calhoun WRITERS: M. Noble, K. Calhoun POP Popular L.A. (by way of Virginia) duo PUBLISHERS: No-Cal /Rare Blue, ASCAP offers an exciting, earthy helping of NEW AND RANDY HOWARD Ring Of Fire (2:37) Capitol V -15352 (12 -inch single) stripped -down, percussive, PRODUCER: Nelson Larkin nass roots -based WRITERS: Merle Kilgore, June Carter A much more accessible and likeable rock; a real treat. Contact: 213 -450- PUBLISHER: Painted Desert, BMI track than "Good Intentions "; sinewy NOTEWORTHY Atlantic America 7 -99387 6323. r &b /dance selection benefits from a MICHAEL JACKSON Deep, raspy performance over RICK ASTLEY Never Gonna Give You Up (3:31) sensitive Cameron Paul remix. Note The Way You Make Me Feel (4:26) choppy /bouncy melodic remake of the PRODUCER: Quincy Jones PRODUCERS: Stock, Aitken, Waterman the piano dub. WRITER: M. Jackson WRITERS: Stock, Aitken, Waterman 1963 Johnny Cash No. 1. PUBLISHERS: Mijac /Warner -Tamerlane, BMI PUBLISHER: Terrace, ASCAP RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Epic 34 -07645 (12 -inch version also available, Epic BLACK RCA 5327 -7 -R (12 -inch version also available, 49 -07487) RCA 6784 -1 -RD) MELISSA KAY Fight Like A Brave (5:24) Don't Forget Your Way Home (3:18) PRODUCER: Michael Beinhorn No. 3 and the year's not even over; Discovered by Pete Waterman, this PRODUCER: Porter Wagoner WRITER: Red Hot Chili Peppers dynamic vocal phrasing over a loping 21- year -old U.K. export has surprised WRITERS: Ed Hunnicutt, John Raymond Brannen PUBLISHER: Moebetoblame, BMI pop track. The a cappella version on most with a very soulful and mature PUBLISHERS: Tapadero /Young Beau /Merit, BMI EMI -Manhatan V -56076 (12 -inch single) Reed RR -1115 the 12 -inch is highly recommended. WHISPERS In The Mood (4:30) vocal style belied by his little -boy red Only if you're tired of being sick and PRODUCERS: L.A., Babyface hair and freckles; the PWL Kay's spare, assertive voice is tired; remixed from the album, this WRITERS: D. Simmons, Babyface reminiscent of vintage Leona ALARM Rain In The Summertime (4:00) PUBLISHERS: Hip Trip /Hip Chic, BMI masterminds provide this new talent anthemic track from the West Coast PRODUCERS: John Porter, Alarm Solar B -70017 (c /o Capitol) with a fine debut vehicle, which has Williams; a pretty ballad of patience. punk /rap /rock /funksters puts the WRITER: Alarm Contact: 904 -781 -0404. PUBLISHER: Illegal, BMI Favorite selection from "Just Gets already topped many European charts Beasties to rest. I.R.S. 53219 (c /o MCA) (12 -inch reviewed Better With Time" finds the outfit in and is showing early signs of Nov. 7) a sophisticated and very comfortable duplicating that success in the States. KIM GRAYSON If You Only Knew (3:06) PRODUCER: Al Henson r &h ballad setting. WRITERS: Jane Mariash, Diano Rae DONNA SUMMER WITH MICKEY THOMAS PUBLISHERS: Cavesson /Tapadero /Merit, Only The Fool Survives (4:00) ASCAP /BMI RAY PARKER JR. WITH NATALIE COLE Soundwaves SW- 4795-NSD PRODUCER: Harold Faltermeyer DEAD OR ALIVE WRITERS: D. Summer, B. Sudan, M. Omartian, Over You (4:10) V. Weber, J. Bettis, H. Faltermeyer PRODUCERS: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager Beautiful feminine vocals. Contact: I'll Save You All My Kisses (5:18) WRITERS: D. Lewis, W. Lewis PUBLISHERS: Sweet Summer Night /Kilaunea/ WRITERS: Ray Parker Jr.. Burt Bacharach, 800 -251 -1576. PRODUCERS: Stock, Aitken, Waterman PUBLISHER: Jodaway, ASCAP John Bettis /WB /See This House /Shoombree/ Carole Bayer Sager WRITER: Dead Or Alive Warner Bros. 7 -28130 National League, ASCAP/Sudano /Soft Summer, BMI PUBLISHERS: Raydiola /New Hidden Valley. PUBLISHERS: Dead Or Alive, PRS /WB, ASCAP Geffen 7 -28165 (c /o Warner Bros.) ASCAP /Carole Bayer Sager, BMI Frothy r &b from the sibling act; DON MALENA Dance For Me (3:35) Epic 49 -07482 (c /o CBS) (12 -inch single) Geffen 7 -28152 (c/o Warner Bros.) PRODUCER: Joe Carroll Guess who's coming to dinner now? written and produced by Atlantic WRITERS: D. Henson, B. Johnson Frantic, well-crafted technonumber Starship's Thomas is the featured From "After Dark" album this slow, Starr's Lewises. PUBLISHERS: Terrace /Robert White Johnson, lifted from the "Mad, Bad And guest on this lovelorn pop ballad, late -night duet is the perfect vocal ASCAP Dangerous To Know" album. pairing. Maxima 1311 which should breathe new life into ANGELA CLEMMONS This Is Love (4:12) Sentimental emotions stir in memory - "All Systems Go." PRODUCERS: Cliff Dawson, Ken Cummings REACT Love Reaction (8:00) TEEN DREAM Toy (3:33) WRITERS: G. Ballard, C. Magness stricken lyrics backed by tender PRODUCER: Boyd Jarvis PRODUCER: Brown Marc PUBLISHERS: MCA /Yellowbrick, ASCAP vocals, production, and melody. WRITERS: Boyd Jarvis, Walter Briggins, Oscar Fuller BOY GEORGE Live My Life (3:33) Portrait 37 -07642 (c /o CBS) WRITER: Brown Marc Contact: 714 -653 -1556. PUBLISHERS: Rub Wall /Shakin' Baker, BMI PRODUCER: John Robie PUBLISHER: Mazarati, ASCAP Easy -paced ballad is not Minimal 3 (12 -inch single) WRITERS: Allee Willis, Danny Sembello Warner Bros. 7 -28138 (12 -inch version also Fluid r &b single is the new project PUBLISHERS: Streamline Moderne/Texas City. BMI/ available, Warner Bros. 0- 20821) groundbreaking in the least but is a LEON RAINES Most Of All (3:15) No Pain No Gain /Unicity, ASCAP much stronger chart contender than PRODUCER: Milton L. Brown from keyboardist Jarvis; note the Virgin 7 -99390 (c /o Atlantic) (I2 -inch version also What should have been act's second WRITERS: B. Buie, J.R. Cobb "Invisible Dub" version. Contact: 212- available, Virgin 0-96728) single finds the adolescent trio "B.Y.O.B." PUBLISHER: Low-Sal, BMI 967 -5465. Perfect coupling of O'Dowd's vocal winding up a potential monster; Southern Tracks 1089 LEE RITENOUR Turn The Heat Up (3:57) with an easy -paced r &b /pop remixed dance number sports an PRODUCER: Lee Ritenour Raines' vocal talent reigns over weak CASTLE BEAT Today, Tonight, Forever (7:26) technotrack, taken from the incredibly infectious and teasing WRITERS: Eric Tagg, Lee Ritenour, Kelly McNulty material and dragging production. PRODUCER: Larry Joseph soundtrack to "Hiding Out." groove. PUBLISHERS: Sympathetic/My Little Buddy. BMI/ Contact: 404 -325-0832. WRITER: Larry Joseph Rit Of Habeas. ASCAP PUBLISHERS: Hittage /Joy Spring, ASCAP GRP SP-3023 (12 -inch version also available, GRP Select FMS 62306 (12 -inch single) TP -4006) JEFF DAYTON BAND That Lady Can Love (2:49) Signed from a small independent; laid - The return of Captain Fingers with a PRODUCER: Jeff Dayton Band WRITERS: Jackson, Edenton back, remixed, house -style release spirited r track. 212 -245- &b Contact: PUBLISHER: Acuff -Rose, BMI now features a lingering female vocal. 7033. Not Yet 8702 EUROPE Cherokee (4:12) LA LA I Got A Thing For You (3:59) Contact: 212 -777 -3130. A PRODUCER: Kevin Elson PRODUCERS: New Music Group, John Morales, happy little ditty from a man WRITER: J. Tempest Sergio Munzibai love; gleaming with simple YELLO Call It Love (6:45) PUBLISHER: Screen Gems -EMI, BMI WRITERS: La La, Kashif instrumentation and production Epic 34-07638 PUBLISHERS: Little Tanya /MCA, ASCAP / Kashif/ PRODUCER: Yello Music Corp. Of America, BMI complement to-the -point vocal WRITERS: B. Blank, D. Meier Not as sure -fire a hit as "Carrie "; an Arista AS1 -9646 COUNTRY performances. Label based in PUBLISHERS: Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH, average rock of an Indian Gema /WB, ASCAP reading Debut album has yet to spawn a top Scottsdale, Ariz. Mercury 888 994-1 (c /o PolyGram) (12 -inch single) tale. 20 hit; multitalented artist should end Mysterious and somewhat sedate that streak with this gentle, midtempo CALI McCORD Bad Day For A Break Up (3:26) synth track. GO WEST From Baltimore To Paris (4:15) PRODUCER: Fred r &b number. TAMMY WYNETTE Talkin' To Myself Again Kelly PRODUCER: Gary Stevenson (3:19) WRITERS: Fred Kelly, Randy Barlow WRITERS: P. Cox, R. Drummie PUBLISHER Frebar, BMI HOTLINE Rock This House (timing not listed) PRODUCER: Steve Buckingham PUBLISHER: ATV, BMI ORAN "JUICE" JONES Gazelle GAZ-011 PRODUCERS: Trevor Russell, Tony Powell WRITER: J. O'Hara Chrysalis VS4-43191 (c/o CBS) WRITER: Trevor Rusell I Just Can't Say Goodbye (3:59) PUBLISHER: Cross Keys /Tree Group, ASCAP A cry-in- the -voice plea to put it off PUBLISHER: not listed PRODUCERS: Vincent F. Bell, Russell Simmons Epic 34-07635 Spacious and intimate ballad from until tomorrow. Contact: ARTS, Suite TVT 4010 (12 -inch single) "Dancing On The Couch." WRITERS: V.F. Bell, O.J. Jones Wynette sketches PUBLISHERS: Det Jam /Juiced Up, ASCAP out the stark colors 311, 201 Summit View Drive, U.K. duo captures the Chicago and Def Jam 38-07656 (c /o CBS) of loneliness in this midtempo weeper; Brentwood, Tenn. 37027. New York club feel. MANHATTAN TRANSFER underground Beat -heavy ballad from the self - the O'Kanes provide emotionally Soul Food To Go (Sina) (4:28) Contact: 212- 929-0570. proclaimed gangster of love. sensitive vocal harmonies. JACKY WARD Can't Get To You From Here PRODUCER: Tim Hauser (2:39) WRITERS: Djavan, Doug Fieger PRODUCERS: Jerry West, Jacky Ward PUBLISHERS: Capim /Rashida, BMI/ WELL RED SCHUYLER, KNOBLOCH & BICKHARDT Get Lucky (4:26) WRITERS: Fred Knipe, Steve Chandler Doug Fieger, ASCAP - PRODUCERS: Richie Stevens, Lorenzo Hall This Old House (4:16) PUBLISHERS: Southwest Words & Music, BMI Atlantic 7 -89156 WRITERS: Stevens, Hall, Tenyue PRODUCER: James Stroud Electric 105 AC To usher in its new Brazilian -based PUBLISHER: Virgin, ASCAP WRITERS: Thom Schuyler, Craig Bickhardt Virgin 0 -96730 (c /o Atlantic) PUBLISHERS: A sweet ballad with simple project; faultless vocal performance Writer's Group /Bethlehem /Screen Group name is taken from Gems -EMI/ production. Label based in Nashville. RECOMNMMÉ® caresses a contemporary island -style the West Lawyer's Daughter /Colgems -EMI, BMI /ASCAPMTM pop rhythm. Indian expression meaning "feeling B -72100 (c /o Capitol) groovy "; track's retrofunk, remixed KENNY DALE Perfect Angel (3:06) A heartfelt ballad full of magic PRODUCER: Joe Skates BE BE & CE CE WINANS Love Said Not So (2:55) RAQUEL WELCH This Girl's Back In Town (4:01) by George Clinton, keeps the vibe. memories and hearty Schuyler vocals; WRITERS: Kenny Dale, John James PRODUCER: Keith Thomas PRODUCERS: Michael Zager, Bob Esty is blanketed with a PUBLISHER: Axe Handle, ASCAP tune gentle WRITERS: P. Bady. B. Winans WRITERS: P. Jabara, B. Esty LOOSE Axbar 6056 ENDS Sweetest Pain (5:43) PUBLISHERS: Terry Cummings PUBLISHERS: Poperetta /Warner -Tamerlane/ songwriting approach to everyday /Sparrow Song, BMI PRODUCER: Nick Martinelli Honky -tonkin' good ole boy says the Capitol B Fave Rave, BMI life. -44097 WRITERS: Biggs, Wansel is Columbia 38-07622 (12 -inch version also available, PUBLISHER Mighty Three, BMI only time he's not a devil when he's R &B /pop ballad should find an Columbia 44- 07477) MCA 53216 (12 -inch version also available, MCA lovin' his lady. Label based in San 23807) audience among those who enjoyed "The Main Event" revisited; Antonio, Texas. the duo's equally notable performance creditable performance of a lackluster Classy midtempo selection from on "I.O.U. Me." and rather cliche disco number uniting "Zagora." that era's greats Jabara, Zager, and RATTLESNAKE ANNIE Somewhere South Of Esty. MIDNIGHT STAR Do The Prep (4:10) Macon (2:46) PRODUCERS: Vincent Calloway. Reggie Calloway PRODUCERS: Rattlesnake Annie, Buddy Blackmon DANCE WRITER: Vincent Calloway WRITERS: Jim Rushing, Marshall Chapman FLESH FOR LULU PUBLISHERS: Midstar /Hip Trip, BMI PUBLISHERS: Jack and Bill /Vogue /Welk, Postcards From Paradise (3:36) RCA 5312 -7 -R ASCAP/BMI PRODUCER: Mike Hedges Technodance number from the Columbia 38 -07634 WRITERS: K. Mills, Flesh For Lulu PICKS: New with PUBLISHER: Nancy Hughes, ASCAP "Penitentiary III" soundtrack. A fierce coming -of-age saga, rendered CHIC Jack Le Freak (8:22) releases the greatest chart Capitol B -44074 in a taut, vibrant voice; moody folk PRODUCERS: Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers potential. WRITERS: Nile Rodgers. Bernard Edwards RECOMMENDED: Records with potential for ROSE BROTHERS banjo fill. U.K. act makes its label debut with a PUBLISHER: Chic, BMI significant chart action. raw and raucous rock track that Put My Money Where My Mouth Is (5:27) Atlantic 0-86634 (12 -inch single) NEW & NOTEWORTHY: Highlights new and brings to mind the PRODUCERS: Rich Cason, Jimmy Lewis JO-EL SONNIER Come On Joe (3:57) developing acts worthy of attention. early work of the WRITER: Rich Cason Aw, we knew it was coming; Phil PRODUCERS: Richard Bennett, Bill Halvorson Records equally appropriate for more than Psychedelic Furs. PUBLISHERS: Muscle Shoals Sound /Jalew, BMI WRITER: Tony Romeo Harding and Ian Curnow from the one format are reviewed in the category with Muscle Shoals Sound MSS 3005 (12 -inch single) PUBLISHERS: Lawyer's Daughter /MTM/ PWL camp have thoroughly revised Wherefore, BMI the broadest audience. All singles commercial- HOUSE OF FREAKS Bottom Of The Ocean Danceable r &b with a strong hook this dance classic in a postproduction ly available in the U.S. are eligible for review. (2:52) RCA 5282 -7 -R and performance. Contact: 1000 house version. Send copies to Bill Coleman, Billboard, 1515 PRODUCER: House Of Freaks Gently descriptive and melodic with WRITERS: Harvey, Hott Alabama Ave., Sheffield, Ala. 35660. Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Country an ever -so-slight Cajun sound; nice singles should be sent to Billboard, 49 Music PUBLISHERS: Gravel Bag /Bug, BMI AVA CHERRY Keep Me Satisfied (7:03) Square W., Nashville, Tenn. 37203. ROYALTY Romeo (4:00) PRODUCERS: David Lewis, Wayne Lewis BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 75 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 ©Copyright 1987, Billboard Publications, Inc. ALBUMS, No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored Billboard. in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written TOP POP permission of the publisher. I- I- fX á Compiled from a national sample of retail store, a one -stop, and rack sales reports. 0 I w o1 W < Z W W < Z uS O N N ARTIST TITLE % ARTIST TITLE _- 3 3Ñ N LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE). Ñ -i N 3 LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE)' * * No.1 * * 55 49 43 35 SMOKEY ROBINSON MOTOWN 6226 (8.98) (CD) ONE HEARTBEAT 1 1 3 10 SOUNDTRACK RCA 6408 -1 -R (9.98) (CD) 2 weeks at No. One DIRTY DANCING 56 55 56 6 ALABAMA RCA 6495 -1-R (8.98) (CO) JUST US TUNNEL OF LOVE 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS SPECIAL OLYMPICS SP 391 I /A&M (9.98) (CD) A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS 2 2 1 5 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA oc 40999 (Co) 5% 76 - 3 3 2 9 MICHAEL JACKSON A3 EPIC 40600/E.P.A. (CD) BAD 58 58 53 8 MICK JAGGER cauMBIA oc 40919 (CD) PRIMITIVE COOL 4 4 4 32 WHITESNAKE A3 GEFFEN GHS 24099 (9.98) (CD) WHITESNAKE 59 60 61 13 GUNS & ROSES GEFFEN GHS 24148 (8.98) (CD) APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION 5 5 5 9 PINK FLOYD COLUMBIA DC 40599 (CD) A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON 60 57 55 7 THE SMITHS SIRE 25649/WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) STRANGEWAYS, HERE WE COME 6 6 6 14 DEF LEPPARD 2 MERCURY 830 675 1/POLYGRAM (CD) HYSTERIA 61 56 54 32 PRINCE A PAISLEY PARK 25577/WARNER BROS. (15.98) (CD) SIGN 'O' THE TIMES COUGAR MELLENCAMP 7 7 8 10 JOHN THE LONESOME JUBILEE 62 54 41 7 LYNYRD SKYNYRD MCA 42084 (8.98) (CD) LEGEND MERCURY 832 465- 1 /POLYGRAM (CO) ROBERTSON 8 8 7 22 WHITNEY HOUSTON A4 ARISTA AL 8405 (9.98) (CD) WHITNEY ® 181 - 2 ROBBIE ROBERTSON GEFFEN GHS 24160 (9.98) (CD) ROBBIE 4 A&M SP 6402 ... NOTHING LIKE THE SUN 12 101 3 THE JETS MCA 42085 (8.98) (CD) MAGIC O 14 19 STING (10.98) (CD) ® 10 9 9 34 U2 3 ISLAND 90581 /ATLANTIC (9.98) (CD) THE JOSHUA TREE 65 65 65 23 THE CURE ELEKTRA 60737 (1198) (CD) KISS ME, KISS ME, KISS ME Cl 13 12 10 AEROSMITH GEFFEN GHS 24162 (9.98) (CD) PERMANENT VACATION 66 59 58 9 BANANARAMA LONDON 828061- 1/POLYGRAM (CD) WOW 12 10 13 7 BILLY IDOL CHRYSALIS ov 41620 (CD) VITAL IDOL 67 67 71 8 UTFO SELECT 21619 (8.98) (CD) LETHAL TOUCH THE WORLD 13 11 11 30 FLEETWOOD MAC A WARNER BROS. 25471 (9.98) (CD) TANGO IN THE NIGHT ® NEW 1 EARTH, WIND & FIRE COLUMBIA FC 40596 (CD) ABBEY ROAD 14 12 10 9 R.E.M. I.R.S.42059/MCA(8.9B) (CD) DOCUMENT 69 69 - 118 THE BEATLES CAPITOL SJ 383 (9.98) (CO) 15 15 15 6 YES ATCO90522 /ATLANTIC (9.98) (CD) BIG GENERATOR 70 61 60 11 LOVERBOY 0 COLUMBIA OC 40893 (CD) WILDSIDE 71 5 TERUMENCE TRENT D'ARBY 16 16 14 24 HEART CAPITOL PE12546 (9.98) (CD) BAD ANIMALS 80 85 INTRODUCING HARDLINE ACCORDING TO TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY COL &A BFC 40 964 (CO) 17 17 18 64 KENNY G. ARISTA AL 88427 (898) (CD) DUOTONES 72 66 67 11 ERIC B. & RAKIM 4TH & B'WAY 4005/ISLAND(8.98) (CD) PAID IN FULL ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN 1$ 24 32 5 BELINDA CARLISLE McA 42080 (8.98) (CD) HEAVEN ON EARTH 73 75 62 16 ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN SIRE 25597/WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) EVERLASTING 0 23 24 23 RICHARD MARX EMI -MANHATTAN ST 53049 (8.98) (CD) RICHARD MARX 74 63 69 16 NATALIE COLE EMI-MANHATTAN ST 53051 (8.98) (CD) ELMCATO N JOHN 28 35 9 TIFFANY MCA 5793 (8.98) (CD) TIFFANY 15 101 112 18 LIVE IN AUSTRALIA WITH THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCH. ® 2 -8022 (1098) (CO) 21 19 20 7 KISS MERCURY 832 6261 /POLYGRAM (CD) CRAZY NIGHTS 76 79 81 7 THE O'JAYS EMI-MANHATTAN 53036 (8.98) (CD) LET ME TOUCH YOU (CD) CLOUD NINE 22 18 17 18 SOUNDTRACK SLASH 25605/WARNER BROS. (9.98) (CD) LA BAMBA ONEW 1 GEORGE HARRISON DARK HORSE 25643 /WARNER BROS. (9.98) 23 20 16 9 RUSH MERCURY 832 464- I /POLYGRAM (CD) HOLD YOUR FIRE %ó 81 121 3 THE ALARM LB S. 42085 /MCA (8.98) (CD) EYE OF THE HURRICANE BROS. (CD) BORN TO BOOGIE 24 21 21 84 ANITA BAKER A3 ELEKTRA 60444 (8.98) (CD) RAPTURE 79 64 64 17 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. WARNER /CURB 25593/WARNER (8.98) II 25 27 27 8 PET SHOP BOYS EMI -MANHATTAN 46972 (8.98) (CD) ACTUALLY 80 68 68 9 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 42035 (8.98) (CD) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 26 26 25 40 EXPOSE ARISTA AL 8441(8.98) (CO) EXPOSURE 81 62 59 17 SOUNDTRACK ATLANTIC 81767 (9.98) (CD) LOST BOYS FIST AND YELL 27 22 23 23 LL COOL J A2 DEF JAM FC 40793 /COLUMBIA (CD) BIGGER AND DEFFER 82 73 73 5 ALICE COOPER MCA 42091 (8.98) (CD) RAISE YOUR - - MOON ® 70 - 2 INXS ATLANTIC 81 796 (9.98) (CD) KICK ® 89 111 4 LOVE & ROCKETS BIG TIME 6058 -1A /RCA (8.98) (CD) EARTH SUN GHS (CD) HITS, VOL III 1979 -1987 29 25 26 19 GREAT WHITE CAPITOL sr 12565 (8.98) (co) ONCE BITTEN ® 103 113 8 ELTON JOHN GEFFEN 24153 (9.98) GREATEST EPIC OE 40769 /E.P.A (CD) LET IT LOOSE ® 34 37 6 WHODINI JIVE JL 8494 / ARISTA (8.98) (CD) OPEN SESAME 85 78 72 23 GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN 31 31 33 69 POISON ENIGMA ST 12523 /CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN ® 87 87 7 BODEANS SLASH 25629 /REPRISE (8.98) (CD) 32 29 29 29 LISA LISA & CULT JAM COLUMBIA FC 40477 (CD) SPANISH FLY 87 82 80 71 STEVE WINWOOD ISLAND 25448/WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CO) BACK IN THE HIGHLIFE 33 32 22 24 THE FAT BOYS TIN PAN APPLE 831 948 1/POLYGRAM (CD) CRUSHIN' 88 71 63 22 STEPHANIE MILLS MCA 5996 (8.98) (CD) IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN 34 33 30 24 MOTLEY CRUE A? ELEKTRA 60725 (9.98) (CD) GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS 89 74 74 39 REO SPEEDWAGON EPIC FE 40444 /E.PA (CD) LIFE AS WE KNOW IT RESERVATIONS FOR TWO 35 36 47 5 DEPECHE MODE siRE 25614 /WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) MUSIC FOR THE MASSES ® 92 92 14 DIONNE WARWICK ARISTA AL 8446 (8.98) (CD) 36 30 28 56 EUROPE 2 EPIC BFE 40241 /EP.A. (CO) THE FINAL COUNTDOWN 91 83 76 26 THE WHISPERS SOLAR ST 72554/CAPITOL (8.98) (CD) JUST GETS BETTER WITH TIME 733.1/POLYGRAM (CD) SHARP 0 42 46 8 SQUEEZE A &M SP 5161 (8.98) (CD) BABYLON AND ON ® 113 164 3 ANGELA WINBUSH MERCURY 832 38 35 31 18 GRATEFUL DEAD ARISTA AL 8452 (9.98) (co) IN THE DARK 93 93 116 15 ICE-T SIRE 25602/WARNER BROS. (8.98) (CD) RHYME PAYS LET IT BE 39 45 70 3 BILLY JOEL COLUMBIA CX2 40996 (CD) KOHUEPT (LIVE IN LENINGRAD) 94 - 57 THE BEATLES CAPITOL SW 11922 (8.98) (CD) TIMING ® 52 52 36 JODY WATLEY MCA 5898 (8.98) (CD) JODY WATLEY ® 97 97 5 MSG CAPITOL CLT 46985 (8.98) (CD) PERFECT FAITH MERCURY 391 1 POLYGRAM (CD) ALPHABET CITY 41 NEW 1 GEORGE MICHAEL COLUMBIA OC 40867 (CD) 96 91 78 14 ABC 832 / WARNER BROS. 25447 (9.98) (CD) GRACELAND 42 46 44 13 SWING OUT SISTER MERCURY 832 213 1 / POLYGRAM (CD) ITS BETTER TO TRAVEL 97 86 82 63 PAUL SIMON J (CD) GLENN JONES ® 43 49 7 JETHRO TULL CHRYSALIS ov 41590 (co) CREST OF A KNAVE 98 100 100 7 GLENN JONES JIVE 1062- I- /RCA(8.98) 44 44 45 12 NEW ORDER QWEST 25621 /WARNER BROS. (12.98) (CD) SUBSTANCE 99 94 83 15 HIROSHIMA EPIC FE 40670/EPA (CD) GO 45 53 57 12 DEBBIE GIBSON ATLANTIC 81780 (8.98) (CD) OUT OF THE BLUE 100 108 126 36 CUTTING CREW 0 VIRGIN 90573 /ATLANTIC (8.98) (CD) BROADCAST FREE AS A BIRD 46 41 40 63 BON JOVI 8 MERCURY 830264 -1 /POLYGRAM (CD) SLIPPERY WHEN WET D 112 119 4 SUPERTRAMP AMA SP 5181(8.98) (CO) 47 37 39 12 LEVERT ATLANTIC 81773 (8.98) (CD) THE BIG THROWDOWN 102 110 108 20 GEORGE BENSON /EARL KLUGH WARNER BROS. 25580 (9.98) (CD) COLLABORATION 48 39 36 11 THE CARS ELEKTRA 60747 (9.98) (CD) DOOR TO DOOR 103 85 75 9 MR. MISTER RCA 6276-1.R (9.98) (CD) GOON... PARTON, LINDA RONSTADT, EMMYLOU HARRIS TABU FZ 40320/E.PA (CD) HEARSAY 104 95 99 33 DOLLY TRIO 49 50 50 14 ALEXANDER O'NEAL WARNER BROS. 25491 (9.98) (CD) THAT GIRL 17 GRIM REAPER RCA 6250- I-R(8.98) ROCK YOU TO HELL 50 38 34 15 SOUNDTRACK -MADONNA SIRE 25611 /WARNER BROS. (9.98) (CD) WHO'S ® 119 93 TIMOTHY B. 51 40 38 11 METALLICA ELEKTRA 60757 (5.98) (CD) THE $5.98 EP-GARAGE DAYS RE- REVISITED 106 106 110 8 TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT MCA 42049 (8.98) (CD) AN 7087 (8.98) THE BIG EASY 52 47 42 31 CARLY SIMON ARISTA AL 8443 (9.98) (CD) COMING AROUND AGAIN 107 107 109 5 SOUNDTRACK ANTILLES (CD) MAN OF COLOURS 53 48 48 26 RANDY TRAVIS WARNER BROS. 25568 (898) (CD) ALWAYS & FOREVER 108 104 104 6 ICEHOUSE CHRYSALIS Ov 41592 (CD) COLUMBIA OC 40659 (CD) ONE WAY HOME 54 51 51 11 DANA DANE PROFILE 1233 (8.98) (CD) DANA DANE WITH FAME 109 90 79 16 HOOTERS s. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units, with each additional million indicated by a numeral OAlbums with the greatest sales gains this week. (CD) Compact disk available. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 uni following the symbol. 'CBS Records and PolyGram Records do not issue a suggested list price for their product. 7Fi BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com UPDATE NEW way, New York, N.Y. 10023; 212- & Awesome. 253 -46 148th Ave., COMPANIES 870 -0598. Rosedale, N.Y. 11422. Music Management Plus, a person- SLAMDEK /Scramdown, a seven - Pro Tours, a marketing/special-pro- al- management firm, formed by party partnership that is the refor- motions firm, formed under the Jim Robney Irwin and David Harvey. mation of SLAMDEK /HAH. The Halsey Co. Inc. umbrella. The compa- First signings are Cynthia Manley new label /promotion company will ny coordinates marketing strategies (Voss Records), Phyllis Nelson be working with Pink Aftershock, for artists, promoters, and special (Epic), and Robbie Cee (A &M). Suite Dorian Grey, Substance, Dez Kim- events. 24 Music Square W., Nash- 5A, 14100 Calvert St., Sherman berlin, Your Face, and other pro- ville, Tenn. 37203; 615-244-7900. Oaks, Calif. 91401; 818-781 -7622. gressive Midwestern U.S. acts. 119 Evergreen Road, P.O. Box 43551, Nebula Recording Co., a subsidiary Chicago Jazz & Blues, formed by Louisville, Ky. 40243. of KB Audio and Video, formed by Janet Lessner. A retail outlet spe- Kevin Burns. First single is "Tell cializing in all eras of jazz, blues, KRM Records and Publishing, the Me" b/w "Need Your Love" by Rich- and r &b. Major and independent la- music division of Southwest Com- ard L. Box 2302, Southfield, Mich. bel releases are represented, and munication Services. 601 University 48037 -2302; 313 -352-8138. the store features a large selection Ave., No. 150, Sacramento, Calif. 950 W. 95825; 916 -648 -2850. of imports and rare albums. Me And The Chimp. Actress /singer Robey, star of the "Friday The 13th" Run Wild Records, formed by Mi- Diversey, Chicago, Ill. 60614; 312- syndicated TV series, escorts Bubbles, Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee, to a chael Lynam. 929-2665. Music, formed by Fresh First signings are Goin' Jus -Fresh star-studded party-at Chasen's restaurant in Los Angeles- honoring RCA artist is 12- Goin' Gone and Richard Taylor & the Enterprises. First release the Emmanuel. Pictured, from left are Robey, actress Ally Sheedy, Bubbles, Mrs. P.O. 23078, inch Me by Ravers. Box Alexandria, Chiltown Records, a production, single "Driving Crazy" and Mr. Jimmy Stewart, and Emmanuel. Va. 22304. promotion, and new -music label, Clay James. 1106 Brenford, Hous- formed by James McGovern, Shawn ton, Texas 77047; 713-433 -1276. Sounds Of Hot Wax Inc., formed by Wooden, and Rupert Coley. The Ken Underwood. The company spe- company will specialize in commer- Gold City Records, formed by EXECUTIVE TURNTABLE cializes in entertainment manage- cial pop and rap music. First sign- Chris Jasper (former member of the (Continued from page 4) ment and concert promotions and ings are Mellow G -Man, Tomahawk Isley Brothers and lead singer of seeks r &b, jazz, and adult contempo- Kid, and Chiltown Brothers. P.O. Isley /Jasper /Isley). "Superbad" is fairs for RCA /Columbia Pictures International Video in New York. She rary performers. P.O. Box 3125, Box 4164, Hartford, Conn. 06147; the first release on the label, distrib- was manager of that area. Additionally, Christina Lomolino is appointed Flint, Mich. 48502; 313 -787-4021. 203-243 -1396. uted by CBS Records. Jasper Stone senior counsel, and Ana Celli becomes acquisitions coordinator. Lomolino Music, newly formed by Jasper, is was with the Director's Guild of America. Lion's Share Distributing Co., Rose Tone Records, a full- service the publishing entity working with National Football League Films Video in Mount Laurel, N.J., names Tim formed by Robert Wardrick and record company, formed by Rose Gold City. P.O. Box 24, Armonk, Pearson director of marketing /home video sales. He was with Rogers Mer- Anita Ross. The company special- Morales (the mother of Prince N.Y. 10504; 914 -273 -6457. chandising. izes in gospel music from indepen- Markie Dee of the Fat Boys) and Celebrity Home Entertainment in Los Angeles names Gloria Sloto and dent labels. Select titles will be mar- Tony Simpson. First release is "Tell Send information to New Com- Lisa Hayes vice presidents of finance and administration, respectively. keted under the Lion's Share logo. Him" (first made popular by Brenda panies, Billboard, P.O. Box 24.970, Sloto was upped from controller. Hayes was head of her own consulting P.O. Box 11361, Washington, D.C. Reid & the Exciters) by Brenda Reid Nashville, Tenn. 37202. firm. 20008; 202-462 -6172. Virgin Vision in Los Angeles makes the following appointments: Jerry Jackson, Central region manager; Rose Forbes, customer -service manag- GMAX Entertainment, formed by I CALENDAR er; and Leslee Rosenfeld, creative-services manager. Jackson was with Vis- Gregory Maxwell, an entertainment velt Hotel, Los Angeles. 212-722 -2115. ta Home Video. Forbes was with the Cinema Group. Rosenfeld was with financier. First project is comedian Nov. 24, International Radio And Television So- Media Home Entertainment. Alice Arthur's one -woman Los An- A weekly listing of trade shows, ciety Newsmaker Luncheon And Goods And Ser- geles show. Project proposals are conventions, award shows, semi- vices Celebrity Auction, Waldorf- Astoria, New PRO AUDIO /VIDEO. Electro Sound in Sunnyvale, Calif., names Amir Hindie se- welcome for review. Suite 1041, 279 nars, and other notable events. York. 212 -867 -6650. nior design engineer. He has an extensive background in audio and telecom- S. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, Send information to Calendar, munications design. Calif. 90212; 213 -281-6715. Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New DECEMBER Allied Film & Video in Detroit appoints Judith Szidik chief financial offi- York, NY 10036. Dec. 5 -6, MIDI Expo, New York Hilton, New cer. She was with Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. Tri -Boro Production, formed by York. 203 -259 -5734. Editel in New York names Mitchell Brill director of client services. He Jack Allen, Ray Wilson, Nat Nag- NOVEMBER Dec. 7 -11, Video Expo Orlando, Buena Vista was director of sales for LRP Video. ger, and William Kamarra. The Nov. 18, Women In Music Recording Studio Palace Hotel, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 800 -248- company produces and distributes Workshop, Loews Summit Hotel, New York. 212- 5474. RELATED FIELDS. Lorimar Film Entertainment in Los Angeles promotes Jack- "Rappers Around The World," a 260 -4678. Dec. 17, International Radio And Television So- ie Krost to vice president of music. He was director of that area. new half-hour rap show hosted by Nov. 19 -21, American Video Conference & ciety Christmas Benefit, Waldorf- Astoria, New Kris Sofley joins Jensen Communications' music division as publicist, Red Alert & Turquoise. 693 E. Awards (with The Ninth Annual Billboard Video York. 212 -867 -6650. based in Los Angeles. She was an independent publicity coordinator. 132nd St., Bronx, N.Y. 10454. Music Conference & Awards), Hollywood Roose- L M Records & Promotions, LANDMARK BUYS M.S. BRANCH formed by Lanthus Marshall. The I LIFELINES (Continued from page 6) company handles all phases of mu- research director for Elektra Rec- sic, including new and national art- ords. but we're moving to a new ware- With his recent expansions, Mo- ists, and offers an open -door policy. BIRTHS house because the current lease is naco is striving for a more effective First release is "Stand Up /Jui- Boy, Charles William, to Billy and Keith Wagner to Dana Karsch, up," says Monaco. distribution system. "As an inde- cerne" by C-Quence. P.O. Box 4171, Donna Montana, Oct. 27 in Albany, Nov. 7 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He Under the new ownership, Land- pendent, the goal is to make a Fort Smith, Ark. 72901; 501 -452- N.Y. He is lead singer and guitarist is a guitarist and songwriter. She is mark will not be representing all of tighter distribution network around 4983. for Billy Montana & the Longshots. an independent DJ. M.S.' Atlanta lines. "We assumed the country. What has been lacking most of them -there were 40 or 50 in independent distribution recently Songhai Empire Records, formed Boy, Gordon Andrew, to Tom and DEATHS and we took 80 % -90% of that," he is communication among distribu- by Jerry Garth and Isaac Kusi. The Thea Bowe, Oct. 28 in Virginia. He Meyer "Mickey" Fichtelberg, 77, says. "But it's still subject to the la- tors that have the same labels. The company concentrates on African is store manager for Mother's Rec- of a heart attack, Oct. 30 in Holly- bels. We're still in the process of goal is to work more efficiently to- music. First releases are "I Feel ord and Tape Co. in Newport News, wood, Fla. A 35-year veteran of the contacting them." Monaco adds that gether in cooperation with the la- Pata Pata" and "God Bless Africa" Va. music industry, Fichtelberg was as of yet, no new lines have been bels." LINDA MOLESKI by Osibisa. Suite 41, 2067 Broad- owner of the Arcade Music Shop in added. MARRIAGES New York. He is survived by his Phillip Mergen to Brenda Orr, Oct. wife, Rose, and two sons. 24 in Yukon, Okla. She is adminis- CLIP LIST TO KEEP TABS ON 8 MUSIC VIDEO OUTLETS FOR THE RECORD trative secretary at the Dallas head- Dr. Luigi Conte, 66, of heart fail- (Continued from page 4) quarters of Sound Warehouse. ure, Nov. 6 in Rome, Italy. He was The Nov. 14 review of Gerald Al- chairman of the board of the Italian porary. cated broadcast; 80 markets; mixed bright's "Just Between Us" al- Teddy Meier to Sandra Zueger, Society of Authors, Composers, and TNN: Five half -hour shows rock /pop format. bum contained a sentence that Oct. 25 in Las Vegas. He is a &r di- Publishers. He is survived by a weekly; 35 million households; coun- Hit Video USA: 24- hours -a -day; may have misled some readers. rector for EMI Records, Switzer- daughter, Elena, and a son, try. cable, broadcast, and satellite; 22 The first single from Albright's land. Adriano. "Night Tracks ": 14 hours -a- million households; mixed rock /pop record, "So Amazing," enters week; cable; 40 million households; format. the Hot Black Singles chart this Hannes Wurgler to Julie Freeman, Send information to Lifelines, album rock /top 40. The Beam: a one -hour weekly week for the first time. Oct. 31 in Los Angeles. He is a Billboard, P.O. Box 24970, Nash- The All New Record Guide: show; syndicated broadcast; 17 mar- drummer. She is national marketing ville, Tenn. 37202. Five half -hour shows weekly; syndi- kets; urban contemporary. BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 77 www.americanradiohistory.com SENATORS WARY OF GETTING INVOLVED IN LICENSING CONFLICT (Continued from page 4) successfully for alternative meth- ican Assn. of Advertising Agencies, uals of the home states of subcom- ods of licensing, including a per -pro- told the legislators that passage mittee members, and afterward gram license and a "carve -out" ver- could cost advertisers as much as Vermont's Leahy said he was insult- sion of source licensing. In addition, $150 million a year. ed by the approach. "I thought I they don't want to pay for blanket The broadcasters suffered an em- was here to discuss this issue with licenses which give them the oppor- barrassment at the Nov. 10 hearing people, not [to watch] some video tunity to use all of the compositions when the subcommittee members aimed at children, 5- year -olds in the repertoires of ASCAP, BMI reacted negatively to a video shown watching Sesame Street, designed and SESAC-because they actually by the All- Industry TV Music Li- to make sure we see stations in our need only a small portion of that cense Committee. home states are shown," he said. music. Portions of the video flashed vis- It appears that the subcommittee is disinclined to dismantle the pres- ent systems of licensing, but the broadcasters may have made a strong enough case to persuade Congress to ask the performing rights groups to make alternative li- censing methods more accessible. Last month, negotiations be- tween ASCAP and the All- Industry Committee, representing the broad- casters, broke off when the broad- casters walked out, claiming that ASCAP wouldn't budge on the ReÍnx ßalph ï' li type tre telex in line rcpcf- ord sers, i* "terms and conditions of licensing." Talks had been going on for 13 fromthe bar. bJe're net g0rfz IYllSs ' happy'hox' I" months. The Senate bill, S.698, was intro- duced in March. It is similar to a proposal in the House authored by Rep. Frederick Boucher, D -Va. TELEX However, Boucher's bill, H.R. 1195, contains a right -to -work "unioniz- ing" provision that would pay un- LIKE IT IS. specified residuals to composers. The subcommittee heard from 13 On Esi Street, witnesses at the rushed 21/2 -hour is and convenient. hearing, most of them on three pan- telex instant els representing the performing rights groups, broadcasters, and BMI composer Mike Post, left, appeared before the Senate Copyright You don't have to waste time hanging around was the the advertising industry. It Subcommittee Nov. 10 to testify on behalf of songwriters, composers, and the office to send or receive a telex anymore. in- first time on the Hill for the ad publishers. Also appearing were SESAC president Alice Pregar, center, and bill. Wil- dustry, which opposes the ASCAP board member Hal David. Do it on Esi Street - the electronic mail (Email) liam Cotton, representing the Amer- system that's made specially to serve the enter- tainment industry. `PREDATOR' TWO -PACK Esi Street turns almost any PC, laptop or word (Continued from page 1) processor into an instant, portable interna- have a suggested list price of from the second copy because of the to illustrate the "mass deteriora- tional telex system. All it takes is a modem and $89.95, will be sold to video stores reduced price. He said the company tion" of dealer- buying patterns: "In is a 1985 was one a local phone call.* No waiting. No inconve- for approximately $68, the source believes the two -pack less cum- there blockbuster title says. bersome solution to the depth -of- sold for every 50 VCR households; nience. No lost opportunity. CBS /Fox says it is hoping for a copy problem than a buyback pro- in 1986 it was less than one title per 60 %-80% increase in unit volume as gram because it requires less ad- 90 VCR households; and now it's Esi Street connects you to a Along with telex, a result of the unusual strategy, ministrative work on the part of one title per every 300 -400 house- world of instant business communication and adding that a similar plan is likely to distributors and retailers. holds." information. Join thousands of entertainment be adopted for future titles if it During a press conference here Retailers contacted about the proves successful with "Predator." Nov. 9, CBS /Fox officials also an- "Predator" plan say they are en- who already keep on top of Esi professionals Company officials appear frus- nounced other policy changes for couraged by the prospect of stock- Street. trated by dealer unwillingness to 1988: ing more copies of a hit title without stock a deeper inventory of A titles A reorganized sales force will having to increase their investment Get on Esi Street. And get off the old telex in their rental libraries. The compa- focus on all three lines distributed substantially. routine forever. ny has repeatedly asserted over the by the company. Formerly, each of "Dealers find that it's hard to get past year that its operating ex- the company's labels- CBS /Fox, their money back when they [stock Call now for details. penses and acquisition costs have Playhouse, and Key-was handled up] on a title," says Lou Berg, presi- soared during the past few years. by a separate sales force. dent of Audio /Video Plus in Hous- New York 212 -757 -0320 Further, it laments the fact that the A "13- month" release schedule ton. "When they take a heavier in- Los Angeles 213 -937 -0347 sale of rental- priced product contin- will be implemented to allow distrib- ventory they may satisfy their cus- ues to lag behind the sharp increase utors and retailers to focus on "few- tomer better -but whether they London 01- 221 -2749 in VCR penetration. er titles of a higher quality." Under make money is another issue. [The Nashville 615- 833 -9389 A profit squeeze was cited by the plan, the company will release CBS /Fox] plan will let them take CBS /Fox when it became the first product every four weeks, or 13 the extra copies without too much major supplier to increase the list times a year. The company also risk. I think most retailers will take price of its A titles from $79.98 to vowed to announce new titles at them up on it." $89.98 earlier this year. least 10 weeks in advance instead of Allan Caplan, chairman of the 82- In announcing the packaging test with the current eight -week lead store Applause Video web, based in and a number of other changes in time. Omaha, Neb., favors a discount plan company policy, Bob DeLellis, se- A seven -member dealer council to encourage dealers. Still, he nior vice president sales and mar- will be formed to meet with thinks the CBS /Fox two-pack plan keting, called the "Predator" plan CBS /Fox management at least may be too modest in its structure. "the most sensible approach." three times a year. "I think they should have gone to S T R E E T "We're challenging the dealer A dealer- incentive program will three or four or five copies. That base, asking them to be a partner in reward as many as 2,000 dealers would have separated the men from A World of Business Efficiency solving the depth -of-copy problem," and distributors with a five -day trip the boys," says Caplan. "For my An IMC Network said DeLellis. to the Bahamas, based on their per- benefit, I'm thrilled, but for their Though he would not reveal the formance with "various titles." benefit they would get more out of specific discount terms, DeLellis DeLellis said the decision to offer it if they had gone for more than said retailers could save as a two -pack of "Predator" at a re- two copies." Most places in North America, the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, Australasia and Japan. that much as 30% by ordering the two - duced price was sparked by "con- pack. DeLellis asserted that there is sumer dissatisfaction" over the Assistance in preparing this story "literally no risk to the dealers" availability of hit titles. He went on was provided by Geoff Mayfield. 78 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 21, 1987 Billboard. TOP POP. ALBUMSTM continued z Z u) OI- ', 01- =w áw 39, = ARTIST TITLE =w 30 ,.,< ARTIST TITLE I- 3 -3 N ¢ 3 U LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE) F- 3 5.11.3' nl d 3 U LABEL & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE). 110 116 90 7 VAN MORRISON MERCURY 832 585.1 /POLYGRAM (CD) POETIC CHAMPIONS COMPOSE 156 127 95 14 38 SPECIAL A &M 3910 (9.98) (CD) BEST OF 38 SPECIAL- "FLASHBACK' 111 105 89 14 CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT MERCURY 832 025 1/POLYGRAM (CD) KEEP YOUR DISTANCE 157 137 98 32 BRYAN ADAMS A &M 3907 (9.98) (CC) INTO THE FIRE 117 133 5 THE TEMPTATIONS MOTOWN 6246 ML (8.98) (CD) TOGETHER AGAIN 158 151 131 9 DAVE ALVIN EPIC BFE 40921/E.P.A. 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(8.98) (CD) TOUCH AND GO 200 145 125 21 THE OUTFIELD COLUMBIA OC 40619 (co) BANGIN' TOP POP ALBUMS A -Z (LISTED BY ARTISTS) 10, 000 Maniacs 187 Glen Burtnick 166 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Hiroshima 99 Love & Rockets 83 Ray Parker Jr. 137 La Bamba 22 2 Live Crew 151 Jonathan Butler 117 Machine 85 Roger Hodgson 163 Loverboy 70 Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt. Lost Boys 81 W.A.S.P. 113 38 Special 156 Europe 36 Hooters 109 Lynyrd Skynyrd 62 Emmylou Harris 104 Top Gun 180 Wa Wa Nee 145 Belinda Carlisle 18 Expose 26 Whitney Houston 8, 142 Pet Shop Boys 25 Soundtrack-Madonna 50 Tom Waits 149 ABC 96 Paul Carrack 168 M.O.D. 173 Pink Floyd 186, 5 Bruce Springsteen 2 Dionne Warwick 90 Bryan Adams 157 The Cars 48 Faster Pussycat 138 INXS 28 MSG 95 Poison 31 Spyro Gyra 184 Grover Washington, Jr. 175 Aerosmith 11 Joe Cocker 121 The Fat Boys 139, 33 Ice -T 93 Madonna 141 Prince 61 Squeeze 37 Jody Watley 40 Alabama 56 Natalie Cole 74 Bryan Ferry 169 Icehouse 108 Richard Marx 19 Public Image Ltd 176 Starship 123 Wendy And Lisa 114 The Alarm 78 Alice Cooper 82 Fleetwood Mac 13 Billy Idol 12 Reba McEntire 198. 115 Steady B 165 The Whispers 91 Dave Alvin 158 The Robert Cray Band 182 Force M.D.'s 155 John Cougar Mellencamp 7 R.E.M. 14 Janet Jackson 140 Sting 9 White Lion 125 Anthrax 197 Crowded House 159 Samantha Fox 164 Men Without Hats 146 REO Speedwagon 89 Michael Jackson 3 George Strait 80 Barry White 193 Armored Saint 133 Cruzados 131 Metallica 51 Robbie Robertson 63 Kenny G. 17 Mick Jagger 58 Stryper 127 Whitesnake 144, 4 The Art Of Noise 177 The Cult 171 Pat Metheny Group 148 Eric B. & Rakim 72 Peter Gabriel 190 Melvin James 189 Supertramp 101 Whodini 30 Atlantic Starr 199 The Cure 65 George Michael 41 The Red Hot Chili Peppers 196 Gene Loves Jezebel 143 Jethro Tull 43 Swing Out Sister 42 Hank Williams, Jr. 79 Curiosity Killed The Cat 111 Stephanie Mills 88 Smokey Robinson 55 Anita Baker 24 Genesis 167 The Jets 64 The Winans 188 Cutting Crew 100 Liza Minnelli 170 Rush 23 The Temptations 112 Bananarama 66 Georgio 153 Billy Joel 39 Angela Winbush 92 Van Morrison 110 Tesla 179 The Bar -Kays 116 Terence Trent D'Arby 71 Debbie Gibson 45 Elton John 84. 75 Salt- N -Pepa 118 Steve Winwood 87. 134 Motley Crue 34 Tiffany 20 Beastie Boys 128 Dana Dane 54 Grateful Dead 38 Glenn Jones 98 Joe Satriani 183 Motorhead 150 Randy Travis 53, 120 Yello 172 The Beatles 69, 94, 174 Jimmy Davis & Junction 136 Great White 29 Savatage 192 The Kane Gang 185 Mr. Mister 103 Yes 15 Bee Gees 126 Martha Davis 135 Grim Reaper 105 Timothy B. Schmit 106 J2 10 Kiss 21 Dwight Yoakam 195 George Benson /Earl Klugh 102 Def Leppard 6 Guns & Roses 59 Najee 160 Carly Simon 52 JTFO 67 Bodeans 86 Depeche Mode 35 L.A. Dream Team 162 New Order 44 Paul Simon 97 Buckwheat Zydeco 178 Sammy Hagar 130 VARIOUS ARTISTS Michael Bolton 129 Neil Diamond 124 L.L. Cool J 27 The Smiths 60 George Harrison 77 The O'Jays 76 Piledriver -- The Wrestling Album Bon Jovi 46 The Dream Academy 181 Level 42 191 SOUNDTRACKS Heart 16 Alexander O'Neal 49 Il 147 Bourgeois Tagg 122 LeVert 47 Beverly Hills Cop II 152 Earth, Wind & Fire 68 Heavy D. & The Boyz 132 The Outfield 200 A Very Special Christmas 57 The Brandos 154 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 32 The Big Easy 107 Echo And The Bunnymen 73 Helloween 194 Suzanne Vega 119 Laura Branigan 161 Dirty Dancing 1 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21. 1987 79 www.americanradiohistory.com 3-INCH COMPACT DISK Enigma Act Sued For Assault (Continued from page 1) of testing new products. "A&M has ers seem absolutely adamant against uct like 'Dirty Dancing,' Starship, To done 5-inch records, 10 -inch records, such a rollout in the current market- and Mr. Mister ?" Poison's Poison Publicist and cassette singles to test their pro- place. One factor prompting delays on head. motional strengths and their com- "At this point, it's a folly," says the parts of most labels is the format BY DAVE DiMARTINO Dall then "left his cup on the top mercial strengths," he says, adding Rick Dobbis, executive vice president feud between Sony, which is pushing LOS ANGELES Two members of of my head, like a dunce cap," says that he thinks risks with 3 -inch CDs of RCA. He states emphatically that the 3 -inch format, and Philips, which the rock group Poison have been Bridenthal. "So now I'm shaking, are minimized by the still-small mar- "to drive our business from the hard- prefers the standard 5-inch diameter sued for $1.1 million here for alleg- now I'm really upset and trying to ket penetration of hardware, now es- ware side" is a mistaken notion. for CD singles. "That is the key is- edly assaulting a publicist for a ri- recover from this one, and then all timated at 9% by the Electronics In- According to Dobbis, there are sue," says Russ Bach, WEA execu- val band that had insulted them in a of a sudden the security people dustries Assn. (see story, page 3). "too many formats that are draining tive vice president of marketing de- magazine article. come up, grab me, and they throw "You're dealing with a universe too much of our merchandisers' in- velopment. "You can't put out a prod- The suit, filed by Bryn Bri- me out. Somehow or another, Poi- that is one -tenth the size of turntable ventory dollars and taking up too uct that has two configurations, a 3- denthal, head of media and artist re- son caused me to be thrown out." penetration," says Steffen. much of their space." inch and a 5- inch." lations at Geffen Records, claims The next day, Dall called her at "At this point, we're playing with When PolyGram International Like Bach, John Burns, executive band members Bobby Dall and Bret the office "and basically ended up it. We're trying to figure out what it president Jan Timmer announced vice president of MCA Distribution, Michaels poured beer and ice water ranting at me again," she says. "His is. There's no definitive answer on compact disk video at the National and Bob Altshuler, vice president of on Bridenthal's head at an Oct. 6 premise was that I should be re- whether it'll be one cut, two cuts, one Assn. of Recording Merchandisers press and public affairs for CBS, say postconcert Motley Crue party at sponsible for every word uttered by cut plus an extended version, or sev- convention in Miami (Billboard, Feb. their companies will play a waiting Inglewood, Calif., venue the Forum. Guns N' Roses. I said to him, 'I can't eral cuts." 28), Dobbis says he began to list all game. "We're watching the market- Their actions, states the suit, were even guaranteee that all five of In October, a title by Squeeze the various music and video configu- place," says Burns. in response to a Hit Parader maga- these kids are going to show up for made A &M the first major label to rations that serve as carriers for pre- "We just don't see it as a business zine interview with Geffen group a photo session. How can I possibly press a 3-inch disk for promotional recorded music. "When I got to 11, I right now," says Pam Haslam, Poly- Guns N' Roses, which took swipes be responsible for something when use. Motown, similarly, is using the got scared," he says. "Now, it's an Gram vice president of communica- at Poison. I wasn't even there?' " Dall did not new configuration to promote Stevie even dozen." tions. "But certainly that position Filed Oct. 21 in Los Angeles Supe- apologize for his actions, she claims. Wonder's new album. Dobbis says that developing artists could change, depending on market rior Court, the suit also names band To date, Poison has offered only Specialty labels Delos and Ryko- stand to suffer from the flood of for- realities." manager Tom Mohler and Rod the following statement about the disc are already testing the 3 -inch mats. Citing the Radiators and the Si- Aside from targeting next quarter Smallwood of the Sanctuary man- incident: "Bryn misunderstood the disk as a retail product (Billboard, lencers as recent examples, Dobbis as a launch date, A &M, according to agement group, which represents gesture. We saw the baseball play- Oct. 31). But aside from A &M, other asks, "How much penetration would Steffen, has neither ironed out de- Poison. ers do it. We thought that throwing majors are leery of marketing the we have been able to reach if those tails, including packaging and pric- As a result of the incident, the champagne was a sign of friend- smaller CD. Most are taking a wait- inventory dollars had been tied into ing, nor addressed programming of suit claims, Bridenthal has been ship." and-see approach to the concept oth- too many configurations on hit prod- such disks. treated for severe mental and emo- Champagne is not mentioned in tional trauma and suffered "numer- Bridenthal's lawsuit. ous dysfunctional symptoms," in- Steven S. Davis, one of the attor- NEW CD BOX cluding inability to sleep and uncon- neys representing Bridenthal, con- (Continued from page 6) trolled outbursts of crying and firms that his firm received a phone shaking. call from a New York lawyer repre- chandisers annual Retail Advisory sumer products at AGI. The Toronto task force meeting Bridenthal -a former employee senting Sanctuary about the suit. Committee meeting Sept. 26-28 in San "Usually, packaging innovations was hosted by machinery manufac- of Capitol Records, which distrib- "They've expressed an interest, of Francisco, other NARM committees come from the packagers to the la- turer HJ. Langen & Sons Ltd., which utes Poison's Enigma album-says course, in getting it settled and get- reacted favorably. bels and then to distribution," says supplies many CD manufacturers. the incident took place after she ting rid of it," says Davis. "But they More recently, NARM announced Kern. "This apparently came from a Attending in addition to Glinert, saw band member Dall at the after - have not made any proposals to us its board and major committees -in- tie-in [Shape] had with rackjobbers." Roth, Mankoff, and Kern were host show party, and "he started ranting at this point." cluding a newly formed Loss Preven- Glinert says the issue took packag- Ron Langen Sr., president of H.J. about this article. I said, 'Bobby, I Any settlement that might be tion Committee have endorsed the ers by surprise because the subject of Langen & Sons Ltd., and key staffers can't believe that a band that has reached between both parties, he Shape package, adding stipulations an improved CD package came up Peter Wardell, special project manag- sold over 2 million records feels so adds, would have to include a public that a center strut be employed and, "almost casually" a year ago, "when er, and Don Caulford, export sales threatened by a band that hasn't apology from the defendants, an ap- less importantly, that a thinner box we developed a new package within manager. Others were Tony Vanko, sold 200,000 yet.' And that's what propriate settlement amount, and be devised. 48 hours. Nothing happened -until a CD finishing supervisor of Specialty made him throw the first cup of "an appropriate restraining order Attempts to reach officials at year later we hear that a new pack- Records Co.; James Lang, production beer." against Dall and Michaels, basically Shape in Sanford, Maine, were unsuc- age was being discussed." manager of Denon Digital Indus- After drying herself in the wom- not to touch her or assault her in cessful. Following its Toronto meeting, the tries; Ed Proffitt, packaging engi- en's room, says Bridenthal, she was any way. When you get right down The high point in the hubbub came task force spelled out various options neer at DADC -Sony; David Burns, preparing to leave when she was to it, that's what they did, and Oct. 26 at NARM's Wholesaler Con- in a press release, not naming Shape mechanical engineer at Philips & Du- again confronted, this time by Dall they've got to agree to a court order ference in Palm Springs, Calif., but claiming "most record compa- pont Optical Co.; Robert Fellis, quali- and Michaels. "Bobby and Brent that they're not going to do that where Glinert charged that the indus- nies" support the current car- ty assurance manager at Laser Video lunged at me from across the room anymore." try was acting prematurely in en- ton. The group says the current car- Inc.; Joseph McHugh, vice president/ and came over toward me. Brent Bridenthal says the public reac- couraging a new package without ton's advantages are "its economy, general manager of JVC Disc Ameri- grabbed my left arm, and Bobby tion to her lawsuit has been mixed. considering problems "that are being ability to be automatically loaded at ca Co.; Darrel Conder, plant manager was yelling at me, 'You tell Guns N' "I'm getting mostly support," she glossed over" (Billboard, Nov. 7). high speeds using standard equip- at MCA Manufacturing; Steve Mah- Roses ...' And I said, 'I don't want says. "I'm getting a couple of peo- Joining Glinert in Palm Springs, ment currently operational at the ma- ler, director of packaging develop- to talk to you guys. I don't like hav- ple who think I'm making much ado specifically to test reaction to the jority of CD manufacturing plants, ment at Shorewood; Gary Gray, ing a drink thrown in my face.' " about nothing -but they also Shape package, were Arthur Kern, superiority in freight cost, warehous- structural engineer at Queens; Dean This time, she contends, Dall weren't standing in the middle of senior vice president of Ivy Hill Pack- ing space utilization, and the fact that Henkel, plant manager at AGI; and threw a second cup of beer at her - the Forum club, having been man- aging; Richard Roth, executive vice it's biodegradable and won't pose an Larry Durham, plant manager at Ivy after which "what felt like a bucket handled like that and treated like a president of Queens Group Inc.; and environmental hazard once discarded Hill. of cold water" was poured over her two-bit bimbo." Gary Mankoff, vice president of con- by the consumer." VESTRON DROPS DISTRIBUTORS MIV Gets Into The Game (Continued from page 4) Produces Game -Show Series utors, Video Trend, and Wax Dubbed the Vestron Advantage, ary, includes "Dirty Dancing," Works. While those distributors will the plan also calls for increased sup- "Hamburger Hill," "Big Town," NEW YORK Stand -up comedian wanted to offer something fun and be exclusive to Vestron, distribu- port, better service, new sales incen- "The Sicilian," "Man On Fire,' Ken Ober has been signed to host different. That's certainly not a move tors will not have exclusive terri- tives, and new co -op policies for "Steel Dawn," and "Running Man." MTV's "Remote Control," a game - away from music video, which is our tories, says Reuben. Vestron would those distributors, says Reuben. Vestron will also limit the Beta show series that begins production base and our strength." not reveal the names of the axed A partial list of the Vestron 1988 format to key lead and important Wednesday (18). Three contestants are featured on distributors. product lineup, beginning in Janu- catalog titles, effective Jan. 1. The half -hour show marks the 24- each show; they will be drawn mostly Asked if some of the terminated hou -a- day music channel's first for- from college campuses across the distributors could one day regain ay into the game -show market; country. Contestants answer TV triv- the Vestron line, Reuben says the ONE -STOP MEET MTV's sister channel, Nickelodeon, ia questions or view a number of vi- long-term plan is not to add distribu- (Continued from page 6) has been successful with a youth -ori- deoclips simultaneously and recall de- tors. Vestron will also continue to ented game show of its own called tails from each. Prizes include cars, maintain a few direct retail ac- tween the two configurations are personnel to "talk about this prob- "Double Dare." cash, vacations, LPs, tour jackets, counts, such as L.A.-based Where- substantial. lem and try to come up with some According to MTV, the show is not and compact disks. house Entertainment. "We're trying to find a solution kind of compromise. [Cassette sin- intended to signal a move away from The show will be taped in New Criteria for choosing certain dis- for it," Smith continued. "We total- gles] ultimately boost record sales music. Instead, an MTV representa- York at Matrix Studios. MTV has tributors over others, says Reuben, ly support the configuration, but we and help everyone -it might make tive says the company sees "Remote committed itself to producing 65 epi- included such factors as financial have to find a way around the re- sense. It might help to speak with Control" as a way to "keep people sodes of the program, which airs at 7 strength, marketing capability, and turn costs." them rather than leave it up to our- talking about the channel." p.m. EST weekdays and is repeated ability to reach key markets and key Jamieson called for a forum of selves." "It's just one half -hour a day," in the mornings. retailers. manufacturers, retailers, and radio says the representative. "We just STEVEN DUPLER 80 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com AMOA MEET CONCLUSION: CD JUKEBOXES ON THE RISE (Continued from page 1) only CD- dedicated jukeboxes, hav- future. We've been assured by rec- 93.9 million units in 1986. Therefore, its Expo '87. "I've talked to RCA rently has 2,500 Laser Music CD ing stopped manufacturing vinyl 45 ord companies that even if they stop he indicated, CDs are bound to re- and Motown, and they're encour- jukeboxes on the market. Each can boxes two years ago; market leader pressing 45s [for the retail market], place 45s in the long run. aged by the fact that jukebox opera- store up to 1,000 songs and can play Rowe International, NSM- Lions, they will be available [to us]." Other panelists, however, did not tors are redeveloping their ties with both 5 -inch and 3 -inch CDs. and Rock -Ola exhibited 45 /CD This volatile issue was further ex- share his conviction. Lockhart, cit- the labels. These people are making Seeburg's move to CD -only ma- "combo" players; and NSM and plored Nov. 6 in an AMOA Expo ing Rock -Ola's "conservative" posi- a concerted effort to get back in the chines notwithstanding, it appears Wurlitzer showed CD- dedicated seminar titled "The Present And tion, said the company would take a music business." that jukebox operators themselves models as well as 45 machines with Future of 45s and Jukeboxes." wait -and -see approach. "What if the One indication of that is the fact are somewhat reluctant to invest in upgrade capability. Among the panelists were Rowe's 3 -inch [compact] disk comes in and that the AMOA has formed a juke- the new technology. "Not everyone Rowe International's executive Friedman and Jerry Gordon; Joseph is financially feasible? Would it be box promotion committee, which an- can afford $5,000 -$6,000 for a CD vice president, Joel Friedman, point- J. Pankus, executive vice president more economical than the present nounced at Expo '87 that November jukebox," said Lockhart of Rock - ed out that his company offers juke- of Seeburg; Bette Lockhart, execu- [compact] disk ?" she asked. "We've 1988 would be declared National Ola, adding, "We have no plans for boxes in a variety of combinations, tive vice president of Rock -Ola; Rus been assured of having 45s, and as Jukebox Month, kicking off a year a CD- dedicated machine. [Vinyl sin- including 45 only, 45 /CD, video /45, Strahan, president of NSM -Loewen long as we incorporate them there of special activities and promotions gle] jukeboxes are a very profitable "nostalgia" models (styled after Group; and Tony Montgomery, di- are a couple of ways to go." to celebrate the 100th anniversary business." r Wurlitzer's classic model 1015), and rector of singles sales for RCA. NSM's Strahan said, "We believe of the jukebox. Plus, the committee Brud Oseroff, president of Mobile background /foreground systems. Pankus took the position that 455 will be around a long time. CD met with representatives of the Re- Records, confirmed that 45s are Next year, he said, Rowe will come "the production of 45s is in jeopar- came in two years ago-two years cording Industry Assn. of America alive and well at the jukebox level. out with a CD- dedicated box. dy, especially if the cassette single from now, who's to say? We will not Nov. 5 to discuss label involvement "We're selling more 45s today than According to Friedman, "We're has success as a consumer and leave our operators holding the with the jukebox business. at this time last year," he said. not promoting one configuration promo item." According to the Re- bag." "The jukebox affords many pro- "We're selling CDs, too. Combo ma- over another. We don't deny CD at cording Industry Assn. of America, RCA's Montgomery, while con- motional opportunities for record chines are a good idea at the present all -we're happy to see it develop- vinyl singles shipments slipped ceding that there has been "a slow- companies," Newton pointed out. time. The CD might not work at the ing. But we feel good about the 45's from 131.5 million units in 1984 to down in black vinyl," stated, "If you "It's not like radio, with a tight for- jukebox level the way it is at the want black vinyl, we'll make it. We mat and playlists. consumer level. CD hasn't taken off want to get back to being involved "Standard jukeboxes have 200 - for the operator yet." CD SALES PROJECTIONS in your business." song capacities, which make them a On the video jukebox front, Rowe (Continued from page 3) While no other label reps were in- good outlet to push new releases International's Friedman said the cluded in the panel, the AMOA's and songs not heard on the radio. company is having particular suc- growth." chance for improvement, he says, is Newton noted that several were on We want to get record companies to cess with its Rowe Video Jukebox, Even if new owners of CD ma- if the record companies "come to hand for this year's convention. tie in, perhaps by providing special which handles 40 video titles with chines buy only 18-20 CDs in their the party" by cutting CD prices, Their presence reflected the fact strips [the labels used in jukeboxes] Beta hi -fi and 160 45s. "We have first year of ownership, compared which would also "re- energize the that the jukebox industry, after ne- and promoting their new artists." 1,200 machines in the U.S. and 650 in with the 26 -30 CDs purchased by hardware business." glecting its main business during Seeburg's Pankus, convinced that Europe," he said. earlier, more affluent CD aficiona- Solomon observes that CD play- the late '70s video -game boom, is CD is the wave of the future, is li- The only other companies to show dos, Ross says, the sales potential ers are being advertised less fre- now moving into such music- orient- censing 13 titles off Billboard's Top video jukeboxes at AMOA Expo '87 created by 3 million new player quently than they were during the ed products as CD and video juke- 40 and compiling them on CDs as were NSM- Lions, with its prototype owners is immense. last Christmas selling season. boxes. Seeburg's Hot Hits. The digital Galaxy 200; Wurlitzer, with a laser - Ross says the Minneapolis- based, "They'll sell some players for "With the advent of the CD juke- disks will be shipped "only to juke- disk machine available only in Eu- 598 -unit Musicland chain still is ex- Christmas," he says, "but there box, there's more interest from la- box locations" starting this month rope; and a firm called Videobox, periencing 60% -70% growth in CD isn't the interest in them there was bels," said Sam Atchly, owner of and will be sent out every six to which exhibited a jukebox using a sales for the year to date and en- last year." the Grapevine Agency, a Fort eight weeks, he said, "with no dupli- 12 -inch laser format and capable of joyed growth "in the high double In contrast, Alec Chanin, execu- Worth, Texas -based talent compa- cation of songs." storing 1,000 titles in eight different digits" for October. He believes tive vice president of Harvey Sound ny. Atchly assisted the AMOA with Pankus noted his company cur- musical categories. that trend will continue through in New York, says he expects next year, although the chain has strong Christmas sales of CD ma- scaled back its projections a bit. He chines. He also notes that the stock- also opines that CD price reductions market crash barely interrupted the would stimulate the business fur- momentum of player sales to his DIRECTOR, ther. mostly upscale customers, who tend PRODUCTION Russ Solomon, head of the 45- to buy models ranging in price from store, Sacramento, Calif. -based $500 to $1,200. Tower Records chain, notes that CD In Sears stores, which cater to a sales in his company have remained less affluent consumer, the average We'll all dance when you static at 33 %-35% of total sales since retail price of CD players is $225. last year. He guesses that Music - Yet the mass -merchandise chain is land's big percentage increase optimistic about the sales potential call the tune. might reflect the fact that it became of CD hardware. heavily involved with CDs later "We're in a period of accelerating We are a major force in the recorded than Tower did. sales [on CD units], and we expect To Solomon, it's "pretty scary" that to continue right through music industry and we need a take charge that the industry is selling 25% -30% Christmas," says a Sears represen- individual to really make things happen. of its prerecorded music to only 7 tative. KEN TERRY million CD player owners. The only You will need at least 5 years prod- uction experience with a major record company or a closely related business, like video or software. Your high energy Windham Pushes Sales level and leadership skills will ensure meeting on -going deadlines. 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As far as the LP and Manhattan, acknowledges that the cassette versions are concerned, Sondheim fans will be BY LINDA MOLESKI merger has made it more difficult for happy to know that the score is due in dealer bins before NEW YORK Less than six months his label to devote itself to special Christmas. The compact disk arrives early next year. after EMI America merged with projects. "We had to cut our roster to TRill Manhattan, Rounder Records has be able to focus more strongly on art- JERRY'S PEARLS: ASCAP pays tribute to songwrit- severed its ties with EMI, ending ists that are on the up side, more com- Edited by Iry Lichtman er Jerry Herman's outpourings on Broadway at its what was supposed to have been a mercially oriented," he says. "We New York headquarters Tuesday (17). Herman's shows three-year relationship more than a have to be extremely selective, but WARNER COMMUNICATIONS INC. won't com- include "Milk & Honey," "Hello, Dolly!" "Mame," and year prematurely. EMI-Manhattan, we still want Rounder to come to us ment on persistent rumors that it is discussing the ac- "La Cage Aux Folles." will, however, continue to release re- with records they're excited about" quisition of West Germany's big Teldec label /manufac- cordings by Rounder act George Besides the Thorogood albums, turing operation. If finalized, the deal, on behalf of CLASSIC ROCK: Conductor Erich Kunzel & the Thorogood & the Destroyers, whose Rounder and EMI cooperated in re- WEA International, would be seen as a big boost for Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra join local band next studio album, "Born To Be leasing an album each by the Neville WEA in West Germany, where it's not particularly the Skycoasters for a concert Jan. 8-9 at the Eastman Bad," is expected sometime in Janu- Bros. and Texas -based rock band the strong in local repertoire. Other pluses are Teldec's de- Theatre in Rochester, N.Y., to offer a blend dubbed ary. It will be the group's fourth al- True Believers. Both acts have subse- velopment of Direct Metal Mastering for vinyl and com- "pop rocks," in which the rock beat is presented with bum to go through EMI's branch dis- quently been dropped by EMI -Man- pact disk product, which promises CDs that cost less to full orchestra parts. The group's saxist, Jerry Boone, tribution network. hattan. produce but sound better. Also, Teldec has lots of classi- says the main objective of the event is to broaden the "It was a very amicable split," says The contract, which gave EMI first cal product to add to the WEA catalog worldwide. RPO's audience and mostly classical repertoire. Rounder principal Marian Leighton. right of refusal on selected artists, "We'll still be working together on would have expired in March, with an STRETCHING TAPE: In January, Arista should start A SLICE OF POP LIFE: Soviet TV viewers recently Thorogood's next album, but we option for one more year. Under the rolling out cassette singles tapes with extra minutes of got a rundown of Billboard chart listings during a report didn't feel it was fair to be bound to a new agreement, the two companies programming-either a third cut or an interview with by Vladimir Dunayev, New York correspondent for relationship that [EMI] felt would be may pursue future projects together the artists. Unlike this summer's cassette singles, which Moscow TV. That was among the information included even the tiniest bit adventurous. but are under no obligation to do so. listed at the same price as vinyl 45s, these longer tapes in a recent New York Times report on how U.S. life is "It became a charade to go to EMI Leighton adds that discussions are will carry a suggested tag of $2.98, a dollar higher. To portrayed in the Soviet Union. The story did not indicate every time another label showed in- currently under way with other ma- avoid confusion with two-song cassette singles or maxi- if any of the recordings are available for purchase by terest in a project," says Leighton. jor labels on select projects. One that cassette singles, these tapes may be marketed with a Soviet record fans. "EMI is primarily interested in the is reportedly close to being finalized slogan like "cassette single plus." Among the artists ex- hits. They are good with Thorogood is the Dirty Dozen Brass Band's next pected to get this treatment are Billy Ocean and Hall THE BIG 1'S: Paying Billboard New York offices a but not with other projects. The label studio album, which would go & Oates. It does not appear, however, that other labels visit Nov. 4 were two attractions who just happened to is playing it safe because it's in the through CBS Records' branch distri- that are making cassette singles will follow Arista's have No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Black Singles mode of having to prove itself with bution. The project features guest lead. charts in the same week: MCA's Tiffany, with her Hot this merger." artists Branford Marsalis, Dr. John, 100 chart topper, "I Think We're Alone Now," and Mer- Bruce Lundvall, president of EMI- and Dizzy Gillespie. NEW DEAL: It's strictly a rumor at this point, but cury's Angela Winbush, whose "Angel" is a Black Sin- WEA is said to be mulling a new, lower-priced tier for gles smash. A day earlier, Tiffany had played a mall- CDs that would place a large number of its catalog titles making the rounds at malls was a key strategy in break- Wisconsin Awards at a cost between full-line titles and its Super Savers ing the 16-year-old-in Paramus, N.J., an event spon- Act Wins Six budget line. Wholesale cost would be in the neighbor- sored by WPLJ New York. Word is she spent two hours hood of $8, which would allow many dealers to use an signing autographs. $11.99 shelf and a sale price of $10.99. BoDeans Dominate WAMIs SIMON DOES: Paul Simon has donated $80,000 and MILWAUKEE The BoDeans pulled combo Paul Cebar & the Milwau- THIS MIGHT HAPPEN IF THAT HAPPENS: Ru- raised an additional $80,000 from his Graceland concerts off a virtual sweep of the 1987 Wis- keeans, pop performer Eddie Butts, mors are rife that if it closes the CBS Records sale, for the New York Children's Health Project, which pro- consin Area Music Industry Awards, and local music personality Pete Sony will rent the CBS /Records Group space at the vides -via The New York Hospital- Cornell Medical Cen- held Nov. 9 at the Milwaukee Per- Christensen, each of whom carried CBS Inc. -owned "Black Rock" headquarters in New ter -free health-care services to children living in tem- forming Arts Center. The four-man off two WAMIs. York for a year -and then possibly move the record porary shelters for the homeless. The dollars generated band, from nearby Waukesha, Wis., The WAMI Awards, sponsored by company's main offices to Los Angeles. by Simon will be used to buy and equip the mobile medi- captured top honors in six of the sev- Milwaukee -based Miller Brewing and cal unit and provide for the ongoing operation of the en categories in which it was nomi- Miller Genuine Draft, drew about LEAVING HIS POST as RCA's senior VP of product project ... Simon is also part of a Dec. 6 New York nated; the group's Slash /Reprise al- 1,000 people to the Performing Arts development Jan. 1 is Ed Mascolo, who took on the big Unites For Human Rights rally by Amnesty Interna- bum "Outside Looking In" is current- Center; the event was simulcast by promo /sales slot in February. Mascolo, an RCA staffer tional at the Ethical Culture Center in Manhattan. Also ly climbing the Top Pop Albums album rock outlet WQFM -FM. Nu- since 1975, is said to be leaving for personal reasons and taking part is Lou Reed, and Tirez Tirez will perform chart. merous local radio, print, and music- is likely to relocate to Nashville, where he first joined after the rally at a party at Limelight. Other multiple winners included industry personalities were on hand RCA as regional promotion manager. No replacement Atlantic act Fire Town, veteran r &b as presenters, including Talking has been made. SINGING FOR YOUR SUPPER: The Society of Heads' Jerry Harrison (a Milwaukee Singers held its first dinner meeting in Los Angeles native), Warner Bros. act John TV MUSIC IS HEADED for a big boost Former NBC- Nov. 9. There was a large turnout, and the dais featured Seiger, and singer Ruby Starr. TV "Today" show producer Steve Friedman plans to the likes of Jack Jones, Della Reese, Joanie Sum- CMT Releases The BoDeans walked off with take his partnership with Grant Tinker in GTG East- mers, Gogi Grant, Kay Starr, Sue Raney, Fran War- awards for entertainer of the year, beyond the production of a TV version of "USA Today" ren, Jerry Vale, and Herb Jeffries, with Frank DeVol artist of the year, single /song of the to include the staging and packaging of music events for as MC. The society was founded by Ginny Mancini, Updated Stats year ( "Only Love "), video of the year television both domestically and abroad. Joe Dera, a wife of Henry, to assist singers ... Van Halen is in the ( "Only Love"), and outstanding rock Rogers & Cowan executive VP who has worked on studio recording a new album set to hit the street in On Viewership artist. In addition, their producer, marketing strategies for such acts as Elton John, Da- April. Harrison, captured the outstanding - vid Bowie, Paul McCartney, Ron Wood, and Pink producer honor. Floyd, could be Friedman's choice to head production of DRESSING FOR YOUR SUPPER: The dress code for NASHVILLE Country Music Fire Town was named new artist these specials. There's no comment on the latter from the 19th annual AMC Cancer Research Center Humani- Television, the 24 -hour country mu- of the year and outstanding new mu- Friedman or Dem. tarian Award Dinner, to be held Dec. 4 in New York to sic video channel here, reports that sic artist; Paul Cebar & the Milwau- honor EMI -Manhattan Records president Bruce it now reaches 6.7 million homes keeans were named outstanding NO LENNON CD: Capitol Records won the first Lundvall, covers a wide range of styles. To be specific, equipped with cable television. It r &b /funk artist; Robin Pluer was round against Geffen in Geffen's attempt to issue `The tickets for the event offer the following choices: "eve- also estimates that its program- best female vocalist; Butts was John Lennon Collection" on compact disk (Billboard, ning wear with '40's flair, dancing.fancy, cheek- to-cheek ming is picked up by 1.7 million sat- named outstanding pop artist and Oct. 31). The U.S. District Court in Los Angeles granted chic, or black -tie traditional." The event is being held, ellite -dish owners and that a portion outstanding cover artist; and Chris- Capitol's request for a preliminary injunction blocking naturally, at that venerable dance emporium, Roseland. of its daily programming is carried tensen received road- crew -recogni- Geffen's CD release of the album. Look for the case to to an additional 1.5 million viewers tion and music -person -of- the -year actually go to trial in Los Angeles "in about a year or STANDING IN: Scott Martin of SRO Marketing via low -power stations and late - honors. A total of 38 awards were so," says one source. was the special guest replacement for Billboard's Tom night broadcasts on conventional presented, including a People's Noonan at his University of California /Los Angeles stations. Choice trophy, which was given to lo- INTO THE STUDIO: RCA Red Seal apparently had in- marketing class Nov. 5. Martin brought Mark Cope of These figures represent total po- cal act London USA. tentions to record the new, well-received (in most cor- Album Network along for the ride. tential viewership as of the end of "Wisconsin represents the music ners) Stephen Sondheim /James Lapine musical, September. CMT compiles the sta- of the heartland to the rest of the "Into The Woods," no matter how it stacked up with re- PUSHED BACK: The much -publicized (and postponed) tistics quarterly. country," says Ron Ramelli, pub- viewers after its Broadway opening Nov. 5. The label Bishop Desmond Tutu Free The Children Peace Con- A spokesman for the company lisher of Wisconsin Area Music announced the recording sessions-which took place at cert, last set to take place Nov. 4 at UCLA, has been says it has just switched satellite magazine, which provided ballots the label's New York Studio A Nov. 9- before opening pushed back until "sometime next year," says one carriers from the Telstar 303, which and programs. "A lot of major la- night. The RCA show catalog has been the home of source. That news is accompanied by several conflicting can send signals to approximately bels have shown interest in the Sondheim works for a number of years, including reports regarding changes in the talent lineup, availabil- 12 million cable subscribers, to the area, and as a result there are more "Sweeney Todd," "Merrily We Roll Along," "Follies-In ity of artists, and significant problems with corporate Galaxy I, capable of reaching all ca- bands and more industry excite- Concert," and various compilations. Most of the Sond- sponsorship. ble subscribers in the U.S. ment." MOIRA McCORMICK 82 BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 21, 1987 www.americanradiohistory.com BARRY MAN1LO IS BACK IN füll SWING! Introducing SWING STREET, the jumpin' new album by BARRY MANILOW. Includes the first 12" MIDNIGHT release "Brooklyn Blues," featuring Tom Scott on tenor sal, plus "Stóm The Savoy," "Summertimek (Duet with Diane .. 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