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September 29, 1984 S3.50 (U.S.) A Billboard Publication The Internationalu- Newsweekly Of Music & Home Entertainment BUFFALO CASE PARAMOUNT TITLES, `PURPLE RAIN' Local fliers Lose flood OfBelow-$30 Videos are By TONY SEIDEMAN financial resources to the limit as the While sale- oriented retailers Blanket Pacts Para- On two majors' titles plus CBS /Fox Vid- ecstatic about the Warner and By IS HOROWITZ NEW YORK -Paramount Home eo's "The Empire Strikes Back" rush mount moves, many rental- oriented stores see the move as bringing more rights against current license arrangements Video and Warner Home Video gave into a crowded marketplace. NEW YORK -Performing work than profits. victory will be continued "individually and the low -price prerecorded video mar- Reportedly, Paramount's move organizations won a stunning "Smart retailers will react to it as in the marketplace." ket a major boost last week, releasing was as much an attempt to spark a Tuesday (18) when a federal appeals as an industry the greatest shows on and re- releasing a large number of stagnant sale- oriented videocassette probably one of court here upheld the legality of blan- Meanwhile, ASCAP and BMI Kraus of the New major titles at less than $30. market back to life as to make a big earth," says Mark ket licensing for local television chiefs, still riding a euphoric high late -based Video Stop. In Ohio, In its first major pricing promo- splash for the holiday season. The York stations. last week, were looking toward an Messer of the six -store Video tion, Paramount has cut the suggest- wide span of retailer and distributor Jack In overturning a lower court deci- early retrieval of monies placed in es- Center chain predicts 25 it recently reaction reflects the difficulties the Store Record sion that the blanket license violated crow during the pendency of the ac- ed retail on the titles (Bill- may face. (Continued on page 59) antitrust law, the U.S. District Court tion, as well as a substantial fleshing withdrew from the market company to for the Second Circuit set up new out of interim payments frozen at board, Sept. 22) from $39.95 at barriers against attacks on long -es- 1980 levels. In all, it is estimated that $24.95. The titles will be that tablished music licensing practices. these withheld funds could amount price point for a limited time only, re- Lawsuit Challenges MIV Deals The original class action brought by to well over $50 million. shipping at $24.95 on Oct. 31 and to the higher price in the Buffalo Broadcasting Co. et al Some $20 million is in the fund turning By FAYE ZUCKERMAN and KIP KIRBY January. against ASCAP and BMI put at risk in escrow beginning shortly placed LOS ANGELES -MTV's dominance in the cable music field received its in annual At the same time, Warner Home an estimated $80 million after the launch of the antitrust ac- as the fledgling Discovery Music Net- Video has broken a new pricing bar- first legal challenge Wednesday (19) performance revenues from local tv. tion in U.S. District Court here. This the pioneering 24 -hour rier, becoming the first home video work filed suit in U.S. District Court here, charging While litigants on both sides of the was to allow for reimbursement to tv restraint of trade and unfair competi- major to put out a top -line feature music service with antitrust violations, eight -year-old case were still digest- stations for overpayment if their ac- film in first release in all formats for tion, among other counts. ing the full implications of the ap- tion had been successful. secure less than $30. Prince's "Purple Rain" The legal action focuses on MTV's use of exclusivity agreements to peals court opinion, plaintiffs said re- After Buffalo Broadcasting's vic- Amex is scheduled to ship Nov. 19 at music programming. Named along with MTV Networks Inc., Warner maining appeal options would be tory in the district court in late 1982, Cable Communications Inc. and Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment Co. all the way to the U.S. Su- further license payments were locked $29.95. exercised, are record companies that have already signed such arrangements. These la- Court if necessary. If these in at the 1980 rates, some 20% to The Warner and Paramount preme bels, RCA, MCA, CBS, Geffen and Elektra /Asylum, are listed as co- conspira- Les Arries, president of Buf- 25% below what the rates would moves will mean the busiest, most fail, says tors, not defendants, with the complaint charging those firms with contribut- falo Broadcasting and chairman of have been for the last two years, credit- limit- stretching holiday season ing to the "monopolization" of music video programming by MTV. the All- Industry Television Station pending appeal results. The differ - in home video history, with retailers (Continued on page 68) Music License Committee, the fight (Continued on page 59) and distributors likely to strain their - Inside Billboard - RADIO PROGRAMMERS who attended last week's Radio Convention & Programming Conference, the first joint effort of the National Assn. of Broad- casters and the National Radio Broadcasters Assn., tended to be disappointed with the event, saying that it fell short of their expectations. The Los Angeles convention drew more than 5,000 registrants. Page 3. SELECTED PRICE HIKES on albums by established superstars are being greeted with surprisingly philosophical, even upbeat reactions by executives of major record /tape chains. Their consensus is that some higher list product may be inevitable from the vendors' standpoint. Page 3. WARNER POLYGRAM MERGER PLANS appeared in some doubt last week, following a decision by a federal administrative law judge to call a three - week recess in FTC proceedings in Washington. Page 3. CONSULTANT MIKE JOSEPH has linked with Dallas -based TM Com- munications. The agreement calls for Joseph to design and set up his successful "Hot Hits!" format, as well as his newer "Comfy" MOR sound, for TM's client stations. Radio, Page 15. VIDEO CLIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS were recognized at MTV's first annual Music Video Awards presentation in New York. Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" clip, directed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, was the big winner. AVAILABLE NEXT MONDAY! The 6 LP /cassette set. With production by Mark Knopfler and songwriting by Roddy Frame, the 4. ELVIS PRESLEY -A GOLDEN CELEBRATION CPM6- roll. Page new Aztec Camera LP is the vanguard of English rock and Knife birth in history may take place in January in 5172. 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LOS ANGELES -The consensus KSDO -AM -FM San Diego. "They among the more than 5,000 delegates didn't represent any new ideas, and at the first joint effort of the National very often the people in the audience Assn. of Broadcasters (NAB) and the asked questions that were left National Radio Broadcasters Assn. unanswered." `4y... (NRBA) -the Radio Convention & "The sessions overall were nega- Programming Conference (RCPC), tive," said Hugh Heller about the held here last Sunday through meeting, billed as "Up With Radio." Wednesday (16 -19) -was that the Heller, president of the Heller Corp. t meeting fell short of most radio and television production firm hear about expectations. noted, "There was a lot of complain- Industry stars and executives help Billboard celebrate its 90th anniversary at New York's Studio 54 and Billboard presi- Particularly in light of last spring's ing that things are getting kind of plans for the Nov. 10 "Billboard Charts The Future" issue commemorating the birthday. Joining The Future think tank annual NAB meet in Las Vegas, rough, but let's be honest-when dent and chairman W.D. Littleford for the occasion was Dr. Herbert London, whose Data For issue. Among the which successfully tackled vital is- have things been easy? And there has conducted research on the music and home entertainment areas specifically for the special Richard Dostal, sues, the hopes were high that the were no solutions given for any of the 2,500 luminaries who joined in the Sept. 12 event are, from left, Network Talent International's Havens, RCPC would similarly reach new problems, either." Gaynor (who performed), Billboard executive editorial director Lee Zhito, recording artist Richie Gloria levels of relevancy. In fact, some of Indeed, such popular sessions as and special guest Julio Iglesias, who led the crowd in a chorus of "Happy Birthday Billboard." the more than 60 workshops and those on hit radio were marked by seminars accomplished just that, con- vapidity, with the "hit radio" Mon- Hikes vention delegates say, but many more day morning seminar angering Mi- Accept New Price Joseph, one of the earliest Dealers seemed mired in either self- congratu- chael Labels latory rhetoric or expressions of neg- forces behind the creation of the orig- Selected List Increases Seen As Inevitable For ativism about the state of the radio inal top 40 format, and now a leader "Even though the utives are greeting signals of selected ating more than 450 stores. "On the industry. in its renaissance. By EARL PAIGE involved were very $9.98 -list titles from established su- other hand, generally speaking, the "Most of the sessions were, for individuals strong, the presentation itself was from perstars with surprisingly philosophi- better an artist is, the more we should lack of a better word, uninspired," LOS ANGELES -Breaking completely irrelevant to top 40 for- to price cal, even upbeat reactions. be able to charge for the product. If said Jim Price, general manager of their traditional resistance mats or philosophy," Joseph said. exec- In a survey of key retail figures, a it's truly superstar, terrific product, hikes, major record /tape chain was talked about consensus indicates the need for then frankly I think it will work in "Everything that and that's some higher list product may be inev- the marketplace." New Doubt Cast was completely unrelated, were walking out. Frank- CBS: Discounts itable from the vendors' standpoint. Eugster also welcomes CBS's deci- why people Further minimizing unrest over list sion to offer better cassette counter- On Prospects For ly, I wouldn't want to put myself in increases is the belief that prerecord- parts, signalled in its current super- (Continued on page 68) In Tradeoff For ed audio products are now solidly star release plans by news of costlier tied to variable pricing schemes, rath- chrome tape on those titles. "Any im- Warner/PolyGram Rights er than the virtual trade -wide single provement in the quality of prere- In This Issue Exchange is most By HOLLAND & list values that once predominated. corded cassettes welcome," BILL BLACK 40 he says. healthy; I think the con- IS HOROWITZ NEW YORK -Retailers and sub - Thus, news of CBS's intention to "It's CANADA 55 from five sumer will react favorably." CLASSICAL 51 distributers are being given a first - price fall quarter releases of Bar chain WASHINGTON Clouds CLASSIFIED MART 52, 53 time opportunity by CBS Records to superstars at wholesale levels equiva- At the 160 -unit Record - doubt thickened over plans by COMMENTARY 10 off exchange privileges for an lent to the $9.98 level (Billboard, in Durham, N.C., buyer Norman trade Warner Communications and Poly - COUNTRY 46A front -line album September 22), and reports that RCA Hunter sees the current wave of se- extra discount on recorded music GOSPEL 50 may also offer $9.98 albums from lected $9.98 titles as representing a Gram to merge their product. INTERNATIONAL 9, 55 case from the controversial interests following a decision by a In a stocking program thought to three of its top acts, have yet to trig- different JAll 50 a year ago by federal administrative law judge be without precedent for this catego- ger the angry outcry provoked by price hike attempted LATIN 51 in- Tuesday (18) to call a three -week re- the label is offer- price hikes in the past. Atlantic. Bar stores greeted that PRO AUDIO 'VIDEO 45 ry of merchandise, cess in Federal Trade Commission on super- Typifying the response this time crease on current albums by the Roll- RADIO 15 ing an extra 10% discount proceedings here. star albums by such artists as Bruce are remarks by Musicland president ing Stones, Genesis and Yes product RETAILING 24 low - the request of TALENT 36 Springsteen and Billy Joel, and 20% Jack Eugster. "I don't like price in- with a bold decision to continue The recess came at But partners in or- VIDEO 29 on the rest of the pop catalog, to all creases of any sort," says the chief of balling previously received stock. the proposed merger in accounts waiving exchange rights. the nation's largest chain, now oper- (Continued on page 70) der to reevaluate their position injunction FEATURES The only series exceptions are Christ- light of the preliminary blocking the merger imposed Sept. 14 Boxscore 37 mas albums, Compact Discs, picture Chartbeat 6 by the Ninth Circuit Court of Ap- discs, midlines and Chrysalis titles. Plans Taking Shape For Dance Trax 38 Sept. 22). It's speculated that CBS expects peals (Billboard, Executive Turntable 4 Appeals, while it did retailers to benefit by deeper dis- The Court of Grass Route 68 Video Music Meet of the pro- 57 counting at store level for those titles Billboard not rule on the legality Industry Events the Inside 70 that move slowly, rather than seeking NEW YORK -Exhibit space and Billboard pro audio /video editor posed merger, which would give Track in for Bill- Steve Dupler will moderate the "Cre- new entity the largest U.S. market Lifelines 57 to exchange them. CBS exchange /re- panelists are being locked 16 panel, share -about 26 %- granted the pre- Most Added Records 1 Video Music ating A Support System" turns rights range from 8% to 24 %, board's sixth annual Music Monitor 32 Bloom of liminary injunction to the FTC pend- depending on the type of account. Seminar, to be held in the new Shera- which will feature Howard Nashville Scene 47 ing an expedited completion of the There are 17 titles that come under ton Universal Hotel in Universal the Howard Bloom organization, New Companies 57 proceedings. The court did rule, the superstar discount category. Or- City, Calif., Nov. 15 -17. Bob Gibson of The Group Public Re- New LP/Tape Releases 27 that "the government has ders, totaling at least 120 pieces, So far, more than half of the avail- lations, Randy Hock of Randy Hock however, New Video Releases 35 met its burden of demonstrating a 26 must be placed before Sept. 28 to able exhibit space and more than & Associates, Robert Scheidlinger of Now Playing of success" in its case Stock Market Quotations 57 qualify, with payment not due until 60% of the hospitality suites reserved ICM and Steven Star of the William likelihood for convention have been re- Morris Agency. against the merger. It retained juris- Studio Track 45 Jan. 10. The same minimum orders the 40 Companies with exhibit space Moderating "The Marriage Of Fi- diction to insure compliance with its The Rhythm & The Blues must be placed for other front -line ti- served. Programming 27 suites include Colum- nance And Creativity" will be RCA order. Video Music tles in the program, but these will be and hospitality Vox Jox 15 Records, Epic Video Productions' Chuck Mitchell. These were among the reasons, ac- accepted until Oct. 12. Again, Jan. 10 bia Records, Capitol Yesterhits 21 to a Warner attorney in the dating applies. IS HOROWITZ Records, Music Video Services, Panelists will include Steve Barron cording for asking FTC Rockamerica Video, Telegenics, Pic- and Simon Fields of Limelight Pro- FTC proceeding, CHARTS Miles J. Brown for the recess. Billboard Vid Charts ture Music International, Pilot Vid- ductions and video director David Judge Hot 100 64 eo, Sunset Post and Editel. Lewis. The Warner attorney also denied Top LPs & Tape 67, 69 industry LPs 42, 40 Some of the industry's leading ex- For "The Behind The Scenes rumors within the -and Black Singles, Running In TV Guide executives Computer Software 28 ecutives, directors and producers will Team," Jo Bergman of Warner Bros. even within Warner -that YORK- Billboard's video had decided Country Singles, LPs 46, 48 NEW be appearing on panels at the confer- Records will be moderator. Direc- from the two companies sale and rental charts are playing in Kenny Ortega of to halt plans for the merger, at least Top Rock Tracks 22 ence, according to editorial director Singles 23 a new venue: TV Guide. FF Productions, Peter Conn of in the U.S. Adult Contemporary Tony Seideman and conference man- Spiritual 50 10 titles in Billboard's haven't heard anything about The top ager Kris Sofley. Homer & Associates, MTV Award "We Bubbling Under 57 Top 40 and Video the attorney Videocassette Panels and panelists so far con- winner Daniel Pearl of Lights, Cam- that from our clients," Hits Of The World 56 in TV Ap- Rental Top 40 will be run firmed include "Shopping The Re- era, Action and sound Engineer Gor- said. He also pointed out that the Videocassette Rentals, Sales 34, 32 Guide's Video Insider section, cords," with Seideman, Billboard's don Skene will be among the pane- peals Court had been "very careful Dance /Disco 38 about news Videodisk 29 which tells consumers video editor, as moderator, featuring lists. not to prejudice" the administrative 26 and happenings in the home video Ken Baumstein of Chrysalis Re- Among "The Risk Takers" speak- litigation proceeding, and that Video Games were Latin LPs 51 industry. cords, Jeanne Mattiussi of Columbia ing on the first panel on Nov. 17 will Warner and PolyGram lawyers With a circulation of about be Howie Klein of 415 Records, looking over "alternatives" for an ex- Records, Michelle Peacock of Capi- REVIEWS 17,300,000, TV Guide is one of the Monica Lynch of Tommy Boy Re- peditious "result- oriented" presenta- tol Records, Robin Sloane of Elektra Album Reviews 63 weeklies, if not the Weber tion in order to comply with the Ap- world's biggest Records and Larry Stessel of Epic cords, Joel of Uproar Records Singles Reviews 58 biggest. 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www.americanradiohistory.com 4 News Hancock Stars At MTV Awards Godley & Creme's `Rockft' Clip Tops Five Categories By TONY SEIDEMAN "Legs" was cited as best group video, for the Police's "Every Breath You and Tim Newman conquered the best Take." NEW YORK -Herbie Hancock direction category for "Sharp Special honors granted included a and his "Rockit" video dominated a Dressed Man." special recognition award to Quincy quick -paced, virtually glitch -free The awards show itself appears to Jones, "video vanguard" awards to MTV Music Video Awards at Radio be a winner as a two -hour syndicated the Beatles, David Bowie and Rich- City Music Hall, Sept. 14. The artist television special, with tv stations in ard Lester, and the viewers' choice and his clip won in five different 39 of the nation's top 40 markets award to Michael Jackson's categories. picking up the rights to air the show, "Thriller." Riding with Hancock to an even according to Lexington Broadcast Some grumbling was sparked bigger victory was the directoral vice president of advertising and pro- among industry members by the team of Kevin Godley and Lol motion Andrew Holtzman. show's treatment of the winners in Creme, who worked on videos which According to Holtzman, the show the professional categories, with the won a total of six MTV awards -five has been picked up by stations in 85 names of the victors not making ap- for "Rockit" and one for the Police's markets, covering 76% of the na- pearances either on the video screen "Every Breath You Take." tion's television households. A num- or, in some cases, on the press release WE BEG TO DIFFORD- Former Squeeze leaders Chris Difford and Glenn The only other multiple winners in ber of stations are playing the pro- MTV issued listing the clips that had Tilbrook talk to friends after one of their shows at The Palace in Los Ange- the first annual MTV Music Video gram twice, he says, and almost all of come out on top. les. Shown from left are A &M president Gil Friesen, Alive Management's Awards were Michael Jackson and them are airing the program at least MTV award winners were selected Shep Gordon, Tilbrook and Difford. ZZ Top, each of whom picked up two once in prime time, a departure from via a balloting process which sur- awards. Handed the statue for best broadcast outlets" usual practice of veyed 1,500 music industry members. video of 1984 were the Cars, for their airing music video clip based shows Dan Aykroyd and Bette Midler host- "You Might Think" clip. late at night or buried in a weekend "s ed the show, while Rod Stewart, Tina ExecutiveTurntable Hancock "s "Rockit" won in- the daytime schedule. Turner, Madonna and ZZ Top were best concept, special effects, art di- Other winners at the MTV among the artists performing. Record Companies rection, editing and experimental cat- Awards included David Bowie, tak- Godley and Creme and Hancock In New York, PolyGram ups Jerome Gasper to vice president, a &r, urban egories; Jackson got his awards for ing best male video for "China Girl"; shared their "Rockit" best special ef- contemporary/black music division. He was that division's a &r directoi "Thriller," with Michael Peters cited Cyndi Lauper, best female video for fects award with Len Whiting, and ... Warner Bros., New York, names Kathleen Lotz merchandising special pro- as best choreographer and Jackson "Girls Just Want To Have Fun "; their best editing trophy with Roo jects coordinator. She was assistant to the label's merchandising director. In getting his spaceman statue for best Van Halen, best stage performance Aiken. Atlanta, Warner Bros. Nashville adds Johnny Gray as regional marketing coor- performance. for "Jump "; Eurythmics, best new Photo highlights of the first annual dinator. He was program director at WPLO there ... Ed Eckstine has resigned as vice ZZ Top won its two different act; and the Godley /Creme team's MTV Music Video Awards appear on executive president and general manager of Qwest Records and Quincy awards with two different videos. Daniel Pearl, best cinematography page 54. Jones Productions, a position he has held for five years. He was associated with the Quincy EMI'S MANHATTAN RECORDS Jones organization for over 10 years. IRS ups Loren Gerson to college radio pro- motion director and East Coast video promo- tion director. She was music director and as- Lundvall Outlines Plans For Label sistant program director at WKDA By eher evidence of the U.S. music in- internationally to serviceservice ADAM WHITE companies internationally Nashville . .. MCA Distributing reorganizes dustry's improving financial and with American repertoire, and we are Gasper its staff with the appointment two regional Lotz NEW YORK -Bruce Lundvall's creative climate. It is the first full -ser- entirely dependent as a group on our branch managers, John Allison for Los Angeles and Jim Haldeman for Chica- Manhattan Records, newest venture vice label to be launched domestical- own ability to generate product." go. Allison had held the same post at WEA. Haldeman was director of software from the EMI Music group, is re- ly by a major since the late '70s, and "EMI Music throughout the world marketing for the Musicland Group. In addition, the company appoints Rick cruiting and finalizing its executive is EMI's third American record com- is a self -sustaining and self-sufficient Cervino as field sales manager for New York and Philadelphia. He had held team and talent roster in readiness pany alongside Los Angeles -head- music company," continues Menon, similar posts at WEA. for a January product launch. The quartered Capitol and EMI America. "unlike historically, when we had lis- In New York, Columbia's product marketing department makes two appoint- company has been formed specifical- Members of Manhattan's execu- censed labels of all kinds. And when ments. Jeff Jones is named East Coast director, and Jane Berk is named his ly to tap into the New York talent tive corps to date are Stephen Reed, you consider a market such as New associate. Jones was a field merchandiser for the label in Boston. Berk has been a market, says label president Lund- senior vice president; Bruce Garfield York, with its whole musical and cul- Columbia product manager for two years ... In Burbank, Keith Zajic is upped vall, with primary emphasis on con- and Gerry Griffith, vice president of tural style, it is an obvious gap in our to vice president of legal affairs for Columbia Pictures' Music Group. He was as- temporary rock and black music. contemporary a &r and black a &r re- resources. Europe, in particular, is sistant general counsel ... Arthur Jaeger is appointed head of finance for the Manhattan is planning to sign and spectively; and Stan Snyder, vice psychologically more attuned to New Island Group of Companies, based in Island's London office. He was financial develop between 12 and 15 acts dur- president of sales and merchandising. York, and has a greater degree of director at Arista U.K. ing its first year. Lundvall is concur- Reed was formerly with CBS Re- compatability with it compared to Peter Tufel joins New York's Emergency label as director of national radio rently also planning the re- launch of cords, Garfield with Capitol and the West Coast. promotion. He was director of national retail at Aria Records there ... Barbara with is a for- Blue Note Records, with new jazz Griffith Arista. Snyder "So it has always been in our mind, Schwartz joins the New York Music Co. label as personal assistant to its presi- talent as well as extensive catalog re- mer associate of Steve Popovich at even though both Capitol and EMI dent, Sid Bernstein. She had held a similar post at SESAC ... Jim Coffran joins issues (Billboard, Aug. 25). Cleveland International Records. America have maintained remark- Win Records & Video as director of advertising and promotional programs in The fledgling venture will be dis- On the talent front, several sign- ably successful on -line activity out of Long Island City, N.Y. He was marketing director at National Video Inc. of tributed through the Capitol branch ings have been, or are close to, being New York," notes Menon. "Both la- Portland, Ore.... Marty Weiss resigns from Wakefield Manufacturing Inc. of system, and will utilize Capitol's consummated -including, ironically, bels have surprisingly large rosters of Los Angeles to join KM Records in Burbank as director of marketing. is West sales and regional promotion forces. one new act that Coast -based. East Coast artists, and that presence Publishing It will have its own a &r, sales and More specifics are likely within the will continue." merchandising, promotion, business next few weeks, among them a couple affairs and publicity resources, while of Blue Note acquisitions. Lundvall declines to reveal invest- James F. Lightstone joins CBS Songs in New York as director of business tapping into Capitol for accounting Comments Bhaskar Menon, chair- ment costs for Manhattan, or its ini- affairs. He had held a similar post at the Playboy Cable Network ... Nelson and other support functions. Lund- man and chief executive of EMI Mu- tial operating budget, but indicates Larkin joins Famous Music/Ensign Music Publishing in Nashville as creative vall, former president of Elektra/ sic worldwide and of Capitol indus- that profitability is not expected dur- director. He is a producer. Asylum Records, says staff will num- tries: "We have been thinking of ing the first couple of years. Empha- sis will Video /Pro Equipment ber around 17 to 20 at the outset. establishing a label operation out of be on keeping overheads EMI Music's formation of Man- New York for some years now. We down, he says, and on having an ex- MTV Networks, New York, makes three staff changes. Russ Naiman is ap- hattan is seen in some circles as fur- have a fairly formidable network of ecutive team that is multi -faceted. pointed account manager. He was with Lifetime Cable. John Fisher is named di- The Manhattan chief says he plans rector of production management. He has been with the company for four years. DIRECT MARKETING a balance of "baby" acts and mid- And Mona Kligman is upped to vice president of production operations. She range names during the startup was director of that department ... Howard Lloyd has retired from his post as phase, and adds that he sees a gener- senior vice president, Western division, Worldvision Enterprises. RCA, CBS Join CD ally realistic climate for talent acqui- David Solomon joins International Video Entertainment in Canoga Park, The Club sitions at present -except where Calif. as national sales manager. He was branch manager of ZBS Industries NEW YORK-The direct mar- RCA says its lineup of CD labels more than one company is interested ... Robert Ortiz joins Today Video, New York, as a senior editor. He had keting divisions of both RCA and with non -exclusive participation in in a specific artist. worked for Videoworks Inc.... TDK Electronics, Port Washington, N.Y., CBS introduce Compact Discs to the club includes Angel, Arista, At- names Roy Lunel Western regional /pro- industrial sales manager, based in Los Also, compared to several years club membership this fall. lantic, Capitol, Chrysalis, DG, Elek- Angeles. He was a sales rep for Tri Tronics Inc. Stephen Hargrett is named ago, there is one other difference in tra /Asylum, EMI, Erato, Geffen, chief financial officer for Discwasher, Columbia, Mo. He was with Eschem Inc. While Lundvall's mind, "Most new artists CBS plans to integrate CD L'Oiseau -Lyre, London, Motown, ... Barry Lee Bindell is appointed technical sales representative, Pacific region, today, and even some established availability through its existing LP/ Philips, PolyGram, Warner Bros. for Agfa- Gevaert's magnetic tape division in New York. He was an account ex- ones, are looking for more label input cassette club operation, RCA has and, of course, RCA. At CBS, a ecutive at Panasonic's Technics division ... Ellen Elliott is named head of ad- from a creative viewpoint. They real- formed a separate Compact Disc spokesman says that in addition to vertising and market relations for Harrison Systems Inc. in Nashville. Club through RCA Direct Market- ize that the failure rate among new the CBS catalog of CDs it would of- (Continued on artists is very high, and for artists page 68) ing, a subsidiary of RCA Corp. As a fer product from "other major la- lure to current CD player owners, making a move from one company to bels," which would be manufactured Billboard (ISSN 0006 -2510) Vol. 96 No. 39 is published weekly (except for the last week in RCA is offering free, at no obliga- another as well -even after they've at the new CBS /Sony custom CD achieved a certain degree of success." December) by Billboard Publications, Inc., One Astor Plaza, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. tion, one of 50 CDs illustrated in a plant in Terre Haute. 10036. Subscription rate: annual rate, Continental U.S. $148.00. Second class postage paid Of his Blue Note blueprint, Lund- brochure that includes a membership Previously reported projections see at New York, N.Y. and at additional mailing office. Current and back copies of Billboard are vall identifies two aspects. "One is to certificate. The club will offer CDs at a CD player population of about available on microfilm from KTO Microform, Rte 100, Millwood, N.Y. 10546 or Xerox Univer- re- establish the catalog," he explains. sity Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106. Postmaster, please send a price; postage and handling 200,000 by the end of this year. $15.98 changes of address to Billboard, P.O. Box 1413, Riverton, N.J. 08077, (609) 786 -1669. are additional. IRV LICHTMAN (Continued on page 57)

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www.americanradiohistory.com 6 News THIRD NARM DISTRIBUTOR GATHERING Full Agenda For Indie Confab By STEVEN DUPLER of new labels and distributors over A dual -edged Compact Disc dis- the past few years," continues Gran - cussion is plannEd for Oct. 20, with NEW YORK -Opportunities for berg. "They've become very impor- Sony Consumer Audio's John radio exposure, the rise of dance mu- tant. What they do influences the Briesch on hand to discuss CD hard- sic and the impact of the Compact marketplace greatly, because they're ware projections for the future, as Disc are among the areas to be ex- the ones willing to take the chances." well as representatives of CD manu- plored when the third annual Nation- Methods of obtaining on -air expo- facturing facilities to discuss the al Assn. of Recording Merchandisers sure for independent product will be availability of CD production for in- (NARM) Independent Distributors examined in a presentation called dependent labels. Conference gets underway in Miami, "Today's Challenge: Contemporary Pablo Records president and for- Oct. 19 -21. Hit Radio." Doubleday Broadcast- mer Motown chief Barney Ales will The relationship of the retail com- ing's Dave Martin has been tapped as deliver an address on the state of the munity to independent distributors speaker/moderator; other panelists industry, past, present and future. and manufacturers will also be ad- include Mark Shands of I -95 in Mi- The remainder of the time will be giv- dressed, particularly in the keynote ami and Robert Walker of Y -100 in en over to one -on-one meetings be- t speech given by Musicland tween distributors and Group Hollywood, Fla. ATHLETIC ANGELS -Newly signed Morocco act Jakata celebrates the re- president Jack A panel manufacturers. Eugster. discussion on the dance lease of its first single "Hell Is On The Run" at the label's Los Angeles of- "The music The registration fee of $195 ($100 industry wanted this meet- boom will feature Roulette Re- fice. Shown from left are Motown /Morocco creative division vice presi- ing," asserts Mickey cords' Adam Levy as for spouses) include all meals and Granberg, chairman and dent Steve Barri, group members Chuck Coffey, Jimmy Felber, Steve NARM executive vice president. such panelists as Arnie Handwerger business sessions. "It Kragan and Chris Myers, and the label's a &r director Eddie Lambert. not only gives them the opportunity of Quality Records of America, Mon- to get together but, in the past, a lot ica Lynch of Tommy Boy, Steve of really interesting deals have been Plotnicki of Profile Records and made at this show. Marvin Schlacter of Prelude "There's been such a proliferation Records. CharEbeaE VETERAN JAZZ PRODUCER The Rich Get Richer ... And Richer By PAUL GREIN album, "The Pointer Sisters," peaked number 20, becoming her fifth con- Orrin Keepnews Forms Label at number 13 in 1973; their first Plan- secutive top 20 hit. If the record business wanted a slo- et album, "Energy," also peaked at * * * SAN FRANCISCO- Veteran ald, who is making his recording de- gan these days it could be this: Never 13 in 1979; their fourth Planet al- We Get Letters: A few of you jazz record producer and label execu- but. Subsequent releases have so many done so much for so will include bum, "Black And White," climbed to pointed out some more "danger tive Orrin Keepnews has formed a the first keyboard album by drum- few. 12 in 1981. zone" hits, keyed to our recent col- new label, Landmark Records, mer Jack DeJohnette and a program We're in an era of blockbusters. The album that finally put them umn on Cyndi Lauper's "She Bop." scheduled to make its debut in of Thelonious Monk compositions Relatively few albums are rising to by into the top 10 is one of the true You told us about the Who's "Pic- January. the Kronos the very top, and those that are, are Quartet, a string sleeper smashes of recent years. The tures Of Lily" (natch), Atlanta Landmark is the third jazz label ensemble. grabbing all the marbles. Consider album took 40 weeks and a succes- Rhythm Section's "Imaginary Lov- established by Keepnews in his three - this: Only 10 albums have reached Landmark will be handled domes- sion of four chart hits to reach the er" (figures) and Bruce Springsteen's decade career. He co- founded River- No. 1 on Billboard's pop chart in the tically through Fantasy's network of top 10. Of those singles, "I Need "Blinded By The Light" (shocking!). side in 1953 and established Mile- past two years. But seven of those independent distributors. Licensing You" peaked at 48, "Automatic" at stone in 1966. For most of the '70s, have produced No. 1 singles, and an for various foreign territories is cur- five and "Jump (For My Love)" at Keepnews was in charge of jazz ac- amazing six have produced two No. 1 rently being negotiated. three. For The Record tivities at Fantasy Records, for which singles. * * * he has continued to do some indepen- Keepnews, who has worked with Prince's "Purple Rain" sound- The Jacksons had eight of the 10 Hot 100 Facts: Bruce Spring- dent production work. such major jazz artists as Monk, Bill track is the latest beneficiary of this top -grossing concert dates of the Me- steen's "Cover Me" jumps to number The first three Landmark albums Evans, Wes Montgomery and Sonny trend. The album remains at No. I morial Day to Labor Day summer 10 this week, becoming the second have already been recorded. Featured Rollins, plans to produce most of for the ninth straight week, while the season, counting two more dates top 10 single from his "Born In The artists are vibraphonist Bobby Hut- Landmark's releases himself. He will single "Let's Go Crazy" jumps to which were reported this week. U.S.A." album. That's the surest sign cherson, saxophonist/flutist Yusef continue to be based in San No. 1 on the Hot 100, just eight The Jacksons' two shows at JFK and weeks after "When Doves Cry" com- that Springsteen is becoming a main- Lateef pianist Keith MacDon- Francisco. Stadium in Philadelphia Sept. 1 -2 stream pop favorite since he ap- pleted its run at No. 1. grossed $4,350,000, to become the peared on the cover of People. The Two other soundtracks in the past summer's fourth highest grossing en- "U.S.A." album, meanwhile, is in its Confab Taking Hard Look two years have also reached No. 1 gagement. Their two shows at Rich 14th consecutive week in the top and generated two No. 1 single hits. Stadium in Buffalo Aug. 25 -26 three. These are "Flashdance" (Irene grossed $2,820,000, to take the ninth At `The Future The Of Jazz' Cara's "Flashdance" and Michael Cars "Drive" jumps to num- spot on the list. ber three this week, becoming the NEW YORK - The state of jazz cording to convention organizer Ira Sembello's "Maniac ") and "Foot- In addition, Bruce Springsteen's and the prognosis for the music's ar- Sabin. highest -charting single of the band's loose" (Kenny Loggins' "Footloose" four sellouts ar Capital Centre in and financial future will be The convention, which will run six -year chart career. tistic ad- and Deniece Williams'"Let's Hear It Landover, Md. Aug. 25 -29 grossed at (30), is And Laura Branigan's "The dressed the Jazz Times Conven- through Sunday the third put For The Boy "). $1,158,752, qualifying for the 13th tion, which kicks off Thursday (27) together by Jazz Times, the magazine The three other albums to climb to Lucky One" jumps five points to spot. at the Roosevelt Hotel here. More published out of Washington, D.C. No. 1 in the past two years and spin than 300 attendees are expected, ac- by Sabin. But it is the first since 1980, off two No. 1 singles are all studio and the first to be staged in New collections: Men At Work's "Busi- ASCAP Posts 2% Drop York. It is the only convention devot- ness As Usual" ( "Who Can It Be Gotham NARAS ed exclusively to the jazz business. Now" and "Down Under "), Michael The theme of the convention is Jackson's "Thriller" ( "Billie Jean" In Eight -Month Receipts Elects Sanjek "The Future Of Jazz," and Sabin and "Beat It ") and Lionel Richie's LOS ANGELES -ASCAP's total $13,695,000 total topping last year's says its overall aim is "to increase the Slow ( President "Can't Down" "All Night receipts decreased $2,854,000 or 2% by $1,053,000 or 8.3 %. Again exposure of jazz and to improve pro- $12,642,000 Long" and "Hello "). from $136,539,000 in the first eight Total distribution in 1984's first fessional performance and productiv- NEW YORK -The National Four other albums have topped the months of 1983. Receipts registered eight months totalled $101,195,000, a ity." A number of panels will focus album in the Academy of Recording Arts & Sci- chart past two years $133,684,000 for the same period this gain of $13,106,000 or 14.8% over on the role of the record business in ences (NARAS) Chapter here has re- without yielding two No. I hits. But year. 1983's $88,089,000. that goal, including ses- elected Russ Sanjek, retired vice pres- achieving all have generated top 10 singles. ASCAP's recent continuing up- sions on reissues, Compact Discs, la- Broken down by quarters, 1984 ident of BMI, as president. Other Huey Lewis & the News' "Sports" ward spiral halted when total domes- bels' relationship with radio and in- domestic distribution was as follows: newly elected officers include singer has produced four, the Police's tic receipts dipped $107,000 or 2% to dustry practices in general. (1) $26.5 million, same as 1983; (2) Ann Johns Ruckert, first vice presi- "Synchronicity" yielded three, Bruce $117,673,000 this year from 1983's There will also be several panels $28 million, compared to prior year's dent; Harry Hirsch, dean of the Cen- Springsteen's "Born In The U.S.A." $117,780,000. In 1983, total domestic devoted to jazz education and to non- $32,697,000; (3) $33 million, corn - ter For Media Arts, vice president; has spun off two and Quiet Riot's receipts rose $10.9 million or 10.5% profit jazz societies, as well as ses- pared to $16,250,000 the year before. Alan Steckler of Chambers Records "Metal Health" produced one. over the prior year. On July 10, foreign receipts total- & Video Co., vice president and trea- sions investigating the place of jazz in * * * Contributing even more heavily to ling $13,695,000 were distributed, surer; and Pat Costelle, secretary. home video. the decrease was a decline in foreign Taking Pointers: The Pointer Sis- representing monies for 1982 as fol- Newly appointed governors serv- In addition to the various panels, leaps societies' receipts. The 1983 total of ters' "I'm So Excited" seven lows: England, $6,752,000; France, ing a two -year term include Stuart the Jazz Times Convention will fea- $18,758,000 was $2,747,000 or points to number 22 on this week's $2,932,000; Germany, $3,063,000; Ginsberg, vice president, press and ture nightly jam sessions led by trum- 14.6% more than the current year's Hot 100, vindicating producer Rich- Sweden, $584,000, and South Africa, public relations, Showtime Inc.; Paul peter Ted Curson. There will also be $16,011,000. ard Perry's belief in the song, which $364,000. ASCAP has scheduled an Goodman of the RCA Records engi- a two -day record fair, Saturday and The silver lining in the 1984 cloud - petered out at number 30 when it was additional foreign distribution of ap- neering staff; Nancy Jeffries, East Sunday. bank hovering over the world's larg- first released two years ago. proximately $15 million for head of a&r for A &M Rec- Trumpet great Dizzy Gillespie will est music licensing organization was Coast The hit has also propelled the December. ords; Dick Katz, jazz pianist and be the convention's "guest of honor." Pointers' "Break Out" album to increased totals for domestic distri- composer; Joe Lopes, also an RCA Record producer Orrin Keepnews, number nine on the pop album chart. bution. Domestic sources supplied Overhead accounted for 19.86% in Records engineer; singer, record pro- currently readying a return to full - It's the first top 10 album of the $87.5 million, a gain of $12,053,000 1984 compared to $17.69% in 1983, ducer and songwriter Gene McDan- scale activity via the new Landmark Pointers' I1 -year chart career, or 15.9% over the prior year's with the current year's $26,308,000 iels; and Alan Merrill, recording art- label, will deliver the keynote address though they previously had several $75,447.000. Foreign distribution compared to 1983's $24,148,000. ist and songwriter. Friday. near -misses. Their first Blue Thumb this year topped 1983's, with the JOHN SIPPEL

www.americanradiohistory.com 'I war na buy ste.k _n The Fixx. -Paantoms' is ir,y fávoritz album th=s year in a Vear filled with some very good a_bums. Very fresh, exciting, with new things appearing with every listen" -Cttrass John, KUPD `The F.xx are now par with the Police and Leñésis-w:-ten .t emes to musical integrity, lyrics, an:: instrumentation" -Gres Gibespie, VE "So many chaice>, just drop the _teedle and au'll f ,nd a solid trac><." Pam Brooks, Fi'PDfi SpeaiCiny of fixations, am vere impressed with `Phantorus' The:deépest, ìr.ost complex album The Fi>:x;r ave ever-done" -Craig Martin, KRCK "Phantoms places The Fixx into a position of heing one of t 1e-biggest Musical. finds of tne ß0's" -Doug Clifton; KBCt7 `'The F t é have clutdone=themsaelves on this c.rte, truI-y proving they are a hand in tune with the 80's' '

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www.americanradiohistory.com 9 News / InternoEionol Continued German Slump Forecast EMI Planner's Study Sees Steady Drop In Revenues By JIM SAMPSON by 21 %. According to EMI, the Even with a possible four sound prime reasons lie in home taping, the carriers (black disk, CD, analog cas- MUNICH -Consumer demand growth of such alternative media as sette, digital cassette) available, sales for music in West Germany will con- home video, economic recession and will not increase, the EMI study says. tinue to grow until 1990 and beyond, lack of creativity, particularly in clas- The value of the West German mar- but fewer recordings will be sold and sical music. ket is likely to fall by a further one German record companies will expe- "Never before have contemporary third between now and the year 2000, rience a steady drop in revenues. classical composers been further with most of the drop coming before These predictions are contained in from consumer tastes than now," as- 1990. a new study by EMI Electrola plan- serts Mahlmann. "And there are no Mahlmann sees this rather pessi- ning chief Dr. Karl Mahlmann. The great charismatic artists like Karajan mistic outlook as "hardly a catastro- report grew out of an unofficial or Solti among the younger genera- phe, although it will present manage- working group of market specialists tion." He disputes claims that inade- ment with new problems, such as from various labels here, all fighting quate marketing has hurt catalog redundancies." Music companies THIRTY YEARS ON -RCA's director of European operations Jack L. Da- for a bigger share of an obviously sales: "TV merchandising has hurt need to look at alternatives in the lei- vies, left, poses with Musikvertrieb president Jack Dimenstein at the re- shrinking market. back catalog, certainly, but even so sure field to avoid shrinking with the newal of one of the industry's longest- standing agreements. Musikvertrieb Between 1978 and 1983, the local back catalog marketing has become sound carrier market, he says. has represented RCA product in Switzerland for more than 30 years. recorded music market has dwindled more and more problematic." Release schedules, sharply cut in The EMI study sees little improve- recent years by EMI here, will not CONTINENT -WIDE TOP 100 ment in Germany's stuttering econo- necessarily continue to wither, in my and relatively high unemploy- Mahlmann's opinion. "I foresee no ment rate before 1990. But while the drastic reduction, though indepen- Publication Lists Europe's Hits company's top management, in Co- dent labels will play an increasingly logne and internationally, remains important role, with a higher share of and LONDON -A new Europe -wide an annual subscription fee of $98. It Music Box cable /satellite service skeptical about Compact Disc, the total releases," he says. As evidence, in a new weekly tv show for France, Top 100 chart that combines the re- is carried by 34 major radio stations new study credits it with providing he points to EMI Electrola's recent and Belgium launched by sults of more than 80 local hit pa- in Europe, including Radio City and Germany "a new impulse" for the period up to deal with the Rockport label, a small Tele Luxembourg). An rades is proving a popular industry BMRB in Britain, RTL and NRJ in RTL (Radio 1990, when the digital cassette independent production company to increasing of trade and con- tool here, following its introduction France, SWF Baden Baden, HR number should reach a mass market, to be be distributed through EMI's import print publications throughout by Dutch independent promoter Frankfurt, BR Munchen and RTL in sumer followed by prerecorded chips. In service. Theo Roos in the spring. West Germany, SER in Spain, Radio Europe also carry the Eurotipsheet Europe at least, the record industry The chart is contained in Eurotip- Veronica in Holland and ERT I in chart, according to Roos. nightmare of an on -line music bank Greece. sheet, a weekly publication put out Compilation involves a series of accessible to private households by Roos' European Media Report or- Satellite tv broadcaster Sky Chan- statistical manipulations. In coun- should not become reality before the HOLD ganization and distributed to some nel bases a weekly program slot on tries such as Britain, Holland and turn of the century, according to the 2,000 radio. /tv producers, DJs and Eurotipsheet, which is also used in West Germany where a single, au- study., programming put Britain's program directors in 17 countries for out by thoritative national chart exists, that Unlike some American observers, THE PARISIAN SALON list is employed. In other territories Mahlmann does not foresee price the results of a variety of charts may parity between CD and vinyl disks be combined, as in France, where six within the next few years, and proba- PHONE! are used: two from RTL, one from bly not before the introduction of a Music Gathering Gets In Tune Europe No. 1 and three from leading superior medium such as digital cas- rackjobbers. sette. Analog media will not disap- By DERRY HALL The results from individual coun- pear as quickly as some might pre- PARIS - Under the banner More than 20 specialist publica- dict, his study says. Singles sales will "Come in, touch...and play," the tions were also represented at this tries are then multiplied by a percent- relative sizes decline, but "there are good reasons eight -day 11th International Music year's fair, covering the full folk -to- age figure reflecting the of different sales markets, based on to assume that the black LP disk will Salon opened here Sunday (23), with opera spectrum. And there was free quarterly sales figures supplied by remain the strongest -selling carrier Dial 800 -223 -7524 toll 160 stands featuring nearly 7,000 in- heavy emphasis throughout the event to place an ad in ACTION - national and international groups until 1995, and an important medium struments showcased by 34 manufac- on the role of computer technology in MART, Billboard's classi- as British Phonographic In- until the year 2000." Nor will analog turers and 90 importers. Additional- music, especially synthesizers and such the fied advertising section. dustry, Deutsche Phonoverband and cassettes vanish before the turn of the ly, 36 music publishers were on hand drum machines. millenium, according to the study: For quick results, call Jeff Logimus, France's cre- IFPI. The calculation is made sepa- to display song books, teaching meth- principal EMI expects to be marketing them Serrette today (NY resi- programs, rately for single and album sales. 212 764 -7388). ods and sheet music. ator of music education into the 21st century. dents dial Sales of music and musical instru- unveiled four new lines for personal Since unit sales in minor territories ments in France are particularly im- use as well as in schools. Half a dozen like Finland and Portugal may be so pressive. Figures available for 1982 daily concerts were scheduled in the small that a No. 1 record there will approached $33.5 million, of which 1,000 -seat concert hall, featuring just make little or no impact on the over- roughly $16 million was spent on na- about every musical style from accor- all European chart, Eurotipsheet car- tional sales, the rest on exports. The dion soloists to 35 -piece symphonic ries an additional Top Three In Eu- export trade increased by an estimat- ensembles. Visiting jazz musicians rope list giving chart- toppers by ed 20% last year. also contributed impromptu sessions. territory. Laister Reassures Thorn EMI Shareholders LONDON -After suffering a loss "poor" results are expected for the Laister concluded by commenting in the first half of the year, Capitol current financial year. on Thorn EMI's recent well- publi- Records has "tackled its problems Rental business in the U.K. cized interest in British Aerospace firmly" and will perform far better in showed more stability, and falling and U.K. chip firm INMOS. Over- the second half of the current finan- capital costs (down from $330 mil- tures towards a merger with the de- cial period, according to Peter Lais- lion annually to around $265 million) fense and space giant were coolly re- ter, chairman and chief executive of will mean greater profitability, Lais- ceived and have since been dropped, Rock & Roll Giftware Distributors Capitol's parent company, Thorn ter predicted. Progress is steady and but earlier this month Thorn EMI EMI. the company is achieving 25% more completed moves to acquire a con- Laister's remarks came during an subscribers per showroom than any trolling interest in INMOS, paying unusually lengthy statement to the of its competitors, Laister claimed. around $130 million for the 76.1% company's annual general meeting in Thorn EMI remains committed to stake previously held by the govern- London Sept. 14 designed to reassure expanding high technology areas to ment here through the National En- shareholders as to Thorn EMI's con- balance its U.K. consumer business- terprise Board. fidence in its overall progress and di- es, the chairman said. But he warned: INMOS, which a rection. Commenting on the group's "Some new opportunities such as ca- employs staff of nearly 2,000 in Bristol, software divisions, Laister said: ble and satellite are likely to have Newport and This high growth industry will increase your volume and profits. Colorado Springs, is seen "Screen Entertainment is developing long development periods before by Thorn Let the experts at Select show you how! EMI as capable well as an international business, but coming into profit." And he added: of "very substantial Widest Selection 48 -Hour Shipping profit growth in its own Competitive Prices 95% Fill Rate or Higher Music in North America has had a "In such cases we will invest to the right," said Laister. In addition, he noted, "The Reliable and Personal Service Special Freight Bonus Coast to Coast leaner time for the past I2 months, as extent of marking our position for the Point -of -Sale Displays technology it has mastered is All Authorized For Sale U.SA. all creative businesses tend to do future, but will place limits on our of fun- Guaranteed Sale damental from time to time." short-term costs." importance to any major electronics company wishing to Select Rock Accessories Include: He reminded listeners of the highly Overall, Laister described the com- Posters. Buttons. Keychains. Decals. Pins. Belts. achieve a front -line position seasonal nature of many Thorn EMI pany's performance in the 1983 -84 with new Photos. Bumper Stickers. Patches product both in consumer, commer- businesses and the consequent vari- trading year as "satisfactory," with (800) 227.1666 or (800) 223 -9669 in California cial and other ability of results. Hardware arm Fer- pre -tax profits 28% up and most ar- high tech markets." Select Rock Box 5551 Walnut Creek. CA 94596 1984 guson achieved record figures in eas showing "steady and encouraging Following the acquisition, the IN- 1983 -84, he said, but substantially progress," despite fears over the MOS board has been restructured, lower demand for tv receivers and strength of the British economic with Thorn EMI vice chairman Har- video recorders since then means recovery. old Mourgue as its chairman.

www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard® Commentary Founded 1894 The International Newsweekly Of Music & Home Entertainment Copyright 1984 by Billboard Publications, Inc. Things Used To Be Different Offices: New York -1515 Broadway, N.Y. 10036 (telephone 212 764 -7300; telex 710 581 -6279; cable Billboy NY); Los Angeles -9107 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, By MILT GABLER LA); Nash - Calif. 90210 (telephone 213 273 -7040; telex 66-4969; cable Billboy The music business is not a "now and then" thing. Good mu- might be planning for the same song. If they were giving it to a ville-14 Music Circle E., Tenn. 37203 (telephone 615 748 -8100); Washington, sic is for always. Still, you do have to sell the song. That was the No. 1 act, we would have to top them or come up with a switch D.C. -733 15th St. N.W., D.C. 20005 (telephone 202 783 -3282); London -7 Car - 10 as naby St., W1V 1PG (telephone 01 439-9411); Tokyo-Utsunomiya Bldg., 19 -16 Jin- way it was in my time, and to my knowledge things have not treatment. That was how combining two top performers gumae 6- Chome, Shibuya -ku, Tokyo 150 (telephone 03 498 -4641). really changed. The only thing new is the conveyance, the music duos was born. And it is still going on. it its see, then we all had access to the same material, ex- Group Publisher: Jerry Hobbs (N.Y.) video. Its development was inevitable, although took own You back good time in arriving. cept for the few songs that were held as exclusives for specific Editor: Adam White (N.Y.) Ricky Tripp's commentary (Sept. 1) was right on the mark. As artists. It was a contest as well as a business. My principal com- General Manager /Editorial: George Finley (N.Y.) he said, it is the song, the rendition and the artist that sell a re- petitors were Mitch Miller, Joe Carlton, Joe Csida, Dave Cavan- Deputy Editor: Iry Lichtman (N.Y.) cording. I would just add an- augh, Lee Gillette, Manie Sachs, Eli Oberstein, Harry Meyerson ingredient: the (before his Decca days), and similar stalwarts. Executive Editor: Is Horowitz (N.Y.) other producer. It was exciting as well as fun, and I looked forward to the daily Executive Editorial Director: Lee Zhito (LA) Of course, a hit video brings battle. After cutting the recordings, we would rush them to the Associate Publisher/Director of Research: Marty Feely (N.Y.) the product to the attention of radio stations, followed by visits by ourselves, the artists and the Director of Charts /Associate Publisher: Thomas Noonan (LA.) millions of viewing listeners. promo people. I knew that if a song was from a film or a Broad- But even with round -the -clock way show then it had better be made, for the publishers were Bureau Chiefs: Sam Sutherland (L.A.) Kip Kirby (Nashville); Bill Holland (Washington) broadcast schedules, only the going to stay with live plugs for a long while. best productions and songs I remember my Sylvia Syms recording of "I Could Have Senior Editors: Howard Levitt, Peter Keepnews (N.Y.) make the difference and reach Danced All Night," from "My Fair Lady." Ours was the fifth Editors: Retailing/Earl Paige (LA.) the top of the charts. record issued on the tune, but Sylvia's rendition, backed by a dis- Black Music /Nelson George (N.Y.) Associate /Fred Goodman (N.Y.) All cannot sell equally, and tinctive Jack Pleis arrangement, went to No. 1. This showed the Classical/Is Horowitz (N.Y.) Associate /Edward Morris when the costs of recording best records do make it. Country/Kip Kirby (Nashville) (Nashville) and promotion, plus overhead, Record Reviews: Miss Syms is still singing, bless her. She is a Commodore gal, Commentary/Is Horowitz (N.Y.) the bottom Computer Software & Video Games/ Singles /Nancy Erlich (N.Y.) hit the computer, and I am proud of her. I still know every breath in that record. It Faye Zuckerman (LA.) Albums /Sam Sutherland (LA.) line will tell the story. And is a part of me, like my family. Marketing/John Sippel (LA.) Talent /Paul Grein (L.A.) then the big bucks must dry Gabler: "It was a contest as Here are some thoughts I worked out back then, when I Music Research /Paul Grein (L.A.) Video/Tony Seídeman (N.Y.) up. There will be "barrel" vid- well as a business." worked at my trade. I want to pass them along to those who fol- Pro Audio/Video /Steve Dupler (N.Y.) Associate /Faye Zuckerman (LA.) eos just as there used to be Radio Bornstein (L.A.) Editorial Assistant /Kim Freeman (N.Y.) low in this wonderful business of music. I call it my credo. /Rollye (and probably still are) hundreds of wasted record promo sam- ples that are thrown into trash barrels without ever getting any An a &r man has only two things to worry about: he makes a Contributing Editors: Bob Darden, Gospel (Waco, Tex.) Moira McCormick (Chica- airtime. hit record, or he doesn't make a hit record. If he does make a hit Chin, Dance /Disco (N.Y.); Enrique Fernandez, Lat- go); Brian In 30 years at Decca /MCA, and before that at my own Com- record, he has only two things to worry about: can he make an- in (N.Y.) modore Records, I produced more than 40 million -selling singles other hit record, or can't he. It's that simple. Special Issues: Ed Ochs, Editor (L.A.); Robyn Wells, Assistant Editor (N.Y.); Leslie and LPs, by dozens of different artists. It was during the early Good is not enough. You take a good artist and a good song, (Nashville). Shaver, Directory Services Manager days when there was not that much playback equipment out a good arranger and good musicians. You put them all together International Editorial Director: Mike Hennessey (London) there. I did all kinds of music, and the records are still being in a good studio with good engineers. But if you only get a good International Editor: Peter Jones (London) played. They are part of me, like my family. The greatest thrill is record, it is not good enough. You must do better. Administrative Assistant: Giorgia Herington (N.Y.) to produce a recording that lives, and by so doing help make a You are the secret ingredient, the catalyst. But too much or song a standard. too little of yourself can ruin the pie. Your contribution must be Intl Correspondents: Austria- Manfred Schreiber, 1180 Wien, XVII, Kreuzgasse 27. 0222 48- 28-82; Australia-Glen Baker, P.O. Box 261, Baulkham Hills, 2153 New South Wales; Bel - gium-Juul Anthonissen, 27A Oude Godstraat, 3100 Heist op den Berg. 015- 241953; Canada- Kirk LaPointe, 43 Sweetland Ave., Ottawa, Ontario KIN 7T7. 613 238 -4142; Czechoslovakia - `An a man to the artists & repertoire for a la- 4 Orst- &r used choose Dr. Lubomir Dourzka, 14 Zeleny Pruh, 147 00 Praha Branik. 26-16-08; Denmark-Knud ed, 22 Tjoernevej, DK -3070 Snekkersten. 02- 22- 26 -72; Finland -Karl Helopaltio, SF -01860 Pert - tula 27- 18 -36. Greece -John Carr, Kaisarias 26 -28, Athens 610; Holland-Willem Hoos, Bilder- bel. Today, he's fast becoming an extinct species' dijhlaan 28, Hilversum. 035 -43137; Hong Kong -Hans Ebert, TNS, 17 /F, Wah Kwong Bldg., 48 -62 Hennessey Rd., Tel: (5) 276021; Hungary -Paul Gyongy, Orloutca 3/b, 1026 Budapest I1. Tel: 167 -456; Ireland -Ken Stewart, 56 Rathgar Road, Dublin 6, Ireland. 97- 14 -72; Israel - I am a songwriter and have been a member of ASCAP since made without the performers ever being aware of it. It is their Benny Dudkevitch, P.O. Box 7750, 92 428 Jerusalem; Italy- Vittorio Castelli, Via Ramazzotti 1947. But by profession I'm an a &r man. That used to be the record and their career. All you do is give it birth. Saronna (Milan). 02-960 1274; Japan -Shig Fujita, Utsunomiya Bldg., 19 -16 Jingu- 20, 21047 A recording is a living thing. It gives off sound and preserves mae 6- Chome, Shibuya -ku Tokyo 150.03 4984641; Kenya-Ron Andrews, P.O. Box 41152, Nai- man who chose the artists and repertoire for the record compa- robi. 24725; New Zealand-AnnLouise Martin, 239 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna, Auckland 9. ny, and who then made the commercial recordings for the pub- the performance of a combination of talents, including your own. 496 -062; Philippines -Ces Rodriguez, 11 Tomas Benitez, Quezon City 3008. Poland -Roman lic. Today, most companies do not operate that way, and a &r All must fall into place perfectly to live and breathe. A song 36 -04; Portugal- Fernando Tenente, R Sta Waschko, Magiera 9m 37, 01 -873 Warszawa. 34- must have a beginning, a climax and an ending. Most important- Helena 122 R /c, Oporto; Romania -Octavian Ursulescu, Str. Radu de la La Afumati nr, 57 -B people are fast becoming an extinct species. Sector 2, Bucharest O.P. 9. 13- 46 -10. 16- 20-80; Singapore -Anita Evans, 164 Mount Pleasant ly, it have Someone once asked me if I ever gambled for real money. must a tune. Rd., 1129. 2560551; South Africa -John Miller, c/o The Rand Daily Mail, 171 Main St., Johan- Everything starts with the song. If you can find two natural nesburg. 710 -9111. South Korea -Byung -Hoo Suh, Joong -Ang Weely, 58-9 Sosomun -Dong, Well, betting on sure things like the ponies, fights, ballgames and song hits in one year, that is a good year great, but good. Seoul. 28 -8219; Spain -Ed Owen, Planta 6 -3D, Espronceda 32, Madrid 3. 442 -9446. Sweden - games of chance for large sums held no thrills for me. After all, I -not Leif Schulman, Brantingsgatan 49, 4 tr. 115 35 Stockholm. 08- 629-873; Switzerland- Pierre bet my job every day for over 30 years. That was the way it was. The trick is to find the song and then not have someone else Haesler, Hasenweld 8, CH -4600 Olten, 062-215909; U.S.S.R.-Vadim D. Yurchenkov, 6 Aprels- make a better record than you. kaya Str., Block 2, Apt. 16, 195268 Leningrad, K -268. 225- 35-88; West Germany- Wolfgang It almost seems like the function of a &r has been taken over by 67 b, Postfach 1150. 04551- That is the way it was with me for 30 years, and more. Spahr (Chief Correspondent), 236 Bad Segeberg, An der Trave knowledge 81428. Jim Sampson (News Editor), Liebherrstr. 19, 8000 Munchen 22. 089 -227746. Yugosla- the computer, and everyone knows computers have via-Mitja Volcic, Dragomer, Rozna 6, 61 351, Brezovica, Ljubljana 23-522. but no heart. In addition to a number of Grammy winners, Milt Gabler was producer of two singles permanently ensconced in the Record Director of Marketing & Sales: Miles T. Killoch (N.Y.). In my day we listened to songs, analyzed them, and judged the by Billie Holiday and writers and publishers and their track record on previously pub- Academy's Hall of Fame: "Strange Fruit" "Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets. Gabler, Director of Sales, Video /Sound Business: Ron Willman (N.Y.); Director of Sales, lished songs. Then we checked our roster for artists who could along with producers Phil Ramone and RCA's Tom Shepard, International Buyer's Guide: Ron Carpenter (N.Y.); Home Entertainment Manager: do justice to the material. Diane Daou (LA.); Production Manager. John Wallace (N.Y.); Promotion Coordina- and, in memoriam. Fred Gaisberg and Jack Kapp, will be hon- or on the road and tor: Nanette Varian (N.Y.); Production /Sales Coordinators: Lucy Bellamy (L.A.), Sometimes our artists were "recorded out," ored at a NARAS luncheon in New York Oct. 3. Debra Millburn (Nashville), Grace Kolins (N.Y.). unavailable. Then we would try to guess what our competitors Account Executives: New York -Norm Berkowitz, Don Frost (212 -764- 7356); Los Angeles- Christine Matuchek (213- 859 -5316); Nashville -John McCartney, Southern Manager (615 -748- 8145); Classified Advertising Manager-Jeff Serrette (N.Y.) (212-764-7388). International Sales: Australia -Geoff Waller & Assoc., 102 Glover St., Cremore, Letters Tolhe Editor Sydney, NSW 2090, 011-909-188, Telex: AA27905; Canada: Frank Daller, 48 York- ville Ave., Toronto M4W IL4, 416 -964 -1885; France: Ann -Marie Hounsfield, 5 Rue Heard And Unseen little substance, Bruce stands out as a diamond cord labels as they themselves want to be treated. du Commandant, Pilot 92522 Neuilly, Cedex 1- 738 -4178; Italy: Germano Ruscitto, among the rhinestones. Leslie D. Kippel 28-29 Japan: Hugh Nishikawa, Utsunomiya Bldg., 19- Pizzale Loreto 9, Milan, -158; I couldn't agree more with Ricky Tripp's views Dot Bellow President, Relix Records 16 Jingumae, 6- Chome, Shibuya -ku, Tokyo 150 03- 498 -4641 Telex: 781 -25735; on video (Commentary, Sept. 1). I enjoy music vid- Trenton, N.J. Brooklyn, N.Y. Mexico and Latin America: call New York office, (212) 764 -7356; New Zealand: eo as much as the next person, but let's give credit F.J. Associates, P.O. Box 1367, Wellington, 723745; Spain: Rafael Re- Mike Bailey, where credit's due. vert, General Manager, c/o Radio Madrid 232 -8000, 231 -8319; United Kingdom: Paying What's Due Appreciating Cyndi Lauper Music video is an entertaining way to sit and Patrick Campbell, European Advertising Sales Manager, 7 Carnaby St., London music a on a This is in response to the appalling letter in the W1V1PG 439 -9411 Telex: 851- 262100; West Germany: Hans -Moritz v. Frankenberg, listen to music when you have the time. But How about down -to -earth editorial topic rudely down Cyndi Muller & Von Frankenberg, Uberseering 25, 2000 Hamburg 60, 040/631 4299 -631 can also be a companion when driving on an inter- that's really important? Let's talk about the record Aug. 18 issue that so put 37 71; Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Holland, Luxemborg, Norway, Portugal, state, changing the baby's diaper, bathing the dog industry instead of how video affects the record Lauper. While I did not view the promotional wres- So. Africa, Sweden: contact, Patrick Campbell, London office; Austria, Switzerland: or relaxing outside on a chaise. Well, you get the companies. tling match on MN, I have had the pleasure of contact West German office. picture. Music stands out on its own merits with- One of the biggest problems is how badly people seeing all three of Cyndi's entertaining videos. I cannot help but note that, unlike many other per- Divisional Manager: Don O'Dell (N.Y.); Circulation Manager. Donna De Witt (N.Y.); out a video accompaniment. pay their bills. And the people who get hurt the Conference Manager. Kris Sofley (L.A.); Managing Director /International Opera- So ride 'em Ricky. You're right on the money most are the small independent labels. We indie la- formers, Cyndi does not stoop to putting violence, tions: Mike Hennessey (London); License & Permissions Manager: Georgina Ellen when you say, "It's still the music business." bels are the lifeblood of the industry, trying out sexual situations, or other objectionable material Challis (N.Y.). Ron Ricks new acts and getting product out that the majors in her videos. She relies on her talent alone. BILLBOARD PUBLICATIONS, INC. Program Director, KCKL wouldn't touch. If you listen closely to Cyndi's songs, particular- Chairman And President: W.D. Littleford. Executive Vice Presidents: Gerald S. Malakoff, Texas Stiff Records was so hurt by distributors that ly "Time After Time" or "All Through The Night," Hobbs, Jules Perel, Patrick Keleher. Vice Presidents: William H. Evans Jr., they went directly to stores on a C.O.D. basis. And you notice that she has an excellent singing voice. Treasurer; Lee Zhito, Billboard Operations; John B. Babcock, Product Develop- now they're out of business. There is certainly no question about "any talent ment; Mary C. McGoldrick, It's a shame that independent distributors take beneath the red dye." In addition, she has had a Personnel; Ann Haire, Circula- A Gross Understatement SERVICE such advantage of small labels. We have expenses very difficult life, and it must have taken a great tion; Secretary: Ernest Lorch. SUBSCRIBER Billboard, P.O. Box 1413 Calling Bruce Springsteen's tour "satisfying" to meet, acts to pay and royalty payments to deal of courage to obtain the popularity she now Corporate Managers: Marie R. Riverton, NJ. 08077 (Editorial, Aug. 18) is like calling the Beatles make, just the same as large companies. Yet we has -and deserves. Gombert, Corporate Produc- (609) 786-1669 Kelly Smith tion. "mildly successful." Both are gross understate- get second -rate treatment. It is time for retord ments. In a concert year full of flashy lighting and distributors to wake up and treat independent re- Detroit

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www.americanradiohistory.com 15 Radio ALLIANCE FORMED Vox Jox TM Gets Joseph's Peterson Parts Ways With Pollack Designs, Research broadcast featuring the WABB -AM, by the way, has just work- By ROLLYE BORNSTEIN '40s big band WESTPORT, Conn. "In order Dallas headquarters, I will be Don Pardo and an actual big switched to an oldies format after - likes of to satisfy the demand, this was the ing with the TM people and respec- managed an unusual ar- seeing its highest numbers during Allen Peterson has exited his con- band, which it be done," says Mike tive TM clients by phone and Dick Bartley's "Solid Gold Saturday best way could sultant post at Pacific Palisades - rangement of Twisted Sister's "We're Jospeh of his newly formed alliance correspondence. Night." The station is now referred and based Jeff Pollack Communications. Not Gonna Take It." with Dallas -based TM Communica- "I will teach the formatics to as "Solid Gold Rock'n'Roll," and The former Tampa AOR program- * tions. The agreement calls for the techniques to the TM staff. The sta- midday personality Rich Feeman is tions will be using my clocks," he mer (WYNF and WQXM) has been It didn't take long at all for Felix well -known consultant to design and upped to assistant PD/afternoon continues. "I will control the music, with the Pollack group for the past Grant to find a new perch on which set up his successful "Hot Hits!" for- his drive, while Mary Booth now han- and I will retain quality control. I two years; an announcement of to hang his hat. After nearly 30 years mat, as well as his newer "Comfy" dles middays. will be treating the stations in the replacement is forthcoming shortly, at WMAL, he can now be heard Sat- MOR sound, for use by TM's client for Less than a month after their dis- same way I do my own clients, but I says Pollack. Watch this space urdays on D.C.'s newest nostalgia stations. appearance from the Charlotte radio not be on the scene." Arrange- Peterson's future plans as well. outlet, Greater Media's WWRC. "What I will be doing with TM," will scene, the WAYS call letters have ments for on- the -scene consultation * * * Word is that the jazz impri sano is explains Joseph, "will in no way af- popped up in Macon, replacing the may be made separately. Congratulations to CBS's Rick Pe- considering syndicating that offering. fect the way I have been handling my well -known WMAZ-FM moniker, as "One of the reasons that this came who exits the PD post at Bos- Moving from D.C. to the left coast own clients." Joseph, known for ters, Multimedia seeks to further separate about," says Joseph of the arrange- ton's highly successful WHTT to re- is WRC's Joel A. Spivak, who joins working on no more than three or WMAZ -AM and FM 99 in the ment, "is that we've had so many re- turn to South Florida, where he the weekday lineup on NBC's four stations a year, says he spends minds of the target audience. quests, sometimes up to three a day, worked for many years as PD of KNBR, doing an afternoon drive several months on the scene "going Fading into the distance are a set for 'Hot Hits!' and now 'Comfy.' Not Love 94. This go-'round, Rick be- talk block from 4 to 7 ... Joining the into a market and monitoring the sta- of call letters that may appear on only did I not have the time, but a lot comes vice president of programming KDWB Minneapolis talent lineup tion and its major competitors. Then more resumes than any others we can of stations could not afford me on- for TK Communications, owner of doing nights is former Q -105 Tampa I institute comprehensive record re- think of: Davenport's KSTT. Back to site. This solves both these prob- WSRF and WSHE in Ft. Lauderdale and more recently KHFI Austin per- search, surveying retailers, broaden- its original top 40 stance, the station lems." At the same time, Joseph indi- as well as KLUV Dallas. You can sonality Alan Kabel. Upped to music ing that research dealing with the is now known as KKZX ... Also cates his distain for mass-produced reach him down South as of Oct. 9. director at the Doubleday outlet is market from every aspect, economic, is Oakland's vowing to be closely in- Don Michaels, who exits the midday slated for obscurity social, ethnic, psychographic, demo- formats, * * * as future owner Adam Clay- volved with each market through the show to team up with Chris Edmunds KDIA, graphic, getting all the details before The word from Pittsburgh has has applied for KFYI. and news director Jeff Harmon do- ton Powell coming to the bottom line of choos- TM staff. WKOP/WAAL Binghamton, N.Y. And those of you looking for Ox- TM has assumed the ing mornings. Afternoons? Still open. ing a specific format and target Additionally, GSM Carroll Larkin in as the new nard's KACY to hear your favorite rights for the phrase "Hot Send your tape today. audience. marketing VP of The Point, replacing Ray 40 hits on the 50,000 -watt AM in eight of the /GM It looks like afternoons are also top "From there," Joseph continues, Hits!," now utilized Gusky, who exits WPNT. Gusky, as had better learn to speak Span- agreement," open at Doubleday's Washington outlet "I propose improvement and rede- top 10 markets. "That you'll remember, took over earlier ish. Now known as KTRO, the His- "allows stations to uti- outlet, as Mark Mitchell exits sign for the particular station and the says Joseph, year when Saul Frischling as- is by Al- this WAVA for Boston's newest top 40 panic outlet programmed chosen sound. As far as Joseph's as- lize the phrase in any manner they sumed ownership of the Group W Vera. entry, WZOU, where he'll continue bert sociation with TM, he says, "After I choose, including jingles." property. Up the coast in San Jose, Los Al- BORNSTEIN in p.m. drive ... And those of you have designed both formats at TM's ROLLYE Across town at WTAE, produc- is also becoming a thing following the antics of a personality tos' KPEN tion man Larry Richert assumes the owner Ken Dowe takes among the ranks of owners, Stan Ka- of the past, as JACOR BUYS CLEVELAND COMBO noon to 3 slot as Johnny Williams Don Burden station plan's trial for allegedly stepping on a over the former (yes, the same Johnny Williams from in favor of "Class." WBT Charlotte reporter last election and drops top 40 the original KHJ Los Angeles lineup) AC approach; in night has been postponed. The Not George Johns' slides into overnights, with the only easy listen- New Owner For WBBG /WMJI WAYS owner faces his day in court this case it's Churchill's casualty being RKO's Nighttime ing format, with the KLZE calls. Oct. 12, and just in case WBTV is stations, located in Cincinnati, Tole- America. Joining the Ted Adkins sta- Coming in as GM is San Antonio CLEVELAND - WBBG/WMJI planning on covering the event, he's do, Baltimore, Jacksonville and Par- tion is former B-94 morning news an- (KSJL) account exec Richard Mar- here has been sold by Robinson got a great T -shirt lined up for video kersburg, W. Va. chor Guy Junker, who handles tin, with San Jose's Joe Einck Broadcasting Inc. and Robinson effects. Robinson and Pollock bought morning sports on Jack Bogut's (KHTT, most recently) on board as Communications Inc. to Cincinnati- WBBG/WMJI in January, 1982, at show and can be seen on WTAE -TV * * * operations manager. based JACOR Corp. for approxi- stations suffered doing likewise. Moving up in the sales ranks are mately $13.5 million, according to which time both * * * Robin- Over at Pittsburgh's 3WS, morn- several folks this week, including the former owner Larry Robinson, chair- from low ratings. Now, says Longtime Nashville easy listening ing man Bob Koffee exits (he's doing former Western regional director for man of J.B. Robinson Jewelers. son, nostalgia- formatted WBBG programmer Bill Gerson leaves 1 mornings on Raleigh's new Zoo, the RAB, Jon Rand. The former "My partner Larry Pollock and I "has been the No. AM through WZEZ there to take over the opera- books, and AC -for- WZZU) and is replaced by WAMO- KPLZ Seattle GSM and KCDQ are active stockholders in JACOR," nine Arbitron manager post at New Orleans' FM's Jackie Johnson. (WAMO- Bozeman manager has been appoint- tions Robinson says. "We will remain very matted WMJI rates highly among its Bayou, Swanson's WBYU, utilizing as investors." JA- target audience of 25 -54." Both sta- AM's Porky Chedwick, Pittsburgh's ed GSM at Billings' No. 1 country much interested Bonneville's format Upped to PD r &b oldies king, has released a rap outlet, KGHL /KIDX. ... COR's acquisition of WBBG/WMJI, tions will keep their current staffs, he while retaining his afternoon airshift record, by the way. Backed by Billy Former WSAR Fall River GM he adds, "will more than double JA- adds, with consultant Michael is KSTP -AM Minneapolis' Mike Ed- Price & the Keystone Rhythm Band, and WROR Boston sales manager COR's present annualized revenues." McVay acting as programmer for wards, while co- worker Russ Small is "Porkology" offers such enticing Bob Fay becomes GSM at Boston's In addition to the Cleveland outlets, WMJI on an interim basis. upped to sports director. says, JACOR owns eight MOIRA McCORMICK lines as "It's the only pork that's "Phoenix," WFNX . .. Upped to Robinson kosher. ") LSM at Providence's WEAN /WPJB Denver programming ace Jim Heath becomes PD at Sandusky's At WHYW Pittsburgh, Y -97's AC is Shelley Hall ... Exiting the na- . In news KNUS -AM . Back in Dahl, Meier Walkout stance is altered nightly as the station tional sales manager post at Philly's /talker chair at San Jose's experiments with a nighttime jazz of- WCAU -FM to return to New York the programming KEZR is Bob Harlow ... Leaving fering from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.... And as LSM at NBC's WYNY is Rotha Move To WLS -AM Haven, Mich.'s WGHN to be- After in celebration of the 1,000th morning M. Maddox ... Crossing the Mobile Grand CHICAGO -Unless WLS general who contributed to the migration of come PD /operations manager at show done by Jimmy & Steve on streets is Kirk Prebyl, who leaves his manager John Gehron reinstates af- personality radio to FM, and I'm Muskegon's WKBZ/WRNF is Da- AOR- formatted WDVE, Jimmy sales manager post at WMML to as- ternoon personalities Steve Dahl and proud of that. I don't exactly want to Sliding into the Roach and Steve Hansen hosted a sume that role at WABB- AM -FM. vid M. Lorenz ... Garry Meier to their customary FM regress. vacancy is WPDQ programming slot, they say they're going to look "We've done what WLS wanted, WXYV Baltimore's Bob Scott ... for work elsewhere. That was the which was to build up the FM rat- Joining Wichita's KLEO, the newest message delivered in a letter to the ings," he continues. "They're not member of the "Music Of Your Life" WLS executive offices Wednesday only using us, they're using our lis- Bill fold, is KJLA Kansas City's (19), three days into a walkout by teners. We feel they've breached our Miller, who will serve as operations Dahl and Meier following their sud- contract." Dahl and Meier maintain manager. den switch to WLS -AM afternoon that WLS's choice of putting them on Bob Givens Across town at KFH, drive. AM or FM was sealed from the is MD to PD upped to PD ... From The move put former production beginning. goes WIHN Bloomington's Jay Li- manager Chuck Britton in Dahl's According to WLS's Gehron, Blake exits his vengood, while Chris slot, with Tommy Edwards moving "We're just waiting for them to show WSKZ. PD post at Chattanooga's from afternoon drive on the AM to up for work." Gehron calls Dahl's Lite as Joining Phoenix's (KKLT) middays on the FM as of Monday and Meier's threats to quit "rhetoric they PD is EZ's Sam Church. Church, (17). Dahl and Meier, however, de- on their part," adding, "What who vacates the operations manager cided not to show up for their shift all say and what they're able to do con- slot at WEZS Richmond, replaces week. Previously taped "Best of Steve tractually are two different things." Marc McCoy, who is in Chicago sit- & Garry" tapes ran in their stead. Dahl and Meier will move to ting in Jack Taddeo's former WLAK "They want to move us to the AM, WLS -AM, according to Gehron, programming chair. which has the lowest ratings it's had both to shore up its sagging ratings Upped to manager of broadcast in 60 years, with no additional [finan- and "to give them the opportunity to operations for Davenport's KIIK is cial] compensation for the risk," says grow as personalities. Their show former PD Jim O'Hara, while Dahl. "We don't think they have the had become basically non -music, and POISONOUS PALS -Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell, left, visits Charles King on the AM WOC right to put us on AM, and we don't there's a strong potential audience WMET Chicago promotion director Laura Martinez and air personality Ray NewsTalk 14 side assumes the same want to be on AM. Back in the '70s for non -music radio on AM. Sherman to tape an interview before the group's shows in the city. title. in Detroit, I was one of the people MOIRA McCORMICK

www.americanradiohistory.com 16 Radio Scrap Compromise Bill Shannon's Salvo Shakes Up Research Panel By THOMAS K. ARNOLD The session's two other panelists, technician, sensitive to the fact that In Dogfight Over Dereg while also coming from a research research can create tools for the pro- LOS ANGELES Leave it to background, advocated a mix of emo- gramming artisan to use in the fash- WASHINGTON final Cap- sioner Henry M. Rivera - -The has blasted a Scott Shannon to stir up a bit of ex- tion and science in programming a ioning of his or her product. Each itol Hill dogfight over June 26 broadcast de- decision by the FCC grant- citement at the National Assn. of radio station. program manager must find a bal- regulation legislation for this session ing the application of Burbank Broadcasters /National Radio Broad- "I don't believe you can put all ance between using his guts and hav- of Congress is taking place, Broadcasting Co. for renewal and the of the casters Assn. Radio Convention & your faith in numbers," said RKO's ing the guts to ask the listener license so- called compromise bill, H.R. of KROQ -FM in Pasadena, Programming Conference. Roberts. "It has to be tempered with questions." subject to 6122, which would have deregulated Burbank assigning the li- At a session titled "Emotion vs. emotion, or gut feeling. But on the Harper said that the growing fault radio, but placed strict public interest cense to Mandeville Broadcasting Science: Music Research," the flam- other hand, you have the program di- line that's developing between those components on television, went down Co. Inc. within 60 days. The decision boyant program director /"Morning rector who says, 'I'm sorry, research programmers advocating research in flames last week. also granted the application of Royce Zoo" ringleader of WHTZ (Z -100) is no good.' That is also a disfunction, and those basing their decisions sole- International NAB president Edward Fritts, Broadcasting Co. for a New York refused to speak in turn because the program director denies ly on gut feelings is detrimental. "On whose organization was opposed to new station replacing KROQ -AM in with the other panelists until the start himself the availability of informa- one side are the young men and Burbank. the bill and called it "decidely more of the question-and -answer session, tion that can help him make a women who fire from the hip, the regulatory than deregulatory," called In a Tuesday (18) dissent, Rivera despite repeated prodding from mod- decision. PDs who shun all research and even instead for passage of the broadcast- said the FCC majority "has abdicat- erator Dave Martin, vice president of "There's no such thing as emotion freeze at the mention of the name. er- backed bill, H.R. 2382, which cur- ed its legal responsibilities" and ig- programming for New York's Doub- only. Your emotion is based on years And on the other side is the PD who rently has 236 co-sponsors in the nored the public interest. He wrote leday Broadcasting. in the business, your knowledge of won't make any decision without re- House. Sources say it is very unlikely that the licensees "blatantly abrogat- And when he did, Shannon leveled the marketplace, your knowledge of search. To him, everything has to be that House telecommunications sub- ed their public interest responsibil- an impassioned attack against out- the track record of a particular artist proven with reams of computer committee chairman Timothy Wirth ities and abandoned these radio sta- side research, which his three fellow or style of music." printouts and columns and (D- Colo.) will bend to broadcasters' tions," adding that the FCC panelists- RKO Radio's Dave Rob- Harper, who spent more than 10 justifications. demands. "permitted the individual who ille- erts, Coleman Research's Jon Cole- years with San Diego's Noble Multi- "Research is not spelled with a gally assumed control in their wake media Communications before form- capital 'R.' It's time Fritts also suggested that in lieu of man and Bob Harper of Bob to take research and who committed additional viola- ing his own research firm, agreed. down from its pedestal a radio-tv bill, the House should at Harper's Co. -had just spent more and talk tions of our rules to receive an FM "Programming a great radio station about it for what it really is. not least move ahead on a radio -only bill. than half an hour sticking up for. It's radio license." takes emotion and science," he said. some mystical ritual; it's The past year and a half of conflict After a member of the audience simply talk- He added that it was "inconceiv- "To win in the 1980s, a program di- ing to the people who between the subcommittee chairman started the questioning with the re- use your prod- able" that the licensees and their suc- mark, "I'll make Scott Shannon rector has to be part artist and part uct: the listeners." and the broadcast industry indicates cessor, Kenneth J. Roberts, could that such a move is likely. talk," asking where he stands on the survive a public examination of their emotion vs. science issue, Shannon In other radio news, FCC commis- license records. broke his silence with a firm expres- sion of his disdain for what he called [Most Added Records. `Talent Or Station' Talk "outhouse" research. "The reason I didn't particularly The weeks five most added singles at have any opening thoughts is that the Billboard's reporting stations in each of four formats Raises Surprise Answers gentlemen on the panel besides my- # of Billboard's # of Billboard's self make a living selling research," stations stations LOS ANGELES-In a surprising and what can't be said on the air. Shannon said. "I never utilized this adding record now reporting twist, a panel of speakers at a NAB/ Morgan seized the opportunity to type of research, so I didn't want to Title, Artist, Label this week record NRBA Radio Convention & Pro- mention some famous remarks he's start an argument right away. I don't gramming Conference session man- either made or heard on the air, use any research, but to hear them HOT 100 aged to take a rather dry, basic topic mostly regarding the still -hot contro- tell it, I'm an idiot because I don't. (184 Stations) to which everyone knew the answer versy about making fun of an adver- But I somehow managed to get along 1 Touch," Hall & Oates, RCA 119 119 and turn it into a lively and colorful tiser that pits salesman and air per- without it. "Out Of discussion. sonality poles apart. "I don't want to sound cocky or 2 "It Ain't Enough," Corey Hart, EMI - The answer to the session's title, Following an on -air ad for Alle- say that I don't believe in it, because America 42 42 "Programming To Succeed: Is It The gheny Airlines on a station in Chica- there are some people who need it, 3 "Teacher Teacher," .38 Special, is go, Morgan recalled, he concluded a but I don't feel it's worth the money Talent Or The Station ?" almost Capitol 31 31 embarrassingly obvious, the speakers spot for a dinner flight to Allentown that it takes to do it. None of these concluded. with the remark, "They buzz the firms are non -profit organizations. 4 `Better Be Good To Me," Tina "You go for the best possible tal- Golden Arches in Scranton." The cli- We do some research -we call 150 Turner, Captiol 29 132 stores, and a lot of telephone re- ent, and then try to build the best ent promptly canceled. In another in- 5 "Girls With Guns," Tommy Shaw, search that's all. We do in- showcase you can for them," said cident related to him by a friend on a -but A &M 28 28 Dan Griffin of WROR Boston. "Tal- different station, Morgan said, a spot house research -as opposed to out- ent and format, I feel, are equally for Air India was followed by the house research." BLACK important." comment, "There's no food at all in As fervently as Shannon spoke (94 Stations) "It's a mutual aid society, a mutual coach, but in first class, you get to against outside research, Jon Cole- support society," added Robert W. beg." Again, the client canceled. man, founder and president of Dal- 1 "Solid," Ashford & Simpson, Capitol 40 40 Morgan, the veteran morning man Advertisers do not always react las' Coleman Research, spoke out for 2 "Off And On Love," Champaign, now heard weekdays on KMGG harshly to being the butt of an air it, leading off the panel discussion Columbia 22 65 (Magic 106) Los Angeles. "It's the personality's jokes, Morgan added. with the comment, "The fact is, in 3 "Slippery People," Staple Singers, music that attracts the listener; it's "At Magic, we had this guy who 1984, we should be seeking ways of Private I 21 66 the personality that adds depth and would cancel his ad every morning getting new knowledge and new in- lets the station keep the listener." for two weeks, and then get signed up formation, not arguing over the 4 "Show Me," Glen Jones, RCA 21 50 A 10 the start by the salesman that same af- past." scant minutes after again 5 "Harmony," R.J.'s Latest Arrival, "We need to know how the listen- of the session, the topic was pretty ternoon. And he said he'd keep on Golden Boy 16 32 much exhausted, so the floor was doing so until he saw some people ers respond to the music," Coleman said. "The only music that should be opened to questions and answers. come to his place. So everytime I COUNTRY And that's when things picked up played his spot on my show, I'd say, played on a radio station is music (125 Stations) steam, particularly when Tom Sho- 'Here's the commercial the guy that the audience likes, and wants to 1 "IN orld's Greatest Lover," Bellamy van, vice president of the radio tip - wants to cancel.' I guess it's hear, and the only way to find out Brothers, MCA /Curb 41 69 sheet Hitmakers, made a comment worked-he's still on our station, and what that is is to gather listener atti- about how programmers could know now he wants to give away T -shirts tudes and opinions about their music. 2 "America," Waylon Jennings, RCA 41 44 where to draw the line on what can on my show." Proponents of what he called the 3 "I Love Only You," Nitty Gritty Dirt "guesswork notion," Coleman said, Also discussed were the benefits of Band, Warner Bros. 39 84 having a program director double as argue that research cannot be used to Save up to $20,000 an air personality ( "It helps market test new music, is slow to respond to 4 "She's My Rock," George Jones, the station," said Z -100 [WHTZ] the audience, and cannot measure Epic 39 80 on a new New York's Dean Thacker, "with burn. But, he maintained, "Research 5 "Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your MERCEDESPORSCHE [Scott] Shannon being the program can answer those questions. The Mind," George Strait, MCA 38 38 director, who's directly responsible problem is not with the idea of em- FERRARI for all things, yet is also accessible to pirically gathering information, but ADULT CONTEMPORARY his audience "); how to tactfully take with the way research is conducted (84 Stations) Autos care of old veterans who might no today. If your research is short on European Edition Mendes, A &M 14 24 longer be performing as well on the theory, short on data collection tech- i "Real Life," Sergio Purchase your new car from our air as they once were (sit down with niques, short on interpretation, it will 2 Of Touch," Hall & Oates, RCA 12 12 warehouse in Europe and save up "Out them, play back a tape of a recent air fail." to 5 yrs unlimited 3 The 520.000.00 Still, he added, the problems of "Left In Dark," Barbra mileage warranty. World wide de- shift, and discuss the problems rather 53 emotion are considerably more pro- Streisand, Columbia 10 livery. Why pay retail? than just rant and rave about them, panelists urged); and what the vari- nounced. "How is it that a program 4 "Caribbean Queen (No More Love ous legalities and necessities are for director can mystically become On The Run)," Billy Ocean, Jive/ International an agreement- not -to-complete clause aware of the needs of the audience ?" Arista 9 27 he asked. "What special training or Auto Imports in a contract ( "With talent, it's more 5 "What About Me ?," Kenny Rogers passage does a program director go enforcable than with an accountant," with Kim Carnes & James Ingram, (714) 556 -2112 Thacker said. "You pay for what you through that ordains him as a predic- RCA 8 64 helped to do "). tor of public taste ?"

www.americanradiohistory.com Bob Regehr was a gambler in love with the long shot and gifted with a good gambler's instinct for success.

He thrived on the music business, and it thrived on him. He made things happen.

We will miss him.

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KEY ADD -ONS-the two key records added at the stations listed as deter- WBWB -Bloomington KFYR -Bismark (Bob Leonard -P.D.) (Dan Brannan -P.O.) mined by personnel. station ONS NATIONAL A 01 Touch TOP ADD - HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch HALL OATES-Out ADD -ONS -All records added at the stations listed as determined by station, MATTHEW WILDER- Bouncing Off The Wall COREY HART-It Ain't Enough HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch (RCA) SAM HARRIS -Sugar Don't Bite THOMPSON TWINS -You Take Me Up COREY HART -It Ain't Enough (EMI- America) TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns JOYCE KENNEDY A JEFFREY OSBORNE -The Last Time I COREY HART -It Ain't Enough SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back (Scotti Bros.) Made Love 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher WCIL -FM-Carbondale SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back GLENN FREY-The Allnighter TINA TURNER -Better Be Good To Me (Capitol) (Tony Waitekus -P.D.) TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns Northeast Region SAMMY HAGAR-I Carl Drive 55 KFMZ- Columbia WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Jim Wi lliams-P.D.) ASHFORD & SIMPSON -Solid SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Hack TOP ADD ONS WRCK -Utica SKOOL BOYZ- Nothing Like A Slow Dance HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch JEFFREY OSBORNE-Don't Stop (Jim Rieta -P.D.) RATT- Wanted Man & 01 Touch 1 -100 (WNFI)- Daytona Beach SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55 HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch (RCA) HALL OATES-Out B -96 (WBBM -FM)- Chicago SAMMY HAGAR -I Cant Drive 55 WHTX- Pittsburgh (Randy Van Helen -P.O.) KROKUS -Midnite Maniac COREY HART -It Ain't Enough (EMI- America) (Buddy Scott -P.D.) TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns (Todd Chase -P.D.) RICK SPRINGFIELD- Bop 'Til You Drop TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns BILLY OCEAN -Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION-Purple Rain 38 SPECIAL -Teacher Teacher WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go -Go PRINCE ANO THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain Run) RATT- Wanted Man ROO STEWART-Some Guys Have All The Luck WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go -Go (Warner Bros.) HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch KMGK-Des Moines COREY HART -It Ain't Enough HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns (A &M) (Al Brock -P.D.) DIO- Mystery KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES & JAMES B.E. TAYLOR-Karen PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain INGRAM-What About Me? WLS- AM /FM- Chicago HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch Casey -P.D.) WPST- Trenton (Steve 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher G RICK SPRINGFIELD-Bop 'Til You Drop (Torn Taylor -P.D.) -105 (WDCG)- Durham /Raleigh GLENN FRET -The Allnighter The Wall HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch (Rick Freeman -P.D.) MATTHEW WILDER-Bouncing Oft Touch COREY HART-It Ain't Enough WFLY -Albany Mid -Atlantic Region TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns HALL & OATES-Out Of Q -102 (WKRQ)- Cincinnati DENNIS DeYOUNG- Desert Moon (Jim Fox-P.O.) (Peter Clark -P.O.) 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher Rock CHAKA KHAN -I Feel For You JACKSONS- Torture HALL & OATES-Out 01 Touch TOP ADD ONS MARIA VIDAL-Body WEBC -Duluth STEVE PERRY- Strung Out LAURA BRANIGAN -The Lucky One COREY HART-It Ain't Enough (Dick Johnson -P.O.) PRINCE ANO THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain ELTON JOHN -Who Wears These Shoes PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch (RCA) Q -107 (WRQX) -Washington SERGIO MENDES -Real Life NEW EDITION-Cool It Now BARRY GIBB -Shine Shine PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain (Alan Bums -P.O.) JOE JACKSON -Be My Number Two PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain WFLB -Fayetteville FM -108 (WDMT) -Cleveland RICKIE LEE JONES -The Real End (Warner Bros.) 38 SPECIAL- Teacher Teacher COREY HART -It Ain't Enough (Larry Canon -P.D.) (Dean Dean -P.D.) COREY HART -It Ain't Enough (EMI- America) HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch THE TIME -Jungle Love KKXL -Grand Forks LIONEL RICHIE -Penny Lover GLENN JONES -Show Me MADONNA- Borderline (Sire) WASH -Washington D.C. (Don Nordine-P.O.) WGUY- Bangor GLENN FREY -The Allnighter FORCE M.D: S -Tears Tanner -P.D.) SHEENA EASTON -Strut (Jim Randall -P.D.) (Bill 38 SPECIAL- Teacher Teacher ASHFORD & SIMPSON -Solid TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch RATT- Wanted Man DAVID BOWIE -Blue lean THOMPSON TWINS -You Take Me Up 38 SPECIAL- Teacher Teacher SERGIO MENDES -Real Life WGCL -Cleveland HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch DRAGON-Rain Travis -P.0.) STEVE PERRY -Strung Out WAVA -Washington D.C. (Bob WFBG- Altoona DENNIS DeYOUNG- Desert Moon COREY HART -It Ain't Enough (Smokey Rivers -P.D.) KRNA -Iowa City (Tony Booth -P.D.) WOKI- Knoxville PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain RATT- Wanted Man JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN (Bart Goynshor-P.D.) HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch (Gary Adkins -P.D.) BEAUCOUP -Still In My Heart SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55 BAND-On The Dark Side HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch RATT- Wanted Man 38 SPECIAL -Teacher Teacher KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES & JAMES TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me JEFFERSON STARSHIP- Layin' It On The Line DRAGON -Rain INGRAM-What About Me? 92 -X (WXGT)- Columbus WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go WIGY -Bath HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch PEABO BRYSON -Slow Dancin' SAMMY HAGAR-I Can't Drive 55 (Scott Robbins -P.D.) (Adam Cook-P.O.) CHAKA KHAN Feel For You GLENN FREY -The Allnighter -I KROKUS- Midnite Maniac HALL & OATES-Out 01 Touch GLENN FREY -The Allnighter W K RZ -F M- Wilkes -Barre JANEY STREET -Say Hello To Ronny THOMPSON TWINS -You Take Me Up Q PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain (Jim Rising -P.D.) COREY HART-It Ain't Enough -104 (KBEQ)- Kansas City TINA TURNER- Better Be Good To Me SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55 (Pat McKay -P.D.) B -104 (WBSB) -Baltimore ELTON JOHN -Who Wears These Shoes WXKS -Boston RALPH MACDONALD WITH BILL WITHERS-In The TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns LIONEL RICHIE -Penny Lover (Steve Kingston -P.D.) JIM CAPALDI Keep Holding On WNCI HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch (Sunny Joe White -P.D.) Name Of Love -I'll -Columbus TINA TURNER- Better Be Good To Me WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go & Of Touch TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns (Harry Valentine -P.D.) HALL OATES -Out Touch HALL & OATES-Out Of THE SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55 MATTHEW WILDER-Bouncing on The Wall HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch I JOHN CAFFERTY AND BEAVER BROWN PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain -95 (WINZ -FM) -Miami Midnite Maniac BAND -On The Dark Side COREY HART -It Ain't Enough KROKUS- (Keith Isley-P.D.) Girl Now WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go -Go FREDDIE MERCURY -Love Kills HONEYMOON SUITE -New SAM HARRIS -Sugar Don't Bite KDWB -AM- Minneapolis WMAR Baltimore TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns -FM- DICKIE GOODMAN-Election 84 (Lorrin Palagi -P.D.) -P,D.) PEABO BRYSON -Slow Dancin' (Ralph Wimmer Q -106 (WQXA) -York BARBRA STREISAND -Left In The Dark WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION-Purple Rain HONEYMOON SUITE -New Girl Now (Mark McKenzie -P.D.) WDRQ- Detroit MADONNA -Lucky Star STEVE PERRY- Strung Out DENNIS DeYOUNG- Desert Moon Y -100 Miami (Tony Gray -P.D.) DIANA ROSS-Swept Away BARBRA STREISAND -Left In The Dark (WHYI)- /Ft. KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES & JAMES THE INVISIBLES- Donkey Kong DENNIS DeYOUNG- Desert Moon WBEN -FM- Buffalo SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back INGRAM -What About Me? Lauderdale DREAMBOY -I Promise (I Do Love You) (Bob Wood -P.O.) HALL 8 OATES-Out 01 Touch (Robert W. Walker -P.D.) REBBIE JACKSON -Centipede KDWB -FM- Minneapolis HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch EVELYN THOMAS -High Energy PRIME TIME -I Owe It To Myself (Dave Anthony -P.D.) JOYCE KENNEDY & JEFFREY OSBORNE-The Last WYCR -York & Touch ASHFORD 8 SIMPSON -Solid WOMP -FM- Bellaire HALL OATES-Out Of MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock Time I Made Love (Mark Richards -P.D.) (Dwayne Bonds-P.O.) SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go PRINCE AND NE REVOLUTION-Purple Rain COREY HART -It Ain't Enough GLENN FREY -The Allnighter WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go -Go -Blue lean SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch WNAP -Indianapolis DAVID BOWIE DeYOUNG- Desert Moon HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch DENNIS SHEILA E. Glamorous Life COREY HART -II Ain't Enough PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain (Gary Hoffman -P.O.) -The FREDDIE MERCURY-love Kills COREY HART -It Ain't Enough LIONEL RICHIE-Penny Lover TINA TURNER -Better Be Good To Me COREY HART -It Ain't Enough CHAKA KHAN-I Feel For You HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch WKBW-Buffalo SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55 WKZQ -FM- Myrtle Beach MATTHEW WILDER- Bouncing Oft The Wall (Sandy Beach -P.D.) CHAKA KHAN-I Feel For You (Chris Williams -P.O.) HALL & OATES-Ouf Of Touch KJ -103 (KJYO)- Oklahoma City In The MATTHEW WILDER-Bouncing Off The Wall BARBRA STREISAND -Left Dark TILLBROOK- Pinking Up The Pieces Southeast Region CHAKA KHAN-I Feel For You DIFFORD 8 (Dan Wilson -PA.) JUDY COLLINS AND T.G. SHEPPARD-Home Again Hold SURVIVOR -I Can't Back DAVID BOWIE -Blue Jean WVSR -Charleston THE GO -GO'S -Yes Or No ADD ONS WZPL -Indianapolis SHEENA EASTON -Strut WNYS TOP SAM HARRIS -Sugar Don't Bite -Buffalo (Chris Bailey -P.D.) (Mark Driscoll-P.D.) HALL & OATES-Out 01 Touch Tod -P.D.) HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch (Bill HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back Touch GLENN FREY -The Allnighter HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch (RCA) SAMMY HAGAR -I Cant Drive 55 HALL & OATES -Out Of 38 SPECIAL- Teacher Teacher STEVE PERRY -Strung Out 38 SPECIAL -Teacher Teacher SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55 WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go -Go LIONEL RICHIE-Alf Night Long (All Night) 38 SPECIAL- Teacher Teacher SAMMY HAGAR-I Can't Drive 55 EDDY GRANT-Boys In The Street (Columbia) WNVZ-Norfolk MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns COREY HART -It Ain't Enough COREY HART -It Ain't Enough (Jeff Morgan-P.D.) SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55 WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go GLENN FREY -The Allnighter 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher DENNIS DeYOUNG- Desert Moon (A &M) DAVID BOWIE -Blue lean PSYCHEDELIC FURS-Heaven TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock (EMI -America) TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me KQKQ -Omaha SURVIVOR -I Cant Hold Back WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go WVIC Lansing (Jerry Dean -P.O.) WZYQ- Frederick -FM- (Bill Martin -P.D.) PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain WERZ- Exeter (KemosabiJoe -P.O.) WRVQ- Richmond SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch (Jack O'Brien -P.D.) BILLY OCEAN-Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The (Bob Lewis -P.D.) JEFFERSON STARSHIP -Lavin It On The line TINA TURNER -Better Be Good To Me HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch Run) JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN HONEYMOON SUITE -New Girl Now SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain HALL A OATES-Out Of Touch WAN S -FM- Anderson /Greenville BAND -On The Dark Side 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain (Bill McCown-P.D.) HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch KKLS -FM -Rapid City JANEY STREET-Say Hello To Ronny MATTHEW WILDER -Bouncing Off The Wall MATTHEW WILDER -Bouncing Off The Wall WZEE- Madison TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me Sherwyn -P.D.) COREY HART -It AO Enough HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch (Johnathan Little -P.O.) (Randy HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch GLENN FRET -The Allnighter SAM HARRIS -Sugar Don't Bite THE EVERLY BROTHERS-On The Wings Of A WBLI -Long Island DONNA SUMMER-There Goes My Baby NEW EDITION-Cool It Now FREDDIE MERCURY -Love Kills WXLK- Roanoke Nightingale (Bill Terry-P.O.) COREY HART-It Ain't Enough MICHAEL FURLONG -Use It Or Lose It 38 SPECIAL- Teacher Teacher (Russ Brown- P.O..) 38 SPECIAL- Teacher Teacher HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch HONEYMOON SUITE-New Girl Now RATT-Wanted Man HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch COREY HART-It Ain't Enough BARBRA STREISAND-Left In The Dark COREY HART -It Ain't Enough SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back WISE -Asheville LIONEL RICHIE -Penny Lover KKRC-Sioux Falls WTIC -FM- Hartford JOYCE KENNEDY & JEFFREY OSBORNE-The Last (John Stevens -P.O.) WKTI- Milwaukee LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM -Go Insane (Dan Kiley-P.D.) (Mike West -P.D.) Time I Made Love BARBRA STREISAND -Left In The Dark (Dallas Cole -P.O.) WHAM-Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch COREY HART -II Ain't Enough PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns WZAT- Savannah HALL & OATES -Out 01 Touch WPU -New York THOMPSON TWINS -You Take Me Up LIONEL RICHIE-Penny Lover RICKIE LEE JONES-The Real End (Ray Williams -P.O.) ROO STEWART-Some Guys Have All The Luck (Larry Berger --P.O.) HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55 DENNIS DeYOUNC Desert Moon TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns DONNA SUMMER -There Goes My Baby HALL A OATES-Out Of Touch WFEA- Manchester LAURA BRANIGAN -The Lucky One PRINCE ANO THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain KHTR-St. Louis (Rick Ryler -P.D.) HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch 94 -Q (WQXI -FM)-Atlanta WZUU- FM- Milwaukee NEW EDITION -Cool It Now (Bob Scott-P.D.) 38 SPECIAL -Teacher Teacher (Jim Morrison-P.D.) (Cat Michaels -P.D.) THOMPSON TWINS -You Take Me Up COREY HART -It Ain't Enough HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch Z -100 (WHTZ) -New York TINA TURNER -Better Be Good To Me BARBRA STREISAND -Left In The Dark NEW EDITION -Cool It Now Q -105 (WRBQ) -Tampa LIONEL RICHIE -Penny Lover (Scott Shannon -P.D.) DENNIS DeYOUNG- Desert Moon MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock (Mason Dixon -P.D.) TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns HALL A OATES-Out 01 Touch ROD STEWART -Some Guys Have All The Luck KC -101 (WKCI) -New Haven NEW EDITION -cool It Now BARBRA STREISAND -Left In The Dark WRKR Racine V -100 (KDVV)- Topeka (Stet Rybak -P.D.) CHAKA KHAN -I Feel For You V -103 (WVEE) -Atlanta -FM- HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch (Tony Stewart -P.D.) HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch (Scotti Andrews -P.O.) (Pat Martin -P.D.) WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go -Go TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me ROD STEWART-Sane Guys Have All The Luck PRETTY POISON- Nighlime HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch WKTU -New York City SAMMY HAGAR-I Can't Drive 55 PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain MIDWAY -Set It Out TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns (Neil McIntyre -P.D.) SURVIVOR -I Cant Hold Back BAR -NAYS- Sexomatic WSEZ -Winston -Salem SHEENA EASTON -Strut w MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock THOMPSON TWINS -You Take Me Up EVELYN THOMAS -High Energy (Boh Mahoney -P.O.) WJBQ -Portland HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch JAllY J -Son 01 Beat Street ELTON JOHN -Who Wears These Shoes (Brian Phoenix -P.D.) RALPH MACDONALD WITH BILL WITHERS-In The WZOK- Rockford HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS -If This Is It JACKSONS- Torture KFMW- Waterloo HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch Name Of Love (Jeff Davis -P.D.) JOHNNIE TAYLOR -Shoot For The Stars THE POINTER SISTERS -I'm So Excited (Mark Potter -P.D.) COREY HART- H Ain't Enough APOLLONIA 6 -Sex Shooter SHEILA E. -The Glamorous Life RODNEY SAULSBERRY -I Wonder BANANARAMA-Cruel Summer GLENN FREY -The Allnighter 38 SPECIAL- Teacher Teacher GRANDMASTER MELLE MEL AND THE FURIOUS HALL A OATES -Out Of Touch GLENN JONES -Show Me SAMMY HAGAR -I Cant Drive 55 RICK SPRINGFIELD -Bop Tit You Drop FIVE -We Don't Work For Free JANEY STREET-Say Hello To Ronny TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD -Two Tribes WSPT- Stevens Point COREY HART -It Ain't Enough GLENN FREY -The Allnighter STAPLES SINGERS-Slippery People Z -93 (WZGC) -Atlanta (Jay Bouley-P.D.) HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch FACE TO FACE -Under The Gun (Chris Thomas -P.D.) TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns HALL & OATES -Out 01 Touch Touch WKHI -Ocean City North Central Region HALL 8 OATES-Out Of MARIA VIDAL-Body Rock 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher You WSPK- Poughkeepsie (Jack Gillen -P.D.) CHAKA KHAN -I Feel For THE EVERLY BROTHERS-On The Wings Of A GLENN FREY-The Allnighter Teacher (Chris Leide-P.D.) PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain TOP ADD ONS 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Nightingale MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock HART Ain't Enough HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch FREDDIE MERCURY-Love Kills COREY -It MATTHEW WILDER- Bouncing Off The Wall STREISAND In The Dark SURVIVOR -I Cant Hold Back MATTHEW WILDER -Bouncing Off The Wall BARBRA -Lett HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch (RCA) SAMMY HAGAR Drive 55 KEYN -Wichita MATTHEW WILDER -Bouncing Off The Wall HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch -I Cant (Ron Eric Taylor -P.D.) COREY HART -It Ain't Enough GLENN FREY -The Allnighter WSSX -Charleston MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock (EMI- America) GLENN FREY-The Allnighter COREY HART -It Ain't Enough (Brian Philips -P.D.) TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns (A &M) (Continued on page 20) 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher HALL A OATES-Out Of Touch COREY HART -It Ain't Enough (EMI- America) WCAU -FM- Philadelphia 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher Midwest Region SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back WPRO -FM- Providence (Scott Walker -P.O.) ' Copyright 1984. Billboard Publica (Tom Cuddy -P.D.) GLENN FREY -The Allnighter TOP ADD ONS lions, Inc No part of this publication CK -101 (WCKS) -Cocoa Beach PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION- Purple Rain NEW EDITION -Cool It Now may be reproduced. stored in a re- STEVE PERRY-Strung Out FREDDIE MERCURY -Love Kills (Bobby Knight -P.O.) Touch (RCA) or in On HALL & OATES -Out Of trieval system. transmitted, HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher BILLY OCEAN- Caribbean Queen (No More Love WKDD -Akron The WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go any form or by any means. electron. 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Continued from page 18 HALL A OATES-Out Of Touch HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch HALL 8 OATES-Out Ot Touch 38 SPECIAL -Teacher Teacher COREY HART -It Ain't Enough KLUC -Las Vegas MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock KHOP- Modesto COREY HART -It Ain't Enough SAMMY HAGAR-I Can't Drive 55 SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch (Bill Kelly -P.D.) (David Allyn Krakow -P.D.) CHAKA KHAN -I Feel For You 38 SPECIAL- Teacher Teacher MATTHEW WILDER -Bouncing Off The Wall SAMMY HAGAR-I Can't Drive 55 HALL & OATES-Out 01 Touch RICKIE LEE JONES -The Real End NEW EDITION -Cool It Now MATTHEW WILDER-Bouncing OH The Wall WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go -Go HALL A OATES-Out 01 Touch COREY HART -It Ain't Enough Q -104 (WQEN) -Gadsden KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES 8 JAMES GLENN FREY -The Allnighter TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns (Roger Gaither -P.D.) B -97 (WEZB) -New Orleans INGRAM -What About Me? EDDY GRANT -Boys In The Street HALL 8 OATES-Out 01 Touch (Kris O'Kelly -P.D.) STEVE PERRY-Strung Out COREY HART -It Ain't Enough CHAKA KHAN -I Feel For You SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back Pacific Region ROMEO VOID -A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) GLENN FREY -The Allnighter HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch KKHR -Los Angeles Northwest COREY HART -It Ain't Enough THE EVERLY BROTHERS-On The Wings Of A (Ed Scarborough -P.D.) JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN Nightingale KIDD- Monterey JERMAINE JACKSON -Dynamite TOP ADD ONS Region BAND -On The Dark Side TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns (Mark Diamond-P.D.) Southwest TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me THOMPSON TWINS -You Take He Up JOE JACKSON -Be My Number Two HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch (RCA) TOP ADD ONS KILE -Galveston THOMPSON TWINS -You Take Me Up TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me (Capitol) PSYCHEDELIC FURS -Heaven (Dave Parks -P.D.) WTIX -New Orleans SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55 (Geffen) STEVE PERRY- Strung Out HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch (RCA) HALL A OATES -Out 01 Touch (Bruce Kramer-P.D.) KZZP -FM- Phoenix THE GO -GO'S -Yes Or No COREY HART -It Ain't Enough KENNY ROGERS CARNES 8 JAMES (Charlie Quinn -P.D.) COREY HART -It Ain't Enough (EMI- America) COREY HART -It Ain't Enough (EMI -America) GLENN FREY -The Allnighter SAMMY HAGAR-I Can't Drive 55 BILLY OCEAN -Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The HALL 8 OATES -Out Of Touch JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN BANANARAMA -Cruel Summer Run) CHAKA KHAN-I Feel For You BAND-On The Dark Side (Scotti Bros.) 93 -FM (KKBQ -FM)- Houston AMERICA -Special Girl PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION-Purple Rain TINA TURNER -Better Be Good To Me BILLY IDOL-Flesh For Fantasy SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back (Scotti Bros.) (John Lander -P.D.) JIM CAPALDI -111 Keep Holding On HALL 8 OATES -Out 01 Touch KMJ K- Portland HONEYMOON SUITE -New Girl Now (Jon Barry-P.D.) HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch KBBK -Boise HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch THE EVERLY BROTHERS-On The Wings Of A KITY-San Antonio (Bobby King-P.D.) K96 (KFMY) -Provo SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55 Nightingale (Bill Thorman-P.D.) BILLY OCEAN-Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The (Scott Gentry-P D.) Run) MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock BILLY OCEAN -Caribbean Queen (No More Love On TINA TURNER -Better Be Good To Me SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back CHAKA KHAN -I Feel For You The Rum SAMMY HAGAR-I Can't Drive 55 WFMF -Baton Rouge HALL 8 OATES -Out Of Touch CHAKA KHAN Feel For You ROMEO VOID -A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) DAVID BOWIE -Blue lean DENNIS DeYOUNG -Desert Moon -I )Randy Rice -P.O.) THE GO -GO'S -Yes Or No ROSS Away RATT- Wanted Man HALL 8 OATES -Out Of Touch DIANA -Swept KROKUS -Midnite Maniac NALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch WTYX- Jackson ROMEO VOID -A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) KSFM- Sacramento (Jim Chick -P.D.) KROK- Shreveport MATTHEW WILDER -Bouncing Off The Wall WQID -Biloxi KMGX- Fresno (Rick Gillette -P.D.) (Mickey Coulter -P.D.) DAVID BOWIE-Blue Jean (Peter Stewart-P.D.) NEW EDITION -Cool It Now )John TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me HALL B OATES Of Touch Berry-P.D.) NAKED EYES-(What) In The Name Of Love HALL A OATES -Out Of Touch -Out KDZA -Pueblo HALL A OATES -Out Of Touch COREY HART Ain't Enough HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch LIONEL RICHIE-Penny Lover -It )Rip Avina -P.D.) 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back BILLY OCEAN-Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch KWOD- Sacramento MATTHEW WILDER-Bouncing Off The Wall THE POINTER SISTERS -I'm So Excited Run) KKYK -Little Rock CHAKA KHAN -I Feel For You (Tom Chase -P.O.) TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns BARBRA STREISAND -Left In The Dark SAM HARRIS -Sugar Don't Bite (Ron White-P.0.) STEVE PERRY-Strung Out PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain WANG CHUNG-Don't Be My Enemy RALPH MACDONALD WITH BILL WITHERS -In The ELTON JOHN Wears These Shoes DAVID BOWIE -Blue Jean -Who Name Of Love HALL 8 OATES -Out Of Touch AMERICA -Special Girl JOHN CAFFERTY WKXX- Birmingham ELTON JOHN -Who Wears These Shoes AND THE BEAVER BROWN (Michael St. John -P.O.) KB FM- McAllen /Brownsville BAND -On The Dark Side TINA TURNER- Better Be Good To Me HALL & OATES-Out 01 Touch )Russ Williams -P.D.) XTRA -AM -San Diego KYNO Fresno LIONEL RICHIE -Penny Lover NEW EDITION-Cool It Now PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION-Purple Rain -FM- Pacific Southwest Region (Jim Richards -P.D.I (John Lee HALL 8 OATES-Out 01 Touch Walker -P.D.) CHICAGO -Hard Habit To Break BILLY OCEAN -Caribbean Queen (No More The KITE-Corpus Christi TINA TURNER- Better Be Good To Me Love On NAKED EYES -(What) In The Name Of Love Run) KSKD -FM -Salem JEFFERSON STARSHIP It The Line TOP ADD ONS )Ron Chase-P.00 -Layin' On HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch DAVID BOWIE -Blue lean (Len E. Mitchell-P.D.) DIANA ROSS -Swept Away STEVE PERRY-Strung Out TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch DAVID BOWIE -Blue Jean FM -100 (WMC HALL & OATES-Out Of Touch (RCA) -FM)- Memphis SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back NAKED EYES -(What) In The Name Of Love GLENN FREY -The Allnighter SPANDAU BALLET -Only When You Leave (Robert John-P.D.) SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back (Scotti Bros.) WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go -Go TINA TURNER -Better Be Good To Me JANEY STREET -Say Hello To Ronny TINA TURNER -Better Be Good To Me (Capitol) CHAKA KHAN-I Feel For You SAMMY HAGAR-I Can't Drive 55 KAFM -Dallas RICK SPRINGFIELD -Bop 'Til You Drop KSLY -AM -San Luis Obispo LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM-Go Insane TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns STEVE PERRY -Strung Out (Columbia) (John Shomby -P.D.) TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To He (Joe Collins -P.D.) MATTHEW WILDER -Bouncing OH The Wall ELTON JOHN -Who Wears These Shoes HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch COREY HART-It Ain't Enough HALL & OATES-Out 01 Touch KWSS HALL & OATES -Out Of Touch -Gilroy KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES 8 JAMES SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55 RALPH MACDONALD WITH BILL WITHERS-In The (Dave Van Stone -P.D.) INGRAM-What About Me? RALPH MACDONALD WITH BILL WITHERS-In The Name Of Love SHEENA EASTON -Strut SURVIVOR Can't Hold Back Q Name Of Love -I -101 (WJDQ -FM)- Meridian TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns FREDDIE MERCURY-Love Kills STEVE PERRY- Strung Out )Tom Kelly -P.D.) KKXX -Bakersfield STEVE PERRY- Strung Out KITS -San Francisco HONEYMOON SUITE -New Girl Now COREY HART -It Ain't Enough GLENN FREY-The Allnighter PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain (Dave Kamper-P.D.) JANET STREET-Say Hello To Ronny (Bob Garrett -P.D.) COREY HART -It Ain't Enough JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN ROMEO VOID -A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) DAVID BOWIE -Blue lean Paso HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch HALL 8 OATES -Out Of Touch KAMZ -EI BAND -On The Dark Side DENNIS DeYOUNG- Desert Moon FREDDIE MERCURY -Love Kills (Bob West -P.O.) KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES 8 JAMES KIST -Santa Barbara CHAKA KHAN -I Feel For You 38 SPECIAL- Teacher Teacher HALL A OATES-Out Of Touch INGRAM -What About Mer (Dick Williams-P.D.) TINA TURNER -Better Be Good To Me O DRAGON -Rain KGHO -FM- Hoquaim LIONEL RICHIE-Penny Lover MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock PEABO BRYSON -Slow Dancin' WHAM -Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go m NEW EDITION -Cool It Now (Steve Larson-P.D.) BARBRA STREISAND -Lelt In The Dark HALL 8 OATES-Out 01 Touch JANEY STREET -Say Hello To Ronny J HALL 8 OATES -Out Of Touch J_ MARIA VIDAL -Body Rock 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher EDDY GRANT -Boys In The Street KUBE -Seattle WABB -FM- Mobile COREY HART -It Ain't Enough KI M N- Denver SAMMY HAGAR-I Can't Drive 55 (Bob Case -P.O.) KSET -FM Paso (Leslie Fran -P.D.) HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch -EI (Doug Erickson -P.D.) 38 SPECIAL -Teacher Teacher HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch LAURA BRANIGAN -The Lucky One RICKIE LEE JONES -The Real End (Cat Simon -P.D.) HALL 8 OATES -Out Of Touch COREY HART -It Ain't Enough TINA TURNER- Better Be Good To Me W HALL 8 OATES-Out 0I Touch MATTHEW WILDER -Bouncing Off The Wall BARBRA STREISAND -Left In The Dark TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns HONEYMOON SUITE -New Girl Now Touch HALL 8 OATES-Out Of TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me 13- KHYT -Tucson RALPH MACDONALD WITH BILL WITHERS -In The MATTHEW WILDER -Bouncing Off The Wall 38 SPECIAL -Teacher Teacher WHHY -FM- Montgomery SURVIVOR -I Can't Hold Back (Sherman Cohen -P.D.) Name Of Love JOYCE KENNEDY 8 JEFFREY OSBORNE-The Last BILLY OCEAN-Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The ai (Alan DuPriest -P.O.) HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch Time I Made Love N Run) HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch KPKE- Denver NEW EDITION-Cool It Now KOZE -FM- Lewiston tx PETER WOLF- lights Out COREY HART-It Ain't Enough COREY HART -II Ain't Enough KNBQ- Tacoma THE FIXX-Are We Ourselves (Tim Fox -P.D.) (Jay McCall -P.D.) w 38 SPECIAL -Teacher Teacher TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns Lucky One 8 01 Touch (Sean -P.D.) NAKED EYES In The Name Of Love LAURA BRANIGAN -The HALL OATES-Out Lynch m -(What) TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns THE FIXX -Are We Ourselves DONNA SUMMER -There Goes My Baby TOMMY SHAW-Girls With Guns HALL 8 OATES-Out Of Touch 2 PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION- Purple Rain SAMMY HAGAR-I Can't Drive 55 TINA TURNER-Better Be Good To Me KISR -Fort Smith KX -104 (WWKX) -Nashville HALL 8 OATES-Out 01 Touch KRQQ -Tucson 38 SPECIAL-Teacher Teacher KENNY ROGERS WITH KIM CARNES 8 JAMES (Rick Hayes -P.D.) SHEENA EASTON -Strut (Kelly Norris -P.O.) BARBRA STREISAND -Lett In The Dark INGRAM -What About Me? wD_ (Mike Murphy -P.D.) N Let's close the book on forest fires. Forest fires kill. Trees, flowers, animals, and plants. In 1982 alone, 2,914,500 acres of woodland went up in smoke. Because we were careless, reckless, foolish, and rash. Don't let a forest meet its match. 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www.americanradiohistory.com 21 Radio LYeseiHiis_ Format Panel Raps `Stampede' Of Changes HITS FROM BILLBOARD 10 AND By THOMAS K. ARNOLD those stations that change formats noted, are less likely to change for- 20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK should not change a station's format in mats than they are to "alter them to switch again sometime the ensuing indiscriminately. "It is not an answer 18 months. stay with trends." Doing this, he add- POP SINGLES -10 Years Ago LOS ANGELES -Ratings and for everything," he said. "It can easi- revenue are the two factors most The reason for that, Burkhart said, ed, involves understanding the for- 1. Rock Me Gently, Andy Kim, Capitol ly cause you to lose money, if it's not is very programmers mat through research, both in -house 2. I Honestly Love You, Olivia Newton -John, commonly behind a radio station's that often are researched properly, if you don't MCA and outside, maintaining top -quality decision to change formats, accord- too impatient to let a format grow know exactly who it's aimed at, if 3. Nothing From Nothing, Billy Preston, and instead personnel, effectively marketing the ing to panelists at an NAB /NRBA develop, preferring to you don't have proper positioning in A &M Radio Convention & Programming jump on the bandwagon of whatever station with the aid of research, ob- 4. Then Came You, Dionne Warwick the market, and if you don't have the & the Conference session dealing with happens to be the latest program- serving audience progress through Spinners. Atlantic that right kind of talent to carry it subject. ming trend. in -house research, employing high - 5. Beach Baby, First Class, Shakespeare through." 6. You Haven't But very powered promotions, and discussing Done Nothin', Stevie often, such a decision is "It's been said that all broadcasters Lander also cautioned of the stam- Wonder Tamla made in haste, and a more own ranches, includ- advisable should because they the station with consultants, pede toward top 40. "Within five 7. Clap For The Wolfman, Guess Who, RCA solution might be one of evolution stampede to success," Burkhart said. ing some outside of the radio 8. Another Saturday Night, Stevens, songs," he warned, "we're all in the Cat rather than revolution, agreed panel- "Ten years ago it was beautiful mu- business. A &M same ballgame. You have to carefully ists at the session titled "Format sic; then it was adult contemporary "The that will not take 9. Hang On In There Baby, Johnny Bristol, stations know where you're going." Compression: Why ones MGM Stations Change or country. And the latest example of these steps to success are the Also advocating caution was Sam 10. Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Formats." stampeding is change for- to top 40." that will most likely Michaelson of Dancer, Fitzgerald & MCA Moderator Gary Stevens, presi- That leads to a fear by a said. 50% of shared mats," Burkhart "With Sample, a New York advertising dent of New York's Doubleday growing number of top 40 program- losing money, we all radio stations agency that deals heavily with radio. Broadcasting, solicited comments mers, POP SINGLES -20 Years Ago Burkhart said, that too much can expect format changes to contin- "Advertisers do not like change," she from three separate spectrums -pro- competition will eventually sound ue. I'm not saying that's right or 1. Oh, Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison, said. "They also feel that one station Monument gramming, consulting and advertis- the death knell for the format, similar wrong, but it is of the overall ra- part cannot be all things to all people, and 2. Bread & Butter, Newbeats, Hickory ing in each case, that's what to what -and stampeding in past years has dio picture." that radio stations should therefore 3. The House Of The Rising Sun, Animals, was suggested. done to the disco, country more John Lander of and, Programmer remain specialized. Be original in MGM Kent Burkhart of Burkhart/ recently, AOR formats. "This is an Houston, who turned ailing MOR 4. G.T.O., Ronny & the Daytonas, Mala what you do, and when you feel you Abrams/Michaels /Douglas & Asso- era of research and patience. Ratings KULF and its beautiful music 5. Remember (Walkin' In The Sand), station must change, evolution instead of Shangri -Las. Red Bird ciates, the Atlanta -based consultan- don't move as quickly as they used FM sister KYND into the top 40 revolution is the key -don't just 6. Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Manfred Mann, cy, began the session with some sta- to. The Kiss stations in Boston and combo KKBQ, now one of the city's switch to follow a leader." Ascot tistics: 20% of all radio stations L.A. were not built in six stations, supported Burk - months." leading A lengthy question -and -answer 7. Where Did Our Love Go, Supremes, change formats annually, and 45% of Successful radio stations, Burkhart hart's contention that programmers Motown session after the workshop was sur- 8. Dancing In The Street, Martha & the prisingly off base, but it did allow Vandellas. Gordy moderator Stevens to come up with a 9. It Hurts To Be In Love, Gene Pitney, SHANNON, WHITE, SKLAR SPEAK simple rule that might aid program- M usicor 10. Save It For Me, 4 Seasons, Philips mers pondering a format change: Look at your cume, and the total Session On Top 40 Disappoints cume of all the stations in your mar- TOP LPs -10 Years Ago ket doing the same format. 1. Bad Company, Swan Song LOS ANGELES -The NAB/ city's top -rated top 40 outlet, agreed "If you don't see cume growth in 2. Endless Summer, Beach Boys, Capitol again, but once again "the top stars NRBA Radio Convention & Pro- with Shannon that a lot can be relation to other formats," Stevens 3. Fulfillingness' First Finale, Stevie are back and the top songs are gramming Conference session titled back." said, "make a value judgment. It's Wonder, Tamla he said, "is the foun- learned from the past. He pointed "Hit Radio -The Format Of 1984" "This format," really cut and dried." 4. If You Love Me Let Me Know, Olivia dation, the backbone, of all music out, though, that the essence of what Newton -John, MCA had all the makings of one of the con- radio." he called the "Kiss 108 philoso- 5. Caribou, Elton John, MCA vention's most successful gatherings. extensive in- 6. Not Fragile, Bachman -Turner Overdrive, Not only did the panel, which Accordingly, noted Z -100's Shan- phy" -the result of Mercury a con- drew a standing -room-only crowd, non, much of what works today in house and outside research -is 7. Back Home Again, John Denver, RCA include two of top 40's most success- building a top 40 radio station can be tinual evolution of the station's 8. Chicago VII, Chicago, Columbia learned from the past: a strong em- sounds to stay on top of trends. 9. Can't Get Enough, White, 20th ful programmers, Scott Shannon of Barry phasis on what's current, likable per- Noting that his station has recently Century WHTZ (Z -100) New York and "Sun- a whose 10. 461 Ocean Blvd., Eric Clapton, RSO ny" Joe White of WXKS (Kiss 108) sonalities, "and a high -power, fast formed consultancy among Z-100 Boston, but it was moderated by and energetic pace." first projects is to go up against RENTAL CARS In fact, he added, much of Z-100's in the New York market, White said, TOP LPs-20 Years Ago Rick Sklar, the veteran programmer success can be attributed to another "You have to understand what hit ra- 1. Night, who literally wrote the book on the The Beatles -A Hard Day's important feature germane to many dio is before you do it. We're going to Soundtrack, United Artists format's early days. formats: 2. Something New, Beatles, Capitol But despite an occasional high a colorful morning show, go into New York not with a carbon 3. Everybody Loves Somebody, Dean point -particularly an exceptional which at Z -100 features six different copy of Z -100, but with the plan to Martin, Reprise demo tape of Z-100's immensely suc- personalities complementing one an- fmd an open niche and do something 4. Peter, Paul & Mary In Concert, Warner cessful "Morning Zoo" -the session other in the "Morning Zoo." Some different. We want to fmd that slice Bros. samples: cast members joking about of the audience that's not being ca- 5. All Summer Long, Beach Boys, Capitol failed to live up to its promise. Atten- having gathered Yoko Ono, Helen tered to by Z -100 and satisfy them in- 6. Getz /Gilberto, Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto, tion was focused solely on the success Verve story behind both Z -100 and Kiss Reddy and Linda McCartney in the stead of doing something that's al- 7. Hello, Dolly!, Louis Armstrong, Kapp 108 and tips on how to achieve simi- studio, and then playing a tape of ready been done." LOS ANGELES i SAN FRANCSCO 8. Funny Girl, Original Cast, Capitol lar success, while the equally pressing barking dogs doing their thing to the Shannon agreed, saying that trying 9. Hello, Dolly!, Original Cast, RCA Victor instrumental accompaniment to "I to achieve top 40 success by duplicat- 10. Rag Doll, 4 Seasons, Philips questions of how to maintain that BRING YOUR success and expand it beyond its core Want To Hold Your Hand "; and a ing a successful station's sound "is audience of teens was ignored. "Cyndi Lauper burglar alarm" that, one way to do it, but you'll never win DRIVING GLOVES... off, - a not COUNTRY SINGLES -10 Years Ago Sklar opened the session by ex- when set emits a series of high ... You create radio station, pitched shrieks from the singer's hits. clone it," he said. "That's how you YOU'LL NEED THEM! 1. I'm A Rambling Man, Waylon Jennings, pounding on the reason for top 40's White, who took Boston's Kiss 108 RCA comeback this year: its emphasis on get to be great." from a faltering disco station to the K. ARNOLD 2. I Love My Friend, Charlie Rich, Epic entertainment. "The show went out THOMAS 3. I Wouldn't Want To Live If You Didn't OfflG of show business," said Sklar. But VERTIBLE & GTCV-6 Love Me, Don Williams, ABC/Dot with the return to prominence of top 4. Please Don't Stop Loving Me, Porter Turbo Wagoner & Dolly Parton, RCA 40 stations all over the country, he 5. Bonaparte's Retreat, Glen Campbell, added, radio has not only become fun Julio Iglesias, Capitol PEUGEEOT 505 6. A Mi Esposa Con Amor, Sonny James, ATurbo Columbia A veces regresso borracha de angustia, 7. Please Don't Tell Me How The Story FEATURES INCLUDE. Ends, Ronnie Milsap, RCA SUNROOFS, CONVERTIBLES. / 8. Woman To Woman, Tammy Wynette, Epic y tú no estás, AM FM STEREO CASSETTE SYSTEMS, AIR CONDITIONING. 9. I An Mickey Gilley, Overlooked Orchid, S-SPEED AND AUTOMATIC Playboy TRANSMISSIONS, . 10. Who Left The Door To Heaven Open, El fin Amor .. LEATHER INTERIORS Hank Thompson, ABC /Dot Le has traído a mi vida la primavera 5 PLR DAY NEW GREAT 339 Ago FROM SOUL SINGLES -10 Years . bought, rented, VALUES 1. You Haven't Done Nothin', Stevie hired, whatever you need, más bella que pueda imaginar. INCLUDES 100 FREE MILES/ DAY Wonder, Tamla we'll tell the world in 2. Skin Tight, Ohio Players, Mercury 3. Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe, Nle perniitiriás llevar a ti FOR RESERVATIONS CALL: Barry White, 20th Century OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA 4. Do It Baby, Miracles, Tamla 1 -800- 421 -6808 5. Live It Up Part 1, Isley Bros., T -Neck su primera flor INSIDE CALIFORNIA 6. Papa Don't Take No Mess, Part 1, 1- 800 -345 -CARS James Brown, Polydor Call Jeff Serrette today FOR AIRPORT PICK -UP CALL: 7. Do It ('Till You're Satisfied), B.T. -(800) 223 -7524 (NY Julio, que hondo vives en mi. LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO Express, Scepter (213) 670-7002 (415) 692-8224 Midnight Flower, Four Tops, Dunhill residents dial 212- 8. OR CALL YOUR TRAVEL AGENT 9. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The 764- 7388). 1)ulrillecl City, Bobby Blue Bland, Dunhill 10. In The Bottle, Brother To Brother, Turbo www.americanradiohistory.com 22 Billboard Survey for Week Ending 9/29/84 Radio

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c Copyright 1984, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced. Station: KFKF Kansas City The campaign, which began Sept. stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted. in.any form or by any means, electronic. mechanical. 4 and runs through Friday (28), cov- photocopying. recording, or otherwise. without the prior written permission of the publisher (country) Concept: Home Free ers three counties (Dade, Broward Station: K -101 San Francisco (AC) Execution: Many stations have given and Palm Beach), with the station Concept: Trivial Pursuit away "dream homes." KFKF con- jocks used as "spotters." At the con- Execution: In a tie-in with the local a more clusion of the campaign, Peninsula Junior ór ARTIST -Title, Label sidered the idea, but decided Chamber of Commerce, Delta attractive solution could be found in Savings will award a $1,500 bank ac- Airlines and the Tingles nightclub, WEEKS come count to one of the motorists selected 1 5 JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN AT xt the "Great American Dream" K -101 put together a month -long BAND -On The Dark Side, Scotti Brothers 2 true. at random. Trivial Pursuit tournament which Rather than offer a specific house culminates in 2 7 THE FIXX -Are We Ourselves? MCA * * * the awarding of a trip which could have such inherent for two to the New Orleans World's 3 3 15 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN-Cover Me, Columbia Station: WHN New York (country) problems as location, size and neigh- Contact: Susan Storms, promotion Fair. 4 5 3 DAVID BOWIE -Blue Jean, EMI /America borhood, KFKF decided the home director Listeners were asked to fill out an 5 3 U2-In The Name Of Love, Island the listener would best enjoy would Concept: "Ancient Oldies" official entry form and show up at the 6 4 10 LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM-Go Insane, Elektra be the one he or she currently occu- Execution: While many lis- country Dunfey Hotel (where Tingles is locat- 7 10 HONEYMOON SUITE -New Girl Now, Warner pies. Consequently, promos began teners are relative newcomers to the register ed) on Aug. 7. In addition to the Bros. running asking listeners to format, a loyal legion of fans dating door on dancing, drinks, air personality ban- 8 8 7 BILLY IDOL -Flesh For Fantasy, Chrysalis for the chance to "open the back over 30 years still comprises a ter and prizes, tables were set up for your own paid off home". chunk of the 9 21 3 SURVIVOR-I Can't Hold Back, Scotti Bros. core audience. Catering the playoff, with winners from each Anything owed on the winner's ex- to their tastes would surely be mass 10 15 7 KROKUS- Midnight Maniac, Arista table selected to appear in the finals. isting home up to $100,000 will in- appeal death; however, WHN in its 11 11 6 JOHN WAITE- Tears, EMI /America This process was repeated weekly stantly disappear on Nov. 16, when "Ancient Oldies" feature has found a during the month of August, with the 12 10 8 BILLY SQUIER -All Night Long, Capitol the winner is selected. (Should the way reward while to their knowledge group of winners vying for the prize 13 9 18 THE CARS -Drive, Elektra winner not hold a mortgage, a check entertaining the remainder of its for will be issued). Sept. 11. 14 16 8 SAMMY HAGAR-Can't Drive '55, Geffen $10,000 listenership. 15 12 15 JOHN WAITE- Missing You, EMI -America * * * Each day at 10:50 a.m. on Lee Ar- The concept provided a month- is fea- for both 16 17 7 JON ANDERSON -Cage Of Freedom, Columbia Station: WAXY Ft. Lauderdale (old - nold's program, an older tune long running promotion ies/AC) tured (which in itself can be rather sponsor and station, riding the crest 17 14 13 NIGHT RANGER-When You Close Your Eyes, Trivial Pursuit craze. MCA Contact: Tony Bonvini, promotion hysterical, considering some of the of the current director lyric lines, for example the 1975 clas- 18 13 8 STEPHEN STILLS -Stranger, Atlantic Concept: Buckle up for bucks sic "Hey Loretta, /Love you more * * * 19 22 8 PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Let's Go Execution: In conjunction with the than the Irish setter," or the equally Station: WCUZ Grand Rapids Crazy, Warner Bros. South Florida Automobile Dealers contagious late '60s smash, "I can (country) 20 24 8 ROMEO VOID -A Girl In Trouble, Columbia Assn., the National Safety Council smell those pickled sandwiches Contact: Kevin Reynolds 21 18 15 SCANDAL-The Warrior, Columbia and Peninsula Federal Savings & you've been eating down at Joe & Concept: WCUZ Calendars 22 20 16 TWISTED SISTER -We're Not Gonna Take It, Loan, WAXY has taken to the road Mabel's 12th Street Bar & Grill "). Execution: Originally conceived as a Atlantic in its visible van, awarding $100 bills The first listener to correctly identify promotion to aid slumping first quar- 23 29 3 SCANDAL FEATURING PATTY SMYTH -Beat to motorists seen wearing safety belts the questionable hit each day wins a ter sales, WCUZ's annual calendar Of A Heart, Columbia while driving. prize. has become multi -faceted. Sold to ad- 24 28 DIO- Mystery, Warner Bros. vertisers as a package including first air time, coupons for their 25 30 3 DAVE EDMUNDS- Something About You, quarter Columbia All In The Station `Family' business in the calendar, and a to dis- 26 32 2 KISS -Heaven's On Fire, PolyGram healthy supply of calendars tribute to their clientele, the calendar 27 25 13 BILLY SQUIER -Rock Me Tonite, Capitol At Conference Workshop sold out immediately. (The idea also 49 2 STEVE PERRY-Strung Out, Columbia 28 By THOMAS K. ARNOLD overcomes some advertiser reluc- 29 26 7 PETER WOLF- Crazy, EMI -America tance to go with the "non -tangible." LOS ANGELES -Very often the the several situations presented in the 30 19 10 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS-If This Is It, Unlike radio, the calendar was some- to working out problems with ra- two skits -one of which depicted the Chrysalis key thing they could "see" at work.) As a dio station personnel- particularly classic programming/sales confron- 31 23 9 A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS -The More You Live, bonus, promotional announcements in the traditionally volatile general tation, the other a feuding morning The More You Love, Arista in addition to the regular spot sched- manager /sales manager/program di- team -or the various scenarios 42 3 ELTON JOHN-Who Wears These Shoes? ule touted the availability of the 32 rector triangle in assigning brought up by members of the audi- Geffen -lies calendar. "family" roles to everyone involved, ence. Instead, they advised managers 33 3 DENNIS DeYOUNG- Desert Moon, A &M 36 based on their respective personal- to use the "family" concept and ap- From a listener standpoint, the 34 33 3 ROD STEWART -Some Guys Have All The ities, and then seeing how best to sat- ply it to their own situations: to view item was much in demand, not only Luck, Warner Bros. isfy each "family member's" need for a firing, for example, as a death in the for the bonus coupons but also for its 35 35 2 PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION -Purple Rain, self-worth. family, and a resignation as a usefulness (in addition to the stan- Warner Bros. divorce. dard calendar setup, dates of interest That's the opinion of psychologist 36 34 6 WHITESNAKE -Love Ain't No Stranger, Geffen "Look at the reactions kids have were highlighted), creating call letter Dr. Ed Reitman, who with Ed Shane 37 31 9 LOU REED -I Love You Suzanne, RCA when parents divorce," Reitman and logo recognition instantly as of Shane Media Services in Houston HAGAR Of Love, Geffen "Translate it into your station, thousands were handed out. 38 27 12 SAMMY -Two Sides hosted "The Radio Triangle," a said. and all of a sudden you can see why 39 39 2 IRON MAIDEN -Two Minutes To Midnight, workshop at the NAB /NRBA's Ra- Finally, from a community service there is discord all over." Columbia dio Convention & Programming aspect, the calendar -which featured 40 50 2 TINA TURNER -Better Be Good To Me, Capitol Conference that exposed several Ideally, Reitman said, a general beautiful pictures and artists' render- manager should play the father role, 41 38 SPECIAL -Teacher, Teacher, A &M common inter -personnel problems ings of areas of interest in and around but if he is unable to do so due to 42 58 2 ZEBRA -Bears, Atlantic through role -playing and subsequent Grand Rapids-was widely ac- psychological analysis by Reitman, some unalterable personality trait, he leaders for enhancing 43 41 8 Y &T -Don't Stop Running, RCA claimed by city who has hosted a psychology talk might be better advised to hire some- civic pride. ROLLYE BORNSTEIN 44 37 4 THE FIXX-Sunshine In The Shade, MCA show on KTRH Houston for 18 one to fill that role rather than try to 45 38 16 JEFFERSON STARSHIP- Laying It On The Line, months in addition to holding down forcibly adapt to it. Grunt a private practice for 20 years. And by using the family concept, 46 48 9 SPANDAU BALLET -Only When You Leave, he added, "What you want to do is Chrysalis "There is no greater child -rearing establish a common goal, a place 47 54 2 DOKKEN -Into The Fire, Elektra experience than to be program direc- works together and HOLD where everyone tor of a major- market radio station, 48 43 9 DIO -The Last In Line, Warner Bros. competition doesn't exist. except to be program director of a 49 56 10 RATT -Back For More, Atlantic "Competition is bad. Competition minor -market station," Shane said, with yourself, BLUE On To 18, Geffen is only good when it's THE 50 53 4 BLACK 'N' -Hold the root many prob- adding that of because when you compete with 51 46 3 THE CARS-It's Not The Night, Elektra is that "a general manager has lems someone else, one of you has to lose. 52 40 16 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -No Surrender, kids with sibling rivalries." And whenever anyone loses, there's PHONE! Columbia And like a father dealing with trouble." 53 57 3 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS -Finally Found squabbling children, Reitman added, Reitman added that the family A Home, Chrysalis every general manager has to recog- concept can also help a young gener- 54 THOMPSON TWINS-You Take Me Up, Arista nize that more than anything else, his al manager or program director deal 55 TOMMY SHAW -Girls With Guns, A &M "children" need a sense of self-worth. with a much older morning man, for A example. The older man might be in- 56 BRUCE COCKBURN,- Lovers In Dangerous "All are personalities in their own Time, Gold Mountain clined to slip into a father role, he right," Reitman said. "But every- said, and the way to maintain author- 57 EDDIE MONEY-I'm Movin On, Polydor body needs the same thing: recogni- Dial 800 -223 -7524 toll free ity is to treat him the same way you 58 JOHN LENNON -Every Man Has A Women tion, acknowledgement, a sense of to place an ad in ACTION - would your own aging father. Who Loves Him, Polydor self-worth. It's so simple that we of- MART, Billboard's classi- "Take all you can from the would- fied advertising section. 59 BILLY SQUIER -Can't Get Back To You, ten miss these things; we get into be dad," Reitman said. "Give him a For quick results, call Jeff Capitol complex analysis of things that are feeling of self-worth. Say, 'Listen, I'm Serrette today (NY resi- 60 47 9 CYNDI LAUPER -She Bop, Portrait right at our fingertips." taking over and I'm the leader, but dents dial 212 764 -7388). by the nation's A compilaton of rock radio airplay as indicated Neither Reitman nor Shane of- I'm not walking in here with all the leading album oriented stations. fered any concrete do's or don'ts for answers. And I need a lot of help.' "

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For those of us whose attention Robert B. Masla joines Masla Ra- Below is a weekly calendar of up- r spans are challenged by CBS -TV's dio's New York Suburban Group as coming network and syndicated music óntem porn "Sixty Minutes," RKO Radio Net - director of marketing. The company specials. Shows with multiple dates in- works joins forces with People maga- has also been appointed national rep dicate local stations have option of These are the most popular Adult Contemporary singles based on zine to deliver the "People Magazine for WROA /WZKX Gulfport, Miss., broadcast time and dates. cL Minute." Starting Oct. 29, RKO will and WZZT Columbus, Ohio ... CBS radio air play and listed in rank order. feed 10 versions of the 60- second spot Radio unites its rep firms under the Rabin of Yes, Inner -View, to its 1,500 stations twice a day. An- newly created CBS Radio Spot Sales Sept. 24, Trevor TITLE, Artist, Label & Number (Dist. Label) (Publisher, Licensee) chored at RKO's New York head- arm, which will operate out of the Inner -View Network, one hour. WEEKS Sept. 24 -30, Frankie Laine, The Music 9 DRIVE quarters by staff correspondents/ network's nine offices across the AT +r 1 Makers, Norwood Productions, one hour. The Cars, Elektra 7.69106 (Ric Ocasek /Ledo, ASCAP 2 newscasters Therese Crowley and country. Sales functions will continue 1) Sept. 24 -30, Steve Wariner, Country Ross Klaven, the spots feature Peo- to be handled by separate managers Closeup, Narwood Productions, one hour. I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU and account executives, but all sup- Motown 1745 /Black Bull, ASCAP) ple- supplied scripts on the lives of en- Sept. 24 -30, John Moss of Culture Club, Stevie Wonder, (Jobete tertainers, politicians and ordinary port services will be shared. To bol- 8 HARD HABIT TO BREAK Rock Over London, Radio International, one Chicago, Full Moon /Warner Bros. 7 -29214 (MCA, ASCAP) people doing extraordinary things. ster this move, CBS plans to add an hour. 4 13 LEAVE A TENDER MOMENT ALONE (Joel BMI) * * * AM rep account executive in its Los Sept. 24 -30, Sammy Hagar, Off The Re- Billy Joel, Columbia 38 -04514 Songs, Angeles office and a youth marketing 5 9 TURN AROUND Attention all "Spinal Tap" fans: cord Special, Westwood One, one hour. Neil Diamond, Columbia 38 -04541 (Stonebridge /New Hidden Valley, director to its developmental staff. Sept. 24 -30, Berlin, Icicle Works, In Con- ASCAP /Carole Bayer Sager, BMI) Now is the time to find that 11 notch cert, Westwood One, 90 minutes. 6 10 IF THIS IS IT on your volume control. The Oct. 5 * * Huey Lewis And The News, Chrysalis 4 -42803 (Hulex /Red Admiral, BMI) Sept. 24 -30, Lindsey Buckingham, Star broadcast of M.J.I.'s "Metalshop" Fran 8 MISSING YOU Sax is upped to marketing Trak Profile, Westwood One, one hour. John Waite, EMI -America 8212 (Hudson will reveal details of the "Motorhead vice Bay /Paperwaite /Fullwater /Markmeem, ASCAP /BMI) president for Firstcom Broad- Sept. 24 -30, Moe Bandy, Live From Gil - Sweepstakes," in which a listener and (8) WHAT ABOUT ME? cast Services in Dallas. Sax has ley's, Westwood One, one hour. Ingram, RCA 13899 to London to Kenny Rogers With Kim Carnes And James friend will receive a trip worked with various syndicators for Sept. 24 -30, Tina Turner, Budweiser Con- (Lionsmate /Security Hogg, ASCAP /Foster Frees, BMI) Morothead's Nov. 7 show. The 11 6 IN THE NAME OF LOVE catch the past decade . .. Hillier, New- cert Hour, Westwood One, one hour. ( 9 ) package includes four glorious days, Ralph MacDonald With Bill Withers, Polydor 881221 -7 (PolyGram) mark, Wechsler & Howard assumes Sept. 24 -30, Tina Turner, Special Edition, 10 7 15 STUCK ON YOU three nights, $100, concert tickets, national representation for WKMI Westwood One, one hour. Lionel Richie, Motown 1746 (Brockman, ASCAP) 11 13 ALL OF YOU backstage passes and an official Mo- Kalamazoo, Mich., a - Sept. 28, Kiss, Metalshop, MJI Broadcast- personality-ori Julio Iglesias & Diana Ross, Columbia 38 -04507 (Elettra /Ewald Corp., torhead leather jacket. M.J.I. is spon- ented AC station. HNWH also wel- ing, Inc., one hour. ASCAP /Dyad /Braintree, BMI) soring the contest with the group's comes Tom O'Brien, who joins the Sept. 28 -30, Bachman Turner Overdrive, 15 YOU WERE MADE FOR ME Irene Cara, Geffen /Network 7 -29257 (Warner Bros.) (Carub /AICor, Captured Live!, RKO Radioshows/P.G. Pro- label, Bronze Records, and the win- New York -based firm as Detroit re- ASCAP) ning postcard will be drawn during gional manager. O'Brien was local ductions, one hour. 13 16 4 SHINE SHINE "Metalshop's" Oct. 19 show. sales manager Sept. 28 -30, Top 30 USA hosted by M.G. Barry Gibb, MCA 52443 (Gibb Bros. /Unichappell, BMI) of Shamrock's 14 10 15 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT Kelly, RadioRadio, CBS, three hours. * * * WWWW there. Tina Turner, Capitol 5334 (Chappell /Irving /Good Single, ASCAP /BMI) Sept. 28 -30, Top 40 Satellite Survey host- 15 18 4 ON THE WINGS OF A NIGHTINGALE ed by Dan Ingram, RadioRadio, CBS, three The Everly Brothers, Mercury 880213 -7 (PolyGram) (MPL Communications, ASCAP) hours. (16) 19 THE LUCKY ONE Sept. 28 -30, Art Lund, The Great Sounds, Laura Branigan, Atlantic 7 -89636 (Roliram /Lorimar,BMI) United Stations, four hours. 17 25 3 LEFT IN THE DARK Barbra Streisand, Columbia 38 -04605 (Lost Boys, BMI) Sept. 28 -30, Ed Bruce, The Weekly Coun- (1 8) 20 6 THERE GOES MY BABY try Music Countdown, United Stations, three Donna Summer, Geffen 7 -29291 (Warner Bros.) (Unichappell /Jot, BMI) hours. 19 13 17 SAD SONGS (SAY SO MUCH) Elton John, Geffen 7 -29292 (Warner Bros.) (Intersong, ASCAP) Sept. 28 -30, Tom T. Hall, Solid Gold Coun- (20) 24 4 NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO try, United Stations, three hours. Anne Murray & Dave Loggins, Capitol 5401 (Ensign, BMI) Sept. 28 -30, Cyndi Lauper, Rick Dees' 21 14 20 IF EVER YOU'RE IN MY ARMS AGAIN Peabo Elektra 7 -69728 (Alma Street, ASCAP /Snow /Dyad, hours. Bryson, /Prince Weekly Top 40, United Stations, four BMI)

Sept. 28-30, Pretenders, Superstars Rock 22 21 18 I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU Concert, Westwood One, 90 minutes. Dan Hartman, MCA 52378 (Multi -Level, BMI) 23 22 14 HOLD ME Sept. 28 -30, Name Game, Rock Chroni- Teddy Pendergrass And Whitney Houston, Asylum 7 -69720 (Elektra) cles, Westwood One, one hour. (Prince St. /Almo, ASCAP /DeCreed /Music Corporation Of America, BMI) Sept 28 -30, Collegiate Songs, Dr. De- (24) 28 3 DESERT MOON Dennis DeYoung, A &M 2666 (Grand Illusion, Almo, ASCAP) mento, Westwood One, two hours. 25 23 10 SHE LOVES ME (THE BEST THAT I CAN BE) Sept. 28-30, Fixx, A Flock Of Seagulls, James Ingram, QWest 7 -29235 (Warner Bros.) (WB /Nearytunes, GREAT EXPECTATIONS -Steve Allen discusses his appearance on The Rock Album Countdown, Westwood One, two ASCAP /Warner- Tamerlane /Nearysong, BMI) United Stations' "Great Sounds" program before taping the segment. Pic- 26 17 SOMEBODY'S EYES hours. Karla Bonoff, Columbia 38 -04472 (Ensign, BMI) tured from left are the show's host Ray Otis, United Stations operations Sept. 28 -30, Chuck Brown, Joyce Kenne- 27 32 2 WHO WEARS THESE SHOES? manager Lori Pinkerton, Allen and Doug Hall, the program's producer. dy, The Countdown, Westwood One, two Elton John, Geffen 7 -29189 (Warner Bros.) (Intersong, ASCAP) 26 11 STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART (INTO YOUR LIFE) hours. 28 Coyote Sisters, Morocco 1742 (Motown) (Welk/It Rains /Middlefield, BMI) Sept. 28 -30, Naked Eyes, The Source, 29 27 7 BULLISH NBC, 90 minutes. Herb Alpert Tijuana Brass, A &M 2655 (ANU,BMI /Ram Wave, ASCAP) 30 39 4 CARIBBEAN QUEEN (NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN) Sept. 29, Ricky Skaggs, The Silver Eagle, Billy Ocean, Jive /Arista 1 -9199 (Willesden /Zomba) If You Really Care ABC Entertainment Network, 90 minutes. 31 31 IF I'M STILL AROUND TOMORROW Sept. 29, Little Anthony, Solid Gold Satur- Sadao Watanabe Featuring Roberta Flack, Elektra 7 -69700 (Antisia, ASCAP) day Night, RKO Radioshows, five hours. . . . 32 36 LUCKY STAR About Music Sept. 29, Ringo's Yellow Submarine, ABC Madonna, Sire 7 -29177 (Warner Bros.) (WB /Bleu Disque /Webo Girl, FM Network, one hour. ASCAP) 33 37 SPECIAL GIRL Sept. 29-30, Kingston Trio, Music & Mem- Come To This Convention! America, Capitol 5398 (ATV /Mussel Schwartz, BMI) You Must ories, Strand Broadcast Services, one hour. 34 38 I'M SO EXCITED Sept. 29 -30, Missing Persons, Hot Rocks, Pointer Sisters, Planet 13857 (RCA) (Braintree /'Til Dawn /Blackwood, BMI) United Stations, one hour. REAL LIFE Sept. 29-30, Barry McGuire, Freddy Can- Sergio Mendes A &M 2672 (Snow,BMI /Hook & Line, ASCAP) non, Supertracks, Creative Radio Network, 36 29 11 SOMETHING SAID LOVE CM music MARATHON Rita Coolidge, A &M 2634 (Warner -Tamerlane /Writers House /Fifty Grand, three hours. BMI)

Sept. 30, Talking Heads profile, Rolling 37 42 THE LAST TIME I MADE LOVE Stone's Continuous History Of Rock & Roll, Joyce Kennedy And Jeffrey Osborne, A &M 2656 (Dyad /Steeple Chase, & THE 1984 MEW music AWARDS BMI) ABC Rock Radio Network, one hour. 38 30 7 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS Sept. 30, American Country Countdown Willie Nelson, Columbia 38 -04568 (Buddah/Turnpike Tom, ASCAP) with Bob Kingsley, ABC Entertainment Net- 39 33 19 ALIBIS Sergio Mendes, A &M 2639 (Snow, BMI/T. Mac, PRS /Bibo /Welk /Welbeck, November 8 -10 work, three hours. ASCAP) The Roosevelt Hotel Sept. 30, American Top 40 with Casey Ka- 40 35 15 TAKING IT ALL TOO HARD Genesis, Atlantic 7 -89656 (Pun /Warner Bros., ASCAP) sem, ABC Contemporary Network, four Madison Avenue at 45th Street 41 40 11 GHOSTBUSTERS hours. Ray Parker, Jr., Arista 1 -9212 (Golden Torch /Raydiola, ASCAP) New York City Oct. 1, Stephen Stills, Rockline, Global 42 34 17 JUMP (FOR MY LOVE) Pointer Sisters, Planet 13780 (RCA) (Welbeck /Stephen Satellite Network, 90 minutes. Mitchell /Anidraks /Porchester, ASCAP) Oct. 1, Steve Van Zant, Inner -View, Inner - $55 Registration (until Oct 1) $75 (atter Oct 1 and at the door) 43 41 ONLY WHEN YOU LEAVE (Includes entrance to all Marathon and Awards events EXCEPT Awards dinner View Network, one hour. Spandau Ballet, Chrysalis 4 -42792 (Reformation, ASCAP) 44 45 2 CRUEL SUMMER banquet and cocktail party ) Oct. 1 -7, Country Music Month special Bananarama, London 810127 -7 (PolyGram) (MCA, ASCAP) $100 Awards dinner banquet. cocktail party and ceremony ONLY -does not part one, Country Closeup, Narwood Produc- 45 43 20 ALMOST PARADISE...LOVE THEME FROM FOOTLOOSE include Marathon tions, one hour. Mike Reno And Ann Wilson, Columbia 38 -04418 (Ensign, BMI) $160 Combination Registration. Marathon. Awards ceremony and Awards dinner 46 44 22 SELF CONTROL Oct. 1 -7, Lionel Hampton, The Music Mak- banquet /cocktail party Laura Branigan, Atlantic 7 -89676 (Edition Sunrise /Careers, BMI) ers, Narwood Productions, one hour. 47 46 12 SEXY GIRL Oct. 1 -7, Ian Anderson, Rock Over London, Glenn Frey, MCA 52413 (Night River /Red Cloud, ASCAP) Indicate quantity and make check or money order payable to CMI Media Radio International, one hour. 48 47 6 RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE Check must be included with registration form Eurythmics, RCA 13695 (Blue Network, ASCAP) Oct. 1 -7, The Best Of Gilley's part one, 49 48 L.A. IS MY LADY NAME ADDRESS Live From Gilley's, Westwood One, one hour. Frank Sinatra, QWest 7 -29223 (Warner Bros) (Frank Sinatra/Threesome /YellowBrick Road, ASCAP) VISA and MASTERCARD accepted Oct. 1 -7, O'Jays, Special Edition, 50 49 LOVELY LADY Mad to CMJ Music Marathon. c 'o CM! Media Westwood One, one hour. George Fishoff, Lisa 001 (George Fishoff, ASCAP) 834 Willis Avenue. Albertson. NY 11507 Oct. 1 -7, Billy Squier, Off The Record Spe- For more information contact Joanne Abbot Green. 516- 248 -9600 cial, Westwood One, one hour. CI Bullets are awarded to those products demonstrating the greatest airplay gains this week (Prime Movers). Oct. 1 -7, Kansas, In Concert, Westwood Recording Industry Assn. of America seal for sales of 1,000,000 units (seal indicated by dot). Recording Industry Assn. of America seal for sales of 2,000,000 units (seal indicated by triangle). One, 90 minutes.

www.americanradiohistory.com 24 Retailing Record World Chain Touts Gains New Products Expansion Plans Unveiled At Web's Annual Convention By FRED GOODMAN cord World stores, Imber noted has led the chain to add more depth changes in buying, a restructuring of and width to many of its CD sec- HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -With 40% several warehouse departments, the tions, with product from all the ma- of their annual volume done between leasing of a tractor -trailer, and "ma- jors and some imports being stocked. Labor Day and Christmas, manage- jor revisions" in computers and Although Imber maintained that the ment teams from the 57 Record staffing. LP's popularity will start to fade over World/TSS outlets met here Sept. Shifting product mix was also not- the next five years, he called balanced 13 -14 for the chain's annual conven- ed by Imber, who told managers that stocking in the interim problematic. tion. The two-day program focused the outfit is "looking for more vol- "A store is a finite space. Obviously, almost exclusively oh new product ume in blank video," and expects something's got to give." presentations by major labels and Compact Discs -which now account Boutique items may lose some of a forum volume "go suppliers, but also provided for 3% of the chain's -to their space, although Imber noted, evolving As part of those for the chain's growth and through the roof." "We were never crazy into boutique, mix. expectations, the firm has already en- product always going in and out of items as it will soon bring larged and tape departments Expansion plans the CD made sense." He estimated that the Record World/ in its Manhasset warehouse. the total number of chain currently does 88% of its sales with store number "We have stores have sold as TSS outlets to 60, that in prerecorded music, with blank The Sound Accessories Corp. of North Hollywood, Calif., introduces its London, Conn., worth of CDs in a 58 opening in New much as $5,000 tape and other accessories taking the wire rack /plastic box set, which holds 10 beta or VHS videocassettes. The leased depart- he approximately and two more TSS week," said. With lion's share of the remaining percent- racks are available in various color schemes and can be wall mounted, set for October. The chain ex- two -thirds of the chain's outlets uti- ments age. Floor space could also be gained stood on a table and stacked. The VBX 10 sells for approximately $35. $50 mil- lizing players for in -store expo- pects sales of approximately CD with the increasing popularity of cas- Imber said Record World will lion this year. sure, settes, which will account for 50% of gains manu- "We've made significant continue to take advantage of Record World's prerecorded music 12 chain presi- programs that put Record Bar Expanding; over the last months," facturers' discount sales by year's end. attendees dur- models in the store. go- dent Roy Imber told demo "We're The web has also been experiment- on Friday more from Poly - ing his opening remarks ing to buy some ing with video rental departments of 13 New Outlets To Open (14). In addition to the addition of Gram," he noted. video rental departments in four Re- The growth of the configuration (Continued on opposite page) HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - sible takeovers. Nor are they ruling Expansion plans for Record Bar will out getting into another business see the Durham, N.C.-based retail through an acquisition. Push At VSDA Meeting powerhouse combining familiar and Cruickshank, who has engineered `Empire' Sale Urged new ventures in the coming year. a five-year program for the company to that includes a heavy emphasis on By EARL PAIGE legislation backed by the Motion Pic- mated 14,000 home video specialty While the chain will continue operation human systems, claims that such em- ture Assn. of America (MPAA). stores to sell 90 copies. That's broaden its area of product FULLERTON, Calif. Members services in fiscal '85 with the ap- phasis can hasten Record Bar's - Pough stresses that the sale push 1,250,785 pieces. The idea is to show and of the Southern California chapter of several video stores and moves into other product lines and on "Empire," set for Nov. 12 release, we can push a movie over the $100 pearance of Cr the Video Software Dealers Assn. the addi- help weave an acquired outfit into the is his idea and not VSDA's. At the million gross mark. 'Empire' grossed Napoleon's Grocery shops, (VSDA) were encouraged here re- will over- fabric of Record Bar. same time, he says that VSDA's so- million theatrically. tion of 13 new record outlets m Gently to mount a new kind of battle $323 "One of our goals is to be the most called First Sale battle will become "As far as our audience goes," he shadow expansion in any other area. against video rental legislation: a Aside from one store each slated sophisticated human systems compa- even more vigorous now, noting that continues, "there are now 16 million 00 "sellout." With hopes that the idea for New Mexico and Texas, the chain nies in the world," he says. "We see the lobbying budget has been in- VCR owners, so we're targeting only will spread, backers want stores to will concentrate on its strongest re- customer service and personal creased by 540 %. VSDA is joined in 13% of our audience to buy this a) sell enough copies of the $79.95 -list gion, the Southeast, with stores being growth as meta -programs. We think r. the Capitol Hill battle by the Home movie." Pough says he chose "Em- "The Empire Strikes Back" to gross readied for Florida, Missouri, Louisi- we can take that and transcend into Recording Rights Coalition pire" because "it has tremendous (Ni $100 million. ana, Virginia, Alabama and South other businesses." (HRRC). *pre- release momentum. It's not some ix Admitting there's some irony in Carolina. Cruickshank asserts that the com- Pough argues that additional ef- off-the -wall title without a chance to choosing that title with which to Napoleon's Grocery, Record Bar's pany is presently short on trained m forts are called for because many sell, but it's still a challenge at wage war against Hollywood, VSDA gourmet food shop, will open its sec- personnel who can move into man- dealers believe VSDA and MPAA $79.95." ávice president John Pough, founder ond outlet in October, with two more agement slots. "We need a base of are in a kind of legislative stalemate. Paramount Home Video chief Mel FL of the local chapter here, cites a num- planned for the Southeast within the people to support our growth with N However, he claims, if the belief that ber of reasons why he came up with Harris' remarks at VSDA's recent year. Similarly, The Video Store, a systemic integrity," he says. "Right home video retailers are primarily in- the marketing ploy unveiled Sept. 11. convention are credited by Pough three -store chain of rental outlets, now our problem is a lack of people terested in rental rather than sale in- "If we showed Hollywood a gross with helping to spur him on. "Harris will be duplicated this year for a total trained for management positions. come ean be changed, "First Sale on one movie of $100 million, how talks about how we [dealers] just pick of six. In addition to new store open- We're demanding a very high level of would just go away as an issue." could they go to Washington and up the apples on the ground that fall ings, the company has also assembled Pough, the proprietor of Video- professionalism." complain they are not sharing fairly when ripe, and how we haven't an acquisition team to search out That same message was recently cassettes Unlimited in Santa Ana, the in the home video industry?" asks picked the other apples still on compatible retail operations. carried to the chain's managers, dur- tosses out a lot of figures to make his describing the Pough, who is among the staunchest tree," says Pough, "We've targeted all like businesses ing the opening business session of case. "We're asking each of the esti- for opponents of proposed video rental Paramount executive's metaphor in the United States," says Ron Record Bar's convention here Sept. rental vs. sale income. Cruickshank, Record Bar's chief ex- 10 (Billboard, Sept. 22). Cruickshank Pough says he expected resistance ecutive officer. More specifically, he told employees, "the best way to get a from chapter members, but instead adds that moderate sized mall stores promotion is to develop your people. received "enough questions to keep are what the chain knows best. We have a need for emerging leader- me up there 30 minutes after the "We're trying to identify impor- ship during this period of rapid AlimaimeNI meeting was closed." tant variables," says Cruickshank, growth. What we're looking for is the He notes, "A lot of dealers just adding that the team has already (Continued on opposite page) haven't gotten into selling movies. compiled a 12 -page checklist for pos- They wanted to know what to do. I explained that they could net $24.95 on one transaction by selling 'Em- pire' (assuming a $55 cost and 6% Pi California sales tax). The famous recording "But they have to go through 27.5 the 40's, 50's, and transactions at the national average company of of $2 a night just to get their $55 cost early 60's still ships those back, before they can start netting ORIGINAL RECORDINGS anything. And there's 27.5 more by the transactions because each customer ORIGINAL HIT ARTISTS. Buy 1,000 LP Santa brings the rental back, so it's really 55 transactions." Hollywood still takes its lumps Cash in on the constant demand for Get 1,000 LP or Cassette from Pough in terms of the negative feedback he got. "Many say that Specialty's Little Richard, Larry Williams, without return guarantees, they can't Lloyd Price, Sam Cooke's Gospel, Soul afford to order 90 copies," he says. "My answer is that most distributors Stirrers, Pilgrim Travelers, etc. by con- FREE! would work out something with a tacting me. (Net cost 12C each) dealer ordering 90 copies, but the stu- dios shouldn't put this responsibility Joey Mattia on the distributors. Just like they shouldn't put all their p -o -p responsi- Specialty Records, Inc. bility on the distributors." 8300 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90069 As one of the MPAA's most vocal 656 -7711 Available Phone (213) MIIP1. MI . Other Designs opponents, Pough laughs off any \ I \ ]I AIM Our entire catalog now available on cassette. r Er MI 5331 N. Tacoma Indianapolis. Indiana 46220 . 13171 251-391B or 13171 253 -4321 (Continued on opposite page) bowers ....1 www.americanradiohistory.com Retailing 25 Target Readies TV Push For Records /Tapes /Video

By FAYE ZUCKERMAN firm's overall $3.5 billion in sales. voted to each manufacturer that pays Lost Ark', " which lists for $39.95. Target's move toward dealing di- This year, the record departments are for MTV ad time. CBS and Poly - Target stores have found that sale rectly with manufacturers started in MINNEAPOLIS -Three hun- expected to see a 30% sales increase Gram are said to be participating. for the VHS video system greatly 1980, when Dayton Hudson acquired dred commercial spots on MTV from 1983's figures. Target's fall campaign will also in- overpowered Beta, which is being Indiana's Aryway stores. Aryway starting Oct. 7 will launch the 217 - According to Lewis Kennedy, a di- clude a major marketing push for phased out, Farr adds. "Of course, was being racked by an in -house ser- store Target chain's holiday selling vision manager for Target, records, Compact Discs, according to Farr. there will be those exceptions when vice, and it was the success of that in- we will sell Beta," he says, "but basi- season scheme to build store traffic tapes and video showed a 38% in- By late October, nearly half the house operation, Jetco, that prompt- cally selection will be VHS." for its record/tape and prerecorded crease from 1982 to 1983, compared chain's stores will be carrying CDs, our ed Target to set up its own direct Workout," at video department. The television to an overall companywide sales in- he says. "Don't forget that the Target "Jane Fonda's buying system. is be only higher- campaign will cost a reported crease of 14 %. "We have had a busy Circular is read by 50 million people. $59.95, said to the a top seller on $300,000. year," Kennedy says. "In nine We will be featuring products in priced title to become Bar In VHS Record The "fall blitz," as John Farr, head months, we converted 65 stores to there as well," he adds. both Beta and for Target. The record buyer for the chain, describes Jetco [direct buying]." Kennedy does not preclude the $19.95 price point is thought to bode Major Expansion it, was announced at Target's second Buying directly from manufactur- possibility that computer software well in the 217 stores, but Target offi- annual record /tape and video mer- ers has allowed the stores to offer low might eventually come under the cials are talking about trying out even Continued from opposite page chandising meeting here, Sept. 12 -15. pricing on "hit" product, which some Jetco umbrella. "If video proves via- lower prices. development of the people under- This year's meeting marked the start believe contributed to 1983's surge in ble, then computer software might be As for computer software, Target's neath you." of the first fall selling season when sales. "Our goal for the fall and the next area to expand into," he computer buyer Jim Adams says it is With the newly formed Mid - the retailing unit of Dayton Hudson Christmas is to come out clean, get says. being sold chainwide. The computer America video distribution arm pres- Corp. will be buying directly from rid of slow product and put a strong Sales of prerecorded video pack- departments carry Coleco, Atari and ently grossing about $500,000 per record labels and manufacturers effort behind the movies [home ages have been hampered by high Commodore hardware as well as month, Cruickshank says Record through its racking service, Jetco. video]." prices, according to Jetco video mer- about 150 software titles. Bar has "all the capabilities to It took Target nearly two years to Target's Farr predicts that the chandisers. "While I would describe "I wouldn't describe sales as sky- emerge as a real leader in the busi- convert to direct buying; Pickwick MTV advertisements, which provide sales as good, Target customers are rocketing," Adams says. "Sales are ness. It's also compatible with what was racking some of its stores in the "a futuristic image," will solidify not the type to spent $80 on a mov- steadily increasing. The growth in we do already, and our people like it spring. "Few people realize that the Target's role as a major record outlet. ie," Farr explains. He notes that the the computer area is very slow. We and can identify with it." The cre- size of our record departments is He describes the advertisements as chain "did well with 'Raiders Of The are projecting accordingly." ation of Mid-America also allows Re- 3,000 titles. That is bigger than some reminiscent of the movie "Blade Adams attributes the steady cord Bar a chance to transform a cost mom -and -pop record stores," points Runner." "We want to keep the im- growth in software sales to the fact center -the warehouse for the out George Smith, a sales manager age that we are on the leading edge of Record World that Target carries computer hard- chain -into a profit center through for Target. mass retailing," Farr notes. ware, and customers tend to pur- core utilization. In 1983, record /tape sales ac- The tv spot cost $30,000 to pro- Holds Confab chase software at the same location Although it has said it wants to be counted for more than 2% of the duce. About 18 seconds will be de- where they buy their hardware. He a dominant retailer of video, Record Continued from opposite page notes that this buying pattern has be- Bar sees the rental business as incom- between 500 and 1,000 titles at four come a trend for the computer patible with its mall locations. Dur- `Empire' Sale Push Is Urged locations, two in suburban malls. industry. ing 1985, the chain will be slowly ex- "It's too soon to say how well they're Entertainment software accounts panding its sale -only video sections in Continued from previous page doing," said Imber. "We want to for 55% of Target's computer soft- Record Bar outlets, while adding learn from them." Unlike Record ware sales, Adams estimates, with three more of the separate Video , credibility gap he could suffer by now which began on the state level but is v Bar, Imber's outfit claims rental can 15 rental outlets in North Caroli- touting sales. He says he also urged said by Wadley to be branching out, educational software at about %. Store work in a mall. Virginia. the chapter to support Continental has yet to take a stand on the First Home management programs make na and up the remaining 30 FRED GOODMAN Video's Olympics package as another Sale issue. Pough and Wadley "I think the key is who you're %. m clashed in March when Pough was title that can be sold. drawing from," he said. "We started N The VSDA vice president also told he couldn't attend a VRA meet- video in a high -scale market near our downplays the notion that the small- ing featuring MPAA president Jack Manhasset warehouse. Our second Valenti (Billboard, March 24). 1 o er, controversial Video Retailers outlet was an enclosed mall out on 0D Assn. (VRA) is attempting to pre- Still asserting a neutral stand, Long Island, the third a store in 161tX NO 126221 A empt the sale -push issue. VRA, head- Wadley says that VRA has since held Hamden, Conn., and the fourth our ed by Auburn, Calif. retailer Rodger meetings featuring spokespeople Madison Ave. store in Manhattan. 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WOULD YOU BUY A POSTER FROM THIS MAN? Now Playing C St OUT Stores Cope With Inconsistent Pricing By FAYE ZUCKERMAN says that prices need to become com- perts say, there will always be a mar- ALE patible. "Software prices depend on ket for computer games." A weekly column focusing on hard- the computer, the category and the Adds Stuart Kaye, the national SAL E ware and software developments in company," she notes. "We have sales director: "Because of the pric- the home computer industry. prices across the board, and nothing ing, we expect to attract a whole new is consistent." range of outlets for the product line, The mad rush to get computer * * * including drug stores, supermarkets, software product displayed on mass convenience stores, bookstores, Another merchandisers' shelves has resulted company: An adventure newsstands and record stores." film company, Classic Family Enter- in inconsistent pricing structures and By November, some 10 titles will fluctuations that have the discount tainment Ltd., has joined forces with be made available for the Commo- Mastertronic, stores adding and dropping lines which sells computer dore 64 computer. In 1985, Master - Lately, everyone seems to be getting into the rock & roll accessories business. There software in the U.K., to set up a corn - whenever new pricing is announced. tronic plans to expand its line to in- is a good reason for this. puter game in CBS Software, which has changed company the U.S. clude other computer systems. It's a huge market out there. Lots of stores are making lots of money tapping the Sidney Niekerk, its wholesale prices three times dur- president of the Mastertronic is said to have estab- demand for artist oriented merchandise. joint venture, says software ing the summer, will not comment on prices lished a 40% share of the British How do you choose a supplier? will be its new prices. The lowering of retail $8.99. "I know that the com- computer game market. A spokes- need a display program. puter game industry been You demand selection. You want service. You quality prices is seen as an attempt to get into has experi- man for the firm says that it has encing waning You also want to deal with someone who will be around. Someone who can fill your the larger chains such as Target, sales," he says. But, shipped more than one million titles he adds, reorders. which has 217 stores. "Regardless of what the ex- there. You don't need a fly -by-night outfit. You need CP ROCK! Jim Adams, the computer buyer Survey for Week Ending 9, 29/84 POSTERS BUTTONS STICKERS for Target, says he pays between $8 TOUR PROGRAMS PHOTOS DECALS and $49 at cost for software. The $8 Billbard R POSTCARDS ROCKSEES CONCERT ART releases include Atari's "Ms. Pac- ALL ARTIST AUTHORIZED PRODUCT Man" and "Jungle Hunt." CP ROCK TOLL FREE -1-800 -852 -3087 Parker Brothers, known for its 2550 DEL MONTE ST. BLDG. D CALIFORNIA 1.800.8528871 high prices, wholesales its line of soft- WEST SACRAMENTO. CA 95691 ware at about $29. The titles retail for lop about $49. It is believed that Target will drop the line, deeming it too expensive. . Original Quality Glossy Of the major third party software Video PRINTS vendors, educational software maker DIVIDER CARDS Spinnaker Software offers mass mar- FOR PENNIES keters the lowest wholesale prices. Its ALL SIZES AVAILABLE line generally sells for $13, with a These are the best selling home video games suggested retail price ranging from ó t ó B &W or full - " compiled from retail outlets by the Billboard .ö and up $29.95 to $49.95. i N0 15c color tl N research department u' ° For its products geared to an adult 3 .. ° TITLE Mass. firm *2 ö ., For FANS & audience, the Cambridge, I- -I Why Pay More? prices. For example, re- 3 Manufacturer, Catalog Number PROMO offers higher abut $20 for Guy Noun's WEEKS Direct from Manufacturer tailers pay AB 1 i Activision -035 PITFALL I ' l 26 II AT x 1 Call or W rite aerobics program. JJ made from Leading software firm Electronic Sam Lempert print or Arts sells its line of entertainment ti- Brothers 5360 (212) 782 -2322 negative tles to retailers for $20. The suggest- 2 5 58 Q- BERT Parker 109 So. 5th Street. Brooklyn. N.Y. I I21 t ed retail price is $49. The San Mateo, 3 2 5 TARZAN Coleco 2632 AL -LEN CUTTING CO. Calif. company charges $25 for "Cut Write for brochures & samples Special Volume Rates & Paste," a home management title. 2694 MASS PHOTO Mass retailers pay Scarborough 4 9 58 POLE POSITION Atari CX We Buy Used and COMPANY Software about $39 for "Networth," 5 6 106 FROGGER Parker Brothers 5300 Obsolete Cards 1315 B Waugh. Houston TX 77019 a home management product that re- tails for $79.95. Epyx Software charges $17.50 for its new package 6 4 5 STAR TREK Coleco 2680 "The World's Greatest Baseball Game." The firm does not recom- 7 3 56 DECATHLON Activision AZ 030 mend suggested list prices; retailers 10 78 CENTIPEDE Atari CX 2676 say the title sells for $35. 8 With hardware prices on a decline, software prices are expected to drop, 9 12 18 WARGAMES Coleco 2637 Lry hardly justify a $50 as customers can NimpA 10 ' r' ' QIX Atari CX 5212 software package to run on a $100 machine. 2440 8700 CAPITAL OAK PARK, MI 48237 Betsy Nicoll, a saleswoman with 11 13 3 BUMP 'N' JUMP Coleco The Software Spot in Los Angeles, 12 11 10 STAR WARS Parker Bros.

iAccessories 13 14 88 RIVER RAID Activision AX -018 We We the Rock 14 7 5 ROCK AND ROPE Coleco 2668 in Licence tickers Bumpe Ex u 15 23 46 POPEYE Parker Brothers 5370 Tapestries Caps 16 8 5 REAL SPORTS BASEBALL Atari CX 5209 Painters Buttons 17 16 64 BURGER TIME Intellivision 4549 Studded Leather Bandanas Leading Wholesaler of 18 17 28 FRENZY Coleco 2613 Earrings Audio/ Punk Oore All Brands of Headbands Video Tape, Computer 19 18 40 SPACE SHUTTLE Activision AX 033 Diskettes, Recorder/ 20 36 CONGO BONGO Sega 006 -01 Sunglasses Computer Care & 20 Accessories 21 15 5 ANT -ARTIC ADVENTURE Coleco 2429 FOR *Monthly Specials CALL *Complete FREE 22 25 15 H.E.R.O. Activision AZ 038 CATALOG & FREE GIFT Wholesale Catalog Available 23 21 30 MARIO BROTHERSAtari CX2697

1- 800 -521 -5946 CALL TOLL FREE 24 22 7 ROBOTRON Atari CX 5225 1- 800 -334 -2484 In NC. 1-800-672-2802 25 -r..a. WAR ROOM Odyssey 2153 CL Raleigh/Cary, 919-467-3302 P.O. Box 884 Dept. BB Cary, NC 27511 Denotes cartrdge awii,dity 1a play on hardware =diorama

www.americanradiohistory.com Video 27 New LP Rteleoses Music Programming /Tape This hosting of new LP /Tape releases is designed DESIGN CA M5G 24046 $8.98 to enabla retailers and radio programmers to be Dancing In A Trance Join up -to-the minute on available new product. The LP Hib -Tone HT 8406 NA Hands LP Geffen GHS 24047 (WEA) 38 98 MTV Adds & Rotation following configuration abbreviations are used: As of 9/19/84 HIGHWAY CHILE CA M5G 24047 $8.98 LP- albom; EP- extended play; CD- Compact For The Wild And Lonely Disc; CA- cassette; 8T -8 -track cartridge; Kaleidoscope This repon does not include those videos in recurrent or oldie rotation. For further information, contact Buzz LP Mirus MRG 60004 (MMI) $6.98 LP Geffen GHS 24048 (WEA) 98.98 NA -price not available. Multiple records and/ CA MRG4 Brindle, director of music/programming, MTV, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036. 60004 $6.98 CA M5G 24048 88.98 or tapes in a set appear within parentheses fol- lowing the manufacturer number. JONES, RICKIE LEE A Kiss In The Dream House NEW VIDEOS ADDED: The Magazine LP Geffen GHS 24049 (WEA) 88.98 LP Warner Bros. 1 25117 (WEA). 98.98 CA M5G 24049 98.98 Backsters, "Hand Clappin'," A &M CA 425117 98.98 Bananarama, "The Wild Life," MCA Juju POPULAR ARTISTS LET'S ACTIVE LP Geffen GHS 24050 (WA) 38.98 Belfegore, "All That I Wanted," Elektra Cypress CA M5G 24050 38 98 Black Uhuru, "Solidarity," Island LP I.R.S. SP 70648 96.98 AZTEC CAMERA CA SPC 70648 96.98 Once Upon A Time - Bobby & the Midnites, "America," Columbia Knife The Single MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER LP Geffen GHS 24051 (WEA) 88.98 Dave Edmunds, "Something About You," Columbia LP Sire 1 25183 (1NEA) 88.98 CA 4 Mannheim Steamroller CA M5G 24051 (WEA) 88.98 Hanoi Rocks, "Up Around The Bend," Epic 25183 $8.98 Christmas Nocturne 2 Corey BUFFETT, JIMMY LP American Gramaphone AG Hart, "It Ain't Enough," EMI America 1984 LP Geffen GHS 24052 (2) (WEA) $10.98 Riddles In The Sand $16.98 CA 2G5 24052 Iron Maiden, "2 Minutes To Midnite," Capitol LP MCAMCA5512 $8.98 CA AGC 910.98 9 10.98 CA MCAC 5512 Juluka, "Fever," Warner Bros. $8.98 ORLANDO, TONY, & TALKING HEADS Kiss, "Heaven's On Fire," Mercury CHANCE TONI WINE Stop Making Sense Lionel Richie, "Penny Lover," Motown Gimme The Chance Orlando & Wine LP Sire 1 25121 (WEA) 89.98 LP Happy Beat LH 106 NA LP Triad TELP 1002 98.98 CA 4 25121 $9.98 Santera, "Can't Shake You," Passport dB's CA TEC 1002 $8.98 VARIOUS ARTISTS Twisted Sister, "I Wanna Rock," Atlantic Like This PAPER BAG Radio Tokyo Tapes, Volume I LP Ear E Van Halen, "Hot For Teacher," Warner Bros. LP Bearsville 1 25146 (WEA) $8.98 Pass The Test Movie 1088 (Enigma) NA CA 4 25146 $8.98 EP Happy Beat LH 107 NA WINE, TONI DEATH OF A SALESMAN RUFF, MICHAEL See Tony Orlando Original Cast Recording Once In A Lifetime LP MCA MCA 2 4182 $8.98 LP Warner Bros. 1 25159 HEAVY ROTATION (maximum 4 plays a day): CA MCAC 4182 $8.98 (WEA) $8.98 BLACK THIE DEL FUEGOS CA 4 25159 38.98 Bananarama, "Cruel Summer," London The Longest Day SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES BARGONETTI LP 1 Slash 25174 (WEA) $8.98 The Scream LP ()west 1 25147 (WEA) $8.98 David Bowie, "Blue Jean," EMI America CA 425174 $8.98 LP Geffen GHS 24046 (WEA) 38.98 Lindsey Buckingham, "Go Insane," Elektra (Continued on page 53) John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band, "On The Dark Side," Scotti Bros. Cars, "Drive," Elektra Chicago, "Hard Habit To Break," Full Moon/Warner Bros. Fixx, "Are We Ourselves," MCA Glenn Frey, "Smuggler's Blues," MCA Sammy Hagar, "I Can't Drive 55," Geffen Honeymoon Suite, "New Girl Now," Warner Bros. TO MAKE A CASSETTE TAPE SOUND LIKE MUSIC, Billy Idol, "Flesh For Fantasy," Chrysalis Jackson, "Torture," Epic YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHAT MUSIC SOUNDS LIKE. Think about it. What other tape manufacturer also builds professional It is this unique combination of technical and musical expertise that Jefferson Starship, "Lay It On The Line," Grunt /RCA recording equipment including 24 -track and digital studio tape led Denon to use Dynamic Distortion Testing to opt mite DX cassette ICrokus, "Midnight Maniac," Arista recorders? What other tape manufacturer has 72 years of experience as a tape performance in the presence of real musical signals. not mere major record company? Cyndi Lauper, "She Other tape manufacturers may talk about "digital laboratory test tones. The result is the most musical of all cassette tape. Bop," Portrait ready," but do you know Denon developed the digital recording process Denon DX- Cassette tape When we claim its better, we say It with Huey Lewis, "If This Is It," Chrysalis m 1972? music. Madonna, "Lucky Star," Sire Night Ranger, "When You Close Your Eyes," Camel/MCA Prince, "Let's Go Crazy," Warner Bros. Scorpions, "Still Loving You," Mercury DENON Sheila E., "Glamorous Life," Warner Bros. Rick Springfield, "Bop 'Til You Drop," RCA Bruce Springsteen, "Dancing In The Dark," Columbia Billy Squier, "Rock Me Tonight," Capitol Rod Stewart, "Some Guys Have All The Luck,' Warner Bros. Tina Turner, "Better Be Good To Me," Capitol DENON DX1 90 0.0,551 `31B '. John Waite, "Missing You," EMI America DENON DX3 r?O Peter Wolf, "Lights Out," EMI America DENON DX4 N Yes, "It Can Happen," Ateo DENON DX7 r) .11 1111,),, MEDIUM ROTATION (maximum 3 plays a day): DENON YM w DX8 'at)

Berlin, "Dancing In Berlin," Geffen Black n' Blue, "Hold On To 18," Geffen Cars, "Hello Again," Elektra Bruce Cockburn, "Lovers In A Dangerous Time," A &M Dennis DeYoung, "Desert Moon," A &M Difford & Tilbrook, "Love's Crashing Waves," A &M Ronnie James Dio, "Mystery," Warner Bros. Dragon, "Rain," Polydor Everly Brothers, "On The Wings Of A Nightingale," Mercury Fastway, "All Fired Up," Columbia Frankie Goes To Hollywood, "Two Tribes," Island Go -Go's, "Yes Or No," IRS Herbie Hancock, "Hard Rock," Columbia Helix, "Rock You," Capitol Jermaine Jackson, "Dynamite," Arista Missing Persons, "Surrender My Heart," Capitol Naked Eyes, "(What) In The Name Of," EMI America Billy Ocean, "Caribbean Queen," Jive Pointer Sisters, "I'm So Excited," RCA Rail, "One-Two-Three -Four Rock," EMI America Ratt, "Wanted Man," Atlantic Lou Reed, "I Love You Suzanne," RCA Romeo Void, "A Girl In Trouble," Columbia Spandau Ballet, "Only When You Leave," Chrysalis Stephen Stills, "Stranger," Atlantic Donna Summer, "There Goes My Baby," Geffen Roger Taylor, "Strange Frontier," Capitol Thompson Twins, "You Take Me Up," Arista Wham! U.K., "Wake Me Up," Columbia Y &T, "Don't Stop Runnin'," A &M Zebra, "Wait Until The Summer's Gone," Atlantic

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Gary U.S. Bonds, "Standing In The Line Of Fire," Phoenix Laura Branigan, "The Lucky One," Atlantic Chequered Past, "How Much Is Too Much," EMI America Comateens, "Resist Her," Mercury Chris DeBurgh, "Ecatal Of Bht;" A &M Barry Gibb, "Shine Shine," MCA Grim Reaper, "See You In Hell," RCA Nrpp?nColurntpaCo.. Lai No. 14.14.4.CTiorne.Akasata.MrtyKu.Tdryo107.Japan Jools Holland, "Crazy Over You," IRS lueonmpar>3350GrMtnA sMnxr.®,eyrH4t¡AI`roi57,7330.anatla. SH T.6,4339 Hoodoo Gurus, "I Want You Back," A &M Illustrated Man, "Head Over Heels," Capitol INXS, "Burn For You," Ateo Jakata, "Hell Is On The Run," Morocco (Continued on page 57)

www.americanradiohistory.com 28 New On BIIboard Survey for Week Ending 9/29/84 The Chai'ts_ (ornpuer A weekly feature spotlighting a new opyrg ht 1984, Billboard Publications Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise. without the prior written permission of the publisher. title on Billboard's computer software orm or by any means, electronic or video games chart. ENTERTAINMENT TOP 20 .___Disk .-Cartridge *- Cassette N N Y Y O C

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www.americanradiohistory.com Video 29 3M /A.C. Nielsen Study Finds Rental Way Up, Purchasing Down By TONY SEIDEMAN 20% rented, 24% bought and 40% The survey finds that, from a pop- did both; in 1983, 14% bought, 74% ulation of 300,000 in 1980, the num- NEW YORK - The number of rented and 78% did both. ber of prerecorded videocassette rent- VCR owners renting prerecorded Featuring numbers rather than ers had soared to 5,550,000 by the videocassettes exploded by almost comment, the 3M study does not end of 1983. And, it adds, "Renters 200% between 1980 and 1983. But speculate why the figures turned out seem to be dedicated consumers of the share of owners buying product the way that they did. But indus- this form of home entertainment," slumped by 58% for the same period. tryites have long ascribed the drop in pointing out that renters checked out These numbers come from a sur- purchasing share to the arrival of a a total of 37.6 cassettes during 1983 vey of 805 VCR owners conducted less well -off, less purchase -oriented compared to 18.9 in 1980. Reflecting by the A.C. Nielsen company for 3M. consumer in the marketplace. the industry feeling that 1982 was a According to the 3M study, the per- At the same time that more and bad year for the home video business, cent of VCR owners who bought and more consumers have been renting the study found that rentals per con- PLUCKY GIRL -Cyndi Lauper takes time off from co- hosting "New York rented cassettes was almost equal in prerecorded videocassettes, the popu- sumer dropped from 35.8 in 1981 to Hot Tracks" to give some music lessons. Shown from left are the show's 1980, with purchasing leading by lation of VCR owners has soared. 29.1 the following year, when home co -host and WKTU New York air personality Carlos DeJesus, Lauper, "Hot 4 %, 24% to rental's 20 %. The study concludes that "the abso- video manufacturers tried to enforce Tracks" associate producer Ellen Davis and Harvey Leeds, Epic /Portrait/ But by the next year, the survey lute number of homes with VCRs has rental plans. Associated Labels national director of video production. finds, rental's percentage had more grown five -fold since 1980," jumping Although the total numbers for than doubled to 51 %, while sales be- from 1.5 million to a total of 7.5 mil- purchasing are far less glorious than gan .q.'gradual slump to 23 %. Rental lion by the end of 1983. they are for rental, the increase in Christian Artists Climbing có4)ihued to gain and sales sagged The 3M /A.C. Nielsen figure is population and activity has led to a shatply in 1983, according to the somewhat lower than the numbers near quadrupling in the number of On Promo Clip Bandwagon study, when 62% of VCR owners quoted by many in the business. people who buy prerecorded video- rented product while only 15% Many other surveys say that by the cassettes, from 360,000 in 1980 to By ANDREW ROBLIN bought it. And in 1983, the disparity end of last year there were more than more than a million in 1983, accord- NASHVILLE - Since conquer- putting together another reel for re- became even more extreme, with nine million units in consumers' ing to the 3M /A.C. Nielsen report. ing the rock world three years ago, lease in the fourth quarter, according 74% renting and only 14% buying. homes. Such estimates do not take Those who buy do so rather regu- video has continued its seemingly ir- to Balman. The new reel will feature A lot of the renters were buying into account "multiple VCRs within larly, with consumers averaging a reversible march through other mu- clips by Leon Patillo, Russ Taff, Phil- and a lot of the buyers were renting a household, sales to institutions, and purchase of 3.6 units each for 1983, sic idioms. lip Bailey and Carman. during the time period surveyed, ac- obsolete or broken VCRs," the cur- the study finds. The number was Christian music, like other genres, The label has entered the long - cording to 3M's figures. In 1980, rent study claims. (Continued on page 34) is now succumbing to video's blan- form arena as well. Word now mar- dishments. But while other types of kets concert videos by Amy Grant, music reach the public through innu- the Imperials and Russ Taff. The merable television outlets, Christian company's catalog also includes a videos-especially those lacking children's video with Ginger Brook crossover appeal-must work from a and the "Believercise" workout much more limited programming video. base. Sparrow Records has made signifi- Copyright 1984.idëódisk Billboard Publications. Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced. Too 20 "We're looking for inroads for cant inroads into secular television stored in a retrieval system. or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechani- general placement," says Loren Bal- with videos by Sheila Walsh and cal. photocopying. recording, or otherwise. without the prior written permission of the publisher. Survey for Week Ending 9'29/84 man, special projects director for Steve Taylor. Since its release in Ä biggest ó t Word Records. "The prob- June, 1983, Walsh's "Mystery" clip Y L: G, 'ÿ, C lem is getting a platform so we can has aired on ON -TV, WTBS's ,, W r- N O N 00 p reach the masses." "Night Tracks" and the now -defunct E. .. w Copyright Owner, Ä s E °; A few of Word's videos have al- "America's Music Tracks," accord- LE - 3 TITLE Distributor, Catalog Number Principal Performers >cc ä cc ready reached the secular audience. ing to Bob Angelotti, Sparrow's di-

One of Amy Grant's clips aired on rector of special markets and RCA/Columbia Pictures v1 -wam nur: THE BIG CHILL 1983 R CED 29.95 "Good Morning America" this past publicity. 1 Home Video 100211 Glenn Close spring. Her role in the syndicated Taylor's "Meltdown," which came Michael Douglas CED 19.98 television special "Story, Songs And in 2 7 2 ROMANCING THE STONE CBS -Fox Video 1358 1983 R out April, features the dramatic Kathleen Turner Laser 34.98 Stars," a program that included her talents of "Facts Of Life" star Lisa The Ladd Company Charles Frank CED 29.98 video "It's Not A Song," further in- Welchel and the special effects of 3 3 11 THE RIGHT STUFFS Warner 1983 PG creased Grant's penetration in the Ken Horn, who worked on "Super- Home Video 20014 Scott Glenn Laser 39.98 mass market. man: The Movie." The clip has been Warner Brothers Pictures Tom Seileck CEO 19.98 4 2 5 LASSITER 1984 R Other Word videos have been seen seen on KABC's "Goodnight L.A.," Warner Home Video 11372 Jane Seymour Laser 39.98 on such major market outlets as the New York Times Cable Network Paramount Pictures Shirley MacLaine CED 29.95 5 4 13 TERMS OF ENDEARMENT 1983 PG "Rock On Chicago," "Cable Rock and Black Entertainment Televi- RCA Video Disc 1407 Debra Winger Laser 39.95 Around" in New York and Atlanta's sion's "Video Soul" program. Universal Classics James Stewart CED 29.98 Video Music Channel. Sparrow gained impressive econo- 6 11 8 VERTIGO 1958 PG MCA Dist. Corp. 80082 Kim Novak Laser 39.98 But crossovers into secular vehi- mies in the production costs of Tay- cles are the RCA/Columbia Pictures CED 29.95 exception, not the rule. lor's video; all the professionals 7 6 11 CHRISTINE Keith Gordon 1983 R In -store play in Christian retail oper- working on it donated their time. Home Video 10141 Laser 29.95 ations is a far more consistent mar- "The production was completed for Universal City Studios James Garner CED 19.98 8 8 8 TANKA 1984 PG keting channel. "Retailers tell us see- one -tenth the cost of a similar MTV - MCA Dist. Corp. 80072 Shirley Jones Laser 29.98 ing a video once is as effective as video," says. style Angelotti Universal City Studios CED 34.98 9 10 16 SCARFACEA Al Pacino 1983 R hearing the song 10 times," says "Meltdown" and "Mystery" will MCA Dist. Corp. 80047 Laser 39.98 Balman. be available starting Oct. 1 as a video RCA /Columbia Pictures Michael Caine CED 29.95 Word has already assembled sever- double -play at Christian retail outlets 10 12 7 EDUCATING RITA 1983 PG Home Video 10189 Julie Walters Laser 29.95 al video loops for in -store use pro- and at venues where Taylor and Paramount Pictures Kevin Bacon CED moting records by Grant, Myron Le- Walsh perform. The package will sell 1 1 11110 FOOTLOOSE 1984 PG 29.95 Fevre, Mike Warnke, the Imperials for $19.95 in both the VHS and Beta Paramount Home Video 1589 John Lithgow Laser and Steve Archer. The label is also formats. Orion Pictures William Hurt CED 29.95 12 9 10 GORKY PARK 1983 R Like Word, Sparrow promotes its Vestron 5053 Lee Marvin Laser 39.95 video catalog with reels designed for Warner Brothers Pictures Clint Eastwood CED 19.98 13 5 24 SUDDEN IMPACTS 1983 R in -store use. The latest compilation, Warner Home Video 11341 Sondra Locke Laser 34.98 VIDEOS "Pro Vid II," contains clips by Michael Keaton CED 29.95 Debby Boone, Phil Driscoll, Steve 14 17 30 MR. MOMA Vestron 5025 1983 PG Teri Garr Laser 34.95 FAST PERSONALIZED Green, Steve Fry and Koinonia, as Universal Classics James Stewart CED 19.98 SERVICE well as Taylor's "Meltdown" and 15 13 18 REAR WINDOW 1954 PG Walsh's "Mystery." MCA Dist. Corp. 80081 Grace Kelly Laser 29.98 HIGH QUALITY The reel is rented to Christian re- Paramount Pictures Gene Hackman CED 16 19 14 UNCOMMON VALOR 1883 R 29.95 LOW PRICE tailers for $35. Stores get a refund of RCA Video Disc 1646 Robert Stack Laser

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According to producer /di- the video clip debut of film director 11 it-t g ment Both Beta and VHS formats are included. rector Kenny Feuerman, heavy metal Just Jaeckin ( "Emmanuelle," "The 3 H d Copyright Owner, Ä d E .1; fans in Eastern bloc countries are Story Of O," "Lady Chatterly's Lov- if - 3 TITLE Distributor, Catalog Number Principal Performers > á ,° d reminiscent of "American youth in er"). Produced by Picture Music In- the '60s." The show combines perfor- ternational, the video features the Michael Douglas VHS ROMANCING THE STONE CBS -Fox Video 1358 1984 PG 79 98 mance, interviews and travel footage, choreography skills of Arlene ' Kathleen Turner Beta and contains some songs from the Phillips. Paramount Pictures Kevin Bacon VHS 1984 PG 39.95 band's Capitol album "Power Slave." The three -day shoot at Hollywood 2 2 3 FOOTLOOSE Paramount Home Video 1589 John Lithgow Bea The documentary was shot on Center Studios features John dancing VHS a where 1 124 FONDA'S WORKOUT (ITA) Jane Fonda 1982 NR 59.95 and performing dating stunt 3 JANE Karl Video Corporation 042 Beta Sony's new three- and -a- quarter -inch stock film. The director of photogra- he jumps offa ledge, as well as a dra- Paramount Pictures Shirley MacLaine VHS 4 TERMS ENDEARMENT 1983 PG 39.95 matic opening sequence where he 4 15 OF Paramount Home Video 1407 Debra Winger Beta phy was Steve Schein. It was edited at CCR Video by Norman Strassner. emerges from a giant heart that RCA /Columbia Pictures William Hurt VHS 5 8 THE BIG CHILL 1983 R 79.95 breaks in two. Tony Mitchell lensed S Home Video 100211 Glenn Close Beta The executive producer was Rod Smallwood, who worked closely with the video, which was produced by LIMITED GOLD EDITION VHS Dalton. 6 14 Walt Disney Home Video 198 Mickey Mouse 1984 NR 29.95 T'Boo 6 CARTOON CLASSICS MICKEY Beta the production company, Emotion Pictures /Sanctuary Music, and Cap- Video sequel: Having shot "State Paramount Pictures Harrison Ford VHS Intrep- 7 41 RAIDERS THE LOST ARK 1981 PG 39.95 Of the Nation" on the U.S.S. 7 OF Paramount Home Video 1376 Karen Allen Beta itol -EMI. Heidy Lukas was the asso- ciate producer. id, director Peter Israelson decided Daryl Hannah VHS Touchstone Home Video 213 1984 PG 79.95 to shoot Industry at the Hayden 8 SPLASH Beta Video has re- Tom Hanks A debut: A &M Planetarium. "Still Of The Night" length video Frank VHS leased the first feature- The Ladd Company Charles 1983 PG 79.95 from Capitol Records' "Stranger To 9 9 13 THE RIGHT STUFF Beta In The Act Live." Warner Home Video 20014 Scott Glenn for Styx, "Caught A Stranger" features the group per- It contains dialog, live performances Warner Brothers Pictures Goldie Hawn VHS forming during one of the planetar- 10 10 5 SWING SHIFT 1984 PG 79.95 pieces. RCA/ Warner Home Video 11376 Kurt Russell Bea and some conceptual ium's famed laser light shows. The Columbia Pictures Home Video will THE JANE FONDA KVC-RCA VHS clip was lensed by Steven Saporta for 11 21 28 Jane Fonda 1984 NR 59.95 WORKOUT CHALLENGE Karl Video Corporation 051 Beta be distributing it. Fred Levinson Productions. in CULTURE CLUB: VHS The 87-minute video, available Bits and pieces: Trans World En- 12 16 11 CBS -Fox Music Video 6659 Culture Club 1984 NR 29.98 KISS ACROSS THE OCEAN Beta VHS and Beta Hi -Fi formats, was di- tertainment will release a long -form also di- Wamer Brothers Pictures Clint Eastwood VHS rected by Jerry Kramer, who prerecorded video by Joe Cocker in 13 31 24 SUDDEN IMPACT (ITA) 1983 R 79.95 Warner Home Video 11341 Sondra Locke Beta rected "Making Michael Jackson's November. Filmed in Tokyo during a Thriller." It was produced by Front Universal City Studios James Garner VHS hurricane, it is one of the first long - 14 11 9 TANK 1984 PG MCA Dist. Corp. 80072 Shirley Jones Bea 59.98 Line Management in association form videos produced by a Japanese with Jerry Kramer & Associates. LIMITED GOLD EDITION VHS production crew. It was shown on 1 S 18 13 Walt Disney Home Video 199 Minnie Mouse 1984 NR 29.95 CARTOON CLASSICS MINNIE Bea "Mr. Roboto," "Blue Collar Man," Japanese tv in 1980, but has not been "Snowblind" and "Cold War" are LIMITED GOLD EDITION CARTOON CLASSICS Walt VHS in the U.S.... Midnight Fiction's 16 20 12 Disney Home Video 203 Animated 1984 NR 29.95 some of the songs featured on the DISNEYS BEST: THE FABULOUS fIFTIES Beta "Lady From Mars" features Mar- $29.95 program. MAKING MICHAEL VHS tians ... "Elvis: One Night With 17 15 39 Vestron 1000 Michael Jackson 1983 NR 29.95 JACKSON'S THRILLER (ITA) Beta Mini -movie: Jack Cole, known You" will debut on HBO this Janu- for incorporating dialog into video LIMITED GOLD EDITION CARTOON Walt VHS ary. It will feature "rare concert foot- 18 26 13 Disney Home Video 204 Animated 1984 NR 29.95 CLASSICS SILLY SYMPHONIES Bea clips, co- wrote, with John Miller, a age of the rock'n'roll star," says Bet- video for A Dennis LIMITED GOLD EDITION VHS dramatic &M's ty Bitterman, vice president of 19 17 13 Walt Disney Home Video 202 Pluto 1984 NR 29.95 CARTOON CLASSICS PLUTO Beta DeYoung. "Desert Moon," six min- programming for HBO ... JVC is utes long, was shot on location in sev- LIMITED GOLD EDITION VHS co- sponsoring the First International 8 14 Wal Disney Home Video 200 Donald Duck 1984 NR 29.95 20 CARTOON CLASSICS DONALD Beta eral California cities including Santa Music Video Festival in St. Tropez, Paula, Malibu Lake and Monrovia. Universal Classics James Stewart VHS Oct. 8 -11. Some 400 music videos 14 9 VERTIGO 1958 PG 59.95 21 MCA Dist. Corp. 80082 Kim Novak Bea Tom Gmbh was the director of pho- will be shown there ... Sept. 30 will tography. Picture Music Interna- Universal City Studios VHS see Simple Minds featured on IRS 12 17 SCARFACE Al Pacino 1983 R 79.95 22 MCA Dist. Corp. 80047 Bea tional and A &M jointly produced the Records' "The Cutting Edge." Band video. member is Rroax Prod. P. Brownstein Prod. VHS Jim Kerr interviewed on 34 DO IT DEBBIE'S WAY Debbie Reynolds 1983 NR 39.95 23 27 Video Assoc. 1008 Bea Shot in New Jersey: MTV's the show, which will also feature recently Universal Classics James Stewart VHS "Rock Influences" series Dream' Syndicate, the Violent 19 REAR WINDOW 1954 PG 59.95 24 24 MCA Dist. Corp. 80081 Grace Kelly Beta featured a one -hour concert shot at Femmes, Torch Song and a piano bar in Passaic, Paramount Pictures Dan Ackroyd VHS the Capitol Theatre N.J., setting for host Peter Zaremba of the TRADING PLACES 1983 R 39.95 25 39 28 Paramount Home Video 1551 Eddie Murphy Bea July 5. Entitled "The Influence Of Fleshtones.

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Both Beta and VHS formats are included. at a r á The survey found a drop off in consumers were asked if they were d N O Ñ EU A rental after three in w Copyright Owner, 2, .E E years of ownership, interested purchasing cassettes, . but not a sharp one. For 1983, 75% 17% were positive and another 17% 7= 3 3 TITLE Distributor, Catalog Number Principal Performers ! .° of VCR owners rented product in said they would at a price point of Michael Douglas VHS 1 3 2 ROMANCING THE STONE CBS -Fox Video 1358 1984 PG their first and second years of owner- $29.95. In 1984 the question cut the Kathleen Turner Beta ship, with a drop to 64% coming in possible price to $19.95, and found RCA /Columbia Pictures William Hurt VHS year three. "We would expect this to that almost half of all VCR owners \ 2 t 8 THE BIG CHILL 1983 R Home Video 100211 Glenn Close Beta continue, but do not expect as signifi- would purchase at that price. Paramount Pictures Kevin Bacon VHS cant a drop in future years," 3 6 2 FOOTLOOSE 1984 G the The study also calls into question Paramount Home Video 1589 John Lithgow Beta study says. the traditional wisdom that $19.95 is Warner Brothers Pictures Goldie Hawn VHS Much more sharp than the drop in 4 8 5 SWING SHIFT 1984 PG the key sell- through price point in Warner Home Video 11376 Kurt Russell Beta the percentage of VCR owners rent- prerecorded video. "While the $19.95 Daryl Hannah, VHS ing was a drop in the number of cas- price point is obviously a hot price 5 REw ENT A SPLASH Touchstone Home Video 213 1984 PG Tom Hanks Beta settes they rented. According to the point, we suggest that $24.95 may be Sherwood Productions Michael Caine VHS survey, consumers who'd owned a almost as hot a price," the study says. 6 7 10 BLAME IT ON RIO 1984 R Vestron 5040 Joseph Bologna Beta VCR less than a year rented an aver- Pointing to such "magic" retail price Warner Brothers Pictures Tom Selleck VHS age of 46 cassettes in 1983. That points as "$9.95 vs. $10.00, $24.95 7 4 8 LASSITER A 1984 R Warner Home Video 11372 Jane Seymour Beta number slid to 36 in year two of own- vs. $25.00," the survey says that Paramount Pictures Shirley MacLaine VHS ership, and slumped to 28 in year "slight additional number of units at 8 5 15 TERMS OF ENDEARMENT 1983 G Paramount Home Video 1407 Debra Winger Beta three. $19.95 would probably not be suffi- The Ladd Company Charles Frank VHS The good news for manufacturers cient to recover the total revenue 9 2 13 THE RIGHT STUFF 1983 G Warner Home Video 20014 Scott Glenn Beta is that while the percentage of those available at $24.95." renting drops with length of VCR RCA /Columbia Pictures Michael Caine VHS As was 10 10 12 EDUCATING RITA 1983 G ownership, the opposite happens for for what bought and rent- Home Video 10189 Julie Walters Beta ed, the found feature films prerecorded videocassette purchas- survey Universal City Studios VHS overwhelmingly dominant among 11 9 17 SCARFACE A Al Pacino 1983 R ing. "Contrary to the decline in rent- MCA Distributing Corp. 80047 Beta renters and buyers. Children's mov- al proportion with longer term own- Orion Pictures Jodie Foster VHS ies were the next category, while 12 13 4 HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE 1984 R ers we see that the proportion of Vestron 5042 Beau Bridges Beta adult video. was important among VCR owners purchasing (cassettes) Universal City Studios James Garner VHS mail-order buyers, but less so among 13 12 9 TANK 1983 .G increases the longer the owner has MCA Dist. Corp. 80072 Shirley Jones Beta renters. been in the market," the study says. Dudley Moore VHS 11 5 UNFAITHFULLY YOURS CBS -Fox Video 1340 1983 .G VCR Moving up in appeal were classic 14 Natassa Kinski Beta For the 1983 -owning popula- tion, it was found that first -year VCR movies. Music video was not sur- ABC Motion Pictures, Embassy Meryl Streep VHS 15 6 16 SILKWOOD 1983 R owners purchased six cassettes or veyed as a category. Home Entertainment 1377 Kurt Russell Beta less, while second -year owners For the present and future, the Warner Brothers Pictures Cheryl Ladd VHS 19 4 PURPLE HEARTS 1984 R bought 14 cassettes and third -year study saw a 70% 16 Warner Home Video 20018 Ken Wahl Beta sales increase of owners 16. sales of prerecorded video to dealers Universal City Studios Rick Springfield VHS 15 5 HARD TO HOLD 1984 PG While the percentage of VCR own- in 1984, and a 46% boost in 1985, 17 MCA Dist. Corp. 80073 Janet Eilber Beta ers purchasing cassettes went up, the with more consumers renting and Pictures Harrison Ford VHS 20 42 RAIDERS THE LOST ARK Paramount 1981 .G number of cassettes purchased by buying as the first -year VCR owner 18 OF Paramount Home Video 1376 Karen Allen Beta each owner dropped from 1980 -83 becomes a smaller percentage of the RCA /Columbia Pictures Albert Finney VHS 23 2 THE DRESSER 1983 .G from 4.6 to 3.0 cassettes per annum. machine-owning population. 19 Home Video 10184 Tom Courtney Beta Paramount Pictures Gene Hackman VHS 20 25 21 UNCOMMON VALOR 1983 R Paramount Home Video 1657 Robert Stack Beta Christian Artists' Promo Clips Orion Pictures Paul Newman VHS 14 6 1983 R page 29 21 HARRY AND SON Vestron 5037 Robby Benson Beta Continued from DJs. They've been doing platter par- ties to support the record," she says. Universal City Studios Timothy Hutton VHS bookstores and has been serviced to 22 ERTRY ICEMAN 1984 MCA Dist. Corp. 80074 Lindsay Crouse 'G Beta the Trinity Broadcasting Network, Several Benson artists will soon be making a media splash on "Enter- Daryl Hannah VHS the PTL cable network and about 20 23 17 4 RECKLESS MGM /UA Home Video 800421 1984 R Aidan Quinn Beta independent television stations." tainment Tonight." A segment of the show scheduled to air this month will Orion Pictures William Hurt VHS 24 19 GORKY PARK 1983 R Beth Boyd, broadcast relations co- 24 Vestron 5053 Lee Marvin Beta feature DeGarmo & Key, Petra and ordinator for the Benson Co., says Stryper. New World Pictures, Embassy Peter Horton VHS Benson's video policy is still in its 25 18 11 CHILDREN OF THE CORN 1984 R Beta Although Christian clips have not Home Entertainment 4039 Linda Hamilton formative video depart- stages. "Our had the exposure accorded to other RCA /Columbia Pictures VHS 28 16 CHRISTINE Keith Gordon 1983 R ment, Impact Video, was put on hold 26 Home Video 10141 Beta sytles, Boyd notes an equivalent ef- when we were purchased by Zonder- fect on her market. "I think video has Warner Brothers Pictures Clint Eastwood VHS 21 24 SUDDEN IMPACT (ITA) 1983 R van Books about 14 months ago," she been 27 A Warner Home Video 11341 Sondra Locke Beta a strong influence on radio sta- says. "We're just starting it up tions," she says. "It's the same thing Universal City Sudios VHS again." 7 REPO MAN Harry Dean Stanton 1983 R that happened with MTV 28 32 MCA Dist. Corp.80071 Beta clips." Benson is currently working with VidCom artist Tony Comer says Universal Classics James Stewart VHS two videos: 27 9 VERTIGO 1958 PG "666" and "Alleluia, video has made a difference in radio's 29 MCA Dist. Corp. 80082 Kim Novak Beta Christ Is Coming" from DeGarmo & response to his "Don't Give Up" sin- Universal Classics James Stewart VHS Key's "Communication" album. 30 35 18 REAR WINDOW 1954 PG gle. "The video helped us get cross- MCA Distributing Corp. 80081 Grace Kelly Beta Shot on 16mm film, "666" was di- over airplay," he says. "The single's The Geffen Company Tom Cruise VHS rected by Marius Penczner, who also been picked up by 40 Billboard re- 31 39 41 RISKY BUSINESS 1983 R Beta Warner Home Video 11323 Rebecca de Mornay directed ZZ Top's "TV Dinners" and porting stations." Tom Cruise VHS the Bar -Kays' "Freak Show On The Budgeted at close to 32 26 15 ALL THE RIGHT MOVES CBS -Fox Video 1299 1983 R $35,000, Lea Thompson Beta Dance Floor." 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www.americanradiohistory.com 3. TaIenl LABEL, PRODUCER CHANGES KEY CAREER UPTURN Kenny Rogers Enjoying Platinum Resurgence By PAUL GREIN The original plan called for Foster family. It seems foolish not to do it." are also teaming for an RCA album, and Michael Omartian each to pro- Rogers' manager, Ken Kragen, "Once Upon A Christmas," which LOS ANGELES -After reaching duce four tracks on "What About concurs. "When he first went to get Rogers co- produced with David a peak.., 1980, Kenny Rogers' re- Me," and for them to produce two an airplane, his business manager Foster. cording cal'4-copled a bit in '81 and others jointly. But both producers and I and everybody else thought, Also on the boards is "Gambler '82. But it resùrged strongly last fall were backed up with other assign- 'Boy, this is crazy.' But it turned out III," which Kragen says will open with his debut album and single for ments, so Rogers produced six songs to be the best thing he ever did finan- the 1985 -86 CBS television season. It RCA, both of which went platinum. on the album, and co- produced a sev- cially. If he didn't have the airplane, well feature Linda Evans and Tom It's a measure of Rogers' populari- enth with Foster. he would never be out on the road ty that even during his cool spell, his Selleck. Rogers says he enjoyed having this like he is." SINGIN' FOR A LIVIN' -Huey Lew- albums went gold. The problem was - total input, especially compared to Rogers is slated to host the Coun- "Kenny did cool for awhile," Kra is leads the News through their that those albums "Love Will Turn -- his last album, where he sang to try Music Awards next month, and gen acknowledges. "But he's gotten show at Jones Beach in Long Is- You Around" and "We've Got To- tracks composed and produced by on Dec. 2 will star in a CBS -TV spe- his second wind. I've never felt as land, New York. (Photo: Chuck stopped at gold, rather than night"- Barry Gibb. cial with Dolly Parton, "A Christ- good about his longevity as I do right Pulin) following their predecessors to plati- "I think the tracks he did on that mas To Remember." The two stars now." num and beyond. album are spectacular," Rogers says, "That's one of the re Otis I went "but after it was all over, I wished I to RCA," Rogers says. "I think when had gotten more involved. It 14 Acts Ready To `Rock In Rio' you're with a label for five years (as wouldn't have been ahy better, but it he'd been with Liberty), they tend to would have been a little more `me.' " 10-Day Fest May Be Biggest Rock Event In History pigeonhole you. They say, We know The title track and first single from By CHRIS McGOWAN and advertising event of the year for Kiss came here in 1983 and played we're never going to get him on an Rogers' new album is a three -way Brazil," says Medina, adding, "I for 100,000 people in Maracana Sta- AOR station, so let's not run into partnership featuring Kim Carnes RIO DE JANEIRO-Yes, Def want to make this a continuing event, dium, they multiplied their Brazilian that wall; let's stay over here and just and 'James Ingram. That wasn't the Leppard, Men At Work, the Scorpi- which will bring large numbers of sales by 10." grind out what we can get.' first combination that the song's ons and James Taylor are among the people to Rio every January. `Rock Costa also predicts that the influx said, `If going "I think RCA we're writers, Rogers, Foster and Richard 14 international acts set to perform at In Rio' is definitely set up as an annu- of foreign visitors -Medina is hoping to pay all that money for him, we Marx, had in mind: The song was "Rock In Rio," a 10 -day festival al event for the next four years." Me- for 80,000 attendees from South need sell him everywhere we can.' to originally going to feature Barbra which will run from Jan. 11 -Jan. 20 dina estimates that the total cost of America, the U.S. and Europe -will Plus, I don't think a new label knows Streisand and Lionel Richie. And at here. the show will be around $10 million. have a positive effect on sales of Bra- the resistance at those different lev- one point, Olivia Newton -John and The festival, believed to be the Medina is no stranger to large - zilian albums in other countries, by els. And maybe they have some cre- Jeffrey Osborne actually cut the most ambitious concert event in Lat- scale undertakings. In 1980 his com- exposing outsiders to Brazilian art- ative approaches to marketing." track with Rogers. in Americap history, will also feature pany Artplan Promotions brought ists. This is considered especially im- Rogers' philosophy of new blood "The idea was to make it as much Queen, the Go -Go's, George Benson, Frank Sinatra to Brazil to sing before portant because of the explosion this also extends to the artist /producer of an event as we could," Rogers Al Jarreau, the B -52's, Ozzy Os- more than 140,000 spectators at year of the Brazilian rock scene; sev- relationship. "You need to change says. "The problem is, the bigger the bourne, AC /DC, Iron Maiden and Rio's Maracana soccer stadium. He eral new domestic bands have started every so often," he says. "Otherwise, artist, the more complicated the deal Nina Hagen. also presented Barry White and Julio to outsell international rock bands in the producer starts taking me for becomes. We must have talked to Also set to perform are 14 Brazil- Iglesias in Brazilian concert appear- the Brazilian market, and are be- 2 granted and I start taking the pro- eight or 10 people, including Laura ian acts, including Gilberto Gil, Cae- ances in 1982. lieved to have the potential to break ¢ ducer for granted, and we start doing Branigan, Pat Benatar, Sheena Eas- tano Veloso, Ritchie, Elba Ramalho, If "Rock In Rio" approaches the in other countries. gthe same record over and over." ton and Ray Parker. The problem Barao Vermelho and Erasmo Carlos. success predicted by Medina, the ail- The Brazilian network TV Globo Thus Rogers has moved in the past was scheduling and the logistics of Tickets are set to go on sale next ing music industry in Brazil is seen as has contracted for domestic televi- E several years from Larry Butler to putting it together." month for the festival, which is being the major beneficiary. "It looks like sion rights and each day during the Lionel Richie to Barry Gibb to David "What About Me" contains two billed as "90 Hours Of Music And it'll be enormously important," says festival will air highlights of the pre- rn Foster. Foster produced Rogers' songs geared to Rogers' country base: Peace." Guy Delus, managing director of vious day's concerts. "So far, `Rock - 1983 duet with Sheena Easton, Troy Seals' "Didn't We" and Dolly The concert site at Barra da Tijuca EMI -Odeon in Brazil. "We very In Rio' will be seen all through Latin of "We've Got Tonight," as well as Parton's "The Stranger." Why does on the outskirts of Rio will have a ca- much hope it'll turn things around." America on tv, except for Mexico," Cthree songs on Rogers' new album, Rogers continue to worry about the pacity of 350,000. "Rock In Rio" Adds Renato Costa, international says Medina. "And we're talking to w "What About Me ?" country market, so long after becom- creator Roberto Medina hopes to director for PolyGram Brazil: "Rec- Europe." In addition, a compilation c0 Rogers says he and Foster work ing a superstar pop act? draw more than one million fans for ord sales of featured acts will greatly album of hit songs by featured festi- wwell together, even though their re- "That's what I am, first of all," he the 10 days, which would make this benefit, and the sales of other albums val talent will be released in Brazil by o- cording styles are vastly different: says. "Also, I feel it's a much less the biggest rock event of all time. will be helped because more people the Som Livre label. cwn Rogers likes to be loose and sponta- (Continued on page fickle market in the long run. You "It will be the No. 1 commercial will be in the record stores. When 39) neous in the studio, while Foster is name all these guys who are hot in known for being meticulous and the pop market and give them three BRITISH TRIO CUTS THEME SONG precise. or four years and they're gone. So it's "David understands that I'm not a insurance, and it's also something I [vocal] technician, I'm a stylist," enjoy doing." Rogers explains. "He essentially said, Bananarama in Wild' Film Role Rogers says a key factor in his lon- By ETHLIE ANN VARE Being asked by screenwriter/pro - made some waves over here, but it 'I don't expect gymnastics, but I do gevity is his willingness to play so ducer Cameron Crowe to create a really expect you to be in tune.' And I think many concerts each year. was "Cruel Summer" that song for his movie is quite an honor broke Bananarama in the U.S. that's something I should expect of Touring is painless for him, he LOS ANGELES -Just as Banan- for a group of three young non -musi- " `Cruel Summer' was written last myself. says, because he has a private plane arama's self-titled second album en- cians who only formed a band as a August," says Fahey, "and was a hit "In the past I haven't always ex- and flies home after each date. "I just ters the top 30, London /PolyGram is lark. The members of Bananarama in England, and in France last De- pected that. I've been willing to ac- fly out and do the show and fly back. preparing to withdraw it from the - Siobhan Fahey, Sarah Dallin and cember." A year later it crossed the cept something less because it felt It's like going to a movie every night. market -but only to add a new song Keren Woodward -have yet to tour, Atlantic. Bananarama likes to keep good to me. And I'm not sure that a I leave home at 7 p.m. and I'm back and re- release it. Following the top and tliéy write songs by humming as much control as possible over great deal of that wasn't laziness. It's by midnight." 10 success of the band's "Cruel Sum- melodies into a tape recorder. song gets released when nice to be pushed, especially when Why does he tour so much? "My mer" single, Bananarama recorded what -and "We knew it would take two years where. you sit back and hear the end result." question is why shouldn't I ?" Rogers the title tune for the film "The Wild if we tucked ourselves away in a re- "We're out there with the people," says. "I enjoy it, the money's good Life," which will be added to new hearsal studio to learn our equip- to the in and I'm not depriving myself of my pressings of the album. notes Woodward. "We go Unsurpassed Quality ment," says Fahey. "We thought that clubs, we see what they like. We feel since wanted to be singers anyway, we know what's going to work in we would just sing. There's an awful each territory. GLOSSY 24't mystique built up around songwrit- "In France, for instance, they're EACH IN ing. It's a melody and it's words; mainly selling records through the 1000 LOTS there's nothing to it." clubs. So it has to have that crashing PHOTOS Some might be aghast at Banana - beat. 'Cruel Summer' has it, but 1000 POSTCARDS S165.00 rama's blase attitude toward their 'Robert De Niro's Waiting' doesn't." business. But, reminds Fahey, loo 8x10 $32.95 the The trio is currently gathering a group came out of the "do it your- band for its first live tour. But Banan- CUSTOM S98 self" punk subculture. arama is already visible through its COLOR PRINTS per 100 "The whole ideology is that you videos. The clip for "The Wild Life," COLOR LITHO $425 don't have to have stars," she says. being directed by still photographer per 1000 "Anyone can do it. You make your Norman Seef, will combine footage COLOR Sí40 own entertainment." from the movie with scenes of the POSTCARDS per 3000 Bananarama started three years bandmates in a photo session. The ago in the London clubs, jumping on- members' "ragpicker chic" has had a MOUNTED 20 "X30" 30 "X40" stage to sing backing vocals for their lot to do with establishing the band's ENLAn0EMENTS $25.00 $40 favorite bands. That led to a contract identity -and, incidentally, spawned with Phonogram in the U.K. ( "If I a fashion trend of its own. had known that was the same as Dec - "When you're on the charts, they ca," says Fahey, "I wouldn't have talk about the `lovable scruff' look," signed. I used to work in their of- laughs Fahey. "Then, it's an `image.' fices.") and a string of hit singles in But three or four years ago, before we NO NUKE JUKEBOX -Ronnee Blakley, left, joins Carole King for an anti- England. Last year's cover of "Na were famous, we would get abuse on nuclear benefit concert for the Snake River Alliance in Boise, Idaho. Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" the streets."

www.americanradiohistory.com 37 TaIenE LAPD: Arresting Management By ETHLIE ANN VARE dent Jay Boberg) understand that quartet exemplify the LAPD philoso- I'm representing the band." phy of having a complete marketing LOS ANGELES As a fledgling a Boxscore - raised a few eyebrows re- strategy for group. management company, Los Angeles Gormley when he took Oingo Boingo Personal Direction (LAPD) suffers cently "We got them their own EP, got off A &M after three albums, moving them on a couple of national tours, the survey week. Included are an identity crisis. Not that vice presi- The following are among the top concert grosses nationwide reported through the band to MCA and its lead singer number of shows, number of dent Mike Gormley doesn't know and built it up," says Gormley. "By act(s), gross, attendance, capacity of facility, ticket prices, promoter, facility, city. Elfman to MCA's San An- and dates(s). who he is or what his firm's objec- Danny the time Columbia signed them, they sellouts custom label for a solo effort. tives are; it's just that outsiders look dreas had already sold 35,000 EPs and Among the top concert grosses through Sept. 18 the move a "no fault at Miles Copeland's partnership in He terms were selling out clubs. divorce." JACKSONS- $4,350,000, 145,000, $30, Stadium Management Corp., the company and assume that LAPD "You have to manage an artist's sellouts, Sept. 1 -2. "Nobody at A &M said 'We're JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, two shows, two is an arm of IRS Records. Or that it career, not just their records," Gorm- 94,000, $30, Stadium Management Corp., dropping you,' " explains Gormley, JACKSONS- $2,820,000, manages the Police. Or that it books ley insists. For instance, he notes, he Rich Stadium, Buffalo, two shows, two sellouts, Aug. 25 -26. "and we didn't go in there and say Pro- the Go -Go's. has placed Oingo Boingo in a new BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN- $1,158,752, 76,608, $16, Cellar Door 'You're a bunch of idiots and we sellouts, Aug. In fact, LAPD manages Wall Of Budweiser commercial, and almost ductions, Capital Centre, Landover, Md., four shows, four want out.' We just said 'We want to Voodoo (on IRS), Oingo Boingo obtained a continuing role in tv's 25 -26, 28 -29. move out and get our own apart- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -$503,583, 32,000, $16, Cross Country Con- (now on MCA) and the Bangles (Co- for the Bangles' Susanna ment.' " Now Gormley hints that "Fame" certs, Hartford (Conn.) Civic Center, two shows, two sellouts, Sept. 7 -8. lumbia). Gormley, a former A &M down, he says, he's also shopping Wall Of Voodoo Hoffs. (It was turned BOB HOPE, CONNIE STEVENS, FOX TELLERETTES-$312,024, vice president, is trying to keep his due to schedule conflicts.) & Ray Shepardson, for a home outside IRS. 30,037 (32,459), $17.90, $14.90, $9.90 $4.90, acts as far away from A &M /IRS as Louis, seven shows, Sept. 11 -17. "When you negotiate with some- With an office of four full -time em- Fox Theater, St. possible. CHICAGO, DRIVE 55- $298,320, 20,768, $15 & $14, Rocktropic he smiles, "you don't want it ployees, LAPD adheres to the Cope- "While I enjoy the 'family' con- body," Inc., Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, P.R., two shows, two sellouts, land "do it small." Gormley cept," says Gormley, "the family can to be one of your best friends." credo of Aug. 17 -18. is looking at one or two groups to add get in the way. When I deal with IRS LAPD's success story of the year is ELTON JOHN- $268,987, 18,197 (24,364), $16.50 & $14.50, Ava- his the boogie for Wall Of Voodoo, it has to be for the Bangles, signed when they were to roster (probably lon Attractions, Tacoma (Wash.) Dome, Aug. 31. 16,228, $14.50, Beaver Prods., Wall Of Voodoo. You've got to nego- fourth on a four -act bill at a Holly- outfit Hodge Brothers or the pop CARS, WANG CHUNG -$234,306, sellout, Sept. 10. guy. wood punk club. The career moves band Zuma 2), but anticipates slow, Reunion Arena, Dallas, one show, tiate for yourself, not the other $15.40 & $14.30, Feyline Pre- Gormley has made for the all- female steady growth in the near future. ELTON JOHN -$213,996, 14,392, And they (Copeland and IRS presi- sents, McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, one show, sellout, Sept. 2. CROSBY, STILLS & NASH- $208,601, 14,267, $17.50 & $13.50, Brass Ring Prods., Meadowbrook Music Festival, Rochester, two shows, two sellouts, Sept. 12 -13. TaIenI In Adion HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS, DR. GONZO- $195,311, 16,013, $12.50 & $11.50, Cross Country Concerts, Hartford (Conn.) Civic Center, one as well as previous LITTLE RIVER BAND rial. Guitarist Stephen Housden sprinkled the bum "Man On The Line" show, sellout, Aug. 21. Beverly Theatre, Beverly Hills, Calif. show with restrained and economical leads - albums, and ranged in style from poo /dance to ROD STEWART -$165,293, 12,114 (12,800), $15 & $12.50, Frank $17.50, $15.50 especially fluid and thoughtful on "Reminisc- almost folk to ragtime. J.Russo, Providence (R.I.) Civic Center, Sept. 15. ing" -and keyboardist David Hirschfelder The diversity of DeBurgh's music was shown ALABAMA -$160,472, 12,344 (14,532), $13, Fowler Prods., Univ. of And Sept. 14. hook-happy hits in tow, Lit- wove an enchanting piano solo preceding through the medieval quality of "Sight West Virginia, Morgantown, With its bundle of Ro- ditty "Patricia AIR SUPPLY-$159,918, 10,292, $16.50 & $15, Rocktropic Inc., delivered a 75- minute set here "Cool Change." With most of the band mem- Touch," the humorous ragtime tle River Band San Juan, P.R., one show, sellout, Sept. 14. The Stripper," the reflective "Transmission berto Clemente Coliseum, Sept. 13 that was proficient but perfunctory bers piling on background vocals, the group $15 & $12.50, Frank The Night." ROD STEWART -$157,465, 11,897 (12,732), con- reproduced those luscious seemingly helium - Ends" and the uptempo "I Love and ultimately passionless. Undoubtedly J. Russo, The Centrum, Worcester, Mass., Sept. 18. the Irishman's perfect diction cerned with not alienating longtime fans, the induced harmonies that have become its Good sound and ELTON JOHN -$153,220, 11,095 (12,110), $15 & $12.50, Avalon word clear, which helped to con- sextet issued carbon copies of its AM radio signature. made every Attractions, Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Ore., Aug. 31. of his lyrics. sing -alongs like The Other Guy" and Still, it's good material that LRB must rely on vey the imagery and humor ALABAMA-$150,189, 10,896, $15 & $12, In- House, York (Pa.) In- "Reminiscing." if it hopes to return to the top 10. Mellow but DeBurgh displayed an amiable personality terstate Fair, one show, sellout, Sept. 13. various songs. Often $15 & $12.50, Cross LRB is also undermined by its own lead sing- upbeat rock is this band's forte. And, consider- as he introduced the ROD STEWART -$142,770, 9,708 (11,770), bouncing around the stage, he seemed eager Country Concerts, Hartford (Conn.) Civic Center, Sept. 5. er, John Farnham. Clapping his hands, point- ing that its current venture into rougher musical 9,780 (15,000), he did. Effective lighting en- JAMES TAYLOR, RANDY NEWMAN -$136,609, ing at the audience and then dropping the mike terrain seems clumsy and forced, it would be- to please, and Amphith- for $17.50, $16.50 & $9.50, Avalon Attractions, Irvine Meadows it stage, Farn- hoove this affable band of Aussies lo not drift hanced the many moods of the music, and and catching it before strikes the eatre, Laguna Hills, Sept. 16. "Moonlight And Vodka" he donned a trench - ham was a walking collection of rock biz cli- beyond its creative limitations. BILLY SQUIER, RATT-$136,271, 11,428 (12,800), $12.50 & sunglasses. His band (Glen Mor- ches and mannerisms. Vocally, Farnham is a KEVIN HENRY coat, cap and $11.50, Frank J. Russo /Larry Vaughn Presents, Providence (R.I.) Civic Danny McBride competent crooner, even capable of manufac- row, Jeff Philips, Al Mamie, Center, Sept. 16. CHRIS DeBURGH full turing real ardor on the well- crafted ballad, and Ian Kojima) supported him with a OAK RIDGE BOYS, BELLAMY BROTHERS- $134,614, 16,612 Marriott's Great America two "Cool Change." But his frequent mugging sound. LINDA FRIDY (21,100), $10, $8 & $6, In- House, Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson, Santa Clara, Calif. 8. lessened the impact of several songs. Where's SWIMMING POOL Q'S shows, Sept. Tickets: park admission plus $3 JAMES TAYLOR -$126,796, 8,851, $14.85 & $13.75, Feyline Pre- the dry ice machine when you need it? DIARY GUADALCANAL sents, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, one show, sellout, Sept. 7. Sandwiched between the hits were valiant Moonshadow Saloon, Atlanta As Chris DeBurgh welcomed the audience to CROSBY, STILLS & NASH -$122,810, 9,228, $13.50 & $11.50, Sun- attempts to fashion a new, harder -edged Tickets: $4 sellout, Sept. his evening show here Sept. 1, he noted, "You shine Promotions, Indianapolis Sports Center, one show, sound. However, when a band is working with may be familiar with 'High On Emotion' and 17. a dull razor, the results are pedestrian rockers After six years, the ship has finally come in ALABAMA -$119,070, 8,820, $13.50, Fowler Prods., Centennial Hall, 'Don't Pay The Ferryman,' but that's just the like "Don't Blame Me," from the forthcoming for Atlanta's Swimming Pool Q's. The f ive- Toledo, one show, sellout, Sept. 15. beginning." He was right. DeBurgh's energet- NICK LOWE & HIS COWBOY album, "Playing To Win." piece group debuted music from 0.s new A &M ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS, ic performance drew from his current A &M al- OUTFIT 8,478, $15 & $13.50, Bill Graham Presents, LRB's musicanship often outshone its mate- album "War And Peace" to a sold -out audi- -$116,697, Greek Theatre, Berkeley, one show, sellout, Sept. 15. ence here Aug. 21. The Q's 90- minute set ROD STEWART-$113,685, 8,074 (8,650), $15 & $12.50, Frank J. newly initiated fans served as both a primer to Russo, Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, Me., Sept. 16. and a measuring stick of their metamorphosis. DIO, TWISTED SISTER -$111,032, 9,018 (9,900), $12.50 & /Mk 411 Ik As with many "new music" groups, the Q's $10.50, Cross Country Concerts, New Haven (Conn.), Coliseum, Aug. _ /\ 1 have, over the course of their career, outwardly 21. _ / changed from slash to class. They kicked off OAK RIDGE BOYS, BELLAMY BROTHERS-$110,681, 12,323 MIR (13,828), $11, $9 & $1, In- House, Nebraska State Fair, Lincoln, Sept. 1 the show with "Rat Bait," a rather outrageous i/ 7. _ t` song of much bite and some vintage. Yet, with ` YES 8,104 (10,700), $13.50 & $12.50, Cross Country few exceptions, they chose to corral the older, -$106,196, Concerts, New Haven (Conn.) Coliseum, Sept. 8. - more discordant material into a six -song A lack of current information leads to costly decisions ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS, NICK LOWE & HIS COWBOY and lost opportunities. This is why industry leaders medley. OUTFIT-$100,292, 7,082 (15,000), $16.50, $15 & $10, Avalon At- The group's newer songs are much more tractions, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Laguna Hills, Sept. 15. like - Avalon, Bill Graham, Capital Centre, melodic and textured. Their three best, "Rest- ALABAMA -$98,330, 10,000, $12, $10 & $8, Bob Gottschalk, Kan- Contemporary, JAM, John Scher, Meadowlands less You," "Some New Highway" and "The sas State Fair, Hutchinson, one show, sellout, Sept. 10. Arena, MTV, Nederlander, Opryland USA, PACE, Bells Ring," are all medium -paced, moody and GEORGE BENSON -$95,691, 6,551, $18.50 -$11, Alex Cooley /South- Chastain Park, Atlanta, one show, sellout, Sept. 2. Radio City Music Hall and many other major questing. Several of their other songs are bit- ern Promotions, 6,797, $13.50, Fowler Promotions, Civic Center, ing rockers; yet unlike some of the older work, ALABAMA -$91,758, Booking Agents, Clubs, Colleges, Record Labels, and Saginaw, Mich., one show, sellout, Sept. 16. they're filled with resourceful musical Tour Support Services subscribe to POLL STAR. FOUR TOPS, TEMPTATIONS -$89,130, 6,551, $17.50 -$10, Alex shadings. Cooley /Southern Promotions, Chastain Park, Atlanta, one show, sellout, The group's two mainstays are rhythm gui- Aug. 31. The Industry Source For tarist Jeff Calder and multi -instrumentalist Anne RICK SPRINGFIELD -$87,115, 7,687 (8,900), $12.50 & $11.50, CURRENT ARTIST /AGENCY CONTACTS Boston. Calder's tunes are by far the harder Frank J. Russo, The Centrum, Worcester, Mass., Sept. 12. EXTENSIVE RECENT BOX OFFICE RESULTS driving and, it must be said, more perverse; CYNDI LAUPER, MAJOR THINKERS -$80,000, 8,000, $10, Ron Del - ARTIST BOX OFFICE HISTORIES Boston's voice, an interesting blend of influ- sener Prods., Pier 84, New York, one show, sellout, Sept. 5. REGIONALIZED ARTIST AVAILABILITIES ences ranging from Grace Slick to Martha Da- OAK RIDGE BOYS, BELLAMY BROTHERS-$78,036, 6,775 (9,635), TOURING INDUSTRY NEWS and more... $12, Innervisions, Lloyd Noble Arena, Norman, Okla., Sept. 9. vis, is employed on more plaintive selections. SCORPIONS, FASTWAY -$77,893, 6,699 (7,700), $12.50 & fre- Boston /Calder harmonies, which are $11.50, Cross Country Concerts, Springfield (Mass.) Civic Center, Aug. quent, assay an old Jefferson Airplane ambi- POLL STAR is a publication and service of PROMOTERS ON -LINE 24. ence; yet the cutting, energetic arrangements BILLY RATT 6,537 $12 & $10, Festi- LISTINGS. Call 1 -(800) 344 -7383. In Calif. or outside the continental SQUIER, -$74,768, (13,418), rhythm add U.S. call (209) 224 -2631. and relentlessly accurate section val East, Buffalo (N.Y.) Memorial Auditorium, Sept. 8. contemporary vigor and compelling originality. YES-$69,255, 5,348 (9,800), $13.50 & $12.50, Cross Country Con- For a FREE sample issue, send your company letterhead to: Opening act Guadalcanal Diary, Landslide/ certs, Springfield (Mass.) Civic Center, Sept. 2. POLLSTAR. 4838 N. 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www.americanradiohistory.com 38 Talent Diana Ross Engagement Breaks Record For Radio City Dance Trax NEW YORK Diana Ross' 11- With ticket sales totaling run were scaled at $30, $25 and $20. show run at Radio City Music Hall, $1,709,505 for 11 sold -out perfor- The top ticket price for Liberace's By BRIAN CHIN which ends Tuesday (25), has be- mances, Ross smashed the previous stint was $25. come the top- grossing engagement by record held by Liberace, who grossed Ross was originally scheduled Top of the field: Prince's new remixed extensions of "Let's Go Crazy" and to an individual artist in Radio City $1,655,331 during his sold -out 14- perform only six concerts, but added (especially!) the non -album "Erotic City" (Warner Bros. 12 -inch) should do history. show run last April. Tickets for Ross' five more due to ticket demand. even more than renew interest in the "Purple Rain" soundtrack. Where "Let's Go Crazy" is a straightforward movie -length version of the top 10 single, "Erot- ic City" is itself a fascinating track with enough interest -influences from Sly Stone to Laid Back to Sergio Mendes, for instance be a major hit all on its -to Survey for Week Ending 9/29/84 own. We regret to inform readers who are perhaps tiring of rap and hip -hop that Billboard. the state of that art has been advanced again. Grandmaster Melle Mel & the Fu- rious Five's first album on Sugarhill is a rough, unpolished gem, showcasing the production- oriented flip side of the sparser beats -centered rap style mined to sales of a reported 375,000 albums by Run -D.M.C. this year. Included here are a Donce/ Discolop 8O.3 short remix of "White Lines" (which has, incidentally, become a U.K. pop hit of

record -breaking longevity in recent months) and the sardonic current single, ''Copyright 1984, Billboard Publications, Inc. No pa t of this publication may be reproduced . stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means. electronic, mechanical, "We Don't Work For Free." photocopying. recording, or otherwise. without the prior written permission of the publisher Also: more awful realism in "Hustler's Convention," a rhythmic throwback Weeks Weeks to the early '70s; "World War III," a political and cosmic meditation on the This Last On This Last On unthinkable; a rap on the group's "New Adventures" in the world of show busi- Week Week Chart TITLE(S), Artist, Label Week Week Chart TITLE(S), Artist, Label ness with a vocal "beat" from "Double Barrel "; and "The Truth," a clear \ 4 ' t ' -rince -( ne ) WEEKS 40 11 throwing -down of the gauntlet in the direction of a certain rap duo. 1 Warner Bros. 29216 AT1x1 31 RELEASE YOURSELF The Aleems (12 Inch) NIA NI -1241 * * * 41 27 11 MUSIC IS THE ANSWER Colonel Abrams (12 6 Singles and remixes: The Time's "Jungle Love" (Warner Bros. 12 -inch O2 5 THE MEDICINE SONG Stephanie Mills (12 Inch) Streetwise 2235 Inch) PolyGram 880180 -1 promo) is absolutely the best funk, and a grand farewell, if the group should in 42 28 9 WITH ALL MY MIGHT /PROGRESS Sparks 3 8 SET IT OUT Midway (12 Inch) Personal (12 Inch) Atlantic 86939 fact disband following Morris Day's exit; we hope to see this one on the pop ED P49811 43 21 12 DANCING IN THE DARK Bruce Springsteen- chart ... Industry's "Still Of The Night" (Capitol 12 -inch) is an unusual and 4 1 10 NO FAVORSTemper--(12 Inch) MCA 23506 (12 Inch) Columbia 44 -05028 ear -grabbing combination of rock and disco, with a multi -faceted, episodic mix 44 29 8 JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE IT The S.O.S. by Francois Kevorkian ... Blancmange's "Don't Tell Me" has been reissued by 22 3 SWEPT AWAY Diana Ross(12 Inch) RCA Band (12 Inch) Tabu 42905031 Sire at the release of the "Mange Tout" album, with a new mix by Mark Kamins 13865 45 30 7 THESE THINGS HAPPEN David Van Tighem (12 Inch) Warner Bros. 20234 and Harvey Goldberg; this version is smooth and melodic, and makes the cut E 6) 8 7 WOOD BEEZ Scritti Politti (12 Inch) Warner Bros. 2025 46 65 2 HOT POTATO LaToya Jackson (12 Inch) particularly flexible as a pop, disco and dance -rock crossover . * * * ED 7 6 IN THE EVENING Sheryl Lee Ralph New Private 1 429 -05074 York Music Co. NYM -11 47 19 7 BREAKER'S REVENGE Arthur Baker (12 Some notable independent releases: Inch) Atlantic 86931 Twilight 22, which cracked the pop chart ( 8 ) 13 5 TWO TRIBES Frankie Goes Hollywood (12 earlier this year with the hard -core "Electric Kingdom," is now in a mainstream Inch) Island 096931 48 48 5 OUR LOVE IS HOT Alphonse Mouzon(12

Inch) Private 1 42905045 groove with the song- oriented "Street Love" (Vanguard 12- inch), a revisiting of 10 7 RELEASE THE TENSION Circuit (12 Inch) U 49 wrwre.ev STRUT Sheena Easton (12 Inch) EMI - & BWAY 405 Shannon's I-found- love -at- the -disco theme . .. Hassan & 7 -11's "Emotions Can 4th Broadway -A America V -7837 Be Serious" (Easy Street 12- inch), produced by George Kerr and 10 2 8 THE MEXICAN Jellybean (12 Inch) EMI- cult star 50 JUNGLE LOVE Time Cut) Warner America EMI -V7831 The (LP Vaughan Mason, is similarly homey, though in a rap style ... Hashim's "We're Bros. LP 2510 11 11 5 CRUEL SUMMER Bananarama (12 Inch) Rocking The Planet" (Cutting 12 -inch) is right in the droning, trance -music CD HYROGLYPHICS /PRIVATE WORLD The Vels- PolyGram 810291 -1 pocket of his previous two singles-one of the few genuinely personal trade- (12 Inch) Mercury 12 23 3 TORTUREThe Jacksons (7 Inch) Epic 4 marks in hip -hop . 52 53 THE MORE YOU LIVE, THE MORE YOU -04575 34 LOVEA Flock Of Seagulls (7 Inch) Arista Same day service for DJs ordering be- 13 5 9 YOU GET THE BEST FROM ME Alicia Myers TS -19220 & (12 Inch) MCA 23511 ME-0 fore noon New York time. 53 54 3 HARDROCK Herbie Hancock (12 Inch) Call for our new catalog featuring new 14 15 7 NIGHTIME Pretty Poison (12 Inch) Svengali Columbia 5027 RECORDSq~c lower prices on Import and domestic 12" SR8403 54 BOP TIL YOU DROP Rick Springfield RCA We export to DJs In all countries (retail 15 16 5 LIGHTS OUT Peter Wolf (12 Inch) EMI- WRL-2227 MOIL ORDER SERVICE only). Telex - 4758 158 IM PT -DISC America V -7834 55 57 3 WHERE DO BOYS GO Men Without Hats (12 RF Inch) MCA 1,4 We have a complete selection of all U.S. re- (16) 17 3 UNDER THE GUN Face To Face (12 Inch) L331217 O IMPORtS leases and all import disco records. We also Epic 49 -05033 (56) BLUE JEAN /DANCING WITH THE BIG BOYS export to foreign countries. David Bowie (12 Inch) EMI -America V -7838 Some of our brand new releases are: C-) 18 5 WHAT KIND OF GIRL APB Import 57 =12, A GIRL IN TROUBLE Romeo Void (12 Inch) U.S. & Canadian 12 Why- Bronski Beat Boystown Gang Columbia AS 1886 What's Going Sensual Sensation 18 9 13 CARIBBEAN QUEEN (No More Love On The Do It Baby -Basha On-Mike Anthony Lime- Run) 58 60 3 TASTE SO GOOD File 13 Inch) Profile Twisted Love -Tanya Jackson Valentino-Hiroko Muratu Disco Classics Billy Ocean (12 Inch) Jive /Arista (12 Dedicated Men -Le Show Satelite-Christopher Street JDI -9215 PRO 7052 High Sex Drive -Dolman What You Really Want -Melanie A Little Lovin/Don't Turn Around -The 3 THE LUCKY ONE Branigan 59 59 5 OWN THE NIGHT George McCrae (12 Inch) War Games -John Paul Young (19) 26 Laura (12 Inch) Romfes Raes Gold Mountain GG- 081205 That's The Trouble /I Need A Man Atlantic 86925 Vicious -Black Mamba - Love and Desire- Arpeggio Grace Jones 60 61 4 ONE HOT NIGHT Pure Energy (12 Inch) Number 2 In Love -Nancy Martinez Heaven Must Have Sent You -Bonnie 20 12 10 SHE BOP Cyndi Lauper (12 Inch) Portrait 4R Take It Up -Lime Remembering Love -Tiffany Pointer 905011 Prism ITP 204 Easy Love (remix) -Vicki Benson Play Time -Dan Eller Your Love -Lime 61 ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH O'Romeo (12 Inch) Chinese Eyes -Fancy 21 25 4 HONEY TO A BEE Tina B. Inch) Elektra Scratchin 100 Speakers -Unknown Hit And Run Love /Mercy-Carol Jiani (12 Hold On To My Love-Jimmy Ruffin Personal /Oh My! 4010 D. J. Memory- Manage 0 -66944 Touch Me Baby -O'Hara 70 3 IN49THE Level Inch) Epic Complicated Situation -Real Juice She Has A Way-Bobby O (62) I- (12 Que Me Pasa -Vicio Latino (22) 41 3 SLIPPERY PEOPLE Staples Singers(12 Inch) I'm A Woman -Elizabeth Ain't No Mountain (remix) -Inner Life 050RIIVER70 Countdown (remix) -Kili and the Love Private 1 42905078 The Meaning -Binary Born To Be Alive- Patrick Hernandez Tones 63 43 9 I SEND A MESSAGE INXS(7 Inch) Atco Lovemaker-Kim Lamour Sex Machine (11min.)-lames Brown (23) 49 2 I FEEL FOR YOU Chaka Khan (7 Inch) Tonight -Marlene Ricci 99731 Hit And Run Love -Yvonne Moore Feel's Like I'm In Love -Kelly Marie Tittle Tattle -Bari Centro Warner Bros. 7 -29195 Burnin' -Patti Fillippe Break -Katmandu 64 64 2 YOUR TOUCH Bonnie Pointer (12 Inch) 36 4 DYNAMITE Jermaine Jackson(12 Inch) My Love -Lime Let's Start To Dance -Bohannon (24) Private 1 429 -49996 Beat Of The Night -Maggie Babe, Arista AD -19222 Import LP's We're Gonna Love/You're My 65 38 17 THE GLAMOROUS LIFE Sheila E. (12 Inch) Magician -Lime European 12" 25 24 6 SHOT IN THE DARK The Michael Zager Warner Bros. 20251 Plus many more Thunder & Lighting -Heat Exchange Record Shack Presents Band (12 Inch) Mosaic 42905046 66 39 8 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT Tina 46 3 NEXT LOVE Deniece Williams (12 Inch) Turner (12 Inch) Capitol V8597 855e Conklin St *Farmingdale, NY 11735 (26) DISC RECORDS Columbia 44 -5043 67 52 7 TATTERED DRESSES /(DON'T LOOK NOW) - MAIL O Phone (516) 694-0088 27 14 13 HIGH ENERGY Evelyn Thomas (12 Inch) TSR Torch Song (12 Inch) I.R.S. SP70978 Records TSR 833 68 63 13 MY HEART'S DIVIDED Shannon (12 Inch) (28) 50 2 TOUCH ME (All Night Long) Fonda Rae (12 Mirage /Atlantic 96937 Inch) KN /Personal KN 1001 69 66 8 WHEN I HEAR MUSIC Debbie Deb (12 Inch) Sunnyview 29 20 7 HE'S A REBELHolly Oas (12 Inch) DND SUN -413 DD105 70 34 5 MADE IN THE USA I.R.T. 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www.americanradiohistory.com bienE 39 TV TALENT SHOW WINNER Pittsburgh Vendors Vote Harris In Search Of Stardom To Block Jacksons Dates tour on the road is the first time I've to play bigger halls," he notes. By HARRY WEINGER ever done anything like it. I realize "There is obviously greater potential PITTSBURGH -Two dates at group's management has maintained I'm doing it in the big time, which is for more people to hear you." Three Rivers Stadium for the Jack - control of merchandise sales okay." Yet Harris adds, "It scares me A tour of respectably -sized halls is is at- sons' "Victory" tour are being threat- throughout the tour and is looking NEW YORK -Sam Harris to death." now being readied. Harris is in New on ened by an impasse between stadium for the same arrangement in tempting to parlay his popularity A recording debut in the hands of York working with his partner, di- management and 27 souvenir ven- Pittsburgh. tv's talent scout show, "Star Search," veteran producer Steve Barri doesn't rector Jerry Blatt, on a two-hour -plus dors. The issue at hand is who will be Because vendors are unionized into a multi -media career. And he exactly calm the nerves, either. So, show. Plans call for two acts, with - authorized to sell licensed merchan- here, three options were made avail- seems to be off to a good start. according to Harris, he just went in the first a high- energy concert of were offered $1,000 album for Motown Blatt and Har- dise at the concerts, slated for Oct. able. Vendors Harris' debut and "did it." song and dance. Both shows; they were of- Billboard's pop chart this 13 -14. not to work the enters Still, for all his confident rawness, ris are seeking a personal theme to be for 6% rather 125. In the planning The vendors rejected a buyout of- fered a chance to work week at number Harris' album gleams with L.A. stu- carried through act two. customary 15 %; or they stages are a 40-city tour, movie deals fer that would have given them than their dio gloss. The collection of pop -rock "First, hopefully, is the intensity to reject both and ef- a Broadway show. $1,000 each, if they agreed not to sell had the option and nuggets features some of the top level of a Tina Turner show," Harris the shows. The is rising pretty fast for an during the two shows to be held at fectively block star West Coast session players. The up- offers, "while act two will be a bit say their greatest from Sand Springs, Okla., the 60,000-seat facility. The 46 -5 vote Union members unknown tempo "Sugar Don't Bite" is the first more cerebral, along the lines of a is the that would was last seen playing clubs from by members of Teamsters Local 250 concern precedent who single. Grace Jones or a David Bowie." by a buyout or accep- Hollywood to Santa Monica. on Sept. 13, referred to by stadium be established West To Harris, however, his strength The opening date is set for Novem- Rick Bjorklund as tance of reduced payments. They "It's kind of a blur," admits Har- manager "the lies in emotive ballads a la "Over The ber. Harris will then be on the road would show four or five death knell to the show," resulted in claim yielding in this case ris. "I was on the Rainbow." His histrionic version, through the end of February. position in all of a sudden there were Three Rivers officials announcing weaken their bargaining times, and modelled after his idol Patti LaBelle, Already exhausted by the swirl of that the shows were tentatively can- future negotiations. calls for television and records and is featured on the album. Also show- activity, Harris hopes to have a celed, re- negotiations Mon- Vendors say a buyout plan was ne- everything else." pending cased is the Bruce Roberts tune, "I month off before climbing back on concert in is cautious, though. He ap- day (24). gotiated for the Jacksons Harris Will Wait For You." his star rocket. With a movie deal al- Less is man- Kansas City, but the union was un- pears well aware that he and his pessimistic Jackson's Harris is encouraged by the initial ready in his back pocket, Harris to obtain details of it. They claim are attempting to manage an ager Frank DiLeo. In an interview able backers attention the album has received. He looks to be busy with scripts, a possi- with KDKA -TV, the Pittsburgh na- that similar situations are looming in exploding career through a veil of is also concerned that similar cross - ble followup album and the afore- is not I just Detroit and Cleveland, and that their inexperience. tive said, "All hope lost. media performers, in the vein of Pe- mentioned Broadway musical. 27 vote would probably influence what am having to learn everything can't believe that people are keep- "I ter Allen or Liza Minnelli, rarely "There are a couple of Broadway ing from home." The happened in other Teamsters cities. as I do it," he observes. "My first me coming make the leap onto the Hot 100. But shows being written for me," he says, he is wise to the leverage recordings "but that's a good year and a half can provide. away. It's important to do this tour 14 Acts Ready To `Rock In Rio' "I figure a record would allow me while the record is out."

Continued from page 36 er nuclei." Each of the two nuclei Tickets will cost $4 a day, when pur- Construction began in July at the will have 15 shops, a beer garden chased as part of a 10-day "pass- 250,000 square meter concert site. (run by Malt 90, one of the show's port." The single -day admission charge The site will be surrounded by a wall sponsors) and a video center with price and five -day passport measuring two kilometers in perime- 1,000 seats where patrons can watch have not yet been set. live of the show. ter and will center around an am- broadcasts Brazil has been suffering a reces- phitheatre dug out of the ground. sion for the past four years, and at Three rotating stages are designed The seating will be festival style, but least one rival Brazilian promoter has to create a minimum of down time no overnight camping will be al- expressed doubts that Medina can re- between acts. The fully enclosed lowed, and the grounds will be coup his investment. Comments Me- 5,000 square meter backstage area cleared each night after the last dina: "I don't expect to make a profit will include dressing rooms, a private performance. the first year. This first time is to pay restaurant and separate security. Gates will open each day at noon. for the investment. The second year r Concert hours will run from 6 p.m. to Nearby will be a heliport and two se- we'll make money." o, to 2 curity offices. O midnight on weekdays, 4 p.m. Even if Medina loses, the Brazilian a.m. on weekends. A total of 750 private security peo- record industry should benefit. Janu- D side of the amphitheatre On each ple will patrol the grounds, backed by ary falls during the summer season in THE WILD LIFE -Jimmy Buffett, right, and harmonica player Fingers Tay- Medina terms "consum- will be what city and state police. Parking will be Brazil, which is traditionally a poor lor open the stage at Margaritaville, a new club In Gulf Shores, Ala. Buffett sales. is promoting his new MCA album "Riddles In The Sand." For The Record provided nearby for 30,000 cars. time for record

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c Copyright 1984, Billboard Publications. Inc No part of this publication may Huge Halls in form Hip -Hop Heading be reproduced. in a retrieval system. or transmitted any or by any For stored means. electronic. mechanical. photocopying reco ding. or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. By HARRY WEINGER Stadium. Walker Associates. r Sources close to the negotiations Russell Simmons of Rush Produc- ca ca NEW YORK The hip- hop /rap say the tour will continue through tions notes that the participants are Y s s C - a, w C d w w w Ñ w w O culture, exploited by the film indus- year's end. Tentative agreements street groups, largely overlooked by 3 3 Y ARTIST 3 3 ARTIST E" try as well as the promotion outlets of have been signed for a 31 -city swing. the industry mainstream. "This is Tn Title, Label & Number á Title, Label & Number m Blow, 3 (Dist. Label) 1- _1 3 (Dist. Label) music video and commercial adver- Performers include Kurtis something we've been working on for tising, will soon have its first orga- sans Orange Krush, as host. Headlin- years with rap," he says. "We're de- 12 PRINCE AND THE WEEKS 41 42 93 MICHAEL K REVOLUTION JACKSON nized effort to bring the music to the ing is Run -D.M.C., with Whodini, veloping real artists here. The indus- Purple Ram. 10 Thriller. Epic QE 38112 IBS country via major performing Fat Boys, Newcleus, the Dynamic try has yet to realize that audiences Warner Bras 42 48 5 RAMSEY 2511,1! WEA venues. Breakers, Magnificent Force and Up- are coming to hear the groups, not LEWIS/NANCY 2 2 15 TINA TURNER Norby Walters Associates, in con- town Express completing the bill. just the record. This-is the next step, ( ) Private Dancer, Capitol The Two Of Us, ST -12330 CAP junction with Pace Concerts, is pre- Additional groups will be added on for sure." Columbia FC 39326 CBS 10 THE TIME 3 43 44 32 DENNIS senting the "Swatch Watch New individual dates according to region- Mark Seigel of Norby Walters `i) Ice Cream Castle, Warner Bros. 25109 -1 WEA EDWARDS York City Fresh Fest" tour. The al popularity. Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. agrees. "The package includes audi- 4 8 BILLY OCEAN Don't Look Any Further. (-gip Gordy 6057GL (Motown) MCA show is fully sponsored by the watch Hyde and T. LaRock are expected to ence participation," he notes, "and it Suddenly, Jive / Arsta 1L8-13213 RCA 44 46 5 BOB MARLEY company, and 5% of the tour pro- join the tour in selected cities. works incredibly because this is the 7 12 KASHIF AND THE ceeds are being donated to the United Fueled by the packages recent sell- music the kids come from. They both `i) Send Me Your Love. WAILERS Arista AL8 -8205 RCA Legend, Island 90169 Negro College Fund. outs at the 9,000 -seat Greensboro identify with and look up to these 6 5 15 TEDDY (Atco) WEA Featuring leading rap groups, Coliseum and Atlanta's 14,000 -seat performers. Now the companies will PENDERGRASS 45 33 17 ROGER Love Language, Asylum The Saga Continues, dancers and performers, the nation- Omni, promoters and performers start believing." 60317 -1 (Elektra) WEA Warner Bros. 23975 -1 WEA wide tour is confirmed for 15 dates alike are gearing up for a "rap break- Firm dates for October are as fol- 46 34 29 CAMEO 7 8 14 SHEILA E. 5; The Glamorous Life, She's Strange. Atlanta stretching over five weeks. It will be- out." The show was conceived by lows: Cincinnati, Oct. Cobo Hall, Warner Bros. 25107 -1 WEA Artists 814984 -IM1 PolyGram) POL gin Oct. 5 in Cincinnati's Riverfront Rick Walker of Atlanta's Cedric Detroit (6); Convention Center, 5 MTUME -0 36 YARBROUGH & (7); Washington Coliseum, (i) You, Me And He, Epic 47 25 Cleveland FE 39473 CBS PEOPLES Washington, D.C. (12); Hampton 9 9 47 LIONEL RICHIE Be A Winner, Total TELB -5100 Can't Slow Down, Coliseum, Hampton, Va. (13); Spec- Experience RCA LThe Motown 6059ML (MCAT MCA Rhythm & The Blues - 48 45 60 JEFFREY trum, Philadelphia (14); Checker 10 11 5 RIfCKi nAMó dy OSBORNE dome, St. Louis (19); Kemper Arena, 6095GL (Motown) MCA Stay With Me Tonight, A -4940 RCA Kansas City (20); MidSouth Colise- 11 5 10 JACKSONS &M SP Victory, Epic QE 38946 CBS 49 43 41 LUTHER From 'Godfather' To Kid' um, Memphis (21); Richmond Coli- 16 5 THE S.O.S. BAND VANDROSS By NELSON GEORGE seum, Richmond (26); Savannah, Just The Was You Like Busy Body, Epic FE FZ Epici CBS 39196 CBS venue to be announced (27); and lt, Tabu 39332 James Brown was, of all things, on Leeds joined Brown at a crucial junc- 13 13 20 JERMAINE 50 52 18 GEORGE HOWARD Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte (28) Steppin' Out, TBA TB MTV about a month ago when he ture in his career, when his classic JACKSON 201 (Palo Alto) IND Charles Stedler of Tin Pan Apple is Jermaine Jackson, Arista 51 53 43 Z.Z. HILL was asked about Prince. "The Godfa- "Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm AL8.8203 RCA handling publicity. Man, ther" was quite complimentary, Proud" was giving him a pronounced lin 18 6 LILLO Malaco 7415 IND All You, Capitol ST- pointing out that Prince had been in- and somewhat damaging militant There is optimistic talk of taking CAP 52 47 19 WOMACK & WOMACK worldwide. Plans are be- 12 fluenced by him, even on the business image. the festival 15 15 SOUNDTRACK Elektra Ghostbusters, Arista Love Wars. Europe 60293-1 WEA side; Prince's road manager /confi- "We had crossover radio working ing discussed for a hip -hop to AL8 -8246 RCA in early 1985, with a re- 16 12 45 POINTER 53 51 40 PATTI dant Alan Leeds, Brown said, had him before 'Black' in 1968," Leeds and Japan LABELLE been by him. on page 43) turn trip to the U.S. in the spring. SISTERS I'm In Love Again, P.I.R. "trained" (Continued Breakreak Out. Planet BXL! FZ 38539 (Epic) CBS 4705 iRCA) RCA Leeds, who is best known to "Pur- 54 54 8 THE VALENTINE 17 14 21 RUN- D.M.C. ple Rain" fans as Run -D.M.C., Profile 1201 IND BROTHERS Have A Good Time, A&M the red -haired stage 18 17 19 O'BRYAN SP -4989 RCA ' Be My Lover, Capitol manager who sticks ST -12332 CAP 55 40 13 TYZIK Jammin' In Manhattan, his head into 19 24 5 ALICIA MYERS Polydor 821605 -1YI I Appreciate, MCA 5485 MCA PolyGraml POL Prince's dressing 20 20 13 NEWCLEUS (56) GIL SCOTT - room to yell "Five Jam Revenge, On HERON Sunnyview SUN 4901 minutes!" midway The Best Of Gil Scott- i Backeti IND Heron Arista AL8 -8248 RCA through the film, 22 15 PEABO BRYSON THE CRUSADERS The 57 50 23 Straight From Ghetto Blaster, MCA has the unique dis- Heart, Elektra 60362 WEA 5429 MCA tinction of having worked with both 22 23 52 MADONNA 58 56 27 BOBBY WOMACK Madonna, Sire 23867 -1 The Poet II, Beverly James Brown and Prince. `Warner Bros.i WEA Glen BG 10003 IND As one might imagine, Leeds is 23 25 5 JOYCE KENNEDY 59 60 24 DENISE LASALLE Lookin' For Trouble, Right Place. Right Ti e, quick to play down any comparisons A &M SP -4996 RCA Malaco 7417 IND between the two. "It would be unfair (24) SOUNDTRACK 60 61 8 LITTLE MILTON The Woman In Red- Playing For Keeps. to both of them," he says. "They do Stevie Wonder Motown Malaco 7419 IND Min different things. 61 62 23 STANLEY CLARKE 25 19 15 PATRICE RUSHEN Time Exposure, Epic FE "For example," he notes, "it's Now, Elektra 60360.1 WEA 3868 CBS hard to find a guitar player today 26 21 23 ONE WAY 62 63 15 SMOKEY Lady MCA MCA 5470 ROBINSON who hasn't subliminally been influ- 27 27 17 SOUNDTRACK Essar, Tamla 6098TL enced by the sound of James' guitar Ss - Polydor IMotowni MCA 8. ' - PolyGram) POL 63 58 56 HERBIE players. That holds as true for Prince 28 28 10 LAKESIDE HANCOCK Outrageous. Solar 60355 as anybody else. Onstage, the same Future Shock, Columbia WEA iEleklrai FC38814 CBS thing. But you could have analyzed 29 26 9 THE BROTHERS 64 59 65 MIDNIGHT James in the '60s and seen a lot of JOHNSON STAR ABM Louis Jordan or Roy Brown. It's all Out Of Control. No Parking On The SP -4965 RCA Dance Floor, Solar an evolutionary process where any 30 3C 17 DENIECE 60241 -1 (Elektral WEA pieces of what WILLIAMS 65 64 14 ART OF NOISE artist absorbs some (Who's Afraid Of) Art Of Let's Hear It For The - came before, discarding just as much Island 90179 Boy, Columhia FC 39366 CBS WEA Oise, or 31 31 10 BRASS more." 66 66 3 SADAO Leeds' first exposure to the pop CONSTRUCTION WATANABE Capitol ST- music business came through his un- 123271 CAP WATANA Elektra 60371 WEA 38 4 RANDY HALL cle Mel Leeds, program director of New Release From 32 67 55 11 SPYRO GYRA I Belong To You. MCA Access All Areas, MCA WINS the '50s when the sta- MCA during MCA tion employed such legendary DJs as 33 32 17 SOUNDTRACK 68 75 4 BEAU WILLIAMS Distributed by Beat Street, Atlantic Bodacious. Capitol ST- Alan Freed and Murray the K. By WEA 12344 CAP the late '60s, Leeds, after working at ILLINOIS OHIO (34) 37 5 HERBIE HANCOCK 69 67 9 PEABO BRYSON FLORIDA Columbia The Peabo Bryson Richmond's WANT as a DJ and mu- Independent Record Dist. M.S. Dist. Lakeside Marketing So 39-System, CBS Collection, Capitol ST- (312) 478 -1133 (35) 39 6 BOBBG tBLAND CAP sical director, was attending Pitts- (305) 887 -0279 (216) 696 -3155 You've Me Loving 70 72 17 12348 burgh's Point Park College. You, MCA 5503 MCA Love And More, P.I.R. GEORGIA LOUISIANA TEXAS 36 29 24 BAR -KAYS FZ 39367 (Epic) CBS "I'd met James while at WANT Big State Dangerous, Mercury 71 70 45 DAVID SANBORN and had become friendly with him Tara Dist. All South Dist. 818 -478 -1 (PolyGraml POL Backstreet, Warner (404) 875 -8271 (504) 568 -0971 (214) 631 -1100 E') 41 2 JANET JACKSON Bros. 23906 -1 WEA and members of his organization," Dream Street, A &M 72 74 25 KLEEER Leeds recalls. "He came to Pitts- SP -4962 RCA Intimate Connection, CALIFORNIA MARYLAND TENNESSEE Atlantic -1 WEA (38) 57 2 RALPH 80145 burgh for a gig in 1969 and needed Sunstate Dist. Schwartz Bros. Select -O -Hits MACDONALD 73 65 32 SHANNON Things went Let The Music Play, some local promotion. (213) 383 -4137 (301) 459 -8000 (901) 523 -1190 Rhythm, Universal Mirage 90134 (Alto) WEA Polydor 823323 -1Y -1 well, and he offered me a full -time ( PolyGram) POL 74 73 27 EARL KLUGH Wishful Thinking, Capitol job as his publicity director." Within NORTH CAROLINA 39 49 2 KURTIS BLOW ST -12323 CAP Ego Trip, Mercury a year, Leeds was upgraded to tour Bib Dist. 68 3 VARIOUS 822420 -IM -1 (PolyGraml POL 75 director. (704) 527-0440 40 35 16 CHERRELLE ARTISTS Vol I, Fragile, Tabu BFZ 39144 Street Beat Just as he would later relocate to Hill SH2 -9228 MCA (Epic) CBS Sugar Minneapolis for Prince, Leeds shifted NEW YORK

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Continued from page 40 he Kid's" activities. But he does black radio has picked up on his sin- reveal that the tour is tentatively set gles' B sides, "17 Days" and "Erotic a PR says, "but we definitely had to open in Detroit's Joe Louis Arena City," both of which have a stronger that. problem with pop radio after in November -which means if you black feel than anything on the al- interpretation of that song was Their want hotel accommodations for the bum except "When Doves Cry." Is it was taking an anti -white that James Motor City, you'd better pick up the chance or calculation that these position. In reality, Brown was tak- phone right now. songs seem intended to protect ing a pro -black position that wasn't Prince's black sales base? ... Former anti -white. Just as his record with * Jessie Johnson has be- Afrika Bambaataa says, James has al- Readers of this column be aware: Time guitarist gun his solo career by writing and ways been about unity. His philoso- In honor of Billboard's 90th anniver- producing two songs, "Pretty Boy" phy was 'I don't want nobody to give sary, this space is holding its first, and "Fast Girls," on Janet Jackson's ll! me nothing, just open up the door and perhaps only, rhythm 'n' blues "Dream Street" album. Johnson, and I'll get it myself -and it is to quiz. The winner will be announced this day." in this column in the Nov. 30 issue, managed by ex- Prince and current Leeds' current employer also had which celebrates Billboard's Andre Cymone manager Owen Hus- Tom, Dave, Pam, Bill, Chris and Spike his problems with pop radio. In fact, birthday. ney, is readying his A &M debut in it was just in the second half of last The query is: How many black -ori- Minneapolis. He co -wrote the Time's EASTERN ARTISTS RECORDING STUDIO year that Prince garnered the cross- ented songs make mention of a moth- current single, "Jungle Love." East Orange, NJ over airplay his talent deserved. er's advice in the lyrics? For example, "With Prince it wasn't a black is' Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' sue, but a musical issue," Leeds says. "Shop Around" is a classic of this "Before 'Little Red Corvette' and popular genre, but we won't exclude '1999' he had more of a crossover au- songs such as "Mama Told Me Not dience than certain parts of the media To Come," performed by Three Dog Billboard. knew. But thanks to MTV and Night and written by Randy New- changes in radio over the last two or man in a definite r &b style. three years, things have opened up." All lists must be submitted and re- When asked to describe what he ceived at Billboard's New York office wishes to thank everyone who contributed to the thinks makes Prince so special, by Oct. 22. Awards? Gifts? Well, Leeds, a veteran of tours with such okay. The person with the most eligi- fantastic success of its Billboard Charts the Future/ flamboyant acts as Kiss and Cameo, ble songs (please include complete 90th Anniversary party at Studio 54. doesn't mention Prince's flash, but song title, artists and label or year of his music. "What's unique about him release) will be given a special gift se- is the number of ways that he can lected by a team of highly qualified Special thanks to: please an audience. He reaches them and good -looking judges. by sitting at a piano playing by him- self. He reaches them with his guitar * * * playing, his voice, his musical inter- Short Stuff: Did you notice the Ron Herschel -for coordinating the spectacular event action with his band. note from Michael Jackson on the Iglesias and Friends -for making it magic "Many artists try to do different sleeve of sister Rebbie's "Centipede" Julio things, but usually they only do one single? It says: "In dedication to my Gloria Gaynor -for making it hot! or two things well. Prince is able to mannequin friends" ... There has do all that." been talk that Prince's next album Like everyone in Prince's camp, will be considerably funkier than Leeds is leery of giving out too much "Purple Rain." While that does re- advance information about any of main to be seen, it is interesting that

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Ask just about anyone in gospel res ;c for c state -of- the-incustry report, anc they'll give iou a cautious bur opt ri;tic lock into the future. The Christian music mar- ket appears to be shifting into high gear after weather- ing some rough economic ti res a year or so back. Diver- sification seems to be c key word. "Were broadening the acceptance of varied musical styles .orstantly, " says Spa-row Records president Billy Ray Haan, who sees an unprecede latitude in gos- The pel music tastes, from classical to -ew wave. Radio s one of t-e p,aces where the wider a..eptance of gospel music style= is evidenced. C nce the bastion of tradition- al cn_-ch music, Christian -adio hm gradual v opened its ar-sto :ne more coiterr porary corns of expression. Bit -he a- dience isn't drifting toward rock or any ott- er one part ular style of m Jsic. The radio listeners and the consurners seem to be becoming more diversified and more tolerant at both ends of Ow_ spectrum. "I know a lc: c- people that like contamporar, music b.it are also giving -ie very favorable 3ommer -s on the classical World church music albums we have released," Hearn adds. Ex. there is a theory that Hearn p_ts forth which may put a -.whole new perspective on marketing gospel music if it hdds true. Noting that çospel music is in the unique position of being marketed primari ; in Christian book- stows. -ie sees a new breed of buyer. "The average record buyer that's acing into the store is more ,nto contemporary Christian music. When we a I of t sudcer sell a lot cf our traditional and c assical re- cord,rçs, is that the record buyers k aying that or is that the bcck buyers discoaerina it? We new know that a Ict of of au- rezc-ds should De promoted ,n the book depa- :- me it. As -itegral and invaluable as the labels see the Chr s- tia- trockstore, there has been a tre gd for a few years c= serctiirg cut additional markeiç. Gospe music is blessad with the opportunty to sel not only n its own stores, bit n the normal secular ctnnels, too. " -t's al-nost as if the whole markt is a 10-piece p e. and we've only been dealirg with one piece of it," says Wayne E rickson, president of The Benson Co. 'What we find, end the Gallup pclls reinforce i:, is that only 8% o* our :otent al audience/ buyers frequent the Christian bookstores and that whole networz cf distribution. We have -c expand our vision. We real :e that the Christian bookstore market has a steady grcwth to it, but our n- dustr- is growing fast and there are additional optiors for a_r product. Were not getting the job d:ne in get- ting lie Gospel out if we'e only -ealing with such a sma I percentage of our potential." Gospel music has successfully moved into tie secu ar channels to a limited degree, helped along by distrib.- ticrt pacts such as the one set up beween Sparrow aid MCA_ But all of the labels agree there's a long way to gc. 4nd expansion is not limited to t-e U.S. Through co-- fere -!es in several countries, concert reports back from GOSPEL other nations, and requests from Christians overseas, th_re has developed a greater awareness :f the per- ceived reed to encircle the worlc with gospel musi:. There s a trend toward internatio-al exchange of gos- pe p-c duct and artists. Americans go overseas, and the non-Americans are finding it somren.hat eas er to tour the &:a :es:han in years past, thougr- there is still work -o be dine- Some companies, such cs Benson are ester - lishirg production agreements over >eas to have records pressed there rather than exported in bulk from the U.'. Glcba concern cones in another viay for cuite a few MUSIC of the musicians perform; ig gospel music, as they p_ t their weighty support behind wor d iunger awareness prog-a-ns sponsored by croups s_sci as World Visio i and 'ors passion International. The trend appears to be

tovva-d mcre of this involvement . if tie -e:.ent armour cements mace by two major gos- pel _coups, Truth and Dallas Holm 3 Praise, are any indi- cation. another coming trend maw be a return to n on- tidce :ed concerts. Both groups adced their names to -he lengthening roster of artists who 'eel that pricing c :n- certs may prevent attendance by the very people they are 1-y ng to reach with the Gospel message. They feel the solution is "love offer; ig" concerts where no one s ot:liged. but everyone is welcome .o -;ontribute, basic_l- ly the wa) it was done in churches it the late '60s. an the other side of the debate_ however, are artists who r-airtamn that there s nothing wrong with dong ccnoert3 up right and charging for tickets. B:th types of ccnoert3 will undoubtedly continue. Dtier trends for gospel' Origins -version eccompani- rr en- -apes. such as those debuted by Benson's Master T- series last year, lifted right of the hit masters of Billboard® ['raNinurd wt page G-2f0 Paul baker is a writer in 6srmingha n. Alabama, and ,ti- ti- ' 1 of the book, "Why S could The Devil Heve All The Good Music ? "

www.americanradiohistory.com They have written 400 songs, sold four million albums, played in concert to six million people, and received a Gold Record, two Grammys and 13 Doves. Their style has changed but the basic message has remained the same. And 23 years down the road, they are still considered THE LEADERS in Christian music.

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Different Styles Broaden Ruse, Spread The Word THE 1984 CROSSOVER CRUSADE: MARCHING AT THE FRONT OF THE TALENT PARADE Amy Grant By MOIRA McCORMICK the stray seclar tune now and then, she stresses, "I want to sing Christian songs. If that opens up a side door for an opportunity to do something else, great -but I'm not pursuing the side doors. " The Lord can glorify Himself any way He Grant's nine -album contract with Word Records is on chooses, " says Donna Summer, and they're true words the verge of completion, and rumor has it she's being indeed, when one considers the breadth of musical pursued by several major secular record companies. As styles which today fall under the gospel heading. to whether she'd record on a secular label with a secular Chart- topping gospel product in the '80s ranges from producer, however, Grant says it depends on her man- the more traditional stylings of the Bill Gaither Trio to agers' decision. Michael Blanton and Dan Harrell, ac- the computerized pop of Leon Patillo, from Sandi Patti's cording to Grant, assure her that "we're going to go with ballads to Petra's rock'n'roll -and major Christian artists the group we feel believes in us the most, and allows us is unanimously agree that the message of the gospel to do what we can do best to the largest audience. If spread more thoroughly as a result. that's Word Records, it'll be Word Records. If it's Geffen face a handful All the same, today's gospel stars still or RCA, it'll be Geffen or RCA." of drawbacks as they pursue their careers -opposition Conceding that "I've felt boxed in at times, as far as from Christian as well as secular extremists, pigeonhol- music is concerned," Grant feels "it would be ing by the music industry, inequities on the retail and ra- Christian minded to say that only music with dio end, and other difficulties. But it's worth it, they say, blind and closed- Christian lyrics has any artistic value. But it's time to at as long as they're spreading the Word. least have a few songs that talk about something eter- For veteran Christian artists such as Bill Gaither and have on robes to do it Armond Morales, both of whom have been plying their nal. You don't to put choir -you on at a concert and scream trade for two decades or more, the almost- anything- can stand your chair -but be willing to be involved." goes character of today's gospel is evidence that their just ministry is expanding further. Grant would be tickled at the idea of dueting with a Gaither, who with wife Gloria and partner Gary secular singer, she says, "as long as the words of the McSpadden fronts the Bill Gaither Trio (he also presides (Continued on page G -18) over the Gaither Vocal Band with McSpadden, Jon Mohr Bill Gaither Trio and Grammy- winning vocalist Larnelle Harris), points out, "Gospel music, with the exception of black gospel, has never been a pure form. It's always been eclectic; the lyrics are the only thing that's set it apart (from popu- lar secular music). "I'm excited about all the different styles," continues the eight -time Dove Award -winning singer /songwriter, whose 23 -year career has seen the release of over 40 albums, "and I don't feel threatened by them at all. There are a lot of ways to praise the Lord." Gaither's core audience, he says, has remained stable "for the last 15 years," but concert audiences continue to grow. Last month, 50,000 of the faithful showed up at the Ohio State Fair grounds to glimpse Gaither and corn - pany. Evidently, Gaither's time -honored approach to gospel hasn't suffered at all. "I'm comfortable with our niche; we're still doing basi- cally the smae thing, and we're still not what you call Terry Talbot, John Michael Talbot, Wendy contemporary," says Gaither, adding, course, when Hofheiiner we keep getting younger musicians, we keep updating our sound." Armond Morales of the Imperials, currently celebrat- ing their 20th year in gospel music, says that venerable quartet is also concerned with recent innovations in lighting and sound technology as well as music. "When we started out, we traveled in one bus with a sound sys- tem that fit in the trunk of a car," Morales smiles, "and now we need two buses and a semi." The Imperials, who continue to perform 120 shows a year to crowds of up to 10,000, are possessed of a his- tory liberally dotted with achievements: 41 albums, four Grammys, 13 Doves, concert tours with Elvis Presley ("before his decline ", confirms Morales), and ground- breaking television appearances. Morales finds their en- as as im- tertainment aspect well their ministry equally I portant for the Imperials. The Imperials "There's a portion in every show where we open it up and let people accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Sav- ior," describes Morales, "and they do it in their seats. There's no altar call, although we'll do that after a show." Morales says the Imperials have received many an of- fer over the last two decades to perform secular music as well as Christain. "There's probably a lot more money in that," he admits, "but that's not our purpose. " A semi -secular career is often spoken of as the next step for Amy Grant, inarguably the hottest -selling gospel artist in the genre's history (over a million records sold, including her landmark gold LP "Age To Age. ") Although Grant, 23, doesn't discount the possibility of recording Sandi Moira McCormick is Billboard's Contributing Editor in Patti Chicago. Al Green

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Vaulting Past Jazz & Classical MAJOR LABELS: POISED ON THE BRINK OF BREAKTHROUGH WITH POP MUSIC'S FASTEST GROWING GENRE By BOB DARDEN no way to take into account an Amy Grant. The sheer volume of sales here is just tremendous and there's no reason to believe that they are going to slow down." Moser also says it's time to put things in perspective. Taken all together, the reports from many of the At a recent gathering of thousands of church -oriented major gospel labels sound like one giant press release. young girls recently, about 40% of those surveyed had Things are going that well in one of popular fast- music's never heard of Amy Grant, two- thirds had never heard of est growing genres. It's a far cry from roster- reduc- the Benson's Sandi Patti and only 20% had ever heard of ing, budget -slashing horror stories of just a couple of one of Word's top new artists, Leslie Phillips. Those kind years ago. And some of the reports from label heads and of statistics lead Moser and other Word officials to be- public relations directors smack good fashioned of old lieve that their penetration of even the church market is hype. The only trouble is, many have the sales figures to shallow at best. back them up. "Even with our increased dent, we've still got a long What's the status of the religious music industry? Not way to go," he says. "Our statistics show that about Shirley Caesar at Disneyland for annual "Night exactly Big Time yet. Middle Time maybe. But a long 50% of the U.S. population is active in some way in of Joy." way from Small Time. church. Roughly about 100 million people. Only 10% of we've had a series of powerful anti -abortion songs in the Industry figures show that the different styles of music that figure ever frequents Christian bookstores or shops, past few years, something our audience would never al- under the very broad heading of gospel music now corn - which is where the bulk of our albums are sold. So our low to be mentioned before. The relevant message is prise nearly 80% of the total marketplace, and that gos- market universe to this point has only been 10 million still salvation, but specific songs can now deal with spe- pel has vaulted past both classical and jazz in sales. And people. cific topics and that's opened up a whole lot more free- if those sales aren't in Michael Jackson's league yet, "That means when someone like Amy Grant nears a dom of expression lyrically and musically for our artists. then that's true of every other artist in every other musi- million units sold, she's penetrating the universe that en- And that's given them the opportunity to reach a wider cal category these days. compasses the other 90 million Christians who are 'sec- audience -that 90 million we're talking about. " The most dramatic area has come in the area of con- ular' in terms of their buying habits. Even surveys of A third trend Moser sees emerging in Christian music temporary Christian music, where artists like Amy Grant, long -time Petra fans show that those same fans are buy- is the movement of God in black churches and the per- Sandi Patti and Petra are now releasing gold albums as ing five or six secular albums by people like Def Lep- ception of music in that community. Just as the early a matter of course. Amy Grant's "Age to Age" should go pard, Journey or Led Zeppelin days of the "Jesus Music" movement gave teenagers a platinum for every Petra LP they before year's end. buy. third choice between the music of their parents and the It's a time of increased national exposure, top flight "That means we still have a huge untapped market in music of the world, Moser says more and more contem- venues and major league crowds. It's a time when secu- that 90 million. It is for all intents and purposes a secular porary black young people are being given a third lar labels are sniffing something in the wind and check- market that's not going to be offended by our message. choice that fits in between the traditional black gospel ing out the competition for the first time. It's the begin- That's where our next thrust is going to be." artists of their parents and Prince with artists like Leon ning video in of the era religious music, of renewed Five years ago, that same marketplace would not have Patillo, Philip Bailey, Morris Chapman, Passage and interest in the lucrative children's market, of specialized allowed Leslie Phillips to even mention something like others. marketing for specialized products. extra -marital sex. Today, as the scope of the artist broad- The fourth and final avenue opening up is video. For And, almost without exception, it is time for a publicly ens, so has the willingness of the market grown to in- Word and a number of other Christian labels, there's a stated commitment to a solid, life-changing Christian clude more than just one topic in gospel music. market out there, but there's no distribution system, lit- message. Everything else can be true, but if this last "The Bible most definitely addresses salvation," tle product and almost no broadcast outlet. It's a straight commitment isn't there, then the product isn't truly gos- Moser says, "but it also addresses issues like honesty, write -off proposition. So far, only artists like Mylon Le- pel music. It isn't the music, after all, that's Christian. integrity, homosexuality and whatever. For example, (Continued on page G-12) Music is music. It is the lyric that makes a song Chris - tian-or not. For Stan Moser, head of giant Word Records, it's a time to shake his head in disbelief. He says this is a won- derful, crazy time to be in contemporary Christian music. Sales are going through the roof, product quality is at an all-time, diversified high and a number of projects seem to be on the verge of major breakthroughs. And all of it seems to be happening before lunch. "We're at a point now where we have to explore op- tions in a number of areas," Moser says. "We're having to adapt to having a group like Petra book one million seats next year. They've got something like 100 con- certs in 10,000 -seat halls -and those are mostly secular venues. Similar things are happening with Amy Grant and Leon Patillo. "It just has been a phenomenal year in every way. And not just in sales, although they are far beyond every pro- jection, every expectation we had last year. But there's Bob Darden is Billboard's Contributing Editor for gospel in Waco, Texas, and author of the column. Leon Patillo performs in a crowd at WLOK Stone Soul Picnic in Mem- Sheila Walsh hosts BBC's "The phis in June. Rock Gospel Show."

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verything that the team of Mike Blanton and Dan I began looking at the number of acts on the label, who EHarrell has touched has turned that proverbial was getting the biggest share of the marketing dollars, shade of gospel gold. As the management team and who was bringing in the biggest revenues. I figured and production company for Amy Grant, their touch is out that out of approximately 125 groups, 12 were quickly approaching platinum. As the founders and southern gospel. Only 5% of the total marketing budget heads of Reunion Records, they have used Grant lever- was being allocated to those groups, yet they accounted Petra age to launch relative unknowns and create some num- for 35% of the total sales of the company. So much for bers that would make the most cynical record execu- glamour." tivs sit up and take notice. Who's to say what would Riversong Records started out as the southern gospel music. The market for traditionalists such as Rev. Milton have happened to Michael W. Smith and Kathy Troccoli wing on CBS's ill -fated Priority venture. After the doors Brunson, Shirley Caesar, Rev. James Cleveland, and the if they had been signed by a label with less clout? The were shut at Priority, Traylor negotiated with CBS for the Clark Sisters has been a fairly strong market that is fairly new artists have racked up some impressive numbers rights and masters on the Riversong product. In October predictable. Not so with contemporary. The gospel high- (300,000 units between them) on the strength of some of last year the doors of Riversong were officially open. way is scattered with groups that a &r thought would be very smart and strategic moves by the Blanton and Har- Traylor had inked a deal with Zondervan, a Christian the first gosoel Commodores, or Earth, Wind & Fire, or rell team. Smith, originally tagged as a songwriter par mega -publishing corporation that was flexing its acqui- Gap Band. The Donn Thomas', Tony Comers, and Bili excellence made his mark as the opening act on the sition muscles in many new directions. Traylor said of Thedfords, in the end amounted to nothing more than Grant tour. He proved to be a durable trooper with the the move, "Because Zondervan was new to the record- deflated dreams. teenage set, due to youthful good looks and an inex- ing field they have had a great "watch and see" attitude. And just when you think it's unsafe to venture into haustible stage manner. Troccoli, unlike Smith, didn't They are professional business people, with a heart for those murky, funkicized black gospel progressive wa- have the luxury of opening for Grant, but still chalked up the Lord, who have been very supportive and willing to ters here comes Onyx International, the first progressive more, than respective numbers. Her new release is a go all out to help us." "soul" music label under Benson's expansive distribut- rhythm & blues -based production, something that will fit Riversong opened up with a bang, acquiring strong ing umbrella. her swaggering and throaty vocal style tighter than a groups with established reputations: the Cathedrals, the Butch McGee, executive director of the label, worked spandex tour jacket. With only one disappointing show- legendary Singin' Americans, and Anthony Burger. They in radio for 14 years before setting up the label. A native ing for the year, the unique but meandering "God Bless have recently added to their roster, the Speers, Henry of Knoxville, Tenn., he also worked with Gentry This House" by Aerial, a comedy album that seemed and Hazel Slaughter, and Grand Ole Opry Hall of Famer, McCreary in his formative years. When asked how he more suited to video than the confining space of vinyl, Jimmy Davis. Their most interesting pact to date is ac- thought old ideas would be dispelled in black gospel, Blanton and Hari ell are readying two more projects for quiring the repackaging and distribution rights of nor- McGee responded, "We're real excited about the possi- '84, a debut album by Nashville songwriter, Billy Spra- mally super mail -order sellers Jimmy Swaggert and Ken- bilities of contemporary music. I believe, regardless of gue, and a new project for the vastly underrated Pam neth Copeland. the track record, we're gonna shake some old trees Mark Hall. around here and come up with some abundant fruit. I be- ONYX INTERNATIONAL lieve these kids are out there and they will respond RIVERSONG when some good product is out there. I believe we're The traditional black -gospel record buyer has been due for a black youth movement similar to the Jesus somewhat resistant to change and less than willing to Movement with white kids in the early '70s." While working with major gospel record and distribu- embrace a more progressive and stylized type of gospel (Continued on page G -I6) tion labels, Bill Traylor began to see an idea take shape. He saw an area of the market, Southern Gospel, that was being neglected in spite of the fact that it was producing strong sales figures. Since there was no logical reason for the neglect he decided to do something about it.

Traylor recalls, "I really felt that if I started a label and

invested reasonable amounts of money to promotion, I could come up with a strong contender in the southern

gospel field. I believed some of the majors were looking a gift horse in the mouth. They were not allocating much money into marketing and promotion, but they were reaping the profits of big sales." Traylor felt if the other labels wanted to court the so- called glamour acts and spend a good portion of their

marketing dollars on them -so be it. "When I worked

with a major distributor in Nashville, I had a hard time getting monies allocated for marketing southern gospel.

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Black Gospel sales are showing very healthy growth after a period of stagnation and retrenchment during the recession of two years ago, but the industry is changing drastically, making it difficult to predict whether the dominant trend will be contemporary cross over or traditional. Glenn Adams, manager of Faith Gospel Records, the largest Black Gospel retailer in the Los Angeles area, says, "Our sales are pretty typical of what records are doing nationwide, and they're up about 20% over last year, which was up 57% over 1982. About 60% of sales Philip Bailey of Earth, Rev. Clay Evans Edwin Hawkins are choirs, 35% solo artists, and 5% quartets, the same Wind & Fire as it has been." Most Black Gospel records sell through mom -and -pop others, 'I personally think that Black Gospel artists, par- cross over without the Cross." Crouch's new Light al- stores in Black areas. Cross -over artists, on the other ticularly contemporary and cross over acts, are doing bum, "No Time To Lose," his first in three years, is al- hand, sell tapes through the primary sales outlets of the better in concerts and performing more than contempo- ready taking off and promises to capture his diverse au- white Christian market: bookstores. rary white artists, with the exception of Amy Grant and a dience once again. According to Regency Artists' booking agent Marshall few others. And the potential of this marketplace is far Two cross over artists who won Grammys this year Resnick, who books Walter Hawkins & the Family, Son- from realized yet." are Word /Myrrh's Al Green, who picked up his fourth, dra Crouch, Al Green, Shirley Ceasar, the Clark Sisters, Perhaps the most visible Black Gospel artists are on his current album "I'll Rise Again," and Sandra Richard Smallwood; Mighty Clouods of Joy and many those that "cross-over" to capture white audiences, too. Crouch on Light Records, coming into her own at last cc The best -known example is Andrae Crouch, who told a with her first Grammy and a hit album, "We Sing o mostly -white audience at the Christian Bookseller's Praises." 0°, Clay Hicks is a writer based in Burbank, California. Hilary in in July that "There's no (Continued on page G -23) J_ Assn. Convention Anaheim saluting GREAT IS THE LORD Gospel Music! A UNIQUE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE ÇjospeI, e

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In recent years they've had the sales to match. centrate on vital relationships. For example, this is Buck Billy Ray Hearn Sr., one of the founding fathers of con- and Dottie Rambo's 30th anniversary with Benson - temporary Christian music, is the president of the corn - MAJOR LABELS they were our first artists, in fact. We're celebrating that pany and he says he doesn't know where to start in de- with a new writing and recording contract. Earlier this tailing what's been going on in Canoga Park. He did say Continued from page G -5 summer they were featured on virtually every major that Sparrow enjoyed a 20% sales increase for the first Fevre, the 77's and Charlie Peacock have attracted any Christian television network." half of 1984 over the first six months of last year, en- interest outside of strictly religious outlets. There is Erickson said the Benson Publishing Group last month compassing the biggest second quarter in the compa- hope. Francis Delia, video the director behind hits by opened up a new 6,000 square foot facility, complete ny's history. Rockwell and the Stray Cats, Pea- believes that Charlie with publishing studio and individual music rooms for "Where to start? How about Steve Taylor? We're very cock's first Exit video is definitely a hit. the company's more than 30 exclusive writers. excited about this young man. We think this is the wave Fortunately for Word, the consumer video products di- Among those is Lanny Wolfe, composer of the GMA of artists of the future. This is the same feeling we had vision is a healthy enjoying growth -and market. And Song of the Year "More Than Wonderful" for Sandi Pat- about Keith Green. He's even selling records like Keith some children's cassettes are "renting like crazy," ac- ti. Erickson said that Benson had recently renewed its did. He has the same charisma, the same overwhelming cording to Moser. long -term publishing and recording contracts with the talent. Even our tiny mom and pop outlets tell us they Behind all of this talk about change a are number of multi- talented Wolfe. can't keep him in stock. artists who have quietly been able to combine effective "There have been some other interesting develop- "Debby Boone is going to be one of the biggest artists ministries with strong sales. And if they're not in the ments these past few months as well," he says. "One of in Christian music before the year's out. She's already lofty plateaus of Amy Grant or Petra, then artists like the biggest has been the acceptance of our Mastertrax our best -selling artist. But she's made a commitment to Russ Taff, Leon Patillo, Morris Chapman, Michael W. accompaniment tapes. We were the first to offer them the gospel market almost exclusively in the year ahead. Smith, Randy Stonehill, Leslie Phillips, Joni Eareckson, and they've contributed significantly to our continued "I've just been in awe of the kind of year, the kind of Teri DeSario and others have been doing nicely, thank momentum. ministry Phil Driscoll has been having. His ministry is you. Some are in the six range digit when it comes to "Also noteworthy is our agreement with GMI of Hol- (Continued on page G -20) sales and growing steadily. land to press and distribute our albums to 13 countries Pulling out the crystal ball, Moser says the company in Europe, and the decision to set up corporate offices expects great things the rest of this year from new re- on the West Coast. We're based in Nashville and we've leases by Kathy Troccoli, Servant, Philip Bailey, Charlie felt for some time a need to establish an important pres- Peacock, Undercover and Evie's new Christmas album. ence out there. So sometime in September we'll open After the first of the year, new product is scheduled our new offices in Laguna Beach, Calif." from the Imperials, David Meece, Petra, Dion, Russ Taff, Alan Brown, marketing manager for Benson, has a the Gaither Vocal Band and -maybe, just maybe, de- number of hot projects on tap for the rest of 1984, in- pending on the continued success of her latest LP cluding the imminent release of the new albums from Ahead" -Amy Grant. Sandi Patti, DeGarmo & Key and Dallas Holm. Wayne Erickson, executive vice president and general "Other top new releases albums include Candy Hem - manager of the Benson company, says that the label is phill's 'From The Heart,' the Kingsmen's 'Game Of Life,' 5% ahead of budget over the past six months and a Squire Parsons' 'It Is The King Of Kings,' 'Best Of' re- whopping 26% ahead of the same period last year. 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Signed to United Artists, it and advertising moves, and a whole lot of moxie on the was obvious this group of Christian musicians tran- part of Ray Nenow. scended confining labels and descriptions. Piro nur- Joe English turned out to be more of a CBA talent than tured, grew, and produced the group. In the mean -time, anyone could have expected. He fit the market to a tea. the secular industry was sitting up and taking notice of He wrote hook -ridden songs that left radio programmers the diminutive dynamo. INDIE LABELS singing his praises. Bonnie Bramlett, while no one could Piro's next major project, Ambrosia, proved to be a du- Continued from page G -6 deny her talent, her raucous stage manner, Lucky Strike rable and prolific provider of top 40 hits. Although their McGee is happy with his relationship with Benson, and java growl, did not sit as well with radio program- soft and luxurious ballads were not necessarily a good "We're getting a lot of support from our corporate side. mers and audiences accustomed to the afternoon tea representation of their concept pop art rock albums, We're doing extensive training with the sales staff show- vocal stylings of Evie and Don Francisco. Rick Cua's first their singles dominated the radio air -space for a number ing them how to approach mom and pop stores which album did very well, especially considering he only sup- of years. are the lifeblood of our industry. We are as good as your ported it with one gospel concert. After Ambrosia broke up, Piro decided to drop out of sales staff and we find our Benson salespeople young, In January of this year, Ray Nenow bought out Refuge the record scene and relax and take care of some things teachable and excited about our product." co- owners Bob MacKenzie and Wayne Erickson, contin- he hadn't had time to do in the frantic and turbulent Am- While starting a label can be difficult it helps to have ued his satisfying distribution deal with Benson, and brosia years. One of the first things Piro did was corn - artists with either very strong raw talent that is quickly took over all the marketing of the label except radio. plete his recording studio, Mama Jo's, something that breakable, or artists that are veterans with a track record Plans for the label have been coming out at a furious before had been relegated to the back burner. The sec- of sales to support your younger more anonymous pace and the label seems to be generating a lot of posi- ond thing was plot his next moves with his Good News talent. tive energy. Rick Cua has decided to keep both feet in Records. Distributed by Word, Good News had been VanessaBell Armstrong, a native of Detroit, broke on gospel music and is supporting his new effort "No Mys- previously on hold during the Ambrosia years. to the scene startling everyone. With a hit record, tery" as a featured part of the Phil Keagy tour. Piro says of the label resurrection, "After Ambrosia I "Peace Be Still, " and a Grammy nomination her first After taking English on his first tour of Europe, Nenow (Continued on page G -21) time up to bat, Armstrong looks to have a long and fruit- developed a real interest in European artists. He has cur- ful future. The Richard Smallwood Singers currently rently two groups from the continent, Dein- Adahl, a have the No. 1 album on the Billboard charts. It is their Swedish group riding the heels of a new album in Octo- Hall was a ber with a Fall tour of the U.S., and Jerusalem, whose first release. Danibelle signed after service- ". able, but uninspired tenure at Light Records. With a "Can't Stop Us Now is currently doing very well on the weighty reputation preceding her, it remains to be seen charts. if Danibelle can fulfill the promise that has for so far Another group on the Refuge roster is the Canadian eluded her. metal group, Daniel Band. Nenow has signed the enig- At the 17th Annual Gospel Music Workshop in Atlanta matic Daniel Amos and their newest release, "Vox Hu- ..,., this year, Onyx International was given the ` "Manufactur- mana," is due out in October. Also being released by IAÄÁÁ14i:isitiiil=+++tr:.., er of the Year" award by the Gospel Announcers Guild Refuge is former Muscle Shoal guitarist Will McFar- land's last . of America. Label head McGee was presented with "Ex- newest project, "Colony of Heaven." The ac- ecutive of the Year" honors by Inspiration Across Ameri- quisition and in many ways the most interesting is the ca, the syndicated black gospel music show. Front, a four -man group made up of Tommy Funderbirk, triple -scale session singer, Bob Wilson, former drummer REFUGE and leader of jazz -funkers Seawind, Larry Williams, also of Seawind, and rising session guitarist, Dan Huff. Inside the control room of the 24 -track mobile Full Sail In 1981 while every Christian record label executive Dream Machine, Altamonte, Fla. The audio facility has con- was looking for the next B.J. Thomas and still feeling GOOD NEWS sistent appeal for gospel producers, and has been mobi- quite proud of the fact that Bob Dylan was one of them, lized on behalf of Lenny LeBlanc, Sandi Patti, Prodigal, Ray Nenow, a Nashville -based sort of gospel everyman, There are some fellas that for all intensive purposes Resurrection Band and Carmen.

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"I've been trying to do a whole gos- were a lot of people who did do quality Christian music." pel album for years," Williams says, noting her label's Cua signed with Refuge, putting out two well- received (CBS) reluctance to go ahead with such a project. Never- Christian rock albums, with two more due within the theless, says Williams, "God's given me a platform from year. Cua also continues to work in secular music. TALENT PARADE which to speak, and people who don't know anything not a hit -you -with- the -Bible person," he says, "but Continued from page G -3 about Christ at all, or wouldn't buy a straight gospel rec- my songs are geared to glorify God and help people out. ord, are exposed to Him (through secular albums.)" song didn't conflict with my beliefs." And if Christian au- There's an awful lot of kids who aren't happy getting And then there's Leon Patillo, whose studio work as diences didn't understand, well ... it'd be unfortunate. blasted every week, and want to straighten out their keyboardist and vocalist with the likes of Funkadelic, lives." "Some day, Al Green might do a song with Willie Nel- Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, and War had led to his son," she muses. "And I'd want Al Green's audience to Lead guitarist Bob Hartman of Petra, gospel's fore- recruitment by Carlos Santana in the mid -'70s. After say, 'Go for it, AI, rather than, 'Oh gee, he jumped ship." most rock'n'roll group, feels that music with a message three years as lead vocalist/keyboardist for Santana can indeed be an active force in straightening out way- Al Green himself is no stranger to the secular world, (during which time he wrote and sang the memorable ward lives. having topped pop charts through the '70s with sensual "Mirage"), Patillo realized he needed to "re- evaluate my "Kids see so many negative, violent, and sadistic me, I ballads such as "Let's Stay Together" and "I'm Still In life ... Drugs etc. had taken their toll on and fig- things these days, I think it affects their minds," says Love With You," before becoming a Pentecostal minis- ured I'd better get back to my Christian roots." Hartman. "When they hear something positive, it brings ter several years ago. Based in Memphis, Green now Patillo entered a Bible study course in 1977 and light and hope into their hearts -and the feeling that takes his musical ministry on the road much of the year, emerged a minister in the non -sectarian Calvary Chapel Christ is in control of'the world." between recording albums for Myrrh/Word. Church. Currently heading the Leon Patillo Concert Min- Over the course of the 11 years in which Petra's been "We've been sent out here to forge ahead for gospel istries, Patillo spreads the word on record and on stage performing, the five -man group has sold a total of and Christian music," says Green, "plugging away for via his synthed -up techno -gospel. got all of the now - 700,000 copies of their six albums and has presented more time on television and radio broadcasts, cable aday juice," says Patillo of his music, "but I'm using around 1,300 concerts, according to Hartman. With ex- channels, etc. -more visibility in general." paraphrased Scripture for lyrics." perience has come the realization that "it's important to Patillo says he's aiming at "the same people that Boy As to whether Green's spiritual lifestyle is preferable be professional in our staging, lighting, and every as- George and Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie are pect of live performance, even essence of limelight, he replies with a fervent, though the to the pop "Yeah! Oh, reaching, with the message of love." He's off on the my goodness, yes. So hectic before, so much business what we do is ministry," says Hartman, adding that their right foot too, it seems-Leon's stage garb is designed ... Nevertheless, Green feels he doesn't "have one thing flashier presentation doesn't always sit well with more by Prince's outfitters Vaughn and Lewis, he appears on- traditionally- minded members of the Christian to regret. I have a good past, man, I have a real good stage with a battalion of Oberheim and Yamaha synthe- past. We it we community. don't try to bury -and don't say that we're sizers, and he's working both on an MTV -friendly video so and -thou we recognize "There used to be a strong anti -Petra sentiment in the changed holier- than that can't and what is said to be the first gospel 12 -inch dance rec- we're the same people." churches," admits Hartman. "But we've proved that ord, a nine -minute version of "Love Calling" from his lat- rock'n'roll can be used very by God to reach Green has no plans for further secular recording, al- strongly est LP Sky's The Limit." people." though a suggestion that many of his early hits could be "I have an obligation to this generation and this time Andrae Crouch remembers a time in late transposed into a Christian context has him enthusinng, zone," states Patillo. "People need something stable-I the '60s when he first started bringing drums and horns into a "That could easily be done, don't you think? I haven't as want them to feel they've come up against the church, a radical move at that point. "It was necessary to yet, but I think it'd be a good idea. Just change a few shoreline." take the pastor aside and explain that it was meaningful words -from 'baby, baby, baby' to 'Lord, Lord, Lord' Former Outlaws bassist and vocalist Rick Cua shares - to and go right to it." Patillo's enthusiasm for modern sounds and state- of -the- each musician to play the instrument that God gave him to recalls Crouch. Secular pop artists who've embraced Christianity over art recording techniques. It was the previous lack of the talent play," The man once nicknamed Beast of Beat" is the years are many: Little Richard, Dion, Richie Furray, same in Christian music, in fact, that had discouraged "the con- sidered one of the pioneers of the modern gospel B.J. Thomas, Phil Keaggy, Kerry Livgren, Michael Omar - the born -again Cua from making his own devotional tian, and Donna Summer are among them. records. (Continued on page G -24)

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It seems that they need a choir for their "If there was a turning point, I think it was Sandra next video and we took records by the New Jersey Mass Crouch winning the Grammy and the Dove Awards this Choir, led by Donnie Harper, to their offices." MAJOR LABELS spring. I think that had a lot to do with us perceiving our- Henry says that there are other popular releases on selves as winners again." Continued from page G -12 tap for the days ahead as well, including the Rev. James Even during the tough times, Carmichael says catalog Cleveland, the Georgia Mass Choir, Charles Fold, Cas- growing so fast in terms of commitments and crowds, sales by artists like Andrae Crouch and Dino have kept sieta George, Donald Vails and others. we just can't keep up." things going. As things have turned around, Light has Hearn The Rev. Larry McCullough, national promotion man- also pointed to the strong showings by old fa- added a number of new contemporary artists, including ager for Atlanta International Records, has plenty to vorite John Michael Talbot and newcomers Steve Camp Bob Bailey, Karen Vogtland, Sonlight, Trilogy, Rob Fra- smile about these days himself. Their latest release and Steve Green. And he predicts that Michelle Pilar's zier, Larry Bryant and others. Other signees include New from next album her Barnes and Brown has just hit No. 4 on the Billboard will vault into gospel music's upper Wave rockers Barnabas, Scott Smith and a newly re- charts and they've just signed a echelons. signed Walter Hawkins. couple of top contempo- rary gospel artists in Teddy Huffam and Ben Moore. "I do want to mention Sheila Walsh. Her impact has Also in store are new Christmas musicals by Otis Skil- The signing of Huffam, Moore and others signals been unbelievable and I believe her sales are going to lings and another by Flo Price entitled "Christmas 2020 something of a change of direction for the label. While catch up real soon. She's one of the greatest performers AD " -a follow -up to her best -selling "Christmas 2001 the Rev. McCullogh says that Al is working hard to main- to come I in along since started this industry 20 years AD." Carmichael himself, one of Christian music's best- tain its strong support in traditional black gospel, they ago. Several promoters who saw her at the recent artist known arrangers and composers, even has a new Christ- are slowly expanding their roster showcase at Estes Park, Colo., said, 'That's the future.' mas instrumental to include all types of album set for release: a jazz fusion LP gospel music. Among Sparrow's biggest new releases for the next reinterpreting standards and featuring well -known mu- Despite a in few months include studio albums from Phil Keaggy and sicians like Al Vissutti and Ted Nash with producer Bill couple of problem areas distribution, McCullough says Al is the Resurrection Band and "Hymns Triumphant II," the Schnee that he believes will fit into contemporary Chris- that optimistic about the future. There second in the fast -selling Triumphant" series. tian, secular, and even jazz formats. are eagerly awaited LPs from Luther Barnes and the Red Budd Choir, Evangelist Essie Moss, Dixie Hum- Hearns says that one of Sparrow's most important pro- Jim Henry, director of marketing and national promo- mingbirds, Barbara White and their new, more contem- jects for late 1984 will be an inventive line of new chil- tion director for the venerable Savoy record label, says porary artists-11 in all in the days ahead. dren's product in the form of a whole new line of $4.98 that this has been a good year for Savoy and black gos- "Given the quality of the artists we're releasing, the records and cassettes. The seven inch records and cas- pel music in general. He points with pride to the appear- quality of the sound and the albums themselves, the co- sette boxes will come with a seven by seven inch, four - ances by Albertina Walker on both the Grammy award operation of the gospel announcers, I'd have to say that color booklet. There will be nine releases in all, each fea- telecast and the March of Dimes telethon. things are looking good," he says. "And while there are turing a different "fruit of the Spirit, " such as patience, This has been something of a period of transition for more labels now before, we kindness, joy and peace. Savoy. Henry says the label was purchased from Arista than ever don't see them as competition. There's no such in the Lord's The product is from the Candle and Agapeforce stu- in August of 1983 by the dance -oriented Prelude com- thing work. First off, the pie is big enough for everybody. Secondly, dios. An earlier children's album, "The Music Machine," pany. A year later, he says that Savoy is alive and well. there's no competition when your is is approaching platinum. Another LP, "Bullfrogs And "Of course, there's competition now that there didn't goal the get the Lord's music to the people. " Butterflies," is approaching gold status. used to be four -five years ago. Back then a few labels Hearn says that their market studies have shown that dominated. I recently saw a Top 40 list with 23 different McCullough, who was recently named "Gospel Re- for the first time they should introduce the new products black gospel labels listed." cord Executive of the Year" by Black Radio Exclusive, is in both secular and Christian markets. Henry says that Savoy has also just begun an ambi- especially pleased with the quality of recording in to- Sparrow's main distributed label, Nissi, is also sched- tious plan to re- master older classic albums and re -re- day's black gospel. All Atlanta International artists are uling a number of new releases. Hearns says that on the lease them at a $5.98 retail price. The new mid -line Sav- using a world -class 24 -track studio favored by top secu- heels of popular Nissi albums by Keaggy and tv star Lisa gos label will feature legendary performances and LPs lar artists as well. Whelchel are albums by new signees Tim Miner, the by the Caravans, the Roberta Martin Singers, the Five Another label doing an about -face in recent years is Cruse Family and Andrus /Blackwood & Co. Nissi is Blind Boys and others. Savgos will supply special post- Nashboro. President Ray Harris says that Nashboro is

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NALR's featuring liturgical Roby Duke's "Come Let Us Reason." "I am really excited who join steady sellers the Swanee Quintet, the Porter Praise Hymnal" hardbound edition, Louis Jesuits, Carey about Roby. The album was shipped May 1st and it en- Family and Willie Neal Johnson and the Gospel music by the Damiens, the St. had an initial print- tered the charts at number 15. The title cut has been a Keynotes. Landry, Michael Joncas and others, but saw an initial order of 15,000. Today mainstay on Christian radio and is currently number 11 "This has really been a period of re- entrenchment for ing of 5,000, copies on back order alone, with a on the CCM Musicline air -play charts. But the biggest us since MCA took over our distribution. It has done a lot the book has 30,000 of 50,000 copies on tap. change we've noticed is in Roby's bookings. Before the for us, given us better avenues of marketing. 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Initial returns narration by The Zondervan conglomerate owns the Milk and Hon- thing we're excited about this quarter is a 'Parish W have been good and her says he's already seeing Nash - "One ey label, but because it is not under the Benson wing it is Kit,' " Ms. Sullivan says. "It comes with an °r boro product in stores where they've never been before, Introduction sometimes overlooked in label profiles. Fortunately this stereo music cassette with full arrange- ó including some of the better mass merchandisers. audiophile confusion is not part of the corporate relationship. Mike and sheet with the melodies for each song u Malaco Records has a list of success stories a mile ments, a lyric DeMonico, director of Milk and Honey Records, feels o a month, temporary melody reprint license to long, according to promotions director Roy Wooten. and six independent "step-sister" image helps in all of EI for choir members and celebrants. that the Among the label's biggies in the past few months: the make copies its dealings with the company. "Because we have a z In Mississippi " and "It's a new way to package cassettes and a better way Jackson Southernaires' new "Made in Zondervan, I believe we receive more intentions behind the music. We'll unique position "Lead Me," the Sensational Nightengales' "I Surrender to explain an artist's attention. They feel really good about us. eight different kits by major composers." than adequate All "- "It's as hot as pepper, cayenne pepper," Wooten be distributing With our small stable of artists we can work hard and - Also in store for NALR: Robert Fabing, S.J.'s "Winter says-Lucille Candy Davis' latest, the Fantastic Violin in a democratic fashion. Our vision is God Who Cares," Miller, divide out energies aires' "Talk to Jesus," the Angelics' "Don't Stop Pray- Has Risen," Paul Coates' to artists that write lyrically Smith and Valentine's "In Our God," Rory Conney's to create a label that caters ing," the original Soul Stirrers' "Divine Love" and Bill ", It is a definite image." "You Alone, Tom Kendzia's "No Greater Love," Daniel exceptional songs. Moss and the Celestials' fiery "I Ain't Gonna Sing No approach has worked. At a GMA Consiglio's "Lord Of Field And Vine" and Michael Jon- For the most part this More Rock'n'Roll." years ago Milk and Honey's simple cas' "Here In Our Midsts." label showcase two "One of our biggest albums yet is the Evereadys' presentation of artist and song was in obvious contrast 'Learning to Lean,' " Wooten says. "It's done extra good to the glaring superficiality of some of the major's big for us. Their latest, 'Revived,' is nearly as hot, but the DJs LABELS entertainment extravaganzas. Their biggest success sto- keep going back to 'Learning To Lean.' They've got an- INDIE ry last year was GMA Song Writer of the Year, Mike that Continued from page G -16 other good one, 'Just Think Of His Goodness' Card. Best known for EI Shaddai, Card proved to be a needed a rest. I had been working non -stop for a should be out any day. really multi- faceted writer and performer whose "Shaddai was a number of years. The time off gave me the perspective "I guess our biggest record right now is from young a mere tip of the iceberg. " His "Legacy" album tran- I a see what I really wanted to do. just wanted to sign group called the Truthettes. For the past seven -eight to scended the genre and was a lone diamond in last year's strong and committed Christian artists and see how months I haven't been able to ship their latest album, few somewhat predictable songwriter- singer fair. Deter- 'Take It To The Lord In Prayer' fast enough. The stores we could do." mined and purposeful Wayne Watson, who has been a I a new Stephen Soles album and get' em one day and they go out the next. think the at- Piro introduced mainstay at the label, continues to create meaningful unknowns, pop artist Roby Duke, traction on the LP is their single 'Everybody's Looking signed two relative and sometimes novel music. His newest "New Lives for Becky Fender, a white Pentecostal singer who For Peanut Butter And Jelly.' " and Old" is in the same vein. A real surprise for Milk and like Aretha Franklin than Mabelle Carter. With Malaco's success along the Atlanta to Boston sounded more Honey was Harvest, out of Tyler, Texas, who had a num- respected producer and singer, How- corridor, Wooten says the label has begun branching He also signed the ber one hit, "Army of the Lord," in 1983. "Send Us to ard McCreary, and Linda Evans, a contemporary black out somewhat. They've added younger groups like the the World " was a natural progression from their earlier, home base is Detroit, Mich. Truthettes and the Salt of the Earth to what has been a gospel singer whose "It's All Right Now." Twila Paris' "Keepin' My Eyes On mostly traditional label. And they've done videos on Stephen Soles, who first toured with Bob Dylan on the on page G -22) groups like the Evereadys, the Sensational Nightengales Rolling Thunder Review, later formed the legendary Al- (Continued

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Some of the most creative suc- bum he produced. His first release, "Keep No Secret," is cesses -and failures are emerging from experimental due out in September. MRC models. This "farm team" approach has produced Much of the label's personality can be attributed to INDIE LABELS groups as diverse and varied as the Altar Boys, Youth Donohoe's and Harris' infectious energy and positive ap- Continued from page G-21 Choir, CIA, and The Lifters. MRC offers anything from proach to life. Donohoe says of their philosophy, "We You" rounded out the strong releases for 1983. The la- rock -a- billy, neo- metal, to post- funk -punk for the dis- really believe in creating good solid product, but, at the bel has just signed the author of Harvest's "Army of the criminating youthful consumer. same time, it must truly reflect what our artists are about. We are not creating records just for the sake of Lord," Brent Lamb, to a record and publishing deal. STARSONG creating records, we believe our artist's music can MARANATHA MUSIC Wayne Donohoe and Darrell Harris have built the Star - change lives. That is the most important thing. We are song label through trial and error, starting out with a blessed with a group of artists that not only believe in Maranatha! Music has always held a unique and re- number of unproven and aspiring artists and settling on themselves, they believe in each other!" spected position in the gospel music industry. In the ear- a curious mix of wandering rockers and MOR and con- ly Jesus movement years, it led the way in accepting al- temporary duos. If there is a common link in Starsong ternative rock and roll as a valid expression of Christian artists it is their ability to not look packaged and youth. It saw itself as a renegade with good intentions. predictable. Now that most of the alternative music attention has No rock group has ever dominated the contemporary died down in tentative acceptance, Maranatha has now Christian music market like Petra. Their selling power is taken on a new yolk -that of a venerable creator of documented in consistent and impressive figures: praise and worship music, almost single -handedly "More Power To Ya," 250,000 units; "Not Of This changing the listening habits of all Christians to the re- World, " 250,000 units; and their most recent release, flective and calming universal music. "Never Say Die, " has already sold 150,000 units. The Maranatha, which grew out of the California Calvary building of Petra's audience was long process, but a cal- Chapel movement, has always seen itself as an exten- culated one, not unlike the building of, say, John Cougar sion of the church, and therefore, bases all of its product Mellencamp's audience. Their success came after years decisions on the needs of the home church. The Kid's of arduous touring, numerous radio station and record Praise series grew out of a genuine need for alternative store appearances, and an ability to stay together under children's music as entertainment and as a teaching tool the most precarious of conditions. If there is truly a mus- at Calvary Chapel. The Praise music phenomenon grew cular, blue collar band in gospel music, it's got to be out of a natural need for more homogeneous contempo- Petra. rary worship music in their own church. Since the Long time Benson recording artists Bob and Jane Far- church is used as a sounding board for new projects, rell recently signed with Starsong. Their first release, Maranatha feels they do not waste time creating materi- "Choices," was a Word album of the month in June. Bob al that has no audience. Farrell has established himself as one of the premier Bob Cotterell, left, of Creative Sound Productions in Holly- Maranatha! Music has three labels under its umbrella: singer- songwriters in gospel music, coupled with his wood, and Dr. Byron Spears Jr., owner of Birthright Re- Maranatha, A & S, and MRC. The flagship Maranatha la- wife's formidable vocals, it shouldn't be long before cords. Creative Sound designed the new Edwin Hawkins al- bel that once led the embryonic Jesus movement is now their albums start punching into the six -figure sales bum jacket. primarily for established artists and programs that have brackets. proven to be strong and resilient. The A & S label is seen Steve and Annie Chapman are a curious case. Once as a more esoteric label that includes in its roster jazz members of the underrated Dogwood, they retired to de- and "new music." Undercover, once a fledgling garage - vote more time to their family. In the process they found punk band has polished up its sound, found a new de- they had a real ministry for struggling marrieds. Brought We're getting bigger every day...

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Stanley Davis, execu- CoSTa a ed as a major move, and all eyes will be on his "The tive director of the Gospel Arts Workshop, non -profit Wonders Of His Love" album, due out next month. If it is educational and cultural organization based in Chicago. a success, others may follow his lead. "This would further complicate the picture for Black Another major cross over signing in the past year was Gospel. " the re- joining, after a six -year absence, to the Birthright According to Savoy's Jim Henry, director of marketing label (distributed by Word) of three -time Grammy-win- and national promotion, "Savoy is sticking with sales ner Edwin ("Oh Happy Day") Hawkins. His first album re- winners, and at present we're riding high on the charts lease is "Angels Will Be Singing. " with the Charles Fold Singers, Jeff Banks & the Revival Due to last year's popular film, "Say Amen, Some- Temple Mass Choir, Rev. James Cleveland's Gospel Mu- body," the careers of DeLois Barrett Campbell and the sic Workshop of America "Live In Cincinnati, " the New Barrett Sisters, the O'Neill Twins and others have ac- Jersey Mass Choir, Rev. Clay Evans & the Fellowship quired cross over reach and greater audiences, prompt- Missionary Baptist Church Choir, Donald Vails & the Cor - ing them to do a lot of traveling, including European aleers and many more. We're also doing a mid -line re- touring. packaging of our catalog greats. We have more than A debate rages on regarding the Grammys, where pri- 300 active album titles. " marily cross over, contemporary -style artists have suc- The Benson Company's Black Division saw the recent not ceeded. There are strong feelings that there are departure of Gentry McCreary from its marketing de- enough categories, causing the true mainstream of /MUSIC THAT'S partment, although Butch McGee remains to work the BOLD & SPIRITED\ be In the meantime, Alber- Black Gospel to overlooked. strong sales leaders on the Onyx label, including Thom- A NEW YORK SOUND to the Chicago N.A.R.A.S. tina Walker has been elected as Whitfield's production of Vanessa Bell Armstrong, WITH Board. and albums by the Richard Smallwood Singers, and UNIVERSAL or not the sequined, INSPIRATION,' Some have wondered whether Danniebelle Hall. glitzy stage presence of some established cross over art- Spears of Los Angeles Birthright label, distrib- ists may not cause them to be dismissed as secularized Byron says that calls have been flooding in from or show -business, instead of ministry, by their uted by Word, Gospel about the new Edwin Hawkins LP, original Black sales base. On the other hand, artists such all over the country Will Be Singing. " As a result, Word has moved as Walter Hawkins & the Family are trying to expand "Angels August 27. "We expect to do extreme- WaLK >FoRWand their audience by costuming and dramatic staging. Only the release up to the hits "Not only is Edwin a superstar, but contains time will tell whether traditional Black Gospel will be ly well, " says Spears. in bookstores and overseas for cross "Another Kind Of Love Song" outdistanced by contemporary. Word puts him be beat. " The now -completed sale to Prelude of Savoy, with its over that can't "Tough Love" roster of greats (Rev. James Cleveland, Albertina Walk- According to Tommy Crouch of Malaco Records of Now Available At er, Rev. Clay Evans and a catalog that includes Cleve- Jackson, Miss., "We expect to be number one or two in land, the Caravans, the Ward Singers, the Five Blind Black Gospel within a year. 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PARADE The monastic involves TALENT life about "60% of the time Taylor has garnered considerable secular media at- Continued from page G -18 in and study, and in de- spent prayer 40% activity, " tention including articles and reviews by publications sound, as well as one of the first black crossover gospel scribes Talbot, the latter of which for him meaning "re- like the Los Angeles Times, Houston Post and the Rocky acts. Now with 14 albums spanning 13 years on Light cording, the most fruitful of my activities; writing books; Mountain News. His songs- have also cut inroads in an Records, Crouch is a five -time Grammy winner and two - and last of all personal appearances. " area still new to Christian music -college radio. Taylor's Though have he time Dove winner, among many other accolades. Talbot's concerts been few, admits "Meltdown" as the long -time number one seller in Or- Crouch says he's pleased with the direction of his own he's anxious to do a proper tour, and hints that it could ange County Christian record stores (until Stryper sur- career but is concerned for other black and minority be happening before the year is out. Proceeds from per- planted them), according to Bill Hearn, Sparrow's senior gospel artists in the face of the industry's separation of sonal appearances, as well as from record revenues, are vice president of marketing. In June and July, 11,000 funneled into black and white gospel. both back the monastery and channeled copies of the LP were sold. "At one time it looked like the Christian message was into international relief fund Mercy Corps International. What is it that sets Taylor apart from other Christian shared by both black and white (gospel artists)," Crouch "I've taken a vow of poverty, you know," smiles Talbot. popsters? For one thing, his music has plenty of original- says. Now, he says, with the separation of black and John Michael Talbot believes strongly in the power of ity. It also possesses the cutting edge that's frequently charts in industry trade publications, the music as a vehicle for the word of God. "Music has al- white gospel lacking in so- called gospel "new wave." It's tight and gos- ways played an important role in the church, because it unwillingness of white gospel stations to play black punchy without sounding overly slick and processed. gospel in general, stirs the heart as well as the mind, " he says, recalling the pel, and the scarcity of black stations Also, his backing Band" isn't afraid to slide into a is not being reached by Chris- words of St. Augustine: " 'He who sings well prays large potential audience some overtly danceable grooves. race or nationality. twice." " tian artists of any But Taylor's secret weapon is his incisive lyrics. His Sandi Patti frequently marvels at how far Christian "The world should know that we are all brothers and skillfully-written songs about relevant topics like racism a music can reach. "Christian artists rarely receive airplay sisters and that we all have song," says Crouch. "Some among Christians ("We Don't Need No Colour Code ") of these innovative artists, if they could play the way on regular radio stations, " she observes, it's amaz- and religious persecution in Poland ( "Over My Dead they want, could really reach the kids on the street ing how my music finds its way into the hands of people - Body ") indicate Taylor's desire to present faith in a real- who have had no connection to the Lord. " which means the devil wouldn't get at them." istic way. into his Crouch says he incorporates Latin influences Patti, 28, who received her first Grammy this year for Taylor, 24, used to be a youth pastor. He feels a spe- music, in part to make audiences aware of the untapped her and Larnelle Harris' duet "More Than Wonderful, " cial affinity for younger folks. "It's my firm conviction for us pool of Hispanic gospel talent. "It's ludicrous to began performing around five years ago. Valuable stints that the Christian faith holds water from a historical and ignore these other styles of music," Crouch stresses. with the Bill Gaither show and the Imperials afforded intellectual standpoint, " he says. trying to chal- If there is a Catholic /Protestant division in gospel mu- Patti more exposure than she would have gotten on her lenge young people to think about what it means to be a in sic, it doesn't affect the popularity and impact of John own the early stages of her career, and now Sandi's a Christian in today's society, and to take a stand on to- Michael Talbot, whose nine LPs on the Sparrow label formidable draw in her own right with five albums under day's issues." have sold over a million copies (latest release is "The her belt. The recipient of numerous Dove Awards, Patti's But he wants his fans to enjoy themselves in the pro- God of Life," a collection of Celtic monastic prayers set on the road about 175 days of the year, and husband/ cess. In his crazy title tune, Taylor uses melting figures to music). manager John Helvering says they'll be touring both fall in a wax museum as symbol of temporal life: "Elvis and Talbot, who with brother Terry headed up the early and spring. the Beatles have seen a better day/ Better off to burn out '70s band Mason Proffit (whose counter -culture classic "I have some very specific things to say about the than to melt away/ Dylan may be fillip" the puddle they "Two Hangmen" still turns up on progressive radio), be- Lord," says Sandi. "I know the kind of relationship I have designed/ Is it gonna take a miracle to make up his came a Christian artist along with Terry in the mid -'70s. with God, and I want to share that with people. " mind ?" "Frustrated with the lack of unity" he saw in the The same can be said of Scottish songstress Sheila (Continued on page G -26)

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Word Inc., followed suit this labels, and with radio willing to play the new labels, in- 53:5 "By his (Jesus') stripes we are healed." With year with their Studio Series. Sparrow will be releasing dies have a bright future and are already showing up that's as walloping and ear -piercing as that of anyone roars out songs with a classical favorites album later this fall featuring the with increasing frequency on airplay and sales charts. else in the metal arena, Stryper Houston Symphony and a 250 -voice choir, available Exclusive and staff songwriters from record and mu- clean -cut lyrics about rockin' and salvation. sans choir as an accompaniment tape. Accompaniment sic publishing companies will be playing an increasingly Their turf is by no means the church concert circuit. tapes are unique to gospel music and are a major part of important role in gospel music. Watch for further devel- Stryper plays in the local clubs, sharing the bill with non - the industry; both original and cover versions should opment of creative centers within the record companies Christian "head- banger" bands. "We want to entertain continue to sell well. and music publishing companies. people and make them have fun," says Robert Sweet, Also watch for Christian videos, but it will be a gradual And certified gold albums, once only a dream in gos- 24- year -old drummer for the Orange County group. development. As one exec puts it, "the MTV mega- pel, are now reality. Recipients so far include Bill we also want to show them that Jesus is fun, and he's bucks" are not in it, so development will be slower than Gaither's "Alleluia," Candle's "Music Machine," Amy better than what most of these other bands are in secular. But Christian and secular video shows and Grant's "Age To Age, " and Dallas Holm & Praise's "Live" offering. " services are latching onto some of the new videos from album. Set for gold in the coming few quarters are Can- Not only is Stryper getting good response ("Alcohol artists such as Amy Grant and Steve Taylor and more to dle's "Bullfrogs & Butterflies" and Sandi Patti's "More sales down- ticket sales up," jokes Sweet) in the club follow. In the meantime, video is generally being used as Than Wonderful." Sparrow also predicts the first gospel scene, but their debut mini -LP has been selling unusual- promotional material in stores to sell product. Some for- platinum album with "Music Machine" within a few ly well for a relatively unknown group. rent/for-sale videos are beginning to show up now. quarters. The label heads say that it's taking them about The album was released in July by Enigma, a small but Compact Discs are also being eyed as vital product of half as long to get sales up past 500,000 for their block- shrewd Southern California company that has launched the future, but at least one label head says he's waiting buster albums as it used to. So there are several more recording careers for the likes of Ratt, Berlin and Motley and seeing until the hardware is all fashioned and certified albums in the foreseeable future. Crue. Enigma vice president Wes Hein calls the Stryper standardized. That's good news indeed for the Good News industry. LP sales "explosive. It's the best -selling record for the Independent gospel labels are beginning to come on first two weeks that we've ever had. We sold 10,000 copies in the first week alone. I know a lot of retailers stronger and more independently than ever. Cutbacks ". of major label rosters in the past few years and label were amazed by the rush. CHRISTIAN ROCK: The majority of sales have come from outlets like Mu- sic Plus and Licorice Pizza. But this LP has given Enigma Continued from page G-24 the chance to deal with what is a new territory to them - A video of the song received airplay on a number of Christian record stores. music shows around the country. Taylor is currently Response to Stryper from Christians has been surpris- working on an extended dance remix of the tune that ingly positive, according to Sweet. "We've been ac- will be the first Christian 12" available for retail. cused by some people of being 'false prophets' and stuff Another Christian record company asserting itself in like that," he says. "But mostly, people are saying, the secular market is the Sacramento -based Exit Re- 'Thank God there's a band like you stepping out to win cords, which is distributed by Word. Bands like Vector people to Jesus.' Everyone seems to either totally love and the 77's deliver challenging but commercial songs us or totally hate us. " that communicate faith in a subtle, artful fashion. Hein explains why a secular company took a chance Both groups were able to generate college radio inter- on Stryper. "Regardless of their message, we really est with their first albums. To increase their credibility in liked their music. 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www.americanradiohistory.com 45 _Pro Audio/Video AES Readies Its `Biggest' Confab AES Unveiling Set For New Program Of Seminars Set For Gotham Gathering New Tascam Ministudio By STEVEN DUPLER of them running throughout the like this would have been directed show. only at how to place microphones on NEW YORK -Three years after For the a/v professional, it can be NEW YORK-With 184 exhibi- "The seminars are intended for the certain instruments in order to get a the introduction of the original mul- used for capturing ambient tracks, tors slated so far, the 76th Audio En- guy who's not quite ready for the good recording," Worham says. titrack cassette recorder /mixer, Tas- sound effects or dialog. gineering Society (AES) convention technical papers, which can get pret- "This one, though, will go a little cam's 144, and roughly 18 months af- "For the broadcast field, radio re- here Oct. 8 -11 promises to be "the ty heavy," Woram continues. deeper. If you know how the instru- ter the Fostex X -15 Multitracker cut porters can do field interviews, and biggest ever," according to AES con- "They're on more of an entry level." ment actually physically radiates its the cord and brought a battery - when there's no time to send the tape vention committee executive director Included on the agenda are discus- be able to better under- powered ministudio into the field, back to the station, they can put an sound, you'll Donald Plunkett. sions of the role of computers in the in miking that Tascam will introduce its entry into stand what's involved intro down and send the whole thing In addition to three floors of prod- audio industry, seminars on SMPTE the sub -compact cassette multitrack right through the phone line." instrument properly." uct exhibits, the expo boasts a wide time code and MIDI, and a look at arena at the upcoming Audio Engi- from the norm, Physically, the Ministudio resem- variety of technical papers, work- digital interfacing in the studio, Another departure neering Society (AES) show here, will come during the bles a cross between the 244 Porta- shops and a unique expanded pro- which Woram describes as "filling says Worham, Oct. 8 -11. Audio" seminar the studio and the Fostex X -15. It is gram of eight educational seminars you in on what happens in the studio "Education In The new unit, Ministudio Porta of Oct. 11. "That seminar small -six and a half pounds-and unlike any the AES has sponsored when you have a bunch of pieces of afternoon One, is not intended to replace Tas- always entailed a bunch rather than the X -15's dual rows of previously. The seminars are being digital equipment that don't want to has generally cam's 244 Portastudio, says Bill talking to the kiddies LEDs, it uses four standard VU me- assembled by John Woram, recently speak to each other." of old goats Mohrhoff, Tascam's national sales in store for them in ters. Noise reduction is achieved appointed vice chairman and semi- One particularly noteworthy semi- about what lies manager, as "there's no way you can of the recording stu- through the use of switchable dbx, nars chairman of this year's show. nar scheduled for the evening of Oct. the real world get the performance of a machine laughs. "There's defi- which also helps out the dynamic "In the past, there've always been 9 will feature JBL Inc.'s John Eargle dio," Worham running at three and three -quarter to be said for experi- range. Features include its ability to one or two of these seminars at a in a discussion of how various acous- nitely something ips, with one that's running at one time we're using a pan- route all four input channels to any show," says Woram. "This is the first tic instruments radiate their sound. ence, but this and seven -eighths." Mohrhoff notes students, both one track or pair of tracks, as well as time there will be a planned program "Usually in the past, a discussion el of audio engineering that the Ministudio will retail for the inclusion of four discrete track still in school and recent graduates, $599, compared to about $1,300 for outputs for transfer to a larger multi- to discuss what their thoughts are." the 244. track unit once back in the studio. workshops slated so far "We had the opportunity to bring Technical tape machine maintenance, the new Ministudio out some time Rather than an attached battery Studio Track include portable digital recording equipment, ago," says Mohrhoff. "We just want- pack, such as the one employed by NEW YORK ford, Butch Heyward and James Eggleston acoustic measurement for sound re- ed to wait until we were satisfied the Fostex X -15, the Tascam unit and engineer Jon Evans. Reggae act stores its inforcement, economics of recording completely with its performance." batteries internally -a John Robie is producing ex -Bow Wow Wow Heavywait is laying tracks with producer studio operation and a special work- David Oren, national marketing blinking LED indicates when insuffi- leader Annabella's solo album for RCA at Neville Richards and engineer Noel. And cient battery power shop on recording techniques, for manager for Tascam, says the Japa- remains to oper- Green Street. Rod Hui is at the board, with Cliff Brown is working on two songs with pro- both remote and studio applications. nese firm's primary objective with ate the transport properly. Oren says Erika Klein assisting. And Paul Hardcastle ducer Ed Adams and engineer Jon Evans. that standard alkaline will the Ministudio was to create a ma- cells pow- is producing his own project for Chrysalis U.K. Tuff City Records has the Cold Crush The convention will be held at the er the unit for 10 12 chine that is "simple enough to be roughly to hours with Hui engineering and Andrew Speigel- Brothers, Undefeated 3 and Puffy Dee at Hilton Hotel here. Entrance fees used by a musician or songwriter as of continuous operation. man assisting... Several projects are under- Power Play for upcoming singles. Julian range from a high of $95 for non- an electronic notebook, while being The Ministudio's controls are not way at Quadrasonic. Pumpkin is laying Herzfeld and Gary Salzman are producing members of the AES registering on- rugged and practical enough to hold IC logic, but rather "smart mechani- tracks for his next Profile album. The artist is Desire's next single there for Mayhem Produc- site for the complete program, to $10 up in the field for audio /video cal," Oren notes, giving the unit the producing with engineers Dave Ogrin and tions, with Herzfeld doubling at the board. And for AES members who wish to peruse production. ability to perform cue and review Matthew Kasha. Jerry Harris is laying (Continued on page 46) only the exhibits. "The Ministudio gives the user the functions in the play mode. A num- tracks for his "City Life" album. Peter Lewis basic requirements for doing basic ber of accessories will be available for is producing, with Harris and Pat Belly at the tracks and overdubs in the field," the Ministudio when it arrives at re- board. Ron Johnson is engineering and pro- Oren continues. "It can even be run tail outlets sometime in October. ducing a project for the Adults, with Lee Fried- off a battery pack for a video system. STEVEN DUPLER man at the board. And producer Gene Heim - lich and engineer David Stone are working on projects for Gabriel Roth and the Mirrors. Malcom McClaren is procucing his "Ma- dame Butterfly" album for Charisma Records Print your label copy at Unique. Robby Kilgore is co- producing, with Michael Finlayson and Tom Lord engi- right on your cassette neering and Jeff Neiblum assisting. Produc- ers Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa are re- with the apex printer cording Xena and Jay Novelle for the Emergency label. Finlayson is at the board, with Roey Shamir and Mike Nicolletti as- sisting. The B -52's Fred Schneider is working single from his Warner Bros. on the second ß °bgoéz aPer bebe/s solo album. Ted Currier is producing, with Print (both Steve Pecorella and Bob Rosa sharing the a ette board. Claudia Engelhart is assisting. Hib -Tone Records owner Lonny Hibber is working on demo tapes for SaySo at Noize stud* Auaiorrtatic Corporation New York . .. Several projects are in pro- gress at Platinum Factory. The Duncan Brothers are recording their ninth album, with Tascam's answer to the Fostex X -15 is the new Ministudio Porta One. Due Cecilio Leacock and Alex Duncan producing in the stores sometime this October at a suggested retail price of $599, the and Cirland Noel at the boars. Jazz drummer e Porta One runs at 17/8 ips and features switchable dbx noise reduction and Alvin Queen is recording his next Nilva album the ability to assign one or all four channels to any track. Unit is designed with producer Melvin Sparks and engineer for use by musicians, songwriters and audio /video professionals in the Dick Hammond. Devotion is laying tracks for Forget about paper labels. field. units per hour. its debut album with producers Craig Craw- Print up to 5.000 Save time, money, trouble,.space. Eliminate inventory problems, costly label overruns. Europafilm Studio Complex Bought By Sonet Save 40 or more per cassette. video videocassette du- biggest newspaper group, merged By MIKE HENNESSEY equipped and 4 models to choose from: plication facility." with Europafilm, and Bonnier imple- Two one -color table top models. STOCKHOLM-Sonet, Scandi- Europafilm, a major force in the mented a rationalization program. Two high production multi -color consoles, navia's largest independent music Swedish film industry for more than With the Europafilm /Svensk Film that print up to three colors in one pass. group, has acquired the Europafilm 50 years, has steadily broadened its Industri combine owning a total of studio complex here. The deal takes base over the years with moves into around 200 cinemas in Sweden, it effect Oct. 15. cinema ownership, audio and video- was decided to concentrate on film The complex embraces complete cassette duplication, recording stu- distribution, to initiate a moderniza- tion program for its movie houses, Distributed in the U.S production facilities for sound re- dios, record production and plating and worldwide by cordings, video and film production and processing plant manufacture. and sell recording, production, man- and video duplication. It's the lead- But the group has recently been hit ufacturing and duplication facilities. ,,,.* TM ing production center of its kind in by cash flow problems and the spiral- The plating and pressing division Scandinavia. ling cost of film distribution caused was sold to Toolex Alpha this year. 400 Madison Avenue Apex Machine Company Announcing the acquisition, Dag by the increasingly powerful dollar. The audio /visual production, record- New York, New York 10017 3000 N.E. 12th Terrace Haeggqvist, Sonet general manager, Europafilm posted a $2.6 million loss ing and editing facility will now be Telephone: (212) 308 -6888 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 Telephone: (305) 566 -1572 said: "The production facilities will last year. acquired by Sonet. Telex: 12 -6419 assist Sonet's expansion into new au- Last summer, Svensk Film Indus - However, Sonet is selling the cas- dio /visual areas. In addition to so- tri, a production and distribution sette duplication plant to Toolex Al- phisticated recording, film and video company owned by the Bonnier con- pha, the company responsible for the studios, the operation includes a fully glomerate, proprietor of Sweden's (Continued on page 46)

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And Leon Sylvers Ill is mixing Ed- ing and cassette duplication. mund Sylvers for Geffen with engineer Nor- Maurice Starr is at The Plant in Sausalito, man Whitfield Jr. and assistant Sabrina Calif., finishing albums by the Stylistics, Tom Assistance in preparing this story Buchanek. Browne and Jenny Burton ... CBS Interna- provided by Leif Schulman in There's a full house at Capitol Studios. tional artist Jose Luis Rodriguez is at Miami's Stockholm. Tom Petty is working with producer Jack Criteria completing mixdowns for his upcom- Europa - Nitzsche and engineers Don Smith and as- ing Portuguese album. Shel Shapiro is pro- Says Haeggqvist: "When amal- sistant Hugh Davies. Patty Brard is mixing ducing with engineer Eric Schilling and assis- film and Svensk Film Industri tracks with producers Carlo Nasi and Trevor tant Stefano Salani. Thomas Dolby is laying gamated, they had to seek govern- ment approval, and this was given on Veitch for C &P Productions. 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We've found Street" gang has not yet made a good sales with the likes of 'Care transition to prerecorded video- Bears,' 'Masters Of The Union' and cassettes, where Walt Disney the 'Cabbage Patch Kids.' Now rep- Home Video reigns as the largest resents a really good time to get shareholder for children's video back into this kind of product." programming. Its unprecedented Steve Bennett of Record Bar, sales for a cartoon series called the Durham, N.C., which also has ap- Disney Limited Gold Edition au- proximately 150 mall- oriented gured a new home video champion stores, concurs. He expects a in the children's area, proving a chain -wide month -long program in $29.95 price point paired with the near future. quality product sparks sales. Joyce Heider of Great Bay Dis- Although the success Disney has tributing, Baltimore, who opened had with its video line goes un- her own business recently after matched, its children's computer years with Zamoiski Co. as a record software series has certainly been and tape executive, anchors a part out -done by the third party soft- of her business on her ability to sell ware vendors. Koala Technologies' moppet product. "They have to be touch pad has piqued the interest marketed differently than other of youngsters while the Disney records. Be are cautious about on retail where we put them. You can't ex- products lay dormant Clockwise from top left: Androman; the new Disney Gift Center is a floor -based heavy -wire rack occupying 21/2 in retail shelves. square feet and stands 54 inches high with is own multi -colored header. It holds 120 cassettes and books and /or pect to sell kiddie product "Fun With Art" and "Music" 60 little LPs and books; MGM /UA Entertain vent's "The Wizard Of Oz." if you stick them someplace in the have also done well for Epyx in toy back of the store. Parents passing store -type outlets. In fact, Toys 'R' the front door have to see an indi- Us, Child World and an array of cation that product for their young other toys stores have become the KidVid: Next Hit Programming Block children is stocked. Parents don't main seller of computer software feel comfortable just going into a and hardware. store where the p.a.'s rocking with By ANTHONY =REEDMAN II son. There's already a sizable be faced out so front cover graph- kiddie records "It shows how youngsters are chu ik of titles out already! ics are easily identifiable. They pop music. Labels in taking a role in the industry. They have point -of- purchase Just as the Yellow Brick Road A spot check around the country should also be free -standing and excellent are using computers in school and material that can alert parents to on the route to the land of Oz was witl- all types of video retailers easily accessible at a height suit- want to practice or play with them - of such product." paved with gold, so, too, is the mar- home video specialists as well as able to children. A good case in the presence home," a spokesman a Toys in at at for velous world of kidvid, the industry record stores -reveals major sales point is the approach taken by Labels product directed 'R' Us in Southern California says. are moving with the buzzword that en-braces home vid- and rental activity re ated to this Show Industries' Music +Video youngsters He notes that the Adam computer flow of the a Billboard eocassette and d sk programming area. Time and again such titles as chain in Southern California. While industry, play an array of the empha- from Coleco can meant for the younger set. "Linited Gold Editicn: Mickey "; mom and dad are grabbing up survey indicates. While games; what young- video that's Indeed, after major motion pic- "Linited Gold Editicn: Donald "; The Big Chill" and "Educating sis for decades has been on LPs, sters are interested in. kiddie labels reflect the dominant tures and music video, children - and "Limited Gold Edition: Pluto," Rita" for themselves, the four -year Yet prerecorded videocassettes oriented video !corns as perhaps all from Walt Disney Home Video; old can grab an MCA Woody Wood- position cassettes have taken in had an ill -fated entry into toys 12 months. Leon Ross of the next major programming and "The Wizard Of Oz" from MGM/ pecker title, a Family Home Enter- the last stores via an with experiment sales block in the industry. Many of UA Home Video; as well as others tainment Strawberry Shortcake ti- Heritage Sound, Phoenix, went into MGM Home Video and Family ago. His /UA the home video arms of the movie in this ilk loom as sign ficant sales/ tle, or "Sleeping Beauty" from kiddie product two years Home Entertainment. The failure, studios, as well as the indepen- renal titles. CBS /Fox Video. present catalog includes four LPs, some say, stems from too few titles As he dents have already formed video But just as Kermit the Frog, Miss -Dealers have to take advan- five 45s and 50 cassettes. being and that the video offered, music divisions and the more pro- Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, and the rest tage of all manufacturer and dis- reflects his remainder -of -1984 re- industry remains a rental market. gressive ones have already either of the troupe discovered in the tributor support and p.o.p. materi- lease, he is telling the independent Toy stores were not interested in formed tender age categories or original "The Muppett Movie" al such as posters, stand -ups, producers who bring him product taking on massive rental schemes. are about to. Case in point: Vestron (available from CBS /Fox Video), counter card display and other in- that he will probably emphasize Tenn does not pre- Disney's Ben with its Children's Video Library. ma-keting, merchancising selling novative merchandising devices more cassette product. Heritage clude the possibility of a mammoth merely the re- And children's /ideo can no long- anc renting children's home video such as RCA /Columbia's talking Sound produces toy store network for company sans illustrated er be pigeon -holed anymore into product is not the easy trek to the "Beany And Cecil" display. Retail- corded package products. He says, "When and if at great movie or cartoon transla- Holywood fame and fortune it ers agree that most suppliers have booklets. It prices cassettes those stores are prepared for our list, LPs, and singles tions. Kidvid is also witnessing the might seem. It requires work. done yeoman work in supplying $3.98 $5.98 titles, we are willing to help out. he and mar- acceleration of original program- First, certain generalizations can with them with in -store items as at $1.98. Ross says Right now we are happy and satis- are the fu- ming aimed specifically at that seg- be nade about the kidvid market. well as promotions to assist the keting chief deliberating fied with our dealer network." It is ture of their singles line with the ment of the marlet. The new trend -It can be more of a sales mar- sell- through. Walt Disney Home a dealer network spurred on by climbing emphasis on cassette. will be entertainment combined ket as well as a rental market. A Video is constantly praised by re- rental, but rapidly discovering the line with educational by- product. Ac- higi degree of psychology of own- tailers for their Limited Edition. The powerhouse Disneyland viable sales market for children's its in licensing companying LPs and activity books ers-lip seems to prevail with chil- -Perhaps more important of all, is expanding activity product. outside product name, with the opportunity for cross pro - dren's video. Children like to watch unlike major motion pictures which significant For Disney's Limited Gold Edi- after its success with recent proj- moticns will be another trend. An their favorite movies -and per- may have a brief, meteoric run, tion the sales will stop, and most ects like "E.T." and the "Star example would be RCA /Columbia's haps more to the point -their fa- children's video is a year -round at- retailers will begin offering "Mick- according to sales "The Fantastic Adventures Of vorite characters over and over. traction. Yes, it can be Christmas Wars" series, ey," "Minnie," "Daisey," "Pluto," Steve McBeth. Disneyland Unicc" at $39.95. It comes with a It's the ultimate surrcgate babysit- in June, July and August! There- chief "Donald Duck," "Silly Sympho- has up "Rainbow Brite," as free Unico notebook, pencil sharp- ter and the pricing for sales is right fore, consistent kidvid promotions picked nies" and "Cartoon Classics Of created by Mattel and Hall- ener, and percil 'carrying case with at an industry average of $19.95- are in order year- round. series The 1950s" as rental items in Sep- based upon a feminine char- pencils and ruler $29.95. "I think it has become more of a mark, tember when the home video firm into the world. Taken together, the pipeline -Retailers need to create sepa- sales market," observes Ira Slifkin, acter who puts color discontinues the line. As for Christ- was introduced on should see a significant amount of rate children's display areas adher- director of merchandising for the "Rainbow Brite" mas, Walt Disney is planning a sim- new product enter the picture for ing to some good merchandising two highly succesful Movies Unlim- tv in a June syndicated special. On (Continued on page CE -12) this fall to Christmas selling sea- principles. Children's video should (Continued on page CE -8) www.americanradiohistory.com 6' Retailers Aiming At Total Family Appeal Put Kids First By EARL PAIGE now aiming at the total "family" erate. The other trend is toward Coleco, Parker Bros. and so on, Video Store, Cincinnati. "Anyone if not outright long thought of by many record/ product With record /tape retailers, appeal, giving kids product that large promotions, disregarding children's outlets as gone the way of 8- video dealers and computer stores much more importance. extravaganzas, focusing on kiddie tape and the lower demographics can track prerecorded tapes. all embracing the home entertain- Two strongly related retail product. just forget about their business," ment theme, 'children's entertain- trends emerge form interviews Among other trends is one possi- Whatever forms the product is he declares. ment product is receiving more at- around the country. One is the in- bly highlighting the resiliency of found in, children's entertainment Fresh from staging an extrava- tention than ever. Going beyond creasing emphasis on home video, children's product -the fact that looms critical in the view of such ganza centered on the Care Bears the broad "home entertainment" a product category where chil- video games are still around; yes, people as Lee Hackman, promo - characters, Hackman mirrors oth- umbrella, many retail firms are dren's software is especially prolif- dedicated cartridge games, Atari, tions /advertising director, six -unit er retail representatives surveyed in describing how even regular I ne product comes into the children's sphere now, "because it's a viceo generation. We have two -year -o ds in our stores recognizing Michael Jackson on monitors." Where chiidrens' product and Haue yourself a Merry Christmas with sections loom especially important is for retail firms that are target ng the whole family, believes Randy Gerston, advertising director, 34- unit Licorice Pizza, Los Angeles. While many retail chains like to think they are appealing to entire families, a point Gerston makes tsanit Strttt to mark off a determired seems thrust. "We are not featuring x -rat- ed product," he says, "even though there are those in Licorice's man- agement that believe we shoild be." Licorice, says Gerston, has gone -311O ftg after the total family concept as "ar (krístmas SÍRO back as the design nearly 20 years ago and embrace of its famil ar logo; an apron -clad woman with a 1920s look serving a steaming piece of, not apple pie, but black vi- nyl with steaming musical notes. Explaining that children's prcd- street uct is therefore generic for the chain, Gerston adds how manage- ment this summer decided to go all out in the category. "We decided someone in Southern California is Sí$tg going to do a job in children's prod- uct, so we determined it would De Licorice Pizza." Thus a season long promotion, "Summer Is For Kids " Home Entertainment chains ce- vise various methods to spotlight children's product while still not going at it as directly as Licorice. The 150 -unit Camelot Enterprises chain out of N. Canton, Ohio, al- most alone among national record/ tape chains still doing a job in car- tridge video games, spotlights the category up front in its new config- uration units. While much of the focus in chil- (Continued on page CE -I5)

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www.americanradiohistory.com Care Bears: Attracting A Crowd winner all the way. fit in with the grand opening of our Staging a kiddie entertainment OBTAINING PROPS sixth store. So we went with the merchandising spectacular ideally Months prior, Video Store makes grand opening idea." requires considerable advance arrangement with Media Home En- ADVANCE ADVERTISING planning, according to Lee Hack- tertainment for receipt of four cos- Half page advertisements in the man, promotions /advertising di- tumes being constantly loaned for Cincinnati Enquirer heralded the rector, six -unit Video Store, Cincin- in -store promotions. Ordered were event in the form of teaser copy a nati. However, says Hackman, the two Care Bear suits, a Strawberry week prior to the grand opening. elements are simple enough, and a Shortcake outfit and a Gumby cos- Three regional papers were also good deal of flexibility exists, so tume. Cost: nominal, merely ship- utilized as Video Store's units are that once underway elaborations ping charges to the next store, in well dispersed throughout the mar- on the basic gameplan are Hackman's case, Audio Video Plus, ket even on the Kentucky side. possible. Houston, the Lou Berg stores fam- Two weeks prior to the event, The following schedule and pro- ous for winning vendor exhibit Video Store plugged the promotion duction comments relate to a suc- prizes. in its 8,000 circulation newsletter. cessful spectacular Video Store "We knew we wanted a big name Also, notice of the event went on staged July 6 -8, which drew 1,000 presence. At the time we ordered the chain's Hot Line. More publicity people to most of its units. Hack- the costumes, we were considering was generated by use of three Parker Brothers Read -Along "Cabbage Patch Kids" and "Rose Petal man believes most stores can fol- a generic children's event. Howev- store marquees. Place." low a similar schedule and be a er, coincidentally, the arrival date Radio and television would have been ideal but they are "too expen- sive. We also wanted word of mouth," which Hackman feels is the best "medium" of all. This is why he went so many different ways at once. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS Serendipitously, Kenner Toys is located in Cincinnati, and Hack- man was determined to take ad- vantage of it. "They're the licensee

for dolls, but I must tell you Care Bear dolls are like Cabbage Patch. Even toy stores don't have them all the time. We had to buy them. We could only buy four." They come in various sizes, some 13 inches tall, range $16 -$20. They were ideal for use as prizes with a drawing. Other materials included Care Bear balloons, Polaroid cameras and film for photographing the kids with the characters and a col- oring sheet duplicated and used for contest entry blanks. "We made 2,000 copies of the coloring sheet from Media. The ide- al part is that the kids picked up the sheets in the store and then had to bring them back colored and completed to be eligible so we got two visits out of it." Polaroid cameras were borrowed from a camera store and film was obtained on consignment so that kids could be photographed with the characters at 99 cents per shot "just to cover our cost." One last item, a Pepsi wagon "just for the new site. They roll it up and give us the keys." SCHEDULING Although Video Store sites are 15 minutes apart via freeways, scheduling became a problem be- cause there were three separate concerts in town Friday, July 6: "Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis and Linda Ronstadt," says Hack- man, hardly able to believe so much concert action in one day. Starting out with one store on Friday 5 -7 p.m., Hackman says, "We still drew 300 -400 against all those concerts. The caravan spent two -three hours at each site. Three stores were hit Saturday 11 a.m. -8 p.m. with one left over for Sunday noon -4:30 p.m. EXECUTION One employee, her sister and two friends became the two Care Shortcake and will be demanding their Rock, Rhythm & Blues, with Hall and Bears, Strawberry Your customers Gumby. The whole caravan was DTV The hottest, hippest Disney Oates, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes. (Continued on page CE -15) programs ever. On videocassette. From And more. Each only $29.95.* And all, as Walt Disney Home Video. hip as you can get on videocassette! DTV. 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CA 91521 www.americanradiohistory.com 0 m Selling `Family': A 'Sociological Sales Opportunity' V By CHERYL PARKER Advises MGM /UA's Saul Mel - ber release, provides "instant iden- creation, Lambchop. ily -style music video albums on nick, sales vice president, "Flaunt tification" for both parents and Walt Disney Home Video, the cassette priced at $29.95 and fea- An election year in which both highly recognizable characters in children. "Miss Lewis is known for granddaddy of effective p.o.p. ma- turing 45 to 50 minutes at classic major political parties are stress- your local ads and you'll bring peo- producing constructive, repeatable terial as well as children's pro- Disney animation tracrced to hit ing traditional American values ple into the store -that's half the programming for the entire fam- gramming, has re- established its pop tunes. seems the perfect backdrop for battle right there." He says "Have I ily," he observes. MGM /UA offers "Wrapped And Ready To Give" "We've readied 20,000 dealer merchants and manufacturers who Got A Story For You," the first in merchants supporting p.o.p dis- fourth quarter tradition to kick off promotion kits which are being dis- want to capitalize on children's en- the firm's new Shari Lewis Home plays, mobiles, and countercards next month's new releases, includ- tributed before cassette availabil- tertainment, not just during the Entertainment series set for Octo- featuring Lewis and her puppet ing its innovative DTV series -fam- (Continued on page CE -13) holidays, but all year 'round. Indeed, regardless of whether to- day's kid stuff is recorded on an old- fashioned vinyl platter or audio tape, or on the relatively newer me- dia of video tape and floppy disk- ette, the undisputed swing back to strong family ties and togetherness (especially in households with young children) hasn't escaped producers who openly invite retail- ers to seize on what one calls "a tremendous sociological sales opportunity." "Retailers will do well to remem- ber that today's parents are bent a on discouraging the television -as- The Bestselling babysitter," notes Wendy Moss, Children's Toy Is Now A merchandising vice president for Delightful Animated International Video Entertainment, Adventure! TM parent company of the Family The bestselling Toy and Home Entertainment brand. 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www.americanradiohistory.com Records Continued from page CE -3 Burbank -based label also will re- Market research, McBeth says, in the first four releases. uct from Richard Scarry, who has Dec. 3 -4 -5, individual different lease three "Garfield" Read -Along has convinced Disneyland to re- IJE, parent of Kid Stuff Records, 175 books for preschoolers to his half -hour video segments will fur- titles later this year, along with an lease a new Discovery series, a continues to license more product, credit. Several cassette /record al- ther descrioe her to children via Adventure Read -Along based on $2.49/$3.98 book with record or a trend which it pioneered in the bums with books will be released first sales the syndication. the "Last Starfighter ' movie fol- cassette series, which for the moppet recording business, based on "Schoolhouse Rock," A creation from Tomy Toys lowed by product correlated with time uses classic Disney cartoon manager Shelly Tirk, asserts. Most mini /show on ABC -TV. Iry American Greetings cards, "The the further adventures of the and movie characters in roles as product will be produced on its Schwartz of IJE has also contract- Get Along Gang." will also be re- Ewoks, which will be on prime time subtle educators for children. Col- popular $3.49 7 -inch record/ ed with Hasbro for product on "My leased on the Disneyland record/ on evening for two hours an ABC - ors and shapes, counting, baby ani- $4.98 cassette line which includes Little Pony" and there will be prod- cassette $2.49/$3.98 series. The TV over Thanksgiving weekend. mals and the alphabet are covered a 32 -page booklet. Coming is prod- uct before the holidays on Kid Stuff from "Knight Rider," the NBC -TV prime time series, along with re- leases from the longtime favorite, "Mr. Potato Head," and the myste- rious " D_ ngeons And Dragons" game. A deal has been made to re- lease records and cassettes with Mattel for "Poochie" and the Scrabble game company has li- censed "Scrabble People" to IJE for fall release. IJE has tied up sev- eral pieces of product connected with the pre -holiday national re- lease of "2010," follow -up to the very successful "2001" movie, along with several packages from "Transformers," a new Saturday morning tv -er bowing soon, Tirk says. IJE is coming with a spinner floor rack, which will hold up to 180 units; a wire easel holding 20 LPs, 40 cassettes and 50 records that is 51 inches high and 15 inches wide and two inches deep with fold- ing header and a complete Kid Stuff Entertainment Center, a wood browser that is 48 inches wide, 54 inches high and 24 inch- es deep. All are free from IJE with the account paying freight. AA Wonderland continues its stress on cassettes and its new book and record /cassette packets will stress education through plea- surable entertainment, according to sales topper Al Berger. New re- A New Idea In Children's leases will contain a 64 page 61/2- by 81/2-inch books, more dura- ble than known in the children's field before, Berger emphasizes. Video Exclusively From "We'll try for lasting appeal as has been our custom," Berger states. "We will continue to stress Family Home Entertainment lasting titles, avoiding the costly li- censing deals to provide product that can stay on shelves and in browsers for years. We will be in- troducing new display material lat- er this year and into 1985. Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood Rec- (Continued on page CE -10)

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www.americanradiohistory.com Programming Kid Vid Continued from page CE -3 and CED videodisks at $19.95. of my best categories is children's ited chain in Philadelphia. Heavy network television and con- video. That $29.95 to $39.95 "That's because of the lower sumer print advertising backed up price point is attractive although price shift," he continues. But a the effort. According to Ben Tenn, we rent a lot of kidvid as well. But real key is still promotion and ad- Walt Disney Home Video vice presi- even if you do rent, if a child gets vertising. You have to make cus- dent, pre- orders on the series were hooked on a title, there's incentive tomers aware, otherwise it just in the 500,000 range, while pre - to buy. For the retailer I'd agree won't sell itself. orders on CED disks were more that promotion and display, lots of "Overall, our sales and rental ac- than 25,000. A Disney spokesman it, are critical and essential." tivity on children's video has been confirms that the seven titles ac- Perliss, too, agrees that mer- very strong. Disney has been excel- counted for sales of 600,000 chandising techniques are impor- lent. The CBS /Fox Video Faerie units in just two -and -a -half months. tant, although he acknowledges Tale Theater series has been mar- According to Mitch Perliss, Mu- that store location has an impact velous for us, which proves that it sic +Video, Los Angeles: "If you on children's video. For example, just isn't cartoon and classic chil- counted tKe seven Disney titles in his Studio City and Sherman Oaks dren's films that are the only game the Limited Edition series as one, Music +Video outlets do very well in town." Faerie Tale Theatre, with that would be our biggest rental/ with kidvid since they are located such titles as "The Tale Of The sales title of the year." in the more family- oriented San Frog Prince," "Jack And The Bean- Walt Disney plans a major en- Fernando Valley. His Marina del largely a singles- stalk," ' Rapunzel," "Sleeping core for the Christmas selling sea- Rey store, orient- Beauty," "Goldilocks And The son with a home video campaign ed community, does not see the Three Bears," and others, is ac- expected to be larger than the Lim- same amount of kidvid strength. tress Shelley Duvall's extraordi- ited Edition promotion. "Children's video," he continues, narily engineered Public Broadcast Seven titles will enter the fall "is a good category for us. Usually we also find that mom and dad Service (PBS) series with recogniz- marketplace, six of them brand Teri Garr and Robin Williams in Faerie Tale Theatre's "The Tale Of The come in and out of the two rentals, able gest stars (Robin Williams, new. They will be backed by an ex- Frog Prince," on CBS Fox Video. Mick Jagger, Elliott Gould, Terri pansive dealer kit and enormous one is for the parents while the sec- Garr, Christopher Reeve, Berna- advertising /promotional support. ond is children or family- oriented dette Peters, etc.) Three of the titles will be music fare. By design, Music +Video Moppet Records "Strawberry Shortcake product video in nature-combining classic makes the children's section the Vice president of has also done extremely well for Disney animation scenes in perfect first section in the store. As par- Continued from page CE -8 logg's Cereals. Joey Porrello us," he adds. "I do believe that chil- synch to approximately 13 -15 ents gravitate back to the comedy, ords, which broke from distribu- product development sep- dren like to see their favorite char- popular song titles. drama and action /adventure sec- tion by other labels to its own oper- is releasing early in 1985 four acters over and over. And there's "Mickey's Christmas Carol" was tions, the kids hover around the ation centered at Family arate packages, now in creation, the characters Snap, another dimension. It's the type of a 1983 theatrical release (the first open merchandised, product faced Communications, Pittsburgh, will featuring programming that lends itself to time the venerable mouse was on out children's section and clutch a continue to re -lease product, with Crackle & Pop and Tony The Tiger. buying the entire series. It be- the screen in 30 years). That title title of their choice. Perliss, though, "A Place Of Our Own" as its fourth The $4.98 suggested list product will coloring and /or work comes a heavy investment but con- will be augmented with "The Mak- with the exception of Disney, has $5.95 list LP or cassette product, contain and cassettes. Ear- sumers are inclined to buy a series ing Of Mickey's Christmas Carol" experienced more rentals than according to Cathy Droz. She antic- books, crayons ly year, too, will come a new ti- of product with the same or a on the same cassette. sales action with children's video ipates a greater flow of product next favor- group of characters moving Other titles include: "A Disney product, which he characterizes as possibly later in 1984 or early in tle featuring tv's prime time through them. Christmas Gift" featuring holiday his fourth strongest category. 1985. The series is from the Pub- ites, "The A- Team," along wRh a Sat- "Of course the classics do ex- scenes from classic animated fea- While Disney is certainly consid- lic TV kiddie show, produced for new title by "Scooby Doo," the kid tremely well for us such as "The tures; "A Walk Disney Christmas" ered to have the edge in the chil- the past 17 years out of Pittsburgh urday morning tv favorite. later in 1984 wi I De a Wizard Of Oz." And here, too, you featuring a classic cartoon compi- dren's video area, they are being and seen over 270 stations in the Coming brand new series, Lear About, in get into a hybrid or semantic de- lation; and "Winnie The Pooh And more actively challenged, though, U.S. a coloring bock and bate. A movie like that is family Friends." With the exception of by other studios and independents Upbeat Basics, a division of Pat which both be included along fare as well." "Mickey's Christmas Carol" at for a share of that lucrative Patrick Productions, Nashville, is work book will with crayons and a cassette at "Children's video is a strong $39.95, the other titles are market. going into record stores after a tri- rental item," notes Bob Bigelow, $29.95 and "are priced to sell." MCA's Susie Peterson, director al with direct mail, Camille Gift of $4.98. The themes of the first six and Bigelow Video with three stores in Adds Bigelow: "The He -Man" se- of new product development, indi- that label says. Patrick is promi- will be the alphabet, shapes Minneapolis. "And, of course, The ries and "Beany And Cecil" from cates that while her firm has had nent in kidisk production as the sizes, colors, time, day- month -sea- Disney Limited Gold Edition con- RCA /Columbia are also doing well several Woody Woodpecker cas- person behind "Mickey Mouse Dis- son and numbers. Pan says the verted kidvid rental customers into for us. Let's face it. For the two to settes on the market as well as sev- co," for which he wrote the out- Jim Barrett of Peter will be a new versatile buyers." five year old it's a perfect pacifier. eral Children's Theatre Series titles standing cut, "Ducks Dance Too." firm offering en- The Disney summer promotion And we just don't sit on the catego- on the market, MCA is planning to The first three LP /cassette re- modular floor display which a dealer to equip the p.o.p. involved putting seven never -be- ry. We run a weekend promotion step up its efforts in that area leases are educational and list for ables a mix of 7 -inch, 12- fore- released Walt Disney Limited that emphasizes renting three considerably. $8.95. She said the label is seek- fixture with other sized Gold Edition Cartoon Classics on movies for the weekend for $10 The company will be picking up a ing distributors. inch, cassette and upon the mix the market for the summer. Video- ... one for dad, one for mom and recent PBS series of Mark Twain Peter Pan Records has negotiat- product. Dependent -based cor sole cassettes were priced at $29.95 one for the child(ren). In fact, one (Continued on page CE -14) ed a licensing agreement with Kel- chosen, the 14- inch that spins can handle from 12 to 20 dozen pieces of Peter Pan product. The display is five feet high and has a colored header, "Music & Reading, The Key Of Life." Stores can obtain the fixture by buying product to fill it. Eric Wyse of Word Records, Waco, Tex. is offering a 41 -inch wide by 19 -inch deep by 80 inch It shines in every Starland high wooden wall display that car- record or ries wire racks which hold six each Music album and of four records and 16 cassette re- cassette read -along story leases from Maranatha! Music of We start with only the Costa Mesa, Calif. book. 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Parents Watch Them! A new Illinois company, Mind - scape, has geared its product of- fering toward THE HOBBIT CURIOUS GEORGE youngsters about six years old. It will be launching a mu- SONY sicwriter and story development software entitled "Bank Street Mu- sicwriter" and "Bank Street Story- book." Both programs will sell for $39.95. First Star Software's "Spy Vs. Spy" computer game, based on the cartoon Even Infocom, the maker of high strip. level SCROOGE'S adult text adventures, has ROCK 'N' ROLL noted a growing market for young CHRISTMAS people. It recently rolled out "Sea Stalker," the firm's first computer software package aimed toward a teenaged target audience. Boston's Spinnaker and Designware have 'THE HOBBIT' is each built up product lines fash- splendid deliciousfun. "...winningly animated in ioned after the needs of pour Stars'-- - color.. the Curious George youngsters. Outstanding. " episodes were resound- Both firms have become -Video Review ingly applauded," best -?$e New York Times known for elementary school edu- cational packages. Designware, however, recently started to make ACTIVITIES FOR INFANTS & TODDLERS BLACK BEAUTY THE SNOWMAN MUSICAL junior high school products, intro- SONY ducing a social studies and algebra package. RAYMOND BRIGGS TFE Sierra On -Line has designed a SNOWMAN line of adventure games dubbed "A Junior Adventure for ages 7 and up." "Dragon's Keep," "Troll's Tale," and "Story Maker" are ex- amples of the firm's line of titles for youngsters. Sierra On -Line and Sydney Development Corp. be- came known for making children's computer programs when "B.C.'s Exercising with a baby or toddler never seemed Quest For Tires" topped best -seller so much fun y charts. ' ...pure enchantment that "The series is can be unhesitatingly Parker Brothers' "Q -Bert" and beautifully produced.: recommended to children "Popeye" have become favorite ti- STOCK UP NOW FOR CHRISTMAS SALES

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Slated to keynote the event is Phil- www.americanradiohistory.com Selling Family Shel $ilverstein's Continued from page CE -7 manager for Rounder Distribution in New York. ity because we think it's important "For us, the bulk of ordering oc- for retailers to pre -sell the inven- "Where the sidewalk Ends:' curs during back to school, birth- FC 39412 tory before the first unit arrives," days, and family occasions other suggests Richard Fried, DHV mar- than Christmas," he maintains. keting manager. See -through good- "Parents remember learning these ies include a one-hour video cas- Books songs as youngsters and they want One OfAmerica's Best-Selling sette for in -store playback, a to relive the memories with their Christmas -themed poster, bumper own kids." Nive notes that Tower stickers, buttons, window stickers, Is NowA New Recording! Records in New York displays the TV storyboard, extensive co -op traditional LPs and cassettes di- line -art and ad -slick catalog, eight - rectly opposite adult folk music for page flyer, mini -display, and sign - maximum parental exposure. up sheet for consumer orders. " 'Pete Seeger's Children's Songs' Not surprisingly, Disney is back- on the Folkways Label is a pretty ing up the extensive in -store sup- popular selection there," he adds. port with national ads on MTV, Finally, in the computer arena, TBS's "Night Tracks," "Saturday where educational product featur- Night Live," and radio. ing an entertaining slant has al- In general, appreciative retailers most completely eclipsed pure reveal they're actively using, as one game -playing in general -and vid- Midwestern store owner puts it, eo games in particular -as the pre- all the point -of- purchase we can purchase, the "try get our hands on" for the various ferred parental you buy" method via in- kid media so as to encourage and before is be- foster parents' search for whole- store demonstration disks coming "indispensable" to sellers, some, stimulating entertainment to software publishers and education. according "You really can't sell to the par- and distributors. would advise a retailer to get ents unless they can pick up, "I hold of as many demos as possible, touch, and read the boxes on their displaying them as needed on up own," relates Greg D'Arrigo, gener- and running computers, perhaps al manager of Select Video, in according to age level or subject Rockville Centre, N.Y. "We pur- matter," offers Softsel's Bruce chased a shrink -wrap machine so Cummings, director of marketing. we could let the customer examine "The idea is to avoid disappoint- cassettes without incurring wear ment and inspire customer confi- and tear; it seems to make a big dence by giving both parent and difference in moving the product." child a chance to sample the pro- The manager adds that all cas- gram and judge its value before settes are stacked face front on Shel Silverstein, one ofAmericas leaving the store." open racks, and that children's ti- tles are arranged in an eye -level CBS Software, Spinnaker, Ran- N°most loved storytellers, reads, sings section, "so that Junior can nag dom House, Simon and Schuster, Mommy and Daddy to buy him his and Epyx, among othr major play- and shouts the poems from his best- selling favorite cartoon characters." ers, now supply demonstration As in video, the records and diskettes as well as literature, post- The Sidewalk Ends." tapes segment is experiencing in- ers, and other display matter for book, "Where creased kiddie sell- through via li- year -long promotions. Random censed merchandise, including House's current multimillion ad some child -tailored feature film and promotional campaign, for ex- includes in -store counter - soundtracks packed with read - ample, With overa million and a halfcopies of along story books. Record World, cards and demos for its $29.95 reading in Valley Stream, N.Y., for example, Peanuts Gang series of the book sold since its release 10 years reports it will show off for the holi- and math games. Media theme is day, among others, "Indiana Jones "From Our House To Yours," while recording is sure to appeal a ago, this new And The Temple Of Doom" on the body copy and packaging sports Buena Vista LP and cassette label new logo that puts Snoopy on top book. of the "Random House" instead of to millions ofconsumers -as a gift, a with souvenir photo Children's Television Workshop on his dog house. bursts on the pre- Christmas scene "We've chosen to combine the teaching tool andjust forfun! around Thanksgiving at $5.98 beloved, world- renowned Peanuts with "Sesame Street Christmas cartoon characters with the trust- Sing -Along," in which Bert, Ernie, ed name of Random House -a and friends belt out such peren- surefire combination at retail," Both the album and cassette are pack- nials as "Jingle Bells," "Frosty The comments Robert Singer, vice Snowman," and "Let It Snow." The president of marketing and sales promotionally priced music is sup- for the Electronic Publishing aged with selected poems and drawings ported by cheery, full -color photo Division. posters of the Sesame Street Mup- Spinnaker, meanwhile, says it ex- from the book. pets decked out in winter garb, pects to spend between $4 million notes Frank Cordaro, vice presi- and $6 million for consumer (espe- dent of sales for Sesame Street cially women's magazines) and Records, a unit of CTW. trade advertising and promotional A national ad campaign will help to Interestingly, despite the hulla- materials through this year and baloo surrounding licensed charac- early next to promote its recently ters, sales of child- oriented Ameri- developed Fisher Price children's spread the message. can folk music are proceeding at a line, the Trillium brand sci -fi series, brisk pace -no matter the sea - and Windham adventure games son -confirms Dave Nives. sales based on children's classics. 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The pro- eo would appear to be the fastest from the 1930s with new material than a rental item. A Story For You" featuring the gram will combine entertainment growing segment or at least the And it's got created from original Fleischer category with the greatest amount great gift appeal. Have you noticed highly identifiable characters Lamb and music in a way in which that "cels." The new title joins 16 other are the price of kid's toys lately Chop, Charley Horse and Hush celebrity will help children realize a of potential. Sure, feature films and animated programs in the compa- how high they Puppy." more positive self -image and gain on top and exercise programs are are? Children's video ny's library. hot as are music videos. But chil- represents a very good return on Newer titles in CBS /Fox Faerie more self- respect for themselves. Warner has also licensed epi- investment. It's a product with Ion - Tale series include: In tandem with an MCA record and dren's films are an area which pro- "The Boy Who geivity. And, of course, it's a great sodes from the popular Michael Left Home To Find an activity book (what should sig- grammers should pay more atten- Out About The baby sitter. It will be like Pampers. Landon television series "Little Shivers," "Pinocchio," "Rumpel- nal a future trend from other sup- tion to. I think the attitudes of Parents will be saying what House On the Prairie" from NBC as stiltskin," "Little pliers), the new program will bene- some video retailers has been "I'm did we Red Riding ever do before children's video well as a version of "Hans Hood," and "Hansel & Gretel." fit from a massive promotional doing so well with feature films, came along ?" Upcoming children's Brinker." effort. why devote the work to children's Media Home Entertainment in- video titles from Trans World in- And one of the summer's major "It also," observes Peterson, video ?" troduces its Snoopy Home Video clude "Charlie And The Talking threatical sleepers -"The Never "obeys the first law of children's According to Joe Fleischman, di- Library with the first offering a Buzzard," "The Houndcats" and Ending Story" -may also be re- twin -pack featuring "You're The "Ultraman II." leased as home video title from Greatest, Charlie Brown" and "Life Warner in time for Christmas. Another example of the original Is A Circus" for $29.95. Worldivi- programming taking place in the Embassy is poised to capture a sion Home Video, Inc. features the children's video market is coming major chunk of the children's mar- Hanna -Barbera inspired titles from Paramount Home Video, ket with its Children's Treasure Se- "Casper And The Angels," "Squid - which already has a number of kid - ries building to 60 titles. The series dly Diddly" and "Winsome Witch." vid and family- oriented titles in its includes original made for family/ And Thorn -EMI's "The Dark Crys- catalog such as the animated ver- kids music oriented programming tal" gets rave reviews from video sion of "The Wizard Of Oz," "Char- called "Let's Dance." Extensive stores. lotte's Web," "Bon Voyage, Charlie dealer support material is planned. Brown (And Don't Come Back," MGM /UA Home Video stands as "The Little Prince," "Popeye," "Mr. a strong force in kidvid via its dis- Magoo's Christmas Carol," "Run tribution arrangement with Family For Your Life, Charlie Brown," 'The Home Entertainment. Those titles Greatest Show On Earth," and include "Strawberry Shortcake In others. Big Apple City," "Strawberry KNOW Shortcake's Housewarming Sur- Paramount's new program, prise," "Gumby's Holiday Special," though, addresses a more serious "Blackstar," "Dorothy In The Land issue and is in educational na- Of Oz," "Journey Back to Oz," and ture both kids and adults. -for "The Bear Who Slept Through a! 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Continued from and windows at Care so." dren's interactive video comes the business it did last year, says The "all this" is an approach contained in one vehicle. The wait- smiling Hackman says there was not from computer software, in new Jacobs, whose parents operate a both for children and adults, with ing periods with kids normally ex- thought that Video Store could be units like Parmaland in Cleveland, video specialty store in the area. theatres in the stores offering a cited and jumpy was well orches- charge with exploiting hospital vis- Camelot devotes the first section "What we have now is a very loyal, current program. "We carry 1,500 trated because each store has a its. "We didn't do it for the sake of along a wall in front to dedicated customer base, for which video titles in books, 500 pieces of edu- sizable children's library. Chil- We didn't come in with cartridges. games were never a fad, says cational software, Apple, Commo- dren's music was played during the publicity. our business cards all over. The One indication of the specialized Jacobs. dore and IBM computers." But he whole event (two stores are full -line only evidence of our store was my nature now surrounding video He says a trickle of new product is most proud of the "2,000 record /tape units and Video Store wearing a Video Store T- shirt." games is that, at Camelot, purchas- is still coming out even for Intellivi- unique items we bring in from all is gradually integrating prerecord- The hospital entourage included ing is handled at the top level by sion I, II from a vendor in Canada, over the world, eduational toys, not ed audio in all units). the two Care Bear characters, Joe Bressi, vice president, pur- Interphase Technologies. Jacobs the plastic `Toys'R'Us' things, but "One of our problems was the chain owner Jack Messer, Hack- chasing, who says cartridge video has several titles at $19.95. "Co- at mass merchandiser prices." heat. Those costumes were hot. We man and a technical man. "The games are "becoming very season- leco is still releasing Colecovision While Tessler creates an environ- gave the girls breaks all the time. nurses and doctors loved it," says al. It's been slow this summer." product. Most is $34.95 list but ment totally directed at the parent Care Bears were the big hit. Maybe Hackman. After visiting a second Bressi says titles are still plenti- we discount them to $29.95." and child, chains such as Licorice because Strawberry Shortcake is Video Store also go after the hospital that had only a few chil- ful for Commodore and Coleco but With Atari under new manage- an recognized as a real person, visibly a - range of demographics, with dren, the party descended on he is no longer interested in Intel - ment and Mattel selling off its Intel whole she did not have as much impact. product a keystone. third hospital where Video Store livision, and is less interested in livision wing, the two early domi- children's Gumby surprised me. He didn't video games have In fact, children's product is a general manager Steve Spatt was Atari. Concerning changes at both nate brands of talk. But he's a big hit. In one mall, leader in terms of home video sales recuperating. "His reaction when Commodore and Atari, he says, even more of a clouded future, Ja- we let him walk around and every- cobs believes. He's one with Hackman, Gerston and others we all trooped in is really some- "we are kind of laying back." devoting body got a kick out of it. There are the Disney Limited thing to remember," Hackman Computer software so far at third of the 1,200 square foot unit mentioning six -eight Gumby video pieces. It's and Media's twin pak concludes. Camelot "is just the games, " says to video movies and has only dab- Gold Edition well -known character. Home Video Library" as Bressi, adding that children's en- bled in computer software games. "Snoopy's "The music is important in set- movers. tertainment in all categories is up. "Eventually, someone will do a exceptional ting and maintaining the whole seeing a surge in lines like job in it (computer games) but for Actually, Hackman sees chil- "We're mood, but personally I got sick of dren's video as not only leading the Kid Stuff and LPs relating to the now there's too much product, too hearing it for three hours," Hack- way to more home video sales Saturday morning cartoons." many manufacturers and not man confesses. That dedicated video games are enough customers out there." across the board, including music HOSPITAL VISITS still around, though handled largely What may be required to em- video and at least some feature With the promotion concluding by specialists retailers, is seen viv- brace the children's home enter- movies, but he envisions the cate- Sunday, Video Store decided to idly at any of the 150 Toys `R' Us tainment market is a total special- gory affecting rental prices, too. stores. "They took the business ized approach, believes Bernie "Children's product runs shorter, take advantage of an extra day to visit hospitals setting away from everybody else," says Tessler, head of two -unit Enchant- 30 -40 minutes, and yet we're still up the first visit Martin Jacobs, owner of Electron- ed Village, set to expand to six -to- renting it $3 for a day and $5 for with Children's Hospital. The ics Games in Tuston, Calif. "All eight more stores. three days. whole entourage using just the two their stores are on -line and they Enchanted Village, with stores in "We completed a customer sur- Care Bear characters but with bal- have each game with its own SKU." malls in Pittsburgh and near Wash- vey and now are thinking about loons and coloring sheets spent large hospital. While Toys 'R' Us corporate ex- ington in Arlington, Va., feature a lowering our video rental price on three hours at the also has ecutives in New Jersey decline in- unusual design motif "that uses children's product," discloses "American Greeting terviews, explaining that they are services to merchandise product," Hackman. Care Bear character costumes and concerned about favoring one ven- says Tessler, describing his basic However, Hackman notes that had actually been to Children's Hospital two weeks before us," dor over another, Jacobs says, approach as developing from his video specialty stores have tradi- Credits: Special Issues Edi- stocked product, notes Hackman but they were hap- "They know how to buy. They are years as a therapist. "What I first tionally children's tor, Ed Ochs; Assistant Edi- in py to have us, too. Some children geared for video games internally." wanted was a little book store 13 because, the beginning, there tor, Robyn Wells; Cover, J. are in isolation. It's great to see Jacobs' store, opened two years years ago that finally developed were so few releases that stores Daniel Chapman. ago as an exclusive cartridge video into all this," says Tessler from his gobbled up everything. them looking through the doors

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7 TENNESSEE HOMESICK BLUES -0°0y Parton (M. Post, D. WEEKS 5 PRISONER OF THE HIGHWAY- Ronnie Milsap (R. Milsap, R. 13 TURNING AWAY -Crystal Gayle (.1 Bowen) AT et Galbraith) Parton) T Warner 7 -29254 D. Parton; Velvet Apple, BMI; RCA 13819 Krekel, Combine, BMI. Bros. 1 M. Reid; Lodge Hall, ASCAP; RCA PB -13847 (N. Wilson, T. 7 GOODBYE HEARTACHE -Louise Mandrel) (E. Kilroy) 69 2 DON'T YOU GIVE UP ON LOVE -Steve Wanner R.C. Bannon, M. Spriggs; Warner- Tamerlane/Three Ships/Writers House, Brown) Oak Ridge Boys (R. Chancey) RCA 13862 12 EVERYDAY -The BMI; RCA 13850 D. Gibson; Silverline, BMI; D. Loggins, J.D. Martin; Leeds (MCA) /Patchwork /Music Corp. of 2 WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON -Keith Stegall (K. Lehning) America, ASCAP /BMI; MCA 52419 36 5 MAGGIE'S DREAM -Don Williams (D. Williams, G. Fundis) K. Stegall, D. Lowery; Blackwood/Stegall, BMI /Sheddhouse, ASCAP, D. Loggins, L Silver, Leeds /Patchwork, ASCAP/BMI; MCA 52448 11 UNCLE PEN -Ricky Skaggs (Ricky Skaggs) Epic 34 -04590 Bill Monroe; Rightsong, BMI; Sugar Hill /Epic 34 -04527 37 5 TOO GOOD TO STOP NOW- Mickey Gilley O. Boylan) Gray (B. Montgomery, S. B. McDill, R. Bourke; Hall- Clement /Chappell, BMI /ASCAP; Epic 34 -04563 DIAMOND IN THE DUST -Mark 11 TO ME- Barbara Mandrel) And Lee Greenwood (Tom Collins, Jerry Buckingham) Crutchfield) 38 14 EVENING STAR /MIDSUMMER NIGHT -Kenny Rogers M. Gray, S. LeMare; Warner -Tamerlane /Doticabs, BMI; Columbia Mack David, Mike Reed; Collins Court/Lodge Hall, ASCAP; MCA 52415 (B.Gibb,K.Richardson,A.Galuten) 38 -04610 B.Gibb,M.Gibb; Gibb Bros. Music /Unichappell Music, BMI; RCA 13832 10 I DON'T KNOW A THING ABOUT LOVE- Conway Twitty 72 62 16 ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT -Hank Williams, Jr. (Jimmy Bowen) 39 4 CHANCE OF LOVIN' YOU -Earl Thomas Conley (N. Larkin, E.T. (J. Bowen, H. Williams,Jr.) H. Howard; Tree Publishing Corp., BMI; Warner Bros. 7 -29227 Conley) H.Williams, Jr. Bocephus, BMI; Warner /Curb 7 -29253 E.T. Conley, R. Scruggs; Blue Moon /Labor of Love, ASCAP/BMI; RCA IF YOU'RE GONNA MAY IN TEXAS (YOU GOTTA 13877 73 AMERICA- Waylon Jennings (J. Bridges, G. Scruggs) BMI; RCA 13908 HAVE A FIDDLE IN THE BAND) Alabama (H. sheed, S. Johns; Lowery/Legibus /Captain Crystal, 6 RADIO LAND -Michael Martin Murphey (J.E. Norman) Alabama) D. Mitchell, Al. Wm; Baray /Dale Morris, BMI; RCA 13840 C. Rains, J.E. Norman, M. Murphey; Choskee DOES FORT WORTH EVER CROSS YOUR MIND -George 11 THE LADY TAKES THE COWBOY EVERYTIME -Larry Bottom /Kahala/Timberwolf, ASCAP /BMI; Liberty 1523 Strait (1. Bowen, G. Strait) S.D. Shafer, D. Shafer; Scuff-Rose, BMI; MCA 52458 Gatlin & The Gatlin Bros. (Rick Hall) 41 11 STUCK ON YOU -Lionel Richie (L. Richie, 1.A. Carmichael) Larry Gatlin; Larry Gatlin, BMI; Columbia 38 -04533 L Richie; Brockman, ASCAP; Motown 1746 75 17 THE POWER OF LOVE-charley Pride (N. Wilson) G. Keys, ASCAP; RCA 13821 12 LET'S CHASE EACH OTHER AROUND THE ROOM -Merle D. Cook, Nicholson; Cross (42) 4 P.S. I LOVE YOU -Tom T. Hall (J. Kennedy) Haggard (M. Haggard, R. Baker) (D. G. Jenkins, J. Mercer; MCA /WB, ASCAP; Mercury 880 -216-7 76 2 COME ON HOME -Tony Arata Tolle) M. Haggard, F. Powers, S. Rogers; Mount Shasta, BMI; Epic 34-04512 T. Arata, D. Hodge, Jr.; Grandison, ASCAP Noble Vision 106 43 4 NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO-Anne Murray 8 Dave 11 I COULD USE ANOTHER YOU -Eddy Raven (Eddy Raven, Paul P. Worley) Loggins (1.E. Norman) 77 THE FIRST TIME -McGuffey Lane (M. Morgan, Worley) R. McNelley, J. D. Tyler, McGuffey Lane /Intuit, J. Dunn, P. Phillips; Ensign, BMI; Capitol 5401 S. Douglass, Schwab, Chris Waters, Bucky Jones, Tom Shapiro; Tree Music /O'Lyric /Cross BMI; Atlantic America 7 -99717 Keys (Tree Group), BMI /ASCAP, RCA AHLI -5040 44 6 IT'S GREAT TO BE SINGLE AGAIN -David Allan Coe (B. Sherrill) 78 18 SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE -T.G. Sheppard (J.E. Norman) HEART -Gary Morris (G. Morris, J.E. Norman) 10 SECOND HAND D.A. Coe; Warner -Tamerlane, BMI; Columbia 38 -04553 L Anderson, C. Kelly, Old Friends /Golden Bridge, BMI /ASCAP, C. Karp, M. Gray, H. Tipton; Irving Music Inc /Warner- Warner /Curb 7 -29369 Tamerlane /Daticabo, BMI; Warner Bros. 7 -29230 45 17 ONLY A LONELY HEART KNOWS- Barbara Mandrel) (T. Collins) 79 3 WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE (IS GOOD FOR THE 11 WHAT WOULD YOUR MEMORIES DO -Vern Gosdin (Blake D. Morgan, S. Davis; Tom Collins /Dick lames, BMI; MCA 52397 GANDER -Dottie West (1. Crutchfield) Mavis) A. Harvey; lackwood/Preshus Child, BMI; Permian 82006 Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon; Tree, BMI; Compleat 126 (Polygram) 46 27 15 FAITHLESS LOVE -Glen Campbell (H.Shedd) 1.D.Souther; WB /Golden Spread, ASCAP; Atlantic America 7 -99768 80 2 GETTIN',OVER YOU -Mason Dixon (D. Schaffer, R. Dixon) Nelson (C. Momau) 7 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS -Willie ^..L Rutledge; Phono /Big Crush, SESAC; Texas 5557 S. Goodman; Buddah/Turnpike Torn, ASCAP, Columbia 38-04568 (47) 55 3 GOD WON'T GET YOU -Dolly Parton (M.Post, D. Parton) D. Parton; Velvet Apple, BMI; RCA 13883 81 HOME AGAIN -Judy Collins 8 T.G. Sheppard (M. Masser) -John Schneider 10 I'VE BEEN AROUND ENOUGH TO KNOW M. Masser, G. Goffin; Prince Street /Screen Gems -Capitol EMI, ASCAP, 3 MAMA SHE'S LAZY- Pinkard 8 Bowden (Pinkard, Bowden) (Jimmy Bowen) 48 56 Elektra 7 -69697 D. Lee, B. McDill; Hall- Clement Publication, c/o The Welk Music Group, K. O'Dell; Kenny O'Dell, BMI; Warner Bros. 7 -29205 BMI; MCA 52407 (82) TURN ME TO LOVE -Keith Whitley (N. Wilson) I LOVE ONLY YOU -The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (M. Morgan, P. 49 65 2 W. Holyfield, N. Wilson; April /Ides of March, ASCAP /Blackwood /Easy Worley) 8 GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE -Exile (B. Killen) Days, BMI; RCA 13810 J.P. Pennington, S. Lamaire; Pacific Island (Tree Group), BMI; Epic D. Loggins, D. Schlitz; MCA /Don Schlitz /Leeds /Patchwork, ASCAP; 34 -04567 Warner Bros. 7 -29203 83 19 LONG HARD ROAD (THE SHARECROPPER'S DREAM)- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (M.Morgan,P.Worley) 2 MY ROCK -George Jones (B. Sherrill) 17 YOU'RE GETTIN' TO ME AGAIN -Jim Glaser (D. Tolle) SHE'S R.Crowell; Caolwell /Granite, ASCAP; Warner Bros. 7 -29282 P. McManus, W. Bomar; Music City, ASCAP; Noble Vision 105 S.K. Dobbins; Famous /Chappell, ASCAP; Epic 34 -04609 SOMEBODY'S BACK IN TOWN -chns Hillman (A. Perkins) 15 HE BROKE YOUR MEM'RY LAST NIGHT -Reba McEntire 10 (YOU BRING OUT) THE WILD SIDE OF ME-Dan Seals D. Helms, T. Wilburn; Sure Fire, BMI; Sugar Hill 4105 (K. Lehning) ( N.Wilson) Cross Keys, D. Seals; Pink Pig Music, BMI; EMI -America 8220 D.Lee,B.Jones; Maplehill /Hall -Clement (Welk Group), ALL HEAVEN IS ABOUT TO BREAK LOOSE -Zella Lehr (T. BMI /ASCAP; MCA 52404 Rocco, C. Black) SHE SURE GOT AWAY WITH MY HEART -John Anderson T. Rocco, S. Boeard, C. Black; Bibo/Vogue /Chappell, BMI/ ASCAP; WISHFUL -Atlanta (M. Bogdan, L McBride) (J. Anderson, L Bradley) 3 DRINKIN' Compleat 129 (PolyGram) MCA 52452 W. Aldridge, T. Brasfield; Rick Hall, ASCAP; Warner Bros. 7 -29207 B. Mevis, B. Shore; G.I.D. /Royal Haven, ASCAP/BMI; ON THE WINGS OF A NIGHTINGALE-The Evenly Brothers IS ON THE RADIO -Tom Jones (G. Mills) 12 DREAM ON TEXAS LADIES -Rex Allen, Jr. (A. DiMartino) 53 5 ALL THE LOVE (D. Edmunds) L. Russell, D.A. Snider; Young Carney /Warner -Tamerlane, ASCAP/BMI; S. Dan Mills; Combine, BMI; Moon Shine 3030 P. McCartney; MPL, ASCAP Mercury 880 -213 -7 Mercury 880 -173 -7 11 TONIGHT I'M HERE WITH SOMEONE ELSE -Karen Brooks 87 16 THE RIGHT STUFF- Chaffy McClain & Mickey Gilley (N.Wilson) Frizzeu a West (1.E. Mennen) (Jim Ed Norman) 3 IT'S A BE TOGETHER NIGHT- R.Giles, B.Haynes, B. Fischer, Dejamus /Bobby Fischer, ASCAP /My T. Rocco, J. C. ASCAP, Viva 7 -29187 Dave Loggins; Leeds (MCA) Patchwork, ASCAP Warner Bros. 7 -29225 Schweers, Black; Chappell, Queen Elizabeth, BMI; Epic 34 -04489 55 16 NEVER COULD TOE THE MARK -wayiw Jennings 20 11 15 WAY BACK -John Conlee (B.Logan) 88 75 9 IT'S YOU ALONE -Gail Davies (G. Davies) (WJennings, A.,D., B. Cartes) 1.Fuller; ATV /Wingtip, BMI; MCA 52403 8 R. Davies; Valet, BMI; Warner Bros. 7 -29219 W. Jennings; Maybe Jennings, BMI; RCA 13827 24 9 WOMAN YOUR LOVE -Moe Bandy (B. Mevis) 89 73 4 BETTER CLASS OF LOSER-Ray Price a The Cherokee Cowboys (21) WHEN THE WILD LIFE BETRAYS ME -Jimmy Buffett (J. B. Shore, D. Willis; Royalhaven/G.I.D., ASCAP; Columbia 38 -04466 (56) (S. Garrett) Bowen, M. Utley, T. Brown) R. Peterson, H. Howard; Tree, BMI; Viva 7 -29217 22 25 8 PLEDGING MY LOVE- Emmylou Harris (B. Ahern) J. Buffett, M. Utley, W. Jennings; Coral Reefer/Coconutley /Warner- D. Robey, F. Washington; MCA, BMI; Warner Bros. 7 -29218 TamerlaneBlue Sky Rider , ASCAP /BMI; MCA 52438 90 81 19 I HURT FOR YOU- Deborah Allen (R. Van Hoy) D. Allen, R.Van Hoy; Posey /Nan Hoy / Unichappell, BMI; RCA 13776 23 26 9 ROCK & ROLL SHOES -Ray Charles With B.J. Thomas (B. 57 7 ALL I WANNA DO (IS MAKE LOVE TO YOU)- Bandana Sherrill) (E. Prestidge, l.E. Norman) 91 90 10 GOODTIME CHARLIE'S GOT THE BLUES -Leon Russell (L. P. Kennerly, G. Lyle; Good Single /Irving, BMI; Columbia 38-04531 K. Kane; Kieran Kane, ASCAP Warner Bros. 7 -29226 Russell, D. Snider) D. O'Keefe; Warner -Tamerlane, Road Cannon Music, BMI; Paradise FOR LOVE -Hillary Kanter (E. 24 29 7 FOOL'S GOLD-Lee Greenwood (1. Crutchfield) 58 GOOD NIGHT FALLING IN PR628 T. Tappan, D. Roth; Goldsboro /Ronzomatic, ASCAP /BMI; MCA 52426 Stevens) E. Stevens, E. Babbitt, D. Malloy; Deb Dave /Briarpatch, BMI; RCA 13835 92 69 4 LOVE ISN'T LOVE ('Til You Give It Away) -Tani Hensley (2 5) 30 7 ONE TAKES THE BLAME-The Stotler Brothers (1. Kennedy) (L. Rogers) HEARTS GET ALL THE BREAKS -Charly McClain D. Reid; Statler Brothers, BMI; Mercury 880-130 -7 2 SOME T. Tappan, D. Roth; Tappan / Ronzomatic, ASCAP, BMI; Mercury II) (Chucko 880 -054-7 26 28 9 I'VE ALWAYS GOT THE HEART TO SING THE BLUES - J. Raymond, B. Moore; Tapadero, BMI; Epic 34 -04586 Bill Medley (J. Crutchfield) 93 85 13 SHOT IN THE DARK -Leon Everette (B.Mevis) WORLD'S GREATEST LOVER -The Bellamy Brothers (DAN. G. Lyle, T. Seals; Good Single /Irving /WB, PRS /BMI /ASCAP; RCA 13851 76 2 R.Rogers; Sister John, BMI; RCA 13834 Bellamy, S. Klein) 32 8 A SWEETER LOVE (I'LL NEVER KNOW)- Brenda Lee (J. D. Bellamy; Bellamy Brothers, ASCAP; MCA /Curb 52446 94 87 19 IF ALL THE MAGIC IS GONE-Mark Gray Crutchfield) (B. Montgomery, S. Buckingha m) 3 THAT'S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY -Kathy Mattea (R. Peoples, J. Crutchfield; Music Corp. of America, BMI; MCA 52394 (61) 66 C.Lester, Warner- Tamerlane/Writer's House, BMI; Columbia 38 -04464 B. Hill) 34 6 YOU COULD'VE HEARD A HEART BREAK -Johnny Lee (1. B. Clifford, D. Hodges; Welbeck /ATV, ASCAP /BMI; Mercury 880-192 -7 95 83 18 FORGET ABOUT ME-The Bellamy Brothers (D&H. Bellamy, S. Bowen) Kline) 18 LET'S FALL TO PIECES TOGETHER -George Strait (R.Baker) M. Rossi; Songmaker, ASCAP, Warner Bros. 7 -29206 62 50 T.Seals, E. Setser, F. Miller, Warner -Tamerlane/Face The D. Lee, T. Rocco, J. Russell, Maplehill (Welk Group) Sunflower Music /Irving /Down 'N' Dixie/ Rare Blue, BMI /ASCAP, MCA /Curb 52380 29 31 9 KNOCK ON WOOD -Razzy Bailey (T. Brown, J. Bowen) Country/Hall -Clement /B ibo (Welk Group),BMI /ASCAP; MCA 52392 E. Floyd, S. Cropper, Irving, BMI; MCA 52421 96 86 23 MAMA HE'S CRAZY -The Judds (B. Maher) 8 SO CLOSE -The Wright Brothers (M. Daniel, J. Dowell) 63 46 K. O'Dell; K. O'Dell, BMI; RCA /Curb 13172 30 20 15 I GOT A MILLION OF 'EM- Ronnie McDowell (B.Killen) K. Blazy; Hoosier, ASCAP Mercury 880 -055 -7 M.Garvin,R.Hellard,B.Jones; Tree,BMI /Cross Keys, ASCAP (Tree Group); 88 7 FIRST TIME BURNED-Johnny Rodriguez (R. Albright) 4 PARDON ME (HAVEN'T WE LOVED SOMEWHERE 97 Epic 34 -04499 64 67 J. McBride; Foster 8 Rice, ASCAP; Epic 34 -04562 BEFORE) -Becky Hobbs (B. Mevis) IT -Janie Fricke (B. Montgomery) 38 YOUR HEART'S NOT IN B. Hobbs, C. Parton; Irving, BMI; EMI -America 8224 98 89 20 THAT'S THE THING ABOUT LOVE-Don Williams M. Garvin, B. Jones, T. Shapiro; Tree /O'Lyric, BMI /Cross Keys (Tree (D. Williams,G.Fundis) Group), ASCAP; Columbia 38 -04578 65 54 7 TELL 'EM I'VE GONE CRAZY -Ed Bruce (T. West) R.Leigh,G.Nicholson, April /Lionhearted /Cross Key's (Tree Group), E. Bruce, P. Bruce, R. 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www.americanradiohistory.com 47 Country First For Statlers' `Very Best' CHAR c DANIEL Heartland Gambling With TV Package Marketing Ploy By KIP KIRBY and year's "Atlanta Blue" album. sales will improve noticeably. EDWARD MORRIS Statlers manager /attorney Bill Utz The tv spot features the Statlers says that while it's an unusual mar- singing seven singles from their two NASHVILLE-The Statlers are keting ploy, he doesn't believe that newest albums which are also fea- trying something different. In what's the Heartland tv package will take tured on the Heartland "Very Best" believed to be a marketing first, the away sales from PolyGram catalog package. These include "Today," group is releasing an 18 -cut tv pack- product. In fact, says Utz, he expects "Elizabeth," the recent No. I hit age containing not only recent hits sales to increase across the board. "Atlanta Blue," the current single from their Mercury/PolyGram "To- "The industry's position has tradi- "One Takes The Blame," and two fu- day" and "Atlanta Blue" albums, but tionally said that you should wait 12 ture singles, "My Only Love" and also their current charting single, to 18 months after a current release "Hollywood." "One Takes The Blame." has peaked before you do a tv pack- Heartland Records president Ira The album, entitled "The Very age," says Utz. "But we think that by Pittelman reports that his country Best Of The Statlers," is being mar- putting out current product simulta- packages were his best sellers last keted through the Heartland label, a neously through two separate mar- year in a catalog that offered best -of division of the Welk Music Group in keting channels, we can reach differ- albums by George Jones, Don Wil- New York. Despite its title, the al- ent buying audiences. liams, Lawrence Welk, the Beach merely a great- a Dick Clark collection. ICM SIGNS CDB-Charlie Daniels is welcomed to ICM at a Nashville signing bum is far from being "People who regularly frequent re- Boys and since three of its says he cannot put a fig- party. Sharing a light moment with Daniels are, from left, ICM /Los Angeles est hits compilation, tail stores will see the tv campaign, Pittelman budget for vice president Alex Hodges, Daniels' manager Joe Sullivan, and ICM /Nash- selections are from last year's "To- realize they've heard these songs on ure on the promotional this "if it's ville vice president /general manager Reggie Mac. day" album and four are cuts on the radio, and go into their neighbor- the Statlers project because hood record shop to buy one of the working, you just keep buying." As albums in the bins," Utz continues. an example, he says that his company "And people who prefer to buy re- has already spent $600,000 in sup- Nashville Scene cords through tv will realize that for port of the Don Williams package the first time, they'll be getting brand and will probably wind up spending Mandrell On The Road To Recovery new songs along with the older hits." $1 million. of the supposed demise of So current is "The Very Best Of In spite believe that use of the covery period will undoubtedly be a market, Pittelman By KIP KIRBY The police The Statlers" that it even contains the eight -track She was trial for her, since no Mandrel) enjoys eight- tracks will be a part belts saved Barbara's life. the group's next two singles, as yet notes that confinement. At week's end, so many mix. A full The news in Nashville this past driving her Jaguar; in the wreck, unreleased commercially, says Utz. of the Statlers product floral arrangements had been re- Jones albums, he week was Barbara Mandrell's nar- both her vehicle and the other, larger In addition to the seven current cuts, 25% of the George accordioned. ceived that Baptist Hospital had set says, were sold in that configuration, row escape in a head -on collision vehicle were totally the album also contains 11 classic up a separate room to hold them all. the Don Williams near her home in Hendersonville, Witnesses say neither driver was ex- Statlers hits, including "Flowers On as were 19% of Barbara was set to headline a series Tenn. The crash was caused by a col- ceeding the speed limit, and subse- The Wall," "Class Of '57," "I'll Go albums. Marlboro Country concerts this about the lege student whose car jumped lanes quent tests determined that the stu- of To My Grave Loving You" and "Do Pittelman is enthusiastic 'fall. She will be replaced on the se- in the and ploughed into Barbara's vehicle dent did not have alcohol or drugs in You Know You Are My Sunshine." Statlers' total involvement ries, and is also unable to continue scheme. "Aside from be- from the opposite direction. his blood at the time of the crash. List price will be $8.98 for the LP, marketing dates with duet partner Lee he observes, Mandrell had been shopping with First reports from the police radio her $9.98 for the cassette. ing very professional," Greenwood to support their new hit very intelligent." her two children, Matthew and Ja- listed Mandrell in critical condition Utz says he expects to be able to "they're also album. It isn't known yet how exten- 10 or 12 test markets mie, at the River- as she was admitted unconscious to a gauge the success of Heartland's tv If the initial sive the damage to her leg will be. If future for the gate shopping mall, nearby hospital. This prognosis was campaign within a few weeks after its suggest a bright the breaks are clean, it's possible that says Heart- and they were head- soon replaced by "stable," and later official launch, Dec. 26. But he pre- Statlers album, Pittelman she will be able to resume the dancing as many as 250 ed home at the time by "good" following surgery. dicts it may be the land will buy time on segments that have been a highlight second quarter of of the wreck. Barba- The accident took place shortly af- next year to 300 television stations. of her live shows. before the next, more criti- ra, who always ter 7 p.m. Both children were also ad- cal aspect If there was ever any doubt about of the double marketing wears her seat belt, mitted to the hospital; Jamie was re- strategy Barbara's overwhelming popularity, can be determined: Is the tv McFadden Opens had asked the chil- leased that evening, but Matthew campaign also increasing the response she's gotten since the ac- retail sales dren only moments remained until Sept. 16. Barbara was for the "Today" and Blue" cident underscores how beloved she "Atlanta Two New Companies before the accident to buckle theirs. subsequently transferred from Hen- albums? is by fans, friends and celebrities It was, according to the police who dersonville to Baptist Hospital in NASHVILLE -Jack McFadden alike. "Everybody watches television, so arrived on the scene almost immedi- Nashville. has formed two new companies, Radio and tv stations across the with this effort, we're going to be ately, the one thing that spared the She has been flooded with flowers, McFadden & Associates Inc. and country have been deluged by phone reaching virtually everyone who family from far more serious injuries gifts, telegrams and phone calls from record ex- McFadden Artist Corp. New head- calls from people wanting to know could possibly be a buyer," or possibly death; the other driver, around the world. It isn't known just are under construction at the latest on her recovery. Letters plains Utz: "Songs featured in the tv quarters killed instantly, was not wearing a how long Barbara will have to re- commercial will be ones viewers are 818 18th Ave. South for December (Continued on page 48) safety belt. main out of the public eye, but the re- hearing on their favorite radio sta- occupancy. DESPITE CHART INACTIVITY tions as current hits. McFadden & Associates, a coun- "If sales go up across the board on try booking agency, was formed with the Statlers' catalog as a result of this Paul Bryant as president. It currently campaign, we'll know we were cor- handles Lynn Anderson and Billy Clark Chalks Up Traveling Time rect. If sales on 'Atlanta Blue' go Crash Craddock. McFadden Artist Corp., formerly EDWARD MORRIS about every other variety show that's which Clark describes as a comedy down at retail, well, we'll know we By now manages been on television. western that takes place in 1912, will were taking a chance that didn't based in California, work. Our belief Poly - Mercury artist Tari Hensley and co- NASHVILLE -Although he is "And I think that through the also star Burl Ives, Jack Elam and -and manages RCA's Leon Everette. plunging anew into the chart wars, years we've just built up a following. Polly Holliday. Gram's-is that our entire catalog MCA/Churchill Records artist Roy We carry a good show with us. There Clark reports that he and Tillis are Clark is working proof that a full are about 20 people on the road, a considering a second movie script, Waylon Jennings, Others concert schedule doesn't necessarily complete package." and that he has signed a letter of in- rely on having hit records. In fact, Clark, who has been with "Hee tent to do a tv movie, "Quinella Joe," Clark hasn't had a top 10 record Haw" since the compone comedy/ a "National Velvet -type" story. In Tribute To Sue Brewer since early 1976, when he went to music show began, says the identifi- "I've wanted to do movies for a NASHVILLE -Waylon Jennings Proceeds will be used to establish number two with "If I Had To Do It cation has been all for the good. "The long time," Clark says, "but I didn't will host a television special, "The the Sue Brewer Fund to assist new All Over Again." people I talk to understand and take necessarily want to play the part of a Door Is Always Open," in tribute to songwriters. The funds will be ad- Such dismal statistics notwith- 'Hee Haw' for what it is. Other than guitar player-because that's what I the late Sue Brewer, a friend of many ministered by the Songwriters Guild standing, Clark says his concert the dyed -in- the -wool 'Hee Haw' fan, live day to day. I'd like to do some- of Nashville's top songwriters. Con- Foundation and be put into use at the schedule is busier than ever. It en- the rest take it with a grain of salt and thing that involves pure acting." sisting of both a concert and a "guitar beginning of 1985. Guidelines for the compasses, travel time included, 230 get out of it what they want. And It is, Clark suggests, his eclectic puffin'," the show will be taped Oct. assistance are now being established. days on the road, with appearances they would not be classified as coun- talents and tastes that have kept him 10 and 11 at the Grand Ole Opry The television special, expected to as diverse as hosting "The Tonight try fans" in the business for the past 34 years. House. air in 1985, will be handled by Plan- Show," performing with up to six At about the same time the Tulsa - Born in southern Virginia, Clark's Scheduled to perform at the con- tation Productions, produced by symphonies annually and working based Clark comes to Nashville this early professional life was spent in cert are Jennings, Richie Albright, Jennings and Jack Thompson, direct- every other conventional venue from October to tape another "Hee Haw" the nightclubs around Washington, Hank Cochran, Jessi Colter, Harlan ed by Norman Abbott and written by fairs to dinner theatres. Early this series, location shooting will begin in D.C. Howard, George Jones, Merle Kil- Thompson and Tom C. Armstrong. month, he did a week at Harrah's in Texas for a movie in which he will "When I started playing the clubs, gore, Kris Kristofferson, Red Lane, Brewer came to Nashville in 1962 Lake Tahoe. co -star with Mel Tillis. Clark says he I found out by trial and error that the Basil McDavid, Roger Miller, Willie and later worked as manager of After a recording hiatus of about a has had his eye on the script for "Up audiences there were not only from Nelson, Mickey Newbury, Webb George Jones' Possum Holler night- year, Clark is releasing a single he co- Hill All The Way" for the past nine all over this country but from all over Pierce, Shel Silverstein, Billy Swan, club, as circulation manager and col- wrote with his publicist, Carol An- years, but it was only after Tillis dis- the world. So to be successful, you Mack Vickery, Hank Williams Jr. umnist for the Music City News, and derson, "Another Lonely Night With covered the script independently two had to try to please that audience of and Faron Young. subsequently as a staffer for Waylon You." He calls it the best thing he's years ago that they decided to do i4. mixed nationalities and backgrounds. Tickets are available for the con- Jennings Enterprises. A tribute song, done since "Yesterday When I Was Clark and Tillis threw three parties "But I didn't do that with just the cert segment only and will go on sale "On Susan's Floor," written by Young," the 1969 Clark trademark. to attract investors for the movie and intention of playing what they want - Oct. 1 through Nashville area Cen- Vince Matthews and Shel Silverstein "In lieu of records," Clark ex- came up with the required budget. ed-I really enjoyed everything that tratik locations and the Opry House and recorded by Mac Wiseman, was plains, "most of my efforts have been The two performers own the script I played. And I have that same feel- box office. Prices are $10 for general released on RCA Records in 1972. in tv. Besides 'Hee Haw,' I've done and will serve as producers. The film, ing now." admission and $25 for reserved seats. Brewer died of cancer in 1981.

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Country Billboard R Nashville Scene Hot Continued from page 47 mote her first single on Compleat Re- buck store. Three hundred of pour in daily. While the seriousness cords. It's called "All Heaven Is Schneider's MCA album, "Too Good , Copyright 1984 Billboard Publications. Inc. No part of this pubs cation may be reproduced To Stop Now," sold in exactly one stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted. in any form or by any means. electronic mechanical of the accident can't be downplayed, About To Break Loose," which is photocopying. recording. or otherwise. without the prior written pe mission of the publisher it must make her feel better knowing sort of ironic, since Zella found her- hour, while fans queued up for sever- how many people care. self in Charleston, S.C. just ahead of al hours to get autographs and C.) Some -including this columnist - Hurricane Diana last week. The sin- photos. gle marks the first production col- Signings: Charlie Daniels to ICM ARTIST ARTIST hope that Mandrel! will consider be- Title, Label & Number Title, Label & Number coming a spokesperson for the Na- laboration by Grammy- winning Nashville for booking ... Gary Mor- (Dist. Label) (Dist. Label) tional Traffic Safety Council on the songwriting team Tommy Rocco and ris to Kathy Gangwisch & Associates seat belts. Rarely does a wreck Charlie Black ( "A Little Good for public relations ... Helen Corne- WILLIE WEEKS 37 10 SOUNDTRACK use of AT !1 Rhinestone, RCA lius to Multimedia Music Group as a NELSON necessity of News "). 1 ABLI.5032 RCA illustrate the critical City 01 New wearing safety harnesses so clearly as If you see Zella, ask her to show writer ... Songwriter J.D. Martin to Orleans, 38 23 ATLANTA ASCAP ... Jessica Boucher to Columbia Pictures, MCA 5463 MCA she is recover- you her U.S. road map that she's car- FC this one. Meanwhile, -39145 CBI 39 22 REBA McENTIRE we will keep readers posted rying proudly with her everywhere. Warner Bros. Records (she head- Just A Little Love MCA ing, and 15 MERLE HAGGARD a Nashville Music Assn. Spot- 5475 MCA on her ongoing improvement. It's covered with circles and dots lined It's All In The Game, Epic FE -39364 CBS 40 10 KAREN BROOKS showing every city where she's light earlier this year) ... Mercury Hearts Fire, * * * 24 ALABAMA Of Warner Bros. 1 -25051 WEA stopped to chat with radio stations. artist Tari Hensley to Jack McFad- RCA 0 Roll On, RCA AHL1.4939 It's not official yet, but we under- 41 45 THE OAK RIDGE Zella chalked up a number of den for management ... The New 16 HANK WILLIAMS, BOYS stand that Gary Morris has been of- JR. country hits while on RCA and Co- Grass Revival to Sugar Hill Records, Deliver, MCA 5455 MCA fered the lead opposite Linda Ron - Major Moves, lumbia several years ago. Her top five with first album titled "Just Is" Warner /Curb 25088 WEA 3 JANIE FRICKE stadt in Joseph Papp's Public The First Word In . 47 GEORGE STRAIT single, "Two Doors Down," was lat- .. Reba McEntire to Network Ink Memory, ColuColumbia Right Or Wrong, MCA Theatre performance of "La Bo- FC -39338 CBS er covered by Dolly Parton. in Nashville for publicity ... Jim Ed 5450 MCA in November in heme," beginning Her current promotional tour has Brown to Limeliters Inc.... Greg 49 RICKY SKAGGS 43 7 MICKEY GILLEY New York. Scores of singers and ac- Don't Cheat In Our Too Good To Stop Now, already encompassed more than 15 Gilley (Mickey Gilley's son) to BMI, Hometown, Sugar Epic FE-39324 CBS for this coveted role, Hill /Epic FE -38954 CBS tors auditioned cities and 25 stations from Seattle to while the senior Gilley has finalized a 4 JOHN SCHNEIDER including Vince Gill from RCA in 24 MICKEY GILLEY & Too Good To Stop Now, Tucson to Winston -Salem. While in pact for his new BMI company, Rok MCA 5495 MCA Nashville. Morris' powerful range CHARLY McCLAIN Nashville, she did "Nashville Now," Music ... Singer /songwriter Lisa It Takes Believers. Epic 10 THE WHITES and training make him a natural for FE -39292 CBS Forever You, MCA /Curb "Channel Four Magazine" and a se- Angelle to ASCAP and to Collins MCAS490 MCA opera or operettas, however, and 31 THE JUDOS ries of media interviews. Court Music, owned by her producer o The Judds - Wynonna 8 46 74 JOHN CONLEE physically, he is a perfect match for Tom Collins. Naomi, RCA /Curb John Coulee's Greatest Ronstadt. * * * MHL1 -8515 RCA Hits, MCA 5406 MCA 11 JOHN ANDERSON 47 11 EDDY RAVEN - Eye Of A Hurricane, Ronnie Milsap Barry Mani I The main consideration in a situa- -and Could Use Another You, low? Uh huh, they're doing a duet. Billboard. Warner Bros. 25099 WEA RCA AHL -I -5040 RCA tion like this becomes: What effect 10 63 EARL THOMAS (We hear that word a lot these days.) 48 17 MARK GRAY would a Broadway or off- Broadway CONLEY Magic, Columbia It's called "Put Another Quarter In Don't Make It Easy For B6C -39143 CBS run have on an artist's concert dates Me, RCA AHLI -4713 RCA The Jukebox" -not to be confused 132 WILLIE NELSON and recording schedule? Gary is 11 23 BARBARA Always On My Mind, to his career and with "Put Another Log On The MANDRELL Columbia FC 37951 CBS committed country Clean Cut, MCA 5474 MCA Fire" -and will be featured on Mani - 50 45 EMMYLOU HARRIS is concerned that fans realize this, 12 16 LEE GREENWOOD White Shoes, Warner Vol. should the "La Boheme" role be of- low's "Greatest Hits, II" album. You've Got A Good Love Bros. 23961 WEA Isn't it fascinating that greatest hits Comin', MCA 5488 MCA 51 5 CHARLEY PRIDE fered and accepted. 13 20 THE STATLER Power Of Love, RCA collections now seem to contain a VIDEO MUSIC Who knows-maybe Gary will BROTHERS AHLI -5031 RCA couple of brand new unreleased CONFERENCE Atlanta Blue, Mercury 52 20 KATHY MATTEA convince Linda it's time to come 818.652 -1 POL Kathy Maltea, Mercury songs instead of IO bona fide past back to Nashville and cut another Nov.15 -18, 1984 14 16 DON WILLIAMS BIB-560 -1 POL hits? Sheraton Premiere Hotel Cafe Carolina, MCA 5493 MCA 53 80 ALABAMA one of her great country albums. (Do 15 42 EXILE The Closer You Get, RCA we hear the distant call of a duet Vince Gill's been in demand these Universal City, California Exile, Epic B6E -39154 CBS AHL -I -4663 RCA 5 OAK RIDGE BOYS lurking in the wings here ?) Anyway, days as a session guitarist and back- 54 45 WILLIE NELSON ground vocalist. Greatest Hits 2, MCA Without A Song, should Gary sign for the show, he He's been in the stu- 5496 MCA Columbia FC -39110 CBS starts rehearsals almost immediately dio with Rodney Crowell, Rosanne RCA Releases 20 LARRY GATLIN & 55 17 GEORGE JONES THE GATLIN You've Still Got A Place Cash, Emmylou Harris, Steve War - in New York City. BROS. BAND In My Heart, Epic iner and Pam `Rat' Soundtrack FE -39002 CBS * Tillis. Houston To Denver, More duet news: Gus Hardin is NASHVILLE -RCA Records Columbia FC -39291 CBS (S6) 21 VERN GOSDIN Zella Lehr has been experimenting has released the soundtrack album to 18 47 CRYSTAL GAYLE There Is A Season, working on a duet with Earl Thomas Cage The Songbird, Compleat CPL -1 -1008 POL with the old approach of "get in the Conley called "All Tangled Up In Paramount's "The River Rat." The Warner Bros. 23958 WEA 57 133 ALABAMA car and visit radio stations," to pro- PG -rated movie stars Tommy Lee 19 17 RONNIE MILSAP Mountain Music, RCA Love." And Kenny Rogers is doing a One More Try For Love, AHLI -4229 RCA Christmas duet album with Dolly Jones and Martha Plimpton. The al- RCA AHL -1 -5016 RCA 58 21 MEL TILLIS 20 5 BARBARA New Patches, MCA 5472 MCA Hyland Co. Relocates Parton. Let's see, then we have Anne bum, produced and arranged by Mike Post, features cuts by Alabama, MANDRELL & LEE 59 17 B.J. THOMAS Murray doing a duet with Dave Log - GREENWOOD Shining, Columbia NASHVILLE -The Hyland Co., gins ... The end is not in sight. Earl Thomas Conley, Deborah Al- Meant For Each Other, FC -39337 CBS celebrating its first anniversary, has len, Bill Medley, Post, Joey Scarbury MCA 5477 MCA 60 87 MERLE HAGGARD Memphis legend Steve Cropper 21 44 JIM GLASER re- AND WILLIE moved to new offices. The public (writer of "Sittin' On The Dock of and the heavy metal band Auto- The Man In The Mirror, Noble Vision NV -2001 IND NELSON lations firm is now based at 2 Music graph, recently signed to RCA. Poncho And Lefty, Epic the Bay" and "In The Midnight MORRIS 22 23 GARY FE 37958 CBS Circle South, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Hour ") has joined new MCA artist Scarbury, who had a number two Faded Blue, Warner Bros. 25069 WEA 61 334 WILLIE NELSON Telephone: (615) 244 -7348. pop hit in 1981 with "The Greatest Razzy Bailey on the road to do some 20 CONWAY TWITTY Stardust, Columbia IC in 1983 by 35305 CBS The firm was formed co- writing for Razzy's first album for American Hero," has the first single By Heart. Warner Bros. Mike Hyland and currently repre- release from the album, "The River's 25078 WEA 62 66 158 WILLIE NELSON the label. 24 51 ANNE MURRAY Greatest Hits, Columbia Films, Leon Russell En- KC 237542 CBS sents Fusion And John Schneider drew more Song." A Little Good News, terprises, Paradise Records, Minnie "The River Rat" premiered Sept. Capitol ST12301 CAP (63) EXILE than 600 people to an in -store ap- 25 11 MOE BANDY & Kentucky Hearts, Epic Pearl, Don Light Talent, McGuffey 13 FE-39424 CBS pearance at a Houston Sears & Roe- in Paducah, Ky., where some of it JOE STAMPLEY Lane, Kenny O'Dell, Canadian - was filmed. It had its Nashville press The Good 01' Boys -Alive 64 65 2 JUICE NEWTON 8. Well, Columbia Greatest Hits, Capitol based Downs Records, and the forth- For The Record debut Sept. 14. FC -39426 CBS ST -12353 CAP coming Waylon Jennings television RCA and Paramount have sched- 26 11 NITTY GRITTY 65 59 9 BILL MEDLEY project, "The Door Is Always Dan Wojcik says he resigned from uled a number of radio and retail DIRT BAND I Still Do, RCA MHL -8519 RCA Plain Dirt Fashion, 66 67 19 THE WRIGHT Warner Bros. 25113 WEA Open." the Shorty Lavender Talent Agency cross -promotions this month, includ- BROTHERS rather than being dismissed from it as ing album giveaways and special 27 18 DAVID ALLAN COE Easy Street, Mercury Just Divorced, Columbia 818-654 -1 POL MCA Nashville's sources told Billboard (Sept. 22). screenings. FC -39269 CBS 67 68 12 MCGUFFEY LANE 28 54 JOHN CONLEE Day By Day, Atlantic In My Eyes. MCA MCA Hughes Resigns 5434 America 90155 WEA THE BELLAMY 29 15 68 8 JUICE NEWTON BROTHERS Can't Wait All Night, RCA NASHVILLE -After a short ten- Restless, MCA /Curb 5489 MCA AR1 -4995 RCA ure as vice president of promotion, 30 9 WAYLON 69 02 HANK WILLIAMS JENNINGS JR. Gene Hughes has resigned at MCA Never Could Toe The Hank Williams Jr.'s Mark, RCA AHLI -5017 RCA Records Nashville. Greatest Hits, 36 THE STATLER Elektra /Curb 60193 WEA "I was allowing the position to cre- 31 BROTHERS 70 13 RONNIE ate too much stress in my life, and Today, Mercury 812 -184 -1 POL MCDOWELL my health was being affected," Willing, Epic FE -39329 CBS 6 GNARLY MC Hughes said in a prepared statement, 71 13 JULIO IGLESIAS CLAIN Julio, Columbia FC -38640 CBS Charly. Epic FE -39425 CBS adding that he plans to return to in- DON GLEN CAMPBELL 72 28 WILLIAMS 33 9 The Best of Don Williams dependent record promotion follow- Letter To Home, Atlantic Vol.3 MCA 5465 MCA ing a month's hiatus. America 90164 WEA (34) 54 THE KENDALLS 73 48 JANIE FRICKE MCA Nashville's promotion will Movin' Train, Mercury Love Lies, Columbia FC -38730 CBS be handled by the label's four in- 812 -779 -1 POL 35 49 HANK WILLIAMS, 74 7 LIONEL RICHIE house promotion people in conjunc- Can't Slow Down, JR. Motown 6059 MCA tion with four regional specialists. Man Of Steel, Warner /Curb 23924 WEA 75 15 LOUISE Administrative and artist -related du- 6 RAY CHARLES MANDRELL ties previously handled by Hughes Friendship, Columbia I'm Not Through Loving You Yet, RCA AHL -1 -5015 RCA will be taken over in the interim by FC -39415 CBS MCA senior vice president /general FIRST TIME IN-Newly signed MCA artist Steve Wariner, center, takes an left, MCA 0 Bullets are awarded to those products demonstrating the greatest sales gains this week (Prime Movers). manager Bruce Hinton and label active role in the studio with his producers Tony Brown, /Nash- Recording Industry Assn. of America seal for sales of 500,000 units (seal indicated by dot). Recording president Jimmy Bowen. ville vice president of a &r, and Jimmy Bowen, MCA /Nashville president. Industry Assn. of America seal for sales of 1,000,000 units (seal indicated by triangle). www.americanradiohistory.com NI4LM and e''%

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www.americanradiohistory.com 50 '= =Blue Notes Ambitious Beginning For Delos Line By SAM SUTHERLAND around Jungheim's strategy during (bass) and Sherman Fer son and PETER KEEPNEWS recording is expressly tailored to (drums) were tapped, yielding a full both the laser-read disk and cassette, quintet for certain songs and qua ets Delos Records is aiming for a first rather than LP. on the others, with the co -lea ers this week, as it bows its new, long -ru- "They're all an hour in length, and alternating. mored jazz line: true simultaneous the cassettes, which are being dupli- The third Delos set to get th tri- release for new recordings in LP, cas- cated from the digital master by Na- ple- configuration treatment is pr ba- sette and Compact Disc. kamichi, will also carry 60 minutes," bly the label's first attention -gra r: The critically well -received inde- explaiíls Jungheim. "The LP versions Joe Williams' "Nothin' But he pendent label, previously known for will be edited, running closer to 40 Blues." Instead of varying the set- its meticulously produced and manu- minutes. tings, Jungheim simply tappe a factured classical albums, has already "It's kind of a challenge to create crack sextet, Red Holloway's Blues enjoyed an early prominence in clas- an hour of music that's got sufficient All- Stars-a lineup including Eddie sical CD bins, thanks to a backlog of variety, so we've tried to mix things "Cleanhead" Vinson, Jack McDuff, GEORGE DOES IT AGAIN -Pianist/composer George Wallington, left, con- Brown er- true digital masters. Now the New up a bit in terms of personnel or en- Phil Upchurch, Ray and fers with producer Max Wilcox during the recent recording of a Wallington York -based company has turned to semble sizes," he adds, citing the Ma- ryck King. solo album. The album is the latest step in the veteran pianist's comeback the jazz market, cutting a batch of vis Rivers recording, "It's A Good Although better -known m 'ors and the first non -classical project for the veteran producer. new sessions primarily by veteran Day," and the partnership of trum- have achieved nearly simultan us for all three configurati ns, mainstream players. peters Bobby Shew and Chuck Find- shipment by Nippon Colombia. And Walling- but the Palo Alto -based boutique la- No as field repre- According to Ralph Jungheim, the ley on "Trumpets End" Delos' entry into the jazz ton recently finished recording an- bel is rumored to be readying some sents first time an entire rel ase independent producer who previous- examples. the other solo album, also devoted exclu- true jazz projects in earnest. is in three for- ly helmed the early digitally recorded For the Rivers date, Jungheim en- schedule shipped those sively to his own pieces. The latter With label founder Will Ackerman time. audiophile LPs that likewise led listed the Matt Catingub Quintet to mats at the same effort represented the maiden jazz on vacation and president Anne Ack- M &K Real Time into jazz, the first provide backing on some selections, * * * voyage of noted classical producer erman Robinson unavailable for Howard Alden to provide solo guitar three Delos jazz releases, shipping Pianist George Wallington w s a Max Wilcox, known for his work comment, Blue Notes was unable to now, were all recorded live on digital accompaniment on others, and pia- cohort of Charlie Parker and Dizzy with such other noteworthy pianists obtain formal confirmation. But Broadbent be the foil two -track recorders at Hollywood's nist Alan to Gillespie in the halcyon days of be- as Artur Rubenstein. Ackerman has made no secret of his elsewhere. With Findley and Shew, venerable Annex. And, with CD al- bop. As a composer, he gave the A U.S. licensing deal is currently eventual plan to create subsidiary la- ready in the marketplace, this time Art Resnick (piano), John Patitucci world "Lemon Drop," which was being negotiated for the Nippon Co- bels, including a vocal line, and exist- immortalized by Woody He an, lumbia album, "Virtuoso George ing pacts with Hip Pocket and and "Godchild," one of the ge s of Wallington, Christened As Giacinto George Winston's label, Dancing

Survey For Week Ending 9 29/84 Miles Davis' classic "Birth Of he Figlia." And a label is being sought Cat, offer still other precedents. Cool" sessions. for Wallington's more recent, as -yet- Should Ackerman (and, presum- It's been close to three dec des untitled album. ably, East Coast label ally Steve Billboard since Wallington made a record, but Backer) launch a jazz effort, it would he has returned to the scene wi h a bring jazz back into the current LPs burst of activity. A solo album, on- Windham Hill's early cachet may A &M distribution scheme for the sisting entirely of original com osi- be in an acoustic chamber style that first time since Horizon folded in the is only marginally jazz -influenced, c Copyright 1984, Billboard Publications. Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, tions, has just been released in Japan late '70s. stored in a 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. G °s`E`Lectern

Title, Title, Artist, Label & Number Artist, Label & Number Robert Till Revives Crescendo Records 17 17 TAKE IT TO THE LORD entitled Summer Celebration '84 in Now that everything's in place, 13 PSALMS WEEKS By BOB DARDEN IN PRAYER Richard Smallwood AT 1 Dallas. Performers included Cynthia what's ahead for Crescendo? "We 9 The Truthettes, Malaco 4386 Singers, Onyx 3833 Robert Till was interested in ut- Clawson, Bob Bailey and two of the have a real simplistic philosophy 18 18 LIVE AT THE RITZ ting together a new kind of re ord first new Crescendo acts, Lynn Sut- around here," Till says. "The bottom The New Jersey Mass Choir, line is: Change someone's life for Savoy SGL 7086 company, one with old -fashioned val- ter and Weston & Davis. 2 2 13 SAILIN' We're always on the lookout Shirley Cessar. Myrrh 6732 ues. To do it, he took an old re ord "We're interested in artists who Christ. 19 19 TELL IT TO JESUS have a genuine minister for ways to accomplish that goal. The The Gospel Keynotes, D &V company and started it over a ain call to and 3 3 53 WE SING PRAISES words, the music, and the concerts Sandra Crouch, Light LS- 1200 fresh. have accepted that calling as the cost 5825 of obedience," Till says. "The Sum- have to mean something for a long, 20 20 TESTIFY The Crescendo Co. is one o the Timothy Wright, GosPearl mer Celebratior '84 here in Dallas long time. 4 7 9 NO TIME TO LOSE best -known names in religious ub- 16017 was the first of many Crescendo will "As we grow, we want to remain Andrea Crouch, Light LS lishing, with a stable of writers hat 5863 provide in varous major markets true to those concepts. There's al- 21 28 NOAH includes director of publications Willis Pitman And The aimed at people who wouldn't ordi- ways room to be flexible and still re- 5 8 69 ROUGH SIDE OF ' 'E Charles F. Brown, Ron & Patricia Burden Lifters, CRP LP0777 narily be expose] to Christian music. main true to our principles without. MOUNTAIN Owens, Richard Baker and the leg- Rev. F.C. Barnes and Sister 22 21 HALLELUJAH ANYHOW "I believe in this so much that we competing with the rest of the indus- endary Ken Medema. Crescendo Re- 3rown, Atlanta International Thomas Whitfield & Co., The are going to take this very same risk try. We want to provide an alterna- AIR 10059 Sound of Gospel 140 cords has also been around for more between six and 12 times each year: tive for people with the same hearts. than 20 years, mostly as a small re- 6 4 13 NO TEARS IN GLORY 23 23 SONGS OF THE TIMES taking these artists, their music and "The same goes for publishing. Rev. F.C. Barnes & Rev. The Latest Word Singers, cording imprint and custom labe l. We're out to set up a platform for Janice Brown, A.I.R. 10077 American Dream AD537 their ministry, to halls seating any- When the dynamic Till came where from 2,500 to 10,000 people. them to reach out, to get the word 7 5 21 I STILL LOVE THE 24 26 I SURRENDER ALL aboard three ago, he immedi- out to the world for the Lord. We The Sensational years We're going to work to create a plat- NAME JESUS have a real need to fulfill that cause. Douglas Miller, Gospearl PL- Nightingales, Malaco 4391 ately shut down the record division form for that message -and coordi- 16022 and spent the next couple of years "We're just one of many groups 25 22 UNMISTAKEABLY nate it with the local churches." Dannibelle, Onyx R 03837 studying the religious recording mar- first signed to Crescendo with these same goals," he continues. 8 6 13 MADE IN MISSISSIPPI The artist The Jackson Southernaires, ket. He says he knew what he didn't was Hunt, daughter of the late "We're not saying our ways are going 26 24 MAKE ME AN June Malaco 4392 We're INSTRUMENT want: another large, impersona la- billionaire H.L. Hunt. She was fol- to be better or anything. just Candi Staton. Beracah BRI- bel. Instead, he wanted if it1 going out there to do the best we can 9 9 65 PEACE BE STILL to see was lowed by Ron & Patricia Owens, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, 1001 feasible to form a record com¡iany Weston & Davix. and Lynn Sutter. and be responsible stewards of the Onyx R3831 27 THE IMPOSSIBLE . that more closely resembled his own Sutter already has something of a Lord's time." 10 15 4 WHAT HE'S DONE FOR DREAM ministry -oriented outlook. Whe l he name in contemporary Christian mu- Albertina Walker, Savoy ME was satisfied that it was possibly , he sic circles. Word Records signed her Rev. Clay Evans And The 28 THE SKY'S THE LIMIT started Crescendo Records rnce right out of co:lege and paired her Fellowship Choir, Savoy Leon Pitillo, Light Rev. LEOLA BROWN 14762 more. with easy listening composer Chris 29 25 37 SING AND SHOUT Christian for the album "Everlasting 11 10 25 JESUS SAVES "I wanted something that coul re- Back with another Winner! Mighty Clouds Of Joy, Myrrh Kind Of Love." When it didn't do Little Cedric & The Haile) ceive our personal attention,' he HOME TO Singers, Gospearl 16019 30 27 21 SURELY GOD IS ABLE says, "something where we c uld well, she wanted to return to a more "COMING Dottie Peoples, Church Door provide ministerial services to our personal kind o' music ministry and MY JESUS" 12 11 45 T :.IS TOO WILL PASS Strong response & A Best Bet And The soon felt at home with the revitalized James Cleveland 31 29 56 DETERMINED artists. for a grammy in 1984 Charles Fold Choir, Savoy Tramaine Hawkins, Light Crescendo label Her first Crescendo Featuring 7072 LS521 "Then, I wanted to go beyond hat. album is called "Movin' On." "AT THE ALTAR" I wanted to actually help these ists 13 12 37 YES HE CAN 32 30 49 LONG TIME COMING m Bill Davis and Tony Weston are a "MARCHING ON TO GLORY" Georgia Mass Choir, Savoy The Winans Light 5826 with their ministeries. I didn't ant popular easy listening duo based out SGL -7082 to just sign them and then sllove Also Look For the LP 33 31 111 LORD, YOU KEEP ON of Nettleton Baptist Church in Jones- "JESUS GETTING 14 13 21 THE TIME IS NOW PROVING YOURSELF TO them out there." boro, Ark. They perform more than US READY The Pilgrim Wonders, Church ME FOR THAT GREAT Till says Crescendo is not going 120 concerts a year, mostly in the DAY" Door 22021 Florida Mass Choir, Savoy Featuring SGL 7078 into the concert promoting business Southwest. Their debut album for "I FOUND THE LIVE IN CINCINNATI 15 14 9 per se. But, he adds, if helping the Crescendo is entitled "Command LORD" 34 32 25 GREAT REUNION The GMWA Mass Choir, artist get word "I MUST TELL Savoy SGL 7085 Sister Lucille Pope, Atlanta the out means actual- Performance." JESUS" International Records ly booking and promoting concerts, A spokesman for Crescendo says PRECIOUS LORD" 16 16 21 LORD LIFT ME UP then that's the way it will be. that the label hopes to announce the L BROWN Bishop Jeff Banks, Savoy 35 33 49 WORDS CAN'T EXPRESS RECORDING CO. 14749 Nicholas Message 1002 Earlier this summer, Crescendo signing of a major Christian artist in (212) LA5.7739 began the first of a series of concerts the next few weeks. www.americanradiohistory.com 51 CLASS Score Survey for Week Ending 9/29/84

iM New Recordings Due From Book Club Billboore Hot Ian By IS HOROWITZ Special Survey IiLrs The Book- ofthe -Month Club has long sold record al- kovsky. Also completed is a three- record set of Beethoven was product the company Ii- piano sonatas played by Richard Goode, with the entire bums via direct mail. This o Copyright 1984. Billboard Publications. Inc No part of this publication may be reproduced. mechanical, censed from a variety of labels. Now, however, it has also cycle to be done eventually. stored in a retrieval system. or transmitted. in any form or by any means. electronic. without the prior written permission of the publisher. begun to record projects on its own, and will make these Price to the trade will be $16.80 per three -record set photocopying, recording, or otherwise. members (two cassettes /two CDs), and $22.40 for the four -LP albums available through retailers as well as to CALIFORNIA of its clubs. packages. No list price will be suggested. Non -club mem- Y ARTIST -Title, Label 8 Book -of -the -Month Records starts its retailer program bers buying direct will be charged $25.95, plus shipping, ARTIST -Title, Label 8 " Number (Distributing Label) 3 Number (Distributing Label) with two three -record albums in November, to be fol- for the three -disk albums, with members paying about $2 -` z lowed shortly by matching cassette and Compact Disc less, says Spitzer. - JUAN GABRIEL 8 JULIO IGLESIAS 1 Cassettes and CDs will be carried in boxes 10 inches Recuerdos 2, Ariola counterparts. Later productions will be released simulta- 1,100 Belair Place. CBS neously in all three configurations, says George Spitzer, high by 5'/8 inches wide. Complete liner notes will be fur- `flJ 50335 O 6035 division. nished. CDs will be pressed by the new CBS /Sony facility director of the BOM record 2 12 JULIO IGLESIAS in Terre Haute, and tapes duplicated by Julius Konins' 2 2 EL GRAN COMBO But that's not the only parallel element. All three for- En Alaska, Combo 2039 1,100 The Belair Place, CBS Cassette Productions in Hillsdale, N.J. 50335 mats will bear identical album prices, although the music 3 5 JUAN GABRIEL in * * * Recuerdos 2, Ariola 6035 3 7 JOSE JOSE on three -record sets will be carried complete two -unit Secretos, Ariola 6000 may well 4 1 JOSE JOSE cassette and CD packages. This price uniformity At the recent Record Bar convention, Wynton Marsa- Secretos, Ariola 6000 4 3 LANI HALL Y CAMILO be an industry first. lis was named classical artist of the year by the chain. The 5 4 LANI HALL Y CAMILO SESTO One of the initial packages presents Eugenia and Pin - trumpet player's newest album, a program of Baroque SESTO Lani Hall, A &M 37008 Lani Hall, A &M 37008 chas Zukerman and Anthony Newman in a program of works by Bach, Purcell, Fasch and Torelli, moves out to 5 0 WILFRIDO VARGAS 6 0 PIMPINELA El africano, Karen 75 works by Bach and three of his sons, Johann Christoph, the trade riding one of the biggest advance orders in mem- Pimpinela, CBS 11317 6 6 DULCE Carl Philip Emanuel and Willhelm Friedemann. Unusual ory, says Joseph F. Dash, CBS Masterworks chief. And 7 0 ELIO ROCA Tu muneca, Profono 90388 include transcriptions by Newman of the Bran- on the promotional side, the label has a 500 -piece jigsaw Segunda Luna de Miel, RCA features 7274 7 8 MARIA CONCHITA 5 violin, flute reproducing a historic poster in con- Maria Conchita, A &M 31007 denburg Concerto No. and a concerto for puzzle "Turandot" 8 0 MARIA CONCHITA and harpsichord, both without tutti support. Newman's nection with the release of a new recording of the Puccini Maria Conchita, A&M 37007 8 10 AMANDA MIGUEL El ultimo sonido, Profono 9 0 LUPITA D'ALESSIO harpsichord assumes the string orchestra role, a practice opera. 90391 Yo, Orfeon 84 he defends in his liner notes. 10 0 LA ORGANIZACION 9 0 RAPHAEL Of New New releases by Sefel Records in the last few weeks Eternamente tuyo, CBS 80379 The other November release offers "Songs SECRETA York," a collection of three dozen songs appropriate to have practically doubled the label's catalog to a current 30 La organization secreta, 10 0 LOS CAMINANTES the title, ranging from "The Bowery" to "I Love New titles, says marketing director Bob Herrington. First CDs Mundo 011 El numero tres, Luna 1101 11 15 JERRY VARGAS 11 4 LOS BUKIS - will be released in November, manufactured for Sefel by York." They're performed by a number of New York Cubanito, Maxima 2834 Mi fantasia, Profono 1122 Sanyo in will be 12 CD albums in the initial based singers in arrangements using the original orches- Japan. There 12 0 BELKIS CONCEPCION- 12 2 PERLA trations wherever possible. release, says Herrington, sold to the trade at $12.95 per. WILFRIDO VARGAS Confidencias, RCA 7244 There will be occasional pop and jazz albums in the Even as the label moves into the new technology, it is also Belkis Concepcion Con Wilfrido 13 9 DYANGO main upgrading vinyl production with Direct Metal Mastering Vargas, Karen 82 Al fin solos, Odeon 9024 BOM recording schedule, says Spitzer, although the LOS REY 13 0 NIETOS DEL 14 0 RUBEN BLADES and German pressings. Herrington says he expects that Y Profono 101 thrust, at least early on, will be classical. su abuelita, Buscando America, Elektra Already recorded for release early in 1985 is a four -re- foreign deals will shortly be negotiated with licensees in 14 0 EL GRAN MANZANA 60352 La Gran Manzana, Conoran by the Emer- France, Spain, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. The la- 0 LOS YONICS en cord set of "Romantic Quartets," performed 1755 15 Ya no me dijes, Profono 90351 m son Quartet. Included are works by Brahms, Schumann, bel is currently represented in Germany, Italy and 15 0 ROBERTO CARLOS Dvorak, Smetana, Ravel, Debussy, Borodin and Tchai- Switzerland. Concavo y convexo, CBS 12322 m FLORIDA TEXAS co 70 ARTIST -Title, Label 8 e d ARTIST-Title, Label A 3 Number (Distributing Label) Number (Distributing Label) N ' ; ce ` "T' "Notas \ 4 JULIO IGLESIAS JUAN GABRIEL 2, Arsola 1 1,100 Belair Place, CBS Recuerdos co //J 50335 O 6035 Hispanic Musical Divisions Fading 611011 2 8 PLACIDO DOMINGO 2 1 LOS BUKIS °- By ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ that spillover is called crossover. its Latin division, K -tel Latino, with Siemprep re en mi corazon, CBS Mi fantasia, Profono 1122 rr- 10355 Companies and individuals that a breakdancing instruction record en 3 4 RAMON AYALA ó 3 3 MARIA CONCHITA Vestida de color de Rosa, D Musical preferences, long a divid- have invested financial and personal español. "Breakdance" includes a Maria Conchita, A &M 37007 Freddie 1285

ing factor among the different His- resources in the U.S. Latin market poster with illustrations, and the les- 4 1 JOSE JOSE 4 6 MARIA CONCHITA ó panic communities in the U.S., seem should take heart at the study's find- sons are narrated in Spanish. Secretos, Ariola 6000 Acariciame, A&M 37007 5 7 LANI HALL Y CAMILO 5 11 JOSE JOSE to be fading, according to the recent- ings. And all would be grand indeed More typically, K -tel Latino is re- Secretos, Ariola 6000 Of The Hispanic were it not by the ugly statistics of leasing an album of tropical music ar- SESTO ly released "Study Lani Hall, A&M 37008 6 13 LA MAFIA by the SIN Hispanic unemployment, higher to- ranged and interpreted by Argenti- 15 exitos, Cara 0900 Market" commissioned 6 5 HANSEL Y RAUL Television Network from Yankelo- day than in 1981 and higher than the na's Horacio Malvincino y su Hansel y Raul, TH 2271 7 10 DULCE Tu muneca, Profono 90388 vich, Skelly & White. U.S. average. Orquesta. The third K -tel album fea- 7 0 CHARITYN 2 LOS TIGRES DEL "Music and songs can be distinc- But the optimists may have the last tures balladeer Lou Brier, this year's Se acabo, CBS 90355 8 LUPITA D'ALESSIO NORTE tive among nations," reads the re- word. The study reveals attitudinal Puerto Rican entry in the OTI Inter- 8 13 Internacionalmente norteno. Yo, Orfeon 84 port, "and in the 1981 study [also changes among Hispanics which cor- national Song Festival. The album is Profono 3124 RU to the rest 9 0 LOS ANGELES NEGROS commissioned by SIN], 35% of re- respond of the country, titled "Yo Puedo." 9 0 R udDYRCA 7333 O 9004 mentioned this as a differ - pointing toward a determination to Information about K -tel Latino is spondents 10 2 EL GRAN COMBO 10 0 VICENTE FERNANDEZERNANDEZ Ice, Combo 2039 ence; in 1984, only 29% did." override present hardships pragmati- available from national merchandis- Breaking the nuevos exitos con el The finding seems to corroborate cally in order to build for the future. ing manager Salomon Gill at (800) 11 6 ELIO ROCA idolo, CBS 20704 very well Nuestra Segunda Luna de Miel, 11 0 LOS INVASORES DE what any observer of U.S. Latin radio And what could be read as 328 -6117. RCA 7274 the Latin the bottom line, average family in- NUEVO LEON programming trends and of * * 12 9 RAPHAEL Los Invasores, TH 2288 few come, though still not up to the U.S. Eternamente tuyo, CBS 80379 charts could track over the last Miami Sound Machine has made a 12 12 JULIO IGLESIAS years: the rise of the good- for -all- figure, has risen for Hispanics in the 13 10 FANIA ALL STAR 1,100 Belair Place, CBS 50335 video of its hit song "Dr. Beat," to be pide la gente, Fania Latin pop ballad, last three years. Lo que 13 9 LOS YONICS tastes international distributed in Europe and the U.S. 629 study Ya no me dejes, Profono 90351 heavily promoted by the major Copies of the printed are it 14 11 this month. The single has made to MENUDO 14 0 PERLA available without charge from SIN, Evolucion, RCA 7335 labels. the pop charts in England, Holland Confidencias, RCA 7244 Inc., 460 W. 42nd St., New York, 15 0 DYANGO The music -preference finding and Germany Balladeer Aldo 15 0 AMANDA MIGUEL ... Al fin solos, Odeon 9024 N.Y. 10036, or Yankelovich, Skelly El gato y yo, Melody 6035 dovetails with other conclusions Matta has signed with New York - Inc., 575 (tab) drawn by the study. In all cultural ar- & White Madison Ave., based Top Ten Hits Records. The the kind of Spanish New York, N.Y. 10022. eas, including singer is finishing an album titled PUERTO RICO they speak, U.S. Hispanics are com- * * * "Me faltas tu," after the lead song ing closer together as a group, the J` ARTIST-Title, Label 8 .e d AR19ST- Title, Labet A K -tel International has launched penned by Vilma Planas . Á 5 study finds. 3 , Number (Distributing Label) i- 3` Number (Distributing Label) It also finds that Hispanics are U: 't 8 4 JOSE JOSE growing more conscious of their 1 Buscando America, Secretos. Ariola 6000 Elektra 60352 identity and of the need to preserve ULIO 9 10 YOLANDITA MONGE it. Fifty percent of the study's respon- THIN K 1 Suenos. 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THE BETTE & THE BRIGHTEST -Co- masters of cere- monies Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd sip champagne backstage with the winners at Radio City Music Hall after MTV's first annual Music Video Awards, Sept. 14.

ROCKIT TO THE TOP -Big winner Herbie Hancock holds two of his five awards aloft. Hancock's "Rockit" clip was the star of the evening, garnering five awards: best concept video, best special effects, best art direction, best editing and most experimental.

MAYOR JACKSON -New York's indomitable Mayor Ed Koch was on hand (without his brothers) to offer a sequined salute to the entertainment industry.

DRIVE, THEY SAID -A demure Ric Ocasek, sans his co- Cars, pauses backstage after picking up the award for best video of 1984, "You Might Think."

A MOM'S BEST FRIEND -Best female video went to Cyndi Lauper for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun." Lauper shared the moment of triumph backstage with her mother.

SHARP -DRESSED NEWMAN -Tim Newman picked up the NAMES IN LIGHTS -The $100 -a- ticket crowd mills award for best direction in a video for ZZ Top's "Sharp beneath the marquee at Radio City Music Hall prior Dressed Man." to the ceremonies. Celebrity attendees included Diana Ross, John Cougar Mellencamp, Roger Dal- trey, Ron Wood and others.

THE UNIVERSE THANKS YOU -Ouincy Jones displays his special recognition award, which honors O's "contri- butions to the music universe." ,r.. .er.. www ..... w...... ,,, w..+

Photos: Chuck Pulin www.americanradiohistory.com 55 News/ International Canada DUTCH AUDIO /VIDEO FAIR Record Attendance At Firato '84 By WILLEM HOOS However, some musical instru- won't be attending." ment companies complained about Video software and hardware at- AMSTERDAM- Firato 1984, the the constant "noise" at the event. tracted the most attention at this 10 -day international audio /video Said piano /electric organ manufac- year's event, which ended Sept. 11, music fair staged here recently, at- turers in a formal note of discord: "It with the 8mm video camera pulling a tracted a record 326,905 visitors, was almost impossible to demon- lot of interest. Kodak was among the 4,118 more than the 1982 event, ac- strate our instruments to potential companies exhibiting this line, and cording to final statistics from the buyers. There was such an incredible Philips unveiled a prototype specially organizers. overall noise that the sound of pianos lined up for the fair. The Dutch mul- A total of 161 domestic and inter- and organs became virtually tinational won't formally launch the national companies, representing inaudible. 8mm camera range before the second more than 20 countries, took part. "Even headphones were of little half of 1985, preferring to survey Most seemed to be happy with the value. If the noise level is allowed to market developments before plung- business turnover recorded. persist at the next fair, we certainly ing into the marketplace. In fact, there is considerable doubt in Holland about the future of the European Release Set For 8mm hardware, especially since the three systems of videocassette record- ers, VHS, Betamax and V2000, are Albums From Japan's Alfa FERRYMAN'S FARE -Chris De Burgh, left, poses with A &M Canada's se- still in full production swing. firm belief "Tutu" by female singer Miharu nior vice president and general manager Joe Summers, who presented the AMSTERDAM -A Another eye-catcher at this year's is interest Koshi. artist with a gold award for Canadian sales of his "Man On The Line" that there a growing Firato event was a player invented by mu- To build interest in the Alfa label, album. throughout Europe in Japanese Pioneer which can handle Compact li- Miharu Koshi is touring Europe Oct. sic is at the root of a three -year Discs and Laservision software (Bill- cense deal made by Dutch indepen- 1- Nov.15 and making television ap- JUNO VOTING BEGINS board, Sept. 8, 15). dent record company Idiot Records pearances. Subsequent Alfa releases with Japanese label Alfa for Holland, will include an album by Frank Some Dutch companies, given per- Belgium, France and West Germany. Zappa -like Japanese group Melon, a mission to supply pay-tv programs to reported CARAS To Honor `Thriller' If the deal is successful, Idiot will live double album from the Yellow the Dutch cable systems, fair (Bill- also handle Alfa repertoire in the Magic Orchestra, and a solo synthe- good business at the Firato TORONTO - The Canadian members. Members will also vote on U.K., Italy and Scandinavia. sizer album by Hosono, former YMO board, Sept. 22). FilmNet, headed by Academy of Recording Arts & Sci- the nominees for the jazz, classical frontman. prominent film producer Rob announced that and craft categories, bu the winners The past couple of years have been ences (CARAS) has Visser Houwer, will bring its first programs album will be determined by a select panel virtually inactive for Alfa because of Willem Wisselink, Johan Michael Jackson's "Thriller" of Idiot Re- on Dutch cable screens Dec. 5; an- special award at this of experts. In the case of children's corporate financial hassles. Its reper- and Heddy Bienstman will be given a wide interchange other company, ATN (Abonnee Te- ceremony. recordings, the experts are children. toire was previously distributed out- cords say there's a year's Juno music awards these days. The levisie Nederland), which is linked more than 800 tide Japan by CBS. of national talent Meanwhile, the company will be releasing material with VNU, Holland's biggest book members of CARAS have been given All Alfa records in Holland, Bel- by U.S. pop band Telekin, produced and magazine publisher, has set its a list of about 200 "semi -finalists," or gium, France and West Germany are by Craig Leon, who has worked with pay -tv premiere for the start of 1985. contenders for awards, in the first being released on the Pick Up label, the Ramones, Iggy Pop and the Gun Almost all Dutch broadcasting or- stage of determining who will walk HOLD recently set up as an affiliate of Idiot Club. Exclusive to Idiot Holland is a ganizations were represented at the off with a Juno Dec. 5 at Exhibition Records. Distribution is being han- "mini- opera" called "Gutemorgan fair. Under the banner of "Broadcast Place here. dled through WEA in Holland, Hi- Hose" by Holger Hiller, former lead Wonderland," they transmitted radio Bryan Adams leads the list of con- THE malaya in Belgium, Melodie in singer with West German band Pa- and television material live. tenders with seven possible shots at a France and EFA in Germany. lais Schaumburg. Among the deals firmed up at Fir- Juno. Loverboy, Men Without Hats, First albums under the deal are Idiot Records, formerly 1000 Idiot ato 1984 was that of South Korean Corey Hart, The PayolaS, Parachute PHONE! "Service" by the Yellow Magic Or- Records, was founded in 1976. Until electronics company SKC, which re- Club, Saga, Bruce Cockburn, Red chestra (the last studio recording of recently, the company released only cently was introduced in the Dutch Rider, Liona Boyd, Jane Siberry, the band, which split up early this local talent. Its first signing was Fay marketplace and has signed a new Carole Pope, Dalbello and Sherry year), "What, Me Worry?" by syn- Lovsky, now signed to WEA Hol- three -year sponsorship deal with lo- Kean are also in the running for mul- thesizer player Takahashi, and land. cal football club Volendam. tiple awards. CARAS is asking members to se- lect their five top choices in each Mute A Mighty Mite On British Indie Scene area. The names have been submitted Dial 800- 223 -7524 toll free by record firms and are based on to place an ad in ACTION - By NICK ROBERTSHAW tracts. They receive no advances and Assembly album are the label's main sales volume, excluding jazz, classi- MART, Billboard's classi- have no managers, and their royalties projects for this fall. cal, production crafts and the "most fied advertising section. LONDON -For its size, Mute are based not on percentage points Other Mute acts that have promising" categories. 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Mute's turnover. ings) reflect the strong influence of Featuring the following charts: THE OFFICIAL BRITISH RECORD The key to this success lies in the The band has charted throughout German electronic music on Mute's INDUSTRY TOP 75 SINGLES TOP 100 ALBUMS NEW RELEASES unique five-year relationship between in South Africa, Western Europe, direction and artist policy. SINGLES & ALBUMS DISCO & DANCE TOP 50 SINGLES/TOP 25 Mute and Sonet U.K., the local divi- Australia and Japan. Its "People Are The combination of Miller's street ALBUMS INDIES AIRPLAY ACTION EUROPARADE TOP 40 sion of the Swedish -owned group, People" recently became Mute's first credibility and Sonet's expertise in SINGLES MUSIC VIDEOS Plus News, Studios, Radio, Marketing, which started out by picking up one No. 1 in West Germany, and Inter- finding effective licensees has been Staff changes, and more... Mute single for Scandinavia, the Sili- cord is aiming for double gold by responsible for Mute's international con Teens' electro-pop SUBSCRIPTION FOR ONE YEAR $168 (US) version of Christmas with the albums "Con- impact, but success in the American - "Memphis Tennessee," Subscribe now by completing the form below and send to: and is now struction Time Again" and "Some market has remained elusive. responsible for the label's licensing Great Reward." Aside from Depeche Mode's limit- Ira Mayer OR Music Week Subscriptions and publishing worldwide, effectively In 1982, Miller followed up with ed inroads, Yazoo (known in the U.S. Music Week Suite 1703 Royal Sovereign House acting as an international Yazoo, featuring former Depeche as Yaz) has had two dance/disco 2 West 45th Street 40 Beresford Street department. Mode member Vince Clarke and Ali- chart- toppers and a top 100 single New York NY 10036 London SE18 6BQ England Company head Rod Buckle negoti- son Moyet, which released four hit with "Don't Go." But, Miller says, ates independently on Mute's behalf, singles and two top 10 albums in the "Considering the success other En- 1 Please send MUSIC WEEK every week for one year commencing immediately. I enclose S US168. and its licensees are not necessarily space of 18 months and then split up, glish bands have had in the States, I Sonet's own. They include Vogue re- emerging some time later as the don't think we've done as well as we Name_ France, RCA Spain, CGD in Italy, Assembly. Yazoo's second album, should have." I Position Intercord in West and CBS "You And Me Both," marked an in- Germany Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Nick Cave Company in South Africa. Most are label deals, dustry milestone in the U.K as the I and Robert Gorl (on Elektra in the Address but in the U.S. and Japan Mute goes first No. 1 for an independent label. U.S.) have all visited North America. I artist -by -artist through Sire/Warner Mute's latest signing, the only one I But like other British independents, /Diners Club InternationalNisa/Eurocard /American Express Bros. and Warner Pioneer thus far this year, is the duo I Start Mute has found the problem of how IAccess I respectively. Counting, whose first album will be card no best to break its acts there hard to re- ICredit Mute's artists are not tied to con- produced by Miller. This and a new solve. Signature BB L-- r__- NMI N - - -- www.americanradiohistory.com - 56 BiliboordA Hits 01 TheWOIId. Copyn9ht 1984, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced. stored in a 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. BRITAIN 31 37 ALCHEMY -DIRE STRAITS LIVE, 7 10 NEVERENDING STORY, Limahl, Bros. ITALY Vertigo EMI 8 7 PRIVATE DANCER, Tina Turner, (Courtesy of Music & Video Week) (Courtesy Germano Ruscitto) 32 28 INTO THE GAP, Thompson 8 15 I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE Interfusion As of 9/25/84 As of 9/18/84 Twins, Arista YOU, Stevie Wonder, 9 8 CAN'T SLOW DOWN, Lionel 33 38 SISTERS, Bluebells, London Motown /RCA Richie, Motown SINGLES SINGLES This Last 34 40 VICTORY, Jacksons, Epic 9 4 HIGH ENERGY, Evelyn Thomas, 10 9 THE SWING, Inxs, WEA This Last Week Week 35 29 AMERICAN HEARTBEAT, Ariola 11 13 UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY, U2, Week Week Various, Epic 10 7 MANNER, Herbert Groenemeyer, Island 1 1 FRIENDS, Amil Stewart, RCA 1 1 I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE 2 5 A 36 32 JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE IT, EMI 12 10 ELIMINATOR, ZZ Top, Warner SOUND LIKE MELODY, YOU, Stevie Wonder, Motown SOS Band, Tabu 11 17 CARELESS WHISPER, George Bros. Alphaville, WEA 2 3 GHOSTBUSTERS, Ray Parker 37 30 BREAKDANCE, Various, Polydor Michael, Epic /CBS 13 12 BREAKING HEARTS, Elton 3 9 SUCH A SHAME, Talk Talk, EMI Jr., Arista 38 NEW THE CROSSING, Big Country, 12 14 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO John, Rocket 4 10 MOVIN' ON, Novecento, WEA 3 2 CARELESS WHISPER, George Mercury WITH IT, Tina Turner, 14 15 THE BIG ONES, Meatloaf, JAB 5 3 FOTOROMANZA, Gianna Michael, Epic 39 33 BREAKDANCE YOU CAN DO ITT, Capitol /EMI 15 11 SWEET AND SOUR, Takeaways, Nannini, Ricordi 4 8 PRIDE, U2, Island Various, K -tel 13 8 1001 NACHTS, Klaus Lage Band, ABC 6 12 PEOPLE FROM IBIZA, Sandy 5 4 AGADO John, Rocket 40 NEW THE SMITHS, Rough Trade Musikant /EMI 16 14 PARADE, Spandau Ballet, Marton, PolyGram 11 23 A LETTER TO YOU, Shakin' 14 18 SQUARE ROOMS, Al Corley, Chrysalis 7 17 GUARDIAN ANGEL, Stevens, Epic Mercury/Phonogram 17 17 MADONNA, Sire Masquerade, Baby 12 5 LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU CANADA 15 6 TO FRANCE, Mike Oldfield, 18 20 VICTORY, Jacksons, Epic 8 2 SELF CONTROL, RAF, WELL, Howard Jones, WEA (Courtesy of The Record) Virgin 19 NEW BODY AND THE BEAT, Dragon, Carrere /CBS 13 13 MADAM BUTTERFLY, Malcolm As of 9/20/84 16 NEW PEOPLE FROM IBIZA, Sandy Polydor 9 4 TIME AFTER TIME, Cindi McLaren, Charisma Marton, Ariola 20 NEW WAR, U2, Island Lauper, CBS 14 10 SELF CONTROL, Laura 17 11 TWO TRIBES, Frankie 10 7 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE SINGLES Goes To Branigan, Atlantic Hollywood, Island /Ariola FUN, Cyndi Lauper, CBS 15 12 I'LL FLY FOR YOU, Spandau This Last 18 20 DOWN ON THE STREET, 11 8 CI VORREBBE UN AMICO, Reformation Week Week Ballet, Shakatak, Polydor /DGG Antonello Venditti, Ricordi 16 15 TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP, 1 2 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO 19 12 SLICE ME NICE, Fancy, 12 11 AGAINST ALL ODDS, Phil WITH IT, Tina Turner, Capitol Bucks Fizz, RCA Metronome JAPAN Collins, WEA 17 NEW BLUE JEAN, David Bowle, EMI 2 1 GHOSTBUSTERS, Ray Parker 20 16 EYES WITHOUT A FACE, Billy (Courtesy Music Labo) 13 13 CIGARETTE A COFFEE, Scialpi, Jr., Arista /PolyGram America Idol, Chrysalis /Ariola As of 9/24/84 RCA 3 4 MISSING YOU, John Waite, EMI 18 19 HOT WATER, Level 42, Polydor 14 NEW TO FRANCE, Mike Oldfield, 19 NEW HAMMER TO FALL, Queen, EMI America /Capitol SINGLES Virgin 4 5 SHE BOP, Cyndi Lauper, Epic/ 20 38 HUMAN RACING, Nik Kershaw, ALBUMS This Last 15 16 I TRENI DI TOZEUR, Alice A CBS MCA Week Week Franco Battiato, EMI 5 7 THE WARRIOR, Scandal, 21 33 TESLA GIRLS, OMD, Virgin 1 1 4630 BOCHUM, Herbert 1 NEW EIEN NI HIMITSUSA, Masahiko 16 19 SHINE ON DANCE, Carrara, 22 NEW WHY ?, Bronski Beat, Forbidden Columbia /CBS Groenemeyer, EMI Kondo, Canyon/Johnny's DDD /CBS 6 6 LET'S GO CRAZY, Prince A the Fruit 2 2 DISCOVERY, Mike Oldfield, 2 1 HOSHIKUZU NO STAGE, 17 15 TWO TRIBES, Frankie Goes To 23 20 WHITE LINES, Grandmaster & Revolution, Warner Bros./WEA Virgin Checkers, Canyon /Yamaha Hollywood, Ricordi 7 11 IF EVER YOU'RE IN MY ARMS Melle Mel, Sugar Hill 3 6 DIAMOND LIFE, Sade, Epic /CBS 3 2 JIKKAI, Akina Nakamori, 18 14 VOICES, Russ Ballard, EMI AGAIN, Peabo Bryson, Elektra/ 24 28 TOUR DE FRANCE, Kraftwark, 4 3 SCHWEISSPERLEN, Klaus Lage Warner- Pioneer /MC Cabin- 19 NEW EYES WITHOUT A FACE, Billy EMI WEA Band, Musikant /EMI NTV -Kitty Idol, Chrysalis /RCA 8 3 WHEN DOVES CRY, Prince & 25 NEW PURPLE RAIN, Prince & 5 4 IT'S MY LIFE, Talk Talk, EMI 4 NEW LA VIE EN ROSE, Koji Kikkawa, 20 20 FIORE DI MAGGIO, Fabio the Revolution, Warner Bros./ Revolution, Warner Bros. 6 7 PRIVATE DANCER, Tina Turner, SMS /Watanabe Concato, PolyGram WEA 26 26 TORTURE, Jacksons, Epic Capitol /EMI 5 6 SAIAI, Yoshie Kashiwabara, 27 NEW LOVE KILLS, Freddie Mercury, 9 13 ROUND AND ROUND, Ratt, 7 9 1100 BEL AIR PLACE, Julio Phonogram /Yamaha Atlantic /WEA CBS Iglesias, CBS 6 5 ZENRYAKU MICHI NO UEYORI, NETHERLANDS 28 NEW APOLLO 9, Adam Ant, 10 16 DRIVE, Cars, Elektra /WEA 8 15 MY CBS BEST, ART GARFUNKEL, Issuifuubi, TJC /Tokuma- (Courtesy Stichting Nederlandse Top 40) 29 17 TWO TRIBES, Frankie Goes To 11 8 ALL OF YOU, Diana Ross A CBS Isselfuubi Julio Iglesias, Columbia /CBS As of 9/22/84 Hollywood, ZTT 9 5 MAN ON THE LINE, Chris De 7 3 PINK NO MOZART, Seiko 12 10 I CAN DREAM ABOUT YOU, Dan 30 18 MOTHERS TALK, Tears For Burgh, A&M/CBS Matsuda, CBS -Sony /Sun Hartman, MCA SINGLES Fears, Mercury 10 11 ICH FUEHJL MICH WOHL IN 8 7 MOMOIRO TOIKI, Marko 13 NEW DYNAMITE, Jermaine Jackson, This Last 31 24 SUNSET NOW, Heaven 17, DEINEM LEBEN, Roland Takahashi, Victor /Bird -JCM Arista /PolyGram Week Week Virgin Kaiser, Hansa /Ariola 9 4 KUCHIBIRU NO PRIVACY, 14 NEW WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT, 1 1 CARELESS WHISPER, George 32 16 WHATEVER I DO, Hazel) Dean, 11 10 POWER PLAY, Iron Maiden, EMI Naoko Kawai, Columbia /Geiei Michael, Epic Proto Twisted Sister, Atlantic /WEA 12 NEW SCHWARZ AUF WEISS, Split!, 10 13 NYUANSE SIMASYO, Miyuki I 2 3 1 JUST CALLED TO SAY LOVE 33 NEW IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, UB40, 15 NEW TORTURE, Jackson, Epic /CBS CBS Kisaka, Polydor /Sun 16 15 DANCING IN THE DARK, Bruce YOU, Stevie Wonder, Motown DEP International 13 NEW STIMME DES MEERES, Ronny, 11 12 VIRGIN BLUE, Sally, Springsteen, Columbia /CBS 3 2 MIJN STAD, Danny de Munk, 34 NEW SMOOTH OPERATOR, Sade, K -tel Phonogram /JCM -Nihon Geino- 17 17 TWO TRIBES, Frankie Goes To RCA Epic 14 NEW HAUTNAH, Udo Juergens, Ariola no Hollywood, Island /MCA 4 6 GHOSTBUSTERS, Ray Parker 35 22 STUCK ON YOU, Trevor 15 13 EIN GLUECK, Roger Whittaker, 12 18 NAKANAIDE, Hiroshi Tachi, Fun 18 18 LIGHTS Peter Wolf, EMI Jr., Arista Walters, AS OUT, Avon House /JCM- Ishihara America /Capitol 5 10 DR. BEAT, Miami Sound 36 40 MR. SOLITAIRE, Animal 16 8 ZWESCHE SALZJEBAECK UN 13 9 NAGARAGAWA ENKA, Hiroshi Machine, Epic Nightlife, Island 19 12 SAD SONGS (SAY SO MUCH), BIER, BAP, Musikant /EMI Itsuki, TJC /TV Asahi-RFMP- Elton John, Geffen /WEA 6 9 SOUNDS LIKE A MELODY, 37 34 ALL I NEED IS EVERYTHING, 17 12 BREAKING HEARTS, Elton Sound 1 20 NEW ONLY WHEN YOU LEAVE, Alphaville, WEA Aztec Camera, WEA John, Rocket /Phonogram 14 15 MOSHIKASHITE PART 2, 7 4 SMALLTOWN BOY, Bronski 38 WILLIAM, Spandau Ballet, Chrysalis /MCA 21 Smiths, Rough Trade 18 17 REBEL YELL, Billy Idol, Sachiko Kobayashi A Beat, London 39 NEW THE MEDICINE SONG, Chrysalis /Ariola Katsuhiko Miki, Warner - 8 NEW HOT WATER, Level 42, Polydor Stephanie Mills, Club 19 14 PARADE, ALBUMS Spandau Ballet, Pioneer/Daiichi Ongaku 9 5 THE GLAMOROUS LIFE, Sheila 40 27 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO Chrysalis /Ariola 15 8 KAO NI KAITA ROMANCE, E, Warner Bros. WITH IT, Tina Turner, Capitol 20 19 BORN IN THE USA, 1 1 PURPLE RAIN, Prince A the Bruce Toshihiko Tahara, 10 NEW POLITIEK, Normal!, WEA Revolution, Warner Bros./WEA Springsteen, CBS Canyon /Johnny's 16 14 Al OBOETE IMASUKA, Marl ALBUMS 2 2 BORN IN THE U.S.A., Bruce ALBUMS Springsteen, Columbia /CBS lijima, Victor /Nichion- 2 DIAMOND LIFE, Sade, Epic 1 1 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL 3 3 SPORTS, Huey Lewis 8 the Tatsunoko 2 1 PARADE, Spandau Ballet, MUSIC Ill, Various, Virgin News, Chrysalis /MCA AUSTRALIA 17 17 NANIWABUSHIDAYO JINSEI (Courtesy Kent Music Report) Chrysalis 2 NEW "WOMAN IN RED" SELECTIONS, 4 4 PRIVATE DANCER, Tina Turner, WA, Takashi Hosokawa, As of 9/24/84 3 3 PURPLE RAIN- Prince -Warner Stevie Wonder, Motown Capitol Columbia (J.C.M. /Burning) Bros. 3 3 DIAMOND LIFE, Sade, Epic 5 7 HEARTBEAT CITY, Cars, 18 20 NANIWABUSHIDAYO JINSEI SINGLES 4 4 1100 BEL AIR PLACE, Julio 4 2 POWERSLAVE, Iron Maiden, EMI Elektra/WEA WA, Tomoe Kimura, This Last Iglesias, CBS 5 7 ELIMINATOR, ZZ Top, Warner 6 5 GHOSTBUSTERS, Soundtrack, Victor /Kayo-Shinei Week Week 5 6 CAN'T SLOW DOWN, Lionel Bros. Arista/PolyGram 19 11 MISS BRAND NEW DAY, 1 1 CARELESS WHISPER, George Richie, Motown 6 4 PRIVATE DANCER, Tina Turner, 7 6 SHE'S SO UNUSUAL, Cyndi Southern All Stars, Michael, Epic 6 5 VICTORY, Jacksons, Epic Capitol Lauper, Epic /CBS Victor /Amuse 2 4 GHOSTBUSTERS, Ray Parker 7 NEW PRIVATE DANCER, Tina Turner, 7 6 CAN'T SLOW DOWN, Lionel 8 12 1100 BEL AIR PLACE, Julio 20 19 TSUGUNAI, Teresa Teng, Arista EMI Bovema Richie, Motown Iglesias, Columbia /CBS Jr., Taurus /JCM 3 2 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO 8 7 LEGEND, Bob Marley A Wailers, 8 5 PARADE, Spandau Ballet, 9 9 BREAKING HEARTS, Elton WITH IT, Tina Turner, Island Reformation John, Geffen /WEA Interfusion 9 9 THE GLAMOROUS LIFE, Sheila 9 8 THE WORKS, Queen, EMI 10 8 ELIMINATOR, ZZ Top, Warner ALBUMS 4 3 I CAN DREAURN FOR YOU, E, Warner Bros. 10 9 LEGEND, Bob Marley A Wailers, Bros./WEA 11 11 CAN'T SLOW DOWN, Lionel Inxs, WEA 10 NEW CONFLICTING EMOTIONS, Split Island 1 2 NINKIMONO DE IKOU, Southern 8 11 JUMP, Pointer Sisters. Planet Enz, A&M 11 11 THRILLER, Michael Jackson, Richie, Motown /Quality All Stars, Victor /Amuse 12 13 NO EMI 9 14 MISSING YOU, John Waite, EMI Epic BRAKES, John Waite, 1 America 2 FOOTLOOSE, Soundtrack, CBS - 12 10 PURPLE RAIN, Prince A America /Capitol Sony 13 16 HUNGRY, 10 7 WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO Revolution, Warner Bros. STAY Twisted Sister, 3 NEW OCEAN SIDE, Momoko Kikuchi, GO, Wham, Epic 13 12 HUMAN'S LIB, Howard Jones, Atlantic /WEA VAP 11 12 TWO TRIBES, Frankie Goes To WEA 14 10 OUT OF THE CELLAR, Raft, Hollywood, Island 4 3 CRYPTOGRAPH, Asami 14 13 BREAKING HEARTS, Elton Atlantic /WEA Kobayashi, CBS -Sony 15 NEW WARRIOR. 12 15 LEGS, ZZ Top, Warner Bros. HOLD John, Rocket Scandal, Columbia/ 5 5 MICHI GA ORETACHI NO SE 13 18 NO SECOND PRIZE, Jimmy 15 16 1100 BEL AIR PLACE, Julio CBS WO OSHITA, Issei Fuubi, TJC 16 15 FOOTLOOSE, Barnes, Mushroom Iglesias, CBS Soundtrack, 6 6 ZETTAI CHECKERS, Checkers, 14 9 WHEN DOVES CRY, Prince, 16 17 SELF CONTROL, Laura Columbia /CBS Canyon 17 14 CONDITION CRITICAL, Quiet Warner Bros. Branigan, Atlantic 7 8 CINDERELLA, Yukiko Okada, THE 15 8 SMALL TOWN BOY, Bronski 17 15 BREAK OUT, Pointer Sisters, Riot, Pasha /CBS Canyon 18 17 SELF CONTROL, Beat, London Planet Laura 8 13 GHOSTBUSTERS, Soundtrack, 16 10 TO SIR WITH LOVE, Vicki Sue 18 14 NO REMORSE, Motorhead, Branigan, Atlantic /WEA Phonogram 19 NEW REBEL YELL, Billy Idol, Robinson, RCA Bronze 9 7 STREET OF FIRE, Soundtrack, PHONE! 17 NEW YOU'RE THE BEST THING, Style 19 19 AN INNOCENT MAN, Billy Joel, Chrysalis /MCA Victor 20 18 PHANTOMS, Fixx, MCA Council, Polydor CBS 10 4 DAYDREAM COAST, Naoko 18 17 I WON'T LET THE SUN GO 20 18 UNDER WRAPS, Jethro) Tull, Kawai, Columbia DOWN ON ME, Nik Kershaw, Chrysalis 11 14 PURPLE RAIN, Prince, Warner - MCA 21 23 CRE -OLE, Kid Creole A WEST GERMANY Pioneer 19 NEW ALL OF YOU, Julio Iglesias & Coconuts, Island (Courtesy Der Musikmarkt) 12 10 HOLD YOUR LAST CHANCE, Diana Ross, CBS 22 21 QUEEN GREATEST HITS, EMI As of 9/24/84 Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, Fun 20 NEW LOVE RESURRECTION, Alison 23 20 PHIL FEARON A GALAXY, House Moyet, CBS Ensign SINGLES 13 11 THE GOOD VIBRATION, Good- 24 22 NOW, THAT'S WHAT I CALL This Last Bye, Victor MUSIC II, Various, Virgin Week Week ALBUMS 14 9 SINCERELY, Yuu Hayami, Dial 800 -223-7524 toll free 25 26 HUMAN RACING, Nik Kershaw, 1 1 REACH OUT, Giorgio Moroder, Taurus to place an ad in ACTION - CBS MCA 1 1 HITS HUGE '84, Various, CBS 15 12 E', Eikichi Yazawa, Warner- MART, Billboard's classi- 26 NEW NIGHT MOVES, Various, K -tel 2 2 SUCH A SHAME, Talk Talk, EMI 2 2 1984 THE MUSIC, Various, EMI Pioneer 27 27 SHE'S SO UNUSUAL, Cyndi 3 NEW MASTER A SERVANT, Depeche 3 3 RODNEY RUDE LIVE, EMI 16 16 VICTORY, Jacksons, Epic -Sony fied advertising section. Lauper, Portrait Mode, Mute /Intercord 4 4 1100 BEL AIR PLACE, Julio 17 15 BIG WAVE, Tatsuro Yamashita, For quick results, call Jeff 28 25 BORN IN THE U.S.A., Bruce 4 3 SMALLTOWN BOY, Bronski Iglesias, CBS Moon Serrette today (NY resi- Springsteen, CBS Beat, Metronome 5 NEW BODYSWERVE, Jimmy Barnes, 18 NEW ROMANCE, Miki Asakura, King dial 212 764 -7388). 29 24 DOWN ON THE STREET, 5 13 GHOSTBUSTERS, Ray Parker Mushroom 19 18 MUSIC FROM MACROSS, dents Shakatak, Polydor Jr., Arista /Ariola 6 5 BORN IN THE U.S.A, Bruce Soundtrack, Victor 30 NEW UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY, U2, 6 5 PRECIOUS LITTLE DIAMOND, Springsteen, CBS 20 NEW MAGINDEN, W.A.S.P., Toshiba - Island Fox The Fox, CBS 7 6 PURPLE RAIN, Prince, Warner EMI www.americanradiohistory.com 57 News Industry Market Quotations Lifelines As of closing: 9/18/84 Annual (Sale1 NAME P-E ) High Low Close Change Events Births Deaths High Low Girl, Amanda Celeste, to Barbara Weekly calendar of trade shows, Bob Regehr, 52, of cancer Sept. 16 771/4 501/4 ABC 17 2869 7274 72 721/4 -3/4 Bolan and Dan Howell, Sept. 16 in 55 4044 American Can 11 1837 48'4 473/4 4814 +14 conventions, award shows, seminars in New York. He was senior vice Los Angeles. She is national sales 12% 101/4 Armatron Int'I 9 2 111/4 111/8 111/4 -1/4 and other notable events. Send infor- president of artist development and 873/4 6114 CBS 10 601 8634 8934 85 -11/4 for IRS Records there. He mation to Industry Events, Billboard, manager publicity at Warner Bros. Records 2214 9% Coleco - 3349 161/2 1514 1614 +44 is at Criterion Music 814 414 Craig Corporation 1 9 4% 4% 4% unch 1515 Broadway, New York, New York administrator there. Known as one of the first to de- there. 6914 4514 Disney, Walt 20 5222 6334 611/2 62 -11/2 10036. velop concert touring as a key pro- 5V 444 Electrosound Group 13 22 5 41/4 474 -1/4 Sept. 21 -25, 10th International * * motion vehicle, Regehr joined 35 2514 Gulf + Western 8 4009 283/8 271/4 2814 -'4 79 35% 351/4 35% +14 Broadcasting Convention, Metropole and Warner Bros. in 3674 17 Handleman 13 Girl, Candice Lee, to Cindy 1971 and was instru- 73/4 23/4 K -Tel 0 6 218 214 21/4 unch Conference & Exhibition Centre, Richard Ginn, Sept. 5 in Virginia mental in the signings of Laurie An- 88% 57 Matsushita Electronics 11 203 681/4 6734 6714 -1 Brighton, England. Beach, Va. She is manager of the Re- derson, the Sex Pistols, Roxy Music 133/8 43/e Mattel - 1764 1174 1118 1114 -14 MCA 18 444 431/2 4274 4398 +14 21 -30, Music Busi- 463/8 3334 Sept. Full Sail cord Bar's Lynnhaven Mall store and other acts. He is survived by his 851/4 6914 3M 12 2908 80 7814 78144 -114 ness Workshop, Holiday Inn, Orlan- there. mother and a daughter. 47 2911 Motorola 13 10541 4134 4014 40% -2 do International Airport, Orlando, 39'8 28'8 No. American Phillips 9 89 3734 37 373/4 +% * * * 39 3% 318 318 +14 Fla. * * * 53/8 214 Orrox Corporation - Boy, Kyle, to Daniel and Fran 32% 1834 Pioneer Electronics 44 18 2174 2134 2134 +Y. Sept. 23 -25, Great Lakes Cable Irwin Schuster, 54, Sept. 19 at his 3834 28% RCA 11 1933 3714 36% 3634 -14 McGlynn, Aug. 31 in Scranton, Pa. 14 7866 1514 15 15 -K Expo, Indianapolis Convention Cen- home in Queens, N.Y. He had been 1734 123/4 Sony He is owner of Sheperd Records 4334 3014 Storer Broadcasting - 647 4414 4334 433/8 +14 ter, Indianapolis. (618) 249 -6263. senior vice president of the Chap- - 11 334 3% 334 unch there. 4% 3Y4 Marantz MTZ - Sept. 25, Texas Music Industry pell /Intersong Music Group-U.S.A. 70 4914 Taft Broadcasting 13 240 63 6214 621/2 -1/2 2114 +14 Conference on Record Distribution * * * since 1977. Prior to he was vice 29% 17 Warner Communications - 702 211/4 2034 that 197/a 1134 Wherehouse Entertain. 15 84 1518 147/s 1514 +14 & Radio Programming, Fondren Li- president and director of professional Houston. (713) Marriages brary, Rice Univ., activities for Screen Gems -EMI Mu- OVER THE Sales Bld Ask OVER THE sales Bid Ask 681 -9052. Carlos Ibarra to Julie Ramsel, sic. Schuster began his career in the COUNTER COUNTER Sept. 26 -28, National Religious in Sept. 15 in Flagstaff, Ariz. He is pro- music business as a songwriter 34 914 Chapter ABKCO 14 Josephon Int'I 6100 9 Broadcasters Southeastern gram director at KCLS -AM there. 1955. He is survived by his wife and Certron Corp. 9000 174 214 Recoton 23600 814 8% Convention, Sheraton Hotel, * * two children. Data Packaging 1000 81/4 9 Schwartz Bros. 1000 214 3 Atlanta. Koss Corp. 5900 2 2% Denny Adkins to Lisa Sherman, Sept. 27 -30, 1984 Jazz Times Con- * * * the -Counter prices shown may or may not represent actual transactions. Rather, they are a guide to Aug. 25 in Westlake Village, Calif. Over- vention, Roosevelt Hotel, New York. Sid Torin, 75, of heart disease the range within which these securities could have been sold or bought at the time of compilation. The He is senior vice above information contributed to Billboard by Douglas J. Vollmer, Associate Vice President, Los Angeles Sept. 28 -30, Music The Midwest president of the Sept. 14 in Miami. Known profes- Drake -Chenault radio consulting Region, Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., 4001 West Alameda Ave., Suite 100, Toluca Lake, Burbank, California Connection, Rodeway Inn, St. Louis. sionally as Symphony Sid, Torin was 91505, (213) 841 -3761, member of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. firm in Canoga Park, Calif. (314) 533 -3070 or (618) 465-4804. a pioneering jazz disk jockey known Oct. 1 -5, 15th Annual Video Expo * * * for his live broadcasts from Birdland New York, New York Passenger Martin Randier to Dottie Harris, and the Apollo Theatre in New York Ship Terminal, New York. (914) 328- Sept. 20 in New York. He is an attor- over WJZ in the '40s. He was on the New Companies 9157. ney and principal and partner in the air from 1942 -76, most recently on are Oct. 1 -5, London Multi -Media Entertainment Television Co. there. Miami's WBUS. Torin is survived by Keeling & Co., a copyright and and Dick Weissler. First signings Word Market, Gloucester Hotel, London. * * * two sons, a brother and a sister. song catalog administration service, Tommy McGee and the Latest Oct. 4 -6, National Religious formed by Lisa Keeling, former Singers. 537 Oxford St., Westbury, Broadcasters Eastern Chapter Con- copyright administrator for Charlie N.Y. 11590. (516) 997 -3800. vention, Dulles Marriott Hotel, Video Monk Music. The firm also offers * * * Washington. publicity assistance and consultation Rockhill Records, formed by Mi- Oct. 4 -7, National Assn. for Cam- to music publishing startups. P.O. chael DeLuca. First release is the pus Activities South Central Region- Music Programming Box 111126, Nashville, Tenn. 37222; "Geraldine" single by Coyote. 217 Adams Mark Hotel, al Conference, Continued from page 27 (615) 331 -8351. Rockhill Ave. Dayton, Ohio 45429; Houston. (512) 863 -1345. Karen Kamon, "Da Doo Ron Ron," Columbia * (513) 293 -9625. Oct. 5 -7, Country Music Assn. * * Keats, "Turn Your Heart Around," EMI America Talent Buyers Seminar, Hyatt Re- Capaldi & Associates, a management * * * Kick Axe, "On The Road To Rock," Pasha Nashville. 244- agency, formed by Jerry Capaldi. Omni Promotions, a marketing re- gency Hotel, (615) Little Steven, "Undefeated," EMI America 12433 East Eight Mile Road, War- search and advertising company spe- 2840. Mama's Boys, "If The Kids Are United," Jive ren, R.I. 48089; (313) 771 -6025. cializing in national and regional pro- Oct. 5 -12, San Francisco Interna- Harry Nilsson, "Loneliness," Polydor formed by Tom tional Video Festival, Video Gallery, Nobodys, "No Guarantees," Capitol * * motion campaigns, San Francisco. Phil Oakey, "Together In Electric Dreams," Epic Henninger and John Thomas. P.O. Oct. 8, Country Music Assn. Pseudo Echo, "Listening," EMI America Fundamental Music, a record label, Box 526, Dayton, Ohio 45409; (514) Awards Show, Grand Ole Opry, Public Image Ltd., "Bad Life," Elektra formed by Richard Jordan, former 293 -2902. Nashville. (615) 244-2840. R.E.M., "Pretty Persuasion," IRS president of Philadelphia's Red Re- * * * cords. First releases are albums by Oct. 8 -9, National Religious Residents, "This Is A Man's World," Ralph Ink Spots Inc., formed by Jim Nab - the Broadcasters Southwestern Chapter Rubber Rodeo, "Anywhere With You," Mercury Shockabilly, Bunnydrums and bie to manage the Ink Spots and oth- Slacks. P.O. Box 2309, Convention, Astro Village Complex, lam Siam, "Talk To Me," Columbia Executive er acts. First outside signing is har- Scritti Politi, "Wood Beez," Warner Bros. 30209. Houston. Covington, Ga. monica player Harry Bee. 5300 Simple Minds, "Up On The Catwalk," A &M Oct. 8 -11, First International Mu- * * * Powerline Road, P.O. Box 70218, Ft. Southside Johnny & the Jukes, "New Romeo," Mirage" sic Video Festival, St. Tropez, Records, an r &b Fla. 33307; (305) 491- Van Stephenson, "What The Big Girls Do," MCA American Dream Lauderdale, France. and gospel label, formed by Jeff Lane 1101. Oct. 9, Country Music Assn. Art- Time, "Ice Cream Castles," Warner Bros. ist DJ Tape Session, Opryland Ho- Bonnie Tyler, "Here She Comes," Columbia Vanity, tel, Nashville. (615) 244 -2840. "Pretty Mess," Motown Plans Roger Waters, "Every Stranger's Eyes," Columbia Lundvall Outlines His Oct. 9, Southern California Wom- Xavion, "Eat Your Heart Out," Mirage en In Cable Dinner, Marina Marriott X- Teens, "Change Gotta Come," Dolphin Hotel, Marina Del Rey, Calif. For New Manhattan Label Oct. 9 -Dec. 23, 1984 Next Wave Continued from page 4 remastering of master tapes, Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Mu- digital "I consider this to be the greatest of Direct Metal Mastering and import- sic, Brooklyn, N.Y. Bubbling Under The Bubbling Under The all jazz labels. Our charter here is to ed Telarc process pressings from Oct. 10-12, National Religious reissue that catalog, and in a first- use of the XDR pro- Broadcasters Midwestern Chapter West Germany, rate manner with the best possible for prerecorded cobalt tape cas- Convention, Yahara Center, Madi- cess Top LPs HOST 100 audio quality." Steps will include and the release of several selec- son, Wis. settes, tions on Compact Disc. Oct. 10-12, Telcos & Videotex 201 -COYOTE SISTERS, Coyote Sisters, 101 -DON'T STAND ANOTHER CHANCE, conference, Sheraton Harbor Island Morocco 6063CL (Motown) Janet Jackson, A &M 2660 Lundvall's other priority with Blue Hotel, San Diego. 202- W.A.S.P., W.A.S.P., Capitol ST -12343 102-THE MEDICINE SONG, Stephanie Note will be to sign new artists. Oct. 11, Country Music Assn. 203 -1.D. SOUTHER, Home By Dawn, Mills, Casablanca 880180 -7 (Polygram) For fast action, use "That really will be the future of the 205081 -1 it s a Membership Meeting, Opryland Ho- Warner Bros. 103 -ROCK YOU, Helix, Capitol 5591 label," he says, "and occu RED HOT PEPPERS, The tel, Nashville. (615) 244 -2840. 204-THE CHILLI 104 -USE IT OR LOSE IT, Michael Furlong, ACTIONMART cult decision as to how and what the Chili Peppers, EMI -America Oct. 11 -13, Great Southern Com- Red Hot Atlantic 7 -89627 signing policy should be. We are go- puter Show, Orlando Centroplex ST -17128 the Billboard ing to sign serious jazz musicians that 105 -EVERYTIME I SEE YOUR PICTURE, Expo Centre, Orlando, Fla. 205 -SOUNDTRACK, Bachelor Party, I.R.S. hopefully will have crossover success Luba, Capitol 5378 Classified. 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PICKS-new releases with the greatest chart potential in the corresponding formal RECOMMENDED- records with potential for significant chat action in the corresponding format. ALSO RECEIVED -other RON ROBERTS- Anytime; Great 118 -NSD (c /o NSD, Nashville). records with potential for chart entry in the corresponding format. and other new releases Records equal- ROY CLAYBORNE- Little Boys Lie; Challenge -110. ly appropriate for more than one format are given the higher review. Pop (Hot 100) is listed first. as that chart surveys the broadest audience A:iult Contemporary and Dance /Disco are last, as those charts BOBBY VINTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA -Bed Of Roses; Tapestry DKD -TP- measure only. NEW 8 NOTEWORTHY -highlights new and developing acts worthy of attention airplay 4009 (c /o Door Knob Records, Nashville). All singles commercially available in the U S are eligible for review Reviews are coordinated by Nancy Pop Erlich at Billboard, 1515 Broadway. New York. N Y 10036 (telephone: 212- 764 -7311). Country singles & Should've Never Told You; Medical (no CAGLO MAC KITTY WILLOW -I should be sent to. Kip Kirby. Billboard, 14 Music Circle East, Nashville. Tenn. 37203 (telephone- 615 -748- number). Contact: (703) 524-5631. 8100) picks J.D. CATHELLE- (Would You Lay With Me For) The Rest Of My Nights; Three Leaf -1004 (c /o Everystate, Nashville).

LAWRENCE-Can't No Good Come From Bad; Fantasy D -228 (12 -inch DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES -Out Of Touch; RCA "UNCLE RUFUS" BREWSTER Tribute To Riley Puckett "The Great Hill- single). -A PB -13916 (3:55); producers: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Bob billy King;" Country Boy -105. Label based in New Kensington, Pa. Clearmountain; writers: Daryl Hall, John Oates; publish- SONIC SOUL-Throwin Down To The Beat; Gemini RB 174 (12 -inch single). DEAN LUNSFORD -WAP /WAP (Women And Politics); Dean -43. Label ers: Hot -Cha/Unichappell, BMI. Another impeccable Contact: (212) 762-3772. *., _ based in Circleville, Oh. pop &b blend and out -of- the -box radio smash. /r Black TRACY KERR -If You Want My Loom; Tra -San TS 1004 (12 -inch single). MOGOLLON -Shea Roc; RIM Country MOG -012. Label based in Overgaard, Contact: (212) 762-3772. Ariz. 38 SPECIAL -Teacher Teacher; Capitol B -5405 picks RUFUS JAMES- Energize Me; Rocky RR 4001 (12 -inch single). Contact: (3:19); producers: Rodney Mills, 38 Special; writers: Ad- CARL FARRIS -Sittin' On A Goldmine; Swanee DKD- SW4008. (c /o Door (212) 762 -3772. ams, Vallance; publishers: Irving/Adams Communica- Knob Records, Nashville). ASHFORD & SIMPSON- Solid; Capitol B -5397 (3:46); tions /Calypso Toonz, BMI /PROCAN. Theme from the LANIER- Blinded (By The Qualities Of You); Clarence Music SU 2020 (12- producers: Nickolas STAN PAUL DAVIS-Common American Man; GoldSpin DKD- GS4007. (c /o Ashford, Valerie Simpson; writers: inch single). Contact: (212) 762-3772. +film "Teachers;" a rock'n'roll rave -up cloudy with echo Door Knob Records, Nashville). N. Ashford, V. Simpson; publisher: Nick -O -Val, ASCAP. and strong on melody. SANDY KERR -(I'm) Billy Jean; Tra -San TS 1005 (12 -inch single). Contact: Title track from a forthcoming album builds from stark NORMAN WADE -Close Every Honky Tonk; A.M.I. 1919. Label based in (212) 762.3772. acappella to breathless excitement. Hendersonville, Tenn. JEFFREY OSBORNE -Don't Stop; A &M AM -2687 JOHNNY EAGLE FEATHER -City Of Strangers; Vokes 124. Label based in (4:08); producer: George Duke; writers: Daniel Sembello, BROTHERS JOHNSON- Lovers Forever; A &M AM- New Kensington, Pa. David Batteau; publishers: No Pain, No - Gain/Unicity/Da 2689 (4:30); producers: Leon F. Sylvers Ill, Keg Johnson; vid Batteau, ASCAP. Could be biggest Osborne's pop/ writers: Wilmer Raglin, William Zimmerman, Leon F. STEVE DOUGLAS -A Tribute To Ernest Tubb; Banka -91048. Contact: (713) Black crossover hit yet; tempo and hooks comparable to Sylvers Ill; publishers: Mr. Dapper, BMI /Richer, ASCAP. 682 -3760. With Me a wonderfully persuasive "Stay Tonight" and Like "You Keep Me Coming Back," a sharp, lively dance performance. Country_- track smoothed out by the Brothers' fragile vocal sound.

STEVE MILLER BAND-Shangri -La; Capitol B -5407 (3:59); producers: Steve Miller, Kenny Lee Lewis; writ- recommended picks ers: S. Miller, K. Lewis; publishers: Sailor /Silk Stocking, Contemporary) And (3:58); ASCAP First new recording in years O'BRYAN -Go On Cry; Capitol B -5414 pro- /BMI. studio two JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ Of My Heart; Epic 34- ducers: Friendship, O'Bryan; writers: O. Burnette II, D. -Rose from the venerable American rocker incorporates a solid Cornelius; publisher: Big Train, ASCAP. Midtempo ballad 04628 (3:38); producer: Richie Albright; writer: J. Moffat; dance beat (a la "Abracadabra ") and a host of stereo - publishers: Atlantic /Boquillas Canyon, BMI. This is a also received separation tricks. follows his last two dance-oriented hits. passionate, melodic and simply stated valentine. Rodri- TWILIGHT 22- Street Love; Vanguard VSD 35250 (4:21) guez's interpretation rings with sincerity. JOHN CARLO-It's Magic; Concord SC -922. Label based in Bethlehem, Pa. RATT- Wanted Man; Atlantic 7 -89618 (3:38); produc- á (12 -inch version also available, Vanguard SPV 78i; pro- o er: Beau Hill; writers: Crosby, Pearcy, Cristofanilli; pub- ducer: Gordon Bahary; writers: Gordon Bahary, .oseph JUICE NEWTON -Restless Heart; RCA PB -13907 cc' lisher: Time Coast, BMI. Unthrottled metal assault will Saulter; publishers: Jackaroe /Bahary, ASCAP. Strong, (3:46); producer: Richard Landis; writers: Van Stephen- -I melt the studs on your leather wristband. straightforward electrofunk; a step away from the r usu- son, Tim DuBois, Dave Robbins; publishers: Warner Disco/Doncé al whimsey. House Of Music /WB Gold, BMI /ASCAP. Another toler- recommended ant- woman /rambling -man lament that is enlivened only GRANDMASTER MELLE MEL AND THE FURIOUS FIVE by Newton's bluely retelling. picks SAMMY HAGAR -I Can't Drive 55; Geffen 7 -29173 - We Don't Work For Free; Sugarhill SH -92011 (3:38); pro- (4:12); producer: Ted Templeman; writer: Sammy Hagar; ducer: not listed; writers: Clayton Savage, Melvin Glover; INDEEP -The Rapper; Becket BKD 523 (12 -inch sin- publishers: WB/The Nine, ASCAP. Raging, all- stops -out recommended publisher: Sugarhill, BMI. 7-inch version of previously re- gle) (6:01); producer: Mike Cleveland; writer: D. lerace; rock celebrates the uncontrollable impulses of the high- leased 12 -inch, currently at number 69 on the Black publishers: Sixuvus Revival /Kama Sutra, BMI. The speed life. TOMMY ROE- Sittin' On A Mood; Awesome ASM 108 meaning of the has changed since the had chart. (3:29); producer: Nelson Larkin; writers: Tommy Roe, word Jaggerz their one in 1970; so Freddy Weller; publishers: Red Ribbon /Roeboat/Young big hit have production techniques. CHRIS DE BURGH -I Love The Night (The Ecstasy Of KOKO POP-I'm In Love With You; Motown 1759MF and easy, Label based in New York. w Flight); A &M AM -2674 (3:50); producer: Rupert Hine; World, BMI. Caressing voice loping rhythms. (3:58); producer: Chris Powell; writers: C. Powell, R. Phil - N.J. writer: Chris De Burgh; publisher: Irving, BMI. Contact: JEM Records, Plainfield, more; publishers: Jobete /KoKo -PoP, ASCAP /Stone Dia- recommended mond /Chris Powell, BMI. ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK-The Other Wcman/The ROBIN GIBB- Secret Agent; Mirage 7 -99712 (4:00); Other Man; First String FS7 -5184 (3:58); producer: Ron producers: Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Mark Liggett, Chris D.ST.- Megamix II: Why Is It Fresh ?; Celluloid CEL 173 FAT BOYS -Jail House Rap; Sutra SUD 027 (7:50) (12- Oates; writers: Barry Mason, Gerard Kenny; publisher: Barbosa; writers: R. & M. Gibb; publisher: Gibb Bros. (12 -inch single) (8:15); producer: D. ST.; writer: D. inch single); producer: Kurtis Blow; writers: K. Blow, L. Chappell, ASCAP. The great voice gets an equally appeal- BMI. 7 -inch version of previously reviewed 12 -inch, Bill- Showard; publisher: Chu Teh, BMI. Scratched -up patch- Smith, D. Reeve, M. Morales, D. Wimbley, D. Robinson, S. ing song and Contact: Alpha Dist., New board, Sept. 15, 1984. arrangement. work electronic collage. Contact: (212) 714 -0033. Abbatiello; publishers: Amber Pass/Too- Much / Anne Dudley; writers: R. Spellman, S. A Woman; Paula 443 (c /o Jewel Records, 524.5631. PAUL BROOKS -The Ways Of Lyons; publishers: Carlin, PRS /Illegal, BMI. A cool, FORMULA 6- Showdown; TSOM 23832 (12 -inch single). Contact: (305) Shreveport, La.). CHRIS HUNT -Why Don't You Try It; GP 605. Contact: (212) 265 -6585. 759 -1533. dreamy sound and mysteriously poetic lyrics; U.K. duo

BUFFY SUE -Once I Was Young; Security 3-4891 (c /o NSD, Nashville). should find a warm welcome among Roxy Music/Tears DOUG PETERS-The Love Stops Here; Paylode Pt. 1988. Contact: (913) INVINCEABLES -Kong In The City Of Doom; Success 31026 (12 -inch sin- Are A Woman; Wheel 001. For Fears fans. 631 -6060. gle). Contact: (305) 759 -1533. CHUCK CONLON -You

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"Purple Rain" is the top music- tising, a sweepstakes with a grand Other retailers appear less certain posure before it moved to cassette, oriented feature of 1984 and one of prize that will enable fans to see about the joy they should feel. New the release of "Purple Rain" on cas- Assistance in preparing this story the top feature films, with a gross of Prince at any one performance in his York -based Video 83's P. J. Phillips sette will mark the first time consum- provided by Faye Zuckerman in Los around $55 million since its release upcoming world tour starting in No- sees the low Paramount prices as ers have a chance to see the program Angeles. early in the summer. 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This request must be taken 14 Failing there, they Based on the authoritative statistical re- Plans Take Shape forms of syndication network feed, within days. the plaintiffs contended, and they ar- can file for review by the Supreme search of the music industry's foremost trade gued that license fees for such broad- Court. They have 90 days for this publication. For Billboard's cast should more properly be im- step. Should the Supreme Court posed at the source and not at the agree to review the case, final adjudi- THREE TITLES AVAILABLE: Video Music Meet individual station level. cation can be delayed to sometime The district court had specifically next year. Continued from page 3 Number One Pop Singles, 1941 through enjoined ASCAP and BMI from ap- BMI president Ed Cramer hailed David Bean of Pacific Arts Vid- 1983. Lists Billboard issue date, title, artist and plying the blanket license to syndi- the appeals court decision. He said eo Records. cated programming. This injunction that BMI's position was "once again and label of the number one record of each "Covering Your Art" will feature was also lifted in the appeals court being upheld. I believe the court's de- week. $50.00. of RCA Video Pro- Arnie Holland reversal. cision was the right one and one that as moderator, along with ductions The appeals court found that tv to me was never in doubt." Top Ten 1983 Ron Gertz of The Clearinghouse, Ira Pop Singles, 1947 through station owners had not fully explored ASCAP president Hal David said, Selsky of Almo /Irving Music and Lists title, artist and label of every record which alternatives to the blanket license, "This is a great day for all songwrit- Owen Sloane of Mason & Sloane, and that no convincing evidence had ers and music publishers throughout reached number 10 or higher on Billboard's pop among others. singles Listed been presented that realistic options the world." charts. alphabetically within "Going The Distance" will have were unavailable. In a concurring each year. #1 records are indicated. $50.00. Billboard's West Coast Bureau chief opinion written by circuit Judge Jon Sam Sutherland as moderator, and Newman and endorsed by Judge Cassettes Register Top Pop Singles Of The Year, 1946 through RCA Video Productions' Laura Foti, George Pratt, Judge Ralph Winter Increases In Sales 1983. 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12 PRINCE AND THE 8.98 1 WEEKS A BLP (36) 39 6 BILLY OCEAN 72 58 6 FRANK SINATRA REVOLUTION AT 1 Suddenly LA. Is My Lady Purple Rain 9 live /Arista JL 8 -8213 RCA 8.98 QWest 25145 -1 (Warner Bros.) WEA 9.98 Warner Bros. 25110 -1 WEA 37 37 20 JERMAINE JACKSON 73 DIANA ROSS Jermaine Jackson Swept Away 15 BRUCE SSPRINGSTEEN Arista AL8 -8203 RCA 8.98 BLP 13 RCA AFLI 5009 RCA 8.98 Born n The U.S.A. Columbia PC 38653 CBS 38 75 2 STEVIE WONDER (74) 81 4 NEWCLEUS The Woman In Red- Soundtrack Jam On Revenge 4 16 TINA TURNER A 0 Motown 6108ML MCA 9.98 BLP 24 Sunnyview SUN 4901 (Becket) IND 8.98 BLP 20 Private Dancer Capitol ST -12330 CAP 8.98 BLP 2 39 43 4 KROKUS 75 80 6 HERB ALPERT TIJUANA The Blitz BRASS (, 4 3 52 HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS A Arista AL8 RCA 8.98 Sports -8243 Bullish A &M SP-5022 RCA 8.98 Chrysalis FV 41412 CBS 40 40 29 THOMPSON TWINS Into The Gap 79 7 HELIX 5 26 THE CARS A (76) O Heartbeat City Arista AL 8-8200 RCA 8.98 Walking The Razor's Edge Capitol ST -12362 CAP 8.98 Elektra 60296 WEA 8.98 41 41 6 RICK JAMES 84 5 STEPHEN STILLS C) 6 5 JULIO IGLESIAS Reflections Gordy 6095GL (Motown) MCA 8.98 BLP 10 () Right By You 1100 Bel Air Place Atlantic 80177 WEA 8.98 Columbia QC 39157 CBS - -- 42 38 29 SCORPIONS A 83 7 47 LIONEL RICHIE A Love At First Sting 78 50 SOUNDTRACK A 0 Mercury 814 98101 (PolyGram) POL 8.98 The Big Chill Can't Slow Down Motown 6062ML (MCA) MCA 8.98 Motown 6059 ML MCA 8.98 BLP 9, CLP 43 36 23 LAURA BRANIGAN 74 Self Control (79) 87 4 THE OAK RIDGE BOYS WEA Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 8 8 28 RATT A Atlantic 80147 8.98 MCA 5496 MCA 8.98 CLP 16 Out Of The Cellar 44 47 8 SAMMY HAGAR Atlantic 80143 WEA 8.98 VOA 80 62 6 HONEYMOON SUITE Honeymoon Suite 10 45 THE POINTER SISTERS Geffen GHS24043 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 Warner Bros. 25098-1 8.98 O Break Out 45 48 5 LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM Planet BXLI -4705 (RCA) RCA 8.98 BLP 16 Go Insane 81 95 3 MTUME Elektra 60363 WEA 8.98 You, Me And He 10 11 12 JOHN WAITE Epic FE 39473 CBS BLP 8 No Brakes 46 50 15 STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN & EMI- America ST -17124 CAP 8.98 DOUBLE TROUBLE 82 71 5 HERBIE HANCOCK Couldn't Stand The Weather Sound -System 11 12 9 BILLY SQUIER Columbia FC 39478 CBS BLP 34 Signs Of Life Epic FE 39304 CBS Capitol ST -12361 CAP 8.98 47 45 12 GLENN FREY (83) 93 4 JOYCE KENNEDY Lookin For Trouble 16 57 MADONNA A The Allnighter A &M SP-4996 RCA 8.98 BLP 23 Madonna MCA 5501 MCA 8.98 Sire 1 -23867 (Warner Bros) WEA 8.98 BLP 22 48 42 43 DURAN DURAN A 0B4) 101 6 ROMEO VOID The Ragged Instincts 13 21 JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE Seven And Tiger CD Columbia BFC 39155 CBS BEAVER BROWN BAND Capitol ST-12310 CAP 8.98 Eddie and the 49 49 33 SOUNDTRACK A (85) 90 4 NAKED EYES Cruisers /Soundtrack Footloose Fuel For The Fire Scotti Bros. BFZ 38929 (Epic) CBS - Columbia IS 39242 CBS EMI -America ST -17116 CAP 8.98 14 9 13 SOUNDTRACK A SO 57 7 SPANDAU BALLET 86 64 16 SOUNDTRACK Ghostbusters Crade Streets Of Fire Arista AL- RCA 8.8246 8.98 BLP 15 ChrysalisCharade FV 41413 CBS MCA 5492 MCA 9.98 1 15 13 TWISTED SISTER GO S 51 46 7 Y &T 87 67 26 -GO'S Stay Hungry In Rock We Trust Talk Show Atlantic 80156 WEA I.R.S. RCA 8.98 A &M SP -5001 RCA 8.98 SP -70041 (A&M) 8.98

16 18 41 CYNDI LAUPER A 52 52 98 PRINCE A 88 66 6 A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS She's So Unusual 1999 The Story Of A Young Heart Portrait BFR 38930 (Epic) CBS live /Arista 1L 8 -8250 RCA 8.98 Warner Bros. 1 -23720 WEA 10.98 73 17 17 46 NIGHT RANGER A 53 106 2 DONNA SUMMER 89 22 R.E.M. Midnight Madness Cats Without Claws Reckoning Camel /MCA MCA I.R.S. SP -70044 (A&M) RCA 5456 8.98 Geffen GHS 24040 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 8.98 18 14 11 JACKSONS 54 44 18 SOUNDTRACK (90) 96 6 GRIM REAPER Victory Breakin' See You In Hell Epic QE 38946 CBS BLP 11 RCA NFLI -8038 RCA 6.98 Polydor 821919 -1 (PolyGram) POL 9.98 BLP 27 91 91 18 VAN STEPHENSON FEATURING PATTY SS 68 2 TALKING HEADS Righteous Anger 19 19 9 SMYTHAL Stop Making Sense Warrior MCA 5482 MCA 8.98 Sire 25121 -1 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 Columbia FC 39173 CBS 92 63 11 KASHIF 56 51 93 MICHAEL JACKSON A 20 25 4 THE FIXX Thriller Send Me Your Love Arista AL8 -8205 RCA 8.98 BLP 5 Phantoms Epic QE 38112 CBS BLP 41 MCA 5507 MCA 8.98 97 4 BARBARA MANDRELL LEE 118 2 KENNY ROGERS (93) GREENWOOD 21 21 36 VAN HALEN What About Me? 1984 Meant For Each Other RCA AFL1.5043 RCA 8.98 Warner Bros. 1 -23985 WEA 8.98 MCA 5477 MCA 8.98 CLP 20 60 16 LOU REED (58) 94 77 13 ELVIS COSTELLO & THE CI 30 18 CHICAGO New Sensations 17 ATTRACTIONS RCA AFLI -4998 RCA 8.98 Full Moon/Warner Bros. 1 -25060 WEA 8.98 Goodbye Cruel World A 59 54 16 TEDDY PENDERGRASS Columbia FC -39429 CBS 23 23 9 QUIET RIOT Love Language ConditionCo Critical 95 99 9 BANGLES Asylum 60 3 17 (Elektra) WEA 8.98 BLP 6 Pasha QZ 39516 (Epic) CBS All Over The Place (60) 61 7 BOB MARLEY AND THE Columbia BFC 39220 CBS 24 22 44 BILLY IDOL WAILERS 100 5 SOUNDTRACK Rebel Yell Legend (96) Chrysalis FV 41450 CBS Electric Island 90169 (Atco) WEA 8.98 BLP 44 n /F-pö SE 3%00 CBS - 25 20 76 Z Z TOP 61 16 56 JEFFERSON STARSHIP 97 89 102 LIONEL RICHIE Eliminator Nuclear Furniture Warner Bros. 1 -23774 WEA Lionel Richie 8.98 Grunt BALI -4921 (RCA) RCA 8.98 Motown 6007 ML MCA 8.98 26 26 10 THE TIME IRON MAIDEN 62 (98) 103 6 BRUCE COCKBURN Ice Cream Castle Powerslave Warner Bros. 25109 -1 WEA 8.98 BLP 3 Stealing Fire Capitol ST -12321 CAP 8.98 Gold Mountain 80012 (ARM) RCA 8.98 27 27 11 ELTON JOHN 72 63 5 THE S.O.S. BAND 99 102 38 PRINCE Breaking Hearts Just The Way You Like It Geffen GHS 24031 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 Controversy Tabu FZ 39332 (Epic) CBS BLP 12 - Warner Bros. BSK 3601 WEA 8.98 28 24 8 PETER WOLF 64 68 20 WHITESNAKE 100 78 34 ALABAMA Lights Out Slide It In EMI-America SJ -11121 CAP 8.98 Geffen GHS 4018 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 RCA AAHLI -4939 RCA 8.98 CLP 3 29 29 14 ROD STEWART 65 59 16 PEABO BRYSON Camouflage 101 65 11 FASTWAY Straight From The Heart All Fired Up Bros. 25095 -1 WEA 8.98 P Elektra WEA 60362 8.98 BLP 21 Columbia BFC 39373 CBS (30) 34 18 BANANARAMA 66 69 9 UTAFORD Bananarama 102 86 12 SPYRO GYRA Dancin' On The Edge Access All Areas London 820036 -1 (PolyGram) POL 8.98 Mercury 818864 -1M -I (POtyGram) POL 8.98 MCA 2-6983 MCA 9.98 BLP 67 31 31 12 COREY HART 67 70 51 MOTLEY CRUE First Offense A (103) 107 5 STEVE MORSE BAND Shout At The Devil The Introduction EMI -America ST -17117 CAP 8.98 Elektra 60289 WEA 8.98 Musician 60369 (Elektra) WEA 8.98 32 13 SHEILA E. 32 68 62 13 BOX OF FROGS The Glamorous Life 104 92 79 JULIO IGLESIAS A Box Of Frogs Julio Warner Bros. 1 -25107 WEA 8.98 BLP 7 Epic BFE 39327 CBS Columbia FC38640 - CBS CLP 71 33 28 59 BILLY JOEL A 69 55 15 RUN - D.M.C. .. An Innocent Man 105 98 32 BON JOVI Run - D.M.C. Bon Columbia QC 38837 CBS Jovi Profile 1201 IND 8.98 BLP 17 Mercury 814982 -1M1 (PolyGram) POL 8.98 34 33 11 DIO 70 53 23 STEVE PERRY 106 The Last In Line A 85 35 EURYTHMICS Street Talk Touch Warner Bros. 25100 -1 WEA 8.98 Columbia FC 39334 CBS RCA AFLI -4917 RCA 8.98 35 7 NEIL DIAMOND 35 71 74 9 WILLIE NELSON Primitive 107 104 19 O'BRYAN City Of New Orleans Be My Lover CoiaColumbia OC 39199 CBS -- Columbia FC 39145 CBS CLP 1 Capitol ST -12332 CAP 8.98 BLP 18

to those products demonstrating the greatest sales gains this week (Prime Movers). Recording O Bullets are awarded Industry Assn. of America seal for sales of 500,000 units (seal indicated by dot). Recording Industry Assn. of America seal for sales of 1,000,000 units (seal indicated by triangle).

www.americanradiohistory.com 68 News Grass Route Everybody Out Of the Pool Service? By KIM FREEMAN issued to pools and clubs at the dis- places Metallica's "Ride The Light- cretion of the label's regional distrib- ning" at 188 on the pop album chart. A weekly column focusing on the utors, according to market buzz. Look for a serious decrease in activities of independent labels and "Radio isn't paying attention to Jem's publicity activities; one of the distributors. clubs anymore," says Personal pro- label /distributor's just -released staff- Record pools, once a stalwart in motion man Frank Murray, who ers relays the message that Jem exec- breaking dance, rap and urban art - notes that the label its utives feel "publicity does not sell re- ists,may have to re- evaluate their po- cut pool ser- vice by half in July with Klinte Jones' cords." ... Hannibal Records sition in the industry if they plan to picks up Saku, lead "In The Heat Of The Night" 12 -inch. imprint Carthage survive on free goods from indies. An While Megatone has cut the number singer of the Bronx -based African informal survey of some of the coun- artist. His de- of pools it services by 60 %, the la- Connection, as a solo try's top dance labels reveals dramat- "Save The Children," MINDING THE STORE-Jean-Luc Ponty relaxes after supporting his latest bel's Demitra Mavis says she is in- but I2 -inch ic cutbacks in the number of pools Atlantic album "Open Mind" with a concert for the Miller Time series at creasing her list of individual DJ's, represents the first outside release on that will be serviced in the future. York's 84. from left are Atlantic publicity manager Horace with an eye towards spotting the Carthage, previously a reissue label New Pier Seated Aside from budget concerns, these director Simo Doe, Ponty and the label's as- "Jellybeans of tomorrow." for Linda and Richard Thomp- Burrell and national publicity independents acknowledge that, in son ... The Navarre Corp. of Crystal sociate director of national album promotion David Fleischman. On the flip side Profile's Cory general, pools are shying away from Minn. picks up the Celluloid /OAO Robbins reports no reduction in that their once progressive attitudes, in fa- line for national distribution. CANADIAN KIDDIE LABEL label's pool policy. Working with a vor of following radio's lead. Dream Syndicate member Steve reps, Cellu- list of 70 pools, Robbins says approx- In 'a letter to its pool Wynn has reactivated the Down Kiel encouraged more imately 3,000 units are sent to a fluc- loid's Patricia There label in Los Angeles. First re- feedback from pool direc- tuating roster of 50 pools per record. A &M To Distribute Shoreline thoughtful lease is a mini -album by Naked Prey, positive and negative. She It must be noted that each promo- LOS ANGELES -A &M Records The A &M /Shoreline pact, which tors, both a Tuscon -based band classified as list from 50 to 25 tion head surveyed commended sev- has concluded a U.S. distribution will begin with the forthcoming re- has cut Celluloid's "hard psychedelia." The product will pools, servicing each with only one eral pools across the country on their pact with Shoreline Records, the Ca- lease of the artist's "Singable Songs be available through Enigma, Los copy of each record until pool heads responsiveness and support. Those nadian label owned and operated by For The Very Young" album, will Angeles, early next month Dur- can verify that additional copies will cited by more than one label spokes- ... top -selling Canadian children's re- see the Los Angeles-based company ing its Tuesday (18) meeting, the In- be used. Having heard the phrase man are New York's IDRC and cording artist Raffl. marketing and distributing the entire dependent Label Coalition urged "it's not on radio, we can't play it" SURE Boston's New England DJ The deal, confirmed last week by Shnreline product line. which in- members and prospective members one too many times, Tommy Boy's Assn. and San Francisco's WARD. label president Gil Friesen in a for- cludes three albums by Fred Penner, to consider participating in the ILC's Tom Silverman estimates that his la- mal release, marks A &M's first move one by the Junior Jug Band, and six * * * second collective appearance at the bel has reduced the number of free into the children's market and the by Raffi. The label has earned one records sent to pools from 3,500 to an Seeds & Sprouts: This week's Midem convention in January. Con- first such venture for a major label double platinum award, three plati- average of 1,500 per release. Emer- chartbuster award goes to TSR Re- siderable price breaks are available to since Casablanca tested the kiddie num citations and two gold awards in gency's Curtis Urbina reports that cords of Los Angeles, which enters to those labels attending as members of music waters during the late '70s. Canada. the Shannon headquarters is no long- Hot 100 at 95 with Evelyn Thomas' the Coalition. Those interested = er servicing pools directly. Promo - "High Energy." Runnerup is Mega - should contact Duncan Hutchison at o tional Emergency disks will now be force of Old Bridge, N.J., which (212) 496 -1541 as soon as possible. NAB /NRBA Conference: m Less Than Rave Reviews é Lawsuit Challenges MTV Deals co Continued from page 3 other within the confines of the ex- rn promotional clips from the re- In exchange for cash and advertis- Continued from page I tion of the position of a small or medium hibit area. "The map they gave out in separate and re- companies. It is Discovery's ing, MTV reportedly receives exclu- Meanwhile a cord market program director who had to listed us numerically instead of al- portedly unrelated action, sources contention that the exclusivity pacts sive rights to 20% of each company's Ñ fly two or three thousand miles at phabetically. We had several people cc within the U.S. Justice Dept.'s anti- effectively shut out competition and new music video releases for at least tremendous expense just to hear a 15- tell us they found us purely by co trust division confirm that it is con- are not in the best interest of labels, 30 days. The exclusivity, however, in- on Z -100 a 10- accident." creases to six months for music video minute aircheck and taducting a civil investigation into artists or consumers. Then there was a moment of shear services starting up after the date an minute check on Kiss in Boston." I- MTV's exclusivity arrangements. Plaintiffs note they did not antici- There were other problems as well. embarrassment. Joan Rivers, the fea- w investigation began in August. exclusivity contract is signed, the The pate that MTV's agreements would Convention scheduling, never noted tured guest at the Monday luncheon, N Discovery Music Network princi- launch complaint alleges. hamper Discovery's efforts to for it's logic, this time pitted up to 11 created a flap when she learned a Los Karen Tyler, pals Glen Taylor and a new multi -format music program- MTV has illegally maintained, and sessions against each other, creating Angeles Times reporter was in the suit, MTV plaintiffs in the charge ming channel this January. The com- used its dominant position to create a chaos in programmers' minds and ac- room. The temperamental comedi- with exerting its established influence plaint indicates MTV's announce- monopoly, thus violating the Sher- commodations at the two hotels, the enne had previously requested that video field in the music programming ment of a second channel, to be man and Clayton Acts, the action Bonaventure and the Biltmore, com- all press personnel be banned from a monopoly in the distribu- to create called VHI, aimed at the same adult contends. bined with the sweltering 100- degree her performance, and the NAB com- demographic pursued by Discovery, The 24 -hour Discovery music vid- heat in downtown Los Angeles for plied by yanking all luncheon tickets Warner /Poly spurred the legal action. eo channel is still planning to launch plenty of physical discomfort as well. from press registration packets. a new multi- format service regardless "It was my first convention in 11 Doubleday president Gary Ste- New Doubt Cast Assistance in preparing this story of the results of this legal action, the years," said Joseph. "And the major vens, a member of the convention page 3 provided by Steven Dupler in New Continued from principals claim. It is requesting that problem from the view of every single committee admits there were some York and Bill Holland in peals Court order. MTV's exclusivity pacts be declared person I talked to was the location. problems, but says that they were the Washington. A lawyer in the FTC case here says illegal by the court. The hotels were over two blocks result of the first -time merger more he is puzzled by the recess request. "Unless the exclusive dealing ar- Attorney Bennett, explaining why apart, and nothing seemed to work than anything else. "I'm aware we "They said all along that if the Ap- rangements are enjoined by the the complaint does not state the out, whether it was the air condition- had some logistical problems," Ste- peals Court decision went against court, Discovery Music Network amount of damages, says, "The ing, the elevators, the registration, vens says. "But when you merge a them, they'd drop the merger. Well, may be denied entry into the relevant amount can't be ascertained at this the room service or the telephones." programming convention with what it doesn't take three weeks for them market," the complaint contends. time. When damages can be deter- Exhibitors were generally more has been a general convention, you're to tell us they've decided not to pur- Without from the re- mined, an amendment to the com- pleased with the RCPC than pro- going to get some dilution. We saw sue it," he says. programming cord labels, Discovery's ability to plaint will occur." grammers were. "As long as they that in the organizing stage. In New York, a highly placed (NAB and NRBA) stay together, "As a pure programming conven- Warner executive admitted that the program its network is "adversely she adds. we'll look forward to being at their tion it wasn't anything like its prede- Ninth Circuit Court desicion was a impacted," came just as MTV get -togethers," said Dave Burns of cessor (the RPC previously spon- "blow" and that "it calls into ques- The legal action confirmed signing an exclusive agree- Allied Broadcast Equipment of Rich- sored by the NAB), but it wasn't tion the validity of the U.S. venture." ment with PolyGram. On Thursday mond, Va. meant to be. As to whether it meets But he insisted that such a merger (20), an MTV spokesman said that But Burns, also noted logistical the need of programers, that's some- was certainly "not a dead issue," and the firm had not been officially noti- problems, especially in the three ex- thing we're going to have to work out that, in any case, one of the options about the lawsuit. hibit floors, inaccessible to one an- later." ahead might be to join in some for- fied eign markets even if the U.S. merger "Since we have not yet been ser- can't finally fails. ved, "the spokesman says, "we make an official comment right now. The original merger plans called . bought, rented, We get the impression however, that Execulive Turnloble for a joint enterprise in the U.S. you need, more interested hired, whatever Continued from page 4 which would be owned 80% by they (Discovery) are legal we'll tell the world in Related Fields Warner and 20% by PolyGram. A in the publicity aspect than the separate joint venture in Europe one." Diana Pugh Edwards joins the staff at Jackson Brumley Management in would be shared equally. According to Joel R. Bennett, Dis- Nashville. She was executive vice president of the Jim Halsey Co. in Tulsa. She While there has been speculation covery Music Network's attorney, replaces Marla Hughes, who leaves to pursue other interests ... The Nashville - in Europe that failure to merge in the copies of the controversial exclusivity Jeff Serrette today based Shorty Lavender booking agency makes two appointments. John U.S. would lead to a decision to drop pacts between MTV and record la- Call McMeen joins as general manager. He was head of his own agency, McMeen/ merger plans abroad, insiders cau- bels have not been made available to -(800) 223 -7524 (NY Lynch, where he handled George Jones' career. And Louie Dunn joins as an tioned that such a conclusion should him or his client. The lawsuit con- residents dial 212- agent. He was tour coordinator for the late Marty Robbins ... Gemini Produc- not be drawn from steps recently tak- tains a short description of what is 764- 7388). tions appoints Beverly Alkow marketing representative in New York. She was en by PolyGram to reshuffle its top believed to be contained in the in the production department at RKO General. executive lineup (Billboard, Sept.22). agreements. www.americanradiohistory.com 69 Compiled from national retail stores TDP LPs &TAPEU and one -stops by the Music Popu- Suggested Suggested C Copyrigh 1984 Billboard Publications. Inc. No part ce this publication nay larity Chart Dept. of Billboard. List List be re oduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any W means, elec ronic mechanical. photocopying. recording. or otherwise. without Prices Prices the pri. r written permission of the publisher 3 ARTIST LP, ARTIST LP, Black LP Black LP/ Title RIAA Cassettes, RIAA Cassettes, Country LP _ Country LP Title Suggested Label, No. (Dist. Label) Dist. Co. Symbols 8 Track Chart Label, No. (Dist. Label) Dist. Co. Symbols 8 Track Chart Y List tat 138 145 94 BILLY IDOL 187 2 JACK WAGNER ó Prices Billy Idol All I Need 3 ARTIST LP, Black LP Chrysalis FV 41377 CBS QWest 25089 -1 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 Title RIAA Cassettes, Country LP Label, No. (Dist. Label) Dist. Co. Symbols 8 Track Chart 139 141 539 PINK FLOYD 171 173 19 ONE WAY Dark Side Of The Moon Lady Harvest ST -11163 (Capitol) CAP 8.98 108 113 16 PATRICE RUSHEN MCA 5470 MCA 8.98 BLP 26 Now 140 140 9 GEORGE CARLIN 172 152 10 ROLLING STONES WEA BLP 25 Elektra 60360 8.98 Carlin On Campus Rewind Eardrum ED 1001 IND 8.98 109 111 19 PSYCHEDELIC FURS Rolling Stones 90176 (Atco) WEA 8.98 Moves 141 126 MIDNIGHT STAR Mirror 62 173 174 4 THE FIXX No Parking On The Dance Floor Columbia BFC 39278 CBS Reach The Beach Solar 60241 (Elektra) WEA 8.98 BLP 64 110 176 2 VANITY MCA 5419 MCA 8.98 142 142 87 DEF LEPPARD Wild Animal 174 175 4 TYZIK Motown MCA 8.98 Pyromania 6102ML Jammin' In Manhattan Mercury 8103081 (PolyGram) POL 8.98 -1 POL BLP 55 125 35 THE PRETENDERS Polydor 821605 (PolyGram) 8.98 Learning To Crawl 143 122 12 ART OF NOISE (Who's 175 144 17 DENIECE WILLIAMS Sire 1-23980 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 Afraid Of) The Art Of Noise Let's Hear It For The Boy Columbia FC 39366 CBS BLP 30 112 115 12 DIFFORD &,TILBROOK Island 90179 (Alto) WEA 8.98 BLP 65 Difford & Tilbrook 144 133 14 RATI 176 179 73 SCORPIONS A&M SP-4985 RCA 8.98 Ratt Blackout Mercury SRM 14039 (PolyGram) POL 8.98 113 117 14 CHRIS DEBURGH Time Coast TC2203 (Enigma) IND 6.98 Man On The Line 145 146 64 NIGHT RANGER 177 137 11 SOUNDTRACK A &M SP5o02 RCA 8.98 Dawn Patrol The Karate Kid Casablanca 822213 -1M -1 (PolyGram) POL 8.98 114 110 32 WANG CHUNG Camel /MCA 5460 MCA 8.98 Points On The Curve 146 131 15 EDDY GRANT 178 164 4 SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE Geffen OHS 4004 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 Going For Broke JUKES Portrait FR 39261 (Epic) CBS In The Heat 115 94 48 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP Mirage 90186 (Alto) WEA 8.98 Uh -Huh 147 130 42 MOTLEY CRUE Riva RVL 7504 (PolyGram) POL 8.98 Too Fast For Love 179 183 5 JULIO IGLESIAS Elektra 60174 WEA 8.98 Hey 116 109 48 CULTURE CLUB Columbia FC 39567 CBS Colour By Numbers 148 129 28 HOWARD JONES Virgin /Epic QE 39107 CBS Human's Lib 180 177 75 SOUNDTRACK Elektra 60346 WEA 8.98 Flashdance 117 119 49 HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS Casablanca 8114921 (PolyGram) POL 9.98 Picture This 149 155 4 CHERRELLE Chrysalis FV41340 CBS Fragile 181 156 12 VAROUS ARTISTS Tabu BFZ 39144 (Epic) CBS BLP 40 The Official Music Of The 118 105 9 THE BROTHERS JOHNSON 5 BILLY XXIllyd Olympiad -Los Angeles Out Of Control 150 139 SATELLITE Billy Satellite 1984 ABM SP -4965 RCA 8.98 BLP 29 Capitol ST -12340 CAP 8.98 Columbia B1S 39322 CBS 119 114 JOE JACKSON 26 151 151 6 ORIGINAL BROADWAY 182 161 34 SHANNON Body And Soul RECORDING Let The Music Play A &M SP -5000 RCA 8.98 Sunday In The Park With Mirage 90134 -1 (Atco) WEA 8.98 BLP 73 George 120 120 57 HERBIE HANCOCK 183 153 17 LITTLE STEVEN Red Seal /RCA HBC1 -5042 RCA 9.98 - Future Shock Voice Of America Columbia FC 38814 CBS BLP 63 152 159 6 RAIL EMI -America ST -17120 CAP 8.98 121 121 53 LINDA RONSTADT Rail EMI -America MLP 19010 CAP 6.98 184 186 17 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. What's New Major Moves Asylum 60260 (Elektra) WEA 8.98 153 163 85 DURAN DURAN Warner /Curb 1 -25088 WEA 8.98 CLP 4 Duran Duran 122 116 10 LAKESIDE Capitol ST -12158 CAP 8.98 185 182 5 JULIO IGLESIAS Outrageous From A Child To A Woman Solar 60355 (Elektrai WEA 8.98 BLP 28 168 106 BILLY SQUIER Columbia FC 39569 CBS Don't Say No 108 19 123 INXS Capitol ST -12146 CAP 8.98 186 195 47 BILLY SQUIER The Swing Emotions In Motion 160 Atco 90160 WEA 8.98 3 BLACK 'N' BLUE Capitol ST -12217 CAP 8.98 Black 'N' Blue 124 112 22 RUSH Geffen GHS 24041 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 SOUNDTRACK Grace Under Pressure Beat Street, Vol. II 169 3 CHEQUERED PAST Mercury 818476 -1 (PolyGram) POL 8.98 Atlantic 80158 WEA 8.98 Chequered Past 12S SAM HARRIS EMI -America ST -17123 CAP 8.98 18B METAWCA Sam Harris Ride The Lightning 170 3 CHUCK MANGIONE ®4 Motown 6103 ML MCA 8.98 Megaforce Disguise 769 (Important) IND 8.98 126 127 44 YES Columbia FC 39479 CBS ®niJIMMY BUFFETT 90125 iS8 166 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS Riddles In The Sand Atco 90125 WEA 9.98 Electric Breakdance MCA 5512 MCA 8.98 Dominion Music 2320 IND 6.98 127 124 27 BERLIN t SURVIVOR Love Life is9 165 4 RAMSEY LEWIS /NANCY Vital Signs Geffen GHS 4025 (Warner Bros.) WEA 8.98 WILSON Scotti Bros. FZ39578 (Epic) CBS The Two Of Us 128 128 20 SERGIO MENDES 191 193 3 JULIO IGLESIAS Columbia FC 39326 CBS BLP 42 Confetti Moments AN SP -4984 RCA 8.98 160 162 66 THE POLICE Columbia FC 39568 CBS Synchronicity 76 18 SOUNDTRACK 192 4 129 A &M SP3735 RCA 8.98 154 KANSAS Beat Street Best Of Kansas Atlantic 80154 -1 WEA 8.98 BLP 36 161 147 122 DURAN DURAN CBS Associated QZ 39283 CBS Rio 130 134 61 JEFFREY OSBORNE Capitol ST -12211 CAP 8.98 193 194 3 THE ANIMALS Stay With Me Tonight Rip It To Shreds -The Animals AN SP 4940 RCA 8.98 BLP 48 162 148 14 KICK AXE Greatest Hits Live Vices I.R.S. SP -70043 (A &M) RCA 8.98 157 4 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI Pasha BFZ39297 (Epic) CBS (MANCINI) 194 BACHMAN TURNER Mamma 163 143 76 QUIET RIOT OVERDRIVE Metal Health London 411959 -1 (PolyGram) POL 9.98 Bachman Turner Overdrive Pasha /CBS BFZ 38443 CBS Compleat CPLI.1010 (PolyGram) POL 8.98 132 132 61 BILLY IDOL 164 171 JULIO IGLESIAS Don't Stop 6 195 192 85 JOURNEY In Concert Chrysalis PV 44000 CBS Frontiers Columbia KC2 39570 CBS Columbia QC 38504 CBS 133 123 160 VAN HALEN 165 150 17 LEE GREENWOOD Van Halen 196 172 41 LUTHER VANDROSS You've Got A Good Love Comm' Warner Bros. BSK 3075 WEA 8.98 Busy Body MCA 5488 MCA 8.98 CLP 12 Epic FE 39196 CBS BLP 49 134 135 6 SOUNDTRACK 184 24 IRON MAIDEN Metropolis Maiden Japan 197 200 16 FACE TO FACE Face To Face Columbia 1S 39526 CBS Capitol ST -15017 CAP 8.98 Portrait BFE 38857 (Epic) CBS 135 138 43 U2 167 149 35 JUDAS PRIEST Under A Blood Red Sky Defenders Of The Faith 198 178 7 JANE FONDA Island 90127 (Atco) WEA 5.98 Columbia FC39219 CBS New and Improved Workout Columbia CX2 39287 CBS 136 158 2 ZEBRA 168 190 2 PETER TOSH No Telling Lies Captured Live 199 181 8 MAMA'S BOYS Atlantic 80159 WEA 8.98 EMI -America ST-17126 CAP 8.98 Mama's Boys live/Arista 118 -8218 RCA 8.98 137 136 22 SLADE 169 167 168 MICHEAL JACKSON Keep Your Hands Off My Power Off The Wall 200 185 123 DEF LEPPARD Epic FE 35745 CBS High & Dry CBS Associated F2 39336 CBS Mercury 818836 -1 (PolyGram) POL 8.98

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Speaking of RCA, its venerable mascot, By BILL HOLLAND midst of a "re- evaluation" of their long -standing business "Nipper," is now 100 years old. Tradesters will recall that would if he could encourage a WASHINGTON - The House be paid interests. When reached by Track, Ellis, co- chairman the music-loving mutt, which originated with the original to report that oversight and investigations subcom- radio station employee with Wright of the music and video entity, downplayed "His Master's Voice" logo, was dumped for awhile dur- a record was being played mittee says that independent record particular the question of whether those talks would lead to any bold ing the early '70s when the parent company sought a more promotion is now almost a $60 mil- whether or not that record was in reapportionment of their holdings, or any outright re- contemporary image. But it has found fact broadcast on the station. This lion annual business. structuring. "It's been a terrific relationship," said Ellis, Tasty Cross -Marketing: CBS has linked with Audio of payola in the activities station," the report states, "would no evidence who first teamed with Wright for management and pub- Environments (AEI), the foreground music service, and indie promoters, and has further not be in violation of the communica- of lishing interests during the '60s, "and it continues to be a the El Torito and La Fiesta restaurant chains for a Julio that although so- called tion payola statute." concluded terrific relationship ... but it's very important to continue Iglesias promotion, now underway. In addition to plug- adds" are dangerous for the "Further," the memo says, "the "paper to re- evaluate such relationships." Ellis notes that the ging Iglesias' last two label releases via restaurant play to industry, they do not violate the independent record promoter could partners have held similar long -range discussions "every an estimated patronage of 600,000, the push will also woo Communications Act. be paid for his service if he obtained a two years" in the recent history of Chrysalis Records. patrons with discount coupons, for those sets redeemable a copy of a station's play list in ad- The conclusions of the subcommit- San Diego Snippets: Delegates to NARM's retail advi- record outlets. Other twists include vance of its publication, thereby at Wherehouse /tape tee, in a memorandum to House sub- sory meeting at the Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel heard tents, posters and banners for the restaurants, also claiming to the record company that table committee members, come after a Paul Smith of CBS say Thursday (20) that the majór is plugging the Julio product; a grand prize involving a free he secured the company's position on three -month preliminary inquiry into looking at a third Compact Disc packaging configuration to any of the restaurant chain's U.S. outlets; and even that play list. Again, this would not trip recent allegations both on Capitol ... Roy Imber of Elroy Enterprises, meanwhile called for a Iglesias Day," Oct. 2, when the eateries will play be a practice violative of the commu- "Julio Hill and in the press of improper and the introduction of midpriced CDs to encourage consum- and offer free prize drawings every nication payola statute." his music exclusively illegal activities by independent rec- ers to buy replacement copies of their vinyl collection in half hour. The promotion follows on the heels of a recent *But, the subcommittee report ord promoters throughout the indus- quantity . .. Delegates were very up on the CBS Christ- CBS /AEI linkup tied to G &G stores and Record World concludes, such practices, while not try (Billboard, June 16). mas plan ... And the triple -punch presentation on bar record /tape outlets on the East Coast, a scratch -off cou- illegal under the statute, do make the coding by Musicland's Jeff Lynn, Record Factory's Ster- pon incentive deal which CBS termed among its most suc- The subcommittee says in the doc- industry "susceptible to improper re- ument that it will continue "to be ling Lanier and Western Merchandisers' Bob Schneider cessful cross -merchandising ventures yet. lationships between promoters and had Henry Droz of WEA pledging to close the gap on open to receive any credible evidence 800 were on hand to see 40 manufacturers radio stations." hold out non -UPC titles from that group. More coverage More than of improper activities," but has de- wares at A.I. Rosenthal Associates' third an Although the subcommittee has from San Diego in next week's issue. display their cided to drop the preliminary probe accessory show Monday and Tues- decided to drop the possible full in- CD Box Lots: Months after WEA decided to stay with nual national tape and with the declaration that "we recom- vestigation into improper activities, day (17 -18) at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City. The compa- at this time in its costlier but graphically striking four -color merchandis- mend no further action the practice of paper adds, while not ny's "Extra Profit Times," handed out at the event, improper ing packages for Compact Discs, at least one other major, the absence of evidence of a violation of the payola statute, offered special fall prices and promotions running until activity." MCA, has opted to adopt the concept. MCA's maiden 19 . of erstwhile saloon singer turned record/ might well be looked at "down the CD release, shipped last week, arrived in the colored box- Oct. .. Fans However, the House unit warns video vet Sharell can be excused for blinking twice line" from the view of commercial es, not the generic plastic "clamshell" thus far used by all Jerry that the practice of paper adds is sus- cast of "Kids Inc.," the new bribery laws. A subcommittee official but WEA. At presstime, rumor had A &M contemplating when they see the youthful pect. The memo says that while in- television variety show produced by K -tel refused to speculate on the possibility a switch to the box, too, but that label's sales chief, David syndicated dustry representatives did inform its familiar face among the series' of future actions. Steffen, was unavailable for comment. (Billboard, Sept. 22). That independent MCA exec's 14- staff that the services of The subcommittee staff concludes: MTV's second, adult- oriented service now has a stars is indeed a Sharell -Jerry Joe, the record promoters are increasingly sums of Coast neighbors can catch it "Because of the enormous name-VH 1, standing for "Video Hits." If the number- year -old son. Sharell's West valuable," and bring in 10:30. "useful and money involved and the manner ing scheme for this hit- formatted venture is any indica- on KCOP -TV Sunday nights at stability" as well as "continuity and which record promotion and the tion, the cable music giant may see more services down- Tony King, well remembered from his stint with RCA to product, they also are objectivity charting of records operate, there are stream... Beyond the media splash already generated by Records and his long tenure with Elton John, has hung aware of the ethical limbo of stations' ample opportunities and incentives the Discovery Music Network's legal action against MTV out his shingle with Michelle Saunders for King & falsely claiming to have practice of for improper or illegal activities." (separate story, page one), any subsequent court activity Saunders Artist Representation, a new, video -oriented added records to their playlists: But it stops short at the determina- could carry added notoriety due to the judge assigned to service firm now assembling a clientele of video directors, the staff "It is the normal arrangement tion, adding: "However ... the case: Judge Robert Takasugi, who recently presided camera folk, costume directors and related personnel. evidence that promoters will be paid a specific has uncovered no credible over the front-page case against John DeLorean. First client is Just Jaeckin, who's directed the next John or il- salary or retainer with additional bo- of specific incidents of improper In national newspaper advertising Oct. 18, RCA clip, but the fledgling firm also expects to serve as a liai- and recommends nuses based upon reported airplay of legal activity ... launches a $5,000 list priced "Dimensia" entertainment son service enabling clip producers to "one -stop shop" for a record in one of the major record that the Subcommittee not undertake system incorporating the latest in audio and video tech- various technical and creative help when preparing video charts. The independent promoter a full investigation at this time." nology, linking seven components for interactive opera- programs. tion using a single, universal remote control device. For Edited by SAM SUTHERLAND Dealers Accept Need RCA Recalls Alabama Vidclip By ANDREW ROBLIN RCA later gave a different expla- Country Music Television. "The For New Price Hikes NASHVILLE -RCA has recalled nation. "We're not pursuing a syn- night we were set to program it, I got all copies of a recently released pro- chronization license," another label a call from RCA after office hours, Continued from page 3 enough to sustain the increase-it motional video by the mega -selling spokesman said. 'The video was sent and they said not to play the video. I didn't not long ago. out for our field people to look at so imagine nudity is at the bottom of it." the chain's reaction then, Hunter group Alabama. The clip for RCA had Hall & Oates at we could get their feedback. We Megan Mengaith, producer of the points out, was dictated "because this "When "(There's A) Fire In The Night," there was considerable resis- don't know yet if'(There's A) Fire In Public Broadcasting System's was product that had already been $9.98, written and directed by David Ho- I think sales were lost, But The Night' will be the fourth single "Country Express" video show, cites out at $8.98, and it was an inoppor- tance. gan, contains a scene with partial we'll have to see this time." from Alabama's 'Roll On' album." several of the clip's positive qualities: tune time," just before Christmas. nudity. Apparently mollifying some chain "We got the video three weeks The album has been certified "It was creative. The shooting was warns Still, Hunter that any broad- executives, at least with respect to the ago," says Meryll Rose, producer of platinum. beautiful, and the quality of the pro- increase would be er price unwise. "I CBS product, is that vendor's sepa- "This Week In Country Music," a However, Alabama's manager, duction was good, too. Alabama is so hope this [increase] doesn't start to rate and unusual fall stocking pro- widely syndicated program that fea- Dale Morris, disagrees with that ex- hot that we probably would have run kill midline and catalog," he says. Al- gram, which offers bullish discounts tures country videos. "RCA called us planation. "I don't want to start any the video." luding to the CBS move, he explains, in exchange for elimination of re- last week to ask that all copies of controversy," he says, "but that's not But Mengaith adds that the clip "This is still variable pricing, and turns (separate story, this page). '(There's A) Fire In The Night' be the reason." caught her off guard. "I remember CBS has to realize we will take that While noting he had yet to see the destroyed. They wanted us to erase Morris says the clip was with- looking at it and thinking it was pret- price into consideration as to how we formal outlines of the CBS program our copies and send them a letter say- drawn at his ins,stence. "The video ty bold," she says. "Let's put it this buy. when interviewed, Joe Bressi, vice ing they'd been erased." was not supposed to have been re- way: I was surprised." "Some acts can bear it -not a president of Camelot Enterprises and According to Randy Goodman, leased. I had a meeting with [RCA Some have a harsher opinion of Night." Frank Sinatra, not a Barbra Strei- its 161 stores, offered guarded opti- RCA Nashville's manager of mer- executives] Joe Galante and Randy "(There's A) Fire In The sand, but, yes, a Culture Club. It de- mism in light of such measures. "We chandising, the clip was serviced to Goodman and told them what I "We couldn't have aired it," says pends on the demographics. We see have to work with what they give us. "a handful of national shows" prior thought about it. Rose of "This Week In Country Mu- price increases as an inevitability, but It's been done before. This isn't the to the recall. Among the outlets that "There was total agreement," he sic." "We didn't feel it was well suit- we hope the industry has learned to first time for (hikes on) luxury received it were Showtime, Country continues. "We decided to pull it. ed to the country audience." live with variable pricing." packages." Music Television, "The Country Ex- The video was shown on one outlet As for CBS's decision to offer "I hope they're hits," Bob Tolif- press," "Music City USA" and "This before it was recalled." Billboard, chrome tape as one reason for a high- son, marketing vice president for the Week In Country Music." After RCA's Goodman was told of up er cassette price, Hunter is less san- 34 -unit Record Factory chain is San None of these outlets report having Morris' comments, he summed guine: "Considering the crappy qual- Francisco says in reaction to the se- aired "Fire." But sources maintain the reasons for the recall this way: ity of cassettes our industry has been lected hikes. "Otherwise, if they're that at least one outlet has shown the "Until we know which song is going putting up with, I think the added not, everybody will jump on the price clip. to be the fourth single from the al- video out costs should be absorbed." and say that's the reason. RCA has offered several conflict- bum, we don't want the re- there. We also pulled it because of John Marmaduke, president of "Sooner or later, we've got to start ing accounts of the reason for the call. When the label was first queried our discussions with Alabama's Western Merchandisers and its 136 - charging more for our records. It's about it, a spokesman said the video people." unit Hastings Books & Records retail silly to think that a dollar makes a VIDEO MUSIC had been withdrawn because of un- Several count -y video program - division, diverges from some dealer difference. Fans (of superstars) aren't specified problems in getting a syn- mers.say that the video's content may CONFERENCE rejecting the logic behind going to forego purchases. What's peers in chronization license from the song's have been the determining factor in Nov.15 -18, 1984 "Number one, 'if it more, if there are some $9.98s out such hikes. publisher, Sabal Music. But Sabal RCA's decision to pull it. Premiere Hotel fix it,' and the record there in the marketplace, it could get Sheraton works, don't copyright administrator Jamey Ryan "We got an advance copy," says is working pretty well right the consumer thinking more about Universal City, California business denies that claim. Stan Hitchcock, program director for now. 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