MUSIC WEEK, JUNE2, 1979 UP 1 nm EXPECT IMMINENT announcement from Ariola of large-scale development of company in the UK And what conclusions can be drawn from the number of Deutschmark-spending visitors SSsbi pi® fa pfarfa to Mitcham area recently? Despite his long-running battle THE LATEST edition of the with the PRS, Trevor Lyttleton still finds time for songwriting Guinness Book of British Hit beach fafal /fa fa- and he has a song (co-written with Dick Vosburgh) called I Love Singles, that exhaustive CLOSES: A Film Cliche in the hit musical A Day In Hollywood, A Night In encyclopaedia of the 6,700 singles 9 30 PM The Ukraine, and is assisting negotiations to lake the show to which have made the chart since 0 Broadway You think you've got problems? — We hear one November 1952 — painstakingly D record company in America had more records returned than compiled by Jo and Tim Rice, and p. sold in last quarter. disc jockeys Paul Gambaccini and Mike Read — sports an intriguing cover photograph. No less than 24 pop stars from the BILLED AS "the most expensive film ever made", The Space last three decades, the period Movie with music by Mike Oldfield and the RPO was produced covered by the book, gathered by Virgin chairman Richard Branson and MD Simon Draper and . together to pose for a special picture premiered at Cannes last week To ensure no one had a scoop which is guaranteed a place in with the new ELO album, Jet delivered copies simultaneously to history. Present day stars such as all radio stations at precisely 4.30 pm last Wednesday Dana Kate Bush, Elton John, Tom now being managed by Jo Lustig, and another of his clients, Robinson, Billy Idol of Generation Barry Blue, in America producing Cheryl Lynn Radio One X and Bob Geldof of the Boomtown THE DOREEN Appreciation Society, which began life a couple of years back DJ Paul Burnett presented with a silver gun by Electric Records Rats rubbed shoulders with their at a Music Week Broadcasting Forum to honour a certain anonymous latter day counterparts including waitress, held its first charity supper at Bob Pay ton's Chicago Pizza Pie for making The Lone Ranger his record of the week. Paul Jones, Mike D'Abo (both ex- Factory and raised more than £1,000 for the Nuffield Hospital for Deaf Manfred Mann), Dave Dee, Carl Children. And especially for the occasion. Chrysalis' Richard Digance Wayne (ex-Move) and Jonathan performed a new song The Doreen Song, dedicated to the afore-mentioned DECCA MARKETING director Peter Goodchild leaving the King. waitress accompanied by most of the founder members of the society, and Going even further back into the innumerable knives and forks. Founder members of the DAS are Gillian company to run an up-market grocery and wine business in mists of pop history, Russ Conway, Reynolds. Aidan Day, Andy Park, Alan Fitter, Michael McDonagh, Bob Pusey, Wiltshire, and says he will be happy to supply wine to ex Cliff Richard, Hank Marvin, The Pay ton, Mike Huts on, Delia Hubbord, Michael Peyton, Martin Wyatt, Dick music biz colleagues but his terms are strictly cash — not albums Drifters, Vera Lynn, Johnnie Ray Jordan, Martin Lewis, Avril Barrow, John Cokell and Peter Wagg. Picture After recent successes with Bing Crosby, Connie Francis and David Whitfield represented the shows Digance and friends performing The Doreen Song. and Frankie Laine, expect producer Ken Barnes to breathe new 1950s. life into Jack Jones' recording career, and he's also working on Amazingly, the total group Peter Sellers' first LP in 15 years A son Peter to Laurie represented 353 hits which stayed on Mansfield and wife Ann. the chart for 3,581 weeks (nearly 70 A cracking good start years). Of these, 191 were Top 10 hits and 40 were Number One. AN ENTERPRISING new record label based in Bristol, Fried Egg A spokesman for the publishers, BOTTLES OF tomato ketchup and English mustard Grr Books (a division of Guinness) Records, made sure that their formation would be noticed by sending accompanied Elton John on his Russian tour, and he tied up one said: "All the artists were delighted Music Week a copy of the first single with a fried egg attached to the of the few telephone lines between Moscow and London with call to appear on the photograph. The cover. to hear English football results Two Arista people moving compilers simply called their various After discovering, to our relief, to do with the Egg label imported by on: US label manager Jack Stewart Grayson and dealer liaison contacts and with the promise of that the egg was made of plastic, Logo from Barclay in France, which champagne and sandwiches, invited funher investigation revealed that does not use the EGG prefix. officer Annie Benson Arthur Murray dance schools now everyone to a get-together. It was a the label, formed by Chris David, teaching the street hustle complete with battery-powered light-up good opportunity for many of the Ken Wheeler and Andy Leighton, shoes at £69 per pair LWT's South Bank Show had artists to meet again their old rivals emanates from Sound Conception BBC booty interesting item on Rough Trade specialist punk and males, and gave the newer studios in Bristol and the first release retail/wholesale/recording business DJM welcoming back names a chance to chat with the is I Can't Help It c/w Laughbeat ALL THE nice girls love a sailor, California-based British blues stalwart John Mayall with Venue olderstars." (EGG 001) by a group called Shoes according to the song, and certainly party and Zigzag magazine celebrating 10th birthday there For Industry. John Peel was a lot of the public seem to love the apparently so impressed he has sound of sailors singing. Otherwise this week FOOTBALL: Our Price 10 Lightning 0. A PRESTIGE cabaret date at one asked for six more copies. last Wednesday's pleasant little of the West End's most notable An accompanying press release lunchtime ceremony aboard the show business haunts is planned states: "Each month we will release RNVR London HQ vessel HMS for Kathy Kirby, a "golden girl" Bristol's cream from the UK West Chrysanthemum alongside the of the 1960s who has hit hard times Coast scene." And Ken Wheeler Victoria Embankment wouldn't of late. adds: "There seems to be a lot of have taken place. A number of Kathy's show biz talent coming out of this area at the A cheque for £1,500 and a friends are determined to give her moment." specially inscribed album sleeve were The second single from the label presented to Vice Admiral Baird, MUSIC f the break she deserves after several scheduled for later this month is the chairman of the Royal Navy Fleet years in the doldrums, and if the latest offering from Amenities Fund, by BBC Records plans go ahead, she will appear at Rock'n'Roll/R&B band The Wild chief Alan Bilyard. the club in the next few weeks The money was the proceeds of BEGINS # before an audience including many Beasts, but the record company k leading lights of the music business eggsecutives are as yet undecided as the hit singles, Sailing and The Last and show business. to what the prefix should be. They Farewell, plus the documentary WITH are toying with BEAT 001, FRY album Sailor. The singles featured 001, though it might end up as plain the voices of the crew of the aircraft EGG 001. carrier Ark Royal, which is destined DATES FOR YOUR Distribution for Fried Egg for the scrapheap as part of HEADLINING AT THE MARQUEE- product is currently through one Britannia's current policy of ruling DIARY: stops such as Bonaparte and Rough the waves only as far as the 12-mile JUNE 19 September 24 to October 18 Trade or direct from the company at limit. 85 Ashley Road, Montpelier, Bristol Admiral Baird pointed out that The Music Week 6. Tel: (0272)554721. the Amenities Fund provided THE YACHTS Dealer Tour '79 comforts and a few modest extras • Just to save orders becoming for the lads at sea and also helped scrambled it should be made clear their dependents at home. So the 'LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU that Fried Egg Records has nothing £1,500 was more than welcome. None of us landlubberly guests -their new single RADAR ADA 36 dared to say "Hello, sailor" to any IM1M of the burly RN types present (which included three former Ark Royal "YACHTS" FIVE YEARS AGO TEN YEARS AGO captains), and Alan Bilyard resisted THE GRRC seeks help from the DEALER RAYMOND Laren of the Dooley's prior suggestion that he -their forthcoming LP (ready June 8) Office of Fair Trading over price- Pop Inn, London E18, wins EMI should hire a parrot to perch on a cutting by Smiths and Boots chains window competition . Michael naval shoulder and squawk "Pieces RADAR RAD 19 . , . EMI is to set up a new record Freegard appointed general manager of eight!" as the cheque was handed company in conjunction with ex- of the PRS . Larry Page launches over. Bell Records president Larry Ultal Page Full Of Hits publishing ... A & M acquires worldwide company . Polydor and Island JOHN WILLIAMS' Cavatina hit chappell rights to George Harrison's Dark share UK release of new supergroup single must break all records as a Horse label. Phonogram director Blind Faith which brings together "sleeper" as it was originally MUS.C PuBl ISHFRS Roland Rcnnie moves to Chappell Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and released on Cube BUG 80 back fa'CT iBn Music .