$4.95 (U.S.), $5.95 (CAN.), £3.95 (U.K.) 1 1 ****r * *** * *** * ** * * ** 3 -DIGIT 908 I BI GEì..EM740M099 90 04 0318 Black Artist -Owned MAR26941 03 MONTY GREENLY 3740 ELM AVE APT A Labels Emerge LONG BEACH, CA 90807 A &R Imaging Aided By Boutique Marketing FOLLOWS PAGE 66 11 R¡ THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT JUNE 12, 1993 ADVERTSEMENTS A COLLECTION OF NURSING RHYMES. Big Col Blitz Reggae's Historic Hot 100 Ride BY LARRY FLICK Pliers, Shabba Ranks, Maxi Priest, Backs Barbra's Shinehead, Mad Cobra, and the NEW YORK -With a historically Wailing Souls, each of whom has en- `Back To B'way' unprecedented four singles simulta- joyed varying degrees of success at neously rising up the Hot 100 this top 40, urban, alternative, and club BY IRV LICHTMAN week, reggae music is enjoying its INNER CIRCLE levels. greatest mainstream acceptance Despite its longtime ardent cult NEW YORK -With claims by Co- ever. And as the parameters of pop following, getting reggae music on lumbia Records that dealers have radio programming broaden to ac- the radio has been a continual test pre- ordered commodate surging consumer inter- of commitment and persistence more than 1 est in the enduring, expanding from the labels. Previous Hot 100 million copies genre, several majors are stoked fo- strides have been few and stag- of Barbra a summer season filled with riddim- gered, with Millie Small's No. 2 ska 1 Streisand's steeped releases. success in 1964 with 'My Boy Lolli- 0 new "Back To Currently leading the pack is Big BIG MOUNTAIN pop" being followed by Desmond á Broadway" al- Beat /Atlantic band Inner Circle, Dekker and the Aces' No. 9 "Israel- a. bum, the label which is climbing the top 10 with These records come in the wake of ites" and Jimmy Cliff's No. 25 is laying the "Bad Boys," the theme from Fox - recent releases by Chaka Demus & (Continued on page 81) 0 STREISAND groundwork to TV's hit series "Cops." Virgin's J get those and UB40 and EastWest artist Snow are Q (Continued on page 87) now breezing through the top 40) The Axiom Records Saga: An CC with "Can't Help Falling In Love' COLUMBIA and "Girl, I've Been Hurt," respec- Adams, Russell Sets tively. And building from a six - month grass -roots campaign is Big Alternative To Alternatives 113H133S 'A30f JNIH13WOS Share Summer Spotlight Mountain, whose debut single on BY ED CHRISTMAN ing one of the hottest producers in Los Angeles indie Quality Records, the music business. BY CARRIE BORZILLO "Touch My Light," is close to crack- NEW YORK-Back in the mid-'80s, He co-wrote and produced Herbie ing the top half of the Hot 1OC. Bill Laswell was on his way to becom- Hancock's "Rockit," and won a presents LOS ANGELES -New albums by Grammy for a track on the keyboard Oleta Adams and Brenda Russell are player's following album. He forged tIM kiSir N Talent Bookers Emerge bonds with the emerging hip -hop na- The new I ne that makes classical music great entertainment for everyone! As Industry Power Brokers BY ERIC BOEHLERT don't have a job," says the head of Available at the one major label's publicity depart- 1 NEW YORK -Video may have ment. D I AL clas$2 Y'lues LASWELL price. ADAMS RUSSELL killed the radio star, but televisio-t Among the most sought-after COOPER, WORRELL programs are moving an awful lct music bookers today are Bill Royce, Q ver.70 minutes o music on every Isc! expected to be the premiere singer/ of product these co-producer of "The tion, working with the likes of Afrika 20 all -new titles songwriter releases of the summer, days. And suddenly Tonight Show With Bambaataa, Fab Five Freddy, and coming In July & August' (Continued on page 79) TV talent bookers - Jay Leno," Sharon Grandmixer D St. He was enlisted to those who decide Olson at "The Ar- produce part of Mick Jagger's first who performs on senio Hall Show," solo effort, as well as the album Yoko .THE MUSIC OF what shows -have Jim Pitt at "Satur- Ono recorded after the death of John emerged as the mu- day Night Live," and Lennon. And he scored an alternative sic industry's newest Sheila Rogers at rock hit when he married the rap vo- set of power bro- "Late Night with cals of Bambaataa and the wailing of kers. David Letterman." John Lydon in a rap /punk /metal "If you don't have a good relc- Nearly every week, clear and track called "Time Zone." JAPAN tionship with these people, yo.i (Continued on page 76) But instead of continuing down FOLLOWS PAGE 66 (Continued on page 86) IN THE NEWS Viacom, AT &T Launch Interactive Venture LUES TRA PAGE 5 E H I S S O U L The new album featuring the single 4 "CONQUER ME" Breaking now at AOR CHR workdate 6/23 i low the H.O.R.D.E. tour beginni gxJuly 2 o 71 4 ii 025 2 8 oz 1993 A$iM Records, Inc. All rights reserved. ADVERTISEMENT www.americanradiohistory.com i OW Take a look, Natalie Cole's new album. 7 Grammy Awards and 8 million albums haven't made her music sound better Natalie Cole has. Take a look You'll see. In stores lune 15 Executive Producers: Tomme LiPuma and Natalie Cole Ptoduais: Andre Fischer for KSF /Pilot Entertainment Tommy LiPuma for Elektra Entertainment Management: Dan Cleary/Dan Cleary Management associates On Elektra Compact Discs and 111111s1iiie Cassettes Cat no 61496 -2/4- 01993 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. A Time Warner Company. www.americanradiohistory.com www.americanradiohistory.com ALWAyS y0` The man whose impressive history includes the Gram.ny -wi tn.ttg "One Hundred Wow'. and ';yah Mo Be There" as well as the No. t hits "Baby, Come To Me" rind "1 Don't Have The Heart." Produced by Thom Bell and James Ingram Keith rhomaa t-4íiurice White FE:ATURIiN!O THE SENSUAL sINGLI. "Someone Like you" ,qiN,Ç), ,Management. 141(, International Eduard C Arrendell_ II and Vernon F.. lmmmoud. ¡I! Q'artn -r. yxwe...m,....,b,,,. www.americanradiohistory.com No. I IN BILLBOARD VOLUME 105 . NO. 24 V Viacom, AT &T To Test Interactive Cable THE BILLBOARD 200 82 * JANET. JANET JACKSON VIRGIN Video On Demand MTV-Based Games Planned ADULT ALTERNATIVE / NEW AGE 48 BY DON JEFFREY returns [from early research]. There may We've talked to all the record companies * SHEPHERD MOONS ENYA REPRIS} be no need to stock a lot of titles. In the be- about the possibility of doing this, and ADULT ALTERNATIVE / WORLD MUSIC NEW YORK- Viacom Inc. and AT &T Co. ginning, for the test, we're not looking to they've all been interested." * ADVENTURES IN AFROPEA I 48 plan to test an interactive cable system in be everything to everyone." A spokeswoman for Warner Music ZAP MAMA LUAKA BOP California that will include instantaneous Consumers using a remote -control de- Group, parent of Atlantic, said she was un- T CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN video on demand, interactive games based vice also may be able to select from the on- aware of "any direct approach" to the re- O * FREE AT LAST 40 on MTV programming, and-possibly -di- screen menu the music videos they want to cord company about selling its music in the DC TALK FOREFRONT rect buying of recorded music by viewers. watch. Viacom owns the MTV and VH1 cable test. A spokeswoman for Sony Music, COUNTRY The companies say subscribers will be music video channels. owner of Columbia, said executives were 32 able to select a movie from an on- screen In addition, a demonstration of the tech- unavailable for comment at press time. A * TELL ME WHY WYNONNA CURB electronic guide and then receive it on their nology at a press conference June 2 The Viacom /AT &T test will take place in L GOSPEL TV sets in about one second. Viewers will showed that viewers might be able to order about 1,000 homes in Viacom's cable ser- 41 B * I'M GOING THROUGH REV. CLAY EVANS SAVOY be able to stop, pause, rewind, and fast-for- record albums by pressing buttons on their vice area in Castro Valley, Calif., about 20 U ward films just as with a videocassette re- TV's remote control. The demo tape played miles southeast of San Francisco. Pro- M HEATSEEKERS corder. "You hit the button and 'Termina- videos of Atlantic act En Vogue and Colum- grams are expected to be available by the 70 S * JERKY BOYS JERKY BOYS <.I i_u tor 2' is on in less than a second," says bia's Bruce Springsteen and showed how second quarter of next year, and the test AT &T spokesman Mark Siegel. He adds, someone could order the Boss's "Human will continue for 18 months after that. LATIN / POP "Our system is capable of handling thou- Touch" album on cassette or CD by using a Viacom will be creating special interac- * JON SECADA JON SECADA SBK 38 sands of titles, but initially it will probably PIN (personal identification number). But tive programming for the service based be scores or hundreds." a Viacom spokeswoman said later that the upon its own properties, which include LATIN TROPICAL SALSA Bob Meyers, VP of planning and devel- demonstration was of the system's capabil- MTV: Music Television, VH1, Nickelodeon, / / 38 * CUENTACONMIGO JERRY RIVERA SONY TROPICAL opment, Viacom, says, "We may not want ity rather than of its implementation.