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R &B 24 * JANET. JANET JACKSON VIRGIN MIDEM To Hold Intl The Future Now VSDA's THE HOT 100 78 Is At * THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES JANET JACKSON VIRGIN Confab For Players ADULT CONTEMPORARY Forward- Looking Display Booth * HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY (FROM "UNPLUGGED "( 73 In Multimedia Game ROD STEWART WARNER BROS. BY SETH GOLDSTEIN ation president Brad Burnside, owner of COUNTRY BY MARILYN A. GILLEN and EARL PAIGE Video Adventure in Evanston, Ill. "We * SHOULD'VE BEEN A COWBOY 34 want to give our attendees some insight TOBY KEITH MERCURY NEW YORK- Multimedia is coming of NEW YORK -The Video Software Deal- into how our business will be evolving." age, and the proof is in the putting on of an ers Assn. has enrolled the newest in enter- Burnside, helping organize the pavilion DANCE / CLUB PLAY international conference devoted to the tainment formats and services, including with convention chairperson Dawn Wiener * REGRET NEW ORDER subject. state -of- the -art fixtures and preview sys- of Home Video Plus in Austin, Texas, was The MIDEM Organisation will stage the tems, to prove to attendees of the 1993 not going to close the doors on additional DANCE MAXI- SINGLES SALES / 11 * THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES JANET JACKSON VIRGIN first International Illustrated Book and convention July -14 in Las Vegas that exhibitors until he finished making the New Media Publishing Market (MILIA) they'll eventually have a lot more in their rounds of the Summer Consumer Electron- LATIN Jan. 15-18, 1994, in Cannes. More than 85 stores than prerecorded cassettes. ics Show, held June 3 -6 in Chicago. But * LOS FANTASMAS DEL CARIBE 36 companies from at least 12 countries, in- A 4,000 -square -foot display area, called VSDA is trying to limit the pavilion, which MUCHACHA TRISTE RODVEN Pr cluding Time Warner, Apple, IBM, Philips the "video store of the future multimedia will be placed near the front of the Las Ve- OI R Interactive Media, and Sony Electronic pavilion," will showcase 12 -15 companies gas Convention Center exhibit area, to &B 22 T * KNOCKIN' DA BOOTS H-TOWN LUKE Publishing, have committed to exhibiting, expected to guide video retailers into the products that exist at least in prototype. with more expected. entertainment business of the next centu- "If they don't have a working model," S R &B RADIO MONITOR "I see this new multiple -media confer- ry. "We're going to have a mix of proto- says Burnside, aspiring exhibitors won't 26 * THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES JANET JACKSON VIRGIN ence and exhibition as different than any types and product already available," says get display space. "We want retailers to I others on the same subject because it is VSDA's Rick Karpel. have the hands -on ability to play with global and the main focus is content," says For the past several years, VSDA has these things. Everyone is going to have a N R&B SINGLES SALES I 26 G * KNOCKIN' DA BOOTS H -TOWN L UKE Xavier Roy, chief executive of the MIDEM been fighting the perception that its mem- tangible, functioning idea. We want retail- L Organisation. "Obviously technology is bers are Johnny- one -note retailers who ers to experience them." For that reason, RAP very important in new will be in a world hi -tech E 27 this arena, but at lost of develop- he says, VSDA was holding up release of * DEEPER BOSS DJ WEST/CHAOS MILIA the focus is on the content, not the ments, even though some already carry a full roster of pavilion exhibitors until af- S hardware." 16 -bit games, CD -ROM, and the like. ter deadline. The stipulation may also cause ROCK / ALBUM ROCK TRACKS Toward that end, MILIA aims to bring "We're making a statement," says associ- * ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY 74 (Continued on page 85) LENNY KRAVITZ VIRGIN (Continued on page 85) ROCK / MODERN ROCK TRACKS 74 T I E I I * REGRET NEW ORDER OWEST H S W E K N B L L B O A R D

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BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 5 www.americanradiohistory.com PRS Hung Out To Dry At Meeting Savage Demise Affects Tries To Make Amends With Members BY DOMINIC PRIDE too little too late. gard, deputy CEO Robert Abra- Fate Bowie Album Guy Fletcher, representing the hams, director of membership Of LONDON -A planned discussion of Alliance of Composers Organiza- services John Billingham, and direc- LOS ANGELES -It is unclear don Anderson, and director of ur- the failed PROMS computer project tion, told the meeting, "The culpa- tor of planning Marshall Lees. what will happen to David Bowie's ban promotion and marketing Ron turned into an examination of the bility for PROMS rests with the Both former insiders and mem- current album, "Black Tie White Resnick. In addition, six field staff Performing Right Society's struc- Council." bers pointed to the fact that middle Noise," in the wake of the collapse members were let go. ture and accountability at an open Led by PRS Council chair Wayne management at PRS had tried to of Savage Records. A spokesperson from BMG had members meeting June 2 here. Bickerton, the meeting kept return- alert more senior figures to prob- The entire 18- member staff of no comment on the situation. It re- The assembled songwriters and ing to the question of how senior lems with PROMS but had not suc- the company, save chairman and mains unclear whether another publishers heard the PRS Council management, including former ceeded. CEO David Mimran and his assis- BMG- distributed label will pick up admit they had been misled by the CEO Michael Freegard, had not When the council discovered the tant, were let go May 27, although the Bowie album. society's management, but the kept the society's elected represen- size of the mistake it was too late, Mimran's office maintains that Talk that Savage was on shaky membership nevertheless lashed tatives informed over PROMS de- said Littleton. "The Council sacked the company will continue to oper- ground began to surface in March, Council members for having done velopments. Freegard but that does not absolve ate as an imprint or production when co- president Frank DiLeo Trevor Littleton, publisher and them from blame." company. left the company as it was prepar- attorney, made an impassioned plea Shortly before the meeting, Abra- According to a spokesperson for ing to launch Bowie's album. for an independent auditor to liaise hams issued a public statement in Bowie, news of Savage's demise Savage's minor chart successes Trade Groups between council and management which he distances himself from the came as a shock to the artist and include Gene Love Jezebel's to avoid further such problems. PROMS affair. Abrahams, who was his management. "Heavenly Bodies," which "There is a long history of informa- refused access to the meeting, left Since signing a distribution deal reached No. 40 on the Heatseekers Petition Gov't tion which never received the coun- the society in October 1992 and has in 1991 with BMG, Savage's big- chart Feb. 6, and Jus' Cauze and cil," he said. remained silent since his departure. gest hit to date has been the Bow- Mocca Soul, which had singles on To Punish Pirates The meeting was called in re- However, Abrahams points out in ie album, which entered The Bill- the R &B and dance charts. sponse to members' concerns over the statement he was in no way con- board 200 April 29 at No. 39. The In 1990, Savage had a hit single BY BILL HOLLAND the failed PROMS database system, nected with the decisions that led to album, however, slid down the with Soho's "Hippychick," which halted last year when it became ap- PROMS, and that he "played a cru- chart in the following weeks. This was licensed to Atco before the la- WASHINGTON, D.C. -A coalition of parent that the $12 million project cial role in bringing to the attention week it stands at No. 168. bel signed a distribution pact with U.S. trade groups, including the Re- had serious design flaws (Billboard, of the chair critical information Among those laid off were label BMG. cording Industry Assn. of America, Nov. 27, 1992). Conceived and ap- about ... the management of president Mousab Khorma, VP/ CRAIG ROSEN asked the Clinton administration's proved in 1989, the system was to PROMS." Abrahams says he "fell GM marketing and promotion Gor- U.S. Trade Representative Mickey have saved $4.5 million per year in out with Freegard over [Abra- Kantor June 1 to cut favored-nation administration costs; instead, some hams'] request for access to docu- trade status to six countries because $6 million was deducted from distri- ments relating to PROMS." of widespread piracy and inadequate butions (Billboard, May 29). In the Yet, at the meeting, the whole copyright protection. last year, PRS also has lost most se- structure of PRS, rather than indi- Gotham Pictures Says It's In a related development, Kantor nior management through resigna- viduals, was singled out for criti- announced that Brazil, Thailand, and tion and retirement, including Free- (Continued on page 79) India will be under close scrutiny for A Good Time To Move Sell -Thru possible trade sanctions due to their once-warned status. NEW YORK -GoodTimes Home but that deal was canceled when The petition by the International Video is using its recently formed Gotham was formed. Now, Weinstein Intellectual Property Alliance to re- Gotham Pictures division to do more claims, the company has access to all move the six countries from favored - than move high -priced rental titles. the major video distributors. nation status comes because Cyprus, That had been the chief reason for Gotham's first releases include one Eygpt, El Salvador, Poland, Turkey, creating the venture (Billboard, Feb. rental and two sell- through titles. and Venezuela enjoy U.S. trade bene- 20), but "rental division is a misno- Gotham will have a television docu- fits while allowing more than $500 mer," says Gotham executive VP mentary, "Madonna Exposed," in million in annual losses to U.S. com- Martin Weinstein. "My mission is (Continued on page 85) panies because of rampant piracy also to bring all the GoodTimes titles, and do-nothing enforcement policies, including sell- through, to specialty said the Washington-based group. stores through two -step distribu- IIPA asked the USTR to deny the tion." JVC Files Suit countries the benefits of the General- New York -based GoodTimes, a ized System of Preferences program, powerhouse among video suppliers to Against Calif. benefits that totaled $683 million last mass merchants, has never been suc- year. cessful selling to the specialists who have always doubted the quality of "These countries cannot continue Thank You For Your Support. Ed Murphy, president /CEO of the National Vid Duplicator its cassettes duplicated in the four - to take trade benefits with one hand Music Publishers Assn. /Harry Fox Agency, second from left, compliments the hour LP mode. Their preference is BY SETH GOLDSTEIN while stealing from us with the oth- songwriters who performed at NMPA's reception at the Hart Senate Office two-hour standard play, also a Good - er," said IIPA executive director Eric The reception was held to thank members of Building in Washington, D.C. Times option. NEW YORK -JVC, stepping up its Smith. key who helped enact the 1992 Audio Home Recording Congress and staffers The company had given distributor legal offensive against violators of its While several of the countries have from left, songwriters Hal David, Julie Gold, Act. Shown with Murphy, are Ingram Entertainment an exclusive VHS duplication patents and logos, initiated updated copyright laws, George David Weiss, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller. Not pictured are Corky Hale opportunity to break the ice with spe- has filed its first breach -of -contract most are not up to international stan- and Irving Burgie, who also performed. (Continued on page 81) cialty stores more than a year ago, suit against a video duplicator. The defendant is Diamond Entertainment Corp., in Anaheim, Calif. Until now, court actions were re- stricted to fighting companies such Billboard Album Charts Feature New Sales Awards as Vaughn Duplication Services and LOS ANGELES- Beginning with second -largest percentage increase. when any career album reaches the the first time the top R &B and coun- WRS Motion Picture and Video Labo- this issue, Billboard introduces two Greatest Gainer and Pacesetter top half of The Billboard 200, the top try debuts are highlighted; on The ratory, which hadn't signed JVC li- new information -at -a- glance sales awards are based on data provided 25 of Top R &B Albums or Top Coun- Billboard 200, the Hot Shot Debut re- censing agreements (Billboard, May awards on its three major album by SoundScan, which estimates U.S. try Albums charts, or the top five of places the Top Debut designation. 8). They were brought to court for vi- charts. The new awards highlight music sales by tracking point- of -pur- one of Billboard's other popular-for- There is one additional change af- olating JVC patents and infringing the titles showing the most growth chase transactions at retail locations mat album charts. fecting all of Billboard's album on the use of the VHS trademark. each week on The Billboard 200, Top representing more than 70% of the "We think the Greatest Gainer charts. Prior to this week, an aster- Diamond had been duly authorized R &B Albums, and Top Country Al- music marketplace. and Pacesetter features will give our isk next to a title's catalog number since mid -1991, according to the JVC bums charts. To make way for the new sales readers added insight as to which al- indicated that the title is unavailable brief filed May 7 in the U.S. District One of the new sales awards, awards, Billboard has eliminated the bums experience the hottest sales in- on vinyl LP. But, in response to the Court in New Jersey, but stopped Greatest Gainer indicates the title on Top 20 Sales Mover and Power Pick creases, while the Heatseeker Grad- diminishing availability of the con- making payments about 18 months each chart that shows the largest designations. uate indicator will help draw atten- figuration, the asterisk now indi- ago. JVC terminated the license at growth in unit sales over the previ- Also new to The Billboard 200, Top tion to the growth that developing cates those albums that are avail- the end of March, after providing 60- ous week. The other, called Paceset- Country Albums, and Top R &B Al- acts enjoy," says Geoff Mayfield, able on LP. day notice, and decided to sue for at ter, highlights the title that shows bums is a designation for Heat - Billboard's associate director of These album chart changes occur least $400,000 in damages when Dia- the largest percentage sales gain. In seekers graduates. The Heatseeker charts /retail. in the same week that Billboard mond "continued its manufacturing those weeks where the Greatest Graduate designation will appear on Also new this issue: The Hot Shot makes significant changes in its ra- and sales activities." Unpaid royalties Gainer has the largest unit growth a title the week that its artist is re- Debut is now indicated on The Bill- dio panels for the Modern Rock and also are being sought; the sum, in- and percentage gain, the Pacesetter moved from the Heatseekers chart. board 200, Top Country Albums, and other charts (see story, page 72, and cluding 10% interest, is "substantial," will be awarded to the title with the Acts graduate from Heatseekers Top R &B Albums charts. This marks Hot 100 Spotlight, page 79). (Continued on page 63)

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Live music on pay -per -view is truly an When pay -per -view was in its infancy date was sold out. More recently, pay-per- Home Video: Seth Goldstein, Editor (N.Y.) event. I cannot recall a time when there about 10 years ago, some extraordinary view shows have shown the capability to Jim McCullaugh, Editor (LA.) Home Entertainment: 10 20 Marketing: Earl Paige, Editor (LA.), Paul Verna, Associate Editor (N.Y.) was more press and media hype available numbers were bandied about. It seemed help albums debut and points higher Retail: Ed Christman, Senior Ed. (N.Y.), Don Jeffrey, Associate Ed. (N.Y.) to musicians for doing anything that com- obvious then to everyone involved that one than anticipated. These examples demon- Music Video: Deborah Russell, Editor (LA.) pares with the press and media hype atten- out of 10 people certainly would tune in for strate how pay -per -view can help sell tick- Pro Audio: Marilyn Gillen, Editor (N.Y.) Editorial Assistants: Trudi Miller Rosenblum (N.Y.), Carrie Borzillo (LA.) dant to a pay -per-view event. The music in- the Rolling Stones or the Who. It was wide- ets and albums. Administrative/Research Assistant: Terri Horak (N.Y.) dustry would do well to realize that in this ly thought that at $20 per head, bringing in There is a third and equally important Contributors: Jim Bessman, Fred Bronson, Lisa Collins, day of extremely tight radio playlists, pay - $10 million or $20 million with pay -per-view message relayed to the public as a result of Bob Darden, Is Horowitz, Larry LeBlanc, Jeff Levenson, Moira McCormick, Havelock Nelson per -view is one of the most open avenues doing a pay -per -view event: It makes the more important; an on INTERNATIONAL for music makers. It truly allows every `PPV is a hall artist seem artist International Editor-In- Chief: ADAM WHITE kind of music to be aired and, more impor- pay -per-view must be somebody. Dominic Pride with 21 million European News Editor: tantly, to be seen and heard in millions of The opportunity to have new music International Deputy Editor: Thom Duffy seats' Tokyo Bureau Chief: Steve McClure homes. It makes smart business sense and played, to get national press coverage, and Chief European Correspondent: Mike Hennessey offers a great creative outlet. Robert Meyrowitz is to get publicity without being overexposed Special Issues Editor. Peter Jones (London) There was a time when radio was the ve- president /CEO of is unique to pay -per-view. But beyond all of CHARTS & RESEARCH Semaphore Associate Publisher: MICHAEL ELLIS hicle of choice to market and promote a the visibility, promotion, and hype created Associate Director of Charts /Retail: Geoff Mayfield (LA.) new band or launch an album or tour. Ra- Entertainment Group, by pay -per -view, there still are two solid Associate Director of Charts /Radio: Kevin McCabe (N.Y.) dio could even reinvigorate an old classic. which produces PPV reasons for artists, managers, and record Research Supervisor: Roger Fitton and other TV events. Chart Managers: Suzanne Baptiste (Rap/Jazz /Gospel), Anthony Colombo Some 20 years ago, radio was wide open, so labels to look toward the medium. (Album Rock), Ricardo Companioni (Dance), Roger Fitton (Adult it wasn't all that surprising that people Music has become an unquestioned art Alternative), Steven Graybow (Adult Contemporary), John Lannert (Latin), in regularly and in large numbers to would be no problem. Well, these numbers form for live television. Many directors, Mark Marone (Modern Rock/Studio Action), Geoff Mayfield tuned (Billboard 200), Kevin McCabe (Hot 100), Terri Rossi (R &B), hear different kinds of music. Today, radio have proved incorrect. lighting people, and sound people have cre- Lynn Shults (Country), Marc Zubatkin (Video /Classical) stations are much narrower and much The ratings numbers for pay -per -view ated, through live television, some of the Chart Production Manager: Michael Cusson with the numbers for music on most successful music videos for the home Assistant Chart Production Manager. Paul Page more defined. You could never get rap, coincide Archive Research Supervisor: Silvio Pietroluongo hard rock, heavy metal, country, and gos- free- or pay -cable television. It is definitely video market. These include the Who per- Atwood (LA.) Administrative Assistants: Steven Graybow (N.Y.), Brett pel on one station. Today's music is niche- a niche business and we look at a .2%-1% forming "Tommy," which went on to be Chart Surveyor: David Runco oriented and it is far more difficult to get buy rate as our basic goal for any music one of the top -selling videos; and New Kids SALES all -time - Associate Publisher. GENE SMITH any new music played on a radio station. pay -per -view. While that is modest com- On The Block, one of the largest National Advertising Director. Jim Beloff Yet, airing new music and exposing new pared to where we were three or four selling home videos in the music field. European Advertising Manager. Patricia A. Rod Jennings music is, in fact, the music industry's life- years ago, we are still looking at an oppor- These videos also won ACE and Grammy Advertising Services Manager: Michele Jacangelo New York: Ken Karp, Norm Berkowitz, Ken Piotrowski, blood. tunity to make between $400,000 and $1 awards for their artistic and creative Nancy Bowman, Maureen Ryan Exposure is the name of the game in million on a pay -per -view event. These achievements. It gives a band an opportuni- Classified (N.Y.): Jeff Serrette, Roseanne Amorello pay -per-view. While a network show fea- numbers are far greater than the amount ty to be seen and heard in the best possible LA.: Jodie LeVitus, Jon Guynn, Gary Nuell, Michael Nixon, Melinda Bell, Alyse Zigman turing an artist is promoted only on the of money offered for a music event in any light. Nashville: Lee Ann Pack, Lucy Giles network, a pay -per-view show receives other form of television. Though it is not Last, but certainly not least, there is Europe: Christine Chinetti (London) promotion the $20 million we may have envisioned a no other arena in television where there Tokyo: Bill Hersey what is known as cross -channel Southeast Asia: Grace Ip, 310 -330 -7888 (LA.) from the cable operator, which is a partner few years ago, the money still is signifi- is as much money available to artists as Milan: Lidia Bonguardo, 011 -3936 -254 -4424 in the venture. That is, the operator will cant. in pay -per -view. Pay -per -view is a hall Melbourne: Amanda Guest, 011- 613 -824 -8260/8263 (fax) For giant acts and producers of pay - with 21 million seats, and the amount of Canada: Norm Berkowitz, 212 -536 -5016 place commercials for the show on every the Miami: Angela Rodriguez, 305- 441 -7976 channel on the cable spectrum: MTV, VH1, per- views, it becomes a delicate balancing money available depends on the number Mexico City: Giselle Trainor 525- 658 -7461 ESPN, USA, TNN, etc. These national act. These artists want and deserve huge of seats you can fill. There is little finan- MARKETING spots not only help promote the show but guarantees, but their monetary expecta- cial risk for a band or its record compa- Director of Marketing: JANE RANZMAN Promotion Director: Elissa Tomasetti also create awareness for the band and can tions must be tempered with the realities of ny in undertaking a pay -per-view event. Promotion Art Director: Tom Senif be tagged with album slicks as well. the medium, and the other benefits the art- We have seen bands make hundreds of Special Projects Coordinator: Melissa Subatch Additionally, since pay -per -view is a rela- ist will reap as a result of this pay -per -view thousands to millions of dollars from Circulation Manager: Jeanne Jamin European Circulation Manager. Sue Dowman (London) tively new service, there is a great deal of should be considered. pay -per -view, and that is money in -pock- Circulation Assistant: Adam Waldman curiosity about it. Therefore, almost any- About 10 years ago, a pay -per -view con- et with no other expenses. Bands that PRODUCTION thing taking place on pay -per -view gets tre- cert featuring New Kids On The Block, the are treated as second -class citizens by Director. MARIE R. GOMBERT music pay -per -view networks and cable can get the full roy- Advertising Production Manager: John Wallace mendous national press, including coverage single most successful Associate Advertising Production Manager: Lydia Mikulko in newspapers and magazines and guest ap- event, included the announcement of stadi- al treatment from pay -per -view and the Production Assistant: Cindee Weiss pearances on shows such as "Entertainment um tour dates at the end of the show. With- money to back it up. Editorial Production Manager: Terrence C. Sanders Assistant Editorial Production Manager. Drew Wheeler Specials Production Editor: John Treglia Systems Supervisor: James B. Dellert LETTERS Technology Coordinator: Barry Bishin Composition Technicians: Marc Giaquinto, Morris Kliegman Directories Production Manager. Len Durham KIOZ ON THE SCENE I've devoted many unpaid hours to fine- who sent the kit, it was a couple of enter- ADMINISTRATION In your Billboard Report on the San Diego tuning our involvement with the scene. Ra- prising artist managers, namely myself VP/Director of Licensing: Georgina Challis 15) dio have everything to do with the and Andy Gould. Director of Operations /R &B Music Group: Terri Rossi (N.Y.) music scene (May you mentioned that doesn't Director of Operations /Country Music: Lynn Shults (Nashville) local radio station 91X sponsored the May thriving scene-the great attitudes of the We did send flowers after the second VP & Executive Editorial Director: Lee Zhito Day festival without mentioning that our bands are very helpful-but when it comes show, which she then mentioned on the Directories Publisher: Ron Willman we've everyone in the May 14 show. It seems Frank Gifford start- Director of Database Services: Raymond H. Heitzman station, KIOZ (Rock 102.2), was the other to radio support left Distribution Director: Edward Skiba co-sponsor. dust. ed announcing an upcoming "Kentucky Group Sales Administrator: Carlton Posey You write about the resurgence of the "Rock & Roll Peg" Pollard Headhunters" appearance and on hearing Billing: Debbie Liptzer music scene here in San Diego and try to Music director, afternoon drive the word "headhunters," she was remind- PUBLISHER: HOWARD LANDER accredit it to Lou Niles' local music show KIOZ ed to thank "the nice people with White BILLBOARD OFFICES: on 91X. This runs from midnight until 2 San Diego Zombie for the lovely flowers" she got New York Washington, D.C. 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EM/ Group Plans To Capture U2 Re-Inks With Island; Essence Of `Jazzmatazz' 9th Album To Bow July 6 BY HAVELOCK NELSON Guru blowing smoke over a vintage NEW YORK -U2, busy gearing up cut EP to a full -length album -are microphone, recalls those from Blue for the July 6 release of its hotly an- described by sources as "moody" and NEW YORK -The EMI Records Note's heyday during the '50s and ticipated "Zooropa" album, has just "more dance -oriented" than previous Group has organized a lengthy inter- '60s. "We really wanted to get the im- renegotiated its recording agreement material. national marketing and promotion aging down, make it reflect the sensi- with its longtime label, Island Rec- In an interview with Irish paper campaign that will reach across age bilities of the music," says the label's ords. Hot Press, Bono describes the album and genre demographics in support VP of marketing, Jane Berk. According to a June 2 press release as a multimedia "trip" inspired in of "Jazzmatazz Volume 1," an album The songs feature Guru in a jazz - from Island's parent company, Poly- large part by the work of cyberpunk that fuses live jazz with hip -hop beats rap synthesis with jazz musicians Gram Holding Inc., U2 and Island author William Gibson, as is Billy and rap rhymes. Donald Byrd, Roy Ayers, Ronny Jor- have signed a six -album contract for Idol's forthcoming "Cyberpunk" an undisclosed sum. It was not clear at project (Billboard, May 8). The campaign, which kicked off dan, Courtney Pine, Branford Marsa- Guru, left, with vibist Roy Ayers. several months ago as the set was be- lis, and Zachary Breaux. Acid -jazz press time whether "Zooropa" is part U2's U.S. press agent, Paul Was- ing recorded, was led with a pre -re- singers Carleen Anderson, DC Lee, of the new agreement or the old one. serman, says recording was complet- lease press effort. The album was re- and N'dea Davenport and French offers, "Everyone at the label is Sources familiar with the record ed May 14 in Dublin. A total of 20 leased May 18, and the company is rapper MC Solaar also appear. totally behind it and is working ex- say it includes some novel elements. tracks were committed to tape, of aiming its marketing efforts straight EMI shipped 107,000 units of tremely hard to blow it up." Johnny Cash sings lead on a new, which 10 wound up on "Zooropa." at retail, while its promotional strate- "Jazzmatazz Volume 1," according The setup period for "Jazzma- original song on the album, with U2 According to Wasserman, the al- gies will have an international and to Glass. Its first single, "Loun- tazz" dates back to January, when singer Bono backing him up. At press bum was produced by Brian Eno, multiformat scope. gin' " (which spotlights Byrd on news items and feature stories time, tentative titles for the new Flood, and U2 guitarist the Edge, Every aspect of the thrust will em- keyboards and trumpets), dropped about the project started appear- track included "The Wanderer" and who sings lead on three vocals. phasize "the essence" of the project, commercially April 19. A video for ing in print and broadcast media. "The Preacher." A PolyGram representative would says EMI Records Group's president the track was lensed by director "The press really led this project," Other songs on the upcoming U2 not discuss the value of the new and CEO, Daniel Glass. Spike Lee and has been added to says Moxey. "And everyone who project-which evolved from a four- (Continued on page 76) From its packaging to the music in- The Box, BET, and MTV, among heard something about it wanted side, "Jazzmatazz Volume 1" is a to- other outlets. to know more. Tastemakers react- tal concept, "an experimental fusion The album is a "very cool, very ed to it instantly." of jazz and rap," according to its special record," says EMI Records When "Jazzmatazz" was complet- Sun Ra Leaves "host," Guru, from the rap duo Gang senior director of rap Lindsey Wil- ed, Chrysalis started its promotion Starr. liams. Guru's manager, Patrick and marketing efforts on the ground Radiant Legacy Of The album's jacket, a photo of Moxey, of Empire Management, (Continued on page 27) Progressive Jazz Peace Together Benefit Comes Apart BY JEFF LEVENSON BY THOM DUFFY press time. three concerts in Belfast, Dublin, and NEW YORK- For most of five de- Peace Together evolved out of the London, as well as a benefit single cades, Sun Ra was a mere footnote in LONDON -The indefinite postpone- friendship between Ali McMordie, a and video. In addition, an album is set music journals; now, looking back on ment of the Peace Together benefit native of Belfast and former member for release June 28 on Island Records his career, it appears probable that concert that had been scheduled for of the group Stiff Little Fingers, and featuring Sinead O'Connor, Gabriel the jazz history books will devote him. May 29 at King's Hall in Belfast high- Robert Hamilton, drummer for the and many others from the Irish and chapters to Sun Ra performing at the Bottom Oct. 10, The jazz composer, lights the difficulties activists in the Irish band the Fat Lady Sings who U.K. music scene (Billboard, keyboardist, Line in New York, February 1989. music industry face in dealing with a grew up in Dublin, both now living in 1992). and orchestra leader who flaunted a (Photo: Chuck Pulin) divisive political issue close to home. London. They decided they would use The decision to cancel the Belfast mystical persona that was equal The show, which Peter Gabriel was music to help young people escape concert followed a harrowing series parts musical perspicacity and show to have headlined, was postponed the spiral of violence in Northern Ire- of events in the preceding week: the business, died May 30 at Princeton May 27 following a string of events land and, last fall, announced the for- bombing of the concert hotel in Bel- Baptist Medical Center in Birming- masked what was a genuine contri- that included Gabriel's decision to mation of the Peace Together Trust fast in an IRA attack unrelated to the ham, Ala. He was 79 and had been bution to the development of big withdraw from the concert. Addition- as a nonpolitical, nonsectarian initia- benefit; the withdrawal of financial suffering the effects of a stroke, for band jazz. 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Croce showed the Assn. of America. group looks likely to maintain its mo- depth and breadth of repertoire with- Brooks' 1990 Liberty album, certi- mentum for the coming fiscal year. in the group's labels and joint -ven- fied for sales of 10 million last Concluding the company's interna- ture partners. Soul Of Gold. Prior to the taping of Soul Asylum's "Unplugged" concert for month, joins just eight other albums tional managing directors confer- A demonstration from John Eric MN at Sony Music Studios, the band received gold plaques commemorating currently standing at that level: ence, May 24-28, Gassner said that in- Greenberg of software company Ion AC - sales of its label debut, "Grave Dancers Union." Soul Asylum is scheduled to /DC's "Back In Black," Def Lep cluding distribution revenue, the fis- was among the most avidly discussed M.C. set off on MN's "Alternative Nation" tour Wednesday (9). Shown in back row, pard's "Hysteria," Hammer's cal year ending June 30, 1993, likely parts of the conference. Ion showed from left, are Columbia's Kid Leo; Judy McGrath, creative director, MN; John "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em," will see the company reach the $2 bil- off its CD -ROM -based interactive Cannelli, senior VP of talent and artist relations, MN; Columbia's Don lenner; Prince's "Purple Rain" soundtrack, lion mark outside the U.S., moving software, which allows users to edit Andy Schuon, senior VP of music programming and promotion, MN; band the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack, some 14% from last year's high of their own video of the David Bowie member Grant Young; Danny Heaps, the band's manager; band members Dan Guns N' Roses' "Appetite For De- $1.76 billion. Including its U.S. opera- single "Jump They Say" from five Murphy, Karl Mueller, and David Pirner; and Sony Music's Missy Worth, Michele struction," Lionel Richie's "Can't tions, BMG expects to reach sales of separate sources of raw footage Anthony, and Tommy Mottola. In bottom row, from left, are Columbia's Benji Slow Down," and Elton John's $2.8 billion. from the original video. Gordon, Nick Cucci, and Mark Ghuneim; Rick Krim, VP of talent and artist "Greatest Hits." U.S. repertoire, particularly Aris- Among the 100 -plus attendees relations, MN; and Bill Sullivan, the band's road manager. "The Bodyguard," certified for ta's Kenny G and Whitney Houston, were managing directors of BMG's sales of 8 million units in May, be- figured strongly in BMG's interna- new subsidiaries in Africa, Venezue- comes one of the five best-selling tional surge this year, while the rela, and Eastern Europe. Joint-venture soundtrack albums of all time. The covery in the fortunes of the RCA la- partners present included Giant Re- Whitney Houston vehicle joins "Sat- bel, notably with SWV, Bruce cords' Irving Azoff; Terry Ellis of Blockbuster Heralds urday Night Fever" (11 million), Hornsby, and David Bowie, also Imago; Private Music's Ron Gold- New "Purple Rain," "Dirty Dancing," played their part. stein; Anne Robinson of Windham and "Grease" (8 million) at the top Billed as "Charting The Future," Hill; Zoo's Lou Maglia; and Logic Re- S. Calif. Venue of the heap. the conference was aptly named, not- cords' Luca Anzilotti, Matthias Mar- Concert Two other 1992 releases, Billy ed senior VP A &R /marketing Heinz tenson, and Michael Munzing. Also LOS ANGELES -Blockbuster En- ity to go to stadium -size shows," Ray Cyrus' "Some Gave All" and Henn, with BMG holding internation- present were BMG Music Group tertainment will continue its tradi- Flexer says. Eric Clapton's "Unplugged," con- al rights to albums occupying the top chairman and CEO Michael Dorne- tion of launching its facilities on a So far, the venue has managed tinued to rack up sales last month, three positions and the No. 8 slot on mann and Monti Media chief Monti grand scale when it opens its latest to attract several platinum- selling reaching 7 million and 6 million, re- the week's Billboard 200, as well as Lueftner. concert venue near San Bernardi- acts, including Poison (July 6), spectively. five singles in the top 10 of the Hot BMG Music Publishing president no, Calif., in July. Lynyrd Skynyrd (July 7), and Def Latin star Jon Secada and rapper 100 (Billboard, May 29). Nick Firth outlined ways in which the The $15 million facility, known Leppard (July 9), in what a Block- Dr. Dre notched their first multi- Arista president Clive Davis prom- record companies and publisher could as the Glen Helen Blockbuster Pa- buster press release terms as platinum hits for "Jon Secada" and ised more of the same in the coming work more closely together. He said vilion, is located inside a regional "preview concerts." According to "The Chronic," both of which went quarter, with more Houston singles BMG Publishing would continue to park about one hour east of down- sources, the term has irritated double- platinum. from the "Bodyguard" soundtrack, "find them, sign them, keep them eat- town L.A. some of the talent. "When they Van Halen extended its solid-plat- as well as material from recent signing, and get them record deals" but The facility eventually will hold started putting the first shows to- inum track record with "Live: Right ings such as Toni Braxton. Davis noted many of its songwriter acts, 65,000 and is unique among venues gether, we did not realize the mag- Here, Right Now," the group's 10th praised those "believers" in Kenny G, such as House Of Pain and France's in the U.S., says Allen B. Flexer, nitude of the names" so the term album to be certified for sales of 1 who has produced worldwide sales of MC Solear, were signed to other re- president /CEO of the Phoenix - "preview concerts" sneaked into million. 20 million in his four-album career. cord companies. "Why sign them to based Blockbuster subsidiary Am- some early publicity releases, says First -time million -sellers were Included in the praise were Latin Sony or PolyGram when they could phitheater Entertainment Corp. the venue's publicist, Stuart Zan - R &B group SWV, for its RCA debut American senior VP Ramon Segura, be signed to BMG ?" asked Firth, who "Everyone says state -of- the -art ville. "It's About Time," and adult alter- Spain's executive VP José Maria Ca- said the publishing operation was due this and state -of- the -art that, but The Glen Helen Blockbuster Pa- native keyboardist Ray Lynch, for mara, and Korean managing director to gross $107 million this year, up this [facility] is different and vilion joins the company's two oth- his 1984 release "Deep Breakfast." Seug Doo Park. from $35 million five years ago. unique in that we have the intima- er concert venues in Phoenix and Rap act Naughty By Nature had In addition to product presenta- (Continued on page 79) cy of an amphitheater, but the abil- Charlotte, N.C. EARL PAIGE (Continued on page 40)

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RECORD COMPANIES. WEA Corp. in Los Angeles promotes Gregory Askey to senior VP of credit and Alan Shapiro to VP of music sales. They were, respectively, VP of credit and director of national sales. Jesus Garber is named VP of urban promotion for Hollywood Rec- ords in Los Angeles. He was VP of ASKEY SHAPIRO R &B promotions at Zoo Entertain- GARBER SCHULTZ LEE GOLDEN GILBERT ment. Coast. was director of the classical depart- marketing director for Forest Incen- respectively, regional sales manag- Barbara Zipperman is appointed Karen Lee is promoted to national ment at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. tives and director of publicity at er /Southern California, sales repre- VP of business and legal affairs at director of promotion, East Coast, for Christine Wolff is promoted to BMG-distributed Milan. sentative /Southern California, and Interscope Communications Inc. in I.R.S. Records in Boston. She was re- New York publicity manager for Bruce Hartley is promoted to coor- senior account executive in Albany, Los Angeles. She was senior VP of gional director of promotion for the Warner Bros. Records. She was as- dinator, media and artist relations for N.Y. business affairs at Carolco Pictures. Northeast. sistant to the VP of publicity. Mercury Records in New York. He Sony Music promotes Sandy Lor- Bob Golden is named national di- Gene Boyer is named national pro- was adminstrative assistant. PUBLISHING. Meredith Stewart is enzo to director of marketing ser- rector of marketing and promotion motion director at Par Records. He named director of publishing at Curb vices, East Coast, in New York and for Red Baron Records, an indepen- was promotion assistant at Virgin DISTRIBUTION. Uni Distribution pro- Music Publishing in Nashville. She Christine Schultz to director of mar- dent label distributed by Sony Music Records. motes Denise Fanelli to regional was GM of Coal Miners Music. keting services, West Coast, in Los in New York. He was marketing and Windham Hill /High Street Rec- branch manager /West Coast in Bur- Lynn Gann is appointed manager Angeles. They were, respectively, as- talent director at the Blue Note jazz ords in Palo Alto, Calif., names John bank, Art Patterson to regional sales of creative services at MCA Music sociate director of marketing ser- club in New York. Ventile national promotion manager manager /Southern California in Bur- Publishing /Nashville. He was pro- vices, East Coast, and associate direc- Jerry Gilbert is named GM of Bain- and Joanne Brown national publicity bank, and Mike Khouri to regional fessional manager of Tom Collins tor of marketing services, West bridge Records in Los Angeles. He manager. They were, respectively, sales manager in Boston. They were, Music Corp.

BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 15 www.americanradiohistory.com Artists & Music Cole's New Set A Smooth Segue And Elektra Keeps Mktg. Ball Rolling BY CRAIG ROSEN While on the road, Cole vowed to made famous by her father, Nat King take six months off before starting the Cole -until January 1993, she had a LOS ANGELES- Natalie Cole wants new album, hoping to spend time with plan. her fans to know that her new album, her family, yet she didn't get off the "What I discovered most about the "Take A Look," due June 15 from road until early Decemberjust be- `Unforgettable' album was not only did Elektra Entertainment, is much more fore she had to start laying the ground- people love the fact that I was doing than a rehash of her 1991 multiple - work for `Take A Look." my father's music, they loved the fact Grammy-winning, 8- million seller "Un- Although she didn't even discuss the that I was doing this kind of music," forgettable." follow -up to "Unforgettable "-an al- she says. "I found out there was an au- "I didn't stay in the .same place," bum featuring Cole performing songs dience that likes this kind of music. Cole says. `There is a progression to "I thought it wasn't a bad idea to this album." continue to do this kind of music with Elektra senior VP/GM David Bither just a little more variety." concurs, noting that while the album That plan was fine with Elektra. "continues on one level to explore the Bither says the overwhelming success kind of great songwriting that 'Unfor- of "Unforgettable" serves as an ideal The Lady Meets And Greets. Diana Ross, center, meets with execs at a party gettable' did," the new album has a set -up for "Take A Look." celebrating the release of her new album and Iongform video, "Diana Ross ... much broader range of material. "A lot of the work in marketing this The Lady Sings." From left are Motown Records CEO /president Jheryl Busby, Bither adds that `Take A Look" is a record was done in marketing the last PolyGram Diversified Entertainment president John Scher, Ross, PolyGram priority release for Elektra- perhaps record," Bither says. "Suddenly, Nata- Holding COO /president Eric Kronfeld, and his wife, Katie Kronfeld. its top priority for the year. (Continued on page 27) The success of "Unforgettable" had Cole "stupefied," while 18 months of touring to support the album left her exhausted. "I was working my butt off," says `Rhythm & Blues' Bash A Historic Event; Cole. "It was great, I'm not complain- ing, but after that I told myself that I would never work like that again, be- NATALIE COLE Waller Welcomed; Tongue -Tying Titles cause it almost killed me."

MUSCLE SHOALS, MEMPHIS, AND MIAMI Meet Damn (Exploring The Tension Inside The Sweetness) "; Manhattan: There was plenty of power per square inch at Fishbone: "Give A Monkey A Brain ... And He'll Swear Sire Widens Westerberg's Knopf and Atlantic Records' May 27 party to tout the re- He's The Center Of The Universe "; Gumbo: "Droppin' lease of "Rhythm & The Blues: A Life In American Music," Soulful H2O On The Fiber "; P.M. Dawn: `The Bliss Al- legendary producer/record exec Jerry Wexler's autobiogra- bum ... ? (Vibrations Of Love And Anger And The Pon - phy written with David Ritz. Wexler's former partner derance Of Life And Existence)" or Digable Planets: Reach With Solo Debut Ahmet Ertegun was there, as were several other label hon- "Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)." Don't BY CATHERINE APPLEFELD rocker or a ballad-that I thought was chos, and so were luminaries such as Ed Bradley of "60 Min- any of these guys know there's a fine line between clever- good, and do it regardless of someone utes," producer Bob Thiele, and singer Teresa Brewer. ness (and pretension)? Kind of makes you miss Chicago's NEW YORK -Paul Westerberg had else's opinion of it," says the Minneapo- Billboard's Chris Morris praised the book to the skies in method of simply numbering their albums, doesn't it? been imagining life after the Replace- lis-bred singer /songwriter of his final his review in the May 29 issue, but I'd ments long before the band imploded years fronting the critically acclaimed, go one step further and suggest the THIS AND THAT: Freedy John- two years ago. So it isn't surprising commercially ambivalent outfit. "I got book be mandatory reading as a his- ston has signed with Elektra Rec- that his solo Sire/WB debut, "14 to the point where I thought I was the tory lesson for anyone born post-1950 ords; in the meantime, Bar None Songs," finds him reveling in newfound best judge of my own material." and as a recollection for anyone has just released an EP by Johnston musical freedom. The material on "14 Songs," in around during the actual events. ... Tom Jones has signed to Inter - "I was longing to write a song-a stores June 15, spans the gamut of Elvis Costello accurately said, scope ... Johnny Cash has signed Westerberg's creative oeuvre, from 'Writing about music is like dancing with Def American and is working distinctly Replacements -esque first about architecture "; however, on an album with producer Rick Ru- single "World Class Fad" to hard - Wexler's descriptions of the music he bin. ... Paul McCartney's June 15 rocker "Silver Naked Ladies" to gentle helped make part of the American by Newman concert, at Charlotte, N.C: s Block- ballad "Runaway Wind" to a demo ver- popular landscape are so beautifully Melinda buster Pavilion, will be broadcast sion of "Black -Eyed Susan" recorded described that it makes the reader live on Fox Television Network and in Westerberg's kitchen. fall in love with the songs all over again. And, Wexler, who simulcast nationally by Westwood One ... Spread Eagle As Michael Hill, Warner Bros.' asso- wrote for Billboard from 1947-51, sums up the journalistic and MCA Records have parted ways ... Capitol Records ciate director of A&R, East Coast, puts experience perhaps better than anyone I've ever known: "I duo Charles & Eddie is no longer represented by Hit & it, "It's got everything you want, and already knew how to form a grammatical sentence, but Bill- Run Management ... Steve Miller started his summer everything you don't want, which I board taught me to write a lead and punctuate with preci- tour June 4 in Minneapolis. The outing is in support of his think is fitting for Westerberg." sion; soon I was using semicolons." What more could you new Sailor/Polydor/PLG release, 'Wide River" ... New Another thing the album has going want? Model Army kicks off its U.S. tour June 15 in Philadel- for it, according to Hill, is a friendlier phia. The band's latest album, `The Love Of Hopeless environment at radio than met the Re- AT THE THE SAME PARTY, we caught up with Robert Causes," is on Epic Records.... The International Man- placements in the '80s. "I think the James Waller, who, as we wrote two weeks ago, has signed agers Forum will hold its first meeting in the U.S. July Atlantic. This had some year: His first novel, 20 as part of New York's New Music Seminar. The Forum PAUL WESTERBERG times have caught up with him," he with guy's (Continued on next page) "The Bridges Of Madison County," has been on the best- debuted in the U.K. in 1992, attracting more than 400 man- seller list for more than six months, Steven Spielberg has agers who debated a wide range of topics. optioned the movie rights, and now the author's in the studio with Arif Mardin cutting his first album. In a not -too- LEAVE IT TO THOSE wacky people organizing the Lol- surprising tie -in, the July release will feature several of lapalooza '93 tour to come up with some great activities Waller's original tunes, as well as songs mentioned in the for the Lollapalooza Village that is set up at each concert SHU E book such as `Tangerine" and "Autumn Leaves." And in stop. Among the best are Dear Bill: a paper scroll on what must be some kind of a record, Atlantic Group co- which people can write their own personal messages to The microphones chairman/CEO Doug Morris says the label made the deal Bill Clinton (after every show, the scroll will be sent to with Waller in 12 minutes. the White House); the Cyber Pit: an area composed of 10 the professionals computer kiosks networked together (users can call up the THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHTINESS OF TITLES: day's events, as well as concoct messages relayed to an stand behind. Has anyone else noticed the incredible number of obsequi- electronic bulletin board above the main stage); and, in ous album titles coming our way? At least Arrested Devel- conjunction with the United Nations' designation of 1993 THE SOUND opment's "3 Years 5 Months & 2 Days In The Life Of ..." as the "Year Of The Indigenous People," the event organ- Ed was the length of izers have commissioned five Native American artists to OF THE PROFESSIONALS® Kowalczyk made sense once the group explained it of Live But can anyone explain the fol- paint a 400-foot tapestry depicting the last 500 years of ...WORLDWIDE time it took to get signed. lowing titles? Terence Trent D'Arby: "Symphony Or Indian history. The tapestry will travel from site to site.

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ARTIST DEVELOPMENTS "I chose `Solitary Man' because my mom is a big Neil Diamond fan. So, not DEVELOP/NO DEVLINS to be current but at the same time jokes about making the band more of only do I get to do a great song, but my Amid the roar created by the make something that would have a a family affair. 'T mom thinks I'm out of the pizza parlor current lasting value," Devlin, the older brother loves music crop of alternative -rock acts, says Colin "Our too. and into the song's the thing that could make band's primary singer, songwriter, and Maybe we could be like Depeche Mode the mainstream. I'm legitimate the Devlin stand out from the pack. resident philosopher. "A lot of records and get him in the band. They have this now," says Isaak. "I've That's the thinking at Capitol now are very much a trend and a guy now who is hi the band but really PLAYING always liked the lyrics. Records, which signed the quartet, led couple years later they're not really doesn't do anything except all the Anybody who rhymes Colin Devlin and his brother Peter. very relevant." business stuff," he says of one of his `paper ring' with `part- "Colin has a wonderful, captivating, For the band, which also includes favorite groups. `We'll get him in and time thing' is OK by atmospheric voice and a great sense of guitarist Larry Hogan and drummer he can sit there with a cap on and play MY SONG' me. It's funny, but peo- melody. I think that's their strongest Joey Pleaff, making a relevant record keyboards." ple have come up to me suit," says Jeremy Hammond, VP of meant being true to the reflective CATHERINE APPLEFELD and said, `Neil Dia- artist development. attitude inspired by life in Dublin Chris Isaak often mond, he's kind of That ethereal sound, which without coming off as a derivative of 164D/SONKONOUERS will pull out an old ISAAK reverberates through the band's debut that other band from Ireland. "If you Joshua Kadison is not yet cover like Bo square.' Well, anybody album, "Drift," and first single "I played in a jazz trio, I think you'd be accustomed to the hype that goes with Diddley's "Diddley who wrote for the Monkees could never Knew That," was honed at the compared to U2 if you were from being on a major label. As he listens to Daddy" for his live be square, and I get the feeling that brothers' home studio in Dublin and Ireland," says Devlin. "It's ridiculous." a press release supporting his SBK/ shows; however, Neil doesn't give a damn. Wherever he refined with producer Malcolm Burn at While Hammond agrees that "it is EMI Records Group debut, "Painted when he gets into the plays, it's like, `How many people will it Daniel Lanois' Kingsway Studio in inevitable there will be comparisons to Desert Serenade," that compares him studio, the hold? OK, book me for two weeks.' ... New Orleans and George Martin's Air other Irish artists," he feels the to the likes of Harry Chapin and Jim pompadoured singer There's a horn section in the middle [of Studios in London. Devlins' sound stands on its own. To Croce, he lets out a quick, nervous usually sticks with Diamond's original version] that does "With this record we really just tried introduce the band stateside, the label laugh. his own that `Hawaii Five -0' riff. I always brought the Devlins to the in "I haven't dealt very much with U.S. the compositions, Neil may have February for a heavy -duty round of industry, so I'm not really sure how to thought that been hint- "because if I don't do ing, in a very subliminal way for those press and showcases in New York and react to some things just yet," he says. them, nobody will Los Angeles. "It's great that my label is so into the of us hip enough, that McGarrett was a ever hear them. " But man. musical In July, the Devlin will embark on record. But comparisons are not the on his latest album, solitary It's a clue that he an eight -city tour of major U.S. cities. issue for me. Actually, I feel more "San Francisco left there. He's kind of like the Nabokov Hammond says plans also call for the bonded and influenced by the writers Days," Isaak puts of music." band to return to the States in of the '30s and '40s, like Cole Porter his own spin on September, possibly in a support slot. and Gershwin. But more than anything "Solitary Man," Neil "Solitary Man" was written by Neil Regardless of commercial success, else, I am interested in whether or not Diamond's 1966 hit. Diamond and published by Tallyrand the brothers Devlin say one of their I've made a record that people will greatest accomplishments was proving like." Music Inc. (ASCAP) Edited By Peter Cronin THE DEVLINS: Peter and Colin Devlin. to their parents they could in fact make Enthusiastic AC radio acceptance of a living making music. Devlin even (Continued on page 19)

SIRE WIDENS WESTERBERG'S REACH (Continued from preceding page) says. The label shipped `World Class with co-producer Matt Wallace (Re- Fad" to alternative -rock and adult al- placements' "Don't Tell A Soul ") in escribin w AV e bum alternative outlets last week, and New York and San Francisco. "I'd al- the track will hit album -rock stations ways wanted to do that in the studio this week. and I ... we never did." Westwood Marquis el and Gardens Westerberg has done a little catch- Admittedly, though, some aspects of ing up himself. During the two years recording were difficult. Describing since the Replacements split up, he so- sessions in which he tried to teach his rises above all the oth '1uxury hotels in L.A. bered up and took inventory of his per- backing band-including drummer sonal life. Brian MacLeod and Ian McLagen on is He also helped score the film "Sin- piano -his songs in just a few days, like trying to &escribe how you felt gles," which included writing and per- Westerberg says, "I'm not the best forming the rock hit "Dyslexic Heart," teacher. I'm like, Well, this part goes when you heard 70's music was back. a task that served as a bridge to his like this and make up the rest.' The Re- solo album. "I wasn't ready to sit down placements did that well. They used to and make a full record and spend two know from my facial expressions or months, and it allowed me to do what body movements what I wanted. I'm ExcepExce t with uus, s you'll have only good times I do and not have the pressure of mak- not used to telling people what to do." Yg ing a big work of art," he says. Westerberg will be embarking on a When it came time to record "14 U.S. club tour this summer, a prospect to remember. And no one will ask you Songs," Westerberg found himself in a that finds hi n excited, if a bit philo- quandry over what to include. "At first sophical. "There will be good nights I wanted to make it very flippant, very and bad nights and people will still the lyrics to "The Hustle". shallow, very humorous, so it would al- probably call out for songs that I don't most irritate more people who thought remember. But I'm rested, I'm ready." I was holding back because I didn't Hill sees the possibility for Wester- want to come out with a songwriting berg to broaden his fan base. "I think The West d Marquis has long been drinks and schmuuze by the pool ' in "Pretty record," he says. "I wanted to just go for people who may have been afraid of favored b ost every major recording artist Woman ". Very available priv olside in and see what happened and, in es- or put off by the Replacements, they who has ssion or gig in La La land. Ma cal) mas with phones. A co e spa and al sence, I got everything I wanted. may be more open because Paul Wes- "The more intense songs were writ- terberg doesn't represent the same because e ry room is a luxuriou, uite. health club. Legendary dining with the lutes in ten earlier," he continues. "For some, thing to them," he says. "Some of the They've be the scene of many an after the Dynasty Room, under the gazebo in the [the recording process] was very liber- goofier moments that would never have Grammy party. Maybe yours is next. Or. Garden Terrace, or al fresco, poolside at the ating because I'd left them unfinished. made onto a Replacements it album are because compact disc systems are alwa Cafe Perroquet. 24 hour room service from the And some of them, quite frankly, I had here." available in your business suite. I finished at home and by the time it Westerberg has his own theory of (So uu cuisine of al three. And some pretty famous came to record them I couldn't recap- why "14 Songs" emits a more positive might want to bring some musical entertainment of our ture the feeling I had when I wrote vibe. "It dawned on me that I finally of your favorite CDs (. I1VG.S t LL'00d /NIargil i. own in the lounge. Hotel? them so I basically whipped up three or brought my guitars and up equipment along.) Other notes: H O T E L A N D G A R D E N S More like a second home. four more." to the first floor," he says. "I've always In contrast with his Replacement rerecorded and written in the basement, cordings, the latter -day tunes, `World and this is the first batch of songs that Where you belong. Class Fad" included, were literally were written actually looking out the banged out during recording sessions window." 930 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Next door to Beverly Hills and Santa Monica), Telephunc: (a 1(1) 208-8765

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BON JOVI ETTA JAMES eight -piece backup group. Wembley Arena, London Peabody's Doum Under, Cleveland James served up blues, rock, and Contemporary Pop Fans wildly eccentric pop. Buttressed by gui- AS THE BAND MATES in Bon ON HER FIRST CLEVELAND visit tarists Bobby Murray and Josh Sklair, Jovi bounded upon the stage of in 11 years, the power was with Etta and anchored by her son Donto on WHEN THE PAST IS NEW: completely identical ..." In deny- Wembley Arena for the second of James but the stamina wasn't. On a do- drums, former Robert Cray bassist Ri- Words & Music has no argument ing summary judgment, however, three sold -out shows here May 16, mestic tour behind `The Right Time," chard Cousins, and the churchy key- with the decision by recording Martin noted that "... a reasona- amid pyrotechnic blasts and the her powerful Jerry Wexler- produced boards of Dave Mathews, she nailed it academy NARAS to make old hit ble juror might not necessarily anthemic opener "I Believe," the Elektra debut, James was in fine vocal on "I'd Rather Go Blind," the Reed songs ineligible for the song -of- agree" with the court's conclusion. crowd barriers were packed with form on this date. Too bad she per- tune, and several other tunes. the -year Grammy category. New "This issue is better left to the screaming young girls who seem to formed for only a shade over an hour. "Damn Your Eyes" was explosive pop, songs made public for the first trier of fact, who will also have an guarantee a worldwide fan base for The 1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame segueing easily into "Besame Mucho," a time during the Grammy eligibil- opportunity to evaluate the credi- these Jersey rockers. inductee served up a terrific "I Sing showcase for James' vocal prowess. ity period or those that have no bility of the expert witness." The But look again. At this tour stop, The Blues," an excitingly vulgar When it threatened to become a persi- meaningful track record deserve a Warrant version of "Heaven" is a preview of the show Bon Jovi will "Breaking Up Somebody's Home" and flage of her own sentimentality, Sklair's special place in the Grammy sun published by Virgin Music. bring back to the U.S. beginning a sexy rendition of Jimmy Reed's "Baby inspired flamenco -styled guitar rescued against the occasional hit revival of June 25 in San Diego, most of the What You Want Me To Do" that had all it And as if that weren't enough, James a previous winner or venerable audience members were in their 20s 450 audience members rocking. followed up with Otis Redding's sancti- oldie. And if an oldie becomes a hit TOP 10 STREAK: Interscope and 30s. These fans grew up with A prestigious date for Peabody's, a fied "One More Day," stretching the again it still is a candidate for pres- Music chief Ronnie Vance notes Bon Jovi, beginning with its massive venerable venue in the Flats entertain- tune from blues to bolero and bringing tigious link- that the re- 1986 breakthrough, "Slippery When ment district, the show drew an audi- the house to a higher plane. age to the im- cently estab- Wet," and its 1988 follow -up, "New ence as diverse as the musical palette Unfortunately, the elevation didn't p o s i n g lished unit of Jersey," taking to heart the act's painted by James and her aptly named last. James, whose voice spans baritone category of Words the label of platinum -plated hooks and the Roots Band, a hellaciously versatile (Continued on next page) record of the hic the same uncomplicated sentiments of songs year. But, name has a like "Livin' On A Prayer." They let's face it. 1i64ÍfirifiUga top 10 streak have stayed loyal because Bon Jovi AMUSEMENT BUSINESS® The contem- of three has grown up with them, as evi- porary music by Iry Lichtman weeks on two denced by the more somber song- revolution is titles by on The re- 1 TOP610 such that any pop music fan under writer/producer Brian Murphy, writing "Keep Faith," J leased by Jambco /Mercury in the BOXSCORE ROSSES 35 or so who doesn't have a broad as recorded by RCA act SWV. The

U.S., Phonogram in the U.K., and Gross Attendance taste in popular song likely will songs are "Weak" and "I'm So Into PolyGram affiliates worldwide. ARTISTS) Venue Dates) Ticket Price(s) Capacity Promoter identify a song like "Dancing In You." - While "Keep The Faith" has not PAUL McCARTNET Winnipeg May 21 51,936064 37,430 Rite Out The Dark" as a Bruce Spring ignited The Billboard 200 as its Stadium ($1,314,497 45,035 Entertainment steen creation rather than the title predecessors have, the album al- Winnipeg, Canadian) Perryscope of the lovely 1931 romantic ever- ANGEL'S SUMMER Circuit: Manitoba $49.75/ 535.75 Concert Prods. ready has sold more than 5 million green written by Arthur Broadway Angel has six more re- units worldwide. And front man Jon Schwartz & Howard Dietz. (Song leases of cast albums in July, its

Bon Jovi, once the upstart, younger aTON». Orlando Arena May 3 -4 $848,588 30,232 Magic Prods. titles can't be copyrighted, of next to last release in a planned brother of the Jersey rock frater- Orlando $28.50 two course, yet one could go to court on CD return of catalog shows and far less cocky and more Centroplex sellouts the basis of unfair competition, soundtracks. They are Ralph nity, seemed Orlando, Fla. confident than ever as he led his claiming that a new song with a ti- Blane's 1952 "Three Wishes For band mates through a two -hour-plus tle shared by another with a Jamie "; Arthur Schwartz & Dor-

set of Saturday- night, good -time NEIL DIAMOND The Pyramid May 25 $397,525 19,783 Ogden Presents strong public identity is taking ille- othy Fields' 1954 "By The Beauti- rock, from vintage hits such as Memphis $25 gal advantage of success.) ful Sea "; the London cast album of "Wild In The Streets" to "I'll Sleep But when most of the public has Lionel Bart's 1963 "Oliver! "; Ri- When I'm Dead" from the current little or no recognition of the ear- chard Adler's 1961 "Kwamina "; album. RITA MACNEIL O'Keefe Centre May 18-22 $301,468 13,157 Concert Prods. lier title, where does the factor of the 1964 revival of Vernon Duke for the ($381,508 15,000, International The band -Bon Jovi, guitarist Ri- Performing Arts Canadian) five shows in -house unfair competition come into play? & John Latouche's "Cabin In The chie Sambora, bassist Alec Jon Toronto $34/ $21 There are many other similar ex- Sky "; and Lee Pockriss & Anne Such, keyboardist David Bryan, and amples of this, so it's ironic that Croswell's 1964 "Tovarich." drummer Tico Torres -created a when a 40- year -old hit like "Unfor- sound both buoyant and tough and MIDNIGHT OIL Sydney May 28 -29 $292,540 13,079 Trading Post gettable," as revived by Natalie Entertainment ($420,921 22,000, Agency built for rock arenas. Jon Bon Jovi Centre Australian) two shows Cole, wins as song of the year, the ON THE SUBJECT of old demonstrated, particularly on an a Sydney $34.60 new recording serves as an intro- shows -this one's been running cappella intro to "Bed Of Roses," duction to the song for millions. It off-Broadway since its opening in that his voice has developed well be- is seen as a newcomer by younger 1960!- there's a sparkling new re- yond a hard -rock wail. JULIO IGLESIAS Star Plaza May 21 -23 $264,204 7,339 in -house pop fans, who are not likely to be cording of "The Fantasticks" on Theatre $36 10,200, And that was just as well, because as Merrillville, Ind. three tuning into radio stations that play the DRG label. It's a New York he and the band swept through the shows hits from another era. "Every- studio recording sung in English rock drama of songs such as "I'll Be thing Old Is New Again," as the by a cast that played Japan last There For You," "Blaze Of Glory," and nostalgic '70s copyright by Carole year. The writers, Tom Jones the show-closing new single "In These CLINT BLACK 7WYNONNA Riverport May 21 $206,573 16,573 Contemporary Bayer Sager & Peter Allen put it. (book & lyrics) and Harvey MICHAELJOHNSON Amphitheatre 550/ $24/ $15 19,861 Prods. Arms," it had a lot of old friends sing- Maryland Schmidt (music), have cast roles, ing along. THOM DUFFY Heights, Mo. the former repeating his original TWO `HEAVENS' TO JURY? A part as the Old Man and the latter federal judge in New York says at the piano. Added to the album STING Kiefer UNO May 25 $154,784 6,417 Beaver Prods. that Warrant may well have in- is "A Perfect Time To Be In Love," PUBLICITY DADA Lakefront Arena $32.25/ $24.25/ sellout Univ. Of New $21.25 fringed on another group's song, written for the 30th anniversary Orleans but he has denied summary judg- touring production (1990) and PRINTS New Orleans ment against the defendants and sung by Jones. utnogr onoo on I ewv Gon Rock wants a jury to settle the matter. BLACK & WHITE 8x 10's A group known as Attica and a Larry Magid 500 - 1000 - ALAN JACKSON Mark Etess May 22 $139,860 4,550 mem- ON PRINT: The follow- $70.00 $95.00 MERLE HAGGARD Arena 535/ $25 sellout management company sued PRINT COLOR Trump Tar bers of the hit group, among oth- ing are the best -selling folios from 1000 Mahal ers, charging that Warrant's 1985 Warner Bros. Publications: - $396.00 Atlantic City, 1. 2 Above Prices Include typesetting I Freight N.J. hit on Epic, "Heaven," was a steal Led Zeppelin Complete, Vol. Sind $x1O Photo - Chen or M.O. from a song written earlier by 2. Eagles Greatest Hits them with the same title. And, in- 3. Neil Young, Harvest Moon Full Color & B/W Posters RUN D.M.C. The New Pine May 29 $109,347 13,569 Glass Palace deed, Judge John S. Martin found 4. James Taylor, New Moon Shine Composites - Cards - Other Sizes Promotions VII Knob Music $7.96 15,350 that the two songs "share a com- 5. The Bodyguard, Original SNOW Theatre Send For Catalog L Samples NASD Clarkston, Mich. mon chorus, with the melody, the Soundtrack. words, and the phrasing being PICURES Copyrighted and compiled by Amusement Business, a publication of BPI Communications, Boxscores should be submitted to: Marie Ratliff, Nashville. Phone: (615)- 321.4295, Fax: (615)- 1867 E. Florida. Dept. 88 For research information and pricing, call Laura Stroh, (615)- 321 -4254. Springfield. MO 65803 327-1 575. 11171 869-9433 Or 869-3456

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ARTIST DEVELOPMENTS (Continued from page 19) the set's first single, "Jessie," indicates do some additional mixing and cut a Kadison is well on the road to couple of songs. In the interim, connecting with people. Produced by Smokey Robinson decided to record Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke, as 'When A Woman Cries," one of the well as David Kershenbaum, "Painted strongest and most romantic tunes on Desert Serenade" is filled with "Painted Desert Serenade," on his last confessional ballads conveying an album, "Double Good Everything." intense intimacy with spare "You know, I still haven't met arrangements that focus on Kadison's Smokey," Kadison says. `The idea is so delicate voice and fluid piano lines. intimidating to me. I truly believe that Aggressive Signing. Priority Records executives welcome Engines Of Aggression after the band's signing to the label's "Most of my songs are real stories some of my idols should stay that way. rock and alternative division. The band's first album, "Speak," is due out in June. Shown, from left, are band member Craig about my life," he says. "These are real I don't want to risk being Dollinger; Priority division VP /GM Jeff Neben; band members Rik Schaffer, Bulldog, and Tripp: Priority executive VP Stephen LARRY FLICK people and experiences that I've disappointed." Drath; and in -house counsel Andrew Shack. gathered over the years. Listening to them in this context makes me feel naked in a good way. When the record was done, it was weird. It was like I had no real control over the songs anymore." Kadison comes to this project with several years' experience as a traveling J saloon singer and piano player. Born in California's Hollywood Hills, he started writing songs when he was 12 years old. At 16, he hit the road in search of life's answers after the death of his mother. Almost immediately, Kadison began playing in various bars around the country, living and working ENpWG in cities such as Nashville, Dallas, and Santa Barbara, Calif. "All of that time OEOFORPESOREP., A B I L L B O A R D S P O T L I G H T on the road was great therapy for me," he says. "It strengthened my soul and 101 focused my songwriting- however corny that sounds." Kadison eventually caught the ear of SBK A&R representative Brian The shirtoffourback!" Koppelman, who initially signed the artist to a publishing agreement. In today's crowded marketplace, breaking new "From the first batch of songs he sent me, I knew that we were dealing with artists has become tougher than ever. Artist potential pop standards," he says. "As I got to know Joshua, it became clear development requires total commitment, and that we had to do an album." Five months after securing his over the last two years, no one has been publishing deal, Kadison was on a flight to London to begin recording more dedicated to helping new talent find with Argent and Van Hooke. Kershenbaum was later brought in to their audience than Billboard's HEATSEEKERS chart and Popular Uprisings page! Not to mention, the prized "Popular Uprisings T Shirt Award" presented to every number one act on the chart!

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JOSHUA KADISON ISSUE DATE: JULY 24 AD CLOSE: JUNE 29 NY: Ken Piotrowski 212 -536 -5225 ARTISTS IN ACTION (Continued from preceding page) LA: Jon Guyon 213- 525 -2300 and alto, was on stage too briefly. Nashville: Lee Ann Pack 615 -321 -4284 But even though she didn't favor the crowd with the encore it so loudly de- Bdll.00rd manded, James was well worth seeing. A mover and a shaker from a time when music could change the world, she can drop your heart to the floor. When she did, all was forgiven. CARLO WOLFF

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Going Batty. Beyond the Super Start. "The good news Stylish. L.A. Style began an

exposure the Judybats have is I think we can sell a lot of ambitious North American tour on MTV's "120 Minutes" and country records," said Doug in May that takes the act to all "Alternative Nation," Sire VP/ Supernaw, at BMG corners of the continental U.S. GM Howie Klein says a live Distribution's January plus cities in Hawaii and May 23 date on the cable convention. "The bad news is Mexico. It continues through channel stirred a conspicuous there is absolutely no at least June, with later dates sales burst. The Judybats are crossover potential." A 20% possible. Arista says Style is on tour now, not only visiting jump in the South Central fetching airplay in Chicago, major markets but also some region and steady West North Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, of the smaller markets where Central sales help him debut San Antonio, and Greenville, the band is getting airplay. at No. 35 on Heatseekers. S.C.

COMMENCEMENT: It is graduation day for Inner Circle peaks on our other popular format album charts. Richard Elliot Billboard 200, Top R &B Albums, or Top Country Albums. and Nashville rookie Toby Keith. Inner Circle's "Bad Boys" graduated when he reached the top five of the Top Contempo- The Heatseeker Graduate flag is one of several innovations leaves Heatseekers, as a 30% sales gain over the prior week rary Jazz Albums list, and the Chieftains graduated with a top that debut this week on Billboard's album charts (see story, moves it 111 -90, while a 28-25 jump on Top Country Albums re- five peak on the World Music Albums chart. Other than that, all page 6). moves Keith's self -titled debut. other Heatseeker graduates came as a result of jumps on The The album also is making progress on Top R &B Albums, NO. 1, WITH A BULLET AND SOME YUCKS: Sometime in where it moves 63 -54, with a 10% sales in- REGIONAL HEATSEEKERS #1's the future, we imagine you'll be seeing a crease. picture of a couple of dudes with bags over NORTHEAST Inner Circle continues the momentum it MOUNTAIN their heads, receiving T- shirts from Bill- Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Sister Sweetly The Jerky Boys, The Jerky Boys showed last week, when a 43% sales boost mo- board editor in chief Timothy White. This ved the album 167-111 on The Billboard 200 photo would be prompted by the fact that EAST NORTH CENTRAL No. 1 slot on Heatseekers. The act, the Jerky Boys have taken over the top slot and to the Gin Blossoms, New Miserable Experience of course, is rolling on the strength of the al- on Heatseekers. In doing so, the phone- bum's title track, which, for years, has been the prank album becomes the first comedy al- theme for the Fox television show "Cops." The MIDDLE ATLANTIC bum-and the first spoken -word album -to top this chart. song moves 10-8 on Hot 100 Singles, although WEST NORTH CENTRAL The Jerky Boys, The Jerky Boys the single's momentum at this point is being Big Head Todd & The Monsters,Sister Sweety pushed more by sales than by top 40 airplay. 1 OUT: Radiohead will creep through a 10- Meanwhile, Keith's album definitely is being SOUTH ATLANTIC date concert swing, starting June 22, that driven by radio. His single, "Should Have Been I. Tasmin Archer,Great Expectations concentrates mostly on East and West A Cowboy," is No. 1 for a second straight week PACIFIC r- Coast markets ... Seed's Madder Rose is on Hot Country Singles & Tracks. Rodney 0 & Joe Cooley, F _ k New York touring with DGC /Geffen's the Sundays Aside from its move on Top Country Al- through at least July 1. The cross-country bums, his album also is making progress on SOUTH CENTRAL trek began in San Francisco at the end of The Billboard 200, where it jumps 113-111. Ricky Lynn Gregg,Ricky Lynn Gregg May and includes stops in California, Artists are removed from Heatseekers when Texas, the Midwest, and the Southeast ... any career album hits the top half of The Bill- Def American's Flipper is hitting clubs and board 200, the top 25 of Top R &B Albums or Top Country Al- small theaters through the first week of July. The band is flip- ping through markets in the West, the Midwest, and the East bums, or the top five of one of our other popular format album T H E R E G I O N A L R O U N D U P charts. .. Virgin's the Wallflowers are on the road. They started in Rotating top -10 lists of best -selling titles by new & developing artists. May with five dates warming up 10,000 Maniacs. Upcoming

SPEAKING OF GRADUATION, if you look at the Inner Cir- EAST NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH ATLANTIC stops include Pittsburgh, New York, Washington, D.C., and New cle album on The Billboard 200 and Top R &B Albums or Keith's 1. Gin Blossoms, New Miserable Experience 1. Tasmin Archer, Great Expectations Orleans ... Talk about planning ahead. Adventurous jazz ensem- 2. Radiohead, Pablo Honey 2. Radiohead, Pablo Honey title on Top Country Albums and The Billboard 200, you'll notice 3. Big Head Todd/Monsters, Sister Sweetly 3. Big Bub, Comin' At Cha ble Either /Orchestra already has announced it plans to play 4. The Proclaimers, Sunshine On Leith 4. The Proclaimers, Sunshine On Leith dates next year along the West Coast. The Accurate Records act a new feature on those charts. From here on out, Heatseeker 5. Jeremy Jordan, Try My Love 5. Masta Ace Inc., Slaughtahouse graduates will be designated on those three charts. 6. Young Black Teenagers, Dead Enz Kidz... 6. Gin Blossoms, New Miserable Experience tentatively has set aside March through May for shows in sup- 7. The Jerky Boys, Jerky Boys 7. The Jerky Boys, The Jerky Boys February. In the future, we plan to add this feature to the rest of our 8. Tasmin Archer, Great Expectations 8. Big Head Todd /Monsters, Sister Sweetly port of a new album, planned for release next popular format album charts, although it is interesting to note 9. Ricky Lynn Gregg, Ricky Lynn Gregg 9. Aimee Mann, Whatever 10. McBride & The Ride, Hurry Sundown 10. The Judybats, Pain Makes You Beautiful that of all the artists who have graduated since Popular Upris- Popular Uprisings is prepared by Geoff Mayfield with assist- ings debuted in October 1991, only two have graduated with ance from Roger Fitton and Brett Atwood

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COMPILED FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1993 FROM A NATIONAL SoundScan The Heatseekers chart lists the best-selling titles by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the z SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SALES REPORTS COLLECTED, top 100 of The Billboard 200 chart, nor in the top 25 of the Top R &B Albums or Top Country Albums chart, nor in the top five COMPILED, AND PROVIDED BY ""I of any Billboard album chart. When an album reaches any of these levels, the album and the artist's subsequent albums are other 7'n w 1- w u,q immediately ineligible to appear on the Heatseekers chart. All albums are available on cassette and CD. 'Asterisk indicates vinyl LP = uJ w ARTIST TITLE U is available. 0 Albums with the greatest sales gains. a 1993, Billboard /BPI Communications. LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT FOR CASSETTECC) (21) 26 16 WHITE ZOMBIE GEFFEN 24460/MCA (9.98/13.98) LA SEXORCISTO: DEVIL MUSIC VOL. 1 * * * No.1 * * * PHILIPS 14467 IN LOVE 1 THE JERKY BOYS 22 24 9 NANA MOUSKOURI (10.98/15.98) FALLING AGAIN... C) 5 9 THE JERKY BOYS SELECT 6t495`/AG(10.9 &15.98) week atNo.1 23 22 3 2 UNLIMITED RADIKALt5415/CRITIQUE(10.98/15.98) NO LIMITS (-2 ) 9 6 RADIOHEAD CAPITOL 8t409 (9 .98/15.98) PABLO HONEY

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7 7 3 AIMEE MANN IMAGO 21017 (9.98/15.98) WHATEVER 28 27 6 THE JAZZMASTERS FEAT. PAUL HARDCASTLE JVC 2021 (9.98/14.98) THE JAllMASTERS

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SECTION You've AT THE TOP: Last week's top three titles on the Hot R &B Singles chart remain in place this week, although unbulleted. "That's The Way Love Goes," by Janet Jackson (Virgin), makes a sizable gain in airplay points always and returns to the top of the R &B Monitor chart. It ranks No. 1 at 12 stations. "Weak," by SWV (RCA), experiences a decrease in airplay points, yet "I'm So Into You," the previous single, which has been on the monitor known chart for 23 weeks, moves back into the top five. "Whoomp! (There It Is)," by Tag Team (Life), jams hard and moves 15-4. It increases 44% in airplay and 67% in sales points. "Whoomp!" has top 10 airplay at three stations: the WQOK Raleigh, N.C., KTOW Tulsa, Okla., and WWWZ Charleston, S.C. "Whoot! There It Is," by 95 South (WRAP), makes an incredible comeback and leaps up 10 places to No. 18. It moves 10 -8 in rank on the single sales voices, chart. Whoompin' and whootin' -where will it all end? COOKIN', SMOKIN', BURNIN': There's always something new in the now world of music, and Billboard chart managers like a little razzle -dazzle, too. Take a look at the Top R &B Albums chart. Boy, do we have some features for you. Each week, the chart now will reflect the Hot Shot Debut and three brand -new features. First, there will be the "Greatest Gainer," which will get highlight the album that shows the largest increase in sales over the previous week. The "Pacesetter" award will reflect the album that has the largest percentage increase in points over the previous week. And the final on a feature, "Heatseeker Graduate," will help all of our readers who are faithful watchers of the Heatseekers chart. Now you can watch your favorite specialty charts and see the titles that have matured and therefore graduated first from the "Heatseekers" chart (see story, page 6). PATTERNS PREVAIL: "How You Get A Record Deal," by Big Daddy name Kane (Cold Chillin'), drops backward off of a bullet on the Hot R &B Singles WALTER chart, despite fairly strong airplay increases. This week's single sales fall off drastically, as Kane fans put their money down for "Looks Like A Job basis. For ...," which debuts on at No. 9 on the Top R &B Albums chart.

TUNES FROM THE GHETTO: Which Southwest label releases a lot of rap music (hint, hint) and has a very special project on tap? The new act SCOTTY will feature five blind rappers. Please, baby, baby please, promise me they won't call them the Five Blind Boys. It would be only too easy, considering the name of the label's most successful act. 711 1/ Zrolher s er VINYL STILL COUNTS FOR SOMETHING: "I Wanna Do It," by Marvin Sease (Jive), appears on the "Bubbling Under" chart at No. 17. The criterion to enter the chart is that a song must have at least one of the six possible single configurations available for sale. Jive produced a vi- The intimate and beautiful nyl 7 -inch, primarily for juke box operators: Therefore, "I Wanna Do It" is now an eligible single. debut album from IT'S A B THING: There are two double -sided singles listed on the Hot R &B Singles chart. Each record has both songs on all configurations and radio play is split. L.L. Cool J's "Pink Cookies" combines with "Back Seat Walter ér Scotty of The Whispers. Of My Jeep" and moves up 85 -66; Yo -Yo's "IBWin' Wit My Crewin'" (EastWest) gets flipped and "The Bonnie And Clyde Theme" takes the lead. It moves up 96 -73. Fe2turing the first single and video

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1 1 5 ALL I EVER ASK 14 9 6 HEAD OR GUT NAJEE (EMI /ERG) ILLEGAL (ROWDY /ARISTA) ana Cassettes.

2 7 3 1 LIKE IT 15 17 2 INNOCENT GIRL JOMANDA (BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC) FOUR SURE (RUFFHOUSE /COLUMBIA)

3 5 4 TONIGHT'S DA NIGHT 16 1 ITS ON REDMAN (RAL - /CHAOS /COLUMBIA) NAUGHTY BY NATURE (TOMMY BOY)

EXeCUire 4 8 8 GIMME GIMME 17 I 1 WANNA DO IT WITH YOU Producer: AVA - CHERRY (RADIKAL /CRITIQUE) MARVIN SEASE (JIVE)

5 4 4 THE POSSE (SHOOT 'EM UP) 18 20 9 WAKE UP EVERYBODY ;V ïchoas Caldwell fie Black Tie Entertainment INTELLIGENT HOODLUM (A &M) NICK SCOTTI (REPRISE)

6 25 3 TEDDY BEAR 19 24 4 PLEASE TELL ME TONIGHT G -WIZ ( SCOTT) BROS.) MOTIF (PAYDAY /LONDON /PLG) lllanarernent.' 7 14 3 DROP DOWN 20 21 2 FAT GIRLS IN DAISY DUKES E- LA-TE' (JAMMSVILLE /WARLOCK) LARRY & STUFF (JEA /BASIX) Gardrrr/Howard lbanagrrneru 8 12 3 BACK FOR MORE 21 22 9 OFF & ON LULU/BOBBY WOMACK (EMI /ERG) TRENDS OF CULTURE (MAD SOUNDS)

9 11 2 U DON'T HEAR ME THO' 22 16 2 LET ME TURN YOU ON RODNEY O & JOE COOLEY (PSYCHOTIC) BIZ MARKIE (COLD CHILLIN' /WB)

I GET AROUND 1 10 - 1 23 - GOTTA KNOW (YOUR NAME) 2PAC (INTERSCOPE /ATLANTIC) MALAIKA (A&M)

IN MY NATURE 11 15 2 24 - 1 VAN FULL OF PAKISTANS NUTTIN' NYCE (POCKETOWN) Y'ALL SO STUPID (ROWDY /ARISTA) BUMPIN' 12 - 1 25 18 5 ONE NIGHT OF FREEDOM PAPERBOY (NEXT PLATEAU/FFRR/PLG) B.B.O.T.I. (A &M)

MY 13 - 1 WHERE UPS HAVE BEEN Bubbling Under lists the top 25 singles under No. 100 DIONNE WARWICK (ARISTA) which have no yet charted.

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50 52 45 40 BOBBY BROWN ' MCA 10417 (10.98/15.98) BOBBY 1 z z 51 39 34 4 MASTA ACE INC. DELICIOUS VINYL 92249 ^ /AG (9.98/15.98) SLAUGHTAHOUSE 32 n Or r COMIN' AT CHA 30 w ñ w 3 ° a ARTIST TITLE w p 52 51 47 21 BIG BUB EASTWEST 92180/AG (9.98/15.98) FOR CASSETTE/CD) a a 1- 5 -i $ eJ á SS Ú LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT 53 49 48 47 MEN AT LARGE EASTWEST 92159/AG (9.98/15.981 MEN AT LARGE 24 * * * No. 1 * * * * * * HEATSEEKER GRADUATE No. 1 JANET. 1 1 1 2 JANET JACKSON VIRGIN 87825 (10.98/16.98) 2 weeks at - 54 63 81 4 INNER CIRCLE BIG BEAT 92261/AG (9.98/15.98) BAD BOYS 54 *HOT SHOT DEBUT * ** ** EQ/15.98) THEE ALBUM 5 55 67 77 34 REDMAN RAUCHAOS 52967 /COLUMBIA (9.98 WHUT? 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PUSHING ARTISTS TO THE (CUTTING) EDGE (Continued from page 21) while she's now a seasoned record- her second album for Prince's Pais- Turner household names in R &B, ing artist, Janet Jackson is still ley Park label. Tentatively (but ap- do yourself a big favor and check out very much a part of the young propriately) titled "The Voice," it's the upcoming biopic "What's Love breed, living proof that trying some- due for an August release and like Got To Do With It ?" Aside from bril- thing different each time out is what any self- respecting R &B music liant performances from Angela true artistry is all about. "janet." lover, I can't wait! Bassett and Larry Fishburne, the sounds nothing like "Rhythm Na- movie's re- creation of the early '60s tion," which itself was musically and DIVAS ARE DOIN' IT: And is awesome. As a story of the true lyrically on another level from "Con- speaking of Staples, she was one of triumph of the human spirit, it's one trol." Few artists we know would a host of female artists on hand for of the best films in a long time. And, have Kathleen Battle i and Chuck Sheryl Lee Ralph's "Divas: Simply as a tribute to Tina's status as one D. as special guests on one album! Singing," a benefit for The Minority of the entertainment world's au- Good Company. Producer Charles Wallert, who recently finished work on "After Continuing the quest for a new AIDS Project held May 22 in Los thentic heroines, it's a must -see. The All Is Said And Done," the new O.C. Smith album for Triune Records, is flanked approach, artists with first albums Angeles. In its third year, "Divas" soundtrack on Virgin Records by songstresses Miki Howard, left, and Cherrelle during a celebration in Wallert's due shortly include family group the presents a diverse array of women (Tina's debut for the label) is honor at Chasen's in Beverly Hills. Steele's (Elektra), whose first effort singing simply with piano accompa- smokin'. is a scintillating R &B set with a gos- niment. The bill matched old school pel edge; US 3 (Capitol), a British divas ( Linda Hopkins, Della outfit that is advancing the fusion of Reese) with the young brigade (Ti- jazz and hip -hop by using the Blue sha Campbell, Cherrelle). Freda ARTIST DEVELOPMENTS Note catalog as the resource for Payne, opera singer Anota John- SUPER HYPE (Continued from page 21) samples; and Get Set V.O.P. (Poly- son, and Brenda Russell turned in dor), whose project "Voice Of The exceptional performances, but the PUBLICITY CO. adaptation of a real -life spell of `Bronze,' where we have `Mr. Sushi.' We are the experts you or your delirium experienced by White's 92- In that song we sing about Projects" melds classical samples evening's first standing ovation artists need to make your career year -old grandfather. And then there homelessness, racism, and mental with rap. Of course, it remains to be went deservedly to Chanté Moore, a success. We give you the are the sampled, spoken -word illness in different verses." seen just how supportive radio will who delivered an exceptional per- visibility you need, interludes about religion sprinkled The duo, which plays with a five - be in introducing these acts to con- formance on "As If We Never Met," specializing in throughout the album. piece backing band, has been sumers. a cut from her superb debut. The Si- RAP, R &B, DANCE, GOSPEL, and So just who and what influences woodshedding in venues in northern las Records artist is growing by REGGAE music. this group, anyway? California, where its fan base is. Next AN UNFORGIVABLE Omission: leaps and bounds, and if bets were "We like Jimi Hendrix, Charlie month, it will embark on a larger tour In our survey of top female artists to be taken on who's gonna be DO BELIEVE THE HYPE!! Parker, John Coltrane," Blake says. to increase visibility for the rest of the with product out or due this year around 20 years from now, Chanté "We appreciate all music." country. A big stop on the tour will be (Billboard, May 29), we left out a would be a firm favorite. "Even `Sesame Street' has an July 10 in Manhattan, where the woman whose legendary vocals have Call Now (718) 443 -4535 influence on us," the Jamaican -born group will open for the Ohio Players made her one of R &B's all -time TINA TIME: If you are old enough Fax (718) 574 -9774 White says. "And like Dr. Seuss, we at the Central Park SummerStage. stars. Mavis Staples, a soul sister to remember even one of the many by anyone's definition, has finished classic tunes that made Ike & Tina invent characters, like on the song GIL GRIFFIN for more information

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8 ABC -123 ( Trycep, BMI/Willesden, BMI /Ramal, BMI /Cleveland's Own, BMI) CPP ASCAP Star, . R &B Radio Monitor,. 86 ABOVE THE RIM (MCA, /Slik ASCAP/Low R&D Singles Sales. Ten, BMI /August 15, Key, BMI /Baledat, BMI /Mike Compiled from a national sub-sample of POS (point of sale) equipped key R &B retail stores which report number from a national sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 64 R &B stations Compiled BMI /Ronestone, BMI) of units sold to SoundScan, Inc. This data is used in the Hot R &B Singles chart. are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by gross impressions, computed by cross - 17 BABY BE MINE (FROM CM) (Zomba, BMI /Donril, SoundScan referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. This data is used in the Hot R &B Singles chart. ASCAP /Street Rose, ASCAP) CPP 1111111 61 BABY I'M YOURS (Music Corp. Of America, Y Y W z w W Z BMI /Gasoline Alley, BMI /Cameo Appearance By w to Ramses, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP /Semaj, BMI /Ethyl, 3 V 3 3 a ; ; s: TITLE TITLE Ul N W TITLE Ñ W TITLE Ñ ASCAP) Q3 á Ñ ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) Ñ ARTIST (LABEL/DISTRIBUTING LABEL) ; ARTIST (LABEL/DISTRIBUTING LABEL) ,T n ; ARTIST (LABEL/DISTRIBUTING ABEL) 59 BAD BOYS (THEME FROM COPS) (Mad House, BMI) 3 73 THE BONNIE AND CLYDE THEME /IBWIN' WIT MY DONT WALK AWAY DAYDREAMING 38 37 38 38 10 CREWIN' (Street Knowledge, ASCAP/Deep Technology, ** NO.1 ** JADE (GIANT /REPRISE) * * NO. i * * PENNY FORD (COLUMBIA) ASCAP/Gangsta Boogie, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) KNOCKIN' DA BOOTS GIRL, I'VE BEEN HURT THATS THE WAY LOVE GOES 39 SWEET ON U 11 1 45 5 2 7 35 18 55 BY THE TIME THIS NIGHT IS OVER (Warner - H -TOWN (LUKE) 3 weeks at No. SNOW (EASTWEST /AG) Q JANET JACKSON (VIRGIN) 5 weeks ffi N0. 1 LO -KEY? (PERSPECTIVE /A &M) Tamerlane, BMI /Realsongs, ASCAP /New Nonpareil, THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES 40 41 7 TRUTHFUL I TLH E BMI) WBM 2 2 7 2 1 11 WEAK 49 6 JANET JACKSON (VIRGIN) HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ (UPTOWN /MCA) (RCA) ® T .AC.IN (TO C HILNE /WARNER BROS.) 60 CAN HE LOVE U LIKE THIS (Greenskirt, BMI /Kear, BMI /Sony Songs, BMI) 41 38 19 COMFORTER DA BOOTS 6 PASSIN' ME BY 3 6 SHA! (GASOLINE ALLEY /MCA) 3 11 (NOCKIN' 4 50 THE PHARCYDE (DELICIOUS VINYL) 0 W(RCA) © H -TOWN (LUKE) 85 COME OVER, BABY (Fat Hat, BMI/T -Porsa, ASCAP/EMI Virgin, ASCAP /Cznin, BMI /Buff Man, WHOOMP! (THERE IT IS) ONE WOMAN LOVE NO LIM 42 40 3 GIRL U FOR ME 6 4 42 54 2 JADE (GIANT /REPRISE) 5 26 ® TAG TEAM (LIFE /BELLMARK) o MARY J. BLIGE (UITPTOWN /MCA) SILK (ELEKTRA) BMI) Corp. Of America, BMI /Gasoline 36 COMFORTER (Music 5 4 3 DRE DAY 43 42 14 GOOD OL' DAYS I'M SO INTO YOU 43 42 7 WHOOT, THERE IS Alley, ASCAP) HL DR. DRE (DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE /AG) LEVERT (ATLANTIC) 0 6 23 SWV (RCA) EREIIT I 65 CREWZ POP (Naughty, ASCAP) SHOW ME LOVE IBWIN' WIT MY CREWIN' CAN U LIKE THIS 7 8 59 6 4 23 ME 44 37 18 NO MORE (Not Listed) ROBIN S. (BIG BEAT /AG) YO-YO (EASTWEST /AG) FR R7LOOVVE ) 19 CRY 91 DAY BY DAY (WB, ASCAP/O /B /0 Itself, ASCAP /Unit WRECKX SHOP ME STORIES 7 5 15 FREAK ME 45 43 13 EVERY LITTLE THING U DO 45 36 16 TELLIN' 4, ASCAP /Hee Bee Dooinit, ASCAP) SILK (KEIA /ELEKTRA) WRECKX-N- EFFECT (MCA) 13 13 CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS (UPTOWN /MCA) BIG BUB ( EASTWEST) O 40 DAYDREAMING (Springtime, BMI) WHOOT, THERE IT IS 46 39 12 I CANT STAND THE PAIN I CANT STAND THE PAIN DUKS (Gigilo Chez, BMI /Alvert, BMI) ABC -123 V 28 DAllEY 10 9 95 SOUTH (WRAP /ICHIBAN) LORENZO (ALPHA INTL/PLG) 9 14 LORENZO (ALPHA INTERNATIONAL /PLG) o O 10 LEVERT (ATANTIC) ` 38 DEDICATED (Willesden, BMI /R.Kelly, BMI) CPP DUKS LOOKING THROUGH PATIENT EYES ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG 34 DEEPER (Word Life, ASCAP/Windswept Pacific, 9 8 31 DAZZEY 47 44 11 LATELY 47 53 3 DUICE(TMR/BELLMARK) P.M. DAWN (GEE STREET/ISLAND/PLG) 24 2 JODECI(UPTOWN /MCA) TONI BRAXTON (ARISTA) ASCAP/Longitude, BMI /Frsthngtanyn, ASCAP) WBM 43 DITTY (Next Plateau, ASCAP /Cisum Ludes, 10 9 9 DEEPER 48 50 8 WHERE I'M FROM SHOW ME LOVE 48 47 5 UM UM GOOD DIGABLE PLANETS (PENDULUM /ELEKTRA) 8 BOSS (DJ WEST/CHAOS /COLUMBIA) m 22 ROBIN S. (BIG BEAT) MEN AT LARGE (EASTWEST) ASCAP/Saja, BMI/Troutman, BMI) 84 DO DA WHAT (Trycep, BMI/Willesden, LATELY 49 36 22 INFORMER DON'T WALK AWAY 43 8 LET'S GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS 11 11 10 30 49 /Cleveland's Own, BMI /Metered, ASCAP) JODECI (UPTOWN /MCA) SNOW (EASTWEST/AG) JADE (GIANT /REPRISE) JODECI (UPTOWN /MCA) BMI 22 DON'T WALK AWAY (Gradington, ASCAP/MCA, ABC -123 BY THE TIME THIS NIGHT IS OVER MIRACLES PINK COOKIES IN A PLASTIC BAG 12 18 3 71 2 12 8 6 UTTLE ^ 2 ASCAP /Ronnie Onyx, BMI) HL LEVERT (ATLANTIC /AG) KENNY G/PEABO BRYSON (ARISTA) LUTHER VANDROSS (EPIC) J L.L. COOL J (DEF JAM /COLUMBIA) 47 DOWN WITH THE KING (Protoons, ASCAP /Rush 13 11 14 IT WAS A GOOD DAY 51 51 16 FUNKY CHILD THE FLOOR 51 44 18 HONEY DIP Groove, ASCAP /Smooth Flowin', ASCAP /Pete Rock, LORDS OF UNDERGROUND (PENDULUM) 5 ICE CUBE (PRIORITY) ® 14 JOHNNY GILL ( MOTOWN) PORTRAIT (CAPITOL) ASCAP /EMI U, ASCAP) CPP SIX FEET DEEP 48 8 WHO IS IT YOURS On But Fu-kin', ASCAP) 52 SEEMS YOU'RE MUCH TOO BUSY 52 41 4 BABY I'M 6 DRE DAY (Ain't Nuthin' Goin' 14 16 6 GETO BOYS (RAP -A- LOT /PRIORITY) MICHAEL JACKSON (EPIC) CD 21 6 SHAI (GASOLINE ALLEY /MCA) VERTICAL OLD (A &M) HL PASSIN' ME BY 53 53 30 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU LOSE CONTROL OUIET TIME 10 EVERY LITTLE THING U DO (Babydon, ASCAP /EMI 15 14 9 61 3 THE PHARCYDE (DELICIOUS VINYL /AG) WHITNEY HOUSTON (ARISTA) ® 18 17 SILK (KEIA /ELEKTRA) GINA BELLE (COLUMBIA) April, ASCAP /KG Blunt, ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP /Isaya /Sony Tunes, ASCAP /Babydon, NUTHIN' BUT A "G" THANG IT'S ALRIGHT ALONE U GAME He's Funky, ASCAP 16 13 19 54 49 11 16 7 24 5 DR. DRE (DEATH ROW /INTERSCOPE /AG) CHANTE MOORE (SILAS/MCA) M EEN ATARGE (EASTWEST) KIRK WHALUMS (COLUMBIA) ASCAP) CPP/WBM /HL 74 FALLIN DOWN (Not Listed) CREWZ POP YOU SOMETHING'S GOIN' ON 55 52 9 IS 55 46 12 LOVE N STWE 17 21 5 YOUNGSTA'S ( EASTWEST) 17 16 11 NO ASCAP /Sony Tunes, ASCAP) U.N.V. (MAVERICK /SIRE /WB) DA BOBBY BROWN (MCA) EN VOGUE 78 FEEL PAIN (Angel, (Flyte Tyme, ASCAP) WBM 11 THE FLOOR I'M SO INTO YOU 56 57 10 DOLLY MY BABY SAE XT !RCA) OVER 18 12 20 18 11 21 65 2 9 FREAK ME (Keith Sweat, ASCAP /E/A, ASCAP/W(3, SWV (RCA) SUPER CAT (COLUMBIA) WHITNEY HOUSTON (ARISTA) ASCAP/Saints Alive, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BM)) WBM DITTY I WANT TO KNOW YOUR NAME WITH THE KING 19 15 20 57 67 6 SOMETHINGS COIN' ON 57 55 13 DOWN 80 FUNKY CHILD (Marley Marl, ASCAP/EMI April, PAPERBOY (NEXT PLATEAU /FFRR) WALTER & SCOTTY (CAPITOL) m 25 7 U.N.V. (MAVERICK /SIRE /WARNER BROS.) RUN -D.M.C. (PROFILE) ASCAP) WBM THE FLOOR 46 18 DEDICATED FEET DEEP ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP /Soda Face, 58 20 12 17 ITS ALRIGHT 58 59 8 SIX 93 GIMME (P- Blast, ® 22 4 JOHNNY GILL (MOTOWN) R. KELLY & PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (JIVE) GETO BOYS (RAP -A- LOT /PRIORITY) CHANTE MOORE (SILAS/MCA) ASCAP) CRY NO MORE 4 WHO'S THE MAN? DITTY 87 GIRL I'VE BEEN HURT (Motor Jam, ASCAP /Green 7 59 56 21 17 19 KISS OF LIFE 59 51 15 21 23 II D EXTREME (GASOLINE ALLEY /MCA) HOUSE OF PAIN (TOMMY BOY) SADE (EPIC) PAPERBOY (NEXT PLATEAU/FFRR/PLG) Snow, ASCAP /M.C. Shan, ASCAP) HL GIRL U FOR ME (Keith Sweat, BMI/E /A, BMI/WB, LOVE NO LIMIT 60 47 14 CAN HE LOVE U LIKE THIS 56 25 4 3 MARY J. BLIGE (UPTOWN /MCA) AFTER 7 (VIRGIN) CO 23 14 BLAACCKSTTEETh(MCA) ®72 A EER.soRIETHINGSPECIAL BMI /Saints Alive, BMI) 32 GIVE HIM A LOVE HE CAN FEEL (Four Feathers, 23 17 13 DOWN WITH THE KING 61 55 11 HOW I'M COMIN' IS IT THE THI1ST THAT WE ALL D0... 23 15 11 WHO 61 64 11 ASCAP/Third Coast, ASCAP) RUN- D.M.C. (PROFILE) L.L. COOL J (DEF JAM /COLUMBIA) MICHAEL JACKSON (EPIC) NONA GAHIRD STONE /ATANTIC) BMI /Last Sound, SO GOOD OL' DAYS (Trycep, BMI/Willesden, BMI) CPP SLAM THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS REASONS 24 26 3 62 63 6 24 19 17 62 62 16 44 HIP HOP HOORAY (T -Boy, ASCAP /Naughty, ASCAP) ONYX (JMJ /CHAOS/COLUMBIA) BOBBY BROWN (MCA) REGINA BELLE (COLUMBIA) PTMRIN E MARKRE (COLUMBIA) 69 HONEY DIP (WB, ASCAP /O /B/0 Itself, ASCAP /Unit 4, 14 IF I COULD 63 68 13 SWEET ON U A LOVE HE CAN FEEL APHRODISIA 25 19 GIVE HIM 0¡ 6 ASCAP /Hee Bee Dooinit, ASCAP) WBM REGINA BELLE (COLUMBIA) LO -KEY? (PERSPECTIVE/A&M) Q 26 12 TENS WILLIAMS (ENDULUM /ELEKTRA) V ALEXANDER O'NEAL (TABU /A&M) - I THE ONE (Jus' Livin', BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, 52 AIN'T BAD BOYS (THEME FROM "COPS ") GOLD DIGGIN' Fifth Street, BMI) CRY NO MORE 64 60 6 CREWZ POP BMI/Trakmasterz, BMI /Ahunit And CD 28 5 INNER CIRCLE (BIG BEAT /AG) 10 MC NASD & DJ FRED (PANDISC) 28 DA YOUNGSTA'S (EASTWEST) 7 II D EXTREME (GASOLINE ALLEY /MCA) WBM LITTLE MIRACLES 65 61 29 NO ORDINARY LOVE DAY GIMME GIMME 53 I CAN'T STAND THE PAIN (Peljo, BMI/Walter 27 33 5 DRE 3 LUTHER VANDROSS (EPIC) SADE (EPIC) © 34 6 DR. DRE (DEATH ROW / INTERSCOPE) ®71 AVA CHERRY (RADIKAL /CRITIQUE) Simmons, BMI)

71 I DON'T WANNA FIGHT (Chrysalis, ASCAP) CPP 28 20 21 SO ALONE 66 60 3 POSSE (SHOOT 'EM UP) LET ME BE THE ONE 6 DEEPER MEN AT LARGE (EASTWEST /AG) INTELLIGENT HOODLUM (A &M) 33 12 ® BOSS (DJ WEST /CHAOS) I ASCAP /Spinning Platinum, 43 INTRO (ATANTIC) 26 IF COULD (WB, ASCAP /EMI Blackwood, BMI /ATV, BMI /Music LETS GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS 62 21 TAP THE BOTTLE IN THE MIDDLE I FEEL PAIN 29 24 8 67 29 29 10 HL/WBM JODECI (UPTOWN /MCA) YOUNG BLACK TEENAGERS (SOUL /MCA) ALEXANDER O'NEAL (TABU /A &M) CD - SADE (NOEPIC) Corp. Of America, BMI) 63 IF I HAD NO LOOT (Ghatti, ASCAP /Gangsta Boogie, 30 27 13 TYPICAL REASONS 68 69 20 I'M EVERY WOMAN 30 31 11 ONE WOMAN 68 58 14 ASCAP Knowledge, ASCAP/Irving, PRINCE MARKE DEE (COLUMBIA) WHITNEY HOUSTON (ARISTA) SYBtLR(EXTtPATTPLATEAU/LONDON PEG) ASCAP/WB, /Street BMI) EVERY LITTLE THING U DO 69 65 26 A WHOLE NEW WORLD IT WAS A GOOD DAY 1 SO GOOD (Warner- 31 35 10 31 32 17 ®- 25 I HAVE NOTHING (FROM THE BODYGUARD) CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS (UPTOWN /MCA) P. BRYSON /R. BELLE (COLUMBIA) ICE CUBE (PRIORITY) MICHAEL COOPER (REPRISE) Tamerlane, BMI /One Four Three, BMI /Linda's Boys, 32 29 19 HIP HOP HOORAY 70 58 14 HONEY DIP IF 1 HAD NO LOOT BMI) WBM 70 1 JOMANDA NAUGHTY BY NATURE (TOMMY BOY) PORTRAIT (CAPITOL) 1 TONY! TON!! TONE (WING/MERCURY) - (BIG BEAT /ATANTIC) ©- 14 I'M SO INTO YOU (Barn Jams, BMI/Warner- /Interscope Pearl, BMI) WBM 33 34 10 TELLIN' ME STORIES ABOVE THE RIM I WANT TO KNOW YOUR NAME GIMME Tamerlane, BMI 71 39 9 1 BIG BUB (EASTWEST) BELL BIV DEVOE (MCA) © WALTER & SCOTTY (CAPITOL) 0,- CHERYL "PEPSI!" RILEY (REPRISE) 29 IN THE MIDDLE (Big Giant, BMI /Coffey, Nettlesbey, LOVE IS HUMPS FOR THE BLVD. LOVE BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI) WBM 34 31 15 72 34 30 17 GOOD OL' DAYS 72 63 20 V. WILLIAMS /B. MCKNIGHT (GIANT) RODNEY 0 & JOE COOLEY (PSYCHOTIC) LEVERT THANGIC) 31 ITS ALRIGHT (EMI Blackwood, BMI/Chante' 7, BMI /Geffen, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP) WBM I HAVE ROLL WIT THA FLAVA ONE LAST CRY 35 30 15 NOTHING 73 72 11 A GOOD DAY (Gangsta Boogie, ASCAP/WB, WHITNEY HOUSTON (ARISTA) THE FLAVOR UNIT MC'S (EPIC) © 45 4 ONYXSLAM (JMJ /CHAOS/COLUMBIA) 73 1 BRIAN MCKNIGHT (MERCURY) 27 IT WAS ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Bovina, ASCAP) WBM /HL TRIGGA GOTS NO HEART BABY I'M YOURS WHOOMP! (THERE IT IS!) DO DA WHAT 36 32 6 74 74 1 82 I WANNA HOLD ON TO YOU (Gratitude Sky, SPICE 1 (TRIAD /JIVE) SHAT (GASOLINE ALLEY/MCA) S2 3 TAG TAM (LIFE /BELLMARK) 1 OF THE GIRLS ( EASTWEST) ASCAP/Warner Chappell, PRS /Unichappell, BMI) BABY BE MINE 10 BOW WOW WOW FALLIN 37 40 11 75 73 UNCONDITIONAL LOVE 75 73 4 33 I WANT TO KNOW YOUR NAME (Warner- Tamerlane, BACKSTREET (MCA) FUNKDOOBIEST (IMMORTAL /EPIC) 66 2 HI -FIVE (JIVE) UN DOWP(OLrDOR /PLG> ® BMI) WBM Singles with increasing sales. © 1993, Billboard /BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc. o Tracks moving up the chart with airplay gains. © 1993, Billboard /BPI Communications. 39 KISS OF LIFE (Angel, ASCAP /Sony Music UK, PRS /Sony Tunes, ASCAP) HL

1 KNOCKIN' DA BOOTS (Pac Jam, BMI /Saja, 66 PINK COOKIES IN A PLASTIC BAG/BACK SEAT OF Tyme, ASCAP) WBM ROB RADIO RECURRENT MONITOR BMI/Troutman, BMI) WBM MY JEEP (Def Jam, ASCAP /LL Cool 1, ASCAP /EMI 16 THATS THE WAY LOVE IS (Zomba, ASCAP/Donril, 13 LATELY (Jobete, ASCAP/Black Bull, ASCAP) April, ASCAP /Marley Marl, ASCAP) ASCAP /Micon, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP / Abdur NO ORDINARY LOVE 1 1 DEDICATED 14 8 14 THE ONE (Frabensha, ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP /Bobby Brown, ASCAP) CPP/WBM/HL - (JIVE) 49 LET ME BE 76 ROLL WIT THA FLAVA (Naughty, ASCAP /Freddie Rahman, R. KELLY /PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ASCAP /Stone Jam, ASCAP /Ness, Nitty & Capone, Foxxx, ASCAP/Queen Latifah, ASCAP /E-Z- Duz -It, 72 TRUTHFUL (Tony Dofat, BMI/EMI April, 15 14 11 HAPPY DAYS 2 1 3 COMFORTER ASCAP/Warner Bros., ASCAP) ASCAP /40th Street, ASCAP /Peep Bo, ASCAP /Fu ASCAP /Across 110th Street, ASCAP /E- Z- Duz -lt, SHAI (GASOLINE ALLEY /MCA) SILK (KEIA/ELEKTRA) 42 LET'S GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS (FROM WHO'S Schnick, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) ASCAP) WHAT ABOUT FRIENDS April, ASCAP /DeSwing Mob, (SWING MY WAY) (EMI 3 3 15 TAKEN 16 10 19 THE MAN?) (EMI 79 SAY IT ISN'T OVER (EMI Blackwood, BMI /Money In 57 TYPICAL REASONS CHHANTEE MOORE (SILAS/MCA) A I YOUR ASCAP /Back To The Ghetto, ASCAP) WBM The Bank, BMI/Todski, BMI /Gotta Pay The Rent, Blackwood, BMI /Flow Tech, BMI /Music Corp. Of BROUGHT YOU ... 12 LITTLE MIRACLES (HAPPEN EVERY DAY) (EMI April, BMI) America, BMI /Second Generation Rooney Tunes, 2 5 THING 17 16 15 4 (LAFACE/ARISTA) MARYMAYRYJ. TONI BRAXTON ASCAP /Uncle Ronnié s, ASCAP /MCA, ASCAP/Thriller 23 SEEMS YOU'RE MUCH TOO BUSY (Music Corp. Of BMI/Taking Care Of Business, BMI) HL/WBM Miller, ASCAP) HL America, BMI /Baby Diamond, ASCAP /Colgems -EMI, 46 UM UM GOOD ( Trycep, BMI/Willesden, BMI /Ramal, 5 4 7 GET AWAY 18 19 17 BOBBY BROWN (MCA) BOBBY BRNODWN (MCA) 75 LOOKING THROUGH PATIENT EYES (MCA, ASCAP) HL ASCAP/Mantronik International, ASCAP) BMI /Cleveland's Own, BMI) CPP 77 LOVE DON'T LOVE YOU (Two Tuff-Enuff, BMI /Irving, 7 SHOW ME LOVE (Song- A -Tron, BMI /Champion, BMI) 62 UNCONDITIONAL LOVE (FROM MENACE II SOCIETY) EVERY WOMAN 19 17 21 PEOPLE EVERYDAY 6 6 5 I'M (Zomba, ASCAP/Art & Rhythm, ASCAP) WHITNEY HOUSTON (ARISTA) ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (CHRYSALIS) BMI) CPP 37 SIX FEET DEEP (N -The Water, ASCAP/Jobete, 51 LOVE IS A LOSING GAME (WB, ASCAP/Wallyworld, ASCAP /Straight Cash, BMI/EMI Blackwood, BMI) 67 WAITING IN VAIN (Polygram Int'l, ASCAP) 7 1 BUT A "G" THANG 20 15 15 - NUTHIN' ASCAP /John Bettis, ASCAP) WBM CPP/WBM 68 WANNA MAKE LUV 2 U (Nickleola, ASCAP /Large DR. ORE (DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE) LOS-KKEY (PERS(PCTIVÉ &M) 70 LOVE IS (WB,ASCAP /Pressmancherry, ASCAP /N.Y.M., 41 SLAM (Al, ASCAP /Chyskillz Muzik, ASCAP /Harris Giant, ASCAP/Steel Nickel, ASCAP/Primat, ASCAP) 8 5 9 REMINISCE 21 18 24 REAL LOVE ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane, Onyx, ASCAP) WBM MARY J. BLIGE (UPTOWN /MCA) MARY J. BLIGE (UPTOWN/MCA) ASCAP /Pressmancherryb)ossom, ASCAP /Chekerman, 21 SO ALONE (Trycep, BMI /Ramat, BMI/Willesden, BMI) 3 WEAK (Bam Jams, BMI /Interscope Pearl, /NATURAL... BMI) WBM 9 7 2 HIP HOP HOORAY n 22 12 BABY MFFOR)REAL BMI) WBM CPP BMI/Warner-Tamerlane, AFTER 7 NAUGHTY BY NATURE (TOMMY BOY) I 5 LOVE NO OMIT (WB, ASCAP/Ness, Nitty & Capone, 54 SO GOOD (Norcal Atlanta, BMI) 64 WHERE I'M FROM (Wide Grooves, BMI /Gliro, 23 26 BABY -BABY-BABY ASCAP /Stone Jam, ASCAP) WBM 15 SOMETHING'S GOIN' ON (Undercurrent, BMI /Longitude, BMI/WB, ASCAP) WBM 10 9 6 MR. WENDAL - ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (CHRYSALIS) TLC (AFAE /ARISTA) 30 NUTHIN' BUT A G THANG (Ain't Nuthin' Goin On But ASCAP /Maverick, ASCAP /Nomad -Noman, 24 WHO IS IT (Mijac, BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI) Fu -kin', ASCAP /Sony Songs, BMI) HL BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Audible Arts, BMI/WB, WBM NO RHYME, NO REASON 24 24 15 RUMP SHAKER 11 13 12 /Let's Have Lunch, 4 (THERE IT IS) ( Alvert, BMI) GEORGE DUKE (WARNER BROS.) WRECKX-N-EFFECT (MCA) 81 ONE LAST CRY (Pri, ASCAP ASCAP) WHOOMP! ASCAP/Rejoice, BMI) 58 SWEET ON U (New Perspective, ASCAP) 18 WHOOT, THERE IT IS (Jamie, BMI /Koke, Moke & 19 12 11 10 HPORERE 20 ONE WOMAN (Gradington, ASCAP/MCA, 48 SWEET THING (MCA, ASCAP) HL Noke, BMI) - BOYZBE(YZ DIII MEN( (8IVV SO /MOTOWN) ASCAP /Ronnie Onyx, BMI) 45 TELLIN' ME STORIES (Big Herb's, BMI /Down Low, Recurren s are titles which have appeared on the Monito 13 12 14 GAMES 35 PASSIN' ME BY (Beetjunkye, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI /Davone Ravone Lee, BMI) CHUCKII BOOKER (ATLANTIC) for 20 weeks and have dropped below the top 20. BMI /Crack Addict, BMI) WBM 2 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES (Black Ice, BMI /Flyte

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EMI GROUP PLANS TO CAPTURE ESSENCE OF `JAllMATAll' (Continued from page 12) KICKIN' THE VERBALS and is now working its way up. 'We went been confirmed for future singles from during the Impact conference, held in to the hardcore rap audience first," says " Jazzmatazz." A promo clip for "Le Bien, April in Atlantic City, and at an album Moxey. " Loungin' " shipped to rap radio Le Mal" was recently lensed in France release party at New York's Village Van- Prime Minister Pete Nice & at the end of March. by director Fab Five Freddy. "I went guard. A West Coast showcase had been Daddy Rich are kickin' the flavor, Next, the promotional CD was mailed personally with [ERG senior VP, inter- scheduled for June 4. This proposed one- to National Public Radio as well as adult national] Michael Leon to deliver the hour gig at The Palace was set to be unveiling fat beats, and shaking alternative, top 40, and urban program- video to MTV Europe," Glass says. broadcast live over KKBT via telephone the dust all over the place. mers. "A lot of those guys might be real line. conservative when it comes to rap," RETAIL BLITZ Chrysalis also completed a short video, Moxey says, "but they like people like To bolster the buzz at retail, EMI Rec- shot during recording sessions, for Donald Byrd and Roy Ayers." ord Group's senior director of sales Phil CEMA's retail branch presentations. (A Williams adds that " Loungin'" has Blume says, 'We blitzed them with an longer video called "The Making Of KICK THE BOBO

"been doing great at R&B radio," and all -out comprehensive prerelease cam- ` Jazzmatazz'"also was shot and will be that urban and top 40 stations such as paign." It included flyers explaining the shopped to PBS and syndicated TV out- THE SECOND SINGLE KKBT Los Angeles and KMEL San concept of " Jazzmatazz" and the servic- lets.) At Impact, bags containing the pro- FROM THE DEBUT ALBUM Francisco have been "picking up on ing of advance cassettes. Glass says he motional CD and " Jazzmatazz" shades Trust Me' as well." That cut pairs Guru played the collection for representatives also were circulated. "DUST TO DUST." with Davenport and was serviced with of Musicland, Handleman, and Camelot Produced by "Loungin' " on a three -track CD sampler himself, adding, "That's something I SHOW STOPS Prime Minister Pete Nice & Daddy Rich. that was shipped April 6. It also includes don't do too often." Williams says, `Be- In other promotional efforts, Guru

"Transit Ride," the collaboration with fore they even got the record, retail ac- performed on `The Tonight Show" June " Crlulrá" Ry. U.S. Pe. Y L. Off. Meta Ryirlrr4. Marsalis. counts were very excited." 3 with Branford Marsalis and Donald © 1993 Swr Muic EHrrtriouef lee. John Monds, PD of KKBT Los Violet Brown, urban music buyer with Byrd. Later, he'll visit `The Arsenio Hall Angeles, an urban outlet, says he hasn't Torrance, Calif. -based Wherehouse says, Show" accompanied by N'dea Davenport touched " Loungin'," but for the past "I was able to put the right amount of and will complete filming a program for Billboard FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1993 "four or five weeks," `Trust Me" "has product in our stores because I knew BET that will air throughout the sum- been one of the station's most -requested about the record and how well it might mer. songs." He adds, "If it were a single, it do." She adds that the title debuted at Also, in July, the rapper will headline would've been in the top 10 of our list." No. 5 on the 350 -unit chain's sales chart MTV night at the Montreux Jazz Festi- Hot Ra Sin IeSTM its first week out and is continuing to do val in Switzerland with Byrd, Roy Ayers, p g INTERNATIONAL APPEAL "very well." and Lonnie Liston Smith in tow. Around COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL ERG's promotion and marketing ef- Blume says that ERG has provided re- this time, Chrysalis hopes to have oZ i- AND ONE -STOP SALES REPORTS. Ul forts will also take a global focus. Ac- tailers with bin cards that enable them started expanding its target demo- ARTIST cording to Glass, "Each EMI country to stock " Jazzmatazz" alongside titles in graphic for the project. 3 g < = LIBEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL will release the record." He adds that Gang Starr's catalog. 'We don't neces- "There's an enormous older market * * * No. 1 * * * "overseas audiences are more sophisti- sarily want this record filed under jazz," that hasn't been tapped into," DEEPER BOSS says Berk. 1 1 1 8 cated about jazz" and have accepted it he says. He adds that contests have been 'We're going to go for that with TV spots (MI (T) DJ WEST /CHAOS 74737./COLUMBIA 3 weeks at No. 1 LOTS OF LOVIN PETE ROCK & C.L. more readily. instituted, wherein retailers will be re- and print ads in places like Vanity 3 5 9 SMOOTH Fair OZ (C) (T) ELEKTRA 64662 "The album features French, British, warded for displays and for their playing and The New York Times." Moxey says POP 5 6 8 CREWZ DA YOUNGSTA'S and American artists and was recorded " Jazzmatazz" in their stores. In -store Guru also will be starring in a print cam- 0 (M) (T) EASTWEST 96068 in PASSIN' ME BY those countries; we'll be targeting in- play is being monitored by ERG's field paign and finning two advertising spots 6 7 7 THE PHARCYDE ® (C) (M) (T) DELICIOUS VINYL 98434/AG ternational audiences and hitting rap, promotion staff and college reps. Glass for Miller Beer. One will be based on a ROLL 5 4 3 10 WIT THA FLAVOR THE FLAVOR UNIT MC'S R&B, and NAC listeners," says Berk. adds, "Our people send in photos of the "Jazzmatazz" cut. `The Miller thing is (M) IT) (X) FLAVOR UNIT 74897 /EPIC "There's something HEAD OR for everybody on displays." Among the prizes are one of gonna be real crucial," he says. 8 13 5 GUT ILLEGAL o) (CI (M) (T) (X) ROWDY 5010 /ARISTA this record, and we'll be releasing differ- Donald Byrd's trumpets, a turntable "I think ` Jazzmatazz' is the fulfillment TRUTHFUL 7 7 12 7 HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ ent cuts simultaneously." used by Guru, and a poster signed by the of a dream," says Glass. "It's so accessi- (C) (M) (T) (X) UPTOWN 54593/MCA With the exception of "Le Bien, Le cast of players on "Jazzmatazz. " ble, yet it's jazz. I SIX FEET DEEP credible as think Guru 12 16 5 GETO BOYS Mal," which features MC Solaar and To further stir interest, Chrysalis had has put himself into a new spot in the U (C) (T) RAP -A -LOT 53823/PRIORITY 14 17 4 HOW U GET A RECORD DEAL BIG DADDY KANE ships mid -June, no release dates have Guru perform sets with live musicians hip -hop world with this record." O (T) (M) COLD CHILLIN' 40830 /REPRISE

10 2 2 12 PEACE TREATY KAM (M) (T) EASTWEST 96098 COLE'S NEW ELEKTRA SET A SEGUE THERE IT IS 95 SOUTH SMOOTH lI 16 20 4 WHOOT, ll i/fI ,l,(ed from page 16) (M) IT) WRAP 0150'/ICHIBAN SLAM 112 22 2 ONYX - (M) (T) JMJ /CHAOS 74882/COLUMBIA lie Cole returned and became more "This Will Make You Laugh," and "Ca- pearances on "Take A Look." Says THE POSSE (SHOOT'EM UP) INTELLIGENT a household .1 18 23 4 HOODLUM than name. The trick now lypso Blues" -they are not tracks he Cole, "They have this attitude that is (C) (T) TUFF BREAK 0236/A &M is to extend it from there and make the was known for. best so supercool. They are not full of them- TRIGGA GOTS NO HEART SPICE 1 (14) 21 25 3 world aware of the new album." The album mainly comprises songs selves at all. Some of the best jazz mu (M) (T) JIVE 42136 BOUNCE TA THIS SHOWBIZ & A.G. Elektra will attempt to do that with originally performed by Ella Fitzger- in 15 15 18 5 sicians the country were in those re- ICI IT) PAYDAY /LONDON 857 086/PLG a 12- market, two -week TV ad cam- ald, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Nancy cording sessions. They played with BOW WOW WOW 16 11 10 11 FUNKDOOBIEST paign beginning in mid -June. The label Wilson, Aretha Franklin, and Cole her- Basie, Ella, Frank, Sarah, Peggy Lee, (M) IT) IMMORTAL 74852'/EPIC FROM also will launch an extensive ad cam- self. (She rerecorded "Lovers," a track and Tony Bennett ... When I'm with 11 20 22 6 WHERE I'M DIGABLE PLANETS (C) (M) (T) (X) PENDULUM 64648/ELEKTRA paign in the Time Warner consumer she co -wrote and originally recorded in them I still feel very much like a nov- I 18 9 8 13 GET WRECKED TIM DOG publications Time, People, and Sports 1977.) ice. I know what I know because of how (M) (T) (X) RUFFHOUSE 74857 /COLUMBIA DO? Illustrated. "Take A Look" has "a larger quan- I was raised, not because I was singing 1S 25 26 4 WHAT'CHA GONNA SHABBA RANKS/QUEEN LATIFAH (C) (T) (X) EPIC 74938 Cole also is set to appear on "Enter- tity of emotion" than "Unforgettable," jazz for the last 25 years. HIT IT FROM ZO 24 24 4 THE BACK MOBB DEEP tainment Tonight," "Good Morning, Cole says. "Each song required a dif- "I'm still learning a lot ... That's (M) (T) 4TH & B'WAY 440567' /ISLAND America," and `The Tonight Show" the ferent kind of personality. With dad's also why I did this album. I just want OFF & 21 10 9 9 ON TRENDS OF CULTURE week of the album's release. songs I could stay in one head space to learn a little more about what it is (C) (T) MAD SOUNDS 2199/MOTOWN REASONS PRINCE MARKIE DEE In addition, VH1 and BET will play and do all 22 of those songs When like to be in that place." 22 13 4 12 TYPICAL ... (CI (WIT) (X) SOUL CONVENTION 74866 /COLUMBIA a major role in videoclip exposing the I sing those songs I don this character Although Cole does plan to hit the DOWN THE 23 17 14 12 WITH KING RUN -D.M.C. for "Take A Look," with the former of being his daughter. I don't really road again to support the new album, (C) IT) (X) PROFILE 5391 honoring with 2 AIN'T NO CRIME POSITIVE K Cole the "artist of the have to do anything else and the music she says the tour will not be as exten- 24 28 - (Cl (M) (T) ISLAND 864 924 /PLG month" distinction and a half -hour spe- just works through me." sive as her trek supporting "Unforget- 25 29 2 IBWIN' WIT MY CREW/BONNIE & CLYDE YO -YO cial in July. She adds, "On this one I had to work table." - (M) IT) EASTWEST 96054' The first single, the title track, offi- harder. I hide pp, REIGN OF THE TEC THE BEATNUTS couldn't behind dad's She will play approximately 15 dates YB 1 NEW (C) (T) RELATIVITY 1194 cially goes to AC, top 40, and urban ra- name." in July and August, including a July 16- IT DAY 27 23 19 13 WAS A GOOD ICE CUBE dio Monday (7). When Elektra The new album again teams Cole 18 stint at the Hollywood Bowl. A more (C) (T) PRIORITY 53817 launched "Unforgettable" in 1991, it in- with Tommy LiPuma as co- executive extensive tour tentatively is set for fall. 11, DRE DAY DR. DRE TS NEW I itially only went after AC. producer, with Cole's husband, Andre The show also will undergo a change (C) (M) (T) DEATH ROW 53827 /INTERSCOPE 0. HITTIN' SWITCHES ERICK SERMON "We have a much clearer sense of Fischer, once again 0 NEW 1 producing several as the new material is incorporated (CI (T) UPTOWN 54644/MCA Natalie's audience in all formats," tracks. into the set. "It will make a transition 30 19 11 10 HOW I'M COMIN' L.L. COOL J Bither says. 'We have a story to tell "Take A Look" also includes guest from `Unforgettable' music into this (C) (T) DEF JAM 74811 /COLUMBIA out -of-the box, why we that's are going appearances by saxophonists Grover newer music," she says, "gradually Q Records with the greatest sales gains this week. Videoclip availability. Recording Industry Association after all three at once." Washington Jr. and David "Fathead" including more and more songs from of America (RIM) certi ication or sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units. Although "Take A Look" does in- Newman and pianist Herbie Hancock. the new album. I'm even trying to fig- Catalog no. is for cassette single. *Asterisk indicates catalog number is for cassette maxi -single; cassette single unavailable. (C) Cassette single availability. (D) CD single availability. (M) Cassette maxi -single availability. clude five songs recorded by her fa- Several of the musicians featured on ure out a way to put some of my own (T) Vinyl maxi -single availability. (X) CD maxi -single availability. © 1993, Billboard /BPI Communications. ther- including "I Wish You Love," "Unforgettable" also make encore ap- songs in."

BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 27 www.americanradiohistory.com Dance ARTISTS & MUSIC Morales Proves Time's On His Side; Grammy Gripe

IT'S A GOOD THING David Mo- limitations. This album could never rales did not release an album be a one -man show. More than any- shortly after signing a recording con- thing else, I dig being in the studio, tract with Mercury Records two building tracks and writing music. I years ago. leave the performing to others." "Quite frankly, I wasn't ready," he Ironically, the song that triggered says. "I don't think I took the situa- a major-label bidding war does not tion seriously enough -mostly be- appear on "The Program." When by Larry Flick cause I wasn't actually looking for a Morales was spinning weekly at the deal at the time. I was excited at the Red Zone in New York in 1991, he trips, which is certainly not the way opportunity, but I guess I had to constructed "Can You Feel It," an in- it is here. No cliques, no bull. Just a grow into the idea. And I had to con- strumental composed of raw beats lot of nice, positive vibes -and some tinue developing as a songwriter and and assorted disco samples. It be- slammin' music." producer. I needed time." came an instant crowd favorite, and He returned to his homebase in he was eventually cajoled into adding New York with four completed lyrics for a rap. songs: the album's fierce, tribal - Soon after, a dramatic perform- esque title cut; "Sunshine," a ravish- ance of the track by the Natural E ingly romantic soul shuffler; "Beauti- (who appears on "The Program ") ful Thing," a lush, radio -friendly during a party at the Red Zone was house jam; and "Gimme Luv," a the catalyst for bringing serious la- wildly infectious dancehall/hip -hop bel offers to the table. Morales re- hybrid. At this point, the album was calls the lights dropping out, and taking a shape that inspired Morales. Simon Sez ... Jam! Philadelphia indie Simon Sez Records launched its first watching people in the audience sur- The creative process had begun to single, "Give It Up," by newcomer Baby Heather, during a party at local nightspot render themselves to the slowly ris- accelerate. 636 Pine. The single, which sports remixes by Andrew Komix, among others, is in the DAVID MORALES ing melody of the song. Within five months after his Ja- currently is making inroads at club and crossover radio levels. An album "I get goose bumps whenever I re- maican jaunt, "The Program" was works, and should be out by the end of 1993. Pictured, from left, are Buddy D., member that split second when peo- complete. Only "Work That Body" Warner Bros. Records; King James, King James Dept. Store; Bruce Webb, Fortunately, he got it. And instead ple started to recognize the song, and Webb's Dept. Store; Heather; and Eric Costen, air personality, WDAS -FM. of delivering what the world -re- they went wild. It was a magical, nowned remixer /club DJ says might electric moment." stream consumption is something piece of advice to Wilson and Soular, have been just a batch of dubs and Getting "Can You Feel It" out as Billboard. tracks, he now is about to release a single on Mercury was not in the Morales refuses to become preoccu- both of whom will continue to lobby "The Program." Due in stores in cards, since there was not yet an al- HOT pied with. "I want people to see that NARAS: Consider putting together early August, it is an adventurous bum on the horizon. And while Mo- I'm a little rough around the edges. a proposal for "club music" catego- and complex collection that uses rich rales saw the cut as a lost smash, he Kinda hard, kinda soft. Actually, I'm ries instead of dance. The basic defi- house grooves as the foundation for took comfort in his potential as a more interested in getting the music nition could be simple. This is music thoroughly satisfying explorations songwriter and producer. "I knew I wetikuuc14 out there, and putting to rest the idea that is created first and primarily for into reggae, pop, and retro -funk was onto to something. It was just a 13 FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1993 that remixers don't have the talent to club DJ programming and club pa- styles. Morales shares billing on the matter of figuring out what my next write and produce. I want to wipe trons. That would exclude the house album with the Bad Yard Club, a step would be." CLUB PLAY that stigma away." mix of a Mariah Carey single from consideration, and open the door of battalion of talent that includes vet- Morales took a break from writing 1. I WILL CATCH YOU NOKKO EPIC eran belter CeCe Rogers, diva -in- and recording his debut last year to 2. LET 'EM IN SHINEHEAD ELEKTRA R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: Once again, the recognition for a Masters At Work 3. PUT ME IN A TRANCE APOTHEOSIS dance music community has been re- or David Morales record. training Anastassia, and toaster produce and mix cuts for pop/reggae RADIKAL of club Papa San, who chats up a storm on stars Maxi Priest and Shabba 4. LIVING IN THE PAST JETHRO TULL fused its rightful place among the Finally, every member the CHRYSALIS sparked a honorees at the annual Grammy community should explore the option the just -issued first single, "Gimme Ranks. Those experiences 5. TRIBAL DANCE 2 UNLIMITED RADIKAL Luv." 10 -day trip to Jamaica to collaborate Awards. And one more time, the of becoming a voting member of & Committee NARAS. Contact your local chapter "One of my objectives with this with Sly Dunbar, among others. MAMI -SINGLES SALES Awards Nominations project was to create a channel for "There's such a different work of the National Academy of Re- for requirements. We need to contin- 1. DRE DAY DR. DRE DEATH ROW people other than myself to get out ethic there," he says. "Laidback, but cording Arts & Sciences decided ually search for ways to work within 2. PLASTIC DREAMS JAYDEE EPIC well -researched pro- the system to make necessary there," Morales says. "I know my very productive. There are no star 3. RUSHING LONI CLARK NERVOUS that -despite 4. LOVE SENSATION LOLEATTA posals by Ray Soular and NARAS changes. Get involved, and demand HOLLOWAY DOUBLE J trustee Paul David Wilson -there the respect we all deserve. 5. YOU MAKE ME HAPPY THE DARRYL was not enough stylistic difference JAMES /DAVID ANTHONY PROJECT FREEZE between dance music and other gen- ALBUM NOTES: German act res to make room for "danceable" re- Elektric Music, which is composed Breakouts: Titles with future chart potential, of several former Kraftwerk -ians, based on club play or sales reported this week. cordings. The official response is that dance bows with a sterling debut, "Esper- music "cannot be identified as a anto." Ably produced by Karl Bar - bona -fide performance category." tos, "Esperanto" is available through and "Jazzy Mo' " remained from the The committee also expressed con- Germany's SPV Records, and the early sessions. "It was like the entire cern that a dance category might act is actively seeking an American script had changed for me," he says. create "confusion with category home. "Every track was developed from a placement of recordings during the The group made a bit of noise in vocal and traditional song point of entering and screening process." Europe about six months ago with view. In the end, it became a collage Getting past the obvious anger "Crosstalk," a quirky li'l ditty that of different moods and styles." that such words will trigger, it is im- straddled the line dividing techno More than anything else, "The portant that we as a community ra- and electro -rock. The album is a Program" succeeds in proving that a tionally refuse to take this lying solid, pleasant surprise, with its fun track does not have to be 120 beats down. We must reach out to the stylistic range -all cast within a per minute to slam hard enough to Awards & Nominations Committee, synth -pop milieu, of course. fill a dancefloor. It is a visionary and let its members know that club "Kissing The Machine" is an odd - piece of work that likely will be re- music is a vital, worthwhile form of but- pleasing romp back to the early vered as one of the most important music. If the committee can differen- days of Blancmange and Depeche dance music albums of 1993. tiate between hard rock and metal, Mode, while "Lifestyle" is filled with K.C.'s Back. Harry "K.C." Casey, left, celebrated the release of "Oh Yeah!," his The 12 -inch version of "Gimme traditional pop and mainstream pop, nifty keyboard effects and hip -hop- first album with the Sunshine Band in nearly 10 years, at a recent bash in New Luv" is making club waves, thanks to and bluegrass and other forms of derived break -beats. The act's best which com- York. Available on ZYX Records, the set is preceeded by a megamix of the group's Morales' deep "Jackie 60" house re- country music, then why can't they club bet is "Information," '70s -era disco classics, which is picking up support from pop and hi -NRG DJs. vamping. Mercury is stoking up for see the difference between acts like bines NRGetic house beats with a A concert tour is planned for midsummer. Also pictured is ZYX sales manager a top 40 push behind the single, Ten City and Color Me Badd? good hook and memorable vocal Rusty Yardum. which will begin at the end of this Perhaps we need to be more ele- loops. month. Fashioning himself for main- mental in our approach. Here is a

28 BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1993 H OT D ANC E MUSIC.. CLUB PLAY MAXI -SINGLES SALES z COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE z COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE N OH Y c cc OF DANCE CLUB PLAYLISTS. Y Y (Y OF RETAIL STORES AND ONE -STOP SALES REPORTS. CI)w N w O G w Ñ w 3 (:, = TITLE ARTIST w TITLE ARTIST C' I- 3 -' 3 ¢ 3 O LABEL & NUMB( '+ I'I sTRIBUTING LABEL 53 N Q 3 c=) LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL

* * * No. 1 * * * * * * No. 1 * * *

l 3 7 6 REGRET QWEST 40760/WARNER BROS. 1 week at No. 1 NEW ORDER 2 4 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES (T) (X) VIRGIN 12661 2 weeks at No. 1 JANET JACKSON

O 2 4 8 PHOREVER PEOPLE EPIC 74898 THE SHAMEN 2 2 3 9 MORE AND MORE (M) IT) (X) A 25028/IMAGO CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD PROJECT

3 4 5 9 WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME LONDON 857 103/PLG UTAH SAINTS 3 4 5 7 REGRET (M) (T) (X) QWEST 40760/ WARNER BROS. NEW ORDER ® 7 11 6 BUDDY X VIRGIN 12665 NENEH CHERRY 7 8 GO AWAY (T) (X) EPIC 74843 GLORIA ESTEFAN 05 8 12 7 RUSHING NERVOUS 20o48 LONI CLARK 5 6 4 14 SHOW ME LOVE (M) (T) (X) BIG BEAT 10110 ROBIN S. © 11 20 4 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES VIRGIN 12661 JANET JACKSON 10 12 8 PASSIN' ME BY (M) (T) DELICIOUS VINYL 10114/AG THE PHARCYDE 7 1 2 8 PRESSURE US COLUMBIA 74916 SUNSCREEM 11 13 6 SWEET LULLABY (T) (X) EPIC 74919 DEEP FOREST ® 9 15 6 QUEENIE DALI 66305 /ELEKTRA ETHYL MEATPLOW 8 3 WHO IS IT IM) (T) (X) EPIC 74406 MICHAEL JACKSON O 13 25 4 PLASTIC DREAMS EPIC 74992 JAYDEE 9 5 7 10 BOSS DRUM/PHOREVER PEOPLE (T) (51 EPIC 74898 THE SHAMEN

10 20 27 4 GOTTA KNOW (YOUR NAME) A&M 8135 MALAIKA 10 9 9 7 JUMP THEY SAY (M) (T) (X) SAVAGE 50034 DAVID BOWIE

11 19 23 5 YOUR TOWN CHAOS 74959 DEACON BLUE 11 14 19 4 BUDDY X (T) (X) VIRGIN 12665 NENEH CHERRY

12 21 28 5 WIND IT UP ELEKTRA 66319 THE PRODIGY 12 15 17 5 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO? (T) (X) EPIC 74938 SHABBA RANKS (FEATURING QUEEN LATIFAH)

13 5 3 11 MORE AND MORE A 25028/IMAGO CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD PROJECT 13 12 16 7 EVERY LITTLE THING U DO (T) (X) UPTOWN 54613/MCA CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS

14 6 6 9 JUMP THEY SAY SAVAGE 50034 DAVID BOWIE 14 8 6 12 BOW WOW WOW (M) (T) IMMORTAL 74852 /EPIC FUNKDOOBIEST

15 10 13 8 JUST A DREAM MCA 54595 DONNA DELORY 15 17 25 4 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS (M) in 00 MCA 54619 BOBBY BROWN

16 12 1 12 I CAN'T GET NO SLEEP cuTTING 273 MASTERS AT WORK FEATURING INDIA 16 13 14 12 I CAN'T GET NO SLEEP IM) in CUTTING 273 MASTERS AT WORK FEATURING INDIA

11 14 10 10 WHO IS IT EPIC 74406 MICHAEL JACKSON 17 19 27 5 JUST A DREAM (M) IT) MCA 54595 DONNA DELORY

18 16 9 10 SWEET LULLABY EPIC 74919 DEEP FOREST 18 24 24 5 CATCH ME (T) (X) SIRE 40819/WARNER BROS. BETTY BOO

19 18 8 12 INDEPENDENCE SBK 19777 /ERG LULU 19 22 26 5 KNOCKIN' DA BOOTS (M) IT) LUKE 461 H -TOWN

(T) (X) RCA 20 23 30 5 I BELIEVE MOONSHINE MUSIC 55300 LUNATIC FRINGE 20 16 10 14 I'M SO INTO YOU (M) 62452 SWV

21 26 35 4 CATCH ME SIRE 40819/WARNER BROS. BETTY BOO 21 28 35 3 BAD BOYS (THEME FROM "COPS') in (X) BIG BEAT 96056/AG INNER CIRCLE

22 15 16 8 GO AWAY EPIC 74843 GLORIA ESTEFAN 22 20 23 9 LOVE ME THE RIGHT WAY IT) oo LOGIC 62529/RCA RAPINATION & KYM MAZELLE 23 34 - 2 U R THE BEST THING SIRE 40853/WARNER BROS. D:REAM 23 29 32 3 LET'S GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS (T) (X) UPTOWN 54636/MCA JODECI 24 32 45 3 GLAMMER GIRL SEXY 1001 /MAXI THE LOOK 24 32 2 WHO'S THE MAN? (M) IT) (X) TOMMY BOY 556 HOUSE OF PAIN

25 28 37 4 SWEET HARMONY ATLANTIC 85759 THE BELOVED 25 30 33 3 HOW U GET A RECORD DEAL (M) (T) COLD CHILLIN' 40830AVARNER BROS. BIG DADDY KANE

(M) (T) 26 22 18 9 THE LOVE I LOST NEXT PLATEAU/LONDON 857 065 /PLG SYBIL 26 26 28 6 CREWZ POP EASTWEST 96068/AG DA YOUNGSTA'S

21 25 26 9 MAKOSSA FREEZE 50029 HOUSE OF GYPSIES 21 25 30 6 DEEPER (M) (T) DJ WEST/CHAOS 74737 /COLUMBIA BOSS ** *POWER PICK* ** ***HOT SHOT DEBUT*** 28 44 - 2 TUBALE (EXTASY) ANGEL EYES 5411 WARNING 28 NEW BACK TO MY ROOTS (M) (T) (X) TOMMY BOY 565 RUPAUL 29 37 - 2 BACK TO MY ROOTS TOMMY BOY 565 RUPAUL ***POWER PICK* * * 30 24 17 10 WAKE UP EVERYBODY REPRISE 40759/WARNER BROS. NICK SCOTTI 29 34 2 LOVE NO LIMIT (M) (T) (X) UPTOWN 54640/MCA MARY J. BLIGE

31 36 43 3 IN CHARGE CITI 015 EL BARRIO 30 39 2 SLAM (M) (T) JMJ /CHAOS 74882 /COLUMBIA ONYX

MAVERICK /SIRE 40793/WARNER BROS. 32 17 14 11 FEVER MADONNA 31 38 42 3 TRUTHFUL (M) (T) (X) UPTOWN 54614/MCA HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ 33 31 40 4 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS MCA 54619 BOBBY BROWN 32 NEW RUNAROUND (M) (T) (X) RCA 62542 MARTHA WASH 34 43 2 NASTY GROOVE CRAP 030 COLD AUTOMATIC EYES - 33 41 2 RELIGION (T) (X) EPIC 74928 FRONT 242 35 39 44 3 YOU GOT ME WORKIN' GREAT JONES 530625/ISLAND GLENN "SWEETY G" TOBY 34 21 15 11 TOOK MY LOVE (T) (X) COLUMBIA 74862 BIZARRE INC FEATURING ANGIE BROWN 36 48 2 BOY POP SIRE 40806/WARNER BROS. BOOK OF LOVE - 35 37 36 3 WHOOT, THERE IT IS (M) (T) WRAP 0150 /ICHIBAN 95 SOUTH

31 41 46 3 LOVE SENSATION DOUBLE J 5507 /SALSOL'L LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY 36 NEW 1 WALKING IN MY SHOES (M) (T) (X) MUTE/SIRE 40852/WARNER BROS. DEPECHE MODE * * *HOT SHOT DEBUT*** 37 44 2 BABY BE MINE (M) (T) MCA 54634 BLACKSTREET 38 NEWIlt. 1 HEROIN CHRYSALIS 24826/ERG BILLY IDOL 38 18 20 8 YOU'RE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE/THE LOVE I LOST in NEXT PLATEAU /LONDON 857 065/PLG SYBIL

39 27 I 19 13 GO ON MOVE STRICTLY RHYTHM 12128 REEL 2 REAL FEATURING MAD STUNTMAN 39 23 18 12 DOWN WITH THE KING in (X) PROFILE 7391 RUN -D.M.C.

40 NEW ' 1 JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH SONIC 2017 /INSTINCT TRANSFORMER 2 FEATURING ASLI 40 31 31 16 PUSH THE FEELING ON (M) (T) GREAT JONES 530 620/ISLAND NIGHTCRAWLERS

41 NEW 1 SHINE COLUMBIA 74948 MIDI RAIN 41 NEW BOY POP (T) (X) SIRE 40806/WARNER BROS. BOOK OF LOVE

42 33 I 34 8 ELEVATOR UP AND DOWN ZYX 6668 INTERACTIVE 42 NEW U R THE BEST THING (T) (X) SIRE 40853/WARNER BROS. D:REAM

43 NEW 1 YOU MAKE ME HAPPY FREEZE 50036 THE DARRYL JAMES/DAVID ANTHONY PROJECT 43 49 2 WHOOMP! (THERE IT IS) (M) (T) (X) LIFE 79001 /BELLMARK TAG TEAM

44 38 33 5 SENTINEL- RESTRUCTURE REPRISE 40749/WARNER BROS. MIKE OLDFIELD NEW HITTIN' SWITCHES (T) UPTOWN 54644/MCA ERICK SERMON

45 NEW 1 BAD MOOD SBK 19782 /ERG LONNIE GORDON 45 42 49 3 WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME IT) IX) LONDON 857 103 /PLG UTAH SAINTS

46 NEW 1 GET FUNKY WITH ME MEDICINE40828/WARNER BROS. FIERCE RULING DIVA 46 33 22 14 IT'S MY LIFE (M) (T) (X) LOGIC 1- 2492/ARISTA DR. ALBAN

41 35 29 7 GIVE HIM A LOVE HE CAN FEEL PENDULUM 66326/ELEKTRA TENE WILLIAMS 41 40 34 17 CONNECTED (T) (X) GEE STREET /ISLAND 864 393/PLG STEREO MC'S

48 40 32 7 I LIFT MY CUP PULSE 8 12394 /RADIKAL GLOWORM 48 27 11 10 ROLL WIT THA FLAVA (M) (T) (X) FLAVOR UNIT 74897/EPIC THE FLAVOR UNIT MC'S

49 29 22 15 SHOW ME LOVE BIG BEAT 10110 /ATLANTIC ROBIN S. 49 36 38 3 SENTINEL -RESTRUCTURE (T) (X) REPRISE 40749/WARNER BROS. MIKE OLDFIELD

50 30 31 10 BOW WOW WOW IMMORTAL 74852 /EPIC FUNKDOOBIEST 50 47 48 3 GIVE HIM A LOVE HE CAN FEEL (T) PENDULUM 66326/ELEKTRA TENE WILLIAMS

Titles with the greatest sales or club play increases week. Videoclip number 0 this availability. Catalog is for cassette maxi -single, or vinyl maxi -single if cassette is unavailable. On sales chart: (M) Cassette maxi -single availability. (T) Vinyl maxi -single availability. (X) CD maxi - single availability. © 1993, Billboard /BPI Communications.

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BILLBOARD JUNE 12. 1993 29 www.americanradiohistory.com ARTISTS & MUSIC WEA Labels Enter Joint Promo Country Albums To Get Boost At Retail BY EDWARD MORRIS we've been an organization that "Across The Great Divide," Grif- we've actually had all our labels in fith; "Diamond Mine," Williams; NASHVILLE -For the first time, the country business," explains "Beer And Bones," Montgomery. eight WEA- distributed labels will Alan Shapiro, WEA's VP of music Also, "What Might Have Been," embark on a national effort to pro- sales. "For years and years and Little Texas; "The Bigger You mote their country albums jointly at years, it was Warner Bros. and Love," Burnette; "If You're Not retail. Warner Bros. ... It seems like all Gonna Love Me," Allen; "A Thou- Dubbed "Pick The Hits," the our labels have finally come to the sand Miles From Nowhere," Yo- campaign runs June 7 -July 2 and in- party and realized that country is akam; "When You Leave That Way volves new and catalog product great music." You Can Never Go Back," Confed- from Warner Bros., Asylum, Giant, Shapiro says the promotion in- erate Railroad; "If I Were You," Capricorn, Atlantic, Rhino, Re- volves discounts to buyers, but he Rogers and Tritt; "An Old Pair Of prise, and Chameleon. declines to specify what they are. Shoes," Travis; "Lines Around The artists spotlighted in the pro- Participants in the campaign will Your Eyes," Lucinda Williams; and motion are Dwight Yoakam, Randy display 18 -by -36 -inch posters that "Hot, Country And Single," Dillon. Travis, Travis Tritt, Hank Williams show a guitar and the names of the The "Pick The Hits" album and Jr., Little Texas, Billy Burnette, spotlighted acts. video list contains current and cata- Stone Study. Singer Doug Stone, center, examines the final edit of his current Deborah Allen, Kenny Rogers, In addition, WEA is providing re- log selections. "Our catalog product music video, "Made For Lovin' You," for which he served as executive producer. Zaca Creek, Nanci Griffith, Lu- tailers with an anthology CD for in- is part of our summer program With him are producer Dick Heard, left, and director Greg Travis. cinda Williams, John Michael Mont- store play. Its selections are "T -R- that's already in progress," Shapiro gomery, Tracy Lawrence, Dean Dil- O-U-B-L-E," by Tritt; "Fly Me says. lon, and Confederate Railroad. South," Zaca Creek; "Can't Break "It's the first time in all the years It To My Heart," Lawrence; Fan Fair Endures Despite Growing Pains $175M Opryland Hotel Expansion Plus, CRS Committee Named; Brown Back At Wal -Mart To Double Trade Show Space FAIR ENOUGH: Trends come and go, but Fan Fair is for- Iowa; David Liston, WTHI Terre Haute, Ind.; Lee Logan, NASHVILLE -Gaylord Enter- Music Assn. ever. Or so it seems. The institution has thrived from its in- KNEW/KSAN San Francisco; Monte Maupin -Gerard, tainment has announced a $175 mil- The expansion will boost the ho- ception in 1972-primarily because it was built on the bril- WFMS Indianapolis; J. Michael McKoy, KJJY Des Moines, lion expansion program for the tel's exhibit -hall space from its cur- liantly simple idea that fans would flock to Nashville to see Iowa; Denise Nichols, Arista Records; Kevin O'Neal, WSM Opryland Hotel that will double the rent 145,000 square feet to 315,000 dozens of their musical idols face -to -face at one time in one Nashville; Beverly Padratzik, SJS; Jim Patrick, KRST/ facility's trade show space and add square feet, and its number of central location. In spite of the flourishes and filigrees that KRZY, Albuquerque, N.M.; Bob Posolsky, KNIX/KCWW 979 more guest rooms. In addition, guest rooms from 1,891 to 2,870. have been added through the years, it is that one central con- Phoenix; Ray Randall, KRPM Bellevue, Wash.; Craig the expansion will include the crea- According to Gaylord's figures, cept that carries the weight. Scott, Craig Scott & Associates; Chuck Stevens, WQK Sa- tion of a glass- covered area, to be the expanded hotel will have more Until fairly recently, almost any performer with a few lem, Ohio; and Katie Weidman, KAYD Beaumont, Texas. called "the Delta," that will contain exhibit space than the Philadelphia bucks for space rental could erect a booth and bask in the The next CRS will be held March 2 -5, 1994, at Nashville's a 1,200 -seat amphitheater, a 400 - Civic Center, the Indianapolis Con- traffic generated by bigger acts. No more. The crowds have Opryland Hotel. seat theme restaurant, a food court, vention Center, and the Dallas Con- grown so large (and lucrative) that most of the 200 or so ma- Jan Rhees has established a Nashville office for High Way a 560- foot -long moving sidewalk, vention Center, and nearly as much jor -label acts want booths. Entertainment-a publish- and an artificial lake and river. space at the convention centers for And that's nudged out the ing and artist development The program is scheduled to be Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Wash- marginals. Press credentials company. The firm also has completed in mid -1996. ington, D.C. also are harder to come by, a Los Angeles division. Cli- The mammoth hotel already The hotel additions are the lat- now that everyone wants to ents include Eliza Gilky- hosts a variety of music -related ac- est -and largest -in a spate of up- cover country music. Tickets Nashville son, Jimbo Sells, Stanley tivities, including the Country Ra- coming Gaylord constructions. Al- to this year's zealfest sold T, and the Delta Mudcats dio Seminar and the post- awards ready announced are an $8 million out months in advance. So ... After the 1993 graduat- party for the Country Music Assn. renovation and expansion of the it's pretty clear that there ScÑ ing class of Lawrence Some observers have speculated historic Ryman Auditorium, the are going to be some hurt County (Tennessee) High that the complex eventually may creation of a $7.5 million entertain- feelings and injured sensibi- School chose John Michael try to accommodate the annual Fan ment complex a few blocks from the lities to go along with all the Montgomery's "Life's A Fair, which has outgrown its cur- Ryman; and the building of a $6 mil- other growing pains. by Edward Morris Dance" as its theme song, rent quarters at the Tennesse State lion corporate headquarters near All these blemishes aside, Montgomery had his label, Fairgrounds. Fan Fair is co -spon- Opryland (Billboard, May 15). Fan Fair continues to be a marvelously moving and restora- Atlantic Records, send each member of the class a copy of sored by the Grand Ole Opry, a tive spectacle. With all its frustrations, it serves to reaffirm the song ... Gerry Wood, who wrote this column for eons Gaylord property, and the Country that country music has a "core audience" far stronger than and who now eats lotuses and free -lances in Key West, re- any wind of fashion that blows through Nashville. And that's cently shipped out from that fabled port on a boat taking the audience that still will be around when the Singing Car- medical supplies to Cuba. The craft was buffeted by fierce penter and the Hillbilly Heartbreakers return in triumph to storms and bad cuisine going and coming, and the crew and Tower Continues To Bolster Fan Fair reclaim their booths. passengers had to be rescued by the Coast Guard on the trip home. Wood's vocal cords have nearly recovered from the Nashville Stores Host Performance Sessions OOPS: Mercury Records officials insist-contrary to a re- scream lacerations, but he reports he has been reduced to port in last week's "Artists & Music" section-that the new subsisting entirely on a broth made of rum and Valium. NASHVILLE -Continuing a prac- Cactus Brothers. Billy Ray Cyrus single, "Heart Of A Woman," will be ship- MCA Records' Marty Brown will reprise his much -publi- tice it started several years ago, Tuesday (8), 8 p.m.: Robert Ellis ped only to country radio stations. It will arrive June 16. The cized Wal -Mart Tour of last year, visiting and performing Tower Records & Video here will Orrall, the Warner Western show, second album from Cyrus, "It Won't Be The Last," hits rec- briefly in 44 stores in Kentucky, West Virginia, North and host a series of free performance Jeff Foxworthy, Dude Mowrey, ord stores June 22. South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama from June and autograph sessions during Fan John Michael Montgomery, and 4 -Aug. 1. He is promoting his album "Wild Kentucky Skies" Fair week. The shows will be held in Doug Supernaw. MAKING THE ROUNDS: The Country Radio Seminar's ... Brown's label mates in McBride & the Ride will make the Carmichael Plaza parking lot on Wednesday (9), 8 p.m.: John newly formed agenda committee consists of Gene Bridges, their movie debut in "Lane Frost," the true story of the ill- West End Avenue, adjacent to Brannen, Billy Burnette, and Car- KLAC Los Angeles; Frank Mull, executive director of fated rodeo star. The trio members will appear as themselves Tower. lene Carter. Country Radio Broadcasters; Bart Bartolomeo, Unistar and sing "No More Cryin'," a song written by group leader Following are the dates, times, Thursday (10), 8 p.m.: Marty Radio Networks; Maria Brunner, Insight Management; Terry McBride and Josh Leo. The movie, to be released and performers: Brown, Run C &W, and Mark Col- Greg Cole, WPOC Baltimore; Bob Duchesne, WQCB next February, features Luke Perry in the title role ... Pat Sunday (6), 6 p.m.: Lonesome lie. Brewer, Maine; Robynn Jaymes, WYYD Lynchburg, Va.; Severs, steel guitarist for Pirates Of The Mississippi, was River Band and Alison Krauss. Friday (11), 8 p.m.: Ken Mellons, Gary Krantz, MJI Broadcasting; Don Langford, Entertain- injured in Montgomery, Ala., in late May when he was struck Monday (7), 8 p.m.: Susan Joy White, Stacy Dean Campbell. ment Marketing Group; Roger Lewis. KXIA Marshalltown, (Continued on page 4.) Ashton, Palomino Road, and the

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3 4 5 31 GEORGE STRAIT 2 MCA 10651 (10.98/15.98) PURE COUNTRY (SOUNDTRACK) 3 42 40 38 111 LORRIE MORGAN RCA 30210 (9.9$13.99) SOMETHING IN RED 8 4 3 4 54 BILLY RAY CYRUS MERCURY 510635 (10.98 EQ/15.98) SOME GAVE ALL 1 ' 43 43 43 40 SAWYER BROWN CURB 77574 (9.98/13.98) CAFE ON THE CORNER 23 5 6 7 29 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY ATLANTIC 82420/AG (9.98/15.98) LIFE'S A DANCE 5 44 44 49 6 RICKY LYNN GREGG LIBERTY 80135 (9.98/14.98) RICKY LYNN GREGG 37 6 5 2 24 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 10673 (10.98/15.981 IT'S YOUR CALL 1 45 45 48 40 COLLIN RAYE EPIC 48983/SONY (998 E0/13.98) IN THIS LIFE 10 BROS. THIS TIME 4 CO9 8 10 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 45241/WARNER (10.98/15.981

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49 49 50 46 CLINT BLACK RCA 66003 (10.98/15.98) THE HARD WAY 2 11 11 12 94 BROOKS & DUNN 2 ARISTA 18658 (9.98/13.98) BRAND NEW MAN 3 HEARTS IN ARMOR 12 * * *GREATEST GAINER*** 50 48 45 39 TRISHA YEARWOOD MCA 10681 (9.98/15.98) ALAN 51 54 51 37 TRAVIS WARNER BROS. 45045 (10.98/15.98) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2 20 14 16 34 JACKSON A LOT ABOUT LIVIN' (AND A LITTLE 'BOUT LOVE) 6 RANDY Cf2) ARISTA 18711 (10.98/15.98) LIB 988 51 52 44 WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH A COWBOY 9 DOLLY PARTON 52 98/.98) 13 12 11 14 SLOW DANCING WITH THE MOON 4 COI UMBiA53199/SONY(1098FO/I59R) 53 53 54 4 MCBRIDE & THE RIDE MCA 10787 (9.98/15.98) HURRY SUNDOWN 53 14 13 13 39 VINCE GILL MCA 10630 (10.98/15.98) I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU 3 54 56 61 105 TRAVIS TRITT 2 WARNER BROS. 26589 (9.98/13.981 IT'S ALL ABOUT TO CHANGE 2 15 17 14 142 GARTH BROOKS 10 LIBERTY 93866 (9.98/13.98) NO FENCES 1 56 37 RANDY TRAVIS WARNER BROS. 45044 (10.98/15.98) GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1 14 16) 18 23 10 WILLIE NELSON COLUMBIA 52752/SONY (10.98 E0115.98( ACROSS THE BORDERLINE 15 55 63

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20 20 21 6 PATTY LOVELESS EPIC 53236/SONY (9 98 EQ/15.98) ONLY WHAT I FEEL 13 59 58 70 79 TRACY LAWRENCE ATLANTIC 82326/AG (9.98/13.98) STACKS AND STONES 10 21 21 15 64 AARON TIPPIN RCA 61129 (9.9$13.98) READ BETWEEN THE LINES 6 60 65 58 61 MARK CHESNUTT McA 10530 c9.9an5.9a) LONGNECKS & SHORT STORIES 9 22 22 19 61 WYNONNA 2 CURB 10529/MCA (10.98/15.98) WYNONNA 1 CONFEDERATE RAILROAD 61 59 57 116 VINCE GILL MCA 50140 (9.98/15.98) POCKET FULL OF GOLD 5 23 23 24 57 CONFEDERATE RAILROAD 21 AN ANTIC 82335 /AG (9 98/15 911) 62 64 64 57 LITTLE TEXAS WARNER BROS. 26820 (9.98/13.98) FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING 19 24 24 25 42 ALABAMA RCA 66044 (9.98/15.98) AMERICAN PRIDE 11 63 67 67 134 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 26344/WARNER BROS. (9.98/13.981 IF THERE WAS A WAY 7 * * * HEATSEEKER GRADUATE*** 64 47 42 39 MICHELLE WRIGHT ARISTA 18685 (9.98/13.98) NOW & THEN 20 25 28 28 6 TOBY KEITH MERCURY 514421 (9.98 EQ/15.98) TOBY KEITH 25 65 62 44 34 KATHY MATTEA MERCURY 512567 (9.98 E0/15 .98) LONESOME STANDARD TIME 41 26 25 22 12 SAMMY KERSHAW MERCURY 14332 (9.98 Eß/15.98) HAUNTED HEART 11 66 61 59 165 DOUG STONE EPIC 45303/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) DOUG STONE 12 27 27 26 90 GARTH BROOKS O LIBERTY 96330 (10.98/15.98) ROPIN' THE WIND 1 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. 28 26 34 34 TANYA TUCKER LIBERTY 98987 (10.98/15.98) CAN'T RUN FROM YOURSELF 12 67 68 11 OUT OF LEFT FIELD 25 - CURB /CAPRICORN 45225/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.981 GARTH BROOKS 2 29 31 - 29 213 GARTH BROOKS 4 LIBERTY 90897 (9.98/13.98) ***HOT SHOT DEBUT*** CI 35 35 33 RESTLESS HEART RCA 66049(9.98/15.98) BIG IRON HORSES 26 68 NEW 1 PATTY LOVELESS MCA 10653 (9.98/15 98) GREATEST HITS 68 K.T. OSLIN 31 33 32 5 GREATEST HITS: SONGS FROM AN AGING SEX BOMB 31 K.T.RCA OSLIN 98/19 98) 69 75 20 MARK COLLIE MCA 10658 (9.9615.98) MARK COLLIE 38 23 32 30 31 35 PAM TILLIS ARISTA 18649 (9.98/13.981 HOMEWARD LOOKING ANGEL 70 74 102 DIAMOND RIO A ARISTA 8673 *(9.98/13.98) DIAMOND RIO 13 33 34 33 68 JOHN ANDERSON BNA 61029 (9.98/13.98) SEMINOLE WIND 10 MARY -CHAPIN CARPENTER 6 EPIC 53002/SONY (9.98 EQ/15.98) HONKY TONK ATTITUDE 17 71 73 69 136 SHOOTING STRAIGHT IN THE DARK 11 34 29 27 JOE DIFFIE COLUMBIA 46077/SONY (8.98 EQ/13.98)

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BUCKINGHAM) (C) (V) ARISTA 1 -2552 MADE YOU SAY THAT SHANIA TWAIN ALIBIS TRACY LAWRENCE 59 12 WHAT 29 22 17 17 68 63 (C) (V) MERCURY 864 992 J.STROUD (R.BOUDREAUX) (C) (V) ATLANTIC 87372 H.SHEDD,N.WILSON (T.HASELDEN,S.MUNSEY,JR.) T- R- O- U -B -L -E TRAVIS TRITT WALKIN' CLEVE FRANCIS 30 16 13 19 69 64 64 6 CUT G.BROWN (J.CHESNUT) (V) WARNER BROS. 18588 J.BOWEN,J.CRUTCHFIELD (W.ROBINSON,T.NICHOLS) LIBERTY ALBUM DOWN ON MY KNEES TRISHA YEARWOOD CHATTAHOOCHEE ALAN JACKSON )Q 1 46 60 5 NEW G.FUNDIS (B.N.CHAPMAN) IV) MCA 54670 CI K.STEGALL (A.JACKSON,J.MCBRIDE (C) ARISTA 1 -2573 IT SURE IS MONDAY MARK CHESNUTT 7 COLD DAY IN JULY JOY WHITE 32 35 51 4 (C) (V) MCA 54630 / 1 1 ' M.WRIGHT (D.LINDE) NEW, B.CHANCEY,P.WORLEY (R.LEIGH) (V) COLUMBIA 74952 HEARTS ARE GONNA ROLL HAL KETCHUM EASIER SAID THAN DONE RADNEY FOSTER 33 26 12 17 CURB ALBUM CUT i A.REYNOLDS,J.ROONEY (H.KETCHUM,R.SCAIFE) 12 NEW S.FISHELL,R.FOSTER (R.FOSTER) (V) ARISTA 12564 SHE DON'T KNOW SHE'S BEAUTIFUL SAMMY KERSHAW 30 25 18 FOOL TO FALL PEARL RIVER 34 B.CANNON,N.WILSON (B.MCDILL,P.HARRISON) ICI (V) MERCURY 864 854 13 68 65 7 J.CRUTCHFIELD (W.NEWTON,LSTEWART) LIBERTY ALBUM CUT HAUNTED HEART SAMMY KERSHAW 35 38 48 6 BEEN A TRAIN THROUGH HERE IN YEARS RICK VINCENT B.CANNON,N.WILSON (B.BROCK,K.WILLIAMS) (CI (V) MERCURY 862 096 74 69 70 4 AIN'T W.WALDMAN (R.VINCENT,S.HILU (V) CURB 1045 IF I HAD A CHEATIN' HEART RICKY LYNN GREGG 36 37 42 14 LIBERTY ALBUM CUT DIXIEFRIED THE KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS C.HOWARD(W.HOLYFIELD,A.TURNEY) 75 74 75 4 THE KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS (C.PERKINS,H.GRIFFIN) (V) MERCURY 862 150 HEARTACHE SUZY BOGGUSS 31 27 23 12 J.BOWEN,S.BOGGUSS (L.GEORGE,I.ULZ) (V) LIBERTY 56972 T acks showing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. Airpower awarded to those records HEY BABY MARTY STUART 0 43 44 9 which attain detections for the first time. Videoclip availability. Catalog number is for cassette single, or vinyl if cassette is 38 R.BENNETT,T.BROWN (M.STUART,P.KENNERLEY) (V) MCA 54607 2000 unavailable. (C) Cassette single availability. (D) CD single availability. (M) Cassette maxi -single availability. (T) Vinyl maxi -single availability. THE HEART WON'T LIE REBA MCENTIRE & VINCE GILL 39 36 37 17 (V) Vinyl single availability. (X) CD maxi -single availability. © 1993, Billboard /BPI Communications. T .BROWN.A MCENT RE ((4 CARNES,D.T.WEISS) V) MCA 54599

NOT COUNTRY RECURRENTS RADNEY FOSTER PASSIONATE KISSES MARY- CHAPIN CARPENTER NOBODY WINS 14 15 9 5 1 - 1 S.FISHELL,R.FOSTER (R.FOSTER,K.RICHEY) ARISTA J.JENNINGS,M.C.CARPENTER (L.WILLIAMS) COLUMBIA CLINT BLACK CAN I TRUST YOU WITH MY HEART TRAVIS TRITT WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN 15 14 17 8 2 1 2 J.STROUD,C.BLACK (C.BLACK,H.NICHOLAS) RCA G.BROWN (T.TRITT,S.HARRIS) WARNER BROS. HEARTLAND GEORGE STRAIT LOOK HEART, NO HANDS RANDY TRAVIS 4 16 17 13 10 BROS. 3 2 1 T.BROWN (S.DORFF,J.BETTIS) MCA K.LEHNING (T.BRUCE,R.SMITH) WARNER I'M IN A HURRY (AND DON'T KNOW WHY) ALABAMA PART OF NO LORRIE MORGAN 12 WHAT 17 20 18 J.LEO,LM.LEE,ALABAMA (R.MURRAH,R.VANWARMER) RCA 4 4 2 6 R.LANDIS (W.PERRY,G.SMITH) BNA BOOM! IT WAS OVER ROBERT ELLIS ORRALL IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE TANYA TUCKER 9 2 18 24 23 S.MARCANTONIO,R.E.ORRALL,J.LEO (R.E.ORRALL,B.LLOVD) RCA 5 3 J.CRUTCHFIELD (P.TERRY,R.MURRAH) LIBERTY EVEN THE MAN IN THE MOON IS CRYIN' MARK COLLIE OF MEMPHIS CONFEDERATE RAILROAD 22 QUEEN 19 19 14 D.COOK (M.COLLIE, D.000K) MCA 6 5 3 10 B.BECKETT (D.GIBSON,K.LOUVIN) ATLANTIC OL' COUNTRY MARK CHESNUTT BILLY RAY CYRUS 7 4 SHE'S NOT CRYIN' ANYMORE 20 12 M.WRIGHT (B.LAMOYN HARDIN) MCA 7 6 2 J.SCAIFE,J.COTTON (B.R.CYRUS,T.SHELTON,B.CANNON) MERCURY SEMINOLE WIND JOHN ANDERSON JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY 18 24 LIFE'S A DANCE 21 18 J.STROUD,J.ANDERSON (J.ANDERSON) BNA 8 7 6 17 D.JOHNSON (A.SHAMBLIN,S.SESKIN) ATLANTIC NO ONE ELSE ON EARTH WYNONNA VINCE GILL 15 24 DON'T LET OUR LOVE START SLIPPIN' AWAY 22 23 T.BROWN (S.LORBER,S.HARRIS,J.COL000I) CURB 9 10 8 15 T.BROWN (V.GILL,P.WASNER) MCA SHE'S GOT THE RHYTHM (AND I GOT THE BLUES) ALAN JACKSON BOOT SCOOTIN' BOOGIE BROOKS & DUNN 23 16 19 14 K.STEGALL (A.JACKSON,R.TRAVIS) ARISTA 10 8 4 36 S.HENDRICKS,D.000K,B.TANKERSLEY (R.DUNN) ARISTA JUST ONE NIGHT MCBRIDE & THE RIDE COLLIN RAYE 24 9 I WANT YOU BAD (AND THAT AIN'T GOOD) S.GIBSON,T.BROWN (T.MCBRIDE) MCA 11 9 5 8 G.FUNDIS,J.HOBBS (J.LEAP) EPIC I FEEL LUCKY MARY-CHAPIN CARPENTER GEORGE STRAIT 25 22 31 I CROSS MY HEART - J.JENNINGS,M.C.CARPENTER (M.C.CARPENTER,D.SCHLITZ) COLUMBIA 12 1) 10 17 T.BROWN,G.STRAIT (S.DORFF,E.KAZ) MCA Videoclip availability Recurrents are titles which have already appeared on the top 75 Singles & Tracks chart for 20 weeks and have LET THAT PONY RUN PAM LLIS dropped below the top 20. Commercial availability is not indicated on the recurrent chart. 13 13 11 4 P.WORLEY,E.SEAY (G.PETERS) TISTA

34 BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 www.americanradiohistory.com COUNTRY Country ********** ARTISTS & MUSIC

COUNTRY SINGLES A -Z NEW ON CORNER PUBLISHERS /PERFORMANCE RIGHTS /SHEET MUSIC THE CHARTS TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. 49 LEARNING TO LIVE AGAIN (EMI Blackwood, BMI/ by Lynn Shults 14 AIN'T BEEN A TRAIN THROUGH HERE IN YEARS (Rio Beartooth. BMI /Don Schlitz, ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP) Liberty Records' John Berry makes Zen, BMI /Longitude, BMI /Mike Curb. BMI /Bug, BMI /Me WBM /CPP his bow on the Hot Country Singles And My House, BMI( WBM 55 A LITTLE BIT OF HER LOVE (EMI April, ASCAP/JKids, N0.1 FOR THE SECOND consecutive week is "Should've Been A Cow- 8 AIN'T THAT LONELY YET (Songs W PolyGram, BMI/ ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP) WBM /CPP & Tracks chart with "She's Got A Seven Angels, BMI /Madwomen, BMI /Sony Tree, BMI) HL 14 LOVE ON THE LOOSE, HEART ON THE RUN (Songs Of hoy," by Toby Keith. The No. 1 position on the Hot Country Singles & Mind Of Her Own." The song now 29 ALIBIS (Sony Tree, BMI /Thanxamillion, BMI( HL PolyGram, BMI /Millhouse. BMI) HL Tracks chart now has been held by a new artist for five consecutive weeks. 10 ALRIGHT ALREADY (Collins Court, ASCAP/J.B. Rudd, 25 MADE FOR LOVIN' YOU (Sony Tree, BMI) HL Prior to Keith, John Michael Montgomery held the top spot for three ranks at No. 65. Berry's self -titled BMI) CPP 65 A MIND OF HER OWN (Great Cumberland, BMI/ first album for the label, produced 17 A BAD GOODBYE (Blackened, BMI) CPP Diamond Struck, BMI /Nicking Bird, BMI) straight weeks with "I Love The Way You Love Me." The breakthrough 2 BLAME IT ON YOUR HEART (Harlan Howard, BMI /Sony 13 MONEY IN THE BANK (Alabama Band, ASCAP/ of these two artists comes after some industry insiders had forecast difficult by Chuck Howard, will be released Tree, IMI /Songs 01 PolyGram, BMI /Seven Angels, BMI) Wildcountry, ASCAP /Little Big Town, BMI /American June 15. HL Made, BMI /MCA, ASCAP) HUWBM times for new artists in '93. The topic was one of the most -talked -about by 41 BORN TO LOVE YOU (BMG, ASCAP/Judy Judy Judy, 60 MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM (Velvet Apple, BMI) in ASCAP HL record company and radio leaders during the Country Radio Seminar in Born South Carolina, Berry /Sony Tree. BMI) CPP grew up in 41 CAN'T BREAK IT TO MY HEART ( Loggy Bayou, ASCAP/ 40 MY BLUE ANGEL (Acuff -Rose, BMI /Sony Cross Keys, March. Despite the concern, there were those on the label side who stated Mike Dunn, ASCAP /JMV, ASCAP) ASCAP /BMG Songs. ASCAP/Mickey Hiter, ASCAP) HL/ He they were eager to sign new artists. And there were radio programmers Atlanta. 31 CHATTAHOOCHEE (Mattie Ruth, ASCAP/Seventh Son, CPP learned to play ASCAP /Sony Cross Keys, ASCAP) 111./WBM 12 NO FUTURE IN THE PAST (Benefit, BMI /Famous, BMI/ who said they would definitely be on the lookout for new music by new art- 28 QUEEN OF Tree, Too CPP guitar when he CLEOPATRA, DENIAL (Sony BMI /Little Strong, BMI) /WBM ists. What is ironic about Keith's and Montgomery's breakthroughs is that Big Town, BMI /American Made, BMI /Duck House, BMI) 11 OH ME, OH MY, SWEET BABY (Sony Tree, BMI/Terrace, they were both signed at about the same time as Billy Ray Cyrus. Yet each was 12 and was HL/WBM ASCAP) WBM /HL writing songs by 71 COLD DAY IN JULY (EMI, ASCAP /Lion Hearted, ASCAP) 23 AN OLD PAIR OF SHOES (WB. ASCAP/Tapper. ASCAP/ had to go through a long waiting period before having his product released. 75 DIXIEFRIED (Cedarwood, BMI /Hi -lo, BMI) HL On The Wall, BMI /Great Galen, BMI) WBM For these two, patience proved an important virtue. the time he was 70 DOWN ON MY KNEES (BMG, ASCAP) 48 RENO (Supernaw, ASCAP) 17. 12 EASIER SAID THAN DONE (Polygram Intl, ASCAP /St. 62 ROMEO (Velvet Apple, BMI) CPP Julien, ASCAP/Mighty Nice, BMI) 59 SEEDS (Bait And Beer, ASCAP /Forerunner, ASCAP/ THE CYRUS WATCH: One year ago this week "Achy Breaky Heart" was For several 44 EVERY LITTLE THING (Sony Cross Keys, ASCAP/ Nowlin' Hits, ASCAP /Murfeezonges, ASCAP) BERRY years, Berry Tortured Artist, ASCAP /Bash, ASCAP/This Big, ASCAP) 61 SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME (BMG, ASCAP /Judy sitting atop the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and his "Some Gave HL Judy Judy, ASCAP /Harlan Howard. BMI /Sony Tree, BMI) played the col- 73 FOOL TO FALL (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI /Writers House, 34 SHE DON'T KNOW SHE'S BEAUTIFUL (Polygram, All" album was the No. 1 album on the Top Country Albums chart and The lege -club circuit around the country. BMI /Larry Stewart, BMI) WBM ASCAP /Ranger Bob, ASCAP /Careers -BMG, BMI) HL Billboard 200, where it reigned for 17 weeks. His new album, "It Won't Be 18 THE HARD WAY (EMI April, ASCAP /Getarealjob. ASCAP) 1 SHOULD'VE BEEN A COWBOY (Songs Of PolyGram, He moved to Athens, Ga., in 1985 HL The Last," will hit retail stores June 22. That is also the retail availability BMI /Tokeco, BMI) HL and soon developed a sizable follow- 46 HARD WORKIN' MAN (Sony Tree. BMI) HL 16 SOMEBODY ELSE'S MOON (Sony Tree. BMI /Great (late of "Solid Ground" by John Anderson. The artists' respective labels 35 HAUNTED HEART (Acuff -Rose, BMI /Sony Keys, BMI ing in that area. He also set up his Cross Cumberland. /Diamond Struck, BMI) HUCPP have deployed two different marketing strategies for these two crucial al- ASCAP) CPP /HL 52 SOME GAVE ALL (Songs Of PolyGram, BMI /Sly Dog, hums. Anderson's label, BNA, has attempted to time the release of Ander- own record label, on which he re- 37 HEARTACHE (Naked Snake, ASCAP) BMI /Polygram Int'I, ASCAP /Music Express. ASCAP) HL leased six albums. His last indie al- 33 HEARTS ARE GONNA ROLL (Foreshadow, BMI /Songs Of 66 SOMEONE TO GIVE MY LOVE TO (Polygram Intl. son's album to coincide with the maximum amount of airplay on the album's PolyGram, BMI /Virgin Timber, BMI) HL ASCAP) HL lead single, "Money In The Bank." For Cyrus, Mercury is servicing radio bum, "Saddle The Wind," sold more 39 THE HEART WON'T LIE (Moonwindow, ASCAP /Donna 67 STANDING ON THE EDGE OF LOVE (WB, ASCAP /East than 12,000 copies. Weiss, BMI) 64th, ASCAP /Pacific Island, BMI /Music Of The World, the single June 16. The video will be released that same day. Mercury also 38 HEY BABY (Songs Of PolyGram, BMI /Irving. BMI/ BMI) is providing radio stations with a one -hour special featuring tracks from Berry also organized and staged a Littlemarch, BMI) HUCPP 15 TELL ME ABOUT IT (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI/Top Down, series of benefit concerts on his 58 HIGH ROLLIN' (Nocturnal Eclipse, BMI /Union County. BMI /Music Corp. Of America, BMI /Frankly Scarlett. BMI) the album with comments by Cyrus. BMI /BrahmSongs & Careers -BMG, BMI) HL WBM /HL farm near Athens for Georgia's 4 HOMETOWN HONEYMOON (Warner -Elektra- Asylum. 3 TELL ME WHY (Seagrape, BMI) mentally and physically handi- BMI /Mopage, BMI /After Berger, ASCAP/Patric Janus, 20 TENDER MOMENT (Polygram Intl. ASCAP /R- Bar-P, THE MOST ACTIVE TRACK on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) WBM ASCAP/De Burgo, ASCAP /New Songs. ASCAP/Mama Tracks chart is "Chattahoochie" (46 -31) by Alan Jackson, followed by capped. 6 HONKY TONK ATTITUDE (Sony Tree, BMI /Songwriters Guitar, ASCAP) HL In a move to gain the attention of Ink, BMI /Regular Joe. BMI) HL 64 TEXAS TATTOO (Nocturnal Eclipse, BMI/Union County, "Can't Break it To My Heart" (73 -47) by Tracy Lawrence; "Every Little 63 HOT, COUNTRY, AND SINGLE (Acuff -Rose, BMI /Milene, BMI/ BrahmSongs & Careers -BMG, BMI) a label, began ASCAP) 7 Thing" (58 -44) by Carlene Carter; "That Summer" (10-70) by Garth major country Berry CPP THAT SUMMER (Bait And Beer, ASCAP /Forerunner, playing showcases in Nashville in 51 I'D RATHER MISS YOU (Square West, ASCAP /Howlin' ASCAP/Major Bob. ASCAP /No Fences. ASCAP) CPP Brooks; "It's Your Call" (31 -19) by Reba McEntire; "We'll Burn That Hits, ASCAP) CPP 42 TONIGHT I CLIMBED THE WALL (Mattie Ruth, ASCAP/

the early '90s. A talent scout for Lib- I Bridge" (33 -24) by Brooks & Dunn; "Janie Baker" (70 -56) by Shenan- 36 IF HAD A CHEATIN' HEART (Polygram Intl, ASCAP/ Seventh Son, ASCAP) WBM Songs 01 PolyGram, BMI) HL 5 TROUBLE ON THE LINE (Zoo II, ASCAP /Club Zoo, BM)) doah; "It Sure Is Monday" (35 -32) by Mark Chesnutt; "We Got The Love" erty spotted him at one of the shows, and the label signed him 45 IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA LOVE ME (Posey, BMI /Royzboy, 30 T- R- O- U -B -L -E (Sony Tree, BMI) HL (50 -43) by Restless Heart; and "What Might Have Been" (57 -50) by Little BMI /BMG, ASCAP/Judy Judy Judy, ASCAP) HL 69 WALKIN' (Maypop, BMI /Wildcountry, BMI /Hannah's Texas. A backward bullet occurs on the chart as "Money In The Bank" (12- soon after. 26 I GUESS YOU HAD TO BE THERE (Ten Ten, ASCAP) Eyes, BMI /Bro'N Sis. BMI) WBM Berry is managed by Corlew 9 I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE ME (Gary Morris, ASCAP/ 43 WE GOT THE LOVE (WB, ASCAP /Rancho Bogard°, 13), by John Anderson. Although it gains in airplay, the track is passed by Taste Auction, BMI) CPP ASCAP /Great Cumberland, BMI /Diamond Struck, BMI/ "Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet Baby" (13 -11) by Diamond Rio and "No Future O'Grady and booked by William 32 IT SURE IS MONDAY (EMI Blackwood, BMI /Linde Patenrick, BMI) CPP Morris. EDWARD MORRIS Manor, BMI) WBM 24 WE'LL BURN THAT BRIDGE (Sony Tree, BMI) HL In The Past" (14 -12) by Vince Gill. 19 IT'S YOUR CALL ( Starrtruck Writers Group, ASCAP/ 68 WHAT MADE YOU SAY THAT ( Millhouse, BMI /Songs Of Burch Brothers, BMI) PolyGram, BMI) HL 22 I WANNA TAKE CARE OF YOU (EMI Blackwood, BMI/ 50 WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN (Square West. ASCAP/ THE ALBUMS CHART FEATURES two new designations. The Grea- Jechol, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP) HL Howlin' Hits, ASCAP) CPP test Gainer will be the album showing the greatest unit sales increase for 56 JANIE BAKER'S LOVE SLAVE (EMI Blackwood, BMI/ 21 WHEN DID YOU STOP LOVING ME (Acuff -Rose, BMI) NASHVILLE SCENE Linde Manor, BMI) CPP the week. "A Lot About Livin' (And A Little 'Bout Love)" (14 -12) by Alan (Continued front. page .311) 54 JUST AS I AM (Sony Tree. BMI /Sony Cross Keys, ASCAP) 27 WHEN YOU LEAVE THAT WAY YOU CAN NEVER GO .Jackson, is this week's Greatest Gainer. The second designation goes to the HL BACK (Music City, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP) HL in the back by a lighting truss while do- 53 LEAD ME NOT (Straight Lace. ASCAP /Sis 'N Bro. 51 YOU SAY YOU WILL (BMG. ASCAP /EMI April. ASCAP/ album showing the greatest sales percentage increase in sales for the week. ASCAP /LaSongs, Ascap/Swell Kid, ASCAP) WBM Ides Of March. ASCAP) HL ing "Big Time" (42 -36) by Little Texas increased in sales by 11.44% to claim a sound check. He was transferred the Pacesetter award (see story, page 6.) from a Montgomery hospital to his home near Nashville, where he is in a serious REPRINTS THREE STATIONS HAVE BEEN added to the panel for Billboard's Hot but stable condition. For reprints of advertisements Country Singles & Tracks chart, bringing the total to 113 BDS- monitored The Americana Network, profiled stations. Those added are WCLB Boston; KKBQ Houston; and KNCI Sa- here last week, has increased its time on or articles appearing in Billboard cramento, Calif. the Nostalgia Network from 15 to 30 hours a week. call Lydia Mikulko 212 - 536 -5292

COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE AND RACK SALES REPORTS COLLECTED. COMPILED. AND PROVIDED BY SoundScan Billboard Top Country Catalog Albums.. FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1993 z z O r Y et Y rn W W N W W N E3 ARTIST TITLE W Y ¢ 3 LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUGGESTED LIST PRICE OR EQUIVALENT FOR CASSETTE/CD) 3 53 3

1 5 PERKINS, LEWIS, ORBISON & CASH AMERICA/SMASH 830002/PLG (6.98/13.981 CLASS OF '55 2 14 10 VINCE GILL RCA 9814' (4.98/9.981 BEST OF VINCE GILL 107

2 1 PATSY CLINE ° MCA 12' (7.98/12.98) GREATEST HITS 108 15 13 RAY STEVENS MCA 5918 (4.98/11.981 GREATEST HITS 53

3 2 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 4979' (7.98/12.98) GREATEST HITS 106 16 18 MARY -CHAPIN CARPENTER COLUMBIA 44228/SONY (7.98 EO/11.98) STATE OF THE HEART 10

4 4 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 42035 (7.98/12.981 GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2 108 17 15 ALABAMA 3 RCA 4939" (7.98/11.98) ROLL ON 97

5 3 GEORGE JONES EPIC 40776/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) SUPER HITS 93 18 19 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 5913 (4.98/11.98) OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY 85

6 6 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND EPIC 38795/SONY (7.98 EQ/I1.98) A DECADE OF HITS 108 19 WILLIE NELSON ° COLUMBIA 35305 /SONY (6.98 EQ) STARDUST 7

20 WILLIE NELSON COLUMBIA 237542/SONY (9.98 EQ/13.98) GREATEST HITS l I 20 16 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 6294' (4.98/11.98) SWEET SIXTEEN 96

8 9 GEORGE STRAIT MCA 5567' (7.98/12.98) GEORGE STRAIT'S GREATEST HITS 106 21 25 ANNE MURRAY ° LIBERTY 46058 (7.98/12.98) GREATEST HITS 106

9 DOLLY PARTON RCA 4422' (7.98/11.981 GREATEST HITS 91 22 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 25372/WARNER BROS. (9.98/13.981 GUITARS, CADILLACS, ETC., ETC. 9

10 8 RAY STEVENS CURB 77312 (6.98/9.98) HIS ALL -TIME GREATEST COMIC HITS 48 23 WAYLON JENNINGS 3 RCA 3378' (8.98) GREATEST HITS 25

11 11 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 25989'/WARNER BROS. (9.98/13.98) JUST LOOKIN' FOR A HIT 65 24 17 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS CHIPMUNK 53435/SONY (7.98 EO/11.98) URBAN CHIPMUNK 16

12 14 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. A' CURB 60193'/WARNER BROS. (9.98/13.98) GREATEST HITS 95 25 21 DAVID ALLAN COE COLUMBIA 35627'/SONY (5.98 EQ/9.98) GREATEST HITS 24

BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 35 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard , FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1993 Artists & Music Not Latin Tracks..

1. COMPILED FROM NATIONAL LATIN z AIRPLAY REPORTS. Y Y N o'-RADIO attach- TITLE good fashion sense, not to mention a philosophical w á w 3 o ? ARTIST ment to the tenets of hard bop only. It's reassuring to report 3 h a 3 U LABELOiSTRIBUTING LABEL that the pendulum appears to be swinging back. Columbia * * * No. 1 * * * LOS FANTASMAS DEL CARIBE MUCHACHA TRISTE is about to launch a new series it calls the "Legendary Pio- 2 2 11 lILtIF O RODVEN 1 week at No. 1 neers Of Jazz," featuring new recordings by older artists who LA MAFIA ME ESTOY ENAMORANDO record for a major label. Co- 2 1 1 18 have not had the opportunity to SONY DISCOS/SONY NOTAS include: lumbia's criteria for selecting these artists their stat- 6 7 9 JON SECADA SENTIR ure as lifetime achievers, and their influence on the follow- 0 SBIVEMI LATIN ' ^' RICARDO MONTANER AL FINAL DEL ARCO IRIS by Jeff Levenson up generation(s) of players. First out of the box? Trumpeter a 7 6 7 \ RODVEN -Seven Years Of Doc Cheat- Doc Cheatham (`The Eighty GABRIEL TU Y YO Cg) 10 11 6 ANA ham"), clarinetist Alvin Batiste ( "Late "), and pianist J SONY LATIN /SONY ALVARO TORRES TE DEJO LIBRE EXPECTS a marketing marriage like George Wein with the Newport Ml -Stars ( "Swing That Mu- 6 4 5 13 ONE VIRTUALLY EMI LATIN sic"). this: A jazz player with a discography that includes an album EDNITA NAZARIO UN CORAZON HECHO PEDAZOS 7 8 10 6 titled "Winelight" gets together with a spirits company that EMI LATIN MAGGIE CARLES AMOR SIEMPRE TU likes to support the arts. Makes perfect sense-especially to FESTIVAL STUFF: Was once a time when summertime 11 13 5 RODVEN and Cognac Hennessy. The saxo- meant only baseball and beer. Today, try telling that to the ® Grover Washington Jr. LUIS GUERRA Y 4.40 MAL DE AMOR 9 5 4 11 JUAN phonist (whose "Winelight" pulled down a couple of Gram - hordes of jazz festival -goers who count on these blow -outs KAREN /BMG release (while you're at it, try telling that to the LUCERO VELETA mys- vintage, 1980) is preparing for a 21 -city tour of the for seasonal 10 3 3 15 MELODY /FONOVISA States, slated to begin in the fall and underwritten by the jazz producers and promoters who virtually live for the next same corporation whose jazz -search competitions have two months). The following are coming up fast: Jazz Aspen, * * * POWER TRACK*** DANIELA ROMO QUE VENGAN LOS BOMBEROS new talent which used to take place precisely where you'd expect it to, 14 20 4 proved a winning strategy for supporting and 11 EMI LATIN -of-the -arts reputation. has shifted its geography ever so slightly to the west. This promoting its patron CHAYANNE MI PRIMER AMOR 12 13 15 7 The announcement of the tour was particularly significant year its actual site is the town of Snowmass, Colo. It runs SONY LATIN /SONY 24 -27, its billing is "Le Cirque Du Jazz." Headlin- MIJARES ENCADENADO because it took the form of a charity performance -held May June and 13 12 9 11 EMI LATIN 25 at the Five Spot in New York-designed to benefit the ers include Dr. John and Charmaine Neville (the New MAGNETO SUGAR SUGAR 14 16 18 5 relatively new Jazz Foundation Of America, an organiza- Orleans connection, to be sure), Bela Fleck and his newly SONY LATIN /SONY -on -luck jazz musicians. Specifically, configured Flecktones (a trio now), B.B. King, Diane RICARDO ARJONA MUJERES tion that aids down -their 15 9 8 12 it provides medical and financial assistance, legal counseling, Reeves, Michel Petrucciani, the Mighty Clouds Of Joy, SONY LATIN /SONY R. DURCAL Y J. SABINA Y NOS DIERON LAS DIEZ 16 21 24 and other referral services. Washington has long been known Spyro Gym, and Nester Torres ... The Northsea Jazz Fes- 5 ARIOLNBMG as a supporter of just causes. Here, Hennessy joins in, putt- tival in Holland, which thrived under impresario Paul REY RUIZ AMIGA 17 20 22 7 ing its money where Washington's sax is (or something like Acket, will be tested now that its much-loved founder has SONY TROPICAL/SONY GEORGE LAMOND Y LISA LOPEZ NO MORIRA was a hero in the Netherlands.) This annual 18 15 17 7 that). died. (Acket SONY LATIN /SONY Plus: One of Washington's stops not on the Hennessy tour event, the fest's 18th, runs July 9 -11. Its stars include Oscar BRAULIO LLORANDO ANTE LA TUMBA DEL AMOR 19 24 27 4 is the White House. The saxman joins Bill, Hillary, and a host Peterson, Tito Puente, Wynton Marsalis, and Carlos San- SONY LATIN/SONY of luminaries June 18 for a night of cul- chaco, jazz -style. tana ... The Fujitsu Concord Jazz Festival, celebrating its * * * HOT SHOT DEBUT*** silver anniversary, is scheduled for July 25-Aug. 1 in Califor- LUIS MIGUEL AYER 20 NEW 1 RESPECTING ELDERS: Throughout the last decade the nia. Expected to appear: Mel Tonne, Gene Harris, Tania WEB LATINA JOSE ESO NOMAS - Peggy Lee, Eddie Palmieri, and 21 17 12 14 JOSE mad rush to sign young talent left a number of worthy, older Maria, Arturo Sandoval, ARIOLA/BMG than-young players out in the cold. Seems those guys lacked Paquito D'Rivera. MARC ANTHONY HASTA QUE TE CONOCI 22 19 19 10 SOHO SOUNDS/SONY DUR DUR D'ETRE BEBE 32 2 JORDY Y$ - SONY LATIN /SONY VARGAS EL BAILE DEL PERRITO 24 22 16 14 WILFRIDO RODVEN VICENTE FERNANDEZ LO QUIERO TODO 25 27 30 3 SONY DISCOS/SONY ME AMARAS 36 2 RICKY MARTIN CD - SONY LATIN/SONY GLORIA TREVI ME SIENTO TAN SOLA 27 18 14 11 ARIOLA/BMG SELENA NO DEBES JUGAR NEW 1 KEEPING 0 EMI LATIN LOS TEMERARIOS PERDONAME 29 26 23 12 AFG SIGMA No. 3 and Strauss's coupling of the Saint -Saens Symphony BONANZA SABOR A NADA 30 38 34 4 SCORE "Also sprach Zarathustra," to be recorded in November by ARIOLNBMG the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jorge MAZZ QUE SERA? 31 23 21 8 Mester. EMI LATIN POR INSTINTO 37 37 3 DAVID PABON by Is Horowitz Tradesters long in tooth will recall early binaural experi- $2 RODVEN ments that provided a rare sense of musical reality, but gave DEL NORTE PACAS DE A KILO 33 25 25 9 way to conventional and more practical stereo. The tech- LOSFONOVISATIGRES LA GRANDE DE MADRID MEDLEY DE JULIO IGLESIAS of mainstream 35 2 ON THE DOTTED LINE: Two new singers have joined nique, however, has persisted on the fringes 34 - M.P. the EMI Classics roster, as the label continues its tradi- recording. it, PAULINA RUBIO AMOR DE MUJER 35 NEW 1 tional involvement with vocal art. Kraman says he will make use of the Neumann "dummy EMI LATIN FERNANDEZ PIEL DE NINA head," which places a pair of microphones at ears distance 36 31 2 ALEJANDRO Just signed is soprano Ruth Ann Swenson, whose first - SONY DISCOS/SONY CD under a two-year, three -disc deal will be a recital of Ita- apart. Headphones must be used for playback for best re- VICTOR VICTOR TU CORAZON NEW 1 lian and French bel canto arias. Nicola Rescigno will con- sults. Sennheiser, a headphone manufacturer, will cooperate M SONY LATIN/SONY A USTED LO BOTAN in November in the project. CDs will be gold- coated to provide a report- 29 32 4 COCOBAND duct the London Philharmonic Orchestra the 38 KUBANEY surface. List price will be $29.95. sessions. edly better reflective FANDANGO USA LA CHARANGA 39 40 31 6 Also new to the EMI roster is tenor Roberto Alagna. The Six discs a year are planned, says Kraman, and will in- FREDDIE LOS BUKIS QUE DURO ES LLORAR ASI his pact is four years, with at least three CDs sched- clude chamber music as well as other orchestral projects. 40 33 36 4 term of FONOVISA uled for the period. First up is an album of popular arias Newport Classic production will continue and will be mar- performed with the Bavarian Radio Symphony led by Mar - keted at conventional prices. Records with the greates airplay gains this week. Videoclip availability. © 1993, Billboard /BPI cello Viotti. Among projects planned is a disc of Neapolitan Communications. songs. ON THE RECORD: Violinist Chee -Yun cut a program of Magna first came to public attention in 1988 when he won French sonatas last weekend for Denon in a Rye, N.Y., the Pavarotti International Competition in Philadelphia. church, as the label moves ahead with plans to use more Meanwhile, sister EMI label Virgin Records has signed Stateside venues. With Akira Eguchi as keyboard collabo- cellist Trails Mork to an exclusive three -year contract call- rator, Chee-Yun played sonatas by Faure, Saint -Saens, and ing for a minimum of six CDs. Already in the can is his re- Debussy. Denon producer Nobuo Nakazato officiated, and -IFIIfEgIRI- cording of the Dvorak Cello Concerto with the Oslo Philhar- the label's chief engineer, Norio Okada, along with New Of Latinn monic conducted by Mariss Jansons. In July, Mork will York freelance engineer Jim Anderson, handled technical record a recital disc of works by Grieg, Sibelius, and Jana- matters. Next up for Chee-Yun is a concerto recording. b;irx1t!1q Music! Y cek, and future plans include concertos by Prokofiev, Mia- skowsky, Shostakovich, C.P.E. Bach, and Schumann. FOR THE RECORD: The Sony Classical sessions with Itzhak Perlman and the Boston Pops under John Wil- LATIN MUSIC DISTRIBUTOR DUMMY HEAD: Newport Classic chief Larry Kraman liams, noted in last week's column, have been postponed. 8963 CARROL WAY SUITE "C" SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA 92121 did, however, use the early June seeks out a "new" product niche with the establishment of Williams and the orchestra Knowledgeable Latin Service Reps. PHONE : (619) 695 -8863 Auricle, an audiophile label devoted exclusively to binaural dates to record an album of pop standards identified with Best Prices Guaranteed FAX : (619) 695 -3768 recording. Lots of organ to be heard in the first project, a Frank Sinatra. Catalogs and Flyers 100% Returns' (on recommended products ) TOLL FREE : 1- 800 -74 -LATIN

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Venezuela Piracy Watch; EMI's `Classics'; RMM's All -Stars CARACENO SLUMBER: As law," says Rittman. According to ever, that organizations such as Mijares, Alvaro Torres, Dyango, lug, especially given that artists like more Latin American countries up- Rittman, Venezuela provides no FLADEM can aid in the process. José Luis Perales, Paloma San Daniela Romo, Pandora, and Mi- grade their laws on copyright pro- copyright protection for sound re- "We want to heighten the aware- Basilio, Luis Miguel, and Nelson jares are currently hot artists that tection, Venezuela has remained cording. ness of the problems in Venezuela," Ned. have strong catalogs behind them," conspicuous by its inaction. Trade representatives from both says Murphy, "and invite people to "I believe we do have a nice cata- (Continued nrr ue.rt page) One copyright law written 18 countries have been negotiating for Caracas to show the importance of months ago has drawn little notice an intellectual property rights intellectual property rights. So, it's in Venezuelan congress. But Vene- agreement, says Rittman, "but the a focus of attention of having people GOS r SONOTONE * MUSICAL PROD. * KUBANEY * F0 zuela's congressional lethargy has perception is that Venezuela is of power, if you will, come to these attracted plenty of attention from different locations to help people on ó the U.S. -based trade associations. w. a local level move to where others DE LA DISTRIBUIDORA MAS They claim a loss of $82 million due are." 0/1)kJSTE to piracy last year in Venezuela. An Murphy notes that securing ef- GRANDE EN EL MUNDO estimated $10 million of that lofty fective copyright laws is a straight- ÑÉCÉSITE m sum came from the music publish- Notas forward, if politically complex, pro- ing and sound recordings. cedure. TOLL FREE: 800 -329 -7664 Now push has come to shove with laws on "First, get the the OR 305 -621 -0070 /FAX: 621 -0465 the U.S. -based copyright associa- by John Lannert books -an effective set of laws that tion International Intellectual have enforcement and regulation ASK FOR RAUL Z Property Alliance formally peti- stalling and isn't sincere in its com- into assin built them," states Murphy. DISTRIBUTORS DISCOS COMPACTOS, VIDEOLASER, CASSETTES, tioning the U.S. government to mitments." "Then you have to follow up on it ACCESSORIOS, VIDEOS Y MUCHO MASI strip Venezuela of benefits received Interestingly, the IIPA's initia- with the educational process of O under the Generalized System of tive is nearly coinciding with the bringing legal action to show gov- 4/3nQO21-Hl S1IH N31 dOl 13?JOIN )8 NI1H1/91A18 Preferences -a duty -free program June 13 -15 meeting in Caracas of ernment officials what the law 00' better known as GSP. the Latin American publishers meant. Finally, you have make sure Frank Rittman, international trade association FLADEM (Fede- that there is a good, respected col- business manager of IIPA founding ración Latinoamericana De Au- lection society or organization to body the National Music Publish- tores De Música), of which NMPA collect this money and pay it out to Nuestro Servicio No Se Puede Comparar ers Assoc., observes that the IIPA's is a member. Rittman remarks, appropriate or correct parties." Le ofrecemos 5% descuento en su primera orden y move is designed to prod the Vene- however, that the timing and loca- servicio de flete de segundo dia gratis. Llamenos hoy zuelan government into action. tion of the confab is a coincidence. CLASSIC EMI: In an effort to mismo para mas informacion y reciba su catalago gratis. "We in the copyright industry Ed Murphy, president, National build its image not only as a hit la- Con Buenos Precios feel that since we're not geting a Music Publishers Assoc. /CEO, The bel but also as a catalog imprint, Personal Bilingue Para Servirle Mejor fair shake on the copyright laws Harry Fox Agency, acknowledges EMI Latin has released "Latin Especiales Cada Semana down there, we should remove GSP governmental assistance is crucial Classics," an 18 -title set of grea- benefits unless and until such a in changing a country's copyright test -hit packages, including prod- Amplio Surtido y Mucho Mas SOUTHWEST time as they revise their copyright legislation. He also points out, how- uct from Daniela Romo, Pandora, Llame Gratis 800 -275 -4799 WHOLESALE Ph 713 -681 -0629 4240 Lockefield Houston, Texas 77092 Fax 681 -3037 MERENGUE'9 E Servicio Es Nuestra Prioridad Numero Uno. EN LA CALLE OCHO D MANHATTAN LATIN MUSIC DIST. DISCOS COMPACTOS VIDEOS CASSETTES ACCESSORIOS G i LLAMENOS HOY ! Toll Free: -800 745 -4509 FAX -212- 563 -4847 A TEL -212 -563 -4508 MIA -305- 591 -7684 R FAX -305- 477 -0789 471 W. 42 ST. NY. NY. 10036 DISTRIBUIDOR ONE -STOP MAS GRANDE DE MUSICA LATINA hasta el sol de hoy

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BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 37 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard. FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1993 LATIN NOTAS (Coutil///( °d fron/ preceding page) says EMI president José Behar. To Latin Albums.. THE MOST "The point is that we are a well - p label and point rounded that's the i. we're trying to drive home." a Compiled from a national sample of retail store FOR YOUR -stop sales reports. REACH cs o and one EMI is backing the releases by < z providing some 12,000 retailers and l ADVERTISING wholesalers -as well as CE MA le i NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL H N 3 ARTIST TITLE LABEL & staffers -with a sharp brochure

complete with a "Latin Classics" 1 1 A2 SBK 98845/EMI LATIN DOLLAR 47 JON SECADA JON SECADA sampler. An ad program kicks in 2 2 25 ANA GABRIEL THE BEST GLOBO80871 /SONY

Monday (7), complemented with 3 3 43 CHAYANNE PROVOCAME SONY LATIN 80831/SONY and prominent in- price discounts 4 5 27 PAULINA RUBIO LA CHICA DORADA EMI LATIN 42750 displays. store 4 71 ALVARO TORRES NADA SE COMPARA CONTIGO EMI LATIN 42537 Billboard Behar reckons that the success of 5 6 7 79 LUIS MIGUEL ROMANCE WEA LATINA 75805 the "Latin Classics" campaign will 7 6 27 RICARDO MONTANER LOS HIJOS DEL SOL RODVEN 2995 be fueled by retail accounts that TREVI ME SIENTO TAN SOLA ARIOLA 3391 /BMG "will aggressively carry the prod- 8 13 25 GLORIA INTERNATIONAL uct, so that when the consumer 9 10 17 RAUL DI BLASIO EN TIEMPO DE AMOR ARIOLA 3466/BMG goes in and makes that impulsive 10 11 7 LOS FANTASMAS DEL CARIBE CARAMELO RODVEN 3015 purchase, it's my catalog in there 11 8 45 CRISTIAN AGUA NUEVA MELODY9056 /FONOVISA LATIN MUSIC and not somebody else's." 12 - 21 JOSE JOSE 40 Y 20 ARIOLA 3442/BMG Elsewhere, EMI also has ship- 0. 13 15 9 RICARDO ARJONA ANIMAL NOCTURNO SONY LATIN 80966 /SONY ped a Spanish -language compila- 14 14 17 ALEX BUENO TERNURAS J &N 80899 /SONY CL Nat King Cole titled EMI LATIN 42709 BUYER'S tion from 15 18 27 EDNITA NAZARIO METAMORFOSIS "Mis Mejores Canciones." Addi- 16 21 33 JON SECADA OTRO DIA MAS SIN VERTE SBK 80646/EMI LATIN

tionally, the label has put out 17 20 23 DANIELA ROMO DE MIL COLORES EMI LATIN 80767

"Encuentros De Super Grupos '93," 18 16 7 MALDITA VECINDAD EL CIRCO ARIOLA 3192/BMG a smart compendium featuring top GUIDE 19 9 65 LOS BUKIS QUIEREME FONOVISA 9040 acts from EMI (Mazz, Selena) and 19 5 MIJARES ENCADENADO EMI LATIN 81474 Fonovisa (Los Mier, Bronco). 20 21 12 23 BRAULIO ENTRE EL AMOR Y EL DESEO SONY LATIN 80866 /SONY MISCELLANEA: "Premio Lo 22 - 41 ANA GABRIEL SILUETA SONY LATIN 80818 /SONY No other trade publication, only Billboard, the /SONY Nuestro" triple winner Jon Secada 23 24 3 RICKY MARTIN ME AMARAS SONY LATIN 81044 leading international newsweekly of music, video heads to the studio this summer to 24 - 1 YOLANDITA MONGE ANTOLOGIA... SONY LATIN 80844 /SONY and home entertainment, provides a directory cut English- and Spanish- language 25 - 1 CAMILO SESTO HURACAN DE AMOR ARIOLA 3451 /BMG albums for SBK and EMI Latin, re- exclusively dedicated to the Latin Music field. 1 1 53 JERRY RIVERA CUENTA CONMIGO SONY TROPICAL 80776: SONY are due out spectively. The albums 2 2 9 MARC ANTHONY OTRA NOTA SOHO SOUNDS 30958 /SONY in '94 An English -lan- early ... 3 4 23 REY RUIZ REY RUIZ SONY TROPICAL 80848 /SONY guage edition of Miguel Bosé's ab- RESERVATIONS: JUNE 14, 4 5 29 LOS SABROSOS DEL MERENGUE SIN FRONTERA M.P.6076 AD 1993 sorbing masterpiece "Bajo El APARENTEMENTE RMM 80915 /SONY PUBLICATION DATE : AUGUST 4, 1993 Signo De Caín" (WEA Latina) is 5 3 27 TONY VEGA 13 VARGAS ITINERARIO RODVEN 3005 scheduled for a U.K. release in Sep- 6 6 WILFRIDO tember on EastWest. Bosé also is 7 11 23 COCOBAND EL AROLLADOR KUBANEY 325 Your advertisement will reach a worldwide shooting a French film, "La Reine 8 12 15 EDDIE SANTIAGO INTENSAMENTE EMI LATIN 42755 market of prospective buyers from the U.S. to Margot," with the always-in -de- 9 7 47 OLGA TANON SOLA WEA LATINA 77478 Argentina, Brazil to Portugal. mand actress Isabelle Adjani ... Jÿ 10 15 23 JUAN LUIS GUERRA Y 4.40 AREITO KAREN 3456/BMG International penetration with one buy: Producer K.C. Porter, now work- 11 10 15 ZONA ROJA PURA CANDELA CANDELA 003/TTH a RICO Y EL MUNDO M.P 6086 ing on the Triplets' Spanish -lan- 12 18 7 LA GRANDE DE MADRID PARA PUERTO also is JAN 748 Major national sponsors guage bow for EMI, produc- 13 9 5 ROKABANDA ELEJIDOS POR EL PUEBLO ing sides for Patti LaBelle and 14 14 29 GILBERTO SANTA ROSA A DOS TIEMPOS... SONY TROPICAL 80895 /SONY Radio and TV broadcasters Porter recounts Lalah Hathaway. p 15 8 9 ORQUESTA GUAYACAN CON EL CORAZON ABIERTO RMM 80983 /SONY Advertising agencies that LaBelle heard a Spanish -lan- 16 17 27 MAYRA Y SELINES MAYRA Y SELINES 18.75 PARADISC 3305/BMG of Men's "End Ñ Record, video and promotion executives guage take Boyz II 17 20 3 ORLANDO Y NO ME IMPORTA NADA PRIME 3458/BMG Of The Road," fell in love with song, * Venues and club operators 18 19 35 CANA BRAVA NO ME FALTES NUNCA PLATANO 5002 and is planning to incorporate the 19 1 JORDY DUR DUR D'ETRE BEBE COLUMBIA 74900 /SONY * Attendees at industry conferences and meetings tune into her show. The lyrics were - 16 57 TITO ROJAS TITO ROJAS M.P. 6061 Single copies sold to music industry personnel penned, by the way, by Luis Angel. 20 21 23 5 ANTHONY SANTOS LA BATALLA PLATANO 5009

1 VARIOS ARTISTAS BACHATAZOS VOL. II JLR 151 Over 3000 listings from 18 countries...More than RMM ALL -STARS: On June 16 a 22 - who's who from RMM, appropri- 23 29 XAVIER PARA SIEMPRE EMI LATIN 42665 a dozen business categories. The largest coverage - ately called the RMM All- Stars, are 24 - 1 LUIS VARGAS EL MAIZ JLR 150 of artists and their representatives in the Latin cutting "La Combinación Per- 25 13 31 TONO ROSARIO RETORNO A LAS RAICES PRIME 3392 BMG market to be found anywhere in fecta," a massive, multi -artist pack- the world. 1 2 27 LA MAFIA AHORA Y SIEMPRE SONY DISCOS 80925 /SONY age boasting duets with, among others, Oscar d'Leôn and José 2 1 53 SELENA ENTRE A MI MUNDO EMI LATIN 42635 All listings updated and reviewed for 1993. 3 3 23 ALVARO TORRES HOMENAJE A MEXICO EMI LATIN 42758 Alberto, Tito Nieves & Tony The 1993 International Latin Music Buyers Guide... Vega, and Celia Cruz with d'León. 4 10 27 BANDA MACHOS CON SANGRE DE INDIO FONOVISA 9069 A must buy to reach the Latin music market! Too -much timbalera Sheila E. is 5 15 3 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ PIEL DE NINA SONY DISCOS 81043 /SONY the lone non -RMM star on the al- 6 6 9 GRUPO LABERINTO ES BANDA RODVEN 7113 bum, produced by Sergio George. 7 4 49 VICENTE FERNANDEZ QUE DE RARO TIENE SONY DISCOS 80809 /SONY RESERVE YOUR SPACE TODAY! CALL: The record is due out in July or 8 - 1 SELENA LIVE EMI LATIN 42770 August, followed by an RMM All - = 9 7 29 BRONCO POR EL MUNDO FONOVISA 3032 Stars tour, to kiek off Oct. 23 at Ma- 10 18 3 INDUSTRIA DEL AMOR VERANO DE AMOR FONOVISA 2001 Los Angeles s dison Square Garden in New York. 11 8 11 PEPE AGUILAR RECUERDAME BONITO MUSART 821 /BALBOA Jim Beloff fJ.l E 12 11 27 JOAN SEBASTIAN BANDIDOS DE AMORES MUSART 843 /BALBOA National Advertising Director ON THE ROAD: Currently on 13 9 39 BANDA MACHOS CASIMIRA FONOVISA 5161 in South America are Ziggy (213) 525 -2311 tour 14 17 3 BRYNDIS TE ESPERARE DISA 462 Toto, and Neil g Marley, Anthrax, Ç 15 5 43 MAZZ LO HARE POR TI EMI LATIN 42593 Gary Nuell Sedalia (!). Guns N'Roses are N7I 16 - 5 LALO Y LOS DESCALZOS PURO ZACATECAS WEA LATINA 90817 (213) 525 -2302 booked to close their world tour CC 17 3 ELECTRO BANDA CON EXITOS DE HOY RODVEN 3036 July 16 at the River Plate stadium - 18 22 3 BANDA VALLARTA SHOW PROVOCAME FONOVISA 9087 New York Mexico in Buenos Aires. Liza Minnelli 19 14 5 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE LA GARRA DE FONOVISA 9085 Ronald E. Willman GiselleTrainor and Mikhail Baryshnikov are set in 20 16 7 FAMA COMO NUNCA SONY DISCOS 80835/SONY Publisher-Directories (525) 658 -7461 to perform September dates Venezuela and Brazil. Michael 21 24 3 CHALINO SANCHEZ LAS NIEVES DE ENERO MUSART 710 /BALBOA (212) 536 -5025 Jackson will embark on his first 22 13 51 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ A. FERNANDEZ SONY DISCOS 80770/SONY Latin American jaunt in October 23 12 37 LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE CON NUEVOS... SONY DISCOS 80847 /SONY Europe Maimi /South America ... Madonna may not be far be- 24 23 91 ANA GABRIEL MI MEXICO SONY DISCOS 80605 /SONY Christine Chinetti Angela Rodriguez hind. 25 25 21 JUAN VALENTIN QUE LASTIMA EMI LATIN 42760 44 -71- 323 -6686 (305) 441 -7976

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Compiled from a national sample of retail store I o o and one-stop sales reports. W c z 4471444- ARTIST TITLE 3 it had a couple of platinum and gold albums for the il H ; LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Enigma label (which was distributed in the Christian * * No.1 * * marketplace by Benson). Halen) will handle 1 1 27 D.C. TALK FOREFRONT 3002 /STARSONG 21 weeks at No. 1 FREE AT LAST Rendy Lovelady (Bon Jovi, Van management duties, while booking will be through John HOPE 2 5 5 MICHAEL ENGLISH WARNER BROS. 4148 /SPARROW Huie and the Creative Artists Agency (Amy Grant, DC Talk, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Michael W. Smith). MEECE STARSONG 8189 ONCE IN A LIFETIME 3 6 3 DAVID Sweet's first Benson release should be out in the first by Bob Darden 4 3 39 MICHAEL W. SMITH REUNION 0071 /WORD CHANGE YOUR WORLD quarter of '94. Star Song also nabbed two important artists with the CHAPMAN SPARROW 1328 GREAT ADVENTURE 5 2 47 STEVEN CURTIS A COUPLE OF reports out of the giant Icthus Chris- inking of distribution deals with Forefront techno -house - 6 4 11 CARMAN SPARROW 1339 ABSOLUTE BEST tian Music Festival have said that famed contemporary act Code Of Ethics and John P. Kee and Kee's gospel Christian music pioneer Larry Norman announced from oriented Tyscot label. Kee is one of the best -selling art- THE BASICS OF LIFE 7 8 33 4 HIM BENSON 2960 the stage that his health would prevent him from doing ists in gospel music and beefs up Star Song's presence will 8 to 7 ACAPPELLA WORD 9393 SET ME FREE future concerts. in that market segment considerably. Code Of Ethics If that's indeed the case -and Norman's health has be released through the Star Song -distributed Forefront TWILA PARIS STARSONG 8252 HEART THAT KNOWS YOU 9 7 25 been giving him trouble for the past decade -then this label.

10 13 29 BRYAN DUNCAN MYRRH 6953/WORD MERCY is a major loss. The iconoclastic, often reclusive Norman dominates the early Jesus Music scene. But his recent A COUPLE OF NEW books from the Sparrow Press HYMNS: A PORTRAIT OF CHRIST 11 9 27 STEVE GREEN SPARROW 1348 songs are just as powerful, just as convicting, just as in- are worth a special mention. The first is "A Cry In The THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHOIR Wilderness," which features excerpts from the journals 12 19 3 furiating. WARNER ALLIANCE 4147 /SPARROW LIVE ... WE COME REJOICING Alas, much of his seminal early work is out of print. and writings of the late Keith Green. The second is "A 13 NEW MARGARET BECKER SPARROW 1343 SOUL This would be a great time to begin a systematic rere- Deeper Shade Of Grace" by Bernadette Keaggy, wife of lease on CD of some of his classic projects. Christian rec- Phil Keaggy. The latter chronicles the couple's loss of 14 11 9 GUARDIAN PAKADERM 2517 /WORD MIRACLE MILE ord company execs -I'm talking to you! five children through miscarriages and early births and RON KENOLY 15 17 41 RON KENOLY INTEGRITY 044 /SPARROW LIFT HIM UP WITH Get well, big guy. You're still the best. their grief, searching, and ultimately, renewed and strengthed faith. PHILLIPS, CRAIG & DEAN STARSONG 8256 PHILLIPS, CRAIG & DEAN 16 15 15 ELSEWHERE, Christian artists continue their slow 17 16 13 PHIL KEAGGY MYRRH 6954/WORD CRIMSON & BLUE infiltration of mainstream media outlets. Sandi Patti re- AND FINALLY, here's an intriguing quote from Brown cently showed up on "Entertainment Tonight" and the Bannister, reporting on a recent conversation with Spar- CARMAN 0 BENSON 2809 ADDICTED TO JESUS 18 18 81 syndicated radio series "Entertainment This Week." row president Billy Ray Hearn: 19 14 85 MICHAEL ENGLISH WARNER ALLIANCE 4104/SPARROW MICHAEL ENGLISH Steven Curtis Chapman will be on "CBS This Morning" "Billy Ray said, `When I first signed artists like Keith June 22. Susan Ashton recently did a stint on TNN's Green, the 2nd Chapter Of Acts, or the Talbots, the art- 20 12 21 OUT OF THE GREY SPARROW 1344 THE SHAPE OF GRACE "Crook & Chase." ists came in and told me where they wanted to go in their 21 21 29 PETRA STARSONG 8266 PETRAPHONICS Pray For Rain performed a postgame concert at one ministry. Now when artists come in, their managers come of the last Minnesota Timberwolves games at Target in first, beating me over the head and saying, `Where can RAY BOLTZ DIADEM 2094 /SPECTRA MOMENTS FOR THE HEART 22 22 63 Center in Minneapolis ... Keith Brown performed the you take us ?' 23 20 31 NEWSBOYS STARSONG 8251 NOT ASHAMED National Anthem before a recent Montreal Expos/Los "It is easy to become creatively incestual and do a lot Angeles Dodgers game. of inbreeding and cloning ourselves, sort of doing mutant THE COLLECTION 24 23 353 AMY GRANT MYRRH 3900 /WORD Continuing our sports metaphor, several CCM artists forms of the same thing over and over again," Bannister 25 25 47 SUSAN ASHTON SPARROW 1327 ANGELS OF MERCY have switched teams in recent weeks. The most notable says. "My goal is to help awaken and shake artists. I be- signing has been Michael Sweet to a solo deal with the lieve anybody can do something original if you get in REUNION /WORD GO WEST YOUNG MAN 26 27 137 MICHAEL W. SMITH 0063 Benson Music Group. Sweet, of course, was a member touch with yourself." 27 NEW HOSANNA! MUSIC INTEGRITY 050 /SPARROW REJOICE AFRICA of the best -selling Christian metal group, Stryper, when VARIOUS ARTISTS 28 29 3 BRENTWOOD 5342 AMERICA'S 25 FAVORITE PRAISE & WORSHIP SONGS 29 NEW JULIE MILLER MYRRH 6957/WORD ORPHANS AND ANGELS GARTH BROOKS, `BODYGUARD' TOP LIST OF MAY CERTIFICATIONS 30 38 41 RAY BOLTZ WORD 52991 SEASONS CHANGE (Continued from page 15)

31 NEW SANDI PATTI WORD 53939/EPIC LEVOYAGE a glittering month, scoring a plati- 2 million. Reprise, his sixth. num album for its second release, Sade, "Love Deluxe," Epic, 2 mil- Jade, "Jade To The Max," Giant, /WORD OUGHT TO KNOW BY NOW 32 37 11 RACHEL RACHEL DAYSPRING 4579 YOU "19 Naughty III," and a platinum lion. its first.

33 30 7 HOSANNA! MUSIC INTEGRITY 807 /SPARROW GOD WITH US single for "Hip Hop Hooray." Luther Vandross, "Power Of Arrested Development, Collecting first -time gold albums Love," Epic, 2 million. "Unplugged," Chrysalis, its second. HEAVEN 34 39 9 KEITH BROWN STARSONG 8275 THIS SIDE OF were R &B unit Jade, for "Jade To Green Jelly, "Cereal Killer JOHN P. KEE & NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHOIR PLATINUM ALBUMS Zoo 35 34 29 The Max "; wacky rockers Green Soundtrack," Entertainment, TYSCOT 1403 /STARSONG WE WALK BY FAITH Jelly, for "Cereal Killer Sound- Van Halen, "Live: Right Here, its first. 36 36 13 PHIL KEAGGY MYRRH 6965/WORD REVELATOR track"; and country group Confed- Right Now," Warner Bros., its 10th. Patsy Cline, "Patsy Cline Collec- for its self -titled de- Naughty By Nature, "19 tion" (boxed set), MCA. STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN SPARROW 1258 FOR THE SAKE OF THE CALL erate Railroad, 37 26 121 but. Naughty III," Tommy Boy, its sec- Confederate Railroad, "Confed- PULLING NO PUNCHES 38 32 3 D.O.C. STARSONG 8258 Paperboy notched his first plati- ond. erate Railroad," Atlantic, its first. num single for "Ditty." Sting, "Ten Summoner's Tales," George Thorogood & the De- 39 31 3 HOSANNA! MUSIC INTEGRITY 049 /SPARROW THE SECRET PLACE A complete list of the May RIAA A &M, his fourth. stroyers, "Baddest Of George 40 24 35 WAYNE WATSON DAYSPRING 4232 /WORD HOW TIME FLIES certifications follows. Depeche Mode, "Songs Of Faith Thorogood & the Destroyers," And Devotion," Sire, its third. EMI, their seventh. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA MULTIPLATINUM ALBUMS SWV, "It's About Time," RCA, certification for sales of 1 million units with each additional million indicated by a numeral Brooks, "No Fences," its first. PLATINUM SINGLES following the symbol. All albums available on cassette and CD. *Asterisk indicates vinyl Garth available. © 1993, Billboard /BPI Communications. Liberty, 10 million. Ray Lynch, "Deep Breakfast," Paperboy, "Ditty," Next Plateau, Soundtrack, "The Bodyguard," Windham Hill, his first. his first. Arista, 8 million. Red Hot Chili Peppers, "What Naughty By Nature, "Hip Hop Billy Ray Cyrus, "Some Gave Hits ?," EMI, their second. Hooray," Tommy Boy, its second. All," Mercury, 7 million. BEA PART OF THE PRAISE! Eric Clapton, "Unplugged," Re- GOLD ALBUMS GOLD SINGLES prise, 6 million. Van Halen, "Live: Right Here, Depeche Mode, "I Feel You," DISTRIBUTED Arrested Development, "3 Right Now," Warner Bros., its 10th. Sire, its third. THRU ATLANTA Years, 5 Months, And 2 Days In Geto Boys, "Till Death Do Us Run- D.M.C., "Down With The INTERNATIONAL The Life Of ...," Chrysalis, 3 mil- Part," Rap -A -Lot, their second. King," Profile, its first. RECORDS lion. Naughty By Nature, "19 Naughty By Nature, "Hip Hop Linda Ronstadt, "What's Naughty III," Tommy Boy, its sec- Hooray," Tommy Boy," its second. New ?," Elektra, 3 million. ond. Green Jelly, "Three Little Pigs," Dr. Dre, "The Chronic," Inter - Sting, "Ten Summoner's Tales," Zoo Entertainment, its first. scope, 2 million. A &M, his fourth. Run -D.M.C., "Walk This Way," The Doors, "Best Of The Doors," Lenny Kravitz, "Are You Gonna Profile, its second. Elektra, 2 million. Go My Way," Virgin, his second. S4035 -1 Elton John, "The One," MCA, 2 Depeche Mode, "Songs Of Faith Assistance in preparing this story 1 -800- 669 -9669 million. And Devotion," Sire, its eighth. was provided by Carrie Borzillo. Jon Secada, "Jon Secada," SBK, Dwight Yoakam. "This Time,"

An BILLBOARD JUNE 1 2. 1993 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard. FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1993 Artists & Music To p Gospel AlbumsTM

i Compiled from a national sample of retail store u and one -stop sales reports. W < a H o a ARTIST TITLE Ñ EXPANDING GOD'S WORLD: Last month, Detroit-based ; LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL gospel retailer Larry Robinson (God's World), presented * * NO. 1 * * "Be Ye Exalted '93" at Cobo Hall. Nearly 9,500 flocked into REV. 1 1 23 CLAY EVANS the 10,000-seat arena to hear John P. Kee, Daryl Coley, SAVOY 7106 /MALACO 5 weeks at No. 1 I'M GOING THROUGH srrnit Rhodes, Rev. Shun Pace Milton Brunson & the Thomp- JOHN P. KEE & NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHOIR 2 2 33 son Community Singers, the Williams Brothers, and the TYSCOT 1403/ATLANTA INT'L WE WALK BY FAITH

Mississippi Mass Choir. Robinson's gospel extravaganza 3 4 31 GEORGIA MASS CHOIR SAVOY 7102 I SING BECAUSE I'M HAPPY by Lisa Collins punctuates the trend of gospel retailers expanding beyond THE ANOINTED PACE SAVOY 14812 traditional boundaries. Monies generated aided Robinson in 4 5 41 SISTERS /MALACO U KNOW

the purchase of a radio station, to be fully operational in 5 3 25 TM MASS YOUTH CHOIR TM 2001 SEND YOUR ANOINTING TRULY ANNOINTED: As the Annointed Pace Sisters October, under the call letters WGOD. "Aside from being DR. C. G. HAYES CHURCH OF PRAYER 6 7 17 /COSMOPOLITAN CHOIR were growing up in rural Georgia, their father would tease committed, you have to be very creative," Robinson says. SAVOY 7107 /MALACO I'LL NEVER FORGET each about the others' talents. " `Niecy,' he'd say, 'watch out, "Because at this point the market has not developed [dollar - TRI -CITY 7 13 7 SINGERS Shun's gonna overtake you. Then he'd say, `Shun, you better wise] to the potential of R&B, but we're getting there." GOSPO- CENTRIC 2117 /SPARROW A SONGWRITER'S POINT OF VIEW REV. MILTON BRUNSON & THE THOMPSON watch out for Leslie, she's catching up. Then he'd say, 'Les- 8 6 65 COMMUNITY SINGERS WORD 48784/EPIC MY MIND IS MADE lie, watch out for Lydia, she's coming up,' " says sister Les- GOSPEL CLASSICS: Piggybacking on its success with UP lie. Today, they're all coming up-all eight of them. Evi- classic gospel packages, Shanachie Entertainment re- 9 10 11 D.F.W. MASS CHOIR SAVOY 7109 /MALACO ANOTHER CHANCE dence of that is "U Know," their debut release on Savoy leases two new companion projects from Spirit Feel Pro- lo 9 47 DARYL COLEY SPARROW 1234 WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS Records. It was more than 10 months ago that the album ductions. "Great Gospel Women" includes 31 tracks featur- found its top 10 slot on top gospel sales charts, and it has ing such legends as Mahalia Jackson, Jarion Williams, 11 8 75 SHIRLEY CAESAR WORD 48785 /EPIC HE'S WORKING IT OUT FOR YOU remained there. Most credit their success to fresh delivery, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Clara Ward, and Dorothy Love 12 12 15 DOROTHY NORWOOD MALACO 4457 BETTER DAYS AHEAD with a striking contemporary flair, of traditional gospel mu- Coates. "Great Gospel Men" includes classic recordings BISHOP JEFF BANKS AND THE RIVIVAL sic. Says Leslie, `The older sisters really love the traditional 13 15 9 from James Cleveland, Alex Bradford, Robert Anderson, SAVOY 7108 /MALACO HE'S ALL OVER ME while the younger half leans more toward contemporary. Brother Joe May and Professor J. Earle Hines. The collec- 14 11 17 TRI -STATE MASS CHOIR PARADISE 27008 GOIN' BACK With that mixture, we can reach a lot of people and hope tions span recordings from 1939 through 1991. MELVIN WILLIAMS to be around a long time." If the success of their first release 15 14 35 BLACKBERRY 2203301211 /MALACO IN LIVING COLOR - "LIVE" is any indication, they're right on target. A far cry from NOTES: Congratulations to Marvin Winans on the fourth when the sisters, who range in age from 19 to 35, were told anniversary of his Detroit -based Perfecting Church, 16 17 31 CALVIN BERNARD RHONE co 514161111 IT'S IN THE PRAISE they wouldn't make it. `People said we were too traditional," marked by weeklong convocation services (May 23 -29). Join- 17 21 13 MICHAEL FLETCHER SOUND OF GOSPEL 196 MICHAEL FLETCHER LIVE Leslie recalls. "That we didn't have what it took, and that ing Marvin, wife Vickie Winans, and associate pastor Don- certain people in high places were going to see to it we didn't nie McClurkin (New Restoration Choir) and their 1,600- 18 19 13 VANESSA BELL ARMSTRONG JIVE 42129 SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE make it. But my mother instilled in us the belief that what- plus worshippers were other members of gospel's famed 19 20 7 MARY FLOYD BORN AGAIN 999 GOD IS ABLE ever you're going through, when it's your time to come up, first family, including BeBe & CeCe, who jetted in from THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS you'll come up, no matter what. We've been singing 20 16 9 the Nashville ... Jerry Mannery takes over as director of the BLACKBERRY 5437 /MALACO THE BEST OF AND MORE "LIVE" songs on this album for years. Now, everybody's receiving gospel division at Malaco Records. Mannery had assisted RUBY TERRY 21 18 27 them like [they're brand new]. It's just our time." former director Frank Williams before his death in March. MALACO 4455 "LIVE" WITH THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA MASS CHOIR KENNETH MARTIN AND VOICES IN PRAISE 22 23 11 SOUND OF GOSPEL 202 A MORE EXCELLENT PRAISE RICKY DILLARD & THE NEW GENERATION CHORALE 23 NEW . MALACO 6014 A HOLY GHOST TAKE-OVER

24 38 3 THE CANTON SPIRITUALS BLACKBERRY 1600 /MALACO LIVE IN MEMPHIS NEW JERUSALEM BAPTIST CHURCH CHOIR 25 28 11 Look for these new releases from SOUND OF GOSPEL 204 PURE GOLD REV. ERNEST DAVIS, JR: S CHESTER MASS 26 24 39 WILMINGTON CHOIR ATLANTA INT'L 10180 STAND STILL UNTIL HIS WILL IS CLEAR LUTHER BARNES AND THE SUNSET JUBILAIRES 27 33 11 ATLANTA INTL 10182 ENJOYING JESUS

28 27 33 MARVIN WINANS SELAH 7509 /SPARROW PERFECTING CHURCH

RECORDS 29 39 5 THE ANGELIC VOICES OF FAITH CGI 0077 A GIFT TO YOU

30 26 3 FRED HAMMOND BENSON 0092 DELIVERENCE THE GOSPEL MUSIC WORKSHOP OF AMERICA 31 25 17 BENSON 0056/A &M DAWN OF A NEW ERA

32 40 5 ANOINTED WORD 53598/EPIC SPIRITUAL LOVE AFFAIR VARIOUS ARTISTS 33 35 5 BENSON 0087 A TRIBUTE TO "THE MAESTRO" THOMAS A. WHITFIELD

34 32 37 SANDRA CROUCH SPARROW 1325 WITH ALL MY HEART

35 31 55 REV. JAMES MOORE MALACO 6009 LIVE IN DETROIT 75 REV. T. WRIGHT /CHICAGO INTERDENOMINATIONAL 36 30 MASS CHOIR SAVOY 14804 /MALACO I'M GLAD ABOUT IT

37 22 53 THE RICHARD SMALLWOOD SINGERS SPARROW 1283 TESTIMONY

nald Malloy Various Artists Witness 38 29 47 THE JACKSON SOUTHERNAIRES MALACO 6012 LIVE AND ANOINTED "Everything Will Be Alright" "A Tribute To James Cleveland "Standard" 39 NEWT' CLC YOUTH CHOIR COMMAND 5522 /WORD LIVE IN THE SPIRIT Vol.2" 40 NEW REV. R. WHITE JR. & MT. EPHRIAM BAPTIST CHURCH MASS CHFOIRKS

Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500.000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units with each additional million indicated by a numeral following the symbol. All albums available on cassette and CD. 'Asterisk indicates vinyl available. © 1993, Billboard /BPI Communications.

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BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 41 www.americanradiohistory.com Music Video ARTISTS & MUSIC Reggae Show Is Jammin' Airwaves IslandNJN Deal Near End; `Tropical Beat' Scores Cable -TV Coup MIV Plans Spinoff Tests BY DEBORAH RUSSELL ing in Jamaica. "It's a peaceful music they work and it's so great to see them mers are tracked by Broadcast Data and I want to expose it to other peo- achieve success." BOX TALK: Chris Blackwell, whose Nassau, Bahamas-based Island Systems, has been warmly greeted by LOS ANGELES -The fact that Rich- ple." Warner, too, is a tireless worker. Trading Inc. was a key contender in our readers. Now we've made it more mond, Va., is not exactly tropical is of Warner, whose background includes (The secret is bee pollen, she reveals.) negotiations to acquire a controlling valuable by listing "new adds" for the little concern to Charlene Warner. For stints in market research, radio, and She and her crew often travel to Ja- interest in the Miami -based Video five monitored stations. The BDS- the four years, this Richmond - publishing, managed an art gallery/ maica to shoot interview and perform- past Jukebox Network, says he's disap- monitored playlists rank clips pro- based TV producer has used the magic cafe during those years she spent in Ja- ance footage with local acts, and the pointed that a deal with VJN has yet grammed during the week prior to the of television to bring the "Tropical maica. At that time, she forged rela- "Tropical Beat" crew often can be publication of each issue of Billboard. Beat" of reggae music to viewers tionships with the late Bob Marley and found behind the scenes at such events to materialize. Island's March 18 offer to The "new adds" now listed below the around the country. his family, the late Peter Tosh, Burn- as the Reggae Sunsplash tour and original to Billboard for "Tropical Beat" spans the nation ing Spear, and Inner Circle, all of other reggae/world beat festivals. purchase a stake in the network for $7 rankings are reported million was withdrawn May 18 (Bill- the week ahead. from New York to Los Angeles via whom are well represented in the The small team that produces "Trop- board, May 29) and restructured, but In other chart news: Ever since high- and low -power broadcast stations "Tropical Beat" mix. ical Beat" includes Jamaicans and a VJN statement released May 28 re- Billboard's Top Music Video Sales and cable outlets. Miami viewers who It is Warner's long- standing link Americans, and Warner's partner, vealed: "VJN decided not to accept chart began using SoundScan data subscribe to Storer Cable began re- with the reggae community that lends Anastas Hackett, doubles as the music the revised investment offer from Is- April 24, the top of the chart has un- ceiving the show May 29, a major coup "Tropical Beat" its personal flair. Her director for Maxi Priest. land Trading Inc." dergone an intriguing realignment. for Warner and the artists she pro- access to rare footage of Marley en- Warner hosts the weekly, hourlong "It's the end of the deal at the mo- Sure, ultra-hot, mega -platinum art- grams. hanced a birthday special she recently program in the guise of her alter-ego, ment," confirms Blackwell, ists such as Garth Brooks, "Tropical Beat" is one place the vid- produced in his honor, and her historic "Mona." She features two artists per adding, "I don't know what Billy Ray Cyrus, Eric eos of such artists as General Grant, perspective about the development of program and past guests have included will now. have Clapton, Van Halen, and Freddie MacGregor, Baaba Maal, the genre gives her insights that few Ziggy Marley, Super Cat, Dennis happen We been working on this [deal] Bon Jovi are among the Apache Indian, and the up- and -coming other programmers share. Brown, Mikey Dread, and Super Blue. for nine months. We've leading titles, but the No. 1 World O' Girls have a virtual guarantee "We come from the same place and The mood at "Tropical Beat" is light, tried every which way to video for five weeks in a of regular airplay. the same generation," she says of the positive, and inspirational. 41N sort it out to where we can row happens to be the Curb "[Reggae music] represents a part of artists on the "Tropical Beat" playlist. "People take life so seriously," says build it up and get the deal Video release, "Ray Ste- my life that was very positive," says "I've known [the members of] Inner Warner, who undeniably has a good going, including structur- vens' Comedy Classics." Warner, who spent some 13 years liv- Circle for 20 years. I know how hard sense of humor. She steers away from videos laced with violent or sexist im- ing deals with cable dis- Stevens' title, debuted at agery, as children watch "Tropical tributors." No. 2 May 8, knocking Beat," and she encourages her viewers Blackwell says he was Green Jelly's "Cereal to "keep smilin' and jammin'," as she attracted to VJN's interac- Killer" out of the top spot closes each episode. tive music video program- May 15 and holds the posi- Music television, Warner notes, is a ming network The Box be- tion with about a 5-1 margin powerful tool to educate people and cause "it is something over Green Jelly this week. break down cultural barriers. "You can contemporary, modern, ex- And in other Billboard see how others live through TV and citing. It is specializing in news: The magazine's fifth learn that these people are not that dif- cutting -edge music, and I by De borah annual song contest has ferent from you or me," she says. "Mu- am always interested in Rus sell added a music video cate- sic is the best way to learn about other that." For watching videos, gory to the competition. cultures and it helps us to learn how to he adds, "The Box is the Entrants are welcome to work and live together." best. There are no game submit an amateur music Warner doesn't expect to solve the shows and other things in between." video of an original or non -original world's problems with "Tropical Beat," song on VHS tape. Call 918-627-0351. but she does hope to share with view- ON THAT NOTE: We hear that ers the joy she gleans from reggae and MTV fmally is going to launch a test ROCK ON: More talent has been world beat music. of its potential spinoff networks come added to the roster of the MTV Movie "I've had offers to do rap and R &B October in a place called Castro Val- Awards, including performers Rod shows," she says. "But I'm going to ley, Calif. One of the possible test for- Stewart, Stone Temple Pilots, Dr. stick with what I love. I haven't made mats-get this-could feature music Dre, and Duran Duran. Presenters "Tropical Beat" producer /host Charlene Warner (aka Mona) second from right, any money off this show, but I figure videos 24 hours per day. What a con- who've recently signed on include Jon features reggae /world beat artists on her weekly program. She is pictured here if I'm going to work this hard, I might cept in music television! Lovitz, Denzel Washington, Mary with members of the group Aswad. (Photo: Richard A. Williams) as well love it." In other network news: V111 will Stuart Masterson, Rosie O'Donnell, broadcast "Center Stage" shows fea- Valeria Golino, and Christian turing Bruce Hornsby and Wynonna Slater. The second annual awards, June 8 and 15, respectively. Mean- hosted by Eddie Murphy, will be tele- PRODUCTION NOTES while, "Center Stage," which is a co- cast on MTV Wednesday (9). i production of VH1 and Chicago-based public broadcast station WTTW, has MISSING FOOTAGE: Soul Asy- LOS ANGELES NEW YORK Labs production directed by Eric for broadcast on some lum's new Columbia video, "Runaway pro- been cleared Planet Pictures' Randee St. Lionel Martin of Classic Con- Koziol. Barbara Schwartz 90% of the nation's PBS outlets. The Train," directed by Tony Kaye of Nicholas directed Brenda Russell's cepts Inc. directed Smooth's new duced the Atlanta/Chicago -based majority of stations will begin airing Tony Kaye Films, includes photos of video "No Time For Time" on EMI. Jive clip, "You Been Played," from shoot. shows in mid -June. The PBS incarna- missing children. The clip submitted of John Hopgood produced the clip. In the soundtrack to the film "Menace Kenny Mugwamp Chrome tion of "Center Stage" runs for one for broadcast on MTV included bump- the addition, Planet director Gerry II Society." John Larrier produced Bumper Productions directed hour, an expansion of the half -hour ers, which were cut by the network, video, And Wenner shot Trisha Yearwood's the shoot. new Romantics "You VH1 series. Michael Bolton opens detailing the National Center for Your Folks, Me And My Folks." The new MCA clip, "Down On My the 10- segment PBS series. Missing And Exploited Children clip comes from Knees," with producer Robin Ber- NASHVILLE Detroit -based The latest round of "MTV Un- with the center's hotline number: 800- Records. esford. Freedman Productions direc- Westbound plugged" installments featuring Soul 843 -5678. The production company's S. directed Dirty Cecilia Miniucchi of Freed- tor James F. Robinson is the eye Craig Brooks Asylum, 10,000 Maniacs, and Mid- Roger Hunt tells the the Eye clip was in man Productions directed "Hurri- behind the Remingtons' new BNA Rotten Scoundrels "Gangsta night Oil were reeled on the Manhat- shot so that other photos of missing clip was by cane" for London Records' Electric videom, "Wall Around Her Heart." Lean." The produced tan soundstage of the newly opened children can be added to it. new company, Roll Wit Love Hogs. Arturo Smith directed Chuck Shanlever produced the Hammer's Sony Music Studios. photography on the shoot; Tom Pi- clip; Daryll Studebaker directed It Entertainment, and Power "ABC In Concert" grunged out REEL NEWS: L.A. -based producer/ Films. Terance Power and Ro- cirillo produced. photography. June 4 with live performances by director Bob Giraldi has formed new video, sanne Cunningham produced the Propaganda Films director Rick Vincent's Curb Sonic Youth, L7, and Babes In Toy - Starving Artists, a new video produc- shoot. Paul Boyd is the eye behind Diga- "Ain't Been A Train Through Here Oakland, Calif. -based land. Mike Edwards from Jesus tion house whose directors' roster in- ble Planets' Pendulum video In Years," is a Picture Vision pro- Director Jennifer Lynch shot Jones hosted. cludes Morgan Lawley, Alex Munoz, "Where I'm From." duction directed by Sara Nichols. New Model Army's latest Epic Dana Tynan, and Matti Leshem. In The Rose," on loca- Straightline Films director Si- Tom Forrest produced. video, "Living ADD IT UP: Billboard's Video Mon- Asym- meon Soffer shot Overkill's latest tion in Holland and London. itor, introduced April 24, in which Assistance in preparing this column produced in Atlantic video, "Spiritual Void." OTHER CITIES metrical Productions playlists of major national program- ?vas provided by Ed Christman. John Perez directed photography; 808 State's new ZTT /Tommy conjunction with the U.K. based Anne Mullen produced. Boy video, "10 X 10," is an H -Gun house AimImage Ltd Productions.

42 BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard. Video Monitor.. rrF THE MOST -PLAYED CLIPS AS MONITORED BY BROADCAST DATA SYSTEMS * * NEW ADDS * * LISTINGS SUBMITTED BY THE OUTLETS (NOT FROM BDS) OF CLIPS ADDED FOR THE WEEK AHEAD

16 Confederate Railroad, When You... 17 Silk, Freak Me 16 Toby Keith, Should've Been A...

I /Vledialine. 17 Alan Jackson, Chattahoochee 18 Rod Stewart, Have Told You Lately 17 Doug Stone, Made For Lovin' You 18 Pam Tiflis, Cleopatra, Queen Of...t 19 Terence Trent D'arby, She.... 18 Larry Stewart, Alright Already 19 Tracy Byrd, Holdin' Heaven? 20 4 Non Blondes, What's Up 19 Joe Diffie, Honky Tonk Attitude 20 Dolly Parton, More Where That...? 21 Duran Duran, Come Undone 20 Suzy Bogguss, Heartache 21 Carlene Carter, Every Little Thing? 22 Tasmin Archer, Sleeping Satellite* 21 Marty Stuart, Hey Baby Black Entertainment Television 22 Shenandoah, Janie Baker? 23 H-Town, Knockin' Da Boots 22 Randy Travis, An Old Pair Of Shoes 14 hours daily 23 Matthews, Wright & King, I Got...? 24 Madonna, Fever 23 Lisa Stewart, Under The Light... Radio News Loses Weight On 1899 9th Street NE, 24 Doug Supernaw, Renot 25 Dr. Dre, Dre Day 24 Shenandoah, Janie Baker Washington, DC 20018 25 Little Texas; What Might Have Been 26 Anthrax, Only 25 Billy Ray Cyrus, Some Gave All 26 Doug Stone, Made For Lovin' You 27 Midnight Oil, Truganini 26 Clinton Gregory, Standing On The... 1 Mary J. Blige, Love No Limit 27 Lee Roy Parnell, Tender Moment 28 Eddie Murphy, Whatzupwitu 27 Little Texas, What Might Have Been 2 Janet Jackson, That's The Way... 28 Mark Collie, Shame Shame...? 29 Radiohead, Creep 28 John Michael Montgomery, I Love... Strict Diet Of USA Today 3 SWV, Weak 29 Billy Ray Cyrus, Some Gave All 30 Sade, No Ordinary Love 29 Reba McEntire, It's Your Call

30 Ricky Lynn If I Had A... 31 Gin Hey Jealousy 4 Walter & Scotty, I Want To Know... Gregg, Blossoms, 30 Robert Ellis Orrall, A Little Bit... 5 Jade, One Woman 31 Tim McGraw, Memory Lane 32 Robin S., Show Me Love BY ERIC BOEHLERT day for the last six years, through a 6 Bobby Brown, That's The Way... 32 Robert Ellis Orrall, A Little Bit... 33 Ugly Kid Joe, Busy Bee * * NEW ADDS * * 33 Sammy Kershaw, Haunted Heart 34 Aerosmith, Janié s Got A Gun partnership with the ABC Network, 7 Blackstreet, Baby Be Mine Radney Foster, Easier Said Than... 8 Alexander O'neal, In The Middle 34 Marty Stuart, Hey Baby 35 Van Halen, Right Now Brother Phelps, Let Go has been part of that radio newswire 9 H -Town, Knockin' Da Boots 35 Marty Brown, It Must Be The Rain 36 Metallica, Enter Sandman TOO MUCH McRADIO: Has growth. Every 10 Jodeci, Let's Go Through The... 36 Deborah Allen, If You're Not... 37 Spin Doctors, Two Princes USA day newspaper staff- 11 Young M.C., What's The Flavor 37 Rick Vincent, Ain't Been A Train... 38 Guns N' Roses, Don't Cry Today become too important to radio ers write up USA Today articles in 12 Johnny Gill, The Floor 38 Kentucky Headhunters, Dixiefried 39 Guns N' Roses, November Rain wakeup shows? Are form. 13 Christopher Williams, Every Little... 39 Dean Dillon, Hot, Country... 40 SWV, Weak station newspeo- shortened, radio -ready During 14 II D Extreme, Cry No More 40 Marshall Tucker Band, Walk... 41 Naughty By Nature, Hip Hop... ple too lazy in searching out other the early hours of each day, that in- 15 U.N.V., Something's Goin' On 41 Palomino Road, The Best That. 42 World Party, Is It Like Today? of 16 Bell Biv Devoe, Above The Rim 42 Lisa Stewart, Under The Light Of... 43 Spin Doctors, What Time Is It? sources information? Those are the formation is sent via the ABC net- VIDEO HITS OFE- 17 Boss, Deeper 43 John Berry, A Mind Of Her Own 44 Robert Plant, Calling To You questions raised by a recent article in work to its affiliates, giving the air 44 Boy Howdy, A Cowboy's Born... 45 Black To 18 Robin S., Show Me Love Crowes, Hard Handle Continuous programming 45 John Brannen, Never Say Never... 46 Black Crowes, She Talks To Angels Bolton Research Corp.'s "Radio staff access to USA Today stories be- 19 Shabba Ranks, What'cha Gonna Do 1515 Broadway, NY, NY 10036 46 Ronne Reeves, Never Let Him See... 47 U2, Mysterious Ways 20 Najee, All I Ever Ask Trends" newsletter. fore the paper even hits the news- 47 Clinton Gregory, Standing On The... 48 U2, One 21 Tina Turner, I Wanna Fight Don't 1 Janet Jackson, That's The Way... 22 Yo-Yo, Ibwin' Wit My Crewin' 48 Bobbie Cryner, Daddy Laid The... 49 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Under The... Bolton VP/GM Larry Rosin, who stands. 2 Whitney Houston, I Have Nothing 49 Andy Childs, I Wouldn't Know 50 Pearl Jam, Even Flow 23 Boss, Recipe 3 George Michael, Somebody To... wrote the piece, said in an interview The idea that condensed versions 24 Chante Moore, It's Alright 50 Trisha Yearwood, Down On My.. Indicates MTV Exclusive 4 V. Williams /B. McKnight, Love Is he loves 25 P.O.V., Anutha Luv that the paper and reads it of USA Today dispatches represent t Indicates Hot Shots Indicates Buzz Bin 5 Gloria Estefan, Go Away 26 Tene Williams, Give Him A Love... 6 Rod Stewart, Have I Told You Lately every day. Nonetheless, "I think ra- the key source for many radio audi- 27 Digable Planets, I'm From Where * * NEW ADDS * * * * NEW ADDS * * 7 Paul Mccartney, Off The Ground dio's reliance on USA Today is ridicu- ences no doubt makes some news ed- 28 Penny Ford, Daydreaming 8 Expose, I'll Never Get Over... 29 Vertical Hold, Seems You're Much... Aaron Tippin, Working Man's Ph.D Billy Idol, Shock To The System 9 David Crosby & Phil Collins, Hero lous." itors queasy. 30 Silk, Girl U For Me Brother Phelps, Let Go Expose, I'll Never Get Over... 10 Madonna, Fever George Jones, Walls Can Fall He says that while traveling Frank Raphael, VP of line net- Toni! Toni! Tone!, If I Had No Loot 11 Michael Jackson, Who Is It NEW ADDS Gibson /Miller Band, Texas Tattoo * * * * Mary J. Blige, Love No Limit 12 Sting, If I Ever Lose My Faith In You around the country as part of his role work programming for ABC, explains Jim Witter, Everything And More The Pharcyde, Brian McKnight, One Last Cry Passin' Me By 13 Restless Heart, Tell Me What You... Mark Chesnutt, It Sure Is Monday as a radio consultant, he inevitably the network's job is to deliver as Shai, Baby I'm Yours Raging Slab, Anywhere But Here 14 Sting, Fields Of Gold* Mary Karlzen, A Long Time Ago The Posies, Dream All Day 15 Go West, What You Won't Do For hears morning jocks and news an- many news tools as possible to the af- Tony! Toni! Tone!, If I Had No Loot Zaca Creek, Fly Me South 16 Ray Charles, A Song For You chors, regardless of station format or filiates. It is then up to the individual 17 Aaron Neville, Don't Take Away... 18 Don Henley, The Boys Of Summer audience, regurgitating USA Today stations to make the most of those 19 Bon Jovi, Bed Of Roses reports in the place of news. tools. OTNN 20 Whitney Houston, I'm Every Woman C THE NASHVILLE NETWORK. 21 Bonnie Raitt, Something To Talk... Rosin, who thinks "The Nation's Rosin agrees, and places the blame T I YYli TrrYlilOY- The Heart of Country 22 Tina Turner, Don't Wanna Fight Newspaper" translates to radio squarely on radio and its lackadaisical MUSIC TELEMUON 23 B -52's, Love Shack 24 Steve Winwood, Higher Love morning shows so well precisely be- approach to news. "I give USA Today Continuous programming Continuous programming 30 hours weekly 25 David Bowie, Jump They Say 2806 Opryland Dr., cause of its coast -to -coast scope, credit" for its success on morning 1515 Broadway, NY, NY 10036 2806 Opryland Dr., 26 Paula Abdul, Straight Up Nashville, TN 37214 Nashville, TN 37214 27 Billy Joel, We Didn't Start The Fire along with its "breezy, blurby" writ- shows, he says, adding, "I don't ex- 1 Ice It Cube, Was A Good Day 28 Paul Simon, You Can Call Me Al 1 ing style, warns depend- 40 Dwight Yoakam, Ain't That Lonely... 2 Stone Temple Pilots, Plush 1 Lee Roy Parnell, Tender stations that pect a newsperson at some top sta- Moment 29 Elton John, I Don't Wanna Go... 2 John Michael Montgomery, I Love... 3 Green Jelly, Three Little Pigs 2 Pam Tillis, Cleopatra, Queen... 30 Amy Grant, Every Heartbeat ence on USA Today is bad business. tion to break news stories. I'm just 3 Larry Stewart, Alright Already 4 Janet Jackson, That's The Way... 3 Clint Black /Wynonna, A Bad... 4 Travis Tritt, T- R- O- U -B -L-E 5 Aerosmith, Livin' On The Edge 4 Alan Jackson, Chattahoochee * Indicates Five Star Video With stations desperately needing to concerned about [radio's] single - 5 Toby Keith, Should've Been A... 6 Aerosmith, Eat The Rich" 5 Trisha Yearwood, Down On My... differentiate themselves in an in- source attitude." 6 Joe Diffie, Honky Tonk Attitude 7 New Order, Regret 6 Shania Twain, Dance With The... * * NEW ADDS** 7 Lorrie Morgan, I Guess You Had... 8 Lenny Kravitz, Are You Gonna Go... 7 Phelps, Let Go creasingly crowded broadcast field, Brother Kenny G /Peabo Bryson, By The Time... 8 Suzy Bogguss, Heartache 9 P.M. Dawn, Looking Through... 8 Dwight Yoakam, Ain't That Lonely... Donald Fagen, Tomorrow's Girl he argues that following the pack is WELL READ: '70s rock star 9 Patty Loveless, Blame It On Your... 10 In Depeche Mode, Walking My..." I 9 Lorrie Morgan, Guess You Had... Cyndi Lauper, Who Let In The... 10 Randy Travis, An Old Pair Of Shoes 11 Porno For Pyros, Pets. the wrong move. "What's wrong with Dwight Twilley ( "I'm On Fire") re- 10 Patty Loveless, Blame It On Your... UB40, Can't Help Failing In... 11 John Anderson, Money In The Bank 12 Inner Circle, Bad Boys 11 John Anderson, Money In The Bank the local paper ?" he asks. cently signed a book deal with the 12 Reba Mcentire, It's Your Callt 13 R.E.M., The Sidewinder Sleeps..." 12 Dolly Parton, More Where That... 13 Clint Black /Wynonna, A Bad...t 14 V. Williams /B. McKnight, Love Is 13 Dean Dillon, Hot, Country... During the last 10 years, the num- Charles E. Tuttle Co. in Boston. The 14 Radney Foster, Easier Said Than... 15 Soul Asylum, Runaway Train 14 Mark Collie, Shame Shame... ber of local news -gathering teams, book from Twilley, whose compilation 15 Kelly Willis, Whatever Way The... 16 Bon Jovi, In These Arms 15 Garth Brooks, We Shall Be Free particularly at music stations, has CD, "The Great Lost Twilley Album," A SAMPLING OF PLAYLISTS SUBMITTED BY shrunk, according to David Barlett, is due out Tuesday (8) on DCC Rec- NATIONAL & LOCAL MUSIC VIDEO OUTLETS president of the Radio -Television ords, will unveil his "revolutionary" THE CLIP LIST.. FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 29, 1993. News Directors Assn. That has way of communicating with his young Jodeci, Let's Go Through The Motions Chris Mars, Public Opinion T H E Lee Ritenour, Waiting In Vain Wailing Souls, Shark Attack translated into a greater need for daughter Dionne. Since birth, the girl Lords Of Underground, Funky... Blind Melon, No Rain newswire -type information. USA To- has lived with Twilley's ex -wife. Michael Jackson, Who Is It? Run D.M.C., Down With The King soK ViDEo Silk, Freak Me QQ UNV, Something's Going On Zhigge, Rakin' In The Dough TELEVISION I N tit P R I N T Continuous programming 12000 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33181 Five hours weekly 223 -225 Washington St Uffattvic One hour weekly AMERICA'S NO. 1 VIDEO Newark, NJ 07102 330 Bob Hope Dr, Burbank, CA 91523 JAGGER UNAUTHORIZED SWV, Weak Blues Traveller, Conquer Me Five 1/2 -hour shows weekly Jade, One Woman By Christopher Andersen Guru, Loungin' Signal Hill Dr, Wall, PA 15148 Inner Circle, Bad Boys BOX TOPS Le Mystere (Delacorte Press, $22.95) De Voix, Tipero Rod Stewart, Have I Told You Lately Antenna, Shine B E Taylor, Came To Me 2 Live Crew, Mega Mix Snow, Girl, I've Been Hurt Living Colour, Nothingness ETW, Stay Together I Mary J. Blige, Love No Limit 2 Pac, Get Around Millions & Millions, Help Somebody Kool G Rap, On The Run Taylor Dane, Can't Get Enough You can't always get what you want. 95 South, Whoot, There It Is Operation Angel Wings, World Of...... Season To Risk, Mind Eyes Janet Jackson, That's The Way... Boss, Deeper Paul McCartney, Hope Of Deliverance Who may be another matter, if we're Da Youngsta's, Crewz Pop Strait Jacket Fits, Cat Inna Can Cactus Bros., Crazy Heart Mannheim Steamroller, Morning to believe Christopher Andersen, who Dr. Dre, Dre Day DOC /Bride, God Gave Rock & Roll Duice, Dazzey Duks Marshall Tucker Band, Walk Outside... has Mick Jagger in and out of bed- Newsboys, I ag Posies, Dream All Day Cannot Get You îITtIGIVV111 r/ti Geto Boys, Six Feet Deep Midnight Frank Black, Hang To Your Oil, Truganini rooms more often than a chambermaid. H -Town, Knockin' Da Boots On Ego Vince Neil, Sister Of Pain Whitney Houston, Star Spangled... Half Pint, Boom & Hydraulic White Heart, Independence Day 15 hours weekly If anyone hadn't guessed, this latest, Robert Plant, Calling To You Ice Cube, It Was A Good Day 77's, Nuts For You P 0 BOX 398, Branson, MO 65616 Nudeswirl, F Sharp nonblessed biography of the appar- Illegal, Head Or Gut Guardian, Shoeshine Johnny 1 Of The Girls, Do Da What Carman, Jade, One Woman DeGarmo & Key, Classic Rock Medley 1955 ently never -alone Rolling Stone is far The Autuers, Showgirl Kelly Willis, Janet Jackson, That's The Way... Amy Grant, Baby Baby Whatever Way ... Cranberries, Dreams Lyle Lovett, North Dakota from highbrow entertainment. Kid Rock, U Don't Know Me Various Artists, Sun City Brother Cane, Got No Shame Ramsey Lewis, People Make The... Mary J. Blige, Love No Limit Michael W. Me That's not the complaint. Il D Smith, Somebody Love Extreme, Cry No More Matthews, Wright I A Mobb Deep, Hit 'Em From The Back Crosby /Collins, Hero & King, Got Love It's also somewhat short on the low- New Born, Falling In Love Soul Asylum, Runaway Train Bruce Hornsby, Harbor Lights Mylon Lefevre, Invincible Onyx, Slam Sting / Pavarotti, Panis Angelicus Love down: There's not much here that's Paperboy, Ditty Robert Earl Keen, Dad Had A Buick fresh, and less that's on more his Redman, Tonite's Da Nite DeGarmo & Key, Classic Rock Medley truly daring than alleged conquests, Silk, Freak Me (Re -Mix) Little Texas, What Might Have Been (we're talking rock'n'roll, after all). some would argue. Andersen, who also Silk, Freak Me Yanni, Reflections Of Passion And, for all the intimate innuendo, Snow, Girl, I've Been Hurt Cleve Francis, Welkin' penned "Madonna Unauthorized," American Hot Video Snow, Informer JAI 4Him, Over The Horizon there's nothing of insight into the per- would seem to disagree. Spice 1, Trigga Gots No Heart Three hours weekly W WOR Palomino Road, Best That You ... New Tradition, Seed son Andersen labels "the last of the "Jagger Unauthorized" captures Whitney Houston, I Have Nothing 110 E 23rd St, New York, NY 10010 One hour weekly Of Love 216 W Ohio, Chicago, IL 60610 John Gorka, Houses In The Field rock titans." Andersen's research none of the magic of Mick's muse. For ADDS Bobby Brown, Get Away Ricky Van Shelton, Keep It Between ... Big Daddy Kane, Record Deal Fishbone, Swim Great Plains, A Picture Of You yields a caricature, not a character that reason, it fails to satisfy. Akinyele, Ak Ha Ha! Biz Markie, Let Me Turn You On Cranes, Everywhere Mark O'Connor, Now It Belongs To You sketch. MARILYN A. GILLEN Alexander O'Neal, In The Middle Digable Planets, Where I'm From The Waterboys, The Return Of Pan Mary Chapin Carpenter, Passionate... Boy Krazy, Good Times With Bad Boys Da Youngsta's, Crewz Pop Dramarama, Work For Food What's missing from the picture is Freddie Mercury, Living On My Own Dr. Dre, Dre Day Hammerbox, Hed the music, and that's the complaint. Books to be considered for review Levert, ABC -123 Funkdoobiest, Bow Wow Wow Muffs, Lucky Guy M.C. Breed, Gotta Get Mine H -Town, Knockin Da Boots Frank Black, Hang On To Your Ego While there are the odd eyebrow - should be sent to the attention of Mar- PJ Harvey, 50 Ft. Queenie House Of Pain, Who's The Man Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be ... raisers (Geraldo, Mick ?), the oddest ilyn A. Gillen, Billboard, 14th Floor, Spin Doctors, What Time Is It? Intelligent Hoodlum, Shoot Em' Up Posies, Dream All Day Taylor Dane, Can't Get Enough ... Janet Jackson, That's The Way... Midnight Oil, Truganini thing in the book is the periphery mu- 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. Ugly Kid Joe, Busy Bee Jade, One Woman PJ Harvey, 50 Ft. Queenie sic occupies in it. Jagger's fame rests

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Buyers Divvy Up A&A Chain In Bankruptcy Sale BY LARRY LeBLANC Kroum Pindoff, president of Pindoff. Until the acquisition, R.O.W. oper- suburban locations. The acquisition are better deals available in the area "I'm not anxious to open stores just ated 40 franchised outlets and had no boosts the chain's strength to 41 and renovation and restocking costs TORONTO -The most dramatic for the sake of showing how big we full ownership. "I'm not sure that stores, 21 of which are corporately could be sky high. signs of the downfall of 147 -store are." we're top -notch retailers," admits owned (only one of the new stores is The A &A chain actually had de- A &A Music and Entertainment Inc., "It's unfortunate that A &A did go, Ierullo. "The best thing we do is sup- franchised). According to Total clared bankruptcy twice. In February once Canada's largest music retail but some people say it's better for the ply people. We put out a blurb when Sound's VP and corporate counsel, Al 1991, after losing $8 million in 18 chain, are the blow -out bargains of music industry because the stores A &A was going down and only a few Herfst, it was a smooth ownership months, the chain, then running as 40% off list price being offered at its end up in better hands and the indus- of our [franchisees] got on board. One transfer. "We didn't have to add peo- A &A Records and Tapes and oper- former flagship store on Yonge try can do well through those stores," of them got six stores, another two ple or virtually anything." ated by Sound Insight Ltd., folded, Street here. says Vito Ierullo, president of R.O.W. fell on someone else. Now that we've Conspiciously left out of the deal - leaving music suppliers collectively "I'm taking a hell of loss emotion- Entertainment, the one -stop and rec- bought our stores, we're getting in- making frenzy so far has been A &A's owed $18 million (Canadian). In ally with my neighbors going out of ord -chain servicing firm here that terest from everybody." three -floored 16,000- square -foot flag- March 1991, Lincoln Capital Corp. business," says Sam Sniderman, who acquired 19 mostly Maritime -based Another major winner is Top Forty ship store at 351 Yonge St. The loca- acquired 70% of the chain's assets, has operated the Sam the Record stores. Music Ltd., the retail division of tion has eight years left on its lease but after a loan to the chain of $2.5 Man outlet next door since 1961. "We While R.O.W.'s stores initially will Edmonton, Alberta -based rackjobber and an annual rent of $80,000 (Cana- million in July 1992, a numbered com- were friendly competitors, and I'm be operated corporately by R.O.W., Total Sound, which acquired five dian). Despite the low rent and long pany controlled by Lincoln chairman sorry to lose them." it's expected they will be franchised. stores in Western Canada, in mostly lease, several retailers point out there (Continued on page 47) At its peak in the late '80s, A &A, which declared bankruptcy March 3, had 269 stores and claimed a 27% To Baltimore `Now that we've An Die Musik Brings Classical Touches BY BILL HOLLAND cal-a sense of adventure, more than a bought our stores, bit of attitude, and a concept-a vision BI LLBOAI?I] TOWSON, Md -Three years ago, Balti- that wouldn't go away -to build and own we're getting interest record store owners Henry a conspicuously different record store. fETAIL more -area IS COMING SOON TO Wong and Eugene Mo had never worked "We wanted something with a spacious from everybody' A STORE NEAR YOU! a full-time job in a retail shop, much less and uncluttered look, one offering deep managed or owned one. inventory and serious customer service," share of the Canadian marketplace. Now they're guiding the good fortunes Wong says. "You go to stores around custom designed for that size," Mo re- This was reduced to 5% of Canadian of the most talked- about, "in" record here, anywhere, most times it's all calls. "Of course, everybody thought we music retail sales this past year. shop in the Baltimore area. crowded, all hit product, they're clut- were crazy." After the firm declared bankruptcy In 1990, Wong was a medical student tered, loud rock music blaring, and teen- They also wanted a store name people and was operating with 110 stores, at nearby Johns Hopkins Univ. and his age clerks that don't know anything would not just remember, but a name the appointed receiver and trustee, buddy Mo also was a grad student there. about other kinds of music. that would capture or even breathe their Coopers & Lybrand, immediately But both had an unquenchable love for "And we wanted to stock only CDs in vision of what they call "a European - shuttered 28 stores. Without a block records and music -particularly classi- jewel boxes. We wanted all of our shelves style wunderstore." of purchasers, the chain has been dis- 'We were searching for a name, some- mantled in sections, with the principal thing like when you think of Nordstrom, buyers being Pindoff Record Sales, or Ikea, one that carried a mystique with R.O.W. Entertainment, and Total it," says Mo. 'We didn't want to open Sound. Only the Yonge Street loca- something called, you know, ` The House An Die Musik's Henry Wong, left, and tion and a store in Hull, Quebec, re- of CDs' or Wong and Mo's CD Barn.' " Eugene Mo in the classical music main unsold. When one of their university artist listening room, surrounded by photos The big winner in the A &A sell -off friends mentioned the name -An Die of visiting artists. (Billboard photo) is Toronto -based Pindoff Record Musik- something resonated. Sales, which aggressively scooped up An Die Musik (pronounced ahn. -dee- 16 prime sites from the receiver, and moo-zeek) is taken from the title of a says Wong. negotiated directly for four other "fairly obscure" lieder by Schubert, 'Then there was convincing the local stores with mall owners who had Wong says. "Sure, the name's a little label reps that we weren't out of our seized them for unpaid rent. The weird for a store, but that's the point." minds," says Mo. newly acquired stores will operate Opening An Die took months of plan- "Especially with this policy of no long - under the name of Music World, ning, searching for start -up money and boxes," Wong adds. 'We ripped up [and bringing the chain's total to 90 stores, a location, constructing the customized recycled] the longboxes for every CD on all of which are corporately owned. space, convincing veteran record buyer our shelves." The purchase is being deemed a bold Roberta Cohan to join their partnership Jewel -boxed to the max, with the walls strategic move for Pindoff, which also as VP of sales, and then selecting staff. freshly painted in muted pastel tones, An services Eaton's, a national depart- 'We wanted the people we hired to be Die Musik-all 8,000 square feet of it- ment store chain. An Die Musik's partners designed their shop to be open, spacious, and outfitted knowledgeable and we wanted then to opened its doors on the unpromising "I never wanted to be the largest- with jewel -box racks. (Billboard photo) value their job and to grow with us. Mid- postholiday date of Jan. 11, 1991, at the I always wanted to be the best," says dle management is extremely crucial," (Continued on page 47)

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Silo Reports Strong PP &M Harvest; BMG Kidz Expands To U.K. PP &M IN HITSVILLE: Warner KIDZ ACROSS THE WATER: BMG Airport launched its Kids Club Satur- Festival, May 26-31 at the Annenberg dick, was another top pick for 1992 -is Bros. act Peter, Paul & Mary's "Peter, Records (U.K.) Ltd. has formed BMG day-morning performance series April Center ... Child's Play favorites Chris "Morning, Noon and Nighttime Tales," Paul And Mommy, Too" has been the Kidz U.K. John Preston, chairman of 24 with Walt Disney Records act Para- & Judy, whose "Kid's Country" (C&J a collection of stories and songs. best -selling children's audio title for the BMG Records (U.K.) Ltd., has ap- chute Express. According to Rick Records, New Braunfels, Texas) was past three months for Silo Inc., the Wa- pointed Bill Gaden to head the new Bloom, president of West Hills, Calif. - one of 1992's best, are working on their Assistance in preparing this column terbury, Vt.-based wholesaler acknowl- venture. According to Preston, "Bill re- based Kindertainment (whose Wee Me- next release, tentatively titled "Our was provided by Scott Power. Please edged as the biggest independent dis- searched the U.K. children's market, dia marketing division is promoting the Home." address all correspondence, review co- tributor of children's audio. based on the success of BMG Kidz in series), the Saturday programs not only New from Bill Gordh, whose "Under pies, etc., to Moira McCormick, 1209, According to Silo's marketing direc- the U.S., and was very enthusiastic offer music "in a family- friendly envi- A Western Sky" (Lingonberry Music, Sherwin #801, Chicago, Ill., 60626, or tor, Anne Tangney, Walt Disney Rec- about beginning a similar operation ronment," they also allow families "to New York), recorded with Brooke He- call 312 -464 -0880. ords had dominated the top sales spot over here." experience exhibits, films, and actual for the last two years, with three Disney In addition to releasing product from vintage aircraft." The second concert, titles-"For Our Children," "Beauty its stateside counterpart, BMG Kidz May 15, featured A &M artist Tim And The Beast," and "Aladdin "- taking U.K. will ere, to and license local chil- Noah. Radio AAHS (AM 830), an affili- turns at No. 1. ate of the 24 -hour Children's Satellite "For Peter, Paul And Mommy, Too' Network, is the series' media sponsor. BASSIN DISTRIBUTORS to move in front of Disney and Raffi- who's always floating around our top KIDBITS: Environmental author and IS THE ,, ,, I 10-and to lead our sales for the past songwriter Lois Skiera-Zucek, whose (D'S, TAPES three months, that's one strong title," Kimbo Educational cassette "For The says Tangney, who declines to name Love Of Animals" is one of the best col- LASERDIS(S sales figures. lections of green music for kids, coordi- CASSINGLES,1T Silo's clients number between 1,500 nated a number of performances by what and 2,000, she notes, and consist pri- by Moira McCormick children's artists April 25 at the Great ACCESSORIES !' Find out talking about! marily of mom -and -pop stores. The dis- dren's product, as well as sign new and L.A. Cleanup. Appearing at the wildlife PROF. PRODUCTS, everybody's tributor recently began selling inde- developing artists. Already complete area of Sepulveda Basin were Chil- Call toll free 800 -329 -7664 Ask For Bruce pendent children's product to Tower are two licensing deals, one for audio dren's Music Network members Dave VIDEOS, T- SHIRTS Records, as well as the Borders BBC and rights to the popular animated se- Kinnoin, Ken Frawley, Mara Brener, & MUCH MORE! *IARGEST DISTRIBUTOR IN THE U.S.-1 Waldenkids book chains. ries "Spider," and one for an animated and others ... A&M's Sharon, Lois & r "Peter, Paul And Mommy, Too" has video based on the Monster In My Brain appeared May 16 with the Buf- *OVER 1 MILLION CD'S IN STOCK been selling well across the board," says Pocket toy. The U.K. catalog will in- falo Philharmonic Orchestra at Buf- *SERVICE SPECIALISTS Tangney, who attributes its impressive clude Joanie Bartels' million-plus-sell- falo, N.Y.'s Music Kleinhan's Hall, pre- *FULL LINE DISTRIBUTOR & ONESTOP performance in large part to frequent ing "Magic" series, available here on viewing their 1994 North American airings on PBS of a companion TV con- Discovery Music/BMG Kidz. concert tour ... Trout Fishing In *ssinIBUTORS L*48 HR. OR LESS DELIVERY cert (from which the album was taken). In other BMG Kidz news, Phran America (Muzik Management/Produc - That show is available in video form Schwartz has been appointed director tions, Ft. Smith, Ark.), appeared at the Ph.: (305) 621 -0070 or fax: (305) 620 -2216 15959 N.W. 15 Ave., Miami, PI 33169 from Warner Reprise Home Video; a of marketing for Jim Henson Records/ Philadelphia International Children's shorter version of the 90-minute tape BMG Kidz. Schwartz's previous credits recently has been released as well. include director of marketing and artist `The first Peter, Paul And Mommy' development for Arista Nashville and album was done in 1969," says Paul director of product development for Stookey, "and that was an album that RCA Nashville. Schwartz reports di- grew pretty naturally out of the fact rectly to Ron Osher, VP of BMG Kidz. that Mary, Peter, and myself had included at least one children's song on HEIGH HO: Walt Disney Records will every album we had done before that. reissue the soundtrack for "Snow White So, the connection between folk music And The Seven Dwarfs" June 15, to co- and children's music goes way back." incide with the theatrical film's rere- "I've always felt that folk music was lease. The revamped soundtrack in- the most wonderful children's music," cludes never -before -released material, says Mary Travers, " because it wasn't including 50 minutes of underscore. It age -ist. Kids liked it and that was that." was remastered and restored from "It's also accessible and more repro- seven different sources, including the ducible by kids," adds Stookey. "It original nitrate masters. doesn't require gimmicks or sound ef- "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs" fects-and if it does, they're the kind of also will be available in four spoken - sound effects you can do with your own word products. mouth or hand, sort of a game you might play." UP, UP AND AWAY: Los Angeles' Museum of Flying at the Santa Monica

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And tic to offer an update of a once-traditional last September, "We're willing to pay the ** NO.1 ** listening booths. extra change for a good selection that SHEPHERD MOONS A2 ENYA we're in a walk -up second -floor space." record store service: 2 79 1 BROS. 57 weeks at No. I Wong and Mo even turned that nega- Want to hear a cut of that new Abbey promises immediate aural gratification." REPRISE 26775/WARNER tive into a positive. `People come here, a Lincoln CD? No problem. Or check out The jewel-box -only policy now doesn't IN MY TIME YANNI 2 I 7 little puzzled, but they responded well," that PolyGram reissue of Dorati conduct- seem like a big deal, but it was before PRIVATE MUSIC 82106 says Wong. `They feel it's something ing Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony and the last year's decision to go to that kind of CURTAIN CALL DANNY WRIGHT 3 3 17 MOULIN D'OR 932 new, then it's comfortable and we're into Scythian Suite? Come on by. packaging by April 1, and the bottom line inflexi- MRS. CROWE'S BLUE WALTZ ADRIAN LEGG it, you know? We get to know then, and Another thing: An Die sends custom- was damaged by manufacturers' 11 4 6 RELATIVITY 1162 our staff makes suggestions and will of- ers a birthday card and one that says ble returns policies. NARADA DECADE VARIOUS ARTISTS to a special discount on Word got around that the new shop 17 fer to order something." they're entitled 5 3 NARADA 63911 The partners are trying to make An top of the regular Preferred Listeners' with the fancy -dancy name was sticking ROMANCE CHIP DAVIS out. Baltimoreans are an adven- 4 Die a destination store, with customers Club discount. its neck 6 13 AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 103 stopping by "to see what's happening." An Die also borrowed an idea from re- turous lot, and took a liking to the rebels. WATERMARK A2 ENYA 5 210 "What's happening" is more than a tailers such as Tower and Olsson's: a The local TV crews even came around 7 REPRISE 26774 /WARNER BROS. is soundproof room de- and did a piece on the jewel -box boys. catch -all phrase where An Die con- large, separate, LINK OYSTEIN SEVAG cerned. The owners have made enter - voted to classical music, outfitted with An Die Musik president Wong and ex- 8 7 9 WINDHAM HILL 11123 Mo are opening tainment-recitals, concerts, artist in- top -end playback equipment. ecutive VP of operations NARADA COLLECTION 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS 9 8 11 stores, broadcast remotes, and an ama- The shop's average $13.99 -$14.99 a second store-same name -in Ellicott NARADA 63910 teur opera karaoke contest -part of prices can be beaten by the chains, but City, a charming and increasingly baby- THE LONDON CONCERT CHRISTOPHER FRANKE 10 10 13 boomer- besotted little town filled with VARESE SARABANDE 5399 antique shops and trendy boutiques, lo- SOLO PARA TI OTTMAR LIEBERT + LUNA NEGRA 11 9 61 cated halfway between Baltimore and EPIC 47848 Washington, D.C. SOMA STEVE ROACH & ROBERT RICH 12 I1 15 It will be an 11,000- square-foot store HEARTS OF SPACE 11033 high - THE ELEVENTH HOUR MARS LASAR MUSIC with an added twist: It will offer 9 REGGAE 13 13 end, but reasonably priced, audio in addi- REAL MUSIC 0022 2ee Sc 42e .25a4/44,1,1, e /12íC2 tion to CDs. BEYOND THE MIND'S EYE JAN HAMMER 14 20 5 MIRAMAR 2902 Call Toll Free To Place Orders "It'll be similar to the first store," says Wong. `But we'll be setting up the audio 2002 CUSCO 15 21 3 HIGHER OCTAVE 7051 equipment in two family -style rooms so BLUE NIGHT BLUE KNIGHTS 1. 800. 441.4041 people can get a feeling of what the stuff 16 18 5 INOVATIVE COMMUNICATION 51582 will sound like at home." a/x.: 718 658 -3573 THE VISIT LOREENA MCKENNITT 15 Wong and Mo have more plans to ex- 17 53 WARNER BROS. 26880 tend their vision. 'Why not a foyer, or a HEART ZONES DOC LEW CHILDRE 47 reading room," Wong says. "Or an area 18 14 PLANETARY PRODUCTIONS 3170 /LAURIE Imports-Etports for tea and snacks, maybe a concert NOUVEAU FLAMENCO OTTMAR LIEBERT 19 16 163 space. We're not only selling our custom- HIGHER OCTAVE 7026 ers CDs we want to throw a party." SUMMER GEORGE WINSTON 20 19 85 WINDHAM HILL 11107 MAIN BRANCH: 89 -05 138 Street, Jamaica, NY 11435 Tel: 718 291 -7058 Te1:305 966 Fax: 305 966 -8766 THROUGH THE RAINDROPS ROBERT BONFIGLIO IN FLORIDA: 5893 S.W. 21st St., W. Hollywood, Florida, 33023 -4744, 19 21 24 HIGH HARMONY 1000 A &A CHAIN IN STONE FOWLER AND BRANCA 22 NEW ETCHED (Continued from page 44) , SILVER WAVE 709 NIGHTS JOHN TESH LARGEST DISTRIBUTO Ken Fowler and directors Roy Cairns 23 NEW PMONTERY and Ken Howe Jr. picked up a 51% GTS 4570 MY FOOLISH HEART LIZ STORY stake. 24 12 31 WINDHAM Despite constant downsizing and HILL 11115 of SPANISH ANGEL PAUL WINTER CONSORT reorganizing and the renegotiation 25 NEW LIVING MUSIC 272 leases on many of its stores, A &A NoN Sounck continued to face difficulties. Aggres- WORLD MUSIC ALBUMSTM sive pricing by competitors, poor staff control, inability to franchise, and a ** No.1 ** ADVENTURES IN AFROPEA 1 ZAP MAMA shortage of full -line product all led to 1 1 9 LUAKA BOP 45183/WARNER BROS. 3 weeks al No. 1 the company's downfall. Music suppli- HIGH GLOBAL MEDITATION VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 19 ers, stung by the previous bank- 2 ELLIPSIS 00171 /RELAXATION continued to insist on COD ruptcy, ANAM CLANNAD 3 terms for orders. As a result, in the 3 9 ATLANTIC 82409/AG bankruptcy, music suppliers' expo- QUALITY LAM TORO BAABA MAAL sure was limited to $119,795 (Cana- 4 7 3 MANGO 9925 /ISLAND dian). A MEETING BY THE RIVER RY COODER /V.M. BHATT 5 4 11 MUSIC While music suppliers might have WATERLILY ACOUSTICS 29 been generally unscathed by the MYSTICAL TRUTH BLACK UHURU 6 6 11 bankruptcy, there still are dark MESA 79044/RHINO clouds on the horizon for them. On MO-DI MOUTH MUSIC 7 5 13 NEEDS closing, R.O.W. and Pindoff found RYKODISC 10242 much more product than anticipated, UP BIG MOUNTAIN 8 to 11 WAKE leading to speculation that product QUALITY 19121 8 SONGS OF FREEDOM BOB MARLEY was shipped in before closing to max- 9 33 HIGH TUFF GONG /ISLAND 512280 /PLG imize assets. THE WORLD SHOULD KNOW BURNING SPEAR While exchange allowances by Can- 14 5 10 HEARTBEAT 119 /ROUNDER adian major suppliers run 15 % -25 %, KALFOU DANJERE BOUKMAN EKSPERYANS these companies plan to fight against 11 s 25 QUALITY MANGO 39927 /ISLAND the new owners returning product MENAGERIE: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO 13 from former A &A bins. 12 n MANGO 9929 /ISLAND "These buyers will be looking to re- WEAVING MY ANCESTORS' VOICES SHEILA CHANDRA 13 13 9 COMPANY turn product to suppliers, but every- REAL WORLD 2322 /CAROLINE body's going to be tight," says an in- NICKY SKOPELITIS 14 NEW EKSTASIS NEW SOUNDS OFFICE: dustry source. "The terms are, 'If you AXIOM 14518 /ISLAND (MI) ITALY PHONE: didn't buy it from us, don't expect to VARTTINA VIA ZARA. 20 - 20052 MONZA 15 NEwo, SELENIKO return it to us.' Eventually, however, GREEN LINNET 4006 INT. CODE 039 AREA CODE 39 NUMBERS: it's going to come back to us some- Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA million indicated by a numeral following the 2004233/2004691 /2000623 FAX 2001432 where down the line. We can't keep certification for sales of 1 million units, with each additional symbol. All albums available on cassette and CD. *Asterisk indicates vinyl available. © 1993, Billboard/ running inventory lists forever." BPI Communications.

48 BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 www.americanradiohistory.com Album Reviews E D I T E D B Y P A U L V E R N A , C H R I S MORRIS, A N D E D W A R D M O R R I S

P O P Delbert McClinton guest shot on a and Benmont Tench joins the prodigy on S P O T L I G H T S P O T L I G H T medley of Presley Sun hits and a new, such full- bodied originals as "Which Way PAT BENATAR breathtaking version of Gatton's music rasp iXE ORIGINAL SIMON PICTURE Steinway," "I Found Faith," and "I Know Gravity's Rainbow instrumental showpiece "Harlem Better Now," as well as classics like "She PRODUCERS: Don Gehman & Neil Giraldo Nocturne." Anyone with a fondness for Wouldn't Give Me None" and "If I Could Chrysalis/EMI 21982 hot Telecaster work will get their ears AC /DC Be With You." Together, they pull off a In a time when female rockers are scorched here. ALICE IN CH'sS; project that, in lesser hands, would be excelling as never before in such fine DADS TH overambitious. bands as 4 Non Blondes and L7, it's of no AZTEC CAMERA BUEENSRYCHE small moment that a genuine pioneer like Dreamland OEF LEPPARD JOHN ALTENBURGH Benatar should with PRODUCERS: Ryuichi Sakamoto & Roddy Frame ANTHRAX Generations return an album Sire/Reprise 45076 that equals or betters the best hard stuff AEROSMITH PRODUCER: John Altenburgh CYPRESS HILL Altenburgh 11 being hammered out by headbangers of Scotsman Frame's latest benefits from sleek but unobtrusive production assist FISHBONE Newest any gender. If Benatar's preceding blues TESLA from the keyboardist/guitarist/ from Sakamoto, and delivers a mostly MICHAEL KAMEN composer/arranger/label chief features outing did nothing but telegraph the WITH BUCNETHEAO amazing texture of her pipes, then attractive collection of well -penned pop Altenburgh signees Mark Ladley on "Gravity's Rainbow" makes it clear that numbers with propulsive R&B drums and John Greiner on reeds. she surrendered no rock credentials in underpinnings. "Birds," "Safe In Highlights include smart blues "GJ," VARIOUS the process. From "Everybody Sorrow," "Pianos And Clocks," and melt - ARTISTS brisk contemporary jazz theme "No LUTHER VANDROSS Lay Music From The Original Motion Picture Last Down," which already has exploded at in- your-ear "Sister Ann" all show off Compensation," melancholy keyboard Never Let Me Go Frame's writing skills to superior effect, Action Hero and drum duet "Seize The Moment," and PRODUCERS: Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller rock radio, to the crackling thunder of PRODUCERS: Epic/LV 53231 and on a Various "Disconnected," "Ties That Bind," the studio unit here ladles high Columbia 57127 "One Evening Long Ago," a boppish gloss. Interest could be split between theme featuring Altenburgh's Preeminent balladeer is positioned to sexy "Sanctuary," and the postpunk slam Soundtrack to inevitable summer extend his hit modern-rock fan base and (with the right multitracked vocals. 715 -making streak with new dunk of "Tradin' Down," this record is a smash is a monstrous assemblage of Contact: -693- singles) curious top 40s. 2230. album of romantic material ripe for top blast. Mellencamp/R.E.M. producer the heaviest names in metal, ergo a 40, R&B, and AC consumption. First a Gehman gets ravishing sound out of feast for album -rock programmers. A JOHN HICKS single "Little Miracles (Happen Every R & B virtuoso guitarist/collaborator Giraldo quick succession of singles, starting Lover Man Day)" already has cut across all three and the rest of Benatar's great band. But with AC/DC's "Big Gun," will ensure PRODUCER: Bob Thiele formats, and ballads "Love Me Again" VARIOUS ARTISTS with her luminous singing on power high visibility from the get-go. Follow - Red Baron 53748 and `Too Far Down" can be expected to ballads like "Somebody's Baby" and Uptown MTV Unplugged include This tasteful Holiday PRODUCER Alex Coletti ups Queensryche's "Real assortment serves easily repeat the feat. Also, album - "Every Time I Fall Back," what's most Uptown/MCA 10858 World" -which has at least as much as an impressive showcase for Hicks' closing medley that includes Bee Gees' obvious is that the lady is a champ. Although booming band accompaniment pop crossover potential as its "Silent classic jazz piano stylings, accompanied "How Deep Is Your Love" and the Lucidity" did-Megadeth's "Angry by bassist Ray Drummond and drummer classic title track could widen VAN MORRISON may leave one wondering about the an already validity of the "Unplugged" handle, live Again," and Alice In Chains' "What Victor Lewis. Hicks evokes Lady Day formidable base of swooning fans. Too Long In Exile The Hell Have with PRODUCER Van Morrison set by luminaries of the Uptown imprint I." Other headbangers her signature themes, "God Bless Polydor 314 519 219 is tough to beat for spontaneity and in attendance include Anthrax, Def The Child" and "Lover Man," as well as Jumbo collection by the Belfast soul man energy. Neo-soul stars Jodeci, Mary J. Leppard, rap act Cypress Hill, other standards like "What A Little is a wonderful set in a distinctly Blige, and Christopher Williams and Fishbone, Tesla, and Aerosmith, which Moonlight Can Do," "I Thought About yarns with pop, cumbia, and-for its entry You," retrospective vein. Intensely rappers Father M.C. and Heavy D. & the checks in with a live version of its and Holiday- composed blues into California -banda rhythms. Leadoff introspective originals like title track and Boyz all deliver credible performances of classic "Dream On." A mighty numbers "Fine And Mellow" and "Billie's banda single "Mi Tesoro" could click on "Till We Get The Healing Done" sit side - hit material before a enthusiastically package, unrivaled in star value and Blues." regional Mexican stations, but broader - by- side with such roots excursions as a vocal audience. Like all such projects, musical caliber. based radio acceptance likely will come remake of "Gloria" (one of two cuts that sales win spin off MTV air dates. L A T I N from album's two cumbia entries- reunite Morrison with John Lee Hooker) "Traicionera" and "No Quiero JAMES INGRAM e MAU Volver"-plus midtempo tear-jerker "No and verisons of Ray Charles' "Lonely briefly dabbling in jazz and retro-soul Avenue," James Moody's "Moody's Mood Always You Románticas Que Nunca Hay Mal Que Dure 100 Afios." PRODUCERS: Thom styles. First single, "Voice Of Freedom," For Love," and the Bell, Keith Thomas, Maurice White PRODUCER: none listed trad blues "Good Warner Bros. 45275 kicks with an energetic, rambunctious EMI Latin 42833 Morning Little Schoolgirl." Gutsy, jazzy, * ANTONIO CARTAGENA Veteran R &B balladeer's latest offering edge, nicely showcasing Williams' sexy As title suggests, veteran Tejano has Dime Que Si and full of feeling, this should ignite octet fits right in the pocket of the format, no baritone delivery and clever rhymes. gone romantic, intertwining bittersweet PRODUCER: Victor Mendoza longtime fans who have put two Morrison questions asked. Among the many tunes Although the pace rarely drops below the SonerWSony 80989 hits packages on the in charts recent equipped with sufficient smoothness to party fever of "Call Me Up," Williams Though Cartagena's wispy baritone always years. score airplay at R &B and possibly top 40 successfully challenges himself by seems on the verge of tracking under VITAIL Mendoza's swinging, trumpet -driven WALT MINK are the title cut, "Someone Like You," exploring more meaty matters on the Bareback Ride and "You Never Know What You Got "; moody "When I Rise" and "Re- Spect," REISSUES" arrangements, the emotive Peruvian PRODUCERS: Walt Mink also worthy of consideration is co-penned by Ashford & Simpson. A salsero hangs tough on sterling label debut the jazzy, PARLIAMENT Caroline 1737 celebratory "A Baby's Born." On- target singles-packed effort that likely will jammed with hip- swaying hits such as Tear The Roof Off/1974 -1980 bubbly first single "Perdóname Querida," Minneapolis trio hits all the right notes production and collaborations by Burt establish Williams as a leading top 40 COMPILATION PRODUCER: Harry Weinger on sophomore album that should alert Bacharach and the Bergman lyric - rapper. Casablanca 314 514 417 title track, "Apaga La Luz," and "Noche De modern rockers who skipped the first writing team add extra points. Only Sir Nose D'VoidofFunk could Locos Corazones." NOKKO release. Keen sense of melody and resist this delectable two-CD dynamic instrumental punch key such Call Me Nightlife R A P PRODUCER: Gota Yashiki compilation of classic George Clinton, CLASSICAL strong numbers as "Subway," "Shine," Epic 53135 the key release in PolyGram's "Funk and "Disappear," all of which might win VARIOUS ARTISTS Japanese hit maker debuts in the U.S. Essentials" series. The bridge between PROKOFIEV: VIOLIN CONCERTO NO.2; VIOLIN SONATA NO. 2 favor with listeners who recall the tuneful Menace II Society -The Original Motion Picture with a mixed platter of dance styles old '60s soul (James Brown style) and manic energy of the Replacements and other Soundtrack '705 funk is revealed in 25 tough cuts Chin Kim, David Oei, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and new, from house- flavored jams to Freeman fondly remembered Twin Cities post - PRODUCERS: Various that drop Da Bomb in style. Rounding Jive 41509 retro numbers reminiscent of early -'80s Fanfare/ProArte CDS 3442 punkers. new -wave music. Lead single "I Will out an exemplary overview of monster Ambassadors from many parts of the hip - Kim is a fine violinist, filly in command of Catch U" and jams are collections devoted to Kool & VIVIENNE McKONE hop nation drop in on soundtrack to title track are club his instrument and musically assertive. Too PRODUCER: candidates, though neither is particularly the Gang, the Bar -Kays, Cameo, and Stewart Levine highly anticipated ghetto flick. Too $hort, bad the overall sound, particularly in the London 828353 convincing in its present form (i.e., Con Funk Shun; "Funky Stuff" compiles Da Lench Mob, DJ Quick, Mz. Kilo, and the hits and more. orchestra, while pleasant, is ill- defined in British singer/songwriter bursts forth Brand Nubian make some of the more without some creative remixing). Other, conventional stereo playback, as if heard with jazzy joyfulness and a gift for more song -oriented cuts, such as "Don't lethal contributions; other rhyming THE MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE through a gelatinous aural scrim. The disc melody reminiscent of Hold Back" and "Cosmic Sunshine Swing Out Sister statesmen include Boogie Down America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Hand is processed in "stereosurround," touted as Baby," might have a shot at alternative and Basia. Many of the songs on her Productions, Pete Rock & CL Smooth REISSUE PRODUCERS: Chris Strachaitz, by a compatible medium. The sonata comes off radio. Contribution from keyboard contractual agreement with Rose Maddox debut project-especially "Sing," "He's with YG'Z, and Spice 1, whose "Trigga much better, and is a superior example of maestro Bernie Worrell could Arhoolie 391 Not Here Anymore," "Get To Know Gots No Heart" already is a rap hit. help perceptive chamber-music collaboration. matters. Compilation of Maddox Brothers & You," and first single "Beware" -can Album also includes debut from MC Eliot Rose's original sides from 1946-51 is hold water at top 40 and selective R &B (from Compton's Most Wanted) and Hi- WILD: VARIATIONS ON AN AMERICAN THEME/ timely following recent TV special F outlets; others leave the impression that Five's "Unconditional Love," the only J A Z Z GERSHWIN. CONCERTO IN highlighting women in country music, as Earl Wild, Des Moines Orchestra, Giunta the one -hour album should have been nonrap cut. Symphony Chesky CD 98 more carefully edited. In all, though, an e A.J. CROCE Rose Maddox deservedly was included impressive debut. PRODUCERS: John Simon & T Bone Burnett among the distaff pioneers. This 27- In his long and prestigious career, Wild N E Private Music 1005 82108 D A C track collection, comprising Rose and probably has played the Gershwin more DANNY GATTON Young son of the late Jim Croce covers the five Maddox brothers' first than any other pianist. The music is in his FREEDOM WILLIAMS Cruisin' Deuces acres on his debut album, as much a commercial recordings, shows why. The bones as well as in his fingers, and it's no PRODUCERS: Danny Gatton & Bill Windsor, Bill Holloman Freedom tribute to the New Orleans piano nation's "Most Colorful Hillbilly Band" Elektra 61465 PRODUCERS: Freedom Williams, Peter Lord, Jeffrey wonder that he delivers a totally involving Smith, Mike More masters, the Memphis soul sound, and lived up to its billing with a wondrous performance. His own variations, subtitled Guitar man's sophomore Elektra set Columbia 53137 the Basie -era Kansas City scene as it is mix of Western swing, boogie woogie, again showcases his traffic- stopping "Doo -Dah," fmd him in a joyful mood, Former C &C Music Factory rapper a showcase for the artist's impressive ballads, blues, and cowboy,/cowgirl viewing a familiar folk song from a variety chops and eclectic eccentricities. Old time steps solo with a slick collection that songwriting, vocal, and piano-playing songs, including early hits bike rock'n'roll, roadhouse blues'n'boogie, and of musical angles, some of which might be employs the dance/hip -hop concept of the talents. An all -star session cast starring "Philadelphia Lawyer" and the group's technically daunting to a lesser equipped R &B atmospherics are among the genres hit "Gonna Make You Sweat," while Ron Carter, Robben Ford, Jim Keltner, theme, "I Want To Live And Love." pianist. Sound is that predominate. Highlights include a clear if somewhat dry.

SPOTLIGHT: Predicted to be a significant success on The Billboard 200 or to earn platinum certification. NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: Highlights new and developing acts worthy of attention and other releases of special interest. VITAL ajEISSUES: Rereleased

albums and compilation records of special artistic, archival, : and commercial interest. PICKS (10) New releases predicted to hit the top half of the chart in the format listed. CRITIC'S CHOICE ( *) : New releases, regardless of potential chart action, which the reviewer highly recommends because of their musical merit. All albums commercially available in the U.S. are eligible. Send review copies to Paul Verna, Billboard, 1515 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036, and Chris Morris, Billboard, 5055 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90036. Send country and gospel albums to Edward Morris, Billboard, 49 Music Square W., Nashville, Tenn. 37203.

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w Ñ w ARTIST 1 1 1 TITLE ci Performance Has Strangelove Interest 9 - LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL (SUG. LIST PRICE) O 5 * * * No. 1 * * * BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS A3 LEGEND 1 97 Dick Dale Sounds `Tribal Thunder 1 1 TUFF GONG /ISLAND 846210' /PLG (9.98/16.98) 4 weeks at No. JIMMY BUFFETT2 SONGS YOU KNOW BY HEART CRAZY MUSIC: DI often gets mail in will issue records by the noted East Vil- 2 3 MCA 5633' (7.98/11.98) 108 response to one it or another, but we lage loon David Peel. ERIC CLAPTON 3 TIME PIECES - THE BEST OF ERIC CLAPTON 3 2 POLYDOR 825382' (7.98 E(Ú11.98) 108 were utterly taken aback upon the recent DECLARATIONS While much of Performance's product ELTON JOHN GREATEST HITS 1976 -1986 receipt of a package from Stephen Ka- is plain nutty, it also issues obscurities 4 15 MCA 10693* (7.98/12.98) 27 plan of New Brunswick, N.J.-based Per- and oldies by acts such as Starz, the JOURNEY I4 JOURNEY'S GREATEST HITS formance Distributors. Kaplan was in- Shadows Of Knight, the Music Explo- 5 5 COLUMBIA 44493 (9.98 E(Ú15.98) 108 even ENYA 12 WATERMARK to write after seeing our mention sion, the Belmonts, and Nico -and 85 spired INDEPENDENTSTM 6 4 REPRISE 26774/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) vinyl (!) on two albums by one of DI's fa- of Kramer's oddball new soundtrack la- i THE EAGLES 112 GREATEST HITS 1971 -1975 vorite old metal bands, the mighty Dust. 7 8 ELEKTRA 105' (7.98/11.98) 108 bel Strangelove. by Morris Performance, it seems, is in much the Chris Kaplan says of his off-the -wall rec- JAMES TAYLOR 14 GREATEST HITS 8 10 WARNER BROS. 3113* (7.98/11.98) 108 included ords, "You may never play them more same vein. Kaplan's package PINK FLOYD 412 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON such goodies as Charles Manson's infa- life 20 years ago as a distributor; today than once, but if you put them on your 9 6 CAPITOL 46001* (9.98/15.981 108 mous album "Lie "; Chinga Chavin's col- the company carries some 130 lines, shelf, people will look at them." No kid- AEROSMITH6 ' GREATEST HITS 10 9 COLUMBIA 36865 (5.98 EQ/9.98) 106 lection of corn-fed obscenities, "Country "mostly very left- of-center," including a ding. STEVE MILLER BAND 6 GREATEST HITS Porn"; the soundtrack for Ed Wood's number of blues, oldies, and rock'n'roll He adds, "I stay awake at night trying 11 11 CAPITOL 46101 (7.98/11.98) 108 trash claesic `Plan 9 From Outer Space"; labels, and what he rails "crazy labels, to find ideas no one else would deal MEAT LOAF 17 BAT OUT OF HELL "Blaclâaee In Bondage," a set of heavy- like Satan, Crypt, and Slyclad." with." 12 7 CLEVELAND INT'L 34974./EPIC (7.98 EQ/11.98) 108 Kaplan, a former film strident who More power to him. THE EAGLES GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 metal versions of Al Jolson numbers by But 13 16 ELEKTRA 60205 (7.98/11.98) 106 (aptly) wrote his thesis on the works of the Slappin' Mammies; "Elvi.4nania," a PINK FLOYD 8 THE WALL two -CD compilation of Presley- related Roger Cotman, got into the label game GOOF DEPT.: Gremlins insidiously in- 14 12 COLUMBIA 36183 (15.98 EQ/31.98) 108 tributes and novelties; and no fewer than himself in 1976. "I was sort of inspired serted a couple of errors into our list of CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL CHRONICLES VOL. 1 15 17 FANTASY 2' (11.98/18.98) 20 notorious (and danger- by what Rhino was doing when Rhino the winners of NAIRD's Indie Award in four albums by JIMI HENDRIX2 SMASH HITS ous!) punk rocker G.G. Allen. first started -stuff like the album of this space two weeks ago. Clarence 16 33 REPRISE 2276 */WARNER BROS. (7.98/11.98) 53 We figured from this buffet of lunacy Devo impersonators, the Temple City "Gatemouth" Brown's "No Looking PERKINS, LEWIS, ORBISON & CASH CLASS OF '55 830002/PLG (6.98 EO/11.98) 1 that Kaplan must be a drooling, cleaver - Kazoo Orchestra," he says. `They were Back" on Alligator took the trophy in 17 - SMASH METALLICA3 ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL waving maniac of some sort. But we met putting out records that were really exis- the blues category; Tish Hinojosa's 18 13 ELEKTRA 60812 (9.98/15.98) 99 "Culture Swing" on Rounder won the him at last month's NAIRD confab out- tential-they existed to exist." BON JOVI 9 SLIPPERY WHEN WET side of Washington, D.C., and discovered Today, Performance releases albums folk music category. 19 - MERCURY 830264 (7.98 EQ/11.9B) 47 ex- several imprints Of The ENANTTI ENYA that he is a perfectly sane man with under -Fruit 20 23 1842/AG (7.98/11.98) 63 World, and FLAG WAVING: Jimi Hendrix may tremely eccentric tastes. Tune, Live Gold, Bizarro METALLICA2 RIDE THE LIGHTNING Kaplan says that Performance began Aware; its latest label, Orange Records, have been a great musician, but he was 21 14 ELEKTRA 60396 (9.98/13.98) 93 a pretty lousy prophet. Quoth Jimi, GUNS N' ROSES 10 APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION "You'll never hear surf music again." An- 22 19 GEFFEN 24148 (9.98/15.98) 108 THE DOORS BEST OF THE DOORS other left -handed guitar player is prov- 23 20 ELEKTRA 60345 (12.98/19.981 97

ing Hendrix wrong: Dick Dale is back BILLY JOEL 4 GREATEST HITS VOL. I & II and shredding orrhis new Hightone al- 24 30 COLUMBIA 40121 (11.98 EQ/28.98) 108 bum, Thunder." ELTON JOHN GREATEST HITS BASSIN IEPENDE.Nt DISYRIBUtION `Tribal 25 25 POLYDOR 512532* /PLG (7.98/11.98) 102 Dale, whose instrumentals "Let's Go THE POLICE 3 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - THE SINGLES 26 32 A &M 3902 (9.98/15.98) 87 (ALL FOR A FREE CATALOG;.;, Trippin' " and "Miserlou" defined the surf music sound of the '60s, has kept a 02 A5 THE JOSHUA TREE 21 24 ISLAND 842298'/PLG (9.98/16.98) 76 We distribute over -7664 low profile in recent years. "I was never 800. 329 JANIS JOPLIN i2 GREATEST HITS really interested or involved in doing 28 21 COLUMBIA 32168 (5.98 E0/9.98) 61 (305) 621 -0070' something, because I never had the LED ZEPPELIN 6 LED ZEPPELIN 2 indie labels 55 500 */AG chance to enjoy it." The musician, who 29 - ATLANTIC 19127 (7.98/11.98) THE BEATLES 8 SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND ask for NATALIE once kept a large menagerie of wild ani- 30 26 CAPITOL 46442' (9.98/15.98) 41 LARGEST DISTRIBUTOR IN THE U.S. mals, adds, "I was content with staying METALLICA 2 MASTER OF PUPPETS 94 FAX: (305) 621-9166 at home, raising my lions and tigers." 31 18 ELEKTRA 60439 (9.98/13.98) But an old friend, critic Joel Selvin of MICHAEL JACKSON 21 THRILLER Ri GUARANTEED 48 HR. DELIVERY (OR LESS) 32 27 EPIC 38112 (9.98 EQ/15.98) 20 15959 N. 15th Avenue the San Francisco Chronicle, brought PATSY CLINE 4 GREATEST HITS [7 SERVICE SPECIALISTS Dale back into the public eye. "He called 33 36 MCA 12' 14.98/10.98) 108 Miami, Florida 33169 me to congratulate me on the birth of my BEASTIE BOYS 4 LICENSED TO ILL 46 child," Dale recalls. "He says, `Man, you 34 22 DEF JAM 40238/COLUMBIA (7.98 EQ/11.98) FREE FREIGHT PROGRAM DEF LEPPARD 110 HYSTERIA gotta come up and play up here.' " 35 29 MERCURY 830675 (10.98 EO/15.98) 98 (Ask Sales Rep. for details) ssin Dale was booked into a show at Slim's, FLEETWOOD MAC GREATEST HITS the Bay Area roots music showcase. Sel- 36 31 WARNER BROS. 25801 (9.98/15.98) 87 ISTRIBUTORS him writing "a big PETER GABRIEL 13 SO vin helped out by 37 28 GEFFEN 24088 (9.98/13.981 10 story about this character, like Mighty BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE 3 THE WAY IT IS Joe Young caning out of the jungle." 38 - RCA 5904 (7.98/11.98) 1 The show at Slim's sold out, as did five CHICAGO GREATEST HITS 1982 -1989 39 35 REPRISE 26080 */WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.981 99 subsequent dates. Dale, who had worked LYNYRD SKYNYRD BEST - SKYNYRD'S INNYRDS with a large show band, now works with 40 37 MCA 42293 (7.98/12.981 24

a small combo at the urging of his wife, CAROLE KING 2 TAPESTRY Jill. "She said, 'Get rid of that Vegas 41 - COLUMBIA 34946 (7.98 EQ/11.98) 8 REBA MCENTIRE GREATEST HITS sound. You sound like Wayne Newton.' " 42 40 MCA 5979' (7.98/12.98) 6

The equally stripped -down "Tribal BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 3 NINE TONIGHT Thunder" subsequently was co- produced 43 38 CAPITOL 12182 (12.98/15.98) 66 by Dale, Selvin, and Scott Mathews, of RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS BEST OF RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS 44 41 CURB 77381 (6.98/10.981 105 of cult act the Durocs. The King the Surf SADE2 DIAMOND LIFE O ' Guitar, picking a new Dale model Fender 45 34 EPIC 39581 (7.98 E0/11.98) 11 G fi Stratocaster fed through his original SOUNDTRACK 5 TOP GUN 46 42 COLUMBIA 40323 (7.98 EQ/1 I.9E0 26 Showman amp, burns a hole through an GRATEFUL DEAD THE BEST OF SKELETONS FROM THE CLOSET * Premastering / Encoding ultra -hot repertoire of new instnunen- 47 45 WARNER BROS. 276417.98/11.98) 26 tals, backed by Mathews, former Tubes LED ZEPPELIN 10 LED ZEPPELIN IV * Mastering / Galvanic drummer Prairie Prince, and Chris 48 39 ATLANTIC 19129 * /AG (7.98/11.981 104 THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD Isaak's bassist, Rollie Salley. If possi- 32 49 43 CAPITOL 46446 (9.9515.98)' * Glass Mastering ble, his reverb -soaked sound is better ROLLING STONES HOT ROCKS ABKCO 6667 (15.98/31.98) 1 OPTIMAX * Replication than ever. 50 - Dale, who today lives on an 81 -acre Catalog albums are older titles which have previously appeared on The Billboard 200 Top Albums chart America (RIM) certification for sales * 5 Color Multi -Color Printing ranch in Twentynine Palms, Calif., plans and are registering significant sales. Recording Industry Assn. Of TEL (800) 228-6988 of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales of 1 million units, with multimillion sellers indicated by to tour Europe. The excitable guitarist vinyl LP Complete Packaging a numeral following the symbol. Most albums available on cassette and CD. *Asterisk indicates FAX (909) 626 -6756 * says, "I've never been out of the country is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for WEA and BMG labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices before!" A recent LA -area gig was June marked EQ, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. 5 at the Palomino in North Hollywood. © 1993, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan Inc.

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Outtakes From INDIE Awards ARLINGTON, Va.-The National Assn. of Independent Record Distributors and Manufacturers held its largest convention ever May 12 -16 at the Crystal City Hyatt Regency here. The 800 attendees included representatives off rode. pendent labels and distributors, promotion and marketing firms, manufacturers, media, and a record number of international dellegates. The highlight of the conference was the annual INDIE Awards presentation.

Silver Wave president James Marienthal, heft, congratulates artist Peter Kater on the album "Migration," Elliot Goldman, head of The Goldman Group and former by Kater and R. Carlos Nakai, which won in the new age president /CEO of RCA Records, delivers the NAIRD category_ convention keynote address.

Koch International executives celebrate the Babel's wins in the classical, traditional jazz, reggae, and traditional world music categories. Shown, from left, are director of international A&R Wolfgang Breuer, director of sales and marketing Michael Rosenberg, president Michael Koch, and director of U.K. operations Klemens Kundratitz.

Philadelphia folk radio DJ Gene Shay, right, congratulates Flying Fish VP of artist development Seymour Guenther Rounder Records owner /co- founder Marian Leighton on accepts the Independent Music Hall of Fame Award, "Everytime You Say Goodbye," by Alison Krauss, which which was presented posthumously to the label's founder, won in the bluegrass category. Bruce Kaplan.

Keith Grümwood, left, and Ezra (diet of Trout Fishing In America perform during the 1993 INDIE Awards Show. The band took top honors in the pop category for its album "Over The Limit," on Trout Records.

Producer /publisher Malcolm Alexander, right, presents the rap album INDIE Award to Tommy Boy Records chairman Alan Becker, VP of purchasing of Relativity Records, Tom Silverman for "House Of Pain" by House Of Pain. accepts the INDIE Award in the rock category for Joe Tommy Boy also won awards in the 12 -inch and dance Satriani's "The Extremist." At left is presenter Mike categories, both for House Of Pain's "Jump Around." Schreibman, co- founder of the Washington Area Music Assn..

This years INDIE Awards were the first to include a video category. Washington Singer Hank Ballard, (left, listens as Scepter Records Area Music Assn. co- founder Mike Schreibman, right, presents the award to Oh Alejandro Selasco, left, president of indie label founder Florence Greenberg answers a question at the Boy Records president All Bunetta, left, and VP Dan Einsteii for John Prine's Sicamericana Corp., discusses music with David Eisner, "Legends Of Independent Music" panes. "Picture Show." president of retail outlet House of Musical Traditions.

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Hong Kong Music Sales Shot Up In '92 Juarez Leads BY MIKE LEVIN of global label group IFPI in Asia's 106% to $18.7 million. "The decrease in laserdiscs is a good PolyGram's eighth -largest market include: Laserdisc units dropped about 1% example of the trend toward local music, HONG KONG -Even those who had CD sales rose 56% to $94.5 million, to 58,000, although dollar value slid 24% because these discs are only of interna- optimistically forecast some 30% growth with unit sales increasing 42% to 8.5 to $1.7 million. tional artists," says local IFPI chief Pa- Push In Spain in Hong Kong's music industry in 1992 million. LPs are not a factor in the market, trick Wong. were shocked by the results, just made Cassette revenues increased 7% to according to IFPI. "But that could change next year. BY HOWELL LEWELLYN public here. $17.8 million, while unit sales rose only While several executives here say the This is the hardest market to forecast IFPI's figures showed total dollar 1.4% to 3.5 million. market figures correspond to their own that I have ever seen." MADRID -A strong new effort to value for the year was up 49% over last CDs now control 69% of the unit sales patterns, it is understood that a The figure for CDs and cassettes promote and unite the Spanish and year, and deliveries of cassettes and market, up from 63% last year. Cas- significant proportion of the increase re- came from 13 reporting companies (five Latin American music markets has CDs were up 46 %. Karaoke, Hong settes had a 28% share, down from 33 %. flects the fact that one international ma- majors and eight independents), which begun with the recent appointment Kong's newest passion, more than doub- Dollar value of CDs captured 84% jor and one local company have remake up about 90% of total sales (85% of Ele Juarez as president and CEO led in both units and revenue (Billboard, of the market, up from last year's 77 %, ported in 1992, while their sales were from the majors). of PolyGram Spain. May 29). while cassettes dropped to 14% from missing from 1991's count. Karaoke figures, however, are less "Internal changes here in Spain The market's only retreat was in la- 21 %. Another factor behind the growth is representative because the three re- can wait," says Juarez. "Our first serdiscs, down marginally. Karaoke unit sales exploded 133% the re- export of product from Hong porting companies, two majors and one aim is to create a single Latin Amer- Key trends reported from members to 534,000, while dollar value increased Kong to China, recorded in the IFPI independent, make up only about 40% of ican continent, in terms of all Span- sales figures as domestic shipments. the total. ish music. It is more important to This factor fluctuates according to the Another part of 1992's growth came break down the barriers between economic and political climate. from a drop in the amount of piracy. Of- Latin America and Spain than be- Much of Hong Kong's growth can be ficially, Hong Kong's market does not tween the Spanish- and English - SNEP Signs For New Singles List attributed to an increase in Chinese mu- lose revenue to counterfeit products, speaking worlds, because these al- sic, primarily Cantopop. Although rec- but sources say that in 1991 as much as ready have their separate roots." Claims Current Chart Is `Unreliable' ord companies won't reveal their prod- 3% of sales were fakes. That dropped to Juarez says he will be working uct breakdown, sources say about 1% in 1992. within a "dynamic triangle" of exec- BY EMMANUEL LEGRAND sale system, but SNEP stopped backing international repertoire was only up [The exchange rate used in this story utives to boost Spanish music on the chart at the end of 1992, saying the about 10% and made up less than 20% is the current rate of $1 =$7.7 (Hong both sides of the Atlantic, coordinat- PARIS -France could have two differ- data were "unreliable" and contained of overall sales. Kong)] ing his efforts in Spain with those of ent singles charts operating by the end discrepancies. Manolo Diaz of PolyGram Latin of the year if an industry rift continues. The albums chart remains unaffected American operations and Salvador The prospect looks increasingly likely by the move, as the industry believes Perez, in charge of developing the as French industry organization SNEP the Top No. 1 album chart is working Latin music market inside the U.S. is poised to launch a new singles chart properly. German Court Blocks Zyx Diaz and Perez are based in Miami. next fall. Industry officials believe this SNEP has signed an agreement with Juarez took over in Madrid follow- new chart will be much more "reliable" polling organization IFOP to create the ing the retirement of Mariano de than the current Top 50 chart operated new singles chart and monitor sales From Releasing Beatles Set Zuniga, who had been with the com- by Top No. 1, an affiliate of broadcaster with a computerized POS system. IFOP pany for 33 years and managing di- Europe 1. is expected to be able to deliver its first BY WOLFGANG SPAHR contained one track, "Yellow Subma- rector of PolyGram Spain since The current chart, monitored by charts by Oct. 15. A list of 100 titles will rine," that is still in copyright. 1971. Nielsen and IPSOS, is using a point-of- be available, giving a broader view of COLOGNE -EMI's battle against Reinhard Piel, GM of Zyx, says the Prior to his new appointment, the sales situation and encouraging unauthorized Beatles recordings has company will accept the court's deci- Juarez had been president of Twen- "more chart activity." taken turn for the better, with courts sion. " `Yellow Submarine' was a mis- tieth Century Fox Film and FoxVi- granting a temporary injunction take," Piel told Billboard. "Zyx sup- deo in Spain. With that background, Japanese Salsa BETTER REFLECTION OF MARKET against Zyx Music's double CD of the ports IFPI's activities with regard to he is "in total agreement" with the The panel of stores, according to "Red" album. terms of copyright of 50 years, despite plan of PolyGram Worldwide presi- Gets BMG Push SNEP, will better reflect the current The district court in Frankfurt the fact that the legal basis with regard dent Main Levy to see 25% of the retail situation in France, where all granted the injunction May 24, stop- to record releases is not clear. company's sales in the film and video BY STEVE McCLURE types of stories (supermarkets, hyper- ping Zyx from producing and distribut- "It is not acceptable that other com- field by the year 2000. He says Poly - markets, chains, and independent ing the two-CD set. panies are active in this unclear field, Gram Spain will be dealing in non- TOKYO-For most Japanese bands, stores) will be weighed according to "The double CD bearing the title and Zyx has a disadvantage in compet- musical videos soon. trying to make it big internationally their market share. Supermarkets and 'Beatles Red' violates existing copy- ing in this market." Piel says Zyx is "I share the same multimedia plan means leaving the security of the do- hypermarkets account for more than right held by the artists," says Helmut now waiting for a legal decision from (Continued on page 54) mestic market behind and heading 50% of all singles sold in France, but are Fest, president of EMI Music GSA. the European Court in Brussels. into new and unknown territory. not considered by the industry as "These sound carriers are illegal repro- But for salsa band Orquestra de la "breakers" of new music. Buyers for ductions whose distribution is forbid- Luz, it means breaking out of the these stories tend to concentrate on the den under copyright law." band's Latin American base and ex- top 20 or 30 titles charted. The prohibition order also applies to panding into Europe, Asia, and other Bertrand Delcros, GM of SNEP, retailers, regardless of whether the territories. says, `The panel will respect the cur- CDs have been bought from Zyx or That's what BMG International rent balance between the different from third parties. hopes to do with ODLL following the stores." EMI says the law applies immedi- recent expiration of the band's licens- Nevertheless, leading retail chain ately, regardless of international trea- ing deal with New York Latin spe- FNAC, with its 40 -plus stores, will not ties and the notoriously problematic cialty label RMM, which distributed be part of the panel. SNEP officials con- Article 7 of the Rome Convention. The ODLL's first three albums in the U.S., sider it will not affect the final result of spirit of Article 7 states that laws in one Central and South America, and the chart, as singles represent a very member state must apply equally to all Spain. limited part of FNAC sales, which are citizens of the European Community. BMG International will release the much more album -oriented. German courts have not reached a final band's next album worldwide and pro- Delcros declines to reveal the cost for decision on whether interpretation of mote ODLL as an act with interna- this new chart, saying that "it will be in that article could supersede local laws. tional appeal, says Osamu Sato, presi- the same price bracket as the existing The issue has been examined during dent of BMG Victor, BMG's Japanese singles chart." The record companies, EMI's battle with coffee company affiliate. mainly the majors, are due to pay for Tchibo, which has been distributing "Orquestra de la Luz are not just the chart, and will try to recoup the in- supposedly public domain Beatles re- Japanese artists, but world artists in vestment by selling the results to broad- cordings as part of a promotional cam - a real sense," Sato told a Tokyo press casters. paign conference at which the new distribu- SNEP has hired former Virgin GM The proposed draft law on copyright Tenor Signing. French -born Sicilian Tenor Roberto Alagna signs a four -year deal tion deal was announced. Dominique Leguern to explore ways to terms within the EC contains a 50 -year with EMI Classics. Under the deal, Alagna will make a minimum of three "We are trying hard to re- export expose the charts through TV and radio protection. But German copyright law recordings for EMI. Shown standing, from left, are Alain Lanceron, director of music," added Sato. avenues. She is said to be in discussion still gives only 25 years' protection to classical, EMI France; and Richard Lyttleton, president, EMI Classics. Seated are BMG Victor has held the master with several channels, including Canal sound recordings, so many recordings Jean -Marie Poilve, International Artistic Organization; Alagna; and Peter Alward, rights to the band's recordings since Plus, which is considering dropping the made in 1968 or before are now circu- VP of A&R, EMI Classics. (Photo: Cristophe Chauchat) (Continued on page 55) current Top 50 chart. lating freely. The Zyx album, however,

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Spanish CD Suppliers Fear Pilz Plant BY HOWELL LLEWELLYN put approaching 34 million, already strip domestic demand, which ex- greater than 1992's domestic CD perts figure could touch 40 million MADRID -Spain could become a sales of 20 million units. The three to 45 million within two years. MUSIC PusE major compact disc manufacturer, were joined in early May by Barce- "I'm very worried because I with supply far exceeding domestic lona-based THE LATEST MUSIC NEWS FROM AROUND THE PLANET Gema OD, which has an think this production level will be demand, if German CD manufac- initial turnover of 6 million units. too much to handle," says Giles turer Pilz fulfils its promise to build Moreover, a Gema sister com- Bastit, director of Tecno CD, which EDITED BY DAVID SINCLAIR a 100 -million -unit CD plant here. pany, Tecnodisco, plans to begin is currently the biggest producer, The May 26 announcement by production in Madrid in Sep- with an output of 15 million. He SWEDEN: Hedningarna (the Heathens) is an eccentric ensemble of Finnish sing- Pilz that it plans to build its biggest tember, also with an initial output reckons that even counting the esti- ers and Swedish musicians that has created a new dimension in popular music. plant in Spain has sent shivers of 6 million. But the giant will be mated 5 million to 7 million CDs Combining sampling technology with instruments invented by the band itself - down producers' spines. Pilz, which by 1996 plans to open a given away free at news kiosks on such as the "teorb" and the "vevlera"-the group's work is inspired by ancient In late 1990, there was only one plant with an initial production of top of the 20 million in sales, Spain music from the northern tracts of Sweden. Although Hedningarna was awarded CD manufacturing plant in Spain, 70 million units, eventually moving will be saturated. Tecno CD does a Swedish equivalent to the Grammy for best folk music record of 1992 for its Ibermemory, part of the Iberofon up to an annual capacity of 100 mil- not export, although Pilz local man- album "kaksi," the band has a sound and attitude that appeals to rock fans group just outside Madrid. By early lion. ager Herbert Tischler calculates across the board. Frequent outbursts of headbanging and even the occasional this year, two more Madrid -based Gema OD and Tecnodisco say that only 15 -20% of its product will stage-diver are seen at the group's gigs. Sales of "kaksi" now exceed 15,000, factories had opened -Tecno CD, their capacity should reach 15 mil- be for the Spanish market. "The and the album has been near the top of the EBU World Music Chart for several part of France's MPO group, and lion to 16 million by 1994. So with rest will be exported, mainly to months. Such is Hedningarna's unusual and irresistible crossover appeal that Servicios Ibericos Entertainment. a potential of near;y 150 million Europe but some 10% to Latin the band is booked to play at all the big Scandinavian festivals this summer, Together, they have an annual out- CDs per year, output will far out- (Continued on page 55) including Hultsfred, Roskilde, the Falun Folk Music Festival, and even at the Stockholm Jazz & Blues All Star Festival next month. KEN NEPTUNE

SPAIN: The gypsy group Ketama, a pioneer of the New Flamenco scene, has just released its sixth album, "El Arte De Lo Invisible" (The Art Of The Invis- ible). Critics say the collection is light years away from the group's deep flamenco ori- R E A E gins, but that didn't stop Ketama from driving wild a packed house at the l,500-capacity Agualung venue in Madrid. Led by brothers Juan and Antonio Carmona and their cousin Jose Miguel, all of whose fa- Riddim Triji mphan4 thers and uncles were traditional flamenco I idols, the group incorporates non-flamenco =Z7: » hµ -_. _.._- ---`-1 rhythms, such as salsa, into its music, giv- B I L L B O A R D S P O T L I G H T ing New Flamenco its sound and direction. An earlier example of Ketama's versatility is the instrumental album "Delirios Ibericos" (Iberian Ravings), recorded with Portuguese flautist Rao Kyao in Lis- Whether dub poetry or ragga, dancehall or bon and Madrid. On this collaboration, Kyao tames the band's wilder tendencies onscious, reggae music is a global phenomenon, with pleasant, even placid, results. The group has played with most of the coun- experiencing vast success_ Billboard respo* try's other flamenco giants, and many observers have their money on Ketama to this musical tr-ovement with a special remaining the guiding force in New Flamenco. HOWELL LLEWELLYN issue, guaranteed to ac cover the hottest JAPAN: Singer, songwriter, and shamisen player Shoukichi Kina, for many trends and happenings of the sound! years the most famous and influential Okinawan rock musician, is about to get the international recognition he has long de- Special feature: include: served. A 14 -track retrospective of his work is scheduled for release in September on David A Special Billboard / Soundscan Reggae Sal\ rC Byrne's Luaka Bop label. The as- yet -untitled Timothy White, ffi1lboard's Editor- in -Chi f compilation will include the original Okinawa indie version of "Haisai Ojisan," Kina's first re- discusses this industry landmark. \ cording and still one of his best -known songs. He is due to begin recording his next album . "Planet Skank: The International Face of g e" ' swum IS.,1:% - with longtime backing band Champloose next G.MLY._ reports on worldwide reggae success stories. '' month, but in the absence of any new product, I' his former record label, Toshiba -EMI, is releasing a set comprising 11 versions "Secrets of the Dancehall Laboratory" of Kina's classic song "Hana," - which has been covered by groups throughout Maureen Sheridan reports from the Far East, as well as by David Lindley and Henry Kaiser on their recent direct Jamaica album "A World Out Of Time." As part of an effort to introduce his music to on the booming dance trend. a younger generation of fans, Kina was joined on stage at a recent concert by members of fast -rising bands the Boom and Newest Model. sTEvE McCLURE Jamaican Copyright refcrm by Tom Cheyney.

FRANCE: After only a few movies, Goran Bregovic (Pulse, March 13) has become "Forecast From The Prophets of The Beat" one of a small group of film score composers with the golden touch. His name - an exclusive Q &A with super -producers Sly & Robb is closely linked to that of film maker Emir Kusturica, who, like Bregovic, comes from Sarajevo in Croatia. Both men now work in France and have shared credits on "Le Temps Des Gitans" (Time Of The Gypsies) in 1990 and "Arizona Reggae Sunsplash and Japansplash previews. Dream" in 1992. The soundtrack for "Arizona Dream" (PolyGram), which has sold about 200,000 copies here, also has provided one of its main contributors, Iggy Pop, with his biggest-ever hit in this country, a ballad called "In The Death Car," which recently hit No. 2. Bregovic continues to make rock history with his soundtrack for the movie `Toxic Affair," starring Isabelle Adjani, which was ISSUE DATE.. UL presented on the last day of the Cannes Film Festival. Two of the songs feature the singing of Scott Walker, the first new recordings in 10 years by the former AID CLOSE: NE front man of the Walker Brothers. EMMANUEL LEGRAND NORWAY: Blues guitarist Andreas Berg creates sounds of rare beauty with a Joui the Reggae Revolution and in worldwide im act. playing style that is more peaceful and reflective than the rough and tumble of old masters such as Muddy Waters. Berg is inspired instead by the melan- Call today choly playing of English blues legend Peter Green, and the title track of Berg's latest album, "The Supernatural" (Norsk Plateproduksjon/BMG), is an eerie, Jamaica: 809 -974 -5499 Maureen ridan Green -penned song notable for its sustained notes and rhythmic pulse. All other U.S.A.: 212 -536 -5004 Nancy Bow an, Ken Piotrowski numbers on this instrumental collection were written by Berg. co KAI ROGER OTTESEN

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Triple Ivor Win For Songwriting Duo GEMA Continues To Witness LONDON -A pair of songwriters ance were Seal, Dave Stewart, Sonia, by Annie Lennox; published by La Lennoxa and was dealt the best hand May 26 at the Jack Bruce, David Essex, Petula BMG Music Publishing Ltd. Increases In Income Since '89 1992 Ivor Novello Awards in London: Clark, Midge Ure, Dave Clark, Right Best theme from a TV /radio production: "Civ- Mick Leeson and Peter Vale, whose Said Fred, and Samantha Fox. vies," composed by Michael Storey with lyrics BY WOLFGANG SPAHR lecting societies, said Kreile. "Would I Lie To You ?," as recorded The Ivor Awards are presented by from the poem 'To My Son" by the late Siegried With such societies, increased by Charles and Eddie, triumphed the British Academy of Songwriters, Sassoon; published by Two Bunch Music Ltd. MUNICH -Germany's au- income means an increase in three times. Composers, and Authors, and spon- and Leosong Copyright Service Ltd. thors' rights society GEMA in- program use and in distribution Published by EMI/Virgin Music, sored by the Performing Right Soci- Best film theme or song: "Tears In Heaven" creased its income by some of royalties, but still carried out the Leeson/Vale copyright won prizes ety. The full list of winners: from "Rush," written by Eric Clapton and Will 12.23% to $712 million in 1992. with the customary reliability for best contemporary song, best -sell- Best contemporary song: "Would I Lie To Jennings; published by EC Music Ltd., Warner While impressive, the increase and accuracy, says Kreile. ing song, and international hit of the You ?," written by Mick Leeson and Peter Vale; Chappell Music Ltd., Blue Sky Rider Songs, and compares with a 25% rise in year. published by EMI Virgin Music Ltd. Rondor Music London Ltd. 1991 and mainly reflects the MORE EMPLOYEES Annie Lennox, Eric Clapton, and a Best song musically & lyrically: "Why," written (Continued on next page) slower growth in CD sales. In the last 10 years, the num- self- described "white guy from Income from performing ber of GEMA employees has ri- Grimsby," Rod Temperton, also were rights increased in 1992 to $250 sen from 1,007.to 1,388. The recipients of Ivors, the annual U.K. JUAREZ LEADS POLYGRAM'S PUSH IN SPAIN more in number of members has in- prizes for writers and publishers. million, $28 million than (Continued from page 52) 1991. Mechanical income creased from 15,140 in 1983 to The occasion saw a lifetime amounted to $298 million -an 32,227 in 1992. "GE MA tries to achievement award bestowed upon as Levy and Allen Davis, our president A &R director in its Spanish, Italian, increase of $35 million. The sur- keep the costs, which amounted George Shearing; the annual Jimmy in continental Europe," says Juarez. and Latin American offices. After run- plus is due mainly -as in to $97 million in the business Kennedy award presented to veteran "As such, my joining PolyGram is kind ning his own record company, Arco Iris, 1991 -to the result of the in- year of 1992, as low as possi- writer Les Reed; and the accolade for of a perfect marriage." in Central America for two years, he crease in CD sales. ble," Kreile stated. After the outstanding contribution to British Juarez adds that one of his major joined CBS Records in Spain in 1976 as "Looking back on the last deduction of these expenses, music given to the Hollies in this, goals will be to "manufacture more rep- A&R director. CBS appointed him as four years, GEMA can be proud the dividends paid out come to their 30th anniversary year. ertoire in the U.S. hispanic market. marketing director in its Latin Ameri- of having achieved an increase $617 million. Many of those honored were pres- There's a whole second generation of can office in Miami in 1979. in income of 58.4% since 1989, GEMA's forecast for 1993 is ent, including Temperton, whose Cubans and Mexicans, for example, who In 1982, he went to Warner Music in when returns amounted to $450 that returns from the use of songs have been recorded by Michael listen more to Anglo -Saxon music than Madrid and, two years later, joined million," GEMA chairman Pro- copyrights and royalties will Jackson and others. He offered a self- Latin material. Gloria Estefan and Jon CBS/Fox Video in Spain as VP and fessor Dr. Reinhold Kreile said reach $690 million, while costs effacing speech to the crowd at Lon- Secada are perfect examples of the sort managing director for Spain, Portugal, on announcing the figures. will increase from $97 million to don's Grosvenor House Hotel; it was of crossover we'll be looking for, as was and Latin America. His appointment at Unlike the rest of the econ- $103 million. an appreciated counterpoint to Carlos Santana in his day. Don't forget Twentieth Century Fox came last year. omy, the principle that increase [The exchange rate used in Shearing's witty address. Temperton the Latin-crossover potential market is Asked about pending changes at Po- in profits means less expendi- this article was $1 =1.61 Deut- singled out publishers Dick Leahy some 300 million people whose first lan- lyGram Spain, Juarez says, "I have ture does not apply to the col- sche marks.] and Bob Grace and producer Barry guage is Spanish." some ideas that will become clearer by Blue as contributing to his success. Juarez began his music industry ca- September." Among the celebrities in attend- reer in 1966 at RCA, where he was

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It will be based in BMG's London offices, and is responsible The output capacity of 100 million is clear that Spain will again be sold a total of 800,000 copies, 500,000 for merchandising and concessions outside North America. per year will equal the combined to- Europe's fastest -growing market, of them outside Japan. tal at Pilz's two German factories, and that is without forgetting the Reasons for the 12-member band's A 24 -HOUR COUNTRY MUSIC station, QCMR, was launched May 26 in Kranzberg, near Munich in the special links available with the La- overseas success include Spanish -lan- in the U.K. and can be received via the "Sky News" satellite channel and south, and Suhl in the former GDR, tin American market." guage vocals, a dedication to touring cable services throughout Europe. Lee Williams, a veteran country music as well as a smaller plant in Phila- Gema OD director Jose Ortiz that has seen them play to more than broadcaster and promoter, is general manager of Quality Country Music delphia. points out that Gema has been in- 700,000 people over the course of nine Radio Ltd., based in Surrey. After midnight, QCMR will carry the audio Avila was chosen because of its volved in the Spanish music manu- overseas tours, and -of course-emi- signal of Country Music Televison Europe. clean, dry air in particular, because facturing business for 30 years. It nently danceable salsa. other hi -tech components will be has specialized in tape duplication Bandleader Carlos Kanno says that GAZELL RECORDS, headed by former Sonet Scandinavian chairman produced at the DM375 million plants, for example. while ODLL appreciates the support and industry veteran Dag Haeggqvist, has entered a licensing agreement ($234 million) plant. Half of that Adds Techno CD's Bastit, "A RMM has given it, "We believe it's with Warner Music Sweden. It marks the comeback of the Gazell label, amount would be financed by the country with a population of 40 mil- time to move on." which started as a jazz label in 1949 and was taken over in 1957 by Haeggq- EC Regional Development Aid lion [Spain] cannot sell 100 million Says lead singer Nora, "We weren't vist, then 16 years old. The label, an offshoot of the Gazell Music publishing Fund and much of it by Spanish re- CDs a year. The U.K. and France, sure whether we should move to BMG company launched by Haeggqvist in January, has grown into one of the gional and goverment funds. each with about 57 million people, International from RMM, but Mr. leading publishers in Scandinavia with a catalog of 40,000 titles. The label's Pilz president Reiner E. Pilz sell about 70 million CDs each. The Sato persuaded us we'd be warmly ac- debut release will be by the Breeze, a new Swedish group. came to Spain to make the an- survival of Spanish production de- cepted by BMG." nouncement. "Spain, like the rest of pends on our ability to export." The deal with BMG International THE BERWICK STREET GROUP has formed Berwick Street Manage- should gain much greater exposure for ment to represent a roster of producers, writers, and engineers. Its clients ODLL in Europe, where the band's include U.K. producer Rod Gammons (Was Not Was, Oleta Adams), soul product has been available solely singer Jaki Graham, programmer engineer Phil Da Costa, and dance pro- TRIPLE IVOR WIN FOR SONGWRITING DUO through imports. ducer Matt Nelmes. The Berwick Street Group also includes Berwick (Continued from preceding page) BMG Victor A&R man and ODLL Street Studios, Productions and Designer Music. Songwriters of the year: Colin Angus and Ri- You ?," by Leeson and Vale. executive producer Kiyoshi Teranishi chard West of the Shame,. The Jimmy Kennedy Award: Les Reed. says that in Central and South Amer- CHINA'S BEST -SELLING rock artist, Cui Jan, looks to have fallen foul PRS most -performed work: "Deeply Dippy," Outstanding contemporary song collection: ica, BMG International will license the of local politics after he was denied an exit permit to perform in Macau. written by Fred Fairbrass, Rob Manzoli, and Ri- Marcella Detroit, Siobhan Fahey, and Dave band's recordings through local affili- Manager Kenny Bloom says he doubts the refusal was politically motivated, chard Fairfrass; published by Hit and Run Music Stewart of Shakespear's Sister. ates, as well as through other compan- suggesting the authorities had problems with the Macau -based promoter. Ltd. Outstanding contribution to British music: The ies. Cui Jan and his band were banned from playing following "unacceptable" Best -selling song: "Would I Lie To You ?," writ- Hollies. Sato says BMG hopes to strengthen performances after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. The ban was ten by Mick Leeson and Peter Vale; published by Lifetime achievement award: George Shearing. its presence in such areas as the Car- lifted last December. EMI Virgin Music Ltd. Special award for international achievement: ibbean. International hit of the year: "Would I Lie To Rod Temperton.

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A &M Goes To Bat For Jann Arden Bowls 'Em Over Springsteen 9 Label Plans To Take Debut Beyond Canada WEA Swings With Sinatra BY LARRY LeBLANC AS AN AMERICAN company universal are the characters and con- TORONTO-Considering that A &M/ marking the launch of its first open - cerns in Springsteen's Jersey -rooted Island Records Canada once turned air concert venue May 22 in Europe, rock. The narrator of `The River" down Jann Arden, the company's siza- the Pace Entertainment Group who laments, `There ain't been much ble support and enthusiasm for her de- couldn't have asked for a better work on account of the economy," but album, "Time For Mercy," is an drawing card than Bruce Spring- drew cheers of empathy from fans ironic twist. steen at the National Bowl in Milton living through Britain's worst reces- Three years ago, although Joe Sum- Keynes, an hour outside London. The sion in decades. And you don't have mers was impressed with the singer/ amphitheater, which first opened in to have been `Born In The U.SA" to songwriter's 14 -song demo, A &M/Is- 1979, begins this season under the appreciate the anger and disillusion- land's newly appointed president felt it new management of Pace and Sony ment Springsteen captured in that was an awkward time to make new sign- Canada Experiences 'Earthquakes.' Warner Music Canada executives present Music Entertainment. song, or to share the joy of his apt ings. The 21 -year A&M veteran had Po- recording artist Tori Amos with a gold plaque commemorating sales of her EastWest The Sony/Pace partnership was version of John Fogerty's "Rockin' lyGram's upcoming buyout of MM and Records album "Little Earthquakes." Shown, are from left, are Roger Desjardins, artist foamed in 1990 in the U.S., where am- All Over The World." Island to contend with and had sweep- relations manager, Warner Music Canada; Brian Irwin, Ontario branch manager, Warner phitheater development has trans- ing plans to reshape the firm's promo- Music Canada; Amos; Arthur Spivak, Amos' manager; and Bruce Mactavish, marketing formed the concert venue business in IN HIS ONLY European shows this tion, publicity, and MR departments. manager for international repertoire, Warner Music Canada. the past decade. Could shed fever summer, Frank Sinatra played Got- A few months later, heads turned now infect Europe? henburg, Sweden, May 29 and five sharply throughout the Canadian re- the Arden project (a similar partnership across the board. I'm a bit fearful with "In the U.K, there are no other fa- shows in Germany May 31 -June 6, his cording community when Summers tap- also was put in place for the Canadian- the new single [ "I Would Die For You," cilities of this type," says first appearances in the ped Ontario promotion rep Alan Reid to based signing of the Doughboys). Under released May 31] a lot of programmers Andy Phipps, managing market since the Ulti- head up MR and then fully purged the the deal, Arden is signed to MM Can- might tell me they're going to hold off director of the National mate Event tour in 1989. company's A&R roster, dropping such ada, while Reid handles direct MR du- because they're still playing Will You Bowl. For concerts be- II?, & The concerts were pres- high -profile new acts as Kish, and Too ties and Anderle supervises. Recording Remember Me.' But, I think it'll do as yond arena capacity, ()AIT) ented by promoter Mar- Many Cooks, both of which were in the and video costs are split evenly between well." "it's totally green -field cel Avram of Mama studio preparing sophomore releases, the two companies, while tour overruns Despite the enthusiastic Canadian ra- sites or stadiums," he Concerts & Lippmann as well as the more established Paul are separate responsibilities. Arden also dio and media support for Arden's de- notes. and Rau, which has Janz. is signed with PolyGram Canada Music but, response in America has been The need for new con- ft0 worked with the singer Several months after becoming A&R Publishing for the world. tepid. The situation could change, how- cert venue development since 1974. Coinciding chief, and not knowing of Summers' pre- ever-Arden performed recently at in the U.K. and Europe with the tour, the docu- vious interest in Arden, Reid became in- DELAYED RELEASE Farm Aid, and will open 13 U.S. dates was one of the topics de- drama of Sinatra's life, terested in the singer after being tipped While `Time For Mercy" was comple- for Aztec Camera this month. bated by managers, pro- originally shown on off by Virgin Records Canada president ted last fall, both companies decided to "The Aztec Camera tour will be the moters, and booking CBS-TV in the U.S. last Doug Chappell. Reid became enthralled delay releasing it until last March. Pro- first launch pad to take us through the agents at the In The year, was broadcast for with Arden's song "I Just Don't Love duced by Ed Cherney and featuring summer," says Celia Hirschman, execu- City conference last fall the first time in Ger- You Anymore," contained on the same such top -notch West Coast players as tive director of product development at in Manchester. On the by Tho m Duffy many, and WEA Music 14 -song tape that earlier had impressed drummer Jim Keltner, guitarist Dave MM U.S. "To tie in with the tour, we're amphitheater front, released a four -album Summers. Yet, Reid admits, he balked Resnick, and bassist Kenny Lyon, the releasing two new tracks to radio: 'I'm Sony/Pace is leading the way with its retrospective of Sinatra's recordings slightly at the idea of signing the Cal- album has since been issued in Indone- Not Your Lover' immediately [the first redevelopment of the 60,000 -capacity and launched a major promotion to gary, Alberta -based songstress because sia and Hong Kong. It is now pegged as week of June] to [adult album alterna- National Bowl, which this season will draw attention to its back catalog of he intended to sign a rootsy, hard -eged a fall release for Spain, Turkey, Hol- tive] radio, and 'I Would Die For You' host Springsteen, Guns N' Roses, reissued Sinatra CDs. rock band for his maiden A&R venture. land, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, to AC radio June 23. We also have a cas- Metallica, and Bon Jovi, for start- Despite his reservations, Reid de- Switzerland, Australia, and New Zea- sette single giveaway with snippets of ers. ON THE LINE: New Zealand's cided to fly to Calgary for a solo Arden land. Between Aug. 23 and Sept. 18, songs from the album for people who go Thus far, Pace's improvements to Jenny Morris, whose long career has showcase at the Pumphouse Theatre. Arden will be in Europe for press and to the shows. the Bowl largely have involved stag- included opening slots for Prince, After that concert, fully convinced of radio promotion, to build support for "There's no question there are chal- ing and backstage areas. The outdoor Tears For Fears, and Paul McCart- her talents, he signed her. the release. lenges with Jann Arden, but she's such venue, while well -scaled and land- ney, and songwriting collaborations Summers, fully aware that Canadian- "Without a co- venture, A &M U.S. a talented songwriter and musician," scaped, has neither the seating nor with Andrew Farriss of INKS, Paul only success too often represents red may never have released the album," continues Hirschman. covered pavilions of many U.S. am- Kelly, and Neil Finn of Crowded stains on the balance sheet, was deter- Reid admits. "They might have thought "I don't think you can look at her the phitheaters. But Phipps says further House, has signed to Australia's mined to have commitment from A&M it was a beautiful record they couldn't same way you look at a dance or CHR structural improvements to the facil- rooArt Records with a label debut U.S. from the start of the Arden project. do anything with. By doing the co-ven - pop artist. You're really building fans ity are planned. Key to Pace's plans due this fall. He also knew this would not be easy to ture the A&M staff in LA. became part slowly and trying to build a sense of will be a longer-term commitment implement because while MM Canada of the project. I also think the co-ven- community around her." from the Milton Keynes Development BORDER CROSSINGS: After vist- has successfully developed acts in the ture is responsible for getting all those Council, which initially granted the ing New York last month to promote domestic market for many years, with international releases. With a simulta- company a five -year lease that began its new album, "Junk Puppets," on the exception of Bryan Adams it has had neous Canadian and American release, in April 1992. Atlantic Records, An Emotional a dismal history of finding support for and with America being a 50% partner, I MAPLE BRIEFS 'We are testing the waters with Fish from Ireland plays U.K. dates its Canadian signings with A&M U.S. the other territories took it a bit more the National Bowl at Milton Keynes," June 15-25 ... Jesus Jones and Deb- seriously." NEW slate of officers of the says Phipps, "then we will be looking bie Gibson tour Japan this month- NEW OPPORTUNITY "Our relationship with MM is still in THE to expand." although not together. Jesus Jones However, with the PolyGram buyout the growing stage," says Neil MacGoni- Canadian Recording Industry Assn., an- While the climate in northern Eur- opens Sunday (6) at Factory Hall in of A &M already providing a label re- gill, who co-manages Arden with Rudi appointed at the organization's ope limits the open -air concert sea- Sapporo; Gibson Wednesday (9) at think, and with Al Cafaro moving up to LeValley. "It's very important for us to nual meeting May 20, reads: chair- son, Phipps suggests the most likely the Nakano Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo president/CEO of A&M U.S., Summers turn [MM] U.S. on, and be part of that man-Stan Kulin, president, Warner place for new outdoor venue develop- ... Crystal Gayle tours the U.K. and figured it was an opportune time to seek company, but not at the expense of leav- Music Canada; vice chairman -Ross ment will be in Southern European Ireland through Sunday (6) with increased American commitment for fu- ing [A&M] Canada in the dust. After all, Reynolds, president, MCA Records markets such as Spain and Italy, opening act Wayland Patton, who ture Canadian signings. Meeting sepa- they discovered and signed Jann." Canada; and treasurer -Gerry La- where shows could take place year- wrote Dwight Yoakam's hit 'Turn rately with then-MM chairman Jerry Arden kicked off the Canadian re- coursiere, chairman, PolyGram round and where, after all, amphithe- It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose." Moss, senior VP MR David Anderle, lease of "Time For Mercy" with a six - Group Canada. The appointments are aters have been around since anti- and Cafaro, Summers argued it made no city media and radio showcase. The al- effective for one year. quity Assistance in preparing this column business sense for the Canadian affiliate bum's lead -off single, 'Will You Re- was provided by Ellie Weinert in to be an outside player within its own member Me," released March 1, has THE WALT DISNEY Special A SPRINGSTEEN SHOW abroad, Munich. company. since been a pop-radio winner, reaching Events Co. and Toronto -based Con- meanwhile, offers a new perspective "We were recording these acts, No. 2 on The Record's Pop Adult chart. cert Productions International are of Bruce's music even to a veteran Home & Abroad is a biweekly col- spending all this money then going to To date, the album has sold 20,000 co- colloborating on the North American American fan. It wasn't just the umn spotlighting the activity of the MM in LA with our hat in our hand," pies. touring stage production of "Disney's sweet but strange experience of hear- international music business and says Summers. "It didn't make sense." "Radio reponse has been excellent," Symphonic Fantasy." The summer ing tens of thousands of British artists outside their native markets. Swayed by Summers' assessment, a says Randy Wells, VP of radio promo- production features 32 singers, 18 voices singing along on Springsteen's Information may be sent to Thom fmancial and creative co-venture part- tion at A &M/Island Canada. "Every- dancers, more than 200 Disney char- cover of Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Duffy, 23 Ridgmount Street, Landon, nership was created between between body came in but the hard AORs; it's acters, and local symphony orches- Vegas." It was the realization of how WC1E -7AH or faxed to 071 -323 -2314. A &M Canada and MM U.S. to handle still sitting at 'mediums' and 'heavies' tras.

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TIE-UPS More music is being sold in Japan, but the Japanese music industry faces major challenges if it's to keep growing into the next century, according to a recent report by Nomura Cross -promos provide quick exposure but no substitute Research Institute Ltd. (NRI). The report notes that Japan lags behind other major markets in terms of per- capita music software for artist development consumption, and its youth- oriented music industry must find a way of keeping pace with the rapid aging of Japanese society. by Steve McClure NRI obtained data for the report from such trade organizations as the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) and by con- ducting surveys among people involved in music and related industries as well as among the general public. RIAJ figures show that in terms of production value the Japanese prerecorded music market (including imports) grew from 357.8 billion yen (some $3.3 billion) in 1987 to 502.83 billion (roughly $4.6 billion) in 1992. But the NRI report says that it will be difficult to sustain this kind of growth unless Japanese record companies successfully target the country's increasing numbers of middle -aged and senior citizens -something they have so far failed to do. sette tapes, most of which are used to make copies from CDs - Annual per- capita spending on prerecorded music among the anything and everything is grist for the tie -up mill. 16 -24 age group averaged just over 10,000 yen ($91) in 1991, "Record companies have staff members who do nothing but compared to 8,000 ($72.70) for those aged 25 -29, 7,000 look for tie -ups every day," says Mamoru Murakami, president of ($63.60) for the 30 -34 group and 5,000 ($45.40) yen for those music publisher Nichion Inc., which is affiliated with the Tokyo a Record corn - between 35 and 39, sliding further downward along the age ant a hit single in Japan? Having a good song, a Broadcasting System TV network. "It's bad system. Wcatchy arrangement and a young, photogenic artist just aren't panies should spend money on developing artists and creating scale. Meanwhile, Japan's teenage population, which numbered enough -you've got to have a tie -up. music, but they've forgotten about that kind of creativity. They're 18.5 million in 1990, will Tie -ups -songs used in TV programs or commercials -have just relying on tie -ups." drop to 12.7 million by become the Japanese music industry's main promotional tool in Warner Music Japan president Ikuzo Orita admits that Japanese 2010, according to the the past few years. Although tie -ups have kept the Japanese sin- record companies need tie -ups. "But I tell my staff to try to think Japanese government. gles market alive through access to the vast TV audience, more about breaking artists without tie -ups, especially at the beginning "Therefore," concludes the than a few people in the industry here are worried about their long- of an artist's career," he says. "Because if an act becomes known report, "it is necessary to term effects on Japanese pop music. Of Japan's 20 best -selling through a tie -up, that image can become fixed in the public's expand the music market singles in 1992, only "Zero" by B'z and "Heya To Y -Shirt To mind," making it harder to develop the artist later on. among those who are mid- Watashi" by Airi Hiramatsu weren't tie -ups. For example, Orita says Sony artist Masatoshi Ono's debut sin- dle -aged and older." And with more TV and movie themes showing up on Billboard's gle, "You're The Only," was used as the theme for a popular TV Warner Music Japan charts, other markets may find the Japanese experience instructive. drama and sold just under a million copies. But Ono's second and president Ikuzo Orita, for Album sales also are affected by tie -ups, since in Japan the sin- third singles sold only 200,000 to 300,000 copies each, because, one, thinks the Japanese gles market drives album sales -not the other way around. Orita says, they were used in TV commercials where there was no industry can meet that chal- So crucial is the role played by tie -ups in the Japanese market obvious connection between the theme of the song and the prod- lenge. "Consumers are that such trade mags as Music Labo and Original Confidence pub- uct being advertised. "We should be careful with tie -ups," Orita much more educated than lish tie -up charts -which bear an uncanny resemblance to their concludes. they used to be," and regular singles charts. Ideally, says Orita, tie -ups should be used in parallel with other Japanese pop music is Warner Music Japan president "Without a tie -up, it's almost impossible to release a single," promotional tools. But few such tools are available. Falling ratings steadily evolving in tandem Ikuzo Orita says Katsumi Nishimura, executive director of music publisher J- have led in recent years to the demise of prime -time TV music with its audience, he says. Wave Music Inc. shows, while music -oriented satellite services such as MTV and "The Beatles generation, the baby boomers, they won't forget "It's not fair and it's not healthy; the music should come first," Space Shower have yet to develop mass audiences. AM radio is about buying records." Nishimura says. "It's true that commercial tie -ups have helped pro- mainly aimed at a middle -aged audience with little interest in pop Another sign of the underdeveloped nature of the Japanese mote artists, but we need some balance." music; and FM stations, though more pop- oriented, are few and issuing market is that spending on prerecorded music (excluding imports) There's no limit to the kinds of ads in which tie -ups are used. far between due to tight government control over the of Continued on page J -4 Advertising for portable telephones, beer, jewelry, even blank cas- Continued on page J -5

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www.americanradiohistory.com Japan brought about, by putting rental stores where there used to be behind R &D innovations. "It is important to develop ways of retail stores, is going to take a number of years to reverse -and enjoying music that go beyond the existing concept of music soft- in some cases it will never reverse," says Nicholas Garnett, direc- ware by taking advantage of multimedia, including the interactive tor- general of the International Federation of the Phonographic element," the report reads. Industry. Besides home taping, which Japan's recently approved digital The report points out that the projected increase in the amount recording royalties legislation has gone some way to address, NRI of leisure time for the average Japanese offers the music industry identifies a number of copyright -related issues the Japanese music a chance for continued expansion, stating, "Growth in expendi- industry must deal with: It should establish appropriate rules ture on cultural activities and entertainment is expected to exceed regarding multimedia intellectual property rights, introduce copy- that in other areas." The report highlights various areas that right processing that uses the international standard recording code could boost music consumption: increasing digitization; develop- (ISRC), expand the rights of producers of music software and per- ment of multimedia technologies; improvements in memory tech- formers over broadcasting and public performances, and educate nology such as semiconductors; expansion of satellite broadcast- the public more effectively about the importance of copyrights. MUSIC MARKET ing using high -quality digital signals; and the spread of According to the report, the rest of Asia represents a great Continued from page J -2 broad -band fiber -optic networks linking homes to music software opportunity for the Japanese music industry: "Asian countries are databases, resulting in the so- called "non- package" era in which expected to maintain high economic growth into the 21st centu- as of 1990 worked out to $24.32 a year on a per- capita basis, record stores may become a thing of the past. ry, and the record industries in those countries haven't matured compared to $30.62 for the United States, $37.08 for Britain and Regarding multimedia, the report notes that one major chal- yet. Therefore, this is a very promising market for the Japanese $29.19 for Germany. The figure for Japan takes on added sig- lenge the industry faces is developing applications, which lag record industry." nificance when you factor in Japan's relatively high per- capita NRI doesn't need to point that out to Japanese record compa- gross domestic product of just under $25,000, compared to nies such as Pony Canyon and production companies such as $23,000 for the United States and $1 7,500 for Britain. Japan, Amuse, which are already moving aggressively into continental with a population of 124 million, remains the world's second - Asia. They're setting up subsidiaries or looking for local talent to largest music market. Sixty percent of record -rental develop as well as trying to sell Japanese product in the region's Japan's high CD prices (as much as 3,000 yen, or $27, for a rapidly expanding markets. domestic album) should also be taken into account when looking Without going into detail, the report mentions the increasing at this data. The report found that 38 percent of those surveyed customers record all the product potential to sell product by Asian artists in Japan, adding that it's had visited record -rental stores in the preceding three months, important for the Japanese industry to develop Japanese artists and, in fact, 80 percent of those between ages 10 and 39 have rent, which may go some way who can sing in English and be marketed worldwide. visited rental shops. Of those record renters, 60 percent record all they The report concludes by outlining different scenarios for the the product they rent, which may go some way toward explaining Japanese record industry in the year 2005. The bleakest forecast Japan's low per- capita music software purchase rate. Just over 40 toward explaining Japan's is that in which a combination of an aging population and the percent of renters said they had sometimes bought titles they had industry's continued dependence on the younger generation first rented. results in an annual -production value (excluding imports) not The number of rental shops has been falling recently, due to the low per- capita music software much greater than 1992's 478 billion yen. A straight extrapola- recession and revisions in Japanese copyright law. Foreign record tion of current growth trends sees the market growing to about companies are now allowed to ban rental of product for one year purchase rate. 900 billion yen by 2005. The most optimistic predictions see a after release. But there are still almost 5,000 record -rental shops figure of over 1 trillion yen, due to expansion of the market in Japan, compared to 7,500 retail music outlets. among middle -aged and senior citizens. 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Japan anced. "TV stations' publishers don't initiate the creative process," the source says. "They can dictate the terms and demand that rights be waived. It's a low -risk, high- return situation for them." The reluctance of foreign rights -holders to make deals like this explains the almost total absence of songs by foreign artists on the tie -up and hence singles charts. "Domestically, tie -ups are seen as a form of promotion," says Orita, "so artists will give songs free of charge for use in commer- TIE -UPS cials," but foreigners want to negotiate fees for the use of their Continued from page J -2 songs. "Producers of commercial and TV dramas don't like to use foreign music, because it takes time to work out the details, and in new broadcasting licenses. this business timing is very important." Tie -ups look pretty attractive by comparison. Nationwide TV net- Says Nishimura, "Most music publishers dealing with foreigners works overwhelmingly dominate TV broadcasting. Get your song have difficulty explaining this complicated system to them." But, he used in a commercial and you'll automatically reach millions of adds, there are signs that more foreigners may be willing to play people, many of whom have probably never set foot in a record by Japanese rules and forgo performance and synchronization store but just might once they've heard your song. rights in return for exposure through TV tie -ups. But there's a price to be paid for this kind of exposure. "Many Nishimura recently made a deal in which Marcos Ariel's "Who TV commercial production companies are now aware of their Are You" was used in 15- and 30- second prime -time TV ads for Nichion Inc. president Mamoru Murakami strength as a promotional medium, so more of them are asking Opel cars. "I told the producers of the commercial that, as sub - record and artist management companies to waive their rights to publishers, we couldn't waive the synchronization rights on behalf songs," says Nishimura. "This is killing our music." of the publishers in the U.S.," he says. "Eventually [after clearing Typically, a commercial production company or TV station will it with the American side], we asked for a written song credit to be ask for a portion of the master rights to a song in exchange for included in the commercial in exchange for our waiving the rights guish between master and publishing rights." using it in an ad or TV show. TV stations, which generally have their to the song." As a case in point, the source cites pop trio Dreams Come True, own music publishing subsidiaries, may also demand part or even The success here of "The Bodyguard" soundtrack album and its whose most recent album, "The Swinging Star," earlier this year most of the publishing rights. Sometimes as many as four publish- single, Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You," is due almost become Japan's top- selling album ever, with sales of more than

ing companies can share the rights to one song. entirely to the tie -up factor. The album's sales in Japan topped 1 3.1 million. "Dreams Come True's management company, MS Meanwhile, advertising agencies are expected to play a more million, making it the all -time No. 2 foreign album in Japan, Artist, has 100 percent of their master and publishing rights, not active role in the tie -up process in the wake of the recent decision behind Michael Jackson's "Thriller," while the single sold more NHK [the semi -governmental Japan Broadcasting Association, by Dentsu, Japan's biggest ad agency, to reactivate its music pub- than 230,000 copies, which is extremely good for a foreign single which uses DCT song ' Haretara li Ne' as the theme for a TV lishing division. in this market. drama]," the source says. That's because MS Artist is strong and Synchronization fees may be waived altogether, since the song One key problem concerning tie -ups, says the publishing smart, and also because Dreams Come True were popular before in question may be registered with the Japanese Society for Rights source, is that "the Japanese music publishing industry is still in its making this tie -up, so they could set their own terms." of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) as having been infancy. Everybody has to understand the difference between mas- For ncn- established artists, the situation is very different indeed. written expressly for a commercial. ter rights and publishing rights." "Recently, there was a 20- year -old girl who won one record com- It all adds up to an offer most record and artist management The tie -up phenomenon is expected to continue as long as there pany's tclent audition," says Nishimura. "The company's A &R sec- companies can't refuse, since competition to place songs on TV is are few other means of promoting music effectively. Meanwhile, tion thought she had good marketing ability, so they put her in the so intense. says the publishing source, "Artists and management companies hands of their artist development department while working on a But, says one music publishing source, the system is unbal- are becoming a little more sophisticated. They're starting to distin- Continued on page J-6

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1. "Kimi ga Iru Dake de /Ai Shiteru" by Kome Kome Club (Sony), the theme to the Fuji TV drama series "Sugao no Mama de," sold 2.76 million copies. TIE -UPS from page J 2. "Kanashimi wa Yuki no yo ni" by Shogo Hamada (Sony), Continued -5 the theme to the Fuji TV drama series "Ai to lu Nanomoto ni," sold 1.7 million. two -song demo. "Together with the management company they found for her, No. I theme song 3. "Blowin' /Time" by B'z (BMG Victor), the theme to a TV the record company spent two years looking for a tie -up, and when Asahi news show, was used in a Calbee potato chips TV com- they did, she made her debut. So her demo wasn't made to get a mercial and sold 1.68 million. recording contract -it was made to get a tie -up." If the artist in question hadn't landed a tie -up deal within three years of signing 4. "Sore ga Daiji" by Daiji Man Brothers Band (Fun House), Music), the theme to the NTV drama series "Kodomo ga Netta with the record company, says Nishimura, she would have been the theme to the TV Asahi program "Sports Frontier" and to the Ato de," sold 1.38 million. dropped from its roster. Fuji TV variety show "Kuni -chan no Yamada Katsute nai TV," It's still possible to sell music in Japan without tie -ups, as pop sold 1.56 million. 8. "If" by Chage & Aska (Pony Canyon) was used in TV com- duo Access proved recently with their debut album, "First Access." mercials for the Matsushita headphone stereo (Walkman) sys- Without the benefit of a tie -up, it sold 100,000 copies in the first 5. "Namida no Kiss" by Southern All Stars (Victor Musical tem and sold 1.08 million. two days, thanks to a big publicity campaign by record company Industries), the theme to the TBS TV drama series "Zutto Anata Fun House. The campaign was aimed specifically at fans of ga Ski Datta," sold 1.52 million. 9. "Piece Of My Wish" by Miki Imai (Pony Canyon), the Access' Daisuke Asakura from his days as a solo artist, as well as theme for the TBS TV drama "Ashsita ga Aru ka na," sold 1.08 radio airplay. 6. "Gara Gara Hebi ga Yatte Kuru" by Tunnels (Pony million. Industry observers point out that a songwriter is going to write Canyon), the theme to the Fuji TV variety show "Tunnels no differently if thoughts of a tie -up are uppermost in his or her mind. Minna -san no Okage Desu," sold 1.4 million. 10. "Asai Nemuri" by Miyuki Nakajima (Pony Canyon), the The big question, they say, is how long it will be before Japanese theme for the Fuji TV drama "Shinai Naru Mono e," sold 1.02 music fans get tired of music whose main purpose is to provide 7. "Mo Koi Nante Shinai" by Noriyuki Makaihara (WEA million. soundtracks for TV commercials and programs.

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you find a pretty girl with a great voice; she's in a great band with a brilliant guitarist who's also a very talented songwriter. It's Even as it started, the band boom was signing its own death war- ty and just created music that would make money." money in the bank, you think. rant. It was a case of too many bands with too little talent, marketed Ex -Vow Wow guitarist Kiyoji Yamamoto -Japan's guitar god of Meet Miki Ohno. Just a few years ago, she fit that description to by too many non -musicians with too much greed, pushed by too the '80s- concurs. "Any band that got on TV became stars," he a tee. She was lead singer of Passengers, a kind of Japanese many magazines with too few scruples to too many fans with not says. "Initially, the fans were very young and didn't know which Pretenders. enough brains to see that too many bands had too little talent. bands were good or bad. Now people realize most of the bands Ohno now works on a construction site in Tokyo, a victim, of sorts, Ohno has no doubt as to why the band boom took off. "I think were crap. What the band boom did achieve was to get those fans of Japan's band boom of the late 1980s. She refused to be market- most Japanese music fans are deaf," she says. "In Japan, no one used to band sounds." ed as a pretty girl and refused to compromise her music. As a result, has any critical awareness; they just follow the media and each But as the fad faded and Japan's economic recession bit, the pro- the band boom kind of swamped the band, and Passengers, like other. duction companies that had fed the frenzy felt the pinch. Bands with many other talented bands with the wrong haircuts, found them- "During the band boom, the fans treated bands like some kind of high overheads and limited sales found their contracts, which had selves overtaken by a bunch of spotty teenagers with limited musical fashion; they were only interested in how they looked. On top of that, guaranteed them a regular salary, not being renewed. talent. many bands had been formed by bad musicians who lacked integri- Continued on page J -8

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Ten years ago, rock 'n' roll was only a bit player on the Japanese music scene. The industry was dominated by idols-cute girls and cute guys singing sweet love songs or happy little ditties about the jollity of life. Now a new breed of "idol" has replaced the bands of the boom bYER era, creating a new wave for Japan's record industry. Individual singers are back -along with a surplus of duos and trios, such as .. . , . _ . .;. e - . Dreams Come True and B'z. ' vm. Overall, record industry sources are quick to point out, album sales are up, with domestic artists taking a bigger slice of the pie. But HE JAllMASTERS bands are still in decline. Wcike The likes of Passengers and Vow Wow have broken up, and their members are starting all over again -or, worse, playing back -up for fLL..VIKTOR the very idols who helped fuel their decline. The charming Ohno works hard "measuring things" at construction sites to support her se involvement in three different bands. Yamamoto went from headlining at Tokyo's famous Budokan (capacity 10,000) to playing in one of Tokyo's smallest "live houses," the 200 -capacity Loft, with his new band, Wild Flag. Keisuke Tsukimitsu, one of Japan's top pop producers and president of Public Image, the company that gave Passengers their break, believes that the band boomers tastes matured. "The biggest record buyers in Japan are the 14 to 25 age group, and that hasn't changed," he says. "But in the band boom, the bands only really appealed to younger, female fans in their early teens. The new ads, such as Dreams Come True and B'z, appeal not only to their target 1 -8 -10 Azabudai, audience of those in their 20s, but also to the younger audience, Minato -ku, Tokyo creating a bigger market. As the band boomers became aware of 106 music in their early teens, they looked toward the music their elders were listening to and picked up on the new idols." As if to bear this out, Dreams Come True's latest album, "The 03 3585 1531 Swinging Star," has become the biggest- selling album in Japanese WATA AB Telefax music history, moving more than 3.1 million units and still going 03 3586 4533 strong. In addition, there has been a parallel karaoke boom, and it's MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.,LTD. no coincidence that the songs that dominate the charts are also the Continued on page J -16

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based concert promoter M & I Company. That's true for acts as var- accounted for about 80 percent of concert business here, he says. ied as Gil Scott -Heron, Galliano and the Temptations. But, she "Smaller [foreign) acts have less opportunity to play in Japan adds, "The Ventures and Salvatore Adamo are artists with whom we now," Uchino says. One reason for that is a lack of good midsize can guarantee a sellout." halls in such major cities as Tokyo and Osaka. The bursting of Japar's economic bubble has left a lot of small- Another trend in the Japanese concert business is that major er, inexperienced promoters singing the blues. "Five or six years domestic acts, such as Chage & Aska and Kome Kome Club, are ago, there were a lot of people playing the money game," says now promoting their own concerts. Seijiro Udo, president of Udo Artists and chairman of the Japan Homegrown Success: Chage & Aska The tie -up phenomenon, in which songs are used in TV programs Concert Promoters Association. "They wanted to be promoters, but and commercials as theme music, has had a strong effect on the they were amateurs." Continued on page J -10

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LARS ERIC MATTSSGN'S VISION PHANTOM BLU ARCH RIVAL JEFF WATSON GLENN HUGHES CONCERTS POVERTY STIN Continued from page J -9 PESTILENCE Japanese record industry and is yet another reason why more STYGIAN Japanese concertgoers are going for homegrown product. That's HIDEAKI TOKU because domestic artists are much more likely to OK use of their songs in tie -ups than are foreign acts, and ticket sales benefit from IGAR HIROAKI that kind of mass -media exposure. HIROKO "Promoters look for tie -ups that will coincide with a tour, but it's tough to do," says Uchino. SHIHO YABUKI Udo says tie -ups can be useful, citing as an example a recent Eric ela.. (PiX)MOTHERS ARMV(LtoR: J.WATSON/J.L.TURnER/B.DAISLEs'PC APPICE) Clapton tour of Japan that coincided with a Honda TV ad featuring a Clapton track. "But I'd rather leave it to record companies or music publishers to do that kind of deal, because it's not my terri- INT'L D EPT. /contact : Syusuke M.Kawahara tory," he adds. One significant change in the Japanese concert business recent- Telepho ne : 81 -3- 5379 -3528 Fax : 81 -3 -5379 -3588 ly was the Japanese government's decision to levy a withholding tax of 20 percent on acts from 11 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia. Artists from those countries were 4IPcLLcI\I INC. EEASi MEtAE nik9" previously exempt from the tax withholding system and were expect- TOKYO/OSAKA/ NAGOYA /SAPPORO /SENDAI /FUKUOKA TOKYO, JAPAN ( =162) The high cost of doing business in 3 -8 YOCHOMACHI, SHINJUKU -KU, i Japan means that expenses can eat up 55 to 60 percent of the gross, leaving the rest to be divvied up between promoters and artists.

ed to settle their Japanese tax bill after returning to their home countries. Under the new system, the tax authorities hold 20 percent of the Japanese promoter's payment to its foreign counterpart, later refunding the portion of the withheld amount that is not assessed as income tax. One industry source says the government changed its policy after a major U.S. act failed to pay taxes on its Japanese concert earn- ings due to, the source says, the slipshod way of doing business of the neophyte Japanese promoter who brought the act over. "Amateurs have made it so difficult for us," says Udo. "It's terri- THANKS FOR MUSIC ble. About three years ago, we went to the Ministry of Finance to talk about this issue, and we talked and talked. Then we found out from the newspapers in February 1992 that the law was going to be changed in April 1992. We had no idea. This is a rip -off." The policy change has affected ads from countries besides the U.S. For example, many British artists previously went through American agents and promoters when planning Japanese tours in order to avoid the 20 percent withholding tax they would otherwise have been assessed. Udo says he has suggested a compromise in which the rate would be lowered to 10 percent, but so far there's no sign the government is about to back down. Regardless of the outcome of the tax issue, promoters are san- guine about the industry's future. Arashida thinks Japanese promotion agencies will play an increasingly important role as a bridge between Western acts and the Southeast Asian concert market. "Instead of booking acts just for Japan, we can send them to Southeast Asia as well," he says. For example, in January Kyodo brought Chicago to Japan for three dates, followed by 10 shows in various Southeast Asian coun- s tries. Kyodo put up the guarantee for Chicago and sent a crew Miyuki Ishimoto President along with the American group to help out local promotion staff in JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR RIGHTS the Southeast Asian countries. OF AUTHORS,COMPOSERS AND PUBLISHERS Udo, however, says he wants to devote his energies to the 1 -7 -13 Nishishimbashi, Minato- ku,Tokyo 105,Japan Japanese market. "People ask me to be involved in their tours in Telephone:03(3502)6551 FAX:03(3508) 8183 other parts of the Far East," he says. "But I'm still not satisfied with

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favored by acid -jazzers). Japan The British acid jazz scene, through labels such as Talkin Loud and magazines like Straight No Chaser, has had a major influence here, but Japanese acid jazz has found its own voice with such groups as United Future Organization (UFO), Original Love, Major Force and Cool Spoon. The acid jazz coming out of Tokyo now contains little or nothing that's specifically Japanese. You won't hear any kotos or JAPAN'S shakuhachi bamboo flutes, and vocals tend to be in languages other than Japanese. But the music's studied eclecticism reflects the Japanese penchant for taking bits and pieces from various cultures COOL and combining them in new and interesting ways. "It's natural for us to do this," says UFO's Toshio Matsuura. "We've been listening to Western music, and we can deal with it more easily than traditional Japanese sounds." CAlS Take UFO's inspired mutation of Van Morrison's "Moondance," for example. Over a finger -snappin' beat and horn parts that sound Tokyo clubs are grooving to the like they're from a French new -wave film soundtrack, rapper Claudia H. intones a slinky, sultry rap in Portuguese that instantly sound of acid jazz conjures up images of smoky nightclubs full of people wearing turtlenecks and dark glasses. Then there's Major Force's "Evil a spacey, atmospheric by Steve McClure Moon," track that combines such disparate elements as bird calls, fretless UFO has landed in U.K. clubs. bass and a Wurlitzer organ played through a Leslie speaker-all set to an infectious, laid -back groove. Tokyo is really two cities. By day, it's the noisy, hectic and crowd - So is this jazz or what? ed center of the world's No. 2 economy. At dusk, it takes on an "It's not real jazz-it's dance music with a taste of jazz," says one aura of mystery and romance, as the hedonism of Edo (the old Tokyo club -scene habitue. "Because Japanese people are interest- name for Tokyo) reasserts itself in the mizu shobai, the "floating ed in categorizing everything, artists call their music 'acid jazz' so lections on his Big Chameleon (formerly Seven Samurai) label, feels world" of pubs, karaoke bars and other establishments that will the media has a convenient label." the acid jazz tag is constricting. separate you from your hard- earned yen in exchange for a respite Says Matsuura, "I'm not really sure what the term means. The "I'm making my music with a larger vision than just acid jazz," from the workaday world. music is more like '70s crossover or fusion." says S -Ken, who takes his name from London's South Kensington In the last couple of years, the cool, funky sound of acid jazz has As for the "acid" bit, the drug of choice for most Tokyo clubgo- subway station. "The word 'jazz' itself means free music, incorpo- provided the aural backdrop for nighttime Tokyo. Clubgoers tired ers remains alcohol, with maybe the occasional espresso to revive rating various styles. To me, it's very natural to mix different styles, of techno and house have switched their allegiance to this musical flagging batteries. since our environment [in Tokyo] is a chanpon -a mixture." hybrid, whose hip feel and lack of fixed boundaries match the mood Another reason for the music's increasing popularity here is that Big Chameleon's recently released "Jazz Hip Jap 2" collection of the Tokyo club scene in the '90s. jazz has always had a dedicated following in Japan. In the '60s, for shows the flexibility of the genre in the hands of its Japanese prac- And Japanese musicians fed up with soulless, mechanical music example, Japanese fans helped a lot of American jazzmen pay the titioners. The album covers the stylistic gamut from Soul Rebel's are rediscovering the warm, resonant tones of pianos and horns set bills by supporting their music when jazz was out of fashion in the Latin -tinged "Freedom Latin Dunk" to the pop /funk of Monday to a jazz -funk beat, which keeps the body moving while the mind land of its birth. Michiru's "Naked With You" to Krush's "Slow Chase," which owes grooves on the players' riffs (to use the once -passé terminology Tokyo producer S -Ken, who has released several acid jazz col- Continued on page J -12

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COOL CATS r Continued from page J-11 a lot to Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" period. "Jazz Hip Jap 2" and other Big Chameleon albums are being released in the U.K. on the Mo /Wax label, and S -Ken says he's now looking for an American distribution deal. "The music now being made in Tokyo is borderless," says S -Ken. "I want my music to be urban and danceable, which is key to marketing this music internationally." Matsuura says, "We are unconscious of our nationality. When we play or record, we don't think, ' Oh, this is going to be a hit in this country or that country.' " Tokyo clubs with acid jazz nights include Yellow, Mix, Wanna Dance, Jirocho Bar, M.C. 1000 and Club Quattro. Foreign expo- nents of the acid jazz school such as Galliano and Gilles Peterson are frequent guests at these venues, and their collaborations with S Miles -influenced Krush their Japanese counterparts support S -Ken's point about the Big Chameleon's -Ken music's borderless nature. Among Japanese acid jazz acts, so far UFO has achieved the most impact overseas, with the track "I Love My Baby (My Baby jazz. Loves Jazz)," which was a U.K. club hit in early 1992. Capitalizing Says S -Ken, "There are some companies in the States that only Sebbag says Tokyo is a fertile breeding ground for acid "In parts of the world quite on that success, UFO went to London this April for some club dates clear samples for artists. I think we need such companies in Japan." Tokyo, we can get information from other there. Just how important sampling is to Japan's acid jazz artists can be fast," he says. Evidence of that can be found in the Japanese cap- Japanese acid jazz acts have to come to terms with the issue of seen at Dance Music Record, a Shibuya, Tokyo, record store that ital's myriad of specialty record stores, where you can find pretty sampling if they want to sell their product overseas, says one indus- stocks nothing but old jazz and funk LPs and 12 -inch singles for the much anything that's ever been committed to wax, tape or compad try observer, pointing out that in Japan there are no means for benefit of Tokyo DJs and rare -groove aficionados. Need those disc on the planet. clearing use of samples. hard -to -find Jimmy Smith or Donald Byrd riffs? Odds are they've The acid jazz "boom" here so far has been confined to a rela- "This could be a big problem in the very near future, because got 'em. tively small coterie of trend- conscious hipsters in major cities like many British and American companies are interested in the "The new generation of jazz fans are not buying only CDs," says Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. Pop mega -acts like Chage & Aska and Japanese music scene," he says. "But they can't license Japanese Raphael Sebbag, a French DJ now based in Tokyo. "They're also after Dreams Come True don't have to worry too much about competition acid jazz tracks if the samples haven't been cleared." rare vinyl records. People sample from Latin, funk, soul and jazz." Continued on page J -14

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BAND BOOM FROM A BUZZ TO A BOOM Continued from page J -8 most popular songs in karaoke boxes. We listen to your music, We listen to You. "Enka has always been the base for the karaoke market," says Shigeki Ouchi, associate manager of Epic /Sony's international division. "But the pop market for karaoke has become much bigger than before. Eight-centimeter [single] CDs, which can be bought in vending machines at karaoke boxes, are selling really well." In contrast, top rock acts, such as X and Buck -Tick -hardly sing -

along stuff- struggle to make it past 1 million units. So where does that leave the bands? Many of those that were cut in the last couple of years have gone underground. Others have just gone under, along with some of the smaller production agencies and indie record labels that sprung up around the band boom. But many in the industry are confident that a second band boom is around the corner, and they are hopeful that this one will be a musical revolution rather than a cultural one. Says Amuse's Saito, "The first band boom was like an introduction to rock music for the Japanese. It allowed people to get away with a lot. The second rock boom will not tolerate bands who come out and just try to make a lot of noise. Next time around, the songs and artists are going to have to be better." "I feel that a new wave of genuine rock will happen in Japan," agrees Yamamoto, "but maybe it will take a little longer. It's time the young people of Japan woke up to real rock." Others go a step further and see a need for the industry itself to wake up to rock 'n' roll. "Record company A &R directors must learn more about music," Tsukimitsu claims. "In fad, the music industry as NTV MUSIC (HONG KONG) LTD. NTV MUSIC (U.K.) LTD. a whole has to become aware of the needs and desires of the fans. "In the United States, you have A &R people who understand 11 Fa Po Street, Yau Yat Chuen, 87 Notting Hill Gate, London W11, England. music; here, they are just salary men who'll still have a job regard- Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel:071- 243 -2921 less of an album's success or failure." Te1:3- 810321 Fax:071- 243 -2894 In the long run, it is the musicians themselves who have to take Fax:3- 970213 responsibility for what the Japanese public hears. "Record companies and production companies have their own purpose for releasing music, but it is important for bands to have a direction and NIPPON TELEVISION MUSIC CORPORATION some sense of purpose," says veteran rock 'n' roller Makoto Ayukawa of Sheena & The Rokkets. "We mustn't rely on the record NTV Yonbancho Annex, 5 -6 Yonbancho, Chiyoda -ku, Tokyo 102, Japan. companies. Te1:03- 5275 -1113 /Fax:03- 5275 -4059 "On the other hand, if the record companies want real rock 'n' A MEMBER OF NIPPON TELEVISION NETWORK GROUP roll music and good new music, they shouldn't take the easy way every time. They need to invest time, money and patience."

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REMARK/ 4 3 WHAT IS LOVE? 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ARIZONA DREAM MUTE 15 PAUL McCARTNEY OFF THE GROUND PARLOPHONE PHONOGRAM 13 (GLF) 6/2/93 4 6 ACE OF BASE HAPPY NATION MEGA 14 NEW UGLY KID JOE AMERICA'S LEAST WANTED 4 2 ALISON JORDY SONY MUSIC SWEDEN 5 5 ERIC CLAPTON UNPLUGGED DUCK/REPRISE PHONOGRAM 5 3 WOULD I LIE TO YOU? CHARLES & EDDIE EMI THIS LAST WEEK WEEK 6 4 STING TEN SUMMONER'S TALES A &M 15 12 PATRICIA KAAS JE TE DIS VOUS COLUMBIA 6 6 UN AMOUR DE VACANCES CHRISTOPHE SINGLES RIPPERT BMG 1 6 TWO PRINCES SPIN DOCTORS EPIC 7 7 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IN CONCERT - MTV 16 18 R.E.M. AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE WARNER PLUGGED COLUMBIA MUSIC 7 18 END OF THE ROAD BOYZ II MEN POLYDOR 2 3 TRIBAL DANCE 2 UNLIMITED cNR/BYTE 8 NEW DIRE STRAITS ON THE NIGHT VERTIGO 17 NEW MIDNIGHT OIL EARTH AND SUN AND MOON 8 5 ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY LENNY KRAVITZ 3 1 INFORMER SNOW ATLANTIC 9 12 EROS RAMAZZOTTI TUTTE STORIE DDS COLUMBIA VIRGIN 4 10 SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME D.J. BOBO 12 INC DANGEROUS EPIC ONLY THE VERY BEST PETER KINGSBERY EPIC 10 11 BON JOVI KEEP THE FAITH JAMBCO /POLYGRAM 18 17 MICHAEL JACKSON 9 8 5 2 WHAT IS LOVE HADDAWAY COCONUT 19 NEW PETER MAFFAY DER WEG 1979 -93 EASTWEST 10 14 PINOCCHIO PIN -OCCHIO FLAR/MUSIDISC 6 4 CAT'S IN THE CRADLE UGLY KID JOE MERCURY 20 13 STING TEN SUMMONER'S TALES A &M 11 7 ORDINARY WORLD DURAN DURAN EMI 7 9 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES JANET JACKSON 12 NEW PEOPLE EVERYDAY ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT VIRGIN AUSTRALIA (Australian Record Industry Assn.) 6/6/93 JAPAN (Music Labo) 6/7/93 EMI 8 5 OH, CAROLINA SHAGGY VIRGIN 13 9 ONLY WITH YOU CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD PROJECT NEW ALMOST UNREAL ROXETTE EMI THIS LAST THIS LAST 9 ATOLL/POLYGRAM WEEK WEEK SINGLES WEEK WEEK 10 NEW LOVE SEES NO COLOUR U96 POLYDOR 14 10 CHIKI CHIKA NOT REAL PRESENCE sore MUSIC 1 6 INFORMER SNOW WARNER 1 1 YURERU OMOI ZARD B.GRAM ALBUMS 15 12 HOUSE OF LOVE EAST 17 BARCLAY/ POLYGRAM 2 1 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES JANET JACKSON 2 3 NATSUWO MACHIKIRENAKUTE TUBE sore 1 1 TOMAS LEDIN DU KAN LITA PA MEJ RECORD STATION 16 NEW ENTRER DANS LA LUMIERE PATRICIA KAAS VIRGIN 3 2 TOKINO TABIJI KOME KOME CLUB SONY 2 4 RONNY & RAGGE LET'S POK ALPHA COLUMBIASONY 3 4 TWO PRINCES SPIN DOCTORS SONY 4 10 WE ARE THE CHAMP THE WAVES PONY /CANYON 3 NEW 2 UNLIMITED NO LIMITS CNR 17 NEW A JAMAICAN IN NEW YORK SHINEHEAD WEA 4 2 EASY FAITH NO MORE LIBERATION /FESTIVAL 5 NEW NAKED DESIRE ACCESS FUN HOUSE 4 2 ULF LUNDELL MANE OVER HAVANG ROCKHEAD 18 17 TRIBAL DANCE 2 UNLIMITED SCORPIO / POLYGRAM 5 3 ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY LENNY KRAVITZ 6 5 AIWO KATARUYORI KUCHIZUKEWO KAWASOU 5 NEW JANET JACKSON JANET. VIRGIN 19 NEW PHOREVER PEOPLE THE SHAMEN VIRGIN VIRGIN/EMI WANDS TOSHIBNEMI 6 3 AEROSMITH GET A GRIP GEFFEN 15 SWEET THING MICK JAGGER ATLANTIC 6 7 YOU WERE THERE SOUTHERN SONS BMC ZYYG B.GRAM 20 7 NEW KIMIGA HOSHIKUTE TAMARANAI 5 ACE OF BASE HAPPY NATION MEGA KID JOE PHONOGRAM ALBUMS 7 5 CAT'S IN THE CRADLE UGLY 8 NEW WAKAREMASHO WATASHIKARA KIEMASHO 8 10 SPIN DOCTORS POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE MAKI OHGURO TOSHIBA/EMI ON THE NIGHT VERTIGO 8 9 NO LIMIT 2 UNLIMITED LIBERATION /FESTIVAL ANATAKARA 1 NEW DIRE STRAITS EPIC MCA/VICTOR 9 11 STONE COLD JIMMY BARNES MUSHROOM /FESTIVAL 9 7 EVERLASTING LOVE AKINA NAKAMORI 2 1 PATRICA KAAS JE TE DIS VOUS COLUMBIA 9 NEW DONALD FAGEN KAMAKIRIAD WARNER 10 15 THE RIGHT KIND OF LOVE JEREMY JORDAN BMC 10 8 KIMIGA INAI ZARD &GRAM 3 2 LIANE FOLY LES PETITES NOTES VIRGIN 10 NEW ROD STEWART UNPLUGGED ... AND SEATED 11 12 I WANT YOU TONI PEAREN MUSHROOM /FESTIVAL 4 3 SOUNDTRACK THE BODYGUARD RCA WARNER 12 8 GIVE IN TO ME MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 13 10 GIMME LITTLE SIGN PETER ANDRE MELODIAN/ (Stichting Nederlandse 40) 6/5/93 FESTIVAL NETHERLANDS 14 13 RUMP SHAKER WRECKX -N- EFFECT MCA THIS LAST 15 16 SHE KISSED ME TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY WEEK WEEK SINGLES COLUMBIA 1 1 WHAT IS LOVE HADDAWAY JIVE 16 NEW TRIBAL DANCE 2 UNLIMITED LIBERATION/FESTIVAL .,N 2 2 TRIBAL DANCE 2 UNLIMITED BYTE 17 14 A WHOLE NEW WORLD (ALADDIN'S THEME) N 3 6 P.OWER OF AMERICAN NATIVES DANCE 2 TRANCE BLOW LIP PEABO BRYSON & REGINA BELLE COLUMBIA © 1993, Billboard/BPI Communications (Music Week/ © CIN /compiled by Gallup) 6/5/93 18 17 DEEP EAST 17 POLYDOR 4 3 INFORMER SNOW EASTWEST THIS LAST THIS LAST 19 NEW THE HITMAN A.B. LOGIC WARNER 5 4 ALL THAT SHE WANTS ACE OF BASE METRONOME WEEK WEEK SINGLES WEEK ALBUMS 20 20 SOMEBODY TO LOVE GEORGE MICHAEL EMI 6 5 SOMEBODY TO LOVE GEORGE MICHAEL & QUEEN 1 OF BASE METRONOME 1 1 JANET JACKSON JANET. VIRGIN 1 ALL THAT SHE WANTS ACE PARLOPHONE ALBUMS YOU 2 2 R.E.M. AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE WARNER BROS. 2 2 (I CAN'T HELP) FALLING IN LOVE WITH 7 NEW (I CAN'T HELP) FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU 1 6 SPIN DOCTORS POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE UB40 DEP INTERNATIONAL 3 NEW DONALD FAGEN KAMAKIRIAD REPRISE UB40 VIRGIN SONY LA LONG) INNER CIRCLE 3 NEW SWEAT (A LA LA LA 4 3 2 UNLIMITED NO LIMITS PWL CONTINENTAL 8 9 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES JANET JACKSON 2 1 ERIC CLAPTON UNPLUGGED WARNER MUSIC MAGNET 5 NEW THE WATERBOYS DREAM HARDER GEFFEN VIRGIN 3 4 KENNY G BREATHLESS ARISTA 4 12 SPIN DOCTORS EPIC TWO PRINCES 6 NEW ROBERT PLANT FATE OF NATIONS ES PARANZA/ 9 NEW ENCORE DIRE STRAITS VERTIGO 4 2 LENNY KRAVITZ ARE YOU GOING GO MY WAY 5 zoo NEW THREE LITTLE PIGS GREEN JELLY FONTANA 10 10 OME JAN WILLEKE ALBERTI DINO VIRGIN 6 4 FIVE LIVE (EP) GEORGE MICHAEL & QUEEN 7 NEW ROD STEWART UNPLUGGED ... AND SEATED ALBUMS 5 NEW NEW ORDER REPUBLIC POLYDOR PARLOPHONE WARNER BROS 1 1 2 UNLIMITED NO LIMIT BYTE 6 7 SOUNDTRACK THE BODYGUARD ARISTA 7 16 SHOUT LOUCHIE LOU & MICHIE ONE Brr 8 4 KENNY G BREATHLESS ARISTA 2 4 DIRE STRAITS ON THE NIGHT VERTIGO 7 8 THE SEEKERS SILVER JUBILEE ALBUM EMI 8 5 TRIBAL DANCE 2 UNLIMITED PWL INTERNATIONAL 9 18 SPIN DOCTORS POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE 3 2 GEORGE MICHAEL &QUEEN FIVE LIVE PARLOPHONE 8 3 WENDY MATTHEWS LILY rooArUWARNER 9 7 I DON'T WANNA FIGHT TINA TURNER PARLOPHONE EPIC 3 BZN GOLD MERCURY 9 5 DIRE STRAITS ON THE NIGHT PHONOGRAM 10 6 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES JANET JACKSON 10 NEW UTAH SAINTS UTAH SAINTS FEAR 5 7 EROS RAMAZZOTTI TUTTE STORIE DUD 10 9 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS VIRGIN 11 NEW JEAN MICHEL JARRE CHRONOLOGIE POLYDOR 6 5 BON JOVI KEEP THE FAITH JAMBCO / MERCURY & 2 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF CHRYSALIS 11 8 JUMP AROUND/TOP O' THE MORNING TO YA 12 9 BON JOVI KEEP THE FAITH JAMBCO /FESTIVAL PAIN RUFFNESS 6 ERIC CLAPTON UNPLUGGED REPRISE 11 12 FAITH NO MORE ANGEL DUST LIBERATION HOUSE OF 13 6 DINA CARROLL SO CLOSE A&M 7 THE ARISTA 12 16 JIMMY BARNES HEAT MUSHROOM /FESTIVAL 12 NEW BLOW YOUR MIND JAMIROQUAI ORENDNSONY 14 NEW ABBA MORE ABBA GOLD -MORE ABBA HITS 8 8 SOUNDTRACK BODYGUARD 13 15 MIDNIGHT OIL EARTH AND SUN AND MOON 13 NEW IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES LISA STANSFIELD MCA POLYDOR 9 9 PAUL DE LEEUW PLUGGED VARAGRAM COLUMBIA 14 10 EVERYBODY HURTS R.E.M. WARNERBROs. 15 5 NEW ORDER REPUBLIC CENTREDATE CO/LONDON 10 NEW CLANNAD BANBA RCA 14 10 UGLY KID JOE AMERICA'S LEAST WANTED 15 9 IN THESE ARMS BON JOVI JAMBCO 16 8 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL HOME MOVIES -THE Record) 5/31/93 PHONOGRAM (The 16 14 THE JUNGLE BOOK GROOVE JUNGLE BOOK BEST OF BLANCO Y NEGRO CANADA 15 11 AEROSMITH GET A GRIP GEFFEN HOLLYWOOD 17 13 STING TEN SUMMONER'S TALES MM THIS LAST 16 NEW RICK PRICE HEAVEN KNOWS COLUMBIASONY 17 13 HOUSECALL (REMIX) SHABBA RANKS/MAXI 18 20 LENNY KRAVITZ ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY WEEK WEEK SINGLES 17 14 KISS ALIVE III POLYGRAM PRIEST EPIC VIRGIN 1 1 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES JANET JACKSON 18 13 PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON EMI 18 NEW WHAT IS LOVE HADDAWAY LOGIC/ARISTA 19 12 CLANNAD BANBA RCA VIRGIN /CEMA 19 17 GEORGE MICHAEL FIVE LIVE EMI 19 24 CREATION STEREO MC's 4TH +B'WAY 20 7 DIRE STRAITS ON THE NIGHT VERTIGO 2 2 LOOKING THROUGH PATIENT EYES P.M. DAWN 20 19 THE BLACK SORROWS BETTER TIMES COLUMBIA 20 25 BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN TEARS FOR FEARS 21 11 GARY MOORE BLUES ALIVE VIRGIN ISLAND/PGD 3 3 NO LIMIT 2 UNLIMITED QUALITY MERCURY 22 19 ERIC CLAPTON UNPLUGGED DUCK/REPRISE 4 4 CAT'S IN THE CRADLE UGLY KID JOE MERCURY /PLG 21 11 THE CIVIL WAR (EP) GUNS N' ROSES GEFFEN 23 39 THE STEREO MC's CONNECTED 4TH + B'WAY 5 5 COME UNDONE DURAN DURAN CAPITOL/CEMA 22 NEW DARK IS THE NIGHT A -HA WARNER BROS 24 10 WET WET WET LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL 23 31 WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW BRYAN FERRY PRECIOUS ORGANISATION 6 8 SLEEPING SATELLITE TASMIN ARCHER CAPITOL/ Musikmarkt) 5/25/93 VIRGIN CEMA GERMANY (Der 25 28 SUEDE SUEDE NUDE 24 NEW NO ORDINARY LOVE SADE EPIC 7 DITTY PAPERBOY NEXT PLATEAU /LONDON THIS LAST 26 26 EVERLY BROTHERS GOLDEN YEARS -OF THEIR 24 7 YOU 8 NEW DOWN WITH THE KING RUN -D.M.C. ATTIC/PROFILE WEEK WEEK SINGLES 25 23 HOBERT PAVING/WHO DO YOU THINK ARE ... WARNER BROS SAINT ETIENNE HEAVENLY DURAN PARLOPHONE 9 6 THAT'S WHAT LOVE CAN DO BOY KRAZY NEXT 1 1 INFORMER SNOW EASTWEST 27 17 DURAN DURAN DURAN 26 33 LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH TASMIN ARCHER PLATEAU/LONDON 2 2 WHAT IS LOVE HADDAWAY COCONUT 28 NEW ORBITAL ORBITAL INTERNAL EMI 10 NEW HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY ROD STEWART WARNER 3 7 TRIBAL DANCE 2 UNLIMITED zvx 29 16 JIM DIAMOND JIM DIAMOND POLYGRAM 27 NEW I WANNA HOLD ON TO YOU MICA PARIS 4TH + BROS AREA 4 6 WHEEL OF FORTUNE ACE OF BASE METRONOME 30 30 ANNIE LENNOX DIVA RCA BvVAV ALBUMS 5 3 OH CAROLINA SHAGGY VIRGIN 31 23 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE RAGE AGAINST 28 18 I HAVE NOTHING WHITNEY HOUSTON ARISTA THE MACHINE EPIC 1 1 SPIN DOCTORS POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE 6 5 SING HALLELUJAH! DR. ALBAN LOGIC 17 EXPRESS DINA CARROLL A&M 29 TINA TURNER SIMPLY THE BEST CAPITOL EPIC/SONY 7 4 ALL THAT SHE WANTS ACE OF BASE METRONOME 32 33 30 NEW WITH ONE LOOK BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA /UN/ 33 29 QUEEN GREATEST HITS II PARLOPHONE 2 2 AEROSMITH GET A GRIP GEFFEN 8 9 LOVE SEES NO COLOUR U96 POLYDOR 31 30 BELIEVE LENNY KRAVITZ VIRGIN ARE YOU GO MY WAY 34 22 WORLD PARTY BANG! ENSIGN 3 3 LENNY KRAVITZ GONNA 9 11 MR. VAIN CULTURE BEAT DANCE POOL SWEATING BULLETS MEGADETH CAPITOL VIRGIN /CEMA 32 26 35 25 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY SYMPHONY OR DAMN 10 8 NO LIMIT 2 UNLIMITED zvx VIRGIN 33 NEW ANGRY CHAIR ALICE IN CHAINS COLUMBIA COLUMBIA 4 NEW JANET JACKSON JANET. /CEMA 11 12 CAT'S IN THE CRADLE UGLY KID JOE MERCURY 34 19 AIN'T NO LOVE (AIN'T NO USE) SUB SUB featuring 36 NEW HOWARD JONES THE BEST OF HOWARD JONES 5 4 ERIC CLAPTON UNPLUGGED REPRISE/WEA 12 10 SWEET HARMONY THE BELOVED EASTWEST MELANIE WILLIAMS ROBS EASTWEST 6 5 SOUNDTRACK THE BODYGUARD ARISTA/BMG 13 NEW THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES JANET JACKSON 35 20 INFORMER SNOW EASTWEST AMERICA 37 27 CLIFF RICHARD THE ALBUM EMI 7 7 SNOW 12 INCHES OF SNOW EASTWEST/WEA VIRGIN 36 21 BELIEVE IN ME UTAH SAINTS Wr 38 37 SIMPLY RED STARS EASTWEST 8 6 RANKIN FAMILY FARE THEE WELL LOVE CAPITOL/ 14 16 CA PLANE POUR M01 LEILA K COMA 37 NEW RUSHING LONI CLARK A&M 39 NEW QUEEN GREATEST HITS PARLOPHONE CEMA 15 13 BED OF ROSES BON JOVI JAMBCO / POLYGRAM TEN TALES A &M /PLC 38 37 WALK THROUGH THE WORLD MARC COHN 40 14 ANTRAX SOUND OF WHITE NOISE ELEKTRA 9 10 STING SUMMONER'S WALKING IN MY SHOES DEPECHE MODE MUTE 16 14 ATLANT 10 8 BARENAKED LADIES GORDON SIRE/WEA 39 NEW GET HERE Q -FEAT TRACY ACKERMAN ARISTA 40 15 BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW SONIA ARISTA Hits Of The World is compiled at Billboard /London by Julie Boodhoo. 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Retailer, Hyatt Regency, Chicago. 312 -493- on hip -hop careers and demo critique session, Universal City Hilton and Towers, Hollywood. Pa- Boy, Caleb Pierce, to John Williams 8818. presented by Music Career Services, Eighth Ave. tricia Torrisi, 516 -767 -2500. and Anne Bertelsen, May 18 in Hob- MARRIAGES June 12, How To Start and Run Your Own Studios, New York. Antonia Martinez, 212 -996- oken, N.J. He is chief technician at Sky- Jon Maslansky to Helene Epstein, line Recording Studios in Manhattan. April 29 in Yonkers, N.Y. He is director of sales for Radiola/Sandy Hook Rec- Boy, Marcus deOsma, to Keith O. John- ords in Sandy Hook, Conn. SUN RA LEAVES RADIANT PROGRESSIVE JAll LEGACY son and Marcia Martin Johnson, May page 12) (Continued from 21 in San Francisco. He is recording en- DEATHS Solar -Myth Arkestra, or the In the '50s, Sun Ra assembled his spirit of jazz's classic big bands. gineer and she is marketing director for Brian Eagle, 37, after a yearlong battle Cosmo -Jet Set Arkestra) wore col- own bands. Initially, they were In that, he was instrumental in Reference Recordings. with cancer, May 27 in Toronto. Eagle orful robes, amulets, and orna- hard -bop ensembles, but they be- anticipating the work of free jazz worked at MCA Records Canada as the ments of fashion that signaled a came increasingly experimental as players like John Coltrane, Albert Girl, Alex Paige, to Wayne and Abby marketing manager for the Geffen, flamboyant dedication to Egyp- the leader sought to mine the music Ayler, Cecil Taylor, and the Art En- Chemin, May 26 in Livingston, N.J. He DGC, and GRP labels. tology and astronomy. and ancient imagery of Africa. His semble Of Chicago. At the same is Northeast regional sales director at But behind the glitter and camp cult following began here. Within a time, he emerged as a leading fig- PolyGram Label Group. Sun Ra, 79, after several months of hos- pulsed a music that was at once for- short time, he settled in Philadel- ure in jazz's repertory movement, pitalization following a stroke, May 30 ward- thinking in its sound- sculp- phia. pioneering the now- common prac- Girl, Camille Claire, to John and Ste- in Birmingham, Ala. He was a jazz com- ture approach to free improvisa- Sun Ra was among the first art- tice of acknowledging the music's phanie Lannert, May 28 in Coral Ga- poser, keyboardist, and orchestra tion and rooted in the big -band ists to document his own work reg- "tradition." bles, Fla. He is Latin American/Carib- leader. (See story, page 12.) traditions of Duke Ellington, ularly. His '50s and early -'60s re- His players, too, benefited from bean bureau chief at Billboard. Lionel Hampton, and Fletcher cordings on his own Saturn label, his tutelage. Sidemen in his groups Send information to Lifelines, c% Bill - Henderson. As a pianist he was reissued by Evidence in recent included long- standing associates Boy, Ruairi, to Kevin and Joanie Con - board, 1515 Broadway, 14th Floor, New deeply swayed by the blues and years, underscore his independence John Gilmore, Pat Patrick, and neff, June 1 in Dublin. He is vocalist/ York, N.Y. 10036 within six weeks of the swing. and self- determination, qualities Marshall Allen, as well as Charles event. He was born Herman Blount in exceedingly useful given the adven- Davis, Julian Priester, Craig Har- Birmingham in 1914. After attend- turous nature of his music. ris, Marion Brown, and Ronnie ing Alabama A &M, he made his Throughout his career, that mu- Boykins. All exhibited a fierce devo- GOOD WORKS way to Nashville, where he backed sic was, in the main, a synthesis of tion to his music and appreciation rhythm'n'blues singer Wynonie styles and idiomatic bents. Sun Ra of his originality. Harris. Following that, he moved to often merged seemingly incongru- Some Sun Ra titles still are in SPRINGSTEEN N.Y. DATES FOR For this event there will be a limited Chicago, where he worked with ous elements: Atonal improvisa- print, among them works on Black Charity: Two local charities in the New number of $1,000 silver circle tickets en- Henderson, just prior to leading the tions might be layered atop Latin Saint, ESP, and Hat Art. The Evi- York area will benefit from Bruce titling the bearer to a pre-concert recep- house band at the famed Club de dance rhythms, electronic key- dence recordings -among them Springsteen's only two U.S. perform- tion. Contact: 212-245-1818. Lisa. board timbres wed to exotic percus- "Monorails And Satellites" and ances this year, one June 24 at the sive voicings. Although startlingly "Holiday For Soul Dance" -are Brendan Byrne Arena in New Jersey SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR Syl- original, radical at times, the music particularly rich. and the other at Madison Square Gar- via: Sylvia Rhone, CEO of EastWest honored, if not summoned, the There are no survivors. den on June 26. The June 24th show, "A Records America, will receive the first FOR THE RECORD Concert To Fight Hunger," will benefit Sony Music Excellence Award honor- the Community Food Bank of New ing achievements by African-American In the June 5 issue, the act Wal- Jersey, World Hunger Year (WHY) executives in the music business, re- ter & Scotty was improperly iden- NEW COMPANIES and Food & Hunger Hotline. The June ports LeBaron Taylor Sr., VP of Sony tified in a story about Capitol Rec- 26 event will benefit a recently estab- Music Entertainment Inc. Rhone will ords. The two principal members lished charity, The Kristen Ann Carr receive the award Sunday (6) after the of Walter & Scotty are former Engel Entertainment, formed by The Arts Marketing Workshop, Fund, created earlier this year in mem- taping in Cerritos, Calif., of "Celebrate members of the Whispers. Laura Engel. A management firm formed by Eve Baruch. A marketing ory of the 21-year -old daughter of The Soul Of American Music," a nation- whose clients include film composer resource for musicians, offering Springsteen co- manager Barbara Carr ally syndicated TV special honoring Greta's bass player, mentioned Danny Elfman, Dingo Boingo, the Buck services from promotional copy to and author Dave Marsh who died on black music superstars. Proceeds will in The Eye in the May 29 issue, is Pets, Jimmie Wood, and Craig Cha- marketing plans. Free local phone Jan. 3 of sarcoma, a form of cancer that benefit Cities In Schools Inc., the na- Josh Gordon. Greta records for quico. 3236 Primera Ave., Los Angeles, consultations are available. 410 W. most often attacks children and young tion's largest nonprofit organization de- Stardog/Mercury. Calif. 90068; 213 -874 -4206. 53rd St., Suite 518, New York, N.Y. adults. The fellowship will be adminis- voted to school dropout prevention. 10019; 212-765-7960. tered by the Ti. Martell Foundation.

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INCTUUU Beating The Heat Of Recession CD -ROM Unit irIN iSr. B'buster, Wherehouse Plan Expansions In Field Of By Seth Goldstein BY EARL PAIGE base and told real estate developers at In an exclusive interview, Block- an exclusive Caesars Palace dinner buster senior VP of operations Gerry Media Vision STAYING THE COURSE: Ren- LAS VEGAS -Never mind electronic that it can put together any of "17 dif- Weber, in charge of a suite at the Las trak lays much of the blame for its delivery to the home, Blockbuster En- ferent shops" under one roof. Vegas Hilton & Convention Center BY CHRIS McGOWAN poor fiscal 1993 performance on tertainment vowed here May 15 -20 at Also in the fray was entertainment (home of the VSDA convention next pay -per-transaction difficulties the annual shopping center show that retail behemoth The Musicland Group, month), said, "We are aggressively LOS ANGELES -Media Vision, overseas. It likely won't be any bet- it wasn't about to leave the more tradi- showing off its new Media Play concept seeking 15,000- square -foot music sites, a leading manufacturer of multi- ter in the first quarter, which ends tional forms of retailing to its competi- of music, video, and books in a massive 7,000- square -foot video sites, and media computer products, has June 30, according to trade sources. tors. 50,000- square -foot superstore concept. 15,000 -square -foot [sites for the new] formed a CD -ROM publishing "The same old problem," says one, For the first time in the six years Arnie Bernstein, head of store opera- Discovery Zone." Not only has Block- arm and recruited two interactive is the lack of a steady flow of studio since it began attending the Interna- tions for the Minneapolis -based web, buster bought into Discovery Zone, a software veterans to run it. titles. Rentrak reportedly has ver- tional Council of Shopping Centers ex- was here for his first look at ICSC. children's shopping center/fitness con- Stan Cornyn, who founded bal agreements for Europe from hibition, Blockbuster set the pace as Jim Bonk, head of Camelot Music in cept, but some of its key franchisees Warner New Media, and Min Yee, four key suppliers, but "the agree- U.S. retailers seek to diversify their North Canton, Ohio, typifying the de- also are players, Weber confirmed. formerly VP of Microsoft's multi- ments don't come back signed." way out of the tenacious recession. The termination to improve on traditional 'When you look at it totally from a media division and publisher of (FoxVideo's deal doesn't include giant video chain bowed two different retailing ideas, said, "I don't think the developer's perspective, we represent Microsoft Press, will jointly head offshore retailers.) Rentrak's alter- types of stores, one of them for kids. traditional mall is going to go away, not 40,000 square feet under one roof rang- Media Vision Multimedia Publish- natives include dismantling the In similar fashion, West Coast chal- the good ones." One of the 300 Camelot ing very widely in demographics," ing. European infrastructure or, more lenger Wherehouse Entertainment an- stores offers closeouts and excess in- Weber commented. The complex in- Media Vision, the parent com- likely, staying the course. The com- nounced dramatic expansion into the ventory in an off-price center typical of cludes games and virtual reality, an- pany, is based in Fremont, Calif., pany fully expects to get studio sig- Midwest and outside its traditional the new ideas taking root. nounced recently as yet another retail and was founded in 1990. It spe- natures and ultimately "make a lot venture for Blockbuster. cializes in multimedia add -ons of money" overseas, this executive All this activity belies indications such as upgrade kits, desktop continues. Wall Street analyst John that Blockbuster has abandoned tradi- video editing systems, and sound Westergaard agrees: "I think tional retailing. Webber adds, "I was in cards. Cornyn and Yee were na- they're committed to Europe." And the drug store business when they said med executive VPs of the publish- Westergaard also believes Rentrak mail -order prescriptions were taking ing division, which will have two won't cut back on its supermarket over. Well, guess what. You can order offices, with each generating its program, another expensive devel- prescriptions by mail but it's a tiny (Continued on next page) opment. "Those commitments re- (Continued on page 62) main intact" even though "they probably cost more money than they anticipated," he adds. Wester - gaard says Rentrak is testing its black -box system, using Capital VIDEOS FORA RICHER LIFE Cities /ABC hardware, in at least a couple dozen grocery chains. "The Nightingale- Conant videos finally available reading I have is that the results to retail market - from WOOD KNAPP VIDEO. have been very promising."

CHASING CD VIDEO: U.K. - based Nimbus Technology & En- gineering is still chasing after the Nice Shirt, Guys. In top photo, Disney's Bill Mechanic and Mary Kincaid flank Hollywood deal that will give its Ingram's John Taylor as they show off their Ann Daly T-shirts during a nonworking full-motion video CDs a reason for session at the recent National Assn. of Video Distributors conference in Indian being. The last time we checked, Wells, Calif. Daly, president of Buena Vista Home Video, had starred in a Nimbus had conducted a series of magazine story extolling Disney's marketing prowess. In photo below, from left, demonstrations for Hollywood ex- are Tony Dalesandro of M.S. Distributing and Mark Engel, NAVD executive ecutives (Billboard, March 27). So director. The association celebrated its 10th anniversary with a strong turnout, far, so good, says communications although distributors still suffer declining profits. manager Philip Moss. "We've received footage from the majority of studios" that will be transferred to CDs in England and sent back to the states for evaluation. Since the Nimbus project is still limited to 79 minutes of running time, too short for most features, the company has also gone after nontheatrical programming from other sources, WK1122 including key U.K. retailers that W K1124 WK1123 have their own libraries, Moss Distributed by claims. Nimbus managing director Adrian Farmer will be demon- ood Knapp Video the system at the July 11- strating The Special Interest Studio 14 VSDA conference in Las Vegas, 5900 Wilshire Boulevard - Los Angeles, CA 90036 800 -521 -2666 ( Continued on page 66)

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ïr COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF Heritage Tapes Offer Homespun Wisdom U 2 RETAIL STORE SALES REPORTS. u, U w < ° v o mä Bluegrass, Banjo Masters Play Tunes, Talk Styles vi TITLE .- Á Ñ a Copyright Owner, Manufacturer, Catalog Number is ' BY JIM BESSMAN "Bill and Ralph teach their styles teemed solo artist, learned his style and play tunes, but they also talk from one of its pioneers -his father * * * No. 1 * * * NEW YORK- Homespun Tapes, about their backgrounds and how Santiago Jimenez. PINOCCHIO 1 1 188 1940 24.99 the 26- year -old music instructional they themselves learned," says "It's another instance of taking an Walt Disney Home Video 239 video and audio cassette supplier op- Happy Traum. "Bill just celebrated American heritage- border music - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 2 2 31 1991 24.99 erated by folk guitarist Happy his 50th year at the Grand Ole Opry, and trying to show the roots and pre- Walt Disney Home Video 1325 Traum and his wife Jane Traum, is and Ralph's been around just as serve it as much as possible, and DISNEY'S SING ALONG SONGS: FRIEND LIKE ME 3 7 3 1993 1299 branching out slightly from its teach- long, so we've tried to coax as much teach it," says Traum of the Jimenez Walt Disney Home Video 1730 ing function with the launch of its out of them as possible, because it's program. "We want to keep the tra- BARNEY IN CONCERT 4 4 15 1992 14.95 new "Heritage Series" videos. just as important to learn about dition and carry on the music: If it's The Lyons Group Designed to instruct as well as to them and their music as their styles. not played, we'll lose out." LITTLE NEMO: ADVENTURES IN SLUMBERLAND 5 3 13 1992 24.95 preserve the legacy of great tradi- We got Ralph telling Mike about the The initial 90- minute Heritage ti- Hemdale Pictures Corp. /Hemdale Home Video 7140 music masters, the first he learned from his tles are the first fruits of a two -year 101 DALMATIANS tional American tune 6 5 59 1961 24.99 first Heritage titles involve the blue- mother, and Bill talking about how collaboration between the Wood- Walt Disney Home Video 1263 BARNEY'S MAGICAL MUSICAL ADVENTURE grass legends Bill Monroe and Ralph he learned from his Uncle Pen, stock, N.Y. -based Homespun and 1 6 15 1992 14.95 Stanley. "The Mandolin Of Bill Mon- whom he later immortalized in the the Smithsonian Institution's Smith- The Lyons Group 98091 8 8 7 BARNEY'S BEST MANNERS roe" is a two -volume entry, the first classic song `Uncle Pen.' So you get sonian/Folkways Recordings. The 1993 14.95 hosted by John Hartford and featur- a lot of history as well as perform- previously released "Doc's Guitar - The Lyons Group 99021 BARNEY'S BIRTHDAY ing Monroe's band the Blue Grass ance and playing, and it's entertain- Fingerpicking And Flatpicking 9 12 P1 1992 14.95 Boys, the second offering a detailed ing as well as instructional." Taught By Doc Watson" was the The Lyons Group 99011 THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD analysis of Monroe's style by stellar A third Heritage tape, focusing on first co- production resulting from 10 10 7 1993 12.98 MCA/Universal Home Video 80929 picker Sam Bush. "The Banjo Of the Tex -Mex accordion of Flaco Ji- the relationship, which continues this ROCK WITH BARNEY Ralph Stanley" is hosted by Mike menez, has just been completed in summer with two videos, "Tradi- 11 9 21 1992 14.95 Seeger and also stars Stanley's Texas. Jimenez, a member of the tional Guitar Styles" and "Tradi- The Lyons Group 98081 X -MEN: DEADLY REUNIONS Clinch Mountain Boys. Texas Tornadoes as well as an es- tional Banjo Styles," co- produced at 12 11 5 1993 9.95 the annual Merle Watson Memorial PolyGram Video 4400866613 X -MEN: ENTER MAGNETO Festival in North Carolina. Both are 13 14 5 1993 9.95 instructional, with Mike Seeger as- PolyGram Video 4400866593 BARNEY'S THREE WISHES sisting the old -time pickers in relat- 14 24 19 1992 14.95 ing their skills to video students. The Lyons Group ARIEL'S UNDERSEA ADVENTURES: VOL. 1 Besides the ongoing Heritage Se- 15 16 13 1993 12.99 Walt Disney Home Video ries, Homsepun continues its regular THE JUNGLE BOOK a new op- 16 17 109 1967 2499 output, and has title at the Walt Disney Home Video 1122 posite end of the musical spectrum. BARNEY: CAMPFIRE SING -A -LONG 17 19 11 1992 14.95 "Jack DeJohnette Teaches Musical The Lyons Group 98051 Expression On the Drum Set" marks PETER, PAUL & MOMMY TOO 18 22 5 1993 14.98 a major move into modern jazz, Warner Reprise Video 3 -38339 though Homespun has previous jazz DUMBO 19 21 402 1941 2499 piano videos from Warren Bern- Walt Disney Home Video 24 hardt and Andy LaVerne. "Jazz is as THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE 20 15 45 1986 24.99 valid an American artform as banjo Walt Disney Home Video 1360 and mandolin playing, so we're going BARNEY GOES TO SCHOOL 21 13 19 1992 14.95 in that direction, too," says Traum. The Lyons Group 98061 Homespun, meanwhile, re- just ALICE IN WONDERLAND new fiddle style instruc- 22 20 343 1951 24.99 Homespun Tapes' guitarist Happy Traum and wife Jane Traum have developed leased three Walt Disney Home Video 36 Kevin instructional cassettes featuring bluegrass masters Bill tionals featuring Burke BILLY BUNNY'S ANIMAL SONGS a tuneful business selling 23 NEW 1993 1299 Monroe and Ralph Stanley and drummer Levon Helm of the Band. (Irish), Michael Doucet (Cajun), and Jim Henson Video (Continued on page 66) THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER 24 23 89 1991 24.99 Walt Disney Home Video 1142 THE RESCUERS 25 18 37 1977 2499 Walt Disney Home Video 1399 NEW CD -ROM UNIT IN FIELD OF MEDIA VISION ITA gold certificaton for a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for (Continued from preceding page) heatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested re ail for nontheatrical titles. OITA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume own CD -ROM programs. Cornyn will Warner Bros. Records for three dec- founded and chaired the Microsoft In- of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at least, 50,000 units and $2 million run one office in Westlake, Calif., ades beginning in 1959, and founded ternational Conference on CD -ROM at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. © 1993, Billboard/BPI Communications. while Yee will work out of Bellevue, Warner New Media in 1985. The divi- and Multimedia (now called Interme- Wash. "We will artistically run our sion was at the forefront of releasing dia) for six years. own shows, each in charge of differ- CD +G (CD +Graphics) titles, and de- Media Vision coaxed Cornyn back ent titles," says Cornyn. buted its first CD -ROM- "The Magic into the multimedia business world by Cornyn was an executive with Flute " -in 1989. Since then, Warner "making an offer I couldn't refuse," New Media has released a number of he says. "I spent a long time being seminal CD -ROM titles for Macin- like [Warner Bros. Records execu- e\'n6H/er5 .-b oolays CrTic,al manAteo ring tosh and IBM -compatible computers. tive] Mo Austin and what I really Many have been based on classical wanted was to be like Paul Simon. I QuestonqD on ockage design GO AHEAD music works, while others have been wanted to be an artist, a title maker. tied to content from Time -Warner's Media Vision said I could stay in dupliArsTC\reAvliCal-06 o oarcoding 1111111 USE US ... publishing entities, such as Time and Westlake and make high quality titles Sports Illustrated magazines. Cornyn with original content, rather than re- eQuiprri2rtand MAKE retired from Warner New Media in purposing stuff from other places and shfil*wrapping 1992. making adaptations." While with Microsoft, Min Yee was Cornyn anticipates Media Vision's &'Jewel boy supplier6 THAT MOVE involved in establishing the MPC first titles will appear in late 1993 or blank-tpeC (Multimedia PC) standard, which is early '94, and will be released for THE CALL'S based on Microsoft's Windows soft- Macintosh and MPC, then launched ware. Introduced in late 1991, MPC in versions for other CD -ROM for- Get Billboard's 1993 ON ME... gave a big push to the adoption of mats as the installed bases of such multimedia by mainstream personal "platforms" as Sega, Sony MMCD, TAPE /DISC DIRECTORY computer companies. 3D0, Tandy VIS, and Philips CD -I TOLL FREE! Yee also acquired, on behalf of Mi- grow sufficiently large. crosoft, a number of book publishing "Min Yee and Stan Cornyn are For fastest service call (800) 223-7524, in NY (212) 536 -5174 BILLBOARD CLASSIFIED Or (800) 344 -7119, in NJ (908) 363 -4156 companies and their information as- leading pioneers in multimedia com- Or send check /money order for $40 plus $3 S8H ($8 for 1-800-223-7524 sets, and used these to create multi- puting. Together, we plan to move the international orders) w/this ad to: 212- 536 -5174 Billboard Directories, PO Box 2016, Lakewood NJ 08701. media titles. He led the teams that state of multimedia forward," says Add appropriate sales tax in NJ,NY, CA,TN, MA, IL, PA 8 DC. Jeff Serrette produced the MPC CD -ROM titles Paul Jain, president and CEO of Me- BDDD3033 "Cinemania" and "Encarta." Yee also dia Vision.

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2 2 31 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Walt Disney Home Video 1325 Animated 1991 G 24.99 IIRST TIME ON VIDEO! DISNEY'S SING ALONG SONGS: 3 3 4 Walt Disney Home Video 1845 Animated 1993 NR 12.99 6 FRIEND LIKE ME ,,,R Joanne Woodward stars as a withdrawn housewife a PLAYBOY CELEBRITY CENTERFOLD: Playboy Home Video 4 4 11 Jessica Hahn 1993 NR 19.95 Vr_ (lt who has multiple- perso.ailies and doesn't even JESSICA HAHN Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0729 PLAYBOY PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR Playboy Home Video 13 know it. Lased on a true story, this "intriguing... 5 5 2 Anna Nicole Smith 1993 NR 1395 1993 Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0734 provocative" psychological drama explores the GoodTimes Home Video John Wayne 6 6 6 MCLINTOCK! 1963 NR 19.98 MPI Home Video 6022 Maureen O'Hara dimensions of the hun ar- mind.

8 8 BARNEY'S BEST MANNERS The Lyons Group 99021 Various Artists 1993 NR 14.95 1957 ACADEMY AWARD" WINNER!

8 9 60 101 DALMATIANS Walt Disney Home Video 1263 Animated 1961 G 2439 Best NctrasJoanne Woodward

Orion Pictures 9 7 16 DANCES WITH WOLVES Kevin Costner 1990 PG -13 1438 Orion Home Video 8786 THE FREDDY MERCURY TRIBUTE 10 14 5 Hollywood Records Music Video 1 780 Various Artists 1993 NR 19 99 CONCERT

PENTHOUSE: THE ALL -PET Penthouse Video 11 11 5 Various Artists 1993 NR 1938 WORKOUT A *Vision Entertainment 50370 -3 BARNEY'S MAGICAL MUSICAL 12 10 15 The Lyons Group 98091 Various Artists 1992 NR 1435 ADVENTURE

13 12 17 BARNEY IN CONCERT The Lyons Group Various Artists 1992 NR 1435

Zoo Records 14 20 14 GREEN JELLY: CEREAL KILLER Green Jelly 1993 NR 16.98 BMG Video 11036 Playboy Home Video 15 28 3 PLAYBOY: EROTIC FANTASIES III Various Artists 1993 NR 1935 Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0735 BLADE RUNNER: THE DIRECTOR'S The Ladd Company Harrison Ford 16 RE -ENTRY 1982 R 3939 CUT Warner Home Video 12682 Sean Young PLAYBOY 1993 VIDEO PLAYMATE Playboy Home Video 11 15 3 Various Artists 1993 NR 19.95 REVIEW Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0736 LITTLE NEMO: ADVENTURES IN Hemdale Pictures Corp. 18 13 13 Animated 1992 G 24.95 SLUMBERLAND Hemdale Home Video 7140 Penthouse Video 19 31 5 PENTHOUSE: SATIN & LACE II Various Artists 1993 NR 19.98 A *Vision Entertainment 50371 -3 Fried Green Tomatoes Productions Kathy Bates 20 18 16 FRIED GREEN TOMATOES 1991 PG-I3 19.98 MCA/Universal Home Video 81228 Jessica Tandy

21 22 9 COUNTRY LINE DANCING Quality Video, Inc. 60053 Diane Homer 1992 NR 939

22 29 15 ROCK WITH BARNEY The Lyons Group 98081 Various Artists 1992 NR 14.95

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24 17 81 THE JUNGLE BOOK Walt Disney Home Video 0602 Animated 1967 G 24.99

PLAYBOY: 101 WAYS TO EXCITE Playboy Home Video 25 40 11 Various Artists 1993 NR 2935 YOUR LOVER Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0711 PLAYBOY: INTERNATIONAL Playboy Home Video 26 21 11 Various Artists 1993 NR 19.95 PLAYMATES Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0730 Patty Duke 27 VALLEY OF THE DOLLS FoxVideo 1047 1967 PG 19.98 NEW Sharon Tate

28 34 16 BARNEY GOES TO SCHOOL The Lyons Group 98061 Various Artists 1992 NR 1435

CINDY CRAWFORD /SHAPE YOUR 29 26 34 GoodTimes Home Video 7032 Cindy Crawford 1992 NR 19.99 BODY WORKOUT Playboy Home Video 30 27 17 PLAYBOY: SEXY LINGERIE V Various Artists 1993 NR 19.95 Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0727

Penthouse Video 31 32 5 PENTHOUSE: KAMA SUTRA Various Artists 1993 NR 29.98 A *Vision Entertainment 50686 -3 Paramount Pictures Mike Myers 32 39 31 WAYNE'S WORLD 1992 PG-13 2495 Paramount Home Video 32706 Dana Carvey SUGGESTED RETAIL NICE: PERFECT 33 19 13 LIVE: RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. Warner Reprise Video 3 -38290 Van Halen 1993 NR 29.98 FOR RENTAL LOOK FOR 34 36 17 SWEATIN' TO THE OLDIES 2 GoodTimes Home Video 9304 Richard Simmons 1993 NR 19.99 A NEW 98* OR STUDIO CLASSIC Touchstone Pictures Whoopi Goldberg SELL 35 25 29 SISTER ACT 1992 PG 1939 ON THE FIRST Touchstone Home Video 1452 Harvey Keitel slq THROUGH! WEDNESDAY OF Carolco Home Video Michael Douglas EACH MONTH 36 38 6 BASIC INSTINCT (DIRECTOR'S CUT) 1992 NR 49.98 Live Home Video 69015 Sharon Stone [CH CATAU1c #1413 Dolly Read 31 NEW BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS FoxVideo 1 101 1970 NC -17 1938 Edy Williams DEALER O iIIER DATE: JUNE I I, 1993 STIEll IIATE: JULY 7, 1993

Miramar Images Inc. Twentet3 Century Fox Presents THE THREE FACES OF EVE 38 35 26 BEYOND THE MIND'S EYE Jan Hammer 1992 NR 19.98 BMG Video 7233380018 -3 Starrir K OANNE WOODWARD DAVD WV* LEE J. COBB SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S 1993 Kathy Ireland Edwin Jerome Alem Mum Nancy Kulp Douglas Spencer -eery Ann Ross Ken Scott Mimi Gibson 39 30 14 HBO Video 90847 1993 NR 12.95 SWIMSUIT VIDEO Rachel Hunter ProLuced 134 Directed from His Screenplay Iy 1LNNALLY JOHNSON 20 A CiilemaScop& Piaule 40 NEW PAULA ABDUL: UNDER MY SPELL PolyGram Video 4400865233 Paula Abdul 1993 NR 1435 ©I:" Txentieth Centuw Fos Film Corpratior. ©Renewed 1916 NOT 11141-IÎ); Lrealieth Cenlurc Fo: Film Corporaticn. All Riglb Reserved. RIAA gold cert. fo sales of 50,000 units or $1 million in sales at suggested retail. RIAA platinum cert. for sales of 100,000 units or $2 million in sales at 'S24.9.4 Lu:ulu. lr_. Paiden" and Twentieth Cowry Fos" and aheirirgw am trademarks of tsuntiedt Lemur, Lv film sugges ed retail. CITA gold certification for a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 Corporation. .Acaderm.\sert and 04ar are the registered ra h:m rks and smice rwLr dthe.lcadtml of Notion Picture 'nr and Sima:. units and $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. O ITA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at least, 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. CO 1993, Billboard /BPI Communications.

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ABC's `Palms' Direct -Response Campaign A (Virtual) Reality BY CRAIG ROSEN marks the first time the company has The soundtrack album was released soundtracks directly to the network. The Capitol soundtrack features offered an album for sale through an April 20 for $15.98 on CD and $10.98 on "That's the great thing about it," Mann original score music composed by LOS ANGELES -Hoping to generate 800 number. cassette. adds. "They will call us and tell us what Ryuichi Sakamoto, as well as such sales from Oliver Stone's much bally- During the May 15 -19 broadcasts of According to Capitol senior VP of they need to buy, so there won't be any rock'n'roll classics as the Zombies' hooed "event series," "Wild Palms," the series on ABC, 10- second spots for sales Lou Maim, ABC approached the returns. We will just fill the orders." "She's Not There" and Frankie Valli's Capital Cities/ABC has offered the Ca- the Capitol soundtrack album were label about offering the soundtrack According to Pamela Dill of Capital "Can't Take My Eyes Off You." pitol Records soundtrack and ABC aired before the closing credits. In ad- through the direct-response TV cam- Cities/ABC Video Publishing, the net- On two occasions, ABC has offered Video release of the series to viewers dition, the network ran 30-second spots paign. "They wanted to see if the con- work "recognized an opportunity and home videos for sale through an 800 with a direct -response TV advertising for the soundtrack in overnights. sumers watching the program would decided to take advantage of it." Al- number relating to topics featured on campaign. Following the May 19 finale, ABC pick up the phone right on the spot and though Dill would not release specific "Good Morning, America." Those titles While ABC has offered video re- ran a similar spot for the two-cassette respond to the music," he says. sales figures, she says the response has were available only through the direct - leases through direct -response adver- release of the series on its own ABC Since ABC is operating the fulfill- "been very positive, and we expect to response offer. tising on two previous occasions, this Video imprint, due in August at $99.98. ment center, Capitol is selling the do «'ell on the project." I

ABC Videos "Wild Palms" takes its name from this tattoo blowing in the wind. The two- cassette miniseries, produced by Oliver Stone, arrives in early August, in time to stir the dog days of summer rentals.

BEATING RECESSION (Contra ued from page 59) portion of the business because people want to go in and talk to the pharma- cist, to see a real person, so likewise there will always be a retail business." Weber also squelched a persistent rumor that Blockbuster is about to close a deal on acquiring the Super Club chain of music and video stores owned by Philips, a Blockbuster investor. "This is cyclical and comes around every six months or so," he said. 'We remain interested if Philips is serious about dealing the chain, but we have nothing in the works right now." Also fending off inquiries, Where- house refuses comment on its plans to leap into the international scene through a merger deal with Televise, the leading video chain in Mexico. "They're more than a retail chain," said Weber, acknowledging Blockbuster's interest as well. "In fact, we're a customer of theirs because they serve as a distributor down there, though they happen to have around 300 stores, very small ones." What Wherehouse does hint at, though in vague terms, is an interest in going beyond retail, according to chair- 0 man Scott Young, who said in a speech that `eve will be a player in both direc- President of the Suncoast Motion tions." He was describing how enter- 1 ISSUEDATE: JULY 10 tainment suppliers are now "moving Picture Company, his success and down into our retail channels." Developers, of course, are upbeat remarkable contributions to the about retail innovation, according to ADCLOSE: JUNE 15 Ray Walton, senior VP of leasing for video & home entertainment General Growth, a Minneapolis firm with 77 properties in more than 30 industries are exemplary. Please states. "The music and video chains Jodie LeVitus have been about the best in moderniz- join Billboard in a tribute to this ing. Going back 10 years, about all they (213) 525 -2304 were doing is putting up a rectangular outstanding man, in Billboard's Norm Berkowitz box with a strip of chase lights down the ceiling. Now that you have all this Pre -VSDA special. (212) 536 -5016 neon and video, they're exciting stores."

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B'buster U.K. Renting Sega Paramount Bows First Interactive Title July Ship Date For Children's Busytown' CD-ROM May Expand To Other Euro Sites BY JIM McCULLAUGH 3 to 7 to explore, will be shipped in Initial distribution of product will BY DOMINIC PRIDE At the launch here, Blockbuster in- July to "superstores, computer soft- be through Prentice Hall Computer ternational VP Gerry Geddiscom- LOS ANGELES -Paramount In- ware and video speciality stores, of- Publishing, a Paramount Publishing LONDON -Blockbuster Entertain- mented, "It's been our experience teractive's first title will be "Busy - fice warehouse, and consumer elec- unit that sells into 5,000 PC outlets. ment says the U.K. games market that rental allows customers to try town," a CD -ROM multimedia pro- tronics outlets" in the U.S., However, Paramount Interactive will receive a boost from its decision out games first. Eighty percent of gram. according to Paramount Technology also plans to market software to rent Sega video games (Billboard, games purchased have been previ- The new wing of Paramount Com- Group president Keith Schaefer. through Paramount Home Video, May 29). But Sega says the venture ously rented by that customer." munications' Technology Group for- Suggested retail price will be $59.95. which reaches some 40,000 outlets, does not presage continental Euro- Yet Nick Alexander, CEO of Sega mally introduced the product to the The Macintosh version arrives in and through Paramount Publish- pean expansion of the scheme. Europe, ruled out quick expansion trade at the June 4 -6 Consumer August. ing's consumer group, shipping to Some 160 Blockbuster and Ritz onto the Continent, despite lackluster Electronics Show in Chicago, heav- Later, Schaefer says, Paramount 20,000 book accounts. Video stores already have started to sales of video games there and Block- ily slanted toward multimedia. plans to introduce a "Star Trek: Paramount Home Video recently rent out Sega games, with all 810 out- buster's 50% stake in Virgin Retail Avail2ble for MS -DOS as well as Deep Space Nine" computer game, struck a deal to distribute the lets due to come on stream by the fall. Europe. (Billboard, Nov. 27, 1992). the Macintosh platform, the title is as well as "Lenny's Room," an inter- "Game Genie," a video game en- Overnight rental will cost two pounds "Copyright laws there are differ- based on the works of acclaimed active animated musical adventure hancing device made by Lewis Ga- (about $3). ent, and rental stores have a different children's author Richard Scarry. in which children compose songs loob Toys, exclusively to specialty

Both partners say the move is image. In Germany they . tend to be Paramount Communications holds and learn the dynamics of music stores. likely to encourage sales and help cut associated with the sex industry. exclusive worldwide rights to de- through animation. losses due to illegal renting. Some Family and children don't tend to go velop the works of Scarry for mov- 600 independent video stores are into them," Alexander notes. "France ies, TV, merchandise, promotions, renting games legally, but others also has video rental but at a lower level and theme parks. JVC FILES SUIT AGAINST DUPLICATOR are renting without the publisher's than [in the U.K.], which is the home The MS -DOS version of "Busy - (Continued from page 6) permission. of video rental." town," featuring 12 "playground" adventures that allow children ages says New York-based cosultant Larry Shulman expects to refile a revised set Finley, who pursues JVC licenses in of claims that will further detail how the U.S. He would not release a figure. JVC attempts to control duplication. The action, set in New Jersey where Diamond elected not to pay. With Diamond has offices, caught the dupli- patents being disputed, `ve had a dif- Billboard. FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1993 cator by surprise, according to Dia- ference of opinion on royalties, and we mond attorney Steve Siglin. He said he didn't amicably work it out," Siglin learned of the suit during a May 26 in- comments. terview with Billboard. He said he The company doesn't have much to Special Interest Video Sales. would need a week to "figure out a re- say to anyone about its role in the busi- Top sponse," once he had received a copy. ness. Diamond joined the recently

Compiled from a national sample of retail Compiled from a national sample of retail JVC's move is related to the battle formed American Video Duplication o o sales reports. store sales reports. (.ï store against Vaughn, which disputed the va- Assn., but "I had never heard of them W z Y W z C o1- occ lidity of the Japanese consumer elec- until they applied for membership," 3 vi La' m Q TITLE 3 TITLE m« tronics giant's patents. That challenge, says AVDA president Bill Schubart, 3Ú Program Supplier, Catalog Number - Program Supplier, Catalog Number Ñ and a Vaughn countersuit alleging anti- principal owner of Resolution Inc. in trust violations, prompted a half -dozen South Burlington, Vt. Diamond execu- RECREATIONAL SPORTS,. HEALTH AND FITNESSTM licensed duplicators to mull the possi- tives, including chairman James Lu, bility of suspending payments. JVC re- president Tom Cheng, and VP Edward ** No.1 ** * * NO. 1 * * sponded in writing, and five have since Winters, did not return repeated phone 1 33 CINDY CRAWFORD YOUR BODY 1 9 3 NBA JAM SESSION 1498 1 /SHAPE 19.99 paid in full, says Finley.' We're vigor- calls. FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 5559 WORKOUT GoodTimes Home Video 7032 ously going after these people," he According to Corbell Publishing's MICHAEL JORDAN: AIR TIME CHERFITNESS: BODY CONFIDENCE adds. Enforcement "is really tough." 1992 Video Duplication Directory, Dia- 2 13 19.98 2 2 29 19.98 FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 5770 FoxVideo (CBS/Fox) 2577 Finley, meanwhile, has worked mond has annual sales of $13 million, THE SECRET NBA STEP REEBOK: THE VIDEO things out with WRS in Pittsburgh, unit volume of 8 million cassettes, 150 3 2 15 14.98 3 3 41 29.95 FoxVideo (CBS/Fox) 5789 PolyGram Video 0847853 which has agreed to take a license, employees, 3,000 slave VCRs, and Sony FOOTBALL FOLLIES BUNS OF STEEL WITH GREG SMITHEY in for high-speed dubbing. Un- 4 6 64 19.95 4 5 111 9.99 pending approval of the contract Ja- Sprinters PolyGram Video The Maier Group TMG111 pan, and awaits Vaughn's next move af- like most duplicators, Diamond has its MAGIC JOHNSON: ALWAYS SHOWTIME ABS OF STEEL 2 WITH TAMILEE WEBB 19.98 59 9.99 ter the Minneapolis court threw out the own label, offering budget tapes that 5 7 83 5 9 The Maier Group TMG133 FoxVideo (CBS/Fox) 3189 countersuit. Vaughn attorney Dan retail for less than $10. MICHAEL JORDAN'S PLAYGROUND CHERFITNESS: A NEW ATTITUDE 18 119 19.98 4 75 19.98 6 FoxVideo (CBS/Fox) 2858 6 FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 2576 SUPER SLAMS OF THE NBA RICHARD SIMMONS: SWEATIN' TO THE 74 14.98 7 17 19.99 7 3 FoxVideo (CBS/Fox) 3244 7 OLDIES 2 GoodTimes Home Video 9304 BASSIN DISTRIBUTORS IS YOUR NBA AWESOME ENDINGS KATHY SMITH'S STEP WORKOUT 14.98 10 49 19.98 8 10 62 8 FoxVideo (Media) M032901 Music Videos FoxVideo (CBS/Fox) 2422 The Largest ( HEAD WWF: WRESTLING'S GREATEST MATCHES BUNS OF STEEL 3 WITH TAMILEE WEBB wu4 Exercise 9.95 6 71 9.99 Q`S 9 Coliseum Video WS921 9 The Maier Group TMG 131 Laser Disc Kids Stuff THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR BUNS OF STEEL 7 WITH TAMILEE WEBB I NEW 9.95 10 17 3 9.95 Selection 4s, , 10 Coliseum Video WS923 The Maier Group TMG 159 I .1. Movies & "F > 7 LARRY BIRD: A BASKETBALL LEGEND ABS OF STEEL WITH TAMILEE WEBB Bar None! 15 81 19.98 8 59 9.99 Much More! 11 FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 3191 11 The Maier Group TMG 132 We can fill your r NBA DREAM TEAM THIGHS OF STEEL needs! 15959 KW. 15 Ave. 5 49 14.98 12 12 3 9.95 special order 12 FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 5616 The Maier Group TMG158 Miami, Florida 33169 THE IMMORTAL HULK HOGAN DIXIE CARTER'S UNWORKOUT %\ ì, 13 RE-ENTRY 9.95 13 11 21 19.98 Call fora free Coliseum Video WS918 MCA /Universal Home Video 81416 ssin I i 3 catalog, ask for Dwight PRO FOOTBALL'S HOTTEST CHEERLEADERS RICHARD SIMMONS: SWEATIN' TO THE 14 11 25 19.95 14 18 143 19.98 ISTRIBUTORS ...,>W::-:: PolyGram Video 4400854853 OLDIES 0 Warner Home Video 616 TOLL FREE: 800- 329 -7664 FAX: 30S-620-22116 NBA SUPERSTARS 2 BUNS OF STEEL 4 WITH TAMILEE WEBB 47 16.98 16 39 9.99 15 8 FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 5558 15 The Maier Group TMG137 WWF WORLD TOUR LEGS OF STEEL WITH TAMILEE WEBB 9.95 14 19 9.95 16 NEWT Coliseum Video WS920 16 The Maier Group TMG 141 MICHAEL JORDAN: COME FLY WITH ME JANE FONDA'S LOWER BODY SOLUTION a BILLBOARD Reader 16 186 19.98 17 RE-ENTRY 19.97 Are You 17 FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 2173 A'Vision Entertainment 655 on the Move? HIDDEN NFL II: THE LOCKER ROOM TAPES ARMS AND ABS OF STEEL 12 25 19.95 18 13 11 9.95 18 PolyGram Video 4400854973 The Maier Group TMG 142 To change your address, just call WRESTLEMANIA IX BEGINNING CALLANETICS O BILLBOARD'S Subscription Department at 4 59.95 RE-ENTRY 24.95 19 5 Coliseum Video WF113 19 MCA /Universal Home Video 80892 800 -669 -1002 NBA SHOWMEN: THE SPECTACULAR GUARDS CORY EVERSON'S TOTAL BODY WORKOUT 20 20 14.98 20 19 13 19.95 20 FoxVideo (CBS /Fox) 2383 Barr Entertainment 60006 or 614- 382 -3322 ITA gold certification for sale of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million a retail for heat ically released programs, 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. O ITA platinum certification for sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or 50,000 units or $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. © 1993 Billboard /BPI Communications.

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Vid Game Manufacturers COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF RETAIL STORE RENTAL REPORTS. ce w x w W z In Ratings 3 3 o v Rental, Clash d N 3'o Copyright Owner, Principal Ä 5 Manufacturer, Catalog Number Performers >cc z NINTENDO VS. SEGA: For a lines. Nintendo says research indi- TITLE* * * No. 1 * * * moment it looked like Nintendo cates 70% of video game software Warner Bros. Inc. 1 1 1 PASSENGER 57 Wesey Snipes 1992 R and Sega, the two intensely com- is purchased by players under the Warner Home Video 12569 of 15. petitive video games manufactur- age Hollywood Pictures 2 3 3 THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN Eddie Murphy 1992 R ers, might square off at the Video Hollywood Home Video 1716 Software Dealers Assn. conven- ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE: Warner Bros. Inc. 3 2 8 UNDER SIEGE Steven Seagal 1992 R tion, July 11 -14 in Las Vegas. Nintendo is coping with its own Warner Home Video 12420 The face -off would have oc- negative press lately in the wake Hollywood Pictures Kevin Kline 4 4 8 CONSENTING ADULTS 1992 R curred in an innovative exhibit be- of a new book authored by David Hollywood Home Video 1523 Mary Mastrantonio ing erected to show off all the new Sheff called "Game Over: How Universal City Studios Bill Paxton 5 5 3 TRESPASS 1992 R video store bells and whistles, ac- Nintendo Zapped An American In- MCA/Universal Home Video 81218 Ice -T cording to Dawn Wiener, conven- dustry, Captured Your Dollars, 6 7 6 THE MIGHTY DUCKS Walt tion chairperson. And Enslaved Your Children." Disney Home Video 1585 Emilio Estevez 1992 PG "We will have Sega, but we Random House claims it's sell- Dustin Hoffman 7 6 6 HERO Columbia TriStar Home Video 51563 1992 PG-13 won't have Nintendo direct. We ing well. Nintendo's law firm re- Geena Davis thought we portedly New Line Home Video Tim Robbins 8 8 8 THE PLAYER 1992 R had them and bought 300 co- Columbia TriStar Home Video 75833 Greta Scacchi Craig Sheffer then the nego- pies, while 9 NEW O. A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT Columbia TriStar Home Video 51573 1992 PG tiations broke Nintendo itself Brad Pitt Paramount Pictures down," Wiener called Random 10 9 4 SCHOOL TIES Brendan Fraser 1992 PG -13 says. Spokes- House's order Paramount Home Video 32290 people at Nin- department to Alec Baldwin 11 NEW ill. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS Live Home Video 69921 1992 R tendo were un- by Earl Paige request 100 Al Pacino Harvey Keitel able to more. 12 12 8 RESERVOIR DOGS Live Home Video 68993 1992 R elaborate. Tim Roth Daniel Day -Lewis Nintendo has never exhibited at WAYNE'S WORLD: At night, 13 i0 12 THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS FoxVideo 1986 1992 R a VSDA convention, claiming that the 15,000- square -foot Video Un- Madeleine Stowe Universal City Studios Robert Redford it is part of the company's anti - limited in Aurora, Colo., looks less 14 11 14 SNEAKERS 1992 R MCA/Universal Home Video 81276 Dan Aykroyd rental stance, a position various in- like a video store and more like a Tim Robbins 15 14 4 BOB ROBERTS Live Home Video 69898 1992 R dustry observers believe is soften- spaceship that has somehow Giancarlo Esposito ing. landed in the middle of a large Touchstone Pictures Kurt Russell 16 15 9 CAPTAIN RON 1992 PG -13 As it stands, VSDA's exhibit will shopping center near the Denver Touchstone Home Video 1586 Martin Short be 4,000- airport. a square -foot futuristic Largo Entertainment 17 13 4 DR. GIGGLES Larry Drake 1991 R look "at all the technology that's The odd effect comes from a row MCNUniversal Home Video 81422 going to be impacting us," says of second -story windows aglow in Tom Hanks 18 16 15 A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN Columbia TriStar Home Video 51223 -5 1992 PG Wiener, co -owner of Austin, blue spanning the building. It's Geena Davis Texas -based chain Home Video also the pride and joy of owner Dimension Terry Farrell 19 NEW HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH 1992 NR Plus Music/Discount Entertain- Wayne Bailey, who is happy with Paramount Home Video 15162 Paula Marshall ment. the spaceship notion. Touchstone Pictures 20 21 3 THE GUN IN BETTY LOU'S HANDBAG Penelope Ann Miller 1992 PG -13 Nintendo is Wiener's one major Many will consider the meta- Touchstone Home Video 1463 disappointment, she contends, phor especially apt in that Bailey is Miramax Films Miranda Richardson 21 17 4 ENCHANTED APRIL 1992 PG boasting that vendors have "re- regarded an eccentric for some of Paramount Home Video 15114 Joan Plowright sponded to the point where we his ideas and his wild enthusiasm Warwick Davis 22 18 4 LEPRECHAUN Vidmark Entertainment VM5503 1992 R changed the whole direction of the about the business. But he merely Jennifer Aniston exhibit," once billed as "the store shrugs off all the criticism and con- Virginia Madsen 23 19 10 CANDYMAN Columbia TriStar Home Video 9463 -5 1992 R of the future." troversy that revolves around his Tony Todd Now it's being called the "Vir- organization of the curiously Universal City Studios Joe Pesci 24 24 6 THE PUBLIC EYE 1992 R tual Video Store and Multi-Media monikered Laennec Group (na- MCNUniversal Home Video 81284 Barbara Hershey Pavilion," encompassing various med for the French inventor of the Warner Bros. Inc. Campbell Scott 25 22 10 SINGLES 1992 PG -13 interactive configurations. stethoscope). Warner Home Video 12410 Bridget Fonda Paramount Pictures Edward Furlong Criticism is especially pointed 26 23 5 PET SEMATARY TWO 1992 R MORE GAME WARS: The now that the registration for the Paramount Home Video 32747 Anthony Edwards New Line Home Video James Caan game giants got into a real war next Laennec meeting, June 13 -14, 27 20 14 HONEYMOON IN VEGAS 1992 PG -13 when Sega announced the institu- near the Dallas /Ft. Worth airport, Columbia TriStar Home Video Nicholas Cage Robert De Niro tion of a rating system for its video is $500, considerably above the one 28 28 5 NIGHT AND THE CITY FoxVideo 1987 1992 R Jessica Lange games (Billboard, June 5). Sega held recently in Colorado. Kurt Russell to label "GA" for gen- is run," 29 33 16 UNLAWFUL ENTRY FoxVideo 1977 1992 R wants games "Laennec participant- Ray Liotta eral audiences; "MA -13" for ma- Bailey says, insisting that he does Playboy Home Video Barbara Alyn Woods 30 30 6 EDEN 1993 NR ture audiences (parental discretion not stand to gain financially and Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0910 Jack Armstrong advised); and "MA -17" for adults that the loosely organized group Bridget Fonda (not appropriate for minors). "will live or die on whether it has 31 34 17 SINGLE WHITE FEMALE Columbia TriStar Home Video 51433 1992 R Jennifer Jason Leigh Nintendo was quick to zap back, value for the dealers." A detailed Woody Allen 32 25 7 HUSBANDS AND WIVES Columbia TriStar Home Video 51553 1992 R calling Sega's move a "smoke questionnaire dictates the topics. Judy Davis screen" to rationalize increasingly Also, Bailey steadfastly denies Hollywood Pictures Paul Gross 33 29 5 ASPEN EXTREME 1993 PG -13 violent video games. that the group is nothing more Hollywood Home Video 1766 Peter Berg According to Nintendo, Sega's than an excuse to sell subscrip- Universal City Studios Meryl Streep 34 26 15 DEATH BECOMES HER 1992 PG -13 move was in response to the bad tions to a movie tip sheet he pub- MCNUniversal Home Video 81279 Goldie Hawn press it has received over a game lishes in the offices over the store. Universal City Studios 35 32 10 MR. BASEBALL Tom Selleck 1992 PG -13 called "Night Trap." Reportedly, The last meeting featured the MCNUniversal Home Video 81231 the game has been pulled from idea of initiating a new release sec- New Line Home Video Billy Crystal 36 27 9 MR. SATURDAY NIGHT 1992 R some retail shelves in several tion, which has since boosted adult Columbia TriStar Home Video 76063 David Paymer countries because it depicts vio- business at Video Unlimited. "We Cannon Films Inc. Peter Weller 37 NEW PO. FIFTY -FIFTY 1992 R lence against young women. were grossing $8,000 a month and MGM /UA Home Video Robert Hayes Nintendo also claims it recently went to a new -release display pric- Hollywood Pictures 38 31 6 SARAFINA Whoopi Goldberg 1992 PG -13 rejected a version of the arcade ing policy. Now we're doing Hollywood Home Video 1595 game hit, "Mortal Kombat," on the $13,000 a month," Bailey says. The 39 36 33 PINOCCHIO Walt Disney Home Video 239 Animated 1940 G grounds it "violated the company's idea came from a Laennec atten- Playboy Home Video policy on excessive violence." It's dee. 40 40 6 HUGH HEFNER: ONCE UPON A TIME Hugh Hefner 1993 NR now being reprogrammed by Ac- At Video Unlimited, the change Uni Dist. Corp. PBV0733 claim Entertainment, Nintendo's has new releases at a premium ITA gold certification for a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released programs, o of licensee, to meet company guide- (Continued on page 66) at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. o ITA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, and of at least, 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. © 1993, Billboard /BPI Communications.

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if s ::s HE. .3 Video Previews i D R E W W H E E L E R E D I T E D B Y C A T H E R I N E A P P L E F E L D A biweekly guide to lesser -known voice, and does an unconvincing job of rental- paced video titles. imbuing it with human emotions. Of geared for the hardcore Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, birds, via magnificently M C Lily grows with USI trainee and feature Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, photographed nature shots course, infatuated her Dionne Warwick, "In charismatic, pumped -up Tom Kite, Fuzzy Zoeller, and and interviews with "Passion Fish" (1992), R, Columbia inventor, making his returning wife London," Strand Home professionals affably coaxing others, while they add naturalists; the beautifully TriStar Home Video, prebooks June and daughter vulnerable to this robot - Video (310- 396- 7011), 50 viewers not to give up on their present -day commentary to eerie stories of the infamous 29. armed, fiber -optic Frankenstein. (Yet minutes, $14.98. routines. The videos serve as their videotaped expolits. ghosts of Nantucket who some Successful soap opera actress May - the most Frankenstein -like aspect of As Dionne Warwick continues terrific motivators, as the Most of us will never know say refuse to leave their island Alice (Mary McDonnell) is paralyzed in this film is its gruesome grafting of so adding to her musical interested party can pop them what it feels like, sweating out home; and a tour of some of a car accident and returns to her shall many movies: 'The Demon Seed," "Co- repertoire, most recently with in any time he or she needs a a 6-foot tester worth $240,000. the historic mansions of hometown on the Louisiana bayou. The lossus: The Forbin Project," "2001: A her new Arista album, shot of encouragement. As Not to worry. This tape is a Newport. The best kind of angry and alcohol -dependent en- Space Odyssey," "Electric Dreams," "Friends Can Be Lovers," this instructional tools, however, virtual how -to. travelog. -yet joyably May -Alice dispatches and an old episode of "The Twilght video features her paying they are a little lax on clearly JEFF LEVENSON C.A. irascible- tribute to several classic pop explained instruction and it a succession of hapless hone -care nurses Zone. ") Despite many opportunities, songs. Captured live at a therefore takes a few viewings "Lighthouses Of New until she meets her match in Chantelle " Homewrecker" fails to make up in concert at London's Royal to get comfortable with the England," Atlas Video, 30 (Alfre Woodard), an equally stubborn comedy what it lacks in suspense, but Albert Hall, the songstress program. (Simply watching minutes, $14.95. woman with her own challenges to over- it may generate interest among rent - comes off as ever so elegant, if the pros work out using A beautiful, nostalgic look come. Director John Sayles' Oscar -nomi- everything SF fans. a bit stiff. Her material, equipment that has been back at some of the region's nated, fast-paced story is never maudlin, however, is anything but, and placed in a beautiful outdoor most prominent lighthouses as but rather gains momentum with May - "Riff Raft" (1993), not rated, New includes standards such as setting does not a great body well as the keepers of their Alice's -loopier parade of visitors Line Home Video, prebooks 29. "Yesterday Once More," make.) Still, for those willing flames, "Lighthouses Of New ever June "Walk On By," and "I Say A sift through, the rewards are England" is a lesson in an and the growing attractions May -Alice Filmed in a rough -hewn, cinema -ve- Little Prayer" as well as the worth it. important slice of American and Chantelle feel for two local men (Da- rite style, "Riff Raft"' is the realistic more contemporary C.A. history. Gloriously captured vid Strathairn and Vondie CurtisHall). story of a poor, squat-dwelling British "Heartbreaker," "All Night current incarnations of Will appeal to anyone still willing to face laborer (Robert Carlyle) and his love Long," and show closer "We "Meditation," Francis/ lighthouses off of Long Island, a funny, dramatic, grown-up movie, with affair with a talentless would -be rock Are The World." A highlight is Nagle/Leslie T. McClure Block Island, Newport, and fine star turns by Woodard and McDon- singer (Emer McCourt). The film's en- the appearance of special (408-622 -9441), 60 minutes, other New England locales nell (whose role won her a best- actress tertaining cast of working men speak guest Gregory Hines, who $19.95. are contrasted with stock DOCUMENTARY Oscar nomination). with such heavy accents-from north- duets with Warwick on a The practice of meditation - photos of the structures in medley as well as coaxes her purifying the mind by ridding "Cougar Ghost Of The their early days, before the ern England and a number of foreign into joining him in a rollicking it of all distractions and Rockies," "Shark invention of automated lights "Blind Side" (1993), R and unrated, lands -that this film is subtitled, al- tap dance -the most lively impediments to clarity - Chronicles," "Tall Ship: in the '40s and before the HBO Video, prebooks June 23. though they're all speaking English. moment of the show. would seem by definition to High Sea Adventure," Coast Guard eventually took While driving home from a Mexican (Viewers will be thankful for the subti- CATHERINE APPLEFELD counter watching a step -by- Capital Cities /ABC Video them under its domain. Most vacation, yuppie couple Ron Silver and tles most of the time, but, annoyingly, step video guide. Having said Publishing (203-329 -6416), 50 interesting tidbits come via Rebecca DeMornay accidentally run they remain on the screen even when minutes each, $19.98 each. that, "Meditation" comes as interviews with retired over a Mexican cop, but stupidly panic the dialog is perfectly comprehensible CHILDREN'S These three programs are the close to being unobtrusive as lighthouse keepers and their and race back to Los Angeles, where to American ears.) Although it contains "Magic That's Fun! An any instructional video could first released in the "ABC wives, whose touching they destroy any evidence linking them Introduction Into The World hope to be while still managing World Of Discovery" series; recounts of life at the isolated some scenes that are screamingly Of Magic," Video Options, to get its subtle points across. more than 25 episodes are lighthouses are a tribute to to the accident. The thick -headedness of funny, viewers won't think that this of- 30 minutes, $19.95. slated for release during the days gone by. Like the above - such yuppie couples usually leads them ten- melancholy film fits its billing as a This unassuming but next three years. Each volume reviewed "Islands," program to be menaced by psychopaths, but Silver cute romantic comedy. For. class-strug- enjoyable program, designed features magnificent first aired on The Discovery and DeMornay's personal tormenter is gling Anglophiles looking for an off- as the introduction to a series photography from award - Channel. creepy blackmailer Rutger Hauer. (To beat, socially aware comedy-drama. and hosted by young, winning film makers including C.A. be honest, Hauer's a psychopath/black- Alex Gregory, Jim Dutcher, personable magician Linda mailer and least partial (1992), Marie, certainly beats the Nicolas Noxon, and James thus earns at "The Bachelor" not rated, ponderous library tomes yours Lipscomb. Each program credit.) This ordinary psycho-thriller ef- Triboro Entertainment, prebooks truly tried to decipher as a takes an in -depth look at the fort isn't helped by some unsexy sex June 30. child. Half a dozen simple most exciting wonders of the scenes and a plot that's driven by the Another historical drama that bears tricks, using only such child - world-from exotic animals to stupidity of its characters, rather than a meticulously costumed resmblance to safe and easily obtainable far-off lands to technological their logic, but the familiarity of Silver, those much -touted Merchant Ivory items as playing cards, coins, masterpieces -with superior DeMornay, and Hauer may reel in the productions, "The Bachelor" stars string, paper, glue, and footage and detailed curious. Keith Carradine as an unmarried doc- narration. In "Cougar," scissors, are demonstrated tor who finds himself alone in society and then explained in a very viewers are taken on a two- structured manner (with Divided into several year expedition that unveils "Becoming Colette" (1992), R, after the death of his sister. At a pace instructions to turn off the categories -from walking the mysterious world of this Academy Entertainment, pre - that's as formal and stiff-necked as its VCR whenever practice is through the physical and solitary hunter. The books June 30. World War I-era ambience, this film needed), and two most emotional benefits of treacherous waters of the This dramatic depiction of the early , follows Carradine's search for true love important provisos are meditation to the various North Atlantic is the setting life of French author Gabrielle Colette as he consorts with three women (Kris- emphasized: Never repeat chakras (energy points) for "Tall Ships," as the danger MADE -FOR -TV (Mathilda May) begins with her depar- tin Scott - Thomas, Sarah -Jane Fenton, your tricks, and never reveal located in the body to of life at sea is documented in ture for decadent Paris after marrying and Miranda Richardson, also cast as "Northern the secrets. Short segments on descriptions of techniques - spectacular fashion. There is Exposure," irresponsible roué Willy (Klaus Maria Carradine's doomed sister). Ultimately the tape maintains a smooth also plenty of danger under MGM/UA Home Video, 50 the history of magic, Brandauer). Colette is tormented by pointless not magicians' clothing, and magic aural and visual presentation the sea, and "Shark minutes each, $14.98 each. and even particularly as an art form round off a half throughout. Chronicles," will convince any Everybody can get set for the scheming Willy, becomes drawn to racy, `The Bachelor" does do its bit for hour that should leave any kid C.A. doubtful viewers. The some Northern Exposure this his romantically adventurous friend the neglected segment of the populace wanting more. stunning underwater footage summer, courtesy of MCA Polaire (Virginia Madsen), and writes that needs to watch a nice costume MORRIS KLIEGMAN SPORTS of these ferocious predators is Home Video. Newcomers to a series of best-selling books that re- drama in order to fall to sleep at night. captivating. All are collectible, Cicely, Alaska, will have the flect her new -found sexual freedom. "Best Of The Skins Game, fun to watch, and will two-hour pilot as a launching Latest in the subgenre of literary soft "Demon Possessed" (1993), not The First Decade," Cabin entertain audiences of all ages. pad, and can let themselves in porn (whose gauzy standard was ear- rated, A.I.P. Home Video, prebooks Fever Entertainment (203- MARC GIAQUINTO on all the quirks of character lier borne by "Henry & "), "Be- 25. 863- 5200), 76 minutes, $19.95. and circumstance in the town June June The skins game has the "Islands Of New England," of Cicely via four other classic coming Colette" seems a pointless - "Demon Possessed" took a generic potential to make for great Atlas Video (301- 907-0030), episodes (spanning two years even if true -tale of a sensitive young carve -up- the -teens horror plot and just television. Indeed, during the 60 minutes, $19.95. on the air): "Cicely," a woman's quest for erotic fulfillment added snow: The doomed kids still find last 10 years, the go-for -it-all Choosing to take the historic flashback chronicle of the and elaborate foundation garments. an abandoned sleepaway camp in the glory of the format-four rather than the purely scenic town's transformation from Skin -seekers can ignore the preten- woods, but instead of campers they're golfers competing with and route, this video details each of frontier mudhole to "The Paris tious dialog, but viewers can only hope six hotshot snowmobilers. That little against one another for New England's island Of The North "; "Northwest this trend doesn't work its way up to innovation aside, there's much too little Passages," megabucks, sudden- death- treasures via a unique aspect a fine example of R -rated re-creations of the courtship of action -not to mention acting -for style -has proven visually of its "personality." As such, it the show's imaginitive (and Stephen and Tabitha King. laughably dramatic and entertaining. is better suited for people with recurring) use of dreams; much too much of this cheap This tape captures much of a broad vision of the islands "Aurora Borealis," an intro to shocker (although it's almost redeemed HEALTH /FITNESS that excitement while it than those whose interest Cicely's resident Bigfoot and "Homewrecker" (1993), PG -13, Para- by a few ominous visual effects and cre- reinforces the mythic extends only to the best bed gourmet cook; and "Spring mount Home Video, prebooks July I. ative teenager -executions). This slap- "Body Shaping: One On reputations of the game's and breakfast in town. Among Break," which showcases When the Starshield defense com- dash, thoroughly by- the -numbers ef- One," "Body Shaping: deities. Narrator Vin Scully the many informative some Cicely rituals at their puter fatally malfunctions, its dis- fort has a truly disposable quality. Like Circuit Training," PPI sets the scene for the greatest segments are the look at Block oddest. Even devotees of the graced and divorced designer Robby a tongue depressor, this film seems de- Entertainment (201 -344- hits- drives, chips, putts -of Island as a haven for wild Emmy Award -winning show Benson brings the computer back to signed to be used once and then tossed 4214), 30 minutes each, should welcome the releases- $14.98 each. they'll have plenty to tide his isolated mountain cabin to continue into the nearest landfill. Ideal for those Video Previews is a weekly look at new titles at sell- through prices. his work. Resolved to teach his com- viewers who are willing to gobble up Another late -night TV tidbit Send review copies to Catherine Applefeld, Billboard, 1515 them over until new episodes human films have no gone video, ESPN's "Body Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10036. get rolling in the fall. puter flexibility, Benson ren- horror even though they Shaping" programs are BARBARA DAVIES ames it Lily, gives it Kate Jackson's nutritive value whatsoever.

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PICTURE THIS STORE MONITOR (Continued from page 59) (Continued from page 64) VIDEO PEOPLE armed with a "wider range of material" $4.99 and identified in green cases. weather, according to Debbie than he had at the March ITA seminar. Catalog, in pink cases, is $2.99. The Smith, whose husband, Kurt Smith Carol Thompson is promoted to VP of production and acquisitions, LIVE Home VSDA will mark Nimbus' first appear- price is in effect every day. More- is a farmer in Missouri. Video. ance before a retail audience, "a crossover, "Rent any combination of "If it rains, he's unhappy and can't roads for us," says Farmer, who ex- three adult videos, and they can get into the fields, but our stores do At Cabin Fever Entertainment, Robert Bantle is promoted to senior VP, David pects manufacture of the full-motion keep them three days," says Bailey. great," she says of nine -unit Aard- Savoca is upped to marketing director, and Ralph Rossi Jr. is promoted to na- CD player to begin later this summer. vark Video. "Of course, if it's sunny, tional sales supervisor. RAISING THE FLAG: The for- he's the happy one." Debbie is the BEARING THE BRUNT: The mation of Laennec Group is one in- daughter of Dwight and Nancy Dusty Bowling advances to purchasing VP, Rank Video Services America. East Coast Video Show, which dication that video retailers find it Dody, veteran owners of the mid - prides itself as being a hands -on, invaluable to organize. Yet another Missouri chain. Charles Weinryt, formerly head of Full Moon Entertainment's Video Division, expensive venue for retailers and example is Flagship Entertain- This year, with wet weather keep- is appointed to suppliers, took it on the chin from po- ment, where Frank Lucca seeks to ing Missouri farmers from planting the new post of tential exhibitors who listened to the correct the impression that it is a crops, both Debbie and Kurt are marketing VP, ECVS pitch in L.A. (Billboard, May buying group. Flagship is a market- worrying about the impact on the lo- Prism Entertain- 8). According to sources, the gist of ing group, he contends. "While cal economy. ment. remarks from several attendees: Flagship offers its members excel- Meanwhile, Aardvark is protect- Video trade shows are no longer lent pricing on hundreds of items ing its flanks through Video Buyers Betsy Caffrey worth the cost of an expensive floor and on movie purchases, it is our Group by diversifying into music. A leaves Academy,` space. Most figured they could do as marketing programs that help our Marshall, Mo., store is up and run- Entertainment to well in hotel suites, a much cheaper dealers become more profitable." ning with the program set to roll out become VP of WEINRYT CAFFREY TATARSKY alternative. Nevertheless, the show "wherever there is not that much special markets has signed FoxVideo and Disney RAIN OR SHINE: Not too many competition" from other stores of- for Orion Home Video. Mack Tatarsky becomes western regional sales manager. and expects most of the majors with video chain operators can boast that fering music, she notes. the possible exception of Columbia they are happy regardless of the Cathy Mantegna -Scott, formerly of Strand Home Video, Fries Home Video, and TriStar. More than a dozen indies al- Vestron, joins New Line Home Video as director of promotion and publicity. ready are committed. TAPES OFFER HOMESPUN WISDOM Marc Krigsman, formerly of Titan Television, is appointed manager of program- SOUNDINGS: PolyGram Video HERITAGE ming and acquisitions, Capitol Cities/ABC Video Publishing. Tonya Bates, for- (Continued from page 60) hosts meetings this week with 12 -15 merly of Technicolor Video Services, becomes national sales manager. Pamela retailers in Boston, Detroit, and Dal- Jay Ungar (American traditional). Traum. Dill, previously with Turner Home Entertainment, is named publicity director. las to learn how best to approach the Currently being edited is a pair of Homespun is now releasing be- rental market. The first title, Bob Brozman titles: one on tradi- tween 15 -20 videos a year, and the Jeff Pietrzyk, formerly of Warner Home Video, joins Technicolor Video Services "Posse," is due in the fall. Sales and tional Hawaiian guitar, the other on company's latest 40 -page catalog as sales VP. marketing VP Bill Sondheim promi- bottleneck guitar. lists nearly 100 instructionals, sed invitees PolyGram will "listen to "We're trying to capture as much including brother and fellow guitar MJ Peckos i$ promoted to VP of marketing and theatrical distribution at Acad- the retail account base" in formulat- of the spirit of American music in as picker Artie Traum, Levon Helm, emy Entertainment. Michael Glorieux becomes theatrical sales manager. ing policies. many glorious forms as we can," says Dr. John, John Sebastian, Rick Danko, Howard Levy, Joey Misku- Alan Randal joins Healing Arts Home Video as sales and marketing VP. lin, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Mark O'Connor, Vassar Clements, Jesse Ruby Scholling is appointed product manager, Republic Pictures Home Video. BIG 7 ESSENTIAL McReynolds, Bela Fleck, David Schnaufer, Sukay, Maria Muldaur, Krysanne Katsoolis joins Fox Lorber Associates as worldwide acquisitions direc- REFERENCE and Pete Seeger. Courses cover tor. singing and performing as well as . GUIDES acoustic and electric instruments. Lou Zucaro is named development director, MPI Multimedia, a new division of Single tapes cost $49.95, with two- Maljack Productions. 1. International Buyer's Guide: The worldwide music & video busi- volume sets going for $79.95 when ness to business directory jampacked with record & video co's, music bought together. Traum says the David DelGrosso, formerly of Image Entertainment, joins VideoSnap as execu- publishers, distributors & more. Doc Watson title has become one of tive VP. VideoSnap produces color snapshots from full- motion video sources. 2. International Talent & Touring Directory: The source for US & Homespun's best -sellers, with more Intl' talent, booking agencies, facilities, services & products. than 2,000 copies sold in 18 months. Jerry Madiao is named executive VP in charge of West Coast Entertainment's Other prime movers include the two- video game division. 3. Record Retailing Directory: Detailed information on thousands of volume "Dr. John Teaches New independent music stores & chain operations across the USA. Orleans Piano," "The Electric Guitar Thomas Wright is appointed PR director, Philips Interactive Media of America. 4. International Tape /Disc Directory: All the info on professional Of Jorma Kaukonen," and Rory services & supplies for the audio/video tape /disc industry. Block's two -volume "The Power Of 5. Nashville 615 /Country Music Sourcebook: Lists personal managers, Delta Blues Guitar." The lesser - booking agents, performing artists, country music radio stations & more! known David Cohen's three -volume "Blues Piano" set also sells big "be- " 6. International Recording Equipment & Studio Directory: All cause of the subject matter," says THE REPORTERTOP 10 the facts on professional recording equipment, studios & equipment Traum, who also does well with his W E E K L Y M O V I E G R O S S E S usage. own fingerpicking and blues guitar NO. OF TOTAL 7. International Latin Music Buyer's Guide: The essential tool for titles. SCRNS WKS GROSS THIS PER IN TO finding business contacts in the latin music marketplace. While a moves 1,000 so WEEKEND SCRN DATE hot title or WEEK PICTURE /(STUDIO) GROSS (S) AVG (5) REL (5) For fastest service call: 1.800 -223 -7524 units a year, Traum notes that many tapes continue to "sell steadily at a 1 Cliffhanger 20,458,022 2,333 - 20,458,022 (outside NY), in NY 1-212-536-5174 Or (TriStar) 8,769 1-800-344-7119 (outside NJ), in NJ 1 -908. 363.4156 decent clip and never go out of style." 2 Made in America 11,821,326 2,048 - 11,821,326 (Warner Bros.) 5,772 eeeeeeMail completed coupon to Billboard Directories, PO Box 2016, Lakewood, NJ 08701 Homespun puts out 50,000 up- 3 Dave 8,933,075 1,916 3 40,728,464 Name Company dated catalogs up to six times a year, and has a mailing list of more than (Warner Bros.) 4,662 Address 42,000 names in North America and 4 Super Mario Bros. 8,532,623 2,081 - 8,532,623 Signature overseas. While most sales are direct (Buena Vista) 4,100 $ MC AMX Check for enclosed. Charge: Visa mail, company product is in a grow- 5 Hot Shots! Part Deux 8,221,515 2,140 1 21,313,057 Card # ExpDate ing number of music instrument (20th Century Fox) 3,842 Please add $3 per directory for S &H, add $8 for international oroers. BDOP0393 stores, record stores like Nashville's 6 Sliver 7,351,018 2,093 1 23,455,426 Add applicable sales tax in NY, NJ, GA, TN, MA, IL & DC. Tower outlet, and specialty outlets (Paramount) 3,512 #copies Amount like New York's How To Video. 7 Menace Il Society 3,816,393 464 4,558,951 1993 International - _ Buyer's Guide (8057 -9) $80 Traum sells about 50,000 cas- (New Line Cinema) 8,225 1993 International Talent & Touring Directory (8042-0) $70 settes a year. Although Homespun's 8 Indecent Proposal 3,293,361 1,602 7 93,215,896 1993 Record Retailing Directory (8059 -5) $99 older audio instructional cassettes (Paramount) 2,056 -1993 International Tape /Disc Directory (8060 -9) $40 remain available, production has 9 Dragon: Bruce Lee Story 2,577,050 1,945 3 28,550,495 /Country (8061 -7) $40 1993 Nashville 615 Music Sourcebook shifted to video. "People want to see (Universal) 1,325 1993 International Recording Equipment & Studio Directory (8043 -9) $40 what they're learning, and video is 10 Posse 2,223,078 788 2 13,481,469 1992 International Latin Music Buyer's Guide (8058 -7) $50 the perfect medium for it," says - (Gramercy) 2,821 Traum.

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A Sense Of History And Style: Young Disciples ine decades before Boyz II Men, n Janet Jackson and L.L. Cool J topped the Billboard R &B chart, the- Dinwiddie Quartet, made up of four black singers from Virginia, WHAT GOES AFt OILO _ recorded six tracks at the Victor Talking Machine Company's studios in Camden, N.J. History reports those five spirituals and one secular song to SONGS, SOUL AND FUSION STAGE A be the first recordings made by black singers. Billboard began keeping track of the COMEBACK AS A&R HOPS ABOARD sales of recordings by black artists on October 24, 1942, with the printing of the first Harlem Hit Parade. That title THE '70S LOVE TRAIN gave way in February 1945 to Most Played Juke Box Race Records, and by June 1949 the chart was changed COAVRCIO REYNOLCOS again -to Rhythm And Blues Records. BY NATHAN at J.R_ The appellation "Rhythm and Blues" had come into use about four years earlier and applied to all forms of singing backgrounds on L.L. Cool J's "Round The Way Girl"l music by black artists, including jump who are also remixers, coming out on my label. bands, blues, jazz and vocal groups. "I really don't believe the '70s is a trend. I don't think a group As some of the major labels became IrT he influx of male stand -up vocal groups such as like Lo -Key? got together to try and emulate Sly & The Family discouraged with the diminishing sales Shai, Silk and, of course, Boyz II Men...the Stone. I do think that there's a tendency for some A& R people of "race records" after World War Il, emergence of female trios and quartets including En Vogue, to be `trendy.' The onslaught of male vocal groups is definitely independent labels such as Atlantic SWV and Jade...the signing of self- contained bands like Lo- the result of the success of Boyz II Men. Usually, when acts are Records in New York and Aristocrat Key? and Portrait...and the utilization of jazz- fusion as either a signed because of a trend, there's no real A &R work done on Records (later renamed Chess) in `live' element or as a major sampling source-all are ample tes- the project and they don't happen. I sign artists who send Chicago were born. Along with Los timony to the strong influence that '60s and '70s musical proto- goose pimples up and down my neck and will create the same Angeles -based labels such as Aladdin types are having in the R &B marketplace of the '90s. reaction with the public. It's not about trying to reinvent the and Kent, they provided a nurturing While A &R executives interviewed for this article were wheel." environment for a growing number of reluctant to admit to following any particular trends, the con- "There's definitely a movement towards artists with real tal- R &B artists. As R &B music matured, it sensus is that archetypal models from earlier times are defi- ent, as [there was] in the '70s," observes Giant Records' black - laid the foundation for a whole new nitely having their effect. A generation raised on drum music president Cassandra Mills. "People are looking for `real' form of music-rock 'n' roll. Without machines, synthesizers, non -singing hunks and bimbos, and voices, artists with the ability to play instruments. This comes rhythm and blues, there would never formulaic styles is being exposed-in many cases for the first after an era when the great marketing plan was more impor- have been an Elvis Presley or a Bill time -to real musicians, real singers and real songs. And they tant than anything else. The young consumers are recognizing Haley. like what they hear. the difference between talent and fabrication." The Billboard charts have reflected Evidence abounds and it's easy to read. For industry veter- the changes in R &B. The singles chart ans, Boyz II Men represents the reincarnation of any number They'll Be Around kept the Rhythm And Blues title until of doo -wop groups -from the Moonglows to Little Anthony & For Mills, the emergence of a whole crop of new artists in the August 23, 1969, when it was rechris- The Imperials. Although a quartet, En Vogue is turning out to black music arena is a natural development. "In the same way tened Best Selling Soul Singles. That be to the '90s what the Supremes were to the '60s. And, while that my generation picked the Jacksons and others," she notes, name was changed to Black Singles the "the Queen of Hip -hop" may be a long way from the Queen of "the 16 to 24 demographics are picking their stars, the artists week of June 26, 1982, and in 1991 Soul, Mary J. Blige is characterized to some degree by her they're going to grow up with. When you sign acts, you have to "Black" was replaced by "Rhythm and choice of R &B- slanted material, which includes the Rufus & be cognizant of that: Is this an artist who the audience is going Blues." Herewith, a salute to some of Chaka Khan chestnut "Sweet Thing." to want to embrace on a long -term basis ?" Mills cites Jade (one the music's key players, by decade. Silas Records president Louil Silas Jr. suggests that the of her signings), Silk, SWV and Shai as "acts who represent resurgence of music with a '60s- or '70s -based slant may have that thinking, who will be around." less to do with any conscious movement, and more to do with "Labels are definitely filling the slots that reflect prototypes the personal tastes of individual A &R executives. "Growing from the '60s and '70s. SWV could be today's Martha & The Continued on page R4 up, there were always arguments in my household about who Vandellas," says Jean Riggins, VP and general manager of was the best vocal group," says Silas. "The O'Jays had a lot of Capitol's black music department, whose comments in a con- support and I was the lone Dramatics fan! I've always been a versation with Billboard's R &B chart manager Terri Rossi lover of harmonies. That's why I signed the Mac Band at MCA and why I have The Flex, a four-man vocal group [known for Cnnlüuuyl r,N pu!, r 1t4

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irir he rhythms will remain, but in the 1990s, the "B" in R &B will stand for business. Several small, black -owned record companies have been sprouting recently, with many high -profile performers and producers at She Reminds You: Mary J. Blige the helm. Best -selling singers Keith Sweat and Bobby Brown are now LOUIS JORDAN splitting time between the backstage dressing room and the AZ&R executive boardroom, and rappers Prince Markie Dee, L.L. Cnnliunvf from l'age R3 Cool J and Queen Latifah are now not only MCs, but also CEOs. Iouis Jordan, often referred to as the And, unlike the glorified production deals of yore, these artists "Grandfather of Rock and Roll," provided the basis for this article. have both creative and financial control of their enterprises and - was the man who influenced the Riggins also sees other similarities to the earlier decades. intend to develop them into full -service organizations. influences. Great artists like Chuck "Singles by black acts are dominating the pop charts in the Sweat, who heads Atlanta, Ga. -based Keia Records, has Berry and Ray Charles, often cited as same way they did with Motown in the '60s," she says. "I like already savored sweet rewards, as he's watched his label's first inspiration to those who followed, to call it `spillover,' rather than crossover, where a record gets signee, the Atlanta -based R &B group Silk, top both the R &B credit the innovative jump blues vocal- so hot black that it spills over into the pop marketplace." The and Hot 100 singles charts this past spring with their hit ist as being the person who had the one overriding trend Riggins does identify is that "folks are "Freak Me." strongest effect on them. looking for songs. Whitney Houston has shown that. We're see- "I feel real good about their success," says Sweat, himself an It's impossible to say what directions ing that, as they have done in previous eras, the public Elektra artist. "I found them two years ago at a Labor Day pic- music might have taken without responds to a song rather than to a production `sound.' A good nic, singing Boyz II Men songs. They were soulful and had a Jordan, but it's not too big a stretch of song can be the answer to a lot of things." unique sound." the imagination to predict that, if the Keia, which bears the name of Sweat's infant daughter, was world had never heard of Louis Jordan, Sing A Song developed after the singer met with Elektra president Bob there might never have been rhythm `Real' songs are clearly making an impact in the R &B mar- Krasnow. "I wanted to take my career a step further," says and blues, or rock 'n' roll. The first of ketplace. In some cases, that means classic R &B tunes being Sweat. "I enjoy producing talent. As an artist you try and make his 18 No. 1 singles, "What's The Use revisited by new artists. Hank Caldwell, senior VP of black hit records, but as a businessman you're trying to make hit Of Getting Sober," was typical music at Epic, says, "Everywhere you look, kids are grooving records for others." Jordan -if he wasn't singing about to songs from the '70s. Rap's sampling from that period is one While Sweat will recruit new acts and produce other Keia woman trouble ( "I'm Gonna Leave You of the contributing factors to this trend, along with artists like signees - hardcore rappers Triflin' Pack and female singing At The Outskirts Of Town," "Somebody Mary J. Blige and Mariah Carey doing remakes of the old group About Face -Elektra staffers will handle promotion and Done Changed The Lock On My Door "), songs. And often, the younger kids listening to these songs publicity responsibilities. Sweat says both groups are in the he might be singing about the bottle have no perspective [on the material] and think they are lis- studio and will join him on the road as support acts on his next ( "Fat Back And Corn Liquor," "Whiskey tening to new songs." tour. Do Your Stuff "). He first topped the R&B While Caldwell agrees that the music business might be Meanwhile, MCA artist Bobby Brown may have taken a five - chart on January 23, 1943, and spent a coming full circle in some respects, he stops short of seeing '90s year leave of absence from recording, but in that time he was a total of 113 weeks at No. 1 between R &B as a carbon copy of what went on 20 years ago. "I think business mover and shaker. Moving from his hometown of 1943 and 1950. The able saxophone it's more of an attitude, a creative ambience enveloping today's virtuoso had another big hit in 1943 - artists and producers. That's what they're really drawing on. "Five Guys Named Moe," which five It's extremely healthy for the industry that kids are concen- decades later would be the title of a hit trating more on their roots in R &B music." Broadway musical based on his songs. "I do think there's a return to the spirit of the '70s, although I can't say that it's because of any conscious effort to do so," observes Benny Medina, senior VP, A &R, and GM of Warner's Continued on page R12 black music division. "Something really interesting is happening with today's music. As a result of sequencers and rapping [in the '80s], there was a departure from creating original melodies, and that put a lot of musicians out of work. Now we're seeing a return to the earlier methods of making music. In the case of the rap culture, you can only go so far with sam- Roxbury, Mass., to Atlanta, he formed Bobby Brown pling. If things don't change, you'll have rappers sampling sam- Productions and his own record label, BBB. Like Sweat, Brown ples of other rapper's samples," he quips. will have hands -on involvement with both A &R and produc- A return to "more creative and innovative styles" is some- tion, but the day -to -day operations will be handled by his child- thing Medina feels "was bound to happen. We're also looking hood friend and business partner, Nate Smith, BBB's presi- for artists who have a social consciousness, in addition to the dent. The staff of MCA, which will distribute BBB product ability to bring quality music to the studio. Black music must worldwide, will handle marketing, promotion and publicity for move to the next level in terms of social responsibility. There BBB acts. still aren't too many acts out there making the types of songs "[Owning a label] is something Bobby's always wanted to we used to hear in the '60s and '70s. Back then, there was a lot do," Smith says. "He knew Atlanta would be a mecca for new of meat to the lyrics and substance to the music." talent." The new talent signed to BBB, which includes rapper Styles, balladeer Harold Travis, R &B duo Smooth Silk, vocal- Soul Power ist De De O'Neal and female rapper Coop B (Brown's sister), That elusive commodity known as "soul," so synonymous will utilize the state -of-the -art, Brown -owned Bosstown with the music of the '60s and '70s, is also back in vogue. Randy Studios, which includes a sound stage and rehearsal area. Last Jackson, A &R VP and staff producer at Columbia Records, April, BBB shipped its first release, the multi -artist single Silk's success was no 'Freak.' Continued on page Ii20 Continued on Mage R6

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www.americanradiohistory.com PUBLICITY, videos, interview -coaching for Black Sheep and choreograph- CHOREOGRAPHY, ing Michael Jackson's "Remember The Time" video, Heavy D. IMAGING TO GO & The Boyz videos and live show, and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation tour. The firm was also behind updating Bobby Brown and Taylor Dayne's images. "If a label doesn't want an artist to be here today and gone LABELS' DOWN- tomorrow," says Dunn, "then they can't ignore what many do ignore, and that's artist development. If they don't have the time, man power or budget to do it, then a company like ours is SIZING CREATES what they'll use." Dunn says the firm charges between $1,500 and $3,000 to choreograph a video. Interview coaching costs $150 per hour, and the hip -hop dance classes in Manhattan, Long Island and UPSIDE FOR New Jersey run a mere $10 per session. Pam Lewis, owner of the two -year -old Brooklyn -based video promotion company, P. Funk, says she started her company to BLACK-MARKET give a more personal touch to promotion. "At the previous independent promotion company I worked at," she says, "I felt there was something missing. We handled so many people - INDIES like labels do -and I wanted to scale it down a bit, to really do it right." Lewis has worked video clips for Chaka Khan (Warner Bros.), Organized Konfusion (Hollywood BASIC), Bobby BY CARRIE BORZILLO Konders (Mercury) and the Orb (Mercury). She is currently working MCA's "CB4" soundtrack. "Within a label, the video promotion person has to handle all videos-from jazz to alternative to techno to postmodern," says Lewis. "I don't feel labels give enough respect to their video promotion departments. They usually have only one or two people in the depart- -A- s major labels continue to divest themselves of ment, and most are very good, but you have to realize that, more and more functions, many of the market- with R &B and rap, there's about 100 to 150 local video shows ing, promotion, publicity and artist-development responsibili- nationwide. That's too much for a two -person team at a major ties are being taken up by key independent firms. label with a ton of R &B and rap acts." The eight -year -old New York -based Duntori & Co., which is Another key advantage of using an independent company is mostly known for artist development and its hip -hop classes, that the indie usually takes on only a handful of artists at a does everything from choreography for videos and tours to time. Lewis says she'll work three distinctly different- sound- imaging to coaching artists on howl() do a good interview. ing artists at one time, whereas labels generally work several "Labels' budgets are so tight, they don't always have time more simultaneously. for long -term artist development for every act," says Greta Round The Globe Music is another independent marketing Dunn, who is partnered with her sister Desiree. "And labels and promotion company specializing in R &B. The New York seem to be signing more acts than they can handle. Our com- firm does national retail promotion and national street promo- pany is like a one -stop location for artist development. All a tion. "Our forte," explains owner Neil Levine, "is working the label has to do is drop off its artist, and we'll take care of every- streets and getting the initial buzz on an artist. We go to the thing from makeup to the stage show." Heavy D got 'graphed by an indie Duntori was the firm responsible for imaging Billy Idol's Continued on page RIO firm.

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rap, for instance, requires different techniques or knowledge than other genres." An independent publicist also has more time to work on getting artists exposure they might not get otherwise. Prime example: Pollack got Bitches With Problems on the Larry King R u ER Show. Triad Communications Group and Hugh Mitchell Publicity (who are in the middle of a merger and have yet to name the E*RLV SUCCESS ' merged company) are also doing independent publicity for Already a Top 30 sell in Dallas! Top 50 in Sound Warehouse! Top 20 at Wiz, N :$w York first Delicious Vinyl act the Pharcyde. week out! #26 on Bill ard's Heatseekers Chart...and ready to break - At at Urb an Radio! Like Pollack, Triad's Charles Richardson believes most labels don't have the time, budget, man power or even the best MARKETINCII SUPPORT contacts with urban press, as do those publicists who specialize First single, "Sound Of Summer'; shi.,.ing to Urban Radio June 1! Simultaneous vi eo release. in the area. "With this kind of music," claims Richardson, "you Album debut and full -interview segment Walt Love's "The Countdown" aired May 7 & 8. really have to be sensitive to the rhythm and pulse of the peo- In -store play copies being sen . er L 500 retail outlet ple on the streets." Richardson's partner, Hugh Mitchell, adds that an independent's "thought is not as restrictive as someone who works in Here's what people are saying abou azzmas - rs: the corporate structure of a label." "An out -of -the -box add! " -Joe "Butterball" Tamb ra/ W UAS Philadelp a. PA Another label function that is usually taken up by an inde- "Amazing demand for The Jazzmasters -our #1 s =Alert" HMV, New Yo City pendent is street promotion. Promoter Doug Young of Young Raw Promotions says, "The problem is that many labels don't "#1!" Tower Records, San Diego, CA - " #1 !" Leop old R - Berkeley, cords, know how to start a record at the street level. And with R &B "Radio play is driving customers to our store!" - Sam 's Jams, Detroit, M and rap, street credibility is important. But, many of the R &B

"You can jump on the bandwagon once these sid 'teak or you can get i heads at labels come from the funk era, and the streets have the driver's seat now!" -Gene Kalb /CMJ changed dramatically since then." Young is currently working You remember him from the dance hits "Rainforest '19" in the mid -'80's P.O.V. (Giant), Above The Law (Ruthless), Capital Tax (MCA) and Young Black Teenagers (MCA). Now Paul Hardcastle is back with a hybrid of d funk and jazz on Young also feels that labels usually want a "quick fix. If they THE JAZZMASTERS! don't get any action from a record in three months, they give up on it. It takes a long time to develop an act, especially in rap and R &B. You have to hit the streets first." Young works an album by servicing the clubs and their patrons first. "Once it simmers a while on the street, then we JVC Music, 3800 Barham Boulevar. , #305, Los Angeles, CA 90068 (213) 878 -0101 Fax (213) 878 -0202 hit the mom -and -pop stores that really count," he says. "Then it can graduate to the next level, and a major label usually can take it from there."

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A.... lternative music is not relegated to the rock realm alone. The R &B genre is spawning an CLYDE McPHATTER AND THE alternative element of its own as artists who perform world DRIFTERS music, acid jazz, reggae and dancehall are becoming an increasingly common presence on the R &B charts. Clyde McPhatter was the lead And while such national video outlets as the Box and BET singer of Billy Ward's group, the often embrace these R &B alternatives, it is the cutting-edge - Domin es, until he left in 1953. regional and local video programmers who provide the most While Jackie Wilson took his place in consistent haven for such acts as Chaka Demus & Pliers, the Dominces, McPhatter was signed Apache Indian, Baaba Maal, Ronnie Jordan, Louie Rankin and by Ahmet Ertegun to Atlantic Records Supercat, among others. and recruited members of a gospel Leading "alternative" R &B outlets include the Miami -based group, the Civitones, to form a new Caribbean Satellite Network, Syracuse, N.Y.'s "Club Beat unit. Because the various members Videos," Gainesville, Fla.'s `Bring The Noize," Oakland, Calif. - had drifted in and out of other groups, based "Soul Beat," Denver's "Rhythm Visions," Chicago's they called themselves the Drifters. "Attack Of The Boogie," San Diego, Calif.'s "Hot Traxx" and The group made the R&B chart for the New York's "Tropical Beat," "Kickin' It Live" and "Rap And first time on October 31, 1953, when R &B Vids In The Rock." "Money Honey" debuted (and went on "The joy of working clips at alternative music outlets is that to have an I 1 -week stay at No. 1). people who produce local and regional video shows do it Many artists credit McPhatter as being because they truly love the music," says Laurel Sylvanus, an an influence on their own careers, SOON independent video promoter with L.A. -based Telemotion. including Screamin' Jay Hawkins, "[Alternative programmers] often have a very open -minded Smokey Robinson and Jackie Wilson. philosophy. And they are very aware of the thread of history Ben E. King. who became a Drifter in TO involved in R &B music." 1959, told Gerri Hirshey in "Nowhere The newly formed Caribbean Satellite Network programs To Run," "It all came together in Clyde. "roots" music, according to PD Jamiyla Samuel. "We're not like He could sing the blues, but he had that anything else," she says, alluding to a product mix that covers gospel sound since he come up in B E Caribbean, African and American music (such as blues) that church. What Clyde did was to bring doesn't receive much airplay elsewhere. "We may play one gospel into pop music in a big way as a thing that MTV plays, and I see very little crossover with lead singer." GOLD BET." Club DJ /video programmer Ken Hamblin says his goal with Continued on page R i6 "Rhythm Visions" is to champion artists who are trying to do AND something different. He tends to mix mainstream videos by major label hit -makers such as Lenny Kravitz with the acid jazz of Ronnie Jordan and the gospel- tinged stylings of the up- videos by Digable Planets and Ronnie Jordan because he was and- coming Nu Colours. familiar with their music on the club level long before the P LATINUM Hamblin's work as a club DJ keeps him ahead of other video videos appeared. programmers, and he says he was open to take a risk with "We support the acts who, nine times out of ten, get lost in the mix because nobody wants to push them," he says. "And it's BOUND! not a question of quality, but of programmers not doing their job. Programmers should be able to get behind at least one project per month and introduce something new, even if the FEATURES THE TOP -5 SINGLE audience is very mainstream." One luxury the local programmers enjoy over national out- "LOVE MAKES NO SENSE" lets is time, says David Law, who produces "Hot Traxx." He (31458 -77Oò -4) says he programmed Chaka Demus & Pliers' clip "Murder She Wrote" some six weeks before the track caught on. "The PLUS THE NEWEST HIT national programmers have to play what's hot now," says Law, who features such dancehall and reggae artists as Louie Rankin, Supercat, Daddy Freddy and Wailing Souls on his pro- "IN THE MIDDLE" gram. He adds that programming a video show in a market that (31458 -7710 -4¡ doesn't support a particular genre via radio ensures an instant and committed audience. AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING Such commitment from a program and its viewers is the most appealing factor about the alternative video realm, says Mark Weinstein, who runs the New York -based independent EXECUTIVE PRODUCER video promotion firm R'N'R Freelance. He may service a show with an audience as small as 1,000 viewers, but the payoff is consistent airplay to a captive audience, he says. CLARENCE AVANT "When you're dealing with street music, it doesn't matter if a certain show has a limited reach," explains Weinstein, "because the audience that is committed to that type of music is committed enough to seek it out and watch it on a consistent

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basis." That commitment and consistency must be reciprocal, says Chuck Johnson, who has produced "Soul Beat" for the past 15 years. Johnson programs 24 hours of urban contemporary music per day via Cable Oakland and Bay Cable Vision. His community -oriented show mixes mainstream R &B with dance- DIST. hall reggae and rap, and he consciously seeks to provide an alternative to shows that program hardcore, violent rap. Conversely, Pauline Mimms, owner and producer of "Kickin' It Live," views her program as an alternative to such conserv- CORP. ative shows, and she seeks to satisfy viewers who want the N most vicious, violent and sexy rap on the market. "Kickin' It When it comes to sales and service we're at the heart of inNOVAtionl Live" is carried by Manhattan Cable and Paragon Cable. ;x::::... :;.1 Mimms plays "what I would like to see and what the kids would .,..... ::: ...... ;''':::..:,..,..,.., like to see" - videos by such hardcore rap artists as Onyx and fEmml the Boss, and live broadcasts by the most extreme acts. "Bring The Noize" producer Patrick Bryant also listens to ...... i:.".{;:::::Y.+ his audience, which comprises Florida college students attending the four schools in and around Gainesville. "Bring The Noize" is carried by Cox Cable and by the cable service provided on the campus of the University of Florida. Bryant often plays clips by local heroes and independent rap GOSPEL CATALO artists, such as DJ Magic Mike, Luke Skywalker and 95 South. He'll include videos by Shinehead, Shabba Ranks, Chaka FOR OVER 12 YEARS WE HAVE WORKED Demus & Pliers and Louie Rankin, as well, and usually adds them before the major outlets catch on. "People watch my show WITH THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC RETAILER because they'll see videos they can't see on MTV or BET," Bryant says. TO MAKE SURE WE STOCK THE PRODUCT "The new stuff is what keeps your audience," adds Mike Walker, who produces "Club Beat Videos." The 11- year -old THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. video show, broadcast weekly on an independent UHF outlet, mixes Top 10 hits with hardcore rap and dancehall reggae. "There has to be some sort of R &B appeal to the music, without being traditional R &B," Walker says. That's the beauty of programming an alternative show, says R&B.1RAR..GOSPEL..and more! CSN's Samuel. She sees her network as a launching pad for the increasingly cross -pollinated offspring of R &B, such as Baba Maal's traditional African Senegalese/dancehall, Byron Lee's calypso /dancehall, or Apache Indian's East Indian Bhangra- muffin. The strains of Afro -Cuban music coming out of Senegal I and the Jonkonnu strain of reggae are gaining popularity stateside, as video programmers provide more and more exposure, -800 -47G- °$Z she says. 6 "By mid -'90s, all going to understand that African the we're music is the next big wave," says Samuel. "There's tons and tons of great music out there, and it's bound to cause a major 1- 404 -447 -1591 OR FAX 1- 404 -662 -0775 musical upheaval."

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On April 27, 1963,. Martha & The Vandellas had their initial entry e was a legend in his own time, although few on the R &B chart. "Come And H knew all the reasons why. Only hours before Get These Memories, "one of the very he would have accepted his Living Legend award, Jimmy Bee first songs written by the Eddie died, on April 22, 1993. Music history seems to forget all but Holland /Lamont Dozier /Brian Holland hits, stars and a handful of producers and presidents. Which is team, eventually peaked at No. 6. In why Ray Harris (Warner /Reprise senior VP) and Jerry the summer of '63, Holland- Dozier- Boulding (founding president, WJLB, Detroit) created the Holland's "Heat Wave" captivated Living Legend awards, to honor the careers of the radio and AM radio listeners coast -to -coast and promotion personalities who, for the past 50 years, have taken became Martha & The Vandellas' the music to the masses. biggest R &B hit of all time, peaking at "Dave Clark was the godfather of radio promotion," says No. 1 for four weeks. And before the Harris, who presented Clark with a Living Legend award in year was over, Martha Reeves and 1992. Fifty -four years earlier, Clark had been the first to her cohorts were back on the R &B "entice a DJ to play a record in an effort to sell more record- chart with yet another Holland- Dozier- ings," according to Nelson George's book The Death Of Holland song, "Quicksand." While iy Rhythm & Blues. In 1938, blacks weren't allowed in the lobby Martha & The Vandellas wasn't the of New York's WNEW, where the "Make Believe Ballroom" first Motown girl group to chart (that played only white big -band music. When Clark set out to honor falls to the Marvelettes), they change that, he borrowed a chauffeur's uniform. It got him past did foreshadow "The Sound of Young WNEW's doorman, who believed Clark's story about being America," the Motown sound that sent over by the station's owner with a record that was to be would dominate the charts for the rest played immediately. It worked. Jimmy Lunceford was on the of the decade, even during the British air that night, and R &B radio promotion was born. invasion of '64 and '65. They beat the Despite a college degree in music, Clark was known to load Supremes to the No. 1 spot on the his car with records and crisscross America for months at a R &B chart by almost a year, the stretch. Thin, wiry and bespectacled, he worked through the Temptations by a year and a half, and late 1980s, long enough to train the next two generations. the Four Tops by almost two years. "Joe Medlin and LeRoy Little Sr. were the first promotion people I ever met," says Paris Eley, Motown's senior VP of Continued on page R18 marketing, recalling his humbler beginnings at a Norfolk radio station. Medlin, a Living Legend award winner in 1992, began his corporate career at United Artists Records in 1963. "They wanted to get into the R &B business," Medlin remem- in the '50s, when payola wasn't illegal. It seemed as natural to 10 YEARS bers. "But I guess they weren't serious, because they didn't pay DJs to play the records as it was to pay artists to record sign anybody." Medlin got disgusted and quit, spending the them. MASTERING next five years at Atlantic. "We were the No. 1 R &B compa- During the payola hearings, it came out that pay- for -play STUDIOS ny -and we sold albums, not just singles. I was only making had been part of the American music business since the Civil $325 a week, but I wasn't in it for the money. People like Larry War. "But the Congressmen doing the investigating ignored HOLLYWOOD, CA Maxwell and me were doing it because we loved the music. We that. They said rock 'n' roll was the cause of payola," wrote had pride, and we wanted to prove that black music could be Dick Clark in his biography, "Rock, Roll, & Remember." 213/876 -8733 what it is today." "Rock 'n' roll has its place," said New York Congressman FAX 213/876 -8143 By the late '60s, promotion was paying big money. William Emmanuel Celler in 1956, "...particularly among colored peo- "Bunky" Sheppard joined Scepter Records in 1968 for an ple. It's the natural expression of their emotions." But when ...... astounding $100,000 a year. "In 1967, the Esquires' `Get On Up' Elvis Presley-who used Royal Pomade to style his hair into a " . s.Mt was a big hit on my own label, Bunky Records," he recalls. "process -started interesting white teenagers in the music, ... .s. "Scepter wanted the second single, so they offered me a six - rock 'n' roll was seen as an infiltration plot. Lawmakers figured . '. . ' ' a.. . month contract to do national promotion." Sheppard had that nobody could want to hear music that repulsive, so radio . s s . already made a name for himself as VP of promotion at Vee- stations must be playing it only because they were paid to. . Jay, which released his production "Duke Of Earl," by Gene The payola hearings made the record business look even Chandler-the first million- seller that was completely black- dirtier. The few blacks with college degrees in the '50s and '60s owned, from publishing to distribution. set their sights on professional careers, not music. Record men "Bunky's one of the great ones," says Abner of the promotion had their own school, the college of street knowledge, and man he hired at two labels. Now assistant to the chairman of Bunky Sheppard was the dean. the Gordy Company, Abner was president of Motown and Vee- "I was 18 when Bunky hired me at Motown," recalls Ruben Jay, home of the Four Seasons and some of the Beatles' first Rodriguez, now president of his own CBS -distributed label, U.S. hits. "I had a degree from De Paul in accounting, but I Pendulum. 'When I asked him which stations I was responsi- couldn't get any work," he says. "So I took a job at Chance ble for in my region, he said, `Everything with an antenna. "' Records. Back then, promotion was very simple. You had to At that time, it wasn't uncommon for R &B staffers to work develop a relationship with the DJs, and then you had to pay pop records. "At Cameo -Parkway, there were three of us to them. And you couldn't pay them until you had a relationship." 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www.americanradiohistory.com PROMOTION SELEdO-HtTS Continued from page Rl6 cover the whole country," recalls Cecil Holmes. "Whatever city INDEPENDENT .411111 DIST. we were in, we'd go to all the stations. I ended up knowing the pop guys, and Neil Bogart knew the R &B guys. It wasn't uncommon for me to stop by WLIB in the morning on the way to work and find that Neil had just left." In 1973, Holmes Your ONLY Southern Distributor became a partner at Casablanca Records, where he started his own label, Chocolate City Records, home of Larry Blackmon and Cameo. He also promoted West Coast promotion rep Jheryl Busby-now Motown's CEO-to his first VP position. "Cecil Holmes was the guy who told me I should become a total record man," says Eddie Pugh, now senior VP of R &B and progressive promotion for Columbia. "He encouraged me to do pop promotion, which I did from 1969 to 1974." But, as radio grew more competitive, promotion demanded an almost scien- tific understanding of ratings -based programming. "Until the late '70s, the R &B music business was self-sus- taining, whether the records crossed over or not," says Vernon R &B, Blues and Rap Labels Slaughter, who joined CBS in 1970 and was one of the first promotion people hired directly out of college. By 1986, Slaughter realized he was a prisoner of the black division. "Even now, the AEM FLYING FISH PLATINUM BLUE usual route to the top for blacks is promotion," he says. "I objected to that. Jimmy Bee, who was very vocal about black AIN'T JOKIN BLIND PIG POW WOW empowerment, supported me." After 16 years with CBS, ALLIGATOR FOUR SIGHT PRIORITY Slaughter checked out and enrolled in law school. THE O'JAYS AMHERST FUTURE QUALITY Slaughter had seen the birth of a new business at CBS: corporate R &B. It was spurred partly by Harvard student Mamie the O'Jays weren't a new group in ATTITUDE HEATWAVE RAP DIS Tattersall, whose 1972 dissertation, "A Study Of The Soul 1973 -they had had their first AVENUE HIP ROCK REEL LIFE Music Environment Prepared For Columbia Records Group," chart single 10 years earlier, when BASIX HOT RIGHT TIME was an eye- opener for the label. By ignoring black music, "Lonely Drifter" on Imperial went to BIG (BMG) ICHIBAN No. 93 on the R &B chart. But after RIPETE Columbia had developed a racist image, she wrote. And since BIG TYME IN A MINUTE R &B was one of the best sources of pop hits, she felt that spending time on labels like Larry SELECT Columbia should have an R &B department. If it could develop Uttal's Bell and Kenny Gamble and BLACK LABEL ISLAND SICK WID IT strategies to cross R &B music to pop radio, millions -not thou - Leon Huff's Neptune, they turned CHEETAH JEWEL WESTBOUND sands-of records could be sold. down of=ers from Motown and CITY SOUNDS JOEY BOY "Her report helped smooth the way, but it wasn't the reason Holland- Dozier -Holland's Invictus STRICTLY BUSINESS sign a label, COLD CHILLIN' ON TOP that Columbia began its special- markets division," says logos to with brand -new SUGARHILL RAP LeBaron Taylor, the first VP brought in to run it, and the Gamble and Huff's Philadelphia COLLECTABLES MATACO TOMMY BOY `father' of the crossover. "The R &B business was considered a International. DELMARK MICMAC singles business until Marvin Gaye's `What's Going On' proved Reduce d from a quintet to a trio by LIVIN' LARGE DOWN PAYMENT MOVIN FAST that blacks, as well as whites, bought albums -or it couldn't the early '705, the O'Jays gave the new NOVA MUTE company its first major success in late DYNAMIX II MURDER ONE STEPSUN 1972 with "Back Stabbers," a song EFFECT /LUKE MUSE they almost turned down because it EVEJIM NEW TOWN VISION marked a distinct change of direction EVIDENCE NEXT PLATEAU WARLOCK for the group. Surrounded by swirling strings over a danceable beat, the EXIT NO LABEL WAYLO O'Jays dominated the R &B chart in FANTASY PANDISC YO! 1973 with more Philly classics: "Love STAX JAMARC YOUNGSTA Train" (four weeks at No. 1), "Time To Get Down" (two weeks at No. 2) and "Put Your Hands Together" (which debuted n December and eventually Service, Selection spent two weeks at No. 2). and Price Continued 'Di) page R20 Bunky Sheppard Same Day Shipping Cecil Holmes Next Day Delivery for Most Accounts the top jobs at Columbia," he recalls, "so I stepped out of the department." MEMPHIS When Tom Draper founded Warner Bros.' modern-day R &B department in 1975, he hired a white secretary who was willing Tiffany Rubio - Buyer/Tim Auvenshine - Rep to take a huge pay cut to get into the R &B business. "Tom said 1981 Fletcher Creek Dr., Memphis, TN 38133 that skin color was going to be a problem for me," recalls 1- 800- 346 -0723 / fax 901 -388 -3002 Marylou Badeaux. But in both 1988 and 1989 she was named black promotion person of the year, and in 1990 she became VP, NASHVILLE Lee Ann McCain special projects. Will the doors open to whites in R &B promo- 725 McKays Ct., Brentwood, TN 37027 tion? "Not until blacks get to do pop promotion," she answers. Johnson, ph /fax 615 -661 -9586 An entire generation of promotion greats -Paul Bobby Robinson, Jose Wilson, Buzzy Willis, Al Bell, Ron Mosely and Stan Price-saw record promotion narrow down to ATLANTA - Ted Williams Abner expertise in one radio format. Promotion became a lucrative, 950 Memory Ln, Lawrenceville, GA 30244 short -term occupation that rarely led to a retirement pension. ph /fax 404- 925 -0463 have sold 75,000, 80,000 units in some markets." Bunky Sheppard praises Joe Isgro for supporting and paying Taylor believed singles were the marketing tools to drive the hospital bills for the late George Finesse, and Malaco for Dave MIAMI - Barry Moskovitz albums. "We had to sell albums -we couldn't survive on sin- helping Clark. gles. So we'd try to get radio to play album cuts, without releas- "Regretfully, music is not a grateful business," comments 9103 Vineyard Lone Dr., Plantation, FL 33324 ing them as singles, so the consumer would be forced to buy the Ernie Singleton, president of MCA's black music division. ph /fax 305 -452 -4507 album." Columbia was also the first label to start outreach pro- "That's why I encourage people to prepare themselves for all grams in the black community. "We showed black consumers kinds of futures." music NEW ACCOUNTS - Contact Kathy Gordon that we cared about them. That was also part of our strategy." Perhaps there will be a return to the wide -ranging By 1979, Taylor calculates, his black division accounted for 40 skills of Jimmy Bee and those "complete record men" of his era, NEW LABELS - Contact Johnny Phillips percent of Columbia's roster, 25 percent of the R &B charts and who could smell a hit, do their own music research, manage a 1- - 800 346 -0723 $97 million in revenue. But he flew a little high for some, who couple of acts on the side and write the occasional flipside. Such wanted to clip his wings. In the face of record -breaking sales, diverse skills and sensitivities may still be the benchmarks of cutbacks began. "It was apparent that I was not a candidate for long -lasting record careers.

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www.americanradiohistory.com AIR Family Affair Continued from liage R4 One of the more dramatic recent examples of '90s/'70s flashback is fusion music, specifically the marriage of jazz and hip - thinks the creative forces of the industry are definitely becom- hop styles. Mercury's Cortes is heartened that "key pivotal fig- ing more "soulful" with their music. Unlike some other A &R ures like Roy Ayers and Herbie Hancock are being signed to representatives, he notices "a conscious bias of artists and pro- active deals again and are working with The Guru's and Large ducers to draw from both the '60s and the '70s. And I think Professors of hip -hop. [Labels] have been chasing the youthful '83 that's good. Things are changing now, and the artists are lead- dollar so hard that some people forgot that that youthful [audi- ing the way. Everybody seems to be striving for originality. ence] also had a lot of respect for its musical ancestors. The alternative and rap movements have helped with the "The way to make even more exciting music is to put the two progress back to that. They're doing more from the heart, together. Groups have taken the history lesson that sampling rather than just producing radio -friendly tracks. History has gave them and are now incorporating that into their own style. shown that there are cycles, and the return to a more soulful The Young Disciples are an example of that. You're hearing kind of music, one that's filled with honest self- expression, is Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston -Smith and Cymande in a framework refreshing." that's retro and yet progressive at the same time." While it's not novel or bound strictly to the '70s, something Relishing the intermingling of different branches from else currently coloring the A &R mentality is the notion of an R &B's family tree, Arista's Gerry Griffiths, senior VP of black artist's longevity and the look toward long -haul gains. A num- music, is especially enthused about the jazz -hip -hop mix. Citing ber of executives point out that the staying power of so many Miles Davis' groundbreaking "Doo-Bop" album, he asks, "Who acts from earlier decades was based on companies' commit- else but the innovator of innovators, the man who fused rock ment to artist development. and jazz, would also bring the fusion of jazz and hip -hop to the Merlin Bobb, senior VP, A &R, for EastWest Records, hopes fore? I think it's wonderfully refreshing that this latest fusion the widely perceived transition back toward more creative shows a respect for the musical past and involves young, new work will trickle up the corporate ladder into label manage- talent." ment thinking. "Record executives are beginning to pay more Griffiths sees acts such as the Brand New Heavies, Digable attention to development," he suggests. "Instead of signing Planets and Britain's D- Influence as part of a new musical new acts and then immediately releasing product, companies movement that's "a natural progression. There's now an under- need to work with their artists. The cornerstone acts of the '70s ground jazz /hip -hop scene, and ['705 jazz fusion] artists like didn't become popular overnight. And many of those acts Donald Byrd are now fresh and new to young ears." remain favorites today because of the attention paid to artist Such fusion music was definitely on Motown's mind, says development from the beginning." general manager and senior A &R VP Steve McKeever, "when MICHAEL. JACKSON One way of making the kind of full -scale commitment to we sat down a couple of years ago to create the MoJazz label." development is to grasp, from the beginning, the whole pic- The music of recent MoJazz signing J. Spencer, a sax player ture-to realize the artist's place in such diverse areas as pub- who fuses hip -hop, R &B and jazz styles, reflects McKeever's lishing and foreign markets. Lisa Cortes, Mercury's VP of contention that "people are further embracing music that was While it's impossible to consider A &R, declares that her label is "going for artists who are more once sampled. The fusion of styles really started with rappers the music of the '80s without than just a package. It's not just about having a great voice or sampling jazz riffs from '60s and '70s records." thirking of Michael Jackson, looking good; we're interested in full -out artists more than the Foley, another MoJazz act, is influenced, says McKeever, "by he actually made his first appearance pre -fab ones, who are likely to fall apart after one album. With George Clinton (who worked on his album), Sly Stone, Stevie on the R &B chart in the '60s. Granted, the current global economy, all record companies have to look Wonder, James Brown and Miles Davis. And he isn't just re- it was near the end of the decade- at how their dollars are being spent. It's important that, as creating the '70s. He's using today's technology to bring forth November 22, 1969, to be exact - total entertainment companies, we maximize our artists' tal- his ideas." when "I Want You Back" gave the ents through writing, film work and as man, different outlets five brothers from Gary, Ind., their as possible." Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now first chart entry. The world got to Looking toward the future, McKeever contends that "70s- watch the Jackson 5, especially period styles are going to be further embraced, with new Michael, grow up in the '70s He was artists [who are] influenced by the jazz/soul styles of acts like an 11- year -old child when the decade Earth, Wind & Fire, Chaka Khan and The Average White began, and a 21 -year old adult by the Band. We're getting back to live bands, to grooves and time "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" was No. 1 in 1979. The year 1983 saw Michael achieve even greater chart success, with three No. 1 hits ( "The Girl Is Mine," "Billie Jean" and "Beat It ") and an amazing total of seven chart entries. Six of those singles were from "Thriller," the album that to this day holds the record as the biggest seller-more than 40 million worldwide. No artist has so dominated one calendar chart year since. R&B CDs

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10901 MacArthur Blvd, Suite 206, According to Sean Coombs, VP, A &R /artist development, ducers are coming more from their inner feelings and personal Oakland, CA 94605 for Uptown, the timing is simply right for more projects to experiences." Perhaps that's the most convincing reason why FUNK OWN (510)635.2610. (510)635.9414 Fax come out that dig deep into the soul. "When I'm out there look- many of the most -loved sounds from the '70s are currently 'r OBI _ILI* RECORDS A Subsidiary of TRIAD RECORDS ing for acts to sign, I watch for artists who are about truth and inspiring a new generation of R&D music- makers.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Pro Audio Hothouse Flowers Round Things Out Sophisticated Production Marks U.K. Dates BY MIKE LETHBY acoustic problems for visiting engineers. reflective and we had to play around with Chief among those are the large horizon- the cluster in order to achieve a good re- LONDON -The Hothouse Flowers have tal and vertical coverage angles de- sult. Were we to put in another system not, in recent years, taken their soulfully manded, and the effective impossibility in a similar sort of configuration, we joyous, intense Celtic music on the road of delivering good sound to the two high- would wish to drape those pipes." In fact, very often. est galleries (due to roll -around rever- walking around the hall during the show Like the Waterboys, who in the '80s beration under the domed roof) short of offered little evidence of undue reflec- also held a torch for Ireland's musical the rather improbable idea of providing tion -the sound was extremely clear and celebration of freedom of spirit, the individual airline -style audience head- punchy in most places. Flowers are attuned to their own space sets. SSE Hire favors Crest 8001 amplifica- first, the demands of the music biz sec- With a stage removed to the center, tion for the PA, housed in prewired amp ond. these conditions remain essentially unal- racks of their own design and incorporat- However, 1993 has seen the fruits of tered, although a 360-degree cluster nat- ing a loudspeaker signal cable patchbay long studio activity with the release of urally takes care of the horizontal cover- to speed setup and de -rig. Time align- the album "Songs From The Rain" on age aspect, and the shorter throws ment of the cluster tiers was performed London Records and a clutch of singles. involved tend to minimize reflections. on their TOA Saori digital signal pro- To accompany it, the band has embarked However, a new challenge introduces cessor, while a reasonably standard Buck Shot. The Buck Pets get hands -on along with producer Ted Niceley during on a lengthy touring schedule, which al- itself in the shape of the hall's enormous lineup of hardware in the house racks in- the recording of the Pets' new album, "To The Quick." The Restless set bowed ready has taken in Australia and South pipe organ, located immediately behind cluded Yamaha, Lexicon, AMS, Roland June 1. Pictured at Oz Recording in Baltimore, from left, are Ian Beach, bass; Chris Africa. Currently in Europe, the Flowers the stage. "That caused us a certain de- effects, and BSS and Drawmer process- Savage, guitar/vocals; Niceley; Ricky Pearson, drums; Steve Palmieri, engineer; will play U.S. showcase dates in July, gree of difficulty," confines SSE Hire di- ing. and Andy Thompson, guitar /vocals. mount a Canadian tour (July 17-31), and rector Chris Beale. "The pipes are highly finally return to the States for an Au- gust- through-September tour with Mid- night Oil. In May, the band gave the European leg a dazzling kick -start with two sold - out dates at London's Royal Albert Hall. Hugh Murphy Gets It Right With Gerry Rafferty It's not often this venerable hall is played in- the -round by rock artists, but for this BY BEN CROMER pany to form a new band, Murphy says incredulousi,,. In 1985, Murphy reunited with pair of showcase concerts the Hothouse Stealer's Wheel, Murphy kept Rafferty's next album, "Night his old friend to begin work on Flowers opted to do just that. Bringing SUSSEX, England -"The voice busy with various projects for the Owl," spawned two more hits: "North And South," a marriage of the whole thing together were band man- is the most important thing," in- Transatlantic and Charisma la- "Days Gone Down" and "Get It Rafferty's Celtic roots and his sig- ager Robbie Wootton, tour manager sists producer Hugh Murphy. bels, producing albums by Lindis- Right The Next Time." Both nature pop /rock. The album, re- Henry McGrogan, and stage manager "It's all a bunch of farne singer Alan Hull and the songs illustrate the Rafferty - leased in 1988 on Polydor Rec- Bryan Ormond. chords and people folk -rock group Jack The Lad. Murphy formula: strong vocals ords, was recorded almost The Flowers' set had been amended making noise and Murphy also was responsible for a embraced by a tasteful mosaic of entirely at Rafferty's home studio on short notice following bassist Peter when you put the 1974 U.K. top 10 single, "I Get A keyboards, guitars, and synthesiz- here, Tye Farm, in the bucolic O'Toole's hospitalization (lead singer voice on all of a Kick Out Of You," by Australian ers. English countryside south of Lon- Liam O Maonlai explained to the audi- sudden it comes singer Gary Shearston. The tandem produced one more don. ence: "He's overtired "). PRO into focus, like a In 1977, after Stealer's Wheel album, "Snakes And Ladders," Their most recent Polydor/ Nonetheless, the extra intimacy of the Polaroid." folded, Rafferty called Murphy before taking a sabbatical. A &M project, "On A Wing And A slowly revolving 32 -foot center stage and The 46- year -old and asked him to co- produce his "Gerry had made three albums Prayer," released in Britain in Fe- the band's lengthy absence from touring British producer, next solo venture, "City To City." on the trot and I think he was bruary, demonstrates Rafferty's brewed up a celebratory atmosphere. If Gerry Rafferty's Working for months at Chipping pretty jaded at that time and feel- penchant for delightful melodies London audiences are noted for studied longtime collabo- Norton Studios in Oxfordshire, ing the pressure and he just wrapped around lyrics that ad- coolness, there was little evidence here. FILE rator, co-produced Rafferty and Murphy realized the thought, `Well, I'll try another dress love and life from the van- The production was sophisticated Rafferty's sterling album was special when they re- tack,' which is understandable," tage point of a much wiser adult. enough to support the Flowers' wide pop hits "Baker Street," "Right corded "Baker Street," a poignant explains Murphy. Although the album is a clear range of musical moods, from melan- Down The Line," and "Get It song about disillusionment that During the separation, Murphy departure from much of today's cholic through vivacious, without resort- Right The Next Time." had an irresistible saxophone wrote lyrics for Van Morrison's pop, Murphy believes an audience ing to technical overkill. A delicate and In fact, their friendship has hook reinforcing the melody. "Beautiful Vision" album and pro- exists for adult pop /rock. He adds flowing light show from lighting designer lasted more than 20 years. "I sup- Despite the song's quality, duced projects by Bonnie Tyler, that Polydor/A&M has no imme- Terry Power, using lighting instruments pose it must be personalities and Murphy and Rafferty had to beg Linda Thompson, Paul Brady, diate plans to release the album in supplied by Samuelson Concert Produc- temperament and the same sort United Artists Records to release and Ringo Starr; the latter was a the U.S. tions, overflew the plain white stage from of idea of what priorities are," it as a single. "They actually said children's album, "Scouse The During the Rafferty sessions, a 40-foot, four -sided diamond grid. Murphy says. it was too good for the public," Mouse." Murphy also found time to co-pro- Born in London, Murphy began duce an instrumental album by SOUND PRODUCTION his career as a demo producer for master country -rock guitarist and Hanging just above the same grid was Shel Talmy's publishing company, Rafferty sideman Jerry Donahue. a neat Electrovoice MT -2 cluster from Orbit Music. His "Neck Of The Wood" is avail- SSE Hire in Birmingham, featuring 24 "We did these two -track demos able stateside through Cross each of bass and mid/high cabinets in a at Regent Sound on Denmark Three Records in Santa Monica, circle, four deep per drop. Street," Murphy recalls. "We had Calif. An uncomplicated approach to this some incredible people on those When he's not at Tye Farm in Sus- earthy, often very spiritual music demos: Herbie Flowers, Albert sex, at Chipping Norton, or in a Lon- seemed entirely appropriate and the Lee, and Nicky Hopkins on pi- don studio, Murphy works from his whole production appeared to have ano." home studio in Buckingham, caught the spirit of the moment. Murphy's maiden voyage as a England. Norman Verso mixed front-of-house producer was the 1967 album by Murphy's relaxed, unhurried na- from right alongside the stage with a Sweet Thursday, a band that in- ture masks a keen sensibility for the TAC SR6000 house console; his monitor cluded Hopkins, Alun Davies, and art of recording; yet, Murphy says he counterpart, Nyall Slevin, used a Midas Jon Mark. basically is nontechnical, relying in- XL -3 40/16 with an XL -3 16-channel The Murphy- Rafferty partner- stead on his instincts when engineer- stretch board to mix stage lines. ship began in 1970 when Murphy, ing and mixing. SSE's own MB3 wedge monitors were by then a staff producer at Trans- Although Murphy and Rafferty deployed onstage, along with various atlantic Records, was assigned to record at a leisurely pace, Murphy Electrovoice fill cabinets, including work on Rafferty's debut solo al- relishes the final stage when the song MTH2, MTL2, and Deltamax. bum, "Can I Have My Money begins to take shape. "I like the vo- A conventional "end stage" at the Back." cals and the mixing the best," he Royal Albert Hall presents a complex, When Rafferty left the corn- HUGH MURPHY says. but by now thoroughly familiar, set of

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P O P Monfreya St., Charlotte, N.C. 28212. Swaggering trio is the latest male group tribal percussion is icing on the cake. will let listeners hear vocals easily, in line for Boyz II Men -like success. Watch it pack dance floors upon impact. along with myriad other sounds AVA CHERRY Gimme Gimme (4:34) NATALIE COLE Take A Look (3:05) Though track has an overly familiar vibe, Contact: 312 -365 -9690. and melodies. Well- controlled chaos, PRODUCER: Mauro Matavasi PRODUCER: Andre Fischer WRITERS: M. Matavasi, A. Cherry act has the vocal chops and natural charm this track should take off on alternative WRITERS: C. Otis, N. Cole VICIOUS MoJingo listed) PUBLISHER: not listed to push it over the top. Overall, producer * JOHNNY (no timing radio. 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Crossover house dub, you cannot go wrong with this will wisely dig hip -hop/ THE WOOTEN BROTHERS Happy (3:57) entry from the way -cool "Liquid Bass, her forthcoming album is a heartfelt pundits track's Tough and tuneful guitar -based effort funk beats, while urban -ites will jam on PRODUCERS: Gary Wooten, The Wooten Brothers Volume One" EP. Relentlessly hard takes surprising turns: One minute it's reading of a 1965 Clyde Otis composition WRITERS: G. Wooten, L. Wooten its thick R &B- fueled bassline. PUBLISHER: Wooten Cutz, BMI African- influenced beats and vocal an alternative rocker with Bono -inflected that offers a timeless message: Save the REMIXER: Daddy -0 passages hypnotize, while the cut's vocals, the next a rousing jukebox raveup children. Lush orchestration first will A &M 8148 (c/o PGD) (cassette single) subversive bass line and frantic pace will full of organ peals. Sounds like a click with adult popsters, though single The Wootens display their considerable leave you heaving for breath at its close. worthwhile spin for album -rock has a lovely, universal vibe that will R & B talents to great effect on this upbeat, Warning: Sitting this one out is next to programmers. render it an across- the -board smash. highly danceable R &B wriggler. Flexing ALEXANDER O'NEAL In The Middle (no timing impossible. Contact: 212 -982 -5590. lead vocals are cushioned by harmonies GUMBALL Real Gone Deal (2:58) GEORGE MICHAEL Killer /Papa Was A Rollin' listed) PRODUCER: Butch Vig PRODUCERS: Terry Coffey. Jon Nettlesbey that have a lot more personality than * HEAVEN 17 Penthouse & Pavement (7:04) Stone (4:28) WRITER: not listed WRITERS: T. Coffey, J. Nettlesbey PRODUCERS: British Electric Foundation PRODUCER: George Michael most male doo-hop acts in action right PUBLISHER: not listed PUBLISHERS: Big Giant/Coffey Nettlesbey/Warner- WRITER: I. Marsh, M. Ware, G. Gregory WRITERS: Tinley, Seal, N. Whitfield, B. Strong Columbia 5145 (c/o Sony) (CD promo) Tamerlane, BMI now. It takes a second for the song to PUBLISHERS: EMI -Virgin /WB, ASCAP PUBLISHERS: MCA/Beethoven Street/Stone Diamond, REMIXERS: Pete Rock & The Soul Brother REMIXER: Tommy D. BMI work its magic on the brain and body, so Second outing from "Super Tasty" finds Tabu/A &M 8154 (c/o PGD) (cassette single) Virgin 12667 (c/o CEMA) (12 -inch single) REMIXERS: Mark Liggett, Chris Barbosa, PM Dawn, Jim hang in there. It's worth it. the 'Ball boys doling out doses of catchy "Bonzai" Caruso O'Neal never fails to deliver the perfect Now- defunct British synth -pop act gets Hollywood 10326 (cassette single) melody along with with usual helping of balance of R &B lover -man crooning and another shot at stateside success via slacker rock. Cool guitar (or, on Second single from Michael's "Five Live" party -dude swaggering. He examines the Tommy D.'s revelatory remixes. He the remix, organ) melody and laidback AIDS fund raiser is an inspired medley COUNTRY hardships (and eventual pleasures) that deftly freshens up the song with current vocal delivery gives tune a necessary of a 1991 Seal hit and the Temptations' pop /house grooves, all the while accompany the quest for true love. n DOUG STONE Why Didn't I Think Of That balance. soul classic. As always, George turns in a Vocally, O'Neal has rarely sounded (3:13) reminding us how strong the song was in sterling performance, and is amply better, throwing down lovely lyrics amid PRODUCER: Doug Johnson the first place. A club smash that is ready SHAWN LANE West Side Boogie (4:01) WRITERS: B. McDill, P. Harrison PRODUCER: Andy Johns supported by brisk instrumentation. a flurry of vigorous funk/hip -hop beats PUBLISHERS: PolyGram /Ranger Bob, ASCAP; for an energetic push at pop radio. Could WRITER: R. Gomez Programming incentive comes via a slew Unichappell, BMI and spiraling synths. An urban thrill, this be a catalyst in bringing the group PUBLISHER: Couscous Music, BMI Epic 77025 (c /o Sony) (7 -inch single) of on- target, groove- intensive remixes. from start to finish. back? Cross your fingers! Warner Bros. 6164 (CD promo) Best of the batch are the percolating A rueful look back on what might have Instrumental, shuffling boogie (as you "Ligosa" and rave -ish P.M. Dawn * THE JAllMASTERS Sound Of Summer (4:20) been, emotionally amplified by Stone's might have guessed from the track's title) versions. PRODUCER: Paul Hardcastle velvet vocals and a calypso beat. WRITERS: P. Hardcastle, G. Barnacle, H. Rogers A C is seamlessly matched to occasional PUBLISHER: not listed bursts of excited riffing. Just right STEREO MC's Step It Up (7:59) JVC 102 (cassette single) CLINTON GREGORY Standing On The Edge PETER CETERA Even A Fool Can See (4:31) PRODUCERS: Stereo MC's Of Love (2:37) for southern-exposed album -rock K. is music PRODUCERS: David Foster, Peter Cetera WRITERS: R. Birch, Hallam Act helmed by veteran dance PRODUCER: Ray Pennington playlists. PUBLISHER: EMI -Virgin, BMI WRITERS: P. Cetera, M. Goldenberg producer Paul Hardcastle, who turns his WRITERS: T. Seals, J.P. Pennington PUBLISHERS: PPC Songs, ASCAP; MCA/Flee Dieedle, REMIXERS: Leftfield PUBLISHERS: WB/East 64th, ASCAP; Pacific Island/ Gee Street 862431 (do Island) (12 -inch single) attention toward plush R &B grooves and BMI * TONTO TONTO Mirror (3:07) Music Of The World, BMI Warner Bros. 18561 (cassett single) PRODUCER: Ric Wake fluid jazz tones on this glistening, radio - Step One 461 (7 -inch single) U.K. funketeers continue to effectively WRITERS; Nick Fowler,Tonto Tonto friendly track. Helen Rogers is a peddle their unique blend of retro- dance, Gregory reels off all the perilous Latest offering from "World Falling PUBLISHER: not listed vocal presence, lazily resting Victory 0001 (do PLG) (CD promo) traditional jazz, and hip -hop. Insinuating charming symptoms of falling in love in this big, Down" is a percussive ditty nicely framed atop a pillowy bass line and tingling bits by David crisp production workout is bolstered by a smokin' enveloping, up -tempo production. Foster's and Previously underappreciated act takes Already making minor s trumpet solo and uplifting lyrics. Fans of of percussion. Ceterá distinctive voice. Toe -tapping another shot at album -rock acceptance noise at regional urban formats, single is Heaven the previous "Connected" will find TRACY BYRD Heldin' (2:29) rhythms, ear-catching instrumentation, with an acoustic/harmony-anchored jam PRODUCER: Tony this gem irresistible. Actually, this poised for a national breakthough. Give Brown and a brain -embedding hook add up to an from its fine "Mirror For The Blame" this one a remix, and watch club fires WRITERS: B. Kenner, T. McHugh out -of- the -box AC hit, with serious anthemic jam has the juice to win the PUBLISHERS: Tom Collins/Music Corp. Of America, BMI album. Textured production, engaging ignite. MCA 54659 (c/o Uni) (7 -inch single) for a top 40 crossover. group a whole new contingent of fans. potential vocals, and a sing -along chorus A brassy, hard -driving rhythm and a tale make this a most deserving entry. Get on it. FREDDIE MacGREGOR (Playing) Hard To Get MARY -CHAPIN CARPENTER The Hard Way of monumentally lucking * Harder heads may prefer the more (4:06) out. (3:49) YOUNG MC What's The Flavor? (3:53) PRODUCER: Augustus "Gussie" Clarke aggressive extra cut, "All The Love In PRODUCERS: John Jennings, Mary- Chapin Carpenter Pinkney, T. Roper PRODUCER: Marvin Young WRITERS: T. Stephenson, D. ANDY CHILDS I Wouldn't Know (3:26) WRITER: M.C. Carpenter The World." PUBLISHERS: Gunsmoke/Pow Wow, ASCAP WRITER: M. Young PRODUCERS: Josh Leo, Mark Wright PUBLISHERS: EMI -April /Getarealjob, ASCAP PUBLISHER: Young Man Moving, ASCAP Pow Wow 479 (cassette single) WRITERS: M. Beeson, R. Byrne, M. McGuire Columbia 74930 (c /o KMFDM Sucks (4:01) REMIXER: John "L.A. Jay" Barnes Ill PUBLISHERS: EMI April /Avalon Avenue, ASCAP: Robert -growing PRODUCER: Sasha Konietzko Capitol 79754 (do CEMA) (cassette single) Reggae crooner joins the ever Byrne, BMI Country music darling further solidifies WRITER: S. Korietzkò brigade of Jamaican artists shooting for RCA 62545 (do BMG) (7 -inch single) It's been a minute or two since Young her strong stance in pop/AC circles with PUBLISHERS: Edition /KMFDM Enterprises/Freibank a pop crossover. and appealing MC hit with "Bust A Move." On this title Smooth Childs delivers an intimate and vocally a strummed, midtempo jewel from her Wax Trax 8703 (CD single) lays R &B and hip -hop elements over track from his third set, he valiantly aims jam arresting ballad about a man who has lost sparkling "Come On Come On" collection. Standard industrial fuzz vocal delivers a ragga/dancehall foundation. to reignite radio flames, with promising everything but the pain. Lyrics that outline the rigors of surviving definition of KMFDM in rudimentary MacGregor has a sweet and delightful results. Although track isn't an instant against all odds take an appropriately rap style. Ends by saying "KMFDM voice, the solid song quite well. BOBBIE CRYNER Daddy Laid The Blues On Me grabber, the rhymes are clearly a cut serving upbeat tone, with Carpenter's warm alto sucks," and listeners may or may not Richly deserving of vast, multiformat (3:24) above the typical fare, and the groove is PRODUCERS: Doug Johnson, Carl Jackson giving the song enough depth and heart to agree. play. Contact: 212- 245 -3010. moderately appealing. Give this one a few WRITER: B. Cryner strike a personal chord with just about PUBLISHER: Ensign/Miss Scarlett/Lonesome Dove, BMI anyone. Will sound great cranked to peak spins -it'll grow on you. G -WIZ Teddy Bear (4:19) Epic 77044 (c/o Sony) (7 -inch single) volume on the radio. PRODUCER: Jamahl Harris In her debut effort, Cryner belts out the R A P OMD Stand Above Me (3:33) WRITERS: J. Harris, R. Martin tale of a rough and rowdy musical legacy. PRODUCERS: McCluskey, Coon PUBLISHERS: MICON, AACI Songs, ASCAP * JANN ARDEN Will You Remember Me? (3:46) JUNGLE BROTHERS 40 Below Trooper (3:52) WRITERS: OMD REMIXERS: Dan Bates, Jamahl Harris Lots of rockabilly piano pounding and PRODUCER: Ed Cherney . PUBLISHERS: EMI Virgin Music/Raw Unitd. /ASCAP Scotti Bros. 75360 (do BMG) (cassette single) blues -harp wailing. WRITER: J. Arden PRODUCERS: Jt.ngle Brothers Virgin 12777 (do CEMA) (cassette single) PUBLISHER: PolyGram International, ASCAP; Yellow WRITERS: M. Small, N. Hall, C. Bob PUBLISHER: PTX Entertainment, to Moon, SOCAN BMI For public tastes that run infectiously PAUL HALE I'm Losing You All Over Again (3:26) A &M 8109 (c/o PGD) (cassette single) REMIXER: Bob Power upbeat bubblegum pop with some PRODUCERS: Mick Lloyd, James Hudson Warner Bros. 40764 (maxi- cassette single) N E W & Canadian singer/songwriter comes on muscle, this track, from the chronically WRITERS: B. Caswell, K. Whitley has way too PUBLISHER: Sony Tree, BMI It been long since the Jungle T E R T like a combination of Joan Armatrading overlooked venerable British pop outfit, N O W O H Y K -Tel have Country 1059 (7 -inch single) on Brothers served their special recipe will do the trick. Features fat, raspy and Bonnie Raitt this introspective, In his distinctive, hard -edged vocals, poetic moment from her highly of pop/hip -hop. Grinding funk vibes synths, a rollicking beat, and sweet, URBAN SPEECH Let Me Go (7:33) complement oh -so- clever rhymes and a PRODUCER: Kevin Osbourne Hale recounts a breakup that never recommended debut, "Time For Mercy." strong vocal harmonies. May have legs at K. hook begs for 40 Bodes WRITER: Osboume heals. Arden has an evocative and powerful that top play. well alternative, but pop radio programmers PUBLISHER: Vibe for act's forthcoming "J. Beez Wit The REMIXERS: Gordon Williams, Skeff Anslem voice matched here by a rumbling organ really should give the act a shot. From Remedy" album. Reprise 40875 (do Warner Bros.) (12 -inch single) and nimble guitar work. An adult release new "Liberator" set. Charismatic U.K. duo shines like a DAN C E that could cross into album-rock formats MISTA GRIMM Indo Smoke (4:03) MICHAEL HOWARD Got To Have Your Love (nr, bright, future star on this chunky, given the right push. PRODUCER: Warren G. DAJAE U Got Me Up (no timing listed) WRITERS: R. Trawick, W. Griffin Ill timing listed) funk -fortified pop/hip -hop anthem. PRODUCER: Cajmere PUBLISHERS: M sta Grimm /Warren G. /New Justice, BMI; PRODUCER: Michael Howard Flailing, belted diva vocals are firmly WRITERS: Dajae, Cajmere Columbia Pictures, ASCAP WRITER: M. Howard PUBLISHERS: Cajual/Karen D. Gordon, ASCAP Epic Soundtrax 5226 (c/o Sony) (cassette single) PUBLISHER: not listed supported by hard beats and jiggly Cajual 206 (12 -inch single) ROCK TRACKS LTA 100 (CD single) guitars. Song tracing a young On this first single from the soundtrack voice From a small southern label comes this woman's emancipation from her The big, gorgeous behind the e PJ HARVEY 50 Ft Queenie (2:25) to "Poetic Justice," trio extolls the virtues upbeat, catchy track, which could stand family has a contagious hook that is recent top five smash "Brighter Days" is PRODUCER: Steve Albini and dangers of lighting up -in more -oriented top 40 back with an equally potent slice of WRITERS: PJ Harvey alongside many of rhythm/crossover accessible to youth PUBLISHER: Hot Head Music, BMI ways than one. Easygoing, handclappin' radio's recent offerings. A fine tune full and urban formats. Lively house Chicago house. A sinewy bass line and Island 6770 (CD promo) beats and limber scratching provide a of synth action and multilayered vocals remixes will do the trick in wooing jangly guitars temper a hearty beat and Heavy guitar riffing could have slinky base for quivery singing and a could make that will keep toes tapping. Contact: 7924 club pundits. A hit in the making. tune that the grade at overwhelmed, but clarity of production cheeky rapping. Lots fun. crossover radio. An underscore of live

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Look Who's Not Talking On AM Dial Six Local Stations Clinging To Top 40 BY ERIC BOEHLERT that program top 40 are an endan- the current owner, explains the gered species (specifically ones change "was a matter of econom- NEW YORK -When top 40 radio that do not simulcast from an FM ics." The AM simply could not gen- was born, high -profile AM stations or pay for satellite programming.) erate enough revenue to pay its such as WMCA New York, KJR Se- In fact, according to data compiled bills, he says. attle, and KLIF Dallas were the by the M Street Journal, only six WRON -AM in West Virginia ones that spread the sounds of locally produced AM stations play may soon join the ranks of WROB. "Honeycomb," "Teen Angel," and the hits from the Billboard Hot 100 The station, yet another from the "Duke Of Earl" to a generation of Singles Chart: KJYK Tucson, class of '47, already simulcasts a teens who suddenly became wed- Ariz.; WIRY Burlington, Vt./ few hours each morning from Well- Schooled. Members of School Of Fish entertain KROQ Los Angeles ded to their AM radios. Plattsburgh, N.Y.; WKIC Hazard, WRON -FM. Station owner Elaine contest winners backstage following a show at the Palace Theatre. Pictured, Not surprisingly, with the clear, Ky.; WLNC Laurinburg, N.C.; Pugh says her plans for the AM from left, are winner Hector Zuniga and friend; band members Josh Clayton booming sound of FM firmly en- WRON -AM Ronceverte, W.Va.; Felt, Chris MacDonald, and Michael Ward; and another contest winner. trenched as the natural choice of and WROB Columbus, Miss. music listeners, AM stations today Of those stations, incredibly just Two stations are two -WIRY and WLNC -are true stand -alones: ones that operate true stand-alones without the benefit of an FM sister operating without Upstart Colfax Spurred By Duopoly Rules station to make up for any weak revenue. the benefit of Aggressive Firm Establishes Minn., D.C. Strongholds In retracing the history of the six AMs, many of the station own- an FM NEW YORK-The lure of duopo- publisher of Duncan's American at once can spell trouble. ers and GMs tell tales similar to ly-the ability to own more than one Radio, tracks radio revenues, says With 1993 only half over, some in- those of Annette Devan, GM of sister station FM station in the same market -is for WTEM to be successful -and to dustry observers are wondering if WIRY. That small -town station attracting investors that in the past pay for its pricey Washington Red- there any more eight- figure an- went on the air in 1950 playing the were put off by what they consid- skins NFL broadcast rights -the nouncements coming from Colfax popular hits of the day and quickly are to eventually take it satellite in ered to be radio's constricting eco- station would have to bill $6 million - this year. Goldstein says, "Our cur- embraced top 40 pop hits. The sta- order to deliver a better product nomics. One radio $7 million annually and inch toward rent objective is to absorb our new tion also set aside plenty of time and to ease the station's operating group created on the 2.0-3.0 ratings territory. acquisitions and make sure they are for news and local events. Since costs. the possibilities Following the WTEM debut, Col- optimally operated." then, programming -wise, "It duopoly offers is fax picked up religious WCTS Minne- Colfax was created in April 1992 hasn't changed a heckuva lot," GARTH BROOKS & BOBBY BROWN the barely 1 -year- apolis for $10 million from the Cen- after the company's two principals, says Devan, who's been with the That will never happen to old, Minneapolis - tral Baptist Theological Seminary Steve and Mitchell Rales, took over station since 1954, when the owner WLNC Laurinburg, N.C., as long based Colfax this past January. From a competi- owership of then -WGMS- AM-FM. first hired her to work for three as Fred Fox owns the station Communications. tive standpoint, when Colfax took the Previously, the brothers had been weeks as a temp secretary. where the sound is a throwback to The group, station over, it essentially signed on partners in the stations and were the old top 40 stations that used to GOLDSTEIN headed by a pair with a new signal, since WCTS did spurred by the duopoly rule change CHANGING LANDSCAPE cherry -pick the best from all of successful tool - not offer advertising or compete stri- to delve deeper into radio. What has changed, though, is genres. (WLNC -"Hometown Ra- manufacturing brothers, has quick- dently for listeners. When Colfax The Rales brothers run several the surrounding broadcast land- dio" -plays both Garth Brooks ly snatched up stations in Washing- changed WCTS to country WBOB businesses, the largest being Dan- scape. Back in 1950 two AM sta- and Bobby Brown). Fox is con- ton, D.C., and Minneapolis. In the (referred to on the air as simply aher Corp., a publicly traded tool tions could be heard in Platts- vinced that taking AM stations nation's capital, Colfax runs classi- "Bob ") it opted to go up against manufacturing company based in burgh as well as surrounding Clin- satellite is the surest way to lose cal WGMS, all- sports WTEM (the crosstown country leader KEEY. Washington, D.C. ton County, located in the local advertising because, he ar- Team), and this month takes over Even before Colfax was able to Colfax, named after a school at- northernmost reaches of New gues, satellite stations lose their adult alternative WJZE (Jazzy 100). introduce the new country station, tended by Mitchell Rales as well as York state. Today scores of FM local identity. In Minneapolis, Colfax owns old- the company was busy purchasing a prominent street in Minneapolis, stations, including several from Fox, who purchased the 500 - ies KQQL and the newly unveiled crosstown KQQL for $14 million borrows heavily from the Rales' in- neighboring Vermont, can be watt daytimer for $380,000 two country outlet, WBOB (formerly re- from Trumper Communications. dustrial background. "There are tuned in with ease. years ago and oversees WLNC's ligious WCTS). The two make up Goldstein reports "zero changes" at great parallels between manufac- Devan says the attention the four -person staff, says filling the that city's first FM /FM duopoly. the station since Colfax took it over. turing and radio," Goldstein ex- station pays to local happenings is station up with syndicated talk - Through its purchases, which to- This month, the Minneapolis com- plains. "Manufacturing forces eval- crucial to its success (WIRY oper- show hosts, as scores of AMs tal $45 million and took fewer than pany closes on adult alternative uation of the competition and [mea- ates in the black and, when ratings across the country have done re- 12 months to implement, and its pro- WJZE Washington, D.C., for $19.5 suring] yourself against it. That's a breakouts are done, routinely cently in response to AM's dimin- gramming choices, Colfax has million. Colfax is buying the station principle we're committed to." ranks No. 1 in Clinton County, ac- ishing musical strength, is another quickly established itself as one of from United Broadcasting. ERIC BOEHLERT cording to Devan). way to lose a station's identity. the industry's more aggressive The recent buzz in the market- For instance, the Plattsburgh McRaney at WROB says that players. place has centered around the sug- Air Force Base is facing a shut- while deciding whether to switch Colfax's first major move came gestion that Colfax will switch down that would affect the jobs of the station over to simulcast, he last summer when it split up its WJZE to either oldies or country. thousands of listeners. Devan says did not consider moving to N/T an then -sole property, WGMS-AM -FM, The rumors became so strong that a the station might carry the Air option because popular syndica- and flipped the AM to all -sports group of concerned listeners pur- Force's closure hearings live from tions rights are too expensive and, WTEM. "Colfax is a research -based chased an ad in a local paper and Boston. "We can't compete [with for the most part, were already group, and in our marketplace re- urged listeners to attend a "Rally to FM's] sound, so we compete other spoken for by crosstown stations. search, we identified an appetite for Save Jazzy 100" and to fax their ways," she says. Shane Sparkman, ND at WKIC all- sports," says Colfax president concerns to Goldstein (Billboard, At the end of World War II, Hazard, Ky., says station manage- Steven Goldstein, who for six years June 5). At press time, Goldstein WKIC Hazard, Ky., signed on in ment also has been tempted to served as VP /GM at WCCO Minne- would say only that Colfax pur- 1947 as a big band station and soon switch from top 40 to N/T but has apolis, until the station was sold to chased WJZE because its audience segued to top 40 when Frank Sina- not yet made the move. Talk of sat- CBS Radio. (Prior to that, Goldstein makes an "attractive companion to tra no longer passed as hip with ellite, which would allow manage- worked as an ad exec at the Minne- the classical station [WGMS]." Does the teen listeners 100 miles south ment to concentrate all its ener- apolis agency Carmichael Lynch.) that mean WJZE fans have nothing of Lexington. The station today re- gies on the country FM, WSGS, WTEM recently broke the 1.0 bar- to worry about? Goldstein would mains top 40. also remains a possibility. rier in the winter Arbitron book. not go that far but he has applied But, as Sparkman points out, the "We're pleased with the progress for the new call letters WBIG -FM. 'A MATTER OF ECONOMICS' top 40 continues to do well even we've made," men- Duncan, in says Goldstein, According to changing Separated At Birth? Queen's Brian The same year Mississippi, though young listeners have the tioning the station's continued time - WJZE's format would be poison. May, right, out promoting his solo Bob McRaney built WROB. The option of dialing in FMs from near- fine ratings, spent- listening improvements. "It's got superb demo- album "Back To The Light," recently station remained one of the AM by Hayden and Jenkins, Ky. As for "We're very, very pleased the re- graphics, and exclusivity," 40 at format stopped by to visit with syndicated top survivors until last Decem- the teens loyalty, Sparkman says, sponse by audience and by ad- he while the says, warning that for a morning man Howard Stern at WXRK ber when WROB began simulcast- "Maybe it has something to do new company, to too vertisers." trying juggle (K-Rock) New York. ing much of its day from sister with the fact we've been on the air Jim Duncan, who, as editor and many stations in format transition WKBB. McRaney's son, Bob Jr., for 45 years."

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Pam Steele Exits KEGL After Strip Stunt; WOWF Goes Country; Thomas Sues KPWR newsilne ... J.D. MARTIN, Midcontinental Broadcasting's radio division president, exits KEGL DALLAS midday host Pam dorf in an April 11, 1992, broadcast of Colfax Communications has applied along with director of finance Renee Stapleton and corporate sales director Steele, unhappy with a station stunt NPR's "Weekend Edition." for the new call letters WBIG -FM for Gary Swartz. that had female staffers pretending to WJR Detroit and the Detroit Free its recently acquired WJZE (Jazzy 100) MARK WARLAUMONT Raleigh, N.C., to bebe strippers at a local bar, resigned May Press have teamed up to provide Washington, D.C. No word on a format exits as GM at WKIX/WYLT Fla. 28. Earlier, syndicated morning man listners and readers with information change yet ... As expected, WHQT come GSM at WMMO Orlando, Howard Stern had suggested that, in via a 900 number. The audiotext line will Miami PD Hector Hannibal starts the ROBERT DONNELLY for ABC Radio - an effort to raise his Dallas ratings, provide callers with repeats of WJR fea- PD job at WHUR Washington, D.C. has been named VP /engineering Net for ABC Radio. KEGL GM Donna Fadal should take it tures including roundups of Tigers (Billboard, June 5) June 21. works. He was GM/satellite systems all off. The following Friday, she and games, health reports, sports commen- Sam Church, former PD at WMYI STATION Mass., and WWBB Provi- five other female KEGL employees taries, and highlights from J.P. Greenville, S.C., is Midwestern Broad- SALES: WHYN -AM -FM Springfield, donned sports bras and Stern boxers McCarthy's morning show. casting's new group PD. The title in- dence, R.I., from Wilks- Schwartz Broadcasting to George Sosson's Radio Equity for $25.65 million; KKIS -FM San Francisco, from Ran- for a stunt at a local bar. cludes full -time PD work for WALR Partners dolph KZWC Inc., a of Z-Spanish PD Brian Krysz has upped Stern PROGRAMMING: WOW -FM COUNTRY Atlanta, where Church replaces Vern E. George to Broadcasting subsidiary board man/weekender Russ Martin to Following its failed attempt to attract Catron, who remains morning man. Radio Network Inc., for ',:50,000; WHFS Washington, D.C., from Duchos- sois to Liberty Broadcasting for $15.6 million. Liberty fill Steele's shift and is looking to hire young listeners to Detroit's aggressive, From Toronto, Billboard's Larry Communications Martin's replacement. alternative talk -radio approach on LeBlanc reports that after 22 years as plans to keep WHFS' modern-rock format intact. In other news, The 7-month-old local one of Canada's leading top 40 stations, CLOSINGS: from Communica- marketing agreement in Jacksonville, CFTR is changing format to all-news SALE WTAR/WLTY Norfolk, Va., Landmark Fla., between Osborn Communica- "680 News" Monday (7). Out are top 40 tions to Benchmark Radio for $4.5 million; WFYV -FM Jacksonville, Fla., Media for $8 million; tions' WBYB and Eagle Broadcasting's personalities Jesse Dylan, Gene Valai- from Metroplex Communications to Evergreen Inc., of WHJX -FM ended suddenly May 24 tis, Tartan Dan, Kris James, Bob Cal- WMAD -AM -FM Madison, Wis., from receiver DPC, a subsidiary Double L of crosstown when Osborn pulled the plug on WBYB lahan, Jim Elyot, and Cat Spencer. the Bank of Sun Prairie, to Broadcasting, owner for $650,000. and its Satellite Music Network- deliv- MD Rob Farina and music librarian WIBA-AM -FM, ered "The Touch" format by literally Donna Lidster remain. John Hinnen, RICARDO DEL CASTILLO, VP of Tichenor Media System, has turning off the transmitter. An Osborn ND on CFTR's FM sister CHFI, will operations at spokesperson says the company is oversee CPTR's new format as VP and been elected to a two -year term on the National Assn. of Broadcasters Ra- "looking at a number of alternatives," executive editor. dio Board of Directors. future. WHJX had been op- New CFTR anchors include Dick for WBYB's by Phyllis Stark erating WBYB under the LMA with an Smyth, Evelyn Macko, and Ianne option to purchase. No word on the sta- with Eric Boehlert Summers, all previous hosts of news comes PD for CJYQ. Paul Magee is the The Chicago Sun -Times reports tus of the sale. & Carrie Borzillo updates on CFTR or CHFI ... CHSC new afternoon host at CKIX. Chris Fabry, host of Moody Broadcast Chantilly, Va.-based Vallie Consult- St Catharines, Ontario, PD Ted Yates Network's "Open Line" program, ing has formed a partnership with The WOWF (WOW -FM) Detroit, owner Al- is on a temporary leave of absence. PEOPLE: THOMAS SUES KPWR adds morning -host duties at Moody Bi- Gallup Organization to create a radio liance Broadcasting is now trying to Jones Satellite Network country for- The Los Angeles Daily News reports ble Institute's WMBI-AM -FM, replac- consulting and research partnership lasso young country listeners. On May mat OM Len Roberts exits to open a former KPWR (Power 106) Los ing Bob Murfm, who retires. and hired consultant John Irwin, previ- 28, WOWF flipped to "Young Country." country radio consultancy ... Gannett's Angeles morning jock Jay Thomas, Carolyn Kruse has left WCTK Prov- ously of Irwin Media, to lead the effort Out are PD Harry Valentine and the Sky Radio format "Sports Radio" fired last month after a brief suspen- idence, R.I., where she served as mid- His previous experience includes run- rest of the air staff. Station vet Al Casey adds the syndicated sports show sion, is suing the station for $900,000 for day host, to take the night job at new ning KOSI Denver, WYNY New York, now is acting as WOWF's PD. "Sports Byline USA." breach of contract. Neither GM Doyle country outlet WBCS Boston. WCTK and WBZ Boston. New York's lone country outlet, Hilary Montbourquette has been Rose nor PD Rick Cummings was PD Mike McCoy is searching for The United States District Court has WYNY, finally has a format competitor, named GM of CJYQ/CKIX St John's, available for comment by press time. Kruse's replacement . WTIC -FM dismissed the case of Larry Buendorf albeit an AM one. Infinity Broadcast- Newfoundland, replacing Fred Trainor, KLOS Los Angeles morning men Hartford, Conn., hires former KHQT vs. National Public Radio, Daniel ing's WZRC, which has been an affiliate who exits. Ken Ash has been upped to Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps are (Hot 97.7) San Jose, Calif., morning Schorr, and Scott Simon. The suit of SMN's "Z- Rock," flips to Unistar's programming supervisor for the combo set to syndicate their morning show be- team Bill Kelly & Al Kline for that claimed the defendants libeled Buen- country format. and PD for CKIX. Andy Newman beginning Monday (7) on KGON Portland, shift, replacing Larry Wax. Ore., and KKBB Bakersfield, Calif. Jason Roberts, former WCOL -FM They will replace Dave & Tom at Columbus, Ohio, production director, KGON and Stan Marvin and sidekick steps into the long -vacant APD position. Joy Wolf at KKBB. Wolf will continue Jock Nick Danger adds the production to handle news at KKBB; Marvin exits director title. Also, Angela Summers, Modern Rock Tracks Adds BDS Data and can be reached at 805-836 -2450. from crosstown WTVN, arrives as ND/ KSOL (Wild 107) San Francisco morning anchor, replacing Kelly NEW YORK-Effective with this is- the unmonitored radio reporting panel mainstream reporter. WHJX Jackson- morning man Mancow Muller and Quinn, now at crosstown WBNS -FM. sue, Billboard has partially converted has been revised for the Modern Rock ville, Fla., was an R&B reporter. sidekick Chuy Gomez were set to re- Former KINE -FM Honolulu night its Modern Rock Tracks chart to Tracks chart. WCHZ Augusta, Ga., is On the small-market Hot 100 panel, turn to the air June 4. They had been jock Lisa Delcruz joins crosstown Broadcast Data Systems, the Billboard added as a secondary reporter. CIMX KZZU Spokane, Wash., is upped from suspended after blocking morning traf- KPOI for afternoon drive ... KDON sister company that monitors actual ra- Detroit changes from bronze to silver secondary to bronze reporting status. fic on the Bay Bridge with several vehi- Monterey, Calif., morning man Jay Kel- dio airplay. The panel now consists of reporting status. KDGE Dallas moves KEZY Anaheim, Calif., moves from cles and giving haircuts to listeners ley exits for that shift at KLUC Las Ve- 37 reporting stations, including 10 mon- from silver to bronze. bronze to secondary status. (Billboard, June 5.) gas, replacing Mike O'Brian ... KRQQ itored stations and 27 smaller-market Also effective with this issue, radio On the Hot R &B Singles panel, KMPC Los Angeles overnight jock Tucson, Ariz., weekend jock Toby stations that continue to report their reporters for four other chart panels WTLZ Saginaw, Mich., changes from Tony Femino moves to evenings, re- Wood is upped to MD. playlists. have been revised: Hot 100 Singles, Hot bronze to secondary reporting status. placing Fred Wallin, who moves to the The Louisville, Ky., Courier -Journal The 10 monitored stations will ac- R&B Singles, Hot Country Singles & That panel now consists of 98 stations, morning shift previously occuped by reports WHAS night host Milton Metz count for approximately 50% of the Tracks, and Album Rock Tracks. including 64 that are monitored. Jim Lampley. Overnights now are filled steps down from that shift but still will chart airplay points. The unmonitored Except for Album Rock, stations on Three stations were added to the Hot by American Sports Network pro- host daily commentaries on the station. stations will make up the remaining these panels are also divided into two Country Singles & Tracks panel, which gramming. Midday host Doug McElvein moves to 50%. Each play on a monitored station categories, those monitored by BDS now consists of 113 stations. New re- By the fourth of July David Duke nights. He will be replaced with the syn- will count as one point. There is no and those unmonitored stations that reporters are KKBQ Houston, KNCI Sa- should know if he's going to stick dicated Rush Limbaugh show. weighting of monitored stations. port their playlists. There are five cramento, and WCLB Boston. around as host of WASO New Orleans WNCN New York promotion director Weighting on unmonitored stations weight categories for unmonitored sta- Five stations were added to the Al- morning talk show. According to an ar- Joni Challenor exits to open her own continues as before. tions based on their weekly clame audi- bum Rock Tracks chart, which now in- ticle in The Washington Post, WASO film promotion company. Miriam Stations now being monitored include ence in the winter 1993 Arbitrons: plat- cludes 96 stations. Two of the new re- owner Robert Namer is concerned that Allenson, who had been manager of the the following: KITS San Francisco; inum, gold, silver, bronze, and porters, KEGL Dallas and KKYK Duke, the fomer Ku Klux Klan chief and WNCN listeners club, is upped to man- KROQ Los Angeles; WBRU Provi- secondary. Little Rock, Ark., previously were on gubernatorial and presidential candi- ager, marketing and promotions. dence, R.I.; WDRE Long Island, N.Y.; The Hot 100 panel now consists of the Hot 100 panel. The other three addi- diate, is just too stiff and boring on -air. After a stay as interim morning man WFNX Boston; WHFS Washington, 179 reporting stations, including 67 top tions are KHOP Modesto, Calif., "He's way too dry," complained Namer, at KQKS (KS104) Denver, Rich Ste- D.C.; and XETRA -FM San Diego. 40/mainstream stations, 34 top 40/ WRNO New Orleans, and WROQ adding, "He's got no wit." vens returns to WFLZ Tampa, Fla., to Three other monitored stations move rhythm- crossover stations, and 78 Greenville, S.C. At WLTT Washington, D.C., former do weekend work. Stevens is looking for from the Hot 100 panel to Modern small-market stations. The two new ad- There are no changes to the Hot P/T host Josh Cohen takes the after- full-time opportunies; call 407-869-1976 Rock: KWOD Sacramento, Calif., ditions to the top 40 rhythm-crossover Adult Contemporary panel. However, noon shift, replacing Dave Adler. In the ... Former WLUP -FM Chicago eve- WENZ Cleveland, and WNNX Atlanta. panel move from other chart panels. conversion to a monitored panel for this evenings, weekender Tammy Jett re- ning jock Heidi Hess is looking for a In addition to the conversion to BDS, WZOU Boston previously was a top 40/ chart is anticipated for July. places Al Santos ... KMOX St. Louis new opportunity. Reach her at 312-664- afternoon host J.C. Corcoran is out. 5664.

72 BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard® FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1993 Radio Hot Adult Contemporary..

COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL so o, SAMPLE OF RADIO PLAYLISTS 3« ARTIST ? 3 g 3 3 Ú LABEL & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL * * * No. 1 * * * HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY ROD STEWART 1 1 1 24 WARNER BROS. 18511 3 weeks at No. 1

I'LL NEVER GET OVER YOU (GETTING OVER ME) EXPOSE 2 4 16 Keith Clark 0 ARISTA 1 -2518 HERO DAVID 3 3 6 8 CROSBY & PHIL COLLINS WJMO -FM Cleveland ATLANTIC 87360 BY THE TIME NIGHT IS 6 11 5 THIS OVER KENNY G/PEABO BRYSON ® ARISTA 12565 TELL WHAT 5 4 2 16 YOU DREAM RESTLESS HEART/VV. HILL ME BY STRADDLING THE LINE between Cleveland's Here's a recent afternoon hour: Jeremy Jordan, LOVE IS VANESSA urban powerhouse, WZAK, and hot AC WQAL (Q104), "Wannagirl "; Stereo MC's, "Connected "; Duice, "Daz- 6 5 5 19 WILLIAMS & BRIAN MCKNIGHT GIANT 18630 top 40/rhythm WJMO -FM (Jammin' 92) not only has zey Duks "; En Vogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never EVEN A FOOL CAN SEE PETER O 8 10 8 CETERA WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT been able to carve out a niche for itself, it also has man- Gonna Get It "); Johnny Gill, "The Foor "; Joey Law- YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE GO WEST aged to rebound to a 4.5 share in winter Arbitron book rence, "Nothin' My Love Can't Fix"; Shai, "If I Ever 8 7 3 15 WHAT EMI 50428/ERG after a disappointing dip to a 3.3 in the fall. Fall In Love "; Robin S., "Show Me Love"; Silk, "Freak A SONG FOR YOU RAY CHARLES 9 9 9 11 Although the station is closer in sound to WZAK than Me "; Vanessa Williams, Back To You "; WARNER BROS. 18611 "Running WQAL, PD Keith Clark is quick to differentiate his sta- Technotronic, "Move This "; Shai, "Comforter "; Snow, I HAVE NOTHING WHITNEY HOUSTON 10 11 7 17 ARISTA 1 -2527 tion. 'We're not an urban station," he says. "By listening "Informer"; and Tené Williams, "Give Him A Love He

I to [WJMO-FM], some people might draw the conclusion Feel." 11 10 8 17 IF EVER LOSE MY FAITH IN YOU STING Can A &M 0111 by the sound that we are urban. Others would say abso- Picking up an idea from WHYT Detroit, Clark pro- * * * POWER PICK* * * lutely not. In my opinion, the way you decide that is by grams an "Old Scool" feature with "street music" from DON'T TAKE AWAY MY HEAVEN AARON NEVILLE 1Z 12 19 7 the audience composition. If your cume is over 60% the early to mid -'80s at night. A &M 0240 black, you are an urban station. We're 71% white and Clark says Cleveland is an unusual market because 13 14 13 21 ANGEL JON SECADA 29% SBK 50406/ERG black." its radio listeners enjoy several diverse types of music. MOMENTS OF LOVE CATHY DENNIS Blatantly honest, Clark also is the first one to admit "We share almost as much listening with [album rock] Z4 19 20 7 POLYDOR 859 054 /PLG the fall book glitch resulted from a programming error. WMMS as we do with [WQAL] and almost as much COME IN OF THE RAIN WENDY 15 13 14 22 OUT MOTEN "In the fall of 1992, we made a classic mistake. We really as with the urban station. You would think that a sta- EMI 50417/ERG blew it here in Cleveland," he says. "We thought we were tion that plays rhythmic top 40 would have nothing in I SMILE 16 15 15 19 SEE YOUR GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIC 74847 being geniuses in recognizing the popularity of techno common with the legendary AOR in town, but people

17 17 16 9 HARBOR LIGHTS BRUCE HORNSBY music. Our preliminary indications were that it was go- listen to us for different things." RCA 62487 ing to be huge in Cleveland. We took a significant step With a tight promotional budget (Clark says, "I can DO A (TO STOP ME) ISAAK 18 18 21 9 CAN'T THING CHRIS REPRISE 18604 in the techno direction. It was hot for a minute, then died carry my marketing and promotion budget around in

IF I COULD REGINA BELLE a horrible death. We caught it two- thirds of the way into a very small wallet "), there has been almost no money 19 20 18 11 COLUMBIA 74864 the book and made a change back to an R &B pop/hip- spent on marketing the station. "We had to really get FROM THE MOON DION 20 16 12 13 WATER CELINE EPIC 74809 hop -based approach, and the book came back." street level, grass roots with our marketing," he says. At age 17, Clark began his career in radio at WQXL, The station vehicle, a bright pink 1980 Dodge Aspen I DON'T WANNA FIGHT TINA TURNER 21 21 23 5 VIRGIN 12652 a small gospel station in Columbia, S.C., where he did known as the "Pig's Big-Ass Pen" (the station mascot SIMPLE LIFE 22 22 17 19 ELTON JOHN everything, including clean the bathroom. His first PD is a pig) is used for appearances. MCA 54581 job was at KMJM St. Louis. This was followed by a pro- The station also has sponsored four listener- appreci- THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES JANET JACKSON 23 25 27 6 VIRGIN 12650 gramming stint at WMQX Winston -Salem, N.C., an old- ation concerts in the last two years. The most recent YOU READ ME WRONG LAUREN CHRISTY ies -based AC, where, Clark says, "I royally got my butt one, held last month at a water park, featured Shai, T4 26 29 5 MERCURY ALBUM CUT kicked. It was not a confidence builder." Jade, and Boy Crazy. IN G 25 23 22 30 FFOREVE 82 LOVE KENNY ARISTA 1-2 He returned to contemporary radio, and more success, Clark's marketing philosophy is "not [just] telling when he moved to WHJX -FM Jacksonville, Fla., which people what we are, but doing things. We try to create ZÓ 27 30 4 IT'S ALRIGHT HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS SHANACHIE ALBUM CUT debuted with a 5.3 share under Clark's guidance. He a buzz in our audience and create events that they per- OFF THE GROUND PAUL MCCARTNEY 29 31 5 joined WJMO in 1991. 01 CAPITOL 44924 ceive as being of great value." At the time, Cleveland had a mainstream top 40 sta- The station steers away from slogans (although it Zó 30 28 7 SLEEPING SATELLITE TASMIN ARCHER EMI 50426/ERG tion in WPHR (now WENZ). Clark decided to take a does occasionally use "Cleveland's hottest music ") and LOVE DO 29 28 26 13 THAT'S WHAT CAN BOY KRAZY rhythmic approach with WJMO -FM because "rhythmic, on -air hype. Clark explains "12 -29 year olds in Cleve- NEXT PLATEAU /LONDON 857 024 /PLG hip -hop pop music was huge among young females when land are so sick of radio stations acting like they are 30 24 25 9 THE BEST I EVER WAS JOHN PAGANO MCA 54576 I got here." the greatest thing on the planet. They hate that be- 1 THROUGH THE WORLD MARC Eventually, the once -successful WPHR (Power 108) cause it really doesn't mean anything." 31 31 36 4 WALK COHN ATLANTIC 87350 experienced enough audience erosion that it switched to The station's primary target audience is 15 -29 year LITTLE MIRACLES LUTHER VANDROSS 32 34 43 3 a modern -rock -based approach, leaving WJMO EPIC 74945 -FM olds, and the audience skews about 65% female. THE alone in the format. Since WPHR's switch, Clark says Ultimately, Clark would like to own his own station. 33 32 24 13 CRYING GAME BOY GEORGE SBK 50437/ERG WJMO-FM has become "more current-intensive than But for now, he is content to help WJMO -FM -and 34 36 2 COLORS OF LOVE LISA FISCHER we have ever been. We tightened our rotation so power top 40 radio -evolve. "That's what CHR is all about," - ELEKTRA ALBUM CUT currents come up every two hours and 30 minutes." The he hope we FIELDS OF says. "I can rekindle that feeling that 35 41 -- 2 GOLD STING A &M 0259 station now is approximatley 90% current/recurrent-in- change is OK as long as it's what the audience is de- 3ó 37 2 CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE TAYLOR DAYNE tensive. manding." PHYLLIS STARK - ARISTA 1 -2582

37 33 33 30 A WHOLE NEW WORLD PEABO BRYSON & REGINA BELLE COLUMBIA 74751 JESSIE KADISON 3ó 42 47 3 JOSHUA SBK 50429/ERG KISS 39 35 32 12 OF LIFE SADE EPIC 74848 I'M OVER YOU KURT HOWELL 40 39 46 3 REPRISE ALBUM CUT CD Storage ** *HOT SHOT DEBUT * ** SOMEONE LIKE YOU JAMES INGRAM 41 NEW 1 WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT Cabinet SOMEBODY TO LOVE GEORGE MICHAEL 42 43 45 6 AND QUEEN Holds HOLLYWOOD 64647 840 CD's in COME UNDONE DURAN DURAN 43 47 - 2 plastic jewelboxes CAPITOL 44918 HEAL JACKSON 44 40 38 28 THE WORLD MICHAEL Holds 1800 EPIC 74790 CD's on NEVER 45 46 41 33 A TIME GENESIS register cards ATLANTIC 87411

46 38 34 20 PASSIONATE KISSES MARY -CHAPIN CARPENTER COLUMBIA 74795 3 lockable drawers

47 48 39 32 FAITHFUL GO WEST EMI 50411 /ERG A stackable space -

48 44 37 19 SOMEBODY LOVE ME MICHAEL W. SMITH REUNION 62465/RCA saving unit constructed

49 45 35 33WHENISHE CRIES RESTLESS HEART RCA of steel and aluminum 49 2 50 LOVE IS A LOSING GAME KIRK WHALUM - COLUMBIA 74956 4 ft. x 2 ft. x 2 ft.

BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 73 www.americanradiohistory.com Billboard® FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1993 floc d Ì O Album Rock Tracks.. Comp! ed from a nationa sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 96 album rock stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of detections.

z TRACK TITLE ARTIST Seattle's BP _ _ i 3 N 3 3 O ALBUM TITLE (IF ANY) LABEUDISTRIBUTING LABEL * ** No.1 * ** - Fetes 35 Yrs. Of ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY 1 week at No. 1 LENNY KRAVITZ O 2 2 13 ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY VIRGIN

LEVIINRON THE EDGE AEROSMITH 2 1 1 10 rl Diversification CALLING TO YOU ROBERT PLANT 3 3 3 5 FATE OF NATIONS ESPARANZNATLANTIC LOS ANGELES -What began as a PLUSH STONE TEMPLE PILOTS 4 5 13 tiny company with one beautiful -mu- ® CORE ATLANTIC BIG GUN AC/DC sic format has grown into one of the 6 2 0 - 'LAST ACTION HERO' SOUNDTRACK COLUMBIA largest and longest -lasting program- THE RICH AEROSMITH 6 5 8 7 EAT ming companies, servicing 800 affili- GET A GRIP GEFFEN EVERYBODY LAY DOWN PAT BENATAR ates with either its consulting ser- 9 13 3 O GRAVITY'S RAINBOW CHRYSALIS/ERG vices or one of its three dozen THE HUNTER PAUL RODGERS 7 7 8 formats. The company is the Seattle - B MUDDY WATERS BLUES -A TRIBUTE TO MUDDY WATERS VICTORY/PLG HEARTED SAVIOR BIG HEAD TODD /MONSTERS based Broadcast Programming, 9 11 9 13 BROKEN SISTER SWEETLY GIANT which is celebrating its 35th anniver- TRUGANINI MIDNIGHT OIL 10 12 10 8 sary this year. EARTH AND SUN AND MOON COLUMBIA BP began in 1958 as a division of SHAKE MY TREE COVERDALE/PAGE 11 8 4 12 COVERDALE/PAGE GEFFEN the automation equipment company ROOSTER ALICE IN CHAINS 12 14 11 14 IGM. In the mid -'70s, the equipment DIRT COLUMBIA and format divisions of IGM were * * *AIRPOWER /FLASHMAKER * * * sold to separate owners and the for- REAL WORLD QUEENSRYCHE I (D NEW 'LAST ACTION HERO' SOUNDTRACK COLUMBIA mat company, sold to Kemper Free- man, became Broadcast Program- * * *AIRPOWER * * * CHANGES OZZY OSBOURNE ming International. CD25 2 - LIVE & LOUD EPIC It wasn't until BP was acquired by BLACK GOLD SOUL ASYLUM Kaye Enterprises in 1983 that 15 10 6 13 Smith GRAVE DANCERS UNION COLUMBIA SISTER OF PAIN VINCE NEIL 16 13 12 7 FOR WEEK 12, 1993 EXPOSED WARNER BROS. Billboard® ENDING JUNE * * *AIRPOWER * * * WHEN WILL IT RAIN JACKYL ND1jjllKS 23 33 3 11 JACKAL GEFFEN DOWN INCOGNITO WINGER 18 17 21 6 ATLANTIC Rock Tracks.. PULL Modern BLACK PEARL JAM 19 19 17 25 s COMPILED FROM COMMERCIAL AND TEN EPIC z o COLLEGE RADIO AIRPLAY REPORTS. TWO PRINCES SPIN DOCTORS Y w 20 15 14 21 EPIC POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE by Carrie Borzillo `E W Ñ w ° 4 TITLE ARTIST CUT ACROSS SHORTY ROD STEWART H s S s N ¢ ?i Ú ALBUM TITLE (IF ANY) LABELJDISTRIBUTING LABEL 21 16 18 5 UNPLUGGED...AND SEATED WARNER BROS. the company started to really make a BEE UGLY KID JOE name for itself in the radio industry * * * No. 1 * * * 22 24 5 BUSY 22 AMERICA'S LEAST WANTED STARDOG/MERCURY REGRET 6 weeks atNo.1 NEW ORDER 1 I 1 9 by offering digital customized for- REPUBLIC QWEST/WARNER BROS. WHAT'S UP 4 NON BLONDES 23 21 16 10 INTERSCOPE individual needs of BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER, MORE! mats to suit CREEP RADIOHEAD 2 3 3 9 CRYIN' AEROSMITH mostly small -market stations. PABLO HONEY CAPITOL 32 2 24 - GET A GRIP GEFFEN IN MY SHOES DEPECHE MODE Today, BP offers six country for- 3 2 2 8 WALKING ENGLISH BOY PETE TOWNSHEND SONGS OF FAITH ANO DEVOTION MUTE/SIRE/REPRISE 25 24 2 - PSYCHODERELICT ATLANTIC mats, six AC formats, three light con PETS PORNO FOR PYROS 4 6 4 I LOVE IT LOUD KISS temporary formats, four Christian ® PORNO FOR PYROS WARNER BROS. Zó 28 31 3 MERCURY KISS ALIVE III formats, top 40 /rock 40 formats, TRUGANINI MIDNIGHT OIL three 5 5 4 9 ANYWHERE BUT HERE RAGING SLAB EARTH AND SUN AND MOON COLUMBIA 21 18 20 5 DYNAMITE MONSTER BOOGIE CONCERT DEF AMERICAN/REPRISE three oldies formats, three adult SHE KISSED ME TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 14 HONEST TO GOD BRAD GILLIS standards formats, three instrumen- 6 7 6 COLUMBIA 28 20 22 7 SYMPHONY OR DAMN GILROCK RANCH GUITAR RECORDINGS tal formats, and four others (rock AC, DREAM ALL DAY THE POSIES ASYLUM 12 15 4 ® 1 RUNAWAY TRAIN SOUL FROSTING ON THE BEATER DGC NEW COLUMBIA light jazz, urban, and classical). 0 GRAVE DANCERS UNION HANG ON TO YOUR EGO FRANK BLACK TIME IS IT? SPIN DOCTORS BP VP/GM Edie Hilliard says the 11 22 4 30 26 26 4 WHAT ® FRANK BLACK ELEKTRA POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE EPIC company never wanted to switch to METAL MICKEY SUEDE DOWN ON ME JACKYL 9 8 8 7 NUDE/COLUMBIA 31 29 25 18 because with CD or taped SUEDE JACKYL GEFFEN satellite, IS IT LIKE TODAY? WORLD PARTY have more 5 11 ONLY ANTHRAX programming, stations 10 6 ENSIGN/CHRYSALIS /ERG 32 31 34 4 BANG! SOUND OF WHITE NOISE ELEKTRA flexibility. CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE UB40 GOT NO SHAME BROTHER CANE 14 12 7 35 2 "We can customize formats, which II 'SLIVER" SOUNDTRACK VIRGIN 33 - BROTHER CANE VIRGIN is important in smaller FIELDS OF GOLD STING SMOKE DRIVIN -N -CRYIN especially 13 13 5 34 30 23 7 12 TALES A&M SMOKE ISLAND /PLG markets or even in a major market TEN SUMMONER'S PDLRUSH STONE TEMPLE AM I EVER GONNA CHANGE EXTREME 16 10 35 27 15 10 [that] needs to be something different 27 PILLAOTS III SIDES TO EVERY STORY A&M 0 ALL NIGHT MICK JAGGER at night," she says. "Satellite formats THE RETURN OF PAN THE WATERBOYS 33 27 14 WIRED 14 10 21 4 36 WANDERING SPIRIT ATLANTIC can't do that. The other big advantage DREAM HARDER GEFFEN FIELDS GOLD STING BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN TEARS FOR FEARS 1 OF 15 9 2 CI NEW A&M is that satellite formats have to ob- - ELEMENTAL MERCURY TEN SUMMONER'S TALES IS IT LIKE TODAY? WORLD PARTY serve commercial availability blocks COUNTRY AT WAR X 38 39 2 ló 20 18 5 - BANG! ENSIGN/CHRYSALIS/ERG and that's hard if you want more local HEY ZEUS! BIG LIFE/MERCURY CONQUER ME BLUES TRAVELER NOTHINGNESS LIVING COLOUR 39 34 40 3 news," she adds. 17 18 20 5 SAVE YOUR SOUL A&M STAIN EPIC TOMORROW'S GIRLS DONALD FAGEN BP also offers playlists, either KRAVITZ 40 38 2 1$ 23 2 BELIEVE LENNY - KAMAKIRIAD REPRISE alone or with the CD library, for sta- - ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY VIRGIN HAYFEVER THE TRASH CAN SINATRAS Tracks an increase It detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. Airpower awarded to tions that want to "do it themselves." 1!I 24 24 3 0 showing I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING GO!DISCS/LONDON/PLG those records which attain 500 detections for the first time. Videoclip availability. O 1993, Billboard/BPI Communications. Of the 800 client stations, 30 are I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) THE PROCLAIMERS CAT) RE -ENTRY 7 consulted, 70 are digital clients, and SUNSHINE ON LEITH CHRYSALIS/ERG NT TRACKS the remainder are tape clients. MY NAME IS MUD PRIMUS EVEN FLOW PEARL JAM 21 15 9 7 1 2 2 35 PORK SODA INTERSCOPE TEN EPIC Consultants include Jay Albright, DREAMS THE CRANBERRIES LITTLE MISS CAN'T BE WRONG SPIN DOCTORS Jim Lamarca, Mike Bettelli, Becky 1 28 25 3 2 1 1 21 EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT,SO WHY CAN'T WE, ISLAND POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE EPIC Brenner, and Ron Harris. YOU GONNA GO MY WAY LENNY KRAVITZ HARD TO HANDLE THE BLACK CROWES 23 19 10 13 ARE 4 5 16 ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY VIRGIN 3 SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER DEF AMERICAN/REPRISE "There's all this talk of the local vs. RAIN SOUL ASYLUM JEEREMY PEARL JAMM network or national radio," Hilliard 24 29 29 5 4 3 3 23 RUNWAY adds. "I believe that the stations that CURSED FEMALE PORNO FOR PYROS TO THE BONE GEORGE THOROGOOD 25 26 11 10 4 18 BAD PORNO FOR PYROS WARNER BROS. 5 5 THE BADDEST OF GEORGE THOROGOOD EMI/ERG sound like local radio are the ones INSHOURLD'VE KNOWN AIMEE MANN REMEDY THE BLACK CROWES that are going to survive. There is 26 25 26 3 6 7 37 - THE SOUTHERN HARMONY AND MUSICAL COMPANION DEF AMERICAN/REPRISE still a need to be able to devote en- STAND ABOVE ME 0.M.D. MYSTERIOUS WAYS U2 1 7 6 6 39 NEW VIRGIN ACHTUNG BABY ISLAND/PLG ergy to the local community." LIBERATOR SLOW DOG BELLY ALIVE PEARL JAM 11 17 8 10 17 28 5 SIRE/REPRISE - TEN EPIC AROUND THE INDUSTRY STAR CAN'T DO A THING (TO STOP ME) CHRIS ENTER SANDMAN METALLICA 21 7 8 9 9 4 two of its formats, 29 SAN REPRISE - METALLICA ELEKTRA After selling is its program- IT STEREO MC'S THIS WAY AEROSMITH SupeRadio expanding 23 6 STEP UP 10 11 WALK 30 16 GEE STREET/ISLAND/PLG 10 TOYS IN THE ATTIC COLUMBIA Z7CONNECTED - ming roster with new mix shows: an Videoclip availability. © 1993, Billboard/BPI Recurrents are itles which have appeared on the Album Rock Tracks chart for 20 weeks and have dropped below (Continued on next page) Q T acks wi h the greatest airplay gains this week. the top 20. Communications.

74 BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 www.americanradiohistory.com Radio

Broadcasters See Bottom Line In Senate Issues

BY BILL HOLLAND listening. The commission is tied up to square one with the announcement with court admonitions and directives WASHINGTON that Toni Cook, the probable nomi- WASHINGTON, D.C.- Government- that force the FCC to put its revised nee, had withdrawn from the run- related issues facing the broadcast and recently challenged "safe har- ROUNDUP. ning. Interim chairman Jim Quello is industry this summer range from an bor" rules on hold. Also on hold is the getting high marks so far from immediate concern -such as the commission's entire rationale for broadcasters. The administration beer- and wine -labeling bill in the Sen- handing down fines, from time place- thin line between the rights of adult won't be asking for broadcaster input ate-to issues that will extend to the ment to the context and definition of listeners and the protection of kids. for its next choice, but the industry is fall. Broadcasters see all of them as indecent programming. At that point, probably later this hoping the new nominee will have an major issues that could affect the A District Court last month reject- year, the FCC must once again pub- equally educated view of the prob- bottom line. ed arguments that the commission's lish revised guidelines, which would lems broadcasters face. rules violate broadcasters' first no doubt be challenged again. Most INDECENCY RULES amendment rights. But next on the speculate the issue likely is headed BEER AND WINE ADS 11'6,7,0o/A,,, Presently, the FCC is only acting legal agenda, a court must decide for an Appeals Court review, and, in Fueled by the death Sen. a of Strom Mars Th `13 O 199e on indecency complaints that deal how the commission goes about de- the end, a Supreme Court test. Thurmond's daughter, who died in an e with programming during morning fining the time of day or night such alcohol-related auto accident, Thur- ION ós nl0ye0es and daytime hours, when children are programming can be aired, walking a POLITICAL ADS mond's beer- and wine -labeling bill, S. Coce T,M/ O like Yo Campaign reform is a good thing, 674, USay2 has corralled more attention '°To arbY but broadcasters are upset that mem- than it otherwise would have re- ®1,,,-. bers of Congress are using radio and ceived. However, sources say that 9ehae/ fra°ks r/ a erosmi/h TV political as ArOood `Whoomp!' And `Whoot' Have rates the hub of re- the lawmaker still has not gotten the -. ® b ThyO° form. Commerce ó' °On e way Committee votes to get a 0/ Cecili Several bills now circulating, in- the bill passed, and no action is ex- ® sm S°pW cluding one forwarded by the admin- pected until mid-June. o Customers Wondering `Who ?' 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(There It Is)" isn't just "But since the song's been getting trying to get the hardest- hitting pro- warning labels iÿ Dav/d would cause advertis- Ó R some freak coincidence. Both are a lot of play on the radio and the visions of the bills removed. ing sponsors to leave radio and TV Sax.g-Oó C Mcl¡one ie Z' ® $ based on a popular new saying industry is more educated about and cause a stampede of sports pro- ó CeorgedY To ° ca°dY 0°l/er that originated in the South among the two separate songs, there's NEW FCC CHAIRMAN gramming to go to pay audio and TV to,,, Ó_ ® M'Cbae/ teenagers and college students. less confusion. The Clinton administration is back cable. g OUepo Nevertheless, the similar- sound- k le "Musically, you can't mistake Ó ®/i°Se#ler0 ing titles are causing some confu- them," Easton adds. "Ours is a °,, e: Are sion at radio and retail. party record. The other is slower." Yo y0U SWV a Linda Myer, sales associate at Raymond Bothwell, head of 70,, frI eel aV 0o My way Turtles in Augusta, Ga., says she marketing and radio promotion eve at Of t,,, ÿ l®Q le°°Ykravi/z has seen some consumer confusion Tag Team's label, Life /Bellmark, o Sade at the store. "Some will buy one says when the label Tag eS released Sisrer Pa°l single thinking it's the other and Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)" in D!P Hardc return it," she says. "Most know May, it wasn't aware of 95 South's VS Ce le ® q erohe 'Veil e9rer what they're buying, though." single. But he agrees with Easton ® New Another retailer says that some Sweef O9der about the confusion at retail. "We ®%mEve

BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 75 www.americanradiohistory.com TV TALENT BOOKERS EMERGE AS INDUSTRY POWER BROKERS (Continued from page 1) sometimes extraordinary cases of "We try to inform [him] the best we portance of TV. Before SoundScan, Suzy Bogguss, Silk, Billy Ray Cyrus, types of performers has widened. sales increases fueled by a TV perfor- can," says Bob Merlis, senior VP of determining how much TV actually Poison, Crowded House, Dolly Par- When it comes to selecting talent, it's mance appear on The Billboard 200 publicity for Warner Bros. impacted sales was an ongoing puz- ton, Ray Charles, David Bowie, Al B. no longer a "chart and name game," and other sales charts. Record execu- As for the actual pitch, publicists zle for the labels. But when the sales Sure!, Sammy Kershaw, Lynyrd says EMI's Glass. He and others tives, from sales and marketing and talent bookers agree that a low - figures came in for the first post - Skynyrd, Tracy Byrd, Zachary Rich- stress how dramatically the parame- chiefs up to label presidents, have key continuous dialog works better SoundScan country awards show, "it ard, Buckwheat Zydeco, Tammy ters have widened over the last five taken notice of the trend and are than intense, heated lobbying efforts. was instantly clear to everyone that Wynette, Clint Black, Dinosaur Jr., years. pushing to land their artists on key And yes, a buzz on a band helps, but television sells records," recalls Su- and World Party. That number will programs. "More now than ever, TV "after a while it's fairly easy to spot san Levy, senior director of publicity grow this fall when Chevy Chase and TV CATCHES UP is highly valued," confirms Marilyn manufactured hype," says Pitt, who and artist development for MCA Conan O'Brien debut their late -night For instance, Merlis at Warner Lipsius, VP of publicity at RCA. Nashville. Bros. recalls how finally landing Chris At most labels the publicity /media Some of the recent TV- inspired Isaak on Johnny Carson's "Tonight department is assigned the task of sales bumps have been astonishing. Show," while the singer was riding negotiating with TV producers. And None more so than that of Michael the success of "Wicked Games," rep- cultivating relationships with talent Jackson, who, within one month last resented a major triumph for the la- bookers has become so important, winter, paraded across the stages of, bel. Merlis admits that at the time, one West Coast publicist estimates among others, the American Music Isaak may have seemed too daring, she now spends half of her time, or Awards, the Grammys and Oprah given the fact that over the years jazz twice what she did three years ago, Winfrey's prime -time special, and singer Joe Williams had been one of on the phone with bookers at morn- boosted sales of "Dangerous" from Carson's most popular guests. (Buddy ing, afternoon, and late -night talk No. 131 to No. 12 (Billboard, Feb. 20). Rich, with 74 appearances, holds the shows (not to mention the occasional Clearly, simply performing in front top "Tonight Show" honors.) Pointing award programs). "I talk to these of a camera does not guarantee a to bands such as X and Motorhead, people every day," she says. "I take sales boost. (What if the run -through which have been welcomed on TV re- them out. They've become a part of is awful ?) And even if a bump does cently, Merlis suggests "The shows my life." occur, it's not always fair to give TV have caught up to the rock'n'roll gen- How valued those relationships are all the credit. For instance, retail, ra- eration." was illustrated last year in Elektra's dio, and MTV may all be heavily pro- Television also has caught up to staff restructuring. Scores of radio moting the artist at the same time. the hip -hop generation. Most indus- But when Nanci Griffith performs try observers agree that the arrival promotion positions were eliminated, Bill Royce, co- producer for "The Sharon Olson, music producer for one song on the "The Tonight Show" of "The Arsenio Hall Show" busted but the the publicity department Tonight Show With Jay Leno." "The Arsenio Hall Show." went untouched (Billboard, Oct. 24, and moves 89-69 on The Billboard down the door for hip -hop acts on 1992). 200, Tori Amos leaps 146 -108 follow- mainstream TV. "Before Arsenio, it first joined the network as an NBC ing a visit to "The Arsenio Hall talk shows. was white -bread city," says one label ALTERNATE MEANS OF EXPOSURE page. Show," "Saturday Night Live" re- Larry Klein, who produces the executive. "Sometimes we forget Historically, radio, not television, Quid pro quo deals -shows airing runs its Spin Doctors episode and the American Music Awards for Dick how different things were," says Ol- has been the medium that introduced a younger artist in exchange for ex- band picks up Top 20 Sales Mover Clark Productions, says the current son, Hall's music producer, who for consumers to new music. But with ra- clusive rights to a label superstar- honors for the following week, and wave of televised music (particularly seven years worked as the talent dio formats becoming more frag- are largely out. Talent bookers say k.d. lang sings on the Grammys and network specials) represents a rekin- booker on "Solid Gold." mented and playing an increasingly business is simply too competitive to bounds 56-18, it's difficult to find any dled affection between TV and music. In fact, when Hall invited Bobby narrow range of music within their sign acts in order to pay off past per- other explanation besides TV. "They were hot and heavy in the '70s, Brown to perform his then-No. 1 hit genre, it has become paramount for sonal favors. That's not to say that The sheer number of televised op- then divorced in the mid- and late - "My Prerogative," in January 1989, it labels to uncover alternate means of the bookers don't pursue artists they portunities has expanded, as well. '80s," he says, suggesting that an was the first time he had ever played exposing artists. "TV reaches con- happen to like, and having an on -staff During the week of May 2-8, for ex- over -infatuation with videos, along as a solo act on national television. sumers who pay no attention to MTV ally can prove invaluable for a label ample, artists performing on regular- with the heady success of the early and radio," says Steve Heldt, national or artist. For instance, Kaplan at ly scheduled programs (excluding CD sales boom, cooled the music in- Assistance in preparing this story sales director for Elektra. "It's the "GMA," who normally sends out ear- award shows and network specials) dustry's interest in TV performances. was provided by Geoff Mayfield in broadest -based shot we have at ly- morning invitations only to artists included the Lemonheads, Midnight Not surprisingly, with more acts Los Angeles. reaching them." That explains why who are instantly recognizable to the Oil, Merle Haggard, Bruce Hornsby, being booked now, the range and Duran Duran would fly in overnight program's audience of nearly 5 mil- from Canada for a 6 a.m. rehearsal in lion viewers, went ahead and booked order to perform on "Good Morning Marc Cohn before he broke big, ex- America." It's that important. plaining, "I just loved that song U2 RE -INKS WITH ISLAND As TV's role increases, has expo- [ "Walking In Memphis "]. (Continued from page 12) sure on the tube become more impor- The labels work so closely with tal- tant than radio rotation, and have talent bookers that Daniel Glass, presi- agreement, but derided a $200 million Chris Blackwell and all our new sources estimate that the PolyGram ent bookers replaced major- market dent of EMI Records Group, consid- figure cited in a published report as friends at PolyGram." purchase yielded the band a payout PDs as key allies needed to break an ers them "an extension of what we do "tabloid journalism at its finest." PolyGram acquired Island in June five times greater than the sum of act? One major label's West Coast in A &R and artist development" Wasserman adds, "I don't know of 1989 for an estimated $280 million. the back royalties. publicist thinks so and points to BAM Those at the programs strive to what the figure is, but I think that's The previous year, U2 had accepted a magazine, which, in its annual list of build close relationships with the la- an exaggerated number. It must be 10% interest in Island as a substitute This story was prepared by Paul the 100 most influential, behind-the- bels and take pride in boosting art- more than half that, but I don't know for back royalty payments it was Verna with assistance provided by scenes music -industry players, in- ists' careers, but they say they can- how much more." owed, according to sources. These Thom Duffy in London. cluded Royce of "The Tonight not lose sight of their responsibility: Whatever the financial arrange- Show," but no PDs. "Let's face it, to attract the largest possible audi -. ments between U2 and Island, their they're treated like PDs because they ence. "I'm producing a talk show, not relationship goes back to the group's BENATAR AT BEGINNING OF `RAINBOW' are PDs. They program their own running a record company," says roots in Dublin. Since the release of (Continued from page 12) station," the publicist says. Royce, who, before joining Leno, its first Island single, "11 O'Clock Others disagree. "Nothing's as im- worked as a writer for "Arsenio Tick Tock," in May 1980, U2 has is- Lasher says the next single from the on harder stations. In fact, for the portant as radio. If a record is being Hall" and "Entertainment Tonight." sued eight albums that have sold a album, a jangly ballad called "Some- stations that are telling me that 'Ev- played six times a day for two weeks combined 50 million units worldwide. body's Baby," will be worked to al- erybody Lay Down' is a bit laidback, in Los Angeles, that beats [perform- GROUNDSWELL OF TV INTEREST The band's most recent work, "Ach- bum- rock, top 40, and AC radio, as I try to direct them to those cuts." ing] two songs in one night," says an- Live TV performances are nothing tung Baby," released in November will the likely third track, "Every To drum up interest in the album other publicist. new to the music industry. Ed Sulli- 1991, has sold more than 4 million Time I Fall Back." during its first couple of weeks on Whatever the media pecking order, van, the Smothers Brothers, Dinah copies domestically and topped The Chrysalis /ERG VP of product and the street, Benatar and band have talent bookers are certainly lobbied Shore, Merv Griffin, Johnny Carson, Billboard 200. artist development Fran Musso says embarked on a small-club tour, play- as intensely as high -profile PDs. Clay and scores of others welcomed musi- Island founder and CEO Chris the triple- format attack will "start to ing 150-minute sets of old hits and Smith, who books the music profiles cal guests to their shows on a regular Blackwell says in the statement, "U2 open up an additional audience for new material. Those dates are being on "Entertainment Tonight," re- basis. Artists used their time before are a special act and it is equally as Benatar, as well as recapturing fans supported with ticket giveaways ceives 50 calls a day from publicists the camera and a national audience to special that Island has had a relation- that grew up with her in her early through local radio and retail outlets, pitching their clients. Jane Kaplan, build visibility and, through the right ship with them that started long ago. days." according to Musso. entertainment producer for "Good program, to develop a certain image. I am very happy that we are going Even as the label woos the adult Following that minitour, Benatar Morning America," unpacks 60-70 What has changed today, though, into the future together." audience, hard -rock outlets loom as a probably will play venues in the promotional CDs a week. John Can- is the way record sales are tracked, However, despite this longstand- possible venue for at least some of 5,000-6,000 -seat range, says Musso. nelli, senior VP of music and talent at the expanding array of artists invited ing relationship, U2 manager Paul the material on "Gravity's Rainbow." The artist also is in the midst of a MTV, arranges live acts for the net- onto TV, and radio's continued frag- McGuinness suggests in the press re- According to Lasher, these stations media blitz that will include TV ap- work's programs and pays three mentation. All those converging lease that the band may have have been "fooling around" with the pearances on "The Arsenio Hall staffers who do nothing but listen to forces have created a groundswell of shopped elsewhere before renewing two hardest -hitting tracks, "Discon- Show," "Today," and "Good Morn- label pitches. And during the sum- interest in televsion. with Island. "When we started out nected" and "Tradin' Down." ing, America," and dozens of radio mer, when "Saturday Night Live" is More than anything, the advent of we thought all record companies "In the past, rock radio wasn't as and press interviews. In addition, a not taping, Pitt, the show's talent co- SoundScan and the accurate sales must be like Island," states McGuin- fragmented as it is now," says Lash- video for "Somebody's Baby" will be ordinator, flies out to Los Angeles to data it provides within days of a tele- ness. "Now that we know that's not er, "but with the current fragmenta- worked to MW and VH1; no clip was meet with major -label executives. vised performance clarified the im- true, we definitely want to stay with tion, these songs could definitely go shot for "Everybody Lay Down."

76 BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 www.americanradiohistory.com ADAMS, RUSSELL SETS SHARE SUMMER SPOTLIGHT (Continued from page 1) according to various radio program- time for `You Can't Touch This.' It's [Russell] the rest of the way." mers. the time for romance. That's what's WNUA APD /MD Michael Fischer "Soul Talkin'," Russell's EMI Rec- missing in a lot of music today." also sees "Evolution" and "Soul Tal- HOTJO ords debut and sixth album, is due The first single, "I Just Had To kin' " as hit albums. "There's a lot to June 15. "Evolution," Adams' follow - Hear Your Voice," written by Jud choose from on Oleta's. It's a solid up to her platinum 1990 debut, "Cir- Friedman and Allan Rich, goes to ra- record compared to the first one and SRI;F1s tilRllll. cle Of One," will be released Aug. 3 dio July 26. Adams is embarking on a I think AC and NAC will embrace it on Fontana /Mercury Records. three - to four -week promotional tour right away." by Kevin McCabe Coincidentally, in March, Adams in Europe this month before making While Turner is pleased with the and Russell performed "Get Here" promotional visits to key radio sta- initial response "No Time For Time" together for the first time in a small tions in the U.S. is getting at AC outlets, he says he's THIS WEEK'S CHART REFLECTS changes on the Hot 100 monitored L.A. club. The song was written and Of the 12 cuts on the Stewart Le- aiming for acceptance at urban and radio panel. We have removed the stations that are neither top 40 /main- originally recorded by Russell in vine- produced album, six are penned top 40 stations as well. stream nor top 40 /rhythm- crossover. What remains are 101 monitored 1988. Three years later, Adams by Adams and two are covers: Billy EMI Records Group director of stations, of which 67 are mainstream and 34 are rhythm, and 78 small - scored her first hit with her version Joel's "New York State Of Mind" and marketing Gary Beech says the label market playlist reporters. Previously, we had a handful of album -rock, of the same tune. James Taylor's "Don't Let Me Be is targeting adult audiences and has modern -rock, and "hot AC" stations still reporting to the Hot 100. We WQCD (CD101) New York MD Lonely Tonight," which features Da- Russell booked on "The Arsenio Hall are developing a new chart to recognize an adult- oriented format that is Steve Williams enthusiastically wel- vid Sanborn. Show" June 21, with future dates on rapidly growing in major markets. It is current -intensive and competes comes the releases. "Both artists "I think people will be very sur- "Good Morning, America" and "Live demographically with mainstream top 40. The chart will debut in Bill- really work well on a variety of for- prised at this album," says Levine. With Regis & Kathie Lee" scheduled. board in July, replacing the Adult Contemporary chart. Top 40 effective- mats and have put out truly great al- "This time she was able to prepare, "We're going to do as much TV out of ly has split into three subformats, and the adult subformat will take its bums," he says. and she developed her songwriting in the box as we can." place alongside top 40 /mainstream and top 40 /rhythm- crossover. When Mercury is optimistic that such a great way. Her own songs really Adams' and Russell's previous ef- the new chart is introduced, we plan to add its entire panel of about 50 praise will help expose Adams to a shine through." forts had seen tremendous accep- monitored stations to the Hot 100 radio panel, giving the Hot 100 a broader audience. "We'll have a Adams' manager, Scott Bankston tance at various formats. broader base of top 40 airplay. The remainder of the current adult con- strong run across the board at all for- of Gallin Morey Associates, believes Russell hit big with "Piano In The temporary panel consists of gold -based stations that are not useful re- mats," says Mercury director of mar- her "Circle Of One" album barely Dark," from the 1988 A &M release porters to a current -based chart. keting Dan Savage. scratched the surface of the singer's "Get Here." The track peaked at No. potential audience. He's optimistic 3 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contempo- HAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES" by Janet Jackson (Virgin) holds at THE SEEDS OF LOVE that Adams can tap into the urban rary chart, at No. 6 on the Hot 100 No. 1 for a fifth week, still on top in sales and airplay. Its lead is large but Much of Adams' initial following market that wasn't really exploited Singles chart, and at No. 8 on the Hot narrowing slightly. "Knockin' Da Boots" by H -Town (Luke) is a close No. 2 came from her association with Tears on her debut. R &B Singles chart. It also earned in sales but loses its bullet at No. 3. "Weak" by SWV (RCA) is next in line For Fears, Savage adds. She was dis- Since "Evolution" has an intimate Russell three Grammy nominations to challenge Jackson's single if its sales and airplay gains continue. It's the covered by the group and was fea- feel, Savage says the plan is to have in 1988. Russell also had a No. 30 Hot second -biggest point gainer on the Hot 100 this week. "Show Me Love" by tured on its "The Seeds Of Love" al- Adams do a combination of smaller, 100 hit and a No. 15 Hot R &B Singles Robin S. (Big Beat /Atlantic) jumps to No. 5. If its sales grow to match its bum and tour. A March 5, 1991, ap- more intimate venues and eventually hit in 1979 with "So Good, So Right." top five airplay, it could be a future No. 1 contender. pearance on Oprah Winfrey's show do a stint as a support act for a major Adams' version of Russell's "Get helped push "Circle Of One" up 10 artist. Here" peaked at No. 3 on the Hot AC THE BIGGEST POINT GAINER on the entire chart, "Whoomp! (There It places to No. 20 on The Billboard 200 chart and No. 5 on the Hot 100 in Is)" by Tag Team (Life /Bellmark), scores the Power Pick /Sales for a sec- (Billboard, March 30, 1991). RUSSELL GETS INTIMATE March 1991, while "Circle Of One" ond week. It jumps 22 -12 on the Top Singles Sales Chart, with sales ac- "It's important at this point to so- Russell's self- produced "Soul Tal- reached No. 11 on the Top R &B Al- counting for 70% of its overall points. On the airplay side, it's No. 1 at lidify her base in the urban music kin' " is equally as intimate. She too bums chart and No. 20 on The Bill- WHYT Detroit and WPGC Washington, D.C. Among the other biggest community, and we'll do that with the will be embarking on a tour of "taste- board 200 in March 1991. The single gainers: Taylor Dayne's cover of "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love" (Aris- right press, live appearances, and by ful small venues as kind of a showcase also earned Adams a 1992 Grammy ta), already top 20 in airplay at WXKS Boston, Star 94 Atlanta, and B94 hitting urban radio heavily," Savage in some key cities, such as the Bottom nomination. Pittsburgh; and "Girl I've Been Hurt" by Snow (EastWest), up nine places says. "At the same time, we want to Line in New York, and then do a full - Russell's music also has been re- to No. 24 with top five airplay at top 40 /rhythm-crossover stations Jammin' go back to areas where we had suc- fledged tour this summer," says Rus- corded by several acclaimed artists 94.5 (WZOU) Boston (No. 2) and WWKX Providence, R.I. (No. 3). cess before -AC, NAC, and CHR." sell's manager, Dennis Turner of including Donna Summer, Chaka Adams, a resident of Kansas City, Turner Management Group. Khan, and Luther Vandross. ARTISTS MAKING THEIR HOT 100 bows this week include rock quartet Kan., says, "This album is a lot more "No Time For Time," the first sin- Soul Asylum, entering the chart at No. 87 with "Runaway Train" (Colum- romantic. That was the part that was gle from "Soul Talkin'," was written STYLES SHINE THROUGH bia). "Train" is top 10 in airplay in the group's hometown of Minneapolis at missing from the first album. There nearly 10 years ago and was recorded On "Soul Talkin'," Russell took on KDWB. Brian McKnight from Buffalo, N.Y., coming off a top five duet, were a lot of statements being made by Herb Alpert in 1986. The new ver- the additional challenge of producing "Love Is," now makes his solo debut with "One Last Cry" (Mercury), at and it showed off my abilities, but it sion shipped to radio May 28 and, ac- the album. (In the past she has co- No. 89. "Cry" is breaking out of KMEL San Francisco (No. 4) and Q102 didn't hit that sensuous zone. I want- cording to Turner, is getting great produced her work.) The Brooklyn, Philadelphia (No. 6). Scottish duo the Proclaimers enter at No. 90 with ed this to be in your face. I wanted it initial response at adult alternative, N.Y. -born singer says by producing "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (Chrysalis /EMI Records Group) from the mov- to speak directly to the people and AC, and even jazz outlets such as con- herself, she was able to let her vari- ie "Benny & Joon." It's already No. 4 in airplay at Z100 New York. Country help them with a mood. temporary jazz WQCD and adult al- ous styles shine through. superstar Clint Black makes his Hot 100 debut, paired with Wynonna on "The rest of the people take care of ternative WNUA Chicago. "I usually have all these different "A Bad Goodbye" (RCA). It debuts at No. 94 entirely from single sales. the party time," continues Adams. "I think it's a wonderful- sounding elements, but sometimes they would "Afterward, though, you need some record and it should be a big suc- get lost in the translation," she says. music that deals with it. It's not the cess," says WNUA PD Lee Hansen. "This time it came out the way I time to put on rap music. It's not the "This could be the album that takes heard it in my head and I really like that." Russell wrote all of the songs on PRS HUNG OUT TO DRY AT MEETING "Soul Talkin'," with the exception of BUBBLING UNDER .M 8 N6LES (Continued from page 6) the Bill Cantos -penned "Who Are You." w w 0O w w 0Z 3 N N cism. Songwriter member Mick Lee- since becoming new CEO, Ted The new material already is gar- N w Ñ TITLE 'n Ñ ..... TITLE son commented, "PROMS would McLean kept a low profile, saying nering raves from radio program- ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) , 3 ARTIST (LABEL /DISTRIBUTING LABEL) have happened in any unwieldy or- one of his first priorities was to im- mers. Says WQCD's Williams, "From PINK COOKIES /BACK SEAT DREAMS (LIVE) i - 1 14 11 5 L.L. COOL J (DEF JAM/COLUMBIA) VAN HALEN (WARNER BROS.) ganization. If the conditions are still prove morale. On the subject of what I've heard of it, I think her fans will kind 2 9 2 DUR DUR D'ETRE BEBE 15 23 8 WHERE PM FROM there it could happen again." Con- computer development, McLean be inspired -it's just that of JORDY (COLUMBIA) DIGABLE PLANETS (PENDULUM /ELEKTRA) sistent complaints were that PRS said PRS would "build step by step record." AIN'T THAT LONELY BE MINE 3 1 5 YET 16 18 11 BABY has failed to adapt to the modern a series of small discrete units." DWIGHT YOAKAM (REPRISE (MCA) /WB) BLACKSTREET music business, and that ordinary BMG Music Publishing managing 4 7 3 HUMPS FOR THE BLVD. 17 19 6 TRUTHFUL RODNEY 0 & JOE COOLEY (PSYCHOTIC) HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ (UPTOWN /MCA) members were not informed of in- director said that "the PROMS pro- ternal developments. ject had created an opportunity 5 2 4 U DON'T HEAR ME THO' 18 13 9 ITS ALRIGHT BMG INTERNATIONAL RODNEY O & JOE COOLEY (PSYCHOTIC) CHANTE MOORE (UPTOWN /MCA) In the wake of PROMS and its which we must now seize. We must (Continued from page 15) 6 6 3 TELLIN' ME STORIES 19 12 12 WRECKX SHOP fall -out, and with a new breed of never fall into that trap again." BIG BUB (EASTWEST) WRECKX-N- EFFECT (MCA) publishers on the Council, things ap- Despite the harsh words and se- James Glicker, BMG's VP of inter- 7 15 2 SHOULD'VE BEEN A COWBOY 20 4 4 UNTIL YOU SUFFER SOME TOBY KEITH (MERCURY) POISON (CAPITOL) pear to be changing. Pete Water- vere criticism of both council and national marketing, classics, made an man, songwriter and council mem- management, the meeting was in- impassioned plea for international op- 8 3 5 JUST TO BE CLOSE TO YOU 21 17 5 TELL ME WHY TREY LORENZ (EPIC) WYNONNA (CURB /MCA) ber, said there had been "a complete conclusive. Many members felt that erations, especially in Europe, to help

1 GIRL U FOR ME 22 T- R- O- U -B-L -E change in the 16 months since I although their questions had been push classical sales up to equivalent 9- - 1 SILK (KEIA /ELEKTRA) TRAVIS TRITT (WARNER BROS.) joined." answered, the forum had served no levels in the U.S. 10 14 7 FALLING IN LOVE 23 - 1 GOTTA KNOW (YOUR NAME) Yet others, such as songwriter other purpose than to let off steam. Franco Reali, managing director of NEW BORN (RELATIVITY) MALAIKA (A &M) Christie Massey, felt the changes Publisher Tim Hollier of Copy- BMG Italy dressed up as the Pope to ALMOST UNREAL GO AWAY 11 20 2 24 - 1 ROXETTE (CAPITOL) GLORIA ESTEFAN (EPIC) did not go far enough: "Looking at right Music International repeated- present his largest-selling artist Luca the Council all I see is a load of older ly asked for the resignation of the Carboni, whose self -titled album had 12 22 2 BACK TO MY ROOTS 25 10 8 CAN'T DO A THING (TO STOP ME) RUPAUL (TOMMY BOY) CHRIS ISAAK (REPRISE) white males, no women, no black Council as a point of honor. Nomina- moved 800,000 units, with further po-

13 24 2 I SHOULD BEMLAUGHING Bubbling Under lists the top 25 singles under No. 100 people, and no one under 40." tions for Council elections close tential development in Germany and PATTY SMYTH which have no yet charted. In his first public appearance Tuesday (8). Spain.

BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 79 www.americanradiohistory.com M M.,. DETECTIONS MAY 24 -MAY 30, 1993 TM Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service to Top 40 Airplay Monitor. 67 top 40 /mainstream and 34 top 40 /rhythm stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of detections. © 1993, Billboard /BPI Communications, Inc.

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1 1 7 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES VIRGIN 3 weeks at Na I JANET JACKSON O 1 7 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES VIRGIN 3 weeks at No. 1 JANET JACKSON 2 2 11 LOOKING THROUGH PATIENT EYES GEE STREET ISLAND PLG P.M. DAWN O 2 10 WEAK RCA SWV 0 4 8 COME UNDONE CAPITOL DURAN DURAN O 3 7 KNOCKIN' DA BOOTS LUKE H-TOWN 4 3 18 TWO PRINCES EPIC SPIN DOCTORS 4 4 20 FREAK ME KEIA /ELEKTRA SILK

5 5 17 I'M SO INTO YOU RCA SWV O 6 6 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY (FROM "UNPLUGGED ") WARNER BROS. ROD STEWART 1 8 SHOW ME LOVE BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC 6 5 15 LOVE IS (FROM "BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 ") GIANT VANESSA WILLIAMS & BRIAN MCKNIGHT ROBIN S.

7 8 11 FREAK ME KEIA /ELEKTRA SILK 7 25 DON'T WALK AWAY GIANT JADE

8 8 19 NUTHIN' BUT A "G" THANG DEATH ROW /INTERSCOPE DR. DRE ® 11 6 I'LL NEVER GET OVER YOU (GETTING OVER ME) ARISTA EXPOSE 9 9 24 COMFORTER GASOLINE ALLEY /MCA SHAI 9 7 6 BAD BOYS (THEME FROM "COPS ") BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC INNER CIRCLE 10 13 24 DITTY NEXT PLATEAU. FFRR. PLG PAPERBOY 10 10 17 DON'T WALK AWAY GIANT JADE

14 4 GIRL, I'VE BEEN HURT EASTWEST 11 13 8 CONNECTED GEE STREET ISLAND PLG STEREO MC'S 11 SNOW

12 15 DEDICATED JIVE /RCA R. KELLY & PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT 12 12 7 I'M SO INTO YOU RCA SWV 10 13 12 13 LOOKING THROUGH PATIENT EYES GEE STREET/ISLAND/PLG P.M. DAWN 13 9 10 WHO IS IT EPIC MICHAEL JACKSON 14 11 19 HIP HOP HOORAY ToMMY BOY NAUGHTY BY NATURE 14 22 4 REGRET QWEST /WARNER BROS. NEW ORDER 15 19 6 DRE DAY DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE DR. DRE 15 18 5 WANNAGIRL GIANT JEREMY JORDAN 16 20 4 LOVE NO LIMIT UPTOWN /MCA MARY J. BLIGE 16 16 8 SLEEPING SATELLITE SBK /ERG TASMIN ARCHER 17 16 6 MORE AND MORE IMAGO CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD PROJECT 17 19 5 IN THESE ARMS JAMBCO /MERCURY BON JOVI 17 12 LOVE IS (FROM "BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 ") GIANT VANESSA WILLIAMS & BRIAN MCKNIGHT 18 14 12 NOTHIN' MY LOVE CAN'T FIX IMPACT /MCA JOEY LAWRENCE

19 20 8 LIVIN' ON THE EDGE GEFFEN AEROSMITH * * * AIRPOWER * * * * * * AIRPOWER * * * 21 8 DAZZEY DUKS TMR'BELLMARK DUICE 20 18 14 IT WAS A GOOD DAY PRIORITY ICE CUBE 20 26 2 CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE ARISTA TAYLOR DAYNE 21 15 23 INFORMER EASTWEST SNOW 21 17 7 SOMEBODY TO LOVE HOLLYWOOD GEORGE MICHAEL & QUEEN 22 22 21 I HAVE NOTHING (FROM "THE BODYGUARD") ARISTA WHITNEY HOUSTON 22 15 14 I HAVE NOTHING (FROM "THE BODYGUARD ") ARISTA WHITNEY HOUSTON 23 35 2 WHOOMP! (THERE IT IS) LIFE /BELLMARK TAG TEAM O 38 2 WEAK RCA SWV 24 26 3 WANNAGIRL GIANT 24 23 19 THE RIGHT KIND OF LOVE GIANT JEREMY JORDAN JEREMY JORDAN

25 21 19 THAT'S WHAT LOVE CAN DO NEXT PLATEAU /LONDON /PLG BOY KRAZY 25 NEW O IF I HAD NO LOOT WING /MERCURY TONY! TONI! TONE! ® 29 3 WHAT'S UP INTERSCOPE 4 NON BLONDES 26 NEW WHERE ARE YOU NOW VIRGIN JANET JACKSON BAD BOYS (THEME FROM "COPS ") BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC INNER CIRCLE 27 27 3 MORE AND MORE IMAGO CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD PROJECT 27 31 3

28 27 6 GIRL U FOR ME KEIA /ELEKTRA SILK 28 35 2 CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE VIRGIN UB40

29 25 17 ANGEL sen'ERG JON SECADA NEW LATELY UPTOWN /MCA JODECI

30 24 16 IF I EVER LOSE MY FAITH IN YOU A &M STING 30 23 10 TOUCH MY LIGHT QUALITY BIG MOUNTAIN

31 28 6 TYPICAL REASONS COLUMBIA PRINCE MARKIE DEE & SOUL CONVENTION 31 37 2 BY THE TIME THIS NIGHT IS OVER ARISTA KENNY G WITH PEABO BRYSON 32 RE-ENTRY I'M GONNA GET YOU COLUMBIA BIZARRE INC FEATURING ANGIE BROWN CI 40 2 SHOW ME LOVE BIG BEAT /ATLANTIC ROBIN S. 33 25 24 I'M EVERY WOMAN (FROM "THE BODYGUARD ") ARISTA WHITNEY HOUSTON 33 28 10 LOVE DON'T LOVE YOU EASTWEST EN VOGUE

CRY NO MORE GASOLINE ALLEY /MCA II D EXTREME 34 32 24 ORDINARY WORLD CAPITOL DURAN DURAN CD RE-ENTRY GIVE HIM A LOVE HE CAN FEEL PENDULUM /ELEKTRA 35 30 20 MR. WENDAL CHRYSALIS /ERG ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT 35 33 5 TENE WILLIAMS

36 33 4 I'M GONNA GET YOU COLUMBIA BIZARRE INC FEATURING ANGIE BROWN 36 NEW SLAM JMJ /CHAOS ONYX

0 NEW ' GIRL, I'VE BEEN HURT EASTWEST SNOW 37 37 2 BABY I'M YOURS GASOLINE ALLEY /MCA SHAI ® NEW ' GOOD TIMES WITH BAD BOYS NEXT PLATEAU /LONDON /PLG BOY KRAZY RE-ENTRY CONNECTED GEE STREET/ISLAND/PLG STEREO MC'S 39 31 14 INFORMER EASTWEST SNOW 39 29 12 LOVE DON'T LOVE YOU EASTWEST EN VOGUE

40 36 26 7 PAISLEY PARK /WARNER BROS. PRINCE AND THE NEW POWER GENERATION 40 24 12 SO ALONE EASTWEST MEN AT LARGE

C) Records showing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. A record which has been on either chart for more than 20 weeks will not receive a bullet, even if it registers an increase in detections. Airpower awarded to those records which attain 1250 detections (mainstream) or 500 detections (rhythm) for the first time. If two records are tied in number of plays, the record being played on more stations is placed first. Records below the top 20 are removed from the charts after 26 weeks.

PEACE TOGETHER BENEFIT COMES APART AFTER GABRIEL BOWS OUT (Continued from page 12) sales; and a succssful scramble by way to stage such an event. I am ex- That has been particularly true in a reaction to any specific incident or The Island release will feature cov- Hamilton and McMordie to raise tremely concerned that there may be recent months as the efforts of Peace outrage. "This initiative," says er versions of relevant songs by art- 55,000 pounds ($85,000) in a single a feeling of resentment amongst the Together were overshadowed by dra- McMordie, "was born out of decades ists including O'Connor, White, Blur, day to proceed with the show. On people of Belfast, who live daily with matic events which frayed the nerves of disasters." Pop Will Eat Itself, Billy Bragg, Car- May 27, however, Gabriel pulled out. the problems of the conflict, and who and patience of people in Britain, Ire- Despite the setback over the Belfast ter USM, the Young Disciples, "I am a great supporter of the spir- were faced with an English artist land, and Northern Ireland. On show, which they hope to re -stage this O'Maonlai and Rolf Harris, and My it behind Peace Together," says Ga- headlining a show to highlight the is- March 21, an IRA bomb in Warring- fall, Peace Together is pressing for- Bloody Valentine. briel in a statement. However, "my sue of peace in Ireland." ton, near Liverpool, killed two young ward with its plans for the Dublin con- "It's something that's been on our original intent was to contribute rath- McMordie says that "in Britain and boys, ages 3 and 12. On April 24, a cert and the London benefit, which doorstep for a long time and a subject er than be the driving force behind within the music industry, the major- massive IRA bombing of London's fi- will coincide with the release of the we've all grown up with," says Nick what I believed would be an Irish -led ity of the work has been making peo- nancial district caused one death and "Peace Together" album. Angel, A &R director at Island Rec- festival. ple feel comfortable with the concept an estimated $1 billion in damage. The June 5 benefit at the Point De- ords in London, who has coordinated "Unfortunately, the eventual line- [of Peace Together], that we have no The Warrington bombing sparked pot in Dublin was to feature O'Con- the "Peace Together" album. up, ticket sales, and the reluctance of political motivation behind us, be- mass peace rallies by the Irish in nor co-headlining with New Order, However, Angel adds, "Any chari- other peace movements to support cause whenever you mention North- Dublin. Liam O'Maonlai of Hothouse Flow- ty record has to stand up as a good the show seem to indicate that this is ern Ireland it brings together all McMordie and Hamilton stress ers, Something Happens, the Stun- record. People won't buy causes; neither the right time nor the right sorts of scenarios. " Peace Together was not conceived as ning, Andy White, and Engine Alley. they'll buy music they like."

80 BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993

www.americanradiohistory.com Trans World Spins Flat Sales In 1st Quarter Retailer Cites Good Weather, Weak Product As Factors BY DON JEFFREY opened 62 stores in the 12 months animated film "Pinocchio." that ended May 1, and that growth Trans World reports a net loss of NEW YORK -Good weather and accounted for the first -quarter $327,000 for the quarter, compared weak albums were the two reasons rise in overall revenues. The com- with a profit of $459,000 in the retailer Trans World Music Corp. pany operates a total of 657 units. same period last year. Jones says, gave for flat same -store sales in the In first-quarter '93, seven outlets "The flat comps make it almost im- first quarter. Net revenues rose were opened and six were shut- possible to leverage the fixed ex- 12.7% to $103.2 million, but the in- tered. Jones says 60 -70 new units penses." These costs include sala- crease was all from new stores. are expected to open this fiscal ries, leases, and utilities. Jeffrey Jones, CFO, says sales year, of which about 20 will be re- The company is continuing its for units open at least a year were locations. Trans World is privately test of leased music departments up in February and March over selling $50 million worth of debt in mass -merchandising chains. It those months in 1992 but that bet- securities with a 6.9% interest rate has six in -store units at K mart ter- than -normal April weather to finance store expansion. and 36 at Montgomery Ward. kept customers out of stores and For the first quarter, the bright There also are two at Tandy's In- caused overall comp sales to be spot was the Saturday Matinee credible Universe. flat for the quarter, which ended chain of sell- through video outlets, The retailer operates music May 1. which bring in more than 8% of to- stores under the names Record Music sales in particular were tal revenues. Comps were in "dou- Town, Tape World, and Coconuts. "down a few percentage points," ble digits," says Jones. Kid vid It also has video rental outlets drove he a big called Movies Plus. Strike A Pose. Recording artist David Byrne, center, jokes around with Luaka Jones adds. Product may have sales, says, citing been of problem: TV by The Walt Trans World's closed at Bop /Warner Bros. band Zap Mama following the group's performance at The part the "There national campaign shares was a certain amount of weakness Disney Co., store promotions on $16.75 each in over -the Grand in New York. Zap Mama recently spent a month touring with 10,000 -counter in hits," he says. seven featured Disney titles, the trading at press time, nearly 30% Maniacs and headlining concerts in Los Angeles. the The Albany, N.Y. -based retailer "Barney" phenomenon, and the hit below their 52 -week high of $23.75.

REGGAE'S HISTORIC HOT 100 RIDE (Continued from page 1) "Wonderful World, Beautiful Peo- the audience was heavily dominated or novelty." tor at Mango /Island. "There's rope recently. Meanwhile, dance ple" (both in 1969), as well as Eric by women. Who knows why, maybe While the majors are plying the something about warm weather music icon David Morales' first Clapton's chart -topping 1974 cover it's the danceability of the music." wares of young turks, consumers that brings people back to Marley. Mercury album, "The Program," of Bob Marley & the Wailers' "I Although each promoter has a still subscribe to the timeless com- Maybe they associate his music has a heavy dancehall undercur- Shot The Sheriff," and subsequent somewhat different method of positions of reggae legend Bob Mar- with the laidback mentality of vaca- rent, starting with the ragga -fla- high points like UB40's No. 1 with breaking reggae singles at pop, ley. His posthumous 1984 Island an- tions and lying on the beach." vored single "Gimme Luv." Mercu- "Red Red Wine" (1984) and Ziggy most agree that entry via dance -mix thology of Wailers classics, "Leg- Speaking of the summer, the ry also is preparing for the release Marley's top 40 "Tomorrow People" shows is an all-important first door end," logs its fourth consecutive growing mainstream interest in of controversial toaster Buju Ban- (1988). to open. "If a record is testing well week atop Billboard's Top Pop Cata- reggae is leading to a season filled ton. "Every time I go out there with a during an evening or weekend mix log Albums chart, beating out such with new island-influenced releases. "Now that it's becoming a full - reggae record, I feel like I'm taking show, it opens a dialog getting on mainstream staples as Eric Clapton Among them is "Claws Of The fledged trend, get ready for the out a mortgage on my credibility during the day," says Sam Hernan- and Pink Floyd. Cat," by Tiger, on Chaos /Columbia. glut," says Plen. "Fortunately, it's with some of these programmers," dez, VP of promotion at Quality. "Actually, there is a sales surge Virgin will bow the debut of Shag- mostly fun music that takes you to says Michael Plen, senior VP of pro- On the sales front, once again, it for that album every year around gy, whose first single, "Oh Caroli- another place in your mind. I guess motion at Virgin, who has been is the core, long -term support of this time," says Trish Farrell, direc- na," topped pop charts through Eu- we could all use a little of that." working reggae records at radio mom -and -pop -level stores that has since his salad days at I.R.S. Rec- kept reggae alive during the lean ords. "What's finally happening is years. Nick Ashfield, manager of TRADE GROUPS PETITION GOVERNMENT TO PUNISH PIRATES that radio in a lot of the major mar- DJ Sounds in Hartford, Conn., says, (Continued from page 6) kets is becoming more street. And "With everyone competing for a the street has been slowly factoring window display or prominent place- dards of protection. Assn. of America, and the American continue to monitor progress in Thai- in reggae and dancehall influences ment in Tower or whatever, a lot of Some, notably Cyprus, have caved Film Marketing Assn. land and India, also named as priority musically over the past five years. the labels and distributors know in to pressure from pirate companies In the other trade news, Kantor an- countries for major anti -piracy activi- It's becoming an increasingly pow- they can count on smaller shops like and do not employ criminal penalties nounced May 28 that the U.S. is tar- ties, and said again in the May 28 an- erful sound, especially in hip- hop." mine to come to the table. We've al- for infringement, according to IIPA. geting Brazil for its shoddy copyright nouncement that the U.S. would take It appears that the toughest ob- ways treated reggae as a legiti- The alliance also is concerned that and patent laws, and warned that the "appropriate action" if pledges of in- stacle for reggae is getting air time. mate, sellable form of music." Congress may allow USTR's author- USTR may employ trade retaliation creased protection and enforcement "Once you get a record as strong as Connie McNeil, manager of ity over the GSP program to expire under the U.S. Trade Act's Section for U.S. goods are not forthcoming. `Informer' played, the listeners usu- Disc'n'That in Detroit, agrees. "[La- this summer, and is pushing for Con- 301 if the South American country ally take it from there," says Kevin bels] know that we'll put some extra gressional renewal of the program, doesn't change its ways. Carroll, VP of promotion at muscle behind a reggae or dance - which expires July 4. Currently there USTR named Brazil as a "priority Three Found Guilty EastWest. hall record. We're used to investing is a bill in the House which would ex- foreign country" on April 30, mean- Radio programmers who have in the underdog." tend the program until Sept. 30, 1994. ing USTR agreed with complaints by In Bogus -Tape Case taken a chance on these records In addition to the RIAA, IIPA U.S. companies of inadequate copy- agree. Frank Walsh, program direc- RADIO CLIMATE CHANGING members include the National Music right protection and market barriers. WASHINGTON, D.C. -Three per- tor at WPOW -FM (Power 96) Miami, With the exception of Snow, ma- Publishers Assn., the Motion Picture Kantor also said the USTR will sons have been found guilty in the says tracks like "Girl, I've Been jor -label executives admit the taller first criminal action against a coun- Hurt" and "Can't Help Falling In task will be in maintaining radio in- terfeit-cassette manufacturing opera- Love" light up the phones almost terest in these acts. "There are no tion in Puerto Rico. Representatives immediately after airplay. He goes guarantees when it comes to work- Court Ruling On Judas Priest Upheld of the Recording Industry Assn. of on to observe these singles primari- ing a reggae act," Plen says. "After America also are seeking $3 million in ly are attracting females ages 15 to having a hit with 'The Way You Do LOS ANGELES -The Nevada Su- Sept. 8, 1990). civil penalties. 25. The Things You Do' by UB40, you'd preme Court ruled May 31 that Belknap died from a single shot- At the trial, the three defendants "In the past year, we have had up think the path was paved for the subliminal messages in a track on gun wound to the head; Vance sur- from the Perez Printing Co. in Levit- to five or six reggae records in rota- next single, but it wasn't. I don't Judas Priest's album "Stained vived, although he was permanent- town, Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty to tion at one time," he says. "And the necessarily see it as being any dif- Class" did not lead two Reno ly disfigured, and died in 1988 of seven counts of counterfeit trade- women in our audience are energeti- ferent this time -even though I do youths to shoot themselves in a complications from his injuries and mark. cally supporting them. It's hard to think the climate at radio is starting 1985 suicide pact. a reaction to prescription drugs. The counterfeit cassette-manufac- explain why, except that [reggae] to change." The ruling upheld an August The families of the young men sued turing and distribution facility had has clearly had an interesting cre- Virgin will follow "Can't Help 1990 decision by Washoe District the heavy -metal group and its label, the capacity to produce 1.8 million ative impact on pop /R &B ballads, Falling In Love" with a new UB40 Judge Jerry Whitehead. The judge CBS Records (now Sony Music), cassettes per year, accounting for which have always had a strong fe- album in July, "Promises & Lies." found that while subliminal mes- claiming they were liable for the more than $16 million in displaced male appeal, as well as rap." In the case of Inner Circle, having sages to "do it" did exist in Judas shootings. sales, according to the RIAA. a connection with a successful tele- Priest's song "Better By You, Bet- In upholding Whitehead's find- Ninety percent of the counterfeit STRONG FEMALE FOLLOWING vision program has been a tremen- ter Than Me," they were "not inten- ing, the Supreme Court said the cassettes contained Latin music prod- From his perspective, Plen says dous help. Andrea Ganis, VP of At- tionally formed," and that the plain- lower court's "finding of lack of uct. reggae has always had a stronger lantic, notes that the level of famil- tiffs failed to prove that the mes- proximate cause was not clearly er- The three defendants were re- young female following, recalling iarity is a nice boost. "We'll need to sages spurred Raymond Belknap roneous," even with the judge's dis- quired to pay $5,000 in fines and for- the mid -'80s reign of ska and dance - make sure that 'Sweat' [the next In- and James Vance to shoot them- allowance of a product liability ar- feit all equipment used at the facility. hall bands like the English Beat. ner Circle single] is a hit in order to selves Dec. 23, 1985 (Billboard, gument in the 1990 trial. Injunctions also are being sought "You'd go to one of their shows and prove that all of this wasn't a fluke to avoid further infringements.

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56 48 49 28 ICE CUBE PRIORITY 57185" (10.98/15.98) THE PREDATOR 1

JANET JACKSON VIRGIN 87825 (10.98/ 51 52 53 94 METALLICA " ELEKTRA 61113" (10.98/15.98) METALLICA 1

***HOT SHOT DEBUT*** (58) 60 55 30 GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIC 53046 (10.98 EQ/16.98) GREATEST HITS 15 ROD STEWART WARNER BROS. 45289 (10.98/16.98) UNPLUGGED...AND SEATED (59) 59 58 30 BON JOVI JAMBCO 514045/MERCURY (10.98 EQ/16.98) KEEP THE FAITH 5 s 3 28 SOUNDTRACK ARISTA 18699 (10.98/15.98) THE BODYGUARD 1 ALAN JACKSON (60) 62 68 34 A LOT ABOUT LIVIN' (AND A LITTLE 'BOUT LOVE) ARISTA 18711 (10.98/15.98) 20 5 3 28 KENNY G ° ARISTA 18646 (10.98/15.98) BREATHLESS 2

4 4 50 SPIN DOCTORS 2 EPIC 47461 (10.98 EQ/15.98) POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE 3 * * *PACESETTER*** (61) 73 89 30 SOUL ASYLUM COLUMBIA 48898 "(9.98E(Ú15.98) GRAVE DANCERS UNION 51 3 2 6 AEROSMITH GEFFEN 24455 (10.98/16.98) GET A GRIP 1

62 47 40 11 COVERDALE/PAGE GEFFEN 24487 (10.98/15.98) COVERDALE PAGE 5 NEW 1 ANTHRAX ELEKTRA 61430 (10.98/15.98) SOUND OF WHITE NOISE 7

63 51 48 12 GETO BOYS RAP -A -LOT 57191 * /PRIORITY (10.98/15.98) 7 6 24 DR. DRE 2 DEATH ROW /INTERSCOPE 57128* /PRIORITY (10.98/15.98) THE CHRONIC 3 0 TILL DEATH DO US PART 11

9 8 8 21 SWV RCA 66074 (9.98/13.981 ITS ABOUT TIME 8 64 45 35 5 VINCE NEIL WARNER BROS. 45260 (10.98/15.98) EXPOSED 13

(10) NEW DONALD FAGEN REPRISE45230/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.981 KAMAKIRIAD 10 65 55 51 9 L.L. COOL J DEF JAM 53325 * /COLUMBIA (10.98 EQ/16.98) 14 SHOTS TO THE DOME 5

66 58 62 18 PAPERBOY NEXT PLATEAU/FFRR 1012 (9.98/14.98) NINE YARDS 48 11 6 5 3 WYNONNA CURB 10822/MCA (10.98/15.98) TELL ME WHY 5

61 67 67 8 BRUCE HORNSBY RCA 66114 (10.98/15.98) HARBOR LIGHTS 46 12 12 12 23 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ATLANTIC 82418/AG (9.98/15.981 CORE 12 UGLY KID JOE 13 10 10 12 A &M 0070 (10.98/16.98) TEN SUMMONER'S TALES 2 68 56 52 38 AMERICA'S LEAST WANTED 27 STING STARDOG 512571 /MERCURY (10.98 EQ/15.98)

14 11 7 40 ERIC CLAPTON A 6 DUCK/REPRISE 45024 "/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) UNPLUGGED 1 DOLLY PARTON 69 54 42 14 SLOW DANCING THE 16 COLUMBIA 53199 (10.98 EQ/15.98) WITH MOON 15 13 9 30 SADE 2 EPIC 53178 (10.98 E0116.98) LOVE DELUXE 3 (10) NEW 1 MARC COHN ATLANTIC 82491/AG (10.98/16.98) THE RAINY SEASON 70 16 14 14 12 LENNY KRAVITZ VIRGIN 86984 (9.98/15.981 ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY? 12 71 61 60 6 GEORGE MICHAEL & QUEEN HOLLYWOOD 61479 /ELEKTRA(8.98/10.98) FIVE LIVE 46 11 15 13 19 SNOW EASTWEST 92207/AG (10.98/15.98) 12 INCHES OF SNOW 5 12 63 65 35 10,000 MANIACS ELEKTRA 61385 (10.98/15.98) OUR TIME IN EDEN 28 18 16 19 8 H -TOWN LUKE 126" (9.98/16.98) FEVER FOR DA FLAVOR 16 (_) NEW 1 ROBERT PLANT ES PARANZA 92264/AG (10.98/16.98) FATE OF NATIONS 73 19 18 16 23 SILK KEIA 61394/ELEKTRA (10.98/15.98) LOSE CONTROL 7 14 69 72 37 QUEEN HOLLYWOOD 61265/ELEKTRA (10.98/16.98) GREATEST HITS 11 20 19 22 14 DURAN DURAN CAPITOL 98876 (9.98/13.981 DURAN DURAN 7

15 57 56 39 VINCE GILL MCA 10630(10.98/15.98) I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU 10 (21) NEW 1 SOUNDTRACK JIVE 41509 (10.98/15.981 MENACE II SOCIETY 21 (76) NEW 1 DANZIG DEF AMERICAN 45286/WARNER BROS. (7.98/11.98) THRALL -DEMONSWEATLIVE 76 (22) NEW 1 BOSS DJ WEST /CHAOS 52903* /COLUMBIA (9.98 EQ/15.98) BORN GANGSTAZ 22 17 74 83 5 JIMI HENDRIX MCA 10829 (10.98/16.98) THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE 74 23 17 18 14 BROOKS & DUNN A ARISTA 18716 (10.98/15.981 HARD WORKIN' MAN 9 78 66 57 6 MIDNIGHT OIL COLUMBIA 53793 (10.98 E0115.98) EARTH & SUN & MOON 49 24 21 24 76 PEARL JAM ° EPIC 47857 (10.98 EQ/15.98) TEN 2 19 72 64 143 GARTH BROOKS I° LIBERTY 93866 (9.98/13.981 NO FENCES 3 25 23 23 37 GEORGE STRAIT 2 MCA 10651 (10.98/15.98) PURE COUNTRY (SOUNDTRACK) 6 80 71 63 62 EN VOGUE 3 EASTWEST 92121/AG (10.98/16.98) FUNKY DIVAS 8 26 20 21 54 BILLY RAY CYRUS r MERCURY 510635 (10.98 EQ/15.98) SOME GAVE ALL 1 THE PHARCYDE 81 75 88 9 BIZARRE RIDE II THE PHARCYDE 75 27 25 26 11 GREEN JELLY zoo 11038 (9.98/13.98) CEREAL KILLER SOUNDTRACK 23 DELICIOUS VINYL 92222 " /AG (9.98/15.98)

28 22 20 5 PORNO FOR PYROS WARNER BROS. 45228" (10.98/15.98) PORNO FOR PYROS 3 82 76 90 10 WILLIE NELSON COLUMBIA 52752 (10.98 EQ/15.98) ACROSS THE BORDERLINE 75

29 27 27 21 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY ATLANTIC 82420/AG (9.98/15.98) LIFE'S A DANCE 27 83 68 82 13 CLANNAD ATLANTIC 82409/AG (10.98/15.981 ANAM 46

30 26 17 24 REBA MCENTIRE MCA 10673 (10.98/15.98) IT'S YOUR CALL 8 84 78 73 80 ENYA 2 REPRISE 26775/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) SHEPHERD MOONS 17

85 79 78 33 LORRIE MORGAN BNA 66047 (9.98/15.981 ME (31) 33 45 11 4 NON BLONDES INTERSCOPE 92112/AG (9.98/13.98)BIGGER, BETTER, FASTER, MORE! 31 WATCH 65

32 9 2 KISS MERCu 7 (10.98 EQ/15.98) ALIVE III 9 86 65 71 5 TANYA TUCKER LIBERTY 81367 (10.98/15.98) GREATEST HITS 1990 -1992 65

33 30 33 9 ONYX JMJ /CHAOS 53302* /COLUMBIA (9.98 EQ/15.98) BACDAFUCUP 30 87 70 74 41 TRAVIS TRITT WARNER BROS. 45048 (10.98/15.98) T- R- O- U -B -L -E 27

88 81 80 2 (9.98/15.98) (34) 35 29 54 JON SECADA 2 SBK 98845/ERG (9.98/15.98) JON SECADA 15 44 MARY J. BLIGE UPTOWN 10681 /MCA WHAT'S THE 41 1? 6

35 32 28 10 DWIGHT YOAKAM REPRISE 45241/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.98) THIS TIME 25 89 84 86 21 JADE GIANT/REPRISE 2466/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.98) JADE TO THE MAX 56

s 36 31 30 36 GARTH BROOKS LIBERTY 98743 (10.98/16.98) THE CHASE 1 * * * HEATSEEKER GRADUATE*** 31 29 25 12 TRACY LAWRENCE ATLANTIC 82483/AG (9.98/15.98) ALIBIS 25 (90) 111 167 4 INNER CIRCLE BIG BEAT92261 /AG (9.98/15.98) BAD BOYS 90

38 36 37 10 P.M. DAWN GEE STREET /ISLAND 514517/PLG (10.98/15.981 THE BLISS ALBUM...? 30 91 82 79 6 PATTY LOVELESS EPIC 53236 (9.98 EQ/15.98) ONLY WHAT I FEEL 69

11 3 QWEST 45250/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) REPUBLIC 11 39 24 NEW ORDER 92 86 84 6 AARON NEVILLE A&M oo86 (10 .98/16 .98) GRAND TOUR 77

40 28 15 4 RUN -D.M.C. PROFILE 1440" (10.98/16.981 DOWN WITH THE KING 93 88 94 15 2PAC INTERSCOPE 92209/AG (9.98/15.981 STRICTLY 4 MY N.I.G.G.A.Z 24

41 37 41 REPRISE 45116/WARNER BROS. (10,98/16,981 SAN FRANCISCO DAYS 35 DIGABLE PLANETS CHRIS ISAAK 94 77 70 16 REACHIN' (A NEW REFUTATION OF TIME AND SPACE) 15 PENDULUM 61414 / ELEKTRA (9.98/15.98) 42 34 32 48 MARY -CHAPIN CARPENTER COLUMBIA 48881 (9.98 F0115.98) COME ON COME ON 31 95 85 81 15 REGINA BELLE COLUMBIA 48826 (10.98 EO/15 .98) PASSION 63 43 42 46 35 ALICE IN CHAINS COLUMBIA 52475 (10.98 EQ/15.98) DIRT 6 (96) 97 97 34 R.E.M. 2 WARNER BROS. 45138 (10.98/15.98) AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE 2

44 43 39 29 SOUNDTRACK 2 WALT DISNEY 60846 (10.98/16.98) ALADDIN 6 97 96 87 107 BOYZ II MEN A5 MOTOWN 6320 (9.98/13.98) COOLEYHIGHHARMONY 3 s 45 41 36 79 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 45400* (10.98 EQ/15.98) DANGEROUS 1 98 92 69 35 MICHAEL BOLTON 3 COLUMBIA 52783 (10.98 EQ/16.98) TIMELESS (THE CLASSICS) 1 46 39 34 6 PRIMUS INTERSCOPE 92257 " /AG (10.98/15.981 PORK SODA 7 A NEW 1 GIVE MONKEY A BRAIN AND HE'LL SWEAR HE'S THE... 99 (99) COFISHBONELUMBIA 52764 (9.98EQ/15.98) ** *GREATEST GAINER * ** 100 87 66 50 AARON TIPPIN RCA 61129 (9.98/13.98) READ BETWEEN THE LINES 50 41 64 59 8 YANNI PRIVATE MUSIC 82106 (10.98/15.98) IN MY TIME 38 DEPECHE MODE 101 98 91 55 ANNIE LENNOX ARISTA 18704 (10.98/15.98) DIVA 23 48 44 38 10 SONGS OF FAITH AND DEVOTION 1 SIRE/REPRISE 45243/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.981 102 90 77 61 WYNONNA 2 CURB 10529 /MCA (10,98 /15.98) WYNONNA 4 (49) 50 54 3 SOUNDTRACK MILAN 35644/RCA (9.98/13.98) BENNY & JOON 49 103 91 96 28 CONFEDERATE RAILROAD ATLANTIC 82335/AG 19.98/15.98) CONFEDERATE RAILROAD 91 50 40 43 79 BROOKS & DUNN 2 ARISTA 18658 (9.98/13.981 BRAND NEW MAN 10 104 102 123 36 JACKYL GEFFEN 24489 (9.98/13.981 JACKYL 81 51 38 31 14 NAUGHTY BY NATURE TOMMY BOY 1069 (10.98/15.98) 19 NAUGHTY III 3 (105) 107 108 5 95 SOUTH WRAP 8117 /ICHIBAN (9.98/16.98) QUAD CITY KNOCK 105 BIG DADDY KANE NEW LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR... 52 (52) COLD CHILLIN' 45128 */WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) 106 95 99 42 ALABAMA RCA 66044 (9.98/15.981 AMERICAN PRIDE 46

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT 3 53 53 47 61 7 107 104 100 19 DUICE TMR 71000/BELLMARK (9.98/15.98) DAZZEY DUKS 100 CHRYSALIS 21929/ERG (9.98/13.98) 3 YEARS 5 MONTHS & 2 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF .. . 54 49 50 10 LEVERT ATLANTIC 82462/AG (10.98/15.98) FOR REAL THO' 35 108 94 - 2 GURU CHRYSALIS 21998 * /ERG 110.98/15.981 JAZZMATAZZ VOLUME 1 94

55 46 44 23 SHAI GASOLINE ALLEY 10762 " /MCA (9.98/15.98) IF I EVER FALL IN LOVE 6 109 89 75 4 '. FUNKDOOBIEST IMMORTAL 53212"/EPIC (9.98 E(Ú15.98) WHICH DOOBIE U B? 56 cD A bums with the greates sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for sales of 500,000 units. RIAA certification for sales o 1 million units, with multimillion sellers indicated by a numeral following the symbol. *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for WEA and BMG labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ, and all other CD p ices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Graduates are titles removed from Heatseekers this week. © 1993, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

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EVERYBODY AIN'T ABLE1- -L:AV.,NDA PAGE MANAGEMENT: THE DEBUT ALBUM. INCLUDES THE SINGLES WORLD OF WONDER " SUPERMODEL (YOU BETTER WORK)" AND "BACK TO MY ROOTS ".

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110 100 93 21 WRECKX -N- EFFECT MCA 10566 (9.98/15.98) HARD OR SMOOTH 9 156 115 143 8 TASMIN ARCHER SBK 80134/ERG (10.98/15.98) GREAT EXPECTATIONS 115 * * * HEATSEEKER GRADUATE*** 151 126 114 8 INTRO ATLANTIC82463/AG (9.98/15.98) INTRO 111 111 113 117 5 TOBY MERCURY 514421 111 KEITH (9.98 EQ/13.98) TOBY KEITH 158 130 120 12 D.J. MAGIC MIKE MAGIC 9413/CDG (9.98/15.98) BASS: THE FINAL FRONTIER 67

ORIGPOLYDORINAL LONDON CAS T 0112) 120 107 171 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA HIGHLIGHTS 46 159 147 157 20 CHANTE MOORE SILAS 10605' /MCA (9.98/15.98( PRECIOUS 101 831563' (10.98 EQ 16.98)

160 162 153 6 WORLD PARTY ENSIGN /CHRYSALIS 21991 /ERG (10.98/15.98) BANG! 126 113 103 85 12 SAMMY KERSHAW MERCURY 14332 (9.98 EQ/15.98) HAUNTED HEART 57

114 105 109 22 CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS UPTOWN 10751 /MCA (9.98/15.98) CHANGES 63 161 149 146 61 KRIS KROSS "urFHOUSE 48710 /COLUMBIA (10.98 EQ/15.98) TOTALLY KROSSED OUT 1

115 93 92 12 STEREO MC'S GEE STREET /ISLAND 14061/PLG (9.98 EQ/13.98) CONNECTED 92 162 101 106 76 ROD STEWART WARNER BROS. 26300 (9.98/15.98) VAGABOND HEART 10

C11ó) 134 149 120 ENIGMA CHARISMA 86224NIRGIN (9.98 13.98) MCMXC A.D. 6 163 157 140 10 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT CHRYSALIS 21994 * /ERG (10.98/15.98) UNPLUGGED 60

117 110 101 90 GARTH BROOKS 9 LIBERTY 96330 (10.98/15.98) ROPIN' THE WIND 1 164 158 144 61 DEF LEPPARD 3 MERCURY 512185 (10.98 E0/15.98) ADRENALIZE 1

118 106 116 8 BLUES TRAVELER A&M 0080 (10.98/15.98) SAVE HIS SOUL 72 1655 161 166 7 GIN BLOSSOMS A &M 54039 (9.98/13.98) NEW MISERABLE EXPERIENCE 161

119 83 2 WINGER ATLANTIC 82485/AG (10.98/15.98) PULL 83 - (166) NEW0. 1 FRONT 242 EPIC 53433 (9.98E0/15.9ß) 06:21:03:1 1 UP EVIL 166 59 120 99 76 17 BELLY SIRE/REPRISE 45187/WARNER BROS. (7.98/11.98) STAR 161 166 158 13 NANCI GRIFFITH ELEKTRA 61464' (10.98/15.981 OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS 54

121 109 131 34 TANYA TUCKER LIBERTY 98987 (10.98/15.98) CAN'T RUN FROM YOURSELF 51 168 146 103 8 DAVID BOWIE SAVAGE 50212 (10.98/15.98) BLACK TIE WHITE NOISE 39

122 117 112 35 PETER GABRIEL GEFFEN 24473 (10.9815.98) US 2 (169) NEW 1 JIMMY BUFFETT MARGARITAVILLE 10823 /MCA (9.98/15.98) BEFORE THE BEACH 169

MCA 10614(9.98/15.98) THE ONE 8 PAUL RODGERS (123) 132 110 49 ELTON JOHN 2 170 150 145 6 MUDDY WATERS BLUES: A TRIBUTE TO MUDDY WATERS 91 VICTORY 480013/PLG (10.98 EQ/15.98)

124 122 136 80 U2 4 ISLAND 510347'/PLG (10.98 EQ/15.98) ACHTUNG BABY 1

(111) NEW 1 THE WATERBOYS GEFFEN 24476 (10.9815.98) DREAM HARDER 171 125 112 95 14 VAN HALEN WARNER BROS. 45198 (20.98/27.981 LIVE: RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW 5 172 169 163 64 QUEEN HOLLYWOOD 61311 /ELEKTRA (10.98/16.98) CLASSIC QUEEN 4 126 108 98 31 NEIL YOUNG REPRISE 45057/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) HARVEST MOON 16 173 154 135 15 JOEY LAWRENCE IMPACT 10659 /MCA (9.98/15.98) JOEY LAWRENCE 74 127 80 61 6 SOUNDTRACK UPTOWN 10794*/MCA (9.98/15.98) WHO'S THE MAN? 32

174 172 164 48 SOUNDTRACK 2 LAFACE 26006/ARISTA (10.98/15.98) BOOMERANG 4 128 124 134 159 VAN MORRISON MERCURY 841970' (9.98 EQ/16.98) THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON 41

175 175 165 89 GUNS N' ROSES 14 GEFFEN 24415* (10.98/15.98) USE YOUR ILLUSION I 2 129 123 122 44 HOUSE OF PAIN TOMMY BOY 1056 (10.98/15.98) HOUSE OF PAIN 14

176 182 179 66 PANTERA EASTWEST 91758/AG (1098/1598) VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER 44 130 131 118 162 GARTH BROOKS 4 LIBERTY 90897 (9.98/13.98) GARTH BROOKS 13 PRINCE AND THE NEW POWER GENERATION 177 159 150 33 131 133 148 8 THE JERKY BOYS SELECT 61495'/ÁG (10.9815.98) THE JERKY BOYS 131 PAISLEY PARK 45037/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.98) t

(132) 171 184 3 RADIOHEAD CAPITOL 81409 (9.98/15.98) PABLO HONEY 132 118 151 104 10 ICE -T RHYME SYNDICATE 53858 * /PRIORITY (10.98/16.98) HOME INVASION 14

133 125 141 48 SOUNDTRACK EPIC SOUNDTRAX52476 /EPIC(10.98EO/16.98) SINGLES 6 179 173 172 46 MEGADETH CAPITOL 98531 (10.98/15.98) COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION 2

134 114 102 12 BLOODS & CRIPS DANGEROUS/PUMP 19138 * /QUALITY(9.98/13.98) BANGIN ON WAX 86 180 167 151 4 WALTER & SCOTTY CAPITOL 92958(9.98/15.98) MY BROTHER'S KEEPER 151

135 143 133 16 PAUL MCCARTNEY CAPITOL80362 (10.98/15.98) OFF THE GROUND 17 181 170 177 88 NIRVANA' DGL 24425*/GEFFEN (9.9813.98) NEVERMIND 1

152 2 DAVID CROSBY ATLANTIC 82484/AG (10.98/16.98) THOUSAND ROADS 136 (136) - 182 165 138 7 BRYAN FERRY REPRISE 45246/WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) TAXI 79

137 145 139 101 BONNIE RAITT 4 CAPITOL 96111' (10.98/15.98) LUCK OF THE DRAW 2 183 138 121 5 TRACY BYRD MCA 10649 (9.98/15.98) TRACY BYRD 115

138 129 115 40 BOBBY BROWN 'MCA 10417* (10.98/15.98) BOBBY 2 184 163 127 3 AIMEE MANN IMAGO 21017 (9.98/15.98) WHATEVER 127 (139) 168 13 THE PROCLAIMERS CHRYSALIS 21668/ERG (9.98/13.98) SUNSHINE ON LEITH 125 - (185) 199 2 LITTLE TEXAS WARNER BROS. 45276 (9.9815.98) BIG TIME 185 140 142 147 31 AC/DC EASTWEST 92215/AG (10.9$15.98) LIVE 15 186 179 168 16 BILLY DEAN SBK 98947 /LIBERTY (10.98/15.98) FIRE IN THE DARK 83

141 116 125 3 DIRE STRAITS WARNER BROS. 45259 (10.98/16.98) ON THE NIGHT 116 181 164 156 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS K-TEL 6068 (7.98/12.98) TODAY'S HIT COUNTRY 125

142 148 154 32 RESTLESS HEART RCA 66049 (9.98/15.98) BIG IRON HORSES 116 188 174 155 16 MICK DAGGER ATLANTIC 82436 AG (10.98/15.98) WANDERING SPIRIT 11 K.T. 4 OSLIN 143 141 126 GREATEST HITS: SONGS FROM AN AGING SEX BOMB 126 189 155 2 JUDAS PRIEST COLUMBIA 53932 (18.98 EQ/22.98) METAL WORKS 155 RCA 66227 (9.98/15.98) - '73 293

144 128 124 35 PAM TILLIS 0 ARISTA 18649 (9.98/13.98) HOMEWARD LOOKING ANGEL 82 190 184 178 5 RAY CHARLES WARNER BROS. 26735 (10.98/15.98) MY WORLD 166

145 136 111 63 K.D. LANG SIRE 26840 WARNER BROS. (10.98/15.98) INGENUE 18 191 176 - 2 5TH WARD BOYZ UNDERGROUND/ RAP -A -LOT 53859/PRIORITY (9.98/15.98) GHETTO DOPE 176 146 139 137 32 SOUNDTRACK MORGAN CREEK 20015 (10.9815.98) THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS 42 192 181 174 133 MADONNA 13 SIRE 26440./WARNER BROS. (13.98/18.98) THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION 2 141 119 132 3 TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY COLUMBIA 53616 (10.98 EQ/15.98) SYMPHONY OR DAMN 119 LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND 193 156 142 9 HERE COME THE LORDS 66 PENDULUM 61415 * /ELEKTRA (10.98/15.98) (148) 160 170 32 MADONNA 2 MAVERICK/SIRE 45031/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) EROTICA 2 ZZ TOP RE -ENTRY 57 GREATEST HITS 9 (194) yvARNER BROS. 149 127 129 32 SOUNDTRACK GIANT 24465/WARNER BROS. (10.98/16.98) BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 76 26846 (10.98/16.98) 195 180 182 21 DIAMOND RIO ARISTA 18656 (9.98/13.98) CLOSE TO THE EDGE 87 150 144 128 68 JOHN ANDERSON 8NÁ 61029 (9.98/13.98) SEMINOLE WIND 35

196 197 185 23 DREAM THEATER EASTWEST 92148/AG (9.98/15.98) IMAGES & WORDS 61 BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS 151 118 119 12 SISTER SWEETLY 118 GIANT /REPRISE 24486/WARNER BROS. (9.98/15.98) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 191 185 171 88 BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK 3 WARNER BROS. 26681 (10.98/15.98) 152 153 152 61 CELINE DION EPIC 52473 (10.98 EO/15.98) CELINE DION 34 EXPOSE RE -ERYNT 2 EXPOSE 193 153 121 113 6 JOE DIFFIE EPIC 53002 (9.98 EQ/15.98) HONKY TONK ATTITUDE 83 0198) ARISTA 18577 (10.98/15.98) SOUNDTRACK 140 130 66 LAFACE 26003/ARISTA (9.98/15.981 THE TLC TIP 14 RE -ENTRY 50 SISTER ACT 40 154 TLC2 0000000HHH...ON (199) HOLLYWOOD 61334 /ELEKTRA (10.98/15.98) MICHAEL BOLTON 6 155 137 105 110 TIME, LOVE AND TENDERNESS 1 (200) NEW 1 SOUNDTRACK MCA 10859 (10.98/15.98) JURASSIC PARK 200 COLUMBIA 46771* (10.98 EQ/15.98)

TOP ALBUMS Al (LISTED BY ARTISTS)

2Pac 93 Tracy Byrd 183 LeVert 54 ORIGINAL LONDON CAST Jon Secada 34 Pam Tillis 144 En Vogue 80 Ice Cube 56 4 Non Blondes 31 Little Texas 185 Phantom Of The Opera Shai 55 Aaron Tippin 100 Mary- Chapin Carpenter 42 Enigma 116 Ice-T 178 5th Ward Boyz 191 Lords Of The Underground 193 Highlights 112 Silk 19 TLC 154 Ray Charles 190 Enya 84 Inner Circle 90 Patty Loveless 91 K.T. Oslin 143 Snow 17 Travis Tritt 87 AC/DC 140 Clannad 83 Gloria Estefan 58 Intro 157 Soul Asylum 61 Tanya Tucker 86, 121 Aerosmith 6 Eric Clayton 14 Expose 198 Chris Isaak 41 Madonna 148, 192 Pantera 176 SOUNDTRACK Alabama 106 Marc Cohn 70 Aimee Mann 184 Paperboy 66 U2 124 Donald Fagen 10 Janet Jackson 1 Aladdin 44 Alice In Chains 43 Confederate Railroad 103 Paul McCartney 135 Dolly Parton 69 Ugly Kid Joe 68 Bryan Ferry 182 Michael Jackson 45 Benny & Joon 49 John Anderson 150 Coverdale/Page 62 Reba McEntire 30 Pearl Jam 24 Fishbone 99 Alan Jackson 60 Beverly Hills, 90210 149 Van Halen 125 7 David Crosby 136 Megadeth 179 The Pharcyde 81 Anthrax Front 242 166 Jacky) 104 The Bodyguard 3 VARIOUS ARTISTS Arrested Development 53, 163 Billy Ray Cyrus 26 Metallica 57 Robert Plant 73 Funkdoobiest 109 Jade 89 Boomerang 174 Today's Hit Country 187 George Michael & Queen 71 P.M. Dawn 38 Regina Belle 95 Terence Trent D'Arby 147 Mick Jagger 188 Jurassic Park 200 Kenny G 4 Midnight Oil 78 Porno For Pyros 28 Walter & Scotty 180 Belly 120 D.J. Magic Mike 158 The Jerky Boys 131 The Last Of The Mohicans 146 Peter Gabriel 122 John Michael Montgomery 29 Primus 46 The Waterboys 171 Big Head Todd & The Monsters 151 Danzig 76 Elton John 123 Menace II Society 21 Geto Boys 63 Chante Moore 159 Prince And The New Power Christopher Williams 114 Billy Dean 186 Judas Priest 189 Singles 133 Mary J. Blige 88 Vince Gill 75 Lorrie Morgan 85 Generation 177 Winger 119 Bloods & Crips 134 Def Leppard 164 Sister Act 199 Gin Blossoms 165 Big Daddy Kane 52 Van Morrison 128 The Proclaimers 139 World Party 160 Blues Traveler 118 Depeche Mode 48 Who's The Man? 127 Green Jelly 27 Toby Keith 111 Wreckx -N -Effect 110 Bolton 98, 155 Diamond Rio 195 Naughty By Nature 51 Queen 74,172 Spin Doctors 5 Michael Nanci Griffith 167 Sammy Kershaw 113 Wynonna 11, 102 59 Joe Diffie 153 Vince Neil 64 Stereo MC's 115 Bon Jovi Guns N' Roses 175 Kiss 32 R.E.M. 96 Digable Planets 94 Willie Nelson 82 Rod Stewart 2, 162 Yanni 47 Boss 22 Guru 108 Lenny Kravitz 16 Radiohead 132 Dion 152 Aaron Neville 92 Sting 13 Dwight Yoakam 35 David Bowie 168 Celine Kris Kross 161 Bonnie Raitt 137 Boyz II Men 97 Dire Straits 141 Jimi Hendrix 77 New Order 39 Stone Temple Pilots 12 Neil Young 126 Red Hot Chili Peppers 197 Brooks & Dunn 23, 50 Dr. Dre 8 Bruce Hornsby 67 L.L. Cool J 65 95 South 105 George Strait 25 Restless Heart 142 ZZ Top 194 Dream Theater 196 House Of Pain 129 k.d. lang 145 Nirvana 181 SWV 9 Garth Brooks 36, 79, 117, 130 Paul Rodgers 170 Bobby Brown 138 Dulce 107 H -Town 18 Joey Lawrence 173 Onyx 33 Run -D.M.C. 40 Tasmin Archer 156 Jimmy Buffett 169 Duran Duran 20 Tracy Lawrence 37 10,000 Maniacs 72 Annie Lennox 101 Sade 15

84 BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 www.americanradiohistory.com VIACOM, AT &T TO TEST INTERACTIVE CABLE SYSTEM (Continued from page 5) VSDA Revenues Surpass Its Expenses scribers in different homes will be de- ble lines that have been installed by To veloped. Viacom executives said at Viacom. The set -top converter, which Switch From Fiscal Calendar Year Pays Off the press conference that games is a box atop the TV set that will en- BY SETH GOLDSTEIN surplus shrinks to approximately ers, and partnered with organiza- based on MTV programming likely able a viewer to interact with the pro- $150,000 for all of 1992, but the re- tions such as the Motion Picture will be part of the test, but they de- gramming, will be manufactured by NEW YORK -On the strength of sults are a big improvement over Assn. of America to hold down clined to be specific about the kinds a third party, but the AT &T spokes- last year's convention, the Video 1991, when the association ran a joint legal expenses, but credits of games. MTV has created a proto- man says no decision on that vendor Software Dealers Assn. is showing deficit of $824,092. the improvement to a convention type video game for cartridge and has been made. The on-screen guide some financial muscle. "Needless to say, I never ex- "financially better for us than in CD -ROM based on its "Choose Or will be provided by StarSight, a com- Earlier this month, VSDA re- pected to turn around so quickly," previous years." Lose" marketing campaign during pany of which Viacom owns 23 %. ported revenues exceeded ex- says executive VP Don Rosen- The 1992 show in Las Vegas ac- the presidential campaign last year. Pricing and marketing strategies penses by $751,725 for the 10 berg, who joined VSDA a year counted for nearly $3.7 million will be developed jointly by Viacom months ended Dec. 31, 1992. ago-at the time the 1991 numbers against expenses of $1.5 million, or SYSTEM PROVISIONS and AT &T. Executives say they have VSDA, which changed from a fis- were posted. Rosenberg trimmed 77% of total revenues of just over AT &T will provide the server (the not determined how the services will cal to a calendar year, says the expenses, pink -slipped some staff- $4.8 million. Membership dues large computer that stores the li- be priced but indicate that it might be brought in $860,472 and interest brary of digital data that includes according to length of time a system another $138,787. Still in the kitty movies, music, and games), the soft- is in use or to the number of channels THE FUTURE IS NOW AT VSDA BOOTH is $41,200 of the $299,400 contrib- ware that facilitates the interactivity a subscriber buys. The companies (Continued from page 5) uted for VSDA's Home Video of the programming, and the net- will not say how many channels the Awareness campaign. working systems that bring the pro- test involves. They also decline com- the exhibit to lose some potential par- ture forth to make their selections, Given the reliance on one event, grams from the provider to the con- ment on how much they are investing ticipants, including 3D0, creator of a which can be previewed beforehand. Rosenberg notes, "We're always sumer. One server can feed 1,500 si- in this venture. studio -backed home entertainment More advanced, and more expen- going to have spikes and valleys. multaneous subscribers, says AT &T's Siegel says the Viacom system that prior to CES hadn't sive, versions of VStor will hold up to If you have a bad convention, Meyers, and thus one "will be suffi- test is far more sophisticated than shown a working unit. 5,000 items that can be fetched by ro- there's nothing you can do after- cient" for the test's initial phase. But AT&T's joint venture with Tele -Com- 3D0, by virtue of the publicity sur- botic arms, similar to some video dis- wards." VSDA expects to dodge the test may be expanded to 4,000 munications Inc. and U S West Inc. to rounding it, likely would be VSDA's pensing machines (VDMs) that have the bullet this year. Revenues from homes. provide pay -per-view movies over ca- hottest attraction. Nintendo, another been tried in recent years. Retailers the July 11 -14 show in Las Vegas The data will be transmitted to the ble systems in the Denver area. crowd pleaser, definitely won't be with high ceilings are at an advan- should be "what we budgeted for," homes over fiber -optic and coaxial ca- there; that's Wiener's only disappoint- tage since VStor can be as compact he adds, "although you don't know ment to date. "We thought we had as 25 square feet and range in height until it's over." The association is them signed up, and they pulled out at from seven feet to 30 feet. counting on heavy on -site registra- the last minute," she says. VSDA ex- VDMs installed in 100 Swiss stores tion, 35% of '92 attendees. Seagram High ecutive VP Don Rosenberg believes owned by European parent Highlight Dues aren't seen as a major new In Spirits Nintendo feared it would be seen as Communications AG were the gene- source of income, unlike VSDA's endorsing game rentals, something sis of VStor, which Burnett says will growth years. "There are not a lot the company has long opposed. appear at VSDA as a "semi- function- of new players coming into the About Time Warner Buy Highlight Communications USA, al model, very close to the real fold anymore," says Rosenberg. NEW YORK -The Seagram Co. stake in Time Warner Entertain- based in Santa Monica, Calif., hopes thing." Burnett doesn't know the He spearheaded an increase in Ltd.'s plan to buy up to 15% of ment L.P. and plans to work with to draw retail attention with the first - price or whether VStor- available in fees that raises the cost to the big- Time Warner Inc., operator of the Time Warner in the development ever exhibit of VStor, an automated modules capable of storing 450 gest chains to $2,500, but, account- world's largest music company, is of the electronic fiber -optic super- retail merchandising system. VS units -will be leased or sold. ing for membership dropouts, viewed by some analysts as a way highway that will eventually bring stands for "virtual store," signaling "We haven't dotted the i's on the "I've budgeted dues to be flat." for the Canadian distilled- spirits to the home music and video on de- Highlight's attempt to adapt virtual approach" but "it will be affordable," VSDA has converted 40% of company to diversify into the glob- mand and a variety of other inter- reality technology to in -store shop- he vows. "The economic profile those video dealers who took ad- al entertainment business and the active services. ping. Marketing VP Scott Burnett should play out to the retailers' advantage of last summer's $40 six - fast -growing field of multimedia. Commenting on Seagram, a claims consumers will be able to call vantage." Burnett, who says "we month introductory membership This move is different from the Time Warner spokesman said, up a store's floor plan on a video have not discussed this with anyone," offer, compared with 70% renewal strategic investments that U S "We welcome them as sharehol- screen at a VStor kiosk and shop the expects to deliver have his first mod- rates for the average trade organi- West Inc., Toshiba Corp., and Ito - ders." DON JEFFREY aisles for product before they ven- ules in six months. zation. chu Corp. made in Time Warner Entertainment L.P., a Time Warner subsidiary that includes MIDEM TO HOLD MULTIMEDIA CONFAB its movie, home video, Home Box Signs Of Time Warner's Interactivity (Continued from page 5) Office, and cable TV operations. Reports say Montreal -based Sea- Co. Plans Digital Production Studio together traditional publishers and concerned in its development are gram rejected proposals to acquire rights holders from the worlds of brought together." a strategic stake in that partner- LOS ANGELES-The Time Warner to a statement released June 2. film, television, video, music, and Next year's MIDEM conference ship, which does not include Time Interactive Group is developing a dig- The facility is expected to be open more to hammer out new relation- will follow shortly after MILIA, run- Warner's music and publishing ital production studio in Burbank, this summer, according to TWIG ships and explore new potential of- ning Jan. 30 -Feb. 3 in Cannes. businesses. Calif., for multimedia and interactive president Terry Hershey. The compa- fered through unusual partnerships. Seagram told Time Warner offi- projects. The new facility will be ny would not reveal how much it is in- "We will put all the actors of the cials late last month it had ac- available to all Time Warner divi- vesting in the new studio. different segments of this new medi- quired 5% of the New York -based sions, including the company's inter- A source close to TWIG says there um together and let them discover media company's stock, or 21.1 active cable venture in Orlando, Fla. will be upcoming tie -ins with the vari- themselves," Roy says. "Those dif- DISC MAKERS million shares, during more than The announcement comes as inter- ous Warner record labels with a mu- ferent sectors that must work togeth- three months for $702 million and est in multimedia is accelerating at sic -based CD -ROM a strong possibili- er don't really know each other yet, that it planned to increase its stake the Time Warner matrix of compa- ty by the year's end. and MILIA will be first and foremost CD Replication to 15 %, which would make it the nies. The Time Warner Interactive JIM McCULLAUGH a conference for them to discover biggest Time Warner shareholder. Group, formerly known as Warner what they intend to do, what they Fast Delivery Although Seagram executives New Media (Billboard, June 5), had have to do, and maybe, I hope, to stated they were "friendly inves- been developing, acquiring, and dis- GOOD TIME FOR SELL -THRU start to work together on co-produc- Small Quantities tors" and "fully supportive" of tributing interactive CD -ROM for the (Continued from page 6) tions between music, films, televi- management, some analysts be- consumer market. Its titles include sion, and the like." Full Color lieve their investment is unlikely the upcoming "Hell Cab" (Billboard, September and exercise entries In addition to the exhibition, MIL- to be passive. June 5) and the currently available "Sweating To The Oldies 3" and "Cin- IA also will feature seminars on sub- 500 CDs & For one thing, analysts say, Sea - "The View From Earth," "How Com- dy Crawford /Shape Your Body jects including trends in the market- 500 HX Pro gram's main business -distilled puters Work," and "Desert Storm: Workout II" in October and Novem- place, the future of the technology, Cassettes spirits -is a mature industry with The War In The Persian Gulf." ber. Weinstein will deliver that pair copyrights, financing, and global dis- $2990 little room for growth. For anoth- The goal now is to develop "inter- to specialty stores at the same time tribution. Complete Package Price! er, they point out that the company active multimedia products and ser- GoodTimes ships to its rackjobbers "We are just at the beginning of a Includes design 8 typesetting, has long been involved in the en- vices," according to Time Warner. and direct accounts. His price is new market," Roy says, "and that tertainment business. Seagram Specifically, TWIG will develop "whatever GoodTimes is charging." brings a lot of opportunity -and chal- Call Today For chairman Edgar Bronfman once programming for the "full service Also this fall, Gotham plans to in- lenges. MILIA itself was a great Complete Details owned the MGM studio and his network" interactive cable venture troduce wholesalers to the depth of challenge to me. It is not easy to cre- son, Seagram president Edgar that Time Warner will launch in Or- GoodTimes' sell- through library. ate such a conference in an interna- and Our FREE Full Bronfman Jr., has produced mov- lando in 1994, although the company "We'll open up the catalog to them," tional way when the market is just Color Catalog: ies. declined to provide details on what Weinstein says. "There are hundreds starting, and in fact nobody knows The announcement came just that programming might entail. of titles" available for "organized exactly where it is going. two weeks after Time Warner re- TWIG intends to "develop interac- cherry- picking." Orion Home Video's "Within the market itself," he 1- 800 -468 -9353 vealed that its new strategic inves- tive entertainment and information 30 titles, just licensed by GoodTimes adds, "there are a lot of challenges to 1650 Broadway, Suite 1010, S in in 5), tor is U West, the Englewood, -house and conjunction with oth- (Billboard, June are included in the be met. But such a meeting as MILIA New York, New York 10019 ' Colo. -based regional telephone er Time Warner companies as well as offer, he adds; the first 15-18 are due can help find answers to questions In NYC call: 212-265-6662 FAX: 212 -262 -0798 company, which acquired a 25% with outside third parties," according in September. SETH GOLDSTEIN just by the fact that the key players

BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 85 www.americanradiohistory.com THE AXIOM SAGA: THE ALTERNATIVE TO ALTERNATIVES (Continued from page 1) what likely would be a lucrative path, jazz recordings made with Pharoah dition, in October Axiom will release Laswell -who emerged in the early Sanders. In fact, Sharrock's last al- a funk project that features George '80s as part of the then no wave band bum, "Ask The Ages," reunites Shar- Clinton, Billy Bass Nelson, Miles, Material - decided to follow his own rock with Sanders and drummer El- Cox, McKnight, Sugarfoot, and the muse, which ultimately led to the in- vin Jones. last tracks recorded by Eddie Hazel, ception of Axiom Records, a genre - Other jazz musicians often found the former P -Funk guitarist who died busting label under the Island Re- on Laswell productions are Thread - in December. cords umbrella that has enjoyed gill, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Wayne Another album coming out this great artistic, if not commercial, suc- Shorter, Jonas Hellborg, and Herbie year is from Umar Bin Hussan, of cesses. Hancock. It was on Hancock's the seminal Last Poets, which, some Since its creation in early 1990, Axi- "Sound System," recorded in 1984, contend, was the first rap act, ap- om has put out an impressive body of that Laswell first used two African pearing back in the late '60s and early work that covers a wide range of dif- musicians, Suso and Aiyb Dieng, who '705. Early next year, Axiom will re- ferent and disparate musical terri- have since become fixtures on Las - lease an album called "China Blues," tories, often integrated on the same well's team. which will feature the vocalist Liu album. Laswell's fascination with music by Sola. And somewhere down the line, Among the albums that have been Parliament -Funkedelic and James Laswell plans to travel to Nigeria put out by Axiom are Sonny Shar- Brown led him to look up such es- with Omette Coleman to record the rock's "Ask The Ages," Ginger Bak- teemed funk -meisters as Bootsy Col- saxophonist with native musicians. er's "Middle Passage," Henry lins, Bernie Worrell, Gary "Mudbone" While there may be a coherent "Too Much For A Cooper, Maceo Parker, Blackbyrd thread running through Axiom's mu- Threadgill's Sugar Among Axiom's critically acclaimed releases is "Apocalypse Across The Sky," Musicians McKnight, and the Ohio Players' Su- sic, the albums nonetheless cover a Dime," the Master Of Ja- by the Master Musicians Of Jajouka, shown above. jouka's "Apocalypse Across The garfoot, as well as Sly & Robbie. wide range of groundbreaking mu- Sky," and Praxis' "Transmutation." Meanwhile, musicians continue to sic, which means that marketing the Although Laswell and those who to sign." letter of the alphabet, and it has X. I come aboard. The Praxis album fea- label's albums presents a challenge work with him strive to create music Moreover, over time Island will re- had no choice but to accept it as the tured the upside -down guitar virtuos- for the PolyGram team. that has no boundaries and despise coup its investment in Axiom, since name of the label." ity of "Buckethead," whom Laswell Dave Yeskel, senior national direc- attempts by any who would try to the albums will have a long selling The first projects released by Axi- has just produced for an album to be tor of sales at PolyGram Label categorize the label's music, Axiom's life, according to Blackwell and om in 1990 were Mandingo's "New released by Columbia Records, while Group, says, "Whatever Bill Laswell 18 -title catalog can be divided into Stringer. "These are records that will World Power," Simon Shaheen's the Skopelitis project brought Jah gives us, you can be sure it is some- three broad types of albums: tradi- not only be in demand for decades, "The Music Of Mohammed Abdel Wobble, Can's Jaki Liebezeit and the thing that we never heard before. As tional world music; experimental but for centuries," Stringer says. Wahab," and Baker's "Middle Pas- Meter's Joseph "Ziggy" Modeliste such, it presents us with a unique jazz; and, what seems to be the heart sage." into the fold. An upcoming funk pro- challenge to make sure it gets into of the label, anarchistic music that ESOTERIC HISTORY The Shaheen album, a tribute to ject will feature Buddy Miles and Bil- the marketplace, into the stores that combines and mutates traditional Island has a "history" of working one of the most influential Arab mu- ly Cox, who both were in the Band Of can sell it." world music, jazz, hip -hop, funk, in- with esoteric music, according to sicians, is an example of the tradition- Gypsies with Jimi Hendrix. Since Axiom is so different from dustrial no wave noise, and more into Blackwell, who adds, "[PolyGram al music recorded by Laswell. Other Laswell says all the Axiom albums the other labels operating under the a sonic melange of sound. Music CEO Alain] Levy has been Axiom albums that could fall into the are interconnected, not only with PolyGram umbrella, the first market- For his part, Laswell declines to de- very supportive of me on projects like world category are Shankar's "Soul each other, but with other efforts he ing moves that label manager Weth- scribe the music on the Axiom label. Axiom." Searcher," an album of Indian classi- erbee says he makes is to educate the But guitarist Nicky Skopelitis, who That attitude appears to be unique cal music; and Talip Ozkan's "Turk- staff of PLG and PolyGram Group has just released "Ekstasis" for the for a major label. Terry Currier, a co- ish Saz Music." Distribution. label and serves as Laswell's aide -de- owner of Music Millennium, an inde- In addition, Laswell's thrust into While some education is required, camp on most Axiom projects as well pendent record store in Portland, traditional music led him to travel Curt Eddy, VP of field marketing, as playing on them, says, "What's be- Ore., that specializes in world, jazz, into the field with a 12 -track recorder says, Axiom fits very nicely into the ing assembled -by the vision of Bill and other alternative music, says, to capture the Master Musicians Of PGD portfolio. "Our branch staff is Laswell and his overwhelming ef- "There really isn't another major la- Jajouka, Gnawa Music Of Marra- very hip to all types of music and fort-is the only existing catalog of bel like Axiom. It really stands out." kesh, as well as to Gambia to record they truly are music afficionados. recordings that defies genre, formu- In 1990, Laswell first approached Mandinka and Fulani Music. Axiom music plays to the heart of la, and obsolesence. Axiom's greatest Blackwell, whom he knew from pro- Another side of Axiom is Laswell's this." asset as a label is its pure concern for ducing Sly & Robbie albums, about work at helping avant -garde musi- But in bringing Axiom to the mar- creativity, innovation, and quality." the possibility of Axiom when a simi- cians realize their ideas and capture ketplace, it is hard to find a specific Indeed, Matt Stringer, Island's se- lar creative arrangement with New them for posterity in the studio. So niche for the label, adds PLG product nior VP of marketing /GM, describes York -based Celluloid label was wind- far, he has produced Ronald Shannon manager Andrew Kronfeld. "Be- Axiom's music as "brilliant quality ing down. He found Blackwell recep- Jackson's "Red Warrior," Jonas Hell - cause of that, each Axiom album recordings from master musicians. tive and Axiom was born as a joint borg's "The Word," and Threadgill's must be taken on a case -by-case ba- We view Axiom albums as modern venture between Laswell and Island, "Too Much Sugar For A Dime" for sis. There is no marketing formula classic recordings." with the bassist /producer maintain- Axiom. that you can pigeonhole the albums ( selective- Despite the critical acclaim Axiom ing total creative control over what Laswell also continues to Axiom artist Foday Musa Suso has into." ly when his an has received, not many would de- projects to record for the label. produce music for others created his own musical instrument, Island's Stringer sees that as not a problem. "Axiom scribe the label's recordings as com- During the Celluloid years, he al- schedule permits, including albums the gravichord. opportunity, mercial hits. According to Stringer, ready had begun his experiments in for the Ramones, Motorhead, Lymbo- presents a chance for us stretch our- Axiom albums have generated sales, non -Western music, producing the manics, Iggy Pop, the Buzzcocks, Yel- selves from a marketing standpoint," on a low end, of 12,000 units, up to traditional African music of Toure lowman, and Ryuichi Sakamoto.) made before forming the label. "It's a he says. "Some albums go to certain 75,000 units. Nonetheless, Island Kunda and Manu Dibango, as well as Finally, drawing from the jazz and flow, and I have tapped into it; it ethnic communities, others appeal to founder Chris Blackwell says he is stretching and mutating genres world genres, Laswell fuses those comes from areas where I have been certain music afficionados. We have a committed to the label. through Last Exit, Material, and Fo- types of music with other genres into and it is all continuous." good database of different ethnic "I believe very much that Axiom is day Musa Suso's Mandingo. musical mutations. Among the al- Wetherbee further explains. "Every- groups. For example, Simon Sha- adding to the overall reputation of Is- "Back then," Laswell remembers, bums that feature "mutated" music thing is interrelated, whether you can heen's album obviously was just sold land," Blackwell says. "It adds to the "it was the beginning of rap and hip are the Baker, Mandingo and Skopeli- see it or not." In order to embellish into specific ethnic communities. We integrity of Island, and helps attracts hop. I incorporated that and other tis titles, Material's "Third World," that point, Axiom has released two know where they live and shop, and the kind of artist that we would like musical elements such as drum ma- Bahia Black's "Ritual Beating Sys- compilation albums -"Illuminations" can tailor a marketing plan for each chines with [non-Western music], and tem," and Praxis' "Transmutation." and "Manifestation" -each containing traditional recording. Or with Nicky at that time I received a lot of criti- selections from the catalog. Skopelitis' album, we know how to cism. It turned out that many others COMMUNITY OF MUSICIANS reach the guitar mavens." have since blended different music in In order to accomplish those al- UPCOMING RELEASES In addition, Stringer notes that the same manner. bums, Laswell brings musicians to- In addition to "Manifestation," oth- "beside the artistry and the pleasur- "I apologize," he quips, referring gether from many different worlds, er Axiom albums released this year able experience of listening to Axiom to the imitators he has unleashed. styles, and genres and consequently include the Threadgill and Skopelitis albums, there is a lot of education on Laswell says Axiom works well be- has a community of musicians that projects. Music Millennium's Currier these records." cause of the Island CEO. "Blackwell now are affiliated with his work. terms the albums "two of the finest Consequently, a significant mar- has put out very adventurous music "The formation of that community records that have come out this year. keting endeavor undertaken on be- before," he points out. "He doesn't of musicians goes back some 15 years The Threadgill record is masterful, half of the Axiom albums is ap- feel the need to police every detail, now, when Laswell started bringing although it is a little more esoteric. proaching schools and libraries. which is generally the problem with legends out of the woodworks to The Skopelitis album is brilliant. It However, the overriding market- record companies." work with," says Peter Wetherbee, could be a strong seller because it has ing strategy is to present Axiom as a Axiom's 18 -title catalog offers Axiom label manager. For instance, a more widespread appeal, thanks to brand name, according to Stringer. traditional world music, experimental AXIOM AS AN IMAGE Laswell traveled to Italy to lure Bak- the elements of worldbeat, jazz, and "We don't just sell albums, we mar- releases that jazz, and anarchistic In forming the label, someone sug- er out of retirement on his olive farm. dub reggae that it incorporates." ket the label," he says. "We feel very various music combine and mutate gested the name Axiom to Laswell. Since then, he has produced two Bak- Axiom likely will release three competent that each release substan- Its roster includes such diverse styles. "I first heard the name Axiom as an er albums, as he has for Sharrock, a more projects before the year is out, tiates the image of the label and what from left, Simon Shaheen, artists as, image," he explains. "It has the letter visionary guitarist who came to the including a new album from Material we have already said and allows us to Nicky Skopelitis, and Sonny Sharrock. I, it has 'om,' it begins with the first forefront in the mid -'60s through free called "Hallucination Engine." In ad- continue saying it."

86 BILLBOARD JUNE 12, 1993 www.americanradiohistory.com BIG BACKS BARBRA'S `BACK TO BROADWAY' EMI label Honchos Take To (Coedntinu from page 1) further millions into consumers' ing duets with Michael Crawford ously from June through January. The Streets To Meet Retailers hands as it prepares a marketing and Johnny Mathis. To be released Two flights of cable TV will be blitz to greet the June 29 release of as a MiniDisc, the album will be scheduled, the first to run starting LOS ANGELES -The presidents of has gone from a push business to a her follow -up to the 1985 multipla- Streisand's seventh release in the June 29; the second wave will run in EMI Music's affiliated labels have pull business," Fifield says. "The tinum title "The Broadway Album." new Sony -developed configuration. the fall, including VH1, E! Enter- begun a series of meetings with the mystery is gone. We know where "Back To Broadway" is Streisand's Although a decision has not been tainment Television, Arts & Enter- heads of various major retail chains, we stand, so we need to change the first album since she signed a report- finalized, the likely first single -to tainment, CNN, TNT, and Lifetime. according to EMI Music president/ ways in which we merchandise our ed $60 million recording and film deal be released simultaneously with the Similarly, two flights of local CEO Jim Fifield. product." with Sony in late 1992 (Billboard, Dec. album -is "Children Will Listen," a broadcast TV advertising are "We're starting a series of cus- Fifield says that he would like to 26). The new album is one of six she is Sondheim song from "Into The planned in New York, Los Angeles, tomer reviews, not with sales people discuss advance ordering practices to make under the arrangement. Woods." Streisand sang the piece Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francis - but with myself and the presidents on product and instituting a dis- during the festivities surrounding co, and Boston. of the labels and [CEMA president] count that would run over a period WORLD TOUR POSSIBLE the inauguration of President Clin- A comprehensive ad print cam- Russ Bach talking to the major re- of time, so retailers will not have to The label's soaring expectations ton last January. paign in daily papers and monthly tailers about ways in which we can order too much product upfront. for the album could be further but- At a listening party hosted by Co- magazines is scheduled to kick off change the way we do business," "The whole thing is about getting tressed later this year by the start of lumbia May 14 at the Eugene Sunday (6) in the Tony Awards is- says Fifield. a dialog started with the customer," the first -ever worldwide tour by the O'Neill Theatre in New York -at- sue of Playbill and run the gamut of A meeting with The Musicland he says. "Let's become more of a artist, who has made only a few live tended by some 1,200 trade and print outlets through Jan. 26. Radio Group was held June 2 and other partner. Let's get rid of 15% re- appearances in the U.S. since she press figures -Streisand comment- ads will begin in eight key cities meetings are planned for later this turns." reached superstar status in the early ed, "These songs are where my across the country on what the label month, according to a spokesperson, Among other topics to be dis- '60s. roots are on the Broadway stage. calls "contemporary classical" ra- who adds EMI Music plans similar cussed, Fifield says, are catalog, Asked about the tour, also men- Songs which, like scenes, grow out dio. meetings with all the major retailers new artist development, co -op mon- tioned in the aftermath of her new of a time, a place, a character. They In New York bus -stop shelters, and rackjobbers in North America. ey, used CDs, and event marketing. Sony deal, Marty Erlichman, her are songs of quality that endure posters will be placed in high traffic "With SoundScan, this business CRAIG ROSEN longtime manager, says, "We've from generation to generation. areas from July 15 -Aug. 15. been talking about it, more so in re- "The last time I stood in front of a A major point -of- purchase cam- cent days than in the past. We're not curtain in a Broadway theater was paign also is in the works. A num- committed yet to whether she will or Dec. 26, 1965 ... the closing night of ber of posters and display pieces are she won't. But it's still a possibility it `Funny Girl.' Standing in the wings being produced to provide materials can happen this year." Erlichman tonight brought back fond memo- for all display situations such as even hints at a concert repertoire ap- ries of that show as well as a rein- standup, counter display, artist proach, one that won't be pegged to- forcement as to why I continue to poster, advance streamer, and flats. tally to the new Broadway album or sing songs written for the Broad- The centerpiece is a lifesize standup any other specific project. "The tour way stage." of Streisand featuring a portrait by would likely [take in the] old, today, photographer Matthew Ralston. by Geoff Mayfield and tomorrow." CAMPAIGN SPECIFICS As for future Streisand albums Perhaps on more solid footing at "Back To Broadway" will be sup- manager Erlichman says the artist BUSY TOP 10: Janet Jackson holds the top slot on The Billboard 200, but this point is a projected TV special by ported with a marketing strategy is planning a pop album of new ma- the big excitement on that chart is the arrival of three top-10 debuts, with Streisand later this year. TV projects, that includes national cable TV, lo- terial as her next project. "But I'm Rod Stewart at No. 2, Anthrax at No. 7, and Donald Fagen at No. 10, Erlichman notes, are not part of the cal broadcast TV, and radio buys. sure at some point there will be a career -high entrances for each of those acts (see Chart Beat, page 88). It is Sony deal since Streisand owns such National print ads will run continu- third Broadway album." displacement caused by the high debuts that causes Spin Doctors (No. 5) rights through her own company, and Dr. Dre (No. 8) to move backward, despite seeing sales gains large Barwood. She has no exclusive net- enough to merit bullets. work deal. As for a sequel to "The Broadway HOW WILL THESE three fare in the weeks to come? Anthrax, like other Album," intentions were to Market DISC MAKERS hard -rock acts that have made high debuts, probably will see sales erosion one in a much narrower time frame next week. That happens because after so many die-hard fans turn out on after its release. street date, it is hard for such acts to maintain the first week's sales pace - "We attempted to do it [several] Complete Cassettes in 7 Days! as illustrated this week by Kiss (No. 32). Fagen is hard to call. On one hand, years ago," says Erlichman, "but Steely Dan fans have been thirsty for a taste of his music for more than a what we did didn't have the the ex- 300 C -45 CASSETTES FOR ONLY $550! decade. But the Fagen -led New York Rock & Soul Revue failed to make citement of the first album." Includes FREE Graphic Design Some happy clients who the big chart. Stewart's new set, meanwhile, smells like one that will hang Between the two Broadway sets, Dolby HX PRO Duplication got their cassettes FAST: on top for a long run. The adult consumers who are attracted to this sort of Streisand's new album releases in- HI -TECH Clear Shell Syrice D. Adams, Cleveland, OH fare can keep an album high on the hog for months, as proved by the 38 cluded a studio set in 1988, "Till I "Thanks for the grew design!" weeks Eric in 10. 28% Black & White Inserts that Clapton's "Unplugged" spent the top And, the Loved You," a greatest-hits collection Chuc k Block, Washington, DC sales decline shown by Stewart's "Vagabound Heart" (No. 162) seems to in 1989, and a Christmas album in Major Label Quality "Mo re affordable thon I thought." indicate his fans were eager for the new one. 1990. In 1991 Columbia released an Greg Disotell, New Orleans, LA acclaimed four -CD, 94 -track retro- "Your excellent service is UP, BUT DOWN: The three top-10 debuts head a big field of 14 new en- spective, "Just For The Record," a much appreciated." tries, and thank heaven for the fresh troops. Volume of sales on The Bill- platinum seller, later followed by a board 200 is 2% ahead of last week's volume, but were it not for the units CD of highlights from the package. Also Available: Complete CD and LP Manufacturing posted by the chart's new titles, sales would be down by roughly 9 %. The Columbia counts the new release as Call Today For Our FREE Full Color Catalog: drop, however, is not alarming because the Memorial Day weekend is not her 50th album, including three al- 1 typically a great one for sales. Three-day weekends in the winter, like Feb- bums -the Broadway cast album of -800- 468 -9353 ruary's Presidents' Day holiday, encourage shopping. But unless a lot of "Funny Girl" and two 1650 Broadway, Suite 1010, N ork, NY 10019, In NYC call: soundtracks - 212 -265 -6662 FAX: 212 - 262 -0798 the U.S. gets socked with rain, consumers are more interested in picnics that were released by other labels. than malls during the warm -season three -day weekends. Columbia Records president Don Ienner, an unabashed fan of Strei- SHE STILL REIGNS: Wither Janet Jackson? Well, those who say the sand, says her latest effort, a part of glass is half empty will snicker that "janet." suffers a 32% sales decline. "our unprecedented three -decade re- Billboard Those who say the glass is half full will point out that she leads the No. 2 lationship," once more provides "a vi- album by more than a 2 -to-1 margin. In truth, the soft Memorial Day sales tal and contemporary link with pop pattern makes it difficult to gauge the significance of this week's sales ero- tradition. You just have to trust her LAUNCHES A BRAND NEW DIRECTORY! sion. And, it seems more than safe to predict that with no apparent chal- musical insight and instincts, and re- lenger waiting in the wings, she'll hold the top slot on The Billboard 200 and alize that whatever material she de- Top R &B Albums for at least the next three weeks, possibly longer. cides to sing, she'll stamp it and de- NASHVILLE 615 ,COUNTRY MUSIC SOURCEBOOK 1993 I fine it for all time." THIS WEEK MARKS the debut of new chart features on The Billboard Like its predecessor, "Back To 200, Top R &B Albums, and Top Country Albums (see story, page 6). At the Broadway" draws from the past A brand new dual- directory centralizes a network of non -country and country time our department formulated the Greatest Gainer and Pacesetter and present in terms of Broadway entertainment contacts under one cover for the very first time -- awards, Brett Atwood and I analyzed nine months of charts, and found songwriting talent. Contemporary exploding the myth that Nashville is "just country"! that in most weeks, the title that won Top 20 Sales Mover on The Billboard Broadway skills are represented by NASHVILLE 615 is an authoritative guide to non -country music and services in 200 would have won Greatest Gainer-which indicates the chart's largest Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Nashville. Country Music Sourcebook1993 is the most vital reference guide for increase. We also found there were only eight weeks where a single title Lloyd Webber, who, along with artists, managers. country radio stations, promoters. and music publishers. would have had both the largest unit gain and the largest percentage gain. Streisand, David Foster, and Nigel Put them together and you get an invaluable guide to the Nashville scene- - So, what happens this week? Instrumental star Yanni, in the week he Wright, produced the 13 -track set. in country music or any music. Order your copy of the Nashville 615 / Country jumps 64-47, scores Greatest Gainer while also garnering the biggest per- Streisand sings two new songs, "As Music Sourcebook 1993 today for just $40 plus $3 shipping and handling centage hike, at 37 %. Go figure. In weeks when one title has both the larg- If We Never Said Goodbye" and est unit and percentage to ($8 for international orders). growth, the Pacesetter goes the title with the "Move On," from Lloyd Webber's To order call toll-free: 1-800-223-7524 (outside NY), second -largest percentage gain, which is the case this week, as Soul Asy- upcoming musical, "Sunset Boule- (212) 536-5174 or 1 -800 344-7119 (outside NJ), (908) 363 -4156 BDCM3053 lum (No. 61) edges out Inner Circle (No. 90) 31% to 30 %. vard," based on the classic film. The album also features Streisand sing-

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PARAMOUNT /PHILIPS DETAIL CD -I TIE 2 LABELS BACK TOWNSHEND ALBUMS BLOCKBUSTER IN FRANCE BILLBOARD As expected, the Consumer Elec- RCA Victor and Atlantic Rec- Blockbuster is said to be close to tronics Show in Chicago made it ords are two competing labels its long- rumored move into A glance ahead at Billboard Specials official that Paramount Pictures with someone in common who, in France through a deal with the will provide the first movies this a rare teaming, they'll be jointly country's oldest movie maker, fall for Philips' CD -I system. The promoting: Pete Townshend. For Gaumont. The tie -in could involve multiyear deal, which includes cat- RCA Victor, it's the Broadway opening 200 video rental outlets alog and new releases, will kick off cast album of his classic work, nationwide. JAZZ with the release of 10 titles simul- "The Who's Tommy," due July taneous with the launching of Phil- 13. Two days later, Atlantic re- SONY IN SCANDINAVIA ISSUE DATE: JULY 3 ips' full- motion video extension leases a new Townshend album/ Sony Music has put its chain of AD CLOSE: JUNE 8 cartridge. While specific titles stage work, "PsychoDerelict." four Scandinavian record stores were not revealed, a press confer- The sales and promotional team- on the market. Currently run by ence demonstration featured ing is being coordinated by RCA Sony's Swedish subsidiary, Ski - ITALY scenes from "Top Gun," "Apoca- Victor sales VP Steve Vining, vakademien, the chain includes lypse Now," and "Beverly Hills BMG Distribution senior VP Norway and Sweden's largest ISSUE DATE: JULY 3 Cop." A total of 50 sell- through ti- Rick Bleiweiss, and Atlantic se- record stores, located in Oslo and AD CLOSE: JUNE 8 tles likely below $25 are due on 5- nior director of sales Mike Car- Stockholm. Virgin Retail previ- inch disc within the first two years den. ously has expressed interest in of the deal, according to Para- both cities but has been unable to VIDEO MAN OF THE YEAR/ mount Home Video executive VP CAROLCO MAY SELL STAKE IN LIVE find the right site. Eric Doctorow. Philips Interactive Carolco Pictures Inc., the still - PRE VSDA Media senior VP Emiel Petrone beleaguered movie producer -de- BMG KIDZ /RINCON END TIES added that the titles will be respite its current box -office hit BMG Kidz and Rincon Record- ISSUE DATE: JULY 10 leased day and date with their vid- "Cliffhanger" -has proposed a ings have dissolved their joint - AD CLOSE: JUNE 15 eo counterparts. financial restructuring that in- venture partnerhsip, Rincon cludes selling its 51.7% stake in Children's Entertainment. The GROUND BREAKING, NO MUSIC MAKING LIVE Entertainment Inc., the two have divided the label's prop- REGGAE At long last, ground will be broken Van Nuys, Calif. -based home vid- erties between them, with Rincon Monday (7) in Cleveland on the eo supplier and music retailer, to keeping the licenses for Barbie/ ISSUE DATE: JULY 10 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame build- Carolco's three strategic inves- Barbie Cassette, Teddy Ruxpin, ing, but the "major concert" that tors- Pioneer LDCA Inc., Le Rodanthe Publishing, Monster AD CLOSE: JUNE 15 was expected to follow the ceremo- Studio Canal +, and RCS Video In My Pocket, Rincon Lullaby ny has been declared a no go. Ac- International Services B.V. Car - Series, Tormont Publishing, and cording to hall director K. Michael olco's latest crisis arose after it Fiona Bentley. BMG retains the VSDA SUPERSECTION Benz, the organizers could not put missed interest payments on debt licenses for Rabbit Ears, Ode 2 ISSUE DATE: JULY 17 together a "representative mix" of and a $3 million payment to Holly- Kids, EVA, North American En- performers in time for the ceremo- wood's talent unions. If creditors tertainment, and Astor Music AD CLOSE: JUNE 22 ny. The noon ritual is expected to object to the restructuring, Car - and Books. BMG declined com- attract music business and Cleve- olco says it "will be unable to con- ment, while Rincon representa- land civic leaders, as well as hall tinue to operate as a going con- tives could not be reached. TAPE DUPLICATION architect I.M. Pei. cern." ISSUE DATE: JULY 17 AD CLOSE: JUNE 22

POPULAR UPRISINGS Charts Proclaim Scot Duo's Comeback ISSUE DATE: JULY 24 AD CLOSE: JUNE 29 AT LONG LAST, the Proclaimers debut on the Hot Cosby, who remade "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" 100. Identical twins Craig and Charlie Reid made into "Little Ole Man," a No. 4 hit in 1967. In second their British chart debut in November 1987, with "Let- place is Peter Frampton, whose version of "Signed, ter From America," a No. 3 hit in the U.K. "I'm Gonna Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" peaked at No. 18 in INTERACTIVE MEDIA Be (500 Miles)" was the duo's third U.K. chart single, 1977. ISSUE DATE: AUGUST 7 peaking at No. 11 in the summer of '88. "I'm Gonna Be" enters at No. 90, thanks to its inclusion in the LET YOUR `GUARD' DOWN: "The Bodyguard" AD CLOSE: JULY 13 soundtrack of `Benny And Joon," No. 49 with a bullet slips to No. 3 on The Billboard 200. That is the album's on The Billboard 200. Mary Stuart Masterson, who lowest position in its 28 -week history. The soundtrack stars as Joon, suggested the song by the Scottish duo of the Whitney Houston /Kevin Costner film has AUDIO BOOKS for the film. The 30- year -old spent 20 weeks at No. 1, six brothers also are on The Bill- weeks at No. 2, and two weeks at ISSUE DATE: AUGUST 14 board 200 with "Sunshine On No. 3. It's hardly over for "The AD CLOSE: JULY 20 Leith," an album that peaked at Bodyguard" -with the video No. 125 in 1989. The Chrysalis coming out in July and a new sin- disc rises 29 places this week to CHART gle due from Houston, the album SOUTHEAST ASIA No. 139, and should soon surpass could have a long life ahead. its original peak position. B E AT You can blame the fall of the ISSUE DATE; AUGUST 21 "I'm Gonna Be" also marks a "Bodyguard" on Rod Stewart, AD CLOSE: JULY 27 return to the Hot 100 for produc- by Fred Bronson who has his highest debut yet with er Pete Wingfield, best known in "Unplugged ... And Seated." En- the U.S. for actually being No. 18 tering at No. 2, it's Stewart's high- with a bullet with "Eighteen With A Bullet" in 1975. est-charting album since "Blondes Have More Fun" HOLIDAY PRODUCT SHOWCASE/ Time will tell if "I'm Gonna Be" is this year's "Un- went to No. 1 in 1979. Stewart has had five albums reach CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT chained Melody," the Righteous Brothers song that the top two, including the No. 1 album "Every Picture had a second life thanks to "Ghost." Tells A Story," and the No. 2 albums "Never A Dull Mo- ISSUE DATE: AUGUST 28 ment," "A Night On The Town," and "Foot Loose & I YOU: a song that peaked at Fancy Free." AD CLOSE: AUGUST 3 HAVE TOLD "Lately," No. 64 for Stevie Wonder in 1981, is back on the Hot Two other albums debut in the top 10. The hard -rock- 100. Jodeci has covered it, and it's this week's Hot ing Anthrax is No. 7 with "Sound Of White Noise." The Shot Debut, entering at No. 44 and besting the origi- group's previous peak was No. 24 with "Persistence Of SALES OFFICES nal version in its first chart week. Wonder's single Time" in 1990. Donald Fagen's futuristic "Kamakiriad" NY: 212 -536 -5004 LA: 213-525-2300 fared better on the Hot R &B Singles chart, reaching debuts at No. 10. That's already one place higher than NASHVILLE: 615- 321 -4294 No. 29. But Jodeci has topped Wonder there as well, the peak position of his only other solo album, "The LONDON /EUROPE 71- 323 -6686 pole- vaulting from No. 46 to No. 13. Jodeci Would have Nightfiy," No. 11 in 1982. With Walter Becker, Fagen to take "Lately" into the top three of the Hot 100 to enjoyed three top 10 albums as Steely Dan. "Aja" was have the most successful cover of a Stevie Wonder its biggest, peaking it No. 3 in 1977. "Pretzel Logic" chart single. Right now that honor belongs to Bill reached No. 8 in 1974 and "Gaucho" was No. 9 in 1981.

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