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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Dedicated to the Needs Of the Music/Record Industry MARCH 1, 1975 R Columbia Appoints Stan Monteiro Crossover Acts Dominate Vice President, National Promotion American Music Awards NEW YORK-Irwin Segelstein, LOS ANGELES-Crossover acts aired via the ABC television net- president, CBS Records has an- dominatedthesecondannual work in a prime -time (8:30-10:00 nounced the appointment of Stan AmericanMusicAwards,with p.m.,PT) Monteiro to the position of vice slot,with Roy Clark, broadly-based artists predictably Helen Reddy and president,national Sly Stone promotion, emerging withthisyear'stop hosting. Columbia Records. honors. Three artists won eleven In his new capacity, Monteiro Winners of the fifteen competitive awards; Winning awards were the fol- will be responsible for the over- Olivia Newton -John and Gladys all coordination of the activities lowing:Favoritemalevocalist, Knight and the Pips each won in pop/rock, John Denver; favorite of the national promotion staff fourcategories,whileCharlie in supporting single and album female vocalist, pop/rock, Olivia Rich was the recipient of three Newton -John; releases by the Columbia label. awards in the country and pop favorite male He willmaintaincontact with vocalist,soul,StevieWonder; areas. Of the seven artists hon- favorite radioreports,trademagazines ored this year, only three were femalevocalist,soul, and tip -sheets in giving direction Diana Ross; favorite male vocal- awardwinnersin last year's ist, country, Charlie Rich; favor- to the national Columbia promo- presentation. ite female vocalist, country, tion effort. He also assumes re- Stan Monteiro Television Broadcast sponsibility for the activities of Olivia Newton -John; favorite whileinitiating and developing The awardsceremony was duo, group or chorus, pop/rock, the Columbia label regional promotionprograms' and cam- promotionmarketingmanagers GladysKnightandthe Pips; paigns for various artists on the Reizner, Wayne favorite duo, group or chorus, and local promotion personnel, Columbiaroster. Monteirowill country, ConwayTwitty and reportdirectly toJackCraigo, Start New Label Loretta Lynn; favorite single, Legal Battle Rages vicepresident, marketing, CBS LONDON - Independent pro- pop/rock,"I Honestly Love Records. Over New Lennon LP ducer Lou Reizner and indepen- You"byOliviaNewton -John; In commenting ontheap- dent publisher Artie Wayne have favoritesingle,soul, "Midnight pointment, NEW YORK-While John Len- Craigostatedthat, announced the formation of Rize/ TraintoGeorgia"by non, EMI, Apple and Capitol Rec- Gladys "The Columbia promotionde- Wane Records, amulti -national KnightandthePips; ords have issued a public state- favorite partment is lucky to have a man label that will operate with equal single, country, "The Most ment claiming that the TV -mar- ofStanMonteiro'sexperience emphasis on both the European Beautiful Girl in the World," by keted "Roots" album is"unau- and skill at its helm. His achieve- andAmericancontinents,and Charlie Rich; favorite album, thorized," the company currently ments as headoftheEpic/ will also be active inall otherpop/rock, offering the package, Adam VIII, "Behind Closed Custompromotiondepartment major international markets. An Doors" by Charlie Rich; favorite hasfileda multi -milliondollar (Continued on page 24) album, action with the Supreme Court of (Continued on !Jake 25) soul,"Imagination"by New York seeking damages from GladysKnightandthe Pips; favorite album, country, "Let Me theabovepartieson several counts, as well as from Lennon Success of The Average White Band Be There," by Olivia Newton - attorney Harold Seider. John. The Capitol statement takes the Keyed to Instrumental Soul Trend Berry Gordy stand that the Adam VIII package By ROBERT ADELS Berry Gordy, the founder and "isbeingmanufactured from presidentofMotown Records NEW YORK - The Average although the bandispredomi- tapes which have not been com- White Band (Continued on page 41) pleted nor approved by John Len- (Atlantic)hasfol- nantly a vocal/instrumental non with regard to quality. Thelowed the lead of Mercury pop/ combo.Utilizing a philosophy use of the recordings in this al- soul act Ohio Players (RW, Feb. which helped propel the Edgar Lee Joins Capitol bum and the use of Mr. Lennon's 1) in capturing three number oneWinter Group tonumber one slotsin one week. The Atlantic name and likeness have not been slots(with"Frankenstein"), the As Publishing VP authorized. The only recordings group which becomes thefirst Average White Band has reached approved by Mr. John Lennon white act to top both The R&B the mass market from an initially LOS ANGELES-Bhaskar Men - for commercial release are con- Singles Chart and The R&B Al- black audience appeal. on, president and chief executive officer of Capitol Industries -EMI tainedinthe album 'Rock'N' bum Chart while going allthe While the Average White Band Roll,' on the Apple label, distrib- way pop on The Singles Charthas made their mark by show- Inc., has announced the election of George Lee as vice president uted byCapitolRecordsand and up to a strong 3 on The Al- casing their instrumental prowess EMI." bum Chart. Their Scottish back-with only minor vocal augmen- and general manager of Capitol's (Continued on page 52) grounds add further interest totation, other instrumental acts of music publishing companies. Lee theircurrentsuccessstory,as a souland/or jazzorientation succeeds Jay Lowy, who is leaving does thehit single which pro- have been going theopposite the company. Tony Bennett Forms pelled them to the top, the in- routewithincreasingsuccess. Lee, who will headquarter in strumental "Pick Up the Pieces." TheBlackbyrds (Fantasy)have the Capitol tower and report di- New Record Company "Pick Up the Pieces" began asseen their "Flying Start" album rectly to Menon, expects to join NEW YORK-Tony Bennett has an r&bsingleandfromthe jumptothe34spot pop as the company in mid -March. Until announced that he and several start aided "The Average White fueledby theirbulletedsingle that time, Capitol's music publish- closebusinessassociateshave Band" album in bulleting up both "WalkinginRhythm," a more ing activities will operate under formed an independentrecord soul and pop charts. The group's vocally -orientedcutthantheir the directionof Brown Meggs, company and completed produc- current (and second) single from past efforts. (The band members executive vice president and chief tion of a first new album. the package differs fromtheir are students of Donald Byrd.) operating officer, CRI. (Continued on page 52) firstinthatitisinstrumental, (Continued on page 34) (Continued on page 25)

AmericanRadioHistory.Com Sire To Market Larry Immediate CatalogThe Independent Road to Success NEW YORK - Product from England's Immediate label will be NEW YORK-Larry Uttal's advo- 1700 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019 cacyof the independentlabel Area Code (212) 765-5020 released by Sireinthe United independent States and Canada, following an marketedthrough PUBLISHER EDITOR IN CHIEF distributors has received eloquent BOB AUSTIN SID PARNES exclusive agreement reached by support from Private Stock Rec- VP & MANAGING EDITOR Immediate's founder'Andrew less than five months MIKE SIGMAN Loog Oldham and Sire manag- ords.In since the label's first release chart LENNY BEER/DIRECTOR OF MARKETING ing director Seymour Stein. The HOWARD LEVITT/ASSOCIATE EDITOR action now includesa Frankie agreement covers the entire Im- Valli's "My Eyes Adored You," MITCHELL KANNER/ART DIRECTOR mediate catalogue with all FrankieValli,Valli'swife,LarryUttal TONI PROFERA / RESEARCH EDITOR bulletedat 5 ontheRecord Robert Adels/ Reviews Editor product being released on theWorld Singles Chart and "Good Thisisa success story for a Roberta Skopp/Assistant Editor Sire label. Times Rock & Roll"byFlash company not yet six months old, Ira Mayer/Assistant Editor Immediate made its debut in and typical of a Larry Uttal opera- David McGee/Assistant Editor Cadillac andThe Continental Dede Dabney/ R&B Editor 1965. American promotion meth- Kids, currently on the same chart tion,totallycommittedtoin- ods under the direction of Old- Michael Schanzer/Assistant Art Director at 69. dependent distribution. Uttal Sandee Oxman / Production ham'sassociate,TonyCalder, "Carrie's Gone" by J. C. Stone, launchedhis company by put- Speight Jenkins/Classical Editor helped make Immediate an im-which shipped in September ofting all of the Private Stock ex- Vince Aletti / Discotheque Editor portantfactorinBritain's pop Irene Johnson Ware/Gospel Editor 1974, Private Stock's first month ecutives, including himself, on the Richard Robinson /A -V Editor music scene. In addition to Old- ofactiveoperation, made the road to meet distributors in key ham, producersforImmediate singles charts. "My Eyes Adoredareas and gain first-hand knowl- Stan Soifer/Advertising Sales during the late '60s and early '70s You" has been on the singles edge of conditions in each market WEST COAST included Mick Jagger and Keith charts for 16 weeks and "Good even before the company's first SPENCE BERLAND Richard, Glyn Johns, Mike d'Abo, Times Rock &Roll"byFlash release was shipped. VICE PRESIDENT WEST COAST MANAGER Steve Marriot and Ronnie Lane. Cadillac and The Continental Kids The initialsuccess of Private Perhapsthemostimportant Eliot Sekuler /West Coast Editor made its first apearance in the top Stock Records can be attributed Ben Edmonds/Assistant Editor group to come out of the Im- 100 four weeks ago. Additionally, to several factors.First, Uttal re- Linda Nelson/Production mediate stable were the Small three new singles, "Bumpin' Busleases a very limited number of 6290 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. 90028 Faces, who combined writing and Stop" by Thunder & Lightning,records, and only those that he Phone: (213) 465-6126 producingtalents intoBritish "A Little Pain Ain't No Big Thing" believes have winning potential. NASHVILLE charthitsincluding"Itchycoo by Sherri Jarrell and "Wait For Next,he gives eachrecorda JOHN STURDIVANT Park," "Tin Soldier" and "Lazy VICE PRESIDENT Me (Busted Bad)" by the Addrissi maximum promotional effort and SOUTHEASTERN MANAGER Sunday." Their albums "Ogden's Brothers are also generating in- he stays with a promising hit until Don Cusic/Southeastern Editor Nut Gone Flakes" and "Autumn terest. he brings it in. Marie Ratliff / Research Stone" arehighly sought after (Continued on page 44) Ellen Wood/Production collectors' items to this day. The Red O'Donnell/Nashville Report 806 16th Ave. So., Nashville, Tenn. 37203 group eventually splitinto two UA Taps Kagan Phone: (615) 244-1820 units,HumblePieandFaces, LOS ANGELES-Ray Anderson, Epic Pacts Salsoul both of which had theirinitial LATIN AMERICAN OFFICE vice president, promotion, United NEW YORK-Ron Alexenburg, TOMAS FUNDORA success on Immediate. Immediate ArtistsRecords, has announced vice president and general mana- VICE PRESIDENT also recorded Rod Stewart's first the appointment of Mike Kagan ger, Epic and CBS Records Cus- LATIN AMERICAN MANAGER hitsolo recording,"Little Missto the post of national director, tom Labels, and Joe Cayre, presi- Carlos Marrero/Assistant Manager (Continued on page 25) 3140 W. 8th Ave. singles promotion. dent, Cayre Industries, have an- Hialeah, Fla. 33012 nounced the signing of an ex- (305) 823-8491 Viewlex Names Galef clusive distribution agreement be- (305) 821-1230 (night) Pres. and Chief Exec. tween Epic Records and Salsoul ENGLAND Records. Under the terms of the NOEL GAY ORGANISATION NEW YORK-David H. Peirez, agreement, all product under the 24 Denmark St. president and chief executive of London, W.C.2, England Salsoul banner will be released Phone: 836-3941 Viewlex, Inc., has announced on the Epic label on a national that at a special meeting of the JAPAN basis, with the Salsoul logo ap- ORIGINAL CONFIDENCE board ofdirectors, Andrew G. pearing on all the company's re- electedtosucceed CBON Queen Building Galef was leases on Epic. 18-12 Roppongi 7-chome him as president and chief (Continued on page 53) Minato-ku, Tokyo executive of Viewlex, Inc. Galef, GERMANY aprincipalin the management PAUL SIEGEL consulting firmof Grisanti and Wherehouse Profits Up EUROPEAN EDITOR Galef, Inc., Los Angeles, Califor- GARDENA, CAL.-Integrity En- Tauentzienstrasse 16, 1Berlin 30, Germany Phone: Berlin 2115914 nia, will assume his new duties Mike Kagan tertainmentCorp.,owner and immediately.For thepast two operator of The Wherehouse, a FRANCE years,Grisanti and Galef,Inc., Veteran music industry execu- chain of 51 discount record and GILLES PETARD 8, Quai de Stalingrad, had been retained by Viewlex, tiveKagan was mostrecently tape stores in California, has re- Boulogne 92, France Inc., and Galef personally acted president of his own artists man- ported second quarter salesof Phone: 520-79-67 agement and independent rec- as consultant and advisor to the $9,069,683 and profits of $262, CANADA company during that entire ord production firm, K.D.I., which 691as compared to $6,978,273 LARRY LE BLANC period. he formed after being executive and$178,676,respectively,for 22 Walmer Road, Apt. 604 Peirez, an attorney,joined editorofthe Bob Hamilton the previous year. Sales for the Toronto, Canada Phone: (416) 967-1104 Viewlexin1969afterhaving Radio Report. six months ended December 31, been engaged in the practice of Kaganhad previouslybeen 1974 were $15,142,148 with ITALY law for a number of years. He generalmanagerofSunflower profits for the same period $432, ALEX E. PRUCCHINI Records, at that time an MGM 171, up 38 percent and 62 per- Via Corno Di Cavento N. 21, Milan will return as a member of the SUBSCRIPTIONS: ONE YEAR (52 ISSUES) U.S. firm, Meyer, English and Cian- custom label. Prior tothat cent, respectively, over the year AND CANADA -550; AIR MAIL -585; FOREIGN -AIR MAIL 590. SECOND CLASS POSTAGE ciulli of Mineola, Long Island, toKagan was director of national before.Earningsper sharefor PAID AT NEW YORK, N.Y. AND AT AD- promotionfor Epic and all the six months rose from $.08 to DITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. DEADLINE: resume his legal career, but re- NEGATIVES AND COPY MUST BE IN NEW mains as a member of the board Columbia Custom Labels. He re- $.13 (fully diluted). YORK BY 12 NOON FRIDAY. ofdirectorsofViewlex, Inc. ports directly to Anderson and The company also announced Copyright © 1975 by Galef was elected to the board as willbeheadquarteredin Los theplannedopeningofnine RECORD WORLD PUBLISHING CO., INC. well. Angeles. additional stores by June, 1975. VOL. 30, No. 1445

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A new single from a soon -to -be -released album "Switch" by. . . SOLL7Z-7/11 ERR/7N2j AmericanRadioHistory.Com McCartney Press Conference Creative World EmergesNo Rebates on Hits Held on New Orleans Riverboat With Jazz Product By ELIOT SEKULER NEW ORLEANS - Paul Mc- Marshall Seahorn's Sea -Saint Stu- LOS ANGELES-Having begun Cartney, who has beeninthis dios, has no title yet.It will fea- as a mail-orderlabelfeaturing Louisiana city since mid -January, ture several New Orleans touches. the product of one artist, Creative took time out from current re- One is expected to be on a song World Records, formed by Stan which cording sessionsto meet with called "MyCarnival," Kenton in 1970, has grown to be- local press and representatives of Wings was in the process of re- come a full-timeindependent the national news media. cording the morning of the presswith a catalogue listing over 75 The site for the informal press party. titles. The success of the com- reception was the New Orleans New Album pany, previously somewhat un- riverboat Voyageur, and by the The new album, which Capitol Car sales may be down but Sammy Johns' heraldedintheindustry,was GRC single "Chevy Van" is bulleting up time the McCartneys arrivedat will release, will consist of rock, underscored recently when the chartsinhigh gear. Visiting Record the dock, more than 100 mem- balladsandsome "goodold Creative World's artists and pro- Worldwiththesouthernsinger -song- bers of the press had arrived. McCartney and Wings music." duct were the recipients of three writeris GRC creativeservicesdirector McCartney said he plans on tak- Ruby Mazur (left). This is the second con- The press reception, designed Grammy nominations, including secutive single success for Johns, follow- to be more an informal gather- ing Wings on tour around the U.S. aHall of Fame nomination for ing up "Early Morning Love." ing, turned into a fun jaunt along sometime in the not too distant Stan Kenton. the Mississippi on a 50 year -old future, but no specific dates, cities The mail order operation Snow Injunction riverboat which is one of the few or venues were discussed. grew outofKenton's constant capable of makingthetrip Tony Dorsey has been in the touring with his 19 piece band; Upheld by Court through the Bayou country. studio with Paul and Wings han- at each gig, names of interested LOS ANGELES - Judge Harry dlingsomeofthearranging members of the audience were Hupp of the Los Angeles County Paul, Linda and Wings chores. placed on a mailing list that now Superior Court has rejected the Paul and Linda McCartney, as When the press disembarked, includes over 107,000 big -band request of Phoebe Snow and CBS well as their group, Wings (com- the boat was taken over by celeb- jazz afficionados. Beginning with to terminate the injunction prisedof DennyLaine, Jimmy rities from New Orleans, musi- a few titles, the catalogue gradu- against them which was previ- McCulloch and Joe English, who cians and friends of the studio allyexpanded toinclude Ken - ously issued by Judge Eagelson has been doing the session drum- where afive hour party-boat-ton's earlier Capitol recordings, of said court. ming during the band's stayin ride to the Louisiana Bayou took suchartists asCharlieBarnet, According to Harvey Fierstein New Orleans) were greeted on place. Two bands, the Meters and John Van Ohlen and Les Hooper; and Mark Rosenberg, attorney's the dock bythe Tuxedo Jazz ChocolateMilkprovidednon- the latter artist accounts for two for Shelter Recording Co.Inc., Band. stop entertainment for the party of Creative World's 1975 Grammy this ruling by Judge Hupp con- nominations. Press representatives questioned goers. tinues the effectiveness of Judge InadditiontoKenton, who the McCartneys on a broad range Floating Notables Eagelson's priorCourtOrder remains the firm's principal, the whichprohibitsPhoebe Snow of topics concerrfing present ses- Some of the names from the company is staffed by sales and sionsinthe studio and future music business who were aboard from recording phonograph rec- tour plans, among other things. promotion man Ray Lawrence, ords for any company other than includedAllenTouissaint,Lee general manager and director of McCartney, when asked about Dorsey,ErnieK -Doe,Clarence Shelter Records; the order further a&r Bob Curnow and production prohibitsanypublicitytothe his new album, expressed hope "Frogman" Henry, Earl King and man Bill Stillfield. The label plans that it would be ready for release Willie West. effectthat Ms. Snow isunder foradditional expansionthis contract to any company other by mid -April. "We've been work- Partygoers were treated to an that year, and Curnow reports than Shelter. ing 10 hours a day onit,"he impromptuseriesofjamsin- he is "very interested in acquir- said, "and everything has been cluding a rollicking finale featuring new talentinallmusical Dark Horse Publishing going splendidly." inging Paul McCartney, the Me- areas, and especially those artists The album, which is being re- tersand some of themusical who would prefer working in a To Screen Gems -Col cordedatAllen Touissaint and celebrities on hand. small -company atmosphere." NEW YORK - Screen Gems - Columbia Music/Colgems Music has acquiredexclusiveUnited States and Canadian publishing rights for the music on George Harrison's new Dark Horse record label by arrangement with Ganga Music Publishing Company, announced Lester Sill, president of the music division of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. The rights include allmaterial, exclusive of songs written by Harrison. Are golden turkeys any more fragile than golden eggs? Gerry Taylor (left), publisher of the National Lampoon, took his chances The deal was negotiatedby on Epic and CBS Custom Labels VP Ron Alexenburg's catching abilities upon deliveringto Alexenburg the tapes for thefirst National Lampoon album to be released and distributed by Epic. Set for an early March release "Gold Turkey" had as creative IrwinRobinson,vicepresident director Brian McConnachie and as sound producer Bob Tischler. Both Taylor and Alexenburg were confident thatthe "Gold and general manager of Colum- Turkey" would lay no humorless golden eggs. bia's music division, and David Braun and Michael Pearlstein of Sir Names Two VPs Hardee, Barovich, Konecky & GS&J Closes Braun, Harrison's attorneys. Bide Jars NEW YORK-Peter Rudge, head LOS ANGELES - Gary Strom - of Sir Productions, has appointed DarkHorsereleasesinclude berg, president Patrick Stansfield and Mary Beth of Gibson, "Shankar Family & Friends," fea- Stromberg & Jaffe, has announced turing Ravi Shankar and George to the positions of vice president, Harrison, and the United States production and vicepresident, the closing of his public relations firm; effective immediately. debut of the British duo "Splin- concert bookings, respectively. ter," made up of Bobby Purvis Stansfield will oversee sound, Stromberg Stromberg plans a brief vaca- and Bill Elliott and augmented by light and trucking for all Sir ar- Harrison, Billy Preston, Alvin Lee tion after which he will join Roy tists. Ms. Beth rejoins Sir as head andMikeKelly.Bothalbums krr Silver in partnership of The Blue of a new southwest office at 429 CARNEGIE HALL were produced by Harrison. Dark Gatewood Road, Garland, Texas Peacock Company, Silver's man- Horse Recordsisdistributed by MARCH 10,1975 75041; phone: (214) 271-1610. agement firm. A&M.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com A&M Signs Mangione Italian Label Planned LOS ANGELES - Jerry Moss, THE C AST president of A&M Records, has By WEA International announced the signingof jazz LOS ANGELES-WEA Interna- tional will launch WEA Italiana, By BEN EDMONDS composer/arranger Chuck Man- gione to a long-term recording a wholly owned company in TOOB TRAUMA: The "Kojak & Colombo" track contract with the label. Mangione Italyrepresentingthe Warner- on the new Harry Nilsson album we told you about willrelease hisfirst album for Elektra-Atlantic group of labels, last week is set for release as a single, but almost A&M in March, titled "Chase the in July, 1975. The announcement wasn't. The reason? Lyrics like: "You've got 19Clouds Away." The album will was made jointly by Nesuhi Erte- inches baby/And that's a real good size." Or howfeature the quartet,as wellas gun,president andPhilRose, about: "I could twist your knobs right off and foolsix new Mangione compositions. executive vice president of WEA around with you/I don't need no TV Guide to tell International.The commence- me what to do." Now those lyrics are obviously ment of full-time operations in about a television, right? And the song is almost Italy is a part of an international just as obviously a hit, which is why RCA is ex- expansionthatwilleventually pected to unleash it on the world come the first week in March ... see WEA-owned labels in South Flo & Eddie currently negotiating with a major network for their very Africa,New Zealand,Holland own TV variety show. And, on the strength of their phenomenally andBrazil. WEA International well -received tour with the re-formed Turtles, will head into the currentlyowns and operates studio in March to begin work on their first Ip for Columbia . .. A labels in Canada, England, Aus- quiet visitor to our city was James Taylor, who sneaked in to lay down tralia, Germany, Japan and some tracks at Amigo. He's being produced by Lenny Waronker and France. Russ Titelman, with musical guests including the like of Russ Kunkel, Chuck Mangione, Jerry Moss ErtegunandRosealsoan- Lee Sklar, Danny Kootch, Andy Newmark and WiHy Weeks. nounced theappointmentof Mangione was nominated for Giuseppe Velona as managing THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE BIG BUSINESS: Rumor has it that Elton two Grammy awardsforhis John was recently the proud recepient of the largest royalty check directorof WEAItaliana,ef- most recent album "The Land fective April 1, and the finaliza- ever issued, the figure supposedly running well into the millions ... of Make Believe." The composer/ In rumors elsewhere, we're told that Led Zeppelin arrived at an air- tion of a distribution agreement arranger has recorded and per- with Messagerie Musicale to dis- port not long ago to find that all the airport limos were in use.formed with both quartet and Manager Peter Grant's solution? He bought six of 'em on the spot. tribute WEA Italiana product in symphony orchestra, played Italy.Velonawilljoin WEA It might not be true, but it's good rock mythology... "Young Ameri-trumpet (now plays flugelhorn) cans" is the title of David Bowie's album due March 18. It would've Italianaaftermany years of with such jazz notables as May- service as international manager been here a tad sooner, had Bowie not decided at the last minute to nard Ferguson, Art Blakey, Keith record four new tracks with the assistance of John Lennon, among of RiFi,oneoftheleading Jarrett,Chick Corea and Dizzy Italian record companies. them a Bowie/Lennon song called "Fame," and a version of "Across Gillespie, andwas a former the Universe." Bumped to make room for the new material were Wtih the formationof WEA JazzEnsemble directorofthe Italiana,tobelocatedinthe Bowie treatments of two Bruce Springsteen songs . . . The Hollies, Eastman School of Music. however, are set to release a Springsteen song, "Sandy," as their next Corso district of Milan, WEA In- single. According to Marty Cerf (who knows about such things), it's ternationalnow hasEuropean Hall to Private Stock companies in London, Paris and the band's best ever . . . Hasn't Bob Krasnow's car been spotted in a Hamburg,inaddition to other certain Burbank parking lot suspiciously often of late? . . . It's ironic As Natl. Promo Mgr. Europeanandworldlicensees to note that "Peggy Sue," the old Buddy Holly number that John Len- NEW YORK-The appointment non does on his "Rock 'n' Roll" album, is credited as being published and affiliates. At present Dischi of Jerre Hall as national promo- Ricordiis the licensee for WEA by McCartney Music. It appears that somewhere along the line Paulietion manager forPrivate Stock product in Italy. secured rights to the Holly catalogue. . . Jackson Browne has scored Records has been announced by one of this city's very finest bassists, Dennis Kovarik, for his touring Dave Marshall, director ofna- Abkco Income Up band. Together with fellow Detroiter Larry Zack they constitute a tionalpromotion for thelabel. rhythm section that producer Bill Szymczyk has dubbed the "Ham- NEW YORK-Abkco Industries, Marshall indicatedthat the ap- Inc. has announced the results of track Hammer" ... Sure bet for a lot of big noise is a new band calledpointment is in direct response to Buck, featuring ex -Wings drummer Denny Siewell, ex -Spooky Tooth its operations for the first quarter thesingles chartactivity being ended December 31, 1974 with bassist (and Jimi Hendrix discovery) Chrissy Stewart, ex-Steppenwolf generated by Private Stock and guitarist Michael Monarch and dynamic ex-Silverhead vocalist Michael revenuesof$2,381,498 and a the label's upcoming first album profitof$60,326or$.04per Des Barres. Management is being jointly handled by Sepp Donahower's release. PacificPresentations and Irving Azoff'sFrontLine Management. share. Though several labels are anxious for their services, the inside track

is believed to be held by Columbia and Atlantic . . . Manager Steve Midler 'Clams Gold and UA apparently having ironed out their differences-you can look for new War product to ship soon. To Broadway SIGN HERE KID & I'LL GET YUH NAME INNA PAPUHS DEPT: Martha NEW YORK-At a press con- Reeves has signed with Arista, where she'll be produced by Tony Syl- ference (19) held at the Oyster

vester (of the Main Ingredient) . . . BarinGrand Sylvester has also been seen in Dave Marshall, Jerre Hall CentralStation, the studio withBette Midler, which means that she's probably Aaron Russo and Ron Delsener scrapped the tracks she cut with Todd Rundgren and Moogy Klingman Prior to joining Private Stock announced the up -coming Broad- . . . Todd, meanwhile, has been toting his trusty guitar to sessions for Records, Jerre Hall was with Lon- way presentation of Bette Mid- the next Laura Nyro album... Dan Hicks seems destined for a liaison don Records where, in three years, ler's "Clams on the Half Shell with Warners . . . Nico, who we married off in last week's column, is he didregionalpromotion for Revue." Set for a Monday April now apparently unmarried. Oh well . . . You can also cancel the re- three different major areas,in- 14 opening at theMinskoff ported Lovin' Spoonful reunion. Zal Yanovsky and Steve Boone like cludingCleveland,thePacific Theater, theshow will run the idea; John Sebastian and Joe Butler don't... Spotted at the Mas- Northwestandmostrecently, through May 10. ters Of The Airwaves opening at the Starwood: lggy Pop, James Wil- Detroit. His previous background Set Record liamson (Elton John's favoriteguitarist),Keith Emerson and Rick includes positions in diverse Ms. Midler last appeared on Springfield . . . In case you're wondering about the recent spate ofphases of the music business in BroadwayinDecember,1973, Warners singles activity, try looking in Gary Davis' direction... Latest the Cleveland area. Hall was as- sellingoutthree consecutive English sensation is a band called Dr. Feelgood. The star attraction is sociated with UDC Distributors,weeks at the Palace Theater and guitarist Wilco Johnson, whose unique styleisa hybrid of Chuck served as sales manager for Radio establishinga new recordfor Berry and Peter Townshend. Just how good is he? Well, Mick Jagger WMMS, andspentfiveyears the largest one -day sale of tickets and Sparks are both reported to have made him flattering offers.doing promotion and sales for in the history of Broadway. For Though signed to British UA, their stateside affiliation hasn't as yetsuch independent distributors asthe new revue, Lionel Hampton been determined . . . (Continued on page 21) Midwest Seaway and Mainline. will be joining Ms. Midler.

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Emanating from New York's Uris Murray, Tony Orlando and Dawn, of Chappell. Bricusse's catalogue of songs Theatre, the Recording Academy's Paul Simon, Kate Smith, the Spin- As part of the agreement, Chap- includes"MyKindOfGirl,"annual hour -and -a -half live tele- ners, Ray Stevens, Rudy Vallee, pellalso becomes administrator "When ILook In Your Eyes," "Ifcast will be hosted by Andy Wil- Paul Williams and Stevie Wonder. Jack Elliot will conduct a 50 piece of Taradem Music, Inc., publisher I Ruled the World" and such liams with a series of in -person of the gold record winning "The Bricusse-Newley songs as "Gonna appearances, as either performers orchestra on stage; Marty Farrell Candy Man" and other songsBuild a Mountain," "Once in aor presenters, by David Bowie, is writing the script, with Pierre from such feature films as "Willy Lifetime,""Feeling Good," "A Harry Chapin, Rita Coolidge, Da- Cossette as executive producer. Wonka and the Chocolate Fac-Wonderful Day Like Today" and vid Essex, Roberta Flack, Aretha About a dozen Grammy Awards tory"' and "Scrooge." "The Joker." Franklin, Marvin Hamlisch, the Les will be presented on the show. Bricusse is internationally known (Continued on page 45) Hooper Big Band, Waylon Jen- In addition, according to national for his work for stage, screen, president Bill Lowery, several of TV and records. He won an Oscar the Academy chapters are holdfor his song "Talk To The Ani-Bromberg Packs 'Em In ing pre -telecast presentation cere- mals" and has been nominated monies to announce winners in six times for the songs and scores the remaining categories. of "Doctor Dolittle," "Goodbye, In New York, Mary Travers and Mr. Chips," "Scrooge" and "Willy Anna Moffo will announce the Wonka and the Chocolate Fac- winners at the national dinner, preceded by a cocktail reception, tory."Inaddition, he co -wrote with Anthony Newley the theme in the Imperial Ballroom of the for the film "Goldfinger." Americana Hotel, with music by Other film work includes songs Bobby Rosengarden and the Dick Cavett Show Band. writtenwith John Barryfor "Thunderball," "You Only Live On the same evening inLos Twice," "The Knack" and the Angeles, members and guests will theme for "The Iperess File," and gather at 5:15 in the Grand Ball- title songs for such films as "Two room of the Beverly Wilshire Ho - For The Road," "In Like Flint" (Continued on page 45) and "How To Steal A Million," Passport, Billingsgate which were writtenwith such film composers as Henry Mancini, Pact for Distribution Jerry Goldsmith and Johnny CHICAGO - Passport Records Williams. Columbia recording artist David Bromberg recently brought his myriad guitars and will distribute product from the abundant talents to The Bottom Line in New York City for a two-day engagement Chicago -based Billingsgate label Denver Goes Gold that was so successful that Bromberg was brought back to the club for an additional astheresultof an agreement appearance the following week. Bromberg is currently completing work on his fourth reached between Passport chair- NEW YORK - John Denver's Columbia album, due for release in April. Shown above backstage following Brom- new RCA album, "An Evening berg's opening night performance are (from left): Mark Spector, director, contemporary man Seymour Stein and Billings- music, Columbia a&r; Bruce Lundvall, vice president and general manager, Columbia gate president Gary Pollack. Rec- With John Denver," has shipped Records; Mickey Eichner, vice president, east coast a&r, Columbia Records; and David ordswillbereleased gold according to the label. onthe Bromberg. Passportlabelwith The RIAA certified the album splitlogo identification for Billingsgate. last week after more than 500,000 Passport units were shipped to Col Promotes Atkinson Georgia Legislature is currently rushing re- partially lease ofitsfirst product under fill initial orders. Since the album NEW YORK-Jack Craigo, vice president,marketing, CBS Rec- Passes Piracy Bill thenewagreement, Lucifer's is a two record set, more than a Friend'sthird American album, million records have been ords, has announced the promo- ATLANTA, GA. - The Georgia tion of Michael Atkinson to the Senate has passed an anti - "Where The Groupies Killed The shipped, qualifying thesetfor Blues." Other acts featured on the platinum category as well, positionofregionalpromotion piracy law by a vote of 52 to 0. marketingmanager,Columbia The statute makes it a felony for thelabelincludeEpitaph and according to the label. Neu, all from Germany, and the The announcement was made Records, west coast. anypersonorcorporationto possess, sell, distribute or circu- Belgian band Pazop. by JackKiernan,divisionvice Duties With regard to the agreement Inhis capacity, Atkinson will lateanysoundsrecordedon president, marketing, RCA Rec- Pollack said, "Whenit became be for phonographrecorddisc,wire, ords. A huge RCA support cam- responsible thesuper- apparent that we could not con- paign for the new album is beingvision and direction of local pro- tape or film, without the consent oftheperson who owns the tinue through independent dis- prepared. motion effortsin the west coast tribution, marketing area. He will coordi- master or article from which the manyofthelarger companies offered us their mar- nate the activity and detail prod- soundisderived. The Georgia House passed the legislation re- keting services. Throughour uct priorities for branch promo- storesin Blue Jars tion managers in his markets, in cently by a vote of 174 to 0. Chicago, we had had a long andclose support of various marketing and The penalty for a person or relationship withPassportpresidentMarty sales corporation found guilty promotionprograms.He of Scott, and his JEM import opera- pirating, for the first offense,is will be responsible for maintain- tion. He and everyone at Passport ing the liaison with radio stations either a fine of $25,000 or one are totally knowledgeable as to ofallformats, dealing directly yearin prison,orboth.The whatisgoing on musically with program directors and music penalty for a subsequent offense in carries a fine of $100,00 and/or Europe. Giving up our indepen- directors for the purpose of pro- dence was hard enough, but we moting and stimulatingairplay up to three years in prison. could not tolerate being with a CARNEGIE HALL and sales of Columbia albums and The antipiracy bill will go be- company that might not under- MARCH 10,1975 singles product. fore Governor Busbee on Febru- stand our product and ideas. For (Continued on page 45) ary 27 to be signed into law. that reason we chose Passport."

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11E11111/11 1/111:11 HERE'S WHY: ou- world! Here comes Vernon Burch 3 ni before he's through he will have carved oit a legand ior himself that'll be hard to match. Former lead gui:aris-. of the Bar -Kays and lead guitarist on the threerni lion sell3r, "Shaft," Vernon may be young, but t -e can play cult ar like -ew can and his songwriting ability combined with his powerful voice make him a true triple threat." Cash Box "... A total musician... Vernon Burch is about our musical future. We're going to hear a lot from Vernon Burch." SOUL "Burch... is an original." Billboard "... the discos do have some incredible new items to work with. New artist Vernon Burch... watch for Vernon, easy crossover material." Radio & Records HERE'S WHY: A smash disco single, "CHANGES (MESSIN' WITH MY MIND)," one of three songs written and performed by Vernon Burch for the hit movie REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER.

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JOE SIMON-Spring 156 DON DOWNING-Roadshow 7002 SAINT JAMES POP ORCHESTRA- (Polydor) (Scepter) Alva 114 GET DOWN, GET DOWN (GET ON THE FLOOR) I'M NOT LOVIN' (prod. by Tony Bongiovi, Meco I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (prod. by (prod. by Raeford Gerald & Joe Simon) Monardo & Jay Ellis/DCA Records) Lucille Myers/St. James Prod.) (Gaucho/Belinda, BMI) (It Ain't Easy/Elbomo, BMI) (Robbins, ASCAP) Looking for a piece of the disco floor to Second member of the Downing stable Classic MOR is reinterpretted as part of a call his own, the multi -gold veteran stakes to emerge from the DCA roster should concept album, "What's New-The Music out a big piece of hit territory, his most followinthe chartsteps of Al on this of Jimmy McHugh." Don Ralke's charts accessible spread in many sides. ecstatic workout. Disco relativity is strong. make it a unique listening experience.

SUZI QUATRO-Arista 0106 NOTATIONS-Gemigo 103 EVIE SANDS-Haven 7010 (Capitol) YOUR MAMA WON'T LIKE ME (prod. by IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE (prod. by YOU BROUGHT THE WOMAN OUT OF ME Mike Chapman & Nicky Chinn) G. Dickerson, E. Garner Jr. & R. Tufo) (prod. by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter) (Chinnichap/RAK, ASCAP) (Gemigo/Trina, BMI) (ABC Dunhill/One of a Kind, BMI) Going the route of cutting product ex- Chicago group which began the decade Originator of "Angel of the Morning" and pressly for the U.S., the UK -based bomb- waxing r&b charters for the local Twinight even better known for "Any Way That shell of a different casing comes up with logo switches to the Gemigo labelin You Want Me" now benefits from the a concept that's bound to explode! grand style. Their sound feels great! funky guidance of L&P to bring her out.

BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE-MCA 40368 LOU RAWLS-Arista 0103 RAY CONIFFColumbia 3-10097 LOVE'S GOT TO BREATHE AND FLY (prod. by BABY YOU DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD YOU ARE SING ALONG SONG (prod. by Jack Gold) Norbert Putnam) (Caleb, ASCAP) (prod. by Norman Ratner) (Schine, ASCAP) (Jack Gold/Revelation, ASCAP) In the tradition of the classic "UntilIt's Undeservedly underestimated woman Spritely vocal MOR concept with a catchy, Time for You To Go," anotherBuffy comes in for some strong uplifting praise contemporary ragtime lilt subliminally re- ballad, but one beauty she's saved as her from one of the industry's finest voices. calls the showstopping moments of Broad- own biggie. Take a whiff and soar! Rawlin' to the top with his typical style. way biggies like "Hello Dolly."

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THE LAW NILS LOFGREN NILS LOFGREN THE LAW, THE LANGUAGE AND ABM SP -4509 (6.98) LENNY BRUCE Grin -famed musicman solos, rock & roll- LENNY BRUCE-Warner/Spector LENNY BRUCE ing his way through the grooves quite SP 9101 (W13) (6.98) suitably for fantastic FM segues and top Thefirstrelease on the newly -formed pop programming.Flexinghismusical Warner/Spector label boasts a sure suc- muscle, Lofgren garners vocal, guitar, key- cess in view of the current attention drawn board and writing credits, with the best to Bruce via the- film "Lenny" and his bets lying in "Back It Up," "If I SayIt still relevant sociological humor. The disc It's So" and "Two By Two." iscomprisedofpreviouslyunreleased segments from Bruce's performances, with CANNED FUNK appeal extending to a broad spectrum of JOE FARRELL-C71 CTI 6053 (Motown) (6.98) audiences. 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Blood, Sweat & Tears -famed Steve Katz Kudos to Martin Wyatt and Derek Taylor takes the production reins in saucy style, for production skills as they best capture as the talents of both are at their finest the twosome's finesse on "It Ain't Easy," on "Lovin' of Your Life," "What Do You ti "Dancing Jones," "Our House" and "Baby Want with a Memory" and "I Made It- I Loved You." All by Myself." SYMBIOSIS DEATH AND FLOWER BILL EVANS-BASF MC -22094 (6.98) KEITH JARRETT-Impulse ASD-9301 Pianist extraordinaire Evansis joined by (ABC) (6.98) Hubert Laws, contributing his fine flute Jazzman Jarrett paints pretty pictures as expertise,makingthisjazzjourneya he delicately weaves soft patterns aided smoothlypavedandmemorableone. by Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Evans'dexterityisparticularlypleasant Motian and Guilherme Franco. 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He also handled foreign DoobieBrothersand America, and domestic publishing for Don English recording group Yes has concluded negotiations for distribution of itsfirst full length feature film entitled "Yessongs," a mixed media presentation of music and which have been in the RW top Kirshner's publishing companies animation capturing Yes and Rick Wakeman live while performing and recording the twenty over the last few weeks. as well as doing promotion for "Yessongs" album. Executive producer for the film was Brian Lane, manager of Yes, The executives will be assigned Kirshner Records. and Rick Wakeman in association with Al"OK" Films of London, whose principals are records Severalproductionshaveal- David Speechley and Peter Neal. The film has been acquired for distribution in the to promote which the United States and Canada by Richard Ellman of Ellman Film Enterprises in association promotion department feels are ready been completed, including with Nick Grillo and Alan Riche of Aion Films. "Yessongs" will premiere on March on the verge of breaking nation- a single by Valerie Harp, titled "A 12,in Madison, Wisconsin at the Cinema Madison with subsequent openings on ally, including recent product by Wounded BlackbirdCan'tFly," March 14 inCincinnati, Ohio and Charlotte, North Carolina. Shown in the photo for Buddah Records. The record above are, from left: Ed Silvers, president of Warner Brothers Music Publishing; Brian Leo Sayer, Commander Cody and Lane, manager of Yes and Rick Wakeman; Mark Nicholas, attorney for Yes; Alan Wet Willie among others, all cur- was co -produced by John Pioli. Riche, Aion Films; Nick Grillo, Aion Films; Mel Bly, vice president, Warner Brothers rently charted by RW. Grod has also recently produced Music Publishing; Richard Ellman, president of Ellman Film Enterprises. The WB executives and theirGunhill Road, New York based assignedcitiesare: Mo Ostin, rock act, whose Buddah single is Los Angeles; Joe Smith, Dallas; titled "Back When My Hair Was Mercury Inks James Sussex Withers LP Stan Cornyn, San Francisco; Ed Short." He plans to work very NEW YORK-Mark James, ex- LOS ANGELES - Sussex Rec- Rosenblatt,Philadelphia;Lenny closelywith Don Oriolo,east clusiveScreen Gems -Columbia ords,Inc.,has announced the Waronker, Denver; Murray Git- coastprofessionalmanagerof writer, has been signed by the forthcoming release of "The Rest lin, New Orleans; Ed West, Hart- 20th Century Music Corp., and Mercurylabelto a recording of Bill Withers," due to ship the ford; Bob Regehr, Detroit; Russ Rick Talmadge of Musicor Rec- contract, announced Charles first week of March. Thyret, Miami; Clyde Bakkemo, ords, on most of his upcoming Fach, vice president of Mercury A marketing campaign is being Boston; Don Schmitzerle, Seattle; projects. Records, and Lester Sill, president planned whichwillutilizein- Ron Goldstein, Atlanta; Lou Den- Aside from production, Grod of the music publishing firm. store merchandising aids,radio nis, Minneapolis; and Mike Oli- will be working with Professional James has written "Suspicious advertisingforkeymarkets, a vieri, Baltimore/D.C. Video Services, in a joint venture Minds"forElvis Presley,the sales incentive program, and withRichard and Alan Namm. B. J. Thomas and Blue Swede hit, radio station give-aways. The company willbe involved "Hooked On A Feeling," "One Concurrent withtherelease BASF Ups Patterson with with video taping various Hell Of A Woman" with Mac of the 1p will be a single contain- rock acts for exposure in different Davis, and thecurrent Johnny ing two cuts from the album, BEDFORD, MASS. - James E. forms of media. Patterson has been promoted to Winter single, "Raised On Rock." "Harlem" and "Who Is He (And Grod is located at 329 East 50th nationalaccountsmanagerof What Is He to You)." Street,N.Y.; phone:(212) 751- Thesinger'sfirstrelease on audiobulkproductsforBASF Mercurywillbe "Ooh Baby," Systems. He will be responsible 9292. which was written and produced Azoff Countersuit fornationalsalesandrelated by JamesinNashville. On the LOS ANGELES-Attorneys for activities in marketing BASF's session with him were Reggie Irving Azoff of Front Line Manage- blank cassette tape duplicating Status Quo Signed Young, Mike Leach, Bobby Em- ment have denied all charges and productsformusicandvocal To Capitol Records mons, Johnny Christopher, Shane filed a countersuit asking for $500 recordings to major users. Keister,Heywood Bishopand thousand in compensatory dam- HOLLYWOOD, CAL. - Status Bobby Woods - musicians who ages and $1,500,000 in exemplary Quo has signed a long-term ex- clusiverecording contract with formerlyworked with James damages in their suit with Belkin Birthday Bonanza when he was a writer/producer Productionsregardingmanage- CapitolRecords, announced Al at American Studios in Memphis. ment of ABC Dunhill recording Coury, senior vice president, a&r/ artist Joe Walsh. promotion / artistdevelopment, Irwin Schuster, vice president Capitol Records, Inc. and The suit, filedin the Superior directorof professional The contract was negotiated by activities of Screen Gems -Colum- Court of California on October 9, 1974,allegesthatAzoff,then Status Quo's management team bia Music, was instrumentalin Colin Johnson and Alan Crux of bringing Mark James toFach's working for Associated Booking Corporation,and ABC Dunhill Quarry Productions together attention. Attorney Bob Casper with Capitol's Bob Young, CRI represented Mark Jamesinhis Records conspiredtoinduce vicepresident,business negotiations with Fach. Walsh to refuse continuation of affairs, his existing management contract and RupertPerry,CRIgeneral with Belkin Productions. manager, a&r. Status Quo's Belkin has asked for $85,000 in Capitoldebut album is entitled"On The Mao Jags compensatory damages and $1 Level" andis scheduled for re- million each in exemplary dam- lease in March. The new album ages from Jay Lasker and How- features the group's British single, ard Stark, then president and ex- Checking in with Neil Sedaka: the Rocket Records recording artist, who came back "Down Down," whichwillbe ecutivevicepresident of ABC in a big way with a new album entitled released in the U.S. on February Dunhill Records, and Azoff. "Sedaka's Back,"is shown above with 24. Azoffnow manages Walsh Paul Newman (Paul's wearing a tux) at thelatter's 50th birthday party. At the Status Quo features guitarists through his Front Line Manage- party Sedaka sang two songs (with spe- Alan Lancaster and Francis Rossi, ment Company which also han- cial lyrics by Sammy Cahn) for Newman. bassist Richard Parfitt and drum- dles the Eagles, Dan Fogelberg, Sedaka then flew to London where, after mer John Coughlan, who have CARNEGIE HALL REO SpeedwagonandMinnie being guest of honor at a party hosted by MARCH 10,1975 Elton John, he began a tour of the United been togetherasagroup for Riperton. Kingdom. over a decade.

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A consistent hitmaker for polishing hisskills on a varietytapped him for the original net- ABC/Dot Records, Clark currently of instruments and as a humorist. work version of "Hee Haw." has twoalbums on Record It was the latter talent that led Inthe past few years, Clark World's countrychart,"Classic tohisfirsttelevision job as ahas been solidifying his reputa- Clark" and "Roy ClarkFamily regular on alocal show, "Thetion with middle-of-the-road as and Friends:' Hayloft Conservatory- of Musical well as with country audiences. But Clark's success as a record- Interpretation," and that job in Equally at home with romantic A&M recordingartist Sam Neelyvisits ing artist is only one facet of the turn led to another as a ballads and humorous ditties, he Record World vice president Spence Ber- man's career. He is also a superb comedian and instrumentalist was oneofthefirstcountry land during a recent trip to Los Angeles. Neely was inL.A. to finish recording his instrumentalist, playingevery- with George Hamilton IV. Subse- artiststo appearinLas Vegas, new album for A&M, and to help pro- thing from banjotofiddleto quently he worked with Wanda wherehe holds a multi -year motehiscurrenthitsingle"IFought classical, steel and 12 -string JacksonandthenwithHank contract with the Hughes Hotel the Law." guitar;a seemingly tirelesslive Thompson,first as asideman, chain,andhewillnextplay performer, on the road an average then as a featured singer. Vegas when he opens a three- of 300 days a year;a naturally First Hit week engagement at the Frontier 'Musketeers' Score gifted comedian, and a re- Before 1964, Clark had made March 3. And in yet another ad- spectedbusinessman, who co - a few records for smalllabels, ditiontohiscareer,hewill Acquired by Schroeder owns a Tulsa, Oklahoma, radio some of which got airplay, but it become a published author in the LOSANGELES - Aaron station as well as numerous real was in that year that he recorded fall, when Price/Stern/Sloan is Schroeder, president of A. estate holdings. On top of every- hisfirstnationwidehit,"The scheduled to bring out his "Roy Schroeder International Ltd., thing else,heisa nationwide Tips of My Fingers." The success Clark Stuff Yourself Diet Book." music publishers, has announced television star, reaching some 37 of that single and of a string of What the coming years may further expansion of activities in million viewers weekly as co -host others after he signed with Dot hold for Clark is anybody's guess. the Los Angeles office with acqui- of the syndicated "Hee Haw." enabled him to move once more Movies perhaps, certainly more sition of the Lalo Schifrin score That the Country and Western into television, where he spent recording success. Says Clark to the forthcoming 20th Century - Music Association, the Academy three years on the Jimmy Dean himself, "I don't know what the Fox film, "The Four Musketeers," of Country Music and the Ameri- show, co -hostedhis own pro- future will bring. There may be scheduled for Spring release. gram, "Swinging Country," and can Guild of Variety Artists each another door that opens up for Soundtrack presented Clark with its Country me, and I want to be ready for it. Entertainerofthe Year Award It's always been the attraction of Release of afilm soundtrack last year should come as no sur- Macedo Rejoins Capitol the unknown." album will be announced shortly, as will the scheduling of a major prise-nor that, the week before HOLLYWOOD - JimCava- last, he received his own star on naugh, assistant controller, CRI, recording of the theme song from Hollywood's Walk of Fame, has announced the appointment Miller Joins S.J.R. the film, "Once She Was Mine," climaxing ABC/Dot's designation of John Macedo to the position IIII NEW YORK - Ed Cossman, co -written by Schifrin and Schroeder. of February as "Roy Clark ofcost& inventorydirector, president, and Sylvan Taplinger, International Cast Month." CRI, replacing Bob Snyder who vicepresidentofS.J.R. Com- "A Pair of Fives," Clark's hasleftthe company. Macedo munications have announced the The film stars Faye Dunaway, mostrecentABC/Dotalbum, will report directly to Cavanaugh. appointment of Larry Miller in a Raquel Welch, Charlton Heston, features a series of banjo duets Macedowillberesponsible programming capacity. S.J.R. Richard Chamberlain,Michael withhissidemanBuck Trent, forallstandardmanufacturing Communications has stationsin York, Simon Ward, Christopher and in a way, it brings his career costs, inventories in distribution Miami, Washington, D.C., Phila- Lee andan internationalcast, full circle, forit was as a banjo centers and manufacturing plants, delphia, Cleveland, Atlanta and and has already opened in Spain, player that he first set upon the as well as being functionally re- New York. Miller was most re- Scandinavia,Germany,Belgium path to musical stardom. He was sponsible forallmanufacturing cently program director for and Switzerland. Release in Eng- 14 then, living in Meherrin, Vir- accounting. WQIV-FM New York. land will follow the U.S. opening. ginia,nearWashington,D.C., andunderhisfatherHester's tutelage he soon grew accom- Country Commitment plished enough to win the nation's Country Music Banjo Championship two years running. Part of the prize the second year was a special guest appearance 'Slue Jars

Reaffirming MGM's commitmenttocountryproduct, Polydor Incorporated presidentBillFarr hosted a party on behalf of MGM RecordsinNashvillerecently, which was attended by MGM artists, members of the Country Music Association, managers, agents,publishers, music trade and generalpress.Farr introduced the new Nashville staff including Dick Glasser, who heads up the Nashville office as a&r chief and administrator; Dave Mack, national country promotion and Buddy Brown, national country sales manager. Shown at the party in the photos above are, from left: Mrs. Eddy Arnold; Fred Salem, assistant to the CARNEGIE HALL president, Polydor Incorporated; Dick Glasser;BillFarr; George Soule, owner of Music Mill; Mrs. Dick Glasser; Eddy Arnold, MGM artist; Tommy Brasfield, writer; (in the photo at right) Don Sears, manager of C.W. McCall; C.W. McCall, MGM artist and Jimmy MARCH 10,1975 Bowen, vice president, a&r, Polydor Incorporated.

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Tickets acquisition of new staff writers for the concerts offered two nights of performance with three acts appearing each night, and were sold out prior to performances. and the creative development of The Music Show was assembled and coordinated by Warner Brothers'artistsrelations and development department headed by allwriterscurrentlyassociated vice president Bob Regehr. In the photo at left, the Music Show is welcomed to Hamburg, Germany. Joining thefestivities are withIrving/Almo. Inaddition, Graham Central Station's Robert "Butch" Sam (center),LittleFeat's Sam Clayton (rear right) and Tower of Power's Lenny Pickett (right).In the center photo, Davey Johnstone (left) and Elton John (center)visitLittle Feat's Lowell George backstage in Man- Sillplans to become creatively chester. Shown in the photo at right, joining the reception at the American Embassy in London are, from left: Gary Glitter, Rod involved with the selection, pro- Stewart, Doobie Tom Johnston, Larry Graham, Bonaroo's Bobby Winkelman and Doobie John Hartman. motion and distribution of Irving/Almo's sheet music. Dick James Music Sill has already had an exten- sivecareerinthepublishing Taps Pamela Vale newyork central field. He was formerly the general manager and vice president LOS ANGELES - Ron Kramer, By IRA MAYER of ABC Music Publishing, as well manager west coast operations Levon Helm and Garth Hudson of The Band joined Muddy Waters asa producer for ABC/Dunhill for Dick James Music, has an- at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock for a few days at the beginning of and Columbia Records. nounced theappointmentof February to help Waters with his next Chess album. Paul Butterfield Pamela Vale to the position of and Fred Castor also lent their talents, with Henry Glover (from the professional manager. Ronnie & the Hawks days) producing. They reportedly laid down New Clapton Album tracks for some classic blues and r&b numbers, among them "Kansas Duties City," "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Caldonia." Set for Release Ms. Vale's duties will include Also on tap at Chess is an album recorded at the First Annual Bene- II NEW YORK-Bill Oakes, presi- exploitationof the Dick James fit for the Congressional Black Caucus. Taped in September 1974, and dent of RSO Records, has con- Publishing catalogues, which in- introduced at a press party in Washington, D.C. last week, the album firmed that a new studio album clude the songs ofElton John features Gladys Knight, Curtis Mayfield, War, Kool & the Gang and by Eric Clapton is set for a world- and Bernie Taupin, Roger Cook Jimmy Witherspoon. wide March release. The album, and Roger Greenaway, Don Black, DEWEY WINS DEPT.: The story goes that Susan Ford (daughter of entitled "There's One InEvery AlStewartandBiddu, among the President) called Rod Stewart while he was on the current Faces Crowd," is due to be shipped by others. She will also be actively tour to thank him for his performance. He invited her for dinner in RSO through its distributors, At- involved in the development of appreciation of the call. She couldn't make it and returned that invi- lantic Records, on March 20 in new copyrights and artist/writers tation with an invite to the White House for dinner (need a diagram?), the U.S. for the Dick James Music Com- which was set up, and picked up by the British wire services and The new album, featuring Clap - panies. subsequently reported in the English papers before the actual event, tonwithsidemenCarlRadle, PriortojoiningDick James which fell through. Someone gave someone a raincheck. DickSims,GeorgeTerryand Music, Ms.Vale servedfour NOTED: Murray Krugman and Sandy Pearlman, whose producing Jamie Oldaker and vocalists years with Mr. Bones Productions efforts have brought you Blue Oyster Cult and Pavlov's Dog, are cur- Yvonne Elliman and Marcy Levy, as productioncoordinatorfor rently working on the Dictators' first album, reportedly the first hybrid wasrecordedinJamaicaand producer Bones Howe. of heavy metal and comedy. The band is said to be much into wrestling Miami with producer Tom Dowd. . . . A friendly correspondence from UK Records chief Jonathan King, Oakessaidthatthesleeve reprinted here inits entirety, sans royalty fee: "As you may by now would feature a design by Clap - Gold for Starship know, 10cc are no longer with UK Records. We wish them a happy ton, and that the album would NEW YORK - "Dragon Fly," marriage with Mercury, and would like to thank all the friends and be the subject of a massive in- latest album from Grunt record- acquaintances who have worked so hard in establishing the band store,radioand consumer ad ing artists Jefferson Starship, has for us" . . . John Mayall and Sugarcane Harris joined Eric Burdon on campaign. He added that Clapton been certified gold by the stage at the Bottom Line for a late -night jam . . . The Main Point in was tentatively set for a U.S. tour RIAA. Philadelphia celebrated its eleventh anniversary February 26. in early summer.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Phonogram Initiates ABC Appoints Herr The Coast (Continued from page 8) In -Store Play Promo Creative Services Mgr. Kung Fu expert (and bass player) Tony Stevens has left Foghat. His CHICAGO - Following weeks LOS ANGELES - John Rosica, replacement is Nick Jameson (producer of Foghat, Paul Butterfield and ofresearchthroughthesales vice president of ABC Records, Tim Moore), who'll contribute keyboards and occasional guitar on and promotion departments, has announced the appointment top of his bass chores ... This past Thursday was "Johnny Nash Day" Phonogram,Inc.has begun an ofSusanHerr asmanager of by LA Mayor Tom Bradley's proclamation. The singer was honored, intensein-storeplayprogram, creative services at the company. and rightly so, for his extensive involvement in community affairs . . . according to Lou Simon, senior New Leon Russell Ip, "Will 0' The Wisp," set for an April 7 release... vice president/marketing. The Also due the first week in April is (at last!) a new Pink Floyd album, program ties into six acts who are which goes by the working title "You Gotta Be Crazy." Advance re- partof a speciallyprepared ports also suggest that they might be in the LA area at the end of sampler album. In addition, April, to play no less than five dates at the Sports Arena (reportedly several hundred eight -track tapes chosen over the Forum because of its better staging facilities) . . . will be distributedto non - The next (and last) Humble Pie album, "Street Rat," features three recordoutletstobroadenthe Beatles tunes: "Rain," "Paperback Writer" and "Drive My Car." Look campaign. for it by mid -March. .. Rick Williams, founder of the POP (Power Of Thesamplerfeaturestracks The Primaries) promotion service, has a new firm, called The Extra from six albums, culled from the Service.It encompasses allhis activities with the former company, December and February releases. but has been expanded to include the necessity of having stock in The album listincludes Ray stores in designated areas. We wish him luck... New Wings drummer Manzarek's "The Whole Thing is Joe English. He's not English, he's American, but don't ask us for Started With Rock and Roll Now anything more than that. It's Out Of Control," Kraftwerk's Susan Herr AIN'T THAT PECULIAR: Writer Richard Cromelin was born March 3, "Autobahn," Thin Lizzy's "Night Ms. Herr was previously affili- Mercury publicist Susanella Rogers March 4, photog Sam Emerson and Life,"Rush's"FlyBy Night," atedwiththeadvertising and Kiki Dee on March 6, all of the same year. For the sake of continuity, Neil Merryweather's "Kryptonite" merchandisingdepartmentsof they're looking for anybody who was born on March 5 of that year. and "Vassar Clements." The CapitolRecords,andpriorto The only problem is that none of them will own up as to exactly which Kraftwerk and Thin Lizzy albums thatshe servedas adesigner year it was ... The Beach Boys and Chicago are said to be booking a areontheVertigolabel,the and purchaser of packaging and joint tour for May and June. We're not sure who's technically headlin- otherfour are on Mercury displaysforMattel Toymakers. ing, but the shows are expected to be closed with a combination jam Records. At ABC, she will report directly . . . The Cabaret disco principals have taken over the old 1520 AD Emphasis to Rosica. restaurant site, with an eye toward opening a cabaret outpost in LA. The key emphasis is for album The same people have bought the After Dark nitery, but its name will play in retail outlets, coordinated remain unchanged. Where does all this leave LA disco pioneer Rodney throughJules Abramson,vice March Release Bingenheimer? Not at his own club, for starters. More details next president/sales. wee K. The sampler was prepared by Set by MCA the advertising agency of Marvin isLOS ANGELES-Rick Frio, vice Trask Triumphs at the Forum H. Frank andCo.under Lou president, marketing, MCA Rec- Simon'sdirection.The agency ords,has announced the com- suggested expandingthe ap- pany's March releaseschedule. proach of the sampler into cloth- Heading thereleasearethree ing stores, restaurants and Track/MCA offerings - Golden boutiques. Earring's "Switch," Lynyrd Skyn- yrd's "Nuthin' Fancy" and Keith Charney Joins RCA Moon's "Two Sides of the Moon." NEW YORK-The appointment Soundtrack of Leonard Charney as a counsel In the sountrack category will initslaw department has been be "More American Graffiti,"a announced by Jonathan Walton, two -album set follow-up to senior counsel, RCA Records. "AmericanGraffiti."Fromthe Prior to joining RCA Records, country ranks will come "NAS- Charney spent two and ahalf CAR Goes Country," recorded by years as assistant general counsel stock carracersRichardPetty, for Metromedia Producers Corp. David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, For the three and ahalf years Bobby Allison, Buddy Baker and Prior to her recent sold -out concert with Roy Clark at Madison Square Garden's Felt previous tothat,he had been Darrell Waltrip; and country hu- Forum. ABC/Dot recordingartist Diana Trask was greeted by (fromleft)I.Martin Pompadur, president of ABC Leisure GroupI;Jerold Rubinstein, chairman of ABC associated with National Educa- morist Jerry Jordan's "Phone Call Records; Jim Halsey, president of the Jim Halsey Company, her management firm; tional Television as counsel. From God." and ABC/Dot Records president Jim Fogelsong.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com DIALGUE THE VIEWPOINTS OF THE INDUSTRY Peter Asher: The Power of Good Music By DAVID McGEE she played to the right kind of audiences in the right kind of halls; Entering his eleventh year in to be sure she didn't do tours that were so long they were debilitating; the music business, Peter Asher to be sure she didn't play with the wrong acts. can already look back on a many - RW: Was there any sense of urgency on your part or on Linda's faceted career as a rock and roll part that "Heart Like A Wheel" had to be the album that made it? star (as one-half of Peter and Gor- In the industry we hear rumblings of this sort, that "She's got to do it don), as Apple Records' first a&r this time." director and as manager and pro- Asher: People say things like that. I actually don't think that's ever ducer for lames Taylor and Linda quite true if someone is really good. There are all kinds of people who Ronstadt. Had he produced only are good but haven't made the right record yet. Someone like Terry the albums "Sweet Baby lames" Reid, who I haven't heard of lately, is one who comes to mind. People and "Heart Like A Wheel," he have often said that about his albums-"This has got to be it"-and would indeed cast a long shadow it's never been it yet. But itstill could be. I believe very strongly in in the business. Obviously Asher the power of good music to some through in the end, no matter what. has done much more; his reputa- It's true of anyone; there are very few people whose careers cannot tion deservedly rests on an entire be saved by making some exceptional music. decade of productivity. In the fol- We felt the pressure, of course. But "Don't Cry Now" had done very lowing Dialogue, Asher discusses well, that album sold almost 400,000; it'll be gold any minute. But it was a semi -stardom thing. So if this album had been the same as that, hiscareer and the twoartists Peter Asher under his management. it certainly would not have been the end of the world. Record World: After seeing Linda Ronstadt in concert at Avery RW: You also manage James Taylor. What is he doing now? Fisher Hall a few weeks ago, it seems apparent that she is a much better Asher: He's about to start making an album with Lenny Waronker performer than she was one year ago. How do you account for her and Russ Titleman. improvement? RW: Why are you no longer producing him? Peter Asher: It's everything actually. There've been some changes Asher: Because we decided that it would be good to change. He'd in the band since then and it's better; she's singing better-who knows never worked with a producer other than me at any point. So after why?-and she'sin an altogether better frame of mind. Plus, of the last one we did together, which was the one we probably like the course, success of its own is stimulating. The fact that you're there least out of the ones we've done-the "One Man Dog" album-he as a headliner and playing Philharmonic Hall and it's sold out and the thought and I agreed that it might be a good idea to try someone people like you makes it easier to be good, because you have a head else, just to get a change of mood. And that's why he did the last start; you're feeling good before you go on, because of the nature of one with David Spinozza, which was a qualified success. It was a good what's happening. album and there's a lot on itI like, but there're some things... well, RW: How long have you been associated with Linda? that's true of any album, you look back on it and see things that Asher:I was trying to remember; it's probably longer than it seems. you'd do differently. But I think this next one will be extremely good because Lenny is an exceptionally good producer and a nice person I probably started managing her a couple of years ago. I've known Linda a long time. She's been a good friend of mine and my wife's and God knows his track record at the moment is unequaled. for numerous years and we actually had talked about management some considerable time ago, at which time we'd both decidedit I believe very strongly in the power wasn't a good idea. At that time I was managing Kate Taylor, who was 44 of good music to come through in the just starting out, and I thought that it would be difficult to manage 99 Linda and to manage Kate because to a certain extent they were aiming end, no matter what. for the same people and the same songs.I was already committed to ttttttttt Kate, in whom I believed very strongly, but as it happened she retired RW: What's the difference between working with an artistlike after a promising beginning. So it was no longer a relevant considera- Linda, who is not a writer and relies on other people for her material, tion. and somebody like James who can come into a studio with several Then after Linda had been through various other changes, much songs all ready to go. more recently, she reapproached me and asked me ifI would be in- Asher: The difference is-it sounds silly-but the only difference terested and I definitely was. is that you have to go through a song -choosing process in advance. Of Producing her was an entirely separate consideration. We were course, sometimes that's true of people who write their own songs trying to decide who to get to produce the album and initiallyI had because they write lots. When I did an album with John Stewart some doubts about doing it myself, only on the grounds of whether I was time ago, it was a case like that. He writes a lot of songs and it was the right person to do it. When you're a manager trying to decide on the same as with Linda, in the sense that we had a list and we chopped a producer, it's hard deciding about yourself. I didn't know very much it down again and tried it this way and triedit that way. James has about country music and Istill don't. But in the end, there were vari- never had spare songs. ous other people we considered who nearly did it or who couldn't RW: He's never been a prolific writer. do it or who couldn't do itat that time. So we decided to do it Asher: No. Mainly because he has akind of automatic reject together. process that works. He's never written a bad song in my opinion, RW: Once you became Linda's manager, did you have any specific and I'm prejudiced of course, being a big James Taylor fan. But I aims in mind for her? Were there any specific things you wanted really believe it. There are some people that writea lot, but there her to do as an artist? are some songs that they've written that you can just forget about. Asher: No, not really. Thinking in those terms overemphasizes They're not major contributions at all. Whereas when Jamescomes the Svengaliaspects of managing, whichreally are hardly true. up with a bad song, it never sees the light of day; it gets aborted at IfI had to lay out what I wanted for Linda, they would all be truisms; some early stage, so that every song he finishesis, I think, an what I wanted to do was help her make as good a record asI knew exceptional song. So, the difference is, in working with James, you'd she could make and had not yet made, and help her achieve the kind sit down with his songs and the only discussions would beas to of success that she should because she already had a lot of people how we were going to do them and what the approach would beto who liked her. She had fans everywhere, but she had never broken each. Whereas with Linda, there's a preliminary meetingto choose through to a broader number of people. So essentially ifI had to say from the songs available before you talk aboutarrangements. what the aims were, they were just to organize things so that hopefully (Continued on page 39)

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Morris To Market Marks Pacts 'Bard' Herman Songbook DISC FILE NEW YORK -A vocal/piano folio of memorable songs from (A weekly report on current and upcoming discotheque breakouts) scores Jerry theBroadway of By VINCE ALETTI Herman has been made available News & Notes: Bataan's Salsoul Records has been picked up for in a deluxe collector's edition by distribution by Epic, so his current single, "The Bottle (La Botella)," Edwin H. Morris & Company, it and the "Afrofilipino" album on which it appears, will soon be more was reported by Sylvia Herscher, widely available on an Epic/Salsoul label, already being shipped ... head of the firm's theater Cotton Records (distributed by Arista) has pressed a 4 -minute version department. of Dooley Silverspoon's ecstatic "Bump Me Baby" on a specially - "The Jerry Herman Songbook," subtitled "Tune the Grand Up," designed disco DJ label marked "prepared for Discos only" and also Marks Music president Joseph Auslander contains the best-known numbers shipping immediately. Titanic, the French rock group which has had considerable success is flanked by Albert Productions a&r man- from the composer'srosterof ager Chris Gilbey (left) and manager Rod Broadway musicals: "Hello, on the discotheque level, is showing up in a number of stores on a Thomas (right) who represent Australian Dolly," "Mame,""Milk and Canadian import album titled "Macumba!" (Columbia Canada) which actWilliamShakespeare. Theoccasion in versions was apublishing/recordpactforthe Honey," "Mackand Mabel," includes "Rain 2000," "Sultana" and the title cut-all longer than their previous American single releases. "Sultana,"in "down under" vocalist whose first U.S. "Dear World" and "Parade." release will be "Can't Stop Myself from particular,is a classic disco instrumental and isinitself worth any Loving You" (Bryan). Dick Broderick made Sepia Paper trouble you may have locating the album . . . Producer Norman Har- the master deal while Marks Music has Printed on sepia -textured ris (for W.M.O.T. Productions) is working with Blue Magic on a long sealed the publishing rights with J. Albert paper, the folio features a section re -make of Ultra High Frequency's great "We're on the Right Track" & Pty. of Sydney. on Herman, a picture gallery offor inclusion on their next Atlantic album, tentatively titled "13 Blue "legendaryladies"whohave Magic Lane." Harris produced the original UHF single (on Wand) with RCA Livinryte LP starred in his musicals on Broad- Stan Watson. way and on tour, and a foreword The Broaddus brothers can always be depended on for an out -of - )At for April Release by producer David Merrick.In the -ordinary (if not off-the-wall) list, and James, known at New York's NEW YORK-Wings Livinryte's addition,there are photos de- Liquid Smoke as "Tank," reports cuts by Grand Funk, Loggins & Mes- picting highlights from the vari- debut albumforRCA, "Your sina and the Doobie Brothers this week along with the more familiar Love Keeps Me Off the Streets," ous shows and behind -the - disco fare. The most interesting of his unexpected selections, how- scenes stage and recording is scheduled for April release by ever,isHonk's "Hesitation" (Epic),alight,attractive song which activities. the label, preceded by a cross- doesn't quite sustain its fine instrumental opening but comes through country, get acquainted tour by nicely nevertheless. The song, which has a kind of Average White the singer. Lower Singles Price Band feeling, is available on a single but "Tank" prefers its album length (4:05) for the saxophone solo toward the end. Speaking of Called for by Fioto AWB, Broaddus is also playing "Person to Person" (from their Atlantic Monteiro to Col NEW YORK-Fred Fioto, presi- (Continued on page 42) (Continued from page 3) dent of Delite Records, has called are most impressive, and he has for a rollback of the price of sin- Discotheque Hit Parade made a great contribution to the gle records to below the one dol- rapid growth and success of the lar figure at which they are now (listings are in alphabetical order, by title) Epic/Custom labels. In filling being retailed. PLAYERS/UNION CITY, N.J. BON SOIR/NEW YORK this most important position, we According to Fioto, "Record ex- DJ: Steve Santoro DJ: Lee Pineiro looked for a person with both ecutives have deliberately turned BAD LUCK-Harold Melvin & the BAD LUCK-Harold Melvin & the thematurity and thedrive to a deaf ear to retailers all over the Bluenotes-Phila. Intl. (lp cut) Bluenotes-Phila. Intl. (lp cut) motivate a major promotion country who have foundthat BLUE EYED SOUL-Carl Douglas - CASTLES-Futures-Buddah (lp cut) team and Stan has both the per- while the price increases on al- 20th Century (lp cut) E -MAN BOOGIE-Jimmy Castor Bunch- sonalandprofessionalcreden- bums have been generallyac- GIRLS-Moments & Whatnauts-Stang Atlantic (lp cut) tialsto make him theperfect cepted, the approximately 20 per- HIJACK-Herbie Mann-Atlantic HIJACK-Herbie Mann-Atlantic choice." cent increases in the price of sin- HONEYBEE/NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE/ IT'S A MIRACLE-Barry Manilow- REACH OUT-Gloria Gaynor- Arista Monteiro first joined CBS Rec- gles is hurting their business. The MGM (lp cut) LANSANA'S PRIESTESS-Donald Byrd- ordsinOctober, 1972inthe lower unit sales reported on even I JUST CAN'T SAY GOODBYE- Blue Note (lp cut) positionofdirector, national hit singles in the last quarter of Philly Devotions-Columbia PAIN RELIEVER-Sister Sledge- promotion, Epic and CBS Cus- 1974 and so farin 1975 are a I'LL BE HOLDING ON-Al Downing- Atco (lp cut) tom Labels,aposition he has reflection of just that fact coming Chess PURSUIT OF THE PIMPMOBILE- held until this new move. Prior to home to roost." LOVE DON'T YOU GO THROUGH NO Isaac Hayes-Ent=n-prise lip cut) joining CBS Records, he was a CHANGES ON ME-Sister Sledge- WHAT CAN I DO FOR TOW- Seeks Major Support Atco Labelle-Epic (Ip cut) co-founder of the Gruntlabel Fioto, whose De-Lite label has ONE BEAUTIFUL DAY-Ecstasy, Passion WHERE IS THE LOVE-Betty Wright- with the Jefferson Airplane. Be- been scoring on the singles front & Pain-Roulette Alston (lp cut) fore that, he served as director with a string of hits by Kool & SHAME, SHAME, SHAME-Shirley ofnationalpromotionforthe the Gang, indicated that the price (And Company)-Vibration EXTENSION 225/STOCKTON, Metromedialabel in1970-71, CALIFORNIA and as assistant national promo- drop, to be effective, must be in- LIQUID SMOKE/NEW YORK itiated by the major companies. DJ: Charles Richardson tion manager for RCA Records DJ: James "Tank" Broaddus BAD LUCK-Harold Melvin & the from 1968 through 1970.Prior BAD LUCK-Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes-Phila. Intl. (lp cut) ( 00000000000 0 0000000 to moving to New York, Monteiro FOR RENT Bluenotes-Phila. Intl. (lp cut) BUS STOP-Oliver Sain-Abet workedinBoston as EYES OF SILVER-Doobie Brothers- FIRE-Ohio Players-Mercury a local Warner Bros. (lp cut) promotion manager for RCA and SMALL OFFICES PERSON TO PERSON-AWB--Atlantic GET A HOLD-Loggins & Messina- (Ip cut) as a sales manager for a local in- CBS Theatre Bldg. Columbia (lp cut) PICK UP THE PIECES-AWB-Atlantic dependent distributor. HESITATION-Honk-Epic (lp cut) 1697 BROADWAY SHAKEY GROUND-Temptations- Monteiro has also had exten- HIJACK-Herbie Mann-Atlantic 153 - 54 ST.) NEW YORK CITY Gordy (lp cut) sive experience in other fields, as ONCE YOU GET STARTED-Rufus-ABC SHINING STAR-Earth, Wind & Fire- program director at radio station RUFUSIZED-Rufus-ABC (lp cut) Columbia Fr $125 mo. WILDinBoston,editorofa SATIN SOUL-Gene Page-Atlantic SIGN FOR ME DAD-Bloodstone- weekly newspaper, The Boston APPLY SUPT. ON PREMISES (Ip cut) London (lp cut) or call HERB GRAFF SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL- SUN GODDESS-Ramsey Lewis- City News, and as a musician. He CENTURY OPERATING CORP. Grand Funk-Capitol Columbia (Ip cut) has played the clarinet with such (212) 279-7600 SUPERNATURAL THING-Ben E. King- SUPERNATURAL THING-Ben E. King- artists as Jimmy Rushing, Teddy Lsici0Qs_9tizs_QQQQQQQ(?Qocia_.9) Atlantic Atlantic Wilson and Bobby Hackett.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Sire To Market Immediate CatalogueReizner, Wayne Form New Label (Continued from page 4) Much, to whom they gave their (Continued from page 3) withTony Camillo, who pro- Understood," followinghis de- song"Sittin'on a Fence," a initial distribution deal, covering duces Gladys Knight & the Pips; parture from Jeff Beck and just world-wide hit outside the the United Kingdom and Europe, Jerry Marcellino and Mel Larsen, prior to his joining Faces. United States and Canada. An- has been set with Michael Levy's who've produced the last three The Nice featuring Keith other band on Immediate was Magnet Records. hits by the Jackson Five; Biddu, Emerson and Lee Jackson were AmenCornerfeaturingAndy New York -bornReizner was who produces Carl Douglas; another major Immediate group. Fairweather -Low. "Paradise Is formerly the European director of Dennis Coffey and Mike Theo- Their stage act, which included Half As Nice" made number one Mercury Records and is producer dore; ArtMunson; and, of the burning of the American flag and "Hello Susie" was top three. of Ode Records' "Tommy," as course, Lou." and the destruction of Emerson's Other masters in the Immedi- well as Rick Wakeman's "Journey Reiznerisalso working on a organ, made them one of the ate catalogue include Fleetwood To The Center Of The Earth." projectfor 20th Century Films original progressive acts to gain Mac's number one hit "Man of Reizner will continue to be based andRecords, "World War II," prominence in America as a tour- the World" and recordings byin London and will handle the which will utilize the multi -super- ingband.Theirrecordingof Duncan Browne. European operations for the label. startechniquethatprovedso Stein Comments "America" and their albums "Ars Wayne, formerly general man- effective with "Tommy," andis Longa Vita Brevis" and "Thoughts In commenting on the agree- ager of Warner Bros. Music and currently producing the debut al- Of Emerlist Davjack" also made ment, Stein said, "It is my great director of publishing for A&M's bum for Ronnie Charles, whose an important impact. Eventually pleasuretobeinvolvedonce Irving/Almo operation, will han- current 20th Century single, Eric this group also broke up. Keithagain with Andrew Oldham and dle the American end out of his Clapton's "Layla," recorded with Richie Emerson organized Emerson, Lake Immediate. My partner, Los Angelesoffices.Lastyear, the London Symphony Orchestra & Palmer and Lee Jackson formed Gottehrer, produced Immediate's Wayne was responsible for plac- and a 200 voice choir, is receiv- Jackson Heights. firsthit,'Hang On Sloopy' bying material with such artists as ing widespread attention. Chris Farlowe the McCoys, and our relationship Olivia Newton -John, Ringo Starr, While in Europe, Wayne, who In addition, there were manywith Andrew goesback even David Cassidy, Three Dog Night, will "never place publishing sec- artistson Immediate, who de- further to the early days of the Art Garfunkel, Helen Reddy, the ondary," secured cuts on songs spite their popularity inBritain RollingStones.Immediate and Righteous Brothers and Rufus. in his catalogue by such acts as andEurope,wereunableto our ownBlueHorizonlabel, "All our acts are unknown . . . CarlDouglas,theTroggs and duplicate itin this country. Chris which bowed in 1967, were Eng- now," said Wayne, "but we're Lynn Paul, among others, and has is a land'sfirstindependentcom- Farlowe primeexample. hedgingourbetsbyutilizing also acquired enough new mate- "Out Of Time" written by Jagger panies to succeed in the progres- some of the world's most success- rial in Europe to increase his cata- and Richard especially for him, sive field, paving the way for to-ful producers. We'll be working logue by 50 percent. wasa number onerecordin day'sgiantBritishindieslike Wayne returns to the U.S. this England as washislaterhit Island,Chrysalis, B&C/Charisma week, stopping over in New York, "Handbags & Gladrags." P.P. and Virgin." Maximus Pacts Ratner to negotiate U.S. and Canadian Arnold, a former member of the "A great part of my life and LOS ANGELES - Jay Morgen- distribution for Rize/Wane Rec- Ikettes who settledinLondon, energies are tied closely to Im- sternandFrankMilitary, co - ords, and will then journey to mediate," Oldham remarked. had a top five record with "First presidentsofMusicMaximus, Tokyo to set distribution there. "Sire Cut Is The Deepest," written for is probably the one com- concluded a co -publishing agree- pany thatI could entrust with the her and produced by Cat Stevens. mentwith producerNorman Another example of the Jagger - repackagingandmarketingof RatnerwherebyMaximuswill Skynyrd Gives Tickets Richard contribution to Immedi- Immediate. They were there on co -publish and administerRat- atewasthegroup Twice Asthe scene during the Immediate ner's Songs of Sunshine Music To Unemployed Fans years and have first-hand knowledge of this all-important period Co.and SongsofSubstance NEW YORK - Lynyrd Skynyrd, George Lee in pop music. With their other Music Co. Exclusive writers having emerged from the experi- Pamela Phillips and Calvin enceofunemployment them- (Continued from page 3) repackages,theyhaveproven Davis will now be represented by selvesandempathetictothe thattheyhavethenecessary Lee comestoCapitolfrom Maximus. plight of the increasing numbers MCA Records, where he held the historical consciousness to pro- Ratner has produced the Hues of people without jobs, have de- duce a tasteful and authoritative positionof vicepresident and Corp., Lou Rawls and Lola cided on a policy of distributing directorofeasternoperations. packagethatwillappeal to Falana. He is now planning a re- a limited number of free tickets Previously, he was associated with collectors." cording for United Artists' Calvin to their concerts to out -of -work Chappell Music as vice president, Release Sire will begin to release Im- Davis as wellasa number of fans. international operations. otherproductionsto bean- The group, along withtheir mediateproductin thelate Background nounced shortly. manager, Peter Rudge of Sir Pro- Lee beganhis music -industry Springand intendstomake ductions, Inc., decided to inaug- career following service with the available as much of the original urate this policy on January 29 at AirForce.In1960hejoined catalogue as possible.Among RSO Signs Elliman Ford Auditorium in Detroit - a WarnerBros.Recordsasvice the first releases will be a special city particularly hard hit by un- president and director of eastern two record set, "The Immediate employment. With the coopera- operations, and he later became Story," which will be prepared tionof promoter Bob Bageris, executive vice president and gen- byAndrew Oldhamfeaturing they gave out 300 orchestra tick- eral manager of Warner's music music andvoices,as well as ets to anyone with proof of un- photosanddescriptivenotes, publishing companies.Leehas employment. Three major FM sta- documenting served as an active member of the Immediate tionsin the city (WABX, CJOM years. the board of directors of ASCAP andWVVVVW) announcedthe and the National Music Publishers give-awaysayingthatallthe Association. TV Airing Planned members of Lynyrd Skynyrdat In announcing Lee's appoint- some time in their past had all ment, Menon commented: "It is For MusExpo Showcase been unemployed and wished to with great pleasure that we wel- NEW YORK - Roddy S. Sha- make itpossible for those cur- come to the Capitol family so shoua,presidentofIMI,Ltd., Bill Oakes (right), president of RSO Rec- rentlyout -of -work to go to a distinguished a publishing execu- parent company of International ords, and Robert Stigwood(left),chair- rockconcert.Thoseinterested man of the Robert Stigwood Group, have tive as Mr. Lee. We have every MusExpo'75, has announced announced thesigningof YvonneElli- were asked to come to the Ford expectationthathewillgive that MusExpo '75 will feature top mantoanexclusivelong-termrecord Auditorium box office an hour Capitol's publishing activities recordingartists from through- agreement with RSO Records. Ms.Elli- before the concert began where greater prominence and import- outtheworldinathree-day man's debut solo album for RSO, as yet the 300 tickets were distributed untitled,isset for an April release and ance than ever beforeinour performanceshowcasein Las was produced by Steve Cropper in Mem- to the orderly and good-natured company's history." Vegas from September 22-24. phis and Los Angeles. crowd.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com 1801 ALPHABETICAL LISTING THE SINGLES CHARTSINGLES CHART 15 PRODUCER, PUBLISHER, LICENSEE AIN'T THAT PECULIAR David Shaffer LONELY TOGETHER David Spinozza (Jobete, ASCAP) 65 (American Wordways/Star Spangled, MARCH 1, 1975 ANGEL Buddy Buie w. R. Nix, J. R. Cobb ASCAP) 83 MAR.FEB. (Low -Sal,BMI) 94 LONG TALL GLASSES Adam Faith & David Courtney (Chrysalis, ASCAP) 62 1 22 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS GIVIN' IT ALL UP J. GEILS BAND-Atlantic 3234 Huey Meaux (Shelby Singleton, BMI) . 80 LOOK IN MY EYES PRETTY WOMAN 101 103 H. Medress & D. Appel! (ABC -Dunhill, (Juke Joint/Walden, ASCAP) BEST OF MY LOVE (Kicking Bear/ Benchmark, BMI) 3 BMI) 46 102 111 MIDNIGHT SHOW RON DANTE-Bell 619 (Arista) (Don Kirshner, BMI) LOVE CORPORATION David Kershenbaum BLACK WATER Ted Templeman (JiMiLane/Ensign, BMI) 67 103 106 YOU'RE NOT A BAD GHOST, JUST AN OLD SONG MELANIE- (Lansdowne/WB, ASCAP) 2 Neighborhood 10000 (Arista) (Neighborhood, ASCAP) LOVE FINDS ITS OWN WAY Kerner & BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN Stevie Wise w. Knight, Guest & Patton HIJACK HERBIE MANN-Atlantic 3246 (Dunbar, BMI) . 42 104 114 Wonder (Jobete/Black Bull, ASCAP) (Keca, ASCAP) 73 105 - ONLY ONE WOMAN NIGEL OLSSON-Rocket40337 (MCA) BUTTER BOY Vini Poncia (Tinkle Tunes/ 52 LOVIN' YOU Scorbu Prod. (Casserole, BMI) Braintree, BMI) (Dickie Bird, BMI) 13 106 - LOVES ME LIKE A BROTHER GUESS WHO-RCAPB 10216 CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD Jeff Lynne (Yellow Dog, ASCAP) 25 MANDY B. Manilow & R. Dante (Screen (Cummings, Troiano & Assoc./Cirrus/Septima, BMI) Gems-Columbia/Wren, BMI) 18 JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER (IN MY LIFE THERE WILL NEVER BE CHANGES Jim Messina (Jasperilla, 107 110 ASCAP) 74 MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN ANOTHER) GLORIA SCOTT-Casablanca 815 (Fox Fanfare/ CHEVY VAN Jay Senter & Larry Knechtel Mike Curb (Warner Bros., ASCAP) 50 Very Own, BMI) (Act One, BMI) 37 MOVIN' ON Bad Company (Bad Co., ASCAP) 29 108 - REACH OUT, I'LL BE THERE GLORIA GAYNOR-MGM 14790 DANCE THE KUNG FU Biddu (Stone Agate, BMI) (Corren/Wolfsongs, MCPS) 75 MY BOY (Colgems, ASCAP) 27 MY ELUSIVE DREAMS Billy Sherrill 109 138 AMIE PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE-RCA PB 10181 DEVIL IN THE BOTTLE Jack Gilmer (Sunbar, SESAC) 96 (Tree, BMI) 76 (McKenzie/Dunbar, BMI) MY EYES ADORED YOU Bob Crewe (Stone SPIDER JIVING ANDY FA I RWEATHER-LOW-A&M 1649 DOCTOR'S ORDERS Ed O'Loughlin 110 112 (Cookaway, ASCAP) 14 Diamond/Tanny Boy, BMI; Kenny Nolan, ASCAP) 5 (Almo/Fair, ASCAP( DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU 111 - CAN YOU GIVE IT ALL TO ME MYLES &LENNY-Columbia 3-10099 Frank Slay (Claridge/Corbetta, ASCAP)15 MY LITTLE LADY Mike Vernon (Crystal Jukebox, BMI) 93 (Blackwood of Canada /Marimick, BMI) DON'T LET GO John Boylan 112 116 I'M HER FOOL BILLY SWAN-Monument ZS8-8641 (Col) (Combine, BMI) (Screen Gems -Col, BMI) 66 NEVER LET HER GO David Gates 113 - TOUCH ME BABY (REACHING OUT FOR YOUR LOVE) TAMIKOJONES- DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME (Kipahulu, ASCAP) 32 Arista 0110 (Bushka, ASCAP( Manhattans & B. Martin (Mighty NIGHTINGALE Lou Adler (Colgems, Three/Golden Fleece, BMI) 44 ASCAP) 26 114 121 I JUST CAN'T SAY GOODBYE PHILLY DEVOTIONS-Columbia 3-10076 EMMA Mickie Most (Buddah, ASCAP) 28 #9 DREAM John Lennon (Brywek/John Davis, ASCAP) EMOTION Joe Wissert (WB, ASCAP) 49 (Lennon/ATV, BMI) 17 115 119 NO LOVE IN THE ROOM FIFTH DIMENSION-Arista 0101 EVERYBODY WANTS TO FIND A NO NO SONG Richard Perry (Lady Jane, (Tiny Tiger/Baloon, ASCAP) BLUEBIRD Michael Stewart (Irving/ BMI) 21 Piano Picker, BMI) 84 116 128 BUMP ME BABY PT. 1 DOOLEY SILVERSPOON-Cotton 636 (Arista) ONCE YOU GET STARTED Bob Monaco (Springfield, ASCAP) EXPRESS Jeff Lane (Triple 0/Jeff-Mar, BMI 20 (Sufur, ASCAP) 41 117 - THE PILL LORETTA LYNN-MCA (Coal Miners/Guaranty, BMI) FIRE Ohio Players (Ohio Players/ PART OF THE PLAN Joe Walsh Unichappell,BMI) 10 (Hickory Grove, ASCAP) 30 118 136 SHOWDOWN ODIA COATES-UA XW601-X (Anne -Rachel/ FUTURE SHOCK Todd Rundgren Yellow Dog, ASCAP) PICK UP THE PIECES Arif Mardin (Sheet Rock, ASCAP) 63 (AWB, BMI) 1 119 122 HOT SAUCE JAN DAVIS GUITAR-Ranwood 1015 (Laurabob, BMI) GET DANCIN' Bob Crewe (Heart's Delight, PLEASE MR. POSTMAN R. & K. Carpenter 120 124 REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU TO FORGET TAVARES-Capitol 4010 BMI; Kenny Nolan/Coral Rock, ASCAP) 45 (Stone Agate, BMI/Jobete, ASCAP) 56 (ABC Dunhill, BMI) GOOD TIMES, ROCK & ROLL Toxey PLEASE MR. PRESIDENT DiAngelo, 121 127 SMOKEY FACTORY BLUES STEPPENWOLF-Mums Z58-6036 (Col) French, (Dunbar, BMI) 69 Carlisle & Mendelson (Bridgeport/ (Landers-Roberts/April, ASCAP) HARRY TRUMAN James William Guercio Verity, BMI) 55 (Lamminations/Big Elk, ASCAP) 40 POETRY MAN D. Airali, P. Ramone 122 125 PARTY IS A GROOVY THING PEOPLES CHOICE-TSOP ZS8-3555 (Col) (Tarka,ASCAP) 12 (Mighty Three, BMI) HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW John Farrar (ATV, BMI) 6 ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY 123 131 SUPER DUPER LOVE, PT.1 SUGAR BILLY-Fast Track 2501 (Mainstream) (HEY WON'T YOU PLAY) ANOTHER Randy Bachman (Eventide, CAPAC; (Fratelli, BMI) SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY Ranbach/Top Soil, BMI) 16 124 - YOUNG AMERICANS DAVID BOWIE-RCA PB 10152 (MainMan, ASCAP) WRONG SONG Chips Moman (Press/ RUNAWAY Neil Portnow & John Miller Tree, BMI) 31 125 101 I COULD FEEL THE MORNING CASHMAN & WEST-ABC Dunhill 15021 (Vicki, BMI) 100 (Sweet City Songs, ASCAP( HOW LONG John Anthony (American SAD SWEET DREAMER Tony Hatch & Des Broadcasting, ASCAP) 85 Parton(Leeds/Jackatone, ASCAP) 35 126 139 BLACK SUPERMAN-MUHAMMAD ALI JOHNNY WAKELIN & THE KINSHASA HUSH/I'M ALIVE Ben Palmers SATIN SOUL Barry White/Soul Unitd. BAND-Pye 71012 (ATV) (Drummer Boy, BMI) (Lowrey/Big Seven, BMI) 70 (Sa-Vette/January, BMI) 54 127 107 A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF SASKATOON SONNY JAMES-Columbia 3-10072 I AM LOVE J. Marcellino & M. Larson SHAME, SHAME, SHAME Sylvia (Brandi, (Marson, BMI( (Jobete, ASCAP/Stone Diamond, BMI) 22 BMI) 23 128 130HE'S NOT THERE BAND OF ANGELS-Mums ZS8-6035 (Col) I FOUGHT THE LAW Bobby Hart & Danny SHINING STAR Maurice White w. Charles (Al Gallico, BMI) Janssen (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 39 Stepney (Saggiflame, ASCAP) 86 129 - ONE BEAUTIFUL DAY ECSTASY, PASSION & PAIN-Roulette 7163 I GET LIFTED H. W. Casey & R. Finch SHOESHINE BOY Frank Wilson & Leonard (Big Seven/Steals Bros., BMI( (Sherlyn, BMI) 48 Caston (Stone Diamond, BMI) 82 I HAVE A DREAM Mike Curb & Don Costa 130 - DICK AND JANE BOBBY VINTON-ABC 1205 (Fred Rose, BMI) SNEAKY SNAKE Jerry Kennedy (First Central/The Kids, BMI) 81 (Hallnote, BMI) 95 131 132 BLONDE BARNABY BYE-Atlantic 3244 (Willum/Cotillion, BMI) I WANNA LEARN A LOVE SONG Paul SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL 132 137SKATING AWAY ON THE THIN ICE OF A NEW DAY JETHRO TULL- Leka (Story Songs, ASCAP) 60 Jimmy lenner (Dandelion/Crash, BMI) 11

Chrysalis CRS 2103 (WB) (Maison Rouge, ASCAP) IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG, IDON'T SUPERNATURAL THING PT. I 133 - POWERFUL PEOPLE GINO VANNELLI-A&M 1652 (Almo/Gemo, ASCAP( WANT TO BE RIGHT Brad Shapiro & Tony Silvester, Bert DeCoteau 134 135 THAT'S THE KIND OF LOVE I'VE GOT FOR YOU RITA JEAN BODINE- Millie Jackson (East-Memphis/Klondike, (Montage, BMI) 33 20th Century 2159 (Fox Fanfare/Runaway Inflation, BMI) BMI) 71 SWEET SURRENDER M. Okun w. I'LL BE HOLDING ON Bongiovi, Monardo K. O'Connor (Cherry Lane/Walt Disney, 135 134 YOU ARE YOU GILBERT O'SULLIVAN-MAM 5N-3642 (London) & Ellis (Heavy/Elbomo/Diagonal, BMI) 51 ASCAP) 4.3 (MAM, ASCAP) I'M A WOMAN J. Boyd & L. Waronker SWING YOUR DADDY Kenny Nolan 136 120 CHICO AND THE MAN (MAIN THEME)/HARD TIMES IN EL BARRIO (Yellow Dog, ASCAP) 38 (Kenny Nolan/Heart's Delight, BMI) 88 JOSE FELICIANO-RCA PB 10145 (J&H, ASCAP) IT'S A MIRACLE Barry Manilow & THE BERTHA BUTT BOOGIE Castor -Pruitt 137 141 STORMBRINGER DEEP PURPLE-Warner Bros. PRS 8069 (Purple, BMI) Ron Dante (Kamikazi, BMI) 78 (Jimpire,BMI) 58 138 129 YOU'RE AS RIGHT AS RAIN NANCY WILSON-Capitol 3873 IT'S ALL RIGHT J. Capaldi THE SOUTH'S GONNA DO IT Paul (Ackee, ASCAP) 53 (Assorted/ Bellboy, BMI) Hornsby (Kama Sutra/Rada Dara, BMI) 36 I'VE BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE Tom 139 140 SOON (FROM THE GATES OF DELIRIUM) YES-Atlantic 3242 THEME FROM THE PROPHET Jerry Wexler Catalano (Stonebridge, ASCAP) 79 & Ed Mathews (Kahlil, BMI) 90 (Topographic, BMI) JACKIE BLUE Glyn Johns & David Anderle TO THE DOOR OF THE SUN 140 145 CRY TO ME LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY-GRC 047 (Moonsong, BMI) (Lost Cabin, BMI) 87 Peter De Angelis (April, ASCAP) 34 141 - GOING AWAY SECOND SOCIETY-Casablanca NB819 JUNIOR'S FARM/SALLY G. Paul TURN TO STONE Joe Walsh & John (One and Only/Music of the Times, ASCAP) McCartney (McCartney/ATV, BMI) 57 Stronack (ABC-Dunhill/Barnstorm, BMI) 89 142 - ALL BECAUSE OF YOU LEROY HUTSON-Curtom CMS 0100 (WB) KILLER QUEEN Roy Thomas & Queen UP IN A PUFF OF SMOKE P. Swern & (Silent Giant/Aopa, ASCAP( (Feldman/Trident, ASCAP) 77 G. Shury (Almo, ASCAP) 24 KUNG FU FIGHTING Biddu/Pye Records 143 117 ALL OUR DREAMS ARE COMING TRUE GENE PAGE-Atlantic 3247 (Chappell, ASCAP) 59 WALKING IN RYHTHM Donald Byrd (Blackbyrd, BMI) 68 (My Baby's/Arch/Summertree, ASCAP) L -O -V -E (LOVE) Willie Mitchell 144 144 PLEDGING MY LOVE TOM JONES-Parrot 40081 (London) (Jec/AI Green, BMI) 61 WE MAY NEVER LOVE LIKE THIS AGAIN Carl Maduri (20th Century/WB, ASCAP; (Lion/Memar, BMI) LADY John Ryan (Wooden Nickel, ASCAP) 7 Fax Fanfare/Warner-Tamerlane, BMI) 72 145 CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC (HE PLAYED IT MUCH TOO LONG) 109 LADY MARMALADE A. Toussiant & WE'RE ALMOST THERE Brian Holland HALL & OATES-Atlantic 3239 lUnichappell, BM) V. Wickham (Stone, Diamond, BMI; (Gold Forever/Stone Diamond, BMI) 64 146 142 ROCK 'N ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE) Tanny Boy/Kenny Nolan, ASCAP) 8 Davis (American Gramaphone, SESAC) 92 KEVIN JOHNSON-UK 49031 (London) (Tree, BMI( LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN Sedaka & Appere WHERE HAVE THEY GONE Joe Rock (Don Kirshner, BMI/KEC, ASCAP) 47 147 126 MIDNIGHT SKY, PT. 1ISLEY BROS.-T-Neck ZS8-2255 (Col) (Lightning Rod, BMI) 99 LEONA Tom Dowd (No Exit, BMI) 91 WOLF CREEK PASS Don Sears & Chip (Bovina, ASCAP) LIKE A SUNDAY MORNING Joel Diamond 148 - REFUGEES RACHEL FARO-RCA PB 1 0 2 0 2 (Milo, BMI) (Silver Blue, ASCAP) 97 YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL Jim Price 149 115 LOVER PLEASE KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & RITA COOLIDGE- (Almo/Preston, ASCAP;Irving/WEP, LIVE YOUR LIFE BEFORE YOU DIE David BMI) 19 Monument Z58-86 3 8 (Col) (Lyn -Lon, BMI) Rubinson & Friends (Polo Grounds, BMI)98 YOU'RE NO GOOD Peter Asher 150 - THE BOOGIEST BAND IN TOWN SLIK-Polydor 15096 LONELY PEOPLE George Martin (EH. Morris/Jac/Blue Seas/ (Martin-Coulter/Famous, ASCAP) (WB, ASCAP) 9 U.S. Songs, ASCAP) 4

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Live Radio Concerts: AM ACTIN Exposing Talent and Building Images (Compiled by the Record World research department) By IRA MAYER NEW YORK - "In this econ- located on the second floor of the B T Express (Roadshow). Continuing to cover ground pop -wise, this A&B smash picked up the rest of the omy, withmid -rangeactsnot Agora club there. WMMS is also heavy Drew stations, including WRKO, WHBQ and KFRC; drawing, the live radio concert isthe only station contacted which an important medium for expos- said that the concert seriesisa it also garners CKLW this week. Some good moves ing talent," says Gil Colquitt, mu- good money maker for the sta- are: 20-14 WDGY, 29-20 WCOL, 28-23 WIXY, 9-6 WQXI, sic director of WLIR-FM in Hemp- tion. (WLIR says itis a loss -incur- 25-21 WIBG, 28-23 KHJ, 31-12 WQAM and 15-8 KSLQ. stead, Long Island. And although ring venture and KSAN says that Minnie Riperton (Epic). Last week's biggest mover only certain stations around the remote casts from other than the and gainer continues driving forward with new country have facilitiesavailable Record Plant must be advertiser- airplay on WRKO, 13Q, WOKY (27), WNOE, KDWB (30), andaccesstotalentforsuch supported, but that some con- WQAM and KSLQ (15). Some half -chart jumps include broadcasts, the concept, spurred certs in the regular series do go 30-18 WHBQ, 31-19 WDGY, extra -17 KFRC, 23-11 CKLW. by thepopularity of suchna- on unsponsored.) Also 16-11 KHJ, HB-36 KIMN, 11-8 WSAI, 13-10 WFIL, tionally syndicated radio concert Basic Fears 8-5 WIBG, 7-3 WCOL and 19-11 WABC. shows as the King Biscuit Flower The two basic fears on the part of record companies and/or local Sammy Johns (GRC). The momentum on Hour and the BBC Live From Lon- don Concerts, isdefinitely gain- clubs as regards the live broadcast this record continues building in an ing momentum. of concerts and shows are boot- extraordinary fashion. The jumps on legging and the possible lossin station surveys indicate that some- With WLIR and KSAN-FM in gate receipts, both of which have body is doing something right! They San Francisco both in their fourth (Continued on page 34) year of weekly live concerts, Col- include 12-4 WDGY, 23-9 KIMN, 25-19 quitt and KSAN operations direc- Country Radio Seminar WCOL, 36-29 WIXY, 23-13 WQXI, 21-16 tor Bonnie Simmons share cer- WMAK and HB-36 KILT. New this week Sammy Johns tain observations on the develop- Continues Promo Ban are WHBQ and KJR. ment of their respective series. NASHVILLE - The Country Olivia Newton -John (MCA). This natural is already On the technical side, both sta- Radio Seminar has again adopted on everywhere. For fascination's sake, here's a look tions use professional recording a strict program banning indivi- at the action: 1-1 WSAI, 1-1 WQXI, 1-1 WCOL, 1-1 WDGY, studios as the base of operations dual promotion activities through 1-1 KIMN, 3-1 KLIF ,2-1 13Q, 7-1 KFRC, 7-1 WIXY, (UltraSonic Studios for WLIR,this year's event. The Seminar, 7-2 KJR, 9-2 WOKY, 3-2 WLS, 10-3 WIBG, 11-2 KDWB, PacificHigh Recordingatfirst scheduledfor March 14-15at 10-5 CKLW, 12-7 WRKO, 14-6 KHJ, 7-5 WHBQ, 14-13 WFIL, andcurrentlyRecordPlantin Nashville's Airport Hilton Hotel, 20-11 KSLQ, 18-8 WTIX, 12-6 WMAK and 4-3 WQAM. Sausalito for KSAN), occasionally has maintained this policy since Ringo (Apple). Another one of the taping the concerts when sched- its inception in 1969. ules necessitate it. Both maintain The policy includes the ban- hottest discs around is the "No No tape libraries of their concerts, Song," which has turned totally into ningofpromotionaldisplays, and when groups approve, cull handouts and any activitiesin- the A side of this initially double- a track or two for regular airplay. volving the marketing of a speci- sided record. Highlights include The two also sometimes trade fic product such as a particular 20-13 KHJ, 30-15 KIMN, 11-7 13Q, out concerts with other stations- record or record company, radio HB-18 WIBG, 39-32 WIXY, 17-13 KDWB, but only when sound qualityis station or broadcasting firm. Ozark Mountain extra -27 CKLW, extra -25 WHBQ, 7-6 up to their own standards and John Brown, chairman of the Daredevils WBGY, 27-24 KFRC and extra -29 WMAK. whenthegroup in question 1975 CountryRadioSeminar, Note: Some notable stations still programming would not otherwise be available stating the purpose of the ruling "Snookeroo": 23-17 WCOL, KIMN, WZUU and WKLO. Also to them. said, "The Seminar is singular in its purpose; that of giving country some stations still on both sides -- but the "No No Artists Presented Song" takes the lead in those cases also. radioa forum forprofessional Thelistofartists WLIR and broadcasting concepts. Ric Libby, (Continued on page 34) KSAN have presented is impres- and the members of the Agenda sive,ranging from thelikesof Committee have planned a full SealsandCroftsandJackson schedule, and we have no time Browneattheformer tothe or purpose in pursuing individual COUNTRY RADIO Grateful Dead andLinda Ron-promotion activities. The country stadt at the latter. Yet in almost music industry has provided allcases suchacts made their several major events throughout By CHARLIE DOUGLAS radio concert appearances prior Perhaps the next area of station promotion involvement will be the year that can be used for to their emergence as nationally promotion in the bluegrass festival field. Several stations are talking of looking purposes,therefore recognizedtalents. Theradio this program shoula remain free into costs, space requirements, availability of acts and someone to tell concerts, the stations feel, help of personal sales pitches." them how to do it. The bluegrass festival phenomenon has grown to contribute to the build-up of a RegistrationfortheCountry huge proportions within the last few years and there seems to be no local following for artists whose Radio Seminar has been estab- slacking in sight. In a recent conversation with Jim McReynolds, he names might be known but whose lished at $60 per person affiliated brought to light a few points you might need to consider: it takes 50 work might not be allthat fa-with broadcasting and $75 per or more acres, preferably wooded; trailer hook-ups are not too im- miliar. person with other industry affilia- portant since the devotees are pretty well willing to "rough it;" dis- Some stations, such as WMMS- tions. The registrationcostin- tance from the neighboring largest city is of great concern as long as FM inCleveland, have different cludes entrance to the seminar, there are fairly good roads and the location is well marked andpro- arrangements whereby the con- and one ticket to the "new faces moted. Bill Monroe has a talent agency for Bluegrass acts and wouldcerts are independently (but co-show" to be held on Saturday be as good a bet as any to get whatever informationyou need- operatively)producedforthe evening, March 15. The seminar might as well talk to the boss. station - by Agency Recordinghas outlined plans for a maxi- (Continued on page34) Studios, afacility coincidentally mum of 500 registrants.

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POSTMAN CARPENTERS/A&M 1646 15 57 51 JUNIOR'S FARM/SALLY G PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS/ Apple 1875 17 3 BLACK WATER DOOBIE BROTHERS/Warner Bros. 8062 11 67 THE BERTHA BUTT BOOGIE JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH/ 3 4 BEST OF MY LOVE EAGLES/Asylum 45218 14 Atlantic 3232 3 4 1 YOU'RE NO GOOD LINDA RONSTADT/Capitol 3990 14 59 52 KUNG FU FIGHTING CAROL DOUGLAS/20th Century 2140 21 E ll 7 MY EYES ADORED YOU FRANKIE VALLI/Private Stock 003 16 60 70 I WANNA LEARN A LOVE SONG HARRY CHAPIN/ 9 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN/ in Elektra 45236 3 MCA 40349 6 71 L -O -V -E (LOVE) AL GREEN/Hi 5N 2282 (London) 2 7 8 LADY STYX/Wooden Nickel WB 10102 (RCA) 13 73 LONG TALL GLASSES LEO SAYER/Warner Bros. 8043 2 is 11 LADY MARMALADE LABELLE/Epic 8-50048 8 63 66FUTURE SHOCK HELLO PEOPLE/ABC Dunhill 15023 5 9 10 LONELY PEOPLE AMERICA/Warner Bros. 8048 10 74 10 6 FIRE OHIO PLAYERS/Mercury 73643 12 13:11 WE'RE ALMOST THERE MICHAEL JACKSON/Motown 11 5 SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL GRAND FUNK/Capitol 4002 12 M1341F 2 65 53 AIN'T THAT PECULIAR DIAMOND REO/BigTree 16030 Ell 16 POETRY MAN PHOEBE SNOW/Shelter 40353 (MCA) 6 (Atlantic) 10 in 28 LOVIN' YOU MINNIE RIPERTON/Epic 8-50057 5 81 DON'T LET GO COMMANDER CODY AND HIS LOST 14 14 DOCTOR'S ORDERS CAROL DOUGLAS/Midland Intl. MB PLANET AIRMEN/Warner Bros. 8073 2 10113 (RCA) 14 82 LOVE CORPORATION HUES CORPORATION/RCA PB 10200 3 El 21 DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU SUGARLOAF/ 80 WALKING IN RHYTHM BLACKBYRDS/Fantasy 736 2 JERRY CORBETTA/Claridge 402 11 69 75 GOOD TIMES, ROCK & ROLL FLASH CADILLAC & THE ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY BACHMAN-TURNER D 18 CONTINENTAL KIDS/Private Stock 006 4 OVERDRIVE/Mercury 73656 6 88 17 17 #9 DREAM JOHN LENNON/Apple 1878 10 70 HUSH/I'M ALIVE BLUE SWEDE/EMI 4029 (Capitol) 2 71 72 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG, I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT 18 12 MANDY BARRY MANILOW/Bell 45-613 (Arista) 15 MILLIE JACKSON/Spring 155 (Polydor) 4 22 YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL JOE COCKER/A&M 1641 D 10 72 76 WE MAY NEVER LOVE LIKE THIS AGAIN 30 EXPRESS B. 20 T. EXPRESS/Roadshow 7001 (Scepter) 6 MAUREEN McGOVERN/20th Century 2158 4 IMI 39 NO NO SONG RINGO STARR/Apple 1880 4 73 78 LOVE FINDS ITS OWN WAY GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/ 22 24 I AM LOVE JACKSON FIVE/Motown M 1310F 7 Buddah 453 3 23 25 SHAME, SHAME, SHAME SHIRLEY (AND COMPANY) 74 77 CHANGES LOGGINS & MESSINA/Columbia 3-10077 4 Vibration 7 84 DANCE THE KUNG FU CARL DOUGLAS/20th Century 2168 2 Ea 29 UP IN A PUFF OF SMOKE POLLY BROWN/GTO 1002 (ABC) 8 76 79 MY ELUSIVE DREAMS CHARLIE RICH/Epic 8-50064 3 25 27 CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD ELECTRIC LIGHT 85 KILLER QUEEN QUEEN/Elektra 45226 3 ORCHESTRA/United Artists XW 573-X 12 w 26 26 NIGHTINGALE CAROLE KING/Ode 66106 (A&M) 9 CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK Bri 31 MY BOY ELVIS PRESLEY/RCA PB 10191 5 - IT'S A MIRACLE Ea 38 EMMA HOT CHOCOLATE/Big Tree 16031(Atlantic) 6 El 29 32 MOVIN' ON BAD COMPANY/Swan Song 70101 (Atlantic) 6 BARRY MANILOW 35 PART OF THE PLAN DAN FOGELBERG/Epic 8-50055 7 Arista 0108 O 48 (HEY WON'T YOU PLAY) ANOTHER SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY WRONG SONG B. J. THOMAS/ABC ABP 12054 4 79 87 I'VE BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE NEIL DIAMOND/ 32 34 NEVER LET HER GO DAVID GATES/Elektra 45223 8 Columbia 3-10084 3 40 SUPERNATURAL THING PT. 1 BEN E. KING/Atlantic 3241 5 80 92 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS FREDDY FENDER/ 34 37 TO THE DOOR OF THE SUN AL MARTINO/Capitol 3987 6 ABC/Dot DOA 17540 3 103 42 SAD SWEET DREAMER SWEET SENSATION/Pye 71002 1113 93 JACKIE BLUE OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS/A&M 1654 3 (ATV) 5 rEl 91 SHOESHINE BOY EDDIE KENDRICKS/Tamla T54257F 2 IE3 41 THE SOUTH'S GONNA DO IT CHARLIE DANIELS BAND/ 83 86 LONELY TOGETHER STARK & McBRIEN/RCA PB 10109 4 Kama Sutra 598 5 84 89 EVERYBODY WANTS TO FIND A BLUEBIRD Cg 44 CHEVY VAN SAMMY JOHNS/GRC 2046 5 RANDY EDELMAN/20th Century 2134 3 38 33 I'M A WOMAN MARIA MULDAUR/Reprise 1319 9 39 43 HOW LONG ACE/Anchor ANC 2100 (ABC) I FOUGHT THE LAW SAM NEELY/A&M 1651 5 SHINING STAR EARTH, WIND & FIRE/Columbia 3-10090 1 ig55 HARRY TRUMAN CHICAGO/Columbia 3-10092 3 I HAVE A DREAM DONNY OSMOND/MGM 14781 1 49 ONCE YOU GET STARTED RUFUS FeaturingCHAKA KHAN/ SWING YOUR DADDY JIM GILSTRAP/Roxbury 2006 ABC 12066 4 42 13 BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN STEVIE WONDER/ (Chelsea) 1 89 95 TURN TO STONE JOE WALSH/ABC Dunhill 15026 2 Tamla T54254 (Motown) 16 90 THEME FROM THE PROPHET (PLEASURE IS A FREEDOM 43 20 SWEET SURRENDER JOHN DENVER/RCA PB 10148 10 44 45 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME MANHATTANS/ SONG/ON LOVE) RICHARD HARRIS/Atlantic 3238-A 1 91 96 LEONA WET WILLIE/Capricorn CPS 0224 (WB) 2 Columbia 3-10045 8 92 94 WOLF CREEK PASS C. 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WLIR-FM/LONG ISLAND RING-Gary Burton w/ Eberhard Weber CRIME OF THE CENTURY-Supertramp-- FLASHMAKER OF THE WEEK -ECM (1 m port) AN EVENING WITH JOHN DENVER-RCA A&M UNREQUITED-Loudon Wainwright III- FIRST MINUTE OF A NEW DAY- BONAROO-WB Col Gil Scott -Heron & Brian Jackson- COLD ON THE SHOULDER- Arista Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise WMMS-FM/CLEVELAND FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- COMMANDER CODY & HIS LOST PLANET Chrysalis AIRMEN-WB BELLE OF THE BALL-Richard Torrance & PROPAGANDA-Sparks-Island DIXIE ROCK-Wet Willie-Capricorn Eureka-Shelter ROCK 'N' ROLL-John Lennon-Apple NOBODY KNOWS MY NAME- CE SOIR (single)-Golden Earring-Track Roger Moon-Capitol FIVE-A-SIDE-Ace-Anchor STANLEY CLARKE-Nemperor PAMPERED MENIAL-Pavlov's Dog-ABC FLY BY NIGHT-Rush-Mercury YOUNG AMERICANS (single)- David Bowie-RCA PIECES OF THE SKY-Emmylou Harris- MODERN TIMES-Al Stewart-Janus Reprise NEW YEAR, NEW BAND, NEW COMPANY ROCK 'N' ROLL-John Lennon-Apple -John Mayall-ABC Blue Thumb ROCK 'N' ROLL KMET-FM/LOS ANGELES JOHN LENNON RUSS BALLARD-Epic ROCK 'N' ROLL-John Lennon-Apple YOUNG AMERICANS (single)- BELLE OF THE BALL-Richard Torrance & Apple David Bowie-RCA Eureka-Shelter COLD ON THE SHOULDER- WCMF-FM/ROCHESTER YOUR MAMA WON'T LIKE ME (single)- Suzi Quatro-RAK (Import) Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise U111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 BONAROO-WB TOP NEW FM COME ON DOWN (single)-Greg Perry COMMANDER CODY & HIS LOST PLANET -Casablanca AIRPLAY THIS WEEK AIRMEN-WB WABX-FM/ DETROIT COMMANDER CODY & HIS LOST PLANET ROCK 'N' ROLL-john Lennon- FIVE-A-SIDE-Ace-Anchor FIVE-A-SIDE-Ace-Anchor AIRMEN-WB Apple FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- GHOSTS-Strawbs-A&M DIXIE ROCK-Wet Willie-Capricorn Chrysalis E FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- MAD DOG-John Entwistle's Ox-Track MAD DOG-John Entwistle's Ox-Track Chrysalis NILS LOFGREN-A&M MR. MAGIC-Grover Washington, Jr.- MODERN TIMES-Al Stewart-Janus COLD ON THE SHOULDER- OLD & IN THE WAY-Various Artists- Kudu ! Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise Round NEW YEAR, NEW BAND, NEW COMPANY MODERN TIMES-Al Stewart-Janus -John Mayall-ABC Blue Thumb MODERN TIMES-Al Stewart-Janus ROCK 'N' ROLL-John Lennon-Apple PLUG ME INTO SOMETHING- ROCK 'N' ROLL-John Lennon-Apple COMMANDER CODY & HIS LOST SKYBAND-RCA Henry Gross-A&M PLANET AIRMEN-WB VASSAR CLEMENTS-Mercury SECRET SAUCE-Sky King-Col DIXIE ROCK-Wet Willie- WHO DO YOU OUTDO-Lon & Derek- STREET RATS-Humble Pie-A&M : Capricorn A&M THEE IMAGE-Manticore KSAN-FM/SAN FRANCISCO g UNREQUITED-Loudon Wainwright III UNREQUITED-Loudon Wainwright III- BELLE OF THE BALL-Richard Torrance & Eureka-Shelter -Col Col f111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111113111111111111. WBLM-FM / LEWISTON- BLACK SHEEP-Capitol PORTLAND, MAINE BONAROO-WB KADI-FM/ST. LOUIS DIXIE ROCK-Wet Willie-Capricorn WNEW-FM/NEW YORK BELLE OF THE BALL-Richard Torrance & COLD ON THE SHOULDER- DOG SOLDIER-UA AN EVENING WITH JOHN DENVER-RCA Eureka-Shelter Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- COLD ON THE SHOULDER- CROSS COLLATERAL-Passport-Atco FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- Chrysalis Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- Chrysalis HIS LOST MR. MAGIC-Grover Washington, Jr.- COMMANDER CODY & Chrysalis HARRY TRUMAN (single)-Chicago-Col PLANET AIRMEN-WB Kudu GHOSTS-Strawbs-A&M MODERN TIMES-Al Stewart-Janus DIXIE ROCK-Wet Willie-Capricorn MODERN TIMES-Al Stewart-Janus MELISSA-Melissa Manchester-Arista PAMPERED MENIAL-Pavlov's Dog-ABC DOG SOLDIER-UA MODERN TIMES-Al Stewart-Janus ROCK 'N' ROLL-John Lennon-Apple FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- NEW YEAR, NEW BAND, NEW COMPANY YOU-Gong-Virgin Chrysalis -John Mayall-ABC Blue Thumb NO MYSTERY-Return to Forever PIECES OF THE SKY-Emmylou Harris- Featuring Chick Corea-Polydor Reprise FM SLEEPER OF THE WEEK KZEL-FM/EUGENE, ORE. NOBODY KNOWS MY NAME- ROCK 'N' ROLL-John Lennon-Apple Roger Moon-Capitol DOG SOLDIER-UA SWEEPING THE SPOTLIGHT AWAY- KEITH & DONNA-Round ROCK 'N' ROLL-John Lennon-Apple Murray McLauchlan-Epic NEW YEAR, NEW BAND, NEW COMPANY -John Mayall-ABC Blue Thumb WBCN-FM/ BOSTON OLD & IN THE WAY-Various Artists- CHUCK BERRY-Chess WORJ-FM/ORLANDO Round DOWN TO EARTH-Nektar-Passport AN EVENING WITH JOHN DENVER-RCA PAMPERED MENIAL-Pavlo's Dog-ABC FIVE-A-SIDE-Ace-Anchor DRUICK & LORANGE-E.A.R. REALLY ROSIE-Carole King- GOT MY HEAD ON STRAIGHT- FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- Ode (Soundtrack) Billy Paul-Phila. Intl. 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The crowds in that room's recent his- snowballing into what looks like a top 5 record. New pictureisthe truelife story of toryinthe nightclub entertain- ads include KHJ, WSAI (30), WFIL and WNOE. Movement skier JillKinmont.Itisdirected ment field. And Damone did not as follows: 16-12 KFRC, 27-18 WRKO, 18-11 WHBQ, by Larry Peerce and produced by letthepatrons down. He was 23-17 KDWB, 14-9 WCOL, 27-16 WIXY, HB-27 WIBG, 11-9 Ed Feldman. every bit the suave, cool and cas- WDGY, 30-26 WMAK and 25-20 WTIX. ual singer/performer remembered Rufus (ABC). "Once you get started" -- it's off Instrumental Soul from yesteryear-this being his and flying! Looks like no one is stopping this one. first nightclub appearance in this R&B action -- it goes without saying -- is super. (Continued from page 3) city in eight years. Similarly,vocalaugmentation New pop heavies this week include WTIX, WCFL, WIXY, Damone started his set slowly, onnewproductfrominstru- building to high peaks with sensi- KJR and WCOL. Also on are K100, WNOE, WLPL, mentalists Bobbi Humphrey (Blue WQXI and WFOM. tive deliveries on such selections Note), Ramsey Lewis (Columbia, as"ICan't Stop Loving You," NEW ACTION with two cuts on his "Sun God- "Sunshine of My Life," "The Way Ozark Mountain Daredevils (A&M) "Jackie Blue." dess" albumfeaturing Earth, We Were"andanespecially Supported by a host of key secondary stations, this Wind & Fire) and Jimmy Castor moving medley in tribute to the disc adds some majors to the picture, giving it (Atlantic) have helped each act late Duke Ellington. ballpark proportions. Going with the record are to renewed chart heights. The new music policy at the KDWB (21) and WDGY (30); secondaries are WCOL Pure Instrumentals Rainbow Grill, booked by Stan extra -38, KJRB extra -29, WLPL 25-22, WBBQ 30-24, With the exception of Yes, all Seidenberg, will seek to raise the KEEL 23-19 and KTLK 40-32. of the currently charted -and -ris- entertainment levelto standard ing heavily instrumental acts are nightclubartists,with the next r&b and/or jazz -based. The pure attraction set to be Lana Cantrell. Country Radio (Continued from page 27) instrumental variety includes Also,recordedmusic between GeorgeDuke (BASF), George shows has been replaced by the The Country Music Seminar is looking like a bigger winner than Benson (CTI), Stanley Clarke Monty Jay Orchestra. ever. Many radio folk have indicated they'll be going this year for (Nemperor), Gene Page (At- Damone was accompanied by the first time and there are dozens of three timers heading back for lantic) and Love Unlimited Or- the Joe Parnelli Orchestra, fea- number four. chestra (20th Century),while turing the leader's keyboard work The recent statement from the Nashville Record Promoters Associa- B. T. Express (Roadshow) is doing and strong brass and rhythm section about the united front in a refusal to provide "major" or "super- well with an instrumental, "Ex- tions. The dual returns-of Da- star" acts for station -promoted free shows was an interesting bit of press." One of the hottest instru- mone and the Rainbow Grill- flack. And it'll be even more interesting to see who will be first to mentalattractionsofthepast are welcome re -additions to the break ranks. This rumble of discontent among the promo men has year, Return to Forever Featuring New York night scene. REA been going on for years in all fields, but the use of the show promo- Chick Corea (Polydor)has just ters as an excuse to not provide talent is a fresh approach. released "No Mystery," hot on Myrna Post Associates The reaction of most stations I've talked tois one of quiet rage; the heels of their most success- some don't care, some say they'll just ease up on those artists theyful album to date, "Where HaveTo Represent Stewart are specifically turned down on, and one says it sounds like collusion I Known You Before." NEW YORK-Billy Gaff,per- and ought to be investigated by the Federalistas. Those stations who The factthat the successof sonal manager for Rod Stewart ask for major acts are usually in major markets and provide a tremen- black music has grown to include and theFaces,has announced dous amount of exposure for the acts. A couple of the record people widespread pop appealforits the appointment of Myrna Post say, to me anyway, not so, they've just got their hand out and it does instrumental as well as vocal Associates to represent Rod Stew- the act no good at all; and besides that, they say, it's a form of payola. forms has seemingly opened the art. Ms. Post will be responsible I guess only time will tell what the outcome will be. The consensus door for an act like The Average forall pressconcerningRod among stations I've spoken with isif the record people won't co- White Band toscorebig with Stewart,withtheexceptionof operate, we'll go directly to the managers of the acts and seek help both black and white audiences. the Faces' current U. S. tour. there. Three stations indicate they will bring it up at the seminar. Dog Soldier in Gotham Live Radio Concerts (Continued from page 27) notbeendifficultiesforthese able (cost of phone lines, for ex- stations, or for Denver's KBPI-FM ample), the listener response has which broadcasts regularly from been such asto warrant con- Ebbett'sField(a club). Colquitt,tinued experimentation-with re- Ms. Simmons, WMMS' John Gor- mote feeds (WLIR from Nassau man and KBPI's Frank Felix haveColiseum, KSAN from Winterland kept their eyes open in local rec- and WMMS from the Swinging ord and head shops and all insist Dog Saloon, a jazz club, for ex- that bootlegging has been almost ample)andwithreplaysand non-existent. All also report that "best of" compilations. follow-up storereportsindicate New Talent increased sales in most cases for As a method of exposing and artists who have made broadcast building new talent, and asa appearances. programming tool to be used for Heavy stressisplaced on the itsmusical content and forits importance of local identification image building(forthe station Record World vice president and managing editor Mike Sigman (second fromleft) with these concert programs andand the locale),liveradio con- stands at the bar with United Artists recording group Dog Soldier. Under discussion while expenses can be prohibitivecerts are becoming increasingly was the band's debut UA album "Dog Soldier," at a luncheon held to honor the group's first New York appearance. Pictured with Sigman are (from left) Mel Simpson, iffacilities are not readily avail- significant. Miller Anderson, Keef Hartley, Derek Griffiths and Paul Bliss.

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Intl. ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD- BLOOD ON THE TRACKS- DO IT 'TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED- URBAN RENEWAL-Tower of Power-WB Mac Davis-Col Bob Dylan-Col B.T. Express-Scepter BABE RUTH-Harvest HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW- DOWN TO EARTH-Nektar-Passport BARRY MANILOW II-Bell Olivia Newton-John-MCA HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW- WAXIE MAXIE/WASH., D.C. BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- Olivia Newton -John --MCA AUTOBAHN-Kraftwerk-Vertigo Col Chrysalis HEART LIKE A WHEEL-Linda Ronstadt- BUTT OF COURSE-Jimmy Castor Bunch EMPTY SKY-Elton John-MCA A SONG FOR YOU-Temptations- Capitol -Atlantic HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW- Gordy NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE- FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN-Charlie Olivia Newton-John-MCA HEART LIKE A WHEEL- Gloria Gaynor-MGM Daniels Band-Kama Sutra NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE- Linda Ronstadt-Capitol NIGHTBIRDS-Labelle-Epic FLYING START-Blackbyrds-Fantasy Gloria Gaynor-MGM NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE- HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW- PROMISED LAND-Elvis Presley-RCA Gloria Gaynor-MGM ALEXANDER'S/N.Y.-N.J.-CONN. Olivia Newton-John-MCA THREE DEGREES-Phila. Intl. I'LL BE YOUR SUNSHINE-Vernon Burch 1111111111111t1111111t111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 AVERAGE WHITE BAND-Atlantic BARRY MANILOW II-Bell -UA CIRCLES/ARIZONA BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- NEW & IMPROVED-Spinners-Atlantic CAMELOT/NATIONAL STANLEY CLARKE-Nemperor A SONG FOR YOU-Temptations-Gordy Col ALL THE GIRLS IN THE WORLD BEWARE- BELLE OF THE BALL-Richard Torrance & THE HARDER THEY COME-Various Artists DO IT 'TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED- Grand Funk-Capitol Eureka-Shelter B.T. Express-Scepter -Island (Soundtrack) BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- ZULEMA-RCA BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- FIRE-Ohio Players-Mercury Col Col HEART LIKE A WHEEL-Linda Ronstadt- COLD ON THE SHOULDER- COLD ON THE SHOULDER- Capitol POPLAR TUNES/MEMPHIS Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE- FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- BELLE OF THE BALL-Richard Torrance & HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW- Gloria Gaynor-MGM Eureka-Shelter Chrysalis Olivia Newton-John-MCA NEW & IMPROVED-Spinners-Atlantic BUTT OF COURSE-Jimmy Castor Bunch HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW- MELISSA-Melissa Manchester-Arista NIGHTBIRDS-Labelle-Epic -Atlantic NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE- Olivia Newton-John-MCA RUFUSIZED-Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan JUST A BOY-Leo Sayer-WB COLD ON THE SHOULDER- Gloria Gaynor-MGM -ABC Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise PHOEBE SNOW-Shelter NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE- ROCK 'N' ROLL-John Lennon-Apple Gloria Gaynor-MGM DIXIE ROCK-Wet Willie-Capricorn DISCOUNT RECORDS/ FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN-Charlie SOUVENIRS-Dan Fogelberg-Epic PLUG ME INTO SOMETHING- Daniels Band-Kama Sutra Henry Gross-A&M CAMBRIDGE, MASS. FIRST MINUTE OF A NEW DAY-Gil ROLLER COASTER WEEKEND-Joe Vitale A1A-Jimmy Buffett-ABC Dunhill WHEREHOUSE/CALIFORNIA BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- Scott -Heron & Brian Jackson-Arista -Atlantic FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- DO IT 'TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED- SILK TORPEDO-Pretty Things- Col Chrysalis B.T. Express-Scepter Swan Song FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW- FIVE-A-SIDE-Ace--Anchor Chrysalis GREATEST HITS-Kool & the Gang- HEART LIKE A WHEEL-Linda Ronstadt- Olivia Newton-John-MCA MUSICLAND/NATIONAL MODERN TIMES-Al Stewart-Janus Delite Capitol MR. MAGIC-Grover Washington Jr.- A LEGEND IN MY TIME- NIGHTBIRDS-Labelle-Epic SAINT & SINNER-Rory Gallagher- Ronnie Milsap-RCA Polydor Kudu PERFECT ANGEL-Minnie Riperton-Epic PLAY DON'T WORRY-Mick Ronson- A SONG FOR YOU-Temptations- PIECES OF THE SKY-Emmylou Harris- Gordy RCA Reprise MUSHROOM/NEW ORLEANS ROCK 'N' ROLL-John Lennon-Apple BEST OF THE STYLISTICS-Avco PLUG ME INTO SOMETHING- BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- AUTOBAHN-Kraftwerk-Vertigo STYX II-Wooden Nickel Henry Gross-A&M BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- Col SUN GODDESS-Ramsey Lewis-Col BLUE SKY, NIGHT THUNDER- Col COUNTRY LIFE-Roxy Music-Atco LICORICE PIZZA/LOS ANGELES Michael Murphey-Epic KING KAROL/NEW YORK AUTOBAHN-Kraftwerk-Vertigo DOWN TO EARTH-Nektar-Passport FIRST MINUTE OF A NEW DAY-Gil A SONG FOR YOU-Temptations-Gordy Scott -Heron & Brian Jackson-Arista BONAROO-WB HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW- DIXIE ROCK-Wet Willie-Capricorn Olivia Newton-John-MCA ALL THE GIRLS IN THE WORLD BEWARE- FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- Grand Funk-Capitol Chrysalis MODERN TIMES-Al Stewart-Janus LINDA ON MY MIND-Conway Twitty- BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- NEW YEAR, NEW BAND, NEW COMPANY MCA NIGHTLIFE-Thin Lizzy-Vertigo Col -John Mayall-ABC Blue Thumb MAGIC ORGAN-Ranwood PLUG ME INTO SOMETHING- DARK HORSE-George Harrison-Apple Henry Gross-A&M PIECES OF THE SKY-Emmylou Harris- NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE- FIRE-Ohio Players-Mercury Reprise Gloria Gaynor-MGM PROPAGANDA-Sparks-Island FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- THE HARDER THEY COME-Various Artists REALLY ROSIE-Carole King-Ode Chrysalis -Island (Soundtrack) (Soundtrack) RECORD BAR/NATIONAL GHOSTS-Strawbs-A&M URBAN RENEWAL-Tower of Power-WB SILK TORPEDO-Pretty Things- AUTOBAHN-Kraftwerk-Vertigo HEART LIKE A WHEEL-Linda Ronstadt- Swan Song BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- Capitol NATL. RECORD MART/MIDWEST Col NIGHTBIRDS-Labelle-Epic TOWER/LOS ANGELES BLUE SKY, NIGHT THUNDER- RELAYER-Yes-Atlantic A SONG FOR YOU-Temptations-Gordy Michael Murphey-Epic AUTOBAHN-Kraftwerk-Vertigo AVERAGE WHITE BAND-Atlantic BEST OF THE STYLISTICS-Avco BARRY MANILOW II-Bell BUSTIN' OUT-Pure Prairie League-RCA GARY'S/RICHMOND BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- COLD ON THE SHOULDER- BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- BLOOD ON THE TRACKS-Bob Dylan- Col Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise Col Col EMPTY SKY-Elton John-MCA FIRE-Ohio Players-Mercury FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN- BLUE SKY, NIGHT THUNDER- GREATEST HITS-Elton John-MCA Charlie Daniels Band-Kama Sutra Michael Murphey-Epic FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- HEART LIKE A WHEEL-Linda Ronstadt- FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- COLD ON THE SHOULDER- Chrysalis Capitol Chrysalis Gordon Lightfoot --Reprise HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW- MILES OF AISLES-Joni Mitchell- HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW- EMPTY SKY-Elton John-MCA Olivia Newton-John-MCA Asylum Olivia Newton-John-MCA FOR EARTH BELOW-Robin Trower- RUFUSIZED-Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan NEW & IMPROVED-Spinners-Atlantic PHOEBE SNOW-Shelter Chrysalis -ABC RELAYER-Yes-Atlantic PLUG ME INTO SOMETHING- HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW- SUN GODDESS-Ramsey Lewis-Col RUFUSIZED-Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan Henry Gross-A&M Olivia Newton-John-MCA URBAN RENEWAL-Tower of Power-WB -ABC

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TITLE, ARTIST, Label, Number (Distributing Lobel' 54 48 CARIBOU ELTON JOHN/MCA 2116 34 F MAR. FEB. WKS. ON 62 SHEER HEART ATTACK QUEEN/Elektra 7E-1026 7 F 1 22 CHART ECI 68 FIRST MINUTE OF A NEW DAY GIL SCOTT -HERON & 1 1 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS BRIAN JACKSON/Arista 4030 4 F 57 57 STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES MAC DAVIS/Columbia PC BOB DYLAN 32582 29 E Columbia PC 33235 4 I F D 67 PRONOUNCED LEH-NERD SKIN -NERD LYNYRD SKYNYRD/ MCA Sounds of the South 36333 F 59 2 2 HEART LIKE A WHEEL LINDA RONSTADT/Capitol ST 1136813 F 49 FREE AND EASY HELEN REDDY/Capitol ST 11348 18 F 3 3 AVERAGE WHITE BAND/Atlantic SD 7308 18 F 60 55 WHITE GOLD LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA/ 4 4 GREATEST HITS ELTON JOHN/MCA 2128 15 F 20th Century T-459 14 F 5 5 FIRE OHIO PLAYERS/Mercury SRM-1 -1013 14 F 61 65 STANLEY CLARKE/Nemperor NE 431(Atlantic) 5 F

6 6 RUFUSIZED RUFUS Featuring CHAKA KHAN/ABC ABCD 8379 F 62 51 SEDAKA'S BACK NEIL SEDAKA/Rocket 463 (MCA) 7 E

14 EMPTY SKY ELTON JOHN/MCA 2130 5 F 63 63 I CAN HELP BILLY SWAN/Monument KZ 33279 (Col) 8 F 13 WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW HABITS DOOBIE LEI 77 PROPAGANDA SPARKS/Island ILPS 9312 3 F BROTHERS/Warner Bros. W 2750 42 F 9 9 SO WHAT JOE WALSH/ABC Dunhill DSD 50171 8 F 10 12 NOT FRAGILE BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE/Mercury SRM-1 -1004 27 F CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK 11 8 BARRY MANILOW II/Bell 1314 (Arista) 13 F

15 NIGHTBIRDS LABELLE/Epic KE 33075 8 E FOR EARTH BELOW

13 10 WAR CHILD JETHRO TULL/Chrysalis CMR 1067 (WB) 18 F ROBIN TROWER

14 7 MILES OF AISLES JONI MITCHELL/Asylum AB 202 12 1 Chrysalis CHR 1073 (WB) 1 F 15 11 DARK HORSE GEORGE HARRISON/Apple SMAS 3218 10 F 16 16 NEW AND IMPROVED SPINNERS/Atlantic SD 18118 11 F

20 PHOEBE SNOW/Shelter 2109 (MCA) 18 F 66 66 PRIME TIME TONY ORLANDO & DAWN/Bell 1317 (Arista) 10 F 18 17 JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS/RCA CPL( -0374 64 F 67 53 19 18 THE PROPHET RICHARD HARRIS/Atlantic SD 18120 8 F REALITY JAMES BROWN/Polydor PD 6039 6 F 68 58 20 30ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD MAC DAVIS/Columbia PC THE SILVER FOX CHARLIE RICH/Epic PE 33250 11 F 32927 4 F 69 60GET YOUR WINGS AEROSMITH/Columbia PC 32847 14 E 21 19 PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORIES JIM CROCE/ABC ABCD 70 70 WAITRESS IN A DONUT SHOP MARIA MULDAUR/ 83522 F Reprise MS 2194 17 F 22 24 DO IT 'TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED B. T. EXPRESS/Scepter 5117 12 F 71 69 I'M LEAVING IT ALL UP TO YOU DONNY & MARIE 39A SONG FOR YOU TEMPTATIONS/Gordy G6 -969S1 OSMOND/MGM M3G 4968 23 F (Motown) 4 F 72 59 CAN'T GET ENOUGH BARRY WHITE/20th Century T-444 26 F

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126 125 TAPESTRY CAROLE KING/Ode SP 77009 (A&M) AEROSMITH 64 GORDON LIGHTFOOT 87 AMERICA 78 LOGGINS & MESSINA 88 PAUL ANKA 127 103BREAKAWAY KRIS & RITA/Monument PZ 33278 (Col) 97 LOVE UNLIMITED 117 BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS 142 LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA AVERAGE WHITE BAND 60 128 128 BEST OF BREAD/Elektra EKS 75056 3 LYNYRD SKYNYRD 58,124 BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE 10,116 MELISSA MANCHESTER 134 BAD COMPANY 129 106 45 BARRY MAN I LOW 11 WHERE WE ALL BELONG MARSHALL TUCKER BAND/ BAKER GURVITZ ARMY 122 DAVE MASON 147 Capricorn 2C 0145 (WB) BEACH BOYS 125 PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS 110 BLACKBYRDS 34 HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES 132 BLAND & KING 103 MIRACLES 108 130145 BLUE SKY, NIGHT THUNDER MICHAEL MURPHEY/Epic KE 33290 BLUE MAGIC 83 JONI MITCHELL 14,136 DAVID BOWIE 140 MOODY BLUES 218 131 118 LIVE MOTT THE HOOPLE/Columbia PC 33282 BREAD 128 MOTT THE HOOPLE 131 JAMES BROWN 67 MARIA MULDAUR 70 SHIRLEY BROWN TO BE TRUE HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES Featuring 113 MICHAEL MURPHEY 130 033 JACKSON BROWNE 79 ANNE MURRAY 145 THEODORE PENDERGRASS/Phila. Intl. KZ 33148 (Col) JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH 133 NEKTAR 121 B.T. EXPRESS 22 OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN 35,41 BUTT OF COURSE JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH/Atlantic SD 18174 JIMMY BUFFETT 81 OHIO PLAYERS 5 ERIC BURDON BAND 90 TONY ORLANDO & DAWN 66, 114,143 GEORGE CARLIN MELISSA MELISSA MANCHESTER/Arista AL 4031 84 DONNY OSMOND 141 CARPENTERS 93 DONNY & MARIE OSMOND 71 HARRY CHAPIN 47 OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS 36 BELLE OF THE BALL RICHARD TORRANCE AND EUREKA/ CHEECH & CHONG 104 ELVIS PRESLEY 46 Shelter SR 2134 (MCA) CHICAGO 76 PRETTY THINGS 94 STANLEY CLARKE 61 QUEEN 55 BILLY COBHAM 136 138 COURT AND SPARK JONI MITCHELL/Asylum 7E-1001 118 KENNY RANKIN 138 JIM CROCE 21 HELEN REDDY 59 CRUSADERS 80 CHARLIE RICH 68,92 - MODERN TIMES AL STEWART/Janus JXS 7112 CHARLIE DANIELS BAND 33 ROLLING STONES MAC DAVIS 75 138 141 20,57 MICK RONSON 101 SILVER MORNING KENNY RANKIN/Little David LD 3000 (WB) MILES DAVIS 144 LINDA RONSTADT 2 DEEP PURPLE 109 ROXY MUSIC 50 DED - GREATEST HITS KOOL & THE GANG/Delite DEP 2015 (PIP) JOHN DENVER 18, 26,149 RUFUS 6 NEIL DIAMOND 39 LEO SAYER 120 140 129 DAVID LIVE DAVID BOWIE/RCA CPL2-0771 DOOBIE BROTHERS 8 SCOTT -HERON & JACKSON 56 CARL DOUGLAS 102 NEIL SEDAKA 62 141 131 DONNY DONNY OSMOND/MGM M3G-3978 BOB DYLAN 1 SIMON & GARFUNKEL 106 EAGLES 25 PHOEBE SNOW 17 142 115LIVE OBLIVION, VOL. 1 BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS/ ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 44 SOUNDTRACKS: DAN FOGELBERG 27 JOHNNY CARSON/TONIGHT SHOW 146 RCA CPL1-0645 ARETHA FRANKLIN 98 SPARKS 64 DAVID GATES 111 SPINNERS 16 143 147 GLORIA GAYNOR 43 RINGO STARR 52 TUNEWEAVING DAWN/Bell 1112 (Arista) GENESIS 95 CAT STEVENS 107 GRAND FUNK 31 AL STEWART 137 144 144 GET UP WITH IT MILES DAVIS/Columbia KC 33236 AL GREEN 53 STRAWBS 115 HENRY GROSS 89 BARBRA STREISAND 73 145 117HIGHLY PRIZED POSSESSION ANNE MURRAY/Capitol ST 11354 GUESS WHO 51 STYLISTICS 106 EMMYLOU HARRIS 148 STYX 28 146113 HERE'S JOHNNY-MAGIC MOMENTS FROM THE TONIGHT RICHARD HARRIS 19 BILLY SWAN 63 GEORGE HARRISON 15 TEMPTATIONS 23 SHOW/Casablanca SPNB 1296 BOBBI HUMPHREY 42 MARLO THOMAS & FRIENDS 85 ISLEY BROTHERS 99 THREE DEGREES 38 147 139DAVE MASON/Columbia PC 33096 MILLIE JACKSON 112 THREE DOG NIGHT 40 JEFFERSON STARSHIP 100 eirwARD Tr.paaNcE 135 148 JETHRO TULL 13 TOWER OF POWER 29 - PIECES OF THE SKY EMMYLOU HARRIS/Reprise MS 2213 (WB) ELTON JOHN 4, 7, 49,54 ROBIN TROWER 65 CAROLE KING 82,126 MARSHALL TUCKER BAND 129 149 133 POEMS, PRAYERS & PROMISES JOHN DENVER/RCA LSP 4499 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS 96 STANLEY TURRENTINE 119 KOOL & THE GANG . 123,139 BOBBY VINTON 77 150 130THERE'S THE RUB WISHBONE ASH/MCA 464 KRAFTWERK 74 JOE WALSH 9 KRIS & RITA 127 BARRY WHITE 72 LABELLE 12 WISHBONE ASH 150 JOHN LENNON 86,91 STEVIE WONDER 32 38 RAMSEY LEWIS 30 YES 37

AmericanRadioHistory.Com CONCERT REVIEW r11111111111111111111111111111111111111/11111111111111111111111//1 Dialogue (Continued from page 22) Butts Band, Clinton It's almost disconcerting, because on the strength of "Heart Like Spark the Starwood A Wheel" being a hit, everyone ranging from some really exciting n LOS ANGELES-Once in a blue great people that I'm calling-like Neil Young and Lowell George- moon, somewhere on the bottom and asking for songs, are saying yes. Ranging from thatat one of the bill you run into an act extreme to the other extreme with publishers who call up and say that combinesincredibleflash - "We've got 20 great songs for Linda" and I'm obliged to say "Listen, energy with good musical values why don't you choose the best two and send them to me" because in a manner that earmarks them, we've got hundreds already. As soon as I get back to Los Angeles withnear -certainty,forfuture this time I have to start sifting and I'll do a kind of basic sift because headliner status. The George Clin- this one isliterally a matter of hundreds. Then I'll work with Linda ton Band (ABC) is such a group, in choosing the actual songs. 11= and their recent L.A. debut at the RW: Lindaisan artist of whom most critics and fans say very Starwood conveyed enough ex- little bad. But James Taylor started out with great press, was hailed citement to make them an instant a new superstar and then everyone became disenchanted with him. odds-on favorite in the pop -rock Asher: Oh, it'll happen to Linda too. People love you when you're music derby. on your way up, because people think they've discovered you. The Their assets are numerous, but same thing happened to Carole King. When people are finding out primary among them is the con- about you, they're saying how great you are and telling everyone to 311° trol and range of Clinton's voice, go see you.Inthat sense what's happening to Linda now is the as well as a flexibility that enabled best time because everyone's going "Oh Linda's new album is great." him to adapt it to a variety of pop Now the next album, there will be a number of reviews that will and r&b song types. His style is say "Well, it's good but it's not quite as good as . . ." because they welldeveloped and revolves always do, and maybe they're right. I'm not saying critics are right around the big -band, funky music or wrong, but inevitably people judge you against the best you've provided by his excellent instrumental backing; accompaniment ever done. So on a very obvious level, when you achieve extreme included a 5 -piece brass section, success like James did, inevitably following that there has to be a a tight rhythm section including period when people say "Oh well, maybe he- wasn't that great." congas, and a pair of well-chosen Because it's the way the press and the media work. If they decide ladies-Susan Morse and Phyllis someone's good or very good, they instantly make them into the Brown-on back-up vocals. Clin- all-time genius. You can only be on the cover of Time magazine once. ton himself fingered piano and But the penalty you pay for extreme success is that it cannot be lived synthesizer. up to by definition. You can never beat being number one. Although Clinton's stage per- RW: What about the emotionalpenalty? What did James go formance seemed rife with ges- through when that happened to him? F- tures and movements reminiscent Asher: Not a great deal. He has a certain faith in his music. He of early Elton John, there was a knows he's good, not ina conceited sense, but in a self-assured PETE certainingenuousqualitythat sense. He worries about it, of course, as does everyone. There isn't gave the act a degree of original- an artist who doesn't worry about bad reviews, chart positions and TOWNSHEND ity and flair. Most impressive of losing their bullets and all those things. As long as you know you're the songs performed - allof good, it's okay. The biggest question is how good is the music you JOHN which were written by Clinton- make, because it all comes down to music. was their new ABC Records sin- ENTWISTLE littlebit in your career. gle, "Hold On To Your Lady." RW: If you don't mind, let's go back a Headlining the show was the After we heard no more from Peter and Gordon, you, a few years KEITH later, suddenly appeared in the pages of different publications as a newlyspruced -upButts Band MOON (Blue Thumb) who have bene- manager and producer. How did the transition come about? fitted immeasurably from the ad- Asher: First of all,I had produced the last few records that Gordon ROGER dition of a Ms. Alex Richland on and I made. They were not the hits-John Burgess produced most keyboards and vocals. With the of the hit records-but towards the end of our recording career DALTREY exception of the ex -Doors guitar- I'd started doing a lotin the recording studio and I found that I enjoyed working with musicians and with the sound of records. So ist Robbie Krieger and drummer Erk Clapton/Rogar Daltrey/John Entwistle/Elton John I'd started doing that and the first person to ever actually ask me to Ann-Margret/Keth Moon/Jack Pficholson/Oliver Reed John Densmore, all member of Pete TownshendiTina Turner/The Who the band are newcomers and the produce was Paul Jones, who used to be the lead singer with Manfred sound that they presented at the Mann. When he had a solo career I made a couple of singles with Starwood was considerably tight- him, one of which achieved some little success and the other achieved ornrny er, more polished and more in- none. But I enjoyed doing them and I learned a lot by doing them. teresting than that that was char- That was the first thing I produced, pre -Apple, at EMI. acteristic of their previous outings. Following that, the whole Apple idea was being formulated and Eliot Sekuler Paul McCartney and I were close friends at the time. Lately I see him only rarely because we live far apart, butI was in on the whole Island Music Shifts conception of Apple. Paul had heard some of the things I'd done with Paul Jones. In fact, he played drums on one of them, a single Original Soundtrack Conway to West Coast we made of a Bee Gees song called "And The Sun Will Shine" and Polydor l2 -Record Set LONDON - Island Music U.K. that was the one that did achieve some success in England. I must managing director Lionel Conway say I assembled this rhythm section of which I was quite proud: The Original Soundtrack istransferring to the company's Paul Samwell-Smith on bass, who was then with the Yardbirds and Recording U.S. west coastoffice. Conway about to become a famous producer; Jeff Beck played guitar and has appointed Allan Rider, form- Paul McCartney played drums. Nicky Hopkins was on piano.If one Exclusively on Polydor erly with Almo-Irving Associates, could get the tape, that's a classic rhythm section. Records and Tapes and Frank Loesser, as professional RW: Has this been revealed before? managerfortheIslandMusic group which has two companies Asher: I don't think so. Something about revealing things, as far IDgsMor -Ackee (ASCAP) and UFO (BMI). as discographies are concerned, this is an interesting "first." Someone Distributed by Phonodisc Martin Humphrey, a director of did a Rolling Stones discography and missed out the fact, unknown a Polygram Company the company, and Peter Cornish, to most, that Brian Jones played harmonica on the Peter and Gordon albums extensively, he being a good friend of Gordon's. Wherever Album PD 2 9502,8 Track 8F 2 9502, administrationchief,willnow Cassette CF 2 9502 run the U.K. company. (Continued on page 49)

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com CLASSICAL WORLD Columbia's New Carmina By SPEIGHT JENKINS CLASSICAL NEW YORK-A few weeks ago dictine monks inBavaria in the the Masterworks division of Co- thirteenth century,is very much RETAIL REPORT lumbia Recordsinvitedalarge a vocal piece, and in this regard groupofreporters,criticsand both Thomas and Columbia have MARCH 1, 1975 FRANKLIN MUSIC/ATLANTA excellent resources. The chorus of othersintherecordbusiness CLASSIC OF THE WEEK ALBINONI: ADAGIO-Marriner-Angel down to a studio on East 30th the Cleveland Orchestra, coached CHOPIN: SCHERZOS, FANTASIA- Street in the Murray Hill section by Robert Page, responds with Ohlsson-Angel HAYDN: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES, of Manhattan to hear, in quadra- hair -breadth accuracy and plenty VOL. IX-Dorati-London phonic sound, their new record- of depth. HAYDN: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES, ing of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Judith Blegen APPENDICES-Dorati-London The number of people and press- MASSENET: THAIS-Moffo, Carreras, Of the soloists, Judith Blegen Bacquier, Rudel-RCA ing commitments kept this cor- contributes one of those magical ANNA MOFFO SINGS FRENCH OPERA respondent from listening to the performances that combine youth, ARIAS-RCA whole recording at that time. SAINT-SAENS: SAMSON ET DALILA- sensitivity, great musicianship and Ludwig, King, Weikl, Patane-RCA Though unable now to hear it lovely tone. Her control always SCHUBERT: WANDERER FANTASY- in quad, the stereo sound is quite impressive,it comes to the fore Pollini-DG asatisfying experience. Michael inthe tricky "Dulcissime." The MASSENET SCHUMANN: FRAUENLIEBE UND LEBEN, Tilson Thomas finds in the Orff OTHER SONGS-Schwarzkopf-Angel "Roasted Swan" gets its best per- THAIS STRAVINSKY: RITE OF SPRING-Solti- chestnut music that appeals to formance on records from Ken- London his innermost nature: thisis by neth Riegel. An impossible aria to MOFFO, CARRERAS, ROSE DISCOUNT/CHICAGO far BACQUIER, RUDEL his most sensitive work on sing,stratospheric,intentionally CHARLES IVES: 100TH ANNIVERSARY- disc.TheClevelandOrchestra parodistic and flat cruel to tenors, RCA Columbia justifiesits continued reputation Riegel handles its rigors with flair. MASSENET: THAIS-Moffo, Carreras, 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111t11111 as one of the finest in the world: Peter Binder sings the baritone Bacquier, Rudel-RCA BEST SELLERS OF THE WEEK MOZART: COSI FAN TUTTE-Caballe, its sound is clean and sensuous, part well, but not in a manner to Baker, Gedda, Davis-Philips and Thomas handles the score's efface earlier memories: his voice MASSENET: THAIS-Moffo, Carreras, ORFF: CARMINA BURANA-Blegen, rhythms expertly. is lessrichthan some ofhis Bacquier, Rudel-RCA Riegel, Binder, Thomas-Columbia predecessors. AFTER THE BALL-Morris, Bolcom- PAGANINI: VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 6- Carmina Burana, the now famil- Accardo-DG (Continued on page 51) Nonesuch iar writings of defrocked Bene- LUCIANO PAVAROTTI IN CONCERT- LUCIANO PAVAROTTI IN CONCERT- London London PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY-Freni, SCHUMANN: FRAUENLIEBE UND Pavarotti, Karalan LEBEN, OTHER SONGS- SCHUMANN: FRAUENLIEBE UND LEBEN, Schwarzkopf-Angel OTHER SONGS-Schwarzkopf-Angel TWX g STRAVINSKY: RITE OF SPRING-Solti STRAVINSKY: RITE OF SPRING-Solti- -London London VERDI: AIDA-Caballe, Cossotto, MASTERWORKS KORVETTE/NATIONAL Domingo, Cappuccilli, Muti-Angel AFTER THE BALL-Morris, Bolcom- ODYSSEY RECORDS/ COLUMBIA Nonesuch FROM JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuller- SAN FRANCISCO Angel AFTER THE BALL-Morris, Bolcom- MASSENET: THAIS-Moffo, Carreras, Nonesuch JUSTAN- Bacquier, Rudel-RCA ALBINONI: ADAGIO-Ma rriner-Angel DISQUE BACH: BRADENBURG CONCERTOS- PRIXDU ORFF: CARMINA BURANA-Blegen, AGRANDBRILLIANT Riegel, Binder, Thomas-Columbia Paillard-RCA FORENTREMONT'S RAVEL LUCIANO PAVAROTTI IN CONCERT- BEETHOVEN: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 5- NOUNCED COMP London Eschenbach, Ozawa-DG OF THE ON DEBUSSY: COMPLETE ORCHESTRAL ALBUM WILLSHIP ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN PLAYS 10 3 DISC WHICH DIS- CONCERTOS-RCA WORKS, VOL. II-Martinon-Angel MUSIC RELEASE SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 8- DVORAK: VIOLIN CONCERTO-Suk- PIANO SAME Vanguard . ON Previn-Angel 10 'VOCALISM OFFREDERICA TOMITA: SNOWFLAKES ARE DANCING- HAYDN: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES, MARCH IN A VOL. IX-Dorati-London SUPERB BLEGEN RCA COVER JUDITH RICHARD TUCKER & ROBERT MERRILL AT MAHLER: DAS LIED VON DER ERDE-

.ALSO STADEAND DUETS CARNEGIE HALL-London Ludwig, Bernstein-Columbia VON AND THE VERDI: AIDA-Caballe, Cossotto, MASSENET: THAIS-Moffo, Carreras, OFARIAS FROM Domingo, Cappuccilli, Muti-Angel Bacquier, Rudel-RCA PROGRAM ODYSSEYS FOR 6NEW OF RECORD & TAPE COLLECTORS/ PRAETORIUS: DANCES OF TERPSICHORE LOOK 50' sRECORDINGS BALTIMORE -Munrow-Angel MID ALLPRIME BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONIES NOS. 1, 2- MUSIC ON RECORDS/PORTLAND LEGENDARY BEECHAM BY OFGEMS Marriner-Philips AFTER THE BALL-Morris, Bolcom- SIRTHOMAS LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT HARVARD: THE Nonesuch PERFORMANCES HANDEL, NORTON LECTURES, VOLS. I,II, IV- BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS- BEECHAM MASSENET, Columbia Collegium Aureum-Victrola BERLIOZ, WEEK. DEUUS, NEXT DVORAK: VIOLIN CONCERTOS-Suk- BACH: WELL TEMPERED CLAVIER, ETC. ..MORE Vanguard BOOK II-Richter-Angel HAYDN, JOPLIN: PIANO RAGS, VOL. III- CORNET FAVORITES-Schwartz, Bolcom- Rifkin-Nonesuch Nonesuch LUCIANO PAVAROTTI IN CONCERT- GO FOR BAROQUE-Victrola London JOPLIN: PIANO RAGS VOL. III-Rifkin REICH: DRUMMING-Reich-DG -Nonesuch SAINT-SAENS: CELLO WORKS- JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuffer- Walevska-Philips Angel SCHUMANN: FRAUENLIEBE UND LEBEN, LAJTHA: SYMPHONY NOS. 4, 9- OTHER SONGS-Schwarzkopf-Angel Ferencsik-Hungaroton STRAVINSKY: RITE OF SPRING-Solti- Columbia Icolumbie MASSENET: THAIS-Moffo, Carreras, London Bacquier, Rudel-RCA Beysce TCHAIKOVSKY: MANFRED SYMPHONY- SAINT-5AEN5: SAMSON ET DALILA- iii 1971 CIS Inc Rozhdestvensky-Angel /Melodiya Ludwig, King, Weikl, Patane-RCA -COLUMBIA,"M "ODYSSEY,' MARCAS REG PRINTED IN U S A 40 RECORD WORLD MARCH 1, 1975

AmericanRadioHistory.Com CLUB REVIEW CLUB REVIEW nionanninnanamnannaammfann Melissa Makes Magic at Bottom LineMighty Clouds of Joy NEW YORK-At previous live Ride," which served as a vehicle Burst on the Whisky appearances, Melissa Manchester to display that homey Manchesters LOS ANGELES - The Mighty (Arista) had displayedMidler- feel; "Easy," a composition that Clouds of Joy (ABC) demonstrated esque mannerisms from her Har- could quickly become the lady's to a jam-packed Whisky audience lette roots, and it was sometimes theme song, aptly exemplifying recently that they have made a hard to find the real Melissa Man- her sturdy vocal prowess; and one smoothtransitionfromgospel chester amidst the affectations. At of the gems from her recently - music toa more broadly-based a recent (6) Bottom Line perform- releasedset,"MidnightBlue," pop-r&bsound.In doing so, ance however, Ms. Manchester which flowsbothlyrically and they've brought their vast experi- made it clearly obvious that she is melodically. ence and the beauty of the gospel a star in her own right, and the Stanky Brown Group idiom to a wider audience, cre- real Melissa Manchester stood up ating a niche alltheir own for and took the bows quitegra- Another Arista recording act, the Stanky Brown Group, opened themselves. ciously. The five principals of the group, the show. And, while their reper- The fivepiece back-up band toire was tightly performed, the Joe Ligon, Johnny Martin, Richard Wallace, Elmo Franklin andEr- that performed with Melissa (most act seemed to have a "suburban notably Kama Sutra recording art- mant Franklin, have been singing lounge" -like quality that can per- together for over 15 years, and istJames Newton Howard on haps be remedied with experi- keyboards and David Wolfert on the precision and grace which ence. Topping theirset was a they bring to the stage surpasses guitar) is the same ensemble that strong rendition of J.D. Souther's accompanied her on herlatest even the tightest of soul groups, "The Fast One" and their recently without relying upon slick chore- Arista outing, "Melissa," andif released single, "Rock 'N' Rolling the onstage performance could in ography, costumery, or any other Star." artifice. Although the dance floor any way be related to the studio Roberta Skopp experience, more studio bands was woefully littered with tables, should be encouraged to go on enabling the club to handle more tour with the artist. The tight and of an over -flow crowd, a sizeable vibrant quality of the performance Screen Gems -Columbia segment of the audience danced isremarkable, with an onstage in the aisles or wiggled in their oneness held together by exper- Rushes Manilow Folio seats. The spectre of hysteria ran tise and exhuberance. NEW YORK - Screen Gems - amok through the club, and the Columbia Publications, the music Mighty Clouds of Joy could have Infectious Energy print division of Columbia Pic- baptized - on the spot- each Melissa consistently whirls in- turesIndustries,Inc., is rush and every reprobate in the club. fectious energy from the stage to releasing a Barry Manilow song- As might be expected,their the audience during the course book, announced Frank J. Hackin- material was largely uptempo and of her performance. She balanced son, vice president and head of relied uponrelentlesslydriving the performance with up -tempo the division. rhythms, laced with intricate vocal selections and ballads from her The book will contain material harmonies. Backing was solid but three albums: the aforementioned minimal, with the voices thor- Arista set and two earlier efforts released on Manilow's albums, oughly dominating their sound. under theBellbanner, "Bright "BarryManilow" and "Barry Highlights of the set included the Eyes"and "Home toMyself." Manilow II," both on the Aristafamiliar "Shout" alatheIsley Highlights of her set included the label, also a division of Columbia Bros. and theirlatest ABC sin- z compelling Stevie Wonder/ Sy- PicturesIndustries.Featuredin gle, appropriately titled "Mighty reeta Wright - authored "Love thebookwillbethesingle Cloud of Joy." Navin'YouAround;""Let It "Mandy." Eliot Sekuler American Music Awards (Continued from page 3) DEE received the distinguished merit boggling aboutit,asaprofes- John and Gladys Knight & the award asa major forceinthe sional is every in the music business, Pips would have won in ric Clapton/Roger Daltrey/John Entwistle/Elton John -Margret/Keith Moon/Jack Nicholson/Olive, Reed field of music. that you can't predict the out- categoryin whichtheywere Pete Townshend/TIna Turner/The Who Clark Comments come," saidClark."It'snota nominated. It was extraordinary. Dick Clark, executive producer questionofmethodology;the Ballotingfor "The American of the show (for dick clark tele- same methodology didn'tturn Music Award" was from a cross mmy shows inc.) commented on the outthatkindofanswerlast section of over 40,000 randomly monopolizationofthisyear's year,and nobody couldhave selected homes throughout the awards: "The thing that's mind - predictedthatOliviaNewton - United States. II, i 011li

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DiscoFile (Continued frompage 24) album) which Charles Richardson at Extension 225 in Stockton, Cali- S UL TRUTH fornia, put on his top 10 along with "Pick Up the Pieces." Richardson By DEDE DABNEY says people at the club come up to him as "Pieces" is ending and ask him to leave the needle where it is so they can slide right into the fol- MI NEW YORK: Personal Pick: "What Am lowing cut, "Person to Person"-a natural follow-up. I Gonna Do With You" - Barry White "The Carol Douglas Album" (Midland International) is out now and, (20th Century). This multi -talented in addition to the cuts already made available on that DJ pressing- maestro has come up with another "A Hurricane Is Coming Tonite," "I Fell in Love with Love" and "Will smash. In every way imaginable, he We Make It Tonight"-I'd recommend "A Friend in Need," a bright, has captured a complete r&b rhythm 4 -minute tribute to the pleasures and satisfactions of friendship. And track and has interjected horns and from Dionne Warwicke's "Then Came You" album (Warner Bros.), a other goodies. beautifully high-spirited track called "Take It From Me" has become my favorite of the moment. A few lines (by writer/producer Jerry DEDE'S DITTIES TO WATCH: "Love Has Ragovoy): "I'm jumping inside with expectation/I feelit throughout Found Its Way To Me" Blue Magic my circulation/I never felt such anticipation." Wonderful. (Atlantic-UPT); "I Didn't Know" Three Degrees Recommended 45s: Obviously, Barry White's latest "What Am I (Phila. Intl.-UPT); "Reach Out I'll Be There" -- Gonna Do With You" (20th Century) heads the list, especially because Gloria Gaynor (MGM-UPT). it's more pumping and up than his recent releases-listen for his DISCO POTENTIALS: "Don't Lose Your Cool"- LTD scream about midway through; Gwen McCrae's new mid -tempo (A&M); "Sun Goddess" Ramsey Lewis and Earth, Wind "Rockin' Chair" (Cat), originally made by Clarence Reid (who co- & Fire (Columbia). produced here) and mentioned in this column a few weeks back by South Carolina DJ Doug Douglas-this version features Gwen's hus- There has been a growing concern as to the reason band George McCrae on the backgrounds; the Temptations "Shakey why Barry White (20th Century) was not nominated for Ground" (Gordy), taken from their recent album; and the B side of a Grammy. It has come to our attention that in the* Jimmy Jackson's "Footsteps in the Shadows" (Buddah),an instrumen- course of the screening, held on the west coast, tal version of that song credited to the Kantlose Orchestra and Chorus White was placed in a pop category. With what might (arranged and conducted by Gene Page). be considered a misplacement, when it was finally narrowed down to the persons to receive this Miracles Promote LP Via Headline Tour prestigious award, White was knocked out of the running. However, one of his tunes was placed in LOS ANGELES - The Miracles Following a four -night stand at the rhythm and blues category, "Honey Please, Can't have been set for a string of head- Barney Google's in New York last line nitery engagements over the week, the group heads for At- You See." We would like to ask this question: Why next four weeks to promote their did the committee feel that this one song was "r&b" newly -released album, "Don't Cha lanta's New Palladium Club and not the composer and artist? This writer Love It," on the Tamla label, dis- where they will appear through suggests that the heads of the Academy work with tributed by Motown Records. February 22. next year's screening committee to avoid such discrepancies. East Memphis Music Corporation has announced that Atco Signs Barrabas they have added Eddie Floyd to their staff, as the publishing company expands its catalogue activities. He will be assisting Phillip Rauls and Joe Shamwell, as they will be placing songs from the East/Memphis catalogue. The new location of the company is 66 Monroe, Memphis, Tenn. 38103; phone: (901) 527-1551. Under the umbrella of East/Memphis Music are Birdees Music (ASCAP), Deerwood Music (BMI), and the administration of the catalogues of Stripe Music (BMI) and Two -Knight Music (BMI). Chris Turner is on a leave of absence from WHAT -AM (Philadelphia), but hopes to return in approximately three weeks. Opening May 18th will be Rev. Cleophus Robinson at Carnegie Hall. The show will start at 2:30 p.m. This Atlantic/Atco Records president Jerry Greenberg has announced the signing of Spanish rock group Barrabas. Barrabas' first Atco release, titled "Barrabas," will be shipped popular vocalist records for Nashboro Records. March 12 and includes their original version of the disco hit "Hi -Jack" (covered by There has not been a replacement for David "Jojo" Herbie Mann). The signing concludes negotiations with Spain's Ariola Records, with Atlantic retaining exclusive distributionrightsfor BarrabasinallEnglish-speaking Samuels, who recently resigned from WDIA-AM countries. Shown in the photo are, from left: Ramon Segura of Ariola Records; Ted (Memphis) as program director. Samuels is now Nussbaum of Mayer, Nussbaum and Katz, attorneys for Atlantic /Atco Records; Jerry Greenberg; Jim Delehant, Atlantic/Atco's director of a&r; Fernando Arbex, Barrabas' handling the southern region for Atlantic Records. producer. R: B PICKS OF THE WEEK

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2 1 I BELONG TO YOU LOVE UNLIMITED -20th Century TC 2141 El 5 LADY MARMALADE LABELLE-Epic 8-50048 4 4 HAPPY PEOPLE TEMPTATIONS-Gordy G1738F (Motown) El 17 SUPERNATURAL THING PT. 1 BEN E. KING-Atlantic 3241 6 6 RHYME TYME PEOPLE KOOL & THE GANG-Delite 1563 (PIP) 7 8 DON'T CHA LOVE IT MIRACLES-Tamla T54256F (Motown) Ben Vereen visited New York disco recently to introduce his new Buddah Records 10 SUPER DUPER LOVE, PART 1 SUGAR BILLY-Fast Track 2501 single,"Stop Your Half-Steppin' Mama." Vereen, best-known forhis Tony Award fl (Mainstream) winning performance in "Pippin," has just released his debut solo album "Off Stage." 9 9 I GET LIFTED GEORGE McCRAE-TK 1007 Pictured at Adam's Apple are (from left) Barry Fiedel (Buddah's New York promotion 10 12 SHAME, SHAME, SHAME SHIRLEY (AND COMPANY)- Vibration 532 (All Platinum) man), Tony Gioe (disco DJ at Hollywood and the official escort for the evening), Dave Todd (DJ at Adam's Apple), Hank Talbert (Buddah's head of r&b promotion) and Ben Vereen. 14 I AM LOVE 50 BUMP ME BABY, PT. 1 1111 JACKSON FIVE-Motown M1310F DOOLEY SILVERSPOON- Cotton 636 (Arista) 19 EXPRESS B.T. EXPRESS-Roadshow 7001 53 LOVE CORPORATION RCA Zulema Campaign (Scepter) HUES CORP.-RCA PB 10200 Larry Uttal 13 3 FIRE 49 SMOKIN' ROOM a NEW YORK-In support of the (Continued from page 4) OHIO PLAYERS-Mercury 73643 CARL CARLTON-ABC 12059 debut album of RCA recording 20 LOVIN' YOU 54 ONCE YOU GET STARTED A hard-working executive, Uttal MINNIE RIPERTON- RUFUS Featuring CHAKA KHAN artist Zulema-entitled "Zulema" Epic 8-50057 -ABC 12066 combines drive and an ear for -RCA Recordsislaunching a 31 SHINING STAR 56 DANCE THE KUNG FU hitswithanalmostinstinctive EEI EARTH, WIND 8 FIRE- CARL DOUGLAS -20th Century colorful, comprehensive mer- Columbia 3-10090 TC 2168 feel for dealing with creative peo- 16 7 MIDNIGHT SKY, PART 1 48 27 MEDLEY: I WON'T LAST A chandising campaign around the ISLEY BROS.-I-Neck ZS8-2255 ple.Hispersonalrelationships (Col) DAY WITHOUT YOU/LET theme "Sweet Z, Sweet Sound, 17 18 TOBY/THAT'S HOW LONG ME BE THE ONE withproducers andartistsand CHI-LITES-Brunswick55515 AL WILSON-Rocky Road 30302 Sweet Music." (Arista) his ability to get the best from 22 JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE 49 32 FROM HIS WOMAN TO YOU Ad Thrust themhavebeenthedecisive TOGETHER (IN MY LIFE, BARBARA MASON-Buddah 441 THERE WILL NEVER BE factorsin hehas 57 GIVE ME YOUR BEST SHOT, Along with a single, "Wanna thesuccess ANOTHER) 50 GLORIA SCOTT-Casablanca 815 BABY (PART 1) Be Where You Are,"that was achieved. EBB TIDE-Sound Gems 100 19 11 BOOGIE ON REGGAE released prior to the album, the In 1973, under Uttal's leader- WOMAN 59 REALITY STEVI E WONDER-Tam la JAMES BROWN-Polydor 14268 "Sweet- Z" campaignwilluti- ship,BellRecordsreleased 16 T54254F (Motown) 52 35 KUNG FU FIGHTING albums by brand new artists and 20 13 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE CARL DOUGLAS -20th Century lize national and local print ad- FROM ME TC 2140 vertisements, a TV spot com- made the charts with seven, in- MANHATTANS- Columbia 3-10045 63 L -O -V -E (LOVE) AL GREEN-Hi 2282 (London) mercial, trade ads and specially cluding four that had singles sell- 25 REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD 54 38 I WOULDN'T TREAT A DOG preparedradiotimebuysto ing over a million copies. YOU TO FORGET TAVARES-Capitol 4010 (THE WAY YOU coincide withpersonal appear- With the formation of Private 22 24 MOTHER'S SON TREATED ME) CURTIS MAYFIELD-Curtom BOBBY BLAND-ABC Dunhill ancesby Zulema inToronto, Stock Records in July, 1974, Uttal 2006 (Buddah) D 15015 Boston, Providence, Washington reaffirmed the committment he 30 SHOESHINE BOY 55 36 AS LONG AS HE TAKES EDD I EK EN DRICKS-Tarnla CARE OF HOME and other cities to be scheduled. made when he first entered the 754257F (Motown) CANDI STATON- Warner Bros. 8083 record business. 28 STAR ON A TV SHOW/ Merchandising Aids E1:1 HEY GIRL 56 58 NEVER GONNA BREAK IT UP Uttal's appointmentof Iry STYLISTICS-Avco 4649 HODGES, JAMES AND SMITH - 20th Century TC 2148 Sales aids for the "Sweet Z" Biegel as executive vice president 25 29 YOU'RE AS RIGHT AS RAIN NANCY WILSON-Capitol 3873 66 CHANGES (MESSIN' WITH campaign include two-color and general manager; Allan EFJ MY MINDI 34 SATIN SOUL VERNON BURCH-UA XW587X "Sweet Z" posters, thousands of Cohen as vicepresidentand C:1 LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - 20th Century TC 2162 67 WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE sugar paks bearing mini replicas treasurer; Dave Marshall as direc- UI ZULEMA-RCA PB 10116 27 15 I AM, I AM of the Zulema LP cover, album torofnationalpromotion and SMOKEY ROBINSON-Tamla 59 60 FUN HOUSE T54241 (Motown) BOBBI HUMPHREY-Blue Note covers for window and in-store BN-XW592-X (UA) Beverly Weinstein as vice presi- 39 CRY TO ME display, 150 -linead mats con- LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY- 60 69 WILL WE EVER COME dentinchargeofproduction GRC 047 TOGETHER tinuing the "Sweet Z" theme, and BLACK IVORY-Buddah 443 brought to Private Stock Records STRUTTIN' /YOU ARE SO 29 16 60 -secondradiospotsfor r&b a BEAUTIFUL 74 ONE BEAUTIFUL DAY strong, compact, experienced BILLY PRESTON-ABM 1644 ECSTASY, PASSION, PAIN- and progressive air usage. Roulette 7163 staff. IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG, 30 21 - SWING YOUR DADDY Private Stock Records reaffirms I DON'T WANT TO JIM GILSTRAP-Ronbury 42006 BE RIGHT (Chelsea) the contention that the lean, trim MILLIE JACKSON-Spring 155 (Polydor) - LIVING A LITTLE, Muhammed Meets independent company, working LAUGHING A LITTLE 31 23 GIRLS (PART 1) through independent distributors MOMENTS 8 WHATNAUTS- SPINNERS-Atlantic 3252 Stang 5057 (AllPlatinum) 64 68 SOME OTHER TIME His Music Maker can prosperintoday's market- BELIEVE HALF OF WHAT SIMTEC SIMMONS-Innovation 32 26 118047 place. YOU SEE (AND NONE OF 65 37 LET ME START TONITE WHAT YOU HEAR) LAMONT DOZIER-ABC 12044 LEON HAYWOOD- 20th Century TC 2146 - DEEPER ft DEEPER 133 BOBBY WILSON-Buddah 33 33 DOCTOR'S ORDERS Tape Pirates Arrested CAROL DOUGLAS-Midland Intl. 449 ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL.- MB 10113 (RCA) UI- GET READY FOR THE MY LITTLE LADY GET DOWN Thearrestsofthree men on Ea 46BLOODSTONE-London 5N-1061 WILLIE HUTCH-Motown 35 40 PARTY IS A GROOVY THING M1339F charges of violating the Federal PEOPLES CHOICE-TSOP - WE'RE ALMOST THERE Z58-3555 (Col) UI MICHAEL JACKSON- Copyright Law and the seizure D 41 LOVE IS A FIVE Motown M1341F of thousands of infringing, tapes LETTER WORD - ALL BECAUSE OF YOU JIMMY WITHERSPOON- la] LEROY HUTSON-Curtom and recording equipment were Capitol 3998 CMS 0100 (WB) announcedherebyJames R. LOVE FINDS ITS OWN WAY 70 45 LOVE DON'T YOU GO Oa 47GLADYS KNIGHT 8 THE PIPS- THROUGH NO CHANGES Thompson, U.S. Attorney for the Buddah 453 ON ME Northern District of Illinois. 44 I'LL BE HOLDING ON SISTER SLEDGE-Atco 7008 AL DOWNING-Chess 2158 71 - THINK ABOUT ME The men arrested were identi- 39 42 YOU AND YOUR BABY FLAMINGOS-Worlds 103 fied asLowell B.Greenwood, BLUES (Big Apple) Don Covay (left) and Muhammed Ali met SOLOMON BURKE-Chess 2159 72 71 BACK FROM THE DEAD in New York recently to discuss Covay's Andrew R. Moore and Benjamin 40 43 I'LL BE WHAT YOU WANT BOBBY BYRD-International Brothers 1901 (TK) latestMercurysingle"RumbleInThe I. Neihart, doing business as Irvin ME TO BE CHARLES BRINKLEY- 73 73 THE JONESES PT. 1 Jungle." 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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Grammy Lineup 'Mem. Stomp' Award (Continued from page 10) THE R&B tel for cocktails, dinner and theHonors Milt Gabler THE JAZZ MARTINSVILLE, N.J.-The Sixth pre -telecast ceremonies with mu- IP LP CHARTsic by the new Hal Blaine Big Annual Pee Wee Russell Memo- LP CHART Band. rial Stomp was presented by the MARCH 1, 1975 New Jersey Jazz Society on Feb- MARCH 1, 1975 Also on March 1, the San Fran- ruary 16 at the Martinsville Inn in 1. AVERAGE WHITE BAND cisco chapter willholditsfirst 1. SUN GODDESS Martinsville,NewJersey. Pro- RAMSEY LEWIS-Columbia KC 33195 Atlantic SD 7308 awards ceremonies inthe Red- ceeds from this annual affair go 2. FLYING START 2.FIRE wood Room of the Golden Gate- BLACKBYRDS-Fantasy F 9472 OHIO PLYAYERS-Mercury SRM-1-1013 totheRutgers ScholarshipEn- way Hotel, also preceded by cock- 3. SATIN DOLL 3. NIGHTBIRDS dowment Fund, which finances BOBBI HUMPHREY-Blue Note LABELLE-Epic KE 33075 tails and dinner, with Scott Beach four-year, full tuition scholarships LA 3344-G (UA) as host. 4. SUN GODDESS for young men and women inter- 4. BAD BENSON GEORGE BENSON-CTI 6045 (Motown) RAMSEY LEWIS-Columbia KC 33194 Chicago ested in jazz. NJJS special awards 5. FEEL 5. URBAN RENEWAL GEORGE DUKE -BASF MC 25355 TOWER OF POWER -Warner Bros. The Chicago chapter will holdfor the year went to Jess Stacy BS 2834 a special event a day earlier start- (musician) and Milt Gabler (presi- 6. FIRST MINUTE OF A NEW DAY GIL SCOTT -HERON & BRIAN JACKSON - 6. NEW AND IMPROVED ing at 6:30 p.m. in the Wellington dent, Commodore Record Com- Arista 4030 SPINNERS -Atlantic SD 18118 Room of the Continental Plaza pany, Inc.). Hosting the Memorial 7. STANLEY CLARKE 7. DO IT 'TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED Hotel to honor Grammy nomi- Stomp was Jack Stine, a prime Nemperor NE 431 (Atlantic) B.T. EXPRESS -Scepter SPS 5117 8. SOUTHERN COMFORT nees in its area. Entertainment will mover of the NJJS, and special CRUSADERS -Blue Thumb BTSY 9002-2 8. RUFUSIZED (ABC) RUFUS Featuring CHAKA KHAN - be provided by Sy Touff and hisguest of honor was Mrs. Phyllis ABC ABCD 837 Group, the JerryButler Review Condon, who presented the an- 9. URBAN RENEWAL TOWER OF POWER -Warner Bros. BS 2834 9. A SONG FOR YOU and Phil Upchurch and his Group. nualcheck fromthe NJJSto 10. IN CONCERT VOL. 2 TEMPTATIONS -Gordy G6-96951 Rutgers. (Motown) Representativesfromallthe VARIOUS ARTISTS-CTI 6049 11. PIECES OF DREAMS 10. PERFECT ANGEL Academy chapters are expected to STANLEY TURRENTINE-Fantasy F 9465 MINNIE RIPERTON-Epic KE 32561 gather in New York to attend theBlood, Sweat & Tears 12. GET UP WITH IT 1I. FLYING START banquet and live performance that MILES DAVIS-Columbia KG 33236 BLACKBYRDS-Fantasy F 9472 will also be beamed to our ser- To Play at the Met 13. JAMAL PLAYS JAMAL 12. REALITY AHMAD JAMAL-20th Century T459 JAMES BROWN-Polydor PD 6039 vicemen overseas. NEW YORK - Columbia re- 14. TIM WEISBERG 4 13. FULFILLINGNESS' FIRST FINALE cording group Blood, Sweat & A&M SP 3658 STEVIE WONDER-Tamla T6 -332S1 (Motown) Tears will perform a concert at 15. INTERSTELLAR SPACE JOHN COLTRANE-Impulse ASD 9277 14. FIRST MINUTE OF A NEW DAY Col Promotes Atkinson theMetropolitan Opera House (ABC) GIL SCOTT -HERON & BRIAN JACKSON - on Palm Sunday, March 23, 1975. Arista 4030 16. BODY HEAT (Continued from page 10) The nine -man group, which QUINCY JONES-A&M SP 3617 15. FOREVER MICHAEL In addition, Atkinson will co- features the lead vocals of David 17. WINTER IN AMERICA MICHAEL JACKSON -Motown M6 -825S1 GIL SCOTT -HERON -Strata East 19742 16. NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE ordinate and implement key Clayton -Thomas, will become one GLORIA GAYNOR-MGM M3G-4982 18. TOTAL ECLIPSE Columbiaartisttourplansfor of the few popular groups ever BILLY COBHAM -Atlantic SD 18121 17. THREE DEGREES westcoast markets, working Phila.Intl. KZ 32406 (Col) to play at the Met. The engage- 19. SPECIAL EDITION closely with the artist PAUL HORN -Island ISLD 6 18. RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX relations ment comes on the heels of an BLOODSTONE -London PS 654 20. HOT CITY and local promotion staffs. He will international tour by Blood, GENE PAGE -Atlantic SD 18111 19. DON'T CHA LOVE IT report directly to the vice presi- Sweat & Tears, the group's first MIRACLES-Tamla T6 -336S1(Motown) 21. SHE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME dent, Columbia label promotion, with their new lineup. CHET BAKER-CTI 6050 (Motown) 20. LIGHT OF WORLDS KOOL & THE GANG-Delite DEP 20144 in New York. The group is currently complet- 22. FACING YOU KEITH JARRETT-ECM 1017 (Polydor) (PIP) Atkinson joined CBS Recordsing work on their ninth Colum- 21. I'LL BE YOUR EVERYTHING 23. LIVE OBLIVION, VOL. 1 PERCY SLEDGE -Capricorn CP 0147 (WB) in1970as a bia album, scheduled for release BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS - localpromotion RCA CPL1-0645 22. TO BE TRUE manager for the Epic and CBS prior to the Metropolitan Opera HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUE NOTES 24. STORIES TO TELL Custom Labels in Los Angeles, a House engagement. The Ip is be- FLORA PURIM -Milestone M 9058 Featuring THEODORE PENDERGRASS- (Fantasy) Phila.Intl.KZ 33148 (Col) position he has helduntilthis ing recorded in Bobby Colomby's 23. THE MAGIC OF THE BLUE new promotion. home 16 -track studio. 25. ONE BLUE MAGIC-Atco SD 36-103 BOB JAMES-CTI 6043 (Motown) 24. EXPLORES YOUR MIND 26. PRICED TO SELL AL GREEN -Hi SHL 32047 (London) Lieberman Exits CTI FUNK INC.-Prestige P 10087 25. SATIN DOLL NEW YORK -Sherman Lieber- 27. ANOTHER BEGINNING BOBBI HUMPHREY-Blue Note LA344-G Bricusse to Chappell LES McCANN-Atlantic SD 1666 (UA) man, formerly regional 28.IS IT IN (Continued from page 10) sales 26. CAN'T GET ENOUGH manager forCTI,hasleftthe EDDIE HARRIS -Atlantic SD 1659 BARRY WHITE -20th Century T-444 Bricusseiscurrentlyat work label. No future plans have been 29. HIS GREATEST YEARS, VOL. 3 27. GOT MY HEAD ON STRAIGHT JOHN COLTRANE-Impulse ASH 9278-2 with composer Jule Styne on a announced. (ABC) BILLY PAUL-Phila. Intl. KZ 33157 forthcoming major show entitled 28. ZULEMA He can be contacted at (261) 30. FRESH FEATHERS ZULEMA-RCA APL1-0819 "Serafina," a musical adaptation 461-3342. JOHN KLEMMER-ABC ABCD 836 31. THE BADDEST TURRENTINE 29. BUTT OF COURSE of Tennessee William's "The Rose STANLEY TURRENTINE-CTI 6048 JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH -Atlantic Tattoo." He has also completed (Motown) SD 18124 'Bad' Benson 30. KEEP ON BUMPIN' & MASTERPLAN the score to a new musical play 32. WHERE HAVE I KNOWN YOU KAY GEES -Gang 101(PIP) BEFORE about Henry VIII, entitled "Sex- RETURN TO FOREVER Featuring CHICK 31. THE BEST OF THE STYLISTICS tet," and has written music and COREA-Polydor PD 6509 Avco AV 69005 lyrics for "Sherlock Holmes," to 33. MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER 32. THE DYNAMIC SUPERIORS WEATHER REPORT -Columbia KC32494 Motown M6 -822S1 be presented at the Civic Light Operaat 34. CAPTAIN MARVEL 33. INSPIRATION INFORMATION the Music Centerin STAN GETZ-Columbia KC 32706 SHUGGIE OTIS-Epic KE 33059 Los Angeles. For film,Bricusse 34. RAGS TO RUFUS 35. SINGERELLA RUFUS-ABC ABCX 809 has recently completed the GARY BARTZ-Prestige P 10083 35. BAD BENSON screenplay for "The Great Music 36. MISTER MAGIC GEORGE BENSON-CTI 6045 (Motown) Chase" for which he adapted the GROVER WASHINGTON JR.-Kudu KU 20S1 36. PARTY DOWN musicofTchaikovsky's"Nut- (Motown) LITTLE BEAVER -Cat 2604 (TK) cracker Suite" and wrote original 37. FIRST LIGHT 37. STANLEY CLARKE FAMILY OF MANN -Atlantic SD 1658 lyrics. Nemperor NE 431(Atlantic) He and JuleStyneare 38. CUTTING EDGE 38. HOT CITY completing the score for "Water SONNY ROLLINS-Milestone M 9059 GENE PAGE -Atlantic SD 18111 Babies." (Fartasy) 39. GREATEST HITS On a recent visit to Record World to pro- 39. THE BADDEST HUBBARD KOOL & THE GANG-Delite DEP 2015 The music will be co -published mote his latest chart -making album "Bad FREDDIE HUBBARD-CTI 6047 (Motown) (PIP) by Unichappell Music, Inc., Chap- Benson," CTI recording artist George Ben- 40. OHIO PLAYERS' GREATEST HITS son shares a moment of respite with RW's 40. MAIN SQUEEZE Westbound WB 1005 (Chess/Janus) pell's BMI firm. JIMMY McGRIFF-Groove Merchant 534 Roberta Skopp. (PIP)

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com 49f3) RECORD WORLD ezt LATIN AMERICAN Record WorldenEspalia By FERNANDO MORENO DESDE NUEST Terming elIVFestival deIa pacion Sindical de Radio y Tele- Cancion de la Paz, y terming con vision, premio Revelacion a Noel uno de los mayores escandalos Soto. RINCONI\ITERWCI°NAL quehe escuchadonunca.Yo Mayte Garcia, Jesus y Santiago habia escuchado discrepancias so- Vazquez, fueron los presentador- By TOMAS FUNDORA brelacancion ganadora, peroes y Jose Luis Navarro Director nunca, que durante todo el pase de Ia Orquesta del Festival, los El nuevo presidente de Ia Asociacion Mexicana de la misma, se escuchasen pitos fines de fiestas fueron, el primer de Productores de Fonogramas, (Amprofon), Heinz Klincwort, brindo en Mexico: y fueras continuamente. De dia a cargo del grupo Mocedades "Total apoyo e quien esla culpa?, ide la can-y el dia de la final, actuo Betty investigaciones exhaustivas a todas las denuncias cion??, idel interprete? Creo que Missiego. que formulen los compositores y los interpretes de ninguno de los dos. Mas bien, Nada mas cantarse la cancion nacionales para acabar con los fraudes que se pienso, que de esa designacion ganadoracon su consiguiente cometen con Ia reproduccion ilegal de las graba- absurda de un jurado que esta escandalo, se estaba demoliendo ciones profesionales. Esa serala mejor formula paralocalizar a mediatizado de antemano por laornamentacionyalmismo los Ilamados "piratas" de los causas ajenas a la cancion, esto, tiempo, se estaba pensando en discos en el pals" Moacyr Franco, muy popular es quizas, el unico pero que se la V edicion del Festival que sera, interprete brasiletio acaba de firma con Genival de Melo como su representante personal. Genival es actualmente tambien representante le puede poner aesteFestival asilo deseamos, aun mejor que (para mi gusto) el mejor organiza- este. Que asi sea! de Nelson Ned, a quien ha conducido exitosamente por todos los do de Espana y que sera sub- Y sigamos con esa belle ciudad escenarios 'de habla hispana de este mundo. iFelicitaciones Moacyr! sanado en futuras ediciones por de Valladolid. Del 24 de febrero . . . Lamento infinitoel deceso de la amantisima madre de Tete que de no hacerlo asi, la organi- hasta el dia 3 de marzo, se celeb- Napoles, Directora de Programas de WFAB, Miami, Fla. No hay frases zacion corre el peligro de que el rard laII Bienal Internacional del de consuelo que calmen el dolor de Tete. mismo se acabe y se vayan al Sonido, acto que Nth tomando la Seg6n el dirigente del Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la traste todas las ilusiones que se importancia que se fijo un dia el Musica de Mexico, Juan Jose Osorio, se ha intensificado la camparia pusieron en su dia. Y vamos con PadreVard6.Algunosdelos en contra de los m6sicos extranjeros en el pals. Se ha pedido a todas los premios: Paloma De Oro ytemas a tratar son los siguientes: las secciones de esa organizacion que se efect6e una investigacion 150.000 pesetas, a la cancion "De Homenaje A LaMusicaLirica pormenorizada de los conjuntos musicales extranjeros que laboran Igual Color," letra de Sonny Marticomo un reconocimiento alos en centro nocturnos en el interior del pals sin la y musica de Danny Daniel que Maestros Moreno Torroba y previa autorizacion del mismo sindicato porque defendioCristina; PalomaDe Sorozabal, una seccion de la Ex- motivan el desplazamiento de los m6sicos mexi- Plata y 50.000 pesetas, (premio a posicion Discografica Internacio- canos. Ia mejorletra) a lacancion nal, un concierto y un coloquio Caytronics Corporation ofrecio una Recepcion "Mambru No Volvera" de Sergio del Profesor Arnau de Barcelona, de Radio y Prensa en sus locales de Ia West Pico Fernandez (letra) y Nino Sanchez completaran este homenaje. De- Blvd. en Los Angeles, California, para la presenta- (m6sica e interprete); Paloma De rechos De Autor, donde la SGAE ci6n de su artista Gerardo Reyes, quien debuta Bronce y 30.000 pesetas al mejor (Sociedad General de Autores de esta semana en elMillion Dollar de Ia propia interpretedelFestival aJulio Espana)aprovecheraesteacto ciudad . . . Pancho Cristal, pionero en el Ianza- Ramos. Los para presentar los problemas rela- miento exitoso de la musica latina en Nueva York otrospremiosro Ivan Silva Acuiia oficiales se repartieronde la tivosalderecho deautor. II y hacia el mundo, esta de placemes.El Lanza- siguiente forma: el de la Critica Convencion Sonora de "Nuevos miento de un simple en su sello All Art conteniendo el tema "Gaita especializada a Ia cancion "Solda- Artistas," en colaboracion con las de las Locas" por Simon Diaz y musica de Hugo Blanco ha recibido Emisoras de Ia SER, CAR -REM y una aceptacion general y amenaza en convertirse ditos De Papel," !etre y musica de COPE, se ha publicado el regla- en un "best seller" prontamente. En el se toca Danny Daniel;eldelInstituto meoto de la misma. La finalidad jocosamente el tema de las locas y lo estan asimi- Internacional del Sonido, Penta- de esta Convencion, es provocar lando las radioemisoras latinas en Estados Unidos. grama De Plataal mejor arreglo en los artistas la creatividad y al Por otra parte, al separarse Ia Orquesta Broadway orquestal, aIa cancion "El Tren mismo tiempo descubrir nuevos que estaba en su sello, naci6 la nueva Orquesta De La Esperanza," y el de la Agru- (Continued on page 47) Tipica Ideal integrada en parte por Gil Suarez, Mike Amitin y Vicente Consuegra, ex-integrantes de la Broadway, de lacual acaba de producir Pancho un "elepe" del cual nos habla muy en-

tusiasticamente . . . En su visita a Mexico, el locu- Larry Harlow tor chileno Ivan Silva Acuiia, productor de "La Hora Latinoamericana" a traves de La Voz de la OEA, declaro: "Con respecto al Derecho de Autor, ya se cumple con una resolucion de los Comentaristas Latinoamericanos de Discos, al eli- minar de todo tipo de ejecucion aquellos discos que negativamente Ilevan a manera de supuesto credit() del compositor las siglas D.A.R. (Derechos Malik de Autor Reservados," con lo cual violan Ia Ley Autoral de cualquier pals al desconocer el autor

original." . . . iNuestro aplauso Ivan! .. . La Voz Soy Hijo De (hang° de Ia OEA es transmitida por mas de 400 emisoras Compatible Stereo XCS-1077 de onda larga en America Latina, Estados Unidos y Espana, por lo tanto, cualquier grabacion que Ilegue a "La Voz de Ia OEA" 17th St. and Consti- (R&J Exclusive Distributors for Fania Records in New York) Junior Gonzales R&J: 108 Sherman Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10034 (212) 942-8185 tution Ave., N.W. Washington D. C. 20006, reci- Allied Wholesale: Calle Cerra #610, Santurce, P. R. 00927 (809) 725-9255 una gran promocion por razor) lOgica Debuto Wilson Simonal (Continued on page 48)

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Nuestro Rincon (Continued frompage 46) con la Orquesta brasileria Veneno en Mexico . . . Lamento infinito el LA11N ANERICAN deceso de la madre del cantante y compositor mexicano Juan Gabriel . . . Se integre en Nueva York Ia UPE (Asociacion de Periodistas de Espectaculos), de Ia cual forman parte los periodistas especializados ALBUM PICKS Emilio Garcia, Jose A. Cayon, Otto Gennaro, Jose Carbe Menendez, Enrique Fernandez Giraudi, Santiago Polarsky, Arnaldo Rodriguez, Dalia Zulka, Rafael Riverol, Jesus Moreno, Favio Valdes y Moran Ma- TENGO EL VICIO rino. jFelicidades! OSCAR DELUGO-Audio Latino ALS 4075 Larry Harlow, mtisico, arreglista, ingeniero y productor de Fania Con "Tengo el Vicio" como exit°, Ia gran Records desde hace diez anos esta produciendo actualmente a Andy voz Oscar Delugo brinda aqui un gran Harlow para Vaya Records, Justo Betancourt para Fania, Bronco para repertorio con arreglos de Bubby Lavec- Inca y la Orquesta Power para Mericana. Larry y su cantante Junior chia, 0. Cardozo Ocampo y Rail Paren- Gonzalez estuvieron realizando una tournee promocional relacionada tella. A granorquestaci6n1 "Tengo el con su nuevo long playing grabada en Quad, que cubri6 Miami, Vicio" (Ch. Novarro), "Que Fuiste para Venezuela y Puerto Rico. La labor de Larry como integrante del MI" (Ch. Novarro), "Cuatro Paredes" (R. Comite de los Grammys Awards ha sido muy encomiastica . . . Se Livi), "Quiereme como soy" (R. Rey -Polo presentara Camilo Sesto en el. Centro Espanol de Miami y hard una Marquez) y "Asi es mi amor por Ti" (Batista -Master). presentacion en un Concierto en el Miami Beach Auditorium patro- With "Tengo el Vicio" smashing in several areas, Oscar Delugo cinado por la WQBA de Miami. Sus presentaciones en "Noche de renders a terrific repertoire, with arrangements by B. Lavecchia, Car- Gala," patrocinado desde Puerto Rico por Eastern Airlines ha sidodozo Ocampo and Raul Parentella. "Tiene los Ojos Tuyos" (J. Gutier- una gran promocien para el cantante espanol en todo el Estados Uni- rez Martin), "Las cosas que nos Linen" (Juan Marcelo), "Raro Presagio" dos latino, ya que dicho programa ha sido lanzado al airepor la (D.R.) and "Ya no Tengo Penas" (Dino Ramos). gran mayoria de los canales televisivos latinos.. . Anuncia el recien estrenado Rustic Cabaret de Hialeah, Florida, a la inmensa Betty Mis- AMOR MIO siego para actuaciones desde el 7 de Marzo. . . Y ahora . . . iHasta Raphael RAPHAEL-Parnaso P-LPS 1167 la pr6xima desde Nueva York! Bajo Ia direction de Manuel Alejandro, Raphael vuelve alas andadas ahora en Heinz Klincwort, new president for Amprofon (Mexican Association estagranproduccien encabezada por of Record Manufacturers), declared: "We are offering complete back- "Amor Mfo" (M. Alejandro -Magdalena), ing to allinvestigations resulting from information received from "No Nos Dejan Ser" (M. Alejandro -Mag- national composers and performers in order to stop the illegal repro- dalena), "Y Me Enamore de Ella" (J. Ale- duction of professional recordings. This will be the best formula in jandro -Magdalena) y "Una Mujer de Ia order to stop all pirating and bootlegging of product". . . Moacyr Vida" (M. Alejandro -Magdalena). Franco, very popular Brazilian singer, signed with Genival De Meloas New album by top seller Raphael, under the direction of Manuel personal manager. Genival is manager of Nelson Ned, who has been Alejandro. He is making it big once again. "Te Sombra en el Suelo" a total success in all Latin American countries due in great part to (Garcia Segura -M. Alejandro), "Si Vieras" (M. Alejandro -Ana Magda- Genival's personal actions . . . I deeply regret the passing away of lena) and "Cuando Llegues a la Puerta" (M. Alejandro -Ann Magdalena). the beloved mother of Tete Napoles, program director for WFAB (Miami, Fla.). TANYA Juan Jose Osorio, head of the Union of Musicians in Mexico, de- TANYA ZEA-Alhambra ALS 5005 clared that the campaign directed against foreign musicians perform- Tanya vend() en segundo lugar con "Yo ing in the country without the necessary authorization will be intensi- Soy" (Tanya Zea) en elFestival OTI in- fied. He asked all the sections of the organization to locally investigate cluido enestagrabaci6n. Arreglos de all foreign musicians performing in every locale in order to protect Bob Porter. "Juguete"(J.C. del Valle), the unemployed Mexican musicians. "Dos Amores" (D.R.), "Yo lo Comprendo" Caytronics Corp. held a press conference in Los Angeles with their (Cantoral-Ramos) y "Antes de Morir" (M. exclusive artist Gerardo Reyes, who will open this week at the Million Palazzi). Dollar Theater... Pancho Cristal, a pioneer in the recording of Latin Tanya won second place at Festival OTI with "Yo Soy," contained product in New York, is enjoying success due toa single by Simon in this package. Also "El Ultimo Tema" (A. Medina), "Olvidate de Diaz with music by Hugo Blanco containing "Gaitaa las Locas." Mi" (J.C. del Valle) and "Vivir por Ti" (Doussett-Valdez). Pancho released this single on his All Art label, which also is releasing an album by Orquesta Tipica Ideal, recently formed withex -mem- TREMENDO DISCO bers of Orchestra Broadway, such as Gil Suarez, Mike Amitin and CONJUNTO UNIVERSAL-Velvet LPV 1487 Vicente Consuegra. . . During his visit to Mexico, Chilean disc jockey Vendiendo fuertemente en Miami, el Con- Ivan Silva Acuila, a producer for "La Hora Latinoamericana"aired by juntoUniversalva conquistando otros the Voice of the OEA from Washington D. C., expressedhis views cia.mercados salseros. Arreglos de Jaime ir,tinuedon page 49) Garcia. Mezcla de Iry Greenbaum. "Chan- go me Llama" (D.R.), "Ahora si e Cuando e" (D.R.), "Francisca" (Plana) y "Si to no, la otra" (Kalaff). Conjunto Universal is strongly selling in Miami and spreadingto ARCANO other areas. Recorded in Miami and mixed in N. Y. by IryGreenbaum. "Maria" (D.R.), "La Quisquillosa" (D.R.), "Fuego" (D.R.) and"Mamita lo Sabe" (D.R.).

PEDRO VARGAS En Texas (Continued from page 47) son "Se Me Olvido Otra Vez," 16 de Marzo tendre oportunidad Con el Mariachi Vargas con Yolanda del Rio (Arcano), "Yde saludar a muchos amigos del Yo Que Necesito Amar" con Losambiente en Ia capital de Mexico, de TecalitIon Socios del Ritmo (Latin), "Chiqui- pues ire representando a KCOR DKL1 -3289 lina" con los Diners (CBS), "Bail- para recoger el trofeo "Meztli" de emos Solamente Una Vez Mas" plata (creo que asi se llama) que CAYTRONICS con Los Saylors (RAFF) y "Que Te otorga una agrupacion periodIs- "The Latin Music Company" Vaya Bonito" con Vicente Fernan- tica de la capital a esta emisora New York(212) 541-4090 Texas (512) 222-0106 dez (Caytronics) . . . De visita en por su contribucion a la promo- California Florida (305) 822.6967 (213) 737-0197 San Antonio el amigo Oswaldo cien de artistasmexicanos.jY Chicago (312) 521-1800 Venzor de Orfeon... El domingo hasta la prexima amigos!

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com 'Bridge' of Gold Dialogue (Continued from page 39) there's any blues harmonica on a Peter and Gordon album, that's Brian Jones. Anyway I've digressed. Paul, on the basis of liking what I'd done with Paul Jones, asked me to produce some things for Apple. The next day he called up and said "Well, why don't you be head of a&r for Apple?" andI agreed to, but in reality what that job turned out to consist of mainly was listening to 50,000 billion trillion tapes

that came in every day. I had six people working for me listening to tapes allthe time. That was the period when Apple was saying "Come to us!" and God did they come! We got tapes and poems and weird people walking in and just incredible amounts of stuff. Unfortunately, none of it was very good but it was very interesting. Andit was at that time, in fact the day following the day Paul asked me to be head of a&r for Apple, that James called me. I had met James before; we had a mutual friend in Danny Kortchmar, a guitarist of extreme excellence in L.A., who had played with Peter and Gordon, leading a band that backed us on our first two tours. Then he'd been in the Flying Machine with James and when that group broke up and James was going to England, Danny gave him my phone number. So he called me up and came over with a tape Chrysalisvicepresident Derek Sutton and nationalpromotionexecutives Michael and playedit and I Papale and Fred Mancuso recently presented KMET's program director, Shadoe Stevens, can remember just being completely amazed with a gold record thanking him for the station's help in breaking Robin Trower's at the things on that tape. album "Bridge of Sighs." Shown are, from left: Papale, Mancuso (holding Trower's So Isaid to him, "Listen, I've just become head of a&r for a new current Ip "For Earth Below"), Stevens and Sutton. record label, why don't you sign with us and I'll produce the record," and he agreed. So that's what we did. Toxey French Opens Hamilton & Barker I didn't know a whole lot about producing then, and if there is a criticism to be leveled against the Apple album, it's certainly that New Coast Office Form PR Concern itis overproduced.Itis produced with a capitolP. At that point, LOS ANGELES-Toxey French LOS ANGELES-Forest Hamil- ifI was going to produce it,I was really going to produce it.It was has announced the opening of tonand TimBarker have an-after that and after agreat dealofrethinking that I arrivedat his new Los Angeles officeat nounced the formation of a new"Sweet Baby James," which was a whole other approach, a great 1050 CarolDrive, Los Angeles, publicrelationsfirm.Hamilton deal more simplistic. On the Apple album I was really trying to California 90069. The West Los Barker,Inc.,basedinLos An- make him a masterpiece, and when you try and do thatit can be Angeles complex will house both geles, will specialize in publiciz- a little bit overloaded. ToxeyFrenchProductionsand ing musical acts, variety perform- RW: When was the decision made for you to manage James Taylor? Natural Forest Music Publishing. ers, motion picture and television Asher:It was whenitbecame apparent tous that Apple was French's major production actors and actresses, and corpo- becoming a strange situation to be in and that we wanted not to be in creditsincludethesoundtrack rate endeavors. it.I was resigning anyway. I resigned and James went back to America. from "Midnight Cowboy," The officers of Hamilton RW: Were you heavily involved in Apple? "Thunder and Lightning" for Chi Barker, Inc., are Forest Hamilton, Asher: In a sense.I was closely involved in the original conception Coltrane and the current Flash chairmanoftheboard;Tim of it, when Paul first had the idea and talked about starting the whole Cadillacrecord"Good Times, Barker, president; Michele Elyza- thing. It was the first time someone had that idea, which since then Rock & Roll." Current projects beth,executivevicepresident; lots of people have tried and most have failed: Be an artist -oriented, include a new Flash Cadillac al- JerryGarvin,vicepresidentin fair -to -everyone record company. It was a good idea. charge of the music division; and bum forPrivate Stock Records 11111111 11111111 and management of a new singer - Willeva Lindsey, VP in charge of songwriter, Sharon McMahon. research and marketing. Apple... got tapesand poems and

weird people... Nuestro Rincon (Continued from page 48) 44 Unfortunately, none99 toward the measure taken by members of the Association of Trade of it was very good but it was very newsmen in order not to mention any theme which carries the legend interesting. (D.A.R.) (Author's Rights Reserved): "This procedure is a violation of the Author's Law since it pretends to ignore the creator of the song." Voice of the OEA is been aired in over 400 AM radio stations in Latin RW: What went on at Apple while you were there? America, the United States and Spain, and deejay copies will be highly Asher: Most of the thingsin the books are true, and alot of appreciated, addressed to: La Voz de la OEA, Organization of Ameri- them leave out a great deal. Some of them concentrate exclusively can States, 17th St. and Constitution Ave., N. W. Washington, D. C. on all the boozing and frolics that went on, which definitely did 20006... Wilson Simonal, excellent performer from Brazil, is perform- go on. Derek Taylor's office was always a pleasure, always fullof ing with his Veneno Orchestra in Mexico . . . I deeply regret the interesting people and interesting things to ingest and everyone had death of the mother of Mexican singer and composer Juan Gabriel . . . a great time. At the same time, there were a lot of people there- Association of Trade and Spectacle Newsmen was established in New more than are given credit-who actually were trying to run an York by Emilio Garcia, Jose A. Cayon, Otto Gennaro, Jose Carbo Men- interesting, new kind of company and new kind of record label and endez, Enrique Fernandez Giraudi, Santiago Polarsky, Arnaldo Rodri- did quite well.It was a strange company because ofitbeing the guez, Dalia Zulka, Rafael Riverol, Jesus Moreno, Favio Valdes and Beatles and because of the ten thousand people arriving every day Moran Marino . . . Larry Harlow, artist, musician, arranger, engineer waiting to be discovered. Plus all the mad people that came-every and producer for Fania Records, is producing at the present the fol- day there would be two or three people who were mad, people lowing recordings: Andy Harlow for Vaya, Justo Betancourt for Fania, who would come and say "I'm a reincarnation of so-and-so" or Bronco for Inca and Orchestra Power for Mericana. Junior Gonzalez "In a previous lifeI was married to John Lennon." That would go on and Larry Harlow were on a major promotional tour for their newall the time, so it was very weird but it was great. 4 channel 1p in Miami, Venezuela and Puerto Rico... And that's it for RW: Going back even further in your career now, how did Peter the time being!... Oh! I almost forgot, performances by Camilo Sesto and Gordon get together? on "Noche de Gala," a special taped in Puerto Rico and sponsored Asher: We went to school together and we started singing together by Eastern Airlines, has been a terrific exposure and promotion for because we both liked some of the same kind of music and different the Spanish singer since it had been televised by most of the Latin kinds too.I was mostly listening to Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston channels in the States . . . Peruvian singer-and a success in Spain-and that kind -of music and Gordon listened mostly to the Everly Betty Missiego will perform at the Rustic Cabaret in Miami from Brothers and Elvis and we combined interests. March 7th on. (Continued on page 52)

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com RECORD WORLD INTERNATIONAL CANADA ENGLAND

By LARRY LeBLANC By RON McCREIGHT TORONTO: New manager for A&M's Valdy is LONDON - 190 million records are reported to have been sold

Cliff Jones . . . Newsingle for Les Emmerson is during 1974 in the U. K., an increase of 40 percent over 1973, with "Watching The World Go By" on Polydor. Mean- the album market claiming a 70 percent share of the total. The EMI while Polydor has repackaged the best of Les' group maintained their lead over CBS with singles and over Polydor group Five Man Electrical Band. Emmerson also with full price albums, although Arcade pushed ahead in the mid - produced Lynn Randall's "We Are The Night Peo- price field. However, EMI's new One -Up mid -price label showed in

ple" at Sound City inL. A. . . . Herb Alpert for- third place in this category, with Bell coming home as top singles label warded tapes of an upcoming single, "Coney Is- and the CBS label heading the top album category. land" (from an untitled Ip), to A&M here for his Important deals concluded by Phonogram, which has signed 10cc appearances in Quebec City (15), Toronto (17) and on a world-wide basis; Pye, which is now pacted with former Cube Ottawa (18) ... Columbia's Myles and Lenny have signed a U. S. book-soloist Jimmy Helms; Decca, which launched John Entwistle's Ox with ing agreement with Magna Artists. a single "Mad Dog;" and Rak, which plans a massive campaign on Mike Reed has been named director of national promotion and new album act Smokey, currently being produced by Nicky Chinn and merchandising for Motown Records of Canada. He replaces Ken Mc- Mike Chapman, who were responsible for several hits by New World, Sweet, Mud, Suzi Quatro and Arrows. Farland, who will announce his plans shortly . . . New single for Gary and Dave on Axe is "All In The Past Now," which is the title song from Anchor band Ace working on a new single and album in Rockfield their current album. Axe's U. S. distribution deal with London for G&D Studios in Wales; Wayne Bickerton working with the Rubettes and product has expired and the label is looking ... New single for A&M's Mac & Katie Kisoon, also in the country; Russ Ballard is completing Lorence Hud is "Love You All Night," recorded at Eastern Sound and Roger Daltrey's next solo set, and news, too, from New York that John Lennon is in the studios with Bowie. produced by Hud . . . Recording at Eastern now is David George, being produced by John Stewart for A&M. Supertramp and Bachman -Turner Overdrive are both playing Lon- Terry McManus has moved back to Edmonton to pursue his career don's Hammersmith Odeon in the coming weeks. Tramp plays the venue on March 9 as a "one off" while BTO completes their forth- . . . Carroll Baker just finished up a 2 -week stint at The Town Pump in Regina and now heads to Thunder Bay for a gig at the Coliseum ... coming, Derek Block promoted U.K. tour there on May 4. Robin Polydor Records and RPM Weekly are co -hosting the Canadian pre- Trower (Chrysalis) has already commenced an extensive series of dates and played the Lyceum, London on February 20-21. Gary Glitter miere of "Tommy" at the Varsity II theatre on March 21 . . . Polydor has picked up distribution rights to Claridge Records-starting with has left for New York with co -manager Ray Brown for talks with Arista "Don't Call Us We'll Call You" by Sugarloaf and Jerry Corbetta-and chief Clive Davis. Platinum Records which includes all new and old product as well as Status Quo is now charting in France, Germany, Holland and Scan- the Shirley and Company single, "Shame, Shame, Shame," on Vibra-dinavia with the "Down Down" single taken from their new "On The tion. Level" album (Vertigo). Singles of the week are Pete Atkin's "I See The Downchild Blues Band and manager David Bleakney have parted Joker" and Bowie's "Young Americans," both on RCA.

company . . . Brutus to be produced by Jack Richardson . . . Just released on Warner Brothers is the well -touted Emmylou Harris Ip produced by Brian Ahern. He's also set to produce Diane Brooks and Bob Carpenter for Warners . . . Chilliwack to tour in the East in March for GERMANY 10-15 dates ... Nikki Dalzier has been named west coast regional rep for Capitol -EMI ... Capitol has also announced a shuffle in its French - By PAUL SIEGEL language section. All a&r, domestic and foreign product will be run BERLIN-Giant German concern of BASF, lo- from Montreal. Capitol reps there are Bill Rotari, eastern manager; cated in Ludwigshafen, Mannheim has scored a Pierre Dubord, manager, a&r; and Michel Tremblay, advertising and great success inIsrael with their classical group merchandising, promotion. Capitol will also create a French publicity the Bartholdy-Quartett. The group's out with a wing. sensational double record set of Mendelsson quar- The first single by Jimmy Bertucci's Angel group on UA is "Winning tet compositions and the German musicmen have been invited to visit Israel on a concert tour en- Side," which he wrote and produced . . . London Records has signed Vancouver's Camillo. The singer -songwriter has been recording in compassing Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and to visit Nashville and his first single for the label is "Big Mama." many Kibutzim. Just released on RCA is the long-awaited "Dude" album by Bob On the single scene Virgin Records is out with

Ruzicka . . . Grant Webb and Bob Mitchell have formed Warped Rec- a newie that looks chartbound. It's "Fiesta Fandango" recorded by Roger Wooton ... Former football star and nowadays hot record pro- crds . . . Debut single on Mushroom labelis Heart's "How Deep It Goes" . Lyrichord Discs Inc. will manufacture and distribute the Ip ducer and writer Jack White, together with Fred Jay have pooled their "Four Centuries of Music For Bassoon" by Christopher Weait in the talents to come up with an Ariola smash, much to the delight of U. S. Weait is co -principal bassoonist with the TSO and an instructor Ariola chieftans Monty Luftner and Friedrich Schmidt. The soon -to -be chart -charger is by Tony Marshall and is entitled "Wir Trinkin Bruder- at Queen's University . . . A&M set full promo wheel in action over Peter Allen's stop -over here for three days. The label blitzed the schaft Mit Der Ganzen Stadt" (We Drink to Brotherly Love with the media with interviews with Allen showing up everywhere... Daffodil Whole Town). Records hosted a party for Tom Cochrane at The Riverboat last week. Album -wise it looks as if Dr. Gerhard Weber, executive of Metro- nome Records in Hamburg, has a very hot release with "20 Pop Hits," George Pincus in London which just might hit the number one slot in sales... Also very hot here is Alvin Stardusts most recent release on Ariola .. . Paul Anka NEW YORK - George Pincus, Music Company of London with is hitting high with his new album, entitled "Anka." That's keeping who heads Gil/PincusMusic affiliates throughout the world. a big smile on the face of Wim Schut of United Artists in Munich. Publishing and Record Produc- He willwork together with From Paris, Jean Jacques Tilche of Edition Musicales (TUTTI) has tion and Management, will be at JohnBeecher who administers landed the music festival theme, "FIDOF Fanfare," by the Werner Mul- his London office this weekend the London office. Open house ler Orchestra on Decca... George LeVaye en route to the U. S. shortly to keep appointments with artists, will be in order at the office in from Munich to Las Vegas for an interview with Helen Reddy for Radio writers and producers which he Soho as well as at his suite at Free Europe ... Glad to hear that the marvelous Lena Horne is cutting issigningforhis Ambassador the Churchill. (Continued on page 51)

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Fourth Annual Tokyo Music Fest ENGLAND'S TAP 25 Announces Rules and Regulations TOKYO-The deadline for ap- broadcast use, inclusive of mech- plications for entry in the Fourth icalrightsandsynchronization Singles Annual Tokyo Music Festival has rights and without compensation been set as March 20, 1975 with and/or fee. 1 MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) STEVE HARLEY/ international winners to be an- Application shall be submitted COCKNEY REBEL/EMI nounced July 13 and national win- withthefollowingcompleted 2 JANUARY PILOT/EMI ners June 29. documents and material: T.M.F. 3 PLEASE MR. POSTMAN CARPENTERS/A&M Furtherrules and regulations application form; signature of the for entry for the 10 million yen copyright owner on the letter of 4 SUGAR CANDY KISSES MAC AND KATIE KISOON/Polydor ($34,000) prizes and awards are agreement; two sets of tape re- 5 THE SECRETS THAT YOU KEEP MUD/RAK as follows: cordings of the song with at least 6 GOODBYE MY LOVE GLITTER BAND/Bell Applicants shall apply for par- piano accompaniment; two sets 7 SHAME, SHAME, SHAME SHIRLEY AND CO./All Platinum ticipationthrough a Japanese of melody scores with chords and musicpublisher,production or lyrics with English and/or Japan- 8 ANGIE BABY HELEN REDDY/Capitol record company, and may takeese translation; two sets of por- 9 FOOTSEE WIGANS CHOSEN FEW/Pye any or all of the roles of lyricist, traits (black and white) with bi- 10 BLACK SUPERMAN JOHNNY WAKELIN & KINSHASA BAND/Pye composer, arranger and/or singer. ography and career data. The song involved will be con- A complete copy of rules and 11 GOOD LOVE CAN NEVER DIE ALVIN STARDUST/Magnet sidered an entry from the nation- regulations, and necessary entry 12 MY EYES ADORED YOU FRANKIE VALLI/Private Stock ality of the singer. forms, can be obtained directly 13 YOUR KISS IS SWEET SYREETA/Tamla In the case of an applicant who from the Tokyo Music Festival has no contact with any Japanese Foundation, c/o Tokyo Broadcast- 14 STAR ON A TV SHOW STYLISTICS/Avco music publisher, production and/ ing System, Inc., 4-3-6 Akasaka, 15 IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE LOVE UNLIMITED/20th Century or record company, submission Minato-ku, Tokyo 107. 16 NOW I'M HERE QUEEN/EMI may be made directly to the Tok- yo Music Festival; T.M.F. will rec- Broude To Represent 17 I'M STONE IN LOVE WITH YOU JOHNNY MATHIS/CBS ommend such an agent to the 18 PLEASE TELL HIM THAT I SAID HELLO DANA/GTO applicant. German Pubberies 19 ONLY YOU CAN FOXX/GTO Song Requirements NEW YORK-Alexander Broude, 20 PROMISED LAND ELVIS PRESLEY/RCA Submitted songs must meet the Inc. has recently been appointed followingrequirements:Words as exclusive American agent for 21 THE BUMP KENNY/RAK and music shall be original;it the complete catalogues of Breit- 22 PURELY BY COINCIDENCE SWEET SENSATION/Pye kopf & Hartel-Leipzig, Deutscher shall be a "popular song" with 23 IF TELLY SAVALAS/MCA lyrics;it shall be no longer than VerlagFurMusik-Leipzig,Hof- three minutes;itshall conform meister Verlag-Leipzig and Pro- 24 HOW DOES IT FEEL SLADE/Polydor to the restrictions on special in- Musica Verlag-Leipzig. These 25 MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN DONNY AND MARIE OSMOND/ struments and on the number of houses, known astheoriginal MGM instruments. publishersofBach,Beethoven, Participants and copyright own- Mozart and Brahms, will be repre- ers of the participating songs shall sented by Alexander Broude, Inc. agree and give consent, free of inallcatalogueaspects:sales, charge, with T.M.F., to the fol- rental, synchronization and per- Albums lowing: Agreement to perform at formance. 1 HIS GREATEST HITS ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK/Decca the contest which will be broad- 2 ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST HITS/DJM cast on radio and television; con- Labelle to Europe 3 TUBULAR BELLS MIKE OLDFIELD/Virgin sent to recording of performed song at the contest for library and For Concert Tour 4 THE SINGLES: 1969-73 CARPENTERS/A&M NI NEW YORK - Epic recording 5 SHEER HEART ATTACK QUEEN/EMI Columbia's Carmina artists Labelle (Patti Labelle, Nona 6 SIMON AND GARFUNKEL'S GREATEST HITS/CBS (Continued from page 40) Hendryx and Sarah Dash) depart Word from Columbia comes for Europe this week to recreate 7 DAVID ESSEX/CBS that the public is ready to snap their Metropolitan Opera Show of 8 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD/Harvest up this Carmina. 40,000 albums last October in a number of pres- were ordered in the first week,tige halls in capitol cities there. 9 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS BOB DYLAN/CBS and according to Marvin Saines, Afteraspecial"In Concert" 10 CRIME OF THE CENTURY SUPERTRAMP/A&M chief of the Masterwork Division, taping in London on February 26, 11 BAND ON THE RUN PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS/Apple this puts itin a pop category. Itthe group departs for Antwerp, will be interesting to see if this Belgium (Feb. 28), then on to The 12 ROLLIN' BAY CITY ROLLERS/Bell Carmina keeps up that heat; itis Olympia Theatre in Paris (March 13 AND I LOVE YOU SO PERRY COMO/RCA basically a popular score. And no 3); Theatre Di Monumental, 14 CAN'T GET ENOUGH BARRY WHITE/20th Century matter how often musicians and Madrid,Spain (March 6) and musicologists put it down, it pops finally The Theatre Royal, Drury 15 BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER SIMON AND GARFUNKEL/CBS up in repertories and sells tickets. Lane in London (March 9). 16 DONNY DONNY OSMOND/MGM Germany (Continued from page 50) 17 THE ORCHESTRAL TUBULAR BELLS ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA WITH MIKE OLDFIELD/Virgin two new albums for RCA... Polydor is excited that James Last product 18 will soon be distributed in the Soviet Union, through the Polydor SHOWADDYWADDY/Be I I

International pact with the Soviet Music Agency Mezhkniga . . . Suc- 19 NOT FRAGILE BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE/Mercury cessful group Deep Purple due for a German tour in March... Ameri- 20 can Joe Napoli, now based in London, just flew into Berlin for busi- MUD ROCK MUD/RAK 21 ness meetings with radio executives for his British star Barry Ryan. . . COMMONERS' CROWN STEELEYE SPAN/Chrysalis George McCrae, who made it to the top slot on the German charts 22 RAINBOW PETERS AND LEE/Philips with "Rock Your Baby," flew into Germany for some shows in Hamburg and Berlin and met with the German business boss of RCA, Hans G. 23 PROPAGANDA SPARKS/Island Baum, and Peer Musikverlage helmsman K. Michael Karnstedt during 24 THE BEST OF JOHN DENVER/RCA the course of his 20 -city tour . . . Auf Wiedersehn 'tilnext week! 25 HIS 12 GREATEST HITS NEIL DIAMOND/MCA

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com CONCERT REVIEW D.iaI.ogue (Continued from page 49) 11111111111111111111111111R.111111111111111111111111111111111111111 RW: And how did "World Without Love" happen to come to Tull Takes Charge At L.A.'s Forum you rather than another group? LOS ANGELES - For the first Anderson has truly mastered Asher: Paul actually had played me the song sometime previouslytimeintwo years, Jethro Tull the art of totally enrapturing an as a song he had half written. The Beatles didn't want to do it; they (Chrysalis) returned to L.A. to pre- audience for a lengthy period of didn't think it was right for them. And to my recollection, he offered sent a totally dynamic perform- time, keeping their constant at- it to Billy J. Kramer first and he turned it down. I really liked it and ance to the capacity audience at tention atall times, and raising at some later point when we got offered a recording deal by EMI the Forum (3). them to a frenzied pitch. A hall we were choosing the songs to record for our first session and I went The crowd virtuallyshrieked fulloflitmatches brought him back to Paul and said "Listen, that song, if no one's doing it, we'd with delight as the group's leader, back for an encore, with every- like to do it, but it needs a bridge," which it didn't have then. So IanAnderson,leapedonstage, oneinthe house hoping that he wrote a bridge for it and we did it. sporting a flashy codpiece, armed Jethro Tull won't take two whole RW: A few years ago when Lennon did the long interviewin with flute in hand. An incredible years to come back next time! Rolling Stone, he described their early tours as "Satyricon." Does that amount of theatrics were incorpo- Karen Fleeman description apply to your tours with Gordon? rated intotheperfectly -paced Asher: Well, yes and no. They were kind of disappointing in the presentation, including a young sexual aspect, which is what everyone has in mind when they talk Lennon Legal Battle lady who frequently came out in (Continued from page 3) about Satyricon. Half the time, the girls would be disguising them- different costume changes, rang- selves as maids to get into the hotel or climbing up drainpipes, ing from tuxedoes to bunny -suits, Meanwhile,Big Seven Music but when they got in the room they really weren't sure what they handing. Anderson various instru- and Adam VIII, corporations un- should do because they were probably 15, and 15 in '64 was different ments andprops, and a fake dertheMorrisLevyumbrella, than 15 in '74. So very often the Satyricon aspect of it was not as zebra who loped about the stage have filed a suit which asks for damages based on prior arrange- fulfilling as one might have wished, becauseit would have been droppingstripedtennis balls ments stemming from a copyright uncomfortable on both sides. So it was occasionally Satyricon, butwhichbassist JeffHammond - infringement action first brought mostly satirical. Hammond immediately swooped byLevy'spublishing company RW: Of the songs you recorded as Peter and Gordon, which ones up and began to juggle.Four did you like best? string against Maclen Music and pro- playersdressedinlong visionally settledin October of Asher: "Woman," Iliked a lot; "True Love Ways" Iliked., "Lady blackdressesand white wigs, Godiva" Ihated. Those are my favorites. And "I Go To Piece/s." Del 1973. The suit goes on to state: wh9m Anderson fondly referred "In or about October 1974, Len- Shannon wrote that. It's the only song of his that anyone else ever to as "four of Great Britain's lead- did to my knowledge. It's a great song and it's so unlike anything non, individually and on behalf ing drag artists," were also part of Apple, agreed that the October else he ever wrote. Everything else he ever wrote was always in of the zany theatrics, and added 1973 settlement would be modi- A -minor. He's great, Del. He came up with a follow-up to that onea fine polish to the show. fiedtoprovidethatLennon and it was exactly the same; same chords, same melody, with different Anderson maintained atruly would record . . . 15 . . . songs words. Isaid "But it's the same" and he said "Well, you know if you amazing level of energy through- . . . which would be sold as a find a good thing ..." out the presentation, not letting record and tape under the title RW: Do you miss performing in the least? up for a second, and constantly 'Roots' . . . on a world-wide Asher: Not in the least. I didn't especially enjoy performing but encouraged audienceparticipa- basis through mail orders . . . I thinkI would now if I could do it.It's different now; people can tion, with the crowd being right by means of television market- really hear you and they can see you and the whole thing has there behind him. His expertise ing." changed. I would enjoy it now I'm sure.I never was very comfortable as a flautist and showman were The multi -count document also with an audience and I never really knew what to say.I would miss made apparent via several tasty contains the pivotal point in the itif I never sang, but sometimes I go out onstage and sing with passages, and he offered some plaintiff's view that: "Lennon, Ap- James or Linda and I enjoy that too. I'm just a backup musician notable acoustic guitar work on ple and Seider each represented when I do that and I enjoy it a lot. In terms of doing what Jamesor "Thick as a Brick." Other mate- to Big Seven that neither Lennon Linda do, to take responsibility for entertaining a few thousand people rialpresentedincluded "Aqua- nor Apple had any contracts with for an hour, I wouldn't want to do that. lung," "Bungleinthe Jungle," anyone which prohibited Lennon RW: Ten years have passed since you entered the music business "Ladies" and a scintillating ver- from making the album for Big and in that time you've seen a lot of changes, both personally and sion of "War Child." Seven." in the business itself. Do you care to speculate on the future? Asher: I really don't know what's ahead. When Iwas at school, I didn't know what I was going to do and that's why when Ifinished Tony Bennett Forms Label school I wanted to go to the university and whensomeone asked (Continued from page 3) whatI was going to read, I chose philosophy.It was the vaguest "I've dreamed about and Buffalo Statler Hilton, where he possible subject, I enjoyed it and it seemed so non-commital. Andplanned this company and this has pioneered inreturning big - I had no idea when I went to the university that I'd endup being albumforyears,"Bennettex- name entertainment to the down- a rock and roll singer, touring America and having my boots ripped plained. "Ifeel strongly that antown Buffalo scene. He is also a off. And when that was happening Ihad no idea thatI would end artist must have total control over trustee or director of many busi- up being a manager and producer. So who knows? his material in order to produce ness and educational institutions Ten years from now, I don't expect to be in the music business, the best thatisin him. Thisis across the state.

but that's not to say Idon't plan to be in the music business. I just the first time I've had that com- Rollins,TonyBennett'sper- have a feeling that I probably won't be. I have no idea what I'll plete freedom, and it really works. sonal manager, is well-known in be doing. co The title song, 'LifeIs Beautiful,' the show business industry. With was written for this album by Fred Charles H. Joffe, he also serves Astaire. I feel that the fans who as personal manager for Woody Reddy & Murray Set European Appearances made 'SanFrancisco' will haveAllen, Dick Cavett, Robert Klein, LONDON-Major appearances aswellas asegment ofthe the same feeling about 'LifeIs Tom Poston and others. He and in Britain and on the continentweekly "Top of the Pops" series. Beautiful'." Joffe have produced Woody for Helen Reddy and Anne Mur- Miss Murray, who'll guest on The label name was not dis-Allen's hit movies, and theyare ray have been set by Jeffrey S. another of the Glen Campbell TV closed pending trademark clear- now completing a new Allen fea- Kruger's Ember Concerts. specials,isset by Ember Con- ance. Corporate officers includeture film. Miss Reddy will make her Lon- certs for 16 days of television ap- William D. Hassett, Jr., president; Roemer is a well-known enter- don concert debut on Sunday, pearances,inScandinavia, Hol- Jack Rollins, vice president; and tainment industry attorney with April 27,at the Theatre Royal, land, Belgium, Germany, Austria RichardRoemer,secretaryand offices in New York City. Drury Lane, as part of a 10 -day and Spain. general counsel. Corporate offices for the new tour including major television Thereafter, she'll come to En- Hassett is one of Buffalo, Newlabel will be at 130 West 57th appearances. gland for the Campbell program, York's leading citizens and busi- Street, New York City.Further She'll also guest on one of six an "In Concert" BBC special, and nessmen. His realty holdings in- details about the album's content GlenCampbellSpecialsbeing two concerts at London's Victoria cludeseveral landmarkoffice anddistributionplanswillbe produced in London by BBC -TV, Theatre. buildings,apartments andthe announced shortly.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com John Entwistleonthe Move Solid Signs Sabu NARM Panel On By DAVID McGEE Disc Biz's Base NEW YORK - "I just wanted bittiredofthatfamous rock CHERRY HILL,N.J. - At a todoit,"shrugged JohnEn- opera. breakfast meeting on Wednesday, twistle,heretoforenoted bass "We're not really getting tired March 5 atthe17th Annual player for The Who. "I'm in the of it," Entwistle said, "but when NARM Convention, which con- business of playing live concerts; we went in to record the sound- venes March 2 -March 7, 1975 at I want to play my material and track - and we were recording it the Century Plaza HotelinLos this is the easiest way to do it." as The Who - we found that we Angeles,California,JoelFried- Entwistle was referring, of couldn't add to it. So we brought man, presidentof \VEA Distri- course, to the first American tour in some new people to play on buting Corp., will make a of his group Ox. Accompanied by the sessions and we added six SolidManagement hasannouncedthe presentation entitled "But Music Graham Deakin on drums, Mike new songs and we succeeded in signing of Pye recording artist Paul Sabu, Is Our Business: How To Broaden Deacononkeyboards,Robert injecting a bit of new lifeinto son of Sabu the Elephant Boy. Paul has ItsBase." His object will be in Johnson on guitar and Jeff Daley it. So it wasn't a strain." just returned from a promotional trip to his presentation and in the panel And when Ox is finished with London, to coincide with his new single on sax, Entwistle will appear in release, "Out In The Country," produced session which follows tooffer 19Americancities,headlining its tour? by R. Dean Taylor. Shown in photo, from recommendations to the NARM with the likes of the James Gang, "The Who willgointothe left, are Sabu and manager Lou West. merchandisers in the audience on the J. Geils Band and Joe Walsh. studio in mid -April to record an how to broaden the base of their album; at the end of that session False Starts DeSouza to Milestone own business operations in view I'll go back into a studio with Ox of the economic problems which Severalfalsestarts have hin- for another album. And then we'll E BERKELEY, CAL. - Milestone dered Ox's American debut, ac- theirsegmentoftheindustry (Ox) try to fit a couple of tours Recordshassigned trombonist faces today. cording to Entwistle. Because of in at the end of the year." Raul DeSouza to an exclusive re- Britain'sthree-day work week, cording contract. Panel Ox's album ("Mad Dog") was a On his panel, he will be utiliz- year in the making; add to this ing industry members from the fact that the neighbors lodged various merchandising segments a complaint against the studio Poodles Make Their Point ofthebusiness including I. used by Entwistle and band, re- MartinPompadur, president of sulting in the studio boltingits ABC Leisure GroupI, Kenneth doors every nightatmidnight, Giles of Zayres and Lonnie Jack- furtherlimitingthetimethe son of Two Guys, Barry Goody, group had for recording. Then En- presidentof Sam Goody,Inc., twistle had to take a break for Bud Coe of Fred Meyers Depart- the filmed version of "Tommy" mentStoresandSam Weiss, (wherein he plays a bass player!?) president of Win Records. and the subsequent work on the movie's soundtrack. Ox finally began rehearsals forits American Johns To Tour tour last Christmas. The obvious question regarded ATLANTA - Michael Thevis, the reaction of Messrs. Daltrey, president of General Recording Townshend and Moon toEn- Corporation, has announced that twistle's goingit on his own in Sammy Johns is preparing for an the States (he has toured Europe extensive tour in support of his withhispreviousband,Rigor current single "ChevyVan." Mortis). April Music U.K. has signed new Private Stock band Poodles toan exclusive, world- Sammy's band will consist of Roy "Daltrey didn't want me to do wide publishing deal. The deal also includes poet John Parsons who writes inpartner- Yeager, drums;John Mulkey, ship with Poodles' lead singer Tony de Meur. Pictured from leftare Brian Oliver, it at first," Entwistle said. April Music U.K. creative manager; Brian Hutch, April Music U.K. managingdirector; bass; and Barry Hargrove, electric Why? and Poodles Bob Beckingham, John Bentley, Bobby Suffolk and Tony de Meur. guitar. "He just didn't want me to do it."Smile."Actually I thinkit helps keep The Who together if Newbury Tour Begins we all go out and do our own Epic Pacts Salsoul projects. Roger has the film, Keith With UCLA Appearance (Continued from page 4) taanAfrofilipino," is receiving has his solo albums, Pete is mix- LOS ANGELES - Mickey New- Salsoul's major artistisLatin heavy disco action. ing the sound for the 'Tommy' bury performed inhisfirstLos notable Joe Bataan, who is cur- The Salsoul company has plans soundtrack. I've got to play live Angeles concert when he ap- rently seeing action in some 60 for extensive releases by various concerts." peared at UCLA's Royce Hall on markets with his instrumental hit, artistsinthe future,consisting While the proper focus of the Wednesday,February 6. New- "In The Bottle." The single culled mostly of soul music with a Latin Entwistle interview was on Ox, bury's concert marked the incep- from Bataan's latest album, "Ba- flavor. all the talk of the "Tommy" proj-tion of the artist's first extensive ect gave rise to the thought thattouring schedule to date; in the The Who must be getting a little late '60s, he ceased performing to concentrate on songwriting. The Royce Hall appearance also Elf Pacts M.S. previewed songs from Newbury's BOSTON - Herb Shriber, ex-fifth Elektra album, "Lovers," be- ecutive vice president of Boston's ing released nationally this week. Elf Records, has announced a new Elektra/AsylumRecordshon- linkin the Elf label network ofored Newbury with a reception independent distributors. following the performance. Held M.S. DistributorsofMorton at the Beverly Hills Hotel's Mai- Grove,Illinoiswill be handling sonette Room, the small private the Chicago area distribution for party included Newbury's close Elf.Promotion of the label will friends,selectretail,radio and Shown above at theofficialsigning ceremony are, fromleft: Ron Alexenburg, vice be handled jointly by Bill Clem press people, and record com- president and general manager, Epic and CBS Custom Labels; Joe Cayre,president, and Frank Giuliano. CayreIndustries;and JimTyrrell,vicepresident,nationalsales,Epic and CBS pany personnel. Custom Labels.

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Studio Musicians, Background Vocalists Gary Branson Joins Burnette to Melodyland Singletree Music Co. LOS ANGELES - Dorsey Bur- Honored at Nashville NARAS Banquet nettehas beensignedtoan NASHVILLE - Dave Burgess, exclusive long-term recording By DON CUSIC presidentofSingletreeMusic contract with Melodyland Rec- NASHVILLE - NARAS honored Wagoner and Dolly Parton. Company, has announced the ap- ords, a division of the Motown theNashville pointment of Gary Branson to the studiomusicians Theeveningbeganwitha Record Corporation.The an- and background singers with a position of professional manager nouncement of the signing was cocktail hour and then a dinner, of Singletree Music Company and banquet last Saturday night (16) made by Herb as the program began with open- affiliates. Singletree's affiliates in- Belkin,Mo- attheSheratoninwhat was town'svice ing remarks and a welcome from clude Doubletree Music (SESAC), president,creative planned as the first of an annual Don Cant,presidentofthe Rawhide Music (BMI), Sage and operations. affair. The unique event was at- NashvilleChapterof NARAS, Burnette has tended by over 500 individuals, Sand Music (SESAC), Singletree previously re- and Johnny DeGeorge, presidentMusic Company (BMI) and Gene corded songs such as "Tall Oak whose unabounded enthusiasm ofLocal257 of the American Tree," "Hey was evidenced by the fact that Autry Music Ent., as well as Dou- LittleOne," "Big Federation of Musicians (the Rock Candy Mountain" and "The the entire crowd remained bletree Productions and Progres- Nashville local). sive Artist Management. Greatest Lover," among others. throughout the evening's activi- The ties. presenterswere intro- Branson's dutieswillinclude As a songwriter he has written duced by Sturdivant and Acker- Co-chairmenfortheevent virtually every phase of the Sin- for many artists,most notably man, as were eachpairpresented gletree operation, as well as serv- RogerMiller,GlenCampbell, Record World VP John awardsto Sturdivant and Willie Ackerman, themusiciansand ingasnationalpromotion co- Blood Sweat & Tears and Brenda "Hee background voices on each of ordinator. Lee. Haw" star; the pair the number one songs named. organized and conceivedthe The totalof41 number ones programandcoordinatedthe activities for the evening. Among were selected by having obtained the number one position in two the presenters were Jerry Reed, of the three national trades. Ray Stevens,BillPursell,Cecil NASHVILLE REP ART Scaife, Tony Migliore, Fred Carter, Throughout the evening,dif- By RED O'DONNELL Chet Atkins,LisaSilver,Little ferentspeakersandmusicians Jimmy Dempsey, Shelby Single- praised the idea of the banquet Bill Monroe's next album may surprise some ton, Harold Bradley, Buddy Har-and awards, welcoming the fact of his longtime fans. It's a unique, fresh bluegrass man, Jerry Kennedy, Bob Beck- that NARAS had taken the initia- sound. "I thinkitwill broaden even more the ham, Buzz Cason, Weldon My- tive to give some long overdue appeal of this musical style," Monroe said. The rick,Billy Sherrill, Buddy Killen, recognition to one of the most recordings were co -produced by Bill and Tompall Kenneth Glaser . . . Jack Greene's new MCA single, "Saw- Buttrey,FrankJones, integral parts of a record- the mill Depot," Wesley Rose, Danny Davis, studio musicians. is being considered as the theme Lloyd Green, Don Light,Porter song for a chain of restaurants of same name in (Continued on page 56) Hot Springs, Ark. They'll play the recording for dessert? Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys areon a leisure month of personal appearances in Texas. The first tour for Roy & Co. in four years. "I can remember when I used to travel seven days a week, four weeks a month with the Boys," said 71 -year -old Roy... Archie Camp- bell, who for many years has spent the Summer entertainingtourists in Gatlinburg, plans to move his show east to Myrtle Beach, S.C.A promoter friend is currently constructing a theater in that resort city to Archie's specifications . . . Jeannie Seely performed in Titusville, Pa., her hometown, for the first time. Jeannie toiledas a teller in a Titusville bank-or so she told me when she movedto Nashville to record for Fred Foster's Monument labela decade or so ago. Danny Davis and his Nashville Brass wing north ofthe (b -u -r -r -r-!) border to perform at the Sports Show in Duluth, Minn.March 20-23. . . . Harry (King) Cole, veteran funnyman-Weeping Willieon the It was a happy night at the NARAS First Annual SuperpickerBanquet and Awards Hee Haw series-graciously andgratefullycredits comic Archie for Hargus (Pig) Robbins as he received awards for playingon 22 number one songs Campbell with recommending him last year and was named "Superpicker of the Year." Picturedat the awards are, to be a regular on Hee Haw: "Ar- from left, John Sturdivant, RW VP and co-chairman for theevent; Ray Stevens; Don chie even rehearsed with me formy audition and calmed my nerves Gant, president of the Nashville Chapter of NARAS; Robbins;Jerry Reed, and Hee Haw which were jangling and jingling." Cole isa very funny man in person star Willie Ackerman, co-chairman for the event. and on film. (Continued on page 58) COUNTRY PICKS OF THE WEEK GARY STEWART, "SHE'S ACTIN' SINGLE JOHNNY DARRELL, "PIECES OF MY LIFE" GARY (I'M STEWART, "OUT OF O DRINKIN' DOUBLES)" (Danor, BMI). The deep,rich HAND." A super talent, Gary has (Rose Bridge,BMI).Gary's opplAttivoice of Johnny Darrell has cohithisstridewith two recent drinkin' thing has gotten out found a new label, but you-hits,"Drinkin' Thing" and "Out of hand, so as his lady flirts, can't label his voice as any-< of Hand," and his newest release, he squirts some more intoxi- thing but great. A song where "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' cating juice down. Looks like he's reflecting about hislife, Doubles)," and all three are on he's rolled a winner for the and concludes the hard parts this album as well as a number thirdtime. A lotof people are easy to find and that he ofothergreatcuts,including will be taking prideinthis threw the best part away. A "Backslider's Wine," "I See The one-he'sgotthecleanest bit autobiographical here, but Want ToInYourEyes" and honkytonkin'hurtin'voice there's no problem relating to "Draggin' Shackles." An album around. A hittin'single! RCA thisgreatsound.Capricorn you'll listen to again and again. JA -10222. CPS 0223. RCA ARL-1-0900.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com UNTRY HOT LINE By MARIE RATLIFF "SOARIN' Station Check List HIGH Reporting this week (alphabetically): KBUC, San Antonio KVOO, Tulsa WITL, Lansing From KCKC, San Bernardino KWJJ, Portland WJRD, Tuscaloosa all the KDJW, Amarillo WAME, Charlotte WMC, Memphis the Paramount KERE, Denver WBAM, Montgomery WMNI, Columbus picture' FRAMED'* KFDI, Wichita WBAP, Ft. Worth WMOP, Ocala way tothe KKYX, San Antonio WCMS, Norfolk WUBE, Cincinnati starring Joe Don Baker KLAC, Los Angeles WEEP, Pittsburgh WUNI, Mobile and Conny Van Dyke KMAK, F resno WEET, Richmond WVOJ, Jacksonville K000, Omaha WENO, Nashville WWI, New Orleans TOP" comes the smash KOYN, Billings WHK, Cleveland WWOK, Miami single 100, Des Moines WHOO, Orlando They can't forget "Smoky Mountain Memories"! `I'LL NEVER heavy lAirports Mel Street has an absolute smash! There are MAKE IT reports from coast to coast that guarantee a charttopper! and Freddie Hart is keeping audiences awake with"I'd EASY' Like To Sleep Til I Get Over You"! It's acclaimedin DOA1 7 5 2 4 Manes' Jacksonville, Miami, Cincinnati, Nashville, Mobile and San Bernardino; picks at WBAP and WMNI. Conny Take your choice of art±sts on a much -talked -about new song; Sheila Tilton on Ranwoodand Barbi Benton VanDyke on Playboy offer versions of "BrassBuckles." WENO Bat picked both records ;playhasalready Barbi Benton at WMC, WCMS and KERE. jtoberts Paycheck is off toJohnny startsta:tingon on "Loving You Beats All I've Ever Seen." It'll be a heavy charter. Produced by Look out for Connie Cato! She's taken "Hurt," which Ronnie Milsap's Ace Producer was a while -back smash for Timi Yuro, and is set to Tom Collins repeat its initial success! Action already at WHOO, WENO, WWOK and WCMS. Lane's the same in spite of the name! Jerry Lane, just out with "Here Come The Blues Again," is the same as Jerry Max Lane, who had a recent heavyplay item in "Right Out of This World." Label copy inadvertently omitted the "Max" but it's in the grooves! Already good response at KERE. Jean Shepard's "Tips Of My Fingers" has 'em in the Conny co-stars with palm of her hand in Mobile, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Burt Reynolds in San Bernardino and Billings. the movie WW. & Lynn Anderson has an instant play item in "He Turns The Dixie Dance Kings' It Into Love Again." Jim Alley continues to add believers in "Her Memory's Gonna Kill Me." This week add WBAM, *soon to be released WHOO, KBUC and KV00 (pick). Donny King's "Mathilda" is a favorite of music Be on the lookout for directors. Picks in this week from Amarillo, her coming album Portland, Montgomery and San Bernardino; added at WHK. CONNY Continued Collosal: Jerry Lee Lewis; Billy Crash VANDYKE Craddock. SINGS FOR YOU An instrumental favorite is Eric Weissberg's DOSD 2019 "Yakety Yak" at WCMS, K000 and KCKC. NXXX WILLIAM MORRIS The Statler Brothers have a whopper in "All AGENCY, INC, (615) 365-031C 2325 Creannoor Road *Dot American Girl," particularly in the South and West. Nashville. Tennessee 37215 Market Mentions: Bobby Bare's "Warm and Free" PERSONAL MANAGEMENT heating up in Memphis; Hillman Hall's "God and His Jock 4C'okft4 Co -Workers" converting listeners in Orlando; Curtis Potter's "Close Every Door Behind You" picked 17522 13,thell Way N. E . Bothell Wash. 98011 at KKYX; Steve Bess' "Imagine Me Loving You" a hot A/C 206 - 485-6511 charter at WJRD. Exclusively on Billy Swan is moving briskly with "I'm Her Fool." It should be another blockbuster! KDJW has made the switch to country on their FM ZDot outlet! Two winners in Amarillo!!

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Nashville Songwriters' Association Tape Piracy Fighters Presents Awards, Names Officers likvimummumummw-imii NASHVILLE - The Nashville Otherwriters who received Songwriters' Association held awards, and the songs they re- their eighth annual dinner and ceivedawardsforwere:John awards presentation at the Rode - Denver,"Back Home Again;" way Inn near Opryland TuesdayMarijohn Wilkin, "One Day At A night (18). Voted "Songwriter ofTime;" KrisKristofferson, "One the Year" at the affair was DonDay At A Time" and "Please Wayne with his winning compo- Don't Tell Me How The Story sition, "Country Bumpkin." Run- Ends;" Harlan Howard,"No ner-up was Billy Swan with "I Can Charge;"JohnRostill(posthu- Help." mous) "If You Love Me;" Shel Keynote speaker for the eve- Silverstein, "Big Four Poster ning was noted gospel songwriter Bed;" Ray Stevens, "The Streak;" BillGaither who spoke on the Wayne Carson, "I See The Want needforsongwritersandthe To In Your Eyes;" Ray Penning- strength in a song. Master of cere- ton, "Ramblin' Man;" Dolly Par- monies was Biff Collie. ton,"Jolene," "Kentucky Gam- In keeping with the cooperation of last year, recording artists and music industry Officersfor the coming year bler" and "Love Is Like a Butter- executives have already contributed much in bringing the facts of tape piracy to the were also announced at the ban- fly;"Betty JeanRobinson and nation's lawmakers in1975. Country artist Ronnie Milsap went to JeffersonCity, quet: Mary Reeves Davis, presi- Aileen Minch,"Hello Love;" Missouri an February 10 to testify before the Senate Committee hearing on the piracy. dent; Ron Peterson, vice presi- Merle Haggard, "Holding Things CMA and NARM share responsibility for obtaining a law in Missouri, and both or- ganizations sent representatives to the hearings. On hand were Mike Milom, CMA dent; Sharon Rucker, secretary; Together;" Mac Davis and Doc counsel; Si Simon, CMA chairman for anti -piracy in Missouri; Al Chotin and Norman John Denny, treasurer; and DickSeverinsen, "Stop and Smell the Hausfater, NARM co-chairmen from Missouri; and three RCA representatives,Bill Glasser, sergeant -at -arms. Roses;" Bobby David, "Devil In Mack, "Pug" Paglaria and Don Swengros. Then, on February 13, country artists Diane Sherrill,Sandy Rucker and MelStreet,along withStreet's manager, JimPrater, The Bottle;" Doodle Owens and traveled to Charleston, West Virginia, to testify and perform before the House Com- WhiteyShafer,"IJustStarted mittee.Frances McGlynnisCMA's West Virginia State Chairman coordinating the Convention Dates Hatin'Cheatin'Songs Today;" piracy bill which has already passed the Senate. The Missouri bill was introduced by and Dave Loggins, "Please Come Senator Paul Bradshaw; Representative A.L.Sommerville, Jr. did likewise in West Set by ESCMI Virginia. Pictured above, from left: chairman of CMA's anti -piracy committee Hutch To Boston." Carlock, Sherrill, Rucker, Street and Prater. NASHVILLE - EasternStates Country Music, Inc.'s annual Country Hall of Fame convention plans have been an- Studio Musicians (Continued from page 54) nounced by ESCMI president Opens Pioneer Exhibit In addition to the regular pro- Berinati, George Binkley, Hayward Bishop, Mickey Barnett. NASHVILLE -A series of nine gram, one of the most entertain- Harold Bradley, Tom Brannon, David Briggs, Registration opens at 10 a.m. miniature dioramas honoring ing aspects of the evening was DonBrooks,LarryButler, Jimmy Capps, April 10 in the main lobby of Howard Helen pioneer non -performersinthe that some musicians had gone Chance, MarvinChantry, John Cristopher, Kutshers in N.Y., Monticello, country music field was officially into a studio and recorded a tape Charles Cochran, Tommy Cogbill, Jim Col - followed by ESCMI's Fourth opened to the public at a cham- poking funatthemselves and yard,Carol Cooper, La Costa Dayke, Dor- AnnualGolf on othy Deleonibus, Dottie Dillard, Pete Drake, Tournament pagnereceptionheld atthe some of the top producersin Kutshers 18 -hole course. The eve- Ronald B.Drake, Bobby Dyson, Ray Eden- Country Music Hall of Fame and town. Itwasplayedbetween ton, Dolores Edgin, Robert Wayne Edrington, ofthe ESCMI ning 10th, will Museum. presentationsanddrewmany Bobby Emmons, Solie Fott, Gregg Galbraith, presentcountrymusicatthe laughs from the audience. Sonny Garrish, Johnny Gimble. hotel. The openingoftheexhibit Also Jim Glaser, Duke Goff, Kenneth Gold- culminates more than two years In additiontohonoringall smith, Carl Gorodetzky, Lloyd Green, Lennie Friday's schedule willconsist the musicians and back-up voices of a general membership meeting of historical research by the Hall Haight,NormanHamlett,Buddy Harman, of Fame staff. Each diorama de- who played or sang on last year's HoytHawkins,KelsoHerston,Lawrence and election of new officers for Herzberg, RussHicks, picts a single pioneer in a setting number one records, NARAS also GingerHolladay, the coming year.Part I of the Mary Holladay, Dennie Hromek, John selected a "superpicker"band InstrumentWorkshopwill be important to the devolpment of Hughey,LillianHunt,WaylonJennings, hiscareer. The executives hon- comprised of musicans who had Martin Katahan,BunkyKeels,Jerry Ken- held, and the evening will consist played on the most number ones nedy, Glenn Keener, Shane Keister, Anita of a show presented by the most ored in the exhibit include music publishers Ralph Peer and Fred during theyear,and awarded Kerr, Dave Kirby,Millie Kirkham, Sheldon promising artists of the northeast. them with framed gold records Kurland,MikeLeech,KyleLehning,Joe Sunday's activities will be In- Rose; recording executives Dave Lewis, Dennis Linde,Larrie Londin, Mack Kapp, Jack Kapp,Eli inscribed to them with a "super Magaha, Kenneth Malone, Tommy Markham, strument Workshop PartII,and Oberstein, Art Satherley and Frank Walker; picker" label. Grady Martin, Neal Matthews, Charlie Mc- theradiostationrapsessions. Coy, Martha McCrory, Bill McElhiney, Dutch insurance and broadcasting Members of the "superpicker" Barnett statedthat following a band were Grady Martin McMillin, Johnny Meeks, Dee Moeller, Ralph cocktailparty,there willbe a executive Edwin Craig; and talent and Mooney, Bob Moore, Laverna Moore, Cam BillySanford, Mullins, RogerMurrah, Weldon candlelight banquet, followed by booking agent J. L. Frank. The leadguitar;Ray Myrick, Edenton Marcia Nichols, Roy Nichols, Louis Nunley, the Annual ESCMI Awards Show nine pioneers were selected by a and Chip Young, special committee of the Country rhythm guitars;Harold Bradley, Ron Oates, Bruce Obson, June Page. from the stage of the 2000 -seat AlsoGaryPaxton,WilliamPuett,Bill bassguitar;Bob Moore, Stardust Room. Music Foundation board of bass; Pursell, NorbertPutnam, Willie Rains - Registration fee for the con- trustees in 1971. PeteDrake andLloydGreen, ford, Norm Ray, Jerry Reed, Doug steel; Hargus Renaud,RonaldReno, Leon Rhodes,Bill vention (Pig) Robbins, is $10 for ESCMI mem- piano; Johnny Gimble and Buddy Rice,CharlieRich,Hargus(Pig)Robbins, bers and $15 for non-members. Cochran Debuts Firm Hal Rugg,JackSalomon, BillySanford, The cost for the complete week- NASHVILLE - Wally Cochran, Spicher, twin fiddles; Buddy Har- Larry Sasser, Troy Seals, Dale Sellers, Jerry man, percussion; Charlie McCoy, Shook, LisaSilver,JerrySmith,Steven end, including lodging, meals and formerly an executive with GRC utility man; Brenton Banks, Shel- Smith,Velma Smith,Hank Snow,Buddy allfacilitiesfrom Thursdayto andRCA,has announcedthe Spicher, Ray Stevens, Gordon Stoker, Henry don Kurland and Steven Smith, Strezelecki, Sunday,isfrom $75-$100, and formation of Wally Cochran and violins; Byron Bach and Martha Larry Strzelecki, Wendellyn from Friday to Sunday $55-$75 Associates, a firm specializing in Suits, Billy Swan. McCrory, cello; Gary Vanosdale, Also Donald Christian Teal, Sam Terra- per person (double occupancy), publicrelations,artistrelations viola; and Joe Babcock, Dolores nova,BobbyThompson,DianaTidewell, depending on choice of room. and independent promotion. He Edgin,June Buck Trent, David Vanderkooi, Gary Vanos- Page andHurshel dale, Sharon Vaughn, Pete Wade, Jeanine A $10 deposit mailed to will also handle the arrangementsWiginton, voices. Kutshers Country Club,Monti- for banquets, sales meetings and Walker, Ray Walker, Duane West, Bergen White, L.E. White, Jerry Whitehurst, Larry cello, New York 12701 will hold conventions. Musicians who received awards at the banquet were: Whitmore, Hurshel Wiginton, John C.Will- reservations.Foradditionalin- Cochran'sfirm is locatedat iams, Tommy Williams, Trish Williams, Toni formation on the ESCMI conven- 82119th Ave.S.inthe Music Willie Ackerman, Clair Biff Adams, Richie Wine, Stephanie Wolf, Harvey Wolfe, Bobby tion write ESCMI, P.O. Box 205, City Recorder Building. The Albright,JoeAllen,Tommy Allsup,Chet Wood, Jimmy Woodard,GilWright, Mack Atkins, Joe Babcock, Byron Bach, Brenton Yeary, Chip Young, Reggie Young and Joe White Lake, New York 12786. phone number is (615) 327-4927. Banks, Bobby Bare, Stu Basore, Lea Jane Zinkan.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Time for Tillis ACE Meeting COUNTRY Focuses on Goals NASHVILLE-The Association of Country Entertainers (ACE) held SINGLE PICKS their regular meeting at the Rode - way Inn near Opryland, with the press as their featured guests. COUNTRY SONG OF THE WEEK George Morgan The dinner and talks were host- BOBBY BARE-RCA PB-10223 ed by president George Morgan WARM AND FREE (Evil Eye, BMI) MGM recording artist MelTillisrecently with members of the board of di- BACK IN HUNTSVILLE AGAIN (Evil Eye, BMI) played to SRO audiences at the Palomino Club. MGM RecordsjustreleasedTillis rectors - Porter Wagoner, Dolly The incredible Shel Silverstein has struck again, penning both Smith, Tammy sides of this new Bare release. Side one will pull in laughs and newestIp,"MelTillisandtheState- Parton,Connie siders," featuring his latest single, "Best Wynette, Jan Howard, Wilma Lee requests with an easy -gaited number, while two isa prisoner Way I Know How." On hand tocon- Cooper, Hank Snow and Jean returning home-to prison. gratulate Mel were, from left, John Guess, director of a&r, MGM Records; Mel Tillis; Shepard - also seatedat the andSterlingDevers,Phonodisc western head table. BARBI BENTON-Playboy P 6032 regional director. BRASS BUCKLES (Tree, BMI) Members of ACE attempted to Barbi doll sings about a gal who grew up fast and left the country for explain and clarify their position the movies and Playboy. Great story line with a movin' melody. and views and spoke of how they IRDA Pacts Cloud 9 would like to help, as a united JERRY HOUSE-MGM M 14784 NASHVILLE-Cloud 9 Records front, in dealing with bad checks A LITTLE CLOSER TO ME (Sawgrass, BMI) has completed negotiations for from promoters and helping char- Jerry wants a lady he's been eyeing to get a little closer. A house an exclusive distribution agree- itable causes, including the Nash- with a hit in it! ment withInternational Record ville Symphony. Distributing Associates. POINTER SISTERS-ABC/Blue Thumb BTA-262 Mike Shepherd, executive vice Ethics LIVE YOUR LIFE BEFORE YOU DIE (Polo Grounds, BMI) Although some members dif- The Pointers come back to show their hit was no fairytale by following president ofIRDA,statedthat it up with changing tempo number. A good message here too-liveIRDA willbehandlingallof feredinopinion on how ACE should go about achievingits it up the charts! Cloud 9's forthcoming releases, including their first, "Angel," by goals,theyalldidagreethat KITTY WELLS-Capricorn CPS 0226 Troy Shondell. countryentertainersshould be I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG (TO STOP NOW) Cloud 9 has signed David Joy, "proud" to call themselves coun- (Time/East Memphis, BMI) a 14 -year old singer from Char- try. They also agreed that a sug- Miss Kitty has been around too long to stop having hits now-and lotte, North Carolina, whose gester code of ethics for their that's what she's got with this old Otis Redding number. The Queen future releases will be distributed members would be helpful and reigns again! by IRDA. forthcoming. DOYLE HOLLY-Barnaby B-612 WATCH OUT WOMAN (Crooked Creek/Front Lawn, BMI) Doyle sings this ballad with a beat to his woman, telling her that when he's recovered from her memory she'd better watch out. Watch forTHE MOST REQUESTEDRECORD! this one. DAVE KIRBY-Capitol P-4038 MORNING TRAIN TO CLEVELAND (Tree, BMI) Super picker wishes he was the morning train to Cleveland 'cause it's CIO got his baby.It'llcatch the morning trains everywhere and hang Fat/ around all day. C 0 EVEN STEVENS-Elektra E -45231-A GUSTO 124 THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE (DebDave/Briarpatch, BMI) C40 Singer/songwriter tells about the short note that ended a long-time love. It's a hit and that's all he wrote! \5 NANCY RYAN-Shannon SH 827 I'LL LOVE YOU MORE (Ma-Ree/Porter Jones, ASCAP) Nancy tells her man that as time goes on she will love him ever increasingly. Hearing it time and again, you'll love it more. LYNN ANDERSON-Columbia 3-10100 HE TURNS IT INTO LOVE AGAIN (Rodeo Cowboy, BMI) Lynn gallops another winner into the hit circle as she sings how her man takes all his feelings and turns them into love for her. JIM SINGLE-Bang B-716 FAMOUS MAN (Web IV, BMI) Debut single has Jim thanking his lady for leaving 'cause he wrote a song about the whole scene that's gonna get him a lot of money and fame-and success is merely revenge. This could make him famous. KATHRYN CHASE-Fretone FR 023 BABY PUT A HURTIN' ON ME (Lucky Way, BMI) Kathryn's first single has her singing about her man's crushing her crush. He put a hurtin' on her but she makes this record feel good. RED SOVINE-Chart CH 7505 PHANTOM 309 (Starday, BMI) Promotion: Gene Hughes 615256-1656 Re -make of the old classic, and Red sings as well as the first time around, telling the haunting story of a trucker picking up a hitchiker. Another time-same winner. FEATURED EXCLUSIVELY ON GUSTO RECORDS

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A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF SASKATOON JANUARY JONES Ron Chancey George Richey (Marson, BMI) 19 (Chappell, ASCAP) 48 AIRPORT AND PLANES Tom Collins JUST LIKE YOUR DADDY Walter Haynes (Pi -Gem, BMI) 94 (Pick -A -Hit,BMI) 27 ALL THE LOVE YOU'LL EVER NEED LADY FROM BALTIMORE Gary Hank Cochran Tree, BMI) 76 Klein (Hudson Bay, BMI) 79 ALWAYS WANTING YOU Fuzzy Owen LEAVE IT UP TO ME (Blue Moon, ASCAP) 36 (Shade Tree, BMI) 54 LET'S SING OUR SONG C. Atkins & BAD WATER Gene Watson (Unart, BMI) 92 J. Reed (Victor, BMI) 83 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROPS FALLS LIFE Marty Robbins (Mariposa, BMI) 23 Huey P. Meaux (Shelby Singleton, BMI) 5 LINDA ON MY MIND Owen Bradley BEST WAY I KNOW HOW (Passkey, BMI) 38 (Twitty Bird, BMI) 3 BLANKET ON THE GROUND Larry Butler LONELY MEN, LONELY WOMEN Ron (Brougham Hall, BMI) 46 Chancey (Hill & Range, BMI) 50 CAROLINA MOONSHINER Bob Ferguson LOVER PLEASE Fred Foster (Lyn -Lou, BMI)99 (Owepar, BMI) 78 LOVIN' YOU WILL NEVER GROW OLD CAT'S IN THE CRADLE Jim Williamson & Jim Vienneau (Hank Williams, Jr., BMI) 13 Bill Compton (Story Songs, ASCAP) 81 MAMA DON'T 'LOW Larry Butler CHAINS Jim Shaw (Brazos Valley, BMI) 35 (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) 80 MY BOY Felton Jarvis (Colgems, ASCAP) 52 CHARLEY IS MY NAME Billy Sherrill MY ELUSIVE DREAMS Billy Sherrill A cocktail party was hosted recently for visiting Japanese dignitaries (Otter Creek, BMI) 91 (Tree,BMI) 22 co -hosted by CITY LIGHTS Eddie Kilroy (T.N.T., BMI) 44 NASHVILLE Hoyt Axton & Henry Lewy the Country Music Association and Shannon Records. The dignitaries, pictured from CHAMPAGNE LADIES AND BLUE RIBBON (Lady Jane, BMI) 73 left, are songwriter Shunichi Makaino; A. Torio, a member of the board ofdirectors BABIES Don Gant (Acuff-Rose/Hill & OH BOY Jim Fogelsong (Wherefore, BMI) 28 for the CMA; and Itsuko Matsui and John Matusuzak, Japanese recording Range, BMI) 29 ONCE AGAIN I GO TO SLEEP WITH artists, who CLEAN YOUR OWN TABLES Biff Collie LOVIN' ON MY MIND Glen Keener were in Nashville to record an album for Shannon Records with Mary Reeves Davis wooDOd/BackWN Road, BI) 71 (Milene, ASCAP) 86 and Bud Logan producing. Also pictured are Mary Reeves Davis; RW VPJohn Sturdi- COME ON SteveStoMne PENNY Norro Wilson (Al Gallico, BMI) 15 (Mandina,BMI) 47 vant; chairman of the board for CMA, Bill Denny; and Bud Logan. The arrangements PROUD OF YOU BABY Billy Sherrill were handled by Wally Cochran and Associates. COME ON HOME (Exellorec, BMI) 97 (Algee, BMI) 61 COVER ME Jim Malloy (Rose Bridge, BMI) 51 PUT ANOTHER NOTCH IN YOUR BELT DEVIL IN THE BOTTLE Jack Gilmer SnuffyMiller(Screen Gems -Columbia/ (Sunbar, SESAC) 1 Songpainter, BMI) 88 DON JUNIOR Bob Ferguson RAINY DAY WOMAN W. Jennings & page 54) (Wherefore, BMI) 84 T. Glaser (Baron, BMI) 4 Nashville Report (Continued from DON'T LET THE GOOD TIMES FOOL YOU RIDE 'EM COWBOY Paul Davis Pete Drake (Acoustic, BMI) 53 (Web IV, BMI) 32 GRC Records plugs Moe Bandy's "It Was Always So Easy To Find GONNA FIND ME A BLUEBIRD Bud Logan RIGHT OR LEFT AT OAK STREET An Unhappy Woman" Ip as "The album of the year." It (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 93 Clie Stone (Attache, BMI) 100 was produced GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Blue Book, BMI) 63 ROCK 'N ROLL Gary Klein (Tree, BMI) 25 by Ray Baker . . . WHAZ Radio (Troy, N. Y.) has gone the fulltime HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW ROLL ON BIG MAMA Norro Wilson John Farrar (ATV, BMI) 26 (Algee/AI Gallico, BMI) 87 gospel music format . . . David Allen Coe has hit a mother lode asa HE TOOK ME FOR A RIDE Norro Wilson ROSES AND LOVE SONGS Larry Gordon songwriter. David Allen's material (published by Window Music) has (AI Gallico/Algee, BMI) 57 & Larry Muhoberac (Keca, ASCAP) 33 HOPPY, GENE & ME Snuff Garrett SAWMILL DEPOT Walter Haynes (Acuff - been recorded by Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Johnny Cash,Melba (Peso/Lowery,BMI) 16 Rose, BMI) 90 HE'S EVERYWHERE Clarence Selman SHOULD I COME HOME Chips Moman Montgomery and Tanya Tucker (threesongs by Tanya!). 30 (Tree,BMI) 70 Jerold Rubinstein, chairman of board of ABC, Inc., impressed staffers HOWCOMERivers ITTOOK)SCAPSO LONG (TO SAY SOULFUL WOMAN Kenny O'Dell GOODBYE) E. Jimmy & Jack J. Key (House of Gold, BMI) 34 and execs of the company's country music labels, Dot and ABC Dun- (Newkeys, BMI) 98 STILL THINKING 'BOUT YOU Ron Chancey I BELIEVE THE SOUTH IS GONNA RISE (Chriswood/Easy Nine, BMI) 64 hill, during informal visit here last week. Since he is new on the job, AGAIN Billy Sheri!! (Tree, BMI) 18 SWEET SURRENDER Milton Okun Rubinstein modestly refrained from going the interview -to -interview I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW Larry Butler (Cherry Lane/Walt Disney, ASCAP) 12 (Cayman, ASCAP) 75 THAT'S HOW MY BABY BUILDS A FIRE route, but his enthusiasm about his assigned task was evident... Did I CAN'T HELP IT (Fred Rose, BMI) 7 Roy Dea (Adventure, ASCAP) 60 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF Dick Heard & THE BARGAIN STORE Bob Ferguson hear he was pleased with past and present performances of Dot and Nelson. Larkin (Jobete, ASCAP) 46 (Owepar, BMI) I CAN STILL HEAR THE MUSIC IN THE 14 ABC Dunhill, which now are housed in separate buildings butsoon THE C2 SSR AD (lack. BMI( 49 RESTROOM Jerry Kennedy THE ONE SHE'S CHEATING WITH will be functioning under same roof. (HalInote, BMI) 69 Ray Pennington (Hill & Range, BMI) 95 I Jack Greene suffered a fractured right wrist in an automobile acci- CARE/SNEAKY SNAKE Jerry Kennedy THEPILL Owen Bradley (Hal!note, BMI) (CoalMiners/ 6 Guaranty, BMI) 39 dent. He turned the mishap into a plus. Bought a hand puppet towear I FOUGHT THE LAW Bobby Hart & Danny THE TIES THAT BIND Don Williams Janssen (Acuff -Rose,BMI) 82 New York Times/Eden, BMI) 2 on the broken limb-and everything is working out okay (a puppet I GOT A LOT OF HURTIN' DONE TODAY THE WAY I LOSE MY MIND Wesley Rose picker???) . .. Kitty Wells & Johnny Wright vacationing in West Palm Ray Baker (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 72 (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 77 I JUST CAN'T GET HER OUT OF MY MIND THEN WHO AM I Beach. It's all right; they're Mr. & Mrs. Johnny and Kitty tour Germany Jerry Kennedy (First 40 Generation, BMI) (Hill & Range/Acuff-Rose, BMI( 31 (I'D BE) A LEGEND IN MY TIME THERE'S A SONG ON THE JUKEBOX in May and Hawaii in June-or isit the other way around? Tom Collins & Jack D. Johnson Charlie Rich (Algee, BMI) 65 (Acuff -Rose, BMI( 43 Music veteran Biff Collie has been cast for a leading role in a pair I'LL UFDnAR Brian Ahern (Tessa/Jolly Cheeks, BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SAY Sonny BMI) 62 of pilot films, to be shot here next month, for a planned children's Limbo & Mickey Buckins Lowery, BMI)58 WATCHA YOU GONNA DO WITH A DOG I'LL SING FOR YOU Wesley Rose LIKE THAT (Blue Rock, BMI) 59 series called "Around the Bend." A project of The Appalachia Educa- (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 24 WHEN SHE TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS (AND tional Laboratory, it has been seven years in the making. Biff portrays I STILL FEEL THE SAME ABOUT YOU TURNS ON THE LOVE) Roy Dea Owen Bradley (Stallion, BMI) 41 (Short Rose, ASCAP) 96 a "good ole boy" who runs the general store in a rural area. I'LL STILLLOVE YOU Jimmy Bowen WHILE THE FEELING'S GOOD Tommy Hill (Keca, ASCAP) 37 (Brougham, BMI) A song that Broadway music star Carol Channing recorded at Wood- I'M A BELIEVER Ricci Mareno (Ricci 85 WHOEVER TURNED YOU ON land Studio here in 1971 is her new country music singleon the GRT Mareno, SESAC) 11 Owen Bradley (Emerald Isle/ I'M NOT LISA Ken Mansfield & Waylon Battleground, BMI) label. Titled "Think Twice Before You Get Yourself in Love," itwas Jennings (Baron, BMI) 89 21 IS THIS ALL THERE IS TO A HONKY WOLF CREEK PASS D. Sears & C. Davis written by Jimbo Hinson and produced by Dick Heard. TONK Jerry Styner & HarleyHatcher (American Gramaphone, SESAC) 10 Dot artist Tommy Overstreet will be appointed an honorary chief (Brother Karl's/Mandina, BMI) 74 WONDER WHEN MY BABY'S COMING IT DO FEEL GOOD Stan Silver (Prima HOME Billy Sherrill (Great Foreign/ of the Choctaw Nation, when he appears March 27 in McAlester, Okla. Donna, BMI) 42 Arthur Kent/Galleon, ASCAP) 66 IT WAS ALWAYS SO EASY Ray Baker WRITE ME A LETTER Dick Heard Ray Stevens' latest Barnaby release is a bluegrass version of the (Acuff-Rose/Hill & Range, BMI) 45 (Fox Fanfare/Cakewalk, BMI) 17 Errol Garner standard "Misty." "It's really out of sight," Stevens said. IT'S A FEELING CALLED LOVE Jim Malloy WRONG ROAD AGAIN Allen Reynolds (Rose Bridge, BMI) 87 (Jack, BMI) 8 "And how it came about is almost unbelievable. IT'S A SIN WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY YOU ARE THE ONE Jim Vienneau Jimmy Bowen (Canopy, ASCAP) 68 (Sawgrass, BMI) 20 "My road band-the one that travels with me on tour-and Iwere IT'S TIME TO PAY THE FIDDLER Walter (YOU MAKE ME WANT TO BE) A MOTHER Haynes (Coal Miners, BMI) in our studio rehearsing. Really, not too serious; just hittingsome 9 Billy Sherrill (Algee, BMI) 55 light licks al'd swapping smart talk. "Somebody asked, 'What are we going to play next?' The steel Audio Society Meets At Creative Workshop guitar player facetiously suggested 'Misty' and began picking. We all joined in. NASHVILLE-The Audio Engi-facing and Practical Applications First thing you know we were moving. I yelled for the neering Society held their mostof Automation." engineers to turn on the mikes and let the tape roll. recent meeting at Creative Work- Creative Workshop was chosen "What came out is an uptempo bluegrassy sound. All from sixguys shop in Nashville. Sponsored by because itis the most recent ex- in my band and me at the piano and singing." WestlakeAudio,theprogram ample of extensive work done Birthdaying: Jim Pelton, Faron Young, Audrey (Mrs. Hank) Williams featured speeches by Tom Hidley, by Westlake. The environment Sr., Chuck Glaser, Johnny Cash, Ray Frushay, Arleen Harden,Cliffie presidentofWestlakeAudio, created in the studio with colors Stone. speaking on "The Control Room and setting as well as the record- Regret to report that Chuck Glaser, head of the Nova Agency and Monitering Environment" and ing equipment chosen andin- formerly with Tompall and the Glaser Brothers, is in thehospital fol- PaulBuff,presidentof Allison stalled were all supervised by the lowing a stroke. All his friends on Music Row wishhim a speedy Research, who spoke on "Inter- Westlake staff. recovery.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com A single just likeyourmother THE COUNTRY would haie made (if she could CoALBUM CHART sing likeTammy Wynette). MARCH1, 1975 MAR. FEB. WKS. ON 1 22 CHART Tabu Make Me Want To Be) 1 1 SONGS OF FOX HOLLOW TOM T. HALL-Mercury SRM-1-500 10 2 2 HEART LIKE A WHEEL LINDA RONSTADT-Capitol ST 11358 10 E l 11 LINDA ON MY MIND CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 469 4 A Mother." A moving tribute 4 5 LIKE OLD TIMES AGAIN RAY PRICE-Myrrh MST -6538 16 5 4 CITY LIGHTS MICKEY GILLEY-Playboy PB-403 11 6 6 THE SILVER FOX CHARLIE RICH-Epic KE 33250 11 to motherhood, and another 7 7 BACK HOME AGAIN JOHN DENVER-RCA CPL1.0548 31 8 8 HIGHLY PRIZED POSSESSION ANNE MURRAY-Capitol ST 11354 8 #1Wynner. On Epic Records El 16 PROMISED LAND ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA APL1.0873 5 Ll 17A LEGEND IN MY TIME RONNIE MILSAP-RCA APL1-0846 3 11 9 HIS 30TH ALBUM MERLE HAGGARD-Capitol ST 11331 22 12 3 I CAN HELP BILLY SWAN-Monument KZ 33279 10 23 IT'S TIME TO PAY THE FIDDLER CAL SMITH-MCA 467 4 14 13 DON WILLIAMS, VOL. III-ABC/Dot DOSD-2004 18 15 15 BREAKAWAY KRIS & RITA-Monument PZ 33278 7 16 18 IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN- MCA 411 39 17 10 THE RAMBL IN' MAN WAYLON JENNINGS-RCA APL1.0734 23 18 12 PRIDE OF AMERICA CHARLEY PRIDE-RCA APL1-0757 15 19 20 GET ON MY LOVE TRAIN LaCOSTA-Capitol ST 11346 14 20 14 COUNTRY HEART N' SOUL FREDDIE HART-Capitol ST 11353 13 191 26 SONS OF THE MOTHERLAND STATLER BROTHERS-Mercury SRM1.10194

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39 ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD MAC DAVIS-Columbia PC 32927 2 24 25SHE CALLED ME BABY CHARLIE RICH-RCA APL1-0686 15 25 24 SONGS ABOUT LADIES AND LOVE JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ- Mercury SRM-1 -1012 20 26 27 ONE DAY AT A TIME MARILYN SELLARS-Mega MLPS-603 31 27 19 MISS DONNA FARGO-ABC / Dot DOSD-2002 16 28 22 INSIGHT INTO HANK WILLIAMS IN SONG AND STORY HANK WILLIAMS/HANK WILLIAMS, JR.-MGM M3HB-4975 9 29 21 COUNTRY PARTNERS CONWAY TWITTY & LORETTA LYNN-MCA 427 35 30 28 ROOM FULL OF ROSES MICKEY GILLEY-Playboy PB-128 38 31 34 BARBI DOLL BARBI BENTON-Playboy PB-404 5 32 29THEY DON'T MAKE 'EM LIKE MY DADDY LORETTA LYNN-MCA 444 23 33 31 WOMAN TO WOMAN TAMMY WYNETTE-Epic KE 33246 14 34 32 LATEST AND GREATEST DANNY DAVIS-RCA APL1-0774 12 35 35 REUNION GLEN CAMPBELL-Capitol ST 11336 10 36 33 I WISH I HAD LOVED YOU BETTER EDDY ARNOLD-MGM M3G-4961 7

BACK TO THE COUNTRY LORETTA LYNN-MCA 471 1 38 37ANNE MURRAY COUNTRY-Capitol ST 11324 26 39 41 BEST OF JIM REEVES SACRED SONGS-RCA APL1-0793 3 40 36 CHAMPAGNE LADIES AND BLUE RIBBON BABIES FERLIN HUSKY- ABC ABCD-849 7 1:11 51 I GOT A LOT OF HURTIN' DONE TODAY CONNIE SMITH- Columbia KC 33375 2 133 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-MCA 2133 1 43 40 MEL TILLIS' GREATEST HITS-MGM M3G-4970 15 44 49 BOOTS RANDOLPH'S GREATEST HITS-Monument PZ 33242 3 56 PICKIN' GRASS AND SI NGIN' COUNTRY OSBORNE BROTHERS- MCA 468 2 65 RIDE 'EM COWBOY PAUL DAVIS-Bang 401 2 47 42 HAVING FUN ON STAGE ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA CPM1-0818 14

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51 50 GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1 BILLY CRASH CRADDOCK-ABC ABCD-850 12 52 45 CLASSIC CLARK ROY CLARK-ABC/Dot DOSD-2010 19 53 47 EXPRESSIONS RAY GRIFF-ABC/Dot DOSD-2011 6 54 48 DICK FELLER WROTE-United Artists UA-LA349-R 6 55 38 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE SHOULD BE BRIAN COLLINS- ABC/Dot DOSD-2008 12 133 BARROOMS TO BEDROOMS DAVID WILLS-Epic KE 33353 1 57 44 BRING BACK YOUR LOVE TO ME DON GIBSON-Hickory H3G-4516 15 58 54 RUB IT IN BILLY CRASH CRADDOCK-ABC ABCX-817 37 59 57 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CHARLIE RICH-Epic KE 33247 97 60 58 LORETTA LYNN'S GREATEST HITS-MCA 120 38 61 61 LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY DOLLY PARTON-RCA APL1-0712 23 62 43 I WONDER WHOSE BABY JERRY WALLACE-MCA 402 13 63 62 PURE LOVE RONNIE MILSAP-RCA APL1-0712 23 64 53 WHAT A MAN MY MAN IS LYNN ANDERSON-Columbia KC 33293 12 65 55 I'M NOT THROUGH LOVING YOU YET CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 44127 66 52 FALL AWAY TEX RITTER-Capitol ST 11351 7 67 59 NOW BRENDA LEE-MCA 433 14 68 60 WORKIN' AT THE CARWASH BLUES TONY BOOTH-Capitol ST 11352 8 69 64 NASHVILLE HIT MAN CHARLEY McCOY-Monument KZ 32922 22 70 68 COUNTRY IS TOM T. HALL-Mercury SRM1-1009 26 71 66 DIANA TRASK'S GREATEST HITS-ABC/Dot DOSD-2007 17 72 63 IT'S A MONSTER'S HOLIDAY BUCK OWENS-Capitol ST 11332 20 73 67 I CAN LOVE YOU ENOUGH GEORGE JONES-RCA APL1-0815 8 74 70 BEST OF CHARLIE RICH-Epic KE 31933 41 75 71 COUNTRY BUMPKIN CAL SMITH-MCA 424 39

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TITLE, ARTIST, Label, Number 63 DON'T LET THE GOOD TIMES FOOL YOU MAR. FES. WKS. ON MELBA MONTGOMERY/Elektra 45229 4 1 22 CHART 2 2DEVIL IN THE BOTTLE Eti 66 ALWAYS WANTING YOU MERLE HAGGARD/Capitol 4027 IM 67(YOU MAKE ME WANT TO BE) A MOTHER T. G. SHEPPARD TAMMY WYNETTE/Epic 8-50071 2 Melodyland M6002F 12 56 60 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF PRICE MITCHELL & JERRI KELLY/ GRT 016 5 HE TOOK ME FORA RIDE LaCOSTA/Capitol 4022 2 2 3 THE TIES THAT BIND DON WILLIAMS/ABC/Dot DOA -17531 12 EN 70 58 59 I'LL BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU SAY SAMI JO/MGM 14773 5 5 LINDA ON MY MIND CONWAY TWITTY/MCA 40339 7 59 19 WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH A DOG LIKE THAT 4 4 RAINY DAY WOMAN WAYLON JENNINGS/RCA PB-10142 10 SUSAN RAYE/Capitol 3980 13 9 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS FREDDY FENDER/ 60 23 THAT'S HOW MY BABY BUILDS A FIRE JOHNNY RUSSELL/ ABC/Dot DOA -17540 6 RCA PB-10135 9 10 6 1 I CARE/SNEAKY SNAKE TOM T. HALL/Mercury 73641 13 69PROUD OF YOU BABY BOB LUMAN/Epic 8-50065 4 7 6 I CAN'T HELP IT LINDA RONSTADT/Capitol 3990 10 2 CRI 82 UPROAR ANNE MURRAY/Capitol 4025 8 7 WRONG ROAD AGAIN CRYSTAL GAYLE/United Artists 31 GREAT EXPECTATIONS BUCK OWENS/Capitol 3976 14 UA-XW555-X 15 9 8 IT'S TIME TO PAY THE FIDDLER CAL SMITH/MCA 40335 13 CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK* 10 10 WOLF CREEK PASS C. W. McCALL/MGM 14764 13 - STILL THINKING 'BOUT YOU 11 12 I'M A BELIEVER TOMMY OVERSTREET/ABC/Dot DOA -17533 11 12 14 SWEET SURRENDER JOHN DENVER/RCA PB-10148 8 BILLY CRASH CRADDOCK III 18 LOVIN' YOU WILL NEVER GROW OLD LOIS JOHNSON/ ABC 12068 1 20th Century TC-2151 8 El 27THE BARGAIN STORE DOLLY PARTON/RCA PB-10164 5 65 44 THERE'S A SONG ON THE JUKEBOX DAVID WILLS/ iu 22 PENNY JOE STAMPLEY/ABC/Dot DOA -17537 5 Epic 8-50036 15 16 17 HOPPY, ROY AND ME ROY ROGERS/20th Century TC 2154 9 133 - WONDER WHEN MY BABY'S COMINGHOME BARBARA MANDRELL/Columbia 3-10082 1 El 21 WRITE ME A LETTER BOBBY G. RICE/GRT 014 7 13 20 I BELIEVE THE SOUTH IS GONNA RISE AGAIN ROLL ON BIG MAMA JOE STAMPLEY/Epic 8-50075 1 rj68 -46 IT'S A SIN WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY TANYA TUCKER/Columbia 3-10069 9 11 co 26A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF SASKATOON SONNY JAMES/ GLEN CAMPBELL/Capitol 3988 RESTROOM Columbia 3-10072 5 - I CAN STILL HEAR THE MUSIC IN THE JERRY LEE LEWIS/Mercury 73661 1 20 24 YOU ARE THE ONE MEL TILLIS & SHERRY BRYCE/ SHOULD I COME HOME JOE ALLEN/Warner Bros. WBS 8052 5 MGM 14776 8 70 72 71 77 CLEAN YOUR OWN TABLES STONEY EDWARDS/Capitol 40153 WHOEVER TURNED YOU ON DAVID WILKINS/MCA 40345 9 0 28 11111 - I GOT A LOT OF HURTIN' DONE TODAY CONNIE SMITH/ MY ELUSIVE DREAMS CHARLIE RICH/Epic 8-50064 4 W 35 Columbia 3-10086 1 El29 LIFE MARTY ROBBINS/MCA 40342 5 111 - NASHVILLE HOYT AXTON/A&M 1657 1 5 33 I'LL SING FOR YOU DON GIBSON/Hickory H 338 74 81 IS THIS ALL THERE IS TO A HONKY TONK 25 25 ROCK 'N ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE) JERRY NAYLOR/Melodyland M6003F 5 MAC DAVIS/Columbia 3-10070 7 Ea 85 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW REX ALLEN, JR./ Ea 41 HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN/ Warner Bros. WBS 8046 2 MCA 40349 4 76 68 ALL THE LOVE YOU'LL EVER NEED CLIFF COCHRAN/ El36 JUST LIKE YOUR DADDY JEANNE PRUETT/MCA 40340 6 Enterprise ENN-9109 5 34 OH BOY DIANA TRASK/ABC/Dot DOA -17536 6 77 80 THE WAY I LOSE MY MIND CARL SMITH/Hickory H 337 5 29 32 CHAMPAGNE LADIES AND BLUE RIBBON BABIES 78 47 CAROLINA MOONSHINER PORTER WAGONER/ FERLIN HUSKY/ABC 12048 8 RCA PB-10124 11 30 30 HE'S EVERYWHERE MARILYN SELLARS/Mega MR -1221 10 79 38 LADY CAME FROM BALTIMORE JOHNNY CASH/ Columbia 3-10066 12 31 11 THEN WHO AM I CHARLEY PRIDE/RCA PB-10126 12 80 86 CHAINS BUDDY ALAN/Capitol 4019 2 RIDE 'EM COWBOY PAUL DAVIS/Bang 712 6 CI 37 81 83 CAT'S IN THE CRADLE COMPTON BROTHERS/ El 43 ROSES AND LOVE SONGS RAY PRICE/Myrrh MS 150 4 ABC/Dot DOA -17538 3 Eli 39 SOULFUL WOMAN KENNY O'DELL/Capricorn CPS 0219 5 82 91 I FOUGHT THE LAW SAM NEELY/A&M 1651 3 Ea 40 MAMA DON'T LOW HANK THOMPSON/ABC/Dot 83 48 LET'S SING OUR SONG JERRY REED/RCA PB-10132 11 DOA -17535 6 84 65 DON JUNIOR JIM ED BROWN/RCA PB-10131 6

42 LEAVE IT UP TO ME BILLY LARKIN/Bryan 1010 6 - WHILE THE FEELING'S GOOD MIKE LUNSFORD/Gusto 5593 1 45 I'LL STILL LOVE YOU JIM WEATHERLY/Buddah 444 4 86 87 ONCE AGAIN I GO TO SLEEP WITH LOVIN' ON MY MIND 5 50BEST WAY I KNOW HOW MEL TILLIS/MGM 14782 5 MELODY ALLEN/Mercury 73638 87 89 IT'S A FEELING CALLED LOVE BILLY MIZE/Mega MR -1223 4 54 THE PILL LORETTA LYNN/MCA 40358 2 88 97 PUT ANOTHER NOTCH IN YOUR BELT KENNY STARR/ 53 I JUST CAN'T GET HER OUT OF MY MIND 40 MCA 40350 2 JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ/Mercury 73659 3 89 96I'M NOT LISA JESSI COLTER/Capitol 4009 2 52 I STILL FEEL THE SAME ABOUT YOU BILL ANDERSON/ 90 90 SAWMILL DEPOT JACK GREENE/MCA 40353 5 MCA 40351 4 91 98 CHARLEY IS MY NAME JOHNNY DUNCAN/ 58 IT DO FEEL GOOD DONNA FARGO/ABC/Dot DOA -17541 3 Columbia 3-10085 2 43 15 (I'D BE) A LEGEND IN MY TIME RONNIE MILSAP/RCA 92 92 BAD WATER GENE WATSON/Resco 630 3 PB-10112 14 93 93 GONNA FIND ME A BLUEBIRD BUD LOGAN/Shannon S 825 5 44 13 CITY LIGHTS MICKEY GILLEY/Playboy 6015 13 94 99 AIRPORTS AND PLANES PAT ROBERTS/ABC/Dot DOA -175392 45 16 IT WAS ALWAYS SO EASY MOE BANDY/GRC 2036 14 95 - THE ONE SHE'S CHEATING WITH BRIAN SHAW/

(a 57 BLANKET ON THE GROUND BILLIE JO SPEARS/ RCA PB-10189 1 United Artists UA-XW584-X 3 96 WHEN SHE TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS (AND TURNS ON

47 51 COME ON DOWN TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD/Capitol 3916 5 THE LOVE) JOHN WESLEY RYLES/RCA PB-10146 1 55 JANUARY JONES JOHNNY CARVER/ABC 12052 6 97 88 COME ON HOME MARY LOU TURNER/MCA 40343 5 98 100 HOW COME IT TOOK SO LONG (TO SAY GOODBYE) 56 THE CROSSROAD MARY KAY JAMES/Avco CAV-605 5 DAVE DUDLEY/United Artists UA-XW585-X 50 61 LONELY MEN, LONELY WOMEN CONNIE EATON/ABC 15022 5 2 99 - LOVER PLEASE KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & RITA COOLIDGE/ 62 COVER ME SAMMI SMITH/Mega MR -1222 5 131 Monument ZS8-8636 1 64MY BOY ELVIS PRESLEY/RCA PB-10191 100 D 3 - RIGHT OR LEFT AT OAK STREET MOLLY BEE/Granite 515 1

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JIM WEATHERLY, A MAN OF ALL TALENTS ... WRITER OF MANY HIT SONGS FOR GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS AND RAY PRICE ... NOW HAS A HIT ALBUM AND SINGLE OF HIS OWN ... INCLUDING HIS VERSIONS OF "THE NEED TO BE", "LIKE OLD TIMES AGAIN" AND "ROSES AND LOVE SONGS"

FROM THE HIT ALBUM "THE SONGS OF JIM WEATHERLY" BOS 5608

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