record Dedicated To • Serving The Needs Of The 05 951 lid 39081 Y 1 Music & Record IS inmir m ;Ce Industry 634 NV E world 3-6 Vol. 22, No. 1096 Jure 8, 1968 W HO In the opinion of the editors, this week the following records are the l i r S I N G L E P I C K S O F T H E W E E K IN THE "HANG 'EM HIGH' RCA WORLD 41-544Victor 1 1 0(Unart. BIM) HUGO MONTENEGRO The Monkees keep finding Mitch Ryder goes in for a The Turtles tell Nilsson's Hugo Montenegro fo)lows those chart-topping tunes. change of pace on "The -The Story o' Rock and his click with another. This time its a real cut Lights of Night" (Satur- Roll" (Rock, 8M1). which This one is "Hang 'Em up, "0. W. Washburn' day, BMI) and gives his lust rocks and rolls like High" (Unart, BMI) from (Screen Gems - Columbia. talent a work-out (Dyno crazy (White whale 273). the movie of the same BMI) (Colgems 10231. voice 916). name (RCA Victor 474544). Jon & Robin tell each The Irish Rovers go their The Toys have a rollicking Billy Vera sings Bobby other You Got Class" own Irish way and there- rock beat he -e with this Goldsboro's "With Pvi in (Unart. BMI) on this mov- fore have style. "(The Geld-Udell soig. "Sealed Hand" (Unart, BMI) about ing, fun-loving side that Puppet Song) Whiskey on a With a K ss" (Post, an impending divorce. A should go far up the list Sunday" (Essex, ASCAP) ASCAP) will hit with a poignant plea (Atlantic lAbnak 130). will go (Decca 3233). bang (Musicor 1319). 2526). * A L B U M P I C K S O F T H E W E E K Artie Kornfeld, Newly Appointed Capitol Dir. Of Contemporary Product, Johnny Rivers' "Realiza- .im Nabors' "Kiss Me "Basic Blues Magoos" TO T1 Pa :ton is committed, tion" is another of f is Goodbye" is a collection brings the fats up to date whimsical, compassionate, carefully thought out, of recent chart love bal- on the prog-ess of this worrie d on -Morning Reveals New Signings, intriguing, with-it, out- lad >. "Love is Blue," imaginative g-oup. "Yellow Again." "Jennif er's Rab- standing packages (Impe- '11sney,' "To Give" (Co- Rose," "I vVanna Live" bit," 'Now That I've rial LP 12372). umbia CI 2820: CS 9620). (Mercury SR 61167). Taken My Lite" (Elektra Plans for the Future. [KS 74019). The Story on Page 10. BILLY V pa (Of "STORYBOOK CHILDREN" Fame) with a magnificent solo rendition of a fantastic new song* "WIT IN Atlantic 2526 Produced by: CHIP TAYL OR Arranged by: ARIF MARDIN Composed by: BOBBY GOLDSB OR O FAM A TL A N TIC *Song Suggested by: JOE GALKIN Snuff Garrett Productions BM! Awards Forms Bravo Records Dot Finances, Computed Distribs Jobete, HoHands, Dozier, LOS ANGELES—Bravo Rec- ords has been formed by Snuff Garrett Productions, which Kaempfert Top Winners foumded Viva Records in June, NEW YORK —At a black tie winners are Lamont Dozier, 1966. As in the case of Viva, dinner given at the Hotel Pierre Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Bravo will be financed and dis- last week (28), the 113 writers and Bert Kaempfert, each with tributed by Dot Records. and 70 publishers of 97 songs five awards, and Jobete Music Identical with the successful Principals of Dot Records meet licensed for public performance Co., Inc., the leading publisher, Viva operation, Bravo product with Bravo officers to discuss de- by BMI received Citations of with eight awards. will derive the benefits of Dot's tails of new firm. From left, Ar- Achievement as the most per- In the past, BMI Citations of nold D. Burk, Paramount Pictures expanded marketing and promo- formed songs in 1967. Achievement have been pres- VP in charge of music operations, tion departments. Garrett will Bravo topper Snuff Garrett, Rich- In addition, two special Cita- ented annually to those songs head the label as President, co- ard H. Peirce, Dot's VP, General tions of Achievement were which achieved Top 10 posi- ordinating closely with Execu- Manager, Bravo VP's Mel Bly and presented. Leslie Bricusse and tions in various trade paper tive VP Ed Silvers and VP Mel Ed Silvers. Hastings Music Corp. were hon- charts. This year's presentation Bly. ored for receiving an Oscar for marked the first time that the Unlike Viva, which has estab- tion is now building an impres- "Talk to the Animals" as the awards were made on the basis lished an identity as purveyors sive artist roster for the label, best song written for a motion of broadcast performances as of soft, romantic melodies (i.e., with first sides scheduled for picture. C. Carson Parks and measured by BMI's logging the best-selling series of rhap- late June. Greenwood Music Co. were hon- practices. sodies by the Midnite String Arnold D. Burk, Paramount ored for "Somethin' Stupid," Other leading writer-award Quartet), Bravo will move into Pictures Vice-President in the most performed song in the winners include John Lennon, new directions of contemporary charge of Music Operations, BMI repertoire during 1967. (Continued on page 36) sounds. The Garrett organiza- (Continued on page 36) The top 1967 writer-award Alpert, Moss Copyright Revision Schaefer New Sponsor Men of Year Bill Killed Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss WASHINGTON, D. U. — The have been named Men of the Copyright Revision Bill was Of Central Park Fest Year by the Conference of Per- killed for this session of Con- There will be a new contem- top-earning musical artists as sonal Managers, West, and will gress last week. porary music festival in Cen- Count Basie, Nina Simone, Ray be honored for their achieve- Charles, Pete Seeger, Duke El- In place of the bill, which in- tral Park this year, and at $1.00 ments at the organization's An- cluded a revision to cover pay- a ticket. lington, and many others. nual Awards Dinner at the Bev- ments on CATV, Senator John The popular two-year-old Official announcement of the erly Hills Hotel on June 5. summer concert series, threat- Festival's 1968 reprieve was L McClellan introduced a bill Conference President Bill made by August Heckscher, Ad- to extend the current law one ened with extinction when its Loeb said Alpert and Moss were original sponsor 'defected be- ministrator of Parks, Recrea- year. This bill did not include named for their achievements cause of a budget cut, has ac- tion and Cultural Affairs, at a any of the suggested new mea- in creating and developing A & press conference last week in sures. quired a new sponsor: the F. M Records into one of the en- Central Park's Wollman Me- and M. Schaefer Brewing Com- tertainment industry's most im- pany. The beer firm will make morial Rink, scene of past and portant companies. up the difference between the future concerts. Market Signing ticket price to the public, and Administrator Hecicscher ex- the cost to producer Ron Del- pressed official gratitude to Ru- sener of hiring such top-name, (Continued on page 40) Mftr. Tape Sales At MCA Leisure Division Up 745 Manufacturers' sales of pre- Mancini Directs International recorded tapes rose by 74 per cent in 1967 to $106.1 million at Promotion, Artists Relations retail list price value, the Rec- ord Industry Association of Frank Mancini has been while at the same time guiding named Director of Interna- (Continued on page :If; America announced. This was revealed in a sta- tional promotion and Artists tistical study inaugurated by Relations for the Entertain- Above, Joe Smith, VP and General RIAA last year Which includes Manager of Warner Bros.-7 Arts ment and Leisure Time Market- manufacturers' sales of reel-to- Records, announces the signing of ing Division of MCA, Inc., an- reel as well as 4- and 8-track Kensington Market to a recording nounces William P. Gallagher. cartridge tapes. Henry Brief the contract with the company. Group Association's Executive Direc- Gallagher stated: "MCA's do- is from Toronto. Felix Pappalardi tor, said that the Association has been assigned to produce their mestic record companies Decca, planned this year also to add records. The Kensington Market's Uni and Kapp and their sub- first album will be presented at the pre-recorded cassettes to its Warner Bros.-7 Arts 10th Anni- sidiary labels are making dra- tape sales study. versary Convention in Hawaii in matic progress in the develop- The largest increase, 148 per July. During the last two weeks in ment of new young talent for cent, was registered in sales of August they will headline at the (Continued on page 47) Bitter End in New York. their respective organizations Frank Mancini 3 RECORD WORLD—June 8, 1%8 Barnard Assists 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I ASCAP's $651,850 Writer CBS Market VP record Russell Barnard has been ap- Awards Set New Record pointed Assistant to the VP, worid arA6,°4 Marketing, CBS Records, an- The American Society of believe that the listing of a nounces Wornall F. Farr, VP, 200 W. 57th St., New York, N. Y. 10019 Composers, Authors and Pub- member's works on a trade- Marketing, CBS Records. Area Code (212) 765-5020 lishers has made additional paper popularity chart has a Barnard will be responsible cash awards to 161 ASCAP bearing on its prestige value for the development of strategic Publisher writer-members in both the and operational marketing plans, and we, therefore, set up gen- BOB AUSTIN popular and classical fields, eral guidelines at this meeting and for directing studies re- A S C A P President Stanley for determining the amount of quired for the development of Adams announced.