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By RON :11c('IZEI(:H'I' By PAUL SIEGEL SINGLE IMPORT TIP OF THE WEEK U.K. Picks of the Week for U.S. INKPOT-Shocking Blue-Polydor SINGLE EXPORT TIP OF THE WEEK SINGLE EVERYBODY JOIN HANDS-Debbie-Ariola NOTHING SUITABLE TELEVISION RECORD TIP FOR: ;SLEEPER ZDF NETWORK HIT-PARADE) THIS ONE'S FOR YOU (WITH DEDICATION)-Mark and John Publisher: Jonjo Music-UK ES IST SO GUT-Marion Maerz-Kinney Reprise ;ALBUM BLACK SABBATH VOL. 4-Black Sabbath-Vertigo ALBUMS OF THE WEEK SING THEIR HITS-BASF LONDON-Surprise announcement from Elton John-he is (POP)-THE WESTFALISCHEN NIGHTINGALES forming his own label to be named Rocket Records, although his (CLASSIC)-CHOPIN: Mazurkas-Benedetti Michelangeli (Piano)- contract with DJM has at least another two years to run. A Deutsche Grammophon management team has already been appointed and includes Steve Brown, who is to leave the Dick James Organization and BERLIN-With ten minutes to go in my Jokn's personal manager John Read. Favorites to clinch distri- RIAS Berlin broadcast of one hour, the awaited bution is EMI who invited the artist to attend their recent sales tape finally was brought into the radio studio conference as a special guest. Producing for Rocket, in addition and it climaxed my show with the Popcorn to John, will be Gus Dudgeon and Bernie Taupin and first artist instrumental and, on top, the heartfelt, sincere on the label will be Davey Johnstone, his guitarist. voice of my old friend, Art Talmadge from Interesting comments concerning Radio One on the occasion New York congratulating me for helping make of its fifth birthday ... top MOR D.J. and revived 45 specialist, Popcorn by Hot Butter ... The entire TV net- Tony Blackburn considers the station's greatest achievement has Panl Siegel works televised the UNICEF Show from Berlin been in creating a "national pop network," whilst the favorite and Essen in Germany, featuring, Sammy Davis, Jr. . . . The contemporary jockey, John Peel considers that the five years has show brought 428,000 German D Marks from contributions for been spent in forcing the public "to develop an appetite for the starving little children . . . Peter Ustinov is absolutely tops bubblegum because there's nothing else to listen to." Meanwhile in his solo interpretation without orchestral backing of a Mozart Radio Luxembourg have selected our entries for their forth- Opera . . . I never saw Inge Meysel laugh more heartily, and coming Grand Prix Record Producers Contest-Ken Howard and she's just as natural off stage as on stage ... President Richard Alan Blaikley's próduction of Bay City Rollers' "Manana," to be Nixon sent 92 -year -old Vienna composer Robert Stolz a letter of issued by Bell; Miki Dallon's "Eyes Of Tomorrow," by Steve thanks for his music received at the Salzburg, Austria airport and Bonnie, out soon on his own Young Blood label; "Days To enroute to the Far East ... Johnny Cash and wife June Carter Remember" by Yellowstone and Voice, produced by Ellis Elias arrived with baby son for their German concert tour, and both and Robert Denova. Largest ever entry for the contest, to be were dressed in black . . . Wim Schut, Demon Thor and Tommy held on October 18th, indicates an increase in its considered Fortmann, the new United Artists team have solidified UA ac- importance in this country. tion in Germany . . . A moment of respectful silence for that Yellowstone and Voice are the first act to be released on EMI's great human being and artist, Lale Andersen who died recently Regal Zonophone label through their new deal with the Red Bus at the age of 64 . . . Remember the most famous war song dur- Agency, although their debut single, issued this week, is a dif- ing WW II? Lili Marleen's voice came over Radio Belgrad in ferent track from their album, "Grandmother Says." Other re- Yugoslavia with this Anti -War song ... King Branko Zivanovic leases through the deal are "Don't Do That" by Geordie and has a very talented new record artist, Marc Holder for his Bella- "Joseph Demanio" by Schunge, both also issued by EMI this phon clan . . . May I humbly predict that England's next big week along with several others including Rick Springfield's talent Export to Germany, will be the many faceted Julie Rogers, Stateside smash "Speak To The Sky." especially with her brilliant rendition of "Now" (Hava Nagila) Polydor celebrated their impressive fifty per cent increase in on Burning Ember ... Aberbach Music Publishers in Hamburg turnover for the first eight months of the year, by making some have a new hit record team, Mac & Katie Kissoon on TELDEC additional appointments and by effecting a re -shuffle in their . .. The Walt Disney show is in Germany with a very talented management team. Trevor Trimmer becomes general manager of star, who never drinks or smokes . . A Micky Mouse puppet, Polydor International and is replaced by Mike Hales as pop and releases on Electrola, and no doubt Wilfried Jung, key marketing manager. Malcolm Jones, formerly with Cube Records, EMIte will chalk up big sales, but don't forget Donald Duck! joins the company as pop product manager. Tim Harrold assumes . . . Uwe Lencher P.R. of Metronome, Hamburg has a hum- a new title-Commercial Manager, and is now in charge of both dinger with the exclusive signing of author James Krüss à la marketing and sales and Roger Holt is appointed promotion vocal 1p albums, one of which racked up 350,000 1ps "The Sing- manager. ing War of the Meadow Rabbits" ... No ... It's not true, but Correction-apologies to all concerned, we were misinformed it is that Canada's Anne Murray's coming to Germany ... Show about the publishers of our single pick two weeks ago by the Editor in Chief, Dieter Liffers did a rush job flyin' from Cologne Fortunes. Cookaway Music are in fact publishers of this poten- to Berlin to huddle with Reinhard Mey of Intercord kicking off tial smash, "Everything Is Out Of Season." his tour from Berlin ... Well, well Andy Williams in Germany Johnathan King continues his never ending run with another did a great job and Germans hope he comes back again next year (Continued on page 52) for a tour of the country.

50 RECORD WORLD OCTOBER 7, 1972