5 8 2791 1935 ? 8 "cas LABELS! ASSOCIATED CBS l^mmk 0 THE DISCS. •|S3 PORTRAIT^ND COMPACT iSSg AND EPIC, CASSETTES FROM RECORDS, ALBUMS ON HIT AVAILABLE ON UP ALL H h-' STOCK O 0X1: o go TO TO S s§ CHANCE S§ S LAST H ce; H ^ <<^t: I DC [34 g I YOUR ! CASHBWL'© THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC/COIN MACHINE/HOME ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY VOLUME L—NUMBER 25—DECEMBER i£ 9i CASHBOX Table Of Contents GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARK ALBERT 12" Vice President and General Manager Cover Story 11 Top 75 Dance Singles . SPENCE BERLAND Executives On The Move 7 Top 40 Music Videos Vice President 10 Top 15 Music Videocassettes J.B. CARMICLE New Faces To Watch Vice President The Music Times Center Pullout Top 40 Videocassettes ROBERT LONG Director Black/Urban Marketing Top 40 Compact Discs STEPHEN PADGETT Columns Top 50 Country Albums .... Managing Editor Points West 10 Top 100 Country Singles . 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Columbia Columbia ' USA For Africa Distributes ^ First HAA Monies os ANGELES — United Support of Art- including ways to “leverage” the money by is for Africa (USA for Africa) have an- obtaining matching grants and other possi- lunced the distribution of domestic grants ble fund raising efforts. Submission of these is week to hunger and homeless agencies statewide proposals to USA for Africa head- id organizations across the nation, total- quarters from the state coalitions will begin including nearly $600,000 in December and continue through Febru- g $776,665, )m Hands Across America project. ary. Upon arrival, the proposals will imme- The $576,665 in Hands Across America diately be put through the review and rnts is the first in a series of grants to be approval process and be funded in a timely tributed in all 50 states. This opening fashion. md includes 35 grants to service provid- “The collaborative philosophy that be- t 15 states for short-term emergency gan with 45 totally unique recording artists , in d intermediate projects, singing together on “We Are The World” ijtates represented in this first round in- continues to be the ongoing theme and di- UJA ROPES AIV OUTLAW— Willie Nelson was honored by the Music Industry Division of the : de Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, rection for USA for Africa,” says Ken Kra- UJA at their recent dinner. Pictured at the ceremony are (l-r) Walter Yetnikoff, president, CBS/ 'i'ine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New gen, president of USA for Africa. “This Records Group; Steve Wynn, the evening’s emcee: Willie and Connie Nelson. impshire. North Dakota, Rhode Island, collaborative approach has been the driving ath Dakota, Utah, Vermont and Wyo- force behind the song, the distribution of New RIAA Pres Berman Sets ng. The types of organizations funded in- African monies, the Hands Across America de a variety of local and statewide food event and now, the distribution of the HAA nks, homeless shelters, low-income hous- funds.” Tough Agenda groups, tenant assistant programs, legal Three grants from the “We Are the || groups, grassroots organizing efforts World” domestic monies have also been ap- By Lee Jeske — 'd hotline/referral services. proved. The National Student Campaign NEW YORK “1 guess if it was easy, they snuff at the same time the product has been probably wouldn’t have given the job,” introduced. That’s a opportunity in , In October of this year, USA for Africa Against Hunger has received a $100,000 me unique icated $12 million in emergency and ex- grant to continue fund raising and building says Jay Berman, incoming president of the our world.” ng program support on a state-by-state broad-based coalitions within the student RIAA, about the many battles the Associa- Describing the efforts of the manufactur- in in tion faces in the months. to I ;is. Service providers states authorized sector; El Nido Services, based Los Ange- coming ers counter any legislation controlling : . less than $90,000 were instructed to sub- les, has been approved for a $50,000 grant In an interview in the New York offices of DAT recorders as “monumental,” Berman I proposals for programs to be funded. to continue its work in counseling pregnant the RIAA, Berman, who will officially as- says he is looking forward to the upcoming |e grants currently being announced and and/or parenting poor youth and $50,000 sume the duties of president in early ’87, meetings in Canada with representatives of ded are from this set of states. has been approved for People Assisting the spoke loudly and clearly about the issues the manufacturers, but says, “We’re long In states authorized for more than Homeless (PATH) in Los Angeles to help that he sees as his top priorities as new behind accepting the bone of appeasement. 4,000, USA for Africa has been assisting the organization offer a variety of support RIAA chief. We have tried for about three years now, al service organizations in developing a services as well as public education about “My first priority, actually, is to move individually among the companies [Berman tfewide strategy to address the problems, homelessness. everything from New York to Washington comes to the post from Warner Communi- and get as many people set in place as cation], and through the RIAA, to meet and IVelk Record Group Purchases quickly as possible. My number one issue talk to our counterparts, the manufacturers. priority is the question of digital audio tape, And we have been uniformly unsuccessful in and everything else kind of takes second getting them to even listen. In fact, we Vanguard Records place to that at the moment.” haven’t even been able to get in the door to About the effort to get legislation passed give them the message. This is the first op- The Welk Record Group has acquired Peerce; counter-tenor Mark Deller, pianist to ensure copy controls in DAT home re- portunity where a high-level meeting is go- catalog of Vanguard Records, compris- Peter Serkin and flautist Paula Robinson. corders, Berman says, “I’m optimistic. I ing to take place and we have some very || I a substantial collection of classical, jazz Orchestral recordings include, the Vienna think we have a unique opportunity that we high-level people from the other side com- d folk recordings.