rhe pensive young man above is RCA Vidor’s Neil Sedaka, one of the country’s hottest record names over the past three-or-so years, who is now developing into (fUally hot in-person performer. Currently riding high with his big “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” smash, Neil’s disks have met with extremely strong acceptaii nternationally. The artist just returned from a stint on England’s “Sunday Night At The Palladium” TV’er and has been booked for two future hour-long TV spei le will be touring South America and Europe again in the near future with dates in Italy, France, Germany, England and a number of other countries. He will he he bill at the International nitery in N.Y, in June, Sedaka’s personal manager is Ben Sutter. ARETHA FRANKLIN 4-42266 , ^ , COLUMBIA RECORDSll Also available on Single 33 1 CashBox MM Vol. XXIII—Number 20 January 27, 1962 FOUNDED BY BILL GEBSH 'mS'WS&WM Gash Box ’ (Publication Office) 1721 Broadway [ A New York 19, N. Y. * (Phone: JUdson 6-2640) Y. ' CABLE ADDRESS: CASHBOX, N. THE I JOE ORLECK, Preaident and Publisher Director I NORMAN ORLECK. VP and Managing GEORGE ALBERT, VP and Treasurer I i EDITORIAL—Music SOLID ' SOUTH MARTY OSTROW, Editor-in-Chief ' IRA HOWARD, Editor I IRV LICHTMAN, Associate Editor I TED WILLIAMS, Statistical Editor MIRE MARTUCCI, Statistical Assistant a discussion of record I Whenever Queen” and “To A Sleeping POPSIE, Staff Photographer , markets comes up, markets of the Beauty.” Although initial Northern ADVERTISING I South seem to be ignored. It’s true reaction resulted in the release of ' BOB AUSTIN, National Director, Music ' JERRY SHIFRIN, N.Y.C. office, Music that the South has no big cities the “To A Sleeping Beauty,” the South I LEE BROOKS, Manager Chicago size of York, Chicago and Los was applauding I JACK DEVANEY, Manager Los Angeles New the “Cajun” side MARTY TOOHEY, National—Coin Machine I NEVILLE MARTEN, London, Eng. Angeles and therefore is not as all the way. Currently the two are , PAUL ACKET, The Hague, Holland gi’eat a volume territory as the in a neck and neck battle with MAL SONDOCK, Munich, Germany A RON TUDOR, Heathmont, Victoria, Aust. East, Midwest and Coast. But too “Cajun” making the big chart I VITTORIO de MICHELI, Milano, Italy many people are taking the South move this week. It’ll be interesting I SVEN G. WINQUIST, Stockholm, Sweden ROGER SELLAM, Paris, France I ORTIZ, Mexico D.F. for granted and are not recognizing to see what the end result is with , ENRIQUE 7, DENIS PANTIS, Quebec, Canada , the productivity of this extremely this hit. ' MIQUEL SMIRNOFF, ' Buenos Aires, Argentina important area and what appears to But aside from competition on I RICARDO & RENATO MACEDO, be a territory of growing signifi- I Sao Paulo, Brazil either side of the Mason-Dixon fine, HIKARU SUGIURA, Tokyo, Japan , BRUNO DUTKOWSKI, Art Director cance in the singles record picture. the South has been playing a major It is said that the Southerners are role in volume sales. ' MANAGERS ' died-in-the-wool traditionafists who MARTY TOOHEY, Coin Machine Dept. We have heard it said many I T. TORTOSA, Circulation stick to their guns to the very end I NEVILLE MARTEN, European Director times in recent months that if a in when they believe something single is to step out of the four to I CHICAGO strongly. Well, recent months in the 1 LEE BROOKS five hundred thousand category 29 E. Madison St., Chicago 2, 111. record business seem to be proving (All Phones: Financial 6-7272) and reach the nine hundred thou- I this point with Southern liits win- HOLLYWOOD sand to million mark in sales, it’s , JACK DEVANEY ning out over Northern clicks. gotta be a big hit in the South. And * Erv Malec A few months back, Roy Orhison I 6272 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 28, Cal. we’ve seen evidence of this fre- I (Phone. Hollywood 5-2129) clicked with a two sider, “Crying” quently during the soft-singles- ENGLAND in most of the Northern markets I sales-period where top five records NEVILLE MARTEN , Dorris Land while “Candy Man” was making it which have lost the South have had 9a New Bond St. big in the South. It’s true that “Cry- ' London, Wl, Eng. trouble even coming close to the I Tel: Hyde Park 2868 ing” won out in the short run due gold record mark. 1 to big city success of the side. But BENELUX: PAUL ACKET, Theresiastraat 81a, In addition, the South has been „ The Hague, Holland, Tel. 070-722646 long after “Crying” had completed GERMANY; MAL SONDOCK, Amalienstrasse responsible for breaking a number * 28, Munich, Germany, Tel: 220197 its chart run, “Candy Man” con- I ITALY, VITTORIO de MICHELI, Via Dell’Orso of the nation’s big hits, many of I 4, Milan, Italy, Tel. 86 43 66 tinued to sell for many months. SCANDINAVIA; SVEN G. WINQUIST, Kagge- which were never exposed up North holmsvagen 48, Stockholm-Enskede, Sweden, More recently a similar situation , Tel: 69-46-86 until their Southern strength put ' developed >vith the Highwaymen PRANCE: ROGER SELLAM, 24 Rue de Lenin- them solidly onto the charts. grad, Paris, France. Tel: Europe 6308 recording of “Gypsy Rover” and I AUSTRALIA: RON TUDOR, 8 Francis St., The South may still deserve sec- I Heathmont, Victoria, Tel: 87-6677 “Cottonfields.” While the North MEXICO: ENRIQUE ORTIZ, Monterrey Col. , 31, ond billing. But ignoring this key Roma, Mexico D.F. was heavy on “Rover,” the South , 7, Tel: 12-10-00 10-10-01 CANADA: DENIS PANTIS, 996 Decarie Blvd., market and gearing singles releases felt Ville St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada “Cottonfields” was the side for I without considering the tastes of ARGENTINA: MIGUEL SMIRNOFF, Rafaela the long run. The South never gave I 8978, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: 69-1588 this very important area is fool- BRAZIL: RICARDO & RENATO MACEDO, Rua in to the strong initial Northern re- Joao Ramalho 1324, Sao Paulo, Brazil, I Tel: hardy. 62-6188 action to “Rover” and is now win- TOKYO: HIKARU SUGIURA 2, Takada-Oimatau With more and more industry ' Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan ning with “Cottonfields” the only ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES $16 per year any- seller in all markets. moving South and the Southern where in the U. S. A. Published weekly. Second- steadily ‘ it is class postage paid at Bristol, Conn. This week, the situation has de- economy improving, Copyright © 1961 by The Cash Box Publishing veloped again with Jimmy Dean’s an increasingly important market J Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under I Universal Copyright Convention. latest Columbia platter “Cajun to watch. 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