Galobich Upped At Columbia John Galobich has been pro- sales of Columbia product, both moted to Regional Promotion singles and albums. In addi- Manager, , tion Galobich will be respon- SHOALS SCENE North Central Region, an- sible to Popovich for the su- nounces Steve Popovich, Di- pervision and direction of local rector of National Promotion. promotion efforts by branch By BOB BATES Galobich promotion managers in markets will be respon- located within his region. Gal- MUSCLE SHOALS-Wayne Newton flew into Muscle Shoals sible for obich will be based at Colum- for a three-day recording stint at Fame Studios, beginning Satur- maintain- bia's branch in Skokie, Ill. day, Jan. 9. ing liaison Previously, Galobich was A member of the Newton entourage, Gloria Jones (formerly with radio Branch Promotion Manager in a headliner with the Los Angeles production of "Hair"), hinted station p r o - Cincinnati. that Newton fans may be in for a funky surprise when the results gram direc- of the session are released. tors, music Beverly Hills Lloyd Price, produced by George Soule and Terry Woodford for directors and Scepter Records, was at Muscle Shoals Sound Jan. 8-9-10, laying John Galobich disc jockeys, down a number of R&B tunes. A single is expected to emerge sub - distribu- Meets in Mexico from the . . . tors, major session, to be released later this month Swamp singles retailers, Morris Diamond's Beverly Dogg (Jerry Williams, Jr.) has been at again Quinvy Music local field promotion it at and sales Hills Records will host its first Corp., this time producing a new rock group from California, personnel and New York na- distributor -promotion meetings Wither tional Spoon. Dogg's latest album, "Ratt On." will be released promotion personnel for in Mexico City the last week in early February Harrison Calloway, the purpose of promoting ... emerging artist/pro- and in February. ducer/musician on the Shoals Scene, has been on a stimulating the airplay and just released (Continued on page 62) single from Widget Recording. "A" side is "Ooh My Cha Cha" backed by "Time Is Near." Both tunes are of the pop-R&B variety and seem to be very well put together. Peggy Lee will do an album at Fame sometime in January for Capitol Records ... Keith Sikes (produced by Don Nix for Van- 8° TOP NON -ROCK guard) sessioned at Muscle Shoals Sound Jan. 4-5-6-7 ... Percy Sledge completed his latest recording at Quinvy Jan. 9 after a bout with the flu that hospitalized him for a couple of days during JANUARY 23, 1971 Christmas ... Sound tracks were done at Muscle Shoals Sound, vocals at Quinvy, THIS LAST for Atlantic ... Liza Minnelli will return to WK. WK. Fame Recording for another album session in January, schedule permitting. Miss Minnelli 1 ] recorded her "New Feeling" album WATCHING SCOTTY GROW -United Artists 50727 (BnB, 8M1) here last March 2 6 THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING/I REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW for A&M Records ... Alan Walden of Hustlers. ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA 47-9960 (Blue Crest, BMI) (Hill & Range, BMI) Inc., of Macon, Ga., will spend a month at his branch office at 3 3 THE GREEN GRASS STARTS TO GROW DIONNE WARWICK-Scepter 12300 Quinvy Music, co-ordinating his extensive interests in the rapidly (Blue Seas/Craig, ASCAP) expanding Shoals scene A 2 MOST OF ... The Great American Middle Class, ALL B. J. THOMAS-Scepter 12299 (LowSal, BMI) a folk-rock duo 5 4 MY SWEET LORD GEORGE HARRISON-Apple 2995 (Harrisongs, BMI) signed with Muscle Shoals Sound Publishing Co., 6 5 ROSE GARDEN -Columbia 4-45252 (Lowery, BMI) featuring Laura Struzick and Scotty Riley, are doing an 7 7 YOUR SONG ELTON JOHN-Uni (MCA) 55265 (Dick James Music, BMI) album produced by David Hood and Terry Woodford. 8 3 ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER FIFTH DIMENSION-Bell 910 Bettye Swann completed (Blue Seas/Jac, ASCAP) an album at Fame recently on the 9 11 AMAZING GRACE JUDY COLLINS-Elektra 45709 Capitol label . . . Albert King will be putting down some tracks (Rocky Mountain Natl. Park, ASCAP) at Muscle Shoals Sound for Stax Jan. 11-15 . . . Leon Russell 10 14 1900 YESTERDAY LIZ DAMON'S ORIENT EXPRESS-White Whale 368 producing some sides at Muscle Shoals Sound for Shelter Rec- (Lameia, BMI) ords Jan. 7 ... Candi Staton's single, "Stand By Your Man," has 11 15 THEME FROM LOVE STORY HENRY MANCINI-RCA 479927 (Famous, ASCAP) 12 12 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE NEW SEEKERS-Elektra 45710 surpassed the 850,000 mark in sales. Her latest, "He Called Me (Avco Embassy/Kama Rippa/Amelanie, ASCAP) Baby," is steadily climbing the charts. Produced by Rick Hall on 13 9 SILVER MOON MICHAEL NESMITH & FIRST NATIONAL BAND-RCA 74-3099 the Fame label ... R. B. Greaves will do an album at Muscle (Screen Gems -Columbia, BMI) Shoals Sound for Atlantic Jan. 19-23 . . . George Soule and 14 10 FREE TO CARRY ON SANDPIPERS-A&M 1227 (Almo/Paean, ASCAP) Terry 15 20 SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU VOGUES-Reprise 0969 (Southern, ASCAP) Woodford of the Muscle Shoals Sound staff will be re- 16 16 LONELY DAYS BEE GEES-Atco 6795 (Casserole/Warner Tamerlane, BMI) leased as artists in the near future on major labels. Woodford is 17 13 FOR THE GOOD TIMES RAY PRICE-Columbia 4-45178 (Buckhorn, BMI) making the entry into the pop field with a tune called, "Same 18 17 REMEMBER ME DIANA ROSS-Motown 1176 (Jobete, BMI) Old Feeling." Soule, a writer 19 18 DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? of R&B material, will remain true CHICAGO-Columbia 4-45264 (Aurelius, BMI) to character in his rendition of "I'm So Glad You Happened To 20 19 STONEY END BARBRA STREISAND-Columbia 4-445236 (Tuna -Fish, BMI) Me." 21 22 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE PERRY COMO-RCA 479927 (Sunbury, ASCAP) MGM will release another single on the Osmond Brothers in 22 24 KNOCK THREE TIMES DAWN-Bell 938 coming weeks, to back (Pocket Full of Tunes/Saturday, BMI) up their current release, "One Bad Apple" . . . 23 28 CHERYLL MOANA MARIE JOHN ROWLES-Kapp 2102 (MCA) (Rosebridge, BMI) Lou Rawls is scheduled for another session at Fame in 24 30 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND GORDON LIGHTFOOT-Reprise 0973 January ... Don Nix will be featured on an album to be released (Early Morning, ASCAP) in February by Shelter Records, "Living by the Days." 25 25 DON'T LET THE GOOD LIFE PASS YOU BY MAMA CASS ELLIOT-Dunhill 4263 (Belton, ASCAP) 26 21 SING HIGH, SING LOW ANNE MURRAY-Capitol 2988 (All Saints Crusade, BMI) 27 27 LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH STEPHEN STILLS-Atlantic 2778 (Gold Hill, BMI) 28 31 MR. BOJANGLES independent NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND-Liberty 56197 Blume producer, Blume (United Artists, ASCAP) at Paramount has recorded Carolyn Hester, 29 29 SHOES BROOK BENTON-Cotillion 44093 (Cotillion, Muscle Shoals, BMI) '1 NEW YORK-Producer/ar- the Great Metropolitan Steam 30 23 FLESH AND BLOOD -Columbia 4-45269 (House of Cash, BMI) ranger/ Band, 31 32 CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU TOM JONES-Parrot (London) Dave Blume Osmosis and Charlie 32 36 MEDLEY FROM SUPERSTAR ASSEMBLED MULTITUDE-Atlantic 2780 has joined the A&R staff of Mariano among others. He is (Leeds, ASCAP) Paramount Records in New co-author of the Cyrkle hit, 33 38 SWEET CAROLINE BERT KAEMPFERT-Decca 32772 (Stonebridge, ASCAP) York, "Turn -Down 34 announces A&R Direc- Day," and his 34 MORNING GIRL JIM PIKE-Capitol 3006 (Acuff-Rose, BMI) tor Don songs have been 35 35 LOSS OF LOVE RAY CONIFF & THE SINGERS-Columbia 4-45267 Burkhimer. recorded by (Northridge Levin, ASCAP) In addition to producing art- Ed Ames; Gary Lewis and the 36 39 FEELIN' KINDA SUNDAY NANCY & FRANK SINATRA-Reprise 0968 (Mills, ASCAP) ists for the Paramount label, Playboys; the Wilburn Broth- 37 - PROBLEM CHILD MARK LINDSAY-Columbia 4-45266 (Songpainter, BMI) Blume will also scout and audi- ers; John Simon; Maria Dal- 38 - BEIN' GREEN FRANK SINATRA-Reprise 0981 Uarico, ASCAP) tion new acts and masters. las; Martie Shannon; Freddie 39 40 BUILDIN' A HEAVEN MISS ABRAMS & THE STRAWBERRY POINT 4th GRADE Reprise 0970 (Great Honesty, BMI) Most recently associated with McCoy; and the Young Ameri- 40 - GIV.E HIM LOVE PATTI PAGE-Mercury 73162 (Jack & Jill, ASCAP) Red River Productions as an cans and others.

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