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BLINDED BY SCIENCE (MPL-15007) The brilliant five-song mini-album by THOMAS DOLBY Featuring SHE BLINDED AAE ^A^ITH SOIENOE (B-5204) And "ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES (Is Missing)" Produced by Tim Friese-Greene & I Dolby or Thomas Morgan Dolby Robertson ON RECORDS AND HIGH QUALITY XDR CASSETTES eignCAPiToi. RECoflos. inc BOX dSH XLIV — NUMBER 38 — February 19, 1983 ^HE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC / COIN MACHINE / HOME ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY VOLUME OISHBCK EDITORML Make The Best Of It GEORGE ALBERT This week’s Country Radio Seminar in Nashville boom years, it is more important now for country President and Publisher once again shines the spotlight on this most in- radio people to share ideas and experiences. "alan sutton” teresting segment of the industry. Long an entity Prosperity has created new problems for country Vice President and Editor In Chief unto itseif, country radio has grown in recent years radio, and these must be dealt with. MARK ALBERT Vice President and General Manager to become a truly national force. Still, while it is important that the issues of the day While the country music boom of two years ago or J.B. CARMICLE be addressed, we should not lose sight of the fact Vice President and General Manager, East Coast so fueled a quick blossoming of the format across that this is also a celebration. This is the one time JIM SHARP the nation, often bringing the twangy voices, steel Vice President. Nashville each year that country programmers, GMs and guitars and cowboy love songs to urban areas for RICHARD IMAMURA other staffers can get together just to chew the fat Managing Editor the first time, country radio today faces new and feel glad that they are fortunate to work in such JOE FLEISCHMAN horizons. Part of the cost of expansion into a mass Director Of Marketing-Audio/Video a lively field as radio. This is equally important. market situation has been a loss of "innocence” ~ East Coast Editorial FRED GOODMAN. Bureau Chief competing in major urban markets has forced the Sure, we would be negligent to ignore the issues LARRY RIGGS. Radio Editor JIM BESSMAN stations to become more like their Pop, A/C and of the day, but it would be equally remiss to make West Coast Editorial competitors than ever. radio as dull as other professions. The Country MICHAEL GLYNN. Audio/Video Editor AOR MICHAEL MARTINEZ. Marketing Editor the of worlds — JEFFREY RESSNER Thus the value of gatherings like the Country Radio Seminar offers best both a Research Radio Seminar. With the ground rules for economic forum for ideas and a chance to get together. Make KEN KIRKWOOD. Manager it this BILL FEASTER survival quite different from the expansion-oriented the best of week. MIKE PLACHETKA HARALD TAUBENREUTHER GREGORY D. LESCHISHIN CONTENTS Nashville Editorial/Research JUANITA BUTLER TOM ROLAND DEPARTMENTS Black Contemporary 27 ON THE COVER Art Directors Classifieds 34 LARRY CRAYCRAFT Country 22 With barely one year under its BARBARA PICKLES Gospei 26 youthful belt, the United Stations international 31 Circulation network has quickly become one THERESA TORTOSA. Manager Jazz 19 Merchandising 16 of the leading forces on the PUBLICATION OFFICES Pro Audio 30 national radio syndication scene. NEW YORK Radio 20 1775 Broadway. New York NY 10019 Formed by Dick Clark, Nick Ver- Video 18 Phone: (212) 586-2640 bitsky, Ed Salamon and Frank Cable Address: Cash Box NY FEATURES Murphy, the New York-based firm Telex: 666123 Coast To Coast 14 was created at the perfect time to HOLLYWOOD Editorial 3 6363 Sunset Blvd. (Suite 930) Executives on The Move 12 take advantage of the growing Hollywood CA 90028 New Faces To Watch 10 Phone: (213) 464-8241 need for feature programming, NASHVILLE CHARTS coming up with a variety of weekly programs for a plethora of 21 Music Circle East. Nashville TN 37203 Top 100 Singles 4 formats. Phone: (615) 244-2898 Top 200 Albums 32,33 CHICAGO Black Contemporary Albums 27 The company’s top seed is The Weekly Country Music CAMILLE COMPASIO. Coin Machine, Mgr. Black Contemporary Singles 28 Countdown, which has more potential listeners — 19.5 million 1442 S. 61st Ave.. Cicero IL 60650 Country Albums 23 863-7440 — than any other syndicated country program. The show Phone: (312) Country Singles 24 provides a well-balanced mix of music and artist interviews to WASHINGTON, D.C. Gospel Albums 26 EARL B. ABRAMS International Albums, Singles 31 weave a smoothly paced showcase for the top country tunes of 3518 N. Utah St.. Arlington VA 22207 Jazz Albums 19 the day. Rock Album Radio Report 21 Phone: (703) 243-5664 United Stations is not strictly a country proponent, though. Top 30 Videocassettes 18 Dick Clark’s Rock, Roll and Remember takes an informative MIGUEL SMIRNOFF REVIEWS Director of South American Operations stroll annals of rock history, blending music Aibums 8 through the and — SMIRNOFF ARGENTINA MIGUEL Singies 10 historical events to recount the development of the rock era Lavalle 1569. Piso 4. Of. 405 Taient 1048 Buenos Aires. Argentina 15 from its roots to the present. Phone: 45-6948 AUSTRALIA — ALLAN WEBSTER 3/57 Dickens St. Elwood Vic 3184. Australia BRAZIL — CHRISTOPHER PICKARD TOP POP DEBUTS Av. 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Box 1807 Michael Jackson Michael Jackson 1200 BV Hilversum Phone: 035-19841 Epic Epic SPAIN— ANGEL ALVAREZ Lopez de Hoyos 178. 5 CD Madrid — 2 Spain Phone: 415 23 98 COUNTRY SINGLE COUNTRY >4LBUM UNITED KINGDOM — NICK UNDERWOOD Flat 6. 196 Sussex Gardens London W2 England WHY BABY WHY MOUNTAIN MUSIC Phone: 01-402-6779 Charley Pride Alabama SARA RANDELL RCA RCA Phone: 01-402-9338 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $125 per year anywhere In the U S. A. Published weekly by CASH BOX (ISSN 0008- 7289). 1775 Broadway. New York. N.Y. 10019. Printed in JAZZ GOSPEL the U.S.A. Second class postage paid at New York. N.Y.. and additional mailing offices. ®Copyrlght 1983 by the Cash Box Publishing Co.. Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. THE BEST IS YET TO COME UNCLOUDY DAY POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 to CASH BOX. 1775 Grover Washington, Jr. Myrna Summers Broadway. New York. N.Y. 10019. Elektra Savoy Charley Pride Weeks Weeks Weeks On On On 2/12 Chan 2/12 Chan 2/12 Chan DOWN UNDER 34 THE WOMAN IN ME 67 LOVE ME AGAIN MEN AT WORK (Columbia 38-03354) 1 16 DONNA SUMMER (Geflen 7-29805) 38 10 THE JOHN HALL BAND BABY, COME TO ME 35 ON THE LOOSE (EMI America B-8151) 70 4 PATTI AUSTIN SAGA (Portralt/CBS 37-03359) 36 12 68 NEW FRONTIER (Qweat/Warner Bros. OWE 50036) 2 21 DONALD FAGEN (Warner Bros. 7-29792) 4 36 MY KIND OF LADY 71 AFRICA SUPERTRAMP (A&M 2517) 43 4 69 ALL THOSE LIES TOTO (Columbia 38-03335) 3 17 GLENN FREY (Asylum 37 I’VE GOT A ROCK ’N ROLL 7-69857) 47 11 STRAY CAT STRUT HEART 70 ALWAYS (EMI America B-8122) 5 9 STRAY CATS ERIC CLAPTON (Warner Bros. 7-29780) 46 FIREFALL (Atlantic 7-89916) 77 6 DO YOU REALLY WANT TO 38 FALL IN LOVE WITH ME 71 WINDOWS HURT ME EARTH, WIND & FIRE (Columbia 38-03375) 42 MISSING PERSONS (Capitol B-S200) 62 6 CULTURE CLUB (Epic 34-03368) 6 12 39 MR. ROBOTO 72 DER KOMMISSAR SHAME ON THE MOON STYX (A&M 2525) 49 ^ AFTER THE FIRE (Epic 34-03559) 88 2 BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 40 COME ON EILEEN 73 MEMORY (Capitol B-5187) 7 10 ^^9 DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS BARRY MANILOW (Arista AS 1025) 57 14 7 BILLIE JEAN (Mercury/PolyGram 76189) 50 5 74 ROCK THIS TOWN MICHAEL JACKSON (Epic 34-03509) 9 5 STRAY CATS (EMI America B-8132) 56 23 41 I CAN’T STAND STILL 8 YOU ARE DON HENLEY (Asylum 7-69931) 45 6 75 SPACE AGE LOVE SONG LIONEL RICHIE (Motown 1657) 10 6 42 TIED UP A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS (Jive/Arlsta 9 HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (MCA-52155) 44 6 VS20003) 55 14 > DURAN DURAN (Capitol B-5195) 11 9 43 THE GIRL IS MINE 76 SOMETHING TO GRAB FOR 10 MANEATER MICHAEL JACKSON/PAUL McCARTNEY RIC OCASEK (Geffen 7-29674) 85 2 DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (Epic 34-03288) 34 16 77 IT’S RAINING AGAIN (RCA PB 4 19 13354) 44 YOU GOT LUCKY SUPERTRAMP (A&M 2502) 63 17 PETTY 11 ALL RIGHT TOM AND THE HEARTBREAKERS 78 I DON’T CARE ANYMORE CHRISTOPHER CROSS (Backstreet/MCA BSR-52144) 32 15 PHIL COLLINS (Atlantic 7-89877) 90 13 5 (Warner Bros. 7-29843) 45 WHAT ABOUT ME 79 THE CLAPPING SONG 12 THE OTHER GUY MOVING PICTURES PIA ZADORA (Elektra 7-69889) 87 LITTLE BAND (Capitol B-5185) 8 14 (Network/Elektra 7-69952) 33 23 RIVER 80 SHE’S A RUNNER 13 BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG 46 BETCHA SHE DON’T LOVE YOU BILLY SQUIER (Capitol B-5202) 89 PRETENDERS (Sire 7-29840) 18 10 EVELYN KING (RCA PB-13380) 52 5 IS 81 TOO MUCH LOVE TO HIDE 14 GOODY TWO SHOES 47 DREAMIN’ EASY CROSBY, STILLS & NASH ADAM ANT (Epic 34-03367) 12 14 STEEL BREEZE (RCA PB-1 3427) 51 6 (Atlantic 7-89888) 81 3 15 ALLENTOWN 48 BAD BOY 82 LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE BILLY JOEL (Columbia 38-03413) 16 13 RAY PARKER, JR.