England's Top 25 FRANCE By GILLES PETARD III On reaching his age limit, Georges Meyerstein-Maigret decided to resign from his post of president and general manager of Polygram SA. Singles On February 1 he will be succeeded by Louis Hazan, who takes the title of general manager, taking over the global responsibility for the 1 Y.M.C.A. VILLAGE PEOPLE/Mercury Polygram group in France. On account of the eminent part Meyerstein- 2 HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS/ Maigret has played in the development of the Polygram group, the Stiff council asked him to keep the title of chairman of the board. Louis 3 LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME RACEY/RAK Hazan will also be president of the security council of Polygram Indus- tries & Messageries. 4 SONG FOR GUY /Rocket As a result of the four year campaign, UNESCO and Pathé -Marconi 5 LE FREAK CHIC/Atlantic have celebrated the one million "Cadeau de la vie" Ips sold for the benefit of the Cancer Research Association. Mr. Crozemarie, president 6 SEPTEMBER EARTH, WIND & FIRE/CBS of the Association, received three gold records and a 200,000 Fr. 7 A LITTLE MORE LOVE OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN/EMI check from EMI director Michel Bonnet on behalf of the authors, com- posers, publishers and artists of Pathé -Marconi -EMI Frank Lipsick 8 HELLO THIS IS JOANNIE PAUL EVANS/Spring ... has resigned from his post of international manager with EMI .. . 9 MARY'S BOY CHILD-OH MY LORD BONEY M/Atlantic/Hansa Editions Labrador acquired the publishing rights for "At Home Music" 10 YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS BARBRA & NEIL/CBS and "Relaxed Music," two pubberies run by the former leader of the Crusaders, Wayne Henderson. 11 I LOST HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER SARAH BRIGHTMAN/ MY Following up her "Rough Diamond" Ip, Madleen Kane comes up Ariola/Hansa with a new album, "Chéri" (CBS) . . . On January 22, during the 12 TOO MUCH HEAVEN BEE GEES/RSO MIDEM meet in Cannes, Harold Kay will present the trophies of Eu- rope l's "Artists of the Year." The winners, who will be performing 13 I'M EVERY WOMAN CHAKA KHAN/Warner Bros. their hits, inclùde Michel Berger, Julien Clerc, , Jean -Loup Da- 14 A TASTE OF AGGRO BARRON KNIGHTS/Epic badie, Ian Dury, Yves Duteil, , Motors, Plastic Bertrand, 15 JUST THE WAY YOU ARE BARRY WHITE/20th Century Véronique Sanson, , Mort Shuman, Alain Souchon, Star - shooter, , Bonnie Tyler and Michael Zager Band. 16 I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN HOT CHOCOLATE/RAK 17 DA YA THINK I'M SEXY? ROD STEWART/Riva Rocket Publishing Ups Paula Pavlik 18 GREASED LIGHTNIN' JOHN TRAVOLTA/Midsong/Polydor CZ LOS ANGELES - Paula Pavlik director of professional activities 19 ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE FUNKADELIC/Warner Bros. has been appointed copyright ad- for Rocket Publishing. 20 IN THE BUSH MUSIQUE/CBS ministrator for Rocket Publishing Pavlik will work closely with 21 CAR 67 DRIVER 67/Logo for the United States and Canada, Altman in creative development it was announced by Al Altman, areas and administration. 22 RAMA LAMA DING DONG ROCKY SHARPE AND THE REPLAYS/ Chiswick 23 ALWAYS AND FOREVER-MIND BLOWING DECISIONS HEATWAVE/ GTO 24 TAKE THAT TO THE BANK SHALAMAR/RCA ow on the chciñi 25 SHOOTING STAR DOLLAR/Carrere A music business information service IN OUR 4th YEAR

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