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STEVIE WONDER: BIG Int’l Section Begins on Pg. 61 The inevitable single from the group that brought you “Young Girl” and “Woman,Woman.” "This Girl Is aWoman Now” byGary Puckett andThe Union Gap.

« -COLUMBIA ^MARCASREG PRINTEOINUSA .

THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC-RECORD WEEKLY

VOL. XXXI - Number 3/August 16, 1969

Publication Office / 1780 Broadway, , New York 10019 / Telephone: JUdson 6-2640 / Cable Address: Cash Box, N . Y

GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Vice President

IRV LICHTMAN Editor in Chief

EDITORIAL MARV GOODMAN Cash Box Assoc. Editor JOHN KLEIN BOB COHEN BRUCE HARRIS Self-Service EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS MIKE MARTUCCI ANTHONY LANZETTA Tape Guide ADVERTISING BERNIE BLAKE Director of Advertising ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES STAN SOIFER, New York BILL STUPER, New York HARVEY GELLER, Hollywood Much of the confusion facing first- 8-TRACK CARTRIDGES; Using the WOODY HARDING 3-unit tape consumers lies in the area same speed and thickness of tape Art Director of purchaser education. To assist as its predecessor, 8-track cartridges

COIN MACHINE & VENDING store-owners, merchandising outlets include a major advantage in that a ED ADLUM and the prospective buyer himself, sensing device enables the tape to General Manager Cash Box offers this information chart progress from one track to the next CAMILLE COMPASIO, as a self-assistance guide. Posted in automatically. Using narrower tracks, LISSA MORROW, Hollywood stores, the sheet enables consumers the stereo-8 package divides its that pre-recorded into programs. CIRCULATION to choose the configuration best 4 THERESA TORTOSA, Mgr. suits their needs and provides a guide- Once mounted, the tape will playback 4- line for sales personnel. continually. In addition, the listener CHICAGO HOLLYWOOD CAMILLE COMPASIO HARVEY GELLER REEL-TO-REEL: Generally considered may select from four programs at any 29 E. Madison St. 6290 Sunset Blvd. the basic tape system, open reel given moment. Used almost entirely Chicago III. Hollywood, Calif. 90028 2, tapes have been available for 14 years as a playback medium, 8-track cart- Phone: (312) FI 6-7272 Phone: (213) 465-2129 as a pre-recorded music medium ridges are the leading tape form in (and longer for blank tape recording sales mainly because of the configura- DORRIS LAND 3 Cork Street purposes). Consumers are offered two tion’s advantage for automobile play. , W1, England basic recording-playing speeds of The form, however, is extremely diffi- Tel: 01-734-2374 % inches per second (ips) and cult to record with and, like 4-track,

I-V2 ips; but highest-fidelity 15 ips is mainly a playback medium. Eight- ITALY HOLLAND and 1-% ips speed for voice recording track cartridges offer the largest MARIO PANVINI ROSATI PAUL ACKET are also available. The least conven- amount of pre-recorded material. Galleria Passarella 2 Theresiastraat 59-63 Milan (Italy) The Hague ient tape configuration since it requires CASSETTE: Developed in the late ’50's Tel: 790990 Tel: 837700 threading and greater care, open reel as a two-reel system which eliminated systems carry advantages of selectiv- MAL SONDOCK SCANDINAVIA threading, the cassette is now one of

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES $25 per year anywhere in the U.S.A. to playback-only purposes. Availabil- music for pre-recorded sales, but an Published weekly by Cash Box, 1780 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019. Second class postage paid at Hartford, Conn. 06105 ity of selections is more limited in adapter enabling playtape to hook U.S.A. this configuration than in the other into 8-track systems might increase Copyright © 1969 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. cartridge forms. the format's acceptance. CashBox CashBoxTOPlOO

a> 00 00 HONKY TONK WOMEN NITTY GRITTY JEAN Rolling Stones-London 910 2 6 • Gladys Knight & Pips-Soul 35063 44 53 Oliver-Crewe 334 77 — 2 IN THE YEAR 2525 35 SPINNING WHEEL 69 EVERYBODY KNOWS MATILDA Zager & Evans-RCA 0174 1 1 Blood, Sweat & Tears-Columbia 44871 22 4 Duke Baxter-VMC 740 75 77 A BOY NAMED SUE 36 IT’S GETTING BETTER I’M A BETTER MAN Cash-Columbia 44944 6 31 Mama Cass-Dunhill 4195 37 41 • Engelbert Humperdinck-Parrot 4004 — — Johnny 4 SWEET CAROLINE A TRUE GRIT YOU GOT YOURS & I’LL GET MINE Nell Diamond-Uni 55136 4 10 -Capitol 2573 46 56 • Delfonics-Philly Groove 157 83 —

5 CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION 38 YESTERDAY, WHEN I WAS YOUNGG 72 FREE ME Tommy James & Shondells-Roulette 7050 3 2 RoyClark-Dot 17246 19 19 Otis Redding-Atco 6700 74 86

6 BABY I LOVE YOU SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME 73 MUDDY MISSISSIPPI LINE Andy Kim-Steed 716 7 9 Aretha Franklin-Atlantic 2650 52 65 Bobby Goldsboro-United Artists 50565 80 - RUBY DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE 40 JACK & JILL 74 DON’T WAKE ME UP IN THE TO TOWN Tommy Roe-ABC 11229 43 47 MORNING. MICHAEL Ken Rogers & First Edition-Reprise 0829 9 13 DID YOU SEE HER EYES Peppermint Rainbow-Decca 732498 73 68 PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART • Illusion-Steed 718 51 55 75 MAYBE THE RAIN WILL FALL — Jackie DeShannon-Imperial 66385 13 18 42 ABERGAVENNY Cascades-Uni 55152 81 LAUGHING Shannon-Heritage 814 47 50 76 EVERYBODrS TALKIN’ Guess Who- RCA 0195 15 22 43 YOUR HUSBAND - MY WIFE Nil&son-RCA0161 82 89 10 POLK SALAD ANNIE Bridge-Buddah 126 48 57 THISGIRLIS A WOMAN • Gary Puckett-Columbia — — Tony Joe White-Monument 1104 11 15 KEEM-O-SABE 44967 11 MY CHERIE AMOUR Electric Indian-United Artists 50563 59 85 78 DYNAMITE WOMAN Stevie Wonder-Tamla 54180 5 3 45 ALONG CAME JONES Sir Douglas Quintet-Smash 2233 78 83 12 WHAT DOES IT TAKE Ray Stevens-Monument 1150 24 24 79 OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND Jr. Walker & All Stars-Soul 35062 10 5 BARABAJAGAL Anthony & Imperials-UA 50552 85 92 Donovan-Epic 10510 60 70 13 MY PLEDGE OF LOVE 1 COULD NEVER BE PRESIDENT — Joe Jeffrey Group-Wand 11200 14 14 47 MOON FLIGHT • Johnny Taylor-Stax 0046 90 Vik Venus-Buddah 119 23 23 GIVE PEACE A CHANCE 81 1 TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN • Plastic Ono -Apple 1809 20 29 48 WHERE DO I GO/BE IN WHAT 1 AM -Reprise 0841 88 - 15 I’D WAIT A MILLION YEARS Happenings-Jubilee 5666 38 39 Grassroots-Dunhill 4198 17 21 COMMOTION 82 THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT Billy Preston-Apple 1808 86 93 LAY LADY LAY Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 625 64 71 • -Columbia 44926 33 46 ODDS & ENDS IN A MOMENT Intrigues-Yew 1001 92 98 GET TOGETHER -Scepter 12256 63 75 • Youngbloods-RCA 9752 26 37 WHAT KIND OF FOOL DO YOU WHEN I DIE • GREEN RIVER Motherlode-Buddah 131 61 82 THINK 1 AM Bill Deal & Rondells-Heritage 817 96 - • Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 625 34 52 OH WHAT A NIGHT Dells-Cadet 5649 62 85 THE TRAIN 19 SOUL DEEP 1910 Fruitgum Co -Buddah 130 87 - BoxTops-Mala 12040 21 26 53 CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD I DO -RCA 9747 25 25 20 QUENTIN’S THEME Moments-Slang 5005 — — ^ Charles Randolph Grean Sound-Ranwood 840 8 8 YOUR GOOD THING I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE MARRAKESH EXPRESS Lou Rawls-Capitol 2550 65 76 Lou Christie-Buddah 116 — — • Crosby, Stills & Nash-Atlantic 2652 29 36 55 COLOR HIM FATHER LITTLE WOMAN 22 MOTHER POPCORN Winstons- 117 41 16 Bobby Sherman-Metromedia 121 — — James Brown-King 6245 12 11 SIMPLE SONG OF FREEDOM BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX

- ; 23 CHOICE OF COLORS Tim Hardin-Columbia 44920 71 81 Mad Lads-Volt 4016 - Impressions-Curtom 1943 27 30 57 HEY JOE 90 THE YOUNG FOLKS 24 RECONSIDER ME Wilson Pickett-Atlantic 2648 40 40 Supremes- 1148 89 96 0 Johnny Adams-SSS Int’l 770 18 20 MOVE OVER 91 GREEN FIELDS — — • WORKING ON A GROOVY THING Steppenwolf-Dunhill 4205 Vogues-Reprise 0844 5th Dimension-Soul City 776 30 34 59 ONE 92 I WANT YOU SO BAD SUGAR SUGAR 3 Dog Night-Dunhill 4191 28 B. B. King-Bluesway 61026 93 100 • Archies-Calendar 1008 49 63 I CAN’T GET NEXT TO YOU 93 CHELSA MORNING ® Judy Collins-Elektra 45657 94 99 Temptations-Gordy 7095 27 GOOD OLD ROCK ’N ROLL Cat Mother And The All Night News Boys-Polydor 14002 16 17 61 EASE BACK 94 SOMETHING IN THE AIR Thunderclap Newman-Track 2656 — EASY TO BE HARD Meters-Josie 1008 68 74 9 Three Night-Dunhill 4203 57 NOBODY BUT YOU BABE 95 POOR MOON Dog 80 Clarence Reid-Alston 4574 72 90 Canned Heat-Liberty 56127 97 29 HURT SO BAD 63 CHANGE OF HEART 96 GOIN IN CIRCLES Lettermen-Capitol 2482 32 44 — Dennis Yost & Classics IV-Imperial 66393 69 78 Friends Of Distinction-RCA 0206 30 MUDDY RIVER 64 LET YOURSELF GO 97 LET ME BE THE ONE Johnny Rivers-Imperial 66386 31 35 Friends Of Distinction-RCA 0204 66 73 Peaches & Herb-Date 1649 99 I’M FREE HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME 98 YOU, I • The Who-Decca 732519 39 48 Rugbys-Amazon 1 — Sly & Family Stone-Epic 10497 79 88 I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN 66 TILL YOU GET ENOUGH 99 SUGAR ON SUNDAY • Tom Jones-Parrot 45 60 Clique-White Whale 323 — 40018 —,Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band-Warner Bros. /7 Arts 7298 70 72 33 BIRTHDAY 100 A TIME FOR US (67) LOOK AT MINE — Underground Sunshine-Intrepid 75002 36 51 ' -Warner Bros./7 Arts 7310 76 87 Johnny Mathis-Columbia 44915 ALPHABETtZED TOP 100 (INCLUDING PUBLISHERS AND LICENSEES)

Don't Take Your Love To Town (Cedarwood, BMI) 7 ' A Boy Named Sue (Evil Eye. BMI) 3 Good Old Rock'n Roll (Cat Mother/Emm Jay/Sea Lark, BMI). 27 Lay, Lady, Lay (Big Sky, ASCAP) 16 Ruby Share Your Love With Me (Don, BMI) 39 A Time For Us (Famous, ASCAP) 100 Green Fields (Blackwood. BMI) 91 Let Me Be The One (Screen Gems/Columbia, BMI) 97 Abergavenny (Mills, ASCAP).. 42 18 Sing A Simple Song of Freedom (T.M., BMI) 56 Green River (Jondora. BMI) Let Yourself Go (Mawil, BMI) .. 64 in the Air (Track, BMI) 94 Along Came Jones (Tiger. BMI) 45 In Circles (Porpete. BMI). 96 Something Goin Little Woman (Green Apple, BMI) 88 Soul Deep (Earl Barton, BMI) 19 Baby I Love You (Trio/Mother Bertha. BMI) 6 Hey Joe (Third Story, BMI) 57 At Mine (Leeds, ASCAP) .. 67 Look Spinning Wheel (Blackwood/Minnesingers, BMI) 35 Barabajagal (Peer Southern, BMI) 46 Honky Took Women (Gideon, BMI) 1 Marrakesh Express (Siquomb, BMI) 21 Sugar on Sunday (Big 7, BMI) 99 Birthday (MacLen, BMI) 33 Hot Fun In The Summertime (Stone Flower, BMI) 65 Maybe The Ram Will Fall (Tupco, BMI) 75 Sugar Sugar (Don Kirshner, BMI) 26 By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Johnny Rivers Music, BMI) 89 Hurt So Bad (Vogue, BMI) 29 Flight (Various, BMI) 47 (Lavr-Sall, Moon Sweet Caroline (Stone Bridge, BMI) 4 Change Of Heart BMI) 63 I Can’t Get Next To You (Jobete, BMI) 60 Mother Popcorn (DynaTone, BMI) 22 That’s The Way God Planned It (Apple, ASCAP) 82 i Chelsea Morning (Siquomb, BMI) 93 1 Could Never Be President (East/Memphis, BMI) 80 Bridges, ASCAP) 77 Choice of Colors (Camad, BMI) 23 IOo(Gambi, BMI) 86 Move Over (Trousdale, BMI) 58 This Girl Is A Woman (Three Till Get Enough (Wright Gerstl/Tamerlane, BMI) 66 Clean Up Your Own Backyard (Elvis Presley Music BMI) 53 I’d Wait A Million Years (Teenie Bopper Music Muddy Mississippi Line (Detail, BMI) 73 You t Color Him Father (Holly Bee, BMI) 55 Publishers, ASCAP) 15 Muddy River (Rivers, BMI) 30 Train, The (Kaskat Music, BMI) 85 True Grit (Famous, ASCAP) 37 Commotion (Jondora, BMI) 49 I’ll Never Fall In Love Again (Tro-Hollis Music Inc., BMI) 32 My Cherie Amour (Jobete, BMI). 11 It (To Win Your Love) (Jobete, BMI) 12 Crystal Blue Persuasion (Big Seven, BMI) 5 I’m A Better Man (Blue Seas/Jac Music Co. Inc.. ASCAP) 70 My Pledge Of Love (Wednesday Morn. Our Children. BMI) 13 What Does Take

Fool You Think I Am (Whitley, Did You See Her Eyes (Un-Art, BMI) 41 I’m Free (Track, BMI) 31 Nitty Gritty (Al Gallico, BMI) 34 What Kind Of Do 90 Don't Wake Me Up In The Morning Michael (MRC/Little I'm Gonna Make You Mine (Pocketful of Tunes, BMI) 87 Nobody But You Babe (Sherylyn, BMI). 62 Low-Twi, BMI)

I BMI) 51 Heather, BMI) 74 In A Moment (Odum and Neilburg, BMI) 83 Odds And Ends (Blue Seas/Jac, ASCAP) 50 When Die (Modo,

I Go?/Be In (United Artists, ASCAP) 48 Dynamite .. Where Do Woman (Southern Love, BMI) 78 In The Year 2525 (Zelad, BMI) 2 Oh What A Night (Conrad, BMI) . 52 Thing (Screen Gems/Columbia, BMI) 25 Ease .. Working On A Groovy Back (Marsainl BMI) 61 I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am (Blue Rock, BMI) 81 One (Dunbar, BMI) 59

I (Tro-Dartmouth, ASCAP) 38 Easy To Be Hard (United Artists, ASCAP) 28 IFs Getting Better (Screen Gems-Columbia, BMI) 36 Out of Sight Out of Mind (Norn, BMI) 79 Yesterday, When Was Young BMI) Everybody Knows 10 You Got Yours & I’ll (let Mine (Nickel Shoe, 71 i Matilda (VSAV, ASCAP) 69 I Want You So Bad (Sounds of Lucille/Pamco, BMI) 92 Polk Salad Annie (Combine, BMI)

You, I (Shelby Singelton Music, BMI) 98 Everybody’s Talkin’ (Third Story, BMI) 76 Jack and Jill (Low-Twi, BMI) 40 Poor Moon (Unart, BMI) .. 95 Folks (Jobete, BMI) 84 Free Me (East/Memphis/Time/Redwal, BMI) 72 Jean (20th Century, ASCAP) 68 Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Unart, BMI) 8 Young Your Good Thing (East, BMI) 54 ' Get Together (S.F.O., BMI) 17 Keem-O-Sabe (United Artists/Binn/Elaine, ASCAP) 44 Quentin’s Theme jCurnor, BMI)., .. 20 Wife (Pocket Full of Tunes/Jillbern, BMI) .... 43 Give Peace A Chance (MacLen, BMI) 14 Laughing (Dunbar, BMI) 9 Reconsider Me (Shelby Singleton, BMIf....'. 24 Your Husband, My Roy Orbison / “Penny Arcade”/ K-14079

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Producer Undertakes 3 Prong Promo For CBS/SONY, A Year Old, In High Gear On 'Soul Band' Album NEW YORK—A unique 3-prong promo Eve Of Japan's 2nd Spot In World Sales exploitation of J.J. Jackson’s Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land will be a NEW YORK — Celebrating its first expands, CBS/SONY hopes to achieve team; and the fact that SONY is new feature of the group’s year of operation, the label LP debut in the CBS/SONY $35 million in annual sales by 1974. to the record business in Japan, an ad- U.S. of Japan has made a sizeable impact The company, guided by Norio vantage in that it’s not bound by on a disk market 50 A promo situation has been worked that is on the brink Ohga, executive managing director, years of a Japanese record industry out of becoming the world’s has by Congress Records, the Kapp af- second largest a catalog composed of 130 pop that in Schein’s view often reflects lack source of disk revenue. filiate, and Lou Futterman, producer and 140 classical , which is only of progressive thinking. There are of the set, According to statistics gathered whereby Futterman has by about a 1/3 of the product available to some 330 employees at CBS/SON'Y. CBS International undertaken the supervision of the cre- and related to Cash it from CBS world-wide sources. In ad- Also, the company enjoys Japan’s only Box by Harvey Schein, ative exploitation of the album. The president of the dition, the company has marketed 91 fully automatic pressing facilities. division, album was released in England about Japan will surpass England international singles and 46 locally- in Among the label’s top-selling Amer- a month ago under the MCA logo fol- annual disk sales within a year and originated disks. One of the latter, ican acts are Andy Williams, the lowing the formation of the outfit by rank second only to the U.S. as the songstress Karumen Maki’s “Tokini- Brothers Four, Percy Faith and such Jackson, the American vocalist-ar- chief disk market on a global scale. wa Haha No Naiko No Yohni” (“Lone- acts as Dave Brubeck, Thelonious ranger who has been living in England Japan and England are presently ly Baby”) is CBS/SONY’s first million- Monk and Miles Davis. The “Grad- for the past six months, and a group “neck and neck,’’ Schein reports, at selling disk. In Japan, by the way, all uate” soundtrack by Simon Garfunk- of key English musicians. about $110,000,000 million in annual singles are released in stereo versions & el was a 100,000 seller, Schein notes, Working on a Congress-supplied General manager of the label’s inter- budget, Futterman is Meanwhile, CBS/SONY is making national dept, is underway with A&R Tatsuya Nozaki. (Con’t on Page 44) the first phase of the promo drive. It rapid strides as it seeks to establish a involves the mailing of the LP in a 15% percent share of the Japanese mar- Success Factors ket, a figure that more or less specially designed mailer envelope reflects Singleton Buys Catalogs featuring artwork by leading English CBS’ share of most of the world’s mar- Schein attributes the rather fast pop cartoonist Alan Aldrich. Also in- kets. Its present share is about 7%, or success pattern at CBS/SONY to two Of Red Bird & Blue Cat cluded in the package is a cartoon $7 million dollars in its first 12 months factors: the alliance of a major record booklet (art by pop artist Nancy of operation. Eventually, as the label operation with a Japanese company NEW YORK — Shelby Singleton has grows and the Japanese market itself boasting an excellent management purchased over 600 masters compris- (Con’t on Page 9) ing the catalog of the Red Bird and Blue Cat labels. The deal, made with Leiber & Stol- FRONT COVER: ler and , includes ses- sions by such acts as the Shangri-Las, Top 40 Radio's 'Split Personality' Dixie Cups, Jeff Barry, Sam Hawkins, the Butterflies and the Trade Winds. Singleton said the masters would be merged into his SSS International op- eration, appearing in LP form with an Regarded As Major Industry Concern initial release in Sept, (deal does not include rights to the Red Bird for Blue Cat logos) NEW YORK — Madison Avenue’s The playlists of “demographic” Latest acquisition “demographic dollars” have shuttled major market stations, says Thau, by Singleton fol- lows by several many primary market radio stations “are actually ‘selective top 40’. To a months SSS Interna- tional’s purchase away from the true teen pop scene, label promoting teen rock product, of Sam Phillips Sun label with its and in their place most secondary the caution of these stations in pro- treasure-trove of major acts. market stations as well as some ma- gramming teen material is sometimes jor have assumed “the ‘true top 40’ frustrating.” mantle.” This is the contention of Marty Thau, national promotion di- ‘True Top 40’ Ted Ashley Chairs rector for Buddah Records. Defining the ‘split personality’ of In contrast, Thau tags most secon- Board, Chief Exec top 40, Thau says “the record indus- dary market stations “true top 40”. Of Warners-7 try has actually been dealing with two With local ads bringing in much of the Arts different kinds of radio under the revenue, programming is “much NEW YORK — Ted Ashley has been same name. What is generally re- freer,” Thau declares. “Demograph- named chairman of the board and ferred to as ‘top 40’ at some major ics don’t dominate the picture. Secon- chief executive officer of Warner Bros. rnarket stations — is actually ‘selec- dary market radio continues to be -Seven Arts, following the relinquish- tive top 40’.” Deriving their income controlled by the kids, and the parents ment of this post by Eliot Hj-man. Hy- from national ad agencies, go many ma- along with the kids. The radio plays man will continue to serve as a con- jor market stations are asked to all dem- day in the house and the parents sultant to the company. onstrate that they can reach older it.” an overhear Ashley joined Kinney National Ser- audience that will buy such products One case in point of the “split per- vice, parent company of WB-7, when as automobiles, cigarettes, beer, wash- sonality” in Ever since he dropped the “Little” top 40, says Thau, is ra- his Ashley-Famous agency was ac- ing machines and lipstick. Ippellation Stevie Wonder has become In order to dio reaction to Buddah’s “Moonflight” quired by Kinney. Kinney, however, conform to the demographics — and single bigger seller than ever. From his by Vik Venus. Using the Buch- sold the company in order to avoid thus apply for the advertising "ingertips” and “High Heeled Sneak- dollar, anan and Goodman “Flying Saucer” difficulties with the Justice Depart- many major market stations have technique, the s’’ days, the Tamla singer, writer, single is a novelty disk ment when it moved to acquire W'B-7. shied [strumentalist has grown into a con- away from acid, hard rock, and with a “question and answer” format, stent multi-market seller with pop bubblegum in favor of more easy the answers being supplied by cuts id sales being joined frequently listening, “MOR” and “adult pop” Inks material. DDG Boston showings in the MOR area on songs (Con’t on Page 44) 3 his “For Once in My Life” and Pops, Symphony current “My Cherie Amour.” Bind from birth. Wonder began play- NEW YORK — DGG Records has piano and harmonica at five. (He signed the Boston Symphony & Boston ; once featured by Motown as a non- Goldners Team Again On New Label Pops Orchestra, according to an an- 2 a\ performer on his chart single nouncement by Jerry Schoenbaum. Ifie” which billed him as Eivets NEW YORK — After a professional opening of a subsidiary label. Gee, president of , the DGG Inow — spell it split backwards). The of five years, the Goldner broth- which struck gold with its first unit in the U.S. Both orchestras have break re- Wonder got was his dis- ers, George and Sam, are returning lease “Why Do Fools Fall In Love” recorded for many years on RC.A Rec- fery at the home of Miracle Ronnie as a team to the disk scene with a new by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers. ords. Arthur Fiedler is conductor of }ite, whose kid brother was one of label. Firebird Records. Rama & Gee also discovered and the Boston Pops, while Erich Leins- Ivie’s playmates. His harmonica vir- The label, located at 1650 Broadway, successfully recorded The Wrens, dorf is the Boston Symphony’s present sity brought out for a is being run by Sam Goldner as presi- Heartbeats, Jimmy Jones, Cleftones, conductor, although he leaves the post and then along came “Finger- dent and George Goldner as secre- Harptones, and The Drifters under the at the end of this summer season. tary-treasurer. Signings Firebird will be dis- name The Five Crowns. It was during are DGG's first of an Ameri- tributed independently, concentrating this time (1954) that the Goldners can orchestra. on pop and R&B product. The first opened Tico Distributions in New York, INDEX disks are “Can’t Wait Until Tomor- handling, among others, the budget Hartstone Leaves row” by Kim Tamango and “Love” labels Somerset and Stereo Fidelity TMC |im Reviews 52,53 by the Will of the People, both pro- out of Tico. NEW YORK — Lee Hartstone has left Sc Album Inventory 48 duced by George Goldner. Gold- Sam Morris Levy joined the Goldners in his association with Transcontinental for DJ’s 45 ner will continue to run Gamble Rec- I 1955 and in 1956 the Goldners and Levy Music Corp., the disk ords, and tape whole- Machine Section 65-72 which he started in 1967 with started . Their first I saling arm of Transcontinental Invest- itry Music Section 56-59 Kenny Gamble. release was a master out of the south- ing Corp.. Cash Box has learned. Hart- ^hts & Sounds 18, 53 The Goldner influence on the record stone joined TMC when his wholesaling pnational Section 60-64 business — and it’s been an extensive (Con’t. on Page 44) firm was acquired by TIC several ting Ahead (Singles) one — started 33 22 years ago when years ago. Vnomena 49 George formed Tico Records, with {Additions To Radio Playlists 28 Sam joining the company a short while iucer’s Profile 40 later as vp. This pioneering Latin ITop 50 34 label introduced such standard acts as Use Of Tape Guide LO Active 24 Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, La Playa Mini Players, Disks News Report 45 Sextet, Joe Loco and Machito. After The Cash Box Self Service Tape establishing es Reviews 50-51 the label they sold their Guide that appears on this week’s ed- Offered In Europe interests ^t On Stage 42 and moved to form Rama itorial page IS intended for displav by Records, [’News Report 38, 40 which had among the first retailers near or at their tape sections. See (jOO Albums 47 R&B disks that crossed over to the Since the card on which it appears has In pop barrier. Inf I News Report Jg On 45 The record was “Gee" perforated edges, it can be easily torn [Statistics 30, 32 by the Crows, this was followed by the from the issue.

Box — August 16, 1969 7 J From the ^‘MEDICINE MAN" Hit Group OF A LOVIN’ MAN” Buchanan Brothers

Event 3305

Produced by

Cashman/Pastilli/& West

Another Hit Event

(Where I Started Again)

Horatio

Event 3304

Produced by

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Every Record A Major Event 1000 Expected At NATRA Meet; EVR Close To Consumer Reality Demo At Co! Confab Bears Out 'Let's Work Together' Is Theme NEW YORK — To employ termi- was dramatically dispelled last week NEW YORK — A trade registration of nation’s capitol on Sunday (17). “Soul nology of the space age, EVR is at the Columbia Convention at the close to 1000 people are expected in Together” will feature Stevie Wonder, not 10 light years away — it’s right Century Plaza Hotel in . Washington, D.C. this week (13-17) to Archie Bell and the Drells, Brook on top of the entertainment field. As the 700 plus people in attendance attend the 1969 convention of the Na- Benton, the Emotions, Lea Roberts, EVR, or Electronic Video Re- at the Columbia meeting (as well as— tional Association of Television & Ra- Clarence Carter, Candi Staton, John- cording, is the process which plays a few guests from other labels dio Announcers (NATRA) at the ny Adams, C. and Shells, Ruby An- a reel of audio-video tape from a invited or spies) filled the room for Washington Hilton Hotel. drews and the Persians. Tickets will unit. The consumer may hear his the big Saturday morning product Under the convention slogan of “The be $3.50, $4.50 and $5.50. The gospel favorite music through his TV set presentation, they were greeted by while enjoying the visual perfor- 8 TV sets raised on pedestals all Time Has Come . . . Let’s Work To- showcase will feature the Mighty mance of the act on the tape on gether,” NATRA is directing its at- Clouds of Joy, the Pilgrim Jubilees, (Con't. on Page 10) tention to the following philosophical Dorothy Norwood and the Norwood TV screen. It’s the process which goal as set forth in an official state- Singers, Evangelist Shirley Caesar leading industry minds believe is ment: “We are not looking back but and the Caesar Singers, the Jackson the eventual “configuration in the casting our eyes forward to a future Southernaires, the Swanee Quintet, sky” that the entire Mirasound Gears Plans that the defensive posture of NATRA the Gospel Harmonettes, the Mighty must some day turn to as the major will change to one of a strong offen- Clouds of Harmony, the Robert Patter- recording medium combining the For Videotape Fields sive thrust for the rights and dignity son Singers, the Mighty Gospel Giants, best of all aspects of recorded sound, NEW YORK — Bob Goldman’s new of all our members who serve in the Bill Moss and the Celestials, the tape, music and the visual sensation. Although the first EVR demonstra- Mirasound Recording Studios are ra- two industries . . . There is much to Brockington Ensemble, Reverend pidly preparing for what Goldman talk about and much to discuss this Cleophus Robinson, the Loving Sisters, tion stirred up considerable excite- envisions as the coming age of the year and, hopefully, strong resolutions Albertina Walker and the Caravans ment when it was premiered more video-tape cassette. According to will pass that will place NATRA on and the Brooklyn All Stars. Tickets than a year ago, many assumed it Goldman, in approximately two years, record as really taking care of busi- are $3 for advance sales and $3.50 at would be years before product was the Ampex Corporation will have ness.” the door. available. But this kind of thinking ready for market a two-track cassette In addition to its program schedule unit which will have a third track — printed on page 12 of this week’s which will carry a video presentation. issue, the convention this year will fea- It is Goldman’s belief that by 1971, ture two “spectacular shows” as Avco Embassy Starts Rolling not only will records be obsolete, but packaged by John Criner, national ordinary tape recordings will also give producer-director of NATRA Shows. way to a new art form, the video re- Both open to the public, one will be w/Disks: Becce Heads Promo cording. This new form would be “Soul Together” at the Civic Audito- available as a small two-track tape rium in on Friday NEW YORK — Avco Embassy Rec- Me,” the company is marketing “Isa- (15), cassette and a playback unit which and the other is “All Star Gospel Get ords is ready to assault the market- dora’s Theme” by the Saxophone Cir- would be equipped with earphones and Together” at Constitution Hall in the place. In a number of moves, the la- cus, produced by Bill Ramal, “Don’t a tiny television bel arm of Avco Embassy Pictures Go Daddy” by Mitchell/St. Nicklaus, screen. The cassette itself will sell at about the price of has completed much of its prepara- produced by Mark Wildey for Lamp- today’s cassettes, tory work in staff personnel and pro- light Productions. Mitchell and St. and the playback Reprise Pacts Ella duct. Nicklaus were both formerly lead unit will sell at a price accessible to most families. in On an exec level, Mike Becce, vet singers with the Kingsmen. The label Goldman stated that — Records his opinion this will HOLLYWOOD Reprise has promo figure, has joined the com- is also gearing its schedule for a three mean that to a pacted singer Ella Fitzgerald, in certain degree all artists an pany as director of national promo- album release as part of a special recording album and single deal, and her first will have to become movie-makers as tion. Coming to AE after a three year fall program. LP, already will well. completed, mark a association with MGM Records, most In further activity, the label has The video section of the presenta- major change in the singer’s style. tion, says Goldman, consist recently as national promotion di- moved to permanent quarters at 1301 may mere- Ostin, vice president and general ly of a filmed performance, an edited Mo rector, Becce will direct promotion of Ave. of the Americas (J.C. Penney of the label negotiated recording session, series manager the product and the organization of a com- Building), also the home of its parent a of psyche- deal. delic lights, or an actual movie, pro- plete promo network across the coun- company; the management team AE The set, produced by Richard Perry, duced in conjunction with the record- try. He reports to Bud Katzel, the la- will go on the road to promote the ini- was cut in London during Miss Fitz- ing. ’ television films of bel’s general manager. tial singles. Luigi Creatore, vp, will gerald’s recent European tour, In the product area, the company cover Cincinnati, San Francisco and (Con’t on Page 10) and will feature material from the has made its first master purchase. Los Angeles: Bud Katzel will cover cream of today’s writers, including It’s “Hold Me” by the Bakerville Chicago, St. Louis and Miami; Becce Beatles’ Paul McCartney, John Len- Hounds, a session originally produced will hit Cleveland and . Mean- non and George Harrison; Smokey on the 'Terma label. Along with “Hold while, Hugo Peretti, vp, will move to Robinson; Randy Newman; Harry button-up most of the label’s foreign CD Label Signs Nilsson; and Burt Bacharach and Hal licensing and tape arrangements. David. Maxine Brown As Contributing as an advisor was George Martin, borrowed from the Reservation, Scepter Its First Act Beatles. Martin helped Perry obtain Caiola & Litkei arrangers and sidemen and chose Ink Production Deal NEW YORK — Maxine Brown is the first announced performer at Common- the site of the sessions, Olympia stu- Form Record Co. dio, in conjuction with Granz, wealth United Records, according to Norman NEW YORK — The Reservation, the the star’s YORK — A1 Caiola, the guita- Len Sachs, vp and general manager. manager. Jimmy Calvert-Norman Marzano pro- NEW An August 15 release date has rist-arranger, and Ervin Litkei, head A single and an LP have just been been duction segment of the Levine-Resnick- set for the album. of Olympia Record and Tape Industry, produced by CU’s Charles Koppelman, Berkman complex, has signed a pro- Inc., have teamed to establish a new Don Rubin and Bob Finiz. The single, duction deal with Scepter Records. label. Two Worlds Records. The label, “We’ll Cry Together” and “Darling Deal was announced last week by which does not affect Caiola’s career Be Home Soon,” is to be marketed this Scepter vice president Sam Goff. Rifkind Operation as a United Artists disk act, will be week (15), with the album following First deck under the deal, “Mr. distributed by an indie label, the pair shortly afterward. Feelgood” by the Red Light District, To Handle Notable said. This deal and the signing of art- A heavy promotional drive, includ- was rushed into release last week. ists are expected in the near future. ing a personal appearance tour, is NEW YORK—The Julie Rifkind Orga- Negotiations for the deal were han- Also, Litkei said his ties to the Italian being planned for the artist's initial CU nization will distribute Cy Coleman’s dled by Scepter’s Steve Tyrell and market through an Italian office will product. She recorded for the Scepter Notable Records, recently formed by “Doc” Riemer, general manager of realize masters from this country and, label, where her successes included the composer. First release is Steve The Reservation. Commenting on the possibly, the purchase of an Italian “Oh No Not My Baby,” “Hold On I'm Leeds vocal of “It’s A Nice Face” deal. Tyrell said “Calvert and Mar- label and music publisher. Cornin’” and “Somethin’ You’ve from the film version of Coleman’s zano have made the transition from ar- Caiola will function as head of A&R Got.” Before arriving at CU she had a “Sweet Charity.” Coleman himself, rangers and musicians to producers and arrangements. A publishing unit short stay with . among other performers, will contrib- with smoothness and professionalism, for the two ASCAP writers will be Geared for both pop and R&B mar- ute piano instrumentals and vocal and they have retained the excitement called Two Worlds Publishing. Already kets, the performer recently returned singles and LP’s for the label. The that has always been associated with in print is “A1 Caiola’s Method from a tour of Germany, playing a Rifkind operation is located at 201 their recorded product.” by Use of Color Strings.” Planned for string of Army and Air Force NCO W. 54th Street. the fall is a book-LP-color strings pro- clubs. She’ll be back in Germany next ject to retail at $5.95. Jan. for a music festival and guest appearances on major German T\' shows. Russ Morgan Dies

LOS ANGELES — Russ Morgan, com- poser, conductor and trombonist, died last week in Los Angeles of a brain hemorrhage. He was 65 years old. Born in Scranton. Pa., Morgan gained fame both as leader of his own band and as an arranger for Victor Herbert, John Philip Sousa and later with the Boswell Sisters and Louis Armstrong. As a composer, he will be remem- bered for such songs as “Does Your Heart Beat for Me” which became his Else is ELVIS’ OPENING NIGHT GUESTS: Following his historic opening at the Inter- theme; “Somebody Taking My Place,” “Tell Me You Love Me.” national Hotel in , Elvis Presley greeted Bobby Vinton and Pete Ben- i\ “Your're Nobody Til Somebody Loves / J nett, the promo rep. For a review of Presley’s opening night performance see You” and “Don’t Crv Sweetheart.” this week’s Talent on Stage section. Brown & Finiz with Sachs

Cash Box — August 16, 1969 9 Charles Green Opens Music Co- HOLLYWOOD — Entertainment Trust Greene, who will serve as president Corp. with interests in recording, art- of ETC simultaneously announced the ist management, music publishing and appointment of Miss Gail Wallis as production, has been formed by publishing manager, assisted by Miss Charles Greene, formerly president of Judi Belardes. Robert Lefebvre and York-Pala Records. Patrick Gogerty have been named as ETC offices have been established publishing directors and Stan Moss has at 7700 Sunset Boulevard in Los Ange- been assigned as art director. Miss les to house the organization’s corpo- Gayle Enochs will assume duties as rate facilities in addition to Greene’s Greene's executive assistant. Legal newly formed . Etcetera Council representing the new corpor- Records, Eltolad Music (ASCAP) and ate set-up are David Greenberg and Eltekon Music (BMI) Publishing Com- Jack O’Rourke in Los Angeles and panies all of which will function under Robert Casper in New York. the aegis of ETC. Greene’s announcement of ETC was accompanied by the signing of Mich- ael Condello as A & R man and pro- Wally Schuster To ducer in addition to the inking of Dr. John the Night Tripper under an ex- SUNDOWN THRU WHITEWALE — The Sundown label will be handled by the Alan Jay Lerner As clusive management contract. Addi- White Whale label, one of the first releases of which will be a Jim Ford LP, tional signing of artists, writers and “Harlan County.” Lee Lasseff, standing, holds the LP, with Ted Feigin, partner Director Of Music producers will be revealed soon. with Lasseff in White Whale sitting next to him. Next to Feigin is Eddie Biscoe, Greene also stated that discussions national promo manager of the label. On the opposite side of the label are Kurt NEW YORK — Wally Schuster has are already under way on both coasts Kietel and Jimmy O’Neil, owners of Sundown. resigned as general manager of Big relative to production and distribution 3 Music (Robbins, Feist & Miller) deals involving his Etcetera Records to join Alan Jay Lerner Productions wing. EVR Close To Consumer Reality as director of music operations, it (Con’t from Page 9) was announced yesterday (7) by Alan Jay Lerner. Forward To Handle around the large Convention room stration and its eventual application Schuster reported to Lerner Pro- with a prototype of the player front to music and recorded sound, it was and center with a special spotlight felt that the music field may be just ductions last week at Paramount Sidewalk Product studios in Hollywood. on it. This is the unit Motorola is one of the many important aspects currently producing for consumer of the reel and Schuster will be in charge of all mu- HOLLYWOOD — Sidewalk Records EVR the sales people use. in the record industry well sic exploitation for “Paint Your Wag- has concluded a distribution agree- may very A rep from EVR with a roving find themselves selling E'VR reels of on” and “On A Clear Day You Can ment with Forward Records for all mike first explained the EVR pro- Football games to Track meets from See Forever’’, two forthcoming hard- future product from the label to be cess to the sales force and others a sports rack standing in ticket, roadshow musicals for Para- distributed by Forward, Transcon- a shop right and then he demonstrated it. To along side of Braodway shows mount Pictures. He will also work on tinental Entertainment Corp.’s manu- and the many who had never seen the Ballets. “Coco”, forthcoming Lerner-Andre facturing subsid, according to Bud technique in action EVR was ex- But one could not help Previn Broadway musical, to be pre- Fraser, TEC executive vice-president noting an tremely exciting. The applause aspect far bigger than even home sented by Frederick Brisson, which and Forward president, and Larry from the men who may in the not entertainment in this technique. goes into rehearsals this fall for a Ferguson, Sidewalk’s president. Side- EVR too distant future be selling the units Since the tape can be run through December opening, starring Katharine walk is also a TEC unit. as well as the cartridges (or what- at the standard motion speed, Hepburn. Sidewalk, which was launched three at a ever they will call the reel) con- slow speed, one frame at time, Schuster will report directly to Ler- years ago by Mike Curb’s Sidewalk a firmed this. or can even be reversed so a seg- ner and Jonas Halperin, vice president Productions, was primarily a sound- But the most exciting news to the ment can be played over for a of Alan Jay Lerner Productions. track label with such motion picture many who were fortunate enough to second look-see, the video-audio “Paint Your Wagon", which stars scores as “The Trip,” “Three In The see the demonstration a year or so process made the printed page or Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood and Jean Attic,” “Teenage Rebellion” and ago, the subsequent question and an- the text book appear to be an anti- Seberg, will world premiere on Oct. 15 “Single Room Furnished.” Since 1966, swer period which offered facts and quated and far less effective method at Loew’s State 2 in New York. Its close to a dozen soundtracks have figures about the progress being made of teaching a subject to any age West Coast premiere is Oct. 22 at been released on the Sidewalk label. in the production EVR units and tapes group. And with the TV unit becoming Cinerama Dome Theatre. The musi- As part of the distribution agree- was stunning. an ever more prominent piece of cal was directed by Joshua Logan, ment, Forward Records’ has also furniture in the classroom, it would produced by Lerner with screenplay assigned Dave Fox, newly-appointed Motorola Plans not at all be surprising to find EVR and lyrics by Lerner, music by Fred- national promotion manager for units in every school in the very near erick Loewe, with music for addition- WINRO, to handle promotion for all Motorola is currently producing future. al songs by Andre Previp. upcoming Sidewalk product. EVR players and expects to have “On A Clear Day You Can See For- 100,000 such playback units available The use of EVR in and out of the ever” is a Howard W. Koch-Alan Jay by the end of the next year. The record industry is only limited by the Lerner Production, produced by Koch, Smith, Zerler To spokesman for EVR said that the limits of our industry’s imagination. with screenplay and lyrics by Lerner player is already back-ordered. and music by Burton Lane. Vincente New Columbia Posts A price has already been set for Minnelli directed the Barbra Strei- the unit and the tape reel. The play- Mirasound’s Videotape sand-Yves Montand starrer. NEW YORK — Bob Smith has been er (which does not record but plays (Con't from Page 9) Paramount Records will release the promoted to manager of sales and back only) will sell at a suggested motion picture soundtrack album of promotion and local advertising and retail price of $795. The reels of tape “Penny Lane,” and “Strawberry “Paint Your Wagon" as well as the Harry Zerler has been appointed asso- are expected to sell for $12.40 each. Fields”, and their full length TV fea- original Broadway cast album of ciate product manager of pop LP mer- At present, the Motorola set is the ture, “Magical Mystery Tour” are “Coco”. chandising at Columbia Records. only one available on the market. forerunners of the new form, as is the Columbia Records will release the Bruce Lundvall, vp of merchandis- Motorola is also in the process of Doors’ film “The Unknown Soldier,” motion picture soundtrack album of ing, said that Smith would report to incorporating the EVR device in a three-minute movie built around the “On A Clear Day You Can See For- him for planning and coordinating the certain special console combination Doors’ recording of the same name ever”. creation and dissemination of all sales units that house TV and phonographic and run at Doors around the Also scheduled as a future Alan Jay promo display material and local ad equipment. country last year. Goldman feels that Lerner Production for Paramount material. He joined the label last Jan. Although reels have not yet been since tape reproduction itself cannot Pictures will be an original movie after a post as district promo mana- duplicated for mass use, EVR people, really be any more perfected than it musical based on the famous French ger for Decca and Capitol. He was also working with Columbia Records and has already been, the only possible di- classic, “The Little Prince”, by An- chain store coordinator of Capitol. others, are designing cartridges and rection for the recording industry is to toine de Saint Exupery. Zerler will be directly responsible to converting film into the video tape go video and accomplish the marriage Fred Salem, manager of pop album portion of the reel. One track of the of television and tape. merchandising, for developing mer- reel is, of course, the audio portion. The present Mirasound Studios, Pipolo Director chandising concepts and promo exploi- And it was explained that when the which occupy the entire 2nd floor of tation ideas for Columbia’s contempor- duplicating process is rolling in 353 West 57th Street, N.Y.C., is a Of A&R With Uni ary pop albums. He’ll be maintaining reasonable quantities, it will take no sound studio but also incorporates ex- liaison with A&R producers with re- more than two weeks to produce a tensive video facilities. Mirasound HOLLYWOOD — Pat Pipolo has been gard to all aspects of contemporary reel from a photographic and video specializes in 24-track recording, and promoted to director of A&R and Pro- album releasing. He'll also contribute concept. utilizes 36 microphone inputs and 36 motion of UNI Records, according to ideas and material for Columbia’s Although most of the people in outputs in a full 24-track board in con- Russ Regan, vice-president and gen- “Insight” and “Buyways,” as well as attendance at the Columbia demon- junction with a 24-channel recorder. eral manager of the Label. Dennis in various “Wrap-Ups,” advertising stration were considering the demon- At Mirasound, the engineer in charge Rosencrantz joins UNI as national and display pieces. He joined the label of the session will himself cut or super- promotion manager, the spot former- last May, after stints with WNBC radio vise the cutting of the discs, whether ly held by Pipolo. in New York and the Collegiate Broad- Producer Undertakes they be dubs or masters, Mirasound is also equipped with a full-time elec- Regan indicated that Pipolo’ s pro- casting System’s record company re- motion is in keeping with UNI’s policy lations dept. Three- Prong Promo tronic maintenance shop, as well as of with wood and metal shops fitted with promotion from within as the com- (Con’t from Page 7) pany grows, and encouraging the de- lathes and a staff of craftsmen to op- velopment of young executive talent. Reiner) with humorous commentary erate them. A color photo lab with Pipolo has been with UNI for 18 by Futterman. About three weeks later photo services free to clients is also months. the trade will receive a second pack- provided. Before joining UNI, Pipolo was the age consisting of another booklet, a Mirasound offers post scoring facili- national promotion director for Lib- full-length poster, glossies and comic ties for film to tape work, and film erty Records. photos. Before starts its fall transfer to video tape for scoring, Rosencrantz comes to UNI from tour of the U.S., a mailing will con- which eliminates lengthy rewind de- Seattle, where he was promotion man- sist of American and English reviews lays and film sprocket breakage. ager for Consolidated Distributors. of the group, an itinerary and new In addition, all studios will have Regan explained that this move is glossies. In addition, Morty Wax has closed-circuit TV facilities, and all a major step in the expansion of the been hired by Futterman to handle circuits are to be mono, 2-track stereo. label and tied in with the recent sign- further PR work. Futterman is also 3-track, 4-track, 8-track, 16-track and ing of such major artists as Bill Cosby designing trade ads himself. The band 24-track throughout. and .ieil Diamond to exclusive record- has already had 40 concerts in Eng- Mirasound is open 24 hours a day, ing contracts. Smith & Zerler land. 7 days a week.

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Distributed by ATCO National Association of Television and Radio Announcers Washington-Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. August 13-17

Thursday, August 14th Saturday, August 16th

BREAKFAST, JEFFERSON ROOM 9:00 A.M. — 12 NOON 8;00 a.m. — 9:00 a.m., Ray Meaders, COMBINED MEETING OF REGULAR AND ASSOCIATE President, Great Lakes Regional Chapter, Presiding MEMBERS — BALLROOM EAST Speaker: Stanley Gortikov, President, Capitol Industries — “Can NATRA SEMINARS, 9:00 A.M. - 12 NOON Meet The Challenge Of The Future” For Regular Members — Lincoln Room

“Black Management Can It Succeed” LUNCHEON 12 NOON — 1:30 P.M., INVICTUS For FORE Members — Crystal Room RECORDS — JEFFERSON ROOM “Introduction, Guidelines, etc.” William (Boy) Brown, President, Southwest Regional Chapter, Presiding Invocation: Rev. Harold Carter, New Shiloh Baptist Church, Baltimore, Md.

LUNCHEON 12 NOON - 1:30 P.M., ABC RECORDS — JEFFERSON ROOM Remarks: Petey Green, Host of “Where It’s At” — WETA-TV Larry McKinley, President Gulf Coast Regional Chapter, Presiding Speaker: Rev. Jessie H. Jackson, Operation Breadbasket Invocation: Bishop Samuel Kelsey, Temple Church of God and Christ

Speaker: Arthur A. Fletcher, Asst. Secy, for Wage & Labor Standards PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION AND DISCUSSION — 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M., U.S. Dept, of Labor ROOMS — MILITARY, HEMISPHERE, THOROUGHBRED

SEMINARS, 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. COCKTAIL RECEPTION — 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. For Regular Members — Lincoln Room STAX RECORDS — INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM EAST “FCC Rules and Changes” Tracy Collins, President, For FORE Members — Crystal Room Sunshine State Regional, Presiding “Promotion — Company and Distributor Level” DINNER 8:00 P.M., FOURTH ANNUAL NATRA COCKTAIL RECEPTION, 7:00 P.M. — 8:00 P.M., AWARDS DINNER — GAMBLE & HUFF — TERRACE LEVEL INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM CENTER Everett Dudley, President, Norfolk — Richmond — Virginia Chapter, Invocation: Rev. Vernon Dobson, Union Baptist Church, Baltimore, Md. Presiding AWARDS RECEPTION 10:30 P.M., RCA DINNER 8:00 P.M. - 9:30 P.M., - INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM WEST INTERNATIONAL BALLROOM EAST Alvin Dixon, President, Southern Regional Chapter, Presiding Invocation: Rev. Cecil Mills, Caanan Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. Sunday, August 17th Speaker: Walter E. Washington, Mayor of Washington, D.C.

LUNCHEON 12 NOON - 1:30 P.M. Friday, August 15th COLUMBIA RECORDS — JEFFERSON ROOM PRESIDENT’S INSTALLATION LUNCHEON BREAKFAST, JEFFERSON ROOM Lucky Cordell, President, Midwest Regional Chapter, Presiding 8:00 a.m. — 9:00 a.m., Motown Invocation: Most Reverend Joseph L. Bernadine, Ervin Hester, President Southeast Regional Chapter, Presiding General Secretary, Catholic Conference & the National Conference of Catholic Bishops SEMINARS, 9:00 A.M. — 12 NOON Speaker: William H. Brown III, Chairman, Equal Employment For Regular Members — Lincoln Room Opportunity Commission “Unions, Good or Bad for Black DJ’s” For FORE Members — Crystal Room “Sales — Company and Distributor Level”

LUNCHEON 12 NOON — 1:30 P.M., JEFFERSON ROOM James Rowe, President, Atlanta Regional Chapter, Presiding ADDITIONAL MEETINGS Invocation: Captain Thomas V. Parham, Chaplain, U.S. Navy

Speaker: Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Friday, August 15th 5:00 — 7:00 p.m.

SEMINARS, 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Coffee Hour for Wives of NATRA (By Invitation Only) For Regular Members — Lincoln Room “Introduction to NATRA and Participation of Wives” “Community Action Programs and Citizens Rights” Miss Effie Smith, Director of Regional Chapters, Presiding For FORE Members — Crystal Room Room to be announced “Production and Publishing — Distributor Operations and Trade Relations”

COCKTAIL RECEPTION, 7:00 P.M. — 8:00 P.M., Saturday, August 16th - TERRACE LEVEL Jackie Gober, President, Western State Regional Chapter, Presiding Election of NATRA Officers — Lincoln Room (Regular Members Only) 2:00 — 3:30 — Presentation of Slates and Candidates DINNER 8:00 P.M. — 9:30 P.M. — INTERNATIONAL 3:30 — 4:00 — Recess BALLROOM EAST — 4:00 — 5:00 — Voting Sonny Jim Kelsey, Vice Pres. Capitol Regional, Presiding Invocation: Rev. Levi Miller, Unity Methodist Church— Baltimore, ELECTION SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE Speaker: James Farmer — U.S. Dept, of Health Education and Welfare Joe Lewis, WOKJ, Jackson, Mississippi — Chairman Curtis Shaw, WABQ, Cleveland, Ohio THEATRE COCKTAILS 10:30 P.M., INTERNATIONAL Buddy Scott, Star-Day King Records BALLROOM WEST - JUBILEE-JOSIE Jamo Thomas, Philly-Groove Records RECORDS. INC i.myRon FLORen LAWRENCE WEEK'S llAIN CONCERT LAWRENCE WELK JOANN CASTLE

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ANGELES. CALIF. 90069 • PHONE {213) 278-7222 RECORDS, INC.. A SUBSIDIARY OF RANWOOD INTERNATIONAL. INC.. 9034 SUNSET BLVD.. LOS Wallkill, N.Y. and certain citizens of hosts of dignitaries are expected to the community has been won by attend. Trade people and the press NEW YORK Woodstock Ventures, Inc., promoters will be there as well, as will Tricia of the mammoth cultural exposition, Nixon ... It was two of the world’s which will take place August 15, 16, most ardent fans of late country and Alice’s Restaurant? Eat At Joe’s and 17 in White Lake in the town of western star Jim Reeves who wrote Bethel, Sullivan County, New York. the Bee Gee’s latest single, “Don’t Had a pleasant chat with Procol Forget To Remember,” released Aug- Movies are often inspired by his- "The Touchables" and "Privelage” Harum last week. The A&M record- ust 8. The fans? Bee Gees Barry and tory. by literature, and in the past while both steps in the right direction ing artists were winding up their high- who have in their col- decade by tele\'ision shows, but di- have left much unsaid. Wouldn't a ly successful United States tour and lection every record made by "Gentle- rector Arthur Penn's film of .Arlo film about Jim Morrison or John were on their w'ay back to home in man” Jim, Who died in a plane crash Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" would Lennon or Mick Jagger be more rele- England. Anyone who hasn't heard near Nashville, co-incidentally five vant? can only hope that some We . appear to be the first motion picture (at least 25 times) their latest LP years ago the week of August 8 . . truly inspired by a song. The song, pioneering film maker will take Rock "A Salty Dog" may have missed High government sources revealed to- of course, was .Arlo's famous "Alice's music seriously enough to give it something. "These words have all day that Jimmy lenner, in civilian Restaurant Massacree." an extended meaningful cinematic life. been w'rit by one before me, /We' re life talent and production director for twenty minute folk monologue, and EAST COAST GIRL OF THE WEEK: taking turns in trying to pass them Peer-Southern Publishers has been re- " the movie, all 110 minutes of it, is The lovely young miss pictured here on. "A Salty Dog" just has to be called to active military service for an elaborate extrapolation of the char- is not a folksinger or even a Rock East Coast Album Of The Week. two weeks of top level exercises with acters. events, and situations in the singer, but according to her dad. Cash IN SOUNDS: A knockout of a show his national guard unit, the 192nd Ar- tillery Song. .As a movie, it is only average, Box's ad man Stan Soifer (often called set for Tuesday, August 12 at Tangle- (Yankee) Division. What?. . . quite a comedown for Penn whose Sultan Stan by his pal Bernie Blake, wood, Massachusetts. The Who, Jef- Ex-Animal Alan Price has signed a " major successes. "Mickey One. "The also in Cash Box advertising) she is ferson .Airplane, B.B. King, Chris- contract with Atlantic Records for the Miracle Worker, " and "Bonnie And quite a wailer anyway. Lisa, shown topher Tree and his "spontaneous release of his U.S. product on the Co- Clyde" are all classics. Yet something here mimicking her father's frequent sounds," and the Joshua Light Show tillion label. His first single will be

goes on in "Alice's Restaurant" that guzzling, loves her mommy, Carole, all together. At Tanglewood? Looks "Falling In Love Again..’’. . . . Sin- is curiously fascinating. The music in and her daddy, and she has'sent Cash like the longhairs meeting the long atra Enterprises has signed Sheldon

the film and the musical setting that Box a personal letter demanding that hairs . . . The Blind Faith album Keller to write the fifth surrounds it are all part of folk mu- if her parents keep up the good work, seems to have already passed the TV' special, to be taped at month’s sic, and there is something bizarre they should be run in the feature $1,000,000 mark in sales within one end for a fall airing. Keller previously about it all. Ghosts flit across the marked "Producer's Profile.'’ week of national release. LP is Atco's wrote the first three Sinatra/Budweiser screen, lumbered and burdened with .Also congrats to new father Charles fastest seller since Cream's "Disraeli specials, beginning in 1965 with the banjos and guitars, stumming, hum- Emmy and Peabody award-winning, ming — all . "Frank Sinatra: A Man And His Mu- is himself the star of the film, an sic" . . . Top arranger-conductor actor who looks like Pete Seeger got George Siravo has been signed by t) play , Pete Seeger songstress Kathleen Emery to wax

himself is in the film playing Pete her first single . . . Sad Ending, Seeger as if he's been doing it all Sceptor Records’ newest recording his life, and Lee Hays, an ex-VVeaver, group, has just complete engage- is there too. is used only ments at the Forefathers Inn in parenthetically. This is a story woven Maine, and the Joker in Suffern, New on nylon strings. It is all very charm- York, and are currently working at ing. It is not likely that we will ever the Keyboard in Elizabeth, New Jer- see Seeger in a real, live movie again. sey, to be followed by a return engage- Yet on the other hand, there is a ment at the 615 Club in New York,

slight problem with all of this. Clear- Pennsylvania . . . Face fans, get

ly. this is the age of Rock, not folk, ready! Jim Morrison has shaved!. . . '^his is a time when the Beatles ("I Country Joe and the Fish to do a read the news today, oh boyl ") and Procol benefit for the Family Dog at ("Not to touch the earth, Harum Avalon in San Francisco on August

I not to see the sun, nothing left to do 8, 9, and 10, and also on August 9 a Lisa Donna Soifer but run, run, run! ") have found more benefit at the Synanon Street Fair in

to say to young people in this gen- Greene, president of Greene/Stone Gears" a year ago . . . Guy Draper, Oakland, . The group, which eration than Woody Guthrie ("This Productions in Los Angeles and his producer-manager and executive of has a newly released album on "Van- land is your land, this land is my wife, the former Marci Davidson, on the newly-formed Tunesmith Records, guard Records entitled "Here We Are land") could ever say. the birth of a 5 pound, 13 ounce baby will host a spectacular house-w'arm- Again,” is currently doing an Ameri- Thus, while "Alice's Restaurant" girl. Also congrats to Tiffany, the ing at his residence in the exclusive can cross-country tour, to be followed is sort of a nice movie, and .Arlo is baby. Watergate West section of Wash- up with a four-week European tour

a funny fellow, it is really unfortunate Giad to see that the Woodstock Mu- ington. D.C., with the fabulous Temp- in September . . . Tim Hardin, Col- that when a major director lets out sic & Art Fair, after its undeserved tations, his associates in Tunesmith. umbia Records artist, will appear at to make a major film about contem- hassles, is on the way to being a In addition to having the Temptations the Singer Bowl in Flushing Meadow porary music, he devotes all of his gigantic success. Also happy to learn as guest of honor, the August 16th Park on Friday (15) and at the Wood- attention to finger picks and not to that the first round in what is ex- affair will have Gladys Knight and stock Music Festival in White Lake, amplifiers. No truly definitive movie pected to result in a multi-million the Pips as special guests. Senators, New York that following Sunday (17). has been made about Rock music. dollar law suit against the town of including Kennedy and Brookes, and (Con’t on Page 53)

“And there is a duplicate for every Lowy of Dot Records, who concur with .” person and thing on this earth?” Ele- me on this theory, this variation . . HOLLYWOOD mentary. No variation whatsoever. “Which is?” Except One.” “One variation?” “That the other Cash Box top 100 Goldberg Variation “Yes,” said Goldberg. “And I won- charts are, at least, two weeks ahead der if I might have a few more Oreos. of yours. But everybody already knows Several people (at least 2) have lished in a number of celestial scien- They’re every bit as delicious as this.” And with that Dr. Goldberg ” phoned us since the publication of tific journals, is known, world wide, your MJB. reached for another Oreo and grinned. Dr. Richard J. Goldberg's theory of as the 'non-deviation distant dupli- "Did I understand you to say that Just as the other Dr. Goldberg, up in ’’ the xerox earth was carried in this cation dispersion.’ there is on thing on this earth which the wild blue yonder on another planet, space last week. They have suggested "The non-deviation aspect intrigues is at variance with that other planet?” must have been doing at the very that 1 - there is no such person as same instant. Dr. Richard J. Goldberg 2 - we. in DOUBLE WAVES — Two of the most fact, fabricated the interview and attractive mod-ulations in town are 3 - there's no possibility whatsoever Sharon Nelson and Jan Walner, who that another Elizabeth Taylor exists program KHJ’s AM & EM sounds, anywhere. both #1 in the L.A. market. Sharon, In order to refute at least the first a former librarian at KYA in S.F., two accusations we prevailed upon has been involved in the AM record Dr. Goldberg, noted scientist and library for the past year while Jan neighbor, to visit us again last night programs all 21 of the "Hit Parade for a cup of coffee and Oreos and to 69” outlets throughout the nation. furnish us with a photograph of him- Jan formerly labored for Epic on the self for our column. He arrived on coast and Atlantic in N.Y. They’re our schedule with the photo (only slightly double dynamite west coast girls of retouched) and we proudly showed t.h0 W00k him the article we had turned out for IN TOWN — The Lettermen returned last week's issue. us.” we said, “and, as we recall, you “Just one. But you should know if to L.A. for the first time in more than “You have quoted me rather ac- said there was another you looking you had read my recent article in the five years for a three week engage- curately," said .’’ Goldberg, “and exactly like you with your name . . Academic Science Quarterly Review, ment at the Westside Room . . . Adam there’s no doubt in my mind that Dr. Goldberg interrupted, "I have you would know." Wade, currently at the Playboy, re- another Elizabeth Taylor, married to never said which was the real me. “And that variation, that one devia- ports to Rama Rama prexy Hy Miz- another Richard Burton, does, in fact, It’s very' possible that we are the du- tion?” we asked breathlessly. rahi this week to record “Each New exist on that other planet. There is plicates and they are the originals. “You remember me mentioning Day,” a prospective single. Tune was also, as I have said before, another But that’s not significant. The major last week that there was another Cash composed by Bob Hilliard who is also , Tiny Tim, Mama point is simply this — if I should elect Box on that distant planet?” serving as producer . . . Gary Puckett Cass and Cash Box. They not only to gobble down four chocolate Oreos, “Yes?" and the Union Gap’s new Columbia look just like them, but they are doing as I am doing this instant, then the “There are a number of other single “Girl, You’re a Woman Now” exactly the same things at the same is the other me doing same thing at learned men, people like Robert Mur- set for release this week. It was pro- time. My theory, which has been pub- the same time." phy of Columbia Records Jay ^nd . duced by Dick Glasser . .

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utes to record. Not because it was easy; but because Lee was ready. Cosby Kicks-Off Line Of ^Besf From WB/Reprise HOLLYWOOD — Warner-Reprise Bros. Records will release 13 albums

in a “Best of . . . series. First set is “The Best of Bill Cosby,” featuring the comic’s bits from his LP product before he left the label. Other product in this area will be released during the summer and continuing until early fall.

Dunhill A&R Post For Harvey Bruce HOLLYWOOD — Harvey Bruce, for- mer west coast promo manager for Epic Records, has joined Dunhill Rec- ords as an A&R producer, reports Jay Lasker, vice-president of Dunhill. Lasker said that Bruce will work in conjunction with Dunhill’s A&R staff director Steve Barri and Joel Sill. His immediate assignment will be an ex- tensive involvement in pursuing new talent and material for the label.

Para Distribs Open St. Louis Sales Unit

NO. HOLLYWOOD — Paramount Rec- LOS ANGELES — A few views of the Columbia Convention activities staged in this city last week. (Top left) Goddard ords Distributors has opened a new Lieberson, John Hammond and Clive Davis apparently enjoying the closing night festivities. (Top Center) Janis Joplin sales office in St. Louis. Located at listens to Clive Davis. (Top Right) Mort Hoffman, Epic head, sealed the bond between Epic and its new Columbia distribu- 2938 Lawton Place, staff includes pro- tion network. One of the most productive aspects of the Convention was a series of person-to-person conference approach motion manager and sales represen- during which sales reps, promo men, etc., asked about the whys and wherefores of tne various departments of the Colum- tative Dennis Wichlan and Bud Mur- bia home office. In the bottom left photo Jack Gold, VP of A&R and a battery of Columbia producers and product mana- phy, who will serve as sales manager. gers field questions. Among the people in the photo with Gold are Jerry Fuller, Eddie Matthews, Fred Salem, Frank Lines are Paramount, Dot, Acta, Jones, Teo Macera, Billy Jackson, Bill Keane, Harry Zerler, Irv Townsend and Gene Ferguson. Steed, Paramount Stereo-Tape. Bottom right photo has Bruce Lundvall, VP, Merchandising (center) conducting the merchandising and advertising ses- sion of the seminars. Among the people with Lundvall are Linda Barton, Lester Wunderman, Arnold Levine, Roz Blanch and Mary Jo Johnson. Producers, Writer Ambassador Starts Join Co. Don Ellis' Star Rises At Coi Conclave Line Of $4.98 LFs NEW YORK — Dave Usher and Carlos NEW YORK — If one were to raise for all the gifted entertainers, the Don — Ambassador Records, Malcolm have been appointed pro- NEW YORK the age old question “Will the bands Ellis star was born. His presentation the budget-priced label, has entered ducers, and Wesley Westbrooks a ever come back" and coincidentally of rock, big band swinging jazz in the $4.98 disk line with Swampire Rec- writer for Ahmad Jamal Productions lay that familiar query on a member combination with the electronic ords. Sold directly to racks, the line Corp. of the Columbia organization, the re- sounds, up tempos and double and will feature sessions by Les and Larry In addition to his work with his own sult would probably be a twenty triple drumming featuring Ellis on Elgart and the Vaughn Monroe Sisters, record companies and other firms minute tirade on the “greatest band drums in certain selections, resulted just signed to the label by Marty Ka- since 1948, Usher has been associated to hit the music scene since Stan Ken- in screams, cheers, cries for more sen, president of Ambassador. Dolph with such top performers as Dizzy ton or Artie Shaw” the Don Ellis and a standing ovation. Obviously the Traymon, Herb Dorfman and Gil Gillespie, Shelly Manne, Ahmad Ja- Band. band had struck a chord that appealed Nelson will handle A&R chores. The mal, Toots Thielmans, The Modern Although the maestro has been on to the younger people in the Columbia Elgarts’ first LP product for Swampire Jazz Quartet, Yusef Lateef and others. the Columbia label for some time now organization as well as those who includes “Nashville Country Piano Carlos Malcolm, a native of Jamai- and has had some LP releases issued lived through the band era, and every- Hits,” “Nashville Country Brass” and ca, wrote, arranged and conducted all by the label, it was only last week that one fell in love with the Ellis Band. “Nashville Country Guitars.” of the tropical music for the first the Columbia sales and promotion or- So fired up were the Columbia sales James Bond motion picture, “Dr. No.” ganization “discovered” him, thanks and promo reps that it will be inter- He has recorded for Scepter and to the Columbia Convention in Los esting to note if there is any direct Special Pressing Gives Roulette Records, and has also written Angeles last week. response on the sales level as a result commercials for Texaco, Shell Oil In a very unhearalded manner, and of word of mouth and salesman’s en- Special Decca Incentive and Maxwell House Coffee. almost without announcement, his thusiasm for company product. NEW YORK — Decca Records has Wesley Westbrooks is the leading band was on stage for the opening Among the instruments featured in arranged a special, blank, black- Gospel disk jockey in Denver, over night entertainment which featured the Ellis band at different times are a labeled pressing of “Blue Green Eyes” Radio Station KDKO. He has written some dynamic rock groups including quarter-tone trumpet, electrophonic by the Sundowners to give the single for the Kingston Trio and the Staple Santana, the Flock, Pacific Gas & trumpet, ring modulator, fluegel horn, Singers. a new effectiveness. According to Electric, and Chicago (formerly trombones, bass trombone, tuba, alto, Marty Torbert, this different manner Chicago Transit Authority.) Because soprano and baritone flute, saxes, of servicing not only gives the record the groups were so dynamic, his clarinet, piano, clavinet, harpsichord, itself a mystery to excite programmer band, also extremely inventive was drums, vibes, conga, bongos, shaker, listening; but the lack of label copy competing with a heavy card of cow bells, Fender-Rhodes piano, bass in provides an extra incentive for per- Unsurpassed Quality at any Price strong competition. But it was quite and miscellaneous percussion. sonal communication between local obvious from the Columbia organiza- label radio staffs. tion’s response to his performance The record itself will be a same- that he was the surprise hit of the song-on-both-sides pressing of “Blue COLOR first night’s entertainment. (The band Green Eyes,” which was originally features electrophonic trumpet played the “flip” side of the recent single PHOTOS by Ellis as well as double drumming by the Sundowners. 100-8x10 $89.00 and other electrified instrumentation Special Color Process and comprises some 20 or so person- 1000-8x10 $175.00 nel.) Duplicate Color On the second night of the Conven- Massinger Signs k Slides & . tion, the Ellis band was brought back Portable People ^Transparencies^^ to back the Epic evening of entertain- ^GLOSSY^ ment. Soul singer Vivian Reed opened NEW YORK — Portable People, whose PHOTOS the show and was enthusiastically label affiliation will be announced in 8x10 received, but when the band supported the immediate future, has been signed MOUNTED t NLARGEMENTS 100-$12.45 her with a head arrangement of by Dave Hassinger to his Damo Pro- 20"x30" $6.50 I 1000— $85.00 “Sunny” that even awed Miss Reed ductions. 30"x40"$9.50i Post Cards with its inventiveness and excitement. Portable People was formed by a k.$49 Per 1000^ At this point the Ellis Band was the former member of Group Therapy, sensation of the convention. However, John DiTondo. Other members of the this was only the beginning of the en- group are John Di Poncio, Roger thusiasm on behalf of the band. Rottoli, Jerry Gervasi, Louie Poggi, On the Friday night show the Band and Charles Hageman. did its own stint on a powerhouse Hassinger indicated that Portable show featuring Peter Nero, Paul People, under the management of Revere and the Raiders, Ellis, Tony Don Mantarro, is ’ somewhat reminis- A Division of JAMES J. KRIEGSMANN Bennett and the hottest group in the cent of his Electric Prunes, but “with 165 W. 46th St., N.Y. 36 PL 7-0233 country. Blood, Sweat and Tears. And a forcefully stated viewpoint all their although there was great enthusiasm own.”

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53% This Girl Is A Woman — Gary Puckett — Columbia 51% 45% Little Woman — Bobby Sherman — Metromedia 64%

41% What Kind Of Fool — Bill Deal & Rondells — Heritage 94%

38% Jean — Oliver — Crewe 80% JULIA 36% Sausalito — Ohio Express — Buddah 36% 34% I’m Gonna Make You Mine — Lou Christie — Buddah 86%

33% You, 1 — Rugbys — Amazon 56% CADET 5640 31% Oh What A Night — Dells — Cadet 68%

30% 1 Can't Get Next To You — Temptations — Gordy 30%

ANDRE WILLIAMS 29% You Got Yours & I’ll Get Mine — Delfonics — Philly Groove 38%

27% Lodi — Al Wilson — Soul City 36%

25% That’s The Way Love Is — — Tamla 25% GIRDLE UP 24% Green Fields — Vogues — Reprise 24% 22% Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home — Joe South — Capitol 29%

21% 1 Want You To Know — New Colony Six — Mercury 21%

20% Maybe The Rain Will Fall — Cascades — Uni 69% CHECKER 1219 19% Everybody’s Talking — Nilsson — RCA 86%

18% Move Over — Steppenwolf — Dunhill 61%

LITTLE MILTON 17% Daddy’s Little Man — O.C. Smith — Columbia 17%

16% What’s The Use Of Breaking Up — Jerry Butler — Mercury 16% — LET’S GET 15% Hot Fun In The Summertime — Sly & Family Stone Epic 38% TOGETHER 13% Easy To Be Hard — 3 Dog Night — Dunhill 92% 12% No One For Me To Turn To — Spiral Starecase — Columbia 12%

Out Of Sight Out Of Mind — Little Anthony & Imperials — 1225 11% CHECKER U. A. 11%

11% 1 Do — Moments — Stang 11% MARLENE SHAW WOMAN OF THE GHETTO LESS THAN 10% BUT MORE THAN 5% TOTAL % TO DATE

CADET 5650 Oh How Happy — Blinky & Your Good Thing — Lou Sugar On Sunday — Clique — Edwin Starr — Gordy 23% Rawls — Capitol 78% White Whale 42%

McArthur Park — Waylon I’m A Better Man — Engelbert Muddy Mississippi Line — Jennings — RCA 90% Humperdinck — Parrot 80% Bobby Goldsboro — U.A. 40% RECORDS

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WLS — Chicago WQXI — Atlanta WMEX — Boston WIBG - Gonna Make You Mine—Lou Christie— Buddah Hook & Sling— Eddie Bo—Scram Maybe The Rain Will Fall—Cascades— Uni Working On Groovy Thing— 5th Dimension—Soul You, I— Rugbys—Amazon Sausalito—Ohio Express Hot Fun In Summertime—Sly & Fam. Stone— Epic City Nobody But You Babe—Clarence Reid—Alston Little Woman— Bobby Sherman— Metromedia Little Woman— Bobby Sherman— Metromedia I’ll Never Fall In Love—Tom Jones— Parrot This Girl's A Woman— G. Puckett & Union Gap- You, I—Rugbys—Amazon I’m A Better Man— Engelbert Humperdinck— Oh What A Night—Dells—Cadet Col. Easy To Be Hard— 3 Dog Night— Dunhill Parrot This Girl’s A Woman—Gary Puckett— Col. Luna Trip— —Cotique Star Revue—Arthur Conley—Atco Daddy’s Little Man— O.C. Smith—Columbia LP: That’s The Way Love Is— M. Gaye—Tamla Spiral Jive— —Direction No One For Me— 'Starecase—Columbia KYA — San Francisco What’s The Use Of Breaking Up— J. Butler- LP—Jean—Oliver—Crewe Reconsider Me— Johnny Adams— SSS Hartford Mercury LP— It Mek—Desmond Dekker— Uni WDRC — Your Good Thing— Lou Rawls— Capitol Creedence Clearwater— Can’t Get Next To You—Temptations—Gordy Green River/Commotion— Sausalito— Ohio Express—Buddah — Orleans Fantasy WTIX New Sugar On Sunday— Clique— White Whale Fall Jones— Parrot — Milwaukee Kind of Fool— Bill Heritage I’ll Never In Love—Tom WOKY What Deal— What Kind Of Fool— Bill Deal— Heritage Hot Fun In Summertime—Sly & Stones— Epic Everybody’s Talkin’ — Nilsson —RCA Daddy’s Little Man— O.C. Smith—Columbia Easy To Be Hard— 3 Dog Night— Dunhill Sugar, Sugar—Archies— RCA Muddy Miss. Line— Bobby Goldsboro— U.A. Soul Deep— Box Tops— Mala Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home— J. South- Tim Hardin— Col. This Girl Is A Woman— G. Puckett— Col. Wait Million Grass Roots— Dunhill Simple Song of Freedom— Years— Cap Let Yourself Go—Friends of Distinction— RCA I Want You To Know—New Colony 6— Mercury I’ll Never Fall In Love—Tom Jones— Parrot This Girl Is A Woman Now— Gary Puckett— Col. Easy To Be Hard— 3 Dog Nite—Dunhill Easy To Be Hard— 3 Dog Night— Dunhill WFIL - Philadelphia Barabajagal— Donovan— Epic KFRC — San Francisco Moonlight Sonata— Mancini—RCA Nitty Gritty— Gladys Knight—Soul WABC - New York That’s The Way Love Is— Marvin Gaye—Tamla With Aretha Franklin—Atl. Don’t Fail Me Now—Symphonies Sugar Sugar— Archies—Calendar Share Your Love Me— McArthur Park—Waylon Jennings— RCA 1. What’s The Use of Breaking Up—Jerry Butler- Gritty— Gladys Knight—Soul Time I Get To Phoenix— Hayes— Enterprise Nitty I’m Gonna Make You Mine— Lou Christie— Bud- Mercury I’ll Fall Tom Jones— Parrot Ma-Nah-Ma-Nah— Heaven Hell Soundtrack— Never In Love— & dah This Girl’s A Woman—Gary Puckett— Columbia Ariel Jean—Oliver— Crewe Take A Lot Of Pride— Dean Martin— Reprise When I Die—Motherlode— Buddah Oh How Happy— Blinky & E. Starr— Gordy CKLW - Detroit Life & Death In G&A—Abaco Dream—A&M Nobody But You Babe— Clarence Reid— Atl. Lodi— Al Wilson— Soul City Noah— Bob Seeger—Capitol Change of Heart— Classics IV— Imperial This Girl Is A Woman Now— Gary Puckett— Col. I’ll Bet You— Funkadelics—Westbound KXOK - St. Louis Easy To Be Hard—3 Dog Night— Dunhill You Got Yours—Delfonics—Philly Groove Oh What A Night— Dells—Cadet WQAM - Miami Birthday— Underground Sunshine— Intrepid This Girl Is A Woman— Gary Puckett— Col. Jean—Oliver—Crewe Jack & Jill—Tommy Roe—ABC Oh What A Night— Dells—Cadet Your Good Thing—Lou Rawls—Capitol Out Of Sight— Little Anthony— U.A. KHJ — Hollywood Can’t Get Next To You—Temptations—Gordy Green Fields—Vogue—Reprise Nitty Gritty— Gladys Knight—Soul Lodi— Al Wilson— Soul City Sausalito—Ohio Express—Buddah Little Woman— Bobby Sherman— Metromedia This Girl Is A Woman Now— Gary Puckett— Col. KILT - Houston Little Bobby Metromedia Keem-O-Sabe— Electric Indian— U.A. Woman— Sherman— Everybody’s Talkin— Nilsson— RCA Curly—Jimmy Clanton— Laurie You, I—Rugbys—Amazon Did You See Her Eyes— Illusions—Steed No One For Me To Turn To— Spiral Starecase— I’m Gonna Make You Mine— Lou Christie— Buddah What Kind Of Fool— Bill Deal— Heritage Easy To Be Hard— 3 Dog Night— Dunhill Col. Don’t It Make You Wanna Go Home—Joe South— You Delfonics—Philly Groove Jean—Oliver— Crewe Got Yours— McArthur Park—Waylon Jennings— RCA Capitol Boy Named Sue— J. Cash— Columbia I’ll Never Fall In Love—Tom Jones— Parrot I’ll Never Fall In Love—Tom Jones— Parrot Lay Lady Lay— B. Dylan—Columbia WEAM - Washington, D.C. Rain—Jose Feliciano— RCA Maybe The Rain Will Fall—Cascades— Uni. This Girl’s A Woman—Gary Puckett— Col. WMAK - Nashville Taste Of Soul— Bobby Sack—Capitol De Place KRLA — Pasadena LP’s— Moody Blues/Marvin Gaye/Blind Faith/Crow Vanilla On My Mind—Yellow Pages— Uni Can’t Get Next To You—Temptations—Gordy Give Peace A Chance— Plastic Ono Band—Apple Music—Crows In A Intrigues Penny Arcade— Roy Orbison—MGM Moment— —Yew Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home— J. South- Book Of Love— Jefferson Lee— Orig. Sound Anyway You Want Me— Evie Sands—A&M Cap. WKBW-Buffalo Maybe The Rain Will Fall—Cascades— Uni Little Woman—Bobby Sherman— Metromedia Living In The Past— Jethro Tull— Reprise Move Over—Steppenwolf— Dunhill (pick) Harlan County—Jim Ford—White Whale LP Yer-Don’t Have The Time—James Young— Oklahoma City Times— Hamilton Camp—WB On Campus— Dickie Goodman—Cotique Are You Sincere—Gene Kennedy— Intrepid Bluesway Keem-O-Sabe— Electric Indian— U.A.

Moon Flight—Vik Venus—Buddah LP Best Of The Cream— I Feel Free—Cream—Atl. Get Together— Young Bloods— RCA Everybody’s Talkin’— Nilsson—RCA WIXY - Cleveland Highty Hi— Lee Michaels—A&M WDGY — Minneapolis In A Moment— Intrigues—Yew Hurt So Bad—Lettermen—Capitol Something In The Air— T. Newman—Track To Marrakesh Express—Crosby, Stills & Nash—Atl. Gonna Make You Mine— Lou Christie— Buddah Can’t Get Next You—Temptations—Gordy What Kind Of Fool— Bill Deal— Heritage I’ll Never Fall In Love—Tom Jones— Parrot Share Your Love—Aretha Franklin —Atlantic Girl Is A Woman— Puckett & Union Gap—Columbia Can’t Get Next To You—Temptations—Gordy Commotion/Green River—Creed Clearwater— Chelsea Morning—Judy Collins— Elektra Want You To Know—New Colony 6— Mercury LP— Everybody’s Talkin’— Nilsson— RCA Fantasy Did You See Her Eyes— Illusions—Steed Looky Looky—Georgio—Atco LP— Loves Been Good To Me—A Man Alone— True Grit—Glen Campbell—Capitol You, I—Rugbys—Amazon Lay Lady Lay— Bob Dylan—Columbia F. Sinatra— Reprise Age—Horatio— Event You Got Yours—Delfonics—Philly Groove Sugar, Sugar—Archies—Calendar LP— Harry—Guess The Lord Must Be In NYC— Put A Little Love— J. DeShannon— Imperial Green Fields—Vogues—Reprise True Grit—Glen Campbell—Capitol Nilsson— RCA Sugar Sugar—Archies—Calendar Easy To Say—Vogues— Reprise Your Husband, My Wife— Bklyn Bridge—Buddah LP— Dylan’s Gospel— Mighty Quinn- Ode Green River—Creedence Clearwater— Fantasy Poor Moon—Canned Heat— Liberty Out Of Sight— Little Anthony— UA Keem-O-Sabe— Electric Indian— U.A. What Kind Of Fool— Bill Deal— Heritage Your Good Thing— Lou Rawls—Capitol WCAO — Baltimore This Girl Is A Woman — Gary Puckett — Col. Does Your Mama Know — Tommy Vann-Congress Born On The Bayou — Short — Kuts — Pepper Maybe The Rain Will Fall — Cascades — UNI Something In The Air — T. Newman — Track Sugar On Sunday — Clique — WhiteWhale You Got Yours — Delfonics — Philly Groove Oh What A Night — Dells — Cadet Aquarius — D. Hyman — Command Daddy’s Little Man — O.C. Smith — Columbia

WMCA — New York No One— Spiral Starecase— Columbia Kool & The Gang— Kool & The Gang— De-Lite I’m A Better Man— E. Humperdink— Parrot This Girl Is A Woman— Gary Puckett— Col. What Kind Of Fool— Bill Deal— Heritage Sausalito— Ohio Express—Buddah Make Believe—Wind— Life Ma-Nah-Ma-Nah— “Sweden" Heaven & Hell (S.T.) Ariel Blackberry— Isley Bros.—T Neck Can’t Get Next To You—Temptations— Gordy LP Phoenix & Walk On By— Isaac Hayes— En- terprise LP Highty Hi— Lee Michaels—A&M LP God Bless— Blood Sweat & Tears— Col.

WRKO - Boston This Girl Is A Woman— Gary Puckett— Col. What Kind Of Fool— Bill Deal— Heritage

WHBQ — Memphis Lodi —Wilson —Soul City This Girl Is A Woman— Gary Puckett— Col. What Kind Of Fool— Bill Deal — Heritage Maybe The Rain Will Fall— Cascades— UNI Easy To Be Hard— 3 Dog Night— Dunhill Doggone Right— S. Robinson—Tamla KIMN - Denver Shadows Of Night— David Selby— Philips This Girl Is A Woman Now— G. Puckett— Col. Little Woman— Bobby Sherman— Metromedia Odds & Ends— Dionne Warwick—Scepter Jean—Oliver— Crewe Sausalito—Ohio Express—Buddah

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•New To The Top 100 #19 #1 #10 #27 SOUL DEEP (2:25) HONKY TONK WOMEN (3:03) POLK SALAD ANNIE (3:37) GOOD OLD ROCK 'N ROLL (3:05) Box Tops-Mala 12040 Rolling Stones-London 910 Tony Joe White-Monument 1104 Cat Mother The All Night News Boys 1776 Bway, NYC. & 639 W 25 St. NYC. 530 W Main St. Hendersonville, Tenn, Polydor 14002 Miller, London England PROD: Tommy (Jogbill-Chips Moman PROD: Jimmy PROD: Billy Swan c/o Monument now. 57th St. NYC, Bway, NYC. 827 Thomas St. Memphis, Tenn. PUB: Gideon BMI c/o Allen Klein 1700 PUB: Combine (same address) PROD: Cat Mother & Jimi Hendrix Jagger-Richards PUB: Earl Barton BMI WRITERS: WRITER: Tony Joe White FLIP: Aspen Colorado 27 E. 37th St. NYC. 1121 S, Glenstone, Springfield, Mo. ARR: Rolling Stones FLIP: Bad News FLIP: You Can't Always Get What You Want #11 WRITERS: Wayne-tlarson-Thompson MY CHERIE AMOUR (2:50) FLIP: (The) Happy Song #28 #2 Stevie Wonder-Tamla 54180 EASY TO BE HARD (3:10) IN THE YEAR 2525 (3:15) 2457 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Mich, #20 3 Dog NIght-OunhIII 4203 Zager & Evans RCA 4174 PROD: Hank Cosby c/o Tamla QUENTIN'S THEME (1:59) 449 S Beverly Dr. Bev. Hills, Calif. 1133 Ave of the Americas, NYC. PUB: Jobete BMI (same address) Chas. Randolph Grean Sound-Ranwood 840 PROD: Gabriel Mekler c/o Dunhill PROD: Zager & Evans c/o Mgt 3 Ltd 136 E 55 St. NYC. WRITERS: Hank Cosby-Stevie Wonder-Sylvia Moy 9034 Sunset Blvd. L. A, Calif. PUB: United Artists ASCAP 729 7th Ave, NYC. PUB:Zelad BMI WRITERS: G. McDermot-J. Rado-G. Ragne FLIP: I Don't Know Why I Love You PROD: Chas. R. Grean WRITER: Evans FLIP: Little Kids 120 E Hartsdale Ave, Hartsdale, N. V. FLIP: Dreaming Isn't Good For You #12 PUB: Curnor BMI Allan H. Bomser #3 c/o #29 (3:40) WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR LOVE) (2:58) 555 Mad. Ave., NYC. A BOY NAMED SUE HURT SO BAD (2:18) 44944 Jr. Walker & All Stars-Soul 35062 WRITER: Chas. Cobert Johnny Cash-Columbia Lettermen-Capitol 2482 Street, NYC. 2457 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich. ARR: Chas. Grean FLIP: #1 At The Blue Whale 51W52 1750 N, Vine, L.A, Calif. PROD: Bob Johnston c/o Columbia PROD: Fuqua-Bristol c/o Soul PROD: Al DeLory c/o Capitol Evil Eye BMI PUB: Jobete BMI (same address) PUB: #21 PUB: Vogue BMI 244 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, Calif, FLIP: San Quentin WRITERS: Bristol-Fuqua-Bullock WRITER: S. Silverstein MARRAKESH EXPRESS (2:35) WRITERS: Teddy Randazzo-Bobby Hart-Bobby Wilding FLIP: Brainwasher Part 1 #4 Crosby-Stills & Nash-Atlantic 2652 ARR: Mort Garson FLIP: Catch The Wind 1841 Bway, NYC. SWEET CAROLINE (2:50) #13 PROD: Stephen Stills-David Crosby-Graham Nash #30 Neil Diamond-UNI 55136 OF LOVE (2:44) MY PLEDGE c/o Atlantic MUDDY RIVER (3:15) 8255 Sunset Blvd. L. A. Calif. Joe Jeffrey Group-Wand 11200 PUB: Siquomb BMI 55 Liberty St. NYC. Johnny Rivers-Imperial 66386 PROD: Tommy Cogbill-Tom Catalano-Neil Diamond West 54 Street, NYC. 254 WRITER: G. Nash FLIP: Helplessly Hoping 6920 Sunset Blvd. L. A. Calif. Amer. Rec. Studios. 827 Thomas St. c/o PROD: Jerry Meyers-Alan Klein PROD: Johnny Rivers 8923 Sunset Blvd. L. A. Cal. Memphis, Tenn. 875 Main St. Buffalo, N, Y. PUB: Johnny Rivers BMI c/o Gang, Tyre-Brown Bridge BMI #22 PUB: Stone PUB: VVednesday Morning BMI 6400 Sunset Blvd, L. A. Cal. 437 Mad. Av. NYC. MOTHER POPCORN c/o Pryor Braun Cashman Sherman 4672 Walfor Rd. 212-C Warrensville Hts. Ohio WRITER: James Hendricks FLIP: Resurrection WRITER: Neil Diamond ARR: Chas Callello Our Children's BMI c/o Wand (YOU GOT TO HAVE A MOTHER FOR ME) PT. 1 (2:55) James Brown-King 6245 FLIP: Dig In WRITER: Joe Stafford Jr. #31 1540 Brewster Ave. Cinn. Ohio ARR: Al Russ FLIP-Margie I'M FREE (2:39) #5 PROD: J. Brown c/o King The Who-Decca 732519 CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION (3:45) #14 PUB: Dynatone BMI (same address) 445 Park Ave, NYC. Tommy James & Shondells Roulette 7050 Brown-Alfred Ellis GIVE PEACE A CHANCE (4:49) WRITERS: J. PROD: Kit Lambert-Chris Stamp 17 West 60 Street, NYC. FLIP: Mother Popcorn Pt. 2 Plastic Ono Band-Apple 1809 58 Old Compton St. London 1 Eng. PROD: T. James-R. Cordell c/o Roulette Maclen 1780 Bway, NYC. PUB: Track BMI 260 W 23 St. NYC. PUB: Big 7 BMI (same address) c/o PROD: John & Yoko c/o Apple #23 WRITER: Peter Townshend WRITERS: Y. James-M. Vale FLIP: I'm Alive PUB: Maclen BMI (same address) CHOICE OF COLORS (3:18) FLIP: We're Not Gonna Take It #6 WRITERS: Lennon-McCartney FLIP: Remember Love Impressions-Curfom 1943 #32 Bway, NYC. BABY I LOVE YOU (2:56) c/o Buddah 1650 I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN (2:55) Andy Kim-Steed 716 #15 PROD: Curtis Mayfield Tom Jones-Parrot 40018 300 East 74 Street, NYC. I'D WAIT A MILLION YEARS (2:35) 8543 Stoney Island Ave., Chicago, III. 539 W 25 St. NYC. PROD; Jeff Barry c/o Steed Grass Roots-Dunhill 4189 PUB: Camad BMI c/o Curtis Mayfield PROD: Peter Sullivan c/o EMI PUB: Trio BMI 1619 Bway, NYC. 449 S. Beverly Dr., Bev. Hills, Calif. WRITER: C. Mayfield Hayes Middlesex London W1 England. Mother Bertha BMI 9130 Sunset Blvd. L A. Cal. PROD: Steve Barri c/o Dunhill ARR: D, Hathaway-J. Pate FLIP: Mighty Mighty PUB: TRO-Hollis BMI 10 Col. Circle. NYC. WRITERS: J. Barry-E. Greenwich-P. Spector PUB: Teeny-Bopper ASCAP WRITERS: Donegan-Currie FLIP: Gee Girl 932 N. Larabee, L.A. Calif. #24 FLIP: Once Upon A Time WRITERS: Gary Zekley-M. Bottler RECONSIDER ME (3:50) #7 ARR: Jimmi Haskell FLIP: Fly Me To Havana #33 Adams-SSS Int'l 770 RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN (2:52) Johnny BIRTHDAY (2:42) 3106 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, Tenn. Ken Rogers & First Edition-Reprise 0829 Underground Sunshine-Intrepid 75002 #16 PROD: Shelby Singelton JR. (same address) 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. LAY LADY LAY (3:20) 1650 Bway, NYC. PROD: Jimmy Bowen c/o Amos 6565 Sunset Blvd. PUB: Shelby Singelton BMI (same address) PROD: Underground Sunshine Bob Dylan-Columbia 44926 WRITERS: Myra Smith-Margaret Lewis L. A. Calif. 51 West 52nd Street, NYC. c/o John Little, Madison, Wise. FLIP: If I Could See You One More Time PUB: Cedarwood BMI 815 16th Ave S. Nashville, Tenn. PROD: Bob Johnston c/o Columbia PUB: Maclen BMI 1780 Bway, NYC. Tillis ARR: Glen D. Hardin WRITER: Mel PUB: Big Sky ASCAP P.O. Bx 27 Prince St. Sta. NYC. WRITERS: Lennon-McCartney FLIP: Girl Get A Hold Of Yourself WRITER: B. Dylan FLIP: Peggy Day #25 FLIP: All I Want Is You WORKING ON A GROOVY THING (3:09) #34 #8 5th Dimension-Soul City 776 IN #17 NITTY GRITTY (2:59) PUT A LITTLE LOVE YOUR HEART 6920 Sunset Blvd. L A. Calif. GET TOGETHER (4:37) Gladys Knight & Pips-Soul 35063 Jackie DeShannon-Imperial 66385 PROD: Bones Howe 8833 Sunset Blvd, L A. Calif, Youngbloods-RCA 9752 2457 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Mich. 6920 Sunset Blvd. L. A. Calif. PUB: Screen Gems/Columbia BMI 771 5th Ave, NYC. 1133 Ave of the Americas, NYC. PROD: Norman Whitfield c/o Soul PROD: V.M.E. c/o Imperial WRITERS: -Roger Atkins PROD: Felix Poppalardi 106 MacDougal St.. NYC. PUB: Al Gallico BMI 101 W 55 St. NYC. PUB: Unart BMI 729 7th Ave, NYC. ARR: Bob Alcivar-Bill Holman-Bones Howe PUB: Irving BMI 1416 N La Brea Ave., L. A. Cal. WRITER: Lincoln Chase WRITERS: J. De Shannon-Jimmy Holiday-Randy Myers Bird WRITER; Chet Powers FLIP: Beautiful FLIP: Broken Wing ARR: V.M.E.-J. Langford FLIP: Always Together FLIP: Got Myself A Good Man #9 #18 #26 #35 LAUGHING (2:44) GREEN RIVER (2:31) SUGAR SUGAR (2:48) SPINNING WHEEL (2:39) 44871 Guess Who-RCA 0195 Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 625 Archies-Calendar 1008 Blood, Sweat & Tears-Columbia 51 West 52 Street, NYC. 1133 Ave of the Americas, NYC. 1281 301h St. Oakland, Calif. 1133 Ave of the Americas, NYC. William Guercio Columbia PROD: Jack Richardson c/o Numbus 9 PROD: John Fogerty c/o Fantasy PROD: Jeff Barry 729 7th Ave. NYC. PROD: James c/o Bway, NYC. 131 Hazelton Ave Toronto, Canada PUB: Jondora BMI c/o Fantasy PUB: Don Kirshner BMI 655 Madison Ave. NYC. PUB: Blackwood BMI 1650 Minnesinger BMI WRITER: D. C. Thomas PUB: Dunbar BMI 1650 Bway, NYC. WRITER: J. Fogerty ARR: J. Fogerty WRITERS: Barry-Kim Sweat Tears FLIP: More and More WRITERS: Bachman-Cummings FLIP: Undun FLIP: Commotion FLIP: Melody Hill ARR: Blood, & #36 ITS GETTING BETTER (2:56) Mama Cass-Dunhill 4195 449 S Beverly Drive. Bev. Hills. Calif. PROD: Steve Barri c/o Dunhill PUB: Screen Gems/Columbia BMI 711 5th Ave, NYC. WRITERS: Barry Moon-Cynthia Weil ARR: Jimmie Haskell FLIP: Who's To Blame #37 TRUE GRIT (2:28) This is one of Glen Campbell-Capitol 2573 1750 N Vine, L.A. Calif. PROD: Al DeLory c/o Capitol PUB: Famous Ascap 1619 Bway, NYC. WRITERS: Don Black-Elmer Bernstein ARR: Al DeLory FLIP: Hava Nagila The Hardy #38 ^ys. YESTERDAY, WHEN I WAS YOUNG (3:16) Roy Clark-Dot 17246 1507 N. Vine, L. A. Calif. (Saturday Mornings will never be the same again.) PROD: Joe Allison for Singin T 4011 Hopevale Dr. Sherman Oaks, Calif. PUB: TRO-Dartmouth ASCAP 10 Columbus Cir. NYC. WRITERS: H. Kretzmer-C. Aznavour ItCil ARR: Hank Levine FLIP: Just Another Man #39 SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME (3:16) Aretha Franklin-Atlantlc 2650 1841 Bway, NYC. PROD: Jerry Wexler-Tom Dowd-Arif Mardin c/o Atlantic PUB: Don BMI 2809 Erastus St. Houston, Tex. WRITERS: D. Malone-A. Braggs FLIP: Pledging My Love/Th^lock #40 JACKS. JILL (2:31) Tommy Roe-ABC 11229 1330 Ave of the Americas, NYC. PROD: Steve Barri c/o ABC 449 S Beverly Dr. L.A. Calif. PUB: Low-Twi BMI P.O, Bx 9687 Atlanta, Ga. WRITERS: T. Roe-F. Weller ARR: Jimmie Haskell FLIP: Tip Toe Tina #41 DID YOU SEE HER EYES (2:47) Illusians-Steed 718 729 7th Ave, NYC. PROD: Jeff Barry c/o Steed PUB: Unart BMI (same address) WRITER: Barry FLIP: Falling In Love #42 ABERGAVENNY (2:43) Shannon-Heritage 814 c/o MGM 1350 Ave of the Americas, NYC. PROD; Jerry Ross 1855 Bway, NYC. PUB: Mills Music ASCAP 1790 Bway, NYC. WRITERS: Manston-Geller ARR: Peter Knight FLIP: Alice In Blue

30 Cash Box — August 16, 1969 ! Brand Newleam BUNKY £r EDWIN STAR

Brand New Single; HO/V HAPPY” GORDY 7090

BLINKY & EDWIN STARR (Gordy 7090) Oh How Happy (2:39) (Jobete, BMI — Hatcher) Oldie side is renovated with a flashy vocal performance that pairs Edwin "25 Miles" Starr with Motown’s rising Blinky. Team shines together in a track that combines blues and rock appeal for effec- tive sales power across the teen board. Flip: "Ooo Baby Baby” (2:35) (Jobete, BMI — Robinson, Moorie)

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#52 #43 #61 OH WHAT A NIGHT (4:02) #69 ! YOUR HUSBAND-MY WIFE (2:56) Dells-Cadet 5649 EASE BACK (2:55) Brooklyn Bridge-Buddah 126 Meters-Josie 1008 EVERYBODY KNOWS MATILDA (2:38) { 320 E 21 St. Chicago, III. 1650 Bway, NYC. 1790 Bway, NYC. Duke Baxter-VMC 740 1 PROD: Bobby Miller c/o Cadet Blvd. L.A. Calif. PROD: Farrell 39 55th St. NYC. 6922 Hollywood 1 Wes W PROD: Allen Toussaint-Marshall E Sehorn PUB: Conrad BMI 1619 Bway, NYC. PROD: Tony Harris c/o VMC I PUB: Pocket Full Of Tunes BMI 1211 St. Phillips St. New Orleans, La. WRITERS: Junior & Punches PUB: VSAV BMI (same address) Jillbern BMI C/o Wes Farrell ARR: Chas. Stepney PUB: Marsaint BMI c/0 Toussaint-Sehorn Wine-Irwin Levine WRITER: Baxter ARR: Harris WRITERS: Tony FLIP: Believe Me WRITERS: Nocentelli- Neville-Porter-Model iste FLIP: I Ain't No Schoolboy FLIP: Upside Down (Inside Out) FLIP: Anne #70' #44 #53 #62 I’M A BETTER MAN (2:50) KEEM-O-SABE (2:07) CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACK YARD (3:06) NOBODY BUT YOU BABE (2:46) Engelbert Humperdink-Parrot 40040 Electric Indian-United Artists 50563 Elvis Presley-RCA 9747 Clarence Reid-Alston 4574 539 W 25 Street NYC. 729 7th Ave, NYC. 1133 Ave of the Americas, NYC. 1841 Bway, NYC. PROD: Peter Sullivan c/o Decca Ltd. PROD: Len Barry c/o U.A. PUB: Gladys ASCAP 1619 Bway. NYC. PROD: Brad Shapiro-Steve Alaimo c/o Alston 9 Albert Embankment, London, Eng. Strange-Davis PUB: U.A. ASCAP (same address) WRITERS: PUB: Sherlyn BMI 495 S.E. 10th Ct. Hialeah, Fla. PUB: Blue Seas ASCAP Jac ASCAP Binn ASCAP 257 Bayard Rd. Upper Darby, Pa. FLIP: The Fair Is Moving On WRITERS: Reid-Clarke ARR: The Zoo c/o Fred E, Ahlert Jr. 15 W 48st NYC. Elaine ASCAP FLIP: Send Me Back My Money WRITERS: Bacharach-David FLIP: Cafe (Casa Hai Messo-Nel Caffe) WRITERS: B. Barisoff-B. Binnick #54 ARR: Tom Sellers FLIP: Broad Street YOUR GOOD THING (2:51) #63 #71 #45 LOU RAWLS-Capitol 2550 CHANGE OF HEART (2:55) YOU GOT YOURS & I’LL GET MINE (3:06) Dennis Yost & Classics IV-Imperial 66393 ALONG CAME JONES (3:37) 1750 N Vine, L.A. Calif. Delfonics-Philly Groove 157 Sunset Blvd. L.A. Calif. Ray Stevens-Monument 1150 PROD: Dave Axelrod c/o Capitol 6920 c/o Bell Records, 1776 Bway, NYC. PROD: Buddy Buie c/o Bill Lowery PROD: Bell S. St. Phila, Pa. 530 W. Main St. Hendersonville, Tenn. PUB: East BMI 926 E McLemore, Memphis, Tenn. Stan & 285 52nd P.O. Bx 9687 Atlanta, Ga. PUB: Nickel Bell PROD: R. Stevens-Jim Malloy c/o Monument WRITERS: Issac Hayes-David Porter Sho BMI c/o Stan & PUB: Low/Sal BMI c/o Bill Lowery Bell-W. PUB: Tiger BMI 241 W 72 St. NYC. FLIP: Season Of The Witch WRITERS:!. Hart WRITERS: Buie-Cobb WRITERS: Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller ARR: ARR: Emery Gordy FLIP: Rainy Day FLIP: Loving Him ARR: R. Stevens FLIP: Yakety-Yak #55 #72 #46 COLOR HIM FATHER (3:06) #64 FREE ME (3:06) BARABA JAGAL (3:30) Winstons-Metromedia 117 LET YOURSELF GO (2:34) Otis Redding-Atco 6700 Donovan-Epic 10510 3 East 54 Street, NYC. Friends Of Distinction-RCA 0204 1841 Bway, NYC. 51 West 52 Street, NYC. PROD: Don Carroll 925 Cherokee Trail Smyrna, Ga. 1133 Ave of the Americas, NYC. PROD: Steve Cropper c/o Volt PROD: Mickie Most 101 Dean St. London, Eng. PUB: Holly Bee BMI 1655 Peachtree St. Atlanta, Ga. PROD: John Florez c/o RCA 926 E McLemore Ave, Memphis, Tenn. PUB: Peer Infl BMI 1619 Bway, NYC. WRITER: R. Spencer FLIP: Amen, Brother 6363 Sunset Blvd. L.A. Calif. PUB: East/Memphis BMI 1501 Bway, NYC. WRITER: D. Leitch FLIP: Trudi PUB: MawiI BMI c/o Willie M. Hutchinson Time BMI 449 S. Beverly Dr. Bev. Hills, Cal. 1943 W- Vernon Ave, L.A. Calif. #47 #56 Redwall BMI 535 Cotton Ave, Macon, Ga. WRITER: Hutchinson ARR: Ray Cork Jr. FLIGHT (2:30) SING A SIMPLE SONG OF FREEDOM (3:49) WRITERS: Otis Redding-Gene Lawson MOON FLIP: Going In Circles VikVenus-Buddah 118 Tim Hardin-Columbia 44920 FLIP: (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher Bway, NYC. 51 W 52 Street, NYC. 1650 #65 #73 PROD: Lew Merenstein c/o inherit 57 W 56 St. NYC. PROD: Gary Klein for Koppelman-Rubin HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME (2:37) MUDDY MISSISSIPPI LINE (2:41) WRITER: B. Seigal FLIP: Everybody’s On Strike 1650 Bway, NYC. 10497 Bobby Goldsboro-U.A. 50565 PUB: T. M. BMI 1619 Bway, NYC. Sly & The Family Stone-Epic 729 7th Ave, NYC. #48 WRITER: B. Darin ARR: Paul Harris 51 W 52 Street, NYC. Sly for Flower PROD: Bob Montgomery-B. Goldsboro WHERE DO I GO/BE IN (2:35) FLIP: Question Of Birth PROD: Stone Stone Happenings-Jubilee 5666 700 Urbano, San Francisco, Calif. c/o U.A. Nashville, Tenn. 1790 Bway, NYC. PUB: Stone Flower BMI (same address) PUB: Detail BMI 729 7th Ave, NYC. PROD: The Happenings for Mira-Lee c/o Jubilee #57 WRITER: S. Stewart FLIP: Fun WRITER: B. Goldsboro PUB: United Artists ASCAP 729 7th Ave., NYC. HEY JOE (3:05) ARR: Don Tweedy WRITERS: Rado-Ragni-MacDermot Wilson Pickett-Atlantic 2648 #66 FLIP: Richer Man Than I ARR: Happenings FLIP: New Day Coming 1841 Bway, NYC. TILL YOU GET ENOUGH (3:45) #74 PROD: Rick Hall 603 E Avalon. Muscle Shoals, Ala. Watts 103rd St. Rythm Band-WB/7 Arts 7298 DON'T WAKE ME UP IN THE MORNING. #49 PUB: Third Story BMI 5455 Wilshire Blvd. L. A. Cal. 4000 Warner Blvd. Burbank, Calif. MICHAEL (2:45) COMMOTION (2:37) WRITER: Billy Roberts FLIP: Night Owl PROD: Charles Wright 6321 Gilday Dr. L.A. Calif. Peppermint Creedence Clearwater Revival-Fantasy 625 RaInbow-Decca 732498 PUB: Wright Gerstel BMI 6290 Sunset Blvd. L.A. Calif. 445 Park Ave, NYC. 1281 30th St. Oakland, Calif. Tamerlane BMI 6290 Sunset Blvd. L.A. Calif. PROD: Paul Leka for Heather L. Lightner PROD: John Fogertyc/o Fantasy #58' c/o WRITERS: Chas. Wright & Associate PUB: Dr. III. PUB: Jondora BMI (same address) MOVE OVER (3:07) MRC BMI 35 E Wacker Chicago, ARR: Gabe Fleming-Ray Jackson-John Rayford Little Heather BMI WRITER: J. Fogerty ARR: J. Fogerty Steppenwolf-Dunhill 4205 FLIP: c/o L. Lightner 157 57 St. NYC. FLIP: Green River 449 S Beverly Dr. Bev. Hills, Calif. W PROD: Gabriel Mekler c/o Dunhill WRITER: Al Kasha ARR: Paul Leka #50 PUB: Trousdale BMI (same address) #67 FLIP: Rosemary ODDS & ENDS (3:21) WRITERS: John Kaye-G. Mekler LOOK AT MINE (2:55) #75 Dionne Warwick-Scepter 12256 Petula Clark-Warner Bros./7 Arts-7310 FLIP: Power Play MAYBE THE RAIN WILL FALL (2:34) 254 W 54 St. NYC, 4000 Warner Blvd. Burbank, Calif. Cascades-UNI 55152 PROD: Bacharach-David PROD: c/o Vogue 8255 Sunset Blvd. L.A. Calif. c/o Fred E. Ahlert Jr. 15 E 48 St. NYC. #59 82 Rue Maurice Grand Going, Villetaneose, France. PROD: Andy D. DiMartino c/o UNI ONE (2:55) 3 Dog Night-Dunhill 4191 PUB: Blue Seas ASCAP/ Jac-ASCAP PUB: Leeds ASCAP 445 Park Ave. NYC. PUB: Tupco BMI c/o Fred E. Ahlert Jr. 449 S Beverly Drive, Bev Hills, Calif. WRITERS: Hatch-Trent ARR: Hatch WRITER: C. Storie WRITERS: Burt Bacharach-Hal David PROD: Gabriel Mekler c/o Dunhill FLIP: You And I ARR: A. D. DiMartino ARR: Burt Bacharach PUB: Dunbar BMI 1650 Bway, NYC. FLIP: Naggin Cries FLIP: As Long As There's An Apple T ree WRITER: Nelsson FLIP: Chest Fever #68 #76 #51 JEAN (3:11) Oliver-Crewe 334 EVERYBODY TALKIN’ (2:43) WHEN I DIE (3:20) #60' 1841 Bway. NYC. Nilsson-RCA 9544 Motherlode-Buddah 131 I CAN’T GET NEXT TO YOU (2:53) 1133 Ave of the Americas, NYC. 1650 Bway, NYC. Temptations-Gordy 7093 PROD: Bob Crewe (same address) 444 56 St. NYC. PROD: Rick Jarrard c/o RCA PROD: Mort Ross-Doug Riley 2457 Woodward Ave, Detroit. Mich. PUB: 20th Century ASCAP W PUB: Cocanut Grove BMI-Third Story BMI 31 Prince Arthur Ave. Toronto. Canada PROD: Norman Whitfield c/o Gordy WRITER: Rod McKuen Davie 5455 Wilshire Blvd. L.A. Calif. PUB: Modo BMI c/o Allouetti 1650 Bway, NYC. PUB: Jobete BMI (same address) ARR: Hutch FLIP: Arrangement WRITER: Neil ARR: Gerge Tipton WRITERS: Kennedy-Smith FLIP: Hard Life WRITERS: Whitfield-Strong FLIP: Running Away The FLIP: Don’t Leave Me #77' THIS GIRL IS A WOMAN (3:09) Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Columbia 44967 51 W 52 Street, NYC. PROD: Dick Glasser 6760 Hill Pk Dr. L.A. Cal. PUB: Three Bridges ASCAP 1 10 W 57 St. NYC. WRITERS: V. Millrose-A. Bernstein ARR: Ernie Freeman FLIP: His Other Woman #78 DYNAMITE WOMAN (3:40) Sir Douglas Quintet-Smash 2233 Thisisoneof 35 E Wacker Drive, Chicago, III. PROD: Amigos de Musica c/o Smash PUB: Southern Love BMI c/o MRC 110 W 57 Street, NYC. WRITER: D. Sahm FLIP: Too Many Dociled Minds #79 The Hardy Boys OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND (2:38) Anthony & Imperials-U.A. 50552 729 7th Ave, NYC. PROD: Bob Skaff-Geo. Butler-Anthony & Imperials c/o U (Saturday Mornings will never be the same again.) PUB: Norn BMI 17 W 60th St. NYC.

WRITERS: 1. J. Hunter-C. Otis ARR: Horace Ott FLIP: Summers Coming In ItCil #80 I COULD NEVER BE PRESIDENT (2:33) Johnny Taylor-Stax 0046 126 E McLemore Ave, Memphis, Tenn. PROD: Don Davis c/o Stax PUB: East Memphis BMI 1501 Bway, NYC. WRITERS: We Three FLIP: It’s Amazing #81

I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT I AM (3:08) Dean Martin-Reprise 0841 4000 Warner Blvd. Burbank, Calif. PROD: Jimmy Bowen c/o Amos 6565 Sunset Blvd. L.A. Calif. PUB: Blue Book BMI P.O. Box 2387 Bakersfield, Calif. WRITER: Merle Haggard ARR: Glen D. Hardin FLIP: Drowning In My Tears #82 THATS THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT (3:22) Billy Preston-Apple 1808 c/o ABKCO Inc. 1700 Bway, NYC. PROD: George Harrison c/o Apple PUB: Apple ASCAP (same address) WRITER: Billy Preston FLIP: What About You? #83 IN A MOMENT (2:50) Intrigues-Yew 1001 250 West 57 Street, NYC. PROD: Martin-Bell c/o Yew PUB: Odum-Neiburg BMI WRITERS: Odum-Neiburg FLIP: Scotchman Rock

32 Cash Box — August 16, 1969 TIC Wholesaling Units Aid fiw«hlloK Looking Ahead Strong Company Qtr. Report

26 NEW YORK — Second quarter earn- income was $48,007,000 in comparison ings for Transcontinental Investing to sales of $42,015,000 reported for 3 Corp. in 1969 increased by 79% in com- the first six months in 1968. 27 parison to last year, resulting in a During the six month period in 1968, 4 62 per cent increase in profits for the average number of shares out- the six month period ended June 30th, standing were 6,720,000. Over the 1 LODI DADDY’S LITTLE MAN 5 (Jondora — BMl) 28 (BnB - ASCAP) according to Bob Lifton, presiclent. mid-year period just ended the aver- Al Wilson (Soul Ciity 775; 0. C. Smith (Columbia 44948) Lifton said that the company’s age number of shares outstanding 6 wholly-owned subsidiary. Transcon- were 8,148,000. 29 LET ME BE THE MAN MY tinental Music Corp. the largest pho- 67 & 68 nograph record 72 QUESTIONS— DADDY WAS and tape distributing (Aurelius — BMl) and rack jobbing company in the Chicago (Columbia 44909) 30 (Dakar, BRC-BMI) Chi Lites (Brunswick 755414) country, continued to be the major contributor to sales and earnings for the second quarter, as it for the SWEET ‘N’ SASSY 31 was MIDNIGHT COWBOY first quarter. (Papa Joe's House — ASCAP) (United Artists/Barwin — ASCAP) Jerry Smith (ABC 11230) Bar Kays (Volt 4019) For the second quarter, profits 32 moved ahead to $1,653,000 or 20 cents per share, in comparison, yvith $922,000 SOUTH CAROLINA ROOM AT THE TOP — or 14 cents per share recorded for (Felsted — BMl) 33 (Breed Music BMl) the same period last year. For the Flirtations (Deram 85048) American Breed (Acta 836) six month period, the company earned $3,139,000 or 39 cents per share up RING OF BRIGHT WATER 34 ALL I HAVE TO OFFER from $1,942,000 or 29 cents per share (Ampco — BM!) (Hill & Range, Blue Crest — BMl) earned for the same period last year. Dee Dee Warwick (Mercury 72940) Charlie Pride (RCA 0167) 35 Gross income for the company also showed marked advances for the two ONE NIGHT AFFAIR SON OF A PREACHER MAN periods. For the second quarter sales (Assorted — BMl) 36 (Tree — BMl) were $24,307,000, compared with O'Jays (Neptune 12) Carnival (World Pacific 77922) $20,515,000 recorded for the same period last year. For the six months ended 30th, the gross BY THE TIME I GET TO SAD GIRL June company’s 12 PHOENIX (I.P.G. Music -BMl) Intruders (Gamble 235) (Johnny Rivers — BMl) Isaac Hayes (Enterprise 9003) Amos & Wildey Open 13 38 NOAH Productions 8 MOONLIGHT SONATA (Gear - ASCAP) Bob Seger System (Capitol 2576) (Conrad - BMl) 39 HOLLYWOOD — Wally Amos and Henry Mancini (RCA 0212) Mark Wildey have setup Lamplight TOUCHDOWN TOUCH UP — Gathered for the finishing touch-ups are Bell 40 RAIN Productions, parent organization for 9 KIND WOMAN (Johi- BMl) their artist management, record pro- president Larry Uttal (left), Sid Gal- Jose Feliciano (RCA 9757) (Springalo/Cotillion — BMl) duction and music publishing activ- anty of Communications Group West Percy Sledge (Atlantic 2646) 41 ities. (standing) and Wally Shirra, Jr. The DID SHE MENTION MY NAME Lamplight is the production arm for trio was on hand for the final takes in Bell’s LP “The Apollo 11 Flight to 10 BETTER HOMES & GARDENS (Warner Bros./7 Arts — ASCAP) the firm’s record product, with man- 17 Irish Rovers (Decca 732529) agement handled by the Wally Amos the Moon” on which Shirra narrated (Russell/Cason — ASCAP) 42 Bobby Russell (Elf 90031) Co. and music publishing under Mc- background info and flight commen- Culloch Music. tary on the American shot to put the 18 DON’T IT MAKE YOU WANT TO Signed to Lamplight are People, first men on the moon. Galanty is the 11 OB LA Dl. OB LA DA 43 GO HOME Mitchell/St. creator and producer of the just-re- (Maclen - BMl) (Lowery — BMl) a new rock group, Nick- HerbAlpert (A&M 1K)2) Joe South (Capitol 2592) laus, a contemporary pop duo, Patte leased album. 44 Finley, singer-actress, currently in London co-starring in the NBC-TV TRUE I’M MISS YOU 37 irs RAIN GONNA GONNA series “Up She Goes,” and The People (Regent — BMl) 45 (Tracebob Music/Metric Music — BMl) Carolyn Franklin (RCA 0188) Bobby Womack (United Artists 32071) Tree, a young folk-rock aggregation. The firm’s first production-release deal has been set with Avco-Embassy OH HOW HAPPY PAIN for both Mitchell/St. Nicklaus and The IN THE GHETTO (Jobete — BMl) (Pamco Music Inc. — BMl) People Tree. Initial releases are ELVIS PRESLEY RCA Blinky & Edwin Starr (Gordy 7090) Mystics (Metromedia 130) 22 planned for Sept. Additionally, Peo- RCA ple have been contracted to Dot Rec- Elvis Presley Music, Inc. 14 LIGHT AND LOVE LETS WORK TOGETHER ords. BNB Music (Screen — (Sagittarius — Gems/Columbia BMl) BMl) Amos, formerly an agent with Wil- 23 Cherry People (Heritage 815) Wilbert Harrison (Sue 11) liam Morris, was recently associated CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACKYARD with John Levy Enterprises. Wildey ELVIS PRESLEY RCA 15 WHO DO YOU LOVE THE REAL THING Elvis Presley Music, - - was an indie for The Inc. (ARC BMl) (Wren BMl) Kingsmen, and The Quicksilver Messenger Service (Capitol 2557) Russell Morris (Diamond 263) Nashville Teens, in England. ALONG CAME JONES RAY STEVENS MONUMENT 16 HOOK & SLING (Part I) I DON’T KNOW HOW (TO FALL Tiger Music, Inc. (Uzza-BMI) OUT OF LOVE) Eddie Bo (Scram 14) (Jiualo Music Co. — Initial Invictus BMO ALL I HAVE TO OFFER YOU IS ME Persians (GWP 509) Release Prepared CHARLIE PRIDE RCA SHE'S A WOMAN Hill & Range Music — (Maclen BMl) GOT IT TOGETHER — August 18 will see Blue Crest Music Jose Feliciano (RCA 9757) HOLLYWOOD (Eden — BMl) the release of initial product from In- Nancy Wilson (Capitol 2555) victus Records, the Capitol-distributed I CAN’T SAY GOODBYE PASS THE APPLE EVE Holland-Dozier-Holland label. Accord- MARTY ROBBINS COLUMBIA (Press - BMl) NO ONE FOR ME TO TURN TO ing to label president Eddie Holland, Noma Music, Inc. B. J. Thomas (Scepter 12255) (Spiral — BMl) the first two singles from the label will Spiral Starecase (Columbia 44926) be “Crumbs Off The Table” by the YOUR LOVIN’ TAKES THE LEAVIN’ 19 YOU MADE A BELIEVER OUT Glass House and “The Music Box” OUT OF ME OF ME LIVE AND LEARN by the New Play featuring Ruth Cope- TOMMY CASH EPIC (Wilric-BMI) (Viva -BMl) land. Noma Music, Inc. Ruby Andrews (Zodiac 1015) Andy Williams (Columbia 44929) The deal, announced several months SPR Music, Inc. ago provides for Capitol to distribute 20 LOVES SWEET SENSATION AIN’T IT LIKE HIM all Invictus disk and tape product in THE FAIR IS MOVING ON (East/Memphis — BMl) (Kana Rippa/Hawkins — ASCAP) the U.S., with Invictus retaining all ELVIS PRESLEY RCA William Bell — Mavis Staples (Stax 0043) Edwin Hawkins Singers (Pavillion 20002) administrative functions as well as Elvis Presley Music, Inc. record club, mail-order distribution 21 AGE 46 THINGS GOT TO GET BETTER and Eastern Hemisphere rights. THE ABERBACH GROUP (Blendingwell — ASCAP) (Golo- BMl) Production is underway for two 241 West 72 Street, New York. N.Y. Horatio (Event 3304) Marva Whitney (King 6429) additional singles featuring the Chair- men of the Board and Singer Freda NO ONE IS GOING TO HURT 47 SMILE A LITTLE SMILE FOR ME Payne. YOU (January — BMl) Flying Machine (Congress (Acuff-Rose- BMl) 6000) Neon Philharmonic (Warner Bros./7 Arts 7311) 48 FIRST HYMN FROM GRAND HALLELUJAH TERRACE In Loving Memory Of (Maribus — BMl) (Ja-Ma - ASCAP) Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton 1537) (Columbia 44875) BEN BART

24 SAVED BY THE BELL 49 LA JEANNE August 12th, 1968 (Casserole — BMl) (Press — BMl) (Atco 6698) King Curtis (Atco 6695) Maxine and Jack Bart 25 A TIME FOR US 50 MEMPHIS TRAIN And The Employees Of Universal Attractions Inc. (Famous — ASCAP) (Pronto — BMl) Astrud Gilberto (Verve 10643) Buddy Miles (Mercury 72945)

Cash Box — August 16, 1969 33 THANKS TO ALL THE Top 50 in NATRA MEMBERS B&B Locaiions THE MOMENTS .1 MOTHER POPCORN 26. DOGGONE RIGHT James Brown (King 6245) 1 & The Miracles (Tamla 54183) 29

2^ WHAT DOES IT TAKE Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35062) 2 *27» FREE ME Otis Redding (Atco 6700) 30

• 3 •CHOICE OF COLORS Impressions (Curtom 1943) 5 v28. NOTHING CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF YOU 4. YOUR GOOD THING IS Brook Benton (Cotillion 44034) 18 ABOUT TO END Lou Rawls (Capitol 2550) 7 ^29* I COULD NEVER BE PRESIDENT Johnny Taylor (Stax 0046) 32 5- COLOR HIM FATHER Winstons (Metromedia 1 17) 4 >^30* irS TRUE I’M GONNA MISS YOU Carolyn Franklin (RCA 0188) 35 6 • RECONSIDER ME Johnny Adams (SSS 1770) 31- LET’S GET TOGETHER (Checker 1225) 26 7* SHARE YOUR LOVE eat WITH ME “NOT ON THE OUTSIDE Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2650) 14 32- I WANT YOU SO BAD B. B. King (Bluesway 61026) 38 and “SUNDAY” V 8 - MOODY WOMAN Jerry Butler (Mercury 72929) 33* DON’T TELL YOUR MAMA AND NOW A NEW HIT BREAKING OUT EVERYWHERE (WHERE YOU’VE BEEN) ^ 9 • I’D RATHER BE AN OLD MAN’S Eddie Floyd (Stax 0036) 27 SWEETHEART THAN A YOUNG MAN’S FOOL Candi Staton (Fame 1456) 12 34 • ANGEL OF THE MORNING “I DO” THE MOMENTS " Bettye Swann (Capitol 2515) 33 •10* THE NITTY GRITTY STANG RECORDS, TURBO RECORDS Gladys Knight & the Pips (SpuI 35063) 15 354 IT HURTS SO GOOD Mittie Collier (Peachtree 121) 37 ALL-PLANTINUM RECORDS •11 BABY DON’T BE LOOKING ALL-PLATINUM IN MY MIND 36 THATS THE WAY LOVE IS RECORD CO. Jpe Simpn (Spundstage 7 2634) 9 Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54185)

106 West Palisades Ave., Englewood, N. J. Tel.: (201) 569-5170 ^ 12. TOO BUSY THINKING 37 - YOU GOT YOURS. I’VE GOT MINE ABOUT MY BABY Delfonics (Philly Groove 157) 42 Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54181) 11 *38- YOU 13. MY CHERIE AMOUR MADE A BELIEVER OUT Stevie Wpnder (Tamla 54180) 13 OF ME Ruby Andrews (Zodiac 1015) 45

14 -HOOKS. SLING Eddie Bo (Scram 117) 16 39 WHATS THE USE OF BREAK- ING UP 15 - ONE NIGHT AFFAIR Jerry Butler (Mercury 72980) The O'Jays (Neptune 12) 17

16* ABRAHAM. MARTIN & JOHN •40•40 /eLEASEBACK Moms Mabley (Mercury 72935) 10 The Meters (Josle 1008) 39

• 17* LOVE IS BLUE MEDLEY 41 -TIME WILL COME Dells (Cadet 5641) 8 The Whispers (Soul Clock 107) 43 (213) 469-2221

18 . YOU CAN’T MISS WHAT YOU -42 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT CAN’T MEASURE MAKE ME KNOW YOU’RE GONE “THERE ARE Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2642) 23 Howard Tate (Turn Table 505) 46 NO OTHERS 19 • NOBODY BUT YOU BABY 43 KEEM-O-SABE H. B. BARNUM Clarence Reid (Alston 4574) 28 Electric Indians (United Artists 50563) 44 LIKE FLOYD ‘Wildcat’ CHATMAN 20 • BLACK PEARL 1-44 .STRAIGHTAHEAD MOTHERS” Checkmates Featuring Sonny Charles Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick 755417) 47 (A&M 1053) 19

45 ITS TOO LATE 21 • I’VE LOST EVERYTHING Ted Taylor (Ronn 34) MOTHER SAYS I’VE EVER LOVED David Rutin (Motown 1149) 20 46* GANG WAR Congratulations, N.A.T.R.A. Corner Boys (Neptune) 48 *22* LET ME BE THE MAN MY DADDY WAS Chi-Lites (Brunswick 755414) 24 47 TOSHISUMASU Unifies (Kapp 2026)

23 -GIRL YOU’RE TOO YOUNG .48. LEADER Archie Bell & Drells (Atlantic 2644) 21 FOLLOW THE Majpr Lance (Dakar 608) 49

24* OH WHAT A NIGHT 49- FIND’EM, FOOL’EM, FORGETEM Dells (Cadet 56491) 36 Geprge Jackson (Fame 1457) 50

25*1 DO 50 IN A MOMENT The Moments (Stang 5005) 25 Intrigues (Yew 1001)

34 Cash Box — August 16, 1969 An Invitation To The Broadcasting and Recording Industries To Attend The Annual Convention Of The

National Association of Television and Radio Announcers, Inc.

August 13th-17th, 1969 Washington-Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.

To many members of our indus- more than 20 members attended tries the annual convention of NATRA, during the week of July 20-26th. during which more than 500 black F. It has worked and is supporting communication’s specialists (Dee the newly organized associate Jays) and over 250 associate mem- NATRA Postscript members, FORE, fraternal order of bers attend it is a time to "swing A CASH BOX EDITORIAL PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 31. 1968 STATED record executives who are con- and party for four days. cerned about the need to become But during the past four years more professional to keep with As the NATRA convention in Miami up under the administration of the new the rapidly changing developments underscored so dramatically, the asso- breed, a growing and significant in the record industry. of our have come number members ciation of black disk is jockeys not a As the editorial advised, we have to this meeting with a spirit of dedi - music business trade group in the tradi- looked into ourselves. This past year cation, a desire to learn -and seek has seen a more mature and serious new ways and methods to add to tional sense. It cannot be, for, of neces- posture emerge as a result of the their professionalism . sity, it inherits all the controversy and 11 regional chapters which were Small though this number has organized. been, we have been honored by such conflict of the greatest social problem

outstanding and important personali- of our time: the role of the black rhan in The question now is whether or ties as Mrs. Coretta King, Mr. Bill not the broadcasting and record- the mainstream of American life. It Cosby, Miss Lena Horne, Mr. Sheldon ing industries are ready for the em- Leonard, Dr. Martin Luther King, would certainly be a grave injustice to ergence of NATRA as a viable and Sidney Poitier, Godfrey Cambridge, responsible organization? its membership and the black race as a Julian Bond, Congressman John The opportunity is here for us to whole if organization did reflect Conyers, Dick Gregory, Jim Brown the not come and work toegther. We hope and others. and reflect upon the role of the black you will be with us. Messages of good will have come Is the record industry willing to man in the music industry. from former Vice President Hubert lend its vast resources to developing Humphrey, the late Senator Robert fact plans toward helping the black youth Kennedy, and this year Vice Presi- of America who buy your product to dent Spiro Agnew and FCC Com- understand there is a place for them missioner Nicholas Johnson. making black executives. in business. Under the new breed NATRA has C. The need for a black news net- Is the broadcasting industry with presented a number of viable pro- work that would present accurate more than 7,500 stations with 450 grams designed to give black mem- and vital news to the more than ethnic appeal, and only seven owned bers of our industries a greater and 15 million blacks who make up by blacks willing to face its responsi- more responsible voice. our audiences. bility to the black communities of It has also addressed itself to a D. Establishing a scholarship fund this country. The challenge is here

number of inequities in our indus- that would allow newly appointed . . . come let us work together. The tries including: black executives to learn and add time has come. A. That we are not proud of the to their skills. "We been ’buked and we been employment record of blacks on E. Has established a floating series scorned” but we’ve been trying. This all levels in our record industry. of seminars that would address year, we challenge the members of B. The censorship of black news themselves to the problems of our industry to eliminate the excuses on our black radio stations and the broadcasting, such as the Uni- and step forth and join hands infinitesimal number of policy versity of Iowa forum in which with us.

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NARM Registrants Create A Need For Revised Conference Program

PHILADELPHIA — At advanced re- mand by NARM tape wholesalers for gistration for the 1969 NARM Tape person-to-person conferences, the Convention, Jules Malamud announced schedule has been revised to include that 500 representatives of the tape 70 distrib/rack jobber/ wholesalers at and tape cartridge industry had al- each session instead of the original 60. ready signed up for the Sept. 5— At the person-to-person meetings, Dallas convention. Malamud, the wholesalers will meet with their sup- New Release NARM executive director, also stated pliers: the manufacturers of pre- that because of an unprecedented de- recorded product, blank tapes, ac- cessories and display fixtures. Mala- & Hit Index mud commented that the “demand reflects the tremendous involvement SF Public Transport of NARM members in the tape busi- Gets ‘Move Music'; ness.” 4 In addition to the person-to-person COMPATIBLE -TRACK CARTRIDGES Gives Promo Answers conferences which are to be held during the afternoon of the first day, LOS ANGELES — Arrangements have and on morning and afternoon sched- been completed for a month-long co- ules through the remaining two days, operative effort placing Liberty/UA personal contact is Album & Artist afforded in the “Move Music” on a number of buses open business luncheons which are in the San Francisco area. The Lib/UA centered about themes regarding tape Stereo-Tape division will install tape as a communications medium; the Muntz New Release Index decks on three public buses, supple- future of packaging and troubleshoot- mented by advertising posters on 20 ing in the areas of current problems. others, both to promote the “Music ASH-A-3695 A NEW BRAND OF COUNTRY - Leon and on the Move” concept and get re- Margie actions of the passengers. 4CL-249 GREAT SONGS OF THE DELMORE BROTHERS - Three girls will ride with music- Columbia Cassettes Galore Merle Travis & Johnny Bond buses distributing 1,000 self-addressed 4CL-286 LOS ANGELES — Columbia’s com- HOLD ME — johnny and Jonie Mosby questionnaires to riders in order to mitment to the Cassette field was DOT-Y-25958 sample responses to the system and SON OF THE SOUTH - Jack Barlow very much in evidence at the Col- music programmed. Riding in eight- *BEL-A-6032 DIMENSIONS - umbia Convention in this city. During hour shifts, the girls will obtain a 24- 4CL-235 Price, GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - Joe South the product presentation Mel hour test survey. * 4CL-276 who heads the label’s tape division, .1 BUG-IN — Gordon ‘n’ Rogers Inter-Urban Considered by LST as “a natural in addition to announcing the initial Electric A & E Pit Crew and Rhythm Band vehicle for the ‘Move Music’ concept,” cassette release of 44 units for Aug- 4CL-280 plans for the study were completed GOOD MORNING STARSHINE - Tartaglia ust and 45 for September, said that MC4-61225 with the aid of Robert Rockwell of STRONGER THAN DIRT - Big Mama Thornton the company will follow with 30 more the city’s municipal railway. Long- WNN-A-4500 titles in October, 25 in November and MOUNTAIN - Leslie West range plans could, LST considered, DOT-Y-25961 25 more in December. THE RUSTIC COW GOES MOOOOOOG include installation of tape decks on BEL-A-6034 CRAZY ELEPHANT all city buses. MC4-61226 MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE - Mother Earth ‘UNI-Y-73047 Decca Releases 48 BROTHER LOVE’S TRAVELLING SALVATION SHOW (revised) — Neil Diamond Cardinal To Stage NY Post-Confab Tapes — with Neil’s hit “Sweet Caroline” 4CL-2993 The Franco Zeffirelli Production of Romeo & Juliet Dealers ‘70 Preview’ NEW YORK — A sizeable tape re- — Original Soundtrack lease has just been issued by Decca DNH-A-50048 NEW yORK — Cardinal Electronics Records upon return from the com- DNH-A-50058 has prepared a 1970 preview and pany’s Miami meeting of national SUITABLE FOR FRAMING — Three Dog Night dealer-aid session for next week. The 4RA-2025 sales and promotion forces. New SMASH HITS — Jimi Hendrix Experience three-day gathering is to be held Aug product includes 22 8-track cartridges, EKT-A-75005 SOFT PARADE - Doors 19-21 at the Sheraton Motor Inn where 25 cassette albums and a single open 4WA-1785 Cardinal president Marty Slater will PETER, PAUL AND MOMMY - Peter, Paul and Mary reel LP. 4CL-184 host a showcase of 65 new models Most of the new 8-track cartridges BRAVE NEW WORLD - Steve Miller Band from Craig audio products, TDK’s MT-A-685 feature the label’s newly announced MY WHOLE WORLD ENDED - David Ruffin line of “Super Dynamic” cassette albums, placing the release date of GOR-A-939 CLOUD NINE — The Temptations tapes and new endless cassettes. Also LP & tape on an equal basis. Several MT-A-689 scheduled for exhibition is a “New LET THE SUNSHINE IN — Diana Ross & The Supremes of the cassettes are also the latest DNH-A-50060 Horizons” line of AM/FM equipment album releases from Decca; and a EARLY STEPPENWOLF - Steppenwolf from York Radio. COM-A-938 major portion of the product represent MOOG: THE ELECTRIC ECLECTICS OF DICK HYMAN Previews are to be held for dealers twin-pack recordings from the popular 4CL-210 in the New York area daily from GALVESTON - Glen Campbell and country catalog. * 1 to 10 admission free. “While PM PM Bert Kaempfert’s new recording preparing our dealers for the up- “Traces of Love” has just been si- coming holiday season,” Slater com- multaneously released on disk and mented, “we will have some surprises in 8-track/reel/cassette configura- in the way of show specials and new tions. Other 8-track and cassette prod- merchandising programs.” STEREO DATELINE SPECIAL! uct includes; Christopher Scott’s Moog album “Switched on Bacharach”; Karen Beth with “The Joys of Life”; Melnick & Balaity Judy Garland’s “Greatest Hits”; a DEALERS, NOTE: 4-TRACK ENTERTAINMENT Marx Brothers album patterned from Form Retail Chain Decca’s W.C. Fields best seller; “The SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED FOR COMPATIBLE Sound Track, Inc. Unique Art of Segovia”; Erma Frank- lin’s “Soul Sister”; Barbara Acklin’s UNITS TO ASSURE MAXIMUM TROUBLE-FREE PHILADELPHIA — A1 Melnick and “Seven Days of Night”; “Two Sides Sam Balaity have just announced the of Gene Chandler”; “Give it Away” PERFORMANCE, GREAT FIDELITY AND THE formation of Sound Track, Inc., a with the Chi-Lites; “What Happened” chain of discount stereo tape and cas- from the Artistics; and a series of FINEST PROGRAMMING QUALITY. (FEWER sette retail shops. Melnick will be twin-packs including “The Best of president of the setup with Balaity Judy Garland”; “The Best of Lenny SERVICE PROBLEMS FOR YOU, TOO!) functioning as executive vice presi- Dee” and “The Best of A1 Jolson.” dent. In 8-track only are: Rod McKuen’s First move in establishing the chain “Very Warm,” “Bizet” with the Cin- is the announcement that the first cinnati Symphony, “The Best of Sam- shop is to be opened at 1 W. Lan- my Davis, Jr.”: “The Best of Guy caster Ave. in Ardmore, Pa. At this Lombardo,” “The Webb Pierce Sto- site, Sound Track will feature a self ry,” the English cast complete re- 7715 DENSMORE AVENUE service merchandising policy, with cording of “Man of La Mancha,” “The cassettes and “Great \ VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA 91406 all pre-recorded tapes, Best of Lawrence Welk” and MUNTZrz^7'V STEREO-PAK nc hi-fi components on open display. Soul Hits” by various artists. More than 5,000 music selections on Cassettes only in the August issue •® TELEPHONE (213) 989-5000 stereo tape, 8-track tape and cas- are all twin sets with “The Best of settes, plus reel-to-reel, blank cas- Alfred Apaka,” “The Best of Burl settes and tapes will be on open dis- Ives,” “The Ernest Tubb Story,” A WORLD OF STEREO SALES GIANTS FROM THE 4-TRACK play to allow for customer browsing. “The Kitty Wells Story,” “The Patsy Specialists in stereo tapes, cassettes Cline Story,” “Best of” LP’s with the GIANT AND ORIGINATOR OF THE CARTRIDGE CONCEPT. and equipment will be on hand to Ink Spots, Mills Brothers and Earl assist customers. Grant.

38 Cash Box — August 16, 1969 THE THINGS I NOTICE NOW/TOM PAXTOI

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Also on all tape configurations by Ampex . Producer's Profile ftwhHoiw Tape News Report ANITA KERR Japanese King Label Ampex Enlarges Reel To look at her one might think that Size 661 Series Sets 8-Yr Rights Pact Anita Kerr is just a very pretty, very pert For young lady who smiles well and enjoys Cassette Duplicator With Superscope, Inc. her family. To talk to her, one would find her modest, pleasant, genuinely intel- ligent, and profoundly interested in just mar- NEW YORK — Ampex has SUN VALLEY, CALIF. — Continuing music. But while all these things are keted its 661 Series cassette dupli- its extension into the Japanese mar- certainly true, one would never guess ” IOV2 reel carry- ket, Superscope has just completed an cating tape in a new that, in addition, Anita Kerr is the one for 8-year ing 6,000 or 7.000 feet of tape use contract with King Records to woman in the world who has managed to con- by manufacturers of recorded obtain exclusive rights to the Japanese succeed in the male-dominated field of label’s entire library sumer audio tapes. of recorded mu- music production, for in addition to being originally in- sic. This contract The duplicating tape, follows closely the a fine singer, Anita is a pianist, an ar- troduced on 8-inch reels with 3,600 recent pacting with Nippon Columbia ranger, a record producer, a composer, feet of tape, now offers “greater by Superscope. a producer of commercials and a con- flexibility and production economies” Jack Wagner, general manager and ductor. With all of this already accom- according to mag-tape general man- executive producer for Superscope’s plished, she now stands on the thres- ager J.L. Porter. recording division, has also announced hold of entering a field historically The 661 series tape is .150-inch wide that Superscope Records will release reserved for men: the composing and and comes in V2 -mil thincoat polyester at least 14 albums between now and conducting of original scores for motion base. Oct. 31 with material drawn from the pictures. library. King Offering Latin, movie, Proof of her enormous success is march, Hawaiian, pop and jazz selec- clearly seen in her track record which is Carrell Heads Super’s tions, the material will be made avail- highlighted by the fact that records Anita took over a vocal group on the able in cassette, reel and 8-track cart- which she has arranged and/or on nation’s leading country music station, Tape Duplication Div. ridges. which the Anita Kerr Singers are featured WSM. The show was Snooky Lanson’s These albums will retail at budget have sold a large number of copies "Sunday Down South,” and the vocal prices and be distributed through Su- probably exceeding 100,000,000. Al group was soon re-dubbed the Anita Kerr perscope’s existing national network of SUN VALLEY, CALIF. — Robert Hint’s records alone which Anita arranged Singers. After the group was selected to dealers and distributors. Carrell has just been appointed dir- have sold at least 10,000,000. copies. provide the vocal backing of Red Foley’s ector of Superscope’s new tape dup- Her tetrology of albums with Rod McKuen, hit recording of “Lady Of Fatima,” artists licating division. He will be responsi- which she composed, arranged, conduct- like Eddy Arnold, Burl Ives, and Ernest ble for organizing and managing the Art Leslie Joins A & M ed, and co-produced for Warner Bros.- Tubb began to flock to Anita to use not facility located in San Fernando, Seven Arts Records, is approaching only her singers but her arrangements Calif., and is to report directly to 2,000,000 copies in sales. Further, in as well. In the mid-50’s, Arthur (Godfrey Superscope president David Tushin- HOLLYWOOD — Art Leslie has left December of 1968, Dot Records signed “discovered” the Anita Kerr Singers and sky. his marketing coordinator position at her to an exclusive $1,000,000 contract made them virtual regulars on his show. Under Carrell, the division’s pri- Certron to join A&M Records’ tape calling for her company, Anita Kerr What followed was an offer from Chet mary function will be to duplicate, division. In his new post, Leslie will Enterprises, to produce nine albums per Atkins for her to work as a producer in in all configurations, the total output work as assistant in all areas to Bob year over a three year period, three with the A&R department of RCA’s Nashville of Superscope’s recording division: Elliott, director of the division. her Anita Kerr Singers, and six of her own office. Here, she worked with top names and to prepare for the expansion into choosing. In addition, there will be two like Floyd Kramer, Eddy Arnold, and special educational material and cus- IP’s for Warner Bros., using the San Hank Snow. But Nashville, like Memphis, tom duplicating. Sebastian Strings which she formed, and became too confining for her enormous Prior to joining this company, Car- RCA Aug. Reels: further activity with Rod McKuen. talents. And it was only in Hollywood rell managed his own firm, building One might well ask where and how all that she discovered the kind of free- and selling self-designed tape dupli- Four Pop Albums this began, and the answer is that Anita dom she sought as an artist. Success- cating equipment. Earlier, he was was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the ful albums poured forth, “We Dig Man- a project engineer for Motorola, RCA, NEW YORK — Three albums from daughter of Italian parents who owned a cini,” “A Man And A Woman,” and Admiral, Packard-Bell, and a con- RCA pop leaders and the premiere small neighborhood grocery store. From “Southland Favorites,” all honored with sulting engineer with Lear Jet. recording by one of the label’s new her mother, she inherited an ear for Grammy Awards by NARAS. Her “Waitin’ Carrell’s assisting staff will have acts comprise RCA’s August reel- perfect pitch. Her childhood was per- For The Evening Train,” and “Sugar David Ewing and Darrell Zielke who to-reel tape release. meated with music of all varieties par- Lips” also were nominated for Grammy were chosen by Carrell because of “Lighthouse,” named for the group, ticularly operatic arias and Italian art honors. their extensive background in tape is joined by the latest sets from Jose songs which her mother sang, and the In 1966, Anita formed the San Se- duplicating and cartridge design. Feliciano (“Feliciano/10 to 23”), swing recordings of Benny Goodman, bastian Strings and merged her formid- Hugo Montenegro (“Moog Power”) Artie Shaw, and others which her brother able talents with those of Rod McKuen. and Eddy Arnold (“The Glory of played. Having begun to take classical The ultimate outcome was four best- Love”) piano lessons at the age of four, Anita selling albums, “The Sea,” “The Earth,” was ready by the age of twelve to be “The Sky,” and “Home To The Sea.” Robins Ups Rhinos piano accompanist for her mother on a Anita’s first two albums for Dot Rec- Bell & Howell Bows local radio program. At 14, she formed a ords, “The Anita Kerr Singers Reflect Cn To Distrib Sales Mgr group of singers, the Grillia Sisters The Hits Cf Burt Bacharach And Hal 15 Stereotape Reels (Grilli was her maiden name.) In addition David” and “Yestergroovin’— Anita Kerr to singing with the group, Anita played Presents Les Tres Guitars” are now being NEW YORK - Kenneth E. Rhines IRVINE, piano and wrote vocal arrangements. followed up by the new “Anita Kerr is now distributor sales manager for CALIF. — A trilogy pack- After high school, she joined her Singers: Velvet Voices And Bold Brass.” cassettes, magnetic tapes and tape- age of the Anita Kerr-Rod McKuen brother’s bop combo and played in clubs It remains obvious that Anita is not only recorder and hi-fi accessories at suites “The Sea, the Earth & the around Memphis. Drawn to Nashville, unique for a woman in the record busi- Robins Industries Corp. Sky” heads a new issue of 15 open the mecca of country and western music. ness; Anita is simply unique. Formerly data devices sales man- reel sets from Bell & Howell’s Stereo- ager, Rhines succeeds Robert A. tape division. Cohen, who was recently named a Also released in the August collec- 10 New Cassettes vice president of Robins Electronics tion are three programs from the Corp., the Robins Industries consum- American Airlines series; Imperial’s Oracle Label Joins Issued By ITCC er-products subsidiary. “A Genuine Rosmini” with Dick Ros- mini: Liberty Rhines joined Robins Industries last reels “Exotic Moog” GRTs Distrib Fold NEW YORK — Buddah, Chart, Tetra- year. A graduate of Gonzaga Univer- by Martin Denny and “Rhythm of grammaton. Stop, Starday and Pro- the Rain” sity, Spokane, Wash., he had held from Gary Lewis; Minit’s ject 3 are represented in a new 10 Ike sales and distributor managerial posi- & Tina Turner “In Person”; cassette release from ITCC. The “Quentin’s tions with companies like IRC Inc., Theme” on Ranwood by latest albums are: Buddah’s “Mercy” the Oracle Records has relocated to new and had been in marketing with the Charles Randolph Grean Sound; from the Ohio Express and “Let quarters at 1051 Beacon Street, Boeing Company. Reprise’s Jimi Hendrix Experience Us Go into the House of the Lord” by Brookline, Massachusetts. Buck Spurr, on “Smash Hits,” Neil Young’s “Ev- the Edwin Hawkins Singers; Chart’s president of Oracle erybody Knows this is Nowhere” and Records, com- “With Love From Lynn” Anderson; mented that the need for larger facili- “Don Ho’s Greatest Hits”; United Art- Pat Boone’s “Departure”; Starday Strong Responses ties is the result of stepped-up activity ists’ soundtrack to “Midnight Cow- “Country Music Star #1” by Glen on the label that will also mean a For AAMA Space boy”; Warner Bros. Ike & Tina Turner Campbell; Stop’s “You Gave Me a number of key appointments in the “Greatest Hits” and the 3-pack men- Mountain” by Johnny Bush; and a tioned above; near future. and with Project 3 pair by Enoch Light “And NEW YORK — The Automotive Ac- his Big Band on World Pacific in the Brass Menagerie” and with “The cessories Manufacturers of America “Buddy & Soul.” Spurr went this is only a temporary Glittering Guitars.” has received solid initial response for move for Oracle. “We are,” he said, space reservations at its upcoming “Currently considering several sites Ampex To Distribute New York Expo. The show, planned where Oracle would have its own Johnny Spence Is for the Coliseum in Feb (9-12), has Nocturne Soundtrack building.” been timed for the close of the busy Jones’ Conductor winter season “when inventories are HOLLYWOOD — Nocturne Record’s In additon to housing its executive Gordon Mills, manager of Tom depleted giving the buyer an oppor- first album has just been picked up offices, the proposed Oracle building Jones, and Lloyd Greenfield, his tunity to analyze the results of the for distribution by Ampex Stereo would house several 16-track record- American associate, have advised previous year’s business and then Tape. The initial set is based on the ing studios, which would be used not Cash Box that Johnny Spence is the prepare for the active selling season film score to the Cinerama release by Oracle artists but would also sole conductor for Jones. An ad in ahead.” “Changes.” be leased to other labels and produc- last week’s issue indicated that Information for space still available Negotiations were completed last ers in the Boston area. Tepajo Music Johnny Harris conducts for the per- can be obtained from Edwin Erlich- week, according to a statement by (BMI) and Rackle Music (BMI), former. Actually, Harris at one time man at the AAMA office in Bala- Nocturne execs Harry Babasin and Oracle’s publishing firms, will also conducted for him, but no longer Cynwyd, Pa. Roy Harte. utilize the additional space. does so.

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ELVIS PRESLEY INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, LAS VE- rouser “Suspicious Mind” (a certain LONNIE MACK bet to his GAS — He saunters across the im- be 51st gold record) , adding WOLLMAN SKATING RINK, CEN- and place. High school blind dates, mense stage at the International in a a Lennon-McCartney medley “Hey TRAL PARK, NEW YORK — It’s a and hot dogs, and empty pockets, karate styled black tux, a tassled sash Jude/Yesterday.” Eighteen songs and funny thing about the Beach Boys. and a first cigarette, a first drink, and hanging from his waist and a two toned sixty-five minutes after the overture Somehow they seem to have been other firsts, the Beach Boys were blue scarf dangling about his neck. you find yourself, with 2000 others, around forever. It’s as if they have always there. And the Beach Boys Looking not a moment older than '55. standing and begging for more. And been with us for all time and are were up on stage, lead singer Mike The band is playing “Blue Suede realizing (if you hadn’t already known) going to defy mortality and drift on Love, balding, bearded, draped in Shoes” and he reaches behind for an that, swivel hips and long sideburns through the years, forever strumming, white terrycloth, looking like a Ma- unamplified guitar. And suddenly aside, he is an extraordinary talent. swimming, and strolling the sand, harishi from Great Neck, Long Island. you’re dripping damp in nostalgia, One of the great pop and country sing- forever trying to catch that one last And the rest of the Beach Boys, grin- revisiting that innocent age of dun- ers of our time. Perhaps the greatest wave. If we think about it, we can ning, having fun, bouncing along with garee dolls, and James Dean, rock- of all white blues shouters. Another clearly remember the coming of the their pretty songs, making their abilly and Bill Randle, the hula hoop standing ovation is followed by a press Beatles. There was so much fanfare to audience joyous with melody, singing and Dr. Kinsey. conference. “A memorable evening in it, so much ballyhoo, so much (are their songs, “We could ride around “Here’s a medley of songs I cut my life,” says America’s first rock you ready?) Beatlemania. But the the surf together while our heats were three or four hundred years ago,” he symbol of teenage rebellion. And a Beach Boys did not arrive so much as young, and in my woodie I will take says, and, once more, you’re strolling staid English reporter, speaking for they simply were there. The first time you anywhere I go.” Something tike with him down lonely street to “Heart- all, says it was likewise for his we heard the Beach Boys, we all that. break Hotel,” dancing with the whole audience. probably said something like “Where Lonnie Mack, Elektra’s heavy blues cell block to the “Jailhouse Rock,” It’s the first time that Presley is have I heard them before?” And that’s rocker, fat and vital was there too, irrecoverably in love and “All Shook working “live” in eight years, his because the Beach Boys sound like putting down his Memphis sound with Up.” And like the words to “Memo- third appearance in thirteen. He something you’ve heard whispering in gusto and energy. And the audience ries,” those tunes are “sweetened performed at another Vegas club in your ear since birth, perhaps like the responded well. All these kids who through the ages just like wine/ ’56, rocked the Pan Pacific (L.A.) in sound of the surf itself. came to see the Beach Boys digging ’57 pressed between the pages of your and sang for the Battleship Arizona So there they were, the Beach Boys, blues monster Lonnie Mack, trying to mind.” Memorial in 61. As such it is an up on stage, with the very young feel the soul, trying to comprehend all (“ Songs like “I Got a Woman” ‘way historical occasion. Decidedly a per- (fifteen to eighteen) audience in a the excitement. The Beach Boys take ‘cross town”), “Don’t Be Cruel”) sonal triumph for the artist. state of mild excitement. As they you back to the day your mother (“to a heart that’s true”), “Love Me Somebody recently noted (Esquire, moved through a succession of their brought you home from the hospital. Tender” (“take me to your heart”), Aug. ’69) that it may not be easy, many, many hit tunes, they inadver- Lonnie Mack brings you back to the “Hound Dog” (“you ain’t nothin’ but a despite the rebirth of Richard Nixon tently conjured images of the past. day you were born. Elvis . . and Presley, to muster nostalgia . /rockin’ all the time”) and Mac Each song seemed to call up from the Davis’ inspired “In the Ghetto” (“do for the fifties. He’s very, very, very, recesses of memory a specific time b.h. we simply turn our heads and look very wrong. away?”). He previews his next for LITTLE RICHARD RCA, a magnificent gospel styled h.g. CHECKMATES, LTD. THE LETTERMEN SCHAEFFER MUSIC FESTIVAL, who had everything that Uncle John CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK — needed, and Teddy, who was always WESTSIDE ROOM, CENTURY PLA- closer, and a cappela mini-Mormon Litte Richard, one of the kings of ready to . But the story ZA, LOS ANGELES — An appreciative Tabernacle choir version of "I Be- rock and roll in the 1950’s, is still do- of Little Richard is ended and has full house greeted the Lettermen’s lieve.” ing his thing as well as he ever did. been ended for some time. Those who debut at the Westside Room last week, Along the way they toss in a few He’s added a few contemporary num- wish to hear it again (and we do once the trio’s first L.A. appearance in recent chart titles made famous by bers such as “Dock Of The Bay” and in awhile) may do so. more than five years. It was a letter- other groups: the Fifth Dimension’s “Chain” to his act, but his program A&M Records’ hot soul act, the perfect show. “Up, Up and Away,” the Doors’ “Light still consists mainly of his old hits, Checkmates, Ltd., preceded Little Neat six button, four pocket, double My Fire,” ’s “Windy” “Tutti Frutti,” “Lucille,” and all the Richard. The Checkmates are excel- breasted black tuxes now substitute and “Cherish.” With solos by each— others. His voice, one of the great soul lent showmen, and they expend a for cable-stitch sweaters they once Butala’s caressive jazz treatment of mechanisms of all time, has not lost tremendous amount of energy in wore. And Gary Pike has replaced Bob “Taste of Honey,” Pike’s sensitive- its power, and this fast-thumping piano giving a performance. They insist on Engemann (now a single) with Doug tender version of “Portrait of My playing still generates excitement. He getting the audience involved with Curran a tentative alternate for Gary’s Love” and Doug Curran’s “Impossible could, and did, at a Wednesday evening sing-a-longs and by going out, one at brother, Jim, now recuperating from a Dream,” a dazzling display of vocal (6) performance at the Schaeffer Music a time, into the seats. They (or at throat ailment (he’s expected back pyrotechnics. Festival, offer pieces of his clothing to least two of them) are facile dancers

within the next week or two) . Leaving An audience participation segment the audience and draw an eager mob and are built like athletes. They be- Tony Butala the one original with the helps pace the show. Wilson Brown at the foot of the stage. come totally involved in their work, act that began way back in ’61 on the Trio augments the A1 Pelligrini Orch. Still, it is unlikely that Little Richard and thus earn the involvement of the Warners label (they’ve been represent- with conductor-pianist Brown serving will ever regain the popularity that he crowd. ed on Capitol with their biggest hits as fourth harmony on “Summer had in the 1950’s. The Schaeffer crowd On Wednesday evening, the Check- for the past seven years). Still, they’re Place.” was indulging in nostalgia. Probably mates offered a program that included as harmonious as ever, without peer Simplicity is the theme. With de- very few members of that audience their current hit “Black Pearl,” fea- among today’s white vocal groups. votion to the principle that a good tune look for Little Richard’s latest release turing Sonny Charles on vocal, Hardly a week has gone by in the past deserves to be offered with the same in their local record store. Little Ri- “Games People Play,” a rousing seven years when they have not been melodic resolution intended by its chard is supremely good at what he version of “Let The Sun Shine In” and represented on the national charts. composer. It’s understandable why does, but he has not grown or evolved. a host of others. Their set was a total Several of those titles are incorpo- they are the most enduring vocal He will probably have an audience as success—a success every moment of rated into their repertoire: from their group (with the obvious exception of long as he wants one, an audience that which they worked hard to achieve. first monumental hit (“The Way You the Mills Bros.) on record and records. wants to hear about Long Tall Sally, Look Tonight”) through “Theme for And why they should still be flourish- a Summer Place,” “Born Free,” ing long after the tidal wave of over- ORPHEUS “Going Out of My Head” to their driven electronic acts have expired. current top twenty tune, “Hurt So MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW ksen), is a sprightly bouncer called Bad.” Too, there’s the usual stunning h.g. YORK — Thursday night, July 31 as “Congress Alley,” which really work- part of their summer festival of jazz ed for the group. Also highly success- concerts, the Museum of Modern Art ful for them was a brilliant rendition MICHAEL ALLEN presented Orpheus. The setting as for of Beatle classic “Good Day Sunshine,” concerts was the and a bright, witty version of an old COPACABANA, NEW YORK — Mi- which serves as the underlining theme all museum summer sculpture garden where art Jim Kweskin jug band tune called chael Allen puts both physical and of a girl-name medley. The spiritual lovely (and man) with harmony “Bayou Bay.” The real standout how- emotional drive behind the material stanza works, featuring such standbys meets nature and concord. And there was Orpheus, ever was a 15-minute improvisation in he sings. And this material covers a as “Standing in the Need of Prayer,” fresh, charming, original, with music which the four man team showcased remarkable range of formats, from “Down by the Riverside.” Allen closes light and airy, sweet, gentle, tender. an incredible drum solo by percussion- the “now” composers, to men of show with a powerful, personalized (he says Orpheus remains one of the few simply ist Harry Sandler. music and even the world of spirituals. it’s his philosophy) version of Charles pleasant groups in the business. Cer- Orpheus are a marvelous group to All done with poise and professional- Aznavour and Marcel Stellman’s is not going to watch, because they have found a way ism, one can add, but one wonders “You’ve Got to Learn.” The Copa tainly, their music overwhelm anyone: they aren’t going to work hard and still have fun. The whether he walks away from his hour orchestra, led by pianist Nat Jones, is to tear down the museum brick by benefits of their work and of their en- long act—featured for the first time at a strong asset. Allen, who has just it . brick, Picasso by Picasso, but on the joyment of are for the audience. . the Copa last week—with a feeling cut his second LP for London Records, other hand, they are not sleepy, or that he’s got Allen’s style firmly in is among the rare breed of nitery acts sickly, or sugary, as are so many of mind. There is, however, an in-person that keeps you interested in what he the softer groups working today. ‘OMvei^ LP Gold excitement to the young artist’s per- has to sing from start to finish of his Orpheus has found a way to touch formances, particularly with such act. NEW YORK — The Record Industry without tearing. contemporary numbers as “With a i.l. Association of America (R.I.A.A.) Little Help from My Friends” and The show was a very lively set in has certified as a Gold Album the “Where’s the Playground Suzy.” Turrentine To Canyon which the group quickly won its RCA Records soundtrack album from And give Allen credit for breaking his audiences’ hearts (and tapping feet.) the Columbia Pictures presentation general upbeat intensity with a poig- NEW YORK — Noted jazz saxist Stan- Moving through a series of their hit of Lionel Bart’s “Oliver!” The album, nant, sitting-on-a-stool performance of ley Turrentine has joined the roster of singles, “Brown Arms In Houston,” a Colgems label release, is manufac- Jerome Kern’s “They Didn’t Believe Wally Roker’s newly-formed Canyon and the current “Can’t Find The Time tured and marketed by RCA Records. Me,” which, believe it or not, was Records. Roker indicated that an To Tell You,” Orpheus filled the air RCA announced that sales for the written 55 years ago. The show music initial album will be going into pro- with a sound rich and tuneful, laugh- album gain momentum as the Colum- area is further covered with distinction duction in the next few weeks. ing with melody and rhythm. One of bia film, winner of an Academy Award by Allen via the late Frank Loesser’s Turrentine’s past affiliations were their original tunes (most of their for Best Film and a major road show “Never Will I Marry” and Meredith with Impulse, Prestige, Atlantic and, material is written by lead guitarist attraction, opens in increasing numbers Willson’s “The Sadder But Wiser Girl,” most recently. Blue Note. Bruce Arnold and bassist Eric Gulli- of cities around the nation.

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GARGANTUAN GATHERING — Pictured here at the recent Decca Records confab in Miami are: (left to right) (top left) label head Bill Gallagher, CB president and publisher George Albert, new folk artist Karen Beth, and Decca marketing VP Tony Martell: (mid left) Martell, singer Karen Wyman, Gallagher and Decca administrative VP Jack Loetz: (bottom left) Ed Silvers, Gallagher and Mel Bly (Silvers and Bly run the Decca-distributed Viva and Bravo labels); (top right) Decca marketing VP giving “outstanding distributor award” to Tom Kelley of Kansas City; (bottom photo) MCA executive vp, country singers Jeannie Seely, Bill Anderson and Jan Howard, Loetz and country chanter Jack Greene, pictured following the C&W show.

CBS/SONY (Con’t. from Page 7) and S&G’s single of “Sounds of Silence” Radio’s Top 40 Look Goldner’s Label sold a half a million copies. New major promotion campaign is now (Con’t from Page 7) (Con’t. from Page A 7) After selling out once again, George underway to exploit the “underground” Goldner joined Leiber and Stoller to sound. Involved in the drive are such from past Buddah hits by the 1910 In 1957, the Goldners sold again to head the newly formed Redbird oper- acts as Blood, Sweat & Tears, Sly & the Fruitgum Company, The Ohio Express, form Gone. Their first release by the ation which wasted no time in hitting Family Stone, A1 Kooper and Mike The Brooklyn Bridge and others. Dubs, “Could This Be Magic” hit pay- the Top Ten with their first release Bloomfield and the Chamber Brothers. “We’ve sold 450,000 copies already dirt. In 1957 they also formed End “Chapel Of Love” by the Dixie Cups, Stressing the value of American cat- without too much major market air- Records which started true to form followed shortly after by a string of alog names in Japan as well as other play, except in a few instances. The with such hits as “He’s Gone” and hits by the Shangrila’s starting with foreign markets, Schein says that once single originally broke on WSAI in “Maybe” by the Chantells. In 1956 “Leader of the Pack” a subsidiary an American act achieves recognition Cincinnati and is currently top ten in they partnered with Buchanan and Blue Cat Goldnered the charts again in a country like Japan, the pattern of 35 secondary markets. WIBG in Phila- Goodman for one of the fastest break- with the “Boy From ” success is long-term. Although person- delphia also went on the single and ing hits of all time, “Flying Saucer”. by the Ad Libs. Redbird was the only al-appearance visits abroad may not had good results with it. It was a huge 1958 saw Little Anthony and The Im- label that was not successfully sold. be as lucrative as engagements in the hit wherever it was played but ‘selec- perials come to the Gone End com- Apart from the first time in many U.S.. Schein contends that the pros- 40’ tive Top Music Directors didn’t plex, followed by years, George founded Cotique in 1966 pect of making-the-grade abroad is program ‘Moonflight’.” and Jo Ann Campbell. which has been doing quite well in the well worth the prospect of long-range Thau said he considers the “split Latin field. In 1967, while still running disk success. personality” of top 40 “not a problem Cotique, George joined Shadow Mor- Besides its label operation, CBS/ but a fact of life. There is a record in- ton Productions and headed the oper- SONY also operates a publishing unit dustry phrase, ‘A hit, is a hit, is a hit' Deal ation which produced Janis Ian and that owns local copyrights and absorbs but it doesn’t always apply. Hits don’t The Vanilla Fudge. Cotique currently material from CBS’ world-wide April get played automatically at ‘selective The Goldners also brought in Berry on the charts with “On Campus” by Music setup. 40’ Top stations. They have to fit the Gordy, Jr., from Detroit to produce Dickie Goodman and is about to ship The interest in music in Japan is demographics. Promotion men will Smokey and The Miracles for End. It “Luna Trip,” a new Dickie Goodman. summed up by Schein when he tells have to be redirected to meet the ‘se- was at this time that the Goldners It was during this time that Sam of the Ginza coffee shops that compete lective Top 40’ and ‘true Top 40’ for- played a key role in the Big label, na- partnered in and started Gamble Rec- with each other by having the old- mats and bone up on demographics so tionally distributing smaller label con- ords, with Kenny Gamble of Philadel- styled “sandwich” men walk the they understand radio station format cepts so prevalent in the industry phia. Gamble records had an R.I.A.A. streets advertising musical selections problems. All labels will have to make today, with their distribution of two million seller last year with “Cowboys that are being programmed at their this change in their promotion.” new labels Sceptre and Jamie/Guyden. to Girls” by The Intruders. establishments.

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Tunin g In On. . . ASCAP-TV Reach Agreements WMCA-New York In Telecast Music Licensing WASHINGTON — After almost eight president Stanley Adams. Agreed upon Music & Talk w/ Unification years in litigation and negotiation, the for months have been basic terms of proposed new contract for use of the new deal— but a series of essen- tially procedural dis- Bill Scott, a newly-appointed vice WMCA listeners on the event, and pos- ASCAP music by TV outlets was at technical and president for programming at WMCA- sibly helped the listeners clarify their last given court approval recently. agreements have loomed into view New York, is a man with ideas. One ideas on the topic. This was accomplished following the and been settled one by one. negotiators’ resolution of the last in of his ideas is to completely unify the In back of such WMCA/listener dia- a long series of snags. Latest Resolved talk and music aspects of the station's logue is Scott’s broadcasting philos- Problem format. “Entertainment and involve- ophy at the station — the total unifica- List ment” is Scott’s description of the tion of music, news, talk, and public ASCAP’s Mailing The latest problem related to a direction he, with veteran music direc- affairs. The vp for programming provision in the new contract giving will mail out in the near tor Joe Hogart. is aiming WMCA. points to WMCA’s “mix between news ASCAP independent auditors for ASCAP a Said Stephen B. Labunski, the out- and public response” as a matter of future copies of the new contract, al- right to check outlets’ claimed broad- ready given informal approval let’s managing director, in making the the station and its audience asking the by 320 cast revenues (on which their ASCAP or announcement of Scott’s appointment: question, “What does the news mean?” more stations. Copies go to all of fees are based) against the broadcast ASCAP’s TV-station “WMCA’s ambitious format — com- “Talk radio,” says Scott, “is not just licensees for revenues they report to the FCC. signature. The reports, contended bining the best elements of musical that — it is illuminating.” FCC ASCAP. entertainment, two-way talk as well Musically speaking, the hits that Representing broadcasters in the had to be controlling because they case, leaders of the All-Industry provide an authoritative on the as news and public affairs — requires WMCA will continue to program re- TV check of the closest kind of coordination and flect what Scott and the station are Stations Music License Committee accuracy the revenue figures that have estimated that if outlet re- stations report to Committee teamwork which pull together the getting at: “Everybody is multi- TV ASCAP. seemingly diverse, but actually com- faceted,” claims the program vice venues increase by 6% annually, station officials argued that outlets have to over a 10-year never paid on nonbroadcast revenues patible, elements making up our president; “sometimes you speak to payments ASCAP will less now. broadcast week.” Scott stated: “I listeners with Hubert Humphrey, period be $53 million under the and should not start feel particularly fortunate that in un- sometimes with the Union Gap.” new contract than under the one it has That conundrum was resolved after replaced. than month, at least two trips dertaking this assignment I am able more a to call upon Joe Bogart’s long experi- Charles Tower of Corinthian Broad- to court, many negotiating sessions ence and thorough knowledge of en- casting heads the committee; the and a letter from the FCC defining tertainment programming. Much of principal negotiators with him in re- “incidental broadcast revenues.” WMCA’s success is attributable to its cent years have been Andrew Murtha According to committee representa- outstanding personalities and program KSFO’s Deejay Doings of Time-Life Broadcast, Elisha Gold- tives, in the compromise that was staff and its willingness to innovate.” farb of RKO General, and Donald finally reached, the main difference for Schapiro and Michael Finkelstein of stations is that those which itemize — the New York-based law firm of Bar- their deductions in reporting to ASCAP SAN FRANCISCO • KSFO’s person- rett Knapp Smith and Schapiro, com- will now have to pay on any revenues Return Of The Good Guys alities here have been impressively mittee counsel. Heading the ASCAP they receive from syndication. Stations peripatetic as they involve themselves negotiating team have been Herman taking the optional standard ASCAP hits, Boeart will continue to play the in music and community service Finkelstein, general counsel, and deduction will not. and, at WMCA, the Good Guy concept events. has returned in force. The outlet’s personality line-up will soon see the Dick McGarvin, KSFO’s utility jock, return of Good Guy Jack Spector, re- heads a popular trio now booked at the cently with WNBC-New York, who re- Bios tor El Matador in North Beach every Sun- sumes his WMCA deejay duties as of day night. (Prior to this, the act worked September 1. Bill Scott believes that the Good Guy side of WMCA is fun, Mondays at Sausalito’s Trident, noted JDee Jays and that the station’s personalities on the jazz scene.) McGarvin has are involved with the listeners in performed at the Hungry i and the terms of public service. (The Good C’est Bon. The drummer, composer, Guy sweatshirts have also returned.) Winstons Scott brings impressive credentials and leader of the group, he is also a Collectively known as the Winstons. to his new WMCA post. He had been and has penned the music Richard Spencer, Phil Tolotta, Quincy vice president for news at the station for a number of ballads and jazz Mattison. Ray Maritano, Sonny Peck- since 1967, and, before that he was pieces. In addition, jazzman McGarvin rol, and G.C. Coleman (Metromedia vice president for public affairs. He recording artists) have gone Top 10 joined the Straus Broadcasting Group will host the popular “Jazz in the with their debut single, “Color Him (of which WMCA is the flagship sta- Grove” featuring Earl Fatha Hines on Father,” and, this week, their init- tion) in 1959 as director of news for August 17. Concerts are free to the ial LP, named after the hit single, Radio Press International. public and begin at 2 p.m. is number on the Top 100 Albums. Scott’s public affairs experience be- Richard plays tenor sax and is lead comes valuable to WMCA. During the KSFO’s Gene Nelson has now singer; he penned the Winstons’ chart period of Senator Ted Kennedy’s auto broadened his talents to writing and rider. Before joining the Winstons, accident, in order to shed “not heat, teaching. He’ll write a music/enter- he worked with the Otis Redding but light” on the occurence, the sta- tainment column for the Mini-Monitor, band. Phil plays organ and shares the tion aired statements of Kennedy lead singing with Richard. Quincy friend and associate William Vanden a bi-weekly supplement of The Monitor, plays lead guitar and sings; he also Heuval, Republican New York state published by the San Francisco worked with Otis Redding, and with Senator Jacob Javits. Their viewpoints Catholic Archdiocese. The column is Arthur Conley, backing him on “Sweet provided enlightenment for many strictly for young people of high .” Ray plays alto sax and school and early college age. In the sings; he attended' the Berkley School of Music and played with the fall. Gene will teach a course in the Air Force Band. Bass guitarist Sonny department of the College KRLA Agency Hits radio/T’V also sings. He began performing in of San Mateo. His semester course in teen clubs while still in high school. Singing drummer G.C. was a Motown Radio Rate-cutting announcing is for three-hour credit. drummer for two years, working Gene is also busily engaged in little NEW YORK — Officials of Los Angeles mainly with the Marvelettes — he has station KRLA admonished theatre work. also worked with Otis Redding, and and asked them to work as their back- a large segment of the broadcasting Further KSFO-San Francisco deejay knew Richard and Qunicy from that up band. After touring on their own. “rate-cutting, industry for widespread doings have included the Stern Grove time. All active sports enthusiasts, and, following numerous gigs at clubs, secret rates and rebates” and blamed the Winstons all hail from the Wash- the Winstons were signed by Metro- concerts, featuring the station’s per- broadcasters for “undermining the ington, D.C., area, where the Impres- media Records while they were in client’s faith in the ability of his ad- sonalities as emcees. On Aug. 3, Carter sions heard them playing at a club Atlanta. vertising agency,” fostering the use of Smith introduced Arthur Fiedler and “quantity rather than quality as a his San Francisco Symphony in their measure in buying,” and contributing Sagittarius Millennium. Mike Fennelley, Joey second Stern Grove “pops.” to the ultimate destruction of the ad- As a musical group, Sagittarius has Stec, Van Dyke Parks, a series of vertising agency as we know it by And, finally. Nelson emceed the as much solidarity as the astrological producers, engineers and even Gabriel Menkler, producer of Steppenwolf. “aiding the growth of national media Terra Linda Band in their Stern Grove figment it was named after. Held buying groups.” its But the act is not static or official in appearance on July 6: Aaron Edwards together by “chief innovator” Gary The charges came recently during Usher, and ’life carriers ” Curt Boet- terms of personnel. introes Fiedler and the Symphony a presentation luncheon for the trade tcher & Keith Olsen, there is no actual Originally a Columbia team, Sagit- recently, Terry press in New York. Among the KRLA pops on July 20: and, musical act that is Sagittarius. tarius excited regional and some na- personnel present were executive vice the Merla Opera studio tional action with singles ”My World McGovern emceed Formed as a performing group, ” president and general manager Law- Fell Down” and ’’.Another Time. Fund in conjunction with the San Sagittarius has at one time or another rence Webb and vice president and included Glen Campbell, Bruce John- Sagit was also released as an LP Francisco Opera Company. station manager Hal Mathews. ston of the Beach Boys, members of group on “Future Tense.”

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The Box Tops The Letter/Neon Rainbow Bell 6011 The Midnight Voices This Guy’s In Love With You 35500 The O'Jay’s Back On Top Bell 6014 The Box Tops Bell 6017 Spooky Tooth Spooky Tooth Bell 6019 Merrilee Rush Angel Of The Morning/ BUDDAH That Kind Of Woman Bell 6020 The Box Tops Nonstop Bell 6023 The Box Tops Super Hits Bell 6025 1910 Fruitgum Co. Indian Giver BDS 5036 Smokestack Lightnin’ Off The Wall Bell 6026 U. S. 69 Yesterday’s Folks BDS 5035 Legend Legend Bell 6027 The Brooklyn Bridge The Worst That Could Happen BDS 5034 Chad Mitchell Chad Bell 6028 Ohio Express. 1910 Bob Teague Letters To A Black Boy Bell 6029 Fruitgum Co., Super Artists Dial-A-Hit Bell Various 6030 Cirkus & More Bubble Gum Music Is The Naked Truth BDS 5032 Jolliver Arkansaw Home Bell 6031 Bob McAllister Bob McAllister BDS 5030 The Box Tops Dimensions Bell 6032 Barry Goldberg . . . and 2 Jews Blues BDS 5029 Proud Mary Bell 6033 Melanie Born To Be BDS 5024 Crazy Elephant Crazy Elephant Bell 6034 Barry Goldberg The Barry Goldberg Reunion BDS 5012 Various Artists Summer Souvenirs Bell 6035 Magic Band (“Late Dale Hawkins L.A. Memphis & Tyler Texas Bell 6036 Night” Series) Gladys Knight & Pips Tastiest Hits Bell 6013 Jerry Butler The Very Best Of Jerry Butler BDS 4001 Leslie West Mountain Mountain Windfall 4500 John Lee Hooker The Very Best Of John Lee Hooker BDS 4002 James Carr A Man Needs A Woman Goldwax 3002 Jimmy Reed The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed BDS 4003 Bob Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto Direction 1936 Eddie Harris Bob Darin Commitment Direction 1937 (“Sunday” Series) Sculpture BDS 4004 Bobby Russell Words, Music, Laughter, Tears Elf 9500 The Five Blind Boys Can 1 Get A Witness? BDS 2006 Larry Page Orch. Page Full Of Hits Page One 2500 Caravans Caravans In Concert BDS 2007 Sentimental String Anniversary The Harmonizers Singing Is Our Life BDS 2008 Chorale Page One 2501 Staple Singers The Very Best Of The Staple Singers BDS 2009 La La Means 1 Love You Philly Groove 1150 (Black America) The Buffalo Soldiers BDS 2001 The Delfonics Sound Of Sexy Soul Philly Groove 1151 Dr. Martin Luther King The Man Of Love BDS 2002 Mitch Ryder Take A Ride New Voice 2000 G. W. Carver, Samuel Mitch Ryder Breakout New Voice 2002 Coleridge Taylor, Mitch Ryder Sock It To Me New Voice 2003 Booker T. Washington, Mitch Ryder All Mitch Ryder Hits New Voice 2004 etc. The Black Pace Setters BDS 2003 Mitch Ryder Sing The Hits New Voice 2005 James Baldwin The Struggle BDS 2004 Langston Hughes (Curtom) The Black Verse BDS 2005 BLUE NOTE The Young Mod’s Forgotten Story CRS8003 5 Stairsteps & Cubie Love’s Happening CRS 8002 Lee Morgan The Sidewinder 84157 The Impressions Horace Silver The Cape Verdean Blues 84220 (Cobblestone) This Is My Country CRS8001 Horace Silver Song For My Father 85185 The Joe Thomas Group Cornin’ Home CBS 7001 Jimmy Smith Midnight Special 84078 Ohio Express Mercy BDS 5037 Jimmy Smith The Sermon 84011 Songs From Alligator Boogaloo 84263 “Midnight Cowboy” Elephants Memory BDS 5038 Lou Donaldson Mr. Shing-A-Ling 84271 Various Artists Buddahs 360 Dial-A-Hit BDS 5029 Horace Silver Serenade To A Soul Sister 84277 Eisenhower A Decent Man BDS 5040 Jimmy Smith Greatest Hits 89901 Stanley Turrentine Look Of Love 84286 Herbie Hancock Speak Like A Child 84279 Lou Donaldson Midnight Creeper 84280 CADET/CONCEPT SERIES Lee Morgan Caramba 84289 Lonnie Smith Think 84290 312 Donald Byrd Slow Drag 84292 314 Duke Pearson The Phantom 84293 Aladdin Rotary Connection 317 Eddie Gale Ghetto Music 84294 The Howlin’ Reuben Wilson On Broadway 84295 Wolf Album 319 Jimmy Smith Plain Talk 84296 Wayne Shorter Schizophrenia 84297 Stanley Turrentine Always Something There 84298 CADET “4000” SERIES Lou Donaldson Say It Loud 84299 Blue Mitchell Collision in Black 84300 At Last 4003 Three Sounds Elegant SouL 84301 Etta James The Second Time Around 4011 Andrew Hill Grass Roots 84303 Etta James Etta 4013 John Patton Understanding 84306 Etta James Top Ten 4025 McCoy Tyner Time For Tyner 84307 Etta James Rocks The House 4032 Horace Silver You've Gotta Take A Little Love 84309 Bob Hope On The Road To Vietnam 4046 Lee Morgan Charisma 84312 Etta James Call My Name 4055

Lonnie Smith Turning Point 84313 Johnny Watson 1 Cried For You 4056

IUmABox TOP 100 Albums

121 ITS YOUR THING 101 TRACES Isley Brothers (T-Neck TNS 3001) 131 JOHNNY ONE TIME Brenda Classics IV (Imperial LP 12429) 111 THE BUCKINGHAMS' GREATEST HITS (1-3001) Lee (Decca DL 75111) (73-511) (8947) (4947) (C-0947) (Columbia CS 9812) 122 THE ORIGINAL DELANEYS. BONNIE (6-5111) 102 EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOVKHERE (COL 1810-0650) (Elektra 74039) (84093) 132 JOHNNY WINTER 123 CHARITY (Columbia CS 9826) * Neil Young with Crazy Horse (Reprise RS 6349) 112 IN PERSON SWEET Original Soundtrack (Decca (COL 1810-0672) 103 SON OF A PREACHER MAN Ike & Tina Turner (Minit LS 24018) DL 71502) Nancy Wilson (Capitol ST -234) (6-1502) (73-1502) 133 THE METERS 113 BROOKLYN BRIDGE f' 124 I HAVE DREAMED (Josie JOS {8XT-234) (4XT-234) (Buddah BDS 5034) 4010) Lettermen (Capitol ST 202) 134 104 THE ICE MAN COMETH 114 COLOR HIM FATHER LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD (8XT-202) (4XT-202) Edwin R- Hawkins Singers Jerry Butler (Mercury SR 61198) The Winstons (Metromedia MD 1010) (Pavilion PBS 10001) " 125 GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME - (MC8 61 198) (MCR 4-60098) ( 1 10001 ) (890-1010) (590-1010) Tom Jones (Parrot PAS 71009) 105 DOING HIS THING 135 BOBBIE GENTRY 8. GLEN CAMPBELL 115 WITH LOVE (M 79809) (X 79409) (X 79609) Ray Charles (ABC ABCS 695) (Capitol ST 2928) Boots Randolph (Monument SLP 18111) 126 PORTRAIT ^ OF PETULA {8XT-2928) (YIT-2928) (4XT-2928) 106 THE GOLDDIGGERS (884-18111) (444-18111) (544-18111) Petula Clark (Warner Bros./7 Arts WS 1789) (Metromedia MD 1009) 116 WILDFLOWERS (8WM-1789) (CWS-1789) 136 NEW IMPROVED BLUE CHEER (Philips PHS 600-305) (890-1009) (590-1009) Judy Collins (Elektra EKS 74012) 127 1776 .. (PCR 4-600-305) 107 SEATTLE (M 87 4012) (X 47 4012) (X 54012) Original Cast (Columbia BOS 3310) 137 THE PAUL MAURIAT Perry Como (RCA LSP 4183) 117 TODAY (COL 1812-0044) SOUL OF (Philips PHS 600-299) (PCR4-600-299) (P8S 1477) Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists UAS 6704) 128 HAPPY HEART irs NOT 108 DEEP PURPLE 118 CHILDREN OF LIGHT Roger Williams (Kapp KS 3595) 138 UNUSUAL (K-83595) Tom Jones (Parrot PAS 71004) (Tetragrammaton 119) Biff Rose (Tetragrammaton T-116) 129 ENGELBERT 139 TCB 1 109 TRUE GRIT 119 GREAT CONTEMPORARY HITS Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot PAS 71026) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations Original Soundtrack (Capitol ST 263) Various Artists (Dunhill DS 50057) (79826) (X79626) (Motown MS 682) (MT 8 682) 110 THE CHOKIN' KIND 120 WICHITA LINEMAN 130 GENTLE ON MY MIND 140 COWSILLS IN Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 SSS 15006) Glen Campbell CONCERT (Capitol ST 103) Glen Campbell (Capitol ST 2809) (MGM-SE (884-15006) (444-15006) (544-15006) (8XT-103) (YIT103) (4XT103) 4619) (8XT-2809) (YIT-2809) (4XT-2809) (B8-4619) (B4-4619) Metanomena

Tom Donahue

The tremendous success of two current films with hea\'y emphasis on the contemporary pop music scene would indicate that the motion picture industry attitude toward rock may be maturing. Monterey Pop, the Leacock- Pennebaker film of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival is meeting with incredi- ble success in first run movie houses. The way that this one came about, we were fold (and it may be just one of those great L. A. hallucinations), is that ABC fronted a half million dol- lars to the Festival in a deal that included an option on the film. When they looked at an all but finished print nearly a year later they were scared GOLD, AND PLATINUM TOO — The Iron Butterfly was last week presented to death of Jimi Hendrix balling his a specially prepared platinum disk awaVd for attaining sales of $2,000,000 with guitar and how it would affect the their 'Tn-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" LP. Then, to top things off at the celebration staged red necks in their audience — by Atlantic-, the team also obtained gold certification for their last whether the heartland of America •'Ball " album. All in all, according to Atco president Ahmet Ertegun (left center) could learn to embrace a constantly and exec vice president Jerry Wexler (right center) this is only the second time shaking Janis Joplin and whether an that the label has made such an award (the first being for Cream’s “Disraeli audience trained on the musical pap Gears”) and the LP is “moving so well a year after release, that it could soon that television usually serves up would hit the $3 million mark.” Flanking the executives at the party in New York’s dig on a 25 minute performance by Hapshire House Hotel, were group members (from left) Ron Bushy, Lee Dorman, Ravi Shankar. Doug Ingle and Erik Brann. They opted out and sold their rights on the whole thing for a rumored $200,000. To me that’s a $300,000 bath but in the high priced TV business miscalculations of this nature are RIAA Award For Doors’ Fourth built into the overhead. I think the film misses a lot of 3 Dog Night LP what happened at Monterey and mis- Diskovers Gold interprets some more of' it but is nonetheless a groovy entertainment NEW YORK — Following its RIAA- certified award for “One,” the Dun- experience. There are things that NEW YORK — The latest in a chain of hill stars Three Dog Night now has a you don’t like about it — I don’t gold record awards for the Doors is the think you alternate your camera gold LP for $1 million in sales of Gold Album Award for "The Soft is after between Janis' feet and her head their debut album. LP named Parade,” the group’s fourth album, a group. Act is currently on a 14-city because that whole body is part of released the week of July 18. The RIAA concert tour, returning to Hollywood what’s singing and you don’t make certified last Tuesday that the LP had their third mistakes like showing Grace Slick Aug. 25 to start recording reached million seller status and was for the label. singing while Marty Balin’s voice album entitled to the gold record award. is heard on the soundtrack and if you did it on purpose it was still a mis- “The Soft Parade” is the Doors’ take. seventh million-seller that the Elektra The flick successfully captures Roulette To Handle group has amassed. The others are the Hendrix’s energy and magnetism, the As a director he sometimes is a drag. Doors’ first three albums, "The fine musicianship and powerful per- The beautiful scenery behind the two Elephant V Records Doors,” “Strange Days,” and “Waiting ” sonality projection of the Airplane and motorcyclists wending their way to For The Sun, and the singles, “Light the Keystone Kop antics of recording New Orleans for the Mardi Gras after NEW YORK — Roulette Records will My Fire,” “Touch Me,” and “Hello, I engineer Wally Heider and some of the a successful sale of cocain (to Phil distribute Michael Conti’s Elephant V Love You,” all produced by Paul A. Rothchild. stage hands when Who launched their Spector! ) takes on a travelog mono- label, according to Morris Levy, presi- musical destruction derby. Ravi Shan- tony after a while. pacing is dent of the label. Product includes The The Doors recorded a live album on kar is beautiful and they capture the ragged, the pre-flash technique simi- singles and LP’s. Initial dates on re- July 21 at the Aquarius Theater in Los beauty in a manner that lease are Freddie Scott’s “Sugar on does more to lar to Richard Lester’s in Petulia is Angeles, an album which Elektra explain the religious mysticism that awkward in its mathematic precision Sunday,” a single, and two LP’s, expects to release in November. surrounds Indian music than any and the religious symbolism is a bit “Thanks for Nothing” by Nappy Brown weighty tome ever could. Monterey heavy handed. Jack Nicholson as an and “Do It in the Road” by the Mid- Pop audiences really get involved in alcoholic "liberal” attorney turns in night Movers. Along with Conti, Sam the film and applaud their favorites a fine performance in the kind of role Kaplan and Tommy Kaye are princi- as if in live performance. that it is hard to miss with. He will pals of Elephant V. A short film usually accompanying probably get most of the kudos. Peter Mercury Inks 2 Monterey Pop called Chiefs done by Fonda, who was heavily involved in the same filmmakers is a tiny gem the writing and production of the pic- of cinematic art. ture, and who performs in the starring Window Promo West Coast Groups Easy Rider is a different thing. It role as Captain America, rides a beau- alternates between brilliance and tiful motorcycle. For ESP-Disk CHICAGO — The Mercury Record embarrassment and will be criti- Easy Rider depends heavily for its Corporation, through deals negotiated cized by the hip community for the feel and its philosophical flow on the NEW YORK — A major window pro- by the company's Hollywood and San embarrassing parts and by the overly records that are used on the sound motion plan has established been by Francisco offices, has signed the .Ad- straight because they will consider it track. They include The Pusher and ESP-Disk with its distributor Peters vancement and Prince .Albert and the a garish misrepresentation of “those Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf. International to deal with ESP-Disk’s Cans, two west coast groups. people’s” life style or it will just Wasn’t Born to Follow by , current release of 18 new LP’s. LP Formerly known in the Bay area as simply scare the hell out of them. by the Band, If You Want releases include ESP’s first full- Pure Funk, the San Francisco-based Dennis Hopper, who directs the to be a Bird by the Holy Modal color double album “We Are The Prince .Albert group was brought to picture, delivers a frighteningly bril- Rounders, Don’t Bogart Me by the Levitts,” Montego Joe’s Har-You the corporation by Bob Sarenpa. head liant performance as Billy, sidekick Fraternity of Man, If 6 Was 9 by Jimi Group, Erica, Mij, Kelly, Todd of Mercury's San Francisco office. to Peter Fonda’s Captain America as Hendrix, Flash Bam Pow by the Cromagnon, and Octopus. All window Composed of Chris Hewlett, guitar, the two of them cycle across America Electric Flag, It’s Alright Ma and promos for ESP-Disk will be handled Jimmy Jenkins, drums. Bobby Ballard, seeking that which is not there. Hopper Ballad of Easy Rider by Roger Mc- Peters by International, 600 8th Avenue, bass, and Red .Angeli. electric piano is some part of a lot of the people I Guinn and Kyrie Eleison by the Elec- 4-4020. New York with phone (212) LA and harpsichord, the rock group will have known in San Francisco in the tric Prunes.' It is a selection that be produced by Mercury staff producer past five years. He is not necessarily reflects excellent taste and under- Frank Morin and will be released on the best part of any of these people. standing of current rock music and the Philips label. Billy is not too bright. He has the un- the resulting Dunhill soundtrack LP Big Bopper The .Advancement, based in Los predictability of a semi-speed freak, a should be a big seller. The film has .Angeles, came to the corporation kind of social anarchy that sometimes only recently opened on a nation wide Still Bops through the efforts of Sarenpa and runs afoul of other quasi-anarchistic booking after a brief initial run in CHICAGO — The 1958 smash single Frank Leffel, administrative .A&R life styles, a philosophical attitude New York. It is grossing at a level "Chantilly Lace” by J.P. Richardson, director of the company's Hollywood probably much more akin to his great you would have to call sensational. who is more commonly remembered office. Composed of Hal Gordon, grandfather than his father with a Monterey Pop figures to be the all as the Big Bopper, has been released congas and percussion, Lou Kabok. purity of heart and purpose that really time documentary grosser. The suc- again, this time on IMercury’s Wing bass. John DeRose, classical guitar. was part of that original creature they cess of these two films at a time when label. Lynn Blessing, vibes. Richard Thomp- called a hippy before media sprayed the Hollywood motion picture industry Since Wing normally does not deal son, organ, and Colin Bailey, drums, them with plastic. The mixture has to finds itself between the rock and the in the singles market, promotion for the instrumental group specializes in be part Dennis Hopper and part bril- hard place will probably bring about the single “Chantilly Lace” b/w weaving rock. jazz, and classical liant actor in proportions I would a flood of films invoh ing rock music ” “Someone Is Watching Over You is forms. Gordon and Kabok are former never dare to guess. It is a perfor- and rock musicians as well as the life being handled by the promotion staff members of the Gabor Szabo Quintet. mance whose brilliance should earn style of the audience with whom they of the other members of the Mercury Label designation is expected in the him an Academy Award while its maintain a constant philosophic dia- family of labels. near future. very reality will surely deny him that. log.

Cash Box — August 16. 1969 49 H+n Vtt± Record Reviews

Picks of the Week Picks oi the Week

THE TEMPTATIONS (Gordy 7093) VINNIE BELL (Decca 732530) I Can't Get Next To You (2:53) (Jobete, BMI — Whitfield, Strong) of Everyone in the Temptations gets a show-line or three in this no-psyche love Ballad John & Yoko (2:19) (Maclen, BMI — Lennon, McCartney) side built on the "Runaway Child” vamp. The same production impact, new The tune that has got to be remembered as the first Beatles’ record to just blues/rock love lyrics and a powerhouse vocal performance guarantee terrific barely scratch top ten surfaces, “John & Yoko” appears now as an instrumen- teen and r&b sales showings. Flip: “Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You)” tal with effective treatment by studio craftsman Vinnie Bell. Attractive for sta- tions that had lyric problems before, (2: 53) (Same credits) the new “Ballad” could see across-the- board activity. Flip: “Les Bicyclettes de Belsize” (3:20) (W-7, ASCAP — Reed, GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP (Columbia 44967) Mason) This Girl is a Woman (3:09) (Three Bridges, ASCAP — Millrose, Bernstein) Complete change of pace in the Union Gap’s styling of this new ballad. Still spearheaded by Gary Puckett’s singular vocal power and featuring solid teen Newcomer Picks material and arrangements, the new Gap offering is blended more toward MOR tastes to spread its sales solidarity. Flip: “His OtherWoman” (3:07) (Blackwood/ Meloran, BMI — Allen, Chater) THE FLAMING EMBER (Hot Wax 6902) Mind, Body & Soul (2:57) (Gold Forever, BMI — Dunbar, Wayne) JAMES BROWN (King 6250) Fast beginning, powerful, emotional side develops listener interest from the Lowdown Popcorn (2:47) (Golo, BMI — Brown) start and maintains its intensity on a trip that should see the single exploding with teen and r&b markets. Excellent track Having broken the popcorn through his instrumental hit, and carrying the and an outstanding lead vocal sound give the side skyrocket potential. Flip: dance into a center-state spotlight by "Mother Popcorn,” James Brown turns No info included. back to the orchestral line on this funky flavored dance track. Strong organ WIND (Life and rhythm section work should put the tune on the charts. Flip info not 200) included. Make Believe (2:50) (Love/Peanut Butter, BMI — Gentry, Levine) Slow in getting to the punch, but filled with the power to climb into top forty MARVIN GAYE (Tamla 54185) charts once the group picks up the momentum. Side is a medium-slow dance That’s the Way Love Is (3:15) (Jobete, Whitfield, Strong) outing with solid rhythm punch and a fine vocal performance to carry it up "I Heard it Thru the Grapevine” with new lyrics for the latest Marvin Gaye the sales lists. Flip: “Groovin with Mr. Bloe” (2:43) (Love, BMI — Gentry, Nau- offering. Melody, arrangements and total effectiveness are about as solid as mann, Laguna) the biggest hit yet for Gaye and should bring in yet another explosive sales

run up the charts. Flip: “Gonna Keep on Tryin’ Till I Win Your Love” (2:52) KEITH BARBOUR (Epic 10486) (Same credits) Echo Park (3:42) (Hastings, BMI — Clifford) Musically a bit like "MacArthur Park,” but with a lyrical tale of the male ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (Parrot 40040) counterpart to Eleanor Rigby, this brilliant descriptive ballad comes on with I’m A Better Man (2:50) (Blue Seas/Jac, ASCAP — Bacharach, David) an emotional impact that should start immediate action from teen, progressive first of This union Humperdinck vocal and Bacharach/David material is and many MOR stations. Powerhouse. Flip: “Here I Am Losing You” (2:32) hardly what might have been expected. The song seems to have been tailored (Satrycon, BMI — Flemming) to Engelbert’s earlier releases in its manner, but adds enough of the mystical B&D splendor to turn the side into a standout for teen and MOR pro- JOHN BELAND (Ranwood 853) gramming. Flip: “Cafe” (Leeds, — Christian-Dee, (3:00) ASCAP Del Turco, Baby You Come Rollin’ Cross My Mind (2:47) (Bresnahan, BMI — Kincaid) Bigazzi) A medium-sized hit for the Peppermint Trolley about a year back, “Baby ” JERRY BUTLER (Mercury 72960) You Come Rollin’ comes on once more as a slightly slower, somewhat more lyrical/less rock side in this new performance. What’s the Use of Breaking Up (2:36) (Assorted/Parabut, BMI — Gamble, Side adds further MOR im- Bell, Huff) pact to the teenflavor of the track giving it a broadened hit momentum. Flip: long version featuring a pretty intro. The distinctive Gamble/Huff sound and Jerry Butler’s own unique power (3:20) are welded once more into a pulverizing soul-rock ballad monster. Carrying BUGSY (Dot a better dance tempo that his last ("Moody Woman"), the new outing should 17297) I Thank Heaven (2:33) (Curtom, BMI — Mayfield) prove an explosive item with top forty and r&b audiences. Flip: “A Brand New Me” (2:35) (Same credits) Making a mark through FM and MOR exposure of his current LP, Bugsy enters singles competition with a splendid ballad from the Curtis Mayfield OHIO EXPRESS (Buddah 129) catalog. Slow, sentimental-teen and easy listening material is stunningly Sausalito (Is the Place to Go) (2:20) (Kaskat/Man-Ken, BMI — Gouldman) delivered for across-the-board acceptance. Flip: “Rush Hour” (3:12) (Callee, Getting closer to the blues rock phase that preceeded their bubble-gum ASCAP — Maugh) entry, the Ohio Express delivers its new side with a rock punch to pulverize the teen market. Not to be confused with the softer ballad, “Sausalito” is a THE MORNINGSTAR (Kef 2581) spirited top forty side this time round, and a winner. Flip: “Make Love Not Wonderful Day (2:34) (Kef, ASCAP — Messina) War” (3:35) (Kaskat, BMI — Katz, Kasenetz) Simply presented light-hearted teen track with a mixture of the giddiness that scored for “Good Morning Starshine” or a “Zippodee-do-dah” and the BUCHANAN BROTHERS (Event 3305) rock touch of an “Ob-La-Di.” All brightness and sprightliness in a cutie with Son of a Lovin’ Man (2:43) (Blendingwell, ASCAP — Cashman, Pistilli, West) the power to become a runaway seller. Flip: “Out There Somewhere” (2:14) The “Medicine Man” crew bounces back with a heavy-hitting side to turn (Kef, ASCAP — Chiprut) the group into an established act. Same rollicking-rock impact and a bright lyric give the Buchanan Brothers a powerhouse follow-up to tantalize top forty RONNIE JAMES (Uptite 0017) fans once more. Flip: “I II Never Get Enough” (2:32) (Same credits) War on Your Mind (2:43) (Popdraw, ASCAP — Curtiss) Representing a new breed of protest, Ronnie James’ pounding folk-ballad CARLA THOMAS (Stax 0011) shapes up as a likely follower for “In the Year 2525.” Less an overt complaint I’ve Fallen in Love with You (2:39) (East/Memphis, BMI — Thomas) than an artfully descriptive side. “War on Your Mind” tells less, asks more The sensual stage presence that has earned Carla Thomas a heavy blues and creates a blast of emotion to stir AM/FM results. Flip: complete 2:58 market following, gives her an extra edge on this new ballad side. Slow, version. smoky vocal fireworks and a sparkling production backdrop should put this side into the running for blues and pop exposure. Flip: No information sup- MOUNTAIN (Windfall plied. 530) Dreams of Milk & Honey (2:45) (Windfall, BMI — West, Pappalardi, Ventura, J.J. Jackson (Warner Bros-7Arts 7321) Landsberg) That Ain’t Right (2:31) (Meager, BMI — Jessup, Foster) Power-packed instrumentals in the Cream tradition give Mountain a solid start recognition progressive forty Bouncing back from a re-cap breakthrough with “It’s Alright,” J.J. Jackson toward winning from and top programmers. turns around title-wise on another high-stepping dance side that should see The pulverizing workout here makes this act a heavy comer with the stunning Fire” rock and blues market action from his revitalized fans. Flip: “Four Walls” (2:16) impact to create runaway sales. Flip: “This Wheel’s On (3:18) (Dwarf, (Meager, BMI — King, Jackson) ASCAP — Dylan, Danko)

ARTHUR CONLEY (Atco 6706) Star Review (2:25) (Marsaint, BMI — Toussaint, Lee) Choice Programming selections are singles which, Choice Programming the opinion of our reviewing staff are deserving Returning to the formula that produced his “Sweet Soul Music” smash, special programmer consideration Arthur Conley turns his booming talent to a dance fan session with power- house prospects on teen and blues circuits. Fine teen action can be antici- THE KINKS (Reprise 0847) MISTY (Epic 10495) pated. Flip: “Love Sure is a Powerful Thing” (2:04) (Malaco/Kemisco, BMI MORN — Davis, Soule) The Village Green Preservation So- Summer Sunshine (2:55) (Easy Lis- ciety (2:45) (Noma/Hi-Count, BMI — tening, ASCAP — Thorne) Slow, softly CHER (Atco 6704) Davies) Quietly making their own building ballad with the stylish appeal For What It’s Worth (2:21) (Ten-East/Cotillion/Springaglo, BMI — Stills) noise, the Kinks have maintained a to attract notice on MOR and teen First heavy hitting Buffalo Springfield single is returned to the teen scene staunch following that will enjoy this circuits. Flip: “Oh What a Love I in a reading cute Anglo-rock effort. Flip: “Do You Found” (2:10) (Same credits) that proves it as timely today as it was a few years back. Emphasis is on the lyric in a performance that features some excellent top Remember Walter” (2:23) (Same forty and FM production touches. Flip: “Hangin’ On” (3:17) (Alanbo, BMI — credits) Mize, Allen) SOULFUL JEB STUART (Great JIMMIE & VELLA (Imperial 66395) .American 601) CANEY CREEK REUNION (Apt 26007) Love Is Colour Blind (2:41) (ASCAP — Cause I Got Soul (2:55) (Satin Crash, Break My Mind (2:58) (Windward Side, BMI — Loudermilk) Cameron) Building West Coast team BMI — Fields, Stuart) Off-the-wall One of those songs that has been tried before and not quite mustered the comes on strongly with an FM aimed sound becomes a bit too infectious to overall national break, “Break My Mind” returns by a group that has itself ballad. Side’s lyric and performance overlook. Side is a fine dance track been moving toward recognition. Initial strength in Chicago should help put should obtain progressive market re- that could become a blues breakout. this single into the pop/MOR spotlight. Flip: “Come with Me” (2:50) (Ampco, sults. Flip: “Free Yourself" (2:42) Flip: “You're Mine” (2:58) (Satin ASCAP — Fried, Matthews) (Same credits) Crash, BMI — Fields)

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LON RITCHIE (Riparia d'Oro .54.560) Choice Programming selections are singles which, JOHN GARY (RCA 0218) Choice Programming the opinion of our reviewing staff, are deserving of Natalie (2:44) (Northridge/April, A Time for Us (2:35) (Famous, special programmer consideration. a ASCAP — McKuen, Mancini) Highly ASCAP — Kusik. Snyder. Rota) attractive soft ballad from the new “Romeo & Juliet” theme has had its movie. Material is stunningly render- day instrumentally and is in the THEE PROPHETS (Kapp 2038) JOHN MAYALL (Polydor 14004) ed for easy listening audiences. Flip; throes of a vocal battle between Rag Doll Boy (2:48) (Mee Moo, BMI Don’t Waste My Time (3: 11) (St. “Summer Me, Winter Me” (2: .50) Mathis & Gilberto. Add Lon Ritchie — Salisbury) ‘‘Playboy" team is back George, BMI Mayall) England (WB-7A, ASCAP — Legrand, Berg- as a [jossible contender with a more with a driving teen-rock side that and America have backed Mayall's man, Bergman) teen than adult oriented reading. opens on a strong rhythmic empha- LP blues crusades, but the exponent Flip: No info. Riparia d'Oro Rec- sis and costs into a Four Seasons take turns on strongly toward the singles JIMMY ROSELLI (United Artists ords, 475 .5th .Ave., NYC. off that could win teen rock action. front with this slightly country touched 50546) Flip; No info supplied' side. Good FM and AM top forty side. ' Senza Mamma e Inamurata! (5:20) Flip: “Don.t Pick a Flow'er" (3; .52) HORST JANKOWSKI (Mercury 72948) (E Rossi, BMI — Donadio) Though (World (Same credits) Pink Balloon (2:43) (Evilot. .ASC.AP GERALDINE STEVENS aimed at the ethnic front, the total — Jankowski. Rabe) Pressure packed Pacific 77927) emotional impact of this excellent Billy, I’ve Got to Go to Town (2:55) (Atlantic instrumental with a kick that should ARIFMARDIN 2658) side could break its linguistic barrier. (Cedarwood, BMI — Dana, Tillis) Glass Onion (2:42) (Maclen, BMI set it moving into the playlists at Flip: “E Rrose Paiiano" (4: 10) version to the current top enough MOR stations to spark action. Answer — Lennon, McCartney) Beatles track (Italian Book, ASCAP — Pisano, packs a semi-country Flip: “Dreamflight” (2: .38) (Evilot. ten "Ruby" is tuned toward the young-MOR crowd Cioffi) whallop that could spark back-to- on an instrumental adaptation that ASCAP — Jankowski) action teen and MOR. Flip: back should grace enough playlists to TOMMY SANDS (Superscope 007) "It's Not Their Heartache, It's Mine" sales. Flip: for the attract “Sympathy Seasons in the Sun (3:45) (BMI — HANK BALLARD (King 6244) (Huntly, BMI — Dana) (Gideon, — (2:47) Devil" (3:56) BMI Brel. McKuen) Soft side in the Butter Your Popcorn (2:26) (Golo, Richard) dagger, French balladic tradition that is cur- BMI — Ballard) Spectacular vocal GENE NORDAN (Lovett 69715) rently moving on the charts via Roy delivery by Hank Ballard makes Atlanta (Azinda, — Nor- (2:27) BMI NRBQ (Columbia 44937) Clark’s hit. Side could happen by this side a strong prospect to break dan) Ear-tingling ballad with the teen/ C’mon Everybody (2:20) (Metric, breaking MOR/easy listening, then the James Browm monopoly on the young adult market in mind could BMI — Cochran, Capehart) Still spreading pop. Flip: “Ain't No Big popcorn. Blues powerhouse. Flip: earn enough respectful play to kick punching with the oldie-rocker teen Thing” (2: 18) (BMI — Lee) No info included. this track into the running for chart sound, NRBQ follows "Stomp" with a activity. Flip: of (3: "Dreams Her" 14) sprightly revamping of this oldie. credits) RICHARD DAYMAN (Command 4131) (Same Could capture top forty interest. Flip: THE LOVATIONS (Cap City 113) Later Baby (2:55) (Three, Part, BMI Hare Krishna (2:45) (United .Artists. “Rocket ff9" (2: (Interplanetary, 07) ASCAP — Rado. Ragni. AlacDermott) MOTHER BROWN (Band Box 392) BMI — Sundra) — Wilson, Eaton) Team had a noise- Knees Up, Mother Brown (1:46) (Band maker last time out and should con- Electrification of this "Hair" piece Box, BMI — Adpt:Kemm, Craig) Cute tinue to grow as a solid r&b act with gi\'es it a booster that could return it rendering of a familiar English pub ANDRE WILLIAMS (Checker 1219) this tempting mid-speed lover’s ballad. to top forty playlists back to back song that could become a staple in Girdle Up (2:39) (Heavy/June 16, Blues market attraction that could with the Happenings' vocal version. juke boxes around the tavern circuit. BMI — Williams) Slow shotgun dance mount a sales effort. Flip: “Drifting Flip: “Magic Carpet Ride" (3:25) Flip: “When You Got It, Flaunt It" deck that packs enough whallop to Off Shore" (2:24) (Three Part, (Trousdale. BMI — Moreve, Kay) (1:45) (Band Box, BMI — Kemm) set the side soaring up the blues BMI — Prentice) charts and breaking into the pop NEIL MacARTHUR (Deram 85050) (Reprise teen charts. Just an r&b Gass. Flip: NORMAN GREENBAUM SCIENTISTS OF SOUL (KaShE 442) Don’t Try to Explain (3:18) (Black- “Instrumental” (2:42) (Same credits) 0846) Be’s That-A-Way Sometime (2: 12) wood. BMI — Vera) Former Zombie Jubilee (2:45) (Great Honesty, BMI (Johallie, BMI — Wells, Ridgeway) Neil Mac.Arthur has been shooting — Greenbaum) One of the best in this Oldie with a taste of swing and early BROTHER JACK McDUFF (Blue for solo recognition and has a solid artist's catalog yet. Featuring a Dy- blues style make this side a conten- Note 1953) vehicle this time. Comes on with Pro- lanesque blend of folk-rock-country, der which could spring into r&b/ Down Home Style (2:49) (Pelew, col Harum-esque teen/FM excitement. the side comes off fresh and likely to MOR and some easier listening lists. Flip: ASCAP — McDuff) Hearty jazz com- “Without Her " (3: 10) (Rock. entice pop notice. Flip: "Skyline" Flip: “Baby Baby I Love You” (2:30) bo workout with a funky organ and BMI — Nilsson) (3: 12) (Same credits) (Johallie, BMI — Wells, Shy) KaShE flashy brass punctuation to put the Records, 1697 Broadway, NYC. side on playlists as an r&b dance ROBERT JOHN (Columbia 44950) DON COOPER (Roulette 7057) track. Flip: "Theme from Electric Who Could Ever Believe It (2:28) THE VIOLATORS (New Chicago Sound Miss Georgia (6:14) (Planetary. Surfboard” (2:57) (Same credits) (Five Arts, BMI — John, Stallman) 6920) ASCAP — Cooper) Tough way to Soft ballad with a teen interest along Hung Up (Part 1) (2:32) (Oga-Chic, break into a singles spotlight, but this the lines of a Classics IV or Joe South PAT LUNDY (DeLuxe 114) BMI — Davis) Fine, funk flavored long. West Coast ballad material easy going track. Pop, MOR and top One Woman (3: 15) (Rhomers, BMI — side with this instrumental workout. could see heavy enough FM exposure forty potential. Flip: “Children in Chalmers) Powerful song that has had Track is a jazzy blues effort that to put the side on top forty footing. the Making" (3:22) (Five Arts, BMI one or two singles versions and a could become an r&b left-fielder. Flip: Flip: ".Alice (Song for) " (2:30) — John, Stallman) strong Isaac Hayes reading in his hot part 2 (3:34) New Chi Sound Records (Same credit) LP. Latest reading is from the “other distributed thru Summit Records, LARRY SANTOS (Evolution 1010) point-of-view. Skokie, 111. woman” Flip: No info BONNY ST. CLAIRE (Philips 40629) Woman-Child (3:23) (Michlar, BMI included. Marley Purt Drive (3: 18) (B.I.E.M. — Santos) Arrangement touches NICKY C & THE CHATEAUX (Bay — B. R & M Gibb) BeeGees’ written. taken from the “Wichita Lineman" Sound 67012) THE BUENA VISTA (Marquee 2061) Jose Feliciano tested, and now a new and an original ballad selection create Try Some Soul (2:37) (Bay City, BMI The Soul Ranger (2: (Tincal/ powerhouse version could turn “Mar- an emotive backdrop for this easy 10) — Constantinides) Just a hint of humor Bridgeport, BMI — Cisco. Shannon, ley Purt" into a major hit yet. Ex- listening/MOR/teen powerhouse. puts this side out of the ordinary on Ameno) Novelty hit act before with tremely fine FM and .AM top forty Flip: “Subway Man" (3:08) (Mich- the dance-fan level. Blues throbber their “Here Come Da Judge,” the reading. Flip; "Let Me Come Back lar/Five Line, BMI — Defren, Wissen- with a distinctive touch to spark pro- Buena Vistas are back in another Home, Mama" (4:52) (B.I.E.M. — son) grammer reaction. Flip: “Those Good sparkler for r&b and possible teen Koelewijn) Times" (2:43) (Bay City, BMI — action. Flip; “Kick-Back" THE ALEXANDER RABBIT (A&M (2:20) Constantinides, Chemay) (Same pubs, BMI — Dunson, Warren, 1101 ) PUZZLE (ABC 11181) Footaine, Cisco) Malaguena (6:43) (E.B. Marks, BMI DON PITTMAN (Seven B 7027) Hey Medusa (2:51) (Hampstead — Lecuona) Progressive handling of St. Louis Blues (2:30) (Handy-Russ, Heath/.Ampeo. .ASC.AP — Grasso. the Ernesto Lecuona classic is only SYL JOHNSON (Twinight 118) ASCAP — Handy) “Truck Stop" Jonnie) Riotous dance stomper with lightly patterned after Vanilla Fudge Don’t Give it Away (2:43) (Midday/ inspired rejuvenation of the John the .AM/FM impact to entice airplay advances along this line. The airier Syl-Zel, BMI — Johnson, Watts) Handy classic could bring it forcefully and teen sales. Flip: “Alake the quality should serve it well in tempt- Bright blues dance deck brings Syl back into the MOR and easy listening Children Happy " (2:48) (Same credits) in FM exposure. Flip: "I Didn't Even Johnson to life in an effort that could picture, with country appeal as well Thank Her" (4:31) (Guelph, ASCAP have his coasting back into the blues Flip: "Didi-Wa" (2:48) (Morning\iew, THE BANANA SPLITS (Decca 732536) — Schier, Holmes) market picture in style. Flip: “Going BMI — Pittman) Long Live Love (2:30) (Arch. ASC.AP to the Shack” (2:40) pubs, (Same — Schroeder. Goehring. Ronga) TV's BRIAN’S IDOLS (RCA 0223) BMI — Johnson, Steward) GEORGE WALKER (Polydor 15006) animal act that has been stirring rec- Sharing My Troubles (2:36) (Percom, Where Is The Summertime (2:58) j ord action, the Banana Splits I BMI — Miles) Medium-paced teen- (Croma, .ASC.AP — Marks. Cosma) come JOHNNY (Post 4418) on with a cutie that should delight rock outing aimed at the top forty ANDREWS Melancholic ballad from the mo\‘ie My Amazing Dream (2; 00) (Decca, young-teen and some MOR audiences. ! market. Gruff old-fashioned produc- ".Alexander" features a soft instru- BMI — Lockman) Straight out of the Flip: "Pretty Painted Carousel" (2:34) tion and good group showing could mental and very fine \ocal to win fifties blues scene, this side could (January. BMI — Schroeder. Barberis, pay off. Flip: “Tin Soldier" (3:25) easy listening. MOR acceittance. find r&b receptiveness. Flip: ‘I'm Ronga) (Nice Songs, BMI — Marriott, Lane) Flip: "The Lonely Season" (2:28) Not Just F’retending" (2:59) (Same (Croma, .ASC.AP — Colb\'. McGuire, credits) UP ’N ADAM (Earth 100) Basselli, Canfora) DIPLOMATS (Dynamo 137) Time To Get It Together (2:25) (Pea- In Tlu' Ghetto (2:59) (B-N-B (Hadxs. nut Butter, BMI — Levine, Resnick. SHIRLEY VAUGHN (Columbia 44919) JOHN McCarthy (Murbo 1037) .ASC.AP Davis) .A natural song for Feldman) Could pass for a Box Tops Society (3:23) (Warner-Sev.^rts, BMI Alleluia PTigue (2:35) (Bourne, .ASC.AP r&b programming, the Diplomats outing with less of the lead vocal im- — Clark) Bright new star Shirley — Hourdeaux, McCarthy, \'ic) Some- turn the Eh is Presley smash into pact. Young-teen rock effort that could Vaughn comes on in a |)owerful blast thing like a Swingle Singers trving a might\ side whieh is bound to reach pick up a good share of attention. which is likely to bring her an on-the- theii‘ hand with a gospel o\ertone, the audienc'e which o\erlooked it Flip: rise reputation is first “Rainmaker " (2: 13) (Peanut at r&b stations. Flip: this i)olished soft side an attraeti\e time out. Flip: "rNe Got the Butter. BMI — Levine, Resnick. Berk- "Escape" (2:40) (Little Rick/Somes. change-ot-paeer. Flij): "Ding-Dong, Kind of Lo\e" (3:42) (S-E-T, BMI — man) BMI — .Arrington) Ding-Dong" (2:28) (Same credits) Culle\ , Waters. Priee)

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TONY BENNETT A MAN ALONE — Frank Sinatra — Reprise I’VE — Tony Bennett - I’VE GOTTA BE ME GOTTA BE ME 1030 FS leaturing: Columbia CS 9882 Sales of any Frank Sinatra album are big: PLAY IT AGAIN. SAM Tony Bennett’s socko version of “I’ve Gotta this new LP by the chairman of the board will Me”, his WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE Be and flavorful renditions of such be no exception. For extras, Rod McKuen has including: tunes as “Play It Again, Sam,” “What The written words and for the disk, es- music OvcrTlie Sun /Allie /Ttieme From "Valley 01 The Dolls" World Needs Now Is Love,” and “They All pecially for Frank Sinatra: so watch out, this Whoever You Are.l Love You Laughed” should put the artist’s new offering package is going to take off. The brilliant into good sales shape. Bennett’s'previous al- sounds include the title song, “The Beautiful bums have seen copious chart action, and his Strangers,” “Love's Been Good To Me,” and latest set should prove no exception. “Empty Is.” Stock up heavily on this set.

ruFvti \ I II I I 1 1 iivii s THEMES LIKE OLD TIMES, Volume Two — Barbra Streisand — Barbra WHAT ABOUT TODAY? Viva V 36020 Streisand — Columbia CS 9816 What Success of the first collection of old radio Barbra Streisand, whose sound is always themes (“Themes Like Old Times, Volume About distinctive, has moved into the contemporary One), which was a chart rider some months Today? with a vengeance on her new set. The bag back has sparked this second audio-anthology, Beatles ("Honey Pie,” “With A Little Help including; and the fun is still available in abundance. Alfie/Goodnight Friends.” “Goodnight”) are From My & Collectors of camp, collectors of radio anti- Little represented on the LP, as are Jimmy Webb Tin Soldier ques and just plain collectors should find (“Little Tin Soldier”), and Paul Simon With A Little this a genuine treat. Included are such gems the 11 Help From (“Punky’s Dilemma”), among as “Inner Sanctum,” “The March of Time,” My Friends stellar tracks. (Including the fine title song.) “The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet,” and Honey Pie The songstress’ vocalizing, dramatic and “Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon,” not to sizzling, and, with this album, she’s in a mention some rare moments with Orson brand new bag, the color of which looks gold. Welles and his Mercury Theater and Abbott and Costello. Bound again for charts.

SINCERELY — — RCA Victor THE BEST OF BILL COSBY - Warner Bros./ LSP 4203 Seven Arts WS 1798 Paul Anka sang his way into the Top 20 The “Best of Bill Cosby” is very good, with “Sincerely,” and also saw chart action indeed, as the comedian demonstrates the art recently with “Good Night My Love,” both of of humorous storytelling hilariously and viv- which are included in the chanter’s new LP. idly on this set. Childhood conundrums invol- The excitement generated in the Copacabana " ving “Old Weird Harold, “Revenge,” and in NYC spills onto the live album, in the two “Fat Albert” are included on the album, as chart items, and in such sparkling tracks as well as tales of the Bible (“Noah: Right!” “Watch What Happens,” “By The Time I Get and two other Noah tales), and the perils of To Phoenix,” and “Gentle On My Mind.” fatherhood (“Babies”). LP should be on the Anka’s audience should be out in force for this charts shortly. one.

NOAH REVENGE OU> WEIRD HAROLD FATALBEStT THE LONE RANGER BABIES DRIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO STR^FOOTBALl THEAPPLE THE WATER BOTTLE JUDT GARLANDS GREATEST HITS JUDY GARLAND’S GREATEST HITS - LEE MICHAELS - A & M SP 4199 Decca DL 75150 This is Lee Michael’s third album for A&M, This is, indeed, the late star’s greatest hits, and, having already hit the charts, it’s shaping recorded between 1937’s “(Dear Mr. Gable) up as his first big success. Michaels, a con- You Made Me Love You” and 1945’s “On temporary rock artist and songwriter, takes The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.” care of vocal, keyboard and bass chores on the In between, such classics as “Over the set. Bartholomew Smith-Frost (Frost) is on Rainbow,” “Trolley Song,” “The Boy Next percussion. 6 of the 9 cuts on the set are Mi- Door” and “Have Yourself a Merry Christ- chael’s compositions. One cut is a long drum mas,” among others. Peak recordings at the solo by Frosty. LP has a heavy soul influence. peak of Judy’s stardom.

WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND APOLLO 11: FLIGHT TO THE MOON — (A RECORDED HISTORY OF SPACE EX- Narrated by Walter M. Schirra Jr. — Bell 1100 PLORATION AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE The event of the century has been recorded LUNAR LANDING) — Decca DL 79172 in stereo by Bell Records. ‘Nuff said, except The flight of Apollo 11 to the moon and the that the album reproduces with fidelity the spacecraft’s return to planet Earth are de- epoch-making flight of Apollo 11 to the moon tailed on Decca Records’ album of the histo- and back to earth. Side 1 contains the actual ric and awesome event. Voices of the Apollo voice transmissions from man’s historic vo- 11 crew are heard during the flight: Neil yages into space: there is a message by the Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin. late president John F. Kennedy: and, on Side Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, NASA ad- 2 “Apollo 11: Flight To The Moon.” The re- ministrator Thomas 0. Paine, and cosmonaut corded history on this LP will obviously re- Yuri Gagarin speak on the LP. A treasure sult in super sales. of data and drama make this set vivid and valuable. Pop Best Bets

PIECE OF MIND - The Happenings - Jubilee JGS 8028 Though the album cover concept and the TRACES OF LOVE — Bert Kaempfert & His appearance of the group in enclosed photos Orchestra — Decca DL 75140 would seem to indicate a change, the fact is Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra interpret that despite a freaky, semi-psychedelic aura, 12 contemporary tunes in a manner guaran- the Happenings remain as polished and teed to please MOR audiences everywhere. slick as ever. Always first-rate vocalists, Sweet, appealing renditions of “Traces,” they here reveal themselves to be people “Games People Play,” “I’ve Gotta Be Me,” concerned with the ways of the world. The “I are and Love How You Love Me” among songs, including their current hit single the tasteful tracks. this one down as a Mark “Where Do I Go/Be-In” from “Hair” are certain good music market pleaser. about the confusion and strife of modern life. Happenings fans will enjoy this LP.

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tour which gets underway in Colorado

NEW YORK . , , Indie record producer Jackie (Con't. from Page 18) Mills has been signed by fipic Rec- ords to produce LP for label’s group Pop Besi Beis Hardin’s latest single release, "Simple West, a very fine country-folk-jazz- Song Of Freedom," was written by rock team . . , George Grant wrote Bob Darin and is currently 56 with the new Pendulum Kama Sutra re- a bullet on Cash Box's Top 100 chart lease, "And She Walks In Innocence"

, . . . . KJR/Seattle, WCAO/Baltimore, . Time for Marlene Dietrich per- WEAM/Washington, D.C., and KJRB/ formance on August 13 at the Merri- SWEETS FOR MY SWEET - The Sweet Spokane, Washington giving very weather Post Pavilion in Columbia. Inspirations — Atlantic SD 8225 heavy play to "Blue-Green Eyes" by Maryland, changed from 8:30 p.m. Gospel vocal styles subtly wind themselves Decca's Sundowners. Side is flip of to 9 p.m Jefferson .Airplane to around rhythm-rock songs on this LP, and the "Let It Be Me,” which saw some guest with Dick Cavett Show August

result is pure soul. The tour Sweet Inspirations action a few months back . . . The 18 with Janis Joplin and the Jimi THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS make themselves heard (and felt) on ‘‘But Rascals, winners of 9 cerfified gold Hendrix Experience . . . Atlantic Rec- You Know I Love You," ‘‘It's Not Easy," records, will be making their second ords and Adrian Barber have an- their recent single. ‘‘Sweets For My Sweet" New York appearance of the year, nounced the first European commit- and a host of other tunes. Set should appeal this Wednesday, August 13. The con- ment for the New York Rock & Roll to many soul fans. cert, sponsored by College, Ensemble. Eirst engagement will be will take place at Galic Park, 240th with the New York Chamber Soloists St. in the Bronx. Also on the bill, the at Eestival Hall. London, England.

Drifters . . . Due to the illness of Abbt Music and J.L. Caulfield, En- Graham Nash, Crosby, Sfills, Nash, terprises are presently working on

and Young have been forced to can- surrounding European dates . . . .At- cel an appearance at Kennedy Sta- lantic’s heavy British recording group FIENDS AND ANGELS - Martha Velez — dium, Bridgeport, Conn, on August Led Zeppelin has been awarded a Sire SES 97008 13th. Doctors, who diagnosed Nash's gold record for their first LP. Second The trend that started with the success of malady as throat disorder nodes, have album is presently in the completion Janis Joplin is here ably continued by ordered him to refrain from using stages and with advance orders total-

Martha Velez on a very heavy album. Filled his voice for at least three weeks . . . ing over 200,000, it will be issued

with energy and power, Martha’s voice Sly and the Eamily Stone set to leave shortly . . . Oliver's recording of tears into such shakers as “Drive Me, on a genuine, bona fide African safari "Jean" promises to top his "Good

Daddy,’’ “I’m Gonna Leave You,’’ and her beginning January 18 . . . Amaret Morning Starshine" smash. This current single entry “Tell Mama.’’ Attrac- Records has developed a new mer- would make "Jean" and not “If You tive package (and attractive Martha) chandising device for its first album Go Away" the best known song written could spark initial sales response, and with by Crow that is sure to displace the by Rod McKuen. FM action, LP could move to charts. oft-used and popular bumper sticker. Groovy comments about the Scien- Called a “Rumper Sticker," the item tists of Soul whose appearance at is made out of cloth with adhesive the Crystal Ballroom last week for a on the back made to fit right where hop turned 'em on. The group is fea- — Crosby, McGuinn, Hillman, the man says: on the rump. Crowe, tured on the Kashe label with their whose new single is entitled "Evil current release "Be's That-.A-Way Clark, and Clarke — Together ST T 1001 Woman," will be giving away rumper Sometime." The label operates out All the original members of the Byrds stickers at concerts during their first of 1697 Broadway. are here in eleven beautiful tracks cut in 1964 shortly before the group was signed by Columbia Records. The album is pleasarit nostalgia, but it is also a peek at the be- Stax Tunesmiths Form Three' ginnings of some very current sounds. 'We Most of the material is by Gene Clark, now MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — The "I Like What You’re Doing To Me" " of Dillard and Clark, and songs like “The team of Bettye Crutcher, Homer for Carla Thomas, and "The Ghetto. Reason Why,” “She Has A Way,” and Banks, and Raymond Jackson, three “Long Walk To D.C.," and "We'll Get “Boston” have all of the joy and beauty of young at Stax Records, Over" for the Staple Singers. the Byrds we know. Real standout is the are now signing all their compositions The trio also penned “I Could Never original, never-before-released cut of “We Three," and will work solely Be President,” which is Johnnie Tay- their first hit record, “Mr. Tambourine under this joint nom de plume. lor's new release, and “Just Because Man.” Stax/Volt Records and its music Your Love Is Gone” for Darrel publishing division. East Music, has a Banks, and “Slum Baby," an instru- long roster of tunesmiths, including mental for Booker T. and' the MG’s. — Aphrodisiac WILMER AND THE DUKES the Issac Hayes-David Porter duo who Mitch Ryder, who's being produced 6001 APH are responsible for “Soul Man," “Hold for Dot Records in the Stax studios of rock, blues and ” A mi.xture rhythm and On, I'm Coming. “B-A-B-Y," and by Steve Cropper, has recorded four jazz seems to be the keynote here, as Wil- many others; Booker T. Jones and songs by ‘"We Three": “Wear .And and his very able lay down some " mer band the MG's who have produced “Time Tear On My Heart, “The Meat." fine, bouncy tracks. is by gutsy LP marked Is Tight,” “Soul Limbo," “Green “Sugar Bee,” and “Eeny, Meeny, vocals and powerful instrumentation, aiTd Onions,” and others; and the team of Minv, Moe." overall effect is pure excitement. Standout Steve Cropper and Otis Redding who After Crutcher, Banks, and Jack- selections are "St. James Infirmary,” the created scores of songs. son worked together on Johnnie Tay- Rolling Stones’ oldie, “I’m Free," the lush Crutcher, Banks, and Jackson are lor's million seller “Who's Making and pretty “Count On Me," and the powerful, responsible for “Who’s Making Love?" Love?" they decided to work as a message-iaden "Living In The U.S.A." In- " and "Take Care Of Your Homework team from then on. “.After that," says clusion of the group’s successful disk “Get for Johnnie Taylor, “My Whole World Bettye Crutcher, “We decided it would Out Of My Life, Woman” should spark sales. ” Is Fally Down" for William Bell, be a good idea if we stuck together.

BREAD - Elektra EKS 74044 Elekfra’s find here is a team of three west coast country-folk-rockers, together called Bread. Current interest in country styles should si)ark interest in this deck, and pleasant sound of fhe group should mean plenfy of FM and some Top Forty radio play. All of the members write, and the material is excellent. In addition, the boys really know how to handle their instruments and their fine voices. Airplay and general quality of the album could lead to chart action.

AMAZING ADVENTURES OF THE LIVER POOL SCENE - The Liverpool Scene — RCA LSP 4189 A fascinating album, “The Amazing Ad- ventures Of The Liverpool Scene” is a col- lection of songs and poetry readings by this MIKE ROCOSM — The first LP to come out of Stereo Dimension’s package deal extremely talented group. The songs are with Good Time and Coleoptera Music is perused by the members of Medicine treated either in a rather straightforward Mike and label executives. The contemporary rock act is scheduled to hit the folk fashion or in a heavier rock-jazz man- singles market mid-.August and is currently lining up East Coast bookings ner, both styles highly effective for the mat- enabling them to make key promotional visits on behalf of the 45 and LP to erial. Many of the poems, the brilliant come. Participants in the package signing include production staffers Joe Palm- “Tramcar To Frankenstein,” for instance, er (second from left). Bill Giant (third from left) and Bernie Baum (third from are read to musical accompaniment. FM aiul right). Also at the product unveiling were Medicine Mike members Bob Klein underground airplay should generate inter- (seated), Dave Gasman (left) and Doug Ferrara (center) with SD execs Bobby est and resultant sales. Byrne (right) and Loren Becker beside him.

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WB/7 Music Inks Vital Statistics Don Freed To Roster (Con't. from Page 32)

NEW YORK — Don Freed, a young #84 Canadian songwriter-artist to be seen THE YOUNG FOLKS (2:59) Diana Ross & The Supremes-Motown 1148 film. in the Johnny Cash-starred 2457 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Mich. “Cash. " has become a writer for War- PROD: George Gordy c/o Motown ner Bros-Seven Arts Music, according PUB: Jobete BMI (same address) WRITERS: G. Gordy-A. Story to George Lee, vp and general man- FLIP: No Matter What Sign You Are the ager. Freed is an artist on Do- #85 minion label, a Canadian label which THE TRAIN (2:42) is now represented outside of Canada 1910 Fruitgum Co. Buddah 130 by Music. 1650 Bway, NYC. WB/7 PROD: Super K by J. Katz-J. Kasenetz Lee just returned from two weeks 200 W 57 St. NYC. in England, following meets with Ian PUB: Kaskat BMI c/o Super K Roberts of WB/7 WRITERS: Katz-Kasenetz-R. Cordell Ralfini and Tony FLIP: Eternal Light Music Ltd, who will come to New #86 * 15. WB/7 Music has York on Aug. I DO (2:57) been on its own for the past three Moments-Stang 5005 weeks. 106 W Palisades Av. Englewood, N.J. PROD: Sylvia-Edmonds-Ruffin (same address) PUB: Gambi BMI (same address) WRITER: K. Ruffin Mahendra Dave Is FLIP: Pocket Full Of Heartbreaks #87« Big 3 Controller I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE (2:41) Lou Christie-Buddah 116 NEW YORK — Mahendra Dave has 1650 Bway, NYC. PROD: Progressive Media 300 W 55 St. NYC. been named controller of The Big 3 PUB: Pocket Full Of Tunes BMI Music Corp. (Robbins-Feist-Miller) 39 W 55 St. NYC. WRITER: Tony Romeo ARR: Stan Vincent FLIP: I'm Gonna Get Married Big 3 general manager Sy Lesser said * Dave will be working out of the firm's #88 LITTLE WOMAN (2:22) New York headquarters and will be Bobby Sherman-Metromedia 121 responsible for coordinating the mu- 1700 Bway. NYC. sic firm's financial planning with cur- PROD: Jackie Mills c/o Green Apple PUB: Green Apple BMI rent activities. 6430 Sunset Blvd. L A. Calif. The 36 year-old Mahendra Dave has WRITER: D. Janssen ARR: Al Capps had broad experience as a financial ELIP: One Too Many Mornings executive, having previously served #89“ parent company as an BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX (2:44) with the MGM Mad Lads Volt 4016 accounting supervisor. Most recently, 926 E McLemore St. Memphis, Tenn. he was an Associate Professor at the PROD: Al Jackson c/o Volt PUB: Johnny Rivers BMI School of Bombay University Graduate 6400 Sunset Blvd. L.A. Calif. and was Controller of a subsidiary of WRITER: Jim Webb FLIP: No Strings Attached The Universal American Corporation #90 in India. WHAT KIND OF A FOOL DO YOU THINK I AM (2:13) Bill Deal & Rondells-Heritage 817 1855 Bway, NYC. PROD: A Jerry Ross Prod, c/o Heritage Colossus Acquires PUB: Low Twi-BMI P.O. Bx 9687 Atlanta, Ga. WRITER: Ray Whitley Kaplan-Cullen Master ELIP: Are You Ready For This #91“ NEW YORK — Jerry Ross' Colossus GREEN FIELDS (3:18) Records has purchased a new master Vogues-Reprise 0844 4000 Warner Blvd. Calif. Cullen of Burbank, from Artie Kaplan and Bob PROD: Dick Glasser Kaplan-Cullen Associates, Ltd. Pro- 6760 Hill Pk Dr. LA. Calif. duced and written by Howard Bogess PUB: Blackwood BMI 1650 Bway, NYC. WRITERS: the single, called Gilkyson-Dehr-Miller and Neil Goldberg, ARR: Ernie Ereeman FLIP: Easy To Say Toot, Toot (Hear The Whistle “Toot, #92 Blow)'', is performed by a group I WANT YOU SO BAD (4:17) called Gnipgnop and is published by B. B. King Bluesway 61026 Kaplan-Cullen's Thrice Music (AS- 1330 Ave of the Americas, NYC. PROD: Bill Szyncyyk c/o Bluesway CAP). PUB: Sounds of Lucille/Pamco BMI (same address) WRITER: B. B. King ARR: Johnny Pate Boy For Andy FLIP: Get Off My Back Woman #93 CHELSEA MORNING (2:50) LOS ANGELES — It's a boy for Andy Judy Collins-Elektra 45657 Williams and Claudine Longet. Their 1855 Bway, NYC. PROD: David Anderle c/o Elektra third child weighed in at 7 lbs and PUB: Siquomb ASCAP 55 Liberty St. NYC. has been named Robert Andrew Wil- WRITER: Joni Mitchell FLIP: Pretty Polly liams. He was named after Williams' #94“ dear friend the late Senator from New SOMETHING IN THE AIR (3:53) York, Robert Kennedy. Thunderclap Newman-Track 2656 1841 Bway, NYC. PROD: Peter Townshend, Decca Ltd. London, England PUB: Track BMI 200 W 57 St. NYC. Luttman Named WRITER: Speedy Keene FLIP: Wilhemina Murbo Rep. #95 Promo POOR MOON (2:45) Canned Heat-Liberty 56127 NEW YORK — Kenny Luttman has 6920 Sunset Blvd. L.A. Calif. been appointed Eastern district pro- PROD: Skip Taylor 6331 H'wood Blvd. H'wood, Cal. Unart BMI Ave, motion for PUB: 729 7th NYC. representative Murbo Rec- WRITER: Alan Wilson ords. The first Murbo disks to receive ELIP: Sic 'em Pigs Luttman's attention will be the follow- #96“ ing albums: “The New Sound Of The GOIN' IN CIRCLES (4:32) Golden Trumpet'' featuring Stanko Friends Of Distinction-RCA 0204 1133 Ave of the Americas, NYC. Selak: “Wandering Dreams” featuring PROD:John Florez c/o RCA composer-conductors Ernest Tomlin- PUB: Porpete BMI 1820 S. Van Ness Av. L.A. Cal. son and Ron Goodwin with the Lon- WRITERS: Poree-Peters ARR: Ray Cork Jr. FLIP: Let Yourself Go don Orchestra; and “The Sound Is #97 All Around Us” featuring the John LET ME BE THE ONE (2:28) Cacavas Singers. Luttman will also Peaches & Herb-Date 1649 51 W 52 Street, NYC. be working on the following singles: PROD: L. Kolber-B. Mann c/o Date “It Is A Great Day Of Joy (Alleluia PUB: Screen Gems/Columbia BMI 711 5th Ave. NYC. Fugue)" featuring John McCartney WRITERS: Billy Sherrill-David Kapralik ARR: Sherrill conducting the Ambrosian Singers: B. FLIP: I Need Your Love So Desperately and “Take Off” featuring the' Soul #98“

Rock Organization. YOU, I (2:50) Rugbys-Amazon 1 31Q6 Belmont Blvd. Nashville, Tenn. New Brass PROD: Steve McNicol 5502 Lodima Way, Louisville, Ky. PUB: Shelby Singleton BMI TV Spec Due FRUITFUL DECADE TOGETHER: The Hi Records and London Records 3106 Belmont Blvd. Nashville, Tenn. WRITER: S. McNicol FLIP: Stay With Me distributing relationship over the past fO years was celebrated last month #99“ NEW YORK — Herb Alpert and the in top photo shows Joe Coughi, president of at a meeting Memphis. The SUGAR ON SUNDAY (2:59) Tijuana Brass will star in a tele- Hi, receiving a special plaque, from Herb Goldfarb and Walt Maguire of Clique-White Whale 323 vision special next season to be titled London: in the second photo, Maguire and Goldfarb present Bill Biggs 8961 Sunset Blvd. L.A. Calif. PROD: Jerry Zekley for Gulf/Pacific “The Brass Are Coming.” Colorcast of Record Sales in Memphis with an award signifying outstanding achieve- 8961 Sunset Blvd. L.A. Calif. on the NBC television network, the photo,, Marty Ostrow, ment on Hi product by the distributorship: in the third PUB: Big Seven BMI c/o Patricia 17 W 60 St. NYC. one-hour musical will pre-empt The vp of Cash Box, presents artist Willie Mitchell with a Cash Box award plaque; WRITERS: T. James-M. Vale FLIP: Superman Kraft Music Hall on October 29th. bottom photo pictures meet guests Sam Cerami, London Records, Chicago; # 100 “ Fully sponsored by more than 2700 Universal Distributing, Philadelphia; Dave Marshall, Lon- A TIME FOR US (2:50) Ray Milanese, Johnny Mathis-Columbia 44915 Bank Americard banks throughout prorno: don’s eastern promo manager; John Armetta, Baltimore Tommy 51W52 St. NYC. the country, the show will have Nick Ray of TDC’s Los Angeles promo: Bill Ham of H.W. Daily in Houston; PROD: Jack Gold c/o Columbia "Vanoff and Bill Harbach as executive Lenny Meisel, London's promo manager of LP’s; A1 Mitnick, London’s PUB: Famous ASCAP 1619 Bway, NYC. producers, with Peppiatt WRITERS: L. Kusik-E. Snyder-N. Rota Frank and /Ohio promo manager; and Sy Warner, London’s single sales ARR: Ernie Freeman

John Aylesworth as producer-writers. manager. FLIP: The World I Threw Away

54 Cash Box — August 16, 1969 Indie Promo Men On TA’s Product

HOLLYWOOD — TA Records has ap- TA product on the eastern seaboard: pointed a national staff of indie promo Joe Balzell in Philadelphia will work men to work with the sales and pro- the mid-east region; Perry Stevens motion department of the new label's will cover the near mid-west from distributor, Bell Records, on TA pro- Cleveland; Pete Wright and Howie duct. Bednoe will promote TA product in the This promotional arrangement was mid-west from their Chicago base: and revealed by Steve Binder, president Tony Richland will work the west of TA, who said the first records the coast from his headquarters in Holly- combined team will be promoting wood. include a single by Denny Lambert, “I’m Coming Back”, released last week, and an album by Seals and Eagle Lands Crofts, to be released next week. The staff, six men in five regions On Intrepid across the country, will be directed by NEW YORK — "Eagle Has Landed, " independent promoter Herb Rosen in a double-disk documentary of the York. Rosen will coordinate the New American moon expedition, has been activities of the independent staff with released on Intrepid Records. Fea- Bell's promotion director. Rich Toto- turing the complete account of the ian, and report directly to Binder. flight of Apollo 11 plus highlights of Rosen, in addition to coordinating all United States manned space mis- the activities of the independent staff, sions, with a running commentary by responsible for will be promotion of United Press International audio reporters, the deluxe album was pro- duced and released in collaboration Record Plant with UPI. Charles Fach, general manager of Leases Studios Intrepid Records, said that “P'"gle CANADIAN BAND STANDEES; Currently riding with “Laughing,” the Guess In West LA Has Landed " differs from othe 3C- Who were recently presented with a gold record for million sales of their last orded documentaries of the on single, “These Eyes.” The Canadian foursome were given their RIAA certifi- flight in that the album will be oi.iin- ultaneously offered for through cation award on a visit to Dick Clark's “American Bandstand" program. Indi- NEW YORK — A 13,500 square foot sale regular retail outlets and through the vidually, to avoid ‘guess who' problems, members are (from left) Randy Bach- recording facility in West Los Angeles than 1,200 daily newspapers man, Burton Cummings, Garry Peterson and Jim Kale. has been leased by the Record Plant, more which subscribe to the services of a division of the Television Corpora- UPI. tion of New York. The new facility is Mahan To Kaplan— Cullen The “one-two" merchandising tech- Hardy Boys Disk the second tape recording studio for nique, coupled with “the most exten- Office On The West Coast the firm. Released By RCA sive and detailed history of all United Coldwell, Banker & Co., Realtors, NEW YORK — John Mahan has been States space flights ever put on rec- represented the firm in the trans- NEW YORK — The debut single by appointed ac general professional ord makes this album one of the manager of the West Coast offices action that included a sound stage, the new rock group, the Hardy Boys, strongest entries in the field. " said studio and offices within the single titled “Love And Let Love" c/w for Kaplan-Cullen Associates, Ltd., Fach. structure, and a 30-car parking lot. “Sink Or Swim,” is being rushed into record production, music publishing, The property, located on a half-acre release by RCA Records. Comprised and talent consultation complex. In site at 8456-8460 West Third St., near of five members, the Hardy Boys will addition to directing the record pro- La Cienega Blvd., brought its owner, Arhoolie Price not only provide the singing for the duction office, Mahan will head up Raising Seymour Weintraub, a total consider- upcoming animated ABC-T'V “Hardy the Golden Egg (BMI) and Thrice ation of approximately $155,000. BERKELEY, CAL. — Arhoolie Rec- Boys” show but they will also be (ASCAP) publishing firms. Gary W. Kellgren, executive director ords, folk blues label based here, is making stage and television appear- In making the announcement, Art- of operations for the Record Plant, raising the list price for all its albums ances as a live, in-the-flesh group. ie Kaplan stated that increased acti- stated that his firm will invest about from $4.98 to $5.98, effective Octo- RCA is preparing an extensive mer- vities in Los Angeles and Hollywood $400,000 in remodeling to equip two ber 1, 1969. Arhoolie has not raised its chandising, advertising, and publi- had made a full-time office absolute- recording studios with 16- to 24-frack list price since its first LP release city campaign on the Hardy Boys ly necessary. sound mixing systems. With full oper- over nine years ago in 1960. Prime which will be launched by a joint RCA As West Coast head of Sunbury- ation slated for January 1970, the tape reason given by the label for the in- Records/ ABC-T'V ten-city promotion Dunbar Music, Inc. (a subsidiary of recording facility will be one of the crease IS that the retail trade with tour planned to begin in mid-August RCA Victor), Mahan placed songs with largest of its kind on the west coast, its discounting has forced the whole- for the group. such recording artists as Herb Alpert, according to Kellgren. The firm now sale price down and down. .Another The Filmation Studio's animated Vikki Carr, Wayne Newton, Hugo produces master tapes for more than reason is the high cost of recording Hardy Boys are set to make their Motenegro, Ray Coniff, and many ten label recording companies, and and mastering for stereo. television debut on Saturday, Sep- others. He recently brought the mil- plans opening a third studio in New New price to distributors will be tember 6, at 10:30 AM. The half-hour lion-seller “One” to Three Dog Night. York and a fourth in San Francisco $2.50 per LP (plus one free with ten weekly show is based on the popular Mahan has also served as West before mid-1970. ordered) which brings the actual unit series of children’s mystery-adventure Coast manager in charge of sales, The leasing transaction was handled price to $2.27 per LP (freight paid), novels by Franklin W. Dixon which promotion, and artist relations for by Jerry Asher of the Beverly Hills which is still lower than what .Arhoolie have sold in the millions for several Epic Records for two and a half Office of Coldwell, Banker, & Co., used to get for $4.98 LPs in 1960. .All generations. One original rock song years, and held that post on the East and the Ben Hecht Company, which orders received prior to Oct. 1, 1969 will be featured on each show along Coast as well. For a time, he was al- represented the owner. will be billed at the old price. with two nine-minute mystery-adven- so West Coast manager of sales, pro- ture stories in which brothers Frank motion, and artist relations at MGM and Joe Hardy and their three pals Records. Chubby Morton, Wanda Kay, and In addition, to having acted in sum- Pete Jones will travel around the mer stock and having taught per- world disguised as a rock group while forming arts, voice, and speech, Ma- PD'? Corner in reality they will work as detectives. han started out in the record busi- Filmation, headed by Norm Pres- ness as an independent promotion man and a radio deejay in New York cott, Lou Scheimer, and Hal Suther- T'was sheer delight spending some McNeal from KYNO in Fresno has land in and Philadelphia. association with Bill Traut, time on WABC's yacht and cruising joined KY.A in San Francisco. .And Kaplan-Cullen Associates, Ltd., lo- president of Dunricji _ productions down the Hudson on a sunny Thurs- Brad Messer, formerly with KLIF have signed cated at 1777 North Vine Street, Holly- the Hardy Boys group to day afternoon with Rick Sklar and in Dallas has been made KA’.A's News an exclusive recording and manage- wood, California starting August 4, Shelly Petnov. There was obviously Director. . . ment pact. Traut and Bill Golden will produces Wayne Newton as a record- joy in Rick's voice when he revealed independently the group's ing artist and Crystal Mansion on produce that the latest survey indicates that at KQV — Pittsburgh recordings for Records. Capitol. RCA any given prime time moment W.ABC Lay Lady Lay— B. Dylan—Columbia The for musicians, search young radio has in execess of 5,000,000 mil- Oh What A Night— Dells— Cadet who not only resemble the animated lion listeners tuned in to the station Can't Get Next To You—Temptations— Gordy characters but who can also sing to- Den\er's What’s The Use Of Breaking Up— J. Butler- . . , Ross Reagan, KIMN, gether, held in York, Chi- was New PD announced that Mike Shannon is Mercury cago, and Hollywood, and the five now the new all night jock at the sta- Nobody But You— Clarence Reid— Alston present Hardys were selected from tion. Mike was formerly with KOM.A (In the A M.) a group of more than 150 hopefuls Take A Lot Of Pride— D. Martin— Reprise in Oklahoma . . . Gary Taylor of after weeks of auditions. many KJRB in Spokane has been appointed Ob-La-Di— Herb Alpert— A&M Filmation also produces “The Keem O Sabe— Electric Indian— U.A. PD of KJR in Seattle . . . Chuck Archie Comedy Hour,” “Sabrina, Browning, known as Chuck Morgan the Teen-Age Witch,” “Batman,” when he was with WMC.A in New KLIF - Dallas “Superman,” “Fantastic Voyage,” John Mahan York, starts the 9 to midnight shift What's The Use Of Breaking Up— J. Butler- “Journey To The Center Of The Mercury at KFRC in San Francisco . . . Pete Earth,” and “Aquaman.” Nobody But You— Clarence Reid— Alston LHI Signs Randolph New Additions To Little Woman— Bobby Sherman— Metromedia I'm A Better Man— E. Elumperdink— Parrot Petralia To Do NEW YORK — Singer-actress Bar- Playlists You. I— Rugbys—Amazon bara Randolph has been signed to Easy To Be Hard— 3 Dog Night— Dunhill Promo At ESP LHI for a three-year period by the WKNR - Detroit This Girl Is A Woman— Gary Puckett— Col. firm’s president Lee Hazlewood. Can't Get Next To You— Temptations— Gordy Does Your Mama Know—Tommy Vann— Congress NEW YORK — Joe Petralia, Park Having made her motion picture Mover Over— Steppenwolf— Dunhill Born On The Bayou—Short— Kuts— Pepper Sheraton City, (212) debut in Stanley Kramer's “Guess Hotel, New York When I Die— Motherlode— Buddah Maybe The Ram Will Fall— Cascades— UNI

" JU 6-6953, has been appointed national Who's Coming To Dinner, Barbara Oh How Happy— Blinky & E. Starr— Gordy Something In The Air— T. Newman— Track radio promotion director of ESP-Disk. Randolph will have a reaccuring role Sugar On Sunday— Cliques— W. W Sugar On Sunday— Clique— White Whale His first assignment will be to deal in the new “Bill Cosby Show” set What Kind Of Fool— Bill Deal— Heritage You Got Yours— Delfonics—Philly Groove fall with the concentration of ESP-Disk's for debut this on NBC, and can You Better Move On— J, Rivers— Imperial Oh What A Night— Dells— Cadet first major release wave, which con- also be seen in the upcoming motion Gonna Make You Mine— L. Christy— Buddah Aquarius— D. Hyman—Command sists of 18 new releases. picture “Cactus Flower." Sad Girl— Intruders— Gamble 7 Daddy's Little Man— O.C. Smith— Columbia

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CayhSuMK Country Reviews Ciilhll«w Country LP Reviews

ME AND MY BOYS — Porter Wagoner — Picks ot the Week RCA Victor LSP 4181 ^ The “Me” in “Me And My Boys” is, of course, Porter Wagoner, and the boys are TAMMY WYNETTE (Epic 10512) Porter’s musicians (Don Warden, Buck The Ways To Love A Man (2:25) (Al Gallico, BMI — Sherrill, Sutton, Wynette) Trent, George McCormick, Mack Magaha his comedian. Tammy Wynette continues to come with hit after hit, and her latest single and Little Jack Little) and this Porter, will undoubtedly keep the string going. An emotion-laden romance ode, "The Speck Rhodes. On album. Ways To Love A Man," should start up the charts almost immediately. Watch assisted by his boys (expect for Speck) sings his current hit, “Big Wind,” and eleven it rise. Flip: “Still Around” (2:45) (Algee, BMI — Sherrill) other numbers, including an introductory BILLY WALKER (Monument 1154) number, “My Boys,” written by the artist Better Homes And Gardens (2:24) (Russell-Cason, ASCAP — Russell) himself, and a rousing version of Tom Pax- be on Billy Walker will have no difficulty seeing plenty of action with his latest ton’s “My Ramblin’ Boy.” LP should outing. Ditty is a warning to a straying husband to return to domestic life the charts soon. and mind his “Better Homes And Gardens.” Subject matter, plus an infect- tune, makes the song a solid contender in itself, and Walker’s perform- ious YOUNG LOVE — Connie Smith & Nat ance insures success. No information available on the flip side at this time. Stuckey — RCA Victor LSP 4190 Connie Smith and Nat Stuckey have been DON GIBSON (RCA 0219) — seeing chart action with the title tune of this I Will Always (2:47) (Acuff-Rose, BMI Gibson) LP, and they should follow suit with the set Don Gibson should have no difficulty capturing a chart spot with this slow- itself. Both Connie and Nat are famous paced, feelingful love ode, “I Will Always.” Song, penned by Gibson himself, as single artists: together, they offer a double is bound to go over big with the chanter’s many fans. Keep close tabs on it. treat that a host of C&W listeners, will find As Much” (Acuff-Rose, BMI — Williams) Flip: “Half (2:45) irresistable. Produced by Bob Ferguson and Felton Jarvis, “Young Love” is a set that BILLIE JO SPEARS (Capitol 2593) bids fare to get plenty of attention. Watch it Stepchild (2:44) (Blue Crest, BMI — Frazier) with care. Billie Jo Spears follows up her “Mr. Walker, It’s All Over” smash with a strong outing dubbed "Stepchild.” The song, penned by Dallas Frazier, tells the tale of a child who had a tough time with his mother’s second husband. Should go far. Flip: “Softly And Tenderly” (2:46) (Central Songs, BMI — Rhodes, Lackey) MEL TILLIS SINGS OLD FAITHFUL - OSBORNE BROTHERS (Decca 32516) Kapp KS 3609 Tennessee Hound Dog (2:31) (House Of Bryant, BMI-B. & F. Bryant) Currently rising on the Country Top 60 with Already on the charts with “Tennessee Hound Dog,” the Osborne Brothers his new single, “These Lonely Hands Of should be climbing higher and higher with the lid in the coming weeks. Side Mine,” Mel Tillis should be rising on the Top is extremely contagious and showcases the Osbornes in a fine performance. Country Albums with this set in short order. Flip: “Thanks For All The Yesterdays” (2:18) (Sure-Fire, BMI — Osborne) With the assistance of the Statesiders, the vet songster performs “Old Faithful,” JOHNNY DARRELL (United Artists 50572) “Games People Play,” “Margie’s At The River Bottom (3:03) (Quartet, Bexhill, ASCIAP — Wheeler) Lincoln Park Inn” and eight other numbers Bound to be an enviable amount of airplay and sales on tap for Johnny in a manner that will undoubtedly please Darrell via this Billy Edd Wheeler composition, “River Bottom.” Side is a his following. An album to stock. brisk-paced item about a man who’s drowned his evil cheatin’ woman. Put ” it on your list of disks to watch for big action. Flip: "Ain’t That Livin’ (3:18) (United Artists, ASCAP — Harvey)

CAL SMITH (Kapp 2037) You Can’t Housebreak A Tomcat (2:33) (Forrest Hills, BMI — Stewart, wli BOT ) Top Country Albums Eldrige) fi Watch out for Cal Smith to haul in heaps of spins and sales with this lid. Dubbed “You Can’t Housebreak A Tomcat,” the side is an unabashed statement of his position by a man who can’t be tied down to one woman. Should go far. Flip: “At The Sight Of You” (2:40) (Sawgrass, BMI, Pittman, Darren) 1 JOHNNY CASH AT 16 MORE NASHVILLE SOUNDS 14 SAN QUENTIN RAY GRIFF (Dot 17288) Nashville Brass (RCA LSP 4162) (Columbia CS 9827) The Entertainer (2:29) (Blue Echo, BMI — Griff) 17 THAFS WHY I LOVE YOU Here’s a spirited ode about the life of a star that should do very good 2 THE SENSATIONAL CHARLEY SO MUCH 19 things for Ray Griff. Ray’s performance will, as it normally does, appeal to a PRIDE 2 Ferlin Husky (Capitol ST 239) host of disk buyers, and the deck bids fare to garner big sales. “The Enter- (RCA LSP 4153) tainer” is Ray’s own composition. Flip: “Caution To The Wind” (2:54) (Blue 18 GALVESTON Echo, BMI - Griff) 3 SAME TRAIN, DIFFERENT 17 Glen Campbell (Capitol ST 210) TIME 3 JACK BARLOW (Dot 17287) Merle Haggard (Capitol SWBB 223) 19 MY LIFE/BUT YOU Pauline (3:53) (Tree, BMI — Wayne) KNOW Jack Barlow stands an excellent chance of grabbing plenty of attention with 4 I’LL I LOVE YOU 23 Bill Anderson (Decca DL 75142) his new deck. A sorrowful effort about a girl of the streets whom the singer WITH YOU 5 of the song once loved, "Pauline” should touch the hearts of numerous George Jones (Musicor MS 3177) 20 IF WE PUT OUR listeners. Eye it. Flip: “Singing Country Soul” (3:27) (Tree, BMI — Tubb, Barlow) 5 HALL OF FAME HITS HEADS TOGETHER 17 Ernest Tubb & (Decca DL 75115) VOL I & II 4 Jerry Lee Lewis (Smash SRS 67118) 21 WICHITA LINEMAN 26 Newcomer Picks Glen Campbell (Capitol S/ST 103) ^ 6 STATUE OF A FOOL 6 Jack Green (Decca DL 75124) 22 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY 31 Freddy Weller (Columbia CS 9904) HAL WILLIS (Wayside 004) 7 BUCK OWENS IN LONDON 11 Bayou Pierre (Lowery, — H. Willis) (2:12) BMI & G. (Capitol ST 232) 23 SONGS MY FATHER With the proper exposure, Hal Willis could have a hit in his possession with LEFT ME 18 “Bayou Pierre.” A rousing knee-slapper, loads of appeal and de- the side has 8 ITS A SIN 9 Hank Williams Jr. (MGM-SE 4621) serves attention. Give it a careful listen. Flip: “Late To Early” (3:04) (Back Bay, Mary Robbins (Columbia CS 9811) BMI - H. &G. Willis) 24 A LITTLE BIT OF 9 DARLING, YOU KNOW PEGGY 25 I LIE WOULDN’T 7 Peggy Little (Dot DLP 25948) Conway Twitty (Decca DL 75105) 25 CHARLEY PRIDE 10 ALWAYS, ALWAYS 12 IN PERSON 20 c ) Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton (RCA (RCA LSP 4186) Victor LSP 4094)

BILLY MIZE (Imperial 66403) CHUCK SLAUGHTER (Desiree 102) 11 WOMAN OF THE WORLD/ 26 DON GIBSON SINGS ALL TIME While I’m Thinkin’ About It (2: 32) A Fool Away From Home (2:57) TO MAKE A MAN 15 COUNTRY GOLD 29 (Attache, BMI — Williams) Blues- (Return, BMI — Ripley) Ballad about Loretta Lynn (Decca DL 75113) (RCA 4169) toned love song could do good things a man who goes off to seek his fortune 12 YESTERDAY, I for Billy Mize. Keep an eye on it. as a country singer may grab nice air- WHEN WAS 27 JOHNNY ONE TIME - Johnny Duncan Flip: ‘The Absence Of You” (2:55) play. Merits a listen. Flip: “Shack YOUNG 13 (Columbia CS 9824) (Unart, BMI — Roy Clark (Dot DLP 25953) Mize) Nasty Jim” (2: 10) (Saw Grass, BMI 28 THE KIND OF — Huddleton, Lance) MAN 13 I REMEMBER JOHNNY I AM 30 HORTON 10 Charlie Louvin (Capitol ST 248) GEORGE MORGAN (Stop 297) BUDDY WAYNE (Capitol 2594) Claude King (Columbia CS 9789) We’ve Done All The Lovin’ We Can Doin’ Hard Time (2:22) (Freeway, 29 AT HOME WITH LYNN - Do (2:59) (Window, BMI — Pickard) BMI — George) Could be good sales 14 FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS 8 (Chart CHS 1017) George Morgan could noise make on tap for Buddy Wayne via this Elvis Presley (RCA LSP 4155) with this sorrowful romance outing. rhythmic prison song. Watch it. Flip: 30 THE HITS OF it 15 I LOVE YOU MORE TODAY 22 Give a spin. Flip: “Color Of A Bird” "One Too Many Heartaches” (2:43) CHARLEY PRIDE 21 (2:50) (Window, BMI — Kingston) (Central Conway Twitty (Decca DL 75131) Songs, BMI — Wayne) Tommy Allsup (Metromedia MD 1004)

56 Cash Box — August 16, 1969 Country Music Report Air Play —

Operator Play — Murrah To Head Chase Webster Show Biz’ Field Buys WENO ABC's Dept. 1st Country Male Signee C&W NASHVILLE — Music City’s Radio- Chart Play — HOLLYWOOD — The Associated NASHVILLE - Show Biz Records has WENO has been sold for $1,200,000 by Booking Corporation has named Jack signed its first country & western male president and owner, H. Calvin Young, Murrah to head up its new country- artist, Chase Webster. Webster, who Jr., to Field Broadcasting Company western and outdoor show depart- is also a composer, penned “Moody of Philadelphia, subject to F.C.C. ments. Murrah has managed such River,” which was a huge hit for Pat approval. Field said that there will be country artists the Sons of the Pioneers, Boone years back. Formerly with Dot, no staff changes and that the modern Tex Williams, the Frontiersmen and Webster has not recorded for a number country format of the station will re- Joanie, Doye O’Dell, Joanie Hall and of years but has fronted Mike Landon’s main the same. Hal Southern. (“Little Joe” of “Bonanza”) roadshow WENO was established by Young WHO and made numerous personal appear- in 1957. He still owns two other country in Augusta, Georgia, Int'l Artists Forms ances with such artists as Porter stations, WGUS Wagoner, Johnny Cash, Roy Drusky and WSHO in New Orleans. He re- cently sold WYAM-Birmingham for AM Country Road Label and Ray Price. Chase’s signing with Show Biz was arranged by label $272,000. NEW YORK — A C&W label. Coun- president George Cooper III, former Field Broadcasting is headed by try Road, has been formed by Inter- Dot Records VP. Webster’s first Show Martin Field, board chairman, who national Artists Producing Corpora- I? Biz single, “Reuben James” b/w is a real estate builder and developer. tion, the Houston-based production- Day,” will be released His holdings extend across the con- music-record complex. Producer “Strange immediately. tinental U.S. and Hawaii. Field Broad- Marilyn Von Steiger, who has done a casting recently acquired an NBC number of country productions and station, WPEN-Radio in Philadelphia. most recently been associated with the music and recording interests of Buddy Lee Adds Two Huey P. Meaux, has been signed by lA and will NASHVILLE — Lee Attractions produce much of Coun- Buddy Jack Greene To Have try Road’s product. Five acts have has just added two personnel to the been signed: the Bunch Twins, Logan agency staff: Claude Lawrence, who TV’er In Music City Smith, Jill Norris, Jay Vest and Bill has been named promo director, and Kirk. Earl K. Owens, who has been appoint- First Country Road single, set for ed an agent. Lawrence has been as- NEW YORK — At the recent Decca immediate release, is the Bunch sociated with the production staff of Records convention in Miami, it was Twins’ “No Good Son Of A Gun” WSM-TV for the past three years. announced that Jack Greene will do a b/w “Darling I’m Sorry.” Owens was formerly president of L&O regular TV show on Channel 5 in Nash- Country publishing will be handled Talent Productions. ville. Jeannie Seeley and Jack’s back- by lA’s affiliate, Tapier Music (BMI). Hank Williams, Jr., Jean Shepard, up group, the Jolly Greene Giants, will All of the five acts signed compose Doug Kershaw and Merle Kilgore are be regulars. Plans call for the show to their own material, which Tapier will among the artists Buddy Lee Attrac- get rolling in the fall. Syndication is publish. tions manages and books. being discussed.

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Hank Williams, Jr. recently finished Charlie Walker recently sang for and Carl Dobkin’s new lid, “Pic- video-taping the first thirteen shows hospitalized Vietnam veterans at tures,” on the Chalet label, may of his “Sun Country” TV series, which Brooke General Hospital in San An- obtain them by writing to the pub- is scheduled to bow in September. tonio, Texas. He is spending most lisher of the songs. Blue Echo Mu- The shows were all taped in the Cy- of August entertaining troops in Ger- sic, at P.O. Box 1223, Nashville, press Gardens area of Florida. Guests many . . . Famed singer-songwriter Tenn. 37202 . . . Little Richie John- include Tammy Wynette, Bill Ander- Billy Edd Wheeler has just published son has new singles for deejays by son, George Jones, Tompall and the his new collection of poems, “Song Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Pillow, Randy Glaser Brothers, “Little” Jimmy Of A Woods Colt,” distributed by King, Slim Whitman and others. Dickens, Diana Trask, John Wesley Grosset & Dunlap . . . Indie producer Deejays may write Little Richie at Ryles I, Lenny Dee and Danny Davis’ Charles Wright will bow four art- Box 3, Belen, New Mexico 87002 . . . Nashville Brass. Hank hosts the show ists on two labels this month. Kaye Tammy Wynette and George Jones and also performs several numbers. Fouss, a singer from Beverly, Ohio, are both scheduled to make their National Teleproductions of Indian- and A1 Lowden, who works as a flight first appearance on the Joey Bishop apolis, Indiana, the firm which earlier instructor at Fort Walters, Texas, TV’er taping August 11 and being in the year provided the equipment will be on Bob Massey’s new Black- aired August 12. and staff for the current Johnny Cash bird label. Jim Downing, a young TV series, is producing “Sun Coun- Cherokee Indian vocalist from San WJRZ-Hackensack, the New York try.” “Sun Country” will be seen Francisco, and Tom Reeves of Dal- area’s biggest country outlet, has initially in about one hundred mar- las, Texas, will be on the Danrite retained Arthur H. Holt as program kets. Negotiations for more are in label . . . Indie producer Jack Clem- consultant. Holt, who is president of the works. ent has moved his operation in Nash- Arthur H. Holt Associates, a Wash- A busy man. Hank has also just ville from 18th Ave. So. to 3100 Bel- ington D.C. broadcast consultancy opened the first in his chain of Bar- mont Blvd. The new location is ad- firm, will work to increase the sta- becue Pit fast food restaurants. Cere- jacent to the recording studio, cur- tion’s popularity. Lazar Emanuel, monies were held in Nashville, the rently under construction, which was general manager of WJRZ, said, site of the first Barbecue Pit. (see “. designed and is being built by and . .we want to ensure its (WJRZ’s) photo below) . Three more Barbecue under the guidance of Clement . . . continued success along lines ap- Pits have been set for the Nashville Jim and John, The Hagers, will tour propriate to an urban audience.” area: one will open on Labor Day with the Buck Owens All-American U.S. Communications’ KEMO-TV, across the street from the Grand Ole Show during the 1969-70 season. The Channel 20, in San Francisco, has Opryhouse. Future plans call for a Hagers record for Capitol. Their made a deal with National Telefilm nationwide chain of Barbecue Pits. first release was “With Lonely,” and Associates to syndicate the KEMO- they will have another record out in produced Judy Lynn Show, starring September. Regulars on CBS-TV’s the Columbia recording artist. There “Hee-Haw” show, the Hagers also are thirty-nine half-hour color edi- appear on the Buck Owens Ranch tions of the show, and a second series Shows. is scheduled for release in 1970. 11 RED SOVINE Milos Skalka, who is editor of the outlets have already bought the show. Czechoslovakian pop and C&W paper. Among them are stations in Phila- Starday 872 Pop Music Express, and who has delphia, Cincinnati, Atlanta. Chicago regular shows on Radio Prague, is and Las Vegas. in the United States to gain material about the American music scene, Barnes Enterprises has bought mainly in the country and western KGNU-Radio, Santa Clara. Cali- field. Anyone who wishes to contact fornia, from Royal Bear Broad- D.J.’s JUST A SNIP AWAY—Hank Williams, him with regard to possible radio casters, and has changed the call needing copies write Jr., nattily attired in a light pinstripe shows and articles may write c/o letters to KEGL (Kay-Eagle). The STARDAY RECORDS suit, prepares to cut the ribbon to YAF Office. Mr. Jim Farley, 423 station also has a new sound, fea- open his first Barbecue Pit restaurant. East 71st Street, New York, N.Y. turing modern country music. One Box 8188

Nashville mayor Beverly Briley assists 10021 . of the new owners is Chris Lane, Nashville, Tenn. him, while Jim Ragan, vice president Imperial chanter Ray Sanders has who, while he was with WJJD in in charge of advertising for Barbecue signed an exclusive booking pact Chicago and WIL in St. Louis, was Pits, Inc. (left) Sharon (Mrs. Hank) with Jack Brumley Talent . . . Dee- given the Bill Gavin .Award as pro- Williams, and Casey Jenkins, president jays wanting copies of Ray Griff’s gram director of the year for five of Barbecue Pits, look on. latest Dot single, “The Entertainer,” consecutive years.

Cash Box — August 16, 1969 57 CmibBw Country Top 60

1 YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS 31 TALL DARK STRANGER 40 YOUNG 3 (Blue Book — BMI) Buck (Capitol (Tro-Dartmouth — ASCAP Owens 2570) Roy Clark (Dot 17246) 32 WORLD-WIDE TRAVELIN’ 2 WORKIN’ MAN BLUES 4 MAN 35 (Blue Book — BMI) (Freeway — BMI) Merle Haggard (Capitol 2503) Wynn Stewart (Capitol 2549) 3 A BOY NAMED SUE 8 33 ME AND BOBBY McGEE 38 (Evil Eye — BMI) (Combine — BMI) i Johnny Cash (Columbia 44944) Roger Miller (Smash 2230) 4 ALL I HAVE TO OFFER 34 THESE ARE NOT MY YOU (IS ME) 1 PEOPLE 36 (Hill & Range, Blue Crest — BMI) (Lowery — BMI) Charley Pride (RCA 0167) Fredciy Weller (Columbia 44916) 5 I’M DOWN TO LAST MY 35 INVITATION TO YOUR PARTY 43 I LOVE YOU 7 (Know, Gold Dust — BMI) (Al Gallico- BMI) Jerry Lee Lewis (Sun 1101) David Houston (Epic 10488) , 36 PROUD MARY 39 '! 6 JOHNNY B. GOODE 2 (Jondora — BMI) 1 (Arc - BMI) Anthony Armstrong Jones (Chart 5017) ! Buck Owens (Capitol 2485)

7 BIG WIND 6 37 THESE LONELY HANDS , - (Tree — BMI) OF MINE 47 Porter Wagoner (RCA 0168) (Ly-Rann — BMI) | Mel Tillis(Kapp 2031) 8 BUT YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU 12 38 HOLD ME, THRILL ME, (Tro, First Edition — BMI) KISS ME 34 TIRST GREAT Bill Anderson (Decca 32514) (Mills -ASCAP) 1^ Johnny & Jonie Mosby (Capitol 2505) I I // 9 I LOVE YOU MORE TODAY 5 (Stringberg — BMI) 39 MY GRASS IS GREEN 27 Conway Twitty ^PP SINGLE (Decca 32481) (Funny Farm — BMI) Ron Drusky (Mercury 72928) 10 ALWAYS, ALWAYS 11 (Sawgrass — BMI) 40 LEAVE MY DREAMS ALONE 29 Porter Wagoner — Dolly Parton (RCA < 0172) (Page Boy - SESAC) Warner Mack (Decca 732473) 11 IF NOT FOR YOU 16 — (Passkey BMI) 41 SWEET MEMORIES 42 George Jones (Musicor 1366) (Acuff-Rose — BMI) Dottie West & Don (jibson (RCA 0178) fBiuebird 12 THATS WHY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH 13 42 THE THREE BELLS 45 (Hall-Clement - BMI) (Harris/Meridian — ASCAP) Ferlin Husky (Capitol 2512) Jim Ed Brown (RCA 0190) 13 I’M DYNAMITE 10 43 IN THE GHETTO 44 (Sure Fire — BMI) (B-n-B/Gladys - ASCAP Peggy Sue (Decca 32485) Dolly Parton (RCA 0192)

14 STATUE OF A FOOL 9 44 COLOR HIM FATHER 50 (Hollybee — BMI) (Sure Fire — BMI) Linda Martell (Plantation 24) ' K-2034 Jack Greene (Decca 32490) 15 RUBY DON’T TAKE YOUR 45 BEER DRINKING MUSIC 41 "/ (Viva, Tunesvill — BMI) w STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN LOVE TO TOWN 18 Ray Sanders (Imperial 66366) (Cedarwood — BMI) Ken Rogers First Edition (Reprise & 0829) 46 EVERY DAY I HAVE TO

16 TO MAKE A MAN 20 CRY SOME 49 t (Sure Fire — BMI) (Tiki/Combine — BMI) Loretta Lynn (Decca 32513) Bob Luman (Epic 10480) 17 CUT ACROSS SHORTY 14 47 THE RIB 46 (Cedarwood — BMI) (Shelby Singleton — BMI) Nat Stucky (RCA 0163) Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation 22) 18 RUNNING BEAR 15 48 TENNESSEE HOUND DOG 55 (Big Bopper — BMI) (House of Bryant — BMI) Sonny James (Capitol 2486) Osborne Brothers (Decca 32516) 19 WINE ME UP 22 49 YOUR LOVIN’ TAKES THE (Passport — BMI) LEAVIN’ OUT OF ME 51 Faron Young (Mercury 72936) ^ (Norma SPR — BMI) Tommy Cash (Epic 10469) 20 I CAN’T SAY GOODBYE 21 (Noma -BMI) 50 WICKED CALIFORNIA 53 Marty Robbins (Columbia 44895) (Jack — BMI) Tompall Glaser Brothers (MGM 14064) 21 TRUE GRIT 24 & The ^ (Famous — ASCAP) - Glen Campbell (Capitol 2573) 51 JUST A DRINK AWAY Earnest Tubbs (Decca) V 22 ALL FOR THE LOVE OF 19 A GIRL 52 WHEREVER YOU ARE 52 r (Vogue — BMI) (Mayhew — BMI) Claude King (Columbia 44833) Johnny Paycheck (Little Darlin 0060) 23 THArS A NO NO 37 53 I LOVE YOU BECAUSE - (Shelby Singleton — BMI) — Lynn Anderson (Chart 5021) (Fred Rose BMI) * Carl Smith (Columbia 44939) 24 SWEET BABY GIRL 25 (Black & White -BMI) 54 SWEEN ‘N’ SASSY 60 * Peggy Little (Dot 17259) (Papa Joe's House — ASCAP) Jerry Smith (ABC 11230) 25 THIS THING 28 57' (Wandering Acres — SESAC) 55 WHEN SHE TOUCHES ME Webb Pierce (Decca 32508) (Brookmont — BMI) Johnny Duncan (Columbia 44864) ' 26 BE GLAD 23 (Tree - BMI) 56 EVERYTHING’S LEAVING 56 *' Del Reeves (United Artists 50531) (Tree - BMI) Wanda Jackson (Capitol 2524) 27 ONE HAS MY NAME (THE HAS HEART 17 57 RESTLESS MELISSA 54 ^ Published by: FOUR STAR MUSIC CO., INC.-BMI OTHER MY (Peer — Int'l) (Terrace — ASCAP) Hugh X. Lewis (Kapp 2020) 9220 SUNSET BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Jerry Lee Lewis (Smash 2224) 28 BUT FOR LOVE 31 58 DON’T CALL ME YOUR (Ampco — ASCAP) DARLING - < EXCLUSIVELY ON Eddy Arnold (RCA 0175) (Blue Crest - BMI) Kitty Wells (Decca 29 THE DAYS OF SAND 32535) ^ AND SHOVELS 26 59 HOMECOMING - (Lonzo — Oscar — BMI) (Newkeys — BMI) < Waylon Jennings (RCA 0157) Tom T. Hall (Mercury 72951) A DIVISION OF MCA, INC. 30 YOUNG LOVE 32 60 CANADIAN PACIFIC - ^ (Lowery — BMI) (Blue Echo — BMI) Connie Smith & Nat Stuckey (RCA 0181) George Hamilton IV (RCA 0174)

58 Cash Box — August 16, 1969 WICKED CALIFORNIA is more of Forget yesterday's sadness the now sound you expect from and bathe your mind in the sunshine Tompall and the Glaser Brothers. of WICKED CALIFORNIA.

WICKED CALIFORNIA is upbeat Tompall and the Glaser Brothers excitement, a song with all the soul Written and Produced by Jack Clement of contemporary country music. Published by Jack Music, Inc. EXCLUSIVELY ON MGM RECORDS I

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N.V. Phonogram rush-released an LP emigrants. During their stay in the i by the press-award winner of the U. S. the group will negotiate for some ' The record industry here has start- which through the personal initiative ‘ Knokke Festival 1969, Miss Elaine Del- performances in other clubs and ed its period of rest before the new of its Proxy Pierguinto Cariaggi, pre- of the 16-year-old sur- theatres. Bovema hopes that not only autumn-winter battle. With only a few sented to his guests and to the Milan’s mar. The LP will the Cats discover America but exception, no new releases are pre- American Consul at Terrazza Martini prise from England is called “La Belle Elaine” (Philips). The music of the that the Americans will discover the sented on the market this month. in Milan, an LP containing a live re- of the Cats. Their records have been released However, according to our inquiry, corded reportage of the historical original Dutch stage version musical Charity” was released in the U.S. on the Sire label. On Au- total record sales of the first two moon flight. The record was pro- “Sweet gust 5th the Cats landed with a steamer months of the hot season have shown duced by Vittorio Mangili under the on a Philips LP by N.V. Phonogram. LP was introduced during a press on the “Pier Van Scheveningen”, an increase of about 6% to that of CDI label and is distributed in Italy The at the Carere Theatre, Holland’s first summer attraction at the same period last year. by Miura Records. Another record reception Am- sterdam. “Sweet Charity” is quite suc- the seaside. In the “Pirat Club” they ‘ One song introduced via Cantagiro tribute to the historical event has been cessful since its start in December, were presented a golden record for has now made its appearance on the paid by Phonogram which, under the airplay at all na- their latest album. It was the first charts here. We refer to “Rose Rosse” Philips label, has released a disc con- 1968. Tremendous radio stations for the Fever time in history of light music in as recorded by the winner of the taining the recording of the entire con- tional Pic- Holland that a pop group was awarded “Cantagiro 69” Massimo Ranieri. versations between Moon and Earth Tree’s “Man Who Paints The ^ tures” (Philips, a UNI recording) and a golden L.P. The CGD artist is presently enjoy- during the flight of Columbia and the Mule” by the Bobby Miles Ex- ing extremely good sales of his pre- landing of Eagle. “Funky Shocking Blue’s “Venus” (Pink Ele- press (Mercury). Islands Records has j sent hit. phant 22.015) reached the No. 3 spot in two new hit singles on the Dutch mar- From RI.FI v have been informed Concerning other new releases of three weeks on the Dutch Top 40. Also ket, released by N.V. Phonogram: “Si ^ that Iva Zanicchi will join Gino Paoli the week, there is a new Ricordi sin- entering the charts from nowhere to Tu Dois Partir, Va t’En” by the Fair- (Durium) and Claudio Villa (Fonit gle under the spotlight. We refer to 29, “Everyday 'Will Be Like A Holiday” port Convention and Spooky Tooth’s Cetra) as ambassadors of Italian a new disc of the top Italian group by Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. “Son Of Your Father”. Early Septem- music in the International Festival Equipe 84. The successful! band has After the tremendous success of ber, N.V. Phonogram will start a new of Split (Yugoslavia) which will take just grooved the Italian version of Johnny Nash with “Cupid,” Dureco ,< Island promotion campaign which will place August 9th, 10th. 11th and 13th. the Bee Gees’ “Marley Curt Drive,” will release as his next single “Island Brazil will be represented in the same derived from their LP “Odessa.” include a number of new album re- In The Sun”/“Chain Gang.” leases a budget line sampler , .' 'n'est by top artist Chico Buarque Italian title of the song is “Pomeriggio and Bospel Music N.V. has been in the De Hollanda (RGE). The artist is Ore 6” (Afternoon, At 6 Hours). The called “The Best Of Island.” Explosion” brought Dutch top 40 for 13 weeks with the song i presently living in Italy where he is song will be strongly promoted and The “Deram “Big Bamboo” which is No. 10 in the extremely popular. The author/com- surely will be the new hit of Equipe three brand new LP's in Holland this Belgian hit parade at the moment. In poser/singer will present at Split a 84. Sub-publisher in Italy is Edizioni week. The LP’s feature Terry Durham, Holland the sales of this record new song just composed and entitled Senza Fine, the firm owned by Gino Johnny Almond and John Cameron. A were first LP by U.S. singer Martha Velez already over 41,000 copies, so that “Cara a Cara” (Face To Face) . The Paoli. There is another song inspired this title undoubtedly will be the best- song with the Italian title “Cara Cara by the "Afternoon.” In this case, the called “Fiends & Angels” was a happy sold and the most-played hit Cara” (Darling, Darling, Darling) will entire title of this recording just re- surprise on the Dutch underground summer of 1969. “Big Bamboo” has also been t also be the “A" side of Chico’s leased by Belldisc is “Pomeriggio Un market. The record was produced by released in Spain, France, Italy and new single which RCA will introduce Poco Triste Anche Per Me” (Blue Mike Vernon for Sire Records, New Germany. Another original Bospel • and strongly promote on the Italian Afternoon Also For Me). The song York, and released on the London Music copyright, “Vaarwel, Ik Zal market at the beginning of September. has been written by Lucio Sails and label in Holland. From the LP one Geen Traan Je Laten,” entered The moon acts this week as a pro- composed and sung by the new Bell- number, “Tell Mama,” was released Om the Dutch top 40 last at No. 33. tagonist on the record market. First disc discovery Aldo Reggiani. A as a single. N.V. Phonogram rush- week This recording by Corry & the Rekels is released an album called “Man On to be mentioned in this regard is CDI, strong reaction expected. ’ The Moon” only a few days after the on the 11 Provincien label is being actual landing. The LP was produced boycotted by almost every radio by Henk Terlingen and Rudolf Spoor, station for a reason which is not clear. also producers of the nightly trans- Yet, thanks to the intensive plugging Italy's Best Setters missions of the historic flight for the of the juke box dealers, there were Dutch National TV system. The record more than 3,000 copies sold in less than features all original sounds from the a fortnight so that the radio stations This Last Weeks Apool 11 flight and is packaged in a must hesitatingly comply with the Week Week On Chart full color album sleeve. Pre-sales were wishes of the record buying public. .11 7 *Lisa i^'^gli Occhi Blu: Mario Tessuto/CGD Published by very impressive. With the records “Een Klomp Met Sugarmusic The California Holland Club has sent Een Zeiltje” sung by Wilma and “Tante 2 2 9 *Storia D’Amore: Adriano Celentano/Clan Published by an invitation to the Bovema artists Nel” sung by the Specials, Bospel ^ Clan Johnny Jordaan, Tante Leen and the Music still has a market share of 10% 3 6 5 in hit Cats to come to Los Angeles. On Au- the Dutch parade, while the j. 4 3 12 gust 24th they will give a show in the other 90% is shared by more than 14 5 4 3 *Rose Rosse: Massimo Ranieri/CGD Published by CGD Hollywood Palladium for 4,500 Dutch other Dutch publishers. 6 5 11 7 8 2 8 7 6 *L’Altalena; Orietta Berti/Phonogram Published by Arion Alfiere 9 9 3 *Soli Si Muore: Patric Samson/Carosello Published by Curci 10 14 10 *Acqua Di Mare: Romina Power/EMI Italiana Published by EMI 11 11 13 *Acqua Azzurra, Acqua Chiara: Lucio Battisti/Ricordi Pub- lished by Ricordi 12 12 10 *I Want To Live: Aphrodite’s Child/Phonogram Published by Esedra 13 13 13 *Viso D’Angelo: I Camaleonti/CBS Italiana Published by — Sugarmusic 14 1 *Je T’Aime . . . Moi Non Plus: Jane Birkin/Phonogram Pub- lished by Fontana 15 10 6 *Davanti Agli Occhi Miei: New Trolls/Fonit Cetra Published by Fonit 16 16 9 *Parlami D’Amore: Gianni Morandi/RCA Published by RCA 17 15 16 *Tutta Mia La Citta’: Equipe 84/Ricordi Published by Ricordi 18 19 5 *In Fondo A1 Viale: I Gens/DET Published by Edizioni Tank 19 — 7 Crimson & Clover: Tommy James & Shondells/SAAR Pub- lished by MAS 20 20 10

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SOUNDS FROM THE MOON — N.V. Phonogram rush-released an album called “Man only On The Moon” a few days after the safe return of the ’‘i This Last Apollo 11 on Mother Earth. The first side of the LP gives a summary Week of Week several Gemini, Ranger and Apollo flights from 1961 - 1969, while side two Give Peace A Chance (Plastic Ono Band/ Apple) (Leeds-Basart/ covers the highlights of the Apollo 11 flight. All original sound-material was I Amsterdam) used with permission of NASA, while Dutch space-expert Henk Terlingen J 2 4 Saved By The Bell (Robin Gibb/Polydor) was the Dutch commentator. “Man On The Moon” was produced by Henk 3 3 Venus (Shocking Blue/Pink Elephant) Terlingen and Rudolf Spoor, also producers of the nightly transmissions of 4 2 (Essex-Basart/ Am- ^ Honky Tonk Women (Rolling Stones/Decca) the historic flight for the Dutch National TV-system. Both men are experts sterdam) on the space-project and travelled several times to the U.S. for special in- 5 7 In The Year 2525 (Zager & Evans/RCA) formation. On July 30th N.V. Phonogram presented “Man On The Moon” 6 10 Of Life (Family Dogg/Green Light) A Way to the Dutch national press, radio and television during a crowded press- 7 5 I Want Live (Aphrodites Child/Mercury) To reception at the Amsterdam Hilton. Among the special guests were the < 8 6 In The Ghetto (Elvis Presley/RCA) (Belinda/Amsterdam) producers, representatives of the Dutch National radio and TV-system, sev- 9 Ma Belle Amie (Tee Set/TSR) eral space-experts and Captain Michael J. Clarke of the US Airforce Base r 10 Something In the Air (Thunderclap Newman/Track) at Soesterberg. In the photo above, N.V. Phonogram’s managing director i Jack Haslinghuis presents the first “Man On The Moon” records to the ' producers, Messers. Henk Terlingen and Rudolf Spoor. •*

1 60 Cash Box — August 16, 196' August 16, 1969

Peter Sarstedt achieved world-wide recognition with “Where Do You Go To My Lovely’’ with sales of over 3/4 of a million,

and the singer/writer is now repeating his initial success via "Frozen Orange Juice’’ on United Artists. Sarstedt is cur- rently on a European TV and concert tour.

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Cash Box — August 16, 1969 61 . — WWW Great Britain CnshBox Mexico

Biggest showbiz deal of the week is vity in the company, covering house- Through the Department of Public youngest recording company in Mexico. U.K. -leased and overseas- the merger between Management produced, Education and other Government Discos Musart is about to launch a Agency and Music, the public com- leased products. Les Cocks, who re- agencies has been officially announced new Fifth Dimension LP. Among other tains his responsibility for Welbeck pany which handles Tom Jones, and the establishment of the Association fine numbers it has “Aquarius,” the Engelbert Humperdinck, and the Har- Music here, will also direct Pye’s of Copyright Grantees (Asociacion de hit at the moment. old Davison Organisation (Hardav). radio and TV promotion and press de- Cesionarios del Derecho de Autor) The ten best sellers at the end of Deal is reportedly worth around partments. Tom Grantham continues whose main purpose is controlling the July of the CBS/Columbia International £250.000. and gives MAM the publish- responsibility for the company's sales enforcement of the Federal Copyright catalog are: “Me Quiero Casar Con- ing and recording interests of Hardav, and distribution. Louis Benjamin also Law as to music exploitation concerns, tigo” (Roberto Carlos); “Tu Camino plus U.K. representation of a host of announces the appointment of Monty Enrique Marquez, Grever International y el Mio" (Vicente Fernandez); “Libro top American and British artists. Presky as a Director of Pye Rec- Manager, has been nominated Pre- Abierto” (Gerardo Reyes); “0 Quiza (Sales) Ltd. will continue They include Frank Sinatra, Dusty ords He sident of the new Association. Among Simplemente le Regale una Rosa” the company’s budget Springfield, Tony Bennett, Lulu, Ella to handle Sr. Marquez’ plans is the creation of (Leonardo Favio); “Azucarado” Fitzgerald, , Jack Jones, lines (Marble Arch and Golden a Latin American network to look (Rita Pavone) ; “Rosa Rosa” (Sandro); Barry Ryan and Count Basie. Deal Guinea) and Special Projects, includ- after the correct observance of the “Tomate una Copa” (Javier Solis); makes Gordon Mills, manager of Tom ing tape activity, and classical and Copyright laws in the region. For this, “Es Amor” (Irma Serrano) ; “Ven the products. Jones and Humperdinck, one of middle-market he is promoting closer relations bet- Ya” (Johnny Jets) and “A la Luz del most powerful men on the British While in New York, Mr. Benjamin ween all the Spanish-speaking music Dia” (Gerardo Reyes) pop scene. Mills’ publicist, Chris finalised arrangements for the struc- publishers. A very cordial farewell was given Hutchins, goes on record as saying: turing of the new joint record com- Beautiful Sagrario Baena (RCA) to Hans Schrade, General Manager, “Gordon becomes more powerful pany with GRT Corporation, details previewed on TV her latest LP which of Discos Universales, S.A. Mr. Schrade of which will announced. Peter now than Epstein ever was. He is the be is about to be launched. Among the is off for a three months stay in Pro- biggest king-pin in British pop." Elderfield, Pye’s International RCA international releases of the Holland and Germany, working in the Brian Epstein was, of course, the late motion Manager, will be responsible week are: Sergio Mendes and Brazil preparation of the DUSA winter for liaison between and boss of the Beatles. 66’s ‘‘Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay” promotion campaign. In his absence the in the States. Mr. American King label, distributed by new company on A&M and Peter Nero’s LP with Luis Baston will be in charge. Irving remains as Pye Rec- Polydor in Britain for 18 months past, Chezar “Si Algun Dia te Dejara." At the CBS/Columbia Int’l studios, ords representative for co-ordi- has appointed 25 — year old Judy U.S. After their arrival to Mexico City Jose Luis Rodriguez recorded his nation of all matters outside of the Webb as label manager, Judy is the Monkees were introduced to first Mexican LP. The Venezuelan deal. Polydor A & R production controller. Pye/GRT the press at a cocktail party and press vocalist came to Mexico City as re- Tony Hatch and singing King may market here under its own Composer conference headed by Constantino presentative of his country to the wife Trent, label or under a split-logo with Poly- Jackie known as Mr. & Escobar, the young Publicity Manager Latin Song Festival. Since then, Jose Mrs, Music here, have formed their dor. of RCA. The Monkees have a two Luis has become one of the most music publishing company, Mr. Louis Benjamin, managing director own week engagement with a local night popular singers with many night of Pye Records, has appointed Les and Mrs. Music Ltd. club. club and TV engagements. promotion Geoff Cocks director of a newly-formed MGM manager Irma Serrano, one of the most popu- Discos Universales, S.A. (DUSA) Creative Services Division of Pye Rec- Morris has left to become promotion lar folk singers, just began her own latest release is a Polydor LP with ords. Division will be responsible for manager (British product) at MCA TV show in which she is hostess to the soundtrack of the motion picture acti- on August 11th. all pop creative and promotional the foremost of CBS/CBS international "Che! ” Music by Lalo Schifrin. cast. Gaining popularity through radio is “This Guy’s In Love With You,” “Azucarado” (Zucchero) from the Great Britain's Best Sellers “The Look Of Love ” and “Grazing last Festival de San Remo in the In The Grass” in fine arrangements excellent version of 16 year old Patty. by Frank Scott, are some of the cuts Competitive to this Capitol record on This Last Weeks of the new LP “Grandes Del 68” re- the air is the Rita Pavone version Week Week On Chart leased by ORVI-VOX, S.A., the on CBS. 1 1 4 *Honky Tonk Women, Rolling Stones, Decca, Mirage 2 2 4 *Give Peace A Chance, Plastic Ono Band, Apple, Northern 3 6 3 *Saved By The Bell, Robin Gibb, Polydor, Saharet 4 4 7 In The Ghetto, Elvis Presley, RCA, Carlin Japan's Best Sellers 5 13 2 ^Goodnight Midnight, Clodagh Rodgers, RCA, April 6 3 6 *Something In The Air, Thunderclap Newman, Track. Fabulous 7 5 3 Hello Susie, Amen Corner, Immediate, Essex International 8 7 4 *That’s The Way God Planned It, Billy Preston, Apple, Apple This Last 9 8 5 *Baby Make It Soon, Marmalade, CBS, Welbeck/Schroeder Week Week 10 9 5 *It Mek, Desmond Dekkar, Pyramid, Blue Mountain 1 1 Kinjirareta Koi Royko Moriyama (Philips) Publisher/Shinko 11 18 2 My Cherie Amour, Stevie Wonder, Tamla Motown, Jobete/ 2 2 Aru-Hi Totsuzen Toi et Moi (Express) Publisher/Watanabe Carlin 3 3 Kumo-Ni Noritai Jun Mayuzmi (Capitol) Publisher/Ishihara 12 19 2 *Make Me An Island, Joe Dolan, Pye, Shaftesbury 4 6 Francine-No Baai Noriko Shintani (Denon) Publisher/ Aoyama 13 10 6 *Way Of Life, Family Dog, Bell, Cookaway Ongaku 14 20 2 *Barabajagal, Donovan and Jeff Beck, Pye, Southern 5 7 Nageki The Tigers (Polydor) Publisher/Watanabe 15 11 6 Breakaway, Beach Boys, Capitol, Immediate 6 4 La Pioggia Gigliola Cinquetti (Seven Seas) Sub-Publisher/ 16 12 7 Proud Mary, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Liberty, Bur- Suisei-Sha lington 7 5 The Time Of The Season The Zombies (CBS Sony) Sub-Publisher/ 17 1 *Conversations, Cilia Black, Parlophone, Cookaway 8 8 Aquarias Fifth Dimension (Liberty) Sub-Publisher/Taiyo 18 1 Can Sing A Rainbow/Love Is Blue, Dells, Chess, Leeds 9 11 Tenshi-No Skat Saori Yuki (Express) Publisher/All Staff 19 14 10 *Ballad Of John & Yoko, The Beatles, Apple, Northern 10 13 Oh Chin Chin Honey Nights (Denon) Publisher/ Astro Music 20 1 *Early In Morning, Vanity Fare, Page One, Morris/Shaftesbury 11 9 Get Back The Beatles (Apple) Sub-Publisher/Toshiba 12 The Ballad Of John And Yoko The Beatles (Apple) Sub- * Local copyrights Publisher/Toshiba 13 10 Sasurai-Bito No Komoriuta N. Hashida & Shoebelts (Express) Publisher/Art Great Britain's Top Ten LP's 14 14 Shiroi Sango-Sho Zoo Nee Voo (Columbia) Publisher/Pacific Music 15 12 Koi-No Hanauranai Billy Bang Bang (King) Publisher/Rythm 1 Flaming Star, Elvis Presley, RCA Music 2 According To My Heart, Jim Reeves, RCA 3 This Is Tom Jones, Decca 4 2001 Space Odyssey, Soundtrack, MGM 5 Hair, London Cast, Polydor Local 6 Oliver, Soundtrack, RCA This Last 7 Stand Up, Jethro Tull, Island Week Week 8 Nashville Skyline, Dylan, Bob CBS 1 2 Nagasaki-Wa Kyoo-Mo Ame Datta H. Uchiyamada & Cool Five 9 Best Of Glenn Miller, RCA (RCA Victor) 10 His Orchestra, Conniff, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound, Ray CBS 2 1 Minato-Machi Blues Shinichi Mori (Victor) 3 5 Koi-No Dorei Chiyo Okumura (Toshiba) 4 3 Jingi Saburo Kitajima (Crown) Mexico's Best Sellers 5 4 Miyo-Chan The Dorifters (Toshiba) 6 6 Kimi-Wa Kokoro-No Tsuma Dakara M. Tsuruoka & Tokyo Romantica (Teichiku) This Last 7 8 Aishite Aishite Yukari Itoh (King) Week Week 8 7 Nanairo-No Shiawase Pinky & Killers (King) 1 3 Casatchock — Dimitri — Dourakine Philips 9 9 Namida-No Naka-0 Aruiteru Ayumi Ishida (Columbia) 2 5 Maria Isabel — Los Payos — Gamma 10 10 Minna Yume-No Naka Kyoko Takada (King) 3 1 *Te Deseo Amor (I Wish You Love) — Rondalla De Saltillo — Capitol 4 7 Get Back — The Beatles — (Fermata) — Apple Album 5 8 La Balada De Yoko & John — The Beatles — (Fermata) — Apple This Last 6 4 O Quiza Simplemente Le Regale Una Rosa — Leonardo Favio — Week Week (Mundo musical) — CBS Ryoko Moriyama/College Folk Album Ryoko Moriyama (Philips)' 7 2 — Mama Jean Jacques — Gamma Paul Mauriat Custom DeLuxe Paul Mauriat Grand Orch. (Philips) 8 9 Azucarado — — Capitol Patty Ryoko Moriyama/Idol-0 Utau Ryoko Moriyama (Philips) 9 6 *Por Amor — Marco Antonio Muniz — (Pham) — RCA Golden Hawaiian Billy Vaughn (Victor) 10 10 Eloisa — Barry Ryan — MGM Golden Young Mood Double DeLuxe Laymond Lefevre et Son Grand Orch. (Seven Seas) ^Asterisk Indicates Locally Produced Record

62 Cash Box — August 16, 1969 Expansion Moves Great Guests Over Introducing Mini Player, At This Week's GRT Canada Meet TORONTO— Aug. 12 and 13 have been easy listening product by Arthur Ly- 4 Inch Disk To European Market set as the first national sales meeting man: and Ashley, a top country line for GRT of Canada Ltd. Newly ap- currently happening with a Margie ROME — The four-inch 45 single is the time being, Italy, France and pointed distributors from across Can- Singleton LP and which has created a being introduced in Europe. The firm Germany will form the initial mar- ada have been invited to take part in good image with country music of Over, headquartered in Switzer- keting phase of the line. the meet. through Leon Ashley, who consistently land, is marketing a $29.50 player According to Gaetano Pulvirenti, Highlight of the two day affair will makes good strides up the charts. and a line of singles culled from the sales manager of Over, the company be a moonlight cruise aboard a Toron- Besides disc product, GRT already catalogs of CGD, CBS Italiana, Dur- has a budget of $400,000 to be al- to ferry which has been tagged "The distribute MTA and Ashley tape prod- ium. Palette, Tizoc, Fermata, and located to promotion for the Sept.- Record Launch”. Alan Bayley, presi- uct. RGE. Singles will be sold at 60' each. Dec. period. dent and chairman of the board of GRT have also acquired distributing Over expects to introduce 750,000 The Miniature player is 2 inches GRT Corp., will host the cruise along rights U.S. produced tape and record of the Miniature record/radio players high, 5 inches wide and 8 inches deep. with Ross Reynolds, president of GRT product of Janus Records, the new from Sept, through Dec. of this year. A small slit on the front of the bat- of Canada Ltd. and his executive of- joint venture formed by GRT Corp. in Also, six of the Minidiscs, as they tery-operated machine accepts the ficers Ed LaBuick, national sales California and Pye Records in the UK. are called, will be given free witn Minidisc and ejects it after it’s com- manager and Ed Lawson, promotion As well as forging ahead with tape the purchase of each machine. For pleted. The disk itself contains two and A&R manager. product, the Canadian operation of sides and runs the normal length of Other U.S. industry execs expected GRT have created their own GRT regular-sized 45 rpm record, and will aboard are Harry Stern, vice-presi- label in Canada for the disk market be sold in a 4-color sleeve. dent of operations GRT Corp., and and will concentrate on Canadian Over introduced its player and disks , executive vice-presi- groups and compositions. First to re- at a press conference at the Hotel dent of Chess Records and Mrs. Betty lease on the GR'T label will be Winni- Savoy in Rome. Besides Pulvirenti. Chiappetta president of Modern Dis- peg’s Country Tigers, one of the fast- formerly sales manager of RCA Itali- included tributors of Los Angeles (Vee Jay est growing country disk groups in ana, other Over execs present and Dorset labels), who will join Canada who have received promotion- Aldo Polentini, managing director and CRT's Ontario dealers, radio and press al aids from their manager Jack Mc- Arnaldo TorselU, general manager. VIP’s and CRT's newly appointed na- Donald, and the Eighth Day, a Van- The Miniature player/radio was tional distribs. couver commercial rock group pres- created in Italy and its patent has been Cadet-Concept recording group the ently based in Toronto. Miniature Player acquired on a world-wide basis by Rotary Connection have been signed Over. In France, Thomson Houston and Continental Edison will manu- to supply the musical entertainment along with Joe Vance, a new singer facture the sets. on the Chess label, the Eighth Day, a MCA Broadens Global Duties Of Canadian group recently signed to the Johnny Harris Inks newly formed GRT label, and the Magic Cycle, a Toronto group who will 7 Veeps; Franklin Int'l Head Deal w/WB-7 Arts bow their new single during the Johnny Harris has signed an ex- cruise. UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF. — Ralph Uni), Leeds Music, Universal Educa- clusive, half million dollar long term The day following the cruise, dis- Franklin, MCA vice president who has tion and Visual Arts and MCA-TV Can- deal with Warner Bros.—Seven .Arts tributors and GRT execs will meet at headed MCA-TV’s Latin American di- ada. Records in London. He will arrange — of the East Holiday Inn for a full day of vision for the past eight years, has Brian Brolly, managing director and produce acts for Warner Brothers will also supervise talks. Guest speakers will include been appointed head of the MCA-TV MCA Records, who and will be involved in writing ma- Marshall Chess, who will introduce International division, according to MCA-TV, MCA Development and Uni- terial for future film productions. coming productions from the Chicago Berle Adams, executive vice president versal Education and Visual Arts ac- Harris has been responsible for the based firm, and Billboard correspon- in charge of corporate operating di- tivities in England. arrangements behind some of the dent Ritchie Yorke, who will talk visions and activities. — Franz J. Elmendorff, head of MCA- world’s top performers, including Tom about the growing acceptance of tape At the same time, Adams announced TV’s European Division and MCA-TV Jones, Sammy Davis Junior, Nancy product in Canada, sweeping promotions invloving en- Germany, will head MCA Records Sinatra, Engelbert Humperdinck, hancement of executive responsibili- Germany and Universal Education and Threefold Purpose Jack Jones, Petula Clark, .Anthony ties for seven worldwide MCA-TV vice Visual Arts. He has also been named Newley, and Tommy Steele, with Ross Reynolds, president of the Can- presidents, including disk and music co-managing director with Harold Kir- whom he has just completed the ar- adian operation noted "The purpose areas. These broadened responsibilities sten of Miller International Record rangements for a color film for show- of the gathering is threefold. First, we acquisi- for executives in Latin America, Can- Co., Hamburg, a recent MCA ing on BBC and in the States. He is are anxious to promote our entry into ada, England, Europe, Australia, Ja- tion. currently working on a film in Ger- the record market: secondly, we will pan, Lebanon and Mexico involve — Ron Brown, named to head all many. Harris’ signing with Warner be promoting direct sales in Ontario, responsibili- in Australia, including their heading marketing MCA activities Bros. -Seven .Arts Records will not and celebrating the opening of our new ties of various additional MCA divi- Universal Pictures Distribution, MCA affect his arranging and producing Toronto branch: and thirdly, and per- sions in their respective territories. Records, Leeds Music, MCA-T’V Aus- activities for other artists but will haps most importantly, we want our The seven promotions, all involving tralia and Universal Education and give him a chance to extend the scope distributors from across the country MCA vice presidents, are: Visual Arts. of his career. The first result of the to get the full impact of CRT’s ex- — Herb Stewart, promoted to head all — Richard Miyamoto, named to head collaboration between Harris and panded activities in Canada." MCA activities in Canada, including all MCA activities in Japan, including Warner Bros.—Seven .Arts Records Distribution, Distrib Network Universal Pictures Distribution, Apex Universal Pictures MCA is the "Footprints on the Moon" single Record Distribution (Decca, Kapp and Records, Leeds Music, MCA-TV Ja- GRT has now completed its network which Harris wrote, arranged and pro- pan and Universal Education and Vi- of distributors across Canada. CRT’s duced. This is a forerunner to a sual Arts. new marketing offices in Toronto, "Space Suite" which he is in the pro- Schlachter To London — Issam Hamoui, named to head all located at 175 Midwest Road in Scar- cess of composing and will be made MCA activities in Lebanon and the borough will head up their sales and available later in the vear. — Middle East, including Universal Pic- promotional activities across Canada. NEW YORK Marvin Schlachter, pre- sident of the newly tures Distribution, MCA Records, Commencing August 12th, CRT’s sales formed Janus Rec- ords label, jointly owned Pye Leeds Music and MCA-TV Lebanon. force will cover the Ontario region and by Rec- ords and GRT, flies to London this — Francisco Padilla, to head the mar- report to Ed LaBuick, national sales manager. week (10) for a week of meetings with keting of the following MCA divisions Pye Records officials. in Mexico: MCA Records, Leeds Mu- Included in CRT’s network of distri- While in London, Schlachter will be sic, MCA-TV Mexico and Universal butors for their tape and record prod- staying at the Cumberland Hotel Education and Visual Arts. uct are: Canadian Assemblies, Am- where he will also meet with inde- herst, Nova Scotia for the Atlantic pendent producers and artists. Provinces: Trans Canada Records This trip follows closely on the heels Canada To Inc,, Montreal for Quebec province: RCA of a similar visit he made to California Laurel Records Ltd. Winnipeg for On- recently. Schlachtertommented, “The Market Traffic tario west of the Lakehead and Man- record business today is international itoba province. A. A. Murphy & Sons NEW YORK — Rick Shorter and (left to right): Ian Ralfini. mana- and Janus is a perfect example. Our Ltd. Saskatoon for the Saskatchewan Barry Lane, president and vice presi- ging director WB-Seven .Arts Records. ties are with both countries and these ' territory: Van Dusen Brothers Ltd. dent of Traffic Records, have an- Johnny Harris, Dick Katz, agent. trips will be a regular part of my Martin Wyatt, .A&R of WB- Edmonton and Calgary (2 offices) for nounced the completion of a deal with manager schedule as we seek new production Alberta and Sales Vancouver RCA Records of Canada for Canadian Seven .Arts and Daniel Secunda, pub- Emerson deals and strong masters." for British Columbia. distribution of the Traffic label. The licity. GRT, which moved into the disc deal, the pair said, calls for 10 al- market with their acquisition of Can- bums per year and 10 singles per Hal David To Eng. Ster Studio Post year, to be produced by Shorter. Ne- adian distribution rights for Chess, For Film Chore Checker and Cadet Records, has also For Trevor Evans gotiations on behalf of RCA Canada finalized distribution rights for five were handled by Knox Coupland, mar- NEW YORK - Lyricist Hal David additional labels. JOHANNESBURG - Trevor D. Evans, keting manager: Stan Kulin, merchan- planed to London last Friday (8) to be- Included in the deal are four labels formerly of the South Africa Broad- dising manager: and .Andy Nagy, pro- gin work on the score of the .A\co- formerly distributed by Sparton of casting Corp., has been appointed motional and sales. Embassy film production, "The Man Canada: Vee Jay, highly regarded for chief sound engineer and general man- .Among the Traffic Records acts Who Had Power Over Women. ” He’ll top blues, comedy and pop product in- ager of Ster Recording Studios. .At signed to the Canadian deal is TCB who also attend conferences in conjunc- cluding bluesman Jimmy Reed, comic SABC, Evans was closely associated will be presented by RC.A at a press tion with future motion picture assign- Dick Gregory, Four Seasons and Little with the corporation’s television unit party in Montreal to be held at the ments. returning to New York before Richard: MTA, who gained interna- for overseas production, TV not at Laugh-In on .Aug. 18. This is also the Sept. 6th to serve as a judge in the tional fame with their releases by King present a reality in South Africa. He release date for TCB’s Traffic album, Miss .America contest in .Atlantic City Richard’s Fleugel Knights: HiFi, with also has musical experience. "Open FV)r Business". on that date.

Cash Box — August 16, 1969 Mrgentina CnshBox Austratia

Barry Kimberley of Essex Music right laws are now the responsibility In a recent issue of Cash Box, the vals aimed at the record-buying public was jumping for joy when he phoned of the Commonwealth Attorney-Gen- representative commented on in this country, and the only efforts Italian Cash Box with the news that Essex eral’s office. Australia will adhere to the doubts existing around the promo- in this direction have been a couple had scored the copyright for Australia the Universal Copyright Convention; tional value of the “Cantagiro” con- of Music Festivals arranged by pri- in the giant American smash “In The and to enjoy the protection afforded years ago was vate enterpreneurs with rather dis- test which some Year 2525” by Zager & Evans. The by this convention, publications now considered one of the main events in couraging results. For folk music RCA single is grabbing all kinds of should display the symbol© (in circle) artistical year in that market. In there is a better scene, but the ten or the air-play and gives every indication together with the name of the copy- Argentina the situation is somewhat twelve “festivals" arranged in the of becoming a real monster around right owner and the year of publica- different from Italy, but here the provinces during the summer season this country. Essex will rush the sheet tion. This important alteration to the main problem is that there seems to are aimed at the audience and not at copy into print. copyright procedure was pointed out lack of promotional customers; those, the artists present be an absolute American singing and RCA record- in the current edition of the APRA ideas, and the industry is still depend- usually a repertoire of standards that star Marilyn is in Australia (Australasian Performing Right As- has no relation to new releases or ing Maye ing on radio-play scheme that is be- sociation) Journal. promo campaigns. for a personal appearance season at coming more and .more inadequate Local group the La De St George League’s Club. . .and she’s Das have a with every day. Promotion of the record as an in great form. RCA hosted a special new album out through EMI. It’s a we commented widely in this institution is also remote. In the past, As press night at which Marilyn was the set called “The Happy Prince” and column, five months ago the Govern- the Chamber of Record Producers guest of honor. There are lots of features the group with a whole pro- ment-controlled radio stations, ap- has sponsored some campaigns, but national television spots lined-up for gram of original songs. The package proximately two-thirds of the total, the lack of good advertising ap- Marilyn on which she will no doubt has been picking up sales power since started applying strict restrictions on proaches has limited its effect. As feature her current single “Feelin' it was first issued about a month ago. what could be considered “plugging,” we commented before, the record is and “Step To The Rear." The latter We now have the news that Capitol every record could be played only not considered as good a present as it is a cut from the album just issued Records of America will release “The once a day on every station, and no should be. Even record retailers are here by RCA. Happy Prince” before the end of this more than seven records by an artist not supported as a whole by the in- Music For Pleasure, the huge rack- year. This is quite a triumph for the were allowed during the day. A slump dustry; thus it has originated a trend jobbing record company operated in La De Das. of about 30% in sales (for the whole towards the keeping of only a 'few this country by the Paul Hamlyn pub- Southern Music are out with sheet industry) followed, partially due to titles in stock, and many customers lishing group, have made several copies on some strong hit potential this change in radio promotion. Now, deceived and not being able to get the important staff changes of late. Terry material: “Barabajagal” as recorded the industry is facing a sort of con- record they want. Since radio promo- Jenkins has been appointed to the post by Donovan on Epic; “Ruby, Don’t meaning that a tion has been increased for catalog centration of sales, ” of General Sales Manager of the com- Take Your Love To Town by Kenny bigger part of the whole volume is items, this percentage has increased pany on a national scale. Don Williams Rogers & the First Edition which is being sold by fewer companies. The strongly during this year. is now in the post of New South on Reprise and showing monster signs; situation could mean the appearance It is difficult to point out answers Wales Manager in charge of sales. “Lost And Found" as recorded by of two or three really "big" diskeries, for all these problems. What is needed Brian Stuckey moves to the position local group the Ram Jam Big Band instead of the five or six currently mainly is the will to apply new ideas, of Marketing Services Manager. MFP on Spin; and “You’re Closer To Me” existing: the others would fall into even if they show a loss at the is now in the midst of the biggest pro- on the Parlophone label by local lass the “intermediate" rank, competing beginning. Five years ago RCA motion it has ever conducted since Laurel Lee. with a couple of small labels that sponsored a free music Festival in their launch into this market. General Amongst new local discs of late we have been growing at a very fast rate Mar del Plata, having to charge the Manager of the label David Riley find the newie for Matt Flinders during the recent past. expenses to promotion: at least three says, “We believe the consumer does (Astor) “Picking Up Pebbles” and These changes mean that chances strong selling artists (Jose Feliciano not sufficiently know our product. In “Susan Walks Away”; the Dave of a united ind^ustry for the future are and Jimmy Fontana among them) fact, only a small percentage of the Miller Set (Spin) with “Mr. Guy not very strong since a movement resulted from that venture, and many public knows us as we have only Faukes” c/w “Someone Is Sure To”; backed by five strong labels could thousands of records have been sold. scratched the surface of the market.” the Paul Mackay Sound (Festival) have much better possibilities than Had the industry applied afterwards The promotion involves a competition with “Baby, Sing A Happy Song” and one sponsored by two of them, even the same concept of that idea, probably for dealers and the consumers with “Oh Carol"; Anne & Johnny Hawker if they are individually stronger than the market would be now very differ- prizes ranging from a holiday trip (Astor) with “Real True Lovin’ ” and in the past. There are no music festi- ent . . . and much bigger. down to gifts of records. The promo- “Long Gone.” tion campaign finishes at the end of Australian disc jockey Ken Sparkes this month. MFP have had great suc- has returned to Australia after spend- Argentina's Best Sellers cess since moving into the Australian ing the past couple of years in the market with their rack albums retail- United States, during which time he ing at (Aust) $1.99. jockeyed on station RGBS in Los The Commonwealth Copyright Of- Angeles. Ken has returned to station This Last fice is no longer in existence which 3UZ in Melbourne where he is in an Week Week means that composers can no longer executive position. There is no clear 1 1 *Tiritando (Relay) Donald (RCA) register their works for copyright indication as to whether or not he will 2 2 *Rosa Rosa (Ansa) Sandro (CBS) purposes. Under the new Act, Copy- be doing air work. 3 10 Te Regalo Mis Ojos (Relay) Gabriella Ferri (RCA) 4 3 Ma Che Freddo Fa (Relay) Nada, Iracundos (RCA) 5 6 *VivaLaVida (Clanort) Palito Ortega (RCA) 6 4 Ave Maria Raphael (Music Hall) Australia's Best Sellers 7 7 *Mi Viejo (Korn) Piero (CBS) 8 5 *Otra Vez En La Via (Melograf) Los Naufragos (CBS) This Last Weeks 9 13 *Penumbras (Ansa) Sandro (CBS) Week Week On Chart 10 9 Lejos De Los Ojos (Fermata) Django (RCA); Sergio Endrigo In The Ghetto (Elvis Presley—RCA) (Fermata); Carlos Sobrino (Polydor); MaryHopkin (Apple) My Sentimental Friend (Herman’s Hermits—Columbia) 11 18 Proud Mary Creedence Clearwater Revival (EMI) Southern Music. 12 8 Goodbye (Fermata) Mary Hopkin (Apple) Ballad of John & Yoko (The Beatles—Apple) Northern Songs. 13 11 Ballad of John andYoko (Fermata) Beatles (Odeon) Time Is Tight (Booker T & MG’S—Stax)

. 14 20 *Argentino Hasta La Muerte Roberto R. Fraga (CBS) Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones—Decca) Essex Music. < 15 12 Get Back (Fermata) Beatles (Odeon) In The Year 2525 (Zager & Evans — RCA) Essex Music . 16 15 *Disculpe (Fermata) Hernan F. Reyes (CBS); Peregrines (CBS); Bad Moon Rising (Creedence Clearwater — Liberty) Palace Tempraneros (Fermata); Antonio Tormo (RCA); Julius E. Music. Davalos (Philips) Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town (Kenny Rogers — Re- 17 — Sugar Sugar The Archies (RCA) prise) Southern Music. 18 16 *Cosquillas (Relay) Donald (RCA) 9 5 Frozen Orange Juice (Peter Sarstedt—U/A) Leeds Music. 19 17 *Extrano Del Pelo Largo (Relay) Joven Guardia (RCA) 10 10 Love Me Tonight (Tom Jones—Decca) Leeds Music. 20 — All Together Now (Fermata) Conexion Numero Cinco (RCA); Beatles (Odeon) Germany Becord Mir's Sales *Local

1 This Last Weeks Week Week On Chart The Ballad of John & Yoko — The Beatles — Apple — Rolf ^Argentina's Top Ten LP's Budde Music Pretty Belinda — Bernd Spier — CBS — Hans Gerig Music Tomorrow, Tomorrow — The Bee Gees — Polydor — Rudolf Slezak Music ^ This Last *Hinter den Kulissen von Paris (Behind The Hidden Doors Of Week Week Paris — Mireille Mathieu — Ariola — Nero Music/Meisel — Hammerling 1 1 De America Sandro (CBS) Love Me Tonight — Tom Jones — — 2 8 Los Preferidos A La Luna Selection (RCA) Decca Joker Music — 3 2 La Magia Sandro (CBS) Oh Happy Day — Edwin Hawkins Singers — Buddah 4 4 Viva La Vida Palito Ortega (RCA) Melodie Der Welt/Michel *lch 5 3 La Lluvia Termino Los Iracundos (RCA) bin so gern bei Dir (I Love To Be With You) — Roy Black 6 9 Live Johnny Rivers (EMI) — Polydor — Hans Gerig Music 7 7 Caudillos Y Valientes Roberto R. Fraga (CBS) Israelites — Desmond Dekker — Hansa — Edition Intro/ 8 — Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival Meisel (EMI) Pretty Belinda — Chris Andrews — Vogue — Hans Gerig Hombre Jose Larralde (RCA) Music PinturaFresca Pintura Fresca (Disc Jockey) 10 10 Aquarius — The 5th Dimension — Liberty — Melodie Der Welt/Michel

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62 64 Cash Box — August 16, 1969 CashBox COIN MACHINE NEWS

EDITORIAL Calling a Spade a Club

How often in all our private discussions on the report also admits to the “existence in earlier proverbial “blackeye" of the industry does at least years” of “an element”. It doesn’t, however, point one tradesman sit back, smile and think: “boy, how to the fact that virtually every other industry in naive can you guys get!” There’s no secret that the country has or has had its problems with such many within the trade itself consider any attempt people, because, as Fred Granger says, “although to erase the industry’s dark reputation a “white- this is a pertinent point, it’s no defense for our- wash job”, rather than a public educational program. selves.”

Let’s admit it, if any public relations work is going This is a frank, honest, open approach to the prob- to do any good, we’re going to have to start with lem. It’s “calling a spade a spade,” if you will— some of our own people— people who not only prefer not calling it a “club”, saying “we never had a to believe the myth that the music and games busi- single problem with these people, because, you see, ness is well-populated with a hoodlum element but we are just the finest folks in the whole wide world.” are satisfied that the general public believes it as In what we consider to be a landmark move by well. MOA, a highly-regarded American journalist has been invited to speak on the subject of building a Strong statement? Well, it’s true. Like the Holly- better public image at the Exposition seminar. He wood starlet who believes her own contrived pub- has accepted. His name is Drew Pearson and as licity, too many operators really believe that an many in the trade know, his trademark is “calling invisible kingdom exists out there, working its evil a spade a spade”. Pearson’s reputation as a deeply against locations and operators alike. Have they any probing political journalist is spiced with memories evidence? Well, they’ll admit, there’s “so-and-so of reportorial awards and libel suits. The syndicated who jumps my spots if I get in his way. And wasn’t columnist has had his own image problems, to be what’s-his-name originally connected with whosis?” sure, and should pull no punches whatever when he All kinds of wild speculation generously abounds in addresses jukebox operators on a subject he knows coinbiz, with about as much solid foundation in fact all too well. You just can’t pull a skeleton out of a as that cow who jumped over the moon. politician’s closet without having a little mud thrown “. As the MOA “Jukebox Story” declares: . . the back at you. jukebox industry has been misunderstood, perhaps To recap, we feel Pearson’s presence at the Ex- as an industry overrun by an undesirable element. position is a symptom of this industry’s frank, new

It is not true that this industry was ever overrun by approach to the old image problem. While he helps an undersirable element. We recognize, nevertheless us to open our windows, we may let a few ghosts that the existence in earlier years of such an element out, a little bit of fresh air in and enlighten some of in some areas of the country is why we have an our own quizzical people. Pearson’s talk is also an- image problem today.” other strong reason why the operating trade should The case couldn’t be presented better. While turn out in force at the Expo. Remember— Sherman spelling out the industry image problem, the PR House Hotel, Chicago, Sept. 5,6, & 7. A.C.A. Sales Imports MOA POLL WINNERS Granger Building Best Show Yet! Car Game for US Ops CHICAGO — Breaking the tradition of announcing the MOA Record Poll Phono Factory Execs Drew Pearson To Winners at the Convention, Fred On Seminar Panel Granger has decided to release win- Speak at PR Session ners’ names now, and present the CHICAGO — The Industry Seminar, award plaques at the show as usual. which will be staged Friday afternoon Voted as Best Artist in the recently (Sept. 5th) at the 1969 MOA Exposi- concluded member poll is Capitol’s tion, is sizing up to be the most, valu- Glen Campbell (for the second year able ever conducted, and possibly, one running). Voted Best Record for the of the most vocal. year is the Plantation disk ‘Harper Convention chairman Bob Nims, and Valley PTA’. Best Record Company his seminar committeemen Fred Col- (serving the needs of music operators) lins, Jr., (chairman), Norman Pink, is MGM Records. John Snodgrass and Harry Witsen, have assembled representatives of the five coin-phonograph factories under Michigan the topical heading “The Jukebox ACA'S INDY 500 Upper Ops Industry — Where is it Going?” The factory brass will speak on a subject OAKLAND, CALIF. — Leyser, May Form Association Henry of their individual choosing, some of DREW PEARSON president of Associated Coin Amuse- which have already been announced. — "We’ve got probably the ment Co., announced his company’s CHICAGO—Operators from the Upper According to Fred Granger, the CHICAGO best speaker available on the subject appointment to market the Indy 500 Penninsula of Michigan do not have a panel will be composed of: Les Rieck of public relations with auto-race coin game in the U.S.A. state association of their own, as yet, (Rock-Ola’s music division sales man- Drew Pear- son," declared executive vice A.C.A. will no doubt market the new but until one is formed, or they agree ager), Joe Barton (Rowe’s vice presi- MO.’\’s president Fred Granger last week, imported game thru their current to join the neighboring Wisconsin Op- dent for distribution). Bill Adair after Hirsh NSM phonograph distributors and re- erators association, they’ve decided to (president of the Seeburg Sales Corp.), de LaViez phoned thru an presentatives, through which amuse- function as an association by getting A.D. Palmer (Wurlitzer’s promotion affirmative answer that the famous columnist MO.-V’s invitation. ment operators can purchase the together on a regular basis for the pur- director) and Henry Leysey (pres- accepted machine. pose of discussing mutual problems, ident of A.C.A. Sales, distributors "I suggested Pearson’s name to our Leyser described the Indy 500 as exchanging ideas, etc. Bob Rondeau of for NSM). seminar committee a while back, they “a realistic test of true driving skill Empire Dist. in Menominee, Michigan, Barton has stated he will speak on approved wholeheartedly and I con- tacted in that gets and holds free-spending who never hesitates to lend his time “merchandising music at the location Hirsh Washington, knowing he crowds.” Indicating “high-speed ac- and support to any activity he feels level”: Palmer will explain Wurlit- had access to his office," Granger tion and player appeal,” Leyser says will benefit operators and improve the zer’s motives for marketing phono- revealed. ’’I sent Hirsh a formal in- vitation which he presented to Pear- the game offers players a singularly- image of the coin machine industry, graphs in 100, 160 and 200 selection realistic sensation in the sport of car helped spearhead the whole idea. models and Leyser will discuss "ur- son and bang, he said ’I’ll do it.”’ will "pull racing. Complete with skill controls, The first such meeting, with 16 of ban renewal arid the jukebox opera- Granger expects Pearson film animation and actual racing the area’s operators in attendance, tor.” no punches" when he tells the opera- tors sounds (including a loud crash on the was held recently at the Manor Inn, in Perhaps the highlight of the semi- what they’re up against and how thev nip this problem impact of cars), the Indy also scores Ishpeming, Michigan. Francis Nardi nar meeting will occur in its second may image once for all. “If a player’s ability to maneuver his car of U.P. Novelty hosted and Bob Ron- half, dealing with "How to Build a and Pearson doesn’t know through the racing field. deau served as moderator. Better Image". how. who does," Fred stated.

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Cash Box — August 16, 1969 67 Profile On: SAM STERN Master Builder of Games

flipper game, or pinball, whatever ments, could this result in the manu- you want to call it. That’s my opin- facture of other types of coin ma-

ion . . . that the five ball game, in chines such as pool tables, possibly (Ed. Note: Sam Stern, master build- some type, will remain the back- music machines? er of amusement games, whose ca- bone of the industry. I don’t think we’ll get out of the reer has touched base at every level amusement end of the business, as Sam, just to speculate, what could of the coin machine industry, made far as Bally is concerned. possibly be done to the pingame that headlines last month in announcing hasn’t been done by now? Will this preclude the pool tables? his retirement from the presidency There’s a lot of things that may be I wouldn’t preclude pool tables of Williams Electronics, Inc., only to able to be done. Offhand, I couldn’t because that’s in the amusement field. re-enter the “coin game” within three say. There are changes being con- weeks as executive vice president of Sam, certainly the significant move- templated now by all factories. I’m Bally Mfg. Corp. The experience he ment on the operating level is the sure . . . some sort of variation. But brings to Bally, according to that emergence of the so-called ‘national basically it will remain the five ball firm’s president Bill O’Donnell, will account’ through the merger of street or flipper type game. be a “tremendous asset” to their routes, as well as the recent entrance present and future plans. What those What about the eventual possibility of the larger vending firms into music plans might be, and Stern’s role in of Bally marketing a non-coin ver- and games. Will this pattern affect them, is revealed in the following pro- sion of the pinball to the home retail Bally’s marketing approach in the near file interview conducted last week.) market? future?

Although this type of product is I doubt it very much. Sam, the announcement of your being marketed right now, I don’t move to Bally certainly stands as one SAM STERN Looking ahead to a booming leisure think we’re in a position to compete of the major personnel shifts in the market, how do you feel games op- What does a Sam Stern know about with these cheap home-type pinball history of this industry. What were erators might insure a better share a pinball that makes it a little better machines. the personal motives which made you of that leisure dollar for themselves? than the ordinary? decide to make the move? Then Bally’s policy toward exploi- Is there anything you could suggest to I’d like to be able to answer that. Well, I had no intention of coming tation of the home and non-coin rec- the trade that they might do to make Harry Williams always said it’s what to Bally after I left Williams. I left reation markets is . . . a better buck? he called ‘game sense’ . . . that I could just to take it easy for a while. I left There’s been no thought given to Well, there are a lot of areas and look at a game and decide whether it there on the 15th of June and didn't it. locations that they haven’t exploited. was going to be good or bad. If I didn’t come here till July 8th. Between that The surface of the arcade field hasn’t like it, I knew how to change it. Concerning Bally’s proposed ac- time, I took off for a brief vacation. even been scratched. Arcades are quisition of Midway, how do you feel When I returned to Chicago, the Bally So you might say ‘game sense’ is going to come to the fore ... I mean this corporate integration will benefit people contacted me and I sat down 99% intuition? beautiful places like those in England. the operating business? with them and we discussed their pro- That’s what Harry said and I can I’ve seen these English arcades over There’ll be more engineering and gram. I saw a great challenge and a very well believe it. the years, they’re multiplying and people available. There’ll be more great potential for me there and de- idea there’s a lot of interest in them. People Will the so-called ‘tried and true’ money spent on tooling to make a cided to give up the retirement idea do spend time in them ... if the place amusement games like the pinball better product. A private company and join right in. is conducive to bring people in. You flipper remain at the forefront of the is limited to how much it can sped. can’t have the old type of place with Will your widely-regarded experi- games business or do you see the public has a little more A company just four walls and some machines be- in the creation and design of ence day when the more unorthodox nov- leeway. tween. five-ball pingames be called upon at elty machines will play the key role? There’s been speculation about Bally? The backbone of the business will Do you think the safest economical whether Midway will continue to be Yes. always be some type of five ball, or way for our operators to get into this ran autonomously or rather be totally amusement center business is to take integrated on all levels with Bally. a concession at some department store Midway will remain autonomous. or shopping center, or do you actually There’ll maybe be an integration of recommend renting a building and parts engineering, but actually the setting it up? two factory operations will be separ- Renting a building in a good traffic ate. Including the marketing. At the area, really decorating it in first class present time there is no comtempla- fashion, and installing good looking tion of any change in marketing. What equipment is the recommended for- will happen in the future we don’t mula. There’s a lot of new amusement know. equipment coming out, between the Watching Bally’s outstanding growth pinball machines and the newer types pattern, with such recent steps and like helicopters, periscopes, the World the Midway and Lenc-Smith announce- (Continued)

Best Wishes, Sam!

Phi! Greenberg

ATLAS NOVELTY CO. - Pittsburgh

“I am delighted and thrilled that you are part of the

Bally team! It is my genuine belief that Bill O’Donnell has laid another cornerstone for our prosperiety by adding you to his already winning team!”

SI REDD BALLY DISTRIBUTING COMPANY Reno, Nevada

68 Cash Box — August 16, 1969 "The pinball game will always be the TWO BIG NAMES of this business. backbone stern IN THE Cup and others will find their way if the operator would just show them much take as they can and the five into these arcades. photos of good looking clean amuse- ball game takes a little too long. Cut COIN MACHINE ment centers in other airports. If that down by eliminating two balls Are Bally’s engineers right now these airports want some information and you get just as good a game as exploring several ‘unorthodox’ game INDUSTRY on the take, the earnings and every- with five. It goes back to the time ideas? thing else, operators should get this of play of the pre-flipper days. A We always are, yes. Midway has material together and go out and do pre-flipper game ran a minute and been doing it and Bally has been a job with it. a half. Five balls now takes three doing it. Between the two, we expect Should an amusement operator set minutes. So if we get it down to to come up with some real novel his machines at an airport type of three balls, we’re back to a minute equipment. location on a collection-commission and a half, a minute and three quarter Would you predict the release of basis or a concession-rental arrange- game. As I said, there’s peak anything before the end of the year ment? periods of maybe two, three hours that might set the trade ‘on its ear’? Either way. It depends on the air- a day when a game really gets its Ha, it’s going to be very hard to port management. Some may want play. So with three balls, it has to invent something that's going to set to lease the space, others may want take in more money. And all the SAM STERN this trade on its ear. This trade is to work on a commission. games today are designed for three pretty sophisticated. They don’t get or five balls, every manufacturer is Sam, is there anything a games excited about anything. making them. operator can do today to get a better Sam, many prominent industry dollar at existing locations through Can present anti-pinball laws ever & leaders view the business today as a more creative use of amusement possibly be reversed? ‘saturated’ with equipment, dealing equipment? Sure. only with what they term a ‘replace- Well, we’ve gone through that over ment’ market. Are there, in fact, new the years. I’ve gone over the value Who should spearhead the drive? to play, BALLY locations be gained today for of three-ball play, the ten cent Should an association take the lead? games? the three for a quarter play and/or Not necessarily. It can be the dis- I’ve been in this business since 1931 front money. And there’s no reason to tributor or someone in the area to or ’32 and I think I’ve heard that give a location a 50% split, with the take the bull by the horns, get the saturation complaint every year since cost of equipment going up the way operators together and appoint a good then. I can’t tell you when it'll be it is. Especially the top locations. attorney to go to the legislature to saturated . . . it’s been called this for Operators should take the first six try to get these laws changed or get the last thirty-eight years and there’s or eight dollars to depreciate part a model law. They’ve been doing this been tremendous growth in the in- of the cost. in a lot of states. dustry anyway. Then you definitely still recom- The games factories have attorneys. To what area should a games op- mend the front money? Are these people at the disposal of erator look to get a new location to- question about it. It has to No the trade’s operators for advice? day? There’s been so much talk of come today. These operators have to For advice, yes, they definitely are. these shopping malls, chain stores go out and get the front money: and if Best Wishes and the like. they don’t go to a higher play pricing After your first month at Bally, has ball your attitude toward the busi- . to play games That’s what there is . . discount then at least go three stores, shopping malls, luncheonettes, on the flippers to cut the time down, ness changed? IRV SANDLER bars, railroad stations, bus stations, because these games only play in No . . . it’s still the greatest busi- airports ... a whole lot of these peak periods. They have to get as ness there is. haven’t even been touched yet.

We’ve read statistics citing a fan- tastic number of shopping centers, store chains, etc. which are in op- eration in this country. After speak- Now Banking On ing to a few games operators who serve this market, we understand only SAM STERN Bally & Sam Stern about 25% of these places have ever been approached by a games operator at all. — and Sure. Look at most of your major airports and you can’t even find any a BALLY arcades. When two winners Certainly, there’s no point in hiding game the fact that a lot of these airport like these get together, people are against the concept of an amusement center or even the place- the whole games trade ment of a single game machine. How can you change that kind of thinking? Go out and get some photos and should celebrate. stories on the arcades in the Phil- adelphia airport, the Miami airport, MONROE the New Orleans airport. There are WE ARE! a lot of airports around the country DISTRIBUTING, INC. besides these that would want games

Joe Westerhaus, Sr. TVcne finoctcC t& 6c o«t Pioneer Vending, Inc. t6c teamf

Cincinnati, Ohio

Joe Westerhaus, Jr.

SALES COMPANY Royal Distributing Corp

Cincinnati # Columbus Seattle — Portland

Cash Box — August 16, 1969 69 A Great Industry Event! CashBoat Round The Route

EASTERN FLASHES CALIFORNIA CLIPPINGS

ON THE ISLAND ... Vic Vander- EVERYONE IS A WINNER . . . 1969 leenden of Montauk Automatic told of Struve Distri- MOA the slogan That’s us a recent visit with Philadelphia’s buting’s big Sell-a-Thon party Marvin Stein (Eastern Music Systems) which will be held in the Grand ball- has resulted in Marvin taking on the room of the International Hotel Color-Coating franchise for the Philly- Saturday, August 23rd at 7:00 P.M. EXPOSITION Pennsy area. The machine refinish- As we have said before in previous ing process, now being handled on a columns, this celebration is the cul- national sales basis by Milt Horowitz’ mination of their big Sell-a-Thon Sherman House Hotel, Chicago Vendors Exchange in Cleveland, that has been going on for many was originally Vic’s gambit and months before. Also, we would like Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 5,6,7 he closed the Eastern Music deal to say that we, along with many, for the Ohio rep. Milt, meanwhile, many others will be in attendance, lined up Ed Shaffer’s Shaffer Music and it should be one of the gala to perform the process in Columbus, events of the season. Are you happy Ohio. Looks good for the firm, lining now Leo? P.S. There will of course up two crack distribs as these. be lots of groovy prizes given away.

OPS’ NIGHT OUT — Bronx-Man- FROM THE RECORD RACKS . . . This is the only industry event of its kind. Here's hattan music and table operator From the San Francisco area we Sam Morrison enjoyed some of the are getting lots of reports on “Sugar where the action is. Here's where you will find new benefits of the business last Wednes- on Sunday” by the Clique on White

day when he attended going-away his ' Union old learn Whale. Gary Puckett and equipment, meet friends, see new faces, party at one of his First Ave. loca- Gap are telling us that “This Girls tions. Party was thrown by CBS for is Col- what is going on in this rapidly changing industry. a Woman Now”. Deck on Nick Nicholson, director of the teevee umbia. Evie Sands isn’t playing hard Here's where you will find the Jukebox exhibitors, re- perennial soap opera “The Edge of to get when she is saying “Anyway Night,’’ off on a three week cruise You Want Me” on the A&M label. cording companies, background music, amusement to Europe. Sam showed up for a ser- Isaac Hayes is coming on strong vice call, which turned out nothing special and smooth with some of his hot games, equipment, parts manufacturers, more than the phonograph plug buttered soul (also title of his L.P.) allied industries. And MOA's all-industry seminar: accidentally being pulled from the with his single for Enterprise “Walk wall. Seeing the festivities, he on By”. From Seattle the words are Part 1 — a panel of jukebox manufacturers dis- joined right in, and several “baskets “White Bird” by It's a Beautiful of cheer” later, called to invite us over. Day on Columbia. Also doing very cussing “The Jukebox Industry — Where is it Sounded good, but the deadline came well is the newest for Oliver, who is first. newly signed with the Crewe label Going?" AROUND TOWN — Vacationing (Bob Crewe) is out with his “Jean”, location customers are creating A.C.A. ACCELERATES — Mickey Part 2 — a distinguished speaker discussing “The a bit of a gap in collections around Greenman of Associated Coin Amuse- Build town, we hear. The take isn’t too ment tells us the firm’s chief Hank MOA Public Relations Program — How to badly off, but we bet most opera- Leyser will speak at the forthcom- A Better Image." tors can’t wait till September . . . ing MOA Expo seminar on Problems Hope all the New "Vork gang is of the Jukebox Operator. Hank’s dropping their convention reserva- subject will be “Urban Renewal and tion blanks back to Ben Chicofsky the Music Operator” and should offer at the MONY office. Many in already, the trade some enlightening thoughts so come on, you late starters. Pre- on this condition which on one hand, paration on the convention journal, dresses up a city but on the other which is given out at the October out- knocks out a goodly number of good ing at the Homowack Lodge, con- music locations. GALA BANQUET AND SHOW tinues good, with plenty of record company ads filling out the pages. UPPER MID-WEST FROM THE SUNSHINE STATE — Florida Amusement & Music Assn, Stanley Baeder, Fargo, in the cities MOA’s three-day Exposition will be topped off president Jim Tolisano has appointed on a hurry up trip, just for the day. . . with the traditional awards banquet and stage a committee of members to study Dean Schroeder, Aberdeen, driving in pending House Bill #2018 (which if to the cities on Sunday and maWng show produced again this year by Hirsh de LaViez passed, will spell out the legal dif- the rounds Monday morning and

ferences between various 5 ball driving back Monday afternoon. . . of Show Biz Productions, Washington D. C. games). The committee’s recommend- Wayne Anderson in town for the day ations will then be passed on to the buying equipment and buying records

Boots Randolph, assembled FAMA board of directors and parts . . . Clayt. Norberg driv- Frankie Randall at their forthcoming Sept. 14th meet ing to Minneapolis with his daughter at the Port-O-Call. Committee con- who flew back to Chicago . . . Ken Jerry Smith, ABC Records sists of chairman Harvey Duckett, Fischer and Fred Blaess, Fischer Roberta Quinlan & Don Cornell, Jaybee Records Edgar Blankenbeckler, Fletcher A. Mfg. Co. visiting the Lieberman Blalock, Lionel Louque and Charles Music Co. Tues. 24th . . . Nik and Williams, Jr., Hank and The Cheatin’ Hearts, MGM Records Piantiere. John Berquist, Ironwood, in town London Lee, Mercury Records UPSTATE ITEMS — Next regular to see the Twin-Detroit double

dinner of the York header Tues. . . Our congratulations The Impressions, Curtom Records meeting and New State Operators Guild has been called to Barbara Duhaney married Sunday Eloise Laws, Columbia Records for August 20th (Wed.) by president 27th. Barbara is with Lieberman The Happinings — Jubilee Records Jack Wilson. Meet gets underway Enterprises . . . Ernest Woytossek at 7:30 PM. It’s being held at the and family in the cities for a few Wills Sonny Hines-Airtown Tommy . & Hotel Washington in Newburgh. . . days vacation . . Frank Mager, Skeeter Davis — RCA Ace one stop hit-picker Jimmy Galuppi Grand Rapids, in town for the days as

(Galuppi Enterprises — Syracuse was Gordon Runnberg . . . Irv. Sand- Peaches & Herb-Date — Albany) puts his “sure shot” tag ler is spending every day on the golf Charlie McCoy & the Escorts — Monument this week to a new Capitol release links . . . Al. Eggermont Sr. has Roy Clark — Dot by the Wallace Collection entitled bought a helicopter and is going into ‘Daydream’. Another “chart bound” the transport business . . . Jimmy Dur- item at Galuppi’s is the Mills Bro- ante was in town for the day as a The 1969 MOA Exposition is an International thers’ new ‘Up to Maggie Jones’ on feature guest of the Fraternal order

Dot. Incidentally, Dot’s Roy Clark, of the Eagles . . . Bill Davis leaves Trade Shovy for the Coin-Operated Music and whose ‘Yesterday, When I Was for a two week vacation and is driv- Young’ is making mucho coins ing with his family to California and

is . Amusement Industry. on music boxes clear across the Disneyland a must . . Mrs. Al. country, will be appearing at the Abrams in the hospital. Had surgery MOA Exposition banquet, along on a disk and is getting along as with a lot of other top entertainers. well as can be expected. Al. heads Sponsored by the Harold HERE AND THERE — Operators N. Lieberman Co. . who normally make a habit of giving Rudy Grahek and his gang in town their location personnel gifts at birth- for a few days vacation and taking

in a . days, holidays, etc., might be able few ball games. . Mr. & Mrs. to cover the problem of what to get, Cart. Gedny and daughter in town for MUSIC OPERATORS OF AMERICA and do themselves a favor as well. a few days vacation. . . Our deep- How? Well, a firm called Falcon est sympathy to Johnny Cooper and Div. of Mountainside, N.J. family on the death of his 228 North LaSalle Street, Alarms mother. . is selling a new fire and emergency Lyle Resting in town buying parts

Chicago, Illinois 60601 alarm called ‘Loud and Clear’. and records . . . Bob Lucking in the It’s a gas-operated horn type of alram, cities for the day as was Irv. Phone (312) 726-2810 Linder- much the same as those in present holm . . . Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie Manolis music machines, and mounts on the flew in from Huron to spend a few location wall without any need for days in the city and taking in a few

wiring. ball games .

70 Cash Box — August 16, 196' SCORE BIG PROFITS WITH . . CoshBoK Round The Route "SPORTS WORLD”

CHATTER business meet included Ed Zorinsky’s NEW LOCATION - NEW MONEY CHICAGO talk on the outcome of the new tax bill, MOA activities, bookkeeping Our gal Camille was off on vaca- forms and techniques, assessment law changes. Direct sales and plans tion last week so it was left up to the % New York lads to put together this for a Miss C.O.I.N. Ed also read re- here Chicago Chatter column. Hope sponses from various equipment we don't foul up any of youse guys manufacturers concerning reported names! machine deficiences. Nate Feinstein, World Wide Dist. Representatives of the Illinois president, has revealed his firm's Automatic Merchandising Council affiliation with two other companies expressed their appreciation on July % now actively involved in the leisure- 29th for outstanding work by two time products industry. Although members of the Elk Grove Village Nate has not disclosed the firm names, (111.) police department and presented waiting, we expect, until the arrange- a contribution of $200 to the Fraternal ment is completed, he did say the Order of Police at the office of Chief move will ultimately make operator’s Harry P. Jenkins. In transmitting the beneficiaries of new locations, the contribution to Chief Jenkins and at the same time, broaden their and to Lt. Richard Losch (president scope of activities. “As a distributor, of the order), the vending reps laud- we recognize the need for expanding ed the alert and outstanding perfor- $ the location market,” he stated, “to mance of Investigator Marinec and seek out more and more locations Patrolman Rusch of the Elk Grove where operators can install equip- Village Police Dept, last March. Mari- ment. The need to replace locations nec recognized photographs of two eliminated by urban renewal, express- men who had been sought after a way construction and changing series of vending service truck hi- neighborhoods is a vital one,” he con- jackings and robberies in the metro- tinued, adding “and this will be one politan area. Both police officers of the principle areas towards which collaborated in apprehending the sus- we will direct our efforts. We feel pects. our new affiliations can open fresh Representing the association, which avenues for coin-operated machines, comprises some 200 firms in the with new type locations that hereto- vending service business throughout fore have not enjoyed the benefits the state, were Earl A. Fohrman, that our industry can provide,” he Pepsi Cola General Bottlers, Inc.; concluded. Equally enthusaistic a- Louis A. Cappello, Interstate United NOW AT YOUR DISTRIBUTOR! bout the prospects for future growth Corporation, and ’William R. Brand- are the other World Wide execs strader, director of State Councils 2 - FOR QUARTER PLAY Harold Schwartz, Irv Ovitz, Fred of the National Automatic Merchan- NEW - SAFETY INTERLOCK t Skor, Art Wood, John Neville, Howie dising Association, ^ Freer, Frank Gumma and Jules “As businessmen we value the se- OVER 3,000 SPORTS QUESTIONS Millman. curity which good police work con- The Wisconsin Music Merchants tributes to the operation of our firms NEW - COMPACT CIRCUITRY - ELIMINATES 13 RELAYS Association will hold its annual meet- and especially to the protection of ing at the Dell 'View Hotel, Lake our drivers,” Fohrman said. “This NA/NUTTING ASSOC., INC. 500 ELLIS, MT. VIEW, CA. Delton, Wise, on Sunday, Aug. 17th. marks the first time that our state Association president Clint Pierce association has officially given such said there would be a luncheon on recognition to law enforcement per- Sunday, followed by the election of sonnel, although individual members officers and an important discussion have often worked closely with police on the state sales tax situation. MOA officials.” executive vice president Fred Gran- DAVIS AUGUST SPECIALS ger plans to attend and talk to the Wisconsin group about the forthcom- Quality reconditioned equipment ing Exposition. John Masters, Jr., Missouri Valley Looks and operates like new Amusement Co., Lee’s Summit, Missouri, is the latest MOA member to give the public relations “Jukebox Story” speech with complete success. John recently delivered the speech before the Optimists Club of his town. It was so well received that he was immediately invited to give the speech before the Optimists Clubs of Kansas City and Winnebago, Missouri. MOA president Howard Ellis was quick to congratulate him and also to urge Seeburg other members to do likewise. MOA Phonographs Chicago area operators, who just might be interested in getting into SS160 the coin car-wash business, should Electra write down dates of the forthcoming Valley Rocketeer I Fleetwood National Coin-Op Convention and LPC480 Exhibit. The trade show will be held LPC-1 at the Conrad Hilton Hotel on Octo- DS-160 ber 16-18. Mucho coin-activated car AY-160 wash products will be on display, along with info on where best to AQ-160 place them and on what commission. 222 There’ll also be talk on the emergence 201 of the coin-operated gas pump, which, Cash Box: A Trade believe it or not, is a very big item AMI Phonographs in Europe. Anyway, it might be worth Music Merchant, MMI attending if you’re in town. Received another promotional flyer Seeburg Wallboxes from Nebraska’s Ed Kort couple of or weeks ago and must admit, he’s got HD3WA (200 100 sel.) $44 more promotional talent than many Magazine That (will accept half dollars) so-called “professionals” we know. 3WA (200 or 100 sel.) $39 Highlighted by a marvelously comical drawing of a cow riding a Saturn WORLD EXPORT Rocket to the Moon (with MOA writ- ten on its side), Ed’s mailer coaxed plenty of operators out to last Sun- day’s C.O.I.N. meet at Omaha’s Holi- Its Industry day Inn. Activities there were to in- Serves clude showing of the Prestige 160 738 ERIE BOULEVARD EAST jukebox (by Don Ries Co.), other new 13210 game machines, a Rock-Ola service SYRACUSE, NEW YORK class (sponsored by H.Z. Vending), PHONE 475 1631 cocktails, banquet and believe it or AREA CODE 315 not, the crowning of a “Miss Drive- mobile.” Subjects discussed at the

Cash Box — August 16, 1969 71 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SECTION

COIN MACHINES CLASSIFIED AD RATE 20 CENTS PER WORD WANTED RECORDS-MUSIC Count evefy word including all words in firm name Numbers in address count as one audio video machines, word Minimum ad accepted $5 00 CASH OR CHECK MUST ACCOMPANY ALL ORDERS WANT: 16MM & 8MM films, WANT: RECORDS. 45's and LP's Surplus returns, over^ shuffleboards, shuffleboard scoring units, personal FOR CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING If cash or check is not enclosed with order your classified stock, cut-outs, etc. Call or Write: HARRY WARRINER equipment. Write stating make, model, qon- will music ad be held for following issue pending receipt of your check or cash AT: KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CO.. 453 McLean Ave,, price. St. Thomas Coin Sales dition and best cash Yonkers, New York 10705. GR 6-7778 669 Talbot Street, St. Thomas, Ontario. Canada. NOTICE — $77 Classified Advertisers. (Outside USA add $52 to your present subscription Area 519-631-9550. QUANTITY TOO LARGE price) You are entitled to a classified ad of 40 words in each week's issue for a period of 45 RPM RECORDS, NEW. NO or small. Highest prices paid. Write stating quantity INTERESTED IN USED AND BRAND One Full Year. 52 consecutive weeks You are allowed to change your Classified Ad each WE ARE ALWAYS on hand. TONY GALGANO DIST, CO 4135 W. ARMIT- new phonographs, pinballs, bingos, guns, arcade, week if you so desire All words over 40 will be billed at the rate of per word Please 204 AGE, CHICAGO 39, ILL (Tel Dickens 2-7060) all makes, all kiddie rides, slot machines, etc., count words carefully Be sure your Classified Ad is sent to reach New York publication models. QUOTE FOB SEA VESSEL TO HOLLAND office by Wednesday, 12 noon, of preceding week to appear in the following week's issue USED 45 RPM RECORDS. ALL TYPES AS THEY RUN. BELGIE EUROPE, SPRL., 276 AVENUE LOUISE, right off the route. No sorting or picking. We pay BRUSSELS. freight from anywhere in U S A. Standing order avail- Classified able for regular shippers JALEN AMUSEMENT CO., WANTED TO BUY OUT SELLING STOCKS ONE OR Ads Close WEDNESDAY 1215 S, HOWARD STREET - BALTIMORE, MARY- years old Jennings slot machines. Wurlitzer two LAND 21230, juke boxes and Pinball games two or four players, Send all copy to: CASH BOX, 1780 Broadway, N.Y., N.Y 10019 AUTOMATTJANST N STORGATAN make an offer to RECORDS FROM YUGOSLAVIA - Jugoton and RTB. 19 BJUV, SWEDEN. Singles, EP's and LP’s. Folk, popular, classical. To- day's top artists. Full color lackets, Stereo-mono WANTED: Midway Red Balls. Joker Balls and Joker's FOR SALE: Seeburg Q-160. 222; Rock Ola Rhapsody FOR EXPORT: Late games. Phonos, Vending. Write for LP's. Titles in both English and Yugoslav, Write for Wild. Any Condition. Contact American Music Co. II, Capri II: Gott: Crosstown, World Fair; Williams: our latest listing. ADVANCE DISTRIBUTING COM- prices, catalogs. FOLK MUSIC INTERNATIONAL, 219 First Ave. South Great Falls Montana, (406) Teachers Pet; Bally Grand Tour. Write: D & L Coin PANY, 2820 North Grand Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 56-40 187 St., Flushing, New York 11365. 452-7301 Machine Co., 414 Kelker St., Harrisburg, Pa. 17105 63107 -(314) 652-1600. WANT: RECORDS, 45's, USED OR NEW. ALSO LP BALLY BINGO FROM BROADWAY TO BEACH TIME SALE: 2 Player Preview, Gottlieb $125 ea.; 1 Player FOR SALE: BALLY BINGOS & BALLY SLOTS. ALSO FOR stocks, any quantity. Will buy on steady basis. FLIPPER ONE, TWO PLAY Ball, BILLIARD TABLES (SLOT). for sale, Jennings, Mills, Pace slots and Uprights, Ice Revue. Gottlieb $175 ea,: 1 Player Bank A BEACON RECORD DISTRIBUTORS, 725 BRANCH ERS QUOTE 10-20 LOTS. F O B AMERICAN PORTS Consoles. WANTED TO BUY: Uprights & Bingos. Gottlieb $170 ea.: 4 Player Happy Clown, Gottlieb AVENUE, PROVIDENCE, R, I. 02904 PHONE: 401- 73 ATLANTIC NOVELTY MACHINE COMPANY. LAM BALLY DISTRIBUTING CO.. P. 0. 7457, RENO, $175 ea.; 4 Player Dodge City, Gottlieb $295 ea.; 1 351-6700 BETH STREET. KENSINGTON VICTORIA 3031 AUS NEVADA. PHONE: 702-323-6157. Player Full House, Williams $179.50 ea. All equip- ' condition. 1/3 deposit. CENTRAL TRALIA ment A-1 Send ATTENTION SONG WRITERS: WE CAN ARRANGE AND CO., P. 0. Box 284, Kileen, Texas 76541. FOR SALE: 35 new and used Keeney Twin Dragon MUSIC produce your Songs. Demos and Masters produced. Black Uprights and some New Dragons, also 50 Send $1,00 tor sample Record. Chime Recording Bally Grand Stands and Kentuckeys. Will buy Rou- FOR SALE: Seeburg V-200 $75; AMI Cont. 11-100 $195; COIN MACHINES and Production Co., 223 Jerusalem Ave., Hemp- lette Wheel and American Shuffleboards. SAS- K-lOO Halfback $150; H-200, 33 1/3 & 45 $125; stead. L.I., N Y, 11550. Tel. (516) 486-4767 BIRD MUSIC DIS- FOR SALE KATCHEWAN COIN MACHINE CO., 1025-104th St., Wurlitzer 2150 $75; 2200 $100; NORTH BATTLEFORD SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA. TRIBUTORS, MANHATTAN. KANSAS, BOX B, or HARD-TO-FIND SINGLES FOR PROBLEM LOCATIONS. 445-2989 - AREA 306. Phone: 778-5229. PHONE CODE Over 10,000 titles in stock at all times. Complete list LATE MODELS SEEBURG AND ROCK-OU Phonograph 50t (refunded first order), HOUSE OF RECORDS, BINGOS-BOUNTY, GOLDEN GATES, SILVER SAILS, FOR SALE: Royal Guards $325; Paul Bunyans $380; at lowest prices. DAVE STERN, SEACOAST DISTRI- P.O. BOX 22. SANTA MONICA, CALIF, 90401. follies Dodge Citys $255: Miss Os $355; 8-Balis $235; Op BUTORS, 1200 NORTH AVENUE, ELIZABETH, N.J. BORDER BEAUTYS bergeres, SHOOT- A-LINES, ZODIAC, etc. Princess Pop Pops $360; Rockmakers $500; Cosmos $475; ROCKOLA 1493 FREE CIRCULAR — Hard to Find Old Time Country Recond. Capri 404 Rhapsody 408 Spinners $50; C.C.: Apollo Moon Shot Guns $485; USED WURLITZER PHONOGRAPHS, all 200 models, $300, $335, Record Albums. Fiddle tunes, etc. Such artists as the Princess Royal SEEBURG 222 Carnival Rifle Gallerys $445; All American Basket- from 2700 up. Special quantity prices for whole- $365, $435, $285, legendary J.E. Mainer. Hylo Brown, Mac Wiseman, AY $460, AMI- balls $275; Hockey Champs $365; MIDWAY: Dog salers and exporters. CALL OR WRITE: UNITED DIS- 160 $335, OS 160 DS 100 $415, Don Reno. Red Smiley, etc. Rural Rhythm Records. Crosse-Dunham Co.. Wright Fight Guns $465; ALL TECH: Musical Ferris Wheels TRIBUTORS, INC., 902 W. SECOND STREET, WICH- K-200 $250, & 225 UNCLE JIM O'NEAL, BOX AC. ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA Avenue “F" Gretna. La., Tel, 367-4365. $365; Batty Cars $360; Cross Country Racers $365; ITA, KANSAS, 67203. 70053 91006. Twirley Birds $390; UNITED: Orions $575; CROWN: SALE: Jukeboxes, pinballs, arcade, guns, baseballs. Periscopes $425; Mini Soccers $290; Magic Base- FOR SALE: MODEL 14 AUTO PHOTO, EXCELLENT RECORDS: 45's, NEW, NICE ASSORTMENT, RECENT, Kiddie rides, European football machines. For Ex- balls $50; U.S.BILLIARD; Pro Bowls $295; DuKANE: CONDITION. Call or write. New in original cartons. oldies, audition copies, D.J.'s. $40.00 per 1,000 — port: Uprights, bingos, consoles, slots and punch- Grand Prix $325. Also large stock of bingos. NEW Hollywood Driving Range. 15 ball golf game. Close- 5,000 for $175.00 — All orders prepaid in U.S.A. boards. Contact: MYRON SUGERMAN INTERNA- ORLEANS NOVELTY COMPANY. 1055 Dryades St., out $295 each. Cleveland Coin International, 2025 Remittance with orders. EMPIRE INDUSTRIES, 4610 TIONAL, 140 CENTRAL AVE., HILLSIDE, N.J. (201) New Orleans, Louisiana. 70113. Tel. (504) 529-7321 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Phone (216) 861- Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa, 15224, Telephone: (412) 923-6430. CABLE: NONOVCO 6715. 682-8437.

FOR SALE: All types guns, baseballs, novelty games on BINGO'S AND UPRIGHT'S FOR SALE IN W. VIRGINIA. FOR SALE: PANORAMS-12 RCA 16mm Fully Equip. WE Sell 45 Ips record dealers, collectors, one-stops, hand, completely shopped, ready for location. Write CENTRAL W. VA, VENDING, BUCKHANNON, WEST $600.00 ea. B&W film used special— $8.00, Approx. foreign — Send free catalogue. $7,00 per hundred, for list at low, low discount prices. Mike Munves VIRGINIA 26201 Phone (304) 472-4170. 400 ft. rolls color film, used special—$25.00, approx. $63.00 per thousand. We need 45's Ips-Disk Jock- Corp., 577 10 Avenue. NYC. NY 10036, Phone: (212) 400 ft. rolls. Beautiful Girls. All Money-Makers. Large ey copies, surplus, overstock, cutouts. We buy any- 278-6677. BINGOS AND 6 CARD GAMES AVAILABLE INCLUDING selection. R. RICHTER, 1063 MARKET ST.. SAN thing. No questions asked. Cape International, Box Silver Sails and Golden Gates. These games are FRANCISCO, CALIF, 94103. #74, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234. Phone: (212) 253-5916- PUNCHBOARDS. Attention operators! Tremendous shopped! Call Wassick Novelty at (304) 292-3791 5917. NEVADA FRUIT (SLOT) MACHINE PRESENTS THE profit selling ticket games. Tab deals, etc. To loca- Morgantown, West Virginia. tions, Fast turnover, low Bruce, NEW RAVEN ELECTRONICS' solid-state line of fruit cost. 6930 Wisconsin A'venue, Chevy Chase. Md. 20015. FOR SALE: Bally World Cup Soccer games A-1 condi- (slot) machines. Keno and Mini-Bingos. Write for tion — Price $250.00. B.D. Lazar Company, 1635 more information. 165 Bingos — All Models — Mills, LP's. Capitol- Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh. Pa., Tel. 471-7818. and Jennings parts. Write or call anytime: NEVADA FOR SALE: Surplus & Overstock Unused. FRUIT MACHINE CO.. P.O. BOX 5734, RENO, NEV. Imperial-Liberty-Dot. Famous Artists. $50.00 Hun- COIN MACHINE SALE: with film. All oper- 89503. (702) 329-3932. dred. 25% Deposit— balance C.0.0. GATEWAY, Box FOR 16 Scopatone Machines 4I25N. Pocatello. Idaho 83201. ational. Call or write: MacKay. 204 Dromore Avenue, Manitoba. 453- SERVICES FOR SALE: Cobra s/a — $450. Altair s/a — $550. Winnipeg 9. Canada. Phone (204) MOHAWK SKILL GAMES CO., 67 Swaggertown Road. POOL TABLES— Large selection of all makes and mod- 6609. Scotia. N. Y. 12302. els available. Completely reconditioned or in "as is" condition for immediate shipment at very attrac- FOR SALE: U.S.A.. Waikiki Beach $50 Black Jack $60; BINGOS FOR EXPORT: Big Wheels. Zodiacs, Orients. tive prices. Also large selections of pin games, Olympics, Egghead, Big Casino $75 each. Valliant, ACE LOCKS KEYED ALIKE. SEND LOCKS AND THE Border Beauty's, also bingos from Carnivals to shuffles, guns and music— Phone or write: EASTERN Big Baddy, Skill Pool, 4 Roses, Trade Winds $85 ea. key you want them mastered to $1.00 each less Gras. Divers. Royal Flash, Bountys in large quantities. Cash payouts Winter NOVELTY DISTRIBUTORS, INC., 3726 TONNELE Mardi Sky Heavy Hitter, 10% lots of 50 or more. RANDEL LOCK SERVICE, Deluxe Baseball, Shooting Gallery, Preview, Gigi Books, and slots. D. & P. Music, 27 E. Philadelphia AVENUE, NORTH BERGEN, , 07047 $100 61 ROCKAWAY AVENUE, VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. Kiddy Kolar St., York. Pa. (201)864-2424. each. Kartoons (new). Peppy the Clown 11580. TEL: 516-VA 5-6216. Our 35th year in vend- $100 each. Sweethearts $110, Gaucho $125, Liberty ing. Bell, Broncs $140 each. All Star Baseball $150, Bull- fight, Mad World, 3 in Line, Vanguard Shooting Gal- IF IT’S PANORAM PARTS YOU WANT PHIL GOULD lery, Rifle Range. Gun Smoke $160 each. Kicker HAS 'EM. All types of films for Panoram Peeks. $210. Call or Write: E. L. Simmons, Danville Amuse- PHIL GOULD - 224 MARKET ST - NEWARK, N.J. ment Co., Westover Dr., Danville, Virginia. Phone 620 Tel. 201 - MArket 4-3297. CIASSIFIID POWER! 792-5044. NEW SYSTEM provides savings to Vendor’s, we will re- FOR SALE: As is, working condition, Seeburg LPCl-R’s key your ace locks to your key, including Flex locks, CLASSIFIED AD RATE 20 CENTS PER WORD LPC480’s Electras — $495; $595; $675: Shopped 1-10 $1.00; 25- $.90; 50 or over $.80. All packages LPCl-R's $595; LPC480's $675, Electras $750. Bally insured. Fountain Key Service, PO Box 98, Fountain, Border Beautys, shopped $750. Sega Basketball, Fla. 32438 - Phone: (904) 722-4096. like new $450. Operators Sales, Inc., 4122 Washing- ton Avenue. New Orleans, Louisiana. Phone: (504) SCOPITONE . . . Biggest distributor of (French made) 822-2370. Scopitone parts, film library of over 600 different Got machines to sell? Is there something you’re subjects ready to deliver. New & Used Scopitone for SALE: Valley Polls, slate, FOR 2 Bumper late models sale. Call or write us. SCOPITONE CANADA INC., used $195 and $225. One new — Write. Western Dis- looking to buy? Maybe you'd like to move some 357 ST. PAUL ST., QUEBEC, P.Q. CANADA. PHONE: tributors. 1226 SW 16th Ave., Portland, Oregon AREA CODE 418 - 523-5265 used 45’s or need a route mechanic? For every 97205. DU KANE GRAND PRIX, Shi N’ Skore liming mechan- ROUTE. coin machine need, the Box Clas- WANTED TO BUY SMALL MACHINE LOW OR isms, power supplies, computer assemblies repaired use Cash POPULATION MEDIUM AREA PREFERRED. REPLY: with factory equipment. Plexiglass tops for these BOX, #845. sified. CASH BOX units available. See your authorized distributor or write. NOVEMBER CORPORATION, 1351 W. GRAND SALE: BARGAINS: FOR RECONDITIONED United Shuf- AVE., CHICAGO, ILL. 60622. (312) 733-2988. fles 8‘/2', 3 Way $75; Gypsy $145; Stardust $145; Action $195; Chicago Coin Starlite 8' $195; Bally Lucky Shuffle 8%' $95; Star Jet (2 pi) $145; Wild Wheels (2 pi) $245; Rocket III (1 pi) $245; Gottlieb Type Or Print Your Ad Message Here: Mayfair (2 pi) $275. Mickey Anderson Amusement Company, 314 East 11th St., Erie, Pa. 16503. Phone: EMPLOYMENT (814) 452-3207.

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