FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 5, 1988 ©Copyright 1988, Billboard Publications, Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or Billboard. transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. TOP LATIN ALBUMS. crr o `x Compiled from a national sample of retail store w á Z and one -stop sales reports. by Carlos Agudelo signing of a tropical act by CRI's A &R development ; o department, and it's being touted as a major event. _ IS A passionate with It marketing I- c 3 ARTIST TITLE LABEL & NUMBER DISTRIBUTING LABEL GLEN MONROIG performer includes an ambitious transcontinental a strong, almost mesmerizing delivery, a singer who plan for the 27- year -old Dominican singer, starting 1 3 27 BRAULIO CON TODOS LOS SENTIDOS CBS 10534 stretches his vocal chords to the limit in order to con- with his first CBS album, "Sergio Vargas." The al- 2 7 9 ROBERTO CARLOS ROBERTO CARLOS 88 ces 80002 vey his messages. As a composer, Monroig writes bum -whose first single will be yet another version 3 1 25 CAMILO SESTO AMOR LIBRE GLOBO 7608 -1 songs with themes that go beyond those of the con- of "Bamboleo," the tune, popularized first by the 4 2 9 YOLANDITA MONGE VIVENCIAS cos 10552 ventional ballad. They are deep explorations of situ- Gipsy Kings and then by Celia Cruz -will be pre- 5 4 11 EYDIE GORME DE CORAZON A CORAZON ces 69305 ations and circumstances, carefully crafted, sented to the public at an international press confer- 6 14 5 ANGELA CARRASCO BOCA ROSA EMI 8469 thought provoking, and not without some autobio- ence in Puerto Rico in early November. 7 6 3 ARMANDO MANZANERO 20 GRANDES EXITOS GLOBO 8484 graphical elements. Monroig's emotional involve- EMI's Latin division has jumped on the bandwag- 8 11 27 RAPHAEL LAS APARIENCIAS ENGANAN CBS 460892 ment in his music has become his trademark, recog- on by signing Dominican Sammy Valente, its first 9 10 23 JUAN GABRIEL DEBO HACERLO ARIOLA 7619 nized by his loyal Puerto Rican fans, many of whom merengue act and its second tropical act (salsa sing- 10 8 31 DYANGO CAE LA NOCHE EMI 7609 went to see him at three sellout concerts Oct. 21 and er Max Torres signed with the label a few months 11 5 49 JOSE JOSE SOY ASI ARIOLA 6786 23 at Bellas Artes in San Juan. ago). The first album under the company's three- a. 12 12 13 RAPHAEL SUS 20 GRANDES EXITOS EM18345 The performances were Monroig's first since he 13 16 53 JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ SENOR CORAZON MERCURY 832- 763 -4 /POLYGRAM signed with WEA Latina; his debut album for the la- 0 bel is na- Glen Monroig aims for d. 14 17 29 ISABEL PANTOJA DESDE ANDALUCIA RCA 6956 "Apasionado. Never a big star outside his tive island, this album marks Monroig's first serious 15 19 75 JULIO IGLESIAS UN HOMBRE SOLO CBS50337 fame beyond Puerto Rico 16 23 3 EMMANUEL 10 ANOS DE EXITOS GL0808521 incursion into the rest of the Hispanic U.S. and Latin 17 22 51 FRANCO DE VITA FANTASIA SONOTONE 1405 America. The album had been set for release by 18 13 17 JOSE JOSE 20 TRIUNFADORAS ARIOLA 6063 A &M, but the label subsequently shut down its Lat- record deal with Valente, "La Fruta," has just been 19 9 31 EMMANUEL ENTRE LUNAS RCA6955 in division. The single "Causa Perdida" is already released and is being heavily promoted. 20 15 39 LOS BUKIS SI ME RECUERDAS LASER 3044 receiving considerable airplay in Puerto Rico. The New label RMM Records is also making a push for album features five more Monroig copositions, in- merengue. RMM now has eight merengue acts on its 21 3 FELITO FELIX AYER MEGA 3011 - BOLEROS DE cluding the fast -paced "Pacto Con El Diablo," an roster, including the New York Band, which recent- 22 20 17 TITO RODRIGUEZ RECORDANDO A TITO RODRIGUEZ GLOBO 7642 anti -crack song. ly released its first album on the label. Chery Jime- 23 1 LOS BRIOS PORQUE ESTAS ENAMORADA FONOVISA 8803 - nez, the band's owner as well as RMM's A &R man, 24 21 29 YURI AIRE EMI 7607 DESPITE HAVING BEEN UPSTAGED in recent says the band's videoclip of the tune "Si Tu Te Vas" 25 1 MIJARES UNO ENTRE MIL EMI 8436 - months by the revitalization of salsa, merengue mu- will be the first to be shown on MTV Internacional. 1 2 17 LUIS ENRIQUE AMOR Y ALEGRIA ces 10546 - sic is being given new impetus by several major The album, already on the market, was to be formal- 2 1 27 LALO RODRIGUEZ UN NUEVO DESPERTAR TH- RODVEN 2517 transnationàl and independent labels in the U.S. ly presented at the Palladium Thursday (3). 3 3 45 EDDIE SANTIAGO SIGUE ATREVIDO TH 2497 Recent moves include the signing of Dominican Both the New York Band and Vargas were among 4 6 19 ANDY MONTANEZ EL ETERNO ENAMORADO TH-RODVEN 2527 singer Sergio Vargas by CBS Records Internation- the more important acts on Karen Records, a Do- 5 4 15 FRANKIE RUIZ EN VIVO Y A TODO COLOR TH- RODVEN 2531 al. The worldwide five -album deal marks the first minican label. 6 5 27 EL GRAN COMBO ROMANTICO Y SABROSO COMBO 2054 7 8 3 GILBERTO SANTARROSA AMOR Y SALSA COMBO2053 8 9 27 CONJUNTO CHANEY MAS QUE ATREVIDO HIT MAKERS 71 Q 9 7 7 MAX TORRES SENSUALMENTE TROPICAL EMI 8463 J10 21 3 OSCAR D'LEON DE AQUI PARA ALLA TH-RODVEN 2560 IC 11 15 25 JOSE ALBERTO SUENO CONTIGO RMM 1664 /A 12 - 1 CELIA CRUZ/RAY BARRETTO RITMO EN EL CORAZON FANIA 651 sky and Delius will be included in the first batch. J 13 10 35 WILLIE GONZALEZ EL ORIGINAL Y UNICO SONOTONE 1138 Most of the Beecham material Arabesque will reissue ELEKTRA KEEPING 14 19 3 RUBEN BLADES ANTECEDENTES 60795 has never been released on LP, says Botsford. Process- .ai d15 11 17 TITO NIEVES THE CLASIC RMM 1666 ing is being handled by EMI technicians who on occasion 16 16 3 LA PATRULLA 15 LOS EXITAZOS BAILABLES TTH 1931 have had to seek out acceptable shellac pressings to re- rg 17 13 25 SERGIO VARGAS Y LOS HIJOS DEL REY SERGIO VARGAS KAREN 110 SCORE place damaged or missing metal parts. With internation- I- 18 - 29 CANOESTREMERA SALVAJE CEGOOI al sales looming larger in Arabesque activities, the label 19 - 1 JOHNNY VENTURA EL CABALLO UNA LEYENDA ces 80012 has recently set up its own warehouse facilities in the 20 17 7 GRUPO NICHE TAPANDO HUECOS LA CLAVE 13380 by Is Horowitz U.K., says Botsford. 21 14 9 ORQUESTA LA MULENZE TOCO MADERA HIT MAKERS 73 22 12 15 SONORA PONCENA ON THE RIGHT TRACK INCA 8084 WOMEN IN MUSIC: It's a lot easier now for women PASSING NOTES: Michael Fine of Stradivari Records to pursue careers in music other than as performers, is back from New Zealand, where he recorded Barber 23 - 1 HENRY HIERRO A MILLON KAREN 114 24 18 41 PAQUITO GUZMAN TU AMANTE ROMANTICO TH- RODVEN 2495 concluded panelists at a symposium Oct. 20 at the Juil- and Respighi albums with Andrew Schenck and the 25 24 7 WILLIE BERRIOS CON MAS EMPUJE SONOTONE 1138 liard School in New York. Elizabeth Ostrow, director of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. A feature of the A &R at New World Records, was among the group of Barber disk was the inclusion of the composer's Second 1 1 41 LOS BUKIS SI ME RECUERDAS LASER 3044 female achievers who passed on tips to students at the Symphony, withdrawn from performance by Barber af- 2 3 7 FITO OLIVARES EL CABALLITO GIL 2012 school. Others who participated included Dorothy De- ter the composer himself had conducted a recording, 3 4 19 VICENTE FERNANDEZ EL CUATRERO CBS 2833 Lay, teacher of Itzhak Perlman and other leading con- now long out of print. Special permission for the record- 4 2 41 BRONCO SUPERBRONCO ARIOLA 6618 cert violinists; Lee Lamont, head of ICM Artists; and ing is said to have been secured by Schenck from trust- 5 6 13 RAMON AYALA UN PUNO DE TIERRA FREDDIE 1430 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Taaffe Zwillich. 6 5 29 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE IDOLOS DEL PUEBLO FONOVISA 8800 It seems a little bit late in the game to discuss break- 7 7 11 LOS BRIOS PORQUE ESTAS ENAMORADA FONOVISA 8803 ing down barriers for women in the classical music in- Women won the fight in 8 - 1 GRUPO PEGASO ADOLESCENTE Y BONITA REMO 1019 dustry. That fight was won long ago, especially in re- z 9 12 5 SONORA DINAMITA /SONORA SANTANERA LA GUERRA DE LAS cording. Wilma Cozart headed up the classical division classical music long ago SONORAS SONOTONE 1146 at Mercury Records more than 30 years ago, to be fol- 10 - 1 LOS CAMINANTES INCONTENIBLES ROMANTICOS LUNA 1173 lowed by Scott Mampe at Mercury's successor label ees of the Barber estate. The album will be rush re- it it 13 JOAN SEBASTIAN CON TAMBORA MUSART 90014 W Philips. And for some years now, Nancy Zannini at leased, says Fine. 12 8 11 GRUPO TOPAZ GRUPO TOPAZ DE REY FLOREZ TH-MEX 2515 Philips, Alison Ames at Deutsche Grammophon, and The Nimbus boxed set of the Beethoven Symphonies, 13 10 57 FITO OLIVARES LA GALLINA GIL 20001 Lynne Hoffman -Engel at London have held the distaff as performed by Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band Q14 9 97 LOS BUMS ME VOLVI A ACORDAR DE TI LASER 3025 banner high.