Vol. 30 No. 7 7 www.notc.com Signings New On The Charts This Month

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429 RECORDS INVOGUE Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery- (Steve Challenger- (Nick Moore[[email protected]]) Vining[[email protected]]) Everland- (Nick Moore[[email protected]]) BARSUK City Lights- (Nick Moore[[email protected]]) Yellow Ostrich- (Josh Rosenfeld[[email protected]]) MERCURY/19 RECORDINGS/INTERSCOPE BLIND PIG Lauren Alaina- (Jimmy Iovine[[email protected]]) Sena Ehrhardt- (Edward Chmelewski[[email protected]]) Scott McCreery- (Jimmy Iovine[[email protected]]) CAPITOL NUCLEAR BLAST Colin Munroe- (Dan McCarroll[[email protected]]) Tasters- (Markus Jacob[[email protected]]) Municipal Waste- (Gerardo Martinez[[email protected]]) CENTURY MEDIA ICS Vortex- (Jens Prueter[[email protected]]) RELAPSE Spawn Of Possession- (Matt Jacobson[[email protected]]) COLUMBIA/SONY Christian Mistress- (Matt Jacobson[[email protected]]) Kreayshawn- (Mark Williams[[email protected]]) RISE DANGERBIRD Dream On, Dreamer- (Craig Ericson[[email protected]]) Ben Lee- (Jeff Castelaz[[email protected]]) Butch Walker- (Jeff Castelaz[[email protected]]) ROBBINS ENT. Time Takers- (Stephanie Karten[[email protected]]) E1 Pop Evil- (Scott Givens[[email protected]]) SRC/UNIVERSAL Beano Boyz- (Steve Rifkind[[email protected]]) FACEDOWN Saving Grace- (Jason Dunn[[email protected]]) STRIKE FIRST Altars- (Jason Dunn[[email protected]]) FEARLESS Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!- (Bob Becker[[email protected]]) SUMERIAN The Static Jacks- (Bob Becker[[email protected]]) The HAARP Machine- (Ash Avildsen[[email protected]]) Borgore- (Ash Avildsen[[email protected]]) G.O.O.D. MUSIC D’Banj- (Kanye West[[email protected]]) TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LTD. Don Jazzy- (Kanye West[[email protected]]) Canon Blue- (Jeremy DeVine[[email protected]]) GOOMBA MUSIC TRAGIC HERO Allele- (Mark Nawara[[email protected]]) Brighter Than A Thousand Suns- (Tommy Lacombe) HOLLYWOOD UNIVERSAL Cherri Bomb- (Matt Harris[[email protected]]) Boy & Bear- HOPELESS WARNER BROS. Enter Shikari- (Louis Posen[[email protected]]) Common- (Todd Moscowitz[[email protected]]) Gary Clark Jr.- (Todd Moscowitz[[email protected]]) WARNER ELEKTRA NASHVILLE Matt Mason- (John Esposito[[email protected]]) Updates New On The Charts This Month APOLLO GLOBAL MGM’T. M.P.I TALENT Major Management Signings Has acquired CKx Inc, for $510 million, owner of American John Tesh Idol & So You Think You Can Dance producer 19 Ent. and MISSION CONTROL CREATIVE TALENT GROUP also owns the name & likeness rights to Elvis Presley and Banco de Gaia, Mimi Page The 5th Dimension feat. Florence LaRue , etc. MONTEREY INT’L. CRUSH MGM’T. BLACKWELL FULLER INC. Kristen Kelly, Sarah Zimmerman and Justin Davis Blitz The Ambassador, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Mary Mary, INDEGOOT ENT. Formed by Simon Fuller and Chris Blackwell as a “new Whitey Morgan and the 78s media partnership”. MOODSWING360 Anew Revolution, Dead Country, Emphatic, Find Vienna, IRS RECORDS Young L. Kyng, The Limousines To be re-launced by EMI and Crush Mgm’t. P.G.A. J. PATRICK MGM’T. UNIVERSAL MUSIC Vibesquad The Mike Reilly Band To release an album by SuperHeavy featuring , PAQUIN ENT. AGENCY KMGMT Dave Stewart, , A.R. Rahman, Damian Marley, Luke Doucet & The White Falcon Dia Frampton etc. PARADIGM TALENT MANGO MUSIC MGM’T. J Boog Major Booking Agency Signings The Belle Brigade, Chris Thile and Michael Daves, Dale MCGHEE ENT. A.P.A. Earnhardt, Jr., Guns N’Roses, Heartless Bastards, Human Nature, Laura Jansen, Lil’ Jon, Little Hurricane, Matthew And Mallary Hope, The Willis Clan Dread Clampitt, Gary Morris, Little Texas, Rodney Crowell, The Atlas, Ozokidz, Punch Brothers, The Rosebuds, Walk MONSTERWORKS/BRUCE GARFIELD ENT. Aaron Parker, Lyndsey Highlander The Moon, Wildlife, Admiral Fallow, James Blunt, Mazes, Renaissance AM ONLY Rocket From The Crypt, Wynter Gordon OUTERLOOP MGM’T. Jim-E Stack, Phonat PARADISE ARTISTS The Paramedic ARTISTS WORLDWIDE Glen Templeton PARALLEL ENT. Primer 55, Enuff Z’Nuff SEG/SWEETWINE ENT. GROUP Dean Alexander BLACKBIRD ARTISTS AGENCY Disciples, Euforquestra THE LOWRY AGENCY Ten Out Of Tenn SUPREME ENT. Brother Cane, Damon Johnson, Kris Bell CONCERTED EFFORTS John Waite, Lit UNION ENT. Agnes Obel, Dan Zanes & Friends, David Wax Museum, TEN IN ONE TALENT Ivoryline Orchestre Poly-Rythmo Ronski Speed WORLDWIDE ENT. CREATIVE VISIONS AGENCY THE AGENCY GROUP Leo Sayer (U.S.) Megan Burtt King Britt, Kyng, Katherine Jenkins, Saturn Never Sleeps, DEGY BOOKING INT’L. Trust, Youth Lagoon, Angels Fall, Breathe Electric, Bridgit Major Publishing Signings Blessid Union of Souls, Brian Jarvis Band, Chantae Cann, Mendler, Dessa, Dinosaur Feathers, I Declare War, Paul BUG MUSIC Lansdowne, Mikey Wax, Peter Baldwin, Tommy & The Pilots, Byrom, Prof, Rickolus, Saliva, Whitechapel Acquires rights to Sugar Hill Records publ’g. catalog The Well Reds, Westland THE BOBBY ROBERTS CO. SONY/ATV MUSIC DMI ENT. Ray Stevens Worldwide co-publ’g. deal with Pitbull Lordd Virgil THE WINDISH AGENCY UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DYNAMIC ARTISTS MGM’T. Active Child, ANR, Ava Luna, Beirut, Bishop Allen, Chad Acquires back catalog & worldwide deal w/Shane Pierre Bensusan Valley, Com Truise, Darwin Deez, Dengue Fever, MacGowan, including music of The Pogues GERSH Evangelicals, Frog Eyes, Ganglians, Ivan and Alyosha, Jens Chris Tucker Lekman, Jonquil, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Painted Palms, Obituaries HELLO! BOOKING Passion Pit, Purity Rin / We Barbarians, Xiu Xiu, Yacht, PASSINGS THIS MONTH Marshall Crenshaw Bleeding Knees Club, Jesca Hoop, Strange Talk Clarence Clemmons, Peter Falk, Andrew Gold, Steve HIGH ROAD TOURING TRANS-FUSION ENT. Popovich, Gil Scott-Heron, Fayrene ‘Faye’ Treadwell, Phil Fink Motograter Walden Jr. I.C.M. UNIVERSAL ATTRN’S. Keri Hilson, Noel Gourdin, En Vogue, Big Sam’s Funky Anthony David, Brian McKnight, K’Jon, Roy Ayers Address Changes & Corrections Nation, Fashawn WILLIAM MORRIS ENDEAVOR INVOGUE RECORDS KEITH CASE & ASSOCS. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Findlay, OH 45840 www.invoguerecords.com Suzy Bogguss WORD OF MOUTH MUSIC LEAVE HOME BOOKING Cedric Hanriot, Chano Dominguez, Todd Sickafoose The Blasters SEARCH our issues for the past 10 years now at www.notc.com 3