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Ch SPINNERS, "GHETTO CHILD" (prod. by Thom Bell) r) THE MANHATTANS, "DO IOU EVER" (prod. by rip . "INNERV SIONS." Perhaps March) (Arnel/ the single most creative individual active in J (Mighty Three, BMD. Fourth single W Burt Keyes & Myrna 2 O from smash Ip will follow the other a, March On, ASCAP). Group estab- 2 the music worlc today, M-. Wonderful has Z as crossover written, producec, and done most of the per- three to the top. Strong - W lished themselves Ñ Thom Bell song and solid Bell pro- _1 giants with their last outing < forming of this magnificent album. "Living In duction make disc a winner. Infec- Cr) "There's No Me Without You.' The City" is ar urban "Day In The Life," tious hook and rreaningful lyrics Their old label releases this ballac "Visions" is a remarkable ballad and "Higher are the main ingredients on single and the outcome could spell h -i -t Ground" ias the funk to he a lumber one that'll be around for a while. Lotsa We'll take Manhattans! Deluxe 8462 record. Extraordiiary. Tamla T 326L (). spins! Atlantic 2373. (Starday-King)

RASPBERRIES, "TONIGHT" (prod. by Jimmy len- BOBBY GOSH, "THEME FP.OM 'BANG THE DRUM GRAND FUNK, "WE'RE AN &MERICAN BAND." ner) (C.A.M.-U.S.A., BMI). Rock 'em SLOWLY'" (prod. by Stephen Law- The golden cove- and gold Jinyl disc tell the sock 'em item from their forth- rence and 3ruce Hart) (Famous. whole story of this album. Everybcdy is gonna (.,, coming "Side 3" is a ASCAP). Artis: has been around bu: buy it, and there should be plenty of gold for Top 40 powerhcuse that is remi- never had a strong single. This all concerned. Musically, this is far and away GRAND FUNK niscent of early Beatles. Produced theme from the movie, which wil the group's best effort, with good tunes, tight We're An American Rand again by master Jimmy lenner, cut be baseball's "Brian's Song," could singing, solid ,laying by Farmer, Brewer, was written by lead singer Eric be the cata yst to push Gosh to Schacher and Frost and great production by Carmen. They're the berries! Capitol national prominence. A goody, by Todd Rundgren. Grand Funk SMAS-11207 3610. Gosh! Paramount 0228 (Famous). (Capitol).

NEIL DIAMOND, "THE LAST THING ON MY MIND" CREATIVE SOURCE, "Y0U CAN'T HIDE LOVE" BLOOD, SWEAT 8 TEARS, "ND SWEAT." One of (prod. by Tom Catalano) (UA, ASCAP;. (prod. by Mike Stokes) (Alexscar,' the first, and pe-haps the best of the big band Neil has officially left the label, but Unichappell/ nterior, BMI). New con- rock groups ha; come through massive per- that won't stop the company from tingent offers a strange tune that sonnel changes to deliver their finest effort releasing his o d material. Taken continually grows on you. Sound is since their secoid album. the horns and gui- from the "Stones" Ip, this Tom a cross between the Fifth Dimensioi tars are perfectly complemented by Jerry Paxton -penned beauty gets the silky - and Sergio Mendes, which ain't bac, Fisher's fine vocals, and Steve Tyrell has smooth Diamond treatment. Should mister. Disc may be hidden for 3 done a masterful production job. Columbia be the first thing on the charts. while, but should break big in a few KC 32180. MCA 40092. weeks. Sussex 501.

THE TEMPTATIONS, "HEY G1 R' (I LIKE YOUR LARRY LUREX, "I CAN HEAR MUSIC" (prod. by "." These Dolls are not just STYLE)" (prod. by : GORobin Cable (Trio/Mother Bertha, a band, :hey ara a rock phenomenon in that (Stone Diamond, BMII. The Temotin BMU. Greenwich -Barry -Spector clas- they represent cne of the most audacious off- Temps and writer-preducer Norman sic has been a charter twice via spring of the Ipstick rock craze. The music Whitfield switch gears with this soft the R3nettes and Beach Boys. The is raw, gut-tearlig stuff, bit it is raised to a ballad from the ''Masterpiece" Ip. Spector 'wal' of sound' is sweeping higher level by Todd Rundgren's strong pro- by Paul Riser provides England and could find a resurrec- duction. Best c.its are "Trash," "Personality fine support. Hey guys, we like your tion here as well. Produced try Crisis" aid "Lamely Planet 3oy." Hello Dollys. style. Gordy 7131 (Motown). Robin Cable disc should perk up Mercury SRM-1.675. radios everywhere. Anthem 204. ME sow, of [Y) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 18th ANNUAL Span! Section NATA CONVENTION ATURDAY, AUGUST 11,1973 15 CENT

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11- rA I1 cr 3f )f rr-ves. te, nd .ou LSP-4807, "CR P8S/ PK-2095 of ,.pter NEW YORK, August 11: Lou WU REED-TM:WORMER of Ssf u I Reed, the infamous Phantom or: Rock, has opened up a new chapter of in his frighteningly successful ed campaign of musical terror: "VICIOUS," a deadly weapon of 9 )f a single currently being wielded 11 on AM radio. d "Vicious" was forced out of "ley Reed's hit album, "Transformer," 11110 e, by FM airplay and has emerged id coast-to -coast as a monster. You are herewith warned to take note, u as the man is a professional and af will stop at nothing. rei er ul RC/1 Records and Tapes Includes: Walk On The Wild Side r: Vicious Perfect Day I'm So Free Satellite of Love Goodnight Ladies d Lou Reed as he appears on his recent album "Transformer" Dedicated to the Needs August 11, 1973 Of the Music/Record Industry

If Retailers Involved Berland Named Buckley Lauds RIAA, But Presses In Knight-GFR RW Vice President -Bob Aus- Dispute tin and Sid Parnes of Record Probe; Alleges Fraud By GARY COHEN World have announced the ap- By CRAIG FISHER NEW YORK-A number of pointment of Spence Berland, record retailers in the New West Coast General Manager York area were reportedly sent for the magazine, to the posi- LOS ANGELES - Senator copies of a letter from Terry tion of Vice President. .lames L. Buckley, (R -C, New Knight's legal counsel, advis- York). who announced six Gortikov Meets ing them that they possibly weeks ago that his office was With Industry were in violation of trademark . yt beginning an investigation into infringement, by stocking and alleged unethical and illegal Representatives selling the new Grand Funk practices in the recording in- Railroad single "We're An dustry, brought his investiga- WASHINGTON, D.C. American Band." At the same .a tion to Los Angeles last week. In a move designed to im- time, Capitol Records notified At a press conference July 30 plement its action program, its dealers that it held a li- r at the Century Plaza Hotel, Stanley M. Gortikov, Presi- cense to distribute the record. -;.A Buckley introduced John Phil- dent of the RIAA, an- , lips, the former member of the nounced last week that he The letter sent by Knight's 4j .:% . attorneys to selected stores in 11 Mamas and Papas who now re- has scheduled meetings with New York-informed sources l cords for Columbia, whom NARM, NAB. AFM, The say was Buckley said had contacted Conference of Personal the letter sent to Col- Spence Berland, Bob Austin ony, Sam Goody, King Karol him the previous week with Managers, NARAS, NAT - and Korvettes-cautioned them In making the announcement evidence of a fraud by a par- RA, AFTRA, CMA, and all against selling the single, and Austin and Parnes noted that ticular record company that other RIAA member compa- at least one store-Colony- "Spence Berland has been an Phillips added could involve nies not directly repre- RIAA board. withdre« the record from sale invaluab'.e addition to our staff as much as $60.000,000. The sented on the for two days. A spokesman for and has built our West Coast pair then proceeded to cata- Colony confirmed that the store office into one of the most re- logue for newsmen a list of 'Action Program." He added, temporarily withdrew the sin - spected and influential media abuses for which they said 'I believe quite strongly that (Continued on page 86) centers in the whole of the they had proof. the vast majority of those in music industry." Buckley, who began by re- the recording industry want UA, Brown Bag Berland has been associated ferring to a prepared state- nothing more than to rid their with RW in Los Angeles since ment, commended the efforts of industry of any undesirable End Distrib. Deal Recording February 1972. Prior to that he the Industry Associ- elements and unethical busi- LOS ANGELES - Michael was director of Advertising ation of America outlined in ness practices." Stewart, President of United and Sales Merchandising at that body's recently announced But Buckley also said that Artists Records Inc. and Terry , and before since his staff began its inves- Knight, President of Brown that, an advertising salesman Urges tigation, it had learned of nu- con- Bag Records, Inc. have an- in Record World's New York merous instances of illegal nounced with the termination of the office for two years. That fol- Cooperation duct in the industry. Among Brown Bag, United Artists dis- these was, his contention that lowed an 11 -year stint in Investigations tribution deal. Knight and broadcasting. "drugs purchased for and used Stewart issued the following LOS ANGELES-Mike Curb, by well-known artists had on joint statement to the press President of MGM Records, has at least one occasion been au- last week (2): called for record industry lead- thorized by a prominent re- "After a one-year associa- Musicland Mgrs. ers to give their complete coop- cording industry executive." tion together which has re- Meet in Minn. eration to Senator Buckley and The Senator said that infor- sulted in the establishment other federal officials investigat- mation had come from "a re- and development of a new and By GARY COHEN ing the record industry to avoid cording industry figure, whose unknown logo into one of the to I MINNEAPOLIS- The third future actions that could prove reliability has been attested industry's most widely publi- detrimental to the industry. by knowledgeable government cized and well-known record annual meeting of the Music - land store managers will take (Continued on page 85) officials." labels, Brown Bag Records, we Buckley stated, place August 5-8 this year, in In addition, hale both determined it to be "eve have received information in the best interest of all con- Breezy Point, Minn. Managers from the more Kip tending to confirm the involve- cerned parties to terminate our Cohen ment of organized crime in respective contractual relation- than 80 Musicland stores around the country, which are Exits Columbia some aspects of the recording/ ships effective August 1. infor- operated by J.L. Marsh, will world." That "United Artists will continue NEW YORK-Kip Cohen mation. he said, referred to an to sell the Brown Bag product gather for a "nonbusiness" has announced his resigna- meeting, and for an opportu- alleged racket in which artists previously released by UA and tion from , appearing in concerts in the all rights in and to the logo, nity to meet with sales per- sonnel and other key repre- where he was Vice President, Southeastern label and trademark 'Brown Record 86) sentatives from a number of East Coast A&R. (Continued on page Bag Records' will continue to World learned that Cohen be major labels, who will have owned exclusively by Terry plans to relocate on the West Pictorial highlights of the Co- Knight Enterprises Ltd., as exhibits. In addition to Music - land store managers, some 25 Coast with an as yet un- Iumhia/Epic Convention appear will all Brown Bag artist con- named record company. on page 81. tracts." (Continued on page 85)

3 Buzz Willis Named Hammond to VP Post at Columbia Polydor Vice President NEW YORK - .John Ham- mond has been promoted to the I NEW YORK-Jerry Schoen- business. We look forward to position of Vice President of baum, President of Polydor In- his continuing success here." label talent and acquisition for 1700 Broadway, New Yost, N.Y. 10011 corporated, has announced the Willis comes to Polydor after Columbia Records, it was an- Area Cede (212) 7653020 appointment Buzz Willis as of six years at RCA, where he nounced by Goddard Lieberson, PUBLISHER EDITOR IN CHIEF Vice President in charge of served most recently as direc- President of the CBS Records BOB AUSTIN SID PARNES r&b operations and special tor of the r&b music division. Group, during the Columbia and VICE PRESIDENT, ADVERTISING projects, effective immediately. Previous posts include direc- Epic Conventon in San Fran- JOE FLEISCHMAN Willis' primary responsibili- tor of sales and promotion at cisco. ties will include the acquisi- Compass Records and national MIKE SIGMAN/EDITOR tion and development of r&b promotion director for War- ALLEN LEVY/ASSOCIATE EDITOR talent for Polydor. He will be ner Bros.' Loma label. Willis FRED GOODMAN/MUSIC EDITOR coordinating his efforts with LENNY BEER/CHART EDITOR has been involved in nearly Gary Cohen/Assistant Editor the overall a&r and marketing every area of the record indus- Robert Nash/Assistant Editor activities of Polydor. He re- try, from local distributor pro- Howard Levitt/Assistant Editor ports directly to Schoenbaum motion to marketing, produc- Toni Profera/Assistant Chart Editor in the newly created post. Dede Dabney/R&B Editor tion, radio promotion and pro- Speight Jenkins/Classical Editor ducing. Michael Cuscuna/Jan Editor Willis, born and raised in Irene Johnson Ware/Gospel Editor Kal Rudman/Contributing Editor is a New York's Harlem, board Richard Robinson/Video Editor member of the Harlem Pro- Mitchell Kanner/Art Director fessional League. He also John Hammond Walli Nicita/Production serves as a non -salaried con- Hammond, whose previous WEST COAST sultant to Rev. Jesse .Jackson's title was director of talent ac- SPENCE BERLAND Operation PUSH, and is an quisitions for the label, will Vice President WEST COAST MANAGER r entertainment coordinator for have increased responsibilities the Congressional Black Cau- Craig Fisher/News Editor in scouting, auditioning and Beverly Magid/Radio Editor cus. recommending potential talent 6290 Sunset Blvd. , Calif. 90021 in all phases of music. He will Phone: (213) 465-6126 Eddie Briggs/Country Report continue to maintain liaison 45-10 No. Arthur, Fresno, Calif. 93706 Keepnews Upped with artists, managers, agents NASHVILLE BERKELEY, CAL. Orrin and representatives of night- - JOHN STURDIYAK Keepnews has been appointed a clubs, concerts and music fes- Buzz Willis Vice President Vice President at Fantasy/ tivals, for these purposes. SOUTHEASTERN MANAGER Dan Beek/Southeastern "It's a real pleasure to wel- Prestige, Milestone Records. The One of the legendary person- Editor announcement was made by alities of the American music Marie Ratliff/Editorial Assistant come Buzz Willis to Polydor," Red O'Donnell/Nashville Hammond has made Report remarked Schoenbaum in mak- President of the labels, Ralph scene, 806 16th Ave. So., Nashville, Tenn. 37203 ing the announcement. "Buzzy Kaffel. Keepnews received the many important contributions Phone: (615) 2441820 his to the development of popular has established himself as an appointment upon return LATIN AMERICAN OFFICE music as an art form over the important figure in the music from the 1973 Montreux Inter- TOMAS FUNDORA/MANAGER national . Festival in Switz- course of the past four decades. Carlos Marrero/Assistant Manager erland. His accomplishments include 3140 W. 8th Ave. Hialeah, Fla. 33012 Kirshner/Viacom Keepnews, who has been di- the producing of such monu- mental talents as Bessie Smith, (305) 823-8491 rector of jazz a&r at the labels (305) 821-1230 (night) Join for TVer since mid -1972, was an origi- and Duke Elling- ton. During the late Thirties, ENGLAND NEW YORK nal co-founder of the Riverside - "Rock Con- he initiated the famed "Spirit- NOEL GAY ORGANISATION cert," a label, and during the early six- 24 Denmark St. joint program develop- uals To Swing" concerts at Car- ment ties founded and operated the London, W.C.2, England project of Viacom Enter- negie Hall, which were respon- prises Milestone label with Audio - Phone: 836-3941 and Kirshner Entertain- sible for bringing to public ment Corp., will be Fidelity. GERMANY offered for attention such artists as Big first -run PAUL SIEGEL syndication this fall. Bill Broonzy and Count Basie. The bi-weekly series of music EUROPEAN EDITOR Tauentzienstrasse 1 is 16, Berlin 30, Germany specials intended for airing Wagner To Phone: Berlin 2115914 in late fringe and prime week-. Robert Summer end time periods. Executive Thumb Post Named RCA VP FRANCE producer will be Don Kirshner, BEVERLY HILLS. CAL. GILLES PETARD - NEW YORK-The appoint- 8, Quai de Stalingrad, Boulogne 92, France who created the marketplace Sal Licata, Vice President and ment of Robert D. Summer as Phone: 520-79-67 for rock music in television, general manager of Blue Division Vice President, RCA CANADA culminating this season in his Thumb Records has announced Records, International, has ABC Network LARRY LE BLANC series "In Con- the appointments of Richard been announced by Rocco La- 22 Walser Road, Apt. 604 cert." Wagner as national sales man- ginestra, President. RCA Rec- Toronto, Ontario Taping of the 90 -minute ager; Ray Beyda as director of ords. Phone: (416) 967-1104 shows begin should next month midwest regional promotion Of the promotion, which is ITALY in Hollywood before live audi- and sales; and Andy .Janis, di- effective immediately, Lagin- ALEX E. PRUCCHINI ences, with several continuing rector of east coast promotion estra said: "Mr. Summer long Via Corno Di Cavento N. 21 Milan national advertisers already and sales. The expansion of has been one of the most valu- signed. David Yarnell will be the staff is effective August 1. able and creative members of SUBSCRIPTIONS: ONE YEAR (52 ISSUES) the line producer. According Wagner, who had previously the staff of the Record Divi- U.S. AND CANADA-$40; AIR MAIL-$703 to Iry Wilson, Vice President, been with ABC/Dunhill Rec- sion, has most effectively exe- FOREIGN-AIR MAIL $75. SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, N.Y. AND AT - programs for Viacom, the inter ords and most recently with cuted a number of special in- ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. DEADLINE, reaction of performer and audi- WEA working in their creative ternational assignments, and, PLATES AND COPY MUST BE IN NEW YORK NOON . ence will be emphasized, with service department, will be 1 am certain, will offer a most BY 12 special technical attention paid responsible to Licata for sales positive contribution to our Copyright 0 1973 by to high quality sound produc- of Blue Thumb product to dis- expanding international opera- RECORD WORLD PUBLISHING CO, INC. tion. tributors on a national basis. tion." VOL. 29, No. 1364

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ROBERT MEAL GENERA:, MANAGER Don Rubin: Hot & Active Chappell -Bourne WB Music Celebrates By FRED GOODMAN Pact Announced Book of Standards NEW YORK - Super pro- NE1V YORK-Chappell Mu- NEW YORK-Warner Bros. ducer/publisher, Don Rubin, sic Company has been named Music Publishing invited 100 who has been a mainstay on sole selling agent of printed guests to ASCAP's rotunda the music scene since the mid music for Bourne Co. in the Friday, July 27, for a cham- '60s, is currently enjoying a United States. The announce- pagne reception celebrating hot period. Six months ago, ment, which covers the entire the publication of "100 Best Rubin formed a new production Bourne catalogue and those of Songs of the 20's and 30's." company, I)on Rubin Produc- its affiliates, was made jointly The hard -cover book, issued by tions, a publishing company, by Norman S. Weiser, Presi- Crown publishers, retails for RadaDara, and a management dent of Chappell and Mrs. $20 and includes an introduc- arm. At the present time, he Bonnie Bourne, executive head tion written by Richard Rodg- represents Kama Sutra artist, of the Bourne Company. ers as well as reproductions Charlie Daniels, whose single The agreement affiliates two of 24 original song sheet covers "Uneasy Rider" is at 17 with most established graphically capture the Don Rubin of America's that a bullet on Record World's sin- publishing companies. Bourne Art Deco style of this period. gles chart this week. successor in interest of Irving Brown, Bruce Harris "Summer In The City," "If I Co., Rubin publishes all the Inc.. which originated and Linda Sunshine are credit- Were A Carpenter," "Happy Bourne songs on Daniels' album 1918 as Irving Berlin Inc., ed with production of the col- Together" and "She Rather Be in "Honey In The Rock," from a contemporary, item. With Me." Their publishing maintains lector's which "Uneasy Rider" was operation that in- On hand for the festivities company, Faithful/Virtue Mu- multifaceted culled. The artist -writer pro- scores were a number rep- sic, represented such impor- cludes motion picture of writers duced the Ip for Don Rubin vast catalogue. resented in book, including tant contemporary writers as and a standard the Productions. Before his cur- a leader ("Guess Bonner & Gor- It is also considered Howard Dietz I'll success, Daniels was a John Sebastian, rent Hardin. in the educational, choral and Have to Change My Plan," Nashville session man for don and Tim represents band fields. "You and the Night and the many years. He was the lead Rubin also now Jeff Fenholt, who had the title Bourne's two most recent Music," "Louisiana Hayride," guitarist on many Bob Dylan Your Shoes," and role in the Broadway produc- chart hits are "Popcorn," an "A Shine On 1ps including "Nashville Sky- You tion of "Jesus Christ Super- international success, and San- "Something to Remember line" and "Self Portrait." He and J. Fred Coots who star," and currently has a sin- tana's "Black Magic Woman." By") played on all of Leonard Co - gathering with gle on Capitol entitled "Get It In the motion picture area it entertained the hen's and toured with ,, not only publishes many of the a medley of his hits. Cohen as well. Daniels is pres- Up. at classic Charlie Chaplin film Celebrity guests included ently touring the country tak- Rubin's offices are located 440 East 62nd Street in Man- scores, but also has a large Carl Sigman. Billy ing time to do a "Midnight hattan. The phone number is portion of the music from the Taylor and Jack Schectman; Special" stint, and he will be conduc- 758-5208. Walt Disney productions. composer / arranger / appearing at the Schaefer Fes- tor Robert Russell Bennett; tival in Central Park August actresses Madeline Kahn and 29. He is just starting a new Cathleen Nesbitt; set designer 1p which will be released in Breaks Lucinda Ballard and singer October. Ellen Greene. Rubin, who along !with Charles Koppelman, formed One Record Too Many ROBERT NASH the production -publishing team By of Koppelman and Rubin, plained the large amount which in the '60s was respon- There's an old adage that that of cash included receipts from sible for such acts as the Lov- "records are meant to be bro- nights of Led in' Spoonful, Turtles and Tím ken," but supergroup Led Zep- the first tt'o Zeppelin's sold out Madison Hardin. Some the hit rec- pelin, in the midst of a tour of appearance, ords they produced and pub- that saw them break numerous Square Garden included "Daydream." local and national attendance and that the funds had been lished of "Do You Believe In Magic." records, broke one record too earmarked for the payment many when they were the vic- hotel, charter plane and film Warner Bros. Music celebrates Songs of tims of the robbery of $180.000 tree bills. publishing of "100 Best the 20's and 30's." Pictured from in receipts. thereby es- After the press conference Dobie's Day concert left are Warner Bros. Music gen- for the Grant had an altercation with tablishing a record eral manager Sol Reiner. song- in Ruppmann, a photog- largest cash hotel robbery Charles writer Fred Coots, Henry Marks New York Daily J. New York's history. rapher for the of Warner Bros. and Warner Bros. The money was taken from News, and was charged with consultant Irving Brown. -2. - a strong box in the Drake Ho- petty larceny and assault. The tel sometime between 1:30 am charges were later reduced to Sunday, .July 29, when the harrassment, and Grant was N group's tour manager Peter "released contemplating dis- Song Festival _N Cole took $1.200 out of the box missal." Concert P'paned to pay for some instruments The theft occurred the day s for the group, and 7:30 the the group was due to return NEW YORK-The live con- next morning when the rob- to England following a 30 -city cert segment of the American bery was discovered. Police tour during which they played Song Festival, originally sched- MCA Records recently celebrated stated that the money was not to over a half million fans, uled from August 30 to Sep- two happy events with . forcibly removed from the box, and broke attendance records tember 2, has been postponed, In addition to his receiving RIA A suggesting that a key had been that had been established by according to Larry Goldblatt, gold certitication for his smash used. Only two keys to the box such groups as , President of the American single, "." Dobie cele- existed-one in the possession Grand Funk and Alice Cooper. Song Festival Corporation, his birthday with members brated of the group, and the other Led Zeppelin departed for Eng- with no definite reschedule of MC 1 family. Here, J. K. the land along with manager date as of yet. The song"+rit- "Mike Maitland, President of held by the hotel staff. their suc- ers' competition, which does MCA Records, Inc., presents At a press conference held Peter Grant. For all their Dobie wtih his gold single while on Monday. the day after the cess here, they managed to not necessitate live perform- Mentor Williams, Dobie's pro- robbery. Peter Grant, the break one record even they ances will, however, continue ducer, poses with the pastry. group's personal manager, ex- didn't want. as planned.

1973 6 RECORD WORLD AUGUST II, WB's Alice Cooper Campaign Kruger, Horton Ross Wins Suit Upped at Ember Against MGM Sparked by Diana Balocca LONDON-.Jeffrey S. Kru- By GARY COHEN By BEVERLY MAGID ger has been named chairman NEW YORK-.Jerry and Ar- LOS ANGELES-Generally, of the Ember Records Group thur Ross, who had operated as even with a big ad campaign, here and will be succeeded personally and later sold their by .Jeffrey the pre -planning is done about % managing director group of companies (Colossus three to four weeks ahead of L. Horton, who has been as- Records, Heritage Records, Co- time of a record release, but sistant managing director of lossus Promotions, among oth- .r At . the entertainment complex. -Goldwyn -Mayer with the Alice Cooper plans, . ers), to Metro everything recently became a , the same time the company has Inc. (MGM). have been award- lot more complicated. As Diana announced the addition of ed total damages of $500,000 Balocca, director of advertis- Leslie Lewis and Gerald Fifer in their suit against MGM. ing at Warner Bros. Records to the board of directors of who had acquired the Ross told Record World, the first Ember Records Ltd. companies in 1970. The action, strategy meeting took place ordered by Federal .Judge back in late December, 1972 Phonogram Moves Charles Stewart in District here, combines the award when she met with Joe Smith, .4. CHICAGO Phonogram, Court President of Warner Bros., - to Ross with a denial of Inc. has officially moved its against Ross, Stan Cornyn, director of crea- headquarters to One MGM's suit corporate which had been filed previ- tive services and Shep Gordon, IBM Plaza here, effective im- Alice Cooper's manager. It was ously. mediately. The company's cor- suit and countersuit decided then to make the cam- rect mailing address is now The paign the most comprehensive arose when Ross agreed to sell Diana Balocca Phonogram Inc., One IBM of his companies of any thus far, to coincide Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, 60611. 80 percent with what Gordon promised to MGM. in return for MGM of press and publicity in every The company's new telephone After the would be the most dazzling ar- city Alice went stock and financing. that Cooper to." number is (312) 645-6300. The concluded, MGM ray of bookings for the tour. After the concerts, each area over the deal was move was completed to rescind the acquisi- The plans, which cost over would have further ads and weekend on .July 27 so as to sought by charging that there $150,000 and were totally un- spots run to help take advan- not interfere with daily busi- tion. derwritten by Warners, had not been full disclosure of an- tage of public enthusiasm in ness operations. status other possible first in the rec- all the Alice Cooper records. the Ross companies' ord business, focused all the before the deal was signed, As a possible result, "Billion Hooton to SAS suit to have the main attention on the concert Dollar Babies" has now been and brought which NEW YORK Sidney A. deal negated. Ross, on the tour, lasted three certified platinum. - he months and was 60 dates in Seidenberg, President of Sid- other hand, claimed that With all the of neces- 56 cities. So in addition to ney A. Seidenberg, Inc. has had disclosed all facts print ads, radio and tv spots, deal was con- working closely with Shep Gor- posters, handbills, promotional announced the addition of sary before the don, Ms. Balocca, who was in Davidson Lowell Hooton to the cluded, and that MGM refused displays, it all went well and end of the agree- charge of the budget, went smoothly, a fact that Ms. Ba- executive staff of the company. to fulfill their over the tour market by mar- locca attributes to the com- Hooton will assume duties as ment. ket with Jon Podell, to Seidenberg and One of MGM's main conten- Alice (Continued on page 86) assistant dis- Cooper's agent, and then con- will be responsible to him tions in arguing that full ferred individually with the directly. (Continued on page 841 promoters in each city. Three Knight-GFR to four weeks before each date, Development full page ads in major news- Wherehouse Mounts Mammoth papers were taken, AM and FM NEW YORK - .Judge Rob- radio spots were run, and for ert Taylor, of the United one week prior to the concert States District Court for the Campaign Tennessee, in New York, TV spots were Eastern District of By CRAIG FISHER bought on major time pro- Northern Division, by order grams, all announcing the con- dated July 24, 1973 dismissed LOS ANGELES-Customers tensive advertising program. cert. Terry Knight's action for in any of the 28 Wherehouse the campaign involves an in- "This may have been the first trademark infringement and record stores in California will crease in the Wherehouse in- time that a record company related claims against the City be hearing only country music ventory of approximately $500.- spent that much money to help of Knoxville and the Knoxville as they browse through the 000 worth of records and tapes. sell an act first, and which Auditorium Civic Center Board. bins this month. If they look And it is the chain's hope, would then ultimately sell rec- Judge Taylor further granted up. they will see red, yellow according to its Vice President ords. We wanted to make the the motion by GFR Enterprises and white banners emblazoned of Merchandising and Promo- most splash, create the great- Ltd. against Knight to trans- with the slogan "Wherehouse tion. Lou Fogelman, that these est furor. As a result we were fer Knight's action against the Country" and featuring a efforts will result in an in- able to generate a great deal sole remaining defendant GFR drawing of spurs with the call crease of 100,000 customers Enterprises Ltd. to the United letters of their local country over the 600,000 he estimates States District Court for the radio station printed inside. currently syalk in its stores Taylor Addresses Southern District of New York And as they make their pur- each month. where GFR Enterprises Ltd. chases, they will notice that "We've been thinking about Columbia Meet main action against Knight all the sales people are wear- country for quite a while," Arthur Taylor. President will be heard. ing T-shirts with the same Fogelman told Record World of CBS, attended the recent The following statement was color. scheme as those banners last week. "It's always been a Columbia convention in San issued by Knight referring to and again bearing the words stepchild. even within our own Francisco, and addressed the his lawsuit against the City of "Wherehouse Country." system. and country music has group on Saturday Morning Knoxville: Ail this is part of a massixe never been pushed the way (28). Taylor, who is also a "The decision recently given promotional campaign that the classical, or pop, or rock has- player, has report- in the Court of Knoxville is by Wherehouse chain-the largest in California. So this is not a edly promised to join the no means the end of that or in California --has undertaken price promotion; it's a product the company's Incredible Swing any other action against the to make its stores prime promotion. There are about 20 performers Donald G. Brewer. locations for country product Band during next year's con- million people in California- vention. Mark Farrier and Melvin Scha- in the state. Besides the in- cher. (Continued on page 86) store promotions and an ex- (Continued on page 9-1)

RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 7 DIALOGUE _ _ . THE VIEWPOINTS OF THE INDUSTRY__ The HDH Success Story By DEDE DABNEY ally made the effort to recruit some top black promotional talent nationwide. Success stories are written every day but only one story can be Columbia, on the other hand, had 15 or 20 black promotional written such as this one over a decade. The Holland -Dozier -Holland people and we at least had men story has the satisfaction of knowing that been one of those magic tales 'which started in the house like Logan Westbrooks of Motown and Richard Mack would always give Records where was the a&r director, and their best in terms of our product. and were The list of hits producers. Let's face it, anyone going into this business wants his organ- with which these men were associated the time this is endless. At of ization to be completely vertical is, have control the dialogue Eddie Holland, ... that to of President of the company was detained out entire operation from the ground up. And includes doing of town; therefore that Clarence Tucker, vice president in corporate your own manufacturing, distribution, promotion and merchan- planning and administration, spoke for Mr. Holland. dising. Nov that may be the ultimate objective of the Holland Record World: What is the nature of your Columbia deal? is operation, but there are always the economic considerations that is strictly a distribution deal? have to be dealt with along the way. Let's be honest about it .. . if the major companies fulfilled every seem Brian Holland: Hell, the deal itself entails a lot more than dis- aspiration they to he tribution alone. making these days in terms of increased black participation . . . there'd be just as many black stars in the industry as white! Now, Clarence Tucker: it's true that there is far more than RW: All three of you were with Motown. What created the team distribution involved, but i don't want to give the impression that of HDH? we're in talking terms of. for instance, Stax's arrangement with Dozier: Well, we all got together on a number called "Forever," Columbia. Stax does have a solid distribution deal which also and the writing and producing team of HDH evolved from includes doing there. their own promotion. They have a strong manage- We were determind to become the most successful in the business. ment with capability respect to merchandising. though we weren't really sure if that was a possibility, let alone a RW: Why did you go with Columbia. when you were already probability, since at that time, there wasn't much going on for with a major conglomerate? black writers and producers. But, like Brian said earlier, the prod- Holland: You see, in actuality ... we weren't! uct was strong and the HDH style evolved, you know . . good Tucker: There were several factors involved, the first of which people, good artists . . . and that's about it. was that Brian and Lamont's prime motivation was promotion .. 1íW: In the past, you've written about old cliches and written period. Even when the deal with Capitol was completed, they had about old cliches. Why is that? certain reservations regarding a predominantly Black promotion Dozier: Well, that's just one particular form of writing. But, division. Logan Westbrooks' departure was a second factor since that's not the only thing. You can write about an ashtray if there's Logan had always been close to us during the Capitol relationship. a certain signficance implied. At the same time. Columbia started making some healthy expen- Holland: You use the term, "old cliches," but I really think that ditures for black promotion ... an entire black promotional divi- was a style that we created. sion, in fact . . . giving black artists the degree of respect, from Dozier: That's exactly I was . . . a promotional standpoint at any rate. that we had always con- the point trying to make we didn't , . . tended was their right. Basically, the problem with the Capitol take other peoples' cliches we created our own. deal was this ... here was a predominantly county-western outfit RW: What about "Finders Keepers?" which displayed the best intentions regarding our desire for in- Tucker: Well, that particular record was produced by Jeff creased black promotional opportunities, bit never really made Bowes and General Johnson. Our entire production force operated the effort to set those aspirations into motion. But, whatexer the through HDH Productions, Inc., and that was a perfect example case, we weren't really ready to tackle the problems of going of how we operate. \Ve have production companies feeding the independent at that moment. record companies that we have today and that we might create RW: Are you positive or negative with reference to the com- tomorrow. plete set-up? . . . with Stax. Gamble Huff and Thom Bell's new RW: What tunes are literally produced by Holland -Dozier - label? Holland?

Holland: It all boils down to one thing . . . product . . . and i)ozier: The ones that HDH produce! It's right on the label .. . strong product, at that! "A Holland -Dozier -Holland Production." RW: The point is. you don't have your own promotional staff.

Holland: That's true . . . but we do have Columbia. . . . we're just about hit product. R11: That's exactly the point! You're depending on Columbia. Holland: Not entirely no ... we do have a couple of independ- Whatever the market likes that's ents. ...

RW: So, you're saying that if the product is there . . . you what we feed it.'' won't get lost. But why would successful black producers go with Columbia in the first place? RW: All the songs are written in-house and go to your publish Tucker: The Hollands' original intent was to create an inde- ing company, Gold Forever. Is for pendent black force in the industry. Independent not it possible an independent only, from a producer to come in, write a tune, and have his publishing? creative point of view, but it's also envisioned as being staffed own with black executives, black accountants, black secretaries and Holland: Anything is possible! so on. And that's basically what you'll see throughout the com- Tucker: As a matter of fact, we finalized exactly that type of pany ... blacks who are eminently qualified at their jobs. In addi- deal about a week and a half ago. But that was a significant state- tion, when the Capitol/Invictus relationship didn't generate the ment you just made. This is exactly where I feel that Eddie Hol- profit margin we expected ... we had no choice but to cut back. land excels ... in terms of coping with the realities of this busi- Capitol's promotion and merchandising operation was not pro- ness. Publishing was, you know, jealously guarded against anyone ceeding in the direction we had discussed regarding black promo- who displayed an interest in seeking out and assisting promising tional activities. We just weren't satisfied in continuing a relation- talent. In other words, there was very little desire to "share the ship with a company that sounded great up front, but never actu- (Continued on page 80)

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o ;C.,i. framework." how That's PD ' t9" l,,411 i I Mike Harrison described sta- 1,,X By BEVERLY M tGID ` tion KPRI FM. It might sound ' KGB-San Diego . . . After a lot of soul like a contradiction, after the last ARB. Ron .lacobs and but Har- '. searching r, Hick l.iehert are breathing a bit easier with rison feels that the only way - 1i. _+ `_ 211_4f-22. Pulse figures the AM strong a progressive station can main- . the latest showing Ki'RI folks shown at the station's in total men 6-10 am, 10 am -3 pm. and 3-7 pm, tain itself is with discipline. second free concert. Smiling (from FM strong in total men 6 pm -midnight and "In the old days, too many left)) is .Jeff Gelb, production di- midnight -6 am, and KGB :2 in teens. K('BQ people in progressive radio rector; Jason Rourke, news direc- still leading the field there. They're convinced tor; dike Harrison, program were playing primarily that the AM FM concept of using the AM to each director; and Adrian B1wlt music - other, not the listeners. We're director. during the day to build and pick up listeners at night is proving itself. geared for our audience; I Weekends Steve Dahl (KPPC). WAV'Z-New Haven . . . The station is putting out a pamphlet do't believe it's good radio to Joan Levine. .Joe Chandler, on energy conservation listing pointers on saving energy in your be self-indulgent." .John Clarke. car and home, making it available to listeners in southern Music is first screened Community involvement is Connecticut. through music director Adrian very important, and Harrison. KI)RO-Sedalia, Mo ... Effective August 1. the country -western Boult, then decided upon by who has only been at the sta- station will join the CBS Radio network. since was at Harrison. The jocks then can tion April (he W 11C -New York . . . The first WABC Golden Music Award select anything from the li- 1VNE\V FM, PD at WLIR FM was won by a man who completed 75 hours of consecutive sing- brary for their shifts. The mu- and been on -the -air at WCBX ing. His award included 75 hours of tape recorded silence for sic may range from jazz, , FM and WPIX), has set up a him to use in recovering from h.is ordeal. He broke the record rock, folk, oldies, and current Speakers Bureau, offering the set last year in England. and performed his feat singing in a new ones. "We station's air personalities as keep up with bathtub mounted on a pick-up truck . . . I certainly hope he charts, reports. the national lecturers at schools and com- doesn't start a trend. The happenings, but we try to stay munity organizations. news Wash. I) C Former FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson ahead with programs, in addition to regu- our selections. annonced the release of a book -length evaluation of tele' ision Once something lar casts, also feature "Cul- reaches the broadcasting in America. It provides a methodology for every ten, I Shock." produced by Joan top drop it for awhile. ture viewer interested in evaluation the television stations in his then if its good, we'll Levine, on the observations of play it own home town. The report. "Broadcasting in America" was again later." Everything is the changes in society. "Natu- compiled over a six month period by Johnson working with a air -checked, discussed ral High" concerns organic daily. group of Georgetown Law Center seminar students. Stations are "The jocks can have freedom cooking, plus programs on med- ranked on the basis of variety of programming and employment of choice, because the staff icine. drugs ("We're anti -dan- criteria including news and public affairs, commercialization, s as hired for holding the same gerous drugs") but the aim at local employment of minorities and women. approach to music and radio. the station is to be "entertain- programming. . Station manager, Ted ttkins announced We don't want any extraneous ing, informative with no lec- WTAE-Pittsburgh .. of S. Keever (Keeve) Berman as News and waste; the station should be turing. very palatable but the appointment effectike August 6. Berman has been news like a good steak, all meat and maintaining credibility." Public Affairs Director at WXLO/FM New York for the past 4 years. no fat." So a balance in the With San Diego only being director . . . line-up is as follows . . . Richard music is maintained, and all checked twice a year by the WAYE-Baltimore New -Midday raps must be pertinent. The ratings, Harrison will have to Perry (Dick Shannon) -Mornings ... PD Frank Adair .. . . . -Swing. lineup is PD Mike Harrison- wait until the October/Novem- ,John Reeves -afternoons Marty (Martha) McClean

6-l0am . . . O. B. Philmore ber ratings to find out what his CKLG-Vancouver ... After 2 years, PD Daryl Burlingham will (that's .Jim McGuinness, PD score will be; he feels that "I he leaving the station as of September 1. At this point he has

at \VIBA) l0am-3pm . . . Jeff would like to be 1, but more not announced his future plans.

. . . MD Adrian important I'd like to get the Gelb-3-7pm KFI-Los Angeles . . . Depending whether you ask Lohman or Boult-7pm-midnight ... Jason station to be the best. I'd only Barkley. August 3 or 4 will mark the 10th anniversary of partner- Rourke - midnight -ham . . . (Continued on page 84) ship of the early morning comedy team at the station. To celebrate the occasion of the anniversary, the humble pair plan to return to the site of their beginnings to "consecrate the oil." Also they will devote 10 minutes of meditation to reflect on their ten years AM ACTION and ponder the meaning or it all. "Let's Get It On" could be the singles story Los Angeles ... After the success of the first Leukemia Radio- of the year. The sales on his Tamla hit have led the airplay Thon last February which was carried coast -to -coast by 36 for aboutt a monh, and now the heavies have recognized stations in 30 markets, the National Leukemia Broadcast Council a smash. This week's converts include KJR, WCOL, KLIF, was formed for the purpose of producing such a Radio-Thon WQXI, KQV, WPIX, WABC, KIMN, WIBG WSAI, WFUN, annually to benefit leukemia research. This separate non-profit and KILT. corporation will be headed by Larry C. Vanderveen as Council Al Green's "Here I Am" (Hi) picked up tremendous sup- president, and is also sales manager at KGIL, Los Angeles. port this week on WCFL, WIXY, WCOL, WPIX, WPOP, KDAY-Los Angeles . . . Bob Wilson will be leaving the station WFUN and WABC in New York. as program director to start "the most comprehensive radio music (MCA) scored again this week, and with the sheet" which should be printing in September. No one set yet addition of WCOL, WOKY, WPIX. KIMN, WPOP and KILT to replace him, and he may consult temporarily until someone has locked up almost every major market in only two weeks. (Continued on page 84)

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PERSONAL MANAGEMENT: AARONS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION Phonogram Guru Cuts NEW YORK-The Divine Aug. Release Light Mission, the religious IS CHICAGO - As part of its organization responsible for August release, Phonogram. the recent tour of guru Ma- Inc. has released Ips by the New Dolls, the newly re- haraj Ji, is apparently en- York formed Davis Group, By CRAIG FISHER tering the music industry. Spencer Routers, and Faron Young. The mission's own group, the Phonogram is also releasing SEEN 'ROUND: High life and low life, Blue Aquarius, recorded an pranks and chicanery. It all continued last week ten classical import albums on album, the exact contents of Philips. as usual, and included . . . On July 29, at the which are still unknown, re- Ontario Motor Speedway, whilst , Major radio and print adver- cently in England. The pack- tising, publicity, and sales ac- Loggins & Messina and Mary McCreary wailed was mixed last age secretly tivity is underway for the New below, a banner trailed behind a light plane week at the Ultrasonic Re- above, bearing this message: "We Love You, York Dolls, including special cording Studios on Long Is- 10 -second and 30 -second radio Leon and Denny. Please Call-Love, Ahmet." A land last week. - clever ploy, but though Shelter's agreement spots in New York. Their al- with Capitol ends at the end of this month, bum, "The New York Dolls," appears on a specially designed there's no word yet from Mr. Cordell about moving . . . On the Mercury label. The 1p was pro- same day, there were smiles glimpsed on the faces of B.J. and LP of Dylan duced by Todd Rundgren. , co-founders of Skylark, as Mrs. Foster gave birth Songs on Sire The first album by the new at the Royal .Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, B.C., to a daughter. NEW YORK Spencer Davis Group, "Glug- Amy Skylark Foster is her name ... And also on the 29th, Jerry - the 1p in go," on Vertigo, features sev- Goldstein could be beaming at actress Bobbi Shaw. They will release first the seen eral of the original members. were married in Malibu, have departed for Europe for two American market of the new English group called Coulson, The Routers' Mercury album weeks . . . Also glimpsed recently: Lou Reed, Todd Rundgren Dean, McGiness and is called "Superbird" and fea- and New York Dolls lead guitarist , applauding Flint. Louis Ragusa, general man- tures a version of the group's Iggy Popp at his Max's Kansas City opening . . . Walt Frazier ager of Music, Inc., '60s hit, "Let's Go." Faron (of the N. Y. Knicks) and Alice Cooper (in disguise), visiting made the announcement on be- Young's 1p is named after his New York's Hippopotamus . . . Larry Douglas, safely ensconced half of the Dick James Organ- current Mercury hit single, in his new offices, manager of Mums . . . David Gest, as general ization, who own and operate "Just What I Had in Mind." same, as person for London Julian Bond and West Coast p.r. ... D,JM Records. The 1p was produced by Jerry Bolan, who dropped in in brother James, plus Marc at Richards The Coulson, I)ean, McGin- Kennedy. the festivities Sounds of the South . . . Atlanta to observe for ess and Flint album is called week Comeback news: Frank Sinatra is due in the studio this "Lo And Behold" and was he would to begin recording his first album since he announced originally issued in the United Gaye's Hot never sing again (except for charity). Don Costa will produce; Kingdom under the DJM label. IN LOS ANGELES - Motown he . . . is also due and Gordon Jenkins will conduct All the material in the 1p was recording artist Marvin Gaye's here to start recording this week, his first effort since Duke/ written by Bob Dylan. latest single, "Let's Get It On" Peacock pacted with ABC/Dunhill. No producer has been named has sold one million copies in yet, however . . . And David Spinozza will produce Billy Joel. ABC Signs Orleans the first month of release and GOING STRONG: Barely recovered from that Atlanta bash, has been averaging 100,000 LOS ANGELES ABC - Al Kooper began recording Elijah there last week. That Blues - copies in sales each day in the Dunhill Records President .Jay 10 was Project reunion set is now due officially Sept. 22, sez Al, and last day period, it an- Lasker and personal manager nounced by Ewart Abner, Pres- after that the group will do five West Coast concerts . . . Also Miles Lourie have announced recording: J. F. Murphy and Salt, at the Record Plant, with ident of Motown Records. This the of an exclusive, is believed to be Jim Zenner producing, and Bill Quateman, in England, with completion the highest long-term. worldwide record- number of record sales for a Robin Cable at the controls ... Michael Cuscuna finished helping ing contract with Orleans. and single recording in a compara- Eric Kaz with his second effort, "Cul De Sac," here. Dr. John, plans for a major introductory ble period since the early Bea- Todd Rundgren and the Persuasions participated And Richard ... campaign to be launched with tles era. Perry is set Martha Reeves London later this to accompany to the release of the group's first Distributors are having to month, to finish her first solo outing for MCA. George Harrison album. wait a short interim period . . . Warners, has written two songs for her Some signings: To for the pressing plant to catch Ted Montrose, four San Francisco musicians whom Templeman up with reorder requests for is producing . . . And to Columbia, King Biscuit Boy and (yes) Famous Honored the record. Patti Page ... Some upcoming releases: "Overnight Sensation." Frank Zappa and the Mothers' newest, is due in early September, from WB, along with "Sweet Freedom," Uriah Heep's first for to r !. Stones the label. Z'appa and crew go to Europe for a month beginning the 15th. U.H. begin their American tour the 16th in Rochester, T- Play Castle for two -and -a -half months . . . Also due in Sept.: "Hat Trick," NEW YORK-The Rolling America's third (the title, in hockey parlance, means three goals), Stones have announced the ad- and Dave Mason's next, as yet untitled . . . Anon. keeps asking dition of another concert date questions. This time he queries: "Does Dennis Killeen really look to their British tour. They will like Jerry Garcia, or is it just Dead -crazed fans who think so?" play at Cardiff Castle on Sat- urday. September 22. If adverse VISITING: Vinnie Romeo, Allen Davis and, soon, Ultra Violet, Marvin Cane, chief operating offi- weather causes a cancellation who'll be here to complete vocals for her 1p . . . Announcing: cer, Famous music publishing com- Saturday, the Stones will play Chris Spedding, Marty Simon and Snips, of MCA's Sharks, who panies, is shown accepting five the next day, come rain or Jones Judd ASCAP awards given by David say that Buster Cherry and Nick have joined them shine. The concert is to be Combs, assistant and completed their line-up. The group go into Island Studios director of mem- by Western bership presented Great this week to begin recording their second effort, which Felix of ASCAP. On the right is with Billy Meshel, director of creative Festivals in conjunction Pappalardi will mix . . . In San Diego, promotor Bob Matthews Five One Productions, and is will join Concert Associates toppers Steve Wolf and Jim Riss- affairs for Famous music. l'he awards were for "Love Story," to run from 3-10:30 p.m. Sup- miller doing a series of legit concerts In San Francisco, Joe ... "Godfather," "Me And You And A porting the Stones will be the E. Covington is said to be breaking in an act to take on the Dog Named Boo," "I Love You To Cuban group Kracker, Billy road. Fat Fandango, his band, will accompany him ... In London. Want Me" and "Don't Expect Me Preston and several other at- (Continued on page 83) To Be Your Friend." tractions yet to be announced.

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NILSSON-RCA APBO-0039 ALBERT HAMMOND-Mums ZS7 6021 THE MAIN INGREDIENT-RCA APBO-0046 AS TIME GOES BY (prod. by Derek Taylor) (Columbia) GIRL BLUE (prod. by Silvester, Simmons & ASCAP) (WB, THE PEACEMAKER (prod. by Albert Hammond) Gooding) (Stein & Van Stock/Black Bull, You must remember this Herman Hup- (Landers-Roberts/April, ASCAP) ASCAP) feld classic that Sant has played again "Free Electric Band" was a sizeable From their smash "Afrodisiac" album and again. It's now Harry's turn, and charter, but this Cat Stevens sound - comes this Stevie Wonder song, which his version is exquisite. Arrangement alike has a good shot at the top. Pro- features Cuba Gooding on lead vocal. by Gordon Jenkins is perfect. Bogey duced and co -written by the artist, disc Solid arrangement by Bert DeCoteaux would love it. should have a long chart reign. makes blue turn to gold. AUSTIN ROBERTS-Chelsea BCBO-0053 JAMES BROWN-Polydor 14194 MAC 4-45911 DAVIS-Columbia (RCA) SEXY, SEXY, SEXY (prod. by James Brown) KISS IT AND MAKE IT BETTER (prod. by Rick ONE WORD (prod. by Janssen, Hart & Roberts) (Crited/Belinda/Unichappell, BMI) Hall) (Screen Gems-Columbia/Songpainter, Another cut from the soundtrack of (Famous, ASCAP) BMI) Writer -singer hit last year with "Some- "Slaughter's Big Rip -Off" and the Along the same lines as "Baby Don't "Godfather of Soul" chugs along with thing's Wrong With Me." He's released Get Hooked On Me" which is a proven a couple of ballads after that, but another rhythm gem. His fans won't and formula. Rick Hall again produced, couldn't catch on. He switches gears on let this one get by and it should be a Mac gives another top notch perform- giant. this uptempo mover which results in ance. Better make it! one word: hit!

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND-Polydor -Columbia 4-45908 IKE & -United Artists XW 14191 I'M COMING -HOME (prod. by Thom Bell) 298-W GET YOUR ROCKS OFF (prod. by Manfred Mann) (Mighty Three, BMI) NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS (Huh/Unart, BMI) Silky -toned Mathis gets the Philly soul Dynamic duo strikes again! This brash (Dwarf, ASCAP) Title from treatment here with a fabulous Thom chunk o' funk is from their brand new tune their latest album has Bell production. Bell and Linda Creed album which will make Nutbush a already received great response as 1p wrote tune that sounds like an instant household word. Written by Tina, tune cut. Bob Dylan penning is done up to standard. Wonderful wonderful! could see the upper limits of chiartdom. the hilt and could be group's first biggie in a while. Rocks on!

LAURA LEE-Hot Wax 735 (Buddah) DON AGRATI-Elektra 45860 -Parrot 9695 (London) I'LL CATCH YOU WHEN YOU FALL (prod. by R. BLOODSTREAM (prod. by Don Agrati) (House of SHE'S NOT THERE (AI Gallico, BMI) Dunbar) (Gold Forever, BMI) the Frog , BMI) Back during the British invasion of Soulstress is due for a biggie and this Strange ohugger has some jazz licks 1964 a group including and Smith -Dunbar tune should be one piece and a nostalgic sound to it. Produced smashed first time out of hot wax. Bluesy ballad shows off and written by the artist who was with this goody. It's now a classic so artist's terrific voice and could break Robbie on "My Three Sons" TVer, disc label re -leased it ala "Monster Mash." her big. Gold forever! could flow to the top. Tell them yes!

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DAVE EDMUNDS-RCA LPBO-5000 TOWER OF POWER-San Francisco 64 (Atlantic) RAIDERS-Columbia 4-45898 BORN TO BE WITH YOU (prod. by Dave Edmunds) SPARKLING IN THE SAND (prod. by David Rubinson) ALL OVER YOU (prod. by Mark Lindsay) (E. H. Morris, ASCAP) (Fillcorp, ASCAP) (WB, ASCAP)

CHARLES MANN-ABC 11384 -Dunhill 4359 (ABC) MARY McCREARY-MCA/Shelter 40096 IT'S ALL OVER (prod. by Dave Crawford) GRAPEFRUIT -JUICY FRUIT (prod. by Don Gant) EVIL WOMAN (prod. by D. J. Rogers) (ABC/DaAnn, ASCAP) (ABC/Dunhill, BMI) (Skyhill/McCreary, BMI)

HOLLAND-DOZIER-Invictus 1254 (Col) AL WILSON-Rocky Road 30073 (Bell) DANA COOPER-Elektra 45859 SHOW & TELL (prod. by Jerry Fuller) THE SINGER (prod. by Stan Farber) NEW BREED KINDA WOMAN (prod. by Holland -Dozier - Wylie) (Gold Forever, BMI) (Fullness, BMI) (Drunk Eye, BMI)

TOM FOGERTY-Fantasy 702 WHATNAUTS-GSF 6905 BOB SANDERS-Sweet Fortune 2401 (Famous) JOYFUL RESURRECTION (prod. by Russ Gary) I WASN'T THERE (prod. by George Kerr) MOUNTAINS IN THE MORNING (prod. by Eddie Jason) (Woodmont, BMI) (Access/Wesaline, BM)) (Trapeze, ASCAP)

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-MCA 40101 MICHAEL MURPHEY-A&M 1459 BIG WHEELIE & THE HUBCAPS-Scepter 12385 CALICO SILVER (prod. LET ME BE THERE (prod. by Welch & Farrar) by Bob Johnston) MEDLEY (prod. by Jerry Meyers) (All Gallico, BMI) (Mar -Ken, BMI) (Venice/, BMI)

INEZ FOXX-Volt 4096 SHEPSTONE & DIBBENS-Buddah 379 DIFFERENT SHADES OF BROWN-Motown 1241 SHADY LADY (prod. by Hugh Murphy) WHEN THE HURT IS PUT BACK YOU CROSSING OVER THE BRIDGE (prod. by Stewart & Hall) ON (East/Memphis/Lip-Pick, BMI) (Chrysalis, ASCAP) (prod. by Clay McMurray) (Jobete, ASCAP)

PARTRICK SKY w/ PARADOX-Adelphi 454 NICKY JAMES-Threshold 67016 (London) ARTHUR ADAMS-Blue Thumb 234 (Famous) LOOK WHAT'S GOING ON (prod. by Green & Miller) I GUESS I'VE ALWAYS LOVED YOU (prod. by Gerry Hoff) I CAN T BELIEVE MY EYES (prod. by LiPuma & Adams) (Stony Clove, BMI) (Pocket Full of Tunes/Common Good, BMI) (Railroad, ASCAP)

THE CREEP-MR. G 826 SCUFFY SHEW-Metromedia BMBO-0043 (RCA) LOUIS PAUL-Enterprise 9077 (Stax) HALDEMAN, EHRLICHMAN, MITCHELL AND DEAN REASON TO FEEL (prod. by Video-Note Prod.) MERRY GO ROUND (prod. by Jerry Phillips) (Rodney, BMI) (Amazing Grace, ASCAP) (Knee-Deep/East/Memphis, BM))

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MAGNIFICENTLY MAD VALLEY HI _ 1490 914V TONY COLE-20th Century T416 IAN MATTHEWS-Elektra 75061 The album title sums up the con- Beautiful sounds fill the grooves of tents, but it's really just another Ian Matthews' latest effort, and the way of saying that Cole is wildly bril- mellow country backing that producer liant. Cut after cut explodes with ex- Mike Nesmith has put behind Mat- citing melodies, good words and truly thews' extraordinary voice works well sensational arrangements and produc- on good songs like "Keep On Sailing" tion by David MacKay. Super stuff that and the fine "Shady Lies." demands your attention. FREEWHEELIN' - '.:MIWOVSMIIORf..MtY,RIM DICK FELLER WROTE FABULOUS RIIINESTONES-Just Sunshine 11A -LÁ094 -F .1 .2 f JSS-9 (Famous) ' . The Rhinestones are anchored by the Singer has the sound of i :logo L . Nashville with his warm voice and bass playing of Harvey Brooks and finger -picking guitar. but the lyrics 1'1 boast 's good guitar and have an urbane wit and intelligence 10,7 Marty Grebb's fine work on sax and that make this set a natural for FMers keyboard. All of the songs in this set Ir . . s and folkies. "Lord Mr. Ford" is a funny were written by the group, and show look at autos. "The Thing That kept nice tunes sensible lyrics and outstand- Me Goin' " is a great story of lost love. ing musicianship. SEVERIN BROWNE MUSIC IS YOUR MISTRESS Motown 417741. LINDA HARGROVE-Elekrra 75063 A-1a5i\ Maybe A warm -voiced young singer/song- the Browne family is going to `tO« 11: follow writer, Linda Hargrove spent years i= in the Taylors' many footsteps, working with top Nashville producer as Jackson's brother Severin has put Pete Drake, and the polish and style out an album of fresh melodious self - she has attained show throughout her penned ditties. Severin has a sweeter voice new album. "Fallen Angel" is a lovely than his sibling, and if his lyrics single, and other good cuts are "New are less profound, they are no less York City Song" and the title cut. pleasing. Way to go. Bro'! AS YOU I a m.ur...(r WILL KYLE L.IAIIIII(T ,1N7) \UTTYCI),11RF,-20th MGM/Cattily SE 4919 Century T-115 "She Brings Sunshine" is exploding A pleasant set of mellow folky fare into a smash single for this fine new from the duo of Deniss Lambert and singer writer, and his debut album Craig Nuttycombe. Many good songs displays a diversity of style and the are set off by interesting vocal har- kind of writing and singing that spell monies, including the haunting "Child's out stardom. "Stoney Road" and "She" Care," the winningly bluely "Nickel - are among the set's many good songs, aa. Dime" and the tuneful "Way To Your and John Madura's production is bold Heart." Nice listening. and exciting. TINA HARVEY ZOMBIES ,011' UK UKS 53103 (London) Parrot PAS 71001 (London) SHE: NQ THERE -w Super producer Jonathan King chose The Zombies' importance stems not Two NO V, Tina Harvey for his neu label's debut only from successful songs like "She's and the tough belie, a Mickey Dolenz Not There" and "Tell Her No," but look -alike, does a fine job on an unusual has been made ., from the music that ;-M.s-Y ballad version of the Stones' "Have You since by group members Rod Argent. F Seen Your Mother, Baby." Other strong Chris White (Argent) or Colin Blue- cuts are "Long Way Round," and Dy- stone. All the tunes in this good re- lan's "Like A ." release are fresh and melodic. Erk4wMar < 4n EVERY HOME SHOULD NAVE ONE ONLY LOVE SPOKEN HERE . KICKY JAMES-Threshold THS-10 PAT LUYI)Y-RCA APL1-0215 (London) A \sell produced set of songs for the The excellent songs on this album are lovely Ms. Lundy, a soulful belter who treated to fine production by Gerry can ease back to caress a tender ballad Hoff, and James' tough, expressive like "It's Impossible" or scorch a rocker voice culls e ery drop of emotion from like the title cut. Buddy Scott and Herb his tunes. Strong cuts include a rocking Lo\elle have captured all the energy "Feelin' Alright" and "Black Dream." and feeling that Lundy lays down. HARD TO STOP UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF BETTY WRIGHT-Alston SI) 7026 LOVE UNLIMITED -20th Century T-414 (Atlantic) The many talents of Barry White have The "Clean -Up \\ ornan" is back with gone into giving Love Unlimited excel- a sensational new hairdo and a fiery lent songs, good arrangements, classy soulful album of chugging r&b. Willie production and a really Supreme sound. Clark, Steve Alaimo and Clarence Reid Tunes like "Oh Love, We Finally Made have produced super sounds on such It" or "Say It Again" could be super songs as Al Kooper's "Let Me Go single hits. Down" and "It's Hard To Stop."

16 RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 StevieWofider just gave The Hain Ingrcdicnt one of his hottest numbers.

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AEA Includes: You Can Call Me Rover Son ething Lovely Work to Do I.SP-4834 PSS/PIC-2117 RCA Records and Tapes Cover Story CONCERT REVIEW Grand Funk Going Strong Zep Zaps Garden NEW YORK outer- In the past four years, Grand With a 23 -city American -Ca- - The used smoke screens most reaches of cavernous intermittently Funk Railroad have made them- nadian tour, and the release of during their per- Madison Square were formance and selves into more than just a their ninth album. "We're An Garden and Plant Page not vast enough for the gal- would occasionally render band. They've American Band," produced by vanized sound emanating from themselves invisible in a broken attendance records in Todd Rundgren, Grand Funk is cone the stage during the Led Zep- of which all major U.S. cities on their moving full steam ahead into stroke seems appro- pelin (Atlantic) concert last priate un- own musical material into eight what promises to be big- to their somewhat their Friday night. The They gold albums. gest success yet. Their single, ear-splitting earthly music. are cer- sound of Robert Plant's voice, tainly worthy the "We're An American Band," of excitement With this success comes the Jimmy Page's guitar, .John Bot- by own has already received greater generated their special responsibility of influencing tom's work on drums, synthe- of rock 'n roll. response and airplay any brand English millions of young people, and than sizer and gongs plus John Paul Led Zeppelin demonstrated a previous Grand Funk hit. the members of Grand Funk Jones on bass guitar and elec- tasteful blend of visual thea- have met this responsibility To celebrate Grand Funk's tric piano sent up an impene- trics, aural dynamics and me- head on. In .January of 1973, non-stop gold record both the trable wall of reverberation. tallic space -blues that made Grand Funk made a TV appear- single and album have been Robert Plant's vocals tore their return to New York a ance (ABC -In Concert) on be- pressed in gold vinyl. National through the crowd like the cry triumphant one. half of Phoenix House, one of TV spots, as well as a 10 min- of a wounded animal. He ca- Walli Nicita the nations leading drug rehab- ute film will highlight the most vorts and postures around the ilitation centers. In this 90 min- massive promotional campaign stage while his ringing, high- Eric Malamud ute special, they performed ma_ ever presented by Capitol Rec- pitched, tense voice rebounds terial from their past 8 million ords. off the upper balconies. At Forms Production Co. unit sellers, and expressed their times he utilized an echoing Mala - anti -hard drug position with LOS ANGELES-Eric device on the microphone which mud. formerly director of a&r Phoenix House members and Medress-Appell, accentuated the already astral for Signpost Records, and prior Funk was first staff. Grand the sound. Plant's insinuating to that a staff producer at rock group to make a national Tokens Split stance and prance enticed Capitol Records, has formed televsion appearance concern- in rush the NEW YORK Producers many the crowd to Mom & Dad Productions, an ing this problem, and also dona- - stage only to be rebuffed by a Hank Medress and Dave Ap- independent production com- ted $40,000 in concert proceeds defense line of Garden employ- pany. Artists produced by Mal- to Phoenix House for research pell and the Tokens have end- true ed their association ees. This was especially amud, and now handled by studies on drug rehabilitation. by mutual during "Stairway To Heaven" consent, it was Mom & Dad, include the Per- announced. which was unfortunately some- Prolific The suasions and Alan Schick, both Tokens, now known as what upstaged by the imbroglio MCA Records: Michael A. Cross Country, have on Grand Funk continues to be a recorded going on in front of the band. Chain, on 20th Century Rec- prolific touring and recording an album for Atlantic, co - ords. and Skip .Jackson. cur- produced by Medress and Ap- group. In the past year, their L.A. Moves rently on Capitol Records. two American tours grossed in pel!. Chappell The newest venture for the excess of $2.5 million and their According to the terms of NEW YORK - Chappell - fledgling company is Dee Er- eighth album, "Phoenix." was the agreement, Medress and California. a branch of Chap- vin, an r&b singer/song writer, certified gold within two weeks Appel) renounce all financial pell Music Company, interna- who has recently been signed of its release. rights or interest in Cross tional music publishers, has to Mike Thevis' GRC Records. Country for publishing as re- moved to expanded headquar- Buz Wilburn handled the nego- cording artists or in the names ters in Los Angeles. Its new tiations with Malamud for the CLUB REVIEW "Cross Country" and "The To- location is Suite 615, 6255 Atlanta -based label. kens." In return, Cross Country Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood. Ina Wood. formerly with has given up all financial rights California 90028. Located in Signpost Records. has been Looking Glass Scares Los Angeles Fox. and interests in the production are Clive appointed administrative as- NEW YORK-Epic record- David Jacobs and Jon Devir- sistant to Malamud. The com- company co -owned by Medress new num- ing artists Looking Glass ap- ian. The telephone pany is located at 8401 Hill- and Appel). is (213) 469-5141. peared last week at the Bitter ber side Avenue in Hollywood. End and treated their audi- ences to a rock and roll set Roll Over, L. A. Ganesha Formed marked by the performances -- NEW YORK-David Levine, of their best tunes. The group formerly of Columbia Records, which scored one of last year's and Bruce Henderson, formerly biggest hits, "Brandy." was : - ; Yk of the Agency for the Perform- making a determined effort to ,. ' , . ing Arts. have announced the convince all present that they formation of Ganesha Manage- are more than a one song AM °ec' ment in .New York City, New group. They accomplished this , -t >aJ York. a with a boogieing version of the Ganesha named for the In- Fontella Bass song, "Rescue dian mytLological patron saint Me," which had the audience of musicians, hopes to encom- jumping. They also performed pass a full service management their latest single ".Jimmy company with special emphasis Y L j' Loves Mary Anne" and other 1.1 on business and personal man- numbers from their new al- agement. publishing and pro- bum, "Subway Serenade." Surrounding Michael Steu art, President of United Xrtists Records duction. The firm's first act. Epic also presented David (center), are the various members of the label's Electric Light Orch- Gold. has ,just been signed to Buskin, a talented song writer, estra (ELU). The occasion is the completion of the British group's a long term recording contract who opened the show with an debut North American tour at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in with A&M Records. California. ELt) covered twenty cities in the U.S. Y. and Ganesha is located 52 interesting and versatile set. Canada and at with UJA brought their single, "Roll Over Beethoven" and Ip "Electric West 8th Street, N.Y.C.. (212) Lenny Beer Light Orchestra II" into the national hit category. 674-7474.

18 RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 "It's News to Us"

FLOWERS light a room with joy - color - fragrance. UT FLOWERS, POTTED PLANTS FLO%% EIIS are the most thoughtful way to send beauty - love - and hope. FOR ALL OCCASIONS If you cannot visit our shop, a phone call will speed your flower order anywhere BEATRICE GARDENS Flowers telegraphed anywhere. F. T. CURLEY, Inc., FLORISTS 428 Stuart St., Memphis 10 Walnut St., Nutbush KEnmore 6-6256 Nutbush 2245 Boy Saves Child Hometown Girl .S From Drowning Makes Good (Records) The Bohn-Coran Studios Ten year old Alan Metter, son of Mr. Announces the re -opening of their season and Mrs. Marvin Metter of 5 Summer Street, Nutbush, while a visiting guest at the pool of the Arnold J. Levines, 96 Mountain Street, Nutbush, saved the life Dancing Dramatics Voice of a little two year old youngster who was wading along the edge of the pool and top- pled over. By Alan's quick thinking he Corrective Speech & Diction Piano jumped in and pulled the child out of the water, holding him until older help came. E. Chestnut Odd Fellows Hall Nutbush Praise certainly should go to Alan who is Registrat on and Personal Consultation a Nutbush Cub Scout and is going into the fifth grade. Wed. Sept. 23 and Fri. Sept 25 from 3 to 5 P.M. Classes begin Sept. 26th. Gays Back 389 In H. S. Back to School From Germany Within the next ten days 801,000 child- ren will return to school. Tiny toddlers Mr. and Mrs. Roger will thrill to their first school days. Older Dennett of High- The Nutbush High on its first land Street drove to New York School children will be reminded of their safe to meet (lay of school, Wednesday, September 9 their daughter and family, walking rules by classroom teachers. The Lieutenant and enrolled 389, compared with 304 last year. Mrs. James Gay (former Jean Dennett) police of your city or town, state police, and thirteen month old daughter Barbara MI)C police and my inspectors will make Louise. The Gays have been in Germany, every effort to protect your children. where Lieutenant Gay was with the Army Mothers and fathers must also share this Engineers. They left Frankfurt Germany; Bohn-Coran responsibility. Motor vehicle drivers by plane Monday night, September 7 at should slow down! 8 P. M., and arrived at Idlewild Airport in New York, Tuesday noon at about 12:15 Re -Opening Studio noon. They were four hours late. They And isn't it nice to hear Tina (Bullock) received quite a welcome, as the Dennetts Turner and her husband doing so very Miss Clark had never seen their granddaughter. They very well out in Hollywood, California. Ruth Coran and Lilyan Bohn bring with a wealth arrived in Nutbush late Tuesdaynight. Mrs. And isn't it nice to hear that she and Ike them of professional experience Gay and Barbara will remain here with remember their old friends and past good in many phases of theater work. Their courses Showered her parents until Lieutenant Gay receives times in Nutbush on their brand new single include elementary and advanced his orders. He has to report in Sheridan, record, NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS. The ballet, dramatics from kindergarten classes ,Illinois; this Saturday. song is a change in sound for the young to preparation for stage work, classes in Miss Joan Clark of Ames Street, was couple, who have apparently gone through voice, corrective speech and diction. given a miscellaneous shower by her co- quite a number of changes since lea; ing Ruth Coran, a graduate of the New workers of the billing department at the home to seek their fortune. Everyone in England Conservatory of Music, has Foxboro Company last Thursday night, Adult Education Nutbush recalls with appeared in New York with Charles September 3. The affair was held at the pride, and NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Coburn, Cornelia Otis Skinner and many home of the Misses .lean and Barbara (uA-xwzss-w) is going to be their biggest other artists. For many years she has been Niklason in North Easton. Mrs. Clifford Classes To and best yet! Hooray for you, Ike & Tina, a teacher of dramatics, director of little Corbett of Mansfield was co -hostess. Miss Start you'll always be number one in Nutbush. theater groups, and recently completed her Clark opened her many lovely gifts seated With a bullet! fifth production for the High in an attractively crepe paper decorated The adult education committee of the Schools. chair with a white wedding bell overhead. Nutbush P. T. A. met recently at the home Lilyan Bohn, before entering the pro- The twenty girls attending enjoyed deli- fessional field, studied at Mass. School of cious refreshments. The beautiful shower of Mrs. Samuel Feldman, chairman. It was Art, voted start classes 7 Elementary and appeared with the Ford Hall cake was given by the head of the depart- to the October and 8. Schools Forum Members of the committee attending this Players. She has been associated ment, Mrs. Theresa (Deltano) Morini, of meeting were: Mrs. Harold Goober, Mrs. with Leonard Bernstein, the musical Mansfield, a former Nutbush resident. Ralph Winters, Mrs. Howard Keegan, To Open 14 genius, and is well known throughout Mrs. Sept. Boston in the field of entertainment and Melvin Savage, Mr. and Mrs. F. directing. Roman, Sam Feldman and Harry Furry. Some of the classes offered are to be custom The elementary schools will open on Registration for classes and personal tailoring, woodworking, upholstering, Monday, September 14, and will have the interviews will be held in Nutbush on NOTICE eurythmics, landscape gardening, pottery, following hours: Wednesday, September 23, and Friday basic art and contract bridge. Grades IV through VI at all schools- September 25, between 3 and 5 P.M., at A. M. to2P.M. Odd Fellows Hall, on East Chestnut The Board of Health gives notice Grades I through III. Morning Session Street. Classes begin on Saturday, Sep- that garbage having other materials Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Morgan and three .45 A. M. to 12 M. tember 26. For further information call mixed with it will not be collected. year old daughter Marcia Anne of Suffolk Afternoon Session -12.45 P. M. to 4 Sharon 3382. Road, returned after Labor Day from a M. Signed two weeks' visit with his parents in Bur- Kindergarten Board of Health lington, Vermont. Morning Session -8.45 A. M., to 11.15 ADVERTISING PA I'S-.4 LIVAYS Town of Nutbush k M W. M. Afternoon Session -12.45 P. M. to 3.15 A. Griffin, I). JOSEPH P. P. M. FOR SALE W. A. Hanscom, Clerk HEIGHTS DIVISION Two Full size Violins EATING Pupils in the Nutbush Heights area will FUNERAL HOME be divided into morning and afternoon Bargain For Quick Sale. kindergarten groups. Those pupils living Call Nutbush 2693 NICK'S NON-SECTARIAN on the east side of South Main Street from AT COBB'S - - Clark Street to (but not including Norfolk CORNER 46 SO. MAIN ST., NUTBUSH Place) will attend the afternoon session. OPEN from Noon to Midnight All others will attend the morning session. I Call Sharon 3197 Specializing in Pizzas & Clams

RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 19 Sounds of South Fete

MONEY MUSIC A Smashing Success By HOWARD LEVITT By KAL RUDMAN ATLANTA - Sounds of the Three of the four acts al- South Records, Al Kooper's ready signed were showcased u The business is wide open for Dixie brainchild, was unveiled during the evening's organized heavy new releases, and they should in all its southern splendor insanity, and each in turn was be coming in fast and furiously at Richards' recently (29). A received with a degree of en- because stations need them badly . . . hefty crowd of press, radio and thusiasm that portends a great Stevie Wonder "Higher Ground." industry personalities, brought deal of success in the near fu- This one they have been waiting in from all over the country ture. First tip on the bill was is for. for the affair, left the club the label's newest act, Elijah, went on KROQ. It right This great up - nodding in extreme approval. originally from Los Angeles tempo rocker go way. should all the The new label, distributed but now living and working in We can't think of an artist who has by MCA, is intended to give Atlanta. Led by the gritty - a better track record of hits at top concentrated exposure to a lim- voiced Manny Esparza and fea- 40 stations than Stevie Wonder. Although this will ited number of groups from turing a rock -solid horn sec- become an r&b hit, Stevie does not depend upon the area which Kooper deems tion, this band exudes a tight, hard sound that will keep you crossover action. We can expect this record to go . . . the new hotbed of rock right on many key top 40 stations. & roll." Al plans to sign no boogieing 'till your toes fall more than five acts to the label off.' B. W. Stevenson on RCA "My Maria." This was a great because " ... that way we can Then came week for heavyweight to jump on the show -stopper. stations the give each band special atten- Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounce it band wagon. We indicated from the beginning that tion and guidance." anyway you like) simply blew this record would not have any trouble getting support from radio. New believers: WPGC, 33 WOKY, 38 WCFL, (Continued on page 92) pic. WAYS, KHJ, WJDX. Chart debuts: 39 WCAO, 27 Sheff Joins 27 KDWB, 29 WCOL, 34 KOL, 38 KJR. It is charted at: Manzarek Columbia Artists WIXY, KILT, KEYN, WDGY, KELP. It moved 20-15 WIIN, LOS ANGELES-Jerry Sheff, 22-16 KNOW, KLIF, 17 WQXI. Populate Convention 31-25 Elvis Presley's bass player for NEW Jackie Moore "Sweet Charlie Babe." We have been nearly four years ago, has quit YORK - Not all the recording stars were on stage talking about this record for many weeks. A number his job with Presley and joined during Columbia Epic's re- of have been viewing r&b may up with Ray Manzarek. and stations it as that or cent Convention in may San Fran- not sell pop. To our ears, it sounds like a mid Sheff and Manzarek became cisco. Many more of the labels' 1960s hit rock and roll record that does not depend close friends during the record- important artists turned out to upon crossover action, but rather stands upon its ing of The Doors' "L.A. meet with convention attendees its own feet as a middle -of -the -rock record. This Woman" album to which Jerry and join them as members of was the significant week that heavyweight key top contributed. the audience during each eve- 40 stations agreed with this philosophy and went ning's talent presentation. on the record based on its unusual track record. GRC Signs Hinton Among the artists dropping New believers: WHBQ, WFIL, KOL, WAKY, KJR, its ATLANTA, GA. - Michael by for the event was Paul Simon, unusual track record. New believers: WHBQ, WFIL, Thevis, President of the Gen- who was on hand to applaud ex - KOL, WAKY, KJR, KELP. It moved 37-32 WCFL, eral Recording Corporation partner Art Garfunkel's conven- exploded 16-9 WAYS with strong pop sales, 27-23 (GRC), a Michael Thevis En- tion performance. Another sur- WSGN who report "strong sales in pop terprise, announces that wri- prise visitor was Sly Stone, who doe stores," 14-7 WAPE. It is charted at WCOL and WIXY ter/producer Hinton has leaped to the stage to sit in on signed an and on WMAK. With exclusive contract bass guitar during a set by the is business so slow during the with summer the company to produce Isley Brothers. doldrums, it is very difficult for stations all musical scores for gospel to get a fix on just what records have sufficent singer Dorothy Norwood. .lames Guercio, producer of credentials to merit heavy rotation airplay. WTIX such supe_star acts as Chicago reported "this record could have easily been charted and Blood. Sweat & Tears, was to #1 again this week." Platinum Sea on hand to discuss his soon to Cher "Half Breed." This record exploded 12-1 be released film debut as direc- tor of "Elektra Glide in Blue." WTIX who report "strong phones." New believers: 23 KYA, KILT, KJR, WCOL. It is on KOL and is charted Other top artists in attend- at WCAO. It moved 30-27 at KHJ. It jumped 26-16 ance during the weeklong gath- WIIN Atlanta who report "top five phone requests," ering included Andy Williams, and 18-11 WJDX who report "good sales and strong Johnny Winter, Leslie West, calls." Roger McGuinn, Lee Michaels, "Everyone's Agreed That Everything and Bobby Vinton. Will Turn Out Fine." New: KILT, KJR, pic. KXOK, 30 WOKY. It is charted at: WSGN, WDGY, WIXY, WIIN, Starke to UA KEYN, WCAO, KDWB, WPGC who r 32 report "requests," LOS ANGELES - Pam KROQ. It moved 19-15 WCOL. It is on KNOW and KOL Warner Bros. Records' President Starke has joined the adver- who report looks very Joe Smith (right) presents Rod tising department of United "it good." McKuen and Anita Kerr with in Sutherland Bros. & Quiver "You Got Me Anyway." platinum record awards to com- Artists Records the position We have wanted to talk about this record for the last memorate the sale of over one of media buyer. Ms. Starke few weeks, but wanted to wait until there was some million units of their WB album comes to UA from Warner station This week enough "The Complete Sea." Warner Bros. Records, where she had activity. indications Bros. plans to been a member of the national come present platinum have in to bring it to your attention. It jumped record awards to advertising department for the (Continued on page 85) artists in the next few months. past year and a half.

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TopVoc°al Combo #3 New Birth Atlantic's R&B: Root Music Columbia -Epic Family of Labels By ALLEN LEVY Enjoys Banner R&B Year in '73 NEW YORK-Henry Allen, provide black music with a By ROBERT Vice President in charge of special kind of magic. I think NASH Promotion for Atlantic Rec- it's because the people here NEW YORK Columbia, Columbia, Epic and the Cus- feel and know - ords, speaks of r&b as "root an awful lot Epic and the Columbia Custom toms is impressive, both in about black music. This com- Labels, music." and feels that it is the individually and col- quantity and in quality. Colum- pany was founded as a family lectively, have had a year of bia can boast such as commitment of talents Atlantic's exec- operation and the family was awesome success in the r&b Earth, Wind and Fire, one of utives to those roots and the always. and continues to be, field. In the past year, the the hottest album groups and blues that makes Atlantic an very knowledgeable and in burgeoning Columbia family concert attractions in the black love with black ongoing and expanding r&b music. has sold over $50 million worth field; the Manhattans, whose power. Over the span of the twenty of black albums and singles, hit single "There's No Me years he's been with Atlantic, enjoying extraordinary achieve- Without You" seems destined Atlantic has a long tradition Allen has seen the r&b music ments on both pop and r&b for the pop top ten; and the in r&b beginning, as Allen change, and he's also seen the charts. exciting Chambers Brothers. pointed out in an interview business of selling r&b change. Perhaps the year's biggest Epic has hit artists like Sly with Record World, with such Says Allen, "Well, the Motown story lies in the fabulous rela- and the Family Stone, whose tionship artists as , La sound was very influential. established between new album "Fresh" and single But, we did not change Columbia Records and Kenny "If You Want Me To Stay" Vern Brown to their Baker, Ruth (one sound, we stayed with what is Gamble, Leon Huff and their both have good shots at hitting of the very first of the label's known as the blues, the real International la- the number one spot on the pop hitmaking black artists) Joe original root music and we still bel. Under this coalition, Billy Charts cf Record World; John- Turner, the late Chuck Willis, feel that way today. In some Paul, Harold Melvin and the ny Nash, whose hits "I (real mainstays in the blues ways it's changed a little, it's Blue Notes and the O'Jays all Can See Clearly Now" and "Stir field) the Drifters, (a hitmak- more sophisticated and a little had number one r&b hits that It Up" have fused the sounds ing group for twenty years for smoother. but there's always also crossed over to become of Jamaica with those of the Atlantic), , Wilson room for the blues. It's music number one pop hits. Billy U.S., and Barrett Strong, an Pickett. Ivory Joe Hunter, Sam that people believe and feel." Paul's "Me and Mrs. Jones" important artist / producer. and Dave, the Stax constella- We're deeply rooted in this and the O'Jays' "Love Train" Among the Custom labels tion of stars - the immortal music here." both sold over two million sin- (other than the previously Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, gles and earned platinum rec- mentioned Philadelphia Inter- Rufus Allen points out that he feels Thomas, Joe Tex on that at ords. In addition, the O'Jays' national group) T -Neck Rec- Dial, Clarence Carter, Percy present the Spinners "Backstabbers" and could very well be "Mills Harold ords features the Isley Broth- Sledge. In fact, said Allen, "The the Melvin and the Blue Notes' "If ers, whose Bros. of the seventies." they first release as part Atlantic label definitely has a You Don't Know Me By Nov" of the Columbia group, "That have so much long term hit - reputation for being able to sold over a million singles. Lady." is leaping up the charts; making potential. Atlantic is Overall, also moving into Philadelphia Interna- Invictus Records, Holland, Do- the new "Black tional earned six gold Awareness" field with records zier and Holland's label, fea- Message from Nikki for singles and albums last tures Giovanni, who Allen feels is and Chair- year. in addition. Philadelphia men of the Board; Stax has Lucky Cordell not only an important artist. International has but a the Ebonys, such artists as the giant Isaac Following are excerpts from a commercial artist as well. as well as the Intruders has conquered on the Hayes, , whose letter sent out by Lucky Cor- Gamble label. single "I Believe In You" tops dell, Executive Director of (Continued on page 68) The roster of hit artists at the r&b chart and is climbing NATRA: the pops, , Dear NATRA Brothers & Sisters: Mel and Tim. the Dramatics, Little Milton. Welcome to NATRA '73 and our RCA Soul Power Ever Growing the Soul Chil- dren, the Emotions, General Eighteenth Anniversary Conven- By FREI) GOODMAN tion. .lohnson. Eddie Floyd. William Bell, Rufus .Much has been said in the past NEW YORK One of the "Everybody Thomas, Carla - Plays The Fool"- Thomas and the Bar Kays, and about What NATRA Is? and companies showing the most both certified Where Are We gold records. It the newest additions to Headed? During growth in the r&b field in the was the my administration as Executive at that time that Willis Columbia family, DeVel Rec- last year has been RCA Rec- and Draper started organizing Director, I have witnessed a great (Continued on page 41) array of talent, enthusiasm and ords. During the last 12 a full department. outstanding achievement which has months, the label has experi- They added Gene Burleson been devoted to the "Dream of enced significant gains with as an r&b regional promotion Curtis Shaw NATRA." I hope that whatever r&b oriented product. One of man in the South, Marty Mack small contributions my staff and I the major factors in that as the Eastern regional man On NATRA's Progress have made, will have a lasting and growth has been the work of based in New York and, about Following is a statement meaningful effect on the future of the promotion staff at RCA our organization. Someone once three months ago, Andre Per- from Curtis Shaw, President of especially Buzz Willis, director. ry was named Product Mana- NATRA: said, "Achievement and success can national r&b promotion and best be measured by the amount of ger concentrating primarily on "ti ATIIyA Tom Draper. manager, national has come a long way life we put forth to reach our r&b artists. A month ago, the in recent years. For many it has r&b promotion. goals." NATRA has been a perma- company added Billy Bass as been quite a journey from hip - nent part of my life during the These two men have put to- a Midwest r&b regional man- slapping, word -rhyming, irrespon- past several years. It has been a gether a potent promotion and ager. sible disc jockies to community - good life, filled with constant chal- sales force both nationally and Some of the acts that found oriented, well-informed mass com- lenges, many moments of personal regionally in the black market. success this past year for RCA municators. satisfaction and most of all, with a "Although is According to Draper. RCA be- included those by there still a tre- deep sense of achievement for our produced mendous amount of work to he gan its move r&b cause. Now the time has come for into the field 's production done, we must not lose sight of me to look for other mountains to in 1969 with the success of the company. New Birth, The the gains that we have made. climb. I have given NATRA-our Friends of Distinction, who N.ightbiters and Love. Peace & Gains which NATRA members Brothers and Sisters all, a fair had two gold singles that year. Happiness. The Jimmy Castor fought for and the organization share of my life in terms of dedi- The turning point came in 1972 Bunch had several chart rec- spoke out against many years ago. cation and service. We have when the .Jimmy Castor Bunch ords including his million sel- In 1973 NATRA sees an almost reached new heights of both hit with "Troglodyte" and the ler "Troglodyte." 300% increase in the number of (Continued on page 80) Main Ingredient smashed with (Continued on page 36) (Continued on page 73)

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CYMANDE - Janus COMBINATION Silver Blue TOP MOVIE SOUNDTRRCK INVITATIONS - 1. THE SYLVERS - MGM THE B1 UES 51 JOE QUARTERMAN LADY SINGS Motown GSF TOP DUO Ross l& THE FREE SOUL Diana - - 1. Atlantic RCA FLACK & HATHAWAY 6. SWISS MOVEMENT - 1. - SUPERFLY Vigor DOZIER Invictus (Curtis Mayfield Curtom 1. DYNAMICS - 2.' HOLLAND & - - 27 RECCRD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 Sunshine Gives BASF Exerting GRC Scores with Soulful Rays Major R&B Effort NEW YORK-Famous Mu- NE\\ YORK-BASF Rec- Sounds of `Hotlanta' sic has its on Just Sunshine ords is definitely committed to ATLANTA. GA.-Since sign- Velvet. From Detroit. Michi- label a number of r&b acts increasing actic itti in the r&b ing Loleatta Holloway as the gan, this four -man group has that are on wad field. their to be- The next several months first black singer to represent just completed a single. "Hanna coming will success stories. First see a major thrust in this the General Recording Corpo- Mae" produced by McNichols. are the Voices Of East Har- direction. ration's Aware label, the At- The lem. lyrics and the musical Working closely with producer lanta -based music firm has score were so highly reviewed .terry Williams, BASF The Voices' recently released launched progressed at an incredibly ra- by critics that a national moc ie single. "Giving Love" is on the Fungus label early in 1973. pid rate. production firm negotiated with the r&b singles charts, and is Records by Irma Thomas, Wolf In just a few short months. Thevis talent representatives expected to cross -over to the Moon and Charlie \\ hitehead Loleatta Holloway has put the to obtain publishing rights on pop charts. Their new album, served to introduce the label to GRC Aware label on the rec- the song to produce a full "The Voices of East Harlem," radio programmers, dealers and ord charts with her first single length feature film. Production from which the single i13 taken, consumers. The company is also "Mother of Shame" followed of this movie will begin in will be released momentarily. -releasing product on the parent by a second successful single October. BASF label, At present, the Voices con- including the cur- "Our Los e." Also recording their first 1p sist of 12 singers and four rent single ''Funny" by Pris- Loleatta joined the growing on Aware is a group called the musicians, which is a reduction cilla Price. Ms. Price will have Atlanta recording firm from a Counts. Their album entitled from the original 32 teenagers a new single out very shortly lead theatrical role in the hit ''The Fabulous Counts" was that made up the group. Even and an Ip is currently in pro- Chicago musical production recorded at GRC's home studio. duction. Ness releases also are though the Voices of East "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Prior to signing and recording Harlem are smaller. the elec- in the works from Irma Thom- Cope." Her powerful voice pro- with Aware. The Counts en- tricity and positive energy as. Wolf Moon, Charlie White- jected the soulful dimension joyed success from an instru- generated by them is greater head and other new artists. that GRC was searching for in mental single "Jan Jan." fol- than ever. In addition to Williams, the first black talent to repre- lowed by an album "What's Up BASF is working with pro- Another .Just Sunshine art- sent the new "Hotlanta" sound Front That Counts," both re- ducers Ernest Kelly, 011ie Mc- ist ins Betty Davis whose al- on the Aware label. corded -n Detroit where the bum. "Betty Davis" has been Gloughlin and others. As a mat- Since recording the two sin- group initially formed. policy, the company is enjoying success in such im- ter of gles Loleatta has completed Another newly signed artist actively seeking affiliation with portant markets as Los An - two national promotional tours to the GRC talent team is gos- gales. San Francisco, Phila- other production talents and across the country, including a pel singer Dorothy Norwood. will have some announcements benefit performance at the With already five gold albums (Continued on page 70) about this soon. Medgar Evers Memorial Fund out of a total of 16 to her in .Jackson, and a credit, Miss Norwood will be week-long singing engagement recording both a single disc TT at the Whisky in Los Angeles. and an album on the Aware Upon returning to Atlanta, the label. Producing all recordings singer will conclude the re- for Miss Norwood is .Joe Hin- (IS YOUR OLD MAN AT NOME ) cording of her album entitled ton. "Lo'eatta" which will be re- Expectations for the future leased this month. o GRC artists signed to the In addition to GRC's first firm's continually, growing VERNON si(rned talent, the company has Aware label is exceptionally continued expanding its roster sound. With over $2 -million al- of artists to include two Chi- ready invested in the total GREEN cago performers. John Edwards Thevis entertainment complex, 119.1- .. and Danny Johnson. Edwards' the outcome of all r&b prod- And The Medallions first single, "Merry Go Round" uct produced by GRC's staff of DOOTONE N479 Produced by Floyd Smith, will professionals rests upon the be released soon. Johnson's talent of the artists and the first disc is scheduled for re- dedication of the staff in mak- lease in September. ing the Aware label an active Another new r&b group re- and productive entity in At- cording for Aware is Deep lanta today. eat h epa `Hotlanta' in L.A. Fr° t°re Labe

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"")73 Producers: London Leaps Into Soul NEW YORK-Being an Eng- The Sound of Black Gold lish -owned company originally By DEDE DABNEY with all British product, Lon- don Records got a somewhat be- The producer of today has Elegance. got have plenty of lated start in the r&b/soul to talent to Black gold producers are music hold the of the field. But once the direc- interest public. those who have set the high tion was We have found that the sound set, the distribution standards for these young men and promotion processes solidi- of soul is heard in many direc- who have ventured into a busi- tions. For instance the new fied, and the right artists under pro- ness of creative minded people. the London banner, the label ducers of today range from At- The producers at the top in- has been absolutely torrid in lantic's Tony Bell, Phil Hurt, clude Gamble/Huff. Thom Bell, the Philly Groove's , black market and in their Willie Mitchell. Holland, Dozier, success at having records cross- Silver Blue's Bobby Martin, and Holland, Norman and Whit- over to the pop charts. Al 20th Century's Barry White and field. Green, the Number One Male of course we do have the inde- We have taken a series of Vocalist pendent producers such as in all three trades' end quotes from past dialogues of '72 polls, "Rolling Richard Rome, Dave Jordan done Stone's" with each of these indi- "Rock n Roll Pop/soul Superstar Al Green and Van McCoy. Star of the Year" viduals to shed some light on for 1972, and biggest black DOC group of the the Productions-a producing intricacies of the recording is wing two young singers with an young men from Detroit who star ever, of course entertaining of the public. the most shining of abundance of raw talent that are currently with one of example the Thom Bell believes "in the London's black power. Then hottest in world, only needed a bit of polishing: groups the The concept of ten singles in one again, are such Temptations. They are Melvin there r&b/pop Al Green and Ann Peebles. Of complete package, not one stars as Bloodstone and Ann Franklin, , course, it took a little time to and single and nine regular tunes," Peebles who drive the point their musical instructor He Cor- also states that "an artist even further home. truly find each of these artists' nielius Grant. They are respon- doesn't have to fit you; you identities, but under Willie's sible for the Swiss Movement have to fit the And Much of London's success in artist." patient guiding hand, their de- and also they manage the Quiet (Continued on page 66) this market can be directly at- tributed to one man-Willie velopment has been sure and A relatively new venue for Mitchell, artist/producer/song- steady. RCA writer/Vice black artists in the past year President of Hi In the meantime, London was (Continued front page 24) has been FM/progressive sta- 'Records, which is distributed lby London originally picking up the needed experi- Another tions, which has increased its became young instrumental- awareness of black -related involved with the London com- ence in dealing with the r&b/ ist, Johnny Griffith, also broke product. Due to this trend, plex of labels when Joe Cuoghi, soul market. Through such this year via his single "Grand Hi Records' original President, Central Shuttle." RCA has broken a new singer - early hits as Willie's, The writer, Jon Lucien, whose signed a distribution agreement Flares' "Foot Stomping," and "As a result of our progress first album met with on with London in 1959. success Jimmy Soul's smash "If You over the last 12 months" Dra- both coasts. "We feel Lucien Mitchell's progress to promi- per remarked, "we have been has great album sales poten- nence was gradual as he picked Wanna Be Happy,' the label's able to attract. Labelle, who is tial" Draper stated, "and we up credits as a producer, the understanding of the promo- on the brink of total explo- feel by the end of this year, he earliest of which included such tional and distribution proced- and Wilson sion, Pickett, who will be fully recognized across seminal blues artists as Big ures in the market was com- is an institution in his own the board. To me, he's a young Lucky, Don Hines and Big pleted, and they were more than right. Pickett's first single on Caribbean Arthur Prysock." Amos and as an engineer -song- RCA "Mr. Magic Man" was In addition to the success writer -discoverer of new talent. ready for the explosion that the biggest single for the art- that the parent company of A major turning point came in followed. ist in recent years." (Continued on page 60) 1967 when Willie took under his (Continued on page 72)

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We Believe in Soul Capitol's New R&B Wing New Directions at ABC/Dunhill Committed to Strong Roster LOS ANGELES-ABC/Dun- by ABC, Dunhill is Blues on hill Records has expanded all Blues, handled by Al Smith facets of over from Artists like ! HOLLYWOOD - Just five their company Chicago. months ago Capitol Records the last few years and recent- .John Lee Hooker, .Jimmy Reed, initiated an r&b wing commit- ly they have begun to stress and Betty Everett are included ted to building a strong black the importance of r&b music. in the Blues on Blues package. Many have roster for the label, simultane- forces contributed To handle the increased em- to this emphasis on rhythm ously naming Larkin Arnold, ¡4 phasis on r&b music within the CRI general manager, r&b. and blues including the acqui- company, Otis Smith was ap- sition of new r&b artists and Arnold. who joined the firm record pointed Vice President in labels, personnel addi- charge of special projects. as an attorney three years tions in a&r, and a new office prior to accepting his present Smith is responsible for the in Atlanta to accommodate of ABC's endeavor post, feels that to successfully their artists. growth into penetrate the market, a the r&b field in the areas of coordi- One of nated effort is required the first moves ABC/ a&r, sales and promotion. He from Dunhill made to bridge within the company. While the gap was enthusiastic about the between their popular roster company's role in rhythm and utilizing existing promotion and the was and marketing Larkin Arnold. Capitol Records r&b the signing blues, say lug, "My goals in- resources, Capi- Inc., general manager, r&b. of the Four Tops last tol will augment the company's year. clude plans to develop the Abdul "Duke" Fakir said, "We finest r&b promotion staff in forces by retaining Chris Clay are tremendously pleased that Enterprises on certain releases acts do need daily exposure in the business, to create new markets our new alliance will allow us marketing ideas, to launch our to fully service Capitol's r&b specialized and this is to expand one way to give creatively with free- black acts and to enhance our product in the previously un- it to them. We dom of and will be material direction ability to create super groups tapped Southern and second- able to help coordinate and with back-up some of the spending ad the of con- in the organization." ary markets. of and centrated promotion and pub- Additionally, to insure maxi- promotional monies and chan- licity." One of Smith's primary con- mum promotional efforts for nel some of it into this mar- cerns was that ABC's existing ket. Basically, we feel that Along with established acts standard of quality would not upcoming releases, Capitol has like the Four Tops, ABC/Dun- named Matt to the Capitol must cover, in full, be sacrificed for quantity as Parsons hill can point to the signing post of national r&b promotion. this extremely important seg- the company made acquisitions ment of the industry." of new acts like Rufus, who necessary to stimulate and "The coordinated approach are now breaking onto the r&b gives us an advantage in the create more excitement in the charts with their. "Whoever's r&b field. "crossover' area." stated Ar- Scepter Wields Thrilling You (Is Killing Me)." nold, "allowing our acts to The acquisition of existing To maintain this standard break into the pop and MOR Soul Wand record labels has also helped of quality ABC added Dee Er- charts where Capitol is especi- ABC Dunhill to expand their vin who specializes in r&b to ally well NEW YORK-The its staff of strong as as pene- year was catalogue instantly. The ob- producers. In his trate the soul charts more ef- 1957 and Scepter Records short time at the company Er- found itself taining of Duke1 Peacock, a fectively." in the bullseye of major r&b blues gospel label. vin has produced three acts- Last month Capitol's new the music industry. Although Genie Brown, Bobby Hutton quite brought to the public's atten- r&b department issued its first by accident, the Florence tion many famous artists in- and Tribe. Ervin brings over single, "Lady Be Mine" by Wil- Greenberg commandeered oper- cluding Bobby Bland, .Junior ten years creative experience lard King. Meanwhile, the ation released its first single Parker, Roy Head, Joe Hinton in the mnsic business, most wing's second single. "Check (and first million seller) most and many others. recently working as adminis- of us remember the Shirelles' trator of the publishing af- It Out" by Tavares is moving The recent re -activation of into hit -bound territory only "Dedicated To The One I fairs of Ray Charles at Tan- Love." Well, the Bluesway label availed the gerine Music. one week after its release. a lot of things record buying public and a lot of people have "hap- of simi- Production agreements with lar classic artists like B. B. In November of 1972 a new top producers across the coun- pened" since then. Chuck Jack- King, Jimmy Witherspoon, r&b office facility was opened try have been completed and son, Tommy Hunt, The Isleys, in Atlanta with Dave Crawford Flip Jimmy Rushing. T -Bone Wal- finished product will be re- Wilson, Shirley Caesar, ker and others. named as :he supervisor to be leased shortly. Theola Kilgore, Maxine Brown involved with A third label to be taken in activities rang- "We anticipate moving into and Dionne Warwicke, to men- ing from the acquisition of new high gear this fall" said Ar- tion a few. artists and writers to produc- nold. "We're projecting the Celebrating their sweet six- tion and promotion of new cur- release of twenty to thirty teen birthday, the company has by r&b and top 40 enthusiasts rently signed artists. "The singles and eight to ten albums grown and changed. Although alike. basic reason for the creation before the close of this fiscal the sound and the times have The follow up, "Baby I've of this office is to give artists year." changed, Scepter's basic con- Been Missing You" penned by and writers, primarily, although With the full support of cept has remained firm; that is Chuck Jackson and Marvin not exclusively r&b, a shot at Capitol's artist relations de- to produce, promote, merchan- Yancy looks destined to follow a major recording company in partment the wing will sponsor dise and market the best avail- the same route as its predeces- the South." said Crawford. artist tours into areas as yet able product to the general sor. Also from Chicago, the Most of the recording will be unexposed to Capitol perform- public. The recurring soull-to South Side Movement has made done at Muscle Shoals, Ala- ers. Through this new involve- pop crossovers further our significant strides on the soul bama but additional recording ment, Arnold plans to open -up conviction that the pursuit of and pop charts. The .Jimmy will go on in Philadelphia, De- a previously unexplored sales multi ,talented producers and Van Leer -produced octet pro- troit, and other places. market for the Capitol label. artists is "a must." vides some of the truly funky ABC/Dunhill is now a com- In addition, Capitol is now Currently, Scepter's soul moods and messages of the day. pany whose catalogue stretches negotiating with black promo- family of acts has grown to be Their current release is "Can from Bartok and Wagner to ters and black -owned public quite impressive. Particular at- You Get To That!" included in Three Dog Night to Jokn Col- relations firms to assure maxi- tention has been focused on their debut album, "The South trane and Gato Barbieri. Its mum exposure for new artists. the Wand label. Establishment Side Movement." Patti Jo, who further expansion into the area "We are looking at this from is well on the way for the In- starred in "Purlie Victorious" of is the the long-term vantage point" dependents, whose recent mil- as Melba Moore's successor, has sign of a company with its Arnold said. "It's not going to lion seller, "Leaving Me" has taken deserving bows ín the sight on the new directions of be an overnight thing. But new catapulted them to recognition soul spotlight. music.

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Produced by . obert 3owles C,apiti:909 Warners' `Soul Bunny' Campaign 20th Makes its Mark LOS ANGELES - "We To Give,' went gold in short Emphasizes R & B Awareness started out to build a record order and the future looks very company," says Russ Regan, BURBANK, bright. CALIF.- War- producers who co -wrote a President, 20th Century Rec- "We an ner Bros. Records' took artist that had "Soul Bun- string of hits for Ray Charles, ords, not quite a year old, "and lain dormant, Ahmad Jamal, ny" has become a heavy con- Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye and we felt initially we should con- and now we've got a super al- tender in the field of r&b mu- Tammi Terrell and Aretha centrate on different sic with two areas bum that's high in the jazz the addition of sever- Franklin, among others, and -rock and r&b. Our first suc- charts and crossing over into al major soul artists to the produced two of Diana Ross' cess came with r&b which r&b and pop. We've got Love label in the last year and the albums as well as their own happily has been crossing over Unlimited, a group that we are launching of a "Soul Show- solo efforts for the Motown into pop markets. I'm very all tremendously excite d case" campaign under the di- label. happy about it; I personally about." As Regan rection of newly points out, appointed love r&b and always have. Ho- "20th does not have Director of r&b Future Releases a large Music David sea Wilson has done an out- roster. We can afford to con- Banks. The combination of a Future r&b releases by new standing job as artists just signed our national centrate on every artist and major with ex- to the label r&b director." with the help pertise in the include an album by African of great inde- predominantly "We've been lucky," is pendent promotion men "white" pop and rhythmic group and the like rock field and Osibisa, way Hosea Wilson puts it. "We Norman Threasher and the production r&b singles by Bobby King, star of Ches- of music started out with 'Love Jones' ter Simmons, we are." for an ever-increasing "Don't Bother Me I Can't audience by the Brighter Side of Dark- Tom Rodden, has paid off already Cope," and Lou a the company's for \VB Ragland, ness: that sold well with Tower of Power's former member of the O'Jays. over a director of marketing, summed latest million. \Ve brought in hit single, "So Hard Delegates to the NATRA Barry up the 20th Century Records' at- Very to White, an incredible producer Go." currently topping Convention in New Orleans titute nicely when he com- both and arranger and now an art- pop and r&b album and singles will see evidence of the \Var- mented, "\Vith good ist in his o' n right. Both his product, charts across the country. ner Bros. "Soul Bunny" in single, 'I'm Gonna Love You good promotion men and total many ways. \VB has prepared Besides the national success Just a Little More Baby,' and enthusiasm in the company- Tower an audio-visual presentation of of of Power, Warners his album, 'I've Got So Much you can't miss." has also shown regional break- its r&b artists as well as mer- outs with singles and albums chandising tools including T- Paragon: R&B by soul artists including the shirts and "Soul Bunny" Music is Music Hypnotics, Lorraine Ellison, plaques and posters. Two of Without Peer Paul Kelly, Dionne Warwicke, the top \Varner acts, Tower of At Avco Records Allan Toussaint, Bobby Sheen Power and Paul Kelly, will MACON, GA.-At the helm and the soundtrack album perform for the delegates and of the Paragon Agency, once NEW YORK - Music is music, and Avco from "Cleopatra Jones" which Warners executives attending known as Walden Artists & Records is in includes ,Joe Simon and Millie the event include President Promotions in the heyday of the business of producing and Jackson. On the Kwanza label ,Joe Smith, Vice -President and Otis Redding and Sam and selling music. And if there is distributed by \\'B, releases director of national sales and Dave, sits Alex Hodges, com- any "type" of music that has have included Snyder Turner, promotion Ed Rosenblatt and manding his two "divisions" once and for all buried the idea the Classic Sullivans and Bob- national promotion director of musical booking talent. that musical art forms can be by Byrd. Ron Saul, as well as director A lot of hard work, a lot of conveniently stowed into a var- of r&b music David and iety of Signings Banks luck, and some good fortune individual compartments his assistant, Carol King. Re- on the part of Hodges and his it is r&b music. Over the past Soul growth at Warners has gional r&b promotion managers teammates Mrs. Zelma Red- number of years, black music been evident in the recent Harold Burnside, Lamont Simp- ding, wife of the late Otis Red- has pioneered and broken ne\v r&b signings of artists for fu- kins, Eddie Gilreath, Ron El- ding, and Otis' brother Rod- ground in influencing the pub- album product. Recently ture lison and Lou Wills plan to fly gers Redding, has resulted in lic's taste, but it has also be- included on the "Soul Show- the agency's doubling its come so much a part of the case" roster are Nickolas Ash- in from their areas giving an vol- ume of business in mainstream of our music that ford and Valerie Simpson, even greater presence for the the year 1972. At least one reason it has helped create a univer- composers, performers and Warner Bros. "Soul Bunny." for the record breaking figures is sality in music that is more the innovative technique of pervasive than ever before. ,. booking many of Paragon's "It was never our belief or o u r&b acts with outside contem- intention," report Hugo & porary rock acts (for example Luigi, chief operating officers a -Bobby Womack and Peace- for the company, "that in ac- appearing as special quiring and developing the e + guest star -. ; ; k1. f on the 47 city Santana tour). Stylistics we would be involved Z, The roster of r&b talent at with a group that would have `, .14 , Paragon includes: Bobby Wo- a limited appeal." If the sound e mack. Clarence Carter, Tyrone of the group as it evolved i j, Davis, Candi Staton, Eddie through the ingenious work of $ 'W1 bah:. C Floyd, , Mel & producer Thom Bell was to suc- Tim, Z.Z. Hill, Mary Wells, ceed at all, it would succeed. and Timmy Thomas. The agen- they believed. on a mass level cy has also signed The Intru- reaching all segments of the ders, King Floyd, the Ebonys public. and Maxay n. In the coming year Avco Rec- ` Rhythm and Blues is the ords will continue to maintain t mainstay of The Paragon a tight, but continual flow of Agency. The company was product. The label seeks to de- founded in 1962 by Phil Wal- velop artists with international den. Known as Walden Artists appeal, such as . & Promotions, the company Currently, the label's group, was responsible for the suc- Limmie & Family Cookin's rec- cess of Otis Redding, Sam and ord of "You Can Do Magic" is From the Warner Bros. group of artists: (top row, from left) Tower of Dave, Clarence Carter, Percy one of the top selling discs in Power, Dionne Warwicke; bottom row, Paul Kelly, Ashford & Simpson. Sledge, and Arthur Conley. England.

40 RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 UA R&B Explosion Chess/Janus: The Best

:s Records, brand-new 1p, "Deliver The as perhaps Word," are instant gold ttnd Of the Old and the New n the corn - great bets to hit the number far as the one position on all bestseller NE',\ YORK-Chess/Janus his music. Forthcoming is a irned. What lists. Records is hotter than ever. totally contemporary new al- to UA is Then there's Bobby Womack, With an enormous increase in bum, "Bio," with backing by rity of this whose single "Nobody Wants sales, new additions to their Elephant's Memory. )nly highly You When You're Down and staff and a growing roster of Chess/Janus inaugurated the ul area but Out" and album, "Facts of top talent, the label is experi- innovative concept of the "Lon- into other Life," are both r&b and pop encing unprecedented expan- don Session" that catapulted giants, and Donald "Black sion and success. Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and one Byrd" not only the proud pos- Wolf to new heights - of The Chess Records heritage Howlin' iing groups sessor of the year's top -selling acceptance. Contin- covers twenty-five eventful of popular years-has jazz ]p, but also an r&b and faith in has re - years, and the last two years ued soul charts. pop chart smash with his al- in first RIAA the direction of Presi- resulted their sy-listening bums and singles. Byrd records under and a smash chart Marvin have gold single well. Their for Blue Note, UA's prestigi- dent Schachter album, both titled "Give Your added a new dimension to the fan," and (Continued on page 72) Baby A Standing Ovation." company's history. The return of is Past reputations are being the latest example of the spe- revitalized and new ones cial attention Chess/Janus pro - launched. Chuck Berry, Muddy y ides for its artists. Although re 24) promotion for an important new Waters, the Dells, Bo Diddley she had become a living legend Johnny Mathis album produced and Howlin' Wolf are enjoying in the '50s and '60s. Etta faced ecords, the by Thom Bell, that marks Ma- r producer renewed popularity. Etta James an uncertain future in the '70s. this' return to the popir&b is making a major comeback. Chess/Janus President Marvin market, as well as the develop- Among the talented newer art- teamed her with Ga- ;lc and Schlachter the ment of a larger r&b audience ists are Cymande, Grady Tate, Mekler, one of the lead- tent to rest for briel Johnny Nash. Another Terry Callier, Kim Tolliver, ing producers in the record f this ban- major undertaking for the the Whispers, Capers & Carson business. The sessions resulted AVestbrooks, Columbia group involves work- album in special and, on the Janus -distributed in the most exciting of ing to assist black retailers Westbound Records, the Ohio ack, Colum- expand Etta's career. their operations, set up Players, Denise LaSalle, the music today is not just promotion; coordinated black ad- "Soul product Detroit Emeralds and Funka- -million dollar business, lexenburg, vertising campaigns, and carry a multi del ic. it's a cultural force throughout ie Customs, catalogue product along with and in- Columbia's Chuck Berry is a bigger in- the world. Its related hits. include gospel Marketing, It is since ternational star today than at separable forms now two years blues, jazz and a :he current Columbia a major any point in his career. With music, the initiated of pop &b to pop commitment toward black mu- his first RIAA-certified gold good percentage today's singles - "My Ding -A -Ling" hits," said Marvin Schlachter. art sic. Judging from the level of single for our sellers and success that has been attained and three best selling 1ps, "The "We intend to continue London Chuck Berry Sessions" policy of recapturing the early L.ctions, and in such a short time and con- and sidering the firm's plans to and "Chuck Berry's Golden spirit of Chess Records e Columbia into pop step up their efforts, the future Decade-\ olumes 1 & 2," the translate that thrust artists" as of black music for Columbia, singe r/composer/guitarist is hits along with an active search record mak- Epic and the Customs looks reaching a new generation and for new talent." :ts include bright. an even wider audience with (Continued on page 72)

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AUGUST 11, 1973 LOVING ARMS Mentor Williams (Almo, ASCAP) 81 MAKE ME TWICE THE MAN ANGEL 8 Aretba Franklin (Pocket Full of Tunes, BMI) 90 1 (Pundit/Afghan, BMI) 22 MAKE UP YOUR MIND Bill Szymczyh - :- ---- ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH Barri, Lampert I (Juke Joint/Walden, ASCAP) 98 Porter (ABC/Dunhill/Soldier/Hastings, BMI) 20 MEET THAT LADY Isleys Bonin (ASCAP) '40 BABY I'VE BEEN MISSING YOU MISDEMEANOR Keg Johnson Jackson 8 Yancy (Butler, ASCAP) 59 (Dotted Lion/Sylco, ASCAP) 36 AUGUST 11, 1913 BAD BAD LEROY BROWN Cashman 8 West MONEY PINK FLOYD (Wingate/Blendingwell, ASCAP) 19 (TRO-Hampshire House, ASCAP) 10 11 4 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Billy Sherrill MONSTER MASH Gary Paxton AUG. AUG. (House of Gold, BMI) 28 (Gardix/Capizzi, BMI) 14 BELIEVE IN HUMANITY MR. SKIN David Briggs (Hollenbeck, BMI) 84 (Weems, ASCAP) 35 MY MARIA David Kershenbaum 101 BLOCKBUSTER Phil Wainman (ABC/Dunhill/Speed, HMI/Prophecy, ASCAP) 47 104 ASHES TO ASHES FIFTH DIMENSION-Bell 45380 (ABC/Dunhill/Soldier, BMI) (Chinnichap/Rak, ASCAP) 60 NATURAL HIGH Mike Vernon 102 103 LET THE BILLION DOLLAR BABIES Boz Ezrin (Crystal Jukebox, ASCAP) 34 ROLL SLADE-Polydor PD 15080 (Ezra, BMI) 79 NOBODY WANTS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN (Travis/Atlantic/Big Kopper, BMI) BONGO ROCK (Drive -In, BMI) 51 AND OUT Bobby Womack (MCA, ASCAP) .... 43 108 BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY Barry Manilow ONE TIN SOLDIER (Cents 8 Pence Musibue, 103 HE TODAY'S PEOPLE -20th Century TC 2032 (Fox Fanfare, BMI) (MCA, ASCAP) 25 BMI) 63 104 106 HANG BROTHER LOUIE Kerner 8 Wise OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY LOOSE MANDRILL-Polydor 14187 (Mandrill/Intersong U.S.A., ASCAP) (Buddah, ASCAP) Johnny Page (Superhype, ASCAP) 31 8 105 105 SLICK WILLIE HUTCH-Motown M 1252F CLOUDS David Gates (Kipahulu, ASCAP) 37 PEACEMAKER Albert Hammond (Jobete, ASCAP) DARLING COME BACK HOME Wilson 8 Caston (Landers-Roberts/April, ASCAP) 94 106 116 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR BEFORE CONWAY (Jobete/Slone, ASCAP/Diamond, BMI) 89 PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND Vance-Pockriss TWITTY-MCA 40094 DELTA DAWN Tom Catalano (Van Leer, ASCAP) 53 (Twitty Bird, BMI) (UA/Big Ax, ASCAP) RHAPSODY IN BLUE 12 107 107 JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY RONNIE DIAMOND GIRL Louis Shelton (New York, ASCAP) 95 DYSON-Columbia 5-45867 (Dawnbreaker, BMI) 6 ROCKY MOUNTAIN WAY Walsh I Szymczyh 108 - THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY NAPOLEON XIV-Warner Bros. 7706 DIDN'T I Robinson 8 Burton (Cambi, BMI) 65 (Barnstorm, BMI) 96 (Sepalena, DON'T LET IT END Perren & Mizell ROLAND THE ROADIE AND GERTRUDE THE BMI) Ron I7 (Jobete, ASCAP) 99 GROUPIE Haxkine (Evil Eye, BMI) 109 132 TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE YOU B. B. KING-ABC 11373 ECSTASY Ohio Players (Bridgeport, BMI) 91 SAY, HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY (Stein, Van Stock/Black ASCAP) EVERYONE'S AGREED Leiber-Stoller ROSE Medress, Appel( & The Tokens Bull, (Hudson (Levine 8 Brown, BMI) 16 110 Bay, BMI) 39 111 SEEDS MELANIE-Neighborhood 4212 (Famous) (Neighborhood, ASCAP) EVIL loe Willett (Hummert, BMI) 91 SHAMBALA David Kershenbaum FEELING (ABC/Dunhill/Speedy, BMI) 15 STRONGER EVERYDAY James Guercio ®118 HANDS DEBBIE DAWN-Warner Bros. 7721 (Burdette, BM?) (Big Elk, ASCAP) 13 SHOW BIZ KIDS (ABC, ASCAP) 61 FREEDOM SIXTY -MINUTE MAN Rick Hall (Mind, BMI) 46 112 112 FOR THE STALLION John Floret TALK RUPERT HOLMES-Epic 5-11014 (Leeds/Jordan, Herman, Holmes, ASCAP) (Warner Tamerlane/Marsaint, BMI) 69 SMOKE ON THE WATER Deep Purple 113 113 HE FREE RIDE Rick Derringer (Silver Steed, BMI) 75 (Hee, PRS/ASCAP) 7 FAMILY CHILD-Anthem 203/Nami (Fox Fanfare, BMI) FUTURE SHOCK Gordon Mills SO VERY HARD TO GO Tower of Power (MAM, ASCAP).. 52 HEARTBEAT-IT'S GIVE ME LOVE George Harrison (Kuptillo, ASCAP) 27 A LOVEBEAT DE FRANCO FAMILY -20th Century TC 2030 (Material World Charitable Foundation, BMI) 41 SOUL MAKOSSA (Rayven/Kooper, BMI) 29 (Schine, ASCAP) GOIN' HOME Osmonds (Cobb,o BMI) 73 STONED OUT OF MY MIND Eugene Record 115 119 SUMMER (THE GYPSY MAN Jerry Goldstein (Far Out, ASCAP) 30 (Julio -Brian, BMI) 92 FIRST TIME) BOBBY GOLDSBORO-United Artists XW251-W HALF BREED Snuff Garreel (Blue Monday, BMI) 66 SUNSHINE Miller 8 Greene (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 60 (Penhand/Unart, BMI) HE DID WITH ME (Senor, ASCAP) 49 SUNSHINE SHIP Pitts 8 Spinozza 127 MUSKRAT HERE I AM Mitchell 8 Green (Sunship/Spinozza-Pitts, BMI) 93 116 LOVE AMERICA-Warner Bros. 7725 (Tarka, ASCAP) (Jec/AI Green, BMI) 24 SWEET CHARLIE BABE Taylor, Sigler 8. Hutt HOW CAN I TELL HER Phil Gernhard 123 NAUGHTY GIRL (Mighty Three, BMI) 54 GUY SHANNON-Cinnamon 758 (Son Painter, BMI) (Kaiser/Famous, ASCAP) 21 I BELIEVE IN YOU Don Davis SWEET HARMONY Robinson 8 Hutch Eri 124 BIRDMAN PT. ONE RARE BIRD-Polydor ASCAP) (Groovesville, BMI) 11 (Jobete, ASCAP) 57 15079 (Yellow Dog,

I WAS SYLVIA Mike Vernon (Radmus, ASCAP) 74 CHECKIN' OUT Don Covay 119 120 LEARN TO SAY GOODBYE -Dunhill D 4357 (Pamco, BMI) (Ragman, BMI) 50 TEQUILA SUNRISE Glyn Johns 125 SEND A LITTLE I'D RATHER BE A COWBOY Milt Okun (Kickinv Bear/Benchmark, ASCAP) 11 120 LOVE MY WAY ANNE MURRAY-Capitol 3648 (Cherry ASCAP) Lane, 80 THE HURT Cat Stevens (Ackee, ASCAP) 32 (Colgems/East Hill/J.C., ASCAP) IF YOU WANT ME TO 121 122 MARIA STAY Sly Stone THE KING OF ROCK 8 ROLL MAGENTA DONOVAN-Epic 5-11023 (ABKCO, BMI) (Stone Flower, BMI) 18 (Sweet City, ASCAP) 83 BOOGIE MAN I'LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA Gamble -Huff - CATFISH HODGE-Eastbound 607 (Janus) (Bridgeport, BMI) THE MORNING AFTER (20th Century, ASCAP/ ® (Assorted, BMI) 55 Fox Fanfare, BMI) 2 I WANT TO BE TO YOU I'D IN THE - (WHAT LIKE YOU TOO BE TO ME) JIM McCULLOUGH- MIDNIGHT HOUR Margo, Siegel, Margo, THEME FROM CLEOPATRA !ONES Joe Simon Medress 8 Appell Roulette 7146 (Big Seven/Red Dragon, (Cotillion/East/Memphis, (Warner -Tamerlane, BMI) 56 BMI) BMI) 86 YES WE THERE IT IS Willie Henderson - CAN CAN POINTER SISTERS-Blue Thumb 229 IT'S FOREVER Columbia (Mighty Three, 77 BMI),. (Julio -Brian, BMI) 68 (Warner Tamerlane, BMI) I'VE GOT SO MUCH TO GIVE Barry White TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING Masser 8 Baird 125 (Sa-Vette/Januady, BMI) 70 129 MY PRAYER VOGUES -20th Century TC 2041 (Skidmore, ASCAP) (Stein 8 Van Stock, ASCAP) 1 JIMMY LOVES MARY -ANNE Arif Marlin TOUCH OF MAGIC James Leroy Ea - CAN'T YOU SEE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND-Capricorn 0021 (WB) (No Exit, ZBL) (Spruce Run/Evie/Chappell, ASCAP) 70 (Martin Town/Tarona, ASCAP) 82 KODACHROME Paul Simon (Charing Cross, BMI) 67 TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY 138 STAY AWAY FROM ME SYLVERS-MGM 14579 (Dotted Lion/Sylco, ASCAP) L.A. FREEWAY Jerry Jeff Walker (Rags, BMI) 72 ® (Sunbury, ASCAP) 76 UNEASY RIDER Charlie Daniels Ea 141 MID AMERICAN MANUFACTURING TYCOON BOBBY RUSSELL-Columbia LET'S GET IT ON Gaye 8 Townsend (Kama Sutra/Rada Dara, BMI) 17 4-45901 (Pixrus, ASCAP) (Jobete, ASCAP/Cherritown, BMI) 9 WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND Todd Rundgren 129 130 RUBBER BULLETS 10 C.C.-U.K. 49015 (London) (St. Ann's, PRS) LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER (Cram Renraff, BMI) 42 Bowie 130 135 ALL NIGHT LONG FRAMPTON'S CAMEL-A&M 1456 8 Scott (ABKCO, BMI) 100 WHERE PEACEFUL WATERS FLOW Tony Camillo (FramDee/Almo, ASCAP) LIVE AND LET DIE George Martin (Keca, ASCAP) 23 131 137 NO HEADSTONE ON MY GRAVE -Mercury 13402 (Hi -Low, BMI) (ATV, BMI/UA, ASCAP) 3 WHY ME Foster 8 Linde (Reseca, BMI) 45 132 142 DOWN THE ROAD STEPHEN STILLS-Atlantic 2647 (Gold Hill, BMI) LONG TRAIN RUNNIN' Ted Templeman WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES Preston (Warner Tamerlane, BMI) 88 (Irving/WEP, BMI) 48 133 133 TAKE IT SLOW KING HARVEST-Perception 534 (Damadha, ASCAP) LORD, MR. FORD Atkins 8 Reed (Vector, BMI) 64 YESTERDAY ONCE MORE Carpenters (Almi/ 134 134 LONELINESS BROWN SUGAR-Chelsea 78-0125 (RCA) (Churdax/Pocketful, BMI) LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Hammer 8 Nails/Sweet Harmony, ASCAP) 5 135 YES, WE FINALLY MADE IT LOVE (Dish A Tunes/Raghouse, BMI) 58 YOU GOT ME ANYWAY Mull Winwood - UNLIMITED-20th Century TC 2025 LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK Paul Simon (Ackee, ASCAP) 85 (January/Sa-Vette, BMI) (Charing Cross, BMI) 26 YOUNG LOVE Curb 8 Costa (Lowery BMI).... 58 136 136 JULY MORNING URIAH HEEP-Mercury T3406 (Dick James, BMI) 137 126 STREET DANCE FATBACK BAND-Perception 526 (Patrick Bradley, BMI) 138 - EVERYBODY BUT ME G. W. KENNY-Kama Sutra KA 581 (Buddah) (Kaskat, BM)) 139 139 REGGAE MY WAY CHUBBY CHECKER -20th Century TC 2040 (20th Century/House of Weiss, ASCAP) 'IF '41 ;I. 41%,,';' AD' _1" .'' 140 140 LOVE AIN'T GONNA RUN ME AWAY LUTHER INGRAM-Koko KOA 2116 (Stax) (Klondike, BMI) ' 141 143 LAW OF THE LAND UNDISPUTED TRUTH-Gordy G7130F (Stone Diamond, BM)) e 142 144 OKLAHOMA CRUDE HENRY MANCINI-RCA 74-0974 (Colgems/East Hill, ASCAP) 143 117 ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN CLIMAX-Rocky Road 30072 (Bell) (Caesar's Library/E. H. Morris/Cookie Box, BM)) 144 121 OLD BETSY GOES BOING, BOING, BOING THE HUMMERS-Capitol 3646 145 147 STAND UP AND CHEER FOR PREACHER Direction -Management THE BARRETT STRONG-Epic 5-11011 146 115 OF SIDNEY A. SEIDENBERG, INC: TOP THE WORLD -Columbia 4-45857 (Almi-Hammert) (Marks, ASCAP) .1414 Avenue of the Americas . 147 129 SHOULD I TIE A YELLOW RIBBON 'ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE ' New York, New York 10019 "111á- CONNIE FRANCIS-GSF 6901 (Levine & Brown, BM?) Telephone:(2121421-2021 . ` L' 148 109 LET ME BE YOUR EYES TIMMY THOMAS-Glades 1712 (Sherlyn, BM?) 149 - ALFIE DELFONICS-Philly Groove 177 (Famous, ASCAP) - '..__... 150 131 MAYBE BABY GALLERY-Sussex 259 ,Buddah) (Melody Lane, ZMI)

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ME IN THE MORNING 63 FUTURE SHOCK CURTIS MAYFIELD/Curtom 1987 (Buddah) 3 toss 53 42 PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND CLINT HOLMES/Epic 5-10891 21 6 M 1239F 12 64 SWEET CHARLIE BABE JACKIE MOORE/Atlantic 2956 55 33 I'LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA INTRUDERS/Gamble ZS7 2506 (Columbia) 13 NG AFTER MAUREEN McGOVERN/20th Century TC JONES JOE 138 (Polydor) 3 2010 8 16 THEME FROM CLEOPATRA SIMON/Spring 18 SWEET HARMONY /Tamla T54233F 3 ET DIE PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS/Apple 1863 7 ® 61 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE /Atco 6928 1 GILBERT O'SULLIVAN 'MAM 3629 (London) 9 72 BABY I'VE BEEN MISSING YOU INDEPENDENTS Wand 11258 1446 11 ONCE MORE CARPENTERS/A&M (Scepter) 4 IRL SEALS & CROFTS/Warner Bros. 7708 13 60 60 SUNSHINE MICKEY NEWBURY/Elektra 45863 8 THE WATER DEEP PURPLE 'Warner Bros. 7710 12 68 SHOW BIZ KIDS STEELY DAN/ABC 11382 3 DUIE STORIES/Kama Sutra KA 577 (Buddah) 10 62 52 BLOCKBUSTER THE SWEET Bell 45361 10 T ON MARVIN GAYE/Tamla T54234F 5 63 66 ONE TIN SOLDIER COVEN/MGM K14308 6 IK FLOYD/Harvest 3609 (Capitol) 13 64 67 LORD, MR. FORD , RCA 74-0948 5 N YOU JOHNNIE TAYLOR/Stax STA 0161 8 65 69 DIDN'T I SYLVIA/Vibration 524 (All Platinum) 6 'N HELEN REDDY/Capitol 3645 8 73 HALF BREED CHER/MCA 40102 3 LONGER EVERY DAY CHICAGO/Columbia 4-45880 8 67 35 KODACHROME PAUL SIMON /Columbia 4-45859 12 4ASH BOBBY BORIS PICKETT/Parrot 348 (London) 14 68 85 THERE IT IS TYRONE DAVIS 'Dakar 4523 (Brunswick) 2 THREE DOG NIGHT/Dunhill D 4352 18 69 14 FREEDOM FOR THE STALLION HUES CORP./RCA 74-0900 n ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE DAWN/ 70 71 JIMMY LOVES MARY -ANN LOOKING GLASS Epic 5-11001 6 Bell 45374 5 71 40 TEQUILA SUNFISE EAGLES/Asylum 11017 10 DANIELS 'Kama Sutra KA 576 (Buddah) 9 )ER CHARLIE ® 83 TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY ROD STEWART/Mercury 73412 2 & THE FAMILY STONE, Epic ,NT ME TO STAY SLY 73 38 GOIN' HOME OSMONDS/MGM K 14562 10 5-11017 8 14 15 SYLVIA FOCUS/Sire 708 (Famous) 4 BROWN JIM CROCE/ABC 11359 18 EROY m 82 FREE RIDE EDGAR WINTER/Epic 5-11024 2 D 4354 8 IAN ENOUGH FOUR TOPS/Dunhill 76 81 L.A. FREEWAY JERRY JEFF WALKER/MCA 40054 5 16004 (Bell) 8 I TELL HER /Big Tree 77 77 IT'S FOREVER EBONYS/Phila. Int'I. ZS7 3529 (Columbia) 9 THA FRANKLIN/Atlantic 2969 7 iCEFUL WATERS FLOW GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/ CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK Buddah 363 8

6 AL GREEN/Hi 2247 (London) I'VE GOT SO MUCH TO GIVE IOGIE BUGLE BOY BETTE MIDLER/Atlantic 2964 15 BARRY WHITE LIKE A ROCK PAUL SIMON/Columbia 4.45907 3 20th Century TC 2042 1 ARD TO GO TOWER OF POWER/Warner Bros. 7E87 14

,OSED DOORS CHARLIE RICH/Epic 5-10950 15 BILLION DOLLAR BABIES ALICE COOPER/Warner Bros. 7724 1 OSSA MANU DIBANGO/Atlantic 2971 10 - 80 47 I'D RATHER BE A COWBOY JOHN DENVER/RCA 74-0955 13 N WAR/United Artists XW281-W 5 88 LOVING ARMS DOBIE GRAY/MCA 40100 3 HILLS AND FAR AWAY LED ZEPPELIN/Atlantic 2970 9 82 84 TOUCH OF MAGIC JAMES LEROY/Janus 219 3 CAT STEVENS/A&M 1418 1 83 86 THE KING OF ROCK & ROLL CASHMAN & WEST/Dunhill D 4349 2 ME WITHOUT YOU MANHATTANS/Columbia 4-45838 12 84 81 MR. SKIN SPIRIT/Epic 5-10701 3 IIGH BLOODSTONE/London 1047 18 al 100 YOU GOT ME ANYWAY SUTHERLAND BROTHERS & QUIVER/ HUMANITY /Ode 66035 (A&M) 5 Island 1217 (Capitol) 2 NOR FOSTER SYLVERS/MGM 14580 11 C.1 93 IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR CROSS COUNTRY/Atco 6934 2 4VID GATES/Elektra 45857 1 87 53 ROLAND THE ROADIE AND GERTRUDE THE GROUPIE DR. HOOK TO ONE DONNY OSMOND/MGM 14583 5 VE/MILLION & THE MEDICINE SHOW/Columbia 4-45878 1 WILL TURN OUT FINE S AGREED THAT EVERYTHING 88 51 LONG TRAIN RUNNIN' DOOBIE BROTHERS/Warner Bros. 7689 18 STEALERS WHEEL 'A&M 1450 7 89 89 DARLING COME BACK HOME /Tamla T54236F 4 ZS7 2251 (Columbia) 4 ' LADY ISLEY BROTHERS/T-Neck 90 95 MAKE ME TWICE THE MAN NEW YORK CITY/Chelsea BCBO-0025 )VE (GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH) GEORGE HARRISON/ (RCA) 2 Apple 1862 13 91 96 ECSTASY OHIO PLAYERS/Westbound 216 (Chess/Janus) 2 AMERICAN BAND GRAND FUNK/Grand Funk 3660 92 99 STONED OUT OF MY MIND CHI-LITES/Brunswick 55500 2 (Capitol) 4 93 94 SUNSHINE SHIP ARTHUR, HURLEY & GOTTLIEB /Columbia 4-45881 4 (ANTS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN BOBBY WOMACK/ 94 PEACEMAKER ALBERT HAMMOND/Mums ZS7 6021 (Columbia) 1 United Artists XW255-W 8

95 RHAPSODY IN BLUE EUMIR DEODATO/CTI 16 1 NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING ELTON JOHN/.MCA 40105 2 96 ROCKY MOUNTAIN WAY /Dunhill D 4361 1

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Monument ZS7 8571 (Col) 6 97 EVIL EARTH, WIND & FIRE/Columbia 4.45888 1

UTE MAN CLARENCE CARTER/Fame XW250-W (UA) 12 98 MAKE UP YOUR MIND J. GEILS BAND/Atlantic 2974 1 -RCA APBO-0030 3 B. W. STEVENSON 99 DON'T LET IT END MIRACLES/Tamla T54237F 1

1 ROUND IN CIRCLES BILLY PRESTON/A&M 1411 25 100 LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER DAVID BOWIE/RCA APBO- ITH ME VICKI LAWRENCE/Bell 45362 9 0028 1

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ELECTRIC SHOCKS-Roger Ruskin Spear- DEOOATO 2-CTI FIASHMAKER OF THE WEEK UA HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- KZEL - FM /EUGENE, OREGON i FAREWELL (single)-Ayshea-Harvest -WB M.IfMg..Mr BRIAN CADD-Chelsea (Import) HOBOS, HEROES & STREET CORNER CLOWNS FIRE BRIGADE--EMI (Import) -Don Nix-Enterprise DEODATO 2-CTI ,i`o` DONATO DEODATO-Joao Donato-Muse HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- LAST STAGE FOR SILVERWORLO- FREE WHEELIN Fabulous Van Morrison-WB Kenny Young-WB Rhinestones- Just Sunshine PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID LYNYRD SKYNYRD-Sounds of the South/ HARD NOSE THE (Soundtrack)-Bob Dylan-Col MCA HIGHWAY- THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY RAZAMANAZ-Nazareth-A&M Van Morrison-WB LO & BEHOLD-Colson Dean McGuiness (single)-Napolean XIV-WB SEE MY BABY JIVE (single)--UA TUBULAR BELLS-Mike Oldfield-Virgin VALLEY HI-Ian Matthews-Elektra Flint-Sire (Import) MICKEY NEWBURY LIVE-Elektra WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND-Grand Funk- PORTFOLIO-Richie Havens- Grand Funk WXRT - FM I CHICAGO Stormy Forest TRES HOMBRES-Z. Z. Top-London HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY A WHITE A SPORT COAT & PINK VALLEY HI-Ian Matthews-Elektra VAN MORRISON CRUSTACEAN-Jimmy Buffett-Dunhill WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND-Grand Funk- WHCN -FMIHARTFORD BACK DOOR-WB Warner Bros. Grand Funk BREEZY STORIES-Danny O'Keefe-Atlantic BREEZY STORIES-Danny O'Keefe-Atlantic FORWARD MOTION-The Section-WB KFML - FM /DENVER FACTS OF LIFE-Bobby Womack-UA FREE WHEELIN'-Fabulous Rhinestones- ASTRAL TRAVELING-Lonnie FREEDOM FLIGHT-Shuggie Otis-Epic Just Sunshine Smith- TOP FM AIRPLAY THIS WEEK Flying Dutchman HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- DEODATO 2-CTI Van Morrison-WB Van Morrison-WB HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- FORWARD MOTION The Section-WB IF IT WAS SO SIMPLE-Longdancer- M. F. HORN 3-Maynard Ferguson --Col Van Morrison-Warner Bros. HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- Rocket/MCA PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID DEODATO 2-CTI Van Morrison-WB SUMMER MEANS FUN/GONNA HUSTLE YOU (Soundtrack)-Bob Dylan-Col PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID INSIDE STRAIGHT-Cannonball Adderly- (single)-Legendary Masked Surfers-UA RATTLESNAKE-Jim Post-Fantasy (Soundtrack)-Bob Dylan- Fantasy NUT BUSH (single)-Ike & Tina Turner-UA REALIZATION-Eddie Henderson-Capricorn Columbia JACK DANIELS (single)-Jerry Lee Lewis- RAZAMANAZ-Nazareth-A&M SUNNYLAND SLIM PLAYS THE RAGTIME TRES HOMBRES-Z. Z. Top-London Mercury SITTING IN THE MIDDAY SUN (single)- BLUES-Bluesway VALLEY HI-Ian Matthews-Elektra Kinks-RCA (Import) LAST STAGE FOR SILVERWORLD- TELL ME (single(-lames William Guercio- Kenny Young-WB Col CHUM -FM /TORONTO MOTT-Mott The Hoople-Col PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID VALLEY HI-Ian Matthews-Elektra BUTTERFLY-Cheryl Dilcher-A&M WHAT THE KIDS WANT-Hoodoo (Soundtrack)-Bob Dylan-Col t7NEW-FM/NEW YORK Rhythm DEODATO 2-CTI Thumb REALIZATION-Eddie Henderson-Capricorn Devils-Blue PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID BOULDERS--Harvest (Import) THERE'S NO ME WITHOUT YOU- DORY PREVIN IN CONCERT-UA (Soundtrack)-Bob Dylan-Col Manhattans-Col TRES HOMBRES Z. Z. FREE WHEELIN' (single)-Fabulous Top-London TRUE LOVE-Alex Harvey-Capitol UAL-FM/WASHINGTON, D.C. TROUBADOR-Mike Rhinestones-Just Sunshine Silver-Rocket/MCA WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON- KDKB-FM/PHOENIX MUSIC IS MY MISTRESS-Linda Hargrove- BECOMING-Lori Lieberman-Capitol West, Bruce & Laing-Col/Windfall Elektra BUTTERFLY-Cheryl Dilcher-A&M ELECTRIC SHOCKS-Roger Ruskin Spear- NEW YORK DOLLS-Mercury CLOSER TO IT-Brian Auger's UA TONIGHT (single)-Rasberries-Capitol Oblivion Express-RCA KADI -FM /ST. LOUIS FACTS OF LIFE-Bobby Womack-UA VALLEY HI-Ian Matthews-Elektra CRAZY LIFE-Gino Valenti-A&M FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens-A&M BLACK GRASS-Shelter FORWARD MOTION-The Section-WB HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- FACTS OF LIFE-Bobby Womack-UA HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- Van Morrison-WB HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- WBCN-FM BOSTON Van Morrison-WB MICKEY NEWBURY LIVE-Elektra / Van Morrison-WB IN PURSUIT OF THE MAN- NEW SONGS FOR OLD FRIENDS- 27TH JIM'S HORN-Jim Horn-Shelter CAPITOL CITY ROCKETS-Elektra Horace Note Tom Paxton-Reprise Silver-Blue LAST THING ON MY MIND EDDIE KENDRICKS-Tamla (single)- PAT GARRETT & THE KID SASSY SOUL STRUT-Lou Donaldson- -MCA BILLY EXTENSION OF A MAN-Donny Hathaway- Blue Note (Soundtrack)-Bob Dylan-Col LONG HARD CLIMB-Helen Reddy-Capitol Atco SMILING FACE-Davey Johnstone- NEW SONGS FOR OLD FRIENDS- FINGERS-Airto-CTI Rocket/MCA Tom Paxton-Reprise GYPSY MAN (single)-War-UA TRES HOMBRES-Z. Z. 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Top-London I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (single)- Andrews Sisters-MCA WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON- Z.Ivslitalres Leon Russell-Shelter CHILD OF NATURE-Jack Traylor West, Bruce & Laing-Col/Windfall & Steelwind-Grunt LIFEBOAT The Sutherland Brothers DEODATO 2-CTI & Quiver-Island MOTT-Mott The FREEDOM FLIGHT-Shuggie Otis-Epic Hoople-Col WBUS-FM/MIAMI PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID GOLD TAILED BIRO-Jimmy Rogers-Shelter Dylan-Col HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- AFTER THE BALL-John Fahey-Reprise TOP (Soundtrack)-Bob Van Morrison-WB DEODATO 2-CTI SMOKEY-Smokey Robinson-Motown TRES HOMBRES-Z. Z. Top-London LAST STAGE FOR SILVERWORLD- DORY PREVIN IN CONCERT-UA TRES HOMBRES Kenny Young-WB FIRST WATER-Sharks-MCA WHAT THE KIDS WANT-Iioodoo Rhythm Z. Z. 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DICK CLARK'S 20 YEARS OF R&R-Buddah NATL. RECORD MART PITTSBURGH BLUE GRASS REVUE-Starday IHE WEEK FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens A&M DEODATO 2-CTI HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY-Van Morrison- A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- WB BACK TO THE WORLD-Curtis Mayfield- Van Morrison-WB VOL. LONG HARD CLIMB-Helen Reddy-Capitol Curtom HISTORY OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD I- NEW YORK DOLLS-Mercury EXTENSION OF A MAN-Donny Hathaway- WB RED ROSE SPEEDWAY-Paul McCartney- Atco HONKY TONK HEROES-- Apple FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens-A&M RCA SOUL MAKOSSA-Manu Bibango-Atlantic HEY NOW HEY-Aretha Franklin-Atlantic NATURALLY-Letta Mbulu-Fantasy MORE -Fantasy PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID POINTER SISTERS-Blue Thumb (Soundtrack)-Bob Dylan-Col MIDTOWN RECORDS 'ITHACA, N.Y. ROGER McGUINN-Col THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON- THRILLER-Cold Blood-Reprise Paul Simon-Col A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON- CHICAGO VI-Col West, Bruce & Laing -Col FRESH-Sly & The Family Stone-Epic MUSICLAND; MINNEAPOLIS FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens A&M HISTORY OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD VOL. I- RECORDLAND COLUMBUS A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis WB CHICAGO VI-Col 'S GREATEST HITS Col ABOUT US-Stories-Kama Sutra COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY-Steely Dan- LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD- EXTENSION OF A MAN-Donny Hathaway- ABC George Harrison-Apple Atco FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens-A&M LOVE-DEVOTION-SURRENDER- HEY NOW HEY-Aretha Franklin-Atlantic FRESH-Sly & The Family Stone-Epic 11111111111 11111111111111111111110.11111; & Mahavishnu JANIS JOPLIN'S GREATEST HITS-Col LIVE-Enterprise McLaughlin-Col SUPERSTAR SOUNDTRACK- JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR SOUNDTRACK- THIS WEEK:E John JESUS CHRIST POINTER SISTERS-Blue Thumb MCA MCA GOLD-Fantasy iro Tull- WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON- LIVE & LET DIE (Soundtrack)-UA MORE CREEDENCE West, Bruce & Laing-Col LOVE-DEVOTION-SURRENDER- TOUCH ME !N THE MORNING- Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Diana Ross-Motown ens-A&M John McLaughlin-Col TOWER OF POWER-WB a WAXIE-MAXIE BALT.-WASH. MADE IN JAPAN-Deep Purple-WB ASY- MARSHALL TUCKER BAND-Capricorn A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis SUPERSTARS OF THE 10'S-Various Artists CIRCLES, PHOENIX ALL I NEED IS TIME-Gladys Knight-Soul -Wa-ners Special Projects COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY-Steely Dan- BACK TO THE WORLD-Curtis Mayfielo- ABC Curtom EXTENSION OF A MAN-Donny Hathaway- ROSE CHICAGO CAPTAIN AND ME-Doobie Bros.-W8 ONAL Atco DICK CLARK'S 20 YEARS OF R&R-Buddah FIRST WATER-Sharks-MCA A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis FRESH-Sly & The Family Stone-Epic ill-Chrysalis FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens A&M BEST OF SPIRIT-Epic ISAAC HAYES LIVE-Enterprise HEY NOW HEY-Aretha Franklin-Atlantic FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens-A&M LEON LIVE-Leon Russell-Shelter -RCA LONG HARD CLIMB-Helen Reddy-Capitol LEON LIVE-Leon Russell-Shelter REALLY-J. J. Cale-Shelter A&M MICK COX BAND-Capitol LIFEBOAT-Sutherland Brothers & Quiver- SOUL MAKOSSA-Afrique-Mainstream ITS -Col SMOKEY-Smokey Robinson-Tamla Island TOWER OF POWER-WB )on-Banana THE SMOKER YOU DRINK THE PLAYER YOU PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID WOMAN ACROSS THE RIVER- -Shelter GET-Joe Walsh-Dunhill DRLD- (Soundtrack)-Bob Dylan-Col Freddie King-Shelter SEESAW (Original Cast)-Buddah ME IN THE MORNING- ID GARY'S RICHMOND TOUCH -Col Diana Ross-Motowr WHEREHOUSE, CALIFORNIA A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis WATERGATE COMEDY HOUR-Capitol CHICAGO VI-Col YEAH-Brownsville Station-Big Tree A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis DICK CLARK'S 20 YEARS OF R&R-Buddah CHICAGO VI-Col FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens-A&M DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink Floyd- GEMINI SUITE-WB VENTURES,' MISSOURI Harvest HISTORY OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD VOL. I- DIAMOND GIRL-Seals & Crofts-WB land WB A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis FANTASY-Carole King-Ode Steely Dan- LEON LIVE-Leon Russell-Shelte- COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY-Steely Dan- FAREWELL ANDROMEDA John Denver-RCA THE SMOKER YOU DRINK THE PLAYER YOU ABC FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens-A&M ny Hathaway- GET-Joe Walsh-Dunhill FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens-A&M HOT AUGUST NIGHT-Neil Diamond-MCA TOWER OF POWER-WB JANIS JOPLIN'S GREATEST HITS-Col HOUSES OF THE HOLY-Led Zeppelin- lack-UA WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON- KING OF HEARTS Engelbert Humperdinck- Atlantic hn Denver-RCA West, Bruce & Laing-Col Parrot THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON- A&M LIVE & LET DIE (Soundtrack)-UA Paul Simon-Col -Van Morrison- TAYLORED IN SILK Johnnie Taylor-Stax POPLAR TUNES/MEMPHIS TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING- umb Diana Ross-Motown RECORD FACT'RY;SAN FRANCISCO oundtrack)- A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull -Chrysalis TRES HOMBRES Z. Z. Top-London CALL ME-Al Green-Hi WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON- A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis Womack-UA a- FACTS OF LIFE-Bobby West, Bruce & Laing-Col DALTREY-Roger Daltrey-MCA FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens-A&M FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens-A&M Famiy FRESH-Sly & The Stone-Epic FRAMPTON'S CAMEL-A&M JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR SOUNDTRACK- EN 1812 OVERTURE/MILWAUKEE HEY NOW HEY-Aretha Franklin-Atlantic MCA 0 LUCKY MAN (Soundtrack)-Alan Price- MA-Rare Earth-Rare Earth ill-Chrysalis A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis WB TAYLORED IN SILK-Johnnie Tayor-Stax CHICAGO VI-Col POINTER SISTERS-Blue Thumb THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON- COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY-Steely Dan- TAYLORED IN SILK-Johnnie Tayor-Stax Paul A&M Simon-Col ABC TOWER OF POWER-WB TRES HOMBRES-Z. Z. Top-London -Van Morrison- FOREIGNER-Cat Stevens-A&M WHAT THE KIDS WANT-Hoodoo Rhythm DARK SIDE OF THE MOON-Pink Floyd- Devils-Blue Thumb DEAD VOL. (- Harvest OAKWOOD/NEW ORLEANS HOUSES OF THE HOLY-Led Zeppelin- Reddy-Capitol Atlantic COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY-Steely Dan- MUSIC ODYSSEY/LOS ANGELES ABC LOVE-DEVOTION-SURRENDER- shnu Mahavishnu DEODATO 2-CTI Carlos Santana & A PASSION PLAY-Jethro Tull-Chrysalis John McLaughlin-Col GET YOUR ROCKS OFF-Manfred Mann- BECOMING-Lori Lieberman-Capitol Polydor MADE IV JAPAN-Deep Purple-WB DEODATO 2-CTt AND THE KID HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY-Van Morrison- PAT GARRETT BILLY EL CHICANO MCA N- WB (Soundtrack)-Bob Cylan-Col HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY- SIX WIVES OF HENRY HEY NOW HEY-Aretha Franklin-Atlantic VIII- Van Morrison-WB IN APRIL CAME THE DAWNING OF THE Rick Wakeman-A&M JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR SOUNDTRACK- RED SUNS-Ramatam-Atlantic MCA LIVE & LET DIE (Soundtrack)-UA LONG HARD CLIMB-Helen Reddy-Capitol SUPERFLY TNT (Soundtrack)-Buddah FOLKLORE CENTER/DENVER : A FANTASY-David Frye- THE SMOKER YOU DRINK THE PLAYER YOU Buddah -Steely Dan- GET-Joe Walsh-Dunhill AFTER THE BALL-John Fahey-Reprise TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING- TRES HOMBRES-Z. 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AUG. AUG. WKS. ON 51 48 11 4 CHART BILLION DOLLAR BABIES ALICE COOPER/Warner Bros. BS 2685 21 46 52 MOVING WAVES FOCUS/Sire SAS 7401 (Famous) 27 53 47 AND I LOVE YOU SO PERRY COMO/RCA APL1.0100 1 54 45 1 1 CHICAGO VI RECORDED LIVE TEN YEARS AFTER/Columbia C2X 32288 8 55 50 SPINNERS SPINNERS/Atlantic SD 7256 CHICAGO 5 17 76 Columbia KC 32400 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR SOUNDTRACK/MCA 2-11000 3 (2nd Week) 57 61 THE PLAN THE OSMONDS/MGM SE 4902 4 85 LIVE AND LET DIE SOUNDTRACK/United Artists UA LA100-G 2 59 55 BARON VON TOLLBOOTH & THE CHROME VUN PAUL KANTNER/ GRACE SLICK & DAVID FREIBERG /Grunt BFL1-0148 (RCA) 6 3 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON PINK FLOYD/Harvest SMAS 11163 16 60 52 THE WATERGATE COMEDY ALBUM/Capito ST 11202 6 3 2 NOW & THEN CARPENTERS/A&M SP 3529 11 61 65 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CHARLIE RICH/Epic KE 32247 5 62 58 Q 5 FRESH SLY & THE FAMILY STONE/Epic KE 32134 1 BLACK BYRD DONALD BYRD/Blue Note BN LA047-F (UA) 9 5 4 FANTASY CAROLE KING/Ode SP 77018 (A& M) 8 63 51 CABARET MOVIE SOUNDTRACK/ABC ABCX 752 18

23 A PASSION PLAY JETHRO TULL/Chrysalis CHR 1040 (WB) 3 64 49 DESPERADO EAGLES/Asylum SD 5086 15 65 83 IN 0 9 LEON LIVE LEON RUSSELL/Shelter STCO 8917 (Capitol) 6 TAYLORED SILK JOHNNIE TAYLOR/Stax STS 3014 3 66 62 0 10 LOVE/DEVOTION /SURRENDER CARLOS SANTANA & MAHAVISHNU STILL ALIVE AND WELL JOHNNY WINTER/Columbia KC 32188 18 JOHN McLAUGHLIN/Columbia KC 32034 6 67 59 NEVER, NEVER, NEVER SHIRLEY BASSET/United Artists UA 9 6 MACHINE HEAD DEEP PURPLE/Warner Bros. BS 2607 11 LA055-F 1 81 A 10 8 LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD GEORGE HARRISON/Apple 69 EXTENSION OF MAN DONNY HATHAWAY/Atco SD 7029 3 SMAS 3410 9 69 72 SOUL MAKOSSA MANU DIBANGO/Atlantic SD 7267 4 14 THE Eli CAPTAIN' AND ME DOOBIE BROS./Warner Bros. BS 2694 20 70 14 JIMI HENDRIX SOUNDTRACK RECORDING FROM THE FILM/ 12 7 MADE IN JAPAN DEEP PURPLE/Warner Bros. 2WS 2701 16 Reprise 2RS 6481 3 71 15 LEMMINGS 13 11 THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON PAUL SIMON/Columbia KC 32280 12 NATIONAL LAMPOON/Banana/31ue Thumb BTS 6006 3 12 70 FOCUS 14 15 DIAMOND GIRL SEALS & CROFTS/Warner Bros. BS 2699 16 3 FOCUS/Sire SAS 3901 (Famous) 16

27 FOREIGNER CAT STEVENS/A&M SP 4391 3

16 39 TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING DIANA ROSS Motown M772L 5 CHARTMAKER OF THE WEEK 17 12 BACK TO THE WORLD CURTIS MAYFIELD/Curtom CRS 8015 (Buddah) 11 18 13 FAREWELL ANDROMEDA JOHN DENVER/RCA APL1.0101 9 - LONG HARD CLIMB ® HELEN REDDY 19 11 RED ROSE SPEEDWAY PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS/Apple SMAL Capitol SMAS 3047 14 11213 20 16 TOWER OF POWER/Warner Bros. BS 2681 15 ® 28 DICK CLARK'S 20 YEARS OF ROCK 'N ROLL VARIOUS ARTISTS/ BuMah BDS 5133-2 4 22 20 LIFE AND TIMES JIM CROCE/ABC ABCX 769 25 14 69 YOU'VE GOT IT BAD GIRL QUINCY JONES/A&M SP 3041 7 23 18 HOUSES OF THE HOLY LED ZEPPELIN/Atlantic SD 7255 18 El 124 DEODATO 2 DEODATO/CTI 1 24 21 HEAD TO THE SKY EARTH, WIND & FIRE/Columbia KC 32194 8 76 13 TALKING BOOK STEVIE WONDER/Tamla 13191 36 25 24 THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT EDGAR WINTER/Epic KE 32584 30 17 11 MASTERPIECE TEMPTATIONS/Gordy G965L 23 26 19 CALL ME AL GREEN/Hi XSHL 32077 (London) 13 78 63 THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK 'N ROLL SHA NA NA/Kama Sutra 27 22 MUSIC IS MY LIFE BILLY PRESTON/A&M SP 3516 11 KSBS 2073-2 (Buddah) 13 19 28 25 1961.10 THE BEATLES/Apple SKBO 3403 18 64 PILLOW TALK SYLVIA/Vibration VI 126 (All Platinum) 9 29 29 SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII RICK WAKEMAN/A&M SP 4361 19 80 67 BIRTHDAY NEW BIRTH/RCA LSP 4797 19 81 79 30 38 THE SMOKER YOU DRINK, THE PLAYER YOU GET JOE WALSH/ NEITHER ONE OF US GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/Soul S 7321 22 Dunhill DSX 5 50140 CD - HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY VAN MORRISON/Warner Bros. BS 31 26 LIVE AT THE SAHARA TAHOE ISAAC HAYES/Enterprise ENX 2712 1 2-5005 (Stax) 14 TOULOUSE STREET itE - DOOBIE BROS./Warner Bros. BS 2634 1 32 33 BETTE MIDLER/Atlantic SD 7238 35 84 82 DON'T SHOOT ME, I'M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER ELTON JOHN/ 33 30 NATURAL HIGH BLOODSTONE/London XPS 620 11 MCA 210E 27 34 31 DALTREY ROGER DALTREY/MCA 328 10 El 101 THE POINTER SISTERS/Blue Thumb BTS 48 1 53 COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY STEELY DAN/ABC ABCX 779 3 ® 86 17 ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE ELVIS PRESLEY/RCA VPSX En 42 HEY NOW HEY ARETHA FRANKLIN/Atlantic SD 7265 5 6089 25 31 35 I'VE GOT SO MUCH TO GIVE BARRY WHITE/20th T 407 14 Century 87 68 LIVE URIAH HEEP/Mercury SRM 2-7053 14 38 40 SING IT AGAIN ROD ROD STEWART/Mercury SRM 1-680 5 121 MORE CREEDENCE GOLD CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL/ Eij 56 I AM WOMAN HELEN REDDY/Capitol ST 11068 4 Fantasy 9430 1 40 34 THE BEST OF BREAD EKS 110 ALL I NEED BREAD/Elektra 75056 21 CEI IS TIME GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/Soul S739L 1 41 32 YESSONGS YES/Atlantic SD 3-100 12 90 98 MARSHALL TUCKER BAND/Capricorn CP 0012 (WB) 2 42 36 1962-66 THE BEATLES/Apple SKBO 3403 18 91 86 NO SECRETS CARLY SIMON/Elektra EKS 75049 39 43 37 ALADDIN SANE DAVID BOWIE 'RCA LSP 4852 14 92 18 OOH LA LA FACES/Warner Bros. BS 2665 44 41 A LITTLE TOUCH OF SCHMILSSON IN THE NIGHT NILSSON/RCA 17 93 66 DOWN THE ROAD P.PL1-0097 1 STEPHEN STILLS/MANASSAS/Atlantic SD 7250 14 45 43 IN THE RIGHT PLACE DR. SD 7018 SMOKEY SMOKEY ROBINSON/Tamla JOHN/Atco 20 - T 328L 1 46 44 BLOODSHOT J. GEILS BAND/Atlantic SD 7260 14 114 PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID BOB DYLAN 'Soundtrack/ 91 FACTS OF Columbia CD LIFE BOBBY WOMACK /United Artists UA LA043-F 2 KC 32460 1 96 80 ELECTRIC LIGHT 54 JANIS 10PLIN'S GREATEST HITS JANIS JOPLIN/Columbia KC ORCHESTRA II/United Artists UA LA040-F 12 W 97 5 81 COMPOSITE TRUTH MANDRILL/Polydor PD 5043 13 60 ELVIS ELVIS PRESLEYPRESLEYRCA APL1-0283 3 98 105 MA RARE EARTH/Rare Earth R546L 1 50 51 LAST TRAIN TO HICKSVILLE DAN HICKS & HIS HOT LICKS/ 99 84 I'M DOIN' FINE NOW m2168 NEW YORK CITY/Chelsea BCL1-0198 (RCA) 6 Blue Thumb BTS 51 1 100 95 IN AND OF OUT FOCUS FOCUS/Sire SAS 7404 (Famous) 4

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117 90 YOU BROKE MY HEART, SO I BUSTED YOUR JAW SPOOKY TOOTH/ 97 A&M SP 4385 AUGUST 11, 1973 MANDRILL MARSHALL TUCKER BAND 90 118 91 LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL BILL WITHERS/Sussex SXBS 7025-2 149 CURTIS MAYIELD 17 BRIAN AUGER 19 JOAN BAEZ 146 PAUL McCARTNEY (Buddah) MELANIE 142 BASSET' 67 SHIRLEY 126 BEATLES 28, 42 MAUREEN McGOVERN 119 122 TAPESTRY CAROLE KING/Ode SP 77009 (A&M) ROGER McGUINN 111 124 32 BOGERT, APPICE 104 BETTE MIDLER BECK, 82 120 132 HISTORY OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD VOL. I/Warner Bros. BS 2710 BLOODSTONE 33 VAN MORRISON MURRAY 121 BLOOMFIELD, HAMMOND, DR. JOHN 150 ANNE 121 113 DANNY'S SONG ANNE MURRAY/Capitol ST 11172 43 NEW BIRTH 80 DAVID BOWIE 99 BREAD 40 NEW YORK CITY ME I 44 122 102 MUSIC AND MICHAEL JACKSON/Motown M767L BROWN 135 N LSSON JAMES 57 DONALD BYRD 62 OSMONDS 123 112 SKYWRITER JACKSON FIVE/Motown M761L PARTRIDGE FAMILY 125 CARPENTERS 3 POINTER SISTER9 85 CHICAGO 1 49, 86 ED 134 THE BEST OF THE BEE GEES VOL. 2/RSO SO 875 (Atlantic) 21 ELVIS PRESLEY DICK CLARK 27 PERRY COMO 53 BILLY PRESTON ALAN PRICE 138 125 96 CROSSWORD PUZZLE PARTRIDGE FAMILY/Bell 1122 ALICE COOPER 51 98 COMMANDER CODY 112 RARE EARTH 136 THE MORNING AFTER MAUREEN McGOVERN/20th T HELEN REDDY 39, 73 IEC Century 419 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL 88 JIM CROCE 22 CHARLIE RICH 61 16 127 119 JACK THE TOAD SAVOY BROWN/Parrot XPAS 71059 (Lordon) ROGER DALTREY 34 DIANA RISS 94 DEEP PURPLE 9, 12, 140 SMOKEY ROBINSON 128 128 #10 THE GUESS WHO/RCA APL1-0130 DELLS 107 LEON RUSSELL 7 JOHN DENVER 19 SANTANA d McLAUGHLIN 8 129 120 CALUMET LOBO/Big Tree BT 2101 (Bell) MANU DIBANGO 69 SAVOY BROWN 127 ARETHA FRANKLIN 36 SEALS & CROFTS 14 130 100 LARKS TONGUES IN ASPIC 78 KING CRIMSON/Atlantic SD 7263 ISAAC HAYES 31 SHA NA NA SIMON 91 DAN HICKS SO CARLY 146 JESUS WAS A CAPRICORN KRIS KRISTOFFERSON/Monument KZ DEODATO 75 PAUL SIMON 13 ® SLADE 141 DR. JOHN 45 31909 (Columbia) 4 DOOBIE BROTHERS 11, 83 SLY 8 THE FAMILY STONE DONOVAN 110 SOUNDTRACKS: ® - TRES HOMBRES Z. Z. TOP/London PS 631 BOB DYLAN 95 CABARET 63 EAGLES 64 GODSPELL 101 133 131 SHAFT IN AFRICA SOUNDTRACK/ABC ABCX 793 EARTH, WIND E FIRE 24 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 56 96 LADY SINGS THE BLUES 105 134 109 PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND CLINT HOLMES/Epic KE 32269 FACES 92 LIVE AND LET DIE 58 PINK FLOYD 2 SHAFT IN AFRICA 133 ® 144 SLAUGHTER'S BIG RIP OFF JAMES BROWN/Polydor PD 6015 FOCUS 52. 72, 100 THE MACK 106 FRAMPTON'S CMAEL 103 SPINNERS 55 El 143 BEST OF SPIRIT SPIRIT/Epic KE 32158 FUNKADELIC 114 SPIRIT 136 J. GEILS BAND 46 SPOOKY TOOTH 117 DAN 35, 147 DOIN' IT TO DEATH J. B.'S/People 5603 (Polydor) GRATEFUL DEAD 120 STEELY ® - AL GREEN 26 STEPHEN STILLS 93 138 141 0 LUCKY MAN ALAN PRICE/SOUNDTRACK/Warner Bros. BS 2710 GUESS WHO 128 CAT STEVENS . 15 ARLO GUTHRIE 148 ROD STEWART 38 HARRISON STORIES 115 139 115 THE RED BACK BOOK SCOTT JOPLIN/Angel S 35050 (Capitol) GEORGE 10 DONNY HATHAWAY 68 SYLVIA 79 14C 116 WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE DEEP PURPLE Warner Bros. BS 2678 JIMI HENDRIX 76 JOHNNY TAYLOR 65 CLINT HOLMES 134 TEN YEARS AFTER 54 141 125 SLAYED? SLADE/Polydor PD 5524 JACKSON FIVE 123 TEMPTATIONS 77 MICHAEL JACKSON 122 TIWER OF POWER 20 142 111 MELANIE AT CARNEGIE HALL/Neighborhood NRS 49001 (Famous) LB.'S 137 Z. Z. TOP 132 ELTON JOHN 84 JETHRO TULL . 6 143 149 BECOMING LORI LIEBERMAN/Capitol ST 11203 TOM JONES 108 URIAH HEEP 87 QUINCY JONES 74 RICK WAKEMAN 29 144 145 WOMAN ACROSS THE RIVER FREDDIE KING/Shelter SW 8919 JANIS JOPLIN 48 JOE WALSH 30 SCOTT JOPLIN 139 WAR 113 145 118 WISHBONE ASH WISHBONE ASH/MCA 327 PAUL KANTNER 59 GROVER WASHINGTON 116 146 126 WHERE ARE YOU NOW MY SON JOAN BAEZ/A&M SP 4390 EDDIE KENDRICKS 102 WATERGATE 60 CAROLE KING 5, 119 WEST, BRUCE 8 LAING 109

141 131 CAN'T BUY A THRILL STEELY DAN/ABC ABCX 758 FREDDIE KING 144 BARRY WHITE . 37 KING CRIMSON 130 EDGAR WINTER 25 148 129 LAST OF THE BROOKLYN COWBOYS ARLO GUTHRIE/Reprise MS 2142 GLADYS KNIGHT 81, 89 JOHNNY WINTER 66 149 CLOSER TO IT BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS 'RCA APL1-0140 KRIS KRISTOERSON 131 WISHBONE ASH 145 - LED ZEPPELIN 23 BILL WITHERS 118 150 133 TRIUMVIRATE BLOOMFIELD, HAMMOND, DR. JOHN/ LEMMINGS 71 BOBBY WOMACK 47 LORI LIEBERMAN 143 STEVIE WONDER 76 Columbia KC 32172 LOBO 129 YES 41

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. NEW YORK: Personal Pick: "Midnight 1 1 LET'S GET IT ON MARVIN GAYE-Tamla T54234F Train To Georgia" -Gladys Knight & the 2 2 I BELIEVE IN YOU JOHNNIE TAYLOR-Stax STA 1061 Pips (Buddah)). The soulful voice of 3 3 ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH FOUR TOPS-Dunhill D 4354 14 this artist adds to beautiful the Q 6 ANGEL ARETHA FRANLIN-Atlantic 2969 , lyrics. A strong contender for the 5 5 NOBODY WANTS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT BOBBY WOMACK- number one slot across the board. United Artists XW255-W 6 8 HERE I AM DEDE'S DITTIES TO WATCH: "Girl AL GREEN-Hi 2271 (London) 9 IF YOU WANT ME - Blue" The Main Ingredient (RCA) SLY & THE FAMILY STONE-Epic 5.11017 "New Breed Kinda Woman"-Lamont 10 I WAS CHECKIN' OUT, SHE WAS CHECKIN' IN DON COVAY- Mercury 73385 Dozier (Invictus); "Nutbush City 12 TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING DIANA ROSS-Motown M 1238F Limits" -Ike & Tina Turner (UA); "I Wanna Come 13 THAT LADY ISLEY BROTHERS-T-Neck ZS7 2251 (Columbia) Back"-the Emotions (Volt); "Blessed Trinity"-

J. C. White Singers (Zanzee); "Visions Of 11 4 THERE'S NO ME WITHOUT YOU 44 44 KOKE (SMOKE) Paradise"-Benny Johnson (Today); MANHATTANS-Columbia TRIBE-ABC 11366 "Stay With He 4-45838 45 35 IT'S FOREVER Baby"-B. W. & the Next Edition (Dakar). ® 14 GYPSY MAN THE EBONYS-Philo. Intl. ZS7 WAR-United Artists XW281-W 3529 (Columbia) ® 17 FUTURE SHOCK 46 46 TELL IT LIKE IT IS Little Rock, Ark. is the scene of new happenings CURTIS MAYFIELD-Curtom 1987 OSCAR WEATHERS-Blue Candle at Radio Station KALO where J.D. Black was promoted (Buddah) CEI1498 14 7 SO VERY HARD TO GO 56 LAW OF THE LAND to program director from being a music director. TOWER OF POWER-WB 7687 UNDISPUTED TRUTH-Gordy 18 BABY I'VE BEEN MISSING YOU G7130F ® INDEPENDENTS-Wand 11258 48 BLACK BYRD 52 Eddie O'Jay, a radio announcer at Radio Station 16 15 SWEET CHARLIE BABE DONALD BYRD-Blue Note WLIB has resigned his position as the morning JACKIE MOORE-Atlantic 2956 XW212-W (UA) 27 THERE IT IS 59 CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE drive -time jock. Walking off his highly rated show TYRONE DAVIS-Dakar 4523 m SOFTONES-Avco 4619 18 20 RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME 50 57 SLIPPING AWAY some two weeks ago, O'Jay was reportedly upset DR. JOHN-Arco 6914 HOLLAND 8. DOZIER-Invictus ZS7 1253 (Columbia) with the engineering status of the station. 1E1 22 DIDN'T I SYLVIA-Vibration VI 524 51 54 LOVEAWAYAIN'T GONNA RUN ME (All Platinum) Matt Parsons has announced that he is now with 20 21 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE LUTHER INGRAM-Koko KOA DONNY HATHAWAY-Atco 6928 2116 (Stax) Capitol Records as handling their r&b promotion MYSELF 121 25 THEME FROM CLEOPATRA JONES 52 53 I'M JUST BEING nationally. JOE SIMON-Spring 138 (Polydor) DIONNE WARWICKE- Warner Bros 7693 26 SIXTY -MINUTE MAN ® 63 PARTY CLARENCE CARTER-Fame From the west coast comes the news of Radio Station XW256-W (UA) MACEO 8 THE MACS- People 624 KYAC discharging 39 I'VE GOT SO MUCH TO GIVE Frank Barrows, Tam Henry, Ron ® GHETTO CHILD BARRY WHITZ-20th Century - Thomas and Lorie Miller. At press -time there were no TC 2042 SPINNERS-Atlantic 2973 YOU 29 STONED OUT OF MY MIND 60 WHOEVER'S THRILLING definite reasons for m RUFUS-ABC 11376 this action. CHI-LITES-Brunswick 55500 NUMBER ONE 25 11 WHERE PEACEFUL WATERS FLOW 65 SOUL PRESIDENT A GLADYS KNIGHT 8 THE PIPS- JOHN 8 ERNEST- new duet on the recording playground, but not Wednesday 203 Buddah 363 Rainy SEXY, SEXY, SEXY new as singles are Sylvia and Ralfi Pagan, with 41 TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE YOU - BROWN-Polylor PD 14194 B. B. KING-ABC-11373 JAMES a tune entitled "Soul Je t'aime" on Vibration. HURTS SO GOOD 27 28 STREET DANCE - FATBACK-Perception MILLIE JACKSON-Spring 139 526 (Polydor) This has New York area. 28 19 FRIEND OF MINE side taken off in the City DON'T LET IT END BILL - WITHERS-Sussex 257 MIRACLES-Tamla T54237 F Radio Station WAFR-FM in Durham, North Carolina (Buddoh) (Motown) 29 24 SOUL MAKOSSA 60 - I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN will be holding their second annual marathon to raise MANU DIBANGO-Atlantic 2971 ANN PEEBLES-Hi 2248 (London) 30 23 YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE TOO $100,000 for the purpose of sustaining this 61 - ALL I NEED IS TIME SMART GLADYS KNIGHT 8 THE PIPS- educational, non-profit station. Dates are July 29th DETROIT EMERALDS- Soul 535107 F Westbound 213 62 64 PEACE & UNDERSTANDING through August 6th. This series of benefit concerts 31 16 TIME TO GE1 DOWN JR. WALKER 8 THE ALLSTARS O'JAYS-Phila. Int'I. Z57 3431 Soul 535108 F are being held at Duke Indoor Climaxing HIM Staduim. (Columbia) m 69 WHAT DO YOU SEE IN the concerts will be Motown Records' G.C. Cameron 32 34 HANG LOOSE DARREN GREEN-RCA MANDRILL-°olydor 14187 APBO-0016 and Stevie Wonder. m 40 EVIL CD - YOU CAN'T STOP A MAN EARTH, WIND 8 FIRE- IN LOVE Columbia 4-45888 CARL CARLTON-ABC 11378 Hot Wax's Lee Charles is 34 38 UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR YOU 65 45 JUST OUT OF MY REACH shown here as he stopped by TO GO SAM DEES-Atlantic 2937 THE NEW BIRTH-RCA 66 36 DARLING COME BACK HOME Record World's office to APBO-0003 EDDIE KENDRICKS-Tamla say hi to r&b editor Dede 43 ECSTASY mT4 F ® UP OHIO PLAYERS-Westbound 216 74 LOOKK ME Dabney. Charles current hit (Chess 'Jonas) BLUE MAGIC-Atco 6930 record "I Just Wanna Me." 36 32 AIN'T NOTHING FOR A MAN IN 68 33 I'LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA LOVE INTRUDERS-Gamble ZS7 2506 Chris Mitchell is no ARCHIE BELL-Glades 1711 (Columbia) FUNKY STUFF 69 70 GIVING LOVE longer with United Artist ®66 KOOL 8 THE GANG-Delite 557 VOICES OF EAST HARLEM- Just Sunhrine 504 38 30 SHORT STOPPING but is now with Paramount. FIND A WAY VEDA BROWN-Star STA 0163 70 72 GOTTA MOMENTS-Stung 5050 39 42 JUST DON'T WANT TO BE Jack Powell, a.k.a. 71 13 HAPPY MAN LONELY DEE CLARK-Warner Bros. 7720 -Columbia 72 71 BABY YOU BELONG TO ME 4-43867 "Jackie Soul" who left Radio Station WTLC in THE MAGIC TOUCH-Roulette 40 48 SLICK 7134 Indianapolis, is looking for a position as a radio WILLIE HUTC-I-Motown M 1252F 73 37 DOIN'IT TO DEATH ETO 49 STAY AWAY FROM ME FRED WESLEY 8 THE J. B.'S- announcer. He currently holds a 3rd phone and may SYLVERS-MGM 14579 People 621 TRYING TO SLIP AWAY be reached at AC 212 - 427 - 3086. m4747 74 - I OWE YOU LOVE LLOYD PRICE-GSF 6904 BRIGHTER SIDE OF DARKNESS - m 55 MAKE ME TWICE THE MAN 20th Century TC 2034 NEW YORK CITY-Chelsea 75 - DON'T BLAME THE MAN 56 RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 BCBO-0025 (RCA) ROY C.-Mercury 7339 . o

Be What You Are. itaple Singers offer more programming variety in one album than most groups offer s a pretty strong statement. But don't knock it if you haven't e Staple Singer's new album "Be What You Are." Every Singer5 501 1% listeners enjoyed in he same universal appeal your %:. t Yourself" and "I'll Take You There." ther you do what you do Top 40, R&B, M.O.R., or ;ive, do it with "Be What You Are." And you'll right.

A 'Be What You Are" STS 3015 On and Tapes Stax Records, Memphis, U.S.A. Distributed through Columbia Records. Distributed in Canada by Polyaor Records, Ltd. The Stax Organization, Memphis, USA. Polydor's Got Soul Phonogram: New Promo Set -Up, NE\V YORK- Polydor In- highly successful motion -pic- corporated, just entering its ture soundtrack product. James Strong Roster, New Outlook fifth y ear as a U.S. company, Brown continues to ride the has established already itself charts with "Black Caesar," his NEW YORK-A roster com- Can't Cope," won her more than as an leader in the first film venture, which may industry posed almost equally of famil- a half -dozen major awards, in- r&b field. As Polydor President prove to be his top -selling al- iar faces and relatively new cluding a Tony and a Grammy, Jerry Schoenbaum puts it, bum ever. Brown's "Down and ones has given the Mercury is currently recording her first "R&B product. and recording Out in New York City." Lyn label one of its most promising solo album, to be released on ventures covering the whole Collins' "Mama Feelgood" and r&b years. Vice President/A&R Mercury. spectrum of black music, con- the JHs "Sportin' Life" also Charles Fach, national promo- Lr to prove highly reward- reaped as Nashville, Buddy Killen's tinue sa'es singles from tion director Stan Bly, and ing Polydor and its "Caesar" Phoncgram-distributed Dial for affili- the score (the last newly appointed national r&b ate labels. An impressive ar- two on the People label). Rec- features .Joe Tex, a familiar promotion director Jimmy ray of talent, backed by spec- ordbreaking box office of the name, and a young singer Brooks have been particularly ialized promotion and market- American International crime named Annette Snell. Phono- responsible for recent and cur- ing efforts. keeps Polydor in saga starring Fred Williamson gram, according to Fach, is also rent successes; Fach through the r&b forefront." has lent sales impetus, en- pleased with current and up- his artist Bly and 1973 sales and airplay figures hanced by advertising, promo- signings, coming single product by such Brooks through wide- sustain this confident view. tion and merchandising tie-ins. their ^.erans as Willy Hightower, ranging promotional activities. This year has already been A comparable success is Peaches and Herb, Aaron Nev- marked by healthy chart ac- greeting "Slaughter's Big Rip - Phonogram recently re- ille, and such newcomers as tion on albums by James Off," Brown's new soundtrack aligned its r&b promotion set- Clay Hammond, Oscar Perry, Brown, Mandrill, Roy Ayers, album for the action -packed up and appointed several new John Lehman, and the Joneses. Stan Carke, the .IBs on Peo- fi'm starring namesake .Jim regional promotion managers. In one of its most recent sign- ple and Joe Simon en Spring. Brown-as well as Lyn Collins' Maurice Watkins and Tommy ings, Phonogram was reunited During the same time span. People single "How Long Can Young now handle the South, with DeDe Warwick, who re- Brown. Mandrill and Simon I Keep It Up" and Brown's Ronald Patterson covers the corded for the Mercury label each scored twice with singles, single "Sexy Sexy Sexy," both East as far west as Detroit. and several years back. "hile the Invitations on Silver from the "Slaughter" score. :rooks himself handles the rea; ---in H. Steinberg, President Blue, the JBs. Lyn Collins and Roy Ayers made his entry in of the country, with Bly in of Phonogram Inc., had this to Maceo & the Macks on People the soundtrack medium with close contact with all the men. say: "From looking at buying and Spring's Millie .Jackson Coiiy, enjoying the benefits of "Mercury is becoming more patterns as reflected in the and Act I a'so rode singles heavy box office on the Pam effective than ever in the r&b charts, its obvious that more charts. Polydor has taken full Greer -starring American In- field now," Brooks stated. and more of what is sometimes advantage of changing pat- ternational action - drama. "\Ve've got more good artists called `r&b music' would more terns in the r&b field: an ex- Meanwhile, .Joe Simon's theme than we've ever had, and right accurately be referred to as panded variety of material. for 'Cleopatra .Jones" and Mil- now we have seven singles that `contemporary music.' It's a new market outlets and cross- lie .Jackson's "It Hurts So could conceivably be very big. mistake for radio to regard it fertilization with other musi- Good," both featured in the I can't think of another time otherwise; not regarding it so cal areas. Warner Bros. film and recently when Mercury has had so many limits the area of exposure and The recent surge of black - issued as Polvdcr-distributed good records at once. On the hence, the area of sale." oriented film -making is one of Spring singles, are shaping up promotion level, I couldn't be the most striking recent devel- as major hits. happier with the work of our opments in the entertainment With a seven -month tenure new team." Capricorn's R&B Entry world, and Polydor artists have en both pop and r&b charts, Long-time Phonogram MACON, risen to the occasion with (Continued. on page 70) artist GA. - Maxayn is has teamed up the name of a lady. It is also « ith newcomer the name of a group of mu- Eager, and-in a logical exten- sicians. Maxayn is the first sion of their big '72 hit, "Ain't r&b group to be signed by Understanding Mellow" - the Capricorn Records. Although two have recorded an album to- Capricorn is a southern based, e-ether. "The Love \Ve Have, mainly rock & roll label, more the Love We Had." Ms. Eager than half of the artists on the is currently selecting material label are from areas outside for her debut solo ]p, to he re- the South. leased this fall. The leader of the group, and Currently, the hottest record the man whose travels brought on the Mercury label is Don them together is Andre Lewis. Covay's Was Checkin' Out, "I With Maxayn, Andre sings and She Was Checkin' In," taken from the "Super Dude I" album. plays organ, bass and clarinet. Performer -producer Roy C. is Mario Henderson is Maxayn's another old pro with a hot new guitarist. Prior to forming Max- single. The artist's fast -selling ayn. both Lewis and Hender- current single, and his first on son played «ith the Buddy Mercury, is "Don't Blame the Miles Band for several years. Man." Roy C. is also responsible or bringing the Mark IV to Mer- Emilio Thomas is the band's cury. He produced that group's drummer. first album, "Mark IV," which is the lead includes arl of the group's chart vocalist in the group. She was singles, "Honey, I Still Love once a member of the infamous You," "I Found Love" and "My Every thing You Are." Ikettes with Ike & Tina Tur- ner, and she was also the fea- Polydor soul stars include (top, from left) James Brown; Joe Simon Micki Grant, whose perform- (Spring); (bottom, from left) Mandrill; 31illie .Iackson (Spring), Roy ance in and music for the hit tured vocalist in the Bobby Ayers. musical, "Don't Bother Me, I "Blue" Bland show.

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ARETHA FRANKLIN BONNY HATHAWAY Her new album. co -produced Donny Hathaway takes a MAe1/AIITIftoillYieuw with Quincy Jones takes some strong and poignant musical definite experimental steps and journey through the inner stretches out Aretha's already geography of man's spirit in his limitless musical potential. new album. "Extension of a Man:' Included on the album are "Hey Donny has created a vivid Now Hey (The Other Side of statement that flows gracefully the Sky):'"Somewhere:' "So from one track to another. ( a wide variety Swell When You're Well:' underlining of 'Angel:"'Sister From Texas moods and themes from clas- "Mr. Spain; "Thats The Way I sical to blues to jazz. Feel About Cha:' "Moodys Donny Hathaway's keyboard OW ;11.¿ Mood" and 'Just Right Tonight:' and vocal genius is backed by some of New York's finest 4 FRANKLIN/HEY DONNY HATHAWAY/ session men, including Cornell r (THE OTHER SIDE EXTENSION OF A MAN Dupree. David Spinozza and tF THE SKY) ATCO SD 7029 Hugh McCracken. ANTIC SD 7265 MANU ro, BETTY WRIGHT á African singer/musician Manu Betty Wright continues with her +ka Dibango makes his Atlantic 1)449 wcight haul to. 44311 inimitable blend of feeling and debut on this album. "Soul funk on this new album. She Makossa" is just one of the tackles material like Helen powerful cuts on this contem- Reddys"I Am Woman:' giving porary Afro -Jazz recording. it a whole other dimension Dibango has an exciting and through her spectacular delivery. unique approach to reed play This album is living proof why . -5 ing and singing that fuses the Betty Wright is rapidly on her rhythmic fire of African music way to becoming number one with some beautiful improvisa- in her field. tions on the top. "Soul Makossa" could spearhead a massive breakthrough of a modern and NU DIBANGO/ intriguing African music in this BETTY WRIGHT/ UL MAKOSSA country. HARD TO STOP ANTIC SD 7267 ALSTON SD 7026

CLflRENCE REID NIICICI GIOVANNI Clarence Reid is a talented Nikki Giovanni. The leading singer and composer who puts Nikki' Giovanni1 black poet of our time has Runnmc and the New York Commualty Choir a translated her art to record, UNITE! his message across in very under the direction of Berny Diggs forceful and understated way. Í beautifully backed by the Gospel He writes fine songs and delivers singing of the New York them with a subtlety and innate Community Choir under the feel that is increasingly rare direction of Benny Diggs. these days. This album works well as a coherent statement with a lot of outstanding indi- vidual efforts like "Living Together Is Keeping Us Apart:' "Real Woman: "The Truth: "Ruby:' and "Like Running .RENCE REID/ Water:' NIKKI GIOVANNI/ JNING WATER LIKE A RIPPLE ON A POND 3TON SD 7027 NIKTOM NK 4200 WAYNE DAVIS THE SOUL YEARS Wayne Davis' beautifully mellow A deluxe. two -LP set that en- lAYERN ii.ER I BROOK BENTON I EME IMBUES '1tºxl and soulful vocal style immedi- 9OORERt4 THE MOS I RUTH HFOwN I SOIOIiON g.WE compasses many of Atlantic's RAY(7üREES IHE61011E: e ately distinguishes him as an CUdEICEEfiREF I I finest soul recordings over the 11EClDrERSI THEmkSiER$ I THEORSTERSI KaLEUh'O artist of high calibre. The pro- AIETINyR4I4M I hURIJOEHWTtR last 25 years. Some of the S -nor uáiHEEiHSMOPES I VIL SONPCIrt-B duction. and co -arranging are OTSTEOOIf. SNA6OWE 1 PEfCtiS1EOOE great tracks included are: '3w114ER5 1 JOE TOI 1 JOE -IRER sensitively executed by Roberta "Tweedlee Dee' by LaVern Flack with additional help by Baker. "Green Onions" by Jerry Jemmott and Bernard Booker T& The MG's. "What'd P T1 -E SOULYSIRS/ Purdie. Wayne Davis presents I Say" by Ray Charles. "There A View From Another Place Goes My Baby" by The Drifters, with a distinctive vocal approach 'A Natural Woman- by Aretha that puts him in the forefront Franklin. "One Mint Julep" by with this debut album. The Clovers. "Yakety Yak" by MZ]YIT0droont1TaV[F The Coasters. "Dock Of The IAVIS/A VIEW FROM Bay" by Otis Redding and many )THER PLACE 25TH ANNIVERSARY/ other great classic recordings ANTIC SD 7258 THE SOUL YEARS culminating in recent smashes ATLANTIC SD 2-504 like "I'll Be Around" by the ntic Zffl and Tapes Spinners. At Stax, R Continuing Commitment to Soul

During the past year, Stax munity. Each year Stax artists have provided Stax Records Records has placed twenty-six do their part for scores of with an exceptionally rich blend RCA records on Record World the worthwhile causes, from the Mf music that is reaching more (Continued from page 36) soul charts. In one recent week Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, and more listeners each year. there were as many as seven the Martin Luther King Hospi- RCA 'has enjoyed, one of their Since August of 1972, the Stax singles being charted. tal and Operation PUSH to distributed labels, Chelsea, has Stax Organization has been on Johnny Taylor's current smash countless broken a big act local benefit concerts. charts this year. "I Believe In You (You Be- the with such records as New York City, with their sin- In May, the Staple Singers, "Starting All Over Again" by lieve In Me)" just completed gle and album "I'm Doin' Fine Eddie Floyd, , Wil- Mel & Tim, and Loving You an across the board sweep of "If Now" have established them- liam Bell and Little Milton an- Is Wrong" by Luther Ingram on the number one position on ail selves as a rising group on the swered the call of Fayette's Koko Records, both three music trade soul charts. million -sell- r&b pop horizon. first black mayor, The Staple Singers, Albert Charles ers; "I Could Never Be Happy" Evers. for a Mississippi Home- King, the Soul Children, Mel -The Emotions; "This World" Other RCA acts that have coming. They joined & Tim, the Emotions, the Dra- such -Staple Singers; "Toast To emerged in the past year are: notables as Dick B.B. The matics and, on the Stax-dis- Gregory, Fool"-the Dramatics; Swiss Movement, Carolyn King, James tributed Koko label, Luther In- Earl Jones. Floyd "Don't Take My Kindness For Franklin. The flues Corpora- Rev. gram are some of the artists McKissick, Cleophus Rob- Weakness"-the Soul Children; tion, Darren Green (RCA's an- making regular chart appear- inson, Willie Dixon and Mrs. "Endlessly" - ; swer to Michael .Jackson and ances. Among the label's chart Medgar Evers, v idow of the "I'll Play The Blues For You"- Foster Sy Ivers), B.J. Arnau albums are Johnny Taylor's slain civil rights leader, in a A'lbert King: "Dedicated To (who was featured in the James "Tailored In Silk" plus two musical festival memorializing The One I Love"-the Temp- Bond ;lick "Live and Let Die"), double -record sets, "Isaac Medgar Evers and celebrating rees; "Stop Doggin' Me"- The iShirelles, Nina Simone, Hayes Live At The Sahara Ta- the changes for the better that .Johnnie Taylor. Delores Hall, Pat Lundy, Ron- have occurred in the past nie hoe" and the original sound- ten Also "Theme From 'The McNeir, Fawns and Moth- years. Like "," the er's Finest. track album of the movie Men" -Isaac Hayes; "I'll Be "WattStax." A second event demonstrated that soul 'Watt- Your Shelter"-Luther Ingram; When asked how RCA works Stax Ip is currently being re- music is more than just enter- it "Breakin Up Somebody's toward developing an artist's leased. tainment, permeates the lives Home"-Albert King: "From of the people. career, Draper said: "This is "WattStax", which is one of Toys To Boys"-the Emotions: a big company, and e e can The diversity the most ambitious projects of artists and ''Oh La I)e Da"-the Staple make our presence felt. That's styles represented on Stax Rec- undertaken by a record com- Singers; "It Ain't Always the reason why an artist who ords covers a considerable pany, exemplifies the commit- What You Do"-the Soul Chil- is recognized as a successful ment range. Albert King and Little to the community that dren. "I nay Not Be All You artist here carries a certain go back has always been a part of Stax Milton to the tradi- Want"-Mel & Tim; ''Always" level of additional esteem in Records. tional blues. The Staple Singers From a seven -hour -Luther Ingram; "Get Off My the industry. I don't want to have solid gospel roots an benefit concert, featuring vir- and Mountain"-the Dramatics: "I sound pa:roniz'ing, but this enormously popular appeal. The tually the entire Stax artist ros- Got To Be Myself"-Rance company ,s like the General Soul Children. ter, held last August in the Los Dramatics, Tem- Allen Group: 'Be What You Motors of the record industry. prees and Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Emotions represent Are"-Staple Singers: "I Be- We've been here and we're go- young America. The Rance has come a universally ac- Al- lieve In You"-Johnnie Taylor: ing to be here, and we knew len Group and on claimed film and two albums other artists "Lovin' On Borrowed Time" how to make an artist happen. the Stax-distributed Gospel - celebrating the total black ex- 11 illiam Bell; 'Short Stoppin"' I'd like to think what RCA label are new perie ice. Truth creating -Veda Brown; "Love Is A did for David Bowie can be music Stax and its artists have definitions for the gospel Hurting Thing"-Soul Chil- done for any black artist who never lost touch with their of today. Isaac Hay es is blazing dren: and "Love Ain't Gonna shows that same kind of po- new trails with his unique style. roots. They've always been Run Me Away"-Luther In- tential. 11'e strive for that total aware of the needs of the con- These and many other artists gram. development."

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el Viner dent Inc. PRIDE Inc. 9200 SUNSET BOULEVARD, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90069 (213) 273-7722 On Independent Promotion Eddie Holland: Good for R&B By RON GRANGER No member of the trio of ethnic denominator and an Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier economic motivator Ron Granger, for HDH, who presently or re-establishing of an artist and Brian Dozier can actually and only one more heads up Record factor re- Promotions Un- is more difficult than ever be- recall the number of hits they mains to be considered. limited, has managed a retail fore, because the abundance of have had. but the successful Rhythm & blues have become record store and been involved quality talent has resulted in. songwriting team allows with them- the vehicle by which HDH have promotion with, such ma- an increase in the quantity of selves a moderate amount of jor labels as Capitol and ABC/ product attempted to create the embodi- released by a record satisfaction in recalling that ment of a Dunhill. He's headed up a record company. long-time ambition- Accordingly, addi- they once provided the Su- an independent black force in company, Ray Charles' Tanger- tional aids are needed to sup- premes with seven consecutive ine Record Corporation. port the the recording industry. Clar- promotional efforts of million -sellers. ence Tucker, HDH spokesman, INDEPENDENT record company's promotion HDH do not compose and PROMO- staffs such elaboates on the original con- as billboards, news- produce hit after hit because cept. not TION-Assuming the responsi- paper ads, radio "Independent only time buys and it's a good way to pass time, from a view, bility of ad'ancing interest in a creative point of independent promotion. Inde- they do so because of the un- but phonograph pendent it was envisioned as being record by someone promotion, rather than questionable sweetness for suc- staffed with black executives, not affiliated with a larger con- demoralizing the promotion ,cess. Lamont Contends, "We staff and black accountants, black secre- trolling unit of phonograph undermining its effec- were determined to become the taries and so on. And that's tiveness, is an ally, a friend, a most in records, such as a record corn- successful the business. basically what you'll see helping hand and promotional "Eddie Holland is only half - pa my. expertise working throughout the company. "The in conjunc- joking when he claims that the Company to re- After reading this tion with the which Tucker statement, record company's on -off switch on his radio has fers is Invictus Records. Inc., several questions must come to staff to meet the challenge of been a major influence on his providing the an organization which distin- your mind. Hopefully, this ar- maximum expos- musical career. "The market- guishes itself with character- ure for the talent of the record- place is the best possible gauge istics ticle will not only provide an- ing artist and for which HDH themselves the creative- of music trends" say s Eddie. found sorely lacking when they swers to these questions, but ness of the producer, songwriter "What's on the Top 40 now is also prove the importance arranger and were on the employee side of of musician. It is what the people want." Brother the house with other companies. independent promotion to the not a luxury but a necessity- Brian agrees, "We're just about contributing to the growth and hit product. Whatever the mar- Eddie Holland, Invictus Pres- recording industry. the in profitability of the recording ket likes, that's what we feed ident. explained concept Independent promotion is not the industry. it." Thus. r&b serve as both an company's introductory an appeasement to an artist or statement on July 31, 1969. 's ego; on the "Creative talent has never had - contrary, it is an invaluable or been given- the full oppor- tool augmenting the promo- Sylvia: Power to the Pillow tunity to express itself because tional efforts of a record com- of the many stifling restrictions pany's staff in supplying the NEW YORK-"Pillow Talk", placed on it by "front office" public's demand for quality en- one of the year's biggest rec- personnel . . . the doors of In- tertainment and the industry ords, introduced many people victus Records will always be with profits. The continuing to the talents of the lovely Syl- open to creative talent." necessity for quality product via. But Sylvia Robinson is no "The "open-door" and talent has led to the emergence of the stranger to success. In fact, assistance policy has been a independent producer as an im- the multi -million selling "Pil- very fruitful approach for IIDH portant source of product. The low Talk" is just one part of a in their indepdent ventures, on ever - increasing competition career that covers many areas a variety of labels, such as "In- within the industry demands of the music world. victus" itself. "Hot Wax", and the utilization of independent With "Pillow Talk". Sylvia "Music Merchants." Those promotion. accomplished what no other IIDH labels have been graced The majority of independent woman had done before. Not with titles such as "Band of promotion men, contrary to only did she write, perform, Gold," "Patches," and "Honey- some industry conceptions, are produce and arrange the song, comb," all of which resulted not a group of individuals who she also engineered the record from the Invictus workshop use independent promotion as and she heads the company that efforts. a stop -gap measure to pros ide released has it. She also written Sylvia All things considered. r&b them with funds between per- and produced records for other over a year has been good to Holland, Doz- iods of unemployment-instead, artists on the Vibration and All and a half ago as independent promotion is com- Platinum a possible tune for Al Green. ier and Holland, and only a fool record labels, includ- would doubt that HDH have prised of dedicated men with ing the two Sylvia made a demonstration -million selling tape with ;uli been good for r&b. extensi\e promotional experi- "Love On A Two Way Street" orchestration and put in voice ence who perform a valuable by The Moments. the herself, with all service. As half of the team of Mickey the sexy breathing that stirred so much interest in Talk" on For example, the establishing & Sylvia. she began her string the "Pillow its course as of hits with the solid gold "Love song. Green and his producer a national hit. The "Pillow Willie Mitchell Is Strange". The team toured felt that the song Talk" album followed the single for three years before breaking was too structured and sexy in becoming a gold record. And for Al. They HIT R&B SONGS u p. turned it down. Sylvia. the lady with the sexy Mickey went to France and "I tried the same instrumen- voice. emerged as a star to a Call: Sylvia stayed in tal track with several of the whole new generation. other All 4111> Buzz Cason Publications and "kept busy raising my fam- artists on Platinum; Currently, Syl\ ia has pro- ily." The call of the musical somehow no one was able to duced a duet between herself Let There 8e Music world drew her back though, sing the song the way I wanted, and Latin vocalist Ralfi Pagan and in 1969 so I decided to do it myself," on the French classic ".Iet- Berry Hill Songs Sylvia started her all own label. All Platinum, with she recalls. 'A ime." (615) 383-8682 herself as Vice President. chief A New York disc jockey Having made an enormous songwriter; producer and en- played "Pillow Talk" and his impact with "Pillow Talk", Syl- Nashville, Tennessee gineer. phones went wild. A similar via intends to remain a major "Pillow Talk" was written reaction in Chicago started force in the music world.

64 RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 THE NEW YORK TIMES. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 197k Records: =Etta James Back Singer Re -Emerges Strongly and Has

- Some Autobiographical Echoes Etta James, in`volvet: with- per- "God's Song': Etta's voice slips and sonal problems, has beer away f rosi ` slides up some sardonic phrases, recording fo" two years. Now she achievirginstant and emotionailift- emerges again with "ata .ames" off. Possibly it is the first blasphe- (Chess RtcoedsaCH 501742, $5.98) mousgespel song. with power undimmed..a singer . Away from this (three Newman le -king over her shouiler to the, songs are on the album) there are future. Even in the nineteen -fifties autobiographical echoes-Etta and (when she recorded her first hits) Chess Records are contributing Etta was, although termed a rock' .' part royalties to methadone pro- roll singer, heavily' into gospel grarrs. On "All the Way Down ' sounds, a reflection óf her first sing- - cush:onec by an exotic Gabriel ing in the Baptist church.Those Mekler arrangement, she sings of strong- and vibrant roots are con- factors that "make you a star/ tained in this 1973 album. change who you are'.' It's also fortunate she has affec- The a:bum is a fine returr to form. tion for the composer Randy New- She can give some of the more cor- man, a hose songs (although the temporary soul artists a lesson in lyrics are fiercely secular and abra- inspirational vibrations. - sive) fit this style. For instance, in ian Dove

'S, FRIDAY: JULY 27. 19'12 11- C1113J111axf QjblQlllleri~ ETTA JAMES-Chess--CH 50042 'ETTA JAMES . fyou haver't (heard this super fine blues - Ches-s -C11-501112 veteran wail De -ore, then you have prop -- rr n of Etta James; Oneo.`thetruly rernarkablevoealistsof the early ably been asleep for a good long'ime. This :It performance, this soulful ,singer days of rock has made her first Ip in two years, talection is just one in a long I:ne of dy- and the Gabriel Mlekler-produzed set s iow3 her namic blues collections that the !ady has ay back. suggested that her solution to her - to be at the pinnacle or her vocal magic. Seeral like this was the of delivered and just the others, tor don't oil addiction faith others Randy Newman gongs like SailAway"ar,d"God one, too is a total delightful experience. : several ar.d her own maturing. Is Some" get fine readings as do allrthe tunes _isten to Etta's great covers of Randy 1954 hit "It was time to give it up:' Miss -Etta touches. Newmans "Sail Away" and "Leave Your James said. "Id wanted to give it Hat On; as well as "Lay Back Daddly:' "Just option at . up for a long time, but,suddenly I One More Day" and "All The Way Down" itudio to a' knew it was time to really dot and "ts T,,,, Album Picks This disk will leave blues fanatics breath- d, "Etta - the recordcúmpany(ChessReéorda) ess and turn on countless others to this great artist's fire talents. It's about time,. < EITA JAMES, Chess CH 50012. A veteran soul enthusi- .. 'supported me: too. -y hard- Etta James was a big teen-age blues artist gets -an enviable contemporary show- - setting with exciting pop crossover pnssibil- and rock star the nineteen -Cities; -she was case i) -itres. lutist's big errational sound is adrarably 'ANUS ¡lauding-- a n:t in the sixties; and, át 34 in the =harnessed by,prodecer Gabriel, Oehler(Three Dog. more re- sever ties. she demonstrated that ,Steppenwolf) to an inventive choice of ma:erial. a 14 -year - she still has the excitement and There's so, much shoutng arc power on Etta's attace of the Randy Newlin -God's Song" hat it a metha- ; presence for which many ' lesser w nearly' :he baspherry of r. : artists are sea:-ching. overcomes pessni;lic 1 the lyrics. Musically tats LP. is a high pornlrct the i:ter her - - - singer's career. CHESS/JANUS RECORDS

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' ' . -- - _ ' - ' BAMA Commits Itself Elegance Personified Black Gold To BY DEDE DAKNEY (Continued from page 36) Black Professionalism Remember the Glories? The "Blues is only the way a person hís ATLANTA - Hundreds of the FCC provide a staff mem- Glories of old are the Quiet sings particular kind of black newscasters, disc jock- ber for instruction. In conjunc- Elegance of now. What does music." eys, promoters, writers, record tion with this, a letter was sent Quiet Elegance mean? We can As we all know Bell has made company executives and only come enter- to the respective Senate and up with one defini- quite a name for himself with tainers turned out for the first House committees tion-soft, and graceful. annual requesting the production of the Spinners, Broadcasters and Mu- an investigation of racism in Three girls from different sical Artists (BAMA) confer- the , the Stylistics record industry, and also parts of the country make up a and many more. ence held here recently. asking for possible legislation group whose BAMA, entertaining sound according to Hamp to deal with inequities charged has left people awed with Memphis' Willie Mitchell has Swain, President of the newly by some black deejays. created a sound, about which founded amazement. Frankie Garrin, organization, was Lonnell Conley, Executive Mildred Vaney, and Lois Reeves he states "... in Memphis they formed in . order to ". . pro- Vice President of BAMA, really go for the rhythm thing, mote the interests make up the talented trio. of black pro- spoke directly to this issue in Frankie and Mildred were part that's the first thing. You go fessionals in a highly competi- stating that ". . , we, as a po- of the original Glories, and then out in the pocket with rhythm tive field such as the broadcast tent, viable and organization can came Lois who once sang with and the rest of the stuff, you entertainment industries." serve as a communications stay of One of ' e- Martha Reeves and The Van- on top it." Responsible the primary concerns hicle between the FCC and for the success of Al Green, of BAMA is dellas. the FCC's attitude our members in clearing up Mitchell is quoted as saying "In towards blacks in the broad- this conflict of interest I cast industry, con- a very short time think all and as a result troversy. It is a shadow that music companies will disregard of the conference, BAMA is re- has hung over the black disc I r&b questing a workshop the term r&b. don't think on FCC jockeys for too long a time and music will be catergorized as rules and regulations and I that think with a little concen- r&b in years to come because trated effort, we MCA can remove now the pop stations are play- this cloud of doubt." ing it." (Continued from page V) The conference also featured two days of workshops, g17, will receive maximum exposure high- Gamble/Huff in all lighted by a session on job areas-an estimated banks Kenny Gamble and Leon quarter of a million people. conducted by Ms. Hen- rietta Canty of Canty's Huff's love is the message have Hillery Johnson, MCA's na- Per- a way with the pro- sonnel Services, and Lewis come long tional r&b promotion manager ducing of such artists as the predicts Carter and Donald Walker of an outstanding future the National O'Jays, Harold Melvin & the for MCA's r&b Urban League. acts as well as The establishment , 'ii Bluenotes, Billy Paul, Joe Si- an increase in the of a job changing bank is one of BAMA's key mon, and Jerry Butler, just to programming structure for pop name a few. Both Gamble and and proposals, and negotiations are r&b recordings. .Johnson underway with QUIET ELEGAN( E: from left, Huff feel "... most of the white further Clark College Frankie Geary. Mildred Varney, stated "With an r&b in Atlanta to serve companies have never tried to roster as a tie-in Lois Reeves. this tight, greater con- with the BAMA bank. really go all-out to give (black centration will be given acts Other music) the image it really signed festivities included a by MCA Records." gala banquet featuring enter- needs." When asked about new artists they replied "To be able tainment by Billy Eckstine, Noticing the the Stereo Dimension, Cissy Houston. talent of to attract good artists you need Solomon Burke girls were who (Continued from page 42) and Terry Callier and a speech good merchandising." by immediately after hearing they Soul Dimension is Stereo Di- M. Carl Holman. President his of were available decided to man- Harvey Fuqua started mension's first company -owned the National Urban Coali- age Motown Records as tion. them. Nevertheless, the talents with r&B label. Stefanie Tevonian Temptations have been having director of artist development. is in the process of designing CTI's R&B them travel with them to gain He then in turn received the ex- the new label's logo. The new Expansion the experience of the concert perience needed to find the New label's initial release is 'Dy- NEW YORK-CTI Records, circuit and the supper -club Bith, Nite-Liters, and Love, namite Explodes", by Gentle under the helm of Creed Taylor, scene. Quiet Elegance appeared Peace & Happiness. Persuasion; the disc will be has forged a creditable record with the group at the Copaca- out in a week or two. at combining jazz with pop and bana last February and created Fuqua, an ex -artist, knows deal in the necessary Lawton stated, "All of these coming up with hits. a very positive reaction. how to exceptional efforts on the part In addition, however, the requirements in making hit of Stereo Dimension will result label has become a power in the On Hi records. in the company's playing a r&b field, especially with their Once with Columbia (1967- Wonder major role Wonderman Stevie in the ever -impor- Kudu label, which houses such 71), they have signed with Hi has turned his singing into an tant r&b area of this industry." on page (Continued 73) Records. distributed by London. al' -around job which also in- Who's producing them? Willie himself. Won- Mitchell, who they affection- cludes producing BLACK 40 ately refer to as "Poppa der has been ss ith Motown since .. Willie." Mitchell had them in he was known as Little Stevie "BOREDOM PROOF" the studio in Memphis for six \Vonder. A child star turned days and nights and the out- producer and writes-hitmaker. "I feel that the concept is one that's been needed for come was seven sides, two of a long time. If marketed right, it will serve o good heavy with number of markets. It will give them the chance to sshich have already been re- Three producers hear a well done presentation exposing Don St. Johnn leased. An album is currently three different concepts and to some markets which has gotta be good for the in the making. Black thing." three different sounds make for JERRY BOULDING, Consultant It seems as though the Quiet quite a variety of music. By Elegance have come a long way these standards they hake cre- BREMAR -from the Glories to the days SERVICES ated the desire of many persons 2138 E. 75th Street, Chicago, Ill. 60649 of 1973. Quiet and elegant but in (312) 731-4388 their own identity is still with interested communication- that down home funk! ! ! music.

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Mogul Acquires (Continued from page 58) ;..- By DEDE I)ABNEY `Makossa' Rights "Composite Truth" marks the NEW YORK -Ivan Mogull continuing rise of Mandrill to In the past six years Andre Perry has witnessed a range of the radio and record businesses that belie his 23 years of age. Music Ltd. has secured sub - the top of the r&b field. "Fence - Perry was brought up in publishing rights for Austra- walk" and "Hang Loose," two northern New Jersey, and was weaned on the sounds and announcers of New York's IVLIR-F31. lasia and Scandinavia on the singles from the 1p, have also At Shaw Uni- versity, Perry studied communications and was a deejay for the current international hit, "Soul enjoyed heavy sales and air- Makossa." The agreement was play. University's radio station IVSHA-FM. In this interview Perry talks about his work with Howard University's commercial FM facility concluded by Jacques Barouh The James Brown stable of WHUR-FM and with RCA. of Grand Avenue Editions of talent continues to make con- RW: You left Shaw University with a good foundation in ra- Paris, France, and Ivan Mo- tributions to Polydor's r&b dio. How did you turn your experience into a job? gull, New York. record. In addition to film - Perry: I did what all people do who related product, Brown has are serious about suc- ceeding, I walked the streets New York occupied singles charts with of looking for work. You Brunswick see I have no hangups over having a degree. I am from the street. "Think," Maceo & the Macks so I have two things going for me. I finally found a job at RKO (Continued from page 32) with "Party" and the .JBs with TV; this lasted for three months, then Howard ists have. He gets it "Doing It to Death." After top- University called together." me. This took me to Washington D. C. with 3 months of And a look at roster, and ping r&b charts, of so-called their sales "Do- professional experience. WHUR-FM was in the planning stages, string of hits, confirms his ing It to Death" have climbed all the staff members were from dierent parts of the U. S. and well over the million mark and statement. we all had a common goal to change the direction and level of Garris looks at Brunswick's the tune was recently certified consciousness for I gold. people in Washington. must admit AM radio success from a business -ori- in Washington is the best I have heard in my travels, even more ented view. "One of the key Distribution agreements with important, the guys in radio in DC are beautiful. People couldn't factors in our progress as a Polydor-affiliated labels con- believe that Howard University could run a commercial station label over the past year, is that tinue to prove profitable for all and be successful. Phil Watson who was the general manager we really began to sell 1ps. concerned, with .Joe Simon, had a great deal of confidence in me as music director and let We're getting into the 1p mar- Millie Jackson and Act I scor- me handle the music from the beginning. ket, we're getting our albums ing well on the Rifkin broth- RW: What was your approach to the market place. into racks. We're also doing ers' Spring Records, the JBs Perry: My primary concern was the album product. which will more advertising." And Garris and Lyn Collins on James undoubtedly return more money in retail sales-understanding finds the increase in sales gra- Brown's People label, and the that singles will motivate LP sales. I was finally able to attract tifying to him and the label. Invitations and Ridley & McCoy interest in the station thanks to Jimmy Gray who at the time "The reason we're having on Joel Diamond's Silver Blue. was working for Schwartz Brothers. He convinced the people at greater acceptance, is due to Remarks director of promo- Schwartz that WHUR would be important. He was correct. I the greater acceptance of r&b tion Harold Berkman: "We watched every company start to sell catalog product, especially on the music level over the last avoid categorizing or limiting the jazz lines. I watched new artists develop like Terry Callier, five years. There's a great mar- product exposure, gearing over- Earth, Wind and Fire, Cymande, Black Heat, Sharon Ridley. New ket for r&b singles and albums. all policy to what the music Birth and the list goes on and on. The importance of it all came That's why the racks are into industry calls `cross -over po- to me when I visited George Gillespie at the Soul Shack and the it more, and that's Is by w e're tential.' R&B, pop, latin and Waxie Maxie stories. You could still feel the effect the station selling more." jazz are categories which an has on the marketplace, however. WBLS in Ness York, WDAS Both men cite the smallness increasingly eclectic record - (Continued on page 731 of their organization as one of buying public no longer con- the chief reasons for growth. forms to. Such acts as Man- "We're smaller, and we have drill, Joe Simon, Roy Ay ers and Just Sunshine Mike Carrabello, conga the personal contact." The others are cases in point, with player for Santana, introduced small number of releases al- airplay and sales reflecting the (Continued from page 301 Betty to musicians like Carlos lows them to work on each sin- success of our across-the-board delphia, Washington, D.C. and Santana. Sly Stone and other gle and album more closely, and efforts." Baltimore. San Francisco heavies who of- by concentrating on releases, Berkman credits r&b promo- Betty. who had a successful fered to record with her. The fewer records are "lost." tion 'head Joe Medlin with carer as a high -fashion model resulting albums reflects Bet- They've also had success keeping things moving in the with New York's Wilhelmina ty's "foxy lady" talents as a with an oldies series, featur- basic black market: "Joe is the Agency, was introduced to the vocalist and arranger as well ing the greatest hits of the strongest individual r&b pro- music world by her ex -'husband, as a lyricist. Chi-Lites, Tyrone Davis, Jack- motion personality in the busi- Miles Davis. Having no formal Norman Fields is a brand ie Wilson, Barbara Acklin, ness today. Hiis guidance and musical training, she began new talent that Just Sunshine etc. They've also had success direction to his field men are writing songs. One of her has signed. He is a singer who with a series of "Greatest Hits" of the highest calibre." R&B songs, "Uptown to Harlem" writes all of his own material, albums by their hotter artists, promotion assistant Ellen An- was recorded by the Chambers and an album of his is sched- and a "Various Artists Great- Brothers. uled release in August. Finally, derson, as well as regional for est Hits" package. they do a good business in men Jay Howard, John Nance catalogue albums, with the be- and independent promo man lief that catalogue albums are Chester Simmons, provide vital .S. also valuable sales items. back-up to Medlin's New York - based activities. Success Comments Medlin: "The r&b Brunswick's success stems L` scene has gone through a lot from their involvement with mo- of changes. After knocking on good r&b product, the the back door tivated personnel, and a sense for so many Which leads one years, black magic of enthusiasm. is finally to believe that next year, and getting the recognition it de- for many years to come, Bruns- serves. Today, black music is wick/Dakar/BRC will continue big business-but it's still nec- to be one of the major inde- essary to communicate from a I _. pendent companies on point of view." Shown are (left) The Voices of East Harlem and (right) Betty Davis. scene.

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quartet was Temptations "El a half years been touring . . To ;ince. At that known as the funky seven !ailed the Or- le careful di - 914 Williams and 3 the Orbits- erbert Clifton ms-began de - all their own. :he Orbiteers rous personal oughout the till late 1969 . ade their way , - .t/// they gained United Artists soulsters: Top row (left to right) supergroup War; Bobby N omack; Shirley Bassey; and :. In the early Donald Byrd. Botton row (I to r) Ike & Tina Turner; Candi Staton; Lea Roberts: and the Cornelius Brothers hey added a and Sister Rose. Johnny Hod - their name Shaw ement. Andre Perry Curtis (Continued from page 70) (Continued from page 24) Williams and two members in Philly, KAGB and KJLH in Los Angeles have the same im- black owned radio stations since ions, brought pact. This upsurgence of black FM stations should be watched 1966 and one television station. Went to RCA. closely, if you don't you are really missing the boat. Not to NATRA sees an equally astonish- ing percentage increase in the they have re - of AM stations, how ev er, they are ad- negate the programming number of black station managers - new FM les. Their de justing their formats to stay current. All of the black of responsi- is and related positions leased in July stations are developing good rating showings and this an bility. NATRA sees for the first ately entitled excellent justification of the position I have taken. It's all about time a black man serving on the Swiss Move - making money, isn't it? Federal Communication Commis- .ear they were KW: How did you function as a music director? sion. NATRA is witnessing a mu- black mu- le Blues and Perry: My contention is that black people in radio are over- sic revolution where in sic and musicians, working with imittee as one worked, not to mention underpaid. I spoke at the Gavin Conven- ising new vo- the limitation of restricted air tion last year and I explained the importance of being a full-time of .3. play, are selling the equivalent music director and not p.d. m.d./announcer. You cannot deal their white counterpart. While ede Dabney with retail accounts; one -stops, distributors, regional, local, and blacks invade the film industry national promotion men if you have all of those responsibilities. from all angles - production, di- I think too rcany games are played also when you have a pro- rection, scoring and acting - they gram director, and music directors all making different deci- continue to advance through their I own efforts, a realization of the age 66) sions. It is very unfair. I said this while I was in radio and still believe this. If the stations would pay on a competitive times, and minority employment laws, general market facilities, ; as Esther basis with top 40 station then all of the jobs needed to run a at station be performed. radio and television. ver Washing - effectively could "The accomplishments within 'o artists are KW: What does product management involve? this industry, which we can wit- are accomplishments to bridge the Perry: Well, it is not as glamorous as promotion, if that is ness today, that NATRA can be proud of. We and soul, but your desire. My function is watching the product develop from were here fighting before it be- finest of funk the time it leaves a&r until the consumer purchases the product. came fashionable. We did not do it I work closely with all departments at RCA in the planning of we've been s well. Super all by ourselves, but marketing campaigns, advertising campaigns etc. I try to avoid there, right at the front of the line awford, once having people think. I'm the black savior. RCA has an excellent doing all we could to make the . harles' band, roster. and I feel that within a matter of time RCA will have dreams of yesterday the realities I We can take pride in the ai signed to even more success in the black market. have noticed great of today. changes as relates to black music over the last 90 day s at RCA above mentioned accomplishments o playing will many more, but we stop & on the trade charts. I work very close with Tom Draper and and can't his Kudu de - his staff enabling me to have a consistent barometer on how to here. "The most disgusting realism in bard, trumpet spend money on the black artist and get the most. I try to estab- this industry in 1973 is that there a of between a&r, managers; and re. is also a lish line communication talent is no television presentation of the artist at RCA. music and related area awards for R1V: Do a special marketing strategy helps black blacks in particular, and minority t always been you find artists? persons in general. Those people of innovative who have unquestionably contrib- ade both CTI Perry: With all respect to the trades, I try and use the black uted generations of culture and consumer magazines and papers-this is where the audience I'm the music which special- numerous innovations to trying to reach will be. They even have mini -billboards that can world. Recognizing this disgraceful iusic that ap- reach a black audience on the West Coast. I believe in taking it situation NATRA is currently t colors. the people. (Continued on page 80)

J5T 11, 1973 73 REsi (w3RLD LAT1N AM :'i , ftJsJ Record World en Mexico D:1..: NU 1. By VILO ARIAS SILVA .a `: MEXICO-Continúa sanciones ... Entre los nuevos RI., Musart incrementando su ca- baladistas, surge Jaime Moreno tálogo Internacional; ya que demostrando que tiene mucho By TOM \S FUNDORA paralelamente con la firma del futuro. Su número "Solo quise (This column appears sello Parnaso, adquirió también ser de tí" es una buena carta first in Spanish and then in English.) la exclusividad en México de de presentación . . . .Justo y I Han recibido oficialmente las emisoras en la marca inglesa Young Blood muy honesto el acuerdo inter- México la orden de acreditar el nombre de los que ostenta entre su elenco al no adoptado por RCA a nivel compositores de las obras musicales lanzadas grupo Apolo 100; que mantiene mundial; "Todas las filiales al aire en cada una de sus programaciones. con inusitada popularidad mun- respetarán la versión original Inclusive, se anuncian las aplicaciones de las dial su tema "Alegría." De es- si esta llega a determinado País sanciones correspondientes por infringir la ta forma. la grabadora del buen interpretada por un artista Ley Autoral correspondiente. La mayor parte amigo Eduardo Baptista se RCA, y no se le cubrirá de de las radiodifusoras del país cumplen con el coloca con un tremendo elenco ninguna manera con otro in- ordenamiento y los locutores tienen en su Internacional en el medio mú- térprete del lugar, sinó por el poder las listas de las grabaciones que em- sical de México. ¡Congratula- contrario tendrá todo el apoyo plean, así como los autores que en esos discos se acreditan. ciones! . . . Cunde cierto ner- necesario." . . . Me llegan no- ¡Gracias México! .. . Y hablando de radio, ya se ha confirmado viosismo en todas las graba- ticias desde España del triun- que la WOCN de Miami, estación de música instrumental norte- doras por la falta de materia fo de Sola, quien a colocado americana, que lanzaba al aire sus ondas por FM y AM, va a prima para elaborar los discos; entre el gusto del pueblo su 24 horas de programación en Español por su A.M. a partir de la esperemos que el mal sea pasa- versión "Cuatro Vidas" . semana entrante. En su F.M. seguirá programando su exquisita jero . . . Muy buenos los re- También desde Los Angeles música instrumental estereo, que la te hecho tan popular entre sultados en ventas de Pina Fernando Ríos me hace saber la radioaudiencia norteamericana, pero ahora salpicada con Nevarez con la melodía "Ton- la forma en que su público lo música instrumental latina. El formato en Español, dirigido por to." Se ubicó decididamente en ovaciona en todas sus presenta- el popular Bebo Kramer, con una amplia ejecutoria profesional el segundo lugar en su sello ciones; y pronto nos dice, es- en su patria, Cuba, a travez de Radio Kramer y en casi todas las Peerless, despues de Los Soli- tará en México, en donde su emisoras latinas del área en Miami, seguirá el patrón de música tarios quienes se mantienen tema "Me Voy" es todo un moderna con recuerdos del pasado, pero en una ...... con su "No debes llorar" éxito radial Nuevos nú- tónica suave y moderada. ¡Felicidades! . . . Agotadora jornada de trabajo meros del triunfador conjunto Por otra parte, según se desprende de varias realiza Tanicho, quien recorre La Tropa Loca, que pone esta informaciones sin confirmar, WHMS Radio, toda la provincia acumulando vez en el mercado Mexicano emisora FM de Hialeah, con alcance absoluto grandes éxitos en todas sus "Novia Linda" y "Quemadita," de toda el área del Dade County, irá también actuaciones. Y claro está, su los cuales gustan tremenda- a 24 horas de programación en Español, sigu- tema "Te Recuerdo" cobra mente . . . Fuerte impulso de iendo el formato de WCMQ de Miami, estable- cada día mucho mayor fuerza Musart para Fernando Ulende A,. cida desde hace varios meses bajo la égida de en el mercado . . . Anuncio quien estrenó su primer elepé Herb Dolgoff. Según parece, Dolgoff no es oficial en México. Todas las con mucho éxito ... Y hablan- Nancy Ramos ajeno a las nuevas negociaciones para adquirir emisoras del País, deben cum- do de Musart, .losé Luengo WHMS . . . KWSR Radio de Monroe, Wash- plir con acreditar el nombre Director de Mercadotecnia, y ington, necesita muestras de producciones latinas para enviarlas del compositor de las obras Luis A. San Martín del Dpto. al aire. Favor de enviarlas dirigidas así: Cecil Hernández, musicales que emplean en sus Internaclional realizando ia- K.W.S.R. Radio, P.O. Box 777, Monroe, Wash - ya de no ha- grabaciones, que jes de investigación de merca- i ngton 98272. cerlo infringirán la Ley Au - Lanza mes Promus de un dos y renovación de contratos. este Venezuela, toral, y se harán automática- nuevo sencillo de Nancy Ramos, triunfadora mente acreedores a durisimas (Continued on page 76) en varios países latinos con su interpretación de "Ese Mar es Mío." Nancy iniciará proxima- mente una "tournee" que la llevará a México, Argentina, y Nancy cswipitoUrVeyjA Colombia Centroamérica. 1.1.4 radio bmadcast Ramos fué galardonada recientemente en Ca- ANIK racas, con el trofeo Rafael Guinand, como la Gil Veda "Mejor Cantante Femenina del 72." . . . Nom- brado Fernando Hernández, Sub Gerente de Symphony Sid's Discos Capitol de México. Hernández ingresó en la empresa en el 1968 como Contralor General y en 1970 fué ascendido a la cate- last radio broadcast goría de Gerente administrativo, puesto que venía desempeñando hasta su actual nombra-

. . . SPECIAL miento Va logrando impacto el sello Rico COLLECTORS Records con sus "releases" de "El Muerto" ITEM Los por Primi- 2 RECORD SET por Hermanos Lopez, "Poema" tivo Santos y "Barrio Bochinche" por "Cha- de Compatible Stereo SLP 00440 parro. Rico está preparando el lanzamiento Distributors: ! nuevas grabaciones en los próximos días, según Skyline Dist.: 636 10th Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10036 (212) 541-9835 se desprende de informaciones recibidas del R&J Dist.: 108 Sherman Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10034 (212) 942-8185 enérgico Tony Pabón ... Muy bueno el grupo Allied Wholesale: Calle Cerro #610, Santurce, P. R. 00927 (809) 725-9255 Regina Alcover Tiza que ha sido lanzado recientemente con Sonido y Discos: 560 W. 29 Street, Hialeah, Flo. 33112 (305) 888-5375 carácter internacional pero con una débil proy- (Continued on page 75)

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1'. EVA MARIA 1. ENGANO 1. CORAZON VAGABUNDO FORMULA V-Phillips LA TROPA LOCA ALBERTO VAZQUEZ-GAS MA 2. CON RAZON O SIN RAZON 2. LA MUSICA 2. LA MISMA CAMILO SESTO-Famoso EDDIE Y SUS AMIGOS VICENTE FERNANDEZ--CBS/Caytronics 3. PROMETIMOS NO LLORAR 3. SIN TU AMOR 3. RIO REBELDE PALITO ORTEGA-Sonolux INDIO JULIO IGLESIAS-Alhambra 4. SI DEJARAS DE QUERERME 4. TONTO 4. ENCANO orinquen MARILUZ-Famoso PINA NEVAREZ JOSUE-ARV 5. UN PAYASO LOCO 5. HABLAME 5. HOY mio MIKE KENNEDY-4omoso LOS ANGELES NEGROS LOS SOLITARIOS-Peerless 6. ASI NACEMOS 6. LLORE 6. AGUA SALADA JULIO IGLESIAS-Phillips LOS GALOS LOS SONORS-Peerless 1. TU RISA 1. MAS QUE YO 1. TE BUSCO, TE EXTRANO JERONIMO-Phillips NELSON NED JUAN GABRIEL-RCA/Arcano DE LA CHINA L B. FRESA SALVAJE 8. LA VIDA PASA FELIZMENTE 8. EN UN BOSQUE CAMILO SESTO-Famoso LUIS AGUILE LUCCY-Sultono 9. CHARLY 9. AMOR ES ... MUCHAS COSAS 9. GUARARE 90 RODOLFO-Fuentes ALI AGUERO Y KODIAK III CHICKEN Y SUS COMANDOS-Musart 10. AMI BIEN 10. ESE )IA LLEGARA 10. EL MOSQUITO BELTRAN RUIZ-RCA/Arcano ando SABU-Orbe JULIO IGLESIAS PABLO

Eduardo L. Baptista, presidente de Amprofón y Venus Rey. Se- cretario General del Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores de la 5TRO RICDN Música . . . Me consterna la muerte de Isabel Soto Lamarina, "La Chicotita" en México. Muere la talentosa intérprete a los 28 años, dejando miles de fanáticos y admiradores en toda Latino- age 74) américa . . . "Te Quiero Así" grabado en Castellano por Perry los dos hijos y I. Son miembros de este grupo, Como es su éxito norteamericano. "And I Love You So" y con él, en extremo profesionales y exitosas, Sonia y el intérprete está de éxito en nuestro mundo. Con ligeras y Por eso me sonaban tan bien! ... Lanzó KVM extrañas excepciones, este número ha sido lanzado al aire en ico su "Guia Musical de Puerto Rico" con los Inglés en Latinoamérica, ya que la versión preferida ha sido .iones de dicha emisora boricua. ¡Muy bueno! "Te Quiero Así." Bueno, al fin comenzamos a ver las reacciones Ray Rico to Souls - ig de Rivera "From Puerto apropiadas . . . Y ahora . . . ¡Hasta la próxima! do en Brasil por Discos Equipe. El día 28 de The radio stations in Mexico have officially received the order sasper y Ray Comenzaran a grabar un nuevo to credit the authors of the themes that go on the air in each lzz" titulado El Rev, con temas originales de one of their programs. They have also been advised of the plena la grabación de Gil Veda con "Un Día penalties involved for going against the correspondent law. The ulveda) y "Vente Conmigo" (G. Sepulveda) radio stations are following orders and the disc jockeys have e Records y producida en Nashs ille. Gil, tarn- the lists of the recordings used for their programs, as well as acogida con esta nueva itor, merece una buena the authors of the themes. Thank you Mexico! . . . And while we are talking about radio stations, it has been confirmed that tor de Tico -Alegre Records, nos anuncia que WOCN of Miami (AM and FM) is going on the air with 24 hours :ayo del 1974, Morris Levy presentara el espec- of Spanish programming on AM, starting next week. On FM, e All Stars" en dos conciertos en el Carnegie the station will keep on programming their regular instrumental Irk. Los artistas serán Tito Puente y su Or - programs only now they will have little spots of Spanish music. de 25 músicos (Tito será también Director The Spanish format, directed by the very popular Cuban Bebo )), Ismael Rivera y sus Cachimbos, Joe Cuba Kramer. will stay on the popular music pattern with some remem- harlie Palmieri y su Orquesta con Vitin Aviles, brances from the past, but in a smooth and moderate way. Hector Rivera y su Orquesta, Yalo el Indio. Congratulations! . . . On the other hand, and from various ;u Orquesta y otros artistas que serán anunci- sources, sse find out WHMS, an FM Radio Station in Hialeah, te. El espectáculo completo será grabado y which is heard all over Dade County, will also go on the air in :iones De Lujo. Joe Cain concertará fechas Spanish for 24 hours with the same format as WCMQ in Miami, Rico y Miami, durante su próximo viaje, para a radio station that was established a few months ago under le espectáculo en ambas comunidades en .Julio the direction of Herb Dolgof. Dolgoff is involved in this new Rico lo realizará en el Clemente Stadium. negotiation to acquire WHMS . . . of course, all this news is namá, Santo Domingo, Suramérica y Europa (Continued on page 76) mdo planeados. La operación completa será Ada y producida por Cain. ¡Felicidades Joe! ... nició la grabación de la telenovela "Nosotros LA SUPER ESTRELLA DEL SELLO TICO la dirección de su creador Ismael Rodríguez, ISMAEL RIVERA pe el Toro. Alberto está programado para nu - y su ultimo Album de Lujo (doble cara'tulo) en su nuevo sello Gas, con los cuales ha lo- "VENGO POR LA MACETA" Tico 1311 ibién en Los Angeles con "Soy Indio" y "Voy "Aprende a Perdonar" por Enrique Cáceres ZU1 '. i[tü 1;14 tl l 1 todas partes. ¡Me alegro! ... Sigue avanzando ctriz de la talentosa peruana Regina Alcover. zada en varios países la telenovela "Fernando comparte honores con Enzo Viena. Las gra- ntante de Regina, están cotizandose ya en el me . . . Y siguen siendo las telenovelas gran us temas de presentación. Ahora logra gran +ra que "Muchacha Italiana viene a Casarse" lita María con el tema "Adónde Va Nuestro

tF1T - se dedican a la grabación de discos lograron Este L.P. contiene el hit "MI JARAGUAL" T-615 le aumento en sus salarios, al firmar el nuevo N.Y. Dist.: Skyline Distributers, 636 10th Ave., N.Y.C. 10036 (212) 541-9835 de trabajo con la Asociación Mexicana de Puerto Rico Dist.: Allied Wholesale, Calle Cerro 610, Santurce, P.R. 00927 (809) 725-9255 tno`ramas. Firmaron el nuevo acuerdo laboral, Miami Dist.: Sonido y Discos Inc., 560 W. 29 St., Hialeah, Flo. 33112 (305) 888-5375

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r, O , r t ! (Continued from page 75) 'T, ,r needs r - not confirmed ... KWSR Radio from Monroe, Washington, dj's copies of latin music in order to put them on the air. They CUERDAS QUE LLORAN EN CUBA Cecil TONO FUENTES 1' SU GUITARRA- will appreciate all they receive at the following address: Furnrex 300763 Hernandez, K.W.S.R. Radio, PO Box 777, Monroe, Washington Toño Fuentes y su guitarra Hawaiana 98972. ofrecen aquí un repertorio de bella by música en el especialisimo Promus of Venezuela will release a new single this month cubana, with estilo de estas grabaciones. Entre ot- Nancy Ramos, who has been a hit in various lath countries Nancy will initiate a ras "Siempre en mi Corazón," (E. her interpretation of "Ese Mar Es Mio." Lecuona) "María la O," (E. Lecuona) "tournee" that will take her to Mexico, Argentina, Colombia "Aquellos Ojos Verdes," (N. Meléndez) and Central America: Nancy Ramos was given the award of won Rafael "Bella Cubana," (S. White) y "La "Best Female Singer 1972" in Caracas when she the Comparsa." (E. Lecuona) Un tesoro Guinand award. instrumental! Le acompañan Los Mil- Fernando Hernandez has been named sub manager of Capitol lonarios (Diplomaticos) Records in Mexico. Hernandez started in 1968 as general con- } A great instrumental package by Toño fuentes and his Ha- troller and in 1970 he was given the title of administrative waian Guitar performing music that will sell forever. Cuban manager, where he stayed until his recent promotion . . . Rico "Bella Cubana." (S. White) "Dos Gardenias," (Isolina Carrillo) Records is gaining hits with their releases of "El Muerto" by "Noche Azul," (E. Lecuona) "María la O," (E. Lecuona) and Los Hermanos Lopez, "Poema" by Primitivo Santos and "Barrio "Tres Palabras." (O. Farres) Los Millonarios (Diplomaticos) Bochinche" by Chaparro. Rico is getting ready for the release of also perform. new recordings by the energetic Tony I'ahon ... The group Tiza, EL REGRESO DE released recently on the international level, but with very weak EL GRAD TRIO (Lily-Mon-Junior)- promotion, is very good. The members of this group include Honlilla FM 263 two sons and two daughters of the very professional and excit- Feliz regreso de los miembros origi- ing Sonia y Miriam from Chile. No wonder they sound so good! nales del en el pasado muy popular KVM in Puerto Rico has just released the "Guia Musical vendedor Gran Trio. Excelente reper- de Puerto Rico" with the hits and programs of each station. torio que moverá las cajas registrado- Very Good! . . . The Ip by Ray Rivera "From Puerto Rico to ras. "Que te Vas," (L. Delgado) "Su- Soulsville" has been released in Brazil by Equipe Records. On friendo por Quererte," (S. Alicea) the 28th of this month, Jerome Gasper and Ray, start record- "Locuras tengo de Tí," (P. Villar) ing a new "Latin jazz" group called El Rey, with original themes "Amor Manchado," (V. Estevez) y by Rivera . . . The single by Gil Veda, "Un Dia Volvere" (G. "Miedo de Amar." (L. Delgado) Sepulveda) and "Vente Conmigo" (G. Sepulveda), released by Happy comeback of the Gran Trio by its original members. Square Records and produced in Nashville ís great. Gil, who is Lily, Mon and Junior. Superb repertoire that will ring cash also a well known painter, deserves very good results from this registers! "Maldito Sea tu Sino," (L. Delgado) 'Donde Estarás," recording. (V. Estevez) "Locuras Tengo de Tí." (P. Villar) .loe Cain. Director of Tico and Alegre Records, advises us that on Friday, May 24th 1974, Morris Levy will present a show En Mexico entitled "Tico -Alegre All Stars." with two concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York Tihe antists will be Tito Puente y su Orquesta (Continued from page 741 I Concierto, with 25 musicians (Tito will also be the musical visitan la República Domini- director of the event), Ismael Rivera y sus Cachimbos, Joe cana, Miami, Venezuela y Co- promesas de amor Cuba Sextet, La Lupe, Charlie Palmieri y su Orquesta with lombia . . . Impresionado con los mensajes que divulga Gu- Vitin Aviles, icentico Valdes, Hector Rivera y su Orquesta, adalupe Trigo en sus canciones. Yayo el Indio. .Javier Vázquez y su Orquesta and other artists partió hacia su País de origen that will be announced in their right time. The whole event will Pow !PO ra Ed isley. Gerente General de be recorded and released in deluxe packages. Cain will also la RCA Francesa, quien estuvo announce the dates for the event in Puerto Rico and Miami on 1609 de paso por México . . . ¡Y his to such in to event during será hasta la próxima desde next trip cities order present the México! July 1974. In Puerto Rico, it will take place at the Clemente Stadium. Concerts in Panama, Santo Domingo, South America Subscribe to and Europe are also being prepared. The complete, operation B11BY'S will be supervised, planned and produced by Cain. Congratula- Record World tions .Joe! The musicians that work on the recording of records in Mexico, obtained a 14 per cent raise in their salaries, when they BOaINQUEH signed the new contract with the Asociation Mexicana de Pro- « Cos ductores de Fonoframas. The new contract was signed by Edu- : > « D15 ardo L. Baptista, President of Amprofon and Venus Rev. General ®` Secretary of the Sindicate of Musical Workers . . . I am very ir sorry about the death of Isabel Soto Lamarina, "La Chicotita" IRIS CHACON in Mexico. The very talented interpreter, dead at 28 years old, El Manicero Cococo Cocoro leaves behind thousands of fans throughout Latin America . . "Te Quiero Asi." recorded in Spanish by Perry Como is a hit in Locuras Tengo de Tí Te Vas y Que English, "And I Love You So" and with this one, the interpreter Dale que Dale Ven sin Temor is having hits all through our world. With very slight excep- Estoy Buscando El Amor de Una Mujer tions, this number has been released on the air in English in Yo te Nombr Mentiras Latinamerica, since the preferred version has been "Te Quiero Borinquen SDG 1242 Well, finally we are beginning to see some appropriate G.P.O. 4785 Asi." Discos Borinquen Inc. San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 reactions. And now . .. Until next week! Tel. 764-3960 76 RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 'p ' . NA ' ;. }JGi'Á;D

By RON McCREIGHT By LARRY LeBLANC TORONTO: The single "Send A Little Love My Way" by Anne Murray counts two points s of the Week for U.S. CanCon because it was recorded at Eastern Sound in Toronto. It is not the version used on the soundtrack of "Oklahoma Crude" ... Helen SINGLE Reddy is set for Canadian dates from Sept. 3-5 in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver . . . New is self - SING SUN-Medicine Head-Polydor Bobby Griffith single for Ranwood the Publisher: Biscuit/Feldmans penned "The Badger's Song" . . . New Gaiety single for .larvis St. Revue is "Mister Rock" ... Catherine McKinnon to be produced by Skip Beckwith for Happy To SLEEPER Sack Production . WEA has re-released "They're Coming Take Me Away. Ha Ha" . . . EMI England's hypesheet "The RYBODY GOING HOME-Leo Sayer-Chrysalis Fortnighter" makes mention of a 14 day tour for Wings in Can- Publisher: Blanedell/Compass ada under the supervision of D'Arey Barrett ... Pierre LaLonde has covered Tommy Graham's "The Happy Song" in the French market. The tune was ritten by Graham Sachek . . . Keith ALBUM Hampshire is now hosting CBC Radio program "The National

Rock Works Company" . . New Daffodil album for A Foot In tR BELLS-Mike Oldfield- ('old Water due any day now . . The Guess Who due to record in L.A. in October and tour .Japan in February ... Kevin Hunter Associates of Montreal have made a personal management agree- yey by the British Market Research Bureau. ment with Natalie Cole. daughter of the late Nat "King" Cole. cent lead over RCA as the top English singles Miss Cole represented the U.S. at the recent Greek Olympiad of months ending 30th June. Dick Leahy s opera- Song at which she performed her penning of "Tell Me To My .oliditied its position in the new quarter with Face" ... Polydor Records in England has released "I Just Want ing No. I (his first in five hits) after only two To Make Music" by Ken Tobias. The MGM/Verve artist has just s to a 25.4 per cent lead over RCA (finishing returned from sessions in London, England for an album, "The ;he mid -price album field. Magic's In the Music" to be released in mid -September. Record- om America with Superstar potential in town ing was done at AIR Studios with Jon Miller, Rod Edwards and tional tours:-our own Van Morrison returned Roger Hand of Triumverate Productions as producers . . . Sep- capacity everywhere including an important tember 19th is the date for a free concert at Toronto City Hall )w last Monday (23rd). Warners has issued a with Lighthouse ... U.A.'s Snakeye has finished their album. The Love" to coincide with his tour; Jim Croce is Maritime band will be touring with Blood. Sweat & Tears this a good reputation and also has a new single month and return to Toronto for 4 months starting September ten" which features his Stateside chart topper 19th . . . Robert E. Lee Brigade group has added Ron Leppard crown" on the B side, released on Phonogram's as musical director and two new singers, Carolyn Prue and e in with his European tour and series of TV Sheilagh Bestall . . . Richard Comber has left as promotion di- ere: Albert Hammond appeared on BBC TV's rector from Smile Records to go into independent promo work. " and a special Luxembourg feature to follow His first assignment is the "I Can't Tell You" single by John :ctric Band" hit, during a three day stay. His Allan Cameron on Columbia ... Anne Murray is slated for a two the single, is just out on the Mums label dis- week Home -coming Tour in the Maritimes commencing in early. nd the feeling is that every track proves there September. Anne will perform in Fredericton, Moncton, St. John's, and than just a hit single. Sydney, Charlottetown and Halifax ... Tom Rivers, CHUM (Tor- anaging director Gerry Oord has appointed a onto) and Howard Christensen, CHYM (Kitchener) have come up Powell who previously held the position of with a new comedy series called "The Adventures of Hi Powered Devices Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Records Howard." The package consists of 13 weeks programming con- major appointments have been announced by taining 65 episodes in stereo. For further in'ormation and demo eral manager, Jonathan Clyde, who has chosen tapes contact Tom Rivers at (-116) 961-8417 or Howard Christen- Bill as his press officer. assistant, McAllister sen at (519) 744-5696 . . . New single by Riverson is "Sittin' dt as promotion manager. Former Deputy Edi- Waitin'" on Columbia . . . Dave Nichols recording at Toronto fier Pop magazine Disc, Mike Ledgerwood has Sound under supervision of Terry Brown ... Ampex Music Divi- ion to become head of press and public i'ela- sion and Family Productions have renewed their long-term tape ;ords. Ledgerwood takes up his new position on licensing agreement. will report to managing director Derek Green. 'reeman, (not the popular deejay) will join Spark record company in August to run the Stampeders Special showing in October. They hold lo has considerable experience in the record world rights to the film. The nerly with WEA as head of MOR. TORONTO - Filming for Stampeders were filmed at a single on Tony Cousins' and Bruce White's The Stampeders' television spe- number of local gigs including I)ave Collins, titled "Money Is The Poor Peo - cial, 'A Short Visit To Planet their much acclaimed Ontario deserves heavy airplay. Miki Dalton has pro- Earth," has been completed, an- Place appearance in .June. Ian an updated and nounced the group's manager sual single by Campbell, The October showing of the n of a traditional Scottish tune, "The Curragh Mel Shaw. television special coincides with wing Jan Olafsson's three-week visit to Amer - Shaw and Henning Jacobsen expect to announce important Stateside record have produced and packaged the release of the group's their artists Mac and Katie Kissoon and Gary the 30 minute show which has fourth album and a new U.S. been picked up by CBC-TV for label affiliation.

15T 11, 1973 77 INTERNATIONAL HIT PARADE

ENGLAND'S TOP 10 GERMANY'S TOP 10 AUGUST 11, 1973 AUGUST 11, 1973

1. I'M THE LEADER OF THE GANG (I AM) 1. GET DOWN FRANCE'S TOP 10 ITALY'S TOP 10 GARY GLITTER -Bell GILBERT O'SULLIVAN- 2. WELCOME HOME Telefunken/MAM 1. LA MALADIE D'AMOUR 1. SEMPRE PETERS AND LEE -Philips 2. HELL RAISER MICHEL SARDOU-Philipps GABRIELLE FERRI-RCA THE 3. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT SWEET -RCA () 2. 1'AI UN PROBLEME 2. PERCHE' TI AMO MUNGO JERRY -Down 3. GOODBYE MAMA JOHNNY HALLYDAY & SYLVIE VARTAN CAMALEONTI-CBS 4. GOING HOME IREEN SHEER-Polydor -Philipps 3. PAllA IDEA OSMON DS -MGM 4. GOODBYE, MY LOVE, GOODBYE 2. HE PATTY PRAVO-RCA DEMIS ROUSSOS-Philips TODAY'S PEOPLE-A.Z. 5. LIFE ON MARS 4. CROCODILE ROCK 5. DIE BOUZOUKI DAVID BOWIE -RCA 3. YOU E. JOHN'-International VICKY LEANDROS-Philips PIERRE CHARB-AMI 5. MINUETTO 6. 48 CRASH 6. TAMPICO 4. lE VIENS DINER CE SOIR MIA MARTINI-Ricordi SUZI QUATRO-RAK HEINO-EMI/Elcctrola CLAUDE FRANCOIS-Fleche 6. DANIEL 7. YESTERDAY ONCE MORE 7. CAN THE CAN 4. COMME SI TU DEVAIS MOURIR DEMAIN E. JOHN -International CARPENTERS-A&M SUZI QUATRO-Columbia/EMI MICHEL FUGAIN-CBS 1. 10 DOMANI VIA 8. SPANISH EYES 8. DER VON 5. VADO MARCELLA-CGD STERN MYKONOS DRUPI-RCA AL MARTINO---Capitol KATJA EBSTEIN-United Artists 8. AMORE BELLO 6. UN CHANT D'AMOUR, UN CHANT D'ETE C. BAGLIONI-RCA 9. TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING 9. POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS FREDERIC FRANCOIS-Vogue 9. YOU'RE SO VAIN DIANA ROSS-Tamla Motown CLIFF RICHARD EMI/Columbia 6. ADAM ET EVE C. SIMON-Elektra 10. RANDY 10. SKWEEZE ME, PLEEZE ME SHEILA-Carrere 10. MY LOVE BLUE MINK -EMI SLADE-Polydor 7. SI TU NE ME LAISSES PAS TOMBER P. McCARTNEY-Apple GERARD LENORMAN-CBS 8. BELLE CHRISTOPHE-Motors 9. GOIN' HOME Opal Pact with THE OSMONDS-Polydor 10. UNE BAGUE, UN COLLIER British Decca Set' RI NGO- Correre NEW YORK -Negotiations begun in Cannes during the Stevenson Acquires Midem meetings, continued in SINGLE EXPORT TIP OF THE WEEK London, and finalized in New New Post at Col York City have resulted in a IT'S ART TO BE A HUMAN BEING -DIE KUNST EIN MENSCH ZU SEIN- major production/artist deal Therese-Intercord NEW YORK -Steve Steven- between Opal Productions and son has been appointed to the British Decca. position of director of talent Decca executives Marcel SINGLE IMPORT TIP OF THE WEEK acquisition, , Stellman and Geoffrey Milne for Columbia/Epic, it has been in London, Mimi Trepel in New DO YOU REMEMBER MARILYN?-Kincade-Bellaphon announced by Kip Cohen and York City, together with Bert Don Ellis, respective a&r heads Siegelson; Vice President Opal of Columbia and Epic. Productions have drawn up a TELEVISION RECORD TIP FOR In his new capacity, Steven- contract providing British ZDF NETWORK son will report to Cohen and Decca with a continuous HIT PARADE Ellis. He will be based in his stream of product. All product native London and will be re- will be released in Europe first, sponsible for both the screen- and will then be made avail- DER STERN VON MYKONOS-Katja Ebstein- ing and recommending of new able to London Records in the United Artists English signings for release in United States. the United States. His duties "I Can See You" backed with will also include the maintain- "Everyday" performed by .Jim- ing of a&r liaisons between my Interval and produced by ALBUMS OF THE WEEK Columbia/Epic and their art- Marty Fulterman and Clif Ni- ists residing and/or recording vison for Opal (PQP)-KOMM, Productions is GIB MIR MEHR (COME, GIVE ME MORE) -Cindy & Bert BASF in England. the first single set for imme- (CLASSICAL)-MOZART: THE MASTER SYMPHONIES -Lorin Maazel-Philips diate release. S. Heep U. Tour Sergio & By PAUL Senator SIEGEL NEW YORK - British re- cording artists BERLIN -The rainiest, coldest summer here Uriah Heep, é in hundreds of years, which recently signed to Warner means that sum- Brothers Records, mer songs have gone bathing in arrive in someone's tub America for an and the DJs are spinning "Rain, Rain, extensive two Rain" and a half month tour on Au- . . . women here are fallin' in love with Tony gust 16. Their first album for Christié s voice and good looks, but what has happened Warners is set for a September to Tom Jones & his new too far out release. style, which has lost him many sales and DJs here.. . . My good buddy shows Dieter Liffers is not only the most prolific and most read trade reporter, but also has hypnotized new audiences like the Mangione Offers radio listeners of WDR West Germany radio station with his popular radio show "Confidential" which just hit its 30th Reward for Broadcast . . . Horst Fuchs, prexy of transworld record here Missing Tapes leaves shortly for Nashville . . . and New York Horst was in .1-:. Nashville last year, & heard a song on radio WSN Nashville NEW YORK - Chuck Man- and liked the 'song for Germany, but when he returned to Ger- gione, Mercury recording art- Backstage threesome at Central Park's Schaefer , many, he found out that not a southern composer had written it, ist, has a offered $10,000 re- where Sergio 3lendes and Brasil but Germany's James Last! . . . One of the youngest people in ward for the return intact of '77 left an crowd of over our musical world is world SRO 7,000 famous composer Robert Stolz. & the missing two 16 track mas- limp with Latin joy, are: this 25 August 1973 he and lovely the whole musical world will cele- ter tapes of his June 21, 1973 Gracinha Leporace, Brasil '77 voc- brate his birthday, so it' any of you chums want to send him a concert at Massey Hall in To- alist, Senator John Tunney (I)., birthday card here's his address in Vienna, Austria. ronto, Canada. California) and maestro 3lendes.

78 RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 Ite Films: Watkins Glen-A Good Trip By MITCHELL K INNER I Side of Selling Records WATKINS GLEN-Crowds under control. BEVERLY MAGID are nothing out of the ordinary However, it wasn't until The Band 3-A year Wonder 1ps. Chiaramonte Films at Watkins Glen; as many as came on stage that all 100,000 have been imonte Yand has also done spots for Capitol people re- hell broke loose. The crowd ded to join on the double album of Beatle ported to show up for the was stimulated basically by mpany mak- hits. American Grand Prix Races three skydivers who para- They've done promotional which )r ad agen- films and marketing presenta- are held there in Oc- chuted into the event and un- tober. What was unexpected aware that one of the chutists s to eventu- tions for A&M Records, public was 600,000 had set himself fire by a films. As a the flocking of on service spots for the Children's people to week- flare he had been carrying. He Films was Society, and NAPRA anti- the track this the end to hear Dead, died later of injuries he had ood has the Grateful had drug spot with Stevie Wonder, the Band and the Allman Bro- sustained. The rains came t turning. commercials for the produc- thers play their special brand midway through the Band's :aching for tions of "Hair" and "Emperor of music which was termed set, but the group played on ia, had an Henry IV" and are now in pro- "The Summer .Jam." Although with only momentary stops due 1pany which duction for a multi -media spe- the 'Jam' was scheduled for to lightning and thunder. :nd, Chiara- cial for United Artists, "The one day, Saturday, .July 28, but The Allmans appeared on n1 an award UA Super Sales Circus Spec- fans began to appear on the stage about 8:00 pm, playing in the Air tacular". site almost a week in advance. most of the cuts from their finding the As Chiaramonte sees it "the By Friday, the day before the new album. "Ramblin' Man," >it more re - value of this type of commer- scheduled concert, 400,000 peo- featuring lead guitarist Dicky anticipated. cial is the aid in selling addi- ple were reported in the vicin- Betts on vocals, tore the crowd e campaign tional millions of a hit prod- ity. Those lucky enough to be loose and by the time they got the two of uct. You only reach about 40 in the immediate area were into "Blue Sky" everyone was of their tal- per cent of your audience with treated to a three hour "test" oblivious to the constant ompany. As print and radio, but we esti- of equipment by the three stream of rain falling. re two per - mate that we had about 22 grou ps. The crowd began to break alance each million hits with the 'Lady In order to meet the stand- up after the 4 hour set, think- bounce off Sings The Blues' commercial ards of the state, since Wood- ing that the concert was over, .ve fun and in the area alone. With the stock a strict sanitary code has but the Dead and the Band gh his title visual approach you can create been in force dealing with joined the Allmans on stage n charge of more exictement in the record mass gatherings. Promoters and jammed until 3:30 am. The 3, and Andy buying audience. It might be Shelly Finkel and Jim Koplik sound for the festival was resident in impossible to sell someone with provided 1000 portable toilets, processed through a small, but on, there is an unknown artist in 30 or 60 200 acres of parking, 500 state complex box on the stage that the labors, seconds, but with a hit artist, police w ithin a 25 mile radius, ensured the listeners a clean, merging of it could be the difference be- 336 cyclone fences, 135 drug echo -free sound regardless of of business tween one million and many abuse people to help with bad their position on the 90 acre ns. millions of sales." The differ- trips, 200,000 gallons of water festival site. > of events ence with Chiaramonte Films including 100,000 gallons of Unfortunately, the `.Jam' was approached he feels, "is our experience, bottled spring water, and 25 too successful. Another con- .ith the idea and that we throw ourselves people from the State Dept. of cert was set for September 15, rercials for wholeheartedly and complete- Health. but Henry Valent, President ks Andy ex - ly into a project, whether it's Fans were parked shoulder of the Watkins Glen Grand was not an a ten second spot or a full to shoulder in ankle high mud Prix Coup, said he was not nce of the length feature film and the when the Grateful Dead began too enthusiastic about it. Tick- companies resources of talent on our their four hour set. They set et sales had been limited to riented, and staff." You can watch the re- the mood for the concert. 150,000, mostly in advance, expensive, sults of that difference on your which could only be described and advertising was limited to f the adver- nearest tv set. as mellow, and had the throb- the eastern coast. It was by owever the bing frisbee -throwing crowd word of mouth that an addi- irred when tional 450,000 concert goers at- es, Director WEA tended the festival and the Wood, di- Bach to Persuasive Guys prospect of another g agreed to was evident. In Los Angeles I 1 a Ross and Blues" HOLLYWOOD-Joel Fried- -- the man, President of the Warner- then there N; Bowie Sizzles ercials for Elektra-Atlantic Distributing "Talking Corporation, has announced `. In Homeland Lions' "Mas- the appointment of Russ Bach NEW YORK-David Bowie se Jackson as WEA's Los Angeles branch has hit his stride back home with up- manager. Bach, formerly a Vice in England where all his five on the cur - President of Musical Isle, is a RCA albums are in the Top 50 and Stevie on the Week 13 -year veteran of the music charts of Music Backstage at the Troubadour for the period beginning July industry, and has previously found FICA's Persuasions content 30. H. and excited an overwhelm- been associated with James after Bowie's newest a l b u m, Martin Distributors, Liberty ing response to their opening nite "Aladdin Sane," also big in the appearance. Pictured (front row, ne Records and United Artists. In U.S., came in at the number 3 left to right): Herbert Rhoad, spot, followed -Ascension his new position, Bach will be Jerry Lawson, Jimmy Hayes, closely by "Hun- - ky Dory" at number 4. At #t11 t has an responsible for the marketing .lesse Russell, Jayotis Washing- g of a new is "The Rise and Fall of Zig- and in ton. Back row: Hillery .Johnson, narking its distribution the "west- MCA's national r&b promotion gy Stardust" while at =27 is full -service ern states covered by the manager and David Dashef, the "Space Oddity" and #43 "The ny. branch. Persuasions' manager. Man Who Sold The World."

T 11, 1973 79 HDH Message From Lucky Cordell (Continued from page 8) (Continued from page 24) wealth." Again, that's the way it is at HDH ... creative freedom achievement and success and it is in the direction of accomplishment. coupled with a desire to share the benefits of this business, eco- time for a new face to step up and We have all that .is necessary to nomic and otherwise, with everyone involved in our operation. assume the duties of the Executive achieve outstanding success and RW: Nevertheless, all the tunes previously published have gone Directorship. It :s with deep per- prominence in this ... our chosen to Gold Forever. sonal feelings that I tender my field of endeavor. formal to board 1 a Tucker: That's true ... but that's one of the economic consider- resignation the of offer simple prayer that God ations directors. I have requested that will grant his blessings upon each that you're ne\er entirely free to ignore . . . they are the registered publishing they seek a suitable replacement and every one of you ,and that He company. But, in terms of the writers, just for the National Office. in ad- will lead us in true brotherhood because the songs are registered Gold Forever doesn't mean that dition, I have assured them that I among our fellow man for all times. they have no share in the publishing itself. will stay on through the '73 con- Most sincerely, your brother in KW: Why slid you find it necessary to record yourself, Brian? vention activities until all business NATRA, Holland: One reason is that I enjoy singing and I happened to matters have been resolved and a Lucky Cordell stumble on a couple of tunes I wanted to try myself. The same thorough convention report has Executive Director goes for Lamont and those songs that he wanted to do on his own. been rendered to and accepted by Actually, we were inspired by ... if he can do it, the NATRA Board. Further. I why can't we? have assured the Board that I will remain in the position until a suit- Curtis Show RN\ : When you write a tune, do you write it for any particular individual? able replacement has been found. (Continued from page 73) Needless to say, it has given me Holland: Occasionally, yes. If we're doing a song specifically great pleasure to work with the all ready to enter into a multi -year for, say, Freda Payne, we want to finish with a Freda Payne style. star planning team for this year's agreement with a major network The same applies for any other artist. Then again, sometimes meeting in New Orleans. Your Con- to nationally televise the NATRA we'll do a song with no one particular in mind, but when we're vention Committee has worked Awards Banquet. Surely, with this fact now revealed, we can relate finished, we'll say, " . . this really sounds like it might be for hard to assemble the various func- to the need to make our house the so-and-so." I sang "Stan ing for Your for tions, dinners and seminars so that Love" the same reason. home of all people who qualify for a every NATRA member will be able It has churchy. moody feeling . . . I was brought up in the to freely participate and share in membership. In consummating this church ... and it just struck me the right way. i didn't write it agreement to in 1974 a host of exciting and significant commence for anyone . . . I wrote it for myself because that's the mood I events. NATRA will catapult itself into wanted to capture. the national spotlights of the As we gather together for our RW: Do you get the artist in the mood for the particular song broadcast and entertainment eighteenth birthday, may we each worlds. that you write? earnestly to strive find the "To conceive of this for NATRA wisdom Dozier: There's more to it than just the mood. We try to give strength, and confidence to is almost unreal, but it will be pursue them room, give them time to sit down and work things out, give our individual talents to the done. This development will not best of our Let us them time to tape ...... else there won't be any substance and abilities. pledge only be perhaps the greatest single to make our workshops and func- meaning to what they're saying. If that happens, you've a stepping stone for N'ATRA in its got tions successful. They must shaky performance and they may have with pro- history, but it will also he the ... to live the mate- vide a broad base of mutual under- rial, but we've all got to live with the product. most demanding. It will require standing and co-operation in order an even stronger sense of direc- KW: Do you have any particular concept when you write? to deal efficiently in solving our tion, dedication and maturity. Holland: Yes and no. It's difficult to describe the particular pressing problems, to achieve our Hopefully, the membership will common goals and to concept we might have for an individual tune. Sometimes you do, realize our hold up its share of personal dreams and plans for the and sometimes you don't. You might hear on the radio, and you and responsibility in their regions future among all our Brothers and think, " ... that's it. That's w hat a hit record is all about," and, and local organizations. Sisters. Black and White in the The sky is the limit for NATitA in that sense you might vary the same concept applied to w hat NATRA family. you're working on. more so today than ever before. May we commit our spirits and Let's pull our ranks together and R\\': Now we get to the question of what HDH are all about. professional attitudes to making prepare ourselves for a brighter Are they about lo' e? Demonstration songs? NATRA '73, a truly gigantic step tomorrow."

Holland: No . . . we're just about hit product. Whatever the market likes ... that's what we feed it. Holland: No . .. I don't really know anything about what Mo- RW: And if tomorrow the market likes spirituals? town did. Holland: Then, we become spiritual -minded. RW: Well, what created the move from Motown? KW: I noticed when I walked in here, it's a closely -knit family. Holland: \Ve simply wanted to have a joint venture between Do you feel as though your responsibility to your art is total or Holland, Dozier and Holland and channel our energies into the partial? development of different products. Motown had a certain style Holland: Total ... definitely total! and you knew exactly what it was. itW: Well. would you label your sound, the sound? RW: In other words, your artists will not find any reason to "Detroit" start any disturbance. Holland: I really wouldn't know what label to give it. is I KW: there any specific thing you do in the studio that you Holland: can't really say that . . . and I don't think anyone can hear to be different from what other artists or producers do? can. I can't determine their individual personalities. But, as far as the HDH operation is concerned, our responsibility and par- Dozier: \1 ell. we consider our sound to be ours alone ... we pre- ticipation is absolutely total. We give our all. If we sign some- fer not to copy anyone , .. we have our own sound and ít's unique. body, we consider that a total commitment and seal it with our People talk about the "HDH" sound, aside from the Motown sound signatures. or even as an integral part of the Motown sound. We definitely have our ow n way of doing things. Tucker: I'd like to add to that. From my first encounter with Edward Holland and HDH. one of their primary concerns was RW: I did some research, and i can readily pick out your sound to advance their artists money on a regular basis. They wanted from the Motown sound. What's so different about it? to operate this way because they had been there themselves . . . Dozier: Well ... it's ours' Our way of producing, our way of they knew what it was like with other companies and they knew composing, our chord structure . . . the way we create a song is first-hand what the struggle to make it in this business really different from anyone else. And there are a lot of carbon copies means, Sure . . . they're taking a gamble, advancing artists cash going around. believe me. but you can still tell the difference .. . on the hope that their record will be a hit. But that's the way they you can still tell the HDH sound. wanted it. and that's the way it's always been ... advances, hous- KW: What other ventures are you going into? ing, advice whatever ... it takes. That's our concept . . . aid the Holland: Probably scoring some films and producing the sound- however artist necessary in his struggle to gain success. tracks. It's one more way of diversifying our talents. Black films RN : To continue on the same subject, Motown did that. Do you are strong right now and I think they can use some of the HDH feel that attitude is a product of Motown? sound.

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1 Convention held fram July 25 to 28 in San Fran - eon, Walter Yetnikoff, President fo CBS Records International, Colum- left) ('BS Records Group President Goddard Lie- bia Records Director of Special Markets Logan N estbrooks presenting Igar Winter, Irwin Segelstein, President of Colum- Granny White of the Midaest office \aith the r&b Regional Promotion amond, Columbia Marketing 's ice -President Bruce Manager of the Year .award, Columbia artist Art Garfunkel, Columbia therson announcing the appointment of John Ilam- Records Vice I'resdient for Sales and Distribution Jack Craig() present- lent. l alent Aquisitiom, a&r, Columbia Records, ing Jack Chase of the Minneapolis office a ith the ('olumbia/Epic Sales- :ustom Labels Vice President Ron AIexenburg, Al man of the \ear Award. Columbia Records National Promotion Vice Merchandising, presenting Cleveland sales man- l'resident Steve l'opovich presenting Sheila Chlanda, Columbia Records an award for lie.t Merchandising Over the I'ast Promotion ldministration Manager with the first annual George Brewer ontemporary music chaired by Goddard Lieherson, Award, newly signed Columhia artist Roger Miller, the Incredible Swing ional's the ('Jays. Epic artist Charlie Rich. Co- Band created by Epic/Columbia director of national promotion Stan ional Promotion staffers at a special promo lunch- Monteiro, and Mums artist Albert Hammond.

by a surprise presentation on tration. and Christopher of meetings and seminars dur- the final day of the weeklong Wright. director of marke ing ing the course of the gather- gathering. Irwin Segelstein, planning and administration. ing. In the case of Ms. Blanch. President of Columbia Rec- Ms. Blanch's convention re- the award came as recognition ords, presented gold watches sponsibilities involved the co- for a job well done over an :0-The co- as tokens of appreciation and ordinating of transportation. unusually short period of time. umbia and gratitude to Roselind Blanch. hotel accommodations and the She stepped into her conven- tventi;on in director, merchandising & consen;ion banquet. Wright's tion role as a late replacement :re honored product management adminis- duties involved the supervision in April. iT 11, 1973 81 SSICAL RCA and the Philadelphia Orch. By SPEIGHT .IENKINS # t SICAL . ' NEW YORK-Few institu- Nutcracker." They're special wow° REM Rif° tions ín the musical world can suites sett to accommodate both rival the consistency of popu- sides of one 1p." lar AUGUST 11, 1913 HANDS VERSION-Connoisseur Society support enjoy ed by Eugene Gesturing with much energy BRAHMS: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2- Ormandy and his Philadelphia as he spoke, Munves continues Fleisher, Szell-Odyssey CLASSIC OF THE WEEK BRIAN: GOTHIC SYMPHONY Boult-Aries Orchestra. ,Therefore, the an- with a smile, "One reason I nouncement last week BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 1--Haitnink- by Rocco like this contract is that Or- Philips Laginestra, President of RCA mandy is so good to work with. GERSHWIN: PIANO MUSIC-Bolcom- Records, of a negotiation of a I wanted to do the ballet Nonesuch three-year exclusive contract, music; it wasn't HANDEL: CONCERTI GROSSI OPUS 6- part of the Richter-0G with two optional years follow- orchestra's regular repertory. ing, HANSON: SYMPHONY NO. 6-tandan- understandably fills RCA He immediately got in touch Turnabout executives with glee. MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION with the Philadelphia Ballet of And no one is rejoicing more and scheduled a pre -season -Szel I-Odyssey WEILL: THREEPENNY OPERA SUITE- than R. Peter Munves, RCA's concert - with the orchestra be- Weisberg-Nonesuch director of . hind a scrim. They got into the Stocky and of moderate height, music, gave Philadelphia some JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK FRANKLIN MUSIC/ATLANTA Munves generates more energy good ballet, and we got a great SCHULLER and enthusiasm than ten aver- recording." Angel BIZET: CARMEN-Horne, Bernstein-DG age men, and at the moment Queried on whether BRAHMS: PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2- any op- Fleisher, Philadelphia is the focus of his eratic doors might open, Mun- Szell-Odyssey BEST SELLERS OF THE WEEK CHOPIN: ETUDES-Pollini-DG formidable attention. ves pleads expenses, but ad- HANDEL: ROYAL FIREWORKS MUSIC- "Why is the Philadelphia so mits that an extra special proj- JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuller- English Chamber Orch.-Vanguard important? Its sound is unlike ect might allow for the Phila- Angel HANDEL: SEMBLE-Vanguard JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuller-Angel any other orchestra's in the delphia BIZET: CARMEN-Horne, to play in an opera Bernstein- MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION world. DG It has depth and a son- recording. In addition to the Richter-Columbia ority that can only be called ballet suites mentioned above, GERSHWIN: PIANO MUSIC-Bolcom- PROKOFIEV: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES- Nonesuch 'the Philadelphia sound.' Take the 9 -channel sound Martinon-Vox possibili- ROSSINI: LA PIETRA DEL the strings, for instance: they ties of JOPLIN: PIANO RAGS VOL. 1 & 2- PARAGONE- the orchestra are being Rifkin-Nonesuch Vanguard capture the orchestra's subtle- exploited this fall with releases VERDI: GIOVANNA D'ARCO-Caballe, Levine. ty. Ormandy was a MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN string man, of Saint-Saens Organ Sym- EXHI BITI ON-Szell-Odyssey -Angel you know, and he manages a phony, with Virgil Fox, Rach- brilliant clarity with just the maninoff's "Bells" and some VENTURES/ST. LOUIS right bite. Overall, though, other as yet unspecified discs. CUTLER'S/NEW HAVEN BERNSTEIN: MASS-Columbia throughout the whole orches- Quite through most of BIZET: CARMEN-Horne, the BOULEZ CONDUCTS BERLIOZ-Columbia Bernstein-DG tra there is a JOPLIN: PIANO RAGS VOL. 1 sensuousness that foregoing. RCA producer Max BOULEZ CONDUCTS BOULEZ-Columbia & 2-Rifkin- no other group has." Not Nonesuch paus- Wilcox received full praise CORELLI: VIOLIN SONATAS VOL. 1 & 2- ing, because Munves seems from Melkus-DG JOPLIN: REO BACK BOOK-Schuller-Angel Munves for transfering KORNGOLD: able to draw from breath and the GERSHWIN: PIANO MUSIC-Bolcom- SEA HAWK-Gerhardt-TICA Philadelphia sound to disc. Nonesuch MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 8-Solti-London vocal reserves that would SWITCHED ON stag- And Wilcox explained that part MARILYN HORNE SINGS ROSSINI-London BACH-Carlos-Columbia WAGNER: PARSIFAL-Ludwig, Kollo, ger many singers, he goes on. of his work has been to make MAHLER: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES- Solti- "Ormandy was meant for the the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Bernstein-Columtia London Philadelphia-they were born Philadelphia into a recording MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION -Szell-Odyssey the same year, and in the last studio. When RCA first went WHEREHOUSE/CALIFORNIA few years he TUCKER & MERRILL AT CARNEGIE HALL- has reshaped that into the hall (where the Phila- London JOPLIN: PIANO RAGS VOL. 1 & 2-Rifkin- orchestra. Forty percent of its delphia had always recorded), WEILL: THREEPENNY OPERA SUITE- Nonesuch players are new, and the fresh- they found that there were Weisberg-Nonesuch JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuller-Angel ness of sound shoiss. No orch- LAURITZ MELCHIOR ALBO -Seraphim thirty windows through which MOZART: DIE GARTNERIN AUS LIEBE- KING KAROL/N.Y. estra does as well with h the street noises, including sirens, Sc m i d tsse rsted t-Ph i l i ps public; last year they pulled constantly came. Wilcox over- BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9- RUSSO: THREE PIECES FOR BLUES BAND- in close to $700.000 in ro', al - saw the plugging of the win- Toscanini-Victrola Ozawa-DG ties. DE LOS ANGELES: SONGS OF THE AUVERGNE SWITCHED ON BACH-Carlos-Columbia dows with lead and then in- VERDI: ATTILA-Deutekom, "What we hope -Angel Gardelli- to do in the stalled two giant humidifiers DONIZETTI: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR- Philips new contract is to remake much that kept the sound constant. Sutherland, Pavorotti-London VERDI: GIOVANNA D'ARCO-Caballe, of the basic Philadelphia reper- Finally, they painted all GERSHWIN: PIANO MUSIC-Bolcom- Levine-Angel the VERDI: RIGOLETTO: Sutherland, Milnes, tory in 4 -channel sound. Look plaster in the Nonesuch room, removing GIESEKING PLAYS DEBUSSY, RAVEL, GRIEG- Pavarotti-London at the reviews in New York the porous outer surface that Seraphim and London of what we've done up JOPLIN: PIANO RAGS NO. 1& 2-Rif soaked so much sound. kin- 5TH AVE. RECORDS/SEATTLE so far: the Sibelius Second, La Coupled to the structural im- Nonesuch Mer, the Shostakovich fifteenth provements, Wilcox's consider- MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION BIZET: CARMEN-Horne, Bernstein-DG -critics who have always been -Szell-Odyssey GO FOR BAROQUE-Victrola able experience and musical SAINT-SAENS: PIANO CONCERTOS- SCOTT JOPLIN ON HARPSICHORD-Roberts supercritical of American prod- training made the overall re- Ciccolini-Seraphim -Klavier ucts have loved the sound. Now cordings aesthetically finer. STRAUSS: DIE FLEDERMAUS-Rothenburger, JOPLIN: RED BACK BOOK-Schuller-Angel Ormandy would like to do some Wilcox, in fact, has just con- Boskovsky-Angel KORNGOLD: SEA HAWK-Gerhardt-RCA big choral VERDI: RIGOLETTO-Sutherland, Milnes, RAFF: SYMPHONY NO. 3-Westphalian Sym. works-"Alexander ducted the Royal Liverpool Pavorotti-London Candide Nevsky," for one. And we're Philharmonic in a concert with STEINER: NOW VOYAGER-Gerhardt-RCA coming out with three ballet Arthur Rubenstein playing RECORD & TAPE COLLECTORS/SALT. STRAUSS, I.: VOICES OF SPRING-Mesple- suites this fall: "Swan Lake," Chopin and Beethoven concer- Angel "Sleeping Beauty" and "The BACH: FRENCH SUITES-Dreyfus-DG VERDI: LA TRAVIATA-Sills-Angel (Continued on page 85) BEETHOVEN LIZST: SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN 4 WORLD OF TCHAIKOVSKY-Philips

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'r1 f - WORLD.. - - tommusuii~ By MICHAEL CUSCUNA German reedman Klaus Doldinger, a well URRENDER reputed jazz saxophonist in Europe who has IAVISHNU >I. KC 32034 had but one album released in the U.S. several years ago on Pacific Jazz, has organized a fi contemporary sounding band called Passport. GIRL Their album has just been issued on Warner 3041 Brothers, and Klaus is about to make his first professional trip to the U.S. this fall. (udu Another European band with contemporary 11 space -funk leanings is led by the amazing 12-312 John Surman. The sextet, called Morning Glory, also includes 1 albums tbio the outstanding guitarist Terje Rypdal, who has several on ECM. Surman can play many instruments, but is concentrating on soprano saxophone and synthesizer with this Together Again bia bass clarinet, new group. Their first album, containing four Surman originals, has been released in England on the Island label. - For The D 2-311 Time. Dave Liebman First A13 A new trio has been formed by saxophonist (formerly with Elvin Jones, John McLaughlin, Miles Davis etc), BTS 7000 bassist Frank Tusa (formerly with Larry Coryell, Gary Burton, While Dave Brubeck, Compost etc). This trio has made a fine album that is available Gerry Mulligan and

I 20 Street, only through mail order from P.M. Records, Martha Paul Desmond D 1632 Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey 07675. have been associated Arhoolie Records has come out with another tasteful release with each other for CERT blues. The strongest ' 32092 that covers steel guitar, cajun music and album of the release is "Lightnin' Hopkins In Berkeley" (Ar- a number of years, hoolie 1063 with a new set of songs from this amazing story they have never and humorist, performed in his characteristicly vivid blues ry T417 teller recorded an album style. Among the best tunes are "Please Settle In Vietnam" and tstonc "Up On Telegraph (Avenue)". together.

"Sabin's Radio Free Jazz", a jazz sheet published by Ira Sabin, Until now. NEGIE a Washington D.C. retailer, is constantly growing in significance and in quality. The paper includes surveys of all key jazz "We're All Together stations and college stations with comprehensive lists of what Again for the First they are playing, plus reviews, columns, feature stories and lists of best sellers on the retail level. Time" An incredible f 11177 Circulation has doubled in the last three months from 15,000 collection of great to 31,075, increasing its impact and effectiveness. Anyone inter- t1 jazz performances ested in subscribing or buying ads or just checking out should AD 9228 write to Sabin's Discount Records,.3212 Pennsylvania Avenue, culled from various S.E., Washington D.C. 20020. It has become an established aid to live concerts retail buyers, disc jockeys and promotion men, looking for a solid and complete tip sheet in the jazz market. in Europe. * COME Weather Report's Newport appearance marked a change in the km ES- band. Greg Errico, formerly with Sly and The Family Stone, is TION & the group's new drummer . .. Buffalo tenor saxophonist Charles ESP An album is expected soon 9232-2 Gale has signed with records. . . . Saxophonist Tom Scott has switched from A&M to Ode Records . . . Drummer Chico Hamilton has signed with Stax Records. The Memphis label intends more jazz projects . . . The IM Im I11:d flllr '267 Revolutionary Ensemble (Leroy Jenkins on violin, Sirone on bass snl 111 1%1111115111 UND and Jerome Cooper on drums), after some success with their tANE album for ESP, are now planning to issue their own records. They have several excellent tapes ready to go. Ion EAL The Coast o ;AIN (Continued front page 12) Tony lommi, lead guitarist with Black Sabbath, is reported to be 41 going into management, by launching a new four -piece band, Necromandus ... And here, Ray Charles has named Fred Murrell his road manager . . . On Aug. 17, Paul Anka will sing the na- tional anthem at Buffalo's just -completed Rich Stadium. The Buffalo Bills and the Washington Redskins play . . . David Blue On Atlantic Records >vation) started his tour Aug. 4 in Tucson. He'll keep going till Sept. 1 in and Tapes. rRC,NE Central Park ... And the board of Aqueduct Race Track cancelled Leon Russell's planned Aug. 11 appearance there, which was to have produced. They wanted a soft rock act, they said, to initiate their concert policy.

?73 83 Metz Starts=Pubs Capricorn Inks JMB Diskeries Bombard Wedding March NEW YORK - Steve Metz, MACON, GEORGIA - Phil New who recently formed Sunburst Walden, President of Capri- York Pirate For Myrna Records, Ltd., has announced corn Records has announced NEW YORK A prelimi- - . nary injunction prohibiting r!4; w. the formation of two new pub- the signing of the James Mont- . .1., - . lishing companies, Cloudburst gomery Band to the label. copyright infringement by a +:!, recording pirate was . Music (ASCAP) and Tam -Dee The band, based in Cam- operation : f Music (BMI). bridge, Mass, has been work- granted this week by a U. S. t District .Judge in New York. .. ,, ing out of that area for the yt,' past two years. They are man- The decision came on a mo- ..41 ,1,, Looking Glass aged by Stu Skorman and Rob- tion brought by three record ert Krikorian of Three Thumbs companies against Gem Elec- To Sutton Productions. tronic Distributors and several NEW YORK-Looking Glass, The James Montgomery subsidiary companies. The civil (Epic) has signed an exclusive Band is currently recording suit was brought by The Elek- booking contract with Sutton their first album for Capricorn tra Records Co., a division of .. Artists Corporation, according at Sigma Sound Studios in Warner Communications, Inc., to an announcement made by Philadelphia with Skip Drink - A&M Records, Inc., and Poly - Larry Bennett and Frank Mo- water producing. dot., Inc. Myrna March, songwriter and dica, co-founders of the agency. The ruling was made by head of Make Music and March -On Judge R. WGN Bans Disc Edward Neaher, of Productions, was married last week the Eastern District of New to l)r. Arnold Roufa, Assistant Ross Wins Suit IN NEW YORK - The Audio York on .July 31. It prohibits Attending Physician and Director (Continued from page 77) Fidelity - distributed Mr. G Gem E'ectronic from infring- of the Pregnancy Counseling Clinic disc "Haldeman, Ehrlichman, ing upon Federal copyrights of St. Lukes Hospital, Women's closure was not made, was Mitchell and Dean" has been obtained by the three compa- Hospital Center. The ceremony, their claim that the Shocking banned by Chicago radio sta- nies for recordings produced held at their new residence, 25 Cen- Blue-one of the groups on tion WGN. after February 15, 1972. On tral Park West, was attended by Colossus Records-had notified In a staff memo signed by that date, a Federal copyright many industry figures along with Ross that they were leaving his WGN music director Charlie law became effective. friends, famliy and leaders of the medical profession with whom the company, but that Ross had Allan, the disc was described In a separate ruling, Judge not notified MGM of this. And as "totally groom works. Following a brief unacceptable for Neaher granted a motion by honeymoon in Freeport, The Ba- since, MGM argued, Shocking airplay." Exception to Allan's the defendants and returned Blue had accounted for 46% hamas, Myrna will be back at work memo was taken on July 16 to them approximately $30,000 on new production assignments. of singles sales and 53 percent when composer/producer Bob of duplicating of equipment seized Colossus Records album Warren appeared in Chicago in a raid by U. S. Marshals on sales, it is the "... likely that on the station's Wally Phillips June 6, 1973. The return of the KPRI Shocking Blue's potential show. Warren labeled WGN's equipment was subject to sev- (Continued from page 10) importance significantly en- action "censorship of the worst eral restrictions. The defend- hanced Ross the stature of the kind." ants were ordered to post a want to be #1 if I could do it Companies . . ." Judge Stewart $40,000 security bond. If the and still face myself in the noted, "The relationship be- case is decided against the de- mirror every morning." Still tween the Ross Companies and ABC Signs Two fendants, the equipment could he's so enthusiastic about the Shocking Blue played a sig- NEW YORK - The Associ- be destroyed. city of San Diego, that the nificant role in the early nego- ated Booking Corporation has next step for him could be the tiations" between MGM and announced the signing of the Chamber of Commerce. Also Ross. Stewart, however, ruled comedy team of Don Cornell North Dakota the station is moving to brand that Ross did make known the and Frankie Carr and has also new facilities which will give facts on Shocking Blue to signed Josephine Baker, long Pirate Becalmed them all the equipment and MGM. a premier name in European space in what he feels is the MGM also claimed Ross had theater circles. BISMARCK, NORTH DA- best possible surroundings. violated the agreement by not KOTA - A suspected distrib- Much of the credit for the at- clearly stating the volume of utor of pirate tape recordings mosphere at the station, Har- "Free records" and returns Flack Honored here was raided .July 28 by rison feels is due to his great involved. Stewart, though, agents of the Federal Bureau working relationship with gen- ruled that both the free goods of Investigation. eral manager .Jack Lane. "I've and returns policies of Ross The search warrant author- really been lucky, first being seemed to be proper and that izing the raid listed three cor- able to work with Varner Paul- porations, Northwest Tapes, giving away numerous promo- son, general manager at Inc., Worldwide Promotion and WNEW/FM and now the op- tional records "... is standard Worldwide Productions. Four portunity of working with Jack, industry practice." corporate officers also were who is not only proficient in In awarding the $500.000 named in the warrant, Larry business but also in program- damages, Judge Stewart ruled Axtman, Vernon Axtman, Ron ming too." Professionalism, Souther, that Ross had already received and Paul Dolbeck. consistency, involvement, all The search warrant was issued done with humor and concern 125,000 shares of MGM stock by U. S. District Judge Bruce -that's the motto at KPRI, valued at $300,000, so that the M. Van Sickle. FM. two combined amounts would add up to $500.000. (The stock had been held for Ross, who ;Atlantic Recording artist Roberta Listening Post may now take possession of it.) Flack was recently voted Female (Continued from page 10) Reached for comment, Ross Vocalist of the Year at. the Sec- ond annual Soul and Blues can declared "God bless the wis- .twards come in to the job. All those automation rumors which are Ceremony in Los tngeles. flying about KDAY dom of the Court." He ob- The presentation was made to are absolutely not true says Wilson. As he it, served that in the court case. Miss Flack following her sellout put "we've worked too hard to turn it over to tapes now." at Los KROQ-Burbank . . . Mike Lee is out as music director and air . . everything that MGM engagement Angeles' Uni- versal City Amphitheatre by an- personality and PD Tabor will take over the music duties, and said us, against the judge other Atlantic Recording artist, with a slight changing of the length of shifts, no new air found against them." Nikki Giovanni (right). personality will be added.

34 RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 Musicland Meet Project 3 Moves (Continued from. page 3) . ' YM NEW YORK-Project 3 has supervisors and regional direc- moved to larger executive quar- (Continued front page 20) tors will be present, along with ters and is now located at 1133 executives from the Pickwick 34-23 at KOL who report "top five phones" and it Avenue of the Americas here. went organization. Record label dele- The company has also enlarged on the chart at KJR in Seattle. It moved 24-20 gates will thus have an oppor- its staff and assigned new at KYA. New believers: 34 WOKY, KGW, KELP. The record tunity to meet privately with duties to personnel. sounds very strong and there are a lot of secondary store managers from the Mu- marekts backing up the major market airplay. We sicland, Treasure City and New appointments at Proj- anticipate a number of key stations going on this 3 include Shopper City stores. ect the following: record in the weeks to come. The tentative schedule for Rita Sicola, office manager; Grand Funk "We're An American Band." The title of the 4 -day affair includes pres- Remo Melucci, director of sales entations from Columbia, War- in the mid and far west; Rob- this record tells the story of what this group ner-Elektra-Atlantic, MercLry, ert Briody, director of special represents in the world of music. Singles by this Buddah, A&M and Pickwick projects; John de Vries, art group used to be greeted with monumental apathy. Records; other labels repre- director; Vincent Clark, comp- We have been talking about this record for a long sented include Bell, London troller; and Thomas Virzi, na- time, and it exploded this week. New believers: and Chess/Janus. There will tional sales manager. WHBQ, WPGC, 32 WOKY, 23 WDRQ Detroit who say "home also be a number of leisure run, big phones." It is charted at WMAK, KGW who say pastimes including golf, fish- ing and tennis. Other enter- Tower of Power "good sales and phones," WAKY, KLIF, 19 WQXI, an tainment will be provided by explosive ,r23 at WRKO, KTLK who say "good male Martin Mull (Capricorn), Rob- Single Reissued teen phones," WCAO, KNOW, KROQ, #20 WSGN. Big chart ert Klein (Brut) and a yet -to - NEW YORK-Atlantic Rec- jumps include: 24-12 KJR, 22-16 KOL, 26-16 KELP be -named Columbia artist. ords is re -servicing a single who say "smoker this week." 28-17 WCOL, 21-18 WIIN, There will also be a number by Tower of Power called 25-19 WIXY, 26-21 WDGY, 34-25 KILT, 34-26 WCFL, of equipment exhibitors pres- in the Sand." The "Sparkling 20 KROQ. ent, and all attendees will par- record, which was a minor hit in ticipate a number of busi- last year, has been picked up CONCERT REVIEW ness meetings. by stations KJOY, KLIV, Buddah Stars Store managers will likewise KNDE, and KROY, all located Get TV Exposure have an opportunity to circu- in Northern California and the Melissa Magic late among the sales managers bay area. Requests poured in NEW YORK - The Buddah of the labels in attendance, and KROY reported that the Group is moving into heavy At Schaefer and will be given an opportu- single was the most requested television exposure for its acts NEW YORK - Big -voiced nity for meetings to discuss record in their station's his- in the months of August and Manchester product and pricing. They will singer Melissa tory. September, following major TV a Schaefer also have a chance to discuss (Bell) electrified activity in the course of the Festival crowd here (23), open- any problems encountered in summer. Stated Ron Weisner, sales, ing her show with the show - merchandising, marget- Curb Statement Buddah's Vice President in It ing or promotion. stopper off her album, "If (Continued from page 3) charge of artist relations, Feels Good, Let It Ride." "Both Curtis Mayfield and Backed by a group of rocking released last Show and Tell In a statement Gladys Knight & The Pips will musicians, she then ran through week, Curb, who met with be Midnight Spe- .1 L. .m. hosting 'The a slew of songs that ranged - Buckley this week in Los An- cial,' including appearances by from tough to tender. She per- geles, said, "Recent develop- Charlie Daniels and Stories. formed a striking version of ments within the industry show made We have just arrange- "Since I Fell for You" and sang e: 110, the need for creating a spirit ments for a special taping of powerfully on the blues stand- of cooperation between industry 'In Concert' to take place at ard "Come Back Baby," leaders and federal officials. The Attica State Prison featuring (though her rendition became 4 past failure of direct communi- Mayfield and Sha Na Na. In a bit mannered toward the cation has caused many federal addition, Gladys Knight & the end). A highlight of her set authorities to doubt the indus- Pips are scheduled for appear- was a Latin -tinged "You Are = - try's concern about recent alle- ances on 'The Dean Martin Marc Gordon, manager of the the Sunshine of My Life" and gations." Show,' 'The Tonight Show,' one of her last tunes, the old Fifth Dimension, President of Wilson Show' and Rocky Road Records and personal 'The Flip Disney "Never Never Land," Curb said his meeting with 'The Mike Douglas Show.'" manager of Al Wilson (left) hud- Buckley proved valuable in from "Peter Pan" was highly dles with Wilson (center) and Recently numerous Buddah evocative. creating better communication acts including Sha Na Na, Rob- Jerry Fuller who wrote and pro- and understanding about the Ms. Manchester oftentimes duced Wilson's new "Show ert Klein, Barbara Mason, Ed- single, record industry and he called adopts the exaggerated diction and Tell." Rocky Road Records win Hawkins, Rod McKuen, of Bette Midler (at one time are distributed by Bell Records. on all record inustry execu- Gunhill Road, Monty Python's tives to hold similar meetings. she was one of Ms. Mídler's Flying Circus and Steve Good- Harlettes), and it is at this Philadelphia Orch. "There is real concern in man have taped segments of point that she loses her origi- and (Continued from page 82) Washington about our indus- 'The Midnight Special,' nality-she is a talent, no other shows." tos, plus the Mozart Linz sym- try," he said. "We can't pre- doubt, but is still stylistically in the shadow of the divine phony, so his feel for captur- tend there is no investigation ing an orchestra's sound is De-Lite Promo Miss M. is no interest. greater than a person oriented and that there NEW YORK-De-Lite rec- Headlining the show were from only a technical point of The chances of federal regula- ords is sending Kool and the Cheech and Chong (Ode), who view. tions have become more appar- Gang whistles to all promo men have forsaken the humor of The future for the Philadel- ent and if we want this indus- as a promotional gimmick to their early black -influenced phia, Ormandy and Wilcox try to continue to operate encourage sales on their routines (though the Right On looks positively brilliant viewed without strict federal controls "Funky Stuff" single. Promo Washington and Blind Melon men interested in acquiring Chitlin' bits still remain-and from Munves' perspective, and our industry leaders should RCA now has five years to turn these whistles may contact are still their funniest bits) out as much of Philadelphia's take the time and effort to Stan Price at De-Lite Records, and instead are now concen- sound as the orchestra and the meet with Buckley and other 200 West 57th street, New York. trating on teeny-bopper humor. company's finances can allow. interested federal officials." N. Y. 10019. (212) 757-6770. Allen Levy

RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1971 85 Diana Balocca Atlantic Jazz Col Engineers Rick Has (Continued from page 7) Heart plete cooperation and involve- Sales Boom Get Gold Discs NEW l ORK - Rick Nelson, ment of all those working on MCA Records artist, will be SAN FRANCISCO - Engi- the "National Youth the tour. "Never I Spokes- have seen neers at Columbia recording such concern by promoters all man" for the 1974 Heart Fund , studios in New York and over the San Campaign, it has been an- country, and this in Francisco were the recipients addition to the detailed nounced. work of RIAA gold records at Co- of Shep and Jon made it possi- Ali Nelson will record promo- 13 lumbia and Epic's national ble for me tional spots to anticipate a lot convention last week. for Top 40 radio of the problems before and network television sta- they At a presentation conducted ever occurred." Jon Pode'l t/ tions to include 4300 AM and put by Roy Friedman. director, re- it another way. "The 1800 FM stations. key to cording studios for Columbia/ The spots the whole operation, was Di- will also be tied -in with Epic, gold discs were pre- the ana Balocca. She release of Nelson's kept the sented to Glen Kolotkin and new forth- w hole thing coming album scheduled to running." Of Roy Segal of San Francisco, be course as she put it, Atlantic Records released by MCA this fall. "Every- has announced the engineering team for both thing seems very that this year's quiet now jazz sales program the album "Caravanserai" by that all the craziness by far the most of the successful to Santana and the single. "Cover campaign is over. But date. Pictured celebrating the Bell Inks Three it could of Rolling Stone," recorded by set a precedent as far as in- campaign are (from left) Atlan- tic Records Dr, Hook & The Medicine NEW YORK-Bell Records volvement and coordination is national singles sales manager Show. has annoumzed the concerned. I've become spoiled Lam Yasgar, Gloria signing of Looney, representing Ron Tim Geelan and Don Meehan three new artists, all with and i think that other acts and 1)eMar- ino and the Cherry Hill branch. of the New York studios were scheduled Ip releases in the other artists should expect Atlantic national jazz promotion awarded gold records for their fall. Those signed the this kind of cooperation among to label director Alan Lott. and Mary work on the Looking Glass were Mary companies, agents, managers Stuart, star of the LaganofT, manager of Atlantic re- single. "Brandy." and Geelan TV drama "Search for Tomor- and promoters." cording artist Eddie Harris. picked up a second award for row," Cheryl Ernst. a jazz - his solo engineering on Peter oriented vocalist, and Texas, a Buckley Presses Probe Nero's "Summer Of 42" Ip. new rock band. (Continued front page 3) have been Knight-GFR Developments forced to pay as trying for two years to file a much as 25 per cent of their class action suit on behalf of (Continued from page 3) (Continued, from page 7) box office receipts as protec- the many artists he claimed gle. stating that Colony did not "I have tion. "However." he continued, have been bilked, but "I been advised by want to get involved in a legal counsel that, in the "since such charges involve couldn't find the proper rep- opinion of battle "with the retailer in serious crimes, I cannot and resentation." Buckley inter- the counsel, the decision with re- middle." spect to the will not at this time go into jected that he has turned the liability of the The City of Knoxville is in more detail. I will only say information given him by Phil- letter to the retailers error. Notice of Appeal has that my staff has been cooper- lips "over to the appropriate From Terry Knight, according been pre- ating with the relevant govern- investigative authorities." to anonymous sources. stated pared and the decision is, in that "GFR Enterprises fact, being filed in the U.S. ment officials concerning "I think I've made quite a has not Court of Appeals for the charges made by the person few million." Phillips also said. authorized anyone to put out 6th records Circuit. Further, the decision and that both my office and the "and I think I've been de- with the trademark 'Grand in Knoxville has investigating body is (sic) sat- frauded of more than I've Funk' or 'Grand Funk absolutely no Railroad.'" it went on bearing on the liability of the isfied that the charges, on made." He added that he was to note face, that anyone who makes such performers and promoters to their demand further in- planning to file a civil suit records, sells or markets GFR Enterprises, Ltd. with re- vestigation." against the record company on them, is "contributing to spect to their continued unlaw- Phillips, who began his re- behalf of himself and the trademark other infringement." The ful use of the trademark. marks by affirming his respect members of the Mamas and source con- for -"one of the Papas firmed that this was the first "Counsel has authorized me within the week. At to nicest people I've met." he press time that retailers had been point out that the court in time, however. no suit did said-then stated. "one of the had involved in any sort of action. Knoxville not, in fact, pass been filed. the reasons I'm here is to try to Capitol, meanwhile, distrib- upon propriety of the per- With reference to the alleged formers redirect the focus of the inves- uted a letter to all of their or the ethical propri- supplying of drugs to artists ety of tigation." Specifically, he said, accounts across the country. their attorneys purport- and radio personnel by record ing to act with he has documentary evidence. companies, Charles H. Tillinghast, Vice - authority and Phillips said. "it on behalf of GFR Enterprises, "both sworn depositions and hasn't been my President o" Business Affairs pleasure to for Ltd. in the action, all of which statements from people willing meet any of these fellows who Capitol Records. Inc., re- to leased the still remain;. open to determi- testify in court." that a par- give away dope." But, he said, contents of the let- ter Record nation." ticular company which he re- "everybody should be more to 1Vorld: fused to name "had ripped off "You have received a letter concerned with the rip-off of right in the name 'Grand Funk perhaps as much as $60.000.- the from Gottlieb. Rackman and artists instead of a little Railroad,' Capitol obtained 000 during a 7 -year period" bit of Reisman in which they purport payola here and there." and now holds a license duly from artists, writers and music Phillips also took record to represent GFR Enterprises publishers. Limited. executed by the Secretary of companies to task for making GFR Enterprises Ltd.. grant- Phillips' evidence. he said, deals with young artists in "Capitol is advised by the ing Capitol the right to use "has to do mainly with the re- which the artists' business law firm of Eastman and East- that name in connection with turn of records to a particular 39 managers and attornies' are man. West 54th St.. N.Y.C. the distribution and plant." He explained that exploita- the the same as the record compa- that Gottlieb, Rackman and tion of phonograph records. company to which he had re- n ies'. Reisman do not represent GFR "Any adciitional questions ferred had accepted at returns Queried near the end of the Enterprises. Ltd.. but repre- you might have should be re- one of its plants. charged their press conference, by a reporter sent. if anyone. only Terry ferred to John Eastman, Esq. cost against artists' royalties who asked whether his coming Knight, who has been removed of Eastman and Eastman at and then redistributed them for forward now might not be use- by the Board of Directors of the address set forth in the "over 100 per cent profit." ful publicity for his current GFR Enterprises, Ltd. as Pres- second paragraph above." Phillips called these. prac- recording efforts. Phillips re- ident of that Corporation. The letter was mailed by tices "fraud and conspiracy to sponded. "that would be nice, "Upon the assumption that Don Zimmerman, Vice Presi- defraud." He said he had been wouldn't it?" GFR Enterprises Ltd. has some dent of Sales for Capitol.

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I. Ñ ATLANTA. GA. Michael has expanded its operation to ET ° Thevis, - President of the Gen- include an office in Los An- 4 ._.' eral Recording Corporation geles. IGRC), a Michael Thevis En- Heading up the opening clay terprise, has announced that celebration and ribbon -cutting the firm's new Nashville head- ceremonies will be GRC Presi- quarters will be open officially dent Thevis. Joined by his staff on Friday, August 10. professionals, producers, writ- Located at 813 16th Avenue. ers, artists and a host of local South. the General Recording Atlanta radio disc jockeys, the Corporation's new branch of- entire CRC team will depart fice will The recent Elektra/Countryside picnic specifically service the from Atlanta early in the morn- brought the label's executive growing music market horsepower together with several Nashville industryits. of coun- ing of August 10 for the four- Pictured (from try artists left) are Wesley Rose of Acuff -Rose; Elektra artist, Mickey Newbury: recording on the hour bus ride to Nashville to GRC label. Establishing its Countryside President Mike Nesmith; independent producr Pete Drake: participate in the grand open- Elektra songstress first business location in At- Linda Hargrove; Elektra President ; ing celebration. national country promotion man Dave iMack: lanta 11 months ago. GPC also Russ Miller, Elektra 1 ice Completing the opening day President and chief of .1&R; and Mel Posner, Executive Vice President preparations for the newly con- of Elektra. Bowen to Opryland structed Nashville office loca- tion is GRC's country music pro Cliff Williamson, acting head of the Nashville opera- 11. tion. Aiding him is Ken Rog- s iZ ' ers. national country promo- WORLD LLE tion manager. One of the special highlights By RED O'DONNELL of the opening day activities which begin at 3 pm features There is talk around here that Johnny Cash a show by the General Record- will headline a television special with Kris ing Corporation's new country KristofTerson and Mickey Newbury as his . r artists including Marlys Roe. guests. 6f Sammy .Johns. Red, White and Speaking of Newbury, he says he has de- .limmy Bowen has been named Blue (grass), Ann J. Morton, cided to knock off in -person appearances and to head up operations of the Heartwood and the newly sign- concentrate on songwriting and recording. Al- newly formed "Opryland" label. ed comedy team of Lonzo and though a great number of his fans will dis- Oprvland will he produced, pro- Oscar. agree, Mickey describes himself as "country." moted and sold worldwide by Mickey and his lovely wife Susan expect Capitol Records. Capitol has just their first child in December. "The baby will be born on Christ- leased an additional 2000 square College, NABAS mas Day." say Susan. of feet office space to house the Guitar genius , who underwent surgery for removal Opryland production staff and Offer Music of a tumor from his colon April 23, reports he's feeling just fine. plans are now in motion to build "I went to the doctor the other clay the Opryland country roster. for some x-rays of my Biz stomach," Chet said, "and they I Bowen will report directly to Alli- Program looked so good am thinking about putting them on the son in Nashville. Pictured (from NASHVILLE-Belmont cover of my next RCA album." Col- Somebody wanted to know the title of the LP. left) are Wade Pepper. Vice ('res- lege, in cooperation with the ident, "We Got It All," Chet chuckled. country western promo- National Academy of Record- tion and sales, Capitol Records: George Pincus, 90 -years a Tin Pan Alley figure with offices in ing Arts and Sciences (NAR- E. W. "Bud" Wendell, Vice ('resi- Los Angeles and London, has opened a music publishing com- AS) institute, will offer for the dent N SM and manager of the pany in Nashville. Troy Shondell and George Weber in charge. first time this fall a complete Grand the (pry; Jimmy Bowen. "Anybody in the music publishing business v ho isn't repre- Music Business Program "de- director of a&r. (Ipryland Rec- sented in Nashville. just isn't in the music business," said Pin- ords; Joe signed to meet both short- Allison, executive di- cus, whose firm published "A Taste of Honey," which has rector range and been Capitol Records, Nashville long-range needs of recorded by more than 700 singers and groups. division. (Continued on page 94) (Continued on page 92) POOIJNTRY PICKS OF TH WEE W BARBARA MANDRELL, "THE CC MIDNIGHT OIL" TERRY STAFFORD, "SAY HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY BRENDA LEE, "THE BRENDA LEE STORY- 11tF. WttNthf 1FF,RR'n1 (Tree, BMI). Here's a slick cheatin' tL SWEET GYPSY ROSE" (Levine & HER GREATEST HITS." What can be said Itlitl GNI:.\Tl:t7T 111T)+ tune that Barbara interprets with a Brown, BMI). This is the third this - ,l tft+- Z W m about tremendous double-elpee? A forceful emotion. The petite and cover of a Dawn hit; "Crash" Crad- MOP W ,, fantastic colection. "Johnny One Time," sweet Ms. Mandrell is joined by a J dock covered the pop hit "Knock "Comin' on Strong," "Fool #1," "I'm powerful production and a lyric 1/1 Three Times" and landed a number Sorry" and a host of other greats. Surely, that has the hooks and the mes- one. Then, Johnny Carver did it with one of the biggest selling albums to ever sage. Tremendous appeal, particu- "Yellow Ribbon." Terry's first At- come from Music City. A must! Record larly to female listeners. After mid- lantic outing will be interesting to buyers, trust that a Brenda lee album night, comes one, and that's where watch. It has all the potential of the has to be sheer entertainment. MCA 2-4012. this record's going, son! Columbia previous two covers. Light and me- 4-45904. lodic. "Gypsy Rose" is on the nose! Atlantic CY-4006.

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UM CONWAY TWITTY LORETTA LY\\ William Morris Agency Welcomed to Nashville NASHVILLE-The William Neal of the Neal Agency, with Morris Agency, first interna- whom the William Morris tional talent agency to estab- Agency had last week joined lish operations in Nashville, forces. By DAN BECK was officially welcomed to the More than 100 guests, includ- Country Music capital .July 26, ing Tex Ritter, Minnie Pearl, at a gala in their honor at- Barbara Mandrell, Brian Col- Station Check List tended by Country Music stars, lins, Kinky Friedman, Connie music KBUY. Ft. Worth (Jack Dillon) WBAP, Ft. Worth (Art Davis) executives and business Van Dyke and Billy ,Joe Shaver, KFDI. Wichita (Jerry Adams) WAME, Charlotte (Ed Robinson) leaders of Music City, U.S.A. joined in the welcoming salute KKYX. San Antonio (Bill Rohde) WCMS, Norfolk (Joe Hoppel)' Feted at the affair, held in to the Morris Agency. In at- WHO. Des Moines (Billy Cole) WMNI. Colu-nbus (Ott Moore) the Nashvlille City Club, were tendance, also, were represen- WXCL. Peoria (Lee Ranson) WENO. Nashville (Johnny K.) Nat Lefkowitz, President of WEET. Richmond (Graham Bland) KWMT, Ft. Dodge (Dale Eichor) tatives of the press, broadcast WIRE. Indianapolis (Lee Shannon) KRAK. Sacramento (Jay Hoffer) Wililam Morris, and many of media, BMI, ASCAP, SESAC WHIM, Providence (Tom Star) KWJJ, Portland (Sammy Taylor) his executive staff, including and the President and Chair- KITS, Springfield (Don Paul) WDON, Washington (Tom Reeder) motion picture, night club, WUBE. Cincinnati (Jack Reno) WPOR. Portland (Dean Williams) college and representatives man of the Board of the Coun- KWAM, Memphis (Gary Powell) WOKC, OKeechobee (Bob Arace) KCKC. San Bernardino WMC, Memphis (Les Acree) from New York, California and try Music Association, along Chicago. with officials from other music The party was hosted by Bob industry organizations. A Shoo -In!! Jack Greene's "I Need Somebody Bad" sounds like his best ever! Initial response Celebrating Morris -Neal Deal proves it -a smash in all areas! M cam. "Sunday Sunrise" building toward a High Noon #1 for Brenda Lee coast -to -coast action! Dorsey Burnette, recently poised on the brink of success, is ready to cross over into the hit columns with "Darlin', Don't Come Back." Picks at WHO, WPOR and WDON; top play in Ft. Worth, Indianapolis, San Bernardino and Memphis. -I É Freddy Weller comes with a single culled from ..,. ,., e his recent 1p; "A Perfect Stranger' becoming very 1 ::MT ¡. familiar to listeners throughout the Midwest. -'tii '23;isi I't : ::: . Though it's been out awhile, Tennessee :C ti % C ,.: : ':J,r5:, ti.:": Pulleybone's "The Door Is Always Open" continues : :: I . 'v to ..: draw heavy play at WHIM, WENO and KFDI. _ e±ri.:ti::' :,: J. Newcomer Terry Stafford destined for lots of Tex Ritter, Minnie Pearl, Nat Lefkowitz, President of the William attention with his Dawn cover "Say, Has Anybody Morris Agency, Barbara Mandrell and Bob Neal of the Neal Agency Seen My Visit during a reception held in Nashville to welcome the Morris Agency Sweet Gypsy Rose" on Atlantic. It's to Music City. Morris has acquired the Neal Agency. marking its offi- picked in Providence; moving in Memphis. cial entry into Nashville. Seems to be a drive on to pull a cut from the new Bill Anderson 1p. "World of Make Believe" is Keener will be active in pro- Keener to Phonogram duction for the Mercury label, the pick at KWAM; added to the playlist at WDON. Another new sound winning NASHVILLE Phonogram, and will be involved in screen- kudos is Danny Bryan's - "My Girl" Inc. has announced an addition ing new talent as well as in on Enterprise. It's picked at to its Nashville operations selection of material, working Portland; playing in Providence, moving in with the appointment of Glen directly with Mercury's Jerry Memphis. Keener as staff producer. Kennedy, Vice President, A&R, "Uneasy Rider" continues its easy transition Keener, who has been in inde- Nashville. to the country; Charlie Daniels' pop hit going pendent production since mov- great in Cincinnati, Nashville and Florida. ing to Nashville two -and -a -half Station promotions: WWVA in Wheeling announced years ago, recently completed a that sports director Bob Cain has been appointed to be album soon released by New Director; 's band, "The promotion director Terry Gurley Pridemen." for RCA. His past becomes Director of Public Affairs. production experience includes Barbara Mandrell's "Midnight Oil" burning work in Hollywood with Dale up charts. Robertson on both films and Revival of the old standard "Rhapsody in Blue" recordings. by Jack_Nolan on Plantation termed "Great" at WENO. Peggy Little has a big record in "Sugarman." The Big "1" Frank Mull, left, national country Added in Wichita and Fort Worth. promotion & sales manager for Congratulations to correspondent Don Parden; Phonogram, Inc., (formerly Mer- he's been selected "Outstanding Young Man "MOTHER cury Records) officailly welcomes Glenn Keener who has joined the in Tuscaloosa"!! AMERICA" firm as staff producer. Hit Sounds Hitbound for Glen Campbell, SHARON STONE Stonewall Jackson, Johnny Russell and Tommy Cash. Kajac Records With Conway Twitty already enjoying a runaway Subscribe To smash with "You've Never Been This Far Before," Dist. By: National Promotion young Kansan Rita Remisgton's version is Shelby Singleton Little Richie Johnson gaining Nashville, Tenn. Belen, New Mexico RECORD WORLD good play and sales in the Nashville and Memphis markets.

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A MICHAEL THEVIS ENTERPRISE General Recording Corporation, 174 Mill St., Atlanta, Georgia 30113 813 16th Atenue South, Nashsille, Tennessee 37203 (615) 254-57% IN NASHVILLE/CLIFF WILLIAMSON, A ANDR MANAGER/KIN ROGERS, NATIONAI COUNT, PROMOTION DIRECTOR "turning dreams into realities-a total entertainment concept" from the amps, Mose .Jones Sounds of South Fete puts out r&b-tainted rock that (Continued front page 20) is the very definition of tight. everyone away. This band, as Guitar, bass, keyboard, drums famous for fisti- and vocals blend so well that locally their were cuffs as for their music, is the you'd think they stuck first group since the Buffalo together with epoxy. Springfield to feature three The label's fourth group is his By MIJItR \Y h \SH guitars and not come out Kooper and old cronies the sounding like midtown Manhat- Blues Project. That band, of LONDON: The two new country music pro- tan traffic at rush hour. Flor- course, needs no introduction grams now being aired by the BBC on radio ida -based with a tinge of Geor- or showcase as a forum for are proving to be very successful. The "Up gia redneck about them, these their talents, and Al plans to ¿'1 Country" show, produced by Dennis O'Keefe. seen crazies lay clown pure jump the group into the studio and emceed by Dave ('ash, is devoted to fea- uninhibited rock that epito- every once in a while for some ]tiring two Country Music groups from this mizes the kind of southern new cuts. Their recent Central country, a record review spot. and a Guess sound that outlanders ha\e Park reunion concert has been Who Contest in which the listener has to guess been emulating for years. recorded by MCA, and if pub- the name of the artist. after listening to five Lynyrd Skynyrc, however, is lic reaction to the disc is any- second excerpts of his or her recordings. The the real thing-tough, tight, thing like the reaction in the prize for the winner is an Ip by the artist named. The response and southern all the way. Their park, it's back to the limelight to the contest. reports O'Keefe, is quite staggering. While "Up soon -to -be -released album is for these guys. Country" goes out for one hour on Wednesday nights, the "Coun- earmarked for the top. A breakfast was held for the try Club" program. with Wa:ly Whyten at the helm, is produced Closing out the entertain- press the following morning, by Colin ('handler, and is transmitted on Thursday nights, for ment was the already popular at which MCA Records Presi- one hour. In contrast to "Up Country." the "Country Club" for- Mose .Jones, whose first tour dent J. K. Maitland and Kooper mat is based on playing recent record releases, interviews v ith outside of the South was ac- laved out the whys and where - personalities, usually by long distance calls to Nashville from knowledged as no less than a `ores of the new label. It London. to such stars as Dottie West, Sonny ,lames. etc. Recently great success. The group has seems obvi.)us that Sounds of they have had inter\ iews with Lloyd Green, Tex Ritter, and Tom - been packing them in on a reg- the South, with Kooper's genu- pal and the Glaser Brothers. A new innovation to these telephone ular basis at Richard's, and it's ine fervor for that particular interviews is that listeners are notified weeks in advance as to easy to understand why. From brand of music, will be a major who the stars will be that are scheduled to be interviewed, and the minute they take the stage influence on the record indus- are invited to send in questions that they would like Whyton until the last jack is pulled try for some time to come. to ask on their behalf. Colin has been inundated with listeners' inquiries, which is proof of the popularity of this telephone slot. Yours truly having a busy time touring the countryside, with Nashville Report the Country .Jamboree, that features this year's choice as Brit- (Continued from. page 88) ain's number one female Country Music \ocalist, Patsy Powell and her Playboys; plus 1973's most promising British Male Vo- Pincus Music copyrights also include "Calcutta," (I awrence calist, British middleweight champion turned Country Music \Nell: s best seller) and "Old Cape Cod," definitely a biggie for singer, Brian Maxine. In addition, one of the most colorful per- Patti Page. Did i \Vaylon has shaved off his beard formers in British Country Music, Jed Ford. and an excellent tell you that Jennings group from Manchester, the Country Strings. The program also and now sports a relatively short hairdo? I Dixieland .Jazz king, includes a film by .Johnny Cash. and a beauty competition for Or did tell you that fete Fountain, the the title of Miss Country Music '73. has discarded his custom-made toupee, shaved off what hair he had left and is now billing himself as "Mr. Clean of Bourbon Lined up for the autumn, tours by ('het Atkins and Hank Snow, 9 9 9 9 IN. of George. Street"? in the New Year, by George Hamilton Speaking is a in "Wilma Lee and Stoney" on the Three Brothers label mu- he is due for his third BBC -TV series. to be recorded Sep- Ralph and recorded by Lou Hespe. The only names listed so sical salute (written by Landis) tember, for producer Douglas of Grand Ole Opry veterans Wilma Lee Country Music are Wally \Vhyton Christie to that fine pair far from the world of British and Stoney Cooper. . . . all others are either in the folk field and the Hillsiders the Abe Stein, veteran -booker of stage shows here-par- or pop world . . . such as the Irish Rovers from Canada, Robin ticularly in the rhythm & blues field-is critically ill at St. and Jimmy McGregor, Y Trieban (Welsh Singers), Ralph Hall Hospital. Stein underwent open heart surgery in mid - Wirzels, 'Pommy and Da\ id Riley, Thomas McTell, Adge Cutler and the have retarded his recovery. Five fenny Piece. and Steeleye July and post -operative complications Friday Brown, king Singers, the Norman Jean (Mrs. Howard) Owen, affable receptionist at Co- Span. lumbia's studio here for seven years, is on a leave of absence awaiting arrival of her first child. The wee one is due Sept. 16. Kinky Friedman and the Jewboys are headlining at Los An- CLUB REVIEW geles' Troubador through next Sunday. Mac Davis appeared here in a concert with Helen Reddy, and Barefoot Jerry Stomps Inn performed "Watching Scotty Grow," one of his own composi- tions recorded by Bobby Goldsboro. NASHVILLE -Some veter- Newell's banjo effort was a He told the audience: "I know some of you are punching each an country pickers returned to delight. other in the ribs and saying, 'Ile didn't write that, Bobby Golds- Nashville last week and the The show, broadcast over boro wrote it. hometown crowd poured into \\'NDA-FM. moved spiritedly, "Well, that's all right," he added laughing. "My own kid thinks the Exit Inn to hear their ex- and although the group does Bobby Goldsboro is his father." pression and expansion of the not possess a vocal trump, the country genre. Barefoot .Terry delivery was honest. gave her The Key to the City. (Warner Bros.) took three Particular wirepullers were Pam Miller Day WDOD radio station with Bill songs to turn the corner with "Smoker Mountain," the very. In Nash. Lloyd Payne, Ben Cagle the crowd and then it was funky "Two Mile Pike" and Chattanooga and Sid Hughes welcomed Pam cooking till the night's end. the legendary Bill Wills mas- CHATTANOOGA, TENN. - and her dad, songwriter, Eddie The novel instrumental "Snuff terpiece, "Faded Love," which Pam Miller was honored in Miller an acted as host. "It Queen" initiated the entertain- again showed the group's crea- Chattanooga, Tennessee re- was the most thrilling day of ment for the midnight music tive arrangement abilities. cently with a "Pam Miller my life," says Pam. "I'm so buffs. Barefoot Jerry is perhaps the I)ay." Vice Mayor Pat Rose glad that `Lookout Mountain, The group's arrangements most credible country rock presented her with an "Ambas- Chattanooga, Tennessee' made are well laid out and their in- band in existence. sador of Goodwill" plaque and such an impression in their struments well played. Fred Dan Beck the Chamber of Commerce city."

92 RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 ,.,p ááE COUNTRY HENRY `. ALBUM CHART WKS. ON AUG. AUG. 11 4 CHART 1 says PRUETT-MCA 338 1 1 SATIN SHEETS JEANNE LWi 8 4 SWEET COUNTRY CHARLEY PRIDE-RCA 1-0217 10 3 3 WHAT'S YOUR MAMA'S NAME TANYA TUCKER-Columbia 32272 9 7 LORD, MR. FORD JERRY RED-RCA APL1-0238 many thanks to those 14 5 2 GOODTIME CHARLIE CHARLIE McCOY-Monument 32215 16 6 5 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CHARLIE RICH-Epic 32247 61378 22 helping to -Mercury now 7 9 INTRODUCING stations 1-668 16 8 8 RHYMER & OTHER FIVE AND DIMERS TOM T. HALL-Mercury 9 6 YOU LAY SO EASY ON MY MtalD BOBBY G. RICE-Metromedia Country 1-0186 13 make 8 10 11 DON WILLIAMS, VOL. 1-JMI 4004 10039 8 Ei 13 AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET JIM REEVES-RCA 16 14 SUPERPICKER ROY CLARK-Dot 26008 9 13 10 I KNEW JESUS GLEN CAMPBELL-Capitol 11185 16 14 12 DANNY'S SONG ANNE MURRAY-Capitol 11172 10 15 15 BLUE RIDGE RANGERS-Fantasy 9415 3 28 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON JOH1INY CARVER-ABC 792 ® 14 17 16 KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS TAMMY WYNETTE-Epic 31937 18 18 TOTALLY INSTRUMENTAL & THE STRANGERS- Capitol 11141 10 8110 7 19 20 COUNTRY SONGS I LOVE TO SING GUY & RALNA-Ranwood 5 si 24 GLOWER POWER JERRY CLOWER-MCA 317 KE 32387 3 Eu 31 MR. LOVEMAKER JOHNNY PAYCHECK-Epic 6 22 22 GOOD NEWS JODY MILLER-Epic 32386 11 23 23 GOOD THINGS DAVID HOUSTON-Epic 32189 8 24 27 BARROOMS AND POP-A -TOPS -RCA 1-0172 9 25 17 AIN'T IT AMAZIN' GRACIE BJCK OWENS-Capitol 11180 22 26 19 ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR LORETTA LYNN-MCA 300 9 27 21 CHEATING GAME SUSAN RAYE-Capitol 11170 4 Ea 36 COME LIVE WITH ME ROY CLARK-Dot DOS 26010 3 m 38 HONKY TONK HEROES WAYLON JENNINGS-RCA APL1-0240 20 30 25 THE SESSION JERRY LEE LENIS-Mercury 2-803 14 31 26 DAISY A DAY JUD STRUNK-MGM 4898 Bo 32 32 A WHITE SPORT COAT AND A PINK CRUSTACEAN JIMMY BUFFETT- Dunhill DSX-60150 5 3 ® 44 NOTHING EVER HURT ME -Epic KE 32412 2 bvw 49 TOP OF THE WORLD LYNN ANDERSON-Columbia KC 32429 6 35 31 THANK YOU FOR TOUCHING MY LIFE TONY DOUGLAS-Dot DOS 26009 Ell 46 LOUISIANA WOMAN-MISSISSIPPI MAN CONWAY TWITTY & LORETTA LYNN- If She Would MCA 335 2 37 40 SHOTGUN WILLIE WILLIE NELSON-Atlantic SD 7262 4 Forgive Me 4 38 41 TOMORROW NIGHT CHARLIE RICH-RCA APL -10258 3 43 & -RCA API1-0248 11 40 35 DUELING BANJOS EARL SCRUGGS-Columbia 32208 21 41 29 BRENDA BRENDA LEE-MCA 305 55 BILL BILL ANDERSON-MCA 320 2 37 43 33 A SWEETER LOVE BARBARA FAIRCHILD-Columbia 31720 ST 11200 1 NCR I.Cwis m - I LOVE DIXIE BLUES MERLE HAGGARD-Capitol 18 45 30 SHE'S GOT TO BE A SAINT RAY PRICE-Columbia 32253 46 48 COUNTRY CASANOVA COMMANDER CODY-Paramount 6054 3 60 CAL SMITH-MCA 344 2 15 48 34 I HATE GOODBYES BOBBY BARE-RCA 1-0159 49 51 BEST OF SKEETER DAVIS-RCA APL 1-0190 4 50 - TRIP TO HEAVEN FREDDIE HART-Capitol 11197 1 51 53 YOURS TRULY KITTY WELLS-MCA 330 4 52 54 YOUNG LOVE SONNY JAMES-Capitol ST 11196 3 En 59 ELVIS-RCA APL1.0283 2 ru - SWEET COUNTRY WOMAN JOHNNY DUNCAN-Columbia KC 32440 1 '1k F n I ('vu 55 39 GOSPEL ROAD JOHNNY CASH-Columbia 32033 19 56 42 MAC DAVIS-Columbia 32206 14 ® - MARTY ROBBINS-MCA 342 1 His Album Burgundy 001 58 45 SHE NEEDS SOMEONE TO HOLD HER CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 303 21 59 62 -RCA APL1.0188 2 60 56 ALOHA FROM HAWAII ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA 6089 24 61 50 DONNA FARGO-Dot 26006 23 62 58 MY TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN HOME DOLLY PARTON-RCA 1-0033 21 risiio 63 47 HANK WILLIAMS/HANK JR. MGM 4865 20 64 57 SUPER KIND OF WOMAN FREDDIE HART-Capitol 11156 23 65 64 LONESOME, ON'RY AND MEAN WAYLON JENNINGS-RCA 4854 20 66 52 TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS FREDDY WELLER-Columbia 32218 12 MAKE LOVE In 67 66 HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE USA DONNA FARGO-Dot 26000 56 68 61 OBIE FROM SENATOBIE O. B. McCLINTON-Enterprise 1029 11 69 69 SONGS OF LOVE CHARLEY PRIDE-RCA 4837 29 70 70 ROY CLARK LIVE-Dot 26005 35 NEITHER ONE OF US BOB LUMAN-Epic 32192 16 71 63 BY 72 71 I'VE FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN CAL SMITH-Decca 75382 41 SOLD NATIONALLY A LADY NAMED SMITH SMITH-Columbia 32185 12 73 65 CONNIE NATIONWIDE SOUND DISTRIBUTORS 74 72 JUST WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR DOTTIE WEST-RCA 1-0151 12 75 67 SUPER COUNTRY HITS -RCA 1-0155 9 PO. BOX 1262 NASHVILLE, TENN. 37202 Proud Country Cited Wherehouse Country 80 COUNTRY Campaign (Continued from page 7) g9w3RLD SINGLE PICK: icy a lot of them from places like wYmi Georgia-and we'd like them to feel that when they want a SONG OF THE WEEK new coun',ry release, they can COUNTRY come to a Wherehouse store to FKEI)UY W'ELLER-ColrArnbin 445902 get it.rehouse" "Whe Country" THE PERFECT STRANGER (Roadmaster, BMI) started unofficially in June, A one night stand turns into a wedding band. Weller continues A plaque of appreciation from Tri- Fogelman said, when the chain une Records was presented to began to deliver suggestive lyrics that find a way of turning out to be stocking the Top 20 Proud Country Radio. Artist Roy good clean fun. The perfect programmer! country singles. He added that Clark accepted the award on be- that figure has now to half risen of his associates from the 57, the number of on radio singles group. Pictured at the pres- the playlist of Los 1141 GLASER-.MGM K14590 entation are, left to right, Triune Angeles country station KLAC. I SEE HIS LOVE ALL OVER YOU (Glaser Brothers, BMI) promotion director Darrell Glenn, "Then in July I .Jim comes up with his first solo outing in a long time. The results Triune National Director of Oper- invited all ations Tom McBee, and the major record are worth waiting for. Tender and well done. Women will love! Clark, manufactu- radio personality and Triune re- rers to a luncheon at the Palo- cording artist Jimmy Dallas. The mino Club. I explained what DAVID ROGERS-Atlantic CY4005 l'roud Country Radio Group in- we had in mind, and I asked IT'LL BE HER (Kimtra, ASCAP) cludes KBIL in Liberty, Missouri; them for a commitment of X KO(1O AM -FM' in Omaha, Ne- David stays true to his winning form. He keeps amount of dollars for advertis- the young ladies braska; KFR01-AM and on K('IT- ing and for a a pedestal and that's the way to move disks. His second heavy FM in Wichita, discount. Basic- Kansas; KECK- ally, we charter. AM and KHAT-FM in Lincoln, asked for a discount Nebraska; and KTOW in Tulsa, for two reasons; first, to help JOHNNY RODRGUEZ-Mercury 73416 Oklahoma. defray the cost of the promo- tion, and RIDIN' MY THUMB TO MEXICO (Hallnote, BMI) second, to help us to sell product at less than we RELEASE ME (Four Star, BMI) College Offers normally do. Since I didn't feel Two "A" sides! "Ridin' My Thumb" gives jocks a break from the secure enough about country ballad bag. but "Release Me' gets a most unusual performance that Industry Program music, I also asked the compa- is exceptional. nies to write the orders for (Continued from page 88) me." RUCK OW ENS --Capitol P-3688 the music industry." The an- The next step, according to ARMS FULL OF EMPTY (Blue Book, BMI) nouncement was made jointly Fogelman, was enlisting radio SONGWRITER'S LAMENT (Blue Book, BMI) by officials of Belmont and the stations to participate in the Buck's best record in about two years. Fine feel that is bright NARAS institute. promotion. "We decided that and tight. Refreshing Buck Owens. The short-range service, out- we wanted to spend 75 per cent lined in detail, will be the of our advertising budget on JERRY R' ALLACE-MCA course offerings in basic busi- radio, with 15 per cent going 40111 for DON'T ness and specialized courses in print ads and 10 per cent GIVE UP ON ME (4-Star/Ben Peters, BMI) for TV, and that we wanted Jerry's latest vrill give him the music business made available to usual good run. Should keep Wal- stick with one radio station in lace fans sold on the songster. to personnel presently working in the music industry. These each of oir major markets." will be aimed at assisting in The final choices, he said, were REN PETERS-Capitol P-3687 increasing the operational and KLAC for the Los Angeles WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME (Ben Peters, BMI) managerial kno's's ledge of in- area. KSON in Sari Diego, KEEN in San THIS HAS GOT TO LAST (Ben Peters, BMI) dustry personnel. Jose and Sacra- mento's KRAK, 's's hich Ben saved a good song for himself! Biff The longer range service pro- will Collie adds a tasteful carry advertisements for the musical direction that will give jocks plenty to chew on. Put it vided to the industry will be chain's on the menu! the education and training of San Francisco -area individuals stores. "Of course this will be in a four-year de- good for OLIVIA gree program focused on pre- the radio stations, too NEWTON-JOHN-MCA 40101 -they'll be carrying almost LET ME BE THERE (AI Gallico, BMI) paring students for operational and one spot an hour and their call Olivia is not exactly known as a country singer, but here is a fine administrative positions will in the industry. letters be on all our signs gospel styled love song that will get it on country. -so they'll be deferring some The Music Business Program of the cost. is a result of PATTI T1ERNEY-MGM the combined "We're also K-14561 strengths of the Department of giving away an CRYIN' EYES (Tree, BMI) Business Open Road camper," Fogel- Administration, Dr. man said, This is an uptempoed ditty: a real toe tapper. It puts the beat in Charles O'Neal, "and we're going to Chairman; try a your feet! Now that that is over, it's a good record! and the Department of Fine remote telecast from one Arts. Dr. of our stores on KLAC's truck - .ferny Warren, Chair- drivers show. man. Each department has its And we hope to RONNIE DOVE --MCA 44)106 get some country artists to own program of professional make SO LONG DIXIE (Screen Gems-Columbia/Summerhill, BMI) study. in-store appearances. It should be a very successful TAKE ME BACK (Vogue Music, BMI) Robert E. Mulloy, associate promotion. But Great, great song. Ronnie has his the month of best in a long time. Could be professor of music at Belmont, August is really a kick-off done a bit faster, but certainly a heavy chart contender. has been appointed coordina- month for f. s ear -round promo- tor of the Music Business area. tion. I think this ought to show the 11013111' AUSTIN-Tria.ru' 7208 Mulloy is active in local re- industry what the retailer is capable of doing. And after I'LL RUN GET YOU cording sessions here in both (Mamazon, ASCAP) this, we have quite a fen Bobby is back after a short delay since his hit "Knoxville Station." vocal backup and keyboard things in mind that have never No disappointment due way. An your able turntable component. 's's ork. been done before."

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WPLO-Atlanta WAME-Chttarlo e WMUS-Muskogee KFDI-Wichita WPNX-Columbus WESC-Greenville WTOD-Toledo WIL-St. Louis WBAM-Montgomery WWNC-Ashville WCNW-Fairfield KBOX-Dallas WJEM-Valdosta WTUR-Richmond WIRE-Indianapolis WBAP-Ft. Worth WH00-Orlando WCMS-Norfolk WINN-Louisville KBUY-Ft. Worth WQIK-Jacksonville WTHE-Miineola WMNI-Columbus KDJW-Amarillo KRMD-Shreveport WHIM-Providence WJJD-Chicago KHEY-El Paso WKDA-Nashville WPOR-Portland WAKC-Bloomington KIKK-Houston WMTS-Nashville WSLR-Akron WMAD-Madison KENR-Houston WIVK-Knoxville WWVA-Wheeling KTCR 'Minneapolis KLAC-Los Angeles WBHP-Huntsville WDEE-Detroit KWMT-Ft. Dodge KCKC-San Bernadino Bluegrass Fest Great Success THE COUNTRY RENFRO VALLEY, KY.- Sunny Mountain Boys, the Demonstrating the ever-increas- Lewis Family, the Shenandoah ing popularity of bluegrass Cut -ups, Charlie Moore and the SINGLES CHART music, many thousands of its Dixie Pickers, Red Rector and - most loyal fans from near and Fred Smith, the New Grass AUG. AUG. WKS. ON far poured into this rural com- Pickers, Eddie Adcock and the 11 4 CHART munity on Interstate 75 for the Second Generation, Doug Green, 3rd (and biggest to date) An- the Out-l)oor Plumbing Com- 2 YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE DONNA FARGO-Dot 17460 12 nual Renfro Valley Bluegrass pany and others. Lulu Belle and Music Festival, July 13-15, Scotty Wiseman, onetime stars 6 TOP OF THE WORLD LYNN ANDERSON-Columbia 4-45857 11 Staged by performer, Mac of the old WLS National Barn 3 3 TRIP TO HEAVEN FREDDIE HART-Capitol 35612 11 Wiseman, the festival show- Dance, emerged from retire- 4 1 LORD, MR. FORD JERRY REED-RCA 74-0960 12 cased the talents of the Os- ment to appear as special guest 5 5 TOUCH THE MORNING DON GIBSON-Hickory 1671 12 borne Brothers, Charlie Mon- stars and were received with 6 8 LOUISIANA WOMAN, MISSISSIPPI MAN LORETTA LYNN roe, Jimmy Martin and the great enthusiasm by the huge & CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 40079 9 audience. SHE'S ALL WOMAN DAVID HOUSTON-Epic 5-10995 11 0 9 A highlight of the three-day p 10 MR. LOVEMAKER JOHNNY PAYCHECK-Epic 5.10000 10 Leda Ray Goes affair was an old-time fiddler's 9 4 LOVE IS THE FOUNDATION LORETTA LYNN-MCA 40058 13 contest, which was won by the

10 17 EVERYBODY'S HAD THE BLUES MERLE HAGGARD-Capitol 3641 1 wellknowll "fidd'le king" J. T. The Lucky Way Perkins of Arab, Alabama. His Leda Ray, awards included $(i00 in 14 AM I THAT TO FORGET 10 i NASHVILLE cash EASY 55 JUST WHAT I HAD IN MIND - 3 JIM 74-0963 m REEVES-RCA FARON YOUNG-Mercury 73403 Allied Artists recording song- prizes and the Black Diamond 22 SLIPPIN' AWAY 10 52 OLD BETSY GOES BOING, stress, has signed an exclusive Strings Trophy, the latter pre- ® JEAN SHEPARD-United Artists BOING, BOING XW248W 5 booking by THE HUMMERS-Capitol 13646 contract with Lucky sented Herb Nagel, Presi- 18 NOTHING EVER HURT ME 8 45 49 TOMORROW NIGHT 6 Moeller of Moeller Talent, Inc. dent of the New .Jersey based ® 5-11006 GEORGE JONES-Epic CHARLIE RICH-RCA 79-0983 14 16 HANK 8 of Nashville. string firm. 46 46 MY LIST DAY 7 HANK WILLIAMS, JR.- TONY DOUGLAS-Dot MGM 14550 17464 54 AMANDA AWAY 19 DRIFT 9 DON WILLIAMS-JM1 ® NARVEL FELTS-Cinnamon 763 24 56 YOU REALLY HAVEN'T IDI 24 THE CORNER OF MY LIFE 7 171 BILL ANDERSON-MCA 40070 CHANGED 3 JOHNNY In 25 WATERGATE BLUES/ CARVER-ABC 11374 49 47 BAD BAD LEROY BROWN 7 SPOKANE MOTEL BLUES 6 ANTHONY ARMSTRONG JONES- TOM T. HALL-Mercury 73394 Epic 5-11002 o 18 20 IF TEARDROPS WERE 50 50 SUNSHINE 6 PENNIES 8 MICKEY NEWBURY- PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY Elektro 45853 PARTON-RCA 74-0981 51 53 LOVE AIN'T WORTH A DIME AUGUST 11, 1973 MY LAST DAY Tony Douglas Cocnise, BMI) 46 19 7 YOU GIVE ME YOU 14 WYNN STEWART-RCA 0004 MR. LOVEMAKEIt Johnny Paycheck (Cooper BMI) BOBBY RICE-Metromedia 50 61 YOU'RE THE BEST THING A MA NANO A TRAIN Marty Robbins Band, 8 NASHVILLE Ray Stevens Country 68-0107 RAY PRICE-Columbia 4-45889 20th Century, ASCAP) 42 (Ahab, BMI) 67 ALONE AGAIN NOTHING EVER HURT ME Billy Sherrill 20 11 SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN' 12 65 IF YOU'VE (NATURALLY Steve Stone GOT THE TIME 4 (Management (Tree, BMI) 13 BILLY CRASH ® & Music, BMI) 72 CRADDOCK- RED STEAGALL-Capitol P3651 OH WOMAN Marena & MGB Prods. ABC 11364 AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET Jerry Bradley 54 57 I WISH (YOU HAD STAYED) 5 (4 -Star, BMI) 11 (Famous, ASCAP) 71 21 23 I USED IT ALL ON YOU 9 BRIAN COLLINS-Dot DOA 17466 AMANDA Allen Reynolds (Gold Dust, BMI) 47 OLD BETSY GOES GOING, BOING, GOING -RCA Dan Dalton ASCAP) 74-0973 55 58 HUSH 4 BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN Glenn Sutton (I(ittyhawk, 44 22 13 OLD FAITHFUL Huck Owens (Blue WHY ME 18 JEANNIE C. RILEY- (Blendingwell/ABS, ASCAP) 49 Book, BMI) 64 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON- MGM K14554 BLOOD RED AND COIN' DOWN Billy Sherrill OPEN UP YOUR HEART Ron Bledsoe (Tree/Alrhond, BMI) Monument 8571 56 (Tree, BMI) 41 38 59 THE HAND OF LOVE PUT ME DOWN SOFTLY Williams, Reynolds 29 I BRING BACK MY YESTERDAY Jimmy Bowen CAN'T BELIEVE 9 BILLY WALKER-MGM K4565 ® (Sa-Vette/January, BMI) 69 & Lee (Jack, BMI) 24 SKEETER DAVIS-RCA 74-0968 57 62 TODAY WILL BE THE CAN I SLEEP IN YOUR ARMS Walter Haynes GUEEN OF THE SILVER DOLLAR Ken Mansfield Eti 30 PUT ME DOWN SOFTLY 7 (Evil FIRST DAY (Tree, BMI) 33 Eye, WI) 37 DICKEY LEE-RCA 74-0989 RAVISHING LAWANDA DARLING YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK HOME RUBY Jerry Kennedy 25 12 LINDSEY- (Hallnote, BMI) RAVISHING RUBY 16 Capitol 3652 Billy Sherrill (Jack 1. Bill, ASCAP) 30 25 TOM T. DON'T FIGHT THE REDNECKS, WHITE SOCKS & BLUE RIBBON HALL-Mercury 73377 68 IT TAKES TIME FEELINGS OF LOVE 2 Jack Clement (Pi -Gem, BMI) BEER Jerry Bradley (lack, BMI/Lando, Ea 35 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN Ell DAVE 32 DUDLEY-Mercury 73404 DREAM PAINTER ASCAP) 63 THIS FAR BEFORE 4 69 KID STUFF 2 (Blue Crest, BMI) 34 RIDERS IN THE SKY Jim Fogelsong CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 40094 BARBARA FAIRCHILD- DRIFT AWAY Steve Rowland (MCA, ASCAP) 15 (Edwin H. Morris, ASCAP) 28 27 31 WOULD YOU WALK WITH Columbia 4-45903 EVERYBODY'S HAD THE BLUES Fuzzy Owen SATISFIED MIND Jerry Kennedy (Ft. Knox, ME JIMMY 60 63 SOLD AMERICAN (Shade Tree, BMI) 10 WI) 70 7 SHENANDOAH Charlie McCoy ARLENE KINKY FRIEDMAN- FARTHER DOWN THE RIVER Steve Stone HARDEN- (Glass Slipper, ASCAP) Columbia 4-45845 Vanguard VSD 35173 (Central, BMI) 74 39 HANK Jim Vienneau (Tree, BMI) 14 SHE'S ALL WOMSN Billy Sherrill (Algee, BMI) 7 33 RIDERS IN THE 61 64 THE SAME OLD WAY SKY 5 HANK ANO LEFTY RAISED MY COUNTRY SOUL SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN' RON CHANCEY Ea ROY STAN HITCHCOCK- CLARK-Dot DOA 17458 Bitt Collie (Blue Crest/Hill & Range, 75 (Venice/Bess, BMI) 20 Cinnamon C-759 BMI) 29 15 SOUTHERN LOVING 17 HEAVEN ON EARTH Kelso Herston SLIPPING AWAY (Stallion, BMI) 12 62 66 JIM ED BROWN-RCA 74-0928 HERMAN SCHWARTZ (Marton, BMI) 66 SOLD AMERICAN Chuck Glaser (Glaser, BMI) 60 STONEWALL SOUTHERN LOVING Bob Ferguson 30' 38 OARLIN' YOU CAN ALWAYS JACKSON- HERMAN SCHWARTZ Jim Vienneau MGM K14569 (Jack & Bill, ASCAP) 62 (Chappell, BMI) 29 COME BACK HOME 5 70 REDNECKS, WHITE HUSH Jim Vienneau (Lowery, BM1) 55 SUNSHINE Miller & Greene (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 50 JODY ai SOCKS MILLER-Epic THE CORNER OF MY 5-11016 I BELIEVE THAT LIFE AND BLUE RIBBON BEER CAN'T IT'S ALL OVER 31 21 IF SHE JUST HELPS ME 9 Ronny Light (Ben Peters, BMI) 23 (Stallion, BMI) 16 JOHNNY RUSSELL- THE HAND LOVE SONNY JAMES-Columbia 4-45871 I RECALL A GYPSY WOMAN Larry Butler OF Jim Vienneau RCA APDO 0021 (Jack & ASCAP) 32 26 DON'T FIGHT (Jack, BMI) 65 Bill, 56 THE FEELING 14 64 45 OLD THE SAME WAY FAITHFUL I USED IT ALL YOU Jerry OLD Bill Rice CHARLEY PRIDE-RCA 74-0942 ON Bradley TONY BOOTH-Capitol 3639 (Forest Hills, BMI) 21 (Jack & Bill, ASCAP) 61 37 CAN I SLEEP IN YOUR ARMS 1 THE TOWN WHERE YOU LIVE Jimmy Peppers ® 72 I RECALL A GYPSY WOMAN McClinton & Strong JEANNIE SEELY- .MCA 40014 m (Jobete, ASCAP) 54 (Sunbeam/Levita, BMI) 68 TOMMY CASH-Epic 5-11026 WILL BE THE 34 36 DREAM PAINTER 8 IF SHE JUST HELP ME GET OVER YOU TODAY FIRST DAY Alan & Shaw 73 HEAVEN ON EARTH (Blue Book, CONNIE SMITH-RCA 74-0971 George Richey (lack, BMI) 31 BM') 57 SONNY JAMES-Capitol P-3653 TOMORROW NIGHT Chet Atkins 35 39 WAKE UP JACOB IF TEARDROPS WERE PENNIES Bob Ferguson 5 67 71 NASHVILLE (Bourne & Co., ASCAP) PORTER 3 (Peer Intl., BMI) 18 45 WAGONER-RCA RAY TOP OF THE WCIRLD Glenn Sutton AP BO -0013 STEVENS-Burnaby B5020 IF YOU'VE COT THE TIME Joe Allison THE (Shada, ASCAP) 53 (Almo/Hammer & Nails, ASCAP) 2 42 LET'S - TOWN WHERE YOU LIVE 1 FALL APART/ m A TOUCH THE MORNING Eddie Raven MEL IT'S MAN'S WORLD Norris Wilson STREET-Metromedia (Milene, I HATE YOU 8 Country DJHO-0018 (Flagship/Algee, BMI) 40 ASCAP) 5 TRIP TO HEAVEN Bob Morris (Blue Book, BMI) 3 RONNIE MILSAP-RCA 74-0969 BRING BACK MY IT TAKES TIME Jerry Kennedy - YESTERDAY 1 37 41 m (Six Ways, BMI) . 58 WAKE UP JACOB Bob Ferguson (Owepar, BMI) 35 QUEEN OF THE SILVER GLEN CAMPBELL-Capitol P3669 JUST WHAT I HAD IN MIND Jerry Kennedy DOLLAR 70 SATISFIED MIND WATERGATE BLUES/SPOKANE MOTEL BLUES 9 - 1 Ben Peters, BMI) 43 Jerry Kennedy (Hallnote, BMI) 17 ®DOYLE HOLLY-Barnoby 5018 ROY DRUSKY-Mercury 73405 KID STUFF Jerry Crutcheld (Duchess, BMI) 59 WHY ME Fred Foster (Resaca, BMI) 22 43 OPEN UP OH WOMAN LAY YOUR SWEET LOVIN' ON ME Howard YOUR HEART 3 - 1 & YOU ROGER MILLER- JACK BARLOW-Dot DOA 17468 Fields (Americus, We-bua, ASCAP) 73 WOULD WALK WITH ME JIMMY Frank Jones (Blue & Range, Columbia 4-45873 LET'S FALL APART/I HATE YOU Collins & Crest/Hill BM') 27 ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY) 1 - YOU GIVE ME YIIU Howard & Heard (Chess, ED 44 SHENANDOAH ® BRUSH Johnson ASCAP/Dan Penn, BMI) 36 5 ARBOR-Capitol P3672 LORD, MR. FORD Chet Atkins & lerry Reed (Harpeth, ASCAP) 19 CHARLIE McCOY- 73 74 LAY YOUR SWEET LOVIN' (Vector, BM1) 4 YOU REALLY HAVEN'T Monument ZS1-8576 CHANGED Ron Chancey ON ME 2 LOUISIANA WOMAN, MISSISSIPPI MAN (ABC/Dunhill, BM1) A8 40 48 IT'S A MAN'S WORLD 5 BOBBY PENN-SO States FS-14A Owen Bradley (Dunbar, BMI) 6 YOU WERE ALWJ,YS THERE Stan Silver DIANA TRASK-Dot DOA 17467 LOVE AIN'T WORTH A DIME UNLESS IT'S (Prima -Donna, BMI) 74 75 FARTHER DOWN THE RIVER 2 1 51 FREE Bobby Bare (Return, BMI) 51 BEST Ca BLOOD RED AND COIN' TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD- YOU'RE THE THING Don Law Prods. LOVE IS THE FOUNDATION Bradley DOWN 3 Copitol P-3631 Owen (Keca, ASCAP) 52 (Coal Miners, BMI 9 YOU'VE NEVER IIEEN THIS FAR BEFORE TANYA TUCKER- HANK AND LEFTY RAISED MR. TING A LING Joe Johnson (4 -Star, BMI) Owen Bradley (Twitty Bird, BMI) 26 Columbia 4-45892 MY 42 COUNTRY SOW. 34 A MAN AND A TRAIN 7 STONEY EDWARDS- ROBBINS-MCA MARTY 40067 Capitol P3671 96 RECORD WORLD AUGUST 11, 1973 «XN/111 Marie's first single "Paper Roses" K14609 from her debut album N1ARIE'&'1v Paper Roses

Includes "Paper Roses" "Louisiana Bayou" "Everything Is Beautiful" "You're The Only World I Know" "Fool No. l" "Least Of All You" "Sweet Dreams" "Too Many Rivers" "It's Such A Pretty World Today" "True Love Lasts Forever" Produced by Sonny James rcOLOs MGM RECORDS oRECORDS 1973 tv,GM Records, Inc Roy Clark's "Riders in the Sky"

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From the most super picker of them all.

Roy Clark knows more than one way to make a hit! f 1tE fLRn1ER MUSICAL ADVENTURES He sang "Come Live With Me" and made it a smash hit that crossed over into pop. Then Roy picked up his guitar, and recorded an instrumental of "Riders In The Sky" that's also turning into a tremendous follow-up hit. And if that ain't enough, there's also an album full of superpickin'-and ~MAMA n10c115 MUM 1KT TMtMEFiOM 10111 it includes "Riders In The Sky". TAM ~OE MOW IMO TMt MIOMIGIIT COMO OOT MlCOMM

The Album: "Superpicker" DOS -26008 The Single: "Riders in the Sky" DOA -17458

Available on DOTRECORDS 0,055.01. ANIOLISu ,c CORP RT1 Distributed by MUSIC TAPES Famous Music Corp., N.Y., N.Y. A Gulf i Western Company