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HITS OF THE WEEK SINGLES SLEEPERS ALBUMS BAD COMPANY, "MOVIN' ON" (prod. by Bad SAM NEELY, "I FOUGHT THE LAW" (prod. by GUESS WHO, "FLAVOURS." Canadian Company) (Badco, ASCAP). Second Bobby Hart & Danny Janssen:Hit troubadours who have held a steady single from their "Bad Co." album BrigadeMusic/Gross-KuppsProd.) 'n sturdy grip on the pop scene for lo has as much going foritas their (Acuff -Rose, BMI). The Bobby Fuller these many years, further the strength groundbreaking"Can'tGet Four former '66 top 10er serves as of that grasp with this diversified set. Enough." Mick Ralphs tune isloco- an even more animated oldie than A virtualBaskin -Robbins arrayisof- motion in action. Newly -recorded B "You CanHaveHer" as Neely fered-the tasty single, "Dancin' Fool," side, "Easy on My Soul," not found comes off his biggest to date. Saga the spicy "Long Gone" and the nourish- on their 1p is yet another solid sales of a man on the run proves to be a ing "Diggin' Yourself." Do yourself a plus. Swan Song 70101(Atlantic). fight to a fine finish. A&M 1651. "Flavour!" RCA CPL1-0636 (6.98). B. T. EXPRESS, "EXPRESS" (prod. by Jeff Lane/ TAVARES, "REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU TO ROXY MUSIC, "COUNTRY LIFE." After Dock Prod. & '0'Prod.) (Triple 0/ FORGET" (prod. by Dennis Lambert opening eyes with the cover, Ferry and Jeff -Mar,BMI).Clear choice from & Brian Potter) (ABC -Dunhill, BMI). troupe offer ear -tingling material on a 41,91N9314401 the album featuring"DoIt('Til Powerhouse material debuted on a beguiling international level from the You're Satisfied)."In the wake of 00recent Four Tops album becomes the "Oy Weh" of "The Thrill of it All" to the cut's phenomenal disco response, likely choice for these guys to top the "[amour" of "AllI Want Is You" itsees a long-awaited singlere- their number onesoul success, tothe"liebchen"of"Bitter -Sweet." lease,puffin'in the same direction "She's Gone." Crossover possibilities The time isripe for Stateside recogni- asits pop/soul predecessor. Road - here boggle the mind. Totally un- tion of the mysticism oozed by Ferry's show 7001 (Scepter). forgettable! Capitol 4010. genius. Atco SD 36-106 (6.98). STYLISTICS, "STAR ON A TV SHOW" (prod. by JOHNNY WINTER, "RAISED ON ROCK" (prod. SHIRLEY BROWN, "WOMAN TO Hugo & Luigi) (Avco Embassy, by Shelly Yakus) (Screen Gems-Co- WOMAN." The singletitletrackoff ASCAP). The "You Oughta Bein lumbia/SweetGlory, BMI). Elvis this disc has been making chart history, Pictures" concept gets an update for grabbed a hold of this Mark James not only in its swift zoom into the num- the'70s from romantic souldom's tune not too long ago, but leave it ber one slot on -he Record World r&b ratingskings.Their mediumisa to Johnnyto makeitseemlike chart and crossover into pop, but also familiar message whose runisre- you're hearingitfor the first time. initsre-establishment of the answer newed with contemporary finesse. Interesting counterpart to the current record(with BarbaraMason'sand The home screen has never sounded Mac Davishitcelebratesboogie. CandiStaton'sreachingtoppropor- RIO better! Avco 4649. Blue Sky ZS8-2754 (Columbia). tions). Truth TRS 4206 (Sfax) (6.98).

LOGGINIS & MESSINA, "CHANGES" (prod. by CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, "THE SOUTH'S MAN, "SLOW MOTION." Deke Leonard - JimMessina)(Jasperilla,ASCAP). GONNA DO IT"(prod.byPaul led entourage has indeed decelerated Neither the Phil Ochs nor the Bowie Hornsby/DonRubinProd.)(Kama their pace while directing that energy classicof the same name, but a Sutra/RadaDara,BMI).Southern intoa new,highly -structuredstyle. Messina original off the duo's rock had a great '74, and Charlie Demonstrative of the effectivenessof "Mother Lode" album. A full180 wants to be the one to launch '75 the added dimensions is the gut level degree turn from "Your Mama Don't from below the Mason-Dixon line. feel of "Hard Way to Die," the Beatle- Dance," this eloquent product brings More supportive of atotal career esque quality of'You Don't Like Us" a bit of existentialism to the super- than "Uneasy Rider." For one and and the sheer loveliness of "Rainbow star world. Columbia 3-10077. y'all! Kama Sutra 598. Eyes." UA UA-LA345-G (6.98).

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Copyright Bill WB Firms Up Discs Disco Crossovers Providing Artists On White House Tapes Signed by Ford NEW YORK-In the wake ofWith Multi -Purpose Promotion Aids VAIL, COLO. - President the just -concluded Watergate By ROBERT ADELS Gerald P. Ford signed into law cover-up trial, Warner Bros. Rec- NEW YORK - Heavy reactioncharting follows somewhat be- on Tuesday (31) a bill making ords is proceeding with its plans from discotheques can do more hind. The RCA -distributed record permanent the Federal Copy- toreleasethehistoricNixon than break a black record pop, broke onto the pop chart several right extended to soundre- White House tapes used as court accordingto an analysis of weeks before being tracked as a cordings. The previous statute evidence in disc form to the gen- Record World's singles chart. Ofmajor r&b seller. (The singleis was due to expire at the end eral public (RW, Jan. 4). the three new disco acts breaking now bulleted 23, r&b.) of 1974. Principals into the top 25 with bullets this Disco Tex The new law increases the The label has announced thatweek, all are outdistancing their Meanwhile,ther&baccept- penaltiesfor willfulinfringe- its two -record set of Oval Office r&b chartings with stronger pop ance of Disco Tex & the Sex-O- ment to a fine of up to $25,- tape segments will include con- positions. Lettes (Chelsea) has been even 000 and/or a jail term of up versations between former Presi- Gloria Gaynor more overshadowed by the to one year for thefirstof- dent Nixon and aides H. R. Halde- While Gloria Gaynor (MGM) disc's pop activity, after getting fense and a fine of up to $50,- man, John Ehrlichman, John Mit- received initial black radio itsinitialexposure asadisco 000 and/or a jail term of up chell, Charles Colson and John reaction to her currently bulleted staple.At a bulleted 21 this to two years for subsequent Dean. at 13 "Never Can Say Goodbye," week on The Singles Chart, the offenses.Underthestatute The 11 -record 'set the labelis itscrossover to pop has taken record exhibits the ability of the justexpired,the penalties also preparing will contain the placewithoutits attaining a discos to break a white act (lead were a fine of up to $1,000 complete 22 hours of tapes played major r&b chart slot. It was disco singer Monte Rock III)into the and/or ajailterm of up to during the trial of Mitchell, Hal- reactiontothesingle,a Rec- upper chart echelons. one year for all offenses. deman, Ehrlichman, Robert Mar- ord World Sleeper the week of Ina situation which in many The Recording Industry As- dian and Kenneth Parkinson September 7, which sustainedit ways resembles the Gloria sociationof America, which which concluded last week with until the snowballing effect car- Gaynor storyin terms of keep- had aided the campaign for a New Years Day verdict of guilty ried its weight into the pop mar- ing a record alive between re- thislegislation,hailed enact- for all but the acquitted Parkin- ket where it charted for the first lease date and pop charting, the ment of the new law as a vital son. time some eight weeks ago. disco reaction to Labelle's "Lady tool in the recording industry's Both albums willbe accom- Carol Douglas Marmalade" (Epic), first as an al- ongoing battle against the pi- panied by transcripts of the con- Anothersoulvocalist,Carol bum cut and then as a single, racy of sound recordings. versations. The 11 -record set will Douglas (MidlandInternational) has sustained it until this week's The new law also extends be made available by Warners to has bulleted into the 19 pop slot pop breakthrough at 99. Coinci- for a two-year period copy- (Continued on page 11) this week astherecord's r&b dentally, theact's"Nightbirds" rightprotectionformusical album also makesitstop 100 compositions that were due to debutthisweekat99.The expire at the end of 1974.It Reiss Assumes Key Motown Ind, Post black female vocal trio has often been described as having a also creates a commission to LOS ANGELES - Gordon S. look into the ramifications of broader white than black follow- Riess, formerlyexecutivevice copyright of technological de- ing, and disco activity has helped presidentofCinemaInterna- theirproduct reach thepop velopments such as xeroxgra- tionalCorporation, has been phy and computerization. audience without first having to named executive vice president prove itself in the r&b market. andchiefoperatingofficerof Disco play, when concentrated 20th Pacts Westbound Motown Industries,itwas an- on a locallevel,isalso playing nounced by Berry Gordy, chair- LOS ANGELES - Russ Regan, apartin the making of album president, 20th Century Records, man of the board and president. acts out of such pop/soul singles and Armen Boladian, president, Riess operated out of London artists as Carl Douglas (20th Westbound Records, have jointly forCICand has morethan Century) and B. T. Express yearsofexperiencein announced that a long-term fifteen (Scepter). Heavy dance club ex- agreement had been reached call- Europe including top executive posurefor"Blue EyedSoul" ing for 20th's exclusive distribu- postswithInternationalPaper (Continued on page 31) tion in the U.S. of all productions CompanyinZurich,andFord from the Westbound organization. Motor Company in Brussels, Copenhagen, Rome andAlex- NAACP Nominees Additionally, the Westbound - Gordon S. Reiss Eastbound album catalogue, here- andria, Egypt. For Image Awards tofore distributed by Chess -Janus, Riess replacesBerleAdams Riess'appointmentcoincides will also be distributed by 20th, who resigned recently. with Motown's expansion plans HOLLYWOOD, CAL. - Nomi- effective immediately. Responsibilities in foreign operations in all fields nees for the NAACP's eighth an- Under the terms of the pact, Administration of all phases of of entertainment, as well as with nual Image Awards presentations Westbound product will be re- Motown Industries' entertain- the consolidation of its currently have been announced by Bob leased on a new label -20th Cen- ment complex will come under broadening base of activitiesin Jones,chairmanoftheevent tury -Westbound Records.Initial Riess' jurisdiction. These include the United States. sponsored by the Beverly Hills- releases now being readiedin- Motown Record Corporation; Jo- Background Hollywood branch of the National clude such Westbound artists as bete's group of music publishing He is a Harvard Business Association for the Advancement Funkadelic,DeniseLaSalle and companies; Multi -Media Manage- School graduate with subsequentof Colored People. The winners the Detroit Emeralds. A number ment Corporation, and Motown experience in administration, will be announced on Jan. 18 at of albums are now being prepared Productions, thetelevisionand finance,legal, marketingand the Hollywood Palladium. (Continued on page 26) motion picture arm. personnel. (Continued on page 28)

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Hall of Fame Nominations RCA Names Carter Announced by Recording Acad. Natl. Sales Dir. NEW YORK-Big band sounds tists. By a vote of the Academy's NEW YORK-The appointment WALD abound among this year's nomi- national trusteesit was decided of Dick Carter as director of na- 1700 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019 nations for the Recording Acad- that this year "the four non -clas- tionalsales, RCA Records,has Area Code (212) 765-5020 emy's Hall of Fame, which honors sical recordingsreceivingthe been announced by Jack Kiernan, recordings of lasting, qualitative division vice president, marketing. PUBLISHER EDITOR IN CHIEF highest number of votes shall be BOB AUSTIN SID PARNES andhistoricalsignificance re- joined by the classical recordingCarter replaces Tony Montgom- VP & MANAGING EDITOR leased before the advent of the receiving the most votes to make ery who last week was named MIKE SIGMAN Academy's Grammy Awardsin up the five Hall of Fame winners." directorofpromotionforthe LENNY BEER/DIRECTOR OF MARKETING 1958. The list of the 30 finalists, The time span of the 30 selec- company. HOWARD LEVITT/ASSOCIATE EDITOR along with ballots, have recentlytions covers half a century, be- MITCHELL KANNER/ART DIRECTOR been mailed to the 90 members ginning with Enrico Caruso's 1907 TONI PROFERA / RESEARCH EDITOR Robert Adels / Reviews Editor of the Hall's election committee, acousticrecording of "VestiLa Roberta Skopp/Assistant Editor who selectedthenominations Giubba" and ending with Count Ira Mayer/Assistant Editor and whosesecondroundof Basie's mid -fiftiesversion of David McGee/Assistant Editor voting will determine the five re- (Continued on page 26) Mike Bisker/Assistant Research Editor cordings that will join last year's Dedo Dabney/R&B Editor Michael Schanzer/ Assistant Art Director entries in the Academy's newly - Daniels Forms Pubbery Sandee Oxman/Production established Hall of Fame. LOS ANGELES - Chandler L. Speight Jenkins/Classical Editor Topping the list of most nomi- Daniels has formed Musical Hits Vince Aletti/ Discotheque Editor nated artists are two bandleaders, Irene Johnson Ware/Gospel Editor Publishing Co. (BMI) asafirst Richard Robinson /A -V Editor Tommy Dorsey and Duke Elling- step in assuming his new activi- Stan Soifer/Advertising Sales ton, who, along with Billie Holi- tiesinindependent production, day, have been cited for three management andpublishing Dick Carter WEST COAST recordings apiece. The only other since his departure from Capitol SPENCE BERLAND multi -nomineeisBenny Good- At the same time, Kiernan said VICE PRESIDENT Records. man, who has been named twice. LarryGallagher wouldreplace WEST COAST MANAGER Musical HitsPublishingCo. The range of nominations Carter as north central regional Eliot Sekuler/ West Coast Editor will be the exclusive North Amer- Karen Fleeman/Assistant Editor covers, in addition to big bands, salesmanager andthatDave ican publisher for all tunes writ- Linda Nelson/Production male and female singers, pop in- Wheeler would replace Gallagher 6290 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. 90028 ten by BjornSkifs(lead singer strumentalistsandclassicalar- as salesmanagerofcountry Phone: (213) 465-6126 for Blue Swede) and Ben Palmers music. Wheeler had been man- NASHVILLE (Continued on page 26) ager of RCA's Detroit sales office. JOHN STURDIVANT Island Taps Dengrove Carter was appointednorth VICE PRESIDENT central SOUTHEASTERN MANAGER LOS ANGELES - Pat Pipolo,Phonodisc Taps Thies regionalsalesmanager, Don Cusic/Southeastern Editor Island Records vice president- NEW YORK - Herb Heltd, di- RCA Records with headquarters Marie Ratliff/Research promotion,has announced the rector of national sales for Phono- in Chicago, in early 1974. Before Ellen Wood/Production appointment of JeffreyS. Den - that, he had been a field sales Red O'Donnell/Nashville Report disc, has announced that Arnold 806 16th Ave. So., Nashville, Tenn. 37203 grove as national album promo- R. Thies has been named the re- representative in the northwest, Phone: (615) 244-1820 tion manager for Island, effective prior to which he had been with gionaldirectorofthenewly LATIN AMERICAN OFFICE immediately. formed southern region. Phono- ((Continued on page 39) TOMAS FUNDORA disc now has four regional offices VICE PRESIDENT located in Los Angeles, Nashville,Weisner Exits Buddah LATIN AMERICAN MANAGER Carlos Marrero/Assistant Manager New York and Chicago. NEW YORK - Ron Weisner has 3140 W. 8th Ave. For the past six months, Thies announced his resignation as vice Hialeah, Fla. 33012 has been the Phonodisc liaison president of Buddah Records, a (305) 823-8491 for major accounts. Previous to position he has occupied since (305) 821-123,0 (night) his Phonodisc affiliation, he the company's inception six years ENGLAND served as national country sales NOEL GAY ORGANISATION ago. Weisner plans to form his 24 Denmark St. directorfor MGM Recordsin ownfilmmanagement -produc- London, W.C.2, England Nashville. tion company. Details concerning Phone: 836-3941 Thies will be based in NashvilleWeisner's new company will be JAPAN and will report directly to Heldt. announced shortly. ORIGINAL CONFIDENCE CBON Queen Building 18.12 Roppongi 7-chome Isleys Hold Gold Minato-ku, Tokyo Jeffrey Dengrove GERMANY PAUL SIEGEL Dengrove will headquarter at EUROPEAN EDITOR Island's Los Angeles office, work- Tauentzienstrasse 16, 1 Berlin 30, Germany ing directly under Pipolo along Phone: Berlin 2115914 with Island'sfieldpromotion FRANCE team. GILLES PETARD 8, Qual de Stalingrad, DengrovejoinsIslandfrom Boulogne 92, France Third World Promotions, his own Phone: 520-79-67 national album promotion oper- CANADA ation, which handled promotion LARRY LE BLANC projects for 20th Century, 22 Walmer Road, Apt. 604 WoodenNickel,Chelsea and Toronto, Canada Phone: (416) 967-1104 IslandRecords.Previously,he wasPipolo'sassistant ITALY at MCA The Epic/Columbia Custom Labels recently held a gala reception in the Persian Room ALEX E. PRUCCHINI Records, handling national album of the Plaza Hotel to honor T -Neck recording artists the lsley Brothers. The special Via Corno Di Cavento N. 21, Milan luncheon was arranged to present the Isleys with three gold records which the group promotionforthelabelfor SUBSCRIPTIONS: ONE YEAR (52 ISSUES) U.S. nearly four yearsinboth New achieved for their single "That Lady (Part 1)," the album entitled "3 +3," and their AND CANADA-$50; AIR MAIL-$85; FOREIGN most recent 1p, "LiveIt Up." Shown above at the affair are (from left, rear): Ron -AIR MAIL $90. SECOND CLASS POSTAGE York and Los Angeles. Alexenburg, vice president and general manager, Epic and Columbia Custom Labels; PAID AT NEW YORK, N.Y. AND AT AD- DITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. DEADLINE: Dengrove will be involved in Don Kirshner,president, Kirshner EntertainmentCorporation;KellyIsley; and Jim NEGATIVES AND COPY MUST BE IN NEW all phases of album promotion, Tyrrell, vice president, national sales, Epic and Columbia Custom Labels. From left, YORK BY 12 NOON FRIDAY. overlappingintotheareasof front: Ronald Isley;Chris Jasper; Marvin Islay;Ernie Isley; Rudolph Islay;Richard Copyright © 1975 by marketing, sales and advertising. Mack, director, national r8b promotion, CBS Records; and LeBaron Taylor, vice presi- RECORD WORLD PUBLISHING CO., INC. dent, special markets, CBS Records. VOL. 30, No. 1438

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Court Decision Shirley Brown's 'Woman to Woman' Supports Publishers NEW YORK - Tape pirates re- Reactivates the 'Answer' Record ceived a setback recently when By ROBERT ADELS of Home" at a bulleted 9. In ad- !aer one disc "Mule Train." in a 2 to 1 decision handed down NEW YORK-For the first time dition, the male answer record The man who figuredmost by the U.S. Third District Court of in the history of Record World's by Lonnie Youngblood on the Appeals, a lower court decision in prominentlyintothenovelty/ R&B Singles Chart and for per- Chess/Janus-distributedS h a kat answer concept in the early rock their favor was reversed. A num- haps the first time in all of black label, "Man to Woman" is a soul - ber of music publishers had insti- era was Stan Freberg who hit in music history, a former number charted 34 this week. 1956 withhisversionofElvis tuted suit claiming that tape du- one record has generated two The Staton and Mason singles plicators could not have access Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel." simultaneoustop10"answer" are following in the pop cross-But r&b music did not pick up to the compulsory licensing pro- records and a third chart hit. The visions of the U.S. Copyright Law. over footsteps of the now -gold the idea from rock; a group from In striking down the lower court revival in the commercial appeal ShirleyBrownrecording:"As whichHankBallardemerged, decision, the Court of Appeals of the "answer" record-precipi- Long As He Takes Care of Home" The Midnighters, had scoredin held that duplicators or piratestated by the success of Shirley is 60 while "From His Woman to '54 with "Work with Me Annie" didnot "use"the composers Brown's "Woman to Woman" on You" is a bulleted 59 on The Sin- and in effect answered their own work in a "similar" fashion and the Stax-distributed Truth label- gles Chart. record two timesinsuccession therefore could notutilize the has also brought the art of the Itisalsointeresting to note with their follow-up r&b charters compulsory licensing provisions introductory "rap" to new that the opening rap on "Woman "Annie Had a Baby" and "Annie's at all. heights of soul fashion. to Woman" has led to the deviceAunt Fannie." "Woman to Woman" topped The reversal of the lower court showing up much more frequent- Success Pattern decisionisinconformity with The R&B Singles Chart for two ly on other black records pro- Answer records have seldom two prior decisions in other cir- weeks in November andisstill duced sinceitsascendancy. A been as successful as their origi- charted there at 31. The first two similar cuits. Thus, three of the 10 circuit interestinraps on the nalsourcesofinspiration,al- "answer"discswhich courts have concurred inruling resulted partofrecordproducersalso thoughonenotableexception from that disc'spopularity,re- that a compulsory license is not showed aresurgence withthe (Continued on page 30) available ifitis invoked to pirate leased within one week of each popularityofMargieJoseph's other, are now both top 10 on "Stop in the Name of Love" in a recording or tape. Arista Pacts Freedom; Appeal the soul charts: Barbara Mason's 1971, also on a Stax-connected Buddah hit "From His Woman One of thecases, Marksv. label, Volt. Plans 8 LP Release Colorado, has been appealed by to You" at a bulleted number 8 History the defendant to the Supreme and Candi Staton's Warner Bros. The concept of the "answer" NEW YORK-Clive Davis, presi- Court. In responding to a request hit "As Long As He Takes Care record, a song in which a past dent of Arista Records, has an- by the Court for comment on the hitis directly addressed inlyri- nounced that Arista will distribute Alan Bates' Freedom Records, an case, the U.S. Solicitor General ATV Pacts Sire caland/or musicalcontent,is recommended that this Writ of tiedtothe broader history of extensive catalogue containing re- Certiorari should be denied since For Fruupp Disc the novelty record. By the end cordings by major jazz artists of the 1960s and 70s. Arista will be- the Circuit Court's decision was NEW YORK-Peter K.Siegel, of World War II, such kings of in his opinion correct and since novelty as Spike Jones were more gin with an initial release of eight president of ATV Records has an- albums in late January. there was an absence of conflict nounced a major licensing agree- often than not to be found on among the circuits. The Supreme ment with Seymour Stein, man- the charts spoofing a former hit In the release are Cecil Taylor's Court'srulingontheappeal aging director of Sire Records, for by another artist. An example of "SilentTongues,"recorded in should be expected shortly. Siretorelease theIrishband, parodying anoriginalhitwith 1974; Randy Weston's "Carnival," One case isstill under appeal Fruupp in the U.S. ATV Records comic "gimmick" variations on featuring Billy Harper on tenor; by the defendant in the Fifth Cir- is the American operating arm of the original copyright was Jones' "Flexible Flier," with Sheila Jordan cuit where the District Court had Pye Records of London. '45 version of"Holidayfor on vocals; Gato Barbieri and Dol- decided in favor of the copyright Sire plans to release Fruupp's Strings," a take -off on the David lar Brand in a series of reed duets proprietors. most recent British album, Rose triumphoftheprevious underthetitle"Confluence;" "Prince of Heaven's Eyes," in late year.Titularly -changed parodies Ornette Coleman's "Great Lon- March to coincide with a tour of hits were also Jones' forte, as don Concert," a two-Ip set; Albert Wonder Gets Gold currently being planned by Stein exhibited by his 1950 chart rec- Ayler's"Vibrations," featuring Don Cherry; the Charles Tolliver LOS ANGELES - "Boogie On and Paul Charles, manager of the ord"Chinese MuleTrain," a AllStars'"Paper Man,"with ReggaeWoman,"thesecond group. spoof of Frankie Laine's '49 num- Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and single culled from Stevie Won- Gary Bartz; and Marion Brown's der's Motown album, "Fulfilling- Bernstein Honored "Porto Nova." None of these re- ness' First Finale," has sold over cordings have been previously re- one millionunits and was de- leased in the U.S., and the Taylor, claredgold, Ewart announced Weston and Rudd efforts are here Abner, presidentofMotown issued for the first time anywhere. Record Corp. Both the album and the single Among other plans in Arista's were produced, arranged, written progressive jazz pursuits are, ac- and performed by Wonder. cording to Steve Backer, coordi- nator of the project for Arista, an album from Anthony Braxton fea- New Motown Phone turing David Holland and Leroy Jenkins; a recording by Jon Hen- LOS ANGELES - The Motown dricks (of Lambert, Hendricks and Record Corporation and its affili- Ross); and a disc from Randy and ated organizations, Jobete Music, Michael Brecker. Label coordina- Multi -MediaManagement and tor on behalf of Freedom is Mi- MoWest Studios will have a new chael Cuscuna. telephone number as of January A promotional sampler of the 6, 1975. The new number will be eight albums(alsoincluding a (213) 462-3111. Irwin Segelstein (left), president of Columbia Records, and Arthur Taylor (right)', presi- track from the Braxton recording), The offices for Motown Rec- dent, CBS, talk with Leonard Bernstein at the reception honoring Bernstein on the oc- designed to highlight the most ac- ords will remain at 6464 Sunset casion of the release of "Leonard Bernstein at Harvard, The Norton Lectures 1973: cessible moments from each, will Blvd. Los Angeles, 'The Unanswered Question.' " Other guests includedElliotForbes, chairman of the California music department at Harvard, who was presented with an autographed copy of the be distributed to radio stations in 90028. six -volume set. advance of the actual release.

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The magic of this great new star is also evident in the tremendous sales now being generated by the first BARRY MANILOW album! "His Carnegie Hall Concert proved Manilow is a star in his own right and that he has the potential to become a long-lasting superstar !- PERFORMANCE MAGAZINE "He will be a star for a long time!" PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS "Manilow is going to make it. BIG !"- PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER "When you watch Manilow, you begin to think of the categories that apply-from entertainer to singer -songwriter to record star!-BOSTON HERALD -TRAVELER The New Record Company

AmericanRadioHistory.Com E/A/N's Year Shows Big Increase 1974: A Golden Year for MCA LOS ANGELES - MCA Rec-to coincide with the group's 10th In Sales, Roster & Chart Growth ords received eight gold singles anniversary this year, was certi- LOS ANGELES - Elektra/ Pointing toward additional and eleven gold albums in 1974,fied gold by the RIAA in Decem- Asylum / NonesuchRecords is growth for the company's young anunprecedentedachievement ber, 1974. The album, a collec- completingitsfirstfullyear of southernartistsroster was the for the label. The RIAA certifica- tionof Who "oddities"from operation, reported by the labelopening of a Nashvilleoffice, tions were tallied by the com-over theyears,isthe group's to be a period marked by out- headed by general manager Mike pany's vicepresident/marketing sixth gold Ip. standing sales, consistently Suttle,in the Spring of 1974. A RickFrio, who also noted that Golden Earring's first MCA al- strongchartperformances and small but growing roster includesseven of those albums sold over bum, "Moontan," is another gold steady growth throughout every members of Nashville's growing one million units, qualifying disc award -winner.Earringrec- phase of the young company's"underground," like Linda Har- them as platinum Ips. ords on The Who's Track Rec- operations." Highlighting this grove,LarryBallardandDick Elton John ordslabel,distributed by MCA success was sustained chart Feller, as well as Nashville -based EltonJohnleadsthe MCA Records, Inc. momentum that brought 67 per- pop writer -performers like Den- award -winninglistwiththree Neil Diamond's "Twelve Great- cent of the company's pop and nis Linde and Eddie Rabbitt. Elek- goldsingles, two gold albums est Hits" was also certified gold rock titles onto the charts, and traartist Mickey Newbury, theand three platinum Ips. The sin- in 1974. ThisisNeil Diamond's garnered gold record awards for label'sfirst southernartist, was 14 albums during a year when gles are "Goodbye Yellow Brick seventh MCA album to achieve also active during '74, releasing Road," "Bennie andtheJets" goldstatus.Inaddition,Neil's only 31pop and rock albums hisfourthElektraalbumand two Ip set, "Hot August Night," were released. and "Don't Let The Sun Go Down making both live and televisionOn Me." Elton John's gold al- certified gold in 1973, went plati- Year-end sales figures show a appearances. bums are "Caribou" and "Great- num in January of 1974. dollar volume performance reach- Nonesuch est Hits."Boththesealbums Cher'salbum"HalfBreed," ing 38.6 millionat the end of For NonesuchRecords, 1974 went platinum within one month the year, an increase of 157 per- brought critical recognition high- andthesingle,"DarkLady," of release and are now doublealso went gold. cent over comparable figures for lighted by a Pulitzer Prize platinum, having soldinexcess '73. awarded to Donald Martino for of two million units each, accord- Soundtracks Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch also "Notturno," composed to a Wal- ingtothelabel.Inaddition, In the field of motion picture terW. Naumberg commission consolidateditsnational opera- Elton's two -albumset,"Yellow soundtrack music, MCA had two duringthis and recorded by Nonesuch early tion period.After BrickRoad,"certifiedgoldin gold records and two platinum initialoperation throughsepa- in '74 for release during Septem- 1973, also went double platinum in 1974. The original motion pic- rate east and west coast offices- ber. Equally significant was wide in1974 with over two million ture soundtrack of "The Sting," with sales, marketing and general public acceptance for the pianotwo-Ip units sold. with music conducted and businessaffairscentralized in rags of Scott Joplin, first recorded adapted byMarvin Hamlisch, New York while creative adminis- for contemporary audiences by Olivia Newton -John Another MCA award -winner is was certified gold in April, 1974, trationwas handled fromLos Joshua Rifkin for Nonesuch. Less and later earned double platinum Angeles-the company relocatedconspicuous but just as vital to Olivia Newton -John.Every one status with over 2 million units its headquarters to the Los An- Nonesuch'scontinuinginvolve- of her releases has been certi- geles office, newly renovated to fied gold by the RIAA, with the sold. The single cut titled "The in both contemporary and Entertainer,"thetheme song contain an expanded home office Ip"If YouLove Me,Let Me classicalmusic were continued fromthemotionpicture "The staff. expansion ofits Explorer Series; Know" going platinum. Olivia's first gold record, the single, "LetSting," was alsocertifiedgold. Elektra/Asylum Records open- new titles in the Spectrum: New "American Grafitti," a double Ip ed1974with a three album Me Be There," was certified by American Music Series; and al- setcontaining41 originalhits releasefromBobDylan,Joni bums exploring both instrumen- the RIAA in February,1974. from the motion picture sound- Mitchell and Carly Simon, with tal and vocal popular music com-Within 10 months of that award, those albums reaching the top all her records garnered gold. track, achieved platinum status in posed at the turnof the cen- 1974. three positions on national album tury. The southern rock group Lyn- charts. A substantially realigned pro- yrd Skynyrd had both their MCA Albums receiving RIAA certifi- motionforcebroughtgreater Ips, "Pronounced 'Leh -nerd 'Skin - Masterworks To Issue cation during 1974 were "Bestmarket coverage for thelabel, nerd"and"SecondHelping," of Bread, Vol. II;" "Late For The culminatinginthecompany's certified gold in 1974. New Release Sampler Sky" by Jackson Browne; "Verti- largest singles release inits his- "Odds and Sods" The Who's NEW YORK - Columbia Mas- tiesand Balderdash" by Harrytory during December, 1974. tenth album released by MCA Chapin; "Colors of The Day" by terworks is shipping its first new release sampler to sales and pro- Judy Collins; "Planet Waves" and motion men in the field during "Before TheFlood,"bothre- Alice Gets Smothered the first week in January. The rec- corded by Bob Dylan with The ord is also being sent to key re- Band; "Eagles," "Desperado" tailers and their personnel. In ad- and "On The Border,"allre- dition, bulk quantities will be sent cordedbytheEagles;"Court to all of the Columbia sales of- and Spark" and "Miles of Aisles," fices for distribution by the sales both recorded by Joni Mitchell; force. Carly Simon's "Hotcakes;" "The SoutherHillmanFurayBand;" Contents and "When The Eagle Flies" by The sampler album contains se- Traffic. Of these, 11 were released lections of January classicalre- during 1974. leases, including "Das Lied von Achieving platinum record der Erde" conducted by Leonard status during the year were three Bernstein, "Les Noces" conducted albums, "The Best of Bread," "Be- by Robert Craft, the complete Mo- fore The Flood" by Bob Dylan zart piano sonatas by Lili Kraus, and The Band, and "Court and and Melodiya albums of Tchai- Spark" by Joni Mitchell. kovsky's "Maid of Orleans" and Elektra/Asylum's country roster Prokofiev's "Stone Flower." alsoscoredbothsinglesand The new release disc will pro- albumsuccesses. Melba Mont- The All-Americankidhimself,a.k.a.AliceCooper,gueststarson theSmothers vide dealers and men in the field gomery brought Elektra Records Brothers Show, airing January 13 on NBC. Cooper will sing one number and will also join the Brothers (who are returning to television after a six -year absence) in a comedy an opportunity to hear the new its first number one country hit, skit. Assembled in the photo above are hosts and first night guests, from left:Dick productpriortogeneraldis- "No Charge." Smothers, Redd Foxx, Alice Cooper, Johnny Carson, George Burns and Tommy Smothers. tribution.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com 20th: Another Super -YearKudos for Cobham LOS ANGELES -20th Century In addition to Barry White, a Records, subsidiary of 20th number of other 20th perform- CenturyFoxFilmCorporation, ers came into prominence during has reported higher profitsfor the year. The listis headed by 1974, a continuanceof the Carl Douglas of "Kung Fu Fight- growth pattern established in the ing"fameand a full-fledged previous year, when the company countrydivision,developedin commenced operation. Accord- Nashville with Jimmy Vieneau at ing to company spokesmen, in- the helm. Further pointing up to creased earnings were the result thediverseroster now being of the development ofseveral molded by Russ Regan, thelist newartists, as well as the runs the gamut with the recent "amassmentofa strongcata- additions of such perfromers as ogue." Roy Rogers and Sammy Davis, Jr. Personnel -wise, a few addi- 20th finished 1974 with four tions were made tothestaff, moregoldsingles and four beginning with Mick Brown who more gold 1ps than the year be- AtBilly Cobham's recent SRO engagement at the BottomLine,theAtlantic/Atco fore. There was a total of seven artist drew many membersof New York'smusiccommunity.Presentbackstage took on the national sales man- opening night were (from left): Alan Lott, Atlantic/Atco national album promotion di- ager job vacated by Tom Rod -gold plus two platinum singles, rector; VanguardrecordingartistLarryCoryell;Nemperor artistJerry Goodman; den's promotion tovicepresi- four gold and one platinum Ip. Ahmet Ertegun, chairman of Atlantic/Atco; and Cobham. dent and general manager. Ralph Tashijian also joined 20th to head upnationalsingles Scholarship Presentations Planned For'75 NARM Gathering promotion, while two r&b CHERRYHILL,N.J. - Ten of these will be awarded at the son Scholarship(establishedby specialists, Norm Thrasher andyoungsters, who are children of 1975 Scholarship Foundation Din- Columbia Records); The Arista/ Vernon Thomas, took on regional employees or employees them- ner,AlfredL.Chotin, of J. L. BellRecordsScholarship;The responsibilties.Rodden isalso selves of NARM member com- Marsh, Inc.,St.Louis, Mo., has RCA Records Scholarship and The pleased with the addition of 19 - panies, willbe awarded $4,000established a scholarship in me- Jim Croce Memorial Scholarship yearindustryveteranCaroline scholarships at the NARM Scholar- mory ofhiswife,Miriam,for (established by ABC/Dunhill Rec- Molzan torunthe production ship Foundation Dinner on 1975. MCA Recordshascon- ords). department. Wednesday evening,March' 5, tributed a 1975 Scholarship For the second time, having Roddenreportsthatduring 1975, at the Century Plaza Hotel award. Scorpio Music Distributors, done it for the first time last year, 1974 the company more than inLos Angeles. The Scholarship a NARM Regular Member com- BASF Systems, a NARM associate doubled 1973 earnings. "We en- FoundationDinnerwill be a pany, hasestablished a 1975 member company, will fly the 10 joyed our first $2 million dollar feature of the 17th Annual NARM scholarship-the David Adelman scholarship winners to Los monthduringNovemberand Convention, which convenes on Scholarship. now anticipate hitting $3 million Angelesfor the presentation March 2. The other six scholarships dinner. for December," he said. The 10 scholarships which will (thoseinaddition tothe four be awarded this year are each new awards as described above) Scholarship Committee sponsored by a NARM member areallawarded aspart of the The NARM Scholarship Com- Girl Born to Regans company or by an individual affili- $10,000 Endowment FundPro- mittee, under the aegis of William LOS ANGELES-Rachel Grace, ated with a NARM member com- gram. These funds were estab- G. Owen, secretary of the Uni- 7 lbs. 2 ozs., was born at Cedars pany. Four new scholarships will lished through the years, begin- versity of Pennsylvania and aca- of Lebanon Hospital on Friday be awarded for the first time this ning in 1970. The continuing en- demic advisor to the Foundation, (12/27) to Mr. and Mrs. Russ Re- year. Warner Bros.,Elektra, At- dowment scholarships to be will make the selection of the 10 gan. The fatherispresident of lantic Records, and the WEA Dis- awarded again this year are: award winners from almost 150 20th Century Records. tributing Corp. have established TheLeonard H. Goldenson applications received by NARM. a $10,000 Endowment Fund, Scholarship (established by ABC Chairmanof the Scholarship which will yield six scholarships Records);TheCapitolRecords Committee is GeorgeSouvall Lenny Bruce Album in six consecutive years. The first Scholarship; The Goddard Lieber - (Alta Distributing, Phoenix, Ariz.). Committee members are Robert Set by Warner/Spector Anderson (Major Distributors, Warner/SpectorRecords, a Arista Pacts Capitol of Canada Seattle, Wash.); William Hall (J. L. joint venture of Warner Bros. Rec- NEW YORK - Elliot Goldman, The enthusiasm surrounding the Marsh,Inc.,Burlingame,Cal.); ords and producer Phil Spector, executive vice president of Arista new label's successful launching John Halonka (Beta Distributors, is set to releaseitsfirst album, Records and Arnold Gosewich, is bound to be contagious. We New York, N.Y.); Jay Jacobs (Knox Knoxville, "The Law, Language and Lenny president of Capitol Records of considerthisproduct an im- Record Rack Co., Bruce." The album is composed Canada, have jointly announced portant addition to our existing Tenn.); Lou Klayman (ABC Record of previously unissued Bruce con- thatthe twofirmshave con- catalogue." & Tape Sales, Woodside, N.Y.); Harold Okinow (LiebermanEn- certperformances.The album cluded a three-yearlicensing Elliot Goldman said, "We are actually serves as both a comedyagreement effective immediately very pleased to have concluded terprises,Minneapolis,Minn.); recording and as a documentary for distribution of Arista's product the deal with Capitol of Canada. Howard Rosen (Mid America Spe- cialty Dist., Chicago, Ill.); Charles with narration provided by Bruce in Canada. We are very impressed with the himself,on suchsubjects as N. Stephens (Hit Records, Chica- Capitolwillberepresenting professionalism and expertise of police harrassment, the legal sys- go, Ill.); and John Sullivan (Banco the entire Arista catalogue which their organization. This, coupled temandtheroleplayedby Dist., St. Louis, Mo.). coversall new product and all withtheenthusiasm we have language in society. existing Arista (Bell) product as carried away from our meetings Paul Anka, United Artists re- recordedfora cording artist, will be the enter- Lenny Bruce well,including Barry Manilow'swill assure significantmarket different companies oftheeveningatthe number of single "Mandy," and albums such penetrationofour productin tainer during the course of his career. as "Prime Time" by Tony Or- Canada." Foundation Dinner. His last label affiliation was with lando and Dawn, "As I SeeIt PhilSpector'sPhilliesRecords; "Soul Lenny Bruce was the only non- Now," by Melanie,and and Inspiration" bythe5th musical artist on the roster. "The Watch Out For Easy Street Dimension. Law, Language and Lenny Bruce," is being released in a continuous Incommenting on thedeal Doing A Lullaby (un-banded) form for the sake of Gosewich said, "We are very ex- continuity. cited to be associated with Arista. On Brougham Records!

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com THE C AST Columbia Signs Sky King By KAREN FLEEMAN HOT NEWS: Vanguard recording group the Roto Rooter Goodtime Christmas Band appeared at the allnight Christmas party and saleatLicorice Pizza's new SunsetStriplocation.During the festivities, owner Jim Greenwood was presented with a special autographed plunger in recognition of the sale of "more than 10 units" of the group's

debut Vanguard Ip. . . The first time a horse race has been dedicated to a rock & roll band, was on New Year's Eve, when the eighth race at the New Orleans Fairgrounds Racetrack was designated the "Wet Willie Handicap," in honor of the Capricorn recording group. The winning jockey was presented with a trophy by the band, who were appearing in New Orleans for a New Year's Eve concert with Hydra ... The new Motown -distributed Manticore label is turning out to be quite an operation, as just shortly Columbia Records recently announced the signing of six -man group Sky King to an after their top Italian recording group PFM knocked out an L.A. excluswe recording contract. The group, which is currently in the studio working on their debut album,is shown above at the official signing ceremony. From left are: audience in a recent performance at Long Beach, Stray Dog appeared Jonathan Stuart, Sky King's manager; Richard Allen Green, Sky King's attorney; Larry at the Whisky, and virtually had the place jumpin' . . . George Harri- Harris, vice president, business affairs, CBS Records; Chris Brubeck (bass, keyboards son's composition "Here Comes The Sun" has been withdrawn from and trombone), son of the renowned musician Dave Brubeck; Peter "Madcat" Ruth the London musical "John, Paul, Ringo and Bert." The decision comes (harmonica and jews harp); David R. Mason, (guitar, bass and viola); Bruce Lundvall, vice presioent and general manager, Columbia Records;Charles Koppelman, vice at the insistence of Harrison's music publishers. The song has been president and general manager, music publishing, CBS Records;Chris Coan (lead replaced by Lennon and McCartney's "Good Day Sunshine." The singer);David Bartlebaugh,SkyKing'sco -manager; RichardMorales (drums and musical history of the Beatles is being performed at London's West percussion); and Rick Jacobi (guitar and bass). End Theater. NO CAUSE FOR ALARM: The Charlie Daniels Band has a rather Sutton/Miller Ltd. Taps Rick Sidoti unusual burglar alarm on its tour bus. If someone tries to break in, LOS ANGELES-Rick Sidoti has Sound Bird and Shadybrook a display of fireworks is set off. . . The leader of Gary Glitter's back- been named promotion and sales labels. up group, the Glitter Band, is leaving to pursue a solo career. Johnmanager ofSutton/MillerLtd., Background Rosall is exiting the group after eight years with Glitter and entourage announced Joe Sutton, president Sidoti's former duties included . . . Neil Sedaka's biggest fan, Elton John, paid a surprise visit to the of the company. Sidoti willas- three years at MGM as west coast North of England to attend Neil's opening at the Batley Variety Club.sume his duties immediately and promotion director, and general Elton prepared an elaborate ruse to make the visit a surprise. Neil coordinate and organize all func- manager of Sunflower Records, (Continued on page 11) tions under his auspices for S/M's which was distributed by MGM.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Atlantic Signs Ben E. King Mums' Angels NEW YORK - Henry Allen, At this point, a bizarre incident Atlantic/Atco senior vicepresi- gave King the impetus needed for dent for r&b product, has an- a starring solo career. A recording nounced the signing of Ben E. session for the Drifters had been King to a long-term contract with set up in the winter months, and the label. when a massive snow storm pre- Born in Henderson,North vented allof the other Drifters Carolina,King moved to New but King from showing up at the York at an early age. He first em- studios, Atlantic decided to cut barkedon hissingingcareer some solo tracks with him. One with the Crowns, a singing groupof the songs cut was "Spanish that was subsequently recreated Harlem," which became ahit into the "new" Drifters after thesingle and paved the way for dissolution of the originalline- other Ben E. King successes like up. The "new" Drifters provided "Stand By Me," "Don't Play That a continuation of the group's on- Song" and "I (Who Have going success story with a string Nothing)." CBS distributed Mums Records has added a new group, Band of Ar9e1.5Produced by Neil Merryweather, the initialsingleistitled "He's Not There." Pictured(rear): of smash hits that included "Save Now Ben E. King has returned Mums president Bobby Roberts,Merryweather, Mums execsSteve McCormick and the Last Dance For Me," "This to Atlantic with hisfirstsingle Larry Douglas. Front: The Band Of Angels (Barbara Fry, Deveraux and Derma LeMoire). Magic Moment" and "There Goes forthelabel, "A Supernatural My Baby." Thing Pts.I & II." WB & White House Tapes (Continued from page 3) schools, libraries and the general the project is John G. McKnight Coast (Continued frompage 10) The public without profit, accordingwho served as a member of the and his wife, Leba, had been receiving daily floral tributes from Elton, to the label. AdvisoryPanelonthe White with notes apologizing for not being able to attend the opening. He New RepubliceditorWalter House Tapes for the U.S. District then strolled in on opening night, sending the 1800 paying customers Pincus continues his research for Court for the District of Colum- into a standing ovation . . . Jay Gruska taped a Don Kirshner Rock the project from New York under bia. Editing will be supervised by Concert at the Troubador in Hollywood. Tapings were done in thethe general project guidance of assoaate producer, Leslie Harsten afternoon, so as not to interfere with the club's regular nighttimeproducer -director Michael Kapp, who last produced the "50 Years shows. Jay has a single out, "Every Time I Try . .." consultant to NASA on the Sky- of Film" and "50 Years of Film RECORDING: Marc Bolan is writing a new album as a follow-up lab Project and producer of the Music" packages for Warners. to "Light of Love" for Casablanca Records, which should be out inTime -Life space documentary al- Acting for Warner Bros. in ef- February. Says he might be working with Harry Nilsson on some bum set, "To the Moon." fecting the release of the original future projects ... Thee Image willbe releasing their first Manticore tapes by petitioning the court and album in January ... Tony Award -winning Ben Vereenbranching out David Davidson Judge Gerhard Gessell was War- into recording on the Buddah label with Grammy winner Tony Ca- Aiding with the scriptis tele- ner counsel Joseph A. Califano millo producing cuts for his first Ip, "Offstage," due for mid -January vision documentary writer David Jr.of the Washington law firm release. Davidson. Audio consultant forWilliams, Connolly and Califano.

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BEN E. KING-Atlantic 3241 CHOICE FOUR-RCA PB-10088 REALISTICS-Brunswick 55516 SUPERNATURAL THING, PART 1(prod. by YOU'RE SO RIGHT FOR ME (prod. by Van McCoy/ I THINK I'LL CRY OUT LOUD (prod. by Carl Davis & Tony Silvester & Bert DeCoteaux) (Montage, BMI) Sag Prod.) (Warner-Tamerlane/Van McCoy, BMI) Sonny Sanders) (Hog, ASCAP) Returning to the label after a long ab- Man who has been arranging the Stylistics Group whose harmony patternsbring sence, the one-time Drifters lead and tal- sessions of late proves what he can do to mind some of the Stylistics' best mo- ent in his own right offers a sound as when he's in complete control of a lush ments mull over the concept of bursting today as Marvin Gaye. Natural comeback. ballad situation. So right and so ripe! into tears all the way to the bank!

BLACK SHEEP-Capitol 4012 WELDON IRVINE-RCA PB-10111 NEIL NORMAN-GNP Crescendo 486 BROKEN PROMISES (prod. by Stuart Alan Love/ WALK THAT WALK, TALK THAT TALK (prod. by WILD BOYS (prod. by Kim Fowley) Open Love Prod.) (Open Love, ASCAP) Weldon J.Irvine, Jr.) (Dunbar/Nodlew, BMI) (Skyview/Sonet, ASCAP) New York rockers have their own sense Jazz keyboardman with a soul streak could A strange conglomeration as the sound of of dynamics going for them on their label have hisown"Chameleon" in this the Trogg's "Wild Thing" meshes with debut, while re -capturing Grand Funk's whistle-blowin' dance item. Instrumental the sparkle of west coastglitterrock. "Closer to Home" period. Solid hit vow. concept with loquacious locomotion. Crazy cherubs have FM and AM appeal.

HERBIE MANN-Atlantic 3246 DICKY WILLIAMS-Ace 3007 LETTERMEN-Capitol 4005 HIJACK (prod. by Herbie Mann) (Dunbar, BMI) TWO WOMEN (prod. by D. Williams) (Ace, BMI) EASTWARD (prod. by Lettermen) (Yarone, ASCAP) Cissy Houston re -unites with the Sweet New soulman who's a writer as well as a A folky sound not unlike what Prelude Inspirations to help Herbie Mann Ameri- producer/artist borrows a bit of the old has been recently purveying helps the trio canize the international smash originated Joe Tex formula to fit into the continuing stay in touch with the times. Harmonious by Spanish rockers Barrabas. Lofty! "Woman to Woman" saga. perfection points to a winning direction.

JESSI COLTER- GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION- B.W. & THE NEXT EDITION-Dakar 4540 Capitol 4009 Warner Bros. 8061 (Brunswick) I'M NOT LISA (prod. by Ken Mansfield & FEEL THE NEED (prod. by GOD w. Larry Graham) WORK, WORK, WORK (prod. by Alonzo Tucker) WayIon Jennings/Hometown Prod.) (Baron, BMI) (Bridgeport, BMI) (Julio-Brian/Bill Lee/Super Duper, BMI) Wife of Waylon Jennings who only re- Group takes the Detroit Emeralds hit and Sort of a "Sixteen Tons" soul side up, corded isolated sessions in the past seems givesita BillyPreston -typeofhigh- this one captures the problems of the to open here. Has chuggin' non-stop working inner city man with uptempo the earmarks of an international hit. to a very commercial destination. umph. No solutions offered but funk.

SISTER SLEDGE-Atco 7008 FLAMINGOS-Worlds 103 (Big Apple) A FOOT IN COLDWATER-Elektra 45224 LOVE DON'T YOU GO THROUGH NO CHANGES ON THINK ABOUT ME (prod. by Johnny Worlds/ (MAKE ME DO) ANYTHING YOU WANT (prod, by ME (prod. by Tony Silvester & Bert DeCoteaux) Super Star Org.; Ronzo Prod.) (Story World, John Anthony/Love Prod.) (Freewheeled, (Montage, BMI) ASCAP; Belleville, BMI) ASCAP/CAPAC) Former producer/member of the Main Legendary r&b balladeers of the '50s and Canadian rockers step out in a style that Ingredient and theact'sarranger ably '60s make a rare, powerful transition to fitsinto the midwestern mold but with tackle the longterm career planning for '70ssoul.Already receiving east coast the majestic slant of Procol Harum over- a much talked -about female soul group. black action, it's food for hit thought. tones. Gentle intro leads into solid stuff.

CLAIRE HAMILL-Konk 9001 CATHY & THE RICHETTES- LTG EXCHANGE-Wand/Fania 11282 (ABC) Groove Merchant 1028 (PIP) (Scepter) WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE (prod, by FLAT FOOT FLOOGIE-CEMENT MIXER (prod. by MY LOVE (DOES IT GOOD TO ME) PART TWO Raymond Douglas Davies) (Screen Gems - Sonny Lester)(Allied/American Academy of (prod. by Jerry Ross) Columbia, BMI) Music, ASCAP) (Maclen, BMI) Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil penned this While the Divine Miss M is still on a disc Paul McCartney's superiorly romantic bal- '65 winner for the Animals. Ten years sabbatical, Buddy Rich's daughter moves ladlast souled to perfection by Margie later, the Kinks leader has produced a in on her territory. WW IImedley of Joseph now gets a black jazz bent. The re -make to place it back on top. novelty hits make these times feel better. Exchange does it good-and differently!

ROGER WILLIAMS-MCA 40341 JUDY LYNN-Warner Bros. 8059 FANNY-Casablanca 814 THEME FROM 'MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS' PADRE (prod. by Mike Curb & Jerry Styner/ BUTTER BOY (prod. by Vini Poncia; Richard Perry (prod. by Snuff Garrett) (Famous, ASCAP) Mike Curb Prod.) (Anne -Rachel, ASCAP) Prod./Roy Silver) (Tinkle Tunes/Braintree, BMI) With lines getting longer and longer at One of Las Vegas' biggest country draws Smooth but churnin' rocker brings the the theaters for the film property, Wil- has come up with the perfect record to women to the label with their first single liamsis on the right track for his best break into the pop disc market. Toni off their new album. Liberated love song movie music since "Born Free." Arden's hit from '58 moves farther along. makes all the right moves first.

BARBARA ACKLIN-Capitol 4013 JO JO GUNNE-Asylum 45225 GENE CLARK-Asylum 45222 SPECIAL LOVING (prod. by Willie Henderson) WHERE IS THE SHOW? (prod. not listed) LIFE'S GREATEST FOOL (prod. by Thomas Jefferson (Eight -Nine, BMI; Will -Rock, ASCAP) (Bulge, BMI) Kaye) (Irving, BMI) Opening with a rap about why singing is Latter half of their current album title Byrds alumnus has held onto a cult fol- really her element, Capitol's foxy lady surfaces as a single with hard rock punch lowing of his own and now is ready to follows up "Raindrops" in an uptempo and a catchy chorus. Firing out with tasty build a top 40 base upon it. Wall-to-wall cloudburst. Special handling and delivery! changes, their stage is well -set. country -rock musters up the hit smarts.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com whe=rn7hsWar-do Barry Manilow -A Superstar for 1975 By ROBERT ADELS what Manilow himself had to of-Manilow says that nothing "de- well be described as the Manilow NEW YORK-On stage at the fer. On her second national tour, finite" in the production depart- themesong, "Could It Be Magic?") Bottom Line during an engage- in a slot Manilow refers to as "the ment has as yet been set. Neil are just as rewarding to the man ment, encompassing New Years, middle of World War II," Mani - Sedaka recently went backstage to whoisprone topoo-poo his Barry Manilow (Arista) introduced low opened the second half of the greet Manilow at the Bottom Line; talents in that area. And yet, no his current hit "Mandy" in part Midler show with his own mini - Dusty Springfield had Barry play one can dismiss his own lyrical thusly: set. piano on her upcoming version efforts for they have turned out "I said, 'Look Clive, I've been During the time Manilow was ofhis own song,"I Am Your such gems as "Sweetwater Jones" and "One of These Days." in this business three years, and I workingdaystoproducethe Child," which will appear on her One of these days, maybe the know this just isn't a single!'" "Bette Midler" album, he was forthcoming album. working nights on his own debut By now everyone knows of idea of being a star will no longer Later, on abit more serious effort."Althoughitwas abig Manilow'scontributiontothe seem to be as magical as itallis note at the office of his manager underground favorite,"he ana- great American jingle factory, or to Barry Manilow now. For today, Lourie,Manilowfurther Miles lyzes, "it really lacked a point of "commercials" as Madison and probably for some time to amplified: "I loved the song, but view." But the reaction to one Avenue prefers them to be called. come, The Magic Mr. M is as awe- I thought it was a long -shot. Who cut in particular, "One of These But Barryistiredof beingre- struckby the whole chainof ever heard of a ballad as the first Days," offered him a key to pro- gardedasthe "you deserve a events ashis ever-growing fan- single out of an album filled with ducing his second album with the break today" voice. He'd take his dom is enthralled by what they what I thought were hit up things? help of Ron Dante, who is kind of ad music medley out of his shows have producedinthe way of But from the time of the recording Barry's AM alter ego. "That song ifit weren't for the tremendous music. of 'Mandy,' Clive Davis knew just was one of three demos Ron and audience reaction toit.Feeling what had to be brought up in the I had produced ourselves-it was that these songs often take the mix to make it a hit; and after it simple, but it seemed to have the press' mind off what he is really Ranwood Pubberies was out, he knew just how to stay greatest effect for the most peo- trying to say, Manilow nonethe- on top of it . . . That's executive ple.Itwaslyricallyjust deep lessis out to please his public. Sign Blackwell talent." enough for people to really pay (The financial rewards for singing SANTA MONICA, CAL. - De - Barry Manilow is Arista's hottest attention to." on a Pepsi spot for example can Wayne Blackwell has entered into musicaltalentright now, with "So when it came time to do also bring in up to $25,000 a year a multi -faceted arrangement with "Mandy" a bulleted5 on The the second Ip,I went in with the - capitalanyartist -on -the -rise Ranwood Records, Teleklew Pro- Singles Chart and the Ip "Barry ideaofproducing some com- can certainly use, especially when ductions, Ranwol Music and Manilow II" a bulleted 31 on Rec-mercial music, and some number touring expenses for his seven - Vogue Music, Inc., according to ord World's Album Chart. Whileone singles," he continued. Two piece band run$8,000 against Dean Kay, vice president/general "Mandy" is one of three tunes cuts in addition to the single are club income which generally runs manager of Vogue Music, Inc. off his current Ip he didn't write, now drawing particular attention $5,000 a week short of that.) Blackwell has been retained by he feelsit's very "representative as potential follow-ups: "I Want "Now I'm looking at the Ranwood Recordstoproduce of what I do with a song." After to Be Somebody's Baby" and "It's charts," Barry muses, "and I see himself as anartist,as well as working three non-stop years at a Miracle," the latter of which has'Elton John, Paul McCartney . . . other Ranwood acts; he has also perfecting Bette Midler's act andbeen receiving much disco play Barry Manilow' and it's still some been retained by Teleklew Pro- then ayear, equally ashectic, off the album. kindofdream!"Evenhaving duction,Inc.(LawrenceWelk, getting his own act together, his "We've just re -mixed 'Miracle'teamed himself with lyric writers president), to write for and pro- current chart success has come to blow the roof off any place,"as prestigious as Hal David (for ducevarious acts from the about in a rather unique manner. Manilow explains. "We put the"Early Morning Strangers" on his Lawrence Welk Show. "Bette and I were as much a kind of police whistle they use at current album and "Hangin' on a Additionally, Ranwol Music, a team as Cheech & Chong," Mani - the discos in there and in general, Nail" yet to be recorded) have division of Ranwood Records and low relatesofhistiestothe if they were moved to dance by not lessened the magic of Mani - Vogue Music, Inc., one of Tele- Divine Miss M. "Because of that, the album cut, they're sure to go low's rise to the man rounding klew Productions' publishing I never was in a situation of a bananas now! the inside turn himself. houses,have mutually retained second -bill act,I never had to go "I'mreally not justaballad Working with newerlyricists Blackwell as a writer -for -hire with through that pain." The credits singer . . . I'm not the next Jack like Enoch Anderson, Marty Vogue Music administrating and "musical director, Barry Manilow" Jones," Barry observes, in the be- Panzer and Adrienne Anderson promotingBlackwellcomposi- always were in evidence in ads liefthatthe energy of"It'sa (with whom he wrote what could tions on behalf of both firms. and on marquees, bringing him Miracle" could well equal or sur- the kind of notoreity few opening pass the appeal of "Mandy" with acts ever achieve. As Ms. Midler's his audience. Pronounced G -O -L -D audience became more familiar Who comprises the Manilow with Manilow's contributions to crowd? The Artista artist feels his the stage act and the recorded following is a listening audience, Miss M (Manilow became one of not one solely into the excitement her manyin -studioproducers), of the event itself. "Bette's audi- they became more receptive to ence was thekindthat would dress up more than she did," he recalls. "I would describe my fol- EXECUTIVE SECRETARY lowing as 'very straight ladies and WANTED gentlemen' and thatincludes quitea large portion of young Work in charming mid -town ladies who, because of age limits office forswinging record can't go to a club like the Bottom company. Goodshort hand Line." andtypingrequired.Great LynyrdSkynyrd's MCA Ip,"Pronounced'Leh -nerd'Skin -nerd,"has beencertified telephone personality. All ben- There are already a lot of fel- gold by the RIAA. The album was produced by Al Kooper. Thisis the southern rock efits. Salary open. Write: low entertainers among the Mani - group's second Ip to attain gold status within one year; their album,"Second Help- low ranks. Rumors of Manilow ing," was certified gold in September, 1974. Pictured at the gold recordpresentation Box 1275 producing Liza Minnelli's next al- at MCA's New York offices are, from left: Leon Wilkeson(bass, vocals), George Lee Record World (MCA vicepresident), Allen Collins(guitar, vocals), Ray D'Ariano (MCA promotion bum have come out of the two manager in New York), Gary Rossington (guitar,vocals),Billy Powell (keyboards), 1700 Broadway; NYC 10019. artists'mutualrespect and ad- Janice Azrak (MCA publicity in New York), Ronnie Van Zant (leadsinger), Ed King mirationfor eachother;but (guitar, vocals) and (kneeling) Robert Burns (guitar, vocals).

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com RADIO WRLD

K -West Bowsas Progressive Rocker Radmus Taps Feely By LENNY BEER intelligent manner which will ap- minutesofcommercials each IN LOS ANGELES - Hubert Ter- LOS ANGELES - At six hours peal to a segment of the market- hour." heggen, group director of Radio beforemidnight on Decemberplace that will take in some of To promote thestationand Music International, the publish- 31st, a new open format rock and the upper age brackets as well as winimmediatelisteneraware- ingdivisionofRadioLuxem- roll FM station was born in Los attractlistenersfromthetop ness, Detz is using many different bourg, has announced the Angeles. K -West, which had been FMers, KLOS and KMET. We are forms of advertising. Major adsappointment of Marty Feelyas broadcasting under abeautiful looking for a spot for ourselves, have been runninginthe Losthe general manager of Radmus music format, joined its Century trying to fill a void in the market- Angeles newspapers as wellas Productions, a newlycreated Broadcasting sisters WABX, KSHE place. We are not attempting totelevision spots on local outlets.company in the United States to and WBCN as a progressive top the ratings but rather to findThere will also be leaflets which complete Radmus Publishing, rocker. an audience which will believe arehanded outat concerts, Inc., formed two years ago. This John Detz in what we are doing and stay recordstores, and even on a move provides Radio Music In- John Detz, the station's general with us. The FM leaders in Los door-to-door basis. Detz addedternational with worldwide repre- manager who moved over from Angeles now are operating under that there is no present advertis- sentation, as they presently have WABX inDetroit,stated, "The tighter formats and stressing disc ing budget per se. "We will do companiesinJapan and every station will be operating underjockey personalities. We plan to whateverittakes to reach our major European territory. an open format stressing newpresent the music and lots of it. audience." material in a creative and open, There will only be six and a half Detz was also proud to an- European and American Ads nounce that Jim McKeon will be While Radmus Productions the program director for the sta- plans to continue its association tion and David Perry will handle withtheEuropeanacts it is the music directorduties. Mc- presently involved with, the com- COUNTRY RADIO Keon comestoK -WEST from pany also wants to begin working By CHARLIE DOUGLAS WVVWW, and Perry moves over with American acts and plans to from WABX. The first disc jockey market them worldwide. So the change is in effect in Chicago at WMAQ. Lively personality to appear on the station New is the way the AM sideisdescribed and WJOI-FM isairing TM Year's Eve was Jim LaFawn. Background Productions automated country series. Some of the staff changes The stationwillalsobein- Priortohisjoining Radmus include: Corky Mayberry (ex-KLAK) added; Larry (The Legend) John-volved in many specials and new Productions, Marty Feely was the son now on all night; Bill Coffey of WJJD moves to WMAQ; veteran ideas. On Saturday nights a pro--director of marketing at Billboard newsman Bill Lindsey given the door, but it's said this had nothinggram entitled the "Alien Trade magazine. He will be headquar- to do with the change of format . . . Across the street at WJJD, Craig Agreement" will feature the best tered in New York and can be Scott has been elected as PD of Plough Radio replacing Art Wander. inrockfromothercountries, reached there. The word is out that a couple of WJJD jocks will be released (orwhich willbe directly followed already have been) in an effort to beef up for the ratings war. There by two hours of brand new rec- isstill some talk about WJJD going talk. But then there is always ords called the "Saturday Review Telly Time conversation about any market where big changes are taking place. of Records." However, the most The record folk will probably be delighted at the prospects of interesting conceptwillair on increasing record sales in the Chicago market. It's an invariable hap- Sunday nights at 2 a.m. when the pening whenever two good stations begin to bang away at thesame stationwillairfourhoursof format, or when any major facility begins to become a factor inany music from other radio stations music area. WHK in Cleveland is a prime example. With the arrival around the country. One hour of country music and Dave Donohue, many record folk are saying from four stations will run con- that Cleveland is moving product so well thatit may soon become secutively. The stations willin- the nation's third most important outlet for country product . . . clude both Century giants from While record sales haven't shown such drastic improvement in the other cities and other radio sta- New York area (via WHN), the increase has been appreciable andtions that can be contacted and

is gaining each month . . . KNEW has caused good sales gains in included. The shows will be sent the San Francisco -Oakland area. While this column does not ordi- by tape and replayed during this narily concern itself with records per se, high listenership and im- segment. proved sales must follow each other. Interesting comment from a top 20 market daytime personality: 'Melodies' Gets Gold "The decline of the artist interview (on the air) has been brought is LOS ANGELES - The "Melo- Guest disc jockey Telly ("Kojak") Savalas about by the artists. Many of those who want to be interviewed, diesofLove" albumby ABC is picturedwithJoe Kelly(left) disc either don't have anything to say, other than to list their upcoming jockey on WLW radioinCincinnati and Records artist Bobby Vinton has George Cooper, WLW program director. appearances, or to talk about the new record. Generally, when you been certified gold by the RIAA. Telly spent an hour on theair on the ask them a question that might have some bearing on a subject otherThe album was produced by Bob Joe Kelly Show during hisrecent three- than where they've been or where they're going, they won'tanswer, Morgan. day,four -city tour topromote his MCA either because they are too shallow to have an opinionor because Ip,"Telly," and the single "If." they are afraid they'll make a fan mad by giving their opinion. Cer- tainly this has to be partly the fault of past interviewers who don't have decent questions to ask. Too bad, because they (the artists) must have opinions on something." Johnny "K" upped to PD at WENO, Nashville... Jim Huitt replaces Watch Out Jor eu.V. Street Craig Scott as PD at WSLR (Akron) . Lee Sherwood, PD at WMAQ (Chicago), will soon launch a search for "Miss Chicago Country."Lee says he wants a disc person (?) female type for his early evening 21)ing Zuflaty shift; doesn't care if she has ever seen a microphone. As longas she ispert, vivacious, quick witted and has a warm personality, he'll teach her the rest. Good bucks and great opportunity. There will be a nationwide talent search underway in the not too distant future. On eroughum RecorcL! Please send all Country Radio information direct to: Charlie Doug- las, P.O. Box K, Picayune, Miss. 39466.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com DIALGUE THE VIEWPOINTS OF THE INDUSTRY Selling the Lampoon to Tradesters and Readers

By IRA MAYER portant. What they don't understand, I think, is that the artistis a business person also, or at least, has an inkling of business. They think IN Gerald L. Taylor's introduction of artists as babies who have to be massaged all the time as opposed to the record business came while to what they would really like-to be spoken to, as human beings, handling the Capitol Records ac- and with some logic. So they accede to a lot of those requests. For count at Young and Rubicam on example, I got an ad in for Cher for the Lampoon and I called my the west coast about 15 years west coast rep and said, "Hey, call the guy up and tell him that we ago. Stints as an ad rep for various just ain't the place for that." We do that often. Obviously, it creates magazines followed until he joined a believeability when we say, "Hey, we should get so and so." But the National Lampoon as pub- we have that kind of relationship with most of the record companies. lisher in July 1971. With a circu- We're not Cher's audience. Elton John, yeah. A lot of other people, lation of one million and a demo- yeah. But not Cher. So he called the guy at MCA back and he said graphic breakdown perfectly "Send another ad, or don't send any, but Cher ain't where it's at." tailored to the record industry's He said, "I know that." He said the manager called up and said "I needs, the Lampoon, under his want the Lampoon" and therefore they spent that two-thirds of a tutelage, became a major carrier page, and we accepted it, obviously. Then we said, well maybe the of consumer -oriented music ad- manager knows more than we do, but not really. It's a manager stroke. vertising. In this Dialogue, Taylor Gerald Taylor Whereas if the managers were serviced... see a lot of the managers discusses the merchandising of Lampoon on both trade and consumer don't know what the circulation of the magazines are, what their buy- levels, Lampoon -produced recordings (now to be distributed by ing level is, and all of that stuff, and I don't say that magazines shciuld Columbia/Epic) and other music -related Lampoon projects. go and pitch managers. Some do. I will, give me the chance. But I Record World: When you came to the National Lampoon, there think the record companies are greatly remiss in telling managers and were some record ads in the magazine. Today, though, that has be- their acts where their ads are running, how they are running, what come one of the mainstays of Lampoon support. the audiences are . . . not even to that point, but they do all this manager stroke, then they never send them a copy of the magazine. Gerald Taylor: I did two things when I came here. One, we did a little internal product design of the magazine. Not editorial, Artists never see their ads. Ever. We have tried over the years, and but we knew that record companies needed short closings. Monthlies, somewhat it's successful, where we put artists and managers on the in recent history, were just not record media. So we shortened the comp list. What we've tried to do is set up systems with record com- panies where every time an ad runs, we'll send the manager a letter closing, we closed at blues. I put in a bunch of house ads and as the record ads came in, we would drop the house ads, and put in the and/or the artist a letter, saying "See your ad on page XYZ." An artist record ads. I always positioned them has to get off on that. And the record companies don't do that. A get great position also. We had like a three week closing. Almost themajor reason why they go into print advertising is to stroke their same as Rolling Stone, which really freaked a lot of people out. That artists. They say, "Hey, see what we're doing for you" and then they single thing did more for our record business than almost anything never tell them what they are doing. What Ithink we may do, is set else. It was just understanding what the industry wanted and needed up a system where let's say we get an ad for Jefferson Airplane. We from a mechanical standpoint. Because if you're shut out mechani- will be a clipping service for-and probably somebody can go into cally, forget it. Then I went around and really, single handedly, edu- business and do this-every time they run an ad, in every magazine cated the record business as to ABC statements.I was amazed, but they give us the schedule, we go out and get those magazines, put I shouldn't have been, because I came from the advertising business, them together with a letter. And if they want to also tell us where they are running spots, etc. Artists never hear their spots. that a lot of guys at record companies. . . I would say, "Are you familiar with ABC?" And they would say, "Oh yeah, Dunhill?" That RW: That could get dangerous, if the artist's taste differs from the was the ABC that they knew. Not ABC circulation statements. And promotion or publicity departments'. we knew they were buying a lot of magazines that didn't have real Taylor: A lot of times there's a fear in that where the artist will numbers. There's a lot of hype numbers going out there every otherhear the things and say, "Oh, man, Ihate that spot," or "Gee, that's day. A new underground paper would come up and they wouldsay, a crappy ad," whatever. Well, that's the risk you take. But if you treat "We're delivering, or we're printing, such and such." The record guys him as a business man, or as somebody who gives a shit-a lot of understand the magazine business better than I think the advertising artists have approval of their ads anyway. Then again, a lot of times, business does. Because they understand what shipping means and they may"not want to tell them how much they are spending or what what selling means. We used to say, "We're selling gold every issue, they are spending it on. In terms of promotion. Because they may say not shipping gold, and it's a big difference." So we got them to look "I thought we would get more than that." But you can work that out. at magazines off the hype, off their own hype. Because they had their I think the record company stroking an artist that way, I think that's own hype, "Hey, man, we shipped gold." Big deal. How many stuck terrific. Because half the time an artist doesn' know what they're was the question. So we were able to relate that very easily into their doing. It's really wild. So maybe we'll open up a division of some business. In terms of shipping and selling. (ABC was the RIAA of the kind. We'll do it free for those people who advertise in the magazine and we'll charge people who don't. magazine business.) That education took about six months. I went 1111111111111111111111111111111111,11111111111,1, ,I,111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ',1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 around to every record company in the country, and was able to //. see every record company. . . record companies are greatly remiss RW: Why this great affection for records? in telling managers and their acts where Taylor: As a group of human beings the people in the record busi- ness are the most together in a very interesting kind of way. They their ads are running .. ." .1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111i11111111111111111111111111111111111,1111111111111111111.11111111111.': have a great ability to take risks, they understand gut feelings, they RW: You still must have quite a time of it overcoming the Lampoon have to. It's a great risk business. And they'll take a riskon a newish image in dealing with advertisers. You are noted for trouble -shooting magazine. They'll take a risk when a guy comes in the office and at sacred cows. makes a legitimate proposal. Which is great. The one lack-thereare Taylor: It's a real number story. No jokes. Very business like, very many lacks in the record business-is that they are so incredibly together, suits and ties, the whole number. Show up like business beholden to the managers and their requests. They really think mostmen. One guy at one point said, "Yeah, we gave Lampoon an ad of the time it's the artists' requests, but half the time itisn't. The once. A kid came in here and he told us about the magazine, every- manager says itis. And they waste a lot of money doing what the body laughed and we thought that was funny, and we gave him an Lmanager says. In print advertising, and in a lot of other kind of adver-ad." That was how we were getting ads, then. Sowe decided tc tising. Promotion . . . a lot of itis an artist stroke. Which is very im- (Continued on page 32)

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com 1 801 ALPHABETICAL LISTING SINGLES CHART THE SINGLES CHART PRODUCER, PUBLISHER, LICENSEE

AFTER THE GOLDRUSH Fritz Freyer LOOK IN MY EYES PRETTY WOMAN 15 (Cotillion/Broken Arrow, BMI) 95 H. Medress & D. Appell (ABC -Dunhill, AIN'T THAT PECULIAR David Shaffer BMI) 46 (Jobete, ASCAP) 65 LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG Glimmer Gus Dudgeon (Maclen, BMI) 1 JAN. JAN. Twins (Jobete, ASCAP) 50 MAMA DON'T ALLOW NO PARKIN' 11 4 ANGIE BABY Joe Wissert (WB, ASCAP) 12 Morris -Stevens (BigLeaf, ASCAP) 100 AS LONG AS HE TAKES CARE OF HOME Dante (Screen 101 101 TO THE DOOR OF THE SUN AL MARTINO--Capitol 3987 (April, ASCAP) MANDY B. Manilow & R. Rick Hall (Muscle Shoals Sound, BMI) . 60 Gems-Columbia/Wren,BMI) 5 BABY HANG UP THE PHONE John Florez 102 106 I AM, I AM SMOKEY ROBINSON-Tamla T54251F (Tamla, ASCAP) MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN (Tiny Tiger, ASCAP) 76 Mike Curb (Warner Bros. ASCAP) 23 BACK HOME AGAIN Okun w. O'Connor MUST OF GOT LOST Bill Szymozyk (Juke 103 115 I FEEL SANCTIFIED COMMODORES-Motown M1310F (Jobete, ASCAP) (Cherry Lane, ASCAP) 64 Joint/Walden, ASCAP) 24 104 105 GUAVA JELLY BARBRA STREISAND-Columbia 3-10075 (Cayman, ASCAP) BEST OF MY LOVE (Kicking Bear/ MY EYES ADORED YOU Bob Crewe (Stone Benchmark, BMI) 18 Diamond/Tanny Boy, BMI; Kenny Nolan, 105 110 POETRY MAN PHOEBE SNOW-Shelter 40353 (MCA) (Tarka, ASCAP) BIG YELLOW TAXI (Siquomb, BMI) 67 53 BLACK WATER Ted Templeman A6AVTNMAN Al Bell 106 109 SHOULD ANYBODY ASK GARY BONNER-Atlantic 3234 (Landsdowne/WB, ASCAP) 47 (East -Memphis, BMI) 90 BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN Stevie MY MELODY OF LOVE Bob Morgan (Don Kirshner, BMI) Wonder (Jobete/Black Bull, ASCAP) 7 (Pedro/Galahad, BMI) 34 107 108 PHILADELPHIA B.B. KING-ABC 12029 (ABC/DeAnn, ASCAP) BUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE (Maison Rouge, NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE M. Monardo, ASCAP) 11 T. Bongiovi, J.Ellis (Jobete, ASCAP) 13 108 112 IF TELLY SAVALAS-MCA 40301 (Colgems, ASCAP) CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD NEVER LET HER GO David Gates Jeff Lynne (Yellow Dog, ASCAP) 41 (Kipahulu, ASCAP) 98 109 111 PART OF THE PLAN DAN FOGELBERG-Epic 8-50055 CAT'S IN THE CRADLE Paul Leka NIGHTINGALE Lou Adler (Colgems, (Story Songs, ASCAP) 14 (Hickory Grove, ASCAP) ASCAP) 72 CHANGES Ken Scott (Tantric, BMI) 38 #9 DREAM John Lennon 110 104 TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN' AEROSMITH-Columbia 3-10034 (Fort Knox, BMI) COSTAFINE TOWN George Harrison (Lennon/ATV, BMI) 61 (Clog,BMI) 83 111 114 HOT DAWGIT RAMSEY LEWIS and EARTH, WIND & FIRE- DANCIN' FOOL Jack Richardson ONE MAN WOMAN, ONE WOMAN MAN Columbia 3-10056 (Saggifire/Elbur, BMI) (Cummings-Troiano/Cirrus/Septima, prod. by Diante & Proffer; exec. prod. Rick Hall (Spanka, BMI) 8 ONE TEAR EDDIE KENDRICKS-Tamla 754255F (Stone Diamond, BMI) BMI) 35 112 107 DARK HORSE George Harrison ONLY YOU Richard Perry (TRO-Hollis, (Ganga B.V., BM!) 44 BMI 10 MIDNIGHT SKY, PT.I ISLEY BROS.-T-Neck 8-2255 (Col) (Bovina, ASCAP) 113 132 DAY TRIPPER Brian Ahern (Maclean, BM!) 88 PICK UP THE PIECES Arif Mardin LOVE DON'T YOU GO THROUGH NO CHANGES ON ME SISTER SLEDGE- DING DONG; DING DONG George 22 114 120 Harrison (Ganga, B.V., BMI) 68 PLEASE MR. POSTMAN R. & K. Carpenter Atco 7008 (Montage, BMI) DOCTOR'S ORDERS Ed O'Loughlin (Stone Agate, BMI/Jobete, ASCAP) 3 (Cookaway, ASCAP) 19 32 SHE'S A MYSTERY FALLENROCK-Capricorn 0211 (WB) PROMISED LAND (Arc, BMI) 115 118 DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU RIDE 'EM COWBOY Paul Davis/ Bullet (Windchime/Tree, BMI) Frank Slay (Claridge/Corbetta, ASCAP) 86 Prod. (Web IV, BMA) 29 DON'T CHA LOVE IT Freddie Perren 116 117 CRAZY TALK CHILLIWACK-Sire SAA 716 (ABC) (Music Makers/ READY Paul Samwell-Smith & Cat (Jobete, BMI) 91 Stevens(Ackee,ASCAP) 39 Doraflo, BMI) DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME ROCKIN' SOUL Sellers & Holmes Manhattans & B. Martin (Mighty (Jimi Lane, BMI) 73 117 130 WE MAY NEVER LOVE LIKE THIS AGAIN MAUREEN McGOVERN- Three/Golden Fleece, BMI) 82 ROCK N' ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST 20th Century TC 2158 (20th Century/WB, ASCAP; DO IT('TIL YOUR SATISFIED) Jeff Lane YEARS OF MY LIFE) Gary Klein (Tree, Fox Fanfare/Warner-Tamerlane, BMI) & Doc Prod. (Jeff-Mar/Bill Lee/O Songs, BMI) 28 BMI) 51 RUBY BABY Ron Chancey (Hill & Range/ 118 131 GIRLS (PART I) MOMENTS & WHATNAUTS-Stang 5057 (All Platinum) DO YOUR THING Papa Don & Quintet/Freddy Beinstock, BMI) 69 Tommy Cogbill (East -Memphis, BMI) 93 SEXY IDA, PT. 1 Turner, Williams & 119 119 HE'S ONLY HAPPY WHEN HE'S SINGING HIS SONG LESLIE PODKIN- DREAM ON Lambert & Potter (ABC -Dunhill, BMI) 52 Augustin (Huh/Unart, BMI) 78 Atlantic 3233 (Manekin, ASCAP) EARLY MORNING LOVE Jefferson Lee SHA-LA-LA (MAKE ME HAPPY) Willie Mitchell (Jec/A1 Green, BMI) 30 120 121 MIDNIGHT SHOW RON DANTE-Bell 45619 (Arista) (Don Kirshner, BMI) (Act One, BMI) 75 EVERLASTING LOVE Papa Don & Tommy SO YOU ARE A STAR Hudson Bros. 121 123 GOOD TIMES, ROCK & ROLL FLASH CADILLAC & THE CONTINENTAL KIDS Cogbill (Rising Sons, BMI) 62 (Lornhole, BMI) 89 -Private Stock 006 (Dunbar, BMI) FAIRYTALE (Parathumb/Pologrounds, BMI) 37 SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL FIRE Ohio Players (Ohio Players/ Jimmylenner(Dandelion/Crash,BMI) 20 122 124 I KNOW NEWBEATS-Playboy P6013 (Unart/At Last, BMI) Unichappell, BMI) 17 STRUTTIN'/YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL Billy Preston (Irvine/WEP, BMA) (Almo/ 123 126 WALKING SLOW JACKSON BROWNE-Asylum 45227 (Benchmark, ASCAP) FREE BIRD AlKooper (Duchess/Hustlers, BMI) 36 Preston, ASCAP; Irving WEP, BMI) 56 SUGAR PIE GUY, Pt. 1 Lee Valentine 124 125 LONELY TOGETHER STARK & McBRIEN-RCA PB 10109 FROM HIS WOMAN TO YOU B. Crutcher L. Smell & J. Smith (East -Memphis, BMI) 59 (Landy/Unichappell, BMI) 85 (American Wordways/Star Spangled, ASCAP) GET DANCIN' Bob Crewe (Heart's Delight, SWEET SURRENDER M. Okun w. BMI; Kenny Nolan/Coral Rock, ASCAP) 21 K. CYAP)Connor (Cherry Lane/ Walt Disney, 125 137 SHAME, SHAME, SHAME SHIRLEY (AND COMPANY)-Vibration 532 48 (All Platinum) (Brendi, BMI) HAPPY PEOPLE J. Bowen & B. Gordy ASC (Jobete, ASCAP) 71 THANKS FOR THE SMILES Amigo Prod. 126 129 FUTURE SHOCK THE HELLO PEOPLE-ABC Dunhill 15023 HEAVY FALLIN' OUT Hugo & Luigi (House of Gold, BMI) 94 (Sheet Rock, ASCAP) (Avco,Embassy, ASCAP) 66 THE ENTERTAINER Michael Stewart (Home HOPPY, GENE AND ME Snuff Garrett Grown/Tinker Street, BMA) 43 127 - BELIEVE HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE (AND NONE OF WHAT YOUHEAR) (Peso/Lowery,BMI) 63 THREE RING CIRCUS Baker,Harris and LEON HAYWOOD--20th Century TC 2146 (Jim-Edd, BMI) I BELONG TO YOU Barry White Young (WMOT/Friday'sChild/Mighty (Sa-Vette/January,BMI) 42 Three,BMI) 77 128 - TOBY/THAT'S HOW LONG THECHILITES-Brunswick 55515 I CAN HELP Young & Swan (Combine, BMI) 15 UP IN A PUFF OF SMOKE P. Swern & (Julio -Brian, BMI) ASCAP) 96 I FEEL A SONG (IN MY HEART) Camillo, G. Schury (Almo, 129 I CAN'T MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU TYRONE DAVIS-Dakar 4538(Brunswick) Knight, Guests & Patton (Kama WHATEVER GETS YOU THRU THE NIGHT - 31 John Lennon (Lennon/ATV, BMI) 81 (Julio -Brian, BMI) Sutra/Etude/MEWG, BMI) I GET LIFTED H. W. Casey & R. Finch WHATEVER YOU GOT, I WANT Larson & 130 122 SAD SWEET DREAMER SWEET SENSATION-Pye 71002 (Sherlyn, BMI) 97 Marcellino (Jobete, ASCAP) 80 (Leeds/Jackatone, ASCAP) I'M A WOMAN J. Boyd & L.Waronker WHEN A CHILD IS BORN (Yellow Dog, ASCAP) 74 (Beechwood, BMI) 26 131 149 BUTTER BOY FANNY-Casablanca 814 (Tinkle Tunes/Braintree, BMI) IT'S ALL RIGHT J. CepaIdi WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN (Ackee, ASCAP) 84 Gamble -Huff (Mighty Three, BMA) 25 132 - LOVIN' YOU MINNIE RIPERTON-Epic8-50057 (DickieBird, BMI) I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE Tom Dowd Gus Dudgeon, (April/Yellow Dog, (Eldorado, BMI)57 133 133 I WOULDN'T TREAT A DOG (THE WAY YOU TREATED ME) BOBBY BLAND ASCAP) 49 WISHIN' YOU WERE HERE James Guercio -ABC Dunhill (ABC/Holicanthus/Golden Cover, ASCAP) JUNIOR'S FARM/SALLY G Paul McCartney (BigElk, ASCAP) 33 (McCartney/ATV, BMI) 6 WOMAN TO WOMAN Jackson & Stewart 134 136 WOLFMAN JACK TODD RUNDGREN-Bearsville 0301 (WB) KUNG FU FIGHTING Biddu/Pye Records (East -Memphis, BMI)45 (Earmark/Screen Gems, BMI) (Chappell, ASCAP) 9 YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET 54 LADY John Ryan (Wooden Nickel, ASCAP) R. Bachman (Ranbach/TopSoil,BMI) 58 135 - I'LL STILL LOVE YOU JIMWEATHERLY-Buddah 444 (Keca, ASCAP) LADY MARMALADE A. Toussiant & YOU GOT THE LOVE Bob Monaco & Rufus V. Wickham (Stone Diamond, BMI; (American Broadcasting, ASCAP) 27 136 128 HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN (SINCE JESUS HAD A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP) Tanny Boy/Kenny Nolan, ASCAP) 99 YOUR BULLDOG DRINKS CHAMPAGNE WAYNE CARSON-Private Stock 005 (Rose Bridge, BMI) LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN Sedaka & Appere 70 4 P. Gerhard & Lobo (Famous, ASCAP) (Don Kirshner, BMI/KEC, ASCAP) YOU'RE NO GOOD Peter Asher 137 138 LET ME START TONITE LAMONT DOZIER-ABC 12044 (Dozier, BMI) LET'S STRAIGHTEN IT OUT Steve Alaimo (Sherlyn, BMI) 79 (E.H. Morris/Jac/Blue Seas/ U.S. Songs,ASCAP) 16 138 135 BALLAD OF LUCY JORDAN DOCTOR HOOK & THE MEDICINESHOW- LIFE IS A ROCK (BUT THE RADIO ROLLED Columbia 3-10032 (Evil Eye, BMI) ME) Levine, Bellack & DiFranco YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL Jim Price (Crazy Chords/Crushing, BMI) 92 (Almo/Preston, ASCAP; nving/VVEP, TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT JIMMY RUFFIN-Chess 21601 LONELY PEOPLE George Martin BMA) 87 139 141 YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY (Ruffin Ready, BMI( (WB, ASCAP) 40 LONGFELLOW SERENADE Tom Catalno EVERYTHING B. White/Soul Unlimited 140 116 ROCK N' ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE)TERRY JACKS (Stonebridge, ASCAP) 55 (Sa-Vette/January, BMI) -Bell 45606 (Arista) (Tree, BMI) 141 146ONLY ONE WOMAN NIGEL OLSSON-MCA 40337 (Casserole, BMI) 142 143 RHYME TYME PEOPLE KOOL & THE GANG-Delite 1563(PIP) (Delightful/Gang, BMI)

Snake, ASCAP) 143 145 OH ATLANTA LITTLE FEAT-Warner Bros. 8054 (Naked Sidney A. Seidenberg

(Combine, BMI) 144 134 JUST LEAVE ME ALONE DON POTTER-Columbia 3.10049 and the Family of Stars 145 - FLY PRELUDE-Island018 (Ackee, ASCAP) wish all of our friends 146 139 MS. GRACE TYMES-RCA PB 10128 (Open End, BMI( a happy holiday season.

3.10041 147 142 WHAT A MAN MY MAN IS LYNN ANDERSON-Columbia (Rodeo Cowboy, BMI) Direction ManagExnent ASCAP) 148 144 HARLEM FIFTH DIMENSION-Bell 45612 (Arista) (Emanay, SIDNEY A. SEIDENBERG, INC. CENTRAL STATION-Warner Bros. 8061 1414 Avenue of the Americas 149 - FEEL THE NEED GRAHAM (Bridgeport, BMI) New York, New.York 10019 Telephone' (212) 421-2021 150 148 POSTCARD THE WHO-MCA Track 40330 (Track, BMI) RECORD WORLD JANUARY 11, 1975

AmericanRadioHistory.Com "LONGER -PLAYING" MILLER, STYX AND BOWIE. By "Longer -Playing," we don't mean rp.m. We mean how long its been selling.

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AND HIS ORCHESTRA CPM2/CPS2/CPK2-0693 Glenn Millers records are still selling. His new 2 -record album, "A Legendary Performer," is, as far as everyone's ears are concerned, exactly that-"new." Because the 25 performances on this album, although recorded from 1939-42, Includes: Father O.S.A. Lady were never -before -released. Both the Miller A Day I'm Gonna Make You Feel It generation and this generation are buying WNS/P8WN-1012 it big to hear what they missed. Styx's album "Styx II" was not only on the Its "... an extraordinary album which charts for a long time, its back on the charts captures a moment in history." Note the quotes. again! Its sales are being sparked because Thats Walrus talking. "Lady," the hot new single from the album, is red-hot in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Chicago and spreading like wildfire.

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Includes: Changes Life on Mars? Andy Warhol Queen Bitch LSP-4623; P8S/PK-1850 e same goes for Bowie. His new single, "Changes," from "Hunky Dory," is selling big in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Denver, and as MAINMAN a result markets everywhere are enjoying RCA renewed sales from his album. Records and Tapes

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TITLE, ARTIST, Label, Number, (Distributing Label) 50 42 AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG ROLLING STONES/ JAN. JAN. WKS. ON Rolling Stones 9302 (Atlantic) 10 11 4 CHART 51 34 DO IT ('TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED) B. T. EXPRESS/Scepter 1239516 1 1 LUCY IN THE SKY WITH 52 48 DREAM ON RIGHTEOUS BROS./Haven 7006 (Capitol) 10 DIAMONDS 53 55 MY EYES ADORED YOU FRANKIE VALLI/Private Stock 003 9

ELTON JOHN 1 ill 60 LADY STYX/Wooden Nickel WB 10102 (RCA) 6 MCA 40344 7 55 49 LONGFELLOW SERENADE NEIL DIAMOND/Columbia 3-10043 15 2 3 YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING 56 59 STRUTTIN'/YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL BILLY PRESTON/ BARRY WHITE/20th Century TC 2133 11 A&M 1644 5 57 54 4 PLEASE MR. POSTMAN CARPENTERS/A&M 1646 8 WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE ERIC CLAPTON/RSO 503 (Atlantic) 11 6 LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN NEIL SEDAKA/Rocket 40313 (MCA) 12 58 50 YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET BACHMAN-TURNER 8 MANDY BARRY MANILOW/Bell 45613 (Arista) 8 OVERDRIVE/Mercury 73622 17 6 5 JUNIOR'S FARM/SALLY G PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS/ 70 FROM HIS WOMAN TO YOU BARBARA MASON/ Apple 1875 10 Buddah 441 4 12 BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN STEVIE WONDER/ 60 62 AS LONG AS HE TAKES CARE OF HOME CANDI STATON/ Tamla 754254F (Motown) 9 Warner Bros. WBS 8038 4 8 9 ONE MAN WOMAN, ONE WOMAN MAN PAUL ANKA 71 #9 DREAM JOHN LENNON/Apple 1878 10 WITH ODIA COATES/United Artists XW 568-X 11 62 52 EVERLASTING LOVE CARL CARLTON/Back Beat 27001 9 2 KUNG FU FIGHTING CARL DOUGLAS/20th Century TC 2140 14 (ABC) 17 10 11 ONLY YOU RINGO STARR/Apple 1876 9 63 66 HOPPY, GENE AND ME ROY ROGERS/20th Century TC 11 10 BUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE JETHRO TULL/Chrysalis 2101 (WB) 11 2154 4 64 53 17 12 7 ANGIE BABY HELEN REDDY/Capitol 3972 13 BACK HOME AGAIN JOHN DENVER/RCA PB 10065 73AIN'T THAT PECULIAR DIAMOND REO/Big Tree BT 16030 3 17 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE GLORIA GAYNOR/MGM 14748 8 66 61 HEAVY FALLIN' OUT STYLISTICS/Avco 4647 12 14 13 CAT'S IN THE CRADLE HARRY CHAPIN/Elektra 45203 16 74 BIG YELLOW TAXI JONI MITCHELL/Asylum 45211 3 15 14 I CAN HELP BILLY SWAN/Monument ZS8-8621(Col) 13 MLA 27YOU'RE NO GOOD LINDA RONSTADT/Capitol 3990 7 1/1 33 FIRE OHIO PLAYERS/Mercury 73643 5 DING DONG; DING DONG Er 21 BEST OF MY LOVE EAGLES/Asylum 45218 7 - a 22 DOCTOR'S ORDERS CAROL DOUGLAS/Midland Intl. MB GEORGE HARRISON 10113 (RCA) 7 Apple 1879 1 Eta 26 SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL GRAND FUNK/Capitol 8027 5 24 GET DANCIN' DISCO TEX & THE SEX-O-LETTES/ 69 75 RUBY BABY BILLY 'CRASH' CRADDOCK/ABC 12036 8 Chelsea 3004 7 78 YOUR BULLDOG DRINKS CHAMPAGNE JIM STAFFORD/ L 25 PICK UP THE PIECES AVERAGE WHITE BAND/ MGM 14775 3 Atlantic 3229 7 71 72 ..- HAPPY PEOPLE TEMPTATIONS/Gordy G7138F (Motown) 4 29 MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN DONNY & MARIE 82 NIGHTINGALE CAROLE KING/Ode 66106 (A&M) 2 OSMOND/MGM 14765 7 73 63 ROCKIN' SOUL HUES CORPORATION/ RCA PB 10066 14 24 20 MUST OF GOT LOST J. GEILS BAND/Atlantic 3214 11 84 I'M A WOMAN MARIA MULDAUR/Reprise 1319 2 25 18 I WHEN WILL SEE YOU AGAIN THREE DEGREES/ 75 67 EARLY MORNING LOVE SAMMY JOHNS/GRC 2021 16 Phila.Intl. ZS8-3550 (Col) 16 76 77 BABY HANG UP THE PHONE CARL GRAVES/A&M 1620 7 37WHEN A CHILD IS BORN MICHAEL HOLM/Mercury 73642 4 77 68 THREE RING CIRCUS BLUE MAGIC/Atco 7004 13

27 15 YOU GOT THE LOVE RUFUS featuring CHAKA KHAN/ 78 64 SEXY IDA, PT. 1 IKE & TINA TURNER/United Artists ABC 12032 13 XW528-X 10 28 30 ROCK N' ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE) 79 69 LET'S STRAIGHTEN IT OUT LATIMORE/Glades 1722 (TK) 17 MAC DAVIS/Columbia 3-10070 7 80 76 WHATEVER YOU GOT, I WANT JACKSON FIVE/ 29 23RIDE 'EM COWBOY PAUL DAVIS/Bang 712 14 Motown M1308F 11 30 16 SHA-LA-LA (MAKE ME HAPPY) AL GREEN/Hi 5N2274 81 65 WHATEVER GETS YOU THRU THE NIGHT JOHN LENNON (London) 15 WITH THE PLASTIC ONO NUCLEAR BAND/Apple 1874 15 31 19 I FEEL A SONG (IN MY HEART) GLADYS KNIGHT & DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME MANHATTANS/ THE PIPS/Buddah 433 12 Columbia 3-10045 1 32 28 PROMISED LAND ELVIS PRESLEY/RCA PB 10074 11 83 86 COSTAFINE TOWN SPLINTER/Dark Horse DH 10002 (A&M) 6 33 31 WISHIN' YOU WERE HERE CHICAGO/Columbia 3-10049 14 95 IT'S ALL RIGHT JIM CAPALDI/Island 003 3 34 32 MY MELODY OF LOVE BOBBY VINTON/ABC 12022 17 85 85 SUGAR PIE GUY, PT.1 JONESES/Mercury 73614 4 35 36 DANCIN' FOOL GUESS WHO/RCA PB 10075 9 86 87 DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU SUGARLOAF/JERRY 36 38 FREE BIRD LYNYRD SKYNYRD/MCA 40328 9 CORBETTA/Claridge 402 4 37 35 FAIRYTALE POINTER SISTERS/Blue Thumb BTA 254 (ABC) 15 87 89 YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL JOE COCKER/A&M 1641 3 38 40CHANGES DAVID BOWIE/RCA 74-0605 8 88 90 DAY TRIPPER ANNE MURRAY/Capitol 4000 3 45 READY CAT STEVENS/A&M 1645 6 89 80 SO YOU ARE A STAR HUDSON BROTHERS/Casablanca 010818 40 51 LONELY PEOPLE AMERICA/Warner Bros. 8048 3 90 92 MY MAIN MAN STAPLE SINGERS/Stax STN 0227 5 CII 47CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD ELECTRIC LIGHT 91 94 DON'T CHA LOVE IT MIRACLES/Tamla 754256F (Motown) 4 92 81 ORCHESTRA/United Artists XW573-X 6 LIFE IS A ROCK (BUT THE RADIO ROLLED ME) REUNION/ 42 44 I BELONG TO YOU LOVE UNLIMITED/20th Century RCA PB 10056 15 93 TC 2141 6 97 DO YOUR THING JAMES & BOBBY PURIFY/ 43 46 THE ENTERTAINER BILLY JOEL/Columbia 3-10064 8 Casablanca 812 3 94 99 44 39 DARK HORSE GEORGE HARRISON/Apple 1877 8 THANKS FOR THE SMILES CHARLIE ROSS/Big Tree 16025 45 41 WOMAN TO WOMAN SHIRLEY BROWN/Truth 3206 (Stax) 13 (Atlantic) 2 95 79 rai 57 LOOK IN MY EYES PRETTY WOMAN TONY ORLANDO & AFTER THE GOLDRUSH PRELUDE/Island 002 17 96 - UP IN A PUFF OF SMOKE POLLY BROWN/GTO 1002 (ABC) I DAWN/Bell 45620 (Arista) 5 97 I GET LIFTED GEORGE McCRAE/TK 1007 1 56 BLACK WATER DOOBIE BROTHERS/Warner Bros. 8062 4 98 NEVER LET HER GO DAVID GATES/Elektra 45223 1 ffl..:, 58 SWEET SURRENDER JOHN DENVER/RCA PB 10148 3 99 LADY MARMALADE LABELLE/Epic 8-50048 1 49 43 I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME KIKI DEE BAND/ 100 88 MAMA DON'T ALLOW NO PARKIN' BROWNSVILLE Rocket 40293 (MCA) 18 STATION/Big Tree 16029 (Atlantic) 6 PRODUCERS AND PUBLISHERS ON PAGE 19

AmericanRadioHistory.Com Alphabetical additions to the libraries of leading progressive FM stations around the JANUARY 11, 1975 THE FM AIRPLAY REPnili country WaiLD

WRAll_FROI fl rw( ANt) WARX-FM /DETROIT OUT OF CONTROL-Ray Manzarek- FLASHMAKER OF THE WE"' Mercury BAKER-GURVITZ ARMY-Janus IN CONCERT, VOL. II-Various Artists- CTI RUFUSIZED-Rufus featuring Chaka Khan HONK-Epic -ABC IN FLIGHT-Alvin Lee & Co.-Col JR. WELLS ON TAP-Delmark SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill JUST A BOY-Leo Sayer-WB KINKY FRIEDMAN-ABC UNITY-Catalyst-Muse OUT OF CONTROL-Ray Manzarek- PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (Soundtrack) Mercury -A&M WINTER LIGHT-Oregon-Vanguard ROTO ROOTER GOODTIME CHRISTMAS BAND-Vanguard SO WHAT-Joe-Walsh-ABC Dunhill SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill SPECIAL EDITION-Paul Horn-Island STANLEY CLARKE-Nemperor WINTER LIGHT-Oregon-Vanguard STYX II-Wooden Nickel v!.7.n CAA nIcete, CANTAMOS-Poco-Epic WKDA-FM / NASHVILLE IT'LL SHINE WHEN IT SHINES-Ozark Mountain Daredevils-A&M SO WHAT WCMF-FM/ ROCHESTER AS ISEE IT NOW-Melanie- Neighborhood JOHN DAWSON WINTER III-Johnny JOE WALSH AUTOBAHN-Kraftwerk-Vertigo Winter-Blue Sky BAKER-GURVITZ ARMY-Janus ABC Dunhill BAKER-GURVITZ ARMY-Janus MIRAGE-Camel-Janus KINKY FRIEDMAN-ABC IN FLIGHT-Alvin Lee & Co.-Col SHEER HEART ATTACK-Queen-Elektra NIGHTLIFE-Thin Lizzie-Vertigo SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111M1111111111111111111, OUT OF CONTROL-Ray Manzarek- SOMEBODY LOAN ME A DIME-Fenton Mercury Robinson-Alligator THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY TOP NEW FN -Genesis-Atco AIRPLAY THIS WEE. SLOW MOTION-Man-UA SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill THERE'S THE RUB-Wishbone Ash-MCA XI WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill tEuc rM 4T! CM'S TOTAL ECLIPSE-Billy Cobham-Atlantic OUT OF CONTROL-Ray Manzarek- Mercury !ikrvcr*Nr.,,,tr JUST A BOY-Leo Sayer-WB BAKER-GURVITZ ARMY-Janus CRAZY HORSE-J.D. Blackfoot- SLOW MOTION-Man-UA JUST A BOY-Leo Sayer-WB Fantasy nc ANGELES ESSRA MOHAWK-Asylum vt0c-rikA

LAST COWBOY-Gallagher & Lyle- I vim! _rm /KANCAS CITY PAPER MONEY-Montrose-WB A&M FEEL SO GOOD-Danny Cox-RELAYER-Yes-Atlantic WhJEW-FM /NEW YORK OUT OF CONTROL-Ray Manzarek- Mercury Casablanca SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill COUNTRY LIFE-Roxy Music-Atco IN FLIGHT-Alvin Lee & Co.-Col OUT OF CONTROL-Ray Manzarek- SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill THE PROPHET-Richard Mercury Harris-Atlantic 100% COTTON-James Cotton Band- Buddah OUT OF CONTROL-Ray Manzarek- Mercury KMET-FM/ LOS ANGELES Ssrss, .0...Psi Ilk 01 SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill AND THE FEELING'S GOOD-Jose EVERLASTING LOVE-Carl Carlton-ABC BACK ON YOUR 'EADS-If-Capitol Feliciano-RCA FLOATING WORLD-Jade Warrior- COUNTRY JOE-Joe McDonald- MAXOOM-Mahoganny Rush -20th Island -Vanguard Century Kiiri-i-M/ DENVER HONK-Epic OUT OF CONTROL-Ray Manzarek- STANLEY CLARKE-Nemperor HOT BLOOD-Don Covay-Mercury Mercury OUT OF CONTROL-Ray Manzarek- SUN GODDESS-Ramsey Lewis-Col I CAN HELP-Billy Swan-Monument SPECIAL EDITION-Paul Horn-Epic Mercury LIKE CHILDREN-Jerry Goodman & Jan SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill Hammer-Nemperor PUT THE MUSIC WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS -Olympic Runners-London STORIES TO TELL-Flora Purim- DARK HORSE-George Harrison-Apple Milestone STORIES TO TELL-Flora Purim- SHEER HEART ATTACK-Queen-Elektra SUN GODDESS-Ramsey Lewis-Col Milestone THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER-Eddie FM SLEEPER OF THE WEEK URBAN RENEWAL-Tower of Power-WB Jefferson-Muse

WSDM-FM /CHICAGO WMNiii-FM/PHILADELPHI, AND THE FEELING'S GOOD-Jose Feliciano-RCA v7 C'rt.,r,,nrpoenry COUNTRY LIFE-Roxy Music-Atco AS I SEEIT NOW-Melanie- A LIVE ALBUM-Holly Near-Redwood JUST A BOY-Leo Sayer-WB Neighborhood RUFUSIZED-Rufus featuring Chaka Khan BREAKAWAY-Kris & Rita-Monument COUNTRY JOE-Joe McDonald- -ABC Vanguard RUFUSIZED-Rufus featuring Chaka Khan SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill -ABC GREAT RADIO FEUDS-W.C. Fields-Col SEDAKA'S BACK-Neil Sedaka-Rocket JUST A BOY-Leo Sayer-WB SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill BAKER-GURVITZ ARMY OUT OF CONTROL-Ray Manzarek- SOUVENIRS-Dan Fogelberg-Epic ite Janus Mercury WHITE HORSE-Michael Omartian- ARE YOU READY TO ROCK (single)- SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill ABC Dunhill -Wizzard-WB (Import) WINTER LIGHT-Oregon-Vanguard WITH EVERYTHING I FEEL IN ME- BAKER-GURVITZ ARMY-Janus Aretha Franklin-Atlantic BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST LIVE- Polydor (Import) BEAT OF THE STREET-Sutherland Bros. & Knitre_rikA iD4PriCklIV Quiver-Island (Import) WEBN-FM ICINCINATTI BAKER-GURVITZ ARMY-Janus rHum_rm /TrtOrIKITr1 COUNTRY LIFE-Roxy Music-Atco AFTER THE GOLDRUSH-Prelude-Island COUNTRY JOE-Joe McDonald- JUST A BOY-Leo Sayer-WB Vanguard PIANO RAGS, VOLUME III-Joshua OUT OF CONTROL-Ray Manzarek- BREAKAWAY-Kris & Rita-Monument Rifkin-Nonesuch Mercury 100% COTTON-James Cotton Band- FLOATING WORLD-Jade Warrior- Island SUN GODDESS-Ramsey Lewis-Col TOM CAT (single)-Tom Scott & the L.A. Buddah Express-Ode SHEER HEART ATTACK-Queen-Elektra 'N FLIGHT-Alvin Lee & Co.-Col TCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY NOS. 1-3- Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra- SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill SO WHAT-Joe Walsh-ABC Dunhill '.IYOPIA-Tom Fogerty-Fantasy Melodiya

AmericanRadioHistory.Com A survey of NEW product sales JANUARY 11, 1975 in the nation's leading retail outlets THE RETAIL REPOR1 listed alphabetically

SALESMAKER OF la_ SATIN DOLL-Bobbi Humphrey- THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY- ALL THE GIRLS IN THE WORLD BEWARE- Blue Note Genesis-Atco Grand Funk-Capitol STANLEY CLARKE-Nemperor THISIS THE MOODY BLUES-Threshold AVERAGE WHITE BAND-Atlantic THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY- BARRY MANILOW II-Bell Genesi s-Atco -RUNT/CHICAGO DARK HORSE-George Harrison-Apple WITH EVERYTHING I FEEL IN ME- Aretha Franklin-Atlantic DARK HORSE-George Harrison-Apple FIRE-Ohio Players-Mercury HIGHLY PRIZED POSSESSION- GREATEST HITS-Elton John-MCA Anne Murray-Capitol MELODIES OF LOVE-Bobby Vinton- I CAN HELP-Billy Swan-Monument ABC ALL THE GIRLS IN THE WORLD BEWARE- Grand Funk-Capitol MAN OF MIRACLES-Styx-Wooden MILES OF AISLES-Joni Mitchell-Asylum Nickel FOR YOU-Eddie Kendricks-Tamla PIECES OF DREAMS-Stanley Turrentine MELODIES OF LOVE-Bobby Vinton- -Fantasy HOTTER THAN HELL-Kiss-Casablanca ABC DARK HORSE THIS IS THE MOODY BLUES-Threshold MARK OF THE BEAST-Willie Hutch- NEW & IMPROVED-Spinners-Atlantic Motown GEORGE HARRISON THEPROPHET-RichardHarris-Atlantic ALEXANDER'S/N.Y.-N.J.-CONN NIGHTBIRDS-Labelle-Epic Apple THREE DEGREES-Phila.Intl. RELAYER-Yes-Atlantic BUTTERFLY-Barbra Streisand-Col TOTAL ECLIPSE-Billy Cobham-Atlantic CHICAGO VII-Col RUFUSIZED-Rufus featuring Chaka Khan WITH EVERYTHING I FEEL IN ME- I -ABC t TOP RETAIL SALES THIS WEE DARK HORSE-George Harrison-Apple Aretha Franklin-Atlantic DARK HORSE-George Harrison- FIRE-Ohio Players-Mercury SKIP MAHONEY & THE CASUALS-DCI Apple GREATEST HITS-Elton John-MCA STANLEY CLARKE-Nemperor RELAYER-Yes-Atlantic MILES OF AISLES-Joni Mitchell-Asylum TOTAL ECLIPSE-Billy Cobham- Atlantic AVERAGE WHITE BAND-Atlantic RUFUSIZED-Rufus featuring Chaka STORMBRINGER-DeepPurple-WB Kha n-ABC BARRY MANILOW II-Bell THIS IS THE MOODY BLUES-Threshold GREATEST HITS-Elton John-MCA DARK HORSE-George Harrison-Apple VERITIES & BALDERDASH-Harry Chapin I POPLAR TUNES/MEMPHIS -Elektra HEART LIKE A WHEEL-Linda Ronstadt- DO IT'TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED- ! B.T. Express-Scepter rn flirt evr rIn TION.k. 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TITLE, ARTIST, Label, Number (Distributing Label) 63 THE SILVER FOX CHARLIE RICH/Epic PE 33250 4 F JAN. JAN. CHART 11 4 WKS. ON 54 39 TODD RUNDGREN'S UTOPIA/Bearsville BR 6954 (WB) 11 F 55 35 IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW) OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN/ 1 1 GREATEST HITS MCA 411 30 F 56 ELTON JOHN 58 CANTAMOS POCO/Epic PE 33192 6 F 57 47APPRENTICE (IN A MUSICAL WORKSHOP) DAVE LOGGINS/ F MCA 2128 8 Epic KE 32833 8 F 58 52 LIVE IT UP ISLEY BROTHERS/T-Neck PZ 33070 (Col) 16 F 2 2 BACK HOME AGAIN JOHN DENVER/RCA CPL -0548 28 F 59 61 RED KING CRIMSON/Atlantic 18110 6 F 6 FIRE OHIO PLAYERS/Mercury SRM-1-1013 7 F 67 WITH EVERYTHING IFEEL IN ME ARETHA FRANKLIN/ 4 4 JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS/RCA CPL1-0374 57 F Atlantic SD 18116 4 F 61 42 LATE FOR THE SKY JACKSON BROWNE/Asylum 7E-1017 13 F 5 5 GOODNIGHT VIENNA RINGO STARR/Apple SW 3417 7 F 62 65 WHERE WE ALL BELONG MARSHALL TUCKER BAND/ 6 3 NOT FRAGILE BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE/Mercury Capricorn 2C 0145 (WB) 4 F SRM-1-100420 F En 72PRIME TIME TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN/Bell 1317 11 MILES OF AISLES JONI MITCHELL/Asylum AB 202 5 (Arista) 3 F 8 8 BUTTERFLY BARBRA STREISAND/Columbia PC 33005 9 F ai 71 SATIN DOLL BOBBI HUMPHREY/Blue Note LA334-G (UA) 4 F 9 THIS IS THE MOODY BLUES/Threshold 2 THS 12/13 73 (London) 8 HERE'S JOHNNY-MAGIC MOMENTS FROM THE TONIGHT SHOW/Casablanca SPNB 1296 10 7 SERENADE NEIL DIAMOND/Columbia PC 32919 11 F rr. 3 J 11 10 FREE AND EASY HELEN REDDY/Capitol ST 11348 11 F 74PIECES OF DREAMS STANLEY TURRENTINE/Fantasy F9465 4 F 67 23 DARK HORSE GEORGE HARRISON/Apple SMAS 3418 3 F 56BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE II/Mercury SRM-1-696 49 F 68 64 25 RELAYER YES/Atlantic SD 18122 3 F WALLS AND BRIDGES JOHN LENNON/Apple SW 3416 14 F 69 ® 66 THERE'S THE RUB WISHBONE ASH/MCA 464 5 F 17 HEART LIKE A WHEEL LINDA RONSTADT/Capitol ST 11358 6 F 15 15 IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL ROLLING STONES/Rolling Stones 79 TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME BOBBY BLAND & COC 79101 (Atlantic) 11 F B. B. KING/ABC Dunhill DSY 50190 4 F 16 16 WAR CHILD JETHRO TULL/Chrysalis CMR 1067 (WB) 11 F 71 75 LIVE OBLIVION, VOL. 1BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION 21 AVERAGE WHITE BAND/Atlantic SD 7308 11 F EXPRESS/RCA CPL1-0645 4 F 72 77 18 12 VERITIES & BALDERDASH HARRY CHAPIN/Elektra 7E-101216 F PERFECT ANGEL MINNIE RIPERTON/Epic KE 32461 15 F 73 55 19 18 I FEEL A SONG GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS/Buddah WAITRESS IN A DONUT SHOP MARIA MULDAUR/ BDS 5612 10 F Reprise MS 2194 10 F 20 14 MOTHER LODE LOGGINS & MESSINA/Columbia 33175 10 F 82 STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES MAC DAVIS/Columbia 21 22 CAN'T GET ENOUGH BARRY WHITE/20th Century T-444 19 F KC 32582 22 E 22 24PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORIES JIM CROCE/ABC ABCD 75 78WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW HABITS DOOBIE F 835 15 BROTHERS/Warner Bros. W 2750 35 F 23 19 CARIBOU ELTON JOHN/MCA 2116 28 F 87 KUNG FU FIGHTING CARL DOUGLAS/20th Century T-464 2 F 24 26 FULFILLINGNESS'FIRST FINALE STEVIE WONDER/ 77 62 LOST IN A DREAM R.E.O. SPEEDWAGON/Epic KE 32948 6 F Tamla T6 -332S1 (Motown) 23 F 25 27 EXPLORES YOUR MIND AL GREEN/Hi SHL 32087 (London) 7 F 26 20 STORMBRINGER DEEP PURPLE/Warner Bros. PR 2832 7 F 27 13 DRAGON FLY JEFFERSON STARSHIP/Grunt BFL1-0717 (RCA) 11 F 28 28 WRAP AROUND JOY CAROLE KING/Ode SP 7024 (A&M)16 F - SO WHAT 29 32 MELODIES OF LOVE BOBBY VINTON/ABC ABCD 851 5 F JOE WALSH 30 30 HOLIDAY AMERICA/Warner Brothers W 2808 27 F ABC Dunhill DSD 50171 1I F 36 BARRY MANILOW II/Bell1314 (Arista) 6 F

37 DO IT 'TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED B.T. EXPRESS/Scepter 5117 5 F 33 29 CAUGHT UP MILLIE JACKSON/Spring SPR 6703 (Polydor) 9 F 88 THE SINGLES 1969-73 THE CARPENTERS/A&M SP 3601 44 ALL THE GIRLS IN THE WORLD-BEWARE!!! E3 51 F 80 THE PROPHET RICHARD HARRIS/Atlantic SD 18120 GRAND FUNK/Capitol SO 11356 3 F 1 F 90GET YOUR WINGS AEROSMITH/Columbia KC 32847 69 RUFUSIZED RUFUS featuring CHAKA KHAN/ABC/ABCD 837 2 F 7 E 89 36 34 ELDORADO ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA/UA LA399-G 13 F 011 FOR YOU EDDIE KENDRICKS/Tamla T6 -335S1 (Motown) 3 F 83 76 37 41 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD ELTON JOHN/ IN HEAT LOVE UNLIMITED/20th Century T-443 12 F 92 MCA 2-10003 65 FLYING START BLACKBYRDS/Fantasy F9472 2 F 38 40 85 59 I'M LEAVING IT ALL UP TO YOU DONNY & MARIE LOVE ME FOR A REASON OSMONDS/MGM M3G 4839 8 F OSMOND/MGM M3G 4968 16 F 94 BREAKAWAY KRIS & RITA/Monument PZ 33278 (Col) 2 F 39 43 CHICAGO VII/Columbia C2-32810 42 H 87 86 SIMON & GARFUNKEL'S GREATEST HITS/ColumbiaKC 49 SOUVENIRS DAN FOGELBERG/Epic KE 33137 6 F 3135040 7: 54JOY TO THE WORLD-THEIR GREATEST HITS THREE DOG 88 70 I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME KIKI DEE BAND/Rocket 458 NIGHT/ABC Dunhill DSD 50178 3 F (MCA) 9 F 89 68 50 NEW AND IMPROVED SPINNERS/Atlantic SD 18118 4 F DAVE MASON/Columbia PC 33096 11 F 43 46 ANKA PAUL ANKA/United Artists LA314-G 18 F 106 THE MAGIC OF THE BLUE BLUE MAGIC/Atco SD 36-103 1 F 44 45 PHOEBE SNOW/Shelter 2109 (MCA) 11 F mi110 THREE DEGREES/Phila. Intl. KZ 32408 (Col) 45 33 CHEECH & CHONG'S WEDDING ALBUM/Ode SP 77025 1 F 128 BUDDHA AND THE CHOCOLATE BOX CAT STEVENS/A&M (A&M) 14 F 46 48 WHITE GOLD LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA/ SP 3623 30 F 93 85 ROCK AND ROLL OUTLAWS FOGHAT/Bearsville BR 6956 9 F 20th Century T-459 7 F 94 98 THE WALTON'S CHRISTMAS ALBUM/Columbia 57 THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY GENESIS/Atco KC 33193 2 E Lihr. 116 TOTAL ECLIPSE BILLY COBHAM/Atlantic SD18121 1 F SD 2-401 4 F 96 81 STREETLIFE SERENADE BILLY JOEL/Columbia PC 33146 48 51 LIVE MOTT THE HOOPLE/Columbia PC 33282 6 F 11 F 49 53 SOUTHERN COMFORT CRUSADERS/Blue Thumb Fr108 IT'LL SHINE WHEN IT SHINES OZARK MOUNTAIN

BTSY-9002-2 (ABC) 7 F DAREDEVILS/A&M SP 3654 1 F 50 31 DAVID LIVE DAVID BOWIE/RCA CPL2-0771 F 107 I 11 CAN HELP BILLY SWAN/Monument KZ 33279(Col) 1 F 51 38 BAD COMPANY/Swan Song SS 8410 (Atlantic) 26 F 119 NIGHTBIRDS LABELLE/Epic KE 33075 1 60 F TOLEDO WINDOW BOX GEORGE CARLIN/Little David LD 100 91 SO FAR CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG/Atlantic SD 3003 (WB) F 5 18100 19 F ALBUM CROSS REFERENCEONPAGE 25

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151 MIRAGE CAMEL/Janus JXS 7009 177 POWERFUL PEOPLE GINO VANNELLI/ 152 FEEL GEORGE DUKE/BASF MC 25355 A&M SP 3630 153 TIM WEISBERG 4/A&M SP 3658 178 SO . WHERE'S THE SHOW? JO JO 154 A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE PAUL GUNNE/Asylum 7E-1022 WILLIAMS/A&M SP 3655 179 DO YOUR THING BUT DON'T TOUCH 155 HOT CITY GENE PAGE/Atlantic MINE GOOSE CREEK SYMPHONY/ SD 18111 Columbia KC 32918 THE ALBUM CHART 156 HISTORY OF BRITISH ROCK, VOL.II 180 GODSPELL ORIGINAL CAST/ VARIOUS ARTISTS/Sire Bell 1102 (Arista) SASH 3705-2 (ABC) 181 KEEP ON DANCIN' BOHANNON/ 157 A CHRISTMAS ALBUM BARBRA Dakar DK 76910 (Brunswick) STREISAND/Columbia CS 9557 182 MAN OF MIRACLES STYX/Wooden 15 158 GET UP WITH IT MILES DAVIS/ Nickel BWL1-0638 (RCA) Columbia KG 33236 183 HAPPY TOGETHER AGAIN TURTLES/ 159 NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY Sire SASH 3703-2 (ABC) JAN. JAN. LEONARD COHEN/Columbia 184 LOS COCHINOS CHEECH & CHONG/ 11 4 KC 33167 Ode SP 77019 )A&M) 101 104 SHEER HEART ATTACK QUEEN/Elektra 7E-1026 160 THE BAND KEPT PLAYING ELECTRIC 185 PINAFORE DAYS STACKRIDGE/ FLAG/ Atlantic1 8110 Sire SADS-7503 (ABC) 102 96JOHN DAWSON WINTER III JOHNNY WINTER/ 161 HONK/Epic KE 33094 186 TELLY TELLY SAVALAS/MCA 436 Blue Sky PZ 33292 (Col) 162 PAUL ANKA GOLD/Sire 187 COMIN' FROM ALL ENDS NEW SASH 3704-2 (ABC) . BIRTH/RCA APL1 -0494 103113 ON THE BORDER EAGLES/Asylum 7E-1004 163 CRIME OF THE CENTURY 188 CITY LIGHTS MICKEY GILLEY/ SUPERTRAMP/A&M SP 3647 Playboy PB 403 104 100ENDLESS SUMMER BEACH BOYS/Capitol SVBB 11307 164 IN FLIGHT ALVIN LEE & CO./ 189 WALKER'S COLLECTIBLES JERRY JEFF 105 84 SHE CALLED ME BABY CHARLIE RICH/RCA APL1 -0686 Columbia PG 331 87 WALKER/MCA 450 165 THE HANDSOME DEVILS HELLO 190 THE MARK OF THE BEAST WILLIE 106 83WHERE HAVE I KNOWN YOU BEFORE RETURN TO FOREVER PEOPLE/ABC Dunhill DSD-50184 HUTCH / Motown M6-81 5S1 featuring CHICK COREA/Polydor PD 6509 166 ANOTHER BEGINNING LES McCANN/ 191 AS I SEE IT NOW MELANIE/ Atlantic SD 1666 Neighborhood NB 3000 (Arista) 107 93 SECOND HELPING LYNYRD SKYNYRD/MCA 413 167 LIKE CHILDREN JERRY GOODMAN & 192 GITTIN' DOWN L.T.D./A&M SP 3660 JAN HAMMER/Nemperor 193 THE HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT 108 109THE STING ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/MCA 2040 NE 430 (Atlantic) TOM WAITS/Asylum 7E-1015 am 122 THE TRIAL OF BILLY JACK SOUNDTRACK/ABC ABCD 853 168 THE BEATLES 1967-70/Apple 194 HOT ROCKS ROLLING STONES/ SKBO 3404 London-2PS 60617 110 111 AFTER THE GOLDRUSH PRELUDE/Island ILPS 9289 169 DAWN'S NEW RAGTIME FOLLIES/ Bell 1130 (Arista) 195 YOU LAY SO EASY ON MY MIND 111 97 DO IT BABY MIRACLES/Tamla T6 -334S1 (Motown) 170 HIS GREATEST HITS ENGELBERT ANDY WILLIAMS/Columbia HUMPERDINCK/ Parrot KC 33234 112 112 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CHARLIE RICH/Epic KE 32247 196 100% COTTON JAMES COTTON PAS 71061 (London) 113 99 171 BURT BACHARACH'S GREATEST BLUES BAND/Buddah BDS 5620 SNOWFLAKES ARE DANCING ISAO TOMITA/RCA ARL1-0488 HITS/A&M SP 3661 197 BIG BAMBU CHEECH & CHONG/ am 142SEDAKA'S BACK NEIL SEDAKA/Rocket 463 (MCA) 172 WOMAN TO WOMAN SHIRLEY Ode SP 7704 (A&M) BROWN/Truth TRS 4206 (Stax) 198 IMPOSSIBLE DREAM SENSATIONAL EEEI - SUN SECRETS ERIC BURDON BAND/Capitol ST 11357 173 BOBBY WOMACK'S GREATEST HITS/ ALEX HARVEY BAND/Vertigo 116 95 ODDS & SODS WHO/MCA Track 2126 United Artists LA 346-G VEL 2000 (Phonogram) 174 TUNEWEAVING DAWN/ Bell 1112 199 ROCKIN' SOUL HUES CORPORATION / 117 118 BORBOLETTA SANTANA/Columbia PC 33135 (Arista) 175 KINKY FRIEDMAN/ABC ABCD 829 RCA APL1 -0775 118 114 GODSPELL SOUNDTRACK/Bell 1118 (Arista) 176 THE HEART OF A WOMAN JOHNNY 200 LUCKY DAY JONATHAN EDWARDS/ MATHIS/Columbia KC 33251 Atco SD 36-104 119 103 WHEN THE EAGLE FLIES TRAFFIC/Asylum/Island 7-1020 120 105 NIGHTMARES AND OTHER TALES FROM THE VINYL JUNGLE J. GEILS BAND/Atlantic SD 18107 ALBUM CROSS REFERENCE 121 80 THE MAIN EVENT FRANK SINATRA/Reprise FS 2207

AEROSMITH 81 LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA 32/3 135 FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN CHARLIE DANIELS BAND/ GREGG ALLMAN 146 LYNYRD SKYNYRD 107 30 Kama Sutra KSBS 2603 AMERICA BARRY MANILOW 31 PAUL ANKA 43 DAVE MASON 89 71 123 BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS CURTIS MAYFIELD 126 117 MIGHTY LOVE SPINNERS/Atlantic SD 7296 AVERAGE WHITE BAND 17 PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS 128 BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE 6, 67 MIRACLES 111 124 126 TAPESTRY CAROLE KING/Ode SP 77009 (A&M) BAD COMPANY 51 JONI MITCHELL 7 BEACH BOYS 104 MOODY BLUES 9 125 125 BEST OF BREAD/Elektra EKS 75056 GEORGE BENSON 148 MOTT THE HOOPLE 48 BLAND & KING 70 MARIA MULDAUR 73 126 123 GOT TO FIND A WAY CURTIS MAYFIELD/Curtom CRS BLACKBYRDS 84 ANNE MURRAY 131 BLUE MAGIC 90 NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE 133 8604 (Buddah) DAVID BOWIE 50 BREAD 125 OLIVIA NEWTON -JOHN 55 61 140SUN GODDESS RAMSEY LEWIS/Columbia KC 33194 JACKSON BROWNE OHIO PLAYERS 3 B. T. EXPRESS 32 TONY ORLANDO & DAWN 63 128 121 ERIC BURDON BAND 115 DONNY OSMOND 144 BAND ON THE RUN PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS/ GEORGE CARLIN 52 DONNY & MARIE OSMOND 38 Apple SO 3415 CARPENTERS 79 OSMONDS 85 HARRY CHAPIN 18 OZARK MOUNTAINDAREDEVILS 97 129127 HOTTER THAN HELL KISS/Casablanca NBLP 7006 CHEECH & CHONG 45 139 CHICAGO 39 PFM 130 115 136 SHAWN PHILLIPS 135 DANCING MACHINE JACKSON FIVE/Motown M6 -780S1 ERIC CLAPTON 56 137 POCO STANLEY CLARKE 110 131 134 HIGHLY PRIZED POSSESSION ANNE MURRAY/ BILLY COBHAM 95 PRELUDE JIM CROCE 22 QUEEN 101 Capitol ST 11354 CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG 100 CRUSADERS 49 HELEN REDDY 11 132 133 TOULOUSE STREET DOOBIE BROTHERS/Warner Bros. BS 2634 77 122 R.E.O. SPEEDWAGON CHARLIE DANIELS BAND RETURN TO FOREVER 106 74 133 102 BRUJO NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE/Columbia PC 33145 MAC DAVIS.. CHARLIE RICH 53, 105, 112 88 KIKI DEE BAND RIGHTEOUS BROS. 145 134 137 POEMS, PRAYERS & PROMISES JOHN DENVER/RCA LSP 4499 DEEP PURPLE 26 MINNIE RIPERTON 72 JOHN DENVER 2, 4, 134 ROLLING STONES 15 135 129 FURTHERMORE SHAWN PHILLIPS/A&M SP 3662 10 NEIL DIAMOND LINDA RONDSTADT 14 DOOBIE BROTHERS 75, 132, 147 RUFUS 35 136 138 461 OCEAN BLVD. ERIC CLAPTON/RSO 4801 (Atlantic) CARL DOUGLAS 76 TODD RUNDGREN'S UTOPIA 54 EAGLES 103 EEL1 - STANLEY CLARKE/Nemperor NE 431 (Atlantic) ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 36 SANTANA 117 NEIL SEDAKA 114 DAN FOGELBERG 40 SIMON & GARFUNKEL 87 - STYX II/Wooden Nickel WNS-1012 (RCA) FOGHAT 93 FRANK SINATRA 121 ARETHA FRANKLIN 60 PHOEBE SNOW 44 139 144 COOL PFM/Manticore MA 6-502S1 (Motown) SOUNDTRACKS: J. GEILS BAND 120 JOHNNY CARSON/TONIGHT SHOW 65 140 101 47 LIGHT OF WORLDS KOOL AND THE GANG/Delite GENESIS GODSPELL 118 GRAND FUNK 34 THE STING 108 DEP 2014 (PIP) AL GREEN 25 109 THE TRIAL OF BILLY JACK 141 HERBIE HANCOCK 143 SPINNERS 42, 123 130 SUNDOWN GORDON LIGHTFOOT/Reprise MS 2177 RICHARD HARRIS 80 CAT STEVENS 92 142 146 GEORGE HARRISON 12 RINGO STARR 5 FREE TO BE YOU AND ME MARLO THOMAS & FRIENDS/ BOBBI HUMPHREY 64 BARBRA STREISAND 8 BILLY SWAN 98 Bell 1110 (Arista) ISLEYBROTHERS 58 STYLISTICS 149 143 132 THRUST HERBIE HANCOCK/Columbia PC 32965 JACKSON FIVE 130 STYX 138 MILLIE JACKSON 33 144 145 DONNY DONNY OSMOND/MGM M3G-4978 JEFFERSON STARSHIP 27 MARLO THOMAS 142 JETHRO TULL 16 THREE DEGREES 91 145 148 GIVE IT -TO THE PEOPLE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS/ BILLY JOEL 96 THREE DOG NIGHT 41 ELTON JOHN 1, 23, 37 ISAO TOMITA 113 Haven ST 9201 (Capitol) TRAFFIC 119 EDDIE KENDRICKS 82 MARSHALL TUCKER BAND 62 146 131 THE GREGG ALLMAN TOUR/Capricorn 2C-0141 (WB) CAROLE KING 28, 124 STANLEY TURRENTINE 66 59 KING CRIMSON 29 147 141 THE CAPTAIN AND ME DOOBIE BROTHERS/Warner Bros. KISS T29 BOBBY VINTON GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS 19 JOE WALSH 78 BS 2694 KOOL & THE GANG 140 WALTONS 94 KRIS & RITA 86 BARRY WHITE 21 148 149 BAD BENSON GEORGE BENSON/CTI 6045 (Motown) 116 LABELLE 99 WHO 149 120 HEAVY STYLISTICS/Avco 69004 68 JOHNNY WINTER 102 JOHN LENNON 69 RAMSEY LEWIS 127 WISHBONE ASH 150 124 ROXY AND ELSEWHERE FRANK ZAPPA/MOTHERS OF DAVE LOGGINS 57 STEVIE WONDER 24 LOGGINS & MESSINA 20 YES 13 INVENTION/DiscReet 2DS 2202 (WB) GORDON LIGHTFOOT 141 LOVE UNLIMITED 83 FRANK ZAPPA 150 RECORD WORLD JANUARY 11, 1975 25

AmericanRadioHistory.Com 20th Pacts Westbound Recording Academy (Continued from page 3) Hall of Fame Nominees for release in early 1975. Armen DISC FILE (Continued from page 4) Boladian andhisexecutiveas- sistantBernie Mendelsohnwill (A weekly report on current and upcoming discotheque breakouts) "April InParis." Includedis the continue to base in Detroit. firstmillion -record -seller,Gene Regan commented: "The past By VINCE ALETTI Austin's "My Blue Heaven," re- corded in 1927. few years have been very reward- Out of a dull week, these notes: Doug Douglas called from South ing for all of use at 20th. Our new Carolina to ask were we ever going to cover discotheques in the This year's entries will join last relationship with Armen Boladian year'sfive winners, "Body and South? And I said yes, so here he is(and Miami, too). Douglas, and the entire Westbound group who says he's been playing records at clubs and dances since 1957, Soul" by Coleman Hawkins, is truly a very significant move in gave me a top 10 list "based on request, demand and response" "Christmas Song" by Nat "King" our ever-increasing growth pat- Cole, "Rhapsody In Blue" by Paul which includes two rather obscure items:(1)"Rockin' Chair" by tern. In short, what better way to Clarence Reid, put out as the B side of a single called "When My Whiteman with George Gershwin begin our third year? The West- Daddy Rode the West," which had been released only in the Miami at the piano, "West End Blues" bound catalogue has accounted test market by Dash, one of TK's small, local -release labels. Though by Louis Armstrong and "White for millions of dollars in sales via Christmas" by Bing Crosby. The impeccable productions, in addi- it was short-lived in Miami and never released nationally, Douglas says "Rockin' Chair" is taking off very fast right at his regular club, results of this year's committee's tion to the continuing develop- votes,tobe tabulatedby the ment of strong performers. 20th's Zig Zag. (2) "Hot Grits!!!" by Elijah and the Ebonies (Capsoul), a pumping, wild -party instrumental that Douglas admits is by a local independent accounting firm of marketing staff is extremely excit- Haskins and Sells,willbe an- ed about the company, its product group but certainly deserves to get beyond South Carolina. It's loud and brassy and Elijah, one assumes, shouts the title throughout. nounced during the Academy's and our future together." annual TV special, "The Grammy ReachedinDetroit for com- In addition, Douglas had two of the most common complaints expressed by club deejays outside of New York and L.A.First, he Awards Show," tobetelecast ment, Boladian lauded the activi- live from the Uris Theatre in New ties of Regan and the 20th crew findsitdifficult to get serviced with records; then, once he starts playing a record, too often local stores won't stock it. "Many times,"York on the evening of Sunday, as "an incredibly dynamic, high- March 1, over the entire CBS net- energy company, one that really he says, "I've broken records that no one can find." In the same way, a good deal of the potential sales impact of discotheques around work. delivers." He went on tosay: The complete list of this year's "Russ has an enviable track rec- the country is blunted or cut off altogether by stores that are ignor- ing the market. Recording Academy Hall of Fame ord, and he isn't content to rest nominations follows: onhislaurels.BesidesWest - Wayne Thorberg, who previously reported from Pharoahs in L.A., bound's future, we also had to is now also playing at Donkin's Inn in the suburb of Marina del Rey "And TheAngelsSing,"Benny Good- where he's been introducing the years -old Brenda & the Tabulations man; "April In Paris," Count Basie; consider our artistsin selecting "ArtistryInRhythm,"StanKenton;"A- the company to place our product beauty, "Little Bit of Love" (Epic/Memory Lane), to crowds largely Tisket,A-Tasket,"Chick Webb andElla with. Again, 20th, under Regan, unfamiliar with the record. A "lost" record everywhere except in the Fitzgerald; "Bach: The Well -Tempered Klavier" (Books I & II), Wanda Landowska; was our very first choice. Attorney discotheques, "LittleBit of Love" remains one of the great disco (Continued on page 31) "Beethoven:PianoSonatas,"(Complete), Normand Kurtz performed dyna- ArturSchnabel; "Begin The Beguine," mically in assisting us toward ex- Artie Shaw; "BlackAndTan Fantasy." pediting our deal. It's great to be Duke Ellington;"Boogie Woogie," Tommy Dorsey;"CarnegieHallConcert,"Benny where our friends are." Discotheque Hit Parade Goodman. Launched by Boladian in 1969, (listings are in alphabetical order, by title) "Four Brothers," Woody Herman; "God firmhascatapultedtoannual Bless The Child,"BillieHoliday; "Holiday grosses of $4 million with a staff For Strings," David Rose; "How High The HOLLYWOOD/NEW YORK DONKIN'S INN/MARINA Moon," Les Paul and Mary Ford;"I Can't of only four. A quartet of gold rec- DEL REY, CALIFORNIA DJ: Tony Gioe Get Started," Bunny Berigan;"I'llNever ords have been compiled and a Smile Again," Tommy Dorsey; "I'm Gettin' DJ: Wayne Thorberg platinum disc for the spoken word BLUE EYED SOUL-Carl Douglas - SentimentalOverYou," TommyDorsey; single, "The Americans," by Byron 20th Century (lp cut) BOOGIE DOWN-Van McCoy- "In The Mood," Glenn Miller; "Lover Man," DOCTOR'S ORDERS-Carol Douglas- Avco lip cut) BillieHoliday;"MoodIndigo,"Duke El- MacGregor. Boladian is a veteran lington; "My Blue Heaven," Gene Austin. sales -promotion man who closed Midland International EACH MORNING I WAKE UP-Major EXPRESS-B.T. Express-Scepter (lpcut) Harris Boogie Blues Band-Atlantic "Nature Boy," Nat "King" Cole; "Over his own Detroit distributorship to GIRLS (PARTS I & II)-Moments and FIRE-Ohio Players-Mercury(lpcut) The Rainbow," Judy Garland; "Sentimental form Westbound. Whatnauts-Stang GETTING IT ON '75-Dennis Coffey- Journey," Les Brown; "September Song," HEY GIRL, COME AND GET IT- Sussex Walter Huston; "Singin' The Blues," Frankie Stylistics-Avco (lp cut) HAPPY PEOPLE-Temptations-Gordy Trumbauer featuring Bix Beiderbecke; "Six- I'LL BE HOLDING ON-Al Downing- LITTLE BIT OF LOVE-Brenda & the teen Tons," Tennessee Ernie Ford; "Strange Daniels Forms Pubbery Chess Tabulations-Epic/Memory Lane Fruit," Billie Holiday; "Take The 'A' Train," (Continued from page 4) LOVE DON'T YOU GO THROUGH NO LOVE DON'T YOU GO THROUGH NO Duke Ellington; "Vesti La Giubba," Enrico (producer for Blue Swede). Blue CHANGES ON ME-Sister Sledge-Atco CHANGES ON ME-Sister Sledge- Caruso. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME-Shirley Arco Swede's second U. S. album re- (And Company)-Vibration THE TWIST-James Brown- lease scheduled for March, will THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR YOU BABY- Polydor ((pcut) include several Skifs-Palmers B.T. Express-Scepter (lp cut) UP IN A PUFF OF SMOKE-Polly Brown Fast Fandangos WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?-Labelle- -GTO tunes. Epic (Ip cut) Musical Hits WAITIN' FOR THE RAIN-Philly Sound- Phil.L.A. of Soul In addition, Musical Hits Pub- LOVE/MIAMI BEACH lishing Co. will be representing the catalogue of Covered Wagon DJ: Aristides Jacobs ZIG ZAG/ANDERSON, Music whichcoversalltunes BLUE EYED SOUL-Carl Douglas - SOUTH CAROLINA written by the top Canadian rock 20th Century (lp cut) DOCTOR'S ORDERS-Carol Douglas- DJ: Doug Douglas group the Stampeders, including Midland International their million seller, "Sweet City EACH MORNING I WAKE UP-Major EXPRESS-B.T. Express-Scepter (lp cut) Woman." Harris Boogie Blues Band-Atlantic FIRE-Ohio Players-Mercury (lp cut) Daniels first started in the mu- EXPRESS-B.T. Express-Scepter (lp cut) HEY GIRL, COME AND GET IT- sic business as a member of the I'LL BE HOLDING ON-Al Downing- Stylistics-Avco ((p cut) Chess HEY POCKY-A-WAY-Meters-Reprise folk singing group, the Highway- IT'S A MIRACLE-Barry Manilow- HOT GRITS-Elijah and the Ebonies- men, which received a gold rec- Bell(lp cut) Following their Academy of Music New Capsoul Year's Eve performance, ABC Dunhill re- 1961 theirmillion JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER- ordin for Gloria Scott-Casablanca I WANT TO BE FREE-Ohio Players- cordingartistsCarmen stoppedoffat seller "Michael Row The Boat LADY MARMALADE-La bel le --Epic Mercury (lp cut) theRecord World officesto chat about Ashore." After touring with the LOVE DON'T YOU GO THROUGH NO PHILADELPHIA-B.B. King-ABC their album, "Fandangos in Space." Pic- group for three years, Daniels en- CHANGES ON ME-Sister Sledge- PICK UP THE PIECES-AWB-Atlantic turedabove,fromleft(toprow)are School Atco Paul Fenton, Angela Allen and RW's Ro- teredHarvardBusiness NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE -- ROCKIN' CHAIR-Clarence Reid-Dash berta Scopp; (bottom row) David Allen and received an MBA in 1969. Gloria Gaynor-MGM SEXY IDA-Ike & Tina Turner-UA and Roberto Amaral.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com That's A 'No -No' CONCERT REVIEW Boones a Pleasing Family Package si LOS ANGELES - The water likewise augmented by projected "curtain"attheJohn Wayne photos of the late singer -song- Theatre was a redundancy on the writer. chilly rainy night at Knotts Berry The group's material is straight- Farm, but even the foul weather line MOR. At the opening Pat couldn't keep the crowds away ran through the audience shaking from the Pat Boone Family hands, singing "Happy Days Are (Melodyland Records) show Here Again," with the tailormade Christmas weekend. Officials lyrical change "while buck shoes have creditedthegroup'sap- areinagain, drinking milk in- pearance as a prime factor in the stead of gin again." Boone does western park's record -setting at- self -mockingreferencestohis atendanceforthe week.(The own trademarks - glibly,but stage showis freewithpark never apologetically. admission.) The show ischoreographed Family Fun flashily,butnone tootightly. The BooneFamily show is There are several costume Singer -songwriter Hoyt Axton confers with RingoStarr and producer RichardPerry just what you'd expect - family changes in the brief set (Knotts about the new Axton -penned song, "The No -No Song," which appears on Ringo's sets are restricted to a half hour, new Capitol album, "Goodnight Vienna." Showninphoto, fromleft,are:Axton, entertainmentfrom a family Starr and Perry. unit. Papa Pat, wife Shirley, and though the Boones stretched one the four Boone daughters rang- to 45 minutes to accommodate Delite Taps Irizarry ing in age from 17 to 20 present crowds that had waitedinthe Sgt. Pepper Goes rain)including "flapper" outfits a radiant united front that NEW YORK-Fred Fioto, presi- for the Boone Girls, and an ex- To Philadelphia dent of Delite Records, has an- wowed overflow audiences in the 2,128 capacity hall. aggerated "Leroy Brown" outfit NEW YORK - "Sgt. Pepper's nounced the appointment of Ms. during the Crocetribute. The Lonely Hearts Club Band on The Iris Irizarry to the newly -created Nostalgia Boone Girls break to Ikette-like Road,"willbeginitsnational post of pop promotion director Remembrances are a big part movements on the Doobie tour in Philadelphia,it was an- for the company. of the show. A rear -screen pro- Brothers' "Long Train Running" nounced by Peter Brown, execu- Ms.Irizarry, who willreport jection showsslides ofthe and on the gospel -rock "Sweet tive producer of the show and directly toStanPrice,national family at various times over the Song of Salvation." president of The Robert Stigwood promotion director for Delite, will past twenty years, and Pat does Organisation. be making the pop market aware a medley of several of his big Sneaky Pete "Sgt. Pepper" will open at the of the label's artists and opening '50s hits. The whole family joins Aiding the Boones was a five - Erlanger Theatre inPhiladelphia the doors for future crossovers. in on a Jim Croce tribute that is piece California combo including for a three-weekengagement the highly versatile Sneaky Pete January 9-26. Kleinow on steel guitar. Following itsPhiladelphia en- A special"highlight"tothe play work central gagement the show will new Saturday night closing show was other major cities in the U.S. By IRA MAYER KHJ deejayMachinegunKelly "It's astounding that anything that's been around for roughly 20 being awarded an armloadof years-which is rock and roll-should on one hand haie survived prizes for setting a park record ATV Taps Bobal because of its primitive appeal (and has at the same time progressed for riding a log ride for 21 con- NEW YORK-Peter K.Siegel, into a more respectable professional staging of lights and sound, secutive hours. president of ATV Records,Inc., and in its theatrics), yet on the other hand-I'm not sure amateurish TheBooneshave a highly has announced the appointment is the word-retains a certain tackiness in hall, or arena or stadium polishedfamilypackage,suf- of Diane Bobal as publicity man- management. They'll have 80,000 people for a football game, or fusedwith energy andsmiles, ager for the label. ATV Records is 60,000 for baseball. But I wonder if anybody would ever contemplatesure to please family audiences the American operating arm of cancelling the baseball season because they had an outb-reakin anywhere. Pye Records of London. Cleveland." Art Fein Steppenwolf's John Kay is outspoken when it comes to the "double standard" he sees in crowd control techniques and treatment of audi- ences and performers. He says that Steppenwolf's own road crew has Davis Tours Japan been reprimanded when their dealings with promoters or hall man- NEW YORK-Columbia record- agement has been "less than diplomatic. Because we're in an ageing artist Miles Davis will soon be in which competitionis extremely great, and where those with a kicking off his second major tour professional attitude will be the ones with the best shows, and with a of Japan. Set to open the concert guarantee for repeat business." tourinTokyo on January 20, Steppenwolf re-formed after some three and a half years, returning Davis will go on to visit eight to recorded and live performances, out -distancing, according to Kay, Japanese citiesbefore the tour even the group's own "cautious optimism." They've played com- concludes on February 10. pletely new markets as well as old favorites, dividing their shows In advance of Davis' heralded into a 50/50 ratio of old and new material. But apart from the growth tour, more than 80 percent of the in importance of the staging aspect of their shows, Kay is aware of seats for the 12 concerts to be other changes in the concert scene since the group disbanded some performed have been sold out. years ago. Other cities to be visited by Miles Davis and his band are Nagoya, Diane Bobal "If the Rolling Stones come back this summer, they're going to siphon-just like CSN&Y, Elton John and a few others-they're going Kyoto, Sapporo, Kokura, Osaka, Inhercapacityas publicity to suck all the ticket money out of the markets. Except for six or Shizuoka and Sendai. manager, Ms. Bobal will be re- eight really huge acts, there are a lot of other acts that are hurting. 'Get Up With It' sponsible for all press and public And there's always this predicament that everyone wants to be a Davis' most recent Columbia relations involving the company's headliner." When asked whether he saw the possibility of Steppen- album, entitled "Get Up With It," artists. She will report directly towolf playing second to a stronger act, Kay responded, "Right now I was recentlyreleased inthe Carmen LaRosa, director of sales. can't foresee that ever becoming necessary. I would say thatif we United States. The album will be Prior to joining ATV, Ms. Bobal found somebody else who would be willing to co -headline, that relasedin Japan through CBS/ was publicity coordinator for ABCmight work. We have been contemplating going out with one other Sony Records in time for Davis' Records in New York. (Continued on page 36) tour.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com NAACP Announces Nominees SUL TRUTH For 8th Annual Image Awards (Continued from page 3) By DEDE DABNEY Nominees in each of the cate- SONG OF THE YEAR: "Feel Like Making NEW YORK: Personal Pick: "Superna- gories are as follows: Love;""SpaceRace;""Boogie Down;" "Woman to Woman;" "Then Came You." tural Thing Part I" Ben E. King Motion Picture Category JAll ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Quincy Jones; (Atlantic). Pulsating rhythm will MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR:"Up- Donald Byrd; Herbie Hancock; Chick Corea; bring back an artist who has been away town Saturday Night;""Conrack;""Clau- Blackbyrds. dine;""Five On TheBlack Hand Side;" COMBINATION VOCAL GROUP OF THE too long. He has the right ingredients "Tomisine and Bushrod." YEAR:Rufus;Gladys Knight & thePips; to be amain contender for major chart ACTOR OF THE YEAR:BillCosby, "Up- Staple Singers; Hues Corporation; Graham action. town Saturday Night;" Jon Voight,"Con - Central Station. rack;" LeonardJackson,"Five on the GOSPEL VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR: DEDE'S DITTIES TO WATCH: "It'll Be Black Hand Side;" James Earl Jones, Mighty CloudsofJoy;James Cleveland; What You Want Me To Be" Charles "Claudine;" RogerRobinson,"Newman's Dixie Hummingbirds;Institutional Radio Law." Brinkley (Music Machine SLO); Choir. ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Diahann Carroll, Television Categories "Don't Burn Down The Bridges" - Glady Knight & the "Claudine;" Vonetta McGee, "Tomasine SPECIAL OF THE YEAR:"In Searchof Pips (Buddah-UPT - this is the flip of her latest and Bushrod;" Clarice Taylor, "Five on the Reality-The BlackAmerican," KHJ-TV; single); "Chico And The Man" - Sammy Davis, Jr. BlackHandSide;"RosalindCash,"Up- "The Cay," NBC-TV; "Autobiographyof townSaturdayNight;" Madge Sinclair, Jane Pittman, CBS -TV;"Compton A Rest- (20th Century - UPT). "Conrack." less Dream," NBC-TV; "Salute To A King," Every year, through the course of the 365 days, DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR: Michael Cam ABC-TV. there are many changes within the mass corporate pus, "Education of Sonny Carson;" Sidney TV PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Sue Booker, Poitier, "Uptown Saturday Night;" Martin "Compton A Restless Dream;" Robert structures of each company. Advancements have Ritt,"Conrack;" JohnBerry,"Claudine;" Christiansen & RickRosenberg,"Autobi- become a way of life and opportunities come maybe Oscar Williams, "Five on the Black Hand ographyofJanePittman;"SallyBaker, "In SearchofRealityThe Black Ameri- once in a lifetime; the ladder of success is strong Side." PRODUCER OF THE YEAR:Mel Tucker, can;" Allan Manings, "Good Times;" John and heavy. From radio announcing to promotion, Paul "Uptown Saturday Night;" Mel Alexander, Rich, "AllIn The Family." Johnson has acquired the respect of his peers and "The Klansman;" MartinRitt and Harriet TV SERIES OF THE YEAR: The Rookies; Sanford & Son; The Gallery; Good Times; superiors, becoming one of the most sought after Frank, Jr.,"Conrack;" MikeTolanand BrockPeters,"FiveontheBlackHand Chico and The Man. people in the field of promotion. Motown Records has Side;" Hannah Weinstein, "Claudine." TV ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Whitman Mayo and Son; John Amos-Good now acquired the talents of the man known to many as BEST MUSICAL SCORE: H.B. Barnum, -Sanford Times;CliftonDavis-That's My Mama; "Fat Daddy," formerly with WWIN-AM in Baltimore. "Five ontheBlackHandSide;"Isaac Hayes, "TruckTurner;"CurtisMayfield. Freddie Prinze-Chico and The Man; Jim- Johnson has exited Atlantic Records (voted Promotion "Claudine;" Coledrige-Taylor Perkinson, mie Walker-Good Times. Man of the Year by NATRA), and is now vice president "Education of Sonny Carson;" Barry White, TV ACTRESSOF THE YEAR: LaWanda "Together Brothers." Page-Sanford and Son;Ja'net Dubois- in charge of promotion with Motown. With contract in Good Times; Elena Verugo-Marcus Welby, SCREENWRITER: TinaandLesterPine, M.D.;Isabelle Sanford-All In The Family; hand, Paul Johnson assumed his new post Monday, "Claudine;" Charlie Russell and Oscar January 6 in Los Angeles, where he will be based. Williams, "Five on the Black Hand Side;" Esther Rolle-Good Times. Irving Raveich and Harriet Frank,Jr., Also leaving New York was Bunky Shepperd who was "Conrack;" Richard Wesley, "Uptown Sat- handling promotion for Motown. He still is, but was urday Night;" Max Julien, "Tomasine and Rocky G. Promotions relocated to the west coast. Bushrod.' Sound Recordings Enlarges Operations Voted the most promising male vocalist for 1974 ALBUM OF THE YEAR: "Can't Get TEANECK, was William DeVaughn. DeVaughn has just signed a N.J. - Rocky G. Enough," Barry White; "Fulfillingness' Promotions has announced that long-term contract with Queens Booking Corporation. FirstFinale,"StevieWonder;"Wild and Peaceful,"Kool and the Gang; "Hang On itwillenlarge the base ofits Be looking for new appearances by this heavyweight. In There," Johnny Bristol; "Boogie Down," operations to include major cities RCA Records has felt the need! Marty Mach who was Eddie Kendricks. in the South and midwest. in charge of promotion, will be relocated to the RECORD PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Handling all black AM and FM Leonard Caston and Frank Wilson-Eddie west coast to assume the position of west coast Kendricks; Barry White-Barry White; stations, as well as all mainstream manager in charge of promotion and sales with that Thom Bell-Spinners; Gamble& Huff- FMers, Rocky G. Promotions has same company. HaroldMelvin & the Bluenotes;Willie beenbased in thenortheast Mitchell-Al Green. It seems that a grand exodus is being made to the concentrating principally on the MALE VOCAL GROUP: Kcal & the Gang; areas of Boston, Hartford, New west coast where the pulse of the r&b business is Jackson 5;O'Jays;Earth,Wind &Fire; emerging quite rapidly. Isley Bros. York, Newark, Philadelphia and It is rumored that radio station WBLS-FM (New FEMALE VOCAL GROUP: First Choice; Baltimore/Washington. Love Unlimited; Pointer Sisters; Three De- Rocky G. has also announced York) is going all music on weekends. This format grees; Jackson Sisters. the addition to the staff of Rus- change knocks out gospel and Latin public service MALE VOCALIST:Stevie Wonder;Barry sell Moody. Michelle and Marie White; Al Green; Marvin Gaye; Al Wilson. shows. 'BLS still reigns supreme in the New York Groce will continue tobere- market. FEMALE VOCALIST: Aretha Franklin;Ro- berta Flack; Nancy Wilson; Esther Phillips; sponsibleforstore and disco- (Continued on page 80) Minnie Riperton. theque contacts and reports.

R&B PICKS OF THE WEEK EXPRESS, "EXPRESS" (Triple 0/Jeff STYLISTICS, "STAR ON A TV SHOW" CARL CARLTON, "EVERLASTING ILA Mar, BMI). One of the hottest (Avco Embassy Music, ASCAP). LOVE." It is nolongerLittle upcoming groupsinthe na- Singing with style, this groupco Carl. Carlton-it's Carl Carlton, a tion, this latest extraction from LLI has come from "You're A Big-' young man who has also matured their albumisatruedisco Girl Now 'to Bell & Creed's< musically. This youngvocalist potential.Hailing from New many productions and now a has gained much popularity by York, this instrumental group Hugo & Luigiexclusive.Ar- redoing the Robert Knight classic sprinkles some vocals on a ranged by Van McCoy,this of "Everlasting Love." ABC has tunewhichwillbeheard clever lyrical ballad has packagedthistoincludethe throughout thediscoset.It strongpotentialfortop10 mellifluousquality as ateaser sets a fast moving, danceable status. Taken from their latest fortheearsofmany.Oldies pace for all those concerned. Ip,"Heavy," the tender de- done over arefantastic:"Our Boogie down withtheB.T. livery,a major characteristic Day Will Come," "Signed, Sealed Express. Roadshow RDJ 7001 oftheStylistics, is heard. and Delivered" and "Lonely (Scepter). Avco AV 4649. Teardrops."Everlasting yours- Carl Carlton. ABC ABCD-857.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Brunswick's Chart Records "TOBY" B/W "That's How Long" (I LOVE YOU) CHI -CITES "South African Man" BOHANNON "I Can't Make it Without You" TYRONE DAVIS DK 4538

AmericanRadioHistory.Com THE R&B Shirley Brown and 'Answer' Records woRLDSINGLES CHART (Continued from page 5) was Jeanne Black's "He'll Have Bobby Robinson,the pro- JANUARY 11, 1975 toStay,"theanswertoJim ducer/exec whose Fire Records JAN. JAN. Reeves' "He'd Better Go," hit in hit by Bobby Marchan-"There's 11 4 1960 (both top 5, pop and coun- Something On Your Mind"-ele- E l 2 BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN STEVIE WONDER- try)and another, Jody Miller's vated the rap in 1960 by increas- Tamla T54254F (Motown) "Queen of the House" which was ing a song's narrative intro to fill 2 1 KUNG FU FIGHTING CARL DOUGLAS -20th Century TC 2140 a top country hit and Grammy up one entire side of a two-part 3 3 YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING BARRY WHITE - 20th Century TC 2133 Award winner as well as pop top tune,hasreactivatedhisFury 9 FIRE OHIO PLAYERS-Mercury 7 3 6 4 3 20 item in answer to Roger Mil- Records logo with another total- 5 4 FUNKY PRESIDENT (PEOPLE IT'S BAD)/COLD BLOODED ler's "King of the Road" in 1965. rapside, JAMES BROWN-Polydor1 4 2 5 8 JohnnyHoneycutt's 8 DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME MANHATTANS- For three separate answer discs "Advice on Man'sLoveLife." Columbia 3-1 0 0 4 5 to the same record to achieve Other new pop/soul records in- 5 YOU GOT THE LOVE RUFUS featuring CHAKA KHAN-ABC 1 2 0 3 2 such great individual popularity, 10 FROM HIS WOMAN TO YOU BARBARA MASON-Buddah 441 corporating an opening rapin- however, appears to be afirst clude Carol Douglas' "Doctor's 11 AS LONG AS HE TAKES CARE OF HOME CANDI STATON- Warner Bros. 8083 in any area of pop music. Orders"(MidlandInternational) 10 6 WHEN WILL ISEE YOU AGAIN THREE DEGREES- Keyed in with, although quite and BarbaraAcklin's"Special Phila.Intl. ZS8 3550 (Col) independent of, the answer rec- Loving" (Capitol). ord phenomenon generated by 14 I BELONG TO YOU 43 44 MY MAIN MAN When a soul record is serviced LOVE UNLIMITED -20th Century STAPLE SINGERS-Stax STN 0227 "Woman to Woman" is the rap TC 2141 to pop radio stations, asis the 51 DON'T CHA LOVE IT revival has 12 7 HEAVY FALLIN' OUT MIRACLES-Tamla T54256F towhichit given case with the current Candi Sta- STYLISTICS-Avco 4647 (Motown) 12 WHERE ARE ALL MY birth. While raps have been a tonhit, the rapisoften edited 13 45 50 RHYME TYME PEOPLE FRIENDS KOOL & THE GANG- staple element inthe styles ofout both to bring down the run- HAROLD MELVIN & THE Delite 1563 (PIP) BLUENOTES-Phila.Intl. 3552 certain superstars such as Barry ning time and keep the record (Col) 46 47 SUNSHINE, PT. 2 O'JAYS-Phila. Intl. 8-3558 (Col) White, many other blackacts, 16 LET ME START TONIGHT from sounding "overly ethnic." LAMONT DOZIER-ABC 12044 47 33 DO IT ('TIL YOU'RE especially women, are becoming Butitis becoming clear that a 15 13 WHATEVER YOU GOT, SATISFIED) aware of their appeal to the soul I WANT B. T. Express-Scepter 12395 rap opening is a big bonus for a JACKSON FIVE-Motown 57TOBY/THAT'S HOW LONG audience. M1308F CO CHI-LITES-Brunswick 55515 black record in the black market. 18 PICK UP THE PIECES 49 53 LOOK ON THE GOOD SIDE 113 AVERAGE WHITE BAND- INVITATIONS-Silver Blue Atlantic 3229 SB 818 (Polydor) The Choice Is Theirs 17 15 SHE'S GONE 50 52 PHILADELPHIA TAVARES-Capitol 3957 B. B. KING-ABC 12029 18 19 I WOULDN'T TREAT A DOG 51 35 GET DANCIN' (THE WAY YOU DISCO TEX AND THE SEX-0- TREATED ME) LETTES-Chelsea 3004 BOBBY BLAND-ABC Dunhill D 15015 52 36 TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT BETTY WRIGHT-Alston 3711 21 I FEEL SANCTIFIED (TK) COMMODORES-Motown M1319F 53 56 PARTY IS A GROOVY THING PEOPLE'S CHOICE-TSOP 20 20A NICE GIRL LIKE YOU Z58-3555 (Col) INTRUDERS-TSOP 8-4758 (Col) En 61 SUPER DUPER LOVE, PART 1 El 23 BABY HANG UP THE PHONE SUGAR BILLY-Fast Track CARL GRAVES-ABM 1620 FT 2501 (Mainstream) 22 22 ONE TEAR 55 60 EDDIE KENDRICKS-Tamla I'M A PUSHOVER T54255F (Motown) K. C. & THE SUNSHINE BAND- TK 1008

28 DOCTOR'S ORDERS CAROL DOUGLAS-Midland Intl. 56 43 YOU AND I MB 10113 (RCA) JOHNNY BRISTOL-MGM M14762 RCA Records artists the Choice Four have signed a new productionagreement with 24 17 SHA-LA-LA (MAKE ME Van McCoy's White House Productions. Seated (from left) HAPPY) 57 55 WITHOUT LOVE are Pete Marshall, Bobby ARETHA FRANKLIN- Hamilton, Ted Maduro and Charles Blagman, who comprise the Choice Four. AL GREEN-Hi 5N2274 (London) Atlantic 3224 Standing 25 25 GUILTY are Charles Kipps, vice president, White House Productions; Van McCoy; and Paul FIRST CHOICE-Philly Groove 58 46 SAD SWEET DREAMER Cohen, the group's manager. 202 (Arista) SWEET SENSATION-Pye 71002

31 I AM,I AM 59 64 LOVE IS WHAT YOU En SMOKEY ROBINSON-Tamla MAKE IT T54251F (Motown) NEW YORK CITY-Chelsea 3008 (Continued from page 28) I Soul Truth 27 24 GET LIFTED 60 62 MASTER PLAN GEORGE McCRAE-TK 1007 KAY GEES-Gang 1322 (PIP) Bobby Bennett, (left) 110 34 STRUTTIN'/YOU'RE SO 61 65 HOT DAWGIT BEAUTIFUL RAMSEY LEWIS and EARTH, who won the recent Bill BILLY PRESTON-A&M 1644 WIND & FIRE- Columbia 3-10056 38 HAPPY PEOPLE Gavin Award for top radio TEMPTATIONS-Gordy G7138F 62 66 LOVE DON'T YOU GO personality this year, is (Motown) THROUGH NO CHANGES 30 27 I FEEL A SONG (IN MY ON ME shown here with Hillary HEART) SISTER SLEDGE-Atco 7008 GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS- Johnson, (r&b) promotion Buddah 433 LADY MARMALADE al 73 LABELLE-Epic 850048 31 30 WOMAN TO WOMAN manager of Playboy SHIRLEY BROWN-Truth 3206 SHAME, SHAME, SHAME (Stax) SHIRLEY (AND COMPANY)- Records. 32 26 THREE RING CIRCUS Vibration 532 (All Platinum) Saturday, December 28, BLUE MAGIC-Atco 7004 65 68 YOU'RE SO RIGHT FOR ME 33 29 I'LL BE YOUR EVERYTHING CHOICE FOUR-RCA PB 10088 Gamble/Huff and Bell PERCY SLEDGE-Capricorn 0209 66 63 TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT (WB) JIMMY RUFFIN-Chess 2160 sponsored a party cele- 34 37 MAN TO WOMAN 67 70 THE BERTHA BUTT BOOGIE LONNIE YOUNGBLOOD- JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH- brating Sigma Sound's Shakat 708 (Chess/Janus) Atlantic 3232 fourth anniversary in 54MIDNIGHT SKY, PART I 68 69 GIVE THE LITTLE MAN A ISLEY BROS. T Neck 8-2255 Philadelphia at the (Columbia) GREAT BIG HAND Warwick Hotel. Sigma Sound 36 40 DO YOUR THING WILLIAM DeVAUGHN- Studios have been the guide to the JAMES & BOBBY PURIFY- Roxbury 2005 (Chelsea) success of the Casablanca 812 69 72 YOU'RE AS RIGHT AS RAIN Philly Sound. Many celebrities NANCY WILSON-Capitol 3873 were on hand to aid 45 I CAN'T MAKE IT Ell 70 71 TOM CAT in the celebration with Georgie Woods, WITHOUT YOU TOM SCOTT & THE L.A. Kenny Gamble, TYRONE DAVIS-Dakar 4538 EXPRESS-Ode 66105 (A&M) Leon Huff and Thom Bell. Woods, WDAS-AM (Brunswick) 71 67 BUMPIN' (Phila- 49 BELIEVE HALF OF WHAT YOU GROUND HOG-Gemigo delphia) top deejay, played hits fromthe '50s along SEE (AND NONE OF GMA 100 WHAT YOU HEAR) 72 75 WALK THAT WALK, TALK with a band who played non-stop music.A feast of LEON HAYWOOD-20th Century THAT TALK international food made this gala TC 2146 WELDON IRVINE-RCA PB 10111 affair complete. 39 42 GIRLS (PART I) 73 74 The creative minds of Morelle and Woods, MOMENTS & WHATNAUTS- I WANT TO TAKE YOU public Stang 5057 (All Platinum) HOME (TO SEE MAMA) relations firm, added to the enjoyment 40 41 I'M YOUR LEADER SYL JOHNSON-London Hi 2275 of all. WALTER HEATH-Buddah 425 74 - JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE Very reliable sources have informedus that Ms. 41 32 HEARTBREAK ROAD TOGETHER (IN MY LIFE, BILL WITHERS-Sussex SR -629 THERE WILL NEVER BE Arlene Schesel has left her ABC Recordspromotion 48 MEDLEY,I WON'T LAST A ANOTHER) post. DAY WITHOUT YOU/LET GLORIA SCOTT-Casablanca 815 ME BE THE ONE 75 - GRAB IT AL WILSON-Rocky Road 30302 OLYMPIC RUNNERS- 30 (Arleta) London 5N.216 RECORD WORLD JANUARY 11, 1975

AmericanRadioHistory.Com Disco Crossover Phenomenon THE JAZZ (Continued from page 3) THE R&B from Douglas' current "Kung Fu The disco market is thus wo,,L,LP CHART Fighting"album andthe"Ex- clearly proving itself advan- ,,,LP CHART press"cut fromB.T.Express' tageousin thepromotionof JANUARY 11, 1975 "Do It('Til You're Satisfied") set disc product by: 1) offering key JANUARY 11, 1975 1. SOUTHERN COMFORT have helped bullet the albums exposure to new acts, both black 1.FIRE CRUSADERS -Blue Thumb BTSY 9002-2 intothe76 and32slotsre- and white 2) allowing a regional OHIO PLAYERS -Mercury SRM 1-1013 (ABC) 2. EXPLORES YOUR MIND spectively,inconjunction with groundswellofexcitementto 2. PIECES OF DREAMS AL GREEN -Hi SHL 32087 (London) STANLEY TURRENTINE-Fantasy F 9465 their title track's pop acceptance. build and grow for an act (or a 3. FULFILL! NGNESS' FIRST FINALE STEVIE WONDER-Tamla T6-33251 3. BAD BENSON Even anexclusively pop actspecific piece of product) lead- (Motown) GEORGE BENSON-CTI 6045 (Motown) can reap discobenefits. A cut ing to, rather than following top 4. WHITE GOLD 4. SATIN DOLL 40 airplay 3) sustainingthe LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA - from "Barry Manilow II"called 20th Century T-458 BOBBI HUMPHREY-Blue Note LA344-G popularity of anartist andhis (UA) "It's a Miracle" has been 5. TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME broadeningtheAristaartist's particular sound on a market - BOBBY BLAND & B.B. KING - 5. LIVE OBLIVION, VOL. 1 ABC Dunhill DSY 50190 BRIAN AUGER'S OBLIVION EXPRESS - audience above and beyond his by -market basis in thetime RCA CPL1-0645 6. DO IT 'TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED singles ballad success with periodbetweenmajor concert B.T. EXPRESS -Scepter SPS 5117 6. FLYING START BLACKBYRDS-Fantasy F 9472 "Mandy" (see cover story).His dates and chart hits 4) providing 7. NEW AND IMPROVED SPINNERS -Atlantic SD 18118 7. TOTAL ECLIPSE album containingthe disco - a new alternative to the often BILLY COBHAM -Atlantic SD 18121 crossoverpat- 8. I FEEL A SONG exposed track is a bulleted 31. time-consuming GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS-Buddah 8. BODY HEAT The best exampleofthe tern of making a black record a BDS 5612 QUINCY JONES-A&M 3617 pop hit through radio play alone 9. CAN'T GET ENOUGH longevity of a disco -based 9. ONE 5) adding a new dimension to BARRY WHITE -20th Century T 444 BOB JAMES-CTI 6043 (Motown) careeris the continuing success 10. KUNG FU FIGHTING 10. FEEL album promotion through con- CARL DOUGLAS -20th Century T 464 GEORGE DUKE -BASF MC 25355 saga of Barry White (20th Cen- tury). His current single, "You'recentrated live as opposed to air 11. SOUTHERN COMFORT 11. ISIT IN play on Ip cuts. CRUSADERS -Blue Thumb BTSY 9002.2 EDDIE HARRIS -Atlantic SD 1659 theFirst,theLast, My Every- (ABC) 12. ANOTHER BEGINNING thing,"at 2 thisweek,was 12. AVERAGE WHITE BAND LES McCANN-Atlantic SD 1666 picked by disco deejays from his Vanguard Re -Signs Atlantic SD 7809 13. WHERE HAVEI KNOWN YOU 13. FOR YOU BEFORE charted "Can't Get Enough" al- EDDIE KENDRICKS-Tamla T6 -335S1 RETURN TO FOREVER featuring CHICK bum (at 21 this week) as a favor- Max Morath 14. FLYING START COREA-Polydor PD 6509 ite about the time the set started 111 NEW YORK - Ragtime per- BLACKBYRDS-Fantasy F 9472 14. SUN GODDESS 15. RUFUSIZED RAMSEY LEWIS-Columbia KG 33194 tochart some 19 weeks ago. former Max Morath has re-signed RUFUS featuring CHAKA KHAN - 15. THE BADDEST TURRENTINE White's career (whichhas also with Vanguard Records for three ABC ABCD 837 STANLEY TURRENTINE-CTI 6048 16. LIVE IT UP (Motown) boosted the sales on his produc- years.Morath's forthcoming al- ISLEY BROTHERS -T -Neck PZ 33070 16. TIM WEISBERG 4 tionsforLoveUnlimitedOr- bum will feature him on vocals (Col) A&M SP 3658 chestra and Love Unlimited) has and piano, doing some of his own 17. WITH EVERYTHING I FEEL IN ME ARETHA FRANKLIN -Atlantic SD 18116 17. THRUST beenrunning a two-yearhot compositions, as well as those of HERBIE HANCOCK-Columbia PG 32965 Bert Williams and other turn of 18. SATIN DOLL 18. FIRST LIGHT streak that can be traced to his BOBBI HUMPHREY-Blue Note FAMILY OF MANN -Atlantic SD 1658 early disco acceptance. the century composers. LA344-G (UA) 19. INTERSTELLAR SPACE 19. THE MAGIC OF THE BLUE JOHN COLTRANE-Impulse ASD 9277 BLUE MAGIC-Atco SD 36.103 (ABC) (Continued from page 26) 20. THREE DEGREES 20. UPON THIS ROCK Phila.Intl. -KZ 32408 (Col) JOE FARRELL-CTI 6042 (Motown) Disco File 21. ECHOES OF A FRIEND discoveries and its more recent, still scattered reappearance in Cali- 21. CAUGHT UP McCOY TYNER-Milestone M 9055 MILLIE JACKSON -Spring SPR 6793 fornia could signal a general revival, maybe even a more serious re- (Polydor) 22. HIS GREATEST YEARS, VOL. 3 JOHN COLTRANE-Impulse ASH 92728-2 issue . . . Tony Gioe, who works at Hollywood and declines to 22. PERFECT ANGEL (ABC) pronounce his last name, is "in love with" Gene Page's "I Am Living MINNIE RIPERTON-Epic KE 32561 23. THE BADDEST HUBBARD In A World Of Gloom" (from the "Hot City" album on Atlantic) and 23. BAD BENSON FREDDIE HUBBARD-CTI 6047 (Motown) GEORGE BENSON-CTI 6048 (Motown) 24. GET UP WITH IT while we are not quite so ardent, we agree it's very attractive. Gioe MILES DAVIS-Columbia KG 33236 also warns that the mix of "Crystal World" by Crystal Grass which 24. TOTAL ECLIPSE BILLY COBHAM -Atlantic SD 18121 25. DON'T YOU WORRY 'BOUT A THING Polydor plans to release this month is not the same as that being HANK CRAWFORD-Kudu 19 (Motown) 25. SUN GODDFSS played around New York as a Philips import . . . The Stylistics have RAMSEY LEWIS-Columbia KC 33194 26. FRESH FEATHERS JOHN KLEMMER-ABC ABCD 836 a new single, "Star on a TV Show" (Avco). Relegated to the B side: 26. PIrCES OF DREAMS 27. CHAPTER THREE: VIVA EMI LIANO "Hey Girl, Come And Get It." Go and getit. STANLEY TURRENTINE-Fantasy F 9465 ZAPATA Left field report of the moment: Wayne Thorberg insists that one 27. BLACK BACH GATO BARBIERI-Impulse ASD 9297 LAMONT DOZIER -ABC ABCD 839 (ABC) of his more popular new records is by Rod McKuen, or maybe it's the Rod McKuen Orchestra. The record's a single version of an instru- 28. NIGHTBIRDS 28. HOT CITY LABELLE-Epic KE 33075 GENE PAGE -Atlantic SD 18111 mental called "Love Conquers All" (Stanyan), originally the opening 29. BLACKBYRDS 29.I NNERVI SIONS Fantasy F 9444 cut on alive,in -concert album. Thorberg saysit's reminiscent of STEVIE WONDER-Tamla T326L (Motown) 30. STANLEY CLARKE "Love's Theme" (isn't everything?) and is getting "excellent response." 30. IN HEAT Nemperor ME 431 (Atlantic) Almost as left -fieldishis report of James Brown's 1975 version of LOVE UNLIMITED -20th Century T-443 31. HIGH ENERGY Hank Ballard's 1959 song, "The Twist" (from "Reality" on Polydor); 31. WOMAN TO WOMAN FREDDIE HUBBARD-Columbia KC 30048 SHIRLEY BROWN -Truth TRS 4206 (Stax) needless to say,it'shardly recognizable. Let's twist again? . . . In 32. STORIES TO TELL FLORA PURIM -Milestone M 9058 Miami, Aristides Jacobs is playing an overlooked cut from the "Act I" 32. HOT CITY GENE PAGE -Atlantic SD 18111 33. BROTHER, THE GREAT SPIRIT MADE album (Spring), "It's The Same Old Story," a personal favorite . . . US ALL 33. LIGHT OF WORLDS TV Guide: That black girl trio that sings "Hold the pickle, hold the KOOL AND THE GANG-Delite DEP 20144 DAVE BRUBECK: TWO GENERATIONS OF lettuce" behind the counter in the Burger King commercials is the BRUBECK-Atlantic SD 1660 34. THRUST 34. SOLO CONCERTS underground group of 1974, Jenny's Daughters, whose song "Dirty HERBIE HANCOCK-Columbia PC 32965 KEITH JARRETT-ECM 3-1035-37 (Polydor) Feet" (Paramount), disappeared during the Paramount -ABC merger 35. THE MARK OF THE BEAST 35. MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER WILLIE HUTCH -Motown M6 -815S1 WEATHER REPORT -Columbia KC 32494 only to surface in a few tastemaking discos. 36. SAMA LAYUCA Get Ready: Among the performers with albums scheduled for re- 36. L'VF AKin IN CONCERT McCOY TYNER-Milestone M 9056 lease during the next four to five weeks are Ecstasy, Passion & Pain FOUR TOPS -ABC Dunhill DSD-50188 37. WINTER IN AMERICA 37. BREAKIN' BREAD GIL SCOTT -HERON -Strata East 19742 (Roulette), Zulema (RCA), Intruders, Soul Survivors (both TSOP), Billy FRP) WFSLEY & THE NEW JB's-Polydor PE 6604 38. PRICED TO SELL Paul, Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes, O'Jays, MFSB (all on Philadel- FUNK INC.-Prestige P10087 phiaInternational), Temptations, Undisputed Truth(both Gordy) 38. THE KIDS AND ME 39. LOVE IN ALL OF US Miracles (Tamla), Michael Jackson (Motown), Gil Scott -Heron (Arista) BILLY PRESTON-A&M SP 3645 PHAROAH SANDERS -Impulse ASD 9280 39. REALITY (ABC) Gloria Gaynor (MGM), Sister Sledge (Atco), Major Harris Boogie Bluff, JAMES BROWN-Polydor PD 6039 40. LIKE CHILDREN Band, Jimmy Castor (Atlantic),Futures, Barbara Mason (Buddah) JERRY GOODMAN & JAN HAMMER- Tower of Power (Warner Bros.) and Bonnie Bramlett (Carpicorn). 40. DO IT BABY Nemperor NE 430 (Atlantic) MIRACLES-Tamla T6 -334S1 (Motown)

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Dialogue (Continued from page 18) ASCAP Award Winners

have a real business -like approach to it and it really turned a lot of people around. I remember Diana Kaylan when I first came here. She was at Warner Bros. and really wielding the money. I'd known Stan Cornyn for years and when I went out to the coast, I wanted to make my big number as it stands, and I said, "Can Isee you?" he said, "Yeah, I'll see you in Diana's office." And there's this young, very aggressive lady, who had a reputation of being terrible and hard to reach and all that.I went in there and gave her a headache with so many numbers. If we had Warner Bros. at that time, man we'd really get them, andI wanted to get Warners very badly. So Ireally oversold. But we began to get two, three, four ads an issue from Warner Bros. after that. Because she liked the book. RW: Among the other things unique about the Lampoon is your lack of editorial space devoted to music-and yet the large number of music -oriented ads in the book. Taylor: A lot of guys liked the book but didn't really know that we had what we had. And Iguess the way we would rationalize it-no music editorial, and not many people asked us forit. "You don't Pictured above, proudly displaying their ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards (the 7th an- write anything on music, so we can't" ... which is a big myth among nual) are (fromleft): Chet Flippo, who accepted on behalf of the Ben Fong -Torres record people or among people in the publishing business. Every- of Rolling Stone; ASCAP composers and judges Gerald Marks and Vincent Persichetti; body's brother has a record review column and they say, "Gee, we Hubert Saal of Newsweek; Myra Friedman who authorized the Janis Joplin biog- raphy "Buried Alive;" New York magazine music editor Alan Rich; ASCAP president have a record review column, we're reviewing your record this month Stanley Adams; Duke Ellington's sister Ruth who accepted for his book "Music is and therfore you should be in here." Well obviously they don't really My Mistress;" Ken McCormick of Doubleday which had two winners; Claire Brook feel that way. They're really kind of audience -oriented and we just of W.W. Norton which published Philip Hart's "Orpheus in the New World;" and said, "Look you're in the middle of an event. This is entertainment, columnist Jack O'Brian who won for three articles on Irving Berlin. it's not about entertainment, itis entertainment. This is a concert in print. Don't you want an ad in the middle of a concert in print?" R&C Names Jay Heifetz RW: What it really comes down to, then, is a matter of merchandis- Pavlov's Dog ing on two levels-selling the magazine to advertisers, and continuing Head of Classical Div. to build circulation by selling it to consumers. Signed by ABC a LOS ANGELES - Jay Heifetz Taylor: Prior to this year, we began to sell magazines and do some LOS ANGELES - Jay Lasker, merchandising things in record stores. We made a deal with Columbia, has been named head of the president of ABC Records, has newly -established classical music Columbia came after us as a matter of fact. They said, "Hey, we want announced the signing of the St. to sell your magazine. We're selling Rolling Stone. And we sold a and concert division of Rogers & Louis -based rock group, Pavlov's Cowan, Inc., announced Warren lot of other magazines which were all thrown out, and we want a a long-termrecording Dog, to J. Cowan, president of the inter- real magazine to sell." We now sell through record stores more mag- contractwiththelabel.The azines than Rolling Stone does, on a per issue basis. group's debut album, "Pampered national public relations firm. This year I knew it was really going to be a tight year for the record Menial,"producedbyMurray Tour Emphasis business, with the vinyl shortage and everything else. As it happened Krugman and Sandy Pearlman, is it didn't turn out as bad as everybody was predicting, early this year. currently being mixedat New The new classical music divi- So we did an overkill which turned out very nicely for us. We put York's Record Plant and has been sion will be staffed to represent together a merchandising package with five chains: Record Bar in the set for release this month. classicalartists,including con- South, Korvettes in the East, Disc in the mid -West, National Record Pavlov's Dog consists of seven ductors, instrumentalists and Mart in the Youngstown/Pittsburgh area, and Wherehouse on the members:DavidHamiltonon singers. Special emphasis will be coast. We went to them and said "We'd like to sell you every issue in keyboards,SiegfriedCarver on giventonational and interna- the magazine a thirteen page ad. We were averaging about 12 recordelectric violin and viola, Doug tionaltours forclassicalartists pages an issue. We want to have an ad that has the mini of each of Rayburn on mellotron and flute,and performing organizations. the records. These guys are all selling the records to our audience. RickStocktononbass,Steve The new division will augment You come in and say here's where to buy it." The effect is a thirteen Scorfina onleadguitar,Mike Rogers & Cowan's music depart- page ad in there for them. I didn't push hard though,it's not a Safron on drums and David Sur- ment, which currently represents totally believable thing, but it makes some sense. So what we do, we kamp on lead vocals and rhythm a large clientele of contemporary prepare the ad with the minis internally here. We take the record ads guitar. All seven contribute to the musicians and recording compa- that are in the magazine and get the minis, split run the bottom in band's material. nies. those five areas, tell the record company, tell the record stores, which Pavlov's begin its Dog will For the past four years, Heifetz albums they're featuring that month. For a small company thatfirstmajor tour, withPassport was directorof promotion for doesn't have the distribution,it helps them because we say, "Hey, Records' Nektar, Feb. 21 in buy," and they say, "Yeah, we'll make sure we have enough stock toQuebec. Scheduled to cover 70 theSouthern CaliforniaSym- phony-Hollywood Bowl Associ- have these records." Then we produce a poster size of the ad that citiesinthe United States and says "As Advertisedin the Lampoon." That goes into the record Canada,thetourwillextend ation. In this capacity he headed stores. We have browser cards that they put next to each one of those through mid -May, whenitwill the public relations and publicity records, in a special National Lampoon bin in the store, that month. conclude on the east coast. departments of the Los Angeles So they get double exposure. We say, "Look, if the record company Philharmonic and the Hollywood has a big promotion on this thing you trump. We don't want our Bowl. thing to take the place of their thing." And usually what happens is Campbell Gets Gold they get it double. Then, we take the single off of each album and put it on our own album, which goes to the stores and they play that. In New Zealand MCA Ups Parkinson We get them airplay. The difference in this airplay isit says, "And LOS ANGELES - Notwithstand- LOS ANGELES - Michael D. that was so and so on X Records." ing the case of severe laryngitisParkinson has been promoted to All of those extras that the record company gets are free with the that cut short his concert tour of the position of controller and as- ad. Buy the ad and you get all of this stuff. The ad is the important New Zealand earlier this month, thing, this is a nice extra for you. And we constantly think of ways sistant treasurer of MCA Records, GlenCampbell has achieved Inc.,it was announced by Lou to expand that, extend it. We're looking to discotheques now because three simultaneous gold records that's happening. I don't know what we can do yet. We come up with in that country. Cook, MCA vice president/ administration. bizarre ideas, some will work, some won't. For instance, we were The three Ips are: "Glen Camp- thinking of setting up a system where we would supply fifty discos bellGold,""GlenCampbell," Before joining MCA as assistant in the country. We can't get in their airplay. Forget that. Never have and "Glen Campbell's GreatestcontrollerinSeptember 1973, an intermission. So maybe we'll become the suppliers of napkins to Hits." Campbell's product is dis- Parkinson worked on the audit (Continued on page 38) tributed by EMI overseas. staff at Price Waterhouse & Co.

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CLASSICAL MOZART: SIX PIANO CONCERTOS RCA ttEccotoscr RED SEAL English Chamber, Schneider-RCA ARL 3-0732. 7V1OZART The six piano concertos played by Peter SIX PIANO CONCERTOS Ao.RETAIL REPORT Serkin on this three -record set were all PETER SERKIN JANUARY 11, 1975 MONTEVERDI: THE CORONATION OF written in 1784 and demand a complete ENGLELFI CHAMBER ORCHESTRA command of the classicalidiom. Serkin ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER CLASSIC OF THE WEEK POPPAEA-Hornoncourt-Telefunken MOZART: COSI FAN TUTTE-Caballe, has grace, appropriate power and an un- Baker, Davis-Philips ILani failing sense of legato and line. Schneider ktiCLIIIII Butterfly LUCIANO PAVAROTTI IN CONCERT- tkr,Rkqutii has a rare ability to accompany yet make London a personal statement. Eachisa delight, PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY-Freni, with No. 19 (K. 459) particularly so. Pavarotti, Karajan-London STRAUSS: FOUR LAST SONGS, ARIAS- Price-RCA BEETHOVEN: PIANO SONATAS STRAVINSKY: RITE OF SPRING-Solti- NOS. 31, 32 (Op. 110, 111) London Ashkenazy-London CS 6843 The last two ouevres of Beethoven in the DISCOUNT RECORDS/ sonata field demand the utmost philo- ANN ARBOR sophical thought and concentration, not to PUCCINI BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES- mention a formidable technique. Vladimir MADAMA BUTTERFLY Schmidt-Isserstedt-London Ashkenazy is up both to Beethoven and FRENI, PAVAROTTI, KARAJAN CARLOS: SWITCHED -ON BACH- to his own high standard; a record that Columbia London COPLAND: APPALACHIAN SPRING- cannot be missed by any piano lover. Copland-Columbia ,11111111111111111111111111111IIIIIIII I,I1111 II HANDEL: MESSIAH-Sargent--Seraphim HANDEL/MOZART: MESSIAH BEST SELLER OF THE WEEK JOPLIN: PIANO RAGS, VOL. I-Rifkin- Mathis, Finnila, Schreier, Adam; Austrian Radio, ti PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY- Ncnesuch Mackerras-DG (Archive) 2710 16 Freni,Pavarotti, Karajan-London RACHMANINOFF: PIANO CONCERTO NO. TheMozartarrangementofHandel's %111111111111111111,11111111111111110111111111111t111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.11111111111111111111 2-Richter-DG Messiah is fascinating as much for what KING KAROL/N.Y. RACHMANINOFF: PIANO CONCERTO NO. Mozart thought he had to do to make 3-Janis, Munch-Victrola ADAGIO-Ka rajan-DG Handel palatable as for its excellent per- RACHMANINOFF: RHAPSODY ON A formance. The increased instrumentation, AFTER THE BALL-Morris, Bolcom- THEME OF PAGANINI-Pennario- Nonesuch Seraphim the amazing additions in orchestration all BERLIOZ: LA DAMNATION DE FAUST- SAINT-SAENS: SYMPHONY NO. 3- should be heard. Mackerras, of course, Mathis, Burrows, McIntyre, Ozawa- Munch-RCA conducts stylishly and dramatically. DG STRAVINSKY: THREE GREAT BALLETS- HANDEL: MESSIAH-Davis-Philips Stravinsky-Columbia JASCHA HEIFETZ PLAYS TEN GREAT VIOLIN CONCERTOS-RCA TOWER RECORDS/SAN DIEGO HUMPERDINCK: HANSEL UND GRETEL- BACH: SUITES FOR SOLO CELLO- TWX Moffo, Donath, Ludwig, Eichhorn-RCA Starker-Mercury PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY-Freni, BACH: CHRISTMAS ORATORIO- Pavarotti, Karajan-London Ha rnoncourt-Telefunken TCHAIKOVSKY: SLEEPING BEAUTY-Previn BERLIOZ: ROMEO ET JULIETTE-Maazel- MASTERWORKS -Angel London COLUMBIA VERDI: AIDA-CabaIle, Cossotto, BRITTEN: DEATH IN VENICE-Pears, FROM Domingo, Cappuccilli, Muti-Angel Shirley -Quirk, Bedford-London VERDI: LA TRAVIATA-Freni, Bonisolli, DONIZETTI: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR- Ga rdel I i-BASF Sutherland, Pavarotti, Bonynge- RENATA London INLONDON: RECORD HUNTER/N.Y. THE CHRISTOPHER PARKENING ALBUM- FROM OURSTUDIOS AT SANFRAN- NEWS ADAGIO-Ka raja n-DG Angel FROMTRIUMPHS FRESH HASRECORDED AFTER THE BALL-Morris, Bolcom- LUCIANO PAVAROTTI IN CONCERT- SCOTTO, METOPERA, . ONE OF & Nonesuch London . CISCOOPERA DISCS BOITO: MEFISTOFELE-Caballe, Ligi, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI: KING OF THE HIGH RECITAL PUCCINI TWOSTUNNING MASCAGNI, Domingo, Treigle, Rudel-Angel C'S-London THEOTHER ON FEB- CHOPIN: PIANO MUSIC-Horowitz- TCHAIKOVSKY: THE NUTCRACKER- ARIAS, PRICING VERDI FORSPECIAL MINA Columbia Previn--Angel . . LOOK ETC. OF THEMONTH MUSSORGSKY: HIGHLIGHTS OF BORIS WAGNER: DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN- RECORD STEREO &QUAD GODUNOV-Bolshoi Theater-Angel / Nilsson, Windgassen, Hotter, Solti- RUARY'S PRICE SAMELOW FORMATS Melodiya London BURANA" .. ALLTAPE PRICE ON SPOTS LUCIANO PAVAROTTI: KING OF THE HIGH SPECIAL DISPLAYS, C'S-London MUSIC STREET/SEATTLE DISC & ADS, THISWITH OFRECORDS . ALL PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY-Freni, BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS- . Y STACKS TO MELTAWA QUESTIONS, Pavarotti, Karajan-London Ritenpa rt-Nonesuch . SEND DESIGNED WEEK . . REC- ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN PLAYS TEN PIANO BEETHOVEN: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES- NEXT COLUMBIA . . MORE 1229, CONCERTOS-RCA Szell-Columbia . ROOM 10019 TO YORK,N.Y. STRAUSS: FOUR LAST SONGS, TOD UND BERLIOZ: SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE- COMMENTS 52 ST.,NEW VERKLAERUNG-Janowitz,Karajan- Davis-Philips 51 W.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com RECORD WORLDww1/4011;LATIN AMERICAN Record Worlden Brasil By OLAVO A. BIANCO DESDE NUEST II En nuestra primera correspon- de Benito Di Paula (Copacabana) dencia para Record World, habla- aIa"Porta Do Carmo." Antes mos acerca de la gran fuerza de delafabulosa presentaci6n de RINCONINTERNACI°NAL yenta que representa en Brasil, BENITO, fueIa presentation de desde hace algunos alios, las ser- uno de los mas apreciados artis- By TOMAS FUNDORA ies de TV conocidas como "novel - tas Mexicanos enBrasil:Pedro A medida que pasa el tiempo van aurnentando as". Explicamos que Ia presencia Vargas, seguido por Wilson Simo- notablemente las felicitaciones recibidas por este de un disco en esas cadenas emi- nal cuya libertad fue reportada redactor durante las festividades pascuales. Qui- soras era practicamente una gar- hacevaria's semanas atras,por siera poder enviar tarjetas de felicitation por cada antia de que el mismo disco esta- decision de la Corte Civil en Rio una que recibo. Mi departamento de relaciones ria tarde o muy pronto enlas de Janeiro. Presente y asistiendo pOblicas soy yo mismo . . . Practicamente no paradas de popularidad. Y ya que presentaciones B.J. Thomas, el puedo. Espiritualmente lanzo un abrazo a todos este ano etsta terminando debe- cualIlego inmediatamente des- aquellos grandes amigos que siempre se recuer- mos reconocer que Ia mayoria de pues de una de suspresenta- dan de nosotros de mil maneras distintas. Desde los grandes exitos fueron elre- ciones, en medio de un grupo mi mesa de trabajo vaya a todos Uds. mis grandes sultado de to exposici6n de estas muy feliz simpatico; encabezando afectos. Cada vez que abro una tarjeta de felicitation, el recogijo importantes cadenas emisoras. otra gran mesa con amigos se colma mi alma. 1E1 ego duerme. . . eI corazon impera! Meses mas tarde reportamos encontraba.Helcio Do Carmo, De entre todas las felicitaciones reciproco las siguientes: esta situation, otros papeles salie- Gerente Internacional de la RCA. Herman y TatiGlass de Ansonia Records, New York, Miriam ron al aire, y Ia situation tiende Sao Paulo se vuelve cada vez mas Ronzoni, RCA Argentina, Bob Austin y Sid Parnes de Record World, a aumentar con Iaabertura de la capital de Brasil en "samba". Juan Montenegro de Latin Explosion Productions, Chicago, Mercy, otra compania por otra cadena de El Sr.Reiter (West Side Latino Sonia y Jose Alfredo Lopez "JoaI6," New York, Trina y Joe Cayre de emisoras de TV brasilefia:TV. Records) conocio a varios artistas Caytronics Corp., N.Y., Jorge Carlos Andres, de Tampa, Fla., J. Carbo TUPI. La yenta de cierta clase de brasilefios conloscuales trato Menendez, Pedro Maria Santana de Radio Universal, Santo Domingo, discos, que representa una gran planes futuros de Ianzamientos. Johnny Albino, Rene Romillo, Ralphy Cartagena y Tony Pabon de porci6n en el mercado de musica Ney Matogrosso ex-lider vocal Rico Records, N.Y., Los Panchos, Mauricio Brenner, Fermata, Argen- pop, estard aim mas bajo Iain- del grupo Secos & Molhandos tina, Renato Capriles de Caracas, Venezuela, Emilio y Tony Fortou fluencia de Ia TV. Algunas corn- (Continental) acaba de grabar en de Discos Tropical, Barranquilla, Colombia, Emilio Garcia, N.Y., Art paniasextranjeras,despues de Italia,dos canciones de Astor"Arturo" Kapper y Carmen de Billboard, Miami, Jose M. Vias,Jr. haber tenido la oportunidad de Piazzola. La letra de una de estas RCA Records International, N.Y., Ralph Lew de Caytronics Corp., N.Y., contemplar dichos factos a tray& canciones fue hecha por Gerlado Erena Danaroff, Miami Beach, Fla., Mary y Raquel Pougeau, Miami, de los ojos de los mas impor-Carneiro: "The Islands", y otra Elizabeth Garcia, N.Y., Xiomara Alfaro y Rafael Benitez, N.Y., Darfiel tantesejecutivos,todavia estan basada en un poema por Jorge Gutierrez de Tanganyka, Alaska, Mr. and Mrs. Jesus F. Godoy, Cali- negandose a autorizar lainclui- Luis Borges "1964-11". El sencillo fornia, Jerry Massucci de Fania Records, Luis Vidal, Raul Matas y clan de estas grabaciones en las sera lanzado todavia en este alio Luis Calvo Gana de Hispavox, Espana, Edgar Zamudio, Lima, Per6, series de TV., y este modo de en Italia,y sera incluido en su Miguel Estivill de Alhambra Records, Miami, Fla., Mario Pizzurno, pensar, causard serios prejuicios album que Continental esta pre- RCA Argentina, Nestor Norberto Selazo, de Sicamericana, Argentina, a sus artistas, mientras que parando para lanzar en Brasil en Agustin Rey de Sears, Panama, Ray Rivera, N.Y., Ernesto Duarte de ostroscrecen a pasosagigan- el mes de Marzo. No hay noticias RCA Espanola, Pancho Cristal de Nueva York, (All Art Records) Jaime tados. Volveremos a este asunto, de los otros dos miembros que de Aguinaga y Pete Korelich de Discos Anahuac, Hollywood, Cali- debido a su importancia; promo- formaban parte del ex-grupo. fornia, Catherine Schindler, Southern Music Publishing Co., Holly- tion es siempre un importante Ahora les relatare la historia asi wood, Calif., Rafael Suarez de Holovox Records, New Orleans, Morris asunto para tratar y talvez uno de como Ia lei en la fuente de infor- Livi de Tico-Alegre Records, N.Y.,Provi Garcia de Peer -Southern, los mas taros en el negocio y macion (Revista Amiga). Ferreira N.Y.,CarlosDiaz Granados de MiamiRecords,Miami, Miriam las figuras de yenta en los discos Neto, informa que despues de Marchant, Rinel Sousa, Caytronics Corp., N.Y., Bea and David Last, lanzados por la TV cada mes son haber asistido en Mexico, algunos Met Richmond, N.Y., Sonis FigariLetelier, de Industria de Radio y mas grandes. de los programas de la TV Bra-Televisio S.A., Chile, Pedro A. Fuentes, Discos Fuentes, Colombia, En su reciente visita a Brasil,silefia (vendidos aIa TV Mexi- Fonodisco, Caracas, Venezuela, Frank Cardona de KK10 Radio, Santa Frederick J. Reiter asistio al show (Continued on page 35) Barbara, Calif., Mario Ruiz, WQBA Radio, Miami, Alberto Salinas de

stereo Peer Southern Organization, N.Y., The Sarradet, Miami, Fla., Conjunto MONGUITO SANTAMARIA EN UNA NOTA! Universal de Miami, Fla., Claudia de Colombia, Angel I.fonfrias de Peer International de Puerto Rico, Dionne Warwiche, Emilio Garcia III, N.Y., Thania Ross de Sandro Fan Club, Miami, Fla., Indica (CBS) San Jose, Costa Rica, Titti Sotto, Alfredo Munar y Ana Maria, Anam iNcr=i Munar, Miami, Fla., C. M. Calderon, Ernesto Fortes, N.Y., Antonio Gavilanes de Fediscos S.A., Guayaquil, Ecuador, Antonio Navarro, Madrid, Espana, Los Diablos de Los Angeles, Calif., Johnnie Camacho MONGUITO de Raff Records., Los Angeles, Calif., Joaquin Alfonso Navas de Discos Belter, S.A., Barcelona, Espana., Marsal Productions Inc., San Antonio, SANTAMARIA Texas, V. Gallo de Fania Records, Joe Cain de Tico Alegre Records, N.Y., Roberto Ruiz de EMI -Odeon, Buenos Aires, Argentina, del elenco EN UNA NOTA de artistas Fania, N.Y., orge Beillard de Parnaso Records Co., Hialeah Gardens, Fla., Rich and Anne de Joyce Expediting, Miami, Fla., Roberto WITH THE HIT 45- NOSOTROS Compatible Stereo XSLP 1040 Lopez, KCUR F.M., Kansas City, Missouri, Jose Jimenez, WCSS Radio, Midline Road, Amsterdam, N.Y., Pedro Pablo Urbay, Caribe Produc- tions, Philadelphia, P.A., Alfredo Rodriguez, KWAC Radio, Bakersfield, (R&J Exclusive Distributors for Fania Records In New York) Calif., Perez Music Productions, Sweetwater, Texas, Gustavo Perez de R&J: 108 Sherman Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10034 (212) 942-8185 Allied Wholesale: Calle Cerra #610, Santurce, P.R. 00927 (809) 725-9255 KBUY Radio, Fort Worth, Texas, Tulio Guldner, WIAN-FM, Indianapo- lis,Indiana, Guillermo Lozano, KCOR Radio, San Antonio, Texas, (Continued on page 36)

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Brazil Puerto Rico Brazil Puerto Rico By OLAVO A. BIANCO By WAEL By OLAVO A. BIANCO 1.CELIA Y JOHNNY 1. WE SAID GOODBYE 1. LA ROSA BLANCA 1. CANTA, CANTA MINHA GENTE CELIA CRUZ Y PACHECO DAVE McLEAN-Central Park/RCA HUGO BLANCO MARTINHO DA VILA -RCA 2. CORPORACION LATINA 2. FEELINGS 2. WEPA WEPA WEPA 2. CANTO DE AREIA MORRIS ALBERT -Charger -Beverly ALFONSO VELEZ CLARA NUNES-Odeon 3. EN FA MENOR ISMAEL MIRANDA 3. SOLEADO LOS REYES EN MOTORA 3. EU QUERO APENAS DANIEL SENTACRUZ ENSEMBLE- 3. CHIANITA GOBERNADORA ROBERTO CARLOS-CBS 4. ME PARE DE QUERERTE EMI/Odeon CHIANITA 4. LISBOA ANTIGA GRAN TRIO 4. TEARS 4. THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED ROBERTO LEAL-RGE 5. BAILABLE NO. 10 CHRISTIAN-Young/Fermata PAPER LACE 5. CORRIDA DO OURO HUGO BLANCO 5. FLORES MORTAS 5. YOU'RE HAVING MY BABY TRILHA DE NOVELA-Som Libre/RCA PAUL ANKA 6. NAVIDAD CON . . . LENO-CBS 6. PENSANDO BEM MARCO ANTONIO MUNIZ 6. I SHOT THE SHERIFF 6. TU HIPOCRESIA ANTONIO MARCOS-RCA ERIC CLAPTON-RSO/Philips NITO MENDEZ 7. JET MUSIC SPECIAL 7. A FLOR DE PIEL 7. NAO SAO PALAVRAS LINDAS 7. PALABRA DE AMOR DIVERSOS-Philips JULIO IGLESIAS HELENO-RCA ARI ROSADO 8. CHARLIE BROWN 8. DE PARRANDA 8. ANIMAIS IRRACIONAIS 8. JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY BENITO DI PAULA-Copacabana CHIANITA BLUE MAGIC DON & RAVEL -Beverly 9. VO BATE PA TU 9. LOS REYES EN MOTORA 9. YOU'RE HAVING MY BABY 9. ESO NO SE CRIA BAIANOS E OS NOVOS CAETANOS-Cid ALFONSO VELEZ PAUL ANKA-UA/Copacabana ISMAEL NUNEZ 10. PRA SEU GOVERNO 20. KUNG FU FIGHTING 10. SONANDO CONTIGO BETH CARVALHO-Tape Car 10. DANNY RIVERA CARL DOUGLAS-RCA/Chantecler LILY Y SU GRAN TRIO Brasil (Continued from page 34) Los Angeles New York (Salsoul) En cana) las cuales precisamente eran mente los charts y empuja el al- By KWKW By EMILIO GARCIA 1. QUIMBARA partes de novelas mostrando es- bum al mismo tiempo. 1. NO MERECES CELIA CRUZ & JOHNNY PACHECO-Vaya cenarios naturales (Rio De Janeiro, Recientemente Ianzado el GERARDO REYES-Caytronics 2. SOLO HE VIVIDO 2. LA PELOTICA LA CORPORACION LATINA-MG Bahia, Espiritu Santo), miembros nuevo album de Wanderley Car- ORQUESTA ANTILLANA-Sonotropic 3.EL CASTIGADOR de la organizacion de Frank Si- doso (Copacabana) con una bel- 3. CUANTAS VECES ROBERTO TORRES-Mericana RAY AVILA-Orfeon 4. MI DIVILIDAD natra, estan pensando seriamente leza de caratula; el sencillo "Sem- 4. OTRA VEZ VUELVO CONTIGO ISMAEL QUINTANA-Vaya en filmar en Brasil. Como primer pre Lhe Direi" (Siempre Le Dire) ANGELICA MARIA-Sonido Int. 5. MI CUMBIA 5. LAMENTO DE AMOR EDDIE PALMIERI-Coco paso antes de Marzo 1975, dos por Wanderley/Cardosa, todavia CONJUNTO COSTA AZUL-Vox 6. BORINQUEN TIENE MONTUNO artistas importantes se encuentran retiene mucha atencion de parte 6. AQUELLOS BUENOS TIEMPOS ISMAEL MIRANDA-Fania alrededor: Dean Martin y Sammy delpublico, pero elalbum es LOS KORA-Latin Int. 7. LA BANDA 7. DILE A TU NUEVO QUERER WILLIE COLON-Fania DavisJr.Frank Sinatra viene a realnnente bueno. SONIA-Gas 8. MI MAYORAL elfilme,elcual Entrelosartistas que estaran 8. TENGO MIEDO RICARDO RAY & BOBBY CRUZ-Vaya participar en LOS BRIOS-LatinInt. 9. mos SE JUNTAN sera una historia de contrabandis- presentes en el Midem, en la Gala 9. MELODIA DE AMOR RAFAEL CORTIJO & ISMAEL RIVERA- tas que se presentara finalmente brasilefia enelmes de Enero, LOS REBELDES DEL ROCK-Orfeon Coco 10. HAY UN MAR 10. NO HAY AMIGO en Brasil. iSera cierto? estaran probablemente: Beth Car- LOS TRUENOS DE TEXAS-Zarape ORQUESTA HARLOW-Fania Una nueva compania de discos valho(Tapecar),Sonia Santos ha comenzado a lanzar sus pro- (Som Livre), Paulinho Da Viola y ducciones enBrasil; BASF pre- Claudia (EMI), Originals Do Record World en Esparia senta entre otros Oscar Peterson, Samba, Antonio Carlos E Jocafi By FERNANDO MORENO Freddy Breck y Count Basie. Y (RCA), Benito Di Paula y Elizeth Cardosa (Copacabana) y Jair Rod- tado acertada la idea de ponerlaesta presente en los charts con Comenzare citando algunas de rigues,JorgeBenyQuienteto las nuevas producciones espario- como cara B? yo creo que no, "Who Do You Think You Are" Violado(Phonogram). Lacon- las, tales como un Single de Julio Juan Carlos Calderon autor de los por Candlewick Green. Erasmo Carlosco-autor de firmacion de presencia de todos Salvador, un chico con solo 13 dos temas, nos demuestra una vez estos artistas no esta confirmada arms con "Madre" y "Como un mas que es hoy por hoy, uno de varios exitos con Roberto Carlos, esta en los charts y recibe una tadavia, pero existenprobabili- vagabundo". Este disco es una los mejores compositores con que dades de una transmision al vivo producion de Pirafia Musical para cuenta Espana, pero, su gran re- fuerteradiodifusioncon"Sou Uma Crianca, Nao Entendo Nada" delosEstados Unidos, porel Hispavox. Single de Jaime Morey velacion son sus letras, directas, momento solamente Eurovision y con "No volvere a querer" y "El secillas, pero que nos hacen pen- (Soy Un Nino No Entiendo Nada) (Polydor). ATV Londres han confirmado de otro". (Belter).-Single de Andres sar y lo que es mejor que nos acuerdo al vocero de MIDEM 75. Do Barro con "Amor, amor" y identifiquemos con ellas, en re- "We Said Goodbye" por David Es todo por ahora,hastaIa "Noite de estrelas".-Singles pro- sumen, gran concion, mas gran Mac Lean (CentralPark)distri- buido por RCA, asciende rapida- proxima semana! mocionales de Hispavoxcon interpretacion, mas buena graba- Maya, "Preguntale alas estrel- cion, ise puede pedir mas? . . las"; Alberto Cortez, "Te Ilegera Juan Pardo en estos momentos TICO RECORDS Proudly Presents una rosa"; Tony Landa, "Aun me camino de Hispanoamerica para queda la esperanza"; y Waldo De hacer T.V. en Venezuela y algun THE GREATEST LATIN ALL STAR L.P. EVER PRODUCED Los Rios "con "Nabuco". De las que otro pals hermano nuevo v°1-. ' cuatro canciones, creo que Ia que grupo en el mercado de la mano TICO4114111 ALL STAIII Tico mejor marchard enIa de Tony de Ariola, Tradicion, que arranca (Recorded Live At Carnegie Hall) CLP 1325 Landa.-Y he dejado para el final, con un L.P.... ihabra cambio en featuring a cast of 60 including tres singles que creo tienen una T.V.E.?,entreLazarovquete THE ORIGINAL ALEGRE JAZZ ALL STARS marcha clara en lo que se refiere marea y el Show de Julie Andrews TITO PUENTE-ISMAEL RIVERA a sus yentas por su calidad, el que te duerma, se debia de poner CHARLIE PALMIERI-LA LUPE primero de Z.Z. Top con "La algo intermedio para las personas VITIN AVILES-JOE CUBA grange" y "Beer drinkers and hell "corrientes" qua somos Ia ma- VICENTICO VALDES raiser", London distribuido por yoria . . . Garcia, nombre muy YAYO EL INDIO Columbia S.A.)-el segundo decomun entre los espanoles . . . NEW YORK (212) 541-8347 Ann Peebles con "No puedo so- Pelayo, nuestro gran Rey de la (212) 392-5700 PUERTO RICO (809) 725-9255 portar Ia Iluvia" y "Corre, corre, Reconquista . . . si el guion que FLORIDA (305) 373-1740 corre" single London distribuido Ilevaron los Reyes Catolicos fue LOS ANGELES (213) 385-2151 SAN FRANCISCO (415) 658.9285 por Columbia S.A.-y por ultimo importante, pcomo no serailal- CHICAGO (312) 278-1327 (312) 521-1100 el single Zapiro de Sergio Y Esti- gunos guiones que Ilenan de in- HARTFORD (203) 247-8742 PHILADELPHIA (215) 236-4544 This double fold LP includes a 4 page baliz con "Piet" y "Anabel", iquesuficiencia y pedanteria a quien TEXAS (915) 544-4182 souvenir photo booklet. bonita cancion Anabeli iha es- (Continued on page 36) NEW JERSEY (201) 923-7474

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com N. Y. Central (Continuedfrom page 27) LATIN AMERICANact, alternating who'd close the show, and through the combined strength of the two acts being able to draw a larger crowd than ALBUM PICKS either would on its own, playing larger halls, and as a result of that ability also lowering the price. The effect would then be to attract some people who wouldn't otherwise go to see either, because A1111/01//10?,0-sw LO MAXIMO instead of getting even two for the price of one, they'd be getting Hector Rivera and his Orchestra-Tico CLP 1324 two for less than the price of one." Con arreglos y conducci6n del muy tal- Kay's gripes and suggestions? One grievance isin the matter of entoso Hector Rivera, nnusicos de primera security-halls that don't allow fans to stand at their seats much y excelentes voces, esta grabacion salsoul less dance in the aisles or rush toward the stage, or those thatan- es un gran paso adelante. "Besame Aqui" tagonize audiences by putting uniformed police in front of thestage. (H. Rivera), "Tumba el Quinto" (C. Lei- A second source of ireis promoters "who don't feel they have to cea), "El Bobo de la Yuca" (M. Perdomo) live up to contract riders,"i.e. providing surface transportation or y "Rincon Caliente" (H. Rivera). the proper amount of people for a stage crew. Says Kay, "Justas With arrangements and conducting by the very talented Hector promoters undoubtedly keep records of who played well, who played Rivera, and with superb musicians and excellent voices, this recording long enough, if we cooperated-there's a little book thatwe keep offers a very saleable package. "Poco a Poco" (H. Rivera), "Morenita"that has every specific of every contract that we're playing, with nice (H. Rivera), "Con su Permiso" (Rivera) and "Que sabrosa" (Chivirico big blank spaces next to it. And every promoterwe play for gets a Davila). rating of some sort and detailed comments on whatwas very good EN UNA NOTA! about him, or what was adequate or bad." Monguito Santamaria-Inca XSLP 1040 Kay is not negative, though. Steppenwolf's return tour has done Monguito Santamaria con Hector Casa- well, he says, and the group is putting together material for another nova como vocalista y en producciOn de album. And the excitement and enthusiasm generated through the Marty Sheller con arreglos de Marty yspecialized attention they've receivedat Mums (a Custom Label Eddie Martinez. Excelente grabacion Ilena distributed by Columbia/Epic), has been an added chargeto keep de contagioso ritmo y salsa! "Apariencia the group going. His final suggestion-andone that surely deserves Na Ma" (C. Alonso), "Arrivederci Roma" serious consideration-in a conversation with Record World between (Justi Barreto), "Ne Ne" (C. Alonso), "Oye tour stops recently, was to establish a general admission system at lo que Digo" (M. Santamaria) y otras. arenas where seating could be eliminated at the floor level, so that With arrangements by Marty Seller and with Hector Casanova as a those who wanted to dance or be near the stage would have that vocalist, Monguito Santamaria offers a superb and saleable salsoul access. repertoire. "Ven a Guarachar" (M. Santamaria), "Una nota" (J.Bar- retto) and "Guajira en el Pueblo" (J. Barretto). Nuestro Rincon (Continued from page 34) CON TODOS LOS HIERROS! Los Melodicos-Discolando OLP 8175 Jorge Madrid, KLA 83, Los Angeles, Calif., Juan R. Merl°, Radio Kali, La gran Orquesta Los Melodicos de Ren- Hollywood, Calif.,Enrique Lebeniger,Fermata delBrasil, Grupo ato Capriles da su toque personalisimo a Candela, Miami, Fla., Augusto Sarria, lempsa, Peru, Adolfo Pino, RCA "FloresNegras-FichasNegras" (Flores - Brasil, Perry Como, Manoella Torres, Camilo Sesto, Juan Marcelo, Acevedo), "La Finca" (D. Felo), "Te Sone" Codiscos, Colombia, Tito Puente, La Lupe, Celia Cruzy Pedro Knight, (A. Alexander), "El Gavilan Pollero" (V. Julio Iglesias, Augustin Hernandez, Peerless, Mexico, Marco A.Muniz, Romero) y "Oye mi Conga" (Matamoros). Enrique Caceres, Johnny Ventura, Antonio Zamora, Arnulfo Delgado, Great Orchestra Los Melodicos de Renato Capriles offers here an Don Pepe Garcia de Discos LatinInt.,Los Angeles, Calif., Mario Friedberg, outstanding salsa repertoire. Venezuelean tropical music at its best! Fermata Mexicana,LouisCouttolenc, RCA Mexicana, "Chocolate Merenguez" (Rizo Hunter), "Desvelo de Amor" (R. Her- Rogerio Azcarraga, Orfeon, Mexico, Andy Russell,Heleno, Gran nandez), "Carnaval Costeno" (Cediel), more. Combo, Leo Dan, Nelson Ned, Roberto Carlos, Orfeon Records,Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., James Brown, Herb Alpert, The Judge's Nephews, EL IDOLO DE MEXICO Miami, Fla., Betty Missiego, Madrid, Espana, Aretha Franklin,Roberto Vicente Fernandez-Caytronics CYS 1420 Carlos, The Century, Miami, Fla., M. Garea, Columbia deEspana, Indiscutiblemente, el idolo de Mexico en Steve Clark, Maurice Ferre, Alcalde de Miami, Rafael DiazGutierrez un repertorio muy venedor de mOsica de Audiorama, N.Y., Carlos Balido de Alamo Records,Texas, Osvaldo ranchera. "Amor Indio" (F. Harbach), "El Venzor de Orfeon Records Inc., California, Regina Alcovery Joe Rey" (J.A. Jiminez), "El Precio"(J. Mon- Danova, Lima, Per6 y otras que reciprocare en proxima columna . . . tana), "Si Acaso Vuelves" (R. Montiel-H. Hasta la proxima y felicidades! Aguilar) y "Que to Vaya Bonito" (J.A. Jim- I deeply appreciate all Christmas and holiday greetingcards that enez). I receive every year.It amounts to thousands! From the bottom of Undoubtedly the idol from Mexico, Vicente Fernandez is heard in my heart,I appreciate all of them. In my column in Spanish Imention a very saleable package of ranchera songs. "Tu Amor Sonado" (M. several of them. I'll try to mention other in my future column.We at Rodriguez), "Yo Quiero ser to Amante" (R.Montiel), "No vas a Record World really appreciate these salutations. Happyholidays to all! Creer" (V. Fernandez) and "Las Llaves de mi Alma" (Fernandez). En Espana Valli to England (Continued from page 35) ARCANO] los Ileva Juan Carlos Calderon For Promo Tour ha sido premiado con el Long Pay NEW YORK - Frankie Valli, de Oro como mejor mCisico es- whose Private Stock Records panol de los ultimos mesesi En- single is titled "My Eyes Adored horabuenai se lo merece y quizas You," will kick off the New Year JUAN GABRIEL sea de los premios que de "ver- inEngland via television, radio dad" hayan sido bien concedido and print. Featuring the hit single . . . esta en Espana Albert Ham- mond. . . Los Panchos haciendo Television TV y actuando en directo despues Valli'stelevisionappearances "Esta Noche Voy a Verla" de 15 anos estan con nosotros topromote "My Eyes Adored DKL1-3283 Manolo Garcia Oliva periodista You" on Private Stock (U.K.) in- de ABC de las Americas y los clude guest starring stints on The CAYTRONICS ejecutivos del Canal 47 de Nueva Lulu Show and on "Lift Off" as "The Latin Music Company" York para ultimar la compra dewell as a heavy line-up of radio New York(212) 541-4090 Texas (512) 222-0106 programas a T.V.E. estan- and press interviews.Valliwill California (213) 737-0197 Florida (305) 822-6967 cial. stay in England through January 9. Chicago (312) 521-1800

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com CONCERT REVIEW Les Variations: 11111 11111111111111111111111 11111 111111111 IMO 111.111111111111111111111111111111111,11.11g.11111111,11111111111111111111,11 Vinton's Musical Virtuosity Touring Their Way to the Top Captures Carnegie Audience By DAVID McGEE NEW YORK-During the few("Melody of Love," which was If NEW YORK - "Time marchesthey knew it was all coming to- night) to on" is an old saw but true, and gether." seconds when he stood still oncertified gold on this the Carnegie Hall stage Sunday saloonsongs;from a rousing soitisfor the French rock 'n' Following the Louisville gig, the Jolson medley to another medley rollersLes Variations, who aregroup decided totestitsnew night (29), Bobby Vinton (ABC) celebrating eight years of exist- material in a few markets where peered toward the balcony. In that of his past hits. Throughout, the ence at the same time they are they had cancelled concerts dur- evanescentmoment,however, Vinton voice was clear and emo- about to embark on a very crucial ing their first tour. They intended Vinton was not concentrating on tive.During an especially hear - to stay on the road only a few the balcony, or Carnegie Hall, or rending version of "Mr. Lonely" tour of the United States. During (a song Vinton wrote while he days,but the response was so New York City. His thoughts were an early December visit to Record was in the army and one which World, Les Variations' managers good that they stayed out for with that youngster who struggled Charles Benanty and Alain Tobaly three weeks. During this time the through a Polish school in Penn- still ranks as a classic pop record), group"wentthroughallthe sylvania, but who nonetheless be- onepatronactuallyhadtears talked about the problems and face. Now hopes of the first French group to changes" and when they returned lieved in dreams and in himself. streaming down his achieve success in America, and to work on their new album- 'Greatest Night' that guy was in bad shape. they also explained why the im-"Cafe de Paris"-at Bell Sound He stood there on the Carnegie 'Amazing!' pending tour (scheduled to begin StudiosinNew York,allthe Hall stage, alone as anyone could In Bobby Vinton, the Carnegie on January 24 and to cover at materialwas workedoutand be when surrounded by an or- Hall audience saw arareper- least 35 cities)is so important to ready to be put on tape. chestra and a sellout audience, former who is unencumbered by, yet firmly in touch with, his past. them. "CafedeParis"(an album and he said, "This is the greatest "Before we camehere, wewhich Benanty describes as "A night of my life." They saw a performer who liter- thought America would be too masterpiece") features cover art From this gifted performer,it ally and figuratively goes close to hard," Tobaly said. "But now- by Guy Peelaert, who is currently was not a stock line. He meant hisaudience,andtheenergy after one tour, several benefit ap- enjoying a modicum of fame for it.It was the greatest night of his transmitted between star and fans pearances and one key personnel hisincredible"RockDreams" life-thedreamfulfilled-Car- is quite something to experience. change-we feel that we have a book. AccordingtoBenanty, negie Hall!-and Bobby Vinton Even the most jaded of rock fans chance." Peelaert's reaction to the project, responded with what surely must could only have proclaimed his Benanty added that while their was "A piece of art goes inside have been the performance of his performance "Amazing!" first tour was a success, "It was a piece of art." life. David McGee not a total win. It's true that we "We're filled with hope right 'Polish Caravan' established our name in 60 per- now," enthused Tobaly. "The en- Carnegie Hall was packed with CLUB REVIEW cent of the major markets;it's ergy is there, the company is be- exuberant Polonians and for -a - 1111111111111/1111111111111111111111111111111111/111 true that 80 percent of the critics hind us and the kids like us." night Polonians who relished Vin - were in our favor. But there was a As the momentum builds for ton's outpouring of ethnic love. Horslips Rocks L.I. problem with the lead singer (Jo Les Variations, all nigh -flying rock Vinton callshistour a "Polish ROSLYN, L.I. - Even though Leb) that really hurt our cause. groups might be wise to follow Caravan" and though itis heavy they areIrish,the five -member Because of this problem, there the advice of that eminent Ameri- on Polish pride, Vinton expresses Horslips (RCA) are into an old was a lack of belief in the group can philosopher SatchellPaige, love for all mankind. By way of English folk bag, but unlike most among the group members. The who once said: "Don't look back. example, hesang in French, of the other groups in a similar competition here is tough enough Something may be gaining on Spanish, Italian and Hebrew. He mode, Horslips really know how without all that." you." went into the audience and sang to rock, as evidenced by a recent "You're the number one rock and kissed the girls who rushed performance at My Father's Place. bandinFrance-that'sgreat," Smith Named MCA to be near him. He danced with Their jigs are a bit heavier than Tobaly interjected, "but you need the ladies and he introduced his those of Fairport Convention and all the energies from all the band fan club president. He serenaded their instrumentals are invigorat- members, you need tightness and Assistant Secretary UNIVERSAL CITY, CAL. - The an elderlycouplecelebrating ing. On the multi -layered, histori- you need that belief. One downer their 38th wedding anniversary. cal "The Tain," the deep percus- vibration really hurts a band." board of directors of MCA Inc., named MCA vice president He crowned MissPolish New sion coupled with the flute gave WithLeb'sdeparturefor a York. ahollow echo effectthatthe promising career as an actor and George Smith assistant secretary, it was announced by Sid Shein- Repertoire guitarist was easily able to drive solo recording artist, the group over, thus resulting in ever chang- began auditions for a new lead berg, president & chief operating Songs, songs, and more songs: officer. everything from his current hit ing motifs that were eclectically singer, and out of more than one charming. camethe hundredcandidates A Real Knock -Out New LP chosen one - Robert Fitoussi. Horslipsthenshowedtheir is somewhat of a leg- Fitoussi new album withdistinct,clear endinFrench pop music as a vocals and constantly changing vocalist -writer -producer whose instruments withoutlosing any talents have graced records with of over impact. On "Lonely Hearts" total world wide sales Charles O'Connor, who primarily four million copies. His presence plays fiddle and occasionally con- has jelled the band into a cohesive certina, produced some searing concerned that the tour and a leads on electric mandolin that unit and has given hope toall new album will push the group sounded morelike a guitar which progressed into some San into superstardom. Benanty explained: "We spent Francisco -styleriffingwiththe prodding bass. Horslipshave anentire month rehearsingat Larry Coryell's farm in New Hope, found the way to be true to their Pennsylvania. Then we travelled roots, and at the same time to to Louisville and played at a club make them readily commercial. called'Beggar'sBanquet.' Our They showed the maturity and first night at the club the response confidence needed to make them was incredible-we did four en- Following their recent sold out performance at the Spectrum inPhila.,theJ.Geils crowd pleasers rangingfrom Band and their managers, Dee Anthony and John Doumanian, presented promoter power packed cores. instrumentalsto Larry Magid an autographed punching bag. Pictured, fromleft are:Seth Justman, delicate, nuance -filled ballads. "The band saw, that night, a Magic Dick, Stephen Jo Bladd, Danny Klein, J. Geils, and Peter Wolf of the J. Geils total pro in Robert Fitoussi, and Band; promoter Magid; Mickey Magid; Anthony and Doumanian. Bob Grossweiner

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com RECORD WORLD INTERNATIONAL CANADA GERMANY By LARRY LeBLANC By PAUL SIEGEL TORONTO - Producer Bob Gallo has been BERLIN-The famous ViennaRadio03Hit working with Dwayne Gord, formerly of Bearfoot, Parade broadcasts (heard all over middle Europe at Manta Sound. Musicians backing Ford included encompassing Germany, Czechoslavakia, Switzer- Whitey Glann,PrakashJohn, Danny McBride, land, Holland and Belgium) will be terminated

Gary Holt and Jim Atkinson . . . Marty Onrot as of January 1, 1975. The program will be re- has become manager of Small Wonder, which placed by a new kind of broadcast series helmed includes singer Henry Small who recentlyleft by Ernst Grissemann, chief of the 03 radio station. Scrubbaloe Caine . . . Terry Jacks holidaying in The new show will be called Pop -Shop and will

the Far East until the end of the month . . . New contain information for the general public inter- Phase I studio to open at the end of the month. woven with hit records. Engineers on tap will be George Semkiw, who will be operating from Single -y speaking, Elvis Presley's follow-up here seems to be Ariola PhaseI on a freelance basis, and Brian Bell, who has been working recording artist Alvin Stardust. His new single, "Tell Me Why," is at Toronto Sound. already having its impact felt on the German record buying public Round Records is not moving as it had been suggested previously . . . It looks as if Leonard Cohen's CBS single "Lover, Lover, Lover" . . . Gentle Giant dates include Convocation Hall on January 24 and has top 10 chart potential, with publishing by Rolf Budde's active . . . Kitchener the following night . . . The Strawbs set for a Feb. 6 date concern Another chart sizzleris EMI-Electrola recording artist at Massey Hall, with Lynyrd Skynyrd at Convocation Hall on Feb. 2Heino's most recent effort, ". . . Und Sie Liess Lulalei."

. . . Stringband recording this month for an upcoming Ip. . . Flash The absolute top new album to stir action here is Sinatra's latest, Cadillac and the Continnental Kids touring here beginning of February "The Main Event," on WEA. Itwill undoubtedly become a most . . . John Allan Cameron to start taping his CTV series again next historic set... BASF faring quite well with a classical success, Handel's month at CFCF-TV (Montreal) with Bill Langstroth producing. "Watermusic."

Anne Murray continues touring Stateside . . .Little Caesar and the The press chief of BASF, Martin Kunzler, can be reached at a new Consuls due to record this month. No producer has been announced telephone number now in Mannheim, Germany: (0621) 4008346...... Steppenwolf set for a Canadian tour in late March with 12 dates Art Talmadge's Musicor Records (who had the huge hit of "Popcorn" from Hot Butter) expected . . . Paper Lace coming here in March for a week at the is about to break loose with another biggie-an Penthouse. . . Bill Amesbury Casablanca Ip released in the U.S. last instrumental smash out of Germany . . . Leonard Bernstein had a

year is still unavailable in Canada . . . Attic Records very excited over very successful film on German TV recently which should certainly upcoming Fludd Ip produced by Adam Mitchell at Son Quebec in boost album sales... Charles Aznavour's "She" is receiving incredible December. amounts of airplay even though it didn't hit the German top ten. . . Andre Previn to perform with the Toronto Symphony OrchestraMarlene Dietrich's Decca (USA) Pye (England) single, "This World of

Ours,"isa definite . . . Feb. 11-14 at Massey Hall. Guest soloist is Barry Tuckwell. . . French hit with tradesters Auf Wiedersehn'til singer Karo has recorded 4 sides at Thunder Sound with John Capek next week! producing. The songs were in English, the first English sides the singer has cut since "My My My" in the Spring of '72. Karo has been busy Dialogue (Continued frompage 32) producing commercials including the recent "March of Dimes" cam- discos. They don't cost a lot. And swizzle sticks. The ends to which, paign promo . . . Taping Ian Tyson TVer at CFTO-TV this month are Diana Trask, John Hartford, Lorence Hud, String Band, Adam Mitchell, or the depths to which we will sink, to try to find other ways to mer- Fraser and DeBolt, Jodi Miller, Trish McKinnon, Jim Ed Brown, Mickeychandise. Because the discos are happening now and everybody goes into a disco. It's a real, great potential record buyer. So we say to the Clark, Gary Buck and Karen Wheeler . . . Taping at Thunder Sound is Sylvia Tyson who isat work on an Ip for Capitol with husband discotheques, we're going to give you our napkins, and a lot of them Ian producing. will say, "Hey, great," because the napkins will have things on it that are almost editorial in a sense. Because it Rumoured to host this year's televised Juno Awards in March is will have maybe a little poop on an album, or maybe we'll take some reviews. Throw a Lam- Paul Anka. Nobody is talking... Tanya Tucker and her sister LaCosta are touring Western Canada from Jan. 31 -Feb. 9 with dates in Van- poon joke or two in, and have a really kind of interesting sort of napkin. "When you're not dancing, you're panting". . . like that. couver, Edmonton, Lethridge, Victoria and Calgary . . . Well-known RW: Tellis a little about the albums the Lampoon has put out in Vancouver performer Bim comes here in March for a month of clubthe last few years. dates and some local TV appearances. . . Gordon Lightfoot's upcom- Taylor: We have produced four albums. Three Lampoon albums, ing Warner Bros. Ip has been completed and is set to be released next one was "Radio Dinner," one was "Lemmings," one was the "Missing month . . . Also due next month is Susan Jack's solo Ip on Mercury.Whitehouse Tapes" and there's the "National Lampoon Stereo Test Set consists of sides completed by producers Harry Hinde, Claire and Demonstration Record." "Radio Dinner"was really our best al- Lawrence and Terry Jacks. bum. I produced "Radio Dinner." We recorded "Lemmings" live. Rolling Stone has spotlighted Murray McLauchlan and Bruce Cock- We tried to-I think it was a mistake. The production valueson that were burn. Both record for True North Records. McLauchlan upcoming really not great. The "Missing Whitehouse Tapes" concert dates include Massey Hall on Feb. 15, and Feb. 9 at the was a real kind of quick throw together. A political opportunity thatwe did. It didn't do National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Due to be released shortlyishis bad. Our records don't do that bad. Most of them have reachedthe new Ip, "Sweeping The Spotlight Away," produced by himself and charts, hung around for awhile. manager Bernie Finkelstein . . . Leonard Cohen here for 2 shows at RW: And you've moved the distribution Massey Hall on Jan. 30. A week earlier John Prine performs there. over to Columbia/Epic? Taylor: We just made a deal with Epic, we just signed the Both shows have been produced by Bernie Fiedler and Bernie contracts Finkel- with Epic to distribute our records. And everybodyis very excited stein . . . Mel Shaw to produce the Christenson Brothers at RCA about that because to do our records is really primarilya marketing next week. Shaw is also working with the Stampeders whoare working function. on their next Capitol Ip. RW: Is there anything scheduled to come out through Epic? Lou Reed also scheduled to work at RCA "sweetening" his next Taylor: We plan to have an album out in Februaryalong the lines RCA Ip which has been produced by ex -Blood, Sweat andTears guitar- of "Radio Dinner." We can make that bridge from themagazine to ist Steve Katz .. . RCA's Barry Haugen readying release of Gary Buck's the audio thing like that. We're recording thesame kind of things that debut Ip for the label . . . Signed with Attic Records recently are we do in the Lampoon, only it's done in audio singers Ken Tobias and Shirley Eikhard. as opposed to print. (Continued on page 39) 38 RECORD WORLD JANUARY 11, 1975

AmericanRadioHistory.Com RCA Sales Appointments Dialogue (Continued from page 38) (Continued from page 4) various positions until he became RW: What's happened with the "Radio Hour"? RCA Records in sales in Los An- a fieldsalesrepresentativein Taylor: "Radio Hour" is off the air, unfortunately. The reason for geles, having been general man- Memphis in 1969. In 1971, he was it isit was draining the staff. Funny writers are hard to find and hard ager of Music West when RCApromoted to district sales man- to hold. And we don't treat them like artists, we treat them like Records took overthatoper- ager. babies. But they're very precious to us. We found they just had to ation. He entered the recording Wheeler had been manager,spend too much time on the radio show and before the magazine industry in 1968 with Calectron Detroit RCA Records sales office, started to suffer-we don't thinkithas, but the opportunity for in San Francisco. since 1972. He had started with beginning to suffer was there anyway. So we just decided that it was Gallagher became manager, RCA Recordsin1969 asfield enough. We were on it for a year and it worked, it was great, and nationalcountry salesinJune, sales representative in Cincinnati, we have our own studio. We're going to use the studio to take that 1973. He joined RCA Records in latertakingthesame jobinf energy and put it into the records. Because now with Epic and their 1965 in Indianapolis,holding Detroit. excitement and their real, fully -integrated incredible marketing system there, at Columbia and Epic, we're making a much bigger commit- ment to records than we ever have, in terms of time, technique. The studio will also be used for a very important property that we've created and that's called the "Mary Travers and Friends" show, which is not a Lampoon function, to begin with.It's for Twentieth Century Communications. And the show was really designed from what we learned about radio through the Lampoon hour. Like the criteria for syndicating a show: one, you have to give them something that's unique and they can't do themselves. Secondly, you have to give them something that's heavily music oriented. And to try to meld those two ideas isreally tough. Because the guys like Gavin and all those other guys are music programmers and that's not where we're at. We don't want to do a King Biscuit, because King Biscuit does that, and they do it very well. Larry Gallagher Dave Wheeler We've got a music person whose musical credentials are unques- tioned. And sort of bridges the span and spectrum of music as it's developed, that kind of thing. A lot of the people she interviews, she f.; inspired. There's a lot of pickers out there who learned from those 00COWRY SINGLES records. And she's not somebody who would be awe struck by inter- viewing Bob Dylan, and who, p.s., can get Bob Dylan to come into a LLDPUBLJSHERS LIST studio and say four words. So in an hour show we have about thirty- five minutes of music, and eight commercial minutes. The restis AIN'T SHE SOMETHING ELSE LET'S SING OUR SONG C. Atkins & very highly edited, streamlined talk.It comes off laid back, casual, (Jack & Bill, ASCAP) 38 J.Reed (Vector, BMI) 41 ANGEL IN AN APRON Bob Milsap LIKE OLD TIMES AGAIN L. Gordon & L like two friends hanging out. Talking about strictly music as opposed (Acoustic, ASCAP) 63 Muhoberac (Keca, ASCAP) 5 ANGELS ARE HARD TO FIND Jim Vienneau LOVIN' YOU WILL NEVER GROW OLD to what's your favorite ice cream flavor and how do you like Boston, (Hank Williams, Jr., BMI) 17 Jim Vienneau (Hank Williams, Jr., BMI) 72 and what isit like at the Holiday Inn. ANOTHER YOU Jerry Kennedy (Coal MR. SONGWRITER LarryButler(United Miners,BMI) 30 Artists/Boyce & Powers, ASCAP) 59 BIG MAMOU A. V. Mittlestadt (Peer, BMI)60 MY WOMAN'S MAN George Richey BUTTERFLY M. Curb & D. Costa (Al Gallico/BenPeters, BMI) 9 (Sabacthani, ASCAP) 75 NEVER COMING BACK AGAIN CAROLINA MOONSHINER Bob Ferguson Larry Butler (Tree, BMI) 39 Island Music Center To Open in Early '75 (Owepar, BMI) 45 ON THE WAY HOME (4 -Star, BMI) 57 CITY LIGHTS Eddie Kilroy (T.N.T., BMI) 12 OUR LOVE Roger Miller NEW YORK-Michael Paparo, 76 percent. The original dome CHAMPAGNE LADIES AND BLUE RIBBON (Alrhond, BMI) 43 BABIES Don Gant (Acuff-Rose/Hill & OUT OF HAND Ray Dea (Almo, ASCAP) 6 president of Eden's Apple Con- ceiling has been replaced by a Range, BMI) 69 POOR SWEET BABY Larry Butler (Stallion, CHAPEL OF LOVE Ron Chancey (Trio, BMI) 14 certs,has announced the com- newflatdroppedceilingand BMI) 73 RAINY DAY WOMAN W. Jennings & pletion of an all -new major ve- backwallwith DEAR GOD T.Glaser (Baron, BMI) 35 33,000square Jim Fogelsong (Ensign, BMI/Famous, RICHARD & THE CADILLAC KINGS Ken nueforconcertproductionin feet of Corning Fiberglass Sono - ASCAP) 55 Mansfield (Sing Me/Backyard, BMI) .. 52 DEVIL IN THE BOTTLE Jack Gilmer ROCK ON BABY Owen Bradley the New York metropolitan area, flex acousting paneling. (Sunbar, SESAC) 23 (Chappell, ASCAP) 11 The Island Music Center. Work Like EASY TO LOVE Chet Atkins (Singletree, RUBY, BABY Ron Chancey (Hill & Range/ thefloorofMadison BMI) 32 Quintet/Freddy Bienstock,BMI) 1 onthe Center hasprogressed Square Garden, the Center's base EVERYBODY NEEDS A RAINBOW SALLY G (McCartney/ATV, BMI) 68 Ray Steves (Ahab, BMI) 44 SEE SAW Larry Rogers (Arc, BMI) 66 non-stop for a large part of 1974, isan ice -sheet, and a layer of FOR A MINUTE THERE Billy Sherrill SHE CALLED ME BABY Cher Atkins and amounts to a floor -to -ceiling (Hall -Clement,BMI) 10 (Central,BMI) 51 homosite fully insulates and pro- FORBIDDEN ANGEL JimPrater(Heavy, SINGIN' IN THE KITCHEN Bobby Bare refurbishmentoftheexisting vides the Center with a moisture BMI/Prater, ASCAP) 13 (EvilEye, BMI) 28 FORGETTIN' ABOUT YOU Allen Reynolds SOMEONE CARES FOR YOU Glen Sutton structure. The Island, located at proof floor area. A wooden top - (Jack,BMI) 61 (Palo Duro/Cowboy, BMI) 27 88 Veteran's Memorial Highway, GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Blue Book, BMI) 31 SUSAN WHEN SHE TRIED Jerry Kennedy floor cover gives the Center or- HE CAN'T FILL MY SHOES Stan Kessler (American Cowboy, BMI) 47 in Commack, Long Island,will chestra space for 2500 concert- (Window BMI) 49 SWEET SURRENDER Milton Okun HE'S EVERYWHERE Clarence Selman (Cherry Lane/Walt Disney, ASCAP) 67 be a concert arena serving the goers, as well as the existing 4000 (Two Rivers, ASCAP) 56 THAT'S HOW MY BABY BUILDS A FIRE needsofSuffolkand Nassau HOPPY, GENE & ME Roy Dea (Adventure, ASCAP) 54 permanent balcony seats. Snuff Garrett (Peso/Lowrey, BMI) 65 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE SHOULD BE Jim County's 3.2 million population. Lights, stagecraftand back- I BELIEVE THE SOUTH IS GONNA Fogelsong (Famous, ASCAP) 29 RISE AGAIN Billy Sherrill (Tree, BMI) 71 THE BUSIEST MEMORY IN TOWN Roy Dea Paparowillnotonlybring stage fixtures for The Island Mu- I CAN HELP Young & Swan & Dickey Lee (Pi -Gem, BMI) 33 (Combine, BMI). 42 THE DOOR Billy Sherrill (Algee, BMI) 7 touring acts to Eastern Long Is- sic Center have also been culled I CAN'T HELP IT (Fred Rose, BMI) 53 THE TIES THAT BIND Don Williams land,buthasespeciallycon- from the best products available, I CARE/SNEAKY SNAKE Jerry Kennedy (Eden,BMI) 25 (Hallnote,BMI) 34 THEN WHO AM I cerned himself with developing Paparoadded.140permanent I'M A BELIEVER Ricci Mareno (Ricci (Hill & Range/Acuff-Rose, BMI) 21 Mareno, SESAC) 37 THERE'S A SONG ON THE JUKEBOX a good concert atmosphere. The stage lights and two new spot- Charlie Rich (Algee, BMI) 22 I MAY NOT BE LOVING YOU Richey & Island Music Center guarantees light platforms have been added Wilson (Al Gallico/Algee, BMI) 58 U.S. OF A. Stan Silver (Prima Donna, BMI) 50 I WONDER WHOSE BABY Joe Johnson free parking for all, two on -siteto the three original spot plat- (4 -Star,BMI) 24 WATCHA GONNA DO WITH A DOG LIKE (I'D BE) A LEGEND IN MY TIME THAT (Blue Rock, BMI) 36 advance sale ticket booths plus forms in the hall, providing a to- Tom Collins & Jack D. Johnson WATCH OUT FOR LUCY Jim Shaw (Danor/ ticket distribution facilities tal capacity for nine "super -arc" (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 4 Dadgum, BMI) 74 IT WAS ALWAYS SO EASY Ray Baker WE'RE OVER Kennedy (Screen Gems- throughout Long Island, including spotlights. An all -new stage, Columbia/Summerhill, BMI) 15 (Acuff-Rose/Hill & Range, BMI) 19 all Ticketron outlets. IT'S A SIN WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY WHAT A MAN MY MAN IS Glen Sutton measuring 30 x 40 feet, has been Jimmy Bowen (Canopy, ASCAP) 46 (Rodeo Cowboy, BMI) 2 Retaining only the shell of the constructed, and can be varied IT'S MIDNIGHT/PROMISED LAND Felton WHOEVER TURNED YOU ON Jarvis (Imagination, ASCAP; Geronimo, Owen Bradley (Emerald Isle/ former Commack Arena, Paparo in height from four to six feet. Battleground, BMI) 64 BMI) (Arc, BMI) 8 WHOLE LOTTA DIFFERENCE IN LOVE budgeted $100,000 to cover an Performers will benefit from IT'S TIME TO PAY THE FIDDLER Walter Bud Logan (Ma-Ree & Porter -Jones, Haynes (Coal Miners, BMI) 20 62 across-the-boardrenovationof complete remodeling ofthe I'VE GOT MY BABY ON MY MIND Ray ASCAP) Baker (Acuff -Rose, BMI) 18 WOLF CREEK PASS D. Sears & C.Davis the 6500 capacity hall. Acousti- dressing rooms, which have been KENTUCKY GAMBLER Ken Nelson & (American Gramaphone, SESAC) 26 WRONG ROAD AGAIN AllenReynolds cally,theentire shapeofthe installedwithcarpeting, show- Fuzzy Owen (Owepar, BMI) 3 LADY CAME FROM BALTIMORE Gary (Jack,BMI) 16 room has been altered to guar- ers,electric outlets and sound- Klein (Hudson Bay, BMI) 40 YOU ARE THE ONE Jim Vienneau LAY BACK LOVER Billy Davis (Tree, BMI)48 (Sawgrass, BMI) 70 antee a noise reduction level of proof tuning rooms.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com wORLDRECORD WORLD COUNTRY Mega Taps Floyd Gilley Campaign NASHVILLE - Ms. Pat Floyd, former VP of Buckhorn Music, Set by Playboy NASHVILLE REP RT has been appointed professional LOS ANGELES - Playboy Rec- manager for the Mega Publishing ords, in conjunction with the re- By RED O'DONNELL firms of One Hundred Oaks Mu- lease of Mickey Gilley's second The Grand Ole Opry celebrates its 50th anniver- sic (BMI) and Two Rivers Music album, "City Lights," has inaugu- sary in November and ABC-TV is going to air a (ASCAP), according to Dave Bell, rated a contest at various country 90 -minute special salute, originating at the new presidentof Mega Records & radiostationsthroughoutthe Opry House.Itis not known how many of the Tapes. country. The campaign was de- present or past membersof the long play show Ms. Floyd has also been pre- vised by Joe Ruffino, national sales will appear. viously affiliated with Dave Dud- manager for Playboy Records. The first Opry show,according to all available ley's Six Days Music, where she The contest will run on radio records, was broadcaston WSM radio Nov. 28, servedina similar capacity for stations WMC in Memphis, WJJD 1925. two years.In addition, she has in Chicago, KBOX in Dallas, and The video program will not necessitate a change also been associated with Central WHK in Cleveland. Each station in date of the annual Grand Ole Opry Birthday Celebration & Country Songs,where she workedfor selectsits own contest methods Music D.J. Convention. Itis set for mid-October-and goes as per three years as executive secretary for their listeners, such as mail -in schedule. to Buddy Mize and Cliffie Stone. post cards, additional giveaways Hillman T. Hall, younger brother of Tom T., cut his first material such as candles to conserve "City for the Warner Bros. label. The sessions were produced by songwriter- Oaks Organizes Carolers Lights" and phone-in contests. publisher -musician Marijohn Wilkins. Marijohn's involvement did not NASHVILLE -A contingent of Prize Winners set a precedent in behalf of the Women's Lib movement. Anita Kerr holiday carolers organized by the Grand prize winners willre- and Bonnie Guitar previously handled such studio assignments. How- Oak Ridge Boys and Columbiaceive a night of "City Lights" in ever, neither Bonnie nor Anita is a resident of Nashville, so perhaps Recordsbroughttheircheery the heart of "Playboy Country," Marijohn is the only femme disc producer on the local scene. sounds to several children's and Chicago, Illinois. Playboy Records Susan Hudson's photo is on the cover of the current issue of Open young people's charitable institu- and Music willarrange forair Road magazine. Susan is the young Memphis singer with an Epic tionslastweek. Thecarolers, fare, limousine service, hotel and single in release of "Six Days On the Road," a trucker -type tune that numbering about 70 persons rep- a night out on the town for the started Dave Dudley on the highway to popularity several hundred resenting all phases of Nashville's winners. Radio listeners at WJJD milesago.CharlieRichhandledproduction choresforSusan's music industry, utilized two buses inChicagowillbe drivenby sessions. to visit the Florence Crittendon limousine to Playboy's Hotel and Birthdaying: Bobby Lord, Earl Scruggs, Autry Inman, Hap Peebles, Home and Tennessee Preparatory Club in Lake Geneva for two days. Leona Williams, Jack Greene, Elvis Presley, Jack McFadden, Goldie School, as well as homes of sev- Mickey Gilley is currently on a Hill (Mrs. Carl) Smith, Tommy Duncan, Ray Price, Lawanda eralcountlymusicstars,with tour of the eastern states, and re- Charley Pride's tour of Great Britainis slated Jan. 25 to Feb. 2. hundreds of presents and Santa cently released the single "City Super Charley will perform in London, Dublin, Southport, Glasgow, Claus going along. Light" from the album. Birmingham, Wakefield and Yorkshire during his visit to England, Scotland and Ireland. Hall of Fame Gets Akeman Banjo "I read in Record World where Barbara Mandrell is the only country music entertainer who birthdays on Christmas," writes Justin Tubb. "Well, I'm not sure if I'm the only artist in Nashville with a Christmas

wedding anniversary, but my wife Carolyn and I celebrated our 7th on Dec. 25, 1974.

"Best thing I ever found in my stocking," adds Justin lovingly. Must have been a stocking with shape? ASCAP cited Bill and Gloria Gaither asits Gospel Music Associ- ation's "Songwriter of the Year" Award was a silver tray. Tommy Overstreet is to be a featured performer on a Merle Haggard Show tour that begins Jan. 17 ... Bob Luman and his Stone's River Band headline the Holland Country Music Festival next Saturday in Utrecht, Holland. How's thisfor advance booking? Rex Allen Jr. has been set by Moeller Talent Agency to appear Dec. The banjo belonging to the late country music artist, David "Stringbean" Akeman,was 20, 1975 at a wedding in Chillocothe, Mo., where he'll serenade the presented to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum by his brother, Robert Ake- man. Stringbean-banjoist, singer and comedian on the Grand Ole Opry beginning in newlyweds with "Yes, We Have Love." 1942-played this banjo on the Opry the night of his death, November 10, 1973. Singer Marilyn Sellars celebrated her birthday & New Year's Eve Pictured above at the presentation are, from left:Bill Denny, Country Music Founda- (Dec. 31, when else?)at Disney World, Fla.Marilyn's upcoming tion board member and president of Cedarwood Publishing Company; Frank Jones, Mega album was produced by Clarence Selman. Her current chart-- chairman of the Foundation board; Diane Johnson, curator of the Country Music Hall riding single is "He's Everywhere." of Fame o id Museum; and Robert Akeman. Among others in attendancewere Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones and Frances Preston. (Continued on page 41) COUNTRY PICKS OF THE WEEK OC MARTY ROBBINS, "LIFE" (Mariposa, SCOTTY REED, "OLD BEN" (Beechwood, THE STATLER BROTHERS, "SONS BMI). With a self -penned num-a BMI). A beautiful truckerD OF THE MOTHERLAND." Today's MCA ber, Marty puts his guns down LIJ story -song about a boy with a zRECORDS co top vocal group puts out another toreflect back over hislife, dog.It's sure to pull at your top album.There's no greater and he finds himself thankful heartstringsasthe two do< listening pleasure thana Statler's with no regrets. A beautiful their best to get by, with the record, and this one's a real gem. ballad that speaks of the sun- strong message that a dog is Great cuts on "Eight More Miles shine in life and what a friend a boy'sbestfriend and a toLouisville,""So Mary Could has been.Sentencehimto trucker isabestfriendof MakeIt Home" and "A Letter "Life." MCA MCA -40342. those ontheroad. BASF FromShirleyMiller."Mercury B-15608. SRM 1-1019.

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com Herbert Shucher Dies RCA Plans Campaign BROOKLINE, MASS. - Herbert L Shucher, 45, died here on Dec. For Bare Family LP C UNTRY HOT LINE 13 after a lengthy illness. NASHVILLE-"Bobby Bare And By MARIE RATLIFF Shucher was a native of Boston, The Family Singin'In The Kit- Mass. and graduated from Boston chen,"an albumreleasedlast September, features Bobby Bare, Station Check List College. He moved to Nashville Reporting this week (alphabetically): hiswife,andhisthreechil- over 20 years ago and was active KFDI, Wichita WGBG, Greensboro WTIK, Durham in talent management. He man- dren invirtuallyunrehearsed, KKYX, San Antonio WHOK-FM, Lancaster, Ohio WUBE, Cincinnati aged the careers of the late Jim spontaneous family -type sing- KRMD, Shreveport WNN, Louisville WUNI, Mobile Reeves, the Browns and was con- alongs, most of which were writ- KWMT, Ft. Dodge WIRE, Indianapolis WVOJ, Jacksonville ten by She) Silverstein. WCOU, Lewiston WMQM, Memphis WWOK, Miami nected withthe Dub Albritton WENO, Nashville WMC, Memphis WXCL, Peoria Talent Agency. In 1968 he joined Among the promotional proj- the Shelby Singleton Corp. as a ects designed specifically for the Leading the list of movers is Conway Twitty's divisional vice president and wasalbum have been: A transcribed "Linda On My Mind." Immediate response from WVOJ, with the company for four years. radio show featuring Bare and the WUNI, WIRE, WINN, WMQM, WMC (#32), WXCL, WUBE, WENO Since that time, he was employed kids. RCA is sending the show on and WWOR (#20). with the Bell Sound Studiosin 12 -inch dics to all country music Fender's update of "Before The Next Teardrop New York City. radio stations,plus some MOR Fred Survivors include a wife, Cathy stations; RCA has created a chil- Falls" continues to build audiences in Shreveport, Shucher; four children; his par-dren's coloring book based on Nashville, Memphis, San Antonio, Mobile and Jackson- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Shu- songs in the album. The books ville. cher; and a brother, George Shu-will be available to country radio New Du6 Doin' It: Price Mitchell and Jeri Kelly cher, all of Brookline. stations; RCA has sent copies of have teamed up on GRT and are causing a stir at KFDI, the album and copies of Shel WUBE, WENO and WUNI with "Can't Help Myself." Studio One Productions Silverstein'sbooktitled"The Johnny Carver's "January Jones" is a timely addi- Giving Tree" to major newspaper tion in Indianapolis, Wichita, Peoria, Nashville. Opens in Montgomery entertainmentwriters,plus a Early response to Don Gibson's "I'll Sing For You" MONTGOMERY, ALA.-Studiotranscript of a lengthy interview done with Bare concerning the from WUBE, KFDI, WMC, WUNI and WENO. One Productions, formerly Dianne Super songwriter Kenny O'Dell is looking to make it Records, is opening a new studio album project; RCA is also send- and office here. The music com- ing copies of the album, the col- as a singer, and the self -penned "Soulful Woman" on plex will include Studio One Rec- oringbook, and "The Giving Capricorn could be the one to make it possible! Picks ords, Dianne Records, Carodian Tree" book to families of key disc at KFDI, WENO, WGBG; spins in Cincinnati and Memphis. Music (BMI), and will be located jockeys across the nation; In ad- Hank Thompson adds some modern sounds to "Mama at 35 Hannon Street,Mont- dition, the album is included in Don't 'Low" that's bringing good response at KKYX, gomery, Alabama. two major RCA advertising cam- WXCL and WTIK. Officers will be Doug Hughes, paignscurrently underway na- Regional Requests: Chip Taylor's "Me As I Am" general manager, artist and reper- tionally,network andselected lighting phones at WMC and WENO; Anne Christine's toire, country sound; Mitchell G. markets. The first campaign aired "How Important Can It Be" on the CME label drawing November 11-20 in 57 markets. Bush, international marketing and calls in Cincinnati; Dick Feller's "Cry For Lori" promotion; and William Cox, art- The next campaign airs December 14-24 in the top 14 markets. The most requested new entry at WVOJ; Don White's "Old ists and repertoire, young sound. Standby" added at KKYX; John Wesley Ryles playing in The studio will be available for album is also included in point - Wichita with "When She Turns Off The Lights." rentaltootherrecordlabels, of -sale material and is featured in writers and artists not under con- the trade advertising pertaining to Reviving a Steve Davis tune of the late '60s, Joe tract to Studio One. the campaign. Stampley is moving "Penny" in Nashville, Wichita, Greensboro, Mobile and Jacksonville. There's some Jim Weatherly action at WINN, WWOK and Nashville Report (Continued from page 40) WMC on "I'll Still Love You." Minnie and Henry live next door to the Tennesseegovernor's Steady gains on Lois Johnson, Mac Davis, Bobhy G. mansion and in about a couple of weeks they'll get a newneighbor. Rice. Ray Blanton was elected governor the past November.He succeeds Did You Know Dept.: Jimmy "C" Newman's release of Gov. Winfield Dunn. "Lache Pas La Patate (The Potato Song)" has sold more "I'm not a nosey neighbor," governor -electBlanton said, "but I than 60,000 records in Quebec province alone (the know I'm going to get along right neighborly withMinnie and Henry. only province in which it's been released so far). I've been a fan of Minnie for more years that I'm sureshe would It's on the Deram label, a subsidiary of London care for me to remember. Not thatshe's ancient, but I started listening Records. to her on the radio when I was boy inAdamsville, Tenn." It hasn't been publicized much but the sale of recordings tojuke box operators is a big thing in the music business. "If itweren't for the juke -box operators, some of us would not sell manysingles," a major artist said. Column's condolences to Tree InternationalMusic's co -owner - executive vice president W. D. (Buddy) Killen,whose 76 -year -old father died in Florence, Ala., after a lengthy illness. Answering numerous inquiries: I am told that Porter Wagoner and hisformer girl vocalist Dolly Parton did not exchange the usual gilt -edge,glittering gifts the past Christmas. It was, according to my information, by mutualagreement. However, Porter and Dolly are still friends (heproduces her RCA records). Despite the gloomy look and outlook in other fields, mostof the Nashville music industry people with whom Ihave talked are opti- mistic about 1975. A quickie survey along Music Row resultedinthis consensus: A Jim Cowen and David Anderson Song "People will be buying records, and attending country musicshows. sung by John Wesley Ryles on RCA However, some of the higher -priced acts are going tohave to cut their fees."

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com THE COUNTRY C kjP U N T RY CLDA CHART SINGLE PICKS JANUARY 11, 1975 JAN. JAN. WKS. ON 11 4 CHART COUNTRY SONG OF THE WEEK 3 PRIDE OF AMERICA CHARLEY PRIDE-RCA APLI -0757 111 8 MARY LOU TURNER-MCA MCA -40343 2 2 DON WILLIAMS, VOL. III-ABC/Dot DOSD-2004 11 COME ON HOME (Excellorec, BMI) 3 4 BACK HOME AGAIN JOHN DENVER-RCA CPU -0548 24

4 1 HIS 30TH ALBUM MERLE HAGGARD-Capitol ST 11331 15 Mary Lou tells her man that if he wants to be loved in the proper 5 5 MISS DONNA FARGO-ABC / Dot DOSD-2002 9 perspective, then he'd best gallop on home to her doorstep. It'll 6 6 SONGS ABOUT LADIES AND LOVE JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ- be coming home at the top! Mercury SRMI -1012 13 7 8 THE RAMBLIN' MAN WAYLON JENNINGS-RCA APLI -0712 16 CURTIS YOUNG-Caprice CA 2007 8 9 IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-MCA 41132 YOU'RE THE ONE (Glenwood, ASCAP) 9 7 ANNE MURRAY COUNTRY-Capitol ST 11324 19 The lady is one in a million for this boy and he sings her praises well. 10 11 COUNTRY PARTNERS CONWAY & LORETTA-MCA 427 28 He'll be the one with this "one." 16 GET ON MY LOVE TRAIN LaCOSTA-Capitol ST 11346 7 12 12 CLASSIC CLARK ROY CLARK-ABC/Dot DOSD-2010 12 BILLY PARKER-Artco C 5009 L 1131 15 WOMAN TO WOMAN TAMMY WYNETTE-Epic KE 33246 7 NOTHING (BUT OUR TRUE LOVE) (Acoustic, BMI) 14 14 MEL TILLIS' GREATEST HITS-MGM M3G-4970 8 NOW SHE'S JUST MINE (Acoustic, BMI) 19 CITY LIGHTS MICKEY GILLEY-Playboy PB403 4 Singer longs for the good ole days when she had just a good ole boy 16 17 HAVING FUN ON STAGE ELVIS PRESLEY-RCA CPM1-0818 7 and he had a good ole gal and they had good ole love. A good ole song here! 1111 23 THE SILVER FOX CHARLIE RICH-Epic KE33250 4

25 I CAN HELP BILLY SWAN-Monument KZ 33279 3 LLOYD GREEN-Monument ZS8 8635 19 WHAT A MAN, MY MAN IS LYNN ANDERSON-Columbia KC 33293 5 20 SALLY G (McCartney/ATV) 20 21 ONE DAY AT A TIME MARILYN! SELLARS-Mega MLPS-603 24 21 22 LIKE OLE TIMES AGAIN RAY PRICE-Myrrh MST -6538 9 Ex-Beatle Paul penned this number and super session man Lloyd 22 10 ROOM FULL OF ROSES MICKEY GILLEY-Playboy PB-I 28 31 steals it away. Bouncy melody that stands great on its own. Green 36 SONGS OF FOX HOLLOW TOM T. HALL-Mercury SRM1 -500 3 grows the hit! 32 REUNION GLEN CAMPBELL-Capitol SW11336 3 25 13 IT'S A MONSTER'S HOLIDAY BUCK OWENS-Capitol ST 11332 13 JIM WEATHERLY-Buddah BDA-444-N 26 27SHE CALLED ME BABY CHARLIE RICH-RCA APL1-0686 8 I'LL STILL LOVE YOU (Keca, ASCAP) 33 COUNTRY HEART 'N SOUL FREDDIE HART-Capitol ST 11353 5 Super writer tells hislittle darlin' that when she's ready to return, 28 24THEY DON'T MAKE 'EM LIKE MY DADDY LORETTA LYNN-MCA 444 16 he'll still love the little lady. A good beat for the heat. 29 31 GREATEST HITS, VOL. 1BILLY CRASH CRADDOCK-ABC ABCD-850 5 30 30 NOW BRENDA LEE-MCA 433 7 SANDI BURNETT-Columbia 3-10079 Ell 39 HEART LIKE A WHEEL LINDA RONSTADT-Capitol ST 11358 3 LOVE YOU GOTTA GIVE (Albert Hall, BMI) 32 29 FAMILY AND FRIENDS ROY CLARK-ABC/Dot DOSD-2005 9 Sandi sings love's praises and her super vocal range and production 33 35 LATEST AND GREATEST DANNY DAVIS-RCA APL1 -0774 5 34 18 TAKE ME HOME TO SOMEWHERE JOE STAMPLEY- should put this on playlists immedately. You gotta give this one a shot! ABC/Dot DOSD-2006 10 44 INSIGHT INTO HANK WILLIAMS IN SONG AND STORY HANK WILLIAMS/ RON HARRIS-Country Showcase America CSA-159 111 HANK WILLIAMS, JR.-MGM-M3HB-4975 2 I HOPE YOU KEEP ON CRYING (Ricci Mareno, SESAC) 36 26SINGIN' IN THE KITCHEN BOBBY BARE & FAMILY-RCA APLI -0700 14 NOTHING I CAN DO (Country Showcase America, BMI) 37 28 NASHVILLE HIT MAN CHARLIE McCOY-Monument 32922 15 Newcomer sings that he wants his lady back home to keep crying 38 38 I WONDER WHOSE BABY JERRY WALLACE-MCA 462 6 39 37 A MAN AND HIS MUSIC FARON YOUNG-Mercury SRM1-1016 6 while he's gone 'cause then he'll know she's missing him. Nothing 40 43 IT'LL COME BACK RED SOVINE-Chart CH5-2056 10 but smiles here. 41 34 LORETTA LYNN'S GREATEST HITS-MCA 120 32 42 40 ANOTHER GOODBYE SONG REX ALLEN, JR.-Warner Bros. BS 2821 10 PRICE MITCHELL & JERRI KELLY-GRT-016 43 47THAT'S THE WAY LOVE SHOULD BE BRIAN COLLINS-- I CAN'T HELP MYSELF (Jobete, BMI) ABC/Dot DOSD-2008 5 44 42 DIANA TRASK'S GREATEST HITS-ABC / Dot DOSD-2007 10 Old Four Tops song is given the country hit treatment by thistwo- 45 49 LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY DOLLY PARTON-RCA APL1-0712 16 some. You can't help yourself from likin' this one. Sugar pie honey 46 50 BRING BACK YOUR LOVE TO ME DON GIBSON-Hickory H3G-4516 8 bunch! 47 41 COUNTRY IS TOM T. HALL-Mercury SRM1-1009 19 48 52 I'M NOT THROUGH LOVING YOU YET CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 441 20 MIKE LUNSFORD-Gusto GO -S-5593 49 45 LIVING PROOF HANK WILLIAMS, JR.-MGM M3T-4971 12 50 48 PEACEFUL EASY FEELING ROY DRUSKY-Capitol ST 11339 6 WHILE THE FEELINGS GOOD (Brougnam, BMI) 51 54 PORTER AND DOLLY-RCA APLI -0646 20 Singer wants his lady to get on with the lovin' while the feelingsare 52 46 MOVIN' ON HANK THOMPSON-ABC/Dot DOSD-2003 11 maximum yummy. It's enough to make you jump the Snake River HIGHLY PRIZED POSSESSION ANNE MURRAY-Capitol ST 11354 EN 1 Canyon! 54 57 BEST OF CHARLIE RICH-Epic KE 31933 34 55 58 RUB IT IN BILLY CRASH CRADDOCK-ABC ABCX-817 30 LARRY STAMPER-Red Bird RB 1310 56 51 STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES MAC DAVIS-Columbia KC 32582 20 LOOK WHAT LOVING YOU HAS DONE TO ME (Cheekwood, BMI) 57 53 ELVIS-LIVE ON STAGE IN MEMPHIS-RCA CPL1 -0606 25 Love can do you in, and it's done this ole boy in on this number. Give 58 63 PURE LOVE RONNIE MILSAP-RCA APL1-0500 37 59 56 GRAND TOUR GEORGE JONES-Epic KE 33083 20 it a spin and see what it'll do to you. Good country! 60 60 COUNTRY BUMPKIN CAL SMITH-MCA 424 32 61 55 SINGING SUSAN RAYE-Capitol 11333 12 RED SIMPSON-Portland 45-029 I CAN LOVE YOU ENOUGH GEORGE JONES-RCA APL1 -0815 MOTEL JOE (Central Songs, BMI) El 1 63 59 VERY SPECIAL LOVE SONGS CHARLIE RICH-Epic KC 32531 43 It seems he always ends up in a motel when his chief maid kickshim 64 65 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS CHARLIE RICH-Epic KE 33247 30 out of his regular room. Check it in with a room at the top. 65 62 10TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM BOBBY GOLDSBORO-UA LA31I-H2 10 66 61 THE JUNKIE AND THE JUICEHEAD JOHNNY CASH-Columbia KC 33086 9 EASY-STREET-Brougham BRM 103 67 64 HIGHWAY HEA DIN' SOUTH PORTER WAGONER-RCA APL1-0713 13 LULLABY (Easy -Street, ASCAP) WORKIN' AT THE CARWASH BLUES TONY BOOTH-Capitol ST 11352 1 Smooth sounding group sings the soft song of the lullaby. Thisone 69 67 IJUST STARTED HATING CHEATING SONGS TODAY MOE BANDY- will keep you awake all the way through, leavingyou in a mellow GRC GA -10005 19 mood. 70 66 SAMMI'S GREATEST HITS SAMMI SMITH-Mega MLPS-604 9 71 69 PLEASE DON'T TELL JOHNNY CARVER-ABC ABCD-843 11 GENE BROWN-Gusto GO -125 72 71 LET ME BE THERE OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-MCA 389 52 73 SHIP WITH THE GOLDEN SAIL (Tommy Hill, BMI) 70 A MI ESPOSA CON AMOR SONNY JAMES-Columbia KC 33056 14 74 68 LIFE MACHINE HOYT AXTON-A&M SP 3604 11 A gospel -flavored number with smooth production shouldsail to the 75 72 LITTLE DAVID WILKINS-MCA 445 13 end of the rainbow. This ship is pulling out for thetop! 42 RECORD WORLD JANUARY 11, 1975

AmericanRadioHistory.Com THE COUNTRY NORWSINGLES CHART JANUARY 11, 1975

JAN.JAN. WKS. ON 11 4 CHART 3 RUBY BABY BILLY CRASH CRADDOCK- ABC 12036 10 2 2 WHAT A MAN, MY MAN IS LYNN ANDERSON- Columbia 3-10041 11 4 KENTUCKY GAMBLER MERLE HAGGARD-Capitol 3974 9 9 (I'D BE) A LEGEND IN MY TIME RONNIE MILSAP- a RCA PB- 1 01 12 7 5 LIKE OLD TIMES AGAIN RAY PRICE-Myrrh MS146 11

6 1 OUT OF HAND GARY STEWART-RCA PB1 0061 12 7 7 THE DOOR GEORGE JONES-Epic 8-50038 11 8 8 IT'S MIDNIGHT/PROMISED LAND ELVIS PRESLEY- RCA PB- 1 0074 10 9 10MY WOMAN'S MAN FREDDIE HART-Capitol 3970 10 10 11 FOR A MINUTE THERE JOHNNY PAYCHECK-Epic 8-50040 10

11 12 ROCK ON BABY 9 44 48 EVERYBODY NEEDS A BRENDA LEE-MCA 40318 RAINBOW 5 16 CITY LIGHTS 6 RAY STEVENS-Barnaby 8610 MICKEY GILLEY-Playboy 6015 52 CAROLINA MOONSHINER 4 Ea 18 FORBIDDEN ANGEL 10 PORTER WAGONER-RCA MEL STREET-GRT 012 P8-10124 14 15 POOR SWEET BABY 10 53 IT'S A SIN WHEN YOU JEAN SHEPARD-United Artists LOVE SOMEBODY 4 UA-XW552-X GLEN CAMPBELL- 15 6 WE'RE OVER 13 Capitol 3988 JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ-Mercury 47 20 SUSAN WHEN SHE TRIED 9 73621 STATLER BROTHERS- 25 WRONG ROAD AGAIN 8 Mercury 73625 CRYSTAL GAYLE-United Artists 133 57 LAY BACK LOVER 4 UA-XW555-X DOTTIE WEST-RCA PB-10125 17 17 ANGELS ARE HARD TO 49 13 HE CAN'T FILL MY SHOES 12 FIND 9 JERRY LEE LEWIS- HANK WILLIAMS, JR.- Mercury 73618 MGM 14755 50 21 U.S. OF A. 12 18 19 I'VE GOT MY BABY ON DONNA FARGO-ABC/Dot MY MIND 8 DOA 17523 CONN! E SMITH-Columbia 51 22 SHE CALLED ME BABY 14 3-10051 CHARLIE RICH-RCA PB-10062 23 IT WAS ALWAYS SO EASY 7 MOE BANDY-GRC GR-2036 52 51 RI CHARD AND THE CADILLAC KINGS 6 20 24 IT'S TIME TO PAY THE DOYLE HOLLY-Barnaby 608 FIDDLER 6 CAL SMITH-MCA 40335 Ea 61 I CAN'T HELP IT 3 LINDA RONSTADT-Capitol 3990 36 THEN WHO AM I 1111 CHARLIE PRIDE-RCA PB-101265 Ea 71 THAT'S HOW MY BABY BUILDS A FIRE 2 27 THERE'S A SONG ON JOHNNY RUSSELL-RCA THE JUKEBOX 8 PB-10135 DAVID WILLS-Epic 8.50036 Ea 65 DEAR GOD 2 28 DEVIL IN THE BOTTLE 5 ROY CLARK-ABC/Dot T. G. SHAPPARD-Melodyland DOA 17530 M6002F Ea 66 HE'S EVERYWHERE 3 24 26 I WONDER WHOSE MARILYN SELLARS-Mega BABY 8 MR -1221 JERRY WALLACE-MCA 40321 57 62 ON THE WAY HOME 7 ED 37 THE TIES THAT BIND 5 BETTY JEAN ROBINSON- DON WILLIAMS-ABC/Dot MCA 40300 DOA -17531 58 60 I MAY NOT BE 33 WOLF CREEK PASS 6 LOVING YOU 8 C. W. McCALL-MGM 14764 PATTI PAGE-Avco CAV-603 27 30 SOMEONE CARES FOR MR. SONGWRITER 3 YOU 8 Ea 68 SUNDAY SHARPE-United Artists RED STEAGALL-Capitol 3965 UA-XW571-X 28 29 SINGIN' IN THE KITCHEN8 BOBBY BARE & FAMILY-RCA 80 67 BIG MAMOU 3 FRENCHIE BOURQUE- PB-10096 20th Century TC 2152 29 31 THAT'S THE WAY LOVE 4 SHOULD BE 8 61 63 FORGETTIN' ABOUT YOU BRIAN COLLINS-ABC/Dot JIM GLASER-MGM 14758 DOA -17527 62 64 WHOLE LOTTA 30 35 ANOTHER YOU 6 DIFFERENCE IN LOVE 6 FARON YOUNG-Mercury 73633 GEORGE KENT-Shannon 824 31 34 GREAT EXPECTATIONS 7 63 58 ANGEL IN AN APRON 8 BUCK OWENS-Capitol 3976 DURWOOD HADDOCK-Caprice 32 32 EASY TO LOVE 7 CA 2004 HANK SNOW-RCA PB-10108 all 72 WHOEVER TURNED Ea 38 THE BUSIEST MEMORY YOU ON 2 IN TOWN 7 LITTLE DAVID WILKINS- DICKEY LEE-RCA PB-10091 MCA 40345 44 I CARE/SNEAKY SNAKE 3 74 HOPPY. G.NE AND ME 2 TOM T. HALL-Mercury 73641 ROY ROGERS-20th Century TC 2154 55 RAINY DAY WOMAN 3 WAYLON JENNINGS-RCA 66 69 SEE SAW 4 PB-10142 PATSY SLEDD-Mega 1217

36 41 WATCHA GONNA DO - SWEET SURRENDER 1 WITH A DOG LIKE JOHN DENVER-RCA PB 10131 THAT 6 68 70 SAI. I.Y G 3 SUSAN RAYS-Capitol 3980 PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS- EEI 43 I'M A BELIEVER Apple 1875 TOMMY OVERSTREET-ABC/Dot4 CHAMPAGNE LADIES AND DOA-17533 Ca BLUE RIBBON BABIES 1 38 42 AIN'T SHE SOMETHIN' FERLIN HUSKY-ABC 12048 ELSE 7 EDDY RAVEN-ABC 12037 70 - YOU ARE THE ONE 1 MEL TILLIS & SHERRY BRYCE- 45 NEVER COMING BACK MGM 14776

AGAIN 5 71 75 I BELIEVE THE SOUTH IS REX ALLEN, JR.-Warner Bros. WBS 8046 GONNA RISE AGAIN 2 TANYA TUCKER- 40 47 LADY CAME FROM Columbia 3-10069 BALTIMORE 5 Ea - LOVIN' YOU WILL NEVER JOHNNY CASH- Columbia 3-10066 GROW OLD 1 LOIS JOHNSON -20th Century 49 LET'S SING OUR SONG 4 TC-2151 JERRY REED-RCA PB-10132 73 73 CHAPEL OF LOVE 3 42 14 I CAN Help 13 JERIS ROSS-ABC 12038 BILLY SWAN-Monument ZS8.8621 EZI - WATCH OUT FOR LUCY 1 TONY BOOTH-Capitol 3994 Exclusively on 11C/1 Records and Tapes 50 OUR LOVE 5 ROGER MILLER- - BUTTERFLY 1 Columbia 3.10052 EDDY ARNOLD-MGM M 14769

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