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DECEi he Gone-End labels, completing a successful year which saw young vocalist Ral Donner become an important disk name with si riend,” “You Don’t Know What You Got,” and his latest click “She’s Everything,” heads into the Christmas season with a strong i he three LP’s, featuring hit rock and roll oldies are dubbed Alan Freed’s: “Top 15,” “Golden Picks,” and “Memory Lane.” Dec al Donner (standing) while Alan Freed (left) and George Goldner, Gone-End president, take a breather. Donner will appear i uring the Holidays. Freed is currently making big noise in New York with his Camelot twist room. : Starring in "A FAMILY AFFAIR' Opening on Broadway Jan. 23 at The Billy Rose Theatre Press: Records Monagement: D r-'ction: Motion Pictures: HERB WEINBERG MGM/VERVE HARRY BELL KURT FRINGS AGENCY INC. Gash Box Gash Box Vol. XXIII—Number 14 December 16, 1961 FOUNDED BY BILL GERSH Gash Box (Publication Office) 1721 Broadway New York 19, N. Y. (Phone: JUdson 6-2640) CABLE ADDRESS; CASHBOX, N. Y. JOE ORLECK, President and Publisher Taxes And The NORMAN ORLECK, VP and Managing Director GEORGE ALBERT, VP and Treasurer Recording Artist EDITORIAL—Muaic MARTY OSTROW, Editor-in-Chief IRA HOWARD, Editor IRV LICHTMAN, Associate Editor TED WILLIAMS, Statistical Editor MIKE MARTUCCI, Statistical Assistant POPSIE, Staff Photographer ADVERTISING BOB AUSTIN, National Director, Music JERRY SHIFRIN, N.Y.C. office, Music LEE BROOKS, Manager Chicago JACK DEVANEY, Manager Los Angeles MARTY TOOHEY, National—Coin Machine NEVILLE MARTEN, London, Eng. As the year draws to its conclu- For never has the span of a re- PAUL ACKET, The Hague, Holland sion, taxation becomes a much cording artist’s career been as tragi- MAL SONDOCK, Munich, Germany RON TUDOR, Heathmont, Victoria, Aust. talked about and written about sub- cally short as it is today. Yes, there VITTORIO de MICHELI, Milano, Italy SVEN G. WINQUIST, Stockholm, Sweden ject. Mainly because the day of are a good number of stars who ROGER SELLAM, Paris, France reckoning with Uncle follows into strong per- ENRIQUE ORTIZ, Mexico 7, D.F. Sam have developed DENIS PANTIS, Quebec, Canada shortly thereafter secondly be- their hit MIQUEL SMIRNOFF, and formers since debut and Buenos Aires, Argentina cause Congress reconvenes immedi- can as a result earn a decent price RICARDO & RENATO MACEDO, Sao Paulo, Brazil ately after the holidays to discuss for their stage ability even when HIKARU SUGIURA, Tokyo, Japan BRUNO DUTKOWSKI, Art Director many suggested tax reforms. they are cold on disks. But “one- MANAGERS Among the many different taxa- shot-ism” is an extremely common MARTY TOOHEY, Coin Machine Dept. tion bills to be brought to the floor factor in the record industry and T. TORTOSA, Circulation NEVILLE MARTEN, European Director early in 1962 is one called the Her- artists making great sums of money long-Baker bill, a bill which should because of hot records bunched CHICAGO LEE BROOKS be of great interest to recording into one twelve-month period may 29 E. Madison St., Chicago 2, 111. artists are faced frequently find their (All Phones: Financial 6-7272) who with tremen- names men- dous taxes when they are hot and tioned when the subject of “What HOLLYWOOD JACK DEVANEY have little left for themselves dur- ever happened ... ?” is discussed a Erv Malec ing the lean years later. 6272 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 28, Cal. when their fame year (Phone. Hollywood 5-2129) has waned. Artists, if they are to benefit ENGLAND The proposed Herlong-Baker from any tax reforms, need repre- NEVILLE MARTEN Dorris Land legislation, sponsored by Represen- sentation in Congress when this leg- Bond St. 9a New tatives A. S. Herlong Jr., (Demo- islation comes up. Year in year London, Wl, Eng. and Tel: Hyde Park 2868 crat-Florida) and Howard H. Baker out they pay fees to booking offices, BENELUX: PAUL ACKET, Theresiastraat 81a, (Republican-Tennessee) would re- guilds, federations, unions and the The Hague, Holland, Tel. 070-722546 all GERMANY: MAL SONDOCK, Amalienstrasse duce personal income taxes on like. Now is the time for these vari- 28, Munich, Germany, Tel: 220197 a graduated scale over a five-year ITALY, VITTORIO de MICHELI, Via DelPOrso ous associations to band together in 4, Milan, Italy, Tel. 86 43 56 period. It would drop the maximum SCANDINAVIA: SVEN G. WINQUIST, Kagge- an effort to help the artists. It has holmsvagen 48, Stockholm-Enskede, Sweden, tax from a 91% rate to a 47% rate. Tel: 69-46-85 been suggested that artists should FRANCE: ROGER SELLAM, 24 Rue de Lenin- It also would lower corporate in- be taxed on their income over some grad, Paris, France, Tel: Europe 6308 come taxes from a top rate of 52% AUSTRALIA: RON TUDOR, 8 Francis St., extended period to protect them Heathmont, Victoria, Tel: 87-5677 to 47%. MEXICO: ENRIQUE ORTIZ, Monterrey 81, Col. during the years when their income Roma, Mexico 7, D.F. Tel: 12-10-00 10-10-01 Although this legislation is of CANADA: DENIS PANTIS, 995 Decarie Blvd., is poor. Ville St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada great significance to everyone in the ARGENTINA: MIGUEL SMIRNOFF, Rafaela world of entertainment (film, thea- Regardless of the determination 3978, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: 69-1638 BRAZIL: RICARDO & RENATO MACEDO, Rua tre, television, etc.) it is probably of the Herlong-Baker bill, the ar- Joao Ramalho 1324, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tel: 62-6188 of greater necessity to the perform- tists’ story should be told to the TOKYO: HIKARU SUGIURA 2, Takada-Oimatau Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan er whose major source of income legislators and perhaps some tax SUBSCRIPTION RATES $15 per year any- hinges on his success with records. alleviation will result. where in the U. S. A. Published weekly. Second- class postage paid at Bristol, Conn. Copsrright © 1961 by The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright under Universal Copyright Convention. 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