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of the most off-beat and bizarre) can Alouette Productions. NEW YORK be found in the new issue of the Real- Our East Coast Girl of the Week ist e (Realist-ically dated November) . Tina Hendricks, a multi -talented e Back To June/Moon/Spoon? Piece was researched and written by tertainer who's come to our town fro free-lancer Ellen Sander, fast becom- St. Louis area, where she doubled as ing a heavy in the biz. In addition to night club performer and singer Lei, Panned Which Is, VIEW FROM BROADWAY: Spirit being a regular contributor to the Sat- the St. Louis Municipal Opera Cod Sandwiches opened at the Scene last night (19) urday Review and Hit Parader (the pany. She's also a proficient following dand their Fillmore East engage- most 'in' teen book with groups) , El- and has appeared on "The Edge Blue Danubey/ ment. Van Morrison holds down the len's been popping up in the pages of Night" TV'er. Can You Be fort Thurs. thru Sunday. Van's new the New York Times, and debuted in PLUGS: Charlie Morrison from LP, "Astral Weeks," on WB -7A pick- the L.A. Free Press and Rolling Stone trying to break Tragedy/ ing up Jack Reno's "I heavy underground play in last week with stories on the Miami One" C&W smash into the pop m Glad You Decided these . . . parts Blood, Sweat and Pop Festival. Liberty's Perry Cooper exci Glorify Love/ about the new disk by the Jackals. local group from across ri Encore If I Love the "Everywhere She Goes" . In' Call them tricky rhymes, internal man Barry Fiedel off and run with Willie and the Red Rubber Ba rhymes or witty rhymes. Whatever RCA they are, of LP. Though it's been out they are part a passing awhile, it's just starting to gather parade of song lyrics that don't seem on WNEW-FM, to make it anymore, at least in the mu- WDAS-FM and W sical theatre. Fred Ebb, the lyricist FM. Group's new single (out who in "Flora the Red -Menace" man- week) got excellent reaction in aged "to it/do it/ new It-alian suit, view play ... Bernard Roberson f says that such original rhyme Stax says the Soul Children deck, " schemes are now irritating to Broad- Understand," is breaking off pla way audiences. And, he adds, theatre Tino Hendricks Everly Bros. Amboy Dukes WUST (Wash.), WBOK and W lyrics today are too involved with (New Orleans) . Johnny Podell Tears at the Fillmore for the weekend Speaking about the highly successful the Morty Wax office) picking plotlines to allow for this freedom. (24, 25) following a up p three week West Miami event, word is starting to get on ':I Asked My Mother" by the Fa Yes. times have changed. The days Coast tour. Jethro Tull and the Savoy out about Topaz Caucasian, a when theatre -goers came to pretty (Gre-Gar) through WNEW-FM a "Rogers Brown Blues Band, two English and talented contemporary artist, who WMCA's & Hart, Cole Porter or Irving Berlin groups, Murray the K. Jerry W also on the bill ... The Everly set the festival on its ear. Topaz has iams' "Mushroom City" (Dynovoi show" to hear their new songs, not Bros. open at the Bitter End Fri. (24) just arrived back in the States after a also looks strong . . . Ron Hat caring a hoot about the plot, are gone. through Feb. 1 . . . The Magnificent year in Havana. notes that "John You Went Too And with this era so goes the delight Men at . Cheetah thru the 26th Congráts to top Philadelphia indie This Time" by Rainbo (last week's of irrepressible and audacious tricky Frank Sinatra Jr. at the Rainbow rhymes, internal rhymes or witty promo man Steve Schulman, winding C. Girl) is picking up heavy mid Grill starting tonight (20)' . .. Aretha up his first year in business (and very play and response, rhymes. Oh well, so wel-come to the Franklin, back on the concert expecially at K trail, successfully). Steve . . . new. (Ed. Note: The first ten people will do a covers Philly, Dallas Screen Gems-Columbi date at Newark's Symphony Baltimore, Washington & the Pennsyl- Al Altman up to correctly identify the song & show Hall on Feb. 2. to the office ray vania area for such clients as Rou- about "Hey Mr. President," the El source of the four rhymes will be am- One of the best pieces of rock re- lette, ply re'warde'd.) Vanguard, United Artists, Liber- tric Prunes (Reprise) . Lid is a tim porting in recent months (and also one ty and Art Wayne and Kelli Ross' (cull 'i un Pg. 321

HOLLYWOOD purchasing a saddle horse. It's tagged duced by Bones Howe) is a runaw "Good Times." Marty Paich set by smash in L'A.-initial order of 4. Notes from the Overground producer Roger Gimbel as musical di- already sold out. rector of the Glen Campbell show Cowsills' next is the title song Irom perennial paragon pun - door at the Riviera Hotel. "Poor fel- which premieres Jan. 29th on CBS -TV. "Hair"-it'll be released on MGM in Gal y Owens phoned us yesterday low," said Owens, "hyped himself to Jules (Gary) Alexander, hi ask, "Did one of origi- February . A&M now has all the you know that in Austra- death." nal members of the Association, has lia jocks intro their records with voice Ray Charles original famed Byrds under contract and Frank Sinatra rejoined the Warners -7 Arts act after with the exception Crosby under?" Certainly we did: A few switched slots in Downbeat of Dave Mag's 33rd an absence of nearly two years. Larry (producer -artist for Warners -7 Arun months back we did a bit of research annual poll Charles coppud tht' ut Ramos, his banjo on that isle of jolly swagmen and tuck- - pickin' replacement, and Jim McGuinn (the only original I I I erbags, discovering that some of the Byrd still with the group) . great old standards there include Cole Our "West Coast Girls of the Week" Porter's immortal "I've Got You Over are identical twins Colleen and Mor- My Skin" and (who could ever for- reen Thornton, known professionally' get?) "When the Moon Comes Under as Gemini. The tall, lean, green-eyed the Mountain." Current thin thirties in San Diego -born beauties dance, sing Melbourne-the Canned Heat's "Going and act: a double triple threat p Down the Country" Archie Bell and As nitery entertainers, they ha graced the the Drells' "Showup ' and the Founda- boards of major boites tions' "Build Me Down, Buttercup." far south as Brazil and as far north Top tunes in Alaska. Not yet represented on di '68-Archie Bells' "Tight- Gemini en Down," Gary Puckett's "Under Colleen & Morreen "But soon," according to man You Mark Slotkin. They're 22 years " and Mary Hopkin's 'Those spot with Sinatra a2 and Low Rawls will remain with the combo, making t cru the Nights." And one of the most 3rd. Ella Fitzgerald walked Colleen is the older-by thirty seco away with it a seven man band. Gary's return A gift of aired singles in '67 was the Grammy the tern honors her 16th in a love from Ken to Bre - row. debut is set for Jan. 30th at the Air Fritz-a Su award winner "Down Down and She's currently at the Flamingo Force Academy daughter titled in Colorado Springs. Brooke 6: Away." Owens. incidentally, will be Ruby and the Romantics is the lat- Jefferson at Cedars of Lebanon, MC'ing the Grammy banquet Airplane's lead singer a.m. January 1st (first baby of here est return - to - the - past combo to be Grace Slick recovering from a throat come March and chances are he'll re- pacted by a west coast label. A&M's operation year at Cedars). Mrs. Fritz is a 6 at Alan Bates Hospital. Doc- mer Wi the line he tossed out at the exec producer Allen Stanton currently tors say student hoofer at Helen Gpriseavin Radio Program Conference she'll resume singing some- School of Dance, Norfolk, Va. din- cutting them in N.Y. . . . Pat Pipolo ner-the one time in February. Jeannie C. Riley her nary about promoman Danny celebrating Uni's hot chart action (la- Stan Bly reports Bell's Smokestack makes Davis getting caught in a revolving bel has four singles debut in Vegas on Feb. 6th-at in the top 100) by Lightning LP "Off The Wall" (pro- Flamingo.

YOUR night program, in the Capitol Theater! Buckinghams came in for a oneni t' Another nitery with the prefix er in the Aragon will bed' VALENTINE "Rush" will (18) and CHICAGO debut here on January 22. lowed by The Byrds (24) and Scene Don Lally and 'Don Marion, who IS have Wonder (25) . The Cryan Shames the Rush Up, Rush Back and Ruch have a new single "First Train ye Over, all geared to the young adult California" (Columbia) which is berna and featuring top local and national premiered on the local Top 40 - The Sherman House has "soul groups." will open The signed Tiny Rush tions . Rising new midwest Tim for a two-weeker in North at 1653 N. Wells in Old Town. the College Inn this coming May (13). group, The Circus, will be appeal Initial bill will spotlight the Johnny in the Rush Over for two weeks Tiny was in town for several days last Ross Soul week doing in-store Explosion! . Richard 26) ... Summit Dist. has a load of THE PHILADELPHIA appearances, in "Groove" Holmes is slated for a two- behalf of his "Tiny Tim's Second LP" weeker terial scoring both locally and nat in the Plugged Nickel (22) . Fous ORCHESTRA t Reprise). visiting jocks and ally. Topping the list is The guesting Local duo Friend & Lover have a new on just about every radio and TV lions' "Build Me Up Buttercup" (t single on Verve coupling "Circus" "Everyday & The show here. including the highly touted with People by Sly "I Wanna Be Free" Among e, "Kup's" TVer! Reprise's local rep ... míly Stone (Epic) , "You Showed Bob new releases starting to happen out at by The Turtles (White Whale) Destocki arranged the whole United Record Dist. schedule and capped it with a cocktail are the latest Di- "Proud Mary" by the Creed onne Warwick single "This Girl's In Clearwater (Fantas, party for Tiny in the Sherman House Love With Revival on Monday (13) You" (Scepter), "Forever There's also quite a bit of airplay i ... James Brown will My Love" by Maurice Jackson (Weis) be in Chi January 24-27 for a series of ported on the "Monday Mandai shows, and "I Can't Forget" by Bull & The track from "Beat tIt with a special Saturday mid- Matadors (Toddlin the Herb Alpert Town) . . . The The Brass" (A&M) album. 18 Cash Box-January 25, 1965