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ifeciiito piece DOTTY GREEN (pictured below), U M N the British vocalist who enjoyed duet success last year with Mark Fisher on Love Situation, and a CONTROVERSY AGAIN Radio One shot straight into the Top 20. chart nibble of her own with debut rages in the disco music biz Sighs of relief all around as our solo single I Caught You Out, is about CBS' incredible faith was seen to be justified. about to make her live London handling of Alexander One more thing remained debut to showcase a brand-new O'Neal, a guy they've now though: What's Missing. In similar set of material. made a star here, more by She appears at London's Le Beat catchy style to , it Route club in Greek Street, Soho, luck than judgement. again became revived as DJs on Thursday, April 3, when a 30- As has been hinted in the mixed the two. Surely it had to be minute stage performance will past, everyone involved in the follow-up (if a solo act can showcase Stories, a musical project disco music could see him have a follow-up to a duetted : finally storming the pop charts - - here, and in the US. hit)? which she has conceived and co- coming a year ago and the No, CBS announced it was there's never that clear translation. written over the last few months track that has consistently reissuing If You Were Here We feel we've found the ideal way with Paul Riley. made all the running with Tonight, which was a good ploy of working, now, in the studio — As yet, no recording plans have soul fans and dancers alike considering its earlier unrealised Starr and because we have a big hit out been announced for the material has been What's Missing, potential, which did indeed of it, it gives us all the more convic- which constitutes Stories, and little from his . As the album convert it into an across-the- tion that we are doing it right." is being given away as to the na- board pop smash ... but guess But are thoughts actually turning ture of the work and individual is largely very good it into new material and the record- songs involved. Working on the mattered little at first that what the 1 2-inch B-side ing of the album to follow As The other tracks were released as contained? What's Missing, vocal reputation which Green has thrown away, although it turn Band Turns? "We have some ideas, built up from her comparatively singles, they all did well within obviously helped shift vinyl. but the biggest problem right now low-key exposure so far, her man- soul circles here and made Then, a few weeks ago, a US by Barry Lazeii is lime, with everyone crying out agement clearly sees the interest him a superstar at that remix of What's Missing arrived AFTER ALMOST eight years of for us to play and do promotion likely to be created by her first live specialist (but not so limited) on import, which yet again support in the UK from the disco/ now that the record's a hit." appearance as a natural double- level. refreshed interest in the track. dance market, from Gimme Your Does that also mean that the UK header with the launch of the new By the time that If You Surely it would at last become an Lovin in 1978 through hits like audience outside the London area Stories work. Were Here Tonight was A-side here? No, CBS decided Circles and Touch A Four-Leaf which their brief visit takes in this issued the first time around, that the next release would be a Clover up to Freak-A-Ristic last lime, might have to wait a"while reissue of Alexander O'Neal's year, Atlantic Starr have finally before the hectic schedule allows a even disco DJs in Northern (Tabu smashed the pop charts wide open more widely based tour on this side Ireland were reporting back QTA 6244), the story being that both here and in the US (where of the Atlantic? "We'd like to do TV that it was their number one What's Missing would eventually they are in the Top 3) with the and radio here, too, but obviously smooch hit and much be the follow-up to that once classy soul ballad . time is short this time around. We requested. everyone's memory of the Music Week spoke to the are fitting in for one of the music Here's the rub, and the root original IP version being on his group's vocalist and guitarist David cable TV networks before we play cause of everyone's criticism of previous B-side had faded. And Lewis on the eve of their first-ever Hammersmith, though." CBS. At that lime, according to now what do we find, the US UK live dates at Hammersmith Now they're here, no-one's like- record shops contacted, the CBS remix of What's Missing plus its Odeon before Easier, and asked ly to forget their name in a hurry soles team was not even carrying instrumental take the lion's share whether such resounding crossover copies of this current release so of space on the 1 2-inch of A success is likely to influence the there was no chance of demand Broken Heart Can Mend. selection of future singles, and their DISCO RADIO being met there and then. Ever seen a six fool eight guy style and choice of material gener- An across the board smash cry? Still, if CBS has decided that ally. "The success is wonderrul; it's TOP ALBUM LONDON that everyone except CBS could by putting different versions on what we've been shooting for all 1 . ALEXANDER O'NEAL: A!e*Qndc< O'Neal see! the B-side of all their future these years and we're not going to 3 Tabu TBU ;M»5 (Q A LIST The record foundered O'Neal releases they will be waste the opportunities it should somewhere briefly in the "Next guaranteed unending hits, I bring us". 2 NEW Elcciro 11 Slrcel SoundsSlt«i SoundsHip-Hop LUSI111*1 ATLANTIC STARR: Sc.rei lovers AIM 25" and the blood of all us talent suppose we can't really argue! Lewis is more of the opinion that spotters was up — we knew how To continue with the few other the hit puts the final seal of approv- CAMEO: A Goodbye Oub/PSoncgrcra popular he was, were sickened worthwhile releases available al on the group's current phase of JANtT JACKSON: What Hove You Don For Mo by the waste of a talent, and before Easter, on UK 1 2-inch are creative development, which has 4 " t 46 ftDDIE JACKSON: Rock CopiioiMe lomghi mo i [i] lolcly AIM despaired at CBS ever doing Louie Oxley's Go-Go Gadget seen him and brother Wayne C : Conirol EVELYN 'CHAMPAGNE* KING: High Horse RCA right by the guy. (Cooltempo COOLX121), assume the lion's share of the pro- AtM AMA SI06 tf) ALEXANDER O'NEAL: Whofs Mm-ng Still, his track What's Missing compulsively jaunty go go duction on the ft JUICY: ll Takes Two jUS Impcrt-Tabal was filling dancefloors, but then instrumental long awaited here; LP (from which Secret Lovers is MAXI PRIEST: SttoBin'On lOCVirgio from another album also Aurra's You And Me Tonight (10 taken) as well as co-writing most of it. 7 WILLIAM BELL: Passion THE S.0i. Band; The Fmosf Tabu produced by the team of Jimmy Records TEN 71-12), buoyant "We weren't at any point trying Wilbe Wll 3001 llmpwl) Jam, Terry Lewis & Monte Moir shuffler with a big buzz building; deliberately to come up with stuff 8,0 ? SHIRLEY MURD0CK: Sh.,Icy Murdoch RUBY TURNER: I'm In Love Jive came something else to rival it. Patti Austin's The Heat Of Heat with which to shoot at the Top 5 — tlcklro tO 3? iWJ VIOLA WILLS: Date To Dteam 5iiwtwa»« Saturday Love, by Cherrelle and (Club Heat Mix) (Qv/est just the very best material we could 9 9 s MORGAN; Do Me Boby featuring our hero, Alexander W8798TX), Saturday Love style offer, be it ballads or uptempo Capilol gT T00A (t) STEVIE WONDER; Overjoyed Motown O'Neal. Sure, this would have hit though less catchy Jam & Lewis songs or whatever, just as we've ]0 pC JERMA1NE JACKSON: Prtooos Monscr.is without his involvement, but production with a strong always done," he says. "If you're ' Arism 707 087 (Bi because of it the track took off specialist demand; Billy Ocean's asking me if Secret Lovers is a big 1 ] ^ ; : Whiiney Houston C L 1 M B E R S like a rocket... and because he There'll Be Sad Songs (Jive JIVE T hit because it's a ballad and Arista 706 Vt IB) was already so big at that 11 7), slushy slowie that'll break whether we should push ourselves 12 A 5J tUTAl CONTRAST: TotalLondon Conirust 10NIP IS jf) AURRA; You And Me Tonight lO/Yiigin underground black music level it on radio. One hot UK LP, Aleem in that direction — well, I think that 13 PAUL LAURENCE; Ho.tn'i You Heard COOL NOTES: Into The Motion Abstract Donco rapidly leapt up the listeners' featuring Leroy Burgess's people basically go for something u ?' Capitol W 7DOS jt) phoned-in request chart on Casually Formal (Atlantic 781 that is good; we thought it was a FIVE STAR; Con"'Wail Another Masutc Tcet/RCA London's Capital Radio to 622-1), big in London where good song and we're overjoyed 14niw ANITA BAKER: Pa,.lurePckha 60444-1 llnporil MARVIN GAYE: The World Is X-Rotcd (US Import-Tomlal become number one on a Leroy has a cult following. Import that so many others agree. It won't , DIANA ROSS: Eaten AUo JAKI GRAHAM; Set Me Free LMI general pop station while still 1 2-inch singles include Modern- 15. only an import album track! change our overall thoughts about nique featuring Larry Woo's recording at all, though. If we ( 94 EAST: Minneapol'S Genius WHITNEY HOUSTON: Greatest love Of All Arista Once again everyone in the Love's Gonna Get You (Next came up with something in a com- Hot Pink HIP im llgport) JOHNNY KEMP: Just Another lover jUS Impcrt Cclurabio! know screamed at CBS to get its Plateau NP50040), excellent plelelv different vein that we be- 17 , GEORGE H0V/ARD: lo.c Wll Follow finger out and release the track soaring soul dancer evidently lieved in, then we'd do it. TBA TB 710 (Import) LOVEBUG STARSKI: House Rocker fpk as a single here, which, after due here on 10 Records; "Our changes already came 18,o ■> JUNIOR: Acquired Taste M0DERN-NIQUE FEATURING LARRY WOO; love's some initial dithering and to their Anthony And The Camp's What with the making of this album. It's London 10MIP 14 (T) Gonna Gel You 1US Impert-Nest Plalcaol eventual credit, they did, just I Like (Warner Bros/Jellybean 0- the first one where we have had 19 H CASHFLOW: CosMlcw PRINCESS; 1II Keep On loving You ahead of Christmas in a tightly 20449), the leader of Serious almost total creative input, and the Atlanta Ariists 176 0?l-l llmpotl) timed gamble the result of which Intention in similar style and music has gone from the v/ay we 20, ^ CHERRELLE: Kgh Priority As featured on the Tony Blackbwn of course became history as the Johnny Kemp's Just Another Lover heard it in our heads straight onto Toba TBU 246W (CI Show Radio London 9am-12 noon single by complete unknowns to (US Columbia 44-05368). the record. When someone else is Compiled by MR1B Monday-Friday (206m/9-t.9 VHFl recording or producing you, PAGE 18 MUSIC WEEK 5 APRIL, 1986